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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 11, 1913, Image 7

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Premises frequented by disorderly
women.
Ten-year-old son of Mrs. Frank L.
Pugate missing. Leg broken by auto.
Driver volunteered to take child to
hospital.
Donors of fund to "fix" Hoynes
fleeced. Operators of "26" game vic
tims of fraud.
Politicians face arrest at Gary and
E. Chicago. Slugging and election
frauds.
Widow and sister fighting for pos
session of body of Herbert Fiedler.
Police and bailiff forced to intervene.
Local postoffice clerks equipped
with roller skates. Eight clerks use
"accelerators." Work fine on con
crete floor.
Mrs. Emma Lord quoted scripture
in suit against Peter Hell, saloon
keeper. Wm. Lorimer, former IT. S. senator,
taking first vacation in years. Will
start fight for selection of senatorial
candidate when he returns.
CLAIM PENMAN IS INSANE
Champaign, III., Dec". 11. That
Gust Penman, charged with murder
of Harold Shaw, is insane was tes
timony offered at" today's session of
court by Dr. Prank P. Norbury, ex
state alienist and superintendent of
Kankakee State Hospital, Dr. Maron
of Chicago and Dr. Walter Brown of
Danville. Other physicians may be
called to testify that Penman was
insane only on the day of-the killing
and recovered his normal mind when
the effects of the drug had passed
away.
Pierqe Galton, a Danville newspa
perman who "covered" Penman's
confession at the time of "his arrest,
proved a disappointing defense wit
ness when "h'e declared that Penman
was undoubtedly sane when he con
fessed and showed no effects of hav
ing1 been drugged as he claimed.
Roy Frankemberger, another Dan
ville reporter assigned to the Penman
confession, disagreed with Galton,
and through a severe cross-examina
tion held to his statement that Pen
man was insane when he confessed
the crime.
ASSESS MEMBERS OF A. F. OF L.
TO HELP WORKING WOMEN
In view of the conditions disclosed
by the recent agitation on the sub
ject of starvation wages paid to
working women, the following reso
lution adopted at the convention of
the American Federation of Labor in
Seattle is of! considerable moment:
"Whereas, Coincident with the un
precedent development of industry,
with its new problems and perplexi
ties, countless thousands of women
and girls have been drawn into ser
vice as wage-earners, receiving for
their labor wages wholly inadequate
to support themselves properly; and
"Whereas, The American Federa
tion of Labor and its affiliated na
tional and international unions have
always felt and expressed keen solici
tude for the welfare of women work
ers and to the extent of their re
sources have sought to bring about
the organization of women, to the
end that these workers might enjoy a
greater measure of protection as
wage-earners; and
"Whereas, The time seems propi
tious for inaugurating an aggressive
movement which promises to result
in the organization of the great army
of women and girls now a part of our
industrial life; therefore be it
"Resolved, That this, the thirty
third Annual Convention of the
American Federation of Labor, au
thorize and direct the Executive
Council of )the American Federation
of Labor to' levy at whatever time it
may see fit during the year 1914 an
assessment of one cent upon the
membership of all affiliated unions,
the money derived therefrom to be
expended by direction of the Execu
tive Council in whatever manner it
may deem best and of the greatest
advantage to the organization of the
wage-earning women of our country."
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