The day book. [volume], January 14, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 32

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HAS HALF A CAR OF THINGS FOR
MINERS' FAMILIES
James T. Patterson, business agent
Bottle Beer and Liquor Drivers'
Union, announces that hejias receiv
ed nearly a half a car of provisions
and clothing for the benefit 01 tne
striking miners and their families of
Calumet, Mich. $jj
Patterson wishes to congratulate
the union men of Chicago on the
manner in which they have respond
ed to the aid of the striking brothers
in Upper Michigan. He is still col
lecting and hopes to send a carload
of stuff to the strike-bound district
He can be reached at room 503, 184
W. Washington street.
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FOSTER ARRAIGNED
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 14. Joel M. Fos
ter, millionaire poultry man of Bur
lington, N. J., was arraigned today
for his elopement with 16-yeaf-old
Delilah Bradley. The girl, who is the
principal witness against Foster, was
released on bail and left for home
with her father. Government prose
cutors will handle the case, which is
to be pushed under the white slave
law.
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HOMELESS HOLD BIG MEET
Eight hundred homeless men pack
ed Hodcarriers' Hall, Green and Har
rison streets, this noon, where a
meeting was held under the auspices
oi the national committee of the un
employed. This is one of a series of
meetings to be held throughout the
week. An effort will b made at these
meetings to arrive at some practical
solution of the unemployed problem.
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CABLE BREAKS THREE KILLED
Mulberry, Kan., Jan. 14. Victor
Gimther, John Manatelli and Arthur
Connery were killed early today when,
a cable broke on the cage in which
they were going to work in mine No.
7 of the Spencer-Newells Coal Co.
The cage plunged a hundred feet to
the bottom of the shaft Three
others in the cage were seriously hurt
A SEASONABLE DITTY
By Jim Manee.
It's funny how the women folks'
Will bundle up in furs;
'Way up around the shoulders
Is where this all occurs.
The way they're dressed they keep
right warm,
That anyone would know.
And little do we realize
They shiver down below.
P. S. Let's lay the blame on the
slit or tango skirt. Alright, it's laid.
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CALUMET PICTURES ARE GOOD
SHOW AT EMPIRE THEATER
The moving pictures of the burial
of the 72 children and 8 adults who
perished in the Christmas eve panic
at Calumet, Mich., are being viewed
with interest at the Empire Theater,
Madison and Union streets, where
they are being exhibited every after
noon and night this week.
All who have seem them declare
them to be the most remarkable pic
tures ever exhibited in Chicago. The
pictures are "being produced under
the auspices of the Western Federa
tion of Miners and the proceeds will
go to the relief of Calumet strikers.
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TO INCREASE PARCEL POST
. WEIGHT TO 100 POUNDS
Washington, Jan. 14. Postmaster
General Burleson is seriously consid
ering Increasing the parcel post
weight limit to 10 Opounds. Experi
ments with the recently increased
limits have proven- successful and de
partment officials believe the 100
pound parcel would be easy to han
dle. weatfErIforecast
Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day, but with some cloudiness;
warmer tonight, with lowest temper
ature above freezing; brisk to high
southwest winds. Temperature Tues
dayHighest, 27; lowest, 23.