The day book. [volume], March 03, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 12

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and came out the same way.
"The white slavers were attracted
by the mass of jobless girls and soon
I was told of girls who had been ap
proached. In. this difficulty the Com
missioner of Public Works worked
with me, also, and he threatened to
arrest any man caught speaking to
the girls.
"The strike was settled in a week,
in -time for the 15;000 people to be
hack, to" work before Christmas, and.
the day it was settled and my girls
came'ihto the, church, I was touched
deeply by the. expressions of love
those girls used toward me. Though
m they were, of many nationalities, their
name for me was 'Mother
"It is a wonderf ul memory that one
has helped working women, lor there
is no. more worthy cause, and I can1
nqWielp deploring that. Chicago has''
not, a -mayor luce Mayor uurnx. ana a
police force like the one in Sche'nec
tadywhich is today one of. the most
strongly organized cities In ,the coun
try, and possesses the best working
conditions."
Mentally I cohipared"3Irs. Bloor,
who is a grandmother, and who is so
sweet and gentle when she is talking
to one, with the woman who stood in
front of Henrici's for three days
with a hard stare in her eyes and a
grim set to her jaw, fighting against
those girl pickets and apparently en
joying the battle.
And I wondered if Mrs. Bloor was
not right in saying that the woman
who fights with capital against, work
ing women is a disgrace not only to
her class, but to her sex.
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HOW THE SENATE LINED UP ON
THAT PARCEL POST DEAL
By Cilson Gardner.
Washington, March 3. In the fight
to save the parcel post there was only
one vote to spare on the senate roll
call. An amendment was offered by
Senator Bankhead of Alabama pro
viding that no sum appropriated for
carrying fourth-class mail matter
could, be used foe carrying a greater
weight than 50 pounds in any one
package, u without authority being
first obtained 'from congress. The
vote on this was the test vote and the
line-up "between the friends of parcel
post and the friends of the express
companies.
If this amendment had been adopt
ed the postmaster general would
have been prohibited from .extending
the weight limits beyond the 50
pound line, thus leaving all that class
of business for' the express com
panies. On this line-up, those who
voted yes ,(for theiexpress companies
andagainstthe people) were: Bank
head, Ala.; Brady, Idaho.; Bristow,
Kan.; firyan, Fla.r. Catron, N. Mex.;
Clark, Wyo.; Cummins, Iowa; Dilling
ham, Vt.;..Gallinger, NvH.; Hitchcock,
Neb.; Hollis, N. H.; Hughes, N. J.;
Lippert, R. I; Lodge, Mass.; McCum
ber, N. Dak.; Nelson, Minn.; Oliver,
Pa.; Page, Vt; Perkins, Cal.; Rans
dell, La.; Sherman, 111.; Simmons, N.
Car.; Smoot, Utah.; Stephenson,
Wis.; Sterling, S. Dak.; Sutherland,
Utah; Weeks, Mass.
Those who saved the parcel post
were: Ashurst, Ariz.; Chamberlain,
Ore.; Clapp, Minn.; Gronna, N. Dak.;
James, Ky.; Jones, Wash.; Kern, Ind.;
LaFollette, Wis.; Lane, Ore.; Lee,
Md.; Martine; Norris, Neb.; Overman,
N. C.; Poindexter, Wash.fPomerene,
Ohio; Reed, Mo.; Robinson, Ark.;
Saulsbury, Md.; Shafroth, Col.; Shep-
pard, Tex.; Shively, Ind.; Smith, Md.;
Swanson, Va.; Thompson, Kan.; Till
man, S. C; Townsend, Mich.; Vard
ttran, Miss.; Works, Cal.
TOMMY REALLY WORKING
Pittsburgh, March. 3. "Tommy".
Manville, Jr., son of the New York,
Milwaukee and Pittsburgh Asbestos
King," was working today, with his
father reconciled to his wedding with
Florence Huber, a chorus girl. He
was filling a position as box mailer in
the Johns-Manville company here.. By
working Tommy was adding $12.50
per week to his income of $10;000
per year.