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MARGARET HALEY SAYS THAT SONSTEBY GOT $2,100 Margaret Haley, business agent of the teachers' federation, yesterday charged that die teachers were forc ed to pay School Trustee John J. Son steby $2,100 to represent them before the legislature in their fight for the passage of a bill taking the repair of school buildings from the educational and placing it in the "building fund'. This is in answer to Sonsteby's oft-repeated boast as to how much good he did for the teachers in get ting that bill passed. At a meeting of the parents of chil dren of the Delano School Wednesday night Sonsteby told again of the good he had done the teachers and how he saved Miss Haley's job; "Yes, and you were paid $2,i00 for it," Miss Haley answered. Miss Haley then explained that prior to the passage of the bill in 1909. the repair money had always .been taken from the educational, which left a hole of about $500,000 annually The teachers wanted this shifted' to the building fund so that the teachers could get a raise in salary. Sonsteby went down to Springfield and the bill was passed. But after that he took a notetfrom W. J. Bart holf, principal of thQ Crane Technical School, asking Miss Haley to give Sonsteby $2,500indre. Miss Haley could not give him this. But she got $500 on her life insur ance. Then $1,000 more was obtain ed by the teachers' subscriptions. . -b o WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEAGUE PUBLIC-MEETING Planned somewhat as a diversion from the seriousness of the waitress strike situation, a public meeting will be held Sunday, March 8, at 3 p. m. in Schiller Hall, 64 W. Randolph street, by the Women's Trade Union League of Chicago, at which time John Walk er, president Illinois State Federation of Labor, will speak on the "Co-operative Movement" and Miss Jennie Johnson, of the Illinois Equal Suf frage Association, will sing. Every body is inVited. o o A LABOR DEFENSE FUND IS PLANNED BY UNION LEADERS A permanent national organization Tvhose object will be the gathering of funds for defense of union labor -men who are arrested in labor disputes may become a reality. The .proposition will be considered tomorrow afternoon at the mass Meeting in the interest of Carl E. Per son, secretary of the Illinois Central Federation and editor of the "Strike Bulletin," held for the" killing of Tony. jMusser, chief of the Illinois Central strikebreakers. The meeting will be held in Cohan's Grand .Opera House., The. Carl Person Defense League,--which has arranged the meeting, has started a country-wide campaign to "raise $100,000 for the young labor leader's defense. It was in connection with Person's case that the plan for a permanent 'defense fund was brought up. Labor leaders are optimistic over its pos sibility. They point to the fact that union labor raised $60,000 for the Moyer - PetUbone - Haywood defense and $50,000 for the Giovanetti-Ettor defense. John Hi Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor; John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor; W. H. Johnston, president of the International Asso ciation of Machinists; O. A. Wharton, president of the railroad department of the American Federation of Labor, and Att'y Frank Comerford, counsel for Person, will address the meeting. John C. Flora will preside. The Chicago Musicians' Union will contribute an orchestra. . During Att'y Comerfbrd's talk pictures depicting the entire affair, in Clinton, 111., will be shown. , Huerta's officialorgan is said to have called Pres. Wilson "the man with horse teeth." May find the pres ident has horse sense as welL