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laf ititioti Ug RICH AVTOI$T KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT WOMANHURT LAST EDITION TRAIN WRECK LEADS TO PROBE OF THE I. C, RAILROAD Entered ae SecondrClass Matter April 21, 1914, at the PostotUce at 1 Chicago, HL, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE DAY BOOK An Adless Daily Newspaper. ' Daily Except Sunday. N. D. Cochran, -ixJIpn. Te, Monroe 353 Editor and Publisher. ajglls By Majf Except in i 500 South Peoria St 396 Chicago, $3 a Year. VOL. 3, NO. 187 Chicago, Thursday, May 7, 1914 ONE CENT HUMANE GIRL OTESTS FROM WORKING RING QUICK RESULTS Barrier of Fear Is 'Knocked Aside By New Office Estaby lished By Factory Inspector Nelson Big Em ployers Are "Told On" By Letter , - i . - and Telephone. "I thinlcit is a shame the way works his girls. They are no allowed to sit down five minutes. The Irttle pup of a floorwalker is a nsgr driver." I. thought that' slave days were over." The above' Is one of many notes orletters received by Oscar P. Nelson state factory inspectorfrom young girl employes, as a result of the est4b lishment of a complaint and information bureau in the factory inspection, department. Past experiences with employers and employes have made it plain to Nelson jiat a large percentage of the employes cannot come out with the, trith about conditions and let it be known that they are making public such truth, without losing their jobs. The result was -the establishment of this complain and informatioa bureau. r.. .. , A