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l ir - LAST EDITION LITTLE ITALY JN THE PATH OF PROBING POLICE SQUAD LAST EDITION FORD HAS FACTORY SANITARIUM FOR CONSUMPTIVES s Entered as Second-Class Matter April 21, 19X4, ;at the Postofflce aSfy Chicago, m, Under the. Act of. March 3, 1879. THE DAY BOOK An Adless Newspaper, Daily Except' Sunday N. D. Cochran Editor and Publisher. "500 South Peoria St "398 Tel. Monroe 353, ByMail, Except 'in ChicagaL.$3,aYeari VOL. 3, NO. 228 Chicago, Thursday, June, 25, 1914 ONE CENT RICH FATHERS OF NAMELESS KIDS SOUGHT IN BABY FARM PROBt State Investigator Virden Hurries To Springfield 'With Report on Baby Farming Promises Sensational i Exposure Oak Park Case in Court State Investigator Charles E. Vir den has entered the campaign against "baby farms" arid already has enough information to make people horror-stricken. It is believed that some of these farms are working in league with shady doctors who attend unmar ried mothers. It is known that " the keepers of these farms shake-' -down mothers, and then if trouble comes up threaten exposure and the girls are forced to. keep silent. ' " - "' One important clean-up has been made by the arrest of -Mrs. Lois Ken nedy, keeper o,a, farm at 425 Maple avenue, Oak Park." Fourteen children were brought in to court against Mrs. Kennedy. They were: Mildred'Frances Ryan, 2 years old; Ffank,Keene, 3 years old; Grace Irene Pratt, 1 year old (this child was offered for sale, according to Mr. Virden, for $20) ; Frederick Hanson, 6 months old; Aflred Data 8 months old; John "Guf tavson, 3 months old; ' Roh'erTSjIverg.'lyear old; Arthur fe& tjlHiMiii 4 Mfete25kjgf:a&i jrft.' -whi