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NOON EDITION BROTHER KILLED BY TWO SISTERS AFTER FAMILY QUARREL NOON EDITION HOYNE STARTS WAR, ON TAXDODGERS- CASES TODAY - Entered as Second-Class Matter April &L, 1914,'at the Postofflce at - , Chicago, HL, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. ' THEDAYBOflK An Adless Newspaper, Daily Except Sunday N. D. Cochran, Editor and Publisher. 500. South Peoria St. 398 Tel. Monroe 353. By Mail, Except in Chicago, $3 a Yean VOL. 3, NO. 240 Chicago, Friday, July 10, 1914 ONE CENT ' STOP-LOOK-LISTENERS IN POLITICAL DEATH-FIGHT WITH 'SEVEN SISTERS' Ballot War Waged In Pacific Northwest by Big Business and Standpatters to Defeat Seven Bills En- t dorsed by Labor and Farmers. Seattle, Wash., July 10. A battle royal, precipitated by he ''Seven Sis ters," Is being waged in the State of Washington. The November elec tion will determine the winner. The "Seven Sisters" are seven initiative bills proposed by a joint committee representing the State Federation of Labor, the State Grange, the Fanners' Union, and the Direct Legislation League of .Wash ington. The nickname was given-the bills by the standpatters who .are fighting them, bujtthebackers of ihe initiative measures were favorably impressed with the name and gladly adopted it themselves. These hills provide the following: 1. Amendment of the workmen's compensation act to provide "first aid" for injured. This means that when a worker is hurt, the employer is required to furnish hospital and medical treatment up to an amount of $100, in addition to paying into the state industrial insurance fund a reg ular monthly contribution to com pensate workmen for injuries sustained. Lt3fcUfci&