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,7- ' " 5 5" NOON EDITION- ONE CENT, HEARST KIT KEELEY IN JOHN D. DEAL THE DAY BOOK An Adless Newspaper, Daily Except Sunday VOL.4, NO. 197 Chicago, Tuesday, May 18, 1915 3 EXPLOITING OF ALIEN GIRLS SHOWN UP Factory Inspector's Office Throws Light on Actions of Restaurant Bosses "They Take' Advantage of Ignorance" Says Nelson Many Fines in Court. How Polish immigrant girls who land in this country ignorant of the laws and by-laws in regard to female employment are taken advantage of by restaurant bosses is -plainly shown up in a' report issued by the state fac- tory inspector's office. , The report claims that there are 'more violations of the woman's tenT -hour law is restaurants, especially those run by 'Greeks, than by any other class of employers. The gym ; of the factory inspector's-'officeMiave been trained on the Greek offenders for some time and rank violations of the law have been uncovered. It is simply a case, according to In spector Nelsonof the employers tak ing advantage of the immigrant girls'" ignorance,- They-land-in this country in a position where, they "need the money" and are willing to work much longer hours than the law allows. A majority of the ghls from fbreign lands do hot even know, until told by inspectors, that such a thjng as' an hour-law exists. Harry Delias of The Delias Lunch Room -was fined $15 for failure to kee,p a r time, record of female em ployed Peter Barris'of The Barris Lunch Room drew a $45 penalty for working a waitress oven ten hours. "Perfera Bros, paid the court $10 for violating the child labor law. Other cases which came before Judge "Trude in the municipal court Monday were: Djincan Bros. Mon Co., $10 for vio lating child labor la i ai gHggr t?r&.Jfr&&j&3L jtgjPSa tf.tfcittBJrfghia&ajj infest ffifeg8 fiSBSSfi