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m m SIGNAL TURRET OF DREADNAUGHT WYOMING UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP 0 o SWITCHMEN ASK RAISE All railroads entering Chicago have received demand from their switch men for a 5 per cent raise in wages. The demand is made through the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen with whom are affiliated BO per cent of Chicago switchmen. The other switchmen are controlled by the Rail way Switchmen's union. The two organizations are expected to stand pgether and make a country-wide remand for an increase. o o- Germany uses almost twice as many postcards for domestic corres pondence as any other nation, Japan ranking second and the United States third. IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT Women's Trade Union City Con ference, held under auspices of the Women's Trade Union league of Chi cago, Oct 1 and 2, will have public meeting tonight at Assembly hall, Room- 222, 1579 Milwaukee av. Miss Mary McDowell, vice pres. of the league, and Victor Olander, sec'y of the State Federation of Labor, will address the meeting. Agnes Nestor, pres., will gave a report of their work. Music. New York. Al Jennings, former outlaw, is fighting again this time against the devil. Jennings opens a month's revival in Brooklyn tomor row night