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Show TETITION THE PRESIDENT. Six Thousand Illinois reople, Want Congress Called In Extra Geislon C hlengo Oct I lx thousand till nois i Itliens during the lst twentv four hours hive signed a petition ask- ing Piesldent Rnosevflt to roll in ex- I Ira session of e ongtess to enact some measure for the prevention of a eotl famine One method suggested In the petition Is a provision for the srpolnt- mnt of a temporar) rerelvfr to operate i the Peunsvlvnnln mlneo which are cloed on aeeount or the strike Ihe retltlon Is being circulated nil over Ihe eltv or Chliago and throughout th State of Illinois under Ihe direction of United Stntes Senator William E Ma son Theie are numerous Instant e where temporal) receivers have I een appoint ed fnr the management of public mill ll.s." wild t-eiialnr Mason and whleh arfnrd ample precedent fnt ictlon In Ibis eniergenc) Itallroids have been thus tl cnlfd bv the com Is nn the petition pe-tition nr the people, as can be shown b) the I cent its I have hi mind, too, a case whole h dispute between a iiitinl-elpillty iiitinl-elpillty mid u waterworks compaii) which thieatened to deprive the people of a wotci suipl), resulted In Ihc ap-lilntmeiit ap-lilntmeiit nf a receiver until the tiou-ble tiou-ble vi us settled " |