Bank of America Crash Sparks City Banking Reform Debate
Ex Judge Philip Stein urged for Circuit bench vacancy as Chicago eyes tighter charter controls on new banks. Critics say outlying Pan American style institutions threaten small traders and depositors. They call for a municipal exam board to police promoters and ensure solvency before licensing lenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of America
Chicago
Abner Smith
Cook County
Hibernian Banking Association
Graham & Bons
Union Trust Company
Merchants Loan & Trust
The
Commercial National
State Bank of Chicago
Continental National
Drovers Depaalt National
Fort Dearborn National
Ax Diraliau & Bona
Philip Stein
Tuley
Big Meetings Boost County Democracy for Galile at Palis
The Workingmen's Municipal Ownership Union led by Frank Buchan and Leland P. Smith pushes for forty percent of the Democratic county ticket this year. The group, strong in Democratic wards, holds large Sunday meetings at Randolph Street HQ opposite City Hall and plans a literary bureau to spread municipal ownership ideas while targeting delegates for the April primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workingmen’s Municipal Ownership Union
Frank Buchanan
Leland P. Smith
Randolph Street
William B. Fleming
Robert BE. Burke
Analstant Corporation
Green
Dunne
Axel Guntufson
Chicago
Thi
Dr. Guatafaon
Coliaeum Annex
Hopkins to Dunlap Charges a $225,000 Fund
Dunlap, Bryan ally, is accused of financing slush funds to debauch the Democratic party in Illinois. Hopkins accuses Dunlap on a Chicago Democratic convention stage, cites past defeats, and warns of further exposure if he returns to Chicago with funds. The piece also rails at banks with their own buildings, advertising agents, and trust papers, interwoven with local politics and figures like Pollasky and Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of America
Abner Smith
G. F. Borrow
Jerome ¥. Pierce
Canhter
R. H. Howe
Asalatunt
Daniel D. Healy
F. Badger
Eagle
Wild Cat J
Rhia
Clerka
Jona
Chicago
John E. Traeger
Millard Fillmore Dunlap
Jacksonville Cabal
Timois
W. J. Bryan
Chicago Daily News
Democratic State Central Committee
Sherman House
Dunlap
Harmony
John P. Hopkins
Col. Hopkins
Tommy Mowatt
National Committee
Democratic Party
Springfeld
Hopkins
Cook County
Boeschenstein
John F. O'Malley
Parker
Bunko- Steerera
Directory
Chicago Trust
Chicago Trust Press
Beet Trust
Alfred H. Jones
Illinois
Whalen
Patterson
Beef Trust Rise and Public Demand for Justice
A heated editorial warns the Beef Trust faces new scrutiny from the next Legislature as public anger grows over contamination and corruption. It cites trials, the National Pure Food Show, and officials exposing tainted meat practices, grease skimming, and sewer grease as evidence that both Beef and Newspaper Trusts face legal reckoning and juries.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warn Democrats
County Democracy Active
Galile
Palis
Chicago Eagle
Legal Fraternity of
Bench
Bar
Fire Department
Police Department
Newspaper Trust
Beef Trust
William Ritchie
Diederich
Dan Opener
Wang
Vnal
Lve
George Edmund Foss
Conareas
F.C. de Lang
Frederick C. de Lang
Frederick de Lang
Keen & de Lang
Congress
John J. Sullivan
Commission House of
Doe, Sullivan & Co
Quincy Market
Boston
Mass
Coliseum
Sullivan
Tere
Supreme Court
Superintendent of Public Instruction
General Assembly
Onealliff Municipal
Trustees Sanitary District Board
Can Openers Union
H. KR. Engle
August Kriuhels
Krumholz
Harry R. Gibbons
Bualneas
Ite
Jacksonville
Owney Thompson
United States
Springfield
Cabal
Pickering
Fill Dunlap
Bryan
Hearst
Owney
State Savings Institution
la Salle Street
City Hall
German National Bank
German Savings Bank
Fifth Avenue
Fidelity Bank
Chicago National
Monroe Street
Marcus Pollasky
Pollasky
Traeger
August Krumholz
Roger C. Sullivan
Iowa
Pat Crowe
Illinols
New York Insurance
New York
Chicago Newspaper Trust
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!