Aldermen Winners Named In Tuesday Ward Primaries
Names of ward winners in the aldermanic primaries reported for Tuesday. The article lists victorious candidates by ward, highlighting the local political contest and expected council makeup.
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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1917
Page
1
Names of ward winners in the aldermanic primaries reported for Tuesday. The article lists victorious candidates by ward, highlighting the local political contest and expected council makeup.
Chicago officials Bennett and Ettelson push bills to authorize use of the municipal pier for recreation and to permit leasing concessions and funding from miscellaneous receipts. The move follows prior doubts about legality of amusements on the pier and aims to boost summer attractions for locals and visitors.
Frank Dailey, assistant attorney general overseeing election fraud inquiries in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, begins thorough work in Chicago with Hoyne’s staff. He召n summons witnesses from multiple wards including the first, second, and eighteenth for questioning.
The sudden death of City Clerk Siman, renominated on Tuesday, places the Republican Managing Committee under pressure to name his successor to the ticket.
The proposed illegal sidewalk cleaning ordinance would keep 2,000 policemen busy daily in winter. It urges people to clear sidewalks for Trust Press, News-stands and city property, a measure that could benefit thieves and harm public safety.
The Traction and Subway Commission issued a supplementary report on Chicago industries. It ranks Chicago beside New York as a manufacturing center with leading sectors slaughtering and packing, clothing, printing and publishing. The report cites a value of over 700 million dollars and notes significant employment and growth figures for 1904 to 1916.
City and federal food inspectors led by Patrick R. Hilliard discovered more than 33 million pounds of hams bacon and beef in two stockyard warehouses with total storage estimates exceeding 150 million pounds. Inspectors found 21 million pounds in one location and 12 million in the other, about 70 percent of capacity, under 4 to 8 degrees below zero.
The Daily Paper notes the Nance ordinance forces property owners to clean sidewalks for newsstands, granting abutting owners a proprietary interest and permitting rentals of the sidewalk space. It argues the city cannot compel owners to be janitors without compensation. The ordinance shifts sidewalk privileges to adjacent property holders.
Twenty seven Chicago organizations led by the Association of Commerce call on Congress to enact universal military service and training. The Chicago preparedness conference declares the country’s safety requires immediate action and asks Congress to pass legislation before adjournment.
Governor Lowden holds first conference with the Waterways Commission as the Dunne appointees prepare to exit under the London consolidation bill. Attorney Lee Mathias expects a War Department permit despite prior opposition. Illinois faces potential payroll delays with 450000 due Wednesday and only about 240000 cash in treasury. Inheritance tax funds are due March 1. Basel Gallagher contest looms in Galesburg with a split on the minority committee report. Speeches by James Tufts Marvin Pool James Callahan and others outline the remedial loans bill prospects.
Fifteen supporters gathered before Springfield house and senate committees urging action on a measure to cap salary loan interest at 3 percent a month. Sponsored by Rufus W. Abbott of the Chicago Telephone Company and Rudolph Matz, president of an unidentified organization.
Illinois House Education Committee held a session on a Teachers' federation tenure bill for Chicago teachers and a proposed doubling of the public share of the teachers' pension fund. Proponents F. F. Donacher Ida Furaman and Max Toeb argued for the measure while Angus Roy Shannon and Harris Huehl opposed it. No committee quorum was present and action was postponed pending further hearings.
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