New Judgeships Sought in Cook County Press Campaign
The Illinois Legislature is urged to create six new circuit judgeships in Cook County boosting total judges to twenty. The move triggers a spring campaign with parties fielding twenty candidates for Circuit Court, including one for Supreme Court and four for the Circuit Court. Mohawks athletic club revival ties to Robert M. Sweitzer campaign amid spirited party rallies and primary results.
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Cook County
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Brentano
Thomas C. Clarke
Circuit Court
Windes
Baker
Brown
Kersten
Walker
Honore
McGoorty
Tuthill
Smith
Gibbons
Petit
Pinckney
Baldwin
Scanlan
Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Mohawks
West Side
John J. Evers
Boston Braves
Mike” Heckinger
Brooklyn Nationals
Mets
Fullerton
North Dearborn St
John M. Lonergan
John M. Murphy
Thomas
Illinois Legislators Denied Passes Spark Rail Fare Furore
A Chicago newspaper column laments lawmakers losing annual rail passes and proposes higher passenger rates. It denounces the All Hog Railroad, rails lobbying, and Governor Dunne’s critique of lobbyists while detailing state efforts to curb tariff hikes and urging registration of lobbyists at the Capitol. The piece also notes a Democratic registration banquet in March with Sullivan and Sweitzer among speakers.
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Illinois
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
All Hog
The
Illinois Central
Chicago
Springfield
Dunne
All Corporation
Auditorium Hotel
Roger C. Sullivan
Democratic Organization
Third Ward
Henry Stuckart
Sweitzer
Frank Ryan
Thomas M. Sullivan
Ryan
John P. Hopkins
City rail and street car rules advance in council
The ordinance requires cars to wait for cross-town traffic at night and limits rail line blockages to five minutes. President Leonard Busby of the Chicago Surface Lines approves the measure. A City Hall cleaning event and the NKeters Union trip to Washington are noted, with Sweltzer’s victory cited and legislators pressed to back higher railroad fares in Illinois.
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Chicago
Leonard Busby
Chicago Surface Lines
Nketers Union
Washington
Sweltzer
Tax Substations Open for 1915 Tax Collection
County Treasurer Henry Stuckart designates banks as tax sub stations from March 10 to May 1, 1915. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Real estate and special taxes may be paid at the listed branches in the South Side and North Side districts, including State, Savings, and National banks on Halsted, Ashland, Cottage Grove, and Ravenswood avenues.
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William Hale Thompson
Henry Stuckart
South Side
Peoples Stock Yards State Bank
47Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Sixty-Third
Halsted Street
Savings Bank
Halsted Streets
South Side State Bank
43Rd Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Koch and Company (Bankers
South Halsted Street
South Chicago Savings Bank
92Nd Street
Commercial Avenue
Roseland Bank
Michigan Avenue
Frank L Smith Announces Candidacy Shifts Gubernatorial Fight
Announcement that Col Frank L Smith of Dwight seeks Republican gubernatorial nomination next year spurs an anti Deneen faction entry with Col Frank O Lowden as a challenger in the big political contest.
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Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Frank O. Lowden
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P. Convey
Peter H. Dalton
B. E. Kearin
James Maloney
T. L. Connolly
D. Griffin
Kittle Maloney
Ann Conway Doyle
Hotel Sherman
Stuckart
Frank 8. Ryan
Charles H. Wacker
Chicago Plan Commission
West Side Terminal
Mr. Wacker
12Th Street
Lake Front
Wacker
Ture
Lawndale State Bank
West 22Nd Street
Madison and Kedzie State Bank
Madison Street
Kedzie Avenue
Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank
Milwaukee Avenue
Home Bank and Trust Company
Milwaukee
American State Bank
Blue Island Avenue
Jefferson Park National Bank
All Hog Railroad
Ald
H. E. Littler
Council Harbors Committee
South Park Commissioners
Charles H. Markham
Markham
Trust Press
Iowa Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
General Assembly
Kickham Scanlan
Ilinois
North Side
Aetna State Bank
Lincoln Avenue
P. Phillip State Bank
North Clark Street
Ravenswood National Bank
Wilson Avenue
Ravenswood Park
Appellate Court
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