Wood Boom for Republican Nomination Builds Nationwide Favor
Sentiment for Leonard Wood grows daily as GOP presidential candidate, led by Chicago supporters. An Associated Press dispatch from Sioux Falls reports Wood leading in South Dakota with 22,679 to Lowden 19,283 and Johnson 17,560 as of 708 of 1,740 precincts. Many western and Black Hills precincts not yet heard from, suggesting strongest backing.
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South Dakota
Associated Press
Sioux Falls
Lowden
Johnson
Bad Lands
Lead
Deadwood
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Huron
Pierre
Yankton
Watertown
Madison
Canton
Vermilion
Black Hills
Gas Rate Will Be Continued by Public Utility Board
Representatives of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke company completed talks as gas rates were chosen to be continued under the public utility board decision.
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The
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Boosting Chicago Boosters Publicity Club Work
Chicago boosters advertise to the world the city’s greatness with a plan to double population, strengthen influence, and improve business and home life. W. Frank McClure chairs the Advertising Council with officers including Wm. Hale Thompson as president and D. F. Kelly as first vice president.
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Chicago
The
Club
Wm. Hale Thompson
D. F. Kelly
Robi. J. McLaughlin
Frederick H. Bartlett
City Council Fights Over Committees and Mayor’s Silent Garrity
Alderman Scott Hogan leads a move to curb the traditional eight member committee on committees as Mayor Thompson bypasses signatory action on Garrity's ordinance. The dispute pits municipal reformers against the Municipal Voters league while names like Ernest R. Graham and Henry Schott anchor a broad list of Chicago business figures.
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Thompson
Ald
Scott M. Hogan
Municipal Voters’ League
Committee
McChesney Opposes Governor Appointed Judges
Chicago leaders and lawyers at the constitutional convention criticized the Miller plan to appoint judges for Chicago and Cook County. Nathan William MacChesney and fellow jurists condemned the idea as unfair and impractical arguing appointments could be dominated by outsiders selecting Cook County judges.
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Chicago
Cook County
Ilinois
Nathan William MacChesney
B. M. Chiperfield
Canton
Norman L. Jones
Carrollton
David
Superior Court
Mr. MacChesney
Supreme Court
Cook
Fletcher Leads Union League Club Elects President
John Fletcher popular vice president of Fort Dearborn National Bank was elected president of the Union League Club for the coming year in a closely contested annual vote. Other officers include George T. Buckingham first vice president David L. Goodwillie second vice president Cornelius M. Trowbridge secretary and Britton I Budd Herbert G. P. Deans and Paul B. E. Wilson directors for three years. Fletcher, born in 1879 at Williamsburg Iowa, has held multiple bank and corporate posts in Chicago and serves as a director of Fort Dearborn and Englewood State banks. He is active in several clubs and a Kenwood Evangelical church member.
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Union League Club
Chicago
John Fletcher
Fort Dearborn National Bank
George T. Buckingham
David L. Goodwillie
Clifford Arrick
Cornelius M. Trowbridge
Britton I. Budd
Herbert G. P. Deans
Paul BE. Wilson
Mr. Fletcher
Uncle Sam halts booze prescriptions in Illinois
Capt. Hubert Howard, Illinois prohibition director, announced the end of drug store whiskey without a government prescription. Prescription blanks were sent to reputable physicians and stock will be available at his office for those overlooked. A monthly limit of 100 gallons is set for old established drug stores and 100 gallons every three months for newer drug stores since the dry law.
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Hubert Howard
Illinois
Capt. Howard
Federal
Political Gossip and Local Election Notes in Chicago
Oscar Mayer Jr. is the lowest paid county worker as assistant to his father a county treasurer. The county boards approves a $136000 plan for a juvenile detention home on Roosevelt road and Ogden avenue. Chicago’s April registration rises by 68701 to 816117 voters with 52493 men and 16208 women. Chief Clerk Sullivan cites ward contests and presidential candidate activity for the spike. Aldermanic races see Bayler urging calm amid fears of disturbances in the Twenty second ward. Ammen expected to win strongly in the Twenty first ward. Agnew nears majority for April 6 after a four candidate primary showing in February. Peace seen as likely winner for Twenty first ward Republican Committeeman. The Twenty fifth Ward Young Men’s Republican Club organized to back Schmidt for reelection and to enroll all first-time voters.
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Chicago
James F. Sullivan
The
Election Commission
Charles J. Ammen
Agnew
Gold Coast
George N. Schmidt
Supplementary aldermanic vote slated for April six
A supplementary aldermanic election is set for April 6 in wards five, eight, nine, twelve, twenty first, twenty second, twenty fourth, twenty sixth, and twenty seventh. A preliminary election will be held in the eleventh for the Cullerton vacancy.
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Cullerton
Bauler Boosters Rally As Ward Voters Back Re election
Women voters in the Twenty second ward plan a campaign through April first to defend Ald Bauler amid what supporters call unlawful opposition. An organized group of small homeowners backs Bauler for home protection. A meeting at 511 West North Avenue will feature ward representatives urging Bauler re election. The Bauler Boosters hold their annual dance at Prudential Hall on West North Avenue next Saturday.
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Twenty-second
John H. Bauler
Ald
Bauler
West North Avenue
Prudential Hall
Igoe withdraws from Thirty-fifth Ward Democratic race
City Clerk James T. Igoe formally withdraws as a candidate for ward committeeman in the Thirty-fifth ward in favor of William P. Feeney. Feeney, once unsure about re election campaigning due to health, has recovered and will run with the regular organization backing him for an easy victory.
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James T. Igoe
William P. Feeney
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George Seaman
Robi. J. Thorne
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Alfred Decker
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Edward Hines
Louis Eckstein
Samuel Insull
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Advisory Advertising Council
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Earl Barber
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Wm. J. Moxley, Inc
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Montgomery Ward &Co
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Jackson Boulevard
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Albert Nowak
Fletcher
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
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Forest Preserve Commission
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