Preparedness Walks and Enlistment Pressure Across Cities
A report contrasts mass demonstrations for preparedness with actual enlistment. In New York 140,000 marched for enlistment while only 400 applied. War department figures show 16,817 applications and 3,927 recruits nationwide in thirty days, with San Francisco, Chicago, and New York leading in applications and acceptances.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Artemas Ward
Congress
Broadway
United States
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
San Francisco
Chicago
City Council Approves Preparedness Parade for Convention
Chicago aldermen swiftly back a major middle west demonstration for preparedness naming June 10 for a huge parade and related meetings during the Republican convention week. The plan received unqualified approval at Monday night’s council session as officials designated the date and endorsed the event.
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Chicago
Chicago City Council Endorses National War Preparedness
The Chicago City Council, after passing the largest appropriation bill on record, approved resolutions urging national preparedness. It authorizes the mayor to appoint a committee of aldermen and city officials to participate in a patriotic movement and demonstrations in support of the coming war effort.
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Chicago
City of
The Hen Convention in Chicago at Blackstone theater
The Woman's Party convention gathers in Chicago June 5 6 and 7 at the Blackstone theater for accredited delegates from suffrage states. Auxiliary meetings run outside the hall with a Sunday 4 p.m. preconvention dedication at Lincoln Park featuring St Gaudens Lincoln as backdrop.
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Woman's Party
Chicago
Blackstone
Congressional Union
Stevens Building
Convention
Lincoln Park
St. Gaudens
Lincoln
Peabody Honored by Hinsdale Golf Club Members
Francis Stuyvesant Peabody, former president of the Hinsdale Golf Club, was honored by members of the organization with an oil portrait painted at the club’s expense and presented to the club.
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Merchant Prince
Hinsdale Golf Club
Francis Stuyvesant Peabody
Mr. Peabody
Burke Declares No Vote for Wilson Nomination
Robert B. Burke, elected delegate at large, said he would not vote for President Wilson's nomination. Insurgent claims suggest about twenty other delegates from the state may abstain from voting at the St. Louis convention.
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Robert B. Burke
Wilson
St. Louis
Insurgent votes loom in first ballot on Wilson renomination
Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and leaders expect insurgent support on the first ballot as discontent grows over central powers policy. Burke, a former "uninstructed" delegate, says no later rules will bind him and he will not vote for Woodrow Wilson, signaling a split in the renomination process.
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Wilson
Europe
Champ Clark
Missouri
Burke
Woodrow
Nomination Defeated for Dixon G. Williams in Senate
Advices from Washington indicate that Sendéfer Lewis and Governor Dunne have succeeded in defeating Dixon G. Williams as a candidate for the Senate, with the rejection expected to be finalized in Chicago. The report notes Williams faced opposition from Washington sources and local posts.
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Washington
Sendéfer Lewis
Dunne
Dixon G. Williams
Chicago
Senate
Sullivan Aims for Vice President With Big Marching Club
Roger C. Sullivan drums up a vice presidential bid with a 1000 member marching club heading to St. Louis to push his name. His election board clerk D J Egan has tailors bidding on matching suits as straw hats and walking sticks complete the parade effort.
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Roger C. Sullivan
St. Louis
D. J. Egan
Official canvass declares delegates to Democratic National Nominations
Secretary of State Lewis Stevenson releases results of the recent primary canvass showing elected delegates including Robert M. Sweitzer 118,919 Edward F. Dunne 112,636 Roger C. Sullivan 111,363 Henry T. Rainey 108,740 Robert Emmet Burke 88,714 serve H. Harrison 86,031 Jacob Rehton 84,415 and Jackson R very 2,016.
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Lewis G. Stevenson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Edward F. Dunne
Roger C. Sullivan
Henry T. Rainey
Robert Emmet Burke
H. Harrison
Jacob Rehton
Jackson R
Very
Districting Chicago Plan Commission Aims to Zone City
A letter to Corporation Counsel Ettelson from the Chicago Plan commission outlines zoning or districting as a key phase. It describes dividing the city into elements to control development including trades industries housing and building heights based on a purpose built survey.
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Ettelson
Chicago Plan Commission
Remarks from Illinois senator on renomination and party rules
Senator Burke declares he will not be bound by party caucus rules and will vote against Wilson, asserting his mandate comes from Illinois voters. The piece lists Republican and Progressive at large delegates with vote counts, and discusses city zoning plans to create residential, commercial, and industrial districts with uniform restrictions.
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Burke
Tribune
Sullivan
Wilson
Illinois
St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
William B. McKinley
Medill McCormick
William J. Calhoun
William A. Rodenberg
Isaac N. Evans
Roy O. West
William Haley Thompson
Garrett Def Kinney
Raymond Robbins
Frank H. Funk
James R. Campbell
Harold L. Ickes
John Maynard Harlan
Republicans Ready for Chicago Campaign Headquarters Opening
Arrival of James B Reynolds secretary of the Republican national committee establishes a campaign center at Congress hotel in Chicago with clerical staff and officers including William F Stone as sergeant at arms. Roosevelt Non-Partisan League opens western HQ at 26 East Monroe with Harry Bettinghaus in charge and a Chicago local committee named.
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James B. Reynolds
Republican National Committee
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Reynolds
Washington
William F. Stone
Congress
Coliseum
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Francia C. Kelley
Catholic Church Extension Society
William F. McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
William O. Waters
Grace Episcopal Church
Stone
Edwin P. Thayer
John Hanson
Baltimore
William Nelson Pelouze
Edmund J. Wachter
W. A. Evans
Roosevelt Non-Partisan League
East
Monroe Street
Harry Bettinghaus
Edwin C. Larned
Vincent EB. Healy
Albert D. Farwell
Charles G. Cushing
George W. Patterson
Jesse Spalding
R. Douglas Stuart
Alfred T. Carton
Smith endorses home rule for Chicago and state reform
Col Frank L Smith of Dwight Republican candidate for governor endorses home rule a state budget system a constitutional convention and an economy and efficiency reorganization of state government He argues Chicago suffers from too many spending agencies boards and commissions and that the state should help consolidate municipal affairs confirming support in reply to Medill McCormick’s letter
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Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Medill McCormick
Col. Smith
Chicago
Assembly
Chicago Should Own Local Utilities Control
The speaker argues Chicago should have restored control over locally served utilities to avoid state conflicts and headaches for the rest of Illinois. They oppose jurisdictional clashes between state agencies and municipalities and advocate council oversight to ensure service quality and cost within city boundaries.
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Chicago
Public Utilities
Public Utilities Commisasion
Democratic convention prep in St Louis June 14
Preparations are under way at St Louis for the Democratic convention which opens on June 14. A ticket shortage worries contributors to the guaranty fund, and the Coliseum will have major alterations including roof removal and glass lighting. Boxes will be provided for governors and distinguished spectators. the judicial ticket for June 5 lists Burke Gridley Dever Cooper McDonald Sullivan and David for various terms.
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St. Louis
Guaranty Fund
St. Louis Coliseum
Superior Court
Richard E. Burke
Martin M. Gridley
Evanston
William E, Dever
William F. Cooper
Charles A. McDonald
John J. Sullivan
Joseph B. David
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Peabody
Charles H. Wacker
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Sergeant - at-Arms Stone
Smith
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