Election battles over telephone rates and trust power in Chicago
A heated Chicago debate rages over municipal ownership of phones and the Telephone Trust. Aldermen push penny telephones, regulate nickel boxes, and demand rate cuts amid calls for public ownership and anti trust actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Herman J. Bauler
Chicago Telephone Company
Bauler
Council
Bell
Armour
New York
National Post Office
Central
Ald. Britten
2Nd Ward
Sexton
Corporation
Charles M. Thomson
Bemis
W. J. Hagenah
Ald. Bayler
Seventy Cent Gas League
John P McGoorty Runs on Democratic Ticket for Judge
John P McGoorty campaigns as a public official lawyer and citizen seeking election to the Circuit Court on the Democratic ticket. His long service and community standing are highlighted as key strengths.
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Ross C. Hall
Superior Court
Mr. Hall
Sca
John J. Coburn
John P. McGoorty
Circuit Court
Judge Fitch Seeks Re Election Amid Chicago Ties
Judge Joseph H. Fitch, 52, a Chicago resident since 1866, seeks re election to the Superior Court. Admitted to practice in 1881, he served as Master in Chancery in 1892 3 and has built a general yet now condemnation focused law practice. He was elected in 1910 to fill a vacancy and won a large plurality.
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Ogden School
Central High School
Chicago University
Union College of Law
Richard Prendergast
Supreme Court
Elisabeth Goohegan
Winona Avenue
Chicago Bar Associa
Joseph H. Fitch
Chicago
Superior Court
Bar Association
Fitch
Maine
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Northwestern Railroad
Telephone Trust
Chicago Daily News
National Senate
Interstate Commerce Comittee
Kenyon
J. Ogden Armour
Illinois Tunnel Company
Ilinois Tunnel Company
Harrison
American Telephone Trust
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Telephone
Chicago American
New York Times
New York City
Great Packet of
United States
Klondike
Harriman
Kennedy Todd
de Forest
Chicago Subway
Subway
Edward W
City Legal Department
Fred A. Britten
Hoover
Britten
Telephone Company
San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Telephone Company
William Kent
Daniel L. Crukce
Hugo Pam
Denis E. Sullivan
Joseph J. Sullivan
Cook County
Andrew J. Redmond
Thomas Taylor, Jr
Long
Circuit
Marcus Kavanagh
Mississippi
Tion
Chicago Law Institute
The
Iroquois Club
Daniel L. Cruke
Buffalo
N. Y
University of New York
Chicago College of Law
Lake Forest University
Charles A. Comiskey
White Sox
Charles M. Foell
Joseph H. Fitch Chunge
Daniel L. Cruice
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