Aldermen push reforms and street extensions at city council
City council files two reform measures the Pretzel ordinance and a mayoral license ban near Northwestern University. It passes street car extension ordinances on Kedzie, Crawford, Archer, and Leavitt to Western. Labor dispute at Union station prompts mediation talks while aldermanic committees urge railroad talks with unions.
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Cirys
Capitain
Four Mile
Northwestern University
Ald
Black
Cross
Tyden
Vanderbilt
Harbors Committee
Calumet Lake
Otto Kerner
Chief Healey
Transportation Committee
Thirty-first
Kedzie Avenue
Crawford Avenue
Kedzie
Archer Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Leavitt Street
Western Avenue
Thompson
August Schultz
Randolph Street
Union Station
Pennsylvania
W. J. Healy
Healy
E. A. Howard
Burlington Lines
A. M. Schoyer
E. D. Sewell
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Simon O'Donnell
Building Trades’ Council
O'Donnell
Construction Employers’ Association
Cook County
Howard
Schoyer
Sewell
The People Are Slaves Slaves to Public Office Arrogance
A critical editorial on city and county officials accusing an office holding aristocracy of growing control over public affairs. It notes some honorable exceptions but warns the number of power-hungry officials is increasing and threatens democracy.
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Herbert Kaufman
Chicago
Sullivan Platform Promises Drainage Board Reforms
Thomas M. Sullivan, Democratic nominee for presi dent of the drainage board, outlines pledges including continuing sewer disposal methods as conditions allow, diverting all Lake Michigan sewage, safeguarding drinking water by modern methods, reducing taxes yearly, funding permanent improvements with bonds, expanding hydroelectric capacity, extending street lighting, boosting water power for Chicago, and resolving the Bubbly Creek nuisance at the earliest opportunity.
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Thomas M. Sullivan
The
Drainage Board
Lake Michigan
Evanston
Chicago
Nominees Listed For Illinois General Assembly Crowded Cook Districts
The article enumerates Cook County districts for the Illinois General Assembly with three house members to be elected in November. Dist 2 lists Meyer Cossman and John M. Powell. Dist 4 names Richard Farrell and Al F. Gorman. Dist 6 includes James J. Barbour and William J. Stapleton. Representatives 1 feature William M. Brinkman and Benjamin H. Lucas, with John Griffin as Democrat.
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Illinois General Assembly
Cook County
House
Meyer Cossman
John M. Powell
Richard Farrell
al F. Gorman
James J. Barbour
William J. Stapleton
D. Representatives
William M. Brinkman
Benjamin H. Lucas
John Griffin
Chicago voters registration nears eight hundred thousand
Chicago’s presidential voter registry swelled to 798,728, the world’s largest. Tuesday’s polling added 348,284 names with 188,728 men and 149,556 women, marking a significant rise in women’s enrollment and gains in Republican wards and Socialist areas.
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Chicago
New York’s
Dunne Campaign Drives in Chicago Ahead of Cook County Vote
Gov. Dunne lands in Chicago to press his final Cook County push at Cohan's Grand Opera House after touring Monmouth. He attacks the Chicago city hall faction and pledges to separate business from residential zones to curb traffic deaths and pollution while arguing for steadier property values and safer streets.
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Wilson
Dunne
Chicago
Cook County
Cohan
Grand Opera House
Monmouth
Ill
Maclay Hoyne
Lowden
Chicago City Hall
City wards show big GOP gains across 1915 election
The article notes large Republican gains in multiple wards including the Twenty-fifth with 9 115 total, and in the Sixth Seventh Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh wards. It cites aldermen and candidates such as Curran Hruby Smejkal Epstein Vacco Prendergast Devereaux Bippus Mitchell Maher Maypole Thon Ov erland Bruce Caviezel Fieldstack Jacobson Petlak Conlon Wordell Seif and others.
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Thomas Curran
Joseph QC. Hruby
Peter F. Smith
Edward J. Smejkal
Jacob W. Epstein
Carmen Vacco
Solomon P. Roderick
James EK. Marek
James T. Prendergast
James C. McGloon
Thomas P. Devereaux
Frederick J. Bippus
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Michael F. Maher
George M. Maypole
Lawrence C
O'Brien
Carl Mueller
Harry F. Hamlin
Frank J. Seif, Jr
John C. Wordell
Nash for Municipal Court Judge
The statement urges Thomas D. Nash's election to the Municipal Court bench. It describes him as an able lawyer and an honest man who will be a credit to the bench.
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Thomas D. Nash
Governor Lowdon and plans to control all branches
A speaker warned that the election of Governor Lowdon signals a broader program to bring all branches of city and state government under centralized control, describing the development as a serious alarm.
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Lowdon
Illinois Democrats back Wilson era leaders in strong ticket
Rank and file Illinois Democrats praise President Wilson and Edward F. Dunne as the people rule under their administration. The party presents its strongest ever ticket, with men of the highest moral standing.
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Illinois Democracy
Wilson
Edward F. Dunne
Democrats of
Illinois
Street Car Men Call for Hoyne Reelection
L D Bland editor of The Union Leader urged 25000 street and elevated railway workers in Chicago and Cook County to reelect State's Attorney Mac lay Hoyne. Bland cited Hoyne's role in securing a favorable contract after last year's street railway strike and included an old union letter praising his justice.
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Maclay Hoyne
Chicago
Cook County
L. D. Bland
Bland
Hoyne
Sullivan Strong With Railroad Men in Sanitary District Race
Thomas M. Sullivan, admired as Grand Trunk Railroad superintendent, builds on a strong base among railroad voters as he seeks election as president of the Sanitary District of Chicago. His ascent from humble beginnings mirrors his steady leadership.
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Thomas M. Sullivan
Grand Trunk Railroad
Sullivan
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Sanitary District
Webb's Good Record for Re-election to Board of Review
Thomas J. Webb has built a flaw free record as a careful honest and vigilant public official on the Board of Review. Republicans and Democrats back his re-election acknowledging his marked ability in office.
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Thomas J. Webb
Board of Review
Robert E. Wilson Urges Support for Sixth District
Democratic representative Robert E. Wilson of the Sixth Senatorial District is praised for shepherding the Firemen's pension act and other laws through the legislature. The plea urges voters to reelect him to Springfield.
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Robert E. Wilson
Springfield
Protect the Children in Chicago Building District Plan
Alderman Merriam tells a council committee that many children are killed in congested districts where factories homes and shops mix. He urges legal authorization to create building districts or zones to protect children near schools from vehicle and factory hazards.
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Chicago
McCormick, Buck, Walker and
Werner
Ald
Merriam
General Assembly
Lawyers Form Nonpartisan Committee To Reelect Hoyne
A lawyers’ nonpartisan committee pledges support for State’s Attorney Hoyne. The letter cites Hoyne’s four year record of vigorous impartial prosecutions and names organizing attorneys including William T. Alden Amos C. Miller Raymond M. Ash Horace Oakley craft Charles K Os mmeld Elmer H Adams Quin O’Brien and many others.
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Hoyne
William T. Alden
Amos C
Miller Raymond M. Ash
Horace
Oakley Craft
Charles K
Ommeld
Elmer H
Adams Quin O'Brien
James A
Brady John J
Peckham
Rush C
Butler George H
Peaks James G
Condon
Augustus
Pea- Howard P. Castle Body
William A. Doyle Lessing
Rosenthal John G
Drennan
A. F
Reichmann
William H
Dyren
Egbert Robertson Forth
William Rothmann
Gustave F
Demand Export Duty To Curb Rising U.S. Prices
The author argues that high living costs and manufactured goods prices rise because foreign markets pay more for American goods. They contend a large export duty would protect Americans by restricting outbound trade and stabilizing domestic prices.
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United States
Democrats Nominate Sanitary District Trustees Ticket
The Democrats present a faultless ticket for Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago with Thomas M. Sullivan as President and Joseph Rushkewicz and James A. Long as Trustees. Each candidate is praised for public service.
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Chicago
Thomas M. Sullivan
Joseph Rushkewicz
James A. Long
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