The King Alone and the Chicago Political Week
The Chicago Eagle reports on a Coliseum meeting where the organization blocked candidates for most offices while a senator candidate spoke. Roger Sullivan's campaign finances show heavy spending by others, plus contractor influence. Postal mismanagement at Garfield Park and sewer flushing neglect threaten public health, with graft high and food costs rising as newly rich contractors push political activity.
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Chicago
Owens Courage and Justice for Judge Owens
The text extols Judge John B. Owens as courageous, honest, and devoted to eradicating corruption in Chicago politics. It cites Governor Dunne and The Chicago Journal praising his bench record, urging renomination and election. It asserts his stand against fraud and his suitability for public office.
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John B. Owens
Dunne
Lipman's Hall
California Avenue
Division Street
Owens
John E. Owens
The
Chicago Journal
Chicago
Judge Owens
First Ward
War era call to close Board of Trade and curb wheat speculation
A Chicago call urges closing the Board of Trade until the war ends and banning food exports to curb price gouging. It condemns public contract graft and urges a Justice Department probe into wheat price spikes and possible embargo action. The push seeksProtect consumers and restrain speculation amid rising food costs.
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Board of Trade
Department of Justice
Chicago Board of Trade
Cary
Wisconsin
Chicago
Chief Board of Trade
Roger C Sullivan Tug Firm Seeks Senate Backing and Public Contracts
The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, owner of the tug Roger C Sullivan, builds Chicago outer harbor and a shore-arm under U S government contracts worth about a million dollars. The firm operates across the Great Lakes and Atlantic, with Boston and Albany as eastern offices and branches in Duluth Buffalo Cleveland Sault Ste Marie Toledo and Milwaukee. Sullivan is said to be financially involved and allied friends are heavy owners. the company is described as aggressive in securing public contracts.
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Great Lakes
Roger C. Sullivan
Uncle Sam
Chicago
U. S
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Albany
Duluth
Buffalo
Cleveland
Sault Ste Marie
Toledo
Milwaukee
Sullivan
Ite
Bradley Campaigns for County Treasurer and City Posts
John J. Bradley, named United States Marshal by President Wilson, campaigns on modernizing the tax collection system in Cook County. He argues against branch offices, favors mail payments, and emphasizes unity within the Democratic party and strong backing from federal, state, city, and county administrations.
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John J. Bradley
Cook County
Bradley
Wilson
William L. O'Connell
United States
Chicago
Clark's Big Howl Highlights Tax Record And Sanitary Board Feud
A long contested piece attacks Sanitary District Trustee Wallace G Clark over tax policy while outlining 1915 budget figures and planned projects. It notes a contested reform commission for primary elections and lists a large slate of public figures connected to the commission and campaign.
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Sanitary
Wallace G. Clark
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Sanitary Board
Clark
Drainage Board
Thomas M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Calumet Sag
North Shore
Owens
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William Baskerville
Coal City
Edwards
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Young Men's Club
T. A. Keane
Joe Page
C. D. Tufts
William Culver
Frank Ford
Glee Club
Roger
Garfield Park
Garfield Park District
Health Department
North Side
Supreme Court
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Albuterats Board of Review
President County
Senatorial
Democratic Party
E — Thomas A. Smyth
Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Company
Democratic Organization
Busse
Merriams Commission
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
United States Senate
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
Show Friendship
Sradley Sound
Alty
Clarks
John C. Eastman
Andrew M. Lawrence
Victor F. Laws
John C. Shaffer
Harrison M. Parer
Charles Michelson
Medill McCormick R. R. McCormick
Edward 8. Beck
James Keeley
Martin Hutchens
William K. McKra
George E. Cole
Carter H. Harris
Edward F. Dunn
Guy Guernsey
Robert Redfield
Charles B. Farwell
John W. Eckhart
John MacMahon
Isaac Greenacre
Harriet Wittum
Minnie F. Low
George W. Webe
Henry Barrett Chamberlin
Callistus
Enn L. Kahn
Joanna E. Down
Lucy C. Owe
Thomas E. Barrett
Alfred L. Baker
W. Roth
John H. Batten
Harriet Talor Treadwell
George W. Bass
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Henry D. Capita
Charles E. Merriam
Joseph F. Ryan
John R. Emerso
Thomas J. Ahert
Henry Atpatel
James B. Bowle
August Krumhol
G. Ed Trebing
Jacob A. Hey
Frank MecDermot
Thomas D. Nash
James A. Kearns
James Rea
Grace Wild Trout
Simon O'Donnell
Peter Shaughnessey
James H. Bowmars
Leonora Méder
Edward Tilden
Simon Fish
John J. Mitchell
Arthur Meeker
George EB. Hooke
Julius Rosenwald
Oscar F. Mayer
John Z. Vogelsang
Michael J. Faherty
Willard McEwen
Harold L. Ickes
Charles H. Wack
Charles Plamondon
Charlotte Rhodus
George Sikes
Nnel
Commis
Clyde Day
Emil C. Wetten
B. W. Snow
William J. Hartman
George Bolling
James
Agar
Bernard Barasa
James F. Bowers
John T. Connery
M. A. Devitt
Richard
Oin
Adolph Georg
Peter 8
Goodman
Henry L. Hertz
Susan L. Jenks
H. G. Adair
J. P. Black
Murray Keller
George N. Morgan
John A. McGill
John Reeble
R. Keene Ryan
George Sutherland
Camillo Volini
Anton T. Zeman
John Zimmerman
Graham Taylor
Benjamin Short
John W. Beckwith
Jane Addams
Mildred Derr
Tehlia Wash
Catherine Mullen
Anastazya Nowak
Catherine Birmingham
Lea Taylor
Josephine Schell
Maria Louise Chamberlin
Amelia Sears Joseph Niemiec
Edmund Szajkow
Louis Pinderski
August Urbanski
Peter Rostenkowski
Casimir Zychlin
Joseph Lasecki
Stephen Kolanowatt
Kozlowski
John
Konopa
E. 0. Brown
D. R. Levy
Henry F. Donovan
Denvir
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Carl Kitel
Herman Franze
Thomas Byrnes
Thomas Carey
Charles
Deneen
Horace Brand
Harry W. Young
Mra. J, Lindheim
Paul M, Mueller
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