City Faces Cash Crunch If Beer Manufacture Ends
Chicago braces for a beer ban after December 1 likely forcing about 7,000 saloons to close. City revenue from licenses could vanish, threatening a $9.9 million tax anticipation borrowings plan and requiring monthly license payments to ease the impact. Officials convene with Comptroller, Treasurer, and council to seek legal and financial options.
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Chicago
Wilson
Clayton F. Smith
Pike
John J. Sonsteby
Smith
Alderman Richert
Council
Ettelson
Richeit
Chicago liquor industry faces mass job shifts under proposed measures
The annual gross income of Chicago beer and liquor interests is estimated at 90 million dollars. Prohibition predictions expect 7,000 liquor retailers to shift careers and 14,000 bartenders 6,000 waiters 1,000 musicians 4,500 brewery workers 8,000 porters and 6,000 allied workers to seek other employment.
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Chicago
Candidates Must Buy Bonds for Subscriptions to Third Liberty Loan
In Cook County, candidates for various offices must show receipts for Third Liberty Loan subscriptions. Minimum amounts: Representative $1,000. State Senator $2,000. County Commissioner $4,000. President County Board $5,000. Member of Congress $2,000. U S Senator $0,000. Municipal Court Judges $6,000. Sanitary District Trustees 5 years. County Judge $5,000. County Clerk $5,000. Probate Judge $5,000. Clerk Probate Court. Clerk Criminal Court. Sheriff $15,000. County Treasurer $10,000. County Assessors $5,000. Board of Review $5,000.
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Cook County
Liberty
Congress
U. S
Board of Review
State Council Auxiliary Organized in Cook County
Complete organization of the Cook county auxiliary of the State Council of Defense was announced. Executive Committee includes Samuel Insull as chairman and Walter N. Wilson as vice chairman with several officers and members listed. Coordination and Finance committees are named with Robert M. Sweitzer and Lewis E. Myers in leadership roles.
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Cook County
State Council of Defense
Samuel Insull
Walter N. Wilson
Lewis EB. Myers
Burridge D. Butler
Robert Ek
Durham
Williams. Hefferan
B. J. Mullaney
Robert M. Sweitzer
J. E. Ward
Walter H. Wilson
Lewis 4. Myers
Thomas
McCormick Wins Republican Senate Nomination in Illinois
Medill McCormick defeats Mayor William Hale Thompson by a substantial margin for the Republican nomination. Early returns show a statewide plurality over Thompson, with a landslide downstate and a sweep from Cairo to Zion City.
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McCormick
Thompson
Medill McCormick
United States
William Hale Thompson
Cook County
Downstate
Cairo
Zion City
Close of Fall Primary Opens Big Fight for Chicago Mayor
The fall primary concluding, a wide contest for Chicago mayor emerges with candidates from Democratic and Republican factions seeking a nomination. The noisy scene includes a Negro soldier at the piano. casualties from a shipboard incident are noted, and political tension rises as tax and beverage policy questions loom with imminent legislative action expected by October.
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Chicago
Local War Committee Chairs and Secretaries Named
Kins as vice chairman and Thomas D Knight as secretary lead the Publicity Committee. B J Mullaney chairs and William H H Culver is secretary for the U S Boys Working Reserve Committee. Burridge D Butler heads the committee with Peter Fleming as secretary. Women's Committee is led by Mrs William H Hefferan with Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout as vice chair and Miss Emily Naipieralski as secretary.
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B. J. Mullaney
William HH. Culver
U. S. Boys Working Reserve Committee
Burridge D. Butler
Peter Fleming
Woman's
William 8. Hefferan
Grace Wilbur Trout
Emily Naipieralski
Chester A. Phillips & Co. A Leading Supplier Of Industrial Equipment
Chester A. Phillips & Co in the Old Colony Building is renowned for efficiency and integrity. The firm offers locomotives, steam shovels, excavators, locomotive cranes, railway cars, steel rails, railroad power, mining, shipbuilders and contractors equipment with nationwide reputation.
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Chester A. Phillips & Co
Old Colony
Addison Boulevard Advocated as City’s Longest Best Boulevard
Addison street described as the longest and widest east west boulevard north of the Chicago river. It would connect three park systems and is free of streetcar tracks. Former Alderman P F Haynes and City Treasurer Clayton F Smith are thanked for the boulevard work. Tom Carey endorsed for Mayor by six Democratic Ward Organizations.
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Addison Street
Chicago
P. F. Haynes
Clayton F. Smith
Addison Boulevard
Tom Carey
Senator Lewis II in Paris
A Paris dispatch reports Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago aboard the torpedoed Mount Vernon suffered a chill from exposure while helping carry wounded men. Congressman Thomas D. Schall and Attorney John Cross were aboard. Mrs. Schall aided her husband to a lifeboat as the ship returned to port amid songs from wounded soldiers.
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Senator Lewis
Paris
Associated Press
James Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Mount Vernon
Thomas D. Schall
John Cross
Providence
R. 1
Labor Leaders Named for Re-Election in Chicago
President John Fitzpatrick and Sec. iovery Wockers of the Chicago Federation of Labor were renominated without opposition. Other nominations include Oscar F. Nelson for post office clerks vice president FG Hopp for financial secretary Thomas F Kennedy for treasurer and multiple officers and committees listed with names across unions. Election set for September 15 with delegates named to state and national federations.
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John Fitzpatrick
Sec
Elizabeth Maloney
Waitresses’ Union
J. A. Train
C. M. Madsen
Timothy Meary
John Carroll
Charles Dole
Tobias Hellman
Albert Petersen
Co A. Robinson
James Loughridge
John Kikulsu
C. A. Dease
Steve Sumner
V. A. Vance
Joseph Morton
Honore Jaxon
Wm. Boyen
A.C. Anderson
John Meister
Mark Nelson
Inois Federation of Tabor
Gertrude Stoetzel
Anna Staghage
H. Trammoend
William Quesse
J. Terold
Ben Parker
George May
James Brown
Dan Riordan
John Waltern
CM. Madsen
J. Ferris
Pinance
Mob
Phillip
A Can Federation of Labor
Emmett Flood
Barney Berlyn
Tt. G. Petehil
John Mannen
Tax on Tea and Coffee Affects Revenue Bill
Washington reports dispute over President's beer tax repeal affecting SNACH HOH revenue. House Ways and Means Chairman Kitchin says the deficit may require new consumption taxes on coffee tea sugar and cocoa to replace beer revenue. Longworth estimates show potential limits for breakfast table taxes to offset lost beer tax income.
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Washington
House
Kitchin
Wn Means
Longworth
Ohio
Public utilities urged to fix rates for war needs
Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the national committee on public utility conditions, urges the president to fix rates to fund utilities for war. He notes utilities supply about 60 percent of industrial power, electric furnaces rely on utilities, and 80 percent of workers ride electric rail, with 20 percent of total needs to be met by utilities for war effort.
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Philip H. Gadsden
National Committee On Public
Gadsden
Water meter scheme criticized as costly and useless
A daily press supports water meter plans but critics warn meters reduce water and harm health. The article calls the promoter a traitor to the public and argues meters are unnecessary and expensive.
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Daily Press
William O Hawkins noted as top Richards and Sons manager
William O Hawkins, manager for Richards and Sons coal company, is described as a popular, sharp business leader respected by all who have dealt with him in the trade.
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William O. Hawkins
Richards& Sons
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Tim
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Thomas D. Knight
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