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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

from obtaining Q telephone franchise
In San Francisco. No attack Of any
kind on the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company was threatened
by the Supervisors. and the sole pur.
pose Of the crime was to maintain q
profit which might be cut by the
competition Of business rivals. The
Supervisors were paid in all over
$4,000. The managing committee Of
the board of directors of the company
swore before the Grand Jury that they
did not know how the funds were
procured for the bribery"
This report was signed by william
Kent, formerly o well known alder.
man and reformer Of Chicago and six
other members of the committee ap.
pointed by the mayor of San Francis.
co, Oct. ~, 1908.
John ]. Coburn's election to the Su.
perlOr Court bench Is being predicted
on all sides. His long and brilliant
record has won for him big army of
friends and admirers. and every one
OF them are working like Trojans to
place him where he belongs.
Judge Joseph H. Fitch, Democratic
candidate for reelection, is 50 years of
age and has been resident of Chicago
since 1865. He was admitted to prac.
tice In 1881 and was Master in Chan.
Gerry. Superior Court, In 1928. His
practice as lawyer was general In
character, but lately he specialized In
condemnation cases and special az.
sessments. He was elected Judge Of
the Superior Court In November, 1910,
to fll vacancy and received a
plurality of nearly 10000 votes. He
has been on the bench but four
months but at the Bar Associations
recent primary he received the high.
est vote cast for any Democratic can.
didate and his vote was second among
all the candidates. This vote was q
deserved compliment and will serve
as a valid argument for his re.nolnina-
,ion at the judicial primary. Judge
Fitch may be considered q Chicago
man, although born In Maine. for he
came as q youth to this city In 1865
and secured his education here. He
attended the Ogden school, graduated
from the Central High school. the Chi
cago university and the Union College
Of Law. He was Master In Chancery.
as has been said. and for six years
was court clerk Of the County Court.
under Judge Richard Prendergast. Al
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

host Of friends and admirers in sveey
ward In the city and no man 10 better
qualified to cit on the bench.
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The battle for political supremacy
In 1912 has commenced. When II 10
ended there will be some changes on
the map.
Ask your alderman how the tele.
phone company treated him.
John p. Mc0oorty has the undivid.
ed support Of the Democratic rank
and file In his campaign for Circuit
Court Judge. His honest and bril-.
liant record IL well known to the
people.
Mayor Harrison says that gambling
must 90. And It must.
What fees have been collected from
the telephone company for permits
to cut trees?
Chicago people will hold their al
dermen responsible for telephone ex.
tortions.
Chicago never had q more courteous
or more efficient public official than
City Clerk Francis d. Connery.
william Eisfeldt, the popular for.
mer alderman from the Twenty.fourth
ward, Is being doomed for County
Commissioner next year.
John J. Geraghty, the popular and
well known button and badge manu-
facturer, Is talked Of for sanitary trus.
tee by the Democrats next year. A
better man could not be found for
the position.
No man on the Municipal bench
made better record in such short
time as Judge John r. G. verify.
Albert J. Hopkins will be one Of the
real leaders in the big tight next year.
The able former United States Sena.
tor has more friends to-day than he
ever had and everyone Of them 10 with
him to standstill.
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Zina r. Carter 10 being doomed by
bis many friends for the Republican
nomination for state treasurer next
year.
One Of the ablest and hardest work
Ing men on the Municipal court bench
is Judge Joseph 2. Uhlir.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

The idea ~ aot visionary, for Ar.
mour, associated with others--with the
Hartman estate. with Kennedy Todd
and De Forest Of New York, and with
the receivers of the Chicago subway
as a body--has already begun the
work Of giving genuinely cheap and
efficient telephone service to the city
Of Chicago.
In Chicago the receivers Of the sub.
way have installed already more than
twenty-five thousand automatic tele.
phones. They give an unlimited serv.
ice for sS5 a year--about one.half the
charge Of the Bell monopoly. They
give unlimited telephone service to
private families for less than thirty
dollars a year. With full extension
Of their system even the poorest fam.
lilies will use the telephones, and be
better of at the end Of the year
through the saving Of carfare.
The charge for pay stations with
this new system, which IL backed by
Armour and the others, is three cents
per call, and the intention IL to lower
this rate eventually from three cents
to one cent. At one cent the profit
would be enormous, with the econo.
mics Of the automatic telephone and
q sufficient number Of subscribers.
The right plan would be, Of course,
for the business men Of New York
who pay enormous tolls to the tele-
phone monopoly to get together, to
bind themselves to take new service
an automatic cheap service with
certain guarantees - and through
pressure Of public opinion compel the
granting Of franchise to an auto.
matte company charging the lowest
possible rate.
But Il is difficult to get business
men to unite; difficult to make them
resent effectively even the most pal
pable extortion.
The chief hope lies in the courage
energy and business knowledge oi
such man as Armour. who has the
money, who is not frightened by the
power Of monopoly, and who might
II he chose, be remembered as one ol
the real benefactors of the country
by breaking down the telephone mon
0poly and making Of the great tele
phone convenience blessing within
the reach Of all and as cheap, in pro
portion, az the national postoffice.
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Drop penny in the slot and tele
phone"
Aid. Herman ]. Bauler. who origi
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

down or he might be robbed and mur.
dered simply because he did not have
coin OF the right size at the right
time. Another difficulty is that form.
erly person had to take chances
only because his telephone might be
out of order. Now the telephone itself
might be working, but the slot ma
chine box device be out of order"
Corporation Counsel Sexton gave
his opinion on the authority given the
telephone company to install the de-
vices on nickel telephones where the
money Is deposited before a patron is
able to get the operator at the re-
quest of AID Charles M. Thomson.
Mr.. Sexton holds that the city can
regulate by its police power in case
the services rendered Is unreasonable
or unfair.
Nickel first" telephones will be
prohibited by the terms Of an amend.
ment prepared by the city legal de-
partment for presentation when the
city council reconvenes Sept. 25.
The amendment was drafted by
Alderman Fred A. Britten and Assist.
ant Corporation Counsel Hoover.
"The nickel first telephone" said
Alderman Britten, ought to be pro
hibited. Why, with such an instru
ment in the house, a person couldn't
get the operator to give police OF
fire alarm unless he had nickel. A
burglar could put such telephone out
of business simply by removing the
loose nickels that might be lying or
top of the instrument"
GaSNA
The telephone company has won its
point, II Is said. Did It cost as much
here as 1t did in San Francisco?
We take the following from page
"a Of the Report on the Causes oi
Municipal Corruption in San Fran
cisco as disclosed by the investiga
tions Of the oliver grand jury and the
prosecution OF certain persons fol
bribery and other offenses against the
state" made by committee appoint
cd by the mayor of that city and pub
lished by order Of the board Of %
pervisors, city and county Of Sar
Francisco, January s, 1910:
"The Pacifl, Telephone and Tele
graph Company bribed the supervis
ors to prevent the Home Telephone
Company or any other organization
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

Oscar Nelson, 3117 State st., Dem.
J. r. Boynton, 1924 LaSalle
av. .................. ..FrO.
Frank Shiflersmith, 1899 N.
Clark st. .................So Soc.
10-Alderman Chas. NJ. Thom.
son ............... .hep.
George w. Paullin. ........ Rep.
G. M. Moderwell .......... Rep.
Everett Marsh ............. Rep.
George Z. Foss, III Gordon
Ter. ................ .hep.
c. DeLang, Glencoe. Rep.
George p. Enghard, Evans.
ton .....s.......... .hep.
II. J. Finncgan, 5S1S Mag.
nOlia av. ................De Dem.
The day before the last telephone
graft went through the city council
the Chicago Tribune published car.
toon which many people have framed
showing the Bell telephone in stripes.
You remember that circumstance Of
course.
Albert J. Hopkins honest, clean and
fearless record both in the United
States Senate and In Congress are
well known to the people Of Illinois.
and no man stands higher in their
estimation.
That Col. James Hamilton Lewis
will be the choice Of the Democrats
for United States Senator 10 certain.
~
Chicago should get both the Dem.
ocratic and the Republican national
conventions next year.
Harry L. Shaver, member Of the
Legislature from the Thirty.Arst dis.
trict, is one Of the hardest.worklng
and best qualified men representing
Chicago down at Springfield.
Daniel L. Cruice deserves the sup.
port of all good citizens for Judge Of
the Superior Court. He 10 the right
man to place on the bench.
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How much has the city ever re.
ccived In fees from the City For
ester?
The people have been robbed by the
electric game long enough.
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1t is understood that the telephone
deal has all been fixed up in the City
Council. Some aldermen not In the
secret will be surprised to hear this.
Daniel L. Cruics 10 daily gaining
votes for his candidacy for Superior
court Judge on the Democratic tioket
and he should win. Mr.. Cruice has Z
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

q lawyer he has been markedly sue.
cessful and has won many cases be-
fore the Supreme Court. In 1884 he
married Elizabeth Goehegan and re-
sides at 1903 Winona avenue. He is a
member Of the Chicago Bar Associa.
tion, Chicago Law Institute and the
froquois club.
Daniel L. Cruice, Democratic candi.
date for Superior Judge. was born In
Buffalo, N. r., June 30, 1868. Edu.
Gated in the parochial and public
schools Of Buffalo, the University Of
New York and Chicago College Of
Law. He has the degree Of LII. b.
from Lake Forest University. While
acquiring his education he gained Q
vast fund Of experience. owing to the
fact that circumstances required him.
during the intervals between studies,
to work on the Great lakes, the Mis-.
sissippi and Ohio rivers, and In the
postofflce and railway mail service
Since attaining his majority he has
devoted his spare time to progressive
measures designed to bring govern
ment within the control Of the people
and to that end has "stumped" the state
In behalf Of the initiative and referen
dunn, public ownership Of public utili
ties, direct election Of senators and
direct primaries. As q lawyer he Il
earnest and intelligent And his ex
perience at the bar qualities him fol
the bench. He deserves your vote.
The woods are full Of congressiona
candidates. Here they are by dis
tricts:
N1--M. B. Madden, 3s29, Michi.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

Mayor Harrison made a popular
move when he ordered new report
ON the telephone situation. The "ex.
pert" whose report Ia now In the
hands OF the Council Committee fav-
ored the raising OF rates and Q gen
eral contribution to the necessiti = OF
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
branch OF the monopoly 10 owned
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-23

body, boots and breeches by the
American Telephone crowd who con.
troll the telephone business Of the
whole country. His report also shows
that the Chicago branch of the monop.
oily is obliged to buy all of its equip
ment from notorious Electric Com.
pany which is also owned by the
American Telephone Trust. This com.
pany makes its own prices for what
1t sells to the other concern and the
people Of Chicago are expected to pay
for the profits of both subsidiary insti.
tutions of the Trust.
Talk about the Tobacco Trust, the
Standard Oil Trust and every other
trust. The trust that Is the real thing
is the Telephone Trust. This Trust
hits over q quarter Of million people
in Chicago. Recently It has grown 10
bold that It managed to grab OF for
the purchase OF its watered stock a
big sum Of money donated by the gen.
erous Chicago public for the immedi.
ate relief of the widows and orphans
Of brave firemen who gave up their
lives last December in the discharge
Of their duty. Any alderman who
votes for an ordinance favoring the
Telephone Trust deserves the ignom.
my which he will certainly receive.
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they have paid for. And on the same
like Of argument the Northwestern
Railroad should double the price Of
railroad fares because It has erected
a $25,000,000 depot.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11
Domestic itemR

Domestic 'temR
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Equal Suffrage association will be
held in Representative hall May Is,
and the list of those present will In
clude some of the most widely known
women of the state.
The vital statistics compiled by the
Oklahoma state commissioner of
health show that in March, 1911, there
were 1903 births and S26 deaths in
Oklahoma.
Two thousand tracts of unallotted
Indian land in the Seminole, Creek
and Cherokee nations will be sold by
the government at auction beginning
Nay Is and closing May %.
Bank Commissioner ]. D. Landlord
will establish a bureau to protect
Oklahoma investors from fake con-
Germs and furnish information to all
inquiries concerning their financial
standing.
During the attack on Juarez by the
insurrectos five persons were killed
and several wounded by bullets
which fell in Ell Paso on the Ameri-
can side of the Rio Grande.
On May 1 winter wheat to be har-
vested was about 81 $4,000 acres, or
100000 acres, sc per cent more than
the area harvested in 1910, and g..
$4,000 acres, or per cent less than
the area sown last fall S4,4S5,000
acres.
What is said by shippers to be the
heaviest steers to be marketed from
Chase county, Kansas, in number
of years have been sold to Chicago
commission firm by Henry l. Masche,
stockman of Saffordville. The ship
ment consisted of 40 head averaging
exactly 1900 pounds each and
brought $12240 a head
A $40 note authorized by the Con.
tenental congress, was sent to the
treasury by man who asked rea!
money for It. He was told It was
worthless.
The plant OF the Premium Fruit Jar
company at Coffeyville has been de.
stroyed by fire. The plant was owned
by a Kansas City. bank, which pur.
chased it recently at trustees sale.
The rush Of Americans for the
coronation has begun in earnest. At
the North German Lloyd pier in Ho-
boken there were 1000 passengers for
the steamship George Washington.
Mai. Gen. Carter, IN charge Of the
maneuver division at San Antonio,
has informed President Taft that
despite reports to the contrary. there
is no discomfort among the troops ur,
der him.
That the earth will become uniE
ha bitable like the planet Mars was
the prophecy made by DR.. Svant.
Arrehenius Of Stockholm. in lecture
at Augustana college. Mobile. III.
Political unrest 10 widespread bu,
the revolutionary movement begun at
Canton last week appears TO have
been checked
The new political epoch in the
United States--a rule where the aver.
age voter has chance In making
the laws-was described In an ad.
dress full Of terse Illustration and hot
shots by Gov. Woodrow Wilson Of
New Jersey At the KniSs and Fork
club dinner At Kansas CITY.
rAenrdar,v .ramns ssnln char,rtar.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11
NEWS I! ] Oh THE | \ EE / I
Most Important Happenings Of nm
Past Seven Days. Nj
Interesting Items Gathered from ~
Parts OF the World CONDENSED "
Into Small Space for tho Ben. 9a.
eft OF Our Readers. aas.

national Capital ,Ss
BY The overwhelming vote Of 236
to 1Os the farmers free list bill passed
the house. There were "a Republic
cans voting for the bill on final pas-
sage. made up Of the progressives
from the Middle West. q.
The senate Republican caucus elect
ed Senator Gallinger president pro
TEN of the senat. The election was
unanimous. s
Army and navy experts who were
will ng to talk freely, but unoff1cially,
believe that in case of war with Mex
leo, which would follow upon inter-
vention, this country would require no
less than 100000 men of offense and
defense.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
designated SO additional postoffices as
postal savings banks, which, includ-
ing those previously selected, Will
make to.al of 1923 established since
January /.
The government appeal against the
dismissal of the so-called cotton cor
nel' indictments against James A..
Patten. Eugene c. Scales. Frank b.
Hayes and William Brown was dohk
eted in the supreme court.
A statement just issued by the
treasury department gives $S4.5o as
tie per capita circulation, basing the
figures upon an estimated population
May :, 1911, of 93,705,O0O.
Dollar diplomacy" is the newly
coined phrase applied to the expan-
sion of American business interests
through the efforts of the state depart
ment of the United States.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11

.The people Or the United States
Itave no desire for territory aggran-
Idizement,'' President TAFT said At the
peace conference. 1--WE have had wars
land we know what they are: We know
what responsibilities they entail. the
burdens and losses and horrors and
we would have none Of them. We
have a magnificent domain Of our own
I'm which we are attempting to work
out and show to the world the success
of popular government. and We need
no more territory in which to show
this"
Eight men were killed and six In
1ured when Are broke out In the Hart
ford mine shaft at Negaunee, Mich.
About 200 men were ini the mine at
the time OF the fire. Most Of their es-
capped through tunnel to the Cam
bria mine. M
That Military rule will be establish
ed in Plttsburg and Crawford county,
Kan, within the next ten days unless
the Prohibitory law ia rigidly enforced
by the local authorities was the decla-
ration made at mass meeting by
John S. Dawson, attorney general.
I. The joint assembly of the Colorado
Legislature, after balloting until 1871
o'clock to elect successor to the late
Senator Charles J. Hughes, Jr., was
formally dissolved, leaving unbroken
the deadlock which has existed since
January -.
Met with armed resistance when an
attempt was made to raid two So
called points near Curranville, Kan,
Thomas ]. Karr, prosecuting attorney,
and Edward Brazil. sheriff Of Craw'
ford county burned building oc'
cupied as a Turner hall
There will be no more Sunday
theater performance in any town In
Kansas. John s. Dawson, attorney
general, sent telegram to the county
attorneys and sheriffs to notify al.
the theater managers and owners to
close on Sunday. - :.
f,Teiur s,ft:irs
The new glo-Chinese agreement
for the immediate reduction and final
extinction of the expectation of Indian
opium to China has been signed.
: The fear is expressed that II D1az
should retire half dozen men would
spring up with claims to the presi'
dency 1t is the lack of leadership
and responsibility among the insur-
rectos that is causing the greatest
apprehension In Washington.
1t was practically decided that the
Canadian house will adjourn during
the absence of Sir Wilfred Laurier at
the imperial conference and the coro-
nation, thus delaying ratification Of
the reciprocity agreement at least I'M
til August.
The peace commissioners OF the
Mexican revolutionists formally pre-
sented to Judge Carbajal, the federal
envoy, statement signed by Fran
cisco I. Madero, Jr., appealing to
President Diaz to make public the as
surances given privately that ne IN
tends to resign.
In cottonwood grove at the foot OF
the same barren hill over which the
insurrecto army had threatened to
make its way into the city of Juarez,
Francisco l. Madero Jr., shook hands
with Judge Francisco Carbajal, official
peace envoy of the Mexico govern
ment, inaugurating formal peace nego-
tiations between the warning factions
of the republic.
To include Canada in the arbitration
scheme between Great Britain and the
United States is the plan Of British
Ambassador Bryce. He will 60 to
Ottawa to discuss the project with
the Canadian government.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11
PERSONAL.

Louis NJ. Hedges. one of the most
widely known old-time Snowman, who
was for years manager for the late
P. 7. Barnum died at his home at
Chicago.
]. N. Dolley, state bank commits
sioner has started campaign against
-t.ae AA4lddrieh currency reform p4aff He
has asked every state banking depart
ment to join him, as Dolley sees in
the Aldrich plan total ignoring OF
the state banks.
The dove Of peace that lowered
over Jaurez and the insurrecto camp
seems to have flown away. Diaz has
refused to answer the telegram sent
asking him to make public his private
statement that he would resign.
A change of the date of the inaugu.
ration of the president is assured of
ratification by the sixty-second con.
gress, and 1t is not improbable similar
action will be taken to change the
date of holding national elections.
Oficial dispatches to the state de.
partment from Ambassador Wilson
and the consular officers In Mexico
confirm the reports published indicat-
ing very serious international dis
turbances in Mexico.
Dr.. T. ]. J. See the noted astrono-
mer. In an address to the students of
tho University Of Missouri said that
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-12-22
BEAVERDAM.

Claud Devault made flying trip
to Camden Tuesday.
Miss Ada Holland has been Wis
iting Oh Harmons Greek this week.
Several from here attended
church at Cedar Grove last Sunday.
The little daughter of Jack
Spence is no better at this writing.
Mrs. w. H. Dobson and Mrs. M.
M. Cuff were guests of Mrs. G. I
Sarrett Sunday.
We are glad to know that Avis
Bowman of Eva City has moved
into this community.
We are glad to know that Ed
ward Walker, who has been very
low with pneumonia, is improving,
Mrs. Claud Devault and little
daughter, Cannon Nell, spent Sat-
urday night with Mrs. Bertram
Sarrett.
Some folks are so crooked they
can't walk straight. Some folks
are so modest they object to the
naked truth.
A. r. Devault was called to
Nashville last week on the account
of the death of his brother-in- law,
Mr.. Northcutt.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-12-22
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