Chicago eagle., 1913-04-05


throughout the ward. and the hand.
some vote he received was the re.
suit.
Assignments of Municipal Court
judges for the three months begin.
ming Monday were announced Wed.
nesday by Chief Justice Harry Olsno.
Judge Jacob H. Hopkins already had
been assigned to the Morals Court
and Judge Joseph Y. Uhlir will re.
place Judge William Gemmill in the
Court of Domestic Relations.
Judge Fry will continue to sit in
the Speeders' Court
The police court assignments are
as follows:
South Clark street, Judge Williams.
Desplaines street, Judge Mahoney.
Maxwell street, Judge Fisher.
Englewood and West Thirty.fifth
street, Judge Gemmill.
West Chicago avenue and Shake.
speare avenue, Judge LaBuy.
East Chicago avenue and Sheffield
avenue, Judge Goodnow.
South Chicago, Judge ]. J. Sullivan.
Hyde Park, Judge d. Sullivan.
Criminal Court (for Jury cases),
Judge Rooney.
Judges Stewart, Torrison, Caverly,
Graham and Prindiville are assigned
to the various civil branches. Jury
cases will be heard by Judges Olson,
Fake, Newcomer. Dolan, Wells,
Wade, Kearns, SABBATH and Martin.
other cases will be heard by Judges
scully, Betiler. Rafferty,, Courtney,
Ryan and d. Sullivan. Judge Sulli.
van will spend the first half day at
the City Hall and the second in Hyde
Park.
James 8. Hopkins has won the high.
est respect and admiration Of both
bench and bar by his clean and able
record - q lawyer.
No man ON the municipal court
bench 10 working harder in the inter.
ests Of the new court than Judge
John R. Caverly.
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Clayton q. Crafts would make q
fine Federal Judge.
Chicago's financial world has no
abler or more highly respected leader
In It than Albert @. Wheeler.
Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
do honor to q seat on the Federal
bench.
When the Ben monopoly Was work
Ing overtime 70 get the city council
to knock out the Illinois Tunnel Tele.
phone Company's franchise Mayor
Harrison expressed himself % believ.
Ing that better service could be Oh
tained from dual telephone service
than from Q single one.
I'm every instance that have been
personally informed Of" he said, "the
two systems have been about % cheap
to the consumer 40 one. Competition
seems to produce better service.
really believe that better service can
be expected from two companies than
from one"
II you want to hear real graft scan.
dal wait until the new boxing law is
passed.
The fact 10 dawnlng upon the pub.
lie that the Phone Trust hangs on TO
its antique and out-of.date equipment
just to keep prices up. The older the
kind Of instrument In use the easier
1t 10 to pile up a lot Of figures. prov.
Ing the great cost Of maintenance,
and this great cost has to be added
to the telephone bill Of the subscriber.
The only reason why the telephone
Trust will not use the automatic sys.
tenn 10 because It can make more
money out Of the public with it, anti.
quated service. England has adopted
the automatic service, and 30 has far.
away Australia and New Zealand.
The Trust is so busy garnering
a great fortune from the people Of
Chicago that all that It wants 10 q
number Of friendly aldermen. and "the
people be ID"
Every effort Is being made by the
Trust to cloud the real situation and
get away with another schedule OF
high prices. Every subject except the
real one--overcharg Of telephone
rates-is brought up by the company's
agents at Council Committee meet.
ings. The rates should be cut in half
to begin with. and the company
should be obliged to install automatic
secret service.
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The Telephone Trust will be fought
by the people until It ceases to be Q
monopoly and until its charges are
as reasonable as the government II.
self would charge for similar public
service.
People who imagine that the pass
Ing Of an ordinance by the City Coun.
Gil will do away with q public demand
for better conditions and lower rates
in the telephone service are mistaken.
The telephone is Q necessity to the
people and no one knows this better
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