Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-04-26

cheap theaters In State street, south
of Van Buren, street."
Alderman Nance procured the pas.
sage of an order directing the police
to enforce the city rules for zones
of quiet" in hospital districts.
Alderman Charles e. Merriam in.
troduced an order upon the Alley 81"
Company to install the latest engi.
neering devices for the suppression
of noise.
An ordinance by Alderman Nance,
directing that drinking utensils In
stores be washed after use was re.
ferred
The Corporation Counsel submitted
an opinion holding that the city has
the right to compel the public utility
companies to use the subsidewalk
space. Under this ruling the city can
force the utility concerns to remove
their mains from the streets and
make room for the subway bores.
The Mayor named Aldermen Rich.
ert, Donahue, Harding, Clancy, Bell.
fuss, Holding. Pitte, Wilson and Ha.
zen to go to Springfield In behalf Of
the JUL law amendment.
In John e. Owens the people Of
Cook County have an able, honest
and conscientious County Judge.
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Judge Thomas c. Clark is makil.g
a grand record on the Superior Court
bench and his many friends are talk.
ing of him for seat on the Federal
bench.
When the final count Of the votes
cast at the election for an active mem.
Der Of the police pension fund was
completed Tuesday Patrolman Michael
O'Connor Of the Town Hall station
was found to have only 115 scattered
votes against him out Of the 2,1SS
votes cast. Former Captain Wheeler
Bartram was selected as the retired
member of the board.
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President Mccormick appointed a
committee Of architects and builders
Monday to investigate the labor and
materials used In the construction OF
the new county hospital.
The committee was authorized by
a resolution introduced April IA by
Commissioner Burg. It consists OF
IArchitects Henry B. Wheelock,
Charles s. Frost and william d. Mum.
Idle and Edward F. Scheidenhelm and
Fred w. Bulley, builders.
The architects named were sug.
gested for a previous investigation by
the president Of the American lnsti'
tute Of Architects.
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Judge John J. Rooney is making an
excellent record on the Nun cipal
Court bench. lie Ia an able, fair
minded and hard working Judge.
Lieutonnrf John b. Enright and
Screen John w. Norton, who were
discha ged from the police force in
September, 1912, were formally or
dered reinstated by the City Civil
Service Commission. They were GUST
ed during the vice crusade, 1t being
charged that they had failed to dc
their duty. The Civif Service Com
mission entertained Enright's petition
owing to his good record for twenty
years. Norton's petition stated he
was supposed to be working on Other
cases during the period involved In
the charges against him.
Clarence barrow, the we'll known
lawyer, will be banQueted by the iii
nOis Lawyers Association at the Hote
Sherman, May /. Mr.. Darrow's many
friends in Chicago sympathized with
him In his California persecution and
are glad to see him home again.
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Characterizing organized baseball
as 1.-The most audacious and autocratit
, trust in the country" Representative
Thomas Gallagher of the Eighth Dis
trict introduced resolution in Con
gress for an exhaustive inquiry into
the operations Of the national com
mission by special committee o.
Congress and would also direct the
attorney general to investigate thu
} baseball contract system with a view
J to instltuting prosecutions for viola
ton Of the Sherman antitrust law.
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Walter T.. Schmidt would make Q
splendid County Treasurer.
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Ira Nelson Morris of Chicago, wht
will probably be appointed to an i'm
portant diplomatic post, filed his pa
pers and formal application with Sec
rotary Bryan.
Health Commissioner Young sent
letter to the Board of Supervising En-
gneers protesting against the pun
chase by the Chicago City Railwa.
Company of any more NEAR side
cars, Dr.. Young declared the carr
were unsatisfactory from sanitar.
viewpoint.
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, James j. Rowley, lieutenant of En-
CINE Company No. 8, and John Doc
ley, driver of Engine Company No
96, were elected trustees of the Fire
mems Pension Fund. Rowley re
ceived 965 votes and Dooley $40
S26S,505.17 was paid out in pensions
from January /, 1912, to December 81
1912