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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
Article Iv-Drivers' sianals.

Section !. Before slowing up or
stopping drivers shall signal to those
behind by raising the whip or hand
vertically.
Sec. 2. In turning while in motion,
or in starting to turn from a stand.
still, a signal shall be given by indi.
eating with the whip or hand the di.
rection in which the turn is to be
made.
Sec. 3. Before backing or slowing
up ample warning shall be given, and
while backing unceasing vigilance
must be exercised not to injure those
behind.
Sec. 4. One blast of a police signal
indicates that East and West traffic
must stop and that North and South
traffic may proceed.
Two blasts that North and South
Traffic shall stop and East and West
trafflc may proceed.
Three or more blasts Is signal OF
alarm and indicates the approach OF
danger.
Article Wright Of Way.
SeCtlOH D. lIt
Fire Patrol, Traffic Emergency Repair
Ambulances and United States Mai
vehicles shall have the right Of way
in any street and through any process
sion.
Sec. 2. Horse.drawn vehicles shall
have the right Of way over power
driven vehicles. street cars excepted
Sec. 8. The driver Of a vehicle, on
the approach OF any fire apparatus
shall Immediately draw up said We
hicle as near as practicable to the
right hand curb and parallel thereto
and bring IL to a standstill.
Article vi--Street Cars.
Section i. The driver Of a street
car shall Immediately stop his cal
and keep It stationary upon the ap
proach Of any fire apparatus.
Sec. 2. Street cars shall have the
right OF way, between cross streets
over all vehicles.
The driver of any vehicle proceed
ing upon the track in front OF stree,
car shall turn out upon signal OF the
driver or conductor OF the car.
Sec. 3. No vehicle or street cal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
AUTOS & OTHERS
Police Department Promulgates Rules
to Govern Motor and Horse Drawn
Vehicles i'm Streets of Chicago.

| shall so occupy any street as to in
terfere with or intercept the passage
of other cars or vehicles.
Sec. 4. During blockades or stop.
pages clear space of ten feet shall
be kept open between cars opposite
the alley or the center of the block
If there be no alley.
Article Vll-speed.
Section 1. No vehicle shall proceed
at any time at a greater speed than
the law allows and which is safe and
proper under the conditions then OBJ.
tanning
Sec. 2. No vehicle shall cross any
street or avenue or make any turn at
a speed rate exceeding one.half its
legal speed.
Sec. 3. No vehicle shall emerge
from an alley, stable or garage at a
| pace faster than a walk; at the lat.
| ter places an attendant should pre-.
cede the vehicle to give warning.
Sec. 4. Horse.drawn vehicles and
| pedestrians should habitually cross
| the street intersections as promptly
as circumstances permit. Teams NOV.
| ing at an unnecessarily slow walk
| across street intersections greatly i'm.
pede traffic.
Sec. 5. On all thoroughfares the
| heavy and slow moving vehicles shall,
as far as conditions permit, keep to
the right, in order to allow the rapid
moving and lighter traffic to proceed
independently.
Ordinance Regulating Speed Of We.
hieIes Near Schools, Public Play.
grounds and Churches - Passed
July is, 1915.
| Section 1868. No motor. electric or
animal drawn vehicle Of any kind
shall proceed, while within four hun.
dred (400) feet of any schoolhouse in
the city, at a greater speed than FIVE
90 miles an hour, between the hours
Of 8 o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m.
on any day during which school is in
session in such schoolhouse;
Sec. 1963a. - or within four
hundred (400) feet Of any public play.
ground in the city, between the hours
] of 8 o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m.
on any day during which playground
Is open and in operation;
| Sec. 1864. - or while within
four hundred (4O0) feet OF any church
in the city during the time or times
that persons are customarily entering
or leaving churches on Sundays OF
holidays, or any other day set apart
by such church for religious worship.
Article viIi-keeping TO the Right,
Passing, Turning, Crossing and
| Stopping.
Section 1. A vehicle. except when
passing vehicle ahead, shall habit.
ually keep as near the right hand curb
as possible.
Sec. 2. A vehicle meeting another
shall pass to the right
Sec. 3. On an avenue or street di.
vided longitudinally by a parkway,
walk, sunken way or viaduct, vehicles
should keep to the right Of such di.
visions.
Sec. 4. A vehicle turning into an.
other street to the right shall turn the
corner as near the right hand curb as
practicable.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
into
RAILROAD AFFAIRS
Congressional Body to Hear DE
Versified Interests of Nation
SOUGHT BY THE RAILROADS
Forthcoming Inquiry In Washlngtom
To Be Most Sweeping Ever
dertaken-Hearings
In Cities.

Washington, d. c. Preparations
were completed here for the most inn
portant inquiry into railroad affairs
and their regulation that has ever
been undertaken in the United States.
Among those prominent in the indus
trial affairs of the country who have
been invited before the Newland's
Congressional Committee on Railroad
Questions, whose hearings begin in
Washington this month, are Emory M
Johnson, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and Samuel Rea, president OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadel>
phia, it was announced today.
The entire number invited include
representatives of every interest af-
fected by railroads. Many leading
bankers, shippers, railroad executives
and economists have already signifed
their intention of sharing the inquiry!
into the problems of railroad regula-'
ton, which it is the intention of the
committee to cover as fully as pos
sible
There will also be in attendance at
the hearings representatives of the
four railroad brotherhoods, as well as
of the express and telephone COM
panies, paper associations, medicinal
product manufacturers, chambers of
commerce, the National Association OF
Railway Commissioners, the farmers
cooperative and other organizations.
Several of the State railway commits
sions, including those of Texas and
New York, will be represented in
dividually, as well as by the national
association of these officials.
Under the committee plans as now
outlined, the railroads will be given
the first opportunity to state their
case. They will doubtless present to
the committee their views as to the
scope and character of legislation
which they regard as fair to the
carriers and necessary to the proper
prosecution of their business. The
shippers organizations will then be
given a hearing, after which the State
railway commissions will present their
views Later will be heard individual
statements dealing with specific
phases of the railroad problem. While
the programme as thus outlined may
be broken from time to time, 1t is
authoritatively indicated that the gen.
eral order will be adhered to by the
committee in hearing the testimony.
In addition to the hearings that
begin in Washington on November 20,
the committee has outlined a tentative
programme of hearings to be held in
the principal cities of the country
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Urges United Service.

A second speech was delivered by
the President at night before several
thousand persons who came from near
by towns to congratulate him on his
reelection. He said:
81 want to say that now the cam
paign is over we must think of only
one thing, and that is not of parties,
but of the interest of the great coun-
try we all love. Let us forget all our
differences and unite for common serv-
ice. Only in that way can we work
for the great nation that has given us
liberty and peace"
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
NO DETAILS ABOUT ARABIA.
Gases OF Three Or Four Ships Ad-
mitted To Look Serious.

Washington.-Sec Lansing au-
thorized the statement that while Vice
Consul Wescott at London had trans
mitted a Lloyd's dispatch saying the
British liner Arabia had been tor
pedoed without warning. no details
of the case had been received in Of
fical dispatches.
Mr.. Lansing would not comment on
the situation created by the recent ac-
tivity of German submarines, although
other officials admitted that the cases
of three or four of the ships sunk in
the past week presented serious as
poets.
So far as can be learned no reply
has been received to the request that
Germany furnish information concern
ing the sinking of the British steamer
Marina, on which six American horse
tenders lost their lives.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
JAPAN YIELDS TO U. s.
Will Not Try To Hold the Islands
In South Sea.

Tokio.-Japan has agreed not to
make a part of her peace conference
demands the right to hold permanently
the South sea islands which were
wresed from Germany at the outbreak
of the war. Several Of these islands
which belong to the Caroline and
Merianne groups lie not far from the
American island of Guam, the Amer
lean terminus of the Pacific cable.
1t is understood the United States
has informally expressed desire that
these islands should not become the
permanent property Of the Japanese
Empire.
Inasmuch as they were captured
through the joint operations of the
British and Japanese fleets 1t is un-
derstood the United States first took
up the question with Great Britain
and that joint suggestion was made
by Great Britain and the United
States that Japan should not insist
upon the permanent maintenance Of
the islands.
LII view VI Japan " az
cede to the joint request 1t is believed
likely that Japan at the peace confer
ence will seek compensation in some
other direction. perhaps in the affirma-
tion of her rights in the Chinese Pc
ninsula of Shantung, Of which Kiau
Chau is the great naval base.
The islands in question are now ad-
ministered by the Japanese Govern
ment.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
GERMANY WOULD
WORK FOR PEACE
Is Ready to Join World League
Move After War.
CHANCELLOR MAKES PLEDGE
Germany Will Cooperate In Forming
+ An International League to Pro-
I cure Lasting Peace-Answers
I Lord Grey's Charges.

L Berlin.-Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg announced that after the end
ing of the war Germany would CO.
operate in an endeavor to find prac-
tical means for procuring a lasting
peace by means of an international
league.
In an address, which was reply to
the speech of Earl Grey, the British
Foreign Secretary, made in the House
of Commons recently, the Chancellor
said:
Germany will honestly cooperate in
examination of every endeavor to find
practical solution and will collab-
crate for its possible realization. This
all the more if the war, as we expect
and trust, shall create political condi-
tions that do full justice to the free
development of all nations, of small as
well as great nations. Then the prin-
ciple of justice and free development.
not only on the Continent, but also on
the seas, must be made valid. This,
to be sure, Lord Grey did not mention" !"
Says Britain Would Dominate.
The Chancellor pointed out that Lord
Grey's ideas in regard to international
guarantees of peace seemed to possess
peculiar character in that they took
into consideration only British wants.
Neutrals, which, during the war, had
to accept in silence British domination
of the seas were to form union after
the war when, England hopes, she viii
have conquered Germany, in order to
guarantee that the British plans will
prevail under the new condition.
The Chancellor said it was known on
reliable authority that in 1915 Great
Britain and France promised to Russia
dictatorial domination of CONSTANT
nople, the Bosphorus and the west
shore of the Dardanelles, with the
Hinterland, and that Asia Minor should
be divided among the Entente Powers.
These plans, he continued, probably
were of interest for neutrals, who were
expected to guarantee this order of
things.
Hits At Aggressive Coalition.
"Such a policy of brute force" the
Chancellor added, cannot be the basis
of an efficient international league for
peace. These are the plans of our enc
mics for annexation, to which must be
added Alsace and Lorraine; while
have never designated the annexation
of Belgium as our intention when
spoke about the aims of the war.
"The first condition for the evolution
of international relations by way of
arbitration and peaceful compromise of
conflicting interests ought to be that
no more aggressive coalitions be
formed" the Chancellor continued.
Germany is at all times ready to
enter league of peace which will
restrain the perturbator of peace.
contradicts Lord Grey.
Lord Grey says that Germany, with
her first offer of Belgian and French
integrity, wanted to purchase from
England permission to take of the
French colonies whatever she pleased.
Even to the most insane person in
Germany it never occurred to assault
France in order to rob her of her col
onies. 1t was not this which was Eu-
ropes doom, but the fact that the Brit
ish Government favored French and
Russian plans of conquest, which could
not be obtained without European
war"
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
MANY HAVE SIGHT RESTORED.
Free Clinics In West Virginia Fighting
Trachoma.

Williamson, w. Va.-Many persons
who have been blind for years have
had their sight restored as result
of the free clinic being conducted here
through the cooperation of the United
States Public Health Service and the
State Department of Health. OF the
81 persons examined 25 were found
to have trachoma. DR.. H. B. Wood is
representing the State Department at
the clinic One woman who had been
blind Al years had her sight restored
and one man who was blind three
months can now see as the result of an
operation.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17

almost every electoral vote would be
vital, the returns from down on the
border were grabbed hot off the wires.
After veering back and forth for days,
New Mexico was definitely placed in
the Wilson column, though there, too,
the presidents margin was so scant
that basis was afforded for the call
for a recount. A few mistakes dis
covered in the figures of the precinct
officials might well swing the state
over to Hughes.
Wilcox Demands Recount.
On Friday National Chairman Will
cox of the Republican party handed
out the following statement:
"The result still depends upon the
vote in few close states. It must be
borne in mind that the returns thus
far announced are, in most states, un-
official, and may be changed by the
official count required by the laws of
those states.
"Twice during these unofficial COM
putationS yesterday in California mis-
takes in additions were announced
from that state, substantially changing
figures previously given.
1T is a common experience that the
result of the official count almost al
ways varies from the returns first an
| nounced.
Where the vote is as close as that
reported in several states, it may well
be that material changes will result
from the official count.
1--WE owe it to the country to take
all necessary steps to see that an ex-
act and honest count of the vote is
made. When the current seemed to be
running against Mr.. Wilson on Wednes-
day the Democratic managers an
nounced their intention to demand n
recount In every close state.
"All we desire is to make sure that
the vote is counted as cast"
Both sides conceded that no matter
what action might be taken in regard
| to recount there was little likelihood
of contest being carried to the house
of representatives as it was after the
Hayes-Tilden campaign in 1876. Legis-
lation enacted in 1887, it was said.
made the state sovereign in pronounc-
ing judgment In recount of the pres
idential vote.
How Congress Stands.
With returns missing from only one
congressional district in the United
States, the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis each had elected 215 representa-
| tives.
The vote in New Mexico, which is
still in doubt, probably will determine
which party is to have a plurality of
one over the other. The present men,
Der from New Mexico is a Republi-
can.
The balance of power in the next
house will be held by four men, one
Progressive Protectionist from
Louisiana, one an Independent from
Massachusetts,, one Progressive from
Minnesota and the other Socialist
from New York.
The action of these members an
parently will determine the choice of
a speaker, as well as the fate of legis-
lation which is supported or opposed
on purely party lines.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Republicans Demand Recount Of Votes in Several
Close and Pivotal States.
RECORD BREAKING INTEREST IN THE
Entire Nation Kept Suspense While Election Judges of Few
States Counted to the Last Ballot Before Result Was
KnoWn-Soldier Vote a Factor.

New York, Nov. lion the face of
the returns, unofficial and still incom-
plete, Woodrow Wilson has been re-
@lected president of the United States
with majority of at least eleven in
the electoral college. But the Repub-
licans place cloud on his title that is
likely to remain for week or ten
days, and in the meantime the Repub-
licans are declining to pay their cleo
ton bets.
The situation is extraordinary and
has resulted in days of nerve-racking
strain for the people of the country
If the election officials of few remote
precincts in few states know how the
nation has been waiting breathless to
hear from them, they must be swelled
up enormously with sense of their
Importance. For on those few pre-
cincts has depended the nations choice
of it's chief executive.
That Mr.. Wilson's victory over Mr..
Hughes will not be conceded without a
recount in the close states, such as CAL
ifornia, New Hampshire, New Mexico
and North Dakota, was determined at
conferences of the Republican leaders
here. Chairman Wilcox asserted re-
count would be demanded wherever
the margin of Democratic victory was
would turn the scales. He and his as
sociates say they take the position
that there should be no cloud upon Mr..
Wilson's title to the presidency. The
Democrats, for their part, declared
that there must be recount in New
Hampshire, even though the returns
gave the state to Mr.. Wilson.
That the returns are still Incomplete
is due to the presence on the border Of
the National Guard of a number of
states. The soldiers are permitted to
vote by mail, their ballots being for
warded to the auditors of their home
counties, and in Minnesota especially
the vote of the Guardsmen is likely to
cut q figure in determining whether the
state goes into the Wilson or the
Hughes column.
Minnesota was as bad as California
in the matter of shifts, and as it's dele
CATION is nearly as large, it, too, was
watched with the intensest interest.
Through days and nights of counting,
the race was see-saw, with but a
thousand or SO of votes separating the
candidates. Neither side would ad-
Z NIT defeat. and even now both are
awaiting the soldier vote and the off,
cial count.
New Hampshire Surprise.
Perhaps the most surprising of all
the states was New Hampshire. 1t
alone of all New England failed to give
the Republican candidate a substantial
plurality, and for days no one knew
in which column 1t would land. The
astonishing closeness of the vote was
shown by the rival claims, three days
after the election, of 100 plurality for
Hughes and "a for Wilson. In the cir
cumstances it is no wonder that the
managers of both parties should de-
mand a recount.
New Mexico, with three electoral
votes, attracted national attention by
placing itself early in the list of doubt
full states, and as it soon appeared that
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
WILSON URGES ALL
TO PULL TOGETHER
Presidents First Speeches
] Since the Election.
NO PARTISAN FEELING NOW
President Serves AS One OF the God
fathers For Mrs. Sayre's Baby and
Makes An Address To the Stu
dents OF Williams College.

Williamstown, Mass.--"Now that the
campaign is over we may all address
ourselves to the walfare of the nation
without thought of partisan feeling,
declared President Wilson in his first
public speech since the national elec-
ton, delivered before delegation OF
Williamstown residents and Williams
College students.
The President was welcomed by the
students and townspeople after the
christening of Eleanor Axson Sayre,
the second child of his daughter, Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre, and for whom he
stood as godfather.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Students Cheer Him.

Soon after his arrival at the home of
his son-in-law, assistant to the presi-
dent of Williams College, the delega-
ton, headed by President H. A. Gar
field, of the college, marched to the
Sayre home. The President spoke
from the porch of the house and was
cheered enthusiastically by the stu
dents.
81 came here to forget the field of
politics and for brief rest. l came
simply to visit my daughter and to at
tend a simple ceremony here today"
he said. "Now that the campaign is
over we may all address ourselves to
the welfare of the nation without
thought of partisan feeling"
The President referred to his service
as chief executive of Princeton Uni
yersity, saying he knew from expert
ence there was politics even in the
running of college.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
HENRY OF BAVARIA KILLED.
Nephew of King Louis and Commanded
Battalion.

Berlin.-Prince Henry of Bavaria,
nephew of King Louis and commander
o. battalion of the Kings Own infan-
try, has been killed in battle. The
Princes mother has gone to the front
so bring back the body of her only
child.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Politics AS a Means.

Politics." he continued, sis after all
a means of getting something done, of
putting forward ideas. 1t is a fight,
but the man who does not love the
fight has no red blood in his veins"
Mr.. Wilson told story of a man
having vision in which he was of
fered a horn and sword and chose
the horn. Immediately the vision van
ished and the man was cursed for
taking the horn before the sword. He
told the story to illustrate the neces-
sity for fighting.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17

sResult in Minnesota, with II votes,
will not be known until soldiers vote
is counted. 1t Is possible that recount
in close states may change the total to
some extent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-07-14

though you do presume to question
NINE"
"Of course he's your friend; that's
why hes fixed you for this New York
job"
Department of water supply, gas
and electricity" sneered Peter. at
sounds good, but the salary is fifteen
hundred year. A clerk-at my ager'
Say, d'you suppose Tammany men
I've on their saiaries?" Jimmie in
quired. wake up! This is your
chance to horn into the real herd. In
New York politics Is vocation; up
mere it's a vacation-everybody tries
1t once, like music lessons. If you'd
been hooked up with Tammany instead
Of the state machine you'd have been
taken care Of"
At this juncture Mrs. Knight, hav-
ing finished the supper dishes and set
her bread to rise, entered the shoddy
paFlor. Jim turned to her, Struggling
his shoulders with an air of washing
MS hands of a disagreeable subject.
Pas weakened again." he explained.
He won't CO."
Me, clerk-at my agew mumbled
Peter.
His wife spoke with brief conclusive
ness.
Il wrote and thanked Senator Fo-
garty for his offer and told him you'd
accept
"You-whatY, Peter was dumfound-
ed.
Yes. Mrs. knight seemed oblfvi-
Gus Of his wrath-"we're going to
make a change"