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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29

People Of Chicago Taxed to the
Limit to Provide Places
for Reformers.

Giving women salaries of $1,000 q
year to preside over fad departments;
paying women superintendents $4,000
a year to assist them; paying female
stenographers $3.50 per month while
capable men and heads of families are
tramping the streets looking for work,
is part Of the net result Of the work
Of reforms" In the City Council for
the past five years. The other net re.
suit and the one that hurts the most,
Is the increase Of the number Of EN-.
ployes and the increase Of the money
coming from the people and spent on
salaries for city employees, from
twenty.four millions to over thirty.fve
millions.
~0A
A. J. Banta, the popular manager Of
the Chicago Branch of the Locomo-
bile Company, took thirty statesmen
and special representatives Of the
Iocomobile in the territory Of Chica.
go Branch to the Locomobile factory
at Bridgeport, Conn.,. for a big confer.
ence with the officials. They got their
first view of the 1917 model Locomo-
bile.
Business men who phone Heco, Su.
perior TOO. for envelopes. always get
what they want. .....
~
william H. Weber always made .
good public record.
Donald r. Richberg, special attor.
ney for the Council committee on gas
litigation, was made special assist.
ant corporation counsel for the City
Council and its committee on schools,
fire. police and civil service In its In.
vestigation of the finances Of the
Board of Education" The appoint.
ment, made as of May II, 1915, means
that Richberg will get 5000 due him
as back pay on the investigation Of
the boards finances.
Oscar #. Mayer, the great packer,
10 very popular In politics and could
have almost any once II he would
take Il.
~HA
]. ]. Sheehan. of 1899 North State
street, would make q good alderman
for the 21st ward In the opinion Of his
many friends.
@. J. Chott. the wen known lawyer
who made o good record on the Jus
tice bench. would make good Munic
ipal Judge.
| Henry ]. ii0im, principal OF the
Gregg School at North Michigan
Avenue. has brought this deservedly
popular educational institution to Q
high degree Of perfection. Professor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
EAGLETS.

Provision for $4,000 bathers day
has been made at the municipal
bathing beaches for the coming sea-
son which opens June 1.
Judge Thomas F. Scully 10 making
q fine record in the County Court.
Patrick Nolan. the veteran engi
neer. rendered services to the public
schools which will be long remem.
bered.
Judge Harry p. Dolan has made
good record in the Municipal Court.
~GA
Announcement ut the recently or.
ganized Second Illinois Volunteer Cav.
airy. which has been given the pseu.
donym of Second Illinois Horse Regi.
ment," Is now almost recruited to war
strength and can take the field within
twenty.four hours notice was made
a. a meeting of the regimental officers
ut the Hotel La Sale. Printed no.
tices to that effect are to be sent to
all Illinois members OF Congress, to-
gether with requests that they sup.
port the Chamberlain army bill.
Nelson II. Lampert should be nom
mated and elected State Treasurer.
Henry B. Clarke would make a good
Mayor.
~
Judge Harry 7. Dolan has made q
grand record a. Municipal Judge.
~
Thomas M. Sullivan has made Q
grand record a. Sanitary Trustee.
Francis d. Connery will make good
comptroller Of the Sanitary District
II you want an auto or taxi call up
the American Auto & Taxi Company
phones, Lincoln 4O0S and Calumet
279S.
General Maurice T. Moloney. Of OF
tawa. former attorney general. 10 onl
Of the most popular Democratic In the
state.
~6A
Louis Biegler would represent Chi
cago well In Congress.
~
The American Taxi 4 Auto Co.'S
phones are Lincoln 4OOS and Calumet
279S. Call them up II you want goot
service.
Peter M. HOFFMAN, the enicient coro
ner. 10 an Official who grows more pop
ular with the public every year. He Il
the greatest vote getter In the Repub
lican party.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
SAVE THE WATER POWER.

The following letter to the Editor
of The Chicago Eagle from Clifford
Pinchot, whose fame as a forester is
national, explains itself:
CLIFFORD PINCHOT,
Milford, Pike Co., Pa.
April 10, 1916.
Henry F. Donovan,
Editor, The Eagle,
Chicago, Ill.
My dear Mr. Donovan:
The Ubiquitous Shields bill, giving
away the waterpowers on our navi-
gable streams, about which wrote
you on February Is, has been driven
through the Senate, but 1t has not
passed the House. There Is still a
good chance not only TO stop this raid
on public property, but to pass fair
and honest waterpower bill in its
place.
Everything / said about the Shields
bill in my letter to you was confirmed
in the debate. According to its own
supporters, this bill turns over TO the
power interests waterpower equiya-
lent 10 twice the mechanical power OF
every kind now used in the United
States, or enough to meet the needs
OF two hundred million people. This
it does in perpetuity, although pre-.
tending 10 limit the grant 10 fifty
years. Small wonder there is pres
sure to get it through.
On March 81 substitute for the
Shields bill was reported to the House
OF Representatives. Unlike the Shields
bill, this House bill makes no per-
petual grant of public waterpower, but
wisely and in fact sets limit of nifty
years. Nevertheless, IL Is not yet a
good bill For example, 1t gives away
the public waterpowers without COM
pensation. There Is no reason why
the waterpower corporations should
not pay for what they get. The rest
OF us do. The House bill should be
amended accordingly.
II the House corrects its own bill
and then passes II, the good bill from
the House and the bad bill from the
Senate will go 10 conference, and the
differences viii be adjusted by the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
Incorporated under the Laws ~
Illinois.
TAXED TO DEATH.

The United States has Russia
skinned mile In the noble art Of
levying taxes. The poor property
owner in cities is forced to pay an
exorbitaDt real estate tax and In Chi.
cago the tax eaters are asking the leg.
islature for permission to almost dou.
Bile the present high tax. The tax
rate under the proposed law is to be
raised from one fifth to one third on
the valuation Of the property. A Chi.
cago Congressman proposes to tax all
incomes Of over $4,000 except those
of Office holders, national, state, city,
county and town. Personal property
taxes are collected from people Of
moderate means who pay heavy real
estate taxes and they will have to pay
income taxes too. to oblige the office
holding aristocracy. The national
government Is tired of levying indi.
rect taxes by duties on imports. Many
bills now before Congress propose nu.
merous methods Of further taxing the
people directly and thus increasing
their burdens.
As o we'll known writer on the sub.
ject said several years ago In noted
article, much Of the national revenue
is used for the maintenance Of an
army Of political parasites.
And then the county governments
tax the people to keep up another SCI
Of politicians and pension their
friends on the people. occasionally
spending little money to build q
road where 1t will benefit one of them
or q school house to give some bank
er a rake of on the bonds or q few
hangers.on positions at mental wages
as teachers and special pets BIZ
wages.
Then the township government tax
es the people to whack up with thu
very small fry who help keep up thu
county fellows, hoping to some da!
be one OF them.
Then the cities tax the people Il
keep up another army of non.produc
ers, who are used to manipulate thu
primaries and elections.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29

conferees. The managers of the wa.
terpower campaign believe that ma.
jority of the conferees will be friendly
to them, and will report bill in their
interest. They will then try to rush
the conference bill through, probably
in the confused and crowded final
hours of the session. Such a plan
has often served the special interests
In the past, and It is dangerous now.
During the debate on the Shields
bill. this course was openly advised.
There was under discussion an amend.
ment giving preference to the appli.
cant for a public waterpower who of.
fers the best terms to the public. One
of the supporters of the Shields bill,
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota, after re.
ferring to the amendment as bad and
vicious" went on to say: ut is some.
thing that we can eliminate in confer.
ence. We might let 1t go In
and then dispose of 1t in conference"
Congressional Record, March s, 1916,
page 4,2S5.)
We can beat this plan only by let.
ting the people understand the facts.
This the power interests have set on,
to prevent by confusing the public
mind with interested statements and
personal attacks.
am asking for your help once more
to get the House to pass good bill.
and then to stand by 1t, no matter
what the conferees may do. II the
House stands firm. the people will win
this fight But the House needs to
know that the people are behind 1t.
Let me call your attention again to
the Ferris bill. good bill dealing with
waterpower on public lands and ma.
tional forests, which has twice passed
the house. An undesirable substitute,
the Myers bill. now before the Senate,
gives the public waterpowers away in
perpetuity. Under 1t. the power In.
terests could occupy and exploit the
Grand Canyon itself, the greatest nat
ural wonder on this continent
| The waterpower interests want ev'
erything or nothing. In the last eight
years they have killed eight water
l power ueNeiOpIueut uIls tuut "cte
fair both to the corporations and to
the public. What the people need IL
waterpower development on equitable
terms without further delay. They car
have what they want by letting the
House know II.
Sincerely yours.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Charles B. PavIiceK has record al
a lawyer and a public Official that II
above reproach.
~SA
Daniel L. Cruice. the able lawyer
would make good Judge.
John Mack Glenn, the able secretar!
Of the Illinois Manufacturing Associa
ton. IL one Of Chicago's live wires
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
POST ON UNEMPLOYMENT

Despite these so.called good
times, when thousands Of men have
Jobs in munition factories. we still
have the unemployed problem" says
Louis +. Post. assistant secretary Of
labor. He asserts that II all the Job.
less men In the country were put into
the manless jobs, there would still be
many men without work. He points
out that as long as this condition ex.
lists men will underbid each other. and
cause them to be afraid Of their Jobs"
This does not include only the
classes who do manual labor" says
Mr.. Post. ut applies to all classes,
up to the highest. There is an under.
supply Of opportunities. not an over.
supply of men. One Of the aims of
the department OF labor is to create
conditions in which men can make
their own Jobs. Along this line Is
the movement to make farmers of
them and get them to cultivate the
waste ground in cities. Every social
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
AUToISTS. Be CAREFUL!
Judge SABBATH Sends Out Thirty
Thousand Letters of Warning
of Dangers to Public.

Judge Joseph SABBATH, president Of
the Citizens Triffic and Safety Com.
mission, sent $1,000 letters to own.
ers of automobiles asking their CO
operation to reduce automobile acct.
dents and deaths. The letter said In
part:
"Chicagos record of killed and in.
jured by automobile accidents sounds
like the tragic report Of battle-3,.
2S9 injured and 25S killed last year.
The accusing finger Of investigation
points to autoist and pedestrians
alike, but particularly to the new au.
tomobile driver-the novice, the man
who lacks experience. Thousands Of
these new drivers will be on the
streets shortly, when spring arrives"
Both % . Judge ana citizen John
R. Caverly 10 liked BY everybody who
knows him.
Judge John p. Mc0oorty continues
to gain the appreciation Of everybody
for his work In the Circuit court.
~A
II lose patience" says Mr.. w. o.
Duntley, president Of the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Company, Fisher
Building, Chicago. when hear
young men or old men either for
that matter complain that there are
no more opportunities in America.
Anyone Of our new inventions offers
countless opportunities to acquire
wealth. The automobile field and the
moving picture field have been sue.
cessful lines OF endeavor for any
number of men, and still offer a great
deal to the man who knows his bust.
ness. Probably, however. the one
best bet of the day from the oppor.
tunity standpoint Is that offered in the
motor truck field, in any one of its
various phases. A motor truck
agency offers much promise to man
with a small capital. Business men
In all lines of industry now realize
that horse and wagon delivery sys.
TENS are back numbers and the motor
truck agent will soon find his most
difficult problem Is to get trucks to
I'LL his orders rather than to get Gus.
toners for his trucks"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
OUR OLDEST SENATOR

Senator Jacob II. Gallinger. who
recently celebrated his seventy.ninth
birthday. is the dean Of the senate.
Not only is he the chairman Of the
Republican conference and thus en-.
titled to the designation Of minority
leader. but he 10 the oldest member Of
the senate. either In respect Of years
or In point Of service.
The senate used to be regarded rs
q body Of octogenarians, but 1t comes
q long way from that nowadays. As q
matter of fact, Senator Gallinger,
though only one year stands between
him and eighty, looks little like q man
nearing the mark OF fourscore.
He Is seemingly as active and
alert as he was ten years ago. and no
man In the upper house Is more con.
slant In his attendance on senate bust.
ness.
He Is seldom absent from his
place In the chamber, and rarely
misses q committee meeting, II was
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
.WH0BMHQ
NOW u
lehman BLUFFED IT OUT

When Frederick w. Lehman. for
mer solicitor.general of the United
States, studied in southwestern Iowa
to become a lawyer the rudiments of
law differed somewhat from today-at
any rate for Mr.. Lehman.
81 never saw the inside Of law
college" says Lehman. who once
was president Of the American Bar
association. I'm those days the rudi.
ments of the law profession were. first,
to make fire in the old cannon stove !;
second. sweep out the office; third
trimming the smoky coal oil lamp,
which served for our Biblical mid.
night oil by which to study, and
finally. to write out in a fair hand
what had been scrawled by our mas
ters."
Here Is Mr.. Lehmann's version OF
how he passed his bar examination in
Missouri in 1890, when he became
general attorney for the Wabash rail
road.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29

Holm for over twenty years has borne
an honored reputation among the edu.
Gators Of the country.
John Koelling, the most popular
president the United Societies ever
had and business man long honored
in Chicago, is much talked Of for
Recorder Of Deeds on the Republican
ticket. Republican leaders believe
that his name would bring thousands
Of votes to the party this year that
would help the general ticket.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29


medicine uiva
social medicine
mischief"
Mr. Post believer the efficiency the single remedy for
ills the prolific writer
subject He convinced that the employment problem like others
be solved by the single method.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
SM00T WANTS GOOD COOKS

"The American garbage can Is the
latest in all the world" declared Sen.
ator Smoot Of Utah to the senate, in.
jecting into the discussion on pre-
paredness' plea for preparedness
for good housekeeping and better
homes. Senator Smoot urged action
on his bill for increased appropriations
for home economies. ito prepare the
girls and mothers of the country for
their life duties.
III had a dozen daughters and
was able to give each of them mil.
lion dollars the day of her marriage,
would still want each to know how to
cook, make her own clothes and, In
fact, be superior housekeeper," said
the senator.
II cannot understand why girls Of
the working classes are ashamed to
confess, and rather pride themselves
upon, their ignorance OF the simplest
form of cooking. Then, after marriage,
they bewail their fate II their hus-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29
at the restaurant, or. In many cases
helpless and ignorant house

bands by seek relief the
In
keepers"
the
weight
obliged the cardboard than for the buttons
his MhtagLee
his DEATH
finds 100 Maine that
libraries
libraries but $50
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-29

was examined common law pleading about which had known
both being
informed them that judges did about
cOrrec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
PRESIDENT PLAYS GOLF
ON WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
With Mrs. Wilson. He Journeys to
Snow-Covered Fields for Game.
Sees Correspondents

President and Mrs. Wilson, on their
snow of ethe fields and the damp atmos-
phere by playing golf, the first game
they have had for some time ExceDt
for the exercise in the open the game
was no especially enjoyable, the golf
links being covered with patches of snow
and ice, making plays difficult.
The wedding of ssfe President and Mrs.
Norman Gait took place one year ago
tonight and they left that night for Hot
Springs. enjoying their honeymoon at
that resort. They spent the Christmas
season at Hot Springs, taking part in
the festivities of a big Christmas tree
at the hotel at which they were stop
ping.
No plans have been made by the Presi-
dent ard his wife to be absent from
Washington this Christmas, and the ex-
pectation is that the holiday here will
be d more lively one than the White
House has experienced for n number of
years. Some of the Presidents grand
children are expected to be with him
that day. Miss Bones, who usually
looks after these matters is absent in
New York, and when she returns the
plans for the day will be develoDed
After the return Of the President and
MIS-. Wi son from golf today the Presi-
dent had a conference with the news
paDer correspondents of Washington
taxing quite freely with them. It was
MS hrst conference in the executive Of
nceS Tor more than year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
Burton Holmes Last Lecture.

Burton Holmes presented La Belle
France his closing travelogue of the
season. at the New National last night.
A motion display of the poetry Of wa
tiers along the washed shores of
France" was succeeded by a visit to
Trouville: its gayeties contrasting with
the gloomy splendor of Mont Michel.
Pausing III its village long enough to
er 10Y an omelette and a study of the
sights of that wonderland, the journey
continued along the scenically lovely
roads of the chataaux country. with
"reminiscences of each royal home, feu-
dal fortress or ancient cathedral pic
tureG in the passing. \ sightseeing
trip through the heart of Paris and
up and down the Seine" served as real
istic reminders of the French caoital.
and colonial Fra"ce was described and
pictured in a succession of beautiful
vieT Special stops. were made at the
French possessions in the Moorish en-
pire and a thrilling exhibition given of
Arab Craftsmanship" and of the opera
tions OF the transbordeur bridge" Mr..
sFIolmes gave many scenic reallZa-
tions of the ancient city as to enable
his audience to say with the poet. "And
| have been to C'arcassonne." and closed
with 1.-THE possession Of the centuries"
in which royal and imperial France
were contrasted with ia republique'
of TO-DAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

Capts. Edgar S. Gorrell and Harold s.
Martin, Junior military aviators. Signal
CorTs. at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Boston, will proceed to
Plainteld and Nutley. \. j.. and Ithaca
and Buffalo. n. Y. for temporary duty
Capt. Allison b. Deans. jr., Coast AR
tiilery Corps. is relieved from his pres
ent duties and detailed as Inspector
instructor of the Coast Artillery Corps,
National Guard of California
First Lieut.. Duncan NacCalman. Med
ical Reserve Corps. is relieved from
duty in the Southern Department and
will proceed to his home.
Leave of absence for two months and
seven days is granted First LieGt. VIII
liam d. Petit. Medical Reserve Cores
Capt. Ralph D. Pates. Coast Artillery
Corps. is relieved from his present
duties and isp detailed as irsDector-in-
structor of the Coast Artillery Corps.
National Guard of New York relieving
Capt. William T. Carpenter. Coast AR
tilery Corps. who will proceed to Fort
Hamilton. y. Y, for duty.
Cook Ulysses Coates. Company g. 18th
Infantry. is placed upon the retired list
al Fort Mills. +. T., and Will repair to
his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
ACCOUNTED DARKEST DAY
IN PITTSBURGH'S HISTORY
At 9 O'Clock This Morning Streets
Reported as Black as at Ordi-
nary Midnight.

PITTSBC RGH. December lS.-Pitts-
burgh today experienced what weather
Observers declared was the darkest day
in its history. At o'clock the streets,
even in the suburbs, We're black as the
ordinary midnight. with electric lamps
on in full force and automobiles and
street cars lighted to the full extent
of their power. All traffic was serious
~ impeded. particularly on railroads.
where trains were being operated as
though during the hours OF night.
Thousands of persons were late in
reaching their places Of employment.
and freight traffic was seriously i'm
peded.-
The local Office of the weather bureau
said the darkness was caused by fall
Iing temperature. which permitted the
formation Of fog. The fog. mingling
with smoke from mills and factories.
was held over the city. there being abb
solu' ely no wind in the street, and only
q gentle breeze at the tops of the high
est buildings and out on the hills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
USES HATPlN AS WEAPON,
PUTS FOOTPAD TO FLIGHT
Mrs. Bessie Zeigler, However, Fails
to Save Her Neutrality-suspicious.
Robberies Reported.

Irs. Bessie Zeigler. 1914 "arder
rect. last night about $3.50 O'CLOCK en-
aged in a battle with an unloentlned
olored man almost in front or her
nome. The hold-up man GRABBED her
handbag, she reported to the ponce
and using her hatpin as weapon she
stated. she wounded him and put him
10 flight, although she ana not succeed
in saving her handbag containing si.oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
Oppose Prohibition in France.

PARIS. via London, December IS
The government intention to prohibit;
the consumption of alcohol in France
has aroused strong opposition among
the large wine and spirit dealers. AS
in the case of absinthe, prohibited since
1915. demands are to be made for sub
stantial indemnities if the new measure
goes into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
Iightship Sunk in Collision.

LONDON, December 1S.-Numerous
shipping accidents are reported owing
TO Saturdays heavy fog. The crew of
the English and Welsh ground light
ship has been landed at Barry, and re-
l>orts that the lightship WAS sunk in
collision with the steamer Welshman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
Dies in Mine Rescue Attempt.

WILBURTON. Okla. December IS
Tom Vickers, member of a rescue
squad, who was overcome by gas in an
attempt to rescue Leno Zabra and Tuelo
Ciotti, the two miners who lost their
lives in an explosion in the Degnan
and Mcconnell mine here recently has
died. His body was found at the mouth
Of the mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18

son. 1915 NJ street, was taken from
where it had been left in front of 1891
18th street, between 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and o'clock last night. f.. Il.
MesSick. 1924 Massachusetts avenue,
reported that his car disap peared from
In front of Keith's Theater last nigh..