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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
HITS WHEEL TAX.

Chicago's s1,000,000 a year wheel
tax fund is not likely to suffer severely
from the Supreme courts decision In
DuPage county case denying mu-
inequalities the right to tax autOmo-
biles. according to report from
Springfield
The decision. 1t is explained. affects
only Chicago's right to tax nonresi
dent owners of automobiles. Practic
ally all of the automobiles which pay
wheel taxes into Chicago's treasury
are said to he owned by residents ant
the city's right to tax them is held
valid.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
closing. The petition for an injunction
is dismissed.
CITY Loses Utilities Plea.


In the case of the city of Chicago
against the state public utilities com.
mission the Supreme court held that
under the present utilities act the city
of Chicago has no right to regulate its
own utilities. The constitutionality of
the act creating the state public utili-
ties commission is also upheld.
The utilities commission fixed reg.
ulations for the street railway trans
portation of the city in September,
1915. and the city contended that this
was an interference with its police
powers and deprived the city Of its
property without due course of law.
Can Control Street Railways.
The court holds that the street rail
ways of the city of Chicago are wholly
within the provisions of the act, which
gives the commission power to make
the order involved in this case.
THE regulation of public utilities Is
one phase of the exercise of the police
powers of the state" the court says.
The police power may be exercised
by the legislature directly or 1t may
be exercised indirectly by comforting
the power upon agencies created by
the legislature"
The case Is reversed and remanded
with directions to the lower court to
sustain the demurrers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

The Illinois Supreme Court has
handed down the following decisions
affecting Chicago:
Board Can Gust Teachers.
The Supreme court at Springfield
decided that the board of education
has the right to remove teachers with
or without cause. This is the latest
and perhaps final opinion in the case
in which members Of the teachers
federation sought 10 restrain the board
Of education from enforcing the rule
prohibiting teachers from joining Ia
Dor unions.
"A new contract must be made each
year with such teachers as the board
OF education desires TO retain in its
employ" the Supreme court held.
no person has the right TO demand
that he or she shall be employed as
teacher; the board has the absolute
right 10 decline to employ or re'em'
Dlov any applicant for any reason
whatever or for no reason at all. The
hoard is responsible for it's action only
to the people OF the city from whom
through the mayor the members have
received their appointments"
Justices Farmer and Carter con
CURED in the opinion OF the majority
but held that arbitrary exercise of the
boards discretion Is not a valid eXer
else of the boards power.
Sunday Closing Is Upheld.
The Sunday closing law for saloons
as 1t has been applied in Chicago by
Mayor Thompson, was upheld by the
Supreme court, in an opinion handed
down in the case OF Henry w. Boer
ner against Mayor Thompson and the
chief OF police of Chicago, Boernel
contended that the state Sunday clos
ing law applied only TO tipplinl
houses, which operated unlawfully
and that even if II was unlawful fol
licensed saloon to sell liquor on Sun
day, II had right to keep open and
sell Notwithstanding goods
The court says that it was the evi
dent intention of the legislature Il
use the word "tippling house in refer
ence 10 all places where liquor Is sold
whether licensed or not, and that thu
keeper OF a saloon must submit Il
police regulations in the matter o.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

A woman rural mail carrier of
Knoxville, Nd, has Travelled D3,5cO
miles in II years, and missed only 30
days.
A Hackensack girl OF fifteen decided
she was too young to be n bride, had
her marriage annulled and welt back
TO school.
An alienation suit dating back to
1850, in which plaintiff and defendant
have become grandmothers, was re-
Gently dismissed in New Jersey.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
WILL DIRECT WORK OF WOMEN

Mrs. George Bass of Chicago was
summoned by President Wilson to nd
wise rs to the best plan of mobilizinj:
the volunteer women for woman w0rl:
In the war. Mrs. Bass Is chairman of
the womnn's bureau Of the Democratic
national committee. ana organized the
women during the presidential cam
paign.
II have no dcfinite plan in VIEW"
she said. 1--WE have offered all our
forces to the government, and are anx"
iOGs to do all we can to help out.
~ believe that If the necessity
arises the women will be us ready as
they We're IN France to take over the
avocatiOns of the men who We're fight
ing. But that's far in advance, and we
are not contemplating such step.
"We are getting ready to start q
bulletin service TO our wOmen-theres
a tremendous number of them--and |
presume we shall issue special bull
.letin shortly, The women of this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

Altar of roses, which Is an oil, is OBJ
tanned from three species OF wild
roses: Rosa centifolla, II. moschata
and II. damascena. The rose gardens
ut Ghazipur, India, have long been fa.
NOUS for their output Of oil Of roses
Do not leave experiments with plants
work in the Improvement of plants and
flowers has come through the wOrl; o
amateurs. The latter when travciin'
abroad have also been first to sen,
valuable plant Introduction to the home
laad,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

PROTECT HONEST BANKS.

A stringent State law ID needed 8"
regulate the establishment Of banks.
There are too many wildcat financial
schemes now In existence In Chicago.
Not wishing to cOnlpete with the dig
banks, irresponsible people IRE startinR
up small banks In the outlying districts
Of Chicago. from tine to time. This
practice has had disastrous results
upon the business aud financial inter.
ests OF the entire city. Many hundred
small business men and truders have
been ruined by this class OF institu
tons.
This uefuriOus practice should be
stopped and the only way to stop II Ia
by municipal legislation.
A provision ought to be made In the
city charter authorizing the city under
Its police power to regulate the estab
lishment Of banks and creating In
pursuance of this work board for
the examination OF all proposed new
banking concerns. Snch board
should be given ample power to exam
Inc into the financial Standing ii the
promoters 1T these institutions, and
none should he allowed to he licensed
unless such as could show assets ample
for the carrying on Of their business.
sufficient to cover the amount of their
deposits, and sound and substa ntini
enough to thoroughly protect their
depOsitors.
There cnn he no question as to the
right aud the Justice OF the city to
exercise such power under a properly
constructed charter provision. II the
! city has the right TO regulate plumb
ers, to regulate engineers, to regulate
the electrical business. to regulate pswn,
brokers and the scores of other busi-
ness enterprises and Industries over
which II exercises unquestioned super.
vising powers, II certainly has per
feet right to regulate the banking busl'
ness. which II OF far more Importance
than anything In the line Of business
| In the city. because upon the legitimate
and honest business methods Of these
institutions depends the welfare OF the
entire city In Its business and CONNER.
rial life. while methods OF a contrary
kind INDUCED In by small. irresponsible
speculative concerns only results In
failures that involve injurlously the In
terests Of the entire community. How
often have we seen II that the failure
OF one Of these little banks, stnrted
upon Insecure and irresponsible founda
lions, and boomed by fraudulent and
false representations, have dragged
down to ruin hundreds of good. hard
working, thrifty and deserving citizens
The licenses Issued by the examIn
Ing board. which, Of course. should bs
composed OF responsible citizens ant
able fnanciers. should be OF a charac
ter that would he absolutely prohih,
tive Of all schemes and projects for thu
establishment OF phony concernc OF thii
kind.
This would he welcomed by all sOunt
and responsible banking houses
whether private or national
Rivers Mcneil. the popular and efi
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
FOOD COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Herbert G. Hoover, who has been
in charge of the Belgium relief work in
London. has been called to direct the
work of food production and food econ
omy in this coiintry--one of the prob
lens facing TIVE government since war
has been declared.
After meeting Of the Council of
National Defense IL was formally an.
nounccd tl.ut Mr. Hoover had accepted
the chair nnnslip of committee on
food supply and prices. This commit
tee will "rport to the council such ex-
pcricncas as European governments
have lad and advise ''as to proper
mcthpis of preventing recurrence, as
far les practicable, of the evils arising
out Of speculative prices, and to slim.
ulG,e increased production Of nll fooG
supplies"
Secretaries Rcdhcld and Houston
have written the chief manufacturers
of tin cans, urging them to economize
FIN 10 insure ms large n u,lnntity of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
in TtIt lr1tl-Idn'r
MUNITlOll BOARD HEAD

Creation of q general muniton
board was announced by the council
of national defense. 1t will be headed
by Frank "A. Scott, u Cleveland manu-
facturer. and will be charged with sup
plying the army and navy with NUM-
tons and equipment. One of its chief
functions will he to decide between the
country's military and industrial needs
The boards establishment puts into
the hands of n group of army and navy
officers and industrial leaders virtually
the same task given the British minis
ter of munitions. It creates machinery
for a government department of NUM-
tons with its head n cabinet minister,
If conduct of the war brings the need.
Active military and naval participation
In the conflict, many believe, will pro-
duce that necessity.
Twenty men, sixteen Of them army
and navy officers, make up the board.
Scott is one of the country's lead.
Ing experts on munition production.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

The appointment of Fred w. Potter
as Director of Insurance by Governor
Lowden is an excellent one. Mr.. Pot
ter served creditably as Insurance SUI
perintendent under past administra-
tions and his work was always an hon.
or to the state and the Governor who
appointed him,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

their in this twentieth
their is larger thar has been before They always active
their fields
fields. They aid
their provision should the
nes tina nos Is o The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

John 2. vogeisang is the dean Of
Chicago restaurant men.
Benjamin F. Nicholson, the we'll
known lawyer, has met with deserved
success and has host of friends.
~e1~
Trustee J, mes M. DALEY of the San.
itary District always looks after the
interests Of the people.
Congressman Thomas Gallagher Of
Chicago Is one Of the most influential
men In Washington.
~U
Judge John Barton Payne makes q
splendid President of the South Park
Commission.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28


there will be shortage approximately 40 per cent In the tin supply of
facilities rushed said
FOL n Bolivia.
substitute glass ecepab
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

allies Will
supplies. mnitn
chiefs called
establish
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

the wired wireless technical discovery In telephony which was worth
millions which attached
American embassy London recalled abodt
Col Samuel Rlr aviation section
Il
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28


5000 inhabitants that its proponents
obtained postponement of consdera.
ton until next week.
Representatives of the United
Societies of Chicago were unable to
stop favorable report from the house
judiciary committee on James j. Bar.
bour's antidance hall bill. to prevent
the sale of liquor In dance halls. II
was reported with a recommendation
for passage. The senate sent II to the
lower branch for concurrent action.
Michael thinner. warden of the state
penitentiary at Joliet. has been ap.
pointed warden of the county hospital
to succeed Clayton f. Smith. who was
elected city treasurer April 3.
James NJ. Whalen, democratic COM
mitteeman of the eth ward, was ap.
pointed county civil service commits.
sioner to succeed Hugo l.. Pitte, re.
signed. Whalen was chief clerk in
the Circuit court clerks Office during
the administration of John w. Rainey.
who went out of Office last December.
@cA
Mrs. June Purcell Guild of Hull
House has been certified by the coun-
ty civil service commission as super.
intendent of the Juvenile detention
home She succeeds Miss Blanche
Pyne, who passed fourth on the list.
Henry Stuckart made good record
as City Treasurer, q good record 40
South Town assessor and good rec.
ord as alderman. He certainly will
make a 1900 ropord as county tress.
,rn
C.. A. Smith, the veteran piano
maker, is respected by all who know
him.
Charles C. Breyer Is one of the best
liked men on the Northwest Side. He
10 noted for his public spirit and de-
votion to the interests OF his fellow
citizens.
Daniel L. Cruice. the able lawyer.
would make good Judge.
Judge NJ. l.. Mckinley OF the Su.
perior Court Is making Ane record.
II. Schmidt Of s57 center street has
a host of friends who would back him
for public office.
~e~
William r. Gates, president of the
Federal Steel Fixture Company, Is
one of the solid business men of Chi
cago. He is universally respected in
the trade.
Joseph A. O'Donnell, former legis.
lator and park commissioner, Is one
Of the most popular memtcIl Ct IL
Chicago bar.
Matt Aller would make good City
Treasurer, He Is a sterling Democrat
and has worked hard to put many good
men into public Office,
~S>
Judge John X. Prlndlvills Ia making
q splendid record on the Municipal
Court bench. He is an able. broad
minded and Just Judge.
~
Adam Wolf is one OF the most popu
lar men In Chicago. You can't beat
him.
AeA
Edward Uihlein OF the great Schlit,
Brewing Company is one OF the up
builders of Chicago.
~eSA
Albert H. Severinghaus, head o.
the big G. A. r. laundry, Is very pop
ular on the Northwest Side. He was
delegate to the Republican Ma
tional Convention last year and II
frequently mentioned for high polit
ical honors.
l., c, Wilton of the o. L. Chane!
Company, 1OS South LaSalle street
stands high with business men, manu-
facturers and financiers. His square
and honest methods have won a place
for him in the esteem of the com
| munity
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
FINANCIAL GOSSIP

The Government financing in antici-
patton of which the money market
frightened has so far been confined to
the sale of fifty million dollars of 2
per cent short dated securities to the
Federal Reserve banks. It is the pos
sibility of further issues Of per cent
or per cent Government bonds which
has caused discount rates on prime
commercial paper to rise above per
cent as compared with per cent
year ago.
The wide fluctuations in stock prices
which attend changes in the market
yield as affected by money conditions
may be judged from the following
hypothetical case of a stock supposed
to pay regular dividend of 500 per
share through a period of years with
out any change in earnings:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
EAGL.ETS.

SO much opposition developed to
the Donahue bill to make fremen's
pensions compulsory in all cities above
5000 inhabitants that its proponents
obtained postponement of considera.
ton until next week.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

Rivers Mcneil. the popular and eff.
cient Collector OF Customs. reflects
great credit on President Wilson's ad.
ministration.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
~

Michael thinner warden of the state
penitentiary at Joliet, has been ap.
pointed warden of the county hospital
to succeed Clayton +. Smith. who was
elected city treasurer April 3.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

In actual stock market experience
when there is a sustained rise in in.
terest rates it generally follows that
business is gradually curtailed and
earnings fall off, the decrease in earn
ings together with increased interest
rates forcing security prices to low
level
During the coming months there
will be short swings in the market up
and down but buoyancy will be
checked by the underlying tendency
toward tighter money conditions. Cor.
porations which own the sources Of
raw materials will continue to make
large profits. but the combination Of
high wages, high costs of materials
and increasing interest rates will tend
to reduce profits among corporations
which must enter the markets at cur.
rent quotations.
~
The operating income of the Chi.
cago Telephone Company for March
was reported at $371, 339. against 1914.
III for the corresponding month last
year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

l.. C. Wilton of the o. Z. CLANCY
Company, 10S South LaSalle street,
stands high with business men, manu-
facturers and financiers. His square
and honest methods have won place
for him in the esteem of the com.
munity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

James NJ. Whalen, democratic COM
mitteeman of the eth ward, was ap.
pointed county civil service commits.
sioner to succeed Hugo l.. Pitte. re.
signed. Whalen was chief clerk in
the Circuit court clerks Office during
the administration of John w. Rainey.
who went out of office last December.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

Representatives of the United
Societies of Chicago were unable to
stop a favorable report from the house
judiciary committee on James J. Bar.
bour's antidance hall bill, to prevent
the sale of liquor In dance halls. II
was reported with recommendation
for passage. The senate sent II to the
lower branch for concurrent action.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

Mrs. June Purcell Guild of Hull
House has been certified by the coun-
ty civil service commission as super.
intendent OF the Juvenile detention
home. She succeeds Miss Blanche
Pyne who passed fourth on the list.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
DECISIONS AFFECT CHICAGO.

The Illinois Supreme Court has
handed down the following decisions
affecting Chicago:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-07-04
FABRIC VS.. CORD TIRES
.oeal Newspaper Men Witnsss Inter
. sstIno Demonstration by Handy.
Lewis GARAGE,

Does the style Of tire on a car at
.,ct the power required, and thus
" AXE any difference in the amount Of
,tasoline consumed? An Interesting
demonstration to ascertain the answer
e this question was conducted last
t riday afternoon by the Handy-Lewis
Garage. A five passenger, four cylin-
t;,r Overland was the machine used.
"a one-gallon gasoline can was attach
c. to the carbureter. The machine
gas first equipped with fabric tires,
|, d the trip was made to Spicer. NJ.
Lewis drove the car and Emil AS
las, Of the Tribune, rode with him.
Z. w. Hadley and Herbert Hengstler,
ity editor Of the Gazette, followed
losely behind in a Ford roadster.
\ joining back the gas from the one
Tallon Of gasoline gave out at the
tlbundhouse, after a distance Of "a
II lies had been run.
II The car was then taken back to the
sErage, and the fabric tires we're re.
,1oved and replaced with cord tires,
d the run was made under exactly
,rS5 same conditions as before, with
.,a7 result that on the return the trip
= 81tinued to the south, and total
- leage Of 20 $40 miles was run on
one gallon Of gasoline. Thus the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-07-04
NEWS FROM THE BOYS
Four Interesting Letters Reoolved
This Week,
From Llovd Osmundaon.

"00Ns
From Lloyd Osmundson.
Extracts from letter received by
Sanford Osmundson from his brother.
Lloyd who Is member of First Min
nesota Infantry, Rec. Co. 1 at Fort
Smelling:
Received your letter this morning.
Was very glad to hear from you az !
have received very few letters from
Wllmar. Have been on guard every
other day for past two weeks; now we
only go on for tWenty-four hours once
every nine days. Then we drill when
not on guard. One Of the boys found
a box with sixty sticks Of dynamite
Sunday night. We put it next to the
guard house and I was guarding the
back OF the guard house. It rained and
lghtninged very bad. Was afraid the
lightning might strike this box and
blow up. I cannot remember Of ever
hearing such thunder and seeing
such lightning before; in fact, It
stormed so hard, it almost put us on
our knees.
Have been prison guard and some
OF the prisoners threatened to kill me
II ever they got the chance. I carried
a S2calibre revolver so was not afraid,
We have orders to shoot to kill when
we do.
Expect to go to Demming, N. M. af.
ter July Is.
Have a Y. M. G. A. here, a camp
where all kinds Of sporting goods and
programs may be found. Don't know
what you could send me unless it was
some cigarettes, as I am broke now
Someone stole some clothes from me
and have to pay for them.
Must close. Greet my friends.
LLOYD"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-07-04

teaching me the facts.
The other boys from W1llmar who
are in this company have not been plac-
ed in any special section yet but un-
derstand that they will one OF these
days. They arrived here week later
than did with tho exception Of one.
They are all in good spirits. The work
up to this time has been drilling. Learn
ing the infantry drills, rifle exercises
and so forth.
I have been on guard two times. The
guard duty is system of rotation as
far as the time is concerned: Each
company goes on guard every five days,
there being five companies. Only about
one.third of a company, however, is
needed in one guard, so one does not
need to do this work more than twice a
month. The guard is divided into three
houTs and He then sG restine four no1Ts 81
course this time varies at the different
posts: I could write of SO many things
that happen here than an extra edition
would be needed in your paper but
think by, the time the Tribune readers
have read this they will be glad didn't
write moro. If any Senior Of the w. H.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-07-04

manipuiators or viii BE- after they get
the proper training. Nearly every
morning We 20 over to tho Island Con-
enic1t and ct instructed how to as
semblo the different parts OF Q mine.
This work 10 for Ill those who are IN
the mine sections: 1t is very interest
ing. There are three different sizes Of
mines. The smallest size is in the shape
Of sphere and is approximately three
feet in diameter. The next larger size
has spherical shaped ends with a cylln-
der body about four feet long. The
largest size looks the same except it is
at least three feet longer. I have done
some work at the plugs by which. the
mines are exploded but not enough to
give you clear idea Of it. But, how
ever in order to explode q mine it has
five degrees by the force Of a ship; for
instance, If it is in the water, causing a
ton and complete the electrical circuit
by which the mine is exploded. Before
when I was civilian I thought that
mine was exploded by means Of jar
given it by ship but experience is
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-07-04
Bids For Coal.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of Independent
School District No. AZ of Willmar,
Mimi, for 300 tons of Youghiogheny
Lump Soft Coal, screened, and as
much more as may be needed during
the school year ending June /, 1918,
to be delivered at the different school
buildings in the city Of Willmar. Said
bids to be filed with the Clerk of said
Board on or before one o'clock p. m.
OF July p. 1917.
The Board reserves tho right to re.
ject any or all bids.
N. S. SWENSON,
Clerk of Board Of Education.