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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 23, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 26

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ftt COMMITTEE TO LOOK OVER
60 SUBWAY ENGINEERS
Names of 60 engineers went to
the local transportation committee
Wednesday for membership of com
mission of three to plan subway.
They were submittedf'to sub-committee
for consideration. The sub-committee
will weed out undesirables and
the matter will be laid before the
committee before being submitted to
the council.
The transportation committee has
already requested the finance com
mittee for $200,000 appropriation in
the budget for this commission.
Aid. Block watched action of the
committee of which he was vhe for
mer head.
"I do not object to the expendi
ture of $200,000 of the people's
money for a wide-open investigation
which will truly try to work out the
transportation problem," he said.
"But I do object to a pre-judged and
pre-arranged scheme which is to
recognize the millions of dollars'
worth of watered stock in the trac
tion and 'L' companies.
"Mark my words! Bion Arnold will
be a member of this commission. The
handwriting on the wall shows this
and the wording of the council ordi
nance creating the commission
brings it out. We may expect a re
port that will satisfy the traction
and 'L' companies, but not the peo
ple of Chicago."
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EVEN HIS NAME WASN'T HARRY
SHE'S OUT OF LUCK
New York, Dec. 23. Mrs. Irene
Sheffield, pretty wife of Justus Shef
field, prominent lawyer, wanted man
with wavy black hair that she could
run her fingers through. She lived
all her life in dreams of her ideal, she
testified in refutation of Sheffield's
charges in his suit for a divorce. And
Sheffield hasn't black, wavy hair at
all.
"My husband, as you see, has not
much hair," said Mrs. Sheffield. "His
head looks like a chestnut burr."
HEALTH A BIG QUESTION lpJ
SUBWAY CONSIDERATION
One alderman in council buildings
committee who voted for the Mande
sub-basement ordinance in commit
tee has stated to The Day Book that
when the ordinance comes up for a
vote in council he will vote against
it and will explain his vote.
"I don't care to be quoted now," he
said, "but the farther I went into this
deal the more I fcund that was bad
public policy. I voted for it in com
mittee because the argument ap
pealed to me that if the Mandel sec
and basement is closed to shoppers
then the firm will use it for office
purposes and many employes now oc
cupying well-ventilated floors above
ground will be removed to the base
ment. . "Health is the one big question in
this case. If we establish a precedent
with Mandel Bros, then every store
along State street will have a per
fectly logical argument in applying
for the privilege of running a second
basement salesroom. I notice that
Dr. W. A. Evans, health commission
er under Mayor Busse, is quoted as
favoring the Mandel sub-basement I
am sure that isn't fair to Dr. Evans.
All that Dr. Evans has written in the
Tribune about tuberculosis preven
tion is direct argument against the
Mandel subway.
"Let all the State street stores
follow Mandel's and we will add in a
few years several thousand under
ground workers. Why drive more
working people underground? Al
ready they suffer from want of good
air on surface and elevated cars. I
believe any alderman who looks into
this case will see that a vote for the
Mandel sub-basement is a vote to
promote the spread of tuberculosis
and all throat and lung troubles."
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Georgia prison camp riot quelled
by squirting ice water on the rioters
through giant hose. This mode of
warfare might interest those scrap
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