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luation placed on the real estate ana
personal property of the Chicago and
Western Line was far too great
Aid. Merriam reminded the alder
men that the City Railways would
junk the other line, add the cost to
its capitalization, build another line
and add that to its capitalization,
issue bonds to cover both expend
itures and charge interest on these
two sets of bonds' against the income
of the company. The more the in
terest is the less the city gets for the
'use of the streets.
The rest of the session was hum
drum. oo
LOEB AND MRS. VOSBRINK PLAY J
STRONG-ARM GAME
Mrs. George P. Vosbrink, whose
husband is a mop manufacturer, and
Jake Loeb, who is a fire insurance
and real estate operator, acting in
their official capacities as members
of the school management commit
tee of the Chicago school board, yes
terday played a parliamentary
strong-arm game.
For coarse gavel work, for out-and-out
gag rule procedure, it was
the real thing. The action:
Felsenthal school parents petition
ed for restoration of Nora M. O'Con
nor, school teacher dropped by the
Loeb majority in spite of record of
Miss O'Connor by markings of Supt
John D. Shoop as efficient. Loeb
moved petition be referred to super
intendent. Mrs. John McMahon
moved to amend on ground that su
perintendent report in a specified
time.
"I am sorry," said Mrs. Vosbrink,
chairman, "but the motion to refer
has been adopted."
Mrs. MacMahon asserted the ques
tion was no.t put to a vote. Mrs. Vos
brink held the vote had been taken
and the question was closed. v
The committee stenographer was
asked to read her record. She read
all her notes on the question. And
i- there was a vole the stenographer
missed it because her notes showed
no record of a vote on the motion.
Yet, in spite of this testimony, Mrs.
Vosbrink insisted that the question
had ben put to a vote, the stenog
rapher's ears were nofin good work
ing order, and as chairman of the
committee, she, Mrs. Vosbrink, would
have to rule that the motion had
been voted on and Mrs. MacMahon
defeated and the Felsenthal school
parents slapped in the face by an
equivatory vote.
Trustee Harris W. Huehl said:
"The recort shows there was no vote
taken."
"It is a mistake of the secretary,"
came back Mrs. Vosbrink.
"This is all a part of a plan," said
Jake B. Loeb.
"I object to that," said Huehl. "I
am a new member of this board. I
do not believe in trying to suppress
matters. If it is not intended to sup
press this petition, why refer it to the
superintendent? I want to say fur
ther that nothing transpired between
Pres. Loeb's motion and Mrs. Mac
Mahon's amendment"
The Felsenthal school parents' pe
tition is as good as pigeonholed or
thrown in Lake Michigan. Mrs. Mac
Mahon's motion to fix a time in
which school superintendent should
report on Miss O'Connor's dismissal
was lost Voting for it were: Mac
Mahon, Huehl, Lipsky, Peterson, Vot
ing no were Vosbrink, Loeb, Kruet
gen, Thornton. Eckhart and Young
passed.
The same line-up of votes follow
ed Jake Loeb's motion to place on
file petition of Mrs. Ida M. Fursman,
president Teachers' Federation, and
33 other teachers, for reinstatement.
Att'y I. T. Greenacre spoke for them.
He pointed to their markings in the
superintendent's records as "excel
lent" and "superior" and argued that
there ought to be valid cause shown
for the dismissal of efficient teachers.
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Sven M. Werner, Peteupburg, Neb.,
fleeced out of $3,000 by wire tappers.
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