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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, September 06, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 5

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MERELY POLITICS
Over in the 21st ward John F.
O'Malley is said to be advising his
Republican friends to vote for Frank
Lowden and Harry B. Miller, -while
Jimmy Quinn is playing the Deneen
game working for Hull and Northup.
Henry L. Hertz, one-time Illinois
9 Republican boss, who was the polit
ical parent of Bill Lorimer and
helped make Fred Lundin, has pulled
away from Ed Brundage's 23d ward
club because Brundage and Homer
Galpin are playing politics with Lun
din. '
Fayette S. Munro peeved Sen. Dick
Barr, Republican aspirant for atfy
general, with a statement that big
corporations have kicked in $300,000
to elect Barr.
Munro also speaks of the Ettelson-Barr-Dailey
triumvirate in the state
senate. He says Sen. Ettelson rep
resents the tobacco trust and insur
ance companies, Dailey represents
the railroads and Barr represents
the electric light and gas companies.
United Societies O. K.'d Hoyne for
state's att'y and Bernard Barasa and
I. F. Dankowski for municipal court
judges.
Frank L. Smith, Frank Lowden
and Morton Hull all held loop noon
day rallies yesterday and Smith, the
dark horse, shocked the wise birds
by drawing the biggest crowd.
During these last mad pre-primary
days the rumor is being spread
around that the Thompson-Lundin
crowd is trading everything to save
Harry B. Miller.
A. B. Franks, fellow townsman of
Andrew Russel of Jacksonville, can-.
didate for state auditor, says that
Q when Russel was state treasurer he
cluttered up the payroll with rela
tives. All the G. O. P. big guns are down
to the Kankakee state fair for "Re
publican day."
Morton D. Hull is said to be find
ing that his attacks on Lowden's job
fcs Jlce'jjres, ofeJaborjcrjishlngj.
Pullman co. are his strongest weap
ons against the "colonel."
Aid. Merriam is out with a strong
boost for Hull.
John E. Norjhup wants to know if
Thompson and Lundin want Harry
Miller as state's att'y because they
fear a grand jury probe of the City
Hall.
Union labor men throughout the
state are writing letters of endorse
ment to Lieut-Gov. Barratt O'Hara,
candidate for re-election.
'A Personal Liberty club in the in
terest of Joe Grein's candidacy for
congress in;the 8th district has been
formed. Al "Wledefrecht, Thos. ZIo
lowski, John J. O'Donnell, Herman
Juhnke and Marks Frank are the or
ganizers. o o
SKIP FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS
BUT GET THE LAST
New York, Sept 6. Paul-Poiret
has fallen from his exalted position
of dictator of fashion in Paris, ac
cording jo the word brought to New
York today by American buyers.
Chic and dashing women of
France are ignoring the flowering
lines of Poiret's fancy and have tak
en to the straight up and down of the
"slim silhouette." Skirts are narrow
and tight.
One encouraging refutation of ear
lier reports came when buyers said
that skirts were still going up and,
of course, boot tops are following, al
though a flash of silken-clad calf be
tween boot top and skirt bottom is
considered attractive.
POLLING THE GERMANS
The Republican national commit
tee is having a secret poll taken
among the German-Americans for
sentiment as to Hughes. If they find
that vote strong for Hughes the can
didate will stand pat and sing low as
to hyphenates. If they find the vote
is splitting up, then Teddy's policy
will be adopted and Hughes will use
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