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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, March 23, 1917, LAST EDITION, Image 1

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2C LAST EBITION
PLANS PUSHED FOR WAR ON U-BOATS
THE DAY BOOK
An Adless Newspaper, Daily Except Sunday
VOL 6, NO. 149 Chicago, Friday. March 23. 1917
398
THOMPSON'S EDISON
HOLDINGS QUIZZED
BY ALP. KENNEDY
City Hall, Commonwealth Edison and Tribune All
Seek Defeat of 27th Ward Alderman He Shows
.Why Aid. Buck Backs Jarrett.
- "I think the people of this city
ought to know that the mayor of this
city, William Hale Thompson, is
financially interested in the Com
monwealth Edison Co. I think it
ought to be generally known that
Mayor Thompson was on record last
year in the state utilities cpmmis
sion's office at Springfield as the
folder of 1,087 shares of Common
wealth Edison stock and at thaC
time the mayor's holdings werq
worth not less than $130,000.
The financial partnership that ex
ists between the mayor personally
and the leading central public service
corporation is significant when it is
also pointed out that the Chicago
Tribune has for its trustee Wm, G,
Beale, the attorney for the Common

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