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ACT TOWARD CHECKING DEATH
BRINGING GAS BLASTS
To eliminate further gas explo
sions it was urged that city author
ities and property owners investigate
gas pipes inside of building lines yes-,
terday when inquest over eight vic
tims of the exposion at Alex Chimbu
kis' restaurant was resumed. Prop
erty owners are required to keep
pipes in good condition, but gas com
pany has no jurisdiction over pipes
inside building lines.
Witnesses testified Chimbukis tel
ephoned gas company three days be
fore explosition. J. B. Hirst, assis
tant engineer for People's Gas Co.,
claims company received one com
plaint on morning of explosion. Be
fore the man sent to fix pipe reached
the place the exposion occurred.
Hearing continued until May 2.
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, MAYOR INSISTS ON SUBWAY
Regardless of what the city coun
cil does, Mayor Thompson Js going
right ahead with his subway plans,
he says. His action will come under
the head of "no more monkey busi
ness." L. A. Busby, president of the street
car lines, drew a rap from the mayor
for blocking the administration
through his influence with members
of the council.
"Mr. Busby has a perfect right to
do everything he can to block things
in which my administration is in
terested and under pledge to the peo
ple," said the mayor. "I didn't want
to act as umpire in the street car
strike, but it was the only way qut.
Somebody had to do it, and the cars
had to run. f
"We have had a council governed
city for two years and nothing has
been done. They speat $250,000 for
experts and then threw their reports
in the waste basket
"When I was elected mayor I made
certain pledges to the people. I have
two years yet to servex and I am
going to try and redeem those j
pledges, regardless of consequences
or the council. I believe we will start
work on the subway before my term
expires. If we don't they will be
fussing around ten years from now
and won't have, a subway.
"There is one firm willing to con
struct the right of way of these sub
ways and turn them back to the city
in 30 years without a cent of cost
to the city.
I'We still have the right, I am ad
vised, under the police powers tit the
city as well as the right over our
streets, to go ahead with the special '
assessment plan and the traction
fund we already have and actually
do something."
HOYNE AFTER BACK TAXES
State's Att'y Hoyne filed suits in
superior court' to collect personal
property taxes for 1913, 1914 and
1915. Defendants and amounts: J. F.
Butler, $2,071; Hirsch-Wickwire Co.,
$5,142; Illinois Realization Co., $3,
450; Lincoln Ice Co., $3,191; North
American Transportation and Trad
ing Co., $2,077; O. C. Doering, $5,504;
Heppes Roofing Co., $1,056; Werner
Bros. Storage, $1,108.
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CHICAGO BRIEFS
Mary Norawske, sought as unde
sirable . by immigration agents,
caught in morals court after she was
arrested with Geo. Silverman, 4732
Congress.
Body taken from canal at Lemont
Wednesday identified as that of John
Melich, Summit. He spent $10,000
on Summit saloon and then failed to
get license.
H. M. Heath, actor, arrested in
New Orleans as check forger, be
lieved to be man who put over $12,
000 in bad checks here while posing
as "Lieut. W. H. Savage, U. S. V.
aerial corps."
Geo. Eppinger acquitted of connec
tion with theft of guns from Bullard
& Gormley store. Lloyd White and
Policeman Thos. Gibbons will be
sentenced tomorrow.
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