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-vr UK-VV- "7 G It 'JW-t DEC - 1319 I' Krtril (o Steend Claai MAttnr Octobar 11. 1BIW, at the Pott Office of Publication, Offlo at Chicago, Illinois, unaer Act of March 3, 1171. 179 W, Washington St., Chlcaao, III. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NONE. Published Weekly. Entered at Second Claia Mfctter October 11, tM, at Mho Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Aet ef Mart t, Wft. w..t .. .iA..n. .f dtl JT ?f "A - ....,. ai.vi 2zJr VxXA uuiJiAUu !v r I 1 f . .ifHBNart'w' l . Hi' Lk TinuTr-rntsT risAii. ELKS Will Hold the Convention of the Grand Lodge of the United States in Chicago Next Year This Will Bring 250,000 Strangers to Town and Will Create a Great Buying Week Chicago Is to have a celebration distinctly Its own. It centers around tho (irand Lodge convention of the II. P. O. 13. to be held In tho city the week of July C, 1910. Since a guth erlng of 250,000 is bound to leave its beneficial mark upon the city's busi ness for months following. Chicago tins, whether or not they nro mom bora of tho fraternal older, nro the gainers through Its forthcoming ac tivities. Chicago's "1 Will" spirit Is responsible for a plan that will mulct) tho celebration doubly magnlllcent and mutually beneficial. A "buying week" will bo Inaugu rated with the opening of tho conven tion. Tho plans for this feature of tho eelobiatloii luuliido every moi chant In tho city. Every store and shop from tho loop to tho farthest business dis tricts will bo elaborately decorated conforming to a city-wide scheme. Every merchant's wares will bo listed for tho Information of shoppers and placed an lllo at loop Information bu reaus which will bo established as clearing bouses for convention activi ties. Thcuo bureaus will bo manned by nn army of volunteer workers whoso dally task will bo to look after tho ainusemeut, convenience and com fort of tho city's visitors. To add zest to convoutlon routine a continuous entertainment program Is planned. This will Include theaters and open air shows, free public dune Ing, sightseeing trips by nutomobllo and lake boats and pageants to be given on tho lake front. Tho much heralded aero passenger service will make Its Initial appearance with the entrance of tho Elks and day and evening trips over land and wator uro promised. Chicago's gain in nation-wide pub licity through this novel plan Is Ines timable. The gain in dollars and cents, however, can bo estimated by comparison with tho reports of cities whoro former conventions hnvo been hold. Comparing with Boston's bank clearings for the mouth of the 11)18 Elks' convention, for Instanco, u con servative estlmato of Chicago's in crease would bo close to tho hundred million mark. It Is stntod by George M. Spauglor, head of tho Association of Commorco Convontion Huronu, that tho project is tho biggest feature for civic better ment that the city will see during tho coming year. It has tho unquall lied endorsement of association mom bors and II. H. Merrick, association president, Is acting as treasurer of tho executive commltteo that has boon formed to launch preliminary work. On this commltteo are prominent Chicago Elks and representatives of civic and commercial organizations. Dr. Itobort A. Smith Is chairman of tho oxocutlvo commltteo. A campaign commltteo, hoadeil by Wllllum J. SI nek, Esteemed Loading Knight of Chicago Lodgo, No. -1, Is at work on contributions to a fund sulllcleut to enrry forward preparations ut once. Other Hub-coniinltteoa are at work on accommodations, publicity, music mid entertainment, decoration, registration, FOUNDED 1889 Largest Weekly Circulation Among People of Influence and Standing no. m. Suhncrlptlon Rate, 82 Per Year In Advance. BOOM parades. Members of the committees Includo Justin McCarthy, Col. John V. Cllnnln, Prank Herlng. Dr. 1). '.. Adams, 11. J. Mullaney, Webster H. Itapp, James L. Dillon, A. C. Arnold, Mark L. Solomon, John A. McCormlck, W. II. Ilownn, A. D. Klscher, Willis J. Huyburn and Dr W. E. lluehler. UPHAIH PREDICTS LOWDEN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT "I firmly boliovo that Gov Lowdcn will bo tho next Hepubllcan candidate for president," said Fred W. Uplinm, treasurer of tho Ropubllcun national committee. The couv nllo. captured for Chicago, Mr. Vphuni Is now con tcrlug all of his energy on tho l.owdcn campaign, and hli close relations to Hepubllcan leaders till over tho coun try Is expected to be a great asset to the l.owden committee. "Gen. Wood has slipped terrifically and I think moro than ever that Low den Is to bo the nominee," said Mr. rpham. "Tho big leaders of tho party fool that way, despite tho fact that tho Wood people appear to liavo lots of money to spond. "flow Ixiwilcn made tremendous gains at tho loundup of tho national commltteo In Washington. This was chiefly because tho sentiment in the southern and southwestern states which was lining up for Con. Wood changed completely to a program of uuinstructed delegations from those stntes. "Sentiment In tho east Is vory strong for (low Coolldgo of Massa chusetts for second place. Almost without excoption tho Coolldgo mon look to the west to furnish the head of tho ticket and they think that Low den Is tho typo of a business man that pleases them most. During the time I was In Washington and Now York I talked with most of tho Re publican loaders and I found thorn vory friendly toward I.owdon. His chances nro getting brighter overy day." DRAINAGE BOARD TO SELL MORE CHICAGO BONDS The sanitary district decided to ml vortlso for sale more than $2,000,000 In bonds of tho city of Chicago, which had been turned over to tho district by tho city to sottlo Its ilobt. Tho district has already sold $3,000,000 of city bonds. Tho trustees ulso passed a rule, presented by Trusteo l'nullin, requir ing that changes In omploymont bo printed In the ofllclal proceedings. "That will glvo overy one n chance to know what is going on," ho ex plained. STEFFEN PRE DICTS END OF DE TECTIVE BUREAU Alderman Walter I'. Steffon, chair man of tho police committee of tho city council, says that tho approval of proposed reforms by tho city admin istration will put an oiitl to tho do tectlvo huronu, ollmlnato live stations, which lmvo been lnbolod unnecessary by tho aldermen, dollnltoly fix respon sibility for crimo conditions In tho districts throughout tho city nml will place approximately 1,000 more police men' on tho streets In uniform. "Our first consideration In drafting this ordinance," said Aid, Guornsoy, "was to put moro mon in uniform on tho streots. Wo nro moro desirous to provent crlmo than to catch criminals CHICAGO CITY after tho crimes huvo been committed. Tlio police department, It It protects the public from criminals, is of more sorvlco to the city than n department that uIIowh or is unnblo to provent crime and then tries to equalize things by catching the criminals. "Tho members of tho sub-committee, who havo drawn up this ordl- nnnco, nro of tho opinion that If tho ordinance is adopted by tho city coun cil and Its moasuros conscientiously put into effect by tho gonoral superin tendents of police It will bring about tho following rosults: "Moro definitely fix tho responsibil ity for conditions upon thoso In au thority. "Reduce to a minimum tho numbor of high salaried police olllcials. "Ellmlnato u largo Item of expense In Investmout and overhead, by aban doning useless stations. "Muko overy mombor of tho forco from captain down famllluriza hlmsolf with tho work to which ho Is nssigned by taking a courso of Instruction, which will also make him proficient in tho usa of a rovolvor. "Crento a buroau of nilsalng por sons, "Add to each precinct thirty moro mon nvallublo for patrol duty." SVTUKDAY, DKCtiMllEll 127, li)li. A ROTTEN LOCATION Public Wonders Why the New Chicago Post Office Should Be Located on Canal Street. Tho putillo generally Is wondering why tho "planners" have located the now Chlewjo post ofileo on Canal Htrt'et only accessible by tho Penn sylvania and Northwestern railroads and wholly Inaccessible to Chlcogo people. Without reference to neigh Ikii hood real estate owners It In hard to hoo who is pleased with this "plan." Tho groa West Side offers many better locations A general post olllce at Ashlaml. Western or Kodzlo avenues would bo reasonable and fcenslblc. Hut ut rimnl street- ridiculous. RAISE POSTAGE And Give Overworked Post Of fice Employes Better Wages. When "outside" letter postage was :', cents a letter u surplus revenue of $IS 1,(100,000 was raised In ono year. It was dropped to 2 cents to please tho fancy of some bureaucrat. Put It back to I! cents and give let ter carriers and other employes liv ing wages. They deserve better pay. JOHN McGILLEN. Whose Record As Chief Financial Officer of the Sanitary District of Chi cago for Seven Years and As Chairman of the Finance Commit tee of the City Council Before that Reflects Credit Upon Himself and Upon the Community He Served So Well. THE JUVENILE BUNK The Number of Delinquent Boys Increased 16 Per Cent in the Last Year. The fact that pollco control over youthful crooks 1ms boon tukon away has contributed greatly to tho In croasu In tho number of juvonllo do llnquonts. Tho young crook fools rolloved that he is now to be lookod after by "re formers" Instead of by tlio pollco, and acts accordingly. Hero nro tho fig ures from tho Juvenile Court for tho last two years on delinquent bovs brought boforo It: 10182,328. 10102,713. Figures never Ho. LEHMANN'S WORK World's First and Greatest Department Store Started Here 45 Years Ago All Chicago Honors Founder Small Profits anil Big Volume of Business a Motto that Pleased the American Housewife (Written for tho Chicago Eagle.) There Is no Btoro In the whole world more noted than The Fair, founded by E. J. Lehmann In Chicago In lS'i". It was not only the world's first de partment store, but It has always set the highest standard for department stores all over the earth. Steadily piogresslve It Is a leader In overy one of Its departments. As a dry goods store It has no su perior anywhere. So it is with tin thousand other linos which It handles, In combination tho two ideas Everything for Everybody under one roof and tho odd penny bargain price soomed to work a vorltublo miracle and make tlio currents of rotnil trade turn about and flow up stream. They put competition into rotnil buying and transformed fnmlly shopping Into a. high adventure. Tho genius of Mr. Lohmnnn'n Idea lay In tlio fact that lio recognized this trait of human unturo and saw the extent to which it could bo used to move trudo to ccntrullzo shopping. lie was himself a poor man and this cir cumstance put him In position to real ize tho problems of tho people, tho pressuro upon tho ordinary fnmlly to economlzo and tho appoal to tho strug gling housowlfo, mada by tho oppor tunity to savo ovon u fow conta on 12 PAGES. riwcnwM each purchase for the home. Resides, in 1ST) when Mr. Lehniaiin established Tlio Fair, the country was still in tho grip of the financial panic of 1S7.1. Any chance to buy cheaply was not to bo overlooked. Ills philosophy was simple: "Show the American housowlfo that she can savo money by trading with you and you will win her patiouage. And the mure excitement and competition you cun put Into her shopping the better she'll like It." This was about all that Mr. Leh mann saw when. In 1ST.", he opened up his little stock of Jewelry, notions, crockery, hardware and kitchen uten sils. Later he realized more and more that In the one word Volume ln the real secret of expansion. Volume In purchases voulu coti.pul Veil. mo In sales. Volume meant smaller prollts but more pioflK So he went out after Volume. Hlght here was tho real foun dation of the Department Store and history is clear and definite In giving to Mr. E. J. Lehmann uncontested credit for founding the first Depart ment Store. It grew and grew and grow, until as stated in the beginning of tills article. It is now the greatest retail store in the whole world. COUNTY AND CITY FAIL TO AGREE ON CONSTITUTION That Chicago and Cook county huvo no definite or concrete program to pre heat to the approaching constitu tional convention was fully empha sized at the tlrst meeting of the con stitutional convention committee of tho board of county commissioners. Commissioner It. W. McKlnlay, In opening the session, said frankly that nothing hail been formulated on the part of tho county, and asked for sug gestions. Ho got ono from Clcorgo C. Slkes. who Informed the commltteo that tho Huronu of Public Elllciency contem plates suggesting making u county out of Chicago, Oak Turk anil Evnnstou, anil u dividing of the other Cook county towns among the adjacent counties. G. 0. P. TO OPEN 1920 CAMPAIGN HERE ON JAN. 5 Tlio Hepubllcan party Marts the presidential campaign of I!i20 at Chi cago Jan. ."), (I anil 7 National Chair man Will II. Hays expectH to push tho button that sots into motion the ma chinery authorized by tho national commltteo at Washington last weok. Tlio intimate nlans rovolvo around tho central Idea that the Hepubllcan ef fort to elect a president Marts la Jan uary rather than In next September, following the nomination.- at the Chi eugo com cut lou GAYNOR COMMENCES CENSUS WORK JAN. 2 John .1. Guy nor, census supervisor of tho First district of Illinois, an nounces thoro tiro 2,200 men and women prepared to begin work on tho census hero Jan. 2. Tho Census Uurcnu today miido pub He ti proclamation issued by President Wilhon, calling on all tho pooplo of tho country to glvo aid to tho taking of tlio consus, which Is to begin on Jan. 2. Tho proclamation states that tho main purposu of tho censua is to ob tain accurate statistics on which to bnso tho representation In congross. It calls attention to tho fact that all SIN (11,10 COPY AV1IOL 13 K OIJJ.KR I57o persons are required to give full In formation applying to himself and tho family to which ho belongs. "No person can lie harmed In any way by furnishing tho Information re quired," It adds. "Tho census una nothing to do with taxation, with mili tary or Jury service, with tho compul sion of school attendance, with tho regulation of Immigration, or with tho enforcement of any national, state, or local law or ordinance. "There need bo no fear that any disclosure will bo niiulo regarding any individual person or his nffuirs. For due protection of the rights and Inter ests of the persons furnishing in formation every employe of tho Cen sus llureau Is prohibited under heavy penalty from disclosing nny Informa tion which may thus como to his knowledge." SANITARY DISTRICT STANDING COMMITTEES Judicial') - Nance, chairman. Muel ler, ("air, llealv. Littler. Finnnci' Law ley, chairman; Nance, ilcaly, Mueller Paullln. Engineering llealy. chairman: Mueller. I.awley, Clark. Kleeiilcal Development - Nance, chilli umtr I.awley. ('link, llealy, Lit tler. Federal llelatlons Sergei, choir man: Nance. I.awley. Paullln, Cnrr. North Shore Channel Llttlor, chairman: Clark, Cnrr. Paullln, Law ley. Heal Estate Development Cnrr, chairman; I.awley. llealy. Clark, Muel ler. Hules Nance, chairman; Mueller, Cnrr, llealy. Littler. State and Municipal Helatlnns Ser gei, chairman; Iiwloy, Nance, Clark, Paullln. Labor- Clark", chairman: Mueller, Paullln. Carr, Littler. Health and Public Order Paullln. chairman, Nance, Carr. Clark. Llttlor. Illinois Valley Nance, chairman; Mueller, Carr. llealy, Llttlor. Employment - Mueller, chairman; llealy Lawe Nance, Sergei. CHICAGO DEMOCRATS WANT NATIONAL CON VENTION HELD HERE ('ltd ago Democrats h.ivi- already re ceived pledges for $i;o.')ni) of the $125. Ouu fund to be used to bring tho l'J20 national party convention to tho city, Carl It. Unburn, pieddont of tho Iro quois club announced u'. a meeting of the members. Tho hotels have promised $40,000, theaters $lo,00i and Industries $10, Oiio, ho declared. With tho financial ofl'or uh one of their big talking points, u committee of Domucrath will go to Washington January S to make a plea boforo the uatlouul committee for tho meeting. Mr. Latham, Judge John P. Mc Goorty, Hoger ('. Sullivan, II. J. Ho xenthiil. Dixon Williams. Ooorgo L. Hokor and lames ('. Jefl'ry will make up tho party. Tho delegation will take part in a banquot ami party pow-wow on Janu ary 8 at tho capital. E A. Wangersholm, Prosldont of the General Lighting Fixture Co., with olllces at 28 West Lake street, is ono of the most popular business mon in Chicago, lio is a booster and Is always interested in every movo lueut to boiler the city. FOUNDED 1889 Largest Weekly Circulation Among People of Influence and Standing