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a subway until a plan has been submitted to a' vote of thepeopIe and approved by them. If any attempt is made to dodge a referendum, you can gamble there's a job in the subway project that Wont stand" the light. o o THE VICE CLEAN-UP-GOES ON Vice is Having a tough time of it in Chicago nowadays some skinds of vice. For awhile there was a general raid on saloonkeepers, garnblers and prostitutes. But it didn't stop there. There is a slight indication that even newspaper vice may be cleaned up, too just a little bit. The Tribune, which loves to call itself the greatest newspaper in the world, made a first-page announcement today which indi cates that it is going out of part nership with the loan sharks. The announcement is as fol lows : ' "After a thorough investiga tion The Tribune has decided to eliminate "Salary loan" advertis ing from its columns. Many of these advertisements have been those of reputable concerns, but some, The Tribune has learned, "have been inserted "by loan sharks. As it is impossible to make an in vestigation of each advertisement before publication, The Tribune will refuse to accept any adver tising of this character. It is the only way by which its patrons can be protected." No doubt it cost The Tribune much financial pain to let go of its 'share of the profit in the loan shark game," but we ought td be thankful for even this little spasm ofrvirttie.' Possibly there will be more of the same. Indeed, some, day it may reach the Hearst papers and drive them out of a business part nership, through advertising, with the venereal disease quacks. Anyhow, every little bit "helps in"the wait of eradicating vice. 70 o NEW AIDE TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Rear Admiral Charles E. Vree land, just appointed to succeed Admiral Wainwright, retired, as aide to 'the secretary of the navy for the operations of the fleet. o o The man who says nothing js sometimes surprised to find how popular he is.