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' tpwrTMft"qnjpf -,v"-' 7" v iV' i " v."m v f y V - p 5. ' .A?3Tt3'Tfif'VA ""'?' A-TlI "VyT f V"-'" n,ry ! --',-r THE CHICAGO EAGLE, gfoc Chicago gaglc PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Am Independent Newspaper, Fearless and Truthful. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 PER YEAR ADCRISS ALL COMMUNICATION! TO CHICAOO EAOLE 804 TEUTONIC ttUILDINO. Telephone t Main 391 J Auto. 31613. tbMJ Corner Washington St. and Sth Ave. OEMRY F. DONOVAN, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second CIas Matter October 11, I88, at the IVxt Office at Chicago. IllinoU, under Act ot March 3, 1ST!). . ESTABLISHED OCTOBER 5, 1889. Incorporated under the Laws of Illinois. Br Hanry P. Donevaa. 100 CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 22, 1913. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. Democrats now In a majority In Congress, have a chance to make good their promise to lower the cost of living. Will they do It? Fow people are nware of the big tariff now levied by the government on Imported food. It should bo taken off. Following Is the tariff now levied on many articles of food under the existing Aldrlch tariff law: Cattle Twenty-seven and one-half per cent Hogs 11.50 a head. Sheep 11.50 a head. Bacon and hams 4 cents a pound. Beans 45 cents per bushel. Fresh beef One and one-halt cents a pound. Beets 25 per cent. Biscuits and bread 20 per cent. Buckwheat 15 cents a bushel. Butter 6 cents a pound. Cabbages 2 cents each. Cheese G cents a pound. Eggs 5 cents a dozen. Honey 20 cents a gallon. Lard Ono and one-halt cents a pound. Macaroni One and one-half cents a pound. Meats Prepared or preserved, 25 per cent. Milk Fresh, 2 cents n gallon; pre served, condensed, 2 cents a pound; cream, 5 cents a gallon. Molasses 6 cents a gallon. Mutton One and one-half cents a pound. Onions 40 cents a bushel. Peas Green, 25 cents a bushol. Pineapples $8 per 1,000. Pork Fresh, Ono and one-half cents a pound. Potatoes 25 cents a bushel. Poultry Live, 3 cents a ffcound; dressed, 5 cents a pound. Ttnlslns Two and one-halt cents a pound. Bice 2 cents a pound. Salt 11 cents per 100 pounds. Sausages 25 per cent. Vegetables Preserved or prepared, 40 per cent; In natural state, 25 per cent of value. Clothing ready made, 44 cents a pound. Clothing Women's and children's, 11 cents a square yard. Woolen cloth for clothing 44 cents a pound. Knit clothing 33 cents a pound. Blankets 44 cents a pound. Wool 3G cents a pound. The United StateB Is the only civ ilized country that maintains a high tariff on the necessaries of life. It the Democratic party wlBhes to live, it must stand by tho peoplo. The 1 loMMali it'"' bikli1:!J-r-o. ujet i r BBBBBBMHBaaakfiu Ji aittW 4H RRRRRRRRRRRRRRj DsBBsW ' sbsbbbbbkmObbbV' "" J f BaaaaaaouK'ti wssk l RRRRRRjRjB""1 RRRRRRRRRRRkKili aSsTBBBBBBBBBBBsl' -M aSBBBBBBWBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHr iHmKtf .bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsV. sbbbbbbbbbtcP BsbbK. SBflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflWiBWBflflflflflflflflflflflflBKr 2QBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB V'ltlllBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Tll-'WltsBSflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflBfl HENRY D. CAPITAIN. Able Alderman from the Twenty-fifth Ward Who Deserves to Be Re-ran Inated and Re-elected, EDITORIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES - - Pungent Paragraphs on Live Topics, with Some Comment on the Leading Men of the Day. country Is In no mood to bo monkeyed with much longer. THE LATE JOHN J. BRENNAN. Honest John Brennnn, alderman for twenty years from the Eighteenth wnrd, was burled on Wednesday. An Immense multitude attended the fu neral. The procession from the residence to St. Patrick's church, West Adams and South Desplaines streets, was an impressive one. Chief of Police Mc Weeny was in personal charge of the police Arrangements, which were nec essary becnuso of the crowd9 that thronged tho streets, especially in the neighborhood of the church. A largo detail of mounted pollco preceded the 7th regiment band and members of the city council. Details of policemen and firemen on foot followed. Tho Eighteenth Ward Democratic Club held the position of honor In the rear of tho firemen. Tho active pallbear ers were: Roger Sullivan. .Andrew J. Graham. Thomas Sullivan. William Qaynor. George LeClalre. John Powers. AuBtln 3'. Doyle. John J. Broderlck. Tho honorary pallbearers were tho following members of tho city coun cil: E. F. Cullerton. Michael Kenna. Charles Martin. John J. Coughlln. Stanley Kunz. Lewis Sltts. John A. Rlchert. Michael Mclnerney. Albert W. Bellfuss. Thero was no sermon at tho church. Tho Rev. William J. McNammes, pas tor of St. Patrick's Church, was In charge of tho services and concluded with tho absolution and blessing. Tho celebrant of the requiem mass was tho Rov. J. P. O'Donoghuo. Tho Rev. Si mon Gatea officiated an deacon, tho Rov. John E. Lynch of Antloch as subdeacon and tho Rov. J. J. Carden as master of ceremonies. Tho doublo choir of St. Patrick's Church furnish ed tho music. Dr. J. Lewis Browne officiating at the organ and as choir master. After the services at tho church the body was taken to Calvary cemetery for burial. Business at tho city hall was prac tically suspended during tho funeral aorvlces and every department was represented at the church. City Clerk Connery acted as marshal for tho al dermen. Many members of tho legis lature wore also present and hundreds of men who have been active in west side politics for years followed the body to the grave. AGLET. Don't forget to vote at tho primaries next Tuesday. Tho poiis will bo open from G a. m. to 5. p. m. next Tuesday. Alderman Irwin R. Hazon haB dur ing his first term In the City Council made n magnificent record. Ho haB proven himself to be at all tlmos a wide awake, conscientious public official. Ho Is a man of ability and forco whose wholo dosrro 1b to serve tho peoplo faithfully and honestly. His nomination by tho Republicans of tho Thirty-third ward next Tuesday will be followed by his certain elec tion In April M. J. Flynn will win In a gallop for City Treasurer at tho primaries next Tuesday. Bo with the winner and voto re-nominate City Clerk Francis Connery. Thomas W. Gllmore, the popular coal merchant, Is a candidate for the short term nomination for alderman on the Republican ticket In tho Twenty-fifth ward. Mr, Gllmore is a man who Is fitted In every wav to sit in I tho City Council and every good Re- publican should Tuesday. vote for him next Twenty-fourth wnrd Democrats are going to nominate George McHale for nlderman by a handsome plurality. Voters in every section of tho ward aro rallying to the support of tho pop ular South End candidate and a big vote will bo polled for him next Tues day. In John J. Cobum the Democrats have n candidate for nomination for Superior Court Judgo who Is qualified in every way for the office. Mr. Co burn's loyalty to tho Democratic party is known to everybody as is his bril liant career as a lawyer and public spirited citizen. Fifteenth Ward Progressives are go ing to re-nominate Alderman Henry Utpatel by a big plurality. No man in Chicago Btands higher in tho estimation of the people than Judgo Edward Osgood Brown. Chicago never had a better alder man in tho City Council than Jacob A. Hey of the Twenty-third ward. Tho fact that he has no opposition for re nomination Is a source of pleasure to every good citizen. Vote to renominate Alderman Henry D. Capltaln In tho Twenty-fifth ward. This is the duty of every hon est Republican. Alderman Capltaln's record 1b ono that stamps htm as ono of tho big men in the City Council. Failure to re-nominato htm will be regretted by not only the people of tho Twenty-fifth ward, but of all Chi? cngo In general. For Superior Court Judge the Demo crats cannot nominato'u better fitted or more popular man than John M. O'Connor. Alderman Irwin R. Hazcn will bo re-nomlnated on next Tuesday by the Republicans of the Thirty-third wnrd by an overwhelming plurality. Anson H. Brown as the Progressive candidate for alderman In tho Thirty first ward, should provo a winner at tho polls In April. Mr. Brown Is a AN80N H. BROWN. man of ability and forco and will make a splendid representative ot tho peo ple in tho City Council. Nathaniel C. Sears on Monday an nounced that he has sent to Mayor Harrison his resignation as a member of the Board of Education. Mr. Sears was appointed by former Mayor Fred A. Bubbo in July, 1910, his term of office to explro July, 1913. Mr. Sears said he regretted that he felt It nec essary to resign, but that tho press ot business was such that he could not give the time to educational mat ters he felt he ought to glvo them. There are now two vacancies on the board tor Mayor Harrison to fill. The criminal branch ot the Munici pal Court was moved from the City Hall to tho third floor ot tho Criminal Court building. Tho court was for merly on tho North Side, but last September was removed to the City Hall. Municipal Judge Qoodnow, who sits in tho court, said: "Tho move was mado to relievo tho Bufferings ot the prisoners who liuvo frequently been forced to wait all day In tho City Hall without food." Joseph Mitchell, who Is a candidate for tho Democratic nomination for City Treasuror, announces as his plat form that he will conduct the office of City Treasuror In accordance with the law; that he Is In favor of abol ishing loan sharks ami will bo glad to nccommoilnto city employes by ad vancing thorn money nccordlng to proscribed rules. Ho lives with his wlfo and Infant son at 024G Washing ton houlovnnl. Albert ,T. Hopkins is the cholco for that short torni United States Senate. logical In the Frank Gardner Is making a hard light for tho Democratic nomination for alderman of tho Twenty-second ward. A long stop toward tho erection of a union passenger station and a Penn sylvania railroad freight terminal in nconlanco with the program of the Chicago plan commission was taken Monday afternoon nt a conference of the commission and representatives of all tho roads Invohed. Although engineering problems were advanced by representatives of tho Pennsylvania as insurmountable ob- BaBKMrVABBBBBPaSmW RBflRjRRRRRRRRRF! n '(1 BBBBBBjfiaBBBBBBBnnHyy ' BBBBBff4aTBBnvnvnvJL'''t-t ' I LTaiiHaBBBBBBBBBBBBmkiaIiT ssLWfibbbbbbbbbbbbbb(w ' KafamaTaiiTaiiTaTaV BnBKiBBBBBBBBBBBk .',7.? IBLLaiiK;'' 9HaaiHPPrk aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBajX Vfj IBaBaBBv pRRRRRRRRRBavRNMMJk, stacles to the plan commission's sug gestions of a great terminal at Twelfth street, they became smaller as they were discussed. The following are the railroad repre sentatives who took part In the con ference: A." J. Earllng, Chicago, Mllwaukeo & St. Paul Road; Darius Miller, Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Road; J. J. Turner, Pennsylvania Lines; Thomas Rodd, engineer for Pennsylvania Lines. Members of the Chicago 'Plan Com mission executive committee present were: Andrew J, Graham, Edward B. But ler, Clyde M. Carr, Frederic A. Delano, Albert J. Fisher, Richard C. Hall, W. D. Kerfoot, Walter D. Moody, John Powers, James Simpson, John F. Smulskl, Charles H. Thome, Charles H. Wacker, Harry A. Wheeler, Walter H. Wilson, Michael Zlmmcr, T. K. Long, E. II. Bennett. Tho plan of the Union Depot Asso ciation as outlined, Is as follows: To erect a union depot across the street from the present site of tho depot at West Adams and South Canal streets. The same site will be used for tho train sheds and the passenger station and' train sheds, it is proposed, shall bo connected by a tunnel under Canal street. The Pennsylvania lines' plan In volves: The erection of a frelghthouse and warehouses 'at West Van Buren and Canal streets, to be connected with the present station by overhead tracks. Other tracks shall be run south to the proposed frleght terminal south of Twelfth street, also to be erected overhead It the necessary permits may be obtained. The Chicago Plan Commission's pro gram proposes: Tho erection of these buildings on Twelfth street or south of that street, and the construction of all tracks un derground. Honest Ed Cullerton has no opposi tion for -re-nomtnatlon for alderman in tho Eleventh ward and he will have very little for re-election next April. Frank Hembes Is making an ener getic campaign for tho Democratic nomination for alderman In tho Twenty-third ward. Mr. Hembes Is a man of ability and character who to meet Is to like and reBpcct. Ho is qual ified In every way for a seat in tho city council and would provo a wldo awake representative of tho people. Mr. Hembes was born July G, 1878 and has lived all his llfo in the Twenty third ward. All his Interests, both business and private, are centered In tho ward and his ambition to servo his neighbors in tho city council Is a worthy one. Jail sentences for offending trust magnates as advocated by President elect Woodrow Wilson were Indorsed by Governor-elect Edward F. Dunne. Ho said ho favored tho Wilson sug gestion as a law ot Illinois. "There is no doubt Governor Wil son's proposal Is the right method," Bald Mr. Dunno. "It does no good to flno tho owner ot a monopoly. Ho merely laughs and raises his prices to cover tho amount ot tho penalty as soBsed. "Thero would bo a different smile on tho faces of tho mou who Book to monopolize tho necessities ot life, however, If thoso responsible for law violations wero sent to Jail instoad ot being fined. "I am strongly In favor of this crim inal clause In our antl-tniBt laws and hopo It will be both enacted and en forced In this state." Alderman Ellis Geiger haB mado a grand record in the City Council. He Is an official who la all the time work ing in the Interests of tho people. His re-nomination by the Democrats of tho Twenty-first ward looks certain. Anson H. Brown has no opposition for nomination for alderman In the Thirty-first ward. He will run on the Progressive ticket and his election In April Is predicted on all sides. John C. Williams, special counsel for tho Sanitary District of Chicago, addressed the Chicago Association ot Credit Men at Its banquet Monday night, urging tho district's claim to more water from tho lake. "We have to have 10,000 ruble feet a second or wo cannot maintain tho great sanitary system which Is saving many lives and preventing disease," ho said. "Tho government says wo may take only G.000 feet from Lako Michigan becauso of tho Interests ot navigation. We aro ready to provo that 10,000 feet a second will not hurt navigation. Wo want your help In making Washington sco tho light." Alderman Jacob A. Tley has made ono ot tho best Aldermen Chicago has over had In the City Council. His wholo record Is one ot achievement. Ho Is honest and ablo and has at all times the courage ot his convictions. Tho citizens of tho Twenty-third Ward have watched Mr. Hey's career In the City Council and they are proud or him. Alderman Hey will run on tho Progressive ticket for re-election and men familiar with conditions in tho wnrd are already predicting certain victory for him at tho polls. Alderman Hey has lived in the ward or the immediate vicinity tor twenty-six years and has been en gaged in the grain, hay and coal busi ness at his present location, ,2050 North Halstod, for tho post twenty five years, doing business under the firm name ot Hoy Bros, In tho City Council, whero ho has been since 1907, Alderman Hey has taken an actlvo part In the legislative work of the city. Able and forceful, ho has earned the respect of his asso- elates In the Council whether they agreed or disagreed with him, As chairman of tho committee on street nomenclature he Is responsible for the present system of street num bering, which is a decided Improve ment over the old system. Since Mr. Hey has represented the Twenty-third Ward he has maintained an office at 2050 North Halsted street, where he could bo seen between tho hours of 7 and 9 a. m., by any of the citizens of the ward. The fact is dawning upon the pub lic that the Phone Trust hangs on to Its antique and out-of-date equipment just to keep prices up. The older the kind of Instrument in use the easier it Is to pile up a lot of figures, prov ing the great cost of maintenance, and this great cost has to be added to the telephone bill of the subscriber. The only reason why the telephone Trust will not use the automatic sys tem Is because It can make more" money out of tho public with its anti quated service. England has adopted the automatlo service, and so has far away Australia and New Zealand. The Trust Is so busy garnering a great fortune from the peoplo of Chicago that all that It wants lo a number of friendly aldermen, and "tho people be d d." Every effort lo being made by tho Trust to oloud the real situation and get away with another schedule ot high prices. Every subject except the real ono overcharge of telephone rates is brought up by tho company's agents at Council Committee meet ings. The rates should bo cut In half to begin with, and -the company should be obliged to Install automatlo secret service. Make your voto count by voting to re-nominate City Clerk Francis D. Connery. He Is a sure winner. Alderman Capltaln will win with ease in tho Twenty-fifth ward. Twenty-third ward Progressives aro behind Alderman Jacob A. Hey to a standstill. Twenty-fourth Ward Democrats will name tho right man In nominating George McHalo .for alderman. He will prove a certain winner at tho polls in April and will make a splen did alderman. Alderman Thomas J. Ahorn has made a splendid record in the City Council from tho Thirteenth Ward, and his big army ot friends predict an easy victory for him at the polls. Chicago needs more men like Ald erman Jacob A. Hoy in the City Coun cil. Alderman Henry D. Capltaln Is an able, energetic and forceful public of ficial. Twenty-fifth warders should see that he is re-nomlnated and re elected. Anson H. Brown, cnolco of the Pro gressives for alderman In tho Thirty first Wnrd, Is tho right kind of man to send to tho City Council. in nominating John M. O'Connor for Judgo of tho Suporlor Court tho Democrats will bo naming a man qualified in every way for tho posi tion. Both as a lawyer and a public official IiIb record is clean and hon orable in every respect. John M. O'Connor, tho well known attorney and State Senator from the Twenty-ninth District, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Judge of the Superior Court. Senator O'Connor's record both as a public official and bb a lawyer is such that he can appeal to every honest Democrat for support at the primaries Feb. 25. After teaching school several terms Mr. O'Connor graduated from the Kent College of Law ot Chicago. He was associated with the late Huntington W. Jackson from 1897 to 1901, and from 1901 to 1905 with David B. Ly man, Leonard A. Busby and David B. Lyman, Jr. (Lyman, Busby & Lyman), and from 1905-1906 under Mayor Dunne's administration he was an as sistant corporation counsel under James Hamilton Lewis, resigning to become a member ot tho present firm of Lyman, Lyman & O'Connor, with offices In the Title & Trust building. Ho Is married and has two children, and lives at No, 1041 Rush street, in tho Twenty-flrBt ward. He was an in structor for two ydiirs in equity pleading and practice in the law de partment of tho Loyola University; elected to the State Senato of Illinois) in 1910, and is now attending tho final session of the legislature for which' he was elected. Ho was the father of tho Chicago outer harbor bill, which Jho papers ot Chicago said was tho greatest pleco ot legislation affecting Chicago at the 47th session ot t he J3 en oral Assembly. His candidacy for election to the Senato received the en dorsement of tho Legislative Voters' League. He Is a member of tho Knights ot Columbus, City Club, Chi cago and Illinois Bar Associations, and has had considerable Important litiga tion. At one time ho had nine cases in tho Supreme Court and won all ot them, reversing tho lower court In four ot tho cases. If the Council abolishes the flat telephone rate for the reason that the telephone trust asks it to abolish It, then the Council should order tho , company to give a rebate of two cents upon every five-cent call. The tele phone trust complains that flat rate phones Increase its burden 25 per cent. That users of flat rate phonos only pay one and a half cento a call, while the wholo service, medium . IRWIN R. HAZEN. Popular Thirty-third Ward Alderman Who Will be Re-nomlnated Next Tuesday. and flat, costs the company over two cents a call. Very well, let the Alder men say to the phono crowd: "Wo have cut oft 25 per cent of your bur den. This will Increase your revenue. Give the people the benefit and let them have a rebate of two cento "i every call." George McHale should have little trouble in winning the Democratic nomination for alderman In tho Twenty-fourth ward. All the real leaders In the ward aro with him and the people will do the rest on February JACOB Who Has Made a Splendid Record as 25, by rolling up a big plurality for him. Both as a judge and a citizen John R. Caverlyls liked and respected by everybody that knows him. No lawyer in Chicago stands higher in the estimation of the bench and bar than James S. Hopkins. 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Cobum, the brilliant lawyer and loyal Democrat, has entered the race for the nomination for Judge of the Superior Court. It Is needless to say anything about his good record. It is known to every man who knows A. HEY, Alderman of the Twenty-third Ward. Chicago. To say that he would make a great judge Is but voicing the senti ments of everyone who has followed the career of John J. -Cobum. Albert G. Wheeler stands foremost among Chicago'! leading financiers and business men. As a member ot the Federal bench, Judge Edward Osgood Brown would servo with credit to himself and to tho people. " n 'fj, iy tfru, ftxi'$U!J3ig-'lt'-'?!i$s&!