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Entered at Second Class Matter October 11, 1889, at the Pott
Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879.
INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NONE.
Entered as Second Class Matter October 11, 1889, at the Pott
Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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TWENTY-EIGHTH YE Alt, NO. 12.
CHICAGO, SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 10, 101 G.
Sixteen Paget.
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TRACTION VALUE
Good Judges, in Anticipation of the
Building of Subways, Fix it at
Less than $225,000,000.
Good Judges predict Hint the sub
way anil traction commission will llx
the- vnluo of nil of the local transpor
tation facilities nt less thnn $224,000,-
ooo.
Tho Mirfaco lines nro placed at
$151,700,000 and the elevated at $71,
800,000 n totnl of $223,500,000.
Tho commission, however, has not
determined llnnlly what valuation It
will place on tho elevated properties,
but It has agreed upon tho goncrnl
principles upon which tho valuation
hnll ho determined: nnd subordinates
nro doing tho detailed figuring. It Is
reasonably certain that tho plan of
valuation will work out u llguro be
tween $70,000,000 and $72,000,000 ns tho
value tho commission will recom
mend that tho city allow tho elevated
In any consolidation iniulo with tho
surfaco lines.
Tho vnluo of tho surfaco lines has
nlrcady boon determined and llxed by
tho city In tho 1907. 1903 nnd subso
(incut ordinances. Thcso valuations
on Feb. 1 last wore as follows:
South Side lines $ 02,591,901
West nnd North Sides.... 85,020,073
Total $148,221,577
Est. Improvements slnco.. 3,500,000
Total $151,721,577
Tllovatcd linos 71.800.000
Clrnnd Clrand totnl ....$223,521,577
CHICAGO BUSINESS
MEN WANT PNEU
MATIC TUBE SERVICE
A delegation of Chicago business
men, headed by John M. Olonn, ap
peared boforo tho house postofllco
commlttoo at Washington on Monday
to oppose tho plnn of 1'ostmastor Oon
oral liurloson to abolish tho pneu
matic tubo Hcrvlco In Chtcngo.
Tho delegation Insisted that tho
abolition of tho tubo service would
greutly delay malls In and out of
Chicago.
Mr. Qlonn nnd other mombors told
tho committee Hint thoy doubted tho
postmnstor general's schemo of han
dling tho malls by nuto would sue
cood ns woll ns ho prodlctod In rec
ommending tho chnngo.
Olllclals of tho postodlco dopart
inent also appeared boforo tho com
mittee In behalf of tholr plan. Thoy
said tho pneumatic tubes bad passed
tholr day of groat usefulness, nnd as
serted that under tho now methods of
handling mall tlmo would bo saved
by quitting thorn. Thoy quoted from
a letter from Postmaster Campbell to
tho offect that 87V6 per cent of tho
mall now scut through tho tubes could
bo sunt fastor by auto.
STOP ALL BRIDGE WORK
Tho city administration has ordorod
tho engineering dopartmont to stop
nil furthor work on plans for now
movable bridges. City Knglncor John
Erlcson said today that ho received
tho order direct from Deputy Commls
Hlonor of Public Works William Ilurk
hardt on Nov. 14th. That was whllo
Commissioner of Public Works Wil
liam It. Moorhouso, who plans to re
sign on Monday, was In New York.
Tho ordor, howovor, is said to havo
emanated from Mayor Thompson.
Tho move, sovoral nldormon do
chirod, marks anothor attempt by pat
ent brldgo companies to "break Into"
tho business of designing Chicago's
now hrldgos, practically nil of which
In recent years havo boon built after
plans designed In tho city engineer's
department. Tho city has some
$0,500,000 voted by tho people of Chi
cago In tho shapo of bond Issues with
which to build a lot of now bridges,
nnd tho greater part of this monoy is
to bo spoilt on movablo bridges, llxod
bridges being only possjblo for small
viaducts in tho outlying districts.
City Engineer Erlcson declared tho
FOUNDED 1889
largest Weekly Circulation Among
Peef le of Influence and Standing
order Is likely to delay tho letting of
brldgo contracts for six months nnd
that ho has plans for threo bridges
practically completed, which havo
cost tho city $50,000 nnd nil of which
will bo wasted if patent bridges nro
adopted.
ELKS HELP POOR
Approximately 10,000 of Chicago's
poor will sit down to Christmas din
ners In their own homes ns guests of
Chicago Lodgo of Elks No. 4. Tho
lodgo, In accord with Its annual cus
tom, will distribute baskets to 2,000
families.
Women of tho auxiliary aro assist
ing In preparation of tho dlnuors, nnd
members of tho lodgo nro working
hard to 1111 tholr storohouso nt Itnn
dolph street nnd Fifth nvenuo. Autos
will bo donated to deliver tho baskets
to those tinnblo to call for them.
Tho distribution Is entirely sepa
rate from tho Christmas dinner for
2,500 nowsboys and poor boys, to bo
given by tho Ulg Hrothors' Associa
tion. TEACHERS FOR
PUBLICITY
Publicity Is expected to clear nway
any errors In tho public mind ns to
tho purposes of tho Chicago Teach
ers' Federation, nnd n campaign to
that ond will bo begun Jnn. I, 1917,
tho llrst nnnlvorsary of tho death of
Miss Catharlno Qoggln, founder of
tho organization, who was killed by
an automobile
This was tho decision reached yes
terday at a meeting In tho Masonic
Tomplo.
"Tho bill to bo drafted by tho city
council for nn olectivo school board
is accoptablo to tho teachors," said
Miss Murgnret Haley, business repre
sentative of tho fodorntlon.
STUDEBAKER DAY
"Tho now sorios 18 Studobaker Is
being announced," said Prosldont
I.afayetto Marklo of tho L. Marklo
Company. "It tolls of n enr that has
killed high prlcos of a mnchlno that
has sovon now and oxcluslvo features.
"Theso nro gunmotnl finish, twenty
llvo operations being necessary to pro
duce this finish; now auxiliary chairs,
oxcluslvo with Studobakor arm
chairs, patent applied for; rovorsiblo
front scat, now storm curtains, im
proved body nnd upholstory, Ynlo
switch lock nnd new winter top.
"Thero nro mechanical refinements
of groat vnluo. A supor-plston de
sign has dono nway with tho last
trnco of vibration. Tho carburetor
system Is wondorful. Studobakor lu
brication has boen furthor Improved.
Every gear is of chroma nlckol stool
cut in our factories. Only cloven of
tho 300 various cars on tho market
uso ns many Tlmkon bearings ns tho
Studobakor, nnd tho nvorngo prlco of
those Is $2,000. Tho Wlllnrd storage
battery Is absoluto assurance against
ignition, lighting nnd starting falluro.
Tho Studebakor uses a 100-nmporo-hour
battory.
TANGLE IN SUPERIOR
COURT CLERK'SOFFICE
An audit of tho books of tho clork
of tho Superior Court has boon or
dered by the Judgos in nn effort to
straighten nut a tnnglo Involving
$22,000 of trust funds doposltod In
the dofunct I.n Sallo Strcot Trust
and Savings Dank.
Tho audit wns decided upon follow
ing nn appeal to the Judgos by John
KJollandor, who took ofllco ns clork
of tho court, succeeding Itlchard Mc
Grnth. KJollandor desired to avoid
assuming any porsounl liability for
tho monoy lost In tho Lorlmor bank
under tho McOrnth reglmo.
KJellander refused to tako over tho
trust fund until tho matter was
stralghtoned out. This fund, consist
ing of monoy Intrusted to tho court
clerk pending tho sottlomont of liti
gation, totals $57,000, of which $35,000
Is on deposit In solvent banks and
$22,000 In tho La Sallo Streot institu
tion. Tho amount In tjio La Sallo
Street Dank formerly totaled $29,000,
but was reduced by $7,000 by pay
ments of tho receiver.
Tho chief difficulty has been caused
by tho fact that tho records fail to
show what particular estates or liti
gants own tlio money tied up In tho
Ln Sallo Strcot Hank or tho money in
other banks. All funds wero handled
In n common account.
Tho nccountnnt, who will stnrt
work on tho hooks tomorrow, will en
deavor to soparato tho trust funds
so that It may be known which estates
will suffer it thero Is n shortage,
A committee composed of Judgos
Joseph David, M. L. McKlnloy nnd D.
E. Sullivan has had tho mnttor In
chnrgo nnd this commlttco has direct
ed KJollandor to recolvo tho $35,000
"on account" with a stipulation that
ho shall not nssumo any liability for
tho $22,000.
Tho question of tho liability of Mc
drath on his bond for tho $22,000 Is
ponding In tho Appollnto Court. Tho
Who
lowor court docidod that ho cannot
ho hold responsible,
In enso tho Appollnto Court up
holds tho lowor court decision Peter
llclnherg, prosldont of tho county
board, has agreed to prosont to tho
bonrd tho question of appropriating
this sum so that thoro shall bo no
shortago. Tho hoard was asked n
year ngo to mnko good tho loss, but
refused at that tlmo ponding tho out
como of tho court action,
WILL FLOOD
SMALL PARKS
Plans for tho flooding of fifty-four
municipal playgrounds havo been
mado by tho bureau of parks and
playgrounds. Firemen will bo asked
to turn tho water on tho playgrounds
as soon as tho weather turns cold
enough, to produco Ico.
GOV. ELECT LOW
DEN AND THE JOBS
Governor-elect Frank O. Lowden
mado It plain to tho Job hunters that
tho patronage pics will not bo cut
until the consolidation and economy
bills nro In tho oven at Springfield.
Ilcforo departing for Slnlsslppl, hit
country estate, tho colonol Issued it
formal statement that so far he has
tendered appointments to only two
men, whoso names nro withheld for
tho present, nnd that ho will not con
sider Jobs nnd appointments until tho
constructive program of tho G. O. P.
Peoria platform hits tho homestretch.
Ho says tho people ore moro con
cerned In reorganization of tho stnto
machinery than In tho distribution of
tho political plums.
So yesterday ho went to his farm
for the purposo of mapping out tho
details of tho Republican legislative
program.
CHRISTMAS PAY FOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYES
City and county employes will re
ceive their pay beforo Christmas.
City employes will get tholr Decem
ber pay.
Employes of certain departments,
tho Municipal Court In particular,
however, will havo to go without tholr
pay regardless of tho action of tho
committee. In thcso departments tho
expenditures havo exceeded tho net
amount appropriated and consequent
ly tho controller has held up tho pay
rolls.
Clerks and bailiffs of the Municipal
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COL. FRANK O. LOWDEN,
Will Become Governor of Illinois on January 8,
Court nro preparing to start man
damus proceedings.
County employes will recolvo nn
advance of 80 par cont of tholr snla
rles during tho tlmo tho county board
Is working on tho budget.
Tho hudgot probably will not bo
passed much boforo March 1. This
moans that county employes will ro
colvo 80 por cont of tholr prosont
salary during Docombor, January and
February.
A movo was started to test out In
court tho validity of tho 10 por cont
restriction Imposed on dopartmont
hoads by tho appropriation bill. Den
nis A. Manning, one of tho employes
of tho department of electricity,
whoso pay was hold up bocauso of
this restriction, started suit In tho
Circuit Court. Tho law dopartmont,
though it has hold tho 10 por cont
clauso Illegal, filed an answer and will
defend tho suit.
INSULL OBJECTS
Describes Home Rule on Public Utilities
Administered by the City Certain
to Be Inefficient.
President Instill of the Common
wealth Edison Company, chairman
of tho board of directors of tho Peo
ple's (las Light nnd Coko Company
and Identified with numerous other
utility corporations, described homo
rulu by the city council as Inefficient.
Tho committee, of which Medlll
Mcl'ormlck Is chairman, met nt tho
Hotel I.u Salle, resuming an inquiry
begun Hovernl months ago.
Mr. Insull said that while he would
prefer tho retention of tho present
stnto commission, with Its broad pow-'
ors over both Intorurbnn and local
utilities, It was the business of his
company to adjust themselves to
whatever laws are passed.
"First of all, I favor state regula
tion by one commission," said Mr.
Insull. "If thero must bo locnl con
trol then I prefer control by a small
local commission Instead of by u large
and cumbersomo city council. I
would rather havo this local com
mission appointed by the governor,
but If not then by tho mayor, subject
to tho coullrmatlon of tho council.
"I havo had two striking expe
riences within tho last year In tola
lion to regulation," said Mr. Insull,
"Tho Commonwealth Edison Com
pany llled with tho stnto utility com
mission a uindlllcntlon of Its scalo of
rates. After tho matter had boen con
sidered nt sovornl public hearings tho
ratos wore allowed to go Into offect
with a saving to tho consumers of tho
City of Chicago of $1,000,000 annually.
"Having a little nioio complicated
situation in tho enso of tho Pcoplo's
(ias Light and Coko Company and
desiring to put Into effect a reduction
In rntos and to chuugo tho standard
nnd nlso to bring to nn end costly
litigation betweon tho city and tho
company it seomod ndvlsablo to got
tho consent of tho city council for
an application to tho state commis
sion. "A lottor was addressed to tho
mayor of Chicago on Dec. 9, 1915, ono
year ago. and the matter was referred
promptly to tho council commlttco.
They have had all kinds of hearings,
but wo are no nearer tho point whero
wo can make application to tho stnto
commission than wis weio a year ago.
In the mcantimo tho consumers havo
paid about $1,250,000 more than thoy
would hnvo If tho standard had been
chnnged and our rates accepted.
"Wo havo been trying for four or
llso years beforo tho city council to
bring about an improved system of
transportation, a uulllcatlon of tho
surfaco and clewited linos, a system
of through routing and rapid transit.
It was tho political football of tho
last administration, ami wo are no
further nlong with It than four or five
years ago."
"I am very much opposed to deal
ing with matters of this kind directly
through tho city council. Tho trend
throughout tho United States has
been toward state regulating bodies.
It Is n question of elllclency. Judging
from criticism, In one newspaper of
tho Chicago city council nnd In an
other of the mayor, It Is natural that
a man who Is responsible for raising
millions for utility companies should
hesitate to chnngo tho present sys
tem. "The only chnngo I would suggest
Is to subject municipally owned
plants to tho samo drastic regulation
us prlvntely owned plants."
Mr. Insull snld It was Important that
rates and tho Issuance of stocks nnd
bonds should bo controlled by tho
sunn opposed locnl control
of i -late control of securi
ty
v illlimi a. Ilealo, nttornoy for tho
Commonwealth Edison Company, nlso
was present. He expressed himself
along the samo Hues ns Mr. Insull.
"All our largo cities which havo
largo city councils havo lnolllclont
government," said Mr. Ilealo. "Tho
only well-governed largo city in tho
Pulted States Is Washington, which
doesn't govern Itself."
NORTH SIDE "L"
SERVICE IMPROVED
Improved North Sldo "I." sorvlco,
dally except Saturdays and Sundays,
lor tho ovonlng rush hours, was an
nounced. Havenswood trains will run oxprcss
from Chicago nvenuo to Snuthport
uvenuu between 5:01 nnd (5:10 p. m.
Evnnstou trains lenvlng tho loop be
tween 1:18 nnd 0:19 p. m. will not
stop between Chicago nvenuo and
Argylo street.
Additional sorvlco will bo provided
from tho North Wntor street stub
tormlnal, which will bo open from
1:50 to 0:20 p. m, Havenswood trains
from tho stub will stop nt Klnzlo
street, Chicago nvenuo, Fullorton nnd
Holmont nvonucs ami all Havens
wood branch stntlons.
HIGH STATEJAX RATE
Illinois Is confronted with tho high
ost tax rato In Its history. Tho stnto
faces n doflclt of $3,500,000 becauso
tho rato was llxed too low last your.
Stato Treasurer Androw Hussol, who
rofuscd to sign tho low rato last year,
said today that an 85 cont rnto will
bo necessary to meet tho present situ
ation. Tho highest into horotoforo
was 70 cents on tho $100 valuation.
That wns llxed In 1913.
In 1911 it wns 18 cents nnd In 1915
It wns placed nt 55 conts. Tlton Mr
Hussol protested, assorting tho rato
was too low nnd would rosult In n
deficit in tho gouornl fund. ,
TAX LAWS TO
HE REVISED
Kevlslon of untlquatod laving laws
of Illinois was mado possible yostor
day whon tho state canvassing board
at Sprluglluld ruled that tho tax
nmondniont to tho constitution wns
adopted at tho rocont election.
In so acting mombors of tho board
admitted thoy woro doubtful on tho
lognl Issues Involved, hut bolleved an
opportunity should bo glvon to got
tho mnttor boforo tho Supremo Court.
Following action on this proposition
tho stnto olllclals resolvod themselves
Into tho stnto tnx commission nnd
voted to fix tho tnx rnto for tho com
ing yenr nt SO conts on tho $100 valu
ation, tho highest since tho adoption
of tho present constitution In 1S70.
DETROIT ALDERMEN
INVESTIGATE CHI
CAG0C0NDITI0NS Detroit's delegation of nldermon
and other olllclals that camu to Chi
cago seeking data to aid In solving
the trnfllceongcstlon looked the city
over, but admitted thoy had not picked
up any Illuminating facts thoy even
went so far as to say Detroit has
had better tralllc rules for ten years
than they found here.
James Couzens, Detroit's new po
lice commissioner, who used to draw
n $150,000 nnniinl salary from tho
Ford company, praised tho Detroit
rulo of not permitting tho parking of
automobiles within half a mile of tho
city hall.
BOARD FIXES
POLITICAL CALEN
DAR F0RNEXTYEAR
Two Primary, Two Election and
Three Registration Dates
Designated in 1917.
Two primaries, two elections and
threo registrations days constitute,
tho olectlon calendar for tho City of
Chicago for tho year 1917 ns com
piled by tho election bonrd. '
Tho dntcs, Including thoso for fil
ing primary petitions, follow:
Jnn. 29 First day for filing primary
petitions for nldormon, city clerk nnd
city treasurer with city clork.
Fob. 0 Proprlmury registration
day.
Fob. 7 Last day for filing primary
petitions with city clerk.
Fob. 27 Munlclpnl prlmnry.
March 13 Pro-election registration
day.
April 3 Munlclpnl election.
Aug. 22 Proprlmnry registration
diiy.
Sept. 12 Judicial primary.
Nov. 0 Election of ten Judges of
tho Superior Court.
Tho registration days during tho
coming yenr nro only for thoso who
havo moved slnco the biennial now
registration dnys In October, or who
movo In tho fttturo.
THESE RAISE WAGES
The prospect of n bounteous Christ
mas for Chicago vtorkors grow ovon
brighter ns moro omployors an
nounced plans for tho giving of n
wage Increnso or a bonus ns n Yulo
tldo tokon of appreciation. Tho gen
orous nttltudo on tho part of employ
ors Is tnken ns testimony to tho pros
perity generally onjoyed during tho
year.
Harrison II. Hlloy, prosldont of tho
Chicago Tltlo and Trust company,
announced that employes will receive
10 por cont of tholr nnnual salnrlos.
A 10 per cent annual wngo Increnso
was given tho 950 employos of tho
Chicago Urldgo and Iron works, be
ginning yesterday, It was statod by
Gcorgo T. Horton, prosldont. Tho
company's plant Is located at 105th
and Throop streets nnd It has other
plants nt (Jrconovlllo. Pa., and llrldgo
burg. Out. Tho advance will add
$100,000 to tho year's pay rolls.
Employos of s. 11. Chapln & Co ,
brokors, will rocolvo n Christinas
bonus equal to ono month's salary
and nlso will rocolvo salary incroases
tho first of tho year. Nearly all brok
orago (Inns In tho La Sallo stroot
district will piny Santa Clans to tholr
forcos.
Anothor ndvnnco in wagos tho
third slnco last July was announced
today for tho 500 employes of the
Contlnontnl Holt and Iron works. 2225
Wost 43rd stroot. Tho latest incroaso
amounts to about 5 per cont nnd goes
Into offect noxt Monday. Ono hun
dred of tho omployos nro girls.
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Largest Weekly Circulation Aateng
People of Influence and Standing