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...latest rat hunt in this county held at Spraggs closed but a few days ago; one team was captained by Morris Strawn and the other by D. L. Hoy. The Strawn team dispatched 1,573 rats, 930 mice. 427 sparrows, 26 starlings, 30 weasels and 4 hawks. Hoy and his henchmen made away with 980 rats, 952 mice, 405 sparrows, 21 weasels, 6 starlings and 4 hawks...
When Chicago politicians capitulated to Silas Hardy Strawn's "Citizens' Rescue Committee" and appealed for $74,000,000 to tide the city over until delayed taxes come due July i, big taxpayers were at first reluctant to buy the city's script. Such temporizing Melvin Alvah Traylor, president of Chicago's First National...
...strong man Strawn did not have $20,000,000 in his hands. Success of his plan depended wholly upon the compliance of the city administration. The city council had shown signs of sympathy, but Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson and his cronies, with no definite plan of their own, offered only bitter opposition. Members of the Thompson cabinet charged, perhaps accurately, that Mr. Strawn's object was to discredit the administration, force Mayor Thompson out of office. The Mayor, apparently insensitive to the city's shocking condition, merely sneered at the Citizens' Rescue Committee as "reformers...
...only potential source of relief seemed to be Silas Hardy Strawn's "Citizens' Rescue Committee." With from 20 to 50 millions as its goal, the committee found taxpayers unwilling to help out without definite assurances as to how their money would be used. The building managers association pledged $10,000,000 provided it be applied solely to police, fire and health department maintenance. President Howard Elmore of the sanitary district promised complete cooperation. Said...
...staking everything on Mr. Strawn. He is bigger now than the whole Sanitary District, the Mayor, the City Council, or the County Board. With $20,000,000 in his hands ready to dole out, with restrictions, to money-hungry governments, he has Chicago eating out of his hands...