06 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
1
Chicago editorial blames a new Juvenile Court for crime claiming youths drive murders and holdups. It criticizes reformers, bankers, and police for failing to curb youth crime and urges abolition of the court amid accusations of bias and misrepresentation.
The Hamilton club advances an $875,000 bond issue to finance enlargement, moving toward completion as the funds become available through the approved public financing plan.
A scanned letter columns piece criticizes graft, tax schemes, and reformers aiding crime while listing district leaders and local business figures. It cites various taxes from income to auto tax and attacks labor unions, police, and directory efforts amid Chicago civic strain. Names include W. O. Hawkins, W. W. Lill, C. F. Edinger, J. B. McCahey, C. C. Collins, M. B. Flynn, Peter Beck, Charles P. Thompson, and M. E. Keig, with streets and suburbs noted. The piece also mentions labor, Reds, and a potential Lakeside directory sale to R. L. Polk & Co.
A bitter attack denounces Chicago reform organizations as profiteering, paid knockers, and corrupt fronts for wealthy interests. It claims these groups use divorces and social scrutiny to pressure individuals, while praising the city’s real virtues and urging residents to resist paid promoters and self-serving elites.
Twenty-one engineers in the Bureau of Engineering face resignation or demotion after failing physical examinations ordered by City Engineer P. S. Coombs and conducted by Dr. Leo Steiner. Coombs says politics played no role, promising more tests and layoffs for forty more veteran staff. Eleven others passed the exam.
James M. Whalen, a popular young Democratic leader, is urged by friends to seek the Democratic committeeman seat from the Sixth ward. He would be elected if he enters the race.
Uncle Sam has seized all coal in Chicago and divided the city into coal districts with Hawkins heading the list of appointed officials. The move shifts control of supply to federal authorities as shortages loom and regional needs are allocated to designated zones.
In Chicago's 21st ward a fierce committeeship feud erupts as Edward R. Litsinger may run as a Deneen candidate. Charles E. Peace, longtime ward resident and employee in the corporation counsel office, appears chosen by city hall forces, with prior possibilities including Eugene R. Pike or A Sheldon Clark. James F. Burns leads the Brun dage faction. Meanwhile the city council police committee drafts a plan to abandon five police stations and partially shut others, consolidating control of 29 stations under 15 captains, with potential pairings including Rogers Park Sum merdale, Austin Cragin, West Chicago Shakespeare, East Chicago North Halsted, North Halsted Sheffield, Town Hall Robey, Deering Brighton Park.
An entire floor of the County building is occupied by a non-official organization dedicated to extracting graft from poor residents under the veneer of reform. Meanwhile the county must rent space elsewhere in town for essential public offices.
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