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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1917
Page
1
A City Council efficiency survey shows December 22 patrol strength at 1,769 of 4,613, with 779 detectives and 4,241 on regular duty. Aldermen urge crime prevention to reduce the need for detectives, noting shifts with 538 on morning, 922 on evening, and 309 at midnight.
Despite two elections this year the board sought 1 3 million for expenses, citing doubled polling places for a larger voting population. The panel traced the rise to woman suffrage since 1913 and cut the appropriation to 991 900, a 214 505 drop from last year and 48 485 under the departmental cut.
Strong opposition to military training in public schools is organized by the Chicago Teachers Federation and the Chicago Federation of Labor. Miss Margaret Haley attacked the program at a Teachers Federation meeting, while John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor denounced school board president Jacob M. Loeb as a czar and condemned the plan as favoring big business.
The board of education adopted a military drill program after a vote on the commission's plan led by Capt. Steever of the United States Army. Training starts next week with instructors guiding teachers. uniforms and guns may be supplied by the board later, and safety bonds and handling of government property are required. Some parents may opt their children out.
Chicago Fire Department workers won a court victory as Judge John J. Sullivan ordered the city to pay wages for the last two weeks of December. The dispute over 1916 budget appropriations had stalled salaries for firemen and other city employees. A mandamus suit was filed by attorney Francis J. Hogan.
The Studebaker gold car, claimed the most expensive ever built, evolves from last year’s gold chassis. A series 18 six cylinder seven passenger touring car with Victoria top, white enamel and gold finish, uses over 400 ounces of 24 carat gold. All metal parts are gold while the body remains white enamel with hairline gold stripes. The Victoria top is white leather lined with white moiré silk. White leather upholstery matches the gold finish. Mounted on a French plate mirror with velour floor, the mirror highlights construction and accessibility while lighting the fine details of body and chassis.
By order of the paleface Supreme Court the remnants of the Pottawatomie Indian tribe were today stripped of all claim to Chicago as a hunting ground. Once the Indian held his land and rights in the area, but the ruling dissolves those ancestral claims.
A week after the Allied Bazaar closes January 20, the Coliseum hosts the Automobile Show opening January 27. Decorators complete scenery and store pieces near the Coliseum while exhibitors ship new models to Chicago weeks early to prevent railcar shortages. Officially the decorative scheme remains under wraps until opening day.
Attorney 8S. 8S. Gregory, chairman of Judge Thomas F. Scully's citizens' committee on election reform, announced the following committees on amendments to the registration law.
Governor Frank C. Lowden was inaugurated in Springfield with Chief Justice Charles C. Craig administering the oath. Other state officers followed in order, including Lieutenant Governor John G. Oglesby and Attorney General Edward J. Brundage. Weather was ideal for the inaugural parade and a broad Republican showing signaled unity for an epoch of constructive administration. The Chicago delegation and numerous business and professional leaders attended, and bankers urged better credit and trade conditions as the campaign proceeds.
Sanitary district engineering committee voted to draft plans for extra headgates in the canal and repairs to defective equipment at the Lockport electrical plant to avert flooding and Chicago street darkness. They also instructed specifications for an additional unit and amendments to primary and election laws. The gathering praised Governor Dunne and Mrs. Dunne as Governor Lowden delivered his inaugural address, concluding amid applause.
The National Young Men's Republican League reveals officers directing outreach for the 1918 congressional and senatorial campaigns and the 1920 presidential race. Officers include President William Price and Vice Presidents John Warren Hill Howard G. Martin Ralph A Horr and Alfred L. Bartlett Johnsonville officials chair state committees across Indiana Kentucky Minnesota and more. The insignia is "The Spirit of 1776" and headquarters are at the Morrison Hotel Chicago.
Chicago officials question rail managers publicity tactic blaming labor unions for the hold up on the Union depot project. City Council authorized work by ordinance March 23, 1914 and bonds totaling 30 million dollars were sold. The Union Station Company holds the funds having possessed them almost a year while requests to the city and the state utilities commission were granted but construction has not begun.
The Illinois Bankers Association inaugurates a state wide pay up day with the Chicago Association of Credit Men agreeing to cooperate. Meetings are to be held to promote the plan and urge bill payment.
A joint subcommittee of the Cornell local transportation and streets and alleys committees directed the Chief of Police and R F Kelker transportation supervisor to get busy on adding cab stands in Chicago's downtown. The committees debated new stands and an ordinance to reduce them while seeking a solution through police and Kelker led investigation. Loading stations for street cars and signs showing cab limits at stands were recommended.
Real estate owners owe no idea there is more than a million dollars in rebates and refunds unclaimed in the city treasury. The Board of Local Improvements notes owners are not collecting the funds and plans Senate Bill No 51 to permit using unclaimed money after five years once rebates are declared and owners notified.
Illinois faces a record tax burden with a deficit of 3.5 million dollars as the state contends the rate set last year was too low. State Treasurer Andrew Russell, who refused to sign the low rate previously, now says 85 cents per 100 dollars valuation is needed to cover the shortfall. The prior maximum was 70 cents, set in 1918, with 48 cents in 1914 and 55 cents in 1918. Russell argues the rate was insufficient and caused the general fund deficit.
The city must redraw district boundaries immediately to achieve equal ward populations. Current sizes vary from 60,682 in Ward One to 94,360 in Ward Twenty Seventh, with six wards around 75,000 and several others ranging from 80,582 to 88,691 and 83,229.
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