Untaxed Graft and City Expert Spending Uncovered
Chicago aldermen do not pay income tax on $3,000 salaries and the city spent 1916 for expert services totaling $688,422 with estimates for 1917 likely higher. Ald. Willis O Nance seeks to require disclosure of political affiliations and past earnings from experts, while Alderman A A McCormick criticizes alleged waste. Wheeler notes a stance against high prices amid weather-driven shortages.
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Chicago
City Council
Ald
Willis O. Nance
Ald. A. A. McCormick
Twelfth Street
Michigan Avenue
Nance
Illinois Food Admin Warns Against Egg Extras Sales
Harry A Wheeler announces that egg dealers selling cold storage firsts as extras will face strict government action. The agreement with the Chicago board set 41 percent charges for cold storage firsts. If extras appear, they will be examined and graded, with firsts sold at the fancy extras price not tolerated.
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Wheeler
Harry A Wheeler
Illinois
United States
Chicago Ag and
Sqn. Ge ‘Firsts
Food Administration
City Council mulls retrenchment amid budget tinkering
City departments seek 30.6 million dollars but controller Pike trims to 23.4 million. Last year’s spending stood at 26.54 million. Welfare funding sparked conflict with Louise Osborne Rowe, who draws a 5 thousand salary from the mayor’s fund after council refusal. Debates touch electrical department cuts, hiring freezes, and wage limits. several aldermen push for seven hour clerical days and poolroom ordinance changes. Next council meeting set for January 28.
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Pike
Department of Public Welfare
Louise Osborne Rowe
Rowe
Thompson
James B. Forgan
Halifax
Carter H. Harrison
R. H. McCormick
Building Trades’ Council
Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency
Ald
Nance
Byrne
Edward F. Cullerton
Committee On Schools, Fire, Police
Civil Service
John Coughlin
William E. Rodriguez
M. A. Michaelson
John Toman
Ald. Byrne
Madden May Be Chairman of National Campaign Committee
Representative Martin B. Madden of Chicago has been named as the Illinois member of the Republican national congressional campaign committee. This action precedes a move to make him chairman of the committee.
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Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Iliinois
Republican National Congressional Campaign Committee
Rainey Nominated for Congress by Regular Republicans
In the Ninth Senatorial district the regular organization moves to back John W. Rainey for congress to succeed the late Charles Martin, aiming to remove opposition within the party. Daniel Morrison is chosen as the regular Republican candidate for alderman in the Thirty-fifth ward. Alderman Lynch faces no opposition for re nomination in the Democratic primaries.
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Houce
Representatives
John W. Rainey
Congress
Charles Martin
Daniel Morrison
West Park
Ald
Thomas J. Lynch
Aldermen Plan for More Experts in City Hall
The Taxi Cab Reformers in the City Council push a new scheme to waste city funds on expert pets. Proposals include a mayoral appointment of a permanent corps of experts, civil service testing for experts in public enterprises, and an ordinance setting qualifications for experts seeking city posts.
Plan to Fire Sergel Prompts Sanitary District Feud
Big political groups align to nominate and elect a president of the Sanitary District in 1918 and remove Charles H. Sergel from office. Sergel believed his six year term began in November 1916, but critics argue the term lasts only two years amid a continuing feud.
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Sanitary District
Charles H. Sergel
Sergel
Next Liberty Loan Should Bear Higher Interest Rate
Chicago Tribune financial editor Eugene Hector relays Edmund D. Hulbert urging the next Liberty loan carry at least 4 percent. Hulbert notes 4% bonds trade at a discount and stresses full subscription, wide distribution, and avoiding heavy bank underwritings. He cites farmer appeal and possible commission for bond salesmen, with cautious notes on Boisot’s plan.
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Eugene Hector
The
Chicago Tribune
Edmund D. Hulbert
Chicago
Merchants Loan & Trust Company
Towa
United States
EB. K. Boisot
Aldermanic Politics and Sanitary District Race Talks
The report notes a battle for ward leadership with Alderman Doyle not seeking re election and Robert J Mulcahy positioned as his successor. Negotiations to oust Sergei intensify amid a Republican ways and means meeting while bond demand and interest rates loom over a $3 8 billion loan agreement.
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Sanitary District Board
Sergei
Democratic
Republican County
Republican Ways and Means Committee
Deneen
Harmony
Ways and Means
Lampert elected president of Chicago Athletic Association
Nelson N Lampert, elected unopposed as president of the Chicago Athletic Association, also serves as vice president of Fort Dearborn National and Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings banks. He led Lincoln Park board improvements and supports continuing athletics during the war to build soldiers.
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Nelson N. Lampert
Chicago Athletic Association
Fort Dearborn National
Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings Banks
Lincoln Park Board
Lampert
Wilson
Windy debate over city attorney staff and costs
Aldermen questioned the city budget focusing on the city attorney and an assortment of investigators. The committee noted more than forty job holders and pressed why the city attorney needs special attorneys amid efforts to save jobs and cut costs.
Illinois Brewers Elect New Officers at Annual Meeting
The Illinois State Brewers association elected officers George Reisch as vice president E C Leisy as second vice president Peter B Theurer as treasurer and Ernest Kunde as secretary at its annual meeting. A resolution endorsing the president was passed and the group avoided discussing prohibition, saying the issue should be settled between reformers and the public.
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Nest Webber Ja
Illinois State Brewers’ Association
George Reisch
E. C. Leisy
Peter
Theurer
Ernest Kunde
City to Lose Alderman Healy in Ward Eighteen
Chicago announces Alderman William J. Healy will not seek reelection in the Eighteenth ward next spring. He may pursue a county office in September Republican primaries. Attorney John J. Gorman could win the GOP backing for Healy’s seat. Martin Walsh is endorsed by the regular Democratic faction in the Eighteenth ward. Alderman U S Schwartz is backed for renomination by the Third ward regulars. Max Adamowski is endorsed for reelection by the Twenty eighth ward Democrats.
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Chicago
Ald
William J. Healy
John J. Gorman
Healy
Martin Walsh
U. S. Schwartz
Third Ward
Indiana Theater
Max Adamowski
Twenty-eighth Ward
Mayor of New York Issues Formal Employee Forbids
The new mayor lays out directives for city workers including using city cars only for city business, cutting excessive salaries, abolishing useless positions, keeping offices simple, avoiding conspicuous behavior at games, and ending reliance on efficiency experts.
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New York
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