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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1917
Page
1
Enormous gains in Cook County property valuation posted for 1917 raise more than 1 million dollars in tax coffers. Chicago reports the largest assessment gain, with total assessed value at 3.286 billion dollars. One third of assessed values will be taxed, and bids and graft concerns frame calls for wage and labor movements at the yards with Red Cross leadership shifts.
County Judge Thomas F. Scully appointed Rudolph L. Schaap as superintendent Emil Wentzlaff as assistant superintendent and eight clerks for the new central registration bureau. Salaries run 3000 and 2500 yearly with clerks at 125 monthly. Headquarters will be with election commissioners open 9 am to 9 pm. General registration to occur every four years with expected city savings of 300000 to 400000 annually.
Following a Sunday campaign to unionize all 40 000 packers at the stockyards the Chicago Federation of Labor will call a meeting of unions tied to non union yard work. The effort grew from a Butcher Workers Local 87 resolution approved by federation delegates accusing packers of tyranny and industrial slavery. Edward Nockels, secret ...
A Chicago Chronicle reminiscence notes the Connery family losing public posts from July 14 1917 with Henry E Connery banker examiner and Joseph, Francia also displaced. It contrasts a year of shifting offices and the fickleness of political favor.
A monster athletic and military field day for the Red Cross is announced by the Twenty fifth Ward Democratic club. Events include a military parade marathon race a baseball game oldtime star teams with Comiskey to play first base and a tug of war. Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes units will attend with drills balloon fights and a sham battle. Sousa leads a 500 piece band as police and Western Electric workers compete for the city championship.
Chicago post office clerks protest alleged unequal salary raises from 1100 to 1200 amid disputes over pay scales and fair treatment within the postal service. The action highlights wage equity concerns affecting city workers and the effort to address perceived disparities.
A brief personal notice in the Chicago Daily News on Friday July 13 asks Mr Sapp who wrote a letter on profits and printing to address A 10 Daily News if in the city. The Chicago Tribune obituary on Sunday July 15 notes George B Sapp of 4515 Lake Park Avenue former ballot clerk for eight years at the election board who recently died after leaving city service to enter private business.
To the editor a reader asks who financed the draft printing bids. Were bids sought by the city county or the Board of Election Commissioners for printing draft registration lists and was there competition for the large contract.
Both major parties plan full judicial tickets for November. Republican leaders push a complete ticket due to many lawyers seeking race. Lawmakers add five Democratic and five Republican judges to renomination slate as two new Superior Court seats open and existing recognizance liens create complex real estate issues.
By unanimous vote the Democratic county committee stretched ward committeemen terms to 1920. They were elected last year and now have a four year tenure. The law is silent on term length. The judicial convention is set for October 1, same date as the Republican. Democrats discuss a full ticket. Republicans also plan one. Indorsed for superintendent of registration are Rudolph L. Schaap, John F. Quinlan and Patrick A Nash.
The statement outlines a plan to nominate for each party if complete slates are filed for the upcoming election. It signals readiness to field candidates across all major affiliations should enough nominees join the race.
Real estate brokers protest a new state act allowing secret liens through criminal recognizances. Effective July 1, the law makes the recognizance and schedule a lien on all property scheduled by bail from approval. The measure, House Bill No 995, reshapes liens across counties and courts.
Representatives of the Retail Coal Dealers Association met with Samuel Insull to urge cooperation with a state defense movement. Insull called for filling bins and storage now to ease next winter’s expected shortage. The coal council urged storing coal near future consumption to offset railroad and hauling shortages while coal production increases 25,000,000 tons.
A conference with President Davis's special coal committee and three coal operators outlined obtaining 140 000 tons of bituminous coal for Chicago schools. Trustees Arnold Severinghaus Hanson and Chief Engineer Howatt explained proposed changes to coal specifications. Henry Stuckart, county treasurer, said he would post signs to blame assessors for tax increases, not the treasurer.
Residents along Sheridan Road near Balmoral Avenue accuse Lincoln Park officials of allowing private cars and taxis to block the public boulevard. Citizens demand action from President Simmons and his board to halt the favored taxi owners and restore access for Edgewater residents.
Attorney General Edward J Brun dage will be asked to advise state officials on whether a duplicated word in one clause of the banking bill passed by the Fiftieth General Assembly could invalidate the measure The State Auditor said he believes the mistake will not void the law but will seek a remedy before the 1918 general election when voters decide on placing all private banks under state control after 1921.
Chicago faces a surplus draft quota due to clerical errors in city records. Officials say miscalculations inflated the tally by thousands after a clerk blunder in footings and routine tallies.
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