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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
A comprehensive list details Democratic party officers in Illinois with names and roles for state, county, and Chicago wards. It names chairman James M. Dailey and a long roster of ward presidents secretaries and headquarters across Chicago including Cook County districts and suburbs.
Directory of numbered headquarters and officers lists meeting nights and contact details for numerous lodges and clubs. Entries include headquarters addresses on Lincoln Avenue Broadway Halsted Street and Union, with presidents and secretaries named, plus telephone exchanges and meeting days.
The 1918 election calendar lists petition filing and withdrawal deadlines from July through November for state congressional legislative and local offices, plus registration days and primaries. Judge D E Sullivan is praised for an honest dignified and able record on the bench.
State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne County Treasurer Henry Stuckart Recorder of Deeds Joseph F. Haas Sheriff John E Traeger County Judge Thomas F Scully County Clerk Robert M Sweitzer Probate Judge Henry Horner Probate Clerk John A Cervenka Criminal Court Clerk Frank J Walsh Superior Court Clerk John Kjellander Circuit Court Clerk August Miller Coroner Peter M Hoffman President County Board Peter Reinberg Board of Review Frank S Ryan Fred W Blocks Edward R Litzinger Board of Assessors William H Weber Adam Wolf George K Schmidt Charles Ringer Michael K Sheridan
The Chicago Federation of Labor lists President John Fitzpatrick, Vice President Oscar Nelson, Secretary Edward Nockels, Financial Secretary Fred Hopp, Treasurer Thomas Kennedy, and Reading Clerk William McClennan. It also announces committee appointments across finance, ladies waists, carpenters, and more, with delegates named to the Illinois Federation of Labor convention and remarks about Rivers McNeill and President Wilson.
The council adopted a detailed roster of standing committees and membership. Key groups include Finance, Local Transportation, Gas Oil and Electric Light, Railway Terminals, Local Industries, Harbors Wharves and Bridges, Judiciary, Streets and Alleys, License, Buildings and City Hall, Schools Fire Police and Civil Services, Public Health, Track Elevation, Compensation, Parks Playgrounds and Bathing Beaches, and Home Defense with dozens of named members across departments and wards.
The piece enumerates Democratic and Republican figures discussed for county and city offices including Sheriff Czech? Noting names like Connery Cermak Collins Carr Kunz Roeder Lind Richert Gibbons Smith Egan Tobin Sheridan Rydzewski Blocki Dailey Breidt Reading Bayler Durand, Reinberg Ragen Moriarity OMalley Graham Sonsteby Rothmann Whealan Whalen Strauss Mack Leonard Cermak Keane Doyle Borelli De Stefano Budinger Duff Egan Sullivan Williams Brown Keehn Mason Arthur Masters Igoe Black Toman Egan Nowak Klaus Powers Willey and others as talked of for sheriff county treasurer county clerk judge municipal court and county board nominations.
Chicago faces a serious fire risk unless manpower is boosted. The Chicago board of underwriters fire department committee cites New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore as benchmarks and notes New York averages 437 firemen per square mile while Chicago has 48. New York’s on duty peak is 4139 versus Chicago’s 943. Chicago covers 194 square miles against New York City’s 62. Peter Reinberg is praised for his record as president of the county board.
The committee’s proposal targets council members and residents, recommending an increase of 300 uniformed firefighters. It supports mandatory physicals for all department members and retirement for those unable to meet active duties. The report cites exhaustive city comparisons and provides comparative tables from other cities.
City aldermen, who favor taxicab owners, prepare an ordinance to raise taxi charges and soak paying riders in Chicago where fares are already higher than in other cities.
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