Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-12-16


election in the Twenty fourth ward.
That he will win is almost certainty,
for he has made grand record and Is
deservedly popular with all classes
throughout the ward.
The City Council received the an.
nual departmental and comptroller's
estimates from Comptroller John Il. |
Traeger at the meeting Monday night. |
Departmental demands totaling |
s29,571, sSO41 have been cut by the
comptroller to s23,S05,3S5.43 The
matter was referred to the finance
committee. 1t probably will take
about three weeks before the budget
finally is adopted by the Council.
Mr.. Traeger upholds the police de-
partment in its demand for an In
crease in salaries for first grade po.
licemen. Increases for commanding
officers, as asked for in the depart.
ment estimate, are denied by the
comptroller.
The Department Of Health, Depart.
ment Of Public Works, Bureau Of
Streets, Wards, Building Department,
Board of Road improvements, De.
partment Of Electricity and the Blu.
reau Of Bridges and HarborB also are
allowed increases In the comptroller's
estimates.
Other matters considered by the
Council were:
Referred to the committee on streets
and alleys, south, report from Mayor
Harrison showing that streets in the
downtown district are rapidly being
encroached upon by business interests.
Amended the saloon license ordin.
ance and gave the Mayor power to
restore licenses which have been re-
voked for cause.
Passed Alderman McInerney's reso-
luton asking that the Mayor appoint
q commission Of ten to inquire into
facilities for caring for homeless chill.
dren.
Referred to the finance committee
Alderman Captains resolution asking
for the establishment Of police life.
saving patrol service for bathing
beaches.
Referred to the finance committee
Alderman Clettenberg's request that
no appropriation be made In the an.
nual budget for salaries for police In.
spectors.
An ordinance introduced several
months ago by the Alderman Murray,
regulating the sale of firearms. was
recommended for passage by the ju.
dietary committee. The ordinance
provides that dealers in firearms shall
make daily reports to the police de-
partment Of persons to whom they
sell weapons.
Judge William Fennimore Cooper Is
making the splendid record on the
Superior Court bench that everyone
of his big army OF friends knew he
would make. He is an able, energetic
and conscientious Judge.
The fine record that Judge John r.
Caverly Is making on the Municipal
Court bench shows that the people
need more men like him there.
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Albert G. Wheeler has gained his
splendid reputation as financier and
business man by long record of hon.
orable dealings.
| James S. Hopkins deserves the popu-
: larity he enjoys as lawyer and a
citizen. He would do credit to any
Office within the gift of the people.
The Thirty-third Ward Democratic
. Club was organized Tuesday night at
meeting held In the Office of ]. d.
Cutteridge, 403 North Fifty-second
: avenue, Austin, and officers were
! elected. A resolution was introduced
and passed extending vote of thanks
to Mayor Harrison for his warfare
D against vice. The following officers
) were chosep President, John Law;
: first vice president, NJ. ]. O'Brien;
second vice president; Z. ], Kelly
third vice president, Henry Wagner
secretary, j. ID. Cuttridge, and treas
urer, Claude Dyckman.
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The friends OF Woodrow Wilson IL
Illinois have started campaign II
earnest to boost his presidential aspir
3 atoms. A committee on organization
r has been formed.
William c. Niblack, vice president O
the Chicago Title and Trust Company
Is chairman of the organization com
mittee, and Frank H, Jones, formel
assistant postmaster general, Is at the
. head of the finance committee. Tht
treasurer Is William Brown, Jr., ant
the secretary is Morgan L. Davies.
There Is also an advisory committee
Its members being John Barton Payne
!. Calvin Fentress, julius r, Smietanka