Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
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Eoehs, president Oh the Illinois High |
way Improvement Association; s. e. |
Brady, chairman of the good roads |
committee Of the Illinois Bankers
Association; c. A. Killer, chairman of
the good roads committee of the iii.
nois Commercial Federation.
1t will take more than windy self.
seekers to beat Alderman Henry d.
Captain for denomination and re.
election in the Twenty.ffth ward.
Albert w. Harris succeeded his
father, Norman w. Harris, Tuesday
as president of the Harris Trust and
Savings bank. Albert w. has been
first vice-president of the bank, and
the formal change of office was made
at the banks annual election of Off.
GERS.
Coroner Peter Hoffman will discuss
his work at a midday luncheon of the
Interstate Round Table Club at the
kaiserhof Hotel next Wednesday,
Plans are being made to care for 275
members of the club at this meeting.
Chicago never had a better City
treasurer than Henry Stuckart. He
Is an able, conscientious and hard.
working public ofacial.
Announcement Of a change of the
date set for holding the examination
for chief probation officer was made.
The examination has been set for
January 20, but conflict with other
examination dates made II necessary
to change It to9January 1S.
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Thomas J. O'Brien, 1913 Grand ave.
nue.. a former state representative, is
being urged by his friends as q Dem.
ocratic candidate for alderman from
the Seventeenth ward. He IL the
ward committeeman.
Five clerks who were DISCHARGED
by Frank p. Danisch, clerk of the
Municipal Court, presented their
cases to the committee OF judges re.
Gently appointed by Chief Justice
Harry Olson to pass on their petition
for reappointment. The judges who
heard the pleas were Scully, BETTER
and Kearns. No decision was given.
Chief Justice Olson intimated after
the hearing that the court may hold
that the clerks can be reinstated.
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James 8. Hopkins, the we'll known
attorney. would serve the people well
on the bench.
Cook county never had an ADLER or
more conscientious county Judge
than John z. Owens.
President of the Sanitary District
Thomas A. Smyth is a public official
who Is at all times working in the in.
terests of the taxpayers.
In the financial world OF Chicago
no man stands higher in the estma
ton Of his associates than Albert G.
Wheeler.
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=. Arson H. Brown, we'll known Chi
cago lawyer has announced his can
| didacy for alderman In the Thirty.first
, ward and has received the indorse
, ment Of the Progressive Club. The
/ Thirty-frst ward is good Progressive
territory, and Mr. Brown is getting
. out among the voters and making O
3 personal canvass. Assurances of sup
port have been given him by some
OF the most active workers in the
ward. Mr.. Brown was born In Charles
City. Ia, in 1869, and came to Chicago
: In 1894. He went to work for the
: Chicago City Railway Company In
1896, and worked In that capacity for
two years, leaving to take a position
In the offices of the International Har
vester Company. While employed by
Y the latter company he spent his spare
time and evenings studying law and
was admitted to the bar. For the last
eighteen years Mr.. Brown has lived
In the Thirty-first ward, his residence
being at 521 West 61st place. He
|, has law Offices at 8 South LaSalle
street.
Mr. Brown Is the type of man the
, people need In the City Council. Able,
energetic and wide awake, he is quail
flied In every way to serve them hon.
estly and fearlessly. He has always
taken an active interest In the vel.
fare Of the Thirty.hrst ward. He
started the agitation for sheltered ele.
waited platforms and vestibuled ele.
waited trains and he deserves credit
for it. He will make fine alder.
man.
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Judge John r. Caverly Is making a
fine record on the Municipal Court
bench. He is an able and conscien.
tious Judge.
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Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
do honor to the position OF Attorney
General.
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A stringent State law ID needed h
regulate the establishment OF banks.
There are too many wildcat financial
schemes now In existence In Chicago.
4 Not wishing to compete with the big