Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
News Brevities
of Illinois


plums from Governor Smails cabinet
tree. Seeing no advantage in naming
his further appointments while the
general assembly is taking a two
weeks recess, the governor is main
tanning complete silence as TO the
probable choice for directors of the re-
naming three departments. The three
LOwden appointments still in the CAPT
tol as heads of departments are DR.. G.
st. Clair Drake, director of the state
board of health; Omar Wright, direc-
tor of finance, and Robert Medill, di-
rector of mines and minerals. The last
named has a chance to be retained, &C
cording to the gossip ring. 1t is limited
that Chicago man will take over the
health department and that Harry
Luehrs, who is now assistant state
treasurer, will handle the financial
reins.
ringfield.-Young bandits from
Chicago flooding dOwnstate cOmmuni-
ties and delinquent girls from down.
state crOwding into Chicago are factors
in the current 'crime wave" that have
teachers together upon matters of edu-
catiOnal legislation as never before, &C
cOrding to school men considering ed
ucatiOnal measures for the legislature.
1T has taken the crime wave to show
the teachers of dOWnState and Chicago
that their cause is a common one," de-
clared William L. Mccoy, chairman of
Senting 20 teacher organizations of
that city.
pringfield.-Thatt the American Lee
giOn in Illinois is one of the largest
organizations in the state is the Opin-
ion of William r. McCauley, state
commander who through facts and
figures has shown that the eX-service
mems organization has grown from a
small beginning to a powerful body of
former war veterans. The total mem
berShip of the Illinois legion which is
about 10000 men and women goes to
make up 69S posts. Not included in
this are the 160 auxiliary units in
the state which are composed of moth
ers, daughters, wives and sisters Of
branches during the war.
Springfeld.-The state miners ex-
aiming board announces that eXamin-
atiOnS will be held in February at the
following places: February 2, Har
risburg; February 3, Marion; Feoru-
airy f. West Frankfort; February 5,
Du Quoin; February Z, Belleville :;
February s, StauntOn; February 9,
Carlinville; February 10, Springfield;
February II, TaylOrville; February IA
DanviIle; February 10, Peoria, and
February IS, La Sale.
Virginia-A bounty offered by the
county board of commissioners for the
capture of wolf which has been kill
ing sheep in this section was denied
hunters who brought a queer species
of the dog family to claim the money.
The animal was brought to the court
house, but the wolf was declared to
he nothing more than a sheep-killing
dog and the $40 reward is still in the
county till.
Observation-Disclosures of st. Clair
county, members of the Illinois Bank
erS' association, will raise q fund for
use in arreSting and prosecuting bank
robbers. A resolution adopted at a
recent meeting calls On the legisla-
ture to make conviction for bank rob-
berry punishable by death. The bank
ers also urged establishment of a state
cOnstabulary.
Mt Olive.-Mt. Olive will soon be
able to boast of a half million dollar
power plant. The contemplated plant
will be one of the best equipped in
the country and will furnish current
to the three mines operated by the
Consolidated Coal company. The COM
pany operates one mine here and two
at StauntOn.
JacksOnville.-At a special election,
at which a light vote was polled, res
idents of Jacksonville gave their ap-
prevail to proposition to issue bonds
of $137, 900 to complete a new high
school. The proposition carried by a
majority of 129 votes Less than 500
votes were cast at the election.
Observation-Disclosures will be taken
of convicted crooks and criminals to
add to the rOgues gallery which has
been placed in the sheriff's office at
the court house here. The gallery at
present contains pictures taken during
the past year of men serving time for
various Offenses.
Paris.-Robbers, entered the new
post office building at Kansas, ILL.,,
near Paris, and blew open the safe
with nitroglycerin, obtaining about
$500 in stamps and money.
Belvidere-It will take so years to
replace the horses on Boone county
farms, according to J. G. Kline, Boone
county farm adviser.
ChicagO.-The enormous sum of S44
OCT BOOST will be required to operate
the city government during the year
1921,
Springfield.-A. L. Bowen, state SUI
perintendent of charities, In forward
ing his resignation to Governor Small
informed the governor he would re.
main on the job until his successor
was named. Bowen was appointed by
| Governor Deneen eleven years ago.
Chicago.-Business agents of Sc
unions affiliated with the Chicago
Building Trades council voted unani
mously to "stand pat" on the present
| SIPS an hour wage for union building