The broad ax., 1922-07-15

lndl tiliS dIlduI mas pefSlSIenIiy lHl-
plored and pleaded with the city's
representatives to dispose of the said
cause without compelling the said
several plaintiffs to go to any further
expense Of paying out witness fees,
and also to save the time it will take
to try said cases for all parties con-
cerned, thus reducing the cost to
minimum for the said plaintiffs afore-
said, and prays that the said matter
go before the Common Council of the
City of Chicago, there to be deter
mined as was done in similar cases in
East ST. Louis, Ill, on or about the
18th day of April, 1921, when the said
Common Council passed an ordinance
appropriating the sum of four hun
bred and ffty-hve thousand dollars
(S455, 0O0) to pay for suits and claims
pending in the said courts of East St.
Louis as a result of the mob violence
there in 1917, and in the City of
Frankfort, in Franklin County, where
in the suits brought in the United
States Court of the Eastern District
Court of Illinois, and there the same
was determined by a confession of
judgment in said court and the said
plaintiffs were put to the least ex-
pense in said cause.
This affiant further AYERS that he
personally knows of the destitute and
personal need Of all of the plaintiffs
in the said causes; that he has been
personally responsible and compelled
to pay rent, witness fees, railroad
fare and all, even to the extent of
paying for food to feed some of the
little ones left destitute as a result of
the said mob violence, and prays that
he be relieved by the honorable City
Council from further financial respon-
sibility, etc.
Further afiant sayeth not.
A. L. WILLIAMS, Afiant.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of November, A. D.
1921. WILL N. JOHNSON,
Notary Public.
Alderman Henry L. Flick introduced
the resolution and Aldermen E. I.
Frankhauser. Charles G.. Hendricks
and John H. Lyle spoke in favor of
its passage. and the following sixty
six aldermen voted for it-forty-six
Democrats and twenty Republicans
the membership Of the City Council
being sixty-six at the present time,
namely, Honorables John ]. Cough
lin, Michael Kenna, Robert R. Jack
son, Louis B. Anderson, U. s.
Schwartz. John H. Johntry. John A.
Richert, Timothy A Hogan, Robert
J. Mulcahy, Jos. B. McDonough,
Chas. s. Eaton, Guy Gurnsey, Martin
S. Furman, Ross A Woodruff. Shell
don w. Govier, Guy Madderom,
James McNichols, Leonard Rutkow-
ski, Dennis A. Koran, Joseph Cepak,
Anton J. Cermak, John G. Horne,
Samuel o. Shaffer, Joseph H. Smith,
Geo. NJ. Maypole, Oscar H. Olsen,
Edward J. Kaindl, John A. Piotrow-
ski, John Czekala, s. s. Walkowiak.
Thomas P. Devereux, Maurice F.
Kavansugh, John J. Touhy, James B.
Bowler, John Powers, Matt. Franz,
Henry L. Flick, Chas. J. Agnew, Dor
sey r. Grove, Leo. c. Klein, Arthur
F. Albert, Walter P. Steffen, Thos. o.
Wallace, John Haderlein, Leo NJ
Brieske, Frank ]. Link, E. 1. Frank
hauser, Thos. R. Caspers, Charles G.
Hendricks, Christ A. Jensen, Edward
R. Armitage, Max AdamowslCi, Henry
Schlegel, Thomas F. Byrne, James F.
Kovarik, VIM. R. O'Toole, VIM. ].
Lynch, Terence F. Moran, Scott NJ.
Hogan, John H. Lyle, Benjamin s.
Wilson, Albert o. Anderson, John P.
Garner, John Toman, Jos. o. Kost-
ner. and John s. Clark
May 2, the elaborate and far-reach-
ing opinion of the corporation coun-
sci, Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, and his
very able and honorable first assistant
corporation counsel. Hon. James w.
Breen, was transmitted to Hon. John
A. Richert. the best chairman of the
finance committee that Chicago has
ever had, and on Monday, June %,
at the last meeting of the finance COM
mittee, Alderman Louis B. Anderson
moved that the race riot cases should
be the first order of business. His
motion was seconded by Alderman
George NJ. Maypole and Aldermen
John Powers, the father of the city
council; John H. Lyle, Joseph o.
kostner, Anton ]. Cermak, Ross A.
Woodruff. Chairman John A. Richert,
Edward R Armitage, Max Adamow-
ski and several other members of the
finance committee had joined in the
discussion and after Chairman Richert |
had stated that the race riot cases had |
been in the hands of a subcommittee
namely, Hon. Ross A. Woodruff, Hon.
Max Adamowsli and Hon. Edward
r Armitage-and that they had re-
ported in favor of settling the race