830 COOK COUNTY PARTY COMMITTEES. REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Ward. Chicago Committeemen. 1. Francis P. Brady, 2231 Calumet avenue. 19. Joseph Esposito, 800 S. Halsted street. District. 1. Gene Oliver, Chicago Heights. 4. Joseph Z. Klenha, Cicero. 5. William Busse, Mount Pleasant. 6. William V. Brothers, Evanston. MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE DEMO- Assistant Secretary-John F. Quinlan. Ward. Chicago Committeemen. 1. Michael Kenna, 311 South Clark street. 7. James W. Ryan, 7233 Paxton avenue. 12. Patrick J. Carroll, 3541 S. Hermitage-av. 1. Frank H. McCulloch, Evanston. 2. William E. Hess, Wilmette. 3. Ning Eley, 10 South LaSalle street. 4. Henry J. Harz, Palatine. 5. (Vacancy.) 6. Ross C. Hall, Oak Park. 10. Francis M. Keogh, Lemont. 11. Daniel P. Bergin, Chicago Heights. 12. Fred Heintz, Blue Island. 13. Martin H. Finneran, Calumet City. DEATH OF SAMUEL GOMPERS. Samuel Gompers, president of the American | after a sudden turn for the worse, he passed federation away. Samuel Gompers was born in England Jan. He was taken ill while attending a meeting 27, 1850, and was a cigarmaker by trade. He of the Pan-American Labor Mexico City and physicians advised his immediate removal to a lower altitude. When he on the evening of arrived at San Antonio to have imDec. 12 his condition seemed proved. but at 4:10 o'clock in the morning. was a strong worker for the rights of labor and was one of the founders of the American Federation of Labor in 1886. He served as its president continuously from that time until his death except in 1895. COOK COUNTY OFFICIALS. Hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Secretary to the President-H. Sonnenschein. Committee Clerk-Barth. Collins, 537 county building. Meetings-The regular meetings of the board of commissioners are held on the first Monday of December, January, February. March, June and September of each year. Duties-The commissioners are charged with the management of the county affairs of Cook county. as provided by law, having the same powers as the boards of supervisors in other counties. They make all appropriations and contracts and authorize all expenditures. The president appoints, with the approval of the board, the superintendent of public service and other offcers and employes whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for by law. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. as Chief Tax Extensions-Joseph Ziemba. CLERK OF COUNTY COURT. Clerk-Robert M. Sweitzer. D. Chief Clerk-William W. Powers. Duties See county clerk. COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. Room 511 county building. Comptroller-Robert M. Sweitzer, D. COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE. County building. 1st and 2d floors, north end." County Treasurer-P. J. Carr, D. Duties-The county treasurer receives and dis. burses, pursuant to law, all the revenues and other public moneys belonging to the coun ty. He or his assistant countersigns county orders and renders accounts to the board of commissioners. STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. Second floor criminal court building and 507 county building. State's Attorney-Robert E. Crowe. Assistant State's Attorney in Charge of Civil Assistant State's Attorneys (Indictment Experts)-Thomas Marshall and James H. Barton. Assistant State's Attorney in Charge of Grand Dominick F. Volini. Prendergast, Chief Investigators, Taxes-Joseph P. Geary. Eugene Nusser. Social Service Investigator-Mrs. Mabel B. OlPorter. son. Clerks (Investigators)-Samuel B. Andrew Bender, Frederic C. Franke, Patrick Gallagher, Eden T. Brekke, Louis Krakow. James Clancy, Hattie Goode, Mrs. Mamie E. Schmidt. Mrs. Freda Nettlehorst. Hilda Skagerberg, John J. McMahon, A. N. Fields. Peter Calo, Martin Kennedy, George Ion. Mrs. Anna Azzato, Alexander Conforti. George E. Kryda, Alex Hulten, Bruno Lera. J. A. Lamon, O. F. Woodward, Gertrude Fowler, Anna Smith. Court Reporters and Stenographers-Edwin_J. Spiro, Gail McDermut. Mae Heffernan, Regina Goode, Eleanor King. Julie G. Walsh. Helen T. McFarland, Jeanette E. Rosenthal, Isabel Todd. Mildred Sold, Mary Hartigan. Ethel F. Carolan, Lillian Geiger, Mae Bortell. Duties of State's Attorney-To begin and prose cute, in courts of record in his county, all criminal and civil actions in which the people of the state or county may be concerned: to prosecute or defend (as the case may be) all civil actions brought by or against his county or any county officer in his official capacity, and all suits which it may become JURY COMMISSION. Joseph H. Barnett, secretary; Logan D. Wallace. Clerk-Martin Peterson. Duties The commissioners are required to prepare a list of electors qualified to act as jurors, to select names from such list and place them in a jury box and a grand jury box. and to be present when the names of jurors needed at each term of court are drawn. necessary to prosecute or defend to enforce Commissioners-Bernard J. Mullaney, president; the collection of taxes; to give his opinion to county officers and justices of the peace upon questions of law relating to matters in which the people are concerned. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE. Room 519 county building. Superintendent-Henry A. Zender. Chief Clerk-F. H. Chambers. Duties-Purchases all supplies for the county institutions, advertising for bids at specified times and entering into yearly or quarterly contracts and making tests from time to time of the articles furnished to determine if they are up to contract requirements. Has supervision of all maintenance and rehabilitation of county buildings. Represents owners on all new construction work; advertises for bids and handles all plans and specifications. RECORDER'S OFFICE. County building, first floor, south end. Recorder of Deeds-Joseph F. Haas, R. Chief Deputy-Harry E. Hoff. Chief Clerk-Theodore R. Steinert. Duties-The recorder is the keeper of the rec ords, and upon the filing of any instrument in writing in his office entitled to be corded he must spread the same on the record books provided for that purpose in the order of the time of filing. He is also the official abstract maker for Cook county. He also acts as president of the board of examiners of land surveyors. REGISTRAR OF TITLES. re. County building, first floor, south end. Escrow Officer-H. C. W. Laubenheimer. BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF LAND SURVEY- President-Joseph F. Haas. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Duties The commissioners examine applicants BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Members of the Board-William H. Weber. R.: Chief Clerk-Paul H. Wiedel. BOARD OF REVIEW. County building, third floor, south end. Duties The board of review takes the place of Superintendent-Frank Venecek. COUNTY ARCHITECT. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. COUNTY HOSPITAL, avenue North COUNTY AGENT'S OFFICE. Main office: 1908 West Polk street (telephone Seeley 6924-6925). Branch offices: 837 West 47th street (Yards 2010). 8800 Houston (South Chicago 1261). 1736 West avenue (Brunswick 2567). 2970 Archer avenue (Lafayette 6673), 2059 Larrabee street (Lincoln 7245). County Agent-Anna L. Smith. Deputy County Agent-Thomas A. Lavin. Duties-The county agent is responsible to the president and board of county commissioners in the carrying out of the plans for the relief of the poor in the county of Cook. issues monthly rations to poor families found eligible under the law, and provides shoes to needy school children. He furnishes monthly rations to poor families of veteran soldiers. sailors or marines who have serv He rebellion and Spanish-American war. He undertakes the return of nonresidents and alien paupers to their legal place of residence and the extradition of fathers who have deserted their families when found and warrant is issued for their arrest. He keeps a record of and passes on all medical and institutional cases admitted to the county hospital. the Oak Forest infirmary and the Oak Forest tuberculosis hospital. He furnishes medical services to the needy poor in their homes, through the medium of county physicians. He is the medium whereby blind, deaf and dumb children are sent to the state school at Jacksonville. He investigates all cases recommended for mothers' pensions and supervises the payment of same. He investigates all applications for pensions for the blind and reports on eligibility of applicants to the county board and supervises payment of the pensions. He authorizes the payment of burial expenses of deceased indigent or friendless soldiers, sailors or marines and all contagious cases of the poor. He interests himself in any wrong existing or being perpetrated on families of poor to which his attention is called. He discovers and reports cases of nonsupport by husbands or relatives. desertion, contribution to delinquency or dependency of children to the various courts having jurisdiction. Kate Meade. BUREAU OF SOCIAL SERVICE. Superintendents-Josephine H. Lawrance and Duties-The Cook county bureau of social service constitutes the family rehabilitation department of Cook county. It adjusts family problems, particularly in effecting_reconciliations in domestic difficulties. It has specific charge of complaints made to the County court under the pauper act, aiming to settle them without court procedure. It handles the money, amounting to $70,000 a year, paid by relatives for the support of their dependents. Upon request of the Circuit and Superior courts investigates divorce cases. At request of parents takes charge of the delinquent child over Juvenile court age. Conducts bureau of information for applications not coming within the jurisdiction of the department. hospital. He supervises the medical treatment of the patients in the institution. He also acts as an adviser to the County court in trials for the insane. He is assisted in his duties by an attending staff of six psychia trists, of which Dr. Sydney Kuh is chief. CORONER'S OFFICE. Room 500 county building. Coroner-Oscar Wolff. Chief Deputy-David R. Jones. Chief Investigator-Harry Skagerberg. Martha Brouilette. SHERIFF'S OFFICE. County building, 4th floor, center. Sheriff-Peter M. Hoffman, R. Assistant Sheriff-George A. Webster, R. Chief Deputy-Charles W. Peters, R., Jailer-Capt. Wesley Westbrook. Duties-The sheriff serves and returns all writs, warrants, processes, orders and decrees legal. ly directed to him. He is the conservator of peace in his county and may arrest offend ers on view. He is the keeper of the jail and has the custody of prisoners. He is custodian and caretaker of the Criminal court building and the courthouse. It is also his duty to attend the courts of record of the county and obey their orders. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 69 West Washington street. Appointed by governor. Administrator-Gregory T. Van Meter. Duties The public administrator is appointed by the governor to administer the estates of deceased persons regulated by the statutes of the state of Illinois. CUSTODIAN COUNTY BUILDING. County Physician-Francis J. Gerty. M. D. Duties-The county physician is the superintendent of the Cook County psychopathic Custodian-Otto Rexses. CHICAGO'S FREE Operated by the health department. Names and locations of baths: Carter H. Harrison-759 Mather street. PUBLIC BATHS. Graeme Stewart-1642 West 35th street. The Carter H. Harrison bath, opened in January 1904, is said to have been the first free public bath in the United States. Similar baths in Vienna charged a fee of 2 cents and those in New York 5 cents. The average cost of each plant has been between $15,000 and $20.000, and the average annual cost of maintenance $4,000. |