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32 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1924 OPEN THOMPSON " CAMPAIGN HERE Candidate for State's At- torney to Speak at Open Meeting Next Thursday HAS STRONG BACKING Makes Fearless Attack Upon Robert E. Crowe Hope Thompson, Independent can- didate for state's attorney of Cook county, will hold: the center of the olitical stage on the north shore hursday evening, October 23, when he speaks at an open meeting at the Wilmette Woman's club. Dean Thomas W. Holgate of Northwestern university, will preside, and another speaker will be Frederick W. Job, at- torney for the Employers' association, who will give a resume of Mr. Thomp- son's efforts to bring about a better understanding between capital and labor. The meeting will begin prompt- ly at 8 o'clock. Actively supporting the candidacy of Mr. Thompson in his own com- munity are such outstanding leaders as Mrs. John B. Boddie, Mrs. A. W. Boyleston, S. J. Duncan-Clark, Axel Lonnquist, Ralph H. Rice, Mrs. Shelby M. Singleton, Mrs. E. F. Snydacker and John F. Weedon. A host of friends and acquaintances on the north shore are assisting the commit- tee in furthering Mr. Thompson's vigorous campaign based on the prin- ciple of strict law enforcement and less politics in the states attorney's office. No Political Ambitions Mr. Thompson, his backers em- phasize, has never held a public of- fice, is not a politician and has no political ambitions. He is a lawyer with 19 years of unquestioned practice and has always been an advocate of, and has worked for, strict law en- forcement. He possesses just the qualities needed in state's attorney. Hope Thompson was born fifty-one years ago and raised on a farm in Butler County, Kansas. His ancestry was from the mountains of Tennessee and Georgia. After graduating from high school, he taught country school for several years. He worked his way through the University of Chicago, graduating with honors in 1899; was principal of the Presbyterian Academy at Geneseo, Illinois, five years. Ad- mitter to the bar in 1905, he has an extensive practice, both civil and criminal. Friend of Labor During the past ten years he has given special attention to the law af- fecting industrial relations and in- junctions in labor disputes. A dozen or more labor unions are now among his clients. He has handled many important cases in both State and Federal courts; is a member of the Chicago, the Illinois, and the Amer- ican Bar associations, Hamilton club, City club, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Masonic fraternity; also of the Quilmette Country club and North Shore Golf club. He is married and lives with his wife and two daugh- ters at 1219 Ashland avenue, Wilmette. Urged to Seek Office Mr. Thompson has become a can- didate for the office of state's attor- ney chiefly at the instance of the Better Government Association of Chicago and Cook county, of which Thomas E. D. Bradley, formerly a civic leader in Wilmette, is president. In soliciting aid in electing Mr. Thompson to office the association sets forth the accompanying state- ment to the people: Show Court Records "Courts records show Criminal cases filed : In 1920, (Hoyne, State Attorney) 37,501 In 1921, (Crowe, State Attorney) 53,381 In 1922, 66,765 In 1923, 73,297 In 1924, (at rate for 9 months) 81,792 "In 1921 there were 190 Murders; in 1922 there were 228; in 1923 there were 270, and in the first half of 1924 there were 175, at the rate of 350 for the year. "In 1921 there were 6723 defendants in the Criminal Court; in 1922 there were 4244; in 1923 there were only 2774, although crime had vastly in- creased, and the expense of running the States Attorney's offce had al- most doubled. "In 1923, only 1034 criminals were punished in the Criminal Court, not- withstanding the fact that 1080 plead guilty! : "During the past three years, less than half the criminals charged with felonies have been indicted. "Less than half of those have been brought to trial. "Less than half of those tried have been punished. One in Ten Punished "Less than one in ten has been pun- ished. "The whole machinery of justice is breaking down. "In view of the above facts, the Better Government Association, has induced Mr. Hope Thompson to be- come an Independent candidate for States Attorney of Cook County. "He has never held public office, is not a politician, and has no political ambitions. "He has just the qualities needed in a State's Attorney. "We earnestly solicit your aid in electing him to that office. Better Government Association of Chicago and Cook County. Thomas E. D. Bradley, President." Mr. Thompson has been conducting a vigorous campaign in every section of the county. So fearless, in fact, have been his disclosures of ineffici- ency and dereliction in the states at- torney's office, as to provoke indig- nant denunciation from the present in- cumbent, who has raised the custom- ary politician's cry of libel and slan- der, uttering threats of damage suits for the obvious purpose of "closing up" any who would dare to attack his administration. Make Fearless Attack The virile character of Mr. Thomp- son's campaign attack is hinted in the following brief extract from an ad- dress before a "mass meeting in La indicted (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) Report of the condition ot ~ Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank located at Winnetka, State of Illinois, at the close of business on the 10th day of October, 1924, as made to the Audi- tor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law. RESOURCES Loans on Real Estate (la)..$111,400.00 Loans on Collateral Security CIB) oo... Pal 99,173.14 Other; Loans (Ie): aera rs 139,828.48 Overdrafts = (2). vc. iv: -2oooins 660.32 U. S. Government Invest- en PR TIT TR 68,776.00 Other Bonds and Stocks (4) 572,665.50 Banking House, Furniture and Bixtures (3) ............., 4,726.00 Other Real Estate (6).....: : 242,224.22 Total Resources ....... $1,239,453.66 LIABILITIES Capital Stock (A) ta «sty en $ 50,000.00 Surplus (2) rriverriiriees 20,000.00 Undivided Profits (Net) (3) 14,644.11 Time Deposits (4a) ........ 517,609.74 Demand Deposits (4h) Dividends Unpaid (5) Reserve Accounts (6) «vee 663,663.48 «40.00 3,496.33 Total Liabilities ......$1,239,453.66 I, Alfred D. Herrmann, Cashier of the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the items and amounts shown above correspond with the items and amounts shown in the report made to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, pursuant to law. ALFRED D. HERRMANN, Cashier. State of Illinois, | 45 County of Cook. { >> Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of October, 1924. P. W. BRADSTREET, (Seal) Notary Public. (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION) Report of the condition of Winnetka State Bank located at Winnetka, State of Illinois, at the close of business on the 10th day of October, 1924, as made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illi- nois, pursuant to law. RESOURCES Loans on Real Estate (1a)..$138,850.00 Loans on Collateral Security ; a aoe 54,084.00 Other Loans (le) .......... 180,943.52 Qverdradts. (2)... hoa 159.12 U. S. Government Invest- ments (3) Cini = 1,465.15 Other Bonds and Stocks (4) 481,831.75 Banking House, Furniture and' Fixtures '(8) V2... 0. 37,500.00 Due from Banks, Cash and Other Cash Resources (7, SASL Re 308,926.61 'Fofal Resources ......... $1,203,760.15 LIABILITIES Capital, Stock (1). ........ $ 50,000.00 Surpiifse @) -.... uae 25,000.00 Undivided Profits (Net) (3) 22,681.61 Time Déposits (4a) ........ 405,848.45 Demand Deposits (4b) ..... 685,260.91 ReYerve Accounts (6) ....... 14,969.18 Total Liabilities... ....- $1,203,760.15 I, Sanborn Hale, Cashier of the Win- netka State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the items and amounts shown above correspond with the items and amounts shown in the report made to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State of Illinois. pursuant to law. SANBORN HALE, Cashier. State of Illinois } County of Cook { 5% Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of October, 1924. FRED R. HAVILAND. (Seal) Notary Public. My commission expires October 19th, 1926. Grange on October 14, called by the Women's Voters league of that com- munity : "The so-called major crimes, such as murder, rape and robbery, shock the community and arouse public senti- ment; but there are some minor crimes which are really more danger- ous to society. In a recent public statement, the Juvenile association says that the vice lords have established themselves in Cook county, outside of Chicago, under ap- parent protection, and are carrying on an orgy of vice and gambling. Here are lured girls and young men by the hundreds. They are debased in mor- als and infected with loathsome dis- ease which they carry to all parts of the county. Such places manufacture cdiminals, and send them out to lives of vice and crime. They are infin- itely more dangerous to the commun- ity than all the thieves in the state. "The state's attorney has full power, as chief law officer of the county, to close up these breeding places of crime. The grand jury will indict the guilty parties if the state's attorney will present the evidence. One word from him, and the sheriff would close up all such vice resorts within three days, and keep them closed. It he did not, the state's attorney could have him indicted for malfeasance in of- fice. Places Responsibility "The responsibility for these vice re- sorts rests squarely on the state's at- torney and no one else. If such places run, it is because he does not want them closed. The law makes it his duty and gives him the power to pre- vent and punish such flagrant viola- tion of law. Closing such places by means of injunction and abatement helps some ;--it causes the vice lords the annoyance of moving across the street. The quick and sure way to stop these vice and crime factories is to send the vice lords to the peni- tentiary. 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