Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1913 — Chicago Coroner Hopes to Save One Thousand Lives. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Coroner Hopes to Save One Thousand Lives.

Peter N. Hoffman, coroner of Chicago, has made a New Year’s resolution to save 1,000 lives during the year 1914. Last year he instituted a public safety campaign and the coming year expects to extend the work. Much attention will be paid to the subject in the public schools and every precaution taken to guadr against accidents which caused an average of 6,269 deaths in Chicago during the nine years just past. Coroner Hoffman says that he b®H® v es the number can be reduced below 5,000 if the precautionary measures he advocates will he adopted.