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wmmmm rV"WflWiJWWI ' ' 1 FULL TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE NEWS SERVICE . OF THE UNITED PRESS "" THE DAY BOOK ft ft. SOQ S. PEOREA ST. 398 TEL. MONROE 353 f VoJ. 1, No. 242 Chicago, Friday, July 5, 1912 One Cent THE FOURTH'S VICTIMS. The following is the list of the deaths andaccidents of the entire country received so fafv: Dead 20 By fireworks . . 5 By cannon 1 By firearms. ......." ' 6 By gunpow'der.". . . .' 6 By toy pistols " 1 By runaway '.". ." 1 Injured . .. C 648 By fireworks l..t 316 By cannon . . ." 47 By firearms' 84 By gunpowder 93 By torpedoes 1 33 By toy pistols 48 By bomb canes 7 By runaways -20 Fife loss : $576,525 v, In Chicago. - Dead ? 0 Injured 4 Previous Records. Dead in country 1911 . '. 57 Dead in country 1910 .. 131 Dead in country 1909. ....... .215 Killed 191 1 in Chicago. 1 SHOOTS NEWSBOY. J Another outrage was added to the list of shootings committed "by trust newspaper special police men this morning when John Gould, a newsboy for the Chicago American shot and "probably fa tally wounded John Moran, a striking newsboy, in front pf 746 N. Clark street. Moran, who has been working as a bartender since the strike be gan, was on his way to work when he met Gould. They be came involved in a quarrel, and, according to Gould. Moran struck at him. Gould immediately drew his revolver and fired four -shots, wounding Moran in the abdomen and back. When he was arrested Gould gave ajjctitious name to the pou nce. Moran, who lives at 753 Dear born avenue, was removed to the Passavant hospital, where it was said late this afternoon that he would probably die. " o o 1 WAS SAFE A'ND SANE. The safe and sane Fourth be came a reality yesterday. Since last year many of the smaller cities and hamlets have passed laws' prohibiting sale of firearms and giant firecrackers, and as-a consequence the list of fatalities this year is the smallest since the first American boy blew his first I d 'mMumk-for mflnMH;wmtmii,