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wmmmmmmm LOCAL DOINGS IN TABLOID FORM Landlords of loop hotels say they will scorn practice in vogue in New York of charging for bread and butter. . Forjy' girls played ragtime in competition for positions as park pianists. Human skeleton and decom posed clay pipe unearthed by ex cavators digging cellar on aban doned farm near Elgin. Joseph Prokopesk, 4509 'Tell pi., stabbed by three men who tried to rob him at Center ave. and W. Huron st. County 'hos pital. Sigmund Lojeweski ar rested. Identified as one of men by Prokopesk. Unidentified boy stopped P. J. Fabbrihi, owner of saloon 205 W. VanBuren st, and asked him for match. 'Fabbrini thought it was a hold-up. Yelled. Boy fled, captured. Released. Peter Boras, 3243 N. Seeley ave., found lying on sidewalk S. Halted and W. VanBuren sts. Policeman thought him dead, un til he said, "Go way and let me sleep." Arrested. Charles Fay, 519 W". Madison st., arrested, charged with rob bery and disorderly conduct. Burglars entered home of Mrs. C. Droll, 4 E. Orange st. She screamed. Escaped leaviftg loot. Robbers entered home of A. J. ;Ford, 6116 St. Lawrence ave. jewelry valued at $150 taken. Mrs. Mabel Daley. 751 N. Cal-' "ftornia ave., charges husband with 'fbigamy. Joseph Horton Trask, 15, 329 N. Oakley ave., who disappeared May 25., found at LaGrange. Didn't like school. John Kochlik, 12, 921 Will st, struck by auto of Dr. E. P. Ken nedy, 140 N. Prairie ave., Aus tin, at Cornell st. and Milwaukee ave. Internally injured. Austin Burmingham, 2530 Cal umet ave., fell from sidewalk to street at S. Clark and Harrison sts. Fractured arm. Hospital. Peter Rosker, 1428 S. Halsted st., aridChas. Marble vthrown from ice wagon when it was struck by Indiana car at S. Wa bash ave. and E. 13th st. Rosker bruised. Marble seriously in jured. Charles Beck, 815 S. Oakley blvd., teamster, seriously injured when Harrison st. car struck his wagon at Lytle st. Theodore Hendrickson, 1975 Ogden aVe., quarreled with Frank Smith over debt. Hendrickson stabbed. Smith escaped. Louis Cohen, milk dealer, 1426 W. 14th st, arrested for selling impure milk. $25 and costs. Lulu Blackwell, negress, found guilty of killing Charles Vaughn, her sweetheart, 3212 S. Dearborn st., on Feb. 16. Sentenced to 35 years in penitentiary. Miss Etta Netleburg, 26, 135 S. Sangamon st., struck by S. Hal sted st. car at S. Clark st. and PeGk pi. Minor injuries. -" Taking of testimony in, the government suit against the In ternational Harvester Co. was to day postponed until Oct, 8 be- ..