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incendiaries, who were arrested for firing half dozen buildings lately were granted continuance until Nov. 22. W. P. Ballou, 85, Dekalb, HI., committed suicide in the" home of his son, 5902 S. Michigan ave. Chloroform. Mrs. Mary DePerio, 1519 W.' Taylor St., struck by auto of R. Franklin, 1315 Gilpin pi., died on way to hospital. Conference of Progressive leaders was held here to talk over the coming legislature situation in Illinois. Ethel Smith, the Gary girl for whom "Billy" Rugh, crippled newsboy gave his life, is in se rious condition today. Pneumonia. Peter Bartzen, Jr., arrested again for speeding. Grand Trunk Ry. fined $70; Photo Products Co. $30; Frank lin Co., 530 S. Dearborn st., $20, and the Chicago Distilled Water Co. $40 for violation of th&sinoke ordinance. Charles Rubin, Jr., 10, 1735 Washburns ave., arrested after he had stolen an electric aulo and banged it into telephone pole. (Youngest auto thief on record. Because Mrs. Joseph Girsch said her husband beat her every : pay day and said if he didn't work he wouldn't beat her, Municipal Judge Newcomer told Girsch to . go home and quit working. She says she has enough money to keep them. oo What do you think ! There are 178 Prohibitionists in Arizona. JOE ETTOR TAKES STAND . Court House, Salem, "Mass., Nov. 12. Joe Ettor, the I. W. W. leader, took the stand in his own defense late this afternoon. Ettor is jointly accused with' Arturo Giovannitti as an acces sory before the fact in the mur der of Annie Lopizzo, a girl -striker shot and killed in 'a riot during the Lawrence textile; strike. Ettor told his labor career, and then declared that Mayor Scan Ion of Lawrence had admitted to( him that there were people in Lawrence who could hardly live. "I agreed with the mayor that' the strike should be settled peace fully," said Ettor. " 'For, I said to him, 'in the last analysis all the blood spilled in the strike will be our blood. "I told the strikers. they should stay at home, but that they should urge all other workers to stay , away from the mills. I pointed out to them that the bosses would call the police, and more police and then the militia and then the army to protect their property." Joseph Caruso, who is accused of firing the shot that killed Ann nie Lopizzo, was on the stand bew fore Ettor. Caruso said he first learned of the murder in the Italian post-i office at Lawrence nearly an hourj after the shooting. Caruso flatly denied that h had ever met LaCourt, the detec-t tive who swore that Caruso ad-i mitted to him that-he had stab-i bed Police Benoit.