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it is believed, dted from illegal opera tion. Sima Milloch, 2153 N. Clark St., also held. According to new state law, all hotelkeepers who falsely advertise their hotels' as "fireproof" will be subject to prosecution: Henry Weber, 6T, 1501 Fullerton av., held to grand jury on charge of attacking Richard Donovan, 1625 Granville av., with knife. Two-girls and man, wbo refused to give- names, rescued from drowning when launch capsized at foot of Buena av., by Harry Curtis, 881 Cres cent pi., and Albert O'Connor, 4461 Evanston av., who swam quarter mile and back. Emma Lehmann, 6, 172 W. 20th St., severely bitten by vicious dog owned by William Kozak. Dog cap tured and sent to pound. Jennie Placek, 1124 Front st, struck by auto at Elston av. and Front st. Driver fled. L. E. Meyers, street railway build er, wants to build street car line from Evanston to Chicago. Concert in Grant Park tonight. o o HOBOES IN CONVENTION Cincinnati, O., Aug. 5. "Jersey Pat," "Philadelphia Slim," "Skinny Boston" and about 200 other mem bers of the Itinerant Workers' Asso ciation opened their annual conven tion here today. It will continue five days. The new organization is the suc cessor of the Brotherhood Welfare Association, which broke up .after J. Eads How of St. Louis, the "million aire hobo," was ousted as president. The hoboes announce that they will pass resolutions demanding bet ter accommodations on freight cars, better roads, abolition of vagrancy laws and government prosecution of peonage. o o -Jimson. I do spring cleaning at all seasons of the year. Jackson : o-.r:a that? Jimson I'm a watch maker, , ASK REMOVAL OF FALKENSTEIN SETTLEMENT HOUSE Charges of high jinks and nightly revels in the hall of the Esther Pal kenstein Settlement House, 1917 Humboldt street, are made in a peti tion being circulated on the North west Side asking the removal of the settlement from the neighborhood. Peter Peterson, 1921 Humboldt street; Adolph Trapp, 1913 Hum boldt street, and Andrew 0. Ogne, 1911 Humboldt street, are the prin cipals behind the petition, which has been circulated for the past two weeks. If enough names are secured to it the paper will be presented to Aid. Littler of the 28th ward, who will be asked to take the matter up with the city council in October. Mrs. Esther Falkenstein, founder of the settlement, is out of tfiwn at present Criticism is directed at her for subletting the hall for dances, and a Mrs. Defering, housekeeper of the settlement, is directly blamed for al lowing the noisy demonstrations which it is charged occur at the dances. According to those having the peti tion in charge, men attending the dances congregate oh the sidewalk, talk loudly, and make sleep impossi ble for residents of the neighborhood. Other neighbors defend Mrs. Falken stein and Mrs. Defering, and want the settlement retained in its present lo cation. The moBt serious charge against the settlement is that it is a public nuisance because of the noise. This charge is directly only at the dance hall. p o MORE WAR ON THE TANGO Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5. "Should any priest attempt to absolve such a penitent, the absolution would be worthless and the confession would be a curse rather than a blessing "' said Right Rev. Thomas B. Byrne." bishop of the diocese of Nashville,-ii issuing an order forbidding members of the Catholic Church in Tennessee