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Orville Legg, Kankakee, III., killed and Mrs. Legg and three others bad ly hurt when auto turned turtle near Kankakee. Grace Carderu 215 S. Centre av., and Edward Douglass, 26 S. Sacra mento blvd., injured when auto was struck by Madison street car. Man, posing as night manager, walked into John R. Thompson's res taurant, 206 W. 31st St., told waiter to go and walked out with $20. John Maloney, 237 N. Paulina st, arrested when he tried to auction his furniture to get beer. Stronger evidence connecting Rob ert Cade, 18, who has disappeared, with murder of Benny Holstein given to Morgan Park police. Joseph Marano, wanted in Bridge port, Conn., for murder of Nicholas Caefer, arrested by Maxwell st. po lice. Schuettler's gambling squad raid ed cigar store at 2735 Osgood st and arrested 10 men. Edward Pincus, 2645 Lincoln av. booked as keeper. Train of freight cars left tracks of Chicago & Eastern Railroad at 33d and Butler sts. Plunged into street George Lewis worked two days as clerk at Hannah & Hoggs Hotel, 214 S. Clark st. Disappeared.' So did $50. Clarence Packer, 7112 Lafayette av., and Barry Foreman, 6643 Perry av., rescued from lake near 68th st. crib. Boat overturned. Dr. Chas. J. Whalen, former health commissioner, may be appointed president state board of health. Henry Geltner, 1432 S. Trumbull av., University of Illinois student, drowned at St. Joseph, Mo. Bathing. o o NAT GOODWIN SAYS HE'S SETTLED FOR GOOD NOW Boston, Mas9., Aug. 11. "Nat Goodwin's matrimonial course" la run, according" to the actor himself. "The present Mrs. Goodwin is the right one at last; I'm settled for life now," announced Nat Goodwin to day, from the depths of a large easy chair in his father's home here. The actor, who is even with DeWolfe Hooper, with five wives apiece, was dressed only in a suit of light blue pajamas and was unshaved when in terviewed. "Mrs. Goodwin saved my life twice and I love her most of them all," he declared. "Of course if I happened to meet any one of my old wives I would bow to them if they did to me, but so far as ever reviving any old associations goes I'm through with them fro good." o o SHAW CHAUFFEURS HELD FOR SLUGGING UNION MAN Three non-union chauffeurs work ing for the Shaw Taxicab Co. are under arresti charged with assault and battery on a union chauffeur. Robert Lifke, the leader, was ar rested on Saturday, and Edward P. Gannon and James Furlong on Sun day, on warrants sworn out by T. G. Murphy, a union chauffeur, who charges that these three and another non-union - chauffeur working for Shaw slugged him Friday night at Madison and Wabash. Lifke was arraigned before Judge, Mahoney on Saturday and his case was set for Friday, Aug 15. Gannon and Furlong were arraigned before the same judge at Harrison street station this morning and their cases set for the same day. T. G. Murphy, the union chauffeur who was slugged, is a cripple, having no fingers on his right hand. But he put up a stiff fight against his four assailants in spite of his crippled hand. He says a gang of fink sluggers . have been out after union chauffeurs whenever they had' a chance to catch one of them alone. Assistant State's Attorney Trystal ski is in charge of the case. He had Lifke arraigned Saturday so the judge could get a. look at Murphy's face, which was badly bruised. The left eye looked as if it had come in contact with brass knuckles.