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v THREE KILLED IN SUNDAY AUTO
ACCIDENTS TEN HURT
The deadly motor vehicle contin
ues to reap its harvest. Despite the
warning issued by Coroner Hoffman
and' other, public officials-three" more
were killed and ten injured in Chi
cago and vicinity yesterday.
Robert Grace, 60, 1307 Heath ave
nue, was run down and fatally injured
at 12th street and Ogden avenue by
an automobile driven by Adolph No
vak, 1362 S. Washtenaw av. He died
later.
When the boy saw he had struck
the old man he lost his head and
tried to get away. An angry mob,
which was later dispersed by the po
lice, prevented his escape.
Harry Lee, a demonstrator for the
American Motor CJo., 2724 Michigan
av., was killed trying to save the life
of another.
Lee was driving a motorcycle on
Michigan avenue. At 29th street
Henry Fitch, an aged man, 826 Oak
wood blvd., started to cross the
street. Lee saw him, turned his ma
chine and crashed into the curb
stone. Mrs. Minnie Clapsaddle, 4.7, died at
the St James Hospital, Chicago
Heights, after an auto, in which.she,
her husband, Michael, and their two
children were-riding, was struck by
a Chicago & Eastern Illinois train at
Sollitt, HI. Tht others were badly in
jured. "Jake" Stahl, former manager of
the Boston world's champions, was
injured when the auto presented to
him by the Boston fans last year
was badly wrecked on Sheridan road
in a collision with a smaller car driv
en by Jas. Craig, 5858 S. 'Halsted st
Stahl's Wife and mother and Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. McCullough, 1612
Fargo avenue, were in Stahl's ma
chine at the time. They were slightly
injured.
Miss Shirley Johnson, 19, 722 W.
47th street, and Bert Wolters, 21,
5353 Federal street, injured when
motorcycle collided with wagon at
Foster avenue and N. Clark street.
Both taken to hospital.
JUDGE (VIAHONEY'PLANS TO
HOLD COURT ON SUNDAY
Judge -John A. Mahoney plans to
hold Sunday sessions of the South
Clark street court in order that the
minor offenders may not be forced
to lay in jail over Saturday night and
Sunday.
In addition to this the judge plans
to have a discarded courtroom in the
South Clark street fitted up as a de
tention room, in which the young and
first offenders may be plaqed to avoid
association with older and more hard
ened criminals. This room will have
books and magazines in it.
Mahoney tried his second expert-,
ment with human nature yesterday
when he released 24 prisoners on
their promise to appear in court for
trial this morning. Only one broke
his word.
Judge Mahoney will take up the
question of a Sunday court with
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal Court.
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I. W. W. CONVENTION HERE
The ten days convention of the In
dustrial Workers of the World open
ed here today.
Forty delegates, for the most part
from Pacific Coast and Middle West
states, attended -the first session.
The assembled delegates unani
mously adopted the report of the
committee on strikes, which strongly
condemned the use of imported
strikebreakers in the Calumet copper
mining district, and also pledged the
support of every member of the or
ganization to the strikers.
WEATHER FORECAST
Increasing cloudiness, with prob
ably showers tonight or Tuesday;
cooler Tuesday; moderate ' to brisk
winds, shifting to northwest Tuesday.
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