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mmmmmmmmmmam yyfjipW4Kp W!lilWwy pushed auto containing prospective bnde and bridesmaids .four miles through mud six inches deep -when it got stalled. Springfield, III. Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, certified to in crease from $40,00,000 to $50,000, 000 in capital stock. Champaign, III. Mrs. Thos. Dods worth, widow of policeman murdered while trying to arrest Ray Williams, alleged bootlegger, awarded $35 monthly under employer's liability act. Ann Arbor, Mich. David Cole, much-married man in jail for "bigamy, requested sheriff to cut lock of Cole's hair to send to wife No. 2. Ate dinner furnished by wife No. 2, while he en tertained wife No. 3 in cell. Breton Woods, N. H. Dr. Wm. J. Beatty, Littleton, N. H., leading au thority on treatment of tuberculosis, killed by auto. Philadelphia, Pa. Stockings with pockets latest innovation for slit skirt wearers. Concord, N. H. Counsel for Harry K. Thaw have requested Gov. Felker to allow them until Oct 4 to file briefs in answer to petition of N. Y. state for extradition of Thaw. Governor will probably agree. New York. Mrs. J. Romeo Migii etta, former wife Chas. G. Gates, dead. New York. John Purroy Mitchell, fusion nominee for mayor, accepted Independence League offer to run as candidate of-that party. San Francisco. Reported count of gold in U. S. mint shows systematic pilfering. Panama. Tug Catun, drawing twelve and a half feet of water, first steamer to pass through Gatun locks. Washington. Postmaster General Burleson received petition from body of citizens requesting that Bible be kept out of mails because it contains "immoral" matter. Syracuse, N. Y. Tony Bell, Endi cott, N. Y., sentenced to two terms of five years each at federal prison, At lanta, Ga., and fine of $10,000 for white slavery. Paris. Senator Dujardin, under secretary of Beaux Arts when Mona Lisa was stolen, died after operation. Washington, D. C. Imports worth $150,000,000 held in bonded ware houses waiting lower tariff duties ef fective when new tariff bill is signed. ONE KILLED, TWO MAY DIE IN MOTORCYCLE-AUTO CLASH Konsitimj. Sadowiski, 671 W. 14th street, was killed and two other men probably fatally injured "when two motorcycles racing east collided with a street car at Halsted and 19th streets. In addition, the gasoline .tank on one of the motorcycles explo'ded, set- 'ting fire to the two men on the ma chine. When the men were rolled under the car, the flames from their clothing set the bottom of the car afire. Two women fainted and one of them on recovering was seized with an epileptic fit. The two injured men are James Carl, 671 W. 14th street, and Leo Waldzius, 1724 Ruble street. o o FOUR DISTINCT JOLTS R. E. Pattison Klein, head of the department of public speaking at the Columbia School of Expression, truly deserves a Carnegie medal. Yesterday he was invited to ad dress the newly-organized German American Woman's Association at Hotel LaSalle. The ladies settled down in their chairs fully expecting to hear them selves praised. Then the professor rapidly handed out these jolts: "Feminism as a political process will fail. "The feminine vote will not clean up the immorality of the country. "Suffrage 'will soon run its course and die out "The effect of women in politics willbenuV' L mmaemmemmmtmmm -