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NEWSOFTHE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO George A. Smith, 4546 Vincennes av., beaten by auto bandits on Grand blvd., near 46th st, arid robbed of $250 diamond pin and $35. Three men held up Walter Laskow ski, 1039 Milwaukee av., and escaped with. $38.50 check and $60 watch. Police can find.no trace of Att'y William Quinlan, reported missing. Mrs. Edward L. Springer, Kenil worth, sustained broken leg and Flor ence "M. Stafford, 3355 Washington blvd., was injured in, runaway acci dent. . Samuel Eberly Gross, former weal thy real estate man,.wio claimed he wrte Rostand's "Cyrano de Bferge rao," is dead in Battle Creek, Mich. Harry 'Ehlers, Oak P, ark, fjned one cent for poisoning pigeon owned by X)r. John B. Ducus. State's Att!y Hoyne says indict , ment of Weymouth Kirkland'is only first step in unearthing of t gigantic street car company fraud. Coroner Hoffman says 65 per cent of deaths from scalds and burns are among children under 7 years old. Att'y Chas. E. Erbstein blocked ef forts of Grand Rapids, Mich,, officials to take back two suspects in triple murder during Thompson, jewelry store -robbery. ' ' - Mrs. Mary Irving, 54, 1442 S. Wa bash av., fired shot at three men in Boston Store barn,. 16th and State sts., whom she claimed insulted her. J. Nolen Harvey, sociologist, will( lecture on aociausny -Deiore me Chicago -Society, of Anthropology, Masonic Temple, tomorrow aftei noon. "J Fireman George Yore killed in fall down elevator shaft during $2,000 fire at 22-28-N. Desplaines st. - " Asst State's Att'y Mahoney, in dicted for altering, ballots, demands early trial. Capt P. D. O'Brien, S. Clark st. station, has opened war on con men. Four disorderly flats on South Side raided." Thirty inmates arrested. Twenty firemen overcome in $300, 000 fire at Swift & Co. warehouses in stockyards. . Gambling squad raided Jim O'Leary's, 4183 S. Halsted St., and got 18 men. Mrs. Amanda H. Birk granted di-( vorce and $50,000 alimony from E. J. Birk, wealthy brewer. Street car, merger bill may go to council Monday night. Eight'promoters of an alleged fake prize fight indicted for running con game. t Alice Gerhard, 24, teacher at Chi cago Heights school,, killed when auto -went into, ditch. Ralph Johnson, un injured. Eight-months'-old daughter of Prank Cerfas, Twin Lakes, Wis., killed in auto smashup.' ' Chas Tick, missing arson witness, has returned to Chicago. Jas; Salvajo, 2708 Princeton .av., probably, fatally injured when street car struck his motorcycle. ' Harold Gutowsky struck by "L" train' while reaching for hat at Marshfield av, station. May die. Judge Scully sent toys to William Richter, 8, 1715 N. Halsted st, whose father the judge iad sent to jail for non-support. City council has decided to receive new, bids for construction of "Lake st. bridge. Body of woman taken from river at .Madison st identified as Ellen Sanders, Cicero. Chieff Bailiff of Municipal Court A. J. Cermak wants courtrooms cleared pf loungers. - Philip Scabo, 855 Vernon Park pL, stabbed by his -cousin, N. Cosogno, Woodland, la., during card game. Charles Fair, son of one of owners of Marshall Field's, married to Ger trude Bryan, actress. The Executive Board of the, Wo men's Trade Union League of Chi cago recommended to the last meet ing of the league an amendment to