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civil service. Movie men have started injunction suit against city. John Bo.dian, 12, and ePter Koel enz, 12, fatally burned. Boys threw matches into 25jQrgallon tank of gaso line at West Side Brewery. Tank ex ploded. Building partially wrecked. Louis Reval, who was mysteriously shot in struggle with wife, in critical condition. Thirteen warrants sworn out for abandonment in Court of Domestic Relations. 18 other hubbies up before judge. Students at University of Chicago earned $163,702.16 while pursuing studies. Parents want matrons at schools to protect daughters. Mrs. Young rec ommended 25 more portable schools. Postal authorities to stop prayer chain. Believe it work of crank. Secret investigation of home find ing charitable institutions to begin April 27th. 500 subpoenas to be is sued. Jurors demand pay for time ad journed to attend funeral of Judge Sullivan. See no reason to lose $700 if. judges refused to hold court. Wong Sing, Chinese laundryman, held for grand jury. Mrs. Theodore l5zrdulensez, Burnham, complainant. F. N. Pease, bond broker, 537 S. Dearborn, held for alleged confidence game. . Electrification of roads may be de manded by aldermen. Amount .of compensation offered by Pennsyl vania uncertain. Receivership wanted for Colum bus Medical Laboratory and Colum bus Food Laboratory. Misappropria tion of $47,000 of company's profits alleged. Nellie Hantz, 551 Vedder st., held as burglar. Considerable loot recov ered. A. J. Carey, negro minister, ap pointed movie censor. Mrs. Albertina Nelson, 35, 7818 Burnham av., held for taking canned good's in S. Chicago department store. Claims she is a widow and took stuff to feed 3 starving children. Judge to investigate. Home of Mrs. H. M. Scott, 1422 N. Dearborn St., entered. $1,500 worth of stuff taken. Judgment of $57 in favor of West &Co., alleged loan sharks, set aside by Judge Fisher. On loan of $49.50 there was $40.05 repaid: Patrick Conlon, 40, 5203 May St., slipped, head struck lounge. ' Skull fractured. Dead. o o POLICE PUZZLED OVER REPORT OF DIAMOND ROBBERY Police of the West Chicago avenue station are' puzzled over the sensa tional $55,000 robbery story told by Daniel Epner, a New York diamond salesman, last night. Epner rushed into the station shortly after 8 o'clock last night and said that he had held up at Milwau kee and Grand avenues by two men who threw red pepper in his eyes and then robbed him of sample case of jewelry and a pouch of diamonds. He said that the man had followed him -from 12th and Halsted streets. They got off the car when he did and shoved a revolver ilrhis face,, after which they threw the pepper. The corner of Milwaukee and Grand avenues is crowded at 8 o'clock in the evening, but no one has been found who witnessed the rob niery. Epner was a traveling salesman for his brother, S. Epner, New York. WHY NOTALWAYS When they have their pictures taken people try to look pleasant. Why not wear that look all the time? It will shorten no man's life! Knox ville Tribune. o o . Washington senators are reported to have been shocked when a pretty young woman tangoed down the cap itol steps in flimsy attire. Reports must have been exaggerated. Takes more than that to shock a Washing ton senat