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, j, ,,iti"!mmmmmmmmmmmmmm iimtywjifj! ! mvBSr "- y- grr;rT j"y v""'-'''V"H" "SB?" BITS OF NEWS Police are asked to seek Sine Sprel itski, 15, 6446 Vernon av., and Sarah Hirschman, 181043 Maxwell st. Both may have eloped. Archer av. car struck wagon at Wabash and Randolph sts. P. J. Al len, 3246 Grenshaw St., driver, hurt. 'Horse killed. John G. Graff, laborer, of Lake Bluff, killed by Northwestern train at Lake Forest. Seven injured and scores in panic when westbound Harrison st. cars crashed at Wood st. Brakes fail to act. Mrs. Wm. Code, 431 N. Harding av., awoke and saw burglar in room. Screamed. Robber fled with $150 gems. Five indictments were returned against Joseph Fish and David Kor shak in the "arson trust" case. Dock of the Rialto Elevator Co. on Calumet river burned. Second dock fire in week. Investigating. Galesburg, III. Mrs. B. E. Schaffer captured Henry Williams, 6-foot ne gro, in her house and held him until police arrived. Jefferson City, Mo. One person in this state out of every 350 is either insane or in the penitentiary, accord ing to statistics compiled by secretary of state. THE MEXICAN SITUATION Washington, Jujy 23. Official con firmation that the warring Mexican factions have at last agreed to an armistice was eagerly sought by ad ministration leaders today. The Brazilian minister at Mexico City, in whise hands American inter ests now are, has sent nothing con firmatory of the statement of Gen. Iturbide, commanding the federal dis trict, that one will be proclaimed to day. It is accepted by the adminis tration, however, that some such action has been agreed on. Mexico City, July 23. Following order of Pres. Carbajal that the statue of Washington be replaced on the pedestal from where it was torn during the anti-American riots, a re vulsion of feeling toward the United States has been experienced here by citizens and the press alike. The be lief that the Americans will evacuate Vera Cruz as soon as a dully elected president is Installed grows every day. The Mexican press is coming forward with demands that reparation be made in full to all Americans who suf fered. Carbajal is in complete control of the situation here. Government of ficials charge reports that the city is about to fall before Zapata are being circulated by a clique with head quarters in Washington with a view to obtaining intervention. Certain interests that would profit by inter vention are backing this clique, it is declared. It is believed here there is no danger of Zapata effecting an entrance. The government troops are easily strong enough to hold the city against any Zapatista attack. The capital is tranquil. Chihuahua, Mexico, July 23. Gen Villa, angered by dispatches report ing him as preparing to break with Carranza and lead counter revolu tion, emphatically denied he had any such intention and insisted he and Carranza weer in perfect accord. Villa says he wishes to impress upon the Washington government hi ssincerity. Reports that U. S. government will strictly enforce embargo on exporta tion into Mexico of arms and ammu nition have somewhat disturbed Villa. The United States supports 221,433 churches. Likewise 450,000 saloons more than all the churches, hospitals, colleges and high, schools combined. English society women have estab lished an institution in which nurses get three years of training in the care of dogs and other pets. There are now three negroes sit ting inthe Frendh parliament. They come from the colonial possessions of France.