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Wdge demands hearing of suit against examiner , '.The right of the chief justices of superior courts to assign cases to cir cuit judges in thei rjurisdictioa with lanuaiory powers to compel uear- was questioned in a motion for ition in mandamus filed with the supreme court today by Judge F. Cooper. ' f"!rmTilolTllncr if miKHnQtlnna In ttlA jjocaminer on June 2, 1913, Cooper fought the suit which Chief Justice ScGoorty, superior court, assfgned Judge Tuthill. Judge Tuthill re fused to hear the case, denying Judge McGoorty's power to assign it to him. Qn a new appeal to McGoorty the alignment was repeated, but Judge Sfufbil Istill refused to act and theau &gil was made today to the supreme $tiS. GOVERNMENT TROUBLED r OVER SHIPPING DEAL -Washington, Feb. 17. Caught be tween the fires of England's deter mination and Germany's resent ment, this government was admitted ly seriously troubled today at what tiese foreign nations' answers will be taJ recent American protests. Wjth Germany's war zone order ef fective Thursday, Ambassador Ge yard's reply from the German gov arament to the United States' warn iag, was not before officials early to day, but they anticipated its receipt Wore night. The prospect for a fa vorable or compromise reply was considered slight. JoFalmouth, Eng. A British prize jsrew today has possession of the American steamer Wilhelmina, whose cargo of foodstuffs is consigned to Germany. It is understood that when the prize court considers the case the American ambassador will be present at the hearing. o o ,-Safebrowers frightened away from dbthing store of H. Ostrowski, 1136 g.HafitecL sfil to "Last Sunday Soy Bean, our vil lage cut-up, got kicked by a mule. Th rest of th day, as they say in th' 'official war statements, passed with comparative calm. o cr BITS OF NEWS" Morris Cohen, on trial for burglary, admitted perjury. Did not give $100 bribe to Detective Serg't Barry. " Basement at 408 W. North av., oc cupied by gas company, caught fire; 2 families driven out George McLeran, new pres. of Life Underwriter's Ass'n of Chicago, wants all insurance men to take ex amination. Munziodio Silvani arrested for.mas querading as woman. Accused man of stealing his watch on a street car Voice betrayed him. .Freight car in Santa Fe yards, 31st and Lincoln, looted; 450 pairs of pants. CHICAGO GRAIN. Wheat, com and oats down. Provisions lower May wheat closed at $1.60. o o NEW YORK STOCKS. Market quiet; prices 'slightly Howji. WEATHERFORECAST ' Fair tonight and probably Thurs day; rising temperature; lowest to night above the freezing point; f resh southeast to south winds. Tempera ture Tuesday: Highest, 34; lowest, 26. Entered as second-class matter April 21,1914, at the postoffice at Chicago, III., under the Act of March 3, 1879. By MsU, xo in Chicago,3 a Year. it MiitflMilMBMiteM,