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iwjpwsivsrWgi'WS g WWi bx trucks three months to get ready to place safeguards on their machines. "Nov. 1 came and still the law had not been put into effect, although it was then on the statute books for al most a year in its present form. So the council passed another order in structing him to get action on the matter before Dec. 1. "His time is long past due now and I'm going to see why he hasn't car ried out the orders of the aldermen. Monday I'll consult the corporation counsel's office and then ask him why we haven't fenders on our auto trucks. "If he doesn't instruct his men to carry out the laws which the coun cil has passed I'll either go before the grand jury or bring up the matter in the council and see if we can't oust him from office. "His delay on the fender matter has given lobbyists a chance to work on the council. It gave the Illinois Manufacturers' ass'n an opportunity to send in a letter asking the coun cil to repeal the law because big busi ness didn't like it I've seen a lot of queer things in my political life, but never before have I found a case where a chief of police could sit daily in his office, passing up an unenforced law that the council oted through while peo ple are being crushed and killed by auto trucks. "The loop department stores have had a chance to get to the mayor and state their objections to this fender law. It would force them to buy fenders. They are paying insurance which protects them from liability of accidents. They don't like the law. "The express companies, because rhey fear the fender movement may spread over the country have fought actively against it here. And the chief of police has deliberately held off from enforcing it. "Now let's see if the council is making laws to have them pigeon holed by the chief of police." CREEK ARMY TO DEMOBILIZE" REPORT LEMBERG EVACUATED Paris. Athens nev.s agency dis patch reported that Greek govern ment will soon issue decree demo bilizing Greek army. Pans. "All questions of urgent nature have been settled with com plete accord," statement following another session of allied war council. London. Rumor that Austro Germans have been compelled to evacuate Lemberg, capital of Galicia, because epidemic has broken out there repeated in Petrograd dis patches. Berlin ridiculed report when it first made its appearance a few days ago. London. British steamer Busiris has been sunk by submarine. Crew landed at Alexandria. Athens. Greece has refused to ' make any more concessions to allied powers at present Few hours after arrival of unconfirmed reports allies were evacuating Serbia, announce ment made that conversations with allied diplomats have ended. Rome. Dispatches from both Ath ens and Salonika indicate Germany intends to carry encircling move ment into Greek territory, if Ger man troops have not already crossed Greek frontier. Combined German, Austrian and Bulgarian armies ex pected to make supreme effort to drive -expeditionary forces back to Salonika and to sea. Athens. Turkish forces at Dar danelles have been reinforced and are making heavy attacks upon Anglo-French trenches. Mytilene dis pitches reported that Turks bom barded British front violently Thurs day and Friday. New Zealanders re pulsed Turkish infantry attack on Krithia sector. Rome. Field Marshal Von Mack ensen arrived at Constantinople with two regiments of Bavarian infantry and several batteries of artillery. o o Some houses have wings, for I've seen many a house fly. Pedro.