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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ftt COMMITTEE TO LOOK OVER 60 SUBWAY ENGINEERS Names of 60 engineers went to the local transportation committee Wednesday for membership of com mission of three to plan subway. They were submittedf'to sub-committee for consideration. The sub-committee will weed out undesirables and the matter will be laid before the committee before being submitted to the council. The transportation committee has already requested the finance com mittee for $200,000 appropriation in the budget for this commission. Aid. Block watched action of the committee of which he was vhe for mer head. "I do not object to the expendi ture of $200,000 of the people's money for a wide-open investigation which will truly try to work out the transportation problem," he said. "But I do object to a pre-judged and pre-arranged scheme which is to recognize the millions of dollars' worth of watered stock in the trac tion and 'L' companies. "Mark my words! Bion Arnold will be a member of this commission. The handwriting on the wall shows this and the wording of the council ordi nance creating the commission brings it out. We may expect a re port that will satisfy the traction and 'L' companies, but not the peo ple of Chicago." o o EVEN HIS NAME WASN'T HARRY SHE'S OUT OF LUCK New York, Dec. 23. Mrs. Irene Sheffield, pretty wife of Justus Shef field, prominent lawyer, wanted man with wavy black hair that she could run her fingers through. She lived all her life in dreams of her ideal, she testified in refutation of Sheffield's charges in his suit for a divorce. And Sheffield hasn't black, wavy hair at all. "My husband, as you see, has not much hair," said Mrs. Sheffield. "His head looks like a chestnut burr." HEALTH A BIG QUESTION lpJ SUBWAY CONSIDERATION One alderman in council buildings committee who voted for the Mande sub-basement ordinance in commit tee has stated to The Day Book that when the ordinance comes up for a vote in council he will vote against it and will explain his vote. "I don't care to be quoted now," he said, "but the farther I went into this deal the more I fcund that was bad public policy. I voted for it in com mittee because the argument ap pealed to me that if the Mandel sec and basement is closed to shoppers then the firm will use it for office purposes and many employes now oc cupying well-ventilated floors above ground will be removed to the base ment. . "Health is the one big question in this case. If we establish a precedent with Mandel Bros, then every store along State street will have a per fectly logical argument in applying for the privilege of running a second basement salesroom. I notice that Dr. W. A. Evans, health commission er under Mayor Busse, is quoted as favoring the Mandel sub-basement I am sure that isn't fair to Dr. Evans. All that Dr. Evans has written in the Tribune about tuberculosis preven tion is direct argument against the Mandel subway. "Let all the State street stores follow Mandel's and we will add in a few years several thousand under ground workers. Why drive more working people underground? Al ready they suffer from want of good air on surface and elevated cars. I believe any alderman who looks into this case will see that a vote for the Mandel sub-basement is a vote to promote the spread of tuberculosis and all throat and lung troubles." o o Georgia prison camp riot quelled by squirting ice water on the rioters through giant hose. This mode of warfare might interest those scrap ping inEuropes a-:. .." 1-y.-' ifanf.xk- . .. - - - , i-r rxT ,' lyy iAi.).'' MHHi