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lmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO Sunrise, 7:04; sunset, 5:03. Mrs. Elien Keter, 60, 1523 Hudson av., overcome by gas from coal stove. Found by daughter; revived. Thirty-two men arrested in pool hall of Jacob Anixter, 1347 S. Ked zie av. Gambling charged. Two men got $40 from laundry of Sam Goog, 528 W. Division, in holdup raid. Residents of Martin's Grove, Tess ville and Niles Center stopped build ing of powder magazine in their neighborhood. Social Service league of Evanston organized to give help to jobless. Earl Loveday, 3102 Indiana av., and Wm. Boyd, 6238 Greenwood av., ar rested after robbery of Geo. Markus, janitor, 4348 Calumet av. Negro who robbed Mrs. Anna John son, 6328 S. 'Elizabeth, of $3, shot by policeman. Escaped. Overheated furnace caused $2,000 fire in home of A. J. Schetler, 2018 S. Michigan av. Jos. Klajbatch, saloonkeeper, 1883 Fullerton av., drove off three robbers who tried to hold up place. Six fires in flat of Israel Berkman at 548 46th, during week. Defec tive heating pipes blamed. Paul Hendrickson, 920 S. Laflin st, brother,, and two companions arrest ed as holdup men. Clergy protest proposed abolish ment of job of Major Punkhouser. Say vice will be rampant. Frank De Briae, 24, Roy Annes and Henry Kuehn of E. Chicago, Ind., held in alleged plot to rob merchants of that place. Roger C. Sullivan, politician, ill, ac cording to dispatch from Palm Beach. John Sullivan, 6231 S. Hermitage av., bound and gagged by two rob bers who assaulted him near home and got 3. John Thorngren, servant of J. Ogden Armour on Mellody farm, Lake Forest, suicide. Wife killed self Police asked to seek John F. Avery, 738 Irving Park blvd., missing. Said to be despondent. Richard Dyer and Michael Murphy, 2629 W. 15th, held up at Ogden and Campbell avs. Lost $46. Carl Peters, 9808 Ewing av., dead. Fell to sidewalk last August Never recovered. Fourteen violations of Sunday clos ing law reported to police yesterday. Att'y Jas. D. Wallace, 4217 Sheri dan rd., severely injured by taxicab at Broadway and Buena Park terrace. Fire in vacant building at 20 N. Haolsted caused damage of $500. Michael Weisbaum, former detec tive sergeant convicted of conspiracy, arrested last night. o o BODIES OF SOLDIERS DROWNED IN RIO GRANDE RECOVERED Brownsville, Tex., Jan. 31. Bodies of three of four United States soldiers who were drowned while crossing Rio Grande last week to aid in rescue of two comrades kidnaped by Mex ican bandits have been recovered. They are those of Corp. Michael L. Ring of Lenox, Mass.; Private Perry A Rhodes of Seattle, Wash., and Private Charles W. Wilton-Best of East Boston, Mass. The two former were of Battery D., Fourth Field ar tillery, and the latter of Troop A, Twelfth cavalry. A hat was thrown in river at Pro gresso, Tex., where men were drown ed. When hat stopped with current at a. point five miles below Progreso, two charges of dynamite were ex ploded in river there. The three bodies rose to the surface. None of them bore any wounds, dispelling theory that soldiers were hit by Mex ican bulletsbefore they went down. o o Cleveland. Solid gold knives, forks, spoons and plates were used to serve meals to President and Mrs. Wilson during 'their stay at local twojyeeks-agOj VhoteL