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CHICAGO BRIEFS Chief Healey summoned by State's Att'y Hoyne to appear before April grand jury which has.taken up in vestigation of alleged domination of 21st ward by graft ring. Mrs. Anna Godfrey, 2326 W. Van Buren, carried flask m stocking. FelL Flask broke. Glass cut artery. Bled to death on sidewalk while daugh ter screamed for help. Man wit htwo guns held up Glad stone hotel office. Stuck gun in the face of watchman, knocked clerk un drawer and 65 cents from pockets of victims. Health Com'r Robertson says leaks in Lake View pumping station wells have been repaired, but that it will be week before people north of Center and east of Kedzie should stop boil ing water. Coat and vest found on beach, foot of Illinois st Police believe Grover Grader, Reading, Pa., vaudeville acrobat, suicide. Pressed Steel Car Co. will move its St Louis plant to Hammond, Ind. Will employ 1,000. Chairman Webb of house judiciary committee received telegram from Women's Wilson-Marshall league of Seattle endorsing postponement of consideration of suffrage constitu tional amendment Report comes from Germany that the town of Mittenwald, whose in habitants are renowned all over the world as makers of violins, is suffer ing greatly from the war. In times of peace fully four-fifths of the out put of instruments went to the U. S., but the difficulties of export nowa days have almost entirely cut off this trade. Nevertheless, the violin makers continue to produce the in struments and store them away in expectation of better days. o o The Chinese cultivated tobacco and potatoes and had cotton gins thousands of years ago. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Washington. Jos. Shea, recently appointed ambassador to Chile, con ferred with Pres. Wilson for the first time since his appointment. Washington. Lieut Gov. Barratt O'Hara of Illinois and Adj't Gen. Jere Costello of United Spanish war vet- f ) erans invited Pres. Wilson to attend encampment to be held in Chicago, Sept 4. London. One of three zeppelins that raided northeast counties of England last night reported hit. Newark, N. J. Charging among other things that her spouse tried to make her eat an electric light bulb, Mrs. Ella Smith of Boonton is suing for separation. Watertown, S. D. State prohibi tion committee has asked women of state to give all eggs their hens lay during last week in May to prohibi tion campaign fund. New York. In reply to query "was he on spree," Mrs. Lotta Stanton re plied: "Yes, a club gentleman's ill ness or spree." Defendant was Craig Colt of firearm family. Bridgeport, Conn. Dust-laden streets in Bridgeport have resulted in nine cases of spotted fever; one death. "Cleveland. Martin Cooney's sys-' tem of sharing his bibulous refresh ments with his 4 children, aged 6 months to 5 years, didn't appeal to Judge Addams, who ordered it stop ped. Bedford, Ind. Two trainmen se riously injured when engine boiler of Chicago to Louisville Monon train .- No. 3 exploded. LI Jersey City, N. J. Because he in sisted that their family be increased , from nine to twelve children and thus uphold family tradition, Mrs. ' Christine Dippel filed suit for sep arate maintenance against her husband. Whooping cough annually over 10,000 Americans. kills