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'and we are women. We intend to be peaceful. We do not ask your aid, we only 'ask that you do not club us." The message was delivered to First Deputy Wesley Westbrook by Philip Sultan, attorney for the Chi cago locals of the International: La ddies' Garment Workers of America. These workers, makers of ( skirts, waists and such articles, will' take a strike vote Thursday when a mass meeting will be held at the Empire theater, 637 W. Madison st. Be tween 10,000 and 15,000, mostly women, win be affected. These are not the garment work ers who were on strike in the fall of 1915. The international Ladies' Gar ment Workers is affiliated with the A., P. of Lt. and the C. F. of L. and will have the support of both these organizations if they strike. Benj. Schlessinger of New York, pres. of the international ;" E. N. Nockels, secretary of the C. F. of L., and Miss Agnes Nestor of the Wom an's Trade Union league will be speakers at the Empire theater mass meeting Thursday. o o HOYNE NAILS AUTO THIEVES A complete confession by Lem Nutter furnished State's Att'y Hoyne with the missing links in the chain of auto thieves las? night. Facts about the gang, as Hoyne has been presented withthem are: ' Out-of-town branches are kept up in Evansvflle, Minneapolis, Milwau kee and Okauchee, Wis. There were 3,455 autos stojen by the thief trust from Jan. 1st, 1916 to Jan. 29th, 1917. There were 3,437 recovered. . N Era Bond, broker, under indict ment, was again named as receiver of stolen cars. Gus Zeidler, Evansville, politician, supposed to be active head of Indiana branch. Floyd Albertus, Milwaukee and Okauchee, took care of cars sent to i Wisconsin. , WHITE DENIES ADVANCE NEWS OF WILSON'S NOTE New York, Jan. 30. Making an apparent effort to find a possible note leak trail leading to German Ambas sador Von Bernstorff or other "Ger- man circles," the house investigating committee today put Archibald S. White, the envoy's friend, again on the grill. But the committee got "only de nials and negation. White, associate of Bernstorff, Thomas W. Lwson and ether diplo matic and financial lights, denied having any advance information from German quarters or elsewhere, either on the kaiser's peace move voiced by Chancellor Von Beth-mann-Hollweg or on Pres. Wilson's subsequent note to the belligerents. Bernard Baruch, Wall street plung er, cleared! $376,000 playing peace hunches during 13 days in Decem ber, he told the leak probers. If he had known what was coming from Washington, he said, he would have sold "all day Dec. 20, instead of covering part of his short selling by buying United States Steel and his profits would have been larger. o o GET SEARCH .WARRANT FOR MARJORIE DELBRIDCE The juvenile court had no right to take Marjorie Delbridge from "Mam my" Jackson, was the spirit voiced last night at an indignation meeting held at 3518 S. State st A crowd of negroes agreed to raise a fund for attorneys fees to protect the "rights" of the colored woman in this case. Meanwhile the whereabouts of the white girl are in question. Sleuths for the juvenile court were refused admittance to the Jackson home .yesterday: Judge Bowles issued warrant for Marjorie Delbridge, former ward cf negro, Mammy Jackson, new missing from jurisdiction of court. o o Three men got $1 from Max Yel lan, 4,200 W. 12th. V. t .. .i.-ii-.. . f. "-f'-flnfrcftm 'tMJgiitflrtnrfth