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PIUUIll Premises frequented by disorderly women. Ten-year-old son of Mrs. Frank L. Pugate missing. Leg broken by auto. Driver volunteered to take child to hospital. Donors of fund to "fix" Hoynes fleeced. Operators of "26" game vic tims of fraud. Politicians face arrest at Gary and E. Chicago. Slugging and election frauds. Widow and sister fighting for pos session of body of Herbert Fiedler. Police and bailiff forced to intervene. Local postoffice clerks equipped with roller skates. Eight clerks use "accelerators." Work fine on con crete floor. Mrs. Emma Lord quoted scripture in suit against Peter Hell, saloon keeper. Wm. Lorimer, former IT. S. senator, taking first vacation in years. Will start fight for selection of senatorial candidate when he returns. CLAIM PENMAN IS INSANE Champaign, III., Dec". 11. That Gust Penman, charged with murder of Harold Shaw, is insane was tes timony offered at" today's session of court by Dr. Prank P. Norbury, ex state alienist and superintendent of Kankakee State Hospital, Dr. Maron of Chicago and Dr. Walter Brown of Danville. Other physicians may be called to testify that Penman was insane only on the day of-the killing and recovered his normal mind when the effects of the drug had passed away. Pierqe Galton, a Danville newspa perman who "covered" Penman's confession at the time of "his arrest, proved a disappointing defense wit ness when "h'e declared that Penman was undoubtedly sane when he con fessed and showed no effects of hav ing1 been drugged as he claimed. Roy Frankemberger, another Dan ville reporter assigned to the Penman confession, disagreed with Galton, and through a severe cross-examina tion held to his statement that Pen man was insane when he confessed the crime. ASSESS MEMBERS OF A. F. OF L. TO HELP WORKING WOMEN In view of the conditions disclosed by the recent agitation on the sub ject of starvation wages paid to working women, the following reso lution adopted at the convention of the American Federation of Labor in Seattle is of! considerable moment: "Whereas, Coincident with the un precedent development of industry, with its new problems and perplexi ties, countless thousands of women and girls have been drawn into ser vice as wage-earners, receiving for their labor wages wholly inadequate to support themselves properly; and "Whereas, The American Federa tion of Labor and its affiliated na tional and international unions have always felt and expressed keen solici tude for the welfare of women work ers and to the extent of their re sources have sought to bring about the organization of women, to the end that these workers might enjoy a greater measure of protection as wage-earners; and "Whereas, The time seems propi tious for inaugurating an aggressive movement which promises to result in the organization of the great army of women and girls now a part of our industrial life; therefore be it "Resolved, That this, the thirty third Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, au thorize and direct the Executive Council of )the American Federation of Labor to' levy at whatever time it may see fit during the year 1914 an assessment of one cent upon the membership of all affiliated unions, the money derived therefrom to be expended by direction of the Execu tive Council in whatever manner it may deem best and of the greatest advantage to the organization of the wage-earning women of our country." Js?ii ,U.UisZ& U ,.?'iL L '' -W ,A-ii - S&