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INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Home of Laurence J. Coffey, 3641 Colorado av., entered. $900 worth of jewelry and silverware taken. Meeting of the First Ward organ ization of Woman's Party of Cook County will be held at Emmanual Baptist Church, 2320 Michigan av., Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 8 p. m. Italian laborer, thought to be S. Stenigeno, killed by auto at W. Mon roe and S. Halsted sts. Driver got away. Bomb partially wrecked La Blanca Italo Americano, 773 Forquer st Black Hands suspected. John Petritia, 4102 S. Campbell av., says living with wife is only occupa tion when asked to explain why he did not pay judgment of $65. Roy M. Getchow, 4242 Beacon st, fined $25, and Sylvan S. Kohn, 4815 S. Michigan av., $15. Speeding. John Kellenberg, 70, died at Passa vant Hospital; Struck by auto- Mon day. Miss Grace Jackson, 3948 Langley av., and Hattie Mathews, 1005 N. La salle st, slightly injured when street cars collided at W. Division and N. Clark sts. Robert Brown, 5912 Sophia st., struck by Wentworth av. car. Inter nally injured. Mrs. losaira Overssia, 66, 1035 Ra cine av., struck by street car. Taken to Columbus HospitaL Chas. Kraper, 4313 Wentworth av., teamster, severely injured. Wagon collided with car. Waukegan flooded with spurious nickels. Secret service operators searching for counterfeiters. Paul F. Beich, Bloomington, III., robbed of suitcase at Union station. Contained $100,000 worth of papers. Not negotiable. John Barrett, 64 W. Erie st., ar rested. Alleged to have taken $1,000 worth of jewels from Miss Dorothy Herring, 6539 S. Wood st Thomas F. Leslie, 726 E. 37th St., suicided. Gas. Clerk at Anton Madera's grocery store, 2339 W. Lake st, held up. $29 taken from cash register. Mrs. Anna Cummings, 3839 Grand blvd., reported $1,000 worth of jewels missing. Robber entered Dexter lunchroom, 34 B. Adams st Held up counterman. Cook fired shot and robber fled. Ernest Bloomberg, 3154 Seminary av., jumped into lake. Body recov ered. W. T. Smith, 1559 W. Chicago av., found unconscious. Gas. Revived. Pulmotor. Stanley. Bryzinski, S. Chicago, ar rested, alleged '.'blackhander." Police claim he tried' to extort $400 from John Krajewski, 8818 Commercial av. Lake front improvements started. Billboards coming down along L C. right of way. Receiver appointed for States Electric Co., 624 W. Adams st Lia bilities $20,000. Suit brought against Chicago City Railway by Wm. Kuhnle. Wants $10, 000 for injuries received Tjy 9-year-old son. Total receipts at Chicago postoffice last month, $2,531,655.40. Bomb wrecked front of Samuel Teranini & Co.'s private bank. Win dows smashed within radius of 100 yards. Lillie Lane, 68 E. 28th st, fined $50 and costs. Disorderly house. Frank Galonski, 1014 W. 32d st, held to grand jury. Charged with killing wife. Ten-ton tank of ammonia explod ed at E, H. Vavra paper box factory. Samuel Cooper blown 20 feet. Will die. Wm. Russell, weighing 305 pounds, stuck in window when police raided poolroom. Had to strip off clothing to release him. Saloon license of Joseph Sukzda, 2458 S. Oakley av., revoked. Suit for injunction filed with (J. S. district court against Raymond Hitch-