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looted offices of Frazer Oil Co., 3921 Normal av. Oscar W. Kirineman found dead in room at 914 Wabash, av. Gas heater blamed. , Mrs. Rose Sidejl, Pekin, III., found wandering about loop with shoe off and foot frostbitten. Came to visit relatives. Lost. John Glass, 816 N. Campbell av., burned trying to put out fire in shanty at 63rd and Calumet Overheated stove cause of blaze. Mildred Hagger, 15, 1263 W. 74th, missing. Left home Sunday to visit friends. Runaway suspected. M. H. Boland, 216 E. 53rd, clerk in Lane's Drug Store, 12th and Wabash av., arrested charged with illegal sale of morphine. Washington Willis, negro, com plained when fined $10 by Judge La Buy, got extra $5 tacked to assess ment. Had been arrested for disor derly conduct. Sophia McCambridge, 3327 Indiana av., lost handbag to negro snatcher in front of home; $1.20 in purse. Ceo. Thompson, 1067 Ainslee. ac cused of beating and robbing two north side women, held to grand jury on $6,000 bonds. Att'y James T. Brady left estate of $197, according to inventory filed in probate court. I Appointment of members of new morals commission to be made next week. Kate Adams and A. D. Wei mer recommended by mayor. o o AN ECHO OF THE BOOK FIGHT An echo of the text book fight, which revealed the fact that Chicago children we're being robbed regularly bythe big book concerns, came to 'day in the .form of a defy hurled at the publishers. The text book rommittee of the school board has proven that the book companies are now giving Chi cago schools jprices as low as other cities are getting, whicn is specified in our contract. They have demanded prices as ldw as those in the Michigan schools. The book publishers threatened to with draw from the Chicago field. And the board attorney,. Angus Shannon, called their bluff and dared them to withdraw. IS YOUR NAME ON THE WEDDING BUREAU BLACKLIST? The wedding permit bureau has a blacklist. Before every clerk in the marriage license department is a list of persons to whom licenses to wed are not to be issued. Most of the matches objected to are the "puppy love" sort where the prin cipals are too young to judge for themselves. There are other reasons for some refusals; wives, jilted sweethearts and police officials have asked that licenses be withheld. The Helen Deneen-Thos. Cantwell match of Oak Park is one of those objected to and County Clerk Sweitz er has given orders nottq give a li cense to wed to the young' couple, at; Attorney Rob't Cantwell's request. o o- ONLY DECISIVE MEASURES WILL! END BORDER FIRING Washington Dec. 15. Only the adoption of decisive measures will end the shooting across the border at Naco, Ariz. This is the substance of a report received today from Gen. Bliss, on duty there, transmitted to the war department. The state department has been so informed, but up to the present it has declined to issue the orders which, will turn the American artillery against the Mexican trenches. Sec'y Bryan is still endeavoring to force Provisional President Gutierrez to or der the withdrawal of vthe Maytorena forces from their position facing ' Naco. o o New York. Beautiful exhibit rep resenting Grecian sculpture and beauty will be sent to Panama-Pacific exposition, is announcement of Gre cian consul generaL gjgg - yArti.iir ym, miilfotammmmmivimMmkmmU&