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vatement that he had asked him to velay making report on valuation of L'' roads public till first of, year, '-ommittee on local transportation to tet report soon. Philip Sabia, confessed counter feiter, sentenced to 2 years in Leav enworth penitentiary. Admitted mak ing and passing bad half dollars. Death by exposure verdict of cor oner's jury in inquest over unidenti ried man, 70, found in vacant build ingat 159 W-Kinzie st , State's Attorney Hoynevin letter requested board of assessors to in struct field men to obtain receipt for schedules left to eliminate any chance for defense in court. Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, who shot Mrs. Kathryn Spring in the latter's beauty parlor at 5155 W. Lake, released- on bonds. Mrs. Spring said neighborhood gossip started quarrel. Otto Schumacher, saloon keeper, 5515 S. Laflin, cut hand with saw. Died from blood poisoning. Anna Dzeglewicz, 5, 3612 S. Marsh field av., died from burns received , playing near stove. Mother at work? Harbor expected to be blocked with shifting 'wind. Michigan ports closed by ice. 22 engineers of board of education tendered banquet by John Howatt, chief engineer. r Louis Barkholtz, sailor, captured after he had taken purse containing $450 from Clara Friedman, cashier in restaurant in Polk st. depot Taxi companies protest, to sub committee of council on "judiciary against suggestion of public service dep't to divide fares into two classes, one for .business and one for pleasure. Later tohe higher. .Mrs. Josephine -Sousa, Oak Park, who disappeared from her home after quarrel with husband 3 months ago, found living at 103 Throop. vHeld at Desplaines -street station. James Burns; wanted in Chipago for robbery, arrested In Cleveland postoffice after he had fought with detective for 15 minutes. Bystand-, ers watched fight till it became too rough. ' ' John Van Devaun, Evanston, and wife 'bought each other Christmas presents. Found each others pres-., ens last night Wine and whisky., Both locked up by police. - Thomas Allen, St. Louis, arrested on complaint of grocer who said he tried to pass bad check. Lieut. Hejtz, Hegewich station, in stalled individual stove. Eight stoves for eight policemen otf day duty in station. - Mrs. John Larnber, 6039 S. Laflin, reported handbag containing $1!L stolen by negro. ,A Harold Lubeck and sister Ruth, 11 and 4 years old, did not return from their Christmas shopping last night Police searching. -Patrons of Columbia theater did not learn till after show "that fire men had quenched fire In upper part of building. Anna Roskie, maid in home of Fred Full,, saloonkeeper, 1900 S. Sawyer av., bound' and gagged by robber, who took $1,000 worth of jewelry. All four of xobbers were maske'd. Nathan Sandberg, shoe dealer, 310 E. 31st, held up by 2 men. $37.v a t P. Abramson, junk dealer, robbed of $4 in barn,, where they had taken him to sell junk. "Dips" obtained $240 from Dr. W. P. Scott, whoiwas riding on a Cly- bourn av. car last night Joseph Horning, 6040 Prairie av., escaped from 2 men who tried to hold him up. United Societies, saloonkeepers' ass'n, sent letters to aldermen asking them" to change 1 o'clock amend- ment to dance hall .license tor 3 q'clock -when it comes before the council. ' o o , It wasn't very courteous of the' Lincoln park zookeepers to give a demonstration of forcible feeding -Of a snake while Christobel Pankhurst' was herCj -I 31 I :&j&MSe&W;..kv jg