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PAM MMUfVAJUUMUUJJISSPVHPVWIII r DUN PLAY AT PAINTERS' MEET CHARLES VICTOR KILLED A long-standing feud of factions broke out last night at the Painters' District Council when Charles Victor was killed in a revolver duel with Thomas Shepler in a nleeting held at 20 W, Randolph st In a statement to Capt Collins, Shepler said that Victor had quar reled with him shortly before the meeting about pay for his services as a self-appointed slugger during the recent strike. He demanded $1,000. "The day is past where you can put that over," Shepler told him. "Well, it's up to you to. get it," was the reply." Shortly before the meeting ad journed Victor jumped up on his chair and fired at Shepler. The rush and shouts of the men trying to es cape from the hall almost drowned the fusillade of shots. Shepler stood up. His gun, which had been hang ing in a holster on his belt, flashed. Victor tottered and fell headlong from the chair. Blood gushed from his mouth. He shivered and lay stilL Shepler sat down heavily. When the police arrived Victor was dead. They arrested nineteen men, including the officials of the organ ization, and booked them for dis orderly conduct to insure their pres ence at the trial. CapL Gibbons questioned all of the men, who sub stantiated Sheplers story that Vic tor had fired the first shot At the Iroquois hospital Shepler was found to be shot in the right arm and leg. Another bullet gashed the left side of his head. The dead man was 36 years old. He lived at 1161 N. La Salle st o o CAUSE FOR SURPRISE A fool and his money are parted quite soon, Is as true as a shoe's made of leather; "Ditf Ilia fViitur tViat cnrnrieoe lie mrtet is the fact I How the two get so often, together. 1 1 STORY ABOUT R. I. RAILWAY'S RUIN ABOUT READY By Gilson Gardner Washington, Aug. 20. The story of the Rock Island's railway's ruin is nearly ready for the public. It is a story whose sequel will be the begin ning of criminal prosecutions by the department of justice. The evidence has been collected and the details will soon be made public in a report by the interstate commerce commission. This report will tell how the road has been made the football of Wall street speculators; how in one Instance the market was rigged to trim the public by throwing the road into the hands of a receivership; how a collusive re ceivership was secured without the knowledge of even a majority of the directors nor the consent of the road's officials; how the "funds of the road were literally given away as presents to favored individuals, in sums as large as $100,000 at a clip and aggregating a million dollars. And there will be other things in the report with much interesting de tail, showing, for instance, how the stock of a road can be watered to the tune of $270 for each $100 of actual stock outstanding by a double-holding-company, with names that sound alike, but are slight different o o OIL SPLASHES AND CUPID GETS IN HIS WORK Some oil that splashes from the street to the pretty frock of Miss Ann Bradley, 20, 4021 S. Rockwell st, lubricated the arrow in cupid's bow and she and Harry E. Doran, 54,2559 W. 39th st, city inspector, were wed ded today. Last May as Miss Bradley was re turning from Herman Raster school, 70th and Wood, where she taught, she was splashed with oil from city street work at 39th and Archer av. Inspector Doran played Sir Gallant The chance acquaintance thickened until the two became one today. They wiD spend their honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands, .- r- ,- ?;,. s1&jt.jL