The day book. [volume], March 12, 1917, LAST EDITION, Image 31

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. SELLING OF SCHOOL LAND
BELIEVED BLOCKED
Attempts of the Tribune-Jake
Loeb-Sam Ettelson forces to pass
new laws for selling of Chicago
school lands will fail, says gossip
from Springfield. The Baldwin bill
taking away from city council all
,power over school land and author
izing the school board exclusively to
sell school land will not have as easy
a time getting by in the house as it
jaid in the senate. With a little more
time and a little m6re publicity it
couldn't have got by the senate as it
did. Provisions in the Mueller bill
for empowering the school board to
sell school land will be discussed to
morrow. School Trustee Max Loeb
will urge revaluation clauses for 99-
year school land leases. Others who
will argue against the school board
having absolute authority over
school lands are Mary McDowell of
Public Education ass'n, Harriet Vit
tum and Rebecca Hefter of Woman's
City club.
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PROTEST AGAINST CLOSING
CITY HALL MARCH 17
The Illinois State Court of the
Guardians of Liberty has protested
to the city council against the closing
of the City Hall on St Patrick's day..
In a letter, received by each alder
man, Ernest W. J. Hughes, state
guardian, said the closing of the hall
on that day is merely a mark of re
spect to a "certain seCw"
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CAR STRIKE IN WASHINGTON
Washington, March 12. Washing
ton is today In the throes of its- long
threatened street car strike. The
men were to have acted March 5, but,
on a patriotic appeal, postponed their
action until after the Inauguration.
Company officials immediately put
to work 500 strikebreakers, import
ed from Philadelphia, New York and
Baltimore.
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200 "DEAD" IN POLICE- STATION
Two hundred "dead" were found
buried in the Hyde Park police sta
tion last night! Lieut Chas. Herts
rilade the discovery while rummag
ing through the station following a
"clean-up" order. The dead were
found in a closet beneath the stairs.
There Is some curiosity as to the
murderers. The dead were whisky
'bottles.
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ENGLAND FEELS SHORTAGE OF
POTATOES SUGAR SCARCE '
London, March 12. England feels
the pinch of shortage of potatoes in
her decreased food supplies today
more than America would under the
same circumstances. The vegetable
Is regarded as an essential ingredient
of every meaL
It is this shortage of potatoes that
is causing the only real outcry here.
It was manifested in accusations
from the poorer quarters of London
that certain provision shops and mar
kets are saving up their present sup
plies, hoping later to extract extor
tionate prices.
Sugar is also steadily diminishing.
So are some other commodities, but
to & much less degree.
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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Aberdeen, S. D. Albert Bass over
came objections of recruiting .officer
to his being under weight when he
said he had walked 42 miles from Tu-
lars, through tremendous snowdrifts,
to enlist v
New York. American line will at
once resume weekly sailing to Liv
erpool with ships armed.
Washington. Executive council.
A. P. of L., completes general state
ment of labors attitude toward na
tional defense to be presented today
to conference of 100 labor leaders
for ratification.
Sofia. Officially denied that the
Bulgarian government has addressed
note to U. S. which would mean a
diplomatic break.
London. Duchess of Connaueht,
dangerously ill, is today perceptibly
weaker. Broncho-pneumonia.