The day book. [volume], March 13, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 31

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SO THEY'RE ALL SUING
FOR $10,000
Foot Crushed at Carson's
Henrietta Friedman entered suit
for $10,000 in circuit court yesterday
for personal injuries she says she
sustained while alighting from an el
evator on second floor of Carson,
Pirie, Scott & Co's department store
on Dec. 4.
Her foot was crushed between ele
vator and floor when elevator started
upward as she was getting' off, she
says. She believes car was allowed
to become defective and dangerous,
so it could not be controlled by the
operator, or else operator was negli
gent Ward Fenderless Truck Did It
The Ward Baking Co. was named
as defendant in a suit filed in cir
cuit court yesterday by the law firm
of Lynn & Hallm, in which $10,000
damages is, asked for the killing at
Loomis and Blue Island av., Feb. 21,
of Frank Fister, 4, 1340 W. 18th St.,
by a Ward Co. fenderless auto truck.
One of Those Yellow Cabs
Estate Of Johm Speysal, through
Lynn & Hallam, has entered suit in
circuit court for $10,000 against the
Yellow ,Cab Co., one of whose taxis,
it is charged, ran down and killed
Speyskal 'near his home, 4527 Ho
man av.
Hurt at Congress Hotel
Suit for $10,000 against the Con
gress Hotel Co. was entered in circuit
court yesterday for Mrs. E. M. Hay
manrt for injuries received, according
to her attorney, M. W. Borders, when
she slipped or was pushed down a
flight of stairs While attending a wed
ding dinner at the Michigan blvd. ho
tel during the Christmas holidays.
chicaccTbriefs
Ten men caught in gambling raid
on Frank Burns' saloon, 350 Madi
son. Chief Justice Fitch, criminal court,
ill.
CLUBWOMAN RUNS CICAR SHOP
IN NEW ORLEANS
Mrs. Wallis, popular club woman
of New Orleans, is said to be the only
womafi in the south to manage a to
bacco shop. She took up the duties
of her husband when he died a few
years ago. She is president of the
New Orleans chapter, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, head of the
New Orleans Federation of Women's
clubs and is active in D. A. R. circles.
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.LACK OF GAS INSPECTION IN
x "DEATH FLATS" BLAST
Fourteen persons in "Death Flats"
explosion of gas Feb. 2 came to
death because of lax inspection sys
tem of Peoples Gas Co., according
to coroner's jury. Changes in city
laws asked bo as to get better gas in
spection. Santiago. U. S. marines landed
here, taking no sides and gives no
evidence Of rfteking intervention in
row between government and rebels.
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Now Nebraska leads the world in
th potash industry.