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at I give him money," Mrs. said Tries to Chloroform Her. told him I had none. He tried to a chloroformed handkerchief into my uth. I could smell the chloroform and made me dizzy. I just set my teeth. He t my lips trying to make me open my outh. I kept struggling with him the t I could and shouting for help and he lly let me go and ran out." frs Zerbia nearly exhausted from her uggle, staggered into the yeard, screaming- for help. Neighbors called the police. T WECKLER NOR FAHERTY or, Home Again, Negatives Two ames for Public Works Head. ayor Thompson, who returned to-day a week in New York, has not con- d the appointment of Adam F. ler, harbormaster, to succeed Wil- R. Moorhouse, commissioner of pub- works, who has sent in his resigna- to take effect Dec. 1. Mr. Weckler's me has been mentioned in city hall ssip for the job. The mayor refused to uss the possibility of the appointment Michael J. Faherty, president of the d of local improvement, to the com- onership. have not considered Mr. Weckler s far as Mr. Faherty is concerned. pretty busy where he is," said the "He is growing more and more enthusiastic over the possibility of success in the Michigan avenue improvement case. "His Irish face was wreathed in smiles when he told me of the progress which is being made in the court proceedings and in pulling down the buildings in West 12th street. For a long time he was somewhat apprehensive about the possibility of success in the Michigan avenue case, but he is growing more confident every day." The mayor said that there is absolutely no chance that Mr. Moorhouse will be retained as commissioner. Mr. Moorhouse, the mayor said, made final arrangements while in New York recently, to go into the insurance business. The mayor said he hoped to send to the city council the name of the new commissioner of public works at its next meeting, one week from to-day. Mayor Thompson asserted that he has not heard of any reports that Chief of Po-lice Charles C. Healey is about to resign. "The chief came in to see me about a vacation, but that's all I know about these reports," said the executive. "He has had very little vacation and I think he will go away for a few days." The mayor reiterated that the state Sunday closing law will be enforced Dec. 31, New Year's eve, regardless of the effect it may have on New Year's eve celebrations. "But why don't they get together and celebrate on some other evening?" the mayor suggested. "Of course, I don't know just what people want, but I intend to see that the law is obeyed on Dec. 31. The mayor of New York city has taken the same stand." WEATHER INDICATIONS. The official weather forecast for the thirty-six hours ending to-morrow at 7p. m. is as follows: Chicago and vicinity—Partly clouder and slightly colder to-night; Tuesday probably unsettled; moderate to fresh northeast winds. Official temperatures since 3 p. m. yes-terday are: 3 p. m..............57| 3 a. m..............43 4 p. m..............57| 4 a. m..............43 5 p. m..............55| 5 a. m..............43 6 p. m..............52| 6 a. m..............43 7 p. m..............50| 7 a. m..............42 8 p. m..............49| 8 a. m..............42 9 p. m..............49| 9 a. m..............42 10 p. m.............47|10 a. m..............41 11 p. m.............46|11 a. m..............41 12 midnight.........45|12 a. m..............41 1 a. m..............44| 1 a. m..............41 2 a. m..............43| 2 a. m..............41 Sunrise to-day, 6:45 a. m.; sunset, 4:26 p. m.; moon rises 2:39 a. m. to-morrow. that the lid really was to go Bars and restaurants downtown which have been supplying their customers with drinks without missing a Sunday were closed yesterday and great was the howl which went up when the "regulars" arrived and found doors locked, if the plac was only a bar, or the waiters handing out a "nothing doing" sign, if the place was a restaurant. Even Mayor's Friends Suffer. Even places owned by men who are important cogs in the Thompson-Lundin city hall political machine were closed. These places never had been bothered by the police before. John Righeimer's saloon at North Clark street, the hangout of the city hall bunch, was one of the places closed. In the outlying districts conditions were much the same. A number of gardens and restaurants which have been selling drinks openly every Sunday caused excitement among their patrons by refusing to serve even one little "eye opener." The owners of several of these places have been known to be closely allied with the city hall political machine. The order to put the lid on tight went out of the city hall about the middle of the week when the owners of the Rienzi, Bismarck and Green Mill gardens and other big places were called in and warned by Chief Healey that they must quit selling on Sunday. Commanders in every police precinct sent out men Saturday to warn each saloonkeeper. "Close at midnight promptly—not five minutes after—and stay closed until the next midnight." was the order. Yesterday police in some parts of the city refused to allow proprietors to enter their place or porters to do any cleaning work. Fear of Hoyne Given as Reason. The reason for the real enforcement of the Sunday closing order, as well as a number of raids on colored gambling clubs and disorderly hotels, which took place early Sunday, was explained by one political leader as follows: "It's because the city hall is afraid of Hoyne. The state's attorney, right after his re-election, announced that something would happen that would blow the lid off the city hall. Administration leaders are taking no chances. It is reported that Hoyne has investigators out getting evidence on the favoritism shown saloons run by men friendly to the administration. Hoyne has announced that if the Sunday closing order is to be enforced at all it must be enforced against all places. "Everybody knows that somebody has been collecting from the saloons which have been allowed to violate the Sunday law. Whether Hoyne has any direct evidence of this I do not know. It's hard to prove, but we all know that the price is high for protection. Also it is hard to say just who has been doing the collecting. Hoyne is anxious to find out and may be he has done so by this time. Things may begin to pop when the state's attorney returns from his vacation." Sees New "Red Light" District. Conditions on South Dearborn street, between West 22d and West 23 streets, resemble those of the old "red light" district, according to Capt. Thomas F. Meagher, in charge of the Cottage Grove avenue station, who appeared personally before Judge Fisher in the Morals court to-day to request that heavy fines be assessed in order that he might make some progress in cleaning up the district. The captain explained that nearly every window in the block described was occupied by a woman beckoning to me on the street. Three women complained of were in court, Lucile Hillyard, colored, who gave her address as 3205 South Wabash avenue, drawing a term of three months in the bridewell. Daniel McGinniss, who was arrested with her, while Discuss 8 Hour Act ent Late To-Day [By Associated Press.] Washington D.C., Nov. 20.—While it was insisted they came only to "pay their respects," the heads of the four great railway brotherhoods made an engagement at the white house to-day to confer with President Wilson late this afternoon. It was expected that the eight hour day fight and probably the plans for co-operated of the brotherhoods with the American Federation of Labor would be discussed, if only briefly. The leaders will see the president at 5:45 p. m., and at 6 o'clock the president will confer with Representative Adamson, author of the eight hour law and vice-chairman of the joint congressional committee, which began an investigation of the railroad situation to-day. In the president's address to congress next month he will make recommendations for the remainder of the legislative program, which was unfinished when congress adjourned. The brotherhood leaders oppose that part of the president's recommendations which propose investigation of railroad controversies before a strike or lockout is permitted. The American Federation of Labor has also gone on record against the recommendation. The reported plan of the labor chiefs leads government officials interested in the congressional investigation of the eight hour railroad law to believe it has been formulated to meet a reported movement on the part of employers to fight the eight hour day. Until the plans are fully disclosed the legislative program of the administration will not be fully shaped, but it is admitted that the action of the labor leaders will have an important bearing upon it. AMERICAN BOAT SEEKS HELP Siberia Reported Sending Calls for Aid from Sands Near Dover [By The Associated Press.] Berlin, Germany (by wireless to Sayville, L. I.), Nov. 20—The American steamship Siberia, according to wireless reports received here, is stranded on East Goodwin sands near Dover and is asking for help. The officers of the Siberia say it is impossible to launch boats owing to the heavy seas. (The vessel reported in the foregoing dispatch from Berlin as being ashore on Goodwin sands is undoubtedly the steamship Siberia of 3.347 tons gross. The Siberia was formerly owned by the Atlantic Fruit company, but last spring was sold to the Wittenberg Coal company. The Siberia sailed from Sydney, C. B., Nov. 7 for Cherbourg with a cargo of wheat and flour. It carried a crew of fifty persons, all said to be Americans. The Siberia was originally the German steamer Hertha, being built in Hamburg in 1894 and owned by the Hamburg-American line.] Fear "Ad" Man is Suicide. John Calvin Burnell, 66 years old, advertising manager of the Brewers' Review, who fired three bullets into his skull fifteen months ago, has been missing since Oct. 1 and it is feared by friends that he made a new attempt to end his life. she sought to inveigle him into a house at 2234 Wabash avenue, was fined $25 and costs. Two Other Cases Are Passed. Mrs. Lillie Lewis, said to conduct the house at 2220 South Dearborn street, and Emma Parker, the proprietress at 2234 South Dearborn, were the objects of special attention with Capt. Meagher. Both houses has been raided and several arrests made. The "guests" were given small fines, while the cases of the two women were passed until later in the day, when all of the conditions regarding the places could be explained to the court. Six men arrested in the Star hotel with several women were fined $5 and costs. The women, together with Mose Masser, proprietor of the place, asked for jury trials. A DIAMOND is the most acceptable gift. Easy credit terms. Loftis Bros & Co., 2d floor, 108 N. State-st. Open evenings-Adv. that the aviatrix gets th the wind. The machine used by Victor Carlstrom, previous holder of the American non-stop record, established in a flight Nov. 2 from Chicago to New York, was of the fusillage type, in the cockpit of which he was snugly protected from the wind. In the present Miss Law bettered Carlstrom's record by about 100 miles, making the 590 miles in an air line from Chicago to Hornell, N. Y., where she arrived yesterday, without stopping. "Miss Law deserves great credit for this flight," said a statement issued by Alar R. Hawley, president of the Aero club. "She has made an extraordinary record." Has Fine Weather at the Close. [By the Associated Press.] Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 20—Ruth Law, flying from Chicago to New York, left this city on her flight to New York at 7:20 this morning with perfect weather and no wind. Miss Law sailed away to the southeast at an altitude of 5,000 feet and at a rate of 100 miles an hour. Her airplane was in excellent condition, the engine working perfectly. She announced here that she planned another flight soon in a larger biplane. Breaks Record for Single Flight. Miss Law arrived in this city at 4:20 yesterday afternoon after having shattered all American long distance aviation records for a single flight when she flew without a stop from Chicago to Hornell, N. Y., a distance by railroad of about 660 miles [590 miles in an air line], bettering by about 100 miles the record made by Victor Carlstrom, Nov. 2. This feat she accomplished in a Curtiss biplane of the military scout type. A delayed start and a cross wind, which cut down her speed and forced her to descend to replenish the gasoline supply, were responsible for her failure to reach New York in one day's flight. Before yesterday Miss Law had never made a single flight longer than twenty-five miles. Her machine, a small biplane, has a spread of wings less than half that of the one Carlstrom used. It was not specially designed for the occasion. Miss Law covered a distance of about 785 miles in six hours and fifty minutes, time being deducted for the descent at Hornell. She left Chicago at 7:25 a. m., central time. She had expected to start before that hour, but was delayed by experiments with the carburetor by an hour and a half. In the time thus lost the aviatrix might have covered the remaining distance to New York. Wind Aids, Then Hinders. At the outset at her flight a strong wind blew toward the east. Aided by this, she made an average speed of 100 miles an hour at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. During the last 200 miles, b fore the stop at Hornell, a sharp cross wind blew, with the result that her gasoline tank was soon emptied. She glided two miles into Hornell at 2:07 p. m. After replenishing her supply of gasoline Miss Law flew the remaining 117 miles to Binghamton without mishap. Here darkness overtook and she descended. Miss Law's flight was held under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. Mrs. Boissevain Much Improved. [By The Associated Press.] Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 20—Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, New York suffragist, who has been critically ill here for more than a month, was reported much improved to-day. She is not yet out of danger, it was said. Ten days ago Mrs. Boissevain had a similar rally of several days' duration, which was followed by severe depression. SWIFT & COMPANY's sales of beef in Chicago for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 18, averaged as follows: Domestic beef, 10.54 cents per pound.—Adv.
