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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. The five bandits who hell up and robbed the Washington Park National Bank. 7X0 Bast Slxty-thlrd street, Thursday, were captured early yesterday. 0* the 113,000 loot obtained by the robbers, 0,000 was recovered after one of the bandits bad thrown it from a window to. ■ Hat at 400 South w it* in avenue, when detectives raided toe place. In addition to the rive men. three women, arrested durinc the raid, are being held, and two others, a man and his wife, who nave the police the "tip" leading to the raid, are being detained. TbOOC in custody are: Edward Mack, notorious pickpocket, and leader of the fang; Harry Fein. Al Brody, Harry Brandt and Karl Hoffman, alias Fogerty. Mrs. Hoffman is one of the woasea held at the South Clark street annex. Another woman held is Mrs. Joseph Friedman, 2lrt4 West Congress street. who gave the paliee the information regarding the lank robbery which led to the capture of the ban dits. The royal asaeat and ether formalities giving natatory force to the military service bill, the trading with the enemy bill and the bill prolonging the life Of parliament were concluded in the house of lords and the British parliament was prorogued until February 15. Premier Asquith, in a written reply to a request for Information, says that the total British casualties in all fields ..f operation up to January .» were 549. 407. Of Which 24.122 were officers and 525,345 of oilier ranks. Prince Nicholas Bngalitcheff, defendant in an ac tlon lor divorce brought by his wife, formerly Miss I Evelyn Partridge, of Chicago, lias isihrd from New York on the steamship Lspagno to enter the war. Unmarried men sged from 27 to 38, enrolled uinler Lard Derbys enlistment scheme, will be called out 1 eli nary ::.
