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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY CHICAGO HI July 22 Two automobile bancjits today held up Philip Fleming a incssengor of the Austin National Bank and robbed him of 35000 or more Fleming was on his way from the Austin bank to deposit the funds in a downtown institu ¬ tion The robbery occurred as he was waiting to tak6 a train from Austin to the city cityWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 22 Uids for 1500000 pounds of prunes of the 1918 crop the army surplus have been asked by the war department sales to be not 111 less than carload lots Scaled proposals will be opened July 28 in Boston New York Chi cako St Louis and other cities citiesPARIS PARIS Francc July 22 Firing took place yes ¬ terday afternoon in Berlin between troops and pro ¬ cessions of strikers carrying red flags in various portions of the city according to a Ilavas dispatch from Berlin under Mondays date dateWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 22 The prohibition enforcement bill described by members opiJbsing it as drastic enough to invite the presidents veto was passed today by the house