Rescue Starving Children

Chicago, June 16. - Officers of the West Chicago Avenue station declare that no punishment is too severe for Mrs. Bertha Swanson of 365 Grand avenue, who left her three small children at home tostarve while she went on a drinking carousal with "friends." Louie, aged 7; Mabel, aged 5, ar.d Sigria, aged 3, were rescued by neighbors Monday, after having been imprisoned in the house since Saturday morning without a morsel to eat. The sufferings of the two childrert' were terrible, and they were so weak when taken to the etatlon that the services of a physician were necessary. The mother called at the station in the evening and was under the influence of liquor. She was promptly arrested and locked up.