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Show SPIRIT OF WAR TIMES TAKES HOLD OF BOYS Opposing "Armies' Battle Until Police Officer Appears and Forces Unconditional Un-conditional Surrender. Special to The Tribune. 0(;iK-X. Jan, 1. The rpirit of war times took such a firm hold on nearly a srore of vouths rpsidinsr In the vicinity of Williams Wil-liams avenue today that Thomas A. Shreevr., officer of the juvrni'e court, was called in to serve as mediator. The fact that the opposing "armies" were armed with weapons no more formidable than air rides prohn hly pie vented fatalities. ; At that . Oi iVer Shroevc found a ni;m-t ni;m-t her of the young comba tante suffering i from PB shot wounds wirh no Red Cross 'doctors or nursrjs in sight to dress Ihe j vr undp. According to residents of the 'neighborhood the balmy weather may have I heen responsible for a New Tear's day ; drive that sent one army of youngsters j "over the top" of their fortifications for what might have resulted In a lughly v1c- torious hand-to-hand encounter in "No I j Hoy's" land. The supply of BR ammunition had been exhausted and air rifles were serving as i clubs in lieu of bayonets and hand gre-! gre-! nades when Orfir-er Siireeve arrived and I took the members of both armies into t temporary custody. |