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II I MRS. JOHN H. HARMON ' DEAD; FUNERAL HELD Mrs. Elsie Boulton Harmon, wife of John H. Harmon, 209 Laurel ayâ€" enue, and a daughter of one of: Highâ€" land Park‘s oldest families, passed away on Friday March 22, following prolonged illness. ~â€"~~~ â€"â€" > Mxs. Harmon was born in Highâ€" land Park andlived here all her life, Her father was George Darcy Boulâ€" ton, formerly viceâ€"president of the First National bank of Chicago and a manâ€" well knownâ€"in financial cirâ€" cles in town. . He has been. dead some years. ~ Her mother lives in Beaumont, California. sÂ¥ Other Relatives® © â€"â€"RBesides the husband and thrée chilâ€" . dren, Ethel, John and Emily Harâ€" . mon, there survive ~also â€" three ~sis= ‘ters and one brother, Mrs. ‘A. P. Van â€"Schaick of Southport, Conn.; Miss A. M. Boulton and Kenneth Boulton â€"_of Beaumont,â€" Calif., and . Mrs. Rosâ€" coée Hazard of San Diego, Calif. => ‘Mrs. Harmon was an active memâ€" ber of Trinity Episcopal church and ‘much interested always in the work ‘of the church. She was also ‘a memâ€" . ber of the Ossoli club of Highland _ Park and a woman who had many friends in the community by whom â€" she was greatly beloved and_whose Well Known Member of Pioneer Family Gone; R. C. Jacobâ€" sen Dies in Chicago The Riviera A. C. will hold a benâ€" efit dance, Saturday evening, April 183 in Witten hall.. Music â€"will‘ be . furnished by a well known orchestra. . An invitation is extended the public Vouum®s XVIII sorrow â€" Mr. Jacobsen was 68 yearsâ€"of age and is survived by his wife, ‘Mrs. Paulina Jacobsen, "and son, 0. P. Highland Park where he . made a host of warm friends during his resâ€" idence, and the news of his death was received here with sincere regret. The wife and son have the sympathy ofâ€" all their friends in their bereaveâ€" Mrs. Frank Fitt was operated on at the Highland Park hospital Tuesâ€" day morning. Reports this morning indicate favorable progress. , was greatiy DCIOVEL _ €LPUME.._VP EUEA sw â€"at herâ€"removal is heartfelt. The Higbland Park Press well known in % \Gatd Party April 3 to 9e Benefit Baseball Team A card party will be held Wednesâ€" day, April 3 at St. James hall by the St. James Holy Name society for the benefit of the â€"â€"baseball team. ‘Reâ€" freshments will be served_fnd prizes will -b:_a-wargled;f .An'fi'v(tltion is extended the public to ‘attend. Great interest is â€"Deimg CXpPPOSSud 0. MBR CT un tl s thunnoh tha the announced appearance of Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner through the . Highland Park Woman‘s Club at thd Elm Place auditorium on Saturâ€" . '&yâ€"ewâ€"ni‘n@mtatfl‘pw~~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~_â€"â€"w* tsz ~â€"The amazing talents of this charming daughter of Otis Skinner are being heralded in a most appreciative manner, smm fss. 2o ~â€"â€"Miss Skinner is finely equipped with a marvelous voice, high inâ€" telligence, keen sense. of humor, uncommon naturainess and a realâ€" experience both of society andâ€"stage. â€" y3 S ~ _ _ Miss Skinner uses nothing but her charm, her youth and her vivid personality to make ‘such an impression upon her audiences that they become a part of her plan to entertain. She is a combination of the finished actress and the brilliant author of living characters drawn from many types. . . t r s s sA i. & & Arre The large demand for. tickets indicates that this community is supporting her visit here. Mrs. Wilford C. Shipnes is in charge of â€"reserved seats, and Mrs. Frank O. Straight, gene;al admission tickets. ._The history of Highland Park written by M## John A. Reichelt Jr. will be an interesting feature of the souvenir program in charge of the program chairman, Mrs. Nathan H. Anspach. Proceeds go to the building fund of the cl{ub. % : CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER «HicHLANp Park, Inuinors, Tnursoay, MARCH 28, 1929 interest is being expressed in this community because of e W 2% Sn n cR H Ei â€" N cnvacls * ki m Brilliant Dramatic Artist | Mrs. Bremer‘s Fatherâ€". ~ * __""Pagses" Away Tuesday Mr. C. Waterman of Plato Center, father of Mrs. Fred Bremer of Oakâ€" wood avenue passed away Tuesday, March 26. Funeral services will be held Friday at two o‘clock at the St. Paul‘s church atâ€" Elgin, Ilinois. Rev. Bierbaum officiating. _ â€" Robert Wylie,; 6, is dead and his mother, Mrs.â€" Cora Wylie, wife .of James Wylie, motorman on the North Shore Line, and an olderâ€"son, James, Jr., 11, are in the Highland_ Park hospital â€" suffering from. near â€" gas ‘ asphyxiation. The woman, was found by her husband at 2:30â€"Wednesdayâ€" morning, clutching a small rubber tube attached to a gas stove, from which fumes filled the house and the _ children lay also overcome beâ€" side her on a bed which had been * arranged on the kitchen floor. ~Beâ€" | side her lay a note addressed :‘"To ‘ Chief of Police," and with her. name signed to.it, which said. _â€": GAS ASPHYXIATION . . â€"_â€" HNILLS SMALL BOY Mother and Brother Near Death Note Signed by Former Says . * _ She Is Responsibleâ€" â€""Iâ€"alone am responsible for this act and Iâ€"am not insane nor temporâ€" arily deranged.,"â€" It continues, giving instructions as. to disposalâ€"of the reâ€" mains when found, and ends as folâ€" lows : â€"â€"â€"~~â€"Says "Nobody Cared" . â€" ~â€"**Flowers are to be strictly omitted. No one cared enough to â€"bring us one; so they needn‘t go to any exâ€" pense after we‘re gone." _ _ The horrified husband â€"at (once . called the Highlandâ€" Park police and police ‘officers Patton, Driscoll and Flinn and Assistant Fire Chief Cumâ€" mings and Firemen Proctor, Mannâ€" and Schalk hurried to the Wylie home, 230 North Green Bay road, where everything possible was done. | x + |‘ l‘ i l. n Jacks â€"was â€" also, summoned and diâ€". rected the @#orts at resuscitation. Finally the woman _and ~older boy showed signis of recovery and. they were hurried to the hospital. â€" After two hours of â€"strenuous work with the pulmotor the firemen were forced ‘to desist, and the younger lad, Robâ€" ert, pronounced dead by the physiâ€" cran. Unable â€"to Explain â€"_â€" F3 ~Mr. Wylie told the police that he could not account for the affair in anyâ€"way.__He said that when he left for work at 2 o‘clogk Tuesday afternoon his wife appeared normal as usual and there was no intimaâ€" tion of the tragedy. [ ' Reports to the police from the hosâ€" pital late yesterday afternoon were that the boy was much better and his mother slowly regaining consciâ€" ousness. The body of the younger boy was taken to the H. M. Prior funeral parâ€" Jorgâ€"and.Coroner J. H. Taylor of Libâ€", ertyville was summoned. â€"The" time of the inquest had not been fixed late yesterday. The sorrowing relatives have the â€"deep sympathy of their rgany friends in the sad cireumstances. â€" > â€"‘â€" . _. â€"Contents of Note s ‘The note addressed to the chief of police in full is as follows: C â€" Continued .on following . page â€" Ate