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Lake County Register (1922), 12 May 1926, p. 1

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Lake <county and now warden at i the state penitentiary at Menard, was mentioned Friday in --con-- nection with the probe which is being made into jail pardons| and favors by Attorney General Carl-- and taking a pail of water threw it on the flames, extinguishing them. Dr. J. H. Blanks and Dr. Speicher were called and first aid was given. According to Dr. Blanks, had delay been but one or two minutes longer death probably would have been the result. Although dangerously near death for several hours following the accident, the child was resting quite easily Monday. oumd'. was seriously burned Saturday after-- noon when her clothing caught fire while she was playing near a bon-- burned to the bone. With the ex-- geption of one sleeve, her dress was burned entirely away. Had it not been for the nearness of her mother, who heard the--cries of the child death probably would house she saw her child in flames, LION CHILD IS _ _ BADLYBURNED "Some people seem to be de-- lighted in doing things that make it miserable for others. In this The news that leading factions who will --take a-- great part in naming the new jurist have declared themselves in favor of Col. Fisher was received Saturday from Rock-- ford, is considered as the likely suc-- MENTION CREEN Letter About Walter Stevens' Shoes Introduced Into Chi-- cessor of Judge Earl Reynolds who died recently at his home in Reck-- a convention. Judge Reynolds died two weeks ago following an illness of several weeks. His death brought sorrow to the ranks of" the members of the will then be made by delegates at SEVENTY--SIXTH YEAR The child's body and arms According to word from Rockford, Place Left Vatant By Death Of Judge Reynolds. g IN "MILL" OV MAN MAY her PLACE little 8 year , of To run scross the field. Fisner pulled his gun and started to shoot over the heads of the two, but was greeted by a return #fire from the pair. They escaped, but the two men in the machine were taken back to the station, where they were put in jail The other two, as far as could be learned today, went to Waukegan, where they remained over night, and then secured a local attorney. They returned to Zion and surrendered, and all four of the men were releas-- ed under bonds of $1,000 for their appearance later in the week, be-- fore Justice of the Peace Ear) K. the --Detective Publishing company, of Chicago, in the art of firing the Thompson machine gun, the type of gun which was used in the killing of -- Assistant State's Attorney Mc-- i enavais mm aht oher sportng improvements --will be shown. As an added attraction something attrac tive in bathing suits will be shown. ped them at Winthrop Harbor, just south of the state line. Before he had a chance to place the driver un-- Membership may be : acquired by paying the club dues of $2 to Miss Johnson or other club members. = Zion Police Mix In Hot Battle A 'tennis club was formec at @ meeting of the tennis fans of the town held at the Village hall Mon-- day night. Herbert Alp and Mabel Johnson were elected president and secretary and treasurer respectively. The purpose of the club is the pro-- motion of this sport in the village and the reconditioning of the courts in Cook Memorial Park. A tournament will be promoted as soon as the grounds are in condition which will be open to club members. Those present at the meéting were enthusiastic about the club and car-- ried statements from many promin-- ent men of the community who were unable to attend stating that they would dockall in their power to ad-- vance the interests of "the club. other committee of Roy Wright, Stella Langworthy and William Mce-- Laughlin will make out the laws un-- der which the organization will func-- SHOTS STOP 2; PALS CIVE UP eondition. The president, Mr. Alp, has shown great initiative in procuring the co-- operation of the village council and the support of the community and will make an ideal leader. A com-- mittee consisting of Mr. Beman, Pe-- terse®, and Alp have been appointed to look after the grounds and an-- A membership fee of $2% was agreed upon and all present imme-- diately responded. 'The sum thus collected together with the one hundred dollars which the village council so generously voted and seyv-- eral donations including a ten dol-- Tennis Club Is Organized y3 the neighborng cities mer place at Lake Forest. Awarded Gold-- Medal As a tribute to his genius in his -- profession he received -- only last Wednesday the gold medal of It ~was he who designed the model stee!l town of Indiana Har. bor, Market Square in Lake For. est, the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Designer Of Market Square In That City Dies; Will Be Buried In Chicago. ment the worker disconnected the power and hurrying to the top of the crene made the finding. Lake Mount cemetery in that city _ The body was taken down and atf-- ter examination removed to the Wet-- zel and Peterson undertaking home where an inquest was held Friday afternoon under the direction of Coronerp John L. Taylor. ~ Testimony from several of the employes in the power departm.ent and from officials#of the mmrdat.th_mbbytbe'm, After hearing the facts of the accident the jury after short delib-- eration returned a verdict stating "James Cunnington came to his death accidentally when he fell in some unknown manner against the trolly wire charged with 440 volts of electricity while on the top_of an electric crane in performance of his duty, sustaining fatal burns." LAKE FORESTER TAKEN IN DEATH Switch Not Pulled. The employe noticed then that the switch cutting out the power to the trolly wire had not been pulled as invariably had been the custom of the crane operator wherhe went to the top to make repairs. looked up to see how the repair work was progressing but could see no one move, He watched for prob-- Cunnington called to-- his fellow workman before going to the top of the crane and said he would only be a few minutes making the nec-- the huge electric crane while mak-- ing minor repairs. The shock ren-- dered Cunnington unconscions and the current passed through his body for over 10 minutes before his plight was discovered by fellow first street and Elim avenue, Zion, crane operator at the Johns Manville plant, Waukegan, married and the father of a family ,was electrocuted Friday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock Several minutes later an employe Designs Lake Forest Square Fatally Burned By Power At Plant Here; Accident 4s Jury Verdict. a half minute but still could k + z . j k -- p. 3 s s © .t .. qy 'he ce e se > o o2 o MAAA . A#A# j y .,t* v 4"' it ;$ A d l 1 rie P * <a o ,.}., t ',:. wb ~A% P 5. 6+ t € % & < e _ is * SAe m i C ons "as . Pakles ts : Ark + t > ¥ iE [d * a v€ ¢ y < * m ;';' 5. s E. .. Al. sn LX# s o k * 3 -- . en a x & l wl . © * i o f %' h4 _ es i p * pS § : m . 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Spade--Thomas J.-- Lynch, Past Commander Winnetka Post Num-- ber 10, American Legion. Many To Speak Following are the events on the second part. of the program: -- the main speakers. Father George T. McCarthy, pastor of St. Mary's church, Chicago, will give the ben-- '-- The program for the dedi¢ation of --the United States Veterans' hospital at Five Points on May 10, was announced Saturday: The ceremonies will start at 3 p. m., daylight saving time. Judge K. M. Landis, high commissioner of base-- ball; Judge Edmund Jareski, Chi-- cago; Jacob M. Dickinson, Jr., and Scott W. Lucas, state commander of the American Legion, will be JUDGE LANDIS IS TO T ALK: vharies seemed possessed of some secret intuition that made him the life of the play. Charles Muschott as Lord Andrew Gordon, was the hit of the evening. Clinton and Julie:De Witt were ta-- ken by Durley Curran and Josephine Eger respectively. Julie De Witt made a,most charming and affee-- tionate wife and Clinton, a most gen-- ial and likable husband. < Their evi-- dent regard for each other was de-- lightfully said when Clinton assured They provided a very good back-- ground for the love affair of Adam prece of acting in the part of Adanm. We laughted with and at him in his troubles with the King family. His interpretation was always of the best. He provide da wonderful con-- trast to Eva's fair charms. 1 Chadney Parker of Grayslake took the part of Father King. His char-- nteriztion of the harassed father of an indulged family m*bfiy dm. ® * a 4'."0 t Celia Kranig portrayed Corinthia, the maid, with great poise afd ca: of manner much to be envied. / addition to being very effective, whe was easy to look at. 3 "3m . The Senior Class Play "Adam and Eva"-- was m <n -- Thaursday and Friday s, May 6 and 7, in the High School Auditorium be-- fore an audience that totalled ovet a thousand people. £ After the performance many . ' parent took a second look at his boy or girl and wondeéred if behind that nonchalant frivolous exterior, therg did not lurk a sense of appréciation and ability --after--all. E comedy with its initial setting in the beautiful living room of -- the King home on Long Island. * Eva was portrayed by Elinor Cor-- coran. She was a most attractive and charming character, and we think Elimor did even better than the part called for. At all times she ;vas perfectly.at ease and very love-- y. ; B Senior Class Delights Large _ _ Audience With "Adam and Eva®" Charles Landis gave us a polished LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOTIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2# 1926. Published Twice Weekly Ken-- n on to the court of Justice Soulson and his bonds fixed at $2,000 and his case set for hearing on May 15. He was unable to furnish bonds and was taken back to the county jail Four hundred residents of Zion, who have been 'inconvenienced by the failure of North Shore busses to stop at Twenty--seventh street and Sheridan road on Sunday due to an crdinance recently passed by the city council of 'Zion, have petitioned the North Shore line officials for the renewal of the Sunday service at The mittimus did .not state the charge on which Solovey had been held over to the grand jury and did not fix any bond. While the hearing on the writ was in progress, Assist-- ant State's Attorney Sidney H. Block had another warrant charging larceny issued by Justice Hervey C. Coulson. When Solovey stepped out of the courtroom after being dis-- charged by Judge Edwards, Chief was adopted by the Zion city coun-- cit on March 29, and has been--ad-- hered to up until now, by the North Shore Line rather than cause any trouble but in view of the fact that Nicholas Solovey of* Highwood, who claims to be a Russian noble-- man, and who has been in the coun-- ty jail since April 10, having been boundovertothomndjurysm arceny charge was discharged day on a technicality at a hearing be-- fore Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards on a writ of habeas corpus. The mit-- timus committing Solovey to the county jail-- was made out improperly by 'Police Magistrate Santi of High-- wood. He was later re--arrested. _ Solovey was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Martha Wilson of Highwood She charged that she gave him $1,000 worth of bonds to sell for her and that he swindled her out of the Miss Smith. _ Miss Dawson gave countless hours ) making this a play that the Claks of 1926 could well be proud of. Wallace's girls aided by making drapes and curtains. Many students collected or donataed properties and managed costuming or trickets. The orchestra was under the direction of Doctor Delameter was a suitor of 'iya's. Luther. Small proved to be one of those big tall handsome. men, who are so stern with women but who end up by having them all fail in lo¥e with them. Luther played his part extremely well. He aas a sour old man who had come. to spend a week end-- and stayed fifteen years, --* -- --The 'getting of the last act was especially delightful with its arbors, flowar trellis fence, rustic furniture, evergreens, and little chickens. The latter were kindly loaned for the oc-- casion by Gene Hendee and Luther Smaill and behaved like old stage hands. The evergreens were loaned by the Harms Nursery. Miss Dawson and the cast have been strenuously rehearsing for a number of weeks. In spite of the recurring times when they got to bed late, tired from long hours of work, the members of the cast man-- aged to keep up their daily studies. : Mr. Hawk contributed unstinting-- &dhfigfimemdskminbnfldinz seenery for the last act. And to him the Senior Class extends its greatful ~thanks. Several of Miss Imeynda Miller was Miss Abby Rocker, a very dignifiecd aunt of the family. . She had all the stateliness and gracious charm that could be de Untle Hcrace provided many a laugh,' Lawrence Foulke played the part like an old veteran. His ap-- pearance " provoked .some of the laughs and his remarks did the rest. The resolution halting bus stops BUS SERVICE s The sixty day retest order against Wileonlinndwgt_n';xhlpmu of cattle into this state will be strict-- ly enforced, according to Mr. Stan-- nard. Stock from both states will have to be from accredited herds or else from modified accredited areas, The enforcement will protect north-- in replenishing their herds from cral officials Friday afternoon. Mr. Stanard said that Illinois had about $1,000,000 to spend for these tests the amount including $200,000 of federal appropriations recently made available and $300,000 to be available in July. * Thousands of essays on good roads are pouring into the hands of high school principals the nation over as May 8, the date for final submis-- by the highway education board, which has charge of the national good roads essay contest. In previ-- ous years, it is estimated, an aver-- age of 200,000 high school students bhave written annually, and it is be-- lieved from school reports that an Lake courity farmers are pleased to learn through the announce-- ment of S. J. Stanard, d of *M"mtdm' that "dairy ecattle testing in Illinois will be resumed within a few davys. ROAD ESSAYS _ ARE NUMEROUS Frink Gust of 126 Tenth street was taken on a liquor charge Sun-- day when a sample of liquor spill-- ed was obtained by Brune, his re-- port states. Andrew Curtis, of Waukegan, was taken Saturday night on a charge of violating the prohibition law and also on a capias for an alleged pre-- vious violation which has been tak-- en into County court. Hi«ry Schuman of North Chicago, was arsested on A4runk and disorder-- ly conduct charges Sunday on Spfingltreet.flcilintheeounty CATTLE TESTS ----ARERESUMED DRY S TAK Other places raided in the lake re-- gion included the establishment of Frank Kashmore at Basswood Is-- lands, the Helvatian hotel at Fox Lake, and a place at Ingleside near Take Sévefal Into Custody At Fox Lake And Surrounding Territory ; Local Persons Are State's Attorney Smith said Mon-- day that his agents made purchases of liquor from Szwec last week and that he will be made defendant this week in an information-- charging him with possession and selling of er of the Fox Lake hotel, formerly the Hoffman House. Brune found a bottle of moonshine hidden near a table in this place and placed the proprietor under arrest. A man who gave his name as Charles F. Bloom, of Chicago, is alleged to have claimed ownership of the bottle and went so far as to dare the officer to arrest him. He-- was accomodated «nd further search revealed more l1 quor, so Szwed was also taken into custody, Ezwed furnished bonds but Eloom went to jail. | State's Atbtorney A. V. Smith has launched a drive to stop the selling of liquor in the lake region, several arrests being made over'the week-- end in raids conducted by Constable Conrad A. Brune and his assistant, Myron Bowers. A number of raids were also made in Waukegan and North Chicago Saturday night and Following a & Other Places Raided. IN COUNTY with fed-- Saturday night by Chief of Police J. C. Frame, of Highwood. According -- to Frame, Disparra became violent and chased all the members of the family from their home. Framge after conferring with at around his home, nude. & Leyan was taken to the county jail Monday by Chief Frame. He One of the best known young men of Grayslake, Elwyn Wightman, has been sentenced to thirty days in the eounty jail. Last Monday evening he was discovered in the act of mali-- ciously destroying a valuable statue, belonging to a friend. -- His many in-- timate associates will be sorry to imatk mt ts mt on be given on Thursday and Friday, TWO TAKEN BY HIGHWOOD COPS Chief Frame, Saturday night. Spellman called 'the police after Soreikas of Zion was driving the car and did not see Lamson as he stepped into the road. Lamson was knocked to the pavement and when picked up, was found to have sus-- tzined a severe fracture of the ankle and several bad bruises. He was rushed to the Victory Memorial tended by Dr. Lieber. Lamson's wife narrowly escaped injury, as she was about to follow her husband across ivill.pmhily'b. given a sanity hearing in the county court. GRAYSLAKE MAN IS SENTENCED ng in a group, viewing the dam-- aged motorcycle of Valenta. P. J. A few moments after Valenta was taken away, L. P. Lamson, 136 Fairview place, Waukegan, was siruck by a passing car as he was crossing the road to join Patrolman Carroll, of the North Chicago police, and sevaral others who were stand-- which he injured his leg. The latest accident hurt him again in the same spot and he will probably be con-- fined to his bed for some time. Dr. Mieczynski was called on the scene immediately following the accident und administered ~first aid to Valenta; after which the injured man was taken to his home. jured Sunday evening when he was struck by a passing motorist as he was parked on Green Bay road off the pavement. Matt Lindrose, 813 Helmholz avenue, Waukegan, who was driving the machine when it struck Valenta, was a new hand at driving and lost-- control of the Air Circus Coming Here ~'The local American Legion post has arranged for another pleasing entertainment for the people of this vicinity in the form of a "flying cir-- cus" which is to be staged at the Fair Grounds on Sunday, May 23. Those who attended the perfor-- mance last year will remember the afternoon.of thrills provided by the members of the Snyder troupe and this same company has been reen-- gaged for the coming show. In addition to the usual -- airiah stunts which made a big hit last packed when the gates 'are thrown open a week from Sunday. them a nice sum of money for their MOTOR COP IS HIHT BY AVTO year, the troupe has several new features in its repertoire and these are press agented as real thrillers. There will, of course, be motor-- eycle races by expert riders and a fast game of auto polo with its at-- tendant hair raising competition to amuse the spectators. The Legion will have charge of the grounds on the day of the ex-- hibition and their cooperation with the Snyder aggregation should net The affair last year drew a record crowd and with the quality of the Frank Valenta, Shieds township 34. hy come of Reisder's injuries and at the request of Dietz who asked that he be granted a time to engage an attorney. "I had dimmed my lights a few seconds before for a machine com-- ing in the opposite direction. The east bound driver did not dim his lights and the bright lights blinded me," Dietz told Limberry. Dietz said that he struck the men just about the time the other car driver stated. are prominent local business men. The personel of the jury follows: turned a remark. Dietz claims that he is absolutely blameless for the from shock as a result of his strik-- ing the two men, -- Coroner John L Taylor swore in & jury Monday noon at Julius Trep-- tinued the inquest pending the out-- who had been notified by phone to be ready were awaiting to at-- According to the story Dietz told to Marshall Limberry he never saw the men until he struck them. Diets declared they were walking west be-- sid each other on the right side of the road. . Five persons mre said to have of-- fered to testify in Dietz's behalf that that if Diets had not struck the three men he would have. It is the belief of many that the driver of the death machine has an excellent de-- fense in view of testimony that has Libertyville summoned. The injured man was bleeding profusely from the deep gash on his head extend-- ing to his right eye and was weak from the loss of blood. He was rushed to the hospital where Dr. Diets at the time of the accident and Maurice D. Penney --at Liberty-- ville for treatment. Dr. Taylor after examining Wagner -- and Schoenberger pronounced them dead and the bodies removed to the un-- dertaking rooms of Julius Treptow. Dr. Taylor said that death was probably instantaneous. already come to the front in favor of the car driver. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE AUTO HITS [ Their companion, Emil Reiser is seriously hurt at the Lake County General hospital. He sustained a deep cut above the eye, a possible sceull fracture, and internal injuries in the same accident. Driver Out On Bonds Dietz immediately after the ac-- c.dent went to Libertyville and gave bimself up to Marshall Limberry. On instructions from State's Attorney A V. Smith who was immediately notified of the accident, Dietz was taken to the county jail where Justice Harry Hoyt issued a war-- rant for his arrest at the instance of -- Col.: Smith charging man-- sisughter. He was released im-- rediately on $5,000 bonds »~igned by Nirs. W. Dietz, the driver's mother pending the outcome of the coroner's Two -- Victims Killed Almost Immediately While Third Is "rwmmkflhdndanoth» probably fatally injured Saturday night about 8 o'clock while walking west on the Libertyville--Mundelein road in front of the John F. Weich farm when they were struck by a sedan operated by Frank Dietz, 29 years old, of Mundelein. The ac-- cident victims wére janitors em-- ployed at the St. Mary's of the Lake Seminary at Mundelein. The dead D. §. Limberry. Reiser's injuries were dressed and John S. In Hospital; Driver On $5,000 Bond. **< *4 by TWO KILLED ---- not stop, , 28 years old,

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