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pa IF Kn W UBenuoe 3 z.lcllu, that .: Hord coupe, had <~ O m childr 2s ) : atreet §3 the --Spice ... #ront fender of | f & m m w t r of the au! [>. 9. xY¥. l.'e_!u, a I _ /) _Y. Racina, s barber, of 514 Market _ _: stroot, : das over and helped Wil} V As: ':.um hospital while. Will _ _ Iafos went to the police station to re-- S hiz Fras 806 s io i tat (v)"'_ & ABAGO OE m EN MREZ y aq C e gr wg the boy, _' Sered a of the skull but could & i6 until tomorrow whether 7~'~ m police declare that the Spicero / ~RBoy was run down several months ago -*-mm. by a disinherited: son ~-- %to-- brt the will q'tr Mrs.Catherine --~ triat had been in progress for two /.. and & halt. days in the eircuit court. iss 'for James W. Strong, the + gcontesting . son, had submitted | all § e ateine mt ma) fls i¥ c :. irs. Bt w J u-- ,?,&m 'and thal she was not of sound . -- mind at the. time sho' made the will, _\ _ dut the defense put en a number ot: / wowitnesses to displove the allegations. -- \Both John E. Reardon, secretary of '| Whe school board, and William C. Up-- ffii' m, sattorney. who drew up the will, ~~{iteatt n in their opinion there ~l~*_- : mO jrregular in the will and . in thelir opinion she was of 'M In --their opin 'gghm e BPe $ located on . Wat [¥' $20,000° and ©$46,000. ¥> ee--year--oid : Ciose Spicero M_Mo in Market ?gi'ufuum ; ,_'v?m;toml F smgi employed at the * *rtr Tisher. who Aured at that time, ( ann ; roperty involved in the suit ' 40 located on --Water and Utica St.. ,;,;fiw estimated value is between . Whe three daughters, Jane L. Cly-- . mer,--Frances A. Ibison and Mary El-- en Strong, Will now come into pos-- Bpssion of the property. Mrs. Ed-- ' ward Strong, didow of another son AP § Aecedent, and her two children C bequests under the will. ~-- FOR AUTO DRIVER < CATHERINE STRONG oo a roralet npuoiting tho wil. . m verdict upholding the will. fifi'm started . to run sg' the;: atreet. On seeing the ap-- , ear, one 'dashed on across ) t Pwmmm.u % He ras into the left fender of the car, and the wit-- w.flm ' whether the of the auto passed over him or fg 1 to of 523 Market street. is near 'in the Lake County hospital $ in with a fractured skull ossible internal injuries suffered he ran juto the car driven by . of 708 County street, police : that ;an--. driving a i coupe, had just crossed the rail-- L. XKXXIL--NO. 27 similar manner, Er s w9 flM d ts 7 0 0C 0C y e es e oo "ay w i & B + 25 * E C A ¥ * . "dat e n oo n es e e TV 0 + C3 C F"e § - Poge 1y °_ ~~:24) I 3 [ > # . § u:;".,a, $Wp x $ & * f t ol mt a" * 4 s' 4 ie .94 _ e P P e 4 k -- f w _ *s ; f a 4 f > Z ¥ $ M L#' -- c § n ; 5 y £ Ts % ie 4 ; w k B B4 '* J -- C : _ OREW TUBRN PIRATES ER BENCHT _ BY AUTO TODAY FRACTURED SKULL ha, Wis, Jan. 20. --Judge F. in _ today sentenced Edward _ 3%, to #0° years in prison ad pleaded guilty to charg-- * in the first de-- ) ¥illing of former Coroner ®. Parker and his daughtor, AR DEATH was the driver of the au-- which struck the former and the girl wore left boot after the crash while away. Thomas was through the con-- one of the occupants | of , of others | in that -- before the had> made the --rounds Efi. another member committed sulcide two acsident. was -- driving slowly ats of the car are of being accessories NE N Of the pirate band revolver battle, to but was not in 21.--SGeventeon with theBrit-- ADMITS KILLING ~NEGRO YOUTH Dalias, Tex.. Jan. 21.--Confessing, police say, that--he had chopped a 9 year old negro boy to death with an axe because his mother was going to adopt the youth, John L. Rucker, 23, white, was lodged in the Dalias Coun-- ty jall 'today.-- Deputy Sheriffs, acing on information supplied by-- Rucker, dug hp the akeleton of a small boyron the latter's farm. Rucker is> held pending investigation of his sanity, EMMA MOHRMANN, _AGED RESIDENT, Suffers Stroke a Few Days Washington street --last night at 8 v'clock after having suffered a stroke of parailysis a few days ago. Had she Mved --until Sunday sho would-- have begn #2 years old. u* -- The decased has an extremely wide acquaintance in the city, and although she had been a semi--invailld for the past six years due to an earlier Lstron. her home was open to many vigm the year around. er : husband, Henry, who died thirty--six years ago, was proprietor of a bakery on Washington street, that occupied the site now known as the Whyte Furniutre store About twenty years ago Mrs. Mohrmann moved from Waukegan and made her residence on Telegraph road. _ SBix children are'left by the death, William Mohrmann, Miss Katharine Mohrmann, Miss Anna Mohrmann, Miss Emily Mohrmann, Mrs. Eliza« beth Brewer, and J. Jéo Mohrmann. Mrs. Emama Mohrmann, for 69 years atq-um,amw'mu-. died at her home on Telegraph road . and LIVED HERE 69 YEARS owners of the Saranna Shop on Gen-- eseo atroet. --~ 4 Four brothers and sisters, Mrs. P. A, Streff, of Chicago; Mrs. Mary Mar-- tin, Nicholas Woetzel and ~Charles xotnl, all of Waukegan, also. . sur-- ve. ® The deceased was born in Singlin-- gen, Alsage--Lorraine, Jan. 23, 1843. She came to Waukegan Jan. 1, 1856, one year after the railroad was con-- strugted to the city. She and Henry Harmon Mohrmann were wedded in 4090» . Funeral eervices are to be held Fri-- day morning at 9 o'clock at the Im-- maculate -- Conception -- church, | with burial in North Shore cemetery. WHO SOLD BOOZE _ THAT SENT GEO. PAPPAS TO JAIL? Ago; Would Have Celebrat-- ©"" "A gond Birthday Man Who Received 60 Day Sentence Today Describes Persons Who Sold Liquor. coOURT MAKES | INQUIRY When George Pappas appeared in county court today and pleaded to-- a charge of having liquor in' his posses, sion, he told about how he happened to have the booze when he was raid-- ed by the sponge squad. . _ . _ Pappas, a Greek, through his in-- terpreter, declared that he cam8 to Waukegan two months ago and start-- ed working in a restaurant. Several weeks later a stranger came to him and sold him a gallon of noouw for $5.00,. Asked to describe the son who sold him the booze, Pappas said the fellow was about 40 or 45 years old, had red hair, was rather thinfaced and wore leather puttess: _ Two days after he bought the 1i quor, he said, he was arrested. . -- pue to the fact that Pappas has no friends here, and has already been in the oontr"&n for 33 days, Judge P. L. Petsons ftixed his punishment u-myunwmummu- already been loc! up to apply. Therefore Pappas will have . to serve only 27 days more. In case a fine had been assessed -- an effort would have been made to obtain his release under the pauper act. ~ -- liquor, Efforts gre now being made to iden-- tity the person who sold Pappas the QUESTION LEGAL-- ITY OF WATERW AY Washington, Jan, 21.----The legality Of the plan to build a canal from Ohlcago to the ?'!l"'by diver(ing water, from the. Lakes was questioned béfore the . McCormick waterways committat today by C. ;"tl'.hrrb. attorney genetal of New KFerris declared he believed tho di-- version of water from tho Great Lakes for this purpose was in viola tion of law. MHis stand was sup-- ported by Harvey D. Goulder, coun-- sel for the lake cartliers associa TAKEN BY DEATH BEOTION TWO EXPLOSION PUTS THREE MENIN THE HOSPITAL Manager of Ermine Cleaners|save that birda to Lux in 1892, just Also Receives Burns When |4# +°*" +s> after he made a sortie CONDITION OF 3 SERIOUS Three men are in the hospital with serious burne, and the manager also received burns on his ~hands late Tuesday afternoon when-- a naptha tank exploded at the Ermine Cleaners company plant at Highwood. se The condition of the three men in the hbospital is serious, and it was reported today from Highland-- Park hospital, where they were rushed, that the--burns are of the second de-- gree. Those in the hospital aro all om-- ployes 0f the company, as follows:; Reubén., Benning. LeRoy Jay. * John Humer. -- > The fourth man to receive injuries is Otto Fisher, manager of the com-- pany. The palm; of both his hands were burned while he was aiding in getting the injured men out of the building which caught & The tank which was ohne dt the smalier ones. The cause of the explosion is believed to be that deli-- cate gilks and chiffons, being rubbed together caused sparks <which result-- ed in the ignition of the naptha, a highly inflammable liquid. TK LIBERTYYILLE, LAKE CQOUNTY, ILLINOTS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, Doctors may .be curing tuberculosis with gold before long. Dr. Peter C. Cliemensen of Chicago bas just re-- enough sanocrysin. or sait of gold, for the treatment of three patients. F: Gold Cura ~ |PARROT RE--WON BY LUX AFTER ; DAY IN COURT _ The explosion and fire caused, dam-- age estimaled at more than $1,000. _ The Ermine Cleaners= have hbad more than their share of . trouble. Within the past six months their plant was twice tobbed and thousands of dollars worth of high priced gowns and furs cwere stolen. Fortunately, most of the property was recovered by Deputy Sheriff D. A. Wogle. stances of alleged --familiarity -- be-- tween Mrs. Pauline G. Roderick, 26, and Francis Oscar Widmark, wealthy luimberman of Ludingtop; Mich., nam-- ed in her husband's suit for divorce, were testified to today by Donald Williams, 'handy man at the Bass Lake country home of the Rodericks. NAME LUMBER KING TN PIVORCE SUIT ~It was the second --day of the trial of the suit before a jury in Judge Hugo M. ¥Friend's court. Willlams told© of seeing a Mrsa. Conmgrove, & visitor . at the: Roderick cottage, sit-- ting on the. knees of Widmark when Mrs. Roderick approached. * "Get off there," Mrs., Roderick is said to have where I sit." GIRL SLAYER San Franmcisco, Jan. 21.--Dorothy Ellingson won her first fight with the courts today in --her battle to stave off a long prison term. . While she looked on in a state of great nervousness, her father, Joseph, . testified that the mu::a girl who murdered her mother, # only 16 years old. Police Judge Laz-- arus Immediately ordered the young matricide's case transferred to 'the juvenile court, where the child--slayer will appear tomorrow. ' . New York, Jan, 21.----A death mys-- tery confronted the policae today when the--body of --a young woman, aged about 24, was found in a box in an unused room in the basement of a Yeventh® avenue Apartment Chicago, Jan. 21 -- Numerous in DEATH MYSTERY SEEN WINS A POINT remarked, "That is With that slight comment, Polly, $% years old, went back to her lord and master, Martin Lux, an officer of the law for 31 years and at pres-- ent constable at Wadsworth. Can't Get Gold Fish Bow!l Back --and Woman Takes Change Venue to Dodge Reporters POLLY 33 ©YEARS OLD Grrwrrk, go to h--1, Polly wauta crackert !! £ !--! *** Polly had beeun through a trying week. She was the storm center of a writ of replevin in which Martin Lux tried to wrest Polly from Mrs. SBophia Paxton,. of Wadsworth, who claimed the bird through possession, which is "nine pints of the-- law," to her way of argufying. _ _ _ "I tuk it home on the tenth pint," chortles Lux, who says, by the way, that he has no use for an officer who wears a star on his gailuses and pokes it--at the public wit} his thumb like some officers he knows. The writ was faulty, anyway, Ac-- cording to Justice Charles E. Mason, who found the Service had been in-- correct,. He dismissed the case, but Lux and Mrs. Paxton had come in for a. good old fashioned day in court afd "had it out" in his presence. "You can take that bird, its cage and have that gold fish bowl you want so bad as soon as I get a place for my fish," she is reported as saying. But back to Poliy. Mike Hogan into Michigam, which had thrown off the yoke of hostile Indian rule about: thiat -- thie.»=~ _ ~ .> > * s ~. avouk LHBk UHEPSE! 0 0. -- And to: the morals of b{o!ly. That bird, claims Lux,~ has béen around Wadsworth for all these years, steep-- ed in profanity,; and never lowered itselt to a single cussword, | '--"I got the people on my side out that way," he continues, "and when Mrs. Paxton goes down the street they hoot, 'Polly want a cracker?'" Mrs. Paxton got the bird when Lux gave, it to her to keep for a while, -- Richard Paxton, the husband, took such a *liking to it that he didn't want to see it go. ° . "¥es sir, they took a change of venue from one court, but couldn't win nohow. That parrot will live to be a hundred I've heard tell. She took a change of venue to keep the news out of the papers,"" he con-- $2,500 VERDICT GEIVEN FOR HURTS ------ INPORCH CRASH cluded. Mrs. Samuel Yompolsky Gets Mrs. Samuel Yompolsky, wile of the proprietor of the Fox Hotel, to-- day was given judgment for $2,500 in the circuit court against Mrs. Eliza-- beth Powell for injuries she received when a porcir collapsed. a MOVE FOR AN _ APPEAL The accident occurred several years ago while Mrs. Yompolsky was visit-- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Na-- than Wizelman, 210 South County St. Sho testifiecd that when she stepped out on the porch it coliapsed. causing her to fall a distance of several feet and being sererely injured. . The suii'vu brought against Mrs. Powell betausoe she is the owner of the property, it being charged that the owner knew that the porch was unsafe. _ _ -- o s _ The casa was heard before Judge Kdward D. Shurtlieff. _ _ Motion for a new trial or an appeal is to be made. DEMOCRATS TO -- FORCE COURT Washington, Jan. 21. --The Demo-- cratio driva to force action on the world court fesue at this session of congrens met a now stumbling block today when the Senato Foreign Rola-- tiong Committes falled to take doci-- sive action on any of the various mll. The meseting had been called tha express gmm of vroting on the @wanson, pper, Wiltis and HardingMughas plans, > L -- Another mesting of the committee will be held noext Wodnesday. Judgment -- Against Elizabeth Powell. a cracker?" 2 45 °C THREE CASES OF _ _ SMALLPOX IN CO. _ . DURING LAST WEEK Two:--:of the New Cases Report-- ed in Waukegan; No Cause for Alarm Felt. SITVUATION WELL IN HAND Lake county reported three new: cases of smallpox to the state de-- partment of public --health at Spring-- Hield during the last week, accord-- ing to dispatches received today, Two of these new cases were reported from Waukegan. Three new cases of scarlet fever also were reported from Lake county, of which two were reported from Waukegan. On the ,whole it is felt that the contagion situation in. Lake county and Waukegan is not syfficiently se-- The smallpoxr: situation'is not near-- ly so serious as it was felt last fall would be the case.. Health author-- ities had warned local officers to expéect a real outbreak of the disease this summer because of the existencée of the diseaso here last spring and the occasional cases during the sum-- Tmer. Health authorities here appear to have the situation well in hand. rious® to occasion any real alarm. The contagious cases have been scat-- tered and there is no reason, accord-- ing to the health authorities to fear that <there will be a more: serious outbreak of the 'more ordinary dis M'CLINTOCK PROBE MOVES TO CANADA Chicago, Jan. 21--The McClintock death probe trial today spread out over the entire country and into Can-- ada as those interested in its prose-- cution began tracing the movements and activities of four unnamed per-- sons in an effort to gather further evidence for presentation when. the inquest adjourned amid heated clash-- es yestérday, is resumed a month hence. _ With the reawakening of the in-- vestigation the mystery which has cloaked much of its development, re turned, there was none who would speak directly of the trend of thg' probe nor was there any who-- would admit new Tacts had been presented. The person who admitted that the past of four persons was being in-- vestigated was careful to be assured that he would not be named. ~ _ Morgan Collins, chieft of police, has "nothing to say," "the inquest was postboned at the request of Judge Harry Olson," he declared; whatever of new evidence may be gathered will be presented when it is resum-- ed. Until then, I have nothing to say about the case." -- ONE DEAD AND TWO HURT IN CHICAGO "5;635----4)1;&7'1&0'1-0 was not in-- clined to discuss the case. Chicago, Jan. 21.--A police serge-- ant shot and killed and two more "Innocent bystanders" wounded was Chicago's shooting record up to 9 o'clock today. _ _0 _ _ t 0 HSergt. Thomas Babbington was kill-- ed as he stepped into a taxicab in front of a soft drink establishment, A woman and three taxicab drivers are being held for questioning. . Two high school boys were wound-- ed when two youthfual bandits engag-- ed in a revolvyer duel with the owner of a drug stote they had attempted to hold up. * Lansing, Mich., Jan. 21--Death by Slectrocution . for. murderers where proméditation is provz is provided ;n A bill tol be in ced in ';ho ouse _ short by tative T rea'r. Mefichron ot Hidronvile, SEEK CAPITAL PUNISHMENT She's Coming to See Us! 192 THIEVES PURLOIN : RADIO AND SOCKS Sheriff: Hot on the Trail: of **Neighborhood Theft" that One perfectly good radio, that the sheriff's office describes as a "four horse power something" and a cou-- ple holeless socks wore purlioined from the home of Pete Sweeney, at Wadsworth, last night, -- T ogel L He reported the loss immediately to Deputy Lester Tiffany, who pack-- ed the riot gang in the sheriff's auto and looked over the scene of the robbery. td ue /o ie id ie 4o ce 8 By careful deductions -- Deputy Weale has figured that it was an inside job --or an ambush. 'The loud speaker and the "B" batteries were not touched by the thieves. Several young gallants from Wads-- worth : were taken by the .deputies for qzmoning. and several more will ariswer questions before the day _ The clothing was taken from an upstair room and a-- suitcase, that hn} been picked uf, was found down stairs. Y . e lag GRAND JURY PROBE SHEATSLEY DEATH Columbus, -- Oh{d., Jan. -- 21.--An-- nouncement that he will call & special session soon of the Franklin County Grand jury to consider the mysterious case of the late Mrs. Addie Sheatgley, whose charred remains were found in the furnace at the Sheatsley home here November 17 last, was made to-- day by County Prosecutor King. Mrs. Sheatsley was the wife of Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ Lutheran church, Bexley, a suburb of Columbus. Refusing to disclose the nature of the evidence he has obtained, King said he will summon the-- jurors . as soon as he completes his work of col-- lecting information in the case. The special session which is exbected to start in a few days will be restricted to consideration of the Sheatsley case, it was stated. > AVOIDS BIGAMY BY SHOOTING SELE Chicago, Jan. 21.--Faced by the nec-- esity of telling the girl he had prom-- Ised to marry that ho already had 'a wife, George Parker, 24, son of a prominent Riverside, Ilis.,. attorney today shot and killed himself in . the "love nest'" the couple had occupled since Dec. 1. The killing took place only a few hours before the ceremony which would have made Parker a big-- amist was to have taken place. _ The girl, Florence O'Neal, 20, for-- P merly of Peoria, told the--police she ¥ . had met Parker about eight months ago when she first came to Chicago.| ..' He represented himself as single, she said, and she fnally yielded to his| New Y pleadings to live with him. pending | liffe, son completion of arrangements for their ml.. : wedding SCHOOL BOY HELD FOR CHUM'S DEATH Leesvilic, Ga., Jan. 81--Marry John-- son, 1%}.year--old school boy of Slagle ten miles cast of here, was lrrnto' ts cus' youtk Rarveied -- with: Aofte day e you Stephenson, 12 years old. The John: :oltbo.zdt:t;::d"flv have --draws® a nife young in the head. The lattet m afterwards, AT SWEENEY HOME Roils Wadsworth. "a 4 "o 2 ""v Ek. y $1.40 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE SENATE DEMANDS FULL INFORMATION Senate Passes Bill Demanding More Light on the Kellogg-- HUGHES --MUST ~ANSWER Washington, 'Jan. #1.--The Senate today adopted unanimously the John-- for 2 1--4 percent ot the German repate ations payments. g As adopted, the resolution followst "Resolvred, that the Secreotary .: State be l:? is hereby, requested, it not incompatible with the public in« terest, to transmit to the senate copy pl.the agreement signed by Messrs, Kellog#, Herrick and Logan during the past week at the conference: of the 'Allies and Associate powers in the world war relating to the Dawes :l;nc::: y? ° :v'm euch :: any, er-- formation nm:' the . stances surrounding the and execution of the agreement as may be relevant to a full understand-- ing of its terms." E:. As adopted, tth:. resolution : differs materdally from original one spon«-- sored by Senator J Republican of California, Jnm first sought to obtain only & copy of the -- agree» ment. e3 : resolution calling on ZSecretary of fite Hughes for complete informa-- ~ fine regarding the K 3 reement sikned at Paris . x thoiyl'itéd States becomes an lal Wartfier in the Dawes plan in return In the committee, however, it was agreed that the . agreement --itselt would 'not cover the matter, and con-- sequently there was added to the reso-- lution the last phrase, "together with such information respecting the cir-- cumstances surrounding the negotia-- tions and execution of the agreement as may be relevant to. a --full under-- standing of its terfms." . a a This last refers directly to the much disputed reservation which ambassa-- dor Kellogg is reported to have offer-- ed just ebfore signing the agreement at Paris. This reservation is eaid to have stipulated that in signing the American delegates. were committing themselves only to the protection of American interests.. Upon the imme» diate objection of the other powers, Kellogg subsequently withdrew -- it, These are the "circumstances sur-- WAUKEGAN WOMAN, KIN OF KIPLING, . _ AGFED 90 TODAY WW" Senate -- bles ar of obtaining from Hughes. By inserting a request also for in« formation concerning the "execution'* of the agreement the irreconciliables hope to obtain from B@g a:state> ment as to what the American atti-- tude would be should Germany default in her payments and the Allios under-- take to impose punishment on her. _ Secretary Hughes heretofpre has as-- serted that the United States is not bound "legally or morally" to partici-- pate in any ° enforcement measured taken with regard to the Dawes plan, Mrs. Mary S. Baker of Grand '~----Ave. Celebrates as Non--« . IN -- COUNTY 62 YEARS Mrs. Mary Sonley Baker, who make# her home with her daughter,, Mrs. J L. Redding, 807 Grand Ave.. Wauke» gan, today is celebrating her 90th birthday anniversary. hy | y ie y Mrs. Baker is a distant relative of Rudyard Kipling, not English author, she being a first cousin of Kipling's father. * * Born at Kirby Yorkshire, England, She was married at Yorkmunster 62 years ago, and she and her husband came to Benton township, Lake coun«-- ty immediately, making their home here ever since. Mr. Baker died 16 mm. and the following yeageMrs. r came to Waukegan. The nonagenarian spoent the day ': the guest of her daughter, who en tained immediate relatives for the 0@ casion. New Yo:'k. D{'.'é S't;-wmh- Jeb lifte, son . Smith > Jelliffe, wealthy neurologist of Ncflfllé was shot early today in his honeymoon apartment in Astoria and died short» ly afterward in Roosevelt hospital Sellitfe was captain of the m swimming team in 198% and made a record as an athlete,. _ _ _ YOUTHKILLED IN HONEYMOON NEST Police said it was a caso of "auw cide" due to over lfl..!h man's parents asserted death "asccidental." ho onl Gare AF Young Jelliffte only last married Miss Myia Hare, of India® apolis Moscow, Jan. vek un Sik ON AGREEMENT QVUAKES KILL 200 i Pact. bles are -- desirous