_ SLAYER SENTENCED f TO ONE YEAR TO -- y LIFE IN PRISON es * M ; Institute in years are rapidly being § m PQ!sons SQntences O0s-- completed now for the big t!ul"oe days _ MODERN WOODMEN INSTALL ; |nis spier * -- NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR stitutes _ .. _At the last meeting of Acme Camp %" A., the officers for this year .. were installed as follows: V. C., E. A. *fifl Jr.; Advisor, August Radiof!; ts Waliter ; Rsecort, Norman E';'* Mad ;mm. Elidon Miller; serve from 60 to 90 days each in the county jail. Sentence was im-- posed by County Judge P. L. Per-- -on'l:."l:nnhz pleas of "guilty." x sentenced were as follows: Frank Corn, 605 Tenth street, 90 days in jail. Cases against Loon Brooks, South Genesee street drugrist. and John Wornlak, of North Chicago, were molle prossed by States Attorney A tota) of 33 crim'nal cases and a dogen civil cases woere set for trial todavy.> and the cases of a number of s%eged violators of the of "not guilty" will be tried before a prohibitory !aw, who entered plea« jury later in the week, as soon as a number o' the civil cases now being tried rre dgisposed of. This is 1Y*+ largest number ©! bootleggers that have ever been sen-- tenced in----a single day in Lr*#-- county since national prohibition be-- came effective. Four Waukeegan bootleggers Tues-- day felt the teeth of the prohibitory law ~when they were sentenced to \~ Oscar H. Fisher, 131 Market street 90 days in jail and $100 fine. The 'bootleggers8 are beginning to : scurry for cover. as they have been faring badly in both (the 'county | and circuit . court. In the county court jall sentencés usually are im | posed instead of fines. In the cir--| eult court injunctions are obtained | by States Attorney Smith. and in' m the injunctions are violated the A. are sited for contempt of court and the customary punish--' H is four momths in jail and 4 BOOTLEGGERS _ -- | SENT TO JAIL _ FOR LONG TERMS! SBobesk was employed at the St. | Marys of the Lakes Seminary at | Area.. He had saved considerablp{ money and was planning to send| for his wife and ch'ld in l'olan()] and intended to send them the mo ; ney to--make the trip the Mon#ay / following the night he was kiled. | Enrico detailed some of the evi | dence to the court Monday morning, | which is to be submitted to the | prison officials u!\ record in case | he should apply 6. a pardon in a' year or two. With the indeterminate | sentence, Enrico may be able to | obta'n his liberty in a few years. : providing his behavior at the prison | is good. He was taken to the prison ; Monday afternoon. | tered a plea of gullty to murdering his roommate, rdouph Sobeck, #2, with an axe during a drunken braw| 11:' their cottage at Libertyville, Nov Enrico who previously had entered a plea of "not guilty," to a 'charge of murder, after confessing to States Attorney A. V. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Lester Tiffany that he did kil} Sobeck during a quatte! over who was to pay for a gallon ol ine, decided to change his plea to {.flfity" on condition that the mur der charge be . changed to man-- slaughter. Testimony indicated that Sobeck had struck Enrico with his fist before the latter ht him with "One year to life in the peniten tiary at Joliet" was the sentence given Monday to Dominik Enrico, 40, the Samson of Italy, when he en-- VOLUME XXXIII--NUMBER 4. _ " | LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925. Dominik Enrico Pleads Guilty to Murdering Joseph Sobeck Chester Bennett, of Waukegan, Albert --Brown, Market street, With an Axe. = 'The Installing Counsel and Julius Treptow ag Kecort. 'rheymne&ulmd M:Mly e cer-- are smmcmdme t * m'£de wt member in Lake coun-- Oof the sixth oldest in the United States. 'mo 'octogeneriah by any ?.wpnnnm or ~wh all partook of a LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT / LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT fgks Couy's Big Wes'k wWAUKEGAN WEEKLYSUN _ 10 next week at the Libertyville High |6chool. Headed by Gordon Ray, the ' county president, the committee has 'rounded out a fine premium list that is quite complete for seed corn of seven different varieties, both ten ear 'and single ear samples, all the smaill grains, and seeds as well as potatoes, 'apples and best exhibit of farm crops. 'Interest in these is high at present, 'on account of the smallest supply of 'seed corn,;As well as oats, barley and wheat for many years. There is go-- 'ing to be a strong demand for these, and the grain show and Institute will 'be a fine place not only to make ex-- _ hibit of these grains, but to make ar-- |rangements for your needed supply. The forehanded farmer will make sure Every farmer is particularly urged to bring in samples of these grains and seeds to make the exhibit a really worth while exhibit of such a great agriculitural county as Lake. The showing of all such products should not be neglected. All exhibits should |be in place by 12 o'clock noon Thurs-- --day, January 29th, at the Libertyville _high school. | The Kiwanis Club of Libertyville is workng on this program, as well as |the Farm Bureau and Institute offic-- _ ers. _ The Club is furnishing Fred | High, a speaker with a national repu-- . tation for Thursday afternoon and eve-- ning.. He will give a stereoptican lec-- jture in the evening. W. E. D. Rum-- _mell and Mrs. Frank I. Mann will also |be present during the three days, and ,ror the last day, Saturday, A. C. Ev-- 'eringham, who is well known here for i Preparations or 'the best Farmers' of this spring's seed supply as soon as possible, and the Institute fortun-- ately is designated to help solve this problem. A car load of limestone will be giv-- en away free to some lucky farmer whe attends the Institute, and there will be prizes each day for farmetrs and business men who attend. Who will secure the limestone and sweeten up for alfaifa Or sweet clover? FARMERS' INSTITUTE AND BIG . toest by High School pupils, and a CBADI CIINUI 1Tin' aa on a, Dageant by the--Half Day school on 1. J. Cermak, whose winning ton it-- ter of Poland China hogs finished third in the state, and ahead of everj other breed of hogs, will tell how he did it.\Cormak Hves in Newport town-- ship, e county. His ton litter weighed 2924 pounds at 180 days of age--eleven piga. The boys' and girls' clubs of the county will either have exhibits or be on the program. . The essay contest among the rural whildren will be decided then. They are writing on the subject, "Shall the Boys and Alitrls of Lake County Stick to the Farmt* There will also be a speaking -- GRAIN SHOW JAN." 29, 30, 31 THE BUSY MAN'S NEWSPAPER . Schanck Hdw. Co., corn grader. ! |__Triggs & Johnson, %--bbl. of Club | House flour. l-oon*o»on.oa: % This issue of the Independent # % was printed on our new press. % % Considerable trouble was experi-- *# % enced in geiting the big press in-- % #% stalled. After everything was in * % working order, the b--horse power # % motor was mxed to the utmost *# % to provide power to operate the # % big machine. Electriclans finally % % overcome the difficulty, and here-- # % after it is hoped everything will % |% run smoothly. We are now in a #% Iu position to handle our large cir-- 4# 4# culation and also anvy and all % Friday, the 30th. | The. business -- men of Libertyville are co--operating .as never before to make the Institute a success. The fol-- ' lowing prizes have been donated for ' premiums: [« E. H. Corlett, $2.00 in trade. _ Harry Gotti, 5 lIbs. Candy. The $10 worth of pictures,> offered by the Ray Furniture and Paint Store, goes to the rural school which br ngs the largest number of pupls to the In-- stitute Saturday afternoon. Libertyville Lbr. Co., 100 lbs. Red Comb Mash and 100 lbs. of Red Comb Scratch. : A. Huss, pie server. Mrs. Lindroth, $5.00 hat. Ray Furniture and Pajint Store, $10 worth of pictures. FHome of the premiums have been placed on the grain show, but many of the most valuable will be given each day at the Institute. School, numbering 25 voices, will sing | Saturday night. | Decker & Neville, Thermos bottle. F. H. Eger, alum num percolator. Quality: Bake Shop, basket assorted bakery goods. ' The program offered this year is one, both on the farm and in town, cannot afford to miss. % This issue of the Independent # % was printed on our new press. % % Considerable trouble was experi-- *# % enced in getting the big press in-- % #% stalled. After everything was in * % working order, the 5--horse power # % motor was mxed to the utmost *# % to provide power to operate the *# % big machine. Electriclans finally *# % overcome the difficulty, and here-- 4# % after it is hoped everything will % % run smoothly, We are now in a #%, % position to handle our large cir-- # % culation and also any and all * #% kinds of commercial printing. The # % columns of this issue are well % % filled with advertising of progres # ; % sive Lake county merchants, and # , #% it will soon be necessary for us to *# %# increase the size .athe paper. % % The Independent reaches a #% % larger number of people in Lake % %* ebunty 3- any other weekly # | # paper. it is our atm to make #| 3¥ paper worthy of our large % % growing tamily. n ""33*_> ; wl The entire recruit camp at the G:reat Lakes Naval Training station was quarantined -- Sunday afternoon for mumps when several Cases were reported among the new sailors. The recruits will be held in quarantine un-- til danger of exposure is over. Those il1 are reported in good condition. Pupils of the DeerfieldShields Hign ZION WILL OPEN NEW RADIO MUMPS AT GREAT LAKES ay N.'Smith, 1 pair men's rubbers. .\Gotti, basket assorted'fruit. . Langworthy, $1 worth of alum-- Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, lHilinois, as Second Class Mail Maiter ~ mt i The dedication of Voliva's new su-- per radio« station-- will take place | Monday evening, February 2, accord-- 'ing to announcement made over the | radio Monday \night. On Friday morning, Jan. 19, 1925, Mary Ann Worley Staats passed away beacefully at the home of her daugh-; 'tet, Mrs. Eimer Williams, with whom she had lived for many years. -- Mrs. Staats had becu in bed but one week, ' though a--~week of great suffering, due | to a bad fall she had ten weeks ago. | Mrs. Staats was a hard working woman who made many frien's, being a good neighbor. Besides he> daugh-- ter, she leaves five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. H. B. Gwyn, burial being in Lakeside cemetery, * '"'Father, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now thy seryant sleeping" Monday night's prozrgim was b.oad-- cast over the 500 watt station. The new station will, start out with 1500 watts, if permission is given by the supervisor of radio for this district, it is announced. The new station is complete and all that remains now is to--obtain official permission to put it into operation.-- Local radio fans await with considerable antici-- pation the opening of the nhew station as there have been so many predictions as --to wh.? the result would be here ow local radio sets. Whether it will be more difficult to, cut through the interference of the, Zion station, or whether the Zion programs will be better with less interference as conflicting _ reports that nothing but an official try--out of the new station will disclose. I nthe year 1866 she was married to Conrad Staats. To this union were born eight children, three boys and five girls. All died at an early age, except one daughter, Mrs, Williams. Twenty--eight years ago Mr. and Mrs. Staats moved fro mChicago to Diam-- ond Lake, later to Area, and then to Libertyville, where they have made their home with their daughter. Mr. Staats died nine years ago. Announcement is made that. the dedicatory program will be the fin-- est ever sent out by tht Zion statipn: There will be numbers by the 50 plece band, selections by the 86 plece orchestra, choruses by the white robed choir of 400 volices, pipe organ numbers as well as quartets, solos and instrumental . selections, Including the marimba and celestial bells . She was born in Port Washington, Wis., November 24, 1847, her father and mother having come there from England. From £ort Washington her parents moved to Calumet, later to Chicago. The electoral college wil have to or-- ganize a football team if 1t wants to get as muth newspaper space as the DENT OF C foll STATION MONDAY, FEB. 2 A. STAATS, QLD.RESL IT OF COUNTY, PASSES ( | _ Catherine Swantrs. !a*~s Forest. Will admited to probate. Estate val-- | ued at $9,900, bequesthed to her ten ) children in equal shares. Letters 'To-umenury issuel to Henry Vick-- erman,' of Lake Forest. Proof of \ Heirship taken. ' |_ _ Letters of administration | were @MPlOYe of the Lake county state's | issued Monday to--Steve Maurantonic, lattomey'l office. 'The call came for i brother of Joseph Maurantonic, of |the Sun editor, but as Mr. Smith | Highwood, . who _ was electrocuted | W28 it Florida, Spencer B. Jorgen-- | while employed as a track walker on |°°D toOk the message. yil? > 'the North Shore railroad, at that vil-- Andrews" stated that Jeske had lage, some months ago. His estate is | D°°D "Indicted" in Kane county on | valued at $1,900, of which $1,650 is a |@ Charge of having attacked two | claim for causing of death. Proof of girls, and also on a charge of hav-- heirship was taken. It is indicated |!"8 Stolen a watch from a negro the administrator plans to take ac--|Y°4t" . * | tion against the North Shore line»> As it is a common. practice for SEEKS TO GAIN POSSESSION -- OF PARROT 25 YEARS OLD A parrot, said to be 25 years o6ld, will figure prominently in a lawsuit of ownership Jan. 21 in a Waukegan justice court. The bird, claimed by Martin Lux of Wadsworth( is in the hands of Mrsa. Sophia Paxton, of that village, according to the writ of replevin issued the justice. Besides the par-- rot Lux seeks to recover through the writ "One bird cage, chair and glass fish bow!." He told the justice that he had left the bird cage, chair: and isth bow! with Mrs. Paxton at one time when he left the city. Another menagerie case is prom-- ised for the future with a billy goat as the bone of contention. A war-- rant has been issued for the arrest of Roy B. Sevey, of Fox Lake, who in cm with taking a billy goat that m Winthrop claimsas his property, The complaint was signed by Roy Nordstrom. . _ . . Supervisor Albert G. M ~ther. of Prairié View., takes credit for =------~ ing the boom a year ago. At that i t'ime be bought 11 acres for $175 an L gcre. j _ Less than an acre at the southeast j'rorner of the intersection of routes | No. 21 and 22, at Half Day, belone-- 'ins to ~. C. Gerber was sold to O. A. !Rocheu'mch as agent for $11,000. John Thomas Erickson, Jr. High-- land Park. Inventory filed. Adminis-- trator authoriezd to pay claims. Cause of action for death settled for $2,000. Alice Sullivan, Highwood. Petition for probate of Will filed and set for hearing Feb. 9, 1925. Benedict Lucas, Waukegan. Ad-- ministrator author'zed to-- trangfer shares of stock to Eva Lucas. John Lossman. Hearing on Final report continued to Febraury 2, 1925. Bernard J. Wesener, Volo. Inven-- tory approved. Vaiver of widow's award approved. ® August W. Lindahl, Lake Forest. Petition for probate of will filed and set for hearing Feb. 9, 192%6. Grace, E. Edmonds, Waukegan. MHearing on claim of E. N. Tucker continued to January 26, 1926. Frederick Kruger, Town of Vernon. Final report approved. Estate closed. Nordstrom, it is understood, was keeping the goat for Winthrop. Other estate matters were disposed of as follows: * ' Action Against North Shore Railroad Indicated in Filing of Estate. PROBATE ESTATE -- OF MAN KILLED BY ELECTIRICITY Two more large farms have been sold near Area, it was learned today. The deals were closed Saturday by a Chicago man for the 313 acre farm of Supervisor H. C. W. Meyer, of Fre mont township, for $93,900, or $300 an acre. This farm is a half mile west of Area. Adjoining it to the west is the farm of William Dunn, congisting of 115 acres which was bought by the Chicago man for the same price per acre, a total of $33,500, the two farms bringing $127,000. The brokers in this big deal were Lyons & Rouse. During the past year nearly three-- four125 of the land lying along the Waukeran--Lake Zurich road in Ver-- non township has changed hands. Many big deals have also been re-- ported in Ela township, near Lake Zurich. TWO MORE LARGE FARMS ARE SOLD It is rumored that a golf course is to be constructed there. There is also a persistent rumor that the S. L. Tripp Lumber company at Area has been sold to Samue!l Insull, who is reported to be the real pur-- chaser of all the land in the Area ter-- ritory that has changed hands within the past vea~. The Tripp deal cannot be confirmed. Less than an Acre of Ground at Half Day Sold Recently for gll.OOO. . FOR $127,000 34 Jeske never denied in the trial this feature of the. newspaper pub-- licity, in fact, that particular article never was .brought into the case. The Sun ariicle on this angle was based on an article printed in the Aurora Beacca News and told 0o: Jeske's dilemma in detail But, a few days after its appeéarance, Jeske came to the Sun office and asked to look at the files, It was while in the Sun office that he told, Jorgen-- son testified, that he probably would be indicted by> the Kane county grand jury on a charge of having attacked the girls. Several days after this conversation the Sun re celved the call from "Mr. Andrews." Several days after the item about the alleged attack was printed, came still another telephone call from "Mr. Andrews," who said that Jesake has given bail on the two "indict naflt..", e NEVER ASKED RETRACTION Despite the fact that Jeske in his suit claimed to have been damaged, he never came near the Sun office to request a retraction of any kind, or sent anyone else to make such a request. -- Yet four days after the printing of the item about the "gliving of bond," his attorney start-- ed the suit for damages. The prep aration 'of a declaration in a sult of this kind must be extremely teach-- nical and usually required several days time in addition to looking up the law, and therefore it was ovi-- dent that preparation for the filing of 'the suit was begun immediately after the first article appeared. Some time before <the printing of -- this item, the Sun printed : an item to the effect that Jeske had been arrestod -- on the _ "hold--up" charge. On Sunday, ~Dec. 16, Mr. Smith returned : from "his trip and when he was told about Mr. Townsend Friend." _ 'Reo Aiso " mace * mquiey "friend." e e about "Mr. Andrews" and found the lattert was a myth, The following and Indianapolis newspapers almost daily to give them news and those papers never check back to deter-- mine whether it was such and such a person who put in the call. As it is a common. practice for newspapermen to call other cities to give them "tips" on news of local value, the item was printed. As a matter of fact reporters for the Sun call Chicago, Milwaukee, St. gl.ouls buttutty oobtiiatnt aiscadiocr niinefitieerntctnt shas. 2x & "Andrews" stated that Jeske had been "indicted" in Kane county on a charge of having attacked two girls, and also on a charge of hay-- ing stolen a watch from a negro youth. & n his instructions to the jury, Judge Edward D. Shurtleff stated: This court instructs the> jury that if they believe from the evi-- dence that Jeske by misrepreta-- tions led the defendants to pub-- lish the libe! and induced it to publish the same, you should find the defendant not guilty: Jeske's attorneys had sought to prove that newspapers have the pow: er to ruthlessly destroy people's reputations if they --desire. The jury's ~verdict showed -- that news papers also have a right to protec-- tion from-- ruthless individuals who for sinister purposes may seek to trap na&cpermon. > HISTORY OF CASE : The: suit gre wout of the 'fact that «; December 12, 1923, the Datly Sun received a call from a person representing hMmself to be H. A. Andrews, a reporter from the Aurora (Ill) Star, who said he had been requested <by Mr. Townsend, a state official under Gov. Small and "a good friend of W. J. Smith, editor of the Sun," to give the Sun a news item about Jeske, a former employe of the Lake county state's attorney's office. 'The call came for The Daily Sun has won the suit for alleged libel, instiiuted by Rob ert Jeske, a disgrunitied "detective" who has been spying on Lake county bootleggers, and "getting the goods" on women whose husbands . seek grounds for divorce. 32 ," + The verdict of "not guilty" was re-- turned Friday night after a trial lasting three days, in which Jeske and his henchman employer, James | McQueeney, had «sought to make lt| appear that his "reputation, feellnga' and standing" had been damaged tcl the extent of $50,000. 1 After all's said and done, "right will prevail"--old saying. Only Instruction on which verdict could 3 ched vided that "If jug felt Jeske co of not guilty should be given"--and it was. M Pictures Jeske and McQueeney as arch--conspit for purpose of getting cash from newspaper. . men admit theg also saw black--hand of Wauk News (Just and Judy) behind the whole conspi VERDICT TN FAVOR OF DAIMY U IN JESKE $50.000.00 LIBEL: _ Bui the jury saw that the Sun. had been the victim of a "frame for some -- insidious purpose . ind | showed it by its verdict.. At first the vote of the jury was eight tor acquittal, then n'ne, where it stood . for several hours, and then the vote . was 10 for acquittal. _A few mh ",; utes later the verdict for exonerat« . ing the Sun was unanimous, _ . Judge Edward D. Shurtieff, of 1 rengo, heard the case because . o€ < the fact that the Sun took a change . of ' venue from Judge C. C. Edwards . on the ground that Edwards is prej : udiced against the Sun, having onee . 'nailed Ralph L. King, Sun repo @f, .. because he declined to 'late. _# ncowspaper confidence. o5 dn ""m?fi{ not satisfy the "feelings" of &A son who had been the v rors such as creep 'into w# daily, Jeske was out for "bl Dec. 18 he filed his suit for MAE Aa ons l day he printed a long . st %W as a full, frank and fair etraction of <the statements made )fi_' previous articles: He did this in fairness (to Jeske although no re-- quest had been made by anybody He printed it on the first page of the Sun, the same as* the other: articles. $ o8 This was the first time in 20 years that the Smith Brothers have been in the newspaper business in Wat kegan .that-- such an explanation &id. Food for case the same as was the against the Sun, are there and husbands now separatet who should be living: fl but are apart because of: ups something like <that against the Sun. . g# Are :there men in jail, there under a similar coll of "evidence", in order to their case good. Has some : reputation -- been e their greed to make good being hired by a suspicious band whereas had the evih been collected by men of 1 ent aspirations, marital rtel; would have been undistu It's at (éast food for the Are . there ~couples in . county now divorced or 1 apart where the "evidence" no more reliable than these showed themselives to be i Sun case? If such evidence submitted merely to make . the Jeske case, 'after readi the verdict of the jury . held Jeske unrel--able, ete can't help but stop and w« Was evidence submitted q agency in divorce cases they were hired to collect FACTS more reliable than attitude As revealed in the case? 3 4 $1.50 A YEAR IN After hearing the ev s o h aidlint t jail,\ sen cause 'of -- _ i change . --_ Edwards is preJ ing once . _ reporter, _ _ Aalaba v & P CA