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1 MARTIN DURKIN« O ~ _ ARRESTED TODAY ¢ountieg * nard, . state «* bed By Federal Officers On Chicago Train e Bt. Louis, Mo.,. _ Jxu. . 20.--Martin --__. durkin, Chicego gunmen wanted for * ~/ be murder of Edward Shanaban, de martment ol justice agent, and one f the most sought after criminals in --___ .he country, was arrested by federal ~-- sW@iters on & train coming into St. # 1Auls from Kanses City today, : * ~~--~-- Bearkin--admitted ts identity: to the M -- train, stood at the dovor of DurXin's statg#room d@and as Burkin answered ~the knock detectives grabbed hitm h'm wrist. a #.* se y * § -- _ "Stap, you're breaking my arm," . purkin cried. "Wait a minute, Don't '"m, "F;L';';rod--w'od. he qarried papers of a dily authorimed deputy shorift of »--Oalifornia and--Ledaral .. AftRIL--"Th, "#4 VOLUME XXXIV--NUMBER 3 S8ECTION TWO LIBERTYYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1926 Cc . Sast tat Derna"ten ACCOMPANIED BY BRIDE the arrest, deciared that Durkif 'l4 Into the trap they had lmid for bim. _ _"Where are you going*"* he was edked. P <o s statgroom and as Durkin answered by the wrist _ _~ 4. fex} t 4 s "Stop, . you're breaking my arm," purkin cried. "Wait a minute,. Don't be &b rough. You've got me but if TA bad balt a chance TA have shot my way out. It's not orer yet. Wait The trip to the Uniomy station WA# made with Durkis beayily mana' clad,. -- Surrounded by a crowd of police ~officers be . ®as rusched through the Midway crowds to the office of Chlet of Detectives aKiser. The girl, questioned by detective®, salq her name was Irma Sullivan, of Cormell, HIL, betore her marriag®: to Durkin at East 8t LOuis about itwo weeks ago. . It was through . the marriage W cense that the départment of justice learned of Durkig's whereabouts, M# gave his name as Martin Durkey is applying for the license. m montbs ago the department that Durkia was in San Francisco. From there dperatives traced him to San Antoptlo, Ter., where be stole an automobile. to . Bcott, several of his men, Crack sbots 'of <the St. Louis police de partment, three detective Bbeutenants and fifteenm detectives made up the torce that waited for th train al Webster Groves this morning. The major part o' the force eB-- tered a day coach near the Pul+ man containing Durkin's stateroom. and eight of the best shots formed 1. cordon with riot !lu <st their shoulders around the *car. trirkin. the "Shiek.* described as the most desperate man in the coun-- triy tadtay. u* ~hr sbhoot* with either riz1--insft in muirk on the draw. was hoimer oo nesnroditap Gnmaie vreragy >o ap e io o a«sughr dead or altve for months b» tederal and state authorities through-- out the country.. oo W#ve --teen long on his trail salid (hai oy.undtmnnlmmm the sheriit at Pecos, Texas, talked himselt out a ce'll and obtained what amounted to a safe--conduct across the ptnn_.lllo state from bis "brother of-- bile stolén in California, accompanied by a woman and a police dog. He was arrested because rifies and revolvers were seen in the car,. Durkin told the sheriff be was on a cross--country trip with his wite and 'was amh&vny ons with the double purpose hun: Iing and of protectiion. As a result of his suare tongue, he not only was freed but the sberift gare hbhim a lat-- ter to all Texas Poace Officers, rouching for htim and requesting the usual courtesies ertended a visiting officer of the law from outside the of agriculture.-- Short«ge of 'Aedbral funds halted the work recently. Gor-- ernor Smaill at a Chicago conference announcted plans for resuming the toats and the state wilt--pay promptly Springfield, IL., Jan. 20.--Tests for tubsrcular cattlsa will be resumed this The state now has on hand approx!-- mately $1,7©0,000 of the $2,000,000 ap-- propriated for this work by the last mmfly. Many downstate cotn a\~* alf HMlinote d'll:;( territ ory adjacent to Chicago be in-- claded in the tosting. 'i'hfil. acording to the story, drove into Pecos last week ia an automo state, its share for tubarcular cettle, slaughtored, standard, will hare di-- rect charge of the worXk. . > o_ RESUME TESTS FOR T. B. CATTLE BULLETIN St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20 ~--Mar-- tin J. Durkin, Pugitive stayer of Chicago, who was arrested on a fessed to authorities this after-- wmeen to" the slaying of Edward C. Shanahan, department of jus-- One of the agents, who boarded the Ame reason why few recognize op-- artunity As because -- it in disguiacd What for*" JN ST. LOUIS, MO. to Chicago," Durkia answer Not Recognized LAKE eounties, accord-- director whkres}of ibose attending . the con-- "dasyzs> cmc&ezmm dAay . attzined prominence at: the an-- nunl --Farmers' Week being heald_ at the collegeo of agricuiture U. of 1. Michae! Ohanian, of Oak-- street, on a plea of gullty, today was sen-- M to serve 40-- days in the county jall on a violation of the prohibitory law, --Ohanian previousiy had pleaded ~not gullty, but when ho was brought before Judge FP. L. Persons. in the county court for trfal he changed his plea. He bas started to sgerve his sentence. -- OHANIAN GIVEN 60 DAYS IN JAIL Beed Grain Show, in which approxi-- mately 500 samples of cora ansd other grains are entered alone was envough to puih cora to the forg on the day's program and in sddition there were several important discussions relat-- KING CORN REIGNS TODAY AT FARMERS ---- MEET IN URBANA Five Hundred Samples Of Corn And Other Grains Have CHANGED METHODS SHOWN Bharing hbonots with cora on to day's program were meats, control of animal diseases, poultry breeding, dairy cattle, feeding, (arm home im-- provement, ¢Ardening --and the ques tion of making lilinots safe for bees. Home economic(g extension workers of the state continued their angual ever, that the borer would not pre ¥ent the growing of corn in the great central corn belt areas. . Recent erperiments hare proved that there is no foumdation for the charg»e that meat eating leads to hu-- Changed methods of cdra grow!lng and higher costs of producing this erop will result when the corn borer reaches Illinois, which may be, with-- in a few years, W. P. Fiint told the The soy beun plant is winning a place for itselft as a feed for dairy cows, Dr. H. B. Nevens toid dairy-- men, while F. P. Hanson, in a talk on the farm mechanics program point-- In discussing irrigation for lllinois| boy in charge. _ vegetable crops, W. H. Lioyd ldvo-' The saherif's men have traced cated --a#n overhead. or_ sprinkiltog: grahn to withim &ve miles of the scene tFpe "imu- and sald That It could} of the eKnosha crime at about the be to good adrantage by gar--' tims it occurred and have found great deners in this state under certain| similarity of someée of the detai's |o| conditions. Dr. Robert Graham -ou,d:*.n« crimes to which he is alleged ed a warning against the avian type | to have confessed. Today fingerprints A Aubsgen'~~*~ in Ahe --sessi0ng. g:>corded..Lrom mfieu.-u P control of antmal diseases and point: | their way here from Kenasha to ed out that this type of disease is compared with tose of rogahno. largely responsible for the swine re| MeanWhile his pleas for moonshine; tentions ort the Chicago markets. -- | because his system demands a stimu ed out that less than 6.per cent of the farm botes in lllinots have com-- pleteo water systems and less than 43 per cent of them bhavre as much as man ills; H. H. Mitchell pointed out during the animal husbandry se¥ a sink and insids pump He describ ed a simple water system,; and . ad-- vocatéd its wide installstion is farm hoimes. & =--® /+ Making lilinois safe for bees in-- voires .the education of bee--keepers in uptodate methods of handling bees and bee diseases and the co-- operation of injerested agencies, A. L Kildow, chiet inspector of aplaries in Illinots told beekeepers in their sessions. Indianapolis, Jan.. 20. --Convioted by a jury of forgery and of being an habitual criminal, Thomas J. Kelly, %9, of New York City, was sentenced by Judge James A. Collinse, in crimin-- el court here today to life imprizson-- ment in the state penoiftentiary at Michigag® City. s o 'Read the Independent Wint HABITUAL CRIMINAL GETS A LIFE TERM The habftoal criminal law in Is-- diana, provides life imprieonment for those having twice serred _ prison terms for felomles. In Kelly's mMal it was brought out ho cerved cententes at Sing Sing..and at Fort Leavea-- worth. Authorities eaid Kelly was wanted in a number of cities including New York, Chicago, Buffaio and South » Some Names The Oregon Historical society, try hctol'dit'hthoold.dhlllu of places for the present--day Smith's Crossing and South Raris, ran hedd-- on into such nomenciature as "Shikel-- Cnptikh," "Hilluseltsblikh" *Chalait-- g:" *Nayakkbachikh," -- "Shagetb," "Teapk and "Waginkhak," but Urbaua. the corn borer and corn dis RTYVILLE INDEPENDENT A81 CONFESSES MANY Racine, Wis.. Jan. 20. --Richard Ro-- gahn--charged by the authorities with scores of crimes over the Wisconsin country--side in .the last fow years-- viewed 'with a sneering smile tods efforts to {fasten upon him a double murder in a "lover's lane' near Keag sha several months ago. m# Rogabhn, arrested on a charge of sniping at passing electric trains and wounding two petsons, has confessed, the authorities say, to robbery with a gun, criminal assault, arson, wantos killing of livestock, burglary and the bibwing uprot a lunch wagon with &y-- namite which caused the death of the. boy in charge. . The aherif's men have traced R& Irhn to within fve miles of the scene of the eKnosha crime at about the time it occurred and have found great similarity of some of the detai's to "The thing that appals me," sald sherif Herrog, "Is the brutal trait thate seems uppermost in :onll': make--up. He told me that e always laughed when hbe had killed livestock, that hbe laughed when he saw barns burning and the -- owners frantically ruaning arouncd that he laughed when he saw the lunach wagon blown up." MeanWhile his pleas for moonshine. because his system demands a stimu-- lint to which it is accustomed, are being refused in the hope that lack of it ultimately will unseal his lips, if be is gullty. _ -- 108 Rogahn, despite the vicious lack of motive which appears to have char-- acterized his alleged crimes, is sane in the opinion of lfi W. C. Hanson who has examined Wim. The prisoner, he said. answers questions intelligent-- Iy, laughs and shows emotion but does not appear remorseful or to fear the consequences. Wisconsin, inc+ dentailly, does not have capital punish: *"When we took him to the river where he said he threw a gun and revolver some men who were shoot-- Ing carp with a rifle proved of great interest to Rogahn. Every time a Ash was hit and came floundering to the surface in its death agonies he burst into loud laughtér and seemed to detive great enjoymeat from their sufferings." courTesyY cauUuses DEATH Chicago, Jan. %.--Frank Green's courtesy to a passenger on a train of the, lilingis central for which he was a" switchman, cost him his Ifte The rasseng,'s hat blew off and ty ratcrieving --it, an was stf by+~ a --passing .&."m ARUDY SETS STYLE Londomn, Jan. 20. --Fur--lined dres#-- ing gownms for men' . -- c Rldollpl Valentino has taken the stem <In hbis> trunks on obard the Leviathar ~ he carries a beantifui dressing gownr, made of a marvelous pajsiey shaw! and lined with white tur.. ~This should set the style. CRIMES BUT DF: F NiEs 2 MURpERs| "Spove Breset ty NIES 2 MURDERS| ¢y Freasoren, tHrows L222 HAT INTO RING FOR SEAT 44 hich he| _ Hongkong i 1te. werk I | utrack | the strike to PAUGHTER SEEKS ---- --TO BREAK WILL * OP HER FATHER The Red Man's Burden -- Carrie Rogers Fights To Get Share of John Matthew's $25,000 Estate Carrie Rogers, daughter of the late John Matthews, for years a justice of the peace and police magistrais, to day started her fight before Judge Edward Shurtieft in the circult court to break her father's will, from whose estate she recelred nothing. The jury was sworn before the aftarnoon ses-- sion was reached. L SHE WAS LEFT OVUT Matthews, who died in 191%, was $9 at the time of his death, and had made his will three years previous to that time. He was biind and in i1 health during the last years of his life, according to Attorney Eugene Runyard and Attorney William Beh-- hanna, who are counsel for the plain-- tiff. The Matthew heirs, sons and daugh-- ters of the deceased, are being repre sented by Attorneys Albert Hall ind Clarence Diver. « -- _ The estate, It is eattmated, Is ¥val ued at around $25,000. Attormney Runyard states that cer-- tain relatives were not mentioned at all in the,will while others were. The daughter, who is suing was on good ierms with her father during his lite PREVENT CHINESE CLASH Hongkong, Jan. 20. --All precar zfig v'e#.'m takan. by tha polito prevent disordets threatened ty the strike today of 46,000 cotton work: tirre, Mr. Runyatd says OUT FOR HOUSE |THOMPSON CASE _ James Thompson, Waukegad negro, 40duy is awuiting a verdict from a scountr court juty where the defent-- &8t stood trial on a charge of assauit with 'a deadly weapon: The case went to the jury at noon after short arguments, and linstruc <lonse from Judge P. L. Persona. Tae jury, coland mosetly of Waukegan men, consisted of 8. A. Hewthorn, Waukegan; J. P. Wyllie, Waukegan, Robert Nickel, Waukegan; A. J. Smith, Round Lake; 0. D. Talbot. Lake Bluff; Frank Burke (asiistant supervisor ) Waukegan ; William Ward, Waukegan; Thomas Mogs, Gages Corners; F. C. Arnold, Wauke gan; Georgé Chisho!m, Waukegan, Eugend Clarke, Lake Villa, Clarence Tudmpos dealdA tha~ enariass," al-- though Senderson esd Mra~ FThomp somn said that he attacked them, and then fled. __MHe was accused by Attormey Har old Hansen, who acted for the atat» Of atushing up Edward Sanderaon, &n other negro, and Mrs. Thompson Attormey Earl Gray, for the defen: ant, tried to infer over the objectio of Attorney Hansen. | ~~Gunderson had been lIving as i roomer in the Thomjgson home and Rigall, Graye Lake t BVULLETIN The jury returned a verdict at 1145 o'ciock finding the defendant guilty and recommended leniency. No motion for a new trial was made. Thompson was fined $100 angd costs and sentenced to tonm days in jail. ~ He hes already been in jai about four months awaiting his tria'!. SHERIFF HOFFMAN IS GRANTED BAIL Hot'iman was granted a writ of su-- :;hodo-- and allowed $10,.000 batil .the United States circuit court of appeals here today in his fight to avrold the sehtence of 30 days' im-- prisonment and $2,500 finse imposed upon him in the Drugsan--Lake con-- tempt case. The sheriff was ordered to file his briefs for a writ of error not later than 20 days after the filing of a printed transcript of proceedings to date. The printed transcript is e¥-- pected to be fited Friday. Boy to Doctor who has been treat-- Ing a very rich old man:--"How Is old man Simpkins ge;ting along*" --Doctor--"Ob, be's protty bad. I'll have to come again tomorro®." to::': "I suppose you'll charge Aim Doctor: "Of course, of cBurse. My services are worth momey." , _ . w ho o on Seeitingeme A YOUNG EYE OR BuSiNESS Chicago, Jan. 20. --Sherif( Peter M Boy: "Well,. just remember that DENIES CUTTING ¥ that be saw Woif grab her by the arm, which brougbht & rebuke from him,. rx% In his opening statement Attornetr James G. Welich, for the defendant, said that testimony would be given to show that Woit mnever went up | stmrire in the Owl's club ou the night that the girly were supposed io be there. He said that he would _ produce evi-- dence to show that Gendrick, the former Fox Lake cop, was engineer [ ing a fimancial deal to bring to an jend all the charges. » 1 Three--witnesses, on the stand this morning, said that they had been at the Owl's clpb on the date in ques tion, ang that they did not aee Y¥A in the building. When Wolf ftart-- ed on triai he carried the alias of Al Brown, but has admitted since that Wolf is his true name. Quotrini Case Next. Dante Quotrini. charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, growing out of a shooting at Highwood last summer in cwhich Survelli Turelii was -- hbhit and -- wounded. This case has been pending on the call for months, and since the ailleged shooting Tureill bes caused the ar-- rest of Quotrini on a charge of con-- spiring to imtimidate witnesses con-- nected with the came. This action is still pending before Judge Sant! Bante, of Mighwood, where the case #t sout 'or Jan. 24. CARRIES TURKEY _ INTO COURT;: CITED Wilkenberg testilied that he hacg seen Wolf, almost sans clothing, in the Wolt cottage while the Webber girl was present. and he also said First, came word that Louise Glaum, screen star, and Zachary M. Harris, theatrical man, had married. Nett--that the divorce of Francine Larrimore, actress from ConConrad. the song writer, becomes final and absolute today. New York, Jan. 20--Broadway's fa-- !- vorite topic today was marriages and divorces. 5 l Also, the report that Wilda Ben-- nett, musical comedy star, romped off to Greenwich, Conn., and married Pépe de Albro, dashing young Argen-- tine dancer. The wife of Charley Frey,. wealthy turftman, recently o tained judgment for $37,500 for alleg ed alienation of affections against Miss Bennett. * CALLAHAN JAIL TERM SHORTENED R. Callaban, HigY&id Park, sen-- tenced to from 1 to 13 years in the state reformatory at Pontiac, will servte four months in the county jail through the leniency of the court and the states attorney. The fact that Callahan had been in jail for burglary on a Highland Park res idence led-- the officials to beliere that he had served almost enough timé. HEAR GOSSIP OF ~--~--SCRFEN STARS All this on top of the news of Mrs Rudoiph Valentino's divorce. Leslie Kilbane, sentenced to from % to 20 years in Pontiae for rot bery, is to appeal his case to & bigher court it was learned today, and there is also the possiB"ity that Roy Miller, sentemnced to '1 to 10 years in Joliet on a forgery charge, uvay appeal his e¥e. THIS SIDE UP r Danghter= "I _hate George and I'm sending his ring back to him. . What should T put on the box?> _ . _ : "Mass, handle with care." $1.50 PER YEAR: IN ADVANCE A project for the development 0# s ; the water ways of the Great Lakeg -- _ _ | / which includes the establishment of =~ s Chicago as the world's greatest airt ~,~.,-'3 port as well as water port for ship-- . _ m ping" and traffic via the Great Lakes, _~~~ 'F: is to include the city of Waukegan _ w and Winthrop Harbor in its scope * and extend, in a 100 mile stretch . north and seuth _Oof Chicago, '** & *.The improvement, if Major Hufus ? W. Putgan, army engineer, puts . *'»-, through his project, will. mean a e great betterment of lake fromt con-- a --ditions * in Waukegan and wil} in-- . } clude a plan to beautify and utilize i the lake front all the way from -- + f' Kenosha to Michigan City, Ind. *' «_ & s l _ The wire 'dispatch telling of the is af thae * amak Mankn® ce ns 1. 'man, retident engineft for the Unt* ~Ted States army, in an Address bere.. The project presented by Major Putman includes ~lake front®> parks, boulevards, harbors and landing fields for airplanes--along--the --lake from Kenosha, Wis., to Michigan City, Ind. Brfet investigation -- revealed . to, him that an injuncfMon had been o# taimed in the circuit court, growifg out of arn olr boose case, permiiting this action through the officé of States-- Attorpey--A. ¥.-->Smith and-- Chteft Deputy Lester Tiffany. e * Wilkes had contested --the--action; -- Injunction 'would be graated, when it was learned that the ownaers '0f the building wanted to come before the court and ask that the building-- be allowed to remain open usder a . bond. Ehe {rilure of Lbeso . people to appear brought the--t"gning of the decree. allowilngethe-- tnjunc» tion. % MONSTER HARBOR -- IMPROVEMENT TO -- ~INCLUDE W AUKEGAN Army Engineer KENOSHA TO MICKH. CITY "'The harbor plans for Chicago hardly can be considered alome," the army®engineer said. "They must b¢ reckoned with those bf Indiana Har-- bor, Buflfington, (ary, Michigan City, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor and Kenosha. Thomas Wilkes of Mundeleia, who has been the objective of spong»e squad and sherif!' raids for Lbe past two months, Tuesday night returned to hbis restagrant in Mundelets to ind a padliock on the doorway arnd his youngsters locked out. "Adequate space for airports must be set aside at once mear the cen-- ters of population helore such spac* WILKES RETURNS _ .. TO FIND PADLOCK -- ON HIS BUSINESS -- = Wilkes has been a sore spot in the Mundeleia district for moenthbs. At one time a party of residents of that village banded togetber to raid the man, and later be was tak«-- en in by the sheriff's forees. On one occasion he and Constable C. A. Brune, of the sponge --~squad, fought when Wilkes tried to prevent Wilkes had taken bis sister4fJaw to Chicago Tuesday, returaing to Mundelein to find his restaurant under lock and key and his young-- sters out in the street wondering what to do. -- a ralid. PROTEST S UNHEARD Mundelein Merchant, Who Went Afoul On The Liquor Laws, Locked Out -- JANUS IS WINNER [N FARM DISPUTE Anton Janus, of Newport, for the second time went through a court trial over 500 loads of fertiliser, winning this time, whereas a disagreement had resulted in the fArst--trial John Stra-- han, owner of the farm on which Janus had lHved, charged that the de fendant had failed to remove the for« tilizer as vided for In the tease. Janus' tg.lr:;ny was that he had tak« eb awiy as much as ha could up to time of the winter freeze. it took the jury 30 minutes to return a verdict, Winchendon, Maze., Jan. 20. :;r the last of mn' se uses" which mon on the New hm-l ;_ide. has been mb'-'d by H 'ord to form a part 1 of early American Nfl& § bury, Mass. A man claims he way <to 'mix water Harbor improvements*For 100 Mile Stretch BUYS RED SCHOOLMOUSE 3 m 9P *# if