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'~~ VOLUME XXXV--NUMBER 12 . COUNTY FARMERS ~> _ LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT -- £8@%6.40998 i. i _ While the Waukegan -- and . NOLLS '!'Chicazo Chamber.of Commerce lays 4 ,nn.mmmhmmmionox 'the Minois Farmers institute to be H*tdd here next year and the prepara-- ; "tion for the program of the event, the *\ Lake county divizion of the Farmers ~--~4justitute is working on the part that ~ the rural distriets o fthe county wil play in he aff@it." _ _ _ . _... _ ._ .n M to © Entertain --t h e State Farmers Institute in . Waukegan Next Year. GIVE CREDIT FOR EVENT piay in uo SStmnre« The county unit of the institute «rill cooperate with the local chamber in playing as hosts to the state session which will be attended by farmers fram all sections of the state oft lili-- mnois and from Southern Wisconsin. Eftorts will be made by the two organ-- izations to make the affair here one that will be long remembered in the state 19 While | W ARN FARMERS -- > NOT TOPLANT _ BIGGER CROPS Agricultural Department Bul-- letins Call Increased Acreage Unwarranted by Conditions. wWHEAT INCREASE NEEDED Washingtob, MXA _ * _ " Aonart-- were warned today bY the Depart-- ment of Agriculture that their inten-- tion to plant lerger areas of cer-- hhmpt.hhmr.umby the March 1 report, are not warrant-- a kby the -- general agricultural out-- "The slightly larger acreage of the principal crops," said the depart-- ment's statement, "isg not desirable in view of the general agricultural out-- Iook.utmo!tn-hifiahm age contemplated may be beneficial. Warns Corn Growers ' "Plans to Plant @8 muth corn &s last year would result in a continua~ tion of the present level of corn 'prices. The intended reduction . of about 2 per cent would still produce a larger crop than in 1926 if average yields are obtained. " utasandad increages in acrea® of + ~"Intended increages in ACICaSE "** vats and barley would produce larger crops of these<grains, and this is not MMW'M"WN on farms where produced. Wheat Increase Needed "The alight changes in the acreak® of -- tam ~DBAY + LBG--_ uL . _ MRAAA could not materially change the pre#-- ent -.m' m' s e o o ts » oc it -- *"The slight increase IL HaTG -- I7"" ......M.-»-»-nm\ able in view of the probable increase in harvested acreage : in Winter wheat. In areas not well adapted A«@ durum wheat farmers should hesitate io replace hard Spring wheat with durum, though it may pay to substi-- t':te some m.munhoafiorhr- f." ' WIFE CONCEALED _ MAN, HUBBY SAYS Keller Toblas, concedled> some un-- known man in and about his home, Joln J. Tobias, of Highland Park, to-- day started suit for divorce in--the cireuit court in which he also charged that his wife threatened to "get him" and later abandoned his home. They were married May 17, 1924. Knowing that he ran down a dark Coone ce tC mae ies she ced tho to u-uamm-&t"ld"e ond steps so that be would fall.to his um.umu.,uoudmu he discovered the "trap" and called it to her attention. 24498 _ Following that, he charges, she d@ serted him. He bhas been a residen! of Highland Park for 30. years. = Charging that his wife, Mabel Bean wPs PEREWCCM O WOOC I |l ; alight changes in the acreake a hay and grain sorghums not materially change the pre#-- rket situation. lent imncreate It hard. red lant as muth corn &8 d result in a continug-- present level of corn intended reduction . of March Farmers LA verdict of death by sufcide while ¥uffering from melancholia was rc-- tufned by a coroner's jury following the inquest into the death of Charles Hawkings, prominently knows Gaur-- ~TEN TO LIFE ON * . ~ FACH CHARGE nee farmer®. suspended fro. ma rope ut ndon yesterday.. 'Sentences to Run Successive-- ty For Youth Who Attacked Thomas Francis Coyle, 19; of Chicago, today was sentenced to 10 years to life for robbery with a gun and 10 years for rape by Judge C. C. Edwards in the cireuit court. The sentences run 'success-- ively. y <si~ Anmhle crime was holding UP COL. SMITH IS PLEASED 'IN HAWKINS DEATH His double ¢ and robbing _ 58, of Fox Lal ing her March es [ o o 1 C o T4> court could have imposed . & straight life sentence on the attack charge but refrained, taking into consideration the age of the youth. 'States Attorney A. V. Smith vlo' had asked for life previously . was pleased . with the sentence --feeling assured that Coyle: would probably be in Joliet for 20 years. Attorney Willard Longc¢or, for the defendant, had fought against the life sentence, ofering. as miti-- gating circumstances the® age. Otf the defendant and that fact that be had been drinking previous to the crimes. . Coyle had come out from Chitago on the afternoon of Mar. 8 to meet a friend. Before hbe eould return to Chicago he wandered out to where © Mrs. Larson conducted -- a filling station. Taking® advantage of the fact that she was alone he held her up at the point of a gun and took what money she had. Then he -- backed &« into-- another . room nd launch his attack.": fleeing he struck her over the head with his gun, leaving her, for un-- conscious, and locked her in the room. She gained her freedom by dropping seven feet 'to -- the nd from a small w#ARdow. w!. odiiinrgai rrecvatebas?' : 4. . 0% % TR 0 3 h dvnteralifiticaalin in ce im edieinaenins h recvapnial 4./ Within a short 'time Constable, Bernard Hamlin, of Lake Vills, bad Coyle -- under . arrest and Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle gained a . con-- fession within two hours after the ecrime. "GOLD DUST TWINS * DENY "BUNK" CLAIM Tonpab, Nev. Mar. 33.----Weepah and Tonopah, "the gold dust twins," geethed with Indignatiocn today . aSs copiea . of newspapers containing statement 6f a San Frarcisco attor-- ney to the effect that the Nevada gold rush was a "monumental hoex" were received hbhere. --___-- ~--___ . _ _ Joseph Derham, who just returned to San Francisco from a.. visit to Weepah,. was quoted as saying "Wee-- nah is the bunk." He also charged, it Horton, one of the discoverers of the Weepah "strike," had rofuged to let competent engineers examine his claim. \ "I have never to miy knowledge met Derham," Horton said today. *"I certainly did not refuse to show him or anyone else my recent etrike or moum-'ottg-o!nn l:l'l' It been open evory hvunam'hlhv'tnsufl_o.. 1 respectfu "'n,",'-."x" !'; to any engi-- neer you may gei¢ ¥ SEEK BODY OF 1+ --_ -- _ -- YEAROLD GRL Chicago, Mar. 23.--The lake tront was being watched today for the body of Mary _ Smith, -- 13--year--old school girl, who left her home in a despond-- ent mood late yesterday after failing to pass her examinations. She left mgmnpu.wtohcr brother, 'Aibert: +/ 4 'fl'ndnfllbthnwmmaptm around amy more when he ledrus 1 have Tailéed in school. You'll find my body in the lake." ~ S The girl's parents were away: at tlie time, having gone to visit rela-- tives in Peoria, II1. She and her bro-- ther, who is 20, were left at home. Raiford, . Flaw. . Mar. 23.--Rufus Chesser, 19, convicted killer of his sweetheart, Sally Boyles, was elec-- trocuted here today. He was taken into the deatlh chamber at 10 :41 o'clock and seven minutes later was 'Nogales, Ar's.. Mar, 2%.--Several hundred Yaquf Indians,-- ding wo-- men and children, havs been k by Mexican ~Federal troops lg the Ba-- catete Mountains, Sonora, ac-- cording to advices receilved=Rere to-- Fox Lake Woman. ELECTROCUTE SLAYER Raiford, Flw.,. -- Mar. 23-- MEXICANS KILL®INDIANS Lake : was noi . _ Marie and then BECTION TWO in bis barso imposed attatk | $A + -- 2 )-- ' ' | 0"'7?'7 j ...zszéjii MI fi' axmihnky _ NEEC OAE Chots We oplcy -- _ inss / P ol dits as he started to leave the _ur-l age in the rear of his home Tuesday night at 11:30 o'clock and was robbed ot $45 in cash. The robbery was reported to the police immediately and Capt. Thomas Kennedy responded in the police pa-- trol. Tewes told the police that, he had just driven his Nash readster into his garage, had turned of%f the light and started to leave the garage when the two robbers Qmmfl_'g,' rear. Both were armed with revol vers. C "Stick 'em up and be quick About| it," one of the bandits said gruffly as he pressed the muzz:le of a _gun| against the victim's side, : Tewes complied and while one rob-- 'her continued to menace him with the gun the other removed a w containing $45 from his hip pocket. As soon as they had the money the robbers beat a hasty retreat, running donthooduotthbhltnths. direction of the Northwestern railroad tracks. > Ouolmrohhenhducflbodu being about fivre feet five inches tail and of stocky Build. He appegred to ahomm %5 years old and work & "'l:D other was about five feet ten inchestail, was slender and had a thin fate. Neither of the men wore Captain Kennedy asked Tewes for Ithe loan of his machine and the two drove back and forth on the streets " below the hill and --as far north as the Manville plant, but were unable wm.-ymo(thum It rather dark where the rob + m;murm-otmmx- fon the robbers may have been Mext-- ATTEMPTED ESCAPE ENDS WITH DEATH Bedford, Ind.. Mar. 23.--John Car-- lisle: allas John McCoy, 31, was shot and killed and Chester Eliiot, his by Deputy Sheriff Eimer Webb . of Monroe county near Clear Creek in Monroe county, 20 miles north of here today. t The deputy s ' wasd w'&. two men to D'"::'&Mm i e his automobile, when they sudden!y attacked him. He managed to draw his gun and the' shooting followed during the scuffle. & * Grand : Rapids roDbers < were> returned m. Clm1 trial: on . charges:© of wuei% the $22,000 Kent State bank last Jan. 3. Police said all made par-- tlal confessions and. waved" excradt tion.. They were arroestad> yosterday when they called at the postoftice for a epecial delivery leite:. LIBERTY VILLE, LAKE COUNTY, LLLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, . sEIZE FOoUR ROBBERS 111., Mar. 23.Four Ah, Now This Is a Fish of Another Color _ a --was taking the &f'?«*mm in :, when they suddenly He managed to draw the* shooting followed ick about| 33, Wikgo. id gruffly| W. V. Griffin an of a gun| tusky. WD $10. 20, Wkgen. : one rob| --R. §, Detweile? s him with | tusky. --QCD $1Q | a w 20, Wkgn. ip noel&t-. Nettie Hanui et f,.:m'",', m' a:m.o QCD 310. 1 . Joseph Emanuel n railroad x o. Gaede and > scribed 49| ""y wuir and wil MARCH 18, 1927 _ 'Arthur Dubas and wife to Henry Tanner, WD $10.~ Pi Sec 35, Deer-- California Ice and Coal Co. to F. C. Safranek and wife. WD $660., Lot 145 Calit. Ice & Coal Co.'s Lake Marie Subdu. °O _E. B. Weismantel and wife to D. Q. M@&rt. QCD $1. Pt lot 26 in . M. Runyard's Subda. _ ~"John Cepon and wilfe to Ignatz Grzel and>wife. WD $10. Pt. Sec 33, Wikgn. ; W. V. Griffin and wife to J. O tusky. WD $10. Pt Secs 17 and 20, Wikgen. * R. S. Detweile# and wife to J. Ol-- tusky. @<CD $1Q -- Pit Becs 17 and Nettie Hanui et al to Rollie M. xu. QCD $10. Pt Sec 28, Ben-- Joseph Emanuelson and ¥ife to J. C. Gaede and wite. WD $10. Pt Sec 186, Wkgn. J. Wulz and wife to F;: M. Bicker staff. WD $10. Pt. Sec 20, Wkgn. Watren Gorrell to F. R. Shepherd and wife. WD $10. Pt lot 13, Oak-- mont, See 25, Deertield. s ~ C. T.; & T. Co. to J. W. Eaton. D $10. . Pt bik 15, Orgl plat, H--Pk. j €, C. Smith to M. J. Pigatner and wife, . WD $10. Pt Sec 18, Lake Yill®. ;--:--_ s C'r'rco.tol:.nmu.nno. P fnrainine ns is a 7 k venson e R ue rannane --wWD 110. _ Pt wel-- adp SE J. B. Martin to S. S. Monroe and wife. > QCD $1, .Lot 20, Wkgn:. W. W. Wagoner and wife to 8. H. Block QCD $10.-- Pt. Secs 14 and 15, Deertield. . W. V. Griffin and wife to J. Grier. 20, -- Wikgn. t # C. Subhling and wife to E. M. Sho-- ber. QCD. $1. Pt Bece 28, Wkgn ._ _ ¥. M. Shober to C. Suhling and wite. QCD $1. Pt; See 28, Wkgn. FIND BODY OF A _ _ YOUNG GARY BOY h BP f BR anmaic dn nrsentater Sn xi B iirnint ioi + *a en crigi t 12--year.old boy, --washed _ _ashore at Lake Front Park, was identitied to-- day ag that of Andrew Scubelek of Gary. As~soon as the boy's father confirmed the identification, coast guards began: a gearch for the bodies of Andrew's brother, John, and Wal-- ter Woflack, a companton. ~The three boys woere last seen playing in a boat in Calumet river. Kudowa, Silesia,: Mar. 23.--Seven persons were killed and eighteen in m..wmmmm seventy wotkers toppled oyer & prec' ipite near --here -- = °0 0 > . & seven ie in Cras» 23.----The body. of a 20, Wkgn.| ing Shepherd | Det ; ~13, Oak» | are . Eatoen. D . n . |D gatner and 18, Lake PROBATION FOR . : YOUTH GRANTED: . LAUD BAIRSTOW Judge Edwards Cails ProDati Officer Jack Bairstow Ex-- GETS JOBS FOR CHARGES forged the name of Leonard Mai man to checks because he believed that he had money coming from the at one time. 9 | He was turned' over to Attorney J. E. Bairstow, probation officer. "Bairstow," Judge Edwards de clared, "is a decidedly efficient pro-- bation -- officer.> He m,dm plans that give: each -- pro i apouuonudhebeusuum check on them. He is epntitled to praise and should be given credit lby the public he serves." 4 * /He told the court, that he had W y ... en e Eon CNB CA CPeR 6. P Attorney Bairstow, learning that farmers were unable to get help, has placed to;; or five probationers on farms. e plan . has worked out with success. He finds each man a job and then forces him to report monthly, show-- ing his income: and expenditures. Detailed accounting of axpenc!ltum are asked. DENY CLEMENCY TO -- EX--GOV. MCRAY Washington,. D.C. Mar. 23.----EX4GOY. Warren T. McCray, of Indiana, now serving a long prison sentence at At-- lanta, will not receive any executive clemency in the near future, it was indicated today. Attorney General Sargent said his remorts did not indicate the health ofthe ex--governor was as NHCF30!! °0 . inipaired as his friends claim, and that the department of justice "con-- templated no action at this time." Unceasing efforts have been made by McCray's friends to obtain-- his To-- lease on parole. Recently Cm:" submitted to President & lp.utmmmum:. signed by th present Indiana governor, Ed ',','":':' io L.T; enmeraainer A Eqqo uk A MEEAEAI ETY . 0 00 0 L5 eecmceige the lieutenant governor, nearly the entiwe legislature of the state, . 38 well as the state's congressional dele-- gation. CRUSHES HEAD OF . _ ----WIEE-- KILLS SELEF Aurora, IIL., Mar. 23----Anton Elinor-- is, 4§, today bashed in his wife's head with a bhammer, cut. his throat and then, fearing bhe would not die, stag-- gered into the yard, CUt down a elothes line and 'hanged himself, ac-- cording to poli¢ce: Mrs. Elinoris was rushed to _a h':rul where she was was in a ett t condition. f P The tragedy occurred after a quar-- re!, according to neighbors. He had been employed by him Edwards Calls Probation 23.--Ex--Gov. COOLIDGE MAY BE LAKE FOREST MAN Chicago, Mar. 23.--Society buzzed today over the rumor that Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick has offered president Coolidge Villa Turicum in Lake Forest, for his proposed west-- ern vacation. It is near the estate of Lioyd J; Brown of Kvanston, who also has exstended an invitation to the START ERECTION ---- OF NEW HOSPITAL president Rheinhart Maish Company of Take Geneva, Wis., Award-- ed Concrete Work. MAY GET:--OTHER PORTIONS Work of construction of the pro-- posed Elizabeth Condell hospital in Libertyville was started yesterday morning by the form of Rheinhart Malsh Company of| Lake Geneva, Wis.,. which was awarded the con-- tract for concrete work on the struc-- ture, which will cost when completed and equipped nearly $150,000. Thbe work of the Lake Geneva con-- cern under the contract which has been awarded to it will entail con-- struction of the foundation and all floors. This portion of the contract amounts to about $15,000. It is also considered likely that this concern will also be declared the low bidder for the construction of the re-- mainder of the building although this has not been decided as yet by the board of trustees of the institutions. ~-- Excavation for the basement on the site bordered by Cleveland, Stewart and Harrison streets is now. under-- way and the work, of construction will be rushed to conmplietion. ° Members of the board of trustees of the hospital are: Samue!l Insull, Jr.. chairman, Ben H. Milier and Dr. John L. Taylor. . -- El 1927 TO OPEN SUMMER _ ~ HOME PROPERTY NEAR FOX LAKE &h Chiongo syndicate 'recently purchased from Charles E. Blunt 110 acres at the' north end of Petite lake, in the Fox lake region, which are to be subdivided into three units which will be called Lakes Center Gardens, Golf View Manor and Highwoods Addition. The. Fox Chain o'Lakes Country club adjoins the property. A $20,-- 900 community club house is un-- der construction. The Lakes Center 'Realty Ccompany is agent for the property, which will <be-- used for summer hbhomes. JANITOR TRIAL TO BE FINISHED SOO0N '" Chicago, Mar. 23--The trial of Michael Sexton, labor union onmzanizer accused of killing Edward Dunn, rival union worker, was expected to end some time today. s 3 Sexton, with two other members of 'the Chicago flat janitor's union had gone to see Dunn, organizer of the Afro--American flat janitor's union a rival organization, it as mtl_flog Four detectives were within 60 feet of the shooting and arrested Sexton and his companions as they attempted to flee tut on the witness stand none-- of them could supply details of the slaying. Serton claims that Dunn became abusive and ordered him away. De-- parting, he heard shots from Dunu's 'direction whereupon he drew his gun lud returned the fire. * FIND BODY OF MRS. KNUTE HOUCK Washington, Mar. 23.--The body of Mrs. Gladys Waiter Houck, wife of a Washington psychiatrist, was found today in the murky waters of East ern branch, & navy yard. _ bomcadilt ME Susiviticat Mrs. Houck had been missing since Dec. 15, following a quarre!l with her husband, and a countrywide search had been conducted for her. . The husband, Dr. Knute Houck, is now being cared for by relatives in Wisconsin. . A few days after his VV AOAPRER AATS PWCI in d wife's disappearance, Dr. Houck. was found mentally unbalanced in Hor-- Urbana, 2_13 Mer. 23.--The council oft a tion at the University of llinols today dismissed two more h4A carrsrntcar esnt o ath dE O T students for drinking and a third man was denied further registration until the matter of his drunkenness is explained. Moundsville, W. Va., MarCn . 40."~" Two prisoners escaped from the gétate penitentiary here _todly by :12 from the top of the TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE SsTUDENTS ARE FIRED stream near $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE suspended $3,180,000 FOR ~STATE ROADS ARE : Public Hearinuis on 9 Routes Set For Waukegan Mar. 31, Public hearings on nine state a'd routes in the county, that wili bring 116 more miles of paved roads at a cost o 1$3,480,000 to the state, are scheduled for IQr. 31 at the Masonic Temple, it wes learned today from Bupervisor Georze Bairsiow, who re-- ceived word from the state highway 'denartme'm last n'ight of the date of the hearings. WwWOULD ADD 116 MILES 23.-- The immeusity of the program can be seen when it is considered that there are but 140 miles of concrete roads outside of municipalities in the county today after fifteen years of paving R. M. Lobdell, county super-- intendent of highwa@ys, declares that the new program would be completed within six years at the most and pro-- bably. less. -- Completion of the proposed paving coupled with the mileage already in would give the county 256 miles of read of bhard curface. «* _ The hearings for Mar. 31 include the Tollowing routes, 53, 57, 59, 59A, 60, 68, 172, 173, and 176. The hearing which would deal with the routing of the highways, will be the tiggest ever staged in the county Supervisor Bair-- stow says, Outline of Roads The routes are as follows: -- 53. .Starting near Half Day and ex-- tending in a southerly and westeriy direction to intersect with l11th sirect and Archer avenue, Caicago. Paving in county three miles. 57T Beginning at the northern limits of Chicago in Tessville and extending northerly into Highlana Park. Jt is problematical if,any of this road will be in Lake county as Highland Park limits run to the Cook county line. 59 Starting at rouie 69 south of Plainfield and running northeriy into Antioch, Enters county at Barrington and serving reasonable communication for Wauconda, Antioch and Inglegside. Twenty--three miles in county. F9A Beginaing in Yolo and run-- ning southeast to lLake Forest, serv-- ing Diamond Lake and Ivansoe Length 18 miles. > 60 Starting-- north of Richmohd of the Wisconsin line and extending southeast to Chicago running over p9 between Ingleside and Wauconda anrd serving Ingleside, Wauconda and Lake Zurich. This is a 22 mile stretch. _ 68 Beginning at a point two miles due weet of Lake Bluff and extending north to the Wisconsin line. This rorid would-- paralle!l the lake ehore about two to four miles inland and be an outer belt to Lake Bluff, North Chicago, Waukegan, Beach Zion and Winthrop Harbor. it is 15 miles long. Supervisor Bairstow Says. 172 Beginning 1 1--2 miles north of Libertyville : where -- route @1 leaves Milwaukee road and extending east to Grand avenue serving Libertyville and Gurnee, Lenkgth 5 miles. 1173 Starting at Sheridan road at or near Zion and extending west on a parallel to the state line running isto Rockford. This route is 20 miles long in the county and would serve Zion and Antioch and communities in New-- port township. 176 Mundelein west to Ivanhoe to Wauconda crossing the Fox river at Burton's bridge and on to the Crmfl miles. WRAY IS FIELD _ . -- SECRETARY FOR -- ASSURED COUNTY Prominent Lake County Stock ~ Breeder Will Act as Advisor the fnest stOck IATMEB iL i86. aBZl" dle wost which is located -- at Grayslake and who is one of the best known stock breeders of the country has been named as feld secretary of the Illinois Holstein Friesian association and has been 'placed 'in charge of the work of that aBsociation in the field.-- _ _ Mr. Wray.has begun his duties with the organization which will lt_nko him into all parts of the state in supervising the work of the 1s$ EXPERT IN BREEDING body among stock breeders. »dil The new appointee is well fitted for the work. ~ He is a graduate of the University of Iilinois and has successfully operated a fAne stock farm of 120 acres for a number of years at Grayslake. He also has been active in the affairs of the association both in the county and the state. His interest in the affairs of Holstein Freisian breeders has done much to upbuild the large organi-- FAWTH _ * "muhace breeders In ._the His interest in LD€ Alldil® "* Holstein Freisian breeders has done much to upbuild the large organi-- zation of these breeders in the county. This organization held a very successful and well at.tesdel gathering in Libertyville last Satur-- t Te «ve TSELL .¥ nm' day when H. W. ArIPD O° "+2 Tli., president of the national 8 riation addressed the méeting,. A W. R. Wray, owner of one of e fnest stock farms in the mid-- e west which is located -- at rayslake and who is one of the st known stock breeders of the untry has been named as Reld cretary of the Illinois Holstein rlesian association and has been aced 'in charge of the work of iat aBsociation in the field.-- Mr. Wray.has begun his duties +4 tha Arwranisation-- which will e t n t n ds road. Length in the county 10 HOLSTEIN ASSN. to Group. w en oo on nnt af the national A230-- «3