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Two-- teachers receive $400 to $499 annually, two $700 to $799, two $800 to $899, 18 get $900 to $999, 21 get $1,000 to $1,099, 63 get $1,100 to $1,-- _ 199, 47-- get $1,200 to $1.299, 46 get $1, . °. 300 to $1,399, 25 get $1,400 to $1,499, ; .ptnmtom.'ufim .: 'to $1,699, 32 get $1,700 to $1,799, 22 .. 'get $1,800 to $1,899, 47 get $1,900 to $1,999, 59 get $2,000 to $2,499, ten get from $2,500 to $2,999 and six get $2,000 on up in the elementary Co*s WeA " VOLUME XXXV--NUMBER 34. ce oc wemmens Tor the edbestion $159 in » tor the education of each child. Figuring in buildings, Examine 49,11% Pupils # Anticipation warrants issued _ for the high school in 1927 amounted to m.wmhmndum'-*'- or $108,379 greater than the year be-- fore. mmmwm and five girls in the county between the ages of 12 and 21 years unable to ces Bonded &--- for the entire zs Ligw sehod and 1144200 on the ing up from 4,428 to 4,668., Fhere were 787 boys and 803 girls enrolled h;hllhnehoolhl:"m % school 70 teachers m"?n.m or about $2,500. on the average. ---- + : 'There were 585 enrolled in Wauke win kindergartens in 1927, at a cost equipment, etc.,. this cost boosts to the sum of $294 against Waukegan's ings, etc.. in Waukegan was 2200,000 in 1927 and $31,281 in Highland Park. employed in the county with but three The value of all schools in the county reaches $6.763,356. ~Waukegan valued at $7,764,000 approximhately or mote than one--third of the rest of the county. ' The high school paid off $35,000 of bonds and $29,910 in interest on bonds with the grades retiring $24, 000 in bonds and paying $22,732 in interest. . _ The high school showed an increase in registration, jumping from 1347 to 1590 pupils with the grades com-- valued at $7,764,000 approxitmhately or mote than one--third of the rest of the county. ' The high school paid off $35,000 of bonds and $29,910 in interest on bonds with the grades retiring $24, 000 in bonds and paying $22,732 in Interest. . _ _ The high school showed an increase 247 .Ain tween $800 to $$99 annually. oft 158 high school teachers, 57 draw $2,000 and $2,499, 51 get between $2,500 and $2,999 and 26 get $3,000 and up. There are 618 teachers of all kinds in the county. MW,W!: 1927 and $1,046,199 in About H. S. graduates........ schools of the county The census of the county showed am increase. Waukegan did not take one this year as it assumes that task but once every two years.. In spite of that, with the greatest © increase coming here, figures are as follows: Boys vnder 21 years....15,064 Girls vr:der 21 yeats....14,8607 $2,160,100. Annual 'report of T. A. Simpson, county superintendent of schools, 'to Francit G. Blair,; state superintendent of public instruction,; today discloses the following facts about Lake coun-- ty schools: . 1. That there are 29,671 under 21 years of age against 28,715 in 1926. 2. --That there are 13,738 in elemen tary grades and 3,188 in high schools. 8. Modmtbneon-m.gi- 282%,504.10 in 1927 for about 17,.188 4. The average costs per capita per year was $191 for the year just 5.. Value of all school l property is P giiee or alt PFankogan townabtp T there are but nine illiter-- ates between 12 and 21 years of age. 10. -- $628,1733 was paildfor new buildings, grounds and alterations in 11. That 618 teachers drew $1,225, 265 as salaries. 17,188 ATTENDED -- _ SCHOOL IN 1927 REPORT REVEAL® Spend $3,282,504 For Educa tion in Entire County Aver. Cost of $191 Per Pupil. _ The lowest paid to_whor.ln_tho N!}l schools Census Reported Total for new »a . for in 1927 or a total of on recent months every possiDie eLDIOFL has been put forth to reorganize this important department in the s#tate Iilinois and make it as nearly as pos-- sible like Caesar's wite--above to proach. And the appointnient of Larry Benson is convincing proof of the goy ernor's sincerity in this respect. ' Too often in hte past these jobs Were doled out as political plums to onm%unmmum past, it is fair to record that in combination of qualifications for any one man to possess. And yet we are satisfied that L. J, or "Larty" Benson, as he is affectionately known to his host of friends and admirers, has all of these qualities in abundance. There is probably no department in the state uncpl':xt that offers 5 j ® . ahsmmmdcfi <cial misconduct that that of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. As a result, this department in Ilinois, as else where, has in the past been subjected to much adverse criticizsm. never was a politician in any sense of the term, and hig appointment comes to him strictly as a reward of merit in recognition of his proven worth as a crime expert and:an Able executive. As General Superintendent of Police of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, h;hh:: displayed unusual ability and the esteem and con-- fidence of ail with whom he came in He was repeatediy honored with the The position is heavy with colossal mmibmfi:lmrm requires the se of men who are able, honest, fearless, fair--minded and cal Agents' Association of the Ch+i cago District, and is crédited with a considerable part of the constructive work done by thiat organization in re-- cagoans, Edward Probat, his wife, Marie, and Miss Pauling Kaiser, on a Mootl'%m Dr. Mar-- tin reported all three had been superior intelligence and everything that goes to make hint the right man for a position on the Parole Board." of L. J. Benson, General : Superintend-- ent of Police of the C. M. & St. P. the time he regided here. In commenting on appointment, the State Police ter, ha sthe foliow-- ing to say: I flce o aal '"In &ur humble opinion, the Gov-- ernor of Illinois ~ ex-- cellent m!n &O;m.t recently named a member of the Hli-- nois--State Board of Pardons and Pa-- roles, the appointement being made by Governor Len Small. Mr. Benson THREE DRUNKS ARE TA%N IN CRASH L. J. Benson Placed On cago, Sept. 22. Besides those carried by the North Shore Line, many more will' use Milwankee avenue Libeértyville, going by auto. Fight Fans Thru Village Libertyville, en route to the training camp of Gene Tunney, at Cedar Crest Farm, on the shore of Foxr Lake., -- The North Shore Line will route patrons from Chicago via the Skokie Valley Line, to Libertyville, and from hre passengers will be tanepoted to Hardin, of the LibrtyyillieMundelein Chamber of Commerce, thousands of ney of the Railway Chief,Spe-- . Intentional or to P¥ he was raided vlm.:tomponlg in-- junction was placed on his So. Utica street . home. b Assistant States Attorney. Harold Bmud Attorney Wilfred --Hall, co for the defendant, took is-- sues on the petition for injunction on -- which <an' intermediate hearing was held. Hall took the position that the description of the premiges, show-- ing a frame dwelling, was incorrect in that the home in-- which Nelson lived was a two story brick residence. Both the injunction matter and the mamaodhumhdd over until Monday by Judge P. L Persons in the "county court with the sugges-- t;l:u that the potmonltor In?incdgn_ amended to properly describe t house. § s / Attorney Hall takes the position that the petition could not be amend-- ed as the auw put in all its evidence and : the testimony. He holds that the only action would be the dismissal of the bill and the tiling of a new one which would de-- stroy the contempt proceedings in that there would hbhave been no tem-- porary writ for Nelson to violate. > umm.m.umw that his wife, who had charged him n!glinwhkh-%q'lrt&hlotu- quor were found. e only the fheomwbomod":-d«m njunction proceedings nothing done to Nelson States Attorney Smith has filed several injuncotions against m-dblomhrflmac -- Nelson, it is said, has plans for tone FesteManiaty imsued 10 Hajorck, Bond of. $4400. -- Inventory approved. wished to withdraw . he mhh t. 'T.M-'mbomwmc loq- y. . Both police and sponge squad mem-- bers were used as witnesses by thod State. They testified to a series of Three new estate were filed Thurs-- day in the probate court betore Judge 8. Florence Morley, Waukegan. Petition for Probate of Will filed and set. for hearing Sept. 12, 1927. ----_ ---- Arthur . Nelson, subject of police and '&n' squad raids 'on about six different occasions since July 24, to-- day held hopes of dodging a jail--gen-- tence or fine .on a contempt of court proceedings brought againset him after Continue Hearing on Interme-- Mimcbon and Con-- THREE ESTATES > -- FILED THURSDAY IN PROBATE COURT Approve Inventories in Estates of Mary Vanucha and James n 4nven:-- O( DODGE JAIL; FLAW "TN PADLOCK WRIT s ' 5 . . . * y * . . '_ A s ' No / \ * . ('?fié'g ":3.;;"%?& F l . % | % 4 :"_:4 } n az a j 'w' h *tvmiugg _ *)A 3 < @ /f,i #? * LIBERTYVILLE, LA KE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1927. tempt After Disclosure. #€ Ka.. Petition for Probate and set for hearing Sept. E. Fagan. road, drove his car onto Bellvidere road without having stopped Aat the bighway. . Commander Bidgwoell tried without success to avoid a collision. The cars met and the Bidwell ma-- chine, which w« traveling east on the highway, was thrown to the: edge of the ditch on the south side of the en clavicle and a deep scalp wound,| The will of the late Wendelin Eng-- and Miss Hamilton, who. suffered |lar, Antioch, admitted to probate Mon-- euts; and bruises about the..body,|day by Judge --P. L. Persons in the were removed to the Lake County'|probate court, left an estate of $5000 bospital where the injuries: were |to his wife Rose. Proceedings for the [given attention and they were them|day were as follows: < ©| removed to the hospital at 'Great| John Smith, Antioch--Hearing on Lakes. f ~.~..] Final Report continued to Sept. 12th. Thorsen admitted his blame to H.| Richard F_-'Ball;.d'vlek. Highland Park A. Doolittle, deputy sheriff.--who in--| --Pstition for Letters of Administra-- vestigated the accident. He stated|tion filed: Bond fixed at $20,000. Proof that his daughter died mfi& of Heirship taken. Rto"~--£ that his wife has been in ill beaith| Henry _ Schroeder,. Libertyville-- since that time because of: intense |Hearing on final report continued to griet. He had taken her out Sunday |August 26th, c afternoon for a ride in the hope of |_ Woendelin Englar; Antioch--Will ad-- diverting her thoughts -- from the|Mitted to probate. All property valued death of : her daughter. While his |2t "-m,l,fiw to wife, Rose Englar wife escaped injury in the crash she |Letters Testamentary issued to Rose suffered soverely from the shock and | P28!ar Bond of $10,000,.~~!~ _ _ card, K he has ont, his proposition bas ben investigated and found to bave merit. K he does not carty a eard issued by the secretary, he has either been refustd or has not visitd the ofifce. This action is taken for guests (or pests) until the people ab-- solutely --réfuse to listen to the same old story, and to let the peddlers and solicitors know they are not wanted in this territory. The individual in town today baszses hiw story on charity for crippled chil-- arn, but incidentally you are urged to sign an ordtr for extracts, shaving cream--or what have you! ¢ * It seems 'that order taking is a pe-- cullar way of raising funds for a sani-- tarium and to the man up a tree it looks as though the main idea is to The Libertyville--Mundelein Chatn-- wumufivh::um with this sort of thing, -- asks the cooperation of all citizefis. When you are visited by a salesman or sgolicitor, 9 i _ l -- k CC HAARAB e 11e .approved. ite" clos sB xt aas e TR : ©som-- ig 1t g" Goll mmumm'uk community, and in no way affects wmermmees : } . The funeral services were held last ms&mlnlLvnoo!Co.,Mummummm mander A. YS. Bidwell, executive of--, Maple avenue, conducted by the Rev. ficer at Great Lakes Naval Train-- John E. DeLong, pastor of the Liber-- ing station was seriously hurt, a |tyville Methodist church... Burial was friend, Miss Ja&ne Hamilton received in Lakeside cemetery. painful bruises and Commander Bid--; Among the friends of} Mr. Morse well received minor bruises when attending the funeral from Waukegan their ~automobile was struck and'woere Probate Clerk John. R. Builock T. H. Thorsen of Chicago at the| / intersection of 'Belvidere and Tel& | 1 gitimate selling schemes. ® $53,000 PAVING JOB IS AW A Ask Solicitor for Card When He Calls on Y ou sue was nartied INuvemner i, 180(. wn:Eol:NAVAL Two children were born to this union ' --Mrs. Lillie B. Davis and Jay B. % . ¥v Morse, both of whom survive, resi-- OEFICIAL HURT . zxB3 j " t '*. The Morse family moved to Liber-- tyville in 1882, Mr. Morse passing " ----> n Commmntapt Commander and Mrs. A. s.,'bé,enro uowber __of _ the Methodist flfl. of Naval Station ~ Sss s e tha baatn 'and Friend Injured, |permittea _ _ _ _ >' _ _ ___ Mre. Bidwell, who received a orok-- : Western Skyline damaged by a car driven by and County Clerk Lew A. Hendee. solicitor is stil with us and Somees s / WENDELIN ENGLAR §w"'§fi Ek LEAm EST\AE "Zasereee) _ -- 1O WIFE, ROS % o h 3 s j ic j €44. ; s -v wite § 4 4 . e & o yA i NP % » F Eo+ tm : > *4 ,. l po doitet o 5 A » v" # e L* \ 2 7 ib BE oR E* nit Ed % e & ' 1 se B% c cmd Te f h j e 3 -- M > o 5 § . A hus : ig e .c t -- s 2 w n [ TeA 4 J ¥ > f oi +A 1 J ¥, + z ¢ $ 7 Eus > f * F33 e > felgtat * .A 3 e es t P t R . he ©ige f he $ wosnpnann 3 i >E * E* % e ) . w ay f N sn Es y l t "€ f i , + s yM f x A (Chakes 0. P 3 o ; k Trap n o3 j . . it aw f k : John 8..Heath. Waukegan--Invent-- ory and appraisement bill approved Orlando W. Burris. Waukegan--In-- ventory approved Eugenio Mezzini. . Highwood.--De-- cree for sale of real estate entered. ~John H. Maynard. Waukegan--Final Morse, both of whom survive, resi-- dents of Libertyville. The Morse family moved to Liber-- tyville in 1882, Mr. Bm.m asway March 17, 1919. ie that time Mrs.. Lester B. Morse, of West Maple Avenue, passed ay&y on Sun-- day afternoon, at the age of 85 years. Her end came at a result of a stroke dm'.". t Sarah Clark Morse, a daughter of il:mluduMmbomh mm ,&mr Jfiw._qma.u_ six years, her 14 1842, At the age 0. six years, her nothorhcflngo:-'olmy.'sbxand hqrmhoreuutom:ndlet- ted on a farm near After having lived there for several years, her father bought a {farm in Lake County, near. the school and church, at Fairfield. } In the year 1862, she was married to E. A. Bartel, who enlisted in the Un-- lop. Armies and was killed in action. Following the death of her husband, she taught school in a number of the districts <of 'the southwestern part of the county. While engaged as a teach-- er she met Lester B. Morse, to whom she was married November 7, 1867. Two children were born to this union o. olm Wiiremenks 1 ./. &'O. 7 ; (K, ;:: 'b';'t'::dttlmnr cup ul * m en st reserve Leaves $5u000 Records in infantry, for having attained the high-- Probath COUNT SHOW1, 13 1 SStmad tile Toas: Its was o mnoember Mahanet f n year. He was a cm Are Called Mon. of Troop A, 317 reserve cavairy. MRS. SARAH MORSE, MOTHER OF NE W TREASURER, DIES Stroke Brings Death of Aged Libertyville Woman; Ser-- -- vices Held Tuesday 0 lavalty 10 thscheat Rorsvionn at the to th Tseman camip.. The &nknhu- awarded for the highest military efficiency were from the University of Chicago, eD Paul university, Lake Forest College, Marquette aniversity, Wheaton col-- lege and Carroll college. Albert Hagerty, of Libertyvilie, ILL., wion the University of: Chicago acholi-- University and college scholarships, gilver cups and medals were awarded Wednesday to the youthful dighting men, who showed the highest military efficienty, and horshemanship during their month of extensive training at Ft. Sheridan. The presentations were m" ; C . p han, , t at&fofl. and by Col. mm: 41st reserve infantry, following a parade and Te-- Tor 1927 -- the Mamp whs college scholatrships went to Joseph TV MLOYp . K PIAEV be. Lewig C. Gottechalk, of Lake Mills, Wis., received the &cholarship to Car-- roll College. The Marquette Univer-- sity scholarship was awarded to War-- ville, was the medal of honor man in the signal corps. The winner in the Albert Hagerty Wins Scholarship in Chi. U. while E. Robinson. another Detroit man, Yon thit given by Lake Forest shoot to kill with the result 'that Miekus was taken at his home un armed. He served-- time in the county jail then and was forced to pay $150 in addition alithough hs tried to --get out under the pauper -- Micekus lived on McAlister avenue for a number of years. He ran cross wise with the law in 1912 when three huge stills' were found in his home. These produced 12 gallons of booze a day and Mieckus was said to be wealithy : from the income . derived from this. Miekue, the report'states, has been buried in the potters' field at Antigo, Wis., and a subscription is being taken among his former friends in North Chicago to have the body returned to that city. For weé@ks police and States At-- torney Smith sought him to fortt him to trial. Miekus sent back word that he would not be taken alive. Police responded with orders to A description of the man was sent to North Chicago and Chief Tiffany recognizing it as resembling that of Mi--kus, a brother in law of Police Captain Joe Potocky of North Chicago wrote tack for a picture of the dead man, 'As none was available, Sheriff Jones had a death picture taken and gent to ,Chief 'Tillany. The identity was immediately confirmed. * Relatives of the dead man have been informed that Mitkus had a Buick sedan, a Ford coupe and a Dia-- mond T truck in Antigo, and. may have a considerable sum of money. They are attempting to establish this fact and get the property as Mickus was unmarried and his only relatives are living in North Chicago. Miekus was a member of a gang that was trying to rob the box car. As they 'were forcing the door of the car, Tif-- fany states, the sheriff's crowd ap-- peared and Mickus was shot in the leg. Some of his companions were ar-- rested, but Miebus dove into a bush and effected his escape. He is reported to have crawled to the home of one his companions who had, been ar-- rested. The companion's wife put him to bed and fearing that he would die in her house, she went to a neighbors housa to summon a doctor: The neigh-- bor, it is reported, called the sheriff When Sheriff Jones arrived, Micekus was in bed. The report states that when the former local man saw" the officers, 'he drew a gun from under his pilow and the sheriff, seeing the act, shot Miekus as he lay in bed. The etory of the slaying was re-- ported exclusively in the Daily Sun Tuesday, but at that time it was not known that the identity of the man had been traced through North Chi-- ~-- According to Chief Tiffany who re-- ceived a letter and a death picture of Micekus from Sherift Willis Jones of That Joe Miekus. shot to death in Antigo, Wis., was killed following an attempted robbery of a tbox car in the Wisconsin town, was the report today of Chief of Police Frank Tif{fany of North Chicago through whom with the aid of a death picture, the identity of Mickus as the former Waukegan bootlegger, was. established. Chief Tiffany Hears That Local Man Was Slain by Wiscon-- 4 sin Officers. MIEKUS KILLED BY SHERIFF AFTER A ROBBERY--REPOP Frank Weyerman, of Hastings, CE L 4' G. Juliussen, Chicago; and wflfia'lo for cavairy . of Buffalo, N. Y. Wws Binding Over of Postmaster ) Sherwood Discloses State f With Held Evidence. torney Harold Hansen, who acted for the state in the matter, Tues. dis-- closed the information that he reveal-- ed as little of his evidence as possi-- ble in getting the --case before the mnd jury which convenes in Octo-- ney Albert Hall, made no effort to dispute the girl's story that she had been attacked the state held two doc-- ors in readiness to testity that they had examined the girl and found her word true. "I just used the little girl because her testimony was so complete that I did not believe that Justice Hervey Coulson could do anything but hold Sherwood to the grand jury," the at-- torney stated. R He has, he says, a number of other witnesses who he has not fully ex-- Now that Claire Sherwood, 30, Lake Villa postmaster, is held to the grand jury in bonds of $5,000, signed by his father, in a case in which he had Sorensen, 15, maid in his home, At-- aAmined. These, he claims, will add to the etate's case. j Sherwood's defense had been built around the story of his relatives that he had been on Cedar Lake at the time of the attack building a diving pler with his father. -- STATE CONFIDENT OF CASE AGAINST: LAKE VILLA MAN Ehe body was taken to the Prior rooms in Highland Park Sunday afternoon awaiting orders to ship it to the boy's home in Milwau-- kee. His parents were notfied and went immediately to Fort Sheridan. He denied with emphasis the story of the girl that he had sent his wife to take care of the postoffice and his little son to the store so that he could swimmer. be alone with her. ed cramps, as hbis friends in Head-- quarters company, of which he was a member, declared that he was a good ered his body within two or three minutes after he Sank.. c A hurried investigation showed that he was dead, and the body was re-- moved to the military morgue at the Fort.-- A military board of inquiry was called and Dr. Maurice D. Penny, deputy coroner, was invited to eit in at the investigation. <As the youth was in the army and the accident occurred on military property, the ci-- vil authorities had no part in the investigation. . The military board came to the con-- cl'u'{l:n that Bahr had come to his a from accidental drowning and that in all probability he had suffer-- Herbert Bahr, a Milwaukee youth who was starting on his last week as a citizen soldier in the C. M. T. C. at Fort Sheridan, W@rowned in Lake Michigan off Fort Sheridan at 9:30 Sunday morning while in bath-- ing with a number of young men from his military company at the Fort. The youth, 18 years of age, had gone bathing in the lake with a large number of the 'young soldiers. His mates eaw him suddenly sink beneath the surface as they were swimming about near shore. They im-- mediately went to his rescue and with a number of them diving about the place he went down, they recov-- CITIZEN SOLDIER DROWNS IN LAKE AT FT. SHERIDAN OUR ~INVITATION o , Chief Deputy E. Brown Thursday re-- PRESENT THIS AT THEATRE : from Au * the 206 M P e e tm saatiammatais ------ | wheriff'e of the Iilinois association While the defense, through Attor-- "avazsou HEVERr vBuues "THEOR HEA'M Fuuy UNNIL THE! ARE GiCK! fh A GREAT BOOSTER FOR GooP HEAH! Th FOR PRESH AR, CORRECY EATIHG, LOvs or EXEROSE Auy A GAEERPUL view OF uPE 1. WiMH HeAum, 100 CA DO AKNTHMG = Witiouy ody of Herbert Bahr of Mil waukee Recovered by Bud-- dies in Swimming Party. Says: dan road, Highland "M;'m" "'h""" heard the report that he digd violation is $10--the <maximum be ufl&"fiafium flowers trom the local lakes are being sold was Lake, Nippersink Lake and Grass been rattlers killed there before. Although the North Shoré is one of the most populous strips of land of its kind there have been & oum-- ber of wolves shot in and Lake counties éach winter an a occasional coyote. Eagles ; ofien-- ly secretly bagged by hun but ;»> there have been few reporu: rit :z > tlers crawling about the mu nb-%:: divided: land LOTUS FLOWERS BEING SOLD; AR-- REST THREATENED Mrs. John Western of Wauke-- gan Calls Attention to State Law on Matter. One Had 12 Rattles, Two Had . 7 and One 5; Had to Fight 1 FOUR RATTLERS IN DAY TAKENBY TWO HALF DAY PEOPLE He suffered numerous bruises. As Al Kirpfiings, of 1915 So. hert-- Gets Consist of Bru| GOES BACK TO JOB to Get Captives. 325 :wi \{ ;,; $1.50 A YEAR /4