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VOLUME XXXVII--NUMBER 29 ARSON THEORY IN RACE TRACK FIRE UPHELD BY PROBE Some person or persons, their motive and identity as yet a mys-- tery, set the spectacular early Mon-- day which leveled the grandstand of the Kane County Kennel club dog racing plant west of FElgin which is owned by Waukegan inter-- ests, it was learned today from El zin by press dispatches. This was the concensus of opinion of authorities today following the discovery of unmistakable signs of an arson plot in the charred ruins of the burned structure las' night. All evidence is being held for pre sentation before State Fire Manhay P. E. Bertram of Crystal Lake ,who is expected in Elgin fate today or tomorrow to launch an investiga-- tion into the cireumstances ot the fire. -- Representatives of Wauke-- gan Owners of Track Think It Will be Reopened. HICL In the meantime. representatives oft the two north shore women own-- ers of the property, Mrs: J. M. De-- Tienne of Barrington,. and Mrs. Eu: nice Parmenter of Waukegan, an-- nounced tentative plans to clear away the wreckage of the grand-- stand and erect a temporary clireus tent structure so the original plans to hold a 60--day racing meet can be gone through with. Definite de-- ctsion as to just what course will be followed in this particular is ex-- pected tomorrow. Cc ie C c SS w a us "I am satsfied that the plant was} «et on fire by some person Or PeT-- sons," State's Attorney George D' Carbary declared, today in discnss-- ing the blaze. (**Just as soon as the ctate fire marshal reaches Eigin 1 will present him with all the facts in the case that I have been able to ascertain." City «Fire Marshal Elmer Henry-- --on, whose fire Aighters responded to the call for aid when the grandstand was burning and suceeeded in sav-- ing several outbuildings from de-- «truction, cotncided with the coun-- ty prosecutor in his opinion that the: plant was set afire. Anthorities were econfronted with eanficting theories in their efforts to get at the bottom of the mystery and -- arrive at a logical -- solution. Among the many theories advanced. some plausible and others highly improbable, are: 1. Plant burned by rival dog rac-- ing interests from Cook county who feared operations here would _ de-- tract from attendance at Chicago tracks. o p e s ep mc itad In: 1. dX Pagii» 2 Plant fired by disgruntled in-- vestors who lost heavily on previous race meets here or by creditors who «uffered fAinancial reverses in the settlement of the plant's affair a LAKE COUNTY's BIG WEEKLY BEST FOR SUBSCRIBERS BEST FOR ADVERTISERS ALL THE NEWS------AND FIRST! <ettlement of the plants afail & vear ago. 3. Fired by an anti--gzambling fa-- natic. > 4. Plant fired by parties protest-- ing presence of establishment west otf city limits. (During previous race meetings restdents of the re «ton had complained of race track nangere on who frequented the track locality.) 5. Plant burned by dog racing 'nterest who feared the effect up: on the sport in general of an unsuc-- cessful tily with the law over the |agality of . pari--mutuel betting on the races. 1 C 03 L,.P0 PERLWI 6. Two of the most amusing and far--fetched "theories" advanced were that the plant was fred . by operatives for the state's attorney office or by the droppin® of a clgar-' et by some careless aviator in fAy--| ing wfor the grandstand. 7. Another theory Of course, is that the plant caught fire from de-- fective wiring or from some other accidental cause, not coming under the arson heading. n 1 2 ut o a.«L 6. Two tfar--fetched were that operatives | 404 hh . . 4.4. ced dnbrito t ind Every possible phase of the fire and events leading up to it is to be gone into thoroughly by the state fire marshal. 11 hfi . .. cdutccbaiitd Evidence of arson was found by the property owners and their rep-- resentatives in going over the ruins last night and today. Ofi soaked rags were @iscovered in the ticket office at the main entrance, whereas officials declared emphatically that the office had been swept out last Saturday evening. Several gunny sacks, oll tainted, were also found together with traces oft gunpowder may have been used to start the fire quickly. Further evidence that the prem ises were fred in several places : a! the same time was discloged in > close survey of the ruins. One of the kennel houses showed signs of being fired from the interior, while no evidence was found on the out-- side of where the fire could have possibly broken through the build-- ing as a result of falling firebrands from the grandstand. Another siz-- nifGcant fact was that the judges' stand in the racing enclosure was levelled to the ground, whereas the fence around the: track less than ten fipt away and facing the grand-- stan&d wasn't even scorched. Oil traces were also found on several of the kennel floors. John Wagner, night watchman at the plant, told D. H. Bray of Wau-- kegan, representative of Mrs. Par menter, his version of the Sre to-- day. Z7 i se n § Mr. Bray's police dog with me,"' ht' said. "I was on the ground floor at the west end and noticed a re--; flection of light out upon the track.. Thinking that someone had left a | light burning, I walked up the short : flight of stairs.only to find a flerce | blaze burning in the proximity ot| the ladies' mutual booths on the | me--zanine floor. _ I immediately called the dog men and sornt !~ fire alarm." _ . Yesterday -- afternoon _ NMr: De-- Tienne, assisted by Mr. Bray, con-- verted the former's automobile into an impromptu office and palid off in ecash virtually all materials and la-- bor bills growing out of the recent rehabil'tation of the racing plant. Both Mrs. DeTienne and her rep-- resentatives in this city estimated the comnlete loss today at $100,000 considering the money that had been l was making my rour)qs and had VICTOR BERGER HURT SERIOUSLY --Run down by a street car, Vic tor 1. Berger, former congress-- man from Wisconsin and national-- ly_ prominent socialist, today «ewas in a critical condition. . Taken to the emergency hospital he was found to have suffered a possible skull fracture, _ internal injuries and scalp wounds. The accident oéccurred while he was attempting to cross a street two blocks from his home here. On account of his age----69--it was feared he may not recover. ' GOURTS TO SETTLE ON BOARD OF TRADE "CAMBLING DEBTS" Appeal Is Made on Case in Which Farmer Held Loan Was For Gambling. "sambling debts'" is a question that has started on its way up through the courts in lllinois. It has been decided in the affirmative by the Bureau county circuit court and is now before the appellate court _ at Ottawa. » Thae case concerns the legality of Whether Board of Trade deals are Tha case concerns the legality of contracts hetneen'nsmmers and the Chicago Board 6t Trade mem-- bers for the purchase and sale of grain and provision futures and bids and offers, subsequently resulting in speculation. William MeCabe, a Bureau coun ty farmer, was sued -- nearly six years ago by James K. Kiur@n. a member of the Chicago Board _ of Trade to forecliosure a mortgage and recover on two notes at a total of $55,000, 'given in -- settliement _ of Ingeaoe fnr alleged speculating on the $5o,00v, given in -- SellieImeni . 2i losses for alleged speculating on the Board of Trage."® In an answer and cross petition, McCabe held that the notes Wete given to satisfy gambling debts and he asked for their eancellatton. The decision of the lower court, should it be affirmed by the appel late court, places upon Board of Trade firms the duty of lxnestiga{- ing the need of each customer Tor the grain and provisions he order®s, his financial abihty to accept and pay for all contracts, and his Inten: tion to make delivery or to receive shipment and not to close out be fore the expiration of the option of the maturing.of the future . con tract J. L. Spaulding .attorney for Mc-- Cabe, contended that it is just as easy to gamble on the Bouard _ of Trade contracts as it is to do a legi-- timate business He beld that the volume of transactions by McCabe in the three years betore he with draw from the market, involving more than _ 26.009, grain, should have Chicago Trade that engaged in lexitim: engaged in lexitimate business The whole question comes back to the point as to whether the higher court will construe MeCabe's opera-- tions on the Board as gamblin«k Gambling debts are rot recognized before the law. TO REORGANIZE HERD ASSOCIATION An open meeting is t0 De . the Lake County Farm _ |] Grayslake on Friday, July 19° o'clock. standard time. for t] pose of reorgani{zing the Lake ty Herd Improvement Asso J. H. Brock of the University nois will he th» s«peaker of t ning. All those interested a noils V ning. quest The interstate commerce commis-- ston announced today that it had dropped anti--trust charges against the Kansas City Southern and the Misseuri--Kansas--Texas _ rallroads _t back into the plant far recon-- «itioning it during the past _ few weeks. If plans to stage a race meet in temporary quarters materialize it is probable that the plant could be erected with ten days' time. Speaking of marathons, here's the lce cream cope eating champion of the-- world. She's Miss Caroline Bierhals, 18, of New Kensington, Last night thousands of the curt-- ous from Elgin and vicinity motored out on McLean boulevard to the site of the racing plant ta personally view the destruction caused by the nr.' _ O devsstwamnaw ol l is Pa., who recently ate 100 ice cream cones in 1 hour 45 minutes. And she went to work as usual the next day. * DROP ANTI--TRUST CHARGE Eats 100 Cones rom tC The Libertpuoille Iinbepenient _ ( n for the pu U e was not ( th« ke Coun sociation ty of TIli h(' 1 «l t Bureau, of the Lexington,. Ky.. Secreta standing. William F. S STATE PROBING CLAIM FOX RIVER BEING POLLUTED Survey of the Stream is Be-- ing Made by Department of Public Health. ably be th authorized FORMING NEW _ BOARD A survey of started by the public health, commission is A survey of the stream has beem started by the state department * public healtb, and as soon as the commission is formed, the survey will probably be unified with the commission's work, -- Harry FPer@u-- son. chief sanitary engineer, said to-- son da:v This survey, Mr. Ferguson said, will be to determine the different kinds and extent of poliution in the stream. Then, when the board i# formed, steps may be aken to stop the pollution of the water. The Fox river. Ferguson pointed out, is perhaps the stream nrost widely used in lIllinols for recre@ tional purposes--fisbing,' swimming L. haatine_and ae «s»eh forms an an. boating--and as suCil 10f N3 admirable subject for the first wC ot the board. The new water board will cons of the @rector of public health, t director of conservation, the dir Foremost in the attempts to cicar the stream has been the Fox valley federation which supported the bill in the legi§lature under which the water board was created. The lzaak '\\'altOn League also worked for the director of conservation, the direc-- tor of purchases and constructions and several persons to be named by the governor. . The director of health is the logical choice for chairmans, since the work of ¢eommission comes within the scope of his department. The board is empowered to exam:-- ine and investigate the source and degree of pollutien of any stream or body of wager in the state, mak-- ing bacterial studies to determine whether the water is fit for Pecrea-- tional purposes. < After determining the s®@rce of pollution the board has the authority to abate the pol-- nas the auidnUrily 10 dPMIERRR COME CC lution. Investigation of the Fox river val ley is a project that Kane and Ken dall county bave -- been _ work ing for several years. Several at tempts have been made to form con wervancy districts but without sut ing for several > tempts have been servancy districts cess. bill Governor Emimerson is expected to name appointee members of the commission -- upon his return to Springfield. Meanwhile a corps of engingers has established headquarters at Ge-- neva and will study the streatu dur-- ing the summer months, working out of Geneva. This period was chosen because the river is usually at its lowest stage, and the pollution be-- comes more noticeable. SCION OF WEALTHY WOODSTOCK FAMILY HELD FOR MURDER A young man, said to be a sclon of an old Woodstock family, was held in the county jail here this after noon,. suspected> of the murder of the skull crushed and throat ent, Henry Mengs; 65, whose body with was found here. Sherif Cyrus Sanford refused to reveal the name of the suspect pending further investigatton. That Mengs was murdered for the large sum , of money he habitually carried was the theory advanced by Sheriff Sanford. / Mengs exchanged a large roll of| BEATEN TO DEATH old and wrinkléd bills at a local] Henry Menge,. . city employee of bank last Sagurday--the day he was| Woodstock, III., was found beaten ast seen alivb--receiving in return| to death in the old Tairgrounds on new currency, including several uf'the outskirtg, of this city today. the --all $20 bills. _ IMenge carried between $400 _ and the ZCall @20 DiiS, PVRGo ME O NeR O PRPNIE M P PE W CCCE Suspicion .was fastened on thelssno with him, friendgs told police. youth now in jail when he bought The pockets of the man had been an automobile Saturday night, mak--| rifled and his throat slashed. ing the tnitial payment 'vm::d lfln: new $20 bills He was arrested las mae 4n se nlexht' with -- utmost -- secreey _ and RyslTnA:Ton::)'InDn'iRaNSvE :L}I{G:I'Tp'. placed in solitary confinement. lnm..n oi se B e dnc unsl did. Thus the pro--nect of farm relief Cnesn't 'look quite as, sweet as it the first study by the newly od -- #tate Ranitary Water w« ho a culah auutns »nmm | alidicatitm l uies Fox river will pr LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THYURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929. NEW FARM BOARD MEETS WITH HOOVER wor the of | ) George W. Wickersham, former U ted States attorney general and n chairman of President Hoover's cCc mission to invBbstigate crome and 1 renforcement. in a 'etter read bef the twenty--first conference of gos nors here today, advanced the 8 gestion that states of the un | might better co--operate with the DIVING GIRL HITS ROCK IN THE LAKE an artery and Nau A shoulder, when she st while diving from a at Bangs lake near W night. MrKk Landin w the offices of Dr J A stx stitches were taken URGES STATE HELP IN ATTEMPTING TO ENFORCE DRY LAW wound fered Mrs A. Land vacation from | fBees of a Dr. W Head of Crime Commussion Says Prohibition Is Seat of . Worst of Crime. f George H. Dern of Twenty governors 1 the country were p! REVIVE PACKET RACES -- The -- Cincinfhrati _ Packet _ Tom Greene today held the speed cham-- plonship _ for _ all steamboats _ of America's' inland waterwa;{vs. The local packet finished only tMirty feet ahead of the Pittsburgh steamboat Betsy and last night in a nip--and-- tuck race over a 22--mile course from Broadway --landing hbhere to New Richmond, Ohio. o START ENDURANCE FLIGHT Ryan monoplane K W K H. N p!-- loted by Van lear Leary and Wil-- llam Sanders, Shreveport fliers, took off at 10:29:32 a. m. Central Stand-- ard time. in an effort to establish & new refueling endurance mark, lon $ % w t} Nn formally cealled to or-- zy with Governor Johun nneCticut _ delivering welcome. -- Governor n of Utah presided. ors from all parts d¥ re present. ralionu right w ork deal with is (ht f the eighteent! amendment con s concurrent jur national governm A R i U m n, OLl| Ington RAILWAY CLEARED _ IN STOCK HEARING M PUuBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS M i t eP : T s § o § P o es L 4 | /)k "n.,. § e e e e o i /XE i. P e rcquiring t laouis omm mplai outhe 1 cks Bids from four contra« ing repairs and remodel | county hospital were op | by the hospital commitre REPAIR BIDS ON HOSPITAL OPENED county hospital were opened 10Ga) by the hospital commitree of whict Supervisor David Van Patten, _ of NewPort township, is chairman. The board dectided to allow" the commit tee $2,200 for repairs and an ad ditional sum for sidewalks if neces sary. us Ts Cover-- ig at the jed today of which SECTION TWO STAY EXECUTION OF THREE SLAYERS Frederick De Young, justice of the supreme court, today granted John Woodward, a writ of error,. making It supersedeas, staying execution of sentence scheduled for tomorrow in Chicago. The others to be electro-- cuted were granted stays yesterday by Judge Gentzel in the Cook county court. | Woodward'was sentenced to death for -- killing -- Policeman Jeremiah O'Connell, when caught by O'Connell and two other policemen in the act of robbery with a gun. ASK REKEARING IN _ PATTERSON CASE | U. S, FLIERS AT PARIS [ L.e Bourget," France, July 17. ---- {airplane Pathfinder,, with Captain Lewisg A. Yancey and Roger Q. Wil-- lMams, landg at the Le lflying field lat today from T. THEO BLECH, 8 S. Genesee St. | Gug Krumrey, Leal Rep. , 20 vZLEPEONE 24W 5@( $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Bourget OTHER WEEKLIES IN LAKE counTy CcqQMBINED ADVERTISING RESULTS SURE! GREATER CIRCULATION THAN DON'T STORE UP GASOLINE TO BEAT NEW STATE TAX Pointed Out That Such An Act Is a Violation of the New statute. warning to any contemplating dodg« ing provicsions of the gasoline *rX law effective August 1 by storin®@® up gasoline prior to that date that such a practice is a violation of the state law, bolstered by severe penal« ties for so doing, was issued today by Garret DeF. Kinney, director of finance, under whose department ad« ministration of the gas tax law is placed. . Kinney pointed out that the law contains a section providing that all gasoline in storage on August 1 is liable to the tax,. even though pur-- chased during July. Offenders are liable to a fine of from $25 to $500 and imprisonment in the county jail not Jonger than six months. In addi-- tion, violators are liable for the tax due 4nd costs of its collection, while filling station owners also face re: vocation of their licenses to oper« ate. The law provides that any person or firm in the state who has in his possession on August 1 any motor fuel other than that contained in the ordinary fuel tank attached to a mo-- tor vehicle shall within 10 days thereafter make a return to the de-- partment of finance showing the amount of motor fuel in storage and shall at once pay the department the amount of gasoline tax due on the This provision of the law has not been generally understood, Kinney said, and reports from companies making gasoline storage tanks indi« cated that a number of filling sta« tions had intended to store con--« siderable quantities of gasoline. Such storage is useless, bowever, when the owner Is liable for a tax on the fuel in his possession the day the law becomes effective, Kinney pointed out.