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-- -- While gasoline consumption has \some part in this operation cost re-- duction, tires and tubes take care t Oof the biggest share of the savings. .It is estimated that in cost of tires and tubes $1 is expended for this item on high type roads, while the ieool is more than doubled in inter-- me'iate type roads, and almost tri-- pled on low type roads. SWEETHEART OF _ --_ INSANE MANIS POLICE DECOY: Barricades Self in Home and Fires on Police; Girl Gets Him Out. ut with tear gas bombs, after they fere met with a broadside of bu!-- bts. Eliza continued firing at intervals, eeping the officers at a safe dis-- ance where they could not get a _ The saving shown in operation of an average automobile due to road 'improvement is, where low type roads are changed to intermediate type 1.07 cents a mile where intermediate type is changed to high type, .99 cents a mile, and where le collision last night. . * The Davis' were in the Danish plomat's automobile, and as it ap-- 'oached a street intersection, an-- her machine driven by a negress. ashed into it. The diplomatic automobile was nsiderably damaged and the other ';-ollshed. The negress was arrest-- charged with reckless driving 1n i ving no permit. Miss Davis and De Treschow su!-- m body bruises and shock, while & Davis suffered cuts abou: & face and hands. What is said to be the tirsfi'Chln- e daily founded in America is stil! blished by its first editor, Dr. Nz low type is changed to high type, 2.06 cents a nMle. a4 rect shot at him. The tear gas mbs seemed to have no effect. Finally the girl entered the house id persuaded him to put down his ins. Immediately he was rushed t the offticers and captured. in Chew, in San Francisco's Chi own Gasoline consumption is affected by paved roads. Where a vehicle will travel 15 miles to a gallon on & paved surface, it will do the same distance with 1.2 gallons en the in-- termediate type and 1.47 gallons on the low type surface. ig former Sweetheart, into the Puse to persuade him to surrender. Elza started out Christmas moru-- ig by beating his father and a Ball sister with his fists. He theon irchased ammunition for two pis-- Is and returned to the home and ia Davis, son and daughter of the vernor--general of the Philippines, gether with Peter O. De Treschow, unsellor of the Danish legation, re recovering today from slight uries resulting from an autom> laude Elza, 30, said to be insane, attled all night with officers who ttempted to get him out of his ome where he had barricaded him-- @lf and fihally submitted to arrest bhen the officers sent Marie Norris, ove his family out. They ap Aled to police, who went to the me and attempted to smoke him This resistance acts on tires, and naturally the least amount of resistance causes the least amount of tire wear. -- High type roads (paved surfaces) 70 pounds resistance per ton of au-- tomobile weight; intermediate type (treated surfaces), 110 pounds per ton; low type (soil and. gravel sur-- faces), 160 pounds per ton. ugt F. Davis, Jr., and Miss Cyn b <Tractive Resistance on Paved Roads Greatly Reduced Expert Declares. good road, in preference to a sand or dirt road, this amount of say-- ings is realized in tire and tube 'l"" as well as gasoline consump-- tion. Washington, Dec., 26.--Good roads save the average motorist more than two cents a mile in operating costs, according to figures of the American Road Builders' associa-- tion. + MOTORISTS SAVED VIS CHILDREN HURT IN ACCIDENT VOLUME XXXxVII--NUMBER _ 5> When a motorist drives most successful crooks | | are those who take ], __ _ things easy _ _ | ; TWO CENTS A MILE BY BEIEKR ROADS ALL THE NEWS------ANDO Figst: LAKE : COUNTY's Big weekiy © BESsT FoR suBscrisers BEST FoR ADVERTiISERS You CAN'T Cong A Wufi%'AQATAcom mak nar Le pover TWE CANT CWB| | over a Oil is found in backyards of many ;. homes in San Antonio, Tex s Chlrlea Jehski,. ot Volo, was rested yesterday on Belvic¢er. T« near Gurnee by Constable Char Hall on a charge of drunken dt ing. Jenski struck & car o viied Samue!l Schwartz of Waukeg causing considerable damage J tice George Winters of (Gurnee f ed the man $115 including conts DRUNKEN DRIVER _ GETS $100 FINE ®ollowing the foques will by shipped to his n cago this afternoon. Coroner to Probe The body was removed schells undertaking rooms inquest was started under ection of Dr. Maurice Pent county coroner. Bohnke had been employed as a foreman of a bricklaying crew en gaged in the erection of the new plant of the Jewel Tea company in Barrington. He had worked late and had stop-- ped at a store on his Way to the station to purchase a ftew toys for his two children who were waiting at home for him. He reached the station as the train was pulling in. Unmindful of the danger he dash-- ed across the track in front of the train and those standinzg on the plat-- form saw him slip and fall and heard his cries as the train passeq over him. he engine passed over Bohnke's body, which was badly mangled. Many See Tragedy I The tragic death of the man was witnessed by scores of men and women who were waiting to board the train to go to their homes or to visit loved ones on Christmas eve The tragedy cast a pall of sorrow over the community. Arriving at the gtat. on as the train was coming in gnd (caiful that he would miss it, Kolinke attempted to cross the track «in lrnz of the engine. He slippeqg and Tel} in front of the engine. His eagerness to catch a t:iain that would take him him-- to his family for Christmas. resu'ted in the tragic death of Joseph Pohnke, 435 Webster avenuec, Chicago at the North: Western railroad station in Barrington, Christmas --ve. ¥illiam Whipple, jr. (1eft), otf Baton Rouge, La., &a senior at West Point, and Cadet Irvin R. Schimelpfennig of Humphreys, Neb., were winners of the Rhodes scholarship. FATHER KILLED BY TRAIN; WAS ON WAY ~HOME FOR HOLIDAYS In proposing its gigantic plans for country into 19 systems, the intersta general terms, proposed a substantial plans advanced in several) forms by 0. M. J. Yan Sweringen of Clavaiand 'BARRINGTON SALE + | OF LAND REVEALED Ward T. Huston of Chicago yes-- terday purchased the southeast cor-- ner of Main and Hough streets in Barrinzton improved with a two story brick business building, for an undisclosed _consnerauon T h e property fronts 68 fcet on Main street and 132 feet on Hough street. The building contains three stories and four apartments (Gilbert D. Johnson & Brother were brokers. FIGURE IN RAIL MERGER PLANS Wllllam' W_hlpp!e. Jjr wWIN RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS ced in several forms by 0. P. Van S;Neringen (left) ant Sweringen of Cleveland. 0 ts gigantic plans for merging the rail lines of the ) systems, the Iinterstate commerce commission, in proposed a uubltaptla_l approval of the consolidation heir homes or to r Christmas eve. i pall of sorrow ¥. i _ employed as a laying crew en-- ion of the new In man was men and to board nes or to ied the ng in. e dash-- of the 'Te an a dir-- acting bod y i CBi-- clation has revealed, while the av-- erage in the larger banks is less than 4% per cent. A complete inves tigation of these two average grou ps will be ineludged in the program and an effort will be made to determine what causes Uthe low dividend rate !and how it can be corrected. | _ Pay increases for embpliovees are urged by the association ;rherenr possible for the purpose of attract-- ing' more competent and canable Pay urged The average ( stockholgers 'in1 the small banks than 4 per cent clation has reve ana increasing the net profits. Am-- ong other things, the bank execu-- tives will investigate possibilities of increasing salaries of bank employ-- ees and increasing the returns for bank stock holders. . consider ways o ufdl:_\' of their in and increasing t ong other thing tives will investi increasing salari chicago, 111 much shou!d swer to this q ers of the st will be one of for discussion winter meerin ers' associatio January °: ¢ Libertpoille Inbependbent | STATE BANKERS' ~* _ |:PERFECT BRIDGE _ ASSACIATION TO °/ HAND IS DEALT -- MEET NEXT MONTH _ TO WAUKEGAN MAN Of This, Associated Préss telephoto shows Associated Press Photo he C rll Wat Assgpiated Press Photo mA y me FIRE SWEEPS WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE OFFICE age dividend paid s 'investments' by ig of the | on to be } nat ate so rence meé s of the stote is less t, the bankers asso-- ealed, while the av-- rger banks is less nt. A complete inves-- i two average groups + [ M 6 princi is en anc cbhants a the bankers bettering® the 1¢ empioyees ar iD s a S ear U ~--(@)--How arn' The an oncerns bank leeply that it 'ipal subje annual m 19 i id on the by 1219 of te is less LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE De 1te 3 n will Mrs. Dorothy Palmer and Ed De | Rushe of Eau Claire and Mrs. Fr®k * Poliffe, of Chippewa Falls, were ' killed _ when _ their automobile plunged through a guard rail and | landed at the bottom of a 35 foot re-- tino wall in Chippewa Falls. _ Early Christmas morning, Clara | Smart, 44, John Smart, 42, and Wil-- _liam Smart, 40, were killed at Maus-- y B A I KILLED By $wooPERs , District Attorney John Hlmmonds' today 'began an investigation into | the slaying of Philip -- Harris, a young farmer, who, it is alleged, was shot by sheriff's forces who en tered his home in eearch of liquor. Sheriff A. J. Thigpen made a state-- ment that> the farmer was-- shot when he threatened the officers, J ton. when their automobile was de-- molished by an express train. Stan Bushke, 63, Beaver Dam, and Mrs. Clarence Yonk, 45, Keno-- sha, were the other victims. HOLIDAY TRAFFIC _ . TAKES 8 Lives The death of three Rersons at Chip-- : pewa Falls early today brought to | eight the number of holiday trafiic , fatalities in Wisconsin. t Total number c filed 366. , Total amount of 977.40. n Number of Cb filed 31. Number af TP» LOANS ARE LOWER o THANLAST YEAR Corresponding perilod week end-- Ing December 22, 1928. Number of conveyances filed Number of Chattel Mortgages filed 21. Number of Trust Deeds and Mortgages filed 55. [ Total number of instruments filed 281. * Bv A. K. BOWES Secretary» of Security Title & Truet Co. Business of the Recorder's office for the week ending December 21. i0 () __ _ Nortb--Eric Turner, 12 spades, beaded by the ace and queen, with the ace of clubs. West--James Adams, 12 diamonds bheaded by the king with the Fing of spades. Murray promptly bid seven hearts Merritt passed. Turnet was about to bid seven spades, but Murray could contain himself no longer and lald his cards, face up, on the table. The other players did likewise. Then it was that the real freak nature of the deal developed There was considerable discussion as to which wa$s the winning hand but it fAnally was d(-rided' that Turn-- er bhad the winning bhand as he held all one spade and could easily have won that with one lead. The following bands then were dealt : South--William Murray, 14 hearts East--FRarl "S3od" Merritt, 12 clubs headed by the king, and the ace of diamonds. + murray was the deater, He shut Bed a new deck of cards thorough!y and then passed them to the player on bis right, to cut. _ suit But this was not the only pecul-- lar feature of this particular deal. The hands deéalt to the other three players were nearly perfect, each be'ling twelve cards of a partcular Total amount . _A perfect hand at Bridge, that is, all thirteen cards of one suit, is held but once in $35,013,559,000 deals, ac-- cording to sfatisticians. Such a hand was dealt this noon to William Mur-- ray, while playing a friendly© game of bridge with three friend's at the ks' club. "Bill" was so surprised ial he nearly swallowed his cigar "Seven hearts," he managed to blurt out. ;}'umber of conveyances filed Wm. Murray Dealt 13 Hearts: Occurs But Once in 635,-- 013,559,600 Deals. hber of 'Trust "Deeds iges filed. 81. the number of' Instruments Christmas Eve fire in the White House executive office of Loans $399 Loans $356 Mortgase COUNTY, . ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 192) _ SECTION Two ; moulnhern California teoday rode th«= hearts | honeymoon yacht of Frederick 2 clubs , Moody, Jr.. and his bride, Helen ace of l Will«, World's tennis queen. * The newly married couple set gail gp.deg"Phfllfmll morning for an unan. and By CC CmImI@®s GPoOrHInNg FjOF an tuUnan nounced objective somewhere in the Pacific Somewheére off the Southern California hqoneymoon yacht . her. Christmas eve brought no comers to the jail and the day ed to develop any new arrests. KENOSHA'S CIVIC 0 LEADERIS DEAD Fifty--two prisoners in the county ' jJall yesterday feasted on a!eyed' chicken augmented with all :hel Irimmlnxs as their Christmas din-- H. E. Barden, president of the city council of Kenosha and the founder or Barden's store, recently purchas-- ed by Charles Morrison of Wauke-- gan and still operated under the Barden name; died suddeniy in Kenosha Monday night following a heart attack that came on him as he was preparing Christmas baskets for Kenosha's poor. Mrp. Barden has been a civic leader in Kenosha for many years. He was sixty years old. PRISONERS GIVEN CHICKEN FOR XMAS HONEYMOON on yac of Ladies' %Footwear Xmas «2¥ Selling Special <$¢ After =-- NRNRUBIN'S the warm shore A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FINAL FOR THE YEAR 1929 s of th« ne w fail The Best Gore~on the North Shord "Doc" Glasswell of Paden, Okla., who was riding in the car, was not in jured. Mike Carson of Prague, Okla., R. . Doyall, Paden, and Lawrence Williams of Norman, Okla., were killed instantly when they became «antangled in the power line. Three men are dead here today as the result of being electrocuted two miles west of Castle, last night when the motor car in which they were riding struck and felled a high tension power line post. > "Doc" Glasswell of Paden, Okla., who was riding in the car, was not THREE MEN ARE _ ELECTROGCUTED him Prior to going to Kane county Mauritsen appeared in a number of liquor case, here for States Attor-- ney A. V, Smith. He worked as a booge sleutt out of his office for several months® during the early winter, period a year ago. Antone Mauritsen, chief investi-- gator in Aurora for States Attorney George D. Carbd&ry of Kane county, was on the records of the Aurora police departmert twice yesterday as a law cviolator. [ Mauritsen on Thursday was ac-- cused by Prico Armstrong, federal prohibition agent, of '*suggesting that they keep beer going in Kane county until--after the holidays.' NCPoeg CR Antone Mauritsen, Who Once Investigated Cases Here, Charged With Gambling. GARBARY'S BOOZE SLEUTH ARRESTED TWCE IN AURORA B .85 r yourse T The Pair wi% Included Are f E'_fenjn_gs Slipper:s Expertly Dyed Any Shade Desired at a Nominal Cost. John 'Ruskin An event of extra-- ordinary interest to the well dressed ladies of the North Shore and vicinity. 19 8. Genesee St. 8 There will be a Farmers' even-- €|ing meeting on Wednesday, Janu-- * |ary 8. at Ela Township -- High '~ school, un'der the auspices of the "IPure Milk Association and -- the °pAgriculture Department of the Y | high school. Mr. J. H. Brock of lithe University of Hlinois will talk 'l'land lead a discussion on 'Feeding ' | Bairy Cattle.' We -- hope the weather> will be good so we can hear Mr.--Brock. He was here last year and everyone was well pleased with his work. Tell your neighbors fand bring them along, Wednesday l'evenfn:; 8: 00 p. m., January 8. Warren Game Postponed s,~ On account of the snow Etorms , 'and 'impassable roads --the game t,'scheduled with Warren last ]-'ri~l iday evening was indeffnitely post--; _ poned. Our next" game will be at 'l.!berty\'ille on January 3rd. Lib-' _ ertyville defeated Antioch in both | ggames on the Libertyvyille floor| Llast Friday evening. | * Teachers Go Home [ Fiss . Dolores Milkwick went _| home this year to spend Christmas ; withs her parents in Anaconda, | Montana. _ Miss Cornelia Rober!s!' "s spending the holidays with her, folks at Antioch. _ M. Hubert | Riechers is with his parents at Belmont, Wis. Mr. S. H. Dorsey ; drove to his home im southern' Illinois. Mrs. Edna Loomis zmd{' daughter, Arletta, are with Mr.| Loomis in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs.| Werner are spending most of the | vacation in Lake Zurich. | Edward B. . Beckwith succeeds George A. Durnford as principal keeper -- at Auburn, N. Y« state prison. § LAKE ZURICH New Auburn Keeper HIGH SCHOOL NoTES Associcted Press ck. He was here la yone was well please k. Tell your neighbo em along, Wednesda p. m., January 8. Select from the season's best styles in the follow-- ing materials: BLACK SUEDE . ... . BROWN SUEDE , ... BLACK KID . ....... BROWN KID . ...... BLUE KID ........ BLACK SATIN ...... PATENT LEATHER .. Photo $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE |__The two men were tried for murder and the woman as acces-- ! sories before Circuit Judge Claire | C. Edwards. Attorney _ Willard |Longcor, on a self defense taeory, | drew a disigreement -- from the | jury. After that _ Castaneda ipleaded guilty on the agreemeni i that he would get a 14 year term. [He has been in prison two years. There is no firting among the native married men of Tasmania. Capt. Kilroy Harris, an Australian visiting in this country, says that as a part of the Tasmanian wed-- ding ceremony the bride's father knocks out one of the bridegroom's front teeth as a sign to the wo that be is married. Not nufl with that the woedding guests cu gashes in the poor devil's back and fil these with mud to make sure the scars will be visible for life, And, he can't wear a shirt for that would arouse suspicion.--Capper's Week!y. Castaneda pulled a gun and fired at the same time killing baoth, it was revealed at the trial. in and struck at him. In self de fense, he explained, he drew. : gun and hit him over the head Arroyo took the two women into a bedroom to talk to them. Ger-- rara and Gonzales followed him in and struck at him. In self de-- Argument Starts When Castameda tried to con-- vince Miss Ortezr to return she de-- clared that she intended to spend a little. more time with Mrs. La Gill. Gerrara then made several remarks to Castaneda. OTHER WEEKLIES IN LAKE CcoUunNnTY COMBINED ADVERTISING RESULTS SURE! Castaneda confessed to slaying Julio Gerrara _ and Guadulupe Gonzales during an argument over two women, Marie LaGill -- and Marie Ortez. With Castaneda was Frabhcisco Arroyo, 25, @f Detroit and Indiana Harbor. Arroyo and Castaneda, had come to Wauke-- gan to take thke Ortez woman back to 'Indian&a 'Marber. They found * she was staying with *Mrs. La GHll. ~ GREATER CIRCULATION THAN Ampelio Castaneda, 23, who pleaded guilty to slaying two Mexicans at 513 Market street on Oct. 7, 1927 and received a term of 14 years in the Joliet peniten-- tiary, will make a bid for parole as soon as possible according to in-- formation semt to States Attorney A. V. Smith today. Castaneda is being represented by tAtorney Mary Belle Spencer, of Chicago. She notified Cnl. Smith that. she intended to file a plea for clemency with the gover-- nor and the board of pardons and paroles as soon as possible. KID + .. .+ «s KIDO....O.. SATIN ...... T LEATHER .. Prosecutor Notified Release of Ampelio Castenda Will Be Sought. MEXICAN GUILTY OF 2 KILLINGS TO ASK PAROLE Mezzanine Floor Make Sure of Their