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c ;.mvtno. Fla., Dec. 26.--Iwo o_ are «nd jocal hospitals are fill-- * "ed to capacity as the result of Christ-- ;\ ~Apa= aecidents here. s 4 ,, H. B. Mudge, 21, is hetd in the city i gail Ipflowing a wild ride on a truck 6 mA .borrowed. CGébrge Roberts, t ; Ne# .who, accompanied Mudge was P 'when the machine dashed into ~a' tole pole. Ra . * Albert Lesterance, of Quebec, Can-- \n< afa 1s--dead as the result of . a falt %t'u shirs at the Atlantic® Hoté® -- . 'UR. A. Wilson, is in St. Lukes hos, 'pital suffering from a fractured skuil, \ _ which he received early today dur-- Py . m brawl in' a local restaurant. [k ' e are searching for George U ., Mike, his assailent. s _ MORE TRAGEDIES > . AS XMAS SEQUEL __ Three men were arrested and fin "ed the limit for driving: while intoxt 'gated following three minor assidents in' North 'Chicago on Monday night. Kimer Newman of 2315 --Nelson street, \Chicago: W.;.E. Buncon of Morris, ML, and Joaines of 1280 Pres {f # all appeared before Jus-- "MHce John Nelson in North Chicago en ie ts c amk a 259 d Lo T \ . Stenbenville, . Ohio., Dec. 26.--Poi-- c:nd the death of Henry '"Ware, 43, who was found dead at his home at Weirton, W. Va.. today. Two _ others are in a serious condition two Em:'o held for furnishing the poi-- /R I W _' i m IN Blfi _ _ FINES FOR MEN _ / _Minneapolts, Minn., . Dec. _ *9.-- _ "George Boll died this morning in / thined: in & Chnstmar. anto accicont ¥y ea n 1 «auto accident. _ in which his car 'went of fhe road. E'V owmmda'?lhh chest. > Police found a [ bottle© tof liquor, _ martly o::ut'wm 'wreck. f fl%ma injured more or, l¢ss so-- * in Christmas aute accidents A"% HWIT --BIT T NER'Ss CAR \ Newma»y was Arrested" late Mon-- day night by Chiet of 'Potice Joseph Polocke .fiu"!u;mu ran : Into. the regr of a car parked in SIH'"? #oald,: North Chicago, and an 4nvesti-- gation by Chiet Potockey showed him to. be. under the-- influence 'of liquor. He was fined $105. : \~ Buncon:-- crashed into. the automo-- &*w to Gorgan, manager Of: the --Pantheon Ice Cream. . parlor, amashing Gargan's car to the extent of $200.. Gorgan's car was parked wlong the curbing and Buncon crash ed into it. He was arrested and 'de élared to be runder the Mfluence of lt i fire. : He '\ IOT: & fined $200 but on is promisp to pay all the damages Mw.muuwum derman Bittner had his car parked §n.front of His home and Joaines ran Auto _It. Bittner arrested the man and haléd him before Justice--Nelson whetre he was fined $200 and costs, ' . Alifred Zackler of 2145 Wellington avanke, Chichgo, was fined $15 or * John Joaines made the : mistake of running :into a wity official's car. jAJ-- Joe Wailikunes and _Joe Chunchen-- wki, both of North Chicago, were figed 8'0 each for being drunk. ° _ «Bayton, Ohio, Dec. 26.--Charles F. Proutman, <35, was inktantly killed hére today when an eastbound Penn-- «ylvauia. fiyer struck his automobile u.fl adte --crossing. .The~train was & dAoil . and -- runnping late. '_u," ~York, Dec. 26.--Mystern to-- day surrounded the death of Freder-- ick Stanley Cusack, --20 -- years old Christmas party. at Albany but his body was found yesterday undcr the wheels of a subway train," _ .. MarioB, O.,. _ Dec. 26. --Reaching f @ pick up some of his Christ mas thibhgs, near an ndk grate at ichmon * today, ceight year old yonald " Kagays nightgown | caught e was burned all over the : his ~mother, Mrs. Ma mie a . "wWho was jn the base enat, could come to his rescue. He probably ~will die. heré .. Pensacola, Fla . 206.5Two ba-- hies. "3. a. i;u?t.:-m. H'rm and ids Beli Yann, 18 months, today were dead _ as a~ result of eating Christmas fircworks. . _ -- _ ~.' -- The. new | style. exploaives -- wore presented : in . the form "bf ~chocolate eandy : drops and both . bables at-- m'u' to u't them. l'r';'M In «s their mouths .2{;- ts . were badly lacérated -- @nd 'burned. \ Bt. {g. Dec, 26. --One doad and y 'NI, some perhaps dying, wis the toll in St. Louls of" poison on Christmas day, a canvass of ~hospitals disclosed today. = .. .. 'An anidentificd man died at .the E wm% :fo'liqnor pol.on:ng. He ' up unconsclons on \%mm in his hand. l DF: Spingig, who is in charge .of. the<alcoholic ward at the eity hospithl, declared that 'In the three -- days,. #1 to 25, _Nr;\ e 51/ cases of acute aleohol, k OE WOL * ' .1 4 ' * X XXI-- * LAKE COUNTY o Fines Men for ite Drunk After yai Dec. -- 26.-- If Isaac Marze: had '?u with his wife, Mrsa. Marion Marie, she might have been able to for-- give--kim, but when he closed up like the proverbial clam cand ~re-- fused to talk to 'ber, it was too much. -- Today in Circuit_court she nance. According to: ~the -- declaration Marze and his wife were married October 13, this year, and lived to-- gether until December 4, when Mrs. Marte says that the condition in HUSBAND REEDSES . i Jan her home became unpearable and whe was obliged to leave. -- On November 20, according to Mra, 'Marze, 'her husband, without OBTAINS AN. ANJUNCTION any just provocation became angry and told her that he did pnot care whether they got along or not, and likewise refused to give PBat. any money to purchase household ng: sities and mailntain --a home. .. De¢ spite the fact that she treated him kindly and affectionately she says he would not talk to her and paid no attenation to anything she did or "Marze, according to his wife," is employed as a sand blaster at the Biflex Products company, and re-- celves a salary of ' $3,000. a year, She says he has $1,100 deposited in the Waukegan -- National Bank, which she says he had thregtened i0 withdraw. . On her .. request Judge . Edwards g:;?d an ijnjunction restraining C from withdrawing the. money 'or from disposing of or encumber-- ing his property in. any )way. s. Isaac ~Marze Says It Is M to Live--in'.l(o&'_? * With Silent Mate, |! +« SAYS HUSBAND _ DRAGGED HER --That he beat her and dragged her about the housp by the Hair, was charged against Joseph Hay-- den of Waukegan in a divorce bill fled in Circuit court today by his wife, Leona Hayden. Mrs.~ Joseph. Hayden Enjoins oo Mordh Of Baby. MARRIED NEARLY A YEAR The Haydens, according to the bill, were marriéd here "Amst 26, 192%, and lived together until Dec. 8, this year, when the wife says she was obliged to leave her hus-- band because of 'alleged ilitreat-- ment. P --The alleged threat on the part _of her husband that he: would obtain possession of their one month old child and remove it out of the juris-- diction of the court, caused Mrs, Hayden to ask for an. injunction which was granted by Judge Ed-- Under the terms of this injune-- tton Ha; mot only is prohibited from ining -- possession ~of the child but from interfering ~with or abuging his wife.= Mrs.: Hayden says her husband earns a salary of $1,000 a year and asks that he be compelied ~to support hber. . : TRIPLE FUNERAL -- HELD AT DANVILLE; CHRISTMAS MISHAPS Danville, 1I!is., Dec. 26.--Three fu-- nerals," one of them a triple one, will be held in Danville today at aF 3 thrin® cittmes an. mollgat, ie of -- tmas k y . haps, all of them contributed to the lilinols: traction system. _ ~~»»>» ' Bervices for Miss Margarét Pey-- ton, Miss Marie Spencer and Rob-- ert Henry, ~members 'of an . auto party, struck by a aCtlin inte ; car as they werettoming out of grounds of the Vermillion county poor farm, were held--at the Calvary Baptist church. . The second funeral was that of Edward G. Harper, a brick yard worker ~killed: on the Champaign line of the same traction company in Vermillion Heights, two hours after the first accident 'and Jess than two miles Gistint from the scene of the first. ---- > fli.:lfth gctim was . five yeatr . rt Launer, son of Mr. and f Peter Launer, who saw & wire spu! 'on the ground is«an &# ley. He: .te"l,:ed on it with hm i i + e was extinguishing a . blaze,> :fo was ktiled instantly SHERIFF AHLSTROM ETS A DIAMON Shprift Pdwin_ AlBlstrom sented -- with: a handsom« atic ring, set with a dian day -- afternoo8, wift the deuptica . It_ his -- of! prosentation :« ~ WB Commander: J. D. "'fl"\ «imbiem and is SEF(Y¥ bill for separate ~mainte-- rith a diamond, & PR th im :nmd!'&.ca, x' A. hasa D. P~ 0: ~BY-- HAR was pre «emblom mid. Mon that The LEBERTYVILLE, LARE county, TLLINOTS, ENBRSDAY,DECEMBER 27, 1923. C LAKE CQ, LEADS . REPORTS SHOW More New Cases of -- Scarlet Fever Last Week than Eise-- where Except Cook Co. ~ ,While the contagious situation in Waukegan is not bad enough to give serious concern, the same is not true --of the-- county.;----.~--.--1--~~--~~~ CHECK LOCAL CONTAGION Lake County reported 15 of the 261 'new cases of Scariet Fever 'ré-- ported throughout the .state to the state ° department -- of ° pubtic health during he past week, or more than any other county in the state with the exception of Cook.* oA 0 Lake 'County : also~ reported 10° of the 175 new cases of Diphtneria re-- ported from the' entire state, being more than awy othet county with the exception of : Cook, * Madison, Kane and. Rock fsland counties:~ ~ =©~~ > The two discases continue to gath-- er more victims in the 'country dis-- tricts despite efforts made'to" check them. ° In Waukegan 'It is believed that efficient quarantine regulations is bolding down the number of new cases, M.buis Shields says the less a man has in his skull the more _Ite needs in his pocket. «* » Rompel Leads .Dry Squad ----Against Ten Joliet Saloons _ The health departmhent here has the.situation well in hand and is not worried over the development of oc casional-- cases,. . .. . /< > $ Rev.. Henry E. Rompel, former Waukegan Methodist: paster and lattérty Jfocated at Joliet, jumped into the limelight Sunday when he directed the raiding of ten:-- saloons in that city after having lined up the cvidence, laid plans for the ratd and then personally had a hand in the task whon twenty federal --@rohibition agents made a descent which ¢ adtounded the community, | Those arrested as a se me Ex: s 3# result _of the swoop Included ~John Jenco, &A mamnmermas wut P inty supervisor and deputy aheriff,' and ; -- Hugh 1;cCraney, a brother--in--law of the Joliet : €aptain of police,. s ° & ty . sfi #* € $3 0 s '( ": ' l. ~ > (",'v ',,/Z ..v-' f » C d C "q& '@> f K: * I s ' s Lb # h ) P * j 16° PB 5ce + " h : L'Jfi' A P iss " Ai 1? < 'v' e s VA r '.. $ _ VW --=4 j ' €s > ; - :' P ;- a w6 6 y M 'v.fi 4 P i _ _A * NP s u Adl | / -- d '111','-3.}%9?;;: + ara | m e¥ it 4 -- ' AfterRunning DownEvidence Lake County.; : : Ble Weelll»: WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN fhie 13--YEAR--OLD ed by. Judge Edwards today in the case of William Bobo, 1918 Kristian avenue, North Chicago, on behalf of his -- 13--year--old -- daughter,~ > Arvella, against ~Raymond Evans, 22 years old. The counple: are colored. Accord-- ing to the--charges made in the case Evans and the child eloped--and were married-- at Wheaton, 111., where they were living. togeth when bronght back ' ierift Ahistrom. For some time r ~coul fl' be located as they had make it 'appear that they had been married at 'Crown Point. The fact that : Evans married the were living. togeth when bronght | " ° "*~~ back ' ierift Ahistrom. For some time r ~coul ? be located as| Russe they had make it 'appear that they | man, is had been married at Crown Point.| an exc The fact that : Evans married the | which ; girl -- made --it"Ampossible --to -- --bring | escape. criminal charges against him. Salan . We one n e S ¥Aer' m NEWSBOYS ENJOY XMAS FEAST MON. A six course dinner, that included enough* good ' things to fill out a menu card, was served them. Mr. Clow, who 'arrived -- after the meal was over, W&s given & rousing recep-- tion by the youngsters. . He promises to make the newsie banquet an an-- nual affair. All the <minority reéally needs to make itself safe in this country, is a nruffier. ° -- A decree of annulment: was enter Close to 150 newsboys enjoyed tha Pastor "Posts"' Raiders to whiatky, much real beor was t6o nled Aae ons 1¢o ©RL IS.FREED by Chiet morning + h :'.' Automobile investigatores were giv-- -- ~4 en instruction by Storetary of State Ang|Emmerson today to "Jay particdlat ji21 |stress on the enforcement .of, the law requiring lcense plates . to . be CAPTURE ALLEGED 8t. Louis, Dec. 26.--The Park Sav-- ings Trust company . at Richmond Héights, a suburb, 'was robbed: at noon today by two young bandits who held up the cashier and es# rcaped . with about : $8v0. _ It was The |second robbery of the bark in less than two months, bandits ob?lnlnt lsz.uo on November 6. TAKEN AT HIGHLAND PARK Russell Salzman, in Jail on CharYe of sgealing Mrs. Alma Jaeger's Car. Russell Saizman, Chicago. young man, is in the county jail, following an erxciting ~chise in that city in which another man made good his ~Balgzman is charged with having stolen an automobile from Mrs. Alma Jaeger, while it was standing in her yard at 1616 Deane . avenue,> High-- land Park, Dec. 20. Search in Chi-- cago resulted in locating the car by the police, and an . exciting chase followed in which Salzman was cap-- tured. His companion succeeded in eluding the. officers. Salzman was arraigned before Jus-- tice A. E. Smith in Highland Park and his case continued ~until-- Dec. 28. Unable to give bail for $2,500 Salzman was brought to the eounty jail to await further action. @10 0000 To Pem Et oo e Md . At the time the auto was stolen the Waukegan -- and-- other North Shore police were notified to keep on the lookout for it. BANK ROBBED BY YOUNG BANDITS "sa . ~" o. Plexican Law, ~ Opriain' Mexicun statoa hara an In-- terBiting law -- affecting. burgiars. The eulprit 1a cases of .perty Iarcemy is mido 'to ropay the mainti.by work. fic him. so svany days, the porio 1 warying according to the gatore of tha DRIVE ON PLAIN _ _ AUTO LICENSES attached to -- . in such a way as to be. y . visible,' ' "All plates must be> attached so that --they _will not awing loosely," said (Mr. -- rson. -- "Rear plates must be less than 20 inches above the ~surface of the ground and all plates must be""kept clean." + .n. * .i,: STRANGE CASE OF -- ILL--TREATED TOT 1S FOUND HERE Four--year--old Crtrhd' Found in Custody: Eldllr * _ Unmarried Man.' HUMANE -- SOCIETY ACTS A most unusual case has come to the attention of Supervisor Merrill J. Achen and Miss Ida Himmel-- geich, Humane Society . officer, in Which State's Attorney A. V. Smith Investigating the fact that a four-- --old vr!p%led girl. has been in the custody of an elderly unmarried jn a room in-- North Chicago for months apparently at the con-- sent C tot's parents, who live in Ra > hi tos \-- The child, which is crippled, ac--. ing 10 those investigating the . has been Il}--treated, and is in eed of PtOpeR,care ind nourish-- ment, . A ~more serious angle is being Investigated by nc State's Attorney.: _ *~/ '!~' . The man says he is 30 years old, but appears to be 50. He says the child has been placed in his care with the consent of th '_')trentsi Mr.® and -- Mrs.--Josegh ---- x O Racine. -- 'The Birl's is Heiltn , taken 'the girt Tor --weeks at a time child has been plaved in bis care with the consent . of _ M'_)nrentsé; Mr.\ and -- Mrs.--Josegh -- To: . .0 Racine. -- 'The girl's Ag Helén, taken 'the girt Tor »weeks At a time ever since she was a baby. ~~-- . . The actions of the man nmff~ berather peculiar, according to in-- The actions of the man a"ni'*} berather peculiar, according to in formation obtained by the Stato's Attorney. gatk. e 3 _ _A dependency petition has been filed in county court in the case of the little girl. _ s' COMMUNITY XMAS TREE HELD AT FOX enivsmememieue ud jfg,if'&fi;;« trna'umunny 'Christmas® tree, under the auspices of the Parent: Teacher association, and it proved to be such a' big:success that -- it has been voted to make it an annual af-- fair. * Entire Communitx Turned Out and Made the Affair Com-- Thre tree, a real beauty, standing more than twenty feet in height, was. erected in the public square. --It was decorated gorgeously and illuminated brilliantly with electric lights. School childrep--put on a pretty program, in-- cluding a tableau entitled "The Birth of %lhv 8. E. Poliock ot An-- tlioch| a prayer. y : Fhen from somewhere out of the darkness, brought thither perhaps by an airplane, Santa Claus appeared on the scene. with his pack .!!!9.111& bags of candy, nuts, fruit etc., whi were distributed to the children. 'There was a gift for every child. -- TO BE It was 32;Community Christmas tree in every sense of the word, for the entire eommunity turned-- out -- and helpedto make it a success. SEEK SUBDRBAN -- PASSENGER RATES Claiming that it costs practically as much to come to Waukegan to shop or for amusement as it does to go to Chicago, residents of suburban communities in county have ap pealed to ufi" organizations hore to take, the. er up with the omf-- clals of the Ohicago & Northwestern and also the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukes electric railroad to see what can be done about getting com-- mitation tickets--and a cheaper fare to Waukegan. o0 . Claim it Costs Nearly as Mugh to Come Here as to Go to Chicago. f It is pointed out that this service could be performed without much ad-- ditional cost to the raiiroad compan-- les because the Chicago trains us ually are practically empty by the time they reach Lake county, and it would be a great inducement. for Mighlana Park, Lake Forest, Fort Sheridan, and Highwood people to gome to Waukegan to do their trad-- Ing if they were able to obtain as favorable mileage rates to this city as they do to cmaz. It would also be of great benefit to Winthrop Har-- bor and Zion City people, many of whom prefer to trade in Waukegan rather than Chicago, * t mAK Mundreds of persons 'rulec in North Shore towns work in Wauke gan, and many hore work in nearby towns, and if they wore able to get commuters tickeis at the same rate por mile as tho Chicago Commuters get it Is pointed out, It would be a great caving. = Afbother polat brought wat is .that it "they had commrmiots t ¥ porsons would comg t®. to amusements, --lod*e : ol ac-- tivities, wherras -- no 4 y$ the fare in too bigh «> . k LAKE MONDAY EVE. plete Success. SUBURBAN -- SENGER RATES-- FOR WAUKEGAN HELD ~ANNUALLY $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE . -- Pag WORK TO START . _-- ELECTRIC LINE Work on New Route to Wau« kegan from Wm in Few w'iir i 4 06¥ l"'f"" h, StHM 4 ># -- new iBus! ..ma;,g;' M§ * $ M ut t p Es 5i 1 HY P1 Ee o PME m 26 ~. Announcement was ; Ab f the North Shore Line ofia sew m tor coach line to cover & «thare mile route almost due west of Waw-- kegan. Service on this line will be-- gin some time in the spring. _ .<. -- Permission from the . various' ¥ile lages to operate this new linpe, as well as from the llingis rce Commission, was obtained several months ago but at that time it w not stated just when the new line would be put irto operation,.> .. /. It is believed that . when this line . is ~operating that it will open: up & . rich territory : for . Waukegan ag,. it.. will: make the city much--more --ac-- / cesuible to the people of the rural, communities. 'Then too it will make the lake region more: accessible 'to . Waukegan and the north shore.. . . < . At the same . time . announcemenp is made ly the North §Shore L at t 'construction of a branchk of the North Shore lines to run west from Moward street," Chicago, will bae Wm a TeX ~weeks. Thz atement i# made by Britton 1. BW president Of the line. 'The new --line will start at Howard street, at the present clevated and run west to Cicero avenue, and wik be._extended -- --north _ to-- Dempster ~ Rights of way Auve 'been obtained and surveying is under way, which is the first step in a $5,000,000 program ftor another north shore route from Chicago to Waukegan, running west of the present route. This anno nceo. ment corroborates previous state-- ments and bears. out reports that have been circulated for a long time, ~>"But I feel' that in 1980 the-- of towns-- extending 'along -- the front withinythe hfifl 0k ty will have: a combined popt of £,000,000 and for all practie: poses will amount to> ont ' "The program of expansion thas --< we have undertaken is a good 3iz cation eof the 'growth and . develop . 4':'{! ment of 'the' terrilgy between 'Ohi' ", 'cago and Milwaukee,", Mr. Budd sakh . tory Will be 'welded : into one city 13 : --, a matter of 'conjecture, ©'.«.. ~. ~*~. g PERSONS NAMED _\ HEAD OF HARD-- _ ~~__ 1NG MEMORIAL County lud?a to Take-- Active Charge of Drive for Sub-- . bal TO HONOR LATE PRESIDENT -- court, has been: named-- the 2. se hsP chairman of the Warren 0.-m x ::5 Memorial ~Association, according. te" . information received in Waukegag: -- today : from «1 : Afl. head of the assoc! retary E. H. exert his in! paign for fu W, from William Edens, 1 go, head of the Illinois «in h of the association, recelved by # retary E. H. Cliford, asks that exert his influence during the Canme paign for funds, althougzh the local chamber has declined to tak® @_par as a body. It is thought t ,fiu will carry out the work individuall Judge -- Persons> stated" that he would ask the help ot the' Kiwan and Rotary clubs, jn addition to the civic and fraternal © orders oft the city. i 1 c o Township leaders will be ApP ed by him to carrty out the ¥ o the county sometime this week. _ [ 1140400 9000 1. 0 4B9.. oi ty n P3 200: ud -- N satreet, create a convslIemt space, to install a "\/ intminating aystem, «i4 to improvementa . The is to be completodl in 4 Prof, Blegel ute; 1 he. a large sum to 1140 ment place,. --~ w lt 5 There in jrlsd A The drive for funds is b a national affair to erect @ © ot a memorial to the late: 1 President Coolidge is the--hong president of the association, and bert: Hdover president. ¥ No quota is set for Lake--coun! Klectrie Park is to :vvcd immediately, . Biege! bas let th Larson DBrothers of_ model the baliroom, ELECTRIC PARK IS . Judge P. L. Persons, of the from the Washington, .D. C., scriptions. ar y o ) 4 the e ervent Warren G. Harding _-- _ according. to" 34 &# $4 Avy % t 4