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VOL. XXXII--NO. 28. . Madison Square Garden, New York Juiy 9.--John W. Davis of West Vir giniza and New York, was nominated for the presidency <--by the demo-- eratic national convention here--this afteracon. His nomination was ac complished on the 103r4 betlot end-- ing the most extended deadlock that ever existed in any major political convention, only four ballots afttr tho --withdrawal ~or the ~deadlocking pair, McAdoo and Smith.© The West Virginia was really challenged --ser-- lously but one candidate following the McAdo®Smith: retirement--Sena-- tor Oscar W, Underwood of Alabama, They had a short brush for a few ballots but the greatest secondary strengih that the West Virginian has always had in the convention came, to the surface rapidliy when ealied for and Underwood was easily distanced. & DAVIS NOMINATED ON 103RD BALLOT WEDNESDAY The band wagon for Davis started with the 103rd ballot. The roll call procgeeded down the line of states and the Davis strength began to become more and more apparent, state after state fell into line until at the end he had a majority--the first time in 103 baliots that any candidate had ever--crossed the ma-- mu', h ons # -- x From that point the convention beca'ne a procession of state chair-- men seoking to charge votes that had b.eu cast against the West Vir-- giniadan. + WILD SCENES AT CONVENTN l?minated by Acclamation 'At- er Del:'"us Stampede to Standard. ~-- -- -- . George E. Brennan, the lilinois boss, sat with a pencil and paper as the roll call proceeded. He had thrown the old8 mith following to underwood for three ballots--in re turn for the aid and support Under-- wood had given the nati--Klan fac-- tion in the convention. '*. Brennan and his allies had voted for Underwood on these ballots while the old McAdoo forces, following the natural line of division, produced by more than two--weeks of hatred and bitterness, went abhead and piled up a buge total for Davis. point was--reached,. Brennan gave the sign himsel{. He rose and bel-- lowed over the heads of a dozen state chairman who were seeking to change their votes: Brennaan only smiled. . He had been favorable to Davis all the time. '"Iiinois wants to change her vote." HMe got the recognition he demand-- ed at last and cast Illinois' 58 votes for Davis. y California followed. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt, the smiling manager of Governor Smith, raised himself on his crippled legs and changed New York's vote so as to give sizxty. for Davis. Governor Fields of Kentucky, Sen-- ator Swanson of Virginia, Governor Morrison of North Carolina and Ed H. Moore of Ohio, then successfully got 'the recognition of the chair and changed the votes of their respec-- tive states. dith--ahead of some of the changes --and quite in sufficient time to hop aboard the band wagon. Tom Taggart of Indiana then moyv-- ed that the nomination of Davis be made by acclamation. While this was going on, the chair-- man of the Iowa delegation was yell-- ing for. recognition. He finally got it and withdrew the name of Mere-- Amid a veritable inferno 6f nolse, yells and applause Chairman Walsh put the question. It was-- answored by a thunderous "Aye" that made the bunting hung sasround the Garden quiver. The parade of state standards fol-- lowed almost immediately, West Virginia led offt--John W. Davis' home foiks. They had voted blithely and confidently for Davis from the start. Although McAdoo had succeeded in raiding them for A delegate at critical times at the height of one of his drives. Louisiana followed. They too had been sticking to Davis since way back yonder when this convention started.= > Around and around the Garden the paraders marched. As they passed the speakera' platform where senator Walsh stood smiling down on them many shouted : By GEORGE A. HoLMEs, International News Service Staft Correapondent. New York, July 9.--A wide open field again today and a score of can-- didates to choose from. This was the Democratic national convention today after 100 futile bal-- lots I-':n .:.lm towmmu a candi-- date prosidency, -- extending over eight days'sb fAlled with bitter ness and hatred that the spectre of party disruption has over been lurk-- Ing in the wings of Mallison Square Garden. "And now for you for vice presi-- dent." The personal foud between William G. McAdoo and Governor Alfred E. Bmith ended in a draw--or rather a double knockout,. They balloted each other into a satate of . helplessness, neither able to attain a majority of the 1098 delegates assembled, much loss the two thirds necessary to nom-- Inate and in~tho end :oth had to bow to the inevitable and efface them welvoa from the bloodiest pictuare of a generation, m tion adjoured at 4 o'clock this morn-- inz untll noon after one ballot had LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT Loke County's Big Weeky WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT _ 'THAT HIGHWOOD | RAILWAY CROSSING Wednesday afternoon when he was swept into the lead on first bhallot after McAdoo and Smith had withdrawn. MRS. MCLOSKEY FROM LONG STRAIN restaurant man who disappeared from the city recently, and for whom & na-- tion wide search was instituted through the press, borders on the edge of a nervous breakdown in her home on Ridgeland avenue, it was learned today. Medicine Needed to Quiet Nerves of Wife of Missing Restaurant Man. ORDEAL IS TOO-- GREAT With the discovery of the floater in the Chicago river, which was thought to be her husband, came an increased strain on her worries. His parting statement, that indicated he might take his life, was strengthened in the early report from Chicago that a body had been pulled from the riv-- er answering the description of the missing man. The strain of the ordeal which she has been forced to face has sapped her vitality, and she is a mere shell of her former self, it is said. Mrs. McCloskey was driven to the point of distraction by this report, and since learning that the body was not that of her busband she has been ill at her home. Doctors have been forced to give her medicine to pro-- duce sleep, her mind has been in such a state of turmoill. Meanwhile close friends of the res-- taurant man believe he is perfectly safe and that he will make arrange-- ments to become re--united with his familf. They describe him as the im-- pulsive type, who later considers his acts and retraces his steps. To the Editor: There should be an electrical sig-- naling device at the spoe where the Chicago & Northwestern _ rallway crosses the street in Highwood, near Fort Sheridan, Thcre is only this one crossing in the little city,; but the traffic has become very heavy over it and it will increaso because of the improvement in the roads in the vicinity, > The wntch-&tlm are fdithful and capable and on the job all the time, but there are conditions which demand that the watchmen be assisted by eloo trical M to warn them of the approa trains. Oo-dfi fogs blow in off the lake and at times a watchman cannot ase more than 100 feet in either direction, so that he must nou at the ap proach of trains elsa keep. the gates shut all 'the time, The day-- than the wight Top.. when the #4. night i W en« Tks 'headiighe "wii 'show up: for Mrs. J. J. McCloskey, wife of the John W. Davis of West Virginia, broke the deadlock NOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS OA BECTION TWO LLBERTYYILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1924 Obtains P atents on Machine Designed to Overcome Dif-- Charles Paynes, veteran Waukegan contractor, and a candidate for the position of city commussioner sev-- eral years ago, has invented a new type of concrete mixer, -- e The invention consists of a special-- ly constructed auto truck whereby the driver can mix concrete and distrib-- ute it when thoroughly mixed,--all the operations to be regulated from the driver's position. The mixer is so constructed that the-- water is distrib-- uted evenly along the sides of the mixture, and in cold weather © hot water is supplied from a heater in the base of the truck. With the movable chute the operator can distribute the mixture over a wide range, reducing the work of shovelling the concrete Into place. It is designed especially for sidewalk and road paving con-- HAS 17 SALIENT FEATURES CHARLES PAYNE He has succeeded in patenting 17 of the 18 points which the inventor claims are advantages over other types of mixers. APPROVE CONTRACT FOR URNEE SUBWAY Work on the subway at Gurn@@ | py members will be carried to completion very operating e: shortly according to Charles E. RUu#S--| consin and sell, county superintendent of high--| rew months ways, who. has just raturned from One car Springfield where the state engineers age of "Co declared that the contracts will be wore compe approved as soon as they are received the ignition at the state road engineer's office and j i.n. L.. L. the work can be finished immediately, T. ARTHUR SIMPSON IN COLLAPSE T. Arthur® Simpson, county super Intendent of schools, ,epllapsed this morning in the court house upon his arrival from his summer cottage at the Des Plaines river, and is under care of a physician and nurse,. He was ramoved to the jury room and it was nml he could be removed to his lInte today, He is be-- Meved to be suffering from an attack d.e.t.hm ,"';" these "Four cardifal roles in busl-- ness," which are good in any line of work: The squaro deal, Liveo up to your word,. Discourage gosslip and on-- ficulties in Construction. Good Business Rules * «w6 l NB A warrant for the arrest of George Roach, who has bein opcrating a detective agency ~~in Waukegan, charging him with obtaining money under (Talse (préetenses. WARRANT ISSUED FOR GEO. ROCH, Beveral days azgo W. L. Kessler of Zion and J.-- E. Russell of Wau-- kegan were arrested on charges of embezzlement but when the cases were heard in justice court they convinced ~the ~authorities ~that they bad turned the money they had collected over io koach. The cases against the two men were dismissed They were represented by Atty. Theo Forby of Zion. The charges had been brought by Paul Ray, a mer-- chant of Libertyville.~ _ TWO AIDES ARE FREED Charged With Having Obtained Money Under False Preten-- ses; Now Being Sought. The technical charge on the war rant is operating a confidence game The complaint was signed by Mr aRy. SEEK TO SALY AGE CE FROM TEWES' ICE HOUSE FIRE Insurance Adjusters are on Way to Padlock Lake for Adjustment. Insurance adjustors are on their way to Paddock Lake, Wis., to see how much of the $65,000 tons of ice that was housed in the destroyed ice houses of the Waukegan Ice Company, owned by L. C. Tewes, can be salv-- aged. Sometimes it is possible to save from %5 to 50 percent, but in the present case there is a strong prob ability that the amouut oi salvage will be much smaller, due to the ex-- treme M ;, '_The Tewes Ice House was one of the best"known in this yvicinity. ~For years it supplied all the ice that was received in Waukegan. Of late years the artificial ice plant in Waukegan also has supplied large quantities of CITY'S FIRST --©ICE HOUSE At the time the ice house was bullt the cost of labor and material was much lower than it is at the present time. For that reason the amount of insurance that will be received would not begin to pay for the construction of another ice house that would have the same capacity as the one de-- stroyed. Friends of Mr. Tewes are of the opinion that in the nedr future ha wilt take steps to build an artificial ice plant here. In the meantime be will be able to obtain plenty of natural ice from apother ice house in Wis-- consin. AUTO BANDIT GANG STEALS TWO CARS AT HIGHLAND PARK One Machine Stoien After Thieves Broke Four Locks; Clubwoman's Car Taken. One car was stolen from the ageo of "Con" Sullivan. 'The th l!oro_ _compelled to pick the locs A huge gang of cutomo'siie bandits is believed to be responsible for the theft of two machines stolen from Highland Park severat nights ago. City Marshal Edward 3. Moroney, who has been investigating the cases is confident that the cars were stolen by members of a ring which has bean operating extensively in IiHnois, Wis-- consin and Indiana during the past few months. MANY THEFTS --REPORTED °e ignition, transmission, doors of the car, and the door of the garage, which is only a few foet from the house. The other car was stolen from the Northmoor Country Club, where its owner, Mrs. J. Stein, of Wilmetts, had parked it for the evening. The SBulllvan car was a new Hud-- son, and the Stein machine was a Btudebaker Big Six. ALLEGED WIFE ' BEATER JAILED Joe Marszon, 1018 Lincoin . avenue, NMorth Chicago, was arrested late Tussday afttrnoon on a charge . of wife benting. It is allogod that he mistraated her on adgveral occasions becauso she refused to work lfi store they own at that addrosa. ' He is in the county jail, awai a boidsman, following his arrest Deputy Sheriftt Ben Neety, It is about as bad to be thrown DETECTIVE HERE the lock«s an Springfield, IIL, July 9.--The spring pig crop. in Illinois is 20 per cent less than that of last yeir the returns from a special pig survey completed re-- cenfly by the agricultural and postal departments of the federal govern-- ment shows. The numbers of pigs on corn belt farms have fallen off 17 per cent and the indicated decrease for the entire country is about 20 per cent. The reduction in the fall pig crop will also be heavy if Illinois farmers carry out their present plans, the sur-- vey shows,. According to indications there will be about 18 per cent less sows bred to farrow next fall than actually farrowed last fall. The re-- ported intentions of corn belt states indicate an 11 per cent decrease in fall farrowing, -- and for the entire United States a 6 per cent decrease. PIG CROP DROPS OEF 20 PER CENT N THIS STATE "The present slump in the hog in-- dustry is general in important hog producing states, due to the continued adverse corn--hog ratio, according. to A. J. Surratt, --agricuitural statistician for Illinois. -- Record breaking market receipts of lilinois hogs during the past few months have reduced num-- bers from the unusually large suppNes on farms in 19%% and 1923 to about the .mcoapllnm' for the three years 1919 1921." "Hog receipts at public stock yards from Illinois for the seven months' period November to May were 4,140,-- 000,"" Surratt continued," against 3,-- 150,000 head for the same period a year ago. This increase of 390,000 head' or 10.4 per cent in market re-- ceipts with a 20 per cent reduction in the size of the pig crop this spring, sets forth very strikingly the rapid decline which is taking place in Ili-- nols hog nulmbers. The present out-- look is that hog numbers for the U. 8. will drop to the three year average (1919--1921) and may go below that fAigure before the close of the year un-- less there is a marked improvement in the corn--hog ratio balance. BLAME lilinois Farmers Plan Further Reduction in Hog Raising for Next Year. OFFICER SHOT . Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 9.--Flood Ault, %4 years old, immigration ot-- filcer, whose home is in Akron, Ohio, is Aying from a bullet wound «Jn the abdomen. Aaglt with another Immigration officer named _ Bruce, was patrolling the bank along the Mingara rivor, near Gill Creek, carlly m. when four men pulled into in a boat, Ault and Bruce, Wq were oither amugglers or ers, ordered them to halt, or bootleggers, ordered them to halt, pointing their revolvers at them. One oft the men fired, the shot hitting Ault, The men escaped . . AL_tha . place where the officer was sahot several attempts have been by allens to enter from Canada 'Bt is believed to be a favor-- teo Apot for amugglors to land. Patrick Burks, propristor of a soft drink saloon, was shot dead by one of m{.mnm early -- today when refused to throw up hbis Funeral of President's 16 year old son was to be luldthildtornoon;bnrhlflfltakephceintho\?er- mont hills; ceremonies will be very s Last Picture of Calvin Coolidge Jr. BY SMUGGLER 2 n,OF. That Daniel H. Rogers, 60, of 438 Lincoln avenue, came to his death from skull fracture as the resuit . of an unavoidable accident, was the ver-- dict returned by a coroner's jury at the Wetzel and reterson fungral home Tuesday night. The inquest was presided over by Deputy Coroner Ed-- ward Conrad of Waukegan. E. J. Hampson, 1425 Lioyd avenue, whose automobile inflicted the fatal injuries on Mr. Rogers, was exoner-- ated of blame for the accident. Relatives bf Mr. Rogers were.rep-- resented at the inquest by Atty. J. A. Miller, indicating. that a suit for damages bay be started. ROGERS VICTIM _ OF UNAVOIDABLE The inquest showed that Hr. Rog-- ers was standing at the side of the road when Hampson's car came along and hit him. Hampson and other wit-- nesses testified that their vision was obscured so that they could not sese the pedestrian until too late to avoid hitting bhim. Hampton's car wen but a feow feet after hitting the victim. Hoe stopped the machine immediately and carried the injured man to the Victory Me morial Hospital where it was found that he had suffered a fractured leog. The skull fracture was not discovered until an autospy had been performed by Drs. Kaye and Beliows CROFT A HERO AT LAST; HE WADES THE MISSISSIPPI FAMILY MAY:-- START SUIT The Big Bill's intake,. pipes took aboard another load of mud yester-- day while cruising down the Drain-- age Canal, outward--bound for the South Seas and the land of the tree-- climbing fish. This is the second mishap of this nature that the little craft has suf-- fered since its start from Chicago Saturday. O Edgar Croft, formerly on the staft of _ Overseer -- Wilbur Gienn Voliva of Zion City, one of the crew on the Pig Bill, waded ashore to in-- form the inhabitants of Morris ot the plight of the boat. -- E. J. Hampson, Driver of Death Car, Exonerated of Blame in Accident. It -- happened while "Big Bill" Thompson was personally acting as skipper in the absence of Capt. A. J. Duken, who had gone ashore tem-- porarily. < The acting skipper ordered . all bands on deck, and the intake pipse was moved clower to the water lnt. Soon afterward, however, the hull skidded in mud, and as Morria was sighted the boat refused to budge. The boat had just passed Jolist when the intake pipe of the water-- cooled engine began to suck in mud instead of water. Reviving Flowers child was born at MH The best way to revive withering pital."" Dr. Penney is clmt Nowers is to dose them with aspirin,| Dt 4. I» n ceoroner, nécording to the announcement ot a| AbertyyiHe French scientist, He claims to have Mowpripry O NAE TT discovered that an ordinary aspirin Evidence | tablet dissolved in watm water will mm freshen the most delicats cut Aowers| Algernon in ACCIDENT, VERDICT ple $1.50 PER YEAR. IN ADV ANCEB Prying a heavy iron bar from one of the rear windows, thieves Tues day night or éarly this morning en-- tered the store of tite American Woul:--n ~Mills; 10 South Genesee street, and made their escape with between $90 and $120 in cash and a quantity of merchandise valued at perhaps $100 u« more. -- M. Sanger, manager of the store, was --unabte--this ~morning to state eracily how much loot was taken. He knows that one suit of clothes was taken and therc is an indication that two other suits also are gone. In addition a woolen sweater is miss-- ing. A suit case, together with ties, shirts etc., also are believed to be m'ssing aithough this cannot be de-- AMermired unti! a thorough check is mads. tit--8:20 o'clock ~this© morning ~when a tailor open:d the store. The fron bar had been forced off a window that opens 'into a bathroom. To gain entrance the thief was obliged to sinash out the glass in the win-- dow and then squeeze through an ap<rture of barely nine inches be-- tween two other bars. ican Woolen Mills Store. PRY BAR OFF WINDOW , As a rule ihere is but a small quantity of cash left in the cash reg-- ister. -- Tuesday night was the one night out of the .month when a larger amount was left. A few doliars in silver in another drawer of the register was not touched. Mr.. Sanger was in the store up to eight--thirty o'clock Tuesday night. The robbery was not discovered un-- W. F. Kirkham of Waukegan, a past master of Waukegan lodge, No. 78, A. F. and A. M., arrived home from Danville, NL, 'a few days ago where he successfully passed an ex-- amination to become a grand grand lecturer--for Maszonic lodges in Illinois. years old, and this is the first time that it has produced a grand lectur-- IS -- A -- SIGNAL-- -- HONOR Because the amount of merchan-- dise taken was so small the man-- agir oi the store is inclined --to blame local talent for the --robbery. The police were notified this morn-- ing and are conducting an invest!-- WOOLEN MILLS LOOTED OF CASH AND CLOTHING There are more thin 66,000 words in the Masonic ritual,. All of these must be memorized and given per-- fectly in order to qualifty as a grand lecturer. In addition to this learn all the ritualistic worg of the lodge. Member of Waukegan Masonic gation. Waukegan --lodgeo is : seventy--five years old,. and this is m'gu time that it has produced a gr: lecetur» er. This is regarded as a rare dis-- tinction. Through his appointment mss a grand lecturer Mr. Kirkham is au-- thorized to instruct any Masonic lodge in the state. * . When it is realized--that there arow but little more than one hundred grand lecturers in the entire state it is seen that the honor is one to be coveted W. F. KIRKHAM BE-- RECEIVE WORD OF DEATH OF VETERAN _ OF CIVIL WAR _ Word was today by Sam-- uel F. Gr'll:z:.":mu!, ot --the Lake County Soldiers and Sailors A#-- sociation, of the death of Charles Sammons, at Springlield, former res ldent of Antioch The information was received from his brother, W. H. Sammons, of Springr:eld, for the ree ords of the Lake County association. Mr. Sammons served m Co. C.. 968 lilinois Infantry and had a long battles with this leading ' vice record, participating in which made a brilliant page in history of the state.; r Mr. Sammons was buried in Ridge comatery, at Springlield.~> _ DR. PENNEY IS MADE A FA came the father of a gwitrt TURER OF STATE Between $90 and $120 in Cash Taken from the Amer-- Lodge Obliged to Memorize Over 66,000 Words. Ir, Maurice Penney of