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_ Jopg dispatch will ; t dMsappointme kesidents, who has _ phat the population & 25,000. Tte Bomyvinced that.the _ She estimated increase in population @uring the lagt four years is but _ R,467.._ As contrast to this, ~it * i8 out that the Waukegan school k which _was completed a few CV ago, -M'Cd an increase of 785 c M two years ago of those under m'ue of 21, failing to take into ac _ bount the increase in population of Khose over 21. "~ -- Eie @EFICIAL CENSUS / GLIVES CITY POPL-- LATION OF 20,689 [; Washington, D. C, July 23.--Thé Riicial report of the Consus Bureau | mates the population of Wauke at 20,689 as of July 1. This rep - nis an increase of 1,467 since the RMcial census in 'January, 192000ther, j of Laxke couaty were not in-- ?« in the egfimate for July 1 of . present year, as it is the poli¢cy W the Census Bureau to make esti-- Ederd Wmfl THOMAS MARTIN, _ _ uL. VILLA, JAILED HANGING INQUEST * ~ CONTINUED TODAY Ffl Chicago 5,839.. Zion was given J population at that time of 5,580. _ 11 > Figurés Too Low. i: The figures contained in the forego ng dispatch will prove a source ot ; dsappointment to Waukegan ¢ "::. who have been confident ' »pd#on is between 23,000 s 25,000. e big majority are Ronvinced that.the government esti-- , is entirely too low. *Wor example, they point out that 467. As cortrast to this, ~it is out that the Waukegan school 0 M.Mu completed a few lays ago, sd an increase of 785 v two years ago of those under m-ue of 21, failing to take into ac mint the increase in population of ¥hose over 21. ~ ; . AIn estimating. the. population the government u'u it on the percent mge of increase during the ten years gocedlu the last regular census. most cities this would be a fair a¥rcrage, but in the case of Wauke-- gan it does not do justice because there has been a phenomenal growth fn the city during the last two or three years . Many large factori's ::e been added and the population increased by great leaps and *' Inquest into the death of Calvin! Wllis of Libertyvilie, was opened : Fuesday. in Libertyville by Deputy Coroner Maurice Ponny, who swor &n the jury and continued the mat-- ter until a post could be completed. e s e e -- Dr. Penny stated that the post would be done simply to comply with the usual procedure in such cases. i Phe father has stated that the young man appeared despondent for the past fow weeks. He believes "'crop conditions and business worries *~ Thomas Martin, 74 years of .age; Ug alloged to have gone on a ram-- pago at his home in Lake Villa, Tues-- day night, and was arrested on a fino of being Irunk. . Hhe is be-- Meved to have become crazed with »:oonncne. and was reported to have tempted to <attack membors of his family. .. Ts © a 0 (orice 02 navins ites-- only in cities over 8,000. Even ghiand -- Part® anad ~North Chicago I--short of this required mark, As e census for 1920 showed the pop-- ition of Highland Park at 6,167 and All three cars woere quite badly damaged, Thero wore 13 persons in tho thres cars, but nobody was injur-- w.'.,nmmnnmnn Winters® _ miachine and five in O# gnent n2 d + + iMartin is to be given a hearing Whursday in county court to dter-- mine bis sanity WARRANT OUT FOR ©AUTOIST IN CRASH ES NOT DO JUSTICE A warrant was issued yesterday in the court of Po%:o Magistrate J. D. Poyle, at Lake Bluff, for the arrest of Chris Osmond, 2052 Northwestern Aye., Chicago, charging him with as-- «ault with a deadly weapon following an auto accident. on Green Bay Road, wont of Lake BlaH, last Baturday af-- ternoon, in which cars were damaged. The warrant was sworn out by George L. Winters, 537 N. Lamamie street, also from Chicage. It is alleged Osmond lost control of his machine, which crashed tgto Winters' car and then struck another machine driven by A. °E, Sass, 926 North Homan Avo., also a Chicagoan. Gass drove his car into the ditch in an offort to avold a collision.-- . _ CASE UP mand's to his death. & io. Apuidotnd ~.~ "LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT &m Charged With As-- it With Deadly Weapon After Collision Sunday. inquest will probably be com-- 44 OF THREE CARS AT LAKE BLUFF .:'.;t':or hnflg-c next '$0 o'clock in Mag-- sourt at Lake Blutf, . NO. 30 # HOLD ALLEGED > * SLAYER OF COP BpringAeld, H1L., July 23 ~Willlam Portieri, allas William Dolibena, was being -- held© here today for-- oMeers from Girard, Kan., where he is want: ed on a 'charge of murder. Portieri, who is said to be a liquor runner op-- erating between Chicago and Kansas City, is alleged to have shot and killed an officer who attempted to stop GREAT STRIDES {yg IN CATTLE TEST-- _ Lake County Fair at Liberty-- "T. B." BEING CONQUERED Just what the state of Illinois is do-- ing toward the elimination of tuber-- culosis among cattle 'will be graphic-- ally shown to visitors at the Lake county fair. This fair is among the. 1924 exhibitions at which the . big double traveling show will be dis-- played. ---- -- A special exhibit of bovine tubercu-- losis will be shown in one of the tents. Charts showing progress made in the past four years up to July 1, will be an interesting feature. The charts data is compiled from a report recent-- ly made to Governor Small by Dr. F. A. Laird, chief veterinarian. It con-- tains some startling figures on pro-- gress made to date, such as: _ _ In 1921, there wore 19,951 cattle teated under the accredited herd plan. In 192% the number of cattle so tested--rose to 66,252. s This was almost doubled in 1923, when 109,366 were tested, but.even these figures betcome comparitively insignificant -- in 'the 1924 showing, 367,687 tests having been made up to July 1, the latest date Acn_l_l'nbh. Fiftseven counties in lllinois are doing tuberculosis area work. One county ,Edgar, is accredited with be-- ing entirely free from the bovine dis-- ease. Champaign county is 98 per cent tested. And so on. -- > In the four years past, xz.'mu has nnr# $8,000 cattle per month., indemnity cost, divided equally between the state, {oderal government and owner, has averaged 42157 per head for the stat@'s share. AGED RESIDENT _ -- OF CITY TAKEN BY DEATiE TODAY ville this Year to Show Re-- ~_._ sult of Fight. Mrs. Margaret Demuth Weich Born in County 68 Years Ago, is Dead. FUNERAL ° TO BE FRIDAY Mrs. Margaret DemuthsWelich, aged 68 years, of 805 Washington street, died this morning at 2; 45 o'clock at-- ter a two weeks iliness. She had suffered a general breakdown. The deceased had made her home in Waukegan for 29 years, and had lived in the county all her life, being born on the Demuth farm, near Wau kegan, Sept. 9, 1855. ryt S sn She was the widow of David Weich, who 'died in January 2, 1902. EHight children were born to the union, three sons surviving: Albert, John and LeRoy, all of Waukegan. In addition there are -- two sisters:> Mrs. Mary Martin, of Waukegan, and Mrs, Louise Meyer, of Freemont. _ Funeral services . will be held Fri-- day morning at 9 o'clock, daylight sav-- Ing time, at the Immaculate Concep-- tion church, with requiem high mass. Burial in St. Mary's cemetery. Los Angeles, July 23----An un-- identified man carrying a box, be-- lieved to have contained dynamite, was blown to pieces here today af-- ter he was struck by an automobile, A companion of the man was only glightly injured. A -- terriie -- explosion -- followed crashing into the pedestrian by an automobile driven by Miss Marjorie Watts, who was taken into cus-- tody by police for questioning. UNKNOWN MAN IS BLOWN TO ATOMS ILLINOIS GIRL -- TO WED COUNT sau i ied B Roma, July 23.--With al objections disposed of final arrangements woere madetoday for the marriage of Miss Felicita Sduby of Kikhart, HL., to Count Bolognitti, in the historic Cenel oh'\!llai u-mw.. RPVC Vatican e por-- R'o." of the o:-g';-fiy to open ancient church. Cardinal Nasalll Rocea will arrive thday from Bologna to colaobrate the nuptial mass, Always Receptive F.-"'"1 upecoch sateops in a took-- h"-::-.':wh ;.w:'ud \ ING TO BE SEEN SECTION TWO LIBERTYYILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 15 He FEAR SUICIDE IN . -- DISAPPEARANCE OF LAKE EOREST MAN 'FAIL-- TO F4 _' merake -- 4 ) Heemmmadat" TW y, _ } "Them was the days", sighs A~ B. |Terry of New York as he recalls the (time this suit was new y It cost $4 'then**> But.that was 30 years ago. J. B. Velesky, a Tailor, Has Disappeared and Clothes Were Found on Lake Shore.. The 'pdlice and life guards all along the north shore are search'ng tod&ay for the body of J. B. Veseisky, aged 50, a Lake Forest tailor who has been missing since Saturday night at 7 o'clock and whose ciothes were found on the beach at Lake Forest on Mon-- The police at Lake Forest . have conducted an intensive search for the man and have also tried vainly to establish somée reason for a suicide which is believed to be the explana-- tion of the man's disappearance. * P h % * L -T_v ood Old Dizst 65# 1 1 * .. _TE L 4A "You'd have to pay $30 for it now," Veselsky conducted a prosperous tailor shop at Lake Forest and his business --has been --so great that his wife was helping in the: shop until from overwork, she was neéar a norvy-- ous breakdown and went to Oak Park to stay for a while and rest up. The Bixteen year old son is with the mother. A close investigation of the family conditions failed to reveal any reason for suicide or disappearance caused by jamily troubles and the police are at a loss to solve the mystery that is confronting them. LAST SEEN ON SATURDAY Veselsky closed his shop iat about 6 o'clock Saturday night and was seen kabout séven o'clock by some of his friends, Since that time no one has seen him.. On Monday morning, a re-- lporb was made at the police station that some clothes were lying on the beach near the Lake Forest park. The police discovered the clothes with the pocketbook and letters untouched in the pockets. The letters identified the clothing a> belonging to Vesel-- sky. --'A searching patry was formed and the beach for miles in both directions from where the clothes were found was combed and the lake shore, as deep as posible, was dragged but no trace of the missing man was found. Since Saturday night there have been several storms which, it the body is in the lake, would have carried it far out into the lake. The policeo be-- lieve that the 'man did not wear a bathing suit but that he took his own life by jumping into the water. The police and life gua *; of Wau-- #egan and on up to Kenosha have been asked to keep a look out for the man. Mrs, Veselisky is reported to have been overcome when the news of her husband's disappearance was brought to her Stonington, Maine, Jnlx"'" (L. N. 8.)~--The Kastern m-h_l'. company passenger steamet J. T. Morse went aground on Crotch Is-- land of here in a dense fog today ;M was reported Io:::'l' badly. MHer , nnum ng more than m been landed here., KMorta will be made to get the ves wot off at high tide. STEAMER--AGROUND; * 100 ARE SAVED "~¥ho river HWhannon is the largest ("~_~Important Irish River uad longest river in the Trish Free Btate and is navignabte for 30 miles for all classes of ocoan--going ships. MOTIVE Circulation Greater than oth Lake County's Big Weekly LUTHER LEAGUE _ L, CONFERENCE IS * ~ HELD IN COUNTY Leaguers from Several States PAGEANT NEXT SATURCAY Large numbers of Luther League members are attending the Luthoran Bible Institute of Illinois Conference, Augustana Synod, which is being beld at Long Lake, Lake County, this week. The confert 4 :2 started on Mon-- day and ends nekw Sunday. -- _ 'The conference grounds are located near Ingleside, it being an ideal spot for a week's vacatiog. . . _ The territory of the Lutner League umum? Illinois, Hastern lowa, South-- era Wiscons:in, southern peninsula of Michigan _ asd. No¥ihern _ Indiana. About an h«=d--eod leaguers are prés-- ent. The program consists of flour fifty-- minute sessions during each forenoon and a session in the evening, the af-- ternoons being given over to boating, bathing and swimming. C -- The following speakers appear on the program: Rev. Carl Solomonson, Rockford ; 'Rev. C. K. Bengston, Gales-- burg, I!I.; Rev. Carl Lorimer, Prince-- tom, I!l.; Rev. Frank Carlson, Elgin, III.; Rev. C. Geo. Engdahl Bay C&;, Mich.; Rev. W. X. Magnusoun, Gen-- eseo, Ill.; Rev. A. J. Johnson, Ches-- terton, Ind.; Carl Holim, Gary, Ind.; Rev. G. M. Thimell, Racine, Wis.; Dr. A. J. Sodan, Madison, Wis.; Dr. 8. P. Long, Chicago; Missionary Oscar Larson, Indfa; _ Missionary Aifred Trued, China. 3 f The new features of the conven-- tion program this year will be a pag-- éant of the pioneers of the Augustana synod covering the founding years of the synod, 184961. A cast of 150 leaguers will "depicit the scenes of the early ploneers landing in Chicago thence treaking their way to Andover, IL, where --the first church was found-- ed in 1950. Other scenes will show the found-- ing of the work of the synod in Mo-- line, Rock Island, Galesburg, Rock-- ford and in Chicago. This pageant will be given on the banks of Long Lake, Saturday evening, July 26th. A delegation of 500 is expécted from Chicago to witness the event. AUTO SHOW TOBE .. ABIGEVENT AT LAKE COUNTY FAR are Meetings at Long Lake; ~ 100 are Present. Waukegan and Lake County Dealers All Plan to Be Rep-- resented This Year. TO BE BIGGER THAN EVER The standardize 'automobile dealers of Lake County will show in gaia ar-- ray the upto--the--minute products of the land under--the biggest canvas. ov-- |. er pitched in these parts, at the Lake|} County Fair at Libertyville on August 29, 30, 31 and September 1, 1924. ' Already, many deaters having fore-- seen the splendid opoprtunity of pre-' senting to the buying public, first-- hand, the newest models, have ukon| space in the mamouth tent to be 'erected at the Fair, $ | These large tents, well fittel up and filled with grand displays, taste-- fuly arranged, go to make ours a real fair and are more than merely appreciated by the big crowds which are sure to be in evidence this year. It may be news to home folks, but well understood by our dealers, that the new model highly developed au-- tomobiles are pears in advance of cur-- rent designs and those dealers pos-- sessing such are signing for space at the County Fair Auto Exhibit, for they know the public not only desires but demands the best and latest in auto-- mobiles. More Waukegan people at-- tend the County Fair than would at-- tend an Auto Show in Waukegan, is the belief of the management, and. Waukegan dealers are especially urg-- ed to get in early on the opportunity of meeting your friends atb the Fair. | * Many dealers announce new models which have attained many important mechanical achievements, new engin-- eering accomplishments, and _ out-- standing features, which have placed upon them the undeniable stamp of parexcellence, which they have de-- termined to take before the people at the Fair, believeing this the big chanc for getting an early start on the fall trado. L6 6 The world has long waited for high-- ly refined motor cars that can be pur-- chased for what they are worth. The very best in this, or--any foreign mar-- ket, may be seen under the big tent at the Fair. s The feaiures demanded in the aw tomobile today. are, downright econ-- omy, mechanical | simplicity, m theso features ovigjiineli nvti mileage, and thoso cars which dom-- inate in theso features should be on the j0b this year at the Lake County Fair. Tokio, July 23.----A. Stuart Mar Lar-- en, British round the world flyer and his tbn* companiona, hopped off to-- day at 7 o'clock from Tokolan bay tot Marukamu bay. -- BRITISH FLIERS MAKING PROGRESS The farmers of 58 lilinois counties are keeping: abreast -- with --the --dic-- tates of medical scientists by test-- ing their cattle for bovine tuberculo-- sis, thus helping to make milk more healthful.' Of the 102 counties in Illinois, 58 are now 900'% ucting area testing (the map shows testing, Hahcock coun-- ty having voted to test after the map --was-- compléeted); 18 are con-- ducting educational© campaigns; -- 25 have not yet started and one, Edgar, is accredited. -- The fact that Edgar county has completed its testing and has become accredited in compli-- ance with federal and state regula-- tions, brtng- a cash bonus of ten cents a hundred pounds from the large packers on-- all hogs bred, fed and raised in that county. ~ Farmers of 58 Illinois Counties Are Bettering Milk by Having Cows Tested for Tuberculosis Farmers in an accredited connty' also have the satisfaction of know-- ing that they are not s0 liable to be feeding nnfi:o!lubu cows because the testing culls out most of the sick-- ly liabilities. A third benefit comes to --the farmers in. an accredited county Wwho produce hogs or cattle for breeding purposes because such animals from an accredited county are known to be free from the dreaded disease and therefore sell more profitably, y -- The 58 counties now testing repre--| has helped put across tub@rcal08i sent an increase of 19 counties since eradication ~work in 48 of the 58 January 1, 1924, when only 39 coun--counties now testing. LAKE CO. REPORTS 12 NEW SMALLPOX CASES FOR WEEK This Is a Marked Reduction in New Cases Over the Last Few Weeks. CONDITION IS IMPROVED Lake County reported twelve of the| Lots in _ various _ subdivisions forty new cases of smallpox in the bordering many of the desirable state reported to the state department '.'k" :_': ::" p:i';';:t'. a "l':'"':::' "' of Public Health during the last week, w.h.e"n"u a matter of fact they ".f' according to a dispatch received 1rom'"w.", selling at from $500 to Springfield. .« : 4 '$1,000, and A. G. Maether, of While this is a considerable num-lp"mo View, member of the Board ber of cases it shows a marked droP {og Review, checking up the asses-- ping off over the last two or thre@| sys books warns that some radi-- weeks, the peak being reached th@|aar changes will be made to equal-- preceding woeek when eighteen DCV |;;a the yalues. cases woere reported. e "In one big subdivision," Sup-- Of the twelve cases reported in Lake County for the last woeek it s said that practically all of them werd in Waukegan and North Chicago as the disease appears to have hit these two communities harder than othetr parts of the county. _ 'There has been such a marked im-- pfo?ut in the local situation that health authorities are of the opninion that it will not be long before the condition will be cleared up even more. There is growing apprehension how-- evar on the part of federal authori-- ties because they say that smallpox has been so prevalent. has been so prevalent. SanoNand MNF. -- Within t on & meuapetemanaimes alart .. w-.-nnll. rx .. Discoverer of Madeira neighbora "Jut the Pn The Sable Philosopher ' Robert Machin, an English squire :*.-7 < havee. P When de preacher goes fishin' With | uho fod from England with the danugh= . buckst "i /L.x '"n.fltltl(!lm,oihflnMRb'mM.m'«"'m"mm | part ot . _ saved mon nothin' ls said 'bout de Anania® King Rdward IIf, is said to have If in ho. > mr folka an' de lake what buras with M' the discoverer of the latand of a| .It is ~w «n' brimatona ----Atianta Constituti0® | goirs, ' &E*.> about $2,500. . -- o Map showing tuberculosis eradication progress in Ilinois. prevared by the Illinois Agricultural Association-- _ 94. 1924 ties had taken up the work. Dr. F. A. Laird, state veterinarian, Spring-- field, is in charge of the statowide testing and J. J. Lintner of the Un-- ited --~States Department of. Agricul-- ture . is the federal + inspector® in sharg@ ;) ~>~205) £8+f 3 : \BOARD OF REVIEWY l REGISTERS KICKS | _ ON ASSESSMENTS Eradication of bovine tubercgulosis is proclainfed by doctors to be-- one of the most progressive humantarian steps now under way in this country. Illinois: is "testing 'approximately 50,-- 000 cattle a month and is taking the lead among all states. As a result of the testing in these 57 counties, about 90 cattle are condemned each day in Illinois. Through=the federal and state appropriations for 'tuber-- culosis eradication, the farmer stands only one--third of the loss himself, the other two--thirds being borne by the federal and state funds. 4 Illinois got one--fourth of the fed-- eral fund for--all states during the fiscal year effding June 30, 1924. The map is furnished by the Hlinots Ag-- ricultural Association, having: been drawn up by its tuberculosis eradica-- tion department, M. H. Peterson di-- rector, to show the progress made by lllinois farmers in bettering the quality of milk for the consumers. The Illinois Agricultural Association, the state farm bureau organization, [hn helped put across tuberculosis POINTS OUT _ "GRIEFS" "In one big subdivision," Sup-- ervisor Macther said, "most of the lots are listed at from $5 to $10 or $20, and some of these lots sold only a few days ago at $500 each,. And then a big wail goes out when the Board boosts valuations,. « <'Many people are always ready to And fault. with the board of re-- view, but one glance at the books will convince most persons that a lot of people deliberately try to beat the county out of revenue that it needs badly. And then: people wonder why there isn't enough money to do the things the county should do." . G. Maether Declares Lots Valued by Assessors at $10 are Selling for $1,000. %+ 24 $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE CAPTURE THREE * MORE TRUCKLOADS i>> BEER; RUNNERS Deputy sheriffs early today staged a pitched battle with alleged beer runners at Wauconda, after capturing Sheriffs Deputies Stage Battle With Alleged Smugglers Early Today. + CRIPPLE TWO CARAVANS a truck load of beer, and a squad of officers hurried to the scene follow-- ing a report of the trouble to the sheriff's office. ( Earlier in the day two other truck loads of beer were captured by Mo torcycle Officers B. C. Hamlin--and Ambrose Beaudin, 27 barrels being taken in this hault and three alteged runners arrested. 10g3 The two trucks were captured on what is known as the Flood road, be-- tween Grand avenue and Belvidere road, west of Waukégan. The beer was camouflaged behind piano boxes, It is alleged one of the trio offéered' Hamlin a;ybribe of $100 and two bar« rels of beer, worth $150, it they would be permitted to go. The three men were jailed and booked as ftol~ lows: > * Jaiucs Miuec., 1414 madison street; "Bob" Murphy, 1741 Park avenue, and William Ward, 680 West Madi-- son street, all Chicago. ton, Wis., to Chicago. Lo as! Wt ht inie Aive Aih: 4000c 44 Officer Froelich capturcd the beer truck at Wauconda. When a report reached the sheriff's office that he was having trouble, Sheriff Ablistrom and Deputy Frank Valenta started to his aid in the latter's side car. Othor deputies followed in an automofille. ; The truck taken at Wauconda con-- taimed 21 barrels of good beer and the two men on the truck are being held in the county jail. They are: John Morris, 4720 West Monroe street and John ~O'Key, 1104 South Racine avenue, both of Chicago. y s Bridgeport, Conn., July 23 (I N. $.)--Foating on the surface of Ash creek, a long distance from .the spot -- where <the tragedy occurred, the body of Clinton Nordquist, 12, one of sevéral -- children lost . off Fairfield Beach in a storm -- last Thursday afternoon was fouud by a Bridgeport police sergeant today. Four bodies of geven missing chil-- dren have now een located. The three me'g arrested earlier this morning were released on bonds of $2,000 each late this afternoon and their case set down for bearing on July 30. ANOTHER DROWNED _ : _ CcHILD Is FOUND_> _-- Witk-- assurance of water men, that the other bodies will be found before then, plans are under way for a funeral for all the victims here on Friday afternoon. DOHENY WINS SUIT AGAINST GOVT, Los Angeles, July 22--The Par American Petroleum company, head-- ed by E. L. Doheny akainst which the government is prosecuting & suit to cancel oil leases granted it in the Elk Hills Field, late yester-- day won its first legal . encounter with the government. A motion made by former senator Atles Pom-- erenoe, special assistant attorney gen-- eral for the United States, that the case be sot 'Tor trial on September second next, was denied by .Federal Judge Paul. J. McCormick. FIRE DESTROYS AREA HOME AFTER STORK'S ARRIVAL Mother and New Born Babe Carried to Safety as 500 Neighbors Fight Blaze. . EXPLOSION WAS CAUSE The home of Jack Thacher, on@e mile west of Area, ~"was destroyed by fire Tuesday night about eight o'clock following an explosion of gasoline in an outbuilding. 1W Thacher to whom a baby was borr only a feow days ago, was carried to safety with the infant. They taken to the home of & w Ben Portsous. -- k _ Th#=--ownér of the tarm occupled by 'Thacher is Albert LAn®., . . .. It is not known what 0-1 explosion. -- Mr,. Thacher was at barn doing his chores when the plosion occurrted. ~=_ . .. .. [ en route from Burling« «+ t P