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. © n;:--m ire of the latest news all @ @ the time. % @ ¥ -- las 0 00 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 6 6 . VOLUME XXXII.--NUMBE® 30. ONE KILLED FROM AUTO ACCIDENTS OVER WEEK END Fred Gotthardt of 1757 East Sixty-- meveuth street, was kilied and four people were injured® Surday when their automobile left thg road mt Flve FPoints and t@rned turtle in the ditch Gotthardt was pinned beneath lht «€ar. The others were able to cate_themselves. Death was instan-- taneous, the skuil being caved in and the neck puncturid. Chicagoan Dies at Five Points; Many Suffer Injuries from Collisions. Mrs. Mary Gotthardt, wife of the «dGeceased, and their daugbter, Miss Mary Gopthardt, were shaken up and bruised. They were taken to the Vie-- Memorial bospital with Mr. and Mrs. JLu. wi. _.hirmer, 90s Center street, Chicago, the other occupants of the automobile. § x '"i;.v Schirmer bhad a broken collar bone. -- Her busband was practically aunsgscratched. : The motorists were on their way to Milwaukee. The accident occurred mbout 7 o'clock in the morning at Five Points' The Gotthardt machine had just swung around a car driven morth by Hugo Leihman of Chicago and had> straightened out on its «€ourse Thin, Leihman told: Motoreycle Po-- liceman Pat Smith of North Chicago, the rear of the car swerved to the right in a Jlong arching skid. _ It went into the ditch, turning on its Leibman, aided by mo Smith, raised the machine Gotthardt free. His skull tured. 4 3 of the steering gear (ailed. She said whe saw her father make vain ef-- forts to keep the car in the road, but turns at the whee} seemed to have no effect on the course of the car. She said they xtre not traveling fast. Leinman estimated their sp<ed at' 30 miles an hour. | i f £1 At the inquest, opened at the Hof Jland undertaking -- rooms -- Sunday morping, Deputy Corontr Maurice Penney... of. Libertyville . swore Qn & i~--5 and' addaurned until the " wit-- ~__. LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT A M'; o r K6 * Continue Heater Probe. . Inquest in to the déath 'of C. B. Heater. 313 Ottawa-- street, Joliet, who was killed Friday night at Volo in a head--on automobile, collision was continued Saturday night by Deputy Coroner Edward Conrad until August Lorenz, 5000 Washington boulevard, Chicago, could be brought in to tes-- tify. Lorenz droye__ono of thei Ccars b-- 20 d 2 sc td olsn treel nsc tciy > 4 E. H. Goodman ot Chicago, who . was following the Heatér car, which was on its way to Fox Lake 'stated he arrived on the. scene d'zhe ac-- cident before any othéer motorists, but. that he knew little of it as he had not been un eye witness. Three Almost Kilied. Miss l-'lore,gce Thompson, youngest G4aughter of John R. Thompson, mil-- lionaire restaurart Owner, and three companions narrowly escaped death Saturday when the girl's automobile skidded at a high speed, struck an @mbankment and turned over on the Green Bay road in Lake Forest. The four were hurled 14 feet by the force of the tfash. Alt were knocked unconscious. in the collision. ° The inquest . was held at the Wetzel and Peterson un~ der taking rooms, Waukegan. ./ * --= 2 . a uy' >A Fenprea"'. 9 Harry Thomas, the football star wot the University of Chicagd, Pawl B:éfy and Miss Katherine: Peytob, amtghter of Mr .and Mrs. Richard F. Peyton, 5817 Porchester avenue, also of the university, were with «Miss "Thompson. ° AWIMLFI n Ssn ki c L oh. amus, CC e eE apD 100 m 1 in the north end .of Lake Forest, by a passing motorist. There they were received an« toat--. ed by Dr. B. N. Parmenter. The latter found that the: two young' women and the two youths had o# caped injury other -- than cuts and bruises. y" w ow s The two, men suffered . the most bruises.s ~ / * a 4 ky M "But I was literally knocked out of my shoes,", Miss,, Thompson said when she ri@covered, explaining that her slippers had vanished in the " ... Miss .T , _ Wwho . _ had . beed a"d»" hg" mg' eRt. a"seven passenger. said the atrering--kpuckle: broke.#hon aha ewarvad in avbld a rut in the --l'lvi- Gotthardt thinke some part wreck she swerved to avold WOMAN SCALPED B WOMA N. g 'A*e'_l!%b ~dun wouxm scaLPED BY AUTO TOP,. n ho sn ngunt hmA mast acatped Mrs. Hose* :..u' A ry avenue, Chicago, was treated ' at the Victory Memorial hospital Sun-- day afternoon after the woman. who 18" 65 : years old, was jammed tothe top of the car when It struck a hump' just dute1de Wauregan. Beveral stitth" es m'mmd t;p cl?o the wpu«k D INDEPENDEN'T readers are a}> 0 06 vow'ss ob 00 0 6 ¢ from the hospital would l 2oo agont use ind ws ob capanizn c s on en ce eP aeneeenit apemlys onund mennaniatem oo io c h e o mt efi t id m ons nteg t pulled ode Bur» ated ' at tal Sun-- an. who t--to--the TWO BANDITS HOLD 22 TAKE EXAMS UP HARRY BENSON; < . TO TEACH SCHOOL * "'ESCAPE WITH '54" _ Twenty--two ps'r':éé::s Friday took son" Court store, Waukegan, with re-- volvers and robbed him of $447 in bills, locked him in the lavatory and made their escape, Saturday evening at % a'cleck. Lock: Proprietor of Benson's Men's Furnishing Store in Two unmasked bandits, covering Harry Benson, proprietor ol,ap_Edl- Mr. 'Benson's brother and business partner, William _ Benson, and his brother--in--law, William :Jensen, clerk nad just gone' to supper and he was in the store alone vn: the cwo rob-- bers came in.. One 0f the@m purchased 50 cents worth of handkerchiefs. The other wanted to know if Mr. Ben-- son could cash a check for $80, stat-- ing that. if HWecould be accomodated he would bay consiqerable merchan dise. Mr. Benson hand only a small amount of money in the cash register, and went . to a desk to get more nioney. When he turned around he looked' into the muzzles of two re volvers. The bandits . ordered him to put up his¢ hl&d'. »Ofe of the robbers then relieved Rhim of the roll of bills tot alling $447. They did not take checks amounting to $125, nor $37 in silver, in the 'cash register. The ~bandits then locked him in the lavatory. As soon as he bheard them leaving the building, he opened a window and shouted for belp. ~A call--was sent to the police who ar-- rived within a few minutes after the robbery. Roads were watched, and & North Shore train:wag topped abd searched at Zion, but no trace of the robbers was found. They appar-- ently made their escape in an « tomabile, Aithough Mr. Benson did not hear any machine being driven a & Mr. Benson had a larger'amount pf cash ttn usual because he us casheg many ghetks "on Saturdsy cashes , many , night@i * } $ t / He gota good look &At--the ban and would be able, to identify theth. Both were iWwel} dressed, and did look or act crooks when they en the store. gr. Benson said they were about 30 years old. 'A sls "T}.m" eved .the. .. 100 .DX y [n'(t b'%o'n ng n:'lfinffld' 'the%gl» val which had--been showing--ail week at Electric Park. STOLEAUTOAT ;# . DIAMOND LAKE An 'automobile belonging to Rmil w.&&f"ar'finfiana t%l:.'"wtd satol-- en ~Grom :z jc;flc;. mn&lt ;:; place Su y, Afte ut 5 S1ook" by two 7Mh? Thb alatm o'ctock by t#wo youths. Thb alatm apread (# quickly that the thlem were compelied to abandon i make © their : escape. Do&uy smn Walter Stark recovered the car abgout two miles away. P 4 -- . _ ' i LAui® sls ud 3 * E - is P i Tl J pMW . (L . 7 (} 4¥ (V * * C i .'J."'(fl',;w! ( f U un ) uZ) 8t i i \?P\' {t ; { yz _ =~ [( | fiS Wts // /,//n . mTeresie 1/ !"'yj' > m vhlll ,/ "'/(.' @ \_"'7 { wA l «* Lavatory. AMERICAS GREATEST ANNUAL ATTRACTION Twenty--two persons on Friday took "fll,' e LeardWILL L4 examinations to becog:e,uwhm in + the county schools, e tests being pepong" ul i § o iich." caniniea " of . Mro Also Char?ed With Robbing 2 % mpson, . assis y . Mrs. i Simpson. Those who took , the ex-- sm a D'amo"d Lk' and aminations were: Detention Home Supt. Louise Amita Baseley, Wauconda ercomacumee Lila Joy, Zion o A daring gang of four boy bandits Margaret Kelly, Chicago robbed two stores at Diamong Lake Daisy F. Webb, Pleasant Prairie. |and sought to hold up another, then Mildred Jensen, Chicago held at bay a posse of farmers be-- Hazel L. Kohl, Lake Zurich fore they were driven out of a hay Eva M. Lewin, Wadsworth field by the whistling of bullets fired Mildred Radke, Wadsworth by Deputy Sheriff Waiter Stark, and Irene Bacizalupo, Grayslake captured, Saturday evening, only to Nellie Portegys, Libertyville. I escape--Sunday from the county .de-- Emma DeMeyer, Libertyville ' tention home, according to charges Beulah Harrison, Antioch' madg by that officer. Archibald Cole, Chicago The four alleged bandits gave their IWbert E. Sayers, Libertyville names and addreses as mollows: * Dorothy Sayers, Libertyville °_ Edward Saltzemap, 14, of 1755 Cly: Esther Crary, Zion bourne Ave Howard J.~O'Brien, Area > 4 1 29 _ Frances Karmon, Chicago Joseph Tyrcha, 4, of 26 Cly-- _ Lois Wolfe, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. POUN® AVY®. Ethe! <Fitzgerald, Cortland, Il _ Matthew Konko, 13, Clybourne Ave. I Harriet Lamberton, Milwaukee | Frank Prucak, 16, Ellston Ave.,, _ Gerald Mason, Zion |near Logan, al four being from Chi: LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1924 HIGHLAND PARK TO LAY CORNER-- STONE OF TEMPLE Many Local and Lake County Masons ~Will© Attend the Ceremony July 24. Many local members of the Masonic fraternity, as well as Masons from all parts of Lake county, are planning to journey to . Highland Park on July 26 when the cornerstobe will be laid for the $85,000 temple . whitcn the Masons of that city pl.'fi to build. The ceremony will take place at ,z:soof. m. Willlam J. Brown is mas-- ter A. O. Pay lodge, No. 676, A. F. and A. M., which is building the temple. The site is on 'the east side of Sheridan road, between Central and Park aventu@m; CV i «t "y!lC ; ; Alfred P. -"AflQTmr ,'m;mr? Web ster, associate arch (u'i!: 'designed th6 m structare, reus,space for one fir& ktore on nl: fli'l floot with the main entrance on the right tO: the (Maszonic | quartorsy; upstairs. :l?o'q will be A. lodge: Hall accom odating 450, a billiard and card room, kitchen and dining room, etx, A new lighting system will be in-- stalled in the lodge hall. Flood Nn?h --will be placed above awnings, which will be hung actoss the oeiling open-- ings, g¢iving the effect oft aunshine. An |§8.000 organ will be Anstalled. -- = ~»On the day of moxr:wy #Will be «. mile and a halt pa around bown, stnrting =at the . city hall.-- Highland Park Masons are preparing to .enter tain a large delegation from neighbot-- Ing communities. ; Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, Hlinois, as SBecond Class Mail Maiter. 4 Anitabye 45 us ibinhin) a wl wadaimip i Grculation Greater than other Weekiies in County Combined Lake County's Big Weekly _ WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN 4 BOY BANDITS _ | HOLD POSSE AT | _ BAY; 2 ESCAPE A daring gang of four boy bandits robbed, two stores at Diamond Lake and sought to hold up another, then held at bay a posse of farmers be-- fore they were driven out of a hay field by the whistling of bullets fired by Deputy Sheritf Waiter Stark, and captured, Saturday evening, only to escape--Sunday from the county .de-- tention home, according to charges madg by that officer. L1 1 WOs ko care? L.Le ns cago It is charged that Prucak had a gun and that he and three others broke into the William Lemker and William Hackett refreshment stands at Dia mond Lake, stole a quantity of cigar-- ets and candy, and then sought to hold up Mrs. Frank -- Johnson, and were lying in wait for her when the officer and farmers surprised them near ber husband's store, After the alleged robberies at Hack-- etts and Lemkers two of the boys, Prucak and Tyrcha, held at bay a posse of farmers, Prucak threatening to shoot the first person who ad-- vanced toward them, it is charged. CaAPS--TRAPPED IN HAY FIELD Konko and Saltzman succeeded in retreating to a point four miles away, and deputy Stark was compelled to fire at them several times. before they finally gurrendered. . They got Into a hay field and started crawling In the tall grass. The officer saw the grass moving and fired 'several shots close to their bodles. When they heard the whistling Of bullets they ralsed their arms and surrendered. Brought to the IAke County De-- tention Home located at Waukegan Saltzman, Kidhko and Tyroha escoaped from a second storywindow about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. -- > The Prucak boy remained until Sun-- day afternoon and then made his es cape. ~Following his -- disappearance the superintendent 'of the home dis ecovered the loss of $40 in cash and her gold watch. Fd Deputy Sheriffs succeeded in recap turing Saltzman and Tyreha. .. They said the four ran away from their homes Saturday morning. and got to Diamond Lake by street car, busses and bumming rides. They said they broke into the stores ba'can:; they were hungry., <It cb that they sought to hof: Ir,. :-;'udn.in 'orQ&: to get mongéy to go back to &Ch "- h ¥ A Read 'The Independent, only $1.50 a BOLT HITS TENT AT CARNIVAL AS SHOW CLOSES UP Terrific _ Electrical _ Stort © Sweeps City With . Little A tcrrific wind, rain and electrical storm struck Waukegan and the near-- by vicinity Sunday night, playing havoc wit hthe trees,.putting the tel-- ephones out of service for a short time and frightening the crowds Aat the T. A. Wolfe carnival when a boit of lightning shattered a banner Aar-- rangement in front of a tent and col-- lapsed the tent over the show people lnnd equipment. "L The lightning temporarily crippled pghe telephone service, but the Illinois Bell Telephone Company Ccrew Wwas out before the storm subsided and long b:fore morning everything was in good condition again. The lights flickered several times and it was feared that the electric light service would be crippled, but fortunately the lights remained on all during the storm, and with the exception of one wire down near Bel-- videre street no--damage was done. ~~The wéather bureau reports an-- other heat wave here, and, while to-- day and tomorrow will be partly cloudy, the mercury will remain: at a high mark. $:* s A live wire at the corner of Belvi-- dere and Jackson street endangered the livese of many automobilists. A bolit of lightning struck a pole, break-- ing a transmission wire carrying 3400 volts of el¢ctricity. When the wire struck the earth a fiame leaped 20 feet into the air., On account of the electrification of a pool of water the' live wire was particularly dan-- gerous. . The police and Public Ser-- vice guarded the wire until repairs could be made. Lightning put transformers south of Libertyville out ° of commission during the storm, as A result _ of which the village was in darkness. A gang of men was sent out by the Public Service company. After work: ing all: night they had-- service re stored Monday morning. § Telephone service in Libertyville and throughout the western part of the county also was affected. Monday night another electric storm visited this part of the county, --and electric service was again interrupted. Hait Causes Damage. From Lake Villa and vicinity comes the report of a heavy hail storm Sun-- day" night. Wheat, oats and corn were knock:d down by the ferceness of the storm and the damage is said to have been tremendous. In Waukegan, as well as through-- out the 'county, come reports of sew-- <rs being blocked. and basements be-- ing flooded. _ INTULTION SAVES WOMAN'S LIFE AT ROUND LAKE SUN. m Rnitee' ' Mrs. Dapkus, aresident of Round Lake, was at home alous as her hus band had gone away ear.y in the eve ning. The storm brose while he was away but not with any more ferocity than was noted in other parts of this 'vlclnity. However, Mrs. Dapkus eor'* not remain comfortable in her home She walked from one.room to the nex{ and finally, in desperation, she sough| company at the Curshman resigence The door had hardly clowe@d «. _ @f when her own home was in flamer DPamage and No One Hurt. Intuition or a woman's natural fear or Mrs. J. Dapkus -- at Round Lake Sunday night <~when, during the storm -- which swpet . the . en» tire county, Mrs. . Dapkus . had, a premonition _ that . sh e was not safe at home and went to her neigh-- bors, Mrs. Charles Curshman'a house, 'She had not been in the Cyrshman house a minute when a. bolt of ll%hb ning struck the Dapkus home. he house and everything in it was totally destroyed by fire which followed thg Mrs. J. Dapkus Leaves Home on Premonition; House Is Struck by Lightnong. lightning The losss will probably aggregate $4,000 as the house and al the furnish-- ings beside the famHNies' clothing and all their belongings was totally do-- stroyed. Libertyville Is Dark. ds at it o We bave heard much during recent years wbout keeping the boy and girl on the farm. The agricuftural depres sion of late years has made it even more of a problem, and sometimes now in despair we come to feel that the best blood of the country is being drained to our big 'cities with their snares of temptation that entrap so many promising youths. & But the clouds are not quite so dark as they appear at times. The truth is that a great movemeant is on through-- out the country that is rapidly winning worth while boys and girls over to farm" life. This i sthe boys' and giris' club work. In Lake country there are sey-- eral clubs, sponsored by the Farm Bu-- ru, in which the younger generation bein gtaught to see that there is a real future in farming, even though the present may not look very promis-- Ing.: This club work is rather diversi-- fied. In some places the boys and girls are raising pure bred and high grade calves and pigs. In mf com-- munities they are learning more about testing and handling corn and seed. grains. Then there are the girls' can-- ning clubs and domestic science clubs that are teaching the wonderful sci-- ence of home making. Wherever club work is active many young men and women are being trained to become better farmers and better homemak-- erg and are enjoying the work + --~It is néedless to go into all the de-- tails Sufficient to say that this a great work that promises to do more for the future of 'America, especially . rural America, than all the speeches that orators have ever been able to deliver on "Keeping the Boy on the Farm" KEEPING THE BOYS AND GIRLS ON THE FARMS © For the younger generation is com-- ing to see that there. is something worth while in farming--nay more than that, young folks are beginning to realize that work on the farm can be as interesting and scientific as work anywhere else under the gun. . Young men and women have left: the country in the past because they that farming was a job for a strong back and a weak mind. Club work teaches them that it is really an occu-- pation for people with keen minds as well as healthy bodies. When the boy raises a pure bred calf,/takes a prize on it at the Fair, and shows later with his records that he has got one of the best producers on the entire farm, then Father begins to sit up and take notice. 'The boy is proud of his work There is another angle to ohis work, too, One of our farmer friends told the editor the other day what his boy has been doing in club work. Then he concluded with a smile: . _ __"I thought I knew all there was to know about farming,. but that boy of mine sure showed me something, They on the farm, and he plans to stay there. And Father is mighty proud of the boy, as"he ought to be. . . _ say 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks', but I'm here to tell you that this old dog is going to learn a few new tricks ,especially when the boy comes anlong and sHows him." VOLIYA TO BUILLD-- _ 5,000 WATT SUPER BROADCASTING STA. To Spend $50,000 More to Make Present Station One of 6 Largest in U. S. Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva bas contract:d tor\lihe construction . of a super--broadcasting station which will place it in the same class with the five other largest> stations in the United States. ray= ~ Voliva's present station was con-- structed legs than two years ago at a cost of $50,000. oThe improvements to make it a super--station will cost $50,000 more. > It will be a 56,000 Watt stai.on and vayavie of being heard 7,500 miles. 4 * The govirnment is considering the elimination of a large number of small stations, and this would put the present station which the over seer dperates out of business. For 'this reason many of hbis followers bave urged him to remodel and put It In the super class, Ten of his 'Igl!ovon_ have offered to mortgage 'their bomes to obtain loans for tht 'Arst payment. The project later will be -- Ananced ----through ~popuiar~~s90-- scription, the in{fJal loan being mere Pnafede Tidee ¥i. Ane: Brovect forn ' A own-- ers. to be(nlmmtmht. 8 &°% HUSBANM(K)? YRS; SEEKS-- y ~ Mary ©Frances E"E" busg-- left )'?": 1888 Aand has n been back sincs, but she never took any action t6 obtain a ..vorce until today, when she filed suit through her attorney, Ralph J. Dady. Mra» Rvane Iives in Waukegan and the' "bill states #he ~married Pcter Evans January 1, 188%. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE SUICIDE FOUND HANGING TO HAY _ FORK BY WORKMEN Calvin Ellis of Libertyville, Cut Down on Old Chas. Cope-- land Farm. Calvin Ellis, of Libertyville, -- was found hanging to a hay fork near stack on the old Charles Condnlg farm, Rockland road, Libertyville, Tuesday morning by workmen from that village. cl Before Deputy Coroner Maurice Penny could be located the body was removed by relatives and taken to the Ellis home, 712 8. Iu'ukz Ave. Ellis was last seen Monday afl Ellis was last seen Monday fi noon in Libertyvile by those out the family. ~et % Monday Ellis made the trip to the gravel pit with a' young felow from Libertyville and on the way there stopped and tested : the derrick and rope, it is said. + io% 'The inquest was. held. Wednesday afternoon by . Deputy Coroner Maurice D. Penny, and the verdict returned --by himse¥ during a.fit. of mental --de uncgn t." T Av @f ---- Funeral services . were --held~this (Thursday) afternoon,> conducted by the Rev. Charles J. Dickey, pastor' of the Metho@ist church. <Burial was at He bad threatened to take llgt before, according to a statement by Dr. Penney. -- Ellis was about 22 years old, «ingle, and had lived in Libertyville all his life. He came to the hospital in Wauk gan before he took his life to v his sick brother.. His . father the trip with him byt returnéd early in the evening. / hn o S Lakeside cemetery. 103 BARRELSOF _ ... _ REAL BEER ARE .. __ -- POUREDINSEWER _ cargo. Big Spilling Directed ~This Morning by Sheriff as Dry Throats Protest. _ "Now, all together, men; drive in 'Ahere way & 'Gull" kh zs,'._. y ere was 'a dull s A moment later the cemo:tmao.t the court house was a sea of % Billows --of beer ran high, ending a maelstrom over the sewer.. ... Meantime Thos. Killian, North Ch# cago plumber, was . scratehing. «bis head. Somebody accused him of : try-- ing to figure . out some., way !to "plumb" .a pipe line to his ~callar, It he had such plans, however, ~they were not carried, out, because at & late hour that afternoon, a m was discovered at the beach % a horn--pipe on 'its tail. * Bung after bung was driven in. 'The ~tidal wave of beer higher and higher. The crew wa boot--deéep in white, foamy. suds. It was a--never--to--be--forgotten : sight. _Skipper Ahlstrom sat in the: fo= castle and watched the four per.cent waves dashing against the . hull, . _ 3 AUTOS CRASH; . _ 13 IN ESCAPE jury.. All were C us 4" he driver sought . udf ® 3 w struck by another car which .. J $ just struck a third machina °. 4 al throe uag weres badly .. 6 tR Deputy Sheriff Harry Ablstrom, . 'om h. w9 (0 ~s s Cl ':( accidents in , . the m:'z.w were reportad to the sherift's o| Lake county farmers ;!M that approximately one--fifth of , the crop for the y:ar will be & / owing to the frequent, io , that have swept the condtry. . farm . just west of V some twoenty acres have bu.en in oate the ordinary W" to 4:. bnub:- ':&. 10, -- will out P els to the Acre, | i farmer '_'".- w Nh e C There were halt a dozen tas aA* ¥a hx 12