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Is VOLUME XXXIL~ AUTO MECHANIGS _ "STRIKE"; MOST GARAGES ARE HIT ie § 9k . Withdraw From Union. > Wrmuumwsquswraoum. 'nmwmmnmmmocmmunmm Then mmm."mwmmmMymmu down, or the garage owners M-tbumnuvhmummun selves rolled up their nm..mmlbythma.. the work, following the "whikout" of : The latter got the package and the Mummmwm-nmuypmtdkwaymhdy gHept. 1. ltm-mumcmminomolwvmdm "ltrlke"woddumdtnaw.z.r:heu. Tbontheznbom of Lake county as fast as the m If the original owner of those shoes 4cs could be organized. * will give the word, we will print. the The action of the mechanics tollov-"hoh story. _ But we don't believe PME "imarmm ikanad last week by |peroilssion will be _given. The action of the mechanics follow-- ed the ultimatum issued last week by thomemmdthoomty.att meeting of the latter, that the mechan-- 4es could either withdraw from the union or quit Sept. 1. The union men chosge to do the latter.. There are only about 60 mechanics in Waukegan and North Chicago who joined the union. In some of the garages only part of the mechanics walked out,. In others the repair work is at a completestand-- s#till. OTRQ(! AFTER ULTIMATUM The ultimatum of the garage own-- ers came after the mechanics let it be Kknown that they expected a wage scale that -- would practically doi'le theip earnings. The garage men contended that they could not afford to pay the 4increased scale as the repair depart ments were not a money--making pro-- position and in some instances did not even pay expenses,. They deciared -- that if the mechanics thought they could make more they were at liberty to start their own shops----that the garage owners were willing to elitm> 4nate the repair departments. It was reported that atthe Barrett & Burgett, Achen Motor Co., Wetrzsel 4& Turner garages all the mechanics walked out, and that at Wilson & Ohm's only four did not join the un on and are at work.~One or two men are also:reported to be working at the Sheridan Road, Lewis. and James Mor-- row & Son garages. Hewes' garage is reported to be the only shop where none of the men joined the union and uuwmmnw«d Of the garage owners of the county d...",..mhumolm» timatum and agreed to stick to their decision regardless of what the me chanics decided to. do. T The garage owners contend they cannot afford to pay more than they now are--the present scale being from $35 to $80 a week, for & nine hour day. The scale per hour is from 65 cents €5 GARAGE OWNERS UNANIMQUS quires only ordinary skill the garages have been get the owners didn't care to Beveral of the garage declared they have d: tight" and let the mech for themselves. QUAKER OATS CO. _ BUY SITEFOR AN EX-- © PERIMENTAL FARM The Quaker Oats Company, ac-- sordng to a deed just filed for rec-- 3r4 in the county recorder's office 1t Waukegan, hbas taken title to the thirty acre Martin Healey farm, located two miles west of Liberty-- vile on the Lake Street road. 'The sonsideration is reported to have been ;30.000. W. Van Burris of Lake Bluff® negotiated the deal. The tract was purchased, ac-- | sording to a statement given out today, for an experimental poultry | tarm, The Quaker Oats company," it is asserted, are perfecting a new | brand 'of, cluetx feed, but before | they place it the market they | Intend to make ~extensive experi« _ First reports had it that the | 'They say the way to reduce is io Juaker Oats company intended to ' roll, We M%nr bank roll once sstablish a plant on the site but by roling some litle square bones with this is denied. LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT -- Late Cow#'s Big Week} wWAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN linary skill, and which ve been getting because n't care to get "dirty." 1e garage owners today have decided to "sit the mechanics look out BERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT ---- ABOUT HALF THE TALE OF ' A PAIR OF BLACK SLIPPERS This is a story wherein all the facts are not to be told. Not on account of not knowing all the facts, but we believe it best not to do so. : One night last week a package was found containing a fine pair of black satin slippers, size 3%%4. The shoes mphe'llnlmb_'!""' tain ,citizen, who left them for a short time. In the meantime a num-- MAN DROWNED AT CEDAR LAKE IN DIVING ACCIDENT i # 8 i ---'P_'Jl--fiévr ¥ # w k : l * Philip J. Meyer Of Chicago,| ventory spproved. Fetition for saie of Comes Up Under Raff and |resi estste ffed and set for bearing 'Philip J. Meyer, 42, of 3327 North Albany street, Chicako, drowned Sun-- day in the waters of Cedar Lake, near Anuoch\tlero he had taken his wife and five"children for an outing over Labor Day. His drowning was probably caused Labor Day. |--Homer Cooke, Waukegan. Adminis--| ge, His drowning was probably caused tratrix authorized to settle claim !or'"g by a dive he took in which he came attorneys fees in partition suit for| y to the surface under the raft. --A large g$g190. . Ty bump on the top of his head inditat--, -- An old claim docket was printed by ed he bhad collided with something un-- error Thursday. The following is the: * der water that rendered him uncon-- correct call for Sept 2 _ __ _ --__ | m Bwimmers were able to bring the Margaret Sage, Lauri Neimi, Marian mwm-bmvnmmmr McDougail, Alfred North, Wastel Se-- flflnwm t::fcm'lun.l-!nk Agnes Cummings of Waukeget } ey, s lake with a lungmotor, and he worked, Arthur Ray 'Wahiman, -- ~Anna ~Bohn, over the body for two hours to no|John P, Nelson. . _ hss Dr. J. E. Waltor of Waukegan, who has a summer home on the lake, was summoned and he made-- efforts to stave off death while the lungmotor was being rushed to the resort. The . blow on the head did not 'bring death,' it was discovered, as the lungs were tilled with water. Mrs.' Meyer was out riding at the time of the accident, and learned of t.r:luthmmondi.shom D.ntywntwtrd(:uruot Waukegan, held an inquest that even 'ummmh;nflnuo{ accidental drowning. The body was accompanied to Chi-- cago Monday afternoon. The funeral services and burial will be there. Meyer had been employed aw a clerk in the Liquid Carbonic company. He leaves five children. . _ stwhes [ 1s _¥A ---- M C AA B tonitrrmntrens h The discovery of Meyer's plight was made by a deaf and dumb mar who was on the raft at the time u&dm was made. .He made wild gesticulations for help, which was understood by the men on shore. Conrad is of the opinion that Meyer was not in the water over x minutes. MAN LOSES WIFE _ AND CHILD AFTER AUTO CRASH HERE John Krenzski of West. Allis Searches All Hospitals For His Wife and Child. John Krenzski of West Allis, with his wife and child, narrowly escap-- black spots on them. Bumps Head. men got the package 'INTIMATE $10,000 ' DAMAGE SUIT NN. PROBATE ACTION Estate of Paul Pavelick, Grays-- lake, Consists of Action Against C. & N. W. Ry. * Action taken in probate court oa'] Thursday in the estate of Paul Pare lick, Grayslake, would indicate that a damage suit for $10,000 is about to be started against the Chicago & North western railroad company for his death August 1l4th, at that village, when a passenger train strutk him, in the vicinity of the Terminal, Wauke gan. Action was taken as follows in a number of estates: s is to Paul Pavelik, Grayslake: Proof of heirship "2:: Letterso £ administra-- tion issued George Pavelik. Estate consists of a claim against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Al}bert Baseley, Wauconda: Hearing on final report continued to Septem-- ber 8th, 1924 4 Patrick Cullen. Order entered for County Treasurer to pay heirs of Cath-- erine Walsh money in his hands due them, on claim against estate of Pat-- rick Cullen. as > approved. -- * . Emma Sarah Wickens, Zion: Inven-- tory and appfslsement bill approved. John J. Ho/mann, alias John J. Hoff-- man, Waukegan. Petition to establish heirship filed and set for hearing Sep-- tember 15th, 1924. a John P,. Nelson. Also any claim in any estate in which notice has been given as re c o i n on ~ FINE HOME SOLD -- IN HUGE DEALS Sum of About $125,000 In-- volved in Transactions From T. J. Staht & Company. Four {farms and a fine home were listed among real estate transactions Saturday from T. J. Stabhl & Com-- pany that involved more than $12%5,/ Geo. Patterson, Gurnee: Inventory The John Hemmen home, located on No. Steridan road, was sold to P. A. Johnson, of Chicago. The reported consideration was $17,000. Thg prop-- erty covers about two acres and is 112 by 643 feet. * .. i Charles Peterson, of Libertyville, purchased the Arthur Behm farm, of 160 acres. This land is in Fremont township And is regarded as one of the best farms in the neighborhood. Mr. Peterson will be in direct charge of the fArm. L The A. Daiziel farm, just north of Wedges' corners in Lake Villa town-- ship, was sold to A. J. Matthews, of Chicago, for a sum said to be near the 1go.ooo mark. P J. H. Gould, who recently sold his farm on Lewis avenue to Lowenmey-- er for the Bonnie Brook Golf club and subdivision, {mrchuod the S. A: Rife home on Belvidere road just outside the limits of Grayslake,. This prop erty consists of 80 acres and has two homes on it. The deal involved be tween $30,000 and $35,000.. Rife has putchased a home in Waukegan. || ~ HMenty Patch, of Newport, sold his 102 acre farm to O. Tummino, of Chi-- cago, for a consideration' of $13,000. LIFE PRISONER ESCAPES JOLIET Chicago, Aug. 29--Search was pro-- coedl-" today for Lyman Hall, 51, a "lifer," who escaped from the Joliet penitentiary after twenty--seven years as the "model prisoner," during which time he spurned many apportunities to get away His record, according to Warden Whitman, did not show a single black mark, though he Itd been there long-- er than any other bonvict and, for the Inst three,years he ha dbeen trusted to make daily trips to the businesa center of Jolist with a team and wag-- _ Yesterday he abandonbd the team and took leave on a frgight train. _ _HMe was sentenced in 1897 for the murder of Constable Francis De Long of W1ll county. Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, Illinols, as Second Clask Mail Maifeg. 19 VILLAGE BOARD MEETING HELD LAST TUESDAY NICGHT -- The regular monthly meeting of the village board was held last Tuesday night, all members being present. The president was instructed to have all ordinances with penalty at-- tached codified, so. as to be more ac-- cessible to the officers and anyone were allowed. The village engineer was ord to establish grades on Newberry iMaple avenues for_cement curb |gutter. ~ s CCE t | 'Trustee Grummitt was designated to order the bonds printed for various !lmprovgmentu. being done by special assessment. -- T oe ' The library board asked permission to build cement walks on the Cook \Memorial library property. The mat-- \'ter was referred to the chairman of good work, and in the past three weeks has caused the ordinances re-- lating to traffic to be more generally . ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924 U WPPE APPTTOTIOC EOGITT Memorial library property. The mat--| _ ups." ¢ t oi ter was referred to the chairman of The orders carried out by the of-- the Park committee. llicers were to the effect that ar-- The report of the Police uum;g rests were not to be.made unless was read and accepted.-- 'The re] "'motorlsts sexceeded the speed limit showed a total of $231 was collected | by an undisputable m..rgin, or where in fines during the month: of August.'they showed actual negligence or The report of Justice Schnaebele was carelessnegs in driving so that they 122 222A C That afficial turned over',vould endanger the lives or other onl . SERR s PPAE CCE O ie wl _ Immediately after this meeting the Board of Local Improvements held & iseulom Partial estimates were al-- 'lowad to the Melloy Construction Co. 'snd T. H. Iglehart for work done on several water and sewer jobs. | Several bills were allowed, after which adjournment was taken until \Tuesday night, Sept. 9th. showed a tlotAl Ol @231 WAB UURTETATC in fines during the month-- of August. The report of Justice Schnaebele was also read. That official turned over the sum of $79 collected in fines dur-- ing the month of August. 4 m eS 220 C02i0 _ __lin> tha BRANDED K. K. K. TORTURED, THROWN Branded with the letters K. A.|' K. on his breast, tortured until |' he : implored his captors to cut his /' throat instead of letting him sut-- ter longer, thrown bound, gagged and biindfolded into a deserted| wottage at Winthrop Harbor, a man 1 about 38 years of age, believed to|' be Thomas Stolp, of Cubady, Wis., || is near death from starvation and thirst in the Lake county general : hospital at Waukegan. Aroused to semi--consciousness at | intervals, the victim, who bore| marks on hbis ankle and wrists of having been tied 'for days by ropes, murmuked: '"Damn you, burn me to death If you want , to; cut my throat and be done with it, but jon't torture me any more.'" and similar remarks, as Village police-- man Paul Jensen, of Winthrop Har-- bor, worked over his body in an affort to arouse him to conscious-- fness. ty e George Zittler, who is construct-- iIng a brick bungalow about 200 teet from Sheridan Road, in Win-- throp Harbor, found the man Bun-- lay afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. He had been in the building about |acon and everything was all right then, Zittler told Jensen, whom he called immediately _ after Anding |Jtolp on the main floor, his handsa ltied to his feet, a towel over his |eyes, and a woolen cloth which | apparently had been used for a '| zag. No automobile tracks could '|be found in the vicinity, and the ) | inconscious form apparently had --|been carried into the© bungalow i |trom Sheridan Road. ian Found Bound, Gagged, Blind--folded, Starving in a Winthrop Harbor House. he has a wife and three children. There was a photograph in his wallet. bearing the name, Mrs. Thomas Stolip, 331 Rdgerton, Ave., Cubady, Wis. There was also a letter postmarked "Chicago" ad-- jressed to T. Stolip at the same ad-- _ Investigation by Sheriff Edwin Ahistrom and aids developed that IN A DESERTED HUT 4ress -- Disconnected -- statements . made at various times at the hospital when the victim had luctd moments Indicate the following: He left Cuhady about a week ago to see hll' tMther--in--law at Detrolit, Mich., hay-- Ing $360 with which they were going to put over a business deal. At Detroit he was attacked by six negroes, who took him to a ram-- hackle.place where about. 30 other negroes had gathéred. They bound ragged, and branded him wth hot wires, the. letters K. K. K. being seared into his breast. From Detroit he was hawled, hol,';"c;",;;.;_' They refus believes through Michigan City and were wo lary. ind 'The BeXt thing he o. j *** ***" DH MR NC nembers was when Officer Jensen | ; willlam Z. Foster was working over him, after cut--|p,, ident, ho ought ting the ropes that shackled his "mo Aing Sing. e w Iimbe. be closs to his advisers usual gist of monthly bills on the Cook y. The mat-- chairman of e u"lflm l The rebda'l &# TO ASK COUNTY FOR NEW FUND -- FOR MOTOR COPS Inauguration of Patrol System The inauguration of the Lake county highway -- patrl system through the employment of six mo-- torcycle officers, shows that dur-- ing the past six months there were comparatively few accidents of a serious nature and hold--ups by auto bandits® were much less numerous than in former seasons. The motorcycle offi¢ers have pa-- trolled practically all the main high-- ways of the county day and night, and have brought about enforcement of the motor vehicle act. The re-- sult has been that accidents bare been much léss numerous than in former seasons, and there .have been that accidents have been much less numerous than in former seasons and there have been fewer "stick-- motorists. Fines Help Build Roads Those who deliberately violated the law soon found Remselves in the toils of the law, and the "justice of the county fined them accord-- ing to the graveness of the cases. Thousands of motorists were fined during the past six months, As &A result of the checkup. In fact a record vutroached over the last lvoek-end. hen 84 motorists -- were dollars. CAPTURE EIGHT -- BARRELS BEER ON MANURE SPREADER Two Alleged Beer Runners Also Taken Wednesday on Rand Road South of Volo. The manner in beer runners cam-- ouflage their cargoes in an effort to escape detection while transporting them through Lake county has 'reach-- ed the peak of ingenuity, it appears. County Motorcycle Officer B. C. Hamlin captured a truckload of eight barrels of beer and two lllosd run-- ners Wodnesday, Aug. 27, Rand Road, just south of Volo that would have been a surprise to even the overseas "decorators." _ The beer was in a low truck, cam-- ouflaged to appear like a manute apreader. Fertilizser was heaped on the barrels so that it was visible, at the top and sides of the load. A fork also "waved" above the "ramparts" to make it appear that the spreader had just been loaded and was being hauled to a nearby meld. 2o y Officer Hamlin looked at the 11-- cense plates however and discovered that the truck was a long ways from home to be hauling fertilizer. The oficer arrested the two mon who were booked at the county jall as H. C. MoWilliams and George Mar-- tin, both of whom declared they live in Chicago. They refused to state for whom they were working. f It Willlam Z. Foster ever gets to hbe President, ho ought too move n.n )ut of Sheriff's Office ReducedAccidents. % Then he would \ MADE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA | ~WITH FORD; GONE 5 WEEKS Maurice and Ted Wilcox returned last week from a long automobile trip to the Pacific coast. They made the trip in a Ford, and brought the samge flivver back. They visited in Mitchell, South Da-- kota, gnthroush the -- Yellowstone Park, "kke City and the various cities in t region. At Spokane, Wash., they were guests of their un-- cle, C E. Wilcox. He is now 87 years old, and wis an ealy settler of Lake ecounty, residing near Diamond Lake, lhlvln: for the west when a youn£k Thobqylnldeltounts;nrnn- cisco and Los Angeles, and at Long Beach visited another uncle, Bert Wilcox. They speak in glowing word of the fine roads down the west coast of California. --They crossed two high mountain ranges, and at times the hills were steep. --At one point their Ford slid down an incline for 100 feet Lm.th the brakes set. f 4a 2 FUWI J snn w uds am n peWEnt BsY C OmsS * They crossed -- the desert, and in some places it is necessary to haul water for more than 50 miles. The tourist is received with every courte sy, and good service at the filling stations. # They were gone about five weeks, but the actual traveling time was 26 days, covering more than 8,000 miles. __ Their grandfather, R. P.. Wilcox, made a trip to California in 1852. He left home in the spring and arrived at his dudnnflon\hte in August. SQUAD BATTLES _ _ WITH GANG IN FOX LAKE HOTEL 11. Old found in a cottage at A Mrs. Olson 4s said to er of the cottage. Martin Zimmerman, of Antioch, gave forth some of his brew which will \be tested _ He hbas been ar-- refl.o\l on several other occulon". The two beer runners, led! by O'Hare, arrested by the sheriffs of-- fice, wetre given a fine of $300 and costs each by Justice Hervey Coul son. ~-- The John Thompson hotel, Fox Lake, was included in the haul. Thompson is 'charged with posses sion -"lau Rasmussen, of Antioch, was raided and charged with possession. _ J."Tosch, .f the Tosch hotel, Fox Lake, paid a fine of $400 md costs following raids by the squad. BOY, 10, TAKEN AS HOUSE BREAKER :n Hutchinson, aged 10, of 406 pect Drive, Lake Bluaff, was arraigned before : Magistrata J. D. Doyle Saturday night, to whom he is alleged to have admitted he rob-- bed the C. J. Manning residence on North avenue. | It is charged he took a purse containing $6, a child's bank cpn-' taining about $15--and a golds watth which cost $100, an 'heirloom. He is being held for the juvenile court. It~was said he also admitted rob bing the Harrty® Hooten home at Lake Bluft recently. A short time ago he started an automobile of a nelghbor and a person jumped nito the car and saved him from destroy= ilu it, according to information given Magtstrate Doyle.. --° }.. . > . _ A halft a gallon of The North Shore depot at 1AKk® moved th Bluftf was robbed Ioflu& and .g.q several dollars worth of and ot the telaphone were taken,. . . t M| Manning residence be 'the own-- booze -- was $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE 50,000 PERSONS ATTENDED FAIR, IS ESTIMATE Impossible to Find any The following is taken from last Tuesday's Waukegan Daily Sun: Unofficial reports indicate that se far as attendance goes the T1st annual Lake County . Fair . which closed a «three>--day showing -- at Libertyville Monday night, was the largest in the history of the asso clation. -- Unofficial estimates place the attendance for the three days as follows: ® Saturday--12,000. Sunday--25,000. Monday--15,000. - Exhaustive efforts on the part of the Daily Sun today to m": official who would be able to out official results were unavailing. At his home in Area it was asserted that W. I. Woodin, president of the fair, was on his way to Libertyyille, but a determined effort 'failed to locate him. John Wirtz of. Ares, secretary of the fair, left for Ch cago this morning, it ,m'n?ud.' 4 Fred Grabbe, head of the. orgam ization which was to give out & large list of prizes, including cash prizes 'of $10,000 and $5,000 .. re= spectively, together with seven auto-- mobiles, left Waukegan for Liber-- tyville this morning, according to announcement at his home, but & determined effort failed to locate him in Libertyville. . "Dick" Lyon L'ot Area, another promoter, likewise could not be located. We pegetes In view of this fact the Sun is unamble to give out' a list of the prize winners. Unofficially it was reported about the county today ficials To Give Out State-- Ment of Results. The evening display of tireworks was enjoyed by many . thousands, being the finest ever seen on the fairgrounds. The _ vaudeville -- pro-- grams, together with the high m; exhibition on Sunday and also were much appreciated.. . The display of stock, poultry, autd mobfiles, agricultural me i fancy work, farm products, 9 etc.. was well up to standard. The daily horse racing programs were well attended. ' SHERIFF FINDS _ TWELVE STICKSOER _ DYNAMITE AT LAKE _ Couldn't Locate Owner But Neighbors Promise To Help 'é Get Rid Of It. _ Residents on the west bank of Loon Lake slept little aAy night. Sheriff Abistrom . found 1 sticks of dynamite, enough to blow up Antioch township, in & tage there. o s o i e "The sherift couldn't And the 0 Und neighbors had also '# gelves scarce after the rr of finding of the explosaive. 4o uols A man who had been the neighborhood told that the dynamite was for blowlng stumps. -- . The |hofl'l. -.'.M owner of t mn"mmt. the would soa to moved the fi!" nce goes the Tist ounty . Fair . which eday -- showing -- at nday night, was the history of the asso cial estimates place for the three days wCb *