The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ZION--COP IS. NOT *« ARRESTED; CLAIM * _ CASE IS SETTLED AUTO CARAVAN -- TO BOOST ROADS o OVERCO.SAT. Members of the Lake County Cen-- tral Committee have been working in-- dividually in the interests of the Re-- publican ticket, state and national, but up to the present time there has been no demonstrative movement in the campaign. B? Parade of Cars With Can-- idates for Office to Be Staged in Windup. VOLUME XXXIIL--NUMBER 44 However, it is going to start with a whirlwind next Saturday, Nov. 1st when an auto parade and caravan will start from Waukegan and tour all sections of Lake county. This cara-- van is in the interests of good roads and the Republican ticket. Every in: terested person in Lake county who is boosting good roads is invited, to take part and it is probable that there will be County, Senatorial and Congress-- fonal--candidates in some of the cars. There will be a round--up meeting Sat-- urday evening at 7:456 o'clock in the Armory, Waukegan, also at the Town hall, Libertyville, and the village hall, Highland Park. ~ Indications are that dozens of auto-- mobiles will take part in the caravan and the promoters announced the schedule for the whole trip as follows: Leave court house, Waukegan, 9:00 Leave Gurnee 9:15 a. m. Leave Lake Villa 9:45 a. m. Arrive Antioch 10 a. m. ' Leave Antioch 10:20 a. m. Arrive Lake Villa 10:45 a. m. Leave Lake Villa 10:55 a. m. Arrive Grayslake 11:10 a. m. Leave Grayslake 11:20 a. m. Leave Round Lake 11:49 a. m. Leave Volo 12:00 m. Arrive Wauconda 12:15 p. m. Dinner at Wauconda and Leake Zur-- ich. Leave Wauconda 1:15 p. m. Arrive Lake Zurich 1:32 p. m. Leave Lake Zurich 1:45 p. m. Leave Area 2:15 p. m Arrive Libertyville 2:25 p. m. Leave Libertyville 2:35 p. m. South on Milwaukee avenue to Dun-- dee road, east on Dundee road to Wau-- kegan road. Arrive Deerfleld 3:00 p. m. Leave Deerfleld 3:10 p. m. Leave Highland Park 3:25 p. m. Leave Highwood 3:40 p. m. . Leave Lake Forest 4:00 p. m. Leave Lake Bluff 4:05 p. m. Leave North Chicago 4:15 p. m. Prospects are that. E. L. Baille, Zion motor--copper who shot four tires on the William Pabst automobile be-- cause the Milwaukee deputy refused to return with him over the state line and submit to arrest in Iliinois, will not be brought to trial for his fracas. Warrant, Sworn Out by Wis-- consin Deputy, Not Served : on E. L. Baile. "-A";nrnnt, taken out in Kenosha Saturday charging him with malict-- ous destruction of automobile tires, has not been served. It is understood that the warrant is being held up by the authorities there at the request of the sheriff's office in Milwaukee. Baile, it is reported, stands ready to buy four new tires for the Mil-- waukee deputy, and to pay court costs of the proceedings up to date. Chief of Police.: Becker, of Zion, called Baile to the carpet as soon as the matter was reported, but he was given another chance due to the fact that he is a comparatively new man on the force and not sufficiently vers ed in police etiquette. ELOPERS HELD BY -- POLICE; GIRLIS 17 YEARS OLD Two Michicot, Wis., young people, bent on matrimony, were held at the police station late today pending the: arrival, of Milwaukee police, who called ht 12: 15 0'clock asking the local department to hexdsoff the pair should they--come this way. They amve their names as: * 4 Joseph Shedivy, 21, of Michicot. Agnes Moseler, 17, same address. The girl did not have the permisdion of her parents, it was reported, and they had objected to the marriage. The pair faced the county : clerk about 2 o'clock and asked for a mar-- rHage license,, but wore refused Aand turned over to the police. . _ _ _ _ ___ Arrive Waukegan 4:30 p. m. 4004 .1A dh cA A cedih o dtth «lt dn reve t Milwaukee police, upon being noti-- fed that the girl had been found, atarted Mul' for Waukegan with the parents of Miss Moseler. . _ LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT -- LGte County's Big Weekly WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT PROMINENT LAKE CO. NAMES ON IN-- COME TAX LIST Voliva Pays Tax of $8,813; Many Lake 00unt{ Million-- aires Not on List. moioeeon e sns i ie m ie o t on h e en neigieen 6 P aires Not on List. ; Is this a right proportion? No, be-- Mbigenerecrams ! cause the life of the average profess-- The names of a large number of' ing Christian is self centered, and not Lake county individuals and firms'God centered. It 4s because so many were included in the income tax|lives are self centered that far less list which has been made public,' than fifty per cent of any community and the names of a number of Lake ; are regular church goers, just as less county millionaires do not appear "!thn'n 50 per cent of the qualified vot-- having paid any tax on their in 'ers have been exercising their privi-- romes. . ilege of voting.: Think of the serious Those who paid include: |etfect this neglect is having on the Franklyn R. Muller, Waukegan and nafion at large. Lake Bluf", $1.980. _ !~ The Mission to be held at St. Law-- Lake Forest, $133,056 Stanley PField, Lake Bluff, $105, 708. 1 Alfred L. Baker, Lake Forest, $12,-- 596. Wayne Chatfield--Taylor, Lake For-- est, $4714. Hobart Chatfie!ld--Taylor, Lake For-- est, $2577. Charles G. Dawes, Evanston, can-- didate for vice president, $13,701. John V.,Farwell, Lake -- Forest, $21,579. _Amelita Galli Curci, grand upera star, $3,180. > -- Chauncey 157. Otto W. Lehmann, Lake Villa, $13.272. Julla Watson Thompson, Lake For-- est, $396. Wilbur Glen Voliva, Zion, $8,813. Walter 8. Brewster, Lake Forest, $24,324. f zl A & '.;i.' Edson White, Lake Forest, $18,-- 0 > . Abbott Laboratories, North Chica-- go, $41,041.. _ -- c 9A _ Biflex Products Company, . North Chicago, $46.514. * Bowman Dairy Co., $148,072. HELFER--KNUTSEN * WEDDING FRIDAY The w@dd!nz of Miss Florence A. Knutsen of TAbertyville to Harry H. Helfer also of Tibertyville todok place last Friday evening, at the Methodist parsonage, the 'ceremony being per-- formed by the Rev. Mr. Mohna, -- The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knutson, and has resided . in Libertyville for the past two years.| Mr. Helter is the son of Mr. and Mn.l Henry Helfer, and has resided in this ' village all his lifo. He is a member of the hardware firm of Schanck & Co. | Immediately after the wedding a re-- ception was held for relatives and friends at the home of the gride's par-- ents on Newberry Ave., after which Mr. and Mrs. Helfer left on a short awedding trip. They will make their home in Tibertyville. > wawee ' whadt Edith Rockefeller McCormick Ktep, Lake Bluff, $44,/ {r. Mohna, | The other man to receive a patent hter of Mr. and is Theodore 1. Valertus of Wauke-- and hbas resided ran on his lce--cream packaging ma-- past two ynrn.ichine. He has assigned his interest of Mr. and Mrs.\in the device to the Creamery Pack-- ; resided in this' age manufacturing company . which is a member of has one of its large plants in North Schanck & Co. |Chilcago. . he wedding a re-- By the use of this device It is poe £f relatives and|sible to turn out the packages used the gride's par-- as containers . for brick -- Icecteam ve., after which| much more readily than has been left 6n a short|possible up to the present time. The will make their inventor prodicts that the device will 24 hours, 8 are spent on sleep, 8 on work, 2 on eating, 2 on amusement, 1 ono education, 2 on travel, one-- half hour is wated and one--hbalf hour is fvspent for God. A MESSAGE FO RTHE AVERAGE PRPUNKEN DRIVER , -- LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1924. How much does the average profess-- ing Christian spend for f;od? Of the * The Mission to be held at St. Law-- rence's Episcopal church by Bishop Griswold, from Nov. 9 to 14, is an ef-- fort to arouse men and women to some such facte as these, and to urge them to change their life center to The mission is for the community, for Libertyville; is a contribution for tho best interesis of the town. The services on Sunday, November 9, will begin with a celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a. m. Confirmation with address by the Bishop will be at 11 a. m., and there will be a popular evening service with address at 7:30. The subject of the address the first evening is "Conversion." During the rest of the week services will be held daily at 9 a. m., Holy E& charist, and at 7:30 p. m. We wa you and your friends there. TWO LAKE COUNTY MEN GRANTED PAT-- ENTS ON DEVICES Word just reéceived from the ba tent office at Washington, D. C., tells of the issuance of patents fo two residents of Lake County. One of those to receive a patent is Harold G. Tregillis of the town of Cuba, on his window ventilator de-- vice,. . Those who have seen the new device assert that it possesses many features not found in the avorage window ventilator. * find general usa. MAN BY REV. H. B. GWYN GOT US GUESSING Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, Illinois, as Second Class Mail Matter J. M. Bradley, 39, of 1039 Press cott street, North Chicago, was fined $125 before Police Magistrate Wal ter Tayler in police court Sunday morning on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, with reckless driving and disorderly conduct. A fine of $10§ was assessed on the charge of driv-- ing while drunk. Ten dollar fines were assessed on each of the other charges. J. M. Bradiey Speeds Away From One Accident But is Bradley -- was . arrested Sunday morningat 11:20 o'clock after he had collided with two different cars.. The first accident occurred at Bel-- videre and Genesee streets. Bradley was driving east in Belvidere street and crashed into a car driven by J. A. Prather, 732 North Genesee street. . Prather was driving south in Genesee street. Instead of stopping to ascertain the amount of damage done Bradley did not hesitate but increased his speed and continued north in Gene-' see street, turning east into Water street, where he collided with a ma-- chine which was parked at the side of the road. This car was owned by W. Noblé, 714 Franklin street. Braden might not have stopped than but Prather had followed him in his car after being hit and arrived on the scene just after the second col-- lision took place. ~ Bradley was de-- tained until the arrival of Motorcycle Policeman -- George . Heginger, who placed him under arrest ard locked him up in a cell at the police sta-- tion. -- Jack Shareska, 60, of North Chi-- cago, was in the car with Bradley at the time and was arrested on a charge of hbeing intoxicated. After a hearing he was discharged. All three of the cars were dam-- asred considerably in the two acc! dents and it is sald that Bradley faces civil. suits for damages from the owners of the other two ma-- chines REPUBLICANS TO TOUR THE COUNTRY A Republican County Caravon will start out on a tour of the county on Saturday, Nov. 1, and alU of the re-- publican county oficers will accom-- pany them. Speakers will hold meet-- Ings at the Armory in Waukegan that night, at Libertyville and Highland Park. The Congressional and Sena-- torial candidates on the Republican u';::t will be invited to accompany IN TWO CRASHES; PAYS $125 FINE Followed by Victim. SFFX TO COMPEL WIDOW TO SELL MATE'S PROPERTY Mrs. Sylvia Kennedy of Lake For-- est, was directed to file a petition for the sale of real estate under con-- tract, Thursday in probate court and her appeal prayed to the circuit court, from this order, was disallow-- ed by Judge Martin C. _Decker. C Important Ruling in Probate Court Over Property of Late Lawrence Kennedy. According to Albert A. Wilbur of Chicago, Mrs.. Kennedy's husband, Lawrence Kennedy, entered into a cotract with Wilbur for the purchase of a 30 acre tract beloging to Ken-- nedy, for $45,000, and that after Kennedy's 'death the widow refused to carry out the contract although Wilbur fulfilleld the terms of the contract. ~ The entire estAe was left to the widow and a son. The property involved is located inS hields town-- ship, west of Lake Forest. The widow has refused to file the peti-- tion. Action likely will be started in circuit court. Other estate matters heard in pro-- bate court Thursday were as follows: Augusta Thompson, Waukegan ---- Heirship established. Albert B. Bartholic et al., minors --Inventory approved. -- Bernbhard J. Weegner, Volo--Peti-- tion for probate of will and letters testamentary filed and set for bear-- ing Nov. 24, 1924. John Lossman--Supplemental inven tory approvéd. Sale of personal prop-- erty 'uthsmé'd:""hni"-";-mm.'"m".:. Sgeecrains John Schmuth, Waukegan--Inven-- tory approved. Sale of personal property authorized. > + Lawrence eKnnedy, Lake Forest-- Executrix directed to file petition for sale of real estate under con-- tract. Appeal prayed to circuit court and disallowed. . -- Frances Prichard, Highland Park Letters testamentary issued to Ge J. Prichard. Bond of $4,000. _ Diedrich Folkers, Zion--Appraisers appointed. Herman Duane Carnes, minor, Zion ----Letters of guardianship issued to Glenn R. Sparrow. Bond of $400. Laird A. Mitchell, Zion--Will prov-- ed and admitted to record. Letters testamentary issued: to Lewis B. Mitchell. Bond of $10,000. Value of estate $5,000 personal and $1,000 real estate." Life estate in all prop-- erty given to widow, at her death to be divided among his four 'thirdren. -- Anna B. Lewis, Zion--Final report approved. Estate closed. C4. es --Jennie Hayes, Waukegan--Letters of administration issued to John McCann. Bo nd of $20,000. _ _ _ POWDER MILL AT PLEASANT PRAIRIE One Man Dead and Another Dying as Hercules Powder ° $ Co. Blows Up. BULLETIN -- Fred Rediin, the second victim of the explosion at the Corning Mill of the Hercules Powder com-- pany, died at the Kenosha hospi-- tal just before three o'clock Mon-- day afternoon. 4A : One man, Harry Tlnnernfln, 18 dead, and his co--worker, Fritz Red-- land, is in a dying condition fol-- lowing an explosion in the coning mill of the Hercules Powder com-- pany at Pleasant Prairie, Wis., just west of Kenosha at 11 o'clock Mon-- day morning. Property damage will amount to about $15,000, according to officials of the . plant at Keno-- sha The two men, one dead and the other unconscious since the exploa-' ion, were the only ones near the | room where the explosion oecurred and while nothing definite as to the cause of the blast can be determined, the coempany officials believe that a fuse was accidentally ignited carrying the spark to the coning mill where the day's run of black powder was storbd temporarily. . The oxplonlon' wrecked the building and hollowed out a huge hole where thae bulldlnx! once stood, but none of the store houses were damaged and . while there are enough explosives in under ground store rooms to blow. up half the country, the officials of the company declare that this is all ab-- solutely false. The Hercules plant at Pleasant Prairle Is the same one that ex-- ploded in 1911 shattering windows, rocking houses and knocking down chimneys over Lake county and was even severely .felt in Chicago and places more distant. The 1911 explosion was far more severe than Monday's and since that time the :r';;ny ':u made all their stored TY EXPLODED MONDAY ESSINGTON ASKS SUPPORT FOR GOV. SMALL ON NOV. 4 l Senator Eseington, a resident of | ' Streator, was defeated by Len Smaill i(or the nomination of governor, and | 'for a time after the primary t.here" | was bitter feeling between the two, 'factions. This bitterness resulted in | 'a Tailure of bharmony among leaders 'ln 'the formation of an exacnuvol committee to carry on the campaign | ' in this county. | Tells Starved Rock Meet to Get Behind the Whole Ticket. If there is any doubt as to the Tina}--result ~of . the . --bitter: .;,SuaILEA-. sington primary campaign® fight in LaSalle county that doubt was re-- moved yesterday . afternoon at a meeting of Republicans at Starved Rock. . © At the meeting yesterday, in an enthuosiastic address to precinct com-- mitteemen, county candidates and leaders, Senator Essington urged every republican to get behind the whole national, state, legislative and county tickets. 1iz He declared unqualifiedly that he was supporting Governor Smalil, said there was no personal ill--feeling between them, and that -- whatever political ill--feeling may have been engendered b y the campaign had been disgelled long ago. Frank L. Smith of Dwight, chair-- man of the state committee, had planned: to be in attendance at the Starved Rock meeting, but was un-- able to come. At the meeting of the executive committee in the court-- house yesterday morning final plans for a whirlwind campaign in the closing days were made, and every republican leader will be expected to be up in the collar from this time until election day for the whole tick-- et.--Ottawa Republican Times, Octo-- ber 22, 1924. LION RESIDENTS MUST PAY FOR PAY-- ING SHERIDAN ROAD Thes upreme court Ct Springfield Tuesday handed down an opinion re versing the judgment of the county court of Lake county in the case ap-- pealed by Ira E. Pearsall, county treasurer and ex--officio county col-- lector of TLake county. in which Pearsall had brough*t suit against George W. Sperry and 2%5 other property owners of Zion, asking for a judgment against them for the assessment for paving Elijah avenue, as Sheridan road inside the corporate limits of Zion is known. Supreme Court Reverses Rul-- ing of County Court Which Favored Objectors County Judge P. L. Persons dis-- Missed the case when it came be-- fore him in county court, holding that the contract of letting the im provement was void on the ground that members of the city council and board of local improvements were di-- rectly interested in the contract for paving. When bids for the paving were called for it was found that the ZLion Institutions and Industries had submitted a bid. This concern was declared t8 be the successful bidder and got the contract. o Election returns will be re-- ceived at The Independent office next Tuesday night by radio, supplemented with direct wire service of the international Noews Service. This wire service comes from the Daily Sun at Waukegan, and will supply bui-- letins from aill parts of the country. The radio service will be from Station WGN, Chicago. Every precinct in Lake County is covered by a representative of The Independent, and the re-- sult will be made known as soon as given out. We invite all our friends to make this office their headquarters election night. For the latest information on the election call Telephone No. 1. Sperry and the 225 other objectors contended that the council had no Hight to award the contract to this concern, becauso they as ofticials were interested im it The county gourt here held with them and the objectors up to the present time have escaped payment of their as seasments. Election Returns Tuesday Night or| : Glasscock has a long criminal re naj;| cord, according to postal inspectors, angq{who arrived here early today to take riere ; the prisoners to Chicago. He has two | been tried twice for murder, but has ;. |beaten both charges. § $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE 2 MORE ARRESTED IN $2,000,000 RONDOUT ROBBERY Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 28--Brent Glasscock, alias Brent Howard and his wife, Avis, who have been popu-- lar members of the social set at the Battle Creek Sanitarium since their arrival here three weeks ago, are held today by federal officials, the man as the last of the six principals in the Rondout, Illinois, $2,000,000 mail robbery of June 12, and the wo man as a conspirator sharing his guilt. Brent Glassock and Wife are Arrested at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Since coming to Battle Creek, the couple had entered into the social affairs of the city, gaining entrance, 'through the coterie at the Sanitarium, where foregather the leaders from. many cities. They said they lived in Kansas, and that they had returned only recently from a honeymoon in \Canada, hunting. Glasscock is about |forty and his wife about 35. The Glasscocks were arrested last night in -- the fashionable west end home where they had taken a suite when Glasscock started a course of stomach treatments at the Sanitar-- ium of their arrival here. Acting on a tip from postoffice inspectors, police visited the house, gained en-- trance through a subterfuge, and con fronted fhe couple in their suite. When shown the postoffice circu-- lars advertisiig a reward for their arrest, Géuscock and his wife sur-- rendered "and admitted their identity. Mrs. Glasscock hbhad a sumptuous wardrobe, appraised by the police at $10,000, in the suite, was wearing at least $25,000 worth of gems,; and had in her possession about $4,000 in cur rency and a sack of unset diamonds. His arrest completes the roundup of suspects in connection with the daring robbery of the Chicago, Mil-- waukee & St. Paul train last June, in which $2,000,000 was taken by the bandits near Rondout, llinois. The other five are in cells in Chicago, in default of $100,000 bail each. 4 RAILROAD CAR-- RIES TAX CASE _ TO SUPEME COURT There was submitted to the #u-- preme court at Springfield Thursday on briefs and without, oral argument, the case apeaied by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway com-- pany from the county court of Lake county, in which a judgment -- was rendered against the railroad com-- pany in favor. of County -- Treasg urer and ex--officio County Collector Ira E. Pearsall for delinquent taxes for 19238. & 3 St. Paul Line Fights Judgment for Taxes geungered in Co. ourt. _ The supreme court took the mat ter under advisement and: a ruling will be rendered in the near future. The case is one in which the railroad company protested the pay-- ment of certain portion of its taxes in Lake county and refused to pay The county treasurer took the case into county court and received ~a judgment for the taxes due. _ . The railroad company promptly took an appeal to the supreme eourt and the ruling. will be awaited with considerable interest as it may e# tablish a precedent. C SAYS HE CAN LICK --ANY MANIN THE D. E. Paxton, veteran rallroad en« gincer, was adjudged of unsound mind Tuesday in county court, after he had proudly Informed the world that doespite hbis years and the few gray hairs left in his head he m lick anybody with his brawny . wing. ' :\ Paxton was a particularly pathotle tiguro. He was brought to Wauke gan fro mthe Raillroad Men's Home at H#hllnd Park. He told deputy sheriffs that he ran one engine the Ponnsylvania rallroad for tive years, and that his home is # Wheeling, W. Va. He --a per-- manent pass lasued IL . woa good for any point on its 1 f _'The aged man thinks he persecuted . and imagined J road Men's Home was & aaked WORLD=CRAZY -- -- /%