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i MORII ¢ & 8 '& erchants 4 wW. l"& s 4 k : x It m,mpoud by Ally, S@puCn-- _ 'son that payment of the claims be "made beginning with the smaltest be-- _' "as the money is a So °J not DISTRIBUTION OF ---- $2,000,000 ASKED IN WILL ACTIOMN ' 'uthorization' to distribute to the beneficiaries of the .will of Delayan EZmith, Lake --Forest resident and % lisher of the Indianapolis News $2,000,000 bequests, and qhob& by the court as to whether the Aciaries are entitled to Interdst dur-- Ing the time that the will was in Ht m. was asked today. before Judge in C. Decker in probate court. A ruling also was asked concern-- ing: the classification of . bepefits to employees of the News, a petition filed setting up that several errors had been made previousiy. in the length of employment of: cértain em-- WILL CONTEST IS *DEAD" Beneficiaries in D e ! av a n Smith's Will: Also Ask Rul« 'ing on Interest Claim. widow of Rithard Smith and flece m J. Tilden, noted 4-00"1: senator, presented their claims upon the estate. : , C hn Considerable stress was laid upon an effort to obtain a ruling as -- to whether _ the executors should pay in-- mfl the incomes of the bequests inning now or a year Ago when the will was admitted to record. --~-- . The sixteen cousins who sought to break the will do not expect: to furth-- er contest it, Atty. Stephenson de-- clared, basing his conclusion on: the fact that they @4 not file an. appeal bond on Nov. 30, as ordered, and will be whable to file a certificate of evi-- 'h.eobynoe.l,ultmldbonvhy- sical impossibility, in the=time. «re-- 'malning, to dg so. °_ > __-- -- _: VOL ¥ to require the executors to dispose of securities and property at a material from the Indianapolis flood in 1906, was adopted into the bhome ot Rich-- ard Smith, and Delavan Smith be-- came interested in the little girl whose parents neter-- were found. "Uncle Del" left her $25,000. The girl, who entered into an unhappy marriage, is reported to be working in 4BA CCC C WR PList tnodca Acfiherthes d © an h-;;napom department store and her salary barely gty_l_}p_l:_nmufl, scessi-- aawe PRRRCE CCC CORE M m fas" ties. The widow of Richard -- Amith likewise is practically-- destitute, and during the time that the will of Del-- avan Smith has been in litigation she has been compelled to get ad-- vance of small sums in anticipation of obtaining her share: The question of whother the legatees are to receive interest from the time the will was admitted . untii now therefore is of apecial importance to these. There are a number of aged employes of Indianapolis News who are pressing their claim for interest. Judge Decker this afternoon ruled that interest at five percent shall be paid to all legatees, beginning one year from the .date of death of Dela-- y NeeR E2 ce en C ons w t w van Smith, with the exception of the $25,000 bequest to Bessie Atkins, and the $50,000 trust fund of Mrs, Caro-- line Smith, in which interest is to begin with date of death, Mr. Smith died at his home in Lake Forest, Aug. 25, 1922. DEFRAUDED HIS _ _ COUNTRYMEN, IS CHARGE, ARRESTED Bessic Atkins, who . was Harry Eshkian Taken in De-- troit on Warrant Sworn Out Before Justice Hoyt. CONFIDENCE GAME, CHG. Harry Eshkian, a groter at 566 ramks 4 Kenilworth @&venue, . Detroit, . was placed under arrest' Monday night in that city on « warrant fssued several days ago before Justice of the Poace Harry Hoyt, charging him IY with operating a tonfidence game | of f« to defraud a number of~Armenians hfi In Waukegan. . $1, Theo warrant was aworn out by | ann« Nishan Pasperegian, 851 South Utica C atreet, who clatms that -- Eshkian | pen: ecame hare from Detroit 'm'nflu ing and obtained $300 froth prom-- | cha jsing to use the money, in bringing the Waukeran man's brother to this i country from AssyHr@. (". 0. k The Wankegan wiA "i% klan 'never carried. out . his: L ment or returned the money, deapite |« «the trat he haws sepeatedly re--| die E him to do ¢0, . P peregian | th Trust : proposed by Atty. Stephen-- LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT --~NO. 48 . ° BECTION TWO LIBERTYYILLE, LAKE COUXNTY, CORN HUSKING WELL ADVANCED -- Paris, IIL, Nov, 25.--Corn husking well . advanced in southgastern UHM-- nols, is ~generally showing --a less than . average yleld with (a-- large proportion of soft corn unfit for there were fields found in good con dition Nearly all the new corn sold thus far has beenr to stockmen who. are paying 90 cents~a bushel. DIES AFTER AUTO CRASH NOV. 11 =_ AT LIBERTYVILLE Anton Conani Succumbs to In-- juries; Fox Lake Rew Co. Official Also Killed. Anton Conan!, of m':r West Adams street, who was inj Nov. 11, when a car in which he and five others were AUTO = STRIKES -- _ TREE riding turned over and landed in & ditch just west of Libertyville, ngfl in a hospital in Chicago Sunday t, it was learned today. + All the occupants of the car were pinned beneath the vehicle,. but Con-- ani was the only one who was ser-- fously injured. j Conani, who drove the car, and his companions were first taken to the office of Dr. M. J; Penney in Liberty-- ville, where their injuries m_dnfi- ed. Later they were taken to Chicago in the White & Tobin ll}b_'l.l:"'-r.h _ Conani received several broken ribs and internal fnjuries which were the cause of death. . SE 0 y o Gordon -- Fendick, driving & Car owned by Frank Stafford of Liberty-- ville, was in the machine that collid-- ed with Conman!. He claims that he was off on one side of the road and that Conani was not on his proper side of the road. _ _ s Conant and the other five occupants of the car had been to Racine, Wis., and were returning to Chicago. . They had planned following Sheridan road but had lost their way at Kenosha and had 'gone out via Libertyville. # WiRiam T. Sulltvan, head . of the Foxr Lake Realty company..10. Bot La Salle street, was i day when he lost control of his auto-- mobile and it crashed into a tree in frant of E975 Elston avenue, Chicago. !levutoundtr!'inswm'lmm door at the Elston avenue address, the home of La Roy Smith, by George Wright, a taxricab chauffeur, Wright called other motorists and took the victom to the Montrose hospital, where he died a few hours later. Sullivan, who lived at 1109 North Robey street, was a brother of Eu-- gehue Sullivan, assistant ptate's attor-- ney and controlled considerable prop-- erty in the Fox Lake region. BLACKWELL TRIAL ~--NEXT WEEK, PLAN hibition investigator for Lake and McHenry countie's is 7lchednlod to face trial next week on indictments charging conspiracy and impersona-- tion of an officer. Blackwell has been in the county jail at Woodstock since the first of August. His bonds were set at $6,000. _ ________ > 2 ts It is understood the conspiracy charge against the former dry sleuth may be dropped, while the charges of impersonating an officer will be pushed by the state. ° .~ s SAYS WORLD OWES HIM LIVING; JAL spring he told Deputy. Tiffany'® "T'll be back." Ho started a 40 days sentence for vagrancy todya. BUDGET WITHIN . __ $1,800,000,000 Washington, Nov. 25. --The budget of fedoral mlul t;'r :rhitl I;.cal"m J'l' » 19 » t mm. Budget Director l:: announced today, -- _ > _ --_. . Ira fiuckvoll. one time s_p«_:lu pro-- _ The Agure does not incw ox-- pense of paying interest retit. x the public debt and. 0 ther Axed * KILLED BY TRAIN Hammond, Ind., Nov. 25. --While| . The 'punning to catch a train to Chicago, | Whs Leo Lavuerman siipped and fell under armed oncunwu fatal injuries. He died 'in an ambulanve.on the way h tha hosbital 'The accident 6 C ani received severail PEOROn £7900» nternal fnjuries which were the of death. rdon -- Fendick, _ driving a car d by Frank Stafford of Liberty-- was in the machine that collid-- ith Conan!. He claims that he off on one side of the road and Conani was not on his proper of the road. 4 will be plentiful in this 'YVILLE INDEPENDE! 1 shoe making machings . a! g valued at $10,000 ~was the N to police here to 25.--while | . The drivre, John Barrett o Chicago,| was o the truc tell under | armed. men, throu's i atint. ear in which ho wa SISTER NOT AID-- _ TNG BROTHER To ---- ~ ESCAPE HANGING old Lake Furest colored man who is under sentence to hang on December 15 for the sliaying of an Evanston po-- liceman, is relying upon his sister to save him from the noose he is doom-- ed to disappointment. _ NOT RAISING A FUND . A persistent report has been cir-- culated to the effect that his sister, Mrs. M. E. Young, Western avenue, Lake Forest, is collecting a fund in order that she can employ competent legal talent to conduct fight for com-- mutation of sentence. Mrs, Young today emphatically said that she is not collecting such a fund. h a Iund, _ _ _ -- _ EEC C W"M EPTPITOC 1 "The law must take its course."l she said. "I have no money to em-- ploy expensive counsel for my broth--. er and I have no hopes of collecting sufficient money. . I have made abso-- lutely no fight for him, and I wish to deny reports to the contrary." * Washington pleaded gullty to mur-- der before Judge Jacob Hopkins in Chicago, thinking thereby to get & life sentence instead of hanging. The eourt on November 10, however, sen-- tenced him to hang on December 12. EAREEHEee ; MEeet MRD LCRA se Caas Washington made a statement that in his opinion the fact that ho was a negro and benniless militated against hinr; in fact --he charged dis trimination and' pointed to the ex-- ample 'of Leopold and Loeb. > WOMAN OBSERVES ~~100TH BRTHDAY If Lawregce Washington, $3 year La Porte, Ind., Nov. 25.--Mrs. Cath-- erine Platt Andrew, widow of the late Dr, George L. Andrew, who served as head of the sanitary commission dur-- Ing the Civil watr, will celebrate her one bundredth birthday Thursday, Nov. 27, acoording to anndouncement today. Despite her advanced years, Mrs, Andrew is a member of several literary clubs." She was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to IaPorte when the site of the present city was marked by several log cabing. hk CHIVEEYTY EUESF ET PT ECS P 'which a motor trick carrtying two shoe making machines and / shoes valued at $10,000 was the loot, was to police here today. . The Arivre, John Barrett, said he * > the truck by two 'h'n. * e:(ofi Into a hich he was covered t M.L_Onl was -- driven Most of All We're Thankful for Our Chef | HOLD UP TRUCK LOAD OF SHOES Chicago, Nov,. 25--A holdup in of L. Washington. sar in which he was covoered )I.L- 4 @H was driven r M_'-tm, he sald, a sahort dis-- Pn ns Ky hut boen tirs! Ciroulation Greater than Lake County's Big Weekly . WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN DENY REPORTSOF -- _ SOVIET REVOLT Helsingfors, Nov. 25.--Despite de-- nials from Red officials at Moscow that trouble was threatening. in the Gbviet military. and maval forces at. Kianstadt the report persisted today that dissatisfied elements had mutin-- ied at Kronstadt and were threaten-- ing the Soviet positions in the strong-- ly fortified seaport. GOY. SMALL MAKES PROCLAMATION FOR Abundant Cfops, Good Health and Commereial Improve ments to Be Thankful for. ALL SHOULD BE THANKFUL Springfield, Nov .. 25+--Abundant crops, improvement in industrial and commercial lines, vanishing -- unem-- ployment and splendid health --condi-- tions are some of the reasons why the. people of Tllinois should . be thankful this Tb:nglgiflu Day'. Gey- ernor Len Small points out in his Thanksgiving . proclamation, made public today. The proclamation fol-- lows: "The anciont custom of. giving thanks on one day of the mr for the manifold blessings showe upon us has long been followed by our peo-- ple. As the year 1924 nears its close, a survey of conditions in the United States, and especially in the state of lllinofs, must give us renewed confi-- denoe for the future. Abundant crops have been garnered by our people, xbm is a marked improvement in in-- ustrial and commercial Hnes, unem-- ployment is vanishing, health condi-- tions were never better, and our peo-- pla are looking forward with trust and confidence to happy and prosper-- ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, ous years. "Now, therefora, IL, Len Small, 00v-| ernor of llinois, by virture of the authority in me vested by the statutes, and in acoordance with the g:cmnuon upon this subject by the sident of the United States, do hereby procliaim and appoint Thurs-- day, the 27th day of November, of the present year, to be observed in the State of Illinols as A day of Thanksgiving, and I ask the citizens of the state to jfoin with me, in their thurches and homes, on that day in offering up grateful thanks to the Giv-- er of all Good for the blessings and benefits vouchsafed us during . the FIRE DESTROYS _ ENTIRE VILLAGE year." THANKSGIVING DAY Centralia, III, Nov, 35. .--Edward Harvey, restaurant _ proprietor, | is near death today wnd five butldings m with their und:u at 'm.- as the result of a fire togay :at awept the vllllgo of KeW, 16 miles east o6f here. The origin of the flames is not known. oi i aaac MAIL CASE BRINGS . ---- oUT QUEER RITES London Case Involving Young ----Prince Occupies Center TESTIMONY SENSATIONAL London, Nov.,. 25.--Excitement gwept Lord Justice Darling's court room at the Robidson suit trial this afternoon when Montague Noel New-- ton, described in testimony as the chief of the band which blackmailed Mr. A." urnamed Indian Prince, for $750,000, walked into the courtroom. He had been reported a fugitive. . gir John Simon, advocate for the Midland Bank, which Charles Ernest Robinson is suing for $625,000 he charges the bank gave to others on forged checks after the Prince had deposited $750,000 with the institu-- tion when trapped in his illicit love affair with Beautiful Mrs. Mad Robin-- swpn, said the bank. paid Newton $15,000 to come into court and testi-- !y. m 0 Tt appeared from the statement of Sir John in opening the Bank's case that the badger game was a novelty to "Mr. k."-- He said, the potentiate completely lost his aplomb when seized in a Paris Hotel room with Mrs. Robinson. + The Midland Bank's advocate de-- tlared that the Prince became so frightened when Newton burst into the chamber that he mdny"oin,d two blank checks and gave them to the Aide de Camp Britain had ap-- pointed to him. This aida's name also, is being kept out 6f the testimony. . Newton indicated that the black-- mail plot had originated with the Aide d«4a Camp, who was dissatisfied with his post because the potentate was mean to him. The witness declared the aid told him "Mr. A." had $3,000,000 "Iying loose in India." *4 x Newton wrote most of his replies to scribbled qaestions put to him re-- garding the intimacies between "Mr. A." and Mrs, Robinson in order to spare the feelings of Mrs. Rdbinson, who was assisted from court on the ¥--rge of collapse. M°'CABE MURDER TRIAL STARTS of Stage. most of his replies #9%.----The trial t Loomis | in a dense grove, which hbas D.n O'Reil-- | surrounded. East was shot when assisted | surprised five men breaking into the Chicago | Herrin Supply Company's buildibg at i Cambria, Avye miles west of here. PRISONERS SAW _ WAY OUT OF JALL MHarrisburg, Ilis, Nov. )6.--'!"01 men of the four who sawed their way out of the @aline County jail here last night were still at large today. The other two, Joe Ingram and Ken neth Marshall, wore caught shortly after they got out. Charley Reynolds, one of those still a " held ftor officers mm" g:?u fraud charges. The other, Frank Chesnar was a ::nh arrested Saturday who police said, confessed eight burglaries here. 2 CONVICTED OF _ MAIL ROBBERY TO TAKE AN APPEAL Fahy and Murray Expected to Go to Supreme Court, if Chicago, Nov. 25.--A legal battle, which may carry the $2,000,000 Ron-- dout mail robbery into the supremée court, was in prospect here today as counsel for William J. Fahy, for-- mer postal inspector, and James Murray, convicted members of the bandit gang, prepared their bmui for a new trial, argument on which will be heard Saturday. And on Saturday also, if the defense motion fails, the penaity for their part in the robbery--a penaity which .can total 177 years in a federal peni-- tentiary--will be fixed for tl}o for-- FACE mer "fi»ul "ace" and hbis politician accomplice. s. * _ 'Tha verdict, finding Fabhy and Murray guilty and acquitting Wal-- ter McComb, co--defendant, was re-- turney shortly before 2 o'clock this morning after about seven hours de-- liberation. It found both men guilty as indicted, of robbing the mails with a gun, five charges, conspir acy to rob the mails, one charge. Defense attorneys devoted the ma-- jor portion of their closing argu-- ments to attacks on the ereuibility of government witnesses, particularly that of= Brent Glusooekbut.he con-- fessed leader of the ban Today, however, it appeared cer-- tain that if a new trial is not granted, an appeal to a higher court will be taken. & Fahy Victimized, --Ciaim ~Introduction of claims that Fahy had been victimized by jealous co workers in the postal inspectors' of-- fice, his first charge following his arrest, precipitated a courtroom ar-- gument. It was declared that no evidence had been brought out dur-- ing the trial to show that feliow inspectors were envious of Fany's success in solving big postal rob-- bery : cases. . y & "iur;.-y";ru the last of the de-- fense witnesses to take the ltgnd. In an effort to explain away urlom' government charges, especially those which located him in Ottawa on the night of the robbery, he repeated his admission that he is a bootlegger by trade. He said he was in the downstate city making arrangements for stopovers of booze shipments, and had no knowledge of the fact that the Rondout robbers were to use his uncle's garage as a place to di-- vide and hide the loot. Offers No McComb Defense Attormey John V,. Clinnin, counsel for Walter McComb, third of the de-- fendants, offered no defense for his client, on the ground that the gov-- ernment had failed to show any connection on McComb's part with the robbery. McComb was arrested after Wylie Newton, wounded ban-- dit, had been found in his flat Special Assistant Attorney General Edwin L. Weisl presented the gov-- ernment's closing argument. He rid-- ficuled the defense, particularly the bootlegger contentions of Murray. TRIES TO HELP FRIEND, KILLED New York, Nov. 25. --Dr. Melvillea Hayes, 50, was shot through the heart and killed today when he attempted to help a friend drive bandits from the latter's drugstore. _ _ 2 CEpo PPBRPEC M e C After killing the ph#sician the three thieves backed from the atore and escaped in a vs{uu_!notg'r er. Later three suspects, Edward Mc-- Carthy, 23, James Haggerty, 21, and Charles Christensen, 27, --all said to be chauffeurs, were arrested. Mc-- Carthy was found to be wounded. POSSE TRAILS AL-- LEGED SLAYERS Herrin, llis, Nov. 2%5.--Following the shooting to death of Willard East, night police oficer al Cambria, néar here, today, a posse trailing the fAive burglars charged with the shooting, tound the bandit car overturned & mile north of Cambria, The bandits are (clieved to have sought refuge LONG SENTENCES $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE MANY BIG WILLS ARE ADMITTED TO PROBATE MONDAY Volo Man Leaves flgfl Estate to His Widow; Jones --Leaves 330.300. CcOURT IN BUSY S$ESSION A number of wills involving large estates were admitted to record Monday in probate court, which had an unusually busy session. The court actions in the following matters were: James Flynn, Highland Park--In« ventory approved. Final report ap-- proved. Estate closed. _ _ _ David A. Flynn et al. minors, Highland :Park--Inventory approved. Final report approved, estate closed. Margaretha Sauer, Town of Ver non--Will admitted to probate. Life estate in all property given to lpua- band. Albert Sauer. After his death property is bequeatied to nine nieces and nephews. Letters testa-- mentary issued to Charles A. Arm-- bruster. Value of estate $10,000. Alma © 8. Jones, Area.--Will, ad-- mitted to probate, property . be queathed to her three children, Value Oof estate $30,500. Letters testament-- ary issued to John H. Rouse. _ . Bernard J. Wegener, Volo--Will ad mitted to probate. Life estate in all property given to wife, Margareth Wegener. At her death to go to his seven children, Value of estate $50,000. Letters testamentary is-- sued to Margareth Wegenr. Josephine Menschell, Gurnee . -- Hearing on proof 'of will continued to Nov. 25, 1924. Mary L. Yeagley -- Hearing . on proof of foreign will continued to December 1, 1924. aiZ -- John Lossman, Town of Warren---- Hearin on final report continued to* Dec. 22. 5 4 tthng Te M -- Sarah Ann Van Plew, Libertyville --Final report approved. Estate Mary Scott, incompetent. Town of Benton--Conservator -- authorized to buy furnace. Nancy E. Busick, insane, Zion-- Conservator's 3rd report approved. John Schouth, Waukegan--Hearing on final report continued to Dec. 22. George Froelich--Inventory and appraiszsement .bill approved. : Clifford Pearce--Final report ApP-- proved. . Estate closed. Timothy Howe, Lake Forest--Final rggt" approved. _Estate closed. in T. Crain, Zion--Petition for probate of will filed and set for hearing Dec. 15, 1924. (Former Asst. Supervisor). _ _ Robert Runyard, -- Antioch--Inven-- tory approved,. _ l --* Ate" Mary Emma Thomas -- Inventorg approved _ Supplemental proof of heirship filed. . e geea 5 __ it ' George G. French, Lake Forest-- Waiver of widows' award filed and approved. > _ _ _ _ 5s Sa -- William Schmidt, Fox Lake--Let-- ters of administration issued to Hat« tie Schmidt. Proof of heirship taken Estate consists of real estate in Fox Lake and $1700 personal prop« erty. Lewis H. Felter, Antioch--Invent . {L 4 0002 Cemy in beuk? ory and appraisement bill approved. ,Lawrence Kennedy, Lake Forest-- Petition of Sylvia Kennedy, e@xec« utrix, to be extused from filing p@-- tition to convey real estate denied. Abpeal to circuit court deni¢d, __ ",'é'l'l;io;av E. Burnett, minor, Waw-- kegan--Letters -- of guudlnliln is sued to H. C. Burnett. Bond (of $400. O # -- e .e "(--'};orgo Wilder, minor, 'Waukegan --Letters of guardianship issued to Josie B. Wilder. Bond of $400,. d Violet Colby, minor, -- Highla! ,{{, Park--Letters of _ guardianship (I% | sued to Mannin Colby. Bond of $1200 | Guardian authorized to comp j, claim against Chicago & Northwest | ern Ry for injuries for $575.) '*:g JAPS DOUBTEUL _ ABOUT ANOTHER . ARMS CONFERENE Willing to Send Deb?tes. Will Not Consent to Furt! Disarmament PUBLIC OPINION AV Tokyo, Nov. 25.--Japan is of the success of another ment conference. C The foreign office today willingness to send delogates to a conference it it is President Coolidge. At the same time, however, pointed out that public '.li Japan would prevent ko slons by that nations C in disarmament,.. .®_. -- . It was further declared Japanese public M' armamenat of Japan > #ible consistent with nal ty