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mediate investigation. Deputy Sheriff Delbert Weale and Captain Tom Kennedy of the Waukegan force were at the scene of the robbery Saturday morning secking traces of the thieves. Capt: Kennedy secured Waukegan City Schbols vs. M. B. Salmon "tt al. > & .Joseph J. Hirontmus; H. E. Gaddia fall Satorday while at work in hios garden and injured cigars, one Sicillian pipe, and one ease of cigarette holders. The sheriff's office is hot on the trail of the thieves and is keeping a sharp lookout on certain suspects. ing his arm in ia several finger prints of the robbers and 'reported that they will prove valuable clews in identifying any tween 4:30 and 5 o'clock in the morning. -- Following. is the list of the goods they secured:. -- Four A. C. spark plugs, wrenches, derson', & Orrin Neely, . _ mfit-uvt MusrBy D. Aiken three pairs of pliers, two large cigars, eight or nine full=boxes of Jury Will} Start. Its Delib-- ' erations on April 22 in CIVIL--CALL OF -- COUNTY GCIVEN Finger Prints <of Thieves | Expected to Lead to! Underlying the resignation~ was "th'l'duu'l of the Mfiibflrd to --a gontract ed _ "to tfimbyz . Keller, in which the dutter stated his demands for furth-- er service in Waukegan. d c to the report made Fri-- da:fl"r'm'uhr in his contragt ask-- ed the board: members to approve a three. year contract which provid-- ed for x $500 increase for the year 1924--1925 gnd for a $300 increase for each of -- the two succeeding Paul G. W. Keller has re-- signed as principal of the Wau-- kegan township 'high school. His resignation was received and accepted by the high meeepnp e hsms i +s .. The whirh makes the se-- lection of a mwn;:rtbo -cho'zl necessary by the next school term was taken at a meeting of the board which --was called as an adjourned BREAK IN $ AT FIVE Will Finish Work Here at End of School Term, He Says in Statement; Has Good Wish for School SEVENTY--FOURTH YEAR. NO 32 The civil call for the © County AS WAUKEGAN Che Lake Jn $8 "Sdceids To --~ ~LONG ILLNESS ! Neatness and order are two of the Recent sessions of the board were held without his being present. He had been confined to his bed with an were free in their praise of Mr. Eger. hour Tuesday afternoon. in Libertyville Fo ra number of terms he served Libertyville Town-- snip as supervisor and had always taken an active par tin the board's proceedings. He was especially not-- ed for his efforts to cut down ex-- penditures and to save money for the taxpayers. His was a voice much heard in all the sessions. His official retirement came a fow days ago when a new board organized. When the news of his demize came out friends through out the county He was careful to stem the ebbing of life tlansAought Wotuitedi? for ie on m sns the tnl n was A no avail. ¥ #* The funeral mfiéwhfl Tuesday afternoon at\ the Eger 'residence on t Avenue. Rev, Charles ' tor of the Methodist church, o"f'f'ldlhd. Interment 2 place at Lakeside Cemetery, Modern Woodmen of America having charge of the services at the grave, Mr. Eger has been ill for some time, and within the last few months has undergone blood transfusions in the Victory Memorial hospital in Wuhnn.Mylnml-oS to his home and for days the end been expected by those close to the family. hn * Physicians had been fighting to save his life though the case appear-- ed hopeless. He was slowly sinking or of Libertyville Township, died at his home on Milwaukee Avenue Sat-- urday afternoon at 1:85 o'clock. and though word of his death was a blow to his acquaintances it was not wholly unexpected. JIn his business activities he had been engaged in the hardware t business howses were closed for one Mr: and Mrs. Geskge A. Gregory o Racine were week end gnuests of Ou tof respect to the ory of u:.mmwm'md Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, --. The matter of Parkways needs to be given a little more attention also. : Many people have pleasant lawns| but grubby parkways, and how an' a ~street have a neat appearance with haw growing in du'nrhny':!] There are séveral very bad 'rub-- bish piles which need to be remove1i --they are a blot on the landscape and are we showing much considera-- tion for our neighbors when we leave such things around for them to look one--of the most beautiful orf the North Shore. f | _ The Garden Committee of the Li-- |bertyvilie Woman's Club, wishing to stimulate civic pride, and love of beautiful gardens, will conduct a Garden -- competition through> out this summer offering prizes for the following classes: -- !No. 1 Best landscaped home grounds (amateur) first prize $15.00, second prize, $10.00. No, 2. Best vegetable nrden,'&iut prize"$10.00, second prize, $5.00, No,. 8. Best flower border, first prize $8.00, second prize, $4.00. No. 4, Best lawn and parkway, first No. 5. Best flower box, first prize, $5.00, second prize, $2.50. No. 6. Best child's garden, first prize $5.00, second prize, $2.50. 1 Henry B. Eger, former supervis-- Garden Com-- mittee to Give was well liked and admired as a Prominent in County Six Prizes |-- Examingtion -- at the-- hospital showed 'he was suffering from pnue-- monia, Dr. Lieber says. but it is believed that 'he had been drinking | poisonous liquor and that this may kave hustened his death. "Th};.e n;hn died at 11:45 Thursday n e body -- was --removed > to the: Jogkeph Petroshius morgue in Tenth street. § At. Hospital Before. f Dr, Lieber say: that Pilney was gt --the hospital about a week ago, ruffering from --excessive drinking. He stayed two nights last week at tu'l'hc:tyad;!m bnh Pfluy . 9. > B . y, a 'brother, who lives in Minnesota, was found in the clothing of the de-- ceased and a telegram was sent to Ibmx, informing him of his brother's sudien desth, North Chicago today lost the first akirmish in his fight on the --indiet-- wents reported by the March grand jury last menth: Judge Claire C. EKdAwards overruled the motion of Attorney Max Przyborski, . repre-- ««rting Deacon, that the indict-- ment charging bribery be quaghed. The bribery indictment has five zounts and cites the case where Deacon is alleged to have awarded wertain contracts to Chicago con-- tractors, Donator and Donovan, as payment for a bribe of $800. To Argue Others t'1e other indictments, which charge malfeasance in office, extortion, and being interested in contracts as an officer, ® Argu for the quash' img of these &u«o will . be. beld -- sometime week. --The in-- has 44 counts, while »ther has two counts. 4 M to€ _ the %o quash the be overruled, -- it of malfeasance will M?&?fihmm: Attorney ~Preyboraki suggested that the bribery charge be taken he _ A special state's attorney -- was ordered for McHenry -- county: by Cireuit Judge E. D. Shurtleff for the prosecution of indictments against booze law violators and-- operators of slot machines there. it was learn-- ed here Monday. C : The order was entered following the report of Attorney William Pierce of Belvidere who was ap-- pointed to investigate charges that State's Attorney V. 8. Lumley of McHenry was dcfmw than prosecuting. the t Court Overrules Motion to Quash -- Bribery <Count DEACON LOSES FIRST ACTION SPECIAL LAWYER An investigation was started today by Dr. Chlz Lieber, county physician, and Coroner John L. Taylor, following the sudden death of Charles Pil-- ney, Minneapolis, Minn.. to ascertain if poisonous liquor was a factor in the death. _ _ Pilney, who was 38 -ye-rz' old and known as a knight o the road was picked up in front of the Clayton hotel Thursday®. ncon by . the. .police, when he was found acting queerly. He was ill and --was rushed to the Lake County General hospital by the police. SEEK TO TRACE LIQUOR IN DEATH OF MAN Attorney Booze May Have Hastened Death, County Officers Believe; Inquest, to Be Held by Coroner Monday Morning e--HENRY LUBERTYVI xwml s ons . . ven, of A .'fi"' sports from the 'Rospital state that Hand is making for his life and has a chanc@e to recover. He spent a good night and said he was feeling better t' morning. mld he succumb. it i# expected that Curley will be hdf is "..ml'- ;i' b kh liquor. grew angry when. Hand car, which ran between Lake Bluff and Area, and drew a large jack-- knife and stabbed. Hand 'directly Over the heart The stabbing took place at 12:15 Monday morning The man had been outaide all of the time. He was covered with mud hflhudtofootz*"'h resist arrest. He walked from Lake Bluf to Libertyville during Curley was arraigned before Jus-- tice of the peace m Hoyt Mori-- day morning and in bonds of $2,000, His case was w Thursday, «pending the: of Hand's wounds. f : The sheriff's offite was called and Deputy Sherfff Waltee Stark despatched to the scene, He took charge of the situation and had the the early morning hours in--an at-- tempt to reach Area:. His clothing was torn by bushes . and -- soares through by the drh';_mn Hand was stabbed %lneb above the heart. The b ~Oof the knife hit the second rib and 1 alightly deflec¢ted away from heart. Had it been only a slight distance low wounded man taken to the Victory Memorial hospital, *>* Follows: Aspgailant. ; By that time the trail of the knife wielder had grown cold. De-- puty Stark--scoured the roads and woods of the country district about Lake Bluff for four hours, from 2 to six o'clock Monday morning he drove tnrough the rain searching * Monaxy morsing beifeund the int. s morning ter vnnXorlng _the streets of Libertyville-- in a dazed condition. er, the man may have been killed, The knife had a thr@@--inch blade, and dealt a dangerou®s wound. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whitnay h"'" it guests on Sunday, f Mrs. Mam McPherson and som, ® @ago, (Mr. McPherson . i an unel Of Mr., Whitney) Whitne (s brother), and his wife rago ; Mantewe Kenneth Co . m in the rain and darkness. Three or four friends of Curley attempted to hold him but were unsuccesful. Curley dashed from the station and was lost to view in the mist. Hand is married a is a fam-- My. He is a vetcran en of the North Shore Line and bas on the Lake Bluf--Area ®" for some Hugh Currey, 33 years old, a workuf :m Mary's sem-- inary Ab Area, is being held in bonds of $2,000, while Ray Hand, 44 years old, a motor-- man wfit'% Shore Line, living at 119 North Victory street is fighting for his life at the Victory Memorial hos-- pital, following a stabbing fray at the Lake Bluf? station Sunday Curiley, . who is alleged 'to have beén under| the influence of BY--PASSENGER Victim ig for Life at _ Waukegan Hospital: At. ter . With Man Who '_ d on Ride tev, F. %W J. Nealis cele-- brated -- '. BBEA The sermon was #md' slivered by Father J. J. Clifford of | escapes : Marys' of 1 Lake and was an ;SCl'iel 4 W(fi..* congregation; | Miss Mayme Hapke and Mies Hilda Hapi« on the viglin, was of Easter: Sunday -- mo'n pIl :asing and "AsSTER AT SAINT ilies nael : + 4) o6 s j St. Jase1 .0 corated wit >a, palmsg -- | Fetn held a ver asing p mpress.ve service o IAN RAY TABBED nce to recover, cht and said he held for man-- IM'E a fam-- l 0ye of the nd 'Bbeen on nthy;y Rentster acC «»« MANY HURL ted with ; "~ -- IN EASTER vice on Tha ui 1 vix, under | nald, with'j he organ mpanying >yous na-- spirit of >. "hsim 'd ol escapes from injuries, in a ' ""{series of accidents in Wauke-- ---- gan and. other Lake --county towns Saturday and Sunday. \Y.One autoist was arrested on a _| charge «of being . intoxicated ,'D and another is being sought P ) on the same charge. ; _| Michael Farmer, 21 years ,R old, son of a road contractor in Highland Park died late Satur-- day aiternoon at' > the Highland _ at rark hospital a few minutes after Af.! being rup over by a tractor, while [.n' working. on a road.job in Ravinia.' Farmer was operating a tractor on a street in Ravinia. when the machine hit a huge stone. hurling Id, | him from 'his seat"to the road in m.!ghe path ofthe tractor. The heavy | eld maelfi;w mhohn:i:l!l. head ar,:d' ** | body fracturing M and crush-- h?'in; his chest, f xXA or.|: : Fellow workmen went to his res-- ne, | C4€ and the Prior and Kolk{ nm-1 *' + bulance was called to rush the in-- PYY | jured" man to" the Highland Park| life | hospital. Death came 40 minutes af-- m_tm Farmer was admitted at the' ___ i hospital. f V eckly APRIL 23, 1924 Hits Bricks, Theodore Kendas, 114 Washing-- ton street, had his machine badly damage at 2:80 o'clock Sunday morning, when he drove into a pile of bricks and sand in Sheridan road at Liberty street. There was no light on the sand and brick pile the police say. * Joseph Pavlick. _ 807 McAlister avenue, Feported to the police Sat-- urday night that a machine driven by a man named Johnson,. living in George avenue, west of MeAlist-- er avenue, crashed into his machine avital W. + sls adte P along fairly well. ~. in McAlister avenge. doing consid-- erable damage. He said -- that Johnson was under the influence of liquor tndfkdmrm The 'car was towed to the Lewlis warage, the police report, Johnson Machines driven b yC,. Bohl, 134 North ®treet, and G,. ~--W. Bell. 1020 street, collided at North and Ridgeland ~avenues at 6 o'clock Saturday night, both cars Ray Johnson. Eighth and Adams streets, was arrested Sunday night at 10:30 o'clock on a charge of driv-- ing a machine while intoxicated, af-- ter he in alleged to have struck an-- other auto. Patrolman Mihic and the allegations.-- The complainant. whose name was not learned, did not appear against him. The case Redmond made the arrest. In po-- lice court Monday, Johntson denied Henry H. Lampert, 927 Montana street, Chicago. crashed into a catch basin at Grand avenue and Genesee -- Street early Sunday morning. tearing a wheel hom-& machine and _ damaging the basin. He left $20 with the police to cover the damages, + Machines Collide. The police report that a machine driven by Eric A-- Huttberg, Wau-- kegan <rashed into a car owned by C. F. McDermott. Waukegan, at 5:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon |at Genesee and Lake streets, damag-- ing both cars. No one was injured. According to the police, Huttberg was to blanie for --the accident turning around in the middle of the street. was to be taken in custody Monday:. Metzger sustained a bnr. tib. while his wife, who is an invalid, suffered from the shock"and was bruised. Slippery pavement was the cause of the-- accident, the police say, the auto skidding into the car. and his wife injured, and sev-- y;., ; eral other pergons had ngrmw'zgrldf: Auto Traffic Is Heavy on Holiday ; Cars Crash and Cause Injuries; Arrests Mark Week--end | _ Mr, MacRae, of Wilmette, was a ER visitor at the library on Saturday. R He brought us another copy of Harp, ters. This completes our files of Accmmsrbound Harpers from 1850 to 1913; They: are very interesting. f Have you seen our new charging| en f desk? | fic Is He.vy on | This is garden 'week,. Stop and see what we have to help you. dibwe ;Cmcmu'domw":-nfi?o--q 8: Arrests Camp Gi us Every mjw' A jGirla"', Miss Schanck sends us th' 'eek--end i "Holland" _ MrE&_ -- Kennatih« Laveit » &A man| Rankin had a considetrable sum of money, about $90 on his person when found. He said that he had grown despondent and felt death was the only solace, It is belHeved that Rankin wu'a h:'lflo unbalane-- ed as a result o w and ~did not realizse what" he was north --ankil he anived at Lake Fory arrived at est. © There he got off and walked B e ticgs 6 4 suicide him there. With kis knife he slashed his throat and :;Ml and lay by the romdside to Colonel Hall, of Fort Sheridan, discovered the victim and had hm taken to the Fort Sheridan hospital where his woumds-- were dreased. Sheriff Amnmd was notified of the case and the man trans-- fo;rod to the Lake County hoapi-- tal. someone was oaum& not Mm.On.lll'fi:,"dl.h v.dfl.f.'L'.; seen danger vestigated found a circle with the letter "K" on his door and jumped to the con-- clusion that the Ku Klox Klan was aftey him. according to the sheriff's Believing that he was a marked man and was being persecuted by the Ku Klux Klan, Henry Rankin, 87 years old,. formerly of Sumner, la., tried to commit suicide at Lake Forest Friday night by slash, ing his wrists and throat, He is at 'ml;'glltlhow.hn:: b'l?'ll mm.bout door Lh night and believed that the : Lake County General hospital now and is given a chance to recover. Rankin said tha the had worked ensa farm in summer for about a mudludundnpnugnn- 3:-?.'.':.." at the room ' a-ao-mm,:kmm atreet Chicago, _ Imaginary Dread of Sign Marked K' Leads to His Act, An'tborltiep Learn After Questioning MEMBERS OF LIBERTYYILLE [ ~CLUB TO DINE AGA!N' The Libertyville Club will give an-\ other of its popularp feeds on Wed-- nesday, April 23, at 7:00 p. m. The families udmfriend- --of M are to share estivity. Undou ly this banduet will be the largest and best yet: A big surprise is uv' store fer all preseft o thei'&m jove | date, -- Be one of the I0eky ones pres--; ent. < e ies Li . H NETUE ent from ® + M _ .tlrely * i eoading it _ bubs 31 -- _A list of titles of owr hnew books will appéar later, ' ; ~ Anpother lovely gift of the last month was two pictures for the children's room. The subjects are Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.-- Mrs. Frank Wallis is the artist and donor. > & ' Mc chawe Mows. Mn Holaag ; & ,. Mrs.: ' Chas. Whitney, O. E. Churchili, Dr. Smith, and Rev. Gwyn are among those who have given us books thl.«j year. > . ;rno u'eatnm'-". Mrs. Davis,. m Easter Sunday found the 'oman's ome ~Companion" n state'; Miss Bush, "The Club Woman's Aponke ,'qu.d"m f * World", ~Other new magazines this Attorney's office active in sev-- yrdr_ra': g:' l:jiper. The American eral parts of Waukegan, and # stian Century, :: North Chicago. They nabbed Mrs. Sa; t us the Cosmopoli-- s ue ns eanihe Somtoreis (oovaeht ~rismtons cof the cgege A!:erican frr 1lmgift u> Tt hibition law, who had stocked nother .lovely of the up apparently for the expected month €wo pictures for the | P' a chlldnn"l":oom.o p'l';:o":'bic::- lmi; holiday rush. y CBP "Good Housekeeping" Mrs. Foulds, '"'The Mentor", Mrs. Davis, "The Woman's . Home ~Companion'" and Miss Bush, "The Club Woman's Library News it! iza | POPPY DAY TO ®#\ -- BE OBSERVED | ~"Poppy Day" the observance of which brings back to mind the ex= ploits\and. bravery of those who e in Flanders'® fields, is to be observ-- tm Legion gi, Phuckday ang BH ean Legion on ' and Fri-- | day. May 29 and 80; 7 > William E. Howell, an old 4 of Libertyville, died Monday ing at 10:30 o'clock at his Garfield avenue. He had ing for several years so his f was not unexpected. He by two sisters; Hattie, who with him, and Mrs. er; of and one brother, T. *A bidedrtaldd 'm"w § 2 s day afterncon at two o'clock at the oo Legion post Teet that fode mae post obstructing or nullifying the work of the community chest which is out to combine all drives in one. "Poppy Day" is to be observed throughout the country by every Legion post, Indications are already pointing to its being the most sue-- cessful one ever held. stin WILLIAM E. HOWELL * orial feature which has become as-- sociated with Memorial Day as the been been ordered for sale in the city. These will be sold at-- ten gents each. Five cents of each sale will : go to state relief work. while the other five cents will stay in Waukegan to be used _ for -- relief watbythh-l.o;m M in } mohmnmd%w and the sale of poppies is a mem-- American Legion of City Joins in Annual Memor-- lal Feature Zeno White and Mrs. Daisy White,--Thirteenth ; street, -- North Chicago. were other visited by the squad members. _ _' \ : Joseph . Olsom, . 1010 :.; Belvidere street; was visited in his store. The squad took action against Frank ----Rozenski, 1026 Victoria Street, North Chicago, . Martin Zim-- merman, Antioch, George Hender-- on, Tony . Paranki, Rondout, and Yony Waicekovic,. North Chicago. Henderon -- and Waicekovic were zid to have been drunk. i visited by the squad.. His place is said to have yielded considerable of the forbidden tlnk Information was filed. Monday morning against Zimmexyman an ac-- SPONGE SQUAD ACTIVE OVER f HOLIDAYS Ten.were hit by the action, according to the report at the state office. ~John Zarc, Five $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Large Number T aken When Booze Flows in E aster Celebrat Planning for Court Infortmation -- Filed DIED 'MONDAY wok Roh }