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_--"__ Drunks Galore Keep Police On E Jump; One Decides To Drive g_;;* Home In Cop's Car But Is S Stopped. ---- _ PLENTIEUL O NEW YEAR'S S Anton Senline, Waukegan, WAS j found holding up the Genesee street * bridge by Policeman Hart. He was z* drunk, according to the Police report. ' _ Sentene spent the night in a cell and . ~ _ when arraigned in police court the 5 ~ following morning pleaded _ guilty and paid a $10 fine. s Get Riot Call At 3:30 o'clock New Year's morn-- ing a riot call was sent in fr6. 2t SEVENTY--SIXTH YEAR side of the car just as Aben WAS about to drive away. "Where d. you think you are §O-- #'ys Captain Booth said the man had E*; haam --Arinkine and did not know OHM SELLS OUT -- FORO INTEREST C Carl Ohm, vice president of Wil-- son and Ohm, Inc., the Waukegan Ford representative during the pat 9 years, has announced the sale of "' his stock to the corporation. Ks + The consideration involved is quite §§ a substantial sum and it is under-- '"~"stgod his shares were purchased Liquor aplenty among the New brants but few a activities of the the report at th Only those who w disorderly were 1 _ At 3:30 o'clock New Years ing the police were caullsd Corzy Inn. Roy Powers, 19 Cozy Inn. Roy Pow Mm road. was charges of being drt derty. Bowers dama; booths in the place pay the damages or l Bowers was taken | _largely by a transfer of some of the ~_ realty holdings of the company. f In Poor Health. _ « Mr. Ohm is in poor health and has in the patrol wagon and Captain Booth followed in Quandt's car. The police arrived in time _ to break up a gang fight and arrest 'Kive men on disorderly conduct charges, ..At the polick :':&m' charges of being drunk and (o° °. derty. Bowers damaged one of tkhe boothsmtheplwgndnfised':o pay the damages or leave the place. Bowers was taken to the station where he was later released _ in bonds of $10 pending a hearing of street, imbibed too freely of New Year's "spirits' and became pugi-- listic. . He was arrested by Patrol-- man Jacobs on charges of drunk and fighting and taken to the station and locked up. Tenth street and MCBPE ®"*°"~"~ where a dance was in progress. Po-- Hceman Quandt and Hicks were sent in the patrol wagon and Captain Booth followed in Quandt's car. The police arrived in time _ to break up a gang fight and arrest Kive men on disorderly conduct charges, , At the polick station when booked they gave the follow-- ing names and adresses: John Anderson, 30, Waukegan; Harry Evers, 24, Central Hall; Geo. Olson, 34, 14 May street; Gust An-- 1 A d derson, 25, 60 bert Anderson. uuWC. The men each put up & $10 bond for their appearance and their cases were continued to Jaunary 9, when they will be arrigned before Mag-- istrate Walter T aylor. -- While the police officers were busy loading the men in the police car, John Allen, 114 Southq% street, attempted to steal 8 car. Captain Thomas Booth heard past ten weeks recouperating; and ynn stay in Waukegan a few weeks 'grranging his business affairs and \Will then return to the south for the balance of the winter. Mr. Ohm came to Waukegan with Garrett Wilson about nine years ago and together they took over a de-- . Suncet Ford business and built it to. _ the point it has reached today--one ~~Oof the largest and finest Wj q under the Chicago branch of _ Ford Motor Co., and that now ,;'m%-&h."%w:ti 4 South Genesee street ---- ® the motor what he was doing. He was taker to the police station and latey re-- leaned in bonds. Poor Health Causes Waukegan Man To Dispuse Of Part In hent to them and a decided to the town and an important where he has been for the Fighter New Year's Eve cei*-- 'ew arrests marked tne the police departmer\ at the station showed: who were boisterous &n i derson, 30, Waukegan; rs, 24, Central Hall; Geo. 14 May street; Gust An-- , 606 Mott avenue; Al-- son, 30, Dorchester ave-- ck New Years morn:-- were callsdl to the y Powers, 19 South , _ was arrested on ng drunk and discr Aamaged one of tke 121 South Sounty evider.ce ve cela-- avenue of Buy Copeland . Manor Sites Sellers and Peterson, local reai-- tors and exclusive agents for the C:peland Manor Subdivision which was just recently opened report that over $70,000 worth of lots have al-- ready been sold. The majority of the purchasers with few exceptions have been all Chicago and North shore residents. From all indications it is expe©: ted that approximately _ three-- fourths of the subdivision will have been sold by early spring. Already several purchasers of the lots are making plans for the erection of homes early in the spring. Copeland Manor embraces one of the finest tracts of residence prop-- erty in Northern Illinois. Parts of it are covered with natural timber and the Des Plaines river cutting through the property adds much to the desirability of the lami for home The North Shore electric _ rail-- road which skirts the northem boundary provides ideal transporta-- tion facilities and a plan is under way to pave Rockland Road from Milwaukee avenue to the present cement road at the Green house. sites This will afford a paved entrance from all directions and wiil put Copeland Manor within easy driv-- ing distance of Chicago and the _ The Bowman company, along WilN other Chicago distributors, had been | paying $2.25 c huncred for all milk, \regardless of source. The new ; rice to farmers with tested herds is $2.75. Dairymen with untested cat-- \ tle will be paid only $2.50. \ _ In addition to this penalty for not |\ having tested herds, the company is [ paying only $2.15 for surplus milk, \but no milk coming from herds un-- \der state and federal supervision North shore. PREMIUM ON Word Received By Dairymen of the Chicago Milk terretory who have tested their eat-- tle and who sell milk to the Bow-- man Dairy Company, one of the big-- gest distributors in Chicago, are re ceiving a premium of 25 cents a hun-- dred, beginning with Dec. 1, accord-- ing to a report of the Illinois Agri-- cultural Association, Lake County der company's officials The premium for tuberulin--free milk is a goal sought by the Farm Bureaus and the Illinofis Agricultu-- ral Association for the past three years and now that one company has seen fit to establish a premium for the farmer who produces 'the higher quality of safe milk, the state Farm Bureau will continue its efforts to get as many distributors 'as possible to pay the premium, the report states. work, is in addition to the 10 cent z hundred premium paid by the Chif-- cago and St. Lowis markets Tor hogs coming from the t.--b. -- free counties reported by the federal and state departments as "accredited areas." who belfve in FORD BID ON FIDDLER TOLD Henry Ford isn't neglecting his home state in his search for the county's best old fiddlers. One of the latest to be summoned to Dear-- born to play for the motor magnate is John R. Robinson, 90, of Battle Robinson says he never took a les-- son but gained his inspiration | to play from singing winds as they whistled through the trees in central Even the katydid, the cricket, the robin, thrush and weird hoot of the horned ow!l were musical to him. Robinson plays all of the old tim= tunes, such as "Dandy Jim of Car-- olina" and "Old Zip Coon." He was 16 when he first tried to vlay. His brother made him a fid-- dle from wood cut from a cedar tree. They had no catgut for strings so they utilizsed some homespun limen County Farm Bureau Pure Milk Demand. thread. Mule's tail hair made the bow strings. There were about 100 actual American tunes at that time. of which Robinson mut,fed 25 on hiz home made fiddle. =Then one day along came a violin professor with a violin with real catgut string. Learning where to get them, Robinson soon purchase? some and had a real fiddle. w When the Civil War broke out he was 35 and endeavored to enlist, but was rejected. Finally when the ur-- gent call came later he was accept-- d"im. * '( TESTED COWS glong with L a k e BOND ISSUE WILL BE UP AT MEETING avenue, i i--~ M |\tyville, north t \ Belvidere road. \ ----The 4.6 miles, 'Green Bay road 'line. Supervisors To Take Up Pro-- posal To Float Issue To Care For Paving Of 18 Miles In County. The road and brge Commilie= of the board of supervisors have plans for the paving of 18 miles of road in the county and propose a bond issue cf $500,000 for road work. A resolution for putting adjourned session Tuesday. Program Is Given. The roads to be paved providing the bond issues goes to a vote of the people and is carried, follow : The 2.8 miles from Grand avenue at Woedges Corners north to Mil: burn. The 3.3 miles Round Lake to Fox Lake. The 3.4 miles, Deerfleld west to intersection with Milwaukee avenue The 1 mile from Grayslake north to intersection with state road 21. It is proposed to start work th's year on jobs totaling 28 miles f road to be built from refund from the state and some 90 miles of road in Lake county are included in the hard road program in the state bond issue of $100,600,000. In all provid-- ing plans are carried out approxi-- mately 140 miles ofrroads are in-- cluded in the various programs. Raymond "Snick" Mills, 109 Vic-- tory street, who was convieted last week on a charge of assault with intent to rob, was sentenced to Joliet penitentiary on Monday by | Judge Claire C. Edwards for a per-- | iod of from 1 to 14 yeéars, the termn | being fixed by statute. The motion for new _ trial was| originally set for Saturday and then | continued until Monday, but Attor--. ney Elmer V. Orvis announced that. 'the motion would not be argued. \He said that Mrs Mills, mother of \the convicted youth, has decided to imake no efforts to get a new trial, | because of the heavy expense which iwould be involved. Mills was found gullty of assault-- ing a Waukegan man, Dave Lauck-- ner, 1518 Lloyd avenue, on May 30, with the intention of robbing him. This verdict was returned by the jury after eight hours' deliberation. The case was bitterly contested, Attorney Orvis, counsel for the de-- fendant charring that Mills was be-- ing persecuted by the police. New Trial for Mills Dropped aceosted Lauckner in a vacant lot at Butrick street and Laure!l ave-- nue, and ordered the aged man to face twice. Lauckner then shouted for help and Mills bid a hasty re-- treat, using an automobile to get away. He was captured a short time later and the following day made a confession of his guilt. throw up his hands and keep quiet. Lauckner refused to obey the com-- mands and Mills struck him in the SHERIFF HAS LIQUOR SPILL Tip Several hundred gallons of liquor confiscated in raids made by the of-- fice of Sherif Edwin Ahlstrom 'in recent months and stored in the basement of, the courthouse, was spilleX into the sewer last Tuesday afternoon on the order of Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards. t Deputy Sheriff John Froelich was in charge of the work and was as sisted by the janitor of the court-- house and his assistants. The bar-- rels were saved and will be sold to the highest bidders. State's Attorney A. V. Smith prose-- cuted these men, claiming they un-- lawfully seized the liquor and : had not turned it over to the mpc 'authorities. Both were convieted in the County court and given jail sen-- tences, but are out pending appeals Included in the liquor destroyed Sewers On Order Of Judge 28 miles from Milwaukee 1 1--2 miles north of Liber-- north to intersection with miles, end of pavement on road to Wisconsin state bridge committe® Mills | building just as soon as possible.| lease. t lot| A new door for the safety de-- w in dn cc___czzes ave-- | posit vault will be put in tempo-- n to|rarily in the former Western Asosm wiet. | Union place. This door, it is un-- com-- [ derstood, has extra alarm precau-- AIIFFFRAA 1 A umns in width and twenty--tW0 tYPE; (Aypen it is understood that each o inches deep. | unit of four pages comprises a com-- . Al 1 NLIILNULV _ This is a new departure from the ' plete press run, the amount of press mss accepted practice among weekly or; work on an extra page paper will be Two Chicago Men Taken In | semi--weekly newspapers, but we feel ' appreciated. |\ that we have reached the stage i?; And this coupled with the fact Tow; Released On B o n d 'our progress which justifies the that our mailing list now requires + : & | adoption of the size used by metro-- nearly 3,400 copies, makes a saving | Pending Their Trial In Ten | politan newspapers. o2 press work imperative. _ _Days A six column paper is the general|° This is one great reason for mak--| [db o n n en S ine n cerolie it ealcaion A six column paper is the general | | practice among the publishersof the |smaller weeklies and seven columns . has been adopted by some bWf the lar-- . \ger ones. Up to the present time \the Register has followed the latter \ plan but our growth has been such |\that a further expansion was found . | necessary. With this issue, the Register comes out in its new size--eight col-- umns in width and twenty--two type inches deep. Register Starts New Year with Eight Column Pages by During' the past two months there have been but two issues of the Reg-- | ister where it was possible to keep FINGERPRINT S ARE TAKEN Fred Rosenthal, 30, the alleged no torious bogus check swindler, wno was captured last week by the James H. McQueeny _ Detective Agency of Chicago and brought to the Lake county jail was taken to the Waukegan police station Satur-- day end his photograph and finger-- prints taken by Captain Thomas i. Kennery. The authorities say Rus-- enthal is wanted in man yeitics throughout the country for passing worinless checks. The authorities are conducting search for H. Muchinaw, a former Waukegan man, who is alleged to \Rosenthal passed the checks. to \make a report to his office. Thev will be allowed to look at the pris-- l oner for identification purposes. LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WED&ESDAY, JANUARY be connected with Rosenthal in his swindling game. Muchinaw is al-- leged to have passed a bad check for $71.80 at the Globe--department store in November. The check in question was made payable to Muchinaw and signed by H. Rosenthal. See Similarity. Chief Deputy Lester Tiffany says that the writing on this check was identical with that of signatures found on papers in the possession of the man in jail. Rosenthal denied the charges, the authorities say. Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom requests merchants of the city, and in fret throughout the county, who have cashed bad checks during the last few months ard have suspicions that BANK MOVING ACROSS STREET The Security Savings Bank has started moving into its temporary quarters in the place formerly oc-- cupied by the Western _ Union, across the street. The work is the forerunner of a big improvement planned on the present site of the bank. The institution on Wash-- ington street is mapping plans now for the erection of a new building just as soon as possible. A new door for the safety de-- posit vault will be put in tempo-- rarily in the former Western Union place. This door, it is un-- derstood, has extra alarm precau-- tions. At the present time a few things are being moved with the bulk of the moving tb be done during the New Year holiday sea-- son so as not to interfere with the bank business. Petition Filed In State Supreme Court Assistant State's Attorney 5. h. Block filed a petition in the Illinoi® Supreme court Wednesday for re-- hearingy in the case ofCounty Treas-- urer Ira E. Pearsall against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pavl Railroad Co., for nonpayment of general taxes for the year 1924. The Supreme court . h: down "a decision about weeks ago which confirmed in and reversed in part a decisi County Judge Perry L Pei Nearly $5,000 in taxes is inv Seeks Review. Assistant State's Attorney Block' said that he felt two objections up--. held by the Supreme court should be again reviewed,'as the decisions were not clear. He pointed out facts in bogh cases that he believed should be considered. Judge Persons, in a decision rend.. ered last August, found against the railroad company, ruling that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road was liable to the extent of. $4,-- wficgun gounty, this being the tax hst it on the books of the w& f -- | A $ The appeal was taken by Attorney Elmer V. Orvis for the railroad com-- pany.-- The portions of of Judge Persons that v by the Supreme court taxes of the m-& d 3+ Published Twite Weekly decision of L. Persons. is involved. Vaua COm-- |JnArTICG IN La@ne A UV decision:|1917. and lived toget! reversed |27, 1925. The bil} w uced the|torncy <Clarence.:Div pany to |that Van Steenderen handes within our regular eight pages and other issues have run twelve, four-- teen and sixteen pages. -- ing the change and another is our desire to give our readers a live mewspaper that is abreast of the times in every respect. Still another reason is that we may be in readi-- ness, when conditions warrant, to is-- sue 'tri-weekly. The Register as it | comes out today is equal in space to a ten--page issue of the former size. | We trust that our readers wil like the new eight column Registei CIVIL CALL C rcuit Clerk L. J. Wilmot an-- pounced today that the criminal cali scheduled for next week in the Cir euit court of Judge Claire C. Ed-- wards has been postponed until Monday, Jan. 11, and only civil mat-- ters will be heard during the week. There will be two courts hearing civil cases next week, Judge Edward Shurtieff to be here all next week for that purpose. He will conduct eourt in the County court room. State's Attorney A. V. Smith said today that the first case on the gall starting Jan. 11 will be that against Raymond Mills, who was convicte1 yesterday on a charge of assau't with intent to rob, and Leslie Kil-- bane. The pair are charged with assaulting andi robbing Thomas Wa! enter, a North Chicago plumber. . List of Cases. The first two civil cases on the call of Judge Shurtleff follow : Lake Villa Co--op. vs. Western _ Amonsg the chief cases to be heard | is that of the Lyon brothers arain=t |\ the Rubins. In this suit, the Lyons are attempting to break a lease which is held by the Rubins on 2 store building at Genesee and Wash-- ington streets. The plaintiffs claim that the rent paid by the Rubins for the building is not sufficient to pay & McGowan vs. Yeoman. Additional cases will be put on this call next week. Cases on the call of Judge Edwards for next week May Delay Will Fight. The Schad case, which is a will fight, may have to be delayed as at torneys in this matter may be en-- gaged in riv'l matters in the;, court of Judge Shurtleff. for the upkeep of the place and charge violation of clauses in the CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--A _ polite bandit, working apparently with-- out any assistance, opened Chi-- cago's 1926 list of major crimes by holding up MyvVicker's theater one of the largest downtown mo-- tion picture houses, and escaping with $10,000 in cash. -- The robber slipped into the treasurer's office on the balcony while the theater was crowded and many were waiting in the lobby to gain admiss1O Edgar Doob, the Mrs. Doob with demanded in quie that the safe be money dumped it To Mrs,. Do to gain admission. He covered Edgar Doob, the treasurer, and Mrs. Doob with a revolver and demanded in quiet but firm tones that the safe be opened and the ;;x;eyw-;iuinped into his satchel. To Mrs. Doob's sob, "Don't shoot my husband," the bandit re-- pi;e:l': .;(",'ert-a-i;\ly ;\ot, lady--not i he behaves." -- _ Schad vs. Schad. Jensen vs. Paradise. Lyon vs. Rubin. Smith vs. Brinkban. . Jacobsen vs. Aulson and son Conselbaum vs. Hadelman. Rogers vs. Matthews. ingsley vs. Wienecke. Powilaisis vs. Straka. Johnson vs. Bishop. The bandit expressed satisfac-- tion, that he had obtaineda most of the money in the theater, said, "No, thanks, I don't want the sil-- ver," and departed. No trace of with HIS WIFE TOO CRUEL HE SAY S in the C'v>uit court against Mina Va~ Stecnderen. The couple was married in Lake Fore:t on Dec. 28. 1917. and lived together until N>v 27, 1925. The bill was filed by /; torncy Clarence :Diver. and | states that Van Steenderefi--left his wife becauae" of repeated tPuelty." ©~~ was found. SUFFERS LOSS ANNOUNCED 6, 1y l';;;: Two liquor runers were arresied the last Wednesday night by the sher ther| iff's cffice and 60 gallons of holi-- adi.! day alcohol confiscated, increasing ) js.| the total of alcohol seized during s itithe past week to 380 gallons. The e to cost of the alcoh»l to the me1 ze. , transporting it is said to have been will | $40, while it was to have been sold1 ter. | for $900. It is estimated that alc>-- hol confiscated during the holidays ~---- | by the sherifi's office would have ._| netted the owners in the aggregate. _ _ | ver $5,000. Mina was TWO ALCOHOL RUNNERS ARE APPREHENDED Two Arrested. The arrests were made by Shem{t' Edwin Ah!strom and Chief Depua'y Lester Tiffuny. The victims gayve these names: . Erving Steen, Chicago. --James McBean, Chicago. The machine in which the Chi-- cago men were transporting liquor was stopped in Milwaukee road in the village of Libertyville. The car was going but 12 miles an hour and appeared to be heavily laden so th« driver was stopped and search made |C. Edwaris and Morrison was sen-- tenced to Joliet penitentiary for a 'period of from 1 to 20 years. The | court instructed Sheriff Edwin Anl!-- strom to take the man to the penal | institution within 10 days. \ The jury deliberated one . hou~ \The case went to the jury at 2:4"% The pair told the sheriff they were en route to Appleton, Wis., with their supply. They were taken to the courty jail and booked on charges of t=«nsporting liquor. Jus tice Louis Ekstrand released them in $2,000 bonds each and continued the case 10 days. ~ Morrison Found Guilty of Charge Fred Morrison, 36, Madicon, Wis., was convicted Wednesday afternoon by a jury in the Circuit court on a charge of taking indecent Tibert.es with Elizabeth DeJong, 5 year ol", Green Bay road and Belviders street. A motian for new trial was denied Thursday by Judge Claire o'clock and at 3:40 o'clock a werdict was reached. Three ballots were taken, the first being 8 to 4 for con-- viction. The second ballot was 9 i> 3 for guilt and the third was unari-- Declares Innocence "I am innocent of the charge on which J was found guilty," declar-- ed Morrison when allowed by the court to make a statement Thurs-- day morning. Morrison said he was a married man and had three children, ages 11, 9 and 7, and that he was a type of man who would protect children, When asked why pe did not live with his family, Morrison said his wife divorced him five years ago for non-- '~"You can't make this court be-- lieve that you are telling the truth and all other witnesses are lying, I believe you are not mentally right," Judge Edwards told the defendant. man had served two years in Wau-- pun penetenitiary in Wisconsin for attempted rape and burglary, being found criminally insane. Assistant State's Attorney S. H. Block informed the court that the Julge Edwards told the defendant that he would make a recommendat-- ion to the prison authoritiee that he begiven a mental examination and that perhaps he would be trans-- ferred to an institution for crim-- inal insane persons. Attorney William R. Behanna represented Morrison in the trial, having been a court appointee. The court complimented Attorney Be-- hanna for the manner in which he represented the interests of the de-- fendant, telling him he did as much The evidence showed that Morri-- son on May 28 lured two little girls Elizabeth DeJong and Helen Walker into a deserted shch by giving them money and while there took liber-- ties with the. DeJong child. The other child became frightencd and ran out of; the building to call Mr. chase Morrison was captured and vbut into a: machine. . He said that Morison jumped through a window of the mgchine, but was captured and that he made five or six other attempts to get away. -- s DeJong. brief crguments to the jury, prosecutors simply asked that tice be done and the defendar found gullty to protect society. _ State's Attorngy A. V. Smith and Ars'stant State's Attorney S. H. Block prosecuted the case and in bGn : 4e DeJong {estified that after a 1 i 0 DeJong festified that after a lon# vnttoméy could have done in entster Old Resident ' Passes Away Libertyville lost another: of _ _ older residents Saturday morning ): the death of Frank McLean Lighnt body who died suddenly at his hom«< Mrs. Lightbody has been ailirg for some time and recently suffer-- ed a severe attack of heart trouble while He hai partially recovered and had been removed to his home where he was convalescing. On the morning of his death he had arisen and dressed and was sitting in a chair when the end came. His daughter Mrs. Mattie Hansen was up stairs in the home ani hearing a peculiar noise she de-- cended to find her father dead in his chair. Death was directly attributed to angina pectoris with diabetis as the contributing cause. He leaves a family of three sons and five daughters. The funera' services were held on Tuesday after-- Mr. Lightbody was born at Truro Nova Seotia on May 14, 1860 ar: came to Libertyville 23 years ag~ His wife preceeded him in dea ! two years cgo. noon at 2:30 with interment in Lakeside cemetery. LOSES CONTROL AS CAR SPEEDS Youth Taken Into P olice © Custody After Being Slightly Injured. Herman Beromer, of Libertyville, 28 years o'ld, was arrested Monda: night at 7:20 o'clock by Waukegan police on charges of speeding, after he lost control of his machine due to the excessive rate at which he was traveling. He was going west1 on Belvidere street at the time. 1 His companion, Joseph Vander-- worth, also of -- Libertyville, who was riding with him at the time, was arrested on disorderly con-- 4128 butbatrinnd sGradstabdrtais Me M im ge ons PSRmaRtmt C worth, also of Libertyville, who $30,000,000 Development was riding with him at the time, Officials of the Lake County Land was arrested on disorderly con--| Association have estimated thnz duct charges. Both were released' the next several months approy~ in bonds by -- Police Magisfrgte?w,m,m wi"fi_,mh Walter Taylor pending a hearing Libertyville and Mundelein in build~ of their, cases on December 31. -- ing of residences, busipess houses, Beromer sustained a few minor and land gevelopment=. _ Already cuts on the face as a result of the several subdjivisions . ave been ape'-- crash. He was attended by Dr.. ed by various laro syndicates and Bellows. realtors and are in an -- advanced state of deveppment. Amelfores C. Ames, died Sunday at his home in Grand avenue. He is survived by the widow and one son, Leaman C. Ames of Zion, three A. C. AMES IS grandchildren, Evelyn, Robert and Virginia Mae and one brother, George, Crystal Lake, Ill. lf'ungtal services will be held Wednesday afternoon, Rex. Holliger officiating. Interment at Volo cemetery. Mr. Ames was born Sept. 6, 1844 at St. Lawrence Uo., NEW -- IVLKR. He was brought up from childhood by the late Benjamin Wambsley of Wauconda. On August 5, 1862 he enlisted in Co. C. 96 IIl. Infantry and served under Captain Pollock during the war. They participated in the bat-! tles of Chattanooga, Resaca, Gp. and Peach Tree Creek where Mr. Ames had several holes shot through his blouse. At the battle of Missionary Ridge the regiment lost heavily, leaving 232 upon the field of the 792 who wert forth to meet the enemy. Mr. Ames was in the ad-- vance skirmish line of the siege and in the thickest of the fight at At-- lanta. After a short time spent in Lake county Mr. Ames went to Michigan wher> he worked four years, again coming to this eounty where he lived until hig death. He married Mary A. Fairweather Oc-- tober 10, 1896 and to them five children were born. In 1891 Mr. Ames was in the gravel business with the late Gleason Stafford. MRS. NEELY PASSES AWAY Mrs. Margaret Neely of West and Madison streets, Waukegan, died New Year's morning at 7:25 o'clock. Pneumonia with which she was stricken last Saturday gaused her death. Mrs. Mark Redlein of Ash street, a niece, is her only local «ur-- llondny at 9 a. m., from White and Tobin funeral home to Immaculate at St. --Mary's cemetery. 1859, on a farm where the Crabtree farm of Mrs. Durand at Lake Bluff now stands. She had lived all her life in this community. working at the home of his DEATH VICTIM ay WLL ERECT °" _ BULLDING ON & HEATHLOT > $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE: * was Plans Under Way for Business > \ _ Block Fronting on Milwauxee | ~~ Avenue; to Contain Store, Of. _ \_-- fices and Apartments Attorney J. A. Miller and Joseph Meyer, boch of Wankégan. investers and builders, have purchased the Omar Heatk property located on the west side of MHwaukee avenue in the middle of the village business district, it was announced last Seat-- urday. Plans are under way it was ad-- mitted for the erection of a build-- ing to be either five or six stories and fronting on Milwaukee avenue the entire width of the lot, approxi-- mately 100 feet. The builiing ac-- cording to present plans will be of brick construction. The entire Mai floor will be given over to one lz: store while the upper stories Wwill eontain kitchenette apartments. Mr. Miller stated that as yet plans were not definate enough to say what the cost of the building will be but did say that construc-- tion in all probability will be start-- ed early in the spring. Other Improvemenis The anmnouncement of this im-- provement marks another big step in Libertyville's rapid business de-- velopment program. The officers of the Libertyville Trust & Savings Bank alreedy announce plans for the erection of a new banking home in South Milwaukee avenue. In addition to these two valuable improvements, G. Carroll Gridlev. owner of, the Auditorium 'Theatre, has now in his possession plans for a new theatre which promises to be one of the show spots of Lake Officials of the Lake County Land Association have estimated th&t'? the next several months approy~ ni®ternr"t30.000,000 will be : pept tis" Libertyville and Mundelein in build--> in~e af recidences husiness houses, Local realt'rs as well as Chicagy men interested in the Libertyville-- Mundelein development have con-- servatively es"mated that by the middle of the,coming summer there will be over $00 fine residences un-- der construction in this area. An estate estimated at $4,000 in real estate and $2,000 in personal property was bequeathed by Edward 0. Moody of Waukegan to his widow Other Matters Also Taken Up Cora A. Moody, the will being ad-- mitted to probate last week. : Let-- Mrs. Moody. Proof of heirship was taken and appraisers appointed. The final reports were approved and estates closed in the following Herman H. Kampert, Barrington; John A. Lahey, North Chicago: A}-- bert H. Acher, Lake Forest; Florence J. Bruce, Waukegan; Clem-- ent Hamel, Libertyville. _ Proof of heirship was established in the estate of John Fox of Wauke-- stock in the estate of Jackson K. Dering was continued to Dec. 81. In the estate of John Sutherland of Waukegan, the supplemental in-- proved and the estate closed. Report Is Heard. Hearing on final report in the es-- tate of Rhoda A. Sutheriland . pf Waukegan was continued to Jan. 25. The inventory and appraisement bill was approved in the estate of Richard Duddies of Libertyvillie,. The report of the sale of real es« estate of Fanny Elizabeth Orr of Highland Park. KHearing on proof of will was continted to Jan. 11. In the estate of Robert Brain-- of Gurnee, the final report was ap-- proved and distribution erdered, ° ~-- _ Appraisers were appointed in the. estate of Bessic Lewin, Waukegan." ~ The inventories and appraisement. . > bills were approved in the estates of . Joseph Jackson, North Chicago, and.., Marie Mahen, Highwood. @* --A foreign will was admitted :Q. probate in the estate of Lottie B."i, Albert Hearing on petition for sale of Pra £f of heirship was taken in the approved in the estate of I$ LEFT DY EST ATE E