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n .fit 't.he death of her sister, the & report was made to the will of Mrs, Adams provides several of State's Attorney A. V. Smith |P°4UCSts of $5,000 each be paid to Tuesday by the Zion police of the al. | ("!@n3# Specified and the following leged confessed theft of mbeqnuu!orchritabhpmoou: machines and th holding up of Al-- Arden Shere Association, $10,-- cxu!dtv Lathron and two friends 000; Methodist Deaconess Orphan-- near Wedges Corners some time|*Z@ $15,000; Young Womens Chris-- ago by George Miller, 16 years old,| U2" Association, $5,000; Highland and Ren Noren, 18 years old, both| Park hospital, $10,000. After these of Zion, who are being held in the | D®9uests, amounting to $80,000 are Zion jail for the present. paid, the balance of the estate is to It ws indicated that the state's| &9 to the Methodist Deaconess +attorney would file delinquenecy|OrPhanage and Arden Shore As-- petitions against the two lads. _' ©Ociation. Parking Committee. A. H. Jones, chairman; R. J. Lyon, R. F. Rouse, J. J. Doerschuk, John Wirtz and E. L. Sayre. Highway Committee. Ravy Paddock. chairman; Cornelius R. Miller, Frank Sheets, George T amb, Charles E. Russell, George A. Quinlan., A. H. Sherer, Anton Cer-- mak, Mat Atkinson, Fred Grimm, R. F. Rouse,. J. S. Hyatt, Nick Keller and Fred Tarrant. Police Committee. David Flynn,. chairman: Sherif Ahblstrom, vice--chairman: John Stack John Davidson, Denn's Limberrvy. John Pietz, Frank Tiffany, D. A. Hutton and Edward Mawman. CGeneral Activities, Frank T. Fowler., chairman: R. J. Lyon, Glen Hoskins, T. J. Stahi. Lawrence Doolittle, Lester Tiffany, W. J. Stratton, Emmett MceShane, R. C. Sherman, S. H. Bente, George E. Mirsch, George Ives, Dr. Lewis, Commandant of Gmm naval station, Edward M Com-- mandant of Fort Sheridan, Bert Thompson and George Bairstow. | "Be it resolved by this meeting of public offic:als and representative eitizens of the various jurisdictions of the state of IMlinois PFere as-- sembled, that we recognize the enormous traffic problem involved in the gathering of the International Euchristic Congress at Mundelein, IIl., on Thursday, June 24, 1926, and we hereby pledge our assistance to the extent of our several powers in solving the various questions in con-- nection with conditions, maintaining and coasting of the highways as well as the policing, guarding and econtrol of highways, railroads and public places in the interest of pu~-- lic samfety on this important occa-- sion." TO NAME BOYS IN PETITION Col. Miller of the state highway department told of the need of co-- opcraticn in handling the traffic during the Mundelein mEéet. Rev. Charles Epstein, secretary of trans-- portation, was also among those ac-- tive at the meeting. : Pass Resolution. The committee on committees pre-- sented the following resolution which was adopted: Nine routes have been mapped out for>the handling of the huge crowd Avhich is expected to attend the final rites of the Eucharistic Congress at Mundelein June 24, ac-- cording to an announcement made at a meeting of officials in charge of traffic arrangements for the af-- fair at Libertyville Thugi-a_y. Lew Hendee, chairman; J. S. Hvatt, secretary; Ray Paddock, Lieut. David Flynn, Edwin Ahlstrom, E. T. Fowler, Matt Atkinson and OFFICIALS IN _ MEETING 1O FIX ROUTES Lew Hendee, county clerk, was elected Thursday morning as chair-- man of the committee on commit-- tees. He selected Supervisors Rap Paddock, G:orge Bairstow and Matt Atkinson, R. J. Lyon and Nicholas Keller as members of his commit-- tee. Mayor J. S. Hyatt of Liberty-- ville, who gave the address of wel-- come is secretary of this committse. It was pointed out by Engineer Walker who talked at the meeting in Libertyville that the nine routes will end up in separate parking places, the territory of which will extend from the eastern shores of Diamond Lake on the south to the old Swift farm north of Mundelein. The parking places will be within those limits. The autoists will drive into. these places and the occupants will have to walk to the seminary grounds. : Tell Traffic Plan. It is expected that the railroads, the Soo Line, the Chicago, Milwau-- kee & St. Paul, and the North Shore Lite will take cate of 300,000-- peo-- ple and the automobiles will handie 350,000 persons. This is a conserva-- tive estimate. , The following> committees® were named to care for the problems of the congress: . County Clerk Chairman Of 'Committee On Committees ' Handling Eucharistic Meet SEVEXTY--SIXTH YEAR Executive. The Lake Co NO 10. At the death of Eleanor Wieg-- and, a trust fund of $100,000 is to be set aside and the income paid to Robert Sedgwick McGregor, nephew, and at the death of the nephew to his wife, and at her death, the money is to be divided between the Lake Bluff Orphanage and the Arden Shore Association. The will provided that all chattel property go to Eleanor M. Wiegand, a sister. A $5,000 bequest was made to William Antes of Highland. Park. The balance of the estate is to be left in trust to Eleanor M. Wiegand and Everett L. Millard. Yearly in-- comes are to be paid to Robert Sedgwick -- McGregor, Sarah . L. Noyes, Sarah S. Drake, Anna Craw-- ford, Alice Chamberlin, during the life of Eleanor Wiegand. The re-- maining net income is to be paid to Eleanor Wiegand. Steps to solve Libertyville's auto-- mobile parking problem on Milwau-- kee avenue around which consider-- able discussion has hinged in past months, were taken at the monthly meeting of the 'illage trustees Tues-- day night when E. A. Bishop, rep-- resenting the Libertyville Kiwanis Club appeared before the board and asked that.--a committee of trustees be appointed by President Hyatt to work out a parking plan so as to re-- lieve the congestion on Milwaukee avenue that has prevailed especially in the summer time in the village tor the past two years. President Hyatt appointed Trustees Bulkley, Nicholas and Johnson to act as a committee to confer with the Kiwan-- is Club and work out a plan. It is ex-- pected to have the problem solved by the time the next meeting is held when in all probability it will be pre-- sented to the board for their sanc-- Edith McGregor Adams, of High-- land Park, who died a short time ago left an estate of $725,000, real estate valued at $125,000 and $600,-- 000 worth of personal property, the will being admitted to probate Mon-- day by Judge Perry L. Persons. The bulk of the estate was be-- queathed to charitable organizations. Approximately $650,000 is to be di-- vided equally between the Metho-- dist Deaconess Orphanage of Lake Bluff and the Arden Shore As-- sociation. Letters testementary were issued to Eleanor M. Wiegand and Everett L. Mi&ard and the bond set at $1,200,000. f is still standing. It has changed hands twice since Mr. Cooke died, going into the hands of William Clough, and is at the present time in the hands of a Chicago realty firm, who are intending to tear down the building and subdivide the land in the plot of land owned originally by the earlier -- Cooke family. The homestead was built Five local people attended the gathering. Miss Helen Cooke, an instructor at the local senior high school; Mr. and Mrs. Percival Pearce, and family, and Andrew, Jr.. and Jack Cooke, all of Wau-- kegan, are the remaining descend-- ants of this family in Waukegan. When Andrew Cooke originally moved into Wauconda, he built his home there, and his building Plan Change In Parking One plan suggested by Mr. Bishop is to rent a vacant lot near the bn\ iness district for motorists to park their cars. There are also numerous ther plans under consideration. COOKE FAMILY HAS REUNION About --seventy--five -- descenidants of the family of Andrew Cooke, who was the first in a long line of ancestors, who lived in WAa-- conda early in 1845,--'gathered in Wauconda at the home of William Clough, Sunday -- afternoon -- and evening, for a reunion. in 1845. Descendants Of Andrew Cooke Meet At Wauconda For Celebration. Highland Park Woman's Will Admitted To Probate ADAMS EST ATE I$ $725.000 Plan Trust Fund | George Gist, ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gist, of Lake Forest, and brother of Joseph, Jr., was buried from the home of his g'lndmother, Mrs. Mary Rose, 127 lorth Oakwood street, Lake For-- 3& this morning at 9:30 o'clock. fany beautiful floral pieces wer> sent in sympathy by friends gand rélatives. Funeral services were held at the St. Mary's church. TRUCK VICTIM | _ John Baltuska, 29, of Libertyville, was arrested Tuesday morning by Captain Thomas E. Kennedy and Policeman True Whittier on drunk %hnges at 711 Eighth street, Wau-- tegan. A woman called the police station and said a man had been gleeping in a hallway at that ad-- dress all morning and she could not grouse him. +« He was locked up in a cell and arraigned the following morning gnd released on the payment of a ne. | The sheriff's office has been con-- ucting investigations for weeks, running down many clews relative +o he robberies of the homes of wealthy men, but to no avail.: j |--«The sheriff's offige received a list £ the loot taken, late Thursday af-- rnoon and it includes the foll:w-- ng: F Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom said L'hnrsday that he will send a 'deputy to Morton Grove to question men ar-- rested there, who the authorities say, nfessed to robberies in Evanston nd also admitted robbing other places on the north shore. ,Shermiff hlstrom beleves the men migh: ¥e robbed the home of Thomas ilson and also other places of mil-- ionaires in Lake county, which were nvaded during the winter months | _A home owned by a man named Kimball, said to be a wealthy Chi-- cago man was broken into and rob-- bed, much valuable loot being stolen, according to the report made to the sheriff's office. The place was rented by Kimball, but he also kept b. of his property stored in the house. \ _ Two suits of black clothes, three versoats, a suit case containing 12 hirts, . silver manicuring set, four ings, one a man's ring with sap-- phire setting and three ladies rings Wwith prearl settings, three sets of sterling pearl beads, a gold stick pin, and $10 in cash. : LIBERTYYVILLE -- © MAN ARREST ED \_The will of Ernest H. Moore of Grayslake was admitted to pro-- bate Monday and showed an es-- tate of $215,000, personal pro-- perty of $15,000 and real estate worth $200,000. The estate was lJeft to the widow and children. Letters testamentary were issued to Amy M. Moore and Vernette Belle Moore, widow and daughter. The bond was fixed at $30,000. \ In the estate of Mary E. Moore & daughter of Ernest Moore, let-- rs of administration were issued o Vernette Belle Moore, The bond was set at $4,000. Proof of heir-- Ilhip was taken. ; '--~The house was ransacked from top to bottom, clothing being strewn about the place. ; TAKE LOOT FROM HOUSE Sheriff's Office Making Ch . _ On Robbery At Honey Lake \_Few Nights: Ago: Loss Is §: Family Away at Time \ The family leasing the Kimball me is said to have visiting at 'ington Tuesday: night, return-- g home Wednesday to find rob-- rs had made a visit in their ab-- nce. * TO QUIZ GANG -- ON ROBBERIFS : Proof of heirship was taken and the guardian ad item. ap-- pointed. ©Appraisers were also ap-- g:int.ed. Leave was given to sub-- stitute name of executrixes in suit now pending against Fred J. Wil-- Tams. :: «ow / -- Deputy Sheriff John Froelich was sent out to Honey Lake some two miles west of Lake Zurich Thurs-- 'pay afternoon by Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom to investigate a robbery ptmmted there on Tuesday night or sometime Wednesday morning. The loss is believed to have been several thousands of dollars. MOORE EST ATE AT $215.000 IS BURIED _ According to the report the High-- land Park police received about the accident, Machesom had just started to turn the corner to proceed. sout' when he ~struck Miss Krueger 2 glancing blow with one, of the front wheels of the car and knocked her about eight or ten feet before she struck the pavement. Police state that Machesom was proceeding at # ;'lov rate of speed at t'u time. Following tke accident Machesor placed Miss Krueger in the Char-- man machine and rushed her to the Highland Park --hospital where med-- ical attention was given. Attaches. after examining thkacc'ident victim, revorted she sustained a fractured collar--bone, two or three broken ribs, and possibly internal injuries. Her condition Thursday morning was re-- ported as slightly improved. _ Horace Machegom, chauffeur f'wri P. W. C€hapman, wealthy Highland | Park insurance agent, faces polic¢ action as a result of having 'struck | and ser'ously injured Miss Alice} Kruegzer, 24 years old. employe f'f: the Highland Park State bank, >« 640 Deerfield avenue, _ Highlan'!| Park Tuesday night at 5:40 o'clock,| at Central.avenue and: St. Johns St., | as she was. crossing the street on | the way to her home. . Machesom is' at liberty on $1,000 bonds. accordin' | to word received from Chief of Po-- lice Edward Maroney of that city. , Representatives of the Public Ser-- vice Company presented*to the \;é- lage Board Tuesday night an im-- proved street lighting plan for the village. The plan included the im staliation of more oenamental lights on Milwaukee avenue . and the re-- placing of all sixty--watt lamps now in use with cne--hundred watt lampt. It was pernied out that 2 «1xty--waft lamp costs nearly as much to light as a 100--watt lamp and the differ-- ence in illumination efficiency is 4- most 100 percent, se z1 The board passed a motion authot-- izing the Public Service Company to replace all the sixty--watt bulbs with the one-- hundréed watt size immedi-- atély. The other improvements sug-- gested were taken into consideration and will be acted upgn at a later meeting. The present lighting bill of the village amounts to $3,000 a year.. If the new plan suggested is carried out in full as recommended by the Public Service Company the annual cost will be increased $1,234. TEACHERS TO HAVE MEETINEG Saturday is to be geography nn'd history day for the teachers,. Mr. Simpson said. Two noted men, * G. Buzzard, a member of the faculty at' the Illinois State Normal schodl, and W. A. Waldrik, principal of the Streator high school, will address the meeting. * T. Arthur Simpson, county super-- intendent of -- schcols, announced Tuesday that art all--day meeting of teachers: of county schools will '_be held Saturday* at the: Lake BluT school, starting at 9:45 a. m. Ellien Guiney, a teacher at a pub-- lie school in Highland Park will talk on "Late Winter Constellation." 'flfii talk will deal with the study of the stars, a course in many,of the pob-- lie schools this year. CHAUFFEUR : OUT ON BONDS Bids on the motor truck fire ap-- sis, Pirsch equipped, $6,150; Stough-- paratus which the Village Board in-- torn six--cylinder truck equipped at tends to -- purchase were received Stoughton factory, $7 200. from six idifferent manufacturess -- For the past montk a Stoughton Tuesday night at the regular meet-- truck has been in service in the vil-- ing of the board. All bids presentéd : lage on trial. -- were sealed. _ The lowest bid was presented by Representatives Trom each w the Boyer Chemical Company and six companies were allowed fi n the highest by the Mack Internation-- minutes to tell of the merits of the al Company. j particular truck he represented. To The fire truck purchasing com-- save the competitors from unneces-- | mittee recently appointed by Mayor sary embarassment the other repret-- Hyatt to.select the make of appar-- sentatives withdrew from the council atus to be purchased will make sev-- rcoms while each one appeared be-- eral visits to the manufacturers fore the board and attempted to con-- : plants 'to inspect the various trucks. vince the board why his make <of Three trinp already planned are to truck was better than the rest. ' rlnmsport, Indiana, Kenosha, Wis-- The bids submitted follow: _ _consin and Hinsdale, Illinois, by the Mack International Motor Co., $0-- fire committee. The trip to Hins-- 709.30; International Harvester Co., Cale will be made in a motor bus. $8,950; Boyer Chemical Co., $5,654) A motion was made by Nicholas mounted on a special Beyer chass .iand passed that all bids be referred and unmounted, $3 470; Peter Pirsth: to--the fire committee for investiga-- & Sons Co., Kenosha, Wis., $5,70; Suhling Garage, Federal truck, with Pirsch fire equipment, $7,200; W. F. Russell Motor Co., Studebaker chas-- All Day Affair Planned For Luncheon will be served by the Parent--Teacher association ot Lare Bluff. . Delay Fire Truck IE chase For Further Investigation PLANX --FOR Lake Bluff, Simpson An-- . nounces ~* LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SA LIGHTING 4 PRESENTED Published Twice Weekly been won during the past three seasons. -- Every animal will be sold imder "th" guarantee. | _ Harry "Teddy" Stein, who was fatally. shot in an areaway at 2m»} | West Thirteenth street, -- Chicagso. \Sunday, was a student ~of--Harry (Schneider, who himself was killed a r short time ago in Chicago, accord | ing --to advices received -- here. \ Stein, it is claimed by those 'wha | know, was a pupil of Schnei-- ;der's. nlong with "Big Steve" Wis !niemk'. who was killed near Liber-- tyville four years ago. {-- _ Schneider is believed to have been, ,killed for "squealing"' in the "Big 'Steve" murder probe, conducted by i Col. A. V. Smith. This herd has been prominent in the middle west both as great pro-- ducers and as having many show animals. _ Some eighty prizes have The Frank T. Fowler herd of prize winning . pure bred Holsteins FOWLER HERD TO BE SOLD Miss Asseltine will leave Monday for her new duties at the Chil-- dren's Memorial hospital, where she will take over the position of head nurse at that institution. She has been connected with the Waukegan hospital for teh past six years. Mis Mae Collins. who for th» nust several years has been connseto1 with the St. Luke's hospital in Chi-- cago, trok over her new duties Thursday morning as head nurse at the Victory Memorial hospital as the successor to Miss Elizabeth As-- seltine. Miss Collins came to Wau-- kegan well recommended and should fulfill her new duties in favorable style. The fire truck purchasing com-- mittee recently appointed by Mayor Hyatt to select the make of appar-- atus to be purchased will make sev-- eral visits to the manufacturers plants 'to inspect the various trucks. Three trip already planned are to Logansport, Indiana, Kenosha, Wis-- consin and Hinsdale, Illinois, by the fire committee. The trip to Hins-- cale will be made in a motor bus. After weeks of arguing and revis-- ed plats being submitted G. Carroll Gridley's plat on Copeland Manor Subdivision was approved and ac-- cepted by the Village Board Tuesday night with the provision that the plat be subject to minor--changes. Mr. Gridley has been anxious . to dispose of the matter for some time as the sale of lots was held up pend-- ing the action of the board. It was announced Friday that the subdivi-- sion will be formally placed on the market February 15. & The woman said by Chicage po-- lice to be "lara Hareg, who, with her husband and step--father, were acquitted of the murder of Mrs. Lillie Holt, her mother, in the Cir-- cuit court some time ago, forfeited a $50 bond in the Town Hall police court of William Morgan Monday. She failed to appear to answer a disorderly conduct chargée. _She was arrested after a quarrell with a taxi--cab driver Sunday night in front of her apartment at' 522 Addison --street, -- Chicago. Dr. Heiss, her physician who signed the bond, said Mrs. Hareq was physic-- ally vnable to appear. 3 A motion was made by Nicholas and passed that all bids be referred to the fire committee for investiga-- tion and that recommendations be made at the next meeting of the board which will be called in about 1two weeks time. The acceptance of the plat brings to an end: weeks of work by Mr. Gridley to formulate a plan suitable to the village board and adoining property holders. STEIN WAS PAL OF "BIG STEVE" CLARA HARGCO-- LOSES BOND COPELAND NFW HOSPIT AL _ HEADSTARTS AY, FEBRUARY 6, 1926 PLAT IS ACCEPTED 0 The two are alleged to have stolen a machine from Wetzet and Turner's and then hid the car in a garage in Zion, where two others cut the wir-- ing on the machine making it im-- vbossible to run the car. Miller an? Noren then called the White Front garage and had the car towed out into the country where they aban-- doned it > : The state's attorney is making thorough investigation of the 'case to see if the youths have ever been in trouble before. | & _It was indicated by the states at-- torney's office, that deliriquency pe: titions may be filed aga'nst the boys. jury. ----George Miller, 17 yvears old, and Ben Noren, 18, both of Zion. were taken to the county jail Wednesday mrning by Assistant Chief of Po-- lice George Stried of the Zion po-- lice deportment, following the de-- cis'on in the court of Justice of the Peace Earl Cook of Zi:n, when the lads were bound over to the grand The docto> and hospital authorit-- ies did everything psosible to save the youth's? life but the end came at 11:35 o'clock, five hours after he was injured. The boy in addition to a skull fracture sustained intern-- al injuries it was. stated. The seriousness of his condition was realized from the first,; and his chances for recovery were regard-- ed as slight from the outset. i Does Not See Boy At the _ time the boy cwas was walking in the cente~ of the road according to. Nun_diwall'\, story, en-- route to his home c.airying an arm-- ful of wood. --The truck was pre-- ceeding west at a fair rate of speea. Nundwall did not see the boy until he-- was samost. upon hini. . He swerved his machine .vs-ha:rply to the right and crashed into the curb in an effort to mis«s the boy but the distance was so shor 'that he strucr the boy on the shaulder /hurling.hm_. to the paveniem with territic fore. fraitaring his skull 0 0;-- . _/ 'yndwell after running into the youth. stopped h*s . machine ana rushed: back to his, side.. ,| H¥Y ad ministered first aid and then placed the boy in the machine and hurrieo to --the <Alice Home hospital where Dr: Thedore Proxmire 'was callec to attend'him. rgk i. % Mrs. Emma Rockwell, 69 years old, who for the past three montns has been'making her home with het son, Donald Rockwell in Lake For-- est, was found dead in bed Thursiay morning at 140 o'clock. Death is be lieved to have been due to Bdige«' tion and possibly heart disease. -- According to Mrs. Donald Rock-- well, the aged woman had been i! for the past two days from®indiges tion; She was heard moving about in her room th's.morning</at 2 o clock and again at 5 o'clock by Mrs. Rock® well. ~This morning when she did no# appear at the usual hour, Mrs. Rock-- well 'did: not go to _her'rqom imm> diately, thinkirg that she.desired to sleep late. At 10 o'clock, howeve when no word from her was Keara Mrs. Rockwell went to the room of her mother--in--law 'and-- found her dead. * The body was removed to the un dertaking parlors of C. G. Wenha & Sons, where Coroner John L. Tayv lor will conduct an inquest LIQN YOUTHS CQ TO !All Mrs. Emma Rockwell Of Lake Forest ~Passes A;wa,v At Home Of Son. FIND WOMAN DFAD IN BFD George Gist, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gist, wf Lake Forest, was fatally injured Monday night at 6:30 6'clock when he was struck and hurled to the: pavement by a truck of the Parker Shampay Co., cleaners and dyers, driven by Eric Nundwall, 22, 209 McKinley avenue, Lake Forest. Nundwall was held by police until gthe inquest Tuesday relieved him of, blame. The accident occurred on Woodland road. BOY FATALLY: INJURED AT { LAKE FOREST Driver Of Trnek Is Held By Police Pending Oul}:ome of Inquest Gives Boy Aid. Renitater $57.50. Jadrich testified that he hired Peter Dododisich of North Chicago to perform the teaming work which had been contracted for by Deacon. Jadrich said he paid his employe and that Deacon never paid him. The ex--mayor testified that he had paid Domodisich, this having been the agreement. o Reducs Amount Attorney Joseph A. Jadrich, con of the plaintiff and his counsel and Attorney Max L. Przyborski, ho represented Deason agreed Tues%a_\' to reduce the amount involved from $72.50 to $57.50. According to At-- torney Jadrich this was done when it was shown that this amount was due his father from Stanley Matea, 4 North Chicago contractor,}, rather than Deacon, for work done' at the waterworks. T yaikniillrss y' + <x. _ »":@ | . As a result of the recent annexa-- ltion of territory to the viliage there SIAY lNGFL!' \are approximately '1,280 additional * e« *|acres that will need to be served ':oon, according to Mr. Cather's re-- c L % + port.. T present water suppl Former Antioch Man Fails To\ pumping ?:l?am contists of four wellz Alibi His Way Out Of Pen'tanging n depth from 170 feet to f 240 feet; one surface reservior stor-- at Ft. Leavenworth. }age tank with a capacity of 70,000 S ces gallons and a tower tank with a 65,-- ~Dr. Spencer Brown, Antioch@ f0:1(500 gallor tank and two gasoline many jears an immune fence foy |Fumping engines. f safeblowers, postoffice robbers, an According to Mr. Cather the ht-- big time thieves in gen--ral, has est records available show 2 con-- failed to break out of Leavycn-- sumption of 29 gallons a&a day per worth penitentiary through the | capita. Allow'mg for leakage the agency of the United States Distric* consumption_ will reach 40 ga.l}oas a Court of Appeals. s 'day per capita. The total estimated . Dr. Brown :s serving eight years consumption is 150,000 gallons per for possessing and altering stolen L:-;yth:eeordmxr to figures compiled : defen?d |* engineer. oo s Brnge uagiiiiiin y o p mtc es sont. dn ormg dneriathon of the prpnent mihtht Dr. Brown . and his wife were losers in a suit this week in the Cir-- cuit court of Judge Edward 1 Shurtleff.. A ijury acting on instruc-- tions of the court awarded Col. John F. Waters, a Chicago attorney, $5, 000 in a suit against the Browns. Ho testified that this sum was due him for legal service performed in the interests of Brown. Mrs. Brown wa not in court, and neither Dr. Brown nor his wife were represented. . Dr. Brown :s serving eight years for possessing and altering stolen war w stamps, but his defend Brown's ability as a master alibi artist would furnish the mears ni cenvincing the higher court that the doe has been a much maligned man Story Flops. During his prosecution by former Ass'stant District Attorney Williar F. Waugh, Dr. Brown set up the story that newspaper men in quest bf a' story had planted the ~stolen stamps in his home. This narrative fell down when he repeated it from the stand in Federal Judge Adam C Cliffe's court. -- _-- § The annual, eleotion of officers of the Bureau will be held at this meet-- ing and it is expected that all mem-- bers will be present to take part in choosing the men who will head the institutiog for the coming year. All farmers are urged to attend and learn more about the Farm Bur-- eau and about the big work being ac-- complished. oy a jury in Judge Claire C. Ed-- wards court was again defendant in a Circuit court action Tuesday. The matter was a civil suit appealed from thexcourt of Jus-- tice of The Peace Harold J. Tallett in North Chicago, the ex--mayor win-- ning out in the North Chicago court. The plaintiff is Joseph P. Jadrich. fcrmer street foreman in North Chi-- cago. Jadrich is suing for $72.50, tlaiming this amount due him for teaming work done for Deacon in 1923. y There will be a sixty cent dinner served at the church to anyone who wishes to attend.. A fine program has been arranged and will consist of songs, recitations, special features as well as the reports of the various officers and of the Farm Advisor. DR BROWN TO --STAY [N CEL! The officers are pleased to: an-- nounce that Earl C. Smith will be principal speaker. Mr. Smith was recently elected President of the Il-- linois Agricultural Association. He has a message that all Lake County farmers will want to hear. 'HMenry M. Deacon, former mayor of North Chicago, who spent many long days in the Circuit court last year on trial on charges of mal-- feasance in office, being acquitted One of the important County farm meeting© of the year will be held Presbyterian church, beginning at here next Friday, February 12 at the ten--thirty in the morning. It will be the tenth annual meeting of the Lake County Farm Bureau. DEACON IN COURT AGAIN Farm Bureau Annual Meet _ The defense maintained that the girls were in default of a board and room bill and that a hotel was op-- erated by the uncle and aunt of the girls and'that the statute permit-- ted them to make a lien on the clothing until the bill was paid. \enly afford an available suptAky --of 1185,000 gallons and in accordance with the size and population of the village there should be and available supply of at least 300,000 gallons of water to meet._excess domestic de-- $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ney E; S. Gail of Highwood, who represented the plaintiff said to-- day that two suits will be started in behalf of the sisters, each for The clothing over which the dis-- pute started belonged to Mary Bry-- ers and her two sisters and Attor-- Th' verdict was reached at 7:15 o'clock Wednesday night and sealed, being o Thursday morning in the rt of 'Judge Edward D. Shu f. Motion for new trial was--made in behalf of the defen-- dants and will be heard within the next few days. f The suit was the result of the re-- moval of wearing apparel and ofher property fromn the girl's room at the Webh home, it being charged that clothing was hidden for two we--ks. After spending $200 the girl recov-- ered the property. Mary Bryers, a working girl liv-- ing ar Highwood, was allowed $200 by a jury in the Circuit court Wed-- nesday night in a suit for $2,000 against her aunt, Mrs. Laura Webb, and uncle, Carl Miller, and the High-- land Park Transfer and Storage Co. "It is reasonable to assume that the population of Libertyville will reach 4,000 by the end.of 1926. The Standard Board of Underwriters re-- cuire that villages of the above stat-- ed population have 2 water plant capable of pumping 2 000 gailons of water a minute for fire flow in addi-- tion to the regular demand for do-- mestic uses." The proposed auxiliary . plant would have a miximum capacity of 1,700 gallons of water per minute and according to 'tentative specifi-- cations submitted consist of the f--1-- lowing equipment. . One 1,000 gal-- lon fire pump and one 740 gallon fire pump. One additional well will be drilled that will give 500 gal-- tons of water per minute. "The two pumps would pump 1250 gallons per minute from the storage tank and with the additional 500 gallons per minute from the well would give the plant the above mentioned capacity of pumping 1,750 gallons of water p°r minute. > It was pointed out at the meet-- ing that the construction of such a plant would automatically decrease the fire insurance rates in the vil-- lage a considerable extent. by the board to make an investiga-- tion and present a written report of his findings and. recommendations to the board, Tuesday night submit-- Plasn for the construction of an auxiliary water pumping plant to cost approximately $40,000, to be built near the existing water plant were launched Tuesday night at the regular monthly meeting of the Vil-- lage Board. The proposed new plant will have a maximum capacity of 500 gallons per minute. The project is to -- be financed either by the issuance of bonds or general taxation. s Village Engineer L. H. Cather who, sometime ago, was authorized ted a detailed report of his findings and recommendations, which follow * After hearing the report a lengthy discussion was held and finally a motion was made to table the matter until the next meeting. Further action, it was indicated, will not be delayed long and it is the plan of the board to have the plant in operatiow within the next twelve months. : f GIRL WINS * $600 V ERDICT Village Board Seeks Way to Provide Water for Increasing PLANS FOR NEW PLANT by 1927 DISCUSSED ; 4,000 in Village