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--FARM HOME ~-- . _ DESTROYED BY FLAMES Chief Balz On Scene A call was sent to the central fire department in Waukegan for aid but bec@use the fire was located outside of the city limits the call could not be answered. Commis-- sioner J. V. Bailz, however,. drove to the scene of the fire and assisted "in directing the work of fighting the flames. e _ The girl was a student at Deer-- ing. t>. reporte 'in Hightand Park, , I v'n" tank at the high school. _ * started Monday in the Cireuit court by the town of Lake Villa against STREET RIGHTS _ BEING SOUCHT PARALYSIS IS-- -- FATALTOERL saved. The damage caused was es-- timated at from $15,000 to $20,000. roof on both the John J. Kelly house and barn were burned away before the flames were put out. The barn was filled with hay and only the timely arrival of chemicals prevented a hay fire. »lamded on the roof. At one time the flames threatened to get beyond eontrol and burn the house. _ As the flames grew wider and the smoke more dense the invalid who had been carried from his own house was moved a second time to another nearby residence, _ Good work on the part of the volunteers, however, soon brought the flames on the second place under control, A large A aigh wind fanned the blaze and blew large glowing embers on to the roof of the residgnce of John J. Keliy across the road, and the barn there. * All efforts to save the J. P. Kelly residence were abandoned as the flames rapidly spread on the neigh-- boring buildings and the volunteers nondmthero.dhfihtthfio new fire. » LC Volunteers were stationed on the roof and were kept busy .for--two hours putting out sparks which . Get Chemical Tanks."* Chemical tanks were rusned to the scene from the Gurnee high school to aid in the work, sheets of fire burst through walls in all parts of the house. Fearing that she would not be able to carry her father without injuring him Roxanna piled clothes at the foot of »the steps for her father to fall on should an accident and slid down step by step until she reached the landing. Roxanna was nearly overcome by smoke be-- fore she reached the outside. Mr. Kelly was carried to the farm oceur, placed her father on her lap Ill., Saturday afternoon, --Roxanna Kelley, about 20 years old, fought the blaze for over 25 minutes alone on the second floor of the home and saved the life of her sick father by carrying him down the stairs while fire swept around her. The man was taken outside to safety. The girl, unable to sustain the weight of her parent worked for over 25 minutes half carrying and half~ dragging her father out of the While 100 volunteers outside bat-- tled the flames that completely destroyed the 15 room residence of J. P. Kelly, Dunham Road, Wilson, Roxanna Kelly Works For 25 Minutes To Carry Parent To Safety; Volunteers Aid Fire Fighting. SEVENXTY--SIXTH YEAR NO. 31. the J. P. Kelly residence were #ram Her State -- Nort speakers on midc;t l:th u-o-lfido- % LAKE BLUFFIS SCENE OF PRE All schools in the county and city ndufllmdayon&'m annual meeting of incis 'Teather's Association, which mhiuhli,inOdMlt'g high school there throughout after the X--Ray pictures had been taken at the hospital and will be laid ip for Valenta was traveling at such a high rate of speed that he had no time to figure the intention of the driver who cut across the 'troad to ahrtbdriv'way. Valenta was removed to his home CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR CATHERING year old driver, the boy had-- taken the car from the service station and was driving it to the garage some yards away when the accident hap-- he can determine from the pictures thus tar, Valenta received a badly sprained knee and foot besides many cuts snd bruises about the head, body and legs. The motorcycle was practically demolished. The accident occurred about eight o'clock Friday night some 200 feet from the service 'station owned by Oscar Kulle at Five Points. Accord-- ing to Mr. Kulle, father of the 16 that he was unabl> to sweve to the right to avoid the accodent and erashed headlong into the machine., He was hurled from his motorcy-- cle, over the machine, and fell on a pile of bricks beside the road, sus-- taininz serious injury. Dr. E. A. Budde was called and Valenta was taken t. the county hospital where an X--Ray of his injuries was taken. Cycle Smashed s With the completion of Brainard and Church streets, all main thor-- oughfares west of Milwaukee ave-- nue will be paved with the excep-- tion of Maple and Lake and the lat-- ter will probably be laid this year. MOTOR COP IS BADLYINJURED avenue before the end of the week. Fortunately, the unseasonable weather this spring has not serious-- ly interfered with this kind of work inasmuch as the annual spring rains have not yet arrived. Following the completion of the Park avenue link, work of paving Church street and Brainard avenue will be started, he announced. unseasonable weather. There remains slightly over a nalf mile to be paved and when completed Libertyville will have its first direct connection with the ribbon of con-- crete running from Chicago to Mil-- waukee. If the construction work progresses as fast as Mr. Cape ex-- pects the job will be completed with-- in two weeks after work is begun, barring the possibility of bad weath-- er. ® e %. ver C announced Monday that actual work of completing the paving on East Park avenue will be started the ear-- ly part of next week. The local contractor was forced to abandon the job late last fall because of the Workmen are already at work pouring the concrete curbs and this, it is expected, will be completed on Paving Work Progressing Th 'fiiw to Waukegan and then to the western part of the eounty where they stopped at a roadhouse. 'They were returning to Kenosha by way of Wadsworth and Russell when the accident occurred. Corner John L. Taylor was called to the scene of the aecident early Saturday morning by railroad au-- thorities. He stated when he ar-- rived at the scene of the wreck Mrs, e©Rinchelt had already been removed to the hospital but that the man's body was still there. _ _On the other hand Lloyd White, of the undertaking firm announced that he had found an identification in the effects of the dead man bear-- ing the name of Lee De Geneffe, the name to whom the car license was issued, stating that in case of ac-- cident notify F. DeGeneffe an uncle iiving at Oconto, Wis. This has been to information received u:mmu»nuu rowed DeGeneffe's-- machine and was going to Waukegan. After learning this, police declared they felt certain that the remains were those of Whittock. 4 As a result of iurther investiga-- tion police _ located -- Theodore Young, a roommate of Whittock. He informed 'police that Whittock tock or Mrs, Reichelt was ascer, tained until shortly before .noon Saturday when Kenosha police au-- thoritieswemullodinoafllqu& and Mrs. Reichelt's husband lo-- cated. Through the license num-- ber on the car, No. C26--24952-- Wis., 26, they learned that the machine was owned by Lee De-- Geneffe, of Kenosha. clared. Every bit of clothing wa tornfromthobodybythet& steel trueks as they passed. The face was mangled to such an ex-- tent that identification was almost impossible. to a nearby farm house where first aid was administered and the White and Tobin ambulance called _A man believed to be Lawrence Whittock, 32 years old, single, of 702 Dayton street, Kenosha, Wis., was ground to death under the wheels of a northbound Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train at 3:30 o'clock Saturday, morning at Taylor Grove crossing located be-- tween Wadsworth and Russell, and his companion Mrs. Julius Reichelt, also of Kenosha, was probably fa-- tally injured. The coupe in which they were riding, driven by Whit-- tock, was struck by a southbound freight train and hurled into the path 'of the northbound fiyer. The impact of the crash caused the front wheels of the flyer to jump the rails nearly causing the train to' telescope. Victim Said To Be Lawrence Whittock Of Kenosha; Mrs. Julius Reichelt Is Now In The Hospital. Neither the identity --of Whit-- Mrs. Reichelt was thrown com-- Kenosha's Car IN ACCIDENT ake Conmnty Rengitster ials of 'the North Shore Railroad. Mr. Wileox and Dick have purchased arm loads of candy for the kiddies and the latter entertained the child-- ren during the trip by singing nis and at theéir own expéense took them to see Sells Floto Circus at Chicago. The trip was made in two motor busses donated for service by offic-- * hk NSEI'GIRCUS were hosts eight;--two son and Boettcher Sthday t and took Dowell into. /wyfifihonday Dowell over the head. All three of the men are alleged to have then started towards Was-- ilauski, so he went for his gun. The weapon did not seem to faze Wauconda, about $:30 o'clock Sun-- day night and demanded that horses be sold to them. They were told no horses were for sale at this According to Haas, the three Ingleside men stopped at the farm house oceupied by Wasilauski and located some three miles north of admitted being -- intoxicated but denied further allegations. Joseph Haas of Wauconda, acting for State's Attorney A. V. Smith, in-- troduced evidence relative to the assaulting of -- Wasilauski -- and Y assi. . and Boettcher in the foot by the shot. Dowell . suffered head in-- juries, being hit over the hea. with a heavy iron bar after he is alleged to have struck Wasilau-- ski and his hired. man, Frank Yassi, in the jaw several times. The trio were arranged Monday in police court at Wauconda and thousands sof people passing his home to attend the Eucharistic Con-- gress to be cheld in Mundelein in said to have been under the in-- fluence . of liquor, and after --his life was threatened, Anthony Was-- GUN ROUTS ATTACKERS _~_OF FARMER Had he lived Mr. Ballard would have celebrated his eighty--fourth birthday in July. He had frequently expressed a desire in recent months that he might live through the sum-- During the early part of his life'j Mr. Ballard was a contractor and' britige builder specializing in the| latter. Later: he operated. a* saw mill at Half Day for a few years' and then he imoved to Libertyville.! The last active business years of his life Mr. Ballard conducted a genen." insurance business. [ trouble and old age. _ Mr., Ballard was born in Vernon Township and lived in Lake County all of his life. He played an im-- portant part in the early history of Lake County a@nd enjoyed a wide cir-- cle of friends in every part of the county. John E. Ballard, 83 years old, pioneer resident of Lake County lhd' for 32 years a resident of Liberty-- ville, died Monday arternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his residence at 207 West Park avenue, following a lingering John E. Ballard, Aged Pioneer Ends Long Gareer on Monday After he had been assaulted by Mr. LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1926 af hit in the knee Published Twice Weekly An automobile driven by Herbert M. Moore, president of Lake Forest College, collided _ with one driven by Gilbert Raynor-- of Lord and Ray-- nor, real estate opérators, at College skull and his condition is regarded as serious as a<result of the crash. Neither --Prof. Moore nor his> wife who was riding with him at the Forest Friday. There is not & city or town in :.hak'tom outside of Mundelein t given : an oppor-- in regard to the newly passed mea-- snx;'fln)olh. sion"~ as ~it is unflhlm"b& Occupant .Of Other. Machine Suffers Fractured Skull© In COLLEGE HEAD IN CAR CRASH MUNDELEIN VOTES ON BOXING BILL uf the bonds were discovered by Killian in the hands of a Chicago firm who purchased them from Staranowicz thinking them valid. Staranowicz had previously stated that he had received $3,000 worth of the bonds from Santry, the contractor on the job, in payment of a debt owed him but said that he did not know where the re-- maining $1,000 of the issue was. the meantime, according to city officials, + City Attorney Przybor-- ski. and Alderman Killian started not know were worthless. He promised to turn over the bonds to the city attorney for in-- spection but failed to do so. In ~--Casimir Staranowicz, former city attorney of North Chicago, was ar-- rested Friday night by the North Chicago police on a warrant sworn out by Alderman Tom Killian charg-- ing him with operating a confidence game in connection with the bond mir--up which was disclosed last week through a report by the North Chicago city treasurer, showing that two sets of bonds were out on the same improvement. Staranowicz was l «Mr. Ballard served five years as 'a soldier in the civil war. His ef-- | ficient service soon gained him re-- cognition and at the end of the com-- 'bat was serving as a Colonel. Mr. Ballard was engaged in several of 'the major battles with the Confed-- ergtes which went down in history 'au_l was once taken prisoner by the 'eriemy and held for several days. During his incarceration he suffered fleVex:e privations, . being kept with-- Funeral services will be held from the Ballard home on Thursday af-- ternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Guy E. Smock, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate at the services. final salute assthe casket is lowered to its final resting place. Arrangements have been made for Military funeral services in honbr of, the deceased Civil War Colonel. out food or water until his escape. At the time of his death he was one of the few surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic. riage to Isabelle Shapter April 16, 1864. Mrs. Ballard died three years ::;e She was born in England and to America, her parents set-- tling in Lake County when she was seven years old. investigation attend the services and fire IN SALE OF FAKE BONDS sGie worth mflpmndandlhorflymr- the Mm couple many more days of, wedded life. Mr. Lemker is now 68 years old and Mrs. Lemker is 69. * 'Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lemker and family of Cale-- doni:,ndl{r. and Mrs. William Lem-- ker daughter Gladys of Liberty-- ville, Mr. and Mrs. George Thatcher and family of Mundelein, Mr. Rob-- tmmcwmnm Lm Fred Lemker of Libertyville, . Rebecea Billson of Libertyville, ?'m':m%m Mrs. John 0: . and Hutchings of Libertyville, Mr. and 'Mrs. John Gosswiller of Mundelein, Mr.' and Mrs. 'William Stoerp and family, Mrs. i Towner, Mrs. Caroline I, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kiene and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Luebkeman all of Dia-- ___On Sunday, April 18, Mr. and their forty--fifth wedding anmi-- in recalling-- the--experience of their CELEBRATE FORTY--FIFTH ho" & m .M tm i m'g"_'fl;s'g'mty Bank bun%:; strom is conducting an investigation to ascertain the reason for this car having :.--license from another state. Deputy Valenta reports that the woman--told him that Clow was out of examining the contents of all cases, telling him he would fin" no liquor and it would be only wasting time for him and that he was in a hurry. Valenta, however, slashed op-- en a cardboard case with his knife and fourd a bottle of Scotch. Clow, according to Valenta then suggested they each take a drink and forget about any arr@ést being© made, but was informed he was under arrest. Sheriff Ahistrom says that Valen-- hledthewaytothecountyjail and that Kelly followed in the rear of Clow's mu:hnthWIule on the "home stretch" in Washington St. Clow, ac-- cording to Sheriff 'Ahistrom sudden-- ly increased his speed and turned off north in Butrick street. It was while pursuing Clow in this street, that Kelly was nearly run down, the sher-- iff says. Deputy Carl Ahistrom questioned the woman and she is alleg-- ed to have told him that Clow. was making a delivery 'to a Waukegan man. !t was said & the sheriff's of-- last night to Deputy Kelly. There was a Wisconsin license on Kelly, when he is alleged to have lhen it:ndi-¢ at a 50--mile an hour Waukégan road near Lake 'g.l:fz'"fle was going in a northerly direction at the +:ime. ' While Kelly was making out a ticket, Valenta started to search the found both eontained near beer. He Finds Scotch. Valenta informed Sheriff Ahl-- strom that Clow tried to talk him back beat of the car. Clow was stopped tor speeding by Deputies Frank Valenta and William the gin was valued at $60 a case or a rctal of $180, making the total value of the haul at nearly $1100. There were several cases of near cases cf Scotch such containing six quarts, and three cases of gin, each containing twelve pints, were con-- fiscated. The Scotch w&s valued at $90 a case or a total of $900, while Early. in the Lester F. Clow, well known Wau-- kegan man and>former manager of a grill there, and a woman com-- parion, were arrested last Thursday night by deputies working out of the office of Sheriff Edwin Ahi-- strom on charges of possessing and transporting liquor when search of his car revealed a supply of liquor valued at $1,080. He is alleged to have nearly down Deputy Will-- iam Kelly inng attempt to escape, while enroute "to the county jail. Both Clow and the woman were locked up for the night. | _ The woman gave her name at the county jail as Agnes Larson, 1151 Fifty--fifth street, Chicago. Accord-- ing to Sheriff Ahlstrom she . ad-- mitted when questioned by State's Attorney A. V. Smith that a fic-- titious name had been given. Sheriff Ahistrom says that the woman started to walk away last night efter getting out of the car along-- side of the jail, being overtaken by Chief Deputy Lester Tiffany, who had been in the jail office. ' Good Liquor Supply t TAKE PAR _ WITH LOAD OF LIQUOR Anti--Prohibition S upply: "Big Butter And Egg Man," Girl Calls Him. . With Ahl--|strom as to whe him| jority of all vo! f all| election is requin * no| carried, according ting | Lew A. Hendee. in 2} 'The vote on t OP-- ! lows: mife| For--12,789. ;g not have a 'flfi_'ij'"&v@ rectly réspondible -- for the robbery. was badly damaged. down several wires. Jay Jucius, a comparion of Robar, who was rid-- xlam him paid a $10 fine in _court on a drunk charges and should 'have been:held--ZJor. nothing LIBERTYVILLE MAN ARRESTED DURAND PLEA IS PRESENTED The vote of the Republican, Democratic and Progressive par-- ties totalled 22,127, so if the at-- torney general should rule a ma-- jority of all votes cast in the gen-- eral election is needed, the bond proposition carried by a majority of 5811 votes, according to the canvass which was announced 'Sat-- urday. Regardless of the awaited ruling of Attorney General Carl-- strom as to whether or not a ma-- jority of all votes in the general election is required, the bond issue Majority Casts Aside All Doubt Two of the boys it is said, were arrested before on petty theft charges but were never prosecuted. arrested the pair. All three of the youths made no attempt to deny their guilt. BOND ISSUE their loot away. -- . 4 Just as the youths were about to leave the building with their loot _ The chance visit of Pauk G. Ray to his furniture store located dir-- }eetly above the pool hall resulted in the capture of the three youths. ' Discovers Visitors. Ray shortly after entering »his place of business heard the youths talking and wandering around in the pool hall. He investigated and found youpg Dietz keeping watch on the outside at the rear of the building near a coal chute. Ray called Marshab Limberry on the phone and then held Dietz until the arrival of the police officer. Unaware that Dietz had been caught Odom and Disney continued to gather up boxes of candy, cigars and cigarets and take them to the Dietz, 12, and Glenn Disney, 13, were arraigned before Justice Lyle Morris -- in Libertyville Monday morning and bound to the juvenile court in Waukegan on bonds of $500 each. All three were released after their parents signed the bonds. ing a pool and bowling opera by J. W.Bntchings.gch'n ted Three Libertyville youths, the oldest 15 years old, were appre-- hended early Sunday night by Mar-- Baby Bandits are Arrested Against--6,928. The youths, Paul Odom, 15, Oliver >d, according to County Clerk gourt through which they gained on the proposition fol-- IS CARRIED $102 from a man Case, Sheriff Edwin Wood to the penite 8th of last year. association was responsible fer his part in the crime. Hale had previous-- ly served a term in 'the penitentiary. William Wood was sent to Joliet penitentiary for ;an indeterminate h'ndfm&leowmvhh enter@] a plea of guilty to a charge of larceny. _ He admitted stealing 3108.-.fi'omam--.m.dm.- terms in the county jail for liquor violations failed to appear in the Circuit court Saturday to defend herself in the contempt of court action and Judge Claire S. Edwards ruled she be confined in the county jail for a period of four months, when located. The state submitted its proof two weeks ago, two con-- tinuances being granted the defense, Joliet penitentiary last year by Cir-- cuit Judge Claire C. Edwards, are in line for parole, according to of-- ficial information received by States's Attorney A. V. Smith The prosecutor will not make any con-- test and it is expected both men will be released from the penal institu-- tion the latter pat of this month. Col. Smith was notified that Kel-- so and" Woods will have hearings 'Horo'thl)ividonotl'uwdmund Paroles of the Department of Public Welfare on Monday, April 26. Taken In Theft. Kdlofithlnnflah,mq., Wkthcduniteofiql% Edwards on May 23-- of year fos the burglary of the, People's 1 e io was tentenced: to r fl%'mmgu 1 to 10 years. The court at the time of sentencing the men said in the case "of Kelso it was one where bad Peter Kelso And William Wood Two drunks were arrested in Gen-- esee street near Washington street and taken to the county jail. They gave their names as Oliva Larson and Oswald Larsen, both of Chicago. TWO MEN UP ---- FORPAROLE gambling house at 2018 Sheridan road was raided and four men taken Angelos Paris, Peter Doscoll, Charles Dulgarian, and Tim Rucher, all of North Chicago. They were playing poker, Brune says. Those taken gave these names. came across two bottles of moon-- shine in his search of the premises. Two decks of cards were confiscated party «lisrupted as soon as Brune opened the door and men ran in al ldirections, but none were suc-- cessful in attempts to escape. Two were found under a bed and a third covered with clothing> on the floor of a closet adjoining a bed room. Two of the men were making love to a woman inmate when Brune entered, the constable reports. Twenty--one arrests were made Saturday night between the hours of 10 o'clock and midnight by State's Attorney A. V. Smith's raiders. Nineteen were taken in raids on two alleged gambling and disorderly houses, one in Wauke-- gan and the other in North Chi-- cago. Two women were found in one place. Fines of $10 and costs pere paid by each of the victims, 19 ebing arraigned before Justice Coulson and two before Justice _ The Waukegan house located in $200 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE orderlies Taken Into Custody By Squad; Weapons Found In One Place. BIG HAUL <