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f Dead In Car Wreckage On 'Reckland Road Friday Night . Husband Injured. w"""'--" into ~the ditth but found the ©2" . n en fost o such a o# * SEVENTY--SIXTH Y¥EAR and her husband was injured late Friday night when their' machine overturned into a ditch fifteen feet Mw'wwfi&' machine. Railmad -- sign .. o 0 0s uen netfeiult to i cicaent dn s . w intamniess commeie mc al 4 IIIW'"MM in depth on Rockland road» . LAKS Blutf, pinning both anderneath machine. _ Railroad -- signal. _ $" 8 fiv&'mmi accident 'Mrs. Sally--®80!5h0® 0F * > inree Yassme 4 CA . _ _ was sboe. Mrs. Pauisboe was dead when ukmiromuw'hm h'lhd' it being believed that she w95 instantiy. -- Hey body was IhMOIE iA cmr" np'mt.horixhtw'"""'} ¢mwhm7" say that h.mmnuhonru-icnhfl"1 mmum ' m .' "mmlll .'w.mtm.m.atmm and North Western Railro®d COR St. Paul Railroad Company + Local Man On Scene. wm&&&mfl wm-"'"""':'m.nm'u; was driving back from about 11:30 o'clock and noticed a bod light in a ditch near the North red UE"* * " +« -- He thought it '"m tTaCas. ANV | Coathes . m beard eries for help. Beckman, {hen stopped his machine and . i L.+% samnnd the CAI ArVor BWME CC 0 0 W.WM""'"' the dgriver park his "h"",'"_;",.,i&',,.. road, so as to make it IMDDS 'cmmmpfltho dir-- ection. Several cars were stopped ..d.nunbcrd"""" in the "-_....,;..-Mfl' roll, Frank Gabella, and H. /""" .. ponded The police called Joseph Petroshius and had the body of the mm'"""'wh Tenth street. the death of his wi hysterical for a tim police that red sign? road Company and also of the * PFaul road had confused him, caus-- img two wheels of Lis car to go off mmcu.hubbo-mdrim havM'M"""lh"' tempting to get back on the CON~ crete, his car skidded over on the opposite side of the road into the mm-fltunodm.nodld not know how long he had been shouting for help. The machine was badly damaged and was towed to the Lake Bluf Approximately 500 members® of the Lake and Cook County.Farm-- MWMW"W annual convention and picnie of the institutes which _ was -- held . at the Buffalo Creek farm, west of McHenry. e The principal addresses-- of day were given by Henry Edward Rompel, of Springfield, and Mrs. Frederick A. Dow, of Hinsdale. The former spoke on the subject of ooo acntorists extricated Paul-- Passing motorists eX .a..a".'l when FARMERS HAVE CREAT AFFAR "Racing the Task," and the latter outlined the necessary qualities of a real "American" citizen. These children, who are cared for by the farm owners free of charge, brought several rounds of applause. Lake county: attended the affair. C. Th{umdthhy'lwforh- ande was program put on by the Bufalo Creek farm children. secretary of the club, both of GrAYS--| pected to attend lake, Hedded the Lake county Qroup. tractors estimate who are for the greater part Valley 'l'..d-fifl": 7]7 lights of the ey Line of the m: e and Milwaukee Rail-- -wu'fldmb' He told the of the St. of Large Class Is Graduated The largest class in the history of the Libertyville Grammar .School, gty""n e paborenful students 8 and § wem%dtww""' exercises held at the high school au-- ditorium on Friday evening. | mmpmuwl were awarded equally to Katherine Gridley and Frances Hafemann and to them was given the distinction of delivering the address of ~welcome and the farewell address rspectively. The services opened with a pro-- cessional played by Katherine Grid-- tey. Rev. John E. DeLong of the Methodist Episcopal church delivered "Sing again Nightingale." After address of welcome by-- Katherine !Grfihy,unns:hnltldcnrlyl'" irized the fads and foibles of her lehsmh-inherd-lm"d ing musical interlude with a well played violin solo-- The class history which had been Mflyeflmhmw was read and Day disposed of the various chattels of the promoted students in the class will. After a song by ten girls the class Frances Hafemann provided a pleas-- prophecy was read by Charles Lay-- cock, Herrick Herrington and Les-- He Flamank and this was followed by the presentation of the class gift by James Hyatt. After a piano selection by Noel Krumrey President Glenn G. Hos-- kins of the board of education de-- livered a short address and awarded _ The exercises closed with the fare-- well address by Frances Hafeman and a song by the class. The unidentified men nartowly ea-- caped drowning in the lake beyond the breakwater -- Saturday night when the row--boat in which they were riding, overturned early in the the capsized craft for some hours be-- fore their cries were answered. They were brought to shore by Joe Ruta, an employe of the E. J. and E. Ry., who was out in his launch at the time, and who was advised by fisher-- men of the plight of the two men-- The men, not realizing the rapid-- ity with v were a mil breakwater and it was some time before their faint cries were heard by fishermen On being told of the peril of the two men, Ruta started imniediate-- ly.fortheseoneofthodimter.'l'he lake was calm but the darkness and thonoiuofthe'motorintbehnach made it difffficult to locate the men and it was necessary for Ruta to sh#t off the engine at intervals to listen for the cries of the endanger-- ed men, which were becoming more and more faint. As he neared the place,«from which the sounds came Ruta turned off his motor and was peering into thehrkneuforthemen,whuhh 1I.-eh-h-uekth-omturmdbo.t, to which the men were clinging. striking it with such force that one of the victims lost his hold on the craft and disappeared beneath "the water, -- unable to struggle any longer. Ruta grabbed him when he came up and finally managed to get both men into his boat. They were completely exhausted from their battle with the water and sank to By the time the launch landed the victims had partially regained their strength and disappeared in the darkness as soon as the boat touch-- ed the pier. They got away so the bottom of quickly that Ruta was find out who they were or they happened to capsize when lake was so calm. 7 Ruta stated Monday that the men must have been in the water for an hour or more, because they were so chilled when pulled out that they were unable to talk, having shouted for help so long that they were to-- tally exhausted. Ruta--was on his way' to visit the lighthouse keeper about the time of the accident and would not have heard the cries of the victims, on accourt of the noise of his launch, had it not been for the evenitig fAishermen. Approximately $45,000 will be spent at Nhmdelain for the Eucharistic Congress June 24. Some fifty car-- loads iof gravel will e used to make nine fielis in and about the town available for motoristes wheo. are ex-- pected to attend the congress, con-- $45,000 FOR PARKING PLAN which they were rowing, until ¥ taeve ~+ y: dirc Jt lightning struck the tree, and went through the wet branches, stricking him in the back. He was knocked to the ground unconscious Several minutes later he revived and found himself lying face down-- ward under the tree in the sheet-- like cain He made his way to his house, which was not far distant, where after several hours sleep, he was almost fully recovered. -- : According to the reports from the TWO JAILED IN 7ION ARGCUMENT avenue, Zion, and his brother Chas. Murphy, 2707 Elim avenue, also of Zion, were arrested Sunday morn-- ing boy Zion officers on a charge of disturbing the peace preferred by a neighbor of the latter, J. Donavon, 2709 Elim avenue. Janmies Murphy, who at the present time has a suit pending in the Lake county~ court> against Lieutenant Benjamin Fisher, of the Zion police standing on the latter's lot smok-- ing Saturday when Donavan, who is an elderly man, came out and is James Murphy is alleged #; have toldbimtoni.dhismlznhq down his throat," if he did not keep machine.: He came back s.*'* af-- ter, however, and continued to re-- primand them. Murphy is alleged to . Donavon went into his house, but later went to the station and swore out a warrant for their arrest. They were taken to the station, and after three hours were released in bonds, for their appearance for trial Friday afternoon. SEPARATION IS CRANTED WOMAN Adele Bain of Waukegan, was granted te 'maintenance from lorfimr'm&turdaybyCircuit Judge Claire C. Edwards. She testi-- fied that she supported her husband for some years and that he deserted her. She said she purchased the 1i-- cense anrd wedding ring with her money and paid for the honeymoon and that he never contributed a cent for her support. Several divorce matters were up for hearing. In the case of Robeina Sumerski of Lake Forest against and the matter then continued to ob-- tain further testimony. The woman testified that her husband treated her cruelly. She said she had him arrested once in Lake Forest and that he. was fined. -- ¥bo 4e¥ were e peri t ut s come here from their 1 in Chicago. There will be lectures by Mr. Alp and othérs n the moth-- ing and golf and luncheon later / the day. Saturday will be ~so what of a repitition of the k ing day with a huge banquet at Hotel Clayton Saturday evening to climax the gathering. * 8¥ As many of the 'officers of the Company will be. present and such notables as W. E. Suits, one of the vice--presidents, 0. B. Kent organizer of the Poultry Service De-- un rimant are exnacted. -- it 18 200 EVILDING SHOW S LOSS OV ER 1925 lpinoffl"w eent, Moline with a '...ofupaen"t,loetfu!lwnh a gain of 42 per cent, Springfield with a gain of 55 per cent. Chicago in May had a volume of m-m.WOorlb-and'mt as against May last year. Of the suburbs Gary led all cities in the metropolitan area with a building> volume for May of $2,/ 287 450, or 174 per cent gain over May last year, but. a loss of 22 per cent from the April, 1926 volume. BADLY BEATEN -- IN HOT CLASH Harry Windes, 19 years old, 113 North Jackson street, Waukegan, is hovering between life and death at. the Victory Memorial hospital as 'ez1 result of injuries received at 8:20 o'-- clock Sunday night in the Royal Pool Room, 122 Washington street, when he was battered over the head several times with the heavy, end of a pool cue by Mike Manos, proprie-- tor of the pool hall. Manos was ar-- rested by police and later released unler bonds of $1500 pending hear-- ing of the case June 17 before Judge Walter L. Taylor. Manos is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. According to the police report, the attack climaxed a heated. argument between Windes and the proprietor over a small amount of change win-- des ~laimed was due him. Chief of Police Isaac Lyon declared Monday that Manos is charged with short-- changing the youth and refused to rectify the mistake when his atten-- tion was called to the matter by chis 'One word led to another between the pair until finally without any warning. Manos grabbed a cue and battered Windes over the head un-- til he broke the cue. Several men who were in the place at thetime witnessed the attack. > 'The force of the blows rendered the youth unconscious and he fell \tothofloor,.eeordinttothepoliee. One of the bystanders rushed to Washington and Genesee ~streets and symmoned Policeman George Loomer to the scene of the fight. Loomer placed both under---- arrest and called headquarters for the pa-- trol. Both were taken to thepolice station. Windes was bleeding pro-- fusely* from a jagged holé® in his bead as a'result of his beating. Dr. A. H. Claeboe was called to the sta-- tion by police to attend Windes.. dn io SeiniP ioi Sp CCC 0B meatet =" . 0P 207 0 Resuliiticnu ies 4 o 7 COuARGer c t e ies .. n n n e ie 5. [ mt n t it w en pr ~. yA > LIBERTYVILEE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1926 y as sulge mw:mm'"m hes been abpomed manager of me convention and will be there in per-- gon to take charge. _ _..~ :. --. The Quaker Oats company is an extenszive organization and enjoys a world wide reputation. It has offi-- ces in 'all--of the large cities of the Unite1 States and Canada with its foreign branches in many countries of Europe. It carries on extensive commerce with its well known pro-- iduets and 'has ubilized its by--prod-- ucts so as to eliminate a great deal of the waste 7 I\ Hr.Mpwhohubeenfithflw interests in Libertyville for the past two years has shown a remarkable adaptability to the work and has taken interest in many of the local affairs of the city. ~He is a native of Canada, coming here from Guelph, Ontario, where he took a post grad-- uate course in agriculture and speci-- alized in poultry raising to fit him-- self for his present work. He has -horwn.uatinitb:;e/fn organizing the Tennis Club has been elec-- ted president of the institution. as there was »rImay wWuol. ns Fnhmtorchmd'ufomfl' ly opened in connection with the }vmmmudamm pices of the Independent Order of VIKINGS HOLD GREAT AFFAIR Seldom has the small village of Gurnee witnessed such a gathering : of the law. She was 0 &%%%{:fl-' four other men, all members of the party being under the influence of liquor. She put up quite a battle. She was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harry Hoyt on chrgqofdbo:duly"eondnct and résisting an officer and fined $200 and costs on each charge. She was m&op'yflnflmandwillhve to 80 days in the county jail -- August J.'Kpnu,hmhndcf Marie and driver of the machine was charged with possessing intoxicat-- ing liquor, the deputies finding two pints of liquor in his car. Justice ll!oyt fixed his bond at $2,000 and he went back to jail, being unable to get a cis Keating, Sam Smith and Steve on charges of disorderly conduct. Deputies Ben Neely and Ray Kelly made the arrests. Kramer was driving on -- Grand avenue : between Gurnee and Spaulding's corner when stopped by the deputies. Search of the car revealed liquor and as the occupants were drunk, according to Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom, they were all placed under arrest. The woman is alleged to have called Neely and Kelly vile names ind made at-- tempts to scratch their faces. START ACTION 'The Hotel Clayton and the Secur-- ity Title & Trust Company started injunction proceedings in the Circuit Treasurer Ira E. Pearsall, asking to restrain the treasurer levying against their property because of taxes not being paid. Both bills were filed by Attorney The tax on the hotel property is $3981.96, while the tax on the prop-- erty of the Secutity Title & Trust Company is $4627.21. In both tases it is claimed that the capital stock is not worth anything in excess of the tangible property. A. F. Beaubien and charge that fraudulent assessments were fixed by the State Tax Commission and that the county tax assessments are unjust. y o TWO HURT IN _ _-- AUTO CRASH weMl d itc 9 i e Tok . ?.g% fi:j ON THEIR TAX Pexts ar dn WADES INTO flbmdfi.hxfimfiflw day won claimed the life of the mmw°£th¢m son in Lake County. Michael Brenner, 44 years old, Morris avenue, Chicago slipped into deep water while wading along the west bank of the river and sank to his death as his friend, Jack Beih}, owner of a cottage along the Fox river looked.on. The body was lo-- cated three hours later a short dis-- tance down the river by Biehl and several other cottagers who joined in the hunt for the body. | The body was --removed to the Lee MWW""} tioch where Coroner John L. Taylor quest Monday morning. Beihl, the lone witness of the tragedy was the only one to testify. The jury after hearing the testimony returned a verdict stating that Brenner came to his death by accidental drowning. The tragedy happened only a short distance from the Beihl cot-- tage located on the west bank of the river a short distance from Grass According to Bichl, Brenner was wading about in the shallow water feet deep, it dropu~off ikais between 8 and 12 BOAT SAVED FROM CRASH Lake County experienced one of its worst rainfalls along with the rest of the middle west Sunday and as a result telephone service was in-- terefred with considerably due to the wet condition of the lines. Despite the heavy rain, however, there were few casualties which might be traced directly to the storm. Cars skidded from the highways and in Grand avenue at Lake Villa but the general check--up after the cloudburst showed a remarkable low number of mishaps-- at various points in Sheridan road The telephone wires became wet and as a result where short circuits were caused there was interference with service. This was remedied by the repair crews. The public Ser-- vice 'company reported the storm was without incident as far as it Before the storm early Sunday and while the fog was thick in the Waukegan harbor one of the launches used to carry fishermen to the breakwater narrowly escaped crashing into the breakwater which is out some distance from the gov-- ernment pier. The skipper of the boat saw the breakwater in time and stopped the launch. Fresh rainfall --Monday brought flood menaces to many sections of the middle west, already suffering the effects of a week--end coludburst. stages streets of many cities were under .several feet of water, and basements were flooded. Damage by the wind and hail Accompanied the rain will run into millions of dollars. AUTO OVERTURNS ~ ~IN LAKE VILLA eA in ast ifi s' a~ .' i ¥ A m :" %, V i > y ;u t 3. * 7 C g 'i $ ¥ 7 g? P .. > t " l a o <EFwie g hk % d ¥.. % ¢ 3y -- '&_'5 3 3 C*s :'fi * P é -- s f $ . 3 % 3 . ue s _ 1 . * s Property --damage in Rockford A Chicago syndicate has purchas-- od"ln.hue L. -- Witkwire, owner of the Oak Springs estates, at St. Mary's and Oak Spring, a mile east of Libertyville. The land brought a record price it is under-- stood although the consideration is *fimywndedhndhto be subdivided along Florida lines it Arthur Bahr-- & Co., well known Chicago realty concern associated with the famous Florida Coral Ga-- bles, announce that the new subdi-- vision will be highly restricted and that the mediterrancan type of archi-- According to the tentative plans announced the newly purchased land' will be subdivided into fifty or more estatgs consisting of an acre or more each. Development work on the pro-- j';ethupoddvmghrthudiate- S The Oak Springs property has at-- tracted considerable attention be-- cause of the rustic beauty of its buildings which were <constructed two years ago from logs felled and hewn from the woods on the estate. l'nnmhdwenhz,flle"logc.bin" is a veritable palace with its inter-- To Subdivide the show places of this vicinity-- PLAYGROUND IS TO OPEN SOON Community Meeting Will Be At The High School Auditor-- ium To Inaqurate Recreation the monster community mass meet-- ing which is to mark the opening wille. The following has been sub-- mitted by the various bodies which School "and Grammar school boards, invite every Libertyville resident to a meeting at the Libertyville High School at 7:30 Standard Time Mon-- day night June 28th. 'This meeting will be a form of reception for Mr. Wilbur M. Kreiger, who is coming to Libertyville to di-- rect recreation and playground acti-- on his plans for his summer work here which begins on that date. He has some form of recreation in mind for persons of all ages. There will be announcements of games for men and women as well as for children. 'The above organizations have sub-- scribed very liberally in order that Libertyville may enjoy recreation ad-- vantages such as are enjoyed by other North Shore towns. Mr. Krie-- ger comes to us from the Evanston The boys will be interested in the auto races and will be ready to get the instructions on how to make the auto. The girls will be interested in the pet show and doll show and everybody will be thrilled about the circus and the county fair. And we have planned the meeting at the earliest hour possible and have planned to make it last not more than forty five minutes so all of the boys and girls can come. The littl'st will probably not hear about the sand boxes and the story telling but the older ones can go home and tell them about it. ' The dads and big boys will want to hear about the handball and the horse shoes and croquet, and the la-- dies will have their own interests in tennis and other activities. There will be something for every-- one between the ages of two and a Count up the ages of each and every member of your family. If they are in these limits they will be interested. Bring the whole family It is the whole family that Mr. Krie~ ger wants to meet that night. All of this fun that will be under the direction of Mr. Krieger is of-- fered to any resident of Libertyville. It will be without any charge. The expensés have been met by the or-- ganizations who are inviting you to :tahpnt-inthilmo'ementwhich will make Libertyville more pleasant and more interesting to its people and will give them the same advan-- tages that they might receive by liv-- ing in any other of our neighboring villaget. , Mr. Hrieger will be assisted by Miss Vera Morse who has recently graduated from a college specializing: in this work. & _ | Also by the committee; M J. mwsuw U!.El'wnnd Mr. -- Kreiger will give a short talk Oak Springs (Continued on Page 8) of of $2.00 PER YEAh IN ADVANCE fany, Nelson has confessed firing the shot, but claims he had no in-- tention of shooting Vogt. The aged man is suffering greatly from the shock of wounding Vogt. He said he took une gun in his hands to fright-- en Fay, according to Titfany, when he refused to leave his tent and that Vogt stepped in between them to stop trouble about the time he pull-- ed the trigger of the weapon. Nel-- son claims he was of the belief the The chief deputy says that Nel-- son told him that prior to the shoot= ing ne had engaged in a drinking quor being furnished by Fay. j !thh-b": questioning Thursday morning Tiffany when he found him at the hospital talking to the injured man. 'When questioned at the C 4 bhfl&wd@ Attorney Sidney H. lock, Fay id the shooting was accidental. He said manner the weapon and a bullet entered his body. Vogt's Story Variés. Vogt told Chief Tiffany that Nel-- son was "fooling" with a rifle own-- ed by Fay and that suddenly and without warning he pointed the gun at him 'and fired. Previouly Vogt had told a nurse at the hospital that he was asleep when shot. After being questioned Fay was allowed to go on his promise to re-- turn later in the day for further engaged Attorney Hervey C-- Coul-- son to handle his interests. Tiffany accompanied by Assistant State's Attorney Block searched sev-- eral hours Thursday for Nelson, fi-- nally finding him in his tent, where the shocting had taken place about 8 o'clock the previous night. He told them he had been asleep in a woods all day. At the time of his arrest Nelson was under the influence of 6-- quor, Tiffany says. Fay was locked up shortly after Nelson had been jailed. He refused to further discuss the shooting, at-- cording to Tiffany, saying his at-- torney had instructed him not to Joseph Vogt, father of the injur-- ed man signed the complaints charg-- ing Nelson and Fay with assault with intent to kill. The case was set for Thursday, June 17, by Justice of the Peace Harry Hoyt and bond fix-- ed at $2,000 each. Another; Eodwa Seriously Wounded. informed him that he gave Fay $7% when he had him take his son to the rosprital, to pay expenses, and fln&hy-edthismoneybm a lawyer. dVfilMMM'm his© stomach. Because of fre Vogt is in a TELLS POLICE HE WAS ROBBED Herman Mich, 204 Piccadilly Court, Waukegan, came to police headquarters at 11:10 o'clock Sat-- urday night and reported to Capt. Thomas E. Kennedy that he, had beenhcldupbynml_lflmbbo' of $28 as he was walking west in Belvidere street, near Market street. According to Captain Kennedy, Mich had been drinking and plainly showed the effects of liquor when he umb&upfleom&mliw stated, however, that Mich did } seem to be intoxicated to the extent that he was "seeing things." _ knew the negro as the #obber re-- the name. Police are conducting a search for the hold--up man. ---- _ OF ACCIDENT Nelson Tells of Shooting. i Yiee se t