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s# Wéxi'loiday, Nov. 1, the club is m'"'%.:';.g: Vfl"'a Club for mmfin(vmho .u't.t « " e es 'l ® K:ate. n'r'hethg.u:hivm': id in the Armory at 8:00. This will be an open meeting, Mrs. Goode will be the speaker. On Tuesday, Nov. 4 will be held the meeting of the Tenth District uclm" louk on "The Renewing One's Youth." The meeting for . the finorluz Woman's Shelter es maaul poamt on m We on November 8 from :Ws:ao. The admission will be a puond of but-- ter, coffee, fruit or any such article. committee nell, Mrs, ROAD MEETING AT WAUKEGAN Miss Laura Doon Brown from Hindman Settlement, Hindman, Ken-- tucky, was introduced and made an :mdforflnboy:mdgifl-dfln ofl-ltukz.wlnnthnm- * thozy. of the Revolution. She :Etbmrydtho"QmWomc who inaugurated the settlement. Mmmmud the pmcntn!he'y went nfp and down "Troublesome" in their ef-- fort to bring the best things of civil-- ization to these mountain peple. She told how their work had grown from four. acres, three tents and three workers, to 210 acres, many bnfild- ings, houses, school, hospital, for-- ty--six teachers and workers and 170 pupils; how the illiteracy in the county had been reduced from 75% to 10 per cent and how the gradu-- jentals invited the club to attend a coun! has increased 210% while ed only 8%, and farm prop-- gyh-fln', in burden of The obtddthanomhuntu mnd to permit the State to a more equitable distribution of taxation by assessing incomes with the power to exempt the source of the income; by assessing the in-- tangible property which now pays no committee consisting of Mrs. Grin-- rell; Mrs. Pollett, Mrs. Garbutt, and class--the 1 ter hours and fewer days of labor-- and praised the Ford as a better mdm&tldnuthntho saloon off: in the olden days. The for _ 3 tho uy on mesict o d Shapbes; amendment is a step in thm hx._tob;htl'tho'nnwhh .'m- salary no visible property. i h-mhn.h&.}mdohv: similar to the present amendment, and the results have been increas-- country has increased 210% while Under the present system who pays the taxes? The real estate own-- four; the owner of tangible personal r:;orty, of which live stock and A m © urctuars TOR L ce ob s ds then introduced Senator Rodney B. Swift, who spoke on the tax amend-- ment. Hc-'.d.od.fu.x:.duha Mni.'h 7-1. -oth:i.o: taxation, and i ve a w.mnm'w htzhth u.nhd taxation, h"m,-fio" 1914 the intangible wealth of this uhfihi&fltgfl' cledd-.th-"m per year. -- He spoke of the issues which have been placed on the na-- tion, the state ,the county, the vil-- lage. These constitute a rapidly in-- u-.s.'..n.xnu. -y=ll.f'alldu hafi-oold-&-thhu-try will find itself in the condition of France at the present time, tyville Woman's Club was held at &pmmwm.o-- ber 20. This waz an open-- an especial invitation is Evolyn Hull delighted . . R. B. SWIFT SPEAKER AT Of The Workings Of Proposed Tax Ammendment Before Local Organization BSEVENTY--SIXTH YEAR The regular meeting of the Liber Emil Turner divorced Ina Turner, the charge being desertion. They were marrien id 1904 in Minneapolis and lived together until about a year ago. .m" Hansen, of Waukegan, suit for divorce . Thursday sertion. She was allowed the custo-- dy of two children, Alice, 6, and February 'a's.m"rndundupfi: until April 15, 1922.. -- _ -- _ Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards M?fiwdwnd- injunction in a pending diverce ac-- tion, there being no contest in these matters. Martha Witkiewicz, of North Chi-- was a divorce from mwnmogmp&o{do- county jail rather than in Pontiac NEW DIVORCES ARE GRANTED Driver Gustafson testified that he was traveling about 25 miles per hour when he collided with the truck. Bystanders who testi-- fied at the hearing estimated that the truck was traveling between 80 and 35 miles per hour. -- _ State's Attorney A. V. Smith in-- fomndCluIitJmChinC.Ed- wards Thursday because of :mwdod conmditions at Pnfl: Re-- have to be kept in the county jail sev-- In past years a number of noys have been sentenced to Pontiac by Judge Edwards during the October term and it had been expected that "Should sentenced any boys from your county wb; nkohe adrined when . they Ti f They 'will be formatory this term. Because of the' crowded conditions the : court may sentence boys to serve in che "From this date (October 15) the number of :bou s received san-- not exceed number of prisoners released. © flnp&hof::fln'&n&'ith; out w that acciden mmflh. Mrs. Romenuk is suffering from shock by the sudden death of her husband and is under a physi-- clian's care. * --_"This is to advise you that the Illinois State Reformatory is now filled to its capacity. * rance of Attorney Herr at the :cuiu in the interest d"ln. Romenuk. Several witnesses testified that Romenuk drove his light truck in Mrs. Romenuk, the widow, and crosz--examined all the witnesses of the Waukegan south side fire house, driver of the fire truck that hit a truck Wednesaday in So. Sheri-- A possibility that the Ci Wsn!cnmh-.--d-is-; noar the <~Leeseley nurseries of Libertyville and rolled over twice before coming to a halt in the the ts kc t anrsens Mess 4 lt qoi at the periiont the ons and the driver claims that the right wheels--slipped from the cement and in his attempt to regain the pave-- the. car turned over %&&mofm'mm were "sBecured but the record shows that the <plate benring the number 432--039 was to Joseph Lis, 2120 West street, Chicago for a-- Buick stolen car thn}:.fib are working on this angle of the case. Jury Returns Verdict Freeing Fireman Of Blame In Fatal Auto Crash Four Esoupe In Accident City Fireman Hugo Gustafson IS EXONERATED Attor"=¥ Orvis told the court Ms c had never d::l.t'hl:; thing wrong intentionally he was willing to make a money set-- Under Doctor's Care ":tmfi%'t'll time that to allow the b Mhhm The boxing matches which were scheduled in Libertyvville for next week have been indefinitely called off. and from present indications will not be booked again until late in the winter. The principal reason for the ecalling off of the bouts was due hsnmfiu%w. tor the champlonship of the north or . shore, suffered several days ago. Park, a business partner of Blott. hthoeo:rtl:hhgm Blott is Chltl'd m from a fund which had been set aside for the building of a house in Highland, and had used it for other purposes. Blott is alleged to have taken about BOXING MATCHES ARE POSTPONED Am".fhim a lonu:.dCook entered a guilty when arraigned _ bef. Cireuit J Chhc.uva::onaehlm:dfi Klein shot and killed Simon Chris-- topher of H!fihhnd Park several nont.hsi::o. &:himoduthoeob oner's uest t Christopher was speeding and refused to obey orders to stop and that he was trying to hit the rear tires of his car when he fatally wounded the driver. Pleads on Con Game. Robert O. Blott, 1838 Estes ave-- Viaire C. ELdwards on a charge of murder. On motion of Attorney G. Welch, coansel for Klein State's At-- torney Smith was instructed to fur-- nish a list of witnesses to be used $2,000 on motion by Attorney E. V. Orvis and agreement of State' Awomysxfi. o d s _ George B. Muellere of. Highland in this case not later than Novem-- ber 1. Klein furnished bonds of Judge Persons at the time he an-- nounced the change in the jury sys-- tem some weeks ago said that not only would money be saved but that m""m:&m&'flm that jurors now md.ubwmuw % would be irstructed to sel-- ect only men able and willing to de-- vote time to jury matters. The criminal call in County court scarts next Tuesday. KLEIN MURDER . CASE IS SET The members of the special panel follow: Herbert MeLearn, Eiland Carison, A. J. Lund, Francis Sheridan, Nels Lunn, B. C. 'l'hom&oon. James Kelly, J. C, Nolan, Harold Nuttall, Thomas Thomas Tiffany, Vitalas Magnos-- son, Dave McLaughlin, Charles Sny-- der, Peter Hansen, William sma.. Charles Strong, Michael Hart, ward Kelly, Guy Lunn, B. J. Bris-- tol and Peter Wagner. -- Packer, Henry Kreuger and Rus-- during the term to keep expenses for Civil Call Opens With Smaller Panel Called To Hear Cases In County Court Of Judge Perry L. Persons. civil matters and the experiment of Judge Perry L. Persons for the Oc-- tober term of having 24 men picked by the sheriff ht)lry,nrvlu tath-- er than 36 drawn from the jury box was started. The men selected by the sheriff will serve throughout the *t-'-tdilhrlwnhh a satisfactory manner it will be fol-- lowed out permanently, This is an For Killing Autoist. The members of the regular pane! The October term of County court JURY PLAN A SUCCESS Not On several Sunday evenings Ten Benefits of the Christian Faith will be discussed, and the pastor of this ehueheldmflutmwuwfll accept Christian { for its prac-- tical value, apd will ask the ques-- tion, "What is it worth to me for daily living and struggle in life and business and work? 'This church with the Presbyterian Church will begin a Loyalty and Go To Church Campaign Sunday, anmi there will be a roll call of all members Sunday, be greatly improved 'by using and Ippr;filug the knowledge of psycho-- logy which we now have, and by p into practice some principles n ente rla.of::h.uisfl fl"m"mm "We bovmou.butdfmwdu M"mm'o . more capable of adjusting qurselves in happy relation to others." ie wh Some rules for young peo 0 are planning for marriage will be ll:mi:'nd m:l!l of'?fi & relation peo Nmm So.odn'bat :'x'rfllmu- s of humanity int{&hub ve the problems of home life will be presented. Financial difficulties, hOMtiit!.m.lxgy, tcnurune?nt.. sensitiveness, other things wolved are to be considered in this will be discussed are, preparation for public -- office, better health, mterflnhlhehdm uw: chance wealth, more efficien in business, mastery of fear, and the happiness of influence. _ Rev. John E. DelLong of the Meth-- #&h'nd Im"l'mhlu."md will aim to show how tha Christian faith can increase home happiness, and prevent many of the tragic er-- periences of today. "Muny homes are uselessly un-- happy," says the minister, and can lost the sight of one eye as a result of th; a::' by «the rooster and defendant is Emil E. Wieneckie, a distant relative of Kingsley. Chkaco,wbo'dnitd'l'wdny in Cireuit court that had stolen a ée'-awu:ol"m to _ Samuel wartz, been placed on pro-- bation. He was not indicted by the Odobcznndm-uth.mnm trate, according to Col. Smith, not filed a transcript. B Among other cases on the civil eall are the following: > & LOCAL P Works against Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Overseer of Zion. a Guerrieri against Bejuiewiz. Johnson against Bishop. Gordon against Ofsaiof. Mohrmann against South Surety. Crawford against City of Wau-- kegan. Holmgren against Jones. Schwarts against Hussey. West against Tewes. Smith against Ahlstrom. _ _ aside the verdiet and allowed a new A jury some months ago award-- ed the plaintiff damages of $1 and Judge KEdward D. Shurtlieff set _ Later the differences in opinion were smoothed over, at least for a The famous rooster case, in which the alleged owner of a rooster, which pecked out the eye of a little girl, is being sued for $20,000, is again to be heard by a jury in the Circuit ing among the early cases on -- the civil call which is.to start early in November. ROOSTER CASE _ IS AGAIN ON for a vote which resulted in a tie-- tento riyut? weetled "the rquestion by on declaring the motion lost. 35 * the village. the pub-- io hearing President Hyatt calied hc;thomri:fi::'du fl-.ihev?-: y ine n the state thak can show a here for the past. two years. At Io ts viilage Taving wore n tnt woI on nue Te compistioh of pasing work on list as a result of the action of the the V P F] 9 the payhig of Ave more stivete in mmmmm ¢ of several thousand dol-- m%flgmvm.qw for the paving of No:vbcng..flufiold. Ames ave-- lars. Village Board Takes:Steps For Paving Of Five More Streets Crawford against Durand. Cornelius Johnson, colored, of Larson Girl Loses Eye Paint -- and --Varnish Published Twice Weekly City of Wauke-- of Chicago ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926 which of Police Chief Clayton Tiffany of l?lm;:k& who has :ulnnc.;r'igically week fo ng a mltn athcg':; what was believed to be sleeping sickness, is still in a serious condition at his home. He has been in a periodical coma ever since he was stricken last Wedues-- day and physicians have been un-- able to totally revive him. Drs. Maryan and Poliak of Chica-- go visited the patient last night and ing the case. The Chicago specialists agreed with Dr. Penney in his diag-- nosis of the case as a form of sigep-- ing: sickness, C The reason the young people gave fOtIIllhcawaymtorgoinanote Usona left for her mother which was not discovered until yesterday. In this letter the girl said they learning whether the young couple had been here to get married. They were informed by County Clerk Lew A. Hendee that they had not at-- tempted to get a marriage license Sherif Edwin Ahistrom was in-- formed Thursday that no trace as yet has been found of Usona Greb, 15, a Kenosha high school girl, and How-- ard Colby, 17, a Kenosha high school boy, who have been missing from their homes since Monday and for whom he was asked to conduct a Mr. and Mrs. Colby on Tuesday visited Waukegan for the purpose of POLICE CHIEF _ STILL GRAVE Following this case Col. Smith Goldstein 'Clothing plant; and John NOTE EXPLAINS . PAIR'S LEAVING of Edward Woods, larceny; He is d'T with _ assaulting Blanche McBride, 10 years old, of Mundelein, and also .Mm attack her. Because of the of Chief of Police Clanon Tiffany of Mundelein, it may necessary Bernard C. Hamlin, chief of, po-- lice.of Lake Villa, who was named in a true bill charging malfeasance in office will go on trial following the Evanoff case. He is alleged to within the next week his bond is to be forfeited. The third case on the call is that of Rempo Evanoff of Mun-- deldnk indicted on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. He is charged with accaunlting !m- will be that of Leo Riley, j it Barn é ; :'ifll malfeasance in office. Constable . Riley is alle t nave watched Mile Keisey, af Bar. rington, make an assault upon Dr. Darwin Grinnell, county veterinar-- ian, without making an effort to amining cattle on the Kelsey farm for bovine tuberculosis at the time. nu=i Tuesday that the first case on criminal call which starts next Monday morning in the Cir-- CONSTABLE'S _ _ CASE FIRST mfi so that the installing of an sewer would have been un-- necesaary, however it is too late now. Engineers who have just complet-- ::' htoodowinthezrmdm sewer to make a direct connection. The sewer will serve the new South side #rammar school and residents in lic hearing on the matter to Novem-- as meeclt 2 ho U opmee but were openly made. The Public Service Co., of North-- ern Illinois are to be requested to imty Renister _ State's Attorney A. V. Smith an-- It has been pointed out that the A large crowd attended the pub-- , when a motion was adopted charges of conspiracy <to ;'Br. Grinnell. Kelsey failed m F, APOWOVOL a% 2B WO AEOVE ABV V e Harms ndBurrim nurser-- ated on the west of the assed reconsidering the im-- mient and continuing the pub-- ring on the matter to Novem-- of a eC C unless he shows up go to school ed trap. the call are 'those that are now with-- ; . conspir-- the op-- Policemen Earl Clark and Ben True visited the Nub&o flat and called Dr. Benijiamin ldberg to attend Mrs. Nuby. Under --questioning, Mrs. Nuby %o;;i dbx;olice she wanted to die. 3:; C rg, upon examining woman, said she had been drink-- ing. A Wetzel and Peterson am-- bl:fiance was called and she was rushed to the Victory -- Memorial hospital where her stomach was pumped out. 'fgolpital l&%' mr't:d that rnoon that © 4 con-- dition is serious --unless com-- plications develop, she will be able to her," Mrs, Lillian Nuby, of 487 Steele court, attempted to commit suicide _ Thursday, mWy swallowing several aspirin Moans of the woman who m attention of occupants of an ad-- joining fiat and Steve Kumodc{, own-- er _ of %Aebbnfldi':fiédin which Mrs. Lillian Nuby occ uarters with her hlubang, was mflgod. He call-- ed police to investigate. . f Loren Merrill, 20 years old, a marine . from Great Lakes naval training station who pleaded guilty Monday in Circuit court to a charge of larceny and who was to have been sentenced Thursday, will prob-- ably be put on probation due to a recommendation to this effect made this morning by State's Attorney A. V. Smith.-- When Merrill's case was called Thursday . Col. Smith informed the court that the father of the boy had requested him to recommend iB?b'tion for his son., He said that . Stetler of Great Lakes, the com-- plaining witness was inclined to want the case prosecuted but that he thought as long as the boy had never been prosecuted before, it might be best to give him another chance. ) Merrill has been in the county jail for the past three months. . He was arrested at Pontiac following an au-- tomobile accident and brought back heresby the sheriff's office. | The father of young Merrill told the court that his boy explained to bim that he needed to have an maon ilt)e;formedcaud was lf!:E to have one: at Great Lakes, pre-- ferring to have a surgeon in Kansas City operate on him. The elder Merrill said that his boy told him that he had taken the car to drive to Kansas City. | Judge Edwards indicated he would put the boy on probation. He refer-- red the case to Probation Officer Jack E. Bairstow for investigation. WOMAN TAKEN State's * Attorney* Indicates AUTO THIEF TO _ After bequests to relatives and the charities are taken out, one quarter of the remainder to go to the Vivisection Investigation League of New York; one--tighth of the re-- mainder to the American Humane Association of Albany, N. Y.; and another eighth of the remainder tc the Anti--Cruelty Society of Ch.ca-- Attorney Pn':onkl says that Attorney Jack irstow, appraiser of the estate of John W. Townsend of Waukegan, has fixed the inherit-- ance tax in this matter at £90. The estate amounted to $17,985.34. church, of Diocese of Chicago, $5,000 for church To Trinity ;::temnt Episcopal church of Wheaton, $3,000 in trust. To Grace Protestant Episcopal church of Galena, Ill., $2,500.00 in to charitable organizations, while bequests in various amounts were made to°brothers, nieces and friends. ong y were the following: Illinois Aubudon Society, Chica-- . _ $3,000. Chicago branch of Woman's Aux-- iliary to Board of Missions, High-- REPORT ON e -- was di;n:telcli":rith %&m.: leave the hospital in a few Forest Leaves $160,000; In-- $10,862.77, CAIN PAROLE IN ESTATE TO HOSPITAL ted with life and was going against Anderson 784--854 Ill. '26 was abandoned at Gurnee on Monday night and that he towed the car into his yard. The records show this number issued to Irwin Felix Sinda of 2518 Arte-- «'an avenue. Chicago. The rar is be-- lieved to have been stolen from flew high and out of range. The boy never had a chance to shoot at a bird nearer than 100 yards. Then it started to rain and when we con-- cluded to start home the old motor refused to work. It was a borrowed motor, and sure needed fixing. Constable Hall of Gurnee reported to the office of Sheriff Rdwin Ahi-- strom Tuesday night that a Chev-- After a row of five miles we made the landing on Channel lake. The boy has been very busy drying clothes but vows he will go after them again. rolet OFFICER FINDS ABANDONED CAR My stars! What a cannonade was on,. 'Fho channel was alive with hun-- ters. Clinker boats, flat boats, tiny duck boats, any old kind of a boat that would float was put in use. There were from one to three men in each boat, and pushéers were busy, sending their boats here and there, chasing every stray mud hen, into which shot was being pumped from single, double barrel guns and from pump ruu and automatics. The birds were soon so wild chev . Channel Lake, IIl., Oct. 18--This fiorning, long before dawn, my boy and I were up and all ready to give the bass and northern pike a tussle, or knock down any old duck or hen. It was dark and misty with a breeze from the southwest. The little mo-- tor was not feem well, and needed medicine. We finally m.nmg. and passed from Channel to Marie, then through the Grass lake channel. lakes west of Waukegan can be seen in the following letter printed in Wednesday night's Chicago Daily eommg the estate made the admission -M.O?dd-e fund had been established for his brother out of the estate and had not been inventoried. Assistant State's At-- torney Sidney H. Block is represent-- ing Mrs. Gridley, wife of John, and the instigator of the inventory con-- test and he charges that many a=-- ;eth'i of the estate are being with-- eld. John Gridley was indicted last vear in Florida on a charge of shoot-- ing his wife and was rebeased in bonds of $10,000. He then came to Lake county and was adjudged in-- sane and was ordered taken to a sanitarium for treatment. He was classified as a fugutive from ius-- tice in Florida and his $10,000 bond forfeited when he failed to appear for trial. It was in this connection that a defense was founded, it was admitted at the previous hearing. CHANNEL L AKE HOME FOR FISH Further hearing on the contest of the inventory in the estate of John S. Gridliey, former Liberty-- ville banker was to be held Thursday :{temoona}zo'dockinéheoom Probate Judge Martin M At a hearing some weeks awgs it Further Hearing On Contest Involving Inventory _ On Court Schedule. class at a different rate. It would al-- so make a state income tax consti-- tutional beyond a doubt. How the legislature would use its new power is a question, but cham-- &huofthennah-tho'eflnt will in some way make it possi-- ble to collect taxes from intangible property which is not now paying :e:xi'anndlggm 4% _ of To tysubjecttohiflu. mfm in 1922 paid 87.2 per cent of the total tax. Ychoulnlf of the bank deposits m{sequltom half of all the tangible property in the state. As as intangible property such:mgondgforexmplemw} GRIDLEY CASE 1$ UP ACAIN two--thirds of houses. Until that all taxes be uniform. The gmndmentwonldm:det'i't&:uible elauuta&emtnte.ltwouldd- held unconstitutional, '----"mvflini'_ iding that the new laws are concurred by tion November 2nd. At the conclu-- es given Ioe mcting puedtions. and was or i nWwflM Professor in his talk said that the passing of the amendment would not of itself create any new taxes nor change the old. W{ntit ttatedl"htogi't: euphwa g orms Mmm heretofore Parish House Thursday evening. Professor Halne's nbjegt was the proposed amdmentwt&:ho state Illinois tax law. 'Iv';n amendment is to be voted on at the general elec-- Professor Ernest Hahne, Assist-- ant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of Northwestern University talked before the Kiwanians at the College Head . Speaks Here (Continued from page 1.) were soon so wild :hey been connected with the operating of a speed trap. Constable L.o'mhy"--"of hum-- m, which is the first case on the crim-- hocla::l-bh Riley is also 'chrgld.!' with malfeasance of office. smweh that this case will be com b{l Monday night> and that the Hamlin case can get started on Tuesday morning. The Barrington constable is alleg-- ed to have watched Milo Kelsey of Barrington, make an assault upon Dr. Darwin Grinnell, county veter-- inarian, without making an effort to stop him. $3 2 State's Attorney A. V. Smith Thursday decided to try the case of Lane sls charped with malfeas, HAMLIN CASE SET SECOND _ The bumper, lights, left front fender and radiator were crushed on the fire truck by the crash. Practi-- cally the whole left side of the body on the lighter car was virtually fhfifi:nod tndfttlfechnuh twisted. news 0: tragedy was from Mrs. Romenuk, wife of km death victim until her arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Romenuk arrived less than ten minutes after her husband had passed away. When the news was m Mrs. Romenuk became and then collapsed. A physician was called to attend the woman and she a physican's care until she re~-- covered from the effects of the vuinpe? and radiator p into the drivers cab of the m'm Neitbet Gustafson nor the two pipe-- attempted to wheel the truck to the opposite side of the road in a vain attempt to avoid the collision but from a deep cut on his forehend, nose, and right Cheek. 7 A moment before the end came Romenuk regained consciousness for a few seconds and asked about his Wiflet:nd two small children. oth trucks were *+tra north and Romnflkmtsmm ahead of the fire truck at the time of the accident. The fire truck had just turned into Sheridan road from Water street and was proceeding at about a 25--mile an hour speed with the siren sounding a warning for motorists and pedestrians to clear the road. men who were riding on the rear of the fire truck was injured. Without warning and apparently not aware of the approaching fire truck although the siren was being sounded full blast, Romenuk who was on the right side of the road, leaned out of his cab, signalled with his right hand he was going to turn and pulled the truck across the road directly in the path of the fire truck. Romenuk, from appesrences, had in-- hogotiflngh{.m('"'"" a . Walter stated that six ribs the mleohx;.d'hv :f"' sp 0o mE had punctured one In Romenuk Smb t $ 9n hotbilas was thhen Aumedistely te ospital was i the operating room where he died a half hour later. Dr. Wailter apon tended to park the truck on opposite side of the street. _--Driver Gustafson jammed on City firemen and the two police officers quickly removed the crush-- ed form of the uncenscious mar in a touring car par nearby own-- ed by George Dalzie!l. 'The latter mhethotheV'mqt morial hospital where Dr. J. E. W ter was waiting to attend the acci the basement fire a few minutes before by the arrival of the Cen-- tral station fire fighters. kegan concern, was crushed to death at 9:17 Wednesday morning when the truck he was driving was struck broadside by the 12--ton fire truck driven by Fireman Hugo Gusta{son in South Sheridan road 100 feet north of Water street. The impact of the crash crushed the cab of the Romenuk truck and threw Rome-- nuk to the pavement, the left front wheel of the 12--ton pumper passing over his chest and left side. C The south side truck was travel-- ing north in Sheridan road in an-- swer to an alarm from the Central fire station following discovery of an"finhfleh--t: Mike Schimmel's restaunrant at 1 Wnfi.:"lthth: tom to both departments mf".nmdii:-:: as a measure Police On Scene. The tragedy was witnessed by Po-- lice Captain Thomas Booth, Police-- man John Metz and several others who were attracted to the scene of $2.00 PER YEAL IN ADVANCE . Edward Romenuk, 38 years old 524 South avenue, proprietor of the Northern Bedding company, a Wau-- Chief Hamlin is alleged to have Northern Bedding Company, Dies At Hospital;: Machine CRUSHED BY of Mn Wt ahe o Abighs Soiiaain & y n y o .. / T H S . 3 &' -- men'a Ap en ce . _ _ i. " uie Romenuk abandoned all chief of police of