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_ A total of 3179 votes were cast in Benton township, this being the largest vote ever in a township elec-- Warren: Pets. one--173; 223; three--222; four--268 131: six--273; total--1290, Alfred W. Warren of the Inde-- pendent faction was defeated by Thomas McEwen in the race for school trustee in Benton township by 619 votes; the vote follows: McEwen: Pcets. one--297; two-- 368; three--398; four--392; five---- ad4; six--12; total--1871. tion Johnson: Pcets, one--174; two-- 213; three--220; four--271; five-- 131; six--264; total--1273, Benton--Assistant Supervisor Dronen: Pcts. one--299; two-- 372; three--402; four--391; five-- 404; six--13; total--1881, Ruesch: Pets. one--168; two-- 217; three----218; four--264; five---- 129; six--270; total--1266. Round Lake Precinet 1--Brown, 3380; Drum-- mond, 65. Precinect 2--Brown, 177; Drum-- mond, 72. Benton--Supervisor Thompeon: Pcts., one--300; two --379; three--400; four--392; five --407; six--19; total--1897. Total--Brown, 512; Drummond, 137. Vote In Townships. The vote in townships where there were contests, other than Waukegan follow: Combined vote of four Lake For-- est precinets--Mawman, 167; Witt, 104. i North Chicago precinct -- Maw-- man, 82; Witt, 74. Supervisor--elect M. P. Dilger has been on the board ten years, while Assistant Supervisors Frank Cory and John T. Hoban, who were re-- elected each served 4 years. The new assistant supervisors of Waukegan township are Frank Worack and Dan Short. Assistant Supervisor Charles F. Harbatigh, Deerfield, 6 years. Assistant Supervisor William F. Bletsch, Deerfield, 6 years. Supervisor H. C. W. Meyer, Fre-- mont, 28 years. Supervisor Edward J. Monahan, Shields, 8 years. Shields Lake Bluff precinct-- Mawman, 152; Witt, 122. The only other contest was at Round Lake, Supervisor Edward Brown winning out handily. He de-- feated Harry Drummond by 375 votes, the race being one sided. Those Re--elected. The county board members re-- elected Tuesday without any op-- position and the years they have served on the board folloy: Ruesch for assistant supervisor. They yays the--present board metm-- bers, both of whom are in the Voli-- wa faction, the hardest contest they have ever had. Thompson has been on the board 12 years and Dronen for four years. Supervisor William J. Obee, Deer-- field, 8 years Supervisor B. F. Naber, Antioch, 6 years. respectively. They were opposed by two Independents, John Johnson, running for supervisor and Martin In Benton township Supervisor Bert C. Thompson and Assistant Su-- pervisor Hans M. Dronen were re-- elected by 622 votes and 615 votes, The most outstanding feature of the supervisors election other than the defeat of the three veterans on the board was the election of Super-- visor H. C. W. Meyer of Mundelein. He was unopposed and his victory marked the fifteenth time he has been elected to represent this town-- ship on the county board. He has completed 28 years of service and said 'l'uead:y night that he intends to drop out after another term. Mawman Elected. Supervisor Edward Mawman of Lake Bluff, who has been on the board for four years was elected for the third time in a hotly con-- tested field in Shields township. He defeated William Witt, also a resi-- dent of Lake Bluff, and a manufac-- turer in North Chicago by 101 votes. supervisors of Lake county were re-- elected _ Tuesday, while three of the present incumbents were de-- feated. The losers were veterans in the county board, Supervisor Geo. Bairstow and Assistant Supervisor David A. Hutton of Waukegan township and Supervisor Edward Martin of Newport township. Hut-- ton and Martin were on the board for the past 12 years. Bairstow also served a similar period, but his reign was interrupted, the poor-- master of Waukegan township hay-- ing been defeated in 1923 and then returned to office in 1925. Yan Patten Wins. Supervisor Martin was defeated by Dave Van Patten, of Russell, town clerk of Newport, losing out by 55 votes in one of the most spirit-- ed elections in the history of New-- port township. THREE LOSE IN RACE FOR SUPERVISOR Bairstow, Hutton And Martin Dropped By Balloting In Two Townships; Benton Has Spirited Race. Martin, 174. _ Van Patten, 229 SEVENTY--SEVENTH YEAR NO. 28 Total vote--Mawman, 401; Witt Thirteen members of the board of Newport two---- five-- from the residencs of the parents, 5589 South May street, Chicago, to the Visitation church Thursday at 10 a. m.. Burial will be at Mount Olivet in Chicago. sisters. Funeral services were held The Rev. Peter Joseph Burke, seminarian at St. Mary's of the Lake Mundelein, died Tuesday ° at St. Bernard's hospital i Chicago, of appendicitis. He is survived by his .parents, two brothers and three MUNDELEIN The place raided is located on an upper floor of a building on Genesee street next to the Waukegan Na-- tional bank building. The place is known to have been operating for the past several weeks. It is expected that Col. Smith wili file information against Bush sum-- moning the latter into justice court. EAMCCCCS TWB UOWRITCU, IC WaS Surd. Someone in charge in the absence of Bush attempted to frustrate the prohibition -- officers by -- spilling booze in the sink, it was reported. Brune was prepared for this move, however, and secured a sufficient quantity for evidence by disconnect-- ing the sink drain pipe and recover-- ing some of the stuff that stil} re-- mained in:the elbow of the pipe. Conrad A. Brune, head of the sponge squad working out of the office of State's Attorney A. V. Smith, raided a place located in the heart of the Waukegan business dis-- trict Wednesday night operated by Joseph Bush, ex--city fireman. Liquor any ped causing a short cireuit which it was feared would result in a fire. Captain Louis Ullrey and Chief D. A. Hutton repaired the wire before BRUNE RAIDS BUSH PLACE The Central firemen wre called into service at 1:20 o'clock Tuesday morning when a high voltage wire in front of Rubin's store in the heart of the business district snap-- Windows were reported shattered in several houses there and scores of trees uprooted. The rain fell al-- most constantly from early after-- noon until far into the night. the storm only a few lines were down. . The storm reached its greatest in-- tensity in Barrington, according to reports received from there. The chief clerk at the Wa telephone office reported T Traffi¢ on the west lime of the North Shore Line was held up for several minutes early Monday nigot when the supports carrying a 33, volt Public Service power line drop-- ped across the right--of--way _ and made contact with the trolley line. A line crew was rushed to the scene and repaited the damage in record time. The foundation of a culvert on one of the state highways in the western section of the county was reported washed away. rorhl_fu'd-y-omin(tha'tnvvfid ines had been reported down in all parts of the county. The foreman of the line crews for the Public Service company re-- Hundreds of basements were flooded by the water which fell in torrents. Several trees along Wau-- kegan and Belvidere roads were struck by lightning. Lake county was drenched Mon-- day afternoon and night and damage estimated at thousands of dollars was caused by heavy rain and wind storm. winds which accompanied the storm level-- ed telephone and Public Service wires, n;:,r!oowd trees in the west-- ern the county and shattered vim:::. Lines Down In Many Parts Of County; Trees Uprooted And Windows Shattered. On Sunday afternoon, a class equally divide} between adults and children will be presented for con-- firmation. The other services at St. Lawrence's on Palm Sunday, will be at eight o'clock and at 10:45. At the latter service there will be «ne-- cial music and blessing and distribu-- tion of the palms. The public is cordially invited to these services. During Bishop Andersoms epis-- copate the Episcopal church has gad a steady growth in Chicago. The amount spent in building new church@gs and parish houses has been very large. -- STORM CAUSES GREAT DAMAEE He was elected DBishop Co--Adjutor of the diocese of Chicago in 1900, succeeding Bishop McLaren on his death. Bishop Anderson was for-- merly rector of Grace chureh at Oak Park. He, Bishop C. H. Brent, for-- merly Bishop of the Philipptnes and mow Bishop of westerm New York, and Bishop Peter Rowe of Alaska all attended Trinity college at Tor-- onto, Canada, graduating about the same time. church on Sunday, April 10, Palm Sunday at 4:30 p. m. for confirma-- tion and to preach. The Bishop is well known as one of. the leading preachers of the American church. Bishop Will Preach Here The Rt. Reverend C. P. Anderson, PRIEST DIES of The testimony of the plaintiff was to the effect that carelessness and negligence on the part of Wil-- liamson caused the crash, while the defendant blamed the Chicago at-- torney for the accident. Attorney J. A. Miller represented the plaintiff, while Atto;:c Ralph J. Dady and Elmer V. represented the de-- fendant. M day. Avrum Andalman is a minor and the suit was started for him by his father, N. Andaiman, a Chicago lawyer. He was badly injured in an automobile collision in Lake county on July 20, 1925. Machines driven by the father of the boy and the Lake Villa man collided. dam:gu, of $10,000 is sought, re-- turned a verdict of not guilty Thurs-- The jury in the Circuit court of Judge Claire C. Edwards which heard the damage suit of Avrum Andalman of Chicago against J. R. Williamson of Lake Villa, in which NOT GUILTY VERDICT IN DAMAGE CASE He suffered _ lacerations and bruises about the face, neck and back, but there was no danger o( any complication setting in, the phy sician declared. The wrecked ma chine was towed to the Sheridan Road garage by the sheriff. According to Dr. Callahan, Attor-- mrey Weich was not seriously injured. and after receiving dttention at the hospital was taken to his home. "I was so frightened i could not say anything right away and beg-- ged them not to kiil me, ce'ling them I would give them ali the mon-- ey I could get ihat day," Lamuvee :lid. He says that after handing over $400, the men told him they knew he had money in the bank and made him drive down to the bank, one of the men riding w:.th him ara the other driving a car, which was more or less of a wreck. He says that on the way down the bandit in his car told him that if ne would draw out $600, they wou'd pe con-- nt with the $1,000 and return at a later date for more money. He says they waited in the front of the bank for him, while he drew out the $600. He says he did not tell the cashier as he was afraid if he did so, he would be shot down. A passing motorist found the at-- torney injured in the machine and took him to the Victory Memorial hospital where Dr. Callahan, of the Besley--Osgood Clinic, was waiting to attend him. Machine Parts Stolen Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle, noti-- fied of the accident, hurried to the scene, but arrived just after attor-- ney Weich had been taken to the hospital, The machine, deserted. was found in the ditch minus a spare tire and motor meter. It is be-- lieved that they were stolen. death early Thursday when the machine which he was driving lefi the road and crashed into a tele-- phone pole. The impact snapped the pole and the machine was practically a total loss. The accident, which occurred on North Sheridan road at Beach, which is three miles north of the Waukegan city limits, was caused when the rear wheel of his car left the road and he lost control of the machine. ATTORNEY WELCH HURT IN CRASH Attorney James G. Weich, 1607 Grand avenue, former Lake county state's attorney for several years, had a narrow escape from nossible Lamovee says be teld 'them ne was a poor man and did not have that much morey and that he was warned that unless he obtained this sum in short order ae would be murdered. Flashed Stars. Lamovec says that the men who claimed to be federai oificers came to his home last Thu--sday afternoon about 2 o'clock. He said trey show-- ed stars and claimed to have a war-- rant to search his home for lhquor. He said they made a thorough search and found no liquor and then drew guns anu toid bim to "fork over" $2,000. out $600 of his account at a bank, for them. Before making this demand they are alleged to have re-- lieved him of $400, all the money he had at home. Impersonating federal prohibition officers, two armed blackmailers last week "raided" the home of John Lamovee on Dugdale road and by making threats on nis iife, succeed-- ed in getting Lamovec to give them $1,000. This information was giv-- en out Wednesday by Lamovec after reports had been circulated that fed-- eral operatives were in Waunegan conducting an investigation. John Lamovec, Dugdale Road, Digs Up $1,000 And Pays Off Two Impersonating Fed-- eral Agents. FAKE COPS TAKE CASH AND ESCAPE ke County Register Lake county will have 39 dele-- gates at the convention, while Win-- nebago will have 43 delegates, and Boone, 20 delegates. Each county will also select the same number of alternates. The Winnebago county Republican committee is to meet on April 18 to name its delegates. C. Edwards of Waukegan, Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo and Col. Arthur A. Fisher of Rockford! They have the support of the bar associa-- tion of all counties in the district. The election is to be held on June The Lake county republican cen-- tral committee will meet on Fri-- day of next week. Probably in the courthouse, to select delegates to the judicial convention of the seven. teenth judicial circuit to be held on April 16. At the convention three candidates for the circuit bench wil}l be named. According to every indication the sitting judges will be re--nominated \:itl':_opt opposition. They are Claire In Shields township Alderman Sam' Sorenson, of Lake Forest, was elected justice of the peace, Police-- man Frank Metzger, constable, and Roy Steele, school trustee. PLAN CAUCUS ON APRIL 15 This was the only office contested in 'ghield. township. Charles Don-- ner the only candidate in the field for constable was elected. W. W. Bartlett, of Highland Park, candidate for justice of the peace in Deerfield township, was elected by a majority of two to one Tuesday in the Township election over his opponent, Charles Giass JUSTICES OF PEACE NAMED year, it was learned .from a reliable source. Dr Kar! M. Beck, who is actifg superintendent at the county bospi'al is to file an applica-- 4jon, it was learned Thursday. The chairman of the board of supervisors will be selected by the board on April 21. Supervisor B. C. Thompson of Benton announce« his candidacy for chairman aty the March meeting. It is believed that he will be opposed by Supervisor-- elect M. P. Dilger of Waukegan Mr. Dilger and Mr. Thompson are veteran members of the board and if they oppose each other, the con-- test is certain to be close. Dr. H. C. Hoag, city health physi-- cian, Dr. Benjamin Goldberg and Dr. J. E. Walter, it is said, will be ap-- plicants for the county position post. It is reported that two or three doctors outside of Waukegan may also put in applications. Ounly One Filed Only one applicant has been filed with County Clerk Lew A. Hendee to date, that of Dr. Hugo Branyan. a Waukegan physician who is Feder-- al doctor here. Dr. Branyan sub-- mitted his application at the March meeting of the county board and it ;u received and ordered placed on le. The matter of providing a sani-- tary sewer outliet and water service Preliminary steps were taken for the installation of sidewalks on Aus-- tin avenue and other streets in that part of the village. This improve-- ment will be handled under special assessment and the cost borne by the property benefitted. Dr. Charles Lieber, who has held this position for the past five years and at present is on a leave of ab-- sence, will not be an applicant this Various other matters of village business were disposed of Tuesday night. An ordinance prohibiting the display or sale of merchandise on the sidewalks in the business dis-- trict, was m and approved as was an ord covering the pavy-- ing of Copeland Manor, the work on which is now under way. _ _ The board of supervisors at the re--organization meeting to be held on Thursday April 21, is expected to name. the county physician and su-- perintendent at the Lake County General hospital for a one year team, starting July 1. Judging from indications at this time, there will be a heated contest. This petition was an aftermath of | the public hearing held two weeks | ago on this matter at which a umall' number of the land holders affected were present and because of the| fact that a majority of the frontage | was not represented, no definite u'-r tion was taken at that time. The| following day a petition was circu--| lated with the result that an expres--| sion was obtained from most of | those involved, favoring a five foot line. It was this petition that was presented Tuesday night and which the committee now has under con-- sideration. SUPERVISORS WILL _ PUBLISHERS ACCEPT NAME HOSPITAL HEAD, _ MILLER'S MELODY Steps were taken at the n'F:l._n'Bipes for Kenlock Park on West moet.inzhot the village board |Park avenue was brought up and a day night, the last which will be h'l'public hearing on this proposed im-- before the annual election, toward {:rovement set for April 22. The the establishment of a definite bllfld-' earing on the paving of Garfield ing line in the business district when avenue from Mcf(inley to Park was the matter was referred to a eom-'inlso set for that date. The estimat-- mittee consisting of Village attor-.ed cost of this improvement is ney Miller and trustees Nichol#8 $9,116.00. and Bulkley. This action fol}owe(l-[ The work of installing sidewalks the presentation Tuesday night of & in portions of the village where they petition signed by practically all of { were ordered in some time ago is to the ¥operty owners on Milwaukee be rushed, according to the action of and Park avenues asking that the'the board which instructed the vil-- building line be established five feet lage attorney to take the necessary from the lot line. !Stcus to have the walks hnilt where Property Owners Ask Five Foot Building Line Be Established LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, -- SATURDAY, APRIL 9 1927 12 C@f°t OL MIC. AHQIQH UPIMHCY BLL C CA SES M CEICUT U O Cs °P Un St. f'eumbm»g Florida was awarded| gang of liquor runners which, ac second prize for her decorated bi-- cording to reports, have been mak-- cycle in the Festival of States re--]) ing regular weekly trips between cently held there. This is an annual Chicago and points north. the order of the fard! Gras at New F FOREST r 0j ras at New " }?flems. o%ditthhe ?as one .o:d fifty in LAKE f%g%g C er part parade repre-- AL e of beramier paper wih puipic| on y | were o r paper pu flowers coverin t:l.xepebicyclo. I'Hn President Coolidge today has been dress and poke bonnet were trimmed | invited to spend his summer vacation with the same p&rple flowers and on | °" _ the north shore near Chicago. the handle bars was a huge basket|-- Representative Rathbone| Rep., lined with shredded ~purple paper IIl., told the president that| the es-- and in the 'basket was a life sized|tate of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc-- white rabbit a gold and purple|Cormick at Lake Forest about 30 egg on .,.,'.'},,'2 Standing around| miles from Chicago would be at his the back dpnwm a spray %ud'l!hd'lhfl-hmmm- of yellow daff The prize other available places along 'the awarded was a silver medal. north shore. [\ . M 58 Lavtie Miss Ldith Gfldl?, the daughter of Mrs. Helen Gridley at Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards granted an injunction Thursday re-- straining Sheldon from carrying out a@lleged threats to injure his yife and dispose of a 95--acre farm in the Town of Avon, valued at $200 an aore. EDITH GRIDLEY IS WINNER IN CONTEST George Sheldon of Fourth Lake, who has served jail sentences in the county jail for violations of the prohibition law was made defend-- ant Thursday in a divorce action started by Theresa Sheldon, through Attorney Ralph Dady. Drunkenness is charged. SHELDON SUED BY HIS WIFE The Frank C. Feutz Construction Company is now working on paving projeets in Lake county and will probably start work on Route 59 within a short time. A contract for paving _ sec-- tion 105 of State imoute 39, in Lake county, was awarded to the Frana C. Feutz 'Company, Rochester, Ind., it was announced Thursday _ at Springfield by the division of high-- ways. The Indiana Company submit-- ted a bid of $106,986.69. Route 59 is one of eight routes in Lake county which is to be built by the state out of the $100,000,000 bond issue money. This route starts at Route 69 south of Plainfield and goes morth and enters Barrington and extends through Barrington to Antioch,. The entire route is 23 miles in length and it is expected that contracts for other sections of the route will be let this spring or summer. This route will serve rea-- sonable communications with An-- tioch, Barrington, Wauconda and Ingleside. R. M. Lobdell, acting epunty high-- way superintendent expects tha: contracts for paving of other Lake county routes out of the $100,000,-- 000 bond issue, will be let soon. his work during .:' v'i:"t to y'x:' myoa years ago metif = lows tne night life on the canals of that city. Jhe work is to be pub-- lished and sold on a royalty basis and Mr. Miller has been highly praised by the critics who have seen the composition. Mgnaily honored by the acceptance ipr puolication of a descriptive mu-- slcai composition entitled "An Eve-- ming in Venice." 'The melody com-- prises tweive pages of manuscript and will be published absolutely without change by Schirmers of New York, one of the foremost publish-- ers of the better class of music. Mr. The next meeting of the village board will'be held on April 22nd at which time the election returns will be canvassed and bids received for several proposed paving operations. LET CONTRACT and Mabel Andrews. Arthur Miller, for many years a resident of Liabertyville and promin-- ent in local musical circles, has been The board appointed the officers to officiate at the annual village election which is to be held on Tues-- day, April 19. The follmg were chosen: Judges Jack B ord, E. D. Hubbard and Georfi B. Follett; Clerks, Bess Crane, Flora Staples The request of A. W. Litchfield for permission to install the water meter in a pit on his property on East Sunnysgie avenue, was held ever until it could be determined whether or not such a proceeding ;as contrary to the village regula-- ons. of health Len tion him was . The work of installing sidewalks in portions of the village where they were ordered in some time ago is to be rushed, according to the action of the board which instructed the vil-- lage attorney to take the necessary steps to have the walks built where the property owner refuses to do so and charge to cost to the property. A number of those involved have signified their willingness to proceed at once with the work and it is thouzht that little opposition will be encountered. A communication from Governor Len Small, relative to health promo-- tion week, 'which has been set by him for the week of April 24 to 30 was read and referred to the board Little Miss Edith Gridley, the ice Weekly ON ROUTE 59 President Coolidge today has been invited to spend his summer vacation on the north shore near Chicago. ._; Representative Rathbone| Rep., I1l., told the president that| the es-- tate of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc-- Cormick at Lake Forest about 30 miles from Chicago would be at his It is the belief of the Zion author-- ities that the arrest of this. pair will go ?nr towards bre\akinrup the gang of liquor runners which, ac cording to reports, have been mak-- ing regular weekly trips between Chicago and points north. The pair, who gave their names as George and M. Johnson were ar-- raigned before Justice of the Peace Eric Carey, of the Zion court, anc were fined $100 and costs, They paid and were released. -- Two Chicago men were arrested Thursday shortly after daybreak by Lieutenant Benjamin Fisher, o1 the Zion police department when they sped through the peaceful city at a speed of some forty miles an hour. On searching their car Fisher found a good supply of moonshine and home brew, which the men stat. ed was being transported into Wis-- consin. According to Chief of Police Theo-- dore Becker five quarts of alleged moonshine was found and two dozer bottles of home brew which had a real "kick" in it. court. BOOZE RUNNERS TAKEN IN ZION The fight between the heirs of George fiirk, of Waukegan, who died in 1898 le.vi% considerable property both in aukegan and Chicago, is the fifth case from the Lake county circuit -- court. Ella Kirk, the widow of one of the sons of George Kirk alleges that she still has a portion of the property due her, and although the court threw the case out for want of equity, she demands a writ of error from the Supreme The suit of Leslie Needham against the village of _ Winthrop Harbor, which the Lake county circuit court decided in -- Need-- htm's favor by granting an in-- junction restraining the village from interfering with his building of a clubhouse across an unused road, may be decided at this ses-- sion. The village asks a writ of error, asserting that the court did not have jurisdiction over the persons involved. Four Lake county cases that are veterans of several sessions' standing also await consideration at this term of the court. Swamp Land Case The suit"of Rose and Gertrude Gerbracht versus Lake county, in which the sisters seek to clear their title to certain swamp lands near the Fox river is one of these. Another is the demand of the Chicago Title and Trust company for further payments on land con-- fiscated for the use of the Chi-- cago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad. of Lake county dismissed the suit for want of e&uity, but Mrs. Wey-- er _ contends at the court erred in this decision and asks for a writ of error. en by either the trial judge or the state's attorney, as is usual in such cases, and desires a de-- cision _ apon _ the _ question _of whether or not this is an over-- stepping of the gubernatorial powers. A new case from Lake county on this docket is that Mary A. Weyer against John W. Barwell. Mrs. Weyer charges that her hus-- band in 1909 sold property with-- out her concurrence in the deed, and when he later died intestate one--third of this property should revert to her. The circuit court Sentenced To Hang Potz was convicted of the mur-- der of William Paterson, and was sentenced to hang on June 16, 1922, but the successive commu-- tations which the governor -- has given him would make his sen-- tence elapse October 11, 1930. Smith contends that no -- recom-- mendation to this effect was giv-- _ If the Supreme -- court -- grants the mandamus Potz will be re-- quired to serve his full life term. The case of Ignatz Potz, sentenced in Lake county to hang in 1922, but whose sentence was later commut-- ed to life imprisonment by Gov-- ernor Small, and then reduced to eight years and _ three months, may have further action taken upon it at the April session of the --state -- Supreme court, which opened Tuesday. The demand of State's Attorney Ashbel Smith of Lake county for a writ of mandamus rescinding the shortening of Potz's sentence is now -- on the advisement _ docket, which means that action may be taken upon it at any time by the justices, Supreme Court May Take Up Mandamus Request; Swamp Land And Needham's Win-- throp Harbor Cases Listed. POTZ CASE -- ACTION IS EXPECTED Corresponding period week end-- ing April 3, 1926;: {| Number of conveyances fil::; 218. Number of chattel mortgages, 48. Number of trust deeds and mort-- gages, 77. . ; f Total number 'of instrgments fil-- Business of the recorder's office for the week ending Aprii 2, 1927: NumbBer of conveyances filed, 258. Number of chatte} mortgages, 39. Number of trust deeds3 and mort-- gages, 93. _ _Total number of instruments fil-- ed,© 390. Total amount of loans, $1,837,-- 428.28. } Supervisor Bert C. Thompson of Benton, who was also re--elected Monday announced at the last board meeting t?t he was a can-- didate for the chairmanship. Dilger and Thompson are veteran members of the bqard and it is believed that the contest for chairman will be ex-- ceedingly close if they oppose each other, as is practically certain, Defeated Last Year Dilger was a candidate for board chairman last year, being defeated by Supervisor Ray Paddock of Wau-- conda who served two consecutive terms in this capacity. Dilger attributed his defeat largely to Bairstow, who supported Paddock, and this wxbne of the reasons why be made th&®race against Bairstow for supervisor. COUNTY'S LOANS NEAR 2 MILLION The triumph of Assistant Super-- visor Matt P. Dilger Monday over Supervisor George Bairstow is ex-- pected to result in Dilger being named as a candidate for chairman of the county board at the re--organ-- ization meeting, which will prob-- ably be held within the next two weeks. SEE DILGER AS CANDIDATE In his remarks he invatriably con-- trasted Waukegan with Aurora, where prize fights, brothels and gambling have been allowed in de-- fiance of law. He said the prize fights there are carried on, by some promoters hiring the Armory, charg-- ing $3 to $5 for admission, collect-- ing thus from the citizens four or five thousand dollars, for seeing probably a series of fake bouts. Aurora parts with her good name or at least lowers her reputation. and therefore wages are on a lower scale in Aurora, and real estate is greatly discounted ,he said. He closed his remarks, by stating that it was his earnest desire to see Wau-- kegan maintain her goodiname and her excellent reputation by signify-- ing at the ballot box nekt election day its earnest desire not to allow prize fights within the city limits. Plans were made at the meeting for the launching of the daily vaca-- tion bible school earlier this year and for even more successful union services next summer. Speaks Before Ministerial As-- sociation On Proposal On City Ballot. The spider, which 'was a full crown specimen, was found later in the vegetables under which the bananas hung and was killed. The nest in the bottom of the bunch of fruit con-- tained a newly hatched brood of these unwelcome visitors. good moral 'weputation W;ui--eg:r: She was taken to the office 5f Drs-- Taylor and Penney where treat-- ment was given. A most fortunate coincidence was the presence in town of Dr. Lucas, who had spent several years in Cuba and South America as a special investigator for the United States government in the study of insect bites and their cures. On learning of the local case he ad-- vised the proper @mergency treat-- Mrs. Taylor was taken to her home and for the remainder of the day suffered severe pains from the effects of the poison. She was re-- ported as much better Friay. The discoloration had receded from the ar:r; but the injured finger was still stiff. QUAYLE SEEKS BAN ON BOXING Thomas Quayle in talking to the Waukegan--North Chicago Minister-- ial association at its tmeeting at the ment and this was administered hypodermically. & Total amount of On Thursday morning Mrs. Taylor was cutting bananas from a bunch which had just been brought from the basement of the store and when she reached under the bottom of the stock she felt a sensation in her fin-- ger which she described as being similar to the sting of a bee. Almost immediately the poison spread to her shoulder and the arm became discolored. Her finger be-- came snow white and her eyesight materially affected, Mrs. Cora Taylor, who is employ-- ed at the local branch of the Atlan-- tic and Pacific Tea company, is re-- covering today from the effects of the bite of a tarantula, more com-- monly known as the banana spider, which came all the way from the tropics in a nest in a bunch of ba-- i1 associati meeti . M#O. A.. Wednesday taik af tht Woman Bitten By Tarantula *I during Saturday night or Sunday. 'l'uadahry that the lock on the cashier's office had been "jimmied" and entnne.n 4 gllnedi iin this man-- ner. us far investigators been wnable to determine -hm: Definite information that the cashier's office of the North Shore Line headquarters at Highwood had been entered and robbed of between $8,000 and $10,000 was given out for the first time Tuesday. Previous-- ly it was stated that the "shortage" was probably due to an error in bookkeeping. Finance Cominissioner Albert F. Carney, who had the audit made which revealed the allowance of "extras" amourting to _ between $75,000 and $100,000 said that it appears to him that the inefficient system of the engineering depart-- ment is the source of the trouble. He recommended in his audit report that the system be changed, it is LINE'S MONEY LOST IN THEFT \| Put Blame on Engineer "Douthitt, as head of the engi-- neering aepartment is responsible for thousanas of dollars being al-- | lowed contractors in 'extras' and al-- j lowances of these additional sums, in all but a few cases, were irregu-- larities," declared Mayor Yager. "At no time have J or any of the coun-- cil members questioned the honesty of Mr. Douthitt but he did not con-- duct his department properly as he allowed 'extras' to contractors which were not approved by the board of loral improvements and thus he did not follow out the law." Asked by Mayor to Quit On the other hand, City Engineer |be had offered to resign at any time. He said ne was asked to re-- sign Monday morning by Mayor Yager and that again Tuesday af-- ternoon at the council conference IMayor Yager made this same re-- | quest. He said he has the matter i under advisement and will get legal | advice before making a decision. He said he has been alilowed until next Monday night to decide. recalled. The fact remains that betw@en $75,000 and $100,000 was allowed contractors last year in "extras" in an irregular manner. Corporation Counsel Albert Hall and Attorney William H. Dillon of Chicago, who represents the Lampert Construe-- ton Company conferred md.&: the matter. The Lampert struction Company was aiowed a large portion of tge "extras" and is said to be willing to maxe some ré-- funds. Attorneys Elmer V. Orvis and Max L. Przyborski, who are re-- presenting objectors will confer sometime this week with Corpora-- tion Counsel Hall and Attorneys Dillon, at which time it is possible that matters may 'be straightened out, so that property owners will have assessments rexueed. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE pend on others. Regarding allow-- ance of certain "extras" Douthitt is said to have declared that he had been given instructions to allow The council was in conferenee from about 8:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon until after 6 o'clock on the engineerimg matter. City Engi-- neer Douthitt and Assistant City Engineer Henry BHlech were called before the council and asked about irregularities in the engineering de-- partment. According to members of the council, Blech said he was only an employe of the engineering department and carried out instruc-- tions. Douthitt is said to have told the council that he worked for the best interests of the city at all times, oftentimes working late into the night to get needed work done. He is said to have admitted mis-- takes were made, but that all of them were not made by him person-- ally, telling the council that the great amount of work made it im-- possible for him to give all matters his attention and that he had to de-- resignation the council wil} vote to put me out. If I should make up my mind to resign it will be simply because I am forced to do so." "I am being made the 'goat' in this whole matter and I want it known that at all times 1 worked under the orders of the mayer and other members of the coun;il.'l said City Engineer Douthitt.. under-- -.;G'mt if I don't hand over my ard again Tuesdsy afternoon said that Douthitt iast week offered to tender his resignation and again Tuesday afternoon in the presence of the council agreed to hand in his r"esignltio- this week, to be effective May 1. ® An official of the road admitted Douthitt Asked To Resign By Mayor Refuses; Council Goes Into "Extras" At Special Meeting. Mayor L. J. \azer,rwil:o called the council into conferences on the en-- gineering situation Monday -- night ENGINEER IS UNDER FIRE AT WAUKEGAN Merton J. Douthitt, city engineer of Wauxegan for the past 15 years, is practically certain to vacate this office on or before May 1, but wheth-- er he will voluntarily resign,. quit under fire, or be ousted by the council, is problematical.