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Bandit Gang Named In Many Nebberies; Arson Charged In ago made confessions to the police admitting their parts in a series of ten stick ups in Waukegan and North the grand jary made an inspection trip Through the Lake county jail and in a report to the court praised Sher-- Iiff Lawrence A. Doolittle for the man-- ner in which he cared for the prison-- ers and the upkeep of the jail. 'The boy bandits and the number of indictments against them follow: Claude Martin, 24 years old, of 227 Bouth West street, indicted five times. Claude Laurent, 21 years old, of 206 Souh West street, indicted five times. John L Hauck, 22 years old, of 410 Ravine avenue, indicted three times. ERdward Ruff, 18 years old, of 210 Fulton avenue, indicted twice. 17 Defendants Hit Seventeen persons were "hit" in the true bills No bills were voted ni-- two -- cases presented by State's Attorney A. V. Smith and Asgigiant State's Attorney Sidney H Blosks. One of the cases in which a 'The principal cases in which true bills were voted concerned Waukegan's boy bandit quintet. One of the ban-- dits was named in seven true bills, one in five true bills one in three true bills and the other two were each Henry "Buddy" Brooks, of 110 North County street, indicted twice. Martin, according to the police, is alleged to have been the ringleader and brains of the outfit. x 'The indictments against the boy bandits follow: Claude Martin, Claude Laurent and John Hauck, robbery. This true bil charges they assaulted Joseph Gugola on December 24, of last year and stole $3 from him. Claude Martin, Claude Laurent and Joha Hauck, robbery. This true bill charges they assaulted David Soder-- quist on December 25 of last year and robbed him of a watch worth $50. Claude Martin, Claude Laurent and Edward Ruff, robbery. They are al-- leged to have assaulted Lewis W. Col-- son of North Chicago on January 14 otf this year and robbed him of $15. Claud Martin, Claude Laurent and _ Flie March grand jury which went inteo session Monday morning com-- pieted its work in one day, submit-- ;.temutbeeom&ctcdt Claire C. Edwards late in the mmmgp_euu_h_a_d Krweger of Barrington, charged by C. A. Etorer, a state investigator, with vioimting the act governing real estate brokers. The other no bill was in a laresny matter where but a few dol-- lars was stolen. Abtack Case Not Presented COs Sxnith did not present the case of Westor Lahti, 226 May street, who was bheld over to the grand jury on two charges of assault with intent to com-- mit rape. He was charged with hav-- ing assaulted a Waukegan woman, Corrine Walker of 116 Lake street and Mra. Maude Smith of 1110 Lincoln streek, North Chicago. He denied the allegations, claiming it was a case of mistaken identity and Col. Smith ap-- parently felt the evidence against him was insufficient to have grand jury retwrmed. John E. Hayes, Sr., of North Emerson H. Cole on January 23. Bonds Are Set On recommendation of Col. Smith, Judge Edwards set the bonds at $5,000 apiece in each of the robbery cases and $1,000 in the larceny cases. The total bonds of the boy bandits follow Martin, $23,000; Laurent, $17,000; Hauck. $11,000; Brooks, $6,000; Ruff. thécburt»m?umtbede- fendants not in at the present GRAND JURY VOTES MANY time Tony Malavasic, Rudolph Sterbenz, r engssprmeedie. Lester Guthrie, and William Ryan,| A posse of three civilian motorists robbery with a gun.. They are alleged was used by Motorcycle Policeman to have assaulted and robbed Mabel Kreml of Evanston to aid him Tues-- White, colored, of Prospect Drive, of day in capturing a speeding automo-- $19, on February 23 of this year. M'bfle driven by Mrs. Donald P. Vail bonds were set at $5,000 each. The 421 Oakwood avenue, Highland Park four boys are now in jail. . | The policeman first stopped Mrs Camillo Murano, arson and burning | Vail at Austin and Ridge avenues. with intent to defraud. Deputy State Evanston, for driving 34 milee an Fire Marshal Paul E. Bertram and'hour. She started her car and speed-- Fire Chief Sars O'FParrell testified ,ed away. s R c s against Murano. On FPebruary 20| Three times the motorcycle drew up Murano alleged to have set fire to hh'alongx!de the automobile and the po-- restaurant at 820 Tenth street caus--|liceman called for her to halt, Each ing $800 damage.\ A warrant for the|time. she smiled and continued with-- arrest of Murano was sworn out a out abating her speed, Kreml, unable week ago but the office of Sheriff to block her, called for help. 'Three Lawrence A. Doolittle has been unable volunteers crowded her machine to to locate--the man. ltbe curb at Ridge and Touhy avenues. Bertram claims that he has uncov-- Chicago. ered positive evidence that kerosemne, Mrs. Vail, with her two children mnrusprmmthefintmlvhdmmthemwmher.was and the basement of the building be--' taken before Justice of the Peace Wil-- fore the blaze was started. The dep--!liam Brightmeir. She telephoned her uty state fire marshal says that Mu--|husband, an attorney with offices at rano admitted to him that he carried}69 West Washington street, Chicago, $1,500 fire insurance on the restaurant and he obtained a continuance unti) (Continued on Page 8) Saturday. ment charges them with larceny of $15 from Lewis W. Colson of North Chicago on January 14 of this year. Claude Martin and Henry Brooks, robbery. They are charged with steal-- ing a watch and chain worth $22 from Emerson H. Cole on January 23 of Claude Martin and Henry Brooks, larceny. They are alleged to have Others Named By Jury Other true bills voted by the grand jury follow: --EIGHTH YEAR NO. 19 all investigations _Che 1 of by Tax Department W orking _ Nights And Sundays To Get -- Ready For Big Rush. farm and then jumped across the road where a forty acre tract was burned over. A number of telephone poles and practically all of the fence posts on both sides of the road were The fire sptfi toward the Car-- roll farm on north but was checked by a stretch of _ plowed ground before it reached the build-- The fire started in a f':e:} a short distance from the house , fanned by a high wind quickly followed the dry grass and weeds which have grown up around the buildings. The :.111? first auackheed t.t}lx'e ll:onfie and n spread to the other buildings. 'A score of neighbors .qn'i\cghy gathered but there was nothing that could be done as the only well was in the pump house near the barn and that was a mass of flames. The following --buildings were taoull{ destroyed: The house, barn, too. shed, grainery and milk house. The only structure left standing was the chicken house which was on fire at one time but failed to burn. After leaving the farm yard the fire burned over a hundred acres of meadow land on the Morrison will be sent out as soon as it is pos-- sible to do so and requests property owners to refrain from .calling his Eie + s y$ v Morse that people use the mails in-- stead of coming to his office to pay taxes. He says it will be more con-- venient for the taxpayers to use this method as it will save them from perhaps standing in line for several hours, while it will also aid his force. He says that personal checks should not be sent, but either money orders, cashier's checks or certified checks. Mr. Morse is making arrangements with banks on the north shore and in the western part of the county to handle tax money, as in the past. ~The Kiwanis Club is Sponsoriug the appearance here of the Garr.c Players. The ll]..mceeds from the per-- formance will go to the benetit ~f the Eliizalbecth Condell -- Memarial Damage estimated at over $10,000 was caused late Tuesday afternoon when fire made a clean sweep of the buildings on the old Daniel Morrison farm located on Bradley road southeast of Libertyvillie. The farm is owned by Si Mayer of Chi-- ecago and has been untenanted for OPEN TAX BOOKS EARLY IN APRIL national reputation . "or dramatic talent and in "Tommy" one of the outstandinx comedies of the year they will appear at theis best. _ Hospital. It was h to have the play run for unr:fegghf~; but the company's time is so conrleta:_y booke1 ahead that Libertzyv.ile w'il have t»> be cortent with one perfor-- mance. * The yplayers 'are under the direc-- tion of Garett Lev=.im of Lake Forest Celicge, one of thae greatest dramatic directors in the corairy. Tickets will be sold by members of the -- Kiwanis Club. Reservatios, without any extra charze can be made al Tu= Soda Shop on Monday, March 26%>. There are only six hundred seats available and the performance will be one night onlyv. County Treasurer J. B--Morse an-- nounced Thursday that he expects to be able to start collection of taxes at his office the first week in April. The tax department of the office of County Clerk Lew A. Hendee has been working nights and Sundays on extending of taxes. so as to Libertyville is to be offered a real dramatic treat March 29th when the Garrick Players of Lake Forest College will present the delightful eomeg; "Tommy," at the High GARRICK PLAYERS TO GIVE COMEDY A posse of three civilian motorists 'g'ne{ aiso nave a new .. sSCnooi, was used by Motorcycle Policeman| PUit argely as a result of the in-- Kreml of Evanston to aid him Tues--|itiative of the organization, which day in capturing a speeding automo-- | s used as a community center. bile driven by Mrs. Donald P. Vail The club is now boosting to get 421 Oakwood avenue, Highland Park | Diamond Lake out of the mud and 'The policeman first stopped Mrs | to judge by the activities of the Vail at Austin and Ridge avenues |surveyors there during the past Evanston, for driving 34 miles an| three weeks, they will soon have the hour. She started her car and speed-- pqemqnt. & 6 vo * & Fire Destroys Farm Buildings treasurer at as early a date as pos-- HIGHLAND P ARK WOMAN SPEEDER County Treasurer Morse says bills Adjuster Searching In Wreck-- age After Blaze On Hold-- Kennedy took an interest in the case Thursday in the belief that the body might be that o0f :Sebert Matszon, 1110 Westmoreland avenue, father oi seven children, who has been mysteri-- ously missing from his home since 7 o'clock last Monday morning. This angle was dropped, however, when }menx upper teeth of the body were found in the ruins by Sheriff Doolit-- tle and it is known that Matson had &ll of his upper teeth taken out some months ago. _ --The few teeth found are the only means by which it would be possible to identify the body, Sheriff Doolittle -%n Holdridge home has been un-- tenanted since last fall, and accord-- ing to neighbors in the district, tramps had frequently been seen about the place this winter. ;, FIND TORSO IN RUINS OF huge prairie fire which swept over nearly 100 acres of land in that dis-- triet. The charred torso of an unidenti-- fied man was discovered Thursday morning in the ruins of the Ilra Holdridge barn located on Lewis Avenue near Hildridge road, by an insurance adjuster named Denman of the Millburn Insurance Co. The Holdridge barn and farmhouse were completely destroyed Tuesday by a Mrs. Emma M. Hoyt, 82 years old, passed away at her home on North Park avenue, Waukegan at three-- thirty -- Tuesday _ morning, after an illness of five . days. -- Mrs. Hoyt was the widow of Franklin Hoyt, a Civil war veteram: who died Aug. 10. 1918 f _ 'Doolittle expressed the opinion that the body was that of a tramp who had probably been taking refuge in the barn from the cold some days be-- fore. It is believed he died theer of exposure before the fire. Assistant Chief of 'Police Thomas E erated by a coroner's jury which| Monday returned a verdict of justifi--, able homicide. j : Mrs. Horning is the daughter ot} Mrs. Robert Brunke, 415 Lake court, Waukegan 'and her husband was also i formerly of Waukegan. J At the t:')?lt meeting a Erize will be given to/the member who relates the circumstance during the Rogse-- velt administration whence originat-- ed the famous "Teddy Bear". Doolittle of his discovery. He launch-- ed ar investigation. Sheriff Doolittle informed Coroner John L Taylor of the case and he ordered the charred remains removed to the Wetzel and Peterson funeral home where he plans to hold an inquest. _ -- -- -- . > 4 , | 3CK, who was Congressman at Large 3':' ;m-{m' e Say tord nolne ins ony / and United States Senator from Ili-- y are of thieir makiicd mig :,'gh'f.:gl' Mr® McCormick opened: her talk endured abuse from her husband on} PY ®*P!aining what the office of the frequent occasions when he came; CON&ressman at Large was, and that home intoxicated. Horning, who had\8"¢ h@d announced herself as a can-- Harbor Belt railroad, had been in! Sidate for this office because she been a switchman for the Indiana] POlievyed she could better serve the trouble about ten years ago,| PeOPle--Of Illinois as a Congressman robbing freight cars, Mrs. Horn--} 2t Large, than as a Congressman said sftu'fitinquqt_ She saigq| from a particular district. She out-- had given her savings to pay law-- | lined her views on the prohibition yer fees to fight the case. question, stating that she was in > in seenenninoromnimn n mmnimmotnmiemom 'f:}*or of the prodhibit'il?g law and it.si ~ enforcemenit, and wo support an« D HAOND]DE LAKE CLUB xg:nd by the lt?lth ameudmenlt.l of }t}he * E']'IN HE nstitution, the same as all other S nnrrmemung C RE pr?ivisigns of t]}:e (f)on;tituti?n,l,w}t\;iec? 5 M ,| under her oath of office, if elected, La?;"(t;';,m",',','f,',','i'f;' é'flbthrze%norid she would be pledged to support. day night at the home of M C "é She then reviewed the condition of M Ellsworth Wi *A0d [ the Country stating that while parts av:;;ue fo;";he fé"g"!llll?rxu?:nulx)lo uglas of the Country were prosperous, sion of the organization. Y S°S~--! there were great industries, agri-- After the routine business th |eulture and coal mining that were ing turned i P ©| greatl 'depressed; and that meas-- fi,'fififim ge::én;r:ocie;ntoa:lé %l;i,]{agh' ures s{tould be taken by Congress its subjeet the logicay candidate fO: for the restoration of these indus-- the presidency of the United Stat.: tries to their former condition of T min. {1 ; ®! prosperity. She also spoke upon the ;ta:thei:ome m'; f:derg&nfat&ok subject of tax redpction; flood re-- showed that they are as well versgs lief and the naval and defense pro-- in politics as the men. At midnight| Sr2m,. and closed her address with a real rural lunch ,,,;8 served. & ia brilliant exposition of the new {:ro- The Diamond Lake Community posal for the outlawry of war, which Club was formed ten years by! is being discussed between <this the pro ive résiden{s of tfiz lo)-' Country and France, and gave a log-- a]itp '5:0 wished to secure a united ical and forceful argument showing cfior{ for the betterment of that| that the real wavy to prevent war > munity. At the time the church,, 725 for all the nations to--join in an 2C £ tfi: old landmarks of that'zazreement not to go to war without onet.on was closed. They now have| the support of the people of the re-- raeriorts. rous church ba{ked py / spective Countries. Mrs. McCormick i'-.p rc;lspeh organization with a Syun-| is a deep thinker. She showed a d"e y fi", ung:;lr the leadership of thorough understanding of all the Ma hy 3&,';31;,,,, Mitchell, of whichpar(: 'g'reat national and international c it be proud Y| auestions now before this Country. (0%1;1111353:1& {ave pa new school,.| She. spoke to a very appreciative built f; ly as a result of the in.| audience, and they were thorouchly itiati rg: {he 0 ization, which| Convinced that she was well qualified itix ": a(; a commumg'ty center. by training and experience to fill the "The club is now boosting to get| Ofice she seeks»and that her nom-- ; en%uLak out of the mud a,.,d'itmtion and election as Congressman Dm;a:& b ethe activities of the: 4t Larze would reflect great credit to pwige by is StuNU'*s °* CS upon the State of Illinois. After the routine business the meeting was turned into an old fash-- ioned debating sociefi/ and took for its subjeet the logical candidate for the presidency of the United States at the comingi:lceetxpn. Everyone took part in the ussion and the ladies showed that they are as well versed in politics as the men. At midnight a real rural lunch was served. Throop street, Chicago, who shot and killed her husband, George, following a quarrel Sunday morning, was exon-- The insurance adjuster discovered the torso, which more or less re-- sembled a piece of charred wood, at-- ter finding a part of the man's skull. The head, arms and legs were com-- pletely burned away, leaving -- only th» charred trunk of the body as evi-- dence of the tragedy. . . Thirty members of the Diamond Lake Community Club met Thurs-- day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Wilcox on Douglas avenue for the regular monthly ses-- sion of the organization. 7 3 The{ also have a new school, built largely as a result of the in-- itiative of the organization, which is used as a community center. Man's Body. 1$ EXONERATED . HOYT, 82, PASSES AWAY ey wo €Vi« , Separate ordinances were* passed for a bond amounting to $7.000 for Lawrence!ithe purchase of a fire truck 'and M a t |this matter will also be submitted jto the voters at the spring election. Judge Ben . H. Miller presided at the meeting, and in introducing Mrs. McCormick, gave a brief outline of her political training and experience as Secretary to her father, the late ; Mark Hanna, who managed McKin-- ley's campaign for the Presidency, and was later United States Senator i,t'rom Ohio, and also her association 'with her husband, Medill MeCorm-- lick, who was Congressman at Large and United States Senator from Illi-- i nols. At the regular. meeting of the board of trustees Tuesday night the necessary legal steps were taken to submit to the voters of Libertyville the proposition of a bond issue to raise funds for the rebuilding of the municipal water plant, when an or-- dinance covering the proposition was passed and apg;oved by unam-- imous vote of the board. A supple-- mentary ordinance providing for that purpose at the annual village election on Tuesday, April 17th was also passed. | Board Moves To Submit Bond Issue To Voters At Election date for Congressman at Large at the Primaries on April 10th. The program Committee of the Club has arranged to invite the varions can-- The ordin&nce is entitled "An or-- dinance to im'rrove the fire protec-- tion of the village of Libertyville by rebuilding the water system and providing for the issuance of bonds in the sum of $44,000 for the pay-- ment of the same. The amount was set at that figure after an exhaus-- tive study of the conditions by the members of the board and the en-- gineer and it was found that the above sum was the smallest amount with which the immediate necessi-- ties can be secured. -- A. request was presented asking that the village vacate portions of the parkway at the intersection of Cook Avenue and Elm Court to straighten out the lot lines to con-- form with the pavement. This is to correct an error made when Oak Terrace was platted. and the street was made wider at this {»oint than was ariginally intended. Village at-- torney MacGuffin was instructed to prepare an ordinance covering this change ansl present it at the next meeting. f A resolution was adopted: asking permission of the state: Highway Department to construct a sanitarr'{ sewer along the south side of Pa Avenue and extending west toward the village limits. This sewer is to be installed by vrivate contract and is to serve those houses on the west One of the most successful meet-- ings the. Kiwanis Club has ever had was held at the Parish House, Thursday evening, when over one hundred members and friepds of Kiwanis fthcnd to hear Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, who is a candi-- STORE BOUGHT The building and confectionery store owned by Harvey Biddlecom and oper@ted 'by him for-- --several years at 1739 Sheridan road, North Chicago, has been sold for $30,000 to Ben Eisenberg, Waukegan dry goods merchant, it was announced Wednes-- day by Alderman Bohus Rause, brok er in the transaction. The specifications provide for the installation of pumping equipment capable of «lelivering fifteen hun-- dred gallons per minute. § stated. Mr. Eisenberg, the purchaser, intends to run the --store in addition to his other business, a short distance southr of the Biddlecom store. didates for office to appear before the Club and state their platforms and views on the issues of the day and Mrs. McCormick was the first speaker. i The deal, has been under way fot several days and will be definitely KIW ANIANS HEAR MRS. McCORMICK LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928 Courty Rentsater Published Twice FOR $30,000 which have not had this improve-- ment. -- The board passed and approved a comnrehensive traffic regulation ordinance patterned after an enact-- Permission was 'granted to -- the North Shore Gas Company to re-- place main service pipes on several streets with mains of large' dimen-- siomg which are necessary because i the increased gas consumption in tt% village. The following were appointed to act as members of: the -- election board at the v_illageh election -- on April 17th: Judges; W.~ E. -- Miller, Jaglg'Bra\lford:_iiugo Gotti; Clerks; Flora Staples, Catherine Lancaster and, Rowena Nutt. _ . t recommended by the Illinois Municipal League. This ordinance will be referred to the state High-- way «lepartment and will be pub-- lg(s"l:ed after it is approved by that .\ t A¢ definite move was made in se-- curing the opening of Fourth street acrogs the North Shore tracks by theignsage of Ordinance No, 489 which authorizes immediate action in this matter and specifies the me-- thod of procedure. . Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle re-- ceived word Thursday from a North-- brook man that John J. Boeye, chiro* practor of Northbrook and Evanston, who is wanted on a charge of prac-- ticing medicine wilthout. a state license, will probably surrender with-- in the next few days. The police chief of Northbrook informed Sheriff Doolittle Wednesday that Boeye left Northbrook four days ago and had not 'been heard from since, leading to the belief that he had "skipped " Justice of the Peace Hervey C Coulson issued the warrant for the arrest 'of Boeye on Monday of this week on echplaint of C. A. Storer. a state investigator. Boeye had been treating a Highland Park girl. Mar-- ion Bremer, for tonsilitis and-- fol-- lowing her death Coroner John L. Taylor discovered she had died from diphtberia. f The: revort of the treasurer was read and accepted subject to -- an audit. The report showed a balance of $80,686.76 in the village funds. The meeting was cadjourned to '!;luetday. H:;c!h 13th at fi-hggh t::;e the paving ordinances will be ready for action. ----~ > A.communication from the Liber-- t;.'vi_fiie-.\lundelein' Chamber of Com-- merce was read,-- sanctioning | the proposed bond issues and urging ac-- tion on the opening of Fourth streeét. The communication also re-- commended the establishment of a local tourist :.camp and" suggested that-- an effort be made to secure the oli fair grounds for this pur-- pose. It was pointed out that most of the necessary ~conveniences are alrea@dy there and that the expense entailed would be small. The matter was referred to a committee to in-- vestigate. > : e Chairman 'Kaping of the street committee was empowered to pur-- chase a portable tar kettle for use in his department. 3 y Unusual interest is centering in the union Lenten evangelistic ser-- vices led by Rev. Wailter Spooner of Chicago, which are to be held at the Ivanhoe church and the First church at Mundelein from March 18 A noted religious leader has said olf him: "Mr. Spoonle.r avoids all :.be clap--trap, spectacular stage play amf' sendment.al twaddle used by many -- evangelists, -- but with -- a friendly heart he brings himself in-- to such vital touch with his audience that he is able to reason with them convincingly about sin versus right-- eousness. He wins his response, not by whipping the emotions to a white heat but by a quiet, clear cut winsome presentation of the Christ-- ian life as the best way of living." BOEYE TO GIVE SELEFUP SOON In the past few weeks Mr. Spoon-- er has held meetings at Blooming-- ton and Cobden. At Bloomington a new church was formed last week with_ over-- one : hundred : charter members largely as a result --of these meetings... At Cobden forty-- three united with the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches which cooperated and a young man enter-- ed the --ministry 'and is studying at Chicago as a result of the meetings. Several thousands of members have joined the churches of Tlinois dur-- ing the yvears of service that Mr. Spooner has rendered to the --Con-- gregational churches of the state. pregcher in his fine spiritual its relations with God -- and man. % H.: N. Forster, a Waukegsan real estate dealer, living at 26 North Park Ave. was arrested Tuesday by Deputy William Kelly on two war-- rants, both 'charging him with ob-- taining money by false pretenses. He was released in bonds totaling $1,000 by Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson and both cases were set for hearing--on March 15 at 9 a. m.> Leon Jénsen of Waukegan and C. H. Moore of Zion made the com-- plaints against Forster. Jensen claims that he was swindled out of $100 and Moore charges Porster with swindl-- MUNDELEIN SECURES NOTED EVANGELIST ing him out of $205 in land deals, according to information of the au-- thorities. ARREST REALTY --MAN ON WRITS w Walter Roof," Libertyville, Taken In Auto Theft Faces DeKalb Charge Due To Car Deal; Leaves Home. MAN FLEES WHEN CASE IS DELAYED ferrea by Victor Wolfe, of 1420 Lloyd avenue, Waukegan and for-- merly of 317 North Utica street, is being sought on a state warrant charging with selling and driving away a mortgaged> car. St. -- Libertyville, ~who --Wednesday was released in bonds of $1,000 on The Gurnee church is the only church in the community, and has a long history. A special invitation is extended to the people living within incorporation limits, to attend the community church. -- # The citizens banded together in an almost unanimous vote to incorporate Tuesdag at the elfection in order to ward off any attempts of nearby cit-- ies to annex. -- Waukegan council members have recently considered an-- nexing territory which will now be included within the corporate limits of Gurnee and their" move to annex is said to have influenced the citizenry of Gurnee to incorporate. After the vote results became known Rev. B. W. Sinderson, pastor of the Gurnee Community church, an-- nounced for the Sunday morning worship on March 11, the following sermon subject: "Essentials in Com-- munity Life." GURNEE NOW IS A VILLAGE A petition signed by 100 voters was presented to Judge Perry L. 'Persons on January 23, requesting that a date be set for an election on the propo-- sition. Mabel --McCullough, W. K. Kimball, and Ray B. Dixon were se-- lected as the judges. -- © . Is Old Community Gurnee is one of the oldest com-- munities in Lake county but has re-- mained an unincorporated center for almost 100 years. Plans for incor-- porating have 'been brought up before by residents of Gurnee but have never b%en put through on account of oppo-- sition. veloped into a géneral mix--up Wed. night when Assistant Chief of Police Kennedy jailed Wolfe at the request of two DeKalb, IIL, officers who held a warrant for his arrest charging him with disposing of a mortgaged car. The warrant was signed by T. E. Courtney, a representative of a NeKalb finance company. The office~ of Sheriff-- Lawrence Doolittle was Wednesday enlisted by Miss Rice, a state parole agent, in a search for a Waukeran girl, Irene Lenora Baire, 620 'Walnut street who was paroled recently from t®e school for girls at Geneva. She had a job at a home in Chicago and |}oft Saturday and failed to return. The girl was adijudged delingquent in the County courl. * 7 Thursday -- Woolf was discharg-- ed and exonerated of all connection with the case when the two officers learned that he was not the "Wolfe" they are seeking. Now it is charged that Roof with a companion had re-- cently gone to DeKalb and purchased a machine, financing the automobile in Wolfe's name. Assistant Chief Kennedy --expressed -- the -- belief that Roof used his companion. who is as yet unknown, as the "dummy" to sign Wolfe's name to the finance parers and thereby secure the new If Roof does put in an appearance for trial March 17. he will be turned over to the DeKalb authorities. Wolfe caused the arrest of Roof, his "best friend," after the latter had borrowed his new Chevrolet car Sat-- Pv mdltood Lihu'tyviui the police foun: at --L and hewas takem--into custody. SEARCH ON FOR Pfimn GIRL Inquiry -- by -- the authorities at Roof's rooming place' in Liber-- tyvillerevealed -- that Wednesday night he had moved, carrying away all of his belongings in a truck. Constable R. J. Donahoe and Dep-- uty Sheriff George Schiffer, both of DeKalb, are workinyg with the Wau-- kegan police and sheriff's office in a search for Roof. Up to noon Sunday no trace of the fugitive's wherea-- bouts had been found and tonight they expect to go to Chicago and continue the search there. The voters of Gurnee Tuesday de-- cided almost unanimously to incor-- porate as a village at the election Leld at the Woodman hall on Grand avenue. -- The voté stood 90 for in-- ecorporation and 4 against it. Three votes out of a total of 97 were no good. The citizens will now {o ahesd vwith plans for the holding of an elec-- tion for officers of the village. Counstjv Judge Perry L. Persons Wednesday set the election of offic-- ials of the village of Gurnee for Tuesday, April 17. -- The vote on the incorporating proposition was can-- vassed--and found to be the same as the unofficial returns. s The village will. comprise two square miles of territory, the limit which the law allows for communi-- ties having as small} a population as Gurnee. The village is said to have 360 citizens, 160 more than is re-- quired by law to incorporate. D. Roof, of 118 of Roof and Wolfe de-- Feqil "Way Shortly. after their return from| the west the firemen received word of a big blaze to the north east of ! the village. The truck went to the fair grounds and found that the fire was over near Bulkle{' and St. Mary's roads. A large field here was : also burned over and one <~small! | building destroyed,, ; 'Emest Blake Named On For-- _ gery Charges Nabbed; Jones ! To Surrender. An item of interest to local busi-- ness interests is contained in a certificate, published on another page of this issue of the Lake voun-- ty Register, covering the increase of the capital stock of the Liberty-- ville Trust & Savings Bank from $50,000 to $75,000. This increase was voted by the directors at the annual meeting of that institution and has now received the sanction of the state banking authorities. The increase actul' adds $50,000 to the invested capi®@i of the bank as the stock was sold at a price whic}) adt{ed $25,000 lt;o thg_ir former surplus bringing that figure to $75,000 and malgng a tou:f" capita-- lization of $150,000. Bank Increases Capital Stock The officers of the bank state! that the increase in their capital was made necessary by the rapid growth of the institution, its de-- posits having reached a figure which warranted a larger capitali-- zation. The growth of this bank has been very rapid in the two years it has been operating and the addi-- tional facilities it has brought into this eommunit{ have performed a liberal share of the growth and de-- velopment in the district. l A trust department has been chartered in connection with the ;b:?ek's u;ther actitities la.nd this en-- s bank to handle practically every kind of financial service re-- quired, _ + INDICTED MAN in Lake County and its officers and directors are deserviny of commen-- dation on its growth and on the constructive enterprise they have crashed into a pillar on the front porch of the administration buildingy where the office of Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva is located. Gallagher luckily escaped without injuries but the roadster he . was driving, which belongs to the City of Zion. was badly damagzed ©The Libertyville Trust & Savings Bank has already earned a recog-- nized place in the financial circles Thursday that Atty. Earle Gray has assured him that Louis Jones. al=>-- Kid Norfolk, colored, charged with larceny. will appear in court and en-- ter a plea within the next few days He is said to be in Milwaukee at this time. Jones is alleged to havr stolen $34.50 from Joseph Jos!uin or December 31, of last vear Another run was made to the" D{mond place late Tuesday evening when fire again broke out at anot.her' point and this was extinguished with | out difficulty. The origin of thei fire is unknown. was chasing a speeder, Patrolman Thomas Gallagher, of the Zion police force, Hond:{l night took to the curb ing on Elijah avenue in Zion and shown. GRASS FIRES CAUSE SCARE The old railroad cut just west of the Foulds home proved an effective barrier and the fire was halted there. The land to the west and north was entirely burned over and but for the sewer ditch ogened last fall for the Kenlock Park outlet, the fire might have spread to thé E. N. Smee buildings on Lake street. In order. to avoid crashing into another car which he thought was going to drive into his peth as be The local fire department put in a busy day Tuesday answering the numerous calls occasioned by the grass fires in various outlying dist-- ricts. > The first alarm was turned in shortly after three o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the flames from a grass fire,.on the old Dymond place on MechaTic's Grove road threaten-- ed the buildings at the Foulds home. The grass and weeds on this place have been uncut for the past several years and in their dry condition made excellent fuel. ZION POLICE Ernest Blake of -- Highwood,. wheo was named in two indictments re-- turned on Monday by the Marc» grand jury, both charging forgery was taken into custody Wednesday on a capias by Depy. Geo. Hecking-- €r. He was lodged in the county jai in default of bonds and is to be ar-- Taigned in the court of Circuit One true bill charges Blake wit* forging the name of Joseph H amwn ol Highiand Park to a check for $25. on October 8 of last vear The other true bill charges him with forging the name of Richard O'Con-- nor of Highland Park to a check for Sheriff Doolittle has not as vet been able to locate Camilo Muranc of 820 Tenth strect. indicteéd on > charge of arson with intent to de-- fraud and believes that he has lef' this community | Murano is alleged to have set fire to his restaurant for purposes of collecting fire insurance Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle said TAKEN !N TOW CAR IN CRASH| _The $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE AGREEMENT REACHED IN 'RUBIN CASE The Lyon--Rubin store battle which has been waged in the courts since July 1, 1925 ended Tuesda & |q-h,c unexpectedly in tlle,eonn :' IJ.lge Claire C. Edwards, when At-- M --P. Dilger and Edward Mawman. 'wmm&mht held out ifrom the start for appoint The Wx'wmmg the Lake county board of s at a meefing Tuesday morning decid-- l ed ot emiploy a Lake county resident and a married man as assistant to Dr. T. P. Gallahue, county weterin-- 'thrown out of employment and tht !busineumnfletdyrm The forcible detainer suit was start-- ed on July 1, 1925 before Police Mag-- istrate ter A. Taylor and the mag-- ictrate held against the Lyon land they appealed to the court. The Lyon brothers won out 't.he Circuit, Appellate and Supreme courts. [ 1 The courts ruled that technical vio 'iations by the Rubins' store abrogated ! the lease, which was to expire in 1935 The viol@tions, in question, consisted of making certain changes in Iz store by 'the Rubins' for purposes Terms Agreed On Give Stoce Offer Made Before, Claim Attorney A. F. Beaubien. who with Attorneys: Levitson and Jacobson oi Chicago reprtesented the Rubin broth-- it is recalled was ousted as rm;ib'yt.heeomtymm ir. . wrong with the 'Governor Small intferests. Neil Gallahue, a brother of Dr. Ga-- lahue applied for the job as As he is single and does not live Lake county he will not Jonper ecepted the 1. brothers when the . court ruled against the Rubins in the forcible detainer :lu'i't. At that time the building own-- refused to consider the offer and consequently injunction proceedings were started in the Circuit court to restrain the Lyon brothers and Sher-- iff Lawrence A. Doolittle from eject-- ing the Rubin department store. into his chambers Monday afternoon sboruyfiar!m 2 o'clock and with the court ying the part of the peace-- lor William L. and Charles Lwon, in-- ¥mea the court his chents ras agreed on terms which will alow the Rubins to remain in the store build-- in they now accupy at least another Hearing of the injunction action was started last Priday night in the court of ,Judge Edwards and Monday morning |the court m?:; therebean.dlémlrnnmt principals hold a conference to at-- held. At times during the conference it is said, that it appeared that an agreement was about reached when suddenly something would happen to change conditions. When the confer-- ence ended Judge Edwards and t LAKE COUNTY MAN FAYOREF3 arian. The man is to be named a a meeting of the committee set for princi 'wm:.n- uuntyp'amm reached nounced | Tuesday that the offer of the Rubin brothers would be ac-- cepted, atrecess was called to allow a conference between the Rubin broth-- improvements s wiad they had rencbed an meree. was an mentzhlini%m present plan is to have Lyon's store in operstion apain next year. He said that when be and his brother together with some ness in their buiiging, as was done before leasing the building to the Ru-- Attorneys for the Rubins pointed out in the injunction hearing that they had 55 enmployes and a payroD of approximately $78,000 yearly. It was shown that if forced to get out at today, although in some ways it was ma:rm. When Dady, who with Ai-- torney: Harold L Reeve of Chicago, but a few minvtes they retr med t u)eoo\gmmnadhmflmm after thanking the court for the man-- ner he hanculed this proceeding, said that the Rubin brothers would stand m:u.auun.omduaem: Rubin department store. one the leading business establishments on by the affer made Monday. the matter, said that the settle-- Another Year To Complete Blildjlg; Lyons To Open Store Next Year.