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Lake County Register (1922), 28 Mar 1928, p. 1

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TRAIN KILLS DAY LABORER Victim Identified By Cousin As who until Thursday roomed at 330 Market St. Waukegan, was found lying alongside the North Western right--of--way 600 ft. south of South avenue at 6 o'clock Friday morn-- ing ? the train crew of a Chicago #ver-- --Positive identification of the body had not --been estabiisN-- ed up to noon, but a bank book and other papers found in his clothing left little doubt the victim u1 o03 0 o0 4 oc fiiics 25000 amtio ns cfe t ies Apeitatatn ind T E. Kennedy that afternoon reported he had located a cousin of E. Moro, 'The cousin, Louis Massaullas, 850 South Genesee street, made postive identification of the body. Killed Thursday Night Moro was killed Thursday night, although his body was not discover-- ed until the following morning. In-- spection of engines in the North \s"m roundhouse in Chxca&o' re-- sulted in the finding of pieces of torn clothing and several blotches of blood on m&fl':@ of an engine which passed m.w.ukm'rhnrsday night, Chicago bound Milwau-- en T Ts ns kee, shortly after 7 o'clock. Moro's face was torn open and pitted with cinders, indicating he had been dragged along the right--. o!-m,sconndenbledisuneedm being struck. -- Both bones in one leg were fractured and his back was broken. Death was instantaneous, it is believed. > * Word that a body was lying along-- side the railroad right--of--way was given to the South avenue gateman &« the train crew who in turn re-- Moro's face was torn open pitted with .cinders, indicatin had been dragged along the of--way a considerable distance being struck. Both bones in leg were fractured and his ba« broken. Death was instant: F---- Several Mexicans living in the vic-- qnty'homquumdb!tbno- Hiee said that Moro was moving ed to the call and found the body Later Assistant Chief Kennedy ar-- rived on the scene and summoned a il;y'mn;x:fcm whowin n':m re-- ormation police. ;ohecmn Cal Hoff, William Blay-- lock and Ernest Spearman respond-- CcOoUNTY JAIL CRAMPS STYLE relatives. en on s L 1 i iie Shes and were united in marriage :?;..gt'. week ago. Saturday -- night Epifanio Moro; Body Found Near Northwestern Tracks Early Friday Morning. ¥Helen returned home with her nUSs~ h'ndandmtormedher(oln Her father Joseph Wojak apparently was not so well pleased. Wojak had his daugater arrested on a charge of being delinquent and caused th> crrest of Sterbenz on a cbarge of contributing to her delin-- quency. Justice Hervey C. Coulson isued the warrants for threir arrests and the pair were taken into custody bymgAd!bedSheflfiuwmnceA. behind the bars overnicht Saturday . After his daughter had Leen arrested, Wojak relented some and signed her bonds. _ Sunday morning . Wojak flmdtheboonst.mss(n-m--h'. Justice Hoyt releas< : both of them in bonds and set their hearings for lon.daymonnixuintheeourtof Justice Coulson. When the case was called the bride _ and _ groom were there, but not Wojak. Sterbenz and his wife told the court th..t they hud agrec . to be remarried in church on Wednesday of this week and that this satisfied Woijak, so the case bonds. . Sunday n signed the bonas c: Justice Hoyt releas in bonds and set th lol.daymonninxi Justice Coulson. Wh ealled -- the -- bride Hold Up On Bluff | None of the'men were armed when they held up Fossland. According t0| their own statements they kept their | hands in their pockets and pointed ; their hands at him. leading him to | believe they were armed. I DICKSON WEDS CO--ED BEAUTY Helen Wojak, A formal announcement that Miss Catherine Spencer, recently voted tre most beautiful co--ed on the Lake Fores: college campus, and _ Neil Dickson, captain of the college base-- ball team,; had 'been married since Jan. 7, was made Thursday. _ _ Their friends had suspected cney were wed, but they made no admis-- AT WAUEKEGAN sion of the fact until they the institution, Herbert M. Moore. Dickson said that the ceremony Was read at Freeport, TL ' 'The bride, a sophomore, is 19 years wtm-lr;mammbgj Spencer, Alhambra square, * sa, Okla. Dickson, a senior, is 24 years old and the son of John Dick-- son, a wealthy stock farmer of Lake county. The bridegroom said that they would abandon their college careers. They left Thursday night for a houy-ooltr%eflyth'l'uluuom olthenhn.d bride's mother, it was said, had not yet been notified. Folowing the trip the couple will ide --EIGHTH YEAR NO. 24 he Lak body of a Mexican, be Epifanio Moro, 17 years old, of North " it to the undertaking brought to -- Wiscon-- of Lease Property For Tea Garden Libertyville is to have a new and uptodate tavern, catering both to lo-- cal and transient trade, aecardin&o an announcement made Monday that the J. M. McKitrick properg on Milwaukee avenue, known as the J. H. Swan place, has been leased for a period of two years to the Bell Tavern System, Inc'(:iporatod, of 909 Washington boulevard, Chicago. The tig house, which was rect'mtly.dam- ies Brmcirtatacind. PCriene cnrainminiisitirie B rimrad "vobrri-- e PC ud aged by fire is now nndergoi.ni a complete rebuilding and every effort is beiny made to have the place ready for the formal opening on April 15. It was stated: Monday that it might not be possible to have it ready at that date but the tavern will be opened not later than May 1. A new roof has been put on the house and the interior remodeled to fit the new business. A ""F dining -- room will provide ample serving. room and it is planned to furnish several rooms for the accom-- modation of patrons who will remain over night. _ & % The large lawn surrounding the house will be fitted with tables for vse in summer and these will be sheltered by multicolored parasols. The excellency of the cuisine will be assured by the management of a former steward of the Exmor country club who served there in that capacity for fifteen years. -- It is planned to make the local-- branch a model for thoge in this sec-- tio*h:f the country. . location is ideal for the fiu- pose with the heavy travel on Mil-- waukee avenue from which to draw the patrons, and the grounds large enough to permit the parking of an unlimited number of cars. 4 The Bell System is now operating several hundred of taverns in vari-- ous parts of the country, with a large number in the east and a line of them extending along the Lincoln highway to the west coast. & _ The interior decorators are now at work on the building and the pros-- pects are bright for the opening on EMMERSON IN: NEARBY TOUR April 15. Asks Women To Save State; Roads Need Is Cited In Anti-- With packed moetm? at Elgin, Aurora, Geneva and St. Charles, the candidates brought near to an end their campaign for four weeks' duration. ce 2s _ Attorney Gen. Oscar E. Carlstrom, seeking re--election, left the party at Rockford, where a big meeting was held Thursday night. He re-- turned to Chicago to rest. _ _ _ . He will join Secretary of Sta'e Emmerson and Otis F. Glenn, candi-- date opposing Senator--designatc Emmerson Leads Fight The arguments of the Emmerson g:'p were voiced by Mr. erson, Mr. Glenn and C. W. Hadley of Wheaton. W. J. Stratton, candidate for the Republican nom-- ination for secretary of state, accom-- panied them, as the party for most of the day was in his district--the eighth senatorial. ~ Governor Small's alleged campaign assessment against state employes was stressed at the Elgin, Geneva and St. Charles meetings. Over in Boone and McHenry coun-- ties, Mr. Emmerson went after Gov-- ernor Small on his hard road records and charged him with adding $6,000.-- 000 to the state payroll at the. last session of the General Assembly. Answers "Payroll" Charge He referred briefly to the recently published charge that "thirty--eight state payrollers" had met last Satur-- day in McHenry county courthouse to map out their campaign against across town on Twenty--ninth street. "But we in the state can help." he said, "by reducing taxes The hug* pay roll of the present administra-- tion is keeping up the taxes in Tli-- Boone county, Mr. Emmerscr made a strong appeal for the feminine "The fate of Tllinois is in youtr hands." he said. "Go to your clubs, teas and churches-- and work for the ticket that will restore Tllinois to its former proud place in the sisterhood of states." NEW ZION RAIL LINE PLANNED? It is rumored in Zion that plans are under contemplation for the building of a cross--town line by the North Shore railroad for the handl-- ing of freight 'Ihe North, Shore main line is situated about one mile west of the industrial district and that company desires to share in a greater measure in the heavy freight traffic coming into Zion and also that shipped g d'fhe 1:1::113 said :o contemplate y of Zion grant-- ing a franchise to the North Shore McHenry At the McHenry county meetings. well as at the rally in Belvidere. Smith at the Peoria meet-- AUTO CRASH IS FATAL 1O AGED WOMAN Mrs. Flora Peterson:Of Chicago Killed, 6 Others Injured In Smash--Up; Third Car Stop-- ped But Not Held. s stantly and six others were Sunday : morning at 8:30 stone avenue, Uhicago, Ccrasned _ on Waukegan road, west of North Chi-- cago. The collision was caused by the dense fog which at the time lay Schlange, a son--iIn--!law of ine a5eu woman, and Morris Kahn, 4929 Key-- were removed to the Victory Memo-- waukee for the day. Kahnn's ma-- chine is reported to have come sud-- genly out of the fog and struck ESchlange's machine a glancing blow causing it to go into the gitch. A third car appeared a few sec-- ords after the accident and. almost iturned over in an effort to avoid hit-- tine the nther machifies: It --was Mrs. Flora Peterson, 62, of 628 Or-- E. B. DOOLITTLE .. LEAVES $35,000 Edward B. Doolittle of Grayslake, brother of Deputy H. A. Doolittle and uncle of Sheriff Lawrence A. Dao-- little, left an estaite of $35,000, it was shown Thursday in' Probate court when Judge Martin C. Decker mwmitted his will to probate. The use of his property was given tc widow, Jennie S, Doolittle, and uponl her death it is to go to their children. Letters testamentary were issued to Airs. Doolittle. The bond was set at $40,000. + Inventories were approved in the estates of Lovic Towns, Waukegan; Sarah E. Chamberlain, Waukegan, and Juel Edward Marifjeren, gt al, minors, Lake Forest. > -- Letters Issued In the estate ' of. Floyd Murrcy. Waukegan, letters of administration were issued to O. L. Stanley, public acministrator. .gle estate consists of right of way on against the Chi-- cago & North Western railroad. com-- Hearing on the claim of Martin J. meal of North Chicago, in the estate o1 George Evert, Lake Bluff, was continued to April 5. -- The fourth just and true account was approved _-- the estate of Theo-- dore H. Durst, Waukegan. O V/aukegan, was approved. . The inventory and. fi~<' renort was approved in the estate of Fan-- nie W.&Currie, Zion. The estate was closed. s The: inventor® and appraisement bill was approved in the es' .tc of john Worklan, Waukegan: The ad-- stock. ASK ARREST A request was received at the' Waukegan police headquarters Sun-- day afternoon from the Milwaukee authorities to arrest and hold Alice Christian, 18 year old, and Childs Dorsey, both of Milwaukee, should they apply at the county: clerks' of-- fice for a marriage license, j According to the report the girl mysteriously disappeared from her home early Sunday morning and the parents of the girl enlisted the aid of the police fearing she had eloped to Waukegan with Dorsey, with whom she had been keeping comp-- sny of lataw : > :: ""'i'h'g C-O--I;ble had not. put in an ap-- pearance at the marriage bureau up to noon Monday. . former guardian, in the estate e fog which at the time lay over the region about Five occurred as Schlange y were driving to Mil-- was authorized t ~~! Nathan -- King, minor, OF ELOPERS o'clock § fore he 1 slake, | described e anda|dog attack F Dao-- | aged, d it was |{ accompanied court| time. > Clarer lnt:- land Park) fu e life' this info 1 to his! The d;gml The: completion of the six mile stretch of paving on Milwaukee ave-- nue, from the north limits of Lib-- ertyville to Grand avenue at Gurnee, was again brought to public notice this week by an announcement from the office of R. M. Lobdell, Lake County superintendent of highways, that all o?ethe right of way land dedicationg needed on Libertyville and Warren townships, with the ex-- ception of two, have been secured. It was s(%hed further that the two remaining | dedication signatires for strips of d needed just north of 'Libertyvill are waiting only for the 'settlement of a question of align-- lment. * \ in t Width of Milwaukee Avenue is _/ Still a Matter of Contention INEHLL, .« ; £ 7 8 'va hauideineab ze -------v'--"ado t,ed b the B ons ts oc that the mateer | vitage poard Jast fail aoking that discloses the. fac 7 ; YMiage _ ient of way un is far from being settled and that'% :;u:g'\mgzdt:: 628{&' whichywas at least three, owning large f.m}rl\t" t ;l;ou ht ample to serve the residents ages, are still opposed to the eigr ti *.nf thi t locality. The resolution was foot right of right of way throug Takon to the clate capitol by a dele-- that temJ,orY- is fnal ch of| ration from the village council and Paving of this final stretch of | Fa ated directly to, Governor Small Milwaukee avenue road has been 2 pr:fle ced in the i cade of his high-- bone of contention for years. Under|who (" mt and after consulte: the original sixty million dollar bpnd | way 'fl'?'""fi oC was denied, issue. ro 91 was diverted just| tion the reques! m se' . Paving of this final stretch of Milwaukee avenue road has been a bone of copntention for years. Under the original sixty million dollar bond issue, ro 21 was diverted just north of Libertyville to run north west to Grays Lake and on to Anti-- och sing the Wisconsin state line just north of the latter place, while the | original Milwaukee, ave-- nue running north and bearing east from Libertyville, remained a grave road later designated as state route 172 under the one hundred million dollar bond issue. -- -- It was listed unmder the Lake Coun-- ty. bond issue two years ago to re-- ceive sta£ aid paving and was ad-- vertised last July by the state high-- wg%ldepattment. Darrow & Barron of Waukegan, were the "lowest bid-- ders for the improvement contract when the bids were opened. The contract --not awarded because of the o on which arose to the Eroposej. i of the right of way v¥ prope owners whose grounds C ould be fanaged by the additional MANX BITTEN BY MAD DOG SOUGHT Frantic efforts are being made by police. authorities in Waukegan. Highland k and other north shore to to locate a man, be-- lieved to from Waukegan, who lieved to be from Waukegan, who was bit Wednesday in Highland Park by a dog afflicted with rabies. According | to Dr.-- Daniel -- Rogers, Highland k health physician, the {inknown | man --should meke -- his land taken under the plans as then whereabouts ~known to the health authorities or to the police since his ho inomofangereds frow the bite in-- _A dgescription of the man has been given to north shore police head-- quarters in hopes of locating him be-- fore he res seriously ill. He is described a witness who saw the dog at him as being -- middle aged, sed in working clothes. and accompanied by a woman at the time. Clarence Parliament. of High-- land Park) furnished Dr. Rogers:--with this info tion. * The dog was a pet in the family of. Attorngéy Donald S. Trumbell of Highland | Park. The animal -- bit Trumbell's two sons and then . ran into the street and bit the stranger before the animal was captured. Both bovs were treated to prevent hydro-- phobia. It is dition of | ten has nature rapidly to to cause |] injected 1 bite. cials was day by tt*j cording The Uni the matte who maintains a large atNiCUC SCLUU! s Constahtinopli;d that city were § iends in city w _..g.].smmff'};nigem hear }&at t¥xe re-- more LION F0 It was learned Saturday LNAL @NA® Chamber Commerce of Zion has endorsed the Emmerson -- Caristrom-- Glenn-- tton ticket.. The endorse-- ments were made at the regular meet-- ing of the organization held Tuesday night of t!bast week. The various en-- dorsements of the Zion business group REPC state »UUK~--EVUIRGY AFk NY AD CC 4 : State tives--N. L. Jack--|Office of Sheriff Lawrence A.. Doo-- n and les Francis. little Friday afternoon to conduct A c has been made in the search for Cora Meardarder, 18 years amber commerce's selection of|Old, of Deerfield, who left home in ngressman--at--large, having former-- the morning. She was located in f remTfiOd Mrs. Ruth Hannah Chicago that night, the sheriff's of-- taCtarmicl fics was informed. ieved likely that the con-- the stranger who was bit-- ready become of a serious nce the poison ddvances a serious 'stage and is ap: ock--jaw if serums are not vrithin 24 hours after .the EXECUTION RT UNFOUNDED ted r0t C. OF 6. ._ ? EMMERSON earned Saturday that the glad to hear Published Twice ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, Since that time this road has been made a part of a plan of the state highway department to build a main e e P o ME EC CE e P 0n trunk line connecting Chicago and Wisconsin cities and was exM to bear the brunt of the traffic be-- tween those points. -- This aroused further opposition both from the property owners north of town and from the village, the latter opposi-- tion being raised because the pres-- ent traffic on Milwaukee: avenue is greater than can be handled with safety and the opening of a through connection with -- Wisconsin would create a chaotic condition in the wil-- lage to the detriment of the interests of the local residents.. +A i Since that time a campaign has been waged by M. E. Amstutz, as-- sistant to superintendent Lobdell, George McCullough, supervisor from Warren and highway commissioner John Thomas, to secure the deéedica-- tion of the entire frontage for a width of eighty feet. § The proposed pavement is speci-- fhied as forty fieet wide and is to start at the curve just north of Lib-- ertyville and extend north and'east \fles Siphwsss ts empnicad hCP P natianee / e a distance of 5.75 miles, parallel 'to the Desplaines river passing through the heart of the Des Plaines valley and touching the new country home of Harry Meyer, and the Lake Coun-- ty estate of Gen. N. W. McChesney and Arthur N. Farrell and is to con-- nect with the grand avenue paving at Gurnee. If the present plans are earried out it will be picked uev at that point and carried to the Wis-- -- Libertyville and vicinity took another step along the path of pro-- gress last Friday night, when, at a f&lxlh attended meeting at the ' emorial Library, a dramatic elub came into being. The infant, so far unnamed, showed ' considerable gonsin line where it will be met by a through route to Milwaukee. DRAMATIC CLUB ISs ORGANIZED $ OAE .wwwu,dauv--w -v.:._..-.f_,d.é: lung r and gave promise 0 ve}op&o:eint'o a healthy youngster. It was the unanimous zflrfion of those answering the call that there is a place for such an organization in this community and that the imumbership coult get a great deal of W ent out of promoting ama-- teur thea ricals, making a study of life back of the footlights, and in general placing Libertyville on the map in the Little Theatre move-- ment. It was" further: decided that the society should not limit its scope to the village, but should em-- brace Mundelein, Ivanhoe, and any 'other nearby communities that car-- ed to participate. f j Election of officers resulted. as' follows:. President, -- Frederic . Bab--} cock; vice: president, Mrs. Wayne Colby; secretary--treasurer, Williaml Legate. Mrs. Colby and Mr. Legate are well known here, but Babcock is a comparative newcomer. Now a member of the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune, he was formerly dramatic editor of the Denver Post, and while in Denver -- played in "stock" opposite Helen Menken and June Walker, both of whom are reigning celebrities along Broad-- It was agreed that the members would attend, in a body, the Garrick Players' performance of «'Tommy" at the high school Auditornum April 10th. The next regular meeting will be held at 'the library -- Tuesday, April 24th, with Dorothy Algie Black in charge of the program, and with all persons interested invited to attend. BOOZE IN CAR Harvey Carlo, of 568 South Gen-- esee street Waukegan, is facing ar-- rest in Kenosha, Wis., on charges of possessing and transporting in-- toxicating liquor, it was. learned Monday. A warrant naming the two charg-- es was issued for Carlo's arrest that morning in the Kenosha municipal court following the finding of a gal-- lon of moonshine in his wrecked automobile Saturday night when it was towed to police headquarters. Carlo crashed through the Sixty, third street crossing gates in Ken-- osha early Saturday evening and crossed in front of a speeding North Western fiyer, narrowly escaping death. Police officers who arrived on the scene of the accident soon after it happened took Carlo to po-- lice headquarters but he was releas-- ed with instructions to return Mon-- day pending further investigation. His car was held as security. --_ _After Carlo had gone Saturday| night a detective sergeant searched the damaged: machine and found ai gallon jug of moonshine, which re-- sulted in the court action. The: g?lice were waiting for Carlo to put his scheduled appearance to serve' the warrant on him. Conviction on the charges placed against him car-- ried a fine of $100 or three months MISSING GIRL ----AIS LOCATED in jail or both. 'The Deerfield police requested the BRINGS WRIT 1 Rentster Charles Redmond Of Everett Charged With Having Fired _ Shot At Elizabeth Kostial } Who Spum& Him. 5> . Saturday information -- was_ filed by the state's Atty. in the County court against Redmond, charging assault with a deadly weapon at the request of the girl's father. Red-- mond was taken to the county jail in lieu of a bondsman,. He was re-- leased 'Sunday in bonds of $2,000 rnd:ngha hearittg which is set for il 9th. | R:dmald' was fgnomheufunder arrest Thursday night : I the m shooting, by Chief of Police 'Tiffany of Lake Forest and was taken to the city jail there. He had been Grinking the night of the shooting, according to Chief Tiffany. Roomer at Redmond Home Miss Kostial is employed at the Everett service station operated by Ben Neeley. former: deputy sheriff, Iand for the past few weeks roomed at IReamond's home. of the Everett. busines : front of the general store. Mr. Kostial, the girl's father, stated Saturday that Redmond had been bothering his daughter for some weeks, although she had repulsed him on several occasions. It is said Redmond had asked Miss Kostial to go out with him Thursday night just: previous to the shooting. As usual she refused and started home. Redmond followed and then fired the shot at her, it is charged. IS OUSTED FOR STRATION AlD in -- Ceok w- a w"'?'\l Norlh Gene-}:; sueet.m tb; "This is to advise that, as per in-- structions of Mr. H. U. Bailey, direc-- tor of this department, your services with this division terminated as of March 15, 1928. | . + "Very truly yours, f "George Huskinson, -- "Superintendent of Insurance." Nuttall is connected with the Chi-- cago headquarters of William J.; Stratton at the Brevoort hotel. He reports that B; M. Davidson, former director of agriculture in -- Small's cabinet, and. now a strong supporter 0° Louis L Emmerson for governor, just .completed a tour of the state and found the.sentiment strong in all parts of thesstate for Emmerson, Carlstrom, Glerin and Stratton. Charges have been made by Chas. lJ. Peters and others that Small in his mad desire to retain the office of Iilinois governor for the enefit of his family has oved a large num-- ber of state emj who have serv-- ed the people : ully and honest-- ly. Peters in a gtatement issued af-- ter his §} as state grain in-- spector said less tharn a montu aon HIL _ director of trade THINKS KILLER MAY B BROTHER A request fog a picture and des-- cription of J. Bradley, 49, Kentucky convict who wag killed when he leap ed from a train south of Kenosha while being returned to Paintsville, Ky., where he faced execution for a murder -- committed -- three _ years ago, was recei by A. B. Schmitz. coroner of Kemosha county, Thurs-- day from Miss Lillian Bradley, of Peoria. Tllinois.'; ; . ~ Miss Bradley writes that her brother, wmhe about 45 yvears old now, disappek about ten yvears ago after the ?nth 'of his mother. and had never been heard from since identified as her long--lost brother. A fhotagnzx, together with a complete discription of the man was sent to! Miss Bradley in Peoria by up£ al deliveg'l Friday man IN SHOOTING K. #a deserfption of the that he might be %n:'l: Sheridan road for an entrance to the | & e i ues fersOn. beach and property. A fine program has been arranged ( on ,mmmismem;"byumu.a.bommu!amw by Chas thejwuonotOnkhndavenuesndcountylu(uedWmVMm- Y 7 |Green Bay road. mmmm.xmmmmnmuwm Sm'notkeetmmm.ndmbem"-!'nlmadw;Mnoon;tz:lso'dnek 'm:dtrwtivewtthmauvemm. at the home of Mrs. Frank Burke, enefi The city council, within the past|934 Grand avenue. °_-- fes W¥ ccn t iaTidit > Aueld nuacids a¥f ¥ha Local Family _ In Auto Crash P 'The family of Julius A. Treptow, local undertaker, was badly shaken up and his mother painfully injured wl CE e nent e cce IP . SE SdY in an auto accident which occurred Sunday afternoon on Route 21 near Rollins. Mrs, Charles Treptow, his mother, was the most seriously in-- jured, suffering a broken collar bone and a fractured rib beside being bruised where she was pinned be-- neath the car. Mrs. Ruby Treptow had her side wrenched and her daughter Eleanor was cut by broken class. ® x | The 'hefit:w car was proceeding vlorth on Route 21 when a Buick sedan driven by M. H. Wright of Lake Bluff, cut out and attempted to.&lls in the beavy traffic. A au. bound car drove him back m-! line and in avoiding the approach-- ing car he turned directly in front of the Treptow car. His rear bump-- 'er caught the front wheel of the other car and threw it against a large sedan which was parked on the shoulder, clear of the pavement. Mr. Treptow wrenched the steer-- g wheel from the post in a frantic éffort to control the machine which h Conlpalch Memicdis es cdodmin ced To n was forced up on the running board of the sedan and overturned on the concrete. All of the occupants were pinned beneath the wreck and were extricated while Julius, on his hands wreckage. They were taken to a nearby farm house and Dr. M. D. Penney summoned. It was found that the 'only one of the party seri-- cusly injured was the elder Mrs. Treptow and after the wounds were dressed they were returned to their homes. P .& S td 0 02M 0 i en ol +A oe anoands PARK BOARD IN -- SEVERAL DEALS &ighhnd Park Body Adds To Its Acreage; To Benefit _-- Citizens 'There. anidenlloedwka.ndmdmtum-'m" aivol & & lytot'.hendjwempmpertyuotw-} Chief Brun wise it might have been built up with the Ohio au numerous small houses. car thefts. | ! Another purchase of importance is bile larceny |a strip of land along Glencoe averfue, pressed here 'south from Lincoin avenue, 400 feet cution is drc ig length. This is admirably suited|Charges they for recreational purposes | and wil; 'the Ohio au provide a much--needed playground. !hmtben are ; suo --. t ts Wilens Wmm aile cution by th ground containing @pproxumawiy three acres and located between Roger Williams avenue and Bronson street, gooardingtothewmm~ This is the old Brenner property and is beautifully wooded and will make [ Provides Fine Beach i A third purchase of inestimable glueismepurchaseofap'rtoflm South Highland addition. This is growing there. Another strip of land was deeded to the park board by the council and lies south of Beach street along St. gohnsAnvenue. Very little work is ed to make this most attractive. There are also several properties owned by the city and leased to the park board in order that they might maintain them for park purposes; one being Memorial Park on Laurel and Prospect avenues. The other is the bathing beach at Central park which will be operated this year by the park A strange case of amnesia, in which a shell--shocked veteran of the world war conceived the death and burial of his wife and married another wom-- s us anct BtvainatiaAiagirtre sprdinnt We aciitnete ~caint BBAE * * Wtis Al The victim, Wm. Furlong Thurs-- day left the Great Lakes Naval 'Training Station hospital, where he had received mental treatment, and returned to Detroit, Il., where he had been living with his second wlf'e _fot WEDS, FORGETS, AND WEDS AGAIN an while his first wife was hunting him, developed in Chicago Friday. eight years. While in the hospital a fragmentary restoration of memory developndandhewrotetoubrotbc. The latter gave details which revealed v --_YOUTHS HELD $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. > FINE PROGRAM _ ) 19 ARRANCED Zion Police Hold Trio Who Robbed Filling Station; Theft Of Autos Admitted --Upon Questioning. fore Judge E. L. Corey in Zion was scheduled for that afternoon, Chief Brune announced. The names of the bandits and the charge placed against each follow: Harry Cordell, St. Paris, O., rob-- bery while confederate harbored a dGeadly weapon. _ T *> « t Bruce Tague, Twelve Poles, Va., rob-- bery while armed with dangerous wea-- pon. Chief Brune said that he hat ob-- tained detailed confessions from each of the trio of their respective parte in the hold--up. The Cordell brothers have also ad-- mitted stealing three automobiles in Ohio. including the Whippet sedan which they had in their possession at the time of their capture, according to The brothers stated they stole two Ford sedans before stealing the Whip-- pet. All the thefts were executed on the same day. according to their own statements. ; Chief Brune said Monday that the confessions of the trio will be intro-- duced as evidence at the hearing in event the defendants re-- fuse to waive examination. in view of the evidence against them it is practically assured they will be: held to the grand jury. It was indi-- cated that bond will be fixed at $5,000 in each case. . Forced in Reom entered the filling station shortly be-- fore 10 o'clock Priday night. Possland was alone in his place at the time. As he opened the door and was about to step out to serve his new custom-- Possland managed to free nunselt soon after the bandits fied and tele-- phoned the Zion police. A few min-- utes later Patrolmen Gallagher and Anderson met the machine deseribed bymhmwaptutdmehn- dits after a short chase. * FOR ROBBERY ADMIT CRIME Chief Brune is awaiting word from the Ohio @authorities relative to the car thefts He stated that automo-- bile larceny charges will not be pressed here but that in event prose-- tion of the Dyer act, a federal charge of transporting a stolen automobile from one state to anbther. 'Afincprognmhnheenm byurs.u.J.Dommu!otmm County League of Women Voters' In-- formation Tesa which will be held on 'Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Frank Burke, 934 Grand avenue. _ Mrs. Douthitt will preside at the meeting and the program will open with the singing of "America . the Beautiful," by all 'The president of the league, Mrs. D. M. Courson will greet the members and friends pres-- ent after which Mrs. J. 8. Banta will read a paper on the "History of the Lake County League." This will be followed by the singing in unison of "Tllinois." The speaker of the afternoon will be Mrs. Julia Stebbins of Chicago, who will give a general outline of the workings of the league. Mrs. Stebbins is well informed along this line and he.talk will be full of interest. A after this. A playlet entitled "A Block Oap-- tain's Adventure," directed by Mrs. 1. E Gibbons, will be presented by Mesdames F. R. McDonald, 'Tordoff The program will close with the singing of a song composed by Mrs J. P. Ddy"Onhngomty_" % ing are invited to be present whether a member of the league or not. 3 PUT IN JAIL FOR DRINKING August Neirnck, 57 years old, oi Green Bay road, walked in police station of his own accord Saturday night and requestéd that he be locked up because he had been drinking and Refreshments will be served by the All women interested in this meet-- Monday formailly discussion will be in order will close with the 22. ~of 428 ken in tow

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