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Supervisor Mawman Demands » Something Be Done; Sewage At Place Frightful, Board Is Told ASK BOARD TO IMPROVE --POOR FARM sEVENTY--EIGHTH YEAR NO. 47 a fire trap. He said--the committee at no time had made a report about fire escapes being installed and that thus he presvmed that nothinz had been dove to make the place any safer. Asks Appropriation ® Supervisor Mawman made a mo-- tion that $2,500 be appropriated for the purpose of providing adequate fire escapes and other improvements requisite to »!H!mination of fire haz-- ards and --making the place more suitable for the inmates. The wmo-- Lake Bluf Wednesday launched a determined fight to get some im-- provements made on the Lake coun-- ty poor farm at Libertyville. Because of the defeat of the $250,000 poor farm bond issue proposition the county farm committee had not in-- tended to bring up this matter at the present session, so the Lake Bluff board member took it upon himseHW to start a movement to help tion Supervisor Charles Harbauzh of Highland Park, a member of the poor farm committee, then told the had already been provided for the poor farm, in accordance with re-- quirements of the state fire marshal. He sarid some other improvements "The grectost thing needea at the poor farm at the present time is a new adequate sewage disposal sys-- tem," declared Harbaugh. The smm of $2,500 would not make any show-- ing. The cost of a sewage system, suggestion that the entire board make a trip to Libertyville and look over the poor farm site in a most thorough manner and this was done Thursday the board spending the en-- tire morning there. Reports on conditions and some action in regard to improving matters was expected to be taken by the board. __ _ "The poor old people at the Lib-- ertwville ciace are under our ware and it is our duty to do all we can for them." said Mawman. "Person-- ally I favor the sale of the present poor farm site of 140 acres ard the locating of the farm on the grounds owned by the county adjoining the courty Fospital. The county does not need a place as large as the present one. If we don't sell, how-- ever. we must make repairs on the chairman of the finance committee, said it would be only a waste of money to make an appropriation to improve the present poor farm structures He said the buildirgs are now in such a rotted and un-- sanitary condition that any money spent in improvements will simply be thrown away. Bodies May Halt Sale The Lake county board of super-- visors may find it impossible to sell the poor farm site at Libertyville, in case an effort should be made to dispose of the 140 acres of land be-- cause of bodies being buried on the property. Supervisor William J. Obee chanc-- ed to mention Tuesday afternoon in the board discussion of burial 'ol paupers that some of the inmates who died at the county poor farm had been buried on the Libertyville site. Supervisor Arthur W. Vercoe «aid he had not known of burials there before and that it was to be regretted that persons had been bur-- ied there because it would make a sale of the property most difficult. The finance committee chairman informed the county board that a clear title could not be given to the pogrfarmdhtnanthelandwre sold unless the bodies could all be transferred. He said that bodies cannot be transferred unless rela-- tives agree to the change and that NAME BECKMAN AS CONST ABLE lican precinct committeeman and is | well known in Waukegan township. ' (Continued on page eight.) was needed he would Che Kake County Register lSmooth Pair | Being Sought bt:;l ca.nva:sing th{s vicinity and who present a very ingenious pro sition to entice the elusive dofi from the hands of the unsuspecting housewife. They claimed to be agents for a po'pnlar magazine for which they. offered a subscription at an attrac-- tive price statiniethat the initial payment was to used to aid in establishing a library at the Rock-- land school. The members of the local school board have no knowledge of any plan of this kind and it appears that the idea originated in the minds of the canvassers and was used to give Ithe local touch that would insure the success of their scheme.. Marshal Dennis Limberry is on the trail of a pair of magazine sol-- icitors who, for the past week, have a warning to be on the lookout for the pair. They are travelin;i' in a small car bearing an Illinois license number 1--928--789. The first information of the ae-- tivities -- of the'gain was -- received from Rondout where they met with more or less success, collecting $2 where they could and "'""""f.,',l. as a down payment where the er sum was unavailable. . _ _ Chief Limberry sent word to the surrounding cities and villaies with a warning# to be on the lookout for It is not known just how much money has been collected in this vicinity as it is impossible to check up on the operations of the canvas-- sers and it is not definitely known that their work is fraudulent but steps have been taken to locate them that that proposition may be investigated. -- _ . . Numerous solicitors are active here at the present time and it is probable that a majority of them are promoting legitimate -- énter-- prizes but local citizens are warned to be on their guard and to notify chief Limberry at the first sign of irregularity. Judge Perry L. Persons Tuesday en-- tered judgments allowing reductions in 43 tax objection matters. Mr. Block REDUGTIONS IN TAXES ALLOWED Clerical Errors Bring Action In Court; Judgments Enter-- ed In Many Cases. some instances by assessors and cler-- tcal errors were made in many cases. Judgments were entered against all delinquents not having filed objec-- tions. All tax objections with the excep-- tion of those of the Chicago & North Western Railroad company and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road and the special assessment objections of Waukegan property owners were to be heard Wednesday morning by Judge Persons. The railroad objec-- tions will probably be disposed of early next week. _ se Assistant State's Attorney Block said that in regard to the special as-- sessment objections in Waukegan, most of them are well taken and that he will follow out the sugges-- tion of Corporation Counsel Arthur Bulkley in these cases. That means that judgments will not be entered against these delinquents. In most cases the property owners objecting have not paid special assessments be-- Judgments were denied against the Lake Bluff park board and the First National Bank of Antioch. The court acted in both matters on the motion of Assistant State's Attorney Block. He said the bark board and bank were erroneously taxed. & cause of "extras" having been al-- lowed contractors and the certificates of cost and completion not having been approved. Through the efforts of the Child Welfare committee of the Hattie Barwell Goodfellowship Settlement in procuring autos, it will be pos-- sible for a great many Waukegan FLOWER SHOW AT LAKE FOREST people to attend the Lake Forest Garden Club show of June flowers to be held Saturday from noon until eight in the evening in the service buildings of Mrs. Rocke-- feller McCormick's estate at Lake At the presidential election to be held in November and all other el-- ections hereafter at which all poll-- ing places in Lake county are used, there will be 63 polling places in the county. The cgt_mtyngonrd Wed-- nesday voted to add a new precinet, trips during these hours and any-- one wishing to go should get in touch with the Settlement, Phone 642, to make arrangements for the trip which is always a wonderful event. Miss Lucy Burke is 'chair-- man of the child welfare committee. The buildings in which the show will be .held are surrounded by beautiful flower and vegetable gar-- dens. In the buildings where the flowers will be displayed there will be arrangements of the flowers by both children and adults. Different contests will be staged for the children in arranging trays for in-- valids, luncheon tables and dinner the public Sunday from 10:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m. On motion of Assistant State's At-- ONE WORKER DIES FROM OIL BURNS After . suffering untold agony for. more than --twelve hours, Andm"' Florie, 29, Clayton Hotel, Wankegnn' passed away at the Victory Memor-- ial hospital Weédnesday morning at 3:50 o'clock from third degree burns which he suffered Tuesday: in an explosion at station 6, of the Public Service company. + _ William Kyle, 33, of Milwaukee, Wis.. who --was also seriously burned, is in a critical condition and it was doubtful if he would survive his From the time that he was taken to the hospital, Florie suffered in-- tense pain and although he was giv-- en large quantities of narcotics the pain did not east up much.-- He was in a stupor much of the time. Wife At Bedside His wife was at his bedside when death claimed him. Hospital attaches stated that he said practically noth-- ing all the time he was at the hos-- pital. ' PRlorence 'Foster, 14. of 815 Eighth street, Waukegan. who was arrested several weeks"ago in North Chicago and <turned over to the Waukegan GIRL ACCUSER Both men were electrical repair-- men and installers and were em-- ployed by the <Allis Chambers com-- pany of West Allis, Wis., which is lo-- e%nw Milwaukee. 4 pair were working together near an oil switch when the explo-- sion occurred. It was believed by plant officials that a short circuit ig-- nited the oil covered switch. Florie was standing directly in front of the switch and received the full force of the explosion which was heard for several blocks. Burning oil was thrown over the two men and before their fellow workmen could reach their side the two were severely burned. America from France not more than a month ago and they moved to Waukegan shortly after their arrival in this country. 3 Wetzel and Peterson undertaking police on delinquency charges, was arrested again by the North Chicago police 'Wednesday night. The gu'\ was arraigned in court after her first arrest and ordered to the De-- tention Home on Jackson street but escaped from there a few 'days ago. She was being held in the North Chicago jail Thursday pendin%\ the arrival of her father whose home she left some time ago. In all prob-- ability, _ Chief -- Tiffany . stated she will be returned to the Detention 'The North Chicago police first came to know the girl when she ap-- peared at the police "station about two months ago and told Chief Ti!-- fang 'that five men whom she did not" know had taken her out in |a machine and attacked her. She was unable to give the police a clue to the identity of her assailants so the matter was dropped. e f BILL DISPUTES AT BOARD MEET Sheriff L. A. Doolittle Thursda informed --members -- of the 535 committee of the board of supervis-- ors that the new rate to be charged the United . States government for feedimg federal prisoners, 85 conts a day, will become effective at . the starting of the new quarter in Sep-- tember. Some of the members of the committee had thought the raise in rates would start immediately, but the sheriff told them this could not be done. & There was much discussion at the afternoon session of the board Wed-- nesday concerning bills and the du-- ties of committees. Supervisor Ed-- ward Mawman objected to the chairman of committees alcone sanc-- tioning purchased ~desired, taking the stand that the entire committee should take this action -- Members of the building and grounds and the printing and -- supplies committees had disputed about : bills placed against each of these committees, in several cases each claiming the other committee responsible for bills in-- curred. Action was deferred on some of the bills as a result. The audit of the books of Caunty Treasurer Jay B. Morse was pre-- sented to the board Wednesday by Auditor Samuel Simms.> Audits of county anglers not to fail to purchase the required state fishing license be-- fore tke opening of the bass season, June 15. Deputy Kern declares per-- sons found fishing without a state li-- cense will promptly be arrested and heavy fines imposed. s Bass caught under 10 inches long must be thrown back in the water. A severe penalty for. violation of this the bonks of the county treasrer are now being made anrually. There was nothing of special ~significance in the sudit. law is ndrea Florie Passes Away After ' Suffering Intense Pain; Second Man Dying At Hospital .. i TAKEN AGAIN| anxki0us The program will o&en with an in-- strumental number " oon't'i,:f' from the Peer Gynt suite foll .by as-- 'sembly songs. The primary and in-- termediate grades will present "A "Visit to Storyland." _ . f fessional men of the two villages| with fitting ceremonies which con--| cluded with a monster meeting of| the members and their guests. The activities started in the .morningl and, while the day was not observed as a general holiday, flags were dis-i played-- by the various business : Success of Chamber of Commerce Shown at First Annual Me--+ing ing of the -- Libertyville--Mundelein preceded by musical entertainment Chamber of Commerce was observedt;rovided by the: famous -- Pullman Tuesday by the business and pro--\ Porter quartet which was brought fessional men of the two villages| here as the special entertainment with fitting ceremonies which con-- ' feature of the program. The dinner cluded with a monster meeting of' was followed by a community song the members and their guests. The led by Dick Lyons. This part of the activities started -- in the 'morningl program, while not wholly a succéss and, while the day was not observed| musically, was very effective in as a general holiday, flags were dis-- promoting a spirit of good fellow-- gala appearance. A membership drive was a part of the day's program and a meeting was held in the office of the secre-- tary at nine o'clock to organize the teams which were to canvass the dis-- trict to secure the renewals of the old memeberships and to sign up the few who were not members of the organization. A check up at the end of the day showed a total of over ninety renewals and fifteen new members. + According to present in-- dications practically every old mem-- bership will be renewed for . the ecming year. : i -- Those receiving graduation: certi-- Ificates this year are:-- Angelo A. | Calanca, Eileen R. Colby, Marie M. Deinlein, Harold F. Dieter, Marga-- ret A. Dougherty, Francis C. Fitz-- gibbons, Agnes M. Gannon, Rose A. | Guerin, Cecelia E. Kelroy, Esther M. { Murphy, Delbert J. Murphy, Lillian 'In the afternoon : the : activities were enlivened by the North Shore Linge+band which arrived here-- at two o'clock and which was met . at the station by a delegation from the Chamber 'of Commerce. After marching through--the town the tband returned to Cook park where anr hour's concert was given leav-- ing there for Mundelein where another concert was played. ~-- The big event of the day was the annual meeting of the organization which"was held in St.-- Lawrence's parish house and which was attend-- ed by nearly two hundred members and guests.. e z* A class of fifteen will be graduat-- ed this year from St. Joseph's paro-- chial school and diplomas will be awarded at the commencement exer-- cises which are to be held next Mon-- day night in the auditorium of the Libertyville Township high school. An interesting program:> has been prepared and will be fresented by the pupils of the school. . _ e 15 WILL GRADUATE _ j POSTMASTER TO FROM ST. JOSEPH'S' CHECK OFFERS "Lady Frances" a one act operet-- ta with the scene laid in a room in the Sorority house on the Saturday iC Joroimiy noust V Te . AG0 CAE IIES E before college 'opens will be a fengfl ture of the program. --The fonfl ing is the cast: Lady _ Frances, Agnes Gannon; Bridget O'Harrigan, servant, Rose Ann, Guerin, college girls FEileen Colby, Margaret Dou-- gherty, -- Lillian Newbore,. Julia O.Donnell, Marie Deinlein, Dorothy Kramer, Mary Hanlon, Helen Tren-- ner, Leona Dietz, Kathleen O'Don-- nell, Cecelia Kelroy, Elizabeth Van-- derwerff, Esther glurphy, Mildred Vanderwerff and Dorothy Tritz. A piece of gossip in one act en-- titled "Six Cups of Coffée" will af-- ford the next entertainment and the parts are played by Agnes Gannon as the German girl; Dorothy Kram-- er, Southern girl; Mildred Van-- derwerff, New Englander; Margaret Dougherty, Bostonia; Mary --Agnes Bietzel, New Yorker; Esther Mur-- phy, French girl. _ E> : More musical numbers follow and the program will end.with an _ ad-- dress to the graduates by Rev. M. J. Nealis, pastor of St. Joseph's church. _ On recommendation of the finance committee, the board of supervisors Wednesday passed a resolution pro-- viding for a special appropriation of $4,400 to pay the salaries of the4 motorcycle officers to be engaged for the summer-- and to defray the cost of the motorcycles. The salaries of the four men who are to serve the county for four months will total $2.800, while the motorcycle cost will be $1,600. . ¢ Sheriff Doolittle was authorized by the goard to hire four mo-- torcycle officers, which will increase his motorcycle force to six men. The sheriff expects to appoint the motor-- cycle men the later part of the week and have them start work next Sun-- day. He is not certain as yet, how-- ever, whether they will begin work Sunday as he wants to get uniformg mtc Published Twice Weekly for the, men : days to do so. "I have Ween stormed with applica-- tions for the four jobs and so far have made a definite decision as to only cne man," said Sheriff Doolittle. "I E.--fi;;b;r;.,---jfili'a: M. O'Donnell, Kathleen O'Donnell and Elizabeth M. Vanderwerff. The first anniversary of the found-- &A dinner at six--thirty which was PROVIDES SUM f FOR NEW COPS Vendel . Boscko, 321 South Utica street, Waukegan, Wednesdaf night enlisted the aid of the local police to search for his 16 year old son, Vendel, Jr. whom he says has been missing from home since Wednes-- day morning. The boY when last seen was wearing a blue shirt, dark sweater, and black--trousers. Police have launched a city--wide search. LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, The evening session started with the villages took on a and it will take several mecice duty ship. j . 4. B. Morse, _ retiring president, gave a short talk on the work of the organization during -- its . first sear and expressed his appreciation of the assistance given by the other officers and the committee members. Jay Cairns, who heads the Chamber for the next year,; formally accepted the responsibility of the office and made a strong appeal for a continu-- ation of the good work which has ecentributed to the success of the in-- stitution during the first and hard-- est year of its existence. & ~Secretary W. E. Hardin, made . a| brief report of the activities of the Chamber during the past year. He told how the idea of the establish-- ment of a local Chamber of Com-- merce was conceived in March 1927 and how its sponsors worked to en-- list the aid and support of a suffi-- cient number of the business and professional men ~and . women to make the idea a reality. He told of his coming here on June first of last year and of the support given by the members and the time--and ef-- fort expended by the committees in making the initial year, remarkable in its achievement. P¥ Waukegan will have a new $335,-- 000 federal building in six months, it was stated Thursday. Following a half day conference and tour of inspection of the various sites of-- fered assurance was given that the C. A. Johnson, secretary of _ the Belvidere Chamber and Loren Mey-- er, serving in a like. capacity ,at (Continued on page eight.) project will be started as soon . as possible. It was feared for a while that there would be greater delay. Although Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Carl T. Schueneman and his assistant, H. T. Martin, who were in Waukegan Wednesday, were in favor of "forgetting" Waukegan for. two or three years due to its apparent indifference towards the project, Postmaster Mancel ~Tal-- eott finally convinced them that the need for the postoffice building off-- piece of property, which had been considered as a favorite, was ap-- praised at a value exactly 13 times lower than the price which has been offered as a bid to the gov-- ernment. .. -- + * Many of the other sites were valued according to the same pro-- portion while the appraised . values were so low that it seems folly for the owners to have asked such a "sSome of the people in Wau-- kegan have been kicking about their high taxes in Waukegan," said Postmaster Talcott. "Secretary Schueneman tells me that Wauke-- gan's taxes are, proportionally far below those of other cities. If tke people who have offered sites were The inspectors picked out four sites from those offered and gave Postmaster Talcott instructions to g to the owners and give them un-- til Saturday ~night to lower their 'Uncertainty surrounded the exact status of the evidence against George Edwards, 33, alias Frank J. Jenkins. self--styled artist who is being held by the Lake Forest police. the same valuation on which they place their property they would raise an awful how!." It had been their intention, in case the bids were mot lowered enough, to drop the idea of building in Wauke-- gan for several years until the people in the city realized the need for a building ~but -- Postmaster Talcott finally induced them to agree to con-- demning in case the new bids are not satisfactory. R "ARTIST" IS _ ~--STILL HELD 'He was originally taken in con-- nection with the criminal attack made a week ago on Mrs. Margaret Smith, 26 year old Chicago model, who was lured to a lonely woods west of Lake Forest by a fake artist. Edwards was apprehended in Mil-- waukee after he had asked a Chi-- cago woman, Mrs. H. A. Dunkelman, to pose for him. Recalling how Mrs. Smith had been lured to a lonely woods by a fake artist near' Lake Forest on the same ruse, Mrs: Dun-- kelman communicated with the Lake Forest police and a meeting with Edwards was arranged to trap him. _Mrs, Smith, however, when con-- fronted with the suspect failed to identify hnim although she said he resembled her seducer in a great The two inspectors will be in Chi-- cago again either next Tuesday or Wednesday and final word will be given out at that time. _ ~If the government . condemns one oi 'these four sites, which it will do unless one of the bids is low enough, the owner will only receive a small profit on the appraised valuation profit on the which is made many respects. the indifference of the site own-- To Condemn by Oharles William Ziechn Of Wauconda, Soft Drink Parlor Owner, Shoots Self While Wife And Daughter Visit Him. Zichn, 48 years old, owner of a soft drink parlor and poolroom at Wau-- conda and a well known resident of that village, shot and killed himself Tuesday afternoon. Ziehn's invalid wife and his 12 year old daughter sat visiting in an adjoining room at the time and heard the fatal shot. A coroner's jury impanelled early that evening by Coroner John L. Taylor to investigate the case rc-- turned a verdict that Ziehn committ ed "suicide while in a despondent mood over ill health." A few minutes before Ziehn had visited with his wife and daughter. He gave them no inclination of his intentions. At 3:30 o'clock he walked to the bathroom and closed the door. A moment later the shot was heard. door neighbor, who entered the bath-- room and found the bod§ on the floor in a pool of blood. t s 2 4 Friends of Ziehn said he had been a victim of ill health for the past several months. 'As far as it is known, however, he had never at any time threatened to take his life. Ziehn with his wife, an invalid for years, and daughter moved to Wau-- conda about five years ago from Desplaines. Besides his wife and daughter the deceased leaves two brothers, Charles, of Desplaines, and player and for years was a member of some of the leading symphony and theatrical orchestras in Chicago. Funeral services were held Thurs-- day at 1:30 o'clock from Oeler's fun-- eral home at Desplaines Interment Evidence that Charles Scheskie, 40, of Highland Park, had been drinking and was returning from a drink par-- lor on Dundee road, when he lost con-- Ko. 22, and received fatal injuries as a result, was uncovered Tuesday at the inquest into the death. Scheskie was found dead under his over tvurned --car early Bunday morn-- Coroner --Taylor said that the brothers indicated they will take steps to cause 'the arrest of the owner of the place. The jury after hearing the evidence returned a ver-- dict of "accidental death." SCHESKIE DEATH MAY BRING SUIT ing about a mile east of Half Day. Brothers of the dead man before the coroner's f'ury identified the writing on a slip --of ?laper found in his pocket as that of the owner of a liouor place which Sches-- kie is known to have frequented. PLAN SUITS FOR --TAX ONESTATES eral years, for the recovery of all taxes and assessments due Lake county and omitted from taxation and assessment by decedents in life-- time, may aggregate $500,000, the board of supervisors was .informed Tuesday. . -- ASKS $580 FOR FARM INSTITUTE .. Buits to be started before the board of review against estates of persons who have died during the past sev-- Attorney Charles E. Jack was en-- gaged last December by the finance committee of the county board to handle these suits and Tuesday a contract with him was formailly en-- tered into by the board. The con-- tract provides that Attorney Jack receive 40 per cent of the back taxes collected due to his efforts. 'I am not certain as to the total amount of the suits and am not yet ready to give out names of the es-- tates to be sued, but I would, not be surprised if the aggregate sum asked for is in the neighborhood of half a million dollars," said Attorney Jack. "Estates of millionaires who -- owned property in Lake county will be in-- volved in the suits and in many cases individuals ~escaped from -- paying thousands of dollars yearly over a period of a number of years." that he expects to be read'y to start actions before the board of re-- view in this connection around July 1. He said that after the board of review has made a ruling, persons in charge of estates, if not satisfied, will have to take an appeal to the Su-- preme Court of Tllinois. "A state inheritance tax has to be paid on estates and there is no rea-- son why Lake county should not get tax money due on personal property" Supervisor Arthur W. Vercoe, finance committee chairman, said. s Attorney Jack has been working on this matter for some time, com-- vpiling the necessary data. He said John E. Barrett, an official of the Lake county farm bureau appeared before the board of supervisors Wed-- nesday morning and requested the county stand $580 of the expenses of the Illinois Farmers' Institute held ir Waukegan last winter. The matter was referred to the finance commit-- tee. Some of the members expressed themselves in favor of the allowance of this sum but said that perhaps the board could not legally do so. The wife fearing to investigate her-- BECAUSE OF made in Richmond cemetery. over ill health, William 4 Work on the actual construction of the new village reservoir which forms the major portion of the new water plant authorized under the $44,000 bond issue, was begun Fri-- day morning following the comple-- tion of the excavation which has been under nficfor the fl[:o.st two weeks. The placing of the forms for the concrete is expected to take several days and it is hoped to start pouring next week. * The North Shore Excavators fin-- ished their part of the work Thurs-- day night after two weeks of dig-- ging in which they moved the five thousand yards of earth necessary Ground Ready to make the pit for the monster tank which is to store a reserve water supply for the village. Some difficulty was encountered in making the excavation and the steam shovel was held up for two days by rainy weather and the greater part of another day by a mechanical break--down. The work was delayed also by water seepage from a vein in the bottom of the hole and from the abandoned eight inch well in the south end of the excavation which started to flow when the casing was broken off just below the surface of the ground. in removing the big digging ma-- chine from the seventeen foot hole, was answered Thursday night and a crowd of two hundred or more was on hand to witness the operation. when the Casing was DroRen oll Jusl| P below the surface of the ground. :cg'_'r'mwll ||m|pt=1 ?:: dlcn' e Avecte io "Ino {abrery fou. o o e e e d i id to i ots on |periments with ul of west Cook avente and was sufhcnentlwmeh has been tmnlnm tobringthelowplacespnctiallydewulnthehole'hid\hsb- to grade. 'sunk. f The question which has been ask--/ . .. s"'." with ::--7 it ed many times during the past two Ahe m:y o(mtbe uoke b-"m weeks as to the method to be used m'm""m Since each "'."m": in removing the big digging ma-- the earth taken from various depths chine from the seventeen foot hole, shows mercury substance," Mr. Pitch-- was answered Thursday night and a ard 'stated today. * crowd of two hundred or more Was ; pp, mercury has risen upon the on hand to witness the operation. Immmmmm the trucks : LAKE BLUFF IN BOARD WRANGLE Appointment Of Larry W alish On -- Improvements Body It was learned Wednesday that members of the wvillage board of Lake Bluff have been at swords points relative to the ':goint-- ment of Alderman Larry W as a member --of the board of local im-- provements in May. Waish, of course, willingly accepted the appointment which was made by President Ed-- ward Mawman and two of the other five aldermen favored the selection, which three members of the board op-- posed him. When the name of Alderman Walsh ©as placed in nomination by Presi-- dgent Mawman last "May considerable argument arose as to Mawman's vot-- ing. The council voted three to three in the matter and President Mawman cast the deciding vote for Walsh. Alderman Hummer, a Lake Bluff attorney, contended that under no conditions could Mawman vote. Vil-- lage Attorney Max L. Przyborski ruled that Mawman could vote at any and all times in case of a tie. Tuesday nig®t Alderman Hammer brought in a report that all actions of the board of local improvements since Walsh became a member were il-- ilega.l because of Mawman voting on the matter. co--operating on the housing problem brought forth by the coming Legion convention in September have made arrangements to start active solicita-- tion for rooms, it was announced Thursday. The committee in charge of this activity declared that a meeting was held Wednesday night at which it was decided to start the One of the biggest aids to the com-- mittee would be the hearty co--opera-- tion of those who have rooms. This eo--operation is asked as the work is all being done in a cause which will bring Waukegan to the front The rooms will be used to house delegates and friends during the convention and adequate compensation will be provided for the room owners. canvassing work in two weeks. Suggest A Test Village Attorney Przyborski said that the opinion of Hummer was er-- roneous. He suggested that Hummer start a suit against the village to test out, his opinion and that the matter beeh:en to the higher courts He off to pay all costs of the case and the fees of the attorney on the other side if the courts ruled that Mawman had no right to vote, providing Hum-- mer would do the same if he lost the case. The offer was not accepted by Hummer. President Mawman and one of the alderman who had opposed the ap-- pointment of Walsh informed the board that the opinion of Attorney Przyborski was .correct. They said they had secured opinions from At-- #erney General Oscar E. Caristrom t2 the effect that in case of a tie, the president of a village board had a right to vote on any matter. TO MAKE CHECK ON ROOMS SOON The American Legion and Auxiliary Brings Kick At Session. For Reservour $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. MERCURY IN North Chicago Sees New Boom Following Anmualt Of Rich Find; Continue Tests Of Mercury Globules. The discovery of deposits of mer-- cury in the soil around Kristan ave-- furry <«among nounced their uind Monday and ai-- nulyreduhlehu'hvu commenced to boom. Efforts are being made by a number of local real estate dealers to purchase land in the neighborhood of Kristan avenue and Twenty--szecond streel, near the houses in whose bazsements the mercury was found. H. J. Annis and E. J. Neary, pro-- fessors at the Waukegan high school, are continving their tests of the earth in the basement of the Caristrom LKome where the first evidence of mer-- |the further results of the work being icarried on by the chemists. A geologist of repute has been pro-- cured by Neary and Annis and he will be out on the ground within a few days to make a more thorough exam-- ination of the ground. ' Fears that the mercury discovered in the basements of several homes in North Chicago by two _ high school professors might be the re-- sult of mercury leaking from gas company meter governorse were ex-- | pressed in that city Wednesday when !'it was made known that most of the |mercury found in the ground was 'locawd directly beneath gas gov-- ernors. E. J. Neary and H. J. Annis, discoverers of the mercury, stated however, that the mercury was found not only under the meters but many feet from them nounced their find Monda: forthepstthmyenubtrnod- tention was paid to it until Mr. An-- nis, chemistry professor, was called in to examine it several weeks ago. Since then small globules of mercury have been found on top of the ground sume two blocks away. The cf the Caristrom home have Also been found to contain mercury. To Test At Plant Carl Pfanstichl, president of the Pfanstich Radio Co., has become interested in the discove and requested a girl employe, who lives in one of the three houses, to him & sample of the mercury and the earth taken from the hole in order that a 'tutennh-tadnm thet the mercury is apt to be found throughout a region of a, half mile or more from the place where it was discovered. '"as caumed lbundreds o Supervisor Vercoe otf the finance committee of the board of supervis-- ors Tuesda reported;thme&% ofthecgtftybo;rdthatforthe months far elapsed this year the overdraft of the county is $17,« 778.74. He warned that the various county departments must cut down at Twenty--second street and Com-- monwealth avenue, owned byg; tin Svete. This is several from where the first mercury was In the meantime North Chicago real estate continues to boom and property owners in the vicinity of Kristan avenue and Twenty--sec-- ond street still refuse to sell their land, believing that they are due to become rich Chemists from the various fac-- tories in North Chicago have been asked by property owners to test the soil and all have stated that without a doubt mercury is there. Some state that @4t is possible that a quantity has been d@umped into the ground and has spread to var-- ious sections of land in the region. More of the mercury was found 'I'ueada*}; night by Alderman Bohus Ruuse in the basement of a building A Qquestion still remains as to why most of the mercury> is found in the vicinity of the gas appar-- atus and will not be answered until further investigations have been made. "The chemistry professors are con-- fident that they have made po mistake as to their find since they have procured earth which when tested shows it to be cinnabar ore from ~which mercury is extracted. An expert geologist is within a few days to m thorough research of the. surround-- CoOUNTY $17,778 | OVER ALLOWANCE up 15 lots located all