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Lake County Register (1922), 23 Jun 1928, p. 1

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«4A JURY FINDS LIQUOR WAsS DEATH CAUSE had been caused from poison moon-- shine. Mr. and Mrs. Zorzy were formerly taken into custody Wednesday night 3 Chief of Police Frank {'iflany 'r the coroner's jury impanelled to investigate the case returned a verdict finding that Mason died from poison liquor he purchased in the Zorzy place xd recommended that they be held to the grand jury on manslaughter charges. --It was expected that State's Attorney A. V. Smith will cause state warrants t;; be issued against the pair Thurs-- 'i'he three men, L. ¥.--Surber and Harper Murray, of 703 Cummings avenue, and Ralph Haskell, of 1423 Kimball avenue, North Chicago, are being held in the county jail charg-- ed with manslaughter in connection with the death of Addison Mason, tan 'avenue, who stated that her young son had seen three white men driving in a car with Mason. She said that they were beating him and she thought that they intended to kill him and throw his body out along Waukegan road. Policeman Fred Ebler went di-- rectly to the Bobo home and ques-- tioned the boy. The two of them first searched a woods near the Bovo home and were returning on Stewart Alex And Anna Zorzy, Proprie-- tors Of Alleged "Blind Pig," Taken Into Custody After In-- Catalpa avenue, who accompanied Mason to the Zorzy place, were not held responsible by the coroner's were driving Mason around in their car to sober him up and had struck him several times to bring him to his solored, of° 122 Browning avenue, who was found dead Wednesday morning by a policeman in a clump of m near Nineteenth and Hon-- fil ts, North Chicago. Coroner L. Taylor and Dr. R. G. Smith performged an autopsy on the bodz that afternoon and found that deat Alex and Anna Zorzy, proprietors of an alleged "blind pig" at 1915 Haskell were the three principal witnesses at the probe which was held at the Petroshius funeral home jury and were released airter ine m ZLorzys were not present at the inquest. Surber, ceived a telephone call about 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from not revive the man. He carried the body to the police station where Dr. saw the car with two men in it, driving two blocks away. Ebler gave chase and stopped the men. When questioned the men gave their names as L. V. Surber and Harber Murray of 703 Cummings avenue. The third member of the party was arrested at his home on Catalpa avenue, Wau-- kegan, a short time later. One man was injured and another had a close call Wednesday night tion bapin shoondining reficg reen r a tmck&*he accident oecurred at 10:40 o'clock, a mile south of the state line. Walter Otto of Grand Rapids was the man hurt. He suffered cuts about the head and one arm. Eight stitches were taken to sew up the injury to the head. He was taken to a hospital in Kenosha. Edwin Lange of Grand Rapids was riding with Otto, but es-- caped uninjured. The truck was operated by Stanley Gedykis of Fond du Lac, Wis., and was goiflg south, while the Michigan men were--traveling north. According to the report of Deputy George Heck-- inger, who investigated the accident, Otto drove into the truck. dertaking parlors. mer being practically BRAKEMAN IS FATALLY HURT ONE INJURED was an eye witness of the accident. She was standing about half a block away waiting for a street ear. A. Laufenberg, 26, of Highwood, a brakeman on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad, ;:: fatally > i rnd Thursda w. n:.shzadmc.pole'hfleyhe was leaning from the rear steps of a northbound train. The accident occurred at Carey street, . Winnetka. Carey was look-- ing to the rear of the train when hit. He was found a few seconds later by passing pedestrians who saw him lying where he fell He was rushed Evanston hosnital but was IN AUTO JAM car and truck aged. the for-- Che lSewer Job Is \ _ Now Complete A. partial estimate to M. L. Mil-- ler was allowed on the new water plant covering the excavating for the reservoir on which the work was Several matters nemifliiflz to the completion of former special assess-- ments covering local improvements were disposed of Thursday evening at an adjourned meeting of the lo-- cal boani of improvements. Attor-- ney Be:iiamin'e M. Miller presented the final figures on special No. 58, the outlet sewer in Dawes and oth-- er streets which was constructed by Peder Frandsen. The final complia-- tion showed that after all expenses of the improvement had been paid there was a balance of over six hun-- dred dollars which was left in the fund to defray interest» The board voted to accenot the work and to sign the certificate of completion which will becpresented in court for confirmation in the near future. job was held. up during the favos-- able weather while the legal= steps necessary to a change in the align-- ment were made and claimed that it was necessary to lease a drag line machine to complete the work. He claimed that the additional ex-- wmense involved amounted to over four thousand dollars. The board found it impossible to make a"fur-- ther-- allowance because of insuf-- ficient money in the assessment A request was presented by the Armstrong construction company for the allowance of an extra on the Kenlock Park sewer due to the fact that they were obliged to secure additional machinery to dig the trench after the rainy weather set in. Mr. Armstrong stated that the Attorney Paul MacGuffin advised the board that the east side paving matter will be heard in Court Mon-- day and that it will be possible to advertise next week for bids on the work. The board was unanimous : in opposing the reduction asked by ex-- Mayor Hyatt the only objector to the improvement. a The reduction which was made in the Kenlock sewer job because of the fact that the alignment was changed, was set aside and the owners assessed to pay for the sew-- er which has been constrycted east from Butterfield road by Walter done by the North Shore Excava-- Stang. FOUR POSSIBLE MEN FOR BENCH William J. Stratton, Ingleside, Re-- publican nominee for the office of secretary of state, and family,~ left Wednesday on a vacation trip of a morth through Canada. Circuit court, and Attorney Ninian Welch of Chicago, master--in--chanc-- The route of the tour is, as follows: Rockford, Sterling, Moline, Mon-- mouth, and possibly Galesburg, the first day; the second day the tour will visit Peoria, Bloomington, Decatu and Springfield, on the third day, East St. Louis, Belleville, Carbondale and Marion:; and on the last day, Champaign, Kankakee and return to STRATTON ON > TRIP TO REST quate airports, landing fields and air-- way marking.. It is made possible through the cooperation of companies using airplanes in business, air trans-- port companies and manufacturers and distributors of atrplanes. Last week a pathfinder plane was sent out, under the auspices of the Chicago Evening American, for the purpose of investigating various land-- ing fields throughout the state which would be suitable to accommodate the number of planes that will make up the tour. Lowden--Deneen wing of the G. O. P. delegation at the Kansas City convention last week, where confi-- dence was expressed in Judge Trude by his fellow delegates. Judge Shurtleff is a former speak-- er of the Illinois house of repre-- sentatives. It is urged that he would continue to represent that portion of the Chicago district lying outside of the city proper and f:om which Judge Cliffe was selected. Those booming Judge Edwards say he would be one of the most quali-- fied for the federal bench, having a Everything is in readiness for the takeoff of the State Air Tour, June 20--23, which is sponsored by the Aero-- nautical Division of the Tllinois Cham-- ber of Commerce. This tour is being promoted with the purpose of creat-- ing additional interest in more ade-- pointment from President Calvin Coolidge, but friends of Judge Ed-- wards maintain there is still a good possibility that he may be appoint-- ed.. Judge Shurtleff on Saturday made a public statement that he did not aspire to go on the federal bench at this time. NO. 49 READY FOR AIR TOUR OF STATE It arneared Wednesday that Judge While friends of Municipal Judge of young boy so seriously hurt that he died later in the Lake County Hos-- pital and four others, two children, a woman and a man, sustained in-- juries of a less serious nature when an automobile in which they were riding went off the <pavement in Green _ Bay road Monday night, skidded into a ditch, crashed against a telephone pole and 'overturned. The -- accident occurred at nine-- thirty--five o'clock about a half mile south of the state line. when the accident occurred. He told Deputy George Heckinger that he hac passed another machine going in --a northerly direction and that his car went off the concrete. When he tried to get back on the pavement, the } me post it landed on side ingditchonthemudeofthe -- Gustave Seavall, Jr., bruisss: and slight cuts on the face. Mrs. Walker was a close friend of the Waukegan folks, and with her The price reported to have been paid was approximately $3,500,000 in cash. What disposition will be made of the proceeds has not yet been con-- sidered by the directors, Mr. Brown said. Ernest Griess, who has been a director : of, the United . States Leather company and its predecessor for many years, will continue _ in that capacity. WOMAN AND CHILD DIE | IN MISHAP Mrs. Mary Walker, a middie aged woman, 6824 Twenty--fourth avenue, Kenosha, died at the Victory Me-- morial hospital shortly before mid-- night from injuries suffered in the accident She was internally in-- jured and had a skull,fracture. It was realized from the outset that her condition was hopeless. * Charles James Kettelatt, 5 years old, grandchild of Mrs. Walker, and who lived with her was in a dying condition when taken to the Lake County General Hospital. He had in-- ternal injuries and a fracture of the A N. Tiffany, deputy collector of internal revenue for Lake county, stated Tuesday that auto deal-- ers wishing the rebates on the war tax paid on cars prior to the passing of the law vetoing the same must first apply to the "Federal Building," Chi-- cago, Tl." The Chicago office will take the matter in hand and in due course will notify the local collector to go over the company books and deter-- mine the amount of money due the dealer. So far only two local dealers have taken advantage of the rebate. The others are urged to get in line as soon as possible. , The dealers are allowed the rebate on the cars they had on hand when the law was passed. Charlotte Kettelatt, 8 years old, granddaughter of Mrs. Walker Cuts on the fingers and wrists. s Mrs. Anna Seavall, 1509 Garden place, Waukegan. She was cut about the head and is believed to have a stopped and aided him in getting the injured to the County and Victory Memorial hospitals. F. W. Hicks of 224 Douglas avenue notified the office of Sheriff Law-- rence-- A. Doolittle of the accident and Deputy William Kelly was sent out tc conduct an investigation. Dr. Carl M. Beck, Dr. Cannon, Lr. E--ackett, and Dr. Bovick took care cf the injured. ' After having their injuries dresseaq. Seavall, his wife and child, and Char-- lotte Kettelatt were able to leave the Mrs. Mary Walker Of Kenosha Killed In Automobile Crash In Green Bay Road; Grand-- _ BSale of the controlling interest in the Greiss Pfleger Tanning company which has a large plant in Waukegan by the United States Leather company was announced in New York a few days ago by Hiram S. Brown, presi-- dent of the latter company. AUTO DEALERS -- URGED TO GET THEIR REBATE their ter the: accident. Gustave Seavall, husband of Anna. bruises on the knee and leg. The interest was purchased about ten years ago by the Central Leather company, predecessor of the United States Leather company. When a minority interest of Griess Pfleger made a satisfactory offér for control, Mr. Brown said, the directors con-- cluded that it would be to the ad-- vantage of the company to dispose of the: holdings. unconscious for several minutes af-- A. F. Atkinson, a chief petty officer at the Great Lakes naval training station, was the first to come to the rescue of the injured people. He came along a few minutes after the accident and started to extricate the people from underneath the over-- TANNERY IN One woman was fatally injured, a The others hurt and the extent of child Fatally Hurt. at the Seavall home. Seavall Price $3,500,000 /3 LARGE DEAL Father Francis Shea, of the Imma . | MONT, culate Conception church, will assist| also de Monsignor Kealy during the cer>--| he ron monies . He is in charge of the de. | the Rep 'tails. Invitations have been sent to | t¥ judg al' members of the Waukegan ~*y council. ; i > Mrs. The sisters of the hospital have 'dren lef sent out on open -- invitation to the! Wiscons citizens and men of the clergy in Lake l home 0j county. It is believed that more than | Roland. . 1,000 pec~le will b>, present. Sunday. Fony Saltaris, 28, single, 327 Al-- exandria avenue, Chicago, and John Rustman, 35 years .old, married and 'the. father of two. children. 'Rustman was killed outright, his {skull bging (solit in : two _ when |thrown' from ~the machine in the --crash. Saltaris died two hours lat-- {er in the Elizabeth Condell Memor-- jial Hospital as the result of burns jreceived when the wreckei mach-- iine took fire following the accident, The accident occurred shortly af-- ter five o'clock Thursday morning when the two men were returning to Chicago after making their re-- gular trip up the north shore and through the lake region where they deliver bread to the branches of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea store. _It appears that Lake county will be bottled in between the wideéned boule-- vards of Cook county and of Wiscon-- sir. County Highway Superintendent R. M. Lobdell said: Tuesday that it may be many years before Lake coun-- ty. can widen roads to the extent planned by Cook county and the state of Wisconsin because it would cost a fortune to get the needed right--of-- way in Lake county and that, of course, the paving cost would also be Monsignor J. Gerald Kealy, of the University and Theological seminary of St. Mary of the Lake, located at Mundelein, will officiate at the laying of the cornerstone for the new $1,-- 000,000 St. Therese hospital which is being constructed just west of the \mkegan city limits on Washington street. The ceremonies, whitch will be held next Sunday afterneon at 3 'o'clock, have already been planned and should prove one of the banner events in the hi--tory of the institution. . The truck is owned by the Kesh-- ian Motor express and Rustman was employed by that firm as a driver and Saltaris as helper.-- . §3 Wednesday evening the two men left Chicago with a load of bread which they delivered at the stores along the route, making the last stop at Libertyville where they com-- pleted their work here shortly af-- ter five o'clock and started south on Milwaukee avenue.. _ _ _ ; _ Two more lives were. claimed Thursday morning by the Elgin Jol-- iet and Eastern railway mfl" cros-- sing on Milwaukee avenue south of Libertyville when two Chicago men met death there when their truck crashed into a moving train and was demolished. The dead men are: It i s thought that the driver was not aware of his avproach to the railroad crossing : because of the heavy fog and the big truck crash-- ed into the locomotive -- without slackening its speed. The impact was so great that the fireman of the railroad > engine was -- thrown from the cab. E. Driver And Helper Killed When f Truck Strikes Freight Train At -- the --meetin were offi-- cials of the Wisconsin highway ad-- ministration, Mayor Danield Hoan of Milwaukee, and Chairman William McCarthy of the county board and representatives of the leading civic and business organizations of Mil-- The truck was thrown t» the east of the pavement and parts of the front end were strewn along the railroad right--of--way. The gas tank must have exploded ~in (the first crash as both men were drenched thing is certain and that is that Lake county at this time is not in the fi-- nancial position to go ahead with the big road widening program." President Charles M. Hayes of the Chicago Motor Club was assured at a meeting in Milwaukee by officials of Wisconsin that the Wis-- consin end of U. S. highway 41, which is to be made into a 40--foot boule-- £RC vHC nCC Li WERrst CALE® cials of the Wisconsin highway ad-- | ""2;.. . ministration, Mayor Danield Hoan of she did Milwaukee, and Chairman William. but that uccarthyofthecountyboudtndmtsh representatives of the leading civic| /). < and business organizations of Mil-- m"tfi;'- waukee. § ¥ "We have decided that four lane | It't D2 "We have decided that four lane roads are the main essential n the development of motor facilities," Mr. McCarthy told the gathering, "and here in Milwaukee county we have adopted a policy of widening radial roads instead of building more and more narrow conneécting highways.' Lake Shore Boulevard Mayor Hoan said that Milwaukee further is prepared. to build the northern end of a boulevard to ex-- tend along the lake shore from Mil-- waukee to Chicago within the next William Kavanaugh, Milwaukee county highway engineer, said that within three weeks appraisers for right--of--way will be out preparing for the 40 foot widening for highway 41 in Milwaukee county. -- S "Kenosha county is now engaged in getting its right of way along the line, and we expect that Racine county will join forces within a few weeks," he said. "That will assure the widening to the Illinois line and. it will then be up to Illinois to get action." 5 meet similar development in Chicago. Mr. Hayes told the gathering how enthusiasm for wider highways was being awakened in TIllinois. (Continued on page four.) REAPY TO LAY CORNERSTONE COUNTY HAS NO WIDE ROAD FUND > County KReniater LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURRDAY, JUNE 23, 1929. Published Twice Weekly The members of the train crew went to a nearby house and phoned with burning oil when they were thrown-- from the wreckage. --The ambulance then returned to the wreck and a further examina-- tion disclosed-- the body of Rustman iaying on the railroad bank to the east of the highway. His head was split vertically throught the top and his deéeath was instantaneous. His clothing, too was burned away and bits of ~the garments were sfill smouldering when the body was found: --© f <4 Mrs. George C. Brown and chil-- 'dren left Thursday for Fontana, Wisconsin for a short visit at the home of the former's sister, Mrs. Roland. They will be gone until to Dr. John L. Taylor who called the ambulance from the Luce and Earl garage. Richard Earl and J. A. Treptow hurried to the scene and found Saltaris laying near the wreckwith his elothing burned en-- tirely from his body and his flesh uiterally _cooked by the burning oil. He was rushed to the Elizabeth hos-- pital where he was . placed under opiates to. relieve his suffering. Judse Trude was the Chicago Bar Association . candidate for Circuit Court judge in the election this month, but was defeated. He was also defeated in April, 1926, when he rian against Joseph Savage for the Republican nomination for coun-- ty judge. . Judge Trude's name will' be pre-- sented to President Coolidge with-- in a short time by Senator Deneen, it was stated authoritatively. Sena-- tor . Deneen's recommendation -- is econceded to be equivalent to ap-- pointment. -- e r A private dinner was held at the Palmer: House Monday, attended by Senator Deneen, for the purpose of discussing Judge Trude's 'prospects. Judge Trude was not present, but he made it known that he would accept: the appointment. 'The body--was removed to the un-- dertaking rooms of J.'A. Treptow as was that of Saltaris after hisy ieath at the hospital. s The move to make Judge Trude the successor of Judge Cliffe, who died on .June 12, was begun at Kan-- sas City while the Republican na-- tional convention was in session. Judge Trude was a delegate to the convention from the Second District. When word of Judge Cliffe's death reached Kansas City, Deneen Repub-- licans held a conference and de-- cided on the Chicago judge. ® The bodies were taken to Chica-- go.that afternoon at the order of the Keshian company ~and are being held at the Berz undertaking rooms until funeral arrangements can be made by the famflies of the dead the Senator Deneen' Republican fac-- tion, is slated to be named United States district judge of the North-- ern District of Illinois to succeed the late: Judge Adam --C. Cliffe. Circuit Judge Clair C. Edwards of Waukegan has been given consider-- ation in this connection, but it is said that Judge Trude is now cer-- tain of the appointment. _ the Republican national committee, believed to be: working for Judge Trude's appointment in Washington now. Coroner John L. Taylor impanel-- led a jury Thursday noon and the inquest is continued to such a time as the witnesses can be present. Waukegan police Tuesday night searched for a colored man who had threatened Mrs. Wm. Warner, 1305 Garden Place, earlier in the even-- Iig, with x knife. . ... .-- :: > 7 Mrs. Warner notified police at eleven--thirty ~ o'clock: that upon her> return to her home, following a visit in 'the Waukegan business district, she found a colored man standing in front of her door As she was entering her home, the man confronted her and demanded that sh:. ~pay him some money, by Mrs. Warner's rmnd. fl Many ~other leading Illinois Re-- publicans, it is understood, favor the appointment of Judge Trude. Among them is Roy O. West, secretary of Reports from Chicago W'ednesda§ were --that Municipal Judge Danie P. Trude, high in the councils of Mrs. Warner informed police that she did not know the man's name, but that he was called "Pat," and that she believed he lived in North Chicago. She described him as be-- ing tall, of slim build, wearing a dark felt hat, and that he was under the influence of liquor at the time he threatened her. money, flashing a knife as he did so. --Mrs. Warner ran to the tele-- phone and summoned police aid, the man making his get away in the mean -- time. Capt. Lyon -- and Policeman Edwards answered the call and began scouring the north side for the man, but without suc-- TRUDE FAVORED FOR JUDGESHIP ARREST MAN IN KNIFE ATTACK for One of the chief benefits of an airport in Waukegan would be the delivery of air mail. Airplanes car-- rying mail fly every day regardless of weather conditions and conse-- quently the landing fields must be {of the best. . > In this way, it would be ppssible for planes to take off in any kind of weather and a storm would not make any difference in getting away. -- It 'was shown that every airport should have at least four lanes ex-- tending north and south, east and west. northeast by southwest, and northwest by southeast. o Questions of many Waukegan peo-- ple interested in a municipal airport for Waukegan as to why nothing has been done with the present field were-- answered Tuesday by heads of the Waukegan Flying club MOTORCYCLE --COPS START ---- gPEED WAR ~-- Law -- violating © motorists: beware! A campaign will} be started--on Sat-- urday bg 'Sheriff-- Lawrence 'A. Doo-- little against. fast 'drivers,-- reckless drivers, and those operating motor vehicles whilé under the influence He charged that Huff took advan-- tage of his daughter. He swore falsely --as to his age and her age, and he procured the marriage Ili-- cense at the office of County Clerk Lew A. HMendee. EXPLAIN DEFECTS } IN LANDING FIELD Newly Organlzed Traffic Force Of Sheriff Lawrence A..Doo-- little To Cut Down Reckless Huff was held over to the grand jury early in May by Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson on recom-- mendation ~of State's Attorney A. V. Smith. He could not furnish a bond of $5,000 and has since been in the county jail. s Huff is charged with having made a criminal attack on Vivian Pester, 15 year old daughter of Thomas --Pester. Hulf married the child and the day following the marriage Pester caused his arrest. given specific instructions to treat every law violator alike, no favorit-- ism to be exhibited at any time," de-- clared Sheriff Doolittle. "In .the case of drunken drivers and autoists who drive fast and recklessly heavy fines are to be recommended. There have been far too many automobile acci-- dents in Lake county the past few years and I am going to do my utmost to eliminate serious crashes." It is expected that the sheriff wili have his motorcycle officers take their victims before justices in the town-- ships in which arrests are made. The board of supervisors at its last session empowered Sheriff Doolittle to add the four motorcycle men, fol-- lowing out a recommendation of the According to word received Wed-- nesday by the office of Sheriff Doo-- little, the charge _ of. rape estate dealer, who caused the ar-- rest of young Huff has about de-- cided not to press the charges. experience in this line. The men have each posted a bond of $10,000. \ Sheriff Doolittle says that the in-- surance firm which furnished the bonds recommended these men after £& thorough investigation of their past Heckinger In Charge Sherrif Doolittle Thursday pro-- moted George Heckinger, a member of his force for the past year. He appointed Heckinger to take charge of the motorcycle force. Meckinger for many years was a motorcycle rider for the Waukegan police department and has always held a high rank as an officer. He has made an especially good record in the office »f Sheriff Deputy William Kelly, also an ex-- against Allen Huff, 19 years old, of Lake Forest, is likely to be dropped this week. It is said that 10 DROP CASE finance AGCAINST HUFF be l if 'the proposition car 'in;erest of four and a ANTIOCH HOLDS _ BOND ELECTION mi\n election was held to the village of Antioch on a "It has been a pleasure to instruct the American Consul at Strasbourg to vor to obtain such a piece of and forward it to your Chicago T'I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the, 6th of June, 1928, requesting the Depart-- ment's assistance in obtaining a piece of} wood from Argonne forest from Hfichagavelmaybemdeforthe State Commander of the e:splam.tory: "I have t turned up in one of the Waukegan wood--working concerns. The gavel en finished will 'bear a gold shiekd appropriately inscribed to suit the Pair Returned Here For Trial The presentation will be made im-- mediately after the election of ofi-- cérs during the convention to be held there next Sept. The wood will be nfirt was made of their question-- able activities in this vicinity, were arrested Thursday by the Lake For-- est police when they were found op-- m in-_th.tdtyf use searching for the past week after a Chief 'of police Lester Tiffany, who had been notified by Chief Lim-- berry that the men were wanted here, immediately got in touch with the local officer and Marshall, Lim-- berry went to the north shore town to bring the prisoners here. ;Through the efforts of the Wau-- men American Legion Convention mittee, the Chamber of Com-- merce, Congressman Carl Ckindblom, and Secretary of State Frank B. Kel-- logg, the incoming state Legion com-- mander will be presented with a gavel made from wood obtained in the fam-- ous Argonne forest, scene of the heav-- iest sacrifices in human life made by . They were given a hearing Thurs-- day Mn%-l before police magis-- trate Fred H. Smith and Mrs. Bou-- #r as the complainant. The youths ive their names as Gordon Dud-- 'on, who claimms that he has been gt:'dying law --at Toronto, Canada, and W. F. Pierce of Chicago. hrs._ Boucher told of the men call--| ing at her home on Rockland Road _offering a magazine subscrip-- tion, making the assertion that a part of <the proceeds ®of the sale wire to go toward the purchase of a library for the Rockland school. ' ~Dudgeon did the talking ffr the ir and . the charge was odged | "t,hi_m;_.jtl;emp'e. who did not ticipate in . swindle arrest by the Jlocal police and no charge was made against him. 'The original charge against Dud-- geon was that of obtaining money under false pretemses and a convic-- tion would result in holding the prisoner to the grand jury, it was arranged between the officers of the towns to change the local to disorderly conduct and to f the city of Lake Forest -- to p the fraud charge. f 'Dudgeon pleaded guilty and was gven.fineoffivedoummdm 'g:id the fine and also the cost o{ trip to Lake Forest. 'The youths were taken back to Lake Forest after their hearing here and were to be arraigned Friday. It ::c stated Thursday night that they uld be held to the grand jury. , stated Wednesday when asked t procedure would be taken in ing for the ore, Neary and his co--discoverer, H. J. Annis, are pos-- itive from tests that the mercury is fltx;andwillarmgetosinkahest shaft in an endeavor to locate the mercury pocket. 'Land values continue to tise and it is impossible to purchase property in the vicinity of the discovery. Neary and Annis purchased more land sev-- etal days ago and now have more <t;'-.nttrentyk:lt.sint!v.-mstgm.vomood f Kristan avenue and Twenty--sec-- ond Wm. Fulton, St. Waukegan b:g estate aealer, is holding a large of lots pending further investigation. 'Neary and Annis have been ap-- proached by several alleged mining mncem representatives with propo-- ons which looked extremely good on paper but, according to Neary, fihpmmofionaclmne&und get-- th--quick propositions, E. J. Neary, GAVEL COMES \ _ FROM ARGONNE SLOW WORK IN MERCURY PROBE asion. fi'be following letter from U. S. Sec-- m of State Frank B. Kellogg tco Carl Chindblom is self 'The testing of and minffig tor ' Of Land Sharks Makes Pro-- moters Careful. 1 issue. The bond issue is for the ose of making improvements in American armies during the World cury in North Chicago will be ied on slowly on account of the t cost which the work involves the danger of land shark activi-- held toda for in $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Conrad A. Brune is slated to b@ ousted as chief of the Zion police department and will be replaced , Theodore Becker, who was head. )tln's department for many years at-- cording to reports in Zion. Rumors have it that Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva is considering making other !sluke-upg in Zion departments. _ ; The 'Overscer is " reported to have had with City A : Theodere Forby and Apostle Viking, is Speculative. Some A of --~the Zion church have the opinion that Voliva will 1 Apostle Viking from the church be« 'causeotmsretuultomm'tll' his undertakings. It is claimed in I some quarters that if such action is taken that Apostle Viking--will set a church in opposition to Voliva am will take many of his -- flock away. _ mjuwadotthetwo.mmmg the thigh of his right leg was ,, loose and his head and body were jured shoulder and leg. * Both men were injured. so seriously that it was necessary to take them to the Alice Home hospital for -- The injured men are Eugene 4557 South Union avefiue, . and George Rodom, of 4532 I Lowe avenue, Chicago. The truck wa driven by Herman Sternbeigle, : of Chicago. y Monday afternoon when the large moving van ah top of which they were riding passed under a low via-- duct in Illinois avenue, Lake w rubbing their bodies against the I= ing of the viaduct. @~ RUMOR THAT BRUNE IS TO BE REPLACED be seen. Friends of Theodore mve been claiming that he would be urned as head of the police de-- E?'rtt.mnt, bu:m Voliva ::itd F Becker never back,. -- In commenting on conditions Zion, Voliva said business was better. He said that the $200,000 K story candy factory recently h pleted has been equipp:'d 8'7':'" chinery at an expense _ that the outlook for this business is brighter than ever before. i5 MEN SQUEEZED UNDFR VIADUCT Zion, will set at rest various rumors now in circulation in Zion remains to Whether or not the denials s Tuesday Overseer V troublebetz'éenhtmnndw, Apostle Carl Viking and others j legal counsel while city judge. He said that if it would be a violation of ethics, he would not want Forby to remain as general counsel, but that at the same time it would be hard to re« place him. < Becterquituzwnpouce% over a year ago. It is said that for abomayearmwnmq'z' the department, the former chief of tosh, bodyguards of Overseer Voliva, had not been on terms of a friendly nature. This discussion is said to have been one reason why Becker quit. K: It is recalled that rumors ed in Zion 'some months ago Chief Brune was to be let out favor of Becker, but these were set at rest when Brune again appointed when the ne# v cil was organized in May. It is sa now, however, that . Voliva & Pecker back on the job and that al= though he has no special reason to remove Brune, he will not let "The salary of the office is but $2,« 000 annually, but I will add to salary, so that Attorney Forby , have a worth while office," f Overseer Voliva. "I believe will be a mighty good judge." & At the present time Voliva is get-- ting opinions of judges and attorneys in Lake county as to whether or not police chief than he has of Pope of Rome," said Voliva. and I am the boss and will rule as I deem best at any and all Business conditions are mighty f cated from the church for si%® months because of an alleged with a Zion man. Becker was away from Zion for & long time, but has been back for & few months. For the past tew e Becker has been noticed on Satur-- day nights walking up and down the main street, meeting Zion folks. 4 always made a practice of doing k while police chief and it is by Zion folks that he is | 1 ¢ to go back on the Jo6. Overseer Voliva was reached by phone Tuesday afternoon and de-- nied that he is planning any up in Zion. md:nhdhvh.: differences with Theodore Forby, j city Voliva has decided after 2 weeks of deliberation that Attorney Theo-- dore Forby is to be made judge of the city court, the council at an ear-- ly meeting will pass a measure set-- ting the election date. ... Another reason given for Becker resigning was that his private sec» retary, Miss Virginia Umbarger, had been fired by Voliva and ordered to r'orbytnna'mmtimtorjubd Former Police Head, Is Ts Return; Voliva Shakeup In Zion. "As far as Becker is concerned men were painfully squeezed

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