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Lake County Register (1922), 4 Jul 1928, p. 1

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w get the car back on the MCount aehov.lg'swtaken to the Lake & ,Agnu S'gcnid?nz:mxal'(ihol }':hm- minen, mi ar n-- all of Chicago, were injured :voi:e'n thei: machine crashed ;:mBl:l- videre street near Waukegan road. ;l;hi{*w were b'taken the ll_,ake Couné a policeman an after receiving t were able to return to their r:h.imndqmdme :::d on %e ace on his right leg. Miss Soumi had a frac-- tured nose and bruised left cheek and Johnson suffered cuts on the Geo Foster, a Chicago law er, nflfl;? a sprained back fi:d mx';nor injuries Monday morning when his car tinned over ne;":'mfibertyville. D'.A.JGI: T:Ilonm-n tu:mnddhh.f'm. ns wa a rear wheel of his machine smashed Sat-- Shout 2 meuur hn o a half mile from °Y ouse road, when he tried to pass a ma chine -gldlrd Wln 'e:- Mt'dhei:t': No ane was acet Several minor accidents were re-- ported in Wau over the week end in which d to several cars was caused and in some cases slight injuries were sustained by the occu-- pants of the cars. son, all of Chicago, we when their machine crash videre street near Wauke t'!;hiy were taken tq the l; after neciv"gg' potu to return to their aom en es ace al right leg. Miss Soumi ha tured nose and bruised l« oster, a Chica """:5' a sprained back injuries Monday morni car tinned over near frj Dr. J. L. Tavlar attandak & L. b é---t- the'-:u LA & L ica" road. ie was taken tn the 200 North avenue on Koute 21 east of lcd}i 20. No ons was ht\;lrt. Deputy Harry t renorts that witnesses state Mr& Vasey had not yx come to'a stop at the junc-- tion of 21. j Paul W:&, 2144 Roscoe street, Chicago, ered a sprained neck and 'ace cuts Saturday night when the car in which he was riding along overturned on Route 21 near 9"&13:&. Another machine cut in m of tha Weise antomahila hospital authorities stated, and the Chicago car was forced off the road. The automobile overturned when one of the wheels caught on the pavement as Weise _ was A machine driven by J. Casey of 6+14 Ellis avenue, Chicago, crached into a truck ogunted by B. Bart -- amow of 329 th Senesee street, Waukegan, at 4:30 ovciock Surday afternoor in Waukegan road. No one was *:r'ured, ut ooth--vehi~ss3 Mrs., George Vasey of 44 North Orchard avenue, Waukegan, Sun-- ma eollided with a machine driven Mrs. James Callahan of Minor -- Crashes & At 10:10 o'clock -- Sunday night Alice Strann of 4034 Potomac h:ure- nue, Chicago, was driving south on Route 21, south of Hfl? Day and was forced to come to a stop be-- cause of traffic ahead of her and a machine in the rear of her, driven by Fred Schluenkes, 2034 Giddings avenue, Chicago, hit her car. No m&s injnteé. The damage was the Feld lost control of the car as it was going dowunhill and the machine left the road. The car was damaged almost beyond repair when it hit '"II "The cat" also were Geo#rge Feld, the driver, and Lorraine %halen, i;mr old daughter of Mrs. The Whalens arébuilding a cot-- tage at Nippersink lake and the en . the Balert Reapened al 5 w at a-- bout 11. o'ghe!?ifud'ay' morning. ie*nox avenue, started to cross the intersection at the same time and tbequhmt:ted.'l'he bayw:; standing on running _ board the truck at the time. The impact of the collision hurled him to the pavement and a moment later the sedanmll_edaveronltwopofhim. was said at police adquarters &n from the evidence the accident appears to have boen unavoidable headquarters, Burba had the right of way and was traveling at a mod-- erate rate of speed when he reached the intersection. The truck, driven by Charles Selanak, of 842 The Butkus boy suffered a frac-- ture of the left arm, a skull fracture and internal injuries, according to Dr. M. J. Kaye, who attended him. the poli 'f.' i ti::' anddentyl:g e ce was rdm of $1,000 pendiu';nwnm. of the injuries re-- ceived the bov. BE CCC w | Rremandvinmare «ngmbciy in . 2. cbrclsiabarenmit 4. Snss betrind swhii sustained Sunday afternoon when @)js another feature in favor of low large sedan driven by Felix BUurb@,| cost. 1)!'5Limmllsvemle,tnmedmmr':"At'l on top of him after it had struck | in thetmekonvhiehhewasridingfrom andhurnhimtothe pavement. | _ ., The acci toecnrredattheinter--m section of Ninth and -- Prescott *"* ] merdale avenue, Chicago. The in-- juries suffered 'y Mrs. Whalen con-- sisted of a cut at the calf of the left leg to the bone, broken bone in the left leg, a three inch cut on the left arm below the elbow, a gash on the forehead, cut on right ear, five teeth knocked out, cut on upper lip, several bruises on the right leg and probable internal injuries. _--John Butkus, 9 years old, of 838 Lenox avenue, Wau) serious condition : wauoryy, »eomoay We edk . eCeesiee . SO0" autemobile in which they were rid-- ing left the road and crashed into a tree at Sandy Hollow near Fox One Seriously Injured W hen WOMEN HURT IN ACCIDENT AT FOX LAKE EEVENTY--EIGHTH YEAR NO. 52 Two women were injured, one ser-- Mishaps In County Over the Weise automobile, Feld, 1817 Balmoral ifered a cut over the a gash on the right 1619 Sum-- s Mn n d " o COemmnt CC VL Waukegan was the complainant. Bairstow sued for $1,500 car dam-- ages. Machines driven by SBairstow and Nelson collided in Grand AVverue about a year ago and Bairstow blamed Nelson for the collision. John Nelson of Waukegan -- was 'onndmmnyii:mecncun court that afternoon a damage suit in which Charles Bairstow of ONE WIN, ONE LOSS IN COURT Petroshius stated that he believes the man was dead at least 20 hours when picked up and was probably dead when first sighted by the small An effort is being made by the po-- lice to discover the identity of the man but at 3 o'clock Monday after-- noon no progress had been made. Monday morning, when the boys sawthebodystillinthesameposi- tion near the ball field, they told Mike Bosci, 1226 Adams street, who immediately reported the matter to the police. . grass, but made no report of it, as they 'believed him to have been _ Mystery today surrounds the death of an unknown man--about 45 years old whose body was found at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning by the North Chicago police. The corpse was discovered, lying face down in the grass only a few yards from the baseball diamond at Wire Mill park, east of Eleventh street, North Chi-- cago. No marks of violence= were found on the body and it is believed by the police that the man succumb-- ed of alcoholism. The body was first seen Sunday evening about 6:30 o'clock by three youths who were playing ball in the park. They saw the man lying in the FIND MAN DEAD IN BALL P ARK fienalstreetwidthiswantedtopro-- ¥Yide parking space. The Public Service company agree to defray alil expense of the change if their re-- quest is granted. At the closé of the meeting the board inspected the property and took the matter under the new building which that com-- pany is now erecting at the corner of Church street. ' The building is set back seventeen feet from the lot line and the addi-- Arrangements have been made with the local banks to use material from the local pit, both of which should mean a substantial saving to the property owners. At the meeting of the regular board Theodore Blech, superinten-- dent of the Public Service Company in this district, made a request to widen Milwaukee avenue in front of According to present indications there will be a large number of pro-- posals submitted when the bids are opened two weeks from now as con-- tractors in various parts of the country have been keeping in touch with the local situation and have signified their intention to submit bids on the work. * The action of the board followed the removal of the final obstacle to the improvement in the withdraw-- al of his objection by ex--mayor J. S. Hyatt in the gircuit court on Fri-- day morning and every effort will be made to get the actual -- work started before the first of August. the meeting and provides for , the openingofflmbidsatameefingto be held on Tuesday evening, July 17. The form for the proposal was also presented and adopted. of lecal improvements at an ad-- Journed. meeting=Friday night when a resolution to advertise for bids on the work was adopted. The formal resolution was presented at Final action in the east side pay-- ing program was taken by the board Bids On Paving Opened July 17 lice Seeking Identity o:'ggg Unknown Victim Of Alco da% Nic POb"ifl'. s sb.m Uhe out 45 years) 'The deceased is well ind ;fi 10:30 Waukegan havi live '¥he Y _ the| of his life. He lived wit ce d os:nrpse Mrs. Chris. : T lu: L;m, M k ; 'A 3 na w Frederick Clow, 60 years old, of 118 South Secord street, Highland Park, was probably fatally injured when he fell from a tree which he was trimming, fracturing his skull and injuring his collarbone. Attaches at the Highland Park ho -- pital reported Monday that the con-- dition of Mr. Clow was ,celebntor but could not locate him. According to the youth's father, the man who hurled the cracker was driving an Essex coach. AGED MAN IN -- . SERIOUS SHAPE AFTER TUMBLE managed to get away from the crack-- er before it exploded. The police were callec and searched for the careless Gordon McKinley, 10 years old, of Waukegan, was painfully injured on Saturday night ?en' some over am-- bitious Fourth July celebrator hurled a cannon cracker out of his machine as he drove by, striking Gordon on the neck. The youth was painfully burned by the fuse, but Gordon McKinley, 1 Waukegan, was painfi Saturday night when bitious Fourth J hurled a cannon crac machine as he drove _--___ Valuable Prizes The first prize for the Great States contest will be a Whippet cabriolet. ?Olrgr prizes are a $370 Zenith radio outfit; Q.R.S. motion picture camera-- jector; Elgin Parisienne sports watch finished in onyx and jade. The outstanding feature whick should appeal to the beauties in this contu'tistheuctthazltisnota' bathing beauty affair and those en-- tering need not feel the least bit em-} YOUTH INJURED BY FIREWORKS More than a score of entries have been received by officials handling de-- taflsotthepagel{:tofpulchflmdebe- ing sponsored by the Waukegan Daily News in conjunction with the Genesee Theatre. The theatre man-- agement which is handling the ar-- rangements reports <~a lively re-- sponse thus far and looks for a long list of entries. > 1 Wiere they tamped: tor the nighc |Tunly , escaped death Sunday mi@ht) enabled to enjoy their favorite pact. ,wmd:em. orning. the t to the Wwhen he was found in a in the | time on the fourth of July without Sn' "uy l "grd\mdsy mspend | New Castle hotel with e leaving h according to o pienic | 94 me'iélothin ablaze and in a Reetbent in de M mgj ban \'{m]; d.»{-ig ~ocd at 5:30 dazed gondmon as a *# fi"'emna mvelnwlwt mga:x huebdq ayl 'x'mpr:s- n itontatait =s fentaraed oo soud e nenin and of spectators e 0o : * i ons iamon river for two h while the search | it had a chance to spread anfl beforef Wednesday afternoon where they for the body wuLunder way. it had ignited his clothing. \He was will meet the North Shore Athleti¢s, The deceased lwegd flwmo'n u:f unage to give !a tfiieagxémun,t 4s one of the fastest colored teams in Waukegan havi iv re most to the origin of . t it @s) this part of the country. of his life. He lived with his mother| thought that he vatte'mpfiedb}kg light| : The All Nations which is backed Mrs. Chris. . Three brothets a cigarette and the match ignited by Keller and Tom Killian of North Lowis, Albert and , all of Wau--) the clothing. ® | | Chicago is leading the North Shore kegan, and six survive him.;' Brennan was a member of|a party { league'and has made a record this f * ;(.'OnSlstmg of three men lfw'smne:yem with fourteen games won and : Sunday night and while th'z others | members of the team and have been | went down to a restaurant for lunch | playing fine ball with that outft. L FARn A 1 ALP a arwp Brennan remained in the room. I HaumanA Halar whan io on I rmlas The body was to the Wetzel and Peterson !nnmmme where an inquest into the death was schedul-- ed to be held M y afternoon un-- der the direction of Coroner John L. -- Tavlor. | ; The outstanding ould appeal to th ntest is the fact thing beauty affa ring need not qeel --------------j._-- later with gra hooks Leaf, ex--life and son--i Sheriff Doolittle, and Josep of Gurnee. This is the seconk ing victim Dada Lu aided i ering within the past week. hcntt'm'hday The body was en to th -- _ Lewis Law, 19, of 912 Wndsworml avenue, and An: Prusic, 24, also of | Waukegean, who standing near--| by at the time, saw t . Lohfing was in distress jum into the | xxnand swam to the of the | E to him. ey . <were| successful in ting the body, tmt! became exhaust from . their at--| tempts to drag it to shore and had to be rescued mxolves by othersf who had.been attracted ts the scene.| Both of the --y. men . swallowed considerable water and were il!l from | the effects. | ?: The body was two hours later with gra hooks by Gar, Leaf, ex--life and son--in--law of Sheriff Doolittle, and Joseph Dnda.' of Gurnee. This l.t the second Crown--| | ing victim Dada aided in recov-- . hole and disa red from sight. Twice Lohfing e to the top, as he i struggled to save himself. { Handing his watch to Péter Van--| dervere, of Laurel avenue, 2 compan-- ion, Lohfing ltn'lt:d to wade into the river saying, "I'm going swimming.". The water had reached his knees: when he suddenlx slipped into adeepi Jualn Plazest Slica wan P Pucsexes PCPR CV tR Lohfing waded into the rain--swollen stream fully clothed despite the pro-- tests of his companions. He had been drinking, according to the report <at lti!:e office of Sheriff Lawrence Doo-- ttle. ; Barney Lohfing, 45, of 1524 Laurel ave. Waukegan was drowned in the Desplaines river, two miles north of Gurnee, Sunday -- near the Fuller picnic ground property, and two young men nearly lost their lives in a heroic attempt to rescue him. Barney Lohfing, 45, Of 1524 Laurel Avenue Wades Into River And Disappears; Friends Try To Save Him. MAN DROWNED | IN DES PLAINES NEAR GURNEE 2s Mc dnc ITRIES PAGEANT Qw Py :Wfi ttols ~adeecC 8 ds . 240 c 00 wats B 0e gates and a watchman at "death crossing," located on the E. J. and E.mline. three miles south of Liberty-- e. f The commission representative made a personal inspection 'of the hazardous crossing that afternoon, It was stated that the ?stalla- «tion -- of double automatic elec' tric signal lights is being considered. The interest of the Oommer'? Com-- mission is .the result of a letter sent and signed by members of a cm:x;s Jury composed of prominent ~ ville men, demanding that proper pro-- merce Commission Thursday after-- noon conferred with Coroner John L. Taylor. concerning installation -- of PROTECTION FOR -- DEATH CROSSING of the association, called the meeting which was held at Nelson's restau-- rant. ' The decrease in the price of post cards from 2 cents to 1 cent is one of the important changes included in the new. rates. The post cards were raised to two cents over a year ago, but will go back to their original price next week. | | More than forty postmasters were present at the meeting and jomedl' in the discussion.© President bor-- ski presided ahd launched several questions which resulted in a more definite .understanding of the rates. Suggestions were made for handling the institution of the new rate system. A meeting of the Lake County--N. Shore Postmasters' association 'was held in North Chicago Thursday for the purpose of discussing the new postal rates effective July 1. Post-- master Joseph Przyborski, president Marshal Limberry was called and placed Brennan under arrest. -- He was later released when he had paid for the damage caused to trhe fur-- nishings. | POSTAL HEADS left smoke was discovered coming from the room and an invefitigation disclosed the fact that the bedding A representative of the mlnois Com-- avenue, Chicago soq far fo mi--) front of the Chicago car and his self as to negla? to he rear fender caught Steele's front proper speed through the t fender. . The latter car was dragged zone in the bdsiness di and| across the street and hurled against when officer Druba overtook &, the cement pier which holds the con-- ;reedometer showed forty--t #,| trol box. He admitted that he was 4 -- Steele's car suffered a badly brok-- | -- The first man brought in{Sund@y | was H. Henne, of Chicago, who wa ; | overhauled on North _ Milwauket | avenue while traveling a forty mhe \clip. Judge Smith let him bff with "a fine of five and costs to help hi' [ to remember the speed law'st . + e | ~Urbae _ Janisch, 1631 | Arch } She was greatly annoyed at bea 'arrested and started _to tfike n s ! spite out on officer -- Dru Wa' | Chief Limberry put a stop to th -- <he again rei.orved to tears 3 | .1@ hearts of her captors . yp ae failed to save her from a five d# lar fine together--with the costs,. *' -- ~Harry Talbott, of M\mdelgi'n,. dr a ten dollar fine and costs S tnu afternoon as a g:nauyvforgdri fifty miles per bour on_wert P; avenue. ; A The first one brought in by 6 ficer Frank Druba was a lac rymg lady who atimitted that she-- hi been on a trip to Milwaukee with gentlemen friend. She was ' on South Milwaukee avenue w speeding at the rate of forty-- miles per hour and on being a raigned -- before -- police mqgistra Fred H. Smith, gave her name Mrs. Leon C. Samuel and her dress as 209 South State strget, cago. a 3 in T ennan remained in the room. Shortly after the rest ome party occasioned a return of the speed mania which has been congpicuons by its absence the past few weeks. No less than nine arrests we; m% during the two days with |two ; Saturday afternoon and Be?:en gf Sunday. * s The first clear week--end {tor sey-- eral weeks not only brought out a record crowd of tourists but it also occasioned a return of the speed Warm Weather Sunday Brings _ Re--occurence of Speed Mania LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY, 4, 1928 DISCUSS RATE Publuhed Twice Weekly wWAavil {kWwQ -- y sJPHLULL FICL OT | ind Berlen p» ) ed a continu | i morning. : Joh ht in by gf«) bond to insur a lachrymose was released, at she . had) feited . Monday raukee with a. appear at the --was: sted -- G.C. Ellis of avenue whilg rested Sunday of forty--he ing on East | n being ¥s\ gnitted that he e < magistrat©® ing the speed her me ifi think that the and her &@¢ him. His cas te stréet, CBI to Monday mo ; 4 _ R. Buechler, oyed Lt beink| five dollar fin to u'ke h « five miles per ruba. Wh ® avenue.. He v stop bwa , ment of f.he fu ears to ma. Jerry Conwa tors but thue avenue, Chicag n a five d#, tinuance after he costs, ' |up after a fa: ndelein, drew | business sectior ;gg.lgow g, ; forfeited when : for| drivig back Monday . n PBEE! . One car was 282 ' .~2 °l cday afternoon. it in{Sundg@y| intersection of igo, who was avenues. F. B. Milwauker and John Celes a forty mil | go, had stopped him bff wit gat the crossing to help his,.. cleared they stz Circuit court' by C. LeBaron of Waukegan, was released from custody Friday. LeBaren was required to pay for the keep of Webb in iail at the Earl Webb of Waukegan, who has been in the county jail for the past 40 days because of his failure to pay a $3,000 judgment obtained in the "H _ R. Buechler, of Chicago drew a five dollar fine for driving forty-- h five miles per hour on west Park y, * avenue.. He was released" on pay-- zh ment of the fine and the costs. k. & -- Jerry Conway, 133 South Mayfield Fis! avenue, Chicago was given a .con-- ftimunce after he had been picked ¥" |up after a fast ride through the ex | business section. His cash bond was ; forfeited when he neglected to come wy back Monday morning. itE . One car was badly wrecked Sun-- v, * «iay afternoon in an accident at the @y| intersection of Park and Milwaukee ag avenues. F. B. Steele, of Chicago, € j and John Celesnick, of North Chica-- e go, had stopped for the traffic lights t} | at the crossing and whéen the lights 8,, cleared they started together. Celes-- * |nick, who was on the outside, turn-- WEBB OUT OF -- COUNTY JAIL pected a recommendation will be made that Needham be put on pro-- bation. » ;. The lads were arrested by the po-- lice of Joliet a week ago last Sunday morning after they are alleged to have robbed a grocery store of $56. esee street and Austin Needham, 14, of 237 South West street, were con-- tinued at the request of tne police, until 'July 11. Attorney J. A. Miller has been engaged to represent the Rowan boy. The police claiin that Rowan and Bishop have been in trouble before but that this is the first offense for Needham. It is ex--. Harley Bishop, 15, of 35 South Genesee street Waukegan, who with two other boys was arrested this week in Joliet and turned over to the Waukegan police, later confes-- sing the theft of a Nash car from Guadalupe Macias, a Mexician, was committed to the school for boys at St. Charles, Saturday by County Judge Perry L. Persons. The cases against the other boys, William Rowan, 14, of 35 South Gen-- HARLEY BISHOP TO ST. CHARLES The North Shore Athletics have a fine aggregation of ball players and the team will be accompanied by a large delegation of colored rotters. _The game will be called at three o'clock daylight 'saving time. measuring six feet, five inches in height. He is also a comedian of the Nick Altook type and his fun making has delighted thousands. He will be with the team Wednesday. ~Goodbred, manager of the team, was formerly on the pitching staff of the Brooklyn Nationals and is the largest man who ever held a re-- gular berth in the major leagues, The All Nations which is backed by Keller and Tom Killian of North Chicago is leading the North Shore league'and has made a record this year with fourteen games won and only five lost. Two local boys are members of the team and have been playing fine ball with that outfit. Raymond Baker who is on Keller's pitching' staff, has been largely re-- sponsible for the success of the team this year and his brother Arvelle, just out of high school, is --rated as the fastest inflelder of his age in' the county. Both drivers were brought in by oiffcer. Druba but no charge was made as neither would make a com-- ( e camept nos anauged, introd. was the parties concerned. °_ BASEBALL HERE ON JULY FOURTH Steele's car suffered a badly brok-- en fender and running board and was otherwise more or less marred. None of the occupants of either car were injured. ed east on Park avenue directly in front of the Chicago car and his rear fender caught Steele's front fender. . The latter car was dragged _ G.C. Ellis of Lake forest was ar-- rested Sunday afternoon for speed-- ing on East Park avenue. He ad-- mitted that he knew he was exceed-- ing the speed limit but did not think that the officer was watching him. His case was also continued to Monday morning. bond to insure his appearance and was released. His bond was for-- feited Monday when he failed _ to appear at the specfied time. was given a hearing before Judge Smith and on his request was grant-- ed ' a continuance~ until Monday morning. : Johnson ~posted a cash Boud to insure his Annearanss anA *«C. 0. Johnson, of Chicago, was in so great a hurry that he forget to slow -- down when passing through the business district. His machine was traveling at a forty mile clip when officer Druba stopped him. He imty Rengister Chicago, were the others in the car. Deputy George Heckinger, who in-- vestigated the accident, reported to Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle, that the car was demolished by fire. Lives of a party oi five Chicago-- ans bound for northern Wisconsin by machine on a vacation trip were imperiled early Monday when a rear tire blew 'out on Green Bay road, north of Belvidere street, caus-- ing the machine to swerve into the di'ch, overturn and burst into fames. The car was a mass of flames with-- in a few minutes, but the occupants managed to crawl out without suf-- fering any burns. ° Miss Dorothy Proudfgot, daughter of F. H. Proudfoot, GIJol;onh Avers avenue, +Chicago, driver of the ma-l Hughitt left $20,000 in trust, the income of which is to go to James Hough, a long time employe of the North Western road. After his death $10,000 is to go to the Presbyterian hospital of Chicago and $10,000 to the Presbyterian home of Evanston. Hough, an aged man, and a station agtnt in one of the small towns in the North Western system, said at the time of the probating of the will that he intended to fight the $20,000 income bequest but no action was ever started in court. BURNING AUTO PERILS GROUP get The report of Mrs. Crooks, which was approved by the court, shows the fair market value of the Hughitt estate to be $2,281,985.18. | Three: children, Marvin Hughitt Jr., of Kankakee, a son, and Mary Hughitt Frost and _ Belle Hughitt Granger, both of _ Lake -- Forest, daughters, were left the bulk of the estate. ~Two cousins, Jennie HMugh-- itt and Clara Hughitt Dixon, both of _ The Bellewood authorities were no-- tified of the girl's presence in North Chicago and promised to advise her parents. Police Chief Tiffany stated that he will hold her in custody un-- [til Bellewood police come for her. He will recommend that she be | placed in a detention school there. County Judge Perry L. Persons Monday entered 'an order fixing the inheritance tax at $205,938.93 in the estate of Marvin Hughitt, Lake For-- est, chairman of the board of di-- rectors of the Chicago & North Western railroad company for a great many years This tax, among the largest ever paid in Lake coun-- ty, was recommended by Mrs. Nei-- lie R. Crooks, appraiser of the es-- tate. * HEAVY TAX IN LARGE ESTATE Strangling FHerself -- Policeman Ebler noticed that she remained extremely quiet for some 15 minuteés and decided to look in her cell. He found her with her stock-- ings tied around her neck while she was pulling each end of the knot with her hands. Her face was becoming purple and the veins were standing cut in her neck when Ebler took the stockings away from ner. | _ Policemen Ebler and Smith arrested \her at the BEighteenth street car sta-- ftion Saturday morning when they + recogniged heioas the same one who | was taken into custody two weeks | ago by Police Chief Tiffany and re-- turned to her parents in Bellewood. She was caught in company with a _ _' C * uUP"c¢ service company Wws | property on which the babpy was salior whew qrresied before and was PrObably the hardest hit by the iound i owned by L. J. Yeoman. traveling in the direction of Great St°T~, the wind and lightning put--|-- Partiaily burned newspapers, which Lakes when taken off the street car UNDZ OUt every service in this vic-- apparently had been used to start Saturday morning. I':';t)('l and in llundelemt; Much o'{gthe fire, were dated Thursday, June Shgwupjaummm.n' C1 mg_e'"caw Yu'ee!_lfl | 21. ESpots of blood and several Ontheseoondflontdthecsty.h:iljh"b'? falling on the service lines blood--covered gauze bandages were where she became infuriated when 2409 SNAPPing wires from the poles. found under the remains. questioned. She drove her fist through, *"Y t ormers were burned out A representative of the state's at~ theflndowpnne.sevadymtungm}"ben, ruck by bolts of lightning | torney's office was sent to the scene hand. : The wound was bandaged and| 470 re n were out at daylight to investigate after Miss she was placed in one of the regular to start the work of restoring fie}w?dfi. ne Sozclety cells downstairs so'she could not get Service.. The Register shop and oth-- officer, hL ed that the near a window. {w relying in-eleemfl,m:mum ' . -- &e Strangling FHerself f power were unable to work un-- though discovered two days ago. _ Policeman Ebler noticed that she til after eleven o'clock Tuesday fore-- Miss Himmeilreich, accowrpanied by remained extremely quiet for some 15 noon. At noon there were several a representative of the prosecutor's minutés and decided to look in her circuits still out of commission but | office, immediately went to the scene cell. He found her with her stock--|it was stated that all would be re-- ahd gathered the remaing and the mgsuedmmdhetneek'hfledmpuindwnight. fmmmu « * was nulling each end af the Irat wrikl. | f % Out With Sailors Chief Tiffany. 'stated that the girl persists in hanging ~around the <Great Lakes naval _ station, enticing sailors to take her out. being placed behind the bars, Sophia Frantz, 15--year--old runaway from Bellewood, IIL, Saturday morning plunged her fist through a window in _(Ain_ the !\_'orth Chicago city jail Sophia Frantz, 15 Years Old, Attempts Suicide By Tying Stockings About Neck In and then tried to strangle herself with her stockings. The police rush-- ed into the cell and untied the silk GIRL TRIES SUICIDE BY STRANGLINC North Chicago Jail. Prave yerograp t N | essary to 10n, the sidew 944 | _ 'The Pu ',',;;pmbam{h reat | Storm, 1 'ting out car UDE outl . morning he was discharged «and or-- dered tg leave town by Judge Tay-- lor. Foley was glad of the opportun-- ity to move on. Thomas Foley, whose home is wherever he hangs his hat, settled himself comfortably on the bench in front of the Waukegan headquarters Saturday night to rest. But a min-- ute later a station attendant moved him inside, booked him for vag-- rancy, and led him to a cell. Monday Warning vagrants! Don't loiter in front of the police station. When Deputies Froelich and Kelly arrested the trio, they claim the men offered them a-- bribe of $1,000. Eight vending machines were stolen from resorts in Lake county during the past several weeks. TRAMP PICKS STATION FOR LOAFING SITE at ject to the information on the grounds that it did not specify in-- stances where the men are alleged to have pretended to be state of-- ficers. It is expa?ed that the state will amend the information. Hearing on the information scheduled to be held Saturd Kankakee. Atty Minor was t n Rankakee on charges of imper-- sonatifig state officers. Rockwell was not represented by counsel, but took the -- witness stand in his own behalf and denied the charge .of possessing stolen prop-- erty.. _ He said that he had been picked up by Baptist and McAlister and was being given a ride. 'His wife was in court and sobbed hys-- werically when the court bound her husband to the grand jury. The state's attorney in Kankakee Friday filed an information -- in County court there against@McAlister and Baptist, charging them with im-- mlfllfing officers. They have en-- John Rockwell of Chicago, who is aliegedwhavebeena'finhrora gang impersonating officers and stealing vending machines in Lake county. was bound over to the | grand jury Saturday on a charge of lpossessmx stolen property by Justice |of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson. His | bonds were fixed at $3.000 and in de-- 'fault of bonds, he was committed to the county jail, where he will have to remain at least until October un-- less he gets a bondsman. Recommendation that Rockwell be held to the grand jury was made by Attorney Charles E. Mason, acting for the pffice of State's Attorney A V. Smith. Attorney James G. Welich was in court representing the syndi-- cate which controls vending © ma-- chines'in Lake county, Rockwell was arrested last week by State Policemen Arthur Froch-- lich and Edward R. Kelly on Route 22, a mile east of Lake Zurich. Wil-- liam Baptist and J. D. McAlister: also Chicagoans, were arrested Wong FAKE OFFICER HELD TO JURY to shovel t «bank fmm""mm';:'mmm:: the sidewalks after the storm. 'm!'wn'n'll t.hem"nmme] m' The The Public Service company was |property on which the baby was probabl{betbe hardest hit by the found is owned by L. J. Yeoman. storm, wind and lightning pnt-' Partially burned newspapers, which ting out every service in this vic-- apparently had been used to start inity and in Mundelein Much of the fire, were dated Thursday, June the damage was caused by trees and 21. ESpots of blood and -- several limqulingontheservicenmbmmednmw-uc Q'nds'mppiggwimfmm_themmmmm j On the unpaved streets tons of gravel were washed into the low places and in some cases it was nec-- The (l'thng was almost continu-- ous and reports have been received of its striking in several sections of the village. Among those hit were a large tree at the corner of North avenue and Second street and the chimney of the J. S. Hyatt residence on south Milwaukee avenue, A number of trees were blown over by the high wind and in many other cases large limbs were torn of and hurled to the ground. The water which fell in torrents was beyond the capacity of the storm sewers and overflowed the curbings, carrying debris on many lawns. havoc to the fruit trees and tore the leaves from the shade trees and For the first few minutes the rain was mixed with hailstones some of them 3"""'"'8'" which wrought One of the worst storms in the history of Libertyville struck here early Tuesday morning following two days of excessive heat which continued until just beforée the storm broke. Thousands of dollars of damage resulted from the wind and lightning which accompanied the de-- luge of rain which literally flooded every street in the village, The storm came from the north-- west, preceded by lightning flashes in that quarter early in the eve-- ning and developing into a near hur-- ricane when it broke here at two o'clock » Tuesday morning. in Bonds Of $3,000By Judge womam attorney, Miss Eva eavy Damage held Saturday m ut at dayiight / to investigate Thursday after Miss 'Thop mitt othe onfloen Bed beey ancrien' onl the shop and oth-- officer, 1' that the electrit?r{.fofibod:htim removed,. al-- le to work un-- though discovered two days ago. Tuesday fore--| Miss Himmelreich, accorpanied by were m'a representative of the prosecutor's ommission but Offic¢e, immediately went to the scene would be re. and gathered the remains and the }mmm- x w&mf?lhvm{" the'hd:of L°P~ | the body, Dr. James Miller, m homie adjoins the lot where the boay hys | remains were not those of a human hey | but of a cat or a dog. On that ac-- count the police did not believe the ikee gno: worthy of further investiga-- in is ister| ' However, from the evidence' un-- im--|covered, and statements madt by L. en--|J. Yeoman and Charles Sneesby, Eva| who both viewed the body, there is no doubt that the remains were was| those of a human. & ob-- Rear Admiral Ziegemeiler left a week ago for the west coast where he will command the thirteenth naval district, His headquarters are located at the Puget Sound naval Served Since 1892 The new Great Lakes commandant is 55 years old and has served in the navy since 1892. Before going to Washington to take charge of naval mm.\dmix'lmv{:m commanding officer on the ttle-- ship Maryland. issued at Washington Saturday. The new commandant is scheduled to take up his duties on July 6, but is not expected to arrive until a little RearAdmiul'flwmuT.Cnven. director of naval communications at Washington, D. C., has been selected by the navy department to succeed Rear Admiral H. J. Ziegemeier as commandant of the Great Takes APPOINT NEW STATION HEAD !nizht. Sneesby had raked the spot early Tuesday and the body was not lthgete:ttheum.bet;w.h:; was ' poin out that was fpmhably started ®Tuesday -- night shortly before the heavy rain fell, puitting out the blaze. | The mystery surrounding the 'identityotthepenon who some \time last Tuesday night placed the the White & Tobin funeral home before going further with the case. body, there has not yet been pene= Gestion . yae boen' --praced d nuke tigation _ hands of Coroner John L. Taylor, who announced that he plans to view the charred remains being held at The metal box containing the re-- mains, it is undérstood, was taken away Thursday night by the police shortly before the arrival of -- Miss Ida Himmelreich, Humane Society officer, and a representative of the state's attorney's office. It is believed that the attempt to It was reported Friday afternoon that the metal box found beside the charred remains of a baby in a rub-- bish pile in Yeoman place contained thebodyofcmdi%ltlp- peared that two bullets been fired in the body. * Thursday night.. An investigation is being conducted to learn what be-- came Of the two articles, It is un-- denfiall.thattheb?hiinw at the White and Tobin undertak-- two Clarence Stump, a youth*®of 1% Fairview Place, that the Bible and Found by Caretaker + The gruesome discovery was made last Tuesday© morning by Chris Eneesby, of Judge avenue, caretaker of property along that street. Under the head of the charred remains was a small Bible bearing the name of Beliet has been expressed that the child was born dead in an illega! op-- eration and that an attemp} was made to burn the body as a incans of destroying the evidence. day ihe stae prosecutor took the case Tsnied 10 t9h¢ say" soucee aniaige failed to take any action, they had been summoned by resi-- dents of Yeoman Place last Tues-- Discovery In Rubbish -- Pile Leads To Investigation By State's Attorney's Office Of Attempted Burning. The office of State's Attorney A. V. Smith, Thursday night started an investigation into a baby death case that involves unusual circumstances, following the discovery of the char-- red body of an infant, the head resting in a Bible, in a rubbish pile at the south end of Yeoman Place, Waukegan. CARETAKER _ ~ FINDS BODY OF INFANT L made -- Tuesday

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