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20 DROWN IN LAKE COUNTY THIS SEASON TO EMPHASIZE THREE ISSUES Ham EKheim, 17 years old, of Gladys street, Chicago, lost his life in mid-- eago, lost in a pool at Horatio Gar-- Risley Jr., 5 years old, of 5725 West ALBANY, Sept. %.--Gov. Al Smith will go beyond the Mississippi the week after next. Farm relief, water power and prohibition will be his three chief issues. He will deal with the farm issue at Omaha, Neb., center of the wheat belt on Sept. 18. At Denver, on Sept. B3, bhe will talk about the water pow-- «x Issue. He is expected to stress his policy to enforce rigidly the Voi-- stead act, leaving more detailed dis-- eussion of his modification program to the eastern states. Farm Relief, Water Power, and Prohibition To Be Topics Of Western Tour. 1524 Laurel avenue, drowned in the Des Plaines river two miles north of when seized with cramps as he reach-- ed the middle of the deep pond in his attempt to swim to the other Peter Meilinger, 21 years old, of 1311 Waller avenue, Chicago, lost his lite on July 3. Chicago and a haberdasher, drowned in Lake county. Douglas lost his life body was recovered within a short time by the Antioch fire departmeat by means of grappling hooks. Joseph Jackson, 40 years .ld, bro-- ther of John Jackson, who operatres a resort at Deep Lake, drowned at Deep Lake on May 28. He is believ-- ed to hnave fallen from a rowboat while fishing in the lake and to have the excitement of hooking the first fish. Walter Resch, younger brother f John, was saved. James Gavigan, 16--year--old Gur-- mee high school student, drowned on June 27 in the Gurnee gravel pit old, of 6649 North Farifield avenue, was drowned and three®of his com-- panions nearly lost their lives in fu-- tile attempts to rescue him when he stumbled and fell through the ice in-- to 12 feet of water while skating. The suffered cramps. Two drownings at Slocum Lake, three miles northwest of Wauconda, LDay festivities. John Resch, 29 years old, 1303 George street, Chicago and # rew recori ITOF OTrownilikgs. Lmst :the county had but 12 drown-- Fifteen persons are known to Have been saved from drowning in The records of Coroner John L. T-howthatfl\edrowningm- set in Lake county in 1925 when #0 persons lost their lives in bodies af water in this county has been ti-- ed this year and as a few weeks of the summer season still remain, it i most probable that 1928 will set Coroner's Records Reveal Same Number Of Water Deaths As The first drowning of 1928 occur-- d on March 4 at Petite Lake near From Lakes Of County. at the Columbia Gucuricnt h t n wan 44-- an in The M. E. Sunday School held a business meeting and supper at the church on Monday evening,* at which time officers were elected for the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Geary visit-- ed the former's parents in Waucon-- da,.on Sunday afternoon. * John~and Clarence Knox of Wau-- kegan spent Sunday with friends in Grayslake. _ George Perry ani family spent last Sunday at Moosehart, fll. Business was for the most part suspended in Grayslake on Monday afternoon, to s'ive opportunity for all to attend the American Legion convention in Waukegan, and. wit-- Space in the bank building lately COR EAeJ l ELV EL occupiedl by .S. Checkis, the tailor, ho« is being fitted up for the Grayslake: No one in Antioch can complain of Times printing office. The build--| there being "nothmfutangdo" this mng at present occupied by "The week, for a program three at-- 1"3""' will be occupied by C. M,'temoons and m em n;;gee? nderson's expandi bake usi--. ' arranged as val, ness. 5 K B which begins Thursday afternoon at . _ Mrs. Eva Barron who is compan--|2 o'clock and closes Saturday night. ion to her sister--in--law, Mrs. Smith: & parade will mark the cpening of of Libertyville spent last Wednes-- the Festival _ Merchants, fraternal day at the home of her daughter, and social organizations, churches Mrs. Page Keown. land schools will enter floats. Prizes Mrs. Harry Wheelock ani Mrs. Menerva Seesholt spent last Thurs-- day with Mrs. Strand and other * thr. and AMro. Hrevold Sure r. rs. and children left last Thursday morn-- ing to spendi omhborliywith Mr. Rurge's sister in Chicago. _ -- Therese, that I would never forget. And I have kept it." said. "We are too poor. I am going to America to try my fortune. If i succeed you shall share in my suc-- cess, no matter what happens. ~I But the other man--his name is not spoken in the Hawekla household for obvious reasons--found fortune aplenty in the new country. He be-- came a . power in banking circles, a building the summer, which| ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 10.--A gold-- wmbetfidbythef ,'en-brdwndcbyhathubeenaelect- Mrs. Rawling mu&z"/edbyOm.Al&mmuthesymw Annabel Whitmore were bu.inmiothhmukn. It is of a hue that callers in Waukegan on last Sat.| will catch the eye of crowds. _Pur-- urday morning. | thermore, the governor knows how Miss Beuglguhleisinchuge'tovearit. It is the symbol of ro-- of the Sikes home while Mr. and mance for the former East New York Mrs. Sikes are on a month's vaca-- boy who broke into nation--wide tion to Yellowstone Park. fame. the tears. They were fharried and in her new happiness Therese seldom thought of that other man who had gone away. To Mrs. nawekia who never before has had two gulden to clink together in her pocketbook it means much more than protection and plenty in the last days of her life. ~-- It means that she was remembered by a man Therese Hawekla, white--haired and bent with the bitter labor of a long Scheve of Zion and Ben Robbins of Beach road saved them. LEAVES PLENTY 10 SWEETHEART Patrick Hanlon, a salesman for the concern, narrowly escaped deith in Lake Michigan on the night of June 14 when a speed boat in which they were riding capsized a mile and a half out from the local beach. The two men clung to the overturned boat for over an hour. Milton Larson, local boathouse keeper rescued them. Two Chicago men, whose names were not learned, had narro#® es-- capes in Pollock lake, west of Wau-- kegan, on June 3. They attempted to change places in a boat and were August 12 from a watery grave in Bangs Lake as she was going under for the third time. f Gust Holmes of Keith avenue, a tester of motors employed by tne Johnson Motor company had a close call on July 25 when he lost control of a speed boat and was thrown in-- to the water at the jocal harbor. Howard Miller of 814 Porter street, another motor tested, saved him. Foster and Mary Snyder were res-- cued on August 9 by Russe!l Nick-- erson of Lake Villa at Cedar Lak®, verge of drowning in a deep pooi. Gordon F. Hurst, district mana in Pistakee Bay, Fox Lake, while try-- Mrs, Jeannette Smith of Liberty-- drowned in 18 inches of water uon August 12 when she slipped and fell into a wading pool on the estate of Mr. Williams at Petite Lake. ing to save the life of Mrs. Fred|ville visited relatives and friends Schroeder of Chicago. Helstern per--' Grayslake last Wednesday. aid, were risking their lives in one of the most thrilling tragedies recorded in the coroner's records of Lake coun-- ty. Geary suffered cramps while swimming. Patricia Maher, two and a halt old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Maher of 4128 Monticella avenue, Chicago, dived from a boat into water 25 feet James Geary, a Chicago deat and dumb youth, drowned in Round Lake; on August 5, while his two mute comnmanions. nowerless to shout for VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 8.--A mii-- ~GRAYSLAKE Thursday mor were on the nith' @4 parade will mark the cpening of neés.'the Festival. Merchants, fraternal iter, 'and social organizations, churches and schools will enter floats. Prizes Mrs. |will be awarded for the best fidats. urs=| Committees appointed by various ther| organizations are busy planning un-- usual schemes to make their floats and prettiest. : |noon's program. A kiddy--kar race, a 'bo.n-throwtng contest, a melon--eating contest, a hog calling, a husband "umng. a penny scramble and a tug 'of war are included in the events SMITH SELECT S PASSIONATE LID of the Illinois State Bonus law o cover unpaid claims of ex--service tion for Illinois be given serious consideration; and that the Legion corstitution be changed to provide for the election of past officers in October. * Rehabilitation, Commander Carter said, has been of paramount import-- ance in the past year's work and in connection with this work, Carter highly praised the efforts of Dr. James W. Kelly who was elected medical officer at last year's eon-j vention at Joliet, Ill. Carter further recommended that the Legion's legislative committee work -- for the enactment of laws sponsored by the Child Welhre' committee in the next legislature. The Manus issue for ex--service men also came in for consideration: when he urged the necessity of ap-- pointing a strong legislative com-- mittee to bring about in the re-- enactment by the next legislature Speaking about the Illinois -- de-- partment in general, the retiring state commander paid a glowing tribute to its work on the whole In the course of his address, Mr. Carter presented a number of rec-- ommendations, some of the more important being these: That the assets of the TIllinois department be increased to $100,000 before any reduction is made in the state per capita tax; that the question of providing a regular Legion publica-- F EP L woke. cg~ Ek yearnnrantk io dn oi as have the commanders who pre-- ceded him, has refrained from taking part in any political activity of any kind. He has refused to reconfmend anyone for political appointment and I strongly recommend the con-- tinuation of the Department policy of absolute neutrality in partisan politics." > ) 3: several _ Legionnaires 'in politics, there have been the usual attempts by some to use the Legion for poli-- tical purposes. This was, however, handled by 'our established policy and your Department Commander, Elmer Beckwith will begin his duties as princifiul of the Lake Vil-- la School on Monday, September 10th. The opening has been delayed on account of the extensive im-- grqvements being made on the uildinf. When completed the buili-- ing will be one of the finest for the size in the country. -- _ A ""{,'fe and five hundred party was 'held in the American Legion hall on Fridax evening, August 31, by the local American Legion Aux-- iliary. The :]rawing for the cedar chest given away by the auxiliary was held at this time, Mrs. Joe Mieczinski of North éhicafio Dis-- trict ~--Committee woman efd the lucky number. The chest netted the auxiliary about $289. NEUTRALITY IN ; _ POLITICS URGED Strict neutrality in partisan poli-- tics . was----advocated -- Sunday -- as Albert M. Carter relinquished the commandership of the Illinois de-- partment of the American Legion at the Executive committee meeting. Wedneazdnlvl afternoon of this week. Mr. Will Doolittle who has been quite ill for some time from throat trouble is reportéed to be much im-- proved. -- 3 The Sun:iaK School of the M. E. Church will hold teir regular busi-- ness meeting and annual election of officers for the coming year on Wednesday of this week. Mrs. Davidson and children of Chicago spent the week end with Mrs. Davidson's parents, Mr. ani Mrs. C. C. Jesse, at the Congrega-- Mrs. N. S. Nye will entertain the Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church on lake. Wednesday afternoon of this week. _ Mrs. Viola Bufie of Tempa, Flor-- ida is visitin rs. Nellie Harvey and many otger friends in Grays-- lations THE LAKE COUNTY REGISTER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1928 Mr. Hoover is credited with 12,742 votes, while the New York governor is given 11,405. Governor Smith, however, makes a surprisingly strong appeal to farm-- ers of the ten middle western states River Forest ... -- 171,0285 Waukegan ... 241,700 West Chicago .. 13,000, Wheaton ....... 45,000 Wilmette ..._... -- ©~99,250 Wmnet.,l:ig --«.._.. . 149,500 East Chicago ... 886,100 Hammond ...... Secretary Hoover leads Governor Smith as the American farmer's choice for the presidency by a margin of 1,337 votes, according to the latest tabulation of a nationwide straw vote being taken by the Farm Journal, na-- tional agricultural monthly, just made CCHEVy . ALLLMONIOLEC 404 4y Ridge, 110 per cent: Kenilworth, any suburb reportins for the month, or $1,699,950, which was 110 per cent gain over August last year and 61 per cent gain over July. Other important gains in August compared with August last year were Chicago, 202 per cent; Blue Island, 110 per cent; Elimhurst, 93 per cent; Niles Center, 58 per cept, Batavia, 56 per cent; Harvey, 53 per cent. and Cicero, 50 per cent Comparative figures for August, 1928 and 1927 were: The outstanding gains for August compared with July this year were: Blue Island, 353 per cent; Batavia, 258 per cent; East Chicago, 190 / per cent; River Forest, 216 per cent; East ot«lpereent.ecup-ed-nah;fil» urbs, although the total for the th was only $150,200, a figure mlfi- erably under that of some of its l{ar-- well sustained in August with a total of $9,334,363 in permits in the forty suburbs reporting regularly to the building survey department ¥ 8. W. Straus & Co. ieA HOOVER LEADS _AMONG FARMS SUBURBS RET AIN BUILDING SPEEF the Auxiliary and other -- organiza-- Telegrams regretting -- they could not attend the meetings here from President Coolidge and Gov. Small were read by the state adjutant Bruno Henderson, general chair-- man of the convention,--reviewed the work done by the committtees in pre-- paring for the annual state meet. Greetings were to be extended by Among those present on the speak-- ers' platform this morning were Gon Malone,'° commander of Fort Sheri-- dan; . Mayor L. J.. Yager. ol Waukegan; Victor Woertz, com-- mander of the jocal Legion post, and E. V. Orvis 'of the Spanish-- American War «. Veterans, the state commander of this organization, Sanm. Wright, the national Spanish--Amer-- ican Vets' head John J. Garrity and "Daddy" Schick. : Commander Woertz extended the wea'ome of the local post to the con-- vention. e f At the opening of the convention State Commander Albert Carter ac-- cepted the gavel presented by Wau-- kegan. The gavel is made from: wood taken from the Argonne Fores:. Mayor L. J. Yater exiended official welcome of the city to Legion. Edward E. Spafford. national cam-- mandler of the American Legion, Saturday carried the of greeting to delegates to the ggion convention assembled in their first session at the Waukegan high school gymniasium. Recai.ug several undertakings o the last year, his term as national head of the Legion, Spafford praised those of the organization who had aided in the carrying out of the poli-- cies of the Legion. : National Commander Spafford was escorted to this city by Gen. Milton J. Foreman, of Chicago, past na-- tional and state commander of the Legion. it First Session Of Legion Con-- vention Hears Edward E. Spafford, National Com-- mander, At H. S. Gym. Building in Chicago'® supurbs WHO AIDED 1928 WORK Prays For Peace . --401,365 101 ned the the money for yourself by pilacing your magazine orders Ehrouai. them, you NOTICE Cicm is on proporing Tos thels i is now pre z for their annual Fall mcum"'&five. They possess price list covering every ma-- ine available and are legitimate-- E authorized to meet any special re-- newal inducements, made by any of the publishers direct and have some tive, when she calls, the opportunity to show you just how materially she ean help you in compiling your list, or if you prefer not to wait, you or if you prefer not to wait, you may px:ne any of the circle mem-- bers, or ring 409--R. _ The Circle would like you to bear in mind that while you are saving money for yourself by placing your Although this item is an expensive one some members of the voard are known to be in favor of keeping the men on duty, being of the belief that the public is entitled to protection on the thoroughfares at all times and will not get it uniess motorcycle of-- ficers are on duty They say that without a doubt the presence of ino-- toreycle officers | reduced sccidents and thus perhaps saved mary lives in the course of a year. It is unfortunate that the 'aw pro-- vides that the bulk of the money paid in fines by motor'sts arrested by the sheriff's coffice go to towunship road and bridge funds Otherwise the revenue derived through the work of the motorcycle officers would be suf-- ficient to pay their salar'es > Sees Deputy Need, Sheriff Doolittle feels as 4o many of the supervisors that the sounty needs six deputiecs on motorcyele duty during the fal, winrter and spring seasons as well as during the year because of the heavy tramc in the county. 'The expense of keeping this force is the item, however, which may cause the board to look with dis-- favor on the retaining of the motor-- eycle men.' f Last June the ccunty board at the request of Sheriff Doolittle empow-- ered him to engage six imotarcycle Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle is ex-- pected to go before the board of su-- pervisors some time this week and make a request that his present corps of six motorcycle officers, or at least four Of them, be kept on 'he job throughout the entire year. Jnlsess favorable action is taken by the board the motorcycle riders workine out of the sheriff's office will he rsemoved within the next few weeks. such democratic strongholds as Texas. The farmers of that state io Gate have given him 1,213 votes to 702 for Smith. Each candidate appears to be first choice among the farmers of his home state. In New York 894 votes have been cast for Smith to 585 for Hoover, while California gives the republican candidate 1,370 ballots to 876 for Smith. _The returns received to date in-- dicate a considerable group of farm-- er--voters who appear dissatisfied with both republican and democratic candidates. Thousands of noymally republican voters have indicated rheif preference for Lowden and Dawes, TO ASK CYCLE men to patrol the roads for a period of three months The board pur-- chased the equipment for th*a men. while a big proportion of democra-- tic farmers has favored McAdoo over the party's candidate. 4 ingnaca intmtii unds tahge C L ae 4y BYERD ll Tlinols ......._.._.__ . 204 199| _ (Richard Evelyn Byrd was born at Ra Tndinns cco......... 0 A4t ~ 0 450| winchester, Va. Oct 25, 1888,. --HHe| UR IOw& L.___.._._.._._____ _ 791 209| was graduated from .the United|, Michigan ...._.._:._ _ 485 200| States Naval aAacademy in 1912 and|'®* Minnesota __________ 1,089 °92| was retired because of physical abil-- i1nt Missour1 ..__.._..__ _ 210 229| ity incurred in line of duty March Nebraska .--_________ _ 614 340| 16, 1916. Two ind one--half months) at OniG ~--~+,--.~«««.»+«~«1,078 1292| later he was recalled to active duty.| t4" Wisconsin ___...... . :601 541| His record during the World war' KAHKAKE --------.----.----.--«. _ . PT 94 | showed 17 citations, four c them for| Wh On the other hand, Secrétary Hoo-- bravery, and by a special act of con--| wa ver shows unexpected strength in |gress he was given the rank of lieu--| bat . The tabulation for the ten states is as follows: heaviest and . where a personal as well as mail eanvas of straw voters is being made. > Each candidate is leading in five states, but the totals for the ten states give Smith 3,388 votes to Hoover's 2,521. . Won't you allow their representa-- MR. DUDS is the presi dent of the Happy Dres-- sers Association. He believes that if a man keeps his lin-- he will be apt to have a lot of friends and everything. Hesayl.dnéehia'liintinbe- e _ acquainted our gulgs'he has been -- sending his friends to this lumdrz; where the work is done Libertyville Laundry FAMILY #4 MEN BE KEPT mone for t Smith. Hoover. 293 180 STUDEBAKER 2 "n{ display fills a window 14 ft. 8 'in. by 7 ft. 2 in. First I made a 1eb, hkm ny: oéw the sun, out of eleven o age paper, each shade blending into the other. 1927, he flew across the Atlantic from New York to Franc..) 3 was graduated from .the United States Naval academy in 1912 and was retired because of physical abil-- ity incurred in line of duty March 16, 1916. Two ind one--half months later he was recalled to active duty. His record during the World war showed 17 citations, four c1 them for bravery, and by a special act of con-- gress he was given the rank of lieu-- tenant--commander.: In 1923 Byrd flew over 3,000 miles in the Arctic as flight commander with the McMillan expedition He was first man to ily over the North Pole, with the late Floyd Bennett, May 9, 1926. In June The earth's magnetic lines of force run from the South magnetic pole, and science wants to learn about these lines of magnetic make of the world a great magnet. Science wants to know something about the au-- rora australis, which cofresponds in the Antarctic to the aurorta borealis in the Arctic. £. the South Pole, which seems to differ from radiation in other parts of the world. Riology w suld.be en-- riched by a more thorough know-- ledge of the life that sojourns on the land to be explored, although beyond the edge of the continent the biggest life that has ever been found has been a spider. . _ Map Unknown Areas When we reach our base we wili be on the very edge of a region never looked upon before, so far as we know, by the human eye, unless it was before the ice age took hold of that country. The very moment we get into the air in our planes, with our automatic mapping camera., Physicists are interested in learn-- ing more about the radiation of heat SOUTH POLE TO BE BYRD'S COAL By COMMANDER RICHARD E. -- Buys a NEW and Larger Erskine Six -- _ With Proved Speed and Stamina (1000 miles in 984 minutes) And With Fine--Car Smartness---- backed by Studebaker, a name which has symbolized integrity _ for 76 years _ Drive It Today! Libertyville Garage batteries 16th and remained until after the To iC ained until, after the RAPS WAYS OF LEVYING FINES "This showed up very prominently at night with the giant flashlight turned on it. _A good part of the farmer trade during the intermission which re-- sulted from the magistrate's franuc Ray--O--Vav devil--and painted them up as such. "On the sun rays, I had the word 'Ray--O--Vac' spread on anarc in 12-- inch letters covered with gold paper. The Charms Of Fox Lake Chicago, Sept. 3.--Fox Lake may hb the center of vacation paradise and beauty to come, but it is non-- descript from now an as far as my personal observations go, in view of the preposterous characters existing therein, namely the Fox Lake con-- stabulary, who last Sunday appre-- hended two friends and myself for roaring recklessly through the vil-- lage at a rousing gallop of 24 miles per hour. After a fair trial, which included cguotations by the magis-- trate that were incomprehensible to us, except for mention of $26.50, $16.00, and $1000, etc.. the verdict was ready. But we were not, and cardboard. I covered the barrel of giant flashlight with black paper and the head and cap wifh silver paper. I placed an elec-- trit light in the head of it. This showed up distinctly at night. "On each side of this flashlight I placed a 30--inch heavy cardboard _aNext i made up a giant 4Z--inch Rotomatic _Flashlight "_ of heavy "Next I made up a giant 42--inch $860= STILL GOING BIG Dancing at Ray Broth-- ers Pavilion, every Sat-- urday and Sunday even-- ing with Whitey and his Blue Diamonds oo n n A novel way of recording a ma. riage was employed at a recent cer. emony in England. The bride; in addition to signing the license a!-- fixed her signature on a brand new vase, the clay still soft. The groom then signed, followed by. the best FOOIN. i WBaWTBned mMy friends . train for Chicago, hoping they w return before. the creatures ;n vicinity might walk off with ine room, leaving me homeless watches or & tire off our car release us from that dept ; would not part with any of articles they dusted ou; +:»» kind enough to efforts to locate in his book more paragraphs from which might be de-- rived additional numerals with the dollar sign thereon, we pleaded bankruptcy and counted the avail-- able assets They netted $850. Th-- magistrate looked at the chief of po-- lice, who immediately arose, decia:-- in the charge was not as serious as Lis first inspiration had prompted him to declare, and suggested $5.00, but before he was faded the judge, being low himself, big $6.50, putting us in a default of $200. 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