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Lake County Register (1922), 4 Mar 1922, p. 1

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NO DELAY IS ASKED FOR IN SEVENTY--SECOND YEAR--NO. 17 .. Attorney . General Brundage . de-- clared today that so far As.the prose-- --cution is concerned, the trial of Gov. Bmail on the charge of conspiracy will start in LAke county Cireult Mfimnnutlmfi m!l.nd ffty subpoenas have befr out by State's Attor-- ney Mortimer of Sangamon county, to swheriffs in various counties in Hlinois for service on as many prosecution Attorney Mortimer has such a plan," said attornay general. "Bo° fAr as the trial March 6, as it was set by Judge Rdawards. l.omrh'nlfof will not have to be in Waukegan until the jury is selected. It MMM at the trial, Attorney General Brun u.lvl have had a conference State's Attorney Mortimer and counsel Tor the state.. The. SLURUON is rather ticklish. Up to date 1 have had no part in the actual court pro-- ceedings. .q.mauo- sel. '1',.'MM"" was to_besmirch the governer by hav-- in# him indicted. ~ So there you are." Ceeng o PCR -"."' L l'. ' their books and papets in connection wflh..d'uhlllllud& In sddition to the books of Armour & COn. Bwift & Co.. and other pack-- tional bank. "I have not been informed it State's the circle of their Investment in the famous packers'® notes to the climax which the state says shows the col-- PERSONAL TAX COLLECTIO N S All personal tax notices will have been mailed out by next Monday, and the réal work in the --county treasur or's office will bngin..--To date.mai It Gov. Stmall and Liept, Gov. Fred Sterling> while they were treas BEGIN MONDAY Must Preduce Books. gv'e ~~ Wigzten . banks . were . -- dormaily . ilite. .the..Ata) .. of. the INinois Central railroad to se part of its records at Wau Records Puet of Case more Ql ~3819,000 in in . The situation the governor yesterday \Prisoners Plot _ \-- To Escape Jail --' A 'left hook from Sheriff Green, a fAying tackle . by Deputy Unite States Marsha) . Thomas. Shechan, 'and .the quickwork of Post Office Inspector William Faby and Ser Thomas Costello nipped in the ' an dttempt by a dozen or more !chnlpflmntow-fl-h Lake county jail Tuesday. 22 > The prisoners, many of them await-- _Ing trial for féderal offenses, tried to rush past the officers as they took John Berry from the bullpen to re-- move him to the Will county jail at Joliet. Berry was arrested last fall in con-- nection with the famous Déarborn sta-- tion mailpouch holdup which resulted in the arrest and conviction of "Big Saturday Sheriff Green asked that the man be removed as he was abus-- ing felow. prisoners and causing a great deal of trouble to officers at the jail. Berry had also threatened to "get the sheriff" if he ever came near the.builpen where Berry was kept be-- cause of the overflowing crowd at the Lake county jall. © When the 'three Chic#igo officers and Sheriff Green went to the jajl to get Berry, the federal prisoners gu thered around the door of the bulipen mwmauutudz When Berry was rélensed, 'he one step toward Sheriff Green, who "eut loose" with a left hook to the | prisoner's mouth that nearly floored him. -- Big Tom Sheghan was --also ready, 'and when the sheriff's> blow landed on Berry's mouth, Sheghan dove for Berry and they both 'hit the foor, . Faby and Costello both had to draw their guns and drive the other prigoners back into their cells. * :( and helped carry Berry to the waiting auto where he was hand--cuffed, and &pm l-r%d the auto #¥hie 'Pom'*> Celigts --Gee : Barry, guaman and "hard ~--who was so tough that Sheriff Gregn had him transferred from the Lake county jail, may hang. With nine members of a gang in tello Chicago police have obtained con-- fessions clearing up .two murders and a half 2 dozen major robberies. While in the ajil here awaiting | trial in the federal court, Barry terror-- ized other prizon@rs until the local au-- Barry and Thomas Holden are named as the ring leaders. thoritics demanded his transfer. On the day that --U. 8. agents came to Waukegan to move him to Joliet, Barry incited a riot in the bull pen in which the officers were attacked, and a gen-- eral jail defivery was baiked only after the sheriff's men had drawn revolvers and threatened to shoot. Of those under arrest, the police have made publi¢ the mames of Hold-- en, 'Barry, Charles McHugh, Albert Manning and Harry HMunter. Two others. of the gang arté not named. The remaining pair are under arrest in «other cities. Two other members of the gang are now serving long sen-- tences in prison. _ used in several of the robberies. Hun-- ter was formerly an assistant cashier in the Citisens' Trust and Savings bank, Chicage, according to the po-- lice. He "tipped off" at least one big pay roil holdup. . Manning's part in the conspiracy hasn't yet been told. Many Orimes Listed Among tha erimes to which confes-- sions have already been obtained are the. murder of President John Soffel of the Maywood State bank and the subsequent robbery, the holdup of the Ward Baking company's $12,000 pay roll--this being the Crime in which Hunter is said to have played a load-- Ing part; the holdup of the South Side breowery at "fl and Halsted streets in which $1,400 was taken; the noldup in which $1,400 was taken; the hoidup of the White Eagle brewery at 18th street and Hacine avemue, where $1, 500 was taken; the holdup of a treas urer of a West: side bullding and loan association as - was taking $2.000 of the association's funds to"the bank, and the holdup a year ago o( the Marshall Field & Co. barns when Po-- lHceman Timothy O'Connor was killed. '"We have uncovered one of the big-- gest ortme w the #ity 'has ever seen," deciared Chist as he announced -- the ~l=...'-rx-fnn they get through confessing 11 ven-- ture to m we Will have the solution of at least Aifty majer crim«s. Named In Two Murders Members of Gang i t 2 s e s e KK 2 P s ompne it uh tA¥ A*J s * i _/ -- '15'9? v + s3 2 T +. M R ©/ f ty t M¥ > C 5 {? £ A k *n .,-;?':" hy w# 5 "' o C t © > f g \ C e Cb > % TCP C C s ' Lake Caurthu ALentiste * M Cexus t 2 8 Nsg, hills dl4adl 4. o "*.. ho oA d n i e 0 PA X TY *A CYXAE VIHZT Yz _ :s 2k . s * Pastor Challenges _ |Farm a eaus _ |\Child Burns To &lll_lemllti Act O > Slt,ls ,\,_D_q__fl\lnflgme ur"'n.-'-- sunction -- NTE 1 is so the battle scheduled between M.cluho&"m.mf"'. Methodist church, and Chief Thomas Tyrrell of the local police force," Will not be held in a regulation ring, and there will be no purse. Chief Tyrrell, in a statement to lo-- cal papers, said that crime hbad . in« creased -- since prohibition, and.. the chief ought to know as he has been in the police game for 27 years. Rev. Kelley is not convinced © by Chief Tyrrell's arguments, in fact, he does not belieye that crime is on the w.-ndldowhtwkmv.io- cause his business is that of saving criminals 'from -- thémselves. . Hence 'thc battle is on, and FRey. Kelley, who believes there are two sides to the pro-- hibition--crime story, will deliver -- an address in defense of the eightgenth amendment from his puipit in. the Methodist church Sunday night. -- The following is the Rev. Kelley's chailenge to Chief Tyrrel): "Rditor, Waukegan Daily News: "Our chief of police took occasion last Friday in the public press, to de-- ery the cighteenth amendment, stat-- ing that there is more crime in Wau-- kegan now than when under the sa public officiais ought not to go un-- "Next Sunday evening at 746 I will reply to his assertions*from my pul« "Every man has a right to his own personal opinion, and I do not chal-- lenge that, but since this opinion has been given publicity and will influence others, it is right that the other side be also published. . The public is in-- vited to attend this meeting. WELCH AND DECKER OUT FOR PROBATE JUDGE Petitions of eandidacy were Thursday by James G. We'ch Martin Decker of North Chicago for the office of probate judre. They BrIng the number for the office to three, Charles Jack filing his petition some time ago. , 'The office is the nowest in the COum» ty, being created for this clection m# the Work has beén too heavy fofr One The salary connecte®witn the office has fot bean named but will be, 46« termined by the board of supervibors. Mr: Welch was--formerly state's at-- tormay. Decker has been city Attorm (Signed) "C. A. Kelley PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY -- LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS. SATBSDAY, MARC _ were fAled Welch and Chicago '~ idgeo. 'They e office to his petition The at the office of the mnm Bureau . Féderation on February 28th of all Farm.Bureaus in the Chicago milk 'district resulted in the adoption of the resolution as given below. 'The expressio~n from all over the milk district is that we must adopt some ome policy before organizations can accomplish anything. 'This cannot be done unless the dif-- ferences of opinion can in some way arbitrate © and meet on common It is hoped that the committee of nine may arrive at #0tme--solution that can be backed by a!l the organizations "The marketing of milk in the W-'l eago milk producing territory is of ta i ie o ecmmmne bu.| countic® district. All farmers in district de-- I sire the best possible means for mar-- | keting the fluid millé mad for carinl' for the enormous surplus. General dissatisfaction wg'«m in the Marketing ny by the Practically al! the dairy farmers in the Chicago district desire a market-- ing plan which will assure them a Mprieefor?-flkm They realize that securing a fair iprice the farmers will have to care for the surplus above that which the fluid milk market will take. farmers to revert back in their way of thinking to the old bargaining means of selling the milk as was carried out by the Chicago Milk Pro-- ducers Association, which -- organiza-- tion has not evolved & successful plan for carimg for the big amount of sur-- plus milk. o After a careful study of the whole milk marketing situation, we feel that neither of the two marketing com-- panies now attempting to serve the milk producers i< able t> get the full support of the milk producers, and, therefore cannot most advantageously miarket the milk in the territory. . The Farm Bureaus wish to render all the service possible in developing the best marketing plar, They realize :ht in doing m&.m must : armony among dairy farmers Intional dificuities Murt be adjuited difficulties must be adjusted before unity of action is possible: _ --In order to secure harmony the Farm Bureaus would suggest that a eommittse of nine Aairy farmers ne Company to be-- npgointed their tions represented on the committee, The resolution reads as follows Co--operative H 4, 1922 ther's coat and left her to go out to feed the Chickens. A few . minutes later she was brougHt to the bedside by the terrified screds of the baby, and found the crib in flames. -- The frenzied mother smothered the flames with biankets and 'Called .Dr. L. H, Tombaugh, who found the child burned to a crisp but still Uiving. The futaily injured infunt was rushed to "the Lake county hospital, but died a few minutes before she could be cared for. The infant daughter of Mr. . and Mrs, Frank H. McKenzie of MeAree romd, Waukegan, was *,burned to death in a norrible accident Tuesday at the family residence. a The baby, 17 months old, was lying her -- crib, -- and Mrs, Mce-- Kenzi¢ covered the child with the fa-- three repre: the Chicago Milk m.:Amuhn'p&d] by thei> Board of Directors with all factions represented on the committee, and three rep g -- the *Farm Bureaus, the Bureaus repre-- sentatives to bW appointed by© the American Farmt Bureau Federation with 'the advice and consent of the three state ':nuom These com-- mittee mem shall be selectd by the tenth day of March, 1922. This committes of nine shall consider care-- fully the whole milk marketing problem i1 the Chicago territory and develop recommendations which can be followed in a united manner by the milk producers of the district, Further, m&-ngw committee . operative _ They shall be referred back to the different interested associations for suggestions way, H. ¥. Flood, B. B. Morgan, John Mr. Licliensig was in -- Highiland Park a :~e type of the accident, and though he rusBed to the hogpital, life had pacsec before he could reach. the side of his daughter, Mrs. McKenzie was prostrated with grie( at the ter-- rible joss. It is bel.eved that there were matches in the pockets of the father's coat that the mother had placed over the child, and that i¥ aquirming about in the crib, the bab¥ riibbed them to-- gether and ignited them. Dr'J. L 'Taylor held un inquest in the after-- Mmdfldhldbdolbu-n-i}fi'{"""m school rvi m Church Fails Funeral services were held Thurs-- mt to Save mmummmm.l s::immw to far mm.-n to c:':;n-h Chicago trom took place in the Oakmont cemetery. n p is i m hree repre the Chi Milk | division m.:Amuu.m a reprieve and appoint a special com-- ons on ie nc 8. | onconcet ies . The fefutel ons on 8 con " ind fi;I:pnp m:heu..-hm' nud.,mvlllh"'h::'l: latosss, the '.F Bureaus . repre-- | tfte{hooh . Ut Sft Sfagihs entatives to anmointed hy' the| h'm"' l Spriingfield, March 3. -- Boundary lines of the state of !llinois cannot be "changed by action of the constitutional | convention, that body decided when it ! | rejected the article> which would change the présent boundary between I ibgis ~ and ~Wisconsto, --over m&i there is som@ Question, Delegate Elam Clarke of Wal spoke against the adoption of thguarticle, declaring that Inasmuch as the territory of state 'was | granted by congress; the convention | was without er to act. He recom-- mended :A .C0% be named to meet with .& commission to discuss the-- m in -- dispute. . The claim now wb that the boundary 'lhc takes from 'the state of Minois | some territory near Beloit, Wis., and | ikewise adds to this state a similar tract m.n.m state of Wiscon-- \u- The adoptetd. the ar-- | es mss in o mfl't powers of one to | be free from the other. & Spriingfield, -- Marc lines of the state of changed by action of | 'Beek Four More of Bandit Gang. } Chicage, March 3.--With nine mem-- bers of the bandit gang; two of which have confessed to four murders and a hlwf& robberies, under ar-- rest, of Detectives 'Hughes is scouring--the City for four more mem-- f band. Among those arrest-- ed are Harty Hunter, formerly cashier of the Cifisen's. Trost 'and Savings \hnnk.u:'x&rry, indicted by the | tederal ' jury as a member of | the . Station . mail -- robbery | gang. wheld in Chicago --are | Thomas Charles® , . Al-- | bert . Talbert m"'" * xt N ' nENTC _ _ Ililinois News INDEPENDENTS _ « APRANRLLL _ _ <_ w._.__--.. | <oe m s 5_;3':;:;-' t e s Sprilngfield, -- March 3. -- Boundary t To A"A --~LLP ;x' nes of the state of lllinois cannot be | ; \ UVUL -- nanged by action of the constitutional | . onvention, that body decided when it | " I ejected the article: which would } ! A. "Dutch" Matt. ~Two are held in other cities.~--~ Robberies admitted: by the wen are those of the $12,000 American :wny y roll, in which Presi-- John a:a at the Maywood State bank was killed ; Marshal d & Co. barns, in which Policeman :myomnu-d-tm;' Bak-- ng company, roll ; South Side m%'mz"" Building --and Loan $2,« 000. The White Eagle brewery denied Springfeld, March 8.--Definite an-- nouncement of plans for the wage con-- and officials of District No. 12, U Mine Workers, is expectéd upon return of President Frank Farrington from Chicago, it was announced at the mine union offices.. The conference follows the failure of operators in the central competitive field, comprising the states of Mipois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsyivania to agree to a meeting with the union officialsof these states. lllinols operators were Willing to meet the men and requested the separate meeting, which is expected to be held next week. The date suggested is March 8. Both the question of wages and hours Will be discussed at the con-- ference. 2,000 Teachers WiH Mest. Springfield, March 8.--Two thousand teachers from all the counties, com-- prising the south central division of the mmoumewm expected to attend the tion of the division bers March 10 and 11, offidals of the organization announceé. L-"u---- of the SpringAeld is preai-- dent of the division, and B. 8. Pruitt, Sanganmon -- county superintendent, is treasuret. ~Among the convention mmh:ml..'h.nh t public instruction ; m-cui_'-.ulfi RBrown Twenty--Eight Iu:_a'ln Filled. Chicago, March Sam made another drive against vioiators of the Voisted act, when 28 criminal bills of information were filed by Assistant Mistrict Attorney Harry L. Brin. The bills were Med in the District court and they charge individuals and #a-- loonkeepers with various acts in vio-- Intion of the national -- prohibition Mr. Advertiser: More farmers are subscribers for The Register than any other Lake County paper. Dé you Wwant to reach 1,800 farm homes twice In wa. Springfield schools, is presi-- the division, and B. 8. Pruitt, in -- county superintendent, is t. ~Among the convention -u'r:-ehc.-nr.nu . t of public Instruction ; ::-cmiu.-alx presiden*. aof the Oshkosh "(.. | State Fire Marshal Prom-- meet| ises Investigation of arate| -- gon. Jobs in Lake Politics preliminary to the c0 primary election began--to sit® night, ~when the Central Labot Council met with ntatives of the Zion City Independents a mon cause, They reviewed. ~, es at stake, discussed the candidates, . and decided to back the wing? .~ . Miss Alice Smith, Lake Vills, coun» . ty superintendent. of: schools, . ' Ed Ahistrom, Waukegan, sheriff. . " ' _ tra Pearsall, Waukegan, treasurer, . The unionists are against the Zk jc-r for his scab labor activith .«. | the Independents are after him for thousand and one things. Cen tral Labor couhcil alone polls apPrOX mate!y 5,000 votes, and the Independ ents are being .cemented together-- they Wave never been' in the past, . They expect to. vote. solidly $ Representative Pearce, tv. for re--election. jera sls Representative _ Francis, . on :4- county, tor'ro-do'dhi i ex ': : Fight on Voliva B¥ : > Both factions, the unionists and In-- dependents, have a quarrel to pRk, with Wilbur Glen. Voliva, overiord of . promises to center in that «section Both of the merger partics and out against any candidates Vo may endorse, and have piedged the selves to fight him tooth and tog & 2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE |fe state lire mapihal on begl night. Whie it is not known ly whether the Building trade As a further indication that the $@. Itical' pot is beginning to si r, #ege _ tional political meetings are : bein scheduled .all over the county, Th lmm*'_ zation confab in Rev. Thomas %' ols, . son's . church tomorrow night. ----~ _ _ tical .enough to invite an effort . ie ine ol affort . te mb hil? the countiyniqe onl the flames until 4 M'h During the last two weeks similar comimunity is up in arfng. has been made to the state authort ties with the promiso received today that an inquiry will be started. ; out away um-fi been used as kindling, according to authorities. . In the other fire, the Tuesday night, Other tracks of a termined fire bug were visible: Walkez, a farmer living nearby room window, he immediately in an alarm and the entire ¢ each night they battled the flames 10 above sero weather. c The cottages owned by Chicagos according to realty men. As result of the mysterious cunretakers of several large o# period. were worth about $2,500 patrols to prevent fire bugs Uhicken Thisves Busy (hicken thieves are Jack, Bee Fire Bug's Trail «se Lt

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