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. --_ omdering the commutation of Pots' £4 hnsl 4e * B 8 | Wiftenente het net actae i hn ke . m _ Green received of-- Ece C h C * +. »Hankak, le «thesheriff was at Co Nprve: * *0: :hgd:fi funerali of j .' Mpsnbmall: «* > _--" _ ... *iike governor told me Wednesday a s ~<»!??'jm;a:. L. Y¥. Sm \ who battled for two weeks to appre-- ~ Bend the . murde of William Pe-- + terson, and 'spent 'countiess hours t:;,k,_,x" to be guilty and who' fi-- _ \mally, in a triumph of justice, ob-- _ tained a verdict of guilty and 'a «_-- death --sertence for Ignatz J. Pots, i in dincouraged over the fact that :\i ,V,.'%,W _ from the gal-- i l itE io 'letting sentiment go too fas," said Col. Smith. "We worked gounts for nothing.. The gov-- gave the stabk a chance and his fumily are forgotten. 'The tflrd. of .. Potz, whc.'i;l A 'he is a _ prisoner, J ir-lm-fmm prison «Pn *¥ 3 .¥ %, C fw% EE e¥ _ _ < . B i o m m > 3; he 'cominutation of Pots's sebitence had not arrived im Wauke & p : wh «the=sheriff was at| As those acquainted i~ a personal | fankakee to: atend the funerali of | way with his work in the Polish ; mall: . > ~*~> kum will Aforeefully r----b-r.] \ *@iie governor told me Wednesday m.mmm«mtz:td. w.',_ sentence 'had ; the 16,000 of that Polisa® of | life imprisonment," . said -- Shevift lives from the horrible war of the he seemed relieved and went on | With the arrangement of a big star | Inclosed in a double circle which he | is designing on the wall of his cell. !hib-hri-flmr"'."?'fll .;i,i'- stars cut from tin foil e«igar wrappings, and in the center of the big star are the words, "I J. --« Be could not explain the design, but stated that he did it to "keep busy." A sinmiilar design dtawh on tbwistol board was presented to Purnkey Bart Tyrrell on the night before Pots was exvecting to hang. Tyrral stayed with Potz every night during his stay at the Lake county Return Gallows to Chicago The gallows on which Potz was exbected to pay the death penalty, und on which Carl Wanderer and MHarvey Church paid with their Nves, will be taken down from the attie of the county building and re-- turned to Chicago within the next few days. R LAKE COUNTY FARMERS OFF To GATHERING A largedelegation of Lake coun-- ty farmers left Thursday eve: ning for DeKalb where they will attend the celebration of the tenth anniversary of farm bureau work in -- Minois. Charles Wheelock, county agricaultural agent, has gath-- ered a large group of representative farmers from Lake county and is all ready to attend the tenth big meet of the fartners of the state. The conmvention will be held on the campus of the Northern Tlinois Feachers' college, and 20,000 are ex-- pected to attend. Two -- thousand people and fifty floats have been r in the parade which will , ' the celebration. Representa-- the American Farm Bureau and-- faculty men from h \ of Minois agrieal-- t > will be the principal "Muw are they at Joliet"" he a..'.nmmy--nn" assured that life at Joliet s "easv. and quite comfortable, --= Murderer -- Lonesome {m'"'f' manner, In view of the character of the letters, as those | ted with them will appre-- t the opportunity which is pre-- hfig'pn.oulmo{ Dr, Convis in this . dity with,. dynamic theme, "Under the Pae, the Rustian Bear," is. truly . ml one. -- Witaout 2 is the best informed Ame i-tonexhflngeoldmomh'w ' and Poland and with regard to the | trile character and ideals of those | peoples. s ' Loeal interest attaches itself to lecturer on the first might --of f program . wl s -Dr.lcwi-A' ' as many friends in Gridley, sister to G,. C. and J. $. Gridley. For a number of years the Convis home has been in Mil-- waukee, where for three years, be-- fore his service with the Polish Le-- gion in northern Russia, he . was nastor of tre Hanover Congrega-- 'lives from the horrible /war of the Bolshevike and Terrorists during the World War. He, himself would pro-- iifiyghflyfiwmwm wife and family nad it not been for };cum A in orderty tional church,. While, Dr. self. You are free now, Joe, and 1 pray God you live to return to your wife and childrén." And the loyal and simple direct reply came. "Mis'er Convis, we been together long time now. 1 like you Mis'er Con-- vin--t;ou-yh.dn.mmt"l go. If we have bread to eat,, we eat; if we have tea to drink, we drink. we nave no tea, we no jrink. But where you go, 1 go." As a matter of fact it was where Joe went that Mr. Convis was taken. Being ac-- quainted with the wild mountainous country and the passes in northern Russia and Poland the faithful Joe guided his chief over four thousind miles through dangers, the terrible If chance for escape at times worth less than the Russian currency-- which was ; almost nothing--until trey fAnally reached comparative safety in China. With the delicate and sensitive touch of &~ artist Dr. Corvis paints in their vivid drabness the scenes and experiences through which he passed, and conditions through which he lived to bring the message and the appeal which he brings to give the Pole and the Nadture wen .. Well + \-- Known Locally P LEw!s A. convis the Legion, a simple Po-- P 194. if wIET WRIGHT HEADR. . " . |£ STRICKEN IN BOAT the son of C. F. Wright, and re-- ceived his early experience in the banking business under nis father's direction in the Lake County Na-- tionay Bank. James Nichols, brother of Mrs. James Berry of Madison street, and a former resident wof Waukegan, met his death in Lake Tishigan, 35 miles Wednesday morning when he was stricken with opoplexy and fell into the lake. He was dead when two boys recovered his body sometime Nichols was in a boat alone and was returning from a fisaing trip to his cottage where he and his wife were spending the sum-- mer when the accident cccurred. Two boys who saw the empty boat drifting toward the shore, rowed out and found the body o the ~tri¢ken man.| The coroner's inquest held in Racine late this morning re-- vealed the fact that Nichois had died from drowning followin apoplexy during which the water. Russian a chance. His humor is the sparkling and individual type that amuses in its unexpected appe2rance, yet leaves one with a feeling that there is some thing more than humor behind it. He will leave a now and different impression of the trie Russia and Russian--seen as a sYM-- pathetic student of their race who has fought and bled in the furtm@r-- t:m'olthoidnl.-odearmu land of dreamers, In a recent listing of the attra@» tions of America by the Billboard, mfu periodic puolication, Dr. is ranked fifth in a) the platform attraction« of this roq Mr. Nichols is survive wife, a resident of Racin dster, Mrs. James Berry. today. He has been truly ~aid£'w-- betclvrcacalintcsandris combine the inspirational and ther m' informational in oratorical mastéry. he one last year. be br urial § MAN IS DROWNED W xi roke of ell into ::u':r A leader: among the workers to-- ew apg| day had the following to say con-- e _ trie| corning probable: furare action: "If "':flnm'"niupmpos«l 10 'f"' 2 per cent wage Blash we will fight it urt d@P»= Feciiich . Thay | to @ finish. Our first step will be to enlist the backing of the national! attrage.| association. We will then demand 1board, | arbitration and if we do not feel that e : we -nq'?ly n that end, we eo will te.. It is certain that we <aid ¢ ) W strike We will permit an-- and zflu aweeping wuge reduction like mEp NWVWICE wWEEKLY A committee of five representing the north shere division of the Amail-- gamated Association of Street Rail-- way Employes of America, was laboring this afternoen in President's A general tie--up of i' Flectric system loomed week, as fiomuldsfiJ'"d employes with the report "of an im-- pending 10 per cent reduction in Budd's office in Chicago, in an effort to fron out the diffculties, Today's conferenté was the climax The threatened strike has inter national : «sponsorship.. The -- street car men of practically all the larger cities in Americas, have affiliation with the organization. If the North Shore Electric line cnlef insists on the wage eut, it was hinted today that all sorth. shore division em-- ployes would be ealled out. -- > 'The workmen> have instructed their committes to fight the wage re-- duction on the grouna that they wouldn't be earning a living wage if they agree to the plan. They point out that their wages were slashed 10 per cent last year, and that living necessities have not come down in .".m.';.;..".: with the p:::ie:mredn: Immense Throng Attends tion m. on the ather hand, President Buaa{ . Last Rites for Mrs. Len bas declared that the North Shore| Small; Illinois Bares that to continve operation, wage*| TJoad at 3 P. M. On the other hana, President Budd has declared that the North Shore that to continue operation, wages that to continue cperation . wages will have to be reauced alone with other economy moves. w Want 8--Hour Day ul car men are es-- Mm'b the demand for an B--hour working day, one of the points the committee is instructed to insist on. o wo€ t & s e R c meustt . + ¥, JULY 1, 1922 Gov.. Len Smail's expression of sentiment by commuting the sen-- tence of Pots to life impris-- onment, t bring cheer to a little home west of Winthrop Harbor--the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, par-- ents of the yrave nexrted motorcycle In.the living room of their thread-- bare home, they received the news today that Potz was not to pay with his life for the murder of their fav-- arite son. Mrs. Peterson who has been on the verge of a nervous col-- lapse ever since thut fatal day last January, broke down and cried. r--h,mmqfinum the performance of his duty on Lake county's principal . thorough-- "Why, oh why did he kill my son," she cried, and why has everyone for-- gotten about him. They've taken the most precious belonging of my life away, and now they are forget-- ting all about it. They told me sev-- eral months -- ago that the law would punish this man for his erime." -- > _ Practically overcome with grief, Mrs. Peterson was helped upstairs to her room by her dutiful husband. "Ever since his murder she hasn't been able to sleep at night," Mrs. Peterson said. "She became hyster-- ical and cries for her son. We do everything we can for 'her but it doesn't seem to do much good. We fear that she will die of a broken heart unless we can get her mind off the tragedy." Busineéss was <u--pended in many cities of the state "or the of the gevernor's wife, sc from the family home here at 3 All state office were closed and flags flown at hal! mast on buildings. 43 T1 _ The fumeral services were et-- ed by Rev. B. D. Evans, of {formerly pastor of the odist Episcopal church of where the Small: attended Many leading C 6 chuding nnhov Thomas Ni , Chicago, were roquvested to _fl, ' ent. .'z_ tw close associa governor's 1: C. R. Miller OF BROKEN HEART > | pall beare»< were pieked from PWA co. 5 % (Ry United Press) Renister _ to 1. A. Jefffies, L. B. : friends of the They ton, Assistant Attorney General James H. Wilkerson will be appoint-- ed to the bench in the federal Cir-- |cm't Court of Appeals to succeed | Judge Kenesaw© Mountain -- Landis, | and will receive his appointment \ next week. A Wilkerson Next District Judge ! _ For the two additional judgeships lmaudmlmmhryu-unmm | conference, ' Cirenit Judge -- Adam iClifle of DeKalb lnd'mlll hA 'Booth, aré slated. Mr. is now judge of the court of claims in Chi-- \cago. He is a native of Marshall, ;Convict Two For | Firing On Auto At the White Eouse it was stated that the President had been unable so far to give attention to the ap-- pointment of a successor to Judge Landis. Mr. Wilkerson has been in-- dorsed by Senators M k ana McKinley and lmm:gz"'liy At-- torney General Daugherty for the place. compy e Selection of Mr. Wilkerson . has been endorsed also by Chief Justice Taft of the Supteme court and by a committee of the Illinois Bar assoc-- iation. . A committee composed of ten lawyers, who had served as president of the bar association pussed on the field or eandidates for the Landis vacancy and picked Mr. Wilkerson as best qualified. !--fl:nndhu served one,term in the lilincis legisiature. i. shooting Patrick, who with a num-- ber of other reporters at the Small trial, were enroute to Chicago in Mr. Nolan's big car. Just outside of Ev-- |anston severst mea. $tepped out | from behind an automobile at the Lawrence L. Beck and Peter J. Wagner, highway deputy sheriffs, Wednesday were found guilty -- of assault with a: weapon : by Judge Joseph B. d in the Cai-- In disposing of the cast,: \ David deplored the prom!scvons of fre--arms by peace officors, advocated the schooling of officers in their duties as well as their $25 and costs each. According to reports at Washing-- nutomobile to May Bring Civil Suit Damage suits against the two convicted men are expected as the next step by the Noian party. Pat-- ¥ick is contemplating suing for his hospital expenses and . additional costé, and Mr. Nolan may also sue for the damage to his automobile, Bratton, 0. K. Baldwin, P. M. Enmos wnd J. H. Dodson. . State officials from Chicago and Springfhield arrived in large bodies for the services. _ _Mhe Small. home here was unabie to mceomodate the crowds. > The Kankakee National guard unit served as a military escort for the Hundreds of tributes continued to pour into the Small home today from political and business leaders in a" Pfll of the nation, to Mrs. alt Body Lay in State 3 _ The body lay in state from 10 a. . to 2 p. m. today and was viewed Eflwcumh of Kankakee friends officials here for the final ser-- ~Residents of all parts of the state asked to bare their heads for minute at 3 p. m., the hour of the Fired on Auto operated by John L. Peterson at |Lake Bluff, and owned by Attorney | Arthur K. Stearns, was temporar-- lny closed on alleged lighor viola-- tions, as was the dance f soft drink parlor /of w:# fuww,wmxm-n,mfl Lake 'county is "drier" by three soft dring parlors than'it was be-- fore, angd the places, alleged to be wet, are closed tight by the action of Judge Edward D. Shurtliff, who held a night session of the circuit court Tuesday night. oig.>-- Jack O'Connor's famous Fox Lake resort, "Blarney Island," is closed for one year not to be reopened ubh-- less O'Comnor files a $5,000 bond as-- suring State's Attorney fi of. the $200 PER YEAR IN ADPVANCE Chicago and Andrew wsw-b sort : at Nippersink lake will re-- main clésed under wtx junctions until 'the final hearing on July 18. s * side of ('Connor made a desperate fight to 'keep the "Blamey Island" re-- sort: off the "dark list," Ujh lost his long fight in Judge Shurt-- liff's court last night after present-- ing a number of out--of--town wit-- mth ril\e"lsl'lll"mw re by m from -- the state's . attorney's 'office. It is be-- wmon-mfl.m $5,000 bond and the op-- eration of the popular Fox: Lake An affidavit signed by* C. :A .. Brune charged that on June 20,° . 1922, he watched several oi .. go into the Orlowski soft drink . . parior and while there, one of the -- -- defendants went to an e ato _ the rear of the place, filled a jug . with liquor and returnéd to the . _ saloon to serve it to the custo» * with . Hquor -- ano -- Texukual: m Annsile saloon to serve it to the custoo * mers.'Brune claims that he seized ... the jug and drank. some of the _ -- liquor which be. claims was wi §, and was ---- The: ; 4 \» uchmom-uvn»"r-:_ 3. before Judge Shurtliff on July 18 _ when the Woodstock "judge will® . come here to try the case ngainst * #& and shows how thoughtiess some tourfsts are in regard to nature's sceni¢c beauty. oA oe ol r Tot'flmo The following letter from Mr. John K. Thompson refers to his summer home on Milwaukee ay= my farm feriee on the Mi road, and after si% years' to maké'it a pretty gight--the red roses "élimbing on the white Many thoughtless 'tourists, in passing, stop to cut or tear. and biocom only with great 6@ xd expense. y 8 e Phow ts They ~are m + veo t who travel the road, and M hoped that the--gublic 1 .,,Qh;r in preserving ....,', not cut them. They do 1 wild. John R. Thompson Livertyville, Hlinois, . . Siezed Booze Supply Zaborowski, on the south laws. by-- C. :A. 2A 89 #y 8