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i};" t .*g, i"': Preise for Bulleck Mr. Hendee expressed regret that he was losing Mr. Bullock as ansas-- sistant after 20 years of companion-- ship in office but pointed out that btho':".utxhb-fl:_d ¥ ? former _ "JAr. Bullick expren » Mr. expressed strong ap-- prociation for Judge Persons for whom che has been acting as call clerk --and in leaving behind those duties promised to exert his efforts tcward establishing the Probate tion. "And to the members of the bar association I will say that their aid is welcomed at all times. 1 have come to know all of you in my fAifteen years of practice here and will wel-- come your co--operation." Soon after Decker was tsh-- ered into office, "clerk, John R. Bullock, was to his new position by County Clerk Lew Hen-- called upon for a brief speech and court as "one of the best" in any county. Mrs. R. R. Dunn, former deputy county 'clerk, will be Mr. Bullock's assistant. "Strong--armed, stiff--backed Sher-- iff Ahistrom," as he was called by Judge Persons, master of ceremon-- fes promised his best in his new posi-- sembled members of the bar, greet-- ed the new officials and those re-- elected to office with the promise of the bar to aid in all matters pos-- "'omtmhthm: of the county and probate courts that we have officers of experience," have already dane work of this na-- ture. And of the court and puhudthfich"' ; elee-- tion," he declared. "It seemed at first that the office was not as sig-- nificant as it really seems. > "I will be a good poticeman and will give the county all that is in :-&th:.:a-ty 1 hnw' the ;fldmfi-fimfl'm at oge time when probate court didn't even have a Now the work has become one man has much it. Thmhh.:m-. the probate work will be cared for by a Bouquets were distributed among ;:::fln-ofinl-. Jd.hn?, M'm o fents of the pleces. The Lake County Bar separate office." ion of the two courts, that of the County and Probate courts, he will be able to devote considerable time to the County docket. ---- > He praised the new judge and de-- clared that he was in every way fit-- ted for the new»duties. Judge Per-- wons pointed out that with the divis-- strange feeling as I turn over the work of the Probate court to Judge Decker,. 'The Monday of the Pro-- bate call has become a routine which will be missed. It is like the usual Monday washday." a new sand re--elected, sat near the bench in the Probate courtroom. One by one they arose to be greeted in their ~authority, Judge Martin C. Decker--of the Probate court; Sher-- Hf Ed. Ahistrom, Probate Clerk John R. Buillock, Judge Perry L. Persons, all present. Judge Persons over the duties of the Probate court to Judge Decker and formaily open-- ed--tha program with a short talk on the importance of the occasion and of the dutiecs to be met in the Pro-- bate work. * > "This occasion is indeed without precedent in the county," declared Judge siderable importance. Will Miss Old Duties new officials Monday morning. Half hidden behind an embank-- SEVENTY--SECOND YEAR-- NO. 92 Ben Miller speaking for the as-- Lake county shook hands with its SEAT MONDAY + *4 604 e 4 < # s x , "and is one of con-- up their records of "missing men" today for a clew to fdentity of a mazs found murdered last Thursday near Racine, Wis. A mysterious murder was disclos-- bourne road and the Twelfth street m-d'flhhfmunnp and grass indicated a ter-- The skull had been fractured with a blunt weapon, and Sheriff Nate Jumes said the clothing about the victim's head and feet had been re-- moved and gasoline and grease had been poured over the body. ed when three boys hunting rabbits six miles west of Racine stumbled on the body of an unidentified man Jndpluthc..wtookhh official seat in te court Monday flld*h'h reg-- recorded in was the hear-- ing .of a the estate of Alvin W, t + The petition requested permission. for the sale Man Brutaily Slain Found in Woods West of Ra-- stuffed into a culvert. from The clothing appeared of good quality. . The collar, the sole article to escape the fire, was laundry-- marked "Lot." A plain goid band ring was on the Tight little finger and a cuff link bore the design of DECKER IN FIRST official seat in the te court Monday . and IUJ":h reg-- whar call. His first official act recorded in was the hear-- h.fis%.fi-mu of Alvin W, Woole®$. The petition General hospital. the little courtroom to witness the ceremonies. Cireuit court was sus-- pended for half an hour while the ceremonies were conducted. t lodge of Elks and the Lake County bank presented flowers to the new that the fowers be distributed to the been burned to a crisp, and the legs morning that there will be a pro-- bate call on Thursday morning and in the afterncoon as well as on Wed-- He served in the army before the war for about ten years,-- Sheriff Green was told. He and his wife were married in Waukegan and liv= ed in a small home west of Grass Lake.. Without apparent cause he left just before the. baby's birth, A warrant was obtained before Jus-- tice Hervey C. Coulson and the long search was started by Sheriff Green und the police authorities through-- out the county.' Word was sent to he had traveled into Indiana. Frank H. Miller, living west of Grase Lake, was captured last Wednesday in Spring Grove, MeHenry euu:: after a year's search by Sneriff mer Green and Assistant Sheriff EL year ago today. He eluded the au» thorities until Wednesday when sher i#f Green and his assistant acting on -- _ "I don't know why I left," the prisoner told the two officials us he was being brought to the eo: jail. "I just can't give any made . three trips to the place in the last week and finally appre-- a telephine "tip" from Libertyville, took him into custody as he was lurking some distance from his wife's home. C Parker after wandering about the from here a year ago, sought to see his child, born shortly after his disappearance. Several times he visited Spring Grove. Sheriff Green William Parker Captured by Sheriff A% Year's Search; Be Prosecuted his wife and baby, whom he had The Waukegan police are looking The head and upper torso had The body was found near Kil-- ankle were similarly in the Lake County OFFICIAL DUTIES | According to information receeived by the NEWS today Thomson had two quarts of moonshine and treated three huntets, friends of his. It is said that each of the men drank a half pint of the moonshine and then the three hunters as a "favor" to Thomson fwert o the cemetery with him and knocked over some twenty-- |fhive monuments and tombstones. It is recalled that Joseph Krosa and wife of Wadsworth were arrest-- ed by Detective McQpeeny and Chief Tyrrell on a charge of selling moon-- shine to Thomson that caused him to lose his mind temporarily and re-- sulted in the man getting a band to-- gether to destroy the cemetery mon-- The treasury issued a reminder tonight that another payment of in-- come and profits taxes is due Dee. 15. It is estimated, a formal state-- Dee. 15 or 4% per cent Victory notes, whether or not they have It has been known since the outset that the act of vandalism was som-- mitted by four men, as some of the monuments tripped over and broken were so big and heavy that it would have been impossible for less than that number to do the "job." Besides the certificates of indibt-- edness maturing Dec. 15, the treas-- ury inust take care of about $700,-- 000,000 in Viectory notes which have been called for redemption on the same date. Permission to turn in the Victory notes, it was explained, hunters on a charge of assisting in the destruction of tombstones in the Mill Creek cemétery on the night of tem confession about ten days ago that he was one of the desecrators of the cemetery. ANOTHER INCOME TAX PAYMENT That Detective James McQueeny, employed by State's Attorney Smith has been working on a clew which will result in the arrest of thtee Nov. 2, was learned today from a reliable source by the NEWS. 'The arrests may be made today. vie Approximately $200,000,000 of the certificates of indebtedness mature on the tax paying date, the state-- furnishes an addition facility for tax Charles Thomson, grave digger, A LITTLE 'USURPATION' OF * 18 DUE DEC. 1§ LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOI8," ~ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922 maturing action.. Jn Waukegan, which had been recommended to him as a lead-- ing port for elopers, he found a record of a license last Tuesday to Lucille Gallagher Racine, and Les-- ter D. Evans, Lo: Angeles He found the minister who married The working of Waukegan's mar-- riage mill came into the limelighi again last week when l'-;:dflw schak, Manitowoer, Wis., by Horschak and Miss Gallagher were sent out, the bans read in church, and even notices printed in the pa-- 'l\.m,amhpimlfiud "Lucille" came to him in Manito-- woe, which read "Married in Waukegan. Will send back all your belongings." Mr. Horschak refused to believe. Friends, he surmised, were trying to "kid" him. He went to the home of the bride, 1210 Wisconsin avenue, "She's married," chorused her rel-- atives. "We can't find her." But later he found telegrams from Lester G. Evans of Los Angeles, one of which dat--) November 7, ~~There was ansther telegram to his start for Racine. His next step was Milwaukee. There a law firm drew for him a breach of promise sa'*, asking dam-- of $25,000 from Miss Galla-- Eo '.'flmnn'-'-. firm also toi: him how to get a write of replevin, to force return of worth of presents by Mr. ireviohth 'to i = Galfiigher, when he believed that those presents would grace the Horachak fireside. The suit was drawn up in Milwau-- who can't be trified with." "Got your letter. Surprised to read it. Will you come back with me if I come for you, or will you stay on and live in Racine?! Wire m'iifih aiding in the fund-- ing ~Vle::rrdlo'=. --Dentfan 000 of l?ora J _ Gallagher,; Racine Evans of Los Angeles, filed suit for $25,000 damages azainst the former Miss Gallagher now Mrs. Evans. "Now," said Horschak last night, "I'm going to get iction. I'll go to Los Angeles, if | have to, to get Miss Lucilie Gallagher, Racine, and left in the discari for Lester D. N' OF 'LEGISLATIVE PREROCATIVE' MIGHT ,Chiu(o Lawyer in Public SPEED UP TEHE BOYS L im elight Represents P _ __ | -- Chent Before Industrial Invitations for the wedding of Girl friends nad showered her h"bill. I'nmui.l hide s25,. »ints ro® ue William Mikolaitis, 821 Eighteenth street, one of the losers in the Har-- rington dealings in North Chicago, appeared as complaining witness against Liezkus. He declared that he had given Liczkus $700 to invest in the Harrington scheme on the al-- leged promise that he would re-- eeln'.l.rcent to 100 per cent pro-- fits. brother and five others were called as witnesses by the state Licskus' defense stressed the point that the defendant actually be-- Heved the scheme of Harrington was fair and that he placed money of his own An the Chicago man's hands. Attort ames G. Weich represent-- ing defendant, brounght out in his tion that Lieskus was acting y as a collector of the money m North Chicago people and WAS turning it over to George Lukas, & brother--in--law. _ M About $12,000 was collected for the Harrington interests by Licakns the latter admitted on the stand. .. State's Attorney Smith and his as-- eight cases, seven gambling and hearings. JURY LICZKUS _ IN "PONZI" SCHEME \ ____._. Frank of Waukegan, al-- m@dl.m Chicago zi, was acquitted on @ charge of having operated a confi-- mfiby-hryh&ochdt court of Buige Claire C. Edwards kus. Eatch recorded a loss on the proposition. case for the prosecution and asked that Licskus be found guilty of the clared that the evidence showed that he pictures of the '" To Prokte se maie Trougs gre county jail where he was sent ud&kflfltdlm house, the only one mentioned fordn&ltmrt. W iy, following three days of trial, z another count of a simi-- lar m remains against him. It is that State's Attorney A. V. Smith will press the charge. to tell of their dealings with Lies ?odthomflhfitfifi ;=q,thvw-. P ¥ dey «ul his report for the court of the pertod from.Oct. 2 to Deg. 4, showing the amount of report filed and approved by ::gp iire C. Edwards of the Cir-- The report shows 34 cases tried in the justice courts, 16 in the county States Attorney A. V. Smith Mon. In the Mgt were 22 disorderly cases of to tended that show can recall distinct-- ly the various strains and types of corn as well as the many varieties of oats, barley and wheat exhibited ure grown to same extent by those is inmanaies =llnfl. l:'"dn'.nc mfly,!'hfi',b&m E.-rly and Swedish Select for a variety. With barley the Wis-- One of the lines of work of the appealed to me strongly and to whany others as well is the standard-- Ization and improvement of dur field . Coming to Wh a winter variety, most of us grow Red ar some strain of this well Park man, was unable to obthg to Waukegan because 'of tes, 'the buoard decided to hold the at Highland Park. : *Fi »i P . STANDARDIZATION OP |Aotting orpanied S e FTEL getting organized way ® Dm'"'.fi::'ufi One of the lines of work of 'the Burean Mincis Agricaltu Lake County Farm Bureau that has | Astotistion, with a small dues o Hppealed® to me strancly © and -'"@Q'F'}. ividually we can were excused md'fi' business and the panel was complet-- ed from persons in the courtrdom. | | Aupisced ai othet marietiag t _ All this has been brought about finfim"wfi of our Farm Buressu, Aznd all this ST ATE INQWYIR Y | sX J Sontoien Spparentet then 'The December grand jury was im-- -'&Wu-uhh- court. . Following the charge of the gourt 'and state's attorney setting forth . the duties of the jury: mem-- was sworn as' foreman of the in~ vestigating body, ° Few matters of importante were on file for consideration by the body. is but the beginning of greater work Huebach. the charge, of that. I: am positiva?' ~ -- Mr. Obenchain was in Waukegan Monday to appear before Industrial of Chicago," was oné of--five 'men killed whena Northwestarn train hit a truck in which they were' riding at Clabay crossing, Highland --Park, "I still love her dearly and noth-- ing could please memore than to marry her again," safd Mr. Oben-- Industrial board was stheduled to meet in Waukegan this morning and to take up the case of James Iback vs. the _ Chicago & Northwestern railroad. -- Mr. Obenchain is repre-- Frank Thack, son of James Tback "one man in a million," who went :o the aid of his former wife in California 18 months ago, when she was first arvrested on a charge f murdering J. Belton Kennedy, was in Waukegan Monday and in an interview with a NEWS reporter, said that the cases against both Burch and his former wife would undoubtedly bé dismissed-- within would seek to regain the love of Madalynne after the case against Two members of the regular call "She is innocent of the murder Mr Attorney Ralph R. Obenchain, the Board in Waukegan of c='< BANQUET OPENS dollars in the county every year, but the most of us are afraid to use it, we feel it belongs to the other fel-- low but that is not trze. It is yours, mine and everybody's in the county. So let us use it more from now on Since the Farm Bureau was organ-- in a car right by the side of us was of others. boost tht organiza-- tors will present to you next S --John G. Wirts. & The meetiig then adjourned*' to partake of the banquet prepared at Presbyterian church. Here Mr. j spoke of several subjects of : interest to all farmers at thi sti He spoke on the present system of taxation and told why the pereas" Tat i ouly e mbangs 190. on 5o thit aork +o4 oo moaiy work of program by a very clear and logie-- al address upon the earning power of the individual membership as an in-- new state constitution should be Membership blanks were handed farmers present, . > n d mfimuw ha Thiny proiees art w and Ht'fln resolutions to assist in the in every township until every farm-- er has been agen. any fair minded farmer should be assured of its su1ccess, a wE MUST HELP Lake county. © If the list of projects suggested by the farm bureau mmei-- bers in the meeting can be interpre-- ted as the earning power of the local organization for the iast few years, powerful presentation of the relation of the extension work of the state umu&wmd:, farm bureaw' at 10:30 A. M J. D, Billsboro from the state leaders Sising the projects thnt have pedinle ve Inarik! intrrest to the mntbos m a ign for a greater ership Ta Like County was atteoded ty orek e ies e ps in county, e men tirned out were mostly connseted 'lththoumhuunm:"h'h- auguration seven years ago are active in seeing that the good work shall be carried on. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE It seems to me the only way the The rally and banquet FARM BUREAU _ MEMBER DRIVE _ 'of his other. talk: of the