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e' '_ ; € f oo .A t | @ -';c; F BA¥ , Ay | --~ Ohe Lake Cinunty Renister | :& ition of a portion of the $90,-- 000 * " fund raised by them for they refused to explain m..é.mdam:z In reversing the sentences the high court upheld Spain's plea that his constitutional privileges to re-- frain from incriminatory testimony was involved and overlooked Dris-- coll's failure to plead same ex-- cuse. Comtitutiomlprnq.dn American citizen are his, whether he asserts them or not, the Supreme court ruled. The men were sentenc-- Reversal of the ninety day jail sentences and $1,000 fines imposed upon Joseph J. Spain and Charles Driscoll, :school board engineers, for contempt of court during the grand jury investigation, was affirmed and a rehearing denied the state's at-- torney by the Supreme court Friday. "Naturally, every contract they entered into with the board will be attacked as fraudulent and illegal," said Mr. Barnhart. proof that these concerns were or-- ganized by Edwin S. Davis, presi-- dent of the school board, for the sole purpose of obtainihg the board's business and were administered by his relatives. actly what certain contracts are bad and we will meet the charges." "Well, as an example," responded Assistant Attorney General Barn-- hart, "take the electric companies mentioned in the indictment and the bill, the Devon lectric company, the lmzketrkmnuy.andun Charles Wilkens rie company, as well as others. We intend to offer "The number of such contracts and transactions mounts into the thousands and involves expenditures of millions of dollars. It has taken the state many months to ferret out evidence of graft and rakeoffs and yet we must prepare a defense by April 16. Let the state declare ex-- have ulready gone too far to bring up\sguch a question at this late date. Pleas of Attorney Clarence Dar-- N.w&thhfllotnxfiedmf.. mi by the state on Thursday of little more value thatn the indict-- ment in the preparation of a de-- fense were overruled by Judge Charles A. McDonald. | "'l'h.Nnofwflcuhnfnmhbod; byth.naueomplh-viththomn'" orders," said Judge McDonald. "The defense wil have to be content with the present document." Darrow Alleges Handicap "The state wants us to go to trial blindfolded," argued Mr. Darrow. "The bill of particulars mentions thirty nine defendant companies and individuals and charges that all of their contracts and transactions with the school board for practically four years were fraudulent and illegal. 'their fellow defendants said to be planning a ct of venue plea. Lake er has been picked as the possible Smaill--Thompson political ac-- Waukegan looms as the pos-- sible legal battle grounds for the $1,000,000 Chicago school boodle case. Fred Lundin, the BOODLE CASE MAY BE SENT T0 WAUKEGAN BEVENTY--THIRD YEAR--NO. 28 Bentence Reversal Upheld in return for support for RREST 28 IN VICE DRIVE The Jollg Bunch were entertained by Mrs. P. J. Bocklemann Friday '-';"lilt- Tbe":v:' was enjoy-- ably _ spent g bunco. Mrs. -mld Mrs. Wilson making the scores while Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Quinton received consola-- tion prizes. Delicious refreshments were served, A. meeting. This association is an important factor in sehool develop-- ment and brings pupils ang parents into closer relationshrip. Remember the date, Friday of this week. A social hour and refresnments will close the program for the after-- noon. A cordial invitation is ex-- tended to all to be present. It will w to learn what the are doing, see them at their work and then take part in the P. T. Following this the Parent Teacher Association will hold an important business meeting. A nominating committee will be selected and a delegate for the State Convention held at Decatur in May be appointed. Friday afternoon, April 13, will be visiting day at Libertyville grammar achool from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M. Par-- ents are invited to visit the rooms .Mrt... the pupils at their regular wo __ No serious trouble is anticipated in procuring this right of way, as sev-- eral property owners along the route are said to have already offered to donate the land necessary. The sec-- tion through the gravel pit property and part of the Thornbury farm will need a tremendous amount of filling in, and it will also mean the conl struction of a new reinforced con-- crete bridge across the DesPlaines River. According to the present arrangement the county and the state will pay the cost of the filling and the construction of the bridge, and Libertyville Township will 'nave' to furnish only the right of way. VISITING DAY AT GRAM-- MAR SCHOOL FRIDA Y necessary right of way for the ce-- ment paving beginning at Milwaukee Avenue, extending east along Park Avenue to the Village limits and continuing east on the north side of the Chicago, North Shore and Mil-- waukee railroad property, connecting with the Rockland Road paverment at Greennouse Crossing, a distance of about two miles. get the required number of signa-- tures to authorize the hignway com-- missioner to lay out and secure the In the final report on the will of Jumes H. Martin the balance on hand was shown at $572.12. Schmitt showed as the holdings notes valued 'at $2367.02. The in-- ventory was also filed in the estate of William Cleveland, presumed dead. It showed property valued The will of Mrs. Julia P. Mor gan, Highland Park, was admitted Bondol""mentcml by the executor Of the estate of Mrs. Alice Platt Durand, wealthy Lake Forest woman, who died some time _ _The inventory filed in the estate of John G. Brown, Highland Park, showed disbursements at $1,387.20 and receipts $1,012. The final ac-- Several estate matters were set-- tled Monday in the Probate court with Judge Perry L. Persons pre-- |.'_Idin§ in the absence of Judge Mar-- Enter $40,000 Bond in Es-- tate of Mrs. Alice Platt PROBATE COURT CLEARS DOCKET Inventory in the estate of George City Alton Aurora Belleville ____ Danville ____ Decatur _____ East St. Louis Population of some of the larger Illinois cities was estimated as fol-- lows : It was announced that the esti-- mated population of Illincis for July 1 'would be 6,790,524, compared with 6,703,312 for last year, indicating that the bulk of the estimated in-- crease was made by Chicago. In the table of estimates the pur-- eau points out that Chicago's popu-- lation on July 1, 1923, will be 2,-- 886,121. This will be an increase of 52,883 over th& estimated population of July 1, last year, when the bur-- eau calculated that Chicago's in-- habitants numbered 2,833,288. The census for 1920 showed Waukegan's population to be 19,226. A careful survey has been made since that time and the bureau is publishing the esti-- mates for 1923 notes the increase. Waukegan's population has jumped to 20,864, an increase of 1,138 over the figures as shown in the 1920 census, ac-- cording to estimates made pub-- lic today by the United States census bureau. survey Reveals 1,138 New Citizens Living in Wau-- kegan Since Census of Three Years Ago WAUKEGAN ADDS 1,138 CITIZENS SINCE 1920 He added that last week hiofid--mypedi--"- The fire started -- at -- 12:45 o'clock in the basement of the building and spread to the second floor before a call could be sent in. Both fire departments were called out and fought the flames vigorous-- ly for over an hour before gaining control. The superhuman efforts of the firemen assisted by volunteers is all that prevented the fire spread-- ing to the Wet Wash laundry and Jack Hoban's tin shop in the portion of the building facing Sheridan _ pany Also Heavy Loser; _ Duplicates Blaze of Year Ago Fire which broke out at noon Fri-- day in the peanut room of the Lake Breeze Candy company, located in the John W. Bestey building, corner of Sheridan road and Madison street, Waukegan, swept through the part of the building occupied by the candy concern and the Waukegan Ice Cream Cone company, the loss running up into thoysands of dol--. Waukegan Ice Cream Com-- BESLEY BLDG. WAUKEGAN Is -- SWEPT BY FRRE (Continued on Page Eight) Estimated, 1923 ____26,027 ___.88,651 ____26,157 ____29,709 ____85,805 ___ 48439 ____69,729 «u27987 .____41 465 .____89,801 LIBERTYVILLE, 1920 Jeff was in the room when the telephoning was done and seeming-- 1y understoo| what it was all about, because he immediftely lit out for the barn, and crawled under the hay, and a few hours later when the Chicago man came for him, they had a mighty strenvuous time getting Jeff A long distance call the following morning estanlished the fact that in a little over six hours Jeff haq trav. eled all the way from the Chicago residence to his old mome north of Libertyville. He didn't fool around much along the way, ' do.rfiiel'ewasly'..{joy.nd. furry shape nearly bowled him off his feet as it dashed into the room. It was that "no 'count dawg Jeff" tickled loony to be back among nis old friends once more, Then one evening about six o'clock a careless servant forgot to close a door and Jeff went rambling. About one o'clock that nigat there was a scratching and whining at the back entrance to the Fred Parkhurst domicile When Fred opened the a pet. A deal was made at a good figure and Jeff was taken to the big town in the wealthy man's auto-- mobile. "Twas a sad day for both Jeff and the children jand the fol-- lowing two weeks were heart--break-- ers for the dog. One day not very long ago a well known Chicago man of wealth saw Jeff and {right away decided his little daughter should have him for Shortly after he apened his eyes and took notice of things around him, & raordinaril fii&, emratiam ext ¥ disposition, and this soon won for himself a place foremost in the affections of the Parkhurst children. They call-- ed him Jeff. Fred, just to tease the kids, ealled him, among other things "that no 'count dawg Jeff." With the passing of summer and autumn Jeff had developed rapidly through the good care of his young keepers, until by early winter he had become what the judge at a dog show would call, a very typy Aire-- dale. The bomely, fuzzy little runt hag grown into a biue--ribbon dog. the case rnor Len Smail. l Judge C. Edwards, who presided trial of the gover-- ,nor, a before leaving for | Excelsior rings, Mo., that he | would step in favor of Judge | Shurtleff OR Judge K. R. Welsh | of Rockford."Bt is intimated the at-- torney Bl's staff prefers to | have the o by Judge Shurt-- Jne«. r J. Birnie F¥ the juror indieted with two , police characters, has & mey E. M. Run-- fyud to def him. Attorney Alee tar fiavored Beaubien, Of Smail's legal staff, de-- nies m.i.uent any of those indieted. That No 'Couut ~"Dawg Je ff Besides mill--fed chickens and nec-- FA tak JURY MAY 40 CRIMINAL BHURTLEFF -- CASES NOLLE dicsies me may _ PROSSED i dicates He May le in Favor of Judge . WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 T wice Weekly Andrew Charvis, against whom information was filed charging viola-- tion of the liquor law, pleaded not guilty in the County court and was remanded to the custody of the sher-- iff in Heu of bail. John Mesick of McAlister avenuse, arrested in a raid conducted by the sheriff's office some days ago, was fined $100 and costs when arraigned before Justice Coulson. eVisiting days at the county Jail have been abolished until after the court house addition is constructed, s vis day established ?'_'g;;,l"-'fhhzhv.' The Sher-- l'n\iuh&s;ir"-t;a-"t poratily to the building vikitors will not be allowed to 'M!rkn_dn'lfilfitd YISITING DAY AT Paul dCMduMfi» fl'h.auun A assessed a fine of $200 and costs in the justice court on a charge of pos-- sessing liquor. ' In the court of Judge Perry L. Persons, Carl Drobnick and wife, Frances, arrested when a still and moonshine was found in their place on McAlister avenue some days ago, paid fines of $200 and costs and $100 and costs respectively, on pleas of guilty. Drobnick pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and his wife o cperating a still. In the justice court of Hervey c.' Coulson, Richard Alexander, Wa#-- kegan, paid a fine of $100 and costs assessed on a liquor charge when he was taken by members of the sponge squad in their week end Fines fell free and easy on liquor violators Monday in both County and Justice courts. Drobnicks Get $300, Dick Alexander $100, Eva Dixon $300 and John Nesick $100 VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAWS DRAW FINES t eonpes pete Johnson, assaolt; | yps rannag SyATPT Joseph Stolarik, liquor charges; ED 7 uo 8 John _ Petérson, liquor charges; TUESDA RNIN George Cessar, liquor eh;rm, now ww 'the inju'lonlnoldchargedh'flmof.mn":?m oC to pay his fine; Louis Geary, liquor * Thomas ll.t:'ul- < Anton Dudek, who has moved to l.dmnmy' mym' m" o hunge Luser liquer * Slaniey Bigy. | of her son, --Mr. dease £. HySIH, _ Sme Luzer, liquor charges; Stanley Bish-- 20 bare 2s, ud vo. e yo..m...h the fore her marriage to Rev. Isaac $o. im B 4PA Hyatt was one of the early 'school $r., Jim luh.'nl Pink, John | **> d the omeeyimensip in s--L ---- ~Many--ofthe cases-- IHd schoe A were 'ancient;cases which had been The ho an mb' t?i.flmted m';!mu@m her loy':rtytothh.ll:tf compranee °* | as she undéerstood her Bible, her compliance with the after arrest. hand s tavaiiyures Pulbag * Eva Dixon, Picadilly court, ar-- sted §n t{le weok end drive, was Assistant State's Attonwysup.y Block appeared in the court of Juige Perry L. Persons and asked that the numerous charges be nolle prossed. Among those who were named de-- Ieadantsinmdtholddnu- nolle prossed were Frank Lethkov-- sek, now under indictment in the eases placed on the call for April 17, when a jury will be called in the eourt. Present in the list were many old charges against tried ,offenders, some of whom are behind the bars at present on booze egunts. lators, were nollé prossed Monday morning by the state's attorney when the docket of the county court was called. Approximately forty cases, most of them against alleged liquor vio-- Action Taken When Coun-- ty Court Trial Calendar Is again. to nollé prossed Monday JAIL HALTED -- A UMka)): Funeral services will be held at the i U bmerd.oflr.-ndlufly'u,&tf urday, April 14, at. one o'clock m' Dick conducted by her son, Grover A. 100, EVA ) Jackson of Grand Rapids, Mich., and and John| Rev. Chas. Dickey, her late pastor. 'Inurmcnt will be in Swanton, Ver-- | mont. all The lineup this year will be made up mostly of Waukegan and North Chicago players. When the Grand summer, M-".'m the nomhanes Of this 'Sive that will form the nucleus new team. m are ""h; Macklin, pitth; Ranach, Sirst base; Renehan at first felt that he would not put out a team, but after coming here and seeing the great interest there is in the game and mlilin' that it '"" h a M feature for Sunday®, decided to keep up the sport. The lineup this vear wil} ha wmais Round Lake, one of the most pop-- ular summer resorts of the county, will again have a baseball team, according to plans of proprietor Renehan, who has just returned from Florida where he spent the winter bettering his golf stroke and planning for a great season at his resort. 8. Plates were laid for twenty and it was served at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. William Bebb of Northwestern University Dental School gave an interesting paper on History of Den-- My.mmmmwuu-l tion of officers was held with the fol-- lowing result: Pmua.z,n..xn,[ Smith of Libertyville; Viee Presi-- | MD?.C.'.YM'O'["FQ[.' est; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. Earl D. Fritsch of Highland Park. Executive council, Dr. J. N. Lewis of Lake Forest, Dr. L. E. Thomas of Waukegan and Dr. L. E. Golding of L:oertyville. Librarian, Dr. J. W. Saedd of Highland Park. RENEHAN PLANNING FOR REAL NINE AT ROUND LAKE FOR THIS SEASON Lake County Dental Association enjoyed a banquet at St. Lawrence's perith bouse on the evering of April LOCAL MAN PRESIDENT COUNTY DENTAL ASSN She had passed.the latter years of | . her life, since the death of her hus-- n blnd.inuuhlneofhumnd'ur daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 8.,3' Hyatt, coming here from VermOnt | about 1912. _ gentleness, her loyalty to the right ulllound-woodhtrlibh,h.b. votion to her family, and to her duties as the wife of a minister, make her memory dear to all who knew her, MRS. HANNAH HYATT DIED TUESDAY MORNING Mrs. Hannab Hyatt,. the ofThmnNhAh'E Farnham, Province of Quebe¢, sed away this lunlngd the home of her son, Mr. Jesse S. Hyitt, She was born March 28, 1842, and be-- tired, of Lake Forest, for "par-- ticularly meritorious service in a position of: great responsibility." _ Fort Sheridan was host to dis-- tinguished visitors Monday when Gen,. Charles G. Dawes, with Brig. Gen. George van Horm Moseley, commandant of the post, inspected the place. . _ Gen. John J. Pershing and Brig. at 10 o'clock in the morning and spent an hour and a half review-- ing the men and looking over the buildings. His visit was short as he had to leave at 11:30 +o'clock. Outside of the parade that was held on the road, the parade grounds being in no condition for an exhibition, there was no special program. Gen. Dawes had enter-- Presents D. S. C. to Lake Forest Man for Meritor-- ious Service PERSHING VISITS F OR T SHERIDAN , one of the most pop-- | Kaires, resorts of '_h,mb.,thobw unty, | the best of the amateur talent here, team, 'fl)glw-lhm&onndh rietor ns. Jack Barrett, one of the urned stars, will be with the high school t the | this season. i e and Workc.hm 'tm'-tmg.m--n-ayu...""""'m ltho{nbowtthm"'n=m.lb after|éxpected that the diamond will be ""fT'.?'_'""""l'hmh planned to up for the plans forms« of plavine Equipment for the team is being furnished by Renehan and will be purchased in a few days. It is planned to have the lineup signed npfortb-n--iudfi plans formed before the actual Mvidnlty..dwfifh"---_--- Mud-w:kdmu&."\.n According to reports from hlnhau.ulthol-hrd.z tors at the county institution. i At the rear of 212 Market street, Fay Horning, white, was taken into | cam-'-'?qu-'ul. on was--fned $5 and costs and the Hayes woman $10 and costs. Garcia, Albert, Piric, Gillian, Har-- ris, Bouchman, Hundas and the Hay-- uvomnpddthdrh.,'fi Ramris, Medimus and Sandores sent to jail on mittimuses, and the others were to pay their fines today. The raids made in spectacular form in the quiet of Sunday morn-- ing, flled the county, city and North NEW BUS LINE MAKES BIG BIT and Joe Rain, discharged. The lat-- ant sotte, And J MJ.'.'H:'L.. and qo mus and Joe Sandorer, fined $5 and -'_ CR old y AEECRAEEE CE _. 'mmumm;m.h-q. Ed. Alexander, Percy Tinsley, Wil-- liam --Wood, George Frazier, Morris Williams, Charles Harris, Henry Gil-- lian, fined $10 ana costs;. O, K. ;flmhfinefi.fi.da- and costs, and Mrs. Pinkie Brown, wife of. Albert Brown, discharged. playing and practicing is had. tice . Hervey _ Coulson _ Sunday were fined. The prisoners collected by the sponge squad augmented by the presence of Constable Fred Petitelair, numbered colored men and women and Mexicans. The raids were made at 212 Mar-- ket street, 602 Market street and at All: except three of "the de-- fendants brought before Jus-- Col. Smith's Agents Swoop Down on Market Street and Commonwealth Ay-- enue Gambling Resorts Sweeping down along Mar-- ket street and into North Chi-- cago in one of the most telling vice cleanups in recent months, members of the sponge squad in command of C. A. Brune took into custody 28 prisoners, men and women, early Sunday $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE At 602 Market street, nine Mexi-- o4