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Libertyville Independent, 15 Sep 1927, p. 10

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. CARSSMLLON _ ~~ > ~-- BAN AT ILLINONS --CAT BANDIT NOW _ PRISON INMATE Joliet, HL., Sept. 14.--Willlam -- E4d Baker, alias W. E. Mitchell, confessed "eat bandit," of Chicago, became com-- viet No. 1431 at the old penitentiary at Joliet today following +a record breaking administration of justice. Just a week ago today Baker was hours he had been identified as the "eat bandit" who had terrorized wom n-hmmwm'mtn years. On Monday he was in $250.000 bonds by Judge Harry F. Hamlin in town hall court on five charges. -- The same day the grand jury voted True bills against him. The True bills were returned by the. grand jury yesterday; an hbour later Baker m'rrw'd before 'Chiel Justice William V. Brothers of the criminal court, entered pleas= of guilty, and was sentenced to from one year to life in.the penitentiary. Charges of having received -- stolen er, and Hayes for killing Mrs. ~Dody ¥Flatt of Berlin. ? Herkchel Adams, doomed to die for a murder in --Campai@h county -- also ma¥y know hiz fate when the session hanged: the case of Joe "Polack" senterce and fine for:carrving con-- cealed weapons was upheld by ~tho suprome --court: the> case < in which Madame Ernestine Schumain Heink, peal for a mew trial of Mry Killza "Granima" Nusbaum, mter.%' & a life term for the murder of ho* i band and for which crime Jaih -- W tor Winn.: "Grandma's", lover," wa® 'The case of '< 38. pected to settle wm &M boy may be sentenced=to a"p: orginally sentenced for robbery --A8€ again for violating his parole. +. The new 2cent gasoline tax law may also--be settlad, -- _ s A wide variety of other ~mabtlers crowd the. compensation, --ivil. and advisement dockets (of the > court, which is exogc&edtpat.vtg_vath during the Octobér term in tho mass of work awaiting: its :action.> _ -- ons ei-uu'rm s'*'ateé <af : Mlinois to be aszested for the *"cosots" of at least a part--of thenm, <cfour «--capital ecases, a trin o:d;wt" n:.ol ufl'i; wide iInterest, hold the suotligh wide interest. wil --b\l--dtha spotlight In the --Octrher term of the stats su-- premg Couft. .. ©..«~~ + . . _1 of their cases. Error must . found in the record to alHow granting -- of such writs. however. Oeh)'ruulnuehtfll-utwo on the latter. 5L . Indication« are that the docket for the term will bo an unusually heary one. _ Included in the litigations will be 32 case® in which rehoaringes wili be asked of the high court's decisions returued at earlier dates. W mflmmmtm-d' n on tihen embenn wore which several an members -- were arrested. tried and sentenced for vio Tatin@ picketing" intunations ; the .ap Birger and Mrs. Cazster ]r'i:; 3 former date and MHlich 1 GET SUPREMEFRFAURT TRIAL Two former tefrar'sts of #outhern By LOUIS®J~HUMPHREY , fBiled against his wife, Hel-- «> 14 ---- 'n the Hayes Tari-- o Tes E8e >\ * wg." "ly Cl C 0. o0 Phatens» . S4ucs Sa aRean . *; C e i o Th ind oo o iss ;,l 3. x' KA }' A s "C CA --~-- KB & « f e uts '_ ts 05 49 e s edics "tR s 4 W ,' 3 x x p x; }{«, +9 . "o): $ x 3 C e T C -: To % ks 4 o --" oi '_.,-' g ' 8. A nds C survey prepared by the census bu-- 'reu.wilchgouhtothqtlpfinu; ?flllo':thMylnmflm > Matrimonia!" bonds -- are becoming Ent»m Figures for forty atates available today indicte that about 1, 383,000 marriages were . performer andd ~ 178,000 divorces granted . last eautions have been taken -- to . safte guard every detail of the prosecuilion of Harry Hill, held herefor the slay-- Ing 'of his mother on a coroner's mit-- Umus, it was disclosed today.. The " sudden --swing * ot© incidents, notably the fillng of Mra. 'Hill's willt which left the bullk of her cstate 40 the 22year--old son, has affected the ;ouu Oof._thestate's attorney's of-- ce. ; Privale detectives have been ay signed to watch over Peter Basch, the aged gardener at the Hill residence in Streator, who testified.at the coron-- er's inquest that young Hill cailed him in «_ feow days before his mother's body "was found and had lnstracted him to tramp down the earth in the ""rhe prosecutor, ~State's -- Attorney R. O. Hanson, has also announced that he will ask the county board, th séssion here this week, for a special «ppropriatiod with which to-- conduct the case of the state. ? The will, leaving most of the eslate to young= Hill, the "dearly <beloved son," is not worrying Mr: Hanson, he a'hl.tu years and 50 per cent C in <~the ~first five years, wn' to census bureau.> Ovér '0 'cent did not involve families with children. 4t : AlJ--PRECAUTIONS : TAKEN FOR SAFE GUARDING H. HILL of ~marrlage will stray ~and-- plty-- Mfflrflo-zflflnn.ndvd- lock they> be trusted implicitly by their mates. s ® T&Mtumum&k'lm are dangerous periods wives, who have difficulty in setiling down to be just "one--man wamen " °_ eompany in the burns: a car h'*«dmmmu Ger its--boliers to make 'steam with which to genérate electricity for its Washington, Sept. 14.--Men from the sixth -- to the ainetesnth year To o ie We ) n MEN "CHEAT" IN 6TH TO 1978 YEAR ~ OF MARRIED LE FIRST TWO YEARS HARDEST Ottawa, LL, Sept.-- 14.--Spcial pre-- Driven to desperation ~by hard ; work and povrerty, Jean Valjean, a . Frenth peasant, in the «year 1795, 'stolea loaf of bread. On his miser-- uble wages he had been atteripting to support his sister, a widow with peven children, He was arrested and Carlona, of Coal _ -- > bay On the other hand, the operatork maintained that the mining indostry in the central -- competitive district was choked down through alleged un tair treatment 'by the mine workers. Operators also contended that they could not vompete with Kentucky and Alabaima coal --which came : into tie districts' markets at lower prices, due to the fact that mine labor runs c:gt from $4'to $5.50 per:day in those -- Prominent among the 'nfficials who attended the conference were Harry Bince last April many mines in Ii-- linois, Indiana, Obilo -- and Western Pennsylivania have been closed,> due to the repeated.failure of both sides to reach an agreement. 8 ed that they could lt lest than --the < Jacksonville scale. <~wWwhich calls for acbasic pay of $1.08 per ton for --mining and a minimum oft $7.40 per 'day~for any other kind of work in or--about a coal mine. _ reaching a working agreement _ {for the reopening of the--cosl mites in Illinois. operatorse and Minerg, rep-- resentatives returned to their respect-- Harky Fichwick, president of -- the United Mine Workers of Hlincis, stat-- ed that those Hlinois mines that are in operation 'are paying the Jackson-- ville wage scale." . ~~_ e hhnntredemqva_s ted by. John L-- Lewis, Interne-- t : president of the United Miné Workers of America. ° w + * & . The Rrace meeting proved futile, in the opinion of~Rice Miller, president of the state association of operators,; . (Rockvilie, . Copn.. Sept. 14.--The murder : trial of Leonard Cline, New York novelist, came to a sudden end bere today. ~ Cline pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the Ington, Va., and was sentenced to ane year in the county jall and to pay a tive ingness of the minors to free their them last--winter by --the 'union's na tlional »policy committee." > --© Hne of~$1,009. LEWIS ~DEPLORES FAILURE MINE INTERESTS FAIL IN FEFFORT-- Operators and Miners' Inter ests Return to Their Homes Chicago, Sept. 14.--Unsuccess{ul in sviailed" him aothing> and he : only to be recaptured soon senterited to five years hard labor in | after, For. his attempted escape he the galleys for the <unspeakable| was sentenced to serve three years "crime"* of attempting to, sustain mare, 'Three times thereafter he got life, FPor four terrible years he sut--| away only to be brought back to fered hardships and torture on board | receive additiona!l punishiient. When GUI--T IN MURDRR +* 4 today-- after a ~week's Today. LANVILLE, HL, Sept. 14.--Despite the strenuous efforts of lawyers and 'officials of_the United States 'Steel corporation to save him from spend-- ing 'a moment behind the bars, Ora G. Bradley, formerly assistant 'cash-- ler _of the First National bank of Willisvilie, a self--confessed embeztlier ot : $8,000 --from < the --bank but now Lmnw,unhg.u the on rt on serve <rime, Judge Walter C. Lindley of the United. States District court ruled. Gary officials..~ testified © Bradley's position was euch that a «eparation from it for as long as 30 days would render him useless for the corpora-- Bradiey had stated he was receirv-- inz ©$90° a month as assistant bank casl ier and that it was his ambitton to dress --his wite well because he was proud of her that.caused him to use the bank's money to augment his sal-- found : "on the lower side.. Part of mm. also 'was discernible. That MW i0 the Old Gory \'as esta beyond a doubt when <the Htars--and > Stripes werse STEEL HEAD MUST "v hests dfi antectcactctes Ad r.lt-I'mc-c; reaching here today .from the Kyle stated that a remnant of the plane's wing, measuring 34 feet and including three of the four gas tanks, had been found in the turbulent waters. °. NEW YORK, Sept, 14.--Because of f Wol the wreckage of the moplane 'Old Glory, found epproxi-- mately 600. miles off the Newfound= coast, little hope was held today that the wecupants of the plane, Lioyd Bert..ud, James D. Hill and Phillip A. o dearchets on the" se s on --the -- steamer Kyle, chartered to.. hunt for the missing fliers, found a portion ~of 'the wreck-- Condition 'of the Wreckage Causes Practical Abandon-- ment of Hope, _ . HUNT -- STILL CONTINUED CREW OF THE ILL-- "FATED OLDGLORY of friends, have just returned, from an auto tour: of W:%daud Mich-- Iigan --and is back on.duty at Tron-- Mrs, Millér and. Sommerville-- are entertainifiy several ;guests on Wed-- nesday night in-- of Mise Mar-- garet Golden, who on Sept. 21 will become the bride of Robert J. Webb. ing a meeting of the D. ~G. A. R. in Michizgan this 'week. _ _' Ralph Thompson is spending some time here with his parents before learing for school duties at Bradley college, [Peoria. ~"'Miss Marguerite Grice and Oliver finhm married ~in.Chicago ast week and are. now receiving Mr, and Mrs. John Pacinie attendéed the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Lama in Kenosha on Monday. The Lamas were residents of Antioch {or several .. Mre.' Elmer Brooks entertained the Tuesday card club this week. . -- -- ' E-c.tlnat' Clark of 'Toledo, Ohio Miss Goldie Dairs, who nas> been in. a Kenrosha hospital for an oper-- ation, is reported to be much im-- reports that the weather we are having now is warmer than> anyof the Florida variety she has enjoyed ftor the last three years. Mr. Di Ames and daughter, Mrs. Will 'Blanchard, were calling on old friends < here Wednesday. * . Mre. J. J. Morley entertained a few friends at a' bridge luncheon on Wednesday. . =. Ey 'Mrs. Deneen,, a~former Channel Lake resident, is back from Me!-- James : Barnoutable of Chaeck, Wis. has been visiting relatives here this _ (Geo, McCredie of Lake Villa was an Antioch shopper Wednesday. : mr. and Mts.. Less Crandall left via: auto for a trip thru Yelloyg» stone Park and the Western states. Mr. Olat Heim was a Chicago pas-- senger Monday.. . to be much improved. He visited longest in Czrecho--Slovakia, his old Mr. Adoiph Pescat has returned from his three imontbs <~European Mry. Mary Hermap lef; for the U" of 11. where she will enroil as a student for the coming year. attended a in -- Wauke-- enc Piee We ~ ""«31 -,"-""' s 2100 °e * Te ..~ yrr} M * 5 * hertmx iey io k Te * o> eP ""% es '! _ A A t e ' French veterans' organizations and city officials at Cherbourg beve ar-- , ranged an elaborate program of wel-- "c'luv_tcr the Americans when --they again set foot os French soil. The 'Leviatman will be escurted into tne harbor by Frenca torpedo boeats. aniid the booming of big land guns firing galutes as the liner enchors. ¢ Springfield, T1iL,> Sept: 14.--Decis-- lon bhanded down by the Kane county court at Geneva, H!1., upholding the recently inaugurated two-- cent gas oline tax which was challenged by Cook county and the Chicago Motor club ::d grounds o:'o unconstitution-- ality discrimination. was appeal-- ed to the supreme court today. _' . Attorneys filed record and grounde claimgg that --state officials unlaw-- fully are expending {unds to collect tax where no provision is made for the act. Dow Brook, N. Y., Sept. 14.--Heavy h,vo:l:z::vh. America's "big four" wilk into action against Great Britain this> afternoon determined to settle the international polo issue for "By winning today, the Americans, who routed the British 13 to 3 on Sat-- urday,.can end the series and will re-- tain the international challenge cup. The betting is 2 to 1 that they will do jast that. ~ A British triumph, however, would necessitate a third--contest, as the 'se-- ries is being played on a two victory A potato ring -- was _ about eight inches in diameter in which whole po-- <ither on a chinaor & allyer plate. "They were used in the early Hight Fverybody on BJard s;ows to having a great time., \ "The-- ancestor of the modern cle &nm an animal called. "moer}; Fium." He was only three or four Teet high, had a fiexible upper lip and . At the: pier the Legionnaires will be met by city officials. Speeches wiil be made and bands will play. Lea¥-- 3 the boat station the Amecricans _ parade before the 10th Frenck Colonial Infantry and French veter= ans in uniform. They will marca through the town to the Haxlel De YVille where the mayor of Ciacrtourg will receive them. -- After toasts --to America and ¥Frarce, U3e Lezsonnaires wili return to ie station ansd entra.m fer Paris. '(@ ** c APPEAL DECISION ON GASOLINE T AX U. S. POLO GANG FAVORED TO WIN By GEORGE R. HOLMES . Aboard the 8. S. Leviathan, Sept. 14 +--Favored by ideal weather all the way. the Leviathan, -- carrying .1.600 Amerjcan . Legionnaires en route to Paris, will dock at Cherbourg on Fri-- day <where a wirm welcome awaits WILL -- DOCK ON -- FRIDAY E. Schwartz of Waukegan is Sailing to France on Flag . ~ _ Ship of Legion. \ LEVIATHAN HAVE GREAT PROGRAM Te Th We at Kinsport, Tenn. His beat erver-- turned in the swollen stream and be was drowned. x Twice sayved from drowning in lake Erie, ninetcen--year--old Eusan Kukila of (Reveland drowned in the bathtub of her home when she fainted. 7 For three months E. M. Applegate had been out of work. He managed to get a job on a building being con-- structed in Chicago, 'The second hout Oof his employment he was killed when a boist Tell. On his way home from work Felix YViscuni of Philadeiphia debated wheth-- er he ghould pay his death benefit dues or walt until the nexst day. He d# eided to pay them then. Twenty wmit utes later he was fatally injured iB a street car. of Central America, where be headed a Harvard expedition, Dr. George GoBR don, director--of the University of PeoK sylvania museum, met death in a tal down a flight of steps at his home. Some time ago Albert Strobel of 1# roy, N. Y., was run over by a tractoh about the twenty--fourth to the tenth -- degree of, north ijatitude, while UMe The ancients vaguely called every= . thing south of Egypt "Ethiopia" (the . month later a fall from a chair result ed in his death. 4 Horace Konke, Chicago steeplejack, worked on the highest fiagpoles and towers. While painting the clothesling poles in his own back yard he fell six fTeet and was injured. "Daredevil" Johnny Reynolds' favor-- Ite stunt was to climb the outside of a skyscraper and, on reaching the top, Government authorities have an-- nounced a grand jury investigation notwithstanding the fact the McHen-- Ty jury is reported to be contem-- plating indictmen: of 40 persons, in-- cluding the missing s:ate's attorney. For the first time in 20 years Pat-- rick Steadman failed to make his dally rowboat trip across the Holston river Which is Worse? We ask you, man to man, 1 worse, profanity, or declarh George ZTimmer, who piloted an air-- plane over nearly every country in Eu-- repe, leaned too far back in a swivel chair at his office in Philadgeliphia and broke his left arm. Last Christmas-- F.ve "Tommy," a 10# -- hound, awakened the family otnln: Bartiett of Philacéiphic in time fot them to escape a fire. Recently Tom-- nynlalooehthehouovh.d{f_ other blaze started. -- He was burned: Little Rock <Democrat. covered from several long falls, but disease finally claimed hiw at a Phila+ | Seems Fixed by Fate The ou!ja board for "spirit commenl-- cations" gave no warpulug to William Fuid4 of NReltimore, its ipventor, that be would be killed in a fall at his toy factory. _ to IloCmi,nAfid : using the m"mmm Wienmnke is Excused Wienke said be knew of no reason for the attack and the jury excused him. Edward Kress, who 40 years ago built a st¢am sauto in Dayton, met déath in that city under a steam loco-- politician, also was questioned ';--;b; Jjury in regard to the bombing of his Man's Hour of Death J. H. McQueeney, Chicago detect-- ive, fas the first witness to appear before the jury. It was said he :old of how State's Attorney Pouse had retained him to investigate bootleg ging conditions and then refused to prosecute persons named by the de-- tective. +®e $HYVUSLgRLVB, .. iss ixgyoried, was staried primanly to sift charges of governmen:t azeu:s that certain county offic:a.s had confessed to working hand in hand with rum run-- -- The Mcdetcry county grand jary, empaneled last May, kas recalied Wedneséay by Cimcuw: Judge Edward D. Shurtie'? aim ';g:ercd tou begin it; owa Cuvestiza of the Loot-- legging. situatiun and Gdisappearance of State's Attorney Alfred Pouse. * The rand jury adjourned ontil the ~call o the foreman 10 _ allow time to select a spetial attorney to présent the mat'er tefore them. The grand jury will apsoint the attor T wo Parts of Life Lt tu»muint.'m'hfigfl-& INDICTMENTS NEAR, woORD Judge Edward D. Shurtieff--in-- jatructs Body to go Into Sit-- The jmvesi--Zacls: Detectives on Stana much less 'do Wienke, McHenry -- county Y TO in

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