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Libertyville Independent, 7 Jun 1928, p. 1

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wruo} Jilliilk. agaiusl -- Lne m",nom OfJQnO't: $ John Whalen tamily of Rondout and Lae : wait of Uhieuso; Mis Pred Wright KForest. mm'mmu- Nx-'-m&' > Jfiiu.mn.ldnrd.',nd Mmm-:'q. Whalen is now being sought on /s yigy gor, 4. ; peenntt) charge of wife and child abandom ntarment was "& * F --HroXL o autemin ol tims ho was sentenced he argued | . DOD¢ forget --the graduate. To --_ that he-- freed in order to think of gifts is to think of Mc-- -- --"~ aupport his children. Trannltad's LUEKL 1. n« . *\ o # wr------~__ _ __ // . ... Dboard of trustees was held in the _ . Syndiqate .Headed by John council chamber Tuestay'night, with ¢ Wo'mm' ent at roll call. M l : ts Armour Estate. --| Clerk O. J. Boehm was oceupied Dependency petitions Tuesday were Mled in county court by State's At-- Forest. The five children, Alice, 15, J._ Wright. oc won were Jay Cairns, president; L. A. Murric, vice president; F J. Wright. treasurer, and W. E. Hardin, secre tary. --These officers will serve for the coming year, and Jt is antici-- pated that many good things are in store for the local organization. The following compromise the board of directors: > Jay Cairns, °G. G. Hos kins, Jesse 8 Hyatt, B. T. Langwor-- thy Edw: Bluhm, R. J. Lyons, L A., Murriec, J. B Morse, E. H. Corlett, new board of directors'was held --on Wednesday evening of this week, at which time offticers for the coming entertainment and & rapid fire talk wnmmm. Jrlvs e annual membership e to be held also, next Tuesday. All ::&uqnt-monmmflb ue for the now year, and--as many new members as possible will be secured. The Chamber o Com-- fu'.".-.u r a:l' every 3 ¥ wugmmm especially --interests mom.flmrqu tend the dinner may do so by call--| fleld, Masse:, and with relatives in ing the office of the secretary and | Eastern Canada. making reservations.© Phone 594: Lived--Here--Over 80 Years The eost 'of the dinner is T5e. 'The| The deceased resided in Wauke-- time is 6:30. After dinner the reg | gan for nearly all of his long span wlar program will continue with de-- of Hfe, coming there with his par tailed reports by the officers, some | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Michae! Smith, invited, and a mittee in charge of the meeting teel they are~indeed fortunate in seecur-- ing the services of a man of this type. Mr. Soltiel's subject will deal with community afftairs, and his talk will be a treat to every citizen of the county. The general --public is William H. Soltiel, past president of the Chicago Junior Chamber of Commerce, and at present City At-- o "af the Pss dumue: mecung t er at of the uu-m.-m Cham-- ber--of Commerce next Tuesday eve Next Tuesday Evening * Thus the Cutten syndicate now holds nearly half of the ©2,000,000 <lass B shares and nearly 15 per cent of the 2,000,000 class A shares, making the largest individual inter-- est in Armour & Co. about $5,700,000. #° wWasg anuounced INALl AFLIDUTL W.> Thare was little business for the Cutten, Chicago stock and grain 0P board of local improvements, other erator, and his associates have DUT-- 'than the allowing of estimates to chased 312,500 shares of ArMmO0U" contractors and other claims. d"Anoct.whlehtor-odptrtot[ The paving in the southeast sec-- the collateral put up by Mr. Armour tion of the village is reported to to secure his debt. 'have hit a snag in the county court. Mr. Cutten would not say exactly '1; is said that a number of proper-- what price was paid for the stock. ty owners have filed objections to except that it was more than the the improvement, and that part of final market price of $18 a share re-- 'the project will be eliminated. If corded last Saturday. Therefore the |this action is takenm, it is Possible Lolita Armour (now Mrs. John J. Mitchell Jr:) when it was thought she would go through life a cripple. Later she was cured by a famous Vienna surgeon, Dr. Lorenz, brought to this country by Mr. Armour. Gar-- dens, pools, fountains, rivers and miniature forests are scattered thru -- --Cutten Buys Armour Stock®: pocted to be completed ~within & cent transfer of title in Mellody farm by ~Mrs. J. Ogden Armour to the Continental National bank to aid in the settlement of her hus-- band's debts to Armour & Co. Mellody farm originally was de 7 8 mmous country estates, the mh.o:"&ohhl.m Armour, was M.'" dicate of wealthy Chicago men w:'y"::hm«"uu realty firm John Griffith & Son. The price is under-- stood to. have been $2,500,000. This 840 acre countr} domain is Jjust west of Lake Forest. It is re-- ported that the famous Armour acres are to be partitioned 'Into min-- inture estates where nothing except magnificent country homes will be Paid As Melody | _A C --Farm Is'Bonght' Eho Fans Title Transferred to Bank ons of Lake coun ' Nicholas Smith served under General Thomas in the war of the rebellion and has been an active and influential member of the War kegan post of the G. A. R. since its ever, and for a it was thought his $2nd>birthday on May 25, last. Attlatflnolh'fimm have located in all a of the country were summoned to his bed-- side. Ho seemed to improve, how-- «* ~~Nicholas Smith, venerated war | veteran and pioneer railroad man died at his home at 112 Liberty St., : Lived --Heroe--Over 80 Years _----The deoceased resided in Wauke-- gan for nearly all of his long span of Hfe, coming there with his par 18 months.. He was one of the old-- est --living residents of Waukegan.> By --a strange coincidence his passing was much like that of his father,~who, never having been i or needing the attention of a phy-- sician* during his life of 81 years, away after three days of iliness. The father, Michael Smith, will be remembered as having been a val uable> attache of the Douglas nur-- nrymmynm.mfim' about 10 years ago. ~ z stroke of paralysis. Death of the aged man terminated the first period of iliness which he had--suffered in. his life. He hai Waukegan, at 5:10 o'clock Tuesday morning, after ~an -- iliness of but three weeks. Dea'th was due to a ters in Washington, D. C., Spring fleld, Mass:, and with relatives in never had the attention of a physi-- clan until he was stricken with the condition that resulted fatally. Enjoying almost perfect health, despite his advanced age, he made arrangements a month ago to leave on June 15 in company with his wife for a tour of the east, whitch Was Roundhouse Foreman for E. J. & E. Railroad | This is part of the Ot awarded 'to u.nm,gm'u _the new water works plant.' Miller has sub--let this part of the job to Mr. Melloy, and the village will deal directly with the latter.---- Melloy is to receive the same price as Miller ; agreed tto --do the work for. , mwmhtm"msomc 24-' Somplate --histery. of all l'hb'--r-naq-: bonds as monéy in the respective t essessment would warrant. > The village now has funds on hand h*'"'m"a?:":: pation warrants issued spring, and the treasurer was instructed to draw the necessary warrants. The clerk read a long list of bills fo;-- services rendered the village in the past month, and al} were ordered _eous lot was of ~«Charles Lay @ock, for work done at the pumping station, due to the breakdown last week, He presented a claim for '$642 for labor and material S. P. Bvilsizor also had a bill for nine nights at the pump house, a total of $72. The breakdown cost the vil hl'ahout%'lio. h _quite a long time: reading minp-- Wfi&oum.&'m 1 --The president and clerk were an ~thorized to sign a contract with J A. 'mmmuggumn. ter mains from reservoir being constructed at teh pumping station Water Works Break A Costly Accident for Many Years June meeting of the village as Chief Clerk and Miss Dora Hendee, Ass't The --board of review, that certi-- nolthotuho_oho!thcm to the --county. clerk forutoulog preparatory<to going to the county Board Review ---- Lauril Lehto, 528 Cummings ave nue, accompanied by Hilda Lacume, Cumh-..mm,dhhtry it jured Saturday evening on .Grech Bay road--near the Tenth street tersection when a-- Milwaukee f driven by George Luhman cut --# M'mkmm(m. to-- Milwankee in a bus. Anmi slightly --hburt. Baturday afternoon on Green Bay road after Frank Burris, Waukegan, made a sharp left turn into a drive-- way in front of them. Brush had six stitches taken in his left hand and Two Hit Ditch _ ' Lester Brush, $58 Wellington ave _,n;:h.n_d'n:apcum.lr.,m M'lnfiqmt the -- ditch goned. Instead, he left Mrs, Smith, LP'""'-"""'U-"""""IMammn.muw- of 804 Federal . building, Chicago, tion, still bound 'to the tree. It was Arowded mito ahih mariouantt® | several houre befure ghe wap able mvdodhhsdfl&wmmmmmu «S ; ney was cut about the face. m&{zflmumk&gw:;kfl: ppened -- Sunday. « Mrs. Smith 0 * """"" ®* _ | garment or two about her. --She T'Q..Hltm j made her way first to a farmhowse, Lester Brush, 858 'Wellington ave x.n.n'."-:'.?wmu.aw Fic. and Thomas--Conlon, Jr, 409 [traice, superintendent of the astate Te "atreot, both Chicagoants Werior Arbert D. Lasker, where she Was fukired whon they took (the Aitch {siven shelter. The--woods it --which Mmfl"g" P | the attack occurred is only 'a short road ':"'"'fumm':m,m« from the Lasker farm and ..--"'..'M'.'o.l"-'- h ha 4 ,1, | is on the edge of Lake Forest. * F. Erickson, Yeoman PIL, and C.B. Fisk, Martin Ave., both Waukegan, were shaken up and their cars dam-- aged when FRrickson was forced to stop abruptly on Green Bay road Saturday. Fisk slammed into the rear of the machine, according to reports from Deputies George Heck-- inger and William Kelly. -- Ahe BAt sent .several -- 140 WnB MeI20 loit an wree ds ve Lake county went back on a win-- ter echedule over the week--end with no one being killed in auto crashes or being drowned in any of the nu~ meroug lakes, A toll 'of accidents, befitting. De cember or January, came out of the myfiu.;s{ 5 w HUfl 13 INJURED IN seven LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1928 Cars Crash on Bay Road. oZe °3 0 r EN0 IDBUUCL .440 _ WABS 4C | . Heatring of the facts in the case scribed 'at 5 feet 9 inches tall with |instituted by States Attorney Smith a fringe of light hair about his bald | and Supervisor ~Matt Dilger against spot, with clear ._complexion ~and| George Bairstow, former Waukegan t eat a i '"n. black shoes and :: «:«u&:"m Tues-- mto &A ue ~su &~ )4 UG : a white necktie: f \___ -- |day in cireult court.. Charles,--© a <--house== painter, have rooms with the family of Ernest Bed It" was shortly before : noon who sald his name was Peterson, ap-- Deared--and asked to see Mrs. Smith. To ker 'bhe erplained that she had i Talked Like an Artist * Chief--of Police Lester Tiffany was summoned <and took a statement and you are a captive: When I'm through with you I'll kill you,"* _ Thie part 'of the program he aban-- doned. Instead, he left Mrs. Smith, almost nude and in a dazed 'condi-- tion, still bound to the tree. It was middle age and wearing gold rim med mfidm about : the helpless young woman and brandish ed a hatchet before her. * Mrs. Margaret Smith, 26 years old, a model, was lured to a lonely copse ----';"._A'_.A Lt uk M" . peendo artist, was bound to a tree on the pretext that she was to rep-- be Burned--at the stake, and -- was P oA was then attacked by her employer. ~ _After binding her hands to a Model Tied to _ Forest Poiive After Crime." Near Everett. June Brides Lake Gounty's Big Weekly _ WAUKECAN WTI c o i . . m e o t s / en + a uie i ig onl ce s C t o ogpnt se ¥e :3 % \oe ied as a'model, add-- -- L ing It a "inka"* ang m . 3. _ 3 "3°0° |ceivred a--severe injury to her head C oo o g CUarieton Moseley, Highland Park; | ing it a "joke" and Courtney label--| which was attended by Dr. Benjamin he aban-- | approved. _ _ ling it a "merrty--go--round." Goldberg. She remained 1 nthe hos-- 8. Smith, ) Herbert A. Parkyn, Highland Park; The House debated the gasoline| pital over night, leaving . for her l"wmbwmmmmmanythemhmsnmy. 0. It was |ents "'fiuofoonmugudflthcflent:. Mirrcinandin s ce uen was able Anna Bricknell, Lake Forest; branch made no effort to j ¢ mmm?,or;mmodnd,nfin'& Wright . traction un,P"'mf'"'NW To it 1. We Manew spoaoone, an ghlang | Yhich passed . hite:a _'weék ospital Dedication =mkmi,:f;-w""w'm. . to ind H n:,."': .."';"' C atlowed. -- 'mhoflofl'gtvl:"ie"oh'ff 'The Condell Nemorial hosnital is A% N a2rs2 oL. _county and Attorneys George W. %'f', and J. E. Bairstow acted for the defendant, _ * f Bairstow. returned appro¥imately $45,000 to Dilger when he left office biut Dilger~ claimed ~ that. $4,450 shown as paid to Mrs. Sarah Show: ers by Bairstow should have been Te P e Of OCs Semnedt to Orin. D. Goss. Bond of $40,000. Proof of heir-- on final report continued to July 2. Carleton Moseley, Highland Park; Inventory approved. 7 to pay interest and .to sell certain stock. . Mrse. Cora Goss, North Chicago, is to go to the husband, Orin, it was shown Monday in the probate court before Judge Martin C. Decker; Hear-- ings for the day included the follow-- ing cases: : -- Charles--H. VanFleot;~Wlon; hear-- ing on final report continued to June "lire Use of Proporty to Her." e Use 0 er $10,000 ESTATE " RECORDS SHOW *Yu2 w < CWHAI No qihe Life use of the $40,000 estate of C Pparges het" o esns 4 dt 2 P at their own expense, and paying the village a definite amount for the ; Residents of West was instructed they can obtain ser-- vice 'by laying the necessary mains at their own exnense "and navim® section, available July.1. revive the Wright .-- traction bill, which passed the Senate a week Ago. { An effort will be made to induce all members of the House to be present next--week for a final vote on the gas tax fund bill, provided the measure passes the Senate to-- day. If passed and signed by Gov. Complaint was made that boys turned thumbs down on sine die ad-- 'Joun-cnt. Both houses took prac-- tically identical action on the gas bill, striking out the clause for a division of the money and giving it all to the counties for road work to be carried out under the supervision 'Oftkh:l't:h"m.nto(mwe works and buildings. Both Houses frowned on the ort-- ginal plan to split the money be-- tween the state and counties. Num-- erous . members believed that due to the several injunctions tying up a """'.::.:.?.;":'&...'"" o Ne io money i ] 1 "-m" probably will be out of the way.s=> _ ; Senator Thomas Courtney of Chi-- 'cago strongly favored adjournment Sine die, urged his motion be passed and was rebuked by Lieut Gov. "I will --watch this motion to ad-- 'Senators were critical of the spe-- clal session, Senator Woods brand-- ing it a "joke" and Courtney label-- ling it a "merty--go--round." the rane wok poatientiy ns name , e same action on the bill as did the Senate. The lower branch made no effort to held tomorrow or Monday and the members--will return next week for a final roll call. With a two--thirds vote present in l.:l'hcfllll.m.hul.--no"not Iilinois counties for a share of the amendment of the measure for this purpose: by the House and Senate last--night and advancemnet of the bil} to its passage stage in the Sen-- ate.-- The solons will attempt to give it final--approval today, then -enutomnommm' at ¢ The House, if it receives the bill, will send it <to second reading to-- Hfium Amhsmte Approve mflm of State. MONEY UNDER BILL senting. ballot. : The ~biH! --was works and 'Quildings, was 'pats ed 'by the senate without a div Tuesday afterncoon. The nu.z appropriating the funds in the state treasury collected under the gasoline tax law, to the .counties for n';: work under supervision of n-b_rdom:F'_'u pubtic works: and buildings," was 'pase the house and senate today set next : Wednesday for sine die ad-- journment, wound up the fittle Springfield, 111.,; June 1.--Ami-- until 5: o'clock next money would -- be 193 reported to be low with their bid on th: Long LakeRound Lake road it was learned Tuesday in office of R. l(.bpbdou.mt:;lw.nu:.utot highways, where paving was :«?g:z y oriig mme ind to ho below wmw Cape Low on Invocation--Rev. John BE DelLong. Introductory Remarks--Judge Ben H'nufi'---u John L. Taylor betaif of Trustees of Hospital. _ Remarks--Paul G. Ray Ment Board of Directors. _ ' Address--Dr. W. A. Evaps. TLibertyvilie' s -- greatest institutions. The Condell Nemorial hospital is io be dedicated nn Sunday, June 10, at 3 o'clock p c.. daylight sa1 ing time, at the hospital site on South Stewart Avenue, Libertyville:s A fine program has been arranged for James Cape & Bons, Racing, were nartad ta Intw swith thate hiA an several bottles of \Uqnor in the bus o atoug Sat poae about 10 -- fect gone t lloc\:'thtnchbdonh,mthh to the machine. Mrs. Bess Carlyon of 3716 North Spaulding avenue, Chicago, and her daughter Evelyn of the same ad-- both were brough Victory Music--Rapid Transit Band. Music--Chicago -- Rapid~ 'Transit m m awung m m mh unds Aamorr & g > tw ce hi * --ssirs '_(' and the limited came to @ halt in|tp her disappesrence was emplujed | lt::owto prevent --a collision, the DO--| by thé Crispette company on North _ Hartong was brought to the coun-- G'mfi. * g}f" enarged him with .. driying;, & ©B"|~ gay or two subscquent to her dis while ~drunk. Fred of _ , a bus} the divorce action that her husband dflver,mhbmmdmmm" drunkennese and prematurely Saturday @vening when|that hbe frequently abused ber, ---- : he missed the turn &t Rockiand and| ~Easterbrook, apparently has dis-- Waukegan' roads and went up the|appeared. iInquiry at the Johnson North Shore Line track. Motor company plant where --he was passengers complained to Chief of| he has not been at work there this Police Lester 'Tiffany Of Lake For--| week At his home it was stated est that they had more than their| that no one knows where he i# or share of~thrills in that & limited | when he will return_ from Mundelein FORSAKES ROAD TO DRIVE BRRACK Passenigers Get Thrill as Lim ited Halts to Prevent Bad Al Kilchman Says : for B the grammar grades.: -- . ~ _ PE n ?'vl-ll.' & uPC Add - anditorium of the mw""' ship High School. Tou®, sented by a group t the "' "Lady Frantes," x ;a'.,_,f + an Att SA lege Life".: will be acted by . sefest w aeepete ons mek the ct:lnnulubot"\'o! the com ts, 2 showed no authority other than the St.. Joseph's Sche As he _t;( i Cther car slow-- ed down ne i0f stepped to the running board, gun in hand, and looked at him GhestJioningly. It was later learned that Bock at Half Day--had lost a 'machine in _ Give Ug : e : ~-- -- Frio; Pose as f Three men, claiming to be state officers out 6f Springfield, late Mon-- appearance. They supplied the of-- ficers with a complete description present time.--the police have not been able to obtain any trace of the young woman. Nelther havre they been able to locate the husband. that no one knows 'where he is or when he 'will return. a The couple were -- martied about two'fl!:'l.%:-dhlni'":'} months young woman se mwmmfi divorce he would kill her, her moth-- enuz.munmm- Relatives of the girl refusse to maintain thhwt that -- the differences during the absence of the parents and have left the city to gether. l\onlthm': tween the two--and bitterness by the girl against the man would charge,-- and 'had tartind her to an sautomobile which he had waiting nearby before relatives rescued her, Some ; Easterbrook told his v&Wflnm suit for woman mm'ww »': E?.....," ns John. Rasterbrook, aged 2%, whom she-- is suing for divorce in circuit her parents, Mr. and-- Mrs." Frank erbrook, 21 <years, ~from her mfl.g:l" ESt., Waukegan Gun-- erbrook day --or Disappearance 'of Mré, Mary Kast-- 's school will '"take place on d "P,-f " -?13" i u': : $ "";' hi 3+ y **%*--».l1 T4 Bs K4. * & ~444 e :; >-.4 «,t. rf .';'. * ;"'. P To

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