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_ VOLUME XXXVIE=NUMBER 38. _ LIBERTYVLLE, LAKECOUNTY, ILLNOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928. 59. 1'.&' ~<% "So wee 9 fi Ac% Failure The trial of James Post, of High-- land Park, which was set for Wed-- mnesday in the local police court, was continued to Sept. 27, because of the mdflmgamn the date first set for . --. Post, George D. Nehmers, 4701-- N. Avers Ave., Chicago, and severely injured Mrs. Nehmers, was placed under ar-- rest and brought to Libertyville, and eharged with violation of section 40 of the state motor vehicle law, and with reckless driving. Post was re leased under $1,000 bonds, signed by J J. Flannigan, of Highwood. At the time of the accidecrt, Mrs. Nehmers and small son were hurled from the car by the impact. She was taken to the Condell Memorial hospital, Dr. F. H. Martin administered first aid. Exramination revealed that no bones Left Shotgun as Bail who early last Sunday morning ran into and wrecked the automobile of and rabbit come in season Nov. 10. Hunting opened Sept. 1 for mourn-- Iing doves and squirrels. --~Buck hunting opened 15 days ear-- Mer this year. For two seasons the date had run as late as Oct. 1. This spolHed most of the teal shooting as that bird was one of the first to start toward the gulfl. pimined of internal pains. Later she was taken to her home in Chicago in the Luce & Earl ambulance. The ease will be heard Thuraday of next Barl E. Smith, of Chicago, was ar-- rested Sunday afternoon on com-- plaint of Jay Cairns, who claims that Smith ran past the lights at Milwau-- tkee and Park avenues, barely missed struck two children when the Smith machine swerved to the southeast corner of the streets named. Smith was taken to police court and offered to leave a shot gun in lieu of cash bomd for his appearance Wednesday. He came to Libertyville the first of the week and left $15 in cash, and mmmmmwm took his shot gun. He to ap-- pear for trial Wednesday, and the bond was declared forfeited. of not stopping at a state road be-- fore crossing it. At the time of the accident Earl was going south on Route 21 when Smith, headed east, on Route 22, crashed into him at the intersection. Six witnesses testified at the trial Wednesday. Park, was found guilty of violating section 34 of the motor vehicle law, when he craszshed into the new car of John Earl Wednesday night of last week, at Half Day, and the court im posed a fine of $100 at the trial in Libertyville yesterday, Attorney Er-- nest Gail, of Highland Park, counsel tor the defendant, announced his in-- tention of taking an appeal to the circuit court. Rubly was found guilty Gridliey was released and the order of the court is that he is absolved from paying the alimony. This ac tion was taken when it was shown that previous testimony introduced at the divorce trial, was different from facts in the case. °. Mr. Gridiley returned to Liberty-- ville last Saturday, and has been busy the past week meeting old ao J, Seely Gridley Back ertyville last Saturday, after apend-- Ing the past year in Florida, where he went on account of litigation bro't about by a divorce suit filed by his wife in the Florida_sourts, the de-- tails of which al! readers of the In-- dependent are familiar. Mr. Gridley chose to remain in the southern state rather than meet the terms of a verdict given in favor of and $4,000 to pay expenses of the suit. -- At a hearing last week, Mr diverce. She was awarded alimony quaintances. Seeley has a legion of Mh'&b@ummm to see 'him back. For Appearance Here J. Seely Gridley returned to Lib Rule Brings Full Penalty in the Lake. Regions From Y ear in Florida OPEN DUCK SHOOT 7 e -- seng Pss The Libertyvyille township high school board has authorized the call-- ing of a vote on a $100,000 bond is-- sue for the purpose of adding class-- building in Libertyville. ¢ The size of the classes at that in-- stitution have increased rapidly fore-- ing the action, it is understood. . The school faces about the same proposition as other high schools in the county in that pupils in non-- high school districts come to it in lazge numbers each year,. It draws all through Avon, Grant, Lake Villa and Vernoh towngshipzs. in gwill not cut into the athletio field, as its site will be to the north-- west of the playing field. When com pleted, it willhomagymndln having a floor space of by 100 ft. The floor space of the old gym is 52 by 70. There will be an indoor, overhead running track that can also be used to accommodate spectators at athletic games. The galleries on whine the Duilding there is new and seemed adequate at the time it was erected, Libertyville and Mun-- delein contribute increasing num bers due to the increase in popula-- tion in both villages. Ela township is the only district to add a new high school this year. A petition was presented to the high schoo board of education Wed-- nesday night of this week, contain-- ing more than the required number of signatures, asking that the elec-- tion be called to vote on the issuing of $100,000 in bonds for the new building. ~The board set Saturday, October 6th, as the date for the elec-- tion. The polls will be at the high school, and will be omen from twelve o'clock noon until 7 in the evening. The building planned will be di-- rectly to the northeast of the pres ent building. The two will be con-- nected by a corridor. The new build-- the main floor, with the overhead roo mon the track, will have a capac-- ity of close to 2,000 people. .. In the plans space is provided for dressing and shower reoms, class-- rooms and two large rooms to house the manual training and the home economics departments. 'The remoy-- al of these two departments from the old building will enable the space there to be used for class--rooms. There will be plenty of gym room, as both the old and new gymns will be used. The old gym can be used for dramatics and stage plays with-- out hampering athletic work. Principal H. E. Underbrink, long realizing the need for higher and Mchuvorkinthouh':l.bo- gan two ago to enrich cur m'mmnflmmmo been added that have developed into necessities. This has been in keep-- ing with the curriculums of other high schools, and gradually has bro't the local school to a higher standard. With the hoped for new space, this sustam eran he worked out in its $100,000 BOND ISSUE WILL BE ASKED AT L. H. S. Sixty--two One--Room Schools in County Libertyville Finds It Needs room school districts, according to information just given out by Fran-- tis G. Blair, state superintendent ot public instruction. These schools, it is shown, have an average daily attendance of 1,182%.2 pupils. Of the sizty--two one--room schools there are six which have an attend-- ance of 5 to 10 pupils; fifteen with an attendance of from 10 to 15; ten with an attendance of.15 to 18 and $1 with an attendance of more than Classrooms and Gymna-- sium, Board D&es county has sixty--two one n ie > mt $# two teams, was neither victory nor ocm cmatier 208 speedine tons too c 8 {nonlnu of the umo team. "The. latter's brawn showed up well tho' in holding the twice threatened score of Maine, Maine's team play-- ed thru the four quarters without a substitution. Libertyville made one substitution. The game showed the Coach J o hrLs on se veral points and errors in the play of his boysz. He is fortunate that he cabn Maine and Libertyville In Tie Game Tuesday Libertyville's high school light-- weight football team, coached by A. E. JoAnson, fought their lighter but speedier opponents from Maine Twp. to a dead standstill Tuesday after-- noon, on Liberty Field, in a battle that saw the two teams surging uo and down the field with no scoring during any stage of the game. , Maine's lightweight aggregation, coached by George Hagen, pushed the fight all the way and twice were in danger of scoring but Libertyville stiffened each time, held the line, got the ball when Maine failed on downs and punted out of danger. The first danger point arrived for Liber-- tyville, at the close of the first quar-- ter when the home team was pena} ized for being offsides and fumbled in quick succession. This left the ball in Maine's possession deep in Libertyville's territory as the quarter ended. The the resumption of play, Maine attempted to pass over the line for a touchdown, but failed. Lib ertyville intercepted the pass and a minute later, pulled out of danger. The second near score for the purple jerseyed gridders, came close to the end of the game, when a Maine play-- ::dl:ulopdtort'nrdshmwu ¥ downed. Maine endeavored in vain, to puncture Libertyville's iron wall and a few minutes after Libertyville had punted out of danger, the game ended with neither team having been ablé to cross their opponent's goal line. Thus the initial game for the h nmsine idl Sn cbpcratipribe s diriiaee n nernaingtinat cai+ 6+ >A nel in defeat. A medium sized crowd turn-- ed out to watch the game. They con-- sisted of high school pupils from both ummvfllendlflneud.nmber of townspeople." The contest was 8 quiet affair as far as the side lines were concerned.> "A~little cheering was sounded at the close of the game with both sides clamoring for & touchdown before the final whistle ended the game. . No charge waS made for admission to see the game. g.;so:oodzumonm"m" ball his team is playing so early in The Parent--Teachers' Association held their first meeting of the school year on Thursday evening, at the high school. 'About one hundred peo-- ple were in attendance at the pro-- gram,..which consisted of a welsom ing address by Rev. John E. DeLong and short talks by Principal H. E. Upderbrink, of the high echool, and Principal F. A. Hudson, of the Gram-- chairman of the program Tommittee, antlined the wvear's work of the or-- P. T. A. Meeting at H. S. Well Attended Krittle FB Newbore the brand of gan. At the present time, the Gurnee carrier comes to about a mile north of Libertyville, and the Waukegan carrier supplies patrons within two miles of Libertyville on the east. 'The inspectors traveled over the proposed new routes and made a in-- vestigation of the needs of the terri-- tory proposed to be served.. 'Their report will be sent to Washington, and it is expected that the new--rural mail route will be established-- some given to husband. Bond fixed at $50,000.©-- Heirship proved. * Charles W. Lytle, minor, Barring-- ton; second account and report ap-- proved. + Inventory and partnership inven-- tory into the estate of James Mor-- the leading business men of ~the James Morrow & Son, was approvy-- ed Monday by Probate Judge Mar-- Zion; final report as to Esther E. and 4th as to other minors approv-- ed. -- Guardian authorized to . invest funds. Rose Kane, Waukegan; final re port approved, estate closed. Le gacy of Dorothy Kane, minor, depos-- ited --with county treasurer. Charles A. Parsons, Lake Zurich; report of distribution approved, Es-- tate closed. s bulk of the estate consisted of prop-- erty holdings. = * INVENTORY OF JAMES MORROW John F. Welich, Barrington; hear-- ing on claim of¢ James Courtney con-- tinued to Oct.'2. David E. Clarkeg, Waukegan; ventory approved. f . Exceed $4,000, Wealth -- is Mostly Real Estate Circulation Greater than otker We« klies in County Combined Wdfiomflm Illinois, as Second Class Matter. Jane W. Young, %fi;&k e 6. ," fif}fi FS ev*a X se m frmmaay ts . "5' & P se ',';:"m Does Not AGED MURDERER PLEADS GUILIY TO MANSLAUGATER Thomas Morrison, 35, of Rondout, late Monday pleaded gullty to a charge of manslaughter before Cir-- cuit Judge C. C. Edwards. * Coleman, according to his attor-- ney, Willard Longcor, will face a sentence of from one year to life, noj, wWIuairad ajuugVUle VVEEL ECE 0 9B sentence of from one year to life, That is based on the old law. The penalty now is one to fourteen years. "He can be out in eleven months under the minimum sentence," the attorney explained. States Attorney A. Y¥. Smith will put in the -- proofs Wednesday at which time Coleman will be sentenc-- ed to Joliet penitentiary. -- Two months ago, or shortly after he was arrested in California, Cole-- man decided to plead guilty, When he appeared in court he changed his John Coleman, 63, Faces One Year to Life for Slaying Johin Coleman, 63, who was arrest-- | ed 13 years after the slaying of ; Thomas Morrison, 35, of Mt.| late Monday pleaded gullty to a charge of manslaughter before Cir-- cuit Judge C. C. Edwards. * Coleman, according to his attor-- Morrison was a detective for the railroad at Rondout. He had ordered w'm brother, Albert, and two other tramps to leave the yards. As they walked from the depot and do'lmmm Morrison followed Coleman says that Morrison start-- ed to strike his brother. He says he helped wrest the gun from the de-- tective's hand and then shot him in the head. 4 Albert Coleman, along with one of the men, James Coussens, stood trial. Coussens had his case nolle prossed before it was ready for the jury and Albert was acquitted. John was cnuever located but the indict-- ment was returned in 1915 along with the rest. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Tyrrell, day turnukey at the jail, Coleman decid-- ed that it would be better for him to start serving time in Joliet with a chance for a parole rather than re-- maining several months more in the county jail before being sentenced. Two days after he was caught in California he attempted suicide and once, while in the county jail here, he made an ineffectual attempt at taking his life. # % ~~Originally he was picked up by a police sergeant for being drunk. He made the slip of saying, after being twitted by the policeman : *"I killed a Waukegan cop 13 years :s':nd I might as well kill an Wlihtlutu.clu the police gained a confession from him in con-- nection with the murder. Judge Miller Named On County Committee Mrsa. Edwards and the committse that will assist her. Supervisor Dan W. Short of Wau-- kegan, business agent for the steam-- Compromise Made in | Spec. Assessment Suit plea to get out every vote was made by Judge Edwards, Attorney Max Preyborski of North Chicago, chair-- man of the Lake county central re-- publican committee, Attorney Ben Miller, Libertyville, and Lee Mc-- Donough, Waukegan, and 'Richard J. Lyons, Mundelein, both of whom are candidates for state reprdsenta-- James Hood, president of the village wife of Circuit Judge C. C. Edwards, was named chairwoman for the pre-- ecinct committeewomen. Organita-- gan, Henry Rumsey, former mayor of Lake Forest, and H. C. Burnett, Waukegan, president of the Wauke-- gan National bank. This body will Include the executive committee of eentral committee composed of A. N. Tiffany, internal collector of reven-- ue, Antioch; and Messrs. Miller, Short, Trowbridge and Przyborski. Definite steps leading toward the Organization of the party and Name Finance Committee. The finance committee named was 3/ t as o se 2t s a4 ark . t. J mtA es theke . 0 n DP es cce t » ~ Wauke-- C249 4 a |_ The much talked-- of widening of ER the paving in front of the new Pub-- lic Service building at the corner of 'mlnukee avenue and Church 8t., _ _ J aseumed new proportions this week MC when an agreement was presented ] to the president of the village board, gigned by all property owners on the east side of Milwaukee avenue, be-- tween Church street and Broadway, 9'5 ! to make the paving in that block 17 ._"* , feet wider than at present.: Property Owners Are To Add to Path This agreement was signed by the Public Service Co., Dr. E. H. Smith, 6. P. Evilsizor and Kennedy Bros. It <provides for paving with con-- crete, extending the pavement from the east line of the present paving. The curb will be depressed, as was done at two other places in the vil-- -- The Retail Interests committee 6f the -- Libertyville--Mundelein Cham-- ber of Commerce, at a special meet-- *ing held Tuesday evening, completed plans for their fall window trimming contest and style show. The window lage. 'The increased width of the street will allow for parking of ca and not interfere . with the hu% traffic passing that corner. The cost of the extra paving will be borne by the property affected, and at no cost to the village. It is proposed to start work on the job next Monday. f Several weeks ago the Public Ser-- ¥ice Co. was granted permission by the village board to-- widen the pave-- ment in front of the new building be-- ing erected by that company. About three weeks ago a petition, signed by a number of business men, was presented to the board, asking that the action of the board in granting & permit for widening the roadway, be rescinded. The board voted to're-- consider the matter, and to set a date for public hearing.. Nothing has been gaid in the village council meet-- ings since that time relative to the public hearing. «The agreement of all propérty owners in the block to add to the payment in front of their property. : will doubtless settle the question, and the village will have at least one block which will not be Bernard Miller, well known Liber-- tyville young man, and Marie Fred-- ericks, daughter of John Fredericks, of Fremont Center, were married at nuptial high mass by Rev. Father Bernard Laukemper at St. Mary's church, Fremont Center, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. § The groom is the zon of Mrs. Mary Miller, of Libertyville townshinv. He has lived in this neighborhood all his life, and is well known in this part of the county. The bride, a daugh-- ter of John Fredericks, of Fremont Center, is equally well known in Lib ertyville, as well as the district around Fremont Center. Witnesses of the wedding <cere-- mony des¢ribee it as one of the pret-- tiest they have ever seen. The bride was attended: by May Miller, who was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Genevieve Fredericks, Lucinda Miller, Almera Boeam and Bessie Miller. The best man was Sam Mil-- Popular Y oung Couple Wed in Fremont Twp. The bride wore a dress of white satin, a long tulle veil and carried bride's roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor was dressed in orchid taffeta and carried rozes, The four bridesmaids wore taffeta dres» es of lavender, pink, green and yel-- low with brown velvet picture hats and all carried flowers to match the hoe, in honor of the newly mai couple. Mr. Millerand his m on a two weeks' honeymoon, driving through the states to the northwest. On their return they will make their home in Mundelein. % Paul G. Ray, A. J. McDonald and H. A. Watson are members of a spe-- cial committee in charge of the win-- dows.: Cups, of which there are five, will be awarded in the two villages. It is planned to have an expert judge the windows this time, and he will also offer constructive criticism on all windows. This will better enable the merchants to correct mistakes and will tend to produce better win-- dows in the future--. -- -- __ _ _ trimming contest will be held Wed-- nesday evening, Oct. 3r4d, and the style show on the following day. _ Plans Perfected for _ Big Fall Style Show The style show is to be held in the Auditorium Theatre and is in charge of a special committee, composed of Harold Gray, F. J. Tegtmeyer and . L. E. Ray Says: bought some months ago by thes vil lage council. The reportea price of the new apparatus is anvproximately $7,000. The new outfit is greatly su-- perior 'to the old ~Republic truck, which was not equipped with a pump and was used merely to carry the firemen and fire--fighting equipment to the scene of the fire. The new fire engine is equipped with all the latest fire--fighting equipment and in sures the people of the village ample protection for their homes and other buildings. Equipment on the new truck consists of 1,200 feet of two and one--half inch regulation fire hose, with a booster connection from the pump, 200 feet of threequarter inch hose, a forty--gallon foamite tank with 200 feet of hose, one 28--foot ex-- tension ladder, two ten and onehball Tax levies for villages and cities throughout the county, covering the year from May 1, 1928 to April 30, 1929, were filed today with County Clerk Lew A. Hendee for the pur-- pose of extending the tax to make New Fire Engine is Delivered Saturday foot s of four--inch hard flexi-- ble m hose, two two and one-- half, gallon hand fire extinguishers, one hydrant to enging suction, con-- nection, one electric lantern, one Lit-- tle Gilant play pipe with LaFrance truck, one axe, one crowbar, one pike pole, two oil lanterns, one large cen-- ter front spotlight, two medium size rear spotlights, one one and one--half gallon fire gun extinguisher for elec-- tric and small gasoline fires, one electric siren, one locomotive bell, two lengths of ten and one--half inch soft suction hose, two hose reels, one hose box built under rear end of the truck box, two nozzel Aolders, one Siamese hose connection, one 4% by 2% inch female suction hose con-- nection and strainer. The entire out-- fit weighs 7880 pounds. The foamite tank hold 40 gallons of chemical fire extinguisher which produces 320 gal-- lons of foam. 'The motor is of 77 horse power. The length over all is 252 inches. The new truck was driv-- en out from Chicago, on Saturday morning by R. E. Osborne, mechanic for the American--LaFrance comvany. The truck was given trial runs and then left in front of the village hall, where it was looked over and exam-- ined by many townspeople. About three -- o'clock Saturday afternoon. such fireeaters as Ed Schnieder, G. Luce, Pete Hansen and Jim Davis climbed to their places and the out-- tit was driven to the gravel pit north of the St. Paul tracks for a pumping test. The apparatus was set up, the hose unrolled, ~the engine started. collections. The req:t wer Vilage of Village of City of La Village of Beginning last Saturday, the fire danger and hazard was greatly less-- ened in Libertyville by the arrival of the 500 gallon Type 90, American Village of Fox Lake...._._.. 10500 City of Lake Forest.._..____422,470 Village of Antioch..z________ 9,5614 City 04 THOH . .~=~..»c<+«<scrs~~~lH0;00k Village of Lake Villa....__.. 17,300 City of Highland Park......_262,818 LaFrance triple combination pump ing engine and fire truck, which was VILLAGE LEVIES FOR YEAR FILED FOR COLLECTION HTrHCE .~~~.~.«««e««rs=srvc««~IGi000 Village of Round Lake.___.... 2,750 Lake Forest, Asking $422, 000, is the Highest of All Listed With Clerk The requests for operating ex-- enses were as follows: illage of Grayslake._____..} 7,300 Round Lake was walking from Anrn-- tioch to Round Lake when the aute mobile driven by Y. J. Gnorski of Antioch struck him. Cordier was not injured. & The two men had been walking on the right side of the road and Gen-- orke states that he did not see them until the machine was upon them. Gnorski arranged for the removal of Wagner to the county hospital and reported the matter to tatives ~Of the sherlff. Ghorghi in at. ploye on a farm near fined in the Victory Memorial he .piwAvghmmflg received when he was struck by uzommuu-.-; mmmu«_amm Round Lake road at about 8 : Baturday night. Wagner received compound frac tures of both bones in the left leg below the knee and compound frae tures of both bones in the left leg He also sustained bruises about the body and is suffering severely from o s | AUTOONWGAWAY-- _ tached to the Loan Oak Farm and Wagner is employed on the Gottlick reported today. Two children were said to have been slightly injured. Troy Thornton, 1721 Lincoln St., North Chicago, had his car damaged Sunday night on the Killburn road * noon after a collision on Grand ave muu-b'-mmhu Justice Harry Hoyt that the Chica ro.d.Noouvuw c Wwuffin, village attorney, will sent the village when the case up for trial. e A man giving his name as L A. Doolittle, ._wgs arrested on day, on a charge of reckless ing. --He was then brought Justice H. M. Bartiett, where a bo was posted, and the case until Tuesday. He failed to and the bond was forfeited. He gave his address as Waukegan, but would not disclose whether bhe was a rola tive of Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle. Another Waukegan man, John Ben Wagner of Antioch Suft-- fers Compound Fractures of Left Leg and Arm Continued to Sept 27 preferred in Justice Bartiett's court soon after the accident nearly three weeks ago. . Due to the inability of to bemuuncsum rive and the engine was taken back tomevamaumuugu housed in space formerly used by the old trock. An group of spectators were on l at the gravel pit when the stration was made. The old truck has been removed to the Lb ertyville garage. Members of the similar charge. He likewise forfeit-- ed his bond when he failed to put in McHenry County Libertyville Firemen's squad are: s Chief, Bd Schnieder; Asst. Chiet, A. ' Meyers and others of the sasquad aret James Davis, Pete Hansen, Mike Ly-- on, Chas..Herrington, Gene Luce, W. Nage!l and John Lester. 'These men . receive two dollars {for the first hour of fire fighting and one dollar and . _ fifty cents per hour for every hour C chased one thousand feet of w > for the village out of the Firemens' _ _ has been used in the village for the _ past ten or twelve years. Although _ Inquiry into bortleg and. activities in McHenry i be gin this week, it was. a gm 4 at . sapo -h; states Judge ummn rengo, as a result of a plea of cit+-- zens that the county be given "a god cleaning up." The Druggar ke liquor and gam' "ing syndicate t s all but taken possession of the c =~»nty, the petitioners asserted, adding an intimation that an eall+ ance exists between the bootleggers and c»rtain county officials. ° Information -- n fils has already led to the pleacing of liquor and gambling law viol.ation charges against more thr-- 20 of whom ~have been | and admitted to bond except ¢ and admitted to bond ex o two, Mr. Hzdley Me':l."fi b~> expected to place cherges as many more before the --regular county grand jury meets next Mon day. The victim with J. Cordier of . R. Nitsche, 673 South Jackson Inquiry is Started $1.50 A YEAR