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Mre. McLauzhlin, it will be re-- membered, has attained quite a rep-- utation as a collector of dogs. How-- ever, as far as Christmas adoption is concerned, she hinted yesterday that husbands were furnishing the main opposition. She explained that her sister had started adopting, and along about the fourth dog the sister's husband began to complain. He wanted to know how long this influxr of mon-- greis was to continue. going forward, and she plans to do everything for the dozs but hang -- Mrs. McLaughlin added that she was having about the same kind of trouble with hber=own husband, as she was riding was demolished when struck by a southbound lim-- ited train on the Twentyninth St. crossing of the Chicago and North: western railroad company at 6:50 o'clock Tuesday morning. The woman is believed to have suffered a fracture of the skull, a fracture of the left arm, and a se vere cut over here right eye. "Let an orphan share your Christ-- mas cheer." reads the advertisement she recently inserted in the Lake Forest newspaper. Praecipes in two damage suits, asking $20,000 from the North Shore line railroad, were filed Thursday in circuit court by Attorney J. A. Mil} er for two children killed by a train at the 16th street crossing in North Chicago several weeks ago. Her idea is that the 100 inmates of her West Deerfield _ kennels should have Chrietmas in _ real homes. She wants them adopted in-- to homes where the environment is helpful and the true Yule spirit is everythingz the most exacting dog could wish FATALLY HURT AS TRAIN HITS AUTO IN ZION Believed to have been fatally in-- jured, Mrs. Belle Lawrence, aged 50 years, of 2902 Eligha avenue, Zion, is in a critical condition in the Vic-- tory Memorial hospital in Wauke-- gan, after the automobile in which Both were killed instantly but no one else was injured. * ifi--fic&ughlm has begun a drive to "get the dogs out of the kennels by Christmas." The mother of the children, Mrs. Helen Namkowski, acted as plain-- tiff in both bills as administratrix in the estates. Those killed were Eleanor and Edmund Namkowski. At the time of the accident the automobile in which the children were riding was crossing the tracks. The machine almost was clear of the ralls when the car came through and sheared the back seat away. It was in this part of the auto that the youngsters were riding. The accident in which she was injured was the second of the ind to occur on a North Western rail ro@d crossing in that city within the past week. Changing Henry Ford's famous slogan of 1916 a bit, Mrs. Irene _C.ns- VOLUME XXXVI--NUMBER 51. SEEK HOMES FOR -- 100 PET DOGS Machine Driven By Woman Struck on Twenty--Ninth Street Crossing can The victim is married and is the wife of William Lawrence of Zion. She has several children and is known as industrious and is a val-- ued employe of the lace industry. $20,000 DAMAGE SUIT FILED FOR 7 KILLED BY CAR According to the story told to the Zion polise by the crossing flagman, he blew his whistle when he eaw the car approaching ard then raised both a hand, stop sizn and a lantern. The train, an express from Roch ester, Minn., which does not stop at Zion, was moving at a high rate of speed when it crashed into the side of the automobile. The ma-- chine was thrown to the side of the crossing. The crossing is not equipped with gates, however, and it was stated in Zion today that in view nf the vol-- ume of traffic over the crossing an application may be made to the railroad gompany to install gates there. th Mrs. Helen Mankowski Sues North Shore Line for Death of Children , the Christmas plans are LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT _ Lake County's Big Weekly _ WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN Bid of $123,378 Gets High School Contract ported as much improved today. Dr. J. L. Taylor of Libertyville, county coroner, is one of the latest of the better known men of the county to be forced to take to his bed to fight off an attack of influ-- Dec. 15--They die in the electric chair. Dec. 11--Warden Green selects the jury of 12. ~ _ is rejected July 11--Martin is arrested in Chi-- cago. July 12--Boone is arrested in Chi-- cago. \_Oct. 8--Clark pleads guilty; the othere not guilty. Oct. 22--Boone and Martin plead guilty. _ Bresette anud Brown go to trial Oct., 24--The verdict with a death penalty is returned. Oct. 29--Clark's penalty is fixed. The date of execution is set. Nov. 15----Bresette's plea to the legion is ignored. Nov. 16----The three prisoners are taken to Joliet. Nov. 17--They are placed in soli-- tary confinement. ; . The Libertyville Construction Co. was awarded the contract for the construction of the new addition to the high school Monday night, when the board of education held a meet-- ing at the high scool. A week pre-- vious the board met to receive bids for the work, but it was found that all bids subm'ttedt were over the es-- timate. Several of the lowest bids were held for consideration includ-- ing that of the Libertyville Construc-- tion Co., which submitted the low bid-- of $137,.000. At the mreting on Monday n ght of this week, several items were excluded from the orig-- inal plans of the building and the ecqntract was awardeqd to the local concern for $121,378, The plumbing and heating for the new building was allotted to J. T. McGrath, local plumber, whose bid of $31,675 was low.: The contract for the electrical work has not yet been awarded. Every effort will be made by the contractors to have the build ng com-- nleted by September 1, 1929. Word from the LibertyviHe Construction Co. today )TRursuay( is that they will start excavation for the founda-- tion as soon as they can get their equipment, men and materials to gether. This will not be later than next week. 'The members of the _ townsh p board of education are particularly gratified that they were able to shave the original estimte, thereby saving the taxpayers a large ount. It is also a source otz-)grumcariun that the work is to be "done by local con-- tractors, thereby assuring that Lib ertyville labor will be employed. The successful contractor is well able to complete this big jJov. as is shown by the record time in which they com Rev. Dickey Leaves For New Charge bettern comml Prior to going to the _ Chicago church, Rey. Mr. Dickey was pastOor of the .Libertyville Methodist Epis-- copal church, and hg and Ahis wife made many friends during their res-- idence here. Their many friends will be pleased to know of him being given this important post in Eim-- hurst. Seven months, lacking one day, after Will Beck was slain on his Millburn farm, his murderers pald with their lives ijn-- the -- electric chair. The sequences of the crime were as follows: May 16--Clark, Brown and Bres-- ette entered the Beck home for the purpose of robbing it and shot the 35--year--old farmer. May 17--Beck dies from the wound. Bresette and Brown are caught by Chicago police. Reward of $1,000 is offered for the capture of Clark. May 19--Beck is interred. July 10--Clark is caught in Louls-- ville, Ky. church nex troduce the gregation. ne xt they Robbed Homa May 16 and Beck Died Following Day; Sentenced Oct. 29 10no Dr MURDERERS DIF 7 MONTHS AFTER BECK IS KILLED build will be 13--Their plea for clemency time bea' 6 W W NN ago Western dio Julia Gay M. I 'o morD e to i1 AStTOT new w l hu to receive bids was found that 're over the es-- m n key, who has regetic worker Al 1¢ LC CO M _The candidates on the Members were successful in every instance. Of 30 ballots 'cast George Ives re-- ceived 24 to be elected pres'dent. Martin Casey was chosen vice presi-- dent with 20 vges. Harry Meyer was re--elected to the secretarial position with 25 votes. L. E. Gold-- ing received 20 votes for election as treasurer and Ross Triggs was named to the Board of Directors. Judges of the election were E. W.' Waterhouse and E. W. CoWby and clerks of the election were W. 4. Nicholas and W. E. Larsen. k er, and E. H. Corlett for director. On the Workers Ticket Harold Gray was listed for pres'dent, C. O. Carl-- son for vice »resident, H. E, Gaddis for secretary, Leoa J. Andrass for treasurer and Harry Pester for director. The candidates for direc-- tor to be elected for three years. The evening's entertainment start--| ed with a big dinner that was ser~| ved in the club rooms. Immediately , after the dinner printed ballots were passed out to al members présent.' The ballots showed that three tick-- ets were in the ryunning for the balloting. The Members Ticket in-i cluded, George Ives for president, Martin J. Casey for vice president, ; Harry Meyer for secretary, L E.: Gold ng for treasurer, and R. S. Triggs for director. On the Peoples Ticket the list was as follows:Theo. Swan for president, George Eaton for vice president, Ray N. Smith for secretary, W. C. Hubbell for treasur Using official printed ballots and all the forms of a regular official election the Libertyyille Club #¥oted six Libertyville men into the offices of the organization at their annual meeting Tuesday n'ght. Club Uses Official Election Methods ting an educalti Tuesday, when t by Probate Ju<ds "And it is my wish and desire that said trustees use the same as far as possible in promoting, supporting, and assisting the education of those children who are poor and for which our laws make no provision for ms-- sistance and education," it recited. "HMaving lived most of my life in stronz in the third period and added the city of Waukegan and having six points to their count of ten, while au-unxlll;uvq the butlk tff my propet Libertyville was content to only add t)" {n said city and 'durmz -'flid time four points to their tota'l. The plvay having fnrmvd most of my friend-- was tast in the final quarter, with ships therein it is my desire and L bertyville gathering ten additional wish to so dispose of my provperty points to Warren's nine. The final that it will be nr.the zroates( Iwnc-vdri\'e by the visitors brought their f!t to the community in which I have total to 19, but was not enough to fls having beck keenly intesesiodisrange aud biech. " " "" " * 1 ed orange an ack. in the .common schools and feelinzf strid, Gehrke and Hall did the that they are the foundation upon scoring for Warren. Strid collected which our success as a nation and three field baskets and two free DiOODle is based I therefor give, de--|throws, wh'le Gehrke gathered three vise, beq ¢ eduralion "of" the Waubegan Chaigor ons basker auo two fieg throws. school district and to their lucceu-' The lightweight affair, which pre-- ors in trust the balance of all my ceued the hea@vyweight battle, was a property. |u.st rame with the home »onies tak-- FRANK KENDALL LEAVES $8,520 TO THE SCHOOLS K1 Kindly Old Resident Asks That Property Be Used to Aid Education of Poor h LIBERTYVLLE, LA KE COUNTY, ILLNOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928. C h M +} DrOo 'and other schools with strong teams looming up. . Nevertheless, he is 'probably considerably brightened by the fine style in which Horenberger, Litchfield, Sage and others of his "'players performed Friday night. A Friday night's victory put a little d fferent front on the basketbAll sit-- uation at the high school. Just a week before the games Coach Martin was somewhat perolexed as to how he could start the season with a team chosen from none too good material. Warren is believed to be much weaker than last year, which would in some measure account for Libertyville's victories. Martin still has plenty to worry about, what with the games with Antioch, Barrington Libertyville's school band was on hand--and furnished some l vely mus-- ic during the quarters and halves. Large delegations of, cheering stu-- dents were present, from both the schools, as well as many of the tow ns people of Libertyville and Munde-- lein and nearby points. o The final score was: Liber:yyville Hall, lg .. 17. Warren 10. J. Newbore, Peter-- Edwards, son and Wrench @athered two field Kelley, rg baskets a plece for the orangP.and' Totals black. Peterson was credited wit"\ Liberty1 one free throw. A. Newbore and Coach Ma Burnett each got one field goal to Litchfield, complete the Libertyville scoring. Horenberg Moore, Panzer, Durbin and Kelley Sage, c ... each gathered one field goal for the Geary, rg maize and gold. Kelley and Durbin Thomas, ] also made one free throw each. Murphy, H | The lightweight affair, which pre-- |*'°"C 14Ke8, lursGg: ceued the heavyweight battle, was a | with issuing bad che fast game, with the home m»onies tak--| PAtiOn filed in cou ing lead in the opening period and | State's Attorney A. I holding it until the closing whistle.| than a dozen of his 1 Neither team got going in the first | that they received w quarter, Warren collecting nothing""om him. and Libertyyville getting one !reez--"__ throw. 'The orange and black ponies | CC increased their count to 7 by halt'"'&m with any of the t'me, while Warren could only ac-- Yangerous at any tir count for one free throw. The score And black teams jour at this stage was: Libertyville ]3.J\'Hle tonight (Thursd; Warren 3. The home boys added six}encounter the fast t »oints to their total in the third high school 'at that ; period, while Warren added two. ence games. Warren speeded up in the final per;] The lineup for the lod and boosted the'r score to a total night's games follow of ten 'by garnering three field bas1 Warren Heavies--1 kets and a free throw. This was not| _ Coach Kelton enough to best the orange anu black Smith, rf ..............___. midgets, who had come through with Gehrke, If ..... ... two field goals to boost their score Striu, c nriprenerpgevessvare to 17. |Dixon, rg .. _..l..... The final score was: Liber:yville | Hall, Ig ... ___..... 17 Warren 10. J. Newbore, Peter-- Edwards, rf _ _.... _ Was flast in the final quarter, with L bertyville gathering ten additiona points to Warren's nine. The fina drive by the visitors brought thein total to 19, but was not enough t( overcome the lead piled up by th« orange and black. O W Season Opened With Libertyville Victorys 14 C¥ W Circulation Greater than cther Weeklies in County®Cembined Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyvyille, Illinois, as Second Clasg Matter. All Aglow O| ir total. The play inal quarter, with ring ten additional s nine. ~The final tors brought their was not enough to W W arr D MUTDRHY, K ----.----ccrvosccsvescossscerenes Pet@rSOND, C .._._._._..._._.__-- BUIROLL, TW# .......ccoowuoncesseesvegess. RAQKC, NJ ~s..--.--------mmmucooeseretreren A. Newbore, :f ........_._. NYTBRCH, M .......:oo----scorcrnrrrsersoss KeQOF, NJ ........_cossssssscammus TOtAIS.__._................___._.__ Libertyville Lights--17 Coach Crawford J. NMNOWBOPO, TL ..cccccocsaccem r'anzer, c . Durbin, rf .. O'Hare, ig Hamlin, If Moore, c .. Heim, rg .. Kelley, 1g Russell, rf Libertyville Heavies Coach Martin Litchfield, 'rf ...u0..... Horenberger, If ... BBARKE, O ..inl.oieechereersrecicimess GCATY, TE ...cctarccccrrsanonesse T HOMAS, Ag@ Soummsrscraclss.. Murphy, Hf 2....0.00 022. TegON, C .222 es BATDOHMH, TR 'mmmnancimmsccuccersk Grimes, Ig .....22222. Coach Kelton Mller, rf cuu.0s. Totals.. ... Warren Lights--10 team with any of these men on it is dangerous at any time. The orange and black teams journey to Bensen-- ville tonight (Thursday), where they encounter the fast teams from the high school 'at that place in confer-- ence games. D. S. Donoghue, of Chicago, a con-- tractor who completed large jobs at the Veteran's Bureau hospital at Great Lakes, Thursday was charged with issuing bad checks in an infor mation filed in county court by State's Attorney A. V. Smith. More than a dozen of his laborers claimed that they received worthless checks from him. With the time for filing still a long time away,; it is expected that there will be many moré candidates on the ballot at the primaries. Emmerson. It is also reported that AhIstrom will run again and that Thomas E. Kennedy, present assist-- ant chief of'police, will be a candi-- date. Dennis Limberry, village mar shal at Libertyville is also expected to enter the race. While there have been a large number of declared candidates, none bave formaly announced their en-- trance into the race. It is expected, however, that Lester N. Tiffany, chief of police at Lake Forest and chief deputy under Sheriff Edwin Ahistrom, will enter the race as will Elmer J. Green, present warden of the "Illinois State Penitentiary -- At Joliet unless he is retained in his present position under| Governor Emmerson. It is also reported that Ahlistrom -- will run again and that nenis of W aukexan. i ueSday isSled his formal announcement that he will be a candidate for the offiee of sherif of Lake county at the elec-- tion to be held a vyear from next COMMISSIONER GEE | TOSSES HAT INTO SHERIFF'S RACEF Police Commissioner An-ff'l nounces Candidacy for ;. Sheriff of Lake Co. & Totale W o d t =s, 2 s BOARD ADJOURNS weoes tel to/ WITHOU ACTING ajear tow aoa! -- OQON THE GAS TAX the teams in Friday his backers in 18 did 0| Mss Ruth Knox, 321 N. First St., 0 |was united in mar&?ge to Raymond 1 | Sievers, HisHland .RPark, at 9:30 last 0 |Friday morning, at the Presbyterian 0 |church, by th¢ Revf Guy E. Smock. 1 |The bride is the daughter of Mr. and 0 'Mrs. L. D. Knox, an ' is well known 2 in Libertyville. Shigraduated from 't.he high school with the class of F)192%6, later attending Lake Forest 0 |College. The groom is a well known 0 |Highland Park young man. Imme-- 1 |diately after the sérvice, a wedding 9 |iuncheon was served: at the home of 0 'the parents of the bride, after which 0 the |bridal couple 49ft on a trip to O--Iowa and Texgs. | )n their return 0 they--will make the} home in High-- 1 |land 'Park. I ; 1€ {| _ During his term ?)\r. Gallahue has [ been able to get tF \ county on th 'accredited list, wh} h ealls . for the |lesting of all cattleg His term does t expire until Feb. 1 but as the [board does not meet again until &fter that date is was nesessary to take the matter up at this session. ; After a ('onfereéco with the fi-- nance comimmittee, ¥wnsisting of Su-- pervisors A. K. V, fcoe, John-- D. Thomas, E. A. Ficp. and H.~C. W. Meyer, and the Fkpmer's Institute committee of _ Swpy rvisors _C. _ H. Stratton, C. J. Wrght and B. F. Na-- bor, it was (lpvid{éfi to increase. the expense account the veterinarian from $600 to Sl.'.'I_{O a year. No mention of@an assistant was made. Help has tr\@n granted by the state dt-partmmn;-'_'ot, agriculture dur inz the last nine months. Dr. T. P. Galla®te, county veter-- inarian, Thursday @% .s re--hired by the county for a secadnd term and the contract, calling {¢* an annual sal-- ary of $4,100, wesiapproved by the board. 4 At the time the first gas tax was proposed the board suggested that the state enact it"*as a law. This was done but it w is later declared invalid by the supreme court. Members agreed, it is understood, that their action would have little effect on the legislature so it was decided to let. the proposition die in committee and await any vyote of the legislature. ; : DR. GALLAHUE IS REKIRED; TO GET --MORE EXPENSES Proceedings in| the probate court before --Judge -- Martin --C._ Decker Thursday inrlud«g the 'following Cagses: o. port of sale of real estate approved Pasquale Yum.,\ Highland Park; report of distrihw on approved, es tate closed. % : Eliza Ann Spunner, Lake Zurich; letters of administration to collect issued to Justine L Spinner, Bond of $100,000. _ Petition for 'probate of will filed and «et for hearing April fir Johnn A. Welc report approved closed. ed Thursday and comnletely FILE WILL OF ELIZA SPUNNER IN PROBATE CT. to the cities anq villages Supervisor Edward Meéew said to be bitterlyv. opposed cent tax but willfig to agm 2 prent tax for the coneide the state legislature. The board référred the to the resolutiomns committ« was never reported out. Eva R. Gerhardt, Hizbhland Park will admitted to probate, letters tes tamentary isgued to Jane Mills, bon: and Mre, Radke taken. Annie M Mins Bondlof $100,000 Approved and Hearing on Will Is Set for April 15 Could Not Agree on Amount So the Matter Was Dropped in -- the (Committee Orlando _ W. [Burris. Waukegan al report appqo»'wi. estate closed Fred Gruner, {fncompetent; letter: rnnswrvutor=§11p rssued to Her an C. Litchfelg@. -- Carl Robert : HMeffman,. Zion: o re T'h in ttel §12 2AAA .' ¥FI-'1,at:. bequeaths ind grandchiidren. except irch arfd church societies 1 property |to Helen Jol #p Welch E. Vi, rcoe k: Ficp. a the F8 pme Sup, rvis . \\'x;'"hr a ecld); to int lfi? the Sl.'.'h a y i omilan a: #f 1 ba W W ta rrington: final ate of $25.713 W ropnosal n n 0 1t n to a fund initiated by the retail com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce. The work of attaching the trees to the poles and the 'stringing of the light wires was completed last Sat-- urday. _A part of the trees were lighted u» on Saturday nite for the first time. The Christmas tree in The total expense of placing the small lighted Christmas trees on the lamp posts on either side of Milwau-- kee Avenue, in the business district will cost $400. The expense will be borne by the merchanti and business men of Libertyville, who contributed Cook Park wil 'be decorated and l'ghted some time this week. It is expected that the will result in the revival 0| ment for the establishme airport and possible _ mai for -- Waukeszan. Waukes: North Chicago bhave supp« air mail but it ie believe this city were made a reg on such a system that the of air mail would be gr creaged. The two concerns with which these men are cornected are head-- ed by Col. Paul Henderson, chair-- man of the Chicago Aero commis: sion and former member of the Uni-- ted States Air commission. The Lions club is being assisted in preparations for the event by Postmaster Mancel Talceott. It is expected that the meeting will result in the revival of a move-- Mr. Wolfe will be accompanied by one of the many well known pi-- lotg engaged in air transportation of mail who will tell of his exper:-- iences as well as outline the sys-- tems followed by pilots in the hand-- ling of mail matter. The gathering will be addressed by Thomas Wolfe, Jr., of Chicago. manager of the Chicago division of the 'National Air Transport com-- pany and the Trans--continental mail service, which hold the major contracts for movement of air by mail in the nation. Plans for a gathering in which the values eand advantages of air mail to the nation and the need of an airport for Waukegan and North Chicago will be stresseq at a meeting to be held in Waukegan on January 17 under the auspices of the Waukegan Lions club. Nationally Known Air Mail Transport Officials Will Come to the City AIR MAIL AND * AIRPORT MEET, PLAN OF LIONS CITY IS DENIED $600 IN CLAIMS FROM OFFICERS Highland Park Loses Suits for Fines From Estates of Two Deceased Men George Brown Says T1 W @ue REASON WHY I Fu3O EASY TD BE GHEERFUL $ . "THAT WHILE YOUNG | FORMED THE HABIT OF SAvING A PART OF MY EARNINGS EACH MONTH, AWO OW | NEVER aAmM WORARED OVER MOMEY MArmEprs--: , is wor Easy o ge cueery ; _ WHEL woure eroKe n im M di 11 chla City nrad 11 SA We sAment mail H reat] tla 1 t] n it hed an In a $15.0 The : court. =: ney A. balked each as a still in his home, was named is an information that ' will bring him before County Judge P. L Persons. t W PIGGERS ALMOST GO TO PEN BUT BOARD RELENTS File _ Informations _ Against Pair That May Bring Jail Terms for Both "And whereas, the imposition of fines alone without imprisonment does not appear to reduce the num-- ber of violations of the law with reference to infractions of the pro hibition etatute, therefore, be it re solved, that the board of superyvits ors of the county of Lake and State of lHlinois respectfully request the states attorney or «aid county te insist upon prison sentences for euch violations. "And. be it further resolved, that the said states attorney be request ed to enforce that proyision of the statute which provides for the com fiscation of vehicles usgsed in trans portation of liquor when offenses of that kind 'occur in the said county of Lake." BOOZE RUNNERS BALK AT HINES; . SUITS STARTED than $1,500 and not less than of rear and. not more than two in t state petitentiary. or both. And from then on came the "kick It was: Propose Resolution Demand-- ing Col. Smith to Ask Prison Sentences *4 W \\ Resolution W Gave!l Brings Sleep How Old Is Ann? men." augried one m $1.50 A YEAR W as r part of the room asked : ecite that on & ie 'fine could be and not more t less than one than two in the W m 1y 41 making t the attorn air brought eet, _ He de "jay" vote t a roll call. yoted on the MUr. Murpby. "Hot" creeted thig a ne, "I don't the powers e and enact t} judgment ?" part came avne t} oT wer would e remark. ime sign," x6 s in the than six N by re-- bootleg-- an $100 red Mr c'l the ugh in-- 1 when by say V. Mur law is + reeo-- la w be tioners n!iOB --cond desk send that ) per ligh-- pted it it s of but stop the law, W a$® on 1B a 8