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~_LIF Whe entire right of way is outside the Chicago city, limits.. It runs h the extreme south part of ton, just north of . Howard 'at and gradpally works north wntil it lies half way between How-- 'ard. and Oakton streets.. It them wruns straight west to Nilks Center. '-- --At that point the tracks will run morth, just cast of and parallel to the Northwestern, a little more than & mile to Dempster street. It is un-- derstood this will be only a--tem-- " ty términal and that as traffic 1 ds it the tracks will be push-- ad 'northwardto Waukegan. _ Probably both "L" . and North She trains will use the new road, mithough this point has not been | most places, and not less LNRA I < teet wide in any, place.. Such wide tract, it was pointed out at i@ time by the Bun, would not be ces merely for a high tension .mghcmucsorviucopm. ' Much of the right of. way was required by private sale but there w q _ much of it that was obtained aly after condemnation proceedings iad been instigated in cireuit court 1t Waukegan. | building the new line on a. pr :f' rubht of way the eo:l:.hny w1 nlewm-lnwaa igher & of© speed -- without © terruption. im connection with the project ap-- Foximately 55 acres have been ac adjoining" the hnorth channe} f . the 'drainage canal near the new plant, and a buge car shop Fil} be erected to care for all the pment of the "L" and North 3 lines. -- j . taf the present the new extension. be a surface line, with rails laid a private right of way. |It will { 1 under the Chicago &--North Western tracks juast west of Clark aStreet and also will dip under Ridge Nerification 5 LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT -- lete NORTH SHORE LINE -- --OFFERS EMPLOYES -- BOOST IN WAGES _ Officials of the CBHicago and North line . are human--this is de from --a ~statement given out / y front a source which anpears _be authentic,; to the effect that # company has offered the men an u"u. of five cents an " to ~be 6 effective * imme Offer to Pay Them Five Cents an Hour _ More Without f Raise Being Asked. " TO BE EXTEND: ED TO WAUKEGAN UNDER NEW PLAN h Shore Electric railroad, when uncement was made Saturday by officials that a far mc';xu ram of extension for Chicago's ited system is to go into effect ince. as a result of acquisition . PndAi::edT sutep Man m * o "P"b"o Service Right of Way. rification _ of. _ the prediction y in the Daily Sun many months that the sequisition of a right ay from Waukegan to Evanston he Public Bervice company, 08-- ':'lflr'" ts high un:l'on cables. _was q; Tright way tor z4 sneed. lironlh line for the son it is rather difficult to fig 'just. what prompted the com-- to take such an unusual step i time, If in fact this step has en --taken. wolution that has been offered 'that possibly it might stave off clash next June when the nm a new-- scale as it is & plan to do. i6 agreement between the rail-- . ethployes and the company does expire until June 31. For that ly . months ago when the Public stirted to acquire the right XXXL--NUMBER 41. wouatscinfinatival¥ ERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT : MRS. SIMPSON, OLD HOME IN WAUKEGAN PIONEER, DIES AT Mrs. Annie G. Simpson (nee Wil-- | son), a resident of Lake County fot{ Mother of Supt. of 'Schoo Succumbs to An Attack of Pneumonia. 68 years, died Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock at her home, 513 First street, Waukegan, her death resulting from pneumonia. Mrs. Simpson had been critically. ill for the last week. The indirect cause of death is at-- tributed by physicians to an accident encountered by the aged woman on August 3 of this year when an auto in which she was riding was struck parents, Thomas 5. Ang DaTAN . 17. Wilson, she came to New York about 1850. They removed to Waukeagn and later to Benton in Lake county, the site of what is now Zion, in 1855. The farm was sold to the late John Alexander Dowie and Mrs. Simpson moved to Waukegan in 1902; baving lived <there evet since. _ _Three children survive. They are: Mrs. Mary Latto, John W.--Simpson, and T. Arthur Simpson, all of Wau kegan. T. Arthur Simpson is county superinténdent of schools. x & Mrs. Simpson was a member of the Eastern Star and the Woman's Relief Corps. She had been an act-- ive member of the First Baptist church for a number of years. ¢f Bhe was a woman . who made myfi friends wherever she went and her demise brings sorrow to many homes here. , LIBERTYVILLE IS WAKENED BY FIRE A Are that woke --up the entire Iv-l'll'uo M Libertyyille at 4.30 gelock morning gave the volun-- mnmn for ca--Aittle exerciae At --the home .of George Klepper. a rativred (farmetr Iivingk on Rark ave A harrel of tubbish in the ~base mant caught fAre in some way and members of the family detecoted the partment. No dam#ge was dons Mro. EK. L. Sayors spent last FHMAay in Chicago. $ y i.¥ 5 de START WORK ON NEW FOX LAKE CGOLF CLUB for the Fox Lake Golf and Country elub. It is located on the main high-- way to Lake Geneva, the property con-- gisting of 120 acres, on which a fine eighteen hole. course wilP be construct-- ed under the direction of Harry Hall K.lngmr':z designed the courses at Mc-- H Round Lake. > _ The land, which is rolling, overiooks Grass lake, and the lotus beds, Fox lake, Pistakee Bay, and is in the heart of the duck country. The membership will be 150; the fee being $50, with dues of $25, and $10 to be applied to a sinking fund for the purchase of the property. . The Jease has been closed on a rental basis for five years, with option to purchase at any time within this period at agreed pdce._ in es se k2 |Anrsdrictadtcain ts . rGp wsnatis PARDV NE Work will be pushed this ";K as it t " is planned to open Decoration day,| , 1924. October 24 has been set as a o closing date for charter memberships. | 3 Following--are the officers; y h Pregidefit--c.. L Scott. _ _ _ | b Vice--president--E. R> Tweed.' . |a Secretary--A. .H. Frantzen. «l 'Emmnr--Wlmm G, Nagle. n tors--William T. Sullvan, G.| . P. Landry, Matt Rauen, C. E. Skilten, | w E. C. Miller, C. E. lgdhnrdlnrdln' F B. C.\Miller, H. Watts, E. A. Blomdahl. | EIGHT ALLEGED _ CRIMINALS UP FOR TRIAL OCTOBER 15 Herbert Washburn, -- Alleged The criminal trial call for Oct. 1f was posted Tuesday by 8::?'. Attor ney A. V.> Smith, the fifst to be placed on trial cwill . be. Herbert Washburn, Waukegan'" younrsg man charged. with having blown a safe In the offices of the Waukegan Lum-- ber company last spring. Raymond Mills, another -- Wdukegan ~ youth, was paroled last week in connection with the same case. [f .:The others on the trial call are as follows: . PW ud o / ~ _ Otto Krang, Mall Day, -- charged with killing fish in the Dés Plaines river with dynamite. ues Joseph Nila, charged with assault with intent to kil}, it being alleged he shot Josoph Mflgih the lat-- tef's nool room on th Sheridan ~-- Walter-- Januszawski, North Chi-- cago, charged with robbing the Geo. H. Jackson atore ow Belvidere St. > :-:T'h;a'._omfi an, charged with hay-- i¥g attacked Miss Frances Eliz. Barker, aged resident of North Sher-- idan -- 8am Osman, Waukegan, charged with a statutory. offense. Safe Cracker, to Bb Placed _ on Trial First. OCTOBER --srered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, HJ., as Becond Class Mail Matter Cinmlatioc Greate: han othes Weekiies in County.--Combined Lake County's Big Weekly -- WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN broken 'TWO HURT AS AUTO ! CRASHES OVER A ~BANK INTO A TREE One Passenger is Hurled from Machine; Two Componions -- Skidding on a wet pavement, an automobile consaining three Chica-- go men went over an embankment on Waukegan --road, bé&tween Five Points and Lake Bluff early Friday, crashed into a tree and was wreck-- ed, two of the occupants being quite badly injured. The n'f;ident accurred about 7:30 o'cloek day morning.The machine, a seven -- passenger -- Hudson-- was hurtled about 20 feet down the em-- bankment at the E. J. & E. viaduct, and had it not struck the tree would have rolled to the railroad tracks many feet below. ( »__a_-- . The car "was turned around, and was completely demolished. --isador Bloomquist, 1320 Thirteenth street, was hurled from the machine. His back was wrofibhgd. The two other occupants, Isador Miller, Clayton hotel, Chicago, and Louis Hornidz, 2347 Irving Park, Chicago, were car-- ried with the machine. . Miller-- re-- ceived a broken nose, had his cheek eut, and was bruised about the body. Hornidz was unhurt, Miller and Bloomgquist were taken to the office of Dr. J. L. Miller, North Chicago, and had their injuries attended. The three later went to the homes. The car skidded when the driver ®et his brake as a truck approached from the south, the Hudson going GEO. H. BURNETT'S :ESTATE OF $30,000 PETITION SHOWS south Petition was filed Thursday by Atty. Claronce W. Diver, representing the heirs, asking that the will of George H. Burnett, Civil War veteran, of Waukegan, be admitted to record,. _ . According to the petition the es-- tate consists of $15,000 in real estate and a like amount of personal prop-- ~The heirs at law are given, as fol-- lows : d t * --M. Clinton Burnett, president of the Waukegan National NHRank, Seeb-- er H. Burnett,.a veteran maill car-- rler,; Mrs. Horbert Wildor, and Mrs, Harry Thomas, sons and daughters, all reaiding in this olty. " Pasn . The petition was fAlad on --behaif of the two . sons, petitioners, § . 'THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11,1923. are. Injured. 9 INDICTED BY . GRAND JOURY; 1 The grand jury Friday afternoon re-- turned indictments against 12 per-- sons, in nine indictments out of 12 cases investigated. oed Alleged Rum Runners Shake Downi Ring Proves Fiasco; Louis Breger Not Indicted. J. H. Fritsch, justice of the peace of: Deerfield, was indicted on-- & charge of attempting to extort mo ney from W. A. Brewerton, owner of Thornbury -- Farms, Libertyville. ~' 'Deerfield. was indicted on &A PArAIYySis--14 years ago, since which|smail to define the issue as 'whal of* Deerfield, was indicted on & time she mybeen in failing h..m,,gu if Attorney General M oo C820( M 'A" Breworton. owner | and the past four months in a hospital |been named to make the "tbe-- se "o Loo ns Aulii®" W Ibertyvilie.' at Starbuck, Minn.. where she died | 'Throughout "his . work in _the 8OR of _ Thombury -- Farms, | LIbETYTMI® , Friday, October 5th. ate Senator Essington has. been & eore h. n Sbher commnaing q1g) _ Ste faavon a dhughres, Mre: Syaner | Schaistent "" squbartes. af Attorney wrote him a létter demanding $15| Farnham, of Seattle, Wash.. four s0Ds |General Brundage and has fought as a consideration: for drOPPIDE|__Cariton W., Howard and Spence":|every measure sponsored by GOVer cu!"efl 0!'V1°7"un' the traffic laws, .u of .M and two md"uh-lnor Small. ) s ' speeding ~and not having a chaut-- ters: also four sisters--Mrs. Byron Thompson Bshind Smail . --> teur's Meense pre en nc Aiatmves | Colby, of Libertyville; Mrs. Ida B.| *) am for Governor Small: JOP Po "he Shstice Sousbt "merely ty "oa | Green, Kaukatuma, Wis.: Mrs. GeOTE® nomination and re--election," said--for the justice sought merely to "'iu.n-;'llm Sfinn '-- Mra. MANLCE E. |.__._._._ 16. .0. UTHL ce _ ABa L. . W Anatadmate Charles Gish, Waukegan township, John Masuilis, 936 Jackson street. Waukegan, and Walter aJouszswki, 1132 Jackson street, North Chicago, were indicted on a charge of stick-- ing --up eGorge Jackson in the lat-- also ol 1M5 Cly,. UeLaus aro iJ UV | nicely. . found in another column . of this) wle issue. ># 'l'h:w work on the new gram-- ----Sam Buckholz of Chicago was in:| mar school was completed last week, dicted" on a charge of manslaughter, | and now Contractor Potter has~ his it being alleged that he 'was respon-- , men at work on the interior.', There is James -- Dapkus wife, Veim st'll a lot of work to be done, but we [ and e, 9.1 0 sible .for_the. death .of. Ray Prender_| hope.to »age.. the . building ..completed n;t of unlrmyvlu.l., near lvmtt." by January ist.. > ; ames R. Lewellyn® was indicted|.. Mr,.and Mrs... William Geary and on a charge of having assaulted | son who have been living at Kenosh& Clara ~Corlett: at-- HighlandPark--last foyr the past SX mmngna 'to December. Wauconda this week, where they will Investigation into the allcgoa mm'mate their home. Mr. Geary has 8e-- runners shakedown ring, in Whith | cured a positio non the railroad. L720 GIIL UICE » Investigation into the alleged.. rum runners shakedown ring, in which Louis Breger, North Chicago, mer chant, was bound over, proved to be a fiasco, as the grand jury did not take any action in his case. Ap-- parently a lot of wild charges made b!h the Milwaukee detective-- agency, which was :"going to the bottom 0 the whole thing," with the states. at-- torney, have landed but the: grand jury. did not hear the splash. . A number of Milwaukee rum runners were called before the m_gg Jury following tl:?..chnrgs made : by --the detectives, who also: claimed that a deputy 'sheriff was> involved.. 'The whole thing has blown up. MRS. EVA DICKSON DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME SUNDAY A. M. Was Mother of Large Family of Well Known Children in ~--the County. Mrs. Eva Dickson, 53 years old died Sunday morning,at 1 o'clock at her home on Tologm}h road follow-- ing a third attack of paralysis. She was the wife of John Dick-- son, who has been the manager of the Thomas E. Wilson farm tor the past aeight years. Death came suddenly. She had not been in the best of health for the last few years, but her condition was not regarded as serious. Mrs. Dickson and her family were well known and thought of all thru the county. Besides the husband she leaves four sons and 4 daugh-- tef, a sister and a brother. The youngest son; Leslie lives at home. Nell, the next youngest, is a student at Lake Forest college and is a member of the football team. HMe was playing football in the state of Michigan at the time Of her death and did not hear of it for many hours afterward. Another son, Keith, lives in Wau kegan, and. John resides in Fort Wayne, Ind., the former Rome of the Dicksons. -- "fio funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home. Bur-- lil took place in Warren cemetery. 'Irma, her only daughtar, is the wite of Harold Tallott, of North Chi One of her sisters was buried bu: two months ago. There is one sis ter surviving, in Fond duw Lac. Wis A brother lives in Los Angolos. Hor health had not been the best «ince her apnh Robert gave up hbis life on the trenches during. the World War. He was pne of the fira Lake county boys to be Willed in ac tion. PERSONS ARE HIT MRS. DAVID S. PHILLIPS DIED IN STARBUCK, MINN. Elien Elizabeth Bliss, daughter of Thad M. Bliss and Ellen Watson Bitss, was born in Fremont, Lake county, Iilinois, on May 27, 1856. She moved with her parents, in 1871, to Shelbina, Mo.. returning with them to Lake county about the year 1880. She was for several years a successful school teacher, until her marridge in January 1883/.t0 David S. Phill:ps, of Liberty-- ville, ani removed to Russell, Minn., where they lived for many years, mov-- \g: about ten years ago to Milaca, inn., where Mr. Phillips died last She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Sydney Farnham, of Seattle, Wash., four sons ----Cariton W., Howard. and ~Spencer, all of Minnesota, and two granddaugh-- Green,. Kaukauna, Wis.; Mrs, Georse Nelson. Milaca, Minn.;-- Mrs. Maude E. Lusk, Lake: Forest;. and a brother, David W. Bliss, of Tilden, Neb. [ She was buried Monday, October 8, at Russell, Minn., by the side of her h\:lhud. Mr. u;t.%::. Phillips "': well known to t er yd'au this vielnity, Ee o o e --Mr. and Mrs. Clarenge Dickerson and daughter ,who have 'made Wau-- conda their home for the past year, teft for Danville Sunday, where they. will reside. Mr. Dickson was' employ-- ed by his brother, Frank Dickson, in hig market, and was & yvery efficient man. _ Mr. and Mrs. Dickson made many friends during their stay in our village, who were sorry to &'tbem leave, but wish them success in their leave, new t "The railroad benefit dance held xt the Wauconda Township High School last Friday was a grand--success, both socially and financially. 'Mr. Detrick brought the M. H. Detrick Company orchestra out from Chicago for the 0c-- casion, and they ~certainly put life in the evening's entertainment. A fina light lunch was served by the high school athletic iclub, under the diree-- tion of Prof. Varner, and the grace with which the young ladies and--men gerved would have done Justice to a big city: caterer. a & Mrs. Phillins sustained a stroke of At about 11 o'clock President Det-- rick stepped --upon the platform and in a short-- and snicey talk: thanked ev-- eryone for their presence, and was glad to. see all having such a good time. He stated that this was only a forerunner of the 'many good times the railroad people was going to give this fall and winter, and with the co-- operation of all Wauconda's railroad would soon be out of Its financial dif-- ficulties, and if all will work together and give the railroad all of their busi-- ness in this community,-- which it should have. e Fa NS . Final reports on the sale of tickets has not been received as mm present Andications -- the net 4 will be over $200. > P Teb t t 4T 1. + beg don't miss this one, or you It all the rest of your life ning, Oct.~23rd BIGGEST TREE IN COUNTY CUT DOWN COUN TY CU I DUW N) . in h) serits, stt * tion Army is asking 371,500. mnpmmcn mm earry %. their work for the O04 What |a belleved to be the larg o'um. " . and 'f} eat eim tree in Lake county was CUt mittes has been A! ed to J06| down Sunday at Antloch.. The trov_b!.' the raising of this amount. . stood near. Jack Morley's place, and | committe« in charge # wb 'qg seven foet in dltmo'otdr ho ote 'C. O. Carlison, c '%'1'" It is believed to be one df the old« Gridley, treasurer. ~THe ¢ eat trees in the county as well and | bors are J. H. 8wan, .i'i . D8¢ the ploneers of the northwoestern , Ray N. Smith. _ & part of the county are all familiar eral reasponse be made w with this "glant." * | presented by the ittea. .. Remembér the date, Saturday eve O INaCO . VV dLOE" 1 1 the past year,| § :' hhz us 0 m oo y, where they ' aJ °P -- /0 l l wu'employ-' < mm <FEa msM 2l * 1« ak Dickson, i2; D _ ¥. ux very efficient| c M 4. f m Wekson made | e e e e O o e e will regret A+ SMALL'SRACE TO _| _ BE BATTLE WIHH _ _ BRUNDAGE GANG _ Slating of State Senator Thurlow G. Essington for the republican n0m-- ination for governor by the McCor-- mick--McKinley--Brundage © forces i# held by the friends. of Governor Selection of Essington Seen as Move in :":ght Between Gov-- ernor Atty. General. Throughout his . work in the a0R» ate Senator Essington has. been &# consistent . supporter «of ~Attorney General Brundage and has fought every measure sponsored by Gover nor Small. > | weotnnt Thompson Bsehind Smail "I am for Governor Small: for re nomination--and re--election," --said=for-- mer Mayor William Hale Thompson. "He is the greatest constructive gov-- ernor in the. history of Hlinois. He has given lllinois good roads, helping évery section of the state and bring-- and 'a bcent fare for Chicago. . He~ --_ _ __ Cites E ernor -- Smaill's -- primary m worked "and' voted against . o in the. recent session of the lature w ¢1. +i ~ "In the' 1921 session he worked and;.roted against public ownersilp and a b--cent fare for Chicago." -- . The state supreme 'court Friday denied a writ of supersedeas .to Michael _ Boyle ";ufi Ben . Newark, now 'serving terims for contempt of court in Lake county. > Boyle and Newmark wers. sen« tenced to six months each for com tempt for refusing to answer g tiomputtothenhymmll' ; investigating -- charges of bery « in connection with ('the B@mail -- jury. Judge R K. Wo!:'r granted _ each immunity and -- ordered _ them-- to answer the questions. They reiter-- ated their refusal on the ground that they might incriminate --them-- selves.. Boyle was caught after a long search r :' Wincongin. _ New-- mark su deted two weeks ago. The state--wide financial appeal of the Salvation Army is to be made dur-- mmmwnxmm is the annual a .'Mzzlilm to tike care of the reliof features of the Army.for a year. . _ * . In fact, the Sailvation Army has plenned for some time to present this busivess--likeannual appeal and keep out of the field. for the 1 r of the year. This will allow the whose services are so much in everywhere, to attend more strictly to the rgllef of the distress that comes to them on every hand.-- The Saivation Army is the largest and strongest re-- u;&m social service relief? organizsa-- tion in the world. It is soread out all over creation in 73 countries colo-- nies. It opens its doors to e bu-- man being who may need -- No conditions, credal ,ethical or rhoial, are made. 1t feeds the mnnz':othl~ naked, houses the home w the unclean and cheers the 8 They literally carry out the words of the Maiter of Men--"I was, an i od.ndyomu-o.cu:im * ty and ye gave me drink; I }m and ye took me iIn; ' and ye clothed me. t ul d $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE #y