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. VOL. XXXII--NO, 27. f F\zmu' Ward of Juvenile Court Wins High Honors in School, 1 to Attend College. _ WAUKEGAN BOY ; WITHOUT A CHANCE --IS MAKING GOOD GET WONDERFUL VACATION \ One short. year has transtormed the pathk thet leads io posa! institu tions to one of great possibiitics and a bright future for Peter E. Petruska, 15, of Dugdale Road, Waukegan.. He thanks the juvenile Court and proba-- tion officers for lighting him out of the blackness of despair to the --sun-- shine and literal-- top of the world. And what boy wouldn't rejoice in be-- Ing taken out of the tenement and alley surroundings to the mountains, forests, ang trout Nlled streams, and the oportunity to attend high school and college. nerloft in That's the story of Peter, the boy who was & failure in Nis studies, and whose deportment was such that he was brought into juvenile court in MWaukegan, 1I1., for the purpose of placing him in a school 'of correction There Judge Perry L. Persons, otl the juvenile court, and Miss Mary! Polmeteer, Lake county probation ol-{ ficer, started a study of the boy's life. They found the boy dwarfed physical-- ly and mentally. . But they believed that he could be saved to society and brought where the superintendent could give him personal attention. Peter was sent to th public sehool, after. his --instrutors -- were informed concerning his shortcomings. His work wias thecked ~closely." He .re ceilved instruction in manyal training, and a special effort was made lto g¢t him interested in physical -- culture and athletics, -- * & Regular and plenty of sleep, good food and proper 'environment soon brought improvement in the monthly reports submitted to the court by school and juvenile.-- home ---- superin-- tendents. He . graduated from the grammar | school ~with the highest honors in his class. § A wealthy Chicago woman, whose philanthropy is directed toward help-- ing children-- without , & 'chgnce.:" ol e ie e it d F heard' about Peter and obtained the consent of his parents to send him to Montana for the summer. A letter © postmarked ~Montpelier says:© Dear Miss poimeteer:-- Just a few, words to tell you how much I think of the juvenile home. It meant Rery much to me and I am getting homesick for it. 'The home took me away from my bad friends and show-- -- Esw on vuD y Wess M uoo En CR dR We m C ies ed me what real friends are. I've fuuud now--something I couldn't ave done had I remained at. home. it showed me--how to take care of myself, to tell the truth. The new home meant the world to me. _ >' As soon as I arrived I undertook to climb a mountain that looked pretty small because it was slanting. It looked easy but 1. soon discovered my mistake. It took me several hours to climb it, when I thought I could do it in 15 minutes. It. was only 1,009 feet high." Tuesday 1 clim-- bed. a ?onnuln 3,000 feet hbhigh. I'm going to climb a 5.600 foot mountain next. There are still mountain lions and coyotes I'm learning' to ride horseback. 'l| was on one, Gressed in cowboy suit. Yesterday we went to hot --sulphur springs and took a swim. Gee, but the water was hot. '@itér we got out we took a cold showetr. s . Sincerely yours, PETER E. PETRUSKA Alter a wonderful vacation, Peter will start to high school this fall, A college diploma is his goal. «+ ~--The case of Peter is not unlike that of thousands of boys and girls who have been helped by 'tli juvenile courts in all parts of the country, CAPTURE ALLEGED RUM RUNNER IN MIDNIGHT RAUL ".mm'" States Aiterney A. V./ B : gponge squad Tieeday night captured aDn Schulie of : South Chi-- dago, and found 10 gallons of moon-- shine in his automobile, it is charg-- ed in a warrant dssued before Jus-- titcs of the Peace H. C. Coulson. With Schull#&--at the time was a wo-- man whose name 'the otficers did not -- learn. -- * 6 WOMAN -- WAS ~--WITH HIM --fi'h;'_-s;umbllo was : stopped at 16th and Gretenficld avenue, North Chicago. , -- -- Te P 12 C MABRT+ > He ~was .flen to the county jail Given a chance to pay a $500 fine, Schulle gave bait for $2,000 and hiw case was continued for ten days. Richard . Sepponey ot. Waukeagn Was arrested by the sponge squad, charged with disordériy conduct, it r' allsged that be was 'ander influence of liquor. Me paid a Mne of $10 today, Schulie With 10 Gallons of 'Moonshine, Charge. Famous Palisades ¢ mm on tho western bank j tiver vary in heigh m'»mm they extenct LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT © Late County's Big Weeky WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN L. Persons, of e o 4 1 w i Cl 20 '. C mA 9 L/ Te o ron, t & " e< y rer t e y . + /0 se Ane m ees §Aly : 0o 0 " .) b ce w w ols t itu IF ~ * i+ l t ath o 6 4M . . &«" Ni t T o4 2 s ie . e g e oo I it _ 1Bo~ se o . P NT M oo o. + i dn 4 sief P"F hb .':;.;"j s %'W"-'-'* CA 1 19 & ::':{,' ,2':' "'!"' "'"'4"*"' n No A "; 4&}& ' y # ht a , t Es hi wigh in F "~il, Tok kn# Tv e * ' 8 ' C [4°:9 ol e e 6 'T. 6 ¥ ¢ j \ V y '. 4 . $ A ' f "a o hok . * J o. " es e ied 4 h pos £ P £ wh + 4 > ' .. ' # 6 -- e ' " T ' f L9' +R S VA * 9 y h ' | , V h ; ' f f Dan _ |be is 21. j o When Redmann was lodged in the L,eouhhmorhlm-cnhooku' i |he sobbed an entreaty to the author-- ,dmutopcnnltihbfldetngou A1 |jail with him to keep him company. 1| The bride's tather says Redmann ,5 | The bride's father says Redman m. |is *0 good' 'and hasn't worked for y, | months. He says Redmann knew he Ee it ; N TL "docmresed Tntom WR Lieutenant Maughan, spectacular mor upon arrival at San Franciseo at the end flight, ° Arrangements had been made by N the pictures upon the landing field and di JOHN REDMANN | (% ELOPEMENT CASE Charged With Perjury Follow-- LODGED IN COUNTY JAIL John Redmann, youthful giant, who John Redman, youthful giant, who wooed Clara Davis, daughter of Her-- bert Davis, of Round Lake, only when he bad a body guard of three or four fellows with him, surrendered It is alleged that he swore falsely in order to obtain a marriage license in Waukegan two weeks ago. They were married by Justice of _ the Peace Charles E. Mason. It is ichnnod that eRdamnn is only 20 years old and that he swore that on a charge of perjury. When Redmann was lodged in the cell his powerful frame shook -- as he sobbed an entreaty to the author-- mutopcnnltlhbfldetngou jail with him to keep him company. The bride's father says Redmann The bride's father says Redman is *%0 good' 'and hasn't worked for months. He says Redmann knew he did not take kindly toward him and therefore always brought a ganZk along when he called on his daugh-- ter. $ Unable to furnish bail for $1,000, Redmann still languishes in the county jail, his case being contlnuoq to rten days. CRIMINAL CALL * IN COUNTY COURT A dozen: cases on the CTIMUNA! call were posted today in the county court for next Tuesday against the following: * Joseph Miekus Martin Zimmerman Carrile aBttiste and Jos. Battiste Nat Kimble Joseph Lingevich ' Anton Malovich (.'ilnrloo Inman ichaet-- Orlandini E. L Suttie Sven Hanou * Tony Seda I _ Mike Fubrer SECTION TWO LIBERTYYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY M'DONALD STARTS _ PRESIDENTIAL RACE Chicago, July 2.--Duncan McDonald, Farmer Labor candidate for president, will open his campaign here tonight. In his opening speech McDonadI's gub-- ject will be of "Fn;mer-lnbor Party and Oill Parties." _ McDbonad was nominated for presl-} dent by the Farmer--Labor party Or-- ganuizations, who took part in the re-- cent convention at St. Paul, Mian. MC-- Donald is widely known to the. work-- ers throughout the I!llinois state. Hoe was former president of the Illinois Federation of Labor and for many years head ofg the lilinois district of the United Mine Workers of America. He has been a coal miner for the greater part of his life. § 2 n . ag <b ~odls..."~, yA Areapape Following the meetings here he will start a campaign tour that will ex-- ":fi«"" the greater part of the U States. -- Softening Reproo! 'an is an oblique way of reprool taukes off from the sharpness 0 Sensational Marriage ith Round Lake Girl. FROM DAWN TO DUSK e eneeept en te 2 8 2 A0M eclM s 9 1 t h e isBP T spectacular morn--tonight flier, as he appeared ciseo at the end of his phenomenal cross--nation been made by NEA ~Service to develop and print ine field and dispatch them by return air mail. the criminal SEAS STILL FULL % ' OF ADVENTURE, ° --=-- TELL OF VOYAGE Account of Ship's Aftempt to Round the Horn Reads Like Wild Pirate Tale. , brought from Chile of the voyage of the sailing ship-- Garthwray from Grangemouth, Scotland of the Iquique. It has all the elemenia .of.old, time.--ad, venture at sea; a trip of prodigious SAILS TORN TO S H R E D S "The length of the voyage itself stirs an uneasy sense of loneliness in anyone brought up in this snfi'imu and tenseliving age. Five hundred and nineteen days at sea, with brief stops at only three ports during this time! Nearly a year and a half of life with an endless vision of sea in all di-- Towed In for Repairs. 1 "No city lights, no stirring crowds,. on shop windows, no motion pictures, no girl that you left behind--just the company of your shipmates, the nar-- row confines of forecastle and decks, the monotonous rotation of watches on and watches off, the endless rou-- tine of wheel and lookout, 'of setting and taking in sail, of repairing Zear, of cleaning and painting; the same old food, the same old jokes, the same old pastimes. Seventeen months of water and sky, of working and shirking in 'the same old way. And yet--many times less tedious, less lonely, less fu-- tile, less gray than the lives of many in our teeming cities. "The Garthwray left Grangemouth on June 12, 1922, headed for the west coast by way of the Horn. Delayed first by head winds and calms as it made its way lont!g'utnrd through tropic seas and then lashed and brok: A then lasned And Dro% Like a tale of long ago is that out /. anindiiinhar o fiieistvdes 2 9. d en and dismasted by a pampero off * the River Plate, it was obliged to seek the help of a passing steamship and ! be towed into Montevido for repairs. Bails Torn to Shreds. With a new captain and }argely a new crew, the Garthwray then pointed its bow again for old Cape Stiff, but could not: 'get around this glant that for years has fought all comers. Gale after gale blew--always out of the west, howling and .shaking their fists furiously in the face of the Garthwray. Sail after sail was torn to plgces ; ic! waves poured over the bulwarks and rushed aft over the dik' At last the gaptain gave up in pair, put his vessel--about and with the wind at his back started to run the other way around the world for his destination. For 4,000 miles the ship then sailed eastward toward the-- Cape-- of Good nope. . "Provisions were short and for nine-- ty--nine days the crew was reduced virtually to 'salt horse' and hard bis-- cult--tho rude fare of years ago. The Garthwray put in at Cape Town to clean off the barnacles and seaweed that had now attached themselves to its bottom and were impeding . prog-- regs. New Captain on Duty. "Here also a new Captain came aboard and another m:: in place of the original one, who went home sick. Then the Garthway was off again, and with the exception of a brief stop for fresh water and provisions at Hobart, Tasmania, . contiaued uninterrupted across the Pacific to the Chilean coast, finally dropping anchor in the road-- stead outside the. sand«waept, sun-- dried nitrate port of Iquique on Dec. 28, 1923. * "Of the original ship's company onl¥ the carpenter, the steward and ning apprentices remained, Kvor the ahip' cat, which had made sevon passagons "':&"..' Horn, got fed up on sea seen '#' ;mm R SMALL DEFENSE g SCORES IN CIVIL CASE HEARING A Number of Witnesses Say Grant Park Bank Was Go-- DEPOSITORS ON -- STAND Kankakee, -- IIL., July --1.--The de-- fense in the civil suit -- brought against Gov.' Len Small by the at-- torney general of lllinois for the collection of interest om state funds alleged to haye been retained by the governgr while he was state treas Uurer scored today in the taking of tstimony before Johr Mayhew, spe-- clal commisstoner in chancery. That the Grant FPark bank, the existence of which had been +ques-- tioned and openliy denied by the prosecution since the civil litigation was started after the collapse of the criminal suits against the gODv-- ernor, was for many years a going concern was the trend of tertimony given by several witnesses today. One of them was Mrs. Augusta Wangerin, widow of a Grant Park minister, who said she had known Edward C. Curtis more than 47 years and since the early '90s she lud} been a depositor and customer of the Grant Park bank conducted by him. -- Adoliph -- Schroedeér, 'a farm hand, testified along similar lines. _ Cass J. Hayden, a Momence bank-- er, and for many years a close bus-- iness associate of the late E. C. Curtis, identified several certificates of deposit in: the. Grant. Park bank and teéstified it was a regularly char-- tered private financial institution. | Marriage Licenses { Wis. w g----m»$ *\ Wis. > John H. Clellan, 46, Grand Rapids, Mich. > C se * Hazel Greenwald, 32, Luther, Mich. Albert A. Frank, 29, Oak Park. Anna Adams, 30, Oak Park. Walter E. Hoyt, 23, Fon du Lac, Elmer E. J. Herber, 21, Detroit. Jean Campbell, 18,, West Bend, Wis John P. Gavalan, 31, Chicago. Delia Devine, 24, Chicago. Eldridge Lyon, 23, Chicago. -- _ Jasper Henry, 24, Racine, Wis. Frances Lindstrom 18, Racine, Wis. Lucilie Wheelock, 19, Milwaukee. Frederick H. DePew, 21, Zion. Cora E. Priddy, 20, Zion. & John E. Berg, 35, Milwaukee. Jessie O. Frank, 28, «Milwaukee. Arthur Berndt, 29, Milwaukee. Esther Swanson, 27. Milwaukee. Victor H. Tyrrell, 32, Chicago. .. Lillian A. Christianson, 31, Chgo. Merlin J. Oestreich, 25, Appieéon. Wis -- Henrietta Sterken, Wis. S e 1 Irene Peterson, 20, Chicago. ; Raiph Lawson, 30, K. C.. Mo. Murrell Peter, 26, Kansas City. Esther Granger, 26, Oshkosh, Wis. -- Albert J. Reilly, 32, Detroit, Mich. Hazel Clarke, 30 Waukegan. 4 Thornwald Mouridsen, 24, Wanfo- in. Carrie Marie Christensen, 21, Anti-- ch. Daniel J. Cosgrovb, 23, Chicago, Ruby Reid, 20, Chicago. Frank Steinback, 47, Milwaukee, ' Mabel Haas, 36, Milwaukee. Arthur C. Carlson, 28, Milwaukee. Wanda E. Winkiel, 25, Milwaukee. Joseph F. Karasek, 23, Waukegan. Florence L. Carter, 20, Waukegan. Peter Bonariva, 27, Racine. Rose Vanoli, 20, Racine. Gust Harrison, 46, Sheboygan, Wis. Minnie Thompson, 46, Sheboygan, Wis Wis Evelyn Ruf, 23, Kay CIAITG®, WiS. Harry Pector, 21, Chicago. Ruth Morrison, 22, Chicago. Albert Wms Goll 22, Racine. Helen Yowell, 24, Racine. KEarl W. Carter, 26, 8t. Paul, Minn. Ruth Ana Fesenmeyor, 22, St. Pau!l, Minn. Paul A. Wagner, 19, Waupaca, Wis. Marion O. Lewiston, 21, lola, Wis. KFred Aberg, 26, Wahpeton, N. Dak. Lydia Bunke, 18, Athens, Wis. WE Couy . e C3 'mt'c danfors® and difficulties never grow less,~ The most we do is to devise better mothods to eluda them or rescue ourselves when over C Bessie Klitzkie, 20, Milton Jet. Wis. Harold J. Rickstad, 27, Eau Claire, ing Concern. Aird, 21, Oshkosh, Wis. 93. Eayu Claire, Wis. 4 the calmer lite 24, Waupun, , JYULY 3, 192 the tide of bafloting om the issue of a Democratic pl would name and rebuke, the Klan. She is Miss --Mar Georgia delegation, and had voted for the Klan--naming the balloting storm broke she changed her vote and w of the plank. A photo of Miss Colley is shown inset and sitting in Georgia section. FIND KNIFE, GET > ' STATEMENTS IN _ C. B. DIX STABBING Reenacting the near tragedy in which C. B. Dix, Jr., aged 21, of Lake Vila, was stabbed and in lying at the point of death in the resort of yYarry Smith, Channel Lake, the authorities late Tuesday went over the ground with Clarence Hurlibut, of Zion, who is being held«-- without bond in con-- nection with the fight, : * Blood--stained Weapon Claim-- "ed by the Accused Man, RE--ENACT NEAR : TRAGEDY The blood--stained pocket knife, which, Hurlbut admitted to be his, ac-- cording to Deputy Sheriff Harry Ahi-- strom, has a blade about thres apd a bhalf inches in length, and the han-- dle is ornamented with pirctures of female forms. lt was found at a claybank, where Hurlbut stumbled, actording to Ahlstrom.> wonid, -vwgu--. PW L VETOUT A brief statement was obtained from Dix by States Attorney' Smith. He told the prosecutor that Hurlbut stabbed him in the back and that when he got up again to fight again his asailant stabbed him in . the chest, his right lung being cut. The condition of Dix was such that his dictor did not permit the states at torney to question him further. o P I1 ma CA aitsl Wiagbfiadus. 2ltci» d Jevotnient Mrs. Adeline Farnik, 23, of Eliza-- beth Ave., Zoin, who was with Hurl-- but at the time, and who was held by the aguthorities since Sunday night, was released. According to Deputy Ahistrom, the woman admitted she saw Dix@and Huribut struggling in the road. Hurlbut contends, according to the authorities, that it was an aftair of honor and that battled with Dix after the latter attemped to attack the woman. ; _ + , The knife was found about 25 feet south of the Kenosha county line. Ac cording to Deputy Ahistrom, Hurl but admitted that after the stabbing he and the woman ran ACcrosa felds to the barn of a farmer named Hirsch-- miller, just across the atate line, and later succeeded in getting back to Zion, where they were apprehended the following night. 6 + A warrant was issued today charg-- ing Huribut with assault with a deadly weapon with attempt to kill. ;m- bond was fixed at $10,000. He has been unable to givo bail. 'Whe time--honored privilege of a woman MILLBURN WOMAN TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. D. M. White, aged 62 years, of Miliburn, died Tuesday evening at her home after an extended Mnosa. She had been a resident of that com munity all her lite,. , 1 T Loo g.0s .k_ aa wal 'Il'lll., ETTE NOC EPPE Besides the husband she loaves four thildran, Earl, George, Margaret and Bertha, and a wide list ot rela-- tives through the county. 'The funeral services will be held at # o'clock Thursday at th t=' 4 d i S Ad at Deputy Sheriff Asserts. TURNED TIDE ON KLAN ISSUE Srucch 2 C an d h onl en ies es drcantrancs d lt nA NCA in the issue of a Democratic platform ~plank that the Klan. She is Miss »Marian Colley of the ad voted for the Klan--naming plank, but when she changed her vote and with it the fortunes Misa Calley is shown inset and she is also shown t J. G. GAMBER URGES -- ENFORCEMENT OF ------ FREWORKS LAW Springfield, HIL., July 2.--Calling upon cities and villages of the state to.enforce their fireworks ordinances strictly, and upon parents to us* care in the discharge of fireworks, John G. Gamber,--state fire marshal, today issued a statement explaining the legal status of fireworks in the SOME POISON FIREWORKS Cartridge Pistol Under Ban of 'State Fire Marshal; Spark-- lers Not Harmiless. state. "The state statute definitely gives cities and villages tre entire right to regulate, restrain or prohibit the sale of fireworks of all dercriptions," he said. "Chicago prohibits the sale of fireworks within the city limits, but unfortunately cities and ivlilages gen-- erally permit it. Most cities and vil Tages have ordinances or regulations which limit the time during which fireworks may be sold and prohibit lpremuuro celebration. Local officials should enforce these drastically.. -- Cartridge Pisto! Under Ban "The statute also forbids the sale in this state of toy pistols which use blank cartridges. s ~ "Under the state fire marshal law, inspectors from this office --will act when they find fireworks on sale or storfed in such a way as to create an undue hazard to life or Property. "We will also act under the statute governing the storage of explosives. This statute prohibits the storage of explosives or explosive" compounds within 300 yards of an inbabited dwelling in territory outhide the city limits. Within cities, local ordinances apply, but in the absence of specific ordinances, the statutory limitation would apply. Sparkiers Not Harmiess "We are usging this statute against bootleg dealers in fireworks, who have get up stands just outside the limits of ,tI? city of Chicago, and some other éities, in or%er to evade the cit yrestrictions, These dealers think more of a few paltry -- dollars than of the buman life they are en-- dangering. W 12 k2 ADaw UOUBt! tmE "There are still parents who llléw] their children to have fireworks. For their bemefit I want to say that the sparkler is not hWarmlese. The core burns with an intense heat and: each year -- causes death and injury to many children by igniting their clo-- thing. I also want to say that tests made by the state of Wisconsin last year showed that the contents of several of the most common sorts of fireworks contained enough polson to kill from one to several peple." HELEN WILLS IN TENNIS FINALS Wimbledon, July 2.----MIiss HCITS Cmy t Pm Oe Wills, Calfornia girl, and America's]| This -'"'" woman cBRamplon, went into the fin"| the nighest * als of the Wimbledon --tennis 1OUf'] pogs, When we 8 p nam@nt . today. by defea .. Mb y adrirengs Phyllia ll.txfi'd" 0b s 8 ioh EO NC &4 and 61. She e 3 unnal aBH) to change her mind _tur:x_xeq $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE Misa -- Helen 4 CHARGES FACE J. J. Nilles of Chicago, J. J. Nilles of Chicago was bound to the grand jury today by Justice Harry Hoyt in bonds of $4,000 on four complaints following an alleged battle and attempted robbery near Antioch Sunday evening. 4 ROBBERY -- IS~ CHARGED Nilles was arrested in Chicago Tuesday evening, and five John Doe warranits are b«:ing held by the sher-- iif for men who were said to have accompanied Nilles. Nellie Dobrinka charges that Nilles assaulted her with intent to rob and steal; Jennie Celarvic charges that he lanuched an attac« to do violent injury; John Kutzler charges assault with intent to rob; and Leo Kutzler charges Nilles threatened his -- per« son. The two young womenm are wai« tresses in Waukegan and the two men live in Common.ealth avenue, North Chicago, and are employed as garagemen, j --The ecomplaints --weremade follow= ing a battle on the outskirts of An« tlioch Monday morning. -- . (ise" The local people told. the sheriff that w large touring car passed them on the road and foréed them to a ditch, then left their machine. and attacked themh. The two-- Kutzlers were badly beaten, but the two wo-- men nn";& > safety in a yard of--an Antioch t. 5 * d MEN TAKEN AFTER --5 ANTIOCH BATTLE "We have a list of witnesses from Antioch to Waukegan to identify Nilles as the man who swung the monkey wrench in the fight,"~ Sher iff 'Ahlstrom declared. . xi "There were five other men in the fight, but we have been unable to learn their names. All of them stay, at & cottage or club at the lake. Nilles admitted he was at the cottage Bunday," he> continued. . Nilles déclared before Justice Hoyt that he had been at the lake _Bqn!lr but stated that he returned home in the afternoon. . He stands ready {: deny all. or--most of the charges, W'men were involved in the attack, Milt Crandall-- and Russ Smith. They came to the aid of the local party and help partic» ipate in the utter route. 18 NEW CASES _ _ SMALLPOX RE-- -- PORTED LAST WK. to Grand Jury in Bonds of $4,000. Practically All of These Lake Co. Cases Were in Wauke-- gan; Less in State. . . DRASTIC STEPS ARE TAKEN Lake County reported eighteen:s of the forty--one new cases of Smallpox in the state reported to the state de-- partment of health -- at Springfield during the last week, acording to diz-- patches received here. This is more cases than were reported by any oth» er county in the state. Lake County also reported three of the $4 new cas-- es of Diphtheria.. Almost without exception the new cases of Smallpox developed in Wau-- kegan where the disease showed the biggest increase since it first broke out this mu The health authori-- ties are everything in ~their power to check the spread of the con-- tagion but in spite of «ll that has been done there: is scarcely a day that new cases are not reported. _ It has been this increase in the number of cases which caused City Physician Hoag to issue & warning that arrests will be made unless the practice _ of breaking : quarantine --ceases. 4 # But 'hb':.t there was an increase in the num of cases in m there was a marked t.m where in the state, according. to dn patches from Springfield. The -- following: dispatch . from Springfield shows just how the situ» ation stands at the present time: The smallpox situation in Illinois looked brighter this week with only forty--one new cases reported during: the past week, according to the Ag« ures of the state department of pub-- lie health,. For the past . several weeks the new cases reported week-- ly numbered 'in the neighborhood of seventy. LAke' county, with 18. new cases, was the hardest hit last week. Chi-- cago report six cases, Other contageous diseases in the state and the number of new cases reported follow : j k Diphtheria, 84; Scarlet"Yever, 117; Typhoid fever, 13; Pneamonia, . 13. Influenza, 4; Syphitis, 21%,; Gonort hea, 322; Whwoping fi%'m', '% berculosis 314; Measlos, 491. ,;«"%' "Of First Water" _ $