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_ LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT _/ VOLUME XXXIL NUMEROUS AUTO _ ACCIDENTS ARE RE-- | PORTED ON mum'; Carl Booth Backs Into Auto of D. A. Hutton, Smashing Running Board. _ Cari H. Booth, 1536 North Sheri-- dan road, parked his Cadilliac car in Madisoc street near the fire sta-- tion in Waukegan. Assistant Fire Cbief D. A. Hutton had parked ais car along :ide of him and he crash-- ed into the running bsurd of the latter, machine, demolishag the rup-- ning board and breaking the right p;r«umumhh own machine. . Matt Smith, 1016 West street, was standing on the running board, talk ing to Hutton when the, accidint occurred. He hbad a close escape from injury. Booth settled for th« damages to Hutton's car. Two Cars Crash The police were calléd to Tent! street and Sheridan road at 10 :3( o'clock on the Fourth when two au tomobiles -- crashed . together. Ber Fellows, 86 Fourttenth street, driv ing a Dort car, ran into the rea of a Ford sedan driven by Max Lev of Chicago.> The rear: fender, bun The pol street and o'clock on tomobiles Fellows, % ing a Do of a Ford of Chicag per and _ were bro!| and head also were of the m The --poli( _ was unay congested BOY I§8 RUN O Isador Raffe, eight yea ing on North Sheridan, and knocked dowr by &A driven by Thos. F. C North Racine avenue, | arm and also across accident occurred on three miles mnorth of Victory Memo rial hospital. _ Cannon took the boy-- to the hospital, and then came to Waukegan and reported the accident to the sheriff's office, 24 Dr. A. H. Claeboe, who attended the lad, said he received no internal injuries, as he was merely brushed by one corner of the auto bumper, Cars in Crash Sheridan road and sta1 into Greenwood avenue. was parked beside the road and -- as Manska started to turn out from behind it bhe crashed into a machine driven by William English. Both cars were damaged considerably. The ac-- cident occurred Friday afternoon at Sheridan road and Greenwood ave Charles Meyer, 1925 South 48th: street, Chicago, was driving east in Washington street this morning At 6:25 o'clock and started to turn morth in Utica strect. As he did so he crashed into a machine driven west in Washingion street by John Faubel. The latter told the police that Meyer turned left in front of him. Both cars were~ damaged quite badly. -- t _ He received severe bruises on one i Ford : Chicago and t Boy's Foot Crushed ' Gordon Fendec¢k, of Libertyville, suffered a bad injury to his right foot, consisting of cults, bruises and sprains, when he waf crowded into the running board of an nuwmobfle' while riding his motorcycle alongl Telegraph road, out of Libertyville, on the Fourth He was rushed to medical aid in Libertyville. Truck Wrecke; 57 In It Fifty--seven Chicago people faced death on the _ afternoon of the wl a ucce stiAAad £ 1000 N CCOSCT d ctantls Ad C 1 death on the _ afternoon of the Fourth when their truck _ skidded from the Libertyville--Arta road when a steering . knickle buckled. The truck struck A telegraph pole and many. were forced to jump to prevent njoury. One little girl suf-- fered the only hburt, receiving &A small cut. ESMERORAE PCY Airplane Drops, None Hurt The pilot of one of the airplanes putting on the Fourth of July cele bration at Lake Zurich, nearly lost his life when his plane crashed to the ground. It bhad not been Mying high. The pilot escaped injury. Gas Explosion Murts 1 A. O. Goodwin, 4008 Southport avenue, Chicago, driver for an ice cream truok, was burned severely about the face, arms and legs when réfuelling his truck at Lake Zurich the afternoon of the Fourth _ An overheated engine is said to huve! caused the gasoline to explode. Good-- win, who was rushed to medical aid immediately, will not be permanntly injured from the burns. Ford Hit By Vampire . A battered Ford, minus two wheels and a fender, is im the ditch at Libertyville, where it was tossed the Fourth of July by a dusty brown touring car that' speeded away after it had cut in anl shaved off the two wheels of the Ford. No one was injured. P NC L001 k.ii ALkara WArA brok«n. headlights were bro were broken e machines police ~say | unavoidable ( BB BCEC CCC + Despite the fact that there were thousands of automobiles eriss.cross ing Lake county over the hboliday, not a fatal aceident was reported to the sheriff's office, and few persons were so atriously Injured that they reached the horpitals. Motorcycle and traffic ofticers of the Waukegan and North Shore town on the Hutton ---- He d traffic BOY 18 taillight LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT Two Cars Bump t' The were that du:c't called to _ _road at h when tw together. nth street i the Le fender, | the Fello est street ng board, i the,, ac( i close e settled fo Dds DOWN years old, The to started to turn not the the was struck automobile Levi eccupants t injured. -- accident e heavily eet, was rd, talk-- accidint excape for the _ Tenth it 10:30 two au-- 4 Bert et, driv-- he rear [ax Levi r. bum--: right | after-- d ACCIDENTS FROM _ FIREWORKS FEW _OVER THE FOURTH Slight Burns, Injuries to Eyes from Powder, etc., are Discovered. Efforts of authorities and fire-- works dealers to do away with the old style Fourth of July that wrote its climax in hospitals, doctors offices and burial permits, was successful in Waukegan over the Fourth. his hom@ on Lewis avenue, struck a baseball that hit an eight--year--old boy named Nelson in the eye. It was necessary to take him to the hospital for treatment. The young-- ster moved north of Waukegan from Wisconsin recently. The members of the County Road and> Bridge committee accompanied |b' Charles E. Russell, superintendant ,or Highways, went to Springfield last Tuesday to confer with the state high-- way officitals relative to letting the contract for the paving of Grand Ave., at Gurnee.' This :s the 100 foot section at the subway. The bids of two contractors were above the esti-- , mate but it is believed they can be | shaved to come within the reqlure-- G]PL sz / /A P W EM ( % L ///// ///,/ / //4;/ // # L d //1/7:" Y P GZ *J '--"\ M T // WV Li o MA O /' f % y (~ M COMMITTEE GOES TO SPRINGFIELD WA WIWETIIIPATYL!, 4 c;/ ?% 7//,/'/ fi 7//;/// 7/ / PVAMHY / / YJ / MV OAAA /// // j / ' t § // //{;/"'/// ///5/// / AAf / // ,/// s j /,// f ,;. & e // .:,. '>A\ C# / __ L a= ments es s M es E-'i' are f 4 7¥ L\ ', "F<daky=~ of the sheriff's office e reqture-- 1 Libertyville Post No. 329, American | Legion, and the American Legion Aux-- \ \iliary, will be hosts to the Laks Coun-- | mnemanaamaatze 'ty Council of the Legion at the Village | t's office| Hall Tuesday, July 15. The Counci), | commend-- |Tomposed of Melegalis from each post ' in the county, will form plans at this ' s wife and mecting for attendance at the state ry Friday amrd national conventions this suramer | e car was and fall. | LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1923. $ AMERICAN LEGION TO HAVE l BIG PICNIC NEXT MONTH 'up for the winners in the events. Any--| | one with ideas they desire worked out t i may take them up with the committea. | The Auxiliary ladies whi aro in | charge are Rena Neville, Betty Huber, ' and Myrtle Earl. The Legion men on | the committee are Father Nealis, Dale : 'Colum, Pete Hansen, Frank Huber, | Bill sohnson and Mark Neville. | Plans are being drawn for a big pic-- nic in August of the Legion and Aux-- iliary, their wives, hum children, -;-M&l-" '_;Mv" ..'. .'.M x F AQ..OB@ clea-- The time and Dlwem be ar-- elsz=: The time and place will be ar-- nounced later. The plan is to have the celebration at some convenient point and at some time when the greatest number may be present. The Auxiliary will provide the aec-- essary and delectable sustenance. The Legion will provide a chedule. of sports, including indoor ball outdoors, races, swims, etc. Prizes will be h'ung POLICE ARREST _ | KISSANE, WANTED _ AS MAIL ROBBER: l Anthony J.'Kissane. west side beer runner, recently acquited of a mur-- ider charge, was arrested Saturday by ' Patrolman James Hanratty of the de-- | tective bureau a%d held as a suspect 'ln the Rondout, II1., mail robbery. He | was turned over to United States Pos-- Another Taken as Suspect in Sensational $3,000,000 Hold--up at Rondout. tal Inspector Germer. Witnesses of the $3;000,000 robbery will be asked to try to identify Kissane as one of the leaders. -- Kissane had been living at the home of Walter McComb, 52 North Washtenaw avenue, until McComb and several others got a "rumble" on the mail robbery. He disappeared. It was in the McComb apartment that one of the alleged mail robbers was found dying. James Murray, a west side beer runner, was also arrested in the place, ~ Hanratty was asigned by Capt. Wil-- liam Schoemaker to find Kissane. Early Thursday morning he was tak-- en when he Attempted to communi-- cate wi®h a friend living at Wood street and Washington boulevard. LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL OF AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET ! Five now membersa of Liberiyvilic post No. 329 w--~. mcelved daring the |prat week, which vith a transfer and ! aprHcations on 'I!s total ovr sicly In ambers in good standing. V¥ IC T OR ¥Y! Enteréd at the Postoffice at Libertyville, Hlinois, CGrculation Greater than other Weekiies in County Combined Lake County's Big Weekly _ WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN 1 DEAD, MANY ARE _ | HURT IN WEEK--END \ . . TOLLEROM AUTOS | _ The dead man is George "Yammy" Goggins, 28, of 16 So. (8t. James 'street.' He died at the Lake County{ General hospital at 1:30 o'clock Mon-- 'day morning. i | Robert Sheriaan,. 20, of 607 Bluff street, had a deep cut in the right leg that necessitated four stitches. He also has a number of bruises and minor cuts. The other young man, 5 Two brothers, Frank of Waukegan and \Waltpr of Kenosha, and a sister, Mrs. George "Yammy". Goggins One man is dead, another is at his home @uffering from deep lacerations and bruises and a third congratulat-- ing himself on a narrow escape from death following misqudgment of roads at the new Gurnee bridge early Sun-- day morning. N. Turk of 12 So. Park Ave., Wauke-- | gan, are left. ?{ ' The road is deceiving where the ac-- cident happened. Coming in from the west and of Grand avenue the strip goes directly to the new bridge, which | is not opened. The road that is opén-- i ed and over the old bridge is dlrg. and _ 1t is the fourth serious accident that has occurred there this summer. & Dies in Crash at Gurnee Bridge, 2 With Him Hurt. a color sharply in contrast with the new highway, which makes it almost appear like a roadside ditch.* In addi-- tion it juts off at an angle from the stretch that will be the road in the future. It is an easy matter to make the mistake even for residents of the county who have taken the course for years. There are danger signals there, but evidently they are insuf-- ficient, judging from the number of accidents that have occurred there in the past few weeks. }('harlea Hayes of Jackson street, was not injured. _ * a l THe . trio had #tarted home from Wedges' Corners, where they had spent the evening at a dance, it is un-- derstood. From what could be learned they discovered their misjudgment in roads after it was too late and crashed into the barricade. J ' The death of Goggins recalls an-- | other tragic instance in their family. \His brother, Timothy "Timmy" Gog-- 'mns. was electrocuted eight years ago | while working on a Public Service | pole. Timmy was known as one of ' the best athletee in the city and Hayes wna#fflvlng. As he attempt-- ed to swing from the road leading up to the barricade a tire blew, according to -- Sheridan. Then the machine crashed into the timbers and turned on its @ide. Goggins was on the down side. -- Sheridan -- crawled from the wreck and tried to flag sevoral pass-- ing cars. None stopped. A nearby farmer, hearing the crash, came to the reseue of the victims, according to Sbheridan, and helped release Goggins and Hayes and took them to the hos-- pital. The car 18 a wrock. (Continued on Page 8) as Second Class Mail Maiter. 'THE FACTS SHOWN _ \ AT HEARING ON THE 'SMALL SUITS' Misrepresentations Circulated Over Sttte, Therefore Truth is Printed Herewith. , Much newspaper. space has been ac-- cbrded various proceedings incident to the so--called "civil suits" instituted against the governor of Illinois by At-- torney General Brundage, following the utter collapse of criminal xoucu tions based upon identical grounds. ° It is unfortunate, in the interest of truth and fairness for which the vast majority of publishers strive, that some printed accounts of the proceed-- ings were considerably at va.runce1 with the facts. This is why I person-- ally attended the Kankakee hearing, and send you herewith a brief and truthful story covering the latest de-- velopment. The truth of this story is supported in transcripts of proceed-- ings before the special commigsioner and will be cheerfully supplied to any publisher who might . for any reason entertain a doubt. o '-.... ings were with the fac ally attende and send y truthful sto velopment. supported i ings before Kankakee, III., July 5.--T'he Grant, Park Bank of Grant Park, Til., owned | and operated by the late Edward C.' Curtis,. was in existence and actual | operatice for more than a score of years, according to proof contained in \ imony of numerous witnesses | at a hearing here before Special Com--; missioner Mahew, in the political ac-- tion brought against--Governor Small by Attorney General Brundage. _ _ i missioner Mahew, in the political ac--'; tion brought against--Governor Small by Attorney General Brundage. _ \ Werner W. Schroeder, counsel foi-"l' the governor, centered his fire upon a ; single target, that of poving the shadow of a doubt the existence prior to and during Len Small's second term as state treasurer, oi the Grant Park | Bank. ' By -- several . witnesses connsell brought out that the Grant Park in-- stitution in question recéived depos--' its, made loans and, performed every function of a bank legalized under Illinois statutes. Among ghe vz'ltneko- RAXEENUIRMS . M MR OOR NICOTY LoJawd Aus Ibccaaiiey' ses were two former depositors in the Grant Park Bank. One of them, Mrs. Augusta Wangerin testified that up until the death of Mr. Curtis in 1920, she had been a depesitor in the Grant Park bank since back in the early '90's. She is the wife # a minister near Grabt Patk, and she sati she had known Edward Curtis for 47 years prior to his death. Adolph Schroeder, a farm hand, and who has lived in and around Grant Park all his life, ltesufled along similar lines. He iden-- tified deposit slips of the Grant Park bank, the existence of which the attor-- ney gemeral's forces have attempted to disprove .since the. instigation of the proceedings against the Governor, Cass J. Hayden, now a banker of, Momence, II1., testified that he 'had personal knowledge of 'the existence of the Grant Park bank in the period of 1892 to 1917. ' The bank, he testi-- lned. received deposits and made loans during that period. _ _ a WEVETRRMRY CmOC WO C000 Brundage was represented at t.he} hearing by assistants Boord, Hadley, Campbell and Britten, the four law-- yers in the attorney general's office, who have devoted practically their en-- tire time to this case for more than a year. oL. IST Do egh ons S c caw's %. T A C _ Ad Depositions® of other defense wit-- nesses will be taken in Springfield early next week, and later at Carto, TNL LAND AIRPLANE IN SLOUGH, UNABLE TO MAKE GET--AWAY would spend the Fourth of July at x Lake and so they took to their airplane and headed off for the lake regions. attended send you ful story Chicago Airmen, on Pleasure Bent, Makes Forced Landing on Edge of Fox Lake. When they arrived--near Fox Lake they could not Tind a place to land and not baving made previous ar-- rangements and knowing little about the lay of the land, they finally came down in a slough in order te make the lanwing before nigh: The slough was so soft that while the airmen did not meet with an acci-- dent in making the descent, the ex-- perience they encountered they do not care to repeat. j The ground.was so soft that they had difficulty making their way to the highway, but finally got through with-- out getting stuck in the mud. They of course, had to leave their plane in the slough. They could not make an ascent and despite the fact that they triad to the extent of ®breaking two pro-- peliors, they had to give it up as a bad job. So in order to get their plane back to Chicago, they had to dismantle the whole machine and haul it out by team on Sunday. They then had i6 put it together again. They made their return to Chicago late Sunday after-- Two Chicago airmen _thoqzlgt_éhqy noon "eden : !!Ffi mP e ul h i urudints LEE HANEY IMPORTANT FIELD MEETING _ | AT ANTIOCH NEXT TUESDAY: The Farm Bureau and State Experi-- ment Station have arranged an im portant field meeting at the state ex-- periment plots on the White farm, 3 miles southeast of Antioch and 3 mililes northwest of Millburn, for Tuesday afternoon, Jsuly 15, at 1:30 o'clock. Professor F, C. Bauer, of the Univer-- sity of Ilyllinois, will be the principal speaker. Professor Bauer is the kind | of a man farmers like to hear. He has talked to hundreds of farmers all over Illinois for years on the business of farming and its relation to soil im-- provement. No farmer should miss hearing bhim. He i sa fine speaker. A. L. Lang will explain in detail the experiment work in progress at the Antioch field on this farm. This field was laid oufl in 1902, so we have the benefit of 22 years continuous results to compare and observe. We have all paid--taxes to maintain such work for the farmers, so they should take ad-- vantage of it and keep themselves 'posted on the results. Farmers cannot afford to make~ experiment stations l of their own farms. _ \ Four car loads of rock phosphates !_bave recently been. ordered by Lake 'county farmers. o it will pay all of us to study what our soil needs. ~ Following the meeting ther« will be made on a short tour lows: | / IP wak innmflastble for ! LAULROOI OPMERATCE . MERAAL O0 Te T0 Ds cenl l It was impossible for Prof. Bauer to j Waukegan, -- conducted an -- autopsy. come at any other daté, so it is hoped ai h ot been re-- {plans will be made by all farmers to | Their findings ':" :' 1008 ~ thik 'attend this half day's meeting, Make | turned, but f" h ?c';imfl every possible arrangement to atteng, | three ribs of the dl' é '.:.hb..; and bring your boys and girls along. ered and that indications . 0 i+ | n ic poisoning were ducovn;l.. y 4 4 Following the post jury . InnACTCNTAD TURDNCG |journed until next Saturday when 3:60 p. m.--Lucas farm, west of Wadsworth. Study of 1923 farm ac-- count records and results. _ _ 3:30 p. m.--C. V. Winter farm near Wadsworth. Observe marl deposit re-- cently discovered. i PW LC se y 4'0'0 _x;."xvn'.:il_éyer Bros., one mile southeast of Wadsworth. New 4, 5 and G--horse hitches and _Shh_'o l;onea. PROSECUTOR TURNS | $18,000 INTO THE _ _ ~--SCHOOL FUNDS State's Atty. Smith_Tuesday Had Treasurer Transfer Surplus of His Office. County ~ Treasurer _ Ira Pearsali Tuesday transferred $18,000 into the school fund from the surplus earn-- ings of the office of States Attorney A. V. Smith. s During the term of office States Attorney Smith the earnings of his office have been $145,510. Out of this he has paid all expenses charge-- able to his office, including his own salary, that of the assitant states at-- torney, stenographer's salary, office rent, expenses of the sponge squad, detective hire, and constable and jus-- tice fees. After deduction of all these expenses a balance remained suffic ient to transfer $18,000 and still leave a balance of $7,842. ; --As soon as suitable offi¢es can be arranged in the courthouse the ex-- penses of the states attorney will be materially reduced. DISMISS 2 FOR EMBEZZLEMENT W. L. Kesler of Zion and J. E. Russell of 125 Washington | street, Waukegan, were discharged by Jus tice Hervey Coulson today after they had been given a hearing on A charge of embezzlement. The com--« plaint had been made by Paul Ray, Libertyville merchant, who claims they had diverted some $40 or $50 of his money. Kesler and Russell were collectors for the Waukegan Detective" agency at the time of the alleged act. The state, represented by Attorney Harold Hanson, admit-- ted thagethe wrong parties had been arrested. It is said Ray considers future action on other parties. BLOWS OUT MOUTH WITH FIREWORKS A temporary.injunction was issued Monday in circuit court closing the places of Otto Kranz and Stanley F. Foote, at Half Day, where it' in charged, the prohibitory law has been violated. In the injunction flled by the states attorney, the two are charged with having two gallons of alcohol in their possession .when raided by the sponge squad. there, stops tour as fol-- HURLBUT JAILED _ . \ AS MURDERER: NO _ _ ---- BONDS ARE FIXED _ $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Deputy Coroner Edward Con-- rad Swears in Jury and Has Post Performed. f Clarence Huribut, 29. years fi of Zion, is held at the county Jail in charges of murder without m following the death of C. B. Dicks, 22 of Lake Vilik _ i sore right lung. #%) 8@ | Mrs. Adeline Farnik, 23,--of Zion, \who was a witness to the alleged |crime, will not be arrested, accord-- 'ing to a statement made by States Attorney Smith following the death of Dicks. _ He has discussed 'the matter with <witnesses, but is not {ready to divulge his findings. The 'woman was --indirectly responsible for the fight, according to state 'ments from her lips and those of \|Hurlbut to the sheriff, _____ Dicks died Saturday afternoon. He had recei ed two wounds from & knife the week before on a deserted road near Channel Lake. One WA# a slight wound in the back, the other a dangerous jagged slash that s--vered three--ribs and----pierced.the. | Huribut _told Sheriff Ahistrom 'that he bad struck to prevent the | woman from being attacked. +cz i Deputy Coroner Edward Conrad of |\ Waukegan went to Lake Villa Sat 'urday night and swore in a jury for 'the inquest. At the same time Drs. Luther Osgood and C. P. Barnes of pOCERCUCUE IEeeie ne g20 Smd T UF the inquest will be held in the Town Hall at Lake Villa at 10 e'clock in the morning dayliight saving time. -- Mr. Conrad states that Gene Wil-- ton of Lake Villa has furnished him 'lwm: the names of witnesses and that he will have them in readiness at the inquest. HEAVY SNOWSIORM . AND HAIL STRIKES IN LAKE COUNTY One of the most terriffic and freak» 4sh storms . that ever visited lfi county within the recollection of old timers hit the region of Grayslake Monday noon, when drifts--of snow and hail eight inches in depth were piled up. .. % The temperature dropped almost to the freeging point, and many hbours after the storm had passed there were stil} traces of snow and ice in *fl places. O .2 We se' ) 2 Eight Inches of Snow and Hail Fall Monday Afternoon Near The heaviest snow and la was: found on "the farms of Abe and Arthur Stanford, on Belvidere road, about 15 miles west of Wauke gan. . J. P. Sherman of, Grayslake, who was driving to Waukegan with his wife during the storm, declared the temperature dropped so low thab they were actually cold 11& 1e fact that they were riding-- in ied automobile. Mr. Sherman brought a gallon of the hailstones and -m('z Waukegan to prove fto friends that he had not lost his: reason. y no., eu HuUy Om' «en t UIH The almost increfible M is unparalleled in the history € Lake county, so far as pioaoci'f recall. There have been hailstorms in this 'mections at times bput this was the first instance that a heavy snow has fallen in the month of.Jwly. _ _ Mr. Sherman, who came kegan -- again 'l'::fir ports that five or inch still coulld be seen in d morning. MISS CLADYS ECER BECOMES _ BRIDE OF CGEORCGE MILLER _ resalde or six inches of hbhall _ seen in drifts thst . 0-- / lee 'wan -- / be Coombs _ n Belvidere ... of Wauke . . _ Grayslake, _ _ kegan with °. . m, declared . _ :loou;'t'- the mt that + in a closed _ to Waw