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l ----New Witness, Not Known to _ Authorities, May Back Up : Slayer's Story. of 'hl.tou truo:.y "'l:g woman is doad and by has ppearod. : Now Richardson asserts that there in a negro whom he will \At tho trial who will testify that ki Ing was dons in selt--defense. Richard-- non seoms quite confident of ac-- quitted of the murder. charge, Jot his own throat got aote or his owh pipén hecome wheesy -- ami ~he'll go Fight an leaving them to well the best way they my.-&.,. % According to Richardson there is a miasing witness who will be able to throw .important . light on 'the case when the trial is called.=Up to now the authorities have been of the opin-- on that thawife of the dead man and Waliter Neuby were the only--witnosses "I did what any other man would d0,"--he said. "He came at me with a razor. ~What would you have done un-- dor the circumstances, ~I almply pro-- tected myselt." George Richardson, allas "Jungle Rod," held here on a charge of slay-- Ing Goorge Williams, is preparing his defonse, according to statements he has made to acquaintances. He has been visited by State's At-- tormey A. V. Smith and has related his ¥eraion of the case, maintaining that hbe killed Williams in self detense. ~Am accident occurred on Milwau-- kee avanue, just south of Liberty-- ville, Sunday afternoon. Tony PoF-- lace, 1416 Sedgwick street, Chjcago, is charged with having fun into .a machine driven .by Marshall _W. Thompson, general superintendent Of the Fair store, Chicago. With Mr. Thompson were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Oakley. of the Mandel store. Mrs. Oakley was bruised and cut on the arms. It is alléged that Poliace . attempted | to ~drive away after the accident but be 'was cap-- tured after being chased by County Motorcycle Officer Thomas Burnette. Pollace agreed to settle for the dam-- agens. : CLAIMS SELF -- DEFENSE "JUNGLE RED" HAS STAR WITNESS TO AID HIS DEFENSE Dr® larson stated that there was evidence of drinking among .members Of the wrecked car. 2* ; CRASH AT WAUCONDA Mr. and Mrs. Burridge D. Butler, prominent residents of -- Highland Park, were in a serious automobile accident Sunday nignht when their Plerce--Arrow was struck by a ma-- Chine driven by Richard Tendy, 1613 North Ashland© avenue, Chi-- cago, according to a report~to the sherif('s office today. Mrs. Harry Heath, wife of the chauffeur of the Butler car, received deep' cuts ~in the~ face and arms, and their son, Curtis Heath, had <both bones © in Pont in snerges mm%"""'"' Iing at A speed of-- «bout l and smashel squarely into the Bur-- ridge car, and as Tendy's machine rolled over it struck another machine Thers wore three other men in Ten-- €y'n. machine. All were cut and bruised but their> injuries were su-- porficial, it was reported. * The accident occuryed som--Rand road, between Lake ZPurtct and Wau-- conda. * y« ACCIDENT ON MILWAUKEE AVE. --¥From what Dr. Larsons was able to Acarn the party in the /wrecked @ar had been enjoying themselves At a roadhouse. They were Feturn-- ing to Chicago and were near the in Milwaukee road at -- the mt-n place when they noticed & _ car approaching. A _ certain amount of jockeying-- followed in which the drivers tried to avoid: a crash. This was averied, but the The Griver of the" car, Ed> Tolt, was practically uninjured," ag. were «two other members of tho" party, a Mrs. Miller and a young mau. Tolf Mven at $11 River street, Chicago. Toif car went into the ditch and struck" a pole. from the fipsh, leaving the arm al-- most boneless. A few hours later, Dr, Ed Larson ot tne Wheeling h::-. . was forced to amputate ::lred member.-- In addition she received numerous cuts and bruises. Miss Irene Blair, $3 years old, of 3721 West 5th avenue, Chicago, was almost 'fatally injured Jlate Tuesday e i mal NW e was to avoid a collison "fltfi a00ther machine and _ struck a telegraph Her left arm, protruding n;:.lbo sedan window, was wedged ween the car and the post, The impact splintered -- the bone~ and "toro it WOMAN'S ARM IS. ALMOST SEVERED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Foreed to ; Amputate Injured VOL ANOTHER : ~BAD -- -- CRASH Arm that is 'Almost Bone-- tess from Crash. y LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT Late County's Big Weekly C > w f . e ¥ ; m The bride to be is the youngest daughter of the Vercoes and has been atteonding University of IMlinois. Her father is a member of the f+ nance committes of the Lake county board of supervisors, of which body he has been a most valuable coun-- sellor: for many years, and he aliso is president of the North Shore Trust company of Highland Park. Future ,plans of the young couple were not announced. The organiration of a now Kiwania olub at IAbertyville will be aftactod Thursday. night,. and. a number oi Waukezan Kiwanlans aro planning t» l'?" in the ou:.mh aro thirty4ive charter mem-- bers. 'The first president is Dr; E. The event will be a quilet, infor-- mal one. The ceremony will be per-- formed by Dr. James McClure at 8:30 o'clock. ~ KIWANIS CLUB _ FOR LIBERTYVILLE Miss Constance Murie! _ Beverly Vercoe, daughtér 'of Supervisor and Mrs. A: W. Vercoe, will be married Saturday evening at her home on Sheridan~ road," Highland Park, to Evan Moerrili Davia of Urbana. An unusual feature of the case is the fact. that Blackwell's wife has been in court evefty day and appar-- ently is greatly interested in the case. She filed suit for divorce against him in the Lake county circuit court.sev-- eral weeks ago. After the court sos sions sho rushed up to him and ap-- pears to be on very friendly. terms. It is believed that the couple have affected a reconciliation. MISS VERCOE TO WED SATURDAY Atty. George W. Field4, representing Blackwell entered. a strong protest against continuance of the case untH next Tuesday. He a:so-- protested against the bond being $10,000, which he cl;}med was much too high. Judge Shurtleff did not order the bond reduced, however. T9: tion of the court, as he has evaded the officers of the court, who have a subpoenae for him. Grom is the alleged beer ruoner, who, according to States Attorney Lumley confess-- ed to bhaving paid Blackwe!t $1,000 for *"sale conduct' of bis been trucks through McHenry cohnty. If Grom fails to appear before the grand jury as a witness the $1,000 cash bond he put up will be ordered forteited. Anther important angle in the call of the grand jury was for the purpose of bringing A. H. Grom in jurisdic tion of the court, as he has evaded A special grand jury was called to-- day by Judge E. D. Shurtief#f at Wood-- stock, for the reported consideration of the Blackwell case, and other mat-- ter pertaining to alleged graft in the liquor violation situation in McHenry county, The grand jury will convense Friday, A sensational turn was taker to-- day in the continuation of the hear-- ing on beer runner bribery charges against Ira Blackwell, former mem-- ber of the Lake county »pouge squad, who is being held at Woodstock for alleged shaking down of runners in McHenry County, while he was em-- ployed as--an invrestigator thard,. .. SPECIAL GRAND JURY CALLED IN BLACKWELL CASE Crowds Bondsmen for Star Witness in Alleged Beer Run-- ning Bribe Case. Chicago, lHis., Aug, 20.--Miss Lucy Page Gaston famous for het --efforts to abolish cigarette smoking, died to-- day in the Hinsdale Sanitarium fol-- lowing an operation for a sarcarus affection of the throat. RECONCILIATION _ HINTED Lucy Page Gaston Succumbs Today In .addition ~to' the smallpoxr the state department of health received reports from the state of 60 now |cam of diphtheria and 35 noew oases of #scarlet fever last wook. I'_l"hm wete 191 new cases of dinh-- theotin. Boston, Aug. 20--Four armed tban dits today 'held up Frederick Tveos manager. ~of the <Cart--d1. Skinae Jeweiry company, robbed him of : box ml:m damonds and oth~ Jjowelry va At $150,000. Polica chased the robbers sevors! milos but they @scaped in an auto @ Health officers, aided by opera-- tives of the state department of health, aro redoubling their efforts demic appeared to be under control. They aroe urging that everyone who in exposea get vaccinated imme diately, expressing the beliet that only in this manner will they be able to halt the--epidemic.* ARMED BANDITS > OBTAIN $150,000 Lake County reported ten of the fifteen new cases of.,zsmall por in the state reported to the state do-- partment of Public Health during the last week, according to a dis patch from Springfield. Cook coun-- ty reported but two _ cases--thus Lake county led the entire state. The fact that there. wore ten new cases of the disease from Lake county would Iuflmtnt there has been a slight 4n over the last two or three weeks When the ep!-- demic appeared to b eunder control. Most. of the cagses, It is said, are reported from ' : Waukegan, North Chicago and Zlon, f GeBeral Dawes today was on his way to Augusta, Maine, where his opening campaign speech will be de-- livered Saturday. ward his message that the democratic barty is no longer the chief opponent of the republicans. It is LeaFotiletto's party, ho said, with its danger of having the election thrown ifto the senate. » Health Officers Redouble Their Efforts to Check the Epidemic. He launched a vigorous attack on the : democtatic party,; accusing it of a "straddling . policy" by placing on its ticket one conservative and one radical candidate. 2 VACCINATION ISs URGED TEN NEW CASES _ OF SMALLPOX IN -- . COUNTY LAST WK. Home radios which brought hbis words clearly were early sought by those of the huge throng who were crowded beyond amplifying distance of the candidate's words even before Spokesman A. W. Jefferies of Omaha had-- told General Dawes that he was his party's choice as President Cool-- idge's running mate. That the republican vice presiden-- tial candidate will be able to ham-- mer his points home though the "Hell N'Maria" content of his speech-- es are moulded to the conventinal republican tenets and garbed in con-- ventlional words was demonstrated as he deciared: AR plos -- of our constitution by LaKFol Chicago, _ Aug. . 20.--Bearing, a standard which promised no evasion, temporizing or side--rtepping of is sues, General Charles G. Dawes, re-- publican vice presidential candidate, today started eastward on his cam-- paign of "brass tacks," following his official notiflcation at his home in Evanston Jlast night. Speaking before & crowd of be-- tween 75,000 and 125,000, the gen-- eral frankly assumed the role of republican burden bearer. for the campaign, _ answered LaFollette's progressive challenge, the democrat's league of nations issue and defended his 'party's world court proposals. and l.slening-- to tho entire speech. They heard it much more clearly than a majority who actually at-- tended the meeting. Among some of the local persons who ailended the notification were Judge P. L. Persons, Judge Martin C. Decker, Commissioner L. J. Ya-- ger, Postmaster Mancel Talcott, H. C. Burnett of Waukegan, and Police Magistrate J. D. Doyle of Lake Bluff. A Waukegan and Lake county sent &A ropresentative delegation --to Ey-- anston last night to attend the Charles Dawes notification -a&u but the big majoriy of local resi-- dents contented themsetves by tun-- Ing in Chicago stations on the radio and listening-- to tho entire speech. STATES ISSUES CEEARLY MANY WAUKEGAN RESIDENTS HEAR CHAS DAWES TALK umber 'to Make the Trip to Evanston but Majority Hear _ the Talk by Radio. W}'TW t ".'m' W.'Wp «@9 'W,W'"F}'"""' e ue . K o 4 P C. Aore ")f:fl'm- hss 20. C t w e o ie e tC Un m 96-- F9 ' )0 . dM 0 CEC L PA Cof Gne n , es S onA A¥W C i N 3n * ie t : es L 4e :.4:' t w\ a $ & C 3 o o 6i We wolle s 4 o2 uie -- * % 0 ""1{. ® * t C 335. ~ o0 oo e o o3 e "" 14 4 0 ;« t #'-,- agd ;4'-_1 We ... Ne e iR '¥ 5 %% x.--A 4 » * KK ©&\ per i. 3y oi w *A tS h * N # 1¥ ® "" ~}80 4 $ y m * ; 4 < 1 w7 4 4 1 # _ -- # ! 4 fs. # _ a 29z 5 & ds 5 ts dn ces L. «/ attitbuted ~to commun'ate ~ 0 one~--was killnd. Th+ govornment atrengtheniag. all important ga1 anna awing ta enmmunizt threata ed in the storm that struck here yesterday according to word received In Waukegan today. The church was well on tha way to completion when the storm struck reducing it to a pile or ruins. -- The building was being orected in Sou'h Fre nmiont avenue in Kenosha for the Catholic residents of the, south side o° the city. . COMMUN!<TS ROMB A new Catholis church which was under construction in Kenosha was blown down and completely destroy» The third building is at Grass Lake. It has not been started yet but the contractors plan on baving the build-- ing in readiness before the school year is over. *# _ . Leonard Latz, the local architect, drew tho plans for all of the build-- ings. WIND DESTROYS CATHOLIC CHURCH The building, which will cost about $10,000, is of brick and thoroughly modernh in every respect. It is about two miles due north of the village, One at Cedar Lake will have the roof on in another few days. It is the hopes of the contractors to complete their work by Oct. 1. ANOTHER AT CEDAR LAKE In addition there are two othor schools of the same type under con-- struction at present. Iake Villa wili soon have a new school. The Stan?rd schol, started some time ago, will be ~completed within the next few weeks and ready for the fall sessions. LAKE VILLA SOON _TOHAVE ITS NEW The state fruit crop, the survey predicts. will be rather light. . The state winter wheat yield, ac-- cording to the survey, will be fully up to the ernment August 1 es-- ' 7 bushels per acre. The / reports, will be fair to good. ~©The surrey reports an unusually large .oat crop with harvesting vir-- tually completed in the north .mli threshing ranging from completed to starting in the south. Barley, it re-- ports, is yielding fair to heavy and rye fair. * Building Is About Completed Two Others are Underway, _ One at Grass Lake. Corn, the report states, is contin-- uing to grow fairly well despite the rather weedy condition of the 4 elds and the cool weather. Spotted »sttorm and insect damage, especially in the north, has been about o?m by the improvement in the ramainder of the state,. the survey shows. It pre-- dicts a moderate crop prospect with the out turn dependent largely on fall conditions. The crop will-- be from one to three weeks late, it The survey reports little progress in threshing in the northern sec-- tions owing to frequent rains but it shows farm work in general has made fair to good progress in the southern districts, It predicts that all plant growth will be on thae ay-- erage about two weeks late, with the consequent retarding of field work. Springtield, IIl., Aug. 20.--Corn, grass, vegetable and fruit crop prz- pectspects, with the exception chief-- Iy of the northern section, have been maintained or slightly improved dur-- ing the last two weeks, according to the semi--monthly crop report ot the United States Department of Ag-- riculture released today. . * NORTH 4S HARD HIT GRASS AND FRUITS IMPROVE IN ALL 3UT NORTH PARTS day. Illinois Report Shows Improve-- ment in Corn, Fruits and Vegetables in South. _ According to word brought © to Waukegan today an automobile party of five people crashed through & barricade and into a river section not far from Wheeling known as Dam No. 2. Four of the party were sald to have been brought to com sclousness by lungmotors. Whnlu residents stated that they had heard of the accident, which was reported ah having happened Mon-- Lisbon, Ans mloms thno' CAR DRIVES INTO RIVER, AS REPORT | JRA BV NAJMGC SCHOOL OPENING , THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 21, 1921 . _ Thre~ bomb ex * hovco t3day. They comwmun'ata No ThWh* govornment is imporlant -- garri 3ot * Facilities of the camp will be used as far as\possible to accommo-- date guests and all others whose attendance will be welcomed-- will find quarters in the fine hotels of Battle Creek, close to »camp. SHOT THROUGH HEART; LIV®S ETCOE °. 47 s w¥ _ * CV "II'J.' Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 20.--Shot thrU| men who hide along highways to the heart and alive. That is the #®--| satch unsuspecting motorists will be pertence today of 12--year--old Charles| forbidden to carty out their favorite Hartsz. Threa stitches, taken to close practice in lHllinois, if a measure the gun shot wound in young Hort®'s] adopted by the Ilinois Satety Coun neart by Br. Timothy Donovan, tell| cit is --made a law y the state legia the story of why Hartsz is alive with lature. Plans fot a statewide moet-- changes for recovery good. ing for Springtield next apring are Charles Hartes and Fred Rick were| being made. *4 playing together. RoyAlike they want--| -- More good could be done, the mon-- od to see a rifle which lay oma bench.| sure atated by having the m When Rick handled h" the curtr"n:' patrol the road and make ue was ox ad awd the bullet struck| their r, thue m~ flofino'n'ooahh'--'c" anaaf Iinfractinma. o Danville, IIl., Aug. 20----The mail and bagzage and express cars and two coaches of the Papria bound night passenger on the Peoria' & Eastorn railroad ran into a washout west of Nfhhomet today. All three cars turned over, Three mail clerks were \bruised... The engine. leaped the gap and was standing on the rails on the far side of the washout when the train stopped. The train left Indianapolis at midnight. The airplane amoke screen will be repeated Aat 2:30 p. m., Satur-- day, August 23, at which time a clear showing will be made of the use of rifle, pistol, autematic rifle, saber and T7 5--millimeter field gun by regular troops armed with those weapons. <-- A review of all troops on the post will take place Saturday morning at 10:00 a. m. _ Officers of the 339th regiment of Infantry, organized reserves, will be hosts to a special crowd of visi-- tors from Detroit, Michigan. TRAIN GOES -- INTO DITCH The feature of Friday, August 22, will be a Chemical Warfare show, limited to defensive activities of that ~arm. Smoke screens to pro-- tect movement, of troops who would otherwise be in full view of the enemy will be created by the usé of hand --and rifle grenades, trench mortar prejectiles, and airplanes. Corps: Area (Illinois, Michigan, and Wl:eonsin). and thousands of visitors related to or interested in the boys taking -- citizens military -- training camp work will be on hand to wit-- ness the domonltutloqr During the ROTC camp, a similar demon-- stration of weapons brought out two thousand interested spectators. Camp Custer, Michigan, August 20. ----(Bpecial).--Friday and Saturday of this week will be big days at the army training center of the Sixth FRIDAY AND SAT-- URDAY BIG DAYS AT CAMP CUSTER PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND Army Training Center Will Pre-- sent Special Activities on Those Days. WAUKEGAN WEEKLY sSUN Chicago, : Aug. 20--*"Trap" police men who hido along highways to catch unsuspecting motorists will be forbidden to carty out their favorite practice in lllinois, if a measure adopted by the Iilinoia Satety Coun oll is --made a law b¥y the state legia lature. Plans fot a statewide moet-- ing for Springtfield next apring are being made. ied More good could be done, the meon «Most of the observations here, the most extensive in the entire coun-- try, will be devoted to an attempt to: determine : Mars' temperature to settle the question af its habitabil-- ity. -- Lowell scientists declared to-- day they hops to ba able. to leran definitely that Maras' _ temperature was considerably above zero. _ Plagstal{, Ariz., Aug.© 20.--Scien tists : at Lowell observatory here to-- day said they believed clouds which have obscured thea . planet Mars in its closest.awing carthward in the history ~of modern astronomy, would lift before Saturday, whenm the plan-- et.will be nearest tha earth. TRAP POLICEMEN TO BE BANISHED GET PEEP AT--MARS ON SATURDAY NEXT However there aro 'several large lakes created there by tho© rains. NorthsShore bugses go through a rog-- ular river near Channel Lake but have been ableo to maintain their schedule. Antloch has probably done the big-- gest business of any lake town. They draw each year from & regular quota of high. class rwdenu'wpo own pre-- tentious homes on the lakes. --In ad-- dition a number of autoists bave tak-- en week end jaunts there. Large rivers and lakes have been formed across many of the county roads and practically shut off the dance halls and many of the so called "Joints" oft visited by the raiders. They are pleased to a certain er-- tent. While they don't care to gloat over the losses from the storm they learn that many of the "joint" pro-- prietors are losing money and may go out of business, which is good news to them. + y The lake regions have not been hit as hard as the pop and hot dog stands along the croad. Motorists have been slow to buy this year and it ds regarded as an extra dull sea-- Rain, and morse 'rain, that has been pelting the lakes regions of: Lake county is depleting the bankroll of the resort keepers. FUNDS ROLL SLOW TOWARD RESORTS --IN LAKE REGION Rains Build Up Extra Rivers and Lakes and Keep Pat-- rons at Home. PLEASES -- THE $1.50 PER YEAR., IN ADVANCE RAIDERS The Standard Oil and General Mo-- tora are equal shareholders in the new corporation, it was luhdm which will take over the present of the General Motors Chemical company, and will immediately un~ dertake to. Increase the maflln and enlarge the dmd\:fl. the Ethy! fluid, discovery which was made by Charles F. Kettering and Thomas Midgley Jr., of General Mao-- STEAMER IROQUIOS RAMS INTO PIER Detroit, Aug. 20. ----Waliter C. eTa gle, president of the Standard Oit Company of New Jersey, and Ailfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of the Gen-- eral Motors Corporation, announced today 'the organization of the EKthyt Gas corporation, a $5,000,000 con-- tors Chi . Aug. 20. --Passengers on the h?: omnm Iriquois had l# scare -- early today when ¢ + on route lro"'l'ofll N'. awsa dri againiat P the " totmer pltes 'by high winds Damage to whip. was asot tor 2 CORPORATIONS FORM ETHYL CO. 'Uusually from oncthird to two-- 1 (ths of the income from the flock is from wool," his statement reada, '"When the flock is <being culled, therefore, the ewes should be judged on their ability to (produce good fleece as well as on their ability to raise a good lamb. All ewes that are weak in 'the back, 'shallow--bod-- led, narrow chestal, high in ré:: flank and light in the hind qua should -- be thrown out of the flock along with all those that are yory leggy and those that are not good milkers He advises the climination from the flock of every owe that did not raise a good lamb and produce zood fleece. toun, but the trip hore was indet} nitely doiayed on account of scant rannrta avar crinoled wires. h w3 Faurantio had lived around High» wood for sometime and had been in thq 9mp|oy of the company about two EXPLAIN CULLING METHOD SHEEP RAISERS TO SEEK WIGH QUALITY to be noon. years. Show Where Better Quaiity Sheep Mean More, Money than Quantity of Poor. _ ; Fauranito's body had turned nlue when -- discovered. Frank Pertlich, Lawrence Bentley and J. W. Oliver of the North Shore Line made the discovery. 'They applied emergency methods and were able to restore natural color to the body. For a time it was thought Faurantio might be saved, but after two hours of resuscitatinn methods all hope was given up. John Faurantio, 21, who made his home in the section gang house at Highwood, was found dying late Tuesday on the North Shore Line tracks near the Vine streer station at Highland Park. He had evidently 'picked up a pri-- mary wire, thought to have dropped from one of the high powered lines of the Public Service company. It carried, from what can be learned, about :2,300 volts. John Faurantio, 21, of High-- wood, Burned to Death by 2,300 Voitage Wire. , TRY RESUSCIT A T 1ON d TRACK WALKER IS ELECTROCUTED BY PICKING UP WIRE IN BREEDING NOW held at one o'El'ocic"t;\'i;- a&o-; l e l INTO PIER _ fonsaome uth" Haven: to @BF ' agaifat a pleor at % --* s o Tess ) Hhuahs sar hk Mb B