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"':'"GPIILD. M., Nov. 21.« program for the convention of :';.t.l-nu...:mw-dua completed. The . parley will be held in this city December G-II.MICQQ* at ihe Eks' club Efferis will 'be made at the To form n "auiome To .*--MHOLD MEETING "The association feels that the Volstead act should be enforced is # is. Under this act it is the legal obligation of the druggists to fur-- nish liquor for medicinal purposes to the peblic. The tendency of the prohibition commission, influenced by the Anti--Saloon league, is more and more to prevent druggists from their legal obligations to the by ms more drastic +i the use of The brief prepared by the execu-- tive committee of the association offers a list of reasons for amending th« Cramton bill. It is an answer to a brief prepared by the Anti--Saloon league for the passage of the bill. "The Anti--Saloon league has plac-- ed the bill before the senate as a wet and dry issue," says E. C. Brokmeyer, attorney for the drug-- gists' association. "It is not neces-- sary to pass the Cramton bill in order to provide for civil service qualifiecations for prohibition en-- forcement officers to take them from under political influence. The Tink-- ham bill now before the house pro-- Cramton bill was passed. Warse the Anti--Saloon league sincere it would have supported the Tinkham bill. The Cramton bill places the enforce-- without the right of appeal. °* The asmociation fears a shortage of liq-- uor for medicinal purposes if the bill passes the senate next Decem-- The Druggists' association is try-- ing to have the bill amended so that sales of medical liquor will be regu-- lated by a department separate from that in charge of beverage liquor. ment of prohibition under one man, Druggists meeting at the Drake bofclhcuap.m.w which will be sent to all senators in an attempt to have the Cramton bidl returned to the senate judiclary committee for discussion. . At l!eethg"l'hq Take Steps to Have Bill Sent Back for Dis-- cussion. ~ DRUGGISTS IN Hertel's cries for help attracted several fellow workmen who extri-- eated hi;fl:n !rg:, the dnn:'dg' u;d rushed to offices of Dr. J. L. Taylor at Libertyville. Dr. Tay-- lor administered first aid and then took Hertel to the Victory !lt:dmofial hospital where he amputa the man's arm at the wrist. Henry Hertle, 85 years old, of Grayslake, had--his"left hand erush-- ed late Saturday afternoon while "feeding" --a-- corn shredder. The: heavy mitten which Hertle wul wearing.:t thofl;lllj "umlnitl';thel gears and drew hand: the crusher, cutting his five fingers off and-- erushing the wrist. Hertle braced himself against the machine so that he would not be dragged further into the shredder and kicked the clutch with his foot stopping the machine. t 1 SEVENTY--FOURTH Y¥EAR. Mitten Catches in Machine -- As Man is Working ; Tak-- en to Waukegan Hospital LOSES HAND Druggists of the United States Brief Gives Reasons." LIQUOR BGHT NO Neither Enrico nor Olechna, room-- mates of Sobeck for a tong Hme, put in an appearance at the inqmest and upon investigntion it was learn-- Body Battered. Coroner John L. Taylor held an ir uest on the night of _ Monday, November 10, into the death and also performed an autopsy, The autopsy revealed that the chest of the deceased had been asmashed with a heavy instrument and that other parts of the body had been mangled and battered. -- At the time it was said that it appeared that the instru-- After informing the authorities at Libertyville of Sobeck's death Enrico said he made a trip to Waukegan and spent Sunday night in this city. He came here in search for the violinist, Olechna, he said in his confession. At that time he was not «suspected of the crime. lessly. He then walked back to his houge..in Libertyville He said he went to sleep in his room for a eouple of hours and upon awakening duct a search for him, not realizing at the time that Sobeck had been injured fatally. He is said to have admitted going to a farm near Five Points, a short distance from North Chicago. and roaming around aim-- shortly after Olechna went to con-- 12:30 o'clock that night. After a lengthy verbal argument, Bobeck and Olechna both jumped on Enrico and threw him heavily to the floor. according to his story. He 'leaped up and struck at both of Shem several times. OQlechna, a amaller man than the other two. backed away but Sobeck kept bat-- tling furiously, Enrico declared, so he picked --up an axe in the kitchen and struck Sobeck -- on the elbow, breaking a bone. Enrico admitted further that he wielded the axe vi-- ciously, burying the sharp blade into the man's chest and then into his thigh. 91 and _ Sobeck. In -- his -- signed sconfession, however, Enrico admit-- ted, according to Col. Smith, that he assistance from Olechna. Axe Was Weapon An axe was the weapon employed to kill Sobeck, gccording to Enrico. Sobeck, Enrico and Olechna parti-- cipated in a drunken. brawl on the afternoon and evening of November 9, an argument arising regarding tbe pd@moent of a wine bill-- about in the presence of Col. Smith, Sher-- if Edwin Ablstrom, Deputy Sher-- iff Lester Tiffany and Nick Grana, a Waukegan merchant, The latter 2+ tho «barift's offics on a murder caarge,: following a voluntary con-- fession. The confession was made State's Attorney A. V. Smith made ;the announcemeut Friday that En-- rico, who has been in the county jail for several days is now booked 'Dominic Enrico, 32, Libertyville, is the murderer of Joseph Sobeck, 40, who was found dead in his room at 717 Broadway, Libertyville, on the morning of Sunday, November 9 -- The shroud of mystery was torn away by a complete confession made late Wednesday afternoon. * There will be no deliv on 'survice in Lake County on R!fik ; mas day, Postmaster--E. E. Ells-- worth, who had received word to that | effect from Washington, announced teday. --The. plan of having special service on the holiday was tried out as an experiment last year. 3 TILT OVER WINE BILL IS FATAL Dominic Enrico Tells How He Wielded @xe in Quarrel Over Cost of Drinks; Seek: His Companion. There will : be ne delivery on Thanksgiving day, either. A new order from the postal: de-- partment makes it a rule that all clerks quit work at 11 o'clock on Christmas, morning in order to have the holiday dinner at their homes. NO RURAL M AIL ON CHRISTMAS (Continued on Page Pout) of the Briggle report. In a final appeal Chester E. Cleveland of Chi-- cago, former assistant corporation counsel under the Lundin--Thompson regime, asked for more time to pre-- pare arguments in the case, which he characterized as the most import-- ant litigation confronted in his ex-- perience as a lawyer. Juodge was of the opinion .'""."a"hmhm case could themselves for argument by Dee, 1, -- © a black eye. Sometimes we see a Libertyville ginrl so we feel like walking .'!!!z!v'::.u-_-!-h-n-a the governor, filed his formal bill of exceptions to the master's report. Gov. Smaill was in court himself Thursday to watch the strategic. moves of the new battery of lawyers he threw into the case as a result long a final decision in the case, Werner W. Schroeder, attorney for * The first came when Judge Bur-- ton overruled the motion by the governot's attorneys to suppress the report in toto. Then came a motion to re--refer the case to the master in chancery on the ground that all the evidence had not been properly iden-- tified. This, too, was ruled out by Judge Burton. The time was set by Judge F, W. Burton following a day of efforts by the governor's attorneys further to delay the hearing. The order was entered after Gov. Small® received two successive setbacks in Judge Judge-- Burton's court during the Governor Loses in Skirmish Be-- The time for the hearing of Gov Bmail's objections to the findings of Master in Chauncery Charles G Briggle who held that the executive was accountable for interest -- or _ Captain Evans will appear in per-- son before the Congressional sub--> committee prepared to make con-- 'E representations regarding z needs of, the training station %Mmf his command.* For several _ prior to his departure for MWaschington, he was . engaged--in making an intensive study of cundi-- tions at Grgat Lakes and his inves-- tignation is said to have covered ev-- try detail of the needs of the train-- SET TIME FOR SMALL HEARING ing station. _ _'An estimate of $325,000 was sun-- mitted by Captain Evars as neces-- sary to operate and maintain the Great Lakes naval training ststion during the ensuing fiscal year and also . make much needed revairs. This amount is $75,000 in excess of the appropriation that has been granted by Con*uuin recent yoars. The additional 'funds are sais to have been requested in "order that repairs and replacements could be made (to buildings, equipment ani engineering . em-uuoru where there have been considerable deter-- i0ration as a result of age and use. I+ is reported on reliable authority, bhowever, that the director of the budget has reduced this estimate to $250,000, the amount that has been ronri_ntod for Great Lakes for : past two fiscal years. & *A . Announcement was made Friday that Captain Waldo Evans, U. § Navy, . commandant of the: Great Lakes naval training station, has proceeded to Washington, D. C on temporary duty in connection with hearings that will be held by -- the sub--committee--of the appropriation® committee of the House of Repre: sentatives on the appropriation es-- timate submited for the mainte -- nance of the midwest training sta-- tion during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. TELLS NEED OF REPAIRS AT STATION Commandant-- at: Great Lakes Makes -- Representation DBe-- fore Sub--Committee; steport Cut in Appropriation. fore Judge Frank Burtor Yesterday. two moves LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, we would be with e County Renister _ Washington for the national confer-- ence on utilization of forest products made this plain toda@y where H. V. Berry of New York, after making ASK CfiRSIT MAS WITHOUT TREES lt Andrew W. Benson. 'The ' charged that hbér husband «deserted her on Sept. 2, 1922. The decree gave her the right to resume ber maiden name of Adeline Wit-- WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 21 Old Santa Claus must meet modern eonditions, if he is to survive, dstruction of trees for holiday dee-- proposal was taken, other lumber-- men declared that the loss of trkes at iChristmas time was appaling. pass a law forbidding the sale of Chriatmas trees. Although no action on Mr. Berry's orations, -- «Pearl Schweitzee of Waukegan u' 1 that she a::l:d only "Ocuom age when m to Schweitzer at Waukegan on March 81, 1924. -- The girl states in her bill for divorce that she was not aware of the law that set the marriageable OKe at 18 years for women. A decree was entered in the suit brought by Mrs. Adeling: L order to secure hil"ml_' _ to the marriage. He was on 1, 1924, and he said, this "Ap:::r- Day" wedding turned out to be m Ross M. Wiu;:g Waukegan de-- scribed the peculiar temperament of his wife, Ina, in his plea for, separa-- tion. He claimed that ~ she had flown into fits of rage without any provocation and had been sent to the insane asylum at Elgin in August] 1915. As she had been adjudged in-- curably insane, the husband wanted the marital bonds severed. _ The two were married on Dec. 6, 19038 Fraud is Fraud was charged By_ Robert Sigourney of w»k..fi;i-_ HKis bid for a divereo He elaimed that erooked methods had been used in were entered in the Circuit court of Judge Claire C. Edwards Friday. Insanity, fraud and ignorance were the charges detailed in the suits, which were filed by Attorney James G. Welch, while desertion was the eharge that brought the decree. . JOKE WEDDING ENDS IN COURT April Fool Wedding*Furns Out to Be Serious Affair, Bubbx It is probable that the bhones will be taken up and reinterre| in Lake-- There w , " (.T.'-r\r greves found in the basement bu: »xamina-- tion showed that their contents had side Mr. E. W. Parkhurst confirmed the statement of Mr. Co\>y and states M& robable that the most regent burial there an:edates 1830, ~ "a> Y asl. This would make the skcleton nearly one hun« 1": years old at the most con w, ve estimate and 'in all probability it | ¢ much older. v P ' been mo 1 to "*at iz' i".. .'.34"7 *, et y. He has no recollectian , nor has it been possible to find any record of who wers biicied m'g& the time such mumt'% )K plac !n i'cm that the b(t(] purchased the Three divorce suits and one decree matter acturers in mof Old w $ 6 GROUNXND congreas keleton EMBER 26, 1924, rre . |Resort Owner Shot Dead at Ci-- ' cero Early Sunday Was Sent' f ' From Ingleside on Writ by | 1 Col. Smith,. | terceded, saying the had not sought to pick a l:m and Doberty turned their guns on htk . 4j Tancel had a .25 caliber automatle in the pocket of the oversont he was wearing. 1t was a German gun, pearl handled and gold plated. He was hit before he could draw it. Af-- table. Doherty and O'Donnell join-- ed them. Several drinks were con-- sumed. Finally Simet, the waiter, tendered a bill to O'Donnell for $5 for three rounds of beer. O'Donnell said he wouldn't pay it. Tancl spoke softly and the waiter depart-- e his money. a «e Follow Quarrel... .. M followed him to (the barroom and struck him on the right ear with a revolver. Doherty muu--mmuud::; head with his wevolver. Tanc in-- Doherty and O'Donnell entered the eabaret at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night and drank there unt!l after 1 o'clock. Doherty had an argument with John Hanléy, an ex--policeman, butitdlfiimum'.'l'z! took theit girl companions out returned about 6 a. m. Sunday.~ _ Tancl, his wife, Klimas and Mrs. Mayme McClain were sented at a Tancl moved into Cicero a couple of years ago and set up the present liquor establishment and became a prominent figure in the lawleasnessa at Cicero. -- Competition for the throne in Cicero's underworld fol-- lowed when strong rivals entered the city. Gang fights, killings disorder followe*. Tanc} had been ordered to out of Cicero, but had | bitter gang and beer war that is rag-- | ing in the Chicago underworld. " While waxirg into power and ga-- | therinz. money through illicit booga | selling, Tanel settled down at Ingle-- | side several years ago. His place 'soon became notorious for its fights and lsw breaking and was called to [the attention.of Col. Smith. | Smith Takes Action I The lattor tool: vigcrous action at once. -- After raiding the place and getting evidence, he prosecuted the violators in the Circuit court and succeeded in getting an injunction, writ against Tancl's place. When the dogrs were closed and business ceased, Tancl quit Lake county for _--The countryside about Ingleside and Fox Lake is being secured by operatives from the Chicago detec-- tive bureau in an effort to find same trate of the killers. --A watch is Also being kept on Terry Druggan's y home near Lake Zurich, at pgrg tex ; on certain: cottages o " beer chiefs at Grayslake. "?f ' Bhot by Two Men % --~~Tancl was shot at mm two men who waited all S + night for a chance to take his life. * Btory of Killing. The detailed story of how Tancl was killed follows: Doherty: and O'Donnell had been in the cabaret most of Saturday inttltyt"og"ko:om:nyn' n saw their opened on' Tancl. The romdhouse m«mamm and ex guns with life as theap as the beer on the bar. Leo --Klimas, 4«4l Sokuth Troy ho in the Theg aid is exfermdiig -- Tancl and O'Donnell dropped to-- gether 200 feet from the barroom, but Doherty escaped and is being Myles O'Donnell, 1227,South Six-- ty--first court, Cicero. who was shot four times and is believeg to be ® death, and James Doherty, 3 Washington -- boulevard, Chicago, more fruitful fields in Cicero. The Tancl affair was one of the legal battles which won for Col. Emith the title of "Lake County's fearless prosecutor." * who TANCL LOST LICENSE IN COURT FIGHT (Continued on Paigse Right) w vg. Carl W Hs g:'" ~ltA Wns in h o. A MHarding w uth Six-- m and was shot | * forei + + was Troy fina was to ed to i last. been | -- But ir irday | without This showing of Waukegan was regarded as exceptional despite the =mtforthehitmmn been given first place in the rat-- ings. The limitation for the classi-- Hieation in which Waukegan high was included had been one in schools having an enrollment of 1,000 to 2,000 pupils were en-- This year the group was for which han&u enrollment £ 1,000 or over. brought : dthomnh-bd& and other parts of the state B was for schools of 500 to : and class C for those of less a pupiis. petition, the results of which were made public at the University of Iilinois Saturday. Waukegan was in Class A in this competition. The "W", Waukegan's yflw En was ranked .;efl ": f close upon "The Forum," | by Senn high of Chicageo. mlitehn. Hyde Park high school annual was rated third in the com-- mmmmlp high school won second place in the bet-- ter publication contest at Urbana. Results Made Known at Con-- .. ference of Press Group Last -- But in a few weeks. apparently giving a thought to her , health, Mrs. g:fllu under-- ak to accompany r'dd.t on Alaskan trip w ended : in his death at San Francisco. f Passes Into Coma. Mrs, Harding passed into a coma Thursday morning and early Friday she was unconscious. She was ill two weeks -- before gravity of her condition became known outside White Oaks, the sani-- tarium and country estate of the _ It was in the days when Warren was his own editor, re-- porter and business manager gi illn forced Mrs. Harding to ¥ up her place on the paper as man-- of circulation, 4 f ter, in the White House, her } was all but decpaired of. When ahe finally recovered, it was made to her that another serlous tack in all probability would be Weakened-- by the shock of her husband's death and the ordeal of his public funeral a year and a half ago, Mrs. Harding was unable to throw off the recurrence of : the malady which had brought her to the very gates of death in 1922 at the White House. She became seriously ill late in October. Save for brief intervals of improvement, her strength ebbed Waukegan High School Annual Wins Second Honor s In Contest Mrs. Harding died at 8:55 a. m. at White Oaks Farm. _ With her when the end came were her broth-- er, Clifford Kling, of Florida, Mrs. Chas. E. Sawyer, widow of Presi-- dent Harding's personal physician, Dr, Carl W. Sawyer, and George B. DIES AFTER ILLDESS OF _ MANY DAYS Nation Sends Condolences to Ohio City Following Death of Mrs. Harding; Brave in Her Many Hardships. premainmon 2t hemmigrrie: < Aptntet uies Aiediatimint M 10 29 c sc College of: Agriculture, © University of Illinois, according to an announce-- men' today by J.. C. -- Hackleman, crops extension specialist who is in charge of the show. MARJON, O., Nov. ~21.--Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late president, died on Friday of last week. URBANA, III., Nov, 21.--A con--| tribution of $500 has again been made for the second year by the IIli-- nois Bankers' association for prizes to winners in the annual -- Illinois : Seed Grain show, including the fifth | annual Utility Gorn show, which will be held during the annual Farmers' week, January 12--16, 1925, at the | PRIZES GIV EN IN SEED SHOW Then' on the morning of Nov. 3, (Continued on Page 4) an unlimited class dhitsacias, (¥ia Pitde * on OB . s mony to whow that 'fl'fiy. mn}(formr crack pc-u.lhl-mo:i at-- re-- | tempted to prevent the arrest of the that'robbers who obtained $3,000.000 in give" loot' in the sensational mail train mAn--| robbery at Rondout last June was introduced by the government Fri-- her | day. Two 'Chicago politicians are Then |charged with plotting the* robbery. nade| _ J, p; % an ins as-- 1l0u8| signed to investigate th:.ficy 1 be| with Fahy testified that Fahy ve-- _--_|toed his proposal to arrest Glass-- Wirkty of Engioneod high, Qniens. y of high, won first place in Class A. Blue and m«w-z won second place in Class C of Weekly group. Waukegan failed to show in the weekly contest ratings, The weekly of Waukegan high won high commendation on both sides, but because it had no advertising hmunbmm.nfi proportion to its it wans not included in the winners. It was said that the paper had the best written articles and "leads" and was the only paper which had the proper proportion of news and feat-- The Proviso Pageant, the wookly at Proviso, won first place in Group B, it was announced. The principal of that institution, Josegh Thaiman, in a twin brother af Superintondent John Thalman of Waukegan Theodore Berchtold of last year's graduating class at the high school was editor of the publication. Robert B. Sinclear, English pro-- tessor at the University of Minois, Irma Vanderbeck, journalism teach-- cr-tmiaohndl.b.ldgg also of Illinois were the judges. occasion was the Illincis Conference of State High School Press Associa-- Neither the witnesses nor Fahy appeared at the burean and when asked for an explanation the next day Fahy said he had fallen asleep and had forgotten it. Chief of detectives William Schoe-- maker, testified he called Fahy on the telephone the night after the robbery asking him to come to the detective bureau to identify a sus-- pect if possible. Fahy asked who the suspect was and received the answer that it was Willie Newton who had been arrested in the apart-- ment of Walter McComb, well known West side gangster, n»w one of the defendants with Fahy. + Koski lived in Schumae street. just outside the city limits of Wau-- kegan. He leaves a widow and a three year old child to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Wed-- nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from A helper who was close by at the time carried him into the house and summoned medical aid. The attend-- ing physician had the man removed to the Alice Home hospital. Every-- thing possible was done for Koskh but he succumbed early, Saturday night. FORMER SLEUTH FAILED TO AiD at the Alice Home hospital f;om-h. juries sustained on Thursday while working on the premises. A frac-- tured skull was the cause of death, le'cgrding'f.o Coroner John L. Taylor who held an inquest into the death. Thrown to Ground --Koski was at work on' Thursday removing dead. limbs from trees. He was at-- the last tree vl&: heavy limb Ig_&b'hd sawed off came down quicker than he expected. It stmick the ladder upon which he was standing, the ladder going out from under him, throwing Koski heavily to the ground. the Finnish Lutheran church with interment at North Shore cemetery. Toibo Koski, 24 years ofd, employe on the estate of William Schwebbe of Lake Forest, died Saturday night Employe of Lake Forest Fam-- ily Thrown to Ground; Suf-- fers Fractured Skull; Sue-- cumbs at Hospital. LIMB HITS } LADDER AS _ __ MAN WORKS _ $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCA 1., .. NOV. Testi-- that "'"&'!-hv 24 onl