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Highland Park Press (1912), 20 Jan 1921, p. 7

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U it P. 190 HS. (is! ‘ '19 15c 15c 15C 15c 10c 10c U. 0000000°°"“'° muffin SF. 357 i '\ ' . mm P‘RK ILLINOIS ; 0 .....9000000000000000 ‘--~â€"_ Us“ ”0 C. m‘llmd Park Trust smu- Bnnk BM: Minn 6714 PARK. ILLI‘JOIS «Q “LE: INJ‘II'ISSL ’ DENTIST q a. John: .\ um PARK JUNK Dealer in DENTIS r v. N!LJH01.S DDT/5r ”1351,15 Hlnlgnd no 374 1-00..." Highhnd Park SHEDI) ukhhnd Avenue 0.... cum muons; , ARE mmcmom INVESTIGATION IS: MADE Suburban Rates Will Not be Changed If Public Utilities Commission is Suc- cessful Data gathered to support a claim that the suburban service of Chicago sttam roads is operated at a profit un- der present commutation rams were taken to Washington last: week for presentation to the interltatg cum- merce commission by Harry M. Slater. examiner for the state public utilities wmmission. At the request of Attorney General Brumlaqe the state commission sent IK> accountants to the offices of the various railroads operating suburban passenger trains to .ieu-rmim- the ac- tual cost of conducting the local ser» V‘Nt‘ They fnund that. after taking: inu- acvuunt tho: thousands of railroad em. pluyes carried without charge by the mmpanies on the suburban trains the pn-svnt ratcs give thx- railroads a flammable profit. Thu railrnads have asked the inter~ statt- mmrm‘n'v s'nmmissiun for a ‘20 per cent incrmsc in suburban mmmu- tatiun rates in the Chicago territory :u wrrwpumlfio the 20 per cent in- crease rm-cntly granted the roads of other classes of paasrnm-r service. In their plca the) declared the suburban serviw is upcmtm! at a loss at present rates. Representatives of the mm, in op- posing the increase. contend that the transportation of railroad employes on suburban trains shopld he charged up to general operating' expense of the railroads and the suburban serâ€" vice should be credited With the cost of doing this work for other branches of the railroad. They declare there is no- reason why the suburban passengers should pay the entire expense of carrying general office employes of the companies fmm their homes in the suburbs to their dnwntown offices. ‘ SANITARIUM PATIENT ‘ SCALDED TO DEATH INVESTIGATION IS STARTED of Insane Woman Boiled in Bathtub At Sunnybrook Sanitarium; Reported to State‘s Attorney Sunnybmok Sanitarium. located near Round Lake in Lake county, an institution which was brought into the limelight recently because nf charges that exâ€"service men, suffering from shell shock. were being cared for improperly, came in for more unfav- orable notoriety last week when it was learned that Mrs. Emma Roderwalil. aged ‘26. of Chicago. a patient at the aanatarium, had been literally cooked to death in a bathtub of svalding wa- ter. conducted ths' coroner’a inquest which! was held Thursday of last wvek, the jury being composed of Libertyvillv; men. The jury returned an open "“"‘{ dict, criticizing the sanatarium for 31-: Iegvd lax methods. The comm-r has: reported the case to State's Attorney? A. V. Smith of Waukezdn. who plansr tn conduct a thorouthnvestigatinn.’ A brother 0f Mrs. Roderwald wasl present at the inquest and intimated‘ that he planned to act against the .vnnimrium if it is found there was" ‘to seil. A brother 01’ Mrs present at the inqm that he planned to sanitarium if it is any culpability. The giving of hot bath important part of th( t There are live tubs and the shOWS there were but mm a! All the tubs were filled while Mrs. leL-rwnld u bathed. Each tub is cowere canvas top through which tient’s head protrudes. b O attendants testified thatshe outcry from Mrs. Rdden chancing'to look in herldin ticed that her face was draw libs were bluish. f Jerking 51p the cover the found the water scalding h lifted the patient out ‘but burned so badly she died {4 later. The attendant said she ed the water a short time h found it all right. No ev how the hot water got tiny" presented. ne'ss Coroner Last year everybody bcceptod busi- Ess. This year salesmen an- guing "x.” v._r, 'kinp: 51p the cover the attendant i the water scalding hot. She l the patient out ibut she was ed so badly she died four hours , The attendant said she had testâ€" Ie water a short time bottom and d it all right. my; evidence pr the hot water got dams-d on was THE HIGHLAND RESORTS FEAR THAT LAKES WILL DRY UP MAY CONSTRUCT NEW DAM water. The lakes invulvml are (‘athi-riiii. Channel. Muriv. Grass. Bluff, Fox, Nipporsink. Petite, Lung and Pislakm' All drain intn thv Fox river and it flows into the Illinois at Ottawa. To retain their spark of sailing. fishing. and bathing sm‘eral cuttagc owners revived (in uld association last lllxlii Lu pm a prrmunent dam in the Fux’ river at Stii-kneyCun. thm- miles south inf Mcllenry. Fifteen yvars ago X " i :u'i-‘triiJi-«l thi-rea l! wushed nut and another was built and ‘it is out of repair and likely to he :washml. The meeting was hold at llu- tel Sherman, ('hii‘ngn. 'l‘ueml-iv "i ‘M Inf lint week. and more than $1,300 was subscribed and paid under the ‘maching uf Sheriff Peters. who prv» sided. > The officers of the asso’n’ation elect- ‘cd were .-\. V. Hannifin. president; J. _.-\. McLean, vice president; Joseph G. lllully, treasurer. and C. R. Davis. sec- ‘rowry. Association Formed in Chicago to Save Lake County Resorts; $1.300 Summer residents of the northern Illinois lake district have become frightenvd. They are afrnid that their ten lakes win be drained dry next sumnnr b) the Fox riwr. leaving the t-stimuwd 10 000 cottage uuners with a \it‘W 0! mum and weeds instead of The asuxiatinn also discussed thvl formation of a drainage «listriu. 0m- speaker suggested that Fox river be made a really navigable stream and. estimated the unit at $300000. l If a drainage district is formed: every property owner in the lake dis-1 trict which is about fifteen miles longl and seven miles wide, will be asst-5m“ for its maintenance. ' Gov. Small was reported by Everett;L Hunter to he personally interested inl the Fox lake district lwcnn-u- Hunk-r! sand like t‘Ohdlthfl! prevail In the: Kankakec river. which floWs through; the gum-mor's home town. ‘ ‘BllE ernAw ms. (team) In ..B HORTON! Who L'fln fail tn we that from the‘ standpoint of the stalu an art which} is “mn' in itself .. wrnviv nun 11a)" in the week; and who is [Impaled to! deny that when the smu- is asked mi (it‘t rm- that an Int or husincsx (unsi- dered legitimatv on six tiavs of tho‘ week is wrong on th chk‘r (in) n! the wvek {hm the di~ci>inn pron-eds from) fin- atumlnoinl of thr l'hUl‘l‘h, and, us Some advertiser.- nnnuum-v that Clothing and 91005 aan he had {or a song. and any way some ut‘ the young seranaders that go MM 1 {hr {own have boots thrown at} the occasion- ally. Mtny people feel it i> no the wor- rying about increased x-ustsfif gov- ernment. so long as the country owns plenty of presses for prindnc new pn- per money. pARK PRIISS. _H!GHLAND The Odd!“ V0 but IO has been Ib‘. to 11 how it than!!! pronounced. l his star g Or any other electric applianceâ€"electric washers, iron- ing machines and vacuum cleaners excepted f Balance of Cost in Monthly Payments 3 This Special Sale continues in January only 3 and as stocks of some articles are limited intending buyers should act -without delay . ‘A Two-Way Socket given free with Percolators and other goods classified as hollow ware - Daily demonstrations of all appliances at our Sales Rooms A BRIEF, pleasant ride on one of the conâ€" venient, comfortable North Shore trains brings you direct to the heart of Chicago’s activities; the theatres hotels, stores and business districts. Nurth Shore Trains offer a convenient schedule. Trains operate directly into and around loop “L” stations, elimi- naiing the necessity'of changing to street car, bu or taxi. ighl‘and Park 'I‘ickd. Oflice Electric Portable Lamp or an Electric Percolator One Dollar '57; , 3’09 J:).'§....1M~> .14 ILLINOIS paid down will deliver to you an Facilities of Chicago re'Almgst at Your Door Electric Toaster wâ€"v‘-' ..w_ w 7â€"._â€"â€" - __V.-fi. ingworthonlyflpetcaa: ’thunm’cmuum Electric Iron of Northern Illinois or an or an

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