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Highland Park Press, 24 Nov 1927, p. 11

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THREE YOUNG MEN KILLED AT CROSSING PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS RONDOUT THURSDAY NIGHT Lake Foresters Victims Returnâ€" ing from Libertyville, When Their Aute Crashes Inâ€" _‘ Albert Mezsio, Highland Park. Reâ€" E 6 aale of real estate approved. ‘Q + “';“ N and account oc *b'fl.z # e Rondout crossing claimed three vicâ€" tims at midnight Thursday when three Lake Foresters met instantaneous duthdurt.hdrmhdmukth mail coach of the Olympian flyer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pay! The victims were: John Pelner, 29, member of the l‘hfuu-mmnt. Edward , 25, civil engineer employed by James Andergon. Carl "Dolly" Johnson, 25, owner and driver of the Hupmobile. The three men were east bound on h-elnlnnh-,neofiin‘mupt.} loekl)-n.oltbl‘hronotpolb- department. Damages Car Coroner J. L. Taylor stated that he was informed that they had struck thomndmhhomthcngino.a mail car, shattering it so that it had to be set out at Rondout so that the Mmldmfinmintothenonh. w The bodies were removed to the Julius Treptow morgue at Libertyâ€" ville, where identification was made gage real estate of minor. _ . Neine, m Mee s imptmen enc L ols wm]‘k. Forest police and relatives of the deceased. . _ _ _ _ __ Wt SnsUE Pelner‘s father and four sisters live in Lake Forest, Cooper came from Towa originally, and Johnson‘s father, mother and three brothers are resiâ€" dents of Lake Forest. by a Chicago & North Western MMM!! at Lake Forest. Rockland road, at the point of the Een ns c where it intersects the North Shore, cuts through the embankment via an angling tunnel. Rockland i N‘d‘ L“' line tracks which 0 it en uns and report 3 First account and report rightâ€"ofâ€"way is reached. ‘There are three such tunnels there, some guarded by gates and others by North Shore News oc "% D It has been learned that. young, Johnson had been accompanied to the eSR m enan on nitt dance at Ivanhoe by his sweetheart, Miss Lenore Wilcox of Libertyville, mhldtnhbmlh'-h- utes before the accident. His brothâ€" er killed in a crossing accident a year ago also courted a Libertyville girl. ‘The three young men were well known in Lake Forest and were high en a s cce e i C get home early and to bed that inâ€" duced them to leave the dance at 11 o‘clock and resulted in their arrival at the crossing at the moment that &.chhw.cmn- LATE PROCEEDINGS IN PROBATE COURT of interest in this section are reportâ€" ed follows : Amgust C. A. Johannsen, Highland co «> anr elmend‘> gudinigpane oueet e Pocp! Park. Inventory and waiver of wiâ€" dow‘s award approved. Patk Fiaah Report npproved, entated closed. Wim. J. O‘Neill, Lake Porest. Waivâ€" )02 e Brudurbara Amare ediat repiiiet i Heme® s h oadial s Letters of administration issued to O 114. 2 02 snn is bopio db n iironiintnnt o+ a Chicago & North Western train Will admitted to probate. wed at $41,000." Personal and $2,000 real estate. Property bequeathed to brother, sister, mieces and nephews. Letters testamentary issued to Mary of heirship taken. _ W TL AAOCCCD . C eP PP OO Elien Lester. Bond of $82,000.â€"Proof | of cities and towns in Ilincis attend of heirship taken. the state convention of the league .-u-a:-u-'lm' ooth auu’:n'.a:nâ€"-u': ‘u‘pg._hg@k!-â€"_r.:‘fi stateâ€"wide annual meetings. Peoet of heirship taken. Bond fixed k kin LIE hi Bao00. un--t.a-nn-‘ NICE, SAD LIFE Mon and will annexed issded to Amâ€"| _ _ _ _ . _ «==== _ see a train coming from It was their desire to ago, lost his was ANNIVERCARC| _ FROM LAKE COUNTY Celebrates Its Twelfth at Big Meeting Last Week; Proâ€" § DLE LWA Aw s rvenrat ies vaoinvtbtnn Aoctsint s T gress Is Marked _ NEIGHBORKHOOD JOTTINGS Cavins tiek ue sitame k ~â€"â€" lle Club was last | y mkn-mcfincheldhthdnbhm Happenings . About rooms. The affair was opened with a This Part of North Shore s mvrent on uacnes bad Ios whith the and Vieinitys County com or W dnll: iu*:oeom famous. Seat Doings nu:’ vn':‘ present wh:‘lt:: dinne‘r Retaining private detectives for the was served at sixâ€"thirty and this | °° of investigations rests with the number included nine of the charter board of supervisors rather than the members who have held membership states attorney according to a ruling continuously since the founding of the made Friday by Attorney General club in 1915. This latter group was Oscar Carlstrom. given a place of honor at one of the tables and were givem a round of Swan, Dr. John L. Taylor, Framk J. Wright and Ross Triggs. At the conclusiont of the dinner ;‘m";d_l-"m"'"' > |â€" ‘The new million dollar Great States At the conclusiont of the dinner| theater, to be housed in the massive President Martin J. Casey gave a structure erected by a Waukegan synâ€" short . talk Lfie meaning of the | dicate at Genesee and Clayton streets occasion and of the growth of the | and which it has been decided will club during the past 12 years. He be called the "Genesee Theater" will ‘muumu» q--&b:?hmmto lu'fi:uâ€"':auhm' o P g mss see it move once more Herbert Kendall and James Kelâ€" into a building of #ts own. ler, both 27 years old, were found WAUKEGAN MAY SECURE NOTABLE CONVENTION will be selected as the meeting place of the Tllinois Municipal League on Wdl:.blnhcfile- paign staged by the city officials of which closed Friday at Peoria. The Waukegan delegation made a quiet but effective campaign and they were assured that members of the execuâ€" tiphu‘dblfl“fl.vil “ufi:-drmm ""The 198 convences clg. will w selected at the meeting of the execuâ€" C i on Setrents in ramaaty: .‘ call of the cfairman in Januaty. .. Arther Brisbane Says: "President Coolidfi is said to favor a repeal of United States inâ€" heritance taxes. Many will agree with the President. Why not tax a man while alive, able to earn and to fight, instead of waitâ€" ing until he is dead and taxing his corpse, or his widow and children?" The Higbland Park Press UNIYEnSLTY UEYVRSROY NOVEMBER 2. Retaining private detectives for the use of investigations rests with the board of supervisors rather than the states attorney according to a ruling made Friday by Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom. ~O. I. Tindall, 80, an elder in the Christian Catholic Apostolic church of Zion since 1897, died last week in ler, both 27 years old, were found guilty of the burglary of the L. J. Yeoman jewelry store in North Genâ€" esee street, by a jury in the court of Cireuit Judge Claire C. Edwards last week. Joseph Berkes, 24 years old, aiso charged with the store robbery, was found not guilty. The store was robbed of six diamond rings valued at $1,000 on the morping of July 8. "She wus 67 years of age. Mrs. Albert Hoyh Sr. a resident of Waukegan for nearly half a century and possessing a wide circle of friends and relatives in the community, died at her home, 642 South Jackson street .-_-yd”l,‘t.â€"nnj hotel business. and Emil Reiner, the board of dire ‘The Hotel Waukegan corporation, M. F. Bessel and Albert chneider, all of Chicago, You shall not rob the dead." been in failing JOTTINGS 1927 VETERANS INSURANCE TIME LIMIT IS JAN. 1 There are several thousand men iu‘ the wtate who have not obtained their bonus policies. Most of these men, whose service was too long to obtain a cash settlement of fifty dollars and | so short, sometimes feel that the | amount of the insurance is not worth | bothering with. The time for filing application for adjusted compensation certificates or bonus insurance expires January 1, 1928, and after that Jate veterans of the werld war will be deprived of the opportunity of obtaining this free government insurance. Every veteran should apply for the bonus insurance regardless of how small the amount. Applications may be made thru the Veterans bureau or local American Legion posts. _ _,. Ask for it before January 1, 1928, it bélongs to you to do with it what Every veteran is also entitled to a Victory medal. If the veteran is deâ€" eesndnh vii; entitled to a gravestone, and mother, father, guardâ€" ian or bqad-riu are entitled to the Victory medal arid bonus. It is 1 free of charge and application for should be made at once. i J first is the final date to file DEEP xmwu MEET AT WAUKEGAN DEC. 18T A Msl meeting of Waukegan citizens on the Deep Waterway and Flood Cohtrol projects planned by the Warikegan and North Chicago chamâ€" ber ‘of commerce has been set for 7 «‘clock p.m. Dec. 1 at the Hotel Clayâ€" ton, it was announced by Frank T. Fowler, secretary and manager of the nus â€" Insurance _ Application Must Be Filed Before That _ Date; Medals â€" chamber of commerce early this week. ‘The chamber has received assurâ€" ance from Mayor W. H. Thompson of Chicago that he will #ppear as the principal speaker. EMERICH HEIRS MEET | AND PLAN FOR ACTION The heirs‘ organization of the John Nicholis Tmerich estate met last week ut the Fort Dearborn hotel in Chiâ€" cago to plan further action to recover cently found in an.old valise in Wisâ€" consin. Several heirs are reported to ing. It is belfeved that the heird are entitled to property valued at over 24 1 | The five defendants in the county | The Chicago Civic Opera‘s fifth treasury matter on Friday entered | week, in the heart of the midâ€"holiday pleas of not guilty to conspiracy w‘ period which begins with â€" Sunday, embezzle before Judge A. E. Fisher| Nov. 27, afternoon‘s suburban matiâ€" in the circuit court and made bonds| nee of "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I . for their appearance Dec. 12 when‘ Pagliacci," will crowd the peratic the case is set down for hearing | calendar with more of lhose{rilliant Those appearing were Caleb Busâ€"| bills which have made the company‘s ick, oil stock promoter, Clark N.\'t‘,"sevenleenth season the most sparkâ€" former bank cashier of the First Naâ€"\ling in its history. In the evening tional Bank of Eureka, Kas., Haruld‘ following the Sunday afternoon douâ€" | Martin, formerly v ceâ€"president of the | ble bill John MeCormack will sing defunct Security Savings bank, Roy | his final concert of the year, giving Bracher, treasurer resigned, and Ira| a popular request program. "The E. Pearsall, exâ€"treasurer. \ Jewels of the Madonna" will be added The date of Dec. 12 was agreed upâ€" \ to the winter‘s repertoire on Wednesâ€" on for the trial and Judge Fisher | day evening, with Rosa Raisa, Augusâ€" | stated that he was left with the imâ€" ‘ ta Lenska, Forrest Lamont and Giaâ€" pression that there would be no @pâ€"| como Rimini in leading roles, and plication for continuances then. "Linda di Chamounix" is to be revived In accordance with an order isâ€"| Saturday afternoon, after six years sued last Friday by Circuit Judge | absence, with Toti Dal Monte, Tito Aurthur E. Fisher, State‘s Attorney | Schipa, . Lujgi Montesanto, _ Lorna Ashbel V. Smith last week filed 31 Doone Jacksony Virgilio Lazzari and bill of particulars in the Circuit court | Vittorio Trevisan in the stellar cast. in the case against Roy W. Bracher ‘ Changes of cast will characterize and Ira E. Pearsall, former county | most of next week‘s repétitions" of treasurers; Harold E. Martin, Caleb| operas successfully given earlier.in A. Busick and Clark C. Nye. The five | the season. men are charged with conspiracy to| â€" "Cavalleria Rusticana," to be given embezzle $100 000 of Lake county| for the first time this season at the funds and the bill of particulars| Sunday matinee will be paired in the shows the charges, step by step, which | traditional way, with "I Paliacci," the state is to make an effort to prove; this double bill forming one of the in the trial of the defendants. Judgel most popular known in opera houses Fisher was to come to Waukegan,| theyworld over. In the former, Clauâ€" Thursday to acept pleas of these deâ€"| dia Muzio will be Santuzza, Lorna fendants and set the date of trial,| Doone Jackson Lola, Antonio Cortis â€"\| which is expected to be either Decemâ€" | Turiddu, . Desire Defrere Alfio and ber 5, 12 or 19. Maria Claessens the mother; Roberto Entered in Particular Moranzoni will conduct. For "I Pagâ€" Martin was formerly viceâ€"president liacci" Olga Kargau has been named of the defunct Security Savings bank. to repeat her performance of Nedda; Nye was formerly cashier and dir. | Charles Marshall will be the Canio, ector of the First National bank of and Robert Ringling, whose debut in Eureka, Kansas, and was president the part on th.e seventeenth inst. was of the Barrinigton Oil company, while | °"° of the major events of the season, Busick was a director and stock holdâ€" will be heard once more as Tonio; er of the bank in Kansas and vice Henry G. Weber wlil conduct.. . president of the Barrington Oil comâ€"| . "Loreley," on Monday evening, will ~~|pany. Martin was secretary of the| be sung by the same cast which â€"| Barrington Oil company. At the time brought it into ‘such high favor the of the alleged conspiracy to embezzle first _ week of the season; Claudia , 1 |county money, Bracher was count; | Muzio, Eide Norena, Antonio Cortis, treasurer and Pearsall his first deâ€"| CUEi Montesanto and Chase Baromeo, on | puty. Martin at that time was cashier | With G‘O{'Y“"P“’m° conducting. The _ _|of the Security Savings bank, while| ballet will, be seen as part of the y 4 m.004. ulA the affices listed Bpectu'vl-lfi production. 22 SET DATE OF TRIAL | ‘ _ IN FUND SHORTAGE BEGINS ON DECEMBER 12 Defendants Iq County Case Apâ€" pear and Time Is Set ; Bill of Particulars Charges Plot Details Given EWt 1 in the case against Roy W. Bracher and Ira E. Pearsall, former countyi treasurers; Harold E. Martin, Caleb | A. Busick and Clark C. Nye. The five men are charged with conspiracy to embezzle $100 000 of Lake county funds and the bill of particulars shows the charges, step by step, which the state is to make an effort to prove in the trial of the defendants. Judgel Fisher was to come to Waukegan, Thursday to acept pleas of these deâ€" fendants and set the date of trial, which is expected to be either Decemâ€" ber 5, 12 or 19. Entered in Particular | Martin was formerly viceâ€"president | of the defunct Security Savings bank, Nye was formerly cashier and dirâ€" ector of the First National bank of Eureka, Kansas, and was president of the Barrirfgton Oil company, while Busick was a director and stock holdâ€" er of the bank in Kansas and vice president of the Barrington Oil comâ€" pany. Martin was secretary of the Barrington Oil company. At the time of the alleged conspiracy to embezzle county money, Bracher was county treasurer and Pearsall his first deâ€" puty. Martin at that time was cashier of the Security Savings bank, while Nye and Busick held the offices listed above. n States â€" Attorney Smith charges that the conspiracy to defraud Lake county of $100,000 was entered into in the spring and summer of 1922, in the months of June, July or Auâ€" gust. The bill states that the original parties to the conspiracy were Brachâ€" er, Martin, Busick, and Nye; Pearâ€" sall entering the conspiracy in Deâ€" cember of 1922, when he succeeded Bracher as county treasurer. ‘ It was charged that $100,000 of county money was sent out to Kanâ€" sas and was invested for the personâ€" al gain of the five defendants. The bill states that the exact amount of profit is not known, but that no. porâ€" tion of the profit accruing from the use and investment of the county treasury. FILES SUIT FOR TAX AGAINST DEFUNCT BANK Thirteen suits in debt, naming /5 defendants, were filed last week in the circuit court by State‘s Attorney Smith against stockholders in the deâ€" funct Security Savings bank for }xu over the last year of the institution‘s ‘The amount claimed by the county is $5,684, of which Jacob Blumberg, furniture dealer; Emanuel Schwarts, real estate operator; J. A. Miller, atâ€" torney, and Joe Meyer, tobacco wholeâ€" stockholders. ‘The ampunts asked in each suit qulutthcvuhuddqdnum BOom, WRCCY PEC CCC J. Meyer and J. A_._lm-t_gf: Miller $300; J. Meyer $100; J. E. B-Q.M;Addlak!’tofln“fl: Ben Eisenberg $300; Blumberg moo;ug.l McGuire $200; H. H. Hussey, and E. Schwarts $1400, ‘The bank, according to Assistant States Attorney S. H. Block, had paid the taxes for each year in the past his command mll the time. but when it was closed for adjustâ€" ment by the state auditor this finanâ€" gnLunhnntbm of the stockholders. * :A Security Savings; States Attorney In Move were listed as the heaviest SAME ALL THE TIME suits in debt, naming 15 Jr. North Shore News PROGRAM FOR FIFTH WEEK CIVIC OPERA FEATURES TO BE GIVEN John McCormack to Sing Final Concert of Year Sunday Evening; Famous Operas On the List a popular request program. "The Jewels of the Madonna" will be added to the winter‘s repertoire on Wednesâ€" day evening, with Rosa Raisa, Augusâ€" ta Lenska, Forrest Lamont and Giaâ€" como Rimini in leading roles, and "Linda di Chamounix" is to be revived Saturday afternoon, after six years Tuesday% bill of "Snow Maiden" will bring Eide Norena the title role of Rimskyâ€"Korsakoff‘s delightful Rusâ€" sian {olk-:’xmasy, and this will be the Norwegian" nightingale‘s first Chicaâ€" go performance of that part. Richâ€" ard Bonelli will be a new Misguir and familiar artists, including Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Irene Pavâ€" loska, Augusta Lenska, Maria Claesâ€" sens, Desire Defrere and Chase Baroâ€" meo will sing under Henry G. Weber‘s | leadership. The ballet will dance. Wednesday‘s performance of "The Jewels of the Madonna" will have familiar artists in the leading roles. Rosa Raisa, Augusta Lenska, Forrest Lamont and Giacomo Rimini have roused many a Cheiago audience to veleanic enthusiasm in past seasons‘ performances of Wolfâ€"Ferrari‘s gripâ€" ping drama of life in the Neapolitan underworld. _ Among the twentyâ€" seven other principals in this perâ€" formance will be Anna Hamlin, Helen Freund, Lorna Doone Jackson, Jose Mojica, Giovanni Polese and Vittorio Trevisan. The ballet will dance in the third act, and Roberto Moranzoni will conduct. 93 al _ "Martha" will be repeated Thursâ€" day evening, with Edith Mason in the title role, Antinio Cortis as Lionel, title role, Antinio UOTUHS NS 22700 and Irene Pavioska, Virgilio Lazzari Wfimho&mpfin- ci s ormance to given under Roberto Moranzoni‘s feadership. On Friday the theater will be dark, but the company will not rest, having its second Milwaukee engagement to fulfill on that evening. "Linda di Chamounix," to be divisâ€" ed at the Saturday matinee, will have Toti Dal Monte in the title role for the first time in her Chicago career. ‘Tito Schipa, as Carlo, was heard only once before at the Auditorium in the Apaft.and“ltdmithtplrfm” with his second act aria on that occaâ€" sion. It was at the last previous perâ€" formance of Donizetti‘s charming opera, in the season of 1920â€"21, Rosina Storchio having been the Linda. Lauigi Montesanto will be the father, Maria TELEPHONE H. P. $57â€"558 Jackson the Marquis and Virgilio Lazzari and Lodovico Oliviers singers of remainâ€" ing "Madame Butterfly," â€" at _ p9 prices, will be the occasion of Norema‘s first local performan 2o root Lamont witl se Lfoute g parts. . Roberto Moranzoni will Saturday evening‘s repetition of

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