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u& 8A 1 afiter the cight story plunge in a manner that rivaled that of a veterâ€" an fire fighter, came up smiling and without a scratch. Two others, who made â€"similar leaps, did not fare so well. One man suffered a broken leg and a girl was more sarianats . 1. CE MeDonough, who landed in after the Qi‘ht utory p]un‘ manner that rivaled that of an fire fighter, came up smil without a scratch. Two othe made â€"similar leans Aid «+ Dropping like a plummet for eight ‘stories to land in a life net, uninâ€" jured, was the experience~of Cecil _McDonough, 82 years old, known resident of Libertyville, in escaping ~from the flames that wrecked the upper floors of the Gunâ€" ther building at 1018 South Wabash avenue, : â€"â€" The legislation in â€"behalf of the disâ€" just before Christmas, is less ~than half what the Legion is urging for the relief of the disabled. f The continued increase in Legion membership is regarded as an indiâ€" ‘cation also of the sincerity of the vetâ€" erans throughout the country in urgâ€" ing the adoption of the Reedâ€"Wainâ€" wright resolution, which i a competent commission to study the Legion‘s universal service proposal to take profit out of war. Members of the ~Legion‘s National Defense committee have called upon Chairman Bertrand H. Snell of the House Rules committee and urged a prompt comâ€" mittee report upon the new Wainâ€" wright resolution, H. P. Res. 220. This measure is a privileged resoluâ€"| tion and can be brought to a vote ‘ in the house upon motion of this ' chairman. from Wo}; _3 3° 3 V 3. Nint received| _ Grand ‘jury, returnable March 3â€" from _National headquarters, sent Paul Sewart, Benton; Ralph * Bull, here to be available for the informaâ€" Benton; George A. Thompson, Newâ€" tion of representatives and~senators.| port; Nels Nelson, . Antioch; Clayton â€"Legistation for the disabled continâ€"| Wirtz, Antioch: J. J. Barnstable, Lake ues to hold the center of the stage in | Villa; William Tonyan, Grant; Claire wm“mummt legisâ€" DOOfltflc, Avon; Fred W. Worth, lation is concerned. The leaders in| AMdrO Pucin, Waukegan; J. C. Mcâ€" the House are frankly in a quandary,| L€20, |Waukegan; William _ Kemp, . and are looking this way and that for| Shi¢lds (Lake Forest); Joe Masterâ€" an outâ€"the "out," of course, meanâ€"| 500, Shields (Lake Forest) ; Gordon ing how to ‘ stand from under at a SM, Libertyville; _Albert Behm, minimum of cost, and at the same| Frentont, Dennis Putnam, Waunconâ€" time satisfy the overwhelming sentiâ€"| 92; Frank Hartien, Cuba; Ed. Umb_ ment in the congress for amendments | Jenstock, Ela; Charles Wickersheim, to the World War Veterans‘ Act,| Vernon; John Zahnle, West Deerfield; which will bring actual relief to the| Roger Moore, Deerfield; Carl Grant, thommdsh‘of disabled veterans who DeePetmi:h}. t blM s are calling upon their congressmen| â€" ury, returnable March 3: for action. Congressmen and their| Fred Schleter, Benton; Fred Straâ€"| secretaries _Are swamped with disâ€" han, Newport; Tarry Willett, ‘Anâ€" ability claims against the Veterans‘ ti0ch; Ben Cribb, Lake Villa; Elmer | : bureau, and they are determined that| Beckwith, Avon; Durley Curran,| enacted, en ons .. | Warren; W. F. Flood, Warren; Ralph | « > â€"The legislation in behalf of tha Ai«â€"| PFUart, Waukegan: HarnlA ez _ | Mbipmemeionpinanrmansiniocs... »ADpro,opan 58,000 were added to the Is for the week ending January 31, according to a report just received from _ National headquarters, sent here to be available for the informaâ€" tion of representatives andâ€"senators. ~Legislation for the disabled continâ€" mtoholdflncenteroftbemgein‘ 'Wuhin’ston, so far as veterans‘ legisâ€" of congress for the relief of disabled comrades and for a consideration of universal service in time of war. More than 35,000 were added to the of The continued increase in the enâ€" rollment ‘of veterans into the ranks of the American Legion, at the rate 'gf about 35,000 a week added to the undreds. of thousands of paid. up members for 1930, is placing the Ma in a strong position to sucâ€" ceed in the legislation it is requesting Increase in Members .â€"Aiding Legion to Get_. Legislation Requifed 42 Leaps Eight Stories oyiqâ€" SÂ¥ the net of his automobile to make starting easier. While the stove was * ing the motor, Culp went to the barn to milk. As he passed his garage later with a bncht of mnk’ b. Ssaw automobile in flames. Culp dashed his pailful of milk nn_mn...J Morris Culp of a small oil stoveé of his antamnhil. Puts Out Auto Fire _â€"_â€" With Can of Milk ime: Albert B“sele R.Hammond, Cuba; C. M. Herschberger, Vernon; J. H. Natz Fred Mau, B. F. P\ Clarence Shetzley, Tas. y p=_° ANUICY, Wm. J. Logan, Jas. Kelley, Harold Sweeney, â€" Leo Kapheim, R. D. Duncanson, C. W %e;‘ Albert Baseley, Walx.wnda; R. 1. HF en hi d e o e t a + _ e8N6 L. W. Shaw, Benton; Barney Neuetier, Antioch; George Beck, Urâ€" ban Steffes, Avon; Floyd Wilbur, Wm. Tiaynor, Gus Metz, Robert Leaf, Ernest Baade, Waukegan; John Dugâ€" gan, John H. Bradley, Wm. J. Logan Mayhad, Dester Ber Creight, P. W. Shaw, Neuetier, Antioch; G ban Steffes, Avon; 3y . _ * L 1Cad, Avon; John .Brosier, | Warren; W.â€" F. Flood, Warren; Ralph C.F. Dinkin, B. M. Anderfmen mar W Bs . M. ~Ma Slana, Axel Lindgren, Frank Suhaâ€" dolnik, Walter Brenton, Joe Farlan, Waukegan; Harry McKinney, Juel H. Barlow, _ Edward Jahnike, _ Godfrey Nichols, Kent S. Clow, John Kerrigan, H. Hutchins, J. D. Sumner, Shields; Wm. Albrecht, Charles Schroeder, Libertyville; John Brown, C. E. Wilâ€" cox, Charles Thompson, Wauconda; Walter Gossweiller, Vernon; A, J. Johnson, W. Deerfield; Fred Jacobs, George Lynch, Joe Genest, Deerfield. Petit jm;g,*,rgtumble March 17: S.â€"R. Wamsley, Chas. Krapf, Paul Macl. * i. . Lesats petit : jurors . for March _ were nounced .today â€"by â€"Circuit Clerkâ€" exception of a few petty cases, little to look forward to. Those who are to serve are as lows: =â€" Former to Meet March : Petit Juries March 3 â€"~_____ and March 17 Nee GRAND AND PETIT _ JURORS ARE NAMED ooinannannrrannnmmrmmmmmintammedens aninn t e ho e o n eolnen ond, Cuba; Louis Lindstrom, schberger, Stanley Johnson, . H. Natz, West Deerfield; , B. F. Fritz, E. F. Pratt, Shetzley, Elois Lindstrom, h ces : NC . 1200 Cns n ol Harryâ€"Paul, â€"Deerfield York, Neb., placed Mm Bereiter, R. B a few petty cases, has UH... LA l serve are as folâ€" March 3 and . Mceâ€" panels of Edward Hargrave, of Chicago, head of the detective agency that supplies operatives for State‘s Attorney A. Vv, Smith, is to campaign for congressâ€" ~dry© catior s one of th ghief planks in his nlatform J EC bmneiiiien dbihietciicctritnt actBiie .2 1) waived preliminary hearing. Unable to furnish bonds, all were returned to the Evanston city jail and then taken to the Cook county jail in Chiâ€" cago to await grand jury gction; â€" â€" The formal charges against the mâ€"tmmlm four charges of robbery. None ‘of the boys were in on all of the jobs that they are being charged with, the police say. _ Oliver Dillworth, 21, and Roscoe Kilpatrick, 19, both of Chicago, had ‘bonds fixed at $10,000 each while Arthur Miller, ‘19, also of Chicago, said to be the leader of the gang and the one who with Sturgin, opened fire on the Evanston police was held in bonds of $40,000. _ | anâ€" _ The youths were week before Justize _ George Sturgin, 21 year old "Lake Villa boy, employed on the Chesney farms as a jockey and one of the quartette of young men who attemptâ€" ed:to hold up the fashionable Orringâ€" ton ~hotel in Evanston February 9, was held to the Cook county grand jury on burglary charges and bonds were fixed at $20,000. |â€" By midsummer, Gov. Emmerson told the officials, the hundreds of mental patients who in recent months have been forced to sleep on floors will have been provided with quarâ€" ters, s ; And, if construction proceeds as rapidly as expected, he tontinued, the wards will have been thinned out, and there will be a sufficient number of extra beds to take care â€"of the Hold â€"Orrington Hotel : Bandjts to Grand Jury penal and charitable institutions. The new organization is to be known as the Association of Illinois State Welfare â€" Institutions and its membership includes all managing ofâ€" members â€"of â€"theâ€"medical or profesâ€" sional staffs, the director of the deâ€" partment of public welfare and code. ~â€"members of his staff and their asâ€" sistants andâ€"members and the execuâ€". tive secretary of the board of public welfare commissioners. The associaâ€" tion plans to hold at least three meetâ€" ings a year, to exchange ideas on the. care and ‘treatment _ of the <state‘s | wards. k , Illinois‘ construction program to reâ€" lieve the overcrowded condition in its state hospitals is the most ambitious ever undertaken by any state, Gov. Louis L. Emmersonâ€"today toild â€"offic= ials of the welfare department who met â€"here to perfect an organization designed to enableâ€"them _ to _ f improve the admin tration, scientific and professional work of the state‘s penal and charitable inztitntians £ave i0 hun for Congressmanâ€"atâ€" Illinois Planning to i Relieve Overcrowding ; in State Hospitals er in â€"Evanston arraigned Large n â€"and Unable last &A star,. & ___ uses‘ the rink in Pembroke Gardens â€" Kensington, to give lessons. The walls of the hall are orange, & and the instructresses wear orange. â€" jumpers® and berets with â€" yellow. skirts and long golden colored skat f ing boots.â€" Dancers slip h or» Beppâ€"maues haunting tunes of or oneâ€"step. : _A miniature ice skating rink, with only. 36 square feet, has been built in London for private skating and ic¢ flu;neing practice. Miss Freda Whit London Has Miniature ___ _ Skating Rink; How Used 7 NB 2 m ee ME ce aette > .. Sae steady drain can be stopped, is by offering higher salaries and he there fore recommends that examiners be placed in higher classification grades. _ Attention‘is called in the report to the excessively high turnover in the patent office‘s examining corps reâ€" sulting ~from â€" resignations. Fortyâ€" two resignations of experienced exâ€" aminers, it reveals, occurred.during the last half of the fiscal year 1929, twenty of these in the two months of work so nearly up to date that an applicant may receive action within two months. clares, that the patent office is in urgent need of a larger personnel, and he recommends the appointment of at least 100 additional examiners. If such an increase is granted and the work remains fairly constant, it will be possible in about one and a half years from the time of appointâ€" ment of these new men to bring the 2J 7 7 70 °C pPasvont OlliCe, It 1s point. :) ed cout, to cope with this vast and â€"| steadily increasing volume of work, â€"| In the case of tradeâ€"marks and deâ€" | signâ€"patents these efforts are sucâ€" | cessful, applications ‘being acted on | within a month of filing. | ~The granting of patents on inven: tions entails such a huge amount of work that in view of the number ofâ€" | applicatiouns received prompt action is impossible. As a result of increased personnel, during the last half of the . fiscal year underâ€" review the number of applications awasiting offiâ€" cial action decreased from 11,854 to 103,236, a decline of 8,618. â€" While the reduction is â€" extremely gratifying, Commissioner â€" Robertson points out | that the number of cases still awaitâ€" ing action is so great that at this _ rateâ€"ofâ€"gainâ€" 1 e from five . to six years to make the work curâ€" rent, or so that an applicant might obtain official action with Feasonable promiptness. It is manifest, he deâ€" The stimulus of this "machine era" on the inventive genius of the counâ€" Commissioner of Patents 'I'Ilonusz:,7 Robertson in his annual report. Dur. ing the last fiscal year, he shows, the patent office received applications to. taling 114,688, of which 92,281 were in connection with patents and the: remainder applications for registra.. tions ~of_. tradeâ€"marks, _ labels and prints. ‘Extraordinary â€" efforts are made by the patent office, it is point: U. 8. PATENT OFFICE â€" â€" SHOWS MANY DEVICEs Huge Total of Applications for Patents â€"and Registrations :; ~Much Activity a waltz, fox trot Thursday, Feb. 20 ne only way this be stopped, is by 0)