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Chicago, the city which has on numerous times been the scene of other kinds of milk wars, was. the arena for a war among the cowmen of the Chicago milkshed yesterday, when they packed the theatre, where many an operatic battle has be^n fought between stars whose range was not the milkway. For weeks prior to this date, meetings were held throughout the milkshed and the insurgents, so to speak, had spread the gospel of what they were going to do to Don Geyer and company at the annual meeting. In fact they went on record at various meetings demanding the-ousting from the association, of Don Geyer, manager and secretary, and A. H. Krahl, field secretary. • Yesterday the battle broke out on the battie front when H. A. Pfister, president of the association, called the meeting to order. This proved a j&ignal for those an - the warpath to start a free-for-all "booing" contest which lasted throughout the whole session. The first opposition recorded by the rebel members of the organization was when Arthur Hartman, popular • Kane county director and chairman of the program committee, outlined the day's proceedings.' A fellow countyman, Frank A. McCarthy by name, started the fireworks when he asked tor permission to discuss things at once. Unable to cope with the situation, -President Pfister got himself into a real "mess" and it was not until Director Hartman suggested that the program be adopted with the clause that an open discussion period be listed to start at 2:30 in the afternoon that peace and quiet returned* The report orf the credential committee was then approved. It was stated that some 350 delegates, representing approximately 18,000 members were seated. This was one of the few reports of the day which was read and approved without • yard" chorus of boos. Policemen On Jol> • •• As we said in the beginning that .cotemon sense on the part of the voting delegates is all that saved a riot. Chicago policemen lined the aisles and doorways of .the huge theatre. They had been assigned by \ Mayor Kelly in anticipation of trouble, which had been predicted by the rebels unless they got things their own way in the meeting. ^ This representative of the Daily Septinel has attended many meetings in the past few years, but never was there a meeting in which so much unwarranted and uncalled for foul play was displayed on both sides as yesterday. It was a fifty-fifty split with both the regulars and rebels getting booed, and booed plenty, throughout the session. That Prank McCarthy, the Elgin lawyer, and H. D. Kelsey, chairman of the board Qf supervisors of Lake county, were surprised at the unexpected counter attack of booing made when they tried to present their case, was evident on several occasions. In face of booing, agd. shouts of sit aown, McCarthy took the platform and denounced the distribution of a handbill throughout the theatre in which it was charged that "There is a persistent rumor that State Representative Frank McCarthy of Elgin is financially interested in the Fox Valley Herald and that it is to be lamented when legislators knowingly or unwittingly lend support to un-American propaganda." Representative McCarthy branded the circfilar as a damnable lie and dared the writer of sucfe am article to step forth and prove it. Attacks Others The circular contained matters other than the attack on McCarthy. It contained a story about State's Attorney George D. Carbary of Kane county stating that he" had secured warrants Monday for the arrest of Warren Jackman, Prestqn C. Comstock and Grace Phillips, all of Elgin, of the Fox Valley Herald, a Kane county weekly newspaper, ^o^ seven rpunts of criminal libel. ;"It was stated in the circular that for more than a year the Fox Valley Herald has been leading the.fight to unseat the present management of the Pure Milk association and substitute leaders from the minor grojip. The circular also stated in addition to the action taken against the newspaper, Carbarv was also investigating ;• B«rie« of letters now in circulation trom Safe Werrbach, Plato Center, and Maorice McDonald of Woodstock, tor additional criminal libel charges. The circular also stated that H. ID: Kelsey of Lake Zu'rick Is also a possible target for criminal libel proceedings, as a result of several speeches he is alleged to have made during the .course of the milk shed aggitation. It stated that signers of & petition, which is now "in circulation *nd which is alBo being investigated by Carbary.. may be listed in the action. It was the distribution of this circular which paved the way for the first attack from the insurgent group. With the promise that all would be given a chance in the afternoon session to air their, opinions the projgram was adopted. Ctejrer Ghes Report Manager Geyer was asked to give his annual report before the noon recess". He was , the. target®for about as well an organized booing campaign as we have ever heard. When the booing section calmed down, Manas:4r Geyer made his report which in pa^f follows: ;y. During the past year the Put* Milk has marketed 1,508,044,297 poun^f orf milk valued at ' $2^.372,744.14. (Jf this amount, 1,273,043,329 pounds basic milk was sold as fluid milk and' cream and. was valued at $23,169,- 965.62. The seasonal surplus milk, which was turned into manufacturing channels totaled 233^)00,968 pounds and was sold for $2,202,778.52. The gross price paid to the association dairy farm.ers for all milk produced was $1,685 per hundred pounds, | It was reported also that dealer's margins during this past year decreased, while the dairy farmer's marginal returns for his milk increased. At the opening of the afternoon session, W. P. Davis, general manager of the New England milk producers asociation, delivered the main address of the, day, bringing a vigorous message of milk marketing problems based upon his many years of experience in co-operative milk marketing. He traced organization of the New England Milk Producers Association which covers the states of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire discussing the problems encountered in those markets, revealing a highly competitive milk marketing situation with three different Associations competing for milk sales. He also revealed that the Boston, Mass., Milk Shed receives about 35 per cent of its cream supply form outside the shed. McCarthy Gets Booed Vhe big booing contest got under way again at 2:30 when the open discussion period got under way. Representative McCarthy got a taste of how it felt to be the target of such an attack when he too"k the floor. It was a fifty-fifty proposition with the boos and applause being about even. He launched a bitter attack on those who connected his name with the circular and stated he was in no way connected with the weekly paper mentioned. McCarthy charged that Geyer's admilk ministration had been marked by "terroristic methods." He accused Geyer of being under the influence of the milk dealers and with having fai^d to support efforts by association members to obtain state legislation on milk that would protect farmers. At one point Geyer leaped to his feet and with shaking finger shouted that he supported such a bill for Illinois two years ago, but that the bill was vetoed by the governor. He termed McCarthy's statements "false and misleading." Both men were frequently booed and heckled. ? 1 W. D. Kelsey Joined the debate following McCarthy's talk and he also found out. how it felt to be the target of a large chorus of boos. He has been quite prominent of late in the leadership of the movement asking for the removal of Geyer and Krahl. He and Geyer exchanged some heated words during the discussion, as did McCarthy and Geyer. Dissatisfaction Aired Of course this kind of a program was "fodder" for those who attended the meeting in anticipation of some fireworks. They shouted and hollered. They booed and did everything possible to make it known that they were dissatisfied over present conditions. During this part of the program Chairman Pfister continued to rap for ord^r but few, if any, in the large hall, paid much attention. It seemed as if they knew his time as chairman was drawing to a close and almost everytime he stepped to the "mike" somebody shouted for him to sit down. There were others who joined in the discussion. One of these was an attorney, Carroll by name from Chicago. He also came in for a lot or booing^and cheering and although he tried to put over the idea it is time for a change he had considerable trouble in making himself heard over the noise. Maurice McDonald of Woodstock, sai<k to be one of the leaders in the fig^i to oust Geyer and Krahl, had little to say pn the floor. He asked at one time how far the Philadelphia market was from Boston and Chairman Pfister replied by saying it was the distance between Boston and Phil* Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1 , i TWO CONTESTS TWO PILE FOR CLERK'S y : .KJm •1--Street scene in Athens as rebellion breaks out in Greece. 2--J.ttdge John P. Nielils. who ruled Section 7-A of the XKA unconstitutional. 3--Babe Ruth changes leagues and bosses as he signs a contract with the Boston Braves." The Babe is shown with Judge Kmil Fuchs of Boston and Jacob ItuppQrt ,of ,the New York Yankees. R. N. A. CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY LOCAL CAMP IS 24 YEARS OLD ENJOYS TRIP INTO SUNNY SOUTHLAND Birthdays are the b^inning of something: that may be of great value in the ljfe of a community, in the life of a person or in the life of an organization. Were it not for the determination of sturdy stock in the early nineties, many of us would not now be enjoying the protection of the Royal Neighbors of America. On the twenty-first of March the society will have reached its fortieth anniversary, a day which is being celebrated by camps with many happy memories of fellowship. In McHenry the Royal Neighbors not only celebrate the anniversary of the head camp, but their own camp anniversaries as well, each Qne being founded in March- On Tuesday night about forty-jjv® Royal Neighbors gathered to cUmmemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of Riverview Camp and started the evening with a bounteous pot-luck dinner at 6:80 p. m. The tables were attractively decorated in the color.* of the order, purple and white, and a large birthday cake served as a centerpiece. Charter Members Are Gwati Seven charter members of the camp were honored guests of the evening. Mrs. Bratzler, district deputy, accompanied by three other Elgin members and one from Dundee, was a guest, also, and gave an interesting talk on a booster meeting to be held in April. After the meeting seven tables of cards and bunco were in play, with high honors going to Mrs. Magdalena Bohr in bridge; MW. Margaret Simon in five hundred, and Mrs. Dorothy Nickels in bunco. Consolations were also awarded to Mrs. Ben Dietz Mr. and Mrs. Ttd Schies^le arrived home Sunday afternoon after almost three weeks spent in the Sunny southland where sight-seeing and aidventure thrilled them. They made their headquarters at Eustis, Fla., a most interesting little city situated about midway in the state in Lake county, .where there are 400 named lakea ana as many more without names. . Eustis is in the center of the orange grove section and here Mr. Schifessle had the pleasure of picking Several BUSY MONTHS FOR" JICHS STUDENTS With T&esdfty,- March }l2, aa: the last day*f6r the filing Of petitions of candidates for city offices and the election about one month away, citizens may now turn their attention to the task of choosing those who shall direct the local government for the next two years, i , Three Tickets Filed ^ i TTiree tickets were filed wltti the city clerk before the deadline of midnight on Tuesday under the names of Taxpayers, Peoples and independentlyn^ parties. The Taxpayers ticket is complete and bears the following names: Mayor, Peter J. Doherty: clerk, Peter A. Neiss; , treasurer, Harold J. Bacon; police magistrate; William Bicklor; ! aldermen, Ward 1, N. P. Justen, D, i I. Granger; Ward 2, Herman Kreut- i zer, E. j. Buss; Ward 3, Fred Fer- | werda, GeorRo P. Freund. Peoples 1, R, I. Overton; alderman, Ward 2, A. E. Nye. Independent Ticfeet--City > Clerk. Earl R. Walsh. ITEMS OF INTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS Of OUR EXCHANGES* - Oscar Phlog, Wauconda qigfct. watchman, played the role of herli early Sunday morning Of laist week, when he captured two burglars shortly after they had broken into the Iro* Lantern restaurant , operated by Mrs. Adeline Boehmer. A third bandit Escaped. Indications ar» that - Grayslaka soon will have a new bank to take the place of the Merchants and Farmers bank which now is in the process of liquidation. The new bank will hayt a capital stock of $50,000 with $10,000 surplus. Between $25,000 and $30,000 in stock already has been subscribed. The ne\p~institution will be a national SENIORS PU^CNINA FOR COMMENCEMENT Seniors of thoVSlcHenry Com" munity High school aiV^alrtswly making plans for eonimd^tcement exercises at the close of sehdifl and the re- Miss' Rose Kane, Harvard,' severed a small vein on the inner edge of the palm of her right hand while opening' a glass jar at the Nolan restaurant recently. The wound bled profusely until after it was dress?ed by a dottor. Miss Kane was back at work Monday morning, and outside «^f slight pain in the hand was not jrreatly both- Ticket--Aldrrman. Ward <rei! ^ unable to handle dishes with tKte writal dexterity. Chicken thieves entered the Wauconda community againjast week Fri- ' day night and escaped with* 34 hems from the Clarence W hitman chicken , house. No clue to the identity of the thieves has been discovered. Three men, whose descriptions are similiar to the three men who looted the Deep Rock Oil corporation of Barrington of $81 Saturday, Feb. 23, secaped with $120 from the lumber,. feed, and fuel concern of W. R. Com-* fort at Palatine Saturday afternoon. Strangely enough the second holdup v? Among the list of candidates we find several of the old names "replaced by thoi*e new in city affairs. Peter J. Dohetty "^ill' have no opposition as mayor of McHenry and wMV be re-elected to that office which ht has filled so capably. The'name of F. H. Wattles, veteran of long standing in city affairs, is perhaps the most noticeable omission in the list of candidates this year. For the past thirty-five years Mr. maining months will probably be busy ones for them. 4 v J In keeping with the modern trend 1 Wattles has been active in municipal ; °^'l,rr^ exactly^one week to tne hour bushels of oranges which he brought j of the present generation they have' affairs, serving as alderman and be- ® er e irs ' e. een if1™ J ^ mJ home. It was also in this region on chosen for their class motto, "A Non- ginning his public career as mayor i The men escaped in a small sedan and Lake Apopka, the seeond largest lake in Florida, that Mrs. Schiessle embarked on her first fishing trip and much to her delight caught a fine 7V4- pound black bass. Although n^any of her friends claim this is "just another fish story," Mrs. Schiessle knows differently and is most enthusiastic over her first fishing trip. It was also at Eustis that Mrs. Schiessle met Mrs. Frank Murray,1 sister of Father W. A. O'Rourke of this city, and had a most enjoyable visit with her. At Daytona Beach Mr. and Mrs. Schiessle met Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer and spent about a week in their comp«4y, (remaining at Daytona Beach two days, where bathing il^ the ocean was a novel experience, and then going on to St. Petersburg where three days were spent. It has rightly been said that this is a small world after all and this was proven at St. Petersburg where the familiar faces of Mr. Gritzmacher of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gaulke of Woodstock were seen. Perhaps1 the mlost educational spot visited was- Tarpon Springs, aboat SO miles north of St. Petersburg, where the largest sponge industry in the world is located. The work is done by Greeks, who go out in a fleet of boats, sometimes remaining three months or until they procure their in bunco, Barbara Weber in bridge j quota of sponges and Mrs. Anna Boley in five hundred. I A stop was made at Sarasota and On the twenty-first day of March Silver Springs, where another birthday is also celebrated, that of the juvenile branch, which had its inception in 1918 and the seventeen years- of service of this branch has meant the addition of more than a hundred thousand children who are gradually being absorbed into the adult department. These children make the best recruits for the society having the advantage of youth with its exhikrant health and ability to quickly grasp the valuable lessons taught. NFW ROAD FOR -SPRING GROVE Regents of Spring Grove will be pleased to learn that the next road building project on the county program will be the construction of a road frorm Route 60, south of Spring Grove, to connect with Route 173 north of Spring Grove. The route will paas through Spring Grove proper. This was disclosed Tuesday when the board of supervisors approved the project. Work on the project will start as soon as weather permits. Supervisor Frank May of Burton township has been working on the matter and is pleased to haret the hoard approve the building of this y>ad and to have it set down as the next project Spring Grove was slighted somewhat when Route 60 was built from the Lake county line to connect with Route 61. The connecting of Routes 60 and 173 will ba a benefit to the traveling public In Burton township. TTie distance of this new Improvement is about two and a half miles. ride in the glass bottom boat was taken and various fish, shells and rodk formations could be seen in the clear water to a depth of 50 to 75 feet. From Silver, Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer left on their trip homeward, while M!r. and Mrs. 9chiessle returned to Eustis for another week. Leaving for home on Friday noon, they made exceptionally good time, arriving in Chicago Sunday noon, a distance of 1,250 miles . Many interesting sights were seen along the way, including visits to Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain near Chattanooga. , Mr. and Mrs. Schiessle arrived -home after covering a total of 3,2fi5 mjles, with temperatures in Florida ranging from one very hot day with the mercury at 92 degrees in the shade, to much cooler weather at St. Petersburg where the thermometer registered 30 degrees above. Although the trip and visit -to Florida was a most delightful qjje, yet the motorists were equally as happy to be at home again. : " " (Coatinoad on last page.) Haindaalsr Waal Ads bring rmhi stop Flight to Success." How different from the mottoes of several years ago which now sound old-fashioned and prosaic. Aa we recall such slogans as' "Excelsior" and "Out of the Harbor Into the Deep." We can not but realise What ftrhaogcts the years have brought, even in class mottoes. The class colors chosen by the Seniors are old rose and silver. Commencement invitations have already been selected and each Senior has been measured for his or her cap and gown. An electric acora board will be the gift of the graduates to their Ahna Mater this year. Senior Claw Play May 8 The date which has been set for the Senior class play is May 3 and preparations (for this annual event will be under way soon. Then there is the thrilling party that the Juniors always give for the Seniors which is being eagerly anticipated. School days are fast slipping away and next week will herald the arrival of third quarter exams which will take place on March 21 and 22. As there are no exemptions this quarter, students are beginning to burn the midnight light preparing for the tests which are bound to take some of the joy out of life. On Thursday afternoon about twenty-five high school girls from Harvard gave an operetta at the local high school which was much enjoyed. This was one of a series of inter-school programs which are being recommended by the county su perintendents. Miss Audrey Miller of Woodstock and others interested witnessed the operetta. On this Thursday evening the Athletic banquet will be held at the local high school. This is an annual affair which is becoming more popular each year and plans have been made to accommodate a capacity crowd. It is expected that Coach Bill Chandler of Marquette University will be present with some of his players, who promise to be the main attraction of the evening. Lose Two Stndenta Because of the spring moving McHenry high school lost two stadents and registered one new pupil. Audrey and Kenneth McDonald have tran»f«rr«d jto the Woodstock high school. While Kenneth has one more i year before he graduates, his sister, her Senior fully thirty-five years ago. position as alderman of the second ward two west side business men, E. J. Buss and A. E. Nye hp.ve announced their candidacies. Herman Kreutzer is seeking re-election as alderman in the second ward. In the first ward, D. I. Granger has entered the race for. alderman, the present aldermen, Overton and Justen, also seeking re-election. New Aldermen in Third The third ward will have two new aldermen this year with the names of Fred Ferwerda and George P. Freunjd appearing on the Taxpayers ticket. The present aldermen, Albert Barbian and Jacob Schaefer, will not be candidates for re-election. The race for city clerk will no doubt be an interesting one with Peter A. Neiss and Earl R. Walsh having filed for this position. --r William Bickler is seeking re-election as police magistrate. For his drove toward Chicago, other details j that coincide with the Harrington HENRY G. NIELSEN FOUND DEAD IN OAR holdup. Otto Bahling of Belvidere, pleaded guilty to a charge of check forgery and was bound over to the grand jury in the court of Justice of the Peace Tanner at Marengo last Wednesday. Bahling tried to pass a check at the MJarengo State Bank Wednesday morning for $5.00 with Frank RStk's signature forged to it. The bank refused to honor the check and Bahling ran out and caught a truck bound for Belvidere. He wa* chased and picked up in Belvidere and brought back here for trial. Officials of the Schulze Baking company of Chicago have decided on Harvard as the distributing point for their products in northern Illino» and southern Wisconsin, according to M. M. Waldy, manager of this area. "And if the people of Harvard give us the proper amount of co-operation bjr the first of September we will have fifteen or twenty trucks working out of Harvard daily," declared Mr Waldy. "If things go along correctly and have the backing of Harvard resij dents, the business may develop to the point where we will build a baking plant in Harvard which will give employment to thirty or forty men," Martin Roesslein, Jr., 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Roeseieta, residing on the Rodgers farm two miles west of Wauconda, was seriously injured last week when the team field Residents of McHenry were shocked to read of the news of the death of Henry G. Nielsen, 44 years old, caused by carbon monoxide poisoning Monday nijfht. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen were former residents of this city, being photographers here for several years. Both were,/adept in their profession and ttirned out some very satisfac- j of horses he was driving in tory work while they were here. j became frightened and unruly and Three years ago last October they was thrown from the wagon and run sold out to Andrew Worwick and ; over. He was taken to a Barrington went to Chicago to live, where Mr. doctor, where examination disclosed Nielsen has lately been in the produce | a broken left arm and a fractured business, buying and selling potatoes, right ankle. \ FEBRUARY MILK PRICE ANNOUNCED Dairy farmers are to receive an average price of $1.87 a hundred pounds (4.02 cents a quart) for a total of 108,079,347 pounds of milk de* livered to " Chicago distributors during February. These figures were announced Tuesday night by Frank C. Baker, federal, milk market administrator for the Chicago area, in his last report on sales of milk to be made in this territory under the license agreement of the Agricultural Adjustment, administration. The agreement was recently discontinued by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. They lived at 4927 Mozart street, Chicago. When Mr. Nielsen failed to return home Monday night his wife, Betty, became uneasy and early Tuesday morning went to the garage at, the rear of their home to look for him. She found him dead in the car which had all windows open and the motorrunning. Mr. Nielsen was a member^-of La- Grange P<>8t, No. 41, American Legion. He is ourvived by his wife and two little daughters, Betty Annette and Nancy Ann. Funeral services were held from, the chapel at 2906 Madison street lit 2 o'clock this Thursday afternoon with interment in Oak Ridge cemetery. Mr. and Mrs.. Wm Spencer and Mrs. F. E. Covalt went to Chicago this morning to attend the funeral. Audrey, is completing year. Allen Dimon, who has moved here with his parents from Isabel, S. IX, has become a Junior at the local high school. • An orchestra is being organized at the^high schoo1 under the direction G W. Thomas of Chicago and Dale o f C a r l W e b e r T h e i r f i r s t p u b l i c a p . , w h o h a s m o v e d w f r o m pea ranee wall be made at the Athletic w ^ over the McH r>airy han/iiiAr rnio atramn rr _ » THOMAS BROTHERS BUY McHENRY DAIRY banquet this evening. Smallpox vaccinations were given at the ihigh school on Wednesday. Last month forty-four jchildren completed the series of toxoid treatments for diphtheria. The high school girls have bad a basketball tournament this week. On Friday the Seniors won in a game with the Juniors and tire Freshmen defeated the Sophomore*. Qn Tttesday the Senior* and Freshman played with the Seniors winning on March 1, buying it from Lester Hapner, who has operated it during the past year. The Thomas Brothers are experienced in this line of work and are owners of a farm near Chicago where Guernsey certified milk is produced. Mr. Hapner states that he will remain in McHenry, where he expects to engage in some line of business. the game, making the tournament coffee, pickle*, jel lo and cake. I he 35 It beans, deviled bread and butter. The charge wU plate. Children cents each. There will also be on sale s«*v«f»l aprons, rugs, fancy work, a guilt top. child's dress and various other" articles. The public is invited. ItW ladiea appreciate your Four Chicago., people were painfully injured two of them seriously when their car crashed into a Soo Line freight train early Friday morning of last week at the crossing on the Diamond Lake-Half Day road, "faiey were Ralph Hoffman, driver of the car, who suffered fractures of both legs. Ray Carlson, a fractured collar bone and Marjory Rockwell, and Agnes Jost, who suffered bruises and minof cuts. Accorxfing to officers who were, called to the scene of the accident, the foar people were returning to Chicago after a cottage party at Diamond Lake and were driving southeast toward Half Day. The driver failed to see the train at the angling crossing which is reached by a sharp incline, and crashed into the moving cars. Carried along by the speed of the train the auto was dragged from the highway an<f toppled down the embankment into the ditc-i at the aide of the railroad track.' LENTEN SUI The ladies of the M. E. church will serve a Lenten supper at ths» church next Thursday, March 21," beginaihg at 5 p. m. The menu will potatoes, meat loaf.