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Lake County Register (1922), 8 Feb 1928, p. 1

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PADDOCK NOT TO RUN FOR supervisers and nine assistant super-- visers are to be elected at town-- -hbmbbcheldthnum a CI hss \ao-- -- Werarar --© Anellk J year. Miaether served for many years on the county board, being defeated two years ago by . Herschberger. In Zlon the Independent faction is planning to enter a candidate against Assistant Supervisor Austin. LAKE FOREST TO HAVE SHOOT These will be a large number of Waukegan trap shooters take part in »FWomagpmte CR C CMIK k kal the big shoot to be held at the Lake mo'mmy.m Gflmultho()oldwm tion, arranged a classy program for the day which will be open to all Lake eeunty shooters. c 'This new gun club, which is now located at the Lake Park, will have its grand opening Sunday and local gunners will show up well in the var-- 9 Amistants To Make 4 test, Check Shows. * recently turned pro for the Reming-- ton Pewder company, is bringing in two teams of crack shots from his dis-- trict which may give the locals stiff urknown angles at 16 yards, 25 yards distamse handicap and a protection Pres Gilroy, the 1920 champion of the British Isles, will give an exhibi-- tion slcoot breaking six targets throws in the air at the same time. 'The aBest will start promptly at 1:30 Ed MeCormick of Libertyville, who The main event calls for 50 targets, YEAR NO. 10 Che Death Calls Old Resident F. William Kuebker, 74 years old, one of the oldest residents of Fre-- wont township, passed away Sunday morning at his home in Ivanhoe after a prolonged illness. The im-- mediate cause of his death was heart trouble. Mr. Kuebker was born in Germany on' S:Izmber 29, 1853 and came to Ame in 1869 at the age of six-- teen years. His first home in the new country was made at Lake Zurich where he remained for thir-- On March 15, 1882 he was united in marriage to Caroline Hapke and the newly married couple moved 'to Ivanhoe where they have since made their home. # & Letters of administration in the estate of Carl Carlson, Waukegan, were issued to O. L. Stanley, public administrator. The inventory was ap-- FARMERS WILL BE ALLOWED A PARKING RIGHT 'The proposition of "courtesy park-- ing of machines" during the coming Tllinois Farmers' Institute was brought totbemenfiono.ftheWaukegn council at a special meeting last week by lls:r Yager. From 600 to 700 outsiders machines are ex-- pected in the city during the con-- vention and the officials of the In-- stitute have asked. thato':xodsl pukhtpfivfizgabeall the visitors during three day session _ The council referred the matter to Commissioner CGee, head of the de-- partment of public health and safe-- 'ty. Commissioner Gee stated that the plan could be carried out by the use of "guest cards" for the visiting delegates to the convention. The cards will be given out when the visitors arrive in the city to register. robbery is said to have taken place the latter part of January. * the sheriff's office. 'The cottage was robbed the first time a few days Several hundred dollars CHICAGOAN IS VICTIM OF MISHAP Hearing of nine cases on a crim-- inal call in the court of County Judge Perry L. Person was scheduled to start Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The first case on the call is that of Leo O'Brien, charged with driving a motor vehicle while in-- to an information charging him with gambling in the Grand Billiard hall in East Washington street, is to be sentenced Wednuda%. The office of State's Attorney is expected to recommend leniency in this case. The Rev. J. Randall, secretary to the Bishop and Council of the Dio-- cese of Chicago will be the special preacher at the festive evensong service at 7:30 in the church. It is expected that clergy and laity from --John Petkus, a Chicago youth, who pleaded guilty two weeks ago the surrounding Episcopal parishes j will © be present, including Rev.} Howard E. Ganster and a large dele-- gation from Chirst Episcopal church; of Waukegan. I NINE GASES ON CRIMINAL CALL St. Andrew's church was folunded twenty years ago by the former rec-- tor of Christ church, the Rev. Toll, later Bishop Toll. The little group has held together amar boy claims he can furnish ulé:'fida'{éiili health physician. -- The list of schoolboys who have wronged j victim-- is our ~year old Patricia the little girl. Thompson, 541 Chestnut street. Being Rusheu To Highland Park Hospital; 2 Of Injured Are Women. 48 My afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Judge Persons was to hear the de-- linquency matters against John Pal-- the Congregational church and in several balls until this month when they began to worship in the new church. The church was designed and built by Carl F. Clausen of Grayslake and is considered a genmr of country Gothic after the Englis® style. Many beautiful memorials add a reverent atmosphere to the interior. The Rev. H. Campbell Dixon is pastor of --the Grayslake church and also of St. Ignatius' church, Antioch. man was killed, a woman in-- so seriously she may die, and New Directors For Hospital ; * To Replace Original Members Tl;e Elizabeth Condell Memorial hospital being erected in Liberty-- ville is to have an entirely different board of directors than the will of Elizabeth Condell provided. It was specified in the will that the hospital when completed be turned over to a board of directors to have charge of the management, the board named being John L. Taylor, Attorney Ben-- jamin H. Miller, Senator Rodney B. Swift, Mrs. Crystal Eaton Taylor, and Mrs. Anna Scott. ~The resignations of these directors were submitted to County Judge Perry -- L. . Persons Thursday by Attorney Miller. ~ The petition presenied by Attorney Miller stated that it was desired to have various organizations in Liber-- tyville represented on the board of ! (In regard to the resignations of the members of tlhe original board of di-- rectors, Attorney Miller said that Senator --Swift and. Mrs. Scott. had moved from Libertyville and that as for himself and Dr. Taylor and wife | _ The relfiuhr meeting of the Mun-- \ delein vi ag:lconncil was held . in 't.be village hall on Monday evening. At the session of the Board of | Local Improvements, which was the BOARD MEETING ---- ;TWO INJURED IN -- _ AT MUNDELEIN) AUTO ACCIDENT first in order,' the board :rproved; the final estimate on the outlet sew-- the suotion part on O ~vihes " m * The estimated cost of this improve-- I ment was $195,671 and the contract | was let to O'Brien Brothers for $166,290. Adverse conditions were 'encountered in the work and it was necessary to spread a lement-- nr' assessment on this .j';? j illage lt"t:l:y Ben H.. Miller was start fl" $ Divito, who installed the sani-- 1 tary sewer in the Vacek subdivision near Diamond Lake. . This work was completed last year and of the con-- tract price of $24,307 the contractors were }:'id all but $6,000 which was held for+maintenance,. Since that i time it has been discovered that the contractors left behind them unpaid bills aggregating nearly nine thous-- and dollars for material and labor. | The whereabouts of neither member of the firm'can be ascertained and effort is being made to locate them. | The legal action is to be instituted |to recover the amount in excess of * !hqu.lnnce now due them. t "the meeting of the regular | board the usual °monthly billswere _|allowed and other routine business Idisposed of.-- --_ _ --_-- -- . 5 directors. -- Judge Persons followed out the recommendations made in the pe-- 'bme and appointed the following to £ nunda: ' s Max Kohner of the Kiwanis club. . Celia Noble of the Woman's club. Martin Casey of the Libertyville gion. te Samuel Insull, Jr. | . Mr. Insull will be the only director not representing an organization in Libertyville. He was appointed on the hospital bodrd <~because of the great interest he has taken in the build-- ing of the hospital and in providirig funds. The site on which the hospital is being built was donated by Samue! Insull, Jr. a ; |[ The Christian Endeavor rally week which is being celebrated by Lake County sbcieties this week in con-- junction with a general observance throughout the world in commemor-- ation of the 47th anniversary of the founding of that organization, will fittingly close Saturday night with a community rally--banquet at the Gurnee church. A special pro%'ra.m of interest to members thr::f out the cotunty has been prepa and will follow the banquet. The pro-- gram includes speciflu music and an address by Rev. E. L. Reiner of the lWavelend avenue church, Chicago: A notice was ordered sent to the Misses Ofllina and Marie Mayer,; owners of two lots at the entrance to the Vacek Subdivision, to 'con-- struct a sidewalk in front of their property as soon as weather condi-- tions permit. . ---- _ --:-- :. A -- LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928 Village Clerk D. S. Doliph was in-- structed to notify the Public Serv-- ice company to install five street lights on Sfiady Lane. -- This action is the result of requests of property owners on that street for better gc:hd y i Clayton Ti!hnly was in-- structed to start the 'collection of the tax which has been levied on the canine population ef the village. The treasurer -- submitted his monthly report which was accepted and referred to the auditors. The village funds show a balance of $16,-- ENDEAVORERS PLAN BIG RALLY BANQUET The Christian Endeavor society, which now has an active xpember- ship of 4,000,000 began with one society of twenty five members und-- er the leadership of Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D. of Portland, Maine, who continued as the head of the organization for nearl{l: half cent-- ury. Shortly before death his place was taken by Rew. Daniel A. Pelling of New York who had long been prominent in the work of the growing organization. CHILD SUFFERS: FROM PARALYSIS The first case of infantile gmrnlyais to be reported in Wauke since October 8, was found Saturday on the books at the office of Dr. Howard .__--~~~~ Published Twice Weekly Kaping of the American Le County Register that beted: in Lake county on October 8, had 1917. over eleven years ago and pro-- t as 'vided for a large bequest for hospital they felt it would be better for them [whavetheboardooaswalowthe E. PR C . in C tia tss Am . I Hhavtruiltin to be represented. PDr. Taylor and Attorney Miller to-- gether with Semuel Insull, Jr., com-- pose the board of trustees. The --will of Elizabeth Condell named Dr. Tay-- lor and his wife and Attorney Miller, trustees. Mrs. Taylor resigned some time ago and Mr. Insull was named to succeed her. oo The new board will take charge of the hospital as soon as the building is ready for occupancy and will elect three officers, a president, secretary and treasurer. The board will make and estahlish rules for the manage-- ment of the hospital. _ _ e The will of Miss Condell provided that Dr. Taylor serve as house phy-- sigtian and superintendent of the hos-- pital during his lifetime, or as long as he is able. There was a clause to the effect that one member of the board of directors always be a reputable practicing physician in Libertyville, who shall be house physician and su-- perintendent of the hospital. It is ap-- parent from these provisions that it was the intention of Miss Condell that Dr. Taylor be on the board of directors during his lifetime. -- 'The new board does not have a physician as a member. When asked said that Dr. Taylor did not care to serve as house physician and super-- irtendent. -- According. to . Attorney Miller instead of following out this plan the Condell Memorial hospital is to have a medical staff composed of all {.Jbenyvme physicians. At the present time there are five 8!3;2_-- cians in Libertyville, Dr. C. R. way, Dr --F. H. Martin, Dr. C. N. Stev-- emx:s, Dr. Maurice Penny and Dr. Tay-- purposes l Dirk Houvelkamp, who lives near the scene of the accident, was arous-- |ed by the crash and hurried to the iy'excaped jed death shortly after 12 o ; € death s y r 12 o'-- éock bBaturday night when their Buick sedan turned over in the ditch jist north of the curve where route 21 leaves Milwaukee avenue. The machine turned completely over re-- ducing the top to a mass of broken glass and splintered wood. Two members of the party were badly mby the broken glass while the er three escaped injury. , The in-- jured men gave their names as Glen Burger and Joseph Butter-- worth of Chicago. ~The uninjured men left without giving their names. According to Burger, who was ig the car, were enroute to me' !&fl were trotnuding the curve at a fairly swift rate of speed when a heavy truck comizg from 'the opposite direction faile to give them room and forced the sedan from the road. When the ma-- chine left the pavement it became unmanageable and the driver's fran-- tic efforts to regain the road turned the car over in the ditch . aid of the men. He succeeded in extricating them from the wreckage and broug'ght the injured pair to the office of Dr. Charles N. Stephens who dressed their wounds. Burger had a deep gash in his chin which was bleeding profusely and suffered other minor cuts and bruises. But-- terworth was less seriously hurt, espaping.with a few scratches. & How any of the quintet escaped mve injuries is a mystery as the e g'of the machine is a total wreck with the top crushed into the seat eushions. Sunday morning the car was tow-- ed to the Libertyville garage where it is being held subject to orders from its owners. : * _ According to Burger the driver of the truck failed to stop after the accident and his identity has not site, $100,000. ' >+New fire department station at the %Mofflwdtywfihequipment. --Municipal yards, $25,000. -- New bridges and repairs on others, -- General purpose bonds for public benefits, $100,000. ; _ Street widening bonds, $150,000. Highland Park voters will pass up-- on bond issues totaling $540,000 at a special--election in March. The city council there has passed a resolution calling for the special balloting. Ex-- tensive improvements are being plan-- ned by the city and the issues to be voted upon are as follows: : New city hall building and site, $55,000 (this in addition to the $100,-- ed car while hunting about a mile from Half Day MondaK morning and made a report to Sheriff Law-- rence A Doolittle. The search which was started for the thieves has been BURNED AUTO * & e . : WAS STOLEN Robert Anderson, a merchant at Everett who Friday was found to be the owner of the Peerless sedan which was found in a wood near Half Day destroyed by fire said Sat-- urday that the car was stolen from him in Chicago on January 27. Deputy McLaughlin found the burn-- PLAN VOTE ON 'NEW CITY HALL 000 which it is expected to obtain from the sale of the present site and unsuccessful. will of Miss Condell was pro SMITH TOLD YOUNG WiLL Man Convicted' @ Killing Of Frank Grund 'At Fox Lake Last Year To Seek Freedom From Parole Woard. pleaded guilty to a zcharge of man-- slaughter -- early last March in the court of Circuit.J Claire C. Ed-- wards and was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term bf from one year to life in Joliet penitentiary, is mak-- ing an effort to get paroled. State's Attorney A. V. Smith was notified last week by the department of pard-- ons and paroles that Young had made applicatipon far parole and that his case is to be heard at the March session of the board. Col. Smith szaid he would not oppose a parole for Young. ¢ Young was adimitted at Joliet peni-- tentiary on March 16, 1927,} nd thus becomes eligible for a parole on Feb-- ruary 16 of this year, aftir having served eleven months of the sentence imposed by the court. At the time made, a recommendsation that he be paroled at the end of three years. Killed Man In Quarrel é In a drunken braw! in a cottage at Fox Lake, Young killed Frank Grund of Round Lake on the morning of February 3, a > year a go. «He be-- came intensed while wrestling with Grund because of being thrown 'and h=> jumped up and threw Grund to th» floor and then kicked him heavily in the head. Grund's skull was crush-- ed by the blow. . Deputy -- H. A. Doolittle conducted j the investigation into the murder and ' grrested Younz and Taylor Clark of Fox Lake. For several dnys'Youns' denied having had any part in the killing of Grund. but he finally broke down and made a complete confes-- down and mage a complelte comeSs-- sion. He said.that after: imbibing freely of liquor he and (Grund en-- gaged in an argument . about their strength. f Clark was indicted on a charge of being an accessory to the murder, but 8 DIVORCES ~ ~ApE SOUSHT s Charges Cruelty -- Herman Albrecht of. Waukegan against Lauretta Albrecht. Cfilty is m&.- The couple was married on 'March 1, 1900:and lived together un-- 'tu January 1, of this year. Clarence Langbach against Willet-- Fridé?' was the last day for filing of suits in the Circuit court to be heard during the March term of court, which starts the first Monday in March and many actions were in-- stituted. Eight divorce actions were started late Friday afternoon, the suits all being filed by Attorney James G. Welich. The stits follow: George Young, of Fox Lake, who Everett Stone of Waukegan against Lisle Stone. Adultery is charged and one Diek_lfiflburn named . corre-- spondent. Stones have two chil-- d@ren, Raymond, 16, and Elmer, 15. They were married in Waukegan on August 19, 1903 and lived together until August 1,';927: . George Miller against Jessie Mil-- ler, desertion is charged. They were married on October 29, 1925, in Chi-- cago and separated in January of 1926. € $50,000 SUIT The jury in the Circuit court which heard the case of Eugene Bolle of Waukegan dgainst the Chicago & North Western Railroad company for $50,000 damages for the loss of a leg, Monda{ mo'rmni brought in a ver-- dict of not guilty.*> The <jury was instructed to return this verdict by Circuit JudfiEdward D. Shurtleff. The plaintiff sued the railroad com-- pany under the interstate law A . tor-- ney Nelson J' Wilcox, counsel for the railroad company, made a motion Friday that the case be taken frori the jury on the grounds that Bolle was not engaged, in interstate com-- merce when hurt and so could not sue under interstate law. solle, on the witness stand, made the admis-- sion that there had been some neg-- ligence on his part. Under the state law contributory negligence would prevent him from getting damages, while he could still collect da i1ages made by Langbach that his wife had another husband, one William D. Morehead. The Langbach wedding was celebrated on July 2, 1924. They were married on January 1, 1924, and lived together until Decem-- ber of 1925. -- Preée McKitriclk against Frona Mc-- Kitriclk. The charge is adultery. They were married wmo on May 5, 1927, and sepa just two months Charles -- Spratt ° against Esther Spratt. Adultery is charged. They were married on March 1, 1926. William Darner against Ruth Dar-- ner. They were married March 2, 1927, and lived together until Novem-- ber of 1927. She is charged with adul-- tery. They have two children, Morris, 9, and Norma, 8. | (Pontinued on Page 4) WON BY ROAD le Bpard. ng, il'ox Lake, who to azcharge of man-- y -- last March in the t J Claire C. Ed-- sen to serve an . ~The bill charges that = DEERFIELD HAS day morning by Edward Kuester, manager. of the station when he came to open the place for the day. He noticed that a rear window was raised and an examination disclos-- ed the fact that the thieves had a glmcuttertoremoveasmallm of the 'window pain directly the sash lock and in this manner had reached in and unlocked the catch. The entry had been made through this window which was left open when the robbers departed. Marshal Limberry was immediate-- ly notified and hurried to the scene. It was found that the cash register had been looted of some ten dollars in cash and a few small items of lmez:vclundime had also been carried my' . & a Thieves Rob Oil Station According to Kuester, he closed the station shortly after eight o'clock Scturdasy night and reopened about seven Sunday morning. The ent-- rance to the building was effected between these hours. Little was dis-- turbed in the office and the atten-- tion of the manager was first cal-- led to the robbery when he felt the wind blowing in the open window. It is thought by the police that the robbery is the work of local {'uzieniles who knew that the money been left in the cash register and saw an opportunity to secure m' .mpiny' yalg ce * 400 c 3 'Fllm AETUTTCL® ' Marshal Limberry stated Monday that he has two local youths under surveillance and that the identity of the thieves may be determined within the next few days. Italo--American Deerfield Town-- ship Organization Formed At Recent Meet. f ! Antioch defeated Gurnee in the !finam of the basketball tournament at Wauconda high school Saturday 'MRS. UPTON IS ~--OEATH VICTIM The Italo -- American _ Deerfield Township Political club "has been omniaedbysomeo%"hent citizens of Italian or .. No one except Americans of Italian origin may belong to this_ club. The object is to educate its mem-- bers in the principles of the govern-- mt.mww':wdu-n; t also . in{ «to aid Italians MMM' ' The club has no party affiliations. Persons running for any office must merit its support solely on -- their personal qualifications regardless of ANTIOCH WINS WAUCONDA MEET The club held a ~well attended meeting gt the Highwood city hall, Sunday, Jan. 29. The following offi-- cers were elected: evening by the close score of 16 to 15 Barrington defeated Arlington Heights tn't.he phyoflaflor third place, 24 to Word was received in Waukegan Monday morni{lf of the death of Mrs. Augusta Upton, widow of the late W. C. Upton, which occurred suddenly that morning at the home 'of her niece, Mrs. Chas. A. Jordan, 1306 Rosalie st., Evanston, where she had made her home since last September following a fall which she suffered at her home on West street resulting in a broken hip. It was at that time that she disposed of her home where she had lived for nearly ferees selected the following as the all--star mythical team of the meet: Bolte, Arlington Heights, right for-- ward; McClure, Gurnee, left forward; Wichman, Barrington, center; Spicer, Antioch, right guard; Billy Gee, Gur-- nee, left guard. ---- Gurnee will travel to Palatine Tuesday night for a North West Conférence game. fereng game. Sante Pasquesi, president. Sante Santi, vice--president. Charles Fiore, treasurer. Gaetano Viti, financial secretary. Casper Santi. corresponding sec-- retary. > 4 Cesare Bernardi, marshal. Cesare Mordini. warden. Carlo Carani, Joseph Carbonag! and Edward Cassettari, directors. Co--incident with her death is the observance at the Parish House of Founders Day by the Waukegan Woman's club. Mrs. Upton was one of the founders of the original wom-- an's club of this city. No arrangements for the funeral have been made pending the return of John E. Reardon who is expected to arrive from California, Wednes-- day. Mr. Reardon has had charge of the Upton estate since the sickness and death of Mr. Upton. She had been an invalid for twenty years but in spite of this she was ever thoughtful of the poor and gave generously to the needy. Her kindness of heart and charitable disposition made friends of all with whom she came in contact. Following the final game, the re-- POLITICAL GLVB $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. TAYLOR AND _ office of County Clerk Lew Hendee but the order in which the names of candidates in contested offices, are to .appear on the primary ballot was made a matter of dispute by the manner of filing. ; Edward Conrad, a Waukegan real ;mum.mm-m- uuyunudep-wmn-lh llml-rthem.da_r'a,: officers filed petitions Monday at the and M. E. Amstutz, an employe of the county highway department and a candidate for county surveyor contend thatthey-bnflhnm*eelfl the ballot for the offices they seek as their petitions were the Tirsl ones received and filed by the county clerk. i ~"Gentiemen, I do not know what to \do in this matter," said the county hat, As he came out of the office Dr. Tayilor, it is said, handed over his pe-- titions and then hastened from the office. The other candidates had ex-- pected the county clerk would take the petitions in the order in which they were in line and were taken by L?. mhs!.h'-.fldntm": ~am entitled place on "How do I know who was here first?" inquired Mr. Hendee. '-Ia.npwvcnbyAmswuune was in line when I got here," said --"Did you mark Taylor as first fil-- g?"mmwm. "No, I will have to make a decision County Clerk Hendee announced Monday afternoon that he had de-- cided to list,the candidates on the ballot, in the following manner: Coroner -- Dr, Taylor, Edward Conrad, Dr. Martin. Surveyor -- Charles Russell, M. E. Amstuts, Ben P. Thacker. Mr. Hendee® said the . petitions we:;e f:g:d "h:h himfh this order poa an t was precedent. -- in mou& of candidates on the -- ballot in this way. He |said that the secretary of state and other W throughout the state use this sys-- those of Brockway and Wilmot were then filed in the order named. About 8:30 p'clockt.bemd State's Attorney A. V. Smith, a candi-- date for re--election, who from pres-- ent indications will not have opposi-- tion, were filed by his secretary, Miss It has been the custom in Lake county for years to file petitions in the order the candidates lined up and it was generally expected by political leaders that County Clerk Hendee would follow out the "unwritten law" and file petitions in this manner: -- spirited race for coroner, were fil at 10:80 o'clock Monday morning. 2 For Surveyor in rad's petitions Libertyville, a third candidate in the tem in putting candidates' . names on ballots. It was reported Monday after-- noon that Attorney Joseph A. Jad-- rich, former city uttorl:y of Nog Qng is planning make race state's attorney. Mr. Jad-- rich refused to make any com-- ment on the reports. He admitted having . procured & forms from the county ..C.k": however. -- _ _ The next petitions taken up by the county clerk were those of Mr. County Clerk Hendee said he had no interest in either the coroner race or that of survevor, simply being at a loss to know what to do about plac-- ing candidates on the ballot because of the mix--up. Conrad To Get Affhdavit, Mr. _ Conrad saidffid'fl:: i he was ing to an affi rom (Continued on Page 8) Russell Placed First. ON FILING for A n d

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