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Howland Of Barrington Is Only Member To Lose Nomination InCaucus; Opposition Fails In Kelsey, a farmer living near Barring-- ton won out in a three cornered race. The other candidate was A. W. Meyer. The vote was: Kelsey, 327; Howland, town eancuses held Saturday after-- noon and night. Two of the super-- visors renominated were unopposed. K. P. Howland of Barrington, a member of the county board for the past year and a half was defeated in the eaucus in Cuba township. H. D. u&mamz\xflw eran member of the board and les M. Wilcox of Libertyville, a member for two terms won contests in the caucuses in Ela and Libertyville town-- board of supervisors was defeated and while no candidate was put up against him on the republican ticket. Peter Stadfeldt of Volo won out in the three cornered race for supervisor in Wauconda township. Ray Paddock In Ela township Supervisor Ficke won the renomination g\'rewmiam FP. by 4 vote to 81. mm.!.aer:hbcwd!'ru-l rie View was renominated in the Ver-- non township caucus for a second term, without opposition. Frank Stanton of Ingleside, a member of the board' for several years was also. renominated | without onnosition. He is on the| of Wauconda, a board member for the past 12 years retired from the board last week because of being an aspirant for a state office. There were two Wauconda men in the race against Stadieldt, R. C. Kent and Frank Ba-- con. The vote follows. Stadfeldt, 163; feating J. W. Hutchings by a vote of 96 to 62. This is the first time in a number of years that a Demo-- Grimm was the winner in a three mnce.thgg@herca.ngflda__te_s___be- field in Libertyville township. ww' uy a vOLC Of 212 10 123. bedspreads taken. C. Reimer, A.|visors Thursday afternoon at the in-- rdward Dunne, a deputy :n the Prees?:reJ. Miland, H. F. Minersmarn.| stance of Supervisor Ray Paddock, office of Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolit-- and George Bellock reported th=ir| passed a resolution calling upon Gov. tle, was nominated constable in 2 cottages had been entered but tha:| Len Small to prevent refunding of way race. A. G. Hicks and An~ nothing Of value was missing gasoline tax money to gasoline ~om-- mm opposed Dunne The voee:' The breaking into cottages in the| panies and to apply this money u; %. m..mcn, 204; Davis, 67. lake 'tegion is an annual occurrence the construction and maintenance o (Continued on page 4) ,m Lake county. Generally there is | hard roads throughout Nlinois. . _ _ -- nothing of any great value left in | The Supreme court several. w SEV ERAL T AKE P ago held the state gasoline tax law cmese cottages when they are closed invalid and there is now $6,248,000 in TEACHER EX AMS|w tor the winter. the state treasury, which was derived f Pn * 0.« wememmnemmmnmmmeepmmmimonemmmmemmmen from th;ugu':lm tax. Them Several 'Lake Motor making an elementary teacher in Lake cou OF COUNTY DIES|the law being held unconstitutional. sehools Saturday roouv< *A dauke It is claimed that the average auto-- b M inose who in the state paid $6 tax during the took the exams were: Evelyn| Peter Lux, aged resident of Wads-- gtmetbehvfi'tneflect. Mmm%mhm and gl;:'p-';';dunyathhm Lake county had planned a mil-- James Turner of Zion:; um]mMmd.m ing. Several| lion dollar road bond isue this Dunn and Helen Neahous of Anti-- ":arfidv-mym'dm- spring, the bonds to be retired out of och: Catherine Martin dm'm" rmmm.m.unmdmmymmns- Lake; Pearl Shepherd of Munde--|Mrs. N. J. Smith of 112 Liberty street.| oline tax. Because of the Supreme léin;" Franklin Kennedy of Bar--|a niece, Mrs. Wilbur M. Moore of 610] court ruling the, hond istue election rington; and Dorothy Lee of Grays Ridgeland avenue a nephew, John | planned a Lake. S Lux of 831 Ash street. doned. : Several <Lake county people took the examination for ?he position of AGED RESIDENT elementary teacher in Lake county OF COUNTY DIES schools Saturday. Among those who 'Whemnrencmges took the exams were: Evelyn| Peter Lux, aged resident of Wads-- aenmu?:rm Kuechler, Edith'worth and well known throughout 'Teeple, Smith, Lilly Parry county passed awa home James Turner of Zion: \lnr-"-fl ?. To Idate Kb mn!n?:-hhflmnl Scheid 240; Darrell, 176. Carr defeated Joseph Haas for jus-- tice by a vote of 273 to 123. Edward Dunne, a deputy :n the office of Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolit-- tle, was nominated constable in 2 three way race. A. G. Hicks and An-- ton Davis opposed Dunne. The vote: Other Towns Clerk--Andrew Grom. Highway --Commissioner ---- Henry TOWNS VOTE Che La NO. 22 Fire Destroys Boarding House Fire, which is thought to have started from a defective flue, broke out shortly before one o'clock Tues-- day afternoon in one of the board-- ing houses on the Hawthorn Farm and, as we go to press all hope of saving the structure has been aban-- doned. The house is located on what was the old Gratton stock farm and is used as aboaxdinfihouse for a part of the farm employges. It has ueeq]oocupied by the Edward Slater ftamily. _ An insufficient water -- supply handicafiifllf the firemen and it was paid to Oscar Hayekar, vice consua of Finland, when estate is settled Mrs. Myllynen lives in Finland. 'Lhe family were just finishing the nog;nsc mea:ed wil,xen the flame; were ove reaking throug the roof. A call was sent in for the Mundelein fire department and the big pumping outfit was rushed to the scene. : t The fire had made great head-- way in the attic of the house be-- fore it was discovered and it re-- quired fast work to remove the household tgoods and . the personal effects of the occupants. Everything movable had been carried out when the fire truck arrived. * In the estate of Wilma Miller, Lake Forest girl, who was murdered last summer by Odo Pueschel, Probate Judge Martin C. Decker Thurs. or-- dered that her estate, which is to go to her mother, Carolina Myllynen, be impossible to. save the building. The attention of the squad was turned to the Joseph C. Reuse residence which is situated almost directly across the road from the burning building. The east wind bliew the sparks and burning embers on this house and the firemen were «work-- }r_\g to prevent it from catching on ire. 'According to reports from the Reuse home the . Mundelein. men were to stand guard until the fire in the boarding house had burned itself out. S The boarding house was of frame construction and, in its dry condi-- tion, burned like tinder. By the time the fire was discovered it had pro-- gressed so far that it is doubtful i# it could have been saved if im-- mediate fire protection were avail-- able. Hearing on claim of Martin J N°a! of North Chicago in the estate of George --Evert, Lake Bluff, was son-- tinued to March 22. Petition for probate of the wil' in the estate of Hiram Worthinston Judd, Zion, was filed and heariny set for April 9. Proof of hRheirship ORDERS ESTATE : GO TO CONSUL tinued to March 24. Proof of heir-- ship was taken. The petition indi-- cates an estate of $20,000.° Hearing on the final report in th« estate of John Irving. Antioch, was rontinued to March 29. In the estate of Minnie Wienecke Toeppel, incompetent, Lake Zuri:'n, hearing on the petition for restora-- tion was continued to April 10. « The balance of the court costs in the estate of George S. Keller. H'gh-- land Park, were remitted. The final reports were approved in the estates of John H. Sheah>n,. HMighland Park, and Celia Marla Powers. Wauconda,. and both estates SMALL LOOT IN THEFTS AT LAKE were closed. Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle. who on Saturday conducted an investiva-- tion into the burglary of some twelve summer cottages in the Petite Lake region, several miles west of Lake Villa, said M&nday that only a small amount of Ilobt was taken. He said that one of the cottages broken ir'o was newly built and not even ocru-- pied. <~He said that several of the cottage owners told him that nothing was taken from their places.--and the sheriff is of the belief that a ctowd of boys broke into the plares. The burglaries all took place with-- in the last two weeks. In all cases entrances were gained by dril'ing holes through doors which made i; possible to reach inside and unl*ck the door. cmese cottages when they are closed up for the winter. +4 The owners of the places all "i~: in Chicago. Sheriff Doolittle said ho talked to seven of the owners and that five of them told him that not'"}-- ing of any value was taken. H. A Jost reported the theft of a radio. a shotgun and four army 'coats, and P. J. Stahl said he had a gun and some bedspreads taken. C. Reimer, A. Freer, J. Miland, H. F. Minersmarn. and George Bellock reported th--ir cottages had been entered but tha: nothing of value was missing. Petition for the probate of the 44 POOR BILLS BOOSTED BY UNEMPLOYED Effect Of Lack Of Work Is Felt Throughout C ounty, '_Report To Board Of Super-- visors States. heavy increase was made. G In Waukegan township, Supervisor M. P. Dilger spent $11,005.24 on the poor, while during the winter season last year the poor bills for Wauke-- It cost Lake county $19,481.55 in the last quarter to provide for the needs of the poor of the various townships throughout the county, there being an increase of several thousands of dollars over that spent period. Supervisor --Bletsch, chairman of the poor bills auditing committee, reports that the increase is due large-- ly to unemployment of heads of families. The board of supervisors Friday ordered the poor bills paid gan township totalled $7,567.27. Thus th» increase in Waukegan township alone amounted to $3,437.97. Shields, Deerfleld Boosts.: The cost of keeping the poor of Shields township was $2.886.61 and of Deerfleld township, $2,284.81. Last year the cost of providing for-- the poor in Shields township was $1,.-- 915.98 and in Deerfleld towhship, $1,-- 222.64. The total cost of keeping the poor in the three large north shore townships, Waukegan, Shields and Deerfileld, for the past three months was $16,176.56, while during this peri-- od a year ago the poor bills sggre-- gated $10,705.89. This shows an in-- poor in all townships in the county with the exception of Waukegan, (Continued on Page 8) ships. « . The poor bills allowed in -- other townships of Lake county follow: Avomn--$216.15. : The candidacy of Richard J. Ly-- ons of Mundelein, who is geeking nomination at the General Assembly was given the official sanction of union labor in a resolution passed last week at a meeting of the Inter-- national Union of Steam and Oper-- ating Engineers, Local 936. The re-- solution is as follows: $ WHEREAS, the rapid growth of the eighth Senatorial District is de-- veloping industrial problems of ut-- WHEREAS, these problems be-- come/subjects of enactment by the Ge Assembly of Illinois, and EREAS, it is important that in fonsideration of the problems of the workintfi man by the General Assembly, this district be rerresent-- ed in said General Assembly by a man who is conversant with our problems and possesses the courage and initiative to inspire action there-- _ PHEREFORE BE IT R%v,ox,vnn that the International nion . of J. D. Carmody * Secretary Attest:--A. Helberg, B, A. steam and operating engineers, Lo-- cal 936 of Lake County and vicinity Illinois recognizing the ability and special fittness of Richard J. Lyons hereby endorses his candidacy for representative in the General Assem-- bly from this district and pledges him its active support and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEU ASK GAS MONEY USED ON ROADS to every newspaper and every Union Local in the Counties e(? Lake, Boone, and McHenry. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM AND OPERATING -- _ENGINEERS. By--A. J. MacLEOD that a copy of this resolution be sent Wauconda--$311.50. The grand total of maintaining the Benton--$1,565.55. Cuba--$145.39. Ela--$10.40. > Lake Villa --$254.47. Libertyville--$312.49. Newport--$131.38. West Deerfield--$88.70 The Lake county board of super-- importance to organized labor, BACKS LYONS of $5,470.77 for these town-- President ty w Two n s were glaced' in nomin-- ation for office of . Supervisor, Chas. M. Wilcox® and Ray N.'Smith. -- The voting for this office was accomp-- lished by printed ballots and a more or less successful attempt was made to --take the names of the voters as | the 'ballots were cast. The tellers | were un to keep gace with the ; yoters and when the final vote was in it was found that a total of 157 !ha«l been| cast \\"}lx'i'!le the poll «list showed but 139. e count showed ithat. Wi had recgeived 86 votes and Sn\;'t 72 and the chairman de-- clared the former duly nominated as a candid for the office at the April election. _ Nom Unusual interest was displayed Saturday afternoon in the Repufili-{ can caucus held at the town hall: for the nomination of the candidates to the various offices in the town-- ship. The crowd 'was brought out by the contest on the office of Sup-- ervisor d the activities of the friends of the candidates just before the meetit'g, was responsibe for the presence of a darge delegation of The ting was called to order by attorneéy Ben H. Miller, chairman of the town board and Attorney Paul MacGuflin was chosen as chair-- The chairman appointed 'the fol-- lowing as tellers: Harry Egloif, Jay: Cairns and. Henry H. Wehren-- berg. s gn i s man of the;caucus and Charles D. Nalley sepréetuary. _ ----~ --© -- _: The nominee is the present incum-- bent of the office and has served during the past four years. Lloyd C. Ray,; the present asses-- sor, was opposed in the caucus by John Hutchings whose / candidacy was spongored by the same organi-- zation backing Smith. The nomina-- tion for this office was decided by a division of the house and a check All owhi.s work is furnished free to the Womans Club and the price of 50c per lecture goes to the Wo-- mans club, Many have purchased ets are eligible for the prizes to be %:; out at the end of the lectures. p are to be awarded to the persons who have attended all lec-- tures and who show general excel-- lence in the final examinations to be given on the last day. GOOD AT <On Fri of the> se tures for ville Wo Auditori school w maininf is condu departme Company Hawkins Those who care to do so may pur-- chase 'one or any number of the remaining five tickets at 50¢ each, although the holders of these single tickets 'are not eligible for the final prizes, they are eligible to the daily prizes which are delightful as they are the two dishes F'repared during the lecture. Last Friday the first prize was a huge planked steak with all the vegetable trimmings. It was won by. Mts. Kidd of Hawthorn farm The second prize was a lamb stew which was carried away by a Grad;s Lake *resident. All attending the lecture given cardboards with numbers and cards with corresimnd- ing num the holders of the lucky numbers take the prizes. 42 HELLE able to se turned to in Highland Park, when he wal examina of charges of operat a confi game and passing wor less C preferred against him. Exbom brought back to sts trial from DeKalb, Ill., last week. T able to secure a bondsman he was turned to his cell. * HELII::ng FREUND IN PLEASING CONCERT Helen und, of the Chicago. Civ-- ic Opera) company, delighted her audience Monday evening in her con-- cert given under the auspices of the Libertyville Musical Society. _ Clarence Exbom. of Highland Park, and fo Waukegan résident. was bound to grand jury in bonds of $1,200 Sa: y by Judge A..W. Smith in Highland Park, when he waived examina of charges of operating a confi game and passing worth-- less C preferred against him. Exbom brought back to stand trial from DeKalb, I1l., last week. Un-- able to secure a bondsman he was re-- The We s club welcomes all to attend who wish and anybody may purchase a ticket at the door for the next lecture which will be held at the Auditorium theatre this Friday, Her voice is one of appealing beauty clarity with an unusual range. She has a charming person-- ality, and she easily adapted her-- self to the small but appreciative audience at the Methodist cuhrch. The program, made up of four groups of songs, was varied and en-- tirely plegsing. "Ophelia's Air" from the Mad Scene in I?_amlet and "Chan-- son Provencal" seemed to be the most enj . As encores she sang a translation of a Swedish folk song, "When I) Was Seventeen", "The Icicle" *Will 'O The Wisp". Miss und was assisted by Mr. Charles Lurvey, a skilled accomp-- anist, who, for four years, has been associated with Claudio Muzio. Mr. Lurvey's accompaniments proved a sympathetic background for the songs~and were of real musical val-- ue in themselves. f major ;)Ip'pration Saturday mornng at the x;to'r{ Memorial Kolpital in Waukegan. He came through the ordeal successfully and is recovering associated with Lurvey's jaccom; sympathetic ba songs®and were ue in themselve: The Mvzsical 8 mended for havin Rle of h&nyvfl ear a gram satisfactorily. March 23rd at 2:00 P. M. The Mlfisical Society is to be com-- mended for having given to the peo-- Rle of Lx&rtyville an opportunity to ear a vram of such excellence. tend who w irchase a tic xt lecture :1 e Auditoriur arch 23ctd a ELEN F PLEAS Charles day, March 16th the first ries of cooking school lec-- the benefit of the Liberttg'e- Club, was held in theatre. This cooking ich will conduct the re-- ve lectures of the series, ted by the Home Service t of the Public Service _the director being Eva nate Two Complete Tickets At Township Caucus Saturday RTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928 ATTENDANCE COOKING CLASS TO JURY. -- IN CON GAME Jochheim underwent Cooumty Regatster i'«? "'!5,, ;i"$ o > Published Twice Weekly # 5'.? C E ,E' ;>;, Henry E. Gaddis: and Marjorie Taylor were nominated as Trustees of the Libertyville board. Both are ~present members of the body and | were unopposed for renomination. ~ The --following were appointed to act as members of the town board during the coming year: Ben H. Miller, Richard J. Lyons, of Munde-- 'lein and Géorge Eaton. -- #5 ¢€p sbwed Ray 96 and Hutchings 62. William J. Fendick, Town Clerk, Irving Helfter, Road, Commissioner and Frank J. Wright School-- Trustee were all nominated by acclamation when no other candidates were pro-- paosed for those offices. ---- _._ _: -- 'While this was beini accomplish-- ed on the upper floor the Democrats were holding a caucus in the base-- ment ef the town hall. There were but eight of the conviction present but what they lacked in number they made up for in determination and gzminnted a full ticket of town of-- ficers... _ ~"William Eldon Miller, a veteran of many : political . battles, was chosen as candidate for Supervisor, James A. Bradley, assessor; H. F. Bitz, town clerk, Raiph Mulholland, road ~commigsioner and-- Ruez E. Osborne, sch@ol trustee. _ _ . _ ._ _ Mr. Miller, or "Shorty" as he is better'known throughout the county, is of the old political school. He served ~many years as supervisor from this township and has many victories to his credit on the floor of the county. board, rooms. .. . _ The new playground board held its first meeting for this season on Friday, March 16th. The Kiwanis was' represented by Mr. G. G. Hoskins and Mr. E. T. Langworthy. The Libertyville Club by E, H. Waterhouse and Mr. W. C. Hubbell; the Legion by Mr. C.C. Hoskins; the Woman's Club by Mrs. _Mr. Mulholland, who is the build-- ing inspector of the village, has served before in the office to which he has been nominated and Mr. Os-- borne has also filled positions of trust, "The other candidates are new to political office. C $ PLAYGROUND TAX _ _ ----TO BE ON BALLOT The Democrats promise to make a hot campaign and have enlisted the ald of their Republican friends. The first --point considered by the board was the possible means of continuin 6 this advantage for the village. Up until the present time the playground has been the gift of the five organizations named a-- bove, with the two school boards P. G. Osborn and Mrs. L. W. Be-- and 'flf village board co--operating with the use of-- buidings and grounds. f It was the desire of everybodyl s e 1 t present to remove the: playground| Harold Gray, from any further money raising'committée -- in campaigns of any kind. 'Tuesday that al irom _ any iurther money ralsing'committée -- in 'charge, announced campaigns of any kind. | Tuesday that all the plans for the It was voted to place the issue| spring opening and style show had before the voters o}) the village in been completed and that a treat is the coming election and to allow | awaiting the people of this district. them to decide whether or not they| Great activity has been in evidence wish the playground to .continue for| for the Lr"t few days in the stores our children. The necessary peti--| along Milwaukee avenue and it is tions were filed on the following|evident that the merchants are plan-- day and this will now become one! ning somethifig out:of the ordinary of the issues upon which every vot--| in the way of window displays. ter should vote. > i; Noew harkirimnulc arnn Ainmnanvimi & Reinhold Wolff of 223 South Utica With the carrying of this issue, funds would be provided sufficient to carry on the playground work and to buy some equipment for the children. These > funds would 'be forthcoming from a tax amounting to not more than one and one--third mills on all taxable property. This would provide a fund of approxi-- mately $2,000 per year for the equipment and maintenance of a ¥hygmnnd for the village. This und would be used and controlled by a board of from three to five citizens, to be appointed by the mayor. 4 It was reported by the last years treasurer, Mrs. Roberts that there are $525.17 funds on hand from the cireus and fair last fall. It was de-- cided to leave the matter of the disposition of these funds and the present summers activities until af-- ter the coming election. NON--SUPPORT 18 CHARGED street Waukegan was arrested last night b{) the office of Sheriff Lawr-- ence A Doolittle on charges of refus-- ing and neglecting to support his wife and four children. He was lock-- ed up in the county jail and was to be arraigned Mon. before Justice of the Peace Harry Hoyt. Wolff was ar-- rested several weeks ago and relosas*c on his promise to provide for his family and now is charged with haw-- ing failed to do so. HELD OVER ON . ABANDONMENT C. Coulson on a charge of wife and child abandonment. He is alleged to have deserted his wife. Amelia, and three children. Basculik could not furnish a bond of $1,000 and was committed to the county jail. Mike Babich of North Chicago, who was arrested on Saturday by the sheriff's office on a charge of wife and child abandonment, is to be ar-- raigned on March 22, before Justice wealth avenue, North Chicago, was held over to the October grand jury Mon. by Justice of the Peace Harvey Simon Basculik of 1127 Common-- LOSE MONEY ON FEDER, Report Shows $2,427.25 Lost In Feeding United States Prison-- The County of Lake had a loss ot §$2427.25 in feeding feGeral prisoners in the county jail during the past year and from present indications stands upplying food fogr federal prisoners :l:rhg the eml" year. to have an expense of nearly $4,000 in and Edward A. Brown, Fri. submit-- ted a report to the board of supervis-- ors stating that the cost of providing food for federal prisoners in the coun-- 1y jail is approximately $1 a day. The county is allowed 65 cents a day by the government for supplying food t federal prisoners, thus showing a loss to the county of 35 cents a day. * $6.65 Daily Average Sheriff Lawrenge A. Doolittle said that on an ayv e there were 19 federal priaone:g in the county jaii curing the past year. On the basis of a 35. cents loss daily for feeding each prisoner, it cost the county $6.65 daily to feed this average number. of prison-- ers or a total of $2,427.25. Frank Burke, chairman, James Kelly In the past three months, according to Sheriff Doolittle, 100 federal pris-- oners have been confined in the coun-- ty jail and cost the county approxi-- mately $945. Providing there is an average of 30 federal prisoners daily in the county jail during the next year, the cost to the county will be $3,832.50. ; : . Extracts from the report of the jail committee which covers a period of 12 months follows: * $ Total number of pfls(?en 953. Total amount of bills for food for prisoners, $3,887.79. 8 BSalaries of day and night turnkeys, $3,300.00. « f Cost of other jail help, $2,432.00. Total jgl expenses, $9,619.79. %Sheflfl Doolittle '.Jl'e that there are risoners <in -- county -- jail and that the number of federel * :+ READY FOR STYLE SHOW New backgrounds are appearing1 in many windows and a visit to the interior of the stores disclose the fact that new spring goods are tak-- ing their places on the racks, shelves and counters. These will ap(fear in the windows, probably Wednesday evening to be ready for the judging which ta:fis place at that time. ° _ Through an error it was announc-- ed last week*that the judges who will select the prize winning window were Harold Gray, A. L. Johnson and F. J. Tegtmeyer. This should have read that these were the mem-- bers of the committee in charge and the judging committee will be com-- posed of a tative from each of the four | in the district. A prize be awarded by the retail in t committee of the Lib-- ertyville--M lein -- Chamber of Commerce to the merchant, who, in the opinion':of the committee has the best w. ~.Prizes will be awarded to ings in both Liberty ville and M ein. s More than 200 people took advii-- tage of the final day to file their in-- come tax returns Thursday at of-- fice of : A. N. Tiffany, internal rev-- enue collector for the Lake and Mc-- Henry county district. There: were no final figures avAil-- able tbday for the amount on which taxes were paid although the tot=l is about $6,000,000. There were mere returns received through the ma' this year than last year. Although the office remained oven until-- midnight there awere practic-- lll;nno ret@rns filed after 9 o'clock. Fri. morning brought many phone This morning brought many phone calls and delinquent payers to the office, however, and it is belisv»cd that there will be about as many de-- linquents this year as last. " 200 PAY TAX The stylishow is scheduled for Thursday night at the Auditorium theatre. The time will probably be 8:30. -- Already ©twelve ~merchants have announced their intention to show ;heir merchandise on local models' and at least thirty young people will be seen in the style re-- view. R ¢ This is the first cooperative spring opening and style show ever attemp-- ted in this locality 'and gromises to be one of the outstanding events sponsored 'by the chamber of com-- merce during its first year. ers In County Jail During Past Year. °. ~ prisofiers, but that ne (Continued on Page 8) ON LAST DAY of federal of county prisoners. of . the 'Meet To Form Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle says that Mayor Frett was driving east in Belvidere street and that the bus was southbound. He says that Mayor Frett tolid him that after stopping at ithe approach to Green Bay road he jagain started up, it appearing that he had plenty of time to get across and tnat suddenly the bus came upon him. He kept his presence of mind and turned in the same direction the bus was going or his car would have been lhit directly in the center and the impact would undoubtedly have been 'more serious. Mayor Frett told the {sheriff the bus was travelling at .a 50 mile an hour clip at the time. The Ishenrf is making an investigation. Is Libertyville interested in, and ready for, a cande dramatic club? A group of local people have de-- A group of local people have de-- cided'zugnd out, and with that in view have issued a call for a meet-- ing to be held at the library at 8:80 p. m. Friday of this week. The invitation to attend is extended to all persons who take interest in things theatrical. If enough enthusi-- asm is shown, it "is the plan to go ahead, organize, and prepare for a season of activity. -- _ o "Libertyville is well represented on the musical map," said one of those behind the project to a Regis-- ter representative today. "The Mus-- ical society, the Women's club, the American Legion and other organi-- zations put on successful produc-- tions each year, and we have no desire to cut in on that line of ac-- tivity. But we do feet that there is a field for amateur theatricals. "The idea would be to put on, say, a worth while play in the fall, and another in the spring, and donate the proceeds to the hospital fund or some other charity. In between times, we could give one--act plays before our own group, make some-- thing of a study of current drama, and perhaps attend in a body a few of the better productions in (!,hngo Henry figured in an automobile ac-- ccdent Saturday night, but fortun-- FRETT INJURED ON WAY TO MEFT ately "We're not taking ourselves over-- seriously, we have no desire to 'up-- lift' anything or anybody, and we shall welcome into the proposed or-- ganization any and g&persons who feel, as we do, that here is an oppor-- tunity to do something worthfy of our efforts, and to have a lot of fun for representative in 't'he eighth senatorial district and was en route to Waukegan to attend the testimon-- ial dinner to William J. Stratton and the Anti--Small Republican rally at the high school gymnasium. The accident occurred in Green Bay road at the intersection with Belvidere street about 5:45 o'clock. A machine driven by Mayor Frett and a Chicago--Miwaukee motor bus op-- erated by the Motor Transport com-- pany and driven by L. Brown of Chi-- eago collided. Mayor Frett's car t Burled 'off the road and tukAsoi oX + on its side. besides." -- Passengers Shaken Up The McHenry mayor was shaken up considerably and suffered a back injury. Passengers in the motor bus were shaken up, but none hurt to any . great extent. Mayor Frett's machine was wrecked. Rudoiph Johnson, proprietor of the Bald Knob resort at Pistakee Bay was with him and sustained an arm injury. HOSPITAL FLOOR IS BEING LAID w:dy superintendent Mon. was noti-- 1i by the state highway depart-- ment that a public hearing is to be held at Libertyville on March 28 Work was started Monday morn-- ing on the laying of the linoleum floor covering in the Elizabeth Condéll Memorial Hospital and it is estimated that the operation will be completed within two weeks. The contract is held by the Ray Fuarni-- ture store and the floor is being laid by a crew of workmen under the direction of F. C. Zersen. * A standard battleship linoleum, of dark gray color is being used and is being laid under the Armstrong method. A heavy layer of felt is cemented to the floor and on top of this is placed the the linoleum also in a layer of cement. The job will require 3600 square feet of floor covering and the total weight is 7500 pounds. The linoleum was shipped here in seven rolls each wei%ver one thousand pounds each. W completed the floor will be water tight and will be the last word in sanitary hospital floors. ROUTE HEARING SET MARCH 28 Mayor Peter Wilham Frett R. M. Lobdell, Lake county high-- Dramatic Club but $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Carlstrom Raps Smail's Seek-- ing Of One Man Control Of every city and village in Lake cenunty. Political leaders of McHenry, Win-- nebago and Boone counties also :' tended. Qver 1,000 persons were in attend-- ance, there being delegations from applauded at the testimonial dinner to William J. Stratton of Lake coun-- ty, secretary of state candidate, and the anti--Small Republican rally beld Saturday night at the Waukeran The political demonstration =m=as one never before equalled. in "%e history of Lake county. It indicatred beyond the shadow of a doubt th« Lake county is through tolerating the corrupt and most disgraceful «o~-- ernment in Tllinois of the Governor Len Small--Mayor Thompson ma-- chine. Deafening applause gresetred the attacks made by the varicus speakers on the state administrat'nc. for United States senator. and Wi!-- liam J. Stratton, who has made a most enviable record as head of a state department for several years and now aspires to succeed Mr Em-- merson as secretary of state. State Louis L Emmerson, candidate for governor; Attorney General O#-- car E. Caristrom, who is asking to be returned to this office on his record : Attorney Otis FP. Glenn, cand'ttate State's Attorney A. V. Smith,. who gained the title of the fearle»ss prosecutor of Lake county when he prosecuted ILen Small a few vears back, was toastmaster and in intro-- ducing the various speakers he stated briefly why each and every one of t;:em should be nomunated on April Emmerson, Carilstrom and Gi»e~« essailed Governor Small, "Big BW~ Thompson and Col. Prank L. Smith bitterly, telling the gathering +t*%at they had brought shame and disgrace to the Republican party. They sa*d that lerge crowds have greeted them t*~~**®> .martc=eof Sz --sts*ts and *EP=2t . Tilinois, the state which has «ypro-- duced such great leaders as Lincun, Logan and Grant, on April 10. Stra*t-- ton told of being double crossed by Governor Small and said that he felt confident that he would get the ¥ote of practically every man and waman in Lake county and that he wanted them to vote the, ticket led by F».-- merson from toplto bottom. Attorrey General Caristrom © wese introduced as & particular friend of the people of Lake county. State's Attorney Smith in introducing Carl-- strom, a veteran of the Spanish American and World wars, first told of his war record and of the able and highly efficient manner he bes operated the office of attorney gen-- eral. He then told the gathering that Carlstrom has been making a valltant battle in the famous Hatch swamp land case, in which the attorney gen-- eral is trying to save thousands of acres of swamp lands in Lake county for purposes of a park system. . Attorney Genéral Carlstrom re-- viewed the administration of Gor-- ernor Small and declared that the present chief executive of Tilinois has sought to establish a "one man power by trying to power of the legis] "Small did not stop at anything in his attempt to get Justice Stone uut of the Supreme court and I fought probably as I never fought before, in this matter, primarily to save the independence of the Supreme court. I declared an act of the legislatnre, which Smaill had put through in his endeavor to get Justice Stone ou* of the Supreme court, unconstitutional The name of Justice Stone was sert}-- fied to go on the ballot by Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson and he carried seven of nine counties in the election in spite of the strong machine working against him" and judicial, and Small has tried to usurp them all." dramatically ¢x-- claimed Attorney General Carlstrom. "He tried to defeat Justice Ston@ it the Supreme court because of his opinion against him in the famous interest case. He failed in that. He went into a district in the state not so long ago and made an effort to defeat another capable jurist because the judge had offended his son 1+# lie. Fortunately he was defeated in that attempt also ~I had a hand in saving both of these judges from de-- feat and so did Louis L. Emmersan. of government--executive Talks were made by Secretary ni master At R ""%e have three separate divissons AT BANQUET Hit Smal Slate tiec k e t