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permit for an apartment building. 1 The matter was then taken into the County court by Bjork. A hearing :heldln.mnebdonwm- When the County court de-- cided in favor of Bjork the-vtlhze' counci! by & vote of 5 to 1 decided to carry the case to the Supreme court in hopes of having the judg-- ment of the local court reversed and the case remanded. The building commissioner and the board of appeals and the village coun-- cil claimed that the proposed apart-- ment building could not be construct-- ed on the site planned, unless zoning regulations were to be disregarded. Bjork, on the other hand contended that the plans and specifications of the building conformed with legal re-- qm'fiqwmm David J. Bjork In Fight To APARTMENT.: _ CASE LOST _ BY VILLAGE The village of Lake Bluff has lost out in its fight before the Supreme court in the apartment building con-- Perry L. Persons entered an order finding for the petitioner in the apartment building contest, David J. Bjork of Chicago, who had been re-- fused a permit to erect an apartment building and Thursday the Su-- preme Court affirmed the judgment of the County court. _ Bjork will thus be able to have his $85,000.00 by the building com for m permit to build a three--St structure to have 18 apartments, structure to have 18 apartments, at Oak and Center avenues On No-- village officers was arbitrary, unrea-- It was shown by Bjork that his lots at Oak and Center avenues ad-- joined the business district and that the zoning regulations were unfair to him, as just his property was af-- fected, this one site being zoned as Bjork testified that he already had made an investment of $10,000 in this property and that he would suf-- fer a heavy financial loss if he could not put up the proposed apartment building, as no other building on that :q-v would repay him for his vestment. Bjork has plans to erect an $85,000 building, the structure to house around 60 tenants. The law firm of Marshall & Mar-- shall represented Bjork in the apart-- SEVENTY--EIGHTH YEAR NO. 99 ___w'",,,- contest. 'The village was represented by Attorney Max L. The members of the board of ap-- peals of Lake Bluff were the defend-- ants in the court action. They are B. E. Safford, William Walsh, William A. Witt, and DeWitt F. Witherstine. The matter was brought into County fed that it would be possible for Bjork to comply with the law and still make money on his investment Wmty. .-Mm:nduu-fix'mmm. stand testify that Do'q walked into the path of his automo-- bile and that the accident was un-- avoidable. _ Attorney Elmer V. Orvis is repre-- J. Dady is counsel for Kingston. court by Bjork on a petition for a mtuyeuu':tmw-emlhhh Bluff authorities to the con-- struction of the apartment building. J-abmm;r..umao(t.bolu; plan in Waukegan, was one zchhl'lwusedb'ygm Preyborski for the village. He testi-- #ne bill which Dowd had filed in the Circuit court sets forth that he was walking in North Sheridan road. Waukegan, at 12:30 o'clock p m.. on machine driven by Kingston, -- erating his motor vehicle in a reck-- SEEK $10,000 Selection of a jury was started Tuesday :f\:moon in the court of Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards to try the case of Peter Dowd of North Chicago agm;;m (g: hw Kinston :: 'm w d'm. Mmaonght.m was in the hospital for seven months Erect $85,000 Building In Lake Bluff Wins In Supreme Permit Is Refused ember of last year Bjork to the board of appeals of affirmed the decision of the CASE JURORS so there would be County Judge at a hit Mr. Gross, wno has recently been elected choirmaster and organist of the local church, is a graduate of Washburn college, Topeka, Kanssas with the degrees of A. B. and B. M. For the past five years he has been organist and choir director of the first Methodist Episcopal church of Topeka and is n{nenber of the American Guild of organists. Mr. Gross isu&'}loh; composer of ed four secular 'and :u.ge sacred compositions published. © western university. © The choir now numbers twenty-- eight voices and is growing rapidly under the new choir leader and all local singers are invited to join in the Christmas festival by coming to choir practice which is to be held at eight o'clock tonight (Friday.) _ TWO WOUNDED BY CARETAKER On Christmas eve there will be sung three anthems including an untiphonal anthem which consists of two choirs, one echoing the other. The Eucharist will be celebrated with some of the best known gems of the Anglican church. The choir of St. Lawrence's is now under the direction of Bethuel Gross who is now working for a master's degree in organ and church music under Dean Lutkin at North-- On Sunday morning the choir will sing several French carols which date back to the thirteenth century and in addition there will be a spec-- ial vocal solo. As a part of the Christmas ob-- servance, St. Lawrence's church is preparing a special musical program which will be given as a part of the services which are to be held in that church on Sunday morning and at the special Christmas services at 11:15 p. m. on Monday night. O An automatic shot gun in the hands of an apparently demented man may cost the lives of August F. who were shot and possibly fatally wounded Thursday afternoon: at their summer home at Fourth lake by Sebastian Kotter, who had been employed as caretaker at the place. Hallman, 47 years old, 5929 north Fairfield avenue and his wife Hilda According to inlomafion:'fim to Sheriff -- Lawrence Doolittle, the shooting followed an argument be-- tween the two men in which the owner upbraided Kotter for neglect in caring for the home and grounds and for interfering with workmen who had 'been sent there to make re-- VAMPIRE AUTO _ INJURES MAN " Hal azenter part lman ons had the m#dhfifn'm-'a ho slugs from wls thgndttmh'hkhthe couple were about to returh to Chi-- cago. Mrs. Hallman was wounded in the hands, chest and face. Immediately after the shooting Kotter fied to Grays Lake where he purchased a ticket for Chicago at the Soo Line station and is thought to have gone to that city vhen'_he discharged at close the g- of "the c: couple were about t has relatives. The Chicago police were notified to be on the lookout for him and Deputy Dunn from the a warrant for his arrest. Hoff had improved to such an extent during the night that he was able to leave the institution. _ _ . _ _ A report was made to Chief--of Po-- lice Lester N. Tiffany of Lake Porest. While walking along Waukegan road near Everett, Charles Hoff of Chicago, was struck by a vampire car and knocked to the side of the road. where he remained in a dazed state for two hours before picked up. Hoff was found by a truck driver and was then sermi--conscious and suf-- lmmcg\ He was taken to the Alice '&wa Forest and was by Dr. Ris-- singer. He was badly bruised about right side of the road when hit. He had left Everett around 9 o'clock to just off the pavement and might have been afraid to stop for fear he was pretending to be hurt so as to stage walk to Lake Porest and it was 11 o'clock when he was found by the an-' i5 that folks Tifany in he Lake Renatster It occurred about 2:00 on Page Four.) was reported-- at | _ Keller played as if in mid--season | form, repeatedly brought the bail | through the stone wall defense of the | North Shore. Englebrecht dropped in two baskets and True played a ; great game at guard. The loss of Baker at forward was keenly felt but Orv expects to have the flu con-- quered in time for the next session next Thursday night. The Foulds basketball teams of-- ficially opened their present season Thursday n.slht. at the local high school with three teams in action and finished with two wins and one loss for the evening's effort. The North Shore team with their two stars, Plummer and Cote were too much for the home team in the opening game. Foulds, with Keller, True and Englebrecht playing the stellar roles, put up a great game against such formidable opposition. FOULDS TEAMS WIN AND LOSE The Fighting Five had an easy time with the North Shore seconds taking the game by a score of 10 to 8. Meade, Page and Andrews were the shining lights of this team. Meade's defensive work was a great factor in the victory while Page and * rus Foulhs W recals trikamed the L. T. H. 8. Bearcats in a hotly con-- tested game which ended in a score of 20 to 18 C. Hapke, Berry and Whigham featured for the Wildcats. "FLU" CAUSES SECOND DEATH Mrs. Jensen was ill for about 10 days, first suffering from influenza which later turned to pneumonia. She is survived by a 10 year old son and by her husband. The funeral was held Friday. The other death from influenza-- pneumonia occurred last Friday. The first influenza victim was Mabel Pepper, 14 year old Cuba township girl. The second Lake county death from influenza--pneumonia was re-- ported Thursday from Lake Forest where Mrs. Anna Jensen, 40 years old, wife of Christian Jensen, a gardner on the George McLaughlin estate, died Monday afternoon. OPEN BIDS ON _ TWO PROJECT S Other cases of influenza in the county have not reached such serious stages, but several other pneumonia cases are now being reported. Pneumonia Deveroping Mrs. Victoria Jappel, 838 Wads-- worth avenue, and Mrs. Ruth Bor-- genson, 719 Eighth street, both \Vauhvn. are pneumonia patients in the Victory Memorial hospital. There are several other pneumonia cases in the community. The num-- ber of pneumonia cases following the influenza has been small in compari« road starts at Ivanhoe --ufi;m a :IM the m; Lake and from there follows the mum%nuh Town Line road to Telegraph road. ers will hold this year, son to the number of flu cases, ac-- cording to Dr. H. C. Hoag, city health lake and other nearby places indi cate that the epidemic is not spread ing with its former speed. Reports from Waucgqnda, Grays-- The Spirit of Christmas instills in us a better appreciation of old associations and the value of true friendship. The fragrance of genial fellowship and good will is in the air. May your Christmas be gladdened by the blessings and joy of real service. We wish for you in the coming year a full measure of contentment and well earned satisfaction. It is the best time of the year to acknowledge your thought-- fulness and many courtesies. Your co--operative spirit has made our work both pleasant and delightful. . uPS TO BIND DEATH ' DRIVER TO JURY advised Thursday that x-c&:. Loteman, Woodstock; »slMeged ~ pire autoist, who struck and fqt.:la injured Joseph Cusker, 44 years s of Fox Lake, several weeks ago, and sped away, will waive examination at the preliminary hearing before |Jus-- tice Hervey C. Coulson. He is to.be held over to the March grand jury The case was to have come up Thursday but another continvuance was granted by Justice Coulson on request of Judge Barnes of Wood-- stock, counsel for the defendant. _ Loteman is charged with agsaul} with a deadly weapon, the complaint against him being signed by State's Attorney Smith Loteman was sur-- rendered to the Lake county authori-- ties by Judge Barnes. He is now out in bonds of $3.000 and the (same bonds will be set by the court when he is bound over to the grand jury. Explains Speeding Away . Judge Barnes says that Loteman thought Cusker was a bandit. | It is claimed by counsel that Loteman did not realize he had killed a man until be read a press account of the death of Cusker. He says that Loteman knew he had hit a man, but did not think the accident to be a serious one, so kept on going. \ o The accident occurred in Grand avenue near the outskirts of} Fox the road unconscious by Victor Sher-- er of Fox Lake at 5:06 o'clock in the aftérnoon. He had left work to go to his home at 4:50 o'clock, so this fact established the time of the trag-- ic accident at around 5 o'clock. Death was caused by a compound fracture The village council of Fox | Lake held a special meeting within a few homuurthedutho!Cufixmd posted a reward of $100 for cap-- ture of the vampire driver, this in-- formation being broadcast widely by a Chicago radio station. K The Fox Lake authorities had one clue 'to work on, a door handle of a Nash sedan being found alongside of the body of Cusker. While &n in-- vestigation was being made to. deter-- mine if garages had repaired the automobile, Col. Smith received word from Judge Barnes that Loteman was the driver of the car which hit Cus-- start this action. render Loteman is {facing a suit fors $10,-- 000 damages, the widow of Cusker to BANKERS AND .-- _ CUARDS MEET Over 100 bank guards and mem-- bers of the Lake County Bankers' As-- sociation gathered at a dinnet and program Tuesday & at the Clay-- hk m-.d.g"' guests of the for the E:'b_wmgq'-ht the *u.-t";ze'& State's Attorney A. V. Smith was THE LAKE COUNTY REGISTER. LIBERTYYVILLE, ILLINOIS,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928 Published :T wice Weekly «_ . WOMAN'S CLUB IN At the December meeting of the Lme_'omm club Wednes-- day afternoon at St. Lawrence's parish hofi:e the meml':ueg greatly enjoyed program w consigt-- ed of a two act play "Suppressed and produced by the ProViMtetown fl;yera, read by Mrs. Orpha Hard-- Mrs. Grace Gridley gave a review of Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey. If there is any such thing as imperishable | prose being written in our time. Mr. Strachey has done it here, says the New York Times. The clear and charming manner in which Mrs. Gridley con-- veyed the thought to her audience brought a different view into the life of this English queen. ~_ _ _ _ This amusing story of psychoan alysis given in her inimitable way delighted her audience. Musical selections by Miss Huff, accompanied by Mrs. Florence Bet-- zer, finished the program. _ A delightful Yuletide atmosphere was produced with Christmas decor-- ations by the hostesses, Mrs. Bluhm, Mrs.. Johnson, Mrs. Colby, Mrs. Decker and Mrs. Kennedy. SEE DECLINE IN INFLUENZA WAVE peak and is on the decline, according to reports from various parts of the The death of Pay Louise Poulson. 2 months old. Winthrop Harbor, from pneumonia late Wednesday after-- noon at the Victory Memorial hos-- pital is the third pneumonia death in the county in the last week. _ _ Health conditions at Lake Forest College are fairly satisfactory, ac-- cording to Dean Roland Williams, who states that among the 350 stu-- dents on the campus there have been hardly more than a dozen cases of cause of the delay of the federal radio commission in ruling :on the pétition -- On November 11 the Zion radio station was compelled to quit broad-- casting much of the time because of an order of the federal radio commis-- sion. Zion was among a large num-- ber of other stations in the country thich were compelied to quit broad-- casting at that time. Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva had -mmmmrecwm- mission for tement. A hearing on the matter was held in Washing-- tomn before the commission attended the hearing and advanced the argu-- ment --that a fortune had been spent in the Zion station and that the act-- ing of the commission was unfair. commission since this hearing, it is for reinstatement. FORBY TO CHECK ZION RADIO CASE Judge Theodore Forby was to leave 'hursday -- for Wu'hhgton, D. The influenza epidemic in . Lake unty seems to have reached its " written by Susar Glaspeli FINE PROGRAM|aie, beer and wine during the past _ few days. It is said that heavy sales TT C s c u. 'tare anticipated during the holidays. station, \DRY FORCE 1O _ WATCH LIQUOR | overlooked --during the Christmas ' and New Year's holidzys that they ' are laboring under n false beliet. , '"The pronimuon iaw is to be en-- ' forced. during the holidays just as rigidly as any other period during the | year," State's Attorney Smith, said |"There is absolutely no _ more | reason why violations cf the 'law | should be tolerated at Cluistmas and | New Year's than any other time and i violators will find this out to .their tions. It is possible that some big raids may be staged during the next \ten days in various points in Lake | county by Constable George Stried, }M' investigators--fof State'w.--Attsr> |\ ney Smith, and by members of the \ Hargrave Detective Agency, employ-- ~ed by the prosecutor. Col. Smith Warns Of Attempts To Violate Because Of The Holidays; Report Many Are Stocking Up. According to reports Thurs-- day -- afternoon many -- establish-- ments in Waukegan and NortK Chicago© and in other communities throughout Lake county have been stocking up on whisky, moonshine, States Attorney A. V. Smith Wednesday sounded a warning to Lake _ county _ folks who have held the r?s;i'nimx that -- violations of the prohibition law will be It is said that State's Attorney has investigators on the job day and night checking up on liquor viola-- According to tné warning issued by Col. Smith, wholesale arrests are likely to result, if plans said to have been made by proprietors of a num-- ber of soft drink parlors are carried out. Although no information has been made public as yet. it is within the reign of possibility that detectives have unearthed evidence this past week which may result in filing of informations in the County court. emarging liquor violations, duving the next few weeks. Warns of Bad Booze Dr. John L. Taylor of Libertyville, coroner of Lake county, has asked the Register to warn the public to refrain 'from drinking holiday "booze." He said that during the hol-- idays more than any other time in the year bad liquor is sold and that as a~result there is great danger of many deaths resulting from drink-- ing of poisonous liquor. The force of Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle will be on the alert during the holidays for liquor being trans-- ported by trucks through Lake coun-- ty between Chicago and Milwaukee. Several big loads of liquor were con-- fiscated in the past two months by the office of Sheriff Doolittle and if liquor syndicates continue to take the chance of sending trucks through Lake county during the holidays, the members of the sheriff's force will be HEAD CUT BY they do like so well Earl Slusser 116 Second street was painfullfi injured Thursday af-- ternoon at Highwood where he is employed bi the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee R. R. Slusser was unloading coal in the basement of the main office builidng of the railroad at the time of the accident. He Ys standing at the bottom of the chute when a large lump of coal bounded from the chute and struck him in the forehead just above the Slusser was taken to the company doctor where it was found that the sharp edge of the coal had cut a deep, three cornered gash in his head. After the flow of blood had been stopped the doctor took four stitches to close the wound. The wound, although painful, is not dangerous and it is expected that he will be able to retun;j\o work in a few days. 25 will be Christmas and as the early edition of the Reg-- ister goes to press on Tues-- day it will be necessary to omit one issue next week to ONE ISSUE, NEXT WEEK permit the employees to en-- joy the holiday. There will be no issue un-- der date of December 26 but the regulaar issue of next Saturday will be i FALLING COAL Up, as Report After two years in private lifé fol-- lowing a long term as president of the Libertyville Club, George E. Ives was reelected to that office Tuesday night at the annual meeting of the organiaztion which was held in the club rooms on the second floor of the of his well chosen entertainment committee, has put over some very enjoyable parties. He was not eleg-- ible to reelection this year because of a clause in the by--laws which limits the term to two consecutive years. N2 -- -- -- } village hall building. The entire ticket which was headed by the new-- ly elected president, was swept into office by a vote which was little of unanimous and includes the fol-- lowing: . Martin J. Casey, the retir-- ing president, ~as vice president; Harry C. Meyer, secretary; L. E. Golding, treasurer and R. S. Triggs as director for a three year term. In accordance with the by--laws of the club, the nominating committee had selected three complete lists of officers and had submitted these to the membership previous to the an-- nual meeting. -- Mr. Ives made a creditable record in his former administration and built the membership up to its high-- est mark in the history of the club. The members feel that his reelection will be of untold benefit to the or-- ganiaztion. Mr. Cuecf, in his two years ag head of the club, has made condition of the club which showed 1 hc presigent called on E. Wayne Colby for a short talk and the re-- sponse was both surprising and en-- l:ghtening. Just how much of it was pre--arranged is a matter of conjec-- ture but, at--any rate, Wayne told a few pointed facts which may have beneficial results. The new president has not yet an-- nounced the names on the various committees but it is probable that these appointments will be made soon. NOT GUILTY IN $20,000 SUIT The remaining officers have been acting in their respective capacities for a number of years and their work has béen so acceptable to the members that their return to office was a foregone conclusion. After the election the members spent a few hours in cards and bil-- liards. + -- The meeting Tuesday night open-- ed with a big stag d!nne&ent six= thirty. At its conclusion = tary made a report of thhm * Shen ollowed the mepge. T omgee helgs o7 ibe "anne sioming mer mittees witich have had charge of the caifferent activities of the club ior the past year. _ _ e Lincoln streets, North Chicago, was found not guilty Wednesday night _ The jury deliberaied about two and a half hours. Four ballots were tak-- en by the jury in reaching the -- not by a Circuit court jury in a civil suit in which John Kretschmer, also of North Chicago, sought to collect 820{:00 damages for personal in-- juries. . 8 e _ guilty verdict. The first was 8 to 4 for not guilty, the second and third each 9 to 3 for not guilty, and on the fourth ballot the count was unani-- mous for not guilty. The verdict was reached shortly after 8 o'clock.. The verdict was sealed and opened Thursday morn-- ing in the court of City Judge Theo-- dore Forby when court convened. _ Kretschmer was injured on June 14, 1925, when hit by a machine driven by Nelson. The accident occurred at Eighteenth street and Park avenue. Kretschmer was walking across Park avenue at the time. Kretschmer claimed Nelson was reckless and care-- less, while the defendant testified that he was driving at a moderate rate of speed and in a caréful man-- ner. Nelson told the jury that when he started to turn off Eighteenth street into Park avenue, Kretschmer was in the center of the street. He said that he swerved over to the side ard that Kretschmer J\?ped back into the path of his car Attorney James G. Welch was coun-- sel for Nelson, while Attorney Eugene M. Runyard and George McGaughey represented Kretschmer. l The annual meeting of the Liber-- tyville--Mundelein Real Estate board was held Wednesday evening at which. time the officers for the com-- ing year were chosen. Hon. Richard J. Lyons was elected president; Lloyd C. Ray first vice president; John H. Rouse, second vice president; Arthur E. Suter, treasurer and R. G. Kaping, secre-- O,. A. Newsom and H. A. Schwer-- man were elected as directors for three year terms. R. J. LYONS HEADS LOCAL REALTORS Leonard Nelson. of Eighteenth and good: president and with the help $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ALIENS ARE NATURALLED _ AT CEREMONY a long and hard grind for you and you certainly deserve congratulations or the wonderful accomplishment 'There is not room in these Unit-- ed States for even one "Red" agitator and it is your duty to report any one taking part in organization which try to undermine the . government," Judge Edwards said. "When any such people apply for citizenship, get word to us and instead of making them citizens of the greatest country in the world we will have them deport-- ed in short order." 4 ""United a:. citizengs: have Pfree-- are more advantages in afi than' any place else in the | and Rev. Whan in his address stated that he was of foreign birth and had been naturalized. He told the new citizens that in United States all people are equal and have equal op-- portunities, not being held down by a ruler as in foreign lands. Hear Rev. Whan "Whatever your nationality, color or creed, it makes no difference in United States," declared Rev. Whan. "You have become American citizens of your own choice and it has been Daughters of the 'AMerita@Paolu-- tion before their final examination for citizenship. He thanked this or-- ganization for the work done along this line and also thanked the Amer-- ican Legion and the Legion auxiliary for the patriotie work carried on in connection with naturalization "You people should take advan-- tage of your privilege to vote, in fact it is your duty to vote at all elections. Voteuyouchooaebutbesurelnd investigate the qualifications of can-- didates before doing so. Our gov-- ernment is what you make it and Judge Edwards and Rev. W. D. Whan. pastor of the Baptist church, addressed the new citizens, con-- gratulating them on their accom-- plishments and impressing upon them their duties and privileges as American citizens. Robert Jones, chairman of the Americanization committee of the Legion, was chair-- man of the program and extended congratulation to the new citizens in behalf of the Waukegan Legion post. who Tuesday morning successfully passed examinations in the Circuit court of Judge Claire C. Edwards and were accepted as citizens of the Urit-- ed tSates the same evening, swore allegiance to United States at a pro-- gram held in the court room under the auspices of Homer Dahringer post of the American Legion. Warns of "Reds" -- 'The new citizens were warned about the "Red" menace by Judge Edwards. The Circuit couri jurist said that many times persons become citizens so as to carry on propagan-- da of undermining the government without the danger of being deported which faces them when they are not naturalised. -- work for the interests of United States in an unselfish manner." _ Rose Simon, a deputy in his office, administered the oaths of allegiance. Small silk flags were passed out to the new citizens by members of the citizens by the Daughters of the American Revolution. ~ _ At the close of the program coffee and doughnuts were served in the COLLAPSES AS WIFE ACCUSES While his wife was sitting in the witness chair in the Circuit court at Kenosha, Saturday, telling how he had mistreated her, Joseph Collins, 28, reached the point where he could stand it no longer from his seat in the spectators' section of the court-- room. He arose to leave the court-- room, and collapsed in the aisle. _ thrown in a panic when several per-- sons rushed to Collin's side to carry William Runge, attorney for Mys. Anna Collins who was suing for the @ivorce, carried Collins into the judge's private chambers and there mnd him after five minutes of ef-- It was fifteen minutes before the courtroom had been restored to the point where the trial could continue. Mrs. Collins resumed the stand and declared that she believed she could not live with her husband, and she demanded an absolute divorce. The husband put in no answer and uwammmuug Anna Collins and Joseph were married at Waukegan, May 31, 1922, and separated October 1, 1034. There are no children. fty Three Take Oath Of A} legiance At Program Spon-- sored By The American Leg-- ion; Warned Of Reds Activity. --~three Wilmot, who was unable to of