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> Rely on Drunkenness Plea . "-- It is apparent that the slayers are nlyfu on the excuse of drunkenness / A6o. obtain leniency from the court. . State's Attorney A. V. Smith is in pos-- \ session of signed and sworn to con-- 'fessionts by all of the_men. * 2+ th in 'the drunkenness plea for leniency is Mustrated in their un-- epneern over the brutal sifying of the . former soldier and speed cop, as they STATE TO FIGHT DRUNKENNESS mnet be prosecuted by the state's attor-- ney unless It is proved that the men were irrésponsible through the effects of liquer bought in the Kenosha sa-- loon, and in this tase, the signed con-- fessions of at Teast two of the con-- The: Kenogsha saloon keeper who was expected to be drawn into the declares that they had only. a <few drikks of wihe, and that Potsz, who did the party, Bartole was sober enough um'nmmmm« road through Zion without accident. All four of the men knew what had happened, and knew enough to avoid police and county officers in their wild Arive from the scene of the murder to Chicag®. 'The incidents of the affair were sufficiently clear in the minds of all of the men to drive them to go to m and warn the relative of Bartol against mentjoning their trip to Kenosha on the day that Peterson was slain. SEVENTY--SECOND, YEAR-- NO. 12. mmbyflnmden com-- * and the high school students was much enjoyed by the enthusiastic ~mudience of parents and friends. it does the men who are serving short sentences fhr the manufacture or sale of 'intoxicating liquor. The main in-- tereuufq;':'dalhymhumt of cards. play/their game by the hour, and the stakes, a newspa-- per or magazine, are battied for with as much zeal as the piles of money en the tables at Monte Carjo. . The fime draws near for their ap-- pearance before the March grand pressions of : pciation were heard -m-flm-umrm "Founders Day" was observed by the Libertyville _ Parent--Teachers' Association at the Township high sechool dast Priday afternoon --The ease and evident lack of self-- consclousness with which each num-- taik by the president of the P. T. A. Bhe told of " Founders Day" and of the organization and plans of the national, state ~and -- local Parent-- of Miss _ _A musical number _by the high school orchestra undér the direction interspersed by 'orginal character | aketches by ahnl:flmmeld and | Albert Hagerty. | beres" ~Mauric | Bochtn and _ Donel{ Kitegerald held the audience spell-- bound as they depicted so vividly the m reading of the "Porfect by Miss Alwida Weakeley was a fitting close of a most profitable afternoon. The only regret was the Sact that still a larger number 6f the rdn"mmm to participate in the event. ~'The interest 's steadily increasing however, and it is earnestly hoped m.h.m-mnorm. ¢ Traitt of Chicago, medical of the Ilinois Society for Hygiene, who will speak upon tenic. "Relation of Childhood i'mr'i.--cm-mawm be at the high school the eve-- ning of March 10. The meeting opened by a brief In the pathetic little play, "Gettys Register Want Ads get results . T. A. PROGRAM AT HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY program that had berg received well and the glee club rofessor -- Walker Ohe Hake Comtty Rengister _ in "o s wl ces mvease. mcens Hire Destroys Fox -- ~Child Dies Of ~--Police Seek Autoist ex-- | "His <friendship was uplifting ard his advice and aid were invaluable. ! It would be nothing less than weritable | ingratitude if I did not, now tha? he is ' dead, raize--my voice to prociaim what he was and to repudiate those who would besmirch his charaeter, "I havé told the authorities all that x of--both his life here and in the East. That, I fear, bas been of -- _ "I eannot conceive the character of a person who would valuntarily wrong Mr. Taylor or cause his death." Pretty Neva Garber, film actress who 'two years ago, was engaged to 'William Desmond Taylor, slain me ire director, explained the Los Angéles. Cal., Feb. 14.--Mary Miles Minter,. motion--picture ~actress, issued a statement here, though her uttorneys decluring that she bad told investigators "all that she knew" of the iife of Witliam Desmond Taylor, motion--picture director, #lain myste riously on the night of February 1. It said she could not conceive bow any persun could voluntarily wropg. Tay-- The statement follows: ~, "There is no persoval or fnancial sacrilice that 1 would not glady make Statements by Former Financee and a Friend of Taylor. Mary Miles Minter Declares "How Anyone Could Harm Director, . is Mystery to Her." "Mr. Taylor was one of my best friends. His death was a great shock to me. 1 met Mr. Taylor Arst in 1919 when be became my director. I was then seventeen years of mge and hbis inspiration, his unfailing courtesy and consideration not only to me, but to all with whom he came in contact, im-- mediately won my highest admiration. 2 ACTRESSES EXPLAIN "From 1910 .until the day of bis death 'Mr,' Taylor was to me the sym-- bot of honor and manliness, an inspi-- ration, frignd, guide and 'counselor-- the symboi of all a girl admires in a man. 4 + & one for $500, about three weeks ago. "The machine was not all paid for at one time, and in order to prevent gossip from misconstruing the spirit in which the gift was made, Mr. Tay-- lor simply made out checks to me so I could pay for the car in my own name. . "The checks which Mr. Taylor gave| me from time to time can casily bci explained," Miss Garber sald. "Al| though our engagement was terminat-- ed twp years ago, we remained the best of friends. During our engage ment Mr. Taylor gave me an autome | bile as a holiday present--that is, it was ux;rod between Mr. Tnylat and m as m holiday present. "Numerous other checks were for distribution to the poot. As to that last check given me before his death, that can be accounted for very simply. Mr. Taylor was always looking after my caréer or doing all he could to help me in the film world. He knew that I was in temporary financial straits at that time, and votuntarily sent me $500." Now that it is definitely determined that Gov. Len Smail will be too busy with his trial to call the legislature into specia!l seasion as he has so often said he would, Semator and Mrs. Rod-- ney B. Swift will sail from New York on Feb. 18 for South America. They will make short stops at Hav-- ana. Kingston and Panama on the way down. 'When the Maine was blown up in Hanava harbor more than twenty years ago Senator Swift was in Venezula negotiating for some government concessions. The Span-- ish war stopped the development of the grants. SENATOR SWIPT To Since the great oil discoveries there he wants to take a look about again. He will also visit the asphait deposits in Trinidad and go up the Orinoco river, returning about the first . of April. CARRIED FOUR PINTS oF RUM, ARRESTED Carl Wagner of Highwood was pick AMERICA mated to Fire of unknown origin leveled the | ml'omool:.LD«rm'.nfld breeder of registered Jersey cattle, lo-- cated on a part of the Deering estate | on the north side of Fox Lake, Sat-- urday. Two fire departments, Fox Lak® and Antioch, responded within 30 minutes after they had been noti-- fied of the blaze, but they were too mummmumi whipped higher and higher from the | gale that swept from the lake. | Around 10 o'clock this morning a . chauffeur. noticed a flame break | through a gable on the roof of the house. He notified the Foxr Lake and Antioch fire departments immediate-- ly. Thyrwmumlnm-.' the roads being in bad condition from .nentmwau.fi..omtfolb--l was discovered near an mitic gable and it is thought that it might have start-- ed from sparks from a chimney. Mr, Deering, who is in Mexico, was sent word of the fire. The home is situated on a large tract of land a half mile «rom the barns in which the Deering blooded cattle are sheitered. The family has spent un-l lions in perfecting stock, importing & number of dnimals from the Isle of | ground story before they arrived. Conservative estimates of Lake Vil-- in residents place the property loss at $75,000. Arthur Simpson, manager of the Deering property in Lake county, was not at the summer home when the fire thrown on the fire but it had little ef-- | The destruction of the Deering home is the second large fire that has taken | Dhflh'hohkomrmnuy. It has been only a few weeks since the E. J. Lebhmann estate suffered a fire that was saii to have amounted to more than $100,000. | Ctubbing rates offered on mas>zints taken in connection with the Lak* Fol ts out 1. . office. Phone 90. Lake Summer Home SALE A SUCCESS PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS. WEDN Y, FEBRUARY 15, 1922 _ Compensation to former service men from the federal government cannot be reduced without an examin-- ation, mecording to orders received from Col. C. R. Forbes, director of the U. 8. Veterans'~bureau, today. This was included in orders of Feb. 4, re-- ceived by Miss Olive M. Works, di-- rector of the local U. $. Veterans' training center. 'That Helem Davis. : four year old child, living jwith )c grandmother, Mrs. Steffens, on a (. m between' Bar-- rington and Cary, > | from alcoholic poisoning after bein.. .lHlowed to drink from a whisky bott was the vérdict of a coroner's jury : Barrington yes terday, according :-- Coroner J. L. Taylor of Libertyy today . The jury deemed unadvisable to hold the grandmot)} for the child's death am she is 70 \ irs old and be-- lieves she was adm~istering aid to the sick child. T+ babe died late Thursday evening Sometime last wo--k the baby com-- | wound. Dr. H. C. Hoag, the phys-- plained of not feelin= Well and the| jcian who examined Riess, said today grandmother thinkin; that it might be| that he expects him to recover, a cold brought a botHe of whisky | Was Peddling Papers from the cupboard and @ave it to the | Riess had just received his papers, child, it is said. Shortly after, c | The Daily News, and had put on rofer whisky had its effect @M the tende skates so that he could finish his organs of the child's stomach and| ~route earliee than usual. He was death resulted. | skating east acrocs Sheridan road, in Bupervisor Fred Kiréhner of Bar--| front of the Salivation Army hotel, rington, who had heard @f the strange | when the car came from behind him death, notified Coroner Taylor and| at an enormous rate of speed, it is asked that he investigzate. said, and threw him to the pavement. an_____----__----sl n , _ Me had not seen the auto between CM'T US D | Madison street and the Saivation VETE AN PAY _ Army hotel, the direction from which the car came, which leads authorities WITHOUT TEST' to believe that the car must have been w t No h c e uen ces ' woing close to 30 miles an hour. Supervisor Fred Kiréhner of Bar-- rington, who had heard @f the strange death, notified Coroner Taylor and asked that he investigzate. Terms of the order do not apply in cases where compensation is termin-- ated because of failure af the former wervice man to report forf examination. Col. Forbes stated in his owflers that The father of th> child was . di-- vorced from his vi(~ seteral years ago and fhe mother :08 shortly after. and the child was ::von into the care of the grandmothe: he has learned of instancés where men have céeased to receive their com-- pensation without as much as getting an examination and which, 'he felt was an injustice to them. In attempting to adjust these mat-- ters he has made stringent rules for the officers who are diregtly responai-- bie for orders terminating the com-- pensations of men who need it. Intion--it's a sure thing. Follow the "tips" in the Want Ad lumn for a year and you'll find it good investment. 1t is not specu-- Whisky Poison Finkilestein was at Madison strest an Sheridan road when the crash was heard and he hastened to the boy's side. Three women tand a man were in the car, according to Finklestein's story, and the women pushed© "Him away while they beseeched the ald of Voliva in a prayer to take the bump from the boy's head. They refused to let Finklestein take che boy in the hotel or summor a doctor, he said. Dropping the limp form they sprang into the car and speeded away to the north without determining the seri-- ousness of the injuries, according to the police. Jones appeared at this time and insisted on taking his fel-- low newsic to his home. atate capital and the owner of the car found. -- David Finklestein, employe of the (irobe departmept store, who arrived at the scene of the accident a mo-- ment after, took the number of the to the police who have writter to Springfield to get the name of the owner. The records of 1922 car num-- bers are not in the hands of the 16-- cal police yet, but they are certain City residents, who ran down Oren Riess, son of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Riess, of Waukegan ,in front of the Salvation Army hotel late Saturday aftcrnoon and left him lying uncomseious in the street after they had stopped lonz enough to beseech Voliva to heal his wounds. The party sped north after their maniacal rites. car and helped Riess to the handle hare of Clement Jones' bicycle, a fel-- low newsie, who cafried the uncon-- scious boy home. Thorough examina-- tion showed that there were fractures but the boy received a serious scalp wound. Dr. H. C. Hoag, the phys-- ician who examined Riess, said today that he expects him to recover. Was Peddling Papers The car, according to Finklestein, was a Saxon touring car and bore a 10922 license. This was turned over that the number can be found at the Waukegan police today started a int for autoists, believed to be Zion Get License Number W ho Injured Boy '"» C wB 1 4 . T Tidine e in spuad of the Milk Producers' Co--operative 'w Marketing campany Tuesday (today) u m.wvzymunwnuuu-adin 7 & their by proxy. The meetiag non"i" be held 'in the Cameo room of ___ | the Hotel Morrison at Elgin. !Wi&dtes File _ \_For Spring Raee Petitions for election to county of-- lices were filed in the county du'k!l{ »ffhiee Monday, which was the first day for filing petitions, and several of the canditates were in line early in the morning.to file first to assure them-- selves the top position on the ballot for the office for which they are run-- 'nin'. nGGe w ~Petitions are being fll;]d with. h:hlt numes of supporters to ing one-- lurmpercento!thevowuinfln 'county, and up to a late hour the |petitions filed offerer competition for | only one office, that of county treas-- \urer. probate court. Ira E. Pearsall for County treasurer. Elvan J. Griffin for sheriff. Ferry L. Persons for judge of the county court. L § John Bullock for 'clerk of the pro-- bate court. Lew A. Hendee for county clerk. /' --T. A. Simpson for county superin-- tendent of schools. urer. 'or Mling of petitions, and the total ist filed Monday is as follows: Charles E. Jack for judge of the 'A commiitee of farmers of the El-- gin distriet, chosen at the Thursday meeting of members of the M#k Pro-- ducers' als'ociltion at Woodman hali Elgin conferred Saturday with heads of the association in Chicago. BAIRYMEN DRAW UP The committee was chosen to draw up a slate of officers .o fight ticket se-- lected by those who boited the formal} annual meeting at its adjournment early this week. Ban Gilly of Bar-- rington is chairman. The ticket will be presented lacer to farmers for their approval. Mr. Advertiser: More aré mmml'r.;-m other Lake County paper, you wukl;'? 0t Indications are that hundreds of| farmers from Elgin and vicinity will | TAKEN BY DEATH Levi Wait, $% years old, and one of the oldest settiers of the county, died at the home of his nephew, Douglas Wait in Ingleside on Saturday,. He was born in Ohic and came to this county in his youth. county supervisor and served many terms in that capacity. He was very well known throughout this section, particularly by old residents of the days when he was active in business and political cireles. mccident except the train crew, who first noticed the man after he had been struck by mn locomotive. They 'i\e the signal that stopped ; the train and burried to the crumpled form of the victim at the side of the track. They carried "him to the bag-- gage car. The train then backed into Highiand Park and the body turned over to the undertaker, Friends of the slain man said that he is close to 60 years old and leaves a wife and a son. Due to the lack of information that has been given the Highland Park po-- lice it could not be learned who was to blame for the accident. 'The most accepted belief is that Brown walked from behind an obstruction into the path of the advancing train. Mr#. Sarah Hamilton of Rollins, is a sister of the dbceased. Mr. Wait will be buried tomorrow afterncon at 3 o'glock at Grant cometery, Thursday, March.2, is the last day LEVI WAIT, 88 oN waAY TO WORK Willig "'8( J. Obee for county treas OPPOSITION TICKET HIT BY TRA!IN ZION TAKING STEP TOWARD NEW PAVAD Kids Bold Bandit Out Of Hold--Up Rejoice ye motorists for ethe the earth is flat, cubjlcal, or ie way, and Zion's poc marked "H Half Mile" is doomed to uction. : Zion will no longer be "different" in . respect to its "main drag" h" closely type--written sheets, about 5# in all, tells the world that --prop-- erty owners will be assessed f to pave the road through th6 "City of Disputes." ) oget on Lew A. Hendee, county cierk Satur-- day placed on file the Zion specim: as-- sessment for the paving of Elijah avenue, known to the . | world as Sheridan road. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The specifications calling for catch-- basins, manholes, curbing, m' cement sidewalks, and a m road are all ready, the assessment is filed, and by spring the city 'fl" working on the improvement for which autoists from Chicage b,& waukee have been praying for year Women instructors in the U.. V--terans' . rehabilitation scho Camp Ross, Great Lakes, own quarters at the camp The filing of the assessment e as a bolt from cléear skies. No wo of the act had been.noised about-- fl > the city decided that the paving be undertaken about a . year / Many people believed that . assessment would never be filed," that the talk of paving' was just of diplomacy on the part of Volivi Haley continued to*his home and to-- day notified the police of his expert« ence. He said the bandit was about 5 feet 10 inches tail, wore a abort cont with a fur collar, and was of slender build. F9 > addition to their duties at the achool. They do all their own cooking and The order permitting them to remain at the camp was receilved with com siderable enthusiasm hereto-- fonfivmmnfl Putting bis revolver back in a hols ter swung under his arm in true dime nove!l fashion, 'he damned his lnck and left Haley to go his way. 'The bandit trudged acrose a vacant lot and dis=--ppeared. William -- P. Haley; Waukegan, out--talked a bold, bad bandit late Sun-- day night, and consequently is richer today than he would have been Rad he shelled out his wallet, cash apd, watch, as he was commanded. ',__,";l'» cled at Haley's heart, still pursued. .. He tried to impress Haley that he was _ really and truly a bold, bad bandit, . but Haley wouldn't listen to reason. -- _ yer kiddin'. You aint neither a ban» d'." T Bandit's Worst Mistake -- _ . But Haley served with the famous Becond division in France, spent & long period in the front line chasing the beche, where he lost all fear of a gun. 'Wherein the bandit,bold made his great mistake. Instead of complying; Haley kept walking. He offered an argument to the bandit on the "hold up" assertion --all the time keeping walking. And the bandit with his pistol lew» After following his victim for & block and threatening with every step to let daylight through him, the ban-- dit, finaily gave up in disgust. the tional director of the school, is only one who does not live at camp. He makes his home in | Haley going to his home whet he Mm County streets, where the bandit armed with a vicious looking shooting piece, lurked. The latter N the pistol into Haley's ribs .and . am~ nounced that he was "held up.""~ _ Gassed in France %> t