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--~_--~-- bis biennial message as the solons be-- & , ; gwnnrm session. The Ath 3 ic Commission, the message stated, *~ ~ _ dg newly created and hence it was im-- --possible for the last asmembly to an-- ---- +Finances in Fine Shape, He Sn d Redaite _ ; _ NAL MESSAGE «----~_ June 3v, 1926. f ; *4 . Small stated. pointing--out that _ ® the general mortality-- rate.--of eleven _ -- and one--half per 1.00C 1opulation was sA & the United States average. -- "It **% 1 t." he stated, "that these 5+ :3 favorable © mortality -- statistics ~*~'~ Sollh 'closely upon the-- expanding _ --_~" getivities of the public health agencies m ,,z!llhou." The governor pointéd to .' the need for teaching and demonst A l in-- school health procedures in ~ -- ! ¥Hany counties and for promotion and supervizion of courses in Health and Z4« %:.th tive. state Teacker w ~ * Schools. ; * < w8 is a Rational problerm P e e s l t e e e e n TCt O e S e e l C " o e e e o y L 0 o oo o0 oge d tA o es o y s . FCNMLRYt) : »o m Mu r es Te vrer ameaz en '-- FOLUME--XXXIV--NUMBER 53 BECTION TWO LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, BE LINOIS, THUORSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1827 . -- * P 2P tz m n t n e ons t t ud _ " 1 26 a P xnz ias 1 1 ML%~ LE K .. * ow mk R ®, y & © | A uEC DECAIAECAITT ATLOREL GLGOUNREINV 3 eem f TS 1 i N 1X Y SUN a -- & a t ' p § k y [ e u p (». n uM % R e $ t a & * «/S * F T * x . Es . COUNTY INDEPENDENT-- <Lake County's Big _ Weekly : WAUKEGAN m s C 4 AAFAaL Asl XAZF LAL N 3 > Cisoulstion C in County Combined FRARAFARRALAZE RAA g . ""g c ol 2t s# Bpringlield,. 1. JAL. $.--Unuly one deticit, that of the Hlinois Boxing com-- ~ mission, will be presgented to the gen-- -- eral assembly~ while some state de-- _ partments will show substantial unex-- ®Rorted to the state assembly today in %h--ugm _ ~'The polictes of the Republican party and the present administration have been: endorsed at the polls by Illinois' voters and their continuation seems ustified, the message said. : The Gov-- ernor congratulated the assembly and the people of the state on the con-- W.amhmem ~@® of the state.are in splen-- t--is preparing a list < assyred the legislators that every item would be pared to the bone. Due to economy and prudence N ised in all state departments, the g'k the revenue fund as of De-- :hr $1, 1926, m'm.m,':uso. messag Decrease the i\ The state executive called the at-- i gmuleuuthuendtv revi our tax laws, "as far as ble under the --existing constitu-- be so as to attain as --nearly as possible a modern system of taxration ONLY ONE DEFICIT~SHOWN . _ The governor ; expressed <pride lni' _ Tlinois' «tate fair, and touched on.the Ancregased attendance and value of ex-- RMibits.. Work in : bovine tuberculosis '@radication next drew : his attention and he presented a brieft rescume of M The chieft executive . det," avian . «ubarculogis eradication ork,--~aplaries, .crop -- reports, ~dairy «';R\' )A ) T¥ , m 'hm!o 'M" t -.ld watervt~y . then ~ was louched on at some--length, the work ~accom and . future * <~ 'the. sut and .. 'The governor next spoke with pride Of the work of the state in-- rendering :tomtmmmmmm F ting cyclione of March 18, "The governor next turned his tion to the work of the various state departments. & "The gorernor stated that a thorough 'andit.of all staite departments is 1 being made and when completed 'will 'be open to inspection. . s -- The work of the department of pub-- weltare -- next . drew ~Governor all's ~attenfion, and he d Jn treatment and care of her wards, (Iilinois-- not: only ."stands of the times but in many in : leads the way." ~Total inma population of state institutions by the governor as 3$3,836 on me 30, 1926. Due: to increases in the hg'ormunmhm; s caring for them are im-- perative, the message stated. The _ r lMsted the construction now way ofr contracted for, then thed in deteil on conditions and _work accomplished in each of the 3 of the board of.pardons and par-- s --He stated. that uum«l! £ 00@ has been--#aved on tain-- .' in the various state institutions E during the '"fiscal year ending --. Agriculture. is a Rational problem &'d! federal 'government,, Sma pointed out. Pointing to the untfavor-- % conditions 'that© have affected Attent M'm\.m pointed to the activitioesof the 'state departiment. : xt t ue t o eg ol equalization : that : will ~ssist ~in ng a fair distrinution of tax ber-- Work of the department of conser-- Yation wak praised. . '~The governor next came to Ilinois hard roads, sthting that to date 4,500 miles of durable hard sOrfaced hbigh _ After referring .the solons to the ~biennjal ~report of the ~auditor of publi caccounts and a-- report on the Spanish War --eVterans' -- fund, the ~governor closed his cmessage, thanking the --members-- of legisla-- ture and state employees and of-- ticers and the people as a whole for "their unswervink loyalty ind . splen-- did co--operation which has made po#-- sible two years of unpauralleled prog:-- --and of : marvelous: accomplish= menuts in the state of Ililinois." ° -- last two years. -- Furthor finances are needed for. highway work, the such . revenues should be derived without 'direct taxation "from those are 'needed for. highway work, the|$10,000 or both. 'The removal : nd governor stated,. and tsated that mdmmvenpheullnhu such . revenues should be. derived the Officer. & i without direct taxation "from those Judgment was entered after Judge shauld ::unbd in such a manner 'wl';.g"'n':_'"nm'::""w Geo. as <to as lightly ~as~ possible | W .. #° 8 '-fi'%' upou the motor vehicle owners "'[?.!' & juror, Frank Newell, Waunke-- and .sufficient in amount to--carty out the expressed policy of the peo-- ple as shown by their votes upon the bond issue law." The highway po-- lice system now in force was prais ed by the governor. --Present laws providing for them are adequate, the governor stated, was his belief, and as necessity arises their number should be increased. a 3 .. Rmpo Evanoff, fdrmeriy. of W gan, who <operated a' roadside : in Diamond Lake--today wont on-- in the crcuit --court--on a charge of at-- June 30, 1926 :'7 t:u of Police Clay-- 'flo'gml'n_thq e,do'h! <'10--year--old man:left his stand when.she went to it and followed-- her along the road ~An linmediate report--was -- made to Chief Tifany and he was able to He was removed to. the 'county jail wh'otnu,hu bon'lha.'h s ~Attorney . Field * -mmmmm ummmm\lfflhfi GIRL ANNOYER . GOES ON TRIAL _ -- at' the »time, he and she fought His Slightly Altered--Complexion Chief: of Police Bernard Hamlin, Lake Villa, 'today ~was®* ordered re-- moved from office by Judge c.c' Edwards, in the circlut© court, & judgment on the verdict of guilty gan, was a member of the Chicago Motor club, which assisted in. the investigation of spetd traps in Lake county, ~aud_ had-- denied. it when being qualificd as a jur®or. ---- _ > In: the--event an: appeal is taken, which is not certain, 'an affidavit sabhowing ~ this . will ; be <submitted . by the defendant. ° €l~% The Aaction dates back to Sept. 19, 1926. Hamlin <gave pursult to a speediug : car driven ~by-- Arthur 'Schlauder, Downers Grove,-- fired in to it and caught it after= a four ~~~Above is --an architects wing of W BIty _ wWat@TLWoFKLS ,, loetudw fl-qr"' the: wh:':nda ufii:{ by the city fromw cotitoh the cltp wall a i uP ;Msw;fig in apmoun ie 1. at m j City will acgu ,' C era itration Il!fl'l ,;-._,:IO\ water, Indications are 'that hu.' .fif';-":fin-« will cost mo"&th!ft%&??i Proposed Waterworks Building ag of the proposéd sity waterworks building . to be, erected on the land, m&m{b' the city fro:':m%&:u gorernment. Ac-} Wmnou on' the system -- will atart early in--1927. _ iIn its --ot the-- --modern filtration '@ystems®in the country as well as wholesome UL., home immediately. Parts of the human body formed the first units of measurement, the--inch having developed from the .length of the thumb | joint. The old ~measure-- ment called the "hand" was the four Inches across the human hand, and the span, nine inches, came from the space from the end of the thumb to theend of the extended little finger.-- -- SBtates Attorney A. V. Smith push-- ed the investigation and action that . ""Hello, there," halled 'the motorist "I'm lost." s & f --~"Haw, haw, thass a good one," guf-- fawed the native. To think one of you city fellers would -- get lost here in Cross Timbers."--American Leglon .. _~Ont of Bounds Ho We 'Souwuencuuhw'nm Adjournment . was --~to -- be <taken ~to | next Tuesday, when the adminigtra-- } tion hopes-- the assembly ~will} get | down the hnowse of representatives. * . ~*The muessions of both houses® were was <chozen president pro tem of the Bpringfield, I!1., Jan. 5..--Gov. Len Smail's well --oiled politieal -- machin-- ery -- was -- hitting o:..:n--e'l!*u today and both bran of the 55th toda th.iom .ltlnu. Y¥ @0 : L lu'f:rl"glnhdlm of: oJliet of Mr. Scholes as the candidate for speaker by unanimous vote, named Bert McCann. of ~Bloomington, <for i pemnem mitiner ntomn r , and 'Fra: na of mm..'er '-- Joseph F. Eichinger, town of War-- Yen, inventory andsfpDpraizsement bili approved. ne?tor autbhorized to seil personal property." . . _ . f Evelyn Stelling, et. al, minors, town Of Vernon, petition for --revocation of fetters of -- guardianship to William Steiling filed and set for hearing Jan. _ Gertrude Schar. Wolf, minor, matter of petition for sale of real ectate con-- Cmund At Jaun. 4. ::>>::..:::¢::* . CLOSE 2 ESTATES -- _ PROBATE CT. OPENS BARR PRESIDENT PRO TEM Judge 'Decker Closes Ed. A. Suender, Wkgn., and Anna . Edward A. Suender, Waukegan, {in-- al report approved, estate closed. -- . Joseph Matzur, hearing on petition to probate foreign will continued to David Fales, Lake Forest, petition for probate of will filed and set for hearing January 24th. * a ol hnd '+Aunna SBustersec, Waukegan, final report approved, estate;closed. _ -- -- Caroline Sauer, town of Vernon, let-- ters gtn-hbtufloz issued to John Sauer. Bond of $10,000. Prooft of 'heirship taken. Estate consists of per: sopmal property valued at $5,000. SEVERAL -- HEARINGS -- UP Edward Hanni, Zion, guardian eu-- thorized to sell ward's interest in real estate. ~Addition bond of $1,000 ap \-- Sealine® fur is clipped, rabbit C3P dyed black and resembles seal. _: > tomobllie on Tenth étreet between Adams and Prescott streets, at 7 0o* clock last night, John Kolence, aged m a veteran wire mill employe ' '"at 1114 Greenfield avenue died in Victory Memoria} hoepital at by Léeland Fons, aged 18 years, u08 10: 42 o'clock. 4 The automobile was teing driven of Rev. L. C. Fons of mllt- tist church and a forema 1'1 g. tis was sccompant a""-'aih'-......w..; Tlindy of 109 Washington -- PMTR®ave due. % Kolence was. struck hd thrown sevreral feet.on the pavemeht by the Impact of the collision suffered a fracture o ithe skull asd a 'brokes AUB+ -- s -- Police Conduct Prove WithTenth street serving as a' boin-- dry line between the two cities the police of Waukegan and North Chi-- cago began an inves into. the accident last night. lieving that he was driving on the gide of the street when the happen-- leg. der the jurisdiction of North Chi-- cago police, Fons visi the-- police station in that city and de a com-- plete report of the .cdder;t. He was not held dut was forced He was not held dut was forced to give a bond of $3,000 to assure his appearance at the inguest to be held at the "Petroshius uuTnhn; par-- lors on Tenth streot at 4 o'clock this NO. CHICAGO MAN : DIES OF INJORIES afternoon. John Kolence, 1114 Greentield Avenue, Victim of Tragic Accident Last Night _ -- «_ Two Stories 1 &lly In the meantime Capt. Thomas Kea-- nedy and Patrolman Virgil Stewart of the Waukegan police department had been called to the scene of the accident and they began an investiga-- to the North Chicago® , c Lundy gave a detailed |story of the aftiair to the local In. check-- ing up the story of 'accident as al: by Lundy--with told 'to the-- North . police by Fons, the Wauke-- S:n polite found 'that both talliecd in HIS SKULL IS FRACTMRED According: to the sturmids toid by the two, Leland Fons had left his home shortly be'ore. T o'clork to drive to: the wire mill to got his father, They: wéere driving east on-- Tenth street, when itetwen Adams~ and Prescott streets Kolence ctepped from the.curb on the south side oi the etreet and walked into the path of their. ma--. chine..© Efforts to stop or swerve the course of the machine in timr to avoid 'striking the min. failed, ther ~"Fone clzimed thet A= jstopprd . the car within a fow feet ftrom the Ecene of the accident and hn.rx;d back. An ambulance was-- summ trom . the Petroshious -- undertakinz <stablish ment on Ténth etreet Kolence gfltgl.&n an un cigus condition. He died in the hospital less than four hours later. @": Victims Hearing Defective.' ... ~ Further investigation into the affair by: North Chicago poli¢e fevelop:d the fact that Kolence who was an old res: ident of North Chicago thad becn z flicted with defective hearing . years and also wont about the streets bundled up rather rely against the cold. > 2 .+ * It is believed that his impairsd hear-- iig~ and the fact "thae the machine was being' driven -- with dim< lights prevented him from sensing the near-- ness of= the cgpm -- machine whon he stepped from | thecurb. ~g~>«>+~ ---- Futher --af Five=~:: : :--The victim was popular : among his Tellow employes in the : aill. He gth;.:fior"m t in, several ill of whom are n Age. _ 'ig' also eurvived by. his wife. . _ ~_ -- Laugh and grow At, is the sio= gan of the January Laugh Month committee, 'That aimost tempts .--What we want to know today is THJ sil the iatie iinflomant caten. us to throw one. be abolfShed."' ~Suppose they had been--about 25 years ago! -- We can hardly await the nert oil trial to And out if it's really true about the Armenians plaa-- ning to war on this country. > While disclaiming any blame in the acm and o}we:g, eroneration Struck and {fatailly injured by an . au (Copyright, 1926. NEA Service. Inca + "Woman robbed in home," says headline.=© Wonder how she got A bunch of young English col-- $1,50 PER YEAR. IN AQV ANCE |FR GAvIys WLL i ~LEAVES ALL FOR Eight years ago this mounth, sas & ward W. Gavin, restor of the Im-- wmumm parish, sat within his study to the parish he had guided for 54 to <the snowstorm which Bad even tied cup a tra'in for hours on the Northwestern,-- had called in Weich to -- help »him. -- That accounts {for their signing as witnesses. The will, shown to Judge Edward CShurtlot? this marning is one ha signed by <'two > witnesgses. They were Charley Henry Riley, who has worked about the church . for 17 years, and Clarence M. Weich, who does not reside here at present. Riley, more than overworked due tied cup a tra'n for hbours on the Northwestern,-- had called in Weich to -- help <him. -- That accounts {for their signing as witnesses. The will, shown to Judge Edward Shurtlieff this> morning, is one, he believes, that will go down in the history of the--church. It is the tes-- tament of. a layman--still-- it is legal in every paragraph. Ore possible additional step is seen by the judge and ~that -- would -- be> n supplemental His estate consisted of $1,500 in zznnmuti and : $6,500 in real state: . The real estate was a tract in McHenry county, it is understood. He had bought that as a._place in m'nve.lkhvm,yuned. in the event he left the parish. «"Tho cwill ~was written so as to thurch it provided that the would have to be rector at the time i0 make the clause binding. Otherwise it would probably have gone to his hbeirs at law.-- three nephews *e ty As T am now Rector of. the im-- maculate Conception Blessed Virgin Parish of Waukegan, Lake county, this ~will, 1 have asked the two witnesses of this will to watch me sign this paper and to watch each Other ~signing as witness on the freverse® of this paper at the top of ESTATE until Jan. 11, 1918. 46 the inquect 'this afterpoon, Leland Fons through hs parents has retain-- ed Albert L Hall, as attorney to rep-- & *h"h' M in daaves cor 4@LL _1 m to h c i renatts could only. bring a tnox. Although the will was not Arafted by an attorney, there is a pessibility that ~the . aged priest," who .. died Aug. 27, at the age of 88 years after being struck by a street car, left no loop--holes for a contest. . ~ He stressed <his soundness . of mind, made: proper_ disposition of the estate, and then saw to it that it was properiy withessed, * ~*I have asked the two witrossos _ of fihmw me 'sign this . , ing as witness on the reverse s'do olt!hm:t the~top of the page." That was the way in Which* he . called' mttention _ to the _ wit-- nessing "of the will as a legal doc-- witDe 'eould hardly ~forget any .._.~. SEEK TWO BANDITS * Chicago Jap. 5--Police today sought LB --ML ° ¥. --Re oo s noanta oy wo Pricet 'ond pa resent his interests--in the probe. into This will was written by my own ind Jan. 10, 1918, but not signed 8 Years Ago is Filed TOTALS ©$8,000 &E wW. GAVIN. the im-- 44 g4 B'f