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_ WoOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN AN ------AUTO STRIKES TREE _ was VERDICT 0P ' CORONER'S JOURY s _ _ ~i~« Haecker was many years Hoo: .. -- wer's senior when 'they woere in -- _ achool, being 38 years of age while . 'mmmlyuun.m _ * qmently his advice was often asked Decision of Accidental Death is Reached in Case of -- James Gavigan, 16 years O10, O Gurnee Highlands, came--to his death w.eeu-mmhfl' m,t;tmnm :mum»mw"' turned late Thursday afternoon by A ho conemanihent sns ipeiifigegtins amatne m nnt daph s comoncr's jury acting on the case at the 'Wetze! and Peterson . funeral "While Dr. Young of Gurnee, WhO body was recovered, declared he be-- leved the boy had died of heart fail-- ure rather than drowning pecause less than a tea cup of watar < Was " trom jungs, ho mer« PTaBL BACZRMEAEETE _ ues %% Aove hool Howard and Clinton Walldon, -.....;mwm-rmun sehoo! at Gurnee, the boys Went swimming in the gravel pit which is in the rear of the high school. GaTH "'"."mndoddd fl'whnmumflktw ""M.flmmm. he + Kiz -- aamnanions. ho nomaiiiicnontntnl Funeral services were conduct-- .(m-mmh"c""' church at Waukegan on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment ..g_..ry"my- seriously, when an aut0in?""""" -- 0 . afl.'"wmuflm of Chicago crashed into a tree on the roxmomdhs.flyfldlo'n n:umm ,g,._mmnoaonms- -cah.vemmmo.mm -aumuump.hm buh.wmhfit mcmm'flm mvuhnlonhoduld. MEX . almost coursed 'the call hi on PWRG: hrcncaanofiihese en imapc ty eapiey t "Nep on gu:.zudambmm tive are gone and she received a deep cut on th left arm. Mrs. George Feld, 1817 Banoral awanne Chicago,. wite of the driver wvenue, mean y 2e s 00 o 0k , of the car received a dep cut over ....y.,wuhherhubuflmhd- ty bruised. Little Lorraine, aged 4 se ui 'The boys tridd desperately to t6° m;gthoirmnd.nd although located the body under 15 "u'fi-'.mmmm bring it to the surface, and . helP "»'"wnom was recovered and Waukegan police w Herep w TVR VOV CCC -lu- Nippersink Lake where Feld has a HOOVER PROMISE TO AVOID DRINK / TOLD BY FRIEND mie «Mc o oo o antl officers, who had also besh . OA"" _ worked with the boy for fully 25 hour before Dr. Young pronounced Victim is Believed Near Death in Lake Hospital d rmérm to the hospital. anceship with the Republican nom-- hqm.-lohuv'um ald 'maidestivx told some ot the lege days, Haocker told ot attend-- ing a reception one night -- when most of the students became more ."wvflmm tion--oft Hoower, _ ---- _ 0 _ Three were injured, one, a WO The four were daughter Gurnee Youth. of Mrs. Whallon 'u " -- he attered uk to the itbo'en'fl' I asked him. ""Well KFrank, I'll tell you why,'" *My mother died when I was ten years old, and the day before she died she called me to her and said she wanted me to promisé her one thing. 1 told her I would promise companied a Mr. Branner, then state geologist for the state of Arkausas, tress, Hrye--guards attempted to save him but he went down for the last time before they reached him. "You see he is a big man now and I am'still a little fellow," Haecker Juan--Les--Pins, France, July 2--The career of Avery Hopwood, 44, noted American playwright and producer, was ended today. Hopwood was seized with a cramp while swimming off the beach here at nine o'clock last night and drown-- ed before aid could reach him. /#A He went swimming with a party of friends an bhour or two after par-- taking--of a heary dinner. _ In the darkness, he became separated from the rest of the party. When it be light whe nhe was only 22 years old and fresh from the University of Michigan by writing "Clothes" in collaboration with Channing Pollock. He was born in Cleveland on May #8, 1884. In the interim between his graduation and his arrival in New His first success was soon follow-- ed by others. In the space of twenty-- two years he wrote about fifty plays, most of them successful. "And it's too late now!" Hizs most noteworthy plays were "Little Miss.Bluebeard", "The best People", Nobody's widow", *"The Alarm Clock", "The Gold Digger", "The Demi--Virgin", "Judy Forgot", "The Great Illusion", and "Getting Gertie's Garter." _ He collaborated with Mary Robert Rinehart in writ-- ing "The Bat", "A Thiset in the dark", and "Spanish Love." AVERY HOPWOOD; PLAYWRIGHT, DIES concluded smilingly. Jerusalem. ~"Souvenirs of the Holy .. Land," made in Europe ex-- ported and sold in Palestine, is men-- acing seriously the native souvenir trade, an appeal to the "High Com-- Dives Into Water After Eating Heavy Meal and Takes ays, urging measures® by the Gov-- ernment against this abuse of tour-- Germany, particularly, it is clain ed, is turning out large quantities of these articles of Oriental-- design some having engraved on them em-- blems of the Holy Land, especially is that many Palestine craftsmen aré unemployed. ~The trade is said to be in a precarious state owing to this unfair eompetition. The High Commisszion is asked to yachts which are braving the At-- lantic in one of the sportiest.races on record--tfrom 'New York to San-- tander, Spain, was relayed to Noew York today by the Cogst Guard Dée-- stroyers Davis® and Wilkes. The J. Curtis, Jr., owner and IHT'. directly south ~of Der Island, Meo., more than 250 miles from New York. The four small sailing ships start-- New York, July 2--First word of two --of the four small: sanmiling morning. No reports were recetred of the other thre entries. 'The Mo-- bhawk, the Nina and the Isabella, on member of the crew. Funeral arrangements haye not yet "No, we never corresponded," the In these days it might be revised t wad that haste makés waste of ho nan life.--Boston Evening Transctipt The Great Master & o SCms --> ts wisk . . t o o £ oo i t o l 0 006C o n t nmg 34 Iast December ol FProvince-- . "The best Indicated. Waterbury was arrested Sunday Mase subcorpmittee low", "The is wicmins morning at $:40 o'clock»after Mrs. 3.'"é.uz. 'u?;l'utdneomm:t >Id Digger".| varley Bishop, 15, 0t 35 80. GONA+| Nicholas Wallin, 222 North West 4--Inquiry into New dersey sena-- dy ForkOt" |esee St. Waukegan, was committed | street, complained that her $215 C|;or;,; primaries campaign expendi-- "'Whml:bnbolforig!':*':': n;:lmll'h"':""' , 24| tures and practices during the re-- collaborated Charles County Jndge P. Saturday . Mrs. allin cent contests in which Hamilton lart in WTit-- | Lo« _ Bishop was one of three 144%| mave dto Woest street from Madi808| pyan Kean was nominated to _ a T by>, Aipdeain® i. C fomx:. C3 N the Sophie Frantz, aged 15, of Bell-- wood, lilinois, attempted to kill her-- self two different times in the: No. Chicago jail Saturday mcrning. In:-- mwm'flfl'mu'ck- ings ground her neck and was puil-- ing them tight when.caught in the act.: Having failed in this, she suc-- Sophie Frantz, of Beliwood, IIL., Picked up by North morning she was located by the two ofticers and put into the jJail. .. . At that time her father came from Bellwood and took the girl back to her home with the announced in-- tention of putting hber in a home as soon as possible. That the girl has come to the at-- tention of the police of other cities mwhmmumu at present on 'probation at the order of the Cook county juvenile court. Although there has been no decis-- lon: made, it is expected that the girl will be sent to *'the Geneva School For Girls in view of the fact that she seems 'to be beyond the control of her parents. under the observation of® the desk Miss Frants was taken _ off & North Shore car Saturday' morning by Officers Smith and Ebler after she had been seen in company of sailors at the carnival which is located outside the city of North Chicago Thursday night and again on Friday monring by Police Chief Tiffany. ~ At that time she was quick to elude the officer and easily made going to and from the naval station Continue Needham and. Row an Cases and Dismissal sons. -- Bishop was one of three lads who stole a NasH sedan last Sunday morning from Guadulupe Macias, of Indiana Harbor, Ind. The lads were caught in Joliet. Bishop took full responsibility for Oone of the boys is to be taken into the home of his brother--in--law who has offered to help him. At-- torney J. A .Miller represents them. Detective SHergt. Bart of the police department, who ht was believed by police : Need-- the boys into court, stated that it ham, who had a--clean record prior to the theftt, should be shown lent The crop outliook is alightly above average according to the latest crop report jJust sent out by the Ameri-- ean Steel and Wire company. The summary of this reéeport follows: American Steel and Wire Co .Crop Report Tells of Gen-- The period covered by this ~crop report has again been one of. rather slow development along all agricu} tural lines. The cool nights,. taking the country as a whole, have retard-- ed growth. Hénce there has been no startling progress made. On the other hand, there has been --no ser-- lous deteriloration of any crop. All erops, however, have held their own and have made slow growth in the Dakotas and Minnesota, where dry conditions were preévalent at the @odmumwuolymb tered showers--have brought consid-- le reliet and at the proszent time sections -- give-- considerable promise of rapid improvement. The ground as a whole has been too wet and their seriously interfered with the proper cultivration of crops. The same condition also prevails through out much of the central portion--of TO ST. CHARLES FOR STOLEN CAR CHICAGO J gressed as far. er short and in some instances is rather thin-- on the ground~ -- Spring wheat is looking: from: fair to. good, in which it is reported as being in a slightly poorer condition than-- last year at this time; 'The other small graing-- closely© approximate wheat, Oats, however, appears : to . have made somewhat better progress than Corn--This crop is developing sat-- isfactorily, although a little--slowly. Cultivation has been. interfered with by rains and many sections are re-- ported as being grassy. It has made good progress in the states of Mis-- sourl and Jowa. Much corn in lowa has <been-- worked <for-- the third time. -- The widely scattered show-- ers of the past two.weeks: have in-- sured a satisfactory.amount of soil moisture and with warmer weather. this crop will miake rapid growth. _ u.y-nnm;:gumm bility not --be as heavy this year, as it was last year as many of the pro-- ducing sectinns were too dry and cold earlier in the season. : It has, however, been greatly benefitted: by the recent rains and-- the outlook now is for a moderate crop with here and there a locality that will produce a good crop. * Potatoes--The early crop in -- the more southerly. portion of the coun-- try has turned out very satisfactor-- nyudhu'"hlmm later plantings and the more north-- erly producing sections are a litile Reovery of two stolen ~diamond rings and the binding over to the grand* jury of the two alleged thieves on charges of larceny is due to the splendid police work on Sun-- uydwnmmlo!m Waukegan police department. Rdward Waterbury, 29, of 136 Hazel court, was bound to the grand jury in bonds of $500 after he had waived extradition. _ --_ _ slow, but there is still time enongh left for this crop to catch up. Pasture conditions as a whole are good, although there are some sec-- tions in which pasturage is rather short. This reflects itselt in . live crops look satisfactory, Fruits taken as a whole promise from fair to ex-- TWO BOUND OVER FOR THEFT OF Harry Western, 24, of the Great Lakes Naval' training station was bound to th grand jury in bonds of $1,000, after'waiving extradition. Waterbury was arrested Sunday morning at $:40 o'clock»after Mrs. street, complained that her $215 di-- amond ring had been stolen. On Saturday Mrs. Wallin had move dto West street from Madison street and Sheridan road. The dia-- mond ring had been stolen from her dresser while the moving work was The: Other Theft The second ring was stolen from Mrs. Chase of 1144 .Sheridan road, North Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Crase told the police they had. invited Western to take lunch with them Sunday. He left before junch, how-- ever. Later in the afternoon --Mrs. Chass missed her $250 diamond ring and reported the eheft. Detective Sergeant Tyrrell located Western at 6:55 p. m. and took him to the poli¢e station for question Ing. Wostern finally admited the theft, th police say, and took the of-- titer to his locker at the Y. M. C. A. where he had hidden the ring in the lHning of his cap. Autos From America and sleepy Oriental towns to the s.und of Liaxon . and tumultuous music are outsing the lejsurely cam el, moving reflectively-- on: ris way, his horizon boundei by the tail of the camel in front. In the latest American "Invasion' undertaken to introduce American automobiles of various well known makes on.the highways was a car ing itsel! for sale. ~So successtul has this traveling showroom been that. 61 rs were ~sold in three *--There are customers in the villa gers who are somewhai difficult to please. -- There was--recently --the ra--~ ther piquant incident of the peasant who complained becaus. hbis auto-- hardly five--sleepson the top. <The representative promised that man to do his best with the factory, and _and persuade them to aliter the zuutthmh order to nieet these quite natural requirements. Cairo--A fiest of American auto-- MWMTVI'- rell : Recovers Botir Stoien Rings. Taking Old Job Away 1 From Camel in Desert on the fenders and roonl qs more souther-- 1. ©-- |°"_ / °_ t". Cyalas e io9 004 : * use ce\ C0 FOR PAST o Anaetancas in »*% 4 +. uk Growth of Libertyvilie--during. the past year has© been placed at :610, according to a--survey made by 8. W. Straus and company of Chicago and --announced. in a --comparative list of figures, today.. 3 Contend That Greater Growth -- of Towns bmed by Traffic Meshes. Development throughout the--area of within a radins of 41 miles of Chicago has been retarded -- during the past year by the growing . con-- gestion on the -- highways. leading from Chicago to the> smaller cen-- ters in the opinion of experts and the lessened growth of suburbs of Chicago is pointed to as another in-- dication of the need of: immediate action in the widening of important By EDWARD B. LOCKETT Wom.thutof investigations sprang Into renewed life today. Plans were being made for con-- tinuance of five <senatorial probes ordered during the clast session of congress.. These were: 1--An investigation of the Sait Creek, Wyoming, oll flelds by the Senate public lands and surveys committee. #--Investigation of factors -- sur-- rounding the sinking of the submar-- ine 84 last December off Province-- town, Mass.. by a subcormmittee of the Senate naval affairs committee. 4--Inquiry into New, dersey sena-- torial primaries campaign expendi-- tures and practices during the re Fish Rean was nominated to & seat in the United States Senate, by the Reed slush fund committee. 4--Conclusion of probes into pre-- convention presidential ~campaign expenditures a. special ©Senate mmuhezodhmstdm Tle survey 'sounrs the {following warning:: '"Unless the traffic lanes into the city are substantially, en-- large? within-- a short© period the suburbs cannot be expected to grow at a rate comparable with the in-- crease this.--year." * Kighty--nine suburbs made reports in the survey. It w#*sa on the basis of these reports that estimates were made for the total suburban area. The Straus figures for the 89 sub-- urbs reporting were 1,155,000 as of July 1, this year, while the estimat-- ed population of these same com-- munities as of ~July 1, 1927, was HOST OF PROBES GET STARTED AS ¥he populations of communities in Lake county for the year is list-- ed In the report as' follows: (R)OfOl'sfl. A b----A probe to determine whether political offices were --"sold" in Georgia and other states, by a sub-- cleaning up probes begun before the convention, must keep watch over the costs of the Hoover and Smith drives, and must find time. to inves-- tigate charges that Cuban sugar was withheld from the United ~States during the war to keep prices high. Steiwer and Senator --Breatton, (D)M-MWMW two weeks to the presiden-- tial chmpaign probe into California preconvention campaign costs, and vmnunmnnuttobgtho sugar inquiry.. This commi will Gary Has Largest Gain Of the larger suburbs percentages of gain in population -- were as fol-- lows: Aurora 5 per --cent, Cicero 3 p-'"mh hntmluuim'mt. 4 per cent, 8 per out,acyummu per cent, Greater Joliet 4 per cent, Oak Park 6 per cent and Waukegan Investigations in 5 Cases Re-- sumed by Senate Com-- mittee 1'%' By EDWARD B, LOCKETT fices and roads--committee. -- The -- Steiwer presidential cam-- prepare reports from the new ses sion <of congress both on the pres-- Idential campaign expenditures and sugar charges. MORE ALMANAC London.--A survey of the world's events during the past few monthe reveals the remarkable fact -- that "Old Moore's Almanac," the famous handbook for forecasts and prognos tications--that has been an> institu-- tion in this country for centuries has torrectly foreshadowed many great crises and tragedies, j London : Fore nostications shortly before the tirst . of -- every year, sets forth decisively certain occurrences which are promized for the ensuing year. -- Rarely are the forecasts cheerful ones,-- Tor <-- Old Moore deélights in earthquakes, fires, Iutrvating to note h of it is to n ow many his prognostications have been borne out. * : Predictions Come: True j For the first four months of . the year, .Old Moore .<prophesied --that there would be disastrous floods in volcanic activity in ¢entral / Hurope Many World Events. YEAR, IS CLAM 1928 FULFILLED o n i in uinss ano o murape, bertieriatly greevs ond of~ a Bulgaria, Lilled the pages of the newspapers--for many--days > during ~ OA Moorée prophesied that China would again come into the limelight, that serious wars would igain take place in that country, and ne hinted strongly at the prospect of Japan be-- coming embrofiled -- in the -- conflict AS WUWISSL L4ESRLSC 1N VOL FPIKSI1IVLl How well this has been borne out is | M © .: ___ o css s known to all. a w t °P 1| & | P E&E R One 'prophesy in the almanac, of| M M _ As 1 .000 quite a different type.from volcanic KK s i Low ' A ARD disturbances, --»xcited = considerable l s , --» ; ® As BO. comment when it was {irst . made. iL .A P | f FEET He predicted that some member of | [' t'*f_?;:;r'j > vpnnmen + the English royal family would be| AANG€ AFE oo dneonmmcum mc oo .o| [ MIECION® OF FEET CHOICE YELLOW PINE early --months of the year, and that Time Wflgflfl MKWust d nation wide alarm would be felt. -- ow Be So Ability or Luck HOME BUILDERS! SAVE MORE THAN HALF --The fultiliment was worse . than the prophesy.> Viscount-- Frematon, nephew of Queen Mary, was injured in an automobile accident in France, and died as a result. -- The Duke of Connaught, uncle of King George, was taken i1 with bronchial trouble in the south of France.: Re-- cause of his advanced age, anxiety was felt, but he quickly recovered. . How many more of Old Moors's prognostications will be fullilled is a question~ He has predicted a war in southern Europe, and a military onslaught by' soviet Russia against the world, both during the latter part of this year, -- se __Uncanny ability or rare good luck --whichever it may be--Old Moore has struck it right so far. * «# en FuDRaLEE . EUEESS . Reses 9P Ca ,,,';,-- es j 1 ¥af T Five per cent of the automobile ac-- " e,-...-..'."..'.'.fi.'...m l " s e __-- e l Adents of the country are caused by h_&----g---- North Chicago has a population ef 8893 people. . This is shown in the annual achool census just complet-- db:l'.l.bo?u.'l'honmlut mrn';.meuy.nommn of 8716, or 117 leas than this year. Com plete details will be found in the North Chicago column today. 'Only three of thirteen centenar-- lans interviewed expressed any de-- sire to live to the age of 150, and only one of the three, R.-- J. Hall, aged 102, 'an old sailor, indicated N. CHICAGO HAS London. -- British --_ centenarians have no desire to undergo monkey gland operations and iive fifty more "I would like to go to sea again." All others said they were w:iling to leave the world when their times Hindenburg's Features s Wfi; gj'b?:t" Luce & Earl, Props. urbances: in us wet to submit to a " sald Hall, for Economical Transportation [ P . » | n n ¢ 5& & & ILLIONS OF FEET CHON U AEols MATERIAL: At Great Lakes Naval Station ?w _slzes if gesir-- THE. INDEPENDENT--$1.50 A Year @ mm © To