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Libertyville Independent, 15 Aug 1929, p. 9

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: RESERVISTS FROM STATE TO CRUISE EASTERN SEABOARD ' rouuity. Friend _ Poorsall, an o o tried with Bra * oa _ romspiracy _ #1t8."00% for th \ _ _ ed !racher's | grs..y. } bi return he o real and pers [ trus{ecs for t i tiou as a prote ers. Kince tha eoived close to but the prope enovugh to ma} krerate, truste 'j Tracher said | _ _over to the K ro= torvy at th -- Naval Reserves from llinois . » Will Set Sail Aug. 19, Ac-- | cording to Orders. kem as they are always attended> . y Pemireds of bis Irimige Mr.. | en en $ P e or the all-- day birthday feast. _ _ | Final target practice will be held Friday. Each unit will have two gun crews made up wholly of re-- serves. Shots will be fired at a moy-- ing telescope target, towsed by a de-- stroyer moving at five knots an hour. The firing group wil move at 15 knots an hour. The Peoria division received a nayy "E." the 'highest mark given in target practite in maneqvers last year. This unit will be in charge of Commander William H. McEwen of Peoria, Lieut\ Ralph C. Lowes, Jr.. .executive offiger and Ensings John G. Farnsworth and Coleman W. Mil-- ton. watch offi% W. T. Hardie, one of the trustees, who made a trip to Kansas to in-- vestigate possible ceollection of the sum, declared that he and the other two, members, Fred W. Buck and Geo#ge McCullough, of Gurnee, had given the account to a reputable firm of attorneys in Wichita, Kas., on a percentage fee basis. "~uis firm, he stated, bas inform-- ed thom that it is too late ufAder th» law to get the $100,000. Since then there have been con-- ferornses with other afttorneys but Harlie stated that he and the other trustees are of the opinion that it is a bhopeless quest. Note Holders Losers. l\ return he delflvered all of his rcol and personal property to the trusto~s for the purpose of liqunida-- tioun as a protection to the note hold-- ers. Since that time they have re, coired close to a tenth of their loau but the property will not bring enovueh to make $100,000 in the ag-- kresate, trustees believed. Tracher said he turned the money over to the Kansas bank as a de-- pos'tory at the bequest of Harold Martin,. then cashier of the now de-- funet Security Savings bank. Mar-- tin had been influenced in his re commendation by Caleb Busick, for-- merly o%f Waukegan, but then a Kan-- sas oil promoter. Busick had as his close friend a man named Clark C. Nye who was cashier in the Eureka bank. On receipt of the money the bank fa'w! and immediately re--opened its doors with a new directorate and officers but the same stockholders. Lake county treasury money lost in Eureka, Kans., in a bank failure in 1927 today was considered an im-- possibility by the board of trustees appointed almost two years ago to liquidate the estate of Roy Bracher, ex--county treasurer, who deposited the money in Kansas®. $100,000 LOANED BY BRACHER CAN'T COME FROM KANSAS VOLUME XXXVII--NUMBER Trustees of His Estate Advis-- ed by Attorneys That Suit Would Be Useless. |_ Naval reserves of lllinots will start their annual tr&ining cruise oft the eastern coast Monday, Aug. 19. The detachments will embark on destroy-- ers at Philadelphia, Saturday moro-- ing, for Menemsha Bight off the Rhode Island coast for maneuvers. There the reserves will remain un-- til Friday, Aug. 23, when the fleet will cruise to Portland, Maine, for a naval review. One hundred and three, years old on Aug. 15, Galusha M. Cole of Pasadena,Calif., has had a 1ot%pf 'birthdays, but he still enjoys Target practice and Foat races will be the order of the first day's training. After a three--day drill, the sailors will be allowed--shore leave at Newport, R. I, Wednesday, Aug-- ust 21. Signal practice and battle maneu-- vers will be the order tor Thursday. Reserves of the entire country will participate in the training cruise. The M TY BEST FOR ADVERTISERS ALL THE NEWS--------AND FIRST! LAKE COVUNTY'S BIG WEEKLY Hope of recovering 3100.000' of 103 Years Old ~--money was ,not lost to the v. Friends of &%racher and Ira all, an ex--treasurer, who was with Bracher and acquitted on aspiracy charge, posted -- the 0+ for the county and aceept-- ~acher's personal notes as se-- BEST FOR SUBSCRIBERS NEA Lo# Angeles Bureau i George Sullivan, 49, of Highland Park, charged with the murder of Ihis foster sister, Mrs. George Mc-- Graw of Highland Park, yesterday was brought to the county j@il to await the action of the October grand jury. He declared that it was all a "frame up" and that he would make his defense at the trial. He stoutly maintained that he was in-- I VE *1 * & o0' 37 N C Danus 0t & | '3""1'('-'_0"]-'0"_"'1" Cornets,. rectors consisting of [Wis.. bachelor was single for .8i%tYy who have emploved R. fy'ea_is.' Then a petition asking© a Antioch. Mr. Murrie |guardian for him was filed. in M!l--) Standard Ofil Compans waukee. To forestall such an order for twelve years. |\Kelly came to Waukegan yesterday " J. H, Gould of Graj tand married Sadie Doedy, who had --Figpk, Wauconda. and been suggzested as the guardian, The meyer, Wadsworth are lcourt then dismissed the action ] merchandise salesmen. To Care for Lake Villa The S{)O-Uno grade separation at Lake Villa, that has been under fre for fAve years when two men were killed there, will be completed and the C. N. S. and North Western rallway crossings in North Chicago, that have been deemed a menace for years, will be divided from the highway by an overbead or subway crossin@. The Lake Forest--Volo road, that winds cross--wise through the entire county, is to be constructed also. Would End Traffic Jams With the construction of the new routes, which also include a road to parallel Green Bay and Sheridan roads as far as Lake Forest, the traffic jams in Lake county will be ended as far as immediate needs are concerned, it is believed. Summarized the committee's pro-- gram calls for 149 miles of two--lane pavements to be widened for four-- lane or forty foot width; 36 miles of new four--lane pavement; 201 miles of new two--lane pavement; 18 bridges; nine highway grade sepa-- rations and 64 rallway grade sepa-- rations. is now paved from its intersection with Rockland and Waukegan roads to Belvidere road. This route will be continued on past Grand avenue subway at Gurnee, north through Warren and Newport townships to the state ling where it will connect with a Wlu'ousln highway that is being projected by the highway de-- partment of the Badger state. Of the entire amount to be spent not more than $8,000,000 will go outside of the Chicago area, it is un-- derstood. -- Plan New Pavement In addition there are plauns for many miles of paving, such as the continuation of Telegraph road, that $5,684,000 STATE AID FOR HIGHWAYS IN GCOUNTY PLANNED To Continue Telegraph Road and Separate Lake Villa-- North Chicago Tracks. Out of $28,261,000 to be spent by the state in the next two years from its two thirds of the 3 cent gas tax Lake county is to benefit directly to the extent of $5,684,000 it was learn-- ed today after Gov. Louis L. Em-- merson's advisory committee had submitted a report. ALLEGED SLAYER _ I$ JAILED HERE The additional paving would give approximately three new north and south highways for Cook county, Wisconsin and local traffic. Outline Program 'The paving as outlined by the committee, which included R. M. Lobdell, Lake county superintend-- ent of highways, is as follows: nocent, ll1--21-- (Milwaukee Ave.) --Total cost, $495,000. Includes* widening from city limits of Dempster street and from Wheeling south limits to I11--59A. Volo--Lake Forest road. I1l59 (Plainfield to Wauconda)-- Tojal cost $1,044,000; includes 20 foot pavement--from Ogden avenue Ill--19 (Northwest Highway)--To tal cost, $824,000. Includes widening from Des Plaines to Barrington; grade separations at C. & N. W. and 8Soo at Ds Plaines, C. & N. W. at Cary and 20 foot pavement at Cary separation. i IIl--59A (Volo to Lake Forest) -- Total cost, $480,000. Includes new I11--60--(Rand road). Total cost, $400,000. New 20 foot pavement from YVolo to Richmond. I11--68--Total cost, $560,000. For 20 foot pavement from Belvidere road, 12 miles north too Wisconsin line and grade separation with C., M.. St. P. and P. in Gurnee. (Subject to connecting plans in Wisconsin.) WEDDING PREVENTS WOMAN GUARDIAN Il1--21 (Milwaukee Ave.)Total cost, $100,000. For Ssoo grade separation at Lake Villa. I1159#--Total cost, $275,000. _ New 25 foot pavement from Il}--20 to In-- gleside. 20 foot pavement in Lake Forest and from Volo to west of Waucon-- da; gradsde separation over North Shore and North Western in Lake Forest. I1l--176--Total cost, $160,000, . For new 20 foot pavement from Burton's Bridge four miles west to I!l--61. to Lake street bridge over DuPage river at Plainfield and grade sepa-- rations with C. B. & Q. (Eola), C. A. & E. (Warrenburst), C. G. W. and C. A. & E. (ingaliton), 1. C. )nd C. M. St. P. & P. (Bartiett). I1}--22 (Chicago Belt Route)--Total cost, $287,400. Includes 40 foot ¢x-- tension for three miles on Skokie Valley drive (Ill--5%) to Volo Lake Forest road (Iil--59A). k42 (Sheridan road)--Total cost $310,000. Includes widening and re-- construction in Evanston and Wi!}-- mette, new 40 foot pavement in Winnctka and grade separation with C. & N. W. and €C., N. 8. & M. in North Chicago. _ Tbe Libertpoill: 33 The deceased who was born in Clyde, O., July 25, 1881, resided in Chicago for many years and came to Waukegan to make his home sev-- | eral years ago. . \ Remodelling the Structure in '< Grayslake That Will Be | _ Served by Switch Track. C. 0. REEPS, FAMED AS AN INVENTOR IS CLAIMED BY DEATH C. 0. Reeps, prominently known in laundry machine manufacturing circles of the nation, died in his home in the Bonnie Brook subdivi-- slion in the extreme northwest sec-- tion of the city, at 1.45 o'clock this morning. Death was due to hbeart disease. The managzement of the company 1@ in the hands of a Board of Di-- rectors consisting of sixteen men who have emploved R. L. Murriec of Antioch. Mr. Murrie was with the Standard Oil Company at Antioch for twelve years. Dies at His Home in the Bon-- nie Brook Subdivision, Today. Hehas acquired much wealth and prominence in the laundry machine industry by his inventions, which are used in laundries in all parts of the nation. Among some of the machines and parts of laundry sy=-- tems which he bas invented is an improved type of washer and the Aeroguy pressing machine. Both were recognized as distinct improve-- ments over older types. He spent 25 years in the designing ani devel-- oping of laundry machines. Cav. | President Hoover's suggestion for sion appolinted by James W. Good (Tett lervy on the Mexican border. The Farm Supply Company bas | four new trucks delivering petro-- leum products to the farmers of Lake County. The drivers who fur-- nish their trucks and are delinr-l inz for the company are Harold | Fillweber, Elmer Rosenme, John Wal--| laee and Arthur Hafer. Each man,! has a special territory in the' county. s t _ _J. H. Gould of Grayslake, Wm.' Fink, Wauconda. and> LeRoy Diet-- meyer, Wadsworth are the feed and' They are now remodelling the building and putting in a set of of-- Bees, in which to house both the Farm Supply Company and the Farm Burean. Thére will be room for storage of small quantities of feed dnd lubricating oils. (In the rear of the building three storage tanks of 48,000 gallon capacity are being erected. An all--metal pump house and _ up--to--date _ unloagling equipment is part of the new plant. The Soo Line is to put in a pri-- vate siding for the new company. Y.; two brothers, Fred Reeps of Oak Park, IIlL, and leroy Reeps of Springfteld, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. George Beier, Oak Park: and three children: Mrs. Mildred Landenberg-- er and Mrs. Esther Gollatz and Ar-- thur Reeps, all of Philadelphia. He is survived by his wife, Har rlett Collier Reeps, his father, C. F Reeps, 73 years old of Yonkers, N FARM BUREAU BUYS BUILDING TO HOLD SUPPLY ENTERPRISE The Lake County Farm Supply Company, the new organization set up by the lake County Farm Bu-- rean to handle its commercial work, hay purchased the one story brick building, just east of the, Soo Line tracks in Grayslake from the Milk Producers Cooperative Marketing Company, bankrupt. been completed R. L. MURRIE IS MANAGER Funeral arrangements have not Hoover Slash Plan Sets Service Men Figuring LIBERTYVILLE , LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929 SECTION TW 1 P tfiu APPEALS TO LOCAL LEGION TO LOCATE MISSING HUSBAND Pearl L."Jack" Dennis, a veteran of the World War, ordered to Ari-- zona for his health by hbis family physician, in poor financial condt-- tion owing to his iliness which pre-- vented him.from carrying on his work, is the object of an intensive search by, the officers of Homer Dahringer Post of the American Le-- glon who were appealed to today by the wife of the veteran who was left destituté with their three young children a week ago when Dennis disappeared. Pearl L. "Jick" Dennis, Sick OFFERS $50 FOR HITCHGOGKS FREED --CaAR sTRippERs UNDER BONDS; GET Sam Hildebrandt today stated Deputy Sheriff Edward Duane t be would pay a reward of $50 | the arrest aend convictiog of thies who last night entered his gara at Gurmee and wtripped his catr. family, but during the last two weeks 'that he was at home, with conditions growtng steadily worse, he neither are nor slept and a week ago yesterday be left home in the morning, saying he would be back again at niwkht. Since that time he bas not been seen. Tho Dennis family make' their home at Long lake where, for the past two years Dennis has made a determined fight to provide for his Mrs. Dennis «ays that he had told her a strange tale of having been a witness to a double shooting, and that he feared he would be "taken for a ride" if the information leak-- ed out. She believes this was an halucination brought on by his trou: bles, but an investigation is being made by the Legion to determine whéther or not he might have got into gangster company in the coun-- ty and been disposed of. Mrs. Den-- nis also l)as received word that ne might possibly be in lake Geneva where he was believed to have been seen around a blacksmith shog. When Dennis left home he was wearing a blue shirt over a black and white striped shirt, and dark blue trousers. Hoe is about 6 fhet in height, has blue eyes. light brown bair and a fair-- complexion. He en-- listed in the army during the war from Bloomington, IIl., and his gov-- ernment insurance papers and his discharge are in Mrs. Dennis pos session Runey and Clary were still in a hospital here this aftercoon, suf-- fering severe lacerations and pos-- sible internal injuries. _ NATIONAL GUAROS HURT Four members of Company F, 1320 Infantry, lllinois National _ Guard, were injured today when their au-- tomobile overturned on a curve near here. The victims were Har old Baker, David Eaton, Frank Ru-- ney and Harold Clary, all of Chi-- eago. The men had gon»e to Chi-- cago on leave and were returnmng to Camp Grant. Any information concerring the wher>abouts of Dennis would be ap preciated by the Legion and may be addressed to the adjutant -- at Waukegain. ° FAMOU® GEOLOGIST DiES Auburn, Me., Aug. 151----(. P1----Dr. George P. MetrMHIi, head curator of geology in the National Muséum at Washington and one of the foremost geologists of. the world, dropped dead in the Grand Trunk railway station here today of a heart attack. He was 75 years of age and was a native' of, Auburn. Me. ' seventy--siz bridses still in' use In Enslsnd were built before the year 1730. and Discouraged, is Be-- mg Sought. reduction in military expenditure will be studied by a commis-- secretary of war. The action picture shows United States artil-- Puilt to Endure garae M Lake Bluff policeman, orator, teach-- er of elocution, "astral lover" of El-- frieda Knaak, the Lake Bluff Fur-- nace (jirl, and his son Raymond who are accused of committing burglar-- ies in Lake Bluff, were released un-- der bands of $2,000 each last night before Justice of the Peace Harold J. Tallett in North Chicago. CaT WALKS 210 MILESs --A Mailtese cat, owned by Carl (ieores of this city, arrived. home here y after walking 210 miles from Mariaville, N. Y. The cat had been jeft behind after an automo-- bile trip and made the return jour-- ney in 18 days. + Attorneys Charles E. Mason and John R. Bills, who have been re-- tained, by the Hitchcocks, secured the rélease of the pair last night after threatening a petition for a write of habaes corpus when they found that no formal charges had been preferred against the father and that he-- had not been booked. The gttorneys traveled back and forth (between Lake Bluff, where the father was in jail and North Chicago, where the son was held, Engage Local Attorneys to defend Them:; the Father Questions Warrant. until finally they got Chief of Police FEugene Spaid of Lake Bluff to per-- mit them to bail. Mrs. Hitchcock, who owns their Lake Bluff home, was ready to sign the bonds. The attorneys were unable to lo-- cate any warrant against the fa-- ther although the son had been for-- mally |charged with burgary. . Of-- ficials |told the attorneys, they say, that the warrant had not yet been returned although Hitchcock was al-- ready |in jail. stated| that: ' o "\\'4 strongl® condemp the -- ac-- tions pf certain well known parties in see{'kinpto traduce the motives of Col, Smith's friends in their sup-- port of his work." | The| Veterans of Foreign Wars also last night voted to start a news-- paper |of their own. According to Orvis |it will be published monthly. The| local post voted to send Or-- vis as| their delegate to the national conyention of the V. F. W. to be held. at 8t Paul on Aug. 25. It is expected that by Monday night, | when the hearing is to be held bk{ore Justice Tallett in North ('hlcaQo. the warrants will be lo-- cated tand formal charges of bur-- glary (preferred. It is also expect-- ed that the attorneys for the Hitch-- cocks |will have them waive prelim-- inary hearing and be Bound to the grand | jury, as the father is said to haye built up a good defense agalns{ the burglary ch rrge. FOREICN WAR VETS PASS WHITE WASH FOR COL. SMITH Bef Foreig the or opposi respe( count} stated -- Lining up behind Attorney E. V. Orvis | with an unanimous _ "aye," what members of the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who were E attendance at their meeting last ight passed their "white wash"} resolution in favor of State's Attorney A. V : Smith. The|--resolution, written by Orvis who at one time boasted of having "extracted the teeth from the dry law" through an appeal from Jlocal coourts, was moved to adoption by l-'ranki J. Conway, a veteran of five wars. | Add Condemnation of A. V.'s Foes and Send Orvis to the National Convention. : Iinbepenber re passage, the Veterans of n Wars voted an addition to golution, ~condemning _ those d to Col, Smiths tactics in t to crime prosecution in Lake .0 The-- added _ paragraph HEARING MONDAY Dr. Hall has appointed Harry F. Ferguson, chief sanitary engineer of the state. to supervise this import-- ant. work and Mr. Ferguson is mak-- ing arrangements for a ihorough ex-- amination of all concessions daily during the state fair. TAKE PREGAUTIONS TO PROTEGT HEALTH OF THOSE AT FAIR Springfield, II1., Aug. '~--In order to protect the hcealth of the large number of people who annually at-- tend the State Fair in Springfield, Dr. Andy Hall, director of the public bealth, and President Homer Trice, of the State Fair board, have worked out a plan whereby the health de-- partment will supervise the various concessions _ furnishing food and drink to the public, also the sanitary conditions of the grounds, (2) Thag the dispensers of food and drink keep glasses and dishes clean after serving guests, especially glasses. This is the first time that the question of distase prevention -- has been undertaken in a thorough man-- ner at the fair grounds ry the health depa®tment. HUCKINS PROVES TO BE HOOPER; POLICE ON JOB At the conference between the two department heads it was agreed that certain -- regulations would be laid down and that Concessionaires will be given to understand that they must abide by these. The manner in which these rules are obeyed will have a bearing on future granting of concessions. As a result of the su-- pervisiohn this year it is anticipated that a thorough overhauling of the sanitary _ condition of the fair grounds will take place before an:-- other year rolls around. (3) That human wastes be proper-- ly disposed of and not be carried by flles to visitors. L ; (4) 'That the food left qxer from each day be kept cool enough to pre-- vent food poisoning or be discarded. Amdng the rules and regulations approved by the health department are: -- (1) That the people dispensing food and drink at the state fair do not bring disease to visitors. -- State Officers Will Take Charge of Food and Drink Concessions. Elmer S. Huckins, "village grov-- er'" who is sought by Federal agents in Milwaukee on a charge of using the mails to defraud and who is alleged to have cleaned up millions in a cigar deal of doubt-- ful flavor, paced .the back room of the city jail here today, but it turned out he was only a double. a picture of Huckins. He walked over to Washington and Genesee street, said "Good morning Mr. Hauckins,' 'and brought the man back to the city jail. Marshal Walters reported he was unable to find the elder Huckins at his hotel apartment here or at his palatial summer home at Hancock, Wis. E. J. Koelzer, «first assistant Unijed States attorney here, ad-- mitted the warrant for. Huckins walk issued in a secret conference, o etective Sergeant Bart Tyrrell read the morn'ng papers and saw The local "Huckins'"' said his name -- was Frederick _ William Hooper, born 54 years ago and now engaged in the sale of elgc-- tric health and -- vibration ma-- chines. Hooper looked honest. He was nervous, sa'd he knew Huck-- ins and had lived in the same hotel building with him in Mil-- waukee, but that he, Hooper, didn't hbhave any millions, was a smlesman aud was not being sought by Federal officers, but despite all his honest appearance, ifewspaper-- men, police, and even Hooper himself admitted that the Huck-- ins picture in Chicago papers Cer-- tainly was a good likeness of Hooper. Hooper said he knows M. H. Hussey, Sr., and had done business with him, but Mr. Hussey is sick and could not be called to identify him. © Meanwhile the business opera-- tions of the Huckinses remained a mystery, although some investors had a vague idea the father and son had W%ealt in cigars. Village Grocer Sought in Big Fraud is Believed to be Captured Here. WANTED BY FEDERAL MEN Hooper finally produced h's Wisconsin drivers license and his auto license was tracéd and his idei@ity confirmed. He was then released, very much relieveg. From clients in ten.. states Huckins, associated with his son, George -- E. Huckins of Cedar Rapids, Ta., is said by federal of-- ficials to have borrowed several million dollars, paying fat divi-- dends regularly. And to top it all, Hooper told the police and newspapermen more about the Huckins dealings and his method of work than any of the press services have carried. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 15-- (INS)--A warrant charging use of the mails to defraud today was in the, hands of United States marshal Albert Walters for Elmer 8. Huckins, village grocer turned financial "wizard," from whose mysterious business operations in-- vestors are réported to have been palid interest of 26 per cent. Lists of the investors hnvg been obtained by federal and state in-- come tax officials, who plan to inquire why the high interest rate alleged to have been paid was not reported. f * The P. B. flngllsh home at Win-- tthrop Harbor | was badly damaged 'by fire that l*esulted from an uvil stove explosion this afternoon. Mrs. English was in the yard at the time. Her attention Was attracted by the sound of the blast and she ran to the house immediately. As she op-- ened the door |she was driven back by a burst ofJ!'lame. The Zion fire departmenut wWas summoned and made the two|and a bhalf mile run 'in record timp. By that time the 'home was ;:::Ted quite badly. The 'family were unable to save any of _ _Prof, Herbert P. Moore, has pur-- sued studies Ol the fatigue of met-- als, results of which have gained him international rénown in scien-- tific circles. Other professors have delved into the ventilation of coal mines, the acqustics of buildings _and have investigated the insulating | strength of lead copper cables in 'their work. -- =| * WINTHROP HARBOR HOME HIT BY FIRE in= which other participants were U. 8. Commissjoner H. L. Kellogg and Postal lns'Pector R. M. Bates. the furniture BONE, THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD, IS DUG UP IN COUNTY An immensg bone that may have belonged to avjdinosaur, a mastodon, or some other prehistoric monster, was unearthed by Herman Kaping on his property at Squaw Creek, Iugleside, yesterday, and is creat-- ing much intérest in the Fox Lake region. | Kaping, a professional dredger, was excavating on his property at the time the tncient bone was un-- earthed. It whs found in a bed of peat and clay,"at a depth of twenty feoet. It appears to be one joint from the leg"of some long--extinct animal. After making this find Kaping continted with the excavat-- ing work in the hope that other por-- tions of the gigantic skeleton might be recovered. -- Found at Depth of 20 Feet; May Be from Skeleton of Prehistoric Monster. The bone, f{ve feet in length, six inches in diameter at the smallest point, and |weighing sixty --five pounds, is in a splendid state of pre-- servaetion, despite the fact that it evidently is <many thousands of years old. The find has been re-- ported to the «Field Columbian Mus-- eum in Chicago and experts are ex-- pected to arrive on the scene within a day or two' to make a thorough investigation. | Overshadowihg the multitude of little buildings' the new structure stands as a monument to a quarter of a century o? endea vor. Peering into the mysteries of sci-- ence with a specialized knowledge accumulated through years of inten-- sive study, negdrly 100 engineering professors have worked on more than 200.projects that have revolu-- tionized and ajded industry. Gradu-- ate students from England, Japan, India, Australi: and Hungary, have worked here [ith~ Illinois -- profes-- sors. t This| is not the first discovery of the kind made by the Inglesid® man. About two years ago he un-- earthed several immense bones, ap-- parently ribs of some prehistoric monster. The point where they were found was cloge to the spot where yesterday's find was made. Experts from the Field Museum were called to the scene at the time and ex-- pressed belief, thet the bones were from a mammoth or mastodon. The bones now n'?e 'on display in the Field Museum where the latest dis-- covery also will be sent. 4 Housed in a«new $500,000 home at-- ter 25 years of) research in a jumble of buildings on the University of Illinois campusy; the tniversity's en-- gineering experiment station will probably celebtate its twenty--fifth birthday this fall by dedication of its new work ghop. It was 'here ¢ghat properties of re-- inforced concr¢éte were definitely worked out. esistance of freight and passengeritrains, studies of re-- fractory liningg for boilers and fur-- naces, warm gir heating and re-- frigeration, investigation into the strength oh réllers of jack--knife bridges and hundreds of other diver-- sified project$ have been carried out. #® DEDICATE NEW §HOP FOR ENGINEERS AT STATE ILLINOIS U, The engineering experiment sta-- tion here was the first established in the United States. A striking. contrast between the engineering experiment station of 25 years ago and that of today will stand in the cgntral bay of the new building. Tomering over a 600,000 pound testing' machine ~which was purchased a quarter of a century ago, will be a) monstrous 3,000,000 pound hydraulilc testing machine that will sttetth 50 feet high, to within a few imches from the top of the building. Spent 25 Years Working in Jumble of Buildings on U. of J. Campus. It was over|2,000 years ago when Pythagoras gave the excelient ad-- vice, "It is bétter either to be si-- lent or to say things of more value than silence," but there is no evi-- dence that antone ever followed his ndvlco.----Hillsqom News--Herald. CGood Advice Disregarded cTbthing $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE GREATER CIRCULATION THAN OTHER WEEKLIES IN LAKE coUuNnTy COMBINED DVERTISING RESULTS SURE! 'ROBBERS STAB MAN WHO Gives BATTLE \ T0 KEEP PAY CHECK Three Mexicans Wound Track Laborer at Upton Today, Then Flee. Adolf Sonnderburger, 44, employ-- ed on the Behr estate in Lake For-- est, was badly injured last night when, as he was walking along Wau-- kegan road, he was hit by an auto being driven by F. E. Burton of Oak Park. Burton picked the man up and rushed him to the Alice Home hos-- pital where it was necessary to take 24 stitches to close g wound in bis head. Burton said he could not see the man until after he bad struck He first entered St. Joseph's hos pital at the wish of Dr. W. S. Bel-- lows, who was attending him. on Saturday, when it was found that a small pimple on his lip had be-- come infested. He returned to his home the same day but reentered the hospital when it was found that infection grown in seriousness. Weakened by septicemea he con:-- tracted pneumonia. Death of the physician came as a shock to his wide circle Of friends and acquaintances in the city annd denotes the passing of an outstand: ing member of the medical profes-- sionn in Waukegan. He was under the treatmentn of Ir. Joseph C. Beck, of Chicago, not-- ed specialist and a personal friend of Dr. Breitenbach. Three Mexicans, armed with a knife, early today stabbed a section hand laborer on the Chicago & North Western railway at Upton, a switching point on the line between Lake Bluff and Rondout, when the man put up a fight to save his pay which he had received the day te-- fore, according to Deputy Sheriffs Emmett Hastings and D. &A Hut-- ton. The three Mexicans ran away in the direction of Rondout and Hast-- ings learned that yardmen there had seen the three fellows board a south bound freight at 8 o'clock. The stebbing occurred an hour ear-- lier. This morning the three 'made a demand on Jasso and another em-- ploye for their money. Jasso start-- ed to fight in order to save his funds. One man whipped out a knife and put him out of action by stabbing him in the beack. Jasso had $18 in his pockets' gnd the other man had nothing. The victim of comptications o' blooa poisoning and pneumonia, Dr. Oscar C,. Breitenbach, 'prominently known as an specialist in the treat-- ment of disease of the eye, ear, nose and throat, with offices in the Wau-- kegan National bank building, died in the St. Josephs bospital in Chica-- go at 10 o'clock Wednesday night. Thomas Jesso, 30, who received the wound, was rushed to ie coun-- ty hospital in an ambulance. Dr. Karl Beck stated that the wound, which was between the shoulder blades, was superficial and that the man would leave today for Heam-- mond, Ind., where he has relatives. Had Arrived Yesterday The three men had appeared for the first time yesterday afternoon and they gave the impression that they were to become members of the section gang. They noted, Hastings learned, that Jasso receiv-- ed his paycheck shortly efter they arrived. Shortly after, when the call was received at the sheriff's office, Deputy Sheriff H. A. Doolittie dis-- patched Hastings and Hutton to Upton while he sent Deputies Frank Suhadolnik and William Kelly, of the county highway police, in search of the three men. The deceased was born in Ceder-- burg, Wis., 51 years ago. He came to Waukegan three years ago, after having, practiced for ten years in Columbia, Ind. He met with almost immediate success in practice here and was regarded as one of the most successful practitioners in the eye, éar, nose, and throat branch of the medical profession in this sec-- tion. The short distance between Upton and Rondout was soon covered by the robbers, apparently, for they swung on the first freight out as near as deputies could learn. Besides holding the position of an examiner in the aeronautics bureau of the United States Department of Commerce, he was secretary of the staff ?r physicians to the Victory Memotial hospital and a member of the staff of St. Therese hospital. He also held memberships in the Amer-- ican College of Surgeons and the Waukegan Rotary club. DR. BREITENBACH DIES; VIGTIM OF BLOOD POISONING The body will be brought to the home at 305 Glendenning place, on Friday. Funeral services will be held from St. Anastasia church at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning. Interment wil be made in Calvary, Chicago. He was well fitted for his chosen vocation having studied extensively abroad after having completed his studies in this country. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret -- Breitenbach and three brothers, Ted, in. Hollywood, and Otto and William of Milwaukee. PEDESTRIAN HIT AT LAKE FOREST Small Pimple on Lip of Spe-- cialist Proves Fatal, Last Night.

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