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C T. A. SIMPSONIS -- ~HONORED WIGHLY AT STATE MEET " ASYLUM A MENACE , AFTER DUNNING ' --Buildings housing a majority of the inmates of the State Mospital for the: Insane at Elgin need "but --&a 3 of fate to become chambers of f ror, beside which the 'death P * at Dunnjing would be dwarf-- ~ As is always the, case followin % disaster such as that at Dunniné, m word that other s 4 s in the state are 4B 4 dangerous condition, menaces, @lC., lIt's always so--recall the Iroquois $ . After that what a furore was about every. theatet, And now follow the Dunning case, reports 4 that the Eigin asylum, where m&_ Lake county patients are held; is a menace ,a fire trap and what mot. A Chicago paper --says of. the sgituation there: t 4 " Col. Horatio B. Hackett, member of Holabird & Roche, architectural firm, inspected the asylum at Elgin yesterday and expressed this as his Scare Thrown Into People as Usual After Catastrophe. '~~ Has Taken Place. _ m-flve per cent of the 2.1740 mes and women on the rolis of the Institution are from Chicago.. ' NA Sleep in Corridors "--Phey sleep on cots in corridors, mod up in cell--like rooms orig-- Inally intended for single patients A en Bm oo d cmd 99 . or in dormitories in which the_ are 'jammed almost rail to rail. Col. Hackett, although -- stating that .Dr. Raiph Hinton, superintend-- ent, is doing the best possible with his limited facilities, pointed out. eleven steps that must be taken in different buildings now housing de mented patients before he would, as an' architect, call them safe dnd HpiQMere etmniged ror caw in the next two days. 'The n hospital, the women's infirmary, morth and south annexes, the -- '"Phe main building is the first specifiecally called unsafe by Col. Hackett. This was built in 1870 to house 540. patients, but there are 985 cattage .the men's psychopathic hos-- pital and~ the tuberculosis© cottage were declared unsafe in some degree. VOLLUME XXXII.--NUMBER L Is. Elected President of the State County Superintend-- ------ ents Association. ° T. Artbhur Simpson of Waukegan, Lake -- county -- superintendent -- of schools, was given fine recognition of hiz splendid service in county and>state matters _ Thursday when he was appoinied president of the State County Superintendents Association, at the finvonmm being held in me_.-_;__. PAiu L sls lin» -- haa --'Superintendent Simpson long has been recognized as one of the fore most leaders: in., organization work connection with the educational =m of the state and nation. The government even has sent 'represen-- tatives here to study the methods employed in various schools in the anty, under --his -- supervision, for purpose of advancing these jdeas in other schools. > His conncction with matters of ed-- ucation in the _ state --have also brought much favorable comment not only from Francis G. Blair, state #uperintendent : of public instruction, but many others far advanced in educational activities, ( _A number of educational organiza-- tions are holding their state conven-- m'm Springficld this week, and pal Paul G. W. Keller, of the zmn high school, is also in d,oe besidesa Supt. Simpson. L220 ic cccccse cce FATHER NEALIS IS MADE PASTOR AT LIBERTYVILLE « The Rev. M. J. Nealis, for three years asslstant at Sacred Heart Cath-- churgh at Joliet, has been --ap ted pastor of the Libertyville 'm church to succeed the Rev. Lauttrel!, who died last week. {te his doepatture from Joliet a '=m the Rov. Fothdr~Nealls has assistant at Holy An,& church pointed pastor Catholic churct 'fl Lattre] & his do r ago, the F %:mu s Rev. Fal priest in Jolist ing the world war and w nent 4s American Legion The Rev, Fathoer Nealis, a popular jamt in Jollot, was a chaplain dur-- und was chaplain of "A" M oys wk ue e e s h. PC T A 16. o un Cl e 1 Cl NAE . 20 e t & € x fi'm-":g, :& '% & ! a*; ® . 'l' 4 is% ' Wekie L j t' 4%" 4 t > /§ 9e n L _ ons 4. > 14 TD D " CA 4 " § ' 6 & A B * * -- A {x d g e ' J @ 4 ; & |. 1 & b C tA y | R ' A C se 9 ; Eo : '.:' & 5 & A $ a 4 5 © J LAKE COUNTY EPENDENT 256 288 * f antered at the Postorfe at LAK . _A mee of the Libertyville Post "of the _ Legion was held at the rtyville" Commercial Club on : A4th. fitlu meeting a com-- mitto? WAas ted to make ar-- rangyéments for a moving picture show, e Man Without a Country," some 4 in Febreary, at the Auditorium eater. Watch for definite date. _ ~Qut of respect to our dead comrades, there :itll h.h. mrkor'pkeed on the grave each one a committee composed of the Coaandcr and Ad: jutart, was appointed to look after these markers. , The.following ;l'oile:'n;:m elected : Commuander, e &g Owen:; ior. V+C., Harry Gotti; Junw?V'f. C. arl O. Carlson; Adjutant, Ernest A. Koehn; _ Fin. Officer, Dale-- Collins; Chaplain, Forest Smith; Sgt. at Arms, Ernest Brown. -- / The following members were ap-- pointed as an Executive Committee,to officiate with the officers of the Post: H. E. Underbrink, George Steir, Geo. Burridge, Peter Hansen and Mark Neville. The newly elected commander Owen took the chair and gave an outline of the work that should be done during the coming year. It was voted 'that the officers and executive committee ;dry«"! new constitution and by--laws"for the Post. 'The next meeting will be held at the Parish House January 8, 1924. There will be a private ingtallation of the mon: assinled y risitors from Wauke-- men, by.yisitors from Wauke-- gan Lake Forest and Chicago, This will be followed by a supper provided by .the Women's. Auxiliary. ... , Wives --and sweetheatrs are invited to come after 9:30 p. m., as there will be dancing and other forms of amuse-- BYS LINE FROM _ WAUK. TO ELGIN IS NOW PLANNED Monday to Run Elgin from _ Wootdstock. Waukegan for the first time in its history soon will be in close connec tion | with the-- several cities -- and towns in the Fox River valley. * This became known Friday . with the announcement. from Springfield that authority to operate motor bus-- sess between Eilgin, Dundee, Carpen-- tersville, Algonguin. Crystal Lake, Ridgefield and Woodstock and inter mediate points was granted the Fox Valey Coach line by the Illinois Com-- merce Commission. _ The Hilinois Commerce commission recently granted authority to the North Shore line to operate motor busses between Waukegan, Gray» lake, McHenry, Woodstock and inter-- mediaté' points, and announcement was made by the company a few days ago that a number of new ~busses have been ordered and will be plaoed in commission on this new line early in the--epring. . With the new line opmbuues between 'Elgin and W k this will: make it possible for Waukegan and Lake County residents to make the trip to Eigin by motor bus. At the pregent time the only route to Eligin 'om here is by gauto. or by taking She North Western to Chicago and then makina tWe rest of the trip by rail. The direct route by bus should prove popu'zr as it makes all the cities along the roye more a¢-- cessible. a* NEW FORGERY IS CHARGED TO HY. _ EPKER, JUNIOR Libertyville Youth in County Jail Charged With Forging Grandfather's Name. Atty. John R. Bills Monday notified the sherif"8 office that he holids a note for $20% which young Epker gave for a Columbia car he bought from 'the Adams Motor company, which, it is alleged, contains the xuod' signature of Epker's grand-- ther, Rudoiph Rpker, a highly re spected resident of Libertyvillie. . _ According to Atty. Bills the grand-- father (declares the signature is a m. He declared that it ha bad the note he would not hesi-- tate to meet the obligation, but he algned his name in the presenca of the Iawyer and it apparently does not resemble the grand{fathor's aig-- nature. Heveral letters in the signa-- ture those in young Ep-- HI::W. The car is in storage and the tow-- Ing ~and 'storage charges amount to 1/ Capt. John Ni '?'.ot the Austin | police today is ng Benjamin Tvarch, 1700 N Rockwell street, _Chicago, a marri and proprie tor of a soft d parlor. ' Tvarch was n into custody while he cwas ing home with | four -- ducks, ing <he had been i buntthg. :; * ~ £° / °> , Miss Herzniay told Capt. Naughton that Tvai for two hours at the cottage Aatt to force her to | drink "She decliares that she | was to climb through a barb ed > wire surrounding the cot-- wWOMAN LURED 1O _ LONELY COTTAGE: ATTACKED, Cmfi Cirl'lffit that she: was lur# to a lonely cottage on the east Bide of ?nn lake, near Waucondg Thurs day npight, by a man re ting himself to be an officer, And there attaéked . before -- she [/succeeded in making her cape; > a woman claiming to by Miss ~Ida Herzman --of -- Je ye _street, Chicago, has caused--a kearch to be made for the w assailant, by deputies from 'Ablstrom's of-- fice as well as ves from Chi-- Escapes Alleged ca Hides in Field Till Now Seri'opsfitl. CE s+ Bapugu D. A. 'Weale and Ben Neéely , t the --sheritf's ~office--and three /men 'from the Chicago detec-- tive Aureaun searched the neighbor-- hood of Wauconda Friday night but the man had made his escape. Tke woman wanderedi through a fieli after escaping from the cot-- tage and fell into a ditgh where she hid until daybreak a then went to the Clarke East Side hotel at Wauconda where she told Mrs. M. 8. Clarke,-- wife of the proprietor, a startliing story of her experiences. She declared that she was. stand-- ing at the corner of Narth avenue evening when a man drove up in an automobile ang asked if she wanted to ride home. She said she told him she never rode with strangers, and that he then exhibited --a star indi-- cating that he was an officer. She declared t.h;l she then got into the machine,-- but that instead 'of taking hber home he drove to Wauconda, keeping her a prisoner in the car. jin:ir-.--Chrko gare the woman cloth; The matter® was reported to vil-- lagé marshal George Jepson, who went to the vicinity of the cottage and found a man in an automobile, In the machine were the woman's elothing. He was taken to the ho-- tel, where, according to Mrs. Clarke, the ~ young woman. identified the man as the one who had attempted to assault her. As the woman ap-- parently wanted to shun publicity she failed to cause the man's arrest then C Lgter, however, the Chicago de-- tectives notified the deputy sheriffs to meet them at Wauconda to insti-- tute a search for the man. The wo-- man is reported to be in an extreme-- ly nervous condition at the home of her aunt in Chicago. MRS. THLLIE,MOORE _ COLFER DIES AT _ OAK PARK FRIDAY Mrs. Tillie Moore Colfer, 56 years old, died suddenly at her home in Riverside Friday, according to in-- formation received by friends and relatives in Libertyville. She was for many years a resident of Waukegan and Libertyville. Form®~~ 'aukegan and Liber-- tyville Woman Dies Sudden-- ly Relatipes-- Here Learn. Mrs. Colfer was born in Liberty-- ville, where she resided until about 26 years old. Since that. time she resided in Waukegan and Chicago. Bhe leaves besides ber busband, Thomas +Colfer, four 'children, two sisters, Mrs, Anna Crosby and Mrs. Emma Duff, of Chicago, and one brother, John Moore, a member of the Chicago police department. She was 'also a sgisterimlaw of Peter McoGraih, of*Jackaon stroet, Wau-- kegan. i' Details of <the funeral arrange ments were not received here. SERVES COMPANY -- FOR 55 YEARS RHdwin W. 'Parkhurst, of Liberty-- ville, has the honor of being one of the Honor Roll members of the Hart-- ford Insutance company, a Arm that he has served ftor 56 years. hw of service he is the asventh old rtumummmu that | uuuumunummmm'.n Canada who hava been with the com--|and that pany for 50 years or motse. mattat,' * John Neug! l?i' today . is T 1700 N Ro« , a marri a soft d pat h was n e ~was ing ucks, ghying hb rEngan' told Ca wek 'A. Croonberg has fooled the chil-- .,ml-ztummu for the last t me. hristmas eve, at the home of relatives in Chicago, he made his debut disguised as old Saint Nick. In some manner the Christmas tree from which he was taking presents for the assembled "company, became ignited and set fire to the cotton with which his red coat was trimmed. It was time for Santa Claus to go hence and be| went in a bhurry through a window,| taking:the blazing tree with him. He caught sight of a nice soft sand pile and went head first into it, and rolled wround like old Bowser ful of feas, unti the fire was extinguished,. (He sustained slight burns about the head , and face. Nothing daunted, hbe re-; turne dwith a patched up suit, and completed--the job.:--The chiidren were-- none the wiser and thought it art of-- POISON, TAKEN IN _ LARGE DOSE, MAY KILL HOUSEWIFE Libertyville Woman 'Mrs. Be Finstead, f!'q:!tinwor Her . -e & f 6 ----Mrs.-- Bert-- $ . 26, _of _Liber-- tyville, .is m a--stubborn -- fight for life at her home, aided by two physicians in to overcome the effect. of taking. grains of poison tabl@s Friday 1 ing. tabl@s Friday morning. . The poison, bichloride Of mercury.' was taken shortly before 10' o'clock | Friday morning. ° Her hbusband, in the basement at the time, rushed. to ; her . side shortly after' she had. .uk-' en the: tablets and had Dr.. Maurice Penny :: Aattendance Within 15 ntn-; utes the accident: = . -- 1 'He did everything 4@ his power to 'Telieve ~her 4st m--m;m'muyj 'stated that *it she. held: out as ghe. has ~during the past two da¥s her chances for recovery are fair." ~ 0 She is believed to have taken the poison through accident. That is what the husband said when he came for Dr. Penny: + h s 24 Dr. Luther J. Osgood, of the Lake County Clinic, was called in on the case Saturday, to consult with Dr. Penny. . s -- "l--'l;;: 100 grains are about 300 nor mal doses. > -- > z. --'Tl-'h;';&inan was not hysterical at the time the doctor reached ner. She was apparantly calm, but-- in .great VALUATION OF _ LAKE COUNTY IS LEFT UNCHANGED bic-h--l(_)riae poioo%a week to ten days after thg ets have been taken, according to doctors. County Clerk LW A. Hendet Mon-- gny received word from the State ax commission to the effect that the valuation of lots and lands in Lake county has not 'been changed, being left the same as it was fixed by the Lake County Board of Re-- view. M o w# State Tax Commission Notifies County Clerk T#re Will be No Change This Year. This is the fifst time within sev-- en years that the state tax commis# sion has not raiged either--the lots or lands in the County 10 per cent. The Board of Review completed its report and wound up its work today. The valuation as fixed by tvhem is about a million dollars high-- er than that established by the var-- lous assessors. The work of the taken longer this year tm The county clerk is expected. to {extend the taxes and turn the tax books over to the various collectors by January 10. This year it is doubt-- ful if the rate will be figured by that' time. It will be some time later before the collectors will be able to get the books. _ L. N. GEORGE MAY SEEK SENATE TOGA "i'-t;e crises is usually regchpd Aln Reports are out that L N. George, ' WHILE PLAY-- _ | smu!»\ususrwm THURSDAY, .JANUARY & 1924. ' "Individuals will pay a nominal tax of 4 per cent upon the first $4,000 %of taxable income, and 8 per-- cent on all 'over. $4,000. _ They will pay a {nnax on all net income over $6,000 'computed at a rate ranging from 1 gto' 50 per cent, the latetr applying however, ta incomes in -- excess of $200,000. Champaign, !1., * 31.--*There are few changes of uencte in the regulations which d the rate and amount of inco tax to be paid the federal govern t by either individuals or . cor within the past year," according ° Dr. E. J; Filbey, professor of ae countancy' at the University of Illi-- nolis. Dr. -- Filby, who /is assistant dean of the College of Commerce, NO CHANGES IN ' "An important . question in the 'minds of the taxpayers now is whe-- 'ther congress will act quickly enough 'upon Secretary Melion's recommen-- !g;'tmumtob.m a revised tax ,u':; t ' 4" . Aw, » > jincomes . of . 191 ;'f;?("a does . act {quickly enough . and . endorses "the 'Mellon plan without material chang-- Universitys of -- Hlinoig: © Declares me Ta#l are Same is Last Y¥ "Corporations, as in 1922, are free from the excess profits tax and are taxed only at the rate of 12% per cent on their net earnings. -- If their total net lneomexl not over $25,000 they -- have an emption -- of -- $2,000 free from tax. ;Mellon plan without material chang--~ 'es,~ the f""'-'&'n!\c""m Te viduals will be; reduced by. about one--fourth. In the case of the weal thy taxpayers 'the rate of decrease will be greater than one--fourth be-- cauge of the important changes pro-- poscd in the surtax rates. + ONE OF DOWIE'S _ ZION BUILDERS --DIES IN CHICAGO P. T. C.--Liese, Former Supt. of Construction of Original Zion, Sick About a Month. Mr. P. T. C. Leise, well known in Zion and Waukegan and throughout Lake County, died at the homeof his daughter Mrs. Edgar Woolhouse in So. Chicago, !!!. Thursday after-- noon after an iliness of ~over a month. Mr. Leise was born in Miamasberg, Ohio, October 9, --1858. .Coming to Chicago in'\1892, he remained there until 1900 when he moved with his family to Zion City. shortly after it was founded, During "the building up of the city soon aiterward he was appointed Supt. of Construction, He lived in Zion until about five years ago when he moved to Chicago. "Dunns his eighteen --years resi-- dence in Lake County he conducted a well--drillingx and hbhouse moving business which brought him in ¢on-- tact with many people, especially in the rural districts. . . Besides the widow he leaves sur-- viving him, his son John A. Leise and a dauglhter Mrs. Gus A. Johnson both of Waukegan. Mrs. J. Hiram Dahi, Mrs. Edgar Woolhouse . and Mrs. Virgil Keeney of Chicago and Mrs. W.. E. Studtman of Manteno, I11., all daughters and Clarence A. Johnson of Waukegan, a grandson. Funeral gervices were held Monday from the Woolhouse residence, 8345 Paxton avenue, South Chicago, at 10:30 a. m. with interment at the North Shore cemetery, North Chicd-- go, at 2:00 p. m. where short services were also held. TRAIN HITS AUTO; | DRIVER LEAPS TO SAVE HIS LIFE FEDFRAL JINCOME TAX RETURKNS A truck load of brick was scat-- tered for many feet along the tracks of the St. Pau!, and a truck demol ished, when a : passenger engine Thursday night collided with a brick truck on the crossing one . north of Deerfleld;. It was on © same crossing that Attorney s fi Highland hw an-- anolidant Inter his an aceident that later. caused his death. mm««m'mm seeing the engine in leaped to the side of the tracks, saving his lifte. The engine was slightly erip 18. \ r C ; t ta . 31.----*"There uencte in 1 the co tax to vern t by corpoi according * essor of ac rsitv of TH-- C. M. BERNARD MOVES NEW BUILDING WED Chas. M. Bernard, proprietor of g Libertyville Auto Repair Shop, for t past four years located in the Liberty-- ¥ille Gw Wednesday mov-- ed his to the building re-- tently purehased from Frank Just, where the--~Ree Motor Company has been located for a number of years. -- wa nemecopess WEssst -- PPWBEE WE es3 a 'Mr. Bernard~is a young man WhO 'then you would [BOf get Wixe®up has forged ahead by his own effOrt8 (ang give somtcbod : your house «um to give the best of service in repairiDE ipor when they : % i rs, and now that he is housed iN BS [ pumper, ons s % building will be able to care fOr| "a, jeast that's th ..' conth 'Wis "business-- in a--more--efficien®--MAR~| wn;on--a --new resident of. WaM nef®zhan ever before. He is installiDZ|aryiveq at prior to coming M the lateat equipment in the line Of;;,xe up his residence. C CR machinery , and with the help of He appeared at the ' ephor good 4 3 W 'i" service m' Comm office . the Oth"ci 3 ,%7, ' ond to Ones is o. explained a situation which he GOM A. C. Ree has Maved nis machinery | eXPIRID®4 // Highland Park whin| to the Laycoek*w in: the 2ast | 1(004 thoere. / . k C3 part o ftown. _bas converted <a "You see it was this' way," sab garage near his residence into a store |, . " . had a telephone at my office room for the sale of A000MAOMCE "20 | and of. coutse it : wah not the, san cars, and will continue in pas. As number as that of my ot 'reat soon as possible he will install tank§|a),0c""-- when people 'would &5Kk M€ at the cur bfor the sale of &g my téleph number : I would give He is the local distributor tor Jor-- . my street' address 4"'" dan and Hupmobile cars, _ _ /_:~_ _ {thei, my mtreat' address . DA SA The new quarters gives Mr. Ber-- nard much more room to take care of his rapidly growing business. In addi-- tion to the repair department, he will conduct a first class garage for the storage of cars. sale of gasoline, oil and accessories. £ The quarters Yacated by C. M. Ber-- nard will be continued #s--a repair shop by J._N. Bernard, proprietor of the Libertyville Garage. He will se-- cure competent mechanics, and with his own expert knowledge of automo-- bile repairing, will be in a position to give service second to none. o nafvers The vulcan'zing and tire revairing department of the garage, which has been in charge of Nubert Dowden for some time, has also been taken over by J. N. Bernard, and will be contin-- ued under his supervision. NORTH CHICAGOAN HONORED FOR HIS BRA YERY IN AR '~--Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Johnson of 49 East Sixteenth street, have re-- ceived official notice from the' U. 8 government of a signal honor be-- stowed on their son--inlaw, Leo A. Dollar, formerly of: North Chicago, who is now in the U. 8. air service in Pensacola, Fla. es c lge The notice cites Dollar for bravery in the .urlvhen on onfe occasion he was traveling as m lan 0n &A plant when it cn-m with another plane while about 1,000 feet in the air. Fearing that with the loss of the wing pontoon the plane would lose balance and fall, Dollar crept out onto the wing tip and ~weighted it down until the officer driving the plane could 'make a landing. The crash was feared to be fatal but the bravery of Dollar brought the sea-- plane down with little injury to the plane and no injury to the pyssen-- gers. He is honored for another 'occasion is his good work in--a plane atding in the search for a fleet of: small Haglieboats that were lost in a storm. Dollar assisted <Iin leading them to Dollar assisted <in leading them to port. The official notices are sign-- ed by J. J. Roby, commandant at Pensacola. & + Since entering the U. _ 8, air wer-- vige, Dollar has been working as a mechanician in the: air mx paratory to a commissgion-- ed officer angd & in the ait ser-- vice. He is M known in Wauke gan and North Chicago having lived here for several years and marry-- ing the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johmvl.' W. J. WOOD HAS _ _ A RABBIT'S FOOT; J ESCAPED DEAT While everybody is sympathizsing with Wiliam J. Wood, Of 804 Clark Ave., following an accr! at Aroa in which the mnscl@® @F--ome of his arms was pounded to pulp, he is tell-- Ing his friends that It was the luck: best event of M# life. A piece of wood, about ABUr inches~thick and two feet l0ng, became wedged in a buzz saw and was hurled against Mr. Wood's Arm with such force that it whirled> him completely around He d t if he had been standing in the saw, the plece of tim-- g.. v have been huried through his body. It was driven completely. through an inch board nearby. Mr. Wood only recently w'a use of one of his lega, broken wh he fell from a scafftold at Fort Shert -- plane and Aviator. Th 6 Judge A. J. Petit of C] sel for Young, admitted advised his client that all right to take the. jurisdiction of the t opinion . ypon, 'the Mrs. Young recently : ha boy away on a.trip wit consent of her hilztld. The divorce decree provided foi the putting up of the $10,000 bond insure © the payment ° of. aHmons promptly and also to prevent . taking away of the 1dren : witho the mother's written consent. . . s o * v k k ¥ f tm "-{;'?'" W Ped 4 ro utCM P R (o0 YA U P * 1 °-- s d 6 n a w * ud l E/. R;a? o hP * _ rake, Kecent 0 sllo:l o m ulation, nearly Ing to City number of OF $10,000 BOND ; IN CONTEMPT CASE the