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$ VOLLUME XXXIL--NUM 0 . LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT LIBERTYVILLE THE CENTER OF MANY ACTIVITIFS $O0N North Shore Line Expected to Tap Territory With Exten-- ° sion in Near Future. Libertyville, Lake Bluff and the ter-- Titory between them along the Liberty-- ville branch of the _ Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee electric line are undergoing some interesting develop-- ments, with the stage apparently set for still bigger things to come. Samuel Insull, the Insull cororations and individuals generally considered close to him have been extremely act-- 1ve in this sector during the last year, and this activity is regarded as sig-- mificant throughout the territory af-- It is considered probable that con-- struction of the North Shore line northward from Niles Center to the junction with the Libertyville branch west of Lake Bluff may be undertaken sooner than the announced plans of the road would indicate, possibly by mert spring after the extengion from Evanston to Niles is completed. Speculation Rife. . _Ip LAbertyyille t of the Insufllm! bax' 'mfldm able speculation and the report hbas long been current that the North Shore line contemplated an extension northward from Area, the present terminus of the Libertyville branch, to tap the lake region of northern Ili-- nois and southern Wisconsin. The line now operates motor busses.between Chicago and Lake Geneva. While of-- ficials of the road are non--committal on the subject of extensions, the extent and location of their realty transac-- tlons tend to lend color to the reports and would seem to indicate prepara-- tions to handle a much greater volume of business at Libertyville in the fu-- ture The possibility: of early construction of the new North Shore line, the im-- pending development of a highly re stricted de luxe subdivision at dnb 'Tree Farm, the beautiful estate of the Scott Durands, adoption by Lake Bluff of a comprehensive village plan, and the construction of the new Knollwood Country club with its exclusive mem-- berghip combine to make the territory west of Lake Bluff along the Liberty-- ville road particularly attractive to in-- vestors Two large new subdivisions have just been put on the market in this re-- gion and land for a third has been ac-- | quired. To the north of the Liberty-- . ville branch and west of the right of way for the proposed extension, the-- Fidelity Realty company, in which ; Napoleon Picard, builder of the In-- surance Exchange, is interested, has acquired a large tract which it is sub» | dividing as "Rockland Manor." ' Just east, adjoining the prohblo' site of the station at the junction of the Libertyville branch and the exten-- sion, 8. Q. Goldman, head of the realty firm bearing his name, has purchased 100 acres which he will subdivide next spring. This tract fronts for half a mile on Green Bay road and a mile on the Libertyville road, and is bounded on the west by Mr. Picard's subdivi-- sion. On the opposite side of Green' Bay road M. F. §Schavoine of the Lake 'Towns Development company is open-- lnq_;.:l.lbdivhion of forty acres. latter tracts are just south of the Philip Armour estate and within walking distance of the Lake Bluff railway stations and bathing beach. The entire territory as far west as Telegraph road is scheduled for 'le- nexation by Lake Bluff and is includ--! ed in the Lake Bluff village plan. Zone Land About Terminal. That both Mr: Pickard and Mr. Gold-- man have confidence in the extension of the eléttMd line is indicated by their zoning the sections around 'the junction of the lines as business prop erty. On Mr. Goldman's tract the lots have been platted so as to create aA market square along the lines of the Lake Forest business section, while the remainder of the property is divid-- ed into lots of 150 fest frontage or more. -- Improvements are . now going on in or contracted for for the entire sastrip of frontage along wn' road from Rockland avendie, Lake Bluff, to Telegraph road. _ _ _ _ According to the Laka Bloff village plan worked out by Jnacob L, Crane, wcut. the tracks of the ern would be depressed through the and woest streats Two New Large Subdivisions. LIBER WOMAN FATALLY . HURT INWRECK _ NEAR GRAYSLAKE! Think Mrs. Mary Orant's Back is Broken from Auto Smash-- up Monday. -- Mre. Mary Orant, 55, 2501 San-- gamon street, Chicago, was fataily burt and ber son had. a narrow escape from serious injury, when the machine he was driving went into a ditch and overturned, at 2:30 a'clock Monday afternoon on the Grayslake-- Libertyville road, south of Grayslake. They were pinned under the car, the woman's back being broken. _ Louis Burke of Liberty_flile,- who ' was driving a road patrol truck.| saw the car approaching him from | the reéar and he turned .out to en--| able the driver to pass. u tbe: ag ~Sailed . to pase.. he to { see what had become of it, and dis : covered that the machine was in the' gitch ~ Burke found the woman and her;""'.> son pinned under the car in such a | Said. @ manner ibat he had great difficulty | 84e of in remoying them. He flagged a injured passing 'moorists after considerable eda the delay, and they got the couple out were & of the car. They were unable to |* halt get the woman into a machine until m'fhel' aid was obtained from Libertyville. and she suffered greatly from e°x-- posure before she finally could be taken to the office of Dr. J. L Taylor, two hours later. Dr. Tayior discovered that she was badly in-- jured and had her taken to the Victory Memorial hospital in Waukegan. She died Tuesday. The son when questioned at Lib-- ertyville seemed to be in a agazed condition -- and apparently was un-- able to answer questions. concerning the cause of the accident. EXPECT ARREST IN MURDER CASE The arrest of Thomas Olencha, roommate of the slain Joseph Sobeck of LAbertyville, will be taken into cus-- today within a few days, it was learn-- ed today. On top of these reports Cor-- oner J. L. Taylor of Libertyville; has continued the inquest again, an indica-- tion that he is awaiting the detention of Olencha to hear his testimony. . CHARGFS WIFE DESFRTED HIM William Dudley Putnam, of High-- land Park, today fled suit for divoree from Mrs. Helen B. Putnam, charging that she deserted him. According to the bill they were married June 20. 1905, and that she left him Nov. 12, 1918. The bill was fAled by Atty. E. 8, Gall, Putnam is said to be a prominent Chicago business man. They have three children, Dudley A., John T., and Thegmas.B, Putnam. m«l across TRém on ornamentar ges. A union station would be built across the tracks on the astreet level, with stairways leading to the loading platforms . below, several streets would be widened, the park area enlarged and a community park and golf course created to the west along both banks of Skokie creek. Pla#ks for Bummer Hotel, Plans for a huge summer hotel and a colony of fine homes, none to cost tess than $100,000, were announced some time ago by Mr. and Mra, m Durand, whosa béamutiful Crab . farm adjoina Lake Bluff to the north. ;l\hw that the plans will ma-- terlalize in the near future, To the west of Lake Bluff, along Telegraph road, a group of wealthy owners of Lake county estates recent-- iy purthased Knollwood farm of 470 acre® and are building one of ..Ca est country clubs in the middle with provislons for a colony of sum-- mar homes surrounding 1k ">:* t TYVILLE INDEPENDENT «-- m i BA1d. _ . -- p:| _ She denied that the driver of m;'?;h?rk had been drinking, as far \ge R*o~~ Te 2P o MMeZ mxde up -- tng--ust SURVIVOR OF THE CROSSING WRECK ~RELATES STORY Mrs. Francis Cvenk, one of the~ survivore of 'the crossing wreck at Wiison, where Frank L. Mravie,; 1840 22nd street, Chicago, met his death Sunday when his auto rammed into a southbound St. Paui flyer ; testified from her sick bed in the : Victory Memorial hospital late Mon--i day in the Mravle inquest, which | was continued until another o(-cu-t pant of the machine, Frank Kovin, could testify. Kovin hbhad left ror' Chicago today and was reported wop U to make the return trip to Wau-- kegan. Inquest is Continued Pending Improvement of Injured Chicagoan. . * 2 VPC O OR B MHE CPVCC M PRRCCCEC U VROE 0 Pm of witnesses. The fireman was the only man to see the approaching auto. 1t was coming toward him, bhe said. and he rushed to the other side of the cab so he would not be injured. At the same time he warn-- ed the engineer and the brakes were applied, bringing the train to a halt in a short time. The jury, hbhalf in mind to make out a° verdict, decided that they wanted to hear the testimony be fore --completing -- the investigation. No date has been set by the coroner. BABE PIES FROM __ POISON FED HIM ==>BY HIS SISTER Charles William Howe, 1 1--2 Years Old, of Russell, and Sister Eats Cold Tablets. Charles William Howe, of Russell, Nl., one--and--one--half--year--old _ son _ of Mr. and Mrs. Will Howe died Sat-- urday after eating a number of pills for colds and grippe that had been fed to him by his older sister, who consumed a number of the tablets. She will not die. _ The two children, according to the mother, had been playing in the sit-- ting room. In some way the girl, who is four years old, obtained a box of Raleigh's Cold and Grippe Tablets. When the mother found them the boy had four in his mouth and the girl was munching on one:. She gave the child an emetic, in the form of soda water, that brought two more pilis from his stomach. He began to grow pale and she summond a doctor, but the child, growing stead-- ' ily worse, died two hours later. The girl improved under medical -- treat-- ment. _ * R The coronet's jury found that poi-- soning, from an overdose of these pilis, had caused the death. Coroner J. L Taylor, of TAbertyville. stated that the formula for the medicine was not written on the box but that acetanilid, scanite and bella donna :d" probably contained in the rem-- y. Funeral services were held Mon-- day at the home of his parents in Russell at 1 p. m. with burial in Mount Rest, Rosencrans. MISS EVANS WEDS HARRY A. GRATZ The wedding of Miss Myrtle Ev-- ans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Evans of Libertyyvills, to Harry Al-- len Grate, also of Libertyville, took place Thursday in Waukegan. It came CC Enkakurhat af s anrnrinn to fllofl' \daciaiveiintagmer nra us 5. ) BPe 4 as somewhat of a sgurprise to their many friends as they were engaged but it hann.« .been announced when the wed would take place. -- Both are well known in iLberty» ¥ille, where Mras. Grate is em m-tumnmonl.'rnmy. mmnuluwonm in Libertyville where he is om at the Insul! Hawthorn Farms. He is the son of Thomas GOratz, Entered at the LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1924 Postoffice at Libertyville, Illinois, as Secand Class Mail Matter Lake County's Big Weekls $40,000 FiRE _ . aUTS RESORTS AT TBE STATE LINE John Schmidt, Proprietor, @NQ| imereby Wife, Dragged from Burn-- |what c ing Building. "| orser 1 s Wum ites --origin in' an" overheated furnace, completely egntted the "State Line," a notorious roadbhouse and saloon, located half a mile north of Winthrop. Harbor early Tuesday morning. Loss is estimated at $40,000. The well known roadhouse derived its name from the fact that it is located on the Iilinois--Wisconsin state lipe. The building, located on the west side of Sheridan road, was owned by Theodore <«Nienaber. He is reported to have been offered $30,000 for the property but held out for $35,000. It was but partly covered by insurance. _ For the last three years the place had been conducted by John 89hmldt. a former Kenosha _ salooukeeper. Schmidt announced Tuesday that his |, loss would reach $10,000, none of | which was covered by insurance. The fire was discovered at one || thirty Tuesday -- morning by Jo | seph Frazer, a bartender employed |-- by Schmidt. Frazer had taken some friends back to Kenosha after the roadhouse closed for the night. As he approached the 'roadhouse on the return trip he noticed the--fiames. _ Schmidt and his wife and two small children were still asleep in lthe house. At that time the build-- ing was nearly wrapped in fiames. Ymashing in a bedroom window Fra-- zer seized his employer and the mem-- bers of his family and dragged them to safety. They were partly over come by the smoke. Calls were sent to the Kenosha and Zion fire departments. The Kenosha fire chief responded but the building was practically gutted when he ar-- rived. The Zion department did not dare leave Zion homes unprotected and so could not send its fre--Aghting apparatas so far from home, a¢ cording to local authorities. * The fiames had a clean sweep and in a remarkably short time the build: ing was burned to the ground. For about a year Schmidt had been con-- ducting a roadhouse and hotel across the street from the "Sthte iLne." This it is believed, will make it possisble tor him to resume business almost | immediately. , The Nienabors were doubly un | fortunate. At 6 o'clock Tuesday night | \Mr. and Mrs. Nienabor were walking | along Sheridan road near the state |\ line roaf and were run down by a Ford sedan owned by a Kenosba .\ man. Their condition is such that i | they are i!1 at the'it home although ; | it is not believeod any bones were broken. They did not learn the name of the man driving the car. On account of Thanksgiving, The Independent wil go, to press on Wednesday of next week, instead of Thursday, as usual. -- Correspondents and all others having matter for publi-- cation please take notice and have all copy in this office not later than Monday night. Our pages thig week carry a lot of extra advertising of an in-- teresting character, by business men of the village and county. Read every ad and profit by the message they carry. The Inde-- pendent réaches more people in Lake county than any other paper, consequently the live bus-- iness man uses our columns to advertise his best offerings. Four hunters were 'Afrested Satur-- day charged with 'bunting on prop-- erty without | bermisslon. Wilitam, Niegia and Martin Loebbke, both of Evanston, were cwtl Ltear Pra+k trie View, and W.: W."Krause and J. E. Bell; also of Evanston, were arrested near :ml Lake. All of them were $16 and costs by Justice Harry HWoyt. wE GO TO PRESS NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY Lowis O. Brookway, who ahead of Coolidga in the election, is protruding his ches seven consecutive . campaigns slection, is protruding his chest. In seven . consecutive c:l;lfl Mr. Brockway has been man on the .ticket This record prevailed mnflufiflmm" William McKiniey, who the sountry by a great landalide. who Extra ! thereby prevented strangulation is | what causes the authorities to see ! the 'possibility of foul play. On the l other hand the viectim had $5.85 in |\ his pocket book. He appeared to be &A yworking~ y * Apm to be uttlem m' y-- one to Murder him;, especially 'if robbery was a motive. & & MAN STRANGLED TO DEATH BY A BARBWIRE NOOSE The lifeless body of-- a man, be lieved to be Victor Hill, 47, a coal miner from Eldorado, IIl., was found hanging to a tree near Electric Park, Waukegan, 'ruegd:y. The discovery was made by Arnold Drinkwine, 11 year old son of Joseph Drinkwine of Gretta avemue. The victim was suspended by a piece of barbwire from a small tree. While the wire had cut deeply into the man's neck, his knees were resting on the ground Dead Body of Man, Hanging to Tree, Found in Electric Park by Small Boy. _ The fact that he could have stood up and relieved the pressure l.ng The police are convinced that the man is & victim of suicide. They are convinced that he wandered to the lonely spot whore his body was found. With his bare hands he evidently broke off a section of the. barbwire fence that surrounds the old Electric park. Selecting a. tree about three 'inches in diameter he apparently réached up -- about six feet from the ground and fastened one end of the wird> securely. He then dropped to his knees and strangled to death. His coat and hat were found lying on the ground a few feet from his body. ' Just how Jlong the body had been hanging could not be determined. but it was in a good state of preserva-- tion. A card found in his pocket indicated that: he had visited Dr. R. Robinson Duff, 1118 West 35th street, Chicago. Dr. Duff is sur-- geon for the Central Manufacturing District. The other side of the card indicated that Hill, if that is his name, had been sent to the Cook County hospital. _In another pooket was found a transfer from the Chicago surface lines. It was stamped Nov. 13-- at Identification appeared to be os-- tablished by Aa transfer card found in the victim's pocket. It was from the United Mines Workers and gave his pame as Hill, bis age as 47, his height as 5 feet 10 inches and his weight as 188 pounds. This cor-- responds with the deseription of the victim. One <man whno viewed Ino . Souy said he was convinced that the vic-- time had lived at the Lingevich home on Market street up to about two years. ago. . f 'L d An envelope, bearing the address of the Tyomies Society of Superior, Wis.. also was found in the dead man's pocoket. _ The Drinkwine boy was playing in the woods with his little brother when he arn across the body. He notifled men who were working in Electric park and they notified the police. When the police arrived on the scons they 'discovered that the body was outside of Waukegan and tm'-lnod the case osvh.:flto the shorl'trf'f.' office. _ & riff Lester Tif-- fany gab_g!in'm , hurried to ocms Aidb---- wl ce MA c oiet Wc t Sn ce t 1| T the. scene, The, body was 'remuoved %o .the . Holland undertaking rooms whera Coroner L. Taylor will hold the t!'flkg_ CONDUCTOR 42 YRS., DEAD A'T DEERFIELD Robert A. Brown, 64, Deerfleld, for My&'OMlflaM"mm! cago, Milwaukes & Paul raflroad, died Monday in Highland Park hoe-- pital. Funeral services tomorrow af-- ternoon at the home. Burial in Der feld cametery. He is aurvived by his widow, Joasia. Dominik Enrico Says He _--.Slew His Friend > With an Axe DEATH OF SOBECK IS SOLVED The mysterious death of Joseph Sobeck, who was found dead in a house at 717°Broadway, Libertyville, Sunday morning, Nov.Ith, was. . solved Thursday night, when Dominik Enrico, made a full confession in : the office of State's Attorney A. V. Smith, giving full details of how __ _ N o oo 1 Eingen's confession he and Thomas Olechna, wbfi}% According to FEnrico s--contession, he and inomas VICUIINd, WiRZ 127. ed in the Kouse on Broadway with Sobeck, had bought a stove and an axe on Saturday afternoon. The set the stove up that night, and cooked heir supper. Enrico then went to visit a neighbor, and while there embibed rather freely of wine. He was rather the worse for wear when he got back home. _ On arriving there he found Sobeck was again taken into custody, on ad-- and Olechn@ having a merry time, a vice of men who work in the M galpm jug of "Dago Red" being the principal refreshment. ---- Enrico stated that he took several drinks of the wizne, and about midnight he decided '\" to go out again. I Aqmrelmthenlufloduto,: who should pay for the wine. Bobeck F wanted all to share the expense but 1 Enrico thought he should not pay as much as the other two, as he did not lhave the capacity, baving had consid--| erable t odrink at his friend's house. "' Sobeck got up and grabbed Enfleo,;;; :J by teh shodlders and shook him, and declared he (Enrico) must pay for the P""*" wine. Enrico struck Sobeck in the'Dep'm face several times, and then picked 'HcQue up the axe and dealt him a number of | Enri blows, Sobek slumped down against , 4°" D the bed, and Enrico left the place. 'hl h« Enrico says the man was not dead 4411 at when he left, and he apparently wus| Whe not, as Olechna went to bed and left "!%°° ® lsobock lying on the floor. l'""" Olechna remonstrated with Enrico for striking Sobeck, and tried to pro-- tecet the latter. Enrico walked the streets of Liber-- tyvillé ustil daylight, when he return-- ed home and met Olechna coming from the house. He told Enrico that Sobeck was dead. They went up town to Gotti's con-- fectionery store, and asked Charley Cagliardi to call Dr. J. L. Taylor, the coronet. d . Enrico then reu'!'ned to the house on Broadway and: took a nap of two or three hurs, 'being rather uncon-- gerned over the fact thit he was aleep ing in the same room where he had killed his friend a tw hours before. They went to the bhoyuse with Under taker Treptow and John Lester, and the bod y was removed to Treptow's undertaking establishment . A coro ner's jury was ampaneled and Rnrico questioned, but that body of men con-- cludeéd he knew nothing about how 'G@obeck came to his death, and he was A day or so after, howevet, $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE was again taken into custody, on A0G= vice of men who work in the Amerf« can Wire Fence Co. plant. Rfl" maintained his innocence to Marshal "unu"--r;'i'fi held him in the village jail for a da yor so. 'The state's attorney then went to . work in the matter and placed the> . case in the hands of Detective M@ . Queeney, 0: Chicago. 'The latter cant@ . here last week witt 'Deputy Sheriff Tiffany, and went over the ,!r 'They returned to Waukegan, and it is .. understood got a partial M from Enrico. His full confession folk . Iwed Thursday night, made in 5' presence of State's Auornq 3mith %?f' Deputy Sheriff Tiffany and De e 1 & McQueeney. > i & _ of the matter was he went to Was 'gan and attended a picture sho#, | 'remained there until he came BAOk Libertyvilie. e Sobeck was employed at the M¥ nary job in Area, and had th@ M tation of being a hard 'and * |frugal in his mode of living. He 1 lhuo-depultu yyille,: L |\Villa and Area bonks. In aditio® !thl- sum, he was the t |2;000 marks in Polish money. . f i )m. body was 'interred in ko \éometery last Monday, relative |\ ing here from Gary, Indiana, Af ing arrangements for the funer | teaves 'a wife -- and mitd am % Enrico has been charged with mur= der by the state's attorney and is Bé ing held without bail in the count When arrested the first H rico explained his absence tr ertyvile by saying that he had Chicago looking for Olechna. )' The authorities are Olechna, as he is wat to corroborate the G v¥ico. It in not | had any part in 'at $