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Volume 58 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MA&CH 9, 1933 '* ' . •' *«V« <£ ^ NO. 41 •§- CITY IN SORROW; IACK WALSH DIES lUNERAI, SERVICES j BE HELD FRIDA* TO '•e&: <'-• -v.* m ItcHenry is a city of sorrow and the cold March winds sing a requiem as the people of this vicinity fnourn the passing of Jack Walsh, .71 years old, •chief of police ©f McHenry for fortytwo years, cdnstable ana deputy sheriff of McHenry county, which came at noon on Wednesday. w : Beloved by everyone and widely known throughout the county and district, his death came a& a shock to FORMER RESIDENT IS 103 YEARS OLD Mrs. Esther Beers, a former McHenry resident, observed her 103d birthday anniversary SuVday, ^Mareh 5, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs William B. White, 6514 Bosworth avenue, Chicago. No special celebration was .planned, btit it was likely, hey granddaughter said, that Mrs. Beers would ask for the morning paper th^ first thing t<j see the latest developments in politics and world-wide events. •" ^ - Mrs. Beers has been a resident yf 'Chicago for the last twenty-five years, but she had her first glimpse of the city when it was a marshy village ninety-three years ago. Her | father then drew? on to Crystal Lake in the family covered wagon and setrelatites and friends following only a (tied there as the more promising secbrief week's illness in which, he wm confined to his bed. During the winter he appeared to fail/In health and suffered from rheumattun for which he was taking trea:- zrMMii and which was doubtless the forernnner of the poisoning which filtad his system. **rom Sunday his condition grew steadily worse and despite the services of a trained nurse and the tender care 6f loved ones his death 03- curred about noon on -Wednesday, March 8. It is hatd for his friends to realize that the familiar figure'of McHenry's loved and resipected police officer will tion. "",•••• Mrs. Beers, who before her marriage to Dr.. Edwin A. BeeVs, in 1856, was Esther Salisbury, came to Illinois with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Salisbury, in 1841, where they settled in Crystal Lake. Her father was born in Galway, Saratago county, N. CITY COUNCIL IN : MARCH MEETING PETITION RECEIVED FOft BAND TAX REPEAL PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ••••'jliifr regular March meeting of .ft# city council was held at the city haft Monday evening1 with all aldermen present. Minutes df the previous meeting: were rfead and approved Albert Krause, representing the married Men's v Athletic club, appfd% ached the board and requested the usa» of the city park for two evenings pair week, probably Tuesdays and Thur$ days, to play indoor baseball. club expects to help in the niaintertance of the park during the season.' Permission was (panted to the. club by the city board. The city treasurer's, collector's and clerk's reports were separately read and approved. The treasurer's report showed a balance on hand of $7,410.79, while the collections of the city collector were $858.79 and the clerk Y., in 1803 and on May 16, 1827, he collections were $257.50. was married to Eliza Cropsey in Newj The regular monthly bills amount- York state. Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury inS to $720.14 were read and ordered had nine children, including Esther,(Paid as O. K'd by the finance com- Who met Dr. Beers at Crystal Lake, j mittee, as was the $136 paid to the where they were later married. Later jmen who shoveled snow, This Dr. and Mrs. Beers came to McHen- amount will be credited to the de* linquent water tax bills and to th* city vehicle tax tags. Petition Presented '!• George Bohr, representing seventy* ry to live, where he practiced medicine for some time. It was about 1860 never more be seeh about the city hall j when they moved to McHenry from or his customary beat where he met Crystal Lake and he continued to eevveerryyoonnee wwiitthn aa ccnheeeerryv wwoorrdd oorf grrree^ott -'p^ra c^tice ^me dicine here until his death !five Eastsiders, presented a petition 18?9 , | for the repeal of the band tax at the His untiring efforts in the, enforce- In 1862 he was chosen surgeon in e^cU°n" .The boa.r(! the Seventyrsecond Illinois regiment .accepted the petition and a special in which capacity he served nearly ballot covering the question will be two years when failing health compelled him tO-Aresign. • lis untiring efforts in the, enforcement of the law and his strict attention to the affairs of the city ma<}e his position one of importance in the community, where he was ever foremost in doing his part for the betterment of the city. Forty-two year8 ago, to 1890, Mar- . aha! Walsh was first appointed to his position of responsibility. During the passing years he watched the growth *>f the community, the establishment of many improvements and .the incor- • poration of the village into a city on May 15, 1923. r Born In Ireland John Walsh was born at Tulla, Car - low county, Ireland, on October 18, 1M1, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh. At the age of ten years he came to PURE MILK ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY CEMETERY BLUE PRINTS ARE FILED presented to the voters at the election on April 18. An ordinance was passed to allow the voters to express themselves at the coming spring election on the question of daylight saving time from 12 a. m. the last Sunday in April up Tryon and William R. Cairns;*o and including 2 a. m.'the first Sun-, of Woodstock have been in McHenry day in September. recently carrying on their work of j There was considerable discussion securing blue prints and plats of the j am°ng the aldermen as to whether cemeteries which will be recorded at' t^ie Anderson Ice company should pay Woodstock. | * 4?x *or peddling ice in the city The idea of suggesting permanent droits records of graves in the form of blue prints originated with William R. Businesd of grave importance to members of the Pure Mill< association will be transacted when that organization convenes in annual meeting next Tuesday, March 14, ,at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Amendments to the by-laws and election of directors are the major items of business to be taken care .of at t h i s time. . ' ' ' \ V The amendments suggested for consideration at this time concern revisions that will morfe specifically designate 'the. powers vested in the redisricting committee, and certairi provisions relative to election of directors in order to correspond with the powers of the redistricting committee. Odd numbered districts will nominate directors to be elected by the assembled delegates, the evepnumbered district directors remaining in office until next year. Supplementing the business program will be a program of addresses and entertainment. John Brandt, president of the Land O'Lakes Creameries of Minnesota, will be the featured speaker. Mr. Brandt is an outstanding agricultural leader. He serves on the advisory committee to the Federal Farm Board and on the agricultural service committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce; is vice-president of the National Cooperative Council and vjce-president of the Nttfional Oo-opfcrative Milk Producers Federation. Mr. Brandt t has the distinction of being secretary | of the first co-operative live sto.'k i shipping association ever organized in j the United States and today, as president of the Land O'Lakes Creameries, he heads a co-operalive with a membership count of 100,000 farmers. Reservations from local secretaries *jr TT n I T* ' f J J. £ r\ tlI ^or the annual meeting dinner are be- Mcrienry People: Remain Confident of Result mg received dany at the central 0f- . _ , Ifice of the Pure Milk association. In in Present Crisis jspite of the bank moratorium, the xt- » j tendance is expected to be large as the _ . / , . association is accepting bank checks duration. Slight advances m the price j i„ pavment of th<1 d!nners and wi„ of meat and other perishable foods hold them until after the banking holwere made in Chicago as a result of "" ITEMS OMNTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS - OF OUR EXCHANGES m Plans are under way to erect?* new school building at Wilmot, tjje school house having burned to the ground on New Year's night, the fire of unknown origin. Only the gym* radium was lek standing after tl» disastrous blaze and classes have be«a scattered through the '^'ymnas'iom alii' otlK-r aivailafeie buildings in the. President Calls Bank Holiday Hie people of McHenry accepted the bank moratorium which took effect on Saturday, March 4, with a calm and lack of excitement characteristic of the spirit of America today which might be taken to mean one Mayor Doherty mentioned the ill- j o_f two things, either despair so deep . ... . „ _ ness of Officer Jack Walsh and com-|that no emotion is evident or with the Cairns, prominent county-seat city i mented very favorably on his forty- fortitude of a deep faith in the belief Legionnaire, who has served as chair- j two years of service for the city and; that conditions wiU work out satkfacman of the American Legion Graves! thought it very appropriate that the torily. America with his parents and settled, registration committee !h the county "Ambers of the council should seidj According to many, the belief is at McHenry, where he had since made | ^y,e past several years. I Officer Walsh a rose for each yearjtfoju conditions have now reached the his home. For more than fifty years jn an effort to locate and mark the service and Alderman Overton was bottom and will of necessity take a his life had been spent in this community where he has countless friends and acquaintances who regret his untimely death. Tempering the. enforcement of the law with words of counsel and advice, he was i^teriested in the younger generation of the country and never failed to encourage their sports and other activities while the children learned to love him and to expect his kindly word of greeting. To many of the nearest of his little friends1 he answered to the name of "Papa Jack," to others he was "Uncle Jack" and to the community in general he was always "Jack." Marshal Walsh is survived by his wife. Mrs. Loretta Walsh, and four children, Ellen, of South Bend, Ind ; Earl and Catherine at home and Mrs. Robert Weber of West McHenry; and also three brothers, James of Whiting, Ind., Thomag of Grayslake, and M. J. Walsh of McHenry and one sistef Mrs. Maria Muldoon of Whiting, m He was happy In his home and his family and was always known for his Idftdness and good judgment. •he city of McHenry has suffered *M loss of a second official inside half a year, the death of Marshal Waleh «oming just five months after that of th« mayor, John R. Knox. Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick's church at 10 o'clock Friday morning with burial in St Patrick'^ cemetery. Honorary pallbearers at the service will be members of the eflty council. Acting Mayor Peter J. Doherty, Alderm^n-OVfertoa, Kreutser, "Wattles, Barbian and Schaefer. The business houses and schools will be closed Friday forenoon between the hours of 9 and 12 as an act of respect to the memory of McHe.ipolice official. t*he city hall is draped in mourning while the stars and stripes hang at half m&t above its portals telling of the passing of the city's beloved official who gave a lifetime of serviceto the pubic. - instructed to order the bouquet at once. There being no further bylines* the board adjourned. : graves of the war dead, Mr. Cairns decided to endeavor to secure blue prints of all cemeteries. This resulted in a statewide movement and later in the passing of the bill in the general assembly to have the work done under supervision of the state. G. L. Tryon, Woodstock surveyor, is j ® a baby girl, born at the Woodstock in charge of the work iif the county h°sPital on Thursday, March 2. She which is progressing satisfactorily. has been named Celia Ann. Touring the county to secure blue Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kappler are parprints these two workers are receiv- j en^s i °' a_f°.n' ^>orn *t Woodstock hosing much favorable comment relative i Pjt*' on Friday, March 3. Mrs. Kapto the bringing up to date of this' j? was formerly Miss Eleanor MO DEPARTMENT ANSWERS TWO CALLS The McHenry fire department answered two calls last week. On Fri- <l«jr evening a chimney fire at the ltoee Huemann house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barbian, caused smv>« excitement although no damage •wm done with the exception of a hole in the roof. On Saturday evening the home of Kr. and Mrs. Hyman Horwitz burned to the ground. The Home was situtad on Fox river about tlurec miles sooth of McHenry. work. They are having no difficulty is securing original plats and prints, many of which are private property, while others belong to church and cemetery associations. American Legion posts plan to have a complete record of the graves of the war-dead in all cemeteries so that their graves may be properly cared for and decorated on Memorial Day. A duplicate record will be on file :n the county clerk's office at Woodstock and blue prints will be kept up to date. Although there may be a few neglected burial grounds in the county, there are also many beautiful cemeteries, well cared for and with headstones marking the graves. McHenry has three well kept burying grounds, Wood lawn, St. Mary's and St. Patrick's, all of which axe. a credit to the community. turn upwards and the majority evince a sort of challenge to present conditions to carry on with confidence that affairs will improve. BIRTHS Issues Proclamation u. « President Roosevelt Issued a proc- Mr. .nd Mrs. l.mat.or, clo»inK .11 bank. In the United States for four days, until Friday morning, and also a proclamation convening congress for Thursday. The president's proclamation supercedes the proclamation issued by Governor Horner last week and is being strictly adhered to by local banks. The McHenry banks opened for business as usual Saturday morning but at once received a telegram declaring the bank holiday and they the bank holiday and the shortage of cash, but merchants agreed that Chicago's food supply was sufficient to meet the demands of the emergency. ; The great financial machinery of the nation came almost to a standstill as the result of a crisis which first became prominent with the declaration of a banking moratorium in Michigan on February 14. The move iday. Jff&S. DELBERT ABBOfT DIES AT RINOWOOD Mrs. Delbert Abbott died at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home at Ringwood. Mrs. Abbott was 76 years of age, and leaves to mourn her ment"swnV" sVr^ad"* to"otheT sUtes"' ?eRth'J,er ^sband and three daugtilt was not a question of the solven- ^' M™' ^ad* Sanborn of Spring cy of the general banking structure,1 **r9; Ma\pl Johonnott of Terre but the inability of banks to meet the . ' n an^ ^r®". Clar»c, sweeping demands for currency in a 9° a nUm r ° re a IVM" Lyon*. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith of Johnaburg are parents of a baby girl, born Sunday. Mrs. Smith was formerly Martha Brown. proceded at once to ciose their doors according to directions. This naturally caused cnsiderable inconvenience to local merchants and In many places NEW POLICE OFFICERS ASSUME DUTIES . ST. PATRICK'S DANCE TIm Altar and Rosary Sodality will sponsor a^dance, program and card, b^ness men and ... „ party at Stonel a hall, Friday even-, caught institutions without funds to ing, March 17. Prizes will be award-|meet payrolls. ed for each table. Admission 35, Ordinarily business went on as cents. Everybody invited. ^-3-fpj usual, except for the fact that some --------------. were handicapped for lack of small ANOTHER PRIZE WINNER change to meet their needs. Mrs. Nessenger of McHenry won Monday morning came with no the first prize of $6.00 given by the change in conditions but with a grad- Herald-Examiner for recipes. Mrs. | ual slowing down of business activity Nessenger's winning reClpe was one!becoming more evident as the days for chocolate waffles. I slip by and caused by the lack of Who says McHenry is not the home j banking facilities. country which normaU*Juid done only about 10 per cent of\ts^»usiness on the basis of cash. Confidence had broken down. * The whole present day structure of. business and the settlement of commercial transactions, bankers explain, is based on confidence. Back of the performance of the Chicago banks in paying out S50 million dollars to depositors in two weeks preceding the moratorium lie months of strict adherence to a policy of extreme liquidity. This policy number of relatives. Funeral services are being lijtld from the home at Ringwood this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dibble will have charge. Burial will take place in the Ringwood cemetery. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AT CITY ELECTION of the winners? Prises are. coming this way frequently these days. JlfTENTION LEGIONNAIRES AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS! Members of McHenry Post. American Leeion and of the Auxiliary are invitied to attend the National Defense program sponsored by The recently appointed state pplice in McHenry county took over their! duties on March first. Appointments, for the three new offices was announc-: ed about two weeks ago when several; changes were made in • the highway maintenance department. j One of these new* police officers is1 Lester Bacon, Democratic precinct committeeman from West McHenry.; Before entering upon his new duti?s Mr. Bacon has been in Elgin receiving; instructions about his work, including I lessons on motorcycle riding and op-j erating. Highway duties of the police include patroling the highways in the county, each to cover a beat of '25 miles. They also report defects in the highway, cbnditions of side roads and ditches, and see that weeds are cut, repairs are made, obstructions removed and other tasks. SIGNS OF SPRING Spring is approaching on high March winds which carry the chill r-t a blizzird in the offing. Many signs of spring are becoming evident among them being farmers who aea hw# with spring plowing. INJURED IN COLLISION Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmehser met with an auto accident while on the!their way to Chicago with eggs last "Eleventh district at the Batavia high j Thursday. Their car was struck by school on March 10. Mrs. Peterson, j another auto that did not stop for a| National Defense chairman, has a stop sign, destroying several dozen splendid speaker for the meeting and, eggs. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schmelzer PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Jack Walsh, City Marshal and Chief of Police of the City of McHenry, has been summoned from our midst.to his final reward, and WHEREAS, The said Jack Walsh has been City Marshal and Chief of Police for, the City of McHenry for the past forty-two years and has been untiring in his labor for the City of McHenry and the citizens of said City, and ha3 given unsparingly of his time and strength, and WHEREAS, The said Jack Walsh has, by his good advice and through his j^ndness of heart, endeared himself to ljoth young and old, and 4 WHEREAS, The City of McHenry and all its citizens owe a debt of gratitude to the said-J^ck Walsh which cannot be repaid. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Peter Doherty, Mayor of the City of McHenry, do proclaim a state of mourning to exist in the City of McHenry for a period of thirty days from the date hereof, and I do further order that during this period all flags shall be displayed at half staff, and I do further request that out of respect to the said Jack Walsh, all places of business and all schools in the City of McHenry, shall remain'closed - n Friday, March 10, between th« hours of 9 a. m. and 12 noon. PETER J. DOHERTY, Mayor of the City of McHenry. The fact that the president has called a meeting of congress for Thursday to deal with the banking situation^ gives hope that prompt action will be taken which will re-establish normal conditions. Local merchants are receiving their j usual supply of groceries, fruits and ; vegetables regularly with some incon- ; venience caused by the receipt of fruits and vegetables COD. Several merchants report a general slowing down of business with more 'careful buying evidenced, by custom- ' ers who are uncertain as to how long Jt will be necessary for their supply j of cash to hold out. ! Merchants also report that as the bank holiday continues the old style bills are beginning to appear, smooth ' and unwrinkled, giving evidence that ! hoardings of several years are being : resorted to. I Because of the inability to write | checks, merchants are postponing all purchases only those necessary to |meet present needs in the hope that present conditions are of short "Shall tha city of McHenry operate on Central Daylight saving time of j from the last Sunday in April at 2 liquidity, though frequently criticized, o'clock a. m., until the last Sunday in Was the saving factor of the recent) September at 2 o'clock a. m., each emergency. „ With bank credit in several banks surrounding Illinois frozen stiff, the banks in Chicago were able to withstand the terrific demands for currency. The demand did not all come from persons who were ' iding money in socks, safety deposit >oxes and pantry shelves. There wa a genuine need for currency because banking in other states was interrupted. The West McHenry State Bank and the Peoples State Bank of McHenry opened on Tuesday for an hour to exchange money and give out change although no other - business was transacted. Banks and bankers, business men year 7 This question will he printed on a separate ballot to be voted upon by the resident# of McHenry at the city election on April 18. By reading the question carefully' one may see that the decision of the I weejcs voters regarding this question will be a permanent one this time and if the daylight savings plan is voted in this year it will remain a permanent law for the future and each year it will be adopted automatically without a further vote on the subject The vote of the people at the polls on April 18 will not be a decision for this one year only and if the question is voted in by citizens of McHenry it and merchants continue to mark time will be for each succeeding year and pending a clearing up of the national I will continue indefinetly or until u banking situation. j petition is presented to have the The issuing of script is being con-; ruJi"8' changedsidered by the larger banks and many | u ^re w.ll also be another separate plans for the carrying on of business i b®N°t at the city election on April IS are being formulated but all are be- ,whlC,h W,U *sk, f°/ !!* repeal of ^ ing held in anticipation of some def- band tax and if this measure is carried the people of McHenry will be without a band ant concerts during the summer months. . . . . r . , , T h e s e s e p a r a t e b a l l o t s a r e i m • Henry and vicinity will remain calm, portjmt and shou,d ^ Riven the care_ inite word from the treasury department. In the meantime the people of Mcwith an abiding faith that all will come out right and within a short time everything will be going along normal lines againful attention, of voters at the coming election. The Taxpayers' ticket h«& already been filed and will bear the names of During the present condition of af- j present city officials for re-election fairs the wholesale houses do not ex-j headed by the name of Peter Doherty tend credit to their merchant custom-. for mayor. Other names appearing ers, sending all merchandise COD. on the wiH be those of Peter Consequently the strain on local mer- Neiss for city cieri<; Robert Weber, chants increases each day as much cf|city treasurer; Nick P. Justen, aldertheir trftde here counts. ia on charge ac-! AMONG THE SICE Hie price NOTICE of "Monogram" cigars, Mrs. B. Frisby, who has been con-1 manufactured by N. E. Barbian, Mcfined to her bed for many months, is. Henry, formerly selling for 2 for 25c, failing, and does not recognize _ her j been reduced to 10c straight. .1 man. for the first ward; Herman Kreutzer, * alderman second ward and Jacob Schaefer, alderman third ward The last day for the filing of petitions for candidates for city offices friends only at short intervals. Mr?. Frisby, who was 86 years old on February 2, has been a resident of this vicinity for half a century. Otto F. Sohm is seriously ill at his home on the east shore of Fox river. Mr. 'Sohm suffered a stroke of paralysis recently. DANCE! DANCE! Another dance at Weber's hall, Riverside Drive, Saturday, March 11. Admission: Gents, 26c; ladies, lOe. 41-4> 41-2-fp K. C.*S, ATTENTION! The next regular meeting of the Knights 6f Columbus will take place at the K. C. hall this Thursday evening. All members are urged to be present at this important meeting. ^H»BqAL SATURDAY NIGHT Free guinea hen supper at Nell'sj is March 14 and before that date there will, no doubt, be at least one more ticket or perhaps several candidates in the field so that* as-is usually the case, the city ejection will be. an exciting one. MRS. MARY FREUND FUNERAL SATURDAY Mrs. Mary Freund died at the ho'ne of her son, Jacob, north of McHenry, at 5:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, after a long illness. White House, one mile east of Me-i Funeral services will be held at St Henry, Saturday night, Match 11. John's church, Johnsburg, Saturday f (morning at 10 o'clock. j The will, of. Bertrand,. Streeter ©f Huntley, admitted to probate this past week, leaves $10,000 of the -$52,^ 800 estate for the education of two youths, one to be chosen by the Board of Education from Huntley and the other from Capron. Of the remainder of the estate, $10,000 is left tha widow, the remainder to be invested in securities for her use. Wm. J. Smith, a resident of B»it,«>- lington for more than 12 years, took his own life last week by asphyxiation. • His wife and daughter were away at the time and Mr. Smith turned on the gas jets in the Kitchen about 9 o'clock in the evening. H© had been in ill health and probably was despondent on that accoutt* members of the family stated. Miss Helen Blank, accomptinfed hy Wm. Michaelis, of Crystal Lake was painfully cut and bruised in an automobile accident Saturday night of last week when a car -in which they were riding skidded at the curve on Route 19 at Burke <4. Wert's barbecue stand, turning over; She was given medical aid and "is improving rapidly. The car was badly damaged^ William Hoffmeyer, residirg near Lake Zurich, was injured Thursday afternoon of last weelt when he was thrown from a load of fodder after his team of horses became frightened and started to run away. The Danielsen and Willmering ambulance was called to the scene of the accident^ about oae and one-half miles northeast of Lake Zurich, to take the man to Libertyville for treatment. Mr. HoffmeyerY pelvic bone was broken. Charging libel in connection with certain articles appearing in the Elgin -Courier-News, Wak*v -W.~ Buck, former cashier of the Ringwood Statabank, has filed suit for $10,000 against that newspaper and A. Eaton Ferdou, its president and general manager. The suit is an outgrowth of the arrest and indictment of Buck following the holdup of the Ringwood bwrit on February 20, 1932. Three horses, a cow and several hogs were cremated In a barn fire on the Merritt Prouty farm four and one-quarter miles southwest of Barrington late last Wednesday night. In addition to destroying a large half) and the stock, the flames burned up 500 bushels of wheat and oats, several sets of harness and some hay. It started at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening and the grain was still bunting late Thursday morning. Mr. Axn lives at the place. The Dundee ftra department was called to the scene. Richard C. Day of Crystal Lake attorney for the Capitol Breweriee, Inc-, has announced the purchase of a factory at Hartland by this Company, the plant formerly being uaed : by the Bowman Dairy company. Work I will start on the plant installing new equipment within the next law All work will be let under one contract specifying the use of local labor where possible. The pliant will have a brewing capacity of 75,000 barrels per year and will be the largest brewery in Northern IllinoU when completed. They will cater to local trade only and in return will make all purchases of raw material* such as barley, etc., direct from the farmers. The firm expects to bet In operation by July 1 and will employ about 30 men on the road and a boot the plant. Local people only will be employed. No applications for employment in the distribution wiH he received until after plant is completed and ready for operation. Firemen rescued two women, one KB invalid, Tuesday of last week "in a flee on the Charles J. Heinselman estat** a mile north of Antioch, when they found them overcome with smoke, and in a second fire the same night 21 valuable horses were imperiled on the Otto W. Lehmann estate near Lake Villa. The Antioch fire department under Chief James Stearns saved the women. They were Mrs. Hei-zelmaa, who is the invalid,* and Miss Lorraine Gray, who were on the second floor of the building, a structure valued at $65,000 and with $25,000 in contents. The women were brought down a ladder. Fire started in the kitchatt. Chief Stearns said, and burned a lalfe bole in the floor. He blamed crossed wires. Smoke filled the house, Stearns explained suffocating the women. H» estimated damages at $1,500 to $2,000. Heinzelman is a manufacturer of equipment for artificial ice plants. The origin of the fire on the Lehmann estate could not be discovered. Five fire departments, Antioeh, Grayslake, Round Lake, Fox Lake, and Ingleside, fought the Lehmann flr^ that destroyed a garage, tool sh*!, and blacksmith shop. All the horse* were removed from the two nearby barns by employes " while firemen played water on the barns to save the structures. Six cars, two Wolfing to Lehmann and four to employ*^ burned. Damages were estimated •£. $12,000. i - v v \ : -,\v; , . r' <•4: * ' "7?^ V, J 7' \ - <