The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

VOL. 60 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1934 NO. 21 $100,000 SUIT FOR DAMAGES IS FILED DON GEYER SUED FOR CONSPIRACY I 4 A&NG WITH PURE MXI«K ^ OFFICERS : was commenced Thursday, Oct. 11, in the circuit court of McHenry county against Don N» Geyer, Kenneth M, Royer, John P. Cass and Harry A. Pfister, officers of Pure Milk association, charging them with conspiracy to defraud Pure Milk association and its members in connection with the cheese business conducted by a subsidiary Corporation known as Pure Milk Dairy Products, Inc. The complainants are Raymond Miollis and Maze-Lactic Cultures, Inc., who are the owners of secret formulas 1 ard cultures exclusively developed by the Pasteur Laboratory in Paris for the making1 of natural cheese from pasteurized milk.' . ; These plaintiffs are joined by, fourteen farmers, members of Pure Milk association an Illinois cooperative corporation which comprises 18,000 dairy farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana and controls the entire Chicago milk shed. The. bill of complaint prays for an injunction, specific performance and damages, and for a receiver on the ground of cons^Sqy,"\mismanagement and breach of contract. Injunction la Sought • Specifically the bill allege# that Don N. Geyer, manager and secretary of Pure Milk association, and H. A. Pfister, president, signed a contract on behalf of Pure Milk association with Raymond Miollis and Maze Lactic Cultures, Inc., a New York corporation, wherein Pure Milk association agreed to build and equip a cheese plant and plaintiffs Miollis and Maze Lactic Cultures, Inc.. agreed to use the plant for the manufacture of soft and semi-soft cured natural cheese from pasteurized milk by the us« of their secret formulas and cultures. The contract provided that Pure Milk Association was to own "51 per cent of the stock of the subsidiary cheese company and plaintiff Raymond Miollis to own the remaining 49 percent. Bill Charges Fraud . • The bill further charges : the defendants Geyer, Royer, Case and Pfister, all officers and directors of Pure Milk association, entered into a conspiracy to wrongfully and fraudulently deprive plaintiffs Miollis and Maze Lactic Cultures, Inc., of their rights under said agreement and to defraud Pure Milk association by causing the cheese plant to be constructed in Elgin, Illinois, at double the estimated cost; to cause defendant Royef* to be placed in charge of the construction and operation of the plant in order to appropriate the secret formulas and cultures for .the benefit of the conspirators; to operate the cheese plant in the effort to determine if the manufacture of cheese would be successful and thereafter to conduct the operations of, the cheese plant at a loss until such time as the conspirators could cause Pure Milk association to dispose of the cheese plant to the conspirators or their nominees. The bill of complaint further alleges that this conspiracy was carried out by the construction of the cheese plant in Elgin; that the plant was constructed by the uncle of defendant Royer at more than double the original estimated cost; and that the cheese plant was completed and equipped in September, 1933, and commenced the manufacture of cheese by the Maze method. That the cheese manufactured in Elgin was of the highest quality and readily salable. TheJtrill then alleges that in pur- # suance of the conspiracy the cheese mating ~ equipment was interfered with so as to cause the cheese company to be operated temporarily at u loss; that the defendant Geyer then pi'oposed to plaintiff Miollis that he should join in the conspiracy in the effort to obtain the plant at a small fraction of its cost from tha Pure Milk association. • • * . Plant Shut Down The bill alleges that plaintiff Miollis refused to join in the conspiracy and took steps to warn the other 'directors and members of the association regarding the true conditions at the cheese plant. Thereafter the bill alleges that defendants Geyer and Royer with the help of defendants Case and Pfister closed" down the OP* erations of the cheese plant and removed plaintiff Miollis, who had a two-year contract with the cheese company as production manager, without cause. The bill alleges that Pure Milk association is undo- the absolute domination and control of defendant Geyer, who maintains his position by political means; that Geyer is a former' r.ilking machine salesman without aoequate business experience or knowledge of business ethics and is wholly unfit to carry on a cheese business that he has never given personaJ attention to the affairs of the cheese company, but left the organization of the company, the building of the plant, and the management of its operations and sales to defendant Royer," his political henchman who ta DEMOCRATS HOLD MEETING AT SCHOOL To the tune of the familiar theme soitg of the Democratic convention, "Happy Days Are Here Again" the Democrats invaded McHenry on Monday with their caravan which made P. tour of the county. , The caravan, led by £he fetate candidates, made only a brief stop at McHenry in its tour of the county on Monday afternoon, but in the evening the candidates returped for a rally at the community high school. Here a fair-sized crowd of Democratic supporters, interspersed with an occasional Republican, were given an t, opportunity to hear the majority of the state and county candidates on the Democratic ticket as they were introduced by Rep. Thomas A. Bolger, who acted as master of ceremonies. John Stelle, candidate for state treasurer, was the first speaker of the evening and he was followed by the gray-hairecjpveteran, Martin Brennain, candidate for congre^sman-atlarge, and Charles Carpenter, candidate for county judge, who were the maim speakers of the evening. Although Michael Igoe spoke at Woodstock he did not get to McHenry for the evening meeting. The speakers discussed the accomplishments of, the present administration, including the stabilizing of the banking system, farm recovery and relief programs and all urged the support of the voters for the entire Democratic ticket and especially the county candidates, who are seeking to oust the Republicans from their stronghold in the county courthouse which the Democrats claim they have held for the last seventyfive years. Among the other speakers of the evening who were introduced by Rep. Bolger were Richard Novak, Fox River Grove, for cpunty treasurer; John Wieland, Calumet City, for state superintendent of public instruction; Jesse Armstrong, Algonquin, for county superintendent of schools; Tom Nolan, Harvard, for sheriff; Howard Cairns, McHenry, for county clerk. 1 ROYAL NEIGHBORS' MEMBERSHIP GROWS During the first six months of this year new Susiness written by Royal Neighbors of America, fraternal insurance society, increased $6,964,020 or 119 per cent over the amount for the same period in 1933, according to information received by the recorder of Camp No. 3251, located in West McHenry. The business increase was announced from the* supreme offices of the society at Rock Island, 111. From Jan. 1 to July 1, 1934, new insurance written by the society amounted to $12,807,795, While in the first six months of 1933 the total was $5,843,775. Between Jan. 1 and July 1, 1934, the society obtained 25,1121 new members, whereas the corresponding period a year ago showed 9,674 new members. The new membership for the last six months is composed of Bj765 adults and 16,587 juveniles, and between Jan. 1 and July 1, 1933, the division was 4,618 adults and 5,056 juveniles. The new business was written In 4he forty-five states in which the society operates and rpakes the total membership of the organization approximately 600,000. BENEFIT PLAY AT EMPIRE The Ladies' Aid' society is sponsoring the movie, "Operator Number 13," at the Empire theatre this Thursday evening and also Friday evening. Marion Davies and Gary Cooper are featured in the play for which the ladies are selling tickets. The proceeds received by the" society will be used to meet a tax" bill end the ladies will appreciate the assistance of the public. under his? domination and control. The bill alleges that defendant Royer is a smooth politician qualified to address meetings of farmers as the mouth-piece of Geyer and that he has some knowledge of the milk business and a slight smattering of bacteriology, but knows nothing of the cheese business and is inefficient, unbusinesslike and a poor executive. The bill alleges that the defendants Case and Pfister are farmers without experience or qualifications to run a business enterprise and are both under the domination and control of Geyer. The bill asks for a specific performance of the contract between Pure Milk association and Miollis and Maze Lactic Culture!, Inc., and for an accounting against Geyer and the other defendant officers and for a permanent injunction against the officers from interfering with the cheese business, for damages in the sum of $100. 000 and for a receiver of Pure Milk association and Pure Milk Dairy Products, Inc., the subsidiary eheese company. • The bill complaint is sworn to by Raymond Miollis, one of the plaintiffs, October 10, 1984. Scenes &x*d Persons in the Current News HAS LARGE €AST POLITICAL COMEDY, - REAL LIFE ; - - OF Wrecking -buildings in Atlanta. Ga., as the government's slum elimination program there was started. 2-- Georgia National Guardsmen .clearing jackets from the stove foundries at Home to i>ennit reopening of the plants and shipment of goods. 3--Charles Carey Runisey, Jr.,' grandson ' of the late E. H. Harriman, Harvard graduate and polo player,'and his bride, who was Mary Maloney, daughter of a laundress of East Norwich, Long Island. BROOKS PLEASES LARGEAUDIENCE LARGE CROWD AT MEETING IN WOODSTOCK AUTUMN WEDDING AT ST. PATRICK'S CHAPEL One of the most inspiring political meetings ever held in McHenry county gathered at St- Mary's gym in Woodstock last Thursday night to listen to the discussion of present day issues by C. Wayland Brooks and other speakers, including the McHenry county Republican candidates. Mr. Brooks made the principal, address, which was instructive, and inspiring. "The farmers of this state and the people as a whole are patriotic and ere willing to do any reasonable thing to co-operate' in any recovery program, but they do,not want our state. government to concern itself about the welfare of this state and the twenty-seven representatives in Congress to concern themselves about the welfare of the agriculture, industry, and coal mines, of this state and not stand as one man voting a party vote that will continue a program of uncertainty that will indefinitely block real recovery. , Definite Program Urged "The only program that can create confidence is one of definitenesis to put more men to work in private enterprise. This cannot possibly be brought about by a shiftingj policy that creates uncertainty and confusion. Our government must chart a definite course, treating confidence and the desire to give employment. This the Democratic pa^v has failed to do." . ' v - Mr. Brooks' strongest point is his claim that there can be no recovery 'Company for the past several years, irj America until confidence is restor- j where her pleasing personality has ed among the people- Among business f°r her a firreat number of institutions confidence in the stability friends. A pretty autumn wedding of interest to many local friends took place in the Sacred Heart chapel at -St- Patrick's church at 9 o'clock Monday morning when Miss Ruth Kent, daughter of Mrs. Laura Kent, and Mr. Leo Conway of McHenry were unitfed in marriage^ by the Rev. Wil Jiam A. O'Rourke, who officiated a the Nuptial High Mass, with Francis Wirtz, a neighbor of the bride and groom, serving. A beautiful rendition of the Mass was sung by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weber who also rendered "I Love You Truly" at the close of tke services. The altar was appropriately decorated in roses and fall flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kent were the attendants, Mrs. Kent serving as matron of honor, and Mr. Kent as best man. The bride wore a dark green crepe dress trimmed in brown fur with, green hat and harmonizing accessories and wore a shoulder spray of bronze chrysanthemums. The matron, of honor wore a brown crepe?dress trimmed in green with brown hat and matching accessories and wore a shoulder spray of bronze chrysanthemums. f . Following the ceremony the wedding breakfast was served at Bickler's hotel to twenty-five relatives and guests, with Father O'Rourke acting as toastmaster. The table was decorated in fall colors and was centered with a miniature bride, groom and bridesmaids next to a wedding cake. * The bride, who is Che only daughter of Mrs. Laura Kent of Riverside Drive, is a graduate of Lake View fligh School, Chicago, and has beer, employed at the office of Kent & of financial conditions must be es* tablished and maintained or stagnation follows. This results in an increase in Unemployment, which is greater today than at any time sine# the depression began . Must Restore Confidence Mr. Brooks spoke for about one hour, during wtych time he held the closest attention of his large audience. He Speaks in a quiet, even tempered voice, very pleasing to listen to, but entirely free from dramatics or high pitched climaxes. He is admittedly the most eloquent, convincing and popular politicial peaker who has come to this county for many years and that popularity seems to extend to all parts of the state as we are informed that requests for his presence are so numerous at Republican state headquarters that only a part of them can be filled. In his travels over the state on this speaking tour, Mr. Brooke is accompanied by Milton E. Jones, also a candidate for congressman-at-large. Unl; ke Mr. Brooks, who by profession is an attorney and whose gift of oratory seems to come naturally or perhaps from the fact that he is the son of a Methodist minister, Mr. Jones is a farmer, whose home i& on a farm in Sangamon county. Real Dirt F*r«er As a farmer, Mr. Jonetf is particularly interested in breeding fipe horses and cattle, and for years he served as director and manager of the Illinois state fair. Being himself a farmer, he knows the problems of the farmer of Illinois, The groom has been an active member of the office of Kent & Company for several years, after graduating from Holy Cross Hall, Notre Dame. Ind. After the wedding breakfast the bride and groom motored to Chicago where, in the evening, they were the complimentary guests of Maj. Lenox. R. Lohr, general manager of A Century of Progress. Mr. and Mrs- Conway will make their home with Mrs. Laura Kent~of Riverside Drive, where they will welcome their friends. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kent and family of Chicago and Miss* Jennie Hammerstrom of Oak Park. HOMECOMING AT . STATE UNIVERSITY CAPTURE THIRD JAILBREAKER JOE LEVONIAN NABBED IN MINNESOTA OF TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES (Continued on last page.) Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nye and Supt. and Mrs. C. H. DvA^r motored to Champaign Sundaylwhere they visited their sons, Guy Duker, and Lowell Nye, who are attending the University of Illinois. They speqt a pleasant day with the boys who are in good health and fine spirits and enjoying their school work. Saturday was homecoming and Red Grange day at thf~- university, with Illinois winning the football ganUe over Ohio state by a score of 14 to 13. Guy played 1n the First Regiment band at the game. Many parents and Alumni were there for the homecoming and the. city was decorated in honor of the event. Mr. and Mrs. Nye and Mr.' and Mrs. Duker visited the canpas and other points of interest. - joe Levonian, who sawed his way out of the McHenry county jail July b, was apprehended Saturday night at Newport, Minn. Levonian, with John Enos, Henry Odenbriet, Charles Taylor and Ellsworth Fowler, sawed their way out of the county jail. Enos and Odenbriet were taken into custody a few weeks later. Taylor and Fowler are still at large. A former Solon Mills citizen now living near Newport ,Minn., recognized Levonian in a tavern in Newport a few weeks ago. He did not know p.t the time that Levonian was a fugitive from justice. At first Levonian hesitated to recognize the man, but finally admitted he knew him. Nothing was said between them about the jail break. , Last week this same man came to Chicago on business. Hie Stopped at Solon Mills to see some friends, among them being Charles Westlake. He told Westlake about meeting Levonian at Newport. Westlake immediately informed Sheriff Lester Edinger who in turn Bent Westlak« to JMinnesota. At LaCrosse Westlake was aided by Sheriff John Riley, who went to Newport with him, where they found Levonian. „ Working On Railroad ' Levonian had beea working for the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad oh a special gang repairing the road from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. He started to work at Milwaukee. When found he was living in a box-car camp near Newport.. Sheriff Edinger was notified Saturday night at 1 o'clock and immediately left for LaCrosse. He brought Levonian back Sunday noon. Levonian was arraigned Monday rrorning ahd Attorney Tloyd E. Eckert appointed by the court,to act as counsel for him. Levonian is under three different indictments^ He is named in one bill charging^"arson. In this bill he Is Charged with attejmpt to bjirn down the Westlake tavern at Solon Mills. In another bill he is charged with aiding in the escape of prisoners from the McHenry county jail. ^Charged With Assault In the third iridictment he is charg-' ed with assault with intent to kill. This indictment is the result of an alleged attack on Charles Westlake a short time after Levonian sawed his way out of the county jail. Levonian said to have entered the Westlake tavern and shot Westlake through the hand, later making his escape, although Westlake returned the fire, Naturally Sheriff Edinger is happy over the return of Levonian to the county jail. Only Fowler and Taylor are still at large and he has hopetf of apprehending them before his term of office expires in December. Levonian was going under the name of Joe LeHoff when arrested. He said he was glad it was all over because living as a fugitive from justice was a terrible life. Next 'Thursday and Friday nights, Oct. 25 and 26, the Mothers.club will stage "Crazy Politics," With fi large cast 'of prominent men " and women arid girls of the community at the HLgh School auditorium. "Crazy Politics," the big master stage show, is something" entirely^-.different because it has been tailored to fit com munity production. Thp scene of the entire show is laid in the People's Party headquarters in the town of Centerville. The,plot centers around the election of mayor. The People's Party has called a caucus to nominate a woman candidate for mayor &o„lh^ campaign will be cne of dignity. The men of the caucus represent delegates who impersonate various well known types of characters that typify the America;' pi^lic today. These men are dressed in costumes that have been cleverly worked out. They carry banners and. stage an old-time parade headed by a German band- The men in this group are members of the German band of McHenry. ' After this opening scene the men progress to the stage which represents the headquarters of the People's Party of the_ town 6f Centerville. - The plot centers around the election of mayor. The People's Party has called a caucus to nominate a woman candidate so the campaign will be one of dignity. They agree [ to adopt a slogan for the election, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Will Save Our City." Woman Nominated The woman nominated is Mrs Courtney VanDyne. She is traveling in Europe and fails to return at the appointed time. Pat O'Donnell, the wise-cracking newspaper reporter, is forced to masquerade as the missing candidate. This character is the lead in the show and will be played by H. Steffes. O'Donnell's girl friend atnd sweetheart, Sally Carter, is to be played by Mrs. Krause- The Committee of Five, the members of which are the ringleaders of the People's Party, is made up of Abie Goldberg, the financial chairman, who is played by. Mr. Stoffel; Jim Froloy, the chairman of the People's Party, who will be played by M. Conway; Judge Fisher, played by Mr. Meyer; Watson, played by Mr. Meyer, and Dr. Jeffrey, played by Mr. Newman. These men will impersonate the three women members of the woman candidate's party. Mr. Newman will dress as the old maid secretary; Mr. Meyer will be the French maid, Marie; and E. Meyer as the 12-jHeai*-old daughter, MSnnie- The important character, Simpson, the secretary to the chairman of the People's Party, will be played by Ml". Schoenholtz, and his sweetheart, Julia, is played by Miss Johnson. Comedy Situations The comedy situations are screamingly funny. After the newspaper reporter? played by Mrv Steffes," is dressed to impersonate the woman candidate, instead of running on a dignified campaign, he decides to run on "a whoopee platform and give the people a song and dance affair with the slogan, "Boop-boop-a-doop, Vvdo- de-o, Hey-nonny-nonny and a Hotcha- cha." Then the fun begins. The newspaper reporter, Ward, played by Mr. Orr, and Mrs. Goldberg, Abie's wife, played by Miss Gans, The four gaps on- Route; #73, ; "Roek'ford •' route 'thai,• /'wis £: started almost six years age, Will toe paved, within the next few weeks so as to make in uninterrupted highway through the county on this important eas,t and..west -lateral. The biggest . gap is near tli^ Antioch high school and paving work on this strip of more t han a "mile is . less than a week away, it was learned. In addition there are gap's at Bean hill, one near the farm of Sheriff Lester T. Tiffan. and another east of Rosecrans. , Richard Dewes of Chicago had spent much time during the summer fishing in South Twin L^kes- He had luck from tinie to time but he spent a great deal of thought in hoping for a large catch.- He said that he wanted to catch the largest fish of the •• ' • v - <• , • * I - ' % 'v ' ; 1 ; -fpasoin"jfrnTTf'was riot t^til last week that he came in with a 21 pound bass. The* cottages of Charles W. Fritz and George fritz, of Chicago, located northwest of Lake Zurich, wer? looted during last Thursday night of clothing rugs and somfe furniture for a of close to $1,000, according to. a cent report. One of the dreaded, and much talked of "black widow" spiders -was found Tuesday evening of last week in the entrance haw of the Elmer Rich home at Grayslake. Mrs. Otto Anderson, mother of Mrs. Rich, who had come to Grayslake to attend an Eastern Star lfieeting, had gone into the hall to get her coat, and saw the huge spider on the floor. She called members of the family, and Elmer -managed .to get the insect, which measured about 4 inches in diameter, into a jar and took it to the high school at Grant. ^ Discouraged due to suffering from ill health for a long period of time,* Paul Volk, 54 years old, of Channel Lake, late last week Tuesday ended bis life by shooting himself in his home. Mrs. Florence Volk, the widow, a few moments before she heard the shot fired, had gone out into the yard to prepare a chair for her husband so: that he could rest in the sun light. Returning to the house as soon as„ she heard the shot, Mrs. VolJ; found ; her husband slumped over in a chair and a gun near the body. - Fire,' believed to have started when soy betfns were ignited by spontaneous combustion, last' Wednesday right, destroyed a large barn on the G. Geffe farm two miles northeast of Lake ..Zurich. The damage was esti-" riiated at $4,000. The blaze had gained, considerable headway and it coilM not be brought under control by th?~ Lake Zurich volunteer fire force which was called to the sctne. Fighting of the fire was made almost iinr possible as there was no store of water in the near vicinity. Livestockwas safely removed from the barn . but the full supply of hay iknd soy beans was destroyed. r Mrs. Russell Bessar of Chicago received a compound fracture of her left leg above the ankle early Saturday evening of last week when the car in which she was riding struck * culvert near the George Arn home, 203 W- Northwest highway near Bar- ; rington. Her brother-in-law. whfl* was driving, turned off the pavement to avoid being hit by another car, it vas reported, and crashed into tha culvert; He escaped *W;ith minor injuries but the automobile was* demol- J ished. The accident occurred about 8 p. m. as they were returning to. Chicago from McHenry. The JHutchinsons., 412 E, Russell street, Barrington. seem to have il arid^Mjrs!*Watson'Splayed by Miss Vy- monopoly on peculiar "ways of break- .• cital, and Beylah Higginbottom, the !'n*T bo"es: u.0ne htt,e l >;a™ C3US^ 66 woman suffragette, played by Mr 'C. L. Hutchinson to break his law Pearson, all have good comedy roles in the show that giye much fun and enjoyment to those who see the pjf - duction. Thege characters are urteware that there is a masquerade in progress during the show, and before the hoax is discovered many_&xcitina situations take place. The policemen, Mr- Conway a few weeks ago and last week Memday his wife broke her arm in an unusual fall- Mrs. Hutchinson had pulling a clothesline taut in theHr back yard when the line ^suddenly snapped and she fell, breaking a bonj* in her left arm. Eire, believed to have been started by a lighted cigarette, caused consid- „ .... lerable damage to the Bernie TGearjr " Mf:, farm house near Volo early Sunday, trail of the masquerading reporter evening of last week. Three fire de» because he - is supposed to be inipl. partments..Wauconda, .Grayslake Hnd cated •i nh 4t hU en Fb. iir ws«t f N\J an rt ii/o-\ nn afl lI ftB-c aannlk/ robn ' * bery. He has been implicated in thi? bank robbery by Spider McGinnis, the Round Lake succeeded in placing the-- blaze under control before th> entire structure was burned, confining th? lord of the underworld, played by Mr• to one wing of the DEMOCRATIC DANCE A free Democratic dance is scheduled to be given at the Bridge, just east of the State bridge at McHenry, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 24. Plaindealer Want Ada bring result* Heimer, who is running on the oppo sin^ ticket for mayor. One of the outstanding funny scenes of, the show is when Spider McGinnis proposed to the fake mayor, believing him to be a woman. Situation follows situation rapidly and Mr. Freund, who plays the part of a lovesick banker, and childhood sweetheart of the original candidate also proposed to the fake mayor. Things are mixed up and excitement is running high when a climax is reached by the discovery that the rewspaper reporter, Mr. Steffes, an imposter. This discovery is made by Ivan Awfulitch, the Bojshevik. After the ti*ue identity of the woman candidate is revealed tly* suspense i9 great because on the eve of (Centinaed on hut page.) and water damage to the interior. James Burt, 72. residing with Hi.* wife on the old Fisher farm in north part of Wauconda townshio. I* in the Lake County General Hospital suffering from a bullet would * received at noon last Thui-svlay, whi»-- a r i f l e in the hands of a f e l l o w CWA .; worker was aocidently discharged. Furt was working with several other - men on the erection of a fence at tltae Grayslake grade school. They wer# sitting about eating •therr-iunch whea one of the men started handling a .22 calibre rifle he had in his cat. •' • The weapon was discharged ia soijw unknown manner, the bulleti strikinij; • Burt in the right side of the che#. was taken to the hospital, vbere could not be learned just how" sarioti :; the injury would prove to ba.