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REPUBLICANS GAIN OVER • LAST VOTE election weather failed t© vn-^5 tice record-breaking numbers of vot-< ers to the polls in McHenry township, the' total vote in the three precincts being 1490 as compared to a total of ' 1827 votes at the presidential eleci tion two years ago. Not one of the; . precincts showed as heavy a vote as < vas cast in, November 1932, a presi-f ^ent.al year, but for an off-year election the vote is considered quit*, heavy, ' 0_i Ifi Precinct at Ringwood < ~-M(iota- of 398 v<jtes were cast with 137 Straight Democratic ballots and 132 ; Straight Republican. "T" In the second precinct with its vot-' -ing place at the city hall there was a total of 495 votes cast with 169 straight Democratic and 154 straight Republican ballots. 1 In the third precinct with its voting place on Riverside Drive there ^ were 597 voters who turned out to „ cast their ballots while 274 of these v ; voted the straight Democratic ticket and 116 the straight Republican. The Democratic vote in the township was not as strong as it had been mt the primary and at the presidential election and the Ringwood precinct nearly regained its old Republican lead with only five more straight democratic than Republican tickets ""-«iast while in the second precinct the Democrats only exceeded by 15 straight ballots over the Republican straight ballots. •' The polls were open from 6 o'clock * in the morning until 5 o'clock in the ' Afternoon with voters appearing all through the day. McHenry voters are loyal to their home town candidates yt ho were given OFFICIAL REPORT OF M'HENRY CO. VOTE For State Treasurer:-- William J. St rat ton, Republican . Jolm Stellj?, democrat . „ For Supt. of Public Instruction Francis G. Blair, Republican Jolin A. Wieldnd, Democrat For Merle J. Trees, Republican flames W. Armstrong, Republican. Mary A. Wall, Republican Mrs. Glenn K. Plumb; Democrat ; Harold Pog;ue; Democrat . Oscar G. Mayer, Democrat .9,861 ...6,346 .9,416 .6,153 9,064 1>,200 8,87'J- 5,965 5,956- .6,062 REED WINS BY • CLOSE MARGIN McHENRY CO. SAVES GOP CANDIDATE '•&-MJ byal support by their fellow towns- BMts and neighbors. Both local candidates appeared on the Democratic ticket with Thomas A Bolder, popular representative in the «ighth district, receiving 1150 votes ftsrln the third precinct, 716 votes in-* the second and 535 votes in the first f»recinct. Although Bolger was ref turned without opposition he received good support from the local votfrs. who appreciate having a representative from this section at Spring- Held. i ; Ir. the first precinct Lyons received 241 and Carroll 354 votes, Jn the v Second precinct Lyons received 32fi **£nd Carroll 387% and in the third precinct Lyons received 253 and Car- . roll 363. ' " • . Cairns Given Good Support . Howard Cairns, candidate for county clerk, carried his own precinct 1, Fcfr Representative in Congress, State at~Large C. Wavland Brooks, Republican ; _.....9,490 Miltoii E. Jones, Republican Michael L. Igoe, Dempcrat ...i--.6,367 Martin A. Brennan, Democrat, For Representative in Congreisfeiv^ Chauncey W. Reed, Republican .James A, HqwcII, Democrat Eighth District: For Representative#* Richard J. Lyons, Republican William M. Carroll, Republican Tliouias A. Bolger, Democrat 9,175 > »!•»!» *'-» • *«<«'«--»-» " »> « < .15,884 i8,677 i! For County Judge:-- Charles T. Allen, Republican Charles E. Carpenter. Democrat Rav ir Uftuntv Clerk:--- )ncM). Woods, Republican Howard Cairns, Democrat ....... 9,585 •HmliiiiiiM »'"• For'Couoty Treasurer^ ^Lester Edinger, Republic^ Richard Novak, Democrat „ . ] • For County Sheriff:-- Henry A. NuHepRepublican Thomas Fv Nolan, Democrat For Superintendent of Schools ;.9,996: 5,969; .9,643 .6,434 .10,164 6,110 Ethel C. Coe, Republican Jesse E. Armstrong, Democrat . «• '" %iih 268 votes to 210 for R. D. Woods, | ried the third precinct with 34^ for his Republican opponent. In the first Wieland to 173 for Blair. precinct he received 17$ votes to 189 for Woods and in the third precinct %e carried with 375 votes to 188 for ^ Woods. Other highlights in local election re- ,, turns was the support given the Republican county candidates and the " .' support received by W. J. StrattOn --' for state treasurer, leading his Democratic opponent, John Stelle, by 211. tc 167 in the first precinct, 258 to . 226 in the second precinct and losing to him in the third precinct by onlv 826 to 299 votes. Stratton, however, '-Ii>?t' his campaign in the state and ; the next state treasurer will be Johr. v \ fltelle. '7 For superintendent of public instruction, Francis G. Blair received 177 votes to 166 for John A. Wieland .. iii the first, 221 to 217 for Wieland in t)}€ WWIIA fDemocrats Tr- For congressman-at-large the vote stood in the first precinct, C. Wayland Brooks 174, Milton E. Jones 158, Michael L. Igoe 181, Martin A. Brennan 157. In the second precinct Brooks received 232, Jones 202, Igoe 238 and Brennan 207 and in the third precinct Brooks received 169, Jones 148, Igoe 391 and Brennan 345. For* congressman in the .eleventh district Chauncey W. Reed received 175 and James A. Howell 179 in the first, Reed 213, Howell 236 in the second. Reed 167 and Howell 876 in the third precinct. ~ ~ The township vote on county officials was as follows; County Judge No.1 No.2 No.3 Charlea T. Allen 197 239 226 228 344 County Clerk Raymond D. Woods, .... 189 2M) Howard Cairns 178 263 County Treasurer Lester Edinger 202 240 Richard Novak ...--..7... 167 226 Sheriff Henry A. N«lle 186 253 Tbos. F. Nolan 176 209 Superintendent of Schools Ethel C. Coe 189 227 Jesse E. Armstrong .. 173 • 227 183 375 224 337 207 349 201 354 INFANT DIBS Marie, infant daughter of hfr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Kennebeck, was born Tuesday, but lived only a few hours. Funeral services were held ^at 2:30 Wednesday- afternoon with burial in St. Mary's cemetery. The parents and a little brother, Earl, survive. ARMISTICE DAY Face to ,the east It seems a grim jest For this to tttpit^r the boys Who "went wsst.* f • V'-" •'<" Face to the east. , Stop the traffic and noise, The moment is sacred It belongs to the boys." Face:' to the east 7 y. Banker, fireman and ClerH^ Every rank, all condition^ \ Stop both "play and work. Face to the east •' This moment's for itfeenn Our gay, laughing boys wfip rffed Aye like men. r V ; ; Face to the east And murmur 9 prayer -y; For the lads who foreyer Have gone "over there.?* Face to the- east " While mem'ry enwraps Her dear arms around us, Now bugler sound "taps." . • HAUtfCEY W. REED Will ^ Kane DuPage McHenry Reed ,^...19,432 1.; .22,271 15,696 8,857 Howell Si,533 22,408 14,355 6,252 Totals 66,256 Reed leads by DuPage 63 out of 80. .JMcHenry 30 out of 31. 64,548 .1,708 HARVARD MAN KILLED IN CRASH Art Krueger (37) of Harvard, manger of the Texaco OH station there, Is dead and Gerald Daulton (21), also pt Harvard, is at death's door, due to an auto accident on Tuesday evening. John McLaughlin, truck driver for |he Rockford Transport company is In the county jail. Mr. McLaughlin, jpaid to have been in a very much intoxicated condition, was driving his truck north on Route 14. When near the farm known as the William Forrest farm, his truck collided with the auto in which Art Krueger and Gerald Daulton were driving south. The IHito was--completely wrecked. Mr. Krueger was dead when picked up from the wreckage and Mr. Daulton was taken to the Brand sanitarium. condition was such that his life 5Was despaired of. Doctors Brand and Maxon, the last named of Harvard, attended him and Wednesday be was taken to Harvard where everything possible is being done in the hope that his life can be saved. Mr. Krueger was known as very enthusiastic along political lines and ft is believed by his friends that he was enroute to Woodstock in order to get the election reports from the county seat. In making the trip he had taken his assistant, at the oil station, with him. The terrible accident, which cost him his life was not the first that brought him suffering. Some years ago while serving on the Harvard police force he lost an eye, due to the explosion of a fountain pen gas s u n : ' " ' Ji " v " . ' ARMISTICE DANCE, BRIDGE. SATURDAY . Plans are all made and everything is ready for the annual Red, White and Blue carnival and dance to be given at the Bridge ballroom Saturday evening, Nov. 10. This dance is sponsored by McHenry Post, No. 491, of the American Legion, in observance of Armistice Day and needs no explanation to the people of this territory who have attended similar events of other years, The carnival spirit will prevail at (his" event which will mark the anniversary of the end of the World war. McHenry Post extends an invitation to both young and old to come out on this occasion and enjoy an evening of pleasure with the post. The boys are out to entertain and there is no question but that they will have an overwhelming crowd. Various committees Jhave been appointed and they are doing everything to make the evening a most enjoyable one. FLOOR BREAKS Scores of Merrymakers Precipitated Into Basement--Few Seriously Injured . CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY EVENING Subscribe for Tifc PlaintMsr. , M. E. CHURCH -You are invited to attend services at the SC. E. church every Sunday. . Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning worship, 11ji.jn.. Sermon The city board held a short meeting "^Monday evening, Nov. 6, along the usual lines of roll call, the reading and approving of minutes of previous meeting and the reading and approving of the treasurer's collector's and clerk's report. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $3457.00. The collector had taken "in $19.67 while1 the clerk's receipts were $340.24. The regular monthly bills amounting to a little over $1200.00 were ordered paid. The remainder of the evening was devoted to general discussions on the delinquent milk and vehicle licenses.. Also the „plans were discussed for raising money to pay for sewer installation of septic beds, some of the p.ldermen being in favor of flat charges while others are in favor of percentage basis, but the probabilities «re that whatever plan is accepted, the user will pay a prorated amount with each quarterly water bill. The meeting, at an early hour, adjourned to the call of the mayo*. -- Finger-waving, 25c. For appointments call 78-J, Katherine A. Mc- CSskfc 24£P It is estimated that more than 150 persons were plunged into the basement at a barn dance at the John Schmitt farm; about a mile north of Johnsburg Wednesday night, where the floor of the barn gave way. The tragedy occurred about 11 o'clock in the evening when a large crowd of more ^ than 300 pleasure seekers was being rapidly increased by new arrivals and all were enjoying themselves dancing .the old and new dances fo^the mufeic- of Frankie Gans' orchestra. * A dance had just been finished and the crowd had gathered around the refreshment stand at one end of the barn when,the floor gave way with a mob of humanity struggling to extricate themselves. Some,were rescued from below while others werr pulled out from the top and others, r.ot so fortunate, were caught by beams and debris. 4 ; It is estimated thsft a. Crowd of more than 300 was present, but many of them escaped as it was only the floor at one end of the barn that went down. The orchestra, sitting in the middle of the barn, was uninjured. An oil stove, which had just been lighted to prepare hpt dogs for sandr wiches, was caught and quickly carried out. Doctors Summoned All of the local doctors were summoned to the scene and ambulances and nurses arrived to care for the injured. The barn on the farm was destroyed by fire on Sept- 27 and this was the first dance ih the new barn, which was nearing completion. Mrs. Otto AdSms of McHenry was the most seriously injured and was taken to Dr. Brand's hospital at Woodstock. She suffered it broken leg and other injuries. Local People Injured Several received broken legs and a n k l e s a n d e v e r y o n e w h o w e n t - through" the dreadful experience was ^ wore or less? bruised and shocked. -- . Mrsr. Albert Purvey, who was caught by a timber, received a severe gash in her leg in which fifteen stitches were taken and was badly bruised. Others of her party were not hurt, although Mi's. Nick Freund had a bruised leg. ! Miss Barbara Weber received a cracked rib and her legs were cut, " Mrs. Joe Frett received injured ribs end bruises, Joe S. Schmitt received a fractured ankle, Mirs. Ed Hoffman of Wilmette, formerly Mayme May, 1 was badly hurt and it is said her leg was broken, Mrs. Stephen N. Schmitt. who was hit by a timber, wa? knocked unconscious and suffered from bruises and shock. Mildred Weber had a gash in her lesr in which six stitches were taken. Tony William? received and injured leg, and several from Spring Grove were reported injured,-" among them, being B£n May and Lucile May. Clarence Freund .~f Spring Grove was taken to Brand's hospital for x-ray pictures. Several strangers were 'hurt anl many from surrounding towns were there. Many local people were at the dance and in the accident escaped with only slight injuries. They are relating details of the calamity and of the excitement that prevailed as women .screamed as pandemonium broke loose. The sensation of having the floor give way beneath not pleasant and the experience or slipping into a mass of kicking, struggling humanity is a nightmare which will remain in the memory of those who were . there, for some time. ifr-fr•••I1 <•••••••• , *•••• Births •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dslziel are parents of a son, born Monday, Oct. 29. Mr. and Mrs. Anton J. Schmitt are the parents of a baby girl, born this (Thursday) morning. m RESIDENCE CHANGES Mrnawd Mrs. J. J. Miller and family moved last week from the Pries house on Green street to the P» J. Cleary house on Main street. Mr and Mrs. Pries and family are moving from Waukegan to their , home on Green street. - Mr. and Mrs. John E. Freund and son, 'Vernon, have moved from Johnsburg to the Buch building on Riverside Drive, where Mrs. Freund has opened a dress and l^at shop. Among the Sick Melvin Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs- A. C. Peterson, suffered a brok-i en ankle in his high school football game Friday. Mayor Peter J. Doherty has been taking; an enforced vacation from bis work at the,Farmer's Mill .because of .two broken ribs received in a fall from a platform at the mill. . Gerald Carey, cashier of the West McHenry State bank, was at St. Anthony's hospital, Chicago, Monday, for a carbuncle on his neek. • . Lee Kercher was taken to Wooster Lake sanitarium Tuesday night- He was seriously ill, with high temperature, caused by infection of the sinus and was under the care of a trained oucse for sev