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M.'. t *-r\: v^j' v ^ , *r* *' *> <V;( V^--* x>" * . - ^ * X " • < ; * * } - v ^ I"" \*VV ,;, - .• «, \ ' • : :; . VOL. 60 McHENRY* ILLINOIS, THUR3DAY, APRIL 11,1935 C\1 •'J Wo. 46 CITY ELECTION IS TUESDAY, APRIL 16 • J:tw< CANDIDATES ENDING CONTESTS FOR CLERK AND ALDERMEN last of the April elections will' b^ Wld next Thursday; April 16, when tha, city election will take place. As there is no opposition for the position of Mayor, it is evident that Peter Doherty will be reflected Mayor of McHenry after a career of twenyears as a public official of the Hot Fight For Clerk However, there is plenty of excitemnt promised for election day in McHenry with the hottest race, no doubt, being staged for the office of city clerk. Earl Walsh, well known local young man, is seeking election to this office and running in opposition to the present incumbent, Peter Neiss, who is seeking re-election. Both men have a large following of friends arid a large vote is anticipated.. S No Contest in Thitd IftThita the third ward will stage ho scrap for the election of its aldermen the other two wards of the city will have their own battles with three candidates seeking election to two aldOrmanic chairs m each ward. 'Harold Bacon for fcity treasurer and William Bickler for polk© magistrate will have no opposition. Only one full ticket is in the field. This is the Taxpayers ticket, headdd by Mayor Doherty and bearing the names of other candidates who hope to ride to victory with the mayor. On this ticket also appear the names of Peter Neiss for city clerk, Harold Bacon for treasurer, William Bickler for police magistrate, N. P. Justen and Darwin Granger for aldermen in the first ward, Herman Kreutxer and Edw. J. Buss, aldermen in the second ward, and George P. Freund and Fred Ferwerda, aldermen in the third ward. The name of Earl Walsh for city clerk appears alone on the Independent ticket. In the second ward the name of A. E. Nye for alderman appears alone on the Peoples ticket and in the first ward the name of R. I. Overton for alderman appears alone on the Peoples ticket. There will also be a small ballot containing the proposition of a municipal band which will be voted at this election and which is explained elsewhere in this issue. No Election Next Year Every elective office in the city will be balloted on at the city election and those elected will serve two year terms. There will be no city election next year. This is according to an ecNMMMUp measure passed by the legislature. Under the new law it is possible for the entire council to be changed at one time, whereas, according to the old law only half of the council members were voted on at; a time. Well, its won't be long new. The Plaindealer will" again receive [ returns of the election Tuesday eventing. Call 170 for results. HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS TO PRESENT CONCERT The High School Mixed Chorus will give a concert, Friday afternoon, April 12, at three o'clock, in preparation for an appearance at Harvard next week. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend this program. The chorus, directed by Miss 0*Gara, is a new organization at school, still in its first year of activity. Its members are choesn from members of the High School Glee clubs who are available for practice the second school period twice a week. The program to be given Friday consists of seven numbers by the chords and two solos. Soloists with the chorus are: Sopranos--Betty Conway, Jane Heimer; tenors--George Johnson, LeRoy Hetterman; Alto-- Evelyn Karls; Bass-- Gerge Vales; accompanist--Lorena E»h; Drums-- Chester Howard. . George Vales will give a vocal and acordkm solo and Adele Froelich will play the marimba between chorus numbers. It is hoped that a great many will attend this program' and give the group tconfidencte for its first out-of-town appearance. FOWLER TELLS M'CARTHY A PLENTY ( April number of the Fox Valley Mirror, edited by Leonard Fowler, was distributed to fets large list of readers last week. As usual, the magazine is right up to standard, full of good reading and printed excellently. IDoc" Fowler seems to have gotten "all het up" in this issue, judging from the open letter he published t o Honorable Frank A. McCarthy, the member of the state legislature from Elgin. It seems that McCarthy made a speech. "Doc" was there and he didn't like it a darned bit. He says frahkly that he was disappointed and disillusioned. , Fowler says the next issue will contain much about McHenry. ' _ Scenes and Persons in the Current News •nr ^ >'X>, V 4V 3?',' \ £* I--Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, and Capt. Anthony Kdep, lord privy seal, representing Great Britain in German rearmament conversations. 2--Where British, French and Italian ministers will confer on European situation. 3--President Roosevelt returning from his brief fishing trlpy^ NEXT SATURDAY WRITE IN NAMES ON THE GRADE BALLOT \ Mrs. Mollie Givens and Miss Anna Frisby were Chicago visitors Monday. ' * On Saturday afternoon the annual school election will be held in McHenry with two members to be elected on the high school board and three members on the grade school board. The high school election will take place in the city hall where the polls will be open from 12 _ o'clock noon to 7 p. m. * The grade school election will take place in the grade school and the polls will be open from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. On the high school board Dr. A. I. Froehlich and Ben Justen are seeking re-election. They are opposed by Anton Schmitt and Leo Winkel. Other members of the high sehool board are J. W. Freund, E. E. Bassett and C. J. Reihansperger. On ttie grade school board, R. I. Overton, president; E. H. Nickels and Stephen H. Freund are seeeking re-election. Their names will not appear on the ballots, however, as they did not file their petitions within the required time. No Names On Grade Ballot . Therefore, no names will appear on the grade school ballots and names of candidates must be written in.-) An X must be placed before each written name or the ballot is void. Other members of the grade school are, Math Steffes, Hi E. Buch, Lester Sherman and George Johnson. It is very probable that other candidates for the grade school board will be declared and voters should keep themselves posted along these issues. The community high school district includes a large territory and the election this year will, no doubt, draw out a large vote. Those having children attending the high school are especially interested in its Welfare and now'have every right to be most proud of this local institution, of learning which ranks among the best in this territory. With a fine corps of teachers the high school is really accomplishing some very fine results in education which are largely due to the high personnel of the governing body, the board of education. Mien of good judgement,' well educated and successful business men with experience in operating the school on a sensible and economical basis now compose the high school board and people of the community should congratulate themselves upon the existing high grade conditions. Much of the success of the school depends upon the standard of its governing board and voters should give their serious consideration to the election of candidates best fitted for this position. Candidates For Grade School Board Because their mkny friends have urged them to run for memoers of the grade school board this year, Geo. Stilling has announced his candidacy for president of the boardtand Frank Meyer as a member of the board. These men are vitally Interested In the affairs of the grade school ai.J because of this interest they have been urged by their friends to become active as board members. When board members have children in school they are qualified to know the needs of the school and are naturally interested in its welfare. • The public schools of McHenry are the one thing in the Community devoted to the training or tne citizens of tomorrow and too great an, interest cannot be taken in their welfare. No Expense to Taxpayers Considerable interest is being aroused in the plan whereby the young people of McHenry and vicinity may have the advantages of a college course procured through the local high school with thte expenses met by those who receive the benefits. There will be no added expenses for the taxpayers to meet and taxes will not be increased by the ptan. The ex- LOGAL TEACHERS ' IN AUTO CRASH A 1936 Terraplane was wrecked beyond repair Friday night \frhen it struck a culvert near St. Mary's cemetery, severely injuring the occupants, who were driving from Crystal Lake to Lake Geneva. The injured were brought to a focal doctor's office, where gashes Were sewed and wounds dressed, after which they were taken home. 1 On Sunday night another accident occurred on the samie highway just a little farther north, near Jahe Freund's corner, where a Ford V-8 and a Buick collided, the accident being caused by the storm which made travel dangerous. Occupants of the cars were cut and bruised, but after first aid were able to be taken to their homes, although the cars wen badly wrecked. The V-8 was from Madison, Wis. The Chevrolet coupe owned and driven by Miss O'Gara, a teacher ta the McHenry high schol, was wrecked Sunday evening when she, with two other teachers, Miss Stevens and M5ss Holden, was returning to McHenry from Chicago. The accident occurred when a motorist drove through a stop sign, aad crashed into the car. Although badly shaken up the teachers were not injured and continued the trip by tram to Crystal Lake. NEW PROPRIETOR FOR GREEN STREET BAKERY Harry Nielsen of Chicago will be the proprietor of the Green Street bakery, which will open Saturday for the season. The place has been newly decorated and is being put in readiness for the opening Saturday. Mrs. Agnes Wentworth formerly conducted the bakery and she rcom.- mends Mr. Nielgen to her old customers. Mr. Nielsen will bring his wife and little son to McHenry jto live as soon as they can arrange to renfc their honrte in the city. .* l NOTICE I find that it has been rumored that I am -a candidate for a member ol the grade school board and I wish tt correct the statement as I have no intention of seeking this office and 1 am not a candidate. 46-fp R. F. CONWAY. LOCAL TAX LEVY REMAINS THE SAMB An unchanged tax levy was approved at the annual meeting for McHenry township on Tuesday, April 2^ with a total of $7,500 to cover expenses'for the year. Of this amount $4,500 will be used for relief of the poor; salaries^ $2,700; election, $160; fumigating and quarantine, $150. PMA MEMBERS BEING MISLED SAYS NEW PRESIDENT -OF ASSOCIATION Vote the Small Ballot Tuesdky Qk Municipal Band Gucstion Milk producers are being misled by prbpaganda which tends to show that only 50 per cent of a producer's base is being marketed by the Pure Milk Association, says President John P. Case in a statement issued today. During the past six months, while the Administrator conducted the blend of prices fpr 90 per cent of base, at no time has more than 72 per cent of the established base on record in the Administrator's office reported and accounted for by distributors as milk and cream, states Mr. Case. When payments to producers were made for 90 per cent o'f the established base, the price paid was determined by a blend of this milk and cream and the difference between 72 per cent and 90 per cent, or even as low as 66 per cent and 90 per dent, represented surplus milk at surplus price, so that when producers were paid on 90 pel ceni of base the blended price really was made up of approximately 20 per oent of surplus milk at a surplus price. During February, under the Administrator's office, 50 per cent of the established base was paid for at the Class 1 price; 16 per cent was paid for at the Class 2 price, if deliveffed, making a total of 66 per cent. Under the Association direct contract sales agreement with distributors, 64 per cent of the established base will be paid for at Class 1 and 18 per cent at Class 2 making a total of 72 per cent of aty ^established base which will be sold ia these two classifications. Indications are that large quantities of surplus will be sold in classifications higher than surpltis, or Class 3 payments to producers, in which case the total returns for Class 2 will be increased. The statement continues to say tfiat under the three-pfice plan nOw used to pay producers, each producer can know exactly what he should get and is therefore better able to judge returns, and if an uncertain blended price were paid on 90 per cent of his established. Furthermore, that if production is reduced he can receive the high dollar or a higher price per hundred pounds for what he ships, which was not possible under the 90 per cent of base payment. Mrs. James Allen of Mishawauka, Ind., is visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Hess. penses are covered by the tuition fee of $140 per year paid by each student to the university. The bureau of education recommends the plan which Is oeing met with approval by many parents wno are hoping that members of the school board will decide to adopt the plan. The high school will serve only as an intermediary between tne people and the university in this depression movement to provide higner education for those who desire it. The work is done for the universtly through the high school and credits are issued equal to those of the class room pupil. Students may take up almost any desired coarse rrom SUCTI universities as Madison, Chicago and Illinois in this arrangement which makes a college education possible for everyone. As before stated, there will not be one cent of extra expense to the taxpayer and taxes' will not be increased. The Plaindealer will receive returns of the school election Saturday evening. Call 170. iV. EASTER PASSION PLAY AT WAUKEGAN GYM The great Easter passion play, "The Lord of Life" will be given for four nights beginning Sunday April 21, at the High School Gymnasium in Waukegan. This great drama which was written and will be directed by John D. Thomas will be seen by more than 10,000 people during it's presentation, which is under the auspices of the First Baptist Church of that city. There are over 100 people in the cast. Some of the more important characters are: Judge P. L Persons, as King Herod Antlpas; Col. A. V. Smith, as Pilate; "ITieodore Otter* bacher as Caiaphas; Clare Lundy as Judas, and L. Eric Carey as the •Christus'. The play will be presented free of charge and a free will offering win bo received. Hundreds of dollars have been spent to produce the play which will be an annual affair. Mr. Thomas formerly presented the production at Zion, Illinois, and during it's ten showings, attracted more than 50,000 people. - The doors will be open at 7:15 and those desiring choice seats, should come as early as possible. A ' large corps of ushers will be on hand to direct the visitors, and the curtain will go up promptly at 8:15 o'clock. The play depicts the life, trial, betrayal crucifixion and ressurection of Jesus. It is entirely Bibical, and people of all sects or creeds are interested in this magnificent drama. '!•/ '* At the city election, next Tuesday there ^irill be one * smalt ballot upon which tile vol era in every ward will be asked to mark their choice in addition to voting for their * aldermen and mayor and other city officials. f' The vote on this smaB ballot will de<>?de whether «or ' «!&t this city will have a municipal baud and the question oil the ballot will read, '^Shall a tax not exceeding one - mill be levied each, year an all taxable property in the city of McHenry for the purpose of providing a fund for titie maintenance or employment of a municipal band for musical pulrposes.T,,,, -jt' •. • ~ ,i> ' " • ' . Byot waat the band, mark an,X in the square after ^--'-i-yes, *' if yo« do not want the band juark an X in the square after "no." ~ Pnblie opinion has changed in the past year or two and today arguments from an educational standpoint are being put forth by the parents in the community in favor ef a city band composed of local young people* There is now enough local talent to make n|> 4 very fine band with members taken from musicians of the high school, alumni and other McHenry citieens and no out- Side players will be needed* T > " Without a city band there is nothing to keep the graduates of the high school active in music and much of their musical training received in schpol is wasted. Parents are beginning to realize this and the report is that many will be glad to vote for the city band this year. •- :: POUSE CASE IS COURT ORDERS CAPIAS RETURNABLE APR.*22 The band tax, which is only one mtll on taxable property, is a very small item for any taxpayer to pay and very few will object to this opportunity to assist m the welfare of the young people of the compiunity. In the high school this year several new instruments were purchased for the use of the pupils and free lessons were given to many. Everything is being done by the hoard of education to interest the young people in music, but after they are given this good start by the school they graduate and no longer can find use for the musical knowledge they have acquired. ^ Voters should give this proposition their careful consideration and vote for the best interests of the commuilitv. •. -v...,:- ; COURT HOUSE Coca Into Bankruptcy Jesse L. Davis, Crystal Lake can not make both ends meet on $173 per month, he told Harry Hanson, referee in bankruptcy, at a hearing held at Woodstock recently. He stated that because of expenses being more than his income he was forced to ^ into bankruptcy. Davis is employed by the Chicago & North Western Railway company, stating that his salary had been cut heavily during the depression. He and his wife make up the family, there being one child they are . sending to school. Sheriff Gets New Equipment The now forgotten grand jury investigation into crime fighting equip ment of the McHenry county sheriff's office, conducted last summer after five prisoners escaped in a sensational jail-break, has brought partial if somewhat delayed results, it was learned last week. In the intention of preventing" recurrence of jail episodes, the jury prepared a lengthy report recommending that the county board provide for the sheriff a full outlay of highly modern devices for law enforcement, including an armored car, machine guns, riot guns, bullet-proof vests, tear gas grenades. The report was filed without action by the board. Several months elapsed and now the supervisors' purchasing committee, headed by Paul F. Rosenthal of Crystal Lake, has approved an order for two bullet-proof vests for the use of Sheriff Henry A. Nulle and his force of deputies; and has already provided the sheriff's office with new steel filing cabinets for finger prints, criminal records and other data, a double-locking munitions cabinet, and additional handcuffs, gun holsters and police clubs. Released From Alimony Row Earl Dixon was released from the county jail Saturday after spending 90 days on a sentence for failure to pay alimony. Dixon has been ordered to pay $25 per month alimony to his divorced wife and for the support of his three children. Friday Dixon told the court he probably would be back again because he wouldn't gay the alimony as long as his wife refused to let him see the children. The court informed him that as long as he was judge he would either pay the alimony or live in jail. Dixon has been in and out of. jail on several occasions in connection with his matrimonial differences with his wife. Did Not Pay Alimony Judge Edward D. Shurtleff issued an order Friday morning for Sheriff Henry A. Nulle to bring Randall Weitzel of Harvard into the circuit court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for failure to pay alimony to his divorced wife, Grace A. Weitzel. Mrs. Weltsel claims in a letter written to Judge Shurtleff that she has not received alimony for the past six months. It is claimed the Weitzels were divorced some twenty years ago. ' . Wife Was C*ue» It is quite common for a wfffe to>be granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty but Friday morning the tide changed in the circuit court when Clarence A. Carlson of Crystal Lake was grant ed a divorce by default from Edith L. Carlson on p charge of cruelty. He charged in ,his bill that' his wife beat, struck, kickfd ^and choked him on several occs(si'ons. He also charged that she tore, his clothing. The Carlsons were married Sept. 8, 1928, and separated July 12, 1934. Gets Year In Jail Gustav Nelson was sentenced to serve one year in the county jau and pay a fine of $1 on a plea of guilty to a charge of petty larceny. Judge Shurtleff passed the sentence. Nelson was indicted on a charge of larceny of an automobile from D. M. Wright of Marengo, for whom he was employed at the time. The charge was changed to petty larceny b? the state Friday. Seeks Divorce . ------ A bill for divorce was filed by Irene Ward against Charles Ward, both of Crystal Lake, in the circuit court Friday. The Wards were married Nov. 14, 1930, and have one child, Richard, ten months old. Mrs. Ward charges cruelty in her bill. She charges her husband beat, struck and bit her while in a drunken madness on Oct. 30, 1934. She asks alimony and support of her child. Ask New Taylor Trial Judge Edward D. Shurtleff late Friday afternoon took under advisement the question of whether Emma Taylor should have a new trial or not. Arguments oiv the motion for a new trial were heard before the court during the day. Defene Attorney Arthur i Waite asked for a new trial on the j grounds that faulty instructions were permitted to go to the jury. One instruction in particular had to do with conspiracy. State's Attorney Lumley contended that under tie new practice act that if any of the instructions introduced by the state were j 1 faulty the time for the defense to ob- On a written motion by Charles-W. Hadley, special state's attorney ' -of,'. McHenry county during the fan*o«< investigation of alleged crisMft atiti. liquor violations seven years ago, tb case against Alford H. P.ouse, forme1 stated attorney of the county,' redockcted Friday morning by Judg - Edward D. Shurtleff. The court ordered Ciituii CW: Will T. Conn to issue a capias for arrest of Pouse. The capias is K turnable April 22, 1935. The bond c. $3,000 which was the original toMX in the case, has been set again. In the written motion filed by AJ- ~ torney Charles P. Barnes in befcaL' of Attorney Hadley, it was point*-, out that the original capias isaoei for the arrest of Pouse when he R * signed his office and left for parts unknown, has been lost. Capias Was Lost . ^4^ Attorney Hadley says search of Hi ' files of the circuit clerk reveal that the capias was never returned. E. li Cook, county coroner at the time an in charge of serving papers in the in vestifation for Hadley, states he ha no capias. Other special deputy sheriffs appointed at the time also vc * port they do not know what becom1 of the original capias. Attorney Barnes said Friday that Attorney Hadley is of the opinio:> that the conspiracy indictment agairu- Pouse contains other counts other tha > conspiracy to violate the prohibition law that he can be tried on. Slot machines was mentioned as one coun'. which probably would offer Attorney Hadley an opportunity to ask to go to trial on. " ' Returned Monday Pouse returned to the county Monday of last week after being absen: for more than seven years. Hi whereabouts were not. known during those years. He was indicted for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law following his disappearance. Two years ago the case was dismissed against Pouse with leave to reinstate. Last November Pouse thru his attorney, Frank Maynard of Rockford, asked to have the case reinstated and the indictment nolle prossed. No action was ever taken on the petition filed ill this connection. Now that the case has been rainstated and Pouse is back again it i* hard to say what the next move will be. It is expected that Pouse will ask for a trial at once or have the iutiet-.., ment nolle prossed. TWO CLOSED COUNTY BANKS PAY DIVIDENDS )N' ' \V ' ; 5 V'vt?•' r*. V" "• r .: • Good news came to depositors of two closed banks in McHenry county last week with the announcement tha. dividends would be paid to depositor: of the closed United States bank at Crystal Lake and to the depositors tithe closed First National bank, Marengo. S. T. Oliver, deputy receiver for tke United States bank of Crystal Lak< received the approval of the Auditor of Public Accounts to pay a dividend of six per cent to, creditors of the closed bank. With the payment of this dividend a total of twenty-three per oent will have been paid to depositors from th? liquidation of assets, twelve per cen* which was paid under the administration of the former receiver and eleven per cent under the administration of the present receiver. Distribution of a 10 per cent dividend totaling $49,936.54 to approxi mately 1576 depositors of the closed First National Bank, Miarengo, HI.," got under way Friday, April 5. Divfdend check, written here dur ing the past few weeks following authorization of the payment, hav been returned from Washington, D. C where they were sent for the comp troller of the currency's signature Payment of the new dividend will raise the total depositors' return to 60 per cent of their claims. Previous payments, two in number totaled $149,809.62 and $99,873.08, respectively. A new loan by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation on remaining assets of the receivership was largely responsible for making the new dividend possible. This loan must of course, be retired and until same fc repaid, no further dividend disbursement can be made by the receiver. NOTICE Mrs. Charles F. Pich announces that after Monday, April 15, she will located in the old People's Bank building in CenterviUe. 41 spring millinery. 46-fp Attorney and Mr?WcDer-' mott and children and C. Mi.rrnidet of Chicago visited friends Sunday. ject to them was before they werv read to the jury. According Jo thoe who have been in contact with her. Mrs. Taylor is bitter against her hasband, who made his. escape from th 1 county jail last July and left her to ^ face the "music" ail alone. That sh expected the return of her husbaaJ during the trial is evident from seq*e., . of the remarks she has passed siaee the trial ended. i .v'f