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Mundelein Dairy Farm Wins NEPTUNE RULES TOO MANY WIVES Quizzed in Murder Ch ica go land Neatness Prize CITY PUTS PRICE ON SEX MORONS IN NEW DRIVE 2 his bank balance and found It was only $2. In addition to this he had borrowed $200 from a finance company on her signature and another $200 on a note which Peiffer had signed. Peiffer, whose record showed that he had been indicted in 1922 on a charge of robbery with a gun but later was convicted for petty larceny, was questioned about the time he left the building where he was on duty Saturday night. He said he had left about 2:30 a. m.

Sunday and arrived home about 3. A card bearing, his name and address was found in the clothing cf Lee. Promises to Return. Peiffer said he did not carry a gun while working as watchman. He promised to return if wanted for further questioning.

Miss Buehler freely talked about herself when she was questioned by Assistant State's Attorney Harry Pos-ner. She said she had at one time been a bookkeeper, but had drifted into night spots and finally into vice resorts because she liked bright lights, fun, and good clothes. Claims Marriage Promise. "Bobby knew all about me," Pos-ner quoted her as saying. "He forgave me for my past life and we planned on getting married and starting all over again.

I knew that he didn't have as much money as some of the other men I had been out with, but he was making enough for us to get along on. "1 really cared about him and I believed he was on the square with me." CANADA HOLDS 7 IN KIDNAPING OF MILL OFFICIAL lected from sixteen farms that had won gold medals qualifying them to compete for the grand championship. The gold medals were awarded to the farms receiving the highest rating in each of fifteen districts in the Chicago milk shed, comprising 33 counties in northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northern Indiana. They were judged on the following points: General appearance, 50 per cent; condition of barn and herd, 20 per cent; condition of milk house, equipment and utensils, 20 per cent, and condition of all other buildings on the farm, 10 per cent. Winners of Awards.

The following won gold medals: ILLINOIS Douglas I. Hine, Harvard; Henry J. Stilling, McHenry; Louis Heuer, Mount Prospect; Daniel C. Myers, Sugar Grove; George A. Damisch, Hampshire; William Eyre, Minooka; Nick J.

Baumann, Aurora; Charles Mark, Frankfort; Philip Sur-prenant, Kankakee. WISCONSIN Studnicka Brothers, Janesville; William A. Kienbaum, Whitewater; S. B. Chapin, Lake Geneva; George Henning, Burlington.

INDIANA Fred A. Heide, Crown Point; John Heinold, La Crosse; Albert Gudeman Francesville. The three final judges were: Dr. H. A.

Ruehe, University of Illinois, Urbana, Prof. H. W. Gregory, Purdue university, Lafayette, and Prof. L.

C. Thomsen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. BY FRANK RIDGWAY. The New Home farm, owned by Earl H. Kane, Mundelein, 111., was declared Chicagoland's neatest dairy farm in the fourth annual contest held by the Pure Milk association, cooperataive bargaining agency for 14,500 farmers, according to an announcement yesterday by John Case, general manager of the organization.

The prize for winning this grand championship honor is an eight day trip for Mr. and Mrs. Kane to Yellowstone National park in Wyoming and also to several points in Colorado. They will start next Saturday. Wins Over 300 Farmers.

Kane won in competition with 300 other dairy farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. His winning farm of 140 acres is located two miles south of Mundelein on route 59 A. He won by having his farm excep-tionaly neat, by keeping the milk house and equipment in a santiary condition throughout the year, and by having a herd of 32 pure bred Guernsey cows that scored exceptionally high on cleanliness. The Kanes have been operating a dairy farm for twenty-one years. Mr.

Kane has been a member of the association since it was formed in 1926. His affiliation with PMA is through the Prairie View local. 16 Win Cold Medals. The New Home farm finally was se 148 Accordions Stolen; Police Keep Ears Open Police kept their eyes and ears open yesterday for a 148 piece accordion band. George Gautier, 1021 South Ashland avenue, found that over the week-end burglars took that many accordions valued at $11,392 from his International Music Instrument company store, 1014 Blue Island (Story starts on page 1.) 1- x'-vIm1.

jif i': Wy TRIBUNE Photo. Mrs. Theresa Weichbrodt, who was known as the wife of Robert F. Burns (Herbert F. Lee), as she was questioned last night about his murder in Grant park.

COURT REFUSES TO CURB STATE IN HAHN INQUIRY Cincinnati, Aug. 23. Special. A motion by counsel for Anna Marie Hahn, alleged poison slayer under Investigation in a dozen deaths, for a rule restraining the prosecution from interferi with witneSseS vaa uuuc "There is an entire failure of proof that the prosecutor or his assistants attempted to hinder justice," Judge Bell declared. Informed that state and defense counsel could not agree upon an ex pert to check the findings of Dr.

Ott H. Behrer, city chemist, who reported arsenic in the bodies of Jacob Wagner and George Gsellman, the two men whose death has been charged offi cially to the youngish blonde. Judge Bell announced that he would appoint such an expert not later than Wednesday. WILKIN FLIES NEAR N. POLE IN HUNT FOR PLANE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug.

23. UP) A message intercepted by the Pacific Alaska airways radio station here today reported Sir George Hubert Wilkins, explorer, had flown close to the north pole in his search for six missing soviet transpolar flyers who vanished Aug. 13 on a flight from Moscow to Fairbanks. Wilkins left Coppermine, N. yesterday and flew nearly 1,500 miles before fog forced him to return.

Meantime other flyers, soviet, Canadian, and American, awaited lifting fog to join in the search. Three giant arctic planes at Moscow were prepared for flight across the north pole to Alaska along the route probably followed by the lost plane. Three planes were at Point Barrow, and others were on the way there. COURT DECLINES TO HALT RECORD 134 DAY SITDOWN New York, Aug. 23.

Special. The longest sitdown strike on record 134 days continued at the plant of H. Anton Bock today when Magistrate Edgar Bromberger refused to interfere. Magistrate Bromberger ruled that Ernest Eckes, president of the com' pany, "through permission and suf-ference," has let the 130 sitdown strikers occupy the cigar plant so long that it is beyond the power of the magistrate's court to order evic tion for unlawfully possessing prop erty. SANDEL'S Mayor Makes Offer of $1,000 Reward.

Continued from first page. the next council meeting, Aug. 31," Mayor Kelly said. But I urge man agers of hotels and nurses' homes to take such preventive action before then." Predicts Passage of Law. The day also brought proposals for action from state legislators.

State Representative Peter C. Gra-nata 17th, declared that he Is now assured of votes sufficient to pass a bill killed at the last session of the general assembly, providing for emasculation of criminals guilty of raping girls under 16 years of age. "I have telegraphed a request to Gov. Horner to include the amending of the criminal code in his call for a special session of the legislature in October," Granata said. "Wires from downstate members of the assembly since the latest wave of sex crimes in Chicago assure me the bill will pass easily." Seek White Man as Rapist.

Meanwhile, the search for the of Miss Anne Kuchta, 19 years old, a student nurse at the Chicago hospital, 811 East 49th ttreet, shifted to a new front yesterday. Capt. Ray Crane of the Hyde Park police announced that he had positive information that the criminal was a white man and not a Negro, as was believed earlier. Capt. Crane said a new witness had come forward who told of seeing a white man carrying a table radio ouch as was stolen from Miss Kuchta's room at the hospital.

This was about 6 a. m. Saturday, shortly ilter the murder. The suspect was described as from 25 to 28 years old, weight 5 feet 10 inches, weight 150 nounds, with a light complexion, and wearing a white polo shirt and dark pants. Tells Conductor of Murder.

The man boarded a northbound State street car at 47th street and remarked to the conductor, "There's been a murder down the block." Police considered the remark significant since the murder was not generally known at that time. The man alighted from the street car at Walton street, on the near north side. The conductor says he can identify him. More than eighty colored men, ar rested on suspicion in connection with the Kuchta murder, were released yes terday. However, two colored men weie held as suspects in the assault on Vfrs.

Anna Hollander, 50 years old, latest victim in the series of sex crimes. Mrs. Hollander, maid at 8153 South Green street, resisted an attacker in a prairie at Halsted and 82d streets Sunday night. Three Named in Attack. Three young men seized by New City police were identified last night by Miss Frances Oksas, 19 years old, 4445 South Fairfield avenue, as the men who raped her early Sunday in a prairie near 69th street and Kolmar avenue.

The three, who according to police, confessed the attack, are Fred Langolf, 21 years old, of 3428 Emerald avenue; James Kenneth, 18, of 3421 Emerald avenue, and John Davis, 20, of 5648 South Bishop street Two others In the party were held as accessories. They are Walter Wenckus, 23, of 2713 West 43d street, driver of the car Miss Oksas was forced to enter at 44th street and Lined with EarUGlo I it 'V. 8E3ETS AMD. OFF-FACE -''BRIMS IMPORTANT NEW Hat Fashions NEW HATS ARRIVE DAILY. MANDEL'S AIR A' COWANSVILLE, Quebec, Aug.

23 -Charged with kidnaping and il- legaUy transporting their employer mv. t-. i employes or former employes of the Bruck silk mills were brought back from the United States border tonight and jailed to await arraignment tomorrow. The seven had been in custody since yesterday at Richford, where immigration authorities released from the employes' car Samuel Griss, superintendent of the Bruck plant, Griss, father of two children, swore out warants for the arrests after police returned him to his hotel from Richford, where he was taken in one of seven cars which drove up to the community golf course and surprised the native New Yorker as he played golf with his wife in company with their small children. He declined to discuss the abduction and would only say he had been done "a personal TARGET PRACTICE JARS PLASTER IN HIGHLAND PARK Firing of high power anti-aircraft guns at targets towed by airplanes a mile above the ground has shaken plaster off the walls of a number of Highland Park homes near the battery positions at Fort Sheridan, residence owners reported yesterday.

They said the concussions also damaged the foundation and main beams in their homes. Robert W. Larke, whose two story, eight room stucco home is at 1024 Fort Sheridan avenue, said his home had been damaged each year for more than seven years. One year all the bricks in his fireplace collapsed and a government mason repaired them, he said. The home of John MinorinI, 1038 Fort Sheridan avenue, also was re ported to be damaged.

It was said that more than half a dozen other houses in the neighborhood also were damaged. Engineers said it was pos sible a land fault transmitted the vibration from the firing to these houses. Prisoners Hunger Strike Ends with Cries for Food Toledo, Aug. 23. C4) A hunger strike of twenty-four prisoners in Lucas county jail that lasted through three meals ended tonight with cries or "We want food." Sherifs officers said the prisoners would h- to wait until tomorrow when breakfast is served.

if rrx i Z- CARNIVAL OF LAKES BEGINS Water Pageant and Music Head Program. (Picture on back page.) King Neptune, with water dripping from his long white whiskers and his court of mermaids at hand, crowned Miss Faraday Benedict queen of the Carnival of the Lakes last night as the week long Chicago Charter Jubilee event opened in Burnham park. Thousands crowded into the lagoon theater to watch the show on a float ing stage, while another show went on a quarter of a mile south before 20,000 more who jammed special stands in front of another stage also anchored in the lagoon waters. Yacht Parade Opens Show. Neptune, ancient Roman god of the waters was played by Albert Snite of the Chicago Yacht club.

He reigned over colorful floats of mon strous sea serpents, ducks, elephants, and hippos. There were dazzling div ing girls who also danced and swam. In the parade opening the show were 70 power and sailing yachts and the city's new fireboat, the Fred Busse. Music shared the place of honor with aquatic exhibitions. Dave Rubi noff, violinist who thrilled the crowd at the Chicagoland Music Festival Saturday night, and P.

A. Cavallo's symphonic orchestra won applause. Jane Fauntz, Chicago Olympic Games star, and Larry Griswold, Western conference champion, appeared in swimming and diving exhibitions. And Mermaidonia," a ballet, had combined nautical and musical ap. peal.

The Mexican Otoml Indians pre sented their flying ceremonial dance before the crowd at the south stage. Mayor Talks on Jubilee. Mayor Kelly, introduced by Cor poration Counsel Barnet Hodes, told the spectators the purpose of the Charter Jubilee has been to interest outsiders in Chicago as an educational and cultural center. As finale of the show the fireboat sent a water screen 100 feet high cascading above the lagoon while colored lights played upon it. SHERIDAN OFFICER CAMP GRADUATES TO HAVE REUNION Tentative plans for a three day re union of members of the first and second officers' training camps, held at Fort Sheridan in 1917, were announced yesterday by Brig.

Gen. James A. Ryan, who was in charge of the second camp. The reunion, to start Oct. 7, will be the first meet ing of camp members since the organization of the Fort Sheridan as sociation at the close of the second camp.

Plans include a visit at Fort Sheri dan as guests of Brig. Gen. Philip B. Peyton, commander. Gen.

Ryan said few addresses of the 7,508 grad uates of the camps are available. He asked that any men who graduated notify him at the Army and Navy club, 850 Lake Shore drive. Two hun dred and sixty of those who trained at the first two camps died in service, I ADVEHTISMBNT.l TAKE FALSE TEETH OFF YOUR MIND! Now. witli only 6 conis attentio onca day, you can make the loosest plate hold fast all day even longer. Simply squeeze the new discovery STAZE on to your plate, and insert No further hother no mess-no spilling.

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-si A- V--- TRIBUNE Photos. VIOLET ALLEY. Judge George B. Weiss in Felony court yesterday held Salvatore Valeria, 33 years old, a former convict, to the grand jury in bonds of for contracting a bigamous marriage at Crown Point Aug. 14.

This was the second bigamous Crown Point marriage disclosed within a week. Valenza was arrested Saturday on complaint of his wife, Margaret, 28, 150 West 25th street, that he had eloped with her cousin, Violet Alley, 19, 243 West 58th street. Through his attorney, Bernard Barasa, Va lenza confessed and waived examination. He is a former inmate of Jo-liet penitentiary. Western avenue, and Edward Churas, 21, of 3421 Emerald avenue.

Quiz Annoyer of Nurse. Curlee Barron, 31 years old, colored, 3834 South Wabash avenue, was ques tioned last night after his arrest on the complaint of a nurse, Miss Evelyn Fowler, 21 years old, 2003 Indiana avenue, fahe was given a ponce es cort on her way to work at the Wesley Memorial hospital at 2449 South Dearborn street and pointed out Barron on the street as the man who had annoyed her on several occasions. THIRTY INJURED IN HUDSON TUBE TRAIN ACCIDENT New York, Aug. 23. Special.

Trafic on the Hudson tubes from New Jersey into downtown Manhattan was halted for eight hours today by an accident in which thirty passengers were injured. The 50,000 New Jersey commuters who use this branch of the tubes during the morning rush hour had to get to their offices by ferry, Pennsyl vania railroad trains and the uptown branch of the tubes, and almost all of them arrived late. The accident occurred when the second car of a six car train bound from Newark to Manhattan jumped the track at a switch and smashed into a concrete retaining walL Four of those hurt remained at Broad Street hospital seriously in jured, but all are expected to live. A small deposit holds your coat i ROTHSCHILD I Jackson gone to tht AIR-COOLED STEVENS BllLDINA, FOR DINNER, 90c George jays "Don't miss tha 'Carnival of the Lakes' but, be sure to have dinner at Stevens Building Restaurant before you go." Special Dinner, including Cocktail or Wine, $1.10 to $1.35 LUNCHEON. 45c.

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