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sOSs-?,' lest Important on #nt iylerft %stem v-p- SENIOWTV*fp-E W*V^tft Inability of Swelier ^|!(#0fihi« to Kee0 0em'(^fc4|i:.v^lWt' Cause of ^uftA0ttd#':i Interpretation of the county civil service law, if not the life of the law itself, will be affected by a case which was argued before ^e^l^eii^coiirt county civil service hoard on the Ques- tion of seniority of service, : ^ When the law went into effect on July l, 1911, it found 'yjsohie^Deme* cratic officials who had not completed the reorganization^;^'; thejf;: »offlceiJ The county clerk and the county treas- urer, Democrats, retained several Re- publicans whom they had inherited from their Republican predecessors. Democrats Are Laid Off. Then the commission evolved its rule of seniority, and placed these Re- publicans at the head of the list be- cause they had seen service. When an brder came to lay off some of the employes, it found the Republicans se- cure in their positions, because of this rule, while the Democrats were thel ones to go. County Clerk Sweitzer and County Treasurer O'Connell asserted their right to designate who should be laid off, but that was denied by the com- mission. Hence the suit, the argu- ment of the county officials being that as the law went into effect on July 1, 1911, there could have been no seniority of service except that which began on that date. Followed Bartzen's Rule. It was this Question which brought about seeming differences between President A. A. McCormick of the county commissioners and President Frederic C. Greer of the county civil service commission over the recent dismissal of a number of minor offi- cials. Mr. McCormick followed the course which he was assured had been the custom. Whenever Peter Bartzen wanted to "fire" an employe, it is said he "fired" him, and that was all there was to it. President McCormick, however, was informed that under the rules when he wished to reduce the number of employes in the county he should noti- fy the civil service board, and that body would say who should go, se- lecting for the ax the last person ap- pointed. The rules were shown to Mr. McCormick and he has accepted them as binding. Merely ChangedI Manner. The only change, therefore, in Mr. McCormick's order was to specify that certain employes in a certain class should be dismissed, and the dismissal was J made. The reduction of approximately $59,000 in the county pay roll has been effected, unnecessary employes have been dispensed with, and the es- sential facts connected with the orig- inal order remain unchanged. There is still another angle to the civil service situation in the county building which may reach the courts. John V. Clinnin, chief clerk in the re- corder's office, and Louis Hutt, chief clerk in the circuit court clerk's office, hav© fallen back on the protection of the Civil service law. rt had been supposed that each head of department was privileged to select a chief derk. That was thought to be the only piece of spoUe left by the new law. f When Becorder Connery and~:'Mfetii^Qo^yae&. Bainey were inaugurated, they announced ThWwoulci retain the old chief clerk** !$0iJjiiM^ may have to make a fight to oust them. la t|| j||i| oX ^the civil service jlaw. where exemptions are made, the words "chief :M^0. "ippea* ojily after refe^ ^Bce to "Jailer*' and "asslsUnt sheriff," and ttfe interpretation put on it Is that it aPPHes to the sherUTs office.. and not to other o^Dcea, It is understood the Judges who recently passed on the question of help for the county offices also took that view. ' i'llllijSTINh, WILMETTE. At a meeting of the Sunday school teachers, held Sunday afternoon, com* mittees were appointed to make preparation for the children's Christ- mas festival, which will take the form of a carol and manger service, to be held in the church at half past four o'clock on the afternoon before .Christmas. There will be a Christ- mas tree and a manger, in which the children of the parish Sunday school will place the gifts which they are to bring for the children of the Sunday school of Holy Trinity Mission, in the stock-yards district The boys will at SprlngfltJr^S,2« t tne>mg gifts for the boys, and the girls greed caser*WM*-o**^ t^iAWlw'gS&'~'TtiB children will sing their carols, and a short Christ- mas story will be told. Altogether the service will last but an hour, and all the children of the church, with their parents, are cordially invited to be present. The calendar of services for the Christmas season is as follows: Sunday, Dec. 22nd, 4:&0 p. m., Christmas cantata, "The Holy Child." Tuesday, Dec 24th, 4:30 p. m., chil- dren's carol and manger service. Christmas day, 7 a. m., Holy Eucha- rist, with full choir and carols. Christmas day, 10:30 a. m., Holy Eucharist, without music. Particular attention is called to the Christmas cantata, "The Holy Child," which will be sung next Sunday aft- ernoon at the four-thirty service. The choir has been working for several weeks to render this beautiful service in the best possible manner. The pub- lic is cordially invited to worship with us at this service and enjoy with the people of the parish the op- portunity to hear this cantata. The following are the members of the choir of St. Augustine's church: Boysâ€"Arthur Cook, Gilbert Cook, Lowrie Dean, Harry Donaldson, Hu- bert Jordan, Kenneth Kerr, William Kerr, Stephen Lusted, Charles McKin- ney, Arthur Mason, Donald Murdoch, Edward Richardson, Ballard Robin- son and Norman Weyl. Menâ€"Evan Anderson, T. J. Bevan, Charles Dahnke, Carleton Gould, Herbert Gould, Ernest Gould, Douglas Hoffman, Carol L. Nichols, John G. Quin, Jr., C. F. Rohles and Lysle Smith. Thomas H. Fullerton, organist and choirmaster. The choir will render the following program of Christmas music at the service of the Holy Communion at seven o'clock on Christmas morning: Processional hymn 49, Adeste Fi- deles .................. Readina Introit anthem, "Break Forth Into Joy" ................... Vincent Kyrie Eleison 175, "Summary of the Law"................ Tam* Eoistle. Hymn 52 (first verse only), ancient melody. Gospel. Gloria Tibi service in D. .Gratia* Ttbi Woodward. ' Creed* - Hymn 59, "It Came Upon the Mid- night Clear" ............ ~" Offertory anthem, "He Shall Great* .................. Doxology. Sanctus. Benedictus qui Venit servicec in D, Woodward. Agnus Dei. Gloria in Excelsis, 204. old chant. Hymn, "At Last Thou Art Come. UttleSavior"...........Adams Recessional hymn. "O Little Town of Bethlehem WiTUs Be Adams Ek Attitude iniRi^oJiond Election Hurt Mayoralty AspirationSi -;\ ] â-  i >â- .......â- â-  'i ii i R0SSBACH IS ALSO OUT Second Ward Alderman Will Probably Be Retired From Council Next April. Any chances that Alderman Charles S. Wallace of the Sixth ward might have had to become mayor of Evans- ton to succeed Joseph B. Paden, went glimmering Monday, when the Sixth ward voted 271 for and 125 against the tend issue to provide the rapid sand filtration plant. Defeated Badly in Own Ward. Mr. Wallace has been an ardent and persistent opponent of the propo- sition since its inception months ago. hut the fact that the city as a whole voted almost two to one in favor of the bond issue, and that his own ward voted more than two to one in favor of it, probably eliminates him as a candidate for election in the mayor- alty campaign next April. Rossbach'* Aspirations Absurd. A week or two ago, when this news- paper, in referring to Victor A. Ross- bach's circular against the proposi- tion, said that its real purpose was not to, save people money, as its au- thor pretended, but to advance his own political aspirations and make it possible for him to become a can- didate for mayor should the plan be defeated, Rossbach stated that The News would elect him mayor yet Local W* C. Tj. V. circles as well as national organisation which has its headquarters here, are very much interested In the work being done this week at Washington where Mrs. Lillian N. Stevens, president of the Gordon, vice-president*tlarge, and Mrs. Howard N. Hoge, recording sec- retary, are leading a fight by the tern- peran<» asaodaUon to uTge immedi- ate consideration of the Kenyen-8hep. pard bill prohibiting the shipment of intoxicating .drinks Into dry states. Senate Galleries Crowded. Monday the galleries In the senate chamber were crowded with women who are interested in the outcome in that body, where it is understood that It will be considered during the after- noon. Women of the W. C. T. U. or- ganisation have carried on a very strenuous campaign to convince both senators and representatives that the consensus bf opinion "back home" is such that they can not afford to vote otherwise than for the proposition, and while they have been delicate about it, there has been more than one reference to what happened in the late election to members of both Election Monday MEAi^!^ 4i iW»*a [Wi^BiP the house and senate who have here- tofore not been sufficiently consider- ate of the expressed wishes of their constituents. 'â- â- 'â- â- j',:-# : > ""â- * Officials to Go to Maine. ^ Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon will probably remain In Washington the rest of this week, after which they will go to New York for a brief stay before returning to Mrs. Stevens* home in Portland, Me., where they will spend Christmas and the holi- days. They will probably not return to Evanston until early In the spring. Here the headquarters are tempo- rarily under the sole control of Mrs. Frances P. Partes, coresponding sec- e,rhy8!ciansam Did txielleiit and llfeftSS^^^,^ ... â- . t*^-:<â- â- â- i..1.,-J^-Vs^sH^^'^^^^^^'^S^^^^S â- By a nearly ; two :^;;o^|Jf|i|lw;^ people of ;M$***fa^^ of v;tho.-. proposed :/'bo^.^:,ts^"-:'W3||g $180,000 to build .*.«jn||1,"a^:P^v« t*on plant for the purification .ofv Js^i|pj Boston's water\wnf^^S^'Wf-'M'^( the' most energetic >&m^^^0^:^ conducted in thut :mr^P9i«^;^':^B largest -'vote ever x^-M'^W^:^: proposition ' wasrecorded: \'S^»nd^. â-  ;|*|; there having been 2,026 ^es|Jand 1,112 "No" votes; :^^;-;.; mMi$vm- The whole plant Dropositlon'has retary, Mrs. B. P. Hutchinson, treas- rT^.r.ZT^ w of the national organisation. Presumably this danger Is now over, ..^..^ ** â„¢ «» M for the second ward gave 350 votes for and 161 votes against the bond Issue. This vote of more than two to one against Rossbach should act as a re- call on that gentleman and render his re-election to the council next spring an absolute impossibilityâ€"his mayoralty aspirations, of course, under any conditions, being an ab- surdity. Lose Only in Fourth and Fifth. Every precinct in town, except in the Fourth and Fifth wards, voted in favor of the bond issue, and if those two wards are eliminated, the vote in favor of the expenditure of the money for good health insurance, for such the filtration plant might he consid- ered, is considerably more than two to one. If these wards continue to he in the backward column and against what is not only for the best Interests of the city, but antagonistic to their own greatest good, they will continue to send men like Christ Witt of the Fifth, and Turnock of the Fourth, into the city council, although many of Turhock'e friends maintain that he would have welcomed an opportunity to favor the proposition In the last stages of the game If he had not lacked the courage to make the right- about-face, which would have been necessary to acknowledge his mistake at the start. Fourth warders who favored filtration say that If Turnock can get much consolation out of the fact that the majority of the people In his ward were with him, he Is wel- come to it, although they believe he would have best represented the In- terests of bis ward had he used his In- fluence to further, rather than hinder, the one cause *which at this time is the most important to Bvauston. having found it necessary to go to her home in Kansas for a rest, as the result of an illness brought on by hard work attendant Upon the an- nual convention which closed about a month ago in the west Advent sermons on the "Gifts of Christ's Coming," the subject being, Christ's Gift of Holmes*/* At the basaar recently given by the Reamer \ Woman's OUild ~S"T ««™m* Sec Xfiid, at church |600 was realised. Tuesday. 0„ ««^ "S^J^rSslur afternoon there was a sale of the left the eleven o'clock service tne *ww« •*_____^ ^______ mmmmmn win preach the last in the series of overs and tea was served. WILMETTE CONGREGATIONAL. The subject for Sunday morning's service, Dec. 22, will be "Head of the Church." At 5 o'clock vesper service there will be a Sunday school Christmas en- tertainment. * All interested are cor- dially invited. Monday evening there will be three Christmas partiesâ€"one for the. pri- mary department, one for the Juniors and another for the intermediate and senior departments. At the City club, located at Ply- mouth place, just south of Jackson boulevard, on Tuesdays, with the ex- ception of Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 12:30, there is a table set for the men of the Congregational church of Wilmette who wish to avail themselves of each other's society and keep in touch with church and civic affairs. There will be special Christmas services at the church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Esther Falkenstein of the set- tlement bearing her name was the speaker at the Commonwealth class last Sunday. Some of the classes in the Congre- gational Sunday school are filling bar- rels with clothing and furnishing money for a turkey dinne" for some poor families in the city. WILMETTE M. E. CHURCH. Christmas Sunday: Sunday school, 6:30 a. m. "The Cradle," sermon by the pastor, 10:45 a m.; "The Star," sermon by the pastor, 5 p. m. The pastor will read "The Convict's Christ- mas Kve/: by Will Carlton and Mr. Meyers of Chicago. Strangers wel- come. Seats free. Thomas Keene been so thoroughly discussed In these ' columns during the pre-election cam- - paign that it m itniie^ information of the"'pcdjSit-of/JM*'.^ ton to go into ttrther detail, if tak> ^ tag this step, however, tbo people of Evanston have shown decisively their attitude in wgaM to matters which directly concern the health of the community.' The vietorjr o^ '$?*â- ( favor of the plant is largely to be;%f •; credited to tb«\'p1i!l!*Jia^ ton~Dr. Balderston, commissioner of public health, having interested him- self in this proposition a year and a half or more ago. He, together with other physicians, this ne^sphipf and v-j a few prominent citizens, h^ |pe» - urging action on the part of the city council for many months, and can see in the affirmative vote cast yesterday what might be called a personal vic- tory. .. .^ â-  - '^^V: Grever, pyehe and Others A^|y*y In the actual organisation work which has been done, Wm. A. Dyche, Frank K. Grover, Wm. C. Levere, Qeow P. Engelhard, Mayor Joseph Bt Paden and John H. Moore, commissioner of public works, have taken a most prom- inent hand. It is understood that work on the plant will be begun in the early spring and that it will be well toward completion before the aldermaflle elecv â-  tion, the first Tuesday in April. The Various Precinct Results. The complete vote follows: First Wardâ€" Yes. No. First precinct..............168 tS Second precinct............808 ' 81 Second Wardâ€" * % First precinct......♦........182 < 81 Second precinct.......... - .168 100 Third Wardâ€" # One precinct........ •>*.... .261 78 Fourth Ward- First precinct............. -126 165 Second precinct............42 186 Fifth Wardâ€""~ -..-...â€"- First precinct..............106 168 Second precinct....... ----40 166 Sixth Ward- First precinct..............195 108 Second precinct............76 22 Seventh Waro!â€" First precinct..............186 29 Second precinct.......... -216 53 It win be seen that In only two wards, the Fourth and Fifth, was the vote unfavorable to filtration, and that altogether the result was 2 to 1> In favor of pure water. , TRIES TO GRA* PURSE. Miss CeDe May, 610 Mulford avenne, Evanston, was accosted by a man Mon- day night who tried fe relieve her of her handbag, m fact, %9 was in the act of doing such whon Chas. Wood, a lad living at the same address, sound- ed an alarn^ and the man ran south on Chicago" avenne, leaving Miss May quite frightened, but still te sion of her purse. â-  ,