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|^.£i|ii;i|'^!|^f lember of Evanston Munici- pal Association Sejs Fortte Convincing Points on ^ Importaht Issue. 10 NOT FORGET TO VOTE lueller Law Adoption and Measure To Annex "Plgtown" Depend* On Majority tf AH Vote* Cast. H By R. Clarence Brown. Two questions of great importance , the citizens of Evanston will be flo- at the election on April 1. One tbe question of the adoption of the Inelier law, and the other the annex* jon of all that territory lying south Craln street to the city limits at toward avenue, and west of Florence kvenu? to the sanitary district ohan- This territory comprises about 680 teres and it is identical with the ter- ritory which the "blind pig" keepers [recently endeavored to have organ- Led into the village of Clayton, and ! which was defeated largely through [the efforts of the Evanston Municipal (association. The "blind pig" ownerB > knew of the efforj that was being fmade to annex this territory to Evans- ton and sought to head off the move- ment by organizing a village of their [own, where they could run things [to suit themselves. There are some ten or fifteen "blind )igB" within this territory which it is proposed to annex to Evanston, and they well know that if It becomes a rt of Evanston and subject to the ilty ordinances of Evanston and under •he control of the police force of Ev< inston, they will be driven out of nulness. _ ^ Relentless Campaign. The Evanston Municipal association vas organised for the sole purpose f fighting these "blind pigs." Mem- ten of this association have been lighting them for about two years and lave succeeded in closing some of them. We have reason to believe that the 'clean-up" campaign has made some >f them spend thousands of dollars in fighting their case through the >urts. We believe much good has already [been done, but the directors of the tssociation came to the conclusion [some time ago that the most effective way jo fight them would be to have IthiB territory annexed to the city so (that they would be under the control [of our own police force and could be [prosecuted under the ordinances of [the city of Evanston. At'the present time we must rely [on the sheriff's office to make the raids [and on^the state's attorney's office to prosecute. The association* employed an able attorney and secured the serv- ices of first-class detectives and had the best passible kind of evidence, and yet were not able to convict under the administration of our former state's attorney, and it would be foolish to expect much better success through i our present state's attorney, who it is 'generally believed owes bis election to the same organization as the former •late's attorney. As a result, we have been driven to the conclusion that the only success- ful way to' handle the situation Is to ;*anex the territory to Evanston. The association has been largely instru- mental in securing the required num- tor of signatures of property owners *nd voters in the territory to be an- anee, and now it remains only for 0» citizens of Evanston to say whether or sot they want to fid .themselves of these disorderly resorts by taking tM territory Into the city. " Drive. "Ploy Out, Object. ie directors of the association, as stors, have hut one object in view In annexing this territory, and that Is t<> Put the **bllng pig" keepers out of Business. There are other good rea- lms, however, why every citizen should vote for annexation. If Evanston Is to ever increase Its territory, it must he done by expand- ing en the west On the south we have Chicago; on the north, Wfhnette; °» the eajtt. the lake; so there is no •tterway for us to grow. At present .*•«• are only shoot sixty voters in *ae territory to ho annexed, but the ***** paid by the resident sad aoa- ****fBt property owners wiD per say ****** oa the part off the cfty la * feet, it probably oasts the city | cannot die. resorta than It will additional territory after annexation. It is also probable that with annexa- tion street osi service will come, sad with it many buildings will be erected which will increase the valuation, and, of course, increase the amount of taxes which the city will collect. Annexation #111 also give us a straight line north and south, from the city ihaits at Howard avenue to Emerson street, for our western boundary, and will give us tbe connec- tion with the sanitary district channel which we must have in order to con- nect our sewers with the .canal. We have no doubt hut that the ma- jority of the people In the city of Ev- anston are opposed to "blind pigs" and are la favor of annexation. What we fear most is that many voters will go to the polls and vote for city officers and neglect or forget to vote on the annexation question. Under the law the proposition, in order to parry, must have a majority of all*the votes cast at the election. This means that if 5,000 people go to -the polls on April 1 and vote for mayor, more than 2,600 people must vote in favor of the proposition in I order to annex, and if, out of the 5,000 voters who vote for mayor, 1,600 tall to vote "yes" or "no" on the propo- sition, it would only be necessary to have 1,000 people vote against it to defeat it, while it would require more than 2,500 to vote for It in order to carry. In other words, if 5,000 people vote at the election and only 3,600 vote either for or against annexation, it would be necessary to have more than 2,600 vote for it, and not simply majority of the 3,600 who voted either for or against annexation. The question of annexation and also the adoption of the Mueller law will be printed on separate "little" ballots, and unless great care is taken there is danger that many voters will lose their "little" ballots or forget to vote them, iiPS'^Wi Aiwn was born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. White Friday. March 21. A few friends and neighbors sur- prised Mrs. Joseph Weiss of Ridge avenue on her birthday one day last week. Miss Kate Huerter of Schiller street returned from Detroit, Mich., where she went to attend the funeral of a cousin. Miss Mary Smith of Drexel boule- vard, Chicago, visited at the home of Miss Anna Braun. Blum street, Eas- ter Sunday. Mrs. Carl I* Braun of Lake avenue entertained her mother and a few friends of Chicago on her birthday, Thursday, March'to. ;^!Hv Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Kreusch of Seventeenth and Columbus avenues will entertain the Saturday Evening dub at cards Saturday. March S9, a Mr. and Mrs. John Strelt of Ridge and Lake avenue left Saturday. March 23, for Tipton, Kaa., where they went to attend the burial ot Mr. Strait's mother, who died Friday, March 11. ;aaaa»»»»»eaaa»MMtu»j>»e»e»»»»a»»ei»>eieeaaa»eae»i I What People Are Doing ♦♦»♦♦♦»♦»♦♦ m KcnHworth. ♦♦♦*•♦♦••♦» DESCRIBES DEATH AS GREATEST ACT Dr. McElveen of Congrega- tional Church Gives Interest- ing Easter Sermon. Twice a year the Christian world goes on a pilgrimage. At Christmas it journeys in fancy to the makeshift manger crib in the little town .of Bethlehem. At Easter it travels in fancy to the empty tomb in the gar- den. And at both shrinesâ€"the ten- anted manger and the unoccupied tombâ€"it meets an angel, who reas- suringly bids it "fear not"' Thus Dr. McElveen began bis Easter morning sermon at the Con- gregational -church Sunday. There was a large audience in attendance, despite the downpour of rain. Dr. McElveen said that death was the greatest act in life, for it gives bicth into a superior life. Death, he said, we ought to regard as being ^as natural and aB wholesome as birth. The doorway into this life we call birth. The doorway into the larger life to come we call death. "When we entered through the gateway of birth into this life, we were greeted with smiles of welcome," said Dr. McElveen. "When we pass through the gateway of death into the larger life, we will be greeted by those whom we love but had lost 'for awhile^' '* Dr. McElveen selected his text from the old Testament, in the prophecy of Habakkok. It read: "Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, mine Holy One, I shall not die." The Congregstional minister said that the argument consisted of two premises and a conclusion. Tb# first premise is, "God is everlasting; "the second premise Is, '*God is my own God," and the conclusion Is, "I shall not die. "First God is everlasting,1 afcElveea, "He is eternal. Be never grows old. He never -becomes aged. Be never knows decline. He never becomes acquainted with decay. He lives a timeless, yesrless, ageless life Ton would never Chink of associating with God the Idea of a date. As the Scriptures declare, 'He Is the. same yesterday, today and forever.' •"And this eternal God. the prophet says, is his own God," continued Dr. McElveen. "He calls Him *my God.' He describes him as mine holy One.' He claims this Immortal God as bis owa possession. God belongs to-him, and ho belongs to God. God Is' his Father, and he Is God's child, the old prophet doesn't simply know shoot God; ho knows God. He Is personally acquainted with Him. He doesn't {imply believe that there is a God; e believes in God. Ood to him is the reality of realities. He is very sore of God. As Browning says, -God to him is the A, B, C of fact,' bscsaes God has mingled with aim |a his owa Aad ho therefore eoaejtsdes, I Mr, Ellery Wood is home from the East. Mrs. Kelly is entertaining her I mothe/. Master Edward Parmelee is visiting Hovey Tlnsman. Mr. and Mrs. Klels have returned from a trip to New York. Mrs. W. I. Woodward Is entertain- ing her mother and father. Mrs: David B. Evans is home from the hospital very much improved. Miss Eleanor Serrell is spending Easter week at Culver Military aca- demy. ,, Mr. Howard Durham has returned to Kenilworth after a short trip to Kansas City. Mrs. Stevens is spending Easter week with her daughter, Frances, in Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cornue have re- turned from an extended trip through the north of Africa. Miss Priscilla Allen will return to college Sunday after spending the Eas- ter vacation at home. Miss Gladys Mars is again attending classes at Northwestern, after a two weeks siege with mumps. Mrs. Cook has taken a five years' lease of the Lagare property, and will open a private hotel this spring. The dancing class for children will not meet Friday, March 28. Tbe next class will be held Friday, April 4. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hammond have purchased the last house on Cumnor road from the Joseph Sears estate. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Murray and small son, who. have been in PInehurst, are expected home the last of this week. Mr. Carmen, formerly of Kenilworth, has been seriously HI. He underwent an operation and is rapidly recovering. The next dance to be given by the Kenilworth club will be Friday, April 4/ This is the last club dance of the yea.*. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulze left Sat- urday, March 22, for an extended trip to Panama. On tbeir return they will stop at Kingston, Jamaica, Havana, Cuba, and will come home by way of Florida. Mr. Warren Pease, Jr.. who Is at tending the University of Wisconsin, was pledged Alpha Tau Omega Wed- nesday. The guild of the Kenilworth Union church have finished tbe fifty bathing suits they were making for Arden Shore. Mrs. Bent ley McCloud and Mrs. Fred M. Wing served at the guild dt the Kenilworth Union church last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Randall and daughter have just returned from a several weeks' trip to Panama and tae West Indies. Several of tbe Kenilworth children went to the children's Easter party given Saturday by Mrs. G. A. E. Koh- ler of Hubbard Woods for her son, Jack. Mrs. G. W. Pitts and son, Gardiner, are visiting Mr. add Mrs. Todd in New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. C. Meyer and daughter, Elizabeth, are also In the South. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Allen will leave April 10 for a two months' trip abroad. They will return in time to see tbeir son, Leon Ballard, graduated from Cornell university. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Everett enter* talned with a dinner party Friday night In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Armstrong, who have returned from a trip around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hannah, formerly of Kenilworth, have par* chased the home of Mrs. Peter Rath- boner On the corner^of Warwick road and Kenilworth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor, Jr., gave a reception Wednesday eventng, March 26. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Badger, who have sold their residence In Ken- ilworth and will move to tbe North Side of Chicago. The Military euchre party, post- poned from Tuesday, March 18, was given Tuesday at the Assembly hall. As Mrs. Bessie Taylor, chairman of the committee, is In New York, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Tlnsman had charge of the evening. SORORITY GIRLS GIVE PLAY IK KENILWORTH Members of the Zeta Beta Psl of Kenilworth, assisted by members of the Beta £eta Phi of Evanston, will present "Kentucky Belle" on Friday evening at the Kenilworth Assembly hall. Tbe proceeds will be devoted to charity work. The characters will be taken by Lysle Smith, Lachlan Mc- Lean, Hilraar ^lmmerman, Philip Ma* her, Stanley Pierce, Andrew Taylor, Roger Erbe, Paul Arnold, Howard Clements and tbe Misses Mary Taylor, Clementine Eastman. Effie Ladd, Mar- garet Fitch, Marion Keehn,Ruth Brad- street. Helen Roberts, Elisabeth Friese, Frances Serrell, ahesnor Snider, Cats, erine Drake, Agnes Martin. Bessie Park, Minerva Fonts and Mildred Me- said Dnr| Collough. During the intermission Miss Isabel Cllne will sing. Miss Eleanor Scroll, accompanied by Miss Frances Serrell, ' J. * will five a violin solo, and Miss Char- lotte Friese will Introduce several dancing novelties. The patrons and patronesses are: Messrs. and Mesdames W. B. Fitch, E. D. Parmelee, O. C. Eastman, O. W. Keebn, Edwin Bradstreet, James R. Chapman, George W. Maher and the Revs, and Mesdames E. Reginald Wil- liams and Charles Horswell. Mrs. Clarence Casque is directing the play. NsTWi WANT ADS SUING MSULTS KanOwortfc. Ifl. Hums It99 Kâ€"ttmwtk, /JL Liyery ' Building Material. Insurance Co. A i Residence Phone a&« Teaming int*rartford Fire LiTCtrosurance Co. RTH Phone 361 or for Well Dressed Women formrtr with MADAMS ....... at 0» CAHNf hmmtaUkthtd We make all kinds of line before going elsewhere. We and Gentlemen, at lowest price*. Ladies' Suits Sponged, Gents' SaJts Sponged, 10m. uit: Inspect my and pressing, lot Ladies •75C 50C ConM^Ic^WOf1fltt»daUlll^aldATeBa«l EMAWJEL MX CHURCH' PROPERTY TOBE SOLD '#-: V -'nil 1 ,,, \ 1 ,i 'i . . â-  ;"••;. Deal Pending for Swedish U theran Congregation to Take Oyer Abandoned Edifice, â- >-•".-'â- :'vr^lj^v '.:>rU(i'^<â- .ifjl'sPff;/â-  ': Members ot the Swedish Methodist church of, Evanston have been ne- gotiating for the acquisition of the Emanuel Methodist Bpieooctal church at Qreenwood boulevard and Oak ave- nue of that olty for their new place of worship, It is expeoted that the deal will he completed In a few days. The Emanuel It, S. church has been closed for over three month* en ac- count of the decreasing membership following the resignation of Rev. B. L. Baton, the pastor. The members of the church have been transferred to the First M. B. church. The Bmanuel church was founded with the idea of creating a universal atmosphere and avoiding aa aristo- cratic one, but after a few years' sua- cess the promoters found that the aria* tocratic spirit had crept la their told, with this spirit Inaugurated and the decreasing membership, the tew per- sons left did not care to take up the burden of the church support alone. During the conference of the Metho- dist churches last fall it was decided to unite tbe First M. B. and Bmanuel M. B. churches. Rev. T. P. Frost, pas- tor of tbe First M. E., was given charge of both congregations. He appointed an assistant as director ot the Bman- uel churches' affairs. After many complications arose, the members held a meeting and resolved to abandon their church and transfer their mem- bership to the First M. B. church. MR. RICI TO INTlftTAIN. Mr. Rice, well known by the resi- dents ot Kenilworth through his in- teresting entertainment last winter at tbe home of Mrs. Roundtree, will give another reading at the gymna- sium, May 6. . • Mr. Rice impersonates the well known characters of Dickens, and all will be sure to enjoy him. The pro- ceeds will go to the gymnasium fund. PATTIN HIADS LIST. James A. Patten of Evanston heads the list of contributors to the United Charities In Chicago with a contribu- tion of $1,000. to give a play tn the near future. Be, hetJseU are now mproatuM tor what promises â- **$«â- 'w!:Wv'm*m* Barries duality aHreet" ism be flvea wi« Tom BWsae*W1aaetaeao lead- ing man. MJse LooJse afay Greeley ie another Wtaaetka student to take part '. No definite date has been .let ai:."inr:mal$o^^ hi made: to these eoiamss as soon as poe- â- 'â- ;! * av F6f^i#:lj| "wmtMti^': A. M. 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