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WILMETTE. ILLINOIS. FRIDAY, APRIL i, IM* 2. Brown BtriMtng, PRICE FIVE CENTS Illinois State Board of Health Anxious To Have State Become Regis- tration State. HURTS STATE'S tfAME Moving Picture Play Is Be- ing; Exhibited To Arouse J Puolfc Opinion. " - ' ,' ' â- "-.._â- _________________________ The secretary of the Illinois state board of health. Dr. St. Clair Drake, In a special bulletin issued today, makes the startling statement that in Illinois every' year upwards of 40,000 children are horn, who by reason of neglect are destined to grow into man- hood and womanhood without any legal proof of their legitimacy, with- out any official record by which to establish their identity, their ago or their right to inheritance. In other words no official record of their birth exists. *.; On the other hand some 30,000 citi- zens of this Btate die each year with* out any record of this fact being made a matter of official entry. , What a Child Faces. Strikingly summarised, this means that under the prevailing practice in Illinois, a child horn In this state has a 26 per cent chance of encountering serious embarrassments and legal dif- ficulties throughout Its life because of want of legal proof of .parentage and age, and a 38 per cent chance of pass- ing out of this lite (perchance by foul means, and the authorities none the wiser), without proper records for the ptotoojtOn of tee Interests of sur- vivors. The United 8tates government tak- ing congaisance of our sins of omis- sion In these respects, baa dubbed Illi- nois a "non-registration state." a characterisation which causes health authorities throughout America to re- fer to our fair state as "the benighted commonwealth of the north." True It Is that all progressive states of the onion, excepting Illinois, have long since taken action which has re- moved from them the stigma "non- registration" state. It's up to Illinois to fall In line with these states im mediately. To this end, the state board of health, all the active health and school officials of the state, all of the num- erous women's organisations, and all of the influential state, county and city medical societies are co-operating in an effort to have an efficient birth and death registration law enacted at this session of the legislature. A good bill, thoroughly fair in Its require- ments, imposing no hardship op ary citizen, readily workable ard pro- nounced by experts as promising of the desired results, baa been intro- duced in the state senate by Senator Cornwall. It should have the support of all good citizens as it is a bill de- signed for the welfare of every man, woman and child In the state.. Putting Their Value In Movies. In furtherance of the effort to en- tourage the reeordinv of births ii the state, the state board of health is con- ducting an educational propaganda, an effective feature of which la the employment of moving pictures. With a view of Impressing upon the public mind the Importance and necessity of recording a child's birth, the secre- tary of too Illinois state board of health has written and produced a mo- tion picture story In which is tellingly set forth the embarrassments and mis- fortunes which may heset any indi- vidual whose birth has not been re- corded, This film, a product of the E'faaay studios mi pi seeming Fran- cis X. fliiOhiiisa and Beverly Bane in the leading roles, is now going the rounds of the counties of the state, and as being shown under the aus- pices of the najjinllrs local county medical societies !r, practically every town having a motion pictcre theater. The title of this film story Is -Tom- my's Birth CertMcate" or "Why Births ELECTION CREATES LITTLE STIR HERE No Opposition So Farâ€"Peti- tions Must Be In by Monday. Wilmette Is bound and determined not to have soy loos over village poll' ties this year.- No opposition candi- dates have been heard from, and it is time that they should he making a noise lor the last date of filing nom- inating petitions Is next Monday, April 5. The village elections tor the past two years have been more or less strenuous and too Wilmette people seem to bo perfectly willing to sit by and watch Bvaoaton scrap it out, with distant rumblings of political battles in Winnetka and Gtencoe. The ques- tion, "Anything doing In politics?" brings the answer of "Nothing beard of so far." The points of difference In the Win- netka election seem to hinge on the length of residence of the two candi- dates for president Harry P. Simon- ton, the man who la heading the "Win- netka Party," has only lived In the vil- lagesince August 1014. Eugene A. Kummler has -lived there for a num- ber of years. The difference In time has caused considerable campaign gos- sip. In defense of Simonton, the Winnet- ka party has issued a long statement to the effect that his short residence in no way impairs his efficiency. They further sot forth to make up for this apparent lacking quality the history of the Simonton family, since the first of that name set foot In America In1718. Other candidates on this tickev are George A. Rieman, William C. beil and George Rudolph for trustees; George B. Wslkey for treasurer; Albert P. Kloepfer for marshal and collector; John M. Iverson for police magistrate; Mrs. Donald Dallas and William F. Jenkins for library trustees. DEATH RATE LOW FOR SEVEN MONTHS SHY GNrKE S. 8. DINGEE GIRL; FEAR OF RABIES To Prevent Complicationsâ€" Unmuzzled. Old Resident of Wilmette, Soon To Leave, Honored by the Townspeople Monday Night SAY GOOD THINGS Speakers Vie With Each Other To Tell Him All the Splendid Things. serious treated Dr. mussle March ck, eight years of George L, Emerlck, enue. was bitten by a y. The dog was variety, without name tag, so the Wilmette get him. It Is not the child Is in den- ts or not, but aa a t any Infection or loots she Is being each day. re says that the In Wilmette on council passed an or- dinance on Daeemhor l ordering dogs date 1 muisled some action meeting on ' Winnetka 1 Tho-ofto Less Than One-Half of a Per Cent Since Last Sep- The health report for the month of March shows that there are twenty cases of chicken pox in the village. Whooping cough has three, mumps six, and there are four cases of seer* let fever. There baa been no spread from these scarlet fever patients. Every one, who had been exposed was quarantined the regulation eight days. No cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever, measles or pneumonia were reported for the month just ended. The health department year runs from September to September. For the first seven months the death rate has been one-half of one per cent Only twenty deaths have occurred In the village since but September, and the majority of them have been due to old age. For the else of the village. Doctor Moore thinks that the health record for contagious diseases is remarkably low. Daring the past week there has been no school and the buildings have been cleaned and fumigated, so that they will be hi excellent shape when the children return to school on Mon- day. ___________________ CHILDREN TO MAKE SCHOOL GARDENS Plan To Be Put In Operation Through the Woman's Club. A new department has recently been organised In connection with the Wil- mette public aefaoolarwhlch is known oa the Homo and School Garden dub. The school authorities have been en- abled to do this through the kindness of the Woman's dab, which stands back of the piuposlrion. financially. The work im consist of supervised ssible. at the of the children. A suitable gen- will be provided for those children who are not so fuitunnte as to have a suitable plot of ground at oembers of the dab to If Sam S. Dlngeo over doubted the general esteem In which ho is held In Wilmette, he had enough reassur- ance on Monday night to drive all of 'n the It away for good, for over, one hundred and fifty of his friends and neigh- bors gave him a banquet at the Wom- an's club, • » • The banquet was in the nature of a farewell, tor Mr. Dingee and his fam- ily will leave very- soon for Wauaau, Wis., to make that their future home. A committee of some twenty people arranged for this banquet and by ac- tual count 156 were there on Monday night to tell Mr. Dingee that they wore going to miss him, and m the same breath to express sll good wishes for his success in his new home. Always on the 8quare. Out of town speakers were Peter M. Hoffman, W. H. McLean and George Edmund Fobs, congressman for the Tenth district. Mr. Dingee hss always been active in politics and some reference to this could not be avoided. But the remarks of this character dealt mora with the fair and square methods which Mr. Din gee employed in politics as well aa In business. One speaker remarked. "If Sam Dingee woo with yon, you could hear him a block, while If he wasn't with you, you could hear aim two blocks." The local speakers were Rev. T. K. Gals, C. O. Carashan, Dr. Donald M. Oolite, Thomas Knox, C. C. Mitchell, Rev. E. J. Vottman, H. G. Drury, Carl H. Latham and W. C. ShurtleB. Mr. Drury and Mr. Dingee. both members of the village board and president for many terms, can be given credit for building Wilmette. Through their efforts the $400,000 bonds for improvements were Issued and the work carried out. The light end railway franchises were the only things of the Improvement nature which they did not actually super- vise. Both men hove long records of service for the village. Mr. Dingee was postmaster for sev- eral years. George Edmund Poss re- marked that Mr. Dingee was not an office seeker and that the postofhee woo always forced upon him. Going to Wisconsin. Mr. Dingee la going to Wansau. Wis., to engage in the pickle business. He has been in that lino for years, but the crops here arc growing smaller each year and the field Is gutting limited. The country around Wausau la especially adapted for the raising of pickles sad the acreage !« large, so he Is going to a section bet- tor adapted to his business. Mrs. Dingee will be missed lust as moch aa her husband, for she. too, has been active in all things of a public nature. She has boon a valu- able member of the Woman's clnb, from the time of its organization fhs Public School Art league owes much Mr/Dingee la a member of West- ejavolood Country club, and is a golfer of ability. He waa one of the charter members of the club, and undoubtedly bates to leave the organisation when the course is getting Into the cham- pionship doss. He is also an Exmoer member and one of the organizers of the Ouilmette Country club. days. This wss more days, bring March 1. He thinks be taken at the next them again. Ev- such an order and the same. 'that dogs only go mad time is an exploded vraing to Dr. Moore. it In hot weather, can have rabies suy Other animals are supersti It Is he says, but a time of thO not immune, and rats are one of the dangerous agencies for the transmit- ting of the disease. Dr. Moore will discuss tao question more fully In a apodal article In this paper In the near future. DUAL SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS NOT IN FAVI Arguments Against a Dou- ble Administration for Vocational Work Pre- sented. A COUNTER BILL Petitions to Representative Await Signature of Ob- jectors. RT SHOW5- URISHING Baptists Have a Big Dinner and Hear Annual Summary. LECTURE BY JENSEN. Mr. Jons Jib us will give on trsool Osfc their receipts bers will bo permitted to pay plot of ground fertilised * bntall as Mr. T. J. In CIVIC ACTIVITIES UNDER DISCUSSION Open Meeting of Winnetka Woman's Club Shows Interesting Facts. Too annual meeting and election of officers of the Wilmette Baptist church waa held at Brown's noil last Tuesday evening. There was a Urge of: the members and Wends of U&gfOVjW Dkooor waa at *M oJkfock, followed by a sslon, fee pastor. Rev. B Frank Taber, acting sa moderator The reports presented showed all de- partments of the Work to a flourish log condition; the treasurer reported that the church bad raised for all purposes during the year 13.807.90. All bills were paid and a line balance left in the treasury. The officers elected were as follows: Clerk. Charles A. Major; treasurer, A. r. White; superintendent of the Bible school, P. R. Flnlay; deacons, A. E. White and Edwin Phelps; trus- s, David Nelson and William H. Mahan; delegate to executive council, P. R. Finlay; Bible school treasurer, Barry Bridewell. Following the business session, Mr. A. B. White wss selected sa toast- master, and presided over the follow- tog program: Vocal solo, Mrs. O. W. Schmidt, with Miss Edith Flnlay aa accompanist; piano selections by Miss, Bedlem; and a violin solo by Joseph Massa. A number of toasts of the following order were given: "Retro- spect." O. W. Schmidt; "Prospect," A. C. Thompson; *Our Ladles."W. R. Maban; "Our Men," Mrs. J. D. Orelg; •Our Young Folks." Edwin Phelps. During Its two years of existence the church baa mode n remarkable progress. The membership list, which at first numbered forty. Is now In- creased to one hundred and five, and fidBfgOS some very strong and capa- ble business men and enthusiastic and willing women. FIVE FIRMS CHANGE BUSINESS LOCATION By Wilmette Teacher. Some time very soon two bills are going to be introduced at Springfield regarding the provisions of vocational education in the high schools of 1111* note. One bill presented by an educator Who spent several years studying the conditions abroad, advocates the adoption of a "dual system of schools. It demands a special tan upon the people to establish the duplication of: 1. Buildings and grounds. 5. Office expenses. I. Laboratories. 4. Non-tochnlcnl Instruction essen- tial to vocational training. 6. Technical Instruction essential to academic training. 6. Supervisors and other official management. Schools Provide Training. Before wo accept the charge that our present system of education la falling to provide vocational training, we should find out what the schools are actually doing. More than fifty high schools throughout the stste sre giving courses In agriculture. Even the smallest high schools are offer- Ing commercial subjects. Household arts and domestic sciences srs grow- ing In the regnlar academic high schools. Statistics show that In Chicago dur- ing the first semester of the present school year 69 per cent of the work done hi the high schools was voca- tional, and the graduates of the voca- tional departments were fitted for so* tual employment. Does that look aa though ws need a separate board of control to manage a separate system of Industrial schools, all to 00 under a separate toning body? Have we not enough taxing bodies now? Need Mors Money. It Is evident from the growth of the vocational and Industrial courses in Illinois that what la needed Is more money to footer the work already bo- gun, Instead Of an entirely now sot of schools. To countercheck the Mil In favor of the dual system the legislative com- mittee of the Illinois SUte Teachers' association la presenting a bill ask- tng for state help m extending Indus- trial and vocational education under the volt system, the present arrange- ment, which has proved very success ful- This bill win come before the house of representatives under House No. SOS, and before the senate under Son- ate no. SS. Utters to each senator asd represenutlve from the cltlxens of Illinois, asking the support of this bill, are the only moons possible to defeat the bill favoring the dual sys- The "Civic Activities of Winnetka" waa the topic discussed at the open mooting of the Winnetka Woman's club last Thursday. Coddles Ht-Treatad. Mrs. H. F. Thurston, probation offi- cer and supervisor of the poor, thinks the golf elubs In New Trier township, with the exception of the Indian Hill club, should be taken to task tor the low moral tone prevalent among the caddies. Four of the boys hava been taken to free clinics for treatment of adenoids and tonsils, seventeen have been paroled, and eleven violations of law In games of chance have been found. Cigarettes make the most difficult problem and swearing comes next. Mrs. Thurston spoke of tho very effi- cient work done by Mr. Howard Moore of Evanston as probation officer In the Juvenile court, and said that tho elim- ination of "blind pigs" waa largely duo to his efforts. As treasurer of the highway commissioners Mrs. Thurston hss the accounting for $11,000 for the past year and of an additional 11,700 as supervisor of the poor of New Trlur township. Mrs. Horace K. Tenney aa president of tho Relief and Aid society read a paper on tho work of that association. Miss Oarretson, visiting nurse, re- ported that she had made 1,34!) calls during the year. Fifty-four Acres of Park. Mr. Morris Greeley, president of the park hoard, reported that fifty-four acres were now Included In the park ares. The triangle park, opposite the railroad depot, la valued at $8,000, while the lake front property is worth 128,000. Avsrage attendance of bath era was 400 a day last season. No ac cldents were reported for last summer, Tho purchase of a forty-acre track near Skokle is considered the best work of the board. A ball diamond will be laid out on this pisce of ground. KILLED IN ACCIDENT. Charles Wright, sixteenth end Isa- bella streets, was killed In os sato» mobile accident In Evanston early Wedsesdsy morning Ho was riding on a truck, which crashed Into s tree. The driver wss not hurt, hut Wright was killed and Richard Marhoi*. 1728 1 Central day. They bad Oak Pork New Trier while Moving Around Among the Business People of Wilmette. FIRE ENGINE OF NEW TYPE: Purchase of New Equipment and Change Station Would Mean a Great Saving. SCHMIDT EXPLAINS IT Tells How Individual Prop- erty Owners Can Cut Down Hazards. Fire Insurance rates worry tho. business men of Wilmette. The vHv lege la In the four and a half class and the premiums are excessively high. The subject came up far dis- cussion at the last meeting of tho Commercial association. Explains Saving Method. O. W. Schmidt, candidate for presi- dent of the village, and also aa insur- ance man. told the men something about tho means which may be taken to reduce-the rates. One is for tho .individual property owners to pay at- tention and reduce the haxards on tbelr premises. Carelessness Is not properly storing gasoline and other Inflammable materials boosts the premium. Mr. Schmidt told of sovernl' Instances where he had helped uoll«y holders to get rebates on their premi- ums by showing them some haxards which they might remove. One man wss paying a four dollar premium Mr. Schmidt got It reduced to thing less then two dollars, when had put his gasoline can In Community house has served a good safer pises and made n If* purpose. According to tho report of Mtn. Carrie Prouty sixty-nine different orgsnlzations held meetings there last _ â€" FAULTS OF COURTS TOLD BY BALDWIN Chicago Judge Points Out Inconsistent Things in Legal Procedure. The meeting of the Commonwealth class held by the Baptist church st the Woman's club building test Sun- day afternoon was addressed by Judge Jesse Baldwin of Chicago. There waa a good attendance and the •address was on Illuminating one. upon the re- lation of the citizens to the courts. Judge Baldwin did not hesitate to point out what hs considered some glaring inconsistencies in our system of Jurisprudence, as, for example, the trying of criminal whoso experience is limited almost entirely to civil cases. Some Ides of tho vaat amount of litigation before minor changes In his house. The second way in which a metei reduction could be had for the village woald be the installing of a moden l*r» engine eonlpmeut. One or the quesuons which cornea before the peo- ple on April SOth Is tho voting ' $20.ooo worth of bonds to equip fire department. The question will rood like this the official ballots: "Shall bonds for tho purpose of pro- viding necesssry funds to acquire nos» essary real estate to bo used ss a sltOx for a fire engine house, and also to erect a Are engine house and to pur- chase fire engines, hose carts, hooka and ladders and other implements fop; the prevention and extinguishment o*j Urea in the Vlllaxe of Wilmette. In r sum of $20,000.00. be la President and Board of Mr. Schmidt urged that tho ants use their votes and Influence pass this Issue. The village that would be automatically reduced to the fourth class and possibly even lows! than that. The saving gstm tercet charges on" the bonds, a largo part of the principal. Too annual banquet of the the courts May la supposed to be the month for moving, put with tho business man of Wilmette April seems to b There are four petitions st Rcn- neckars drug Otero which wtU be sent to our senator and our representatives. April 12. Tho, combination of tetters sad petitions ought to voles the fool Ing of tho ctUreas of District Mo. 7, If they show enough Interest to sign any of the petitions. CHICAGO CON V ENTION. Sunday, April SS, tho pulplta of tho Methodist Episcopal churches In Chi cago will be filled by bishops and rep- resentatives of tho Board of Confer- once Claimants, to assist tho ISIS Ismgolgo for fio.oOO.000 for retired preachers, the wldowa and orphsnsof there sre ten thousand untried cases in the county courts. Judge Baldwin stated that he had hot recently tried n osse that had been pending in court fOv the last thirty years. In speak- ing of divorce, he said that within the last four months, he. htateelf, had tried over throe hundred cases. He declares that the fault to a large measure Is to be traced hack to the komo and to the lack of parental au- thority. _______________ ELEVATED RAILROAD MENTIONED IN BIBLE Is found in the fact that tlon will be held In Library M. EL Barker and company's real will be moved from 1127 Central avenue to a new building on . B. B. Udell of 1125 Con- has moved Into the Brown bo siren Gnttte win open a grocery store at 1125-27 Cen- tral avenue, with Mr. Shultz. formerly Brinkmsn and Shultz. noiei «n.» » »» »*»* Tho North Shore bakery win occu-|«ostasg 1400. havo been m i tho store vacated by OsBts. ssd ***?8?m,J^ •£ i** re. 8. H. Crasser win move Into the' rooms for too oooreomen Garrett Minstrel Men Say So, and They Ought To Know. April SI. The next regular la April 14 In the village ban. campaign to get employees to Jetd with tho employers In making the soetetlott has been launched. , HEAR PEACE TALK. A rare treat Is In store for the res Ideate of Wilmette and the villages, fur on Thursday evening Mrs. William L her consent to speak st tho Wl Woman's dub. upon "Woman's Movements.'* This aoajeet la a interesting one. snd it Is the desire OtJ the members of the Woman's club, un- der whoas auspices tills Is being given, that there be an exceptionally largo I tendance. A epecia tended to tho men of the The Garrett Glee clnb gavo their _isao concert at the Evanston Wom- sn's clnb Monday night, as a feature of One section of tbe program was labeled an orthodox - of the humor the elevated railroad ran Mr. Interlocutor, did you know that tho eloisted railroad la mentioned in the Bible? No sir. Mr. Bones. I didn't know Where OSes It say anythlag AT THE HOVuHMN. Gertrude McCoy, premiere aetrejg of the Vimgiupb eompssr. wuV at too Moyoom tsei . hi i entitled. "On An army feature la tho three-reel drama. -Lifting the Ban of CoveotTj Chapttn wfll ho there Monday Jitney elopement" ii i » SPECIAL MUSIC. There win he special tartar st each eerviee at tho North church: there wtil be a of tho Mhtwlaaj afryfcsr.