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Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads VOL. V, NO. 10 r> Pi New* &1c----- WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY^* *$|*tY 17, 1918 SIX PAGES £ DR. BROWN WILL SEE | FRANCE FROM PLANE Secretary-General Will Arrange Trip in Army Aeroplane for Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown and Assistants.,. GERMANS RAID VILLAGES Signs Over Dispensaries in Villages Show Winnetka is the Donor. Dr. Alice Barlow-Brawn, who is directing relief work among the women • and children in northern France, writes of a recent visit of the Secretary-General and his prom^ ise to arrange an aeroplane flight for herself and friends. Dr. Brown Boys 21 Since June 5 MayBeCalledByU.S. Local Draft Board Nearly Finished With Classification of Men In This District. A resolution for the registration for military service of all men who have reached the age of 21 since last June was introduced in the Senate by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs Tuesday. This was one of the measures of Secretary of War Baker's program of war legis- lation. The resolution authorizes the Presi- dent to designate a date upon which all males in the country who have reached the age of 21 years since June 5 should register for military serVtee under the provisions of the selective draft law. It is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 men have at- tained majority since the registra- "O ver PRICE FIVE CENTS <sre »> Wilmtttt man tnjajfcarmy life at « member oj the 149th U. S. F, A. Zipf Sounds Warning, of Fire Menace Here also writes that her dispensaries in .Pompey„a1nd.?Jr0"uar? I„eff 2«3S tTorfor'thTdraft oiTjunel laTt Dispatches from Washington say last month and that signs showing that a north shore town was the donor were to be placed over the doors. Dr. Brown, who was active in club work in Winnetka, is well known in Wilmette and her experi- ences in France will interest her many friends here. Her letter reads as follows: reads as follows: "80 Rue Stanislas Nancy, "Meurthe et Moselle, France. "Dec. Uh, 1917. "My dear family :—i "This is a beautifully clear, sunny morning, just such a one as you are having, without snow. Sunday is our day of rest, that is, mending and do- ing the odd jobs that we have not had time for during, the week. Mme. and Miss Van Aken have gone out to do a little shopping, the stores are all open until noon on Sundays which helps us out considerably. I made the breakfast this morning using the m.W last of the coffee I brought with me. iiiML^^^&w£d-sam^ .sppl.es for sauce and made toast on the top of the stove. It was all good. We get a pint of milk daily, boil it and have cafe au lait. During the week we eat an egg for breakfast but as they are ten cents apiece we do not on Sundays. After the twentieth of the month we will go on bread ration as well as sugar. We have not secured our sugar card yet because we have been using our own sugar that I brought with me. "We do not know whether we will remain permanently in these rooms or not. If it will be difficult to buy wood we will go to a hotel, it will be warm there but many things will not be so agreeable as here; the girls are eager to go but I am not. "Friday afternoon when we were at one of our clinics the Secretary- General called to see our rooms and assure himself that we were comfort- able. He had a trip last Wednesday in an aeroplane, he said some day he would arrange it so that we. could go up in one. Can you imaging it! "This past week has been such an that efforts will be made to broaden the proposed legislation. The legis lation bein,g sought will call men of 19, 20 and 21 for training, pnly those having reached their majority being selected for active service. The work of classifying the men in this district under the questionnaire method has been nearly completed by the local board. The board has been assisted in their work by a number of women who volunteered such services during the registration of women here. The new offices of the board are located in the Brown building, 1159 Wilmette avenue. The members of the advisory board also have their offices in the Brown building, and the men who have volunteered their services for this work will give ad- vice to those registered under the draft provisions without charges. Chester P. Ambler "FIGHTING PARSON" WILL ..^^JIEIUC^XE SERYJCJS.FLAG A unique service has been arranged for the dedication of the service flag ?t the Wilmette Baptist Church on Sunday. The Rev. Francis Carr Stiller, who is giving some of his time as religious director of the detention camps at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station has arranged with the station authorities to have a large delegation of jackies present at the services Sunday. The jackies will direct the musical program arranged, and the dedication address will be given by Emory W. Luccock, a jackie from the aviation camp. Mr. Luccock is a brother of Mrs. Stifler, and previous to entering the service he was preparing himself for foreign missionary service. The service flag of the church will have three stars. The stars repre- sent the following members of the church, now in the service: Jesse R. Gathercoal, Jr., Hospital Corps of the Navy; Lieutenant H. V.-Mell- inger, Officers Medical Corps; Harry B. Bridwell, Quartermaster Corps of o'clock Sunday morning. eventful one I scarcely know where the Army. tp begin. First, we have secured our The dedication service will be held permanent homes ,fpr the dispensa- at the Woman's Club .building at 11 ries in two towns, Pornpey and Frou- ard, we begin thewdr4c fnthem Dec. 15th, over the doors will be the sign .that shows Winnetka is the donor. We get both places for 30. francs a month, and coal furnished by the jusine; it is their contribution to our good work. H. B. GATES DIRECTS WORK OF EXCHANGES FROM HOME Henry B. Gates. 1126 Wilmette ave- The Secretary-General Jnue, manager of the north shore dis- ' fs'having them put in order and sends trict of the Chicago Telephone Com- us table, chairs, wardrobe, etc. It is'pany, had to direct the work of the at Frouard that I want to keep two people and have a small maternity hospital. In these two towns are 2,000 people who have no medical as- sistance whatsoever, and who will need the frequent visits of a nurse. There is so much needed help to im- prove the sanitation. The mothers work in the usine, the children do the best they can, the fathers are militarized or killed. One little girl that came to the clinic last Friday when I questioned her about the home conditions, broke down and cried— her mother was killed by a German bomb at Pont-a-Mousson—her father and sister wounded. This week I am going to take her to the children's hospital at Toul as she has heart trouble and needs building up. We are planning a Christmas tree for all the children, 265, in_ our various clinics. "11:45. The siren is ringing, to the (Continued on page six) company from his home during the big storm. While sweeping the drifts of the recent storm off a balcony over the veranda of his home Friday after- noon the railing gave way and Mr. Gates fell to the frozen ground 20 feet below. He landed on his feet suffering a broken instep in the acci- dent. Saturday he returned from the Evanston hospital with his right foot in a cast, and from his home he di- rected the work of the telephone company. Attention! ! ! ! The Woman's Committee of the Wilmette Home Guard has assumed all responsibility of outfitting all men called from Wilmette for government service. Any calls for assistance should be made at headquarters, 1105 Central avenue. JANE LAWRENCE, Chairman, Pub. Com. Chester P. Am- bler, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ambler, 3015 Wil- mette avenue, a member of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Field Artillery, now in France, writes to his mother tell-* ing her of his army life as a member of this regiment. The regiment is this di st r let's own First Illinois Ar- tillery, Col. Henry I; J. Reilly of Win- netka, commander. In his letter Private Ambler writes of the towns adjoining the army camp and of the way many of the men spend their leisure hours. His letter which was received recently by his mother reads as follows: "December 4, 1917. "Dear Mother: "I received your letter along with four others one day when I had not heard from anyone for over a month, and believe me it was sure a welcome sight to see the mail stacked up at the end of the shack ready to be distributed to us. And when it was sorted out it was a happy crowd of fellows that got letters. "We have worked pretty hard since we landed in this country. It seems funny what fellows will do in the army. Right now we are sitting around a small stove in the barracks discussing books and authors and the incidents of each other's life. "Since I started I have received other letters from you and other peo- ple. I also got (#ho£ pifudge from "E—. It >vA3rIrery "gbo'STaiWr c*airne at a time when I was broke, but never again will I joke about being broke. You were exactly right in your de- ductions about the way we got over here. How did you figure it out? If you keep on you will be a regular Sherlock Holmes. ;-•. ■•■>.■# "Please do not send any more stamps as I have no use for them now as we do not have to stamp our letters. It takes quite a little time getting used to the customs and coin of this realm, but now it is not so hard to get what you want as it was when we first landed. "There are quite a number of small towns around the camp that are very interesting to investigate. You can buy almost anything you want and it seems to be the fad to come back to camp with a big loaf of bread and a can of jam or a cake of camenbert cheese to make sandwiches. There is not much to do around the camp at night but write letters or study or go to bed. That is what most of the fellows do. We are in wooden bar- racks with a stove at each'end to furnish heat, so you see, we <fo not live in tents all-.winter. I think of nothing more to.vte.Jl yoii now, so I' will close, v .*" .. ;.. - \ ,..-..,,« «f 7^'CHESTER." iiimiiiMiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiifniiiiiimiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiitiii' Workless Monday! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiirtliiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiitimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii THE coal order issued this week; will be Enforced in Wilmette in the following manner: : Stores—Will remain open during the five-day period beginning tomor-i row, but on Mondays declared legal holidays will be closed except that fcr the purpose of selling food onjy they m."" maintain heat until noon. and for the sale of drugs may remain open through the day and evening. Office buildings—On the prohibited Mondays only enough fuel must be used to prevent damage from freez- ing, with the exception of those occu- pied by the banks or physicians and dentists. Amusements — Moving picture houses, private and public dance halls must close on Mondays. Schools and churches—Not affected by the order. Street car and train service—The train service on Mondays must not he in excess of that of the preceding; Sundays. ...... . .... ... President of the Village Board Issues Warning to the Public On Fires. Response of the citizens to various appeals to remove the snow from in front of their property has eliminated the fire menace in Wilmette, accord- ing to village officials, and the only feature of the storm now existing is the inconvenience which buried walks cause pedestrians, With the removal of the snow blockade village officials are now turning their attention to the pros- pective thaw. Never before have the parkways held such an excessive amount of snow and when it starts to melt it is feared the streets will become veritable rivulets. In a communication to The Lake Shore News, Mr. Edward Zipf, presi- dent of the village board, explains the precautions taken by the fire depart- ment to protect the homes in Wil- mette. He also requests the people to watch the fires in protecting the village against this danger. His communication reads as follows: "There have been so many inquiries from residents of the village about the dangers of fire in the village dur- ing the continuance of snowbound conditions that it has occurred to me lliaL it would be expedient to ad- vise the public that every possible arrangement to meet the unusual conditions and insure the best pos- sible service in case of fire has been made. Nevertheless, I wish to cau- tion all householders to use the utmost vigilance and care to prevent fire. The village is having daily tests made of the booster pump and can in a few minutes get a pressure of seventy pounds in case it is needed. It is probably not practicable to run the fire engine in some parts of the ,vills»,ge and we have a hose placed -upon & sleigh an-d horses r^ady a* any moment to meet a call. The vil- lage force with the assistance of many citizens, have so far as possible dug out all the fire plugs for service. If the fire plugs near the house of anyone are still buried it would be well to dig them out if they have been overlooked by the street men, who have had a great deal to do in the past few days. "I further want to take this oppor- tunity of expressing my high appre- ciation of the co-operation of all the citizens in the work of shoveling, widening plowed strip in streets, opening catch basins, etc. Their re- sponse to my request in this regard has been most gratifying and satis- factory. We are unable to plow the sidewalks and it is advisable to dig out catch basins so that as the snow melts it will have an opportunity of running off." LOCAL CHURCH TO ASSIST IN DRIVE FOR ARMY FUND Special services will be held next Sunday evening at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church at 7:45 o'clock. The sermon will be given by Herman W. Meyer, the pastor, and the work of the church in establishing recrea- tional centers for-the soldiers and sailors will be discussed. ; , "The services next Sunday evening are being held to acquaint the mem- bers of the church with the work now going on in the camps, forts and navy yards under the direction of the Lutheran Church," the Rev. Herman W. Meyer said. "And in view of the fact that the Lutheran Church has contributed so large a share of men now in the service of their country, those who are still able to attend the home church are to be given an opportunity to help build the fund necessary for the mainten- ance of this work. "The fund which is to be raised by the Lutheran Churches is announced as $500,000. And the Wilmette church will assist in promoting the campaign for the recreational fund." RE-ELECT OFFICERSllI OF WHMEITE BANKS Directors of the Local Institution* Hold Their Annual Business Meetings and Elections. ^ , REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED Bank Statements Show That Busi- ness Conditions Are Good' In Wilmette. t•/*.'$&:■' Meetings of the board of directors of the two local financial institutions —the Wilmette State Bank and the First National Bank of Wilmette— were held "recently. ^Officers and-di- rectors of both of the banks were re-elected for the year of 1918. Both of the banks reported a pros- perous year despite the fact the nation is at war. Probably the out- standing feature of the year just closed for the First National Bank is the fact that it became a United States depository. The reports of both banks show they were very active in. promoting the campaigns for Liberty Bonds in Wilmette. The officers of the Wilmette State Bank re-elected at the annual meet- ing are: S. A. Wheelock, president; Phillip Hoffmann, vice-president; John H. Schaefer, cashier; W. D. Leary, assistant cashier. ; The directors re-elected at the meeting are W. W. Buchanan, Phil-; lip Hoffmann, Benjamin F. Lewis, John H. Schaefer, F. L- Bateman, C. N. Stevens, Judson F. Stone, Henry^ Taylor, Jr., Lyman J. Drake, Charley E. Ware and S. A. Wheelock. j*J At the commencem'"3t of business; January 1,1918- *1:^ report of the con- dition of the Wilmette State Bant; read as follows: '*? g^i&i^ijji Resources. ^ Loans™^.. .".TTTSTSKT:- Bonds......................263,363.67 Bank building and vaults.. 25,500.09 Cash and due from banks.. 92,597.56 $933,641.09 Liabilities. Capital stock...............$ 75,000.00 Surplus..............i...... 25,000.00 Undivided profits........... 9,359.61 Reserved for taxes......... 2,052.23 Contingent fund............ 900JQQ Dividends unpaid........... 2.00 Deposits................... 736,327.25 Due to banks........*....... 85,000.00 .. . $933,641.0? These are the re-elected officers of the First National Bank: Frank J. Baker, president; J. M- Appel, vice- president; W. B. Strong, II., cashiec The directors are B. F. Affleck, J. M. Appel, Frank J. Baker, Dr. Sanger Brown, P. B. Eckhart and Carl R. Lathams , • The. report of the condition of this bank at the close of business Decem- ber 31, 1917, reads as follows: Resources* Loans and discounts.......$201,297.56 Overdrafts .......,......'___ 94.26 Bonds and securities:'..... 57,837.46 U.: S, Liberty Loan" bonds.. 18,760v0ft Federal ,Reserve Bank stock 1,800.00 Furniture and fixtures.___ -2,650.00 Federal Reserve :Bank 'de- posit...................... 15,238.18 Other National Ba.nk de- posits'" ........:...:.::J:...' 22,717.83 Cash on hand........'■.,■___ 8,634.0S Bishop to Visit Here. The Rev. D. A. Wor,ger-Slade of St. Augustine's Church announces that the bishop of the diocese will make his annual visit to the local church on Feb. 17. The members of the church desiring: to be confirmed are requested to communicate with Dr. Slade. .;"" "$329,029.3/ Liabilities. Capita!.....................$ 50,006jm Surplus..................... 10,000.00 Undivided profits........... 2,109.78 Reserved for taxes......... 450.00 Commercial deposits......., 168,460.75 Savings deposits......,...... 50,947.34 Certificates of deposits____ 1.45000 Postal savings fund........ 1,287,12 Christmas Banking Club... 794.63 Liberty Loan Bond Clubs.. 5,416,22 Liberty Loan subscription account.................. 5,733.00 U. S. Government Liberty Loan deposit.............. 32,380.00 $329,029.34 Chesing Direr*. Sidney Hugenin has graduated from Great Lakes Traimng Station, and he is now guarding American ships in transport service.