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Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads the News VOL. V, NO. 11 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTSf^-^ "mS'M GERMANS REQUIRED TO REGISTER HERE W. E. Hess, Postmaster, to Have Charge of Registration of Aliens in Wilmette. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN W. B. Carlile, Chief Registrar, Sends Instructions for Work. The week of February 4 has been set aside by the Department of Justice for registration of the half million unnaturalized Germans in the con- tinental United States by police and postmasters in pursuance of Presi- dent Wilson's alien enemy proclama- tion. Registration wilt involve the gath- ering of detailed information con- cerning the business, relatives and habits of every German, together with his photograph and finger prints. After registering he must carry a certificate card and may not change his place of residence with- out approval of the police or post- master. Violation of the regulations will be punishable by internment for the war. The orders do not apply to German women, nor to any persons under 14 years of age. The registration in Wilmette will be in charge of W. E. Hess, Wil- mette's postmaster. In a letter to Mr. Hess, the chief registrar gives in- formation concerning the registra- tion. His letter reads as follows: "In accordance with the President's proclamation dated November 16, 1917, all male German alien enemies of fourteen years of age and upward, presiding in this post office district are ^required to register under the direc- ^tioo...of.th.e.; postmaster,.who has been ^app61nted"aSsistarit registrar" "This registration commences at 6 a. m. on February 4th, 1918, and con- tinues each day successively there- after, between the hours of 6 a. m, and 8 p. m„ up to and including the 9th day of February, 1918, at 8 p. m. Persons Required to Register. "All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German empire, or imperial German government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually nat- uralized as American citizens are re- quired to register as alien enemies. The fact of having first or declarent papers, or a permit for restricted zones issued by the United States marshal, does not exempt the pos- sessor thereof from registering as a German alien enemy. "German alien enemies are hereby directed to report to the post office located in the district in which they reside. * "Each German alien enemy is re- quired to bring with him to the place of registration four photographs not larger than 3x3 inches, on thin paper with light background. At the place of registration he will be given full instructions as to procedure in filing application for registration. "An alien enemy required to register and who fails to complete his regis- tration within the time fixed therefor, in addition to all other penalties pre- scribed by law, is liable to restraint, imprisonment and detention for the duration of the war. "W. B. CARLILE, "Chief Registrar. "l7or Nonurban Areas in the Northern District of Illinois." MRS. C. W. M'CULLOCH TO SPEAK FOR SUNDAY CLUB Local Dealers Will A He ^\A dministrator Mrs. Catherine Watigh McCulloch will speak before the Wilmette Sun- day Evening Club on January 27. Her subject will be "Our Boys in the Camps." Mrs. McCulloch has been an activWfll public worker for a number of years, being prominently associated with national organizations promoting the cause of suffrage for women. Mrs. McCulloch has given special attention recently to the needs of young men in military camps as her son has been stationed with the men at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. The special musical program for the evening will be under the direction of Miss Clara Louise Thurston,, as- sisted by Miss Anna Nyberg. These musicians have previously appeared in Wilmette under the auspices of the Sunday Evening Club, and their work has been greatly appreciated. Miss Hazel Huntley will also assist with the musical program. The local club has secured the services of the Rev. R. A. White for Sunday, February 3. He will give an illustrated lecture on "Jerusalem," the Holy City, which has recently been reconquered from the Turks. A return engagement has been ar- ranged for Miss Ada L. Ward, who will speak on a new subject, Sunday, February 10, telling of her wonder- ful experiences while visiting the trenches in Flanders. The Glee Club of the Chicago Asso- ciation of Commerce will conduct a sacred and patriotic concert in Wil- mette under the auspices of the Sun- day Evening Club on February 17. The club has a large membership which includes a number of prom- inent soloists. Fuel A** j^V^trator Asks Co-operation Directing Distribution of Coal. PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO DODGE INCOME TAX LAWS "What is the penalty if I fail to make my income tax return before March 17""is a question irequentty asked. It can, according to the law, result in a fine of not less than $20 or more than $1,000, and, in addition, fifty per cent of the amount of tax due, explained E. J. Horan, who is answering queries on the tax returns at the local banks. Besides this, if one pays now, he can get a deduction of three per cent per annum for the time between date paid and June 15, when the tax is due. The law prescribes a penalty, also, for failure to pay the tax when clue, namely five per cent of the amount unpaid, plus one per cent interest for each full month during which it remains unpaid. LOCAL MERCHANTS CLOSED STORES ON WORKLESS DAY LOCAL SONG WRITER HAS FINE PATRIOTIC NUMBER Wilmette observed its first work- less day amid the quiet of a Sabbath. The wheels of business were at a standstill and the business districts were as deserted as at a Christmas dinner hour. The only stores opened were the groceries, markets, drug stores and restaurants. Drug stores sold nothing but medi- cines and all appeals to clerks to dispense cigars and ice cream met with refusal. The proprietors had given them instructions to carry out the edict of the fuel administrator to the letter. rl A trip through the business district of the village indicated no merchant was willing to risk his reputation by acting unpatriotically. All were con- serving—conserving fuel and energy. Sunday schedules were observed on the elevated, steam and north shore electric lines. A large crowd of com- muters gathered on the platform of the Wilmette station filled the cars of the morning trains of the Chicago & North Western Company, and dis- patchers ordered trains to be run express from Evanston to Chicago because of the conditions. The Wilmette banks were open as usual, but it appeared that the ma- jority of Wilmette people transacted their business Saturday, for they were very quiet places, while on Mon- day they usually are pressed to the limit. BARTLETT DIRECTS COAL ORDERS HERE Coal Dealers Hold Conference With Local Fuel Administrator On Supplying Coal. FILE DUPLICATE ORDERS Customers Must Sign Orders to Block Hoarding Coal Here. CHURCHES TO HOLD UNION SERVICES SUNDAY EVENING A union service will he held Sun- day evening, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock in the Wilmette M. E. Church. Mr. Martin Bickham will speak. Mr, Bickham is the director of Y. M. C. A. work at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and he will tell of many interesting experiences of camp life. A special musical program has been arranged fur the evening ."'serv-fte. The music will be under the direc- tion of the M. E. Church choir. FORMER WILMETTE BOY APPEARS AT MAJESTIC Rollo McKittrick, formerly of Wil- mette, was billed as one of the head- liners at the Majestic theater, Chi- cago, last week. Mr. McKittrick, who is known to stage folk as "Roland Travers, the Magician" appeared with his company at the Chicago theater. Mr. McKittrick is now considered one of the leading magicians in the show business, and he recently com- pleted a most successful tour of 3arge western cities. Leaving Chicago he will begin a tour of eastern cities where he has been booked to appear before the winter season closes. Mr. McKittrick's father. J. L. Mc- Kittrick. was the village attorney- of Wilmette for five or six years. Charles T. Bartlett. "So far as I have been able to learn, my power is limitless," Fuel Admin- istrator Charles T. Bartlett said in discussing the duties he has been designated to perform. "1 have been given full authority as fuel adminis- trator for Evanston and Wilmette. "I do not propose to act as a czar, I want to co-operate—co-operate with the coal dealers and co-operate with the residents of these communi- ties who are in immediate need of coal. "Ordinary horse sense will guide me in administering my duties. For "Way Back in Dear America." a ,he P"*™* } will limit my activities popular patriotic song, written by Mrs. !° the distribution of coal to those Henry Riggs Rathbone of Kenilworth "\ ""mediate want. I have a com- and copyrighted under the name of m,ttee of co?l merchants appointed Laura Rathbone, is making a great hit *?, aidAme- ^H *hf de.a,.ers J*ve e*: among music lovers. The song was !h,b,ted a splendid spirit. They al sung recently at the Navy Club of I are ^-operating loyally with me and the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta- '"yfi"t deputy, Irving C. Brower tion on Kenilworth night, and the! My object is to conserve as much jackies immediately introduced the c°al aS p?ssJble' and at the same song at the station, where it has be- ^me provide for every building ,n my come very popular. er orv' Critics of popular songs have named it as the successor to "Tipperary" for the American soldiers. The critics have declared that the song has an abundance of harmony, melody, and rythm to make it one of our leading .. _, . , , .... patriotic songs. New Trier heavies lost their first Mrs. Rathbone left Kenilworth Sun- *amf of basketball Tuesday evening day evening for Palm Beach, where '° the °tak cParuk <«u,ntet: 21 tor,l* she will remain for several we.eks. Jhe, «-«uh of the game leaves Oak Park and Evanston with clean slates in the league race for the indoor honors. The game with the western subur- banites was a real rough-house af- fair wi<h the winners taking an early lead i.nd holding this margin until the final whistle. Oak Park's guards devoted their time to Moore and the Pattison brothers, holding them scoreless. Both of the Pattison boys were on the mat before the contest ended, Don Pattison retiring on his fourth foul, and his brother being forced out after he was injured. Xew Trier's five is waiting for their return game with Oak Park at the local gym, and this game with their old rivals will be the deciding one of the league race. The following boys played Tuesday: D. Pattison, E. Pattison, Moore. Searlc, McKenzie. Roth and MAJOR COLLINS DIRECTS WORK OF RESERVE CORPS | Captain Lathrop Collins of. Hub- j bard Woods has been appointed by j the governor acting commander of I the Illinois Volunteer Training Corps for Cook County, with the rank of I major. I Major Collins still holds his com- mission as captain in the First In- fantry, Illinois Reserves and has been assigned to active duty at. the State Council of Defense military head- quarters, 120 West Adams street, Chicago, since last August. WILMETTE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED BY R. E. DURHAM Twigs" to Meet. NEW TRIER TOSSERS LOSE ROUGH GAME TO OAK PARK Raymond E. Durham, fuel adminis- trator for the northern Illinois dis- tricts, issued a proclamation yester- day closing all public and private schools in Wilmette indefinitely. His action is due to the coal shortage here. The classes in the various Wil- mette schools were dismissed yester- day afternoon, and the children will be notified when the schools are per- mitted to operate again. The next meeting of the "Twigs," an organization of young women of the Congregational Church, will be held on Thursday evening, February 7, at the home of Miss Genevieve Grubb, 1027 Greenwood avenue. Returns From New York. Seymour Cunningham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Porteus R. Cunningham, 1036 Forest avenue, has returned from Buffalo, XT. Y., and is now a member of the Ordnance class at Northwest- ern L'niversity. Unit 13 Leaves. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Murdock, 1316 Elmwood avenue, have received word from their son Donald, who left Saturday evening with Base Hospital vnit 13 for Fort McPherson, Ga., of their arrival on Tuesday morning at their destination. "Over There." ! Mr. and Mrs. Sebring Phelps, 406 j j Park avenue, received a cablegram! .from their son, Lieutenant Walter S. j j Phelps, stating that he and several! American officers assigned to active' duty in France had arrived there ' safely on January 17. j Baird to Speak. The Rev. L. 0. Baird, Seattle. Wash., will speak at the Wilmette Congregational Church Sunday morn in™- at II o'clock. :v*-Stone7 Wilson to Speak. The Rev. Frank E. Wilson, rector of St. Augustine's Church, will preach j next Sunday evening at the local church at 7 o'clock. He will speak about the work of the war commis- sion and of his experiences at Camp Grant. As the result of a conference held this week between Fuel Administra- tor Charles T. Bartlett, an Evanston contractor, who was appointed fuel administrator for Evanston and Wil- mette, and the coal merchants, it is believed the greatest harmony will prevail in the effort which will be; put forth to keep the residents of these communities supplied with coal. The conference, which was held in Evanston, resulted in the naming of a committee by the dealers them- selves to assist the administrator. The committee, consisting of William Franz of Evanston, C. F. Edinger of Wilmette, and L. R. Steere of Win- netka, will co-operate with Admin- istrator Bartlett in distributing coal during the present crisis. This^ojfe mittee of three dealers will change; each week with new members being elected. "f*1 •■#'.": The plan adopted is to take CiVie of those in need within 48 hours. viThe most pressing cases will be supplied at once, if coal is available, #?' J; * ' T; Block Hoarding. .jH'^'vj" ' In-order, to block any attempt at hoarding, persons ordering coal will fill out a slip, a duplicate of which will be filed by the dealer at the office of the administrator. By this method it will be impossible for/^resident? to call four or five dealers'^ffi^Jl^lft-' each of them send pvef~^na^i'rjn7i Any person falsely claiming to be without coal and placing an emerg- ency order, will be punished, accord- ing to statements made at the recent conference. At the conference this week it was decided to deliver a week's supply, when possible, to residences. The mer- chants have been authorized to de- liver a half ton to those who are out. and they have been cautioned to make certain that those ordering really are in need. Fuel Administrator Bartlett pro- poses to obtain a list of all persons who have less than fifteen days' sup- ply, By this method he will be able to estimate the amount of coal needed in these districts in the near future. Minimum Supply. Administrator Bartlett last Friday informed the fuel administration in Chicago that twenty-three carloads daily was the minimum amount Wil- mette and Evanston could get along with. This amount was promised. With the arrival of eleven carloads of coal Tuesday, the situation was considerably relieved, though condi- tions are far from normal. The cars arriving Tuesday consisted of eight of soft and three of hard coal. Four of them were consigned to the fuel administrator, though the contents of all the cars will be dis- tributed through his office, due to the co-operation of the coal dealers. Wilmette Supplied. "For four or five days conditions here will be far from rosy." Fuel Administrator Bartlett said. "I have been informed by the fuel administra- tion in Chicago that conditions are rapidly improving, but that we can- not expect them to return to normal much before the first of next week. Then, they point out. we should be able to get through all the coal we need for emergency purposes." According to Irving C. Brower. deputy fuel administrator for this district, every Wilmette dealer re- ported "some" coal on hand this week. In Gross Point the Hoffman Company reported on Tuesday they were without a supply, and this firm's condition was relieved by Wilmette dealers, who loaned part of their supply. "Tuesday six cars arrived in Evans- ton and two cars in Wilmette." Deputy Brower said. "This was suffi- cient to take care of all those in urgent want. The fact that we have received fewer calls for coal indi- cates that the situation is slightly improved." »* -'&.