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Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads the New* VOL. V, NO. 12 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS BARTLETT RESIGNS AS ADMINISTRATOR MEMBERS OF THE 14tTH HAVE GOOD ARMY CAMP Wilmette Man Plans National Campaigns Charles T. Bartlett Resigns as Fuel Administrator (or Wilmette and Evanston. Chester P. Ambler, son of Mr. and__________ Mrs. H. C. Ambler, 1015 Wilmette i avenue, a member of the One Hun- j W. Frank Mc*%rs -Returns From Washing?- '■jjfi&t., After As ARRIVAL OF COAL HELPS IN FUEL SHORTAGE HERE t£ist- ;^jna! Committees. I. C. BROWER APPOINTED dred and Forty-ninth Field Artillery, now in France, in a recent letter to his mother tells of the fine conditions surrounding the army camps, and of the wonderful way in which the men are being cared for bv the govern- ug^ygjfar" "~ "',',"'"■■' , ,' His letter reads as follows:-^^fiST"*' °»c of th^ managers 01 the Eank McClure, 219 Broadway First Deputy is Named to Succeed Mr. Bartlett. Dissatisfied with existing conditions in the office of the, fuel administrator for Cook County, Charles T. Bartlett, Wilmette and Evanston fuel adminis- trator, resigned last Thursday after one week of untiring service. His first deputy, Irving C. Brower, com- missioner of public works for Evans- ton, has been appointed his successor. Discouraged over lack of co-opera- tion on the part of the Cook County fuel administration in helping to re- lieve Wilmette and Evanston of its present coal famine, Mr. Bartlett came to the conclusion that he would be more of a hindrance than a help to the communities if he remained in office, so he did what his conscience dictated—resigned. The first intimation of a change in the personnel of the north shore ad- ministration was contained in a letter rece/ved Friday morning by W. L. Wj/olhiser, village manager of Win- jfetka and fuel administrator for that /village. The letter read as follows: "Jan. 24, 1918. "Dear Mr. Woolhisrr: "I have appointed Mr. J. C. Brower 'deputy fuel administrator for Wil- .1 mette and Evanston to succeed Air. |||C. T. Bartlett; Mr. Allan A. Murray for Glencoe, and. you for Kenilworth and Winnetka. ml '$M *?i*i.^i>:>-:< "I wish you would see* that an- nouncement U made in the Winnetka thai tof, Bartje.tt fcjas volun- xe«gt«yd^ijwU4KSf -h»s .resigna- tion was accepted today. "Very truly yours, "RAYMOND E. DURHAM, "Chairman." "Conditions have been wretched in the office of the Cook. County fuel administrator," said Mr. Bartlett in discussing his resignation. "I never have seen such incompetency before. Those fellows down there simply ran around in a circle and accomplished nothing. They instructed me to get my orders from the newspapers. They made no attempt to relieve con- ditions in Wilmette. We asked for twenty-three cars of coal daily, thir- teen of soft and ten of hard. We never received more than eleven cars in a single day." Though Mr. Bartlett would not state that his district has suffered at the hands of the county fuel adminis- tration, he suggested as much when he said. "Other municipalities seem to have been taken care of." "Since taking charge of the office 1 have labored night and day with but one -object in view, namely, getting coal distributed to those places in immediate need. Despite the incom- petency of the Cook County fuel ad- ministration I have succeeded. That I have been successful is due to the splendid public spirit of the Wilmette and Evanston coal operators. They have co-operated in every possible manner with me to relieve the situa- tion." ment. "Somewhere in France. ' "Dec. 16, 1A7. "Dear Mother: "Your letter'written on your birth- day reached tne after I was in bed for the night, which was about 8:45 p. m., so 1 did not get a chance to read it. That day was pay-day so I had some more things to enjoy. "You mention a number of pack- age's being on'the way, also tiiat you will wait for a more definite address before sending me ' any .more. The address you have is the only one I can give you; Letters and packages reach me just as quickly and some- times sooner than jf you had a more definite one. The government handles this stuff and-knows just where I am and can get things to-ine without giving any information out. "]i\ your letters you say that there is snow on the.ground, and it is very cold. Over here it rains once in a while and is seldom very cold, most of the time we go around in a blouse or coat with no gloves and don't feel cold at all. The sun shines nearly every day and everything is pleasant arid cheerful around here. H "I am coming along fine in my work and find it very interesting. We go to school every day and have some practical experience in doing the work ourselves. *"»! "Tell Dad I am not at the head of my class for there are some fellows who have been doing the same kind of work back home, so you can see I can not claim to be the foremost one, not having had any such work before going- Xo Fort Sheridan in July. "Yesterday we had a test in trans- mitting ^e^jajjes and*ucji things and two other fellows and myself won out in the competition. "I have nothing to complain of in the kind of life I am living here. We are in a large training camp, housed in nice wooden barracks, with plenty of heat and good beds to sleep on, plenty to eat and drink, and not I much work to do. What more could a man want? Almost as many con- veniences as at home, including a good place to wash myself and my clothes, and good hot water to take a -bath in. "I have seen more than one fellow from home that I never expected to see over here, and more to come over, I hope. "Today I have been on room order- ly or the janitor of our barracks. I had to sweep it out this morning and build two fires and keep them going all day. "I just went in the other barracks and had my hair cut. There's a kid in there who was a barber in civil i life and makes a little money on the j side by cutting the fellows' hair and I shaving them. I am going to take a ! nice hot bath tonight and get fixed | up for the next week. j "It is getting near time for retreat, j so I will close. I "CHESTER." lipid path Lyceum Bureau and Red- path Chautauqua** has just returned from several weeks' stay in Wash- ington. D. C\, where he was called to assist in some of the war work of two departments of the government. In the Committee on Public Infor- mation. Mr. McClure was engaged in working out a publicity and adver- tising plan for the speaking division This was with a view to securing the largest attendance, possible for the division's speaker.'; on war and patri- otic subjects wherever they appear. In the War Department on Train- ing Camp Activities,; Mr. McClure spent some time in connection with With the arrival of twenty cars of coal Saturday, one Sunday and six more on Monday, the fuel crisis in Evanston and Wilmette is temporar- ily relieved. Unless the latest snow- fall results in clogging the switches, it is believed Wilmette's embarrass- ment is practically over. "There has been a great demand for coal," said Fuel Administrator Irving C. Brower, "but I believe it was due more to the fact that people became frightened on account of the continued snowfall this week than to an actual shortage in their base- ments. "Saturday we received twenty cars and six more arrived on Monday. Other cars have been received during the week. "This indicates that coal is on the move toward Wilmette and Evanston. Lrnless the snow and frost clogs the switches in the terminals of the rail- roads, I think we can safely look for ja steady How of coal. "Today nearly all the dealers made deliveries. The supply of the last few da3-s has relieved conditions greatly and I am of the opinion that every- thing will be normal again within a few days. "The amount of coal delivered to us Saturday was nearly up to the maximum we asked for. We feel that we should receive twenty-three car- loads a day to make up for our short- age. However, if we can get twenty cars a day there will be no suffer- ing." 185 MEN CALLED BY5 ? LOCAL DRAFT BOARD *"*•: Members of the Exemption Board Call Men of First Class for Physical Tests. EVERY MAN WILL SERVE Limited and General Military Classes for Those Examined. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY WILL BE OBSERVED HERE I'holo. by iiaizem, Vkicai/Uijs| . «~-. .■«--. • w- FR j^ -ffkcLvn^r^^' ~ the government's campaign to enter- tain the soldiers through the sale of Smileage Books. -....-•,,• Mr. McClure is a director of the Advertising Association of Chicago, and was. for a number of years at the head of all the Association's edu- cational work. "He came into national prominence two years ago by in- augurating a movement for church advertising, which was later recog- nized as a permanent department by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. Dr. Christian F. Reisner, New York, was made president of this department, and Mr. McClure vice- president. In Wilmette Mr. McClure was in- strumental in inaugurating the Wil- mette Sunday Evening Club, which is now in its third successful year. This club has had upon its programs many of the best known men and women in our national life, including William Jennings Bryan, Maud Ball- ington Booth, Dr. Edward A. Steiner. Charles Stelzlc and Judge Ben bind- sev. At a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Wilmette Men's Club last Tuesday evening, it was decided to postpone the February meeting of the club until Washington's birthday, February 22. The directors also de- cided to make this meeting a patri- otic event fully in keeping with the memory of our first President and fite^rrrrof-the present d3j^**«^ Hope Thompson, president of the club, appointed a committee to secure speakers for the celebration, and a committee to make arrangements for a wartime dinner for club members and their guests. The celebration will be held at the Wilmette Woman's Club. "While war threw into the fore- ground the desirability of such a February meeting." Mr. Thompson said, "I hope that the celebration this year will be the beginning of an annual event for this community. FOUR CHURCHES TO HOLD UNION SERVICE SUNDAYS LIEUT. AMBROSE SECOND AT OHIO BOMBING CAMP J SECRET SERVICE SLEUTHS j TO ENFORCE COAL ORDERS SUNDAY CLUB TO HEAR DR. WHITE THIS WEEK Dr. Rufus A. White will speak in Wilmette on Sunday. February 3, un- der the auspices of the Sunday Even- ing Club. His subject will be "Je- rusalem, The Holy City." The lecture will be illustrated with beautifully colored slides which were made from pictures taken by Dr.- White on a recent trip to that country. The club management also an- nounces that Miss Ada L. Ward will speak in Wilmette on Sunday. Feb- ruary 10. Miss Ward will relate a number of interesting experiences during her visits to the trenches on the western front. Federal secret service agents were in Wilmette on Monday looking for violations of the Monday closing or- der. Whether they had found any violators in Wilmette of the second fuelless Monday has not been an- nounced. No effort was made in Wilmette to prosecute any who failed to ob- j Lieutenant Forrest E. Ambrose of ! the first battalion. Depot Brigade. i Camp Sherman. O., ranks second ; among 75 officers and non-commis- sioned officers at the conclusion of a (class of instruction in bombing, con- I ducted by Lieutenant Marquet of the j French military mission. I The members of this class devoted (their entire time for two weeks-to the ' study of bombing and are now pro- i ficient in the technique of throwing I dummy grenades, and have been ' schooled in tactics of grenade fight- ling. Lieutenant Marquet is welt satis- Reprcsentatives of the "Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational and Methodist Episcopal churches of Wilmette at a meeting last Sunday afternoon decided to hold union church services every Sunday even- ing at 7:30 o'clock in Wilmette. The services next Sunday will be held at the Wilmette M. E. Church. The speaker for the evening will be Dr. J. E. Walker, advance representa- tive of the Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign which opens in Chicago on March 10. A special musical program has been arranged for the services. WANTED—REVOLVERS FOR OFFICERS OF COMPANY D serve the fuelless orders last week, r , . , , , , . . , , .. „ . x ,, - . . fied with the progress made and states but the hint was given out this week;, , ___j.._?_._____.___«.__<. *_ j that no further leniency would be" a j shown, although it is believed only i willful violators will be punished. raduates are competent to >e company bombing instructors. Aid Society Meets. W. C. T. U. to Meet. Receives Commission. Walter B. Braum, 629 Prairie ave- nue, was given the commission of second lieutenant, ordnance, officers' reserve corps Monday. i The Woman's Christian Temperance } Union is invited to meet with the J The regular monthly meeting of the ! Woman's Society of the Congrega- I Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist ; tional Church at Community House, • Church will be held at the home of j Winnetka, on Wednesday, February !Mrs. Samuel H. Darst. 719 Central 16. All are invited to attend and hear | avenue. This will be an all-day meet-1 Mrs. Alice Hyatt Mather, field secre- ing and luncheon will be served by j tary of the Illinois Vigilance Asso- the ladies of .he Fourth Division, Mrs.! ciation. There will also be a special Thayer, chairman. Business meeting i musical program, beginning at one- at two o'clock. J thirty o'clock. j Colt revolvers are needed by the officers of the Wilmette Reserve I Militia company and cannot be pur- chased owing to the fact that the government has taken over the Colt j Manufacturing Company. Patriotic (citizens who have Colt revolvers arc hereby earnestly requested to loan ] them to the Wilmette company for jthe duration of the war. Notify Captain A. H. Howard, 1055 I Wilmette avenue, who will have your Colt inspected and if accepted wijl j give receipt for same and be responsi- ! ble for its care and return to you. i Hough Series. At a special meeting of the Woman's Club on Wednesday after- noon. Professor Hough of North- western University presented the sec- ond of his series of lectures on "Browning." Members of the local exemption board decided last week that exam- inations to test the physical fitness of 185 registrants placed in class one. will be held in the Masonic hall, third floor of the Brown building, 1159 Wil- mette avenue, between 9 a. m. and 12 noon of February 1 and 2. ( Notices were mailed to the regis- trants affected Friday and Saturday 'of last week so that they would reach the men five days before examination, as decreed by instructions from the office-of the provost marshal general. The men in class one are mainly unmarried or are married men who asked to be so classified. , Under the new classification few' men will escape service, even if they; are physically defective. According to the regulations the board- of*, medical examiners shall determine, whether the registrant is physically quajified for general or limited mili- tary service. . This means that if a registrant is found not fit <■ for general military service he may be held for limitedt service' and forced to perform such' duties, as may be designated by the ; War Department through the pro- VQii marshal' general. * : ' I,,Instructions to the board are that, those found qualified for general militan§jjp«*yice shall be designated ' on the card with.,a cross it* front of, the name, while th6se fitted only for limited service shall have a red circle hrsrHb&l )reiore^e^^iWeV-By -&&& method it will be easy for the boafHfl members by looking through their*; files to pick out the men qualified for- the various classes. Dr. Milton R. Barker has been placed on the board of examining physicians, which will be the same as during the first registration. The office of re-examining physician has been done away with, all re-examin- ing being done by an advisory medi-i cal board appointed by the governor. The advisory medical board for this district is located at the St. Joseph's hospital, Chicago. The physical test will not be as arduous as under the first examina- tion for it will not be a case of the survival of only the perfect. Limits of"->b_eJghts and weights have been changed and persons with faulty vis- ion will be placed in the limited serv- ice ranks and assigned to such duty as they are fitted to perform. A per- son in class one to be exempted for physical reasons will practically have to be an incurable invalid. One hundred men will be examined on Friday and eighty-live men will be examined on Saturday. Provost Marshal General Crowder has ruled that men disqualified for general military service, but qualified for limited or special military service will be inducted into military service only when a special or specific call for men of this class is made. Another call for selective troops has been indefinitely postponed, ac- cording to Washington reports, pend- ing developments that will | make it. necessary or possible to have more men in service at home and abroad. The only men now liable to imme- diate call are the men who have been accepted in the first draft and not yet summoned to camp. These men will be summoned to camp some time after February 15. The Senate Committee at Washing- ton announced this week that legis- lation, to provide for the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years since June 5, and for the classi- fication of men married after May 18, 1917, is being considered." Arrives in France. Relatives and friends have received word that First Sergeant James C. Barber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Barber, 621 Linden avenue, has arrived safely overseas.