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Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads The News VOL. V, NO. 18. WILMETTE. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS PREPARE PLANS FOR THIRD LOAN DRIVE Local Organization Making Ready to Boost Sale of Liberty Bonds in the Village, Saturday, April 6. RED CROSS SHOWS WORK OF FIRST YEAR OF WAR 5T ANNOUNCE PLANS LATER Campaign Starts on Anniversary of War Declaration Plans for the sale of bonds in the campaign for the Third Liberty Loan are being formulated in the Village and a definite outline of organization to take charge of the matter is expec- ted to be announced in the near future. The campaign for the Third Liber- ty Loan will be opened on the 6th of April, the anniversary of the declara- tion of a state of war between the United States and Germany. Await Congressional Action The amount, terms, and conditions of the loan are dependent upon fur- ther legislation and will be an- nounced as soon as Congress has granted the necessary powers. Secretary McAdoo chose the 6th of April as th^ day to open the cam- paign as the most fitting date to call for a patriotic response to the sum- mons to duty to every American, to ask from the people at home the same fervent patriotism that actu- ates our gallant sons on the battle- field of France and on the waters of the Atlantic. Financial Statement Presents Vivid/ Idea of Diversity of Activity ti&sijjgi;:<, National Organization '"^Pt; Of local interest is the following report issued at Red Cross head- quarters which offers a splendid idea of the war work being done by the national organzation. What the American Red Cross has done with the millions of dollars in- trusted to it by the people of the United States is shown in the state- ment. Appropriations to date amount to $79,450,727, and cover the period from the time we entered the war last April, until April 30, 1918. For foreign relief the sum of $44.- 657,795 has been appropriated and much of it spent, as follows : France, $30,519,259; Belgium, $1,999,521; Rus- sia, $751,940; Roumania, $2,617,298; Italy, $3,146,016; Serbia. 871,180; Great Britain, $1,703,642; other for- eign countries, $2,536,300; for Ame- rican soldiers who may be taken prisoners, $343,627. As the government supplies nearly everything our soldiers and sailors, need, the appropriation for the Uni- ted States is only $2,612,532. All sal- laries and administrative expenses are paid out of membership dues so that every penny of the war fund goes to relief. S *S GIFT NEW TRIER SERVICE FLAG TO BE DEDICATED MONDAY ARMORED CAR ASSISTS "D" MEN IN DRILLING Next Monday morning when the students of New Trier assemble for their chapel exercises at ten o'clock, th.ey will see, suspended from the proscenium, a large service flag re- --"CjEiitly purchased for the cpKool by the senior class. The flag will be presented by F. I. Walker, head of the English department, who will speak on, "Democracy versus Auto- cracy". The flag contains 202 stars^which represent former New Trier boys ■who are now engaged in helping win the war. Two gold stars in the center, are in memory of Lieutenant Philip Starr, who was recently killed in action on the French front, and Andrew Court- ney Campbell, one of the "aces" of the famous Lafayette Escadrille. who met his death last fall. Parents and friends of all New Trier boys, as well as others in- terested in them, are cordially invited to be present at the exercises. LITTLE MARY IN SCRUB- GIRL ROLE THIS WEEK Mary Pickford is a scrub-girl, her mother is a washerwoman, and her brothers are newsboys. She has re- fused an offer of marriage from a gilded society youth, and is going to marry a bartender. Not in real life, of course, but in "Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley," an Artcraft picture, which is declared to be the most amusing photoplay she has ever appeared in. The society youth falls in love with Amarilly and Mary and her folks from the slums meet the four hundred, resulting in extremely fun- ny situations. "Amarilly of Clothes Line Alley" will be shown at the Star theatre, Evanston, three days, Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday, March 21, 22 and 23. PIGEON EXPERT JOINS U. S. SIGNAL SERVICE Edwin L. Stafford, 936 Sheridan road, is now in army service at San Antonio, Texas. Young Stafford belonged to the 11th Regiment Illinois National Guard encamped at Springfield last fall. A month ago he asked for his discharge from the regiment to join the regular army. He left as a pigeon expert with the signal-corps, Pigeon Division, and is the first man from Wilmette to engage in this line of service. Saturday after- noon last, found the entire Com- pany "D" lined up along Sheridan road, prepared to demonstrate their potential value in suppressing riots. They had the ad- vantage of expert instruction, and assistance of a squad of United States Marines," W. C. Reinhold under command of Lieutenant Frederic *R. Kensell, who was a comrade of Captain How- ard, in a Boston battery during the Spanish American War. Lieutenant Kensell has been in the United States Marine service for the past 20 years, and his services were much appreciated by the men of Company "D". The United States Marines are specialists in riot service. They are the "soldiers of the sea". They are the forces which are placed upon land first in the event of hostilities, and when they land their business is to suppress riots in the streets. They are therefore credited with being the originators and the developers of riot drill. The squad brought with them, a United States armored auto- mobile, which was inspected by Company "D", with a great deal of interest. The entire Company was greatly benefited by the drill, and while it is to be hoped that there may never be an occasion to 'line up" against a riot, the company will give a good account of itself, should it be called into action. FINDS BIG MARKET FOR POPULAR WAR PASTIME Frank H. Gathercoal, north shore inventor and vice-president of the New Trier Commercial association, has succeeded in having his latest invention, a soldiers' and sailors' checker board game, which has as its object the ilimination of the terrible Huns, placed in several State street stores, in Chicago. The game, invented by Gathercoal some months ago, has proven parti- cularly popular with the men in war camps and naval stations as well as with the people at home. iiWjr Ambulance 266, now in service at the front "somewhere in France", may well be an object of pride to citizens of Wilmette, by whom it was purchased and equipped. The ambulance, which bears the name, "Wilmette" has already ren- dered excellent service in the war zone and is one among many, equip- ped and placed along the battle lines by American communities. "D" Company Member Now Army Chaplain Reverend Frank E. Wilson, Camp Grant Religious Worker, is now s a Chaplain and First Lieutenant. "Private" Frank E. Wilson, of "D" Company, Wilmette's crack company in the First Regiment of the Illinois Reserve Militia, has been appointed Chaplain with the rank of First Lieutenant, by Goygr.jjo.r Frank Q, Lowden. f Reverend Wilson is.also, the^T of St. Augustine's Protestant Jipis copal church of Wilmette. For several months he has been sta- tioned at Camp Grant, Rockford, in charge of the religious work of the Episcopal Church. His work has attracted the favor- able attention of the army officers at the camp. He has been associated there with Rev. John Timothy Stone, chaplain of the First Regiment Illi- nois Reserves, who recommended him for work among the men who are in training there. The appoint- ment as First Lieutenant is in recog- nition of his services. TAX RECEIPTS EXCEED THOSE OF PAST YEARS Hoyt King, Collector of New Trier Township, reports a collection of real estate and personal property taxes amounting to $287,000. This is an excess over last year of $37,000. The Township receives $2,- 740 of this amount as its share of the 2 per cent for collection. In addition the township receives the interest on the money, while in the collector's hands. These amounts will defray township expenses. King states that public spirit, as well as convenience to the taxpayers in New Trier Township led the re- sidents to respond promptly to the appeal of the local bodies for early payment of the taxes in order to meet the local needs. Rail Petition Falls Before Utilities Men _________________________ FLYING'S JUST LIKE WHITE CITY COASTER Have you ever ridden the Grey Hound at White City? Did you enjoy the dips and loops? If so, you would enjoy thoroughly being sailed through the air in an army plane, with the accompanying dips, spirals and figure eights. "Any attempt to describe the sensation of the trip through the air would be terribly futile," according to Louis Mason Bruch, son of Mr. Louis Bruch of 1201 Greenwood avenue, student at the aviation ground school at Houston, Texas. "Cove (an experienced aviator)was just ready to go up," says young Bruch in a letter recently received by his parents. "He only had to ask me once to go with him. I was given a leather coat, helmet and goggles, and we started. "Any attempt to describe the sensation of the trip would be teribly futile, but I'll say it is far beyond anything I've ever experienced. Cove is an old hand at the game now, having been flying since September. We started off without any vibration at all and rapidly gained altitude until we cleared the hangars and the pylons. We took another circle of the field and got up finally to about 1500 or 2000 feet. Then we headed towards Houston and while over that city did some spirals some figure-eights and a few dips. the dips give exactly the sensation of the old roller coaster at White City. Looking down it was easy to see a lot of people watching us. Especially three little children who were in the center of a lot and who ran as fast as they could go for home when we started our first sprial. Well, while we were over Houston, Cove throttled his motor down and then called to me the points of interest around the town. The engine roar is deafening and the propeller ran pretty strong. On the way back, he let me get the feel of the controls by lightly gettin a hold of the "joy-stick" which controls the ailerons and the elevators. We did a few more spirals and figure-eights near the Field to loose our altitude, and then glided down, flattened out and landed without the slightest jar. We were up an hour and five minutes, which is pretty long for the first trip. But I'm overjoyed to find out that I can stand flying and that being up in the air isn't the least bit like standing on a cliff looking over or like being on top of a tall building. There is a perfect sense of security about it that comes from sitting down in something that moves along. The wind was pretty puffy, which rocked us some at times and occasionally gave us a bump, but Cove seemed to anticipate the wind all the time. After the drills I went back to the Yorks and had dinner with two captains there, one from the British Air Service. Keeping in mind that I was only a private, I nevertheless pumped them all I could about the air service here and abroad, and for the first time I'm getting some real information on the whole thing so that I can better understand what I'm to do when I get a chance. I also saw some trick flying at the field, and enjoyed the whole thing. Loud's being at Dallas gives me a possible chance to find out in advance what I'm going to do next. It really looks to me like a northern flying field. I couldn't wait longer to tell you that I've been up and enjoyed it. I'll be mighty restless until I get to a flying field. Letter from Waukegan Chamber of Commerce, Declared not Within Jurisdiction of Commission A petition, signed by members of the Elk's Lodge in Milwaukee, plead- ing with the Public Utilities Commis- sion to improve the service on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwau- kee Electric railway, by overruling a Wilmette ordinance which stipu- £t4^^w<ik^3 ft JrW'i*• °* -#*f ~ ,ia£ make, all local stops along its right of way through the village, was dismissed Tuesday, according to John J. Moran, general manager of the railway. A letter bearing a similar com- plaint, addressed to the Utilities Commission by the secretary of the NOW A GROUND FLYER Waukegan Chamber of rommerce, who were in the center of a lot and under the direction of the Executive Board of that body, was declared by the Commission as not within its jurisdiction. A formal petition would have to be filed with the Commission before action on the matter could be taken, it was decided. BIBLE CLASS INVITES MEN OF VILLAGE TO BIG DINNER y< AGED WOMAN LEADER IN LOCAL WAR SEWING It is of interest to note the ac- complishments of Mrs. Elizabeth Baremore, one of Wilmette's oldest relief workers, who is now in the act of completing her ninth patch-work quilt for the Khartoum chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire. avenue, age. and is eighty-five years of WAR WORKERS PREPARE FOR RED CROSS CAMPAIGN Local war workers are making pre- parations for the nationwide six day campaign.to be carried on,over a period from March 18 to March 23, by the Red Cross and the Commis- sion for Relief in Belgium to secure a minimum quantity of 5,000 tons of clothes for the destitute people of Belgium and occupied portions of northern FraVce. At the request of Herbert C. Hoo- ver, chairman of the commission for relief in Belgium, H. P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross war council, has grafited the use of the National Red Cross organization for collecting the needed clothing. The The Men's Bible class of the Wil- mette Methodist church, will hold its first public affair on next Tuesday evening when the men of the Village tyill be invited to attend a dinner ajjid entertainment in the parlors of the church, at 7 o'clock. Reverend Allison F. Clark, district Superintendent of the Northern district of, the Chicago Conference of the Methodist church, will deliver an address before the men and special music will bea feature. . The Men's Bible class "Was or- ganized recently under the direction of the Reverend John M. Schneider, and meets for discussion and study of religious and current topics every t as they could go for we started our first §unday morning, Pat. 9:45 c/clock. CONCERTS SOLVE DULL SUNDAY PREDICAMENT "Something*" to do on Sunday afj^f*- noon". That is the problem fa/ting many north shore re.sidents^every week end. ,. */-**'**% who ran as home when spiral. Mrs. Baremore is the mother of Mrs. John H. Kaufman. 1029 Elmwood^donations will be shipped at once to the Atlantic-seaboard and sent over- ,^seasu..l or di st rib ution. direction' of the Evanston News-In- dex in the Hoyburn theater, Evans- ton. The third of the series will be, "Old Pipes and the Dryad", by Frank R. Stockton, and presented next Sun- day by a group of readers and musicians. Confined At Home Mr. John Schaefer, avenue, is confined at account of c!fkne=c. 1705 Forest his home on do when I get a chance. I also saw some trick flying, squadron flying and night flying at the field, and en- joyed the whole thing. Loud's being at Dallas gives me a possible chance to find out in ad- vance what I'm going to do next. It really looks to me like a northern flying field. I couldn't wait longer to tell you that I've been up and enjoyed it. I'll be mighty restless until 1 get to a flying field.