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: = mE WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917 Ea nm Em 7 ywnerst FUEL LLVVLDLLLLLLTVLLLLLLLLLE | QULLLL LLL PUY AEE FORD CARBATTERS DOWN When fie boys are Qrfves off pri- ete, R QQ ¥ A CONCRETE LAMP POST | '3® land they are told they must AMERICAN DEFENSE COMMENT By C. S. THOMPSON 'FOUNDER AMERICAN DEFENSE SOCIETY @ &@ @ Q . yey yEy (Copyright, 1917, by American Defense Society) $Y43EyEy¢Y eaders of this Defense Comment ry Public, are in favor of "The Searchlight ounty aliCongress," will do well to keep in Lloyd ich, with a little monthly journal veen dulj that name, published by The Na- al Voters' League, with headquar- Lk in Washington, D. C. Says The rchlight : opular education, as to govern- t, has already begun. In at least rgement | 51f dozen congressional districts, irculatioh people almost unanimously con- hn traffic in pork, even to 'the t of a temporary sacrifice of what y may actually need in appropria- s for local purposes. They have In the cost and corruptions of the sting system." hy not "Anti-Pork" clubs--one for hry Congressional district in the ited States? As a step in this di- hore UWtion, let us bear in mind the ex- iin set by Ripon, Wisconsin, which ir, Wilt, ago gave up a needed post- lice appropriation in order to let money be spent on National de- man os off = EE orationjn a recent paper before an Anglo- s and gilo-American audience at Rome, ing or mly, David Lubin of San Francisco 'he totalide the suggestion of a league of "mnocracies against autocracies. Mr. anston, Ibin said that the mere existence on, Ill. a king as the head of a state did efit constitute autocracy, since sov- ¢igns like Kings Victor and George less power and fewer preroga- er sec i 1g 1 perjes than some presidents of repub- of bonds. An autocrat was a ruler whose arities ail was law and who considered ate.) gaties as scraps of paper. Mr. ago, Il.}bin urged that the league of dem- paragragracies should abandon the old plan mes of i disarmament, which would put d securiem under the yoke of armed autoc- 1ot onlyries. He insisted that democracies ityist have a standard armament. Au- kcracies should be asked to decrease leir armaments. If they refused the 1ocracies should increase theirs to , of thearpass that of the autocracies, r flarging the latter for the extra ex- 1se by heavy duties on their goods, es imposed on their citizens when Iso that$iting countries of the democracies, rhe Army and Navy Journal, in a lent issue, prints a forecast of what SL. Navy will have to do now that "ir has been declared. SW1+ is known," says the service Wer, "that the Germans for the last #5 years have been turning their 0 ention to the construction of light- % craft, such as submarines and sea- ing torpedo boat destroyers and ht cruisers of new and improved "es, and less attention has been Hid to the construction of big cap- pr | ships. What our Navy, then, is ro ho led upon to meet is the submarine ed, nace to our shipping at sea and y paid ng our coasts. This work requires : "5t torpedo boat destroyers and fast required marine chasers well armed, for ® may be safely assumed the Ger- ; HOLL "S are putting guns of a powerful : iber on the new craft. To protect 17." commerce on the high seas is the Ye of cruisers and torpedo boat de- SN expires J NN 2 ms Bs Reports received from various sec- | rom Washns of the country by the American and hotefense society prove a growing in- United Sfest among educators and high ek to Ghool students in the Junior Ameri- wheeled! Defense society. It was formed ge ones (he parent body to prepare high "hool juniors and seniors for Uni- rsal Military Service. Organiza- Hn of the high school detachments EE, Junior American Defense so- 'ED ty, is being effected by mayors, ense organization will have a mbership of at least 300,000 stu- ants. Iperintendents of schools and prin- als throughout the United States. imately, it is expected, the junior ignal Quartermaster Leo H. Luk- h of the U. S. Coast Guard Service, Austrian by birth, has received a 1d medal from the Sons of the bvolution for knocking senseless a EDln who wiped his hands with the erican Fag in New York city. ksich was a guest of honor at the ner of the Sons on Washington's rthday in Delmonico's, New York. Ble has been promoted for his act. EE Ee 'our thousand boys and girls, mem- of patriotic organizations, | the Hippodrome in New rk one day recently and, with their 1 vocal strength, vowed allegiance their country and the Flag. Dudley eld Malone, collector of the port New York, addressed the Young In a recent article in "The Nation's Business," which is the official organ of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Bascom Little sums up the defense situation today with the following heading: "Experts call the National Guard a bulwark of straw; the regular Army cannot get recruits; the volunteer system is obsolete; se- curity lies in Universal Service." Mr. Little points out: "One prin- ciple, the most important of all those adopted by the Chamber, upon which Congress has failed to take any ac- tions whatsoever--is that of Uni- versal Military Service." Continu- ing, he says: "The position of the Chamber on universal training is unequivocal. By vote of 889 in favor to 56 against, the leading business associations of the country registered their support of a system of universal training which should be enforced by law to provide adequate industrial, as well as mili- tary and naval, forces both in peace and in war." = EE EE "Of course we all want peace, but not at the price of American honor and the continued and inhuman sacri- fice of the lives of American citizens while engaged in their lawful and peaceful pursuits." So writes Albert Sidney Johnston of Union, West Virginia, editor and publisher of The Monroe Watchman, in a letter sent to President Wilson. Mr. Johnston goes on to say: "Our fathers fought and bled to establish the rights we now enjoy, and we, their children, are not will- ing to supinely surrender them and have America become a vassal state. "Mr. President, you have our full confidence and support. I have three sons eligible to military duty. It is needless to say they are dear to me; but they are all at the service of our country for the defense of her high and indisputable rights." | 0.00. -W.-| Importance of engineers in Army plans was pointed out to members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by Captain Stuart C. God- "While you may be interested to see how the Nation trains its future officers," said the Army officer, "it is important for you to realize that in a modern war the work of the Army is but a small part of the Na- tion's task. War today is largely a series of engineering operations; the problems of equipping an army with offensive and defensive weapons, of transporting it rapidly from place to place, of keeping it properly supplied with food and ammunition--such en- gineering problems are no less im- portant than the task of manoeuvring the battalions of the firing line. War is the business of the whole Nation, its financiers, its business men, per- haps most of all, its engineers. Warning that there may be trouble between the United States and Japan if this country does not change its attitude toward the Japanese, was | nttered at a Washington's Birth- day dinner in New York by Dr. T. Lyenaga, regarded by many as an of- fiicial spokesman for the Nippon gov- ernment. Referring to prejudices and acts against his countryman here, the speaker said: If this kind of pinpricking is often repeated I fear the time may come hen Japanese rulers cannot restrain the people." According to Howard E. Coffin, of the Naval Consulting Board, it is the duty of the business men of the United States to see that the men on the front line--the men of the Army and the Navy--shall lack for nothing from shoe laces to 16-inch shells. Anyway the people look forward with calm confidence that Congress will supply the usual full line of talk. LR RR f| ARTHUR L. RICE DEPUTY SCOUT COMMISSIONER Founder of Wilmette Troop Honored By Chicago Council--Eight Snare Drums Are Presented Boys. Arthur L. Rice, founder of the Boy Scout movement in Wilmette, has een appointed Deputy Scout Com- missioner for the north shore subur- han district by the board of trustees of the Chicago council. An order to hat effect, signed by Scout Executive I.. L. McDonald, was published at the ner.cans. .neeting of April 7. frey, an instructor in the United States Military academy, when the 'engineers visited West ™ Point" te-1" cently. 5 CAUSTIC COMMENTS 2 QUYLELF LLL LLILLRY The Pacifists propose to have peace cven if they have to lick everyone in sight. Re SAG SSE PE Even the fellow who enlisted for fear of what people will say if he doesn't, may make an excellent soldier. TB I Some people will let a house re- main empty for months rather than spend a few cents for a little To Rent ad. HE The spies would much better watch out, with 500,000 federal employees, mostly skilled politicians, gumshoeing after them. * kx x x *k A keen desire is manifested by the automobiles in this nice spring weather to get out and get fined for overspeeding. Kk kk Ok The report that the British will cap- ture Jerusalem is not an intimation that they will soon make a descent on New York city. * * ok * Uncle Sam has concluded that whereas it is fairly safe sitting up on top of the picket fence, it is exceed- ingly uncomfortable. % 3k * * * ok Still anothes case of strategic re- tirement to carefully prepared posi- tions occurs when the editor per- ceives the spring poet coming in. kk * k * There are some people who can't support the United States govern- ment in this crisis, but they don't seem to want to remove to any other country. k kk Xk kx ok While un-American talk is irritat- ing to the last degree, the really dangerous spies and plotters keep their mouths shut and look quite in- offensive. kk kk kk 3k After denouncing the government for failure to conserve resources, mil- lions of people will again this sum- mer let sizable back yards remain un- cultivated. * x x kk The rustle of the seed catalog leaves is heard in the land, bur will the squash of the hoe in the damp earth be equally prominent? ; » * * * * * 7 About this time the coal companies usually reduce their price, and claim great credit because it is only 25 cents higher than it was a year ago. * * * * * No Easter egg rolling took place on the White House grounds this year. Not so much perhaps on account of the war crisis, as that such inordi- nate display of wealth was not con- sidered good taste at this time. Among the pleasures which the newspaper publishers felt like deny- ing themsélves during Lent, was that of inserting those long write-ups of entertainments without charge. Ce Tr aE The soprano singer need not feel that the message of Easter failed to reach the people merely because she did not strike the high C with a pure- ly bird-like note. Ed * * Stagette and Suffragette are now synonymous. The latter refers to a political party and the former to a social party. If you fail to see the point- try to break in at a stagette and you will probably feel it. RANK OF ARMY OFFICERS DETERMINED AT GLANCE Insignia Worn On Shoulder Straps Designate Various Grades of Command--Stars for Generals. In these war days, when officers of the regular army are required to wear their uniforms at all times, it is not difficult to know at a glance the rank of every officer, if the following little allegory be remembered: Generals have stars on their shoul- ders, colonels, an eagle, lieutenant colonels a maple leaf, majors an oak leaf, captains two bars, first lieuten- ants one bar and second lieutenants no bar at all. The allegory: The second lieutenant enters into service with the world before him. When he has become a first lieuten- ant he has climbed one bar. When he gets his captaincy he has climbed an- other bar. Over the bars is the oak leaf and above the oak leaf the maple leaf. Soaring majestically high above the trees is the eagle and in the blue vault of heaven above all others are the stars--the leaves of the major and lieutenant colonel, the eagle of the colonel and the stars of the gen- eral. That's the significance of the 'nsignia. Emerges from Collision with Traffic Sentinel Practically Uninjured-- Post Left a Total Wreck. When the city fathers decided to put up traffic posts at the principal street intersections in Crossett, Ark., they took counsel with themselves and decided the situation demanded something emblematic of the stab- ility of the authority behind the traf- fic ordinance, so they ordered heavy concrete posts about ten inches square at the base, slightly tapered toward the top. Inside of each post was placed a piece of three-inch boiler flue as reinforcement, the posts were set solid in a concrete base and each post was surmounted by a tin gingerbread ornament supporting an electric light. It made a very sub- stantial and attractive job and it was thought that it would be about forty years before any repairs would be needed. But little recked the city fathers of the destructive forces to which these dumb directors of the street traffic would be exposed. At a late hour the other evening a prominent citizen of Crossett was hurrying homeward in his Ford car. It was Sunday night--almost Mon- day morning--a busy week portended and the anxious driver opened the throttle another .notch as the Ford sped down the avenue. Suddenly the white ghost of a new traffic post ap- peared in the roadway. It was too late to detour, so our hero shut both eyes tightly, and drove into the ob- stacle. About 20 feet ahead, finding himself still traveling steadily on his way, the driver glanced back at the scene of the encounter. Concrete and gravel, bits of broken glass and battered tin littered the roadway. The boiler flue was bent to the ground. After an inventory of damage, amounting to one cracked headlight lens and a dented oil cup, the prom- inent citizen climbed back into" the Ford and hastened on his way. = a Lent being supposed to be a time for considering sins, many people have observed it by considering other people's offenses. THEE de About now the American youth joyously celebrates the return of spring by putting a baseball through | the kitchen window. wk FY Bk Is it not funny the way prosperity affects people? Some take it as a matter of course and continue in the even tenor of their way. Others imagine the community cannot get along without them--and_ then won- der why prosperity starts to cross the street. 2 3% on Savings Deposits Storage for Silver and all Vzluables Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent play ball in the street, and when they are driven off the street they are told they must play on private land. Hardware and Paints J. F. ECKART "once FOR SALE. WINNETKA. Best Buys in Homes. $ 5,000--New 7-room stucco, hot water heat, large fine lot. Come and see it. $500 cash down. . $ 5,750--New 6-room stucco, hot water heat, fine lot, trees. Don't pass this. $800 cash. $ 6,500--New 8-room bungalow, two baths; hot water heat, finest for the money. Cash down $800. 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