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INNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk V1, NO. 25 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917 "EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS YMOUR IS PICKED FOR VILLAGE OFFICE C. Seymour Has Been Nomi- 5 By the Citizens' Party for e Office of Treasurer. VED ON COMMITTEE of the Village Council and airman of Finance Board. nominating committee of the s' party has nominated Harry mour for the office of village er, to fill the vacancy caused ~ death of Fred H. Deily. A election will be held in Win- on Tuesday, September 25. Seymour, who has been nomi- has lived in Winnetka for fif- He now lives at 598 Lin- This will not be the 'time that he has run for a pub- e, as he served in the village from 1909 to 1912, during part shich time he was chairman of finance committee of the coun- rving as the head of this im- t committee, Mr. Seymonr is lly well qualified for the office urer, and it is believed his lacy will meet with general 'members of the nominating nittee which selected Mr. Sey- or this office are Mrs. M. H. Mrs. James F. Porter, F. W. ham, George W. Gordon, M. yer, Robert Stevenson, Jr. and D. Wold. EERE R TH SHORE GOLFERS. 2 EBRATE LABOR DAY 'Tournament at the North e Club, Defeating Gould. s were kept busy with at- programs arranged at the hore clubs for Labor Day. Phillips returned the low net the afternoon, and D. C. eturned the low net card for rning at Skokie. 'Heller won the class A final ournament at the North Shore eating H. A. Gould, 3 and 2. Braun won the eighteen hole event, with a card of 30. Re- f the matches scheduled were: Skokie. ? h play in the various divisions d the schedule. All the win- merged by narrow margins. ries: A--John Ling defeated G. W. , 2 and 1. : B--R. L. Davis defeated G. H. 1 up. ~ C--J. Witherspoon defeated Lane, 1 up. iss D--C. W. Allison defeated W. wire, 1 up. gross, morning round--A. D. North Shore. Heller won the class A final Labor Day tournament, 'de- H. A. Gould 3 and 2. In the als Gould defeated G. E. and 1, and Heller defeated H. , 1 up, 10 holes. Other class t ere: 'B--W. Betheridge defeated G. fm, 1 up, 10 holes; J. D. Roth C. E. Hastings, 2 up. Final ridge defeated Roth, 3 and 2. .C. Braun won the eighteen hole g event, with a card of 30. S. who tied with H. Zaremba ook second prize by matching EERERN lins Gets Commission. p Collins of Hubbard Woods, ran of the First Infantry, Illi- ional Guard, who has been g officer for the Military og Camps association, has re- captain's commission, and as an aide on General E. ng's staff in forming units ut Cook county for enroll- the Volunteer Training the State Council of De- Net Stars Ty Battle Finals in Mixed Doubles Will Be Held at the Skokie Country Club Tomorrow Afternoon. Three finals were finished in the north shore patriotic tournament at Skokie Country club. In the men's singles; Eberle Wilson of Glencoe beat Gottlieb of Winnetka, in a rous- ing four set match, with Wilson's speed as the big factor in his win- ning. Scores were 612. 6-2, 1-6, 6-1. Luke Williams, the western junior tennis champion, and Ben Page of Glencoe, captured the finals in the men's doubles by beating Eberle Wil- son and Wallie Bell. The scores were 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. The women's singles were taken by Miss Case of Glencoe, who de- feated Elizabeth Klotz, a Winnetka school girl, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. 2 Miss Klotz, who is 15 years old, rounded out a week of tennis suc- cesses for herself, her sister and her mother, when she played to the finals of the singles. 2 To enter the championship round Miss Klotz had to defeat her mother, Mrs. C. A. Klotz, by sets of 6-2, 6-2. In the semi-finals Miss Case elimi- nated Dorothy Klotz, 6-3, 6-2. Miss Klotz, an aunt, was defeated by Miss Elizabeth Klotz in the round before the semi-finals. The young women entered from the Indian Hill club. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the finals in the mixed doubles will be played. Miss Marion Steever of Highland Park, and Ben Page of Glencoe will meet Miss E. Klotz and Eberle Wilson. Men's = singles--Semi-finals: Eb Wilson, Skokie, beat W. S. Miller, Chicago Tennis club, 6-2, 6-2, 9-7; M. Gottlieb beat F. De Beers, Skokie, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. Men's doubles--Semi-finals: Ben Page, Glencoe, and Luke Williams, Highland Park; beat Whipple Jacobs, Skokie, and W. S. Miller, 6-2, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Women's singles--Third round: Miss Dorothy Klotz beat Miss An- drew, 6-0, 6-0; Miss Case beat Mrs. De Beers, 6-1, 6-3; Miss Elizabeth Klotz beat Miss I. Klotz, 6-1, 7-5; Mrs... C. A. Klotz beat Miss Davis, 6-2, 6-4. Semi-finals--Miss Case beat Miss D. Klotz, 6-3, 6-2; Miss E. Klotz beat Mrs. C. A. Klotz, 6-2, 6-2. Women's doubles, third round-- Misses L. and E. Chandler won by default from Miss Andrew and Miss McGuire; Misses E. and D. Klotz beat the Misses Bartholf, 6-1, 6-1; Miss Case and Miss Conway beat Mrs. Klotz and Miss IL Klotz, 6-1, 11-9. Mixed doubles, third round--Miss E. Chandler and W. Jacobs beat Miss Luck Chandler and Blanton W. Jones, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Semi-final round -- Miss Miriam Steever and B. Page beat Mrs. Mal- colm MacNeill, Jr., and J. R. Mec- Knight, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. CONTINUE DRILLS FOR TRAINING CORPS HERE | Local Organization to Meet Every Wednesday Evening at Commons. During the past two weeks con- siderable interest was shown in the attempt to organize in Winnetka a company in the 11th Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, the newest reserve militia which is in camp at Springfield, Ill. In order to secure a company in the village it was necessary to have at least fifty men; these were to be enrolled in a limited time. There were forty-one men who were willing to sign for this company. It was, however, impossible to secure the full | quota for a company within the time | fixed by the mustering ofcers, and for | this reason the plan of having a militia company in Winnetka has been abandoned for the present. The organization of the Voluntary Training Corps, which is under the command of H. P. Clark, will re- main on the Winnetka roster, as the Home Guards. They will continue their drills at the Village Commons on each Wednesday evening . 0 -R-§.-§ Buhler Purchases Home. Dr. Buhler has purchased a bunga- low on Green Bay road near Went- worth avenue. jor Honors Saturday Our New Army Major General Thomas J. Barry to receive district's first contingent Major Genera ry. The first contingent of this dis- trict's draft army proceeded to Rock- ford this morning. A previous order indicated that one per cent would leave on Wednesday, but the local exemption board re- ceived a message from the provost marshal general instructing that five per cent be sent Friday, September 7. Forty per cent will follow several days later, and these will be fol- lowed by another group of an equal number. The last group probably will not depart until the middle of October. The fifteen who left this morning have been carefully selected and have either had military experience or are skilled tradesmen. The members of the first contingent reported yesterday afternoon at the Wilmette village hall at 3 o'clock. The men were given instructions by George V. Pope, chairman of the ex- emption board, and, following the in- structions, they were granted "home leave" until 7 o'clock*Friday morn- ing. The men left Wilmette on the Chi- cago & North Western train which is due here at 7:26 o'clock. The following are those who en- trained for the state camp: Curtis E. Colgrove Edward D. Rose Frank Wagner W. R. Laatsch Phillip L. Hillinger David E. Allen, Jr. Edwin J. Clampitt Ernest A. Dahl Robert Duguid W. A. Hillinger Charles L. Bruning Cornelius C. Peters John C. Slown William L. Dietz James T. Watson For the guidance of the men who will depart for Rockford, Provost Marshal General Enoch Crowder has issued the following statement: "The men will not be permitted to take anything on the train except light hand baggage; bedding and changes of outer clothing will:not be allowed. "The following articles should be taken: Soap, shaving outfit, comb, brush, tooth brush and powder, two bath towels, three hand towels, six handkerchiefs and two changes of underwear. There is no objection to taking collars and shirts for wear on the journey, but there will be no use for these articles after arriving at camp. "Since suitcases and handbags will not be allowed for permanent use, ar- ticles may be carried in bundles. "Civilian clothes may not be re- tained after arrival and may be re- turned bv express or otherwise to the homes. I tis better to appear in civ- ilian clothes which are not worth keeping. : "To insure quick communication with the family, the recruit is advised to provide himself with postcards or stamped envelopes. "Before reporting to the local board the hair should be cut very short, the body thoroughly bathed and clean underwear put on. The finger and toe nails should be cut short. "Every effort will be made to pre- serve the health of recruits and to build up their physique. The govern- ment undertakes to look after the physical well-being of the recruit in every possible way and carries out the work of military methods." Naby Abiator to Drop Bombs In the Village Ensign Waldron Plans Raid on North Shore Towns to Get Subscribers for Great Lakes Magazine. North shore towns next week are to be given a real thrill of having an armored aeroplane passing over them on a bombing expedition. There will be all the thrills of a real air adven- ture like England experiences every so often when German aircraft raid coast cities, except--the bombs will be different. They will be sample copies of the Great Lakes Recruit, dropped from the sky for advertising purposes. The machine will be piloted by Lieut. Lee Hammond, in charge of the aviation station, at the U. S. Naval Training station, Great 'Lakes. Plans for the air expedition, which is intended to increase the circula- tion of the Great Lakes Recruit, the official monthly magazine of the naval station, were announced today by Ensign J. C. Waldron, editor-in- chief of the magazine. : Starting from the naval station, Lieut. Hammond will pilot his ma- chine over Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Fort Sheridan, Glencoe, Winnetka, Wilmette and Evanston. At each place copies of the magazine will be dropped like bombs. A legend on the magazines will inform persons in the places over which the aircraft passes that free yearly subscriptions to the magazine may be obtained if the samples are sent promptly by mail to Ensign J. C. Waldron, editor, Great Lakes, Ill, providing each sample is accompanied by five new subscriptions at $1.50 each. The September number of the Re- cruit, profusely illustrated with naval scenes and glimpses of the naval sta- tion, where. 12,000 apprentice seamen now are in training, has . just ap- peared on the newstands of Wilmette and other north shore towns. "The magazine is published under the di- '| rection of Capt. W. A. Moffett, com- mandant, who is anxious to increase the circulation of thé magazine to 10,000 in north shore towns. Ensign Waldron, by the way, is a Wilmette man, having recently moved here from Chicago. Ensign and Mrs. Waldron are residing at 1229 Lake avenue. EEEREEE LOCAL MEN LEAVE WITH 149TH FOR COAST CAMP 'Members of Col. Henry J. Reilly's Regiment May Sail Soon. A number of Winnetka men, who have been stationed at Fort Sheri- dan since July 1st, as members of the 149th field artillery of the rain- bow division,.passed through the vil- lage Monday morning on their way to Camp Albert L. Mills, Garden City, 1.7, The soldiers will remain in camp in New York state until they re- ceive the final orders to sail .for France. The following Winnetka men are in this division: Col. Henry J. Reilly, Harry A. Smith, George Hufton, Sergt. William Bishop, Bat- tery G; Stewart Alden, Paul Kreuger, Battery B; Frederick O. Mason, Bat- tery 'E, and James Weart, Battery F. : =8.-0 8-08 | YOUNG SOLDIER DROWNS WHILE SWIMMING RIVER Former Winnetka Man's Attempt to Swim River Is Fatal. Max W. Meyer, formerly of Win- netka, was drown August 31st while attempting to swim the Clackamas river, near Camp Withycombe, Ore. Meyer was a sergeant in the Third Oregon Hospital corps and he was in training. He went in swimming with a number of the members of his company and, although he was one of the best swimmers, he was caught in a whirlpool and disappeared. His body was not recovered until the following day. He was a nephew of M. K. Meyer, president of the Winnetka Trust & Savings bank. EE Es EE Hollister to Texas. Lieut. Lloyd F. Hollister, vice- president of the Lake Shore Pub- lishing company, has been ordered to Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Tex., to serve in the National Guard regi- ments of Texas and Oklahoma. VILLAGE HONORS MEN CERTIFIED FOR ARMY Winnetka Men Drafted for the New National Army were Given Warm Reception at Community House. COMFORT KITS ARE GIVEN Each Member of First Contingent Receives Red Cross Gift. Winnetka out did itself Tuesday night in giving a fitting demonstra- tion to the young men who will leave during the month for the national army cantonment, where they will train to fit themselves for trench warfare, prior to leaving for France, where they hope to "go over the top" and get the kaiser's goat in the in- terest of democracy and humanity. It was the greatest affair ever held in this village, both from the stand- point of attendance and enthusiasm. William E .McKenzie, the chairman, said it was the most memorable day in Winnetka's history, and that it will only be eclipsed by the day when the boys return from Europe carry- ing the flag of victory. Admire Parade. Many people lined the streets and avenues leading off from the Com- munity house, where the program was held, to view the parade. The parade was led by a band of jackies from the Great Lakes Naval Training station. They started south from the Community house on Lin- coln avenue, turned west on Elm street to Linden avenue, east on Oak street, north on Maple avenue and then to the Community house. The men selected and certified for thd mew national army numbered fifty, and they followed the jackies in the line of march. The Winnetka Voluntary Training Corps followed the men of the new army. The men of the Great Lakes band, trained by Philip Sousa, acquitted: themselves with honor, and their peppery music put life into the crowd The concert in the hall was a treat to the audience, the selected music being ideal for the occasion. The program started with the sing- ing of "America" by the audience, the director of the Great Lakes band acting as leader. Following this, sev- eral patriotic songs were sung by the audience, the words being flashed on a movie screen to assist the singers. McKenzie Is Chairman. William E. McKenzie, president of the village board, as chairman of the evening, in his introductory remarks, told how the village admired the se- lected men, and ended his remarks by saying, "If you ever want any- thing, boys, write to the village of Winnetka and we will see that you are taken care of while away from home." He then introduced Otto C. Butz, who told of the pride he had in the men who are to go to Rockford this month, how there was not a coward among them, and that they were as fine a collection of young men as could be found in a nation-wide search. Judge Thomas Taylor followed Mr. Butz and spoke to the men of the many reasons the country was at war, using a speech which had been made in Congress during the debate previous to our declaration of war. Judge Taylor told the young men that he was very sorry he was unable to go with them. He finished talking to the new soldiers by reading the message President Wilson wrote to men drafted for the first contingent of the new army. Women Help. Major E. J. Vattmann, who has been with the U. S. army for forty years, told the men of the work they were expected to do, and warned them against the vices that always follow an army. Major Vattmann advised the men of the conditions that would surround the army camps, and he alluded to the selected men as . "comrades," asking them to fight vices in their battle for democracy. Following Major Vattmann's ad- dress, the honor roll of Winnetka was read, and after this was read, three rousing cheers for the Win- (Continued on page eight)