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Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk VINNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOI.. VI, NO. 35 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS CHANGES FOR DRAFT ARE BEING PLANNED Men Who Fail to Comply with All Regulations Regarding Question- naires Are Subject to Call. Indications Are That the Next Call Will Be Made March 1. : A second draft almost certainly will follow immediately the reclassi- | fication of the 9,000,000 men not called | in the first draft, according to the | view in official circles at Washing- This is an additional fifteen days over the sixty-day period | allotted by President Wilson for the ll work of classifying. l "On that date also, it was pointed out, a large percentage of the men in the training camps will have com- N pleted five months of their course, | t and practically all will have gone N through the minimum of sixteen weeks. Room would thus be made in the cantonments for the second draft. Although it has not been definitely decided, according to Secretary Baker, it is probable that instead of calling out the entire 500,000 men available under the present law, the government will order them to the colors in increments of 50,000 up. This would permit the refilling of camps gradually as men were sent overseas. On Monday Provost Marsh Gen- eral Crowder's office sent out the "questionnaires" which will be the basis of reclassification. - Millions of copies have been printed, and many of them shipped to the 5,000 local boards. ! It is expected the work of reclass- ification' will be completely under way by December 15. ~ Men who fail to comply with all egulations regarding the question- naires under which the 9,000,000 regis- _tered men are to be classified will be made subject to immediate military rvice. I That was the declaration of the of- gfice of Provost Marshal General Crowdér on the eve of the formal publication of the questionnaires. General Crowder said: : "The completion and filing of the questionnaire will require consid- erable care and it is recognized Ithat lack of education and unfamili- arity with our own language will ause many men to fail to return the |same or to return it in so unsatisfac- tory condition as to compel a local board to return it to the registrant ain and again for correction. "In every community, at every ross-roads, I would urge the organ- zation of bodies of men and women who wlil offer their services to the [legal advisory boards, thus aiding heir local boards. "These organizations will be led by awyers who can quickly analyze the uestionnaires and instruct upon it. eadquarters should be opened] here those registrants who desire nformation may receive it, and vol- nteers should seek out the ignorant nd urge upon them the necessity of ompleting their work quickly and ccurately." General Crowder issued a formal |statement telling how to handle the lquestionnaires and echoing the Pres- lident's recent appeal for patriotic Gtizens to assist in classifying the imen in sixty days, beginning Decem- er 15. "No finer opportunity to help has een offered our people and no great- ler result can be obtained than the iJjcompleted information which is be- | ing sought. "The great patriotic societies of e country can perform a tremen- ous work by calling on their mem- erships to offer themselves for this ork." = General Crowder issued new in- ructions in regard to passports for nen subject to draft. These, which S(the question of passport permits out ~of the hands of district boards and | Wirnetka. LOCAL WOMEN DISCUSS PRICES WITH GROCERS The members of the New Trier Commercial association held their regular meeting at the Community house, Wednesday evening. The business men of New Trier township considered various methods to be used by the grocers in selling food articles in Winnetka. A number of Winnetka women were present at the meeting and took part in an open discussion which was conducted to decide upon some plan for selling food supplies which would assist in bringing about a successful issue of President Wilson's plans for the conservation of food and for the regulation of food prices. the discussion, a resolution was adopted by those present to have the local grocers charge for the prompt payment of accounts. Mr. C. During the discussion, | | | stores, spoke of the work being done | by the food administration board in| a Mr. Mor- | | Chicago in | number of. staple articles. | gan explained that the grocers in the | suburban districts were under regulating prices for A. Wheeler. The extra expenses were charged to the delivery systems and the freight charges that the suburban grocer had to pay in conducting his business. A number of Wilmette grocers, who have decided to adopt a new selling plan in Wilmette, spoke to the local merchants and to the women about the "F. O. B. Counter Plan," which they are considering. Under this plan the majority of grocers in Wil- mette have agreed to charge for de- liveries and for credit. Customers will receive the benefit of a large re- duction in the price of foods if they buy them at the stores, carry their goods with them and pay cash. Winnetka merchants commented upon the methods used by local peo- ple in purchasing their supplies in Instances were cited where Winnetka people, who pur- chased most of their supplies in Chi- cago, would impose upon the Win- netka merchants and demand service for a few small purchases that were made necessary because they forgot to buy the articles in Chicago. The Winnetka grocers said that if the lo- cal people would patronize their home stores that they eventually would be able to buy supplies at a much lower price as the increase in the volume of their business would allow the grocers to sell at a greater discount. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR EVERETT SHOEMAKER Funeral services were held on Sun- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Everett Shoemaker, 10 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Shoe- maker, 188 Myrtle street. The Rev. F. C. Stifler of the Wilmette Bdptist church officiated and the burial was Following | deliveries | and to grant a reasonable discount for | H. | | Morgan, of the C. H. Morgan & Co. | a| greater byrden of expense that the Chicago merchants in conforming to | the prices posted daily by Mr. Harry | held at Rosehill. Everett Shoemaker died from in- juries received on Friday afternoon when he was run over by a motor truck driven by the owner, E. Major, a plumbing contractor of Evanston. The accident occurred at the corner of Sunset road and Wilson avenue, about 4:30 o'clock, when he was on his way home from school. Everett is survived by his twin brother, Robert, and his mother and father. | JACKIES SEEK "RUMOR FACTORY" CN NORTH SHORE To find some trace of the pro-Ger- man "rumor factory, 'believed to be located: in Waukegan, whence have come many stories derogatory to the Naval station, and to learn how many jackies were accepting employment illegally, details of jackies descended on Waukegan, Kenosha and other towns, and questioned every jackie found on the streets. Lincoln Circle. The members of the Lincoln Ave- nue Neighborhood circle will meet Monday, November 19, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Francis Case, Sheridan road and Woodlawn ave- e the authority to local boards. nue. North Shore Man Is Alvarded Commission Paul Schulze, Jr., Receives Shoulder Straps in the Regular Army and Will Leave for Fort Scon. Paul Schulze. Jr., received his com- mission from the government as sec- ond lieutenant of cavalry in the reg- ular army, and will leave for Fort Leavenworth next week. Paul, Jr. Paul Schulze, Jr. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulze, Melrose avenue and Sheri- dan road. He was a lieutenant of the Yale battery, Connecticut National Guard. Lieutenant Walter H., the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Schulze, graduated from West Point last spring and is also lieutenant of cavalry, and is now serving in France. DR. McCRILLIS LAUDS WORK AT HIGH SCHOOL In a recent letter to Henry E. Brown, principal of the New Trier High school, Dr. Mary McCrillis lauds the fine school spirit shown by the girls and their general good physical condition. Dr. McCrillis' letter reads as follows: "Evanston, Ill. "Nov. 1, 1917. "Mr. H. EF. Brown, "Principal New Trier High School. "Kenilworth, Ill "My dear Mr. Brown: "After dairy observation for a period of three weeks, during the medical examination of your high school girls, I take great pleasure in expressing my appreciation of the high ideals of the school, the fine school spirit shown by the girls, their general good physical condition and their interest and quick response to suggestions of remedial measures where defects were found. There is a notable absence of the nervous and anemic condition which belongs to the developmental period of life. This may largely be attributed to the outdoor sports, gymnastic training, swimming, etc., furnished during the school year, and, in many cases, con- tinued through the vacation in sum- mer camps. I was strongly impressed by the fact that any unsatisfactory progress in school work might be due entirely to some physical handi- cap, quite remediable. It seem un- necessary to refer to special cases. As far as I could learn,. those cases needing treatment were placed under it at once. This was as unusual as it was gratifying. The spinal' devia- tions from normal, together with various postural defects so common during school life, are being most efficiently cared for by your physical directors by the most approved meth- ods in corrective gymnastics which accomplish so much at the age be- fore 'these conditions have progres- sed to serious proportions. I con- gratulate you upon the fine work be- ing done along this line. I would like to suggest that there should be a more general vaccination among these girls. I think a school with such high standards can hardly af- ford not to enforce, as far as pos- sible, so important a protective meas- ure. I quite understand that this could be only of an advisory nature, as we have no state law regarding it. "Yours very sincerely, | PATRIOTIC MEETING IS ANNOUNCED FOR SUNDAY A patriotic meeting will be held in | the gymnasium of the Community |. | house on Sunday evening, November 18, at 8 o'clock. Many special attrac- tions have been arranged for the pro- gram, which will be given to make this meeting one of the greatest patriotic demonstrations of the sea- son for Winnetka. he The program for the evening will be in charge of Horace Kent Ten- ney, and the principal speaker of the evening will be John D. Zane of Chi- cago, who will speak on "Torpedoing | the Ten Commandments." Special | musical numbers will be given by | Mrs. Morris M. Townley and Thomas { H. Ratcliffe. | This is one of Winnetka's public | meetings sponsored by the Winnetka War Emergency Union for: the pur- §| | pose of giving the people a better | understanding of , the great world war and the reasons the United | States has joined in the fight against autocracy. It is expected that the | large auditorium of the Community | house will be completely filled Sun- | day evening, both by those who have (had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Zane and want to hear him again and those who have heard what a won- derful orator he is and the interest- ing manner in which he conveys his thoughts to his audiences. During the evening motion pictures of the United States soldiers will be shown, giving everyone the real truth about the life of our men in the train- ing camps. The picture which has been secured for the entertainment Sunday. evening has been billed in many Chicago theaters recently and is called "Who Leads the National Army." Pictures will also be shown of Winnetka boys who are in the service of the United States. Following the program there will be the reading of the reports which enumerate the various activities of the War Emergency Union. These reports will give the people of Win- netka an idea of the great services rendered by their local organization in the promotion of the national pro- grams of conservation of local com- modities and in assisting to lighten the burdens of the men in the train- ing camps and in France. Patriotic songs will be sung by the audience during the evening. The executives of the War Emergency Union earnestly request that every person in Winnetka plan to attend this meeting on Sunday evening. NEW TRIER BOYS LOSE LEAGUE SOCCER TITLE Oak Park retained the soccer championship of the Suburban High School league by defeating New Trier, 3 to 8, in a stubbornly fought contest at New Trier, Saturday. It was the first defeat for the home team on its own field in five years. In the middle of the first half Pig- got shot a goal on a fine pass from Ratcliff, and a few minutes later Rat- cliff scored again for the visitors. With the score 2 to 0 against it, New Trier opened the second half with "Mary McCrillis, M. D." a lot of dash and in five minutes Bully sent the ball between the posts. A foul by Bramberg gave New Trier a penalty kick, and Kelly tied the count. With one minute left to play, Oak Park invaded and Ratcliff scored the deciding goal. Ratcliff was the star of the Oak Park attack, and Wilcox- en and Sutphen did the fine work in stopping New Trier in the second half. Kelly, the Negro track man, played a strong defensive game for New Trier. Oak Park will play the winner of the Chicago High School leage series for the Cook county title. The lineup: Layman, Kelly, Kellar, Hopp, Nelson, Patterson, Bruck, Berry, Bellows, Bully and Roth. COMMUTERS ASK C. & N. W. TO SELL 54-RIDE TICKETS Patrons of the various suburban lines of the Northwestern railroad are circulating petitions addressed to C. A. Cairns, general passenger agent, asking that fifty-four ride commuta- tion tickets be issued. The petition argues that the sixty ride monthly ticket now in vogue has from six to twelve rides more per month than 90 per cent of the purchasers have need of. Thousands of signatures have al- ready been obtained, it is said. PASS ORDINANCE TO PAY CURRENT BILLS Annual Appropriation for the Current Fiscal Year Has Been Authorized By the Winnetka Council. APPROVE NEW CONTRACT Resolution Adopted to Provide Ken- ilworth with Supply of Water. At a recent meeting of the village council a resolution was adopted au- thorizing William D. McKenzie, pres- ident of the council, to contract with the Northern Trust company and Joseph Allen Sears, trustees of the estate of Joseph Sears, to provide the village of Kenilworth with an ade- quate supply of water for emergency fire protection. Other business trans- actions approved of by the members of the council were: An additional $25 was ordered to be paid to George Hicks, secretary of the committee on law and legisla- tion of the North Shore Municipali- ties association, for his expenses in connection with the recent hearing before the state board, at which an increase in rates was granted to the North Shore & Milwaukee Electric railroad. The installation of three standards, with lights, to cost five dollars each, at the corners of Railroad avenue and Elm street, Lincoln avenue and Elm street, and Wilson avenue and Willow street, was authorized. The village manager was author- ized to spend $180 for liquid chloride water treatment. He was also au- thorized to sign a contract for $1,200 worth of lamps and supplies, and to expend $450 in removing black dirt and preparing the village lots in Sko- kie, south of Willow street, for the burial of garbage and rubbish. The black dirt removed from this section is to be sold for the best price ob- tainable by the village manager. 'A number of bills were recom- mended for payment, following a reading of them by the village clerk. The claim of the administrator of the estate of Oliver I. Chadwick for $175 was allowed. An ordinance for the annual ap- propriation for the current fiscal year was passed by the council. The ordi- nance in part reads: "Section 1. That in order to meet the expenses and liabilities of the village of Winnetka for the current fiscal year and provide for the pay- ment of its indebtedness, there is hereby levied on all real and personal property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of said village as assessed and equalized for the cur- rent fiscal year the sum of $51,515 for the purposes in detail for which the respective amounts are hereby ap- propriated : "Public. affairs «...... +). 0, $ 2,000 "General office expense....... 2,500 "Health Department ........ 750 Public Works *... 0... 000% 17,000 "Police Department 0. ov. 8,000 "Fire Department............05 2,500 LAD ary si canines ara) 5,000 "Garbage disposal 0... 0... 6,000 "Bonded indebtedness ........ 500 "Int. on bonded indebtedness. 145 "Oiling streets... 0 7,500 "$51,915" PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD HERE NEXT WEEK A public hearing has been sched- uled in Winnetka on Thursday, No- vember 22, to give the property own- ers in the southern part of the village an opportunity to discuss the plans which are under consideration for the paving of streets in that district. The Illinois Paving Brick Publicity bureau, in an advertisement published in this issue of the Talk, urges every resident of this district to attend the public hearing and to recommend that a verticle fibre brick pavement be used in paving the streets. Neighborhood Circl=. The next meeting of the Hawthorne Lane Neighborhood circle will be held Monday, November 19, at the home of Mrs. Warner Robinson, 472 Elder lane, at 2:30 o'clock.