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> Std ra A WEEKLY ° Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk K PRICE FIVE CENTS DR. BROWN ADDRESSES NOL. VIII, NO. 37.' ASK SENATE RATIFY TREATY OF PEACE WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1519 TWELVE PAGES ! TELLS OF VISIT TO WAR ZONE AT SUNDAY MEETING NPE DOR Welcome Home Reception Pronounced Notable Event in Winnetka History 5 \ | EEA MA Rh Robert W. Gammon; Editor and Sec- | retary of Congregational Society, 5 3. Men's Club of Winnetka Responds To Request for Public Sentiment and Adopts Resolutions Seek- ing Action HEAR S. J. DUNCAN-CLARK Noted War Analyst Explains Impos- sible Position of United States With Separate Treaty Seventy-five members of the Men's club of Winnetka, at their November meeting, held in Community House, Tuesday evening. November 25, adopted the following resolution and affixed their signatures to it. to be sent to chairman Will H. Hays of "Whereas: the nation of the ra- tification of the Treaty of Peace by the United States of America and the other Allied and Associat- ed Powers. with Germany will be before the Second Session of the Sixtv-sixth Congress and, "Whereas: it is reported in a special dispatch from Washington, D. C., on the date of November 24, 1919. to the Chicago Tribune that Will H. Hays, Chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, has requested Republican Senators and Congressmen to sound public sentiment on the League of Nations during this week's recess of Congress and to report their 'findings to him; now, therefore, ."Be it resolved, by the members of the Men's club of Winnetka, that it is the sense of the meeting that the Treaty of Peace as draft- ed by the Peace Commissioners should be speedily ratified by the Senate of the United States in the interest of Humanity and of World Peace. "Be it further Resolved, that the secretary of this club be authoriz- ed to send a copy of this resolu- tion to Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Commit- tee at Washington, D. C." Senate Position Impossible } The resolution was introduced by James G. Weart, at the conclusion of a most interesting address on the International situation by S. J. Dun- can Clark, War Analyst, and Editor- ial writer of the Chicago Evening | Post. Mr. Clark, with his usual clearness and force presented the condition of Europe. twelve months after the signing of the Armistice, and the impossible position in which America is placed by the failure of the Senate to ratify the treaty of Peace and the League of Nations covenant. He concluded with an ad- mirably expressed argument for the adoption of the treaty and the join- ing of the League, showing how much America will lose, if the treaty, dic- tated in the hour of victory at Ver- sailles is rejected and the Lodge con- current resolution declaring a state of peace with Germany, is adopted instead. All of the fruits of victory. said Mr. Clark. would be thrown away by this unfortunate action. The members of the club present are taking all steps possible to ex- press their opinion on this matter for the benefit of our representatives in the House and in the Senate. Next Meeting January 6 The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday evening, Jan- uary 6, and will be addressed by Samuel Higginbottom of Indid, a graduate of Princeton University, who has been, for many years, en- gaged in developing scientific meth- ods of farming to combat famine conditions in Central India. CHICAGO MAN PURCHASES LESLIE RESIDENCE HERE Harry L. Street, Lumber Man, Buys Residence at Sheridan Road and - Spruce Street Harry L. Street, president of the Street-Chatfield Lumber company, has purchased from George H. Les- "lie the residence at the northeast cor- ner of Sheridan Road and Spruce street for $30,000. The house is of colonial design and contains 12 rooms. It has a front- age of 250 feet in Sheridan road and extends back 375 feet to Cedar street. McGuire & Orr negotiated the sale. DIES SUDDENLY Funeral services for Anne Hatha- way Greeley, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Greeley, et Road, were held from the The Reception and Dance for sol- diers, sailors and marines, held in Community House on Thanksgiving Eve, was a pronounced success. The gymnasium was so crowded the gathering found it necessary to ease! up a bit by overflowing into the other | rooms and the galleries. The exer-| cises' were started by singing the | Star Spangled Banner after which! Cuthbert C.. Adams, chairman of the! committee, introduced Roger Sher- man as the speaker selected to wel- come home our Winnetka service men. Mr. Sherman's address 'was a model of its kind and it was the unanimous opinion that no one could have expressed the spirit of the meet- ing in more graceful or better chosen words. This speech was so good that the Weekly Talk presents it in full so that every Winnetkan may treasure it as a keepsake and pleasant memory of Winnetka's Big Day. The Rev. Ashley Gerhard replied to Mr. Sherman's welcome for the Service men and, after America had been sung. the Reception gracefully blended into a real jolly dance. Five members of Spamer's orchest. ra furnished the music and everybody caught the spirit of the Welcome Home Party as any typical Winnet- ka crowd would naturally do. From 10 to 11 o'clock refreshments were served by Mrs. John Smith and, when one observed the happy ex- pression on her countenance, one would really have concluded that she was the proud mother of all those splendid service men. Mrs. Smith, let it be known, volunteered to furn- ish those good eats without a cent of profit just to do every bit she could to help along the party. When midnight came the company reluctantly turned homeward feeling very proud of our service men and hoping that we had at least afforded each of them some idea of how glad Winnetka was to have them back in the Village again. A souvenir proeram was handed to each person at the party. The program contained a reproduc- tion of Winnetka's Roll of Honor in Community House. The reproduc- tion is so arranged that service men may have it framed. The committee wishes every service man to have one of these programs. Service men who were unable to attend the Re- ception may procure a program from Mrs. E. W. Wortley at Community House. Mr. Sherman's address follows: "Mr. Chairman, and you officers and men who entered the Service from Winnetka: "We citizens of Winnetka have come tonight with but one thought in mind--to meet you face to face and to say the things that are in cur hearts to say--That we are genuinely glad to have you back, perhaps even more glad than you are to he back, i and that we appreciate the service vou have rendered. "You must not regard this as a mere reception and dance, as such things go. It has a much greater sig- nificance. It is 'and outward and vis- ible sign of an inward and spiritnal grace'. It is born of the unanimous de- sire on the part of the citizens of Winnetka to bring home to you in a tangible, visible way our apprecia- tion of you and of what you have done. "You have made a splendid record and we are proud of vou for it. We are proud of the spirit you showed when the call came; the spirit that sets aside all personal and selfish considerations and makes the pos- sessor willing to sacrifice and suffer for the good of all; the spirit that is the highest and most enduring pro- duct of religion, education and phil- osophy; the spirit of unselfishness. "When the call came, the obliga- tion rested on all of us equally; but it was you who took up the burden for all! It was you who made the sacrifice! You who ran the risks while we stayed at home! It was you who gave yourselves to the cause of Democracy and Right! "Ten of those who went. will never return--will not answer the rol! call here tonight; but they 2re not to be pitied; they are rather to he con- gratulated that they died for such a cause. To them our hearts go out in eratitude for the sacrifice they made; but we are no less grateful to vou who survive, for yon offered vour- selves as completely as they did, ran the same risks. if necessary, would have made the same sacrifices. No reward is too great for you. "We are proud of you, because you gave the best that was in you; you served and some of you fought and bled as only real men do "We are proud of you because you have returned modestly to your homes and have taken up your duties as citizens, with no hint and, apparently, no thought that youn are 'entitled to any particular credit or that you have done any more than anyone else would have done in like circumstances. "For all these things, and more, we are proud of you, and we welcome vou home with open arms and open hearts. We would like to thank you too for what you have done hut we realize that you want on thanks and vou want no praise. What you have done is above praise and above thanks. Your greatest reward must always be the consciousness of a sacrifice generously made, a service well and nobly performed and the everlasting respect and gratitude of your fellow citizens!" BOY SCOUTS ANNOUNCE MOVIES FOR DECEMBER Boy Scout movies at Community House, scheduled for December, wiil bring a collection of excellent films to the Village. The program for the month is as follows: Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Gree-, ley will appear today in "The Golden Wall" On December 13, "Arizona Cat- Claw", a thrilling story of the West, will be shown. Barbara Castleton and Irving Cum- mings will present "The Heart of a! Girl", a stirring Political picture, on December 20. On December 27 Evelyn Greeley will appear in "The Oakdale Affair". ELECT NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SATURDAY, DEC. 6| A special election for the element- ary schools will be held in conjunc- tion with the high school election Saturday, December 6, in the Horace Mann school from one until six o'clock. The election is necessitated by the resignation of Mr. Edward Yeomans and Mrs. George Gordon from the Board of Education before the expiration of their terms, Mr. Calvin Fentress has been nominated by the petition to succeed Mr. Yeo- mans for the unexpired part of his term, and Mrs. John M. Olmsted has been nominated to succeed Mrs, Gordon. WINNETKA DOES HER SHARE. Just about 100 boys from the Fort Sheridan hospital had very satisfac- tory turkey dinners in Winnetka on Thanksgiving Day. Winnetka con- HOLIDAY GUEST AT GREENE HOME SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS Thanksgiving cheer was missing in the home of Frank R. Greene. 776 Prospect avenue. It was to been a beautiful day for the family and A. C. Thompson, brother of Mrs. Greene, was to have been the guest of honor. Mr. Thompson arrived in Winnetka Tuesday from Columbus, Nebraska. Early Wednesday he became sudden- ly ill and died within a few hours. The Green family accompanied the remains to Monticello, Til, on Fri- day where funeral and burial services were held today from the home of Mrs. William Dighton, a sister of Mr. Thompson. PAINFUL FOOT KEEPS POLICE CHIEF IN BED; ON THE JOR Chief Peterson wos home again this week painful condition of which was operated ago. The chief had walk about on crutches but the mem- ber became so painful as to necessi- tat absolute rest. ; In June, 1918 Chief Peterson was seriously injured in a collision when a motorcycle he was riding collided with an automobile in Wilmette. His right foot was badly crushed. - The chief conducts ithe business of his deparftment from a telephone stationed at his bedside. tg i WINNETKANS TAKE GAME . Winneétka's Indoor baseball team defeated the Newman Council, K. of C. team at St. Mary's Hall, Evans- ton, on Sunday. The final Score was to 6. Voltz and Kreger did the confined to his because of the his right foot on ten days been able to have | | Is Speaker Robert W. Gammon, assistant sec: retary of the Congregational society, will be the speaker at the Sanday Evening Community services, Sunday evening, November 30. Mr. Gammon was one of a group of ten editors to go to Europe in 1918, upon invitation of the British gov- ernment, to study conditions at the war fronts. He spent several months at both the British and French fronts embracing every opportunity ta make an intensive study of the pro- gress of the war and the conditions suurounding the fight against Ger- many. He will speak Sunday even- ing of his experiences in the war zone. Every resident of Winnetka will want to hear this message com- ing frcm one who speaks from per- sonal experience and observation. 'The Sunday evening meeting will be the ninth of a series of services conducted under the joint auspices of thie Protestant churches of Win- netka. BEGGING YOUR PARDON; THANKING YOU KINDLY In articles appearing from time to fime in the columns of the Weekly Talk the name of Godfrey H. Atkin has been mentioned incorrectly. The editor was gratified to receive the following communication for Mr. Atkin and welcomes similar correc- tions by subscribers. It is our de- termination to have names appear correctly in our issues. Communica- toward that end. : Mr. Atkin converts censure into praise in the concluding paragraph of his letter in which he gives much credit for the success of the Sunday Evening Community services to the Weekly Talk. -- Editor, Winnetka Weekly Talk: When 1 was a young man I di some newspaper work and an old ex- perienced editor tod me one of the cardinal sins of newspaper writing was to get people's names incorrectly and IT am going to take the liberty of asking you to instruct your proof- reader to see that when there is oc- casion to mention my name to have it in correctly. My real name is Godfrey H. Atkin, but my name has appeared at various times in Win- netka Weekly Talk as George Ait- ken, Godfrey Atkins, G. H. Aiken and other variations of my real name. I cannot close without telling you, as chairman of the Sunday Evening appreciate the excellent publicity you have given these meetings. They seem to be filling a need in that com- munity and we are gratified at the attendance we are having which is due to a great extent to your news- paper. Yours very truly, Godfrey H. Atkin. TOWNSHIP VOTERS TO ELECT HIGH SCHOOL BCARD MEMBER In accordance with a recently en: acted state law an election will be held on Saturday, December 6. to elect a successor to Major E. J. Vatt- mann, as member of the New Trier Township High school Board of Education. Balloting will be at the township precincts in the various Villages. Nominees for the position were t- be filed,by petition, with the secretary of the High school Board of Educa- tion not later than Wednesday, November 26. The nominees had not been announced at the time of going to press. SOMETIMES IT'S FORTUNATE TO BE JUST A MERE PIG Harry Deiley, 470 Provident ave- nue, lost his pig Monday. It ran away. The police caught it and lock- ed it in the cell. Then they arrested Oscar Augdahl, an iceman. Patrol man Joy Hanselman put Augdahl in the cell with the pig. Later Police Magistrate C. T. Northrup fined Os- car $100 and released the pig. DANGEROUSLY ILL Mrs. W. W. Wheelock, 244 Cumnor road, Kenilworth, is at the Evanston 'hospital, as the result of two severe operations underwent within the past two weeks. Attending physicians Thursday announced Mrs. Wheelock was dangerously ill. On Saturday, November 15, Mrs. Wheelock under- ticns such as the following will help: The communication:} joint auspices of the Boy Meetings in Winnetka, how much I} 'THE SCHOOL CHIL DREN Tells of Work in Europe at Anna] ; Thanksgiving Exercises of Schools in the 'Community Hcuse ; READS TI:Z I WWOCLAMATION Village Presid--t | "jler Reads, Pre~ sident's Tha: ' "giving Message; 3 Present "Miles Standish" The Winnetka Public schools held their Thanksgiving exercises in Com-" munity House at 2 o'clock Wednes- day afternoon. Dr. Alice Barlow- Brown spoke to the children for ten minutes of the work she has done". and is about to do for the relief of suffering in Europe. President John S. Miller, Jr., read President Wilson's Thanksgiving proclamation. Mr. J. W. F. Davies gave the prayer. Miss Dwyer's first grade at Horace Mann school sang an old folk song of praise and thanksgiving. The feature of the : afternoon was the rendering of Miles tandish by the pupils of the Gree- ley school. With very simple stage effect and costuming the childrea succeeded in conveying 'to. the audience the spirit of Longfellow's well-known poem. Present Thanksgiving Play The cast of characters was as fol- lows: characters was as follows: Miles Standish .... Kenneth Stixrud John Alden Eldridge Anderson Friscilla:...... i. 8. Lois Scharf Bilder... .0 220 Boyd Anderson Indidna......... 01 Morris Thomas Members of the Council: Robert English, Robert Shoemaker, Doug- das Davisson and Fuller Dean. Wedding Guests: Margaret Newman, Olga Mangel, Helen Demling, John * Whitaker. hi a The musical program was under" the direction of Mrs. Philemon Kohi- saat, seupervisor of usfc in the: ! 4d! Winnetka schools. Present "Evangeline" : Following the Thanksgiving exes cises the play of "Evangeline" was ex-. hibited in motion pictures under the Scouts and the Winnetka Public schools. 4 The Thanksgiving program in tall was as follows: " America .. 'All children . Address ... Dr. Alice Barlow-Browm. Salute to the flag All children | Song--Beautiful Banner. All children. Thanksgiving Proclamation, Presi- dent Miller. Song--Great God of Nations, AH children. Prayer of Thanksgiving, Rev. J. W. FE. Davies. Song--God Our loving Father, Miss Dwyer's first grade. Play--Miles Standish Greeley school. Song--Now Thank all children. Children of we all Our God; NORTH SHORE LINE HAS GRAND OPERA SCHEDULE Trains Leave All North Shore Towns Taking Passengers Ta Doors of Auditorium theater During the Grand Opera season in Chicago the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railway ic maintaining special service nightly to the ent- rance to the Auditorinm theater at the Congress street station of the Elevated. After the performance patrons can board trains at the Con- gress street statiom. ; The schedule is announced as fol- lows: Special train leaves Glencoe. at 6:47 P. M., Hubbard Woods at 6:20 P. M.,, Winnetka at 4:52 P. M., Kenil- worth at 6:56 P. M., Wilmette at 6:58 P. M. The train arrives at Congress street station at 7:50 P. M. Returning after the performance trains can be boarded at the Con- gress street station for all the above points. ; 3 "OLD OAK" IN WILMETTE FALLS AND CRUSHES ROOF [. Wilmette's "Olé Oak" near the home of Attorney M. W. Zabel, 1247 Chestnut street, fell Tuesday wile the family was in Chicago, ctushing the roof and sleeping porch ef the Zabel home and coming 10 rest with the largest branch iv the spare -hed- room. Mr, Zabel and hic LO WA gone to Chicago to. meet his {we sisters, Hilda "and %Ma. ~~. .. FRATERNITY DANCE The Phi Kappa Pei iraternity of nab a i fomgititay Starman 2 2 Sock, tinues to hold the palm for popularity hurling for the locals. The innet-| went a severe operation. Surgeons | Northwestern University gave a heren ied suddenly ursday Waly) Yas will again meet the ewman | found it necessary to again operate dancing party orp Wednesday evea- g. : rt. ouncil team at Evanston tomorrow.| on Wednesday of this week. ing at the North hese Motel. ' : ' / A 2