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r hore News WILMETTE. ILLINODL FRIDAY. APRIL t. IMi. PRICE FIVE SAVING IN INSURANCE BY BUYING APPARATUS After Trial of Ten Weeks in Probate Court the Jury Renders Verdict in His Favor. AN ESTATE OF $800,000 Made Fortune in Apples and Real Estateâ€"Came to Chicago in 1844. l1lJ-gjJ^--L-JL..- Franklin Newhall, 92 year* old, of Glencoe, Is capable of managing bis estate of $800,000 without any assist- ance. That waa the verdict of tbo jory which Bat in. his case in the pro- bate court and rendered a decision Friday. Tbo case baa been In court since January It and holds the rec- ord as the longest drawn-out suit in (be probate court. Started In 1913. The case really started In October, 1913, when Simeon Frank Newhall be- gan proceedings in the probate court to have hie father declared Insane or feeble minded and to have a conserv- ator for hie property appointed. The case waa delayed a year in en inef- fectual effort to adjust family differ- ences out of court. The case was brought back Into the probate court on January 28, and waa tried by Judge Gregg and a Jury of six men. The trial lasted ten weeks. Franklin New- ball was represented by Frank Orover and his son, Mortimer C. Orover of Evans ton, and William H. Johnson of Glencoe. Simeon Frank Newhall bad as his attorneys, Francis M. Walker and the firm of Taylor * Lundahl. One of the questions quite Intimate- ]y involved waa that of the validity and effect of Mr. Newhall'e will which was in evidence. Between forty and fifty witnesaee were examined, Including many prom- inent ritliengr of Chicago and the north shore. Some of them were B. T. Davis of Bvanston, Heaton Owsley, Oscar Foreman, August Zelslng, John L. Day, Sherman M. Sooth. Otto R. Harnett, Fred W. Jackson, E. O. Bing- ham, Alfred Washington, A. D. Wat- son. Dr. Fred Patton, Allen Murray, and many other well-known people. Cood Witness for Himself. The case waa hotly contested from ti«e beginning. Mr. Newhall was a good witness and demonstrated bis ability to remember old figures, dates and amounts. He recalled early Chi- cago scenes and people with vividness. The case has attracted considerable Interest. His neighbors end friends and people from Glencoe not only took an active interest In the trial, but appeared from day to day as wit- nesses and spectators. Mr. Xcwhall'e business career was reviewed In detail. He first came to Chicago in 1844. He started In the apple business, which he has followed for over fifty years. He has been ai resident of Glencoe Since 1868. Busi- ness transactions of the early day »ere brought Into court and showed his dealing* with men of prominence both la the early days and down to the present time. He knew Horace Greeley quite well and had a more or leea Intimate ac- quaintance with a score of other men who have left a mark on the early history of Chicago. Newhall had just 3100 when he ••nw .to Chicago. He has made his fortune la apples and real estate. Now h« owaa S.000 acres la North Manl- ton islsafl sad msiyiftVr 8Bnrtrssw acres oa the north A Vote for tile Bond Issue on Election Day Will Oe- cresseFlil|ja^__i_ of voting bonds for new fire equipment should prove an important enough subject to receive some attention between sow and April 30, the date of the village elec- tion. Wllmette Is now fated as a four and half class village by the board of underwriters. With the installation of equipment which would be pur- ehsned by the bond issue, the village wcuid be made a fourth class one. The saving on brick mercantile buildings would be nlno per cent, con- tents seven per cent. On frame mer- cantile buildings, seven per cent, con- tents five per cent. Additional sav- ings could also be made by Improve- ment on the part of the owners of these buildings by eliminating a good many unnecessary risks. The qualifications necessary to de- crease the rating of the village would be a thousand gallon pumping*unit, two thousand feet of hose, four v/» nozzles, fifteen men In the volunteer fire department with two of them sleeping In the fire station, end the Installation of a suction pump. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCES PASSED Village Board Disposes of an Amount of Business of This Nature. The village board set almoet a rec- ord for passing ordinances at the reg- ular meeting on Tuesday night. They dealt mostly with local Improvements. The ordinances passed provide for a cast Iron water main on Isabella street: for resurfacing Central ave- nue, from 11th street to Fourth street, changing the name of James street to Linden street; laying surface pipes lr Fifteenth street South line of Wll- mette to Isabella street; laying of drains to connect houses with sewere on Fifteenth street; laying sidewalk on Isabella from Kline street to Park avenue; laying vitrified tile sewers on Isabella streetâ€"râ€"- r^^- -*â-  A petition to the board from resi- dents of James street caused that name to be dropped sad Linden taken on. James street was nothing more than a continuation of Linden, west of the tracks, and ran only two blocks. The separate name was a Source of bother and confusion. The monthly reports of the village collector and tbo village treasurer were read and referred to the finance committee. Soprano at Wilmette Cong. Church Will Sing at Ev- anston Hippodrome in Concert. IS WELL KNOWN HERE Her Work Needs no Intro- duction and Capacity Au- dience Expected. Mrs. Marie White Clark, who sings regularly at the Wllmette Con- gregational church needs no special Introduction to her hosts of friends SNOW AND HURLBUT FOR SCHOOL BOARD Are Candidates for Members on the New Trier High School Board. INTERESTED IN Y, M. C A. A number of Wilmette men are < oming iaterceted in the physical de- partment of tbo Evanston Y. M. C. and. as the tenato and swimming sea- son advaacee. there Is •hat a targa number of others will take advantage of the. splendid pool and physical equipment of N. S. ELEf^BWNS . X BRING OUT BIG VOTE Good and Hot Ballot GLENCOE BUYS II FIRE TRUCK, |hs> largest vote la the history of the village oa Tuesday. Out Of a IIMluflU of 2.500 over 1.100 voted. The women cast a maj- The CiUaena' party ticket waa elected. Albert MacRae. who headed this ticket, received €65 votes. Moth- er J. Moeller. on the People's ticket, got fit notes. stood aa fol- venscroft. 640: 647; George M. m Lundqutat. 473: George The vote for Sdward D. ted 481; Henry c. W. Hesler. 402. War street Dlettricb. 668; for marshal. Jacob Rudolph. Village collector. Carl Lochner. Library directors, Otto R. Barnett. Samuel R. Hurford. Police constable. Hugh A. Hammer. Hammer Is the only man who re- ceived more men's votes than women's. The ticket which waa elected la openly In favor of the business man- ager scheme, so Mr. Sherer will un- doubtedly stay on. Kenilworth elected a few officers without much ado. C. R. Bull was elected president and W. W. Wheel- ock. Paul Schutse, and Carl Keith wore elected as members of the board. ".â- &»- In the townahip election Mrs. Ger- trude M. Thurston waa re-elected su- pervisor, Fred Saner, highway com- missioner, and /William 8. Miller, School trustee. The Citizens' ticket in Wlnnctka was elected; Jlle Spu* waa between Harry P. 8imoutou,of the Winnetka ticket and Eugene A. Rummler of the Election of two members to the New Trier Township high school board will take place tomorrow^ Candidates are nominated by petition, according to the tow paased la 1818. The two can- didates who have been placed on the official ballot by this method are Har- ry M. Snow. 924 Greenwood avenue, and Alfred I* Hurlbut. Abbbttoford road, Kenilworth. Both candidates are graduates of the University of Michigan, and are said to be possessed of the quail flca- tions that will make them useful members. Mr. Snow was for many yearn en- gaged la educational work, and is recognized by the state boards of ed- ucation of Michigan, lltiaoto and Wisconsin as on educator of ability. He has children la New Trlerjblgb school now. aad bis Interest therefore is increased. Mr. Hurtbut received bis early edu- cation la the public schools of Cook ty end graduated from Oak Park school Ho to thoroughly ae- uuslsied -irTTh the work of He- United States attorney W. ministration, aad to a Mrs. Marie White Clark. and admirers in Wilmette. The fact that she is to be the soloist at' the popular Sunday evening concert at the Evanston Hippodrome . on Sun- day night will undoubtedly bring a torgs number of Wllmette people down to hear her sing. . Has Seen a Teacher. Mrs. Clark was formerly associate professor of voice in the Illinois Women's college at Jacksonville, 111., was a member of the faculty of the James Mllllken university at Deca- tur, III. She haa also been a. puoll of Mrs. O. E. Fox. Herman Devine. end Charles F. champlln. Mrs. Clark has held some of tho best church positions In Chicago and on the north shore, and Is at present sopraho for the Congregational church here. She has sung with suc- cess In St. Paul, at the Attteneum In Milwaukee. In recitals la Jackson- vllle and Decatur, and with many prominent clubs. Among her recent engagements are a concert at the Blackstono theater given by the Chicago Woman's club; at a Chamber Music concert In tho Pino Arts Assembly hall and at the Country elub of Evanston. She la much In demand for private musicals. Orchestra Is Excellent. The orchestra, which to composed of ten members of the Chicago Sym- phony orchestra to well worth hear- ing, tinder the direction of Mr. George Dasch. these musicians have been delighting targe audiences for the pant eight weeks, with excep- tionally food music. The fact that the program tor April 18 will he made up from requests tor various selections, aa Indicated by the concert patrons, map be of in- terest to the regular wnmettacnatto- -gpy-ai these mnalcslea. The re- quests Should he sent to the Evans- ton News-Index In care of Buscy Ktnsolvlng net later Citizens' for mler won and The trustees Heller. Clark T. Warmington; OnBy; |'lt'"l'"vHV« _ _ _ . • his entire ticket. and John Frederick H. Jltoctor, Village Board Authorises the Purchase of a Mod- ern Fire-Fighting Engine. BUILD A HOUSE NOW Bids Invited on a Place to Store New Apparatusâ€" In by April 13. At the meeting of the Olencoe boards Tuesday night. March .30. the Board of Local Improvements con- tinued the public consideration of laying a water-main In Walden and Milton drives, la McDonald's subdivi- sion. _^ Ordinance for grading, draining and paving Sylvan and Meadow roads, in Ravine Bluffs, was passed through both boards. ____ A proceeding was started lor spe- cial assessment to lay a water main In Harbor street west from Green Bay' road to the railway right-of-way. Ap- pointed for public hearing April 13th. BIOS for Paving. It was ordered that advertisement be made, inviting bids for tbo work of repavlng parts of Park and Vernon avenuea and for the construction of the north sewer system In Sylvan Newhall and connecting subdivisions; bids to oe opened the evening of April 13th. Ordinance for a supplemental as- cessment to pay deficiency In Special assessment No. 198, paving south Grove street, was passed. Amount of deficiency, $1,178.24. NAME FIFTEEN MEN * FOR WILMETTE PLAN Committee is Appointed to Carry Out Ideasof Civic Improvement. About three weeks ago a group of tot ested In tho Improvement of Wllmette introduced a resolution Into the village board for the appoint* ment of a committee of fifteen men. to be known as The Wilmette Plan Commission. Their dutiee were tobe along Unas of suggesting Improve* meats far tin village and nerving the village in aa many useful ways aa Tbn matter waa referred to a com mlttee composed of Tiustsse Anna. Montgomery and Sbults. Thto com- mittee reported favorably and the fol towing men nave been appointed: J. F. 8tone. W. D. Mathews. C. R Loth- am. H. M. Gardner. H. C. Anne. C. C. Carnahan. Frank J. Seng. J. D. Couf for. M. B. Skinner. C. E. Renneckar, W. Klby. Henry Fowler. E. R. Dr. D.M. Gallic, and Edwsrd NO OPPOSITION TO THE VILLAGE TICKET Those Who Would Like to Have a Scrap Did Not Get to Work in Time. for the Wllmette dec The much-talked-of opposition failed to matsrtotiss. and there to only eae Ucket la the SabL It Is beaded by Oscar W. Schmidt, candidate for president of the village. Joseph Hetncen and Dr. W. J. Mont- gomery, at present members of the hoard, are out to succeed themselves. Ralph 8. Baker to a candidate for the one-year term, to fill vacancy which occurred by the resignation of Mr. Schmidt Percy Andrews Is a candi- date for Mr. H. C Arms' place on the board. Mr. Arms retiring on his own accord. The candidate for city treasurer la the present Incumbent. Harry W. Mil- ler. J. w. Ulff and J. R. Harper are candidates for the library board. While there will be no fight over the city village offices, two questions are up that will demand some attention. These ore toe annexation of a atrip of land In the southwest part of the village and the voting of $80,000 worth of bonds for new Are equipment MRS. JOST DENIES THAT SHE RUNS "BLIND PIG" In Letter to Village Board Refutes Statements Made by Zeigler. ALL STAR PROGRAM AT THE VILLAGE BiB for Coining Week Car- ries Some N6tab!e Pic- tures and Players. Ordnances were the following: 1. Milton Drive. In McDonald'a aub- division. 2. Prospect street. In C H. Morn's central addition. 8. Vacating Greenleaf avenue (half Street along east line of central addl tion). 4. Vacating alloy In block No. It (Church Park). Bills Paid. Bills sad claims ordered paid as follows: George I. Hkka 1. lervkas ss village attorney In the matter of Spe- cial 817, N. E. sewers, $363.79; 8. Ser- vices in the matter of Special 215, re- pavlng Park and Vernon avenues. $326.67; 3. Refund of office expenses. March. $14.87; 4. Special services as village attorney in the matter of the injunction suit of Wleder vs. Village of Olencoe to prevent putting lbs vil- lage under a "manager." 8870.00. (A special attorney, called In by Attorney Hkka to assist la the ease. had previously been paid 81.000.00.) Fred L. Holmes, services In spread- ing the assessment for special assess moat No. 817. 8282.10. P. McGregor, servlc No. 215. $256.51. Carl Lochner. compensation as vil- lage collector. 8560.00; and for ex pensee of office. 845.84. Norman M. Culver, for long delayed payment due bis father. Harry N. culver, for spreading mmnnst. Staffs. .____ «. «* Order waa made to laaue B. M. Laing. contractor, a certificate for re- maining 5 per cent of his contract for paving Bluff street system of streets. 11.48117 Olencoe Is to have a new fl re track. A short staston of the board of true* men of the vOtoae tost Thursday eve- ning waa called for the one of the bid* made a for a fire engine. After a private About a month ago Dr. L. C H. R. zeigler Wrote a letter to the village board complaining about a number of things and took a special shot at a building on the drainage canal which bo said was a "blind pig.' His letter ran liko this: vestigatlon and inquiry, I have bean informed that thS little aback Imme- diately aoutheast of the concrete bridge crossing the drainage canal at the pumping station Is conducted as a band pig." Reference was mads to bis commu- nication to that newspaper. The tact that a complaint reached Mrs. Mary Jest, who It seems at states a reetau- runt - and refreshment atand. SCHEDULE NOW FOB PERSflrttL PROPERTY TIH Deputy Collector Is Around with Blanks on Which to Declare Goods Sub- Tax. A CLEAR J. W. Lavery Gives Version of What Is Expected of Property Owner. personal •? The assessment tor toe property tax of lftt* to made by the deputy assessor, Mr. W. JT. Lavery, of 1801 Greenwood avenue. Mr. Lavery makes the following state- ment in regard to the filing of sched- ules: "Last year practically 90 per cent of the assessment levied waa estimated by the assessors. This la not fair to the people who scheduleâ€"-in some cases It is not fair to the ones who are estimatedâ€"and. finally; It is not fair to One deputy assessor. Question of Honesty. "Personal property tax to a tax hi the state of Illinois made by tow. It should be respected as a law. la a town of the caliber of Wllmette, It should not be necessary for an se>. aeaaor to estimate any personal prop- erty. It should be Simply a question of honesty on the part of the people residing here. What your neighbor pays is absolutely none of your bunV uess. If he returns a fnirly honest schedule, that is all that can be asked of him or of any one. it he does not do so. the assessor will not accept the achedule and will add SO per cent pa* alty to his estimate of the property; -If every one In Wilmette would re- turn a fairly honest valuation of whai In his opinion his personal proper! would be worth, If sold at a forct, said tomorrow, the rate would proba- bly drop from 9.S0 per cent to about wrote tbo board and said ths descrip- tion fitted her place, and denied that any liquor wsa sold or ever had been sold there. She accused Dr. Zeigler of having a "grouch" because he had boon denied the permit to erect a hospital to tho village. 2ND HAND CLOTHES ARE MUCK IN DEMAND JSSt^p^ Shop Organized To Distrib- ute Worn Garments Finos Demand. â€" clothing shop cent It Is not a q« The second-hand opened under tbo supervision of Wllmette Board of Charities, and man- aged by Mrs. Ethel Bobannon, to prov- tog a success. The demand for worn garments exceeds the supply, espe- cially U men's clothes. The money obtained from the sals of this clothing goes to tbo Board of Charities for use in local work. Those In charge of the clothes shop feel that with the spring bousecleaning season at band, almost everybody will find themselvee supplied with articles that they do not need. The sale for It to SO rapid at tbo clothing exchange that a request to made that persons wish lug to dispose of useless garments should notify Mrs. Bobannon. and the packages will fee called for. Distribution of clothes to made to to pay. aad If nay one to donate wearing apparel he may do so through this exchange. The ck»*Bisa shop Is located over Van evading the tow. hut simply s ques- tion of honesty. We all know that We want police and fire protection, aa It follows that we should be willing to do our part In paying tor that protec ttott. Wants Even Assessment "! want to have this assessment tbo most even and hist assessment the village has ever had. t mast nave the co-operation of every one to the vil- lage. There will be absolutely no f vontes and I hope that there will be no enemies. 1 have been sworn In to enforce the law In a Just and equita- ble way, with special instructions to be courteous to all, oe that there wttt he ao kicks coming from any one. to do this I mast have ton tion of all. The law will be to the best of my ability. The echo* ales will be delivered by me or m* aastotaat personally, so that every one will receive one, and must be returned within tea days. •Another pointâ€"file your sehedaJa to Wilmette. Filing them to Caten Just means that the deputy eventually get them from the clerks office before ha makes his report. It to simply a waste of time to sand them to the city." WINNETKA ART IN WESTERN EXHIBIT at the arttoto at the week. Five Attotojat and two etchings 814 WUtew street. MEETING WITH SUCCESS. The North Shore evangelical uaton. Interdenominational, of which Be*. P. S, Bennett to saaerhtteadont. meeting with gratifying success. mission hall at alb West avenue baa been leased for one sad the interior of toe buUdtng being fixed up to a cosy tbo last week atepe have I tor the opening of aa toe supervision, of the Evangelistic union. Thto with the policy of which to "to «vaageltotlc nttoetoa*.'* The •sent to not confined, however, to Services are hetd each sight and Sunday night at tbo ---»«.- »;»â- _â-  ««t halt Mr. J. T. «m have charge of the ear* tcoa eight, and Mtoa Bertha to Bte'shatter â€"m Tueeda? *ww UNCLE SAM AT WOftK. OS J