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ssssssMmmmmmam VOL. VI, No. Phont WOmttto 1640. RIOTS OF 1855 PROTEST DRf Know Nothing Party Tried To Put Out the Foreign Saloon Keepers in the City. A STREET BATTLE When Court Sat To-Try Men Who Protested Against the Two Laws. By J. 8symour Currey. â- 'â- * la these day* when the closlne of saloons In Chicago on Sunday hss be* come an accomplished fact, it wilt be . interesting to recall a previous ex- perience of a somewhat similar char* a. tor through which the ctty passed â€"tn: 1*88;â€"In that year Dr. Levi D. Boone had been elected mayor of the - - u sjr - t»ir-H«r~r»«»j»ji#â€"•*v*a*Bj(rrâ€"«•â€"««r viiich for several years agitated the country.. It was one of the hottest «Qd most unreasoning political periods in the history of the country. The Know Nothing partisans .contended • that foreigners should have no share in the conduct of public affairs, and adopted the- motto, "Put none but Americans on guard." At that time the mayor's term began in the spring, and almost immediately after he t ok office he was called upon to suppress a riot of formidable proportions. A 8trlngent "Dry" Law. During the preceding winter the state legislature hatT passed a strln- gmt temperance law, which, however, was not to become operative until the people throughout the state should ratify or reject it at the next election. Mayor Boone believed that the measure would be ratified and foresaw that a tioat deal of trouble would be caused in enforcing the law if it should be Pes Plaines Now Boasts of Six Miles of Concrete Paving Within Village Limits In length, first traversed the majority approved "by the ^eopig.""chludgff Tftfetf • the" reinforced concrete pavements that time had a population of 80,000, a large part of which was compose'd of foreigners who would not take Kind- ly to a taw requiring a practically prohibitive license to be paid by sa- loonkeepers who largely belonged to that clam. The mayor judged it would be easier to anticipate the effects of a high license by undertaking to levy a II- cehse high enough to weed out a large number of the saloons among the lower class. At his recommendation the city council paiwed an ordinance to place the license fee at $300 Instead of $60 as it then stood, and that no license should be issued tor a longer period than'three months, By that time it was thought the state law would be in effect, and the few saloons which had survived could be easily dealt With. Enforce Two Ordinances. The saloonkeepers throughout the" olty naturally regarded the measure uh oppressive and united their efforts to defeat its object. The city govern- ment was completely in the control of the "Native American Party," that is. the Know^Nothing party, and every man of the' eighty, patrolmen on the police force was in consequence a na- tive American. At the same time that the enforcement Of the ordinance was attempted there was discovered among the municipal regulations a Sunday closing ordinance which had become a dead letter, nut now it was sought to enforce this regulation also. As most of the saloonkeepers were foreigners no consideration was to be shown to them by the authorities. A large number of «r<^t» isSSssed. the at- With the recent completion of the pavements on the north side of Das Plaines the village now boasts of over six miles of pavement in the heart of the business and residence sections. Villain nfflrtuln ta\ta jjmt p*1d* ifi th* completion of this work and last Sat- urday they brought it forcibly to the attention of the citizens by a formal dedication ceremony, including an au- tomobile parade, speeches by city and road officials, a flag raising and break* ing of bottles of champagne on north and south side streets. The affair was held under the Joint auspices of the village board of trus- tees and Its president- Wnr. WickeT and the Des Plaines Commercial as- sociation. Officials from twenty neigh- boring cities were escorted over the new work. Des Plaines representa- tives, under the direction of Geo. M. Whitcomb, marshal of the day, and Coroner Peter M. Hoffman, master of ceremonies, conducted the festivities. An automobile parade, over one mile laid on the south Side last year, then crossed the railroad track to the north aide and traversed the new pavements laid In 1916, the last stretch of which wss Just recently completed. In a large auto bus following' the guide- cars was the fifty-piece Des Plaines Military band, under the leadership of H. T. Bennett. At the conclusion of the street Inspection the populace listened to talks by Patrick H. O'Don- nell, an attorney in Chicago; the lion- WANT TO CLOSE ALL SALOONS IN COUNTY Anti-Saloon League Will Hold Meetings on No- vember 14. The churches of Cook county out- side Chicago will hold an Anti-Saloon league field day on Sunday, November 14, with a league speaker in every put* pit that cooperates In the anti-saloon work. In conjunction with the admin- istration In Chicago there Is a con- certed movement in all Cook county towns to force the closing of the sa- loons on Sunday, in accordance with the law of the state and teen ord i nances. Cook county towns are flooded With the undesirable element that Hook out of Chicago for booze on Sunday, and .in self-defense these cities and vil- tempted enforcement of the two obnox- ]ages Intend t0 8tart a movement to lous ordinances and the saloon men|c]amp the gunday lid on in every became defiant. It was agreed to try one case and let the others be settled by the precedent thus established. The test case was called .before Squire Henry L. Rucker, who was po- lice magistrate and held his court in the court house. It will be remem- bered by old residents that a street nan named in honor of Squire Rucker which in later years was changed to Center avenue, and quite recently changed again to Racine avenue. Soon after the beginning of the session of the court a great commotion took pla«e in the neighborhood. The saloon interest had massed itself in a solid body On the xwrth side, in Chose days called "over the Rhine," and beaded by a fife and dram proceeded to the cctirt house and threatened to Inter- rupt the proceedings cf the court. The resolute mayor ordered the chief of polite to dear the streets, which wss fiono without any serious consequences except making a tew arrests. .Bridge OWIdee Crow* In 1 he afternoon of the same day another mob assembled on the north side with the declared intention of CCoatinnod on Page 4.1 erate. There to a. general uprising and demand on the part of law-abid- ing people that the law he enforced- Plans are under way also In dry towns, where blind pigs operate to prosecute blind piggers to the fall ex- tent of the law. - On the occasion of the field day, every church located In a saloon town will pass a resolution calling on the mayor of said town to close the Sun- day saloon. Every church In a dry town where blind pigs operate will ask the constituted authorities to stamp out these unlawful places. Dry towns, where the tow to not violated, will have league speakers, and pass reso- lutions caiiing on the sheriff to en- force the law In Cook county. _â-  The battle between law and liquor to on in Cook county, end the law- abiding citizens Intend to give their unqualified support to all ommuto.wh© orable Frederick R. DeYoung, state representative, and A. D. Gash, presi- de^ of the Illinois Highway Commis- sions Led by the military band, the people then repaired to Pearson street, where Miss Bather aiâ€".val* -r.J Miâ€" Viola SuHter dedicated the south side pavement b with a bottle of champagne and the words, "We herewith' christen the concrete pavements on the south side of Des Plaines." Following this, Miss Clara Haas and Miss Edith Jar- necke acted similarly as sponsors foi the formal dedication of the north side pavements, where an American flag was raised to properly conclude the dff^jWMivRtofc-:^" â-  *•., As may be seen on the accompany- ing map, the paved streets cover over half of the main portion of Pes Plaines, which Is a larger percentage than to enjoyed by most cities and an exceptionally high percentage for vil- lages with a\ population not exceed- ing 3,000â€"the population of Des Plaines. Citizens are well pleased With the Improved civic conditions and declare that, , from a financial standpoint alone, the boost the new Streets will afford Des Plaines in a business way and in Increased prop- erty valuations, Will exceed the actual cost' of Improvements by .a wide mar- gin. A substantial Indication of the satisfaction In the paving work is the fact that contract will soon be award- ed tor concreting the remaining por- tion pf Ashland avenue an* a short stretch on Emma street, ss shown on the map. -New pavements on other streets also are contemplated.______' THOSE WHO TREMBLE ARE ENCOURAGED J. W. Foley Sy with Those Afraid in 2up«»wui*c5 Public, in Rhyme. Students who swallow a couple of Imaginary goose eggs, whose knees click together, and otherwise show signs Of nervousness, When speaking is public, were given encouragement Friday afternoon by James W. Foley, the poet, who spoke in Annie May Swift halt 'Vl^'L. "When 1 was in school and the teacher ashed me to give a piece on ihb platform, V. trembled, stuttered aroundâ€"," and here the poet's words of sympathy took the form of verse. Exactly eleven men were present at the recital. More than one hundred piace'ln'the "county where saloons op4women students were there^ fudging do their duty and entry out their oath of office. All law-abiding people should support fhh nwrrement; the other kind of people are not expected to support tt, Oiadehope said. "The_pur- pose of all law Is to make It hard to do wrong sod easy to do right" from their conversation, many of the girls bad never before seen, a poet. "Probably he is a tall, lanky fellow, with dreamy eyes, long black hair, and wears a Dutch collar and flowing bow tie," said one of the co-eds, , "No. I think that he to short and tat like a poet on a Chicago newspaper," interrupted another. The girls gave an exclamation of surprise when the poet who has the appearance of a successful business man, waa intro- duced by Professor Ralph Dennis. From the opening of the recital to the close, the audience was continu- ally being provoked to laughter or moved to tears. For "the moat part, the vsrssn delivered were about chil- dren, principally boys. Mr. Foley's yeraea are full of human interest. An extract from bis "Chums" foi- "lie itvet aoross thVswsst-trsaLus, He aint as big as me. His mother takes In waahln'. 'cause, they're as poor ss they can be; But every night he brings his slate And then I do his sums And help him get his lessons straight •cause him and me to Churns.' mm IS LA GRANGE WINS OVER NEW TRIER SAYS MISS DEAN BY 33-12 SCORE Signal, Editor Tells of Re- joicing Over World-Wide Temperance Victories forttieW.CT. U. TOURING CALIFORNIA National Officers Went to Golden State To Aid in Campaign. A convention of thanksgiving Is the way Miss Julia r. Dean, editor of the Union Signal characterises the Worn- an'a Christian Temperance union con- vention in Beattls last month. She says that there never has been a time la the fight for prohibition that so many victories, both at home and abroad, have been reported' at a eon- Two Csrnt Yesterday. Miss Dean and Mrs. Frances P. Pajrkes, national corresponding secre- tory, and Miss Ansa A. Gordon, na- tional president, returned to Bvasa. ton Monday, after attending the con- vention in Seattle and touring Cali- fornia in the Interest of the state-wide campaign which to being launched there. . ,, * frâ€"' • Thh convention at Seattle wag one of the best ever held, says Miss Dean, and the people of the city toft nothing ruimuoe-Tgat wouiu aacio Vns piesJUW ' and comfort of the delegates. The re- ports read were gratifying. 8ome SO,. ooo members had been added during the year. The financial reports were excellent. Many prohibition victories were reported. Help California Csmpugn. From Seattle the officers of the union went to California to help launch the statewide prohibition campaign. A special train from Seattle to San Francisco afforded them an opportu- nity to make severs! stops on the way. The National Temperance council, composed of representatives of all or- ganizations which work for temper- ance in any degree, was holding its meetings nt the time the W. C. T. U. representatives arrived. Mass meet- ings, parades, and luncheons afforded opportunity to spread the enthusiasm for temperance work. Miss Gordon was the chief speaker At once of the meetings. Aid of W. C. T. U. Valuable. r~ From San Francisco the party went on to Los Angeles, where more meet lnga were held, aid where the state leaders in the campaign were present. Those men who are worhlng for a dry California said that they were confi- dent that the help given by the W. C. T. U. had given great Impetus to the campaign and had been of great valuo, San Diego was the last California stop. Meetings were held on the ex- position grounds. Following a brief stay here, the officers started LIEUT. REILLY WILL HEAD FIELD CORPS - Opponents Get a Lead of Twenty Points in the First Half of Game. FAIL TO CATCH UP Brace in Last Quarter and Long Run by Pope Fail to Tie Count The football outlook la discourag- ing. New Trier has again suffered defeat, this Urns at the hands of I* Grange, with a score of 33 to 12 in La Orange's favor. The following ac- count by our Junior reporter Is sub- mitted: "La Orange defeated their opponents from New Trier on their own field tost Saturday La Grange got away to a good start, finishing the first half, 20 to 0. New Trier, however, came back in the latter part of the game, and scored twelve pointsâ€"one touchdown by Peterson and one by-Pope on a ninety-yard run. Pope's long sprint occurred In the laat quarter as he was playing softer man In front of the La Orange goal, caught a punt and successfully eluded the complete Yel- low and Blue team. ,, La Grange Tricky. j_ "The first half opened by New Trior's kicking to Durkee, who ran the ball back to the thirty-five yard mark. , La Orange had its tricks welt In hand and esslly succeeded In push • s-bajj down the sold wlthlh MORE FRAT HOUSES NORTH CAMPUS Sigma Nu and Wranglers Will Commence Build- in g nt Once. Two more Northwestern university fraternities will build on the north striking distance of the goal, where Bryan pushed over the. ball on a long quarterback run. New Trier's lack of weight proved very Ineffective. the victors succeeded in' pushing over three touchdowns and kioi the goals In the first half, thus belni twenty points ahead of their puntteie rivals at the Intermission, "Iff the third quarter New Trier showed signs of lite. Prlngle tried a field goal from a difficult angle, but having the wind against him, was unable to register a counter. Later he tried another, hut failed. Bud Runs Gain Ground. "By a series of end rung and passes, New Trier managed to make a counter when Pa tor son wont over to line on an off-tackle play. New Trier failed to kick the goal* however, and had to be content with six points. In the same period of play. La Orange's score grew when Durkee and Sweet placed the pigskin behind the bars "Pope's ninety yard run In the last flvs minutes of play drsw the sp- plause of the crowd. Pope, sa safety man on the defense, caught a punt of La Grange's and raced the length of the field for Now Trier's last score. Lineup: La Orange itS). New Trier (IS) Sweet, Robins...R.E....Puttison, Pope Conklin. Davis...R.T....... P. Sample Knowsky .......R.G............ Hopp J. Hasbrooke.....C..........Llgare Wiley ......... .L.0.......... Kenyon I. Hasbrooke... .L.T........D. Sample Dull ............L-B..........Prlngle Bryan..........Q.n........... Btarto Durkee ........R.H.H.......... Weld Bllby ..........L.H.B..Nlllls, Peterson Qulocy .........P.B........ Poltroon Touchdownsâ€"Bryan, Durkee, Quln- cy. Bweet. B. Hasbrooke, ppp% Pater, son. Goals from touchdownsâ€"Durkee (3). Refereo â€" Bullard. Umpire â€" Tapp. Head linesmanâ€"Bailey. Time of periodsâ€"IB minutes. TtlO Dickens Program. The assembly hall was comfortably filled Friday evening for the Dickons uapersooauoas given by Mr. ttoltts. The squeals Of delight from the cbll- Plans have been completed for buildings which will be erected for the Sigma Nu and Wrangler fraternities. Beth those groups now lavs homes on Sherman avenue. It to expected that Sigma Nu will break ground for their quarters in three weeks. Plana fur'Celebrating the event are under way. Fmternl* tios new on the campus will assist In the celebration and will welcome the Greeks to the north quadrangle. AID SOCIETY MEETS TODAY. The Womsn's Mission and AM so- ciety of the Wilmette Baptist church wlU hold their regular meeting today, November S, at the home of Mrs. Henry Beach, 1*27 Ashland avenue. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 for SS cents. The program will be to charge of Mrs. Harry Davlsson, who has. recently visited the Baptist mission stations of California. The subject will bo, "Touring the Pacific Coast." Has Been Named as Captain of New Battery for I.N.O. Henry J. Rellly of Wmnetha has been appointed captain of a new field battery to be added to the Illinois National Guard. Adjutant General Frank s. Dickson. at sprlngfistd, hss ordered the forms- mm oi Battery B, field artillery, With 101 men, transferred from Buttery D of Chicago. Lieutenant Rellly of Win- nctks. military critic of the Chicago Tribune, wss appointed captain of the new battery- " The formation of the battery wae made possible as Battery D had twice as many men as required. It Is ex- pected the new battery will receive Its quota of four field guns and the necessary caissons from the federal government as soon as It Is formally recognised la Washington, which will probably be this week. Lieutenant Rellly Is a graduate of West Point, and hss served his nlns years as an officer In the regular army. He resigned with the rank ot first lieutenant. He comes of a mill* tary family, his father having boon an Officer of field artillery.___ , OUILMETTE PLAYERS WIN ANOTHER GAME Sixty-five Yard Run, for Touchdown and Field Goal, Win. An Intercepted forward pass, a ran Ot alxty.five yards, and a field goal won the game for the oullmette Ath lotto club football team last Sunday. when they defeated the Emlla eleven by a score of 10 to 6. The game was witnessed by a crowd of three bun •Witt' funs,. * \: i« first quarter was scoreless, each team play Ing def east ve ball. " Toward the end of the second quarter Ger- hardt registered a field goal from the thlrty.yerd line. The Outtmettes, determined to sdd to the score, made their touchdown In the third quarter. BOedecker, in- tercepting a forward pass, ran sixty- five yards for a touchdown. Gerhsrdt placed the oval over the bars for an additional point. Near the end ot the final quarter the Bmltoa showed a bit of speed end put the ball over for a touchdown by the route of a double BOARD STUDS PATGNGROER i Pleas of Citizens at Semi* Monthly Meeting For Reconsideration Go Unheeded. ♦;([ CENTRAL BOULEVARD Now Instead ef Central Street, Although It Ends In a Greenhouse. r SUNKEN BARGE STOPS CANAL NAVIGATION The village board meeting oa Tues- day night brought out a largo number of cittoena who wished to present their views, pro and con, on the subject of making Central avenue n boulevard. A recent order made this thoroughfare & boulevard Instead of a regular straet. Heavy traffic and processions are not allowed on boulevards, so the tracks and funerals have been diverted to other nearby streets. An Unfair Burden. Those persons who live on streets feel that It to unfair to burden them with this traffic, or alt of it- They seemed willing to stand for their â- hare, but they also seemed to foot that their Central avenue neighbors wore getting the gilt edge of things. Joseph Heinsen. member of the board and head of the street depart* ment attacked the order. He wsa ad% slsted by Dr. George Tobias and Louis J. Pierson, state representative. The council chamber waa well .filled by men who protested the .order. Many of them were heard on the question, but the board stood pat Have No Boulevards. Mr, Pierson argued that no street In the village, except Sheridan rand (and that Is under the control of the park board), should bs made into a, boulevard, other streets suffer no a consequence In getting a large amount ot the heavy, noisy traffic. ^ * One man said that making Central avenue a boulevard was a farce, since the street ended at the doors of a greenhouse west of the tracks. The fact that there to s public school on Central avenue was advanced sa an* other reason why the surest should not be made Into a boulevard. W!i* the large number of automobiles, the chances for some child being killed would greatly Increase. , Those who live on Central street will also likely find that they will bo in tor more lighting with the boulevard plan. Arguments Of Ne Avail. Arguments hsd no effect on the truev Half a Load of Brick Causes Boat To Break Amid- ships. The Sanitary Drainage Canal to closed to through traffic pending the removal of a barge loaded with 100 cubic yards of mud which sunk just south of the Lincoln street bridge Monday afternoon. The barge was being loaded by Byrne Brothers. Chicago contractors in charge of the work of beautifying the canal bank. It was owned by the Ing to the workers, was supposed to have a capacity of 500 cubic yards. Under .the weight of Its half-toad, the scow broke amidships and sank. No one was on board at the time. The wreck and its cargo probably win have been removed by today, but un- tit It to see ft nhrhie we **** *>â€" *>>* %Ow=sj^==^Bg**^sr^g«^--ajgwgrwsjgfSa^^ W«e^- canal are forced to transship their cargoes to other boats at that point MISSING TEE BOXES IN DRAINAGE CANAL Hallowe'en Prank Cheats Evanston Golfers of Their Sand. the ^eOtt enjoyment felt by attr tmoj---------.â€"^*l_._ of the Interesting features of the pro- gram waa the public make-up which Mr. Battle made as he gave comments on the books preparatory to the Im- personations from them. Sam Weller. Little Nell's grandfather, Mr. Mlciw- her, Uriah Hoop, were some of the characters realistically presented. The Literary Societies. Loot week a schedule of the regu- lar meetings of the five societies was given. In the regular meetings hold tost week new w«sbere were taken Into alt the societies. Miss Ullrtck, who hss been especially interested in storting the literary society idea at school, feels that conditions have never been so promising aa this year. The Zenoblans, the senior literary so- city for girls, hare their numbers full and many on the waiting list. Their membership to limited to thirty. They receive members from the two lower I Continued oa ».J The mystery- of the missing tee boxes from the Bvgaaton Odt club links has been solved. Borne one with an original trend of mind and a strong pair of togs made the rounds of lbs etghtttn holes ffitniffay the course, as a Hallowe'en prank. Golfers were smpttosd to find no tee hoses Sunday. Yesterday one was noticed half submerged hi the canal. The others wore found near it tees, sad even though there Wae an aimostscrap the board would not listen to the plea to reconsider their order. Hereafter the street signs will road Central boulevard. Biui for thO now 8f# iwMon hmro been let as follows: Mason work, P. M. Kreusch ft Bon. tor $3,248.40. carpenter work; Ooo. P. Gonsstvee ft Co., $2,867.00; plumbing. Jos. Stsiner, $760; electric wiring; Bond Brothers, $175; steam heating. PhllnWOelchram Co., $Mt. With some extra work, not specified shove, the total cost will be to the neighborhood of $8,000. LONDON PAPER HAS LINES ON STORY Execution of Miss Edith Ca- vell Gets Little Space in Observer. When Miss Edith Cavetl. the fimg- llsh nurse -as s== -tsd by :S roans In Brussels, American papers carried many column* on the story. The London Observer ef October 17. Just received at the eSke of The Lake Shore News printed six linen on the ufofiatmn. Hero to the Observer's story: "Miss Kdlth Cavell. the nurse who hss been exeeoted sels. was the daughter ot the Be*. Frederick Cavell, a former vtoar of Bwardeeton. Norfolk. Her widowed mother Mvse st College road, KuiuHuh. Mrs. Cavell bag not heard from her daughter since, April last. NOT LIKE HAPOOOO. &f\w the first time la Mm amiesp ei Northwestern aewoman is wBttof OflHngg gmWMBSfeiv fMahgfghsftcheh V^Bdh flfcvsy W$lw(U ^BrUseegil» eeBBs^Bgnmftawv* m nBV S issue appeared* on the issues 1 week, to the amtoHsp it la ao dN eat from former years, and Use < teats hear ao trace of tomlatosa.