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"MWil^^'SitSi fm^W^^m' 4Y:.:[-/**& *■■ Shore News Nearly Evervbody in Wilmette Reads the News .iff' r% :". wJ?r WILMETTE. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1918 EIGHT PACES PRICE FIVE CENTS CITIZENS' TICKET CANDIDATES READY Coming Election Views with Keen Interest as More Candidates are Expected to File Petitions PLAN SPRING DRIVE Guard (o muster all forces in city to protect "Army at the Rear" Sunday Evening Club Plans Fine Program The Wilmette Guard is doing strenuous work these days. Its members realize that it constitute- Noted Speaker Engaged and Opera Star will be Soloist at Services a> ? here Sunday "OVER THE TOP" First North Shore to "|o ooer" relates thrilling tale of Hun defeat ROADHOUSE PROJECT HIT BY RESIDENTS ^ One of the most vivid descriptions of an actual engagement with the Huns at the battle of Messines TAX INCREASE IS ASKED Candidates for Township Offices also Primed for Possible Fight Forth coming Spring elections, of which there will be two in Wilmette this year, are already causing no dearth of interest in the village with the announcement of the, Citizens Ticket and a tax proposition in con- nection with the municipal balloting on Tuesday, April 16, and of candidat- • es for New Trier Township offices on the regular Spring election day, April 2. Particular interest is being evinced in the municipal ballot and, though only candidates on the Citizens' Ticket have been announced thus far, it is expected opposition in the nature of independent candidates may appear in the filing of more petitions before April 1., the final date of filing with the village clerk. Many seek Reelection The Citizens' Ticket, chosen by the Committee of Fifteen, who were appointed at a meeting of re- presentative citizens, held in the Village hall on Sunday February 24, contains, for the most part, the names of present incumbents whose candidacies were submitted to the citizens a* a public meeting in the Village hall, on Wednesday March 3, when they were accepted as re- presentatives of the Citizens' Ticket. In addition to the regular election of village officers, a special ballot, calling for 'a svote on a proposition to increase the general tax levy from i 1 and two-tenths percent to 2. percent, wili be submitted to the voters. Citizens' League Ticket Six Candidate* for Township of- fices have appeared on the Citizen's League Ticket and, .thus far, have en- countered no opposition. Municipal candidates who have filed petition* ;are ;a* foillows : For Village Treasurer, Harry Mil- ler, reelection. For Village Clerk, Earl E. Orner, reelection. For Village Trustees, (3) Earl G. Low. reelection. Lyman M. Drake, John R. Cochran. For Public Library trustees, (2) J. W. Iliff, reelection. J. R. Harper, reelection. Candidates for Township offices are: Collector, Hoyt King, of Wilmette. Supervisor. Gertrude M. Thurston, of Winnetka. Assessor: George R. Harbaugh, of Wilmette. Highwya Commissioner, Herbert H. Sherer, of Glencoe. Clerk, Walter Scott Croziex., oi Glencoe. Constable, Asbury P. Grume, <Qf Wilmette. I Committee names Ticket | The Committee of Fifteen which • selected the candidates for village | offices were: H. C. Arms, chairman, Louis K. Gillson, Harry Gardiner, Hayes McKinney, Max Zabel, W. D. Mathes, E. R. Nourse, C. S. McCoy, J. Nye MacAlister, J. W. Iliff, Frank Seng, J. Byrnes, Albert N. Page, J. B. Whidden, Arthur J. Taylor. | an active campaign in what is kna\l£F'n,']' ^^s Stevenson, President of ; Ridj^e, is contained in the following as the "Army in the Rear"—an which must continually indue loyal American—determiner' Ashland Avenue Delegation Appears at Village Board Meeting to Pro- test Plan to Establish Eating Place Here. V Princeon Theological Seminary, will ,etter from the pen of Ueut Vaugh- ryibe the speaker before the Wilmette an M r,avery. British General Staff,! end- Sunday Evening Club on March 1^ ' and an omcer in the Third Tunnel- i MAINTAIN LAW IS EVADED er every possible service . pessary to back up our "Army on the front". Every woman in Wilmette who is not in the active service 6f the gov- ernment, every man who has not been called upon to enter the fight- ing© forces of Democracy, should be, in some way or other, active in the work of the Guard at this time. All America is now waiting for the opening of spring hostilities, in that section of the French front which has been turned over to the Army—and the allies feel certain | His subject will be "The Underlying J Conflict." '■..".. I Dr. Stevenson comes to Chicago | each year on special service for the University of Chicago and usually is i a speaker at the Chicago Sunday ' Evening club. This year Wilmette is particularly fortunate in securing his services. In keeping with the desire to main- tain a very high standard of music, the management of the Sunday Evening Club announces that it has secured the services of Miss Marg- Miss Margery Maxwell the*'Chicago Grand Opera company, that before many weeks have passed, j er* Maxwell. one of the sopranos of the German savages are to realize the full meaning of the word j "Yanks". When that day comes—every man and woman in Wilmette should be in the line of action at home, helping to "put the punch" into the "yank- ing" process. Hence it will be noted that the Wilmette Guard has real work aheadir^and all the men and women of the village should enter enthusias- tically into the war work at home. At the meeting of the Directors of the Guards last Monday evening in the Central Public School at TOth street and Central avenue—a financ- ial statement was presented show- ing total cash on hand, on Feb. 28, 1918 to be $911.46. On January 1, the cash on hand was $1167.82. Since that time sub- scriptions were received to the am- ount of $1442.30—making a total of $26101.12. During this period $364 was paid to the War Camp Recreat- ion Fund; $712.50 was paid to^tfeg. Woman's Committed; "$250":wa^$m{ to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Commit- tee and $200.00 was paid to the Red Cross department. After other in- cidental expenses paid there wass a balance left in the general fund on Feb 28, of $911.46. Mrs. Mary M. Beymer of the Wil- mette Auxiliary of the American Red Cross reported 42,728 separate items have been furnished during January and 24,955 during February. The January list was as follows: 199 Hospital Garments, 161 Hospital Housewives, 781 Knitted Articles. Supplies. 150 Comfort Bags. 150 162 Knitted articles turned over to the Woman's Committee. 58 Refug- ees' Clothing. 40$61 Surgical Dress- j WINS NON-COM RANK nigs. During February there were pro- duced by the Auxiliary: 80 Hospital Housewives, 443 Knitted Articles, Garment, 100 Comfort Bags, 100 24,232 Surgical Dressings. It was reported that the record of February was somewhat smaller than that of January—because of the scarcity of yarn, fuelless days at the Woman's Club, and the increased size of the surgical dressings. The financial statement of the Wilmette auxilliary of the American Red Cross for the period from Jan. 1 to March 4 was as follows: Financial statement of Wilmette Auxilliary American Red Cross. Cash on hand at time, of Jan. 1st, re- port 964.85 RECEIPTS. Home Guard to Wilmette Aax- . who'will sin tng. Miss Maxwell is a Chicago product who has "won recent laurels in the New York engagement of the Chica- go 'Grand Opera company. Those who "have watched her career this sea-son will appreciate the opportun- ity of hearing her in Wilmette. On March 17 the Club will have the privilege of hearing Dr. Charles E. Aked of San Francisco, formerly of London and later of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of New York. Dr. Aked is one of the best known divines in the country. His subject will be "The Assassination of a Race." illiary month February Donations 200.00 6.15 IN MILITIA COMPANY Last Tuesday the non-commission- ed officers of "K" Company of the Eleventh Regiment. Illinois Infantry, took an examination or efficiency test to qualify for the office of Top Sergeant which was made vacant by Sergeant Quayle leaving for Italy. Of the many alibis that lulled the ing company. Canadian Engineers, received by relatives in Wilmette. The letter is an exceptionally clear depiction of modern warfare and was written by the lieutenant while in a base hospital, recovering from gas-poisoning. It reads in part as follows : "Liverpool Merchants Hospital "Estaples, France, "June 16th, 1917. "It will probably interest you to j read of my experiences in the Battle of Messines. The papers have un- doubtedly told you of the mines, etc., but I do not suppose they have given you many details. "My company was on the right Bank. For many weeks we had been marking time as far as the front line was concerned. The fact that a "push" was coming off had been in the air for some time. The signs were obvious:— the big guns and their number:— miles of field guns passing along the roads; the tram- ways and standard gauge railways spreading like a huge net over all the country and even in some places up to the front line; the numerous ammunition dumps everywhere; and in fact, fifty other indications show- ed us that there would be "something doing" very soon. "Iwas set downat first tofireamine but later was ordered to take a de- tachment "over the top" to look for "booby-traps"; clean out dug-outs and find suitable headquarters for- the battalions of the brigade to which Declare Frederick A. Miller, Pros- pective Proprietor, should be Ordered Out of Village. Anything that savors of road hous- es or taverns is to be taboo within the corporate limits of Wilmette if re- sidents ybf the village have any thing j to sa}- about the mutter. j Frederick A. Miller, a Chicagoan, ihad that fact brought prominently to 1 his attention at the regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees Tuesday evening when a delegation consisting of a score of residents in ! Ashland and Chestnut avenues, ap- peared, armed with the determinat- ion to have, tight ban placed on Mil- ler's proposition of having an eating house estblished on the site of the Gage Homestead in that vicinity, vicinity. Of course the Village Trustees had forseen the possilble protest and were prepared to meet the delegat- ion with letters and testinmonials from the pen of Miller's attorney which had been addressed to the board in reply to a demand by Vill- jage Attorney A. C. Wenban that the prospective restaurant keeper obtain the necessary t frontage consents from the residents. ^Reading of the letters by Village Clerk Earl E. Orner, was the signal for a general and heated discussion I was attached as welha^rep^wt oo^n^hkrn-some^W-the residents 4n the •K" COMPANY CORPORAL GETS MEDAL FOR DRILL 1171.00 Company "K." was lined up last Tuesday evening in two files facing each other, and. w'th Capt. G. R. Harhaugh giving the commands, Major S. H. Vowel!, and Capt. E. J. Pratt of "I" Company. Evanston, judged the contestants. As the various men made errors they were retired to the side lines until there remained but one man. Corporal Kenneth Fagg. It was a most popular verdict and especially lu ihe liking of the whole company, as Fagg is a prime favorite with the men. TOTAL RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS. Heat for two stores, 1101 & 1107 Central avenue, for months Jan., Feb. & March 120.00 Materials for Junior Red Cross 3.00 Materials for Comfort Bags 184.50 Yarn for Knitted Articles 254.90 water supply,' trainways^. and ~»ny- than exploding a mine as it prom- ised a great deal of excitement. v "For days our aitillery had been getting heavier as new batteries moved up to their positions. "Fritz was replying as much as he dared so that it was like running a gauntlet to go to and come from the front line. Strange to say very few of our men were killed or wounded by his shells, when you think of the enormous number he threw at us. There were always lulls in his firing of which you may be sure we took full advantage. "The weather was ideal. "We had it all figured out that the push would come off in about four days when I suddenly received my orders and left camp with my de- tachment for a near village. At 11:15 P. M. we fell into our place in the long column of troops and the march to the front line started. About 12 o'clock we were in the support trenches when Fritz took it into his head to bombard us with gas-shells. Our own artillery had practically died down which made the silence intense. The gas-shells fell at first some distance from us but soon oar eyes began to water and we could smell the stuff. It didn't take us long to get the masks on. Our trench was over a mile long running more or less parallel with the front line. Our progress was slow, the men only being able to go in single file at a snail's pace. The sky was overcast looking much like rain. Every once IfneTr owrThanWW"wfage autntw-lfieT found the local and state laws inade- quate to deal with the "outrage". Miller, they declared, had made a canvass among housewives to whom he announced his intention of con- ducting a perfectly "moral and temp- erance resort", which determination, he averred, could not be affected b>' any offioial action. It was plainly significant, the dele- gation reasoned, that the tone oi Mil- ler's reply to the Village Attorney's demand, was evasive and defiant. He failed, they declared, to make any reference to the attorney's demand for necessary frontage consents, but rather dwelt at length upon the as- surance that no intoxicating liquors would be bartered or sold, nor even that "lockers" would be maintained for thirsty travelers, although it was altogether likely that "booths" would be established for the accomodation of persons who desired privacy during the course of their stay at the eating place. The delegates also were certain the place would assume all the proport- ions of an open air garage and would be a popular stop-over for noisy Sun- day tourists, Miller, it was said by village officials, had determined upon a change of name for the proposed restaurant, now terming it the "North Shore Tea Room" instead of the "North Shore Tavern", as it had at first been called. Village Attorney Wenban was instructed by the trustees, upon in a while a shell would land in the recommendation of the delegation, to C. C Mitchell great majority to a topless job was one big one and that was sharp- shooter C. C. Mitchel who landed with both feet. The spirit that is manifested in the trench, decapitating one or two men and leaving others lying about. The bodies had to be thrown over the side which always caused a delay. Furthermore, a man here and there was going down from the effects of the gas. These had to be also laid up on the parapet where they wouldn't be trampled on. enter a new demand that Miller get frontage consents and to emphasize the fact that the proposed project was objectionable to the residents of Wilmette and out of harmony with the atmosphere of the village. Following the reading of a notice from the secretary of the Public Utilities Commission, stating that a Cash on hand March 4, 1918 562.40 608.60 work by its volunteers is responsible , . for the good standing of "K" I 'II was 3 A' M- when we reached ! petition had been presented to that Company in the regiment, which in-! tne edge of the wood and the shells ' body by residents of Waukegan ask-- cidentalfv is second to that of no I were sti1' cominS over making much ; jng that action be taken by the coni- joLher company. NOT F—Of hrwl $608.6?- 1171.00 the above -there are 1 Entertains at Church Ralph Bingham. will entertainer, amount, on • appear in a program in Pilgrim Hall MARY MACLEAN BEYMER. (Continued on pag-e eig-ht.) •YvinncUe Congregational church. ; Saturday evening, under the auspices i of the Crescent Circle oi the church. more noise as the explosions rever- ; mission to have through trains on j berated through the woods. ! the Chicago North Shore and Mil- j "At 3:10 the ground gave a couple vvaukee Electric railway avoid mak- of tremendous heaves and we knew . ing all stops along its right of wav 1 that the mines had gone up and the j in Wilmette. as is done in accordance I game had started. with the village ordinances. Village | "In one hellish roar our guns open- Attorney Wenban was instructed to | e<* «P- attend a hearing of that bodv where i "They speak about drum-fire hut the matter is to be discussed, to be (fontinut-O on page two.) held on Monday. March 11.