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WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, FEBR AR'i 29, 1924 3 o'clock and the Intcrrnedla.tes at 3:30 ..,n :::;unllay utternoon. The Senior B. Y. P. U. led by Miss B~· atrlce Seg-sworth will meet In the Assembly room at 5:30. This church cooperates with the wilmette ~unday Evening club, meeting at th e Congr·egatlonal church. at j 11 take care of new business and will be distributed over every section of the country in line with the uniform policy adopted by the Bell ystem. It is expected there will be an increase this year of fifteen per cent in Bell telephones over 1923. :burch 1 mrnence a .. n aermona at rl· ervice next S.~ 'clock. The w~: AUTO FATAUTY IOU CLIMBING Figures for Illinois Show a Boost in 1923 · mon serlea are 11 ·BOClety Will llllc. :30. 1 poaalble. lhrtatlana. · The Camp Fire Girls will meet at t h ·· Chu , ch Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. 'I h ·· Better Americans will meet at the honte ot Miss Brach, at 3:30 Wednestl a)· evening. ~ts support of. sue~ rela.tivcs ceased dur-1 1 !1g the year, .he IS entitled only to the $1,~ exemption. If a dcpe_ ndent dies dunng th~ year, the $400 credtt for such a person rs not allowed.. ~axpayers _are remmdcd that the P~nod for filing returns ends at midmght of March 15. Farlurc to file with· in the time prescribed renders the de· linquent liable to heavy penalties. proximately $45,000,000 for land and buildings, $95,000,000 for central office switchboards and equipment, $35,000,()()() for telephones and other equipment on subscribers' premises, and $90,000,000 for outside plant facilities. These enormous expenditures are to ~ :;;::;::;::;::;::;::;::;::::::::::;::::::::::::;::::;::~;::::;::::;::::::::::;; lber's lfton. ut Cracking. with graded In~ meets at 9:45 venlng at ten. · The Deacons will meet In the Pas- . Fatalities due to automobile mishaps tor's etudy at 7:30, Wednesday eve- mcr~ascd 22 per cent during 1923, acPlan for the eventual building up cordmg to official statistics from the of a headquarters staff for each of The last session of the · second se- state department of public health. Dur- the seven great divisions of the Nanwster of the School ot Missions, mg 1922 a total of 1008 deaths were tional Association of Real Estate t 'oun~t· A. will be held at the CongreJ.:a tt onal church on Wednesday eve- charged against automobile accidents Boards has been advanced by the apwhile for 1923 the figures jumped to pointment of Arthur E. Curtis, of Chi111ng- at 8 o'clock. 1232. cago, to be assistant executive secreTh t- choir will hold Its w eekly reIn Chicago the death toll actually de- tary of the National association. Mr. lw ar·sal at 7:45 on Thursday evening clined from 626 to 611 while the down- Curtis, who is secretary of the Mortat th e church. state suffered the severe increase of gage and Finance division, will in Th e Annual Interdenominational from 382 to 621, a jump of 162 per cent. his new work be chiefly engaged PH,. of Prayer service will be held on "The increase in fatalities due to auto- with the activities of the Mortgage Fri.llay, March 7, at the Wilmette Parish l\l t' thodlst church. 1'he women ot mobile mishaps has been due almost en- and Finance divisions and of the our church will meet as usual In the tirely to the increase in automobile ve- Homebuilders and Subdividers division. morniug tor White Cross work. hicles," said Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, He will also act as commission manLunchpon wll1 be served promptly at 12:30 the business meeting tollowing state health commissioner, in comment- ager for the association. Undertaking by the divisions of immediately after. Our women will mg on the situation. "The number of th en go in a body to the Methodist automcbiles in the state increased 24 definite and comprehensive lines of Church for the afternoon program per cent while the number of fatal ac- investigation in the specialized fields which i>J"tllnises to be or unusual lnter- cidents charged against them increased of industrial real estate, farm lands, P~t and our own Missionary, Mrs. W. management, broker'age, J. T,ongle. " of Ramapatan, South India, 22 per cent. In other words, the ratio property and th<' Hev. Stephano Testa, worker between the number of vehicles and the real estate finance, home building and among the Italians of Brooklvn, New number of accidental fatalities remained subdividing and real estate board York, will be the speakers. it is exJH'<'ted that our attendance at lunch- the same. For every 10,000 automobiles organizatio n is making necessary the eon will be an enthusiastic one and :n operation in the state there were 13 organization of a secretarial staff that we will In large numbers enjoy deaths during both of the la st two years. through which the activities can be tht' blessings of our Annual Praise directed. Pedeatriana Swell Toll St·t·vlce. "Pedestrians fared worse than pasTlw Wolf Cubs meet from 3-6 at sengers. The former made up 679 of tlw ehurch, Saturday afternoon. the total mortality and, as might be exTh <· Wilmette Baptist church is lo- pected, by far the greater percentage of cated on Wilmette and Fo1·est avenues these were in Chicago. In all the downand welcomes all to Its services. The state the fatalities due to collisions beThe growth of thi~ country and genpastor, Rev. Francis C. Stifter may be tween automobiles and pedestrians eral industrial activity is shown by the reached at his study during the mornittgs or by appointment. The church amounted to 200 while in Chicago they continued demand for the service furofl~ce In charge of Miss Badger Is open totaled 479. nished by electric light, power, gas and datly from 9-5 and from 9-12 on Satur"Collisions between automobiles and . days. The church telephone Is W!l- various other objects resulted in 364 fa- telephone companies. A specific illusmt'ttt- 2235. tration is the American Telephone and talities. The most important of these Telegraph company and associated comcollisions were between trains and auto- panies. 1923 was the record-breaking English Lutheran mobiles. These caused 8 deaths in Chi- year for the system, when it expended cago and 124 down-state. Greenleaf and Seventh over $240,000,000 to enlarge and improve ··Contrary to a rather general belief. its service. "'illiam Guise, pastor defective mechanisn . is responsible for St-rvices for March 2: The 1924 program for the system will \Vorship and sermon at 11 o'clock. very, very few fatalities. The human require about $270,000,000 for plant addiTh e message for Quinquagesima Sun- clement is the big thing and if there is tions. These expenditures will be apday will be based upon an important a factor of defect anywhere it is usualpas:sage in 1 Corint hians 1: 21-31. In theac days of great engineering ly in the brains of the persons concerned. achievements we hear much about "Plainly, the means for preventing the nower but have we considered care- increasing number of automobile accifully the sour·ce ot true power? With dents must be found in education. Twothe SJ>read ot knowledge and conqu ests of science it Is well for us to thirds of all fatal automobile accidents ponder concerning the source anG in the state would be avoided if pede&manifestation of the highest wisdom trians could learn to keep out of the way The vital theme tor th e dav will be: of machines and if all drivers could ~~~~;~st; th t: rower and Wisdom of learn that trains have the right of way at railway crossings. The former is lbJ.I' ~"bo.ol A.a. 'l:L> -'l;ho a¥4rc.o;r~ chiefly a prob-lem for Chicago. to iOlv.c dance Is Increasing. If eve1·y while the other is a matter which prinmember will do just a little personal cipally concerns cross-country drivers." work we shall have a much larger school by Easter. Few schools have such a large otrerlng per memb-er as our school. Next Sunday Is the time tor the meeting of the teachers and officers. First Church of REALTY GROUPS SEEK Scientist, HEADQUARTERS STAFF Christ, Wilmette, Ill., Christian Science Reading Room ua wn.... A-... Tenth St. and Central A...e. Hours: Services: Daily (except Wednesday and Sunday at 11 A. M. Saturday) 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Wednesday: 9 A. M. to 7:45 P.M. Wednesday Testimonial Meeting Saturday: 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. at 8 P. M. The Bible and Works by Mary Sunday School 9 :45 A. M. Baker Eddy and all other authorSubject of the Lesson Sermon Ized · Chrletlan Science Literature may be read, borrowed or purMarch Z, "Chriat Jeaua" chased. The Public I· conllally ln-..lted to attead tlae C:lnll'ell Sen·lcee -d ..._It tile Readlalr Roo·. TELEPHONES INDICATE GROWTH OF COUNTRY J. H. Andenon Monument Co. CHICAGO, ILL. Fifty-Eight Years of Suecenful Business Our price· moat re·aonable. We deliver everywhere. Lar1eat in Chica1o Raven. lSZl-ZSAZ F. C. FREDRICKSON, MANAGER 5751 Raven·woocl A ..e. At Entrance of Roae Hill Cemetery _jll Ill Have-We¥ourNam~-~-· -ttr The Missionary Society will meet Thui'Sday, March 6, at 2:30 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the church. Me.mbers and triends are urged to attend at! a good attendance is desirQd. ~~oun:~ay BIRTHS, DEATHS AND INCOME TAX Collector Gives Information for Filing and Address Correct on Our Books? The Memory andSong club will meet atternoon atter the school Lentt'n programsllsting all the servIces through the Lenten season are ready for· distribution, Begin now to la)· aside your sacrifice ofterlng to be r·Hurnt:d on Easter. Special envelopes hn \ ' e uecn secured tor this purpose. Thp first Lenten service will be held on Ash Wednesday, March 5, at the home of Atty. Gash, 527 Central avenue. 30 Year Old Horaeleaa Carriage Clogs Traffic "Hey you!" bawled the motorcycle officer as he pulled up alongside Jim De Garmo's 1892 model Gladiator, "I've a ~arrant here for your arrest. The charge ts driving a car that's more than thirty years old through the streets of Cleveland." De Garmo was piloting the ancient gasoline chariot to the Cleveland Auto Show, where it was placed on exhibition. (\s the old vehicle wended its way on 1ts own power from De Garmo's home to the auditorium, a police detail was required to keep curious folks from impeding its progress. The Gladiator was built in Paris, France in 1892. Its 28x3 Goodyear straight side tires are nineteen years old, the serial numbers on them show. The car belonged to Charles Sumner "Nip" Scott, well-known character and inventor of Cadiz, 0. Upon the settlement of Scott's estate, the car went to De Garmo, the administrator. The history of the straight side tire is closely associated with this old automobile in that "Nip" Scott was the inventor of the wire bead braiding machine and the wire bead from which the ~tr~i~,ht side tire and rim developed. N!p worked out his experiments on t he old car. Then, too, the "Goodyear Detachable Automobile Tires" as the brand on their sidewalls describes them, aberebt~e first of the straight side type to urlt by Goodyear. LUSK GIVES CONCERT Milan .Lusk, Wilmette violinist is to a~pear Ill a popular concert at the Frrst. Congregational church on the evenmg of St. Patrick's Day, Monday, March 17. Tickets for the concerts have been placed on sale at . the 'R.er.· neckar Drug company and the SniderCazel Drug company. By MABEL G. REINECKE (Collector of Internal Revenue, Chicago) Changes wrought by births, deaths, and marriages during the last year affect ruaterially income tax returns for the year 1923. Millions of babies were added to family circles. For each, the parents, in addition to the personal exemptions allowed married couples, are entitled to a $400 credit for a dependent. Boys and girls who became self-supporting, and whose parents allow them the use of their earnings without restriction, form a new class of taxpayers. Each must file an income tax return and pay a tax on his or her net income, if such income was in excess of $1,000. The earnings of dependent minor children who have not been "emancipated"allowed the use of their earnings by their parents-must be included in the parents' return of income. . Widows and widowers who lost the1r spouses during the year 1923 are especially affected. Unless remarried on or before -December 31, 1923, or the head of a family, they are allowed only the $1,000 exemption granted a single person. \Vidows and widowers are not required to show on. their individual ~c turns the income of husband or wt fc up to the time of death. The income of a decedent is considered separately, and a return must be filed by the executor or administrator of the estate. The executor or administrator who makes a return for a decedent is entitled to a claim for him his full personal exemption, according to his stat~ as a single or married person at the t1me of death. In an mdividual return the taxpayer's status as of December 31, 1923, determine the amount of his exemptions and credits. If on that day the taxpayer was married and living with wife or husband, the exemption is $2,500 if the couple's net .income for 1923 was $5,000 or less and $2,000 if the net income exceeded $5,000. If single, the exemption is $1,000. . If on December 31, 1923, a smg1 e per ~n, because of som~ m~ral ?r legal obligation, was snpportlng m h1s home one or more relatives over whom he exercised family control, he was the head of a family and is entitl~ to the ,;1mtt exemptions granted a marned pers.>n. If T HIS Company sends out approximately 250,000 statements of gas and electric service every month, or 3,000,000 statements a year. To do this it is necessary that an average of 10,000 meters be read every working day of the year; 10,000 .readings computed every day; 10,000 entries made on customers' ledgers every day; 10,000 statements made out every day; and 10,000 statements delivered every day. This is a stupen~ous clerical task and one in which errors in names or addresses might naturally creep in. Yet, the percentage of such errors is small. And in -order to further reduce them, we will be glad to have you advise us immediately if your name or address is incorrectly recorded on our books. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Sen-ing 6,000 square miles-201 cities and towns with Gas or Electricity · J. S. REESMAN, Diat. S t. 911 Church St., EYaaatOil Telephone E'Yaaatoa 3100 i