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Resumption- of hearings before. Master in Cbaricery Julius*H. Miner last Tbursday.morning in the case of Shawnee Country-cl .ub vs. Village of Wilmette found Frank J. Scheid- enbeim, 8 04 Forest avenue, ,treasurer of the Winmette Park board, still on the witness stand. But not, for long, however. Iii the parlance of the base- bail . repo rters, attorneys for the Vil- lage pitcbhed bim four "bails" in the form of ' perfunctory. questions. giv- ing hum a base and permittinig hum to "die" at first. These questions per- tained to ownersbip of park property,, when acquired, etc., and to. a small garage 'itained by the Park board on its property adjacent to Washing- ton avenue. From this point on former- Senatorý Charles S. Denee>n of counsel for the Shawnee club took a more active part in the .proceedings suggestmng ques- tions, offering objections, tossing oc- casionial caustic comments. and other- wise sticking' pins -into opposing courisel. Se.. Propevty Values Cut George F. Iiiff, 924 Linden avenue, was the next witness, bis testimony cons,.ming tbe balance of the session. Mr. Iliff qualified as a real estate expert by recounting bis experience as appraiser for the Chicago Real Es- tate board, South. Park commission- ers and .many otiiêrs, asserting, bow- ever, tliat be was not an authority on north shore values. 'In respônse to questions Mr. Iliff testified that the- waterworks would depreciate real es- tate values, in the immediate vicinity 40 per cent, the injuiry declining witb the, increase of distance from -the plant until a point. would bereached at which it would bave no effect.,His opinion was 'based, he said, *upon the injection of a comercial enterprise into the neighborhood, which would. necessarily detract froin its exclusive cential section," he said, addclng with emphasis. that "it is impossible to es- tablisb any commercial enterprise in a residenitial section witbout injury to property. values, both improved and unimproved, in any town or' city. "Lake front and beacb,'» he asserted, "are the grea test.-assgts that a resi- dential community can bave.", Asked if the location of tbe water- works on the Wilmette beacb would, a ff ect property, values in- that vicinity be answered:ý "Yes. It will depreciaté values from 30 per cent to practical ruination." Celle Club Estenti*l Cross-examination elicited' f r o mn Mr. Dalgety the information that Northwestern university now owns vacant property 'east. of Michigan avenue at the, northern- limits of the village. He, was asked to describe the location of thie EIvans ton waterworks and the surrounding locality, tbe pur- pose evidently being to show that property values bad flot beeri lowered (Continued on page 9) Car Runs Amuck;'Reposes in Worthen Store Window A new coupe driven by Charles L. Kelly, 1025 Sheridan road, jumped the curb and crasbed througb two large plate glass windows at Worth- en's departnient store, 1148 Wilmette avenue, Tuesday night at about 8 :30 o'clock. As Mr. Kelly, who bad parked bis car in front of the store, was starting to back away froni the cubanother car approacbed. When Mr. Kelly, because of the approacb of the other car, attempted to go for- ward instead- of backward, bis car suddenly ran up, over the curb, and tbrougb the displayý windows. Mr. Kelly attributed the accident to tbe. fact that he bad not yet becomle ac- customed to using the f ree .wbeeling witb wbicb bis car is equipped. He escaped uninjured, and bis car was Other mernbers of this conimittee, now making plans for the events to be. beid at the Village Green, are the following: Russell Johnson, J. L. D. Walther, Charles Dabncke, Leo lias- senauer, George Leal, Paul A. Hoff- inan, Stephen. M. Brownlee. and Howard F., Dushain. Wilmette merchants are donating the prîzes to be awarded to winners of the various. athletic events, ail of which.willbe supervised by the Wil- mette Playgr.ound a nd Recreation board, Daniel.M. Davis, director. Program. suggestions by merchants and. other residents of Wilmette arc being welcomed by Mr. Scberzer.and bis. committee, Who state that the. purpose of the athletic program is to, give' the cbildren as well as the adults' a gioious 'but sane Fourth of July. A complete. program of the day'..s activities W ill be announced in XVI- MMrE LIPE next week. Public Comfort Stations in Water Works Building The Village board this week au- thorized an additional expenditure of $5,847 at the municipal water works for public comfort stations. The board also decided to use sait giazed brick instead of ordinary face brick at the new municipal water works now under construction. The glazed brick is better in appearance and is easier to keep clean, it is ex-, plained. At its regular meeting Tues- day night the board authorized an aciditional expenditure of $985 above the original contract price to pay for the new type of brick and voted to buy the brick from the Thomas Moulding company. LIBRARIA1N ON VACATION Miss Anne L. Whitniack, ,ibrarian at the Wilmette Public library, tarted ber month's v acation Monday of this week. She is taking a course ini English bistory at the University of Chicago and is living at the International bouse. ujJtIlg etits t alf concerts. it egmns its tenth season of presenting te uorth shore audiences artists wbo rank su-. preme. For this anniversary year, the prograi is a brilliant one, offering to ,music leyers of the nortb sbore, ini order, nlamedi Frederick Jagel, tenor;, Bart- lett-Robertson,* duo pianists; Nathan Milstein, vioinist; Eiisabeth RZethberig, so prano; and, as a' climax, Lawrence Tibbett. Jagel Popilar Here Frederick Jagel, teno r witb the Met-. ropolitan Opera conipany, sang ai Ra-. vinia in its iast season, and appeared in Chicago tbis past f ail under tbe aus- pices of the Musicians'. club. His pro- gram openis tbeArtist-Recital series.' The second concert is an innovation ini tbe series, and is given in response to num érous requests. that a two-piano program, -be .inicluded. Bartlett and Rob- ertson, Englisb pianists, are husband and wife. Tbey stand very bigh in Eng- land's music worid and'won from Chi- cago critics excellent niotices when tluy made their first appearance in the city about a year ago. Nathan Milstein, the young violinist wbo bas made a phenomenal record in Chicago, wijl give the third concert. The naines of the singers giving the fourtb and fiftb concerts, Rethberg and Tibbett, spell consummate artistry. Manager £nthusiastie The committee is able te present in its gala year, such artists as these, for tbiree reason. The artists, themselves, have iowered their fees. Byselecting al. soloists for the concert series through the saine bureau a more ;advantageous financial arrangement was obtained. The third factor is the jnterest aroused i tbe manager bimself, whom Mrs. Ro- land D. Whitman, chairman of the art- is-rçialcommittee, interviewed per- sonally last spring. She called upon him, described the -series, its aims, the caliber, of its ar-tists, and its success tbrougbout, its existence. 'He became interested in tbe project itself and asked ber te return later in the season. When she did, the artists who are te appear witb and ,tl -Mrs. A. chairman. tributed to the desirability of a neigh- Nt:Eo IySo l odce borhood for residential purpos es b Nthe WEomnmShlub o dueted said: "Light,, air, viewi general, char- Ib iWm.lscu tWlite er. Ai-ne tat Pine ýgt Mr ,backi unners