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COMPANY lQITS ark, Illinois GAS COMPANY ASKS 1 FOR HIGHER RATF5 HUMBER 51 MILLARD WRITES MAYORS Official of the Company Claims They Must Have Relief at Once or Face Bankruptcy Fonnwing is a letter frnm Everet' L, Miiiard. pn’sidcnt Hf {I’h Nurtt: Shore Gus (‘umpany (u the mavors of the municipalities sened by- that company: To the Honmahle Mayors of the Mun- icipaiiiics in the Territory served With Gas by the North Shore Gas Company. L Dear Sirs: The North Shore Gas Co. is in crie tical need of new construction work during the coming year, at an esti- mated cost of $200,000, 1: has no cash. and no possibility of obtaining further credit. to allow it to install such new construction or any mater- ial part of it. In default of such instillation the service of the Com- pany, which has been inadequately maintained under the most trying conditions for the past three years, vill soon face at least partial fail- I enclose herewith n copy of a pe~ tition which this Company has filed Vith the State Public Utilities Com- mission, setting forth these facts. of] which I earnestly request your most‘ careful consideration. in view of the great importance to thapublic of the‘ maintenance of ndequnte gas service. Tho;Company has operated at a net deficiency for the :past three years. of $75,000. It ha provided the new construction ,lutely nec- essary to mnintenanco Wee, and continued its operation without re- ceivership during this " ‘ by bor- rowing on demand‘ >r0m the Continental and Com _ . National Bank the total sum of M, upon the guarantee of certain I its stock- holders. Such credit is now exhaust- ed. owing to the failure of this Com- pany to receive a prompt or adeâ€" quate relief in rates. We. have been dome: business at a 100 per cent in- crease in cmt. With a 16 per cent in- crease in the rate schedule over that in effect until January. 1917, some- thing that no business can long en- dure. Our estimated profit. above operating expenses and interest, for the year 1920. is $20,000, which is all the money in sight available for new construction. puny tn qua'k- rel damp: bu crease m Numerous other public utilities, well run, have recently come to the same position. and filed petitions in bankruptcy, with the result that no new consumers can be served. and the supply of gas tn industries must shortly be discontinued. owing to the necessity of guarding and canserv ing gas for homes and public consum- ers, with the further danger of a breakdown in operation, which will effect every home. The people are 1(‘ontinued on Page IOi YOUTH SEV ERELY CUT ‘ WHEN HATCHET SLIPS‘ August Husk, the. son of Leo Hank. South Second street, last Sat- urday sustained a badly cut leg, when he struck it with an ax while chop- ping some kindling. He was sitting down chopping wood, when the ax slipped and inflicted a deep gash on his leg. A surgeon dressed the wound. The boy will be unable to Work for a few weeks. TERMS OF LEASE PUT BAN ON ALL LIQUOR «ifically that he shou|d facture. or stare malt intoxicating liquors on t Ewn private stock and are denied in this case was drawn up before J1 DANCE AT WINNETKA \VOMANIS (‘LI'B THl'RS. W n attem Xhhfl '(l I. Syncopfliu?" ‘1 mu-ia': hnp I” ML Wuman's The Highlauh Park their '. HM 1 BUSINESS MEN‘S f 1 ‘ 1 ¢ } ‘ } Garnetts 2:") ex Stefl'en’s Tires 18 15 Re]. Laundry 17 16 R88. Shoes 17 16 Majestics 14 19 I Harder's Hdw. 13 20 Pal. Cash 13 20 Tony's Barbers 12 21 Bow. Dairy 11 22 i I 424 8â€"33 390 30-35 390 30-33 363 7-1] 333 1-5 High team game. Garnett's. 873. High team series, Gamett’s, 2583 Garnetts Take Palace Cash hind the Garnetts took three straight from Palace Cash and now are only one ginme behind the leaders. H. 1‘. Press took 'twu of the three from Harders Hdw. and are leading the league by only one game. Rasmussens Shoes took twu from Stvm‘ns Tires and are tied for third plm'v with Rel. Laundry. Rel. Laundry pushed the Majestics intn sixth plm'o when they tunk three straight. Tony's Barbers climbed out nf the "wllnr" whon they took twa of the thn-o fmm the Bowman Dairy tt-am, Team Won Lost Pct. TUESDAY. CHARLES RAY IN “THE CLODHOPI’ER” Friday and Saturday. Douglas Fait- banks in New Picture. “When the Clouds Roll By" MiSS Carol Robinson, pianist. and Miss Anna Burmeister. soprano, are .giving the second of a series of con- icerts next Thursday night at 395 iHazei Ave. Miss Robinson‘s home. iThe program is open to the public. Both young artists are well known. 1 The first concert in Jlnuary was pro- ‘nounced a very great success. Pearl Theatre will present the fol- lowing pictures next Week: Sunday, Lucy Cotton and Wynd- ham Standing in “The Miracle of Love," Mack Sonnett comedy; Mon- day, Jack Holt and Seena Owen in “Victory.” "The Trail of the OC- topus," Supreme comedy; Tuesday, Charles Ray in “The Clodhopper,” Pictograph and tw0 reel Ballroom Boys comedy; Wednesday, Alice Bra- dy in “The Fear Market." Paramount Magazine and Christie comedy; Thursday. Ethel Clayton In “More Deadly Than the Male." Paramount Post Nature and (Télebratetl comedy; Friday and Saturday, Douglas Fair- banks in his newest and host pic- ture. “When the Clouds Roll By," Roscoe Arbuckle in his latest comeâ€" dy. "The Garage." also Burton Holmes. Matinee at two thirty 5 Chicago is once more enjoying a short run of Shakespearse. E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe having re~ I turned once more. They are appear- ling in three plays only: “Taming of gum Shrew.” “Twelfth Night," and {“Hamlet" They will be at the {Studebaker for the remainder of this iweek and next week. SECOND 0F SERIES'OF CONCERTS. THURSDAY Miss Robinson. Pianist and Miss Bur- meister. Soprano. tu Give Af- fair Here Next Week TIME FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO GO TO THEATRE This is the time for young girls and boys to go to the theatre. Stu< dents in the High School should not miss Shakespeare. MRS. TILLA LEONARD PASSES AWAY Mrs. Tilla Lennard. aged 6.3. died suddenly Tuesday evening, at the home of her daughter. )Ira. Rosen- baum, on Laure] avvnuv. as the re- sult of a complication of diseases. She leaves to survive her three daughters. Mrs. Elimheth L. Bin. uf (‘hiczmm \hs. Blanche Rosvnhuum. of thi< ii!\'. and Kira. Gram- Shun .03.. uf Bmhngton .V.,t and one son, .Imlsnn Rum Lennald. of l‘hii'am, TH! 1111“" BOWLING LEAGUE i cmaim will be shipped In 1, “1.. where funeral svrviccs hrh‘. and interment mmiv tn- Three Straight from Now Oniy One Be- Leading Team 26 424 8â€"33 390 30-33 390 30-33 363 7-11 333 1-3 TUES. ‘COMMUNITY CENTER : DRIVE SUCCESSFUL ASSURED FOR THIS YEAREAT HIGfiLAND PARK CLUB Small Subscriptions. dresses Given. Four Flags we. “Nuâ€"u; ...- -v-.. ".V _, gave ridge party at the Highland Most of the Money (‘ame lanlVQ Short But Interesting Ad- “Wig, women of Highland Park Memberships Still ()btainable .â€" Presented to the Local Post Park .V tub in honor of their Alma Mater gii'at they might swell that four milliongc‘ollar fund for her honor and .C glory. :1; Thu driw fur the new (‘ommunity Center has not only pmved itself a great success. liut‘it has justified the preservation of the Army imd Navy ('entor for community purposes, and removed any lingering doubts in the minds of unbelievers. Subscriptions have Come in. They have rolled in; and, imidontally. in the course of the week's drive, many touching little stories of family jlife and the social needs of family life have come to light. One little Woman come in with a young baby, and paid her subscrip- tion and that of the baby. The wife of a former jackie at Gt. Lakes, she said she had always longed to enjoy the rights and privileges of the Cen- ter just as her husband had always done, but she had never felt she had the right to do so. When the com- munity took oveir the Center. how-i ever, she was vety glad and wasted1 no time in getting a membership for herself and her young baby. Altho the baby is not half a year old, he has learned to enjoy himself in his baby buggy while the young mother sews or reads in {the big living room and the father plays an occasional game of pool with the “boys.” Another case is that of a woman who did several days' cleaning at the Center and refused to accept pay on the ground that she wanted to donate that much. which was her share, to this great and splendid community enterprise. Subscriptions in Small Amounts Most of the m‘ney which has come into the Center has come through small subscriptions rather than through large donations. The bulk of the money collected during the drive last week came in subscriptions nf nnv. two. and three dollars where people juined the Community Serâ€" vice and took out memberships for their families. Although nominally, the drive endâ€" ed last week, memberships are still needed in order to carry on the work successfully. These memberships “(‘HARLEY'S AUNT" AT HIGHLAND PARK CLUB Saturday evening at eight o’clock sharp, a forcical comedy in three acts entitled “Charley's Aunt,” by Bran- don Thomas will be given under the auspices of the Ossoli Club at the Highland Park Club. Following is the cast of characters given in the order of their appearance: A Farcical Comedy by Brandon Thom- as linder Alspices of Ossoli (‘Iub Saturday Evening Jack Chesney, Mr. Leslie Schauf- fler; Brassett. Mr. L. L. Winters; (‘harley Wykeham. Mr. Egbert Spen- cer; Lord Fancourt Babberley. Mr. D. L. Cobb; Kitty Verdun. Mrs. Roger S. Vail; Amy Spettigue, Miss Cath- erine Schumacher; Colonel Sir Fran- cis Chesney, Mr. Winchester Carver; Stephen Spettigue. Mr. H. A. Par- kin; Donna Ludia D'Alvordorez, Mrs. Daniel Cobb; Elia Delehey. Mrs. R. Many of the local merchants are T‘VO RESIDENCES I much agitated over the alleged viola. ' ‘ ‘ itions of the Wednesday afternoon DAMAGED BY PIRE l closing custom. Although there is l 3 no set rule or law which compels bus- ment of John Mentzer Home isliness houses to close at noon Wed- -nesday. all followed the custom vol- ;untarily until recently. Pressure is theim: brought to bear to secure the Pâ€"fl ..cooperation of all Highland Park bus’ Sunday morning at ten o'clock firefijness men, in maintaining the Wed- , .m. ..... .... ,wzuin hmko out in the‘nesday holiday for store employes. "use Burned Sunday. Follansbee Res- idence Catches Fire Mon. Basement of John Mentzer Home Burned Sunday. Follansbee Res- idence Catches Fire Mon. A. Bard Sunday morning at ten o'clock fire nf unknown origin liruke out in the basement of the John Montzer res.- (lenée vri Nurtli First street, damagâ€" in;r it to the amount of about tvéu hundred dollars. Through the good \Vul’k of ”W tin department the Maze was kcp: i:- the basement su that xherr Wm in» damage to the 01hr pr part {if tlit- building. 0n Munday afternoon the roof of (h\‘ Merrill M. lr‘ullanslieo home mi Lawn-l m'emiv l‘allflht fire, but very little damage was donm. The blazo was caused by sparks from the rhini- nf ney HIGHLAND PARK. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920 (‘ontinuod on Page 10 IKEGION RECEPTION IS . AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Last Monday night the local post of the American Legion invited the people of the town in to meet them and get acquainted. Their invitation, published in the newspaper, extended beyond the families of the Legion and included every one in Highland Park, Highvmod and Deerfield. The result was a fine representative assembly of people, drawn together from the four corners of Deerfield Township, to partake of the hospitality of the Leg. ion men. After social greetings had been ex- changed, Mr. J. B. Curd, Command- ant of the Dumaresq Spencer Post, made a short address of welcome, and, as commanding officer, presided over a brief program of Informal speeches. Mrs. Francis Everett was first to speak, telling something of the organization of the Legion, what it meant to the country at large, and to the home town. I Captain Morgan then gave a very interesting talk on the Civil War days, and pointed out the ditference between the Great War and the Civil War. In those days, he said, the men, when not actually fighting, were inclined to fratemize with one anoth- er, the north with the south. On days when no firing was going on. men might be seen with little white .flags of truce hoisted over them, go- ing out to make chance encounters with the enemy, to talk things over, exchange leggings, cigarettes, and newspapers, the north for the south. After a short talk by Rev. Fitt, Mr. Samuel Holmes, on behalf of the Mayor and the people of Highland Park, presented the Legion with five large flags, the Stars and Stripes, and ,‘the flags ‘of the Allies, which had previously been carried in by an es- éort of six Boy Scouts. These Scouts had taken their position on the plat- form at the beginning of the pro- gram, the flags making a very im- pressive background for the occasion. The flag bearers were: Wallace Mc- llvaine, Bob Rogers, Arnold Mason, Theodore Barr, Charlie Masterson, and Jack Norcross. Mr. J. B. Card, after accepting, on behalf of the Legion, the flags pre- sented by the Mayor and citizens of Highland Park, read the following telegram from the lojor: “It is with extreme regret. that I have to advise you that impomnt business in New York makes it im- possible for me to be present at the (Continued on Page 6) CHARLES GLASS BUYS BUSINESS BUILDING Charles Glass has just closed a deal with Charles Preston of Portland. Ore, whereby he becomes the owner of the two-story frame building on Waukcgan avenue. Highwood. in which he has conducted a dry goods, clothing and shoe store for the past five years. Thé lot has a frontage of 75 feet on Waukegan avenue and is just 0p- posite the Highwood depot. STRIVE TO MAINTAIN WEDNESDAY CLOSING STEWART CANINE WINS FAME AT RECENT SHOW ’A revom edition hf u "hica’gn paâ€" pt‘!‘ primed a picture of “Strathway Prjncess." the prize winning.y bull dog i-efimgin: Pu Alexander H. Stewart of Highlam! Park. The pii‘ture was takm at 1hr furtyufuurth annual dug show of :hc \\'c.1xninstcr Kennel ('3ub. New 'Aurk. whoiv “Stragxway Prin- r-zw.~" funk highfiumors‘ , BENéfiIT BRIDGE PARTY quELLs COLLEGE FUND Afl’air wen at Highlund Park Club nSmith College Women 4,..‘1: Nets Over $350 This‘jenefit, longr planned by the comm‘ifige in chaf‘gc, proved to be a very sfia‘essful expedient. and netted them "V ething over three hundred and figgvdellars. Many donations were ’eived in addition to the rev ceipts fiem the tables. and Smith alumnd'eE from various points on the north‘afim: and Evanston were’in at- tendanne; It J a very large party, the ta- bles c letely filling the large room at the ub. Springtime prevailed for the afternoon while the Smith colors f yellow and white dominat- ed th :pcene, appearing in flowers and b ers, and in the white and yellow; nquils'worn by the hostesses. Theufiommitbee in charge of the benefi Vere very much gratified by éner in which the Highland . ' en responded, and the con- sequerfiiresults which they obtained. The ifiunday school teachers of All 5' classes of the commun- Girls Scout leaders and the Y. Will . A. club leaders and all who ' ested in the problems of the e girl" are urged to attend a V at the Y. W. C. A. rooms on , Febmry 21, at 2 p. m. ha Louise Buchanan, a spe~ ' n girls’ work from the Na- . . W. C. A. board in New York will on “The Psychology of Girlâ€" Mig Buchanan has had a great deal (I experience in work with girls and i3 $ure' to give a most interest- ing 1; helpful talk on the phases of the pi lems which concern all lead~ ers oé girls. After her talk there will I; opportunities for an informal discuf on. Eli; ABET}! IRWIN WINS LUTIFIJL BEADED BAG Onefr ndred Chances Sold on Bag . e By Wounded Soldier It §Fort Sheridan Hospital M'fi Elizabeth Irwin, 316 Maple aven ‘ held the lucky number which drewf he beaded bag made by 8 won ' soldier at Fort Sheridan. ' bag was made by hand and nts weeks of patient, tedious 3 well as large expenditure of mondy. the silver top alone being es- tima’fid at $17.50. Scfi’fie of the women of Highland Parlfiz gappreciating the amount of la- bor Mich had gone into‘ the making bag, undertoom raffle it of? J t the bag Would realize the ‘ t possible amount for the sol- diergfl- Accordingly one hundred Chan‘é‘ s were sold at one dollar each and; st night at the Community Genie; the draw was ‘m'ade with the stir that 38 proved to be the lucky re nu‘ r and Miss Elizabeth Irwin the cky person to hold it. Lastifiuesdayaftemoon the Smith I. Fiske will open for a limited ‘ ement at the Powars Theatre, .- y in “Mis' Nelly uf N’Orleans,” a m comedy of the Old South. It is Explay 01' young love that finds itsh‘gvflfilimont at the fountain of etc (381 youth. The play is set 'yst the fascinating background RV ‘Orleansv with its rich con- nf the (‘roole quarter on one my, (~ nther, and a iriimpse uf pit:- Hnbhmr m-z’rw hf!- addinz a final wE 3;. A. SPECIALIST rm SPEAK SATURDAY Mii gin Buchanan From Head- 'izrs to Talk on “The Psy- §ho|ogy of Girlhood” ,1 FISKE SOON TO ? APPEAR AT POWERS quality hf \‘iVM (“Eur In the picture. Nelly hrimzt~ into piay Mrs. s unvxwllmi vquipmem fur Prefifi JOHN minimum mm mm TUESDAY HORRING SUFFERBD SHORT ILLNESS The announcement of the sudden death of John Grenville Mott Tues- day morning. February 17, was a shock to his friends, few of whom knew that. he had been ill.‘ On the previous Saturday he had been in Chicago and with other members of his family had gone to splay and had greatly enjoyed it. The follow- ing day he suffered an attgck of an- gina pectoris from which however, he seemed to rally, so thnt on Mondty he insisted upon coming down stairs to his meals. ’ On Tuesday morning, his‘ son. Rus- sell, before sttrting to the city, stopped in to see him Ind found him cheerful and npparently hotter, znd yet before the son ruched the stu- tion his father died, quietly‘md with- out pain. It was a beautiffil way for him to go, with a long qnd hoppy life behind him, surrounded by those who loved him, and withqut suffer- ing. There is only the sense of per- sonal loss remaining with those of us who min his dent nod anilin- presâ€" ence. ' Mr. Mott was born in Ohlo in 1843. He served in the Union uriny during the Civil War. He mu'riedl Miss Rue Winterbothum in 1874 and [they lived in Michigan City, Ind, qutil 1910, when they came toHighknd Park. Two children survive him; his 3011, Russell Matt, and his daughter, Gen- evieve, now Mrs. Frank Mulford. In business he “a vice president. of J. H. Winterbotham Sons. Chi~ cago. He was a member of the Chi- ugo Athletic, Emoor,. Highland Park and Adventurers Clubs, the Indi- ana Society and the Indium Sons of the Revolution. In the last two or- ganizations he had served as presi- dent. A Mr. Mott had a wide circle‘ of friends and occupied a warm place in the afieetions of all who were (priv~ ileged to know him. He was a gen- tleman in the best sense of the word, a man of delicate courtedy and fine feelings, and yet a man without a trace of afiectation or sham. He was a man of ardent convictions and strong likes and dislikes; loyal and generous to his friends and fair and just in all his dealings. He was first of all a man's man, an out doors man and a sportsman. He was a big game hunter and fishâ€" erman, a lover of nature and wise in her ways. Like most men of that type ‘he was simple in his tastes and un- affected in his manners. He had travelled extensively and was an om- nivomus reader, so that his well stor- ed mind and his retentive memory made him a most interesting compan- ion. He believed in and practiced the old fashioned virtues and pro- prieties and unless denimd {or some urgent reason was always to be seen in his accustomed place in Trinity Church on Sunday morning. .ing of three once“! plays by modern \ authors. The enmminment was xiv. en as I benefit under the auspices of 1h? Woman's “Club. A.thuugh the ifmancial' returns are n4; yet ready ‘ for pubiication. owing m the fact that many tickets are nuismndingu ithete is; every reason w heliew- um ithe evejing's entertainmm' “.1: a marked ffinanvinl success The rls‘ gymnasium a. th‘ High 'Schnol as trowdod at at: :u'iy hunt, < my" >‘ :hat than u”: v-ame in :hc- 13.54 {ww minutes be: «v- the 2p- pnintedhint \wre ubii . ' M will? lseats hitho hack of the r-: .a i He belonged to I generuion that is rapidly phasing from m, a generation of old fadiioned people. warm (fiends. devoted husbands and fathers. To those wh‘o loved him his memory will always by a benediction. The mineral services will be held at 2 o'clodc on Sunday .1 the home. Bur-is! will be in Gncehnd cemetery. BENEFIT PLAYS AT HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY Cumnock' Players of Nnrthwesml l"niwersily Draw Large AI- ‘ tendame The Cumnock phyers from the Northwegtem University Law a very successful performance at the high school lat Tuesday evening. consist- 3 One of Highland. Park’s First Citizens; Served in Union Army During Civil War vomm a