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of A i ROC I ey WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk VOL. VII, NO. 2. ann. ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS VOTERS FAVOR BIG SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Propositions for Purchase of School Land and Additional Construction, Win by Overwhelming Majority WOMEN SHOW INTEREST Cast More Votes Than the Men at Horace Mann School Polling Place Winnetka voters last Saturday cided by a ballot taken at the Horace Mann school, to permit the sale of bonds to the value of $34,500 for the purchase of a new school site in the Village and the improvement of the present school property. Three hundred and eighty three voters, 175 men and 208 women, ap- peared at the school house on three propositions by the Board of Education. Proposition 1, called for the pur- chase of ground at Elmwood street and Glendale avenue, and received | the approval of 234 of the voters, only 40 voting against the proposi- tion. Favor Bond Issues Proposing No. 2, provided for an $18,000 bond issue to afford funds for the purchase of the proposed site. The vote stood 259 in favor and 88 | against the proposed expenditure. Proposition No. 3, calling for issuance of to the $16,500, for improvement property, 283 for the proposed expenditure 66 in opposition. The bond issue the taxes of property comes within the regular lotted to schools, which is 3 per cent of the property The $16,500 issue will cover the value of of 1 bonds anc not increase owners but +11} Vill assessed untul also chittdren and Piclcy, "Wii ho use ne the new structure make it possible grades in schools. is erected to accomodate six each of the three Village MADRIGAL MUSICAL CLUB fort kit, sweater and two pairs of IN FINE EASTER PROGRAM | socks and is ouffitting in like manner Tro 8 boys from outlying districts. A well worked out program, includ- | i ing some of the most beautiful and | Need Socks the most exquisite of Faster music,| pe 149. Field Artillery War Re- will be presented by the Chicago lief Association is asking for socks. Madrigal club of fifty voices at the Wool will be furnished free for knit- | Hoyburn theater, Evanston, under | | ting for this organization by the the auspices of The Evanston News- | Index, Sunday afternoon. The concert will begin at 3:30 o'clock under the new time regula- tions which go into effect on Easter Sunday. The Madrigal club, which is direc- ted by D. A. Clippinger, noted Chica- go conductor and musical authority, will be assisted by Noble Cain as accompanist, Miss B. May Wall, alto, and Guy C. Latchaw, baritone. The usual small admission fee of twenty-five cents will be charged for the purpose of paying the expenses. It is expected many local residents will avail themselves of the oppor- tunity to hear this splendid musicale. CHANGE OF TIME TO AFFECT EASTER SERVICE AT CHURCH The memb Christ church are planning their usual in- teresting and attractive Easter ser- vices for Sunday. services in past years, have crowded the building at Humbolt avenue Sheridan road. This year those who are urged note that will be timed, ac time schedule which goes Sunday morning, an than usual. The first se will be 7 o'clock in the church, and the vested choir of women,girls and 1 will sing will be a second service at o'clock and at 4:30 in the will be held the Child- ren's Faster Festival. The public has been cor ers of These are interested to the services cording tec the new into e hour: ea rvice held at nen, There 11 atternoon ially invited. On Mr. ands Mrs ing, 739 Lincoln avenue, for a three City, N.' J. a few drys Gowing, in Vacation M Parker James trip to Atlantic En route they will spend with their son, E. P. Boston. week's de- | to vote | | recommended | { school | was approved by a vote of | | amount al- | valuation. | yO the ex- | penditure of building an addition to | othe Skokie school hich, when com- | Episcopal | church | and | Gow- | left Tuesday Alter Precinct Limits To Accomodate Voters Fig Street, West of The Right of Way, Now is Southern Boundary of Precinct No. 1 Attention of voters in precincts and 2 at the Village election Tuesday, is called to the change made this spring in precinct limits. The boundary between these pre- cincts has formerly been North aven- | both east and west of the Chica- | | ue, lgo and Northwestern tof way. {| The change referred to, makes Fig | street, west of the tracks, the south- {ern boundary of precinct No. 1, (that residents in the section, lying between North avenue and street, are now in precinct No. 1; railway right in- | stead of percinct No. 2. {the railway right of way. venience of residents in the | tory affected, practically all of whom [take the train at the Hubbard Woods | in the morning, and under regulation can vote at the Gage street, near the | ste ation, the new | polling place in i static uld be noticed that the above change applies only to the Village | election and not to that of the Town- | ship, Park District or School Board. -------- | i War Activities ET Empty Car, Unpatriotic Are you driving to Chicago today? {Call at the Parish house there are Red Cross bundles to send. You can render a most efficient war service by doing this any day before town. start for Two Boys Leave Twa Winnetka boys leave with the next it contingent Saturday mor They are Bertil H. John- s0N 5 Maple avenue, and Frank J. IKlauke, 1173 Asbury avenue. Winnget- | ka, is outfitting these boys, as it has [the other drafted men, the 149.. Mrs. Frank R. Greene, 776 Prospect avenue. Liberty Loan The drive for the third Liberty Loan campaign will soon be started. A large Committee of Winnetka men and women is preparing for this work. The village will be districted | will be in committee who have of women. done. This drive charge of the Executive | and eight vice-chairmen |e ader them a large corps | The Executive committee is com- {posed of: Goddard Cheney, chair- {man: Mrs. Allan S. Wolff, co-chair- | man; John A. Jameson; Allan | gi | Withers. The Vice-Chairmen are: Burke, Mrs. IL. Sherman William A. Thrall, Miss Eliza- Gemmell, G. Roy West, ; W. F. Wallace, Leonard H. atically Mrs. S. T. [beth Chatten, Roach. Woman's Club Session The next meeting of the Winnetka Woman's club will be held on Thurs- | oril 4, at 2:30 o'clock. The will be unusually attractive. eres Hubbard will speak concerning the "Woman's Farm Re- | erve Unit. The Art and Literature nmittee will present Mrs. F. W. Harnwel 1, who will read a one play. his will be the last meeting of the priorito the annual elec- tion of officers. Liberty Loan Speakets Mrs. James Hubbard | Woods, Mrs. Morris Greeley, Maple avenue, and Mrs. Maurice H. | { Lieber, 088 Elm street, are the speak- ers enlisted for the Third Liberty Loan campaign. Porter, of Railway -- next SO | No change | [hase been made in the limits east of | " . » | This change was made for the con- | terri- | and ask if | with a com- | | Winnetka chairman of this work for | and the work thoroughly andsy stem- | Aldrich | M. C.| 655 | LIBERTY LGAN DRIVE CHAIRMEN SELECTED | Joh.. A Jameson of Hubbard Woods is Appointed Township Chairman for Third Liberty Loan "Drive" BIG RETURNS EXPECTED | Caliber of Chairmen Selected, Expec- ted to Put Loan "Over the Top" Fig | | When the campaign is laun Trier Township | organization to "drive", which, Third Liberty Loan ched on April 6, New will have a splendid take charge of the it is proposed, will result in such a general response by [residents of the north shore, as will exceed any previous effort in Liberty bond campaigns. John S. Jameson, of Hubbard Woods, has been selected as Town- | ship Chairman of the campaign by [the Cook County Liberty Loan cam- | paign committee and Allen LL. With- ers, of Winnetka, has been appointed Township Sales Director. Chairmen appointed to lead the campaigns in the various Villages fare: Clarence McNeil, for Glencoe. | F. Goddard Cheney and Mrs. Al- lan Wolff, for Winnetka.- James H. Prentiss, for Kenilworth. F. A. Wheelock, for Wilmette. John H. Schaefer, for Gross Point. All of the appointees are said to Ibe particularly well acquainted with |the best methods of conducting such [an important campaign and the re- | sult of their efforts is expected to be evidenced in an unprecedented res- the Township. ponse by residents of GARDENS AND WAR TO BE TOPICS AT SUNDAY MEET A patriotic meeting, under the aus- [pices of the War Emergency Union, held in Community House, evening, March 31, at 8:00 is to be Sunday 'clock. ne time). Winnetka people are planning to their Sunday evenings Patriotic meetings, as these proven so enjoyable and valuable. This meeting will be especially in- Winnetka will have the hearing two splendid for have save | teresting as | opportunity of land inspiring speakers. J. H. Frost of the Agricultural Ex- |tension department of the Interna- {tional Harvester company, now di- recting the garden campaign of the | State Council of Defense, will bring a timely message on gardens. | The other speaker is S. J. Duncan- | Clark, the well known war analysist | of the Chicago Evening Post. No one should miss this oppor- tunity of hearing these prominent | speakers on these vital subjects. The | doors will be open at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is welcome. There will {be good music. ESCAPES FROM NORTH SHORE HEALTH RESORT William Semm, 53 years old, es- | C night, Resort -aped at a late hour Thursday from the North Shore Health (in Kenilworth. | The descriptioh given to the police follows: We 155 pounds; height, 5 feet l6 inches. Wore at the time of his j escape a brown suit and a black 'derby, a black overcoat with a velvet collar. He is described as having a | scared look on his face. authorities think he Chicago The was head- 1 ea ior REMEMBER ELECTION DAY COMES AROUND TUESDAY the train to your m ['uesday morn- your work at stop at your for your the Village you take office in Chicago next April 2, or, go to oi in the Village, polling place and | favorite candidates {and Township tickets. That is the earnest request of those lin charge of election activities, who fear, lest the general apathy of vo- iters in regard to local affairs in these [times of national concern, may result in a light balloting for Village and Township candidates. Before vote on Soldier Song Author Kenilworth Woman Stirs War Camps With Song of Home and Country Laura Harney Rathbone, Kenil- worth singer and composer, who has gained an enviable reputation in the realm of Opera, is making a decided hit with her patriotic song, "Way back Home in Dear America", writ- ten and composed by herself, and now being introduced at naval stations and army training camps throughout this country and in Europe. ; "Way back Home in Dear is said to be as popular in ranks of the "Yanks" perary" among the fighting Great Ameri- the "Tip- ca', as was Britain. Popular at Camps ~ . . 1 : Camp singing leaders have become band and orchestra use. Mrs. Rathbone is the wife of Henry Riggs Rathbone, of Sheridan road, Kenilworth, prominent in legal and political circles, with offices in| Chicago. With reference Rathbone to the song Mrs. says: Doing Her "Bit" "It is my object and hope that it will inspire a greater love of our country and a deeper and broader sense of loyalty at home. I want it to be the means of strengthening the old home ties, with the boys who fol- low our colors to a foreign shore. [ want them to give expression, in 1 1 | song, to American s atiment, on tHE sarc neds 01 Larope, Lit may not only be an inspiration to themselves but to our allies. "If it accomplishes this our with confidence that of them stands the love, loyalty unbounded good faith of a nation, I shall feel that I my "bit." fills back and united have and Oy Ss done ILLNESS PROVES FATAL TO : NORTH SHORE VIOLINIST Ruth Specht, accomplished Musician, Dies Following Brief Illness for Ruth Esther. Specht, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Specht, of Greenleaf avenue, Wil- mette, who died suddenly on Monday, March 25, following a brief illness brought on by a nervous breakdown, were conducted from the family re- Funeral services sidence, Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The services were in charge of the Eastern Star, of which she was a member, assisted by the Rev- erend Roy E. Bowers. Miss Specht was an accomplished musician and was in attendance at the American Conservatory of Music, in Chicago, where she was an apt pupil of the violin. She had become well known in north shore and Chicago musical circles and was or- ganist of the Eastern Star in 1917. Her devotion to the study of music was said to have been responsible for the breakdown which resulted in her death. She born in Wilmette was on February 15, 1898, and had lived here all her life. She is survived by the parents, six sisters, Mrs. Etta Fischer, Mrs. Jo- sephine Remington, Marguerite, Isa- bel," Viola and Laura, and' one brother, Henry. NORTH SHORE GAS COMPANY for a rehearing of the rate case. At a hearing before the Commis- sion last December, the gas company was granted and increase of rates. As yet no action has been taken by the Commission, on the applications. Wins High Compliment men of | enthusiastic over the melody and sentiment of the song and it is be- ing widely introduced throughout | the country, having been adapted to] ne | SEEKS REHEARING ON RATES | In answer to numerous inquiries concerning the status of the rate" question in Winnetka, info tion, received from Village offic i states that application has been made to the Public Uutilities commission | by the North Shore Gas compan | o ogyiee promptly at 5 o'clock, SIXTEEN DRAFTED MEN ENTER CAMP THIS WEEK Another Contingent from New Trier Township to Leave Wilmette For Camp Grant, Saturday MOST MEN IN THE SERVICE Quota for District No. 3, Reported Near Point of Exhaustion Sixteen men drafted into the Unit- States army from Local Board | District No. 3, covering New Trier Township, will leave for the Camp Grant national army cantonment from the Wilmette station of the Chi and Northwestern railway lat 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning. [The men will appear at the exemp- feign board headquarters in the Brown | building, Wilmette, at 5 o'clock Fri- day afternoon, when they will be formally inducted into the service of the country. | ed 11Cago Of the present contingent of eight- men called this week, two, both them Wilmette left for Camp Grant last Monday on special call. They are Howard Shurtleff and I'homas I. Hall. | een | of boys, The sixteen men who are to enter | the service on Saturday are all re- | sidents of the North Shore and ad- joining Villages to the west, within New Trier township. They are as | follows : aH T. Point. of Gross Point. of Gross Rudolph De Groot, Hens, | Arthur A. Taylor, of Glencoe. Henry J. Schindler, of Glencoe. | Louis Kadlec, of Morton Grove. {Marles Woerter, "Styskal, of Morton Grove. | 1 A. Wenzel, of Morton | Grove. Jertil H. Johnson, of Winnetka. Frank G. Klauke, of Winnetka. John Nadin, of Rogers Park. John Mostyn, of Chicago. Niles Center. of Nordwood Park Werner, of Kenilworth. Arthur T. Nemitz, of Martin Ehmcke, William "T. John Nadin and John Mostyn, while residents of Chicago, are credited to the local district by reason of having registered in the district, last June. Credit for Transfers Seven men, former residents of New Trier Township, now scattered throughout the country, will be in- ducted: into service simultaneously with the men who leave from the local district Saturday. They will be placed into service by the respective boards to which they have trans- fered but will be credited to the local draft quota. In answer to special call, several drafted men of the north shore have recently been placed in service by the local board, so that the quota allotted to this district has nearly been exhausted. Enter on Special Call Men who have responded to the special call are: Aram K. Mestjian, of Winnetka, who entered Camp Grant on March first. James W. Roome, of Glencoe, who left for Camp Grant on March 9. Swan G. Blaed, of Kenilworth, and Arthur J. Braun, of Wilmette, who went to Kelly Field, San Antonio, | Texas, on March 12, to serve as special mechanics in the aeronautic service. Harold J. Bohnen, of Winnetka, who was sent to the Columbus Bar- racks, Columbus, Ohio, March 12. W. J. Fitzgerald, of Wilmette, who, mn March 16, joined the Hospital Init No. 14, now stationed in Chica- go, but soon to be ordered to Camp Custer, Michigan. Lionel C. France who, on March joined a hospital Unit at Camp ogan, Texas. men to leave for turday wil! be on ~~ 25, I The ; Camp Grant on Sa inducted into Friday exemption board of- George J. Pope and Fred A. | Smith, under whose supervision they f will remain until entrainment time |=- Saturday morning. (Continued afternoon by | ficials, on page two.) Several Towns Represented = More Men to Training Camp ! iia of Morton Grove.