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ETKA WEEK Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk LY TALK WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, APRIL, 26, 1918 SIX PAGES ~~ PRICE FIVE CENTS MRS. IRA COUCH WOOD Class A Nearly Depleted by Sudden | 3 iliert o @ 'OVER-SUBSCRIBE LOAN INCHILD AID ADDRESS Call to Put Men in Training Camps |" iris Cause | = 5pupy poner some f Hlinois Chairman of Child Welfare | 3 A ; ; Work to: Address. Women" at Eighty nine men selected for mili Leaders of Liberty Loan Campaign Woman's Club Next Thursday | No. 3 will be inducted into the nati Here Raise Quota from $200,000 to Twenty-nine of these men 1 $330,000 BOOST "CHILDREN'S YEAR" to Camp Grant Monday m CL -- : | $246,700 NOW SUBSCRIBED | PSL i VOL. VII, NO. 6. { service in draft district early next week, g call No. 144, will go | ~ty men will leave for the |§ 'i. Thursday evening. : : : 5.0 The first group of m answer rollecall, Saturday afternoon | Will Bulist, Ald of Local Women "lat 3 o'clock, will obtain hc leave over Sunday and repor he at | : ' ' N ay ¢ port at the Chicago and Northwestern station in Wilmette at 7 o'clock Monday | morning. They will leave for the camp at 7:33 o'clock. The second year of the war has | : Surprise Summons i os Jovernment The second call of sixty men came as a surprise to draft officials | Couch Wood has been appointed the | When an order was received from the war department late last | Ilinois chairman of this great war | YY tdnesday. A previous order had stated the contingent would be | work. . She will speak at a Patriotic | called on May 10. The reason for the advance call was not im- | Jefferson Barracks, St. I, k! Great Patriotic Campaign | Workers Employ Fine Tooth Comb Methods to Get Sales With the Liberty Loan quota for | { Winnetka raised from $200,000 to [$330,000 by common consent of the [local workers, the Village "Thermo- | Mrs. Ira Couch Wood Women's rally called by the War Emergency union at the Winnetka Woman's club, Thursday afternoon, May 2, at 3 o'clock. The "Children's Year", is to be marked by special efforts throughout the country to save-the lives of 100,- 000 of the 300,000 children who die annually in the United States, and to promote in every way possible better conditions for the development of child life. The national program for the "Children's Year" has been prepared by: The General Medical board of the Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C., the Children's Bureau of the United States Depart- ment of Labor, Washington, D. C., the Child Welfare Department of the Women's Committee, Council of Na- tional Defense. Endorsed by President The program has been endorsed by the President of the United States, | the Department of Civilian Relief, ! American Red Cross, the Illinois De- | partment of Health, the Illinois De- | partment of Public Welfare, and by | Child Welfare experts throughout | the country, and the Governor of | IMlinois. The National and State propram in | general terms covers: i 1. The complete registration of parted to the officials. Red Cross and War organiza- tions of the north shore have rushed plans to provide all the selected men in the calls, with comfort kits and sweaters. Two men of the group of twenty- nine to leave on Monday will be in- ducted, into the service at army camps near their present places of residence. They are Howard E. Ro- binson, formerly of Wilmette and now residing in the south west and Salvatori Cichelli who lives in Ches- | ter. Pennsylvania. The men left the | district after the time of registra- tion. Leave Monday Morning The men who will go to Camp Grant on Monday, including alter- nates are: William D. Dawson, Wilmette. Fred W. Redimski, Norwood Park. Persia Domiano, Winnetka. Edward Svendson, Chicago. Peter Scholten, Gross Point. Vincenzo Mazzetta, Winnetka. August Conrad, Gross Point. Joseph M. Shableski, Norwood Park. Math P. Borre, Gross Point. Henry J. Borre, Gross Point. Harold Lumpp, Niles Cener. John P. Thiry, Morton Grove. Arthur J, Kassner, Winnetka. "Albert WM. Zeller, Norwood Park. Frank Petersen, Glencoe. mil O. Carlson, Chicago. Anton J. Karsten, Winnetka. George W. Schaefgen, Gross Point. Frank T. Friedl, Jr.,, Wilmette. Peter Dahm, Morton Grove. George J. Kruse, Morton Grove. George R. Kelley, Winnetka. Henry C. Wagner, Dunning. Salvatori Cichelli, Chester, Pa. William L. Wente, Winnetka. Ralph V. Orr, Wilmette. Edward Woesen, Niles Center. George W. Wies, Niles Center. Gio Dipalermo, Winnetka. Raymond T. Erbe, Winnetka. Howard E. Robinson, Wilmette. Alternate Vincenze Evangelista, Winnetka. The group of men who will report for roll call at the Wilmette Village Hall on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and entrain for the Jefferson Barracks at the Northwestern sta-| tion in Wilmette on Thursday evening at 7:40 o'clock, including the al- ternates, are: Frank Balmes, Wilmette. Ross Friedline, Dunning. Antonio Gresetto, Kenosha. Victor W. Hill, Wilmette. Waldo R. Brown, Niles Center. Julius Deisterlieft, Morton Grove. Frank Brukowski, Chicago. Tonato De Marco, Kenosha. Jacob Kesterholz, Glen View. Frank Osborne, Wilmette. Charles E. Wood, Winnetka. Albert J. Wetel, Dunning. Thomas Kadlee, Norwood Park. Harry Lautsch, Morton Grove. William Ouls, Chicago. Vietor H. Levernier, Glencoe. Hubert Reinwalt, Gross Point. Henry G. Glaumer, Morton Grove. James Moller, Wilmette. BE. J. Poehlman, Morton Grove. Edward Heinzen, Gross Point. James B. King, Dunning. Louis Marini, Winnetka. W. J. Kloepfer, Winnetka. Louis FF, Urbanski, Niles. George W. Smith, Tunnel Hill, 111. Charles Schroeder, Morton Grove. Morris P. Palanza, Golf, Illinois. Christ L. Swensen, Glencoe. Alternates Frank Zeutschel, Gross Point. August J. Sturm, Morton Grove. F. C. Black, Gross Point. Carl A. Moyer, Jamaica, Iowa. In several instances where the men registered in this district and now reside in parts of the country at great distance from the local draft headquarters, induction will be from their places of residence, Two colored men in the district, Jefirey H. Offutt. of Glencoe Claude Hill of Chicago, will be sent to Camp Grant with a Chicago con- tingent of colored men about May 10, according to the draft officials. Next week's calls are expected to leave less than 40 Class A. No. 1 men in the local district and it is thought likely the entire class will have been Yori = : Y fia £ Picn y ad wars Fa depleted within a few weeks, judging | fields of Picardy. He was 24 years contingents | ©1d and one of the first aviators of called during the past | the American forces to fly over the S « by the rate at which have been several weeks. GARDEN PAMPHLETS AID PLANTERS IN WINNETKA The War Emergency Union has on hand a supply of excellent pamphlets on the planting and care of gardens, giving practical suggestions concerning them and helpful infor- mation about the home storage of vegetables. These are just published by the National War Garden commission. They are full of helpful suggestions, and should be in the hands of every amateur gardener. They may be had for the asking at the office of the War Emergency Union, Room 8, Community House, or will be mailed upon request. British War Hero at | | | | tenant Ely related a sensational ex- | [at an altitude of several thousand | wrote, "and my machine was a total { wreck, but by one of those unex- | { | | | | were at half mast this week in honor | who sacrificed his life in the cause and | @ Paris hospital as the result of in- {citation for conspicuous bravery and § | meter" at the Northwestern station [shows a sale of $246,700 worth of | bonds. Eight hundred and fifty sub- { scribers have contributed to the loan. Winnetka is responding splendidly to the Third Liberty loan and the | workers are employing fine tooth comb methods in the determination not to overlook a single possible sub- scriber in the Village. Buy at Home An especial appeal is being made to those residents who work outside {of the Village to purchase their [bonds at home instead of elsewhere. | The boys in the trenches and train- |ing camps are awaiting with ea-ver- Iness the report that Winnetka has |gone far "over the top" in this third big drive. They deserve every sacrifice that can be made at home and the bigger the loan the better they will be enabled to fight for the protection of our homes. War Garden Plots : Offered by Union of liberty. Second Lieutenant Dins- | more Ely, a former student at the high school, who resided at 592 Cherry street, died Sunday night in Dinsmore ly New Trier high school | Commons in Winnetka Flags at and on the of another of Uncle Sam's fighters Vacant Property is Available and Re- : | sidents are Asked to Apply juries received in action over the German lines. TRI) He lost his life only after experienc- ing an aeronautic career replete with hairbreadth escapes and after recent The War Emergency Union has had | offered to it for war garden purposes twenty-nine pieces of land from which thirty garden plots have been taken by individuals, one plot as a community garden and a large tract for the Horace Mann school gardens. There are still ten pieces, including some large and very desirable tracts, E98 which have not been w=iven out, in addition to plots in th =slorace Mann school gardens. The, lion is most anxious to have every iece of land * taken which has been offered. You are urged to look over the list be- low and if you wish to cultivate any of it in your vicinity for garden pur- poses call the office of the War Emergency Union, Phone 470 and have it allotted to you. This is one skill in vanquishing a German plane in his first flight above the embattled enemy lines and engage in with German planes. battle Had Narrow Escape In a letter received last week Lieu- perience which occured when the engine of his machine "went dead" feet, while his plane plunged into a | of the greatest patriotic services dense forest. those at home can render to help "I knocked over several trees," he allay the food shortage for next winter. Below is a list of land not yet taken. plainable miracles that happen so frequently over here I got out with- out a scratch." The father of the aviator, Dr. JO. Ely, is recuperating from overexer- 1. Large tract on south side of Hill road , between Ridge and Forest avenues. | 2. Three acres situated about 100 ; : : | feet west of Ott's residence. |B tion, at his summer home in Donald- | 3: One 4eve vos i Hous was a , a acre west of hedge, west of son, Wis., together with Mrs. Ely. | Indian Hill station, parents were informed of the | 4. Large tract directly west of In- tragedy by a friend of the family, L. Hill station, 100x200 of which L. Buchana bik ' uchanan. ! PH b | has heen plowed. a ahd Was Ambulance Man 2. Prenatal instruction for every | Giuseppi Assalonne, Kenosha. After leaving the Massachusetts ! 5. Forty-seven foot lot on south- Ee | east corner of Oak and Birch street. oy | Big Patriotic Meet mother and adequate care by doctor 6. Six acres in Skokie near Kup- and nurse at confinement, and after- eC ll, Glencoe. | . Join. H, Campbell, G penheimer estate, i Institute of Technology in Boston Willinm C. Connor, Wilmette. {last July in the midst of his junior | births. | | | ward. 3. Weighing and measuring of alll children under six years of age. | 4. A campaign of publicity and] education in child hygiene. | 5. Children's conferences where well babies can be taken periodically | to be weighed and examined, and clinics where sick children may be given medical attention. 6. Public Health nurses throughout the state. | 7. The guarding of the milk supply, | that every child may have his quota | of clean, pure milk. Wilson's Letter President Wilson's letter endorsing the "Children's Year" program reads as follows: : March 29, 1918. Honorable William B. Wilson, Secretary U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Secretary: Henry Schuett, Niles. Eward A. Heinz, Niles Center. Arthur 'T. Brown, Evanston. Arnold J. Linderman, Chicago. Alfred G. McKitten, Montrose, Dakota. Carl E. Franz, Niles Center. Edwin T. Rumfeldt, Winnetka. South year Ely enlisted in the "Tech" am- Sergeant George E. Nightingale, honorably discharged British soldier who experienced three years of fighting on the western who was wounded three times, will | speak at a Patriotic meeting in Com- | Lewis E. Perkins, Denver. munity House under the auspices of | Albert Olson, Niles, the War Emergency Union, Sunday | Henry J. Glifford, Winnetka. evening, at 8 o'clock. Willinm H. Slack, Norwood Park. Ernest McClanahan, Wilmette. Joseph P. Wagner, Gross Point. Phillip V. Schneider, Gross Point. Vietor S. Johnson, Chicago. Jess George Boston, Chicago. Ed. Baumhardt, Morton Grove. Edward G. Oldham, Chicago. Michael Ragusi, Kenosha. Ernest H. Jones, Chicago. Newton C. Finger, Dunning. Joe Stokes, Dunning. August Herbon, Wilmette. Frank J. Blaumenser, Niles. Tony Stumbros, Edgebrook, William Hohs, Glen View. Joseph Kratley, Niles. Inn. Next to the duty of doing every- on page four.) Mathais M. Fink, Mortoh Grove. Mrs. James W. Morrison will also | be one of the speakers. There will be community singing and other en- | tertainment of interest and all re- sidents of the Village are requested to be present. Meet at Kindergarten Hereafter the North End Winnet- ka Committee of the Naval Auxiliary of the American Red Cross will meet in the Kindergarten room of the Skokie school Mondays from 1 to § o'clock. : front and ing in a French escadriile. I bravery in driving back five German bulance unit, and was subsequently transferred to the aviation service where he received preliminary train- He later! flier in the American expeditionary forces. I A was classified as an aviator Late in February he was mention- | ed in dispatches from France for fighting planes hovering over Ameri- can lines during a gas attack by the |i? Horace Mann school garden west | of Robert, 14 Spruce and Elm streets. | enemy. His younger brother, years old, is attending the Lake For- | { est Academy. Lieutenant Ely was a student at! New Trier high "school for years, from 1909 to 1912 and active in athletic and social affairs. | Ceremonies of recognition of the! death of the young aviator will be observed at the Winnetka Congrega- tional church at the Sunday services and at the Patriotic Community House, Sunday evening. which has not been plowed. tween Fig and Vine street, east side \ of street. : 7. 143x187 on northeast corner Mt. Pleasant and Linden streets. 8. About 85x125 on Burr avenue near Laurel avenue which has been i i plowed. | 9. Additional land at same location | 10. 100 feet on Rosewood avenue be- 11. 17 plo#s of six square rods each fi Glendale avenue and between The records of the War Emergency union show that sixteen pieces of land were offered last year. This a three | year twenty-nine pieces have heen was | offered. Home from Florida Mr. and Mrs. William N. Hoyt and & Miss Josephine Landon have return- meeting ined to their home at 550 Sheridan road, after a winter in Florida.