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Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk INNETKA WEEKLY TALK . VI, NO. 37 WINNETKA ' ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS er AL MEN RECEIVE ARMY COMMISSIONS mp Closed Tuesday with the Graduation of Candidates. SS SSSLSSSSISSS SSSI N 'ORT SHERIDAN LEADS rth Shore Encampment Is Most B Successful of U. S. Schools. The Second Reserve Officers' Train- g Camp at Fort Sheridan ended its icial existence, and commissions pndidates on Tuesday. The com- sions, greater numerically than in vy of the eight other training camps, clude all ranks.from second lieu- ®%nant to major in the infantry, field tillery and signal corps service. Il the men commissioned, six ma- s, 132 captains, 1,224 first lieuten- ts and 1,545 second lieutenants, ill be assigned to army units at ce. None will be sent home to it the call to active service, but will join their regiments Decem- 15. Earn Commissions. Twelve candidates for commissions om the towns of this district were en shoulder straps. Seven of the ten received commissions of second etutenant and five of the candidates ~ teeived the commission of first lieu- Signal Officers' Reserve rps. ; J. D. Matz, Winnetka, first lieuten- t, Field Artillery. utenani, Signal Officers' Reserve rps. 'A. H. Kuhn, Winnetka, second lieu- nt, Field Artillery. .B. Modica, Hubbard Woods, sec- d lieutenant, Field Artillery. gutenant, Field Artillery. .. .. .... 'L. J. Cahn, Glencoe, second lieu- ant, Infantry. : S. Edwards, Glencoe, second lieu Signa! Officers' : Reserve Imette, first lieutenant, Signal Of- ers' Reserve Corps. R. M. McCullough, 923 Elmwood enue, Wilmette, first lieutenant, gnal Officers' Reserve Corps. Arthur W. Burnham, Glenview, st lieutenant, Signal Officers' Re- rve Corps. Lead Other Camps. Fort Sheridan training camp for AN _kserve officers and candidates for Ny ommission in the : f the United NY ssion in the army of the Unite A ates, during the second encamp- N t, has proved the most successful N 'the nine officers' training camps of N e nation. Under the leadership of AN lonel James A. Ryan it has turned t the largest number of commis- ned officers, with the largest per- tage of those enrolled passing the s for supremacy successfully, and h the largest record of work ac- omplished to its credit. he three months of camp has ven the men the equivalent in | ctual military experience and train- \ both in drill and study, of two Ny fears in the regular army and of NN ven years in the militia. A force of more than one hundred officers : instructors, headed by Lieuten- int Colonel Stacey, has put them hrough every possible phase of NN ©ldier work, from company drill to NN © map making and trench warface. : Third Camp. There is still hope for a third re- erve officers' training camp at Fort ridan. he War Department has given no dication to Colonel Ryan or to any- e else that it will change its orig- al ruling to abandon the nine offi- training camps and establish officers camps at the national tonments, but the force of nearly 0 commissioned officers under Lieut. ol. Stacey have not received any der from Washington of assign- tent elsewhere, and Colonel Ryan, amp commander, is still without ord as to what disposition will be of him. Gis vt ah e awarded to 2907 of the 3,409! . D. Budd, Jr. Glencoe, second . B. Boddie, 835 Fifteenth street, | | | | | ARMY OFFICIALS ISSUE WARNING ON EXEMPTION Brigadier General L. W. V. Kennon is in command of the Eighty-sixth Division at Camp Grant, succeeding nd Reserve Officers' Training | \fyior General Thomas Barry, who was ordered to report to Washington this week. Major General Barry has been in command of the Eighty-sixth Di- vision since the cantonment was started until Monday, and the news of his transfer came as a complete surprise. He was formerly com- mander of the Central Department, with headquarters in Chicago. The following memorandum circu- lar has been sent out by the head- quarters of the Eighty-sixth division of the National Army to protect the men in Camp Grant and their friends and families against the methods a number of lawyers and agents are using in creating business. The order was issued by command of Major General Barry and under the direc- tion of Adj. General Heistand. The circular reads as follows: "l. Numbers of letters have been received at Division Headquarters from lawyers, agents and other offi- cials, in behalf of selected men with- in the camp, for the purpose of se- curing discharge, transfer, or other favor on account of health, nation- ality or other reason through which these men feel themselves entitled to the favor which they seek. "2. This .entails a useless and un- necessary expense on the part of these men and their families. "3. A direct application by the man to his organization commander, with a clean statement of circumstances, will always be received with as much consideration as any application from an attorney, and will save the man from needless expense to which he or his family would be subjected other- wise. "4. Such cases are always judged on their absolute merits after care- ful and searching investigation, and the methods of presentation has no bearing whatever on the final de- cision. "5. There is no such thing as an authorized outside agency in handling military cases, and all members of this command, their families and friends, are warned against the ad- vance or proposal of any person, firm or agency advertising or posing in such capacity." TRUSTEES GIVE LOCAL COMPANY ROAD PERMIT The members of the --illage board 2ranted the Skokie Mushroom Cel- lars company a permit to construct a suitable road at the end of North avenue in Winnetka at a recent meet- inf. The road is to be constructed under the supervision of H. L.. Wool- hiser, village manager. Materials are to be furnished by the company and they have been granted permission to use such equip- ment belonging to the village as is necessary for their work. The trus- tees also voted to have sheds and fences built for the proper housing of equipment owned by the village. The total cost for the construction of these buildings and fences is esti- mated at $1,200. NORTH SHORE BOY HURT IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT William O'Connell, 13 years old, son of Mr. Martin J. O'Connell, 907 Central avenue ,is' probably fatally 'njured as the result of a fall from a car of a train on the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Electric railway last Sunday afternoon. The accident happened between the Cherry and Oak and the Elm Street stations in Winnetka. The boy was taken to the Evans- ton hospital following the accident. Doctors attending young O'Connell say that it might be possible that the boy may be suffering from a frac- tured skull. | Service Flag. The members of the Winnetka Volunteer Training corps celebrated Thanksgiving morning at Elm and Linden streets at the public raising of a service flag for the village of Winnetka. The flag was presented '0 the village by the War Emergency Union, with 155 stars on the white field. fC 0 4 Ly LOYAL | New Trier Board of Education Issues State- ment Concerning Story About Teacher The Board of Education of New Trier Township High school, because of an incident which has lately been given a great deal of publicity and misrepresentation, makes the follow- ing statement: "Miss Caroline M. Shoch has been for the last two and one-half years |an efficient and conscientious teach- er in the school, loyal to its stan- The board is glad to take this occasion to affirm. upon careful investigation, its belief in her loyalty to the government of the United States. We find that the facts in connection with this incident are as follows: dards and ideals. "On Wednesday morning, Decem- ber 21, at the time of the convening of the students of the high school in general assembly, Mrs. Peat, wife of Private Peat, gave a very stirring patriotic address of unusual power. | During the exercises the school sang 'Star the Spangled Boy Scout the gave and and 'America' Banner' pledge of loyalty to the flag. On these three occasions, by standing and participating, Miss Schoch gave the same evidence of loyalty as did the other members of the school and faculty. . When the students are dis- missed from the building after gen- eral assembly, students in the main body of the house are dismissed first, and those in the gallery and under the gallery have been instructed to remain seated until their companions have moved out of the building. This ruling has been made to avoid con- gestion at the door and sidewalks. "It develops that the principal dis- missed the main body of students after. Mrs. Peat's address, and they immediately started to leave the building. It has been the custom to have a march played as the students leave the building to facilitate their exit, and this march has been one of the school songs. On Wednesday after the students had been dismis- sed the 'Star Spangled Banner' was played again as the students marched out, whereupon most of the students under the gallery arose. Miss Schock, thinking they were getting up in the seats around her contrary to the rules of the school and not recogniz- ing that the 'Star Spangled Banner' was being played again, remained seated as did some of the other teach- ers. Very shortly she did recognize what was being played and arose in her place and remained standing un- til the pupils under the gallery were dismissed. "Signed by order of the Board of Education, "New Trier Township High School, "Ruth W. Porter, President." FILM STARS BILLED FOR COMMUNITY HOUSE SHOWS By the Committee. As so many requests have come to us asking that we might have some of the well-known actors and act- resses more often here at Com- munity house, arrangements have been made to run a series of the plays released by some of the very greatest stars on the screen. Here- after only such stars as Mary Pick- ford, Marguerite Clark, Douglas Fair- banks and William S. Hart will be shown. This, of course, necessitates an in- crease in the cost of the films and if the people of Winnetka wish us to be able to continue this type of picture and to keep up the standard which we have set for ourselves it will be necessary that we have a regular attending, large audience. As an educational center we do not come under the war tax, neverthe- less many have expressed themselves as willing to show their patriotism and loyalty by paying this small tax. It has been decided to change the price of admission to fifteen cents, two cents to cover the war tax and three cents to help defray the in- creased cost of the film. Returns from Cornell. Mr. Sidney Strotz returned from (Cornell university for Thanksgiving and 'the week-end. | WINNETKA PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO BUY SEALS A recruiting campaign for 30,000,- 1000 pennies for war service began | throughout Illinois Monday, Novem- ber 26. The money is to be used to conserve the man power cf the state. The minimum quota of pennies has | been set for each county at five times |its population. The "target" or max- | imum quota for each county is fifteen 'pennies for each man, woman and | child. For each penny raised in each county a receipt will be given in the [form of the 1°17 edition of the Red | Cross Christmas Seal. Contributors | of pennies to this war fund, thus be- | coming the purchasers of Red Cross Seals, are invited to use the seals to iadd a bit of holiday good cheer to Itheir December letters, postcards | and packages. | All of the funds raised during the campaign are to be used in .fighting tuberculosis in America. Since the war began in Europe, tuberculosis has increased so rapidly that it has now become the chief medical prob- lem of the war aside from the treat- ment of soldiers wounded in battle. More than 200,000 French soldiers have been stricken with the disease; hospitals in England have been un- able to care for thousands of British soldiers sent back from the front with tuberculosis, and similar condi- tions prevail in other countries. The necessity for increased work against tuberculosis in America was emphasized last week when thirty American soldiers from General Pershing's army reached New York on sick leave. Most of'them had tuberculosis. News congerning this was sent back from the front by Miss Mary Kennedy, an Illinois nurse en- route to France. The Illinois State Department of Health has reported that returns from the exemption boards show that more than five per cent of the Illinois men examined for service in the national army were rejected be- cause---of-+tuberculosis: -- The War Council, which is directing the Red Cross campaign in Illinois, has an- nounced that plans for a far-reaching program of anti-tuberculosis work will be made in every Illinois county with funds derived from the sale of seals. WINNETKA PEOPLE WILL SEND MONEY TO FRANCE Miss M. L. Yates will sail for France to assist Dr. Alice Barlow- drown in directing the relief work among the French women and chil- dregz im the northern districts of France. Miss Yates is being sent to France under the auspices of the American Fund for French Wounded, of which Mrs. Russel Tyson is chair- man of the Chicago branch. A fund is being raised in Winnetka to support the dispensaries which are being established by Dr. Brown in France. Subscriptions to this fund are being received by Mrs. John R. Montgomery of Green Bay road, Hubbard Woods. WOOLHISER ATTENDED DETROIT CONVENTION H. I. Woolhiser, village manager, attended the national convention of the City Managers' association, which was held at Detroit, Mich., last week. The National Municipal league held its convention in the Michigan city at the same time. * Reports read at the convention in- dicate that a number of the larger cities are to adopt the commission plan of managing their business, ac- cording to Mr. Woolhiser. . Among the larger cities considering this plan of conducting their business are Cleveland, O., Troy, N. Y., and Santa Barbara, Cal. At the present time there are one hundred cities operat- ing under the plan. Dancing Party. A dancing party for the jackies will be held at the Community house to- morrow. The committee in charge of the dancing program is making ar- rangements to entertain 150 jackies from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Payne Enlists. Frank Payne, son of Dr. Jesse D. Payne of Prospect avenue, has joined the aviation service and will leave for Cornell about December 15. | Keith. HOLIDAY PAGEANT IS STAGED IN WINNETKA Seven Hundred Children Participate in Thanksgiving Pageant at the Community House. PLAN SECOND PROGRAM Food Lectures By the Teachers of Grade Schools Are Announced. By Otis A. Skinner. Many Winnetka parents are very grateful to Mr. E. N. Rhodes and our Winnetka school teachers, who have the struggling question of "Food Conservation" into "Food Inspiration." Quietly but surely throughout the grades, the world-old, world-wide subject of "Food" is being taught with a wis- dom and a vision which is not only inspiring the children to "do their bit" "in the present crisis, bute it is preparing them to take a more in- telligent place in a business world of economics or in the management of a household, and it is laying the foundation for that spirit of inter- nationalism which we are so anxious to develop in the rising generation. A striking illustration of this food work was the beautiful pageant en- titled "Food Conservation," which the teachers created as the patriotic Thanksgiving celebration of our 700 school children. The story of the pageant was written by Miss Edna With the genius of true art the theme was developed as simply as if it had been written by the chil- dren themselves. transformed The scene opens with "Starvation" lying prostrate in the very sight of the ""lavish table' 'and "full garbage pail." "Fhe children then volunteer to help "Starvation" by sharing their sugar and butter. In the next scene two children are crowding all their syzar candies into the "conservation barrel" to be sent abroad. And in the next scene two children visit the home of "White Flour" and ask her and all of her children to go help "Starvation." All the "Bread Slices' and "Cakes" dance away, and the children are left with "Dark Bread" and "Corn Cakes." Another scene shows the arrival of the great ship in which Uncle Sam and "Conserva- tion" bring everything across the seas. "England" and "France" rush forward to greet them and "Victory" replaces "Starvation." It is impossible to describe the touching appeal of this pageant, and those who saw it have requested that it may be repeated in a public performance, so that everyone may see this beautiful production of patri- ' -otic work. The teachers have also consented to explain their work more in detail in two programs to be given in the afternoons at the Horace Mann school in the Domestic Science room at 4 o'clock on December 4. The sub- ject will be "Our Great Food Prod- ucts, Their History, Source and Use." The names of the teachers who will speak are to be announced next week. Arrangements are being made to have the talks illustrated with drawings, and the children will as- sist by writing compositions to be read at the meetings and arranging food displays for the exhibitions. On December 17, the subject will be "Important Food Values." Miss Mary Paine and Miss Feldkirchner will speak. During the afternoon they will use food exhibits, prepared by the children of the upper grades, to assist in their demonstrations. The principals in the cast of thé pageant, which was presented Wed- nesday afternoon, were Margaret De Lay, Emily Hadley, Marvin Danner, Philip Eisendrath, Stewart Sherman. Louis Beale, Ruth Stein, Katherine Hamilton, Richard Joy, William Carey, Hardin Van Dursen and: Dor- othy Wood. Girton Exercises. The annual Thanksgiving exercises of Girton school were held Wednes- day morning in the gymnasium of the school. The boys of Elliott school assisted in the program this year with exhibitions of drills by the local Boy Scout troop. TS RE WN AULD EET 505 NT Fics mea,