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A WINNETKA W Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the vy Talk TALK VOL. V1, NO. 45 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMANS REQUIRED T0 REGISTER HERE A. M. Kloepfer, Postmaster, to Have | | were as deserted as at a Christmas Charge of Registration of Aliens in Winnetka. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN Ww. B. Carlile, Chief Registrar, Sends Instructions for Work. The week of February 4 has been set aside by the Department of Justice for registration of the half million unnaturalized Germans in the con- tinental United States by police and postmasters in pursuance of Presi- dent Wilson's alien enemy proclama- tion. Registration will involve the gath- ering of detailed information con- cerning the business, relatives and habits of every German, together with his photograph and finger prints. After registering he must carry a certificate card and may not change his place of residence *with- out approval of the police or post- master. Violation of the regulations will be punishable by internment for the war. The orders do not apply to German women, nor to.any persons under 14 years of age. ? The registration in Winnetka will be in charge of A. M. Kloepfer, Win- netka's postmaster. Ina letter to Mr. Kloepfer, the chief registrar gives in- formation concerning the registra- tion. His letter reads as follows: "In accordance with the President's proclamation dated November 16, 1917. all male German alien enemies of fourteen years of age and upward, residing in this post office district are required to register under the direc- tion of the postmaster, who has been apnninted assistant registrar. "This registration commences at 6 a. m. on February 4th, 1918, and con- tinues each day successively there- after. between the hours of 6: aim. and 8 p. m., up to and including the 9th day of February, 1918, at 8 p. m. Persons Required to Register. "All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German empire, or imperial German government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually nat- uralized as American citizens are re- quired to register as alien enemies. The fact of having first or declarent papers, or a permit for restricted zones issued by the United States marshal, does not exempt the pos- sessor thereof from registering as a German alien enemy. "German alien enemies are hereby directed to report to the post office located in the district in which they reside. ; "Fach German alien enemy 1s re- quired to bring with him to the place of registration four photographs not larger than 3x3 inches, on thin paper with light background. At the place of registration he will be given full instructions as to procedure in filing application for registration. ; "An alien enemy required to register and who fails to complete his regis- tration within the time fixed therefor, in addition to all other penalties pre- scribed by law, is liable to restraint, imprisonment and detention for the duration of the war. "W. B. CARLILE, "Chief Registrar. "For Nonurban Areas in the Northern District of Illinois." Making Scrap Books. The children of the Congregational Church kindergarten department, are working on scrap books to be sent to Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown for her children in the Winnetka dispensary in France. They have also written and asked that Dr. Brown portion them to two children, a boy and a girl, that they may sponsor. Receives Commission. George W. Blossom, Jr., has been appointed "a first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department and is now located temporarily in Washington: |" H Later he will be stationed at Edge- wood, Maryland, a suburb of Mary- land. LOCAL MERCHANTS CLOSED The wheels of business were at a standstill and the business districts dinner hour. The only stores opened were the groceries, markets, stores and restaurants. cines and all appeals to clerks tc dispense cigars and ice cream met with refusal. The proprietors had given them instructions to carry out the edict of the fuel administrator to the letter. A trip through the business district of the village indicated no merchant was willing to risk his reputation by acting unpatriotically. All were con- serving--conserving fuel and energy Sunday schedules were observed on the elevated, steam and north shore electric lines. A large crowd of com- muters gathered on the platform of the Winnetka station filled the cars of the morning trains of the Chicago & North Western Company, and dis- patchers ordered trains to be run express from Evanston to Chicagc because of the conditions. The Winnetka banks were open as usual, but it appeared that the ma- jority of Winnetka people transacted their business Saturday, for they were very quiet places, while on Mon- day they usually are pressed to the limit. : NEW TRIER TOSSERS LOSE ROUGH GAME TO OAK PARK New Trier heavies lost their first game of basketball Tuesday evening to the Oak Park quintet, 27 to 14. The result of the game leaves Oak Park and Evanston with clean slates |in the league race for the indoor { honors. | The game with the western subur- banites was a real rough-house af- fair with the winners taking an early 'lead and holding this margin until | the final whistle. Oak Park's guards | devoted their time to Moore and the Pattison brothers, holding them scoreless. Both of the Pattison boys were on the mat before the contest ended, Don Pattison retiring on his fourth foul, and his brother being forced out after he was injured. New Trier's five is waiting for their return game with Oak Park at the local gym, and this game with their old rivals will be the deciding one of the league race. The following boys played Tuesday: D. Pattison, E. Pattison, Moore, Searle, McKenzie, Roth and Stone. PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO DODGE INCOME TAX LAWS "What is the penalty if I fail to make my income tax return before March 1?" is a question frequently asked. It can, according to the law, result in a fine of not less than $20 or more than $1,000, and, in addition, fifty per cent of the amount of tax due, explained E. J. Horan, who is answering queries on the tax returns at the Winnetka State Bank. Besides this, if one pays now, he can get a deduction of three per cent per annum for the time between date paid and June 15, when the tax is due. The law prescribes a penalty, also, for failure to pay the tax when due, namely five per cent of the amount unpaid, plus one per cent interest for each full month during which it remains unpaid. MAJOR COLLINS DIRECTS WORK OF RESERVE CORPS Captain Lathrop Collins of Hub- bard Woods has been appointed by the governor acting commander of the Illinois Volunteer Training Corps for Cook County, with the rank of major. Major Collins still holds his com- mission as captain in the First In- fantry, Illinois Reserves and has been assigned to active duty at the State Council of Defense military head- quarters, 120 West Adams street, Chicago, since last August. Circle to Meet. The Lincoln Avenue Circle will meet with Mrs. L. Harrison Mettler on Monday for an all-day session. STORES ON WORKLESS DAY | Winnetka observed its first work- | less day amid the quiet of a Sabbath. drug Drug stores sold nothing but medi- Village Manager is | - Fuel Administrator 'Raymond E. Durham Appoints H. L. Woolhiser Deputy Fuel Ad- ministrator For Winnetka. | | H. L. Woolhiser. H I. WOOLHISER, village man- 1 ager, has been appointed fuel | administrator for Winnetka and Kenilworth by Mr. Raymond E. Dur- ham, chairman of the Cook County Committee of the United States Fuel PLANS ARE BEING MADE According to a recent communica- tion to The Winnetka Weekly Talk a number of prominent business men and theater managers are planning to erect a motion picture theater, store and office building on Lincoln avenue. There have been no requests for the granting of such a building permit at the village hall. The com- munication reads as follows: "Arrangements for the erection of a spacious motion picture theater, store and office building on Lincoln avenue in Winnetka are now being completed by the Community The- aters' Corporation, an organization of prominent business men and suc- cessful motion picture theater man- agers. "Plans, we are definitely informed. have been carefully prepared by Carl Westerlind, architect of many of Chi- cago's important office buildings and theaters, among the latter may be mentioned the Ideal, the Harper, the Hippodrome, the Grand and the re- constructed Bush Temple theater. Mr. Westerlind has measured care- fully and conserved every inch of space on a frontage of 135 feet, SO that each foot will represent income- yielding element. " "In addition t oa spacious audi- torium, seating 1,200 people, the build- ing, it is said, will include six stores, a wide elaborately decorated lobby leading into the auditorium, also an entrance leading to the two upper Administration for Illinois. Mr. Woolhiser this morning: "Jan. 24, 1918. "Dear Mr. Woolhiser: "I have appointed Mr. J. C. Brower deputy fuel administrator for Wil- mette and Evanston to succeed Mr. CT Bartlett. Me AME. AL Mussa Nx GU ER J {for Glencoe, and you for Kenilworth and Winnetka. "I wish you would see that an- nouncement is made in the Winnetka paper that Mr. Bartlett has volun- tarily resigned and that his resigna- tion was accepted today. "Very truly yours, "RAYMOND E. DURHAM, | "Chairman." | Last week a number of the Win-| county fuel administrator that schools be closed unless the mayor certify that their reserve would not be needed for domestic consumption during the following thirty days. Tt is believed that sessions will be resumed on Mon- day if the situation does not become more serious in the meantime. "Conditions in Winnetka are not alarming," Mr. Woolhiser said yes- terday, "and are much better than in Chicago and Evanston. Dealers are receiving some shipments and are endeavoring to conform to the fuel order in distributing their supplies 'where the need actually exists. "While there has been no real suf- fering as yet in the community, the situation may easily become critical if cold we~ther continues and new demands are made upon our dealers | by homes whose normal winter sup- ply has been consumed. "Consequently everyone should co- operate by saving in every possible way. It is suggested that if our peo- | ple living in large homes will close | Mrs. Frank Farmer, . . : | . . in conformity with the order of the | son, Mrs. W. E. Davis and Mr. George | floors, which will be divided into The following letter was received by | offices. lodge rooms and studios. "Such an enterprise as this should | receive the support of all Winnetka | people since a well managed, well | appointed theater, situated close to I the railway stations will be a magnet |to draw thousands of people weekly linto Winnetka, not only to attend | the theater but to spend money in ; {the shops of Winnetka and in doing so incidentally to increase Winnetka's 'commercial importance and increase its real estate values." CHICAGO PROFESSOR TO BEGIN LECTURE SERIES The first of a series of lectures | ; E. N. Rhodes, superin- netka coal dealers attended a meet- | ranged by P ing in Evanston, which was called by Charles T. Bartlett, fuel adminis- trator for Evanston and Wilmette. | Mr. Bartlett at the time included | Winnetka, Hubbard Woods and Glen- | coe as towns under his jurisdiction. At this conference a committee of | dealers was appointed to assist Mr. | Bartlett in his work. IL. R. Steere of Winnetka was named as a member of this committee. At a joint conference of the School | Board and the Council of Winnetka held on Tuesday evening it was de- | cided to close the schools of the vil- lage for the remainder of the week, | tendent of the Winnetka schools, will be given in the auditorium of the Skokie school Tuesday evening, Jan- |uary 29, at 8:15 o'clock. Prof. Andrew C. McLaughlin of the University of jE will lecture on "America and England." Those assisting Mr. Rhodes in the promotion of the lectures are Miss Ackerman, Mrs. |ret Conway, Mrs. Donald Dallas, Mrs. S. J. Eisendrath, Mrs. James Fentress, Mrs. Percival Hunter, Mrs. Hoyt McClain, Mrs. John Montgomery, Mrs. Murry Nel- Gordon. FIRST OFFICERS' SCHOOL TO BE HELD IN WINNETKA A meeting of the battalion officers' school of the Illinois Reserve units of the north shore towns will be held at the Community House on Friday evening, February 1. This school is for commissioned and non-commis- sioned officers. Captain A. H. Howard of the Wil- mette reserves will speak on the "Tactical Side of Riot Duty." Cap- tain E. H. Cassels of the Glencoe re- serves will discuss "The Legal Aspects of Riot Duty." He will indicate where the civic laws and military practice conflict. LIEUT. MASSON TO TALK FOR LOCAL MEN'S CLUB rooms that are not absolutely needed, | a 'considerable quantity of coal may | | Samuel Otis Sails. Sam 'Otis, who 'has been at the Brooklyn Navy Yards the past two months has sailed on the U. S. S. Hannibal. He has received his com- mission as ensign. Lieutenant Masson of the Canadian field artillery, a member of the Brit- be conserved." {ish Recruiting Mission, will address > | the Winnetka Men's Club at its next { monthly dinner to be held at the Community House on Tuesday even- pe |ing, January 29. Lieutenant Mudsson "will tell of his experiences during his three years of service in the trenches in northern France. Members may invite guests to attend this dinner. FOR WINNETKA THEATER { Alfred Alschuler, | Mrs. Charles Buell, Mrs. Alfred Burn- hind the lines. ham, Mrs. Harvey Brewer, Mrs. Bar-! FOOD EXPERTS WILL SPEAK IN WINNETKA Dan A. Reed and Dr. H. C. Culbert- son Will Speak at Community House Sunday Afternoon. BACK FROM THE TRENCHES Mr. Reed Will Tell of His Experi- ences In French Army Camps. Two able speakers will be heard in Winnetka on January 27 at the Com- munity House at 4:30 o'clock. They come to us fresh from the trenches in France and Italy as representatives of the U. S. government, and will speak of what they know, not of what has been told them. Notable Commission. Realizing that the American people are not only anxious to know, but have a right to know, of war condi- tions exactly as they are in Europe. the United States Food Administra- tion on November 1, 1917, sent to the French and Italian fronts to observe conditions and make reports the fol- lowing men: Daniel A. Reed, Roscoe Mitchell, Edward F. Trefz, Dr. Julius Dan A. Reed. Lincoln, John B. Lord and Everett Colby. These men were carefully selected from a list of hundreds of available men because of their experience and ability as observers and as public speakers. They were given creden- tials which admitted them to the inner councils of the highest mili- tary and civic authorities among the allies as well as to the trenches on both the French and Italian fronts and to the homes of the people be- After two months of intensive study of conditions, they returned to the United States on January 19, to submit their reports and prepare themselves for a sixty days' speaking tour which has been arranged throughout ninetcen states of the middle west for the period beginning Sunday, January 27. Unusual Experiences. Through England and France the entire commission of six men thor- oughly investigated city and country life--saw the long line at London's municipal kitchens; studied England's farm preparations for increasing the food supply; motored through the agricultural districts of France, and in addition conferred with British and French food controllers, and vis- ited the front line trenches. For five days they lived with the soldiers in the American expeditionary forces, and at this time had conferences with General Pershing and his staff offi- cers. American audiences will be told actual conditions in the army camps' food supply--not in the form of offi- cial reports, but in the more interest- ing style of the lecturer who has an eye for the human interest element involved. Illinois Speakers. Illinois has been assigned Mr. Dan- iel A. Reed and Mr. Roscoe Mitchell for the two weeks from January 27 to February 9, inclusive. There will be sent with these men to Illinois, Dr. Henry Coe Culbertson, John D. Barry and Miss Elizabeth Kelly. Winnetka has been assigned Mr. Reed and Dr. Culbertson for afternoon of Sunday, January 27. (Continued on page 4)