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"dated in the hospital. 'WINNETKA WEEKLY T Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. VII, NO. 29. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918 SIX PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Ask Residents to Co-operate in Fighting Epidemic CHILDREN ORDERED 10 STAY AT HOME Health Commissioner Schneider Also Orders All Public Meeting Places Closed A HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED Club Women Co-operate in Im- provising Hospital at Indian Hill Club for Influenza Sufferers With the epidemic of Spanish in- fluenza at an acute stage in Winnetka, health authorities, police, home guards and residents of the village are co-op- erating in the fight to effectively and speedily wipe out the contagion. An average of 40 cases of Spanish influenza have been reported daily to the Health department during the past few davs and while the situation is not decidedly worse than could be ex- pected under the circumstances, every precaution is being taken to prevent a wide spread epidemic in the village. The most effective step in the bat- tle against the disease has been the closing of all schools, including New Trier high school and of all public meeting places by order of Health Commissioner C, O. Schneider, and the establishment of an emergency hospi- tal at the Indian Hill Club by the club women of Winnetka, Hubbard Woods and Glencoe, where beds for 30 pa- tients. nurses and physicians and all facilities for the care of patients have been provided. The hospital was fitted out in 24 hours due to the splendid co-operation of the women. and last evening there were 5 patients under care at the improvised hospital. Pa- tients from Winnetka, Hubbard Woods and Glencoe will be accommo- Mrs. Aldrich is the nurse in charge. Two Deaths During Week Two deaths in the village due to Spanish influenza were reported this week, namely William Flynn and Mrs. Harold Moses. Boy Scouts of the village are assum- ing active and important part in warn- ing the residents. The boys are dis- tributing thousands of circulars which reach every home in the village. These circulars, issued by the village au- thorities, make it prohibitive for any child to leave the premises of the home except in cases of absolute necessity when he must bear a written notice of his errand, from the parents. Po- lice are watching for violations of this order and will deal harshly with heed- less offenders. Another order coming from the Health department makes it compul- sory that every physician report every case of influenza in their care; this report must be directed to the Health Commissioner and must be in writing. In cases where\there is no physician in charge the attendant of the patient must make the report in the same manner. Reports of all cases must be made on the day of the development of the case. No person, according to the Health authorities, is considered safe until all clinical manifestations have disappeared and the temperature of the patient is at normal for a period of three days. The Care Of The Sick The most essential part of treat- ment is that the patient should be in bed from the earliest possible moment after the onset of the disease until the temperature has been normal for at last twenty-four hours and the patient remain at home for 3 days. All articles which become infected with the secretions from the mouth and nose, such as food utensils, hand- kerchiefs, towels, etc., should be care- fully sterilized by boiling for five min- utes. The nurse or attendant should very carefully wash her hands immediately after caring for the patient and wear a gauze mask over the mouth and nose. Ban On All Meetings Health Commissioner Schneider an- nounced today that the schools would be closed all next week and from then on until further notice from the Health department. Also it is requested that all public meeting places, including churches, club houses and public as-| semblies be closed until sich time as the authorities consider the epidemic past the danger stage. Though it has not been found neces- sary to have Home Guards patrol the streets under the present condition of BUY--OR--FIGHT BOND BULLETINS Have You Seen the Big Thermo- meter Just West of the Station? It's 20 feet high and on it's face ap- pear the various amounts of dollars up to the $650,000 necessary to be subscribed by Winnetka in order to reach its quota in the Fourth Liberty loan. This quota is figured at $120 for each of the 5500 people in the Village --Lake Forest is figured at $230 a person--Glencoe at $120--Kenilworth $200--Wilmette at $80 or a total of $600,000. Everybody who possibly can must subscribe for bonds in Winnetka if we are to go "over the top". The subscriber for a $50 bond, if he can't take more, is more patriotic than the wealthy man who takes $10,000, but could perfectly well take $50,000. Let everyone dig deep in his conscience and then make his sub- scription WHERE HE LIVES. "To thine own self be true And it must follow as the night, Thou cans't not then be false to any man." Block captains in the Winnetka Liberty Loan drive report that they are received almost everywhere in a courteous and helpful spirit. "Peo- ple are doing their utmost, gladly and without urging," said one, "and their only regret seems to be that they can- not do more." One or two instances of discourtesy or lack of sympathy have been report- ed, however. No one in Winnetka should have to be reminded that in a hundred years no such time of testing as this has come. Either we are on the side of the people or of the kaisers--either we are grateful to those patriotic men and women. of Winnetka who have given their time as well as buying their share of Liberty Bonds, or we do not deserve the blessings of this free coun- try and the protection of its flag. A sergeant in the Rainbow Division has just written a Chicago friend tell- ing of Chateau Thierry of crossing of (Continued on Page Three) affairs, the uniformed men have been placed at the disposal of the Health Commissioner and may be called out should that step be found necessary. When You Telephone When you use the telephone these days consider the following facts: The operating force at the Win- netka exchange is in seriously deplet- ed condition due to the absence of many operators who are confined to their homes with colds and Spanish influenza. Each operator now at her post is of necessity doing the work of at least two operators under ordinary conditions. As a result the service is seriously hampered because of the small num- ber of operattors available to take care of the calls. After considering these facts try in so far as possible to confine your calls to such as are absolutely essen- tial and, in your conversation be brief and to the point so that the service can be more readily handled. This is a small favor to ask and it is certain residents of the Village will readily co-operate with the tele- phone company in the matter of getting the best possible service dur- ing the present period of the Spanish influenza epidemic. BOY SCOUTS GUARD THE BIG THERMOMETER Yes siree--the Boy Scouts certainly are a good bunch! 3 Somebody monkeyed with the tape on Winnetka's $650,000 Liberty Loan thermometer the other day and as soon as the Scouts heard of it they volun- tered to have two Scouts on guard at the thermometer. No more "monkey- ing" now--the Scouts on guard are armed with muskets. Watch for the bell--a real Liberty Bell--that will be rung by the Scouts 'guarding the big thermometer. You | just can't beat those Scouts--they are up and coming every time. When wanted for any useful or pa- triotic work they are "Johnny on the Spot." Ring Hour of Prayer By vote of the Church council of the Congregational church the bell of the church is rung each day at noon to summon all within hearing to a LULL 27777777 777 7 27777777, LT 2d 22 2 dd 7 777 2 777777777, TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN WINNETKA. few moments of prayer for victory for the Allied armies. Le September 28. of bonds sold was encouraging. of Winnetka's dead heroes. cur service flag. Lakes, September 25. way. "We are the dead. may save one of our own bovs. this Liberty Lcan Drive. Lr lr 7 BUY--OR--FIGHT Winnetka's Fourth Liberty Lcan Drive started Saturday morning, Block captains made a full day of it and the amount netka's quota this time is $350,000--at the rate of $120 for every one of the 5,600 people shcwn on the committee's population statement. Many of us need no persuasion to buy bonds, beyond the logic of events and the necessity of saving our men by a speedy victory. Others need the enthusiasm of a patriotic meetina like that held at Community House last Sunday evening. people, this letter is intended for those who could not get in. At that meeting we looked again, upon the screen, into the faces Another gold star has just been added to James Edward Hayes died of pneumonia at Great Philip Starr and Dinsmore Ely had led the All that is necessary for Winnetka to do her part is to follow the heroic spirit expressed in the letter Dinsmore Ely wrote to his parents five days before he went to his death: "l want to say in closing, if anything happens to me, let's have no mourning in spirit or in dress, for, like a Liberty Bond, it is an invest- ment, not a loss, when a man dies for his country." "IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE" Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. "Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high-- If ye break faith with us who die. We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields." These men held nothing back--none of us who have been their neighbors but will subscribe to our limit. at this time when a bond Alcng the entire front Germany is retreating--with an oversubscrip- tion of the Fourth issue of Liberty Bonds, whole-hearted, swift, dra- matic--we at home can throw our weight into the rout of that gray line. About 150 peonle in Winnetka are giving much of their time to Subscribe te the limit the first time your block captain calls--better still, come to headquarters today, subscribe --and your block cantain will receive full credit. Headquarters is at 541 Lincoln Ave.--iust south of the Post Office. Get your subscription in now and put Winnetka "over the top." General Chairman, Liberty Loan Committee. > LLL LL LL ZT ZT FE EZ ZT 7 a 2277777707, But we must not relax, for Win- As the hall holds only 600 H. A. DeWINDT, LULL L777 7 77777777 7777777, ULL ULL 7 TT EE Zr ZZ 2 Arr rr rrr, BUY--OR--FIGHT LIBERTY LOAN REPORT Mrs. Alan I. Wolff reports the sub- scriptions for Liberty bonds accord- ing to districts up to the close of business, Thursday evening, Oct. S. as follows: ' District No. 1, Elm street, Willow street, Railroad tracks, Sheridan road, $31,430. District No. 2, Willow street, Win- netka avenue, Sheridan road, Rail- road tracks, $18,050. District No. 3, Railroad tracks, Skokie valley, Hill road, Winnetka avenue, $1,700. District No. 4, Hill road, Willow street, Railroad tracks, $33,100. District No. 5, Elm street, Willow street, Railroad tracks, $22,600. District No. 6, Provident avenue, Skokie valley, Elm street, Willow street, $1,650. District No. 7, Railroad tracks, Elm street, Pine street, Skokie valley, $16,650. District No. 8 Railroad tracks, Sko- kie valley, Pine street, Fig street, $13,400. District No. 9, Railroad tracks, Sko- kie valley, Fig street, $9,900. District No. 10, North avenue, Scott avenue, railroad tracks, Skokie valley, $23,050. District No. 11, Railroad tracks, Sheridan road, North avenue, Scott avenue, $48,700. District No. 12, North avenue, Pine street, Railroad tracks, $14,050. District No. 13, Railroad tracks, Sheridan road, Pine street, Elm street, $47,400. District No. 14, Elm street, North avenue, Sheridan road, Prospect ave- nue, $43,800. District No. 15, East of Sheridan road, north and south of Elm street $95,450. TD {oI eadquarters, $81,650. Total number of subscribers, 1,060. Total amount of subscriptions, $502,600. DAIRY CO. OFFICIAL PNEUMONIA VICTIM Funeral services for William Flynn, 39 years old, vice-president and secre- tary of the Winnetka Dairy company who died at the Evanston hospital on Thursday following a brief illness with pneumonia, will be conducted from the residence at 653 Hill road Saturday at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be at Sacred Heart cemetery. Mr. Flynn was a native of Win- netka. He leaves a wife, two daugh- ters, Virginia and Beatrice, a son, Clarence, father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Flynn of 569 Hill road, two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Baker of { Kenilworth and Mrs. Alice Anhalt of Deerfield and two brothers, Theodore and Edward Flynn of this Village. VILLAGE OF WINNETKA SUBSCRIBES $25,000 Liberty Loan headquarters was much pleased to receive from Mr. William D. McKenzie, the president of the Village, Winnetka's subscrip- tion of $25,000 for the Fourth Liber- ty loan. The Village will buy these bonds through the two local banks. This fine subscription will be credited to headquarters as the fair- est way to everybody. The Village of Winnetka subscrib- ed $10,000 to the Third Liberty loan and it certainly did a nice thing in voting $25000 for the Fourth loan. Nothing like a broad-minded and pa- triotic board of trustees. MRS. I. R. MOSES INFLUENZA VICTIM 3 Mrs. Irene Rose Moses died. this week, a victim of Spanish influenza. Funeral services were private from the residence today. Mrs. Moses is survived, beside the husband, by two small daughters, her mother, a sister and two brothers. Omit Sunday Services The Winnetka Congregational church will omit all services on Sun- day, including the Sundav school. This action was taken by the church council in compliance with the re- auest of the Village authorities that all places of assembly be closed dur- ing the period of the Spanish in- fluenza epidemic. BUY--OR--FIGHT ~~" ALiberty loan were MASS MEETING OPENS BIGGEST LIBERTY LOAN Hundreds of Residents Meet at Com- munity House To Boost Biggest U. S. War Loan of the War BOY SCOUTS ARE HONORED Cousin of Lloyd George Is Principle Speaker; de Windt Boosts Loan Drive In a large and enthusiastic gather- ing Winnetka gave expression to her interest in the Fourth Liberty loan, at a patriotic meeting in Community House, Sunday evening, September Mr. H. A. de Windt, chairman of the Winnetka Liberty Loan com- mittee, presided. Major Vattman, veteran army chaplain, gave the in- vocation after which he urged that each Village, each day, have a short interval for prayer for the victory of the allies, and suggested that at such time a bell be rung, and that every person then pray for success of the brave armies fighting to make the world safe for democracy. Honor the Boy Scouts Before introducing the speaker of the evening Mr. de Windt presented to the Boy Scouts, the medals and bars they won during the Third Lib- erty loan campaign when, during the six days in which their work follow- ed that of the regular workers, they raised $34600 in Winnetka.] The awards were given by the govern- ment to the scouts who sold ten or more bonds. Those who had ac- complished this during the Second v presented with bars as an additional token of honor. The following boys received medals or bars: Medals: Daniel Leonard, William Hanson, Oliver Picher, Rudolph Wanger, William Steele, Glen Allse brooke, Leroy Kellogg, Stanley Wheatley. Bars: Sydney Spiegel, Frederick Roe, Truman McLain, Philip Eisen drath, George Eisenbrand. Praises Adopted Country Mr. de Windt then introduced Ar thur Walwyn Evans, cousin of Lloyd George. Mr. Evans just received his naturalization papers as a citizen of the United States. In a rapid and" forceful way he sketched the reasons for his belief in America, dwelling at length upon the ideals of Brother- hood and Fraternity as typified in this country. "Two great ideals underlie the Lib- erty loan" he said; "Sacrifice and Service. United in these purposes are all peoples of the United States." The meeting was preceeded by de- lightful violin and piano music furn- ished by Mrs. Brewer and Miss Pratt, and by a most interesting wan film, "Whispering Wires of War." showing the importance and use of the telephone at the front, and how the men- work to keep these wires intact. Mr. de Windt said we were on the firing line now to back up the boys "over there" and that part of the line was in Winnetka. He laid emphasis upon the fact that every resident of Winnetka had the task of helping fire the guns by buying Liberty bonds. He reported that the committee was hard at work and, as a result, 475 sub- scribers had subscribed and paid for $249,500 bonds as against $4,300 the first day last year. Mention was made at the meeting of the third Winnetka boy who had made the supreme sacrifice--James Edward Hayes--who died of pneu- monia at Great Lakes, September 25. Photographs of James Hayes, Paul Starr and Dinsmore Ely were viewed by the audience. These words brought home to each the obligation devolving upon each individual to help the boys "over there" by buying all the Liberty bonds possible. The meeting was held under the auspices of the War Emergency Union. Neighborhood Meeting Postponed The meeting of the West Elm street Neighborhood cirle which was: to have been held, Tuesday, October 8, has been indefinitely postponed bhe- cause of the epidemic of Spanish in- fluenza. BUY--OR--FIGHT -'