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YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST UPON EVERY PAGE. IF YOU DOUBT THIS, READ AND BE CONVINCED. WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK SE ------ VOL. VI. NO.7 WINNETKA. ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW TRIER ORATORS AFTERMATH OF WAR AGAIN WIN LAURELS TOLD BY DR. WILLET Lasier and Kavanagh Uphold Honor Predicts National Prohibition And of High School in District Contest. Unification of World's Peoples. | EASILY DEFEAT OPPONENTS DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL Will Represent New Trier In State | Peace to "Come Will be Greatest Contest at Urbana this Week-- World Has Ever Known--Les- Coached by Professor Walker. sons Will Be Far-Reaching. New Trier High School students | | | | There are many good things have once more proved themselves come out of the world war, in the the champions of all high schools in| belief of Dr. Herbert L. Willet, of Chicago and vicinity at public speak- | the University of Chicago. who ad- Ing, in an oratorical and extempore | dressed the Wilmette Sunday Even- speaking contest held last Friday |ing Club last Sunday on "America evening at Maywood and participat- | and the World Crisis." Judge Marcus ed in by 26 speakers representing a | A. Kavanagh was to have spoken on dozen of the best schools in the first | the same subject but was prevented district of Illinois. | by illness. Dr. Willet described the John W. Lasier won first place | growth of our own nation with its with an oration on "America and the steadfast adherence to the doctrines d World * Crisis," and Preston Kav-| of isolation and peace and touched rd anagh tied for first place with an ex- | feelingly upon the great democracy of ls 'tempore speech on "The Hope of a| our unpreparedness and the reason- y German Democracy." This means ableness of our kindly contact with ohms! that Lasier and Kavanagh will rep- | Canada without fort or battleship on 1 Wel: resent New Trier in oratory and ex-|a 3000 mile frontier. by 5 tempore speaking, respectively, at] What Will. Come From War. nt § 3 : 4 : the state contest to be held at H A ; rie ilwa e spoke with great admiration Milw Urbana, May 18, one orator and Pp : no for the Germany of Wagner. Kant, Schiller and Goethe, and also with pity for the circumstances that could change all these better influences. He then said that out of the war he expects to see-- : 1. Prohibition, following Russia's two extempore speakers from -each of the five districts of the state be- ing chosen for this event. Many Contest for Honor. The contest last Friday evening | was conceded to be the best ever | held in the first district; there was a battle royal among the representa- | means of an emergency order. Me- Kinley, two; Wendell Phillips, two; ¥ Hyde Park, two; Lake View, two; | ol Deerfield Shields, two; Lane Techni- | M cal, two; Robert Walker, two; Joliet, mtwo and New Trier, two. Miss Izeyl Phelps, the second ex- 'two_speakers: Naperville, two; | 4 [ A lesson learned by the whole | nation in self discipline, self sacri- seriously taught to Europe. 5. A lesson learned | ye ing to the military tempore speaker from New Trier, ac- | that there may be no aggression on quitted herself admirably in a speech | weaker nations. po "Germany's Submarine Warfare,"| 6. Democracy come to stay and but failed to win a place. | prevailing the world over. : 4 New Trier Has Good Record. | 7. The elimination of one vile New Trier's record in the field of | on and ~bublic speaking has become such that | Sy "her entrance' in a contest syn- the earth. "bnymous for victory. During the past| "ga Ty peace such as the world has Eyan; years she has never failed 10 | hot heretofore seen. in a place either in oratory or ex-| EE Ee Ee og - - . . | empore speaking in the district con- | : ests, and she has to her credit two STUDENT CHORUS OF 300 tate victories in oratory and one | VOICES TO SING HOLY CITY 'tate victory in extempore speaking. | p is hese were won respectively by Her- | Boys and Girls of New Trier High hen Shan Pomper in 1911, Lysle Smith in| School Will Be Heard In Ora- at Ay and Ruth Lieber -in 1915. Pom- | torio Next Friday Evening. ---- er and Smith succeeded not only in| ] : | § "ecuring first place in the state con-| (Qp Friday evening, May 11, at 8 --st but afterwards won gold medals | o'clock, the New Trier High School 1 interstate oratoricals at Beloit and | Chorus of 300 voices, under the di- e Rim orthwestern. 3 rection of Mr. Homer E. Cotton, di- 18c and Professor Francis L Walker, who | rector of music in the school, will 1d Mapley the way, has piloted a round|sing the oratorio "The Holy City," ess Ibzen orators to state and interstate | by the English composer, Alfred R. ~ctories during his career as a coach | Gaul. The boys' and the girls' glee New Trier: and at Colorado | clubs will also take part in the ora- brings, is of the opinion that Lasier | torio, and an unusual feature of Straws, Kavanagh will spell victory for |the performance will be the chorus Ns ew Trier on May 18. accompaning by the High school or- 3 =. 8.8.8 | chestra. ATRIOTIC WIFE JOINS The "Holy City" is occasionally sung by groups of from four to roi SohusBAND Jess singers in church choirs, but rarely is the opportunity afforded the public to hear it sung by three hun- dred in one group. The soloists for the evening are: | soprano, Mrs. Mabel Hunter Field- | camp; contralto, Miss Elizabeth Len- | nox; tenor, Mr. Grant Kimbell; bary- tone, Mr. Gustav Holmquest. Those members of the New Trier chorus who are also members of the North e and returned with his wife.| Shore Festival chorus, will have a am a nurse and not dependent | double opportunity to enjoy Mr. my husband," she said, and|Holmquest, for he is to be one of prge was given his uniform. Mrs. | the soloists in Pierne's Childrens' ss announced she had joined the Crusade. Mr. Holmquest will sing A Cross. |a group of songs before the chorus "he Cross brothers are sons of [sings the Holy City. Friends of) "rles J. Cross of 1416 Forest ave-| Miss Ethyl Flynte will be glad to : 3 know that she will play a group of ] EE Ee piano numbers on the same program. ~illiam B. Hale, of Willow Street, LL given up his professional busi-| Mrs. Wm. G. Forrest, of Willow qn in the city to enter the employ 3 c Street, has been called to Wisconsin he government at Washington. [by the death of her father. --'he Crosses of Wilmette are go- w to do their full share in this war. 2 has enlisted in the Marine corps. brought in his brother, George H. ss of 620 Linden avenue, who Jed to enlist, but was rejected be- ise he was married. George went to | land England's example, possibly hy | tives from the following schools: 2. Suppression or limitation 'of Oratory: New Trier, Oak Park,| traffic in women. -- Naperville, La Grange, William Mec- 3. New element of unification in -- Kinley and Lake View. ion: great bond of peace Extempore Speaking: La Grange, ogether people from many fice, and economy, which has been so | in not keep-| step after war, so | ulcer from the body of a great na-| that nation freed to take | its true place among the nations of | MILAN LUSK TELLS OF WAR'S HORRORS | Describes Awful Scenes In Austrian Fugitive Camps of Bohemia HUNDREDS DIE OF TYPHOID | Filth and Dirt Predominate--Roads To Settlements Closely Guard- ed by Police and Soldiers. Milan Lusk, New Trier's premier | yiolin virtuoso, who recently re- turned to' his North Shore home | from war-subjected Austria-Hun- gary, has arranged to give a concert this Sunday afternoon in Central i Music Hall, Chicago. 4dhis will be Mr. Lusk's initial public appearance since his return from Europe and it Milan Lusk | would be most gratifying to have a good representation of North Shore music lovers in attendance. Mr. Lusk was i the studies, s in Europe at the out- great and saw break of Ww completin ar, his many the average man. Many of his per- sonal experiences read like chapters from a fiction story and are more { astounding because they are true. | In speaking of conditions that pre- [ vail in the temporary fugitive settle- pire, Mr. Lusk said. War News Closely Censored. "People in Austria knew little of the true conditions of the war be- cause newspapers could print only stories closely censored by the mili- tary authorities. However, the bulk of the population were enabled to events--how successful the victory or how serious the defeat of the Austrian forces--by the number of fugitives and refugees fleeing from the battlefronts, or before the re- treating armies. "These fugitives were mainly the poorer classes from Galicia( Poland). At the beginning of the war they literally flooded the streets of Viena and it finally became necessary to enact laws to stop the migration. The civil authorities were ordered to prevent the fugitives alighting at Vienna stations, even though they were financially able to take care of themselves. "The refugees were kept aboard different parts of Bohemia and lower Austria. I remember seeing at the railroad station cars filled with these fugitives, just as they came from the front lines, each carrying a small bundle containing a few necessary articles of dress. Certain sects ap- cropped and curled in accordance with the tenants of their religious faith, and wearing long, black flow- ing robes and black felt hats. Packed in Cars Like Cattle. "The lowest and poorest classes among these fugitives were packed in railroad cars ordinarly used for carrying cattle. These cars, with doors securely locked, held them prisoners until they were transferred to specified districts. These people (Continued on page eight) WILMETTE GUARD IN GLENCOE CITIZENS TO ACTIVE SERVICE NOW FURNISH AMBULANCES | Organization Completed Thursday | Three Fully Equipped Hospital Cars | . | Night Will Give Aid to Country. Will be Sent to European Front. HOYT KING MADE COLONEL GLENCOE BOYS AS DRIVERS | Start Census of Village to Secure Over $4300 Subscribed Inside of 30 Minutes at Mass Meeting Last Thursday, to Buy Machines. Members and Line Up Resources | --Will Hold Military Drills. | : Wilmette is rapidly preparing fol, At an organization meeting held iri oa "in Glencoe last Thursday evening, present a solid front to the MARY re ol the Akers: So ted "that emergencies expected to develop out | Dea cers Suggesic a | Glencoe had an opportunity to show of the war. The means for meeting | hs it stands by di the needs of the men at the front as { Where 1 stands Dy Scndmg ai ann well as for conserving the resources | bulance to the American Ambulance | at home have been the subject of | Service 1h France, for which serv- | many meetings of officers and mem- | ioe Chit Pope 'sailed on Satur. | bers of the Wilmette Guard during | 92Y 'ast. . . | the past weeks. bl The response was immediate and Two chiefly important works are | 3stounding. No specific request of [ now actively under way. These are: appeal for funds had been made, be- I. Enlisting members of all ages, | yond the statement that $1600 men and women or children, to do | would purchase an ambulance and anything within their ability. | maintain it in the field for one year. 2. Taking a census of people and | C. W. Hess started the ball rolling material that can be used--especially | with 2 [Characteristically generous of vacant land and people who wish | subscription of $600. During the to chltivate it. | next twenty minutes subscriptions Campaigns for membership waa ere offered from the floor more going on actively in all churches and rapidly than it was possible to take labs. 'and hundreds of enlistment | them down, and when the speaker cards have been signed. Volunteers | resumed over '$4000. of subscriptions have the choice of joining the bat- | 1ad been reported. Additional sub- talion best fitted to their inclination, | scriptions since then bring the total | to over $4330, with others promised, things | that have been denied to the eyes of | form some idea of the progress of the trains and shipped in divisions to | | peared picturesque, with their hair | | | --farming, soldier-aid, finance, or | G women's corps. for which the amounts have not been Already considerable progress has | named. ; { bcen made for the farming battalion. Subscribers and Amounts. {A iarge amount of vacant land has|H. M. Robinson ............ $1 000,00 | been located and turned over to [C..W. Hess .......ciiici 600.00 | members to cultivate. More is | Mr. and Mrs. Chas. I. | wanted. In this connection, plans! Rodgers .................. 300.00: | will be considered for providing | Henry H. Brigham i... Sus 200.00 pessaing frcilities "ior surptus 30H eg LT oO DN © 200.00 plies of fruit and vegetables. | O. ReBarnett yr. Cole 100.00 EEE Ee % G. Jenner NI gl 100.00 FAT. P Byrne co ana . | ALL KENILWORTH YOUNG yt {i (3it, « 10000 MEN JOIN ARMY OR NAVY (A E Clyde ..........oooiil 100.00 -- Jas. Xo Davis io Lonaima 100.00 | New Trier Village Proud of Fighting | Wm. H. John: Of a or ha vd 100.00 | Sons--Community Garden 'and i; L. Me AS aN, lem frank FE. Miller o.o0 a0 ; | Other Helps for Government. M. J. Power ..,cnutiis 100.00 | Mo 2 ; Heury I. Smashed oon 100.00 Kenilworth proudly points to its Geo. W.5Tiaey 100.00 patriotism--23 of the 26 young men T NM Traipor af ari 100.00 of the village who are eligible for the Tames Simpson SIN REE at aTy 100.00 Asiione fighting forces having en-| Alfred Washington Eee 100.00 isted. : Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Chief Recruiting Officer Clive J. Si By 100.00 Taylor, after a complete canvass of | B F Bock Rasa 50.00 every home' in the village, gives a M: ahd Mrs Join H Lien Tn list of names of young men who have 2 Bullen Jak Pi : 50.00 Sone 10 he goles, Ming ares | yeaah cus sseiresiies | S000 Walter Schulze, graduated from £.- M. Kimball FETS 50.00 West Point in 1917 class. F Mis 3 Fred McGuire Rursars 50.00 t Pau Schulze, member of Yale Bat- A. PB: Rowell : aa 5000 ery. | 5 : as. M. F 8 ire aime ee 3. Edward Parmelee, Wallington | fay ops : a Coolidge, Gordon Marshall, Ralph | rics Kimball Pr rarssviny ean 25.00 Thorsen, Kenmore Thorsen, Battery | vv R Miller i 25.00 C, First Field Artillery, L. N.G. . | Richard Ww Mills: eta 25.00 Guy A. Osdorn, University of Wis- Dr D C Orcutt. I 25.00 sonsiv Reserve Corps. Miss Elizabeth Packer ..... 25.00 John K. Coolidge, Marine Reserve | Mrs. Fy ee S at 2%, | Corps. Eli Emma Sherwood ...... 25.00 Henry Everett and Gordon Green, | i Boum, rs det 1000 Bist Calvary, LN. G. iy pus ) $507 a ag a, 10.00 A. Courtney Campbell, now of the | Hr hoon Sa 3% French aviation corps, but to re-| A b TAAL dens oars of turn to America. | 7g Ambulances 15 Be Nauted, : Clive J. "Taylor, Vincent Tayior.| I'he subscriptions already received We eren Dense ¥ Leon: B Nitsa | will furnish two ambulances and William A Lester ! Alden Sears | maintain them for a year, and will z . Lester, / Sears | George Travers and H. I. Seymour, | {accepted for officers' training cam lat Fort Sheridan. : | D | . . . H | Francis Allen, aviation service in | | Massachusetts. | Manierre Ware, first lieutenant | officers' reserve. Neill M. Martin, Elbert Isom and] Waldo Thorsen, applications in na- | tional guard pending. | Vincent Taylor, one of those ac- cepted for the Fort Sheridan train- ing camp, was married Monday to Miss Alice M. Thorsen, daughter of | | James B. Thorsen, also of Kenil-| | worth. Taylor was to be married in | | June. Kenilworth also maintains a com- munity garden, a secret service or- ganization, a complete Red Cross company and 50 automobiles that have been offered the government by residents. Among those most prom- inent in the automobile activities are Miss Marion Kehn and Miss Evelyn Isom. furnish a third ambulance and main- tain it for several months. It is believed that the additional | $470 needed will be forthcoming, so that Glencoe will have to her credit the furnishing of three ambulances {and maintaining them for a year. Fach of these ambulances will bear a name plate, crediting them to the people of Glencoe as doners, | and the drivers of the ambulances will, from time to time, report to Glencoe their experiences with these ambulances, which will be named respectively the "Tom Pope," "Glen- coe," and "Captain Dougall Kitter- master." As a result of this meting the fol- lowing day two more Glencoe boys, Frank and Arthur Grasett, volun- terred for ambulance service in France. Mh EEE John Heath, of Ridge Avenue, is confined to his home with a severe attack of paralysis.