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19 INNETK. A LY \ E E Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk pe y Ne --F be TALK WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS FOR ARMY SERVICE f Men Accepted By Examining rd and Not Claiming Exemp- a Is Given Out By Mr. Pope. PARING LOCAL LISTS ds of Each Man Under First raft Will Be Published. ords of the men examined by hysicians, under the direction local exemption board for trict, are being prepared for trict board of northern Tlli- y the members of the local h case will be recorded for fu- reference, and the records will ished to the press and posted e village hall at Wilmette. In case, where exemption has claimed, the person claiming Bnption and his reasons for this fin will be published. e following drafted men have .d the physical examination re- d by Uncle Sam and have not aims for exemption and are, efore, the first of this district's | to enter the national army: eric Le Baron Foote ar David Hanson y J. Rollins old D. Hill [Wittmann s W. Casey o Cuastapaglia ibler, Jr. ockenbaur Balmes Ostrovsky ullard n W. Nelson ur Bacle ly Jonk Economos t George .Bleser y Tadensik William Henning Veis Henrici penico Andreoli {| fiiam Hohlfelder id Everitt Allen, Jr. i old H. Rose ur Stielow Baumann Kutschker m Louis Dietz m Zeutschel A George Herbon higi Napoli k t Charles Meyer {enyon Pope .oh Alexander Urbanski ton Sanford Lasher b .ntine Pinkowski raham Stamps n Angelo Maria ancis H. Jack, Jr. George Rickert ip Dahm : i e William Steffens James Golbach B. Buchanan | Frank Tvrdy R. Laatsch am F. Kraft k P. Kutten Otto Baumel gene George Willem n Schiddel WINNETKA FARMERS TO ASSIST POOR IN CHICAGO Surplus Vegetables Will Be Shipped to Social Centers. Winnetka home gardeners are co- operating with the Central Council of Social Agencies in Chicago to sup- ply*the poor families of the city with fresh vegetables. The surplus of perishable produce in many of the village gardens is being shipped each day to the headquarters in the city for distribution. Paper containers are obtained by the local farmers at the Community house and filled with fresh vege- tables. These are tagged and taken to the "Vegetable Station" in the Northwestern terminal by the com- muters each day for distribution. Mrs. W. G. Hibbard is in charge of the garden headquarters in Winnetka and she urges the village gardeners to take advantage of this opportunity to help the social workers of Chi- cago. "No contribution is too small to be of -value," Mrs. Hibbard said. "I hope the people will not underrate the importance of this simple service. Surely those who have done so well in increasing the nation's food sup- ply will aid in distributing it where it will do incalculable good. "The vegetables delivered to the Chicago terminal will be taken in charge by the social agencies and distributed before noon to the settle- ments, day nurseries and other char- itable centers. "These organizations have made arrangements by which the people of Winnetka may help to conserve the vitality of the poor of the na- tion, particularly of the children." |=. 1 SKOKIE STARS INVITE CLUBS TO TOURNAMENT Patriotic Tennis Matches Planned to Help Soldiers Smoke. The Skokie Country club has in- vited all north shore clubs to par- ticipate in a patriotic tennis tourna- ment to begin on August 25 at Glen- coe. } The proceeds will be donated to the Tobacco Fund for the U. S. soldiers. There will be matches in singles and double for men and women, and a feature match in the mixed doubles. All matches will be two out of three sets, except the semi-finals and finals of the men's singles and doubles, which will be decided with three sets out of five. Prizes will be awarded to the win- ners in each contest by E. I. Wilson, chairman of the Skokie Tennis com- mittee. SRW. =F Cable for Help. A cablegram came Monday morn- ing to Mrs. Russel Tyson of the Chi- cago branch of the American Fund for French Wounded, asking for a woman physician and nurse to be sent as soon as possible to organize a dispensary at Compeigne, France, for women and children. Dr. Brown, with Dr. Esther Pohl- Lovejoy of Portland, Ore., represent the Medical Women's National as- sociation, and together they will in- vestigate the needs for maternity units which are being organized in this country. They will sail from New York August 25. Dr. Clara Gottschalk of Chicago, who was to become Dr. Brown's as- sistant in the fall, will take charge of her practice during her absence. Red Cross News By Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Jr. ONLY one week ago, the date being July 26, Marquis Eaton, chairman of the Chicago Chap- ter, received an order from the med- ical inspector of the U. S. Navy, ask- ing the chapter to prepare, in as short a time as possible, the entire shipment of surgical dressings for seven war ships and seventeen cruis- ers. This enormous requirement, descending suddenly upon the heads of the surgical dressings committee, seemed, at first, impossible of quick achievement; however, Mrs. John Glass and Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, act- ing heads of the committee, called together for a consultation the vari- ous women in charge of the volunteer workshops and branches. It was discovered that the rally- ing power of the army of workers under their leadership would be fully equal to the demand. With alacrity the rank and file responded to the summons of their leaders anl every individual set to work with a de- termination to let nothing interfere with the completion of this task in record-breaking time. In spite of the all-but-overpowering heat, not a single woman relaxed her labors, which often extended far 'into the night. Our boys in the Navy will be obliged to toil, to suffer and die for our sakes whether the weather is hot or not and, remembering this, the work went on. By August 2, every dressing was completed and ready for packing. Each box is now labeled and forwarded to its desti- nation, completing the order in pre- cisely .one week's time. The total number of dressings turned out in this rapid-fire order is 38,316, and the entire amount of packages 4,247. Out of ninety-seven battleships equipped, Chicago's share was twenty-seven, nearly one-third of the entire num- ber. HOW MUCH OF THIS WORK DID YOU DO? + + + A Practical Plan. A plan to make it easy to contribute to the Red Cross is proposed by F. A. Darby, 2103 Lincoln street, Evanston. His proposition is for his customers at the time they make a purchase themselves make a check for this amount to the Red Cross direct. This offer applies to the purchase of electric washing machines, ironers and vacuum cleaners and holds good during this month. bof of - WINNETKA MEN FIGHT FLAMES NEAR GARAGE Volunteer Fire Brigade Saves Auto- mobile of Fred Beisel. The employes of the Winnetka Motor company saved the village fire truck a trip last week when the au- tomobile of Fred Beisel, 562 Lincoln avenue, burst into flame in front of the company's garage. The emergency fire brigade of the company, armed with Pyrene extin- guishers, fought the flames and in a short time put out the fire. The cushions, top and paint on the car were badly damaged by the hlaze. uo of U. S. MAKES NATIONAL Fred David Kassner Tno. W. Daniel Fred. Siegel Philip Leonard Hillinger, Jr. Sam Gladstein Robert Duguid Robert B. Blaine Wenzel Stubner Arthur C. Taylor Curtis Carter Frank Wagner Bernard Reinwall George Pierantoni Wesley Elevve Jehn Goedert Alfons Odenal Tohn G. Southwell Frank Burzik John Yunger Arthur Hansen Anton John Felke, Jr. Raymond C. Moody Arthur Ruesch R.D. Cushman Carl Rudolph Julius Febrow Liberty Loan Funds. positary for Liberty Loan funds. serve subscriptions to the Loan exceeding $100,000. + + + Dahl to Speak. the Yale School of Religion, in the Baptist church. + + + Speeds on the Road. in Sheridan road at Library place. from him to deduct five per cent and | BANK NEW DEPOSITARY Local Institution Qualifies to Receive The United States treasury depart- ment has designated The First Na- tional Bank of Wilmette as a De- The local bank qualified as a gov- ernment depositary by receiving and transmitting to the Federal bank re- Liberty Dr. George Dahl, assistant profes- sor of Old Testament Literature in will speak at the Sunday morning services H. H. Hoyt, 873 Oak street, Win- netka, paid $5 and costs into the Evanston treasury for speeding along CALL MORE LOCAL DRAFT BOARD WILL MEN FOR ARMY Heavy Claims for Exemption and Rejections for Physical Disability Forces Board to Call Another Division for Tests TWENTY PER CENT EXAMINED ARE ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE Washington Wires That Aliens men notified to report this week w termined. instances, fathers of children. at the 'Wilmette village hall. score of nationalities. But many purpose in view--to do their bit to help Uncle Sam in the greatest crisis which has ever confronted the. na- tion. The local exemption board was greatly pleased with the orderly man- ner in which the examinations were conducted and the speed of the work. Jut they were disappointed over the heavy demand made for exemption. | Will Call More. With but 105 accepted out of 604, it means, if this average is main- tained, that nearly 1,600 of the 2,094 men registered in this district will have to be examined to fill the first quota. Preparations are being con- sidered for the calling of more men to appear next week for examinations in order to fill the ranks of the unit from this district. Of the men called this week, sixty were classified under the division of aliens. George J. Pope, chairman of the local board, received instructions from Washington, Wednesday, which altered the prescribed ruling in re- gards to aliens being taken into the new army. To Accept Aliens. The toliowing telegram ceived Wednesday from Marshal General Crowder: "Reports reaching this office re- cently indicate that in some quarters the belief prevails that friendly aliens who have not declared their inten- tion to become citizens but are ready and willing to serve are disqualified from entering the military service of the United States and therefore that .they must take out first papers before they can be accepted. It is to be regretted that such a misunder- tanding should have arisen. The qualifications for voluntary enlist- ment in time of war are no more re- stricted for service in the new na- tional army than for the regular army. Such alien nondeclarants are virtually volunteers. The selective service act provided for their regis- tration but it did not regard them as being under any liability to serve and it therefore gave them full lib- erty to claim exemption when called by local boards. Now that informa- tion reveals their willingness in large numbers to decline this exemption and to accept service in this war against the common enemy of our civilization, it should be fully under- stood that their service 'is heartily welcomed and they should be ac- cepted whenever upon summons they fail to claim their right of exemp- tion. They are assisting the cause of their own country by aiding the United States to triumph in this war. The more of them that enter the service the better, for in this way was re- Provost Wishing to Serve in The New National Army May Be Accepted, Rookies at Fort Sheridan Will Count in Draft Quota WENTY PER CENT of the 604 men called before the local exemption board of this district have been accepted for the new national army of the United States. machinery lubricated that the physical examinations of the So well. was the draft ere completed on Wednesday eve- ning within the prescribed time limit. Five hundred and ten men answered the call this week and an investigation showed that thirty-one were in military service, and for that reason could not appear in person; sixty-three did not re- port, and the reasons for their failure to appear have not been de- Of the 510 men who faced the examining board of physicians, 105 passed the test and did not claim exemption, while 152 were dis- qualified because of some physical disability. ninety-three claimed exemption, but the records show that a large majority of those filing such claims are married men and, in many One hundred and It was a typical American group who filled the council chamber In their veins coursed the blood of a of them were there with but one that although the quota was based on total population including aliens, the actual draft reached only citi- zens and declarants. Local boards are directed to facilitate in every way the acceptance of friendly alien nondeclarants for military service and thus to enable them to do their share to assist the country which has given them a refuge and an honor- able living. "(Signed) Crowder." Men in the officers' training camps at Fort Sheridan and elsewhere are not to be exempted from the draft. Heretofore it has been generally un- derstood, and it is believed exemp- tion boards shared in the general be- lief, that men who had registered in June, but who had previous to or after that time entered an officers' training camp, would be considered as already in the federal service, and so not be counted among the number of registered men from whom the draft quota is to be obtained. This idea was removed today when the local exemption board received from the office of the provost marshal general a long telegram instructing them to count those men liable to service under the draft, and giving detailed instruction how each indi- vidual case shall be handled. The wonderful work of the local draft board, of which George J. Pope is chairman, Robert Stoddard is sec- retary and Dr. Rufus B. Stolp is the physician member, was remarkable for the efficient and businesslike manner in which the men were put through the physical examination. Filing systems to care for the many forms prescribed in each case equal those of any large corporation. No delay in answering questions and giving information on the order or serial numbers has been the motto of the board, and for this service a double filing system has been worked out with great effectiveness. . The doctors appointed for exam- ining the me nwere E. E. Moore, John Segsworth, C. H. Searle and M. C. Hecht. Their services helped to speed up the work of the local board and enabled the number of men called on the first notices to receive their examination call without any delay. The district board for Division Number 3 of the Northern District of Illinois, comprising exemption dis- tricts one to nine, inclusive, has been organized for the purpose of con- sidering exemption appeals from lo- cal boards, and for such other pur- poses as the district board is em- powered by law and war regulations to act. will be removed the cause of dis- satisfaction heard in some quarters The personnel of the board is as (Continued on page eight)