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he - WINNETKA "also invited. . _. EEKLY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk "ALK VOL. VIII, NO. 30. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, OCTOE BER 211, 1919 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS MAJOR-GENERAL WOOD SUNDAY EVE. SPEAKER Noted Army Leader.and Advocate cf National Preparedness To Deliver Address At Second Com- munity Get-to-gether SPECIAL MUSIC PLANNED Excellent Quartet and Other Special Music To Be Provided; Every Winnetkans Is Invited Major General Leonard Wood is to be the speaker at the second Sun- day evening Community get-to- gether of the season to be held at Community House Sunday evening, October 12, at 8 ©'clock. General Wood is commander of the Central department of the United States army with headquarters in Chicago and has for many years been a consistent advocate of national pre- paredness. He will have something of interest for every Winnetkan and residents can ill afford to miss this excellent opportunity to hear one of America's leaders, a man who has been spoken of repeatedly in con- nection with presidential candidates for 1920. Special Music Excellent singing by a real quartet will be one of the special features of the program. There will be other good music. 3 The Community Sunday evening meetings are for every person in Winnetka. The meetings are to be made very much worth while and started with splendid success last Sunday evening when Bishop N. J. Thomas spoke before a large audience. The meetings are conducted under the joint auspices of all Protestant churches in Winnetka. ATTENTION! Business and Professional Men Members of the New Trier Com- mercial association and other busi- ness and professional men of the Village who are interested in New Trier township business and gener- al affairs are invited to reserve plates for the banquet to be given by the association at Community House, Winnetka, Monday, October 13. The occasion marks the opening of the fall season of the organization and will be in the nature of an open meeting for the business and profes- sional men of the township. Busi- ness men are invited regardless of whether or not they are members of the organization. The women are "We want you to be present at the dinner," reads the official invitation of President Henry B. Gates. "We be- lieve that with the co-operation of fall the business and professional men, much can be accomplished." "Come prepared to submit written suggestions as to the work you would like this organization to take up and how it can be of the greatest help to tht township." FINDS TWO SCOURGES ARE RAVAGING NORTH DAKOTA Police Magistrate Clarke T. North- rup returned this week from James- town, North Dakota, where he and Mrs. Northrup had been visiting relatives for the past three weeks. y "Two scourges are playing havoc in North Dakota these days," says | the justice. "One is the grass-| hoppers which have destroyed vast fields of grain; the other is the Non- | Fear Incendiarism As Series of Fires Sweep Winnetka Business District; Loss $20,000 Three fires in as many evenings ja blaze. The loss was less than $50. each enamating from some mysteri- | ! | business | Spruce streets was threatened with ous source and all starting at ap- proximately the same hour of the evening, this week cost Winnetka property owners and business men approximately $20,000 and consider- ably vexed Fire Chief G. M. Houren and the local police. Is it the dastardly crime of a craz- ed pyromaniac or the pranks of a group of irresponsible boys who de- rive great pleasure in witnessing fire engines clanging through the streets? Chief Houren is inclined to the latter theory. "It does not look like the work of a professional firebrand," he explains, "rather I am inclined to believe it is the work of small boys. None ofc the fires were started in business structures proper, as far as can be de- termined, but rather in adjoining or nearby frame sheds or garages. Sev- eral villagers have reported seeing boys loitering about after dark near the scenes of the fires, but in no instance could suspicion be attached to any particular person or group. "All the fires started in the same hour of the evening between 7:50 and 8:50 o'clock. In each instance we found either baskets or heaps of rubbish or excelsior located in plac- es where it was evident the fires had started." The latest fire was Thursday even- ing when the entire upper floor of the Prouty Garage and Store rooms was "gutted" out by flames. = The roof of the structure was a total loss and much furniture stored on the upper floor," property of Carlton Prouty, was destroyed. Three cars on the main floor of the building were saved. The garage proper was not seriously damaged. The remains of a heap of excelsior were found just beneath a trap door leading to the upper floor. No further evidence of the source of the blaze could be determined. The estimated loss was Wednesday evening's fire was lo- cated in a small storage shed ih the rear of the Duncan confectionery on West Elm street. Here again fire- men were said to have discovered in- flammable material which had been placed with evident intent of starting The entire West Railroad avenue block between Elm and destruction Tuesday in a conflgara- tion which completely destroyed two business establishments and consid- erably damaged a third before the combined Winnetka and Wilmette departments could get the flames under control. Heavy losers were The Vollmann Commercial Delivery company, the Sing Lee laundry establishment and the Winnetkg Commission company, John Cruse, proprietor. Buildings de- stroyed and damaged were owned by Theodore Flynn and son and an- other by H. H. Dennick. The estimat- ed total loss was approximately $15,- 000, according to Chief Houren. As far as could be determined the blaze started in the rear of the Commercial delivery barns. Explo- sion of gasoline tanks in five motor trucks literally shot the flames over the buildings and within a remark- ably short time the buildings were a mass of ruins. The auto trucks were a total loss. The adjoining meat market was water damaged and much of the interior accessories and sup- plies were desroyed or damaged. The family of Oscar Augdahl which occu- pied an apartment over the meat market, was driven into the street, the little children clad only in sleep- ing attire. They were accommodated by friends during the night and later in the week moved to Wilmette, it was said. All of the household goods were saved. The building is of brick construction and was but slightly damaged by the flames. Sing Lee conducted an outdoor business this week. He was fortunate in saving a considerable quantity of Winnetka's daundry supply and passed out goods throughout Thurs- day and Friday to many an anxious customer. ! Through the courtesy of friends the Commercial Delivery company was enabled to continue with the delivery of groceries this week. The firm will soon be located in a per- manent establishment. John Cruse continued business un- der difficulties, with cash register, scales, and other store fixtures con- siderably damaged. RELIEF AND AID BODY HOLDS ANNUAL SESSION Associate Members Especially Re- quested To Attend Meeting of Association On Monday The annual meeting of the Win- netka Relief and Aid association will be held Monday, October 13, at 10:30 o'clock, in the basement reading room of the Winnetka Public Lib- rary. An annual donation of any amount makes of the giver 'an asso- ciate member of the organization, with the privilege of attending the annual meeting and getting into touch with the work which has been {done during the past year. The Board most earnestly desires a large attendance of its associate members and is hoping the generous givers will come to the meeting and learn not only how their contribu- tions have helped those who have had to battle. with adverse circumstances of life either in what we call our emergency cases Or in our more chonic cases, but also of the wonder- ful work the association's trained nirse, Miss Garretson, has done in the schools, in guarding the health of all the children in the Village. Come and learn what your money is helping to accomplish. partisan league which is undermin- | INDIAN HILL TO HAVE LARGE ing the good citizenship of the state | and is robbing farmers and business men in an appalling manner. The league controls the state and makes its own laws." vo W. C. T. U: MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS ARMY PROBLEMS | es ----_-- The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. | William F. Temple and Company To Construct Fireproof Two-Story Structure In Near Future Construction of a combined office and apartment building is planned for the near future at Winnetka ave- G. Moody, 921 Greenwood avenue, {nue and Bertling Lane, Indian Hill, : Wilmette, Monday, October 13. The | by William F. Temple and Co. subject will be "Work among diers and sailors." Miss: Elizabeth 'Gordon recently | returned from Boston, to the home of her sister, Miss Anna Gordon, of | Rest Cottage, Evanston, will give the | front roof. The Sol- | Village permit is temporarily delay- {ed pending changes in street ar- rangements in that vicinity. The proposed structure is to be of fireproof construction with a tile There are to be six address. Miss Anna Cordon is presi- | store places on the main floor, 6 of- dent of 'the' National W. C. T. U. Five members of the local union | upper floor. attended the County' convention held ~ GC 1 1 | garages are to be built in the in the Englewood Methodist church ' of the building apart from the main | on Thursday and Friday of last week. fices and 4 large apartments on the Kight fireproof single structure. \ rear | Shore Health Resort. | posed subdivision is of property at KINDERGARTEN FOR TOTS STARTS AT PARISH HOUSE Committee Prepared To Make Ar- rangements For Care Of Small Children For Busy Mothers A Community Kindergarten is be- ing established at the Parish House, Winnetka, for children from 3 to 5 years of age. The hours will be from 1 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon each school day. A trained Kindergarten teacher will be in charge. : The children can attend regularly or may come whenever the mother may desire, if before 2 o'clock. This Kindergarten is for the pur- pose of helping solve the housework problems by providing a place where small children may be cared for, thus permitting mothers to attend to their various home and community duties. The charge will be nominal. Rev- erend E. Ashley Gerhard, Superin-' tendent of Schools C. W. Washburne, Mrs. Alfred Freeman and Mrs. Frank D. Fulton, are arranging the details. Any mother interested can. com- municate with them concerning the Kindergarten. ENTERTAIN FORT SHERIDAN MEN AT HOAGLAND HOME eptopege poo Thirty-one wounded soldiers from JOHN MILLER TRUST 'Chicago | Woods: Mrs. Charles E. Butler, Hub- 'Woods; Edward P. Farwell, Hubbard Fort Sheridan were entertained on Saturday, October 4, at the home of! Mrs. Royal Hoagland, East Willow | street. wl ah | The entertainment committee con- | sisted of the Misses Hoagland, Mild- red Mack, Mary Meyers, Dorothy Madsen, assisted by other young women and members. of the East Willow street Circle. A substantial dinner was served at noon followad by games and music and light re- freshments before the men were re- turned to the fort by the women motorists who had brought them to the Village. The soldiers truly en- joy and appreciate these social meet- ings. NEW SUBDIVISION Village officials report the proposed subdivision of the Williamson estate | on Sheridan Road south'to the North | Another pro- Sheridan Road and Essex street. FUND TO BE $15,000 Total Contributions Far Surpass Original Goal of $10,000; Theater Benefit and Baseball Score- board Boost Total LAKE FOREST GIVES $1,200 Nerth Shore Centributions Pass | $5,500 Marl: Ae Tarpaign Draws To a Close; Committec M-e's - John Miller, flagman, who is at| the Evanston hospital recovering | from serious injuries received when | he was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern limited train at the Gage street crossing, in Hubbard Woods 8 weeks ago while attempting to save the lives of Mr. and Mrs. | William Tanner, is a happy man to- day. Also the members of his little family in Glencoe are happy. The reason is this: The John Miller Fund origin- ally set at $10.000 has passed that mark. and is destined to reach $15.- 000 when all the contributions and pledges are turned in to I. Sherman Aldrich of Hubbard Woods, chair- man of the fund. North Shore Gives $5,500 North: shore towns: between Wil- mette and Lake Forest contributed over $5,500 to the fund. Lake Forest came in with subscriptions this week indicating a total conrtibution which will surpass $1,200. These con- tributions together with the receipts of a benefit performance given re- cently ini 'a Chicago theater and the receipts from admissions to Tribune electrical score board arrangement which recorded the World Series games, will, it is estimated, bring the fund well over the $15,000 mark when the final figures are computed. 1 Committee Meeting A meating of the committee in charge of the Miller Trust Fund will be held in Chicago late this wezk or early next week to determine the disposition of the Trust Fund. A complete report of the disposition will be made in an early issue of the Weekly Talk. : Donations to the Fund acknowl- edged by Mr. Aldrich this week were: _$50--J. S.", Winnetka. -25--Mrs. Rudolph Matz, Hubbard bard Woods; A. D. Lasker, Glencoe; M. Born, Glencoe; Howard W. Foote, Glencoe; Charles A. Stonehill, Glen- coe; Mrs. Edwin ® S. . Rosenbaum, Glencoe; Adolph J. Lichtstone, Glen- coe. 320--Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Klee, Winnetka; Mrs. Albert Paul Smith, Highland Park. $15--N. H. Blatchford, Winnetka. $10--Ralph S. Farwell, Hubbard Woods; Mrs. J. B. Murphy, New York; F. W. Penfield, Glencoe; Mrs. Ferdinand Hotz, Glencoe; Edgar R. Born, Glencoe; Mrs. J. H. Wilker- son, Glencoe; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mayer, Glencoe; Mrs. C. L. Daggett, Glencoe. : $6--Indian Hill Benefit, Kenilworth. $5--Adolph Rosenthal, Winnetka; Edwin E. Brown, Winnetka; Claude Nathan, Winnetka; F. B. Thomas, Winnetka; "A. P.", Winnetka; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Kniebel, Winnetka; | bers of the Men's club COL. REILLY PLEADS FOR PREPAREDNESS Addresses St. Mark's Men's Club of Evanston Telling Cf Conditions Of United States When the War 'Began NATION RELAPSING Now Would Make Same Mistakes, He De- clares, In Meeting Another War In Near Futipe i Sioqueal plea for th national defense legislation . that the United States will not -- Peat past mistakes in the next war was made this week by Colonel Hen- rye]. Reilly of the 149th field artill- ery, Winnetka' leading World War veteran, in his address before mem- er the St. Is Episcopal church, Evanston. York's The United States 1 pared at the declaratio €ven a year later was not read her share in helping the Rie clared Col. Reilly, " relapsed into oad today she has unpreparedness. eir support was not pre- n of war and 1 Just when the divi- sional staff officers were really Wali ing how properly to function, they were largely removed, and I say here that if we were sudd enly confri by another war w mai] same mistakes in meetj Sem eting the mer- Inflgence of America " : Just as soon as the declaration of war was issued France and England - knew that the 1 y could depend upo ; of America's resources in AY ble American spirit. when we declared wa help noticing the Hashes which it h morale of the British and Fr troops. The fighting men had fren war weary and they were. tired. It was the realization that their -broth- ers across the sea had offered to join with them in figthing the enemy which strengthened their morale and enabled them to continuue the struggle. HR "Not long after April two gr military leaders, French and Enslish arrived in America and impressed congress that what the allied forces needed right away more than any other aid was soldiers. And we did not have the soldiers to give them. And almost a year later when that great German offensive starting March 27 was launched against our allies we were unable to contribute any assistance in the form of soldiers. I was in Paris r and could not remarkable in- But the allies were patient and wait- ed for us to prepare. Througout the summer they fought on, still waiting. In the fall offensive planned by Marshal Foch we finally supplied men, and but for their timely arrival the Germans surely would have won. Need Preparedness "In talking with foreigners it is all right for us to say that America won the 'war, for it is true. But here in this hall, where all are Americans, it is well to consider the actual truth, and that is, that we came so near to losing: the war that the experience ought to convince us it is necessary for us to attend at once to the pres- ent preparedness program. There is not a bill down in Washington om Mrs. N. H. McClain, Winnetka; C. E. Burkhardt, Hubbard Woods; Mrs. | W. A. Levering, Glencoe; Allan Mur- | ray, Glencoe; Mrs. William V.| Schrrur, Glencoe; Chesley R. Perry, | Glencoe; Ottmar M. Krembs, Glen- | coe: F. C. Gaertner, Glencoe; F. A. | Robbins, Glencoe; Mrs. W. Harry | Davis, Glencoe; Maurice Miller, Glencoe: K. F. Howard, Glencoe; | Mrs. C. M. Dennis, Glencoe; Mrs. H. C. Hughes, Glencoe. $3--Charles S. Jewell, Winnetka; Mrs. Julia Chandler, Winnetka. $2.50--A. D. Watson, Glencoe. $2--Mrs.. Robert Walker, Glencoe, Edward Haupt, Glencoe; A. W. Paul- son, Glencoe; Fred C. Wernecke, Glencoe. $1.50--Mrs. Gordon Sibley, Glencoe; Mrs. F. B. Laws, Glencoe. : $1.10--Collected +by Marie L. Til- roe, Winnetka. $1--Mrs. E. A Meyer. HUBBARD WOODS I. A. MEETS There will be a meeting of the Hubbard Woods Improvement asso- ciation Tuesday evening, October 14, at 8 o'clock. Plans for the fall sea- son will be discussed. The meeting will be the first since before the summer season. OPEN SATURDAY EVENING The Winnetka State Bank has an- nounced that the bank will be open on Saturday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock. ; this preparedness question which does not aim at exempting some par- ticular class of favorites. We ought to give our attention to the pre- paredness program--for what is more important?" a Colonel Reilly presented some vivid descriptions of field. engagements in which many local men, members of his unit, participated. How they were quickly transferred from their posi- tions assumed after winning St. Mi- hiel and ordered to the Argonne, was described. a The fundamental idea of his ad- dress was the need for preparedness today, and he emphasized this when- ever possible. PAVING NEARS COMPLETION Winnetka's south east paving pro- ject is nearing the stage of comple- tion. Already approximately $171,- 000 worth of paving has been com- pleted. Thz entire project is cxpect- ed to be completed before winter, barring further delays in obtaining necessary materials. The section under improvement Sheridan Road and the railroad tracks, Willow street and thc south limits of the Village. BANKS CLOSED MONDAY The Winnetka State Bank and the: Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank will be closed all day Monday, Octob- er 13, in commemoration of. Colum-- bus Day. old condition of e should make the ° r money, in- the ['dustry, materials, and the ERA ad in raising the ° is bounded by - BRR dapaiaiin