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St. Mark's Episcopal Has Offered the Rev. Charles Fiske the Pastorate of the Church. H. R. Gibbins, a mall carrier, had his wagon struck by an automobile Saturday afternoon at the corner of Davis street and Chicago avenue. The machine, it Is stated, was* running at a speed of forty mites. Gibbins caught the number and A. M. Miller, a Chi- cago chauffeur, was arrested. He will have a hearing Thursday. The police did some clever detective work in landing the right man. WILL PREACH ON SUNDAY Prominent Baltimore Divine Will Preach at the Sunday Morning Service,Aftef Which He Will Make Decision. St Mark's JBVanston church has ex- tended a <*&<0» JN •&«â-¼. Charles Fiske, rector â- i&P'wt*Michael and All Angels* Episcopal 'church In Balti- more, M<L, and » former New York newspaper man, to accept the local pulpit. The Rev. Fiske will come to Evans- ton next Sunday and will preach at the morning service. At that time he will look over the field preparatory to accepting or rejecting the call which was extended to him last week. The Baltimore divine has stated to friends that the work done by the Ridge avemftB church and Its generous contributions to missionary and char- itable funds have strongly appealed to him. . Is the fUfcht Man. The call was extended only after search as to the man best fitted lor the; pulpit, In the Bfcv, Eleke the menv bers of the v»»try ftemijr* Relieve thit Ihey Mvrti&^hraa^ tHe Umce: it ia :mtf;*m%m3i^o6tfmtfv*3w that he will see his way clear to ac- cept before he returns to Baltimore on Tuesday. • An invitation has been extended to him to remain over Monday for the meeting of the St. Mark's Men's club, as this energetic organization fairly indicates the enterprising spirit of the church. The Rev. Mr. Fiske served on sev- eral New York papers before he en- tered the ministry and at one time was private secretary to former Lieut. Gov. Woodford of New York. He has been rector of the Baltimore church since February, 1910, when he succeeded Dr. John Gardner, Murray upon the, latter's elevation to the post of coadjutor bishop. He went to Bal- timore from Morristown, Pa. He was born in New Brunswick, N. J., and is ,43 years old. He gradu- ated la 1896 from the New York semi- nary-and was confirmed in the Epis- copal church. Under the Trenton Association mis- sion he. was general missionary in the diocese of New Jersey for a time. Later he became rector of Mount Cal- vary church in Baltimore. He was afterward rector of the Church of the Transfiguration. Philadelphia, and re- signed there to go to St John's church at Somerville, N. J. He is the author of "Religion of Incarnation," a book Widely known In ecclesiastical circles. The Rey. Harry S. Lougley former rector of the church, who was recent* ly consecrated suffragan bishop of Iowa, will leave Evanston, Nov. tor his new ojfiee in Dee Moines, la. The Rt. Rev. Bishop A. J. McGavick of Holy Angels' church, Chicago, ad- ministered the sacrament of confirma- tion to a large class at the Sacred Heart church, Hubbard Woods, III., on Sunday, Nov. 3. The class was com- posed of forty-five' men and forty- four women. Mrs. William J. Scheultz was sponsor for the women and Mi4. Julius Beinljch for the men. Beside the pastor, the Rev. F. J. Haarth, there were present the following priests: Rev. William Netstraeter and Rev. J. Ott of WUmette, Rev. P. L. Bier- mann, Rev. Thomas Eagan and Rev. Leo M. Hartke of Evanston, Rev. Burg- mer and Rev. Hildebrand of Techny, Rev. Griffen and Rev. M. Weidner of Chicago. , „ CONFIRMED CUSS AT HUBBARI WOODS GLENCOE UNION CHURCH HOST TO CONFERENCE The Missionary Extension confer- ence which is to be held next week at the Glencoe Union church is of inter- est to people all along the north Bhore. Twelve*"*churches of" all denomina- tions from WUmette to Highland Park are invited to cooperate and to share in the study and expense of the lec- tures. It will be a; study of both home and foreign missions, and is a raje_ op- portunity for all those interested in these important subjects. Miss Fran- ces Patterson will be in charge of th« conference and will give two lectures every afternoon during the week be- ginning Sunday, November 3, at 2 o'clock. The first forty minutes of each afternoon session will be devoted to the home missionary study book, "Mormonism." After a short recess the second period will deal with the foreign mission text book, "China's^ New Day." Caclton B. Prouty, Prominent Real Estate Dealer, Sur- prises His Friends by Marriage. MARRIED AT LA PORTE, |ND. Woman Associated With Him in Business. BURGLAR AGAIN BUSY IN WILMETTE HOMES RUMMAGE SALE. Mr. AT t>. Sanders, Sr., has charge of an immense rummage sale, which is going to be held Nov. 11 at the Beth- seda church in Chicago. This is the miss|on church which the local Con- gregational church sustains. In the nelgnborhod of this Institutional church there is a great deal of need and the rummage sale can he of real practical help to the poor people there forchis rummage sale will afford them the opportunity of buying things which win. b»\e* use to ibam at* tm lorn rat* f* % *ay wfcich will enable Burglars entered the Alfred t*crt> bach and David Anderson homes at 530 Washington avenue on Tuesday evening, October 28, just as the fam- ily were seated for dinner between the hours of 6:30 and 7. TLis is the second time in two weeks that burg- lars have entered their home and is the most daring attempt at burglary ever perpetrated in WUmette. They gained access to the house by meanB^ of a ladder which they took from Mr. Carlson's house in the next block, and put it on the east side of their house between the Charles Sanford dark residence and theirs, and 23» | climbed into a bedroom window and threw a small safe out of the window. The crash was heard by Mr. Ander- son who went to the front door and was j»e$ by a man with a revolver who ordered him into the house. Mr. Anderson did not obey orders, but instead ran across the street and gave the alarm and the police were tele- phoned for. In the meantime the burglars ran to the corner leaving the safe where it lay and escaped in an automobile which was waiting for them. Some jewelry and silver was taken, it is supposed that these men were the same that entered the house two week* ago, when they were fright- ened Jp*y by the return home of the fa»ily ^7:10 in the evening. Carlton B. Prouty, a prominent real estate dealer of Winnetka and vice- president of the Winnetka State bank, surprised his many friends Tuesday by traveling to LaPorte, Ind., where he was married to Miss Mary Busscher, a woman associated with him In bust* nesa for several yearn Four days previous his first wife, Mrs. Carry B. Prouty, had obtained a divorce from him on the grounds of desertion. The decree was granted last Friday by Judge Tuthill and aha was allowed $150 a month during her lifetime. Not a Romantic Marriage. "There is nothing romantic In It," said Mr. Prouty when queried about it "It is not of importance to the public We were married at La Porte and there is nothing else to aay. We shall reside in Winnetka." In addition to being a banker Mr. Prouty is a real estate broker and owns several valuable pieces of property in Winnetka. He is also collector for the town of New Trier and estimated to be worth $50,000 to $100,000. It was said by other residents of Wicnetka that he and the first Mrs. Prouty lived happily together twenty- four years before they separated two years ago. The testimony in her suit showed they were married March *5, 1886, and that they lived together un- til August 9, 1910. Mrs.( Prouty testi- fied her husband deserted her on that date "He told me," she said, "that he would not keep a home for me any longer. He told me that after a cer- tain date he would close the house." Absert Prouty Forced Separation. She said that following this inter- view she went to live with a sister at Beverly Hills, 111. Rudolph Mats, a friend of the family, also testified that Prouty insisted upon the separation. Attorney L. J. Pierson, counsel for the defendant, told the court that be thought a reconciliation Impossible. The present Mrs. Prouty has been a resident of the north shore village for several years. Since the death of her father, said to have been a blacksmith^ she has lived with ber mother at 671 Willow street. Besice being employed in the Winnetka State bank, she acta as secretary of the Winnetka park board. ' * EVANSTON BOY STRUCK BY WILMETTE AUTO Hairy borband, 1834 Darrow ave- nue, was struck by an automobile be longing to O. F. Lewis, 000 Central avenue, WUmette; Saturday afternoon he received numerous Injuries on his face. He was taken to Bt. Francis hos- pital. The chauffeur was arrested and will have a hearing November 12. He is charged with assault. Mr. James Livingston, Sr., an old resident of Hubbard Woods, died at his home on JBdison avenue, Saturday, Oct. 26, after a long and helpless 111- oeBB. He was buried in Rosehill ceme- tery on Tuesday, the services at the home and at the cemetery being con- ducted by the Rev. Douglas Cornell of Glencoe, 111., with great sympathy and tenderness. Mrs. Clara Watson ren- dered with deep feeling a life-long favorite hymn of ' Mr. Livingston's, "Lead Kindly Light" Mr. Livingston leaves a widow and three sons. INJURED BY CAR Miss Estella Martin, 1033 Ashland avenue, WUmette, had a narrow es- cape from death Thursday night as she was riding to her home in a car- riage from the WUmette station of the Northwestern railroad. Miss Martin was returning from the theater and took a carriage at the depot. As carriage was crossing the tracks the Chicago ft Milwaukee Electric at Central avenue it was struck by a northbound car. The carriage was wrecked, but as by a miracle Miss Mar- tin escaped without serious injuries. Miss Martin resides with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Pettlt. iWj*Ul"'" ! NEW TRIER HIGH IN MOCK ELECTION At New Trier high school on Tues- day a mock election was held. Speci- men ballots were used, ballot boxes and voting booths ^re prepared by the manual training department and the necessary officials were appointed to make it have all Jhe form of an actual election. Several legal restric- tions such as sex, age and residence were disregarded. A week ago Tues- day they held registration day and on Friday following revision day. Nearly all students registered in their vari- ous precincts, on those days there were four precincts, one in each of the four session rooms. A lively interest was stimulated in election matters in this way, the different platforms were dis- cussed and were better understood for the instructors took pains to make them plain. The' result is not known at this writing. WILMETTE MAN VICTIM OF HEART FAILURE Mr. David E. Clow, 1064 Linden avenue, died suddenly on Monday af- ternoon, October 28, at his late resi- dence. Mr Clow was working in the bathroom of his home preparing It for new fixtures which he was about to install, and it is supposed that in doing this work while the gas was turned on, he had one of his dizzy at- tacks he has been subject to for some time, but as no gas was found on his lungs, his death was attributed to heart failure. When Mrs. Clow re- turned at 5:30 p. m. she found her husband dead. After working over him an hour the doctors agreed that he had been dead a couple of hours. Mr- Clow has lived in WUmette a wumoer of years and was in his fifty- third year. He leaves a widow whom he recently married and two grown sons by a former marriage. The fun- eral services were held at his home as he was crossing Church street near______ _________________________ Maple avenue. His lip was split and jjast Friday morning at 10 30 o'clock and were conducted by Rev. J. N. Wil- son, pastor of the WUmette Presby- terian church of which Mr. and Mrs. Clow were attendants. Dr. S. Victor Balderston, M Comrni&forw, WIH >«$$" on Health Conditions FOR THE NEWS READER* VS4: Owing to Inaccurate and'W(||i|d ing Rumors Circulate* it Dif- * ferent Times (if ttidYi#tyf ' PhysicianWillGivefact*. **T jiiiS.-,-. From time to time, ©•W^^l^l fall and spring/'there^^Ifsm .|(|l*?.' leading and inaccurate .renorta^S^rllll^ relative to the prfvalence of Wtsir gious diseases and th>a^netnl"jbS«|^ tion of the health ol^ns^a^^^ adjoining villages to' jh%:/nortfc0f|| as to give the public accurtte hn*orinav^ tion relative io ^itif^^'^^n^tj^' the editors of this pallor janva Dr. S. Victor Balderston, health OftW^ mis si oner, to write a monthly on the diseases that are pre*al«lfc^ Today we publish the ftlrsttifirtl^ ./ ^^'f*:'fc^ls RAN INTO COAL PILE. While driving her electric along Lake street Sunday Miss Marlon TOOK THEIR WHEEL*. Two bicycles were stolen Monday, .------ -------- _-----. ------ each valued at $15. One belongs to fabian, 1509 Sldge avenue, ran into C. B. Slovia, 2515 Ridge avenne, and » pile of coal that was in the street tho other to John Borgson, 1036 Sher-1 without a light, and injured the steer man avenue. lis* sear on her machine. S^SImS #,<&-'tl 'â- ^0t iMfej^lfeUS' '•da*! By Dr. 8. Victor BaWsrstonv The following information' i» 4, as a general answer to the iagaiiy <& The News: Infantile Paralysis or â€"There have been two cases ed since July 1, one ooonrrtog and-one Oct 14. they h*vecnot traced to a etii^M^^^ sent out to the otftef towns:Js>jj|; ;.w„ lages near by elicted tafoittatlon •* follows, viz.: Wllmette had ona'--^^ on Oet. 15; Keniiworth two oasei ing the month qt September* being contracted away from the town* Winnetka had one' case on S^h|||| none have been reported In .Q]an<^Q|p Waukegan papers report n|«|ato^B|g cases in Lake county. Vf9j^^v0)^ lag a limited survey of vtheaJtaatlOA there because we receive a small nai| of our milk supply from near Liberty* yille. We believe there is no reason to fear an epidemic in Bvanston, Iff cases are always reported promptly ^ and proper precautions taken in re- gard to contacts attending school | ' Thirteen typhoid cases developed i)» Evanston during the past month m families on one special milk jronte. An Immediate and thorough investi- gation was made of the bottling pbMtt, blood tests were made of drivers and all persons handling the mllk^ |tt| nothing suspicious being found insPfW- tions were made of the farms In Shermervllle and blood, tests of the farmers and helpers. Finally a case of walking typhoid was discovered on one of the farms. This man had been milking the cows and handling the cans, .etc., up to. this time. Further than this another farm was shut off â- Â£. > on account of contamination of the well water. We believe that the active typhoid case discovered was sufficient to Bhow that this particular farm was the source of the infection. No cases of scarlet fever were re- ported during the month o* October. Yesterday we received information of a small epidemic in Nlles Center. There are said to be more than a dozen cases out there chiefly in fast* § ;|| ilies of truck farmers. Several trnck J ^ wagons from that section have been tn ^. || the habit of distributing vegetables ^ i^ about towns so we are exposed to a certain amount of danger "frf^tbil quarter. " %>$ Three cases of meningitis wore re- J" ported during the month, one definite^ £ ly of the epidemlo variety, one tuber- § cular and one just o<rtjrtde the limits | probably of the epidsfUc type*-/.*"< * f; â€" i i i i â- â- â-  â€"â€"â- â€"p * \ . .• WAS DRUNK. __, - _ D. F. Carlson. ?|0 Madison str«*t, was arrested Saturday for being in- toxicated, and fined fftC Â¥ 9»jfjisg(^ sirsir ybtiitse^