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^it&toZ&BSWtSMsmwmssim/. Cbt tale $bcr« flew PUBU8HBD EVERY THURSDAY ------------------------------ BY â€"----------------------- THE BOWMAN PUBLISHING CO., 626 Davit Streat, Evanaton. Albert H. Bowman . Managing Editor Arthur Roberta . . Associate Editor James Leonard Lee .. . City Editor North Shore Officeâ€"648 West Rail- road avenue, Winnetka, 111. Lloyd F. Hollister, Local Manager. Phone 241. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, Jl A YEAR All matter for publication in any week's issue should reach our office not later than noon on Monday. Entered as second-class matter June 28, 1911, at the postofflce at Evanston, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. WOULD YOU BE CRUELT The urgent need for automobiles to serve the members of the G. A. R. In the Decoration day services In Ev- anston and Wilmette has not been as widely recognized as it Is essential that it should. In fact it haB scarcely been recognized at all. There are hundreds of machines in both these towns whose owners could and would if they realized the importance, cheer- fully lend their services and thus make It possible f<r the old soldiers to take a part in the observance of the day sacred to their sufferings and sacrifices and to the memory of their comrades who succumbed to the hard- ships or fell before the fire of the enemy in the war which decided the fate of our national unity. It is a hollow farce for any com- munity to arrange a day of celebra- tion on Memorial day without includ- ing In the plans some means of trans- portation for the old men who form the remnant of the union army. It Is worse than mockery; It is cruelty; for. stimulated by the excitement of the occasion, and animated by a flare of the old courage, the old soldiers will put forth an effort to fulfill their part of the day's program at the cost of no one knows how great fatigue p and actual suffering, a responsibility S which the younger public should be rather chary about accepting. It ought & be the sacred charge of every town or city which can still count in its citizenship one or more members of the Grand Army of the Republic to make Decoration day, the day set aside for the payment of the debt of gratitude which the nation owes these old men and their com- rades, now dead, for the four years of service, years so full as In many cases to count the whole usefulness and activity of a long life. It's a little enough thing to ride for an bear or less In a parade, and to bring to the hearts of the veterans whom you help a joy and satisfaction which you may not appreciate to the full extent now, but an understanding of which will come with the whitening of hairs. Communicate today with the com- mittee in charge of arrangements for Decoration day in your town ana offer your automobile and yourself, or other safe driver, to meet this need of the honr. 2 * m m WHY ARE NOTICES POSTED t P\ One of the most difficult lessons that people have to learn la that igno- rance is no excuse in the eyes of the law for non-observance of its edicts. { An example of this very common be- lief in the efficacy of "I didn't know" TP waa given in Evanston recently by $ an indignant woman whose un- fi mauled dog bad been caught and im- '^: : pounded by the police. The protest %, of the offender against the decree of ji.. Mayor Shabt that she could not be ex- fp pected to go about reading all the Pp- dodgers and posters in the city, re- Up fl«ct> * frame of mind all too fire- fly qmently met. H p: If dttsens are not to be expected, to *P â-  read posted notices and announce* p- nests of new regulations published p'r- fa th« press, bow can such matters be ipr~'inade public* W - The egoism which would exact per- |£^ soaal notification of proposed law en* '^""ictment* is not limited to the la- |€ stance is question. There la but one ^4 Way to meet such situationsâ€"«ot to consider lack of knowledge aa having any bearing in the caae whatever. It may even be expected that a consist- ent application of this treatment may develop a practice of reading and heeding notices to the public posted in conspicuous places about the city and published In the newspapers. However tedious and uninteresting that may be, it really takes less time and is not so annoying as the conse- quences of failure to inform oneself. Experience is likely always to be the hardest school. * -:• * STOP IT! Natural conditions will prevent Ev- anston from over becoming a great metropolis, but there is one point in whl. 'fiat ilt appears to be vying with ,iwt n.:innunit1es twice its size â€"the volume of unnecessary noise which it not <>nly endures but allows. There are certain noises which seem to be unavoidable, that are an Intimate part of the city's life, but there, ate others, and most of them be- long to this (lass, which are not only needless, 'mt are the result of care- lessness, lack of consideration, or In- tention to be disturbing on the part of the agent producing them. Under this last head belongs a nul- can< e which has long existed in Evans- ton in spite of the fact that the city council, about two years ago, passed an ordinance forbidding itâ€"the open muffler <>n automobiles. It is only necessary to enforce a regulation already existent to free Evanston from this nuisance. The Authority to act has been given; it only remains for the police depart- ment to enforce the law, to show the drivers of automobiles that they mean to do away with the open muffler within the city limits of Evanston and the campaign will be practically over. We trust that our protest, which ; we know to be very generally ap- ' proved by the Evanston public, may stir the department of police to such ! activity In the suppression of the open muffler that In a very short time that particular variety of unnecessary noise may be eliminated from the cata- logue of similar nuisances which the city has borne and continues to bear with the patience that characterizes the hopelessness of change. •# * * BETTER SERVICE. An Innovation which promises to be an improvement is always welcome In Evanston as elsewhere, and so the change in the handling of the tele- phone calls to Chicago will be favor- ably received, not that our service has been particularly bad, but that we want the best that it is possible for us to have. To those who use their telephones almost entirely for local calls, the Baviig of a half-minute In the time required for the transmission of a call to Chicago, seems negligible. To busi- ness men and women who have occa- sion to use the long -distance ad- vantages of the telephone system, such a saving in the course of a day means much, not only in the actual conserva- tion of time, but in the lessened strain on patience Involved. The new system which was insti- tuted Saturday has already proved its efficiency in Oak Park, and so cannot be looked upon as in the ex- perimental stage. A few days may be necessary for the mastery of the de- tail of operation in the exchange, after which Evanston will enter into the enjoyment of a much more simple anj speedy connection with Chicago. * m m IN WITH THE BOYS. The example set by Mr. Frank A. Brown of Wilmette in giving to sev- eral groups of boys baseball privi- leges in the lot which he has just purchased at the corner of Fourth street and Central avenue is one which might well be followed by the holders of such property not only in Wilmette but wherever there are boys to Indulge in the national game. There are many ways In which the liberality and thoughtfulness of Mr. Brown may react upon the com- munity In which he lives, not the least Important of which. 1» the In- fluence which his kindness will win for him among the boys. By entering to this extent in their Interest in mature years gain the respect, ad- miration and fealty of the youth, an sdauisltlon which brings with It both pleasure and responsibility. LARGE CLASS TO GRADUATE AT GARRETT First M. E. Church Auditorium Filled Sunday When Pres- ident Stuart Delivers the Baccalaureate Sermon. TUESDAY WAS ALUMNI DAY EVANSTON GUN CLUB ARRANGES PROGRAM The Evanston Gun club grounds will be open all day Decoration day. A suitable program has been arranged and about twenty prizes will be award- ed, most of which will please the ladles. The entrance fee for each event will be nominal, just enough to cover the cost of the prizes. The add- ed target handicap system will be used. A large attendance Is looked for. Sandwiches and lemonade can be had on the grounds. The club now is car- rying a good supply of shells. The program will be so arranged that everyone will have a good chance to win a prize and every effort made to handicap the winners so that no one The auditorium of the First Metho-1 will win two first prizes. The pro- dlst church was filled to its capacity gram will also Include some novel Sunday morning, when President Charles Macauley Stuart, of Garrett Biblical institute, preached the bacca- laureate sermon to the largest gradu- ating class in the history of the insti- tution. The class numbered fifty-oneâ€"thirty in the graduate school and twenty-one In the -diploma school. Dr. Staurt's subject was "Stewardship." He waa assisted at the service by Dr. A. W*. Harris, president of Northwestern uni- versity, and Dr. Milton S. Terry of Garrett. Referred to America. "America," he said, "has become rich and strong and influential, not by any virtue of our own, but by the favoring providence of God that by such national power and greatness the whole world may be blessed in us. "Of what worth is it to anybody that as a nation we are clever, re sourceful, and outrageously rich.? Has God brought us to our place among the nations that they may take les- sons, in brag and bluster? This is the curse of faithless stewardship. "We may go on prospering until we burst with riches; we may add terri- tory until, like Great Britain, we boast that the sun never sets on our dominion; but If all of this increase Is used as a national perquisite and devoted only to national advancement there is no escape from the curse of God." Had Love Feast. Preceding the sermon the Rev. Wil- liam J. Davidson, professor of reli- gious education, led a "Students' Love Feast," in which many of the students took part by speaking on matters of personal religious experience. A "home coming" service of former graduates of the school who are mis- sionaries in various foreign countries was held In the evening. The speak- ers were Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, class of '84, South America; the Rev. William T. Hobart, '81, Peking. China; the Rev. John R. Denyes, '97, Bultze- norg, Java; the Rev. Howard A. Musser, '99, Nagplur, India; the Rev. William H. Teeter, '08, Tarlac prov- ince, Philippines; the Rev. Charles EL Simpson, '03, Moradabafl, India, and the Rev. Frank H. Smith, '06. Japan. The commencement exercises mark the fifty-seventh anniversary of the theological school but the first anni- versary at which two separate com- mencements are held. The graduat- ing exercises of that portion of the class who receive diplomas known as the diploma school, were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and the graduating exercises of those who will receive the degree of bachelor of divinity, known as the graduate school, on Wednesday at 2:30. The president's reception was given Mon- day at 4 o'clock. Tomorrow Alumni Day. Alumni day was observed Tuesday. The alumni banquet was held at noon in the First Methodist church. The alumni oration was delivered at 3 o'clock in Memorial hall by the Rev. Daniel McGurk of Dayton, Ohio, who spoke on the subject "The Jericho Road." He related some experi- ences connected with the flood which swept Dayton this spring. The senior class gift, which was presented at S o'clock Alumni day, consisted of a replica of the Code of Hammurabi, a monumental tablet eight feet in height, made in Paris. GLENN FRANK IN DEMAND. Is Busy Delivering Addresses at High 8ehool Commencements. Glenn Frank, alumni secretary of the university, is much in demand now as chief orator at commence- ments in the high schools near Chi- cago. He retained Sunday from Lebanon, Ifcd., where he delivered the prinoipal address at the commence- ment of the city's high school, whose alumni are now ready to set sail upon the tempestuous sea of Ufa Other engagements of similar character wQi baseball ^ndjtports generally men nt[**w> nt» Prank to yawan** events. A good time is assured every- one and It will be an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other. NEW8 WANT AD8 BRING RESULTS SON OF FAMOUS WAR VETERAN LIVES HERE Dr. Cowden Laughlin, German in- structor in the Evanston academy, is in receipt of news stories which have been published in the Atlanta, Ga.. newspapers during the last few days concerning his father. Capt. John W. Laughlin, who gained recognition in the Civil war as the man who re- ceived the papers containing the formal surrenfler of Atlanta in April, 1865. Capt Laughlin has been Jn At- lanta as a delegate to the Presby- terian assemblies, in session there the last, few weeks. His home is in Barnesville, O. In tho stories published a likeness of the war veteran Is given in connec- tion with details of how he received the Important war document while a commissioned officer under Col. B. B. Eggleston. Capt. Laughlin, with his two sons, who live in Ohio, are planning a trip through the southern states .within a short time, when they will visit all of the battlegrounds in Georgia, Ala- bama and Mississippi. tyTSALE woods. 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