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VOL. VI. NO. 2. Phone Wilmette 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1*14. Room*. PRICE FIVB STOCK DISEASE IT HEALTH MINSTREL SHOW AT United States Department of Agriculture Com- ments on Spread of the Disease. V Advance Sale of Tickets Assures a Big Suc- cess. PASTEURIZATION GOOD Experiments in Europe Show Pasteurization Prevents Contagion. Pto* fit Indication*, the minstrel show which the Oullmette Country club will give tonight and tomorrow night at the clubhouse will surpass anything of its kind ever before at- tempted by the club. This* club has the reputation of sever "starting anything they can't finish." and there is no reason to sup- pose that there will he an exception made in this ease. An elaborate pro- gram has been arranged by. the com- mittee and a "gran fill time" fs prom- ised. The program follows: FlttST PART. Inspection of Ten Farms Discloses Satis- factory Sanitary Conditions. THE VILLAGE COUNCIL ■ IwUrll ^Vlbl vLvVIVII ------i-^---------- Very Little Business Came Before Board Tues- day Night. PROSPEROUS ERA TOR THE TIRE0.S. EXCELLENT PROCRAM CTCLTIMC HUtti civen at concert 31 trrlllo rlRtU Good Crowd Greets Artiste " Seen at Church -- ~ AND CAST OTHER INSPECTIONS The anxiety' that, has ■*44 « Opening Chorus.....By doe Company (Written by John Meek) 1 I Want to Go Back to Michigan.... Jl_^-J~ .................... Don Gallic 1 My Crooney Melody .Charles D. Heller rebT Pauline...........Nate 8. Akely Condition of Soda Foun- tains, Groceries and Meat Shops Good. tlety that has been ex- {njcr Pauline...........Nate 8. Akely | Meaitn mm several quarters la regard Ro*kln'in de Win'___William -Lavery ;irtendcnt of t upon human health of Che;Ke^ Rag Picker....-----O. G. Coresjaad Mr. Wo< to the.« present outbreak of the foot and mouth disease is regarded by gov- ernment authorities as somewhat ex- aggerated. The most common fear ia that ine uiUk Eupply might become contaminated, but in view of the pre- cautions that the local authorities In the infected areas are very generally taking, there 1s comparatively little danger of this. Milk from infected farms is not permitted to be shipped . at all. The only danger is, therefore,]Intermission that before the disease has manl-l SECOND PAHT. tested itself Bomo infected milk might! The Sleeping Car. reach the market. For this reason, j Under the direction of Mrs. Morton A The Armorer's Bong.Herbert Mulford Answer... .Frederick Wi'.lard Hanson Tlu-y All had a Finger in the Pie.. The Harbor of -Lost Dreams ........-----.........B. C. Webster Down at the Barbecue............. <-.................i. Nye MacaLstcr The Brigand........Edward F. Eitert I'd rather be a Minstrel Man than a u^ulti-MiHionaire. .Chas. C. Prescott experts in the United States depart- ment of agriculture recommend pas- teurization. As a matter of fact, how-j ever, pasteurization is recommended j by the depnrtmerit any way for all: milk that is not very high grade and from tuberculin tested cows Pasteurization a Safeguard. . It has been demonstrated by ax- pertinents, which have been made in Denmark and Germany, that pasteur-; Izaticn will serve as a safeguard against contagion from the foot and mouth disease just as readily as it does against typhoid fever, but iu any GvefifTT TOuTrt^ritfdreughiy timt^- the milk must be heated to 145 de- greea^Fahrenheit and held at this tern- > perature for thirty minutes. In this country the foot and month disease has been so rare that there are few recorded cases of Its trans mission to human, beings. In. 1902 a few cases were reported in New Eng Basse tt. Cast of characters in order of ap- pearance: Mrs. Roberts-----Clementine Eastman Aunt Mary... Portar ..___ Californlan... Mr. Roberts., Conductor.... Willis Campbell. Passengers, Trainmen, etc. Act No. I--One side of a sleeping car on the Boston St. Albany road. Act. No. %*■*At Worcester, where the train has made the usual atop, . . Act No. :t-T:Tb* -train stop* a* South Framinsliam bcfire going to Boston. Seng--I Want what I Want....... ............... ...Edward F. Ellert A Pair cf Klnga. Inflaming the Populace. .C. C. Mitchell D. W. Lester and his old banjo. Some nifty light stepping by some heavy-footed coons. Edward F. Kelly. Diaries C. Prescott, B Webster. land, and in .1908, in a few instances cruptlof swore found in the montbe o.' j nrand~ Finale^"* allow the Crowd. children, which were hollered to have! been caused by contaminated milk. In ' both of these outbreak:.!, the sale of j milk was stopped as soon as tne dls-1 ease was found among the cattle. As j !csg, therefore, as the disease can be! --'--.....*--------- confined by rigid quarantine to cer-1 tain specified areas, the danger from Helps HlS Brother Subdue a this source is very small. Should the R. E. CAZEL HELPS BURGtAR Health Commissioner Moore. Supcr- PubUc Wnrka Forrester oodman, food and milk In- spector for tlia city of Bvnnston, have Just completed a tour of inspection of Bdwar<Tp/Keliey 1the various Aa*ry torais wWcn co° tribute to Wilmette's milk, supply. Of the ten farms, whose supply is used by the Wilmette Dairy company, all are reported to have been in satisfac- tory condition, both as to the health or the cows and the manner of hand- ■ iing.the milk. A few Blight lmpro ve- il.iaeaxst such as a hew floor in SicTcow stables, etc.. at one or two of the farms, were premised at once. The. method of handling the milk at these farms guarantees absolute safe- ly to the consumer. It is first placed lp sterilized cans and then In coolers, which are made of concrete. These coolers are then filled with cold water and the cans are left in them until they are loaded on wagons or autos aud brought into town. ______ '_ The plant of the Wilmette Dairy company on Elm wood avenue was also inspected) in fact, Health Commis- sioner Moore Inspects it at regular intervals, and hi:: report !* that its should be very gratify ing to then dents of this village to know that their milk supply 1s . being continually watched both by the health commis- sioner and the dairy owners and that the consumer Is taking no risk. The health department has been busy In other directions as well. The two motion picture houses are being disinfected weekly and the patrons are now assured of an almost perfect atmosphere. Soda fountains, grocery stores, bakeries, butcher shops and basements have been Inspected and ......Helen Skinner -----..Nate g. Akely ..Gordon C. Gillies ..William J. Lavery. ......J. Alden Caily .Thomas W. Casey C. pestilence spread all over this coun- try and become as general as It has been at various times in large areas in, Europe, the problem would become more 10110118. Under any circum- stances, however, pasteurization would be an efficient remedy. Where pasteurisation Is not possible, and where there la any reason to suspect that the disease may exist, the pre* j caution of boiling milk might beia4 visable. Simple directions for pas- Man Who Had Broken Into Home. It. E.Cajel. an employee in the Win- retka postofflce, white visiting bis brother, William P. Cazcl. In Otney, !ll!„ last week, helped to capture a LL~I burglar. One night after the fam ly bad retired, his brother thought he heard same one moving about his tourist I home, however, **•""&. He "Pf*"* 'ro,n ,nl» £S an* contained toCircular 127. which will !>««*«« Rarely oh top of a n'^who appllcaUon to the «as attempting to escape *«*»»« iaimrul of clothes. The men began I struggling and the noise they made | awoke R. E. Cazcl. who Was sleeping • Cows Lose Their HHuv i„ the next room. He immediately Cows affected with Oje roaHgnant cun)e to w> bfjBtllw., aa8lgtance and form of the disease lose practically all; together tney 8UCCeeded in subduing of their milk. In mild cases, however.L^ man but not onU, gffct|1 wniam the decrease may be from one-third C4ue, had broken Mb wrJgt. Th«* Caxel to oue*alf the usual yield. The »»• beys1 are brothers of B. C. Casel of be sent free on United States department of agrlcul tore. 1055 Linden avenue, Wilmette. pearance of the milk also changes. It becomes thinner, bluish, and poor in fat. When: the udder is affected, the j DrnvWD aunf M17V milk frequently contains coagulated!! fibrin audi blood, so that a considerable sediment forma, while the cream laj thin and of a, dirty color. These j changes, however, occur only when i Tiring of the Loop, They Are is not permitted to pass Into an ad- vanced stage, as any stricken animal 4a at once slaughtered. Men who come in contact with dis- eased animals may also become in- fected. In adult human beings the contagion causes such symptoms as OPEN A NEW STORE Trade in Wilmette. Tne Music Study class will hold next mee.ing Tuesday morning at in I A new store has been launched in o'clock. The program, in charge of rWHn Next Monday and Tuesday. "Where i one-third of our'foreign Indebtedness, the Trail Divides," with Robert Bde- and you can see. if this keeps up In son in the leading role, will be shown November and December the United at the Village theater, and on Thurs-! states will have paid, her indebted- day and Friday* tft the same theater, ness to Europe." the report is that they are, in the main, satisfactory' A few of those places were not quite up to standard and unless they improve before the next Inspection it is quite probable that the fact will be made public It la said that there Is no ordinance in this village covering these conditions, but one la now being drafted and will be presented to the village board In the near future.. The ordinance re gardlng the Installation of manure boxes by owners of stock has been almost entirely ignored. Out of some sixty cases Inspected by the health department, In only one instance has the ordinance been compiled with. It is probable that nothing will be done thla fall or winter to enforce tul* ordinance aa the fry season la all but over, but the. work will be taken up in dead earnest next spring and the ordinance will be strictly enforced. The village has set a very poor ex ample In this matter, having failed to comply with the order up to this time. MUSIC STUDY CLASS ON NEXT TUESDAY Excellent Program Will Be in Charge of Mrs. Lam key. * Wilmette by two of Chicago's pioneer shocmoa. who are anxloua to prosper f^away from the habub of the loop. I"'.lieto two men have supplied their sore mobths.palnfiitawattowtBg. fever [ftUr;ct,ve06nop\.ith a unerfpopumr and occasional eruptions on the ; priced shoes and are proposing to go ••"^lSS^^1^ "K" JTU!I!J£!!'! «*'«■ «"> Wilmette business bard. I faj o Divine Redeemer he disease la rarely ««.ou^ TO net are thm owner8 of thte new 8tore. I » fg^gfy*?1. *n>ol>« yy^ Both are very well pleased with WH- * rr ttte and were emphatic in their fairly general among human beings. ^ ^ ^ Wtau,. of but that the dls urbancea It cause, j ^.^^ ^ ^ prospectt. . are usually so aUght that they •™iOW|l prasumus atay in this com- MA brongbt^ to the attention of t»« j juutltT^^ family physician. There la. however,!. . /;■} ■ a very good reason for everyone glv- UNIOM lag the diseased animals aa wlda a Tnet^ ^y %* » «aJea» Thanksgiving berth as posstwe, namely, that other- ;Iwet|ag bold in the Methodist ehnrch wise tbay may easily carry the dis-, NVedaesday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Mrs. A. B. I .am key. will be as follows: Piano: Valae C Minor............... Chopin Aragontse Ballet front "Le Cid".... -'......................... Masse11 roealj .oounou Mrs. F..N. Williams. Piano: Frrludes Nos. 4. 15. Op. 28....Chopin Mrs. Oertrudo L. Roberts. Yeeai:_ (a) Someday. Sometime- - . - CUrhe (h) Mrs. Maude AUen Pnfltpe. Mrs. K. & Ryjthbsae. The regular meeting of the village beaad.sr.s9 Set€ is«t. Tssssday evening. Attorney Jaeksop made a verbal' re- port regarding &e regulating of sign boards in t|bft village. He cited sev- eral ccsee where other cities had been unt-ble to regulate this nuisance and gave It as aft|plnlnn that Us best Eolutkn of _^|^oblem would be to pass an ordfaaace and then let the owners of tbef'algn boards teat Its legality tSMNslVi the courts. The mat- tor was referred back to the attorney for bis written report. Some time ago the question of who sliould be given the authority to eall out the B*0maUm tire department In case of emergency was taken up by the board. Heretofore ft was possible for anyone so minded to call them to Wilmette. but Tuesday night the board ordered that they be notified orders from 'Others than the fhlcf of the fire department, the driver or the csiitain should be Ignored; A cnmmecleat^ea from the chief of the Wilmette fire department was rtad stating thaf in bad condition A generous crowd sttende4<^MK| F.aUtta.HeadofGroeerVja*^^ Association, and Former t*« ywesationai church Thursday; ] evening. November 18. Those attend- jlng enjoyed every number from the! opening trio fr»r vielfn, piano and1 organ, an'arrangement of i.bzt'^; Lkdifiatijima. pls.^od by Mr. A. L.. violin; Mr. C. W. gtfwaids, Evanstonian, Makes a Prediction. •jff nr of "Bfind Given Maximum Pen- alty Last Saturday Morning. HiTS AT THE WAR TAXi£%'££?££T&Si]nOUiaa ABE FINED Miss Edwards offered two groups of solo*, both of which were watt re- Says Our Debts to Europe l***1^ *•r«» ^o*1"* Melody.- played by Mr. Preiser and one of his own Will Be Paid by First j of the Year. compositions, and a German dance by Dltteradorf. Mfas Edna Reiner. Marshall varied the program with readings and, as usual, captivated the f audience. Miss Marshall holds the and tariff I record of giving more club and church Steffins Failed to of Whom He Bought Beer. The "Not because of politics tinkering, but in spite of them, we readings than any other north *We; h^|f.c**Jfc are at the dawning of aa era of the!reader. Tne proceeds from the con- ,, greatest prosperity this country has] cert went to the Young People's so* over known," said Frank C Lous, oiety of the church, former well-known resident of Bvaa>| ~.~ 7 ;7i"';:' ""'•~~7~-~" gerous to use it. made a motion, which carried, that the fire tcnsmiSpf- be instructed to order the necesi try repairs made. BIG WEEK Feasts galore. for the Wilmette "movie" fans have been arranged for the coming week. As usual.- Mr. Sparr baa spared' neither pains nor, ex- pense In providing for them the very best. Trustee Schmidt iCeh !"""• of ££**£? ■**» •hofe people are stockholders. "Of alt the blunders that of a war tax waa the most unwarranted and the most outrageous. There waa no need far it. We were not at war or likely to be. Just before the war the European countries liquidated a Urge amount of our stocks and threw the balance of trade, $lo©.orto,000 against us. How to pay the Indebtedness was a grave question, with the money in- u.rests of the country, but it baa been solved. Balance in Our Paver. "Our exports in September gave us a balance In trade in our favor of about 833,000.000, wiping out about will be shown "Wlldllowor," With Mar- guerite Clark^is^LeUy* and Harold Boyd. Better pictures than these have never boon shown in Wilmette.:' At the Wilmette theater on Thanks- giving will be shown "CapThje,"-wttlr the famous motion picture star, Mary Pick ford, as '•Mercy," supported by Ernest Truax and Owen Moore, and on Friday afternoon and evening at the same theater, you will have an opportunity to see the Tribune's Eu- ropean war pictures. These pictures were taken op the Belgian battlefield with the authority of the Belgium gov- ernment, whose Red Cross organtxa tlon will receive one hal These pictures have been on exhibition In Chicago and have been drawing im- mense crowds._______:____-'.J/frl "What would have been the finan- cial condition of ^-o^trj^lf-the- v.af in Europe had Lett was asked. . Tariff Bill Huge Blunder. .- VThat hLa- very deep and serious question," he replied. . "It le a subject on which there Is a wide difference of opinion. Every man must apeak from his own point of view, and that is naturally confined to his own business experience. The tariff bill waa a huge blunder. It cut off revenue with* out doing any one any good. "Take my own case, for instance. I am at the head of twenty-three a. The re» ART LEAGUE HOLDS BOARD MEETING League Has Received Sev- eral Original _ lCartoon&v___„ _ A board meeting of the Wilmette Public Sehoat Art league was held last Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. S S. Dlngee. 938 Lake avenue, presi- dent of the league. It waa reported that two landscapes bad been present- id to the league by the art and<liter- ature department of the Woman'a elub during the chairmanship of Mrs. George Van Dyke. One of these will bo placed in the Central Avenue school and the other In the Logan school. In addition to these, the league baa been very fortunate in receiving several of John T. McCutcheon'H and William Schmedtgen's original cartoona which will be framed and placed In th> schools. A number of interesting meetings are being planned by the entertainment committee of whtoh Mrs. William Schmedtgen la chair- •TART WORK ON NEW SCHOOL. Work has been started on the new school building which will be erected Just north of the Central Street school The new building, which will contain eight rooms and a large* auditorium, will be used tor classes far manual training and domestic science and to relieve-tho THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Several Will Please the Boys and Girls--Others on List. the* The Wilmette public llbrsry baa just received a number of new books which have been catalogued and are now ready for circulation. The fol- lowing list wilt interest the boys aud girls: "Story of Daniel Boone" Tomllnsnn. "Boy Scbuta on Swift River," Bur- gees. "Boy Scouts on Lost Trail." Bur- gets. "Scouts of Stonewall," AlUheler. Guns of BuB Ban." Attsneter. "Sword of Antletam." Altsho!er. Mexico," Kllbourne. "Beth'a Wonder-winter," Taggart. "Girls of Falrraount," Baker. "Falrmount Quartette," Baker. "Alma's Junior Year," Other books received are: "Prisoners at the Bar," Train. "The Frunco-Prusslan War," Olll- bottle. vier. "Germany and the Germans," Ob!. tt«r. "Mexico," Enock. "Physiology of Faith and Fear." Sadler., The following hooka on Christian movai of the tax on sugar reduced the revenue of thla country $46,000,000 a year. It baa benefited none. I stated before the congressional committee In Washington, and I state emphatically and fearlessly, that thm country will pay til* highest price for sugar that has been paid next year. That will rail on every one. Grocery Business is Test. "In the grocery business, which Is a pulse of prosper.ty, we are getting a good many declines on many lines or merchandise ?at tu., present time, j but that was to be expected, A groat ] many itenia advanced too rapidly; then war came on, money Waa scarce. banks were crowding everyone to sell everything they could realize on, and naturally we caught the declines. I believe we are going to get further declines between now and Jan. 1, or, say, Feb. 1. By that time 1 believe this country w.ll have liquidated to a certain extent. I believe money Is going to get easier. The new govern- ment banks will be open for business soon. It !» said that the opening of these banks Will pnt Into circulation Immediately between $350,000,000 and $460000.000. I believe that this will relieve the situation throughout the country very materially." Aa tar as the effect of the war on this country la concerned* Mr. Letts views the situation through rose-col- ored glasses. "I do not ace how the situation in Science by Mary Baker Eddy have been received: "Pulpit and Press." "Messages to tne Mother Church." "Christian Healing and the People's Idea of God." "Rudimental Divine Science." The library will not be open Thanks- giving day. THE HARVEST HOME DINNER DRAWS MANY Turkey • Dinner and Excel- lent Program Make a Successful Event a"»Ja* Wilmette avenue, and Sixteenth streets, and the twelve men caught in bin place.w it was raided by ( the sheriff's office as tan sight-of: ?. caaea up before Juattoe Saturday morning. The heart* to have bean held on Thursday. 12th. but the defendsafs falls pear and their forfeited. It waa found, however, they bad keen waiting for * from Chicago, and, aa he waa they bad paid no attention to i lug of the case. R was finally that the cases should be and their hoar.ng waa set ; held, Saturday star! *^wS"npby ^RnsBsnjnBWgT •^^a^dssn'na^p- ■aaSa Ha night of Nov. 7 he and two other ties bad called at the 8 and, attar having been refused mlttance. bad forced open the and found several tables, on which wag* beer In another room, two teapots fcund each containing whisky. and empty beer bottles and a whisky were produced at the trti evidence. r¥Si>*>>^^---tt^.s|(!ilii| aVHeitss - Mr. Joe dbaate testified ne«at had taken him into the hood of Wilmette aveeoe street almost daily for time past and that be had often a motor truck backed up In the Steffins place, but aa tne had been covered with a be was unable to say whnt tainod, teat, Strayed or Stolen. George 8tefius waa called stand to testily, but tt was that attack of absence d'ssprlt, more or less aggravated by the certing questions hurled at voted head by the proaeriitlag nay. Mr. StefluVs case ws the aaddeat ever brought to out tlon. Could his memory have dncad (by some miracle) to a substance, it would have about the same amount of a geometrical point, which la have netthcr length, bread thic^»ve.sj». 1 uioptal cwui could mut txnduetvd a. bus u "land uiUcti" bushu parently) is past andetsu was plain to see that the sympathised deeply with that Justice Duashee "was a that ha waa preparing to and and n number of the young ladles were In charge of the dining rooms, while Mrs. o. W. Schmidt. Mrs. Roar? I* Beach. Mrs. II. Bowen, Mrs. William H. Paul. Mrs. Stevens and Mia. Moore took charge in the kitchen. The hosts and hast asses at the various tables in- Europe can fa:! to be of great" ben* 'j^f^j • M-J^"tJJS1^ ^SSi fit to this country. We are at peace". *X«iJ!^h!^\«„~TA l«?.r-!«!« We are neutral. A short time ago the jES^^JSVlSl^L m* ^2^? something (probably the urn*) I to its cap- \ penaate him tor bis loss of ber when be biwiatit the beer ---. -- w.Vf*^ '■w ^F,'^BSttr^1» wesssar es^s^s* whom It bad been bought, nor seemed to be In a total eclipse refused to answer whttler or bad sold or given away ettbev With Brown hall filled acity, Tuesday evening, the Woman's Association of the Baptist church served a splendid turkey dinner. The dining room waa artistically decor- ated and the tables were laden with flowers and fruits. Mesdames John Begs worth and C. W. Bralthwalte as- sisted by Mrs. Lester. Mrs. McDowell wb!sky on the incrimbjiate him. After the evidence bad all mined, die attorney tor the arose and with his resting on the table toms half bit A exhibit a taiion that, inasmuch aa to show that hie ettenta were see. offered I English government nought from the -EZisTsaBisrtsassSsit Zr\£ iZ-Sm I** •»•»*» <•» ««*• * M«p*h im.ri^n rnn.tmoiinn mi. w»rson, sopenmenocni ei imm tsn »i.^_ -------.. -----i.1,..^ -- .■■- North American Construction com- pany of Bay City too houses, each SOxtO feet, which it u presumed are executive council, who i words of greeting; Mr. ' Brock way, known aa the classes of the Central school. It la erectlon:, all lumber^eut to ship, nails, p^. t^or. geattar eff the church. owaB Sms smog heped that the building win be com- Pftnt. glass ^and ^^J* ««J TJg tloeed with a few earnest words about m^u»e* tbejj pleted before next June so thnt It may hi uaffd fur Set gradsat^tsg |i>rpl iin iLLuaTRATiu aiJvMON. Neglected Reasons tor Thanksgivlag" wltt be the subject of an Ulustrated sermon to be given by Rev. B. Frank Tuber, pastor of tne Baptist church at the evening service ctty_of la.0Oa ta the Snadtty mgftt. Ft;'rty rtefaopttcen ko*S** ten the •*«* •* mm** *•.**!** enes with many raaJWaga the caaea bis suggestion ,j|.. torbey Jaekaon ^■^ 1 - ■'----------~^r~«-r-.- «^ *|i^ ' «mSJ that voluntarily and they tbtek u th. fare- u runner of others, it requlrttT.00O.OOO feet of lumber, besides Other state-1 rials. If these house* were Planed end to end they woedd make a Une nearly seven miles long of eettd bnttaV They win turnlah homes far a era Halted t for loyahy to the church »ng estata of human history. ISetC... . " ' , - - ■ Ttaat the ft, a. liutisTOiH^ HtRS. I^cta^tt Mr. H. K. Legter. ttbmrtaa of tbe|tl»# StadlaVa eaaw 1 public library In CMeago, wttl speak |» ^"Jpjjjgg haters vbo"" eoaunoaweatth" elaee gfl■•'»■*■* •»awf;es» Wilmette gasu Ssmday eventag at five *a*t that be bad t o'elaess In tne Famt Me*Jaodtt4 cbareh | m«t license ess on -What Dees the Pubik Uhr^r f for aunmdtanv- Mr. I*e»er isubIisf hBtaStfs |a ada ebessm