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- -w^^^na.--, , r t{fr^TW~9fVpt^^pK^,, jf VOL. VI, NO, U Phone Wilmette 1640. .!» WILMETTE, ILLINOl >AY, J ArlTj ARY St, 1915. Room 2. Brown Building. PRICE FIVE CENTS lorthwestern Students Are Divided on Question, 535 Being in Favor, 150 Opposed. FACULTY FAVORABLE Hereafter Examinations at the School Will Be Con- ducted Fairly. After two weexa or campaigning the advocates of the Honor System .Were rewarded Tuesday 1 /r their pains by seeing the new plan for examination government passed by the student body, the Student Council and the university faculty. There seemed lit- tle doubt In any case as to the senti- ment of the majority of those Inter- ested, and those who hate been, push- ing the plan claim that events have justified their efforts and that the sys- tem ought to be a success with the strong backing of the student body, which it will apparently hare. Heaviest Vets On Record. Following the chapel mass meeting the polls were thrown open for voting and there was a continuous stream of people in and out of the room In IT. H. basement, where Northwestern elec- tions have been held since time im- memorial. Election officials were kept busy checking up ballots, and the counting took until four o'clock, de- spite the fact that the polls closed at three and there was only one question to be voted on. - A total of 686 votes were cast, which is by far the largest vote ever polled at any one election in the history of the school. It is the ftret time «ttf^::iif;*il*.lM a referendum vote has been taken, and the interest shown by the students was very pleasing to the proponents of the self-government idea. 78 Per Cant In Favor. When the count was finished the, committee reported that 636 votes hadjXJHlCAuO ifUTBT l/IAJB been cast in favor of the Honor Sys- tem and 160 against it. With this; basis to work on the committee pres- ented the following resolution to the Student Council, which went Into ses- sion on the matter at 4:30. After re- viewing the vote and pointing out that this showed a majority of W per cent in favor of the scheme as against 22 per cent opposing It the report read: "it is resolved: (1) That in consideration of the above results and the circum- stances of the election the Stu- dent Council pass the Honor Sys- tem as drawn up by the council committee. (2) That the Student Council sub- mit the results and resolutions to the faculty this afternoon for rati- fication.'* *• fle council debated at some length the advlasbillty of passing the plan «... the showing, but those who had ob- jections were without much difficulty persuaded and inside of twenty min- utes the council voted unanimously to adopt the committee report and shoul- der the responsibility of putting the new plan Into effect. Nothing much--in hnewn-of~ whs* » on t at the faculty session which took place behind closed doors* Or. It. C. Fit, klnger. secretary of the faculty, ga^e out the following statement at the close of the meeting: GLENCOE BOARD HAS BUSY SESSION Routine Business Transact- ed and Several Ordi- nances Passed. The January meeting of the village board was held Tuesday evening, Jan- uary 6. Several ordinances were recommended and afterwards passed by the board of trustees, vis: 1. A sewer in the east 200 feet of north Green Bay road, west of the C. & N.-W. railway then south In Rail- road avenue as far as Lincoln with a branch west In Hilton avenue to the middle of the first block, to the man- hole provided there for a discharge into the Outlet deep sewer westward under Milton avenue, now being bored by the Sanitary District of Chicago. Estimated to cost $2,447. 2. North eastern large sewer sys- tem In the streets and roads In the McDonald, Glen Oaks, Sylvan New- hall. Elizabeth Booth and Owner's sub- divisions. In territory lying between Green Bay road and Sheridan road, reaching as far south in Green Bay road as Murdow's block cornering on Beach road, and on Sheridan road as far south as the residence of A. D. Watson. Estimated cost over 836,000. 3. A sidewalk along the westerly side of Sheridan road from the north village line south to Franklin road. Estimated to cost $1,334. 4. Supplemental assessment to pro- vide for a deficiency of $3,726 in the special No. 197. Bluff street paving system. In addition to the foregoing ordi- nances were run through both boards: To lay water mains Id Mrs. Booth's subdivision, at cost of $3,100. and to lay sidewalks in that subdivision at cost of over $2,100. The board of trustees, in addition to passing the ordinances sent to it by the B. L. I., went through the routine of receiving reports from officers and departments, ordering payment of bills for the month's expenses, and some minor matters of no great Interest to the general public. Proposals had been Invited for the paving of Mary street, to be opened at this meeting-of the B. L. I. Only one was receivedâ€"from Mr. H. O. Goelitz, Oak Perk. The bid wee opened and read, the check handed back to Mr. Goelitz's representative, and the attorney directed to rcadver- tise for bids to be opened at regular meeting, February 2. The adjournments were made with out fixing a date tor any Intermediate meeting. WILL LEAD MEETING PATHETIC STORY TOLD IN LETTER BUI Person Who Received the "We Are Starving" Mis- sive Always Just Out of Reach. TRACED TO WILMETTE All Efforts To Locate Wil- mette Recipient Have Failed. A pathetic story that stirred the sympathies of the most callous and gave a very vivid picture of the hor- ror of war, came In a roundabout way, the impression being given that Miss Winans of-the Ridge wood apartments, Evanston, had received the very let- ter telling it. The story was that a letter had been received there coming from Paris, con- taining no news, and evidently writ- ten so as to get by the censor. ; It wound up with the advice to save the stamp upon this letter, aa after the war it might be worth considerable money. The recipient took the advice and removed the stamp, to find under- neath it the words: "We arestarving." Miss Wlnans, asked about the let- ter, said that she had never received any letter of that kind, nor seen any. She bad, however, heard that story told, and heard tt Aeoled^, She had a MANY FALL ON Fresh Snow on Icy Walks Makes Walking Very Dangerous. â- â- "' i" ,*"',; _L Several oeootehi'â- and around Wil- mette have fallen during the past week and while no bones have been broken, some have been seriously hurt and all have been badly shaken up. Last Saturday night, Chas. Knobel, 204 Wood court, slipped on the icy pavement, in falling, his head was struck and he was completely stunned. Mr. Geo. Turner, 1019 Ashland ave- nue, fell at the corner of Tenth and Ashland avenue last Tuesday morning. The back of his head was badly cut. Dr. Mann, father of Mrs. Reinhold. 1005 Ashland avenue, fell on Tenth street last Tuesday. Hie head was cut and he was badly ahakpn up. Last Tuesday night. Mrs. P. D. Whitehead, 828 Michigan avenue, fell down the four steps Inside the village hail. She was badly bruised and al- though no bones were broken, she was unable to walk the following day. Mrs. Wm. Brinkman fell in Win- netka last Tuesday evefftog. (she waa crossing the street- ttfcen she fell dis- locating her elbow.; Sie waa other- wise badly bruised and Shaken Up. DICKENS R WELL ED Good ProgramiArranged By Woman's $ociety Highly Enjoyed. Young People's Meeting at Methodist Church Will Be in Boys' Charge. The Young People's meeting of the Methodist church next Sunday evening will be led by ten boys frgm one of the Chicago Boys' clubs. These clubs, of which there are four, were organised for the purpose of giving street boys a chance to become useful men, and their membership Is composed of "newsies" and bootblacks ranging In age from 10 to 17 years. Courses In manual training, drafting, etc.. are glvdn free. The boys are in great demand at the various churches, where they have been leading the Young People's meetings. PROMINENT GLENCOE COUPLE MARRIED Will Be at Home in Glencoe After March First. recent letter from a friend now sta- tioned just outside of Paris with the guard there, who said conditions were about what might be expected. There was no indication in that letter of any food scarcity. Apparently Unccnsored. Tho letter camo from France appar- ently uncensored. there being no indi- cation that ttoM mi^m&m It took about sti weeks to make the" trip, but that was the only difference from mail conditions before war time that were evident. But the story was not disposed or by any menus.. It was beard of in an- other quarter as coming from Ger- many. One letter had been sent from Berlin, another from Dresden. Then Mr. Daniel McCaan of Evanston was given aa authority for the story. He had either received the letter or seen it. To Mr. McCann the question was put squarely, and he, like all the rest, had not seen the letter himself, but Miss McKenna had. Net Her, Either. Miss McKenna said that not she, but a friend of here In Wilmette, had re- ceived the letter, but that friend had pledged her not to use the name of the person who had actually received the letter. All efforts made by a representative of The Lake Shore News to locate the Wilmette recipient of the letter have failed. Strangely enough, exactly the same kind of a story was told la Boston, and they had the same kind of experi- ence with it that The Lake Shore News has had. It was repeated with great positiveness, but the real recip- ient was always Just one* removed be- yond. The Boston Globe says: "Who's got the German letter with the valuable postage stamp?" She aeemed to be a very definite, well-known person at the first The romance, strictly under cover, was brought to the Globe office by a well- known physician, whose secretary fad Last Friday night ti enthusiastic audience attended the Dickens party given by the Woman's Society of the Presbyterian church. Little Nell and her grandfather; Mr. Pickwick and Sam WeUer; Dombey and Son, and a host ot others were presented, re- freshing the memories of those who had had already read Dickens and in spiring those who had not, to do so. Mrs. Chronholm and Mrs. Beaumont arranged the proguun, which waa high- ly enjoyed. Miss Aye&ad Mr. Carl â- dinger sang. Refreshments were served and a fellowship hour con- cluded the evening. NEW DIRECTORS TOR LOCAL BANE SUES TRIBUNE Claims False Charge That He Sold Examination Papers Was a Con- spiracy. RONALD WEBSTER IN IT He Was the Reporter Who Bought the Questions from One Darling. Dr. Peter T. Diamond, who has lived for two years at Isabella and Fourteenth street and owns his home Board of Directors of Wil* mette Bank Increased at Last Meeting. Miss Florence Ethel Walsh, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Walsh fhe faculty voted to put the Honor | â€" ^ g,,^,,,^ jq^, ^4 Walter J. system aa presentsd fat the Student Council resolution Into effect for the (oming examinations only. This does not mean that the system may not be retained after that time. Members of the faculty felt that there had not been sufficient opportunity for public discus- sion on the question aa between the instructors and the students; on some points the faculty were not sure of ex- actly what was covered by the pto- visions of the plan. The faculty were, however, sUonnjy in favor of the ips> tem aa a whole, and therefore decided to put the plan into effect at the corn- arise after that time they can be ad- justed before another examination period.'* * Walter Hanson, president of the Student Council, said when Inter- viewed Wednesday: ***I have not been strongly In favor of the Honor because 1 believe that there might not be sufflttont ssallmrnt In favor of It "fn ifisla h a pleutnshl* Now that It has been pat. 1 feel aure thai every member of fhe ot Rogers Park officiating. Miss Flor ence McGuire, sister of the groom, waa maid of hoaor. Walton B. Bell of Winnetka served as best man. After the ceremony dinner waa served. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire left for the south. They will be at home after March 1 at BOO Adams avenue, Glencoe. DR. SADLER TO SMEAIt The meeting of the Commonwealth class will be held Sunday afternoon _. - «>j»«i, with thA Baotlst church g{ ^ O CIOCK * 1**1 m*o **•».*»*»• â€"â€" at the Woman'a club building. Dr. William Sadler of Chicago will be the speaker, and have for his subject, -More About Faith and Fear.- Dr. Sadler spoke at e^ union afti meeting in the Congregations some weeks s«o, whenhiB wan nowatt faueuvAJBlt_a date wee McGuire, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred McGuire, were married Saturday evening. The ceremony took place at 6 o'clock. Rev. George H. MacAdam 1 ggg- B«,Vied Into" his field kit end it from a lady on Beacon Hill, who knew the recipient of the German let- ter. A 'Tt was a good story, a real ro- mance of modern war, a secret service of surpassing ingenuity. It had thrill and news value both. One of the very best heme war correspondents of the At the last December meeting ot the board of directors of the Wilmette Ex- change State bank the board voted to increase their number and elected aa additional directors Mr. C. N. Stevens. Chas. E. Ware and w. W. Buchanan. Mr. John Schaffer, cashier of the bank, stated that there would be no change in the bank, aa none ot the newly elected directors will hold of- fice. CHAS. J. WENGERD IS BOSSING FROM HOME there, has brought suit against The Chicago Tribune for $160,000, charg ing slander. Ronsld F. Webster, reporter for the Chicago Tribune, waa mixed up with the case, as the man who got the story that Dr. Diamond, appointed on the state board of dental examiners by Governor Dunne, at the request of friends, who Included many prom- inent north shore citizens, had sold a list of questions to be used at an examination. Subsequent investiga- tion resulted In the exoneration of Dr. PLAN JOBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED HERE Board of Local Charities Also Has a Scheme for Feeding Homeless. The board of local charities re- quests that all men applying at the homes of the village for meals be sent to Edtnger * Sptedel's coal yard. This firm has agreed to provide work In the way of wood cutting, etc.. to be paid for In meal tickets. The tickets w*U he for 15 and 20 cents, according t«T tho amount of work done, and the board of charities ts to stand one-third of the amount of all tickets honored by the restaurant. It is believed that this plan is better than the giving of breakfasts free to any and all comers as was done by our citizens last year, and It is hoped that all will co-operate to make tbla new plan a success. , Free Employment Agency. The board la also planning a tree employment bureau. The police de- partment will keep a record at the village hall of all men applying there (pr work, and also will receive calls from citizens who may be in need of men to do work around their yards, etc. This plan It is hoped will help to eliminate the professional tramp. aa well as to put the man who is will- ing to work In touch with a Job. All clothes so far received at the Second Hand Exchange have been dis- posed of, and more are urgently need- ed. The Exchange la located above Van Duesen's grocery store, and la in charge of Mrs. F. O. Bohannon, under the control of the local charities, who receive the proceeds. All second as furniture, can made good use ofâ€"do not forget to send In what you have. The board Of charities will be very glad to receive any suggestions from citizens, which may help improve upon the above schemes. PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS NEW BUSINESS â-  - •«** - m New Food Ordinance Pre- sented to the Board by Health Commissioner • «j. Moore. rufS DISCUSS WHEEL TAX Two Members Favor Down- ward Revision But No Action Is Taken. *Jm The regular meeting of the village council was held test Tuesday eve- ning with all members present, ex- cept Trustee Arms. The auditor's an-, nual report was read and, In order that two discrepancies, which ap- peared In tho report, might be. Inves- tigated, waa referred to the finance committee.......__ 7. â- ,. '- â-  .»â-  - â- ; ,.... A report from the finance commit- tee recommending the purchase of a new blueprint wall map of the village of Wilmette, for use in the village hall, was' received and concurred in. A communication from. Mr. H. W. Hopp, protesting against the disgrace- ful'condition of the Wilmette avenue station ofâ€"the Chlcago-Mnwatthao Electric R. it. was received and re- ferred to the public service commit- tee. A communication from the village clerk* Ot Kenilworth, requesting the reduction of a bill against that vil- lage for the use of the Wilmette fire department on November 13 was re- ferred to the fire committee. A communication from Mrs. Lock- wood, 144 Hill street, requesting the village to pay a bill for plumbing North Stow MttUcal- -**lfc££Z?!ZSttZZ£ Wants Dogs Muzzled the Year Around. The Wilmette Medical association, through Health Commissioner. E. E. Moore, asked the village council at their meeting Tuesday night for per- mission to use the council chamber one night in the near future for the purpose of holding a public meeting to discuss the question of rabies. Dr. Moore stated that the Medical . association of this village. Kenllworth Diamond, it being shown that the list and Winnetka were strongly in favor that. of the patiasjr of ordinances com- pelling all dogs running at large to be properly muasled the year around, aa It la their opinion that this Is the only sure means of stamping out rabies on the north shore. The permission was granted. The date of the meeting will be announced later. Wife Asserts That He Had Been 111 the Previous Week. hastened up the hill. He deployed on the front doorstep and rang the ben. To the maid he admitted that he was » reporter.. There was an Immediate action from the correspondent ready to 1 WOMAN'S BAND. _ 's Praying Methodist church win be at " of the t. masked position somewhere on the heights. The sound of drifted down te clearly. - ~;:; - -:;- -^ 1 wont see him. I'm very engaged: cent I be excused*' said a voice up stairs. T dent know who d were traced as far as they Hit uteftle tracks. Three nor- sons uwaF. the identity wee away It usually «V nest to the . "IS Charles JrWengerd. choirmaster of the Congregational church, left his residence at 1668 Farwett avenue on Jan. 11, end baa not been seen by bis family or friends since. According to his wife, he had been SB the week previous to his disappearance. It is feared by bis friends here that he has fallen on the lee, and In n dnsed condition, wandered off. Besides his church position he of questions on file at Springfield was not in any way the same as that sold by one Darling. Darling, held to the grand Jury on a charge of taking a bribe of $60 from Ronald Webster, acting for The Trib- une, and selling htm a list of ques- tions purporting to be those about to be used in an examination, by his con tension did not sign the statement at- tributed to him, but did assent to it when It was read to him. The impu- tation waa that Darling made his con- fession when intoxicated Wanted to Boost Himself. In court Darling said he got up his questions at the Crerar library and sold them to Webster in order that he might make an appearance of fraud that would convince the dental board that It would be wise to appoint blm to detect such frauds. He said that Dr. Diamond never had anything to do with him or his questions. The controversy over this case has become somewhat embarrassing to many persona of prominence. At Springfield Governor Dunne said be bad appointed Dr. Diamond at the re- quest of many personal friends, among them such men as Dr. John B. S»uri>hy, Dr. Chas. J. Whalen. Frank D. Corner!ord. Dr. Jno. Dell Robinson. Joseph L. Mc Nab. Richard W. Bod- dinghouse. Dr. Truman W. Bropby, Dr. C N. Johnson. Dr. Thomas F. Gis- MUSIC STUDY CLASS NEXT TUESDAY Members Requested To Be Presentâ€"Good Program Has Been Arranged. maintained a studio hi the Fine Art _ building. Mrs. Wengerd believes her more. Dr. G. Walton Dlttman and P. husband became mentally deranged il O'Donneii. off. She ssld he ear- then fled the day he left. GLENCOE MEN'S CLUB Maj. Fnnkhauser Gave An In an interview. Dr. Diamond said that the suit wss brought for the pur- nnmm tit ovnsMttnp th«» malhnda of The Chicago Tribune In attacking " ministration Of Governor Dunne. Me Wants Protection. -As an American citizen, n physi- cian, dentist and father of a famUy. 1 meat protect my character, and the At 10 o'clock next Tuesday morn- ing there will be a meeting of the Music Study class at the Woman'a club. An interesting program baa been arranged. Mrs. Qoedecke. who is welt known in Wilmette. will giv- en Interesting and instructive taBt on Jongleurs." "Troubours" and "Mete- terslngers." All members are request- ed to make a special effort to be pres- ent at this meeting. Mrs. Lee Underhill and Miss Louise Mueller will he In charge of the mu- sical part of the program. WORTH WHILE CLUB TO MEET SATURDAY will be ably represented by the legal talent when the eaae comes to trial. The reason why 1 wee singled out far the attack wee because at the of the new Board at Program Will Be in Charge of Dr. Kappes and Mrs. D. C. Orcult. and water committee. It seems that the water supply in her residence had been cut off. in some way, and that she had gone to the expense of having a plumber examine the piping, after which ft was discovered that the trouble waa In the water supply and . not in the plumbing. Dr. F. O. L. Zeigler ashed the board for a permit to build two bungalows and a house on Linden avenue, near the canal. The request was referred to the superintendent of public works. A communication waa received from H. L. Droegemutter requesting go pay for ronalra on bJe^ wagon, which waa damaged when he ran Into the curb at the comer of Eleventh street and Wilmette avenue. He claimed that there was a -jog*' In the street at this place and that. inasmuch as the village had he street light on this corner, the place waa dangerous. The request waa refused by a vote of 3 to 2. Trustee Heinien repotted that the "fire walls" on the Harding building (Greenleaf and B. R. avenue) were In a dangerous condition and should be looked after at one*. The matter waa referred to the superintendent of public works. . A "food ordinance- urea pr seated to the board by Dr. Moore, which wee referred to Attorney Jsckson. with instructions to draw same up In legal form and bring before the hoard aft their next meeting. This ordinance, which 4a partially modeled after the one now In use in Evanston. la meant te give backlog to the health commissioner In hie weekly inspections ia- Wilmette. tf re passes, taspectiene wttt oe made of aU stores, bakeries, con- fectioneries, meat shops, dairies, etc at regular Intervals, and efficiency cards will be Issued graded AA. A. B, etc according to the tqndntthn-jBn whtch they are found. All places in the village, where toed Is sold or die- tributed. will be subject to these In- spections and the proprietors of those fatting to meet the required standard of efficiency will be prosecuted. A revision of the wheel tax discussed at some length, but noth- ing deflnRe waa dene about thei tar. Trustee Schmidt and " ery were both of the opinion that the present wheel tax wan-tee .h** •â- * favored its revision dftwlHSMA J la probable that this uneuttoa vat again be raised In the near A BJpnjMi under tho aaspJcee of the Worth While club w111 he given day evening. January SO. at the ot Mr. K. H. Stafford, Banal avenue. Dr. Hetnrteh Kappes will give per- of aome of the FBOF. IlilM TO ne*«AJC Next Tuesday afternoon. JStd*.-. ft Better win deliver a fore the Civic this lecture Prof. ,,» ,,,1-nin solution