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VOL, VI, No. 50. Phone Wilmette 1640. == WILMETTE, ILLINOIS* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1015. niun First Organized as Recruit- ing Station, Later Camp for Confederate 1 '•• _ MANY OF THEM DIED Were Buried in Cemetery- Monument for Them. Ey J, Seymour Currey. Much historical Interest attaches to that spot In Chicago known In war times si Camp Douglas. In Septem- ber, 1861, Gov. Yates established the camp; naming It after the great sena- tor who had passed away lit the previous July, for whose loss the coun- try was still mourning. It was locat- ed on Cottage Grove avenue, between Thirty-first and Thirty-fourth streets, extending west to what is now Forest avenue. It comprised an area of about sixty acres, and was at that time Just beyond the southern city limits. The camp was used at first for instruction purposes, for as- sembling troops, the formation and mustering In of regiments, and their drill and equipment for service in the field. _ :v Used at Prison in 1862. The use of the camp as a place to accommodate prisoners of war began In February, 1862, just after the sur- render of Fort Donalson. Some 6,000 war prisoners were sent to Camp Douglas, and henceforth the place was devoted to such uses until the end of the war. Later In the year the pris- oners taken in the Union victories at Pittsburg Landing and Island Num- ber Ten added largely to the number v within the camp. By the beginning of the year 1863 then were about nine thousand war prisoners at Camp Douglas, but exchanges.were frequent and the camp was nearly depopulated for a time. In the fall of that year the capture of the Confederate Gen. Morgan's raiding force In Ohio brought about five thousand prisoners to the camp, and during the following year great numbers from the scenes of Gen. Sherman's operations arrived in the camp. In the later years of the war there were no exchanges of prisoners. The number of prisoners thereafter great- ly increased, and it is said in the adju- tant-general's report that there were as many as 15,000 men within the enclosure at one time. These were guarded by about one-tenth of their number of Union soldiers, quartered during the summer months in tents outside of the prison enclosure, and In specially, built barracks at other seasons of the year. During the first two years of the war there were no barriers around the camp, simply a raised causeway completely surround- ing the space. Upon this causeway the soldiers guarding the prisoners were stationed on beats about fifty feet in length. Long rows of substan- tlally-built barracks were provided for the prisoners, and they had an ample range lor exercise between the build- ings. They .prepared their own food and cared for their own quarters. On the whole they were comfortably situ- ated, though, of course, they led a monotonous existence. The public- spirited dtixens of Chicago organised movements having for their object the relief of suffering among the prisoners wherever possible, and much assistance was given to the authorities in this war. PRESIDENT PLANNING FOR CITIZEN RESERVE In Three Years Expects To Muster Near Half Mil- lion Men. i Telegraphic advices from Washing- ton say that another move in the ad- ministration's national defense pro- gram was revealed today, when it be- came known that the army appropria- tion bill win provide for a "citizen re- serve" thai In three years will muster nearly half a million men. These will be recruited at the rate of 183,000 per annum and will be required to enlist for three years. They will be subject to call to colon for three additional years. During their enlistment period they will receive two months' war training each year. Reducing by one-third the liberal es- timates of Secretary Garrison, the president has enlisted the support of Chairman James Hay of the house military affairs committee, for a na- tional defense program for the army which calls for a nominal increase in the . standing army, generous allow- ances' for aeroplanes, field artillery and ammunition, and an appropria- tion bill at the next session of con- gress approximating 1182,000,000. The administration plan is that as each quota of 133,000 men completes the service period It shall be replaced by additional enlistments to this fig- ure, keeping the "reserve" army at 400.000 at all times. Chairman Hay has agreed to sup- port this plan, although he doubts that the enlistments will be as grati- fying as expected by the administra- tion. It is Improbable that the forth- coming bill will authorize an army of more than 120,000 men.- ACADEMY PILES UP SCORE; HIGH TIED University Prep Men Roll Up 122 Counts Against Wheaton. a track meet more than a football game. The academy players rolled up 122 points against the Wheaton eleven, ' Seven of the local players crossed the visitors goals for touchdowns, and the game was a succession of long runs, generally terminating in a score. The ball was brought into the academy's territory only once, end that was by a twenty-flve-yard penally for slugging. In the afternoon the high school team found La Grange a hard propo- sition. The score resulted in a tie, each side getting twenty-three coun- ters. This leaves both schools in the running for the heavyweight title. Ev- anston made its touchdowns early in the game, but La Grange recovered from the handicap and tied the score. HOSPITAL LIFE Letter from a Nurse on an American Staff in a Hos- pital Back of the Trenches. CLEAR FOR THE DRIVE How Patients Were Re- moved To Make Ready for Wounded in Offensive. Perkins B. Bass of Evanston has brought to the Lake Shore News a let- ter received from an American nurse in France. It was written to a friend of his, and the young woman is a cous- in of this man. The letter gives some graphic and interesting details that give a more human Insight Into the war than do official dispatches and professional writers' accounts. Ambulance De l'Hopital American de Paris, Hopital B, College de Juilly. A Juilly (Seine-et-Marine). Juilly. le 18 September, 1916. Three weeks have elapsed since 1 last wrote you at Neullly. Coming out from Paris our train was aide-tracked to allow troop trains to pasBâ€"they were packed with soldiers, horses, ammunition, etc. The soldiers â€"Frenchâ€"all looked so gay to be go- ing to the front. They waved their hats and shouted as-they passed. Poor boys, many of them will come back with the awful wounds we^see some will not come hack. Women Gather Crops. and ZZZ ITS CIRCUS DAY HERE; OW TONIGHT Great Ouilmette Indoor Cir- cus Opens at the Club erring. Tonight and (tomorrow afternoon and night the Obuntry club house at Lake and Mich s*n avenues will be bursting with n>ise and excitement tor the big Ind tor Circus opens to* night and the preparations which have been goin ; on all week have whetted interest^ to a keen edge and the children can hardly wait General Manager Arms of the Ouil- mette Country club, to whose untiring energy is dU5 **â- Â» unusual entertain ment predicts the biggest and best show for the mbney that^has ever been given In Wilmette. The entire interior of the club house has been turned Into a repro- duction of a big round-top circus tent and the ball rooin is where the big events will take place. The remain ing spacious rooms on,the.main,floor will be used to handle the crowd to the best advantage, so that everyone may have a cbanee to get a good view of the entire program. The club has spent a very large sum of money and engaged only pro- fessionals; No amateurs will appear in any part of the show. - Even the announcers, barkers, ringmaster, cir- cus hands, etc., have been recruited from the summer circuses now in win ter quarters. â€" It Is because the performers are Idle at this season that the club was'able to make the production now. AU indications paint to three big shows, all of which are exactly alike. 1 FITS THE PREMIERE â€" â-  Ditty of Wilmette Student Not Inappropriate For This Week at New Trier. PAPER ON THE PRESS First Issue of "Echoes" Went to the Printer Last Friday." OUILMETTE TEAM HAS EASY WIN ON SUNDAY Smear the Ravenswood Eleven By a 77 to HARDEST GAME AT ILLINOIS SATURDAY Northwestern Meets the 1914 Conference Cham- -----pions at Champaign.- •Evanston's two preparatory schools played football in Evanston on Sat- urday at Northwestern field. The The tracks are guarded all the way along, by sentrjes and every bridge as wellâ€"over the tracks.' The harvest was and Is being taken in. In that re- DANCE AT WILMETTE OF BIG STORE CLERKS Rosenberg Employees* As- sociation Have Initial Party~Thursd!ay: Many-Attempted Escape, Still there was much discontent among the prisoners thus confined, and many attempts were made to e» cape. Some Of ihese attempts were well planned and In many Individual instances wercquite successful. This, led to the construction of a high board fence entirely around the camp, and the elevation of the barracks ofi posts four feet high, giving a view to the guards of the spaces below, and thus preventing any clandestine at- tempts to tunnel a passage for pur- poses of escape. The prisoners were generally domed In suits sent to them from the south, the material of the clothes being what were ceiled "Ken- tucky jeans," usually of a butternut color. Hence the prisoners were known as "Butternuts,*' and were so addressed by their guards. It was against the Regulations for the eol- diers to mteglewlth the prisoners, and they were thus obliged to asso- ciate together among themselves. "They could be seen In great num- bers," says an eye-witness, "engaged in sports of various kinds, running. Jumping, and In other games. 9ome spent the time in walking for exer- Rosenberg's Employes* association held its first dance Thursday eve- ning, October 21, at Jones hall. Wil- mette. This association was organised at the big picnic of the store employes last summer, and this Is the first of a number of similar entertainments to be given during the winter. The asso- ciation is flourishing, with a large membership and besides the amuse; ment ItT offersr nas a well thought out insurance plan and sick benefit pay- ments which make It advantageous to every employe to join. The management of this association is entirely In the bands of the em- ployes. By resolution one o( the Rosenberg's was made V**â„¢*^?^^'*â„¢ member of the direction board, but the others sre all chosen from the em- ployes. one sees men, mostly old or very young, and women working In the fields, and the beautiful, big white oxen, so pa- tient and strong. They are yoked by the- horns and pull in this manner. Throughout Prance the government eees that all farms are supplied with sufficient labor, etc., to bring in the crops. The great stacks of grain in the fields are picturesque. The thresh- ing is done by a traveling thresher which goes on from farm to farm. We are an hour and a half from Paris. Juilly is a wee villageâ€"per- haps 200 Inhabitantsâ€"In a hollow sur- rounded by very lovely country, fields, woods, hills, etc. This building Is 8 stories and attic snd covers about 15 acres of/land. It was started in thS 14th century as a monasteryâ€"school-^ and has been added to from time to time. Now it Is a college for boys, who jure Instructed by priests, the very young boys being In the care of the a|sters, who llve^m^one wing of the college. Some of these sisters are dears and I enjoy talking with them. At the time of the battle of the Marne these sisters nursed 600 wounded for several days without having been pre* pared In the least beforehand. They also had 5 German prisoners, wounded and locked up In one of the school rooms In the basement which Is now part of the kitchen for the hospital. v Hospital in College. The hospital occupies one wing of the college. This gives 8 large wsrds with about 70 beds each and 1 small ward; an operating room, x-ray room, laboratory and rooms for doctors snd nurses. At a large expense and with difficulty heating and lighting were Installed. In some places the wslls ars - . fm i> i i.j. .Iir * â- â- > The Northwestern university foot ball team goes up against Its strongest opponent tomorrow, when the "Gold Coast" eleven, under command of Coach Fred Murphy, Invades the ter- ritory of the mini at Champaign. Northwestern's . showing against Iowa last Saturday, when the Hawk eyes failed to get across the goal line, but registered a victory by'the goal kick route, gives the Northwestern fol- lowers some hope for a dose score tomorrow. Illinois also showed poor ly against Ohio State, and were tied 3 to 3. Pogue and. Clark Were not In the game, and their appearance to- morrow may upset the dope a little. Northwestern will have the support of a howling hundred fans at least, and possibly more. The tesm Is in fine con* dition, and have been bucking Illinois nlays all week long. The odds favor Illinois, but hope springs eternal in the breasts of the followers of the Purple. ' THE FIRST GRADES. _ Molua Puer. "Oh, I'm a cute little man, I do my lessons when I can; And when I can't I do not try Into their deeper depths to pry. Bonus Puer. "I'm a good boy, all do say: I work all. night; I work all day. If my lessons are hard. I work all the moreâ€" Yet when I get A, the others are sore." The above ditty, written last year by Paul Coiley of Wilmette for the freshman "Echoes." Is not Inappropri- ate for this particular week of the school year, for the first reports cards of the year are sent home title week. It le to be hoped there will not be walling and" gnashing of teeth over some of the F's appearing. The first marks are usually pretty conserve. tlve. Indoor Events. The literary societies are standing but with a boom, at least this can be said of the girls' societies. The new est girls' society, the Victorians, had a very enthusiastic-meeting Monday and received a number of fine new On a very Wet and muddy field the Ouilmette Athletic club easily defeat* ed the Arcadia Athletic club of Ra- venswood last Sunday; by the score of 77 to 0. It had been planned to play the Spartans, but through some mistake they were unable to arrange a game. TTm Arcadia's never made the re- quired ten yeards In four downs and the Oullmettes usually got the ball on the forty yard line. A touchdown was made on an average of every five mtautiiv â€"i~~ The Line-up. Ouilmette (77) Arcadia (0) Heinzen........L.B...... D. Dcvlne Tilton..........L.T....... McCarthy McCanney ......L.G.........Farley Dolan ............C....... M. Devlne Ketchnm........R.Q........... Allen McCombs, Wright .......R.T.......Montague Gerhardt.......JLE......... Maggie BrasJaa .........Q.B........... Duffy Barre ......... R.H.B.......... Butler Barf..........l.h.b...... McNlchols Ambler .........F.B..........Dennis Touchdowns â€" Ambler (6), Ger- hardt (2), Heinsen (2), Braslna, Earl. Barre. Goals-Heinzen (5). .. Time of periodsâ€"15 minutes. Refereeâ€"P. Gerhardt. perâ€"Haussenauer. FARMERS D WANT NEW TO REPAIROL Promise Glencoe Vflla Board They Will Put Old Green Bay Route In Good Shape. MRS. WILLIAM HEALY HURT AT WINNETKA members from the freshman clsss. The "Echoes" went to press Frl- day. Miner Coburn is editor-in-chief, atltute of the Juvenile court, was and Promises to have a fine paper this year The German room fejte^ittfe* * netka Saturday morning, watching an CANT MAKE THE TRIP; FAIL TO SELL TICKETS Co-Eds Forbidden To Make Football Trip, Quit Sell- ing Pasteboards. Northwestern university co-eds can not go to Champaign tomorrow to sea. the football game between the Purple snd the Orange and Blue. The men can go. A special rate of $2.50 has been secured. The young women are supposed to sell 300 Of these tickets to secure the special rate for the men. So far they haven't appeared on the campus with the tick- number of new pictures, which have Just arrived. Miss Schock believes in atmosphere In a class room. She would have German curtains. German pictures, to ssy nothing of German maps and charts, and she seems Uke the kind of person who will get what she wants. It Is said that her classes are most Interesting, snd most instruc- tive, even to the chance visitor. She Is to give a paper before the Teach- ers' Association of Eastern Illinois the last of this month. • Mr. Walton, the new instructor in French, Is proving to his students that French Is not the easiest subject in the curriculum by any manner of means. It is not exactly true, per- Engine Hits Dog, Hurling It J^rp|igh^r Jtr&- ing Woman. . HEARING Final Adjustment of Will Come Before the Next Meeting. Mrs. William Healy. wife of Dr. William Healy of the Psychopathic in standing on the platform of the Chi- cago A Northwestern station at Win Adjourned meetings of the Villas* boards were held Tuesday evening, tine) I9tb. President MacRae having rag turned from the Pacific coast, there was a full attendance with the exoejl tion Of Mr. Matthew*.. «Vn^M^^H â-  from hospital some time age and Hal homo, but too ill to attend the MM meetings. Offer to Make Improvement. The special order in the board local Improvements was the consideration Of the proposition pave Green Bay. road from the western (Snyder's) crossing to westerly limits. A pretty full Ration of the farmers was in the who responded promptly to the dent's invitation to give expression any objections they might have to scheme proposed. Several were made, all along substantially same lines. All agreed that the needed improvement, bet waf jwo i niiu 56* tv v* iu»i»~wwF= It had a good foundationâ€"a stratum of sliS pui on iei> ni s years ago; that a roadway of had been laid upon fiats four| years ago and opened, which afforded adequate d; age; that repairs and approaching train A large collie dog, crossing the track, misjudged the speed of the lo- comotive. The collie was hit by the engine and burled in the direction of Mrs. Healy. She was struck by the dog, knocked violently to the ground, and made unconscious. Mrs. Healy sustained a fractured arm, a sprained ankle, a cut on her scalp, and possibly internal Injuries. CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS FIRST MEETING haps, that he Is Instituting military drill in the classroom, but he Is insti- tuting a kind of drill new to his par- ticular room, of which it is possible he has learned the effectiveness in the military school from which he came. Miss Bedker was taken with a bad case of poison Ivy poisoning last week, and has had to go to the Evans- ton hospital. Miss Collyer has also been 111, so that for two days no do- mestic economy classes could be held; Mr. Johnson has had a troublesome) eta, much as 10 feet thick and all stoneâ€"Rave the girls struck because they cannot go? Have they worn them- POLICE HAVE A REST. Evanston Is getting too good words. for The quiet of the police sta- tlonwas riot Interrupted once on Sun- day. There were no arrests and no calls for the patrol. It was the quiet- est Sunday in twenty years. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. The New Trier snd Evanston high school football teams will be the cen- ter of attraction at Northwestern uni- versity athletic field tomorrow after- noon St.2:SO o'clock.- ... â- -**<: and plaster. The floors are all made of heavy red tiles. It Is an Interesting old building, and has the look snd smell of centuries. On the ground floor sre the receiving rooms for wounded, kitchen, dining room, office. - -It Ja Interesting to ramble over the collegeâ€"and where additions have been made little stair- cases go up snd down. There Is a splendid library up stairs, fun of all sorts of Interesting books and some wonderful steel engravings. Just now we have only 80 wounded hers*. Last week an officer of the 6th army came and gave orders to evacuate to convalescent hospitals all who could walk. This has been done throughout this psrt of the country, the wounded being taken la ambulances to certain points snd transferred to hospitals fur- thereaway from the firing Mne. You can all guess whst this would meanâ€" and we are in readiness for **u rush" which Is sa*d to be coming one of these days. .1 prssums thjqr, wsnlto make selves out with their labors In raising money for their new building? These are questions which the men students ask, they claim the girls are poor sports. . .... * ""â-  11LK ' - KILLED BY AN AUTO. Melville Int Hout, nine-year-old son of Aden Int HouL 2727 Woodbine ave- nue, Evanston, was run dotes killed by an automobile driven by George Rodellua Monday at noon. The boy was on his way to school. An In- q nest held on Tuesday exonerated the driver. i ' - ~ DR. ROGERS IMPROVES. Dr. Arthur Rogers, rector of St. Mark's church. In Evanston. who had his loot Injured In an elevator In Chi cage a week ago Monday, la gaining rapidly. The doctors expect to save [Continued on Page 4.] SEA GULLS WEATHER VANES. An old dtfsen who watches the weather closely ssys an Impending change can always bs notedI* *• •» gulls on the lake front. Their flocking together la a warning of bad weeiher. some bis: move before tbe winter comes on. tt Is sad to see the boys go out when there Is an evacuation, they be- come so sttaehed to tbe place snd to those who are caring fcr them. Then, L. K. Gillson and Robert B. Beach Are Speakers on Wednesday Night The first meeting of the 191546 sea- son for the Wilmette Civic association was held Wednesday evening at the library hall. Gillson, president of the Lout* K Wilmette Park board, and Robert B attack of bronchitis, which kept, hlin [Bosch, assistant the Chicago Association of Commerce were the speakers. The association Is wideawake and has many plans under consideration for the betterment of the village. The following committees hats been appointed by President E. R. Nourse: Flushes. Le Roy Hill; membership, H. D. Hill; press and publicity, J. B. Whldden; highways and lighting. H. 8. Bowen; vigilance and nuisances. Joseph Heinzen; neighborhood im- provements, Hoyt King; health. Dr. Walter Rlttenhouse; education. C. R. Dart; legislation, C. W. Lasher. his foot. HELFi~G THE SCOUTS. The boy scout movement In Evans- ton um being revived. A citixens eom- â€"1,4.. ,kfi urm«==*S (Continued from Page 4.] mlttee the Woman's club end James A. Patloa are ewt attar s fund of M6,- egg to reorganise the scouts. out of school only a day. however The Girls* Athletic association bad Its first meeting Monday. On that same day there were try-outs for the girls' hockey team. Football. The following football schedule nas been posted* October 23â€"Evanston High at New Trier. October 30 â€" New Trier at La Orange. November 6 â€" Thornton at La Grange. * November 13â€"New Trier at Uni- versity High. November Idâ€"New Trier at Deer- field. The game at Oak Park Saturday waa attended by an enthusiastic crowd orAbout fifty New Trierttes. It was. however, a defeat tor the green and gray. Following Is an account by the junior who described the i*eerfieid game last week: The orange and blue boys Snail* succeeded In downing the north shore team, but the victory east them a great deal of nervous excitement. In the last quarter the heavier Oak Park lino-held the light back field of New TrieT for downs as the ball hovered around the ten yard line. Oak Park expected Woonoa zo asri a forward pass in the third quarter, but the cen- ter completely fooled the entire Oak Park defease when be rsn twenty yards around end for a touchdown. -Oak Park opened the game by kicking off to New Trier. Don Sam- ple, the captain, recelred the half and ran It back to the center of the Sett. Mow Trier the* advanced the ball some fifteen yards, where it was lost which the farmers would do, ana W*ll. at their own expense penny, of cost to the village, make a road that would be equal the average of the macadam si In other parts Of the village, would give good service to the pui for several years. They proposes enter Into a written agreement to what they suggested, and if they not make good the village had remedy In Its own hands. Speeches to this effect ware by August Belnllch. Jr., Schramm, Prank Dlettrich. Corrigan, Jo. Schramm, Aleck marco and H. J. Moeller. After the talk was over made by Mr. Ravenscroft to con the hearing to next reaular m (November 2) waa agreed to. An ordinance for the cesde*»a- of ground for the opening and alon of Euclid avenue from the Wis* netka line through the Huhhatut Woods Villas to the seatTa «w « Woodlawn avenue, was presented, i and recommended to the board of I The board then retired and what the motion described as an ecutive session" in the floe; and returning an hour FOOTBALL GAMES TOMORROW. Football games in the "Big Nine" Conference are as follows: Purdue at Chicago. Northwestern at Illinois. lows at Minuends Ohio State at Madison. inoHM>s pwy» Washington and Lie at Indianapolis.~â€"â€"â€" .. .,...;.!_; Mr. Chandler offered a to open and extend "Glencoe (born "Railroad avenue") present terminal at the south line Green Bay road, northwardly to north' county limits. The was adopted. It set the date for next regular meeting of the board trustees (November » lor the consideration of the scheme. A few Words of explanation needed to enable the readers News to roily appreciate the and utility of this scheme.. foot strip of ground lying west line of the NortbV of-way from a point two or dred yards north of the Use, known as Railroad avenue a couple of months agoâ€"whoa, request of a resideat ess the was changed to Glencoe as far north as Hasel avenue^ the one thousand wi w (Continued on t.) MORE GOOD ROADS. Good roads enthusiasts dedicated a new atrip of concrete road On the Mil- waukee avenue highway, near Nlles. last Saturday. A large suipbo* of north shore people participated in the { Regarding th» part of 0X6rCaS69> From the north tine of these a street of same width and same extends northwardly to Green For Switch Trscka. MISS GORDON RE-ELECTED. Miss Ansa A. Gordon, of Evanston. Was re-elected president of the Na- tionsl Woman's Temperance Union at the annual convention In week. - ' i - ,-^.-^^--^---^-^^- FEVER STOPS SCHOOL. -A* spHessie of scarlet ferei shut down the public schools In one. The lower grades will the Northwestern Railway pany and the village of agreed about four years ogs> thousand feet of this serrej southwardly from Green 1 reaching nearly down to ana. should be devoted to the, a freight district. In which In the delivery and loading • for the community should It was agreed the village; i tor the [CueUaeod an Page .{