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Wr- VOL. VH-NO. 35 wunwn vm !>v.i Final Checking-up Shows JT I^oi^rs Sweep Town- g-*- ship'sImportant Jobs" ^'■i^-ofr' Progress Planks . pj M IS 'Nott - Partisan, Holds a Leafl QVer As- =^r TiThe victory acHeved by Hoyt King und hla Uctotat tt» polte April 4 last became more, pronounced at the con- elusion of the canvass of the vote made at the Commuhlty house, Winnetka, laet Saturday afternoon, As-a result cjf this canvass Walter iter, candidate tor township clerk on the school defense ticket, was '■&£&- .declared, elected, a*•was 'Walter JV g^g3g Wallace, for township highway com- S^v.1:^ xnJailoi»r; and WHUwn H. Johnson ot ■■•:■.".--^ Glencoe, tor Justice of the peace. All ■-.-SSftasf t^1** of these places were claimed by ■^pSM the non-partinan candidates when the / polls doped Tuesday night a week ago. With Ifeyt K|ng clearly elected township collectori and Mrs. Gertrude M. Thurston, supervisor, the so-called reform party carried five of the seven offices voted on. ' The final accounting showed Percy W. Bradstreet of Winnetka a winner over Harryrl.: OriHg.--present isnm^^jff R R.) as did Ilarry Fowler by g majority of ISO ship assessor, votes." hoyt KlngB as announced in this paper last week, I remained' unchanged* as did Mrs. i Thurston's laad^t 40 over Mrs. Ida * 8. McO^Pibe MWijniette. Thc«»\whe> comprised the board of canvassers wereV Hoyt King, ooUec- * jpr; r. W. COP^ajid, present township ^-eTark^Mri ■--■-■--.-.- bee of township as- ■ ■ ■____*, seasor at the conclusion of his term a year from date. ■ ' '__■ \- -*:+-?- ^ F^ Errors Manifold.~^*~?t /^•Discrepancies .Were discovered in ^nearly all of taj^twolve- preclncts-of Vietowgjhlp. Bttt it was the fifth district of Wlnoetka, whore the. great- est changes werp effected in the count originally 'announced from the unof- fte»i figures. retainedHfcry-watehers-at the polls:- There 'it was discovered that the vote for Jusfice-of the peace ran more than the aggregate of the entire men's vote, in that division .be- cause of' some unaccountable error in.recording"the figures. But in most cases the poll booKa had not Deen filed and to* .tally sheets were found, to be Incorrect. __________ Despite the irregularities uncovered in the accounting on Saturday and the sweeping alterations in the apparent unlikely that a recount-oLtheJvote will be asked for~: ' '• .^ ■ : *'I feel that little good would come of that additional expense to the town- ship," said Sherman Booth of Glencoe, in discussing the findings of the can- vass SaturdayL^'So far as our party is concerned J believe that we would develop a still larger lead, particularly in Wilmette, if a recount were made. There it is evident that many votes ^wbtc counted for the non-partisan: tlcket^hlch-mlgfcFhave been turn to us had wo; the necessary number of watchers at each polling place.' Watohere Were Needed, -it^was we had" none, Mr. King and Mr. Stoddard being the ^>nly party representative at work that after- noon in the Village. Where difficulties occurred they naturally were settled " . nttaaxr workers whenever possible." '■-: The fact that the progress of Sat-, urday's canvass was watched by Messrs. P. A. Myera, candidate against Ring for the collecjtorship; James B. Hoffman, candidate for township clerk from Gross Paint; and V. C. Mickey, non-partisan oa^lidate for justice of the peace,-seems to have set the seal of satisfaction on the final check- ing up of the tally sheets and, poll books. During the canvass a recount was suggested gni while it ia still possible, It 1* dOsmed unlikely mat Sentiment Is Now Ranged Against special Priv I**. ilege Scheme for , So pronounced is the opposition to thO boulevardtng of Central avenue, except with residents interested in propertyalong that thoroughfare, that the project atoms certain of defeat at th* pons on Tuesday >next- The fact that Hurry J Hack, 1228 Gfegory avenue; L. &'Becker, 106 Fifth street, and W. S. Freeman, 711 Lake avenue, are to be elected to the village board, to succeed C. C. Stmultz, F. D. Buckman and Jt>^ Jfeker, which etr^jf-lr^Oicar l Schmidt Tn the control of village af- fairs, seems to be a matter, of little Im- port to the voter. Interest in that phase of the coming election passed two weeks ago when the nominations closed and President Schmidt was de- feated in his fight to maintain his candidates, R. S. Baker, chairman of the public service committee, and F. D. Buckman, chairman of the fire committee, in office. Mr. Burknian saw the trend of events early, and withdraw his candidacy; whereupon the old guard swept the field. In the voting in the village on Tues-L day last; Oscar W. Schmidt was de- feated in the-raoe for republican com- mitteeman in the Eight, and Ninth precincts by W. B. Davies. Out of the 162 votes polled in those divisions Jointly, Schmidt .secured 83 in all. Harry Hopp defeated Paul Schroe- der for the democratic nomination in the Llewelyn park district; L. D. Springer was elected on the republi- can ticket, in the same division; Joseph Shouts.got the nomination in the Tenth precinct (west of the C. & the republican tn the Eighth. D. M. Mickey .was elected on the democrtic in the Tenth. '-~r--r=iw SCOUTS PLAN A <**■*!$*'*! **^fe:ffTgg- Assembly Hall April 29 -Expeet-Growdr^^ The^irat Wilmette Troop of Boy scouts will give an exhibition of the various scout activities in the new Assembly hall, Tenth Street school on AprU-Za^iaie^-at-g-p^-m. The enter- tainment will last about an hour and one-half. There will be demonstra- tions of first aid, calisthenics, fire making by friction, signalling, semo- phore and international, rescuing un- conscious persons from a smoke-filled Toomi--reauacjtatton, knot tying, hu man pyramid of nineteen boys, swear- ing in a tenderfoot, and presentation ^m^jtfmwW^^m Room 2, Brown BuUding. OLD SETTLERS IN ANCIENT LI IN FEAST, MIRTH M SONG First Ladies of the Town Appear in Quaint Costumes ^Century DM, While Youth Joins Aged':th7^~~ Dance To Music of Olden Tinted AMmDBKMWSON^EW&E^ FIRST WOMA Bows and Daughters of Old Settlers I n the Feature EHn<|e of the Evening. From Left to Right: Miss Alice Wheelock, Edward Norris, Miss KHxabeth HaSKIns, John Page and Miss Florence Drury. Ballard Wome Is j^SaPecf B$ Maid WhoScentSmoke Arthur Spiegel, vV i7.arn ni Finance, Buried, Last rvices of the'late. Arthul* lf8^.ffl^J*:;y^i.^y?Mi!B- *-t~ Mystery still eurrounds the slight blaze which, detect* 4 by a wakeful maid, threatened the 'home of Eh-nest S. Ballard, 1139 Oakley avenue, Win- netka, early Sunday., April 2. rWhat-ca.«a«^ tha h^pfif-igflfrto fftfat leflalt the he^ of th^; cellar^ Fate of Ordinance Fos- tered by_SpeciaL J4I blaze out- suddenly 1^ the wee hours of the morning, no 0** yet is able to explain; but It la saf4 to say that had not Miss ■ Bessie McHverelly. a maid in the household, several lives would have been seriously e>i<H'iigered and a. considerable loss ;; property sus- tained. M i s 3 -- 'rror.y, however PLAN USURPS ft PUBLIC RIGHT Privileger RESTRICTION ILLEGAL Mrs.Kulh W^Porter- Marks Entry„of Fairer Sex as ~Tff Power in Local Ecju^J: 44-':' cational Cireles.--^^ HI8 REVERIE. And listen to the music'* strain While forms come forth we cannot ae And voices mute, jspeak out again. "They tell the flush of early dawn. Of crimson cloud o'er ehimmerinv sea, ■ Of lark's clear call to heaven bornO, _:[ i_jQ£ opening flower and budding treev- The gurgle of the running brook, -! e--cricket's--chi flight, Of forest deep' and sunny nook, The quiet calm of mystic night 4t FATH'R VATTMAN ALSO Elected To Succeed Himself Ui Tlial Dod^--Plan Some Changes. %7-i^ For the first time in the history of the township a woman now sits oh' the board of directors of New Trier high school as the resulf oT the unani- The waters whirl upon the beach ^UJVnd throb of things" they could notsr _Jt •' know, ^~ The shining pearl they could not reachf^ Beneath the water's ebb and-flowr^ These things have passed with newer" life, ,t We miss them in the rush and roar,^ We hear the lilt of flute, and fife. And we are 'old'--but young, once - ' . - .more." ^__. ' ---............ " ■•'■• ^ Editor's Nnte: These, lines, rumor -has it, were written by J. Melville Brown.__TheJla^eiLjac^B^t_deny the: allegation, but has requested that they" be published anonymously.) fg:^"5*^1 For the first Jime since the society waa ftRtAMTaKg^ }p iJJ&A.] m^mt^rs Of "The Old Town Folks of Witoaetto" assembled in their annual ^meetltti' Fridayeyening" last, arrayed tn *u--^z aire'aon.of Joseph Splegul, Slier road, Winnetka, and whose meteoric career in the^world of-finance-came-to^ untimely end at the York on Friday, were held from his home in Chicago last Suna^iy^fterno6n7~Thterme'nt was tention of Hetiry (Jardn.T, ■ whose prop- erty immediately adjolts that of the BaltardTstater~ Me^yrrleu^acrdssthe jnterveninp lawn anq with Fred and Leonard Turve'y, the fatter two being employed by Mr> Ballird, attacked the n^!e^J^^eh^was^^al*idQ^-eatittg-^, througlLtlie_dQorLjnto_the kitchen and the rear of the house. made in Rose Hill cemetcry.- mgh on theiF^-way-^homewani-j--Meantime^m-aiarm of fire hai from a winter spent in California Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spiegel jvere ad-vJsed- of their son's death en route and were present at the funeral services. His mother, was prostrated By the shock of the bereavement, "news oT~wKtch" awaited her arrival in Chicago late of luuu-point medals, xne admission will be 25 cents for all persons twelve years of age and over and 15 cents Jor-i-all-^inder--twelve--years--of--age. The proceeds will be used tcHroy two 1 this will be asked for by the non-partl- " agn candidates. JR. fl. yViaHgot, a school defense watcher in^thf. fifth precinct, which is Winnetka, there was an error on the tally sheets which altered Mr. Mickey's total by 45 vote* and Olson's by 15* rT=j4 DIM BHjddonly. 1*e Misses Rnach. Mrs. Treat and Mra. Kathry^^ thi week-end JlresMr, oil of Chicago were of Mrs. Charier niatlxesses-for-the-school-gymnasium^-1101^61, ln the sPlegel Furniture com and to purchase equipment for the boys to use on their overnight camps. In addition the boys will make a can- vass of the village beginning MoCday, April 17, for waste paper. All persons who may be willing to do so are re- quested to give their old newspapers and magazines to the Bcout who. will call at your back dooi boys will tie up the papers iu bundles, 'Saturdayr"" Mr. Arthur Spiegel, whose fame in the financial world as the head of Spiegel, May Stern^&jCompany, a $20.- OOO.OXHL orporation, a stock pany and foj the last six months head of the World Film company, at-a sal- ary of $60,000 a year, brougttrto him many of the leading business interests Of the country for advise, was the victim of pneumonia. ~--------"TvT- He. was stricken on Monday of last week and was unable to rally from the turned in; but before the^apparatus ar rived the blaze had been gotten under control by -the bucket brigade--vol unteer flreflgliters, who had assembled from the neighborhood.. The damage is said to have been slight. '<^r~ '--"--- INS $100 FOR BABY WELFARE )u have not alreafly done so, hut it will be a great help to them if you- - will have the newspapers and maga- zines separated. ThS various patrols have^been assigned territory and each one will collect the papers with the Trek cart. It will take the entire week to cover the village. In most other communities funds are solicited from the. people for the support, of the boy scout. No fundB have been solicited here for three or four years. There are no salaried positions in the First Wilmette troop. The services of the scoutmaster and his assistants are given^voluntari: people of Wilmette consider the scout Idea as •'being a good outlet for the activities of the boys they may dem- onstrate there appreciation by coming to the entertainment and also by giving the boys their old papers and magazines. One of the gentlemen in the village has agreed to market the paper for the troop. ; :'Ll2i£? THIEF ARRESTED. Through Policeman the energetic . efforts of thief was^Jaugh^ red handed-Friday- afternoon, last, with some sixty-three chickens in'his possession, belonging to Wilmette residents. * x y Charged with the larceny of the choicest birds of at least two hen neriesin_Jhis_8ei^kin^_JCteoEg*--Bao- miller of Gross Point was arraigned before Magistrate Dunshee Wednes- day morning and held to the grand jury under $1,000 bond) Those who appeared against him were tb ha^e been A. E. Logie, 1032 Ashland ave- nne, and Oeorge Frey of this village. children; also his brother, Sidney M. [Ol, w4»0 too, resides in Winnetka, | and^ who was associated 'with the deceased financier in the mail order business. _______■ ■ ' -----■■ ■■'•■•--------- Club1 To^Crlimpse Vaude- His9 family, accompanied by bis brother^ immediately left New_York with the body for Chicago, where they arrived Saturday, and that evening were joined by the-dead man's parents. Civics Luncheon Monday, April~lO, at "the Woman's Library club, the civics department luncheon was held at 1 p. m. After a delicious luncheon, the meeting was called to order by Mrs. Gerry Taylor, chairman. The speakers for the aft- ernoon were Mrs. George Bass, Mrs. Medill McCormick and Mrs. Ira Couch Wood. ?Mrs. Bass spoke on "City. Poll tics;' Golden another chicken while Mrs. McCormick discussed poli- tics in general and Mrs. Wood-gave an Interesting talk on the Winnetka village electioTrandybow itrfelt to be the only woman member of the village council, and of "her gracious reception by thev fna^tr members^--etc.. Mrs, Qoorge M. Qiuvea Was made chairman or^te-eivfes departmen^ior^tltftrc^hM Ing year. v- Tho next meeting of the^tiiib will be- held Thursday. April 20, at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Lucile Adams Finegan will give character sketches. Music in charge of Mrs. F. L. Bagg. 3S "f r ville Program for Hu- ~y^rti anity's Sake. Upward of five hundred persons crowded the' Woman's club auditorium in Wilmette Monday evening to wit- ness the Charity vaudevrtle^ which" netted the Child Welfare association approximately one hundred dollars in actual cash. __ j The'lsperformance, presented by ama- teurs, was by far the best that ever been presented jhere and kept the big audience in j uproarious ap- Law Proving^Thor- oughfares Can't BeJIeld yrrtissfor Use of Few. i S By^Arthur Seibold. ■ ril IS, at. the village^ election, the question of whether Cen- as-JSleventh •'"ternoon. ____ Mrs. Ruth W, Porter is the new member and with--her oh the same ticket Rev. EdwardJL^Valtmann was-re-elected to Office, one hundred and-sixty»twtFv!oTre1rJbeing polled for them throughout the entire township, a procedure which Is continued from year-to-year--under--the-old--lawr street shall, be created a boulevard will lie-submittedjto referendum vote. Ladies can vote on this question..-. v ~^An ordinance_jcreating this part of Central; avenue a .boulevard or j)leas^. ure driveway was passed in October and later was Repealed. The prop- erty owners of the nine blocks men- tioned have renewed their application for this special privilegBr-and the presi- dent and trustees of the village of Wilmette passed a resolution that the. "question should be submitted to refer- endum vote. The village of Wilmette TsTtabTe to make two" of the streets of the village boulevards, by virtue of the power given to the president and trus- rnrTff nf Wnrtij-ja^jiees-of-ttie^Fttlage-by-arstatuteTit-the- rong Ut W Om«m^^of IllinoiB( which reads as fol- lows: ______• ' ' ______ .■■,•". piause throughout the| entire program which numbered a variety of skits and song hits excellently j staged. 7~ Aside from the playlet, "The Burg- lar," presented by Kitty King and jsompany, the impersonation of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle by Miss Mary Gallagher and Mr. Horatio Chandler, whom their townsfoll observe "have made were glad to tp again," as a terpslchorean effort which well mer- ited the many encores received. This couple moved througl 1 their "stunt" with 'the technique of a pair of pro- fessional dancers and ;o say that they almost put the peerles 1 ones la but to do the amatei « jnaH/.A Miss Katherlne Kii g,«asserted the -which already 1 ad won for her a reputation-"olrthirie ife,^n the prea-|cipal eatatioa of "The Bur slar." As Mrs. Charles Dover, a brid e, left at home by her hostess, others ise Miss Noyes, unprotected, upon .the occasion of a " :jL^, Cities the: Law, ,'.;■..■ (,.■:.'.....• Par. 2006. - Municipal authorities in cities, etc., authorized to maintain two leasure^lriveways, upe-n-petitioh ol property owners on streets designated. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the peo- ple of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly: That the city council in cities, the ptesidenlLand- the board of trustees in villages, or the' board of trustees in incorporated towns, whether incorporated under the general Jaw or special charter, shall have the power to designate by ordi- iiance the whole or any part of, net to exceed two streets, roads, avenues, Jjoulevards^or -highways, under their jurisdiction, as^a--public driveway, to be used for pleasure driving only, and to improve and maintain the same, and also to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, pr otherwise improve and maintain hot more than two roads, streets or ave- nues, &nd designate the same as pleas^ ure driveways, to bemused for pleasure driving only. Provided, said powers shaitonly be exercised when said cor- porate authorities are petitionedi^liiBre- to "by'the owners of more than two- thirds..(2-3) of_the frontage of land -onting upon saidr proposed pleasure drivewayi -----i-----i--, --** \ " Par. 2007. . Driveway to be laid out; provisions of article 9 of general SMml- :*ct"......;----------- Sec. fc Said pleasure driveways may be laid out, extended and improved under the provisions of article 9, of an act to provide for the incorporation of tions of intimate associations:___ Those hundred members who gath- ered in Brown's frJall to jenew old ac- quaintances^ad_jB_J!esie-w^the-events of the long ago, w*e^J;t^aa^jmattetL of grave consideration as-to--whether they "had not better fix the price of real estate in Wilmette by the gal- lon." however, were, pot all a^^ftynf^ \n Polling booths^were opened in Glen-i■tnese comely raiments of by-goho coer^rlubard~Woodsr-W4nnetkarrAyiT-"^yers--but many were, the^ ladles es- mette and 7Gros3l"P"oint. Airs. Porter ; pecially. succeeds to the^place formerly _occu^l In some cases it represented the Tred^hy^WtHiain D. McKenzle of win^Tsown worn upon a--wedding-day; In netka^-on the board which is com-} others, a comely miss jwas ushered prised of five meniebers. ^Jj.,was an ' into.the company dressed in the ball- nounced afc^the school following the gown heiLgrandmother used to-wear. election that some slight changes were•! while Mrs. S. A, Wheelock, wife of the planned for the coming year. | president of the Wilmette Exchange ^FEel^iftcIude-t-he^imug^ fouryeair^hysicAl^trni^lngi-coursc .in- jMarjjjft^^ashlngton, gown of_ rich_ 3tea'd of the present course of two ! satin brocade, and Miss Mira K. Bar- years, and two new tennis courts are ker, secretary of the society and a to be added to the campus.! -Arrange-i poetess1 of marked ability, wore her ments.are now being made with the ; grandmother's wedding-dress, which contractors for this work. -- SLENCOE SCHOOLS dates back to atiout 1810. Miss Ber- tha Wheelock also wore her grand- mother's wedding dress, which waa Jtrst worn by that-ladyzin~18*8.-:-r^= , Asahel W. Gage, president of the SHOW A DEFICIT! organization, which first met at the _ ; home of F. L. Joy, its first president, ; ~ ~ rr~ r}^y.^^jrX" I "was also arrayed in the habiliments ^jTli"atl^e^4en^e--s^ools-wlli laoa|"of ;»c gentlemeu of 187(r ana tne^suc^ a deficit, of approximately $3,000 this ! ceedjijg^^ decade when his father waa year was the official statement of j'he i one of ther gallants of ffie neighbor- board of education,for the fiscal pori hood. 6d ending Feb. 29, 19i6^ tabulated The meeting assembled about The tabulated statement, which i "sumptuous banquet spread on the ball shows total receipts "of $33,631.12 for' roc)m floor of Brown's hall. At the tne year ended, against 14-i- bursements,^ have been made, follows: Receipts. Balance March 1, 1915^ Tax collected ..'.»..-, ^:.-".. > State school fund.......... Bank interest .....TrX Rental of building.......... Sophia Rosenbaum Memorial fund .___■ ■.'..'.'__________ ___ eaker^f--table^sat^Mr. ^Gag£u_iMissj=Bai-ke4'^'-^Mrs. Byton CT" Stolp: Mrs. John Gage, Miss Anna :fe^ j Dunshee and several,, others, who $ 110 22 eitner in-themselves •.or'through thelr_ 31--^g0^^--families have-played^ prominent part in the history of the community^ As the assembly fell into silence for a moment upon being seated at the table,--the Rev. Thomas K. Gale, pas- tor of the Methodist church, asked the blessing. 877.02 32.40 810.85- .50JIO -/- Total .$33,'631.12 "^ Expenditures. General control ...___-- . Teachers' salaries ........ Textbooks .-.______.;...... Stationery and supplies.... Janitors' wages Fuel, water,. Janitors' supplies .......... Repairs and Upkeep of build- A. W. Gage, Tosstmaster. -Following the dinner, which Y . 840.79 -17,039.57 490.31 901.45 -2,404.75 135.54 ~ing" Repairs and replacement of- ^equipmentr^T';..... Libraries ..........'. Promotion of health. New building :tK. ."... New equipment Bonds and Interest________. Paid out of rental fund .";->-.. . 395.91 33.13 150.71 4,768:34 . 1,132.00- seryed by the children of the first set- tlers, the president and toaatmaster introduced the speakers, emphasizing in his remarks the spirit which had characterized those who had ..pushed from the crowded city to ^Kft^»tWard, ....... make their homes in thlr^rtcinttyr which . then presented an. almost >wling wilderness." 4,942.07 274.40 Total Bxpendlt Receipts .... Recapitulation-. n^3S;57s;rt ,,^-33,6314^ ""Faith, hope and charity," he said, "was the keynote or tneir lives. TnejF had immense faith in the future. They chose their homes and trusted to the future to maintain their right to them since the tangled h^rH-f^ pf th« uati n those days made it Impossible for any court to give them a clear do0d to the soil. In fact it took years .to straTghten out the~tmear: •Their hope lent then! courage to .,,:4- [face the inconveniences with wWoh-^-; .$36:578.14- ^bey^imd to contend, while thoir < ity stirred in them a love in the dM time things which they atrovo tcaftd 1^ ini^.-*^. neater--ssk -- -.--tr- '- ---6i.^-«,V-.