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* shore News Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads the Newt VOL. V, NO. 13 W1LMETTE CLUB FOR MEN AT U. S. CAMPS # ------------- Soldiers' Aid Division of the Wilntette Home Guard to Manage Club for Men in the Service. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEP^ARY 7> 1918 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS LIBRARY WILL BE USED Trustees of the Public Library Offer Headquarters for New Club. tsK / A club for the entertainment of the soldiers and jackies, stationed at the north shore military camps, will be opened in Wilmette. The head- quarters for the club will be in the Wilmette Public Library building. The club will be conducted under the auspices of the Wilmette Home Guard. The Soldiers' Aid division of the local war organization will direct the activities of the club. The plans for the new club were announced at the meeting of the Wilmette Home Guard on Tuesday evening. "For some time the Y. M. C. A. workers at Great Lakes have been working zealously to see that 'shore leave' for the jackies should be a wholesome recreation and relief from the tedium of camp life," one of the Wilmette Y. M. C. A. men said at a recent conference. "Boys with plenty of money have been going to Chicago, and a number of them have been in trouble. The boys with little to spend have had to go back to camp before their leave expired, and this meant going on duty k: again at once. In fact a man is al- ways on duty while at the camp." This situation was called to the at- tention of the Wilmette churches, and the churches petitioned the Wilmette Guard to consider the problem. The question of providing a recreation center for the men was referred to fehe Soldiers' Aid division of the Home -ffssGuard. —r > • «-*■-.: ,-■•.- *.-s; Mrs. Henry B. Gates, chairman of the Soldiers' Aid division, reported to the Wilmette Guard officers at the meeting this week, that the trustees of the Wilmette Public Library were willing to permit the use of the li- brary building for a club for the en- tertainment of the men at the north shore military camps, providing the club would be conducted under a re- sponsible management. Special entertainments will be given for the men on Sunday afternoons and evenings. The ladies of the Sol- diers' Aid division and the trustees of the library will welcome the sol- diers and jackies, and refreshments will be served by the various Wil- mette clubs and churches. Miss Anna E. Law, libYarian, will be present each Sunday to give out'books to the men. The men attending the club will pay their own carfare from the camps to Wilmette, and they will also pay a small fee to assist in defraying the expenses of the club. The officers of the Home Guard believe that by charging each man, who takes ad- vantage of the local club a small fee. all of the men will feel that they have an interest in the club, and that they are not under an excessive obligation to the directors. GRADUAL THAW WILL NOT CAUSE VILLAGE TROUBLE MEMORIAL FOR ANDREW ^SiNEY CAMPBELL, JR. Hospital will be established in France as a tribute lo the gallantry and self-sacrifice of Kenilworth aviator, who was foiled in an engagement with three German airplanes on the western front. AS A TRIBUTE to the gallantry and self-sacrifice of Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr., who was killed during the first week of October, 1917, in an engage- ment with three German airplanes, plans were inaugurated last Saturday toward the establishment of a memo- rial hospital in France. With the announcement that $1,500 had already been subscribed for the Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr. Emergency Hospital, friends of young Campbell bent their efforts toward obtaining several thousand dollars for the hos- pital, which will be stationed in a French village not far behind the fir- ing line. Andrew Courtney Campbell was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Court- ney Campbell of Kenilworth avenue. Kenilworth. and was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. Mrs. Samuel W. Allerton, Mrs. Hugh Johnston Mc- Birney and Robert W. Allerton start- ed the fund with contributions of $500 each. Mrs. McBirney will act as treasurer and will receive sub- scriptions at the office of the Ameri- can Fund for French Wounded, room 313, 60 East Washington street. Inspiration to Others. "A number of friends of this splen- did boy and his family," said Mrs. McBirney, "have felt that there should be some testimonial to his gallant life and death, and we feel that it would be an inspiration to others. "The most effective memorial, we think, would be one that would help the people he died to help. We hope to raise the necessary money by sub- scriptions from young Campbell's friends and from the public. No sub- scription will be either too large or too small to be gratefully acknowl- edged." By a strange caprice of fate, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell but recently re- ceived a glowing tribute to him in a letter written by Dumaresq Spencer, young Highland Park aviator who was killed last week, also as a fighter in the Lafayette Escadrille. In the course of his letter Spencer wrote: 'T know that it is very difficult to relieve the great sorrow that has come to you in the loss of your son For I had said to myself that if I 'Coty,' but I trust that it will be some solace to hear from one who, though not an intimate friend, has greatly admired your son and his splendid work for France. "When I arrived in France I felt that I had a special interest in 'Coty' and followed his career very closely. A. C. Campbell, Jr. can only do as well as 'Coty' Campbell I will be content and will be ready Sot any sacrifice that L ought be called upon for. "Since that time this hope and pur- pose lias been growing stronger and stronger with me. It was strength- ened by traces of his good records in the French schools, and then by his achievements at the front. First came the news of his first boche, then of his landing with one wing gone. Many of my monitors have spoken of this and pointed it out as an ex- ample of the action of a man that would never give up. The next we heard was that Coty Campbell had knocked down two more boches. This was even more wonderful, but it seemed that his call had come, for the next report was that Coty was missing. "The date of hiB disappearance re- minded me of a conversation that I had had in Paris a month before with Paul Rokwell, the brother of Kiffen Rockwell, who had been a member of the escadrille. I asked Paul how Coty was getting along. "Too Much Guts." "He replied: 'Coty is a wonderful man, but I will give him only about one more month to live.' I was nat- urally surprised at this, and asked why; to which Paul said, 'Because he has got too much guts.' "After reviewing his whole career and then the manner of his death, shot down fighting against great odds over the German lines, this expres- sion of his courage seems to me to be the keynote of his life. "Coty himself has gone, but this influence of his life will live on, for I know that there are many others who like myself, hold up as their ideal the record which he has made here in France. If, before they get me, I can boast of six months at the front during which time I have never shirked a duty or missed a fight and have three dead Germans to my credit, I will consider my life a glo- rious success, providing they accuse me of no greater fault than 'too much guts'." Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr, was born Nov. 19, 1891, in Chicago. He attended the Mosley school at Twen- ty-fourth street and Michigan avenue And tfe* New T.rierJiigb school..Then fee entered the University of Virginia. He went to France in June, 1916, and passed through the flying schools at Buc, Juvisy, Avord, Cazauz and Pau. At Juvisy he was the first American to graduate and stood highest in scholastic ability. His service at the front won him the Croix de Guerre with the gold star. To this two palms were afterward added for special cita- tions for gallantry. DRAFT BOARD READY TO COMPLETE QUOTA Local Exemption Board Calls 200 Men in Class One for Physical Tests This Week. j EXPECT CALL NEXT WEEK Reports From Washington Fixes Feb. IS for Last Contingent. ENEMY ALIENS REGISTER i ENEMY ALIEN ELUDES U. S. IN WILMETTE THIS WEEK AGENTS, GUARD STATIONS There is always something to worry over. Now that the coal crisis is passed, there is grave danger of flooded base- ments, caused by the heavy blanket of snow melting more rapidly than the sewers can carry away the water. Village officials stated today that if there is not a heavy rain or cloud- burst and that if the weather does not get too warm, there will be small danger of the flood waters backing up as they have made provisions for the occasion. Frequently, it was stated, the ice clogs the outlets into the lake, and as a result the water backs up. With all the inlets and outlets unobstructed, there should be little trouble unless a heavy rain sets in. Loans $40,000. The Wilmette Realty Company this week negotiated a loan of $40,000 for five years. The loan was made through the First National Bank of Raven swood to W. W. Pollock. The number of enemy aliens regis- tered at the Wilmette registration headquarters will not be given out by the local officials. According to the registrars, instructions from Wash- ington were received tod-ay prohibit- ing the publication of the list of aliens registered. Men registered this week were said to be citizens well known in the vil- lage and of good standing in the com- munity. Most of them were of age and but a few less than 20 years of age. Significant in the registration is the apparent lack of boys among the registrants. It is expected that there will be few, if any, of such in Wil- mette for obvious reasons, namely, that during the past four years prac- tically no German youths have left the fatherland and settled in this country, and boys of 14 years, who came to this country before the be- ginning of the war, are now grown to young manhood. One of the most arduous tasks in connection with the registration is the reproduction of the finger prints. Three original reproductions of the prints of every finger, the thumb and the palms must be taken, one copy to be left with the local authorities, an- nother sent to Chicago federal head- quarters and a third to Washington The registration covers every phase of the,registrant's identity, both phy- sical and as to the length of resi-, dence in the United States. Declar-' ants or persons having taken out first citizenship papers are required to register, as well as such who have received enemy permits. The registration of German enemy' aliens began on Monday, Feb. 4 Every German, 14 years or older, who! has not full citizenship papers must register. AH who do not register by Saturday. Feb. 9. face internment. Charles Schultz, an enemy alien, escaped from United States deputy marshals at the Central street station of the Northwestern elevated in Evanston last Friday afternoon while on the station platform waiting for a Chicago, North Shore and Mil- waukee train, which was to have taken him and a companion to the Fort Sheridan internment camp. Schultz, while in the custody of the government men. stepped from the platform into the waiting room of the station and failed to return when the train arrived. Local police and north shore au- thorities were immediately notified of the escape, and a thorough search of the village and all railway stations was made. All trains from the north ;ire being closely watched for the prisoner. Schultz was described to the police as approximately 35 years old, 5 feet in height, and of stocky build, with dark hair and a two-weeks' growth of beard. WILMETTE ENGINEER IS CALLED TO WASHINGTON WARM WEATHER CAUSES CRISIS TO DISAPPEAR Mr. H. R. Abbott, 1506 Charles street, was called to Washington, D. C. last Friday to assist in the work of the cantonment construction di- vision ot"the U. S. Engineers Corps. Mr. Abbott has been the assistant engineer of the north shore district of the Sanitary District of Chicago for several years. He was in charge of the construction of a diverting sewer in Evanston at the time he was called into government service. Visiting in New York. Mr. and Mrs. John Burchard of 1130 Chestnut avenue are registered at the Hotel Astor, New York City. With the arrival of thirty-two cars of coal in twenty-four hours, the re- lenting of the cold snap and a great diminishing of orders. Fuel Admin- istrator Irving C. Brower admitted that the crisis has passed. "If we have a continuation of this kind of weather for a week our trou- ble will be over," he said. Conditions are the best today they have been since Mr. Brower took up the thankless task of administrator for Wilmette and Evanston. For the first time in over two weeks there was a wide variety of coal in Wilmette and Evanston. It was ad- mitted that practically all kinds and sizes of coal have been obtained for distribution here. This does not mean that the coal dealers are taking orders to stock up | depleted coal bins. There are too many emergency orders to allow this. But, according to Mr. Brower, this will be possible within a couple of weeks if the balmy weather remains. "Give us a week of warm weather such as today and conditions will quickly return to normal," Admin- istrator Brower said. Fuel Administrator Irving C. Brower started a coal bin census in Wilmette this week and on Monday enlisted the aid of the reserve militia in Wil- mette. Captain A. H. Howard of Company D of the Illinois Reserves assigned fifteen members of his com- pany to assist the fuel administra- tion. The soldiers reported that in every case where emergency orders had been placed for coal they found that the last shovelful of coal was being used, and to these homes was rushed the small available supply. The work of checking up and equalizing the distribution of fuel in the village was of great service to the local dealers. Physical examinations for 200 regis- trants placed in class 1 will be held tomorrow and Saturday mornings in the Masonic hall, third floor of the Brown building, 1159 Wilmette ave- nue, between 9 a. m, and 12 noon. One hundred and seventy men of class 1 were examined last week* When the physical examinations for the second group are completed by the board of examining physicians,, the local exemption board will know the exact number of men fitted for general and limited military service in this district. The figures will be sent to Washington immediately. Among those examined last week were all those who took the ex- amination some months ago but were not sent to Camp Grant. This was. deemed necessary to obtain the ex- act physical status of the registrants. Those Not Called. That this is the correct method to pursue was indicated last week. A young man who failed to pass the test before went through with flyirrg colors, while another who was suc- cessful the first time failed to pass. ■>*•v'~-•■■• This is not a reflection on the ex- amining physician. It simply means that the health of one in that period greatly improved, while that of the other deteriorated. Not all the registrants in class 1 have received notices to appear for physical examination. It should be ■■■■'.,. noted that the-feltertving groups with-- i^|piSi in class 1 have not been notified.' 1. Registrants whose appeals to the district board were pending on Jan. 26, 1918, or whose time for ap- peal had not on that date expired. 2. Registrants whose claims for deferred classification based on in- dustrial or agricultural occupation, were pending on Jan. 26, 1918. 3. Registrants whose time for fif- ing questionnaires was extended to include Jan. 26, 1918. Ready For Call. Every registrant within these groups will be notified of physical examina- tion as soon as classification in class 1 is made final. Any class 1 regis- trant not within these groups who has not received his notice of physical examination should at once communi- cate with the exemption board at their headquarters in the Browrt building, 1159 Wilmette avenue. The local exemption board for this district is all ready for the last quota of the first draft when the official call comes from Springfield. Mr. George J. Pope, chairman of the ex- emption board, said this morning that the date has not been announced for this call, but that it would not be before Feb. 15. Equipment Ready. About 90 men from this district will be sent to the national army camp by the call set for this month. This approximately represents thirty- four per cent of the district's first draft quota. Approximately 200 men have already gone in the first draft. According to Washington dis- patches, the first draft army will be completed Feb. 23. . The final quotas from the districts which have not furnished their full strength will be sent to camp on that date. The date of the second draft is dependent upon the removal of the troops now in training. Equipment for the new contingents is being assembled at the various camps. Secretary Baker has insisted on clothing and other necessary sup- plies being provided in advance. Ordered to Camp. First Lieutenant A. J. Kampmeier of Base Hospital Unit No. 10 of Mil- waukee, Wis., spent the week-end at the home of his sister, Mrs. Hugh Mottschall. 1509 Spencer avenue. While here he received orders to re- port at Camp Doniphan, Okla.. im- mediately. jgfef'