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he Lake Shore Nearly Everybody In Wilmette Reads The Lake Shore Newt 'VIII, NO. 13. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS ASKS DETAILS D FACTS OF BAHAIS rt of Special Investigation Com* mittee Accepted by Village^ Board at Tuesday Even- j____lnju$esjlon_^___===_____i BUST FOLLOW ORDINANCE TAXES Township Collector Hoyt King gives rate schedule and some valuable pointers for the taxpayers Satisfactory Plan* and Specifica- tions Complete in Every De- tail", Required. The Bahai Temple Unity, Corpora- ion of Illinois, at present seeking Epennit to erect it<^Vilmette a tem- ple on land west Sf Sheridan Road and immediately south of the drain- ape canal, is called upon to furnish _ "satisfactory plans before any sanc- tion for such proposed building will be given by the-village officials of Wilmette. . The first definite action on the matter by the village came Tuesday evening at the regular session of the Village Board when the report of the special committee named sev- L-eral weeks ago by President Zipr to investigate the status of.the Bahai Temple Unity, was read and ac- â€"cepted,â€"*â€" â€"»'â- â- - -,uâ€" State Definite Requirements M, The committee report puts forth ^clearly and concisely the, require- ments of the ordinance pertaining " to buildings so that further action by the board will be suspended pend- ing compliance by the Bahai Tem- ple Unity with the stipulations-set forth in the report. ' ...... The reportin full is published here- with for consideration by the readers of The Lake $hore News: Chicago^ 111.. January 29, 1921. To the Honorable President and Dist. 39 Dist. 38 Wilmette Kenil'wth State......................$ .40 $ .40 County .. r. ,77^T7T7r.7..... .52 : .52 Township.................. ..... ..... Village ..........,........'. 2.20 1.58 Park......................45 .37 School............____.... 2.67 2.67 High School.............. 1.95 1.95 Road and Bridge -----......65 .65 Sanitary District .........17 .17 Forest Preserve ........... .06 .06 Dist. 36 Winnetka $ .40 .52 1.80 .63 2.67 1.95 .65 .17 Dist. 35 Dist. 37 Glencoe Country .06 .40 .52 '2J3 128 2.67 1.95 .65 .17 .06 .40 .52 Got thf Stuff" But Fate Dealt Its Cruel Blow 1.37 1.95 .65 .17 .06 Rate per $100 1920........ .9.07 ~r 8.37 8.85 9.83 5.12 Rate per $100 1919......... 7.77~ 7.31 8.52 % 8.82 • 4.45 NOTEâ€"$1.15 goes to the governments outside of the township. The balance of taxes goes to support our schools, local parks, villages and high- ways. Pay your taxes on or before March 10. 1921, arid~pay~them in _Wilmette Board of Trustees of the Village of Wilmette, Illinois. Gentlemen: The undersigned committee, to whom was referred the application of January 6, 1921, by Major Burt, engineer, and by Attorney Lunt, stated to be the Secretary of Bahai Payment of Wilmette automobile licenses is due March 1, 1921, accord- ing to a notice sent out to every resident of the village this week by Village Manager Schultz, In order to conform with Chicago's newest rulings on automobile licenses Temple Unity, for permit.^g^-a^^-^^id^HconveirieffW" to-"Wt-- TempTe building in the Village ot ^^ automobile owners who drive in the city, the Village Board has enacted an ordinance bringing the close of the license year to Decem- fol- Wilmette. we beg to report as 1QWS: i.U 4. 1. The ordinance requirement that applicants should give legal descrip- tion of property upon which build- ing is to be erected, was not com- plied with but Major Burt has since sent a letter dated January 26th, to correct this omission. 2. The building contemplated by the application is by far the largest building enterprise ever undertaken in the Village of Wilmette. Exam- ination of all the papers submitted ^â€"revealed that -specifications^ such as the ordinance requires, do not ac- company the application. The re- quirements lacking are so numerous that the attempt by this committee to enumerate them would be futile. Suffice to say that this commitee rec- ommends that the applicants be re- quired to comply with the ordinance with regar^l-4-o^Ia4*s:::a4idâ€"specifica- tions upon the same Jbasis as any other applicant and we do not rec- ommend that any concessions other- wise be made.__________1__1 J, We recommend that no partial permit be issued for foundations or any part thereof untilâ€"satisfactory plans and specifications, complete in every detail required by ordinance, are filed and .approved. 4. We recomm^hX^tMF^pJic^nts Be required to pay the fees" required by ordinance before any permit shall â€" be issued. 5. Your committee especially deems it important that the full plans ==aJidlsp^cificatiojis_be_furniste(Lin^this„ particular case because of the im- mensity of the enterprise and partic ularly the unusual character of it. ~^T^o protect the village of Wil- mette from a possible unsighty and incomplete structure, we believe it would be reasonable to exact from the applicants a substantial bond, conditioned that the proposed struc- ture be completed-^or-removed within ted time at the First National Bank and to Hoyt King, township collector who has established offices in the bank- ing house for the period from date until March 10 when the books will be closed. Following appears the tax rate schedule for 1920. It will be noted that there is a general increase in the taxes in all the villages in the town- ship, with Glencoe having the high- est rate, and Wilmette the biggest increase over the 1919 rate. The gen- eral increase in all the villages indi- cates the advanced cost of operation of the village governments. Tax-payers are asked by Col- lector King to observe the following precautions in paying taxes: â€"lrâ€"If property is sold forward real estate bill to new owner. â€"2.â€"Examine carefully and see that your description is correct^and all your . property included. 3. Pay all Special Assessments to your Village Collector. 4.' If you have not received your bill for general real estate taxes write Hoyt King, Collector, First National Bank of Wilmette, before March 10." Obtaining the stuff'that "wets the whistle" is not to be calculated as among the lightest, of occupations when one is in quest of stimulant irr the village of Kenilworth. It is rea- sonably certain, also, that though Kenilworth ^houses none of the cele- brated sightless swine one may, by surmounting reasonable difficulties, gain access to rare old vintages treasured in carefully sealed under chambers. This, Arthur McGauran of Winnet- ka, and Carl Schloss of Evanston. and other gents of~unknown identity, and still at large, discovered early Saturday morning when a quantity of real, high-power liquid refresh- ment was found in the basement of the William D. Shepherd home at 341 Melrose avenue, Kenilworth. Just at daybreak Kenilworth police responded to a summons to the vi- cinity of the Shepherd home. On Cumnor Road near Abbottsford Road, they discovered .an automo- MOVIE THEATER IS O.K. Village Theatre Given Unofficial Clean Bill of Health By Members of Board of Trustees at Tues- day Session SENG SESSION Replies To Numerous Pertinent Questions and Takes Rap at - "Veiled Attacks" The Wilmette Village Theatre was given an unofficial "clean bill of -health" -by-jhe^YJUaggL_Board_ Tuesday evening when the officials conferred informally with Frank J. Seng, 435 Lake avenue, head of the local mo- tion picture house, with reference to the general administration of the local theater. -, - Mr. Seng had not been called to the session of the Board, but attended the meeting with other residents merely citizen interested in the as a cmzen interested in conduct of the affairs of the village. Questioned by President Zipf con- bile parked at the curhing-minus-the j cerning^crittefem-fronr certainTquar- GIVES RULING ON NEW VILLAGE AUTO LICENSE | Village Manager^ Jasues Notice To Residents; Stipulates Newest Re- quirements. THEY CAME TO SING BUT DEPARTED WITH WAILING ber 31 in place of February 28. Another change is the replacement of tags hy license plates similar to those used in Chicago and of the same color as the state license plates. In the, hew ordinance it is stipulat- ed that the village license plate be placed on the outside of the car either on the front or right side of the machine Village Trustees Make Poor Audience For Boisterous Songsters in Vil- lage "Gaol" Chances are persons residing with- in earshot of west Wilmette avenue will be saved future disturbance in the late hours of the night by a group of overly exuberant la-ds- from parts in the west limits~WT:fte"village, who have been-WOnt to trudge through the streets singing unsavory ballads and addressing one another and the gen- eral public in stentorian and un- wholesome persiflage. Last Tuesday evening a night policeman encountered the boys and waltzed them unceremoniously into the village lock-up, where they were scanned by the stern eyes of the village" fathers, much after the fashion of a curious gathering wit- nessing the antics of the ring-tailed inhabitants of the zoo. President Zipf delivered an ex- | coriating discourse • on the evils of Licenses to be issued for the year I loud profanity and virtues of respect ending December 31. 1921, will cost i -able citizenship $4.25 on cars under 35 H. P., and $8.50 on cars over 35 H. P. The Chicago rate is said to be double this amount. 'STARVING EUROPE" TOPIC AT SUNDAY CLUB MEETING __Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, Chicagoâ€"so-- cia'l leader and ardent sttlement worker, will address the Wilmette Sunday Evening club on February 6 on, thj^subject "StaryingjJEurope " A special offering will be taken to swell the funds of the Hoover Near Fast Relief. This is- a depa^tur*- from the strict custom of the Sunday club, made in view"of an urgent need and uncommon emergency. There is to be no solicitation ot funds. Special music will be provided by Miss Mary Welch, contralto, and Mrs. Marie Edwards von Ritter, ortranist. We feel that the applicants here are -asking far a special dispensation^ to which they are not entitled^ and nothing short of a. full compliance with the terms of the ordinance war- rants granting permit j&espectfully submitted, E. A. Zimmerman, James F. Byrnes, J. C. Blaylock, Committee. Mr. Percy W. Andrews, 411 Lake avenue, is in Kentucky on business this week..______________ THEOPENLFORiJML Dear Reader: â€" You are invited to turn to Page 2 of this issue and read some expressions of opinion by your townsmen and neighbors. The Open Forum is your sec- tion of The Lake Shore News introduced several-weeksâ€"ago and already established as one -ofâ€"the importantâ€"featuresâ€"ef- The Lake Shore Newe. â-  • Expressions of opinion are -res- Movement^ submitted by Alfred E) qXunt, secretary of tfie Bahai Temple ^s^£^=fr00iLofT?, Unity. It is the first word from an ial of the Bahai Movement since quest that each article bear the bona fide signature of the writer. If-your opinions are worth expressing and entitled Itn consideration by your follower citizens, it follows, that you will want to let them know who you ere. That constitutes fearless expression of honest opinions. Address communications to the editor, The Lake Shore News, 1222 Central avenue. The lads, ten in number, squeezed into the three cell spaces in the bastile, were released after one hour's incarceration during which interim the unsavory and boisterous song dwindled into a plaintive and pitiful wail. ____.._____:â€" RECEIVE RESPONSES TO SUNDAY CLOSING APPEAL week in„neply_to an- appeal voiced last1 week in the columns of The J-ake Shore News-by-the North ShoTe~ Real Estate board, seeking the opin- ion of residents here oh the proposed Sunday closing of realty offices, and suspension of Sunday real estate business. Expression on this question is solicited from every resident of the north, shore, individually or through representative organizations. All ex- pressions are to be directed through -the-mai-ls to-F;Bv Thomas, chairman, Sunday Closing committee. 10 South La Salle street. Chicago. READ THIS LETTER! Be sure to read the communication on Page 2 concerning the Bahai; the question of issuing a permit for erection of a,Bahai Temple has been â- discussed. Every citizen ot Wilmette will be interested in this^ letter. Be sure to read carefully every line. iECTURE FOR WOMEN Professor Beeler, dean of the Pres- byterian Training school, will speak before the regular February session of the Worrtans Guild of the First Presbyterian cluirch Friday after- noon, February fi. All women of the village are invited to hear the lee ture. required lights. Policeman John Napier, tip-toed to the car, and peepihg~==through the windows spied the prostrate figure of a man on the rear cushions and an- other person crouching uneasily in the forward1 seat. The policeman, with drawn revolver, demanded the why and wherefore of this strange situation. Meanwhile Chief Patrick Murray and Policeman Clement Ley appeared on the opposite side of the machine. The men were arrested. Search of the machine disclosed a clothes hamper laden with 37 musty flagons of wine, a ham and a side of bacon. Napier and Ley escorted the pair to the Wilmette lock-up. Chief Mur- ray aroused the Shepherd household and conducted a minute investiga- tion. Entrance had been gained, it was said, by battering down a base- ment door. McGauran and Schloss were ar- raigned Saturday before Justice D. M. Mickey. McGauraii-pleadetLnotL guilty. He was fined $25 and costs for parking his. car without lights and both men were bound over to the grand jury oh $2,000 bail, each. CHILDREN COLLECT FUNDS FOR SCHOOL ROOM PICTURES Public School Art League Asks Vil- lagers To Assist in Providing More Pictures The time^has arrived for the col- lection of the annual membership dues in the Public School Art league. The membership fee is fifty cents for adults and ten cents, for chil- dren. The memberships will be re- ceived by the school children be- ginning Monday, February. 7, throughout the month of February. The funds received in this manner are applied in the purchase of pic- turesâ€"4erâ€"^th^â€"s^hoolâ€"rocmtsâ€"of-^the-}-*^ _public_schools. The schools already have an excellent collection of pic- tures but with the continuous growth Rj^spnuses-cahxeâ€"inâ€" iwmber^â€"this^-**^^001 attcndance-new-iouiiis uuist be opened from year to year and ad- ditional pictures are needed. This~is considered an object worthy of the support of all residents of Wilmette and it is hoped by those in charge of the canvass that the vil- lagers will assisjjiberally_ashasLbeen the case in past^yearsT^ MUST BE GOOD "I had several replies to my adver- tisement in last week's paper. I was really surprised." This man wanted to rent a house. If you receive answers to a "Want- ed to rent" advertisement the paper Just telephone Wilmette 1921. Here are some of the many classi- fied advertisements you will find on paffeVsev*« nfthU jq<iH^â€"- -â-  = mette. I/TG13-ltc Phone O. Jurgens. Phone Winnetka 1103,---------- L.TGI3^3tc WANTEDâ€"FIVE OR SIX ROOMS AT once by responsible party. Phone Win. 621. â€" LTG9-tfc WANTED TO RENTâ€"WILMETTE TO Glencoe, 7 to 9 room furnished house Good location. May 1st. Possession for summer rental. Phone Winnet- ka 246.ZL____â€"_____-I/EQU-ltc ters in the village in which it was alleged that films of questionable character had been exhibited at the Village theatre, Mr. Seng explained the method of procuring films from 1 the film producers, pointing out the necessity of contracting foe series 6f films in order to obtain certain pic- tures of particular merit. Declaring he^ had failed to become agitated over attacks upon the man- agement of the Village theatre, Mr. Seng stated that it had been and is the aim of the management to give Wilmette the best possible motion picture plays. It is extremely diffi- cult, he explained, to obtain films especially adapted for children. This, he remarked, had ^treW^enturea a few years ago when special children's matinees were introduced on Satur- day mornings without any ap- preciable degree of success. Pro*__| ducers of children's plays, he stated, have long, since gone out of busin^s^..... because of the lack of demand for that type of films. â€"There always will be some who will criticise, and constructive criticism is to he welcomed, he said, with par- ticular reference to rctent agitation in certain quarters. Makes Distinction "I have no criticism to make of the article which appeared la.st week in the "Open Forum" column of The Lake Shore News. That letter was open and simply the expression of an ^opinion by a reader in a medium expressly devoted to that purpose. That is absolutely fair. "I do, however, take offense at the veiled attacks appearing in recent |S£ues of the.small pamphlct^calied "Town Topics." Those attacks I con- sider equivalent to blackmail." Mr. Seng then cited to the trustees a recent incident in -which, he de- clared, a solicitor for the publication in question approached the manager of the theatre in quest of advertising "etfng=wit1rta1ture7" uttered what was to be considered a veiled threat. Subsequent attacks voiced in the publication, he said, substantiated the fact that an attempt was being made to victimize the Village theatrer In response to the query as to who was "behind the Town Topics," it was stated that while the publication had been introduced as an advertising medkim^foLcertain Wilmette real estate interests, these interests were not responsible for its "news fea- tures." It was stated upon good authority that local real estate firms had no hand in any alleged "attacks" appearing in_ the publication. President Zipf explained to the board that he, as the official movie censor of the village, had made special visits to the theater in com- pany with Mrs. John Clarke Baker, president of,the Wilmette Woman's club, and Mrs. Louis W. Crush, pres- ident of the Woman's Catholic club of Wi4nwtter^aTideth^tTroThlng of 6b- jectional character could De found, particularly no films that* could^os^ sibly deprave the children. ' - Low Child Attendance wantedâ€"maid; white; itfRS. GEO. t-"r also . jisked _Supejintendent D^White, 1101 Greenwoodr^e.rWtt^^falp^eT^of theTUbfic schools to give ______________ me an estimate as to the number of wantedâ€"SRD^MAJf to PLAT^ skat. | school children attendingThe^movies jon^aitttveiage of one day each week. A canvass of the schools showed that * approximately 200 of the 1,400 odd pupils enrolled in the schools attend the theatre at least once a week. The ages of most of~these children range from 6 to 12 years, most of them too young to see in pictures and read