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LlbSIIorelns A O.n N...,.,. lor G Clean VOL. XIII, NO. 19 rll:., n. eo........iq TWENTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1924 APARTMENT PROBLEM UP TO· · VOTE S CRURal HOLDS NEAR.=== 17 PRISON REFORM GOSPn Campeip. Local P....b7teriuaa Join in Special E.........!ic: HAVE NOrED SPEAKER Servicia to Be Conducted from F..,.,..., lz-z4 Tuesday, February 12, Lincoln's Birthday, becomes this year a very significant date for the Presbyterian churches of Chicago and the suburbs. It marks the beginning of a two weeks' series of simultaneous evangelistic services in all the lcadinc Presbyterian churches in this vicinity. Preparations for this special series of meetings has been carried on for a year past, directed by a committee of experts of which Dr. John Timothy Stone has been general chairman. The First Presbyterian church of Wilmette has planned to participate in these special services which it is believed arc dest~, inevitably, to strengthen and deepen the religious thought and life of the entire community. David Carson Bayleu, of Denver, the well-known field secretary of the Humphreys Foundation, hu been leCUred u die special speaker fOf' the · to The for Near East Rehe£ ts to be postponed one week, it ha~ been. announced, since it ~·~ found tmpo~stb~e to hold. the prehmmary organazataon meehng this evening. The meeting has been set for Friday evening, February IS, and will be held in the Parish House of St. Augustine's Episcopa.l church. T he drive proper will begin on February 17, it is stated. Near East Relief workers occupied the pulpits in several of the Wilmette churches last Sunday. Wilmette'i quota in the drive has e~:.,ooo and t"t ·as plann-_. to been set at ~ co raise the fund by a general canvass of the village. Already abOut $1,700 .b "b d · h h h h b as een s.u sera e an t e c. urc es. Leaders tn the local .camp~tgn are: W. Frank McClure, c.hatrman, Tho':JlaS H. Wt>st,. secretary, Dan G. Stales, treasurer, . ~rs. W .. L. Ballard, .Mrs. R. E. Pattasc«l Khne, Rev. Gtlbert Stansell and ~· R. Harper. members of the Executive co.mmtttee.. All the churchu m the vtllage, a11 wei~ as t~e. Sunday .Evc;ning club and var1ous ctvac orgamzataons are sponaoring the campaign. ~ilm~tte~paign CLUB SUBJECI' .._......... auvua D-11=---- .utm= BOARD week. ' ZONING nGilT Maud ·--a.L at Sunda,. (lui, A petition requesting the Wilmette Village board to call an election in the v:Uage on the question of the annexat ion of the greater portion of the former Village of Gross Point to Witm,.u., w·· formally presented at the meeting of the board Tuesday of this IS OIISFJ) IUE1TE GROUP HELPS 'DIE BAND Unifona The Wilmette Improvement associc.JW -s.... CApta~a· ation "came throu1!t" nicely this week Dr. Bayleu hu an enviable record. with a check for ~S in favor of that Through his characteristic: work as an New Trier High School Band Uniexecutive of the Y. ll. C. A. durial( form fund which Lloyd Hollister, Inc., the war, he acquired his sobriquet of has been conducting during the past "The Smile Captain." For four years few months. This contribution brouaht he was one of the prominent pastors of the fund total up to date to $1,315.56 Baltimore. Called from there to as- or within $684.44 of the ultimate goal, sume his unique responsibilities as field which is $2.000. secretary of the Humphreys Foundation, So confident are the boys and girls he has utilized his taleqts in a wide at the high school that the balan.ce will field of service. His specialty is work be subscribed in "jig time" that they with boys and young people. He in- a I ready haft had their band members aQ~Urated the idea of Boys' Week. He me::uured fOf' 'the uniforms. is now prominent as an executive of The Wilmette Im:rrovement associboth the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire ation letter directe tf» Superintendpirls ora-anizations, and a director of ent Frederick E. Clerk of the high Ule Community Chest of Denver. His school, read: · experience and his personality alike en'·Enclosed please find our check in ~ } able him to appeal young people as th~ sum of Twenty-Five Dollars \well as to maturer minds with a con- ($25.00) in favor of the "New Trier .:fvincing strength such as few other men Band" fund. .. possess. '·The AssociatiQn wishes to thank , · "In these days when the world is re- ' he students who gave the musical eniaining its sanity and recoverint from ·ertainment on the occasion of the Its post-wartime hysteria," states a Police Benefit play held in the Byron local leader, "when old-time standards C. Stolp school on January 25, 26 and· a~ relegated and more solid, new prin- ~8 ·and also further expresses its apCiples are being established, a series '~H ciation by presenting this amount of services like these will undoubtedly .,., ,,c applied to the New Trier Banrl challenge the interest and demand the Fund." thought and lif of the villqe. They '1 he band fund is made up entirely leave a: powerful imprasion on the -.f contributions from residents of the ·comm\Duty at Ia~. .,orth shore who are interested in the n,. Bayless will c:oncluc:t all the Krv- ' oys and girls attending the school. . ~s duril'!4 this Paitb Fortnight at the The uniforms will he used for years Presbyterian ~ not for ·o come and entail 11n exoenrliture of Presbyt~rians U.. but for the whole :ll C'Ut $2 000 to orovidc; the 120 memC?"Uffunaty. of .ever, deaomina- '·ers of the band. tton. faith or creed-or o£ no creed at !f you want to get in on the last ~11- will find tMinselws welcome, it ·l'o of the Band Fund drive just mail 1s explained. . our check to New Trier Band Fund, Mr .. and Mrs. ·Gardner S. Howland, of Chac:ago, specialists as soloists and Lloyd Hollister, Inc .· 1222 Central avenue, of muLe: for such rospel meetWilmette, lllinois. a.ve ~ of the music each Foun4ition wu created a feW ,.n ago by CoL A. E. H~ the -.altimillionaift oil of Texu, ,._ he decided to Jet aside a _larp of his great fortune for phiJantltropic. educational aad ~tic PII1"PC)eee. It is with Ilia personal ..,..ova~ that Dr. Bayless coma at. this tune to WibnetR. he bckl, jn ~· ~ 'D. ~ U.---~ - _ . .-,. 1-row·-Dt A.-oc:iatil· ---·.,;;......,;;...;l"""'""';o;.<·.f.··"~"" .-rt , .. ._. · 1 F_. ._ ..._., a ·· ,., · The petition, it was exdlained, bears Maud Ballinaton Booth, known affectionately throughout the United the signatures of upwar of 350 propStates as the "Little Mother of the erty owners and voters in the former HOME OWNERS IN PLEA Prisons," will be the speaker at the village a~d embodies a. request that Wilmette Sunday Evening c:lub on the question of annexation be placed February 10. before the Wilmette electorate at the Mrs. Booth gained her unique title norexattananupal Yi,llagle tc;lectio~thi.n April, Board Aab Vote on ~--. fr 1 ecaa e ec ~n wa an .s·.xty ~ by virtue of more than 20 years serv- day 5 om d te f fil f tion" m" ice in social service and reform work A a o If!~ o .P.Ctttton. ...,. .. in pra'sons a·n every se'"ta"on of the d rbeport o~ the petataon as to be "' rna e y the Vttlage Attorney Crossley country. She is regarded as one of at the next mt'eting of th bo d the leading authoritie~ on prison reFiling of tht' petition e ma~ks:. the Every chair in the Village hall form pr~blems ~nd wall have an un- .culmination of a lont drawn-out con- was ushered into wiiiiiiJ·M!'!!!tflllll!""ll'!' usually mter~sttng message for the troversy in the formn Gross Point Sunday Evenang club patrons. which experienced a rather hectic nesday evening of tt,;, week "Multitudes of humanity-loving climax on January IS when the voters when a few hundred citizens of hearts have been thrilled by Mrs. in the territory defeated a reorgan- the village gathered there to Booth's story of her work in connec- "zation plaa. voice their opinions regarding tion with the Volunteer Prison Citizens of Gross Point voted in the question of permitting the league, which she founded and by her favor ~f dissol~tion. about four >:ears own efforts has sustained and vital- ago--smce whach ttme the terntory establishment of apartment buildized." reads a comm~t. "More than has been simply a part of New Trier ings in Wilmette. The specific occasion of the JIS,OOO men, while serving prison sen- township- looking toward eventual tences, have ascribed their complete annexation to Wilmette. meeting was a public bearing regeneration to the league and are called by the Zoning board of still loyal to it. N.ltional prison reAppeals, Robert Stoddard, chairforms have been promoted, and a numman, to discuss the request made ber of splendid and valuable rural by certain property owners for properties in widely separated states. temporary homes for discharged a re-classification of properties in l)risoners, have been acquired, equipthe vicinity of Fourth street ·and ) ped. and are now in operation." Maple avenue from the pr~sent It is one of the prime purposes of the . ...., __ D M residential de ignat;on to coaalugue to find employment for these hat etil thu provided for ri nd-··arte rmrcial. ·--=· SERMON~ HONORS ~::;~~-~-......,· · r' · ---- LINCOIJt IISON . ·""'--~7 Aaeec...._ ············· . . . .- ........ · 1_ . a..tte T.... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .ti.IIIM +hcse "Hope at s," e ef which is located in Chicato. In addition to her refonn work. Mrs. Booth has written aneral hooks among which arc "After Prison. What?" "Sleepy Time Stories," "Li«hts of Childland," "Twilight Fairy Tales" and "Was It Murder?" the 1ast named having gained general f~vor throughout the country. Miss Nary Wek:h will be the soloist for Sunday evening. . ;.. tter Members of the Wilmette Chapter American Association of £naineers and the Wilmette Woman's cluh will hold a joint mee_\.ing at the Woman's club building Friday evening, February 15, for the purpose of discussinr the 1»roposed annexation of the greater ~rtaon of the former Gross Point to Wilmette. Speakers of the evening will be Myron H. We"st, well known city planncr; CharJes N. Roberts, Wilmette Village engineer, and Samuel Greeley of Winnetka. The general public is cordially invited to attend this meeting which ·viii hegin at 8 o'clock. t,o POST OFFICE CLOSED FEB. 1Z The Wilmette post office will be closed all day Tuesday, February 12. in observance of Lincoln's Birthdav. The local hanks also will close their doors on that day, it being a legal holiday. · A very unusual and attractive program has been announced for the morninr service at the Presbyterian charch next Sunday morning. For the first · time the new a4dition, providing increased seating capacity for the present auditorium will be ready for occupancy. This new seating arrangement is quite like a bakony, usinr a very practical 11\anncr, for the tiiM being, that part of the new buildint which will become the foyer of the new auditorium whrn completed. The service is to be in the nature of a celebration. In addition to this feature of the service Dr. Magill has announced the sermon of the morninr wiU he appropriate to the observance of Lincoln's birthday and that he will also pay tribute to the memory of the late President Wilson. A very attractive feature of this ervice will be the musical program furnished by the Imperial Male Quartet of Chicago. composed of the following well-known singers: Thomas FanneJ1, first tenor; Clark B. Shipp, second tenor; B. Q . Tufts, first bass, and Oliver }oh.1 on, second has . The quartet will sing the following numbers: "I Will Lift Mine Eye " . .. . . Callicott "In Heavenly Love Abiding" .. Holden "The Church In The Wildwood" . ................·............. Pitts "Praise Ye The Father" ...... Gounod Up to V...,. The session. everyone present was c.onviaced, marked the beginning of a determined fight in the community that is to find its climax at the Village election in April when the voters of the community win be asked to express their opinion on the question of whether or not the commercial areas in Wilmette shall be extended. For the question is to be put before the voters. That arrangement was recommended in a resolution adopted at a recent infortTial joint meeting of the board of Appeals on Zoning and the Village board and was officially approved at the !'e-.sion of the Village board last Tuesday evening. May Provide Our Police . a"th Bullet-Proof "·ta W ., ' n.. Regarding Lower Taxes Tbt woe of WILMETTE of Friday, February 15 will contain a apteial supple·ent relatina to tbt Mellon T u Rtduction Plaa now under conaidtratioa for passalf in tbt Unittd Statn Conpna. ·· LIPE Jolm M. Stdeu Named Director of Pla7peuncll John M. Steffens, 161 I Washinonon JVeauc, has been appointed director of t.he municipal playgrounds adjoinin!l" the new West Side school to succeed Walter Schuler, resigned. Mr. StefreDI has taken a keen interest in villi!F affairs for aany l~rs aacl is one of the leaclen ia the Wilmette Improvement association. The Mill plan ia considtncl. pretty .-raUy, tbt moat fusible arraa.mtDt ia a program of tu: reclactioa and dw su.,..aawnt accompanying nn:t week's iaat will merit lhlcly by . n-ery tu:pa tbt COlD· muaity. A few Village trustee , a new hound from Wilmehe Life and a sprinkt:ng of municipal attaches experienced a real thriller Tuesdar evening of this week wh~n Chtef of Police Denman demonstrated a bulletproof vest at headquarters. The stunt required that a person, clothed in the steel and fibre nat, play -::trh with another ~non armed with ·., real pistol contaming real bullets. The p~rson in the ve t proved a rood ·ccril'er and came out of th~layful · scapadc without a scratch, th rh the '"llow w'th the ,..un directed liberat~ ""lot fhots" at the region of the solar plexus. The ncws·hound cuualty, he hiting a pt'rfectly aood ci~rar in two when the hot w fir~d. aioaa It is quite likely that the Wit tte On dar oae ide in the (I rthcominr police will he provided with the ballet- di · 011 10ninc mat.er will be arprMf vests. ra,.. f~ of tho~ who feel that 10111e proYi ion $hould be made for extehlion of ~rcial an. · in Yiew of rapid rrowth in population which;. with"n a short time. it i: tholwht. will · ' a t·u urate TH ll·olatlo. "Resolved" reads the re-solution, "that, in order to ascertain the opinion of the citizens of the Village of Wilmette, on the proposal to ;lmend the Zoning Ordinance. now in force. by providing certain districts in which apartment buildings for residence only may be erected, the question of such propo ed amendment. together with a description of the localities it is proposed to zone for such apartment huildings, be subm:ttt'd tQ the voters of the Villa~tc at the next regular Village election."' In compliance with the sense of this resolution. the Board of Appeals on Zoning will deny any and all rcque ts for am~ndments tn th~ Zoning ordinaoce pertaining to changes in property classification. [n other word . it i, proposed to rttain the zon "ng ordin1nce intact until such a time as an exprl'~sion from the electorate can he secured. Localities in which chanl{rs were sought include a plot on the north side of Central avenue immediately west of the alley between Main street and Park aftllue; a trip of property on the east s;«k of Eleventh stre:.-t, north from Central avenue; !lt'veral piece of propertJ at Fourth t·e :t and Maple avenue; property on :he w t side of Foartla street between Linden and Laurel a n · and p«pert)" on Linden av~nue im~r.ed:ately ·east of the N rth Short line f ht-uf-way. Other it i~ t"XpectN will be propoeed for change from reside:-~tial to conunercial de !gnation. ._.._.,_E.... -------- f the