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LMET CTION FIGHT KILLS WIDENING PLA HOLDINGS 'S· ' rl'D' S 'TREET urt Test for Zoning Law NETSTRAETER GO TOWARD NEW CHURCH lv.ld e? T H. Ehrlich Regina 1ght to Get Permit for Apartment Houae Ts COURT ACTION Finish' Earl Gets Job ·of Telling His Bosses to Trim the Trees MGR. KELLEY ON VISIT TO ROME ilmette's zoning law will be subto the acid test in the courts result of a summons in man. issued July 1, by Samuel E . , clerk of the Superior couh county, on the relation of in H . Ehrlich, owner of propthe northwest corner of Fourth and Laurel avenue, and which to compel the Village of Witto grant permission for the conion of an apartment building at ons were served this week the Village of Wilmette a corof Wilmette; Edwa~d Zipf, Hoffman, John C. Baker, E. Drayer, John F. Wiedlin, N. Page and Frederick Tilt oard of trustees of the of Wilmette; Charles C. as superintendent of public nf the Village of Wilmette and ...Libble, as fire marshal of the . of Wilmette. Appearance in rt m response to the summons was ignated for Thursday, July 10. Teat of Zonina Law is prospective court action is ly_ the first step in what leaders vtllage declare will be the real of. the validit;r and strength of Wtlmette zonmg ordinance. It the first legal action in the those aligned on either side "apartment building" controhich has claimed the serious n of Wilmette's citizenry and for many months and which such an important role in the igningi that immediately prehe recent village election when o?le ~nd No Flats party" emvtctonous. e battle in the courts, both Ehr:md \h~ village authorities assert, be fought to the limit so that reles s of the vt;rdict in the Sup~rior the case wtll be carried on into !~her tribunals in a "fight to the test. The attention of every ty owner in Wilmette will be upon this battle as it progresses courts. for upon the ultimate will hinge Wilmette's status coml!lun!ty of homes. The days scusston m mass meetings are but ry; the time for the acid te st e at hand. Heu Loaea Case this connection it is interesting to that the case of William E Hess the Village of Wilmette, co~cernthP matter of the division of a at T_welfth st reet and Fore st ave, whtch found a verdict favorable Hess in the Circuit court some nths ago, when carried to the Apcourt brought a decision last favorable to the village. ' Wlthout having made a single campaign contribution and without the semblance of a political pull, Earl E. Orner has been appointed by the Village Council as minister plenipotentiary and ambassador extraordinary to the Court of the Northwestern railroad. Mr. Orner's special. mission will be that of causing the ratlroad company to trim the trees east of the railroad tracks and between Wilmette and Linden avenues without cost to the town. The, ambassadorial plum fell into Mr. Orner s lap, Tuesday night, after he had read to the board of trustees a letter from the railroad folks. In it they hinted that the foliage on the trees obstructed the view of the tracks from w;ilmette avenue and was therefore a menace to motorists and pedestrians alike. The r~ilway officials suggested that if the vtllage board would officially declare the trees a nuisance, the railroad would do the rest. "Leave it to Orner," President Zip£ commanded, "and he'll have the menace abated." And there the matter pends. ROTARIANS HEAR PLEA FOR CHILD Asked to Help Salvage Neelected CL!I..Jren · nuu )Viii Picnic embers o~ the ~ilmette Optimist and thetr famtltes are planning ting in the Forest Preserve near Ill.. Sunday, July 13. Autowill leave Dannemark's Elec on Wilmette avenue at 11 t is announced, and the party '?le at the ~alitz hpme in g pnor to entenng the picnic The cause of the neglected children of Illinois and, more particularly, of Co_ok county, was presented to the Wtlmette Rotary club this week in an eloquent plea for cooperation voiced by C. V. Simmons, superintendent of the Illinois Home and Aid society. Mr. Simmons pictured for the Rotarians the spectacle of hundreds of homes in Chicago and vicinity where children are living in homes of squalor under the vicious influence of drink befuddle_d and mentally depraved parents, wtthout an opportunity to hecome decent members of the community. He appealed to the Rotarian s to take a definite part in the work of reclaiming and salvaging the se children and giving them their chance to live as humans. In the course of hi talk Mr. Simmons described the work of the Children's Home and Aid society which is in ter_ested in rehabilitating povertystncken and wrecked families and placing c~ildren in homes of wholesome envtronment. . He cited figure~ for last year showmg that 569 chtldren received care through the agency of the society in supervised boarding homes· 1069 children received care in super~ised foster homes ; 241 children received care in th~ society's three institutions; 1118 chtldren were served through the aid ~epartment of the society without bemg removed from their own hoanes. qne o_£ the recei ving homes of the soctety ts located at 826 Ridge avenue, Evanston. Included in the membership of the executive board of this ~orne at:e such well known communtty le~ders as Mrs. Frank M. Barrett of Wtlmette and Mrs. Percy B. Eckart of Kenilworth. at Wlieeling on July 13 C. of C. Will Vote on Constitution August 11 The new constitution and by-laws of the Wilmette Chamber of Commere~ werP introduced at the regular meetmg o ' thr organ;7ation Mondav of this wc.ek when it was voted to table the measure until the meeting of August 11. Pos~ponement of action on the adopt~on . c.' ' ~c:;vised constitution was ue· l m order to afford everv mr r pportunity to study the ·dLcurr betore it is presented for vote. ame? mto. the Baptist ministry in nectton wtth the recent dedication nc~s at the Wilmette Baptist wtll occupy the pulpit of that ~un<lay m~rning, July 13, at 1 o clock servrces. subject of the sermon will ti~ . Christ Within You." . W. J. Kitchen Will Preach Here on July 13 . · Vof. ]. Kitchen, who was SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC The annual Sunday school picnic of St. John's Lutheran parish, originally scheduled for Saturday, June 28, but postponed because of rain, will be held Saturday, July 12, in the Forest Preserve at Glenview. There will be feature events for all ages. In the will of T:.ev. William Netstraeter, former pa~tor of St. Joseph's church, Wilmette, who died April 7 1924, it is stipulated that a new church 'Bloc' Obatructa is to be built from the funds of his Truateea' property within five years after his Wilmette, Central Avenue death, it has been announced. Widenina Proaram The exact value of the property left by the former St . Joseph's pastor is at present not fully known because St. Francia Xavier Putor of the various parcels of land that are Enroute for Month'a So- being placed on the market. Although WIN ON TECHNICALITY there is no definite announcement as journ on ContiDent to the location of the prospective church, it will no doubt be built on property owned by Rev. Netstraeter, FUibuatera Reject Wiahea the present church edifice at Lake Property Ownera LATELY MADE BISHOP near and Rid!Ze avenues. Rev. Netstraeter, who was born in Westphalia, arrived in America at the age of 28. He was ordaine!l in 1868 filibuster and parli~mentary Will Asaume Work in Okla- and in 1872 became pastor of the St. Joseph's parish. He had been in St. tache the program to wtden Wilhoma Later in Year Joseph's parish until his death April mette and Central avenues went 7,at the age of 83 years. down to defeat at the meeting of . Rev. J. A. Neumann has been priest Monsignor Francis Clement Kelley, m charge of St. Joseph's parish since the village trustees, Tuesday pastor of St. Francis Xavier church, Rev. Netstraeter's retirement from night. The finale came as a shock to embarked at New York for Rome on active supervision a few years ago. the steamship Carmania on Saturday, the largest· lobby in the history · July 5. He departed from Wilmette of the local council, which had one week previous to that date enroute gathered there for the especial to the east. The monsignor expects to purpose of putting the widening return to the village in about one month. Monsignor Kelley was recently made plan through. Bishop of Oklahoma and Wilmette Friends of the widening scheme C!ltholics esteem the honor conferred upon -the town's pr.ogressive men and htm by the Pope as a distinction to the women, the people who recognize village. The monsignor is one of the best known Catholic churchmen on the Confectionery Clerk Tricked in the present congested traffic American continent. Coming originally by Tliief conditions on those tw.o thorfrom Lapeer, Mich., 19 years ago, the oughfares a real menace to life then Father Kelley establishd himand a hindrance to commercial self in Chicago as the head of activity-blame three trustees for the the Catholic Church Extension Society An unidentified gentleman called at fiasco-two by acts of commission; the of America and during his regime as The the chief of that organization established the Lulias Confectionery, Main street other, by act of omission. 1,600 Catholic chapels in the United and Central av~nue, Friday evening, three are: Trustees John Clark Baker States and its possessions-the Philip- July 3, and negotiated a transaction that Cl~re~ce E. Drayer and John F: pines, Hawaii and Porto Rica. He took all the joy and patriotism out of Wae?hn , Bak r and Drayer were on t~e JOb as obMMctionists, while Wiedcame to Wilmette about seven years Peter Lulias' Fourth of July. The unidentified one dropped in at lm, wheth.er purposely or not, had ago to take charge of the St. Francis Xavier parish when the congregation the store ostensibly to have a $20 bill absented htmself from the meeting. Objection· are Puerile was a small one, but during his brilliant changed. When he had departed Peter The widening project for Central work as its leader has seen the Catholic discovered that his caller had n~t only avenue was the storm center of the popula!ion increase with great strides, g<?ne away wit~ the $20 in change, but accordmg to the church statistics. Mon- wtth $200 bestdes. It happened this hippodrome. Drayer and Baker professed to object to that improvement signor Kelley's popularity extends to way: members of all denominations in the In a drawer behind the cigar case Lec_ause, as they stated, some of the restdents of the west side were oppo ed community. was. deposited. $500 in currency, repreMonsignor Kelley will be consecrated sentmg a portton of the receipts for the to it. And while Drayer and Baker Bishop of Oklahoma in the Holy Name day at the adjacent Lulias Brothers' were thus blocking the movement in Cathedral at Chicago some time in Fruit store. It was into this drawer the alleged interest of Central avenue September, the exact date for the event that Peter delved for the small cur- property owners, there reposed on C lerk Earl E. Orner's desk having as yet not been definitely deter- rcncy with the object of "breaking" his Village mined. customer's bill. Peter believes hi::. un- signed petitions from every one of During the Spanish-American war known friend across the counter had the property owners who were to pay t~e assessment urging that the Monsignor Kelley was chaplain of a~ taken a peep at the pile when the draw- fo_r wtdenang be made. American contingent and later was er ~as pulled open. At any rate, after It was proposed to wid«:n both Wilmade colonel of the Veterans of the makmg. the . change something drew Spanish-American war. He is noted Peter mto the fruit store. Upon his mette and Central avenues from Main street to Park avenue. And every lot withi~ a~d without American patriotic return to the cigar stand he discovered orga~tzattons as an eloquent lecturer. that his newly-formed acquaintance and owner of that area of Central avenue Wtlmette admirers of the monsignor $200 from the drawer were gone. And had petitioned favoring the project. Every property are planning to present him with a purse Peter says that he didn't scrutinize the More than that. and give him a rousing Godspeed on chap carefully enough to give the police owner on Park avenue, between Wilmette and Central avenues, had petihis departure for his exalted duties in even a feeble description of the man. "I'm beginning to lose confidence in tioned for it too. the new field in Oklahoma. Hoffman Opena Dehac:le human nature," Peter said later. "Here's Trustee Paul A. Hoffman introduced SUFFERS SKULL FRACTURE phony check for $10." Here Peter A 6 year old boy, reported at the ctsplayed a perfectly innocent looking the resolution to suspend the rule E heck on a local bank for that amount. that the trustees might again bring up 'vans tor~ hospital as Lawrence Phellls Peter then proceeded: the ordinance-defeated at the previous of 530 Lmden avenue, Wilmette, suf"The fellow that passed this off on meeting-of widening Wilmette and fered a skull fracture Tuesday eveCentral avenues. Trustee Baker vainning of this week when he fell from me .had been ~oming i? here for cigars ly protested th e Hoffman motion and the roof of a building near his home. durmg some httle penod. I cashed his it carried, Trustees Albert N. Page He was attended by Dr. Parkes at check in the evening and next day learn- Frederick Tilt and Paul A. Hoffma,; the Evanston hospital. ed he had no funds in the bank. I alBaker and so learned he had gone from the village voting for it; Tru t Drayer voting no. night before. When the roll call had been mad~ "There was another fellow who was employed in this very block who 'got and the vot\! announced pcolonged in on me' in the same way. Say, don't applause broke forth in the audience. Many of the men jumped to their feet ~ou think it's time for me to quit? Then. after S_ trangers with checks, go elsewhere,' and waved approval. order had been restored, Trustee wtll be my motto for the future." Baker raised a point of order. He claimed the board's rule required a majority vote of all the "elected" tru Village Sponge Squad to tees as neces ary to pa the ordiEliminate "Duck Ponds" nance that had once been defeat . The first voice of Gross Point as a This move threw the meeting and the cou tituent part of Wilmette was audience into temporary chao . Pre iechoed in the village . board ession A rel.iable tenant is (Continued on page 5) Tuesday night. Alex Krause was the waiting to keep your man behind the voice and he was there to protest against a whole flock of Exhibit Planned for house while you're away duck ponds that disfigure Seeger for the summer. Bible School Clau street. Krause explained that a ection of An exhibit and demonstration of A glance at the 'Vant that thoroughfare had been cut off the work done by the children in the from sewer connections and advocated Daily Vacation Bible school sessions Ads will present such opa ditch from the flood area to the in the Byron C. Stolp and Logan portunities as indicated Lake avenue sewer. His eloquence schools will be held in the Byron C. wa so persuasive that the tnt. tee re- Stolp auditorium on the evening o£ in the following: ferred. the problem to the street and Thur!day, July 17, beginning at 8 alleys committee with power to act. o'clock. S WANTED TO RENT-HOU8F.8 All re. idents of the viltace and esWanted to rent for two months DENMAN TO CAMP pecially the parents of the children -amall furnished house on Col. A. L. Denman, uperintendent of North Shore ; responsible partv : in the chool are invited to review \Vilmette polic ~, leaves Saturday. July the exhibit and witness the demonexcellent references. Geo. \V. Stuart. Franklin 068,, 12, for Camp Custer to attend the strations which will cover many de-3LTNH-ltc military training season. He will re- partments of the school handiwork. turn to the village Auaust 1. IDEA DEFEATED of Br GETS $200 IN STORE ROBBERY d. GOING AWAY ? ·