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WILMETTE LIFE July 26, 1934 WILMETTE LIIFEIý WITUWaWMcu U COMmingD Wurngm AwwouNxxurns mi Tac KaNiLwomrT Tamu PUBLISHE» THURSDAYS ET LLOYD HOLLISTER INC. 11232-1236,CENTRAL AvENUE, WILMETTE, ILLINOIS Tolephône WILMETTE 430c0 CHICAGO SUBURBAN QUALIT GROUP Chicago Offices -stoi 6-îoi 8 WILLOUGIIBY TowER SuBscRItpTION4S $2 PFR YEA.R SINGLE CO-PI'ES 5 CENTS Ail communica ions and contributions intended for publ- eation mnuet bear the'name and address of the author, flot uecessarily for publication, but for our îiles. Such material muet reach the editor by Tueiday noon.to be in time for the current issue,~ AcTIîON SECURED To the average law abiding citizen who pays bis taxes, supports bis village, goes to the polls on élection day and votes and then depends upon elected' officiaIs to attend to the matter of law enforcement, the failure to secure such enforce- ment constitutes something of a mystery. FHe does not understand bow an offiçial, going before the voters during a camfpaign and vociferously demanding law 'enforcement, solemnly pledging his every effort toWard Iaw enforcement, taking an oatli after being elected to enforce the laws and then doing nothing about it, gets that wa-y. At. the April elections NeW Trier township, in- cluding that part îîot witliin any village, vàted to prohibit the sale at. retail of alcoholic beverages. The majorities ranged f rom approximately 3 to 1 to 10 to 1. There was no room left to question wlat the voters ineant. They meant that they did not want liquor selling in New Trier towvnship. But tbe wislies of the overwlielming number of our citizens have been contemptuously ý ignored and the law flagrantly violated. *The president of the board of. couity oms sioners is designated by thc new state liqu or con- trol law as the enforcing officer of the count.y. His sworn duty is -to see that the wislies of the ma- jdjrity of voters expressed in a'referendum elec- tion shall be carricd out, whetlier that majority votes for or against liquor sales. It bcing a natter of common knowledge that botli beer and liard liquor is being sold in No Man's Land, within a short distance of New Trier Higli schbobl, an investigation ivas started to se- cure evidence. The result, of this investigation was.submitted to thc president of the board of county commissioners by the organization mak- ing - t. The organization was told that the only wa.y any aclion could be lad in the natter was for tlie villages to officially notify bis office. This was done by the Village boards of Winnetka, Kenilwortli and Wilmette. , . W Tuesday of this week raids1 were made in No Man's Land and five alleged violators were ar- rested, the charge being the sale of liquor in dry territory and operating without a. county h1icense. 'The res ults wilI be watched witli keen interest. If the first charge is prcssed and the illegal traffic effectually suppressed, it will.be a source of deep satisfaction to tlie entire township. But if the raid is only a gesture to compel the securing of county licenses to carry on. an illicit business jn territory-1voted dry by its citizens,.it willl Be 'equally disappointing., And-the question. arises, "By wlat atithority could the county issue sucli licenses?", For it would' clearl.y be a license to violate the law. There are mcthods by whidli law enforcement- can Be enforccd, and not -the least effective of these is an aroused and outraged public opinion. Wl en cvery parent in- New Trier township reaches, the conclusion that liquor dispcnsing places in close proximity to the higli school are a moral hazard for is children, both boys and girls, le wiIll arrive at a détermination to clean them out.' And if there are enough of him, and there will be, they will be cleined out. R-,sPEC]r. FOR LAW Whatever quirk it is in human nature tbat in- spires the desire to get around the law, it ý should be, eluminated. Its -manifestations' are1 visible on every hand. 'Onelias only to stand near a "«Stop" sinand count the automobile drivers who pass without even hesitating, to realize liow dangerous is tbe "quirk" to the drivers and others. We are law-mindedand law-abjding - as long as a police-. man in uniformù is watching us. Immediately his back is turned we embrace the opportunity to "put one over.", Disregard of law 'may Be a natural expressioni of hatred of restraifnt, but it is a. dan-, gerous expression which, if continued, may'lead' to the taking of a life or maiming of a body. Reverence for the law should be a part of the. .education of the. younig, as much as réading, writinig and arithmetic. Its importance lias been pointed out By Abrahiam Lincoln in these words: "Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her Iap; ]et it be taught in sehools, ini seminarles and In colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books and in almanacs; let it be preached froin the pulpit, procialmed In legisiative halls. and en<forced in courts 0f justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young. the rieh and the poor, the grave and the gay of ail sexes and tongues and colors nnd conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altar's.". Many words of the great- emancipator «and pré- server of the union should Be listened to and obeyed, but none more than' these, for safety and security depend uipon law observance. TEHITCH-HIKER Now that the, state highway joining McCormick boulevard on the south with Green Bay road on the north las been completed througli Glencoe, the problem of hitdh-likers is engaging the attention of Village boards along the route. Winnetka has al- ready taken definite action by the introduction of anl ordinance rnaking it unIawful for any person to so- licit a ride frorn the operator of a private vehicle on its streets. "Thumbers," or - hit.ch-hikers, constitute a real traffic problem Inhi numbers they have increased greatly, and their insistence that they Be given f ree transportation las alsô' increased. Any motorist will attest that they have become a public nuisance and should be suppressed. Not only is the practice an imposition upon the- good .natured and- soft hearted motorist who is prone-to yield to their p'leas for-a'Iift, but it also offers a danger to such motor- ists. It is impossi ble for the motorist to discrimi- nate between the worthy and tIc 'unworthy, and hie is liable to pick up'someone wvho *may cause lim a. great deal of trouble and consequent regret. Uniforin ordinances in the villages a >long the nortl shore should greatly facilitate the control of this obnioxious practice, and give a sense of security to citizens and travelers'alike. Wilmette -. as an ordinance empowering the superintendent of police to issue certificates of good character to worthy, citizéns expectingý to hitcl-hike to distant points. The universal- adoption of such ? plan would oper- ate as a safeguard to kindly.motorists who find real pleasure in giviqg a. lift to weary fellow bcings. Tro sec thec operations of adding the orname ntal work to Balia'i temple is a privilege tliat will probably neyer corne again. North shiore residents espccially sliould not miss it. A great deal of mysteryi surrounds the' short- ening of the loneymoon of the John Jacob Astor Ills. No mystery at ail. Tlie poor boy just. ran out of money. A famouis White House narriage in wbicl Mav, was joincd to December, or anyway November, las lit the rocks. Upon receiving lier decree of divorce it is runored 'that the lady pcnned and sent to Mr. Ex. this -littie ditty: "O Senator McAdoo, l'Il tell you zvha~t l'Il do, l'Il take the name my niother bore And you keep 'McAdoo."' NEWS-COMMENT A Chic ago m~an, has been given a job* with the, NRA, so Say the papers.. Gosh! Is that NRA still running? An interesting incident in connection. witli the recent visit of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition is here made public for the firs t turne. In company with others she was cruising about the lagoon in a gondola piloted by LeRov Moran, son -of Mr. and Mrs. -John J. Moran, 924 Greenleaf avenue, Wilmette, when the craft came in too close proximity to a speedl$oat, withi the resuit that the first lady of the land received a thorough drenching. The pilot was borrified, visions of losing his job adding to bis mental discomfort. Abject apologies brought from Mrs. Roosevelt the laughing rejoinder: "Well! That's one shower bath I didnt have to take mviself." -Gawking v3okels !" exclaimed an Iowa fariner and his wife 'as tliey parked their truck îîear the Wilmette Village hall Wednesday of last week and entered a restaurant for their evening meal. A large crowd gathered about' the truck, attracted not by the truck itself but by its cargo., For aboard were 1,500 chick- /~. ens of the size and age known as "fr.yers, " and many mouths.' watered as bystanders gazed Q uipon the products of 'the farinj and thought of what they could do with some of thein During the pause two of the chickehs escaped -froin a crate. and a- merry chase be. gan to récapture them. The fariner finally- suc- ceeded in catching one, and then remarked that anvone Nvhlo. caught the other could have it. Success finally crowned the efforts of a young boy, and he proudly marched home with his catch. Explaining their presence in WVilmette the fariner said that lie had slightly underestimated the astuteness of Chicago poultry brokers and hiad.fed t.hose chickens ail the corn' they could hoid just before offering thein on the market. Th6rôkers told hiim to drive around and see the sigbt s for about twenty-four hours, and then corne back. Prettv smart, those brokers. Turning t o our accustomed sources for niews items worthy 'of comment, w~e scan the pages ini vain for anything other than Dillinger. It's Dil- linger here and Dillinger there. It's Dillinger this and- Dillinger that.. The papers carry a photo- graphic record of.the bandit froin innocent baby- hood to marble slab in the morgue. The text tells in detail of his dress, his demeanor, bis every act in those, last few seconds when hé cashed in on1 the wages of sin. Becauselie- is no longer neýs we turn froin Dillinger to, interview ac- quaintances whom we had interviewed before on the question of the outlaw. Following tlie Wis- consin fiasco of a couple of months ago, wlien the gangsters shot. their way to freedoin, these ac- quaintances could not think of deaths terrible enough to be meted out to Dillinger. He shoul d be boiled- in ol. He sliould be drawn and qýartered and a stake driven tlirough his body. He should be burned at the staké«. He si-muId be shot on sight. And oîher things too hiorrible,:tt) mention. .Tlien .tlie,"last roundup," and a: different' story. "Cold blooded murder," said one. ."Why didnt't tliey give lin a chanée? Seventeen men against one!l Is tliat courage? Why-didni't they arrest lin and let the.law take its course? And thatý huss.y who 'snitched' onn IlSlie ougît* to be buried alive. Betraying the poor boy's confidence like that. 'Ail I hope is that'some of Dillinger' s pals give lier what is coming to lier." Forgetting ail 'the t h-ne tlat the arcli criminal neyer gave bis honest-)ýictims a chance. Forgetting, too, that killers of-th\k Dillinger type are cowards ail. WIýLMETI*TE LIFE july, 26, 1934