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^IIIJ^I-JKIJI^P^IIIllipjIil^ Lake VOL. VL NO. 12. Phone Wilmcttc 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1915. Room 2. Brown Building. C E MAY FESTIVAL ------------"- Musical Event That Made the North Shore Famous, To _BeJeJtter_ Than Ever This Tear. RECRUITING A CHORUS Solo Parts Are To Be Taken by World Famous Artists. KENILWORTH BOY TAKEN BY DEATH Little "Billie" Englar Died in Evanston Hospital Sunday Evening. NEW YORK AND " Fl The great chorus tor the seventh annual festival at the university gym- nasium on May 24, 26. 27 and 29, Is now being organised. Of the 600 voices which comprise the chorus some 4S0 will be "holdovers" from iJievlous festivals. This will leave vacancies for about 160 new singers. The qualifications for membership are at least a fair voice and some experi- ence in chorus work. There are no dues. Rehearsals will begin at Music hall. University place and Onington avenue, next week and will be as fol- lows: Rehearsal Hours. Tenors and basses, Mondays at 8 p. m. ___ . i • Sopranos and altos, Wednesdays at 4:30 p. m. There will also be an extra re- hearsal on Saturday evenings for those who cannot attend either Monday or Wednesday, the women beginning at 7:30 p. m. and the men at 8 p. m. Voices will be examined Saturday evening; January 23, at Music hall, beginning at 7:30, and also immediate- ly before and after the regular re- hearsals as indicated above. The North Shore festivals have taken their placo among the great musical events of the country and have made the north shore famous as a musical center throughout the length and breadth of the land. No other festival has such a striking and pic- turesque setting. When the great track room of the gymnasium Is floored, staged and decked In festive garb it forms a concert room unique in its beauty and Impressiveness. A Liberal Education. ... u>uie aspects membership in the .iuus Is a liberal musical education. Nothing but the greatest master works of music are presented on these occasions, and under the ex- perienced direction of Mr. Lutkln the singers receive valuable guidance and instruction In singing, in sight-reading and. above all, In musical comprehen- sion it requires real devotion and pur- ,u8fc on the part of the chorus singer, but ue is amply repaid by the grasp and understanding he acquires of realty great and significant music. In fact, there aye few lines of endeavor in human experience that yiejd such an ample return oa the necessary In- vestment of effort as chores singing under such circumstances. Despite the brilliancy of the last festival, it Is believed that the pro- gram for the approaching series of concerts will be even more attrac- tive. Negotiations are now being closed -ith some of the greatest living sing- ers and aa soon as they are completed public statement will be made of tne program In fun and the complete list ot artists. Singers desiring to loin the chorus »<"e rsntlonei to present themselves I for examination at aa early a date as possible, as the ranks of the chorus •ill soon bo Hied up and applicants *fll be enseal to take their tarn on j the waiting list William Cassler Englar, better known as "BUllc,- the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Englar of Kenllworth. died early this week, after an operation for appendicitis in the Evanston hospital. "Billie" was the grandson of Eugene Field. He was operated on last Saturday morning and died the following evening at 4:30 o'clock. The funeral took place Tuesday aft- ernoon at the Church of the Holy Comforter, Rev. Eustis reading the service. He was buried at Graceland cemetery. Just three weeks before his death Dlllie played the role of Santa Claus during the celebration of the com- munity Christmas tree. He was a great favorite among the older people as well as among his young friends. and the church was filled to overflow- ing with their tributes, pink roses, his favorite flowers. The beautiful blan- ket which covered him was the gift of the school children. The pall- bearers were Roger Erbe. William Kelchmann, Jack Hannah, Haliert Cole, Gordon Marshall, Stanley Wis- dom of Kenllworth, and Albert Jones of Evanston. Long Distance Telephone Line 3,400 Miles Across the Continent, Was Used Today. INVENTOR USES PHONE HIGHWAYMAN GRABS PURSE; IS CAUGHT Believed To Be Man Who Has Been Operating in North Shore Suburbs. On Wednesday evening of last week. Miss Elisabeth Packer, assistant principal of the New Trier high school, was returning to her home In Glen- coe, with- o friend, from a church dinner when a negro highwayman grabbed her hand-bag and ran. Miss Packer notified the police at once, and the man waa arrested while wait- ing for a car. In his possession-was found, in addition to the stolen hand- bag, several pawn tickets for different articles of jewelry, and it is thought that he Is the man who has been op- erating in Highland Park and other north shore suburbs. The man was lined * 176 and costs for carrying concealed weaponsâ€"a razor having been found in bis pocket. He now awaits further trial on a charge of assault and battery. WINNETKA LODGE HOLDS ELECTION Royal Arcanum Install New Officers for the Com- ing Year. On Monday evening, January IS. Winnetka council No. iisi, Royal Ar- canum, installed the following officers for the coming year: Regentâ€"William A. Halre. Vice-Regentâ€"Charles Van Duersen. Oratorâ€"Byron A. Nelson. Past Regentâ€"William A. Reupke. Secretaryâ€"William A. Hadley. Collectorâ€"Julius F. Eckhart. Treasurerâ€"Russell H. Heller. Chaplainâ€"George B. Walkey. - Guideâ€"O. J. Runnfeldt. • " * Wardenâ€"C. O. Schneider, - FORMER K EN ILWORTH GIRL MARRIES Miss Holloway, Popular In Younger Set, Marries W. G. Rod iges. PROF. MEAD BEFORE WINNETKA ASS*N will Address Parents and Teachers' Association on Vocational Training. An eacepttoanOy huge proportion of the ssaajhara of the Woman's Hub was in attendance at the second quarterly ianenena given on Wednesday at the clubhouse. Mrs. A. C Weaken was hostess. A business meeting was held in the afternoon. An interesting fact brought ap during the day was that the finance committee has paid off the issaalafag part of the mortgage, and presented the mortgage release deed to the president. Mrs. H. M. Gates. Mr. Arthur 8. Plats, who has fa- ta tne Bank Voices Sounded as Clearly as Though They Were Next Door. The completion of the long distance telephone line between New York and San Francisco was celebrated Tuesday. Alexander Graham Bell. First, New York had speech with her California neighbor 8,400 miles away. Then the wires that swing southward from New York brought Washington and Ban Francisco into telephonic touch. On down the coast to little Jekyl Island opposite Georgia, they carried tbo Golden Gate's greeting. To the north, Boston, the birthplace of the telephone, talked across the continent. At the White House President Wil- son spoke Into the mouthpiece of his telephone and nls voice was whirled across thirteen states to the shores of the Pacific. But on a day when long distance telephone record» were smashing up the country over. It wa* the talk be- tween San Francluco and Jekyl Island that had the honor of breaking every world's record for long distance trans- mission. President Theodore N. Vail of the American Telephone and Tele- graph company Is spending the winter on Jekyl Island, and when be spoke to San Francisco, bis voice bad to travel 1,000 miles up the Atlantic seaboard to New York before it started on its transcontinental Journey. When it sounded in the receiver gt San Fran- cisco it bad gone 4,400 miles in all. Inventor There. At the center of these telephonic do- ings, where the wires of the north and south met those of the distant west, in President Veil's office at 16 Dey street, was Alexander Graham Bell, who in- vented the telephone forty years ago. Mayor Mttchel and other city officials, scientists and engineers and telephone pioneers, and other distinguished men gathered around Dr. BeU as be strode into the room on the top floor of the telephone company's building. On a table at one end of the big office was a replica of the first telephone transmit- ter to carry the human voice. It looked to be a crude enough affair. Tie down a drumhead over a wooden receiver. Join the center of the drumhead to the free end of n receiver spring, arrange a mouthpiece over the drumheadâ€"and there yon have it. Bat forty years ago when that crude affair waa first shown by BeU at the Philadelphia Cem-nnial thd emperor of Brazil backed away from It in amazement, crying, "My God, it talks." And today, because of what the engineers have done. Dr. Bell m to send his voice through it across the continent. There was f u it her reminder of the telephone's babyhood in a coil of wire connected with the transmitter. This is part of the nslgtnal wire over which Dr. BeU snake tne first words ever nttered by telephone, la his hoard- teg house at S Exeter place. Boston. I M'KiNLEY DAY \ i iâ€"â€"«â€"i TWAYlSriWUrSliETMAY Tho name •/ MVifiam McKinhy eMSMS brightly on the Nat ion'm Roil of Hasten, and it is eesw- dally luminouain tho shadow of ofto«n#r IN w wCftrFcaaiort ct*ftt« â-  ed by ikm abandonment mi thm for iC/iicA •*•• sfeesf. DEMOCRA WOMEN DOWNS They Are Told "What the Women of Illinois Have Done Willi Ballot" â€"(â€" A large/and enthusiastic meeting of the Democratic Women and their friends waa held at the home of Mrs. £%~sk Lincoln FoWler Tuesday aft- ernoon. Mrs. Johanna E. Downs, president of the Illinois Woman's Democratic league addressed the meeting oa "What the Women of Illi- nois Have Done With the Ballot." She spoke of the influence women in Chicago jure wielding In city politics and gave a report of the Women's Legislative congress, held under the of the Illinois Senate Wel- fare commission. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. R. McFarland, 620 Linden avenue, Tuesday, Febru- ary 16. Mrs. George Bass, ex-presi- dent of Chicago Woman's club, and chairman of the city committee of that club, wjll speak on "Vocational Education." aa the Wllmette Worn- Democratic league ia the only political organisation In the village', the programs have been of general Interest to all women interested In civics, regardless of party sJlUatlons.i These meetings sre open to the pub-' lie and no one need hesitate to come because she does' not know the hostess. NEW TOWNSHIP COLLECTOR WILL Hoyt King, Township Col- lector, Has Opened Of- fice in Wilmette Bank Building. URGES PROMPT PAYING Says Prompt Payment Will Save Local Bodies from Borrowing Money. -DRUMMER BOY" HERE MONDAY NIGHT Original "Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock" at Methodist Church. SYMPHONY CONCERT AT NEW TRIER HIGH i ' ".I Concert To Be <xiven To- night Promises To Be Unusually Good. The Symphony concert, wench wtU be given tonight at New Trier nigh school by the symphony orchestra of Northwestern university anil mem- hers of the Thomas orchestra of Chi cago promises to be unusually good. Tickets are on sale at the leading drug stores In all the villages of the township and at the high school. Gen- eral admission Is twenty-five cents; reserved seats, fifty cents. The con- cert wltt begin promptly at eight o'clock. Among the numbers to be given are the following,: 1. Symphonic Poem, "Lee Preludes" ............................. Liszt 2. Symphony ia B minor (unfin- ished) ..................Schubert 3. Prelude sod Allegro.......Pugnani Violin Solo by Mies Marvin. Euryanthe Overture ... .von Weber Vorspiel to Lohengrin %-----Wagner Spanish Rhapsody ......Chabrier New Trier Victory Song;.. .Walker Orchestra and Audience. FIGHT IN STREET; BOYS ARRESTED Four Boys Are Arrested and Fined for Fighting on the Streets. Raymond Bard and How** a usu^u were arrested by Officer Both oa Tues- day night of last week charged with disorderly conduct The boys bad dis- agreed over n pool game and were busily engages in settling their dis- on West Wlunotte avenne They were tried be- fore Justice of the Peace Dnashee and fined Ift.aO and costs each. Bota fines The new township collector, Hoyt King, has opened his office for the collection of taxes in the Wllmette Exchange State bank. Notices of taxes are being mailed to every tax- payer In the township and Mr. King has announced that he will make an effort to collect an amount of taxes as large, or larger, than has ever be- fore been collected. In an interview with a representa- tive of this paper, Mr. King said: "A system has been devised by which the taxes can be received at the office, the bill receipted and hand. ed back In one minute, or when the bill Is paid through the mall, the re- ceipt will be returned by mall and In this way the taxpayer will be saved the trouble of coming to the office. "By the prompt payment of taxes," continued Mr. King, "not only will the crush at the county treasurer's office, later on, be avoided, but you will also save a township tax levy, as the interest on the money and a percentage of tho receipts, after pay- ment of collector's commission, go to township expenses and you will save your village, your schools and local bodies from borrowing money and paying Interest. This money wilt go to the local village schools, park boards and other local bodies not later than March SL wliarsea If the dtoney Is not paid 7)iil promptly it will not be received by these bodies until nearly six months later, greatly crippling their efficiency." Mr. King estimates the amount which will go for township expenses if the taxes sre promptly paid will be sufficient to cover all expanses and to save a township tax levy. $3,000 DAMAGE BY NORTH AVE. FIRE Early Morning Fire Totally Destroys Building in Hubbard Woods. u*t Thursday morning a fire broke out In the carpenter shop of Murray & Sinclair, North and Railroad ave- nues, Hubbard Woods, and In spite of the combined efforts of the Hubbard Woods and Winnetka fire depart- ments, spread to the tin shop of W. L. Wentet, and the building next to it, which was being used as a stable. The building and contents were a total loss, the damage amounting to about 13,000. MRS. BERNHEIM TO SPEAK. Mrs. Jacob Bernheim, hand of Marcy center, Chicago, win speak in the Wilmette Methodist church Sun- day morning. Mrs. Bernheim, who is a converted Jewess, is said to be an unusually Impressive speaker, she is especially interested In tne Wll- mette church because of the fact that Rev. Gale, the pastor received her Into the church. i PAKENTS' CLUB MONDAY. The Parents' clab el win hold a meeting Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Fer- ris, the third grade teacher, will spank oa "The Formation of Habits In You ng Children." The Thursday evening will be addraanui fey Mr. Major R. H. Hendershott. drummer boy of the Rappahannock, and his son. H. B. Hendershott, drummer and flfer, wiii give an entertainment at the Methodist church next Monday eve- ning under the auspices of tbo Junior church. Major Hendershott enlisted tn tbe United 8tates army as a drummer boy lu the Ninth Michigan Infantry at De- troll, Mich.. In 1861 before ho was eleven years of ago- Ho and his son have m reputation as niga eiassenter- talnera, and those who have heard the major's Imitation and explanation of a' battle, say that this alone is worth more than the price of admission. The program will consist of the fol- _________PRICE r^IVE CENTS GET TOGETHER MOVEMENT IS STARTED HERE __________ An Attempt Is Being Made To Organize the Mer- chants To Prevent Trade Abuses. CUSTOMERS RATED Movement Is Said To Be Meeting With Favor in North Shore Suburbs. A plan for organising the chants of Wllmette and other north shore suburbs for the purpose of pre* mot lug trade interests and abating trade abuses Is said to be recetvlag the generous support of the business men. Besides the stimulation of trade, the organisation plans to Inaugurate • system whereby the credit system lowing numbers In sddltion to the ones furnished by Major Hendershott and his son. Opening selection.................. .............Gentlemen's Quartette Reading, The Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock. Miss Margaret Smurr Introduction of Major Hendershott and his son...........Roy Kirtland Vocal Solo, selected............... ................Mrs. R. J. Burrows Piano Duet, selected.............. Misses Luclle Drake, May D'Arcy Vocal selections, selected.......... . ... .Ladles' Quartette Good Night Selections............. '*i ^^^.»-j>ryw^f'tlBntlamin%"tinfiiis<iif1' Thanks to the audience,L........... ....................Rev. T. K. dale CRAZY MAN ANNOYS WEST SIDE FAMILIES Demented Peddler Refuses To Leave Fire After Himself. wilt be solvedT By this system all firms and indi- viduals are put on record showing how many places they deal with, what amount of credit they obtain, and how they pay everyone with whom they deal. Thus, If a man m dealing with fifteen firms, each mer- chant will know how lm pays the en- tire fifteen, not one-half or one-third, nud will thereby prevent a man from paying three or four promptly, and using them as references to obtain goods from other merchants and then not pay for them. The system places the poor, but honest man In a position to get credit whenever and wherever he chooses, and at the same time prevents tho. man who attempts to clothe and jest hie family out of tho merchant* stock without making the proper ef- -rafJwasJW* * oS*r» llmtefisspJL BeBn4MMMW<i There are many people who are sot intentionally slow, hut are nogilgoat be rated, they will endeavor to secure the best rating possible and he mom prompt in paying their bills Instead of allowing: them to accumulate. There are at present more than 1,000 towns In the United States or* ganlsed under this system, and per* sons moving from one town to an- other are followed by special reports, showing whether they are good or bad credit risks, snd for what amounts. It places the merchant la a position to discriminate between very dark, and who is thought to be demented, has been causing consider- able annoyance to the people living in the vicinity of Sixteenth and, Charles streets. The man, who was evidently a peddler, after begging e meal, would ask permission to come into the bouse to warm himself. After having warmed, he would refuse to leave the house until forced to do so. He would then seat himself on his suitcase In the middle of the road and howl with laughter and carry on an animated conversation with invisible com panlons. After this had Occurred a time or two, the police were notified, too late however, to make an arrest, as the man bad disappeared. A men. described as tail, thin and ifiowwho pay and those who da sot, and Is therefore a benefit alike to both the creditor and debtor. • Bach merchant belonging to the or- ganization wilt be furnished with 1st* tare to send to delinquent debtors no* tlfylng them that they are being rat* ed and giving them an opportunity to pay their old bills so that after the "Credit Guide" has been djatrln* uted, no one can complsln lias am injustice has been dono bun. MASQUERADE BALL TONIGHT. A great deal of Interest Is being manifested in the annual masquerade hall to be given by the members of the Kenllworth club this evening at the assembly hall. Costumes of va- rious agee and fancies will be worn and a gay time has been promised by tne committee la charge, which In- cludes Mrs. Oswald Lockett. Jr.. chair- MANY ATTEND WOMAN CLUB LUNCHEON Mrs. Hefferen Spoke Wed* nesday on Vocational Education. The marriage of Mies Norton Holloway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holloway. of 25 street. Chicago, to Walter Rodiger took place Wednesday erg* ning, January SO. at eight o'clock at the heme of the bride's parents. Mass Alice Rodiger. sister of tne bride- groom, was tho only attendant. The end the Mesdames F. E. Nettie. \ bride's gown was of white charmeueo Jr., Grant Rldgway. Karl B. Korrady wuh peart* and old lace. Her vest and Sidney Y. Bali. was of tulle and rose-point, fastened - ' i with orange-blossoms, and she carried CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CLUB. j Hu>s of the valley and white bntierfiy Rev. Arlington A. MeCallum of the >**•' »•â- â€¢* *** mmi* of honor worn ft..fc » fifntw fomwf omaoUomt of at Bamnotg church has formed a so-; Wtt» chlffon veiled with white sttfc act Hie night. Geo. Behsefer and Waa. Dawson, both cabmen employed by local firms, were fighting la front Of the N W. depot. Officer Both ar- rested the men but aa they had their cab* et the depot, he allowed them to go with the understanding that they atwMtgnawn civic AfigociATtON. Herbert H. Sherer. ssaaagrr for the as the principal at the meeting of Mm Wit- the Evanston Historical aoeloty. subject wttl be "The Marty History of Wil met to aad Vicln ity." • CHURCH WOMEN ENTERTAIN The Lsdles' assectatloa nf tho Pres- byterian church are giving a series of informal afternoons at B Mai râ€"*â- * Yesterday Mm del dab for the boys and girts of j *»* trtMM!a «**. <*»*«"« â€"•' *»>* Glencoe from 14 to IS years of age. * They Will have the use of tho parish house, and wttl meet every second Friday evening. They will be prop. Popolar among the younger set, end late hours are Miss Holloway formerly home in Kenllworth and erty LIBRARY CLUB. GLENCOE "Hasbends* Night' was by the Woman's dent, lase night. Miss Leey i gave, a reading. Th* 6Srt-uf«h»< en West,'" sang b# Mr. Charles A cafeteria dinner wsa^ served ?.i t:» p.