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!^^%Si3ip*,:S*f'W#S VPl^m B^H_I <-^.:m^.i'-:it&MM Timely XOL^IX. NO. 2£:::;':'\'Y!'^^UKm^ Uojnmumty .Igranlt^^^^ mâ€"â€"â- â€"_t: WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, APRIL7, 1922 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES ^RICEFrVE GENTS HOTLY CONTESTED VOTtPRQMISED IN TOESOES PeiW E! Fifteen Candidates in Field for County Board Nominations; New Trier Interest Focused Upon Battle Among Resident â€"â€"Candidates; Rivalry for Nominations to Assembly ; ___Cook County elections have seldom â€"-heen1of^ore than casual interest to the voters of New Trier Township. Such, however, will not be the case â€"in the annual Spring Primary elec- tion Tuesday, April 11, When the elec- torate will be called upon to select nominees from an array of candidates for the various choice county offices. Interest in New Trier this spring centers upon the efforts now «belng made to select suitable Republican nominees lor positions on the Board of Cook County Commissioners, and the interest is deep-seated in^vjew of the fact that no less than four New Trier_ citizens are ^candidates foX places on the board. EyesjojOToHh Shore I - Listed under three principle Repub- lican political factions the candidates have been waging a determined fight in the north shore section of the Country Towns district because it is believed at this time that the north shore may have cast the deciding vote when the ballots are counted after, 6 o'clock next Tuesday evening. Those who boast an intimate knowl- edge of the trend of political argument and thought among the prospective balloters in NewTrterrare authority for the information that the township just now is concerned in nothing so much as its four resident candidates ^for county board officers; namely, Frederick W. Penfield and William H. Maclean, arrayed under the standard of the Busse-Hoffman-Weber: political: combination; Mrs. Gertrude CLieber. endorsed by both the Deneen and Brundage factions, and Edwin E. Vail who has the supportfbrthe Deneeh group. -. " "_ =Mrsr-bieber*r candidacy-in~that-sme has been given the endorsement of two groups, and has been conducting an energetic personal campaign, making many speeches at mass meetings and before women's groups in the past four or five weeksv been campaigning since- before the holidays. Springer entered the field several weeks ago and is said to have made important gains by virtue of a well planned system oiLvQte solicita- tion. Howard P. Castle, seeking re- election to the General Assembly, is permitting his record to "speak for itself/' All of these candidates have been highly recommended by the Leg- islative Voters league, though but two may be nominated.___________.____„ With five county commissioners to be nominated from the County Towns names will appear on the ballot under the Republican party designation are listed as follows under their campaign roup headings: S. J. Nordorf Opposes Stand In School Board Fight Jg Samuel J. Nordorf, 1507 Lake ave- nue, one of the organizers and a lead- ing spirit in the Wilmette improve- ment association since its inception, :tWs~vnisk teMerM^^^ a director of the association. Nordorf severed connection with the organiza- that President Paul A. Hoffman ha* tustruoteKl its numerousâ€"block cap* JEVffirrHiBff&MiD is m m. bedlan mm W Burglars Saturday evening entered tke F. A. Bedlan home at Jll Wash, ington avenue and made away with considerable loot comprising silver- ware and jewelry. '".'.' As in the instance of the burglary at the Fred T. McLoney home, 714 Elmwood avenue, two weeks ago, the thieves thoroughly place in their search for valuable Two men taken into custody by the Chicago,police led to the recovery of a $750 fur coat, the property of Mrs. McLoney,' this. week. The men are being detained at the County Jail pending trial. The Bedlan home was entered Sat* fights in the history of Wilmette. urday while the family were away for the evening. YE 0LDEI0WNE FOLKS =IN ANNUAbFESTlVJTy A community affair to which many Wilmette citizens look forward, is the annual social gathering and din denti:wjh6_have-been in the village twettty^five years orTongerTAll such aer invited to meet at the First Con- gregational church at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday evening, April 1$. The so- cial hour will be followed by a dinner, served at 6:45 q^clock.- An unusually attractive program has been\arranged4o^ follow the dih- neiv- â-  • Reservations for the dinner should be made hot later than April 15, ad- dressing the chairman of the commit- tee. Mrs. Charles L. Hosken, 627 Washington avenue. Dr. John SegS- worth is the nresident and Eft P. Fatch secretary of Ye Oolde Towne Folks. ^ Building Boom Continues New Homes on West Side The building boom is in full swing in Wilmette as the^Spring season ap- jproaches. Leading the Blermits is- fetoii- h_^^ week py the Vil1 Hon, fie^aid7-atter-iie^nair^eaTneoripartment of public Work8 are Spien- did residences on the west side. Mr. Penfield, for six years President of the Village of Glencoe, has the en- dorsement and active support of large groups ofjjownship-leaders-who^have^ with- a-imeasage from_ every daj ^arriedTbn an intensive, direct to the â€"-homes,drive for votes In the circular â€"tion of numerous -pamphleta-and-let- ters setting forth the merits of Mr. Penfield and his associates on the Busse-HoTfman-Weber ticket. Definite Arthur Jones, Soloist ____, „ _ „_______________, _____ The soloist Sunday evening will ha residence* for^Adolph KloeSs^atâ€"234- dkrthur-Jones^-recently~of the London Greenleaf avenue; $150 garage f or_ F> .CL-Granqufst,- 1225 Gregory avenue; $5,000 residence for Carl E» Carlson at 1415 Hill street; $5,500 residence Light JOpera compahy- Tf&Twill sing ♦•Friend!' by Novello Davies, and "The Children's^ Home," hyDr. Frederick Cowen. the villages in the towfiship Edwin E. Vail's campaign was taken in charge by the North Shore Re- Tpublican club several weeks ago. Busse vs. 'Peterson £^g^:/. ~7The fight between William Busse and Charles S. Peterson, the Brundage candidate, as nominees for president "When ment association was being used by ISTrr Hoffman to oppose the election of the regularly nominated and im- partially selected school board slate I decided I could ho longer continue as a director of the association,-' Mr. Nordorf declared. A great mistake was made," he â- --" ikniriiTOueX_l?«000^-reBidensS" for program Morgan music, including ______ several numbers appropriate to the Palm Sunday spirit, will be as fol- lows:-^ • ' V*^V-:-:. "_ Prelude: The Palms by Wilkesr Toccato in G, by Dubois. Offertoire: Berceuse, *>y MacMIllen. . Postlude:' "March Trlumphale, by Archer. * groups have been at worfc in each ofcjtent that sjijc^actiCTj&aOeei. taken ^^^^1^^^^ nt mmB^g^-â€"^*^^^^^ to remedy the^ss of the^ouHTBoara oi ^J^â„¢8?0^ efforts ers, has created considerable inter- est in this section, as has also the de- termined fight waged by Charles Ringer of the Brundage group, and Wallaco G. Clark, Deneen man, who are rivals for nomination for the of- ^ce-o^Gount^Treasurer.- â€"â€" ___.------ t Henry C. W. Laubenheimer, Deneen 'candidate for Cook County Sheriff, ^whose campaign fight is in opposi- tion to PsterrMv-^offma^fe^fetei^itt Icounty politician, holding atitle role in thft BTiaae-Hoffman-Weber triumvi rate, has appeared ouFthe public plat- the township and has gener- ously circularized the vicinity with campaign literature. Hoffman has been carrying forth his customary organization campaign work, with will determine. § Other coW-My ^«n«H_1ates..iriiO hsye _ de a strong bid for support in New Trier are Edward R. Litsinger, for member of the Board of Reviews, and nation as Clerk of the Probate court. Another^ms»stiiio:*s«ls~ - ^^oters desirous oLdsiviiiff Into other departments of political study have fffflind food tor speculation in_the cam- didates for nominayoPzto^the Gehe^1 Aiaembly, Here wft have twn Wll- mette men, Lewis B. Springer and „ttoy Malcolm McKerchar, in ^een acompetltibh for seats in ^ie Ho"86 ff _2__ke^Ssenta5yes from the ^eg^ t^1Senatorial^dTatrict--*oth^^av«^f^^ Ifnank endorsers in the township and Itteer^onfident of nomination at the §MPrimaries. McKerchar entered the J^AH^nJ arena lastJJoveinher and has a^isti^ tii_tva^ fe_*i**^s-*&^^fej^^fc__iy-^^ Schuler and John L.\Huebnel-V'Cttifi didates for places on~lhe~Wilmette School Board in opposition to candi- dates selected by the- dominating committee chosen jointly by the ffniffp^^Wtt^^riri t'ppga.r"*"'1^^-^" Alleged Unfair Action of "Small Minority" Arouse* |\io^ Spirited Citizens in all Sections of Village |»|^hirlwind '•*"-*'.-""r"5f^ â- â-  '"Wilmette's Public Schoolis, %y reason W soine? iteolnsiae^^'a^ tion by a small minority of citizens, this week becafflethLg^geiiter^c^ whajritifcfeared the most blt^^s_scttons^ Filing of petitions. In-...the., interest- WWtf*W^\&F%,,, â- â-  A, â- , .. i . m^mm candidates for positions on the Board of Education of ScjJppJb:|Xis^j^~ trict No. 39, started the trouble. :..;^..::s^.v::::iiK£:ai..,:i: Entered in opposition. to candidates:'nominated:,?;in,"::thl^eg^ia^::pi^p manner^by^ committee^^electedjojttt^ ii__SQciatiQns^and Jthe~Wilmette Woman's club, election pf t^ese "independents" would bring about a:r:sltuatibn^whefein'"thejwisf";-p^p side of the village would have five members of the board as against J^^ one for the east side. This possibility has called forth indignant Itfil eiL^_Y_3__oid^=Towne Folks,^pe-ri- protests from citizejis_whojadsh to have the board fairly^rjp tiver_atdiie^^llage=^»s=ar^iole^^^ AT THE SUNDAY CLUB To "JQive Inter^retotibn^ of The program at the Wilmette Sun- day Evening Club Sunday, April 9, will consist of an interpretation Of that very popular hook ,4If Winter Comes," writteTr-bT A.r.st"M^ Hutchinson. The reading will be given by Prof. flalpg Efforts Walter and John withdraw nominated it was said, a explained to ^:„fm-:Appi^diite' Unfairness The unfair division of membership on the prospective school should these men be elected, was readily appreciated West side citizens have the' "independents, huler, 625 Park avenue, V 825 Park avenue, __â„¢_ t the regularly proved fruitless, the situation was in detatt. Â¥m$l bosra,;» gave this same . ___ ______ .who.'-were s#-@I8RL, proached ^tau the matter -te^pastte^^^ spirited citizens who have the inter- ests of the public schools at hearty; ** The matter had been misrepresent. :: ed to them, they said. They had been given to understand that, should ttw regularly nominated -school board___;:.^M .JBiie J>e7ele^e^^e^^wist:;8lde:aii^^ have but one rJBTOesanIaJ^'al:a^nftt.^^ for the east side, They -had-^ not mxm been . advised-. of.. the' fact -that the 9M! - western university. "Professor Dennis west side now has two representatives iglttBiiptwjwiBB^ crowded to the doors: A number* of people from Wilmette were in atten- dance. This book, which was^written builders. 'Woman's club and the two loeal Par- ent-Teacher associations. W 1 heard that the Improve- TOef, 1221 Forest avenue;^1225 Sleep ing porch addition on Suker residence, 1306 Gregory avenue; $760 sun porch addition on residence of C. M. Braith- watte, 906 Greenwood avenue; $M00 wfthout^due consideration of the can- didates selected by the Nominating committee. The selection made by the committee," Nordorf averred, "was fair and just and obviously not. H.HpHmlnatorv. All fair-minded clti- Permits issued in the past week In- cluded the following: $4,000 residence foTTt: T. Tofdahlrl712 Blmwood ave- nue; $400 garage for Francis J. Ross, 207 Fifth street; $500 garage for John zens," he ventured, "would agree with me in this opinion. were* unavailing.'* Hoffman ,in a statement to ."The: t«ke^Shore"News^last week, denied that the Wilmette Jmprovem'ent as- sociation was interested in the peti- tionm or campaigns Of Schiller and Hueraer. He admitted he had filed the petitions upon request of the can- didates, and as a personal favor, but not in Jhe_ capacity of president of ther^provemeWassociation Sunday, Services Claim Interest The week beginning Sunday April 9, is Holy Week and wm be observed by special services in all Wilmette churches. Of special interest among what effect the votes next Tuesday ^ese observances is the Community Holy Week service to be held Thurs- ink-t^] Episcopal curch. Rev. Gilbert Stansell, pastor of the church, will preach -thet sermon. The by the pastors of the various churches affiliatedrwith-the Wflmette Church Council. The; ^service Irbegins at 8 o*clock, and atT residents of Wilmette are invited to participate. -iQuna ioon ror sp^-wwu *'VT ^IT. j__l^.^ft«__CT«u^wr«ftlr *hftTft~ar»-4e-be- Dalgn being waged by New Trier can- ^=^^ingiif^yrWe«&K JM[*_â„¢~JJ° "° gri?° °cJrJ-Z??â„¢*7Z~ ♦.> wa ftAiiArftl snecial services dally-HA glance _ at special the church announcements in another section of this issue will advise those interested of these pre-Easter ser- vices. ~â€" ........'r-r-. â- â€¢..--â-  -:â€":-: '. '^~~I~â€"--~- Frederick J. Hakes at 1752 Highland avenue; $7,500 residence for Louis Golden at 1200 Isabella street; $7,500 residence for tyhhS. Arnold at 931 Oakwood avenue; $5,000 residence for C. H. Brethold a___621 Prairie avenuej_ $300 garage for George Niethave, 630 Park avenue. & auvs^wrSiTON pROPEnry Dr. Emil A.. Anderson of Chicago has purchased the James H. Winston home at 827 Linden avenue. He will occupy the residence about April 26. Hill-«and-Wheeler- were the bakers. BUYS SHERIDAN ROAD LOT The L. J. Elliott vacant property on Sheridan road has been sold to Miss McCulloughet Chicago. Hill and Wheeler, north shore realtors, ne- gotiated the transaction.-------..-râ€"*- Dont miss ihis^fteL Often you will find in our â- - -_Want Ads offers for vacant and improved property thaE are very attractive. One of real estate to your great ad- vantage is to:v:: â- y:;^r~y~±^::^i: STUDY- OUR '"St?SS7 CLASSIFIEfeAB^ llere's a fine offer! we have a Client who. will pay $15,O0a to $16,000 cash for_a^ -* 6 op 7 room «ubatantial bom© on gofi«1 wooded lot, northeast,__ln_ less than a year ago, has been in such demand as to call for its bein&-4«* printed, and until there ^haver^heBir six editions to date. It is a book the' village a representation of, three, miSp one more than the west side has ever IIMI before enjoyed. A terrible mistake has been made, they declared.. â-  flUff â€" IndicaUons at the......present writing ' are, then, that, tar from _ ...._ , ____ _,.______being fet...... sectional fight, the school board, elec- tion tomorrow will be a detenhlned..Si5C stand of the great majority of Wil- mette voters against a small minorityfiSi.. which had Inadvertently Scried before SSi tt^was^Mtten^ Robert Stoddard. 524 Lake avenue, a former member of the school board and chairman of the Nominating com- mittee selected by the three civic or- ganizations mentioned above, has the following to say relative to the unfor- tunate circumstances surrounding the forthcoming school election- Facts are Stated Vote on Commkteemen ~"lri the April 11 RepubMcan Primaries Wilmette voters will be asked to vote upon precinct committeemen for the ten election districts in the village.!!; Candidates endorsed by the Repub- lican Citizens' committeeâ€"of -Wil- ^chooh ^arj mette are listed as follows: Precinct 12; Frank R. Eager; precinct 13, Rich- ard Jordan; precinct 14, Robert Stod* dard; precinct 15. Monroe R. Ven- ables; precinct 16, Lewis B. Springer; precinct 17j„Albert P. Snite; precinct 18, M H. McMillen; precinctlft, >* A. Paupel; precinct 20, John J. Peters; precinct 21, Henry Fowler. Independent candidates seeking places as precinct committeemen are R. W. Faupel and Frank J. Venton. v Day Just Any Old Time Kenilworth property. owners thought the village authorities ^were perpe- trating, an April Fool's Jest last Sat- urday when they found check's in their mair-bo-ieSi?^'^^^?^-;- .. •â- : . A bit of investigatlba disclosed the fact that the-money represented re " it bate~oa~a voluntar3_i>asses8|«<Biit iiwf cial last summefTToO^iflttc^was col- lected and the village parceled out the surplus.* WOULD LIGHT "BLACK" STRETCH j£enilworth Village officials are lie- "It has become the duty ot the isfflB^p^p^ mittee to acquaint .the citizens .at Wllr f^^t, mette with^fae tactB concerning nomt-^^ nations tor .public school directors- as:" ::^1' didates loathe ;electtcii^x»t^,Satu^Ms|, : "Following , the, custom which- â-  haa WfjSffi obtained tor several years in making ^*^^ these selections a nominating com- mittee of nine members was appoint* ed by the presidents ot the Woman's Club, of the Central School Parent- Teachers Association, g The Logan The Committee appointed organized itr self_and^»: a very free, and frank man- ^. ner discussed a score of available can- didates for the vacantia*. M ha ftlleil this Spring. Farther than this they , advised with .many citizens on the subject and feel that the candidates & named are those who have every quail- - flcation of representing the whole com- munity in the beBt possible manner on all affairs coming before the School Board. -__-__SS.S__-.:. â- â-  Ms-m Fair Repl ElDlli! _ A^Jfa-__^AWA_£-tyrt-BHSfe â€""The candidates selected werf; "Presidentâ€"Arthur^JH, Howard. 10115 Wilmette avenue. "Membersâ€"William 727 Laurel avenue; Marsh' Burns, Herbert B. Mttl. ford, 835 Elmwood avenue, Mrs. Edith Whitehill, 1617 Forest avenue. ,:â- â- . A W^ _;,/*The ..b^ldover_er.-j>resent. members |jl of the bciard are* â- â€¢' k*i ; . - >' â- .â- ;-' â-  â- â-  â- --r-^^w nue; C. R. Hope, 1626 Washlnj avenue; Mrs. John B. Boddle/1. Wilmette avenue. _ "For many years there nas served an unwritten rule "tiMsg't&gSSsls* members to:: the east .stte^:Jsl.ii<K^v^ ertlxmKvvlth the-eook Cy1**^*â„¢ This an*ngeme_ot has 4ip 4e the pres- .;of Cominlsslpn^ln^e^tto^ave ent Ume ^^ cougMered • fair OiJH rt3^gt^61ul^s^t1h<^^^ &&Mw«0m>jm*~&* vowing hafwtHin th» TCanllworth and . - WILKINS PROPERTY SOLD I. J. Wilkins, of 606 Laurel avenue, has sold that property to A. Speer of the People's Trust and Savings bank of Chicago. Hill and Wheeler were thfl brokers. &mmv^mfm-pri'-g.'^,,;,-: fe Wilmette or Kenilworth. An op- "-^orturiity for owner who would sselj at once. „...........:.;.:.ai__ ? WILMETTE REALTY CO. # A. J. Woodcock, Prop. -513 4th St. ^T^ tion. This committee, without a d» Wilmette Umita^;^:^^,:!.,:-^ _t_'-"-;". '...â- â€¢'â- " 00^0^^^S^^^^0:"t ta^fc^^l^^8^!^iili^