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No,12 ^ 'y^Y,v'i',^^^f^""?;"V^1'" â- ',' 'â- */'«' The' Timely Record of Community Events :t,^.irirt\>f.i^'i,-iti- li'SH â€"7--*^ iiilnmllllll'"iii'iiVa'"',;;"t;-;-"^ WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923 SIXTEEN PAGES® PRICE FIVE CENTS M lm$l lilies Driven From Burn- Harding Building Are jven Food and Shelter E LOSS IS ^30,000 r Early Sunday Morning [laze Destroys 7 Stores families w^r^feridered homeless Sunday morning when Are com- ply destroyed the Harding build- ^on East Railroad avenue causing toal damageestimated rtroghjy at 000. . , . . ^ . * lames, thought to have been caus- spontaneous combustion, broKe u-tbmorthernmost store place in building shortly before three nvck Sunday morning and both the I mette Fire department and Bn- Ccompany No. 3, of pvanston bat- the blaze until after daylight, r a shell, of. the former brick isture remains, the entire interior ' completely wiped out. * Wilmette^o the Rescue lunette's citizenry was quick to to the situation. No sooner^had Of the fire and consequent desti- in brought to several families ied' the homes of-the-vttlage when Urflmobile loads of clothing and iehold goods, together with gen- s contributions of money were be- rusW to headquarters of the •d of Local Charities at the Vil- hall â- ::f~^i \7'L-$~ - £ ' > ........._...'-" misters announced tront" the pttt of every church in the village the L of the stricken families. Spec- t- collections were ta*e»r««d- later, tthk Sunday evening club, the gam- ing of citizens maae_jupji purse in .Wilbur 0. Glover* of the Glover- town building immediately opened >ms in that building to house some the unfortunite families, Welch 3 Jeteria responded voluntarily with fee quantites f of warm food, and fsEmma Stopka, Wilmette visiting irse, provided quarters for an entire lusehold left helpless by the flames. Carload of Goods before evening on Sunday almost a iight-car load of clothing and bouse- bld necessities had been recelved^at Village hall, including nearly1Q0 jlrs of "shTOs.:,.:.*..^';v;.: ^v;. ^S^HSmA- TThe flie|^ starting^ in the Lester llson Me0 dressing establishment & accompanied by several explosions small turpentine tanks, swept rain >uthward destroying the Katzske repairing rlhopT^the ^mimette ^storeV';^Ett. ./' BretnnierV \ *pr© '®. a small restaurant conducted COMMUNITY GOLFERS EXPECT BIG SEASON Harry M. Bachman Arrang- ing to Get Course in shape :;m for Spring Playing Harry Mf. Bachman of Wilmette, chairman of the Grounds committee of the Evanston Community Recre- ation association, is now arranging to get the Community Golf course in shape for spring playing. The course this year will take permanent form as a number of new greens and fai"j*ays have been constructed, . the, course reaching as far â-  as •Sheridan road in Wilmette from the Chicago North- western railroad tracks and their in- tersection with the drainage channel in Evanston. This will give a longer course than last year. ; Club House Plans Changed â-  Plans have been changed to some extent for the new Club House which will be erected on Lincoln street be- tween Ridge avenue and the Drain- age channel. The directors had ar> ranged for a brick structure, but it was found on excavating that it would be a Ve'ry expensive process to put in a basement and sufficiently strong foundation to hold a brick building on account of the quicksand. Therefore, the plans have been changed to permit a brick veneer club house to. be erect- ed with fireproof roof which will be just as commodious and substantial las the one first projected. Work on the new club Enrage' has begun and Wil- liam . L. . Claffey, . chairman - ©t the Building committee announces that it will be ready by May 1.. President .C. M. Car$wright of the Community Recreation Association has â- announced; the, standing commit- tees'for the year, they having "been confirmed by the directors. The conj- mittees are* _v ! :: r"Cfcii*^ ......... * Sports and Pastimesâ€"Peter N. Jans, chairman; JLJEL_Turnock, C. J. Bray- ***** , ' '.^ :-â-  -r,^ i-:' ,^ -^i ;,<^jiit,.ii^i,fcvTC>Mi,i,0.„>, fetor iWbMru^l^therB; the ^aughati tew products, and other^ Storfe jces^ occupied as* tesidefcfces. ; Seye* h spaces were incjlud^iih th$ toft the conflagration. * A: : â-  families rendered homeless fey ttiG jies included Mr. and Mrs. John Itzskeâ€"ancU five childre^_Mfcg|£nlI ps. Vernie L. Woodrhff, sad three ildren; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wood- JE and child;,Mr. and Mrs. Edward temmer and three children; Mr. Id Mrs. John Strecka. in every in- ice the families lost all their house- fid possessions. jpilan Lusk Finds Favor in Concert Tour of the Ewt The well known violin virtuoso, ^ilan Lusk, of Wilmette, who left ime time ago for New York, has gjupfen filling many important enjgage- tents recently in- the ,_.ursday January, 11, he played in I te huge Y. M. C. A. Auditorium on fjj muary ,12 he__gave a radio program WJK)); on the most powerful West- ighouse Radio station on the coast. e violinist is also billed to appear South Norwalk, Conn, at the Houseâ€"-W. L. McGood win, chair- man; T. E. Leahy and H. E. Hedberg. Grounds-^-H. M. Bachman, chair- man; T. P. Leahy, Frederick Arnd, P. W. Fowler, H. E. Chandler. Finance^â€"W. S. Powers, chairman; E. F. Pierce, C. N. Stevens. Membershipâ€"H. E. Chandler, chair- man; Daniel McCann, RF. Pierce, P. W. Fowler, J. H. Turnock. Real Estateâ€"H. E. Hedberg, chair- man ; J. H. Turnock, Daniel McCann. -landscapeâ€"Gr^i Speedy chairman^ W. S. Powers, H. M. Bachman. * New 3Buildi».g-^rW. L. Glaffey^ehair- mah; Daniel McCann, T. F. LjBahys^Wr L. McGoodWin. i^ *• Constitution and* %ylaw»---J^ H. Turnockv chairman; , Frederick Arnd, 15-Year Old Youth Arrested JS. Shields, 15-year-old Lake county bo^i t yrtll: appear befpre v thje Juvenile authorities at Waukegan soon to answer the charge of theft last Friday Hilt '-si $&&&"ffitoapf" pin from the Dr. B. B. Idler residence at 932 Ashland avenue )|rookliyjQ Acjademy of |pj%^be«ides * any private receptions -fMdjmoMlcir JV ARE THANKFUL Lake Shore News has been [requetted by the Verm«hL. Wood- jruff. and F I Wnnriruff families. Jestltuted fnlast _______ ... ___r'8uhdiyr"Wlortit ling's fire in the Harding building, [to convey to the public and offlcl •!• of Wilmette theli* sincere ap- preciation of the generous assist- ance given the families. WU- mette's kindness, the families wish to assure the ptibih;, wiH never be forgotten. ionate Thieves Give t for New 'Bennie' One overcoat was all that was takewhen thieves entered the home of A. W: Boylston, 1521 Lake avenue, last Sunday night. Entrance to the resi- dence was gained through an open porch window. To prove they were But, Eleanor, How Could You Use Such Language? I When Edward Bremmer, propri- etor of the Wilmette Bird store that was included in the destruc- tion ofa the Harding block on East . Railroad avenue, returned to his former place of business after daylight Sunday morning he heard a familiar voice. "Eleanor, Eleanor," came the shill sound from the depths of a pile of wreckage. ^ "Can it be possible thatâ€"?" and Bremmer dug frantically through the debris. • In a moment he lifted a piece of Water-soaked canvas. There«safe- ly encased in its shelter, was Eleanor, a real, live parrot. "Where the hâ€" have you been ^Polly?" came Ihe^shrllLcomplaint from within the cage. PRESENT TRIPLE BILL Mrs. Hamill's 'Lover's Knot' to Be Produced i Change of the date for the nex,t per- formance of the Wilmette Operatic and Dramatic society was announced this week. j On Friday, February 2, and Satur- day, February 3, at the Wihmette Woman's elub, Tenth street and Greenleaf avenue, the society will pre- sent a trjple^bill, beginning at 8:15 o'clock. A one-act comedy drama ; entitled "Sunset," by Jerome and Jerome*; the brilliant farce, J,'Rocpcof by the noted dramatist Grahville'Barker, and a new one-act musical fantasy, "The Lovers'. KnpJ*". will be . the vehicles for these performances. * Deserve "Support of Public "'~ "The Bntertainment_dfeserves the the" fait plajTW the bill should be specially interesjing as it is built upon an entirely original idea and is the work of Mrs. Kathryn. Hamill of Wilmette," a sponsor of the society stated thia week. "The music has been composed by William E. Beazley, the musical director of the society." Rehearsals have been immensely en- joyed by the members and it is con- fidently felt that Wilmette will have reason txb be proud of this production. Tickets may be secured at the Ed- dihgton real" estate ofHcesTh the Glover-Brown building, or from Mrs. Delafontaine.^ Phone Wilmette 1248. BOY^OUTS BlGlrffER-TRQQPMEET WilmetW Troops, Boy; Scouts of AA-^M # «. lAtnerica, will hold a big* inter-^pop $250 Scarf Pintme^ and^contost in; the-^yjawtom of thleB^yronC. Stolp school Saturday nteht^January 27, at 7:ap o'clockr The committee , iii charge of the meet is anxious to have a complete at- tendance of parents and others in- __.w„._____„„ „vm „„„„»„ „T„__^ terested in Scouting and has worked tounisr Shields, who had been en^lout a lively and extrfmely ingresting ployed as a helper at the Dannemarft Electric Shop. Wilmette, secured the scarf pin when he made a delivery errand to the^ Idler home. '%^d s He had le/t the employ of fhc; elec- trical supply concern, w^en'h# was found on Saturday in the storeroom of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea com- pany store where an older brother was employed. He^was' wearihg;^&e stolen" scarf pin. # â- â- ':&â- .->*•â- . â- â-  -;^--My:: *â- : Because he Is a minor, the boy's case is-one for the Lake county ju- venile authorities to decide. program. >?* t . . ,<s-,,.... - "fhe combined membershio of the five Wilmette troops Is 140 of the most ^e-awake boys in the village/'reads an announcement of-the meet. ' Show them that you are behind them by giving ^tier-boys a good audience. There is no admittance eharge. not entirely devoid of human compas- sion, the thieves left an old overcoat In exchange iter the ogei ShaT^ras taken. Poetry Lovers of America oy oupper, â€" TP<Miy T^ynrfi f>f Amfl^o, ap "rffft" ization claiming a strong representa- tion on the__no_Fth shore, enjoye supper and evening of discussion &t the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, Friday evening, January 13. Guests of honor were: Sam P1itnam,?^Pn)f.-^Walh|ce Bruce Amsbary, Mies Harriet Monroe, Prof; David Robertson, Vibe K. Spicer, T^hl^M^^tthlr EVERY ADlIS A STORY human interest for the mqro^ ing reader. SH buy orsdlr^l :0& ie$. ;:HEip3omz^^fi- CALVIN GOOUDGE AT Vice-President of the United States Appears on North Shore January 21 | Calvin S. Coolidge, Vice President of the United States and, by virtue of that high position, the presiding officer of the United States Senate, will speak before the Wilmette Sun- day Evening club on the evening of January 21. â€"Two hundred extra seats have been secured for the auditorium of the First Congregational church for this service in order to accomodate as large an audience as can be comfort- ably and safely housed in the church. "I saw Mr. Coolidge when I was in Washington a few days ago/' W. Prank McClure; president of the Sun- day Evening club stated in announcing .the. club program, "and he assured me that he-wiH~he^ able to get away from his duties in Washington to fill this engagement." "It is a real achievement for Wil- mette to secure the Vice President of the United States on this year's pro- gram, "continued President McClure. "Mr. Coolidge has had a notable ca- reer. It will be recalled that he Was Governor of ^fassaohu^etts before being elected Vice President.. He gained widespread fame as the 'law and order' governor of the Bay state. Mr. Collidge has not announced his topic for Sunday evening, Mr. Mc- Clfere aserted, but i it 1 is _a „ foregone conclusion that he will discuss current problems-of vital interest to every citizen:' v Railway Helps Student* Pay Portion of Tuition Expense Northwestern students who find it necessary » to work their way through school, are finding the Chicago, ^orth Shore ajni^iiwjl^ee Electric faijway pirepiared to asBist them in defraying at least a portion of their expense. Sy Several students of the university are finding lucrative employment as ticket agents on the North Shore line. Most of the smaller stations of the road are manned in two shifts and Northwestern students are to be found at North Chicago, Lake Forest; Linden avenue, Waukegan, Wilmette and Central street, Evanston. Sidewalk-Lets to Protect Milady's Hesitant Pump* Milady soon will rflrt;! hje> compelled to step into ;in«hes of fmiid alighting from her limousine am walking to the sidewalks bordering the Village hall. ^:__^_ _ ! The Village bdaM~Tu6sday authoff ized Village Manager Schultz to have concrete sidewalk approaches from the curbing laid at intervals along the parkways surrounding the ball.; Also: a sidewalk will be laid approaching the south portico of the'building from Wilmette aveime. . f â- â- )â- ./• Install New Light Systemâ€"~~ In Central School House A hew electric lighting system has just been installed in the older Pubjjc school building on Central avenuet* The work, which was started during the Christmas and New Year holidays, was completed last Tuesday. Up to this time gas had been used for illumination in the building, ^CHANGE HALL DOORS ' Doors at the main entrance to the Village hall soon will swing Outward. The Village board Tuesday evening authorized Village Manager Schultz to have the "in-swinging" doors alter- ed in compliance with state law re quiring that doors of public buildings open outwafcl. ..â- -;";. :',;.' ";lf-;T^!;-;;â-  AN APPRtfCIATfON The Wiilmette B*ard of Local iritlea la mottgratiflgd at the noteworthy response of the cit- izens of Wilmette In the emergen- cy_ last SunHay when it wat fount necessary to secure food, clothing and shelter for six families left totally destitute by Art._______ Fr*9fIe«Tly~*~^Moid of cloth- ing and household necessities Were distributed by the citizens few hours. Money came In generous amounts. !^^hezdEhHt«^^ appreciation for this splendid evi- dence of community spirit, "^ps ^^^*C. C. Schult^freasui^er^ Second PubHc Hearinf :J^^M uary 23 oh Proposed..VO*^K»- â- lage-Wide Improvement ^M GiVErtOSTJESTi^ Engineers Place TotaT CostIps â- 'â- :" at$337,353.46;;;,M,;w,^lt >M: WS Definite decision on Wilmette'sf proposed-new electric street light-^M ing system will'be made Tuesday^^^ evening;: January'; 23, at^„.publii^^vv hearing at the .Village;ha1L: Wil^NI ' mette and 'Central"'avenuesPT^e^;:;: hearing, is- scheduled :to^::begia|^,^ prpniptly at 8 o'clock' ah<i a large.|^:':^ representation of â-  citizens • is â-  -ex-|^^a pected,. to. talce part in ••the dis-pifc cussions that will have an /im-iilili por taut bearing uu Lh< cision to be made;by the::Village|^p Board of Trustees â-  w^mmmmmXm' The proposition to install an|*'*te electric lighting system in thef village was a matter for discuffi sioh at a preliminary public^hear^l ing at the Village hall Tuesday! morning of this week, at whichf engineers' estimates of ^the cost! of the proposed improvement were presented wth jfbe view ..of. providing the public*with facts and figures pertaining to. the e»f jiff8 tensive :$pii$t$!^$?& lined by Village officials. § Estimate Cost at $337,353.46 ^The grand total estimate as prepared by engineers appointed by the Village board, was given as $337,353.46, a figure?including cost of installation, labor, mate- rials and equipment. The estfcfj mate is based upon installation of l,34^i|electTic_jyighj^^ transformers and other essential equipment. Maintenance cost, it; was estimated, would not exceed 20#0O-per year, ds H^mparedr with a maintenapce ,„, cost | of $14,000 per year for the present lighting^systemi This cost does: not include depreciation, it was ftxnlainedr • " ^r': ':r-t ::^X:M'!^^;^ism ; ^SpreaS^i^i^lO-Year ^riodtillfg Cost of tfie proposed new lightinl?; system Will tie met h^ the l^rewiiii^ â- mm vSH Tfrf^i %f!:iMi0 of ah asseissment over a period of teu years, on all taxable property in the . vUlage/ bringing tbe cost per frontls footi Jo approximately' 11.60 |er year, whi6h includes interest on the bonda over the,^)^ep^â- p^od^,^ir:r',,* • ^rM SevemOnterestedpersonsappeared at Tuesday %toi^^ hearing and, while practically every one-expreaaed approval pf the instal lation of a new lighting system, there were several suggestions relative to possible reductions In the cost of tpi improvement^ v â€" ^}^m '" â-  Expert Offers Suggestions l«-^^^;,^,n, J; .C: 'Martin' presented an -ftitereatSlI^ ihg paper at *he Instance of th*^Wflj|lp!l mette Chapter of the American Asfff g;!f sociation of Engineers, suggesting the^ftliil employment of overhead transmi%^i?f|i| eion wires now In the village and re^p^ffe duction in the number of light .standiit!ill ards by the expedient of -iuicini*f§M stronger lights in the standards. TlUs^i|l|| it was explained, would insure effee*-i§l^ tive illumination at a considerable sav* ^ - ing in cost. ;It was Mr. Martin's 'opinMl^^ ion that 850 standards provided witfalliplli larger lamps would provide approxpfe^^ nance, engineers were of the opinion that»p| such a, change would cut the total ex«&fii T»f ~wbr iinproveiirent to"hot exceeaM?r~ $250,000. â-  S'^lilflpi;!-M*: .*§?£â-  •â-  $$[?Ji;::^ ^^J^uesday^^^ib^*^^ t0^0-h Hminary in nature and was marked - by no decision on the proposed lighting, ^ system. Sit Is confidently expeetsfl^f---" mmmmm that Wilmette winnow definitely, lowing hext Tuesday's hearing, wl is to be done to provide the with an-adequate electric righting tern.. ^i^^jBSf^^^wj •iS^