Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Oct 1926, p. 3

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October . 29~ 1926 3 DON'T FAIL TO VOTE! ELECTION SLOGAN HERE Women Voters, Wilmette Forum and lzaak Walton League Issue Challenge to Voters \ \"hilc actual campaigning by camlidatl's in the approaching general elcc~ ion has been conspicious by its all but i·1tal absence on the north shore, it is ·, tt iripated tl1a t a ~izc;·hlt vote wilt i lt' polled next Tucsda,· a:;, lit'" . ~.-;, ult of dfort put forth b_,. -,·ariou:-; non-part i -,an organization:- m X c\\· Trier l()\\'llship. Foremost .a mong these organizations t hat have engaged for sc,·cral weeks in acquainting the electorate with candidates and issues, arc the Leagues of \\'omen Voters in \\ ilmctte and \Vin't l'tl-:a. the \\'ilntd!L- Forum for 100 f\·r l'ent Voting, and the \\'innetka \ 'l iaptl'r. lzaak \\'altn11 League of Am·· :·ica. Tht· \Vnmen Voters' gr()ttps have made it possible for e\·ery voter in · ht· tnwnship, through · the medium of t'; ti.r.t.:nship schools.' information in the ' li lhlir press. ancl candidates' meetings 'c 1 ht·come thoroughlv iamiilar con,···rn in .~· c a n d id at c s an <i t he Y a rio us is:- Jc'. Th \Vilmctte Forum has car:·icd (Ill an energetic campaign to. get ··ut a large vote, and the Izaak Wal'utt league has reiterated its offers of ;{ flap: trophy . to the village in ~cw Tric.:r that polls the higheq pro-rata · c 1tt· next Tucsda\'. Tltis flaL: \\'ent to l(t·nihvorth in th~ Primarie~ and the · :ql communitit·s arc determined the 1 c)\·cted award shall find a new ·.tnctuarv after tilt' \'OtC'-. art· counted Tm' ..;da.:/ night. Offices Listed Following arc the ofticc:- which arr '· 1 J,t filled at tl1c election: Cnited ~ta It'-. Senator, Llcrk Supreme Court, ~tll!l. Pul>lir Tn..;trurtiol1, l~eprt·-.tnta ·i, t'" in Congress. Sheriff, County Trt·a~urer, County Clerk, County _ ludge, Probate Judge, Clerk Probate ( 'o urt, Clerk Criminal Court. Clerk .\ppt:llatc Court, Superintendent of ~dlu<J!s, ~{embers Board of :'\sses·<lr-.. ~fembcr Board of Rc,·iew. Trus'n·.,, ~anitary District. Pre~ident ( .nttnty Commi:-;sioner-. and Count\· l:om missioners. · l~l'!lrescntatin l'arl Cltin.dhloom is tlt t.'. Republican candidate for Congre.';s :t!..:d tn from the 6th district. Three·Cornered Fight Probably the greatest amount of !ntl'rest in the forthcoming- election is t'l'lltt'red around the campaign of the !tnT senatorial candidates, Frank ~Ill itlt, George Brennan and Hugh Ma~· ill. The prominent part played by the prohibition issue in the plank~ of the three candidates has made. the race oi more than ordinary notice. Magill, ,,·lw entered the race a~ an independent Republican, is championino· the dry cause while Brennan, the Dt·monat ir hope, is wa \·ing the banner of the wets. Smith is a dry also, whose t:ttdorscment by the Anti-. 'a loon league h:-t;; been a storm center. R~licf !rom motor traftic conge!'>tion nn :d2 mdcs of main gateway roads in all parts of. Cook county is put up to th_t· \'?tcr;-; 111 the $15,000.000 highway \\'tdcnlllg and emcrgcnc,· construction hond issue proposal. · To Equalize License F eea _.\dopt ion of the proposal at the polls ~nil releas~ state, county and city tunds totaltng $32,000,000 for immediat · constructive work. Victorv for the hl~tl<l issue will also equalize. the usc hcrt' of automobile license fees that ~n into the ~tate treasury. The state ha:- promised to refund its legal half of the county money spent in widening and building state aid roads on this program. One of the most modern as well as la··gest county jails in the country will (Continued on pa~c 0 l ....... · ' As Queen ' Marie of Roumania, escorted b'y diplomats, · social lions, and detectives, arrived at a recep- Co-operate With Woman's Club in Providin~ Information on tion in New York last week, she stopped her procession and extendPublic Policy Issues eel her royal hand to ~{ilan Lu k, '"ho is in New York filling an enThe \Vilmette League of Women gagement. Voters and the \,Yilme.tte Woman's "Oh, how do you do! I am so glad club are co-operating in a "Get Out to sec you," the queen exclaimed.· the Vote" campaign in connection with .. ~r r. Lusk,"-to the others-·'played the forthcoming general election next for me twice in my house." Mr. I Tuesday. The actual buiness of per- , I.tt .~k ))O\\·ed ancl kissed her extend· ·' suading every voter to discharge hi~ cd hand in true courtier style. Prin- duty November 2, is left with a well c"s .· s Jlt'atla and Prince Nicholas arranged campaign organization under " rcco~nized Mr. Lusk and greetings the direction of various precinct chair\\'ere exchanged. Then the proces- men including Mrs. \V. 1. \Veldon, sion moved on to the main room . · · t. or tl 1e Mrs. Arthur H. Howard, Miss Helen \\'1 1cre t 1 1e receptiOn. gtven I I N I . ~I . tl But z, Mrs. Robert Stoddard, Mrs. queen >y ra . . 'e son · ' orns. lC Frank Briggs, Mrs. Charles L. Mohr, ::;,Yedish minister, \\'as being held. · M'll M E 1 s, ~fr. Lusk will return t<· hi-. home Mrs. Horton, 1'frs. ]. ]. rs. · in \Vilmette Sunday. E. Orner and ~frs. G. T. Hellmuth. One of the issues in Tuesday's elec\.. I 1I · · 1 tion which the League of Women Votsttn.: l':-;s to tsta e ,.ago s motto-tor eYcry member of cthe iamily t.'Yery day EXPLORES THE ARTIC ers is anxious to have made clear to of the year. the voters, is the ·cons tit uti on a 1 John ~ced Fug·ard. oi EYanston, who W·"lhJ"almur Stefanason to Speak of Amendment ballot, pertaining to the I _l<lS' ( l est_gne<1 t I~~· SCYell-S t_ory s t rue t ure Eplorations Before Wilmette Sunday l)roposed revenue .amendment. Another 111 Sp~msh arclutl'.c~ural hnes,. recot~t.ttEvenin . Club October 31 issue regarding which it pro~oses. to eel l11s recent \'ISJt to the Spamsh 1 g han~ the electorate thorougl:t~ a?vtsed center~ of Southern California and ! rclatt:~ to the prop.osed mod1ficat10n of promised Chicago ancl ib neighbors \Vilhjalmur Stefansson. scientist and I the Fedl.:ral act to enforce the Eighcluhhou~c desig-n and colorings "o{ explorer, will deliver an illustrated lee- tt·enth ( Prohibitio·n) Amendment to the which Sorolla l;light well be proud." ' ture at the \Vilmctte Sunda~· Evening I Cnn-.titutinn of the united States. .\f<n·ies wne taken of the ground 1 club. Sunday, October 31. Mr. Stefan- ! lhe:-t· an· set iorth, with the Michihreaking, which later arc to be shown I sson presents a character of rare ac- 1gan-llliunis Canal lease proposition, as · in the Spanish theater to he contained 1cn111plishments. He is in turn a man quc~ti(lns of public policy, as follows: within the club. :Many of the Wil- j oi letters, an author, and a lecturer. 1. Thc iollowing is the form in which mette. Kenilworth, Lake. Forest, \V.ir:Dorn . of Icelandic parents in Iv[ani- 1 the propu:-;ed revenue amendment will netka and Glencoe restdcnts parttcl- tnba Canada he came to the United I appear on the ballot: patccl in t.he filming. ~·omp~etion of the ~tat~s as a ~hild and wa~ brought up Proposed Ametidmcnt Adding Secbeach tllllt \\';.t:-; prnmt:-;cd tor t~:-e next on the prairies of i\orth Dakota. In tion 1-t to Article IX of the Constitution 19D3 he received from the Cniversity oi the State of Illinois. summer. ,. · of Iowa the degree of A. B., after This proposed amendment it~lp?ses no which he went to Haryard. for post- new .taxc .~. It affe~ts no c:xtstmg. ~xgraduate work. There he held a cmptwns trnm taxatiOn. The provtston . I ~ci.JOiarship for one year an.cl a fellow- co.ncern.itlg the "two-thirds". vote (.conshtp for tw_o years and durmg the last ta.med 111 the proposed Sectton 14) apof these years he was a member of the p!tcs only to such future tax and Jfonda~·. Xonmhcr I. is set as the teaching staff of the Department of exemption legislation as may be puropening da,· for the K('nilworth Com- Anthropology at Harvard. suant to, that is "t.!_nder the authority of tnunity chit) gymnasium classes for In 190(i he began his expluratio 11 ~ thi~ scc.tion." It does no! apply to ?ast girls and boys. This year, because of a 11 d in the years that followed spe nt legt slat!On, nor to such future le~nsla the great interest in the enterprise. ten \vinters ·and thirteen summers in tion as may he under the general there '"ill he three bon' classes in- the arctic regions. In this time he powers of the General Assembly nor st<'ad of t "·o, a!'> in forn1er vears. discovered four islands, now known as as may be .only ~tncle· r. one or more of There will he a {Jrobahle- enrollment Brock, Borden, Laugheed, and 1Ieig- the old thtrteen scct10n.s. The r~tes of 140 boys under the direction of R. hen. and established the principle of und~r methods of ta~atton ~uthonzed \\". Townley and 110 girls, to be super- "living off of the land." On his last hv. the amendmet~t wtll requtre a twovised by .1{iss Eve:yn Bro\\·n. Mr. expedition he carried this still farther tlurd~ vote. Th.e proposed amendmen~ To\\'nlcy, who has had years of experi- and proved that it could he applied to permtts two-tlurds of the members ence in this type of vrork. \Yill in- icc as well. Stefansson is a brilliant of the two houses to adopt methods of str uct the boys in all forms of athletics. and successful writer and is the author taxation, fee from limitations in the gym work and Scout craft. of four books and a great many maga- present consti.tution, adopted fifty-fi\:r The girls will be similarly directed zinL' articles. He is also a fascinating n~ars auo, whtch now prevent an cqtuby Miss Brown in gym work, dancing and instructive lecturer. table adiustment of the burdens of taxand Camp Fire activities. ~[ a dame"' Edith Bideau Normclli will ation. For this reason the two hous~: The \\'Ork this rear promises to be · S d of the General Assemblv propose thts 1 · t tl liS even more complete than . in former I>e t Ite soOts un ay. amendment to the people. Years and, if the enrollment i~ anv inFor the proposed amendment adding ;lication, intcre:-;t i~ .;;tl'ac!i ly incrc<ising. sectio11 l4 to Article IX of the ConstiSound Last Call to Get Recital Tickets tutivn. Arrainst the proposed am~ndment (By G. W.) adding section 14 to Article IX of the There is still one week left beConstitution. fore the opening of the Artist-ReII. Till' following prooosition will be cital series sponsored by the Win..;uhmit_ted to the people of the state netka Music club. \Vhen so famunder the Public Policv Act: lHls a sinl:!·er as Tito Schipa comes to "Should the Congress of the 'Cnited the nor~h shore, it is a great event <:.;t~~e'> modifY the Fedrral Act to musicafty. Edward Moore, music Pnforc-e the Eighteenth Amendment to critic of the Chicago Tribune, in the Constitution of the United States reviewing Mr. Schipa's concert at "0 that the same shall not prohibit the the auditorium la st Sunday says: manufacture, sale, transport::ttion, im"In matters of poise, of lovely voice. ')ortation or exportation of beverages of exquisitely graceful manner of which are not in fact intoxicating- a!' singing, he is nothing short of suprietermined in accordance with the laws erb." of the rrspective, st~.tf's ?" Could you make two large silk To those who have neglected it, TTT. Illinois and· Michi!!an Canal-lease. \\'t' wish to reiterate our request lamp shades? Here's a chance to This is an act pa,ssed hv the ~pneral of last week. "Please mail at once show your genius-see today's 1\.ssemhlv i\110 approved Jun~>. 1925, to your check to Mrs. Bessie Grant. Want Ad Page: -:~nthorize the lf·ase of tht- Tllinois and \Vinnetka State bank, Winnetka, ·or Michhran Canal and its ris:rht of way you may find yourself minus a W ANTED-SOl\IEO~ E TO MAKE ticket on November 8, 'when Mr. or anv portinn of it, betwN'Il tht> City two large silk lamp shades. Schipa gives his recital at New of Jo1iet in \Vill Countv and its connecPhone 'Vinnetka 121. tio~ with the Chicago River in the City· Trier High School auditorium. of Chicago. : Discarding the conventional spade for the more effective plow, sponsors of Vista del Lago broke' ground Tuesday for the new $1.500,000 shore club that is to overlook the palisades of Lake ~1ichigan on Sheridan road just . 1 south of Kenih,·orth. Taking adYantag-c of the equal-mem- 1 hcrship-rights-to-woman. fifty of the fair sex from Chicago and the north ~hure :-uhurl>:o; j()illed their hu,bancls : · ancI 1 HO tl 1ers a t· · th c ceremomes, ap- I plauding Commodore J. Stuart Black- ! · 1 a tH1 Httglt t on, c h atrman o f tl Je 1 )oa r (' · . UcLennan as fnrro\\':- \\'Cre turned on i the site oi Chicago's adoption of the · southern California idea in beach front . (l "\'elopx 11 e 11 t. , l" ot· til" e\·oltttt'on 1 Ill a l)rl.cf J'"Sttll. ~ -.. "' "' of clubs as marked hy more than twen- 1 ty shore clubs and 50,000 memberships I ·within three years on the Pacific coast, Commodore Dlackton attributed their . 1 I Break Ground for Vista del Lago's New Spanish Club "Glad to Meet You": Queen to Milan Lusk WOMEN VOTERS ·LAUNCH GET-OUT-VOTE DRIVE 1 I K entlworth Boys ·/ B · an d G tr s egtn Gymnasium Season Two Large Ones I

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