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1 rlc VOL. V. NO. 87. Phone Wilmette 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINdfo THURSDAY, JULY S3, mi Room 2, Brown Building. PRICE FIVE CEN THESE RULES WILL HELP IF UHEEOT Captain Jensen of the Life-Sav- ing Crew Gives a List of "Don'ts" for Bathers. EXERCISE CAUTION ALWAYS Never Take Any Risks When in the Water--There Is Plenty of Chance to Swim Close to Shore and at Regular Beaches. DON'TS FOR BATHERS. No matter how good a swimmer you an, DONT venture In the water alone. DON'T frequent isolated beaches where there are no life guards. DONT attempt to swim any distance in water beyond your depth. DONT dive in • unfamiliar water. (Beware of the under- tow. Watch out for a northeast wind; It whips up the waves which cause the undertow.) SEWER WORK GOES ON SLOWLY BUT SURELY Now Beyond Forest Avenue Rate of Speed Seventy- Five Feet per Day. Considering the character of the work and thp many difficult »es arising therefrom, work on the Intercepting sewer Is progressing rapidly. The sewer Is now practically completed up to. and a little beyond. Forest avenue. It Is, however, slow work at best and the big excavating machine can only be counted on to advance about sev- enty or seventy-five feet In the course of a day. and at this rate the Wil- mette section cannot be completed until well along towards winter. Im- mediately after the excavating is done, the walls are boarded up to pre- vent "cave-ins," and as soon as the carpenters are through making the walls safe, the concrete men start placing the solid receptacle. At pres- ent about one hundred men are em- ployed, Including carpenters, con- crete workers, laborers, etc. The men who are at the head of the construction company building the .sewer have expressed their willing- ness to do everything in their power to help abate the smoke nuisance and have substituted a better and higher priced grade of coal for use in their engines with this object in view. I LABOR TROUBLES STOP BUILDINGS Captain Jensen of the Life Saving crew as given the above list of above list of "Don'ts For Bathers." He says that they will help if people who frequent Lake Michigan for a cool dip will only heed them a little. The beach patrol passes through Wilmette hourly. Kenilworth beach its provided with a life guard in the per- son of Howard Osborn, a Northwest- ern university athlete. In case of a lake accident call Wilmette 0 for the pulmotor and Evanston 208 for tho life saving crew. Captain Jensen said, "The first don'f is called to mind by something I saw yesterday* afternoon. A girl was out about waist deep in the water off the Cook street beach at Evanston. She fell over backwards in the lake andiJsokiJs^iic^iDle^ja.mcas good bis gulps of water. She thrashed around and could not get up. A man on a raft fished her out. Now if she had bee-.i alone she would have drowned, or if another girl had been her sole com- panion she would have had difficulty in getting her out of the water. "Two-thirds of the Drownings" con- tinued the captain.-"occur at isolated beaches. Keep around a place where help can be summoned without un usual delay." Keep Close to Shore. Captain Jensen recommends keep- ing close to shore. "There is Ju3t as much water there," he said, "and you are always certain of being in water that is not beyond your deptn. When I swim I never strike out for a half mile straight into the lake. I swim along the shore. When a per- son swims out a great distance he is pretty much exhausted and if a sud- den wind comes up that makes the sea choppy he is in no position to bat lie back. Always stay where you can touch bottom, that is a good rule. 'Diving !n unfamiliar water Is a bad practice," continued the life saver. "I once saw a young man dive off of a dock over at Avery beach. He struck a piling and was killed instantly. An other treacherous thing Is the under- low and a northeanl wind is the one which whips up the waves and causes this. It is bad to go in bathing on the north side of the piers. The water sweeps out with great force here. "I don't agree with those who ad- vise not to* go Into the water while one is warm. More cramps como from Just wading into water knee oeep, or stmding around on the beach and waiting to cool off. Jump in and tlirash around a bit. Then you will feel better and not be In danger of a Dr. Childs Will Not Start New Structures Until Conditions Become Settled. IN OF MYSTERY LINCOLN PARK WAS EMPLOYED IN WILMETTE Body Found in St. Joseph, Mich- igan, River Said to Be Olaf Johnson, an Engineer of the Sanitary District. WENT TO MILWAUKEE? Man Said He Was Goine to Take Position as an Electrician In a Brewery When He Left the Power Plant on juiy 2. Village Trusted Pass Ordi. nance Which Gives Mainte- nance of Thof oughfere to iwioners. GOES OVER Must Be Redrafted Before final Action Can Be Taken-Sanitari- um Permit Killed by Action of Neartar Residents. The unsettled condition of organized labor, strikes, threatened strikes, un- principled and grafting business agents, etc., are. according to the statement of Dr. Childs, 1137 Central avenue, directly responsible for the delay in the building; of the new busi- ness houses which are to be erected on Wilmette avenue west of and near Central avenue. Dr. Childs has contemplated erect- ing four one and two-story brick structures on his property, with a frontage on' Wilmette avenue, for some time--in fact, the plans are now being drawn and are nearly com- pleted by a Chicago architect:, but un- til labor conditions become more set- tled he wisely refuses to begin work JAMES M. MELVILLE DIED ON SUNDAY Resident of Wilmette for Thir- teen Years Died of Heart Trouble. shock or cramps." ,• Sands Continually Shift. Capt. Jensen says that the Cook Btreet beach is a very good one, in fact the teat plana along thai iaRe shore, al- though some other places are good. The sands continually shift and the shore line changes every few days. A southwest wind will eat out two- thirds of the beach at the life saving station in ten houis. A northeaster will fill it In again almost as quickly. Many people row out in boats and dive off from the back end of their. The boat slips away and according lo Captain Jensen a wind, even a moder- ate one. Will carry-a boat twice as fast as the ordinary person can swim. Experienced swimmer as is Captain Jensen, he always stays close to shore while swimming, and recommends l hat all swimmers do the same. "Whenever'* drowning occurs peo- ple^ who -frequent that particular place for a couple of years are careful," re- nt arked Captain Jen sen of the accident is fresh in mind and James Moore Melville, for thirteen years a resident of Wilmette. died at his home, 1128 Greenwood avenue, at seven o'clock, Sunday morning. Mr. Melville had been in poor health for several months and the direct cause of his death was a sudden attack of heart failure. Mr. Melville was born in Weathered- viile, Md., AuguBt 14, 1853. In 1878 be was married to Miss Nannie StiUman, also of Maryland. He came west 23 years ago to accept the position as western manager of the Excelsior Quilting company, and he had held that place continuously up to the time of his death. He is survived by a widow and eight children. The children are: Carey B. Melville of Worcester, Mass., A. O. Melville of Wilmette, James Melville, Jr., of Evanston, Mrs. Adamd Int-Hout of Milwaukee, H. M. Melville of Mil waukee, Mrs. A. O. Bolcum of Wasco, Til., U. S. Melville of Wllkesboro,^T-&7 Lake Michigan pushed aside its veil of mystery Friday long enough to give the police of St. Joseph and of Chicago one clew toward solving the mystery of the overturned rpwboat with bullet holes in the bottom found Sunday near St. Joseph, Mich. Then the veil was drawn again. Be- yond the finding near St. Joseph of a body of a man believed to have been Olaf Johnson, an engineer recently employed by the sanitary district at Wilmette, the mystery is far from so- lution. Body Partly Identified. The body was Identified by several as the man who started out in com- pany with a young woman last Sun- day. Neither returned. A pawn ticket issued tor a watch and bearing tht name Olaf Johnson of 4525 Broadway led to a part Identification. Nela Johnson of 2718 Drake street, Chicago, a brother, went to St. Joseph tb view the body. He did not believe it was that of his brother. In the meantime life-savers and po- lice of St. Joseph began to draw up fishing nets which line the shore In the hope that tbey would And the body of the girl who took the fatal boat ride. Olaf Johnson, has not been seen by any oi: his relatives in Chicago tor sev- eral weeks. His brother said It had been nearly a month since he bad seen the man. ■ _ __ ___ . ■ :■ -'" Nothlnfl Heard by Friends. It Ib known that he worked for the sanitary district until July 2. On that day tie returned from a week's vaca- tion and resigned to take a position as electrician with a brewing com- pany in Milwaukee. He left the plant at wilmette on that day, and none of tho iuen there have heard from him, although Harry Elmore, operator in charge, was a close friend. ■■ "I never knew much of his affairs,'1 said Mr, Elmore. "1 have heard him speak of a girl In Michigan, but I do not know her name or where she lived." Nels Johnson said that the descrip- tion of the man found tallied with that of his brother. "He was about six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds," he said. "From the description 1 would almost believe that it was Obi." Knew of No Girl Friend. "But the circumstances lead me to doubt. He never had a girl friend that I know of, and never cared for the company of women. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A. and of a Sunday evening club on the northwest side. He was sober and industrious, and always had money. I don't know why he should pawn his watch for- $3, although the description of the watch tallies with Olaf s." On the body was found an automatic revolver and a Masonic pin. Relatives here said he belonged to some lodge, but did not know if be was a Mason. Tells of Missing- Woman. The police at St Joseph yesterday received a leter signed "H. C." from a woman in Chicago saying that a BI6 DUCKS IN THE POOL YNI Illinois Athletic Club Team Will Die port Themselves in the New Trier High School Tank. OTHER ACTIVITIES ON DECK Weekly Inspection Trips to Chicago --Tennis, Golf, and Croquet Tour- naments Engage Attention of the Summer Students. ^ The village board split fifty-fifty on the two ordinances which were brought before them on Tuesday night. They passed one and passed the other one over to the village counsel for re- drafting, i The Sheridan road ordinance, turn- ing the maintenance V>f the raod over to the Lincoln - Park commissioners, was passed unaslaioujsly. The full po- lice powers over.the road remain In the hands of the village. The commis- sioners will only look after the upkeep and assess the property owners the costs. Needs Police Power. The or<iln»nce providing for the dis- posal or manure and the building of concrete manure *j&e» by all Indi- viduals or concerns owning live stock was passed over to the village attor- ney for redraftings Br. Moore, the health commissioner, is In hopes that the ordinance willfinally be approved and passed, since he needs some, police power to back up his efforts in trying to abato the nuisance. "4-. ■-. Ho has been making the rounds, calling attention to stable men about having the manure catted off, and that kept about the premises to. be put into a box that was tight enough to keep flies' out . Hla suggestions have not been tarried cut with any degree of satisfaction,and. he is hoping for an ordinance to back him up. •. ■ •• Sanitarium PernMt Refused. , The permit asked for <two weeks ago by Dri F.. C. L. Zlegldr" to build a thirty-five room private residence on Linden avenue near the canal was re- fused, It was made known that the building was to be used as a sani- tarium and residents in the vicinity of where the proposed building was to be located put in such a vigorous protest that the application was turned down. ELECTRIC ROAD IS BETTERING CONDITIONS They Removed Brush and Are Cutting Down Speed on Greenleaf Avenue. MR3. CASTLE SPEAKS AGAIN. The ladles of the Linden avenue Neighborhood club were ho delighted with the address on "Socialism." given by Mrs. Eleanorc Castle last week, that they induced her to repeat the performance, In the evening, when their husbands might be present. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman entertained the club at their home. The first thing on the program was a delightful "porch supper," after which Mrs. Castle spoke. The address waa followed by an Informal discussion. In which many of tho men took prominent part. Mrs- Castle spoke on railroads, trusts, and corporations, among other things; and waa voted even more interesting than on the former occasion. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Thurman, 'Mrs. Castle, Mr. Boyd, Mrs. Thrift, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Rexford Bellamy, Mrs. ft. I). Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mackie. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Gemmil. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Whitsett, H. J. Burbach, Mr. and Mrs. H mm an, Mr. Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Hannah. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Fits- Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. w. 8. Bobbins. The swimming tank at the Mew Trier school is going to be filled with tbe big ducks In the swimming game tomorrow night. The Illinois Ath- letic club swimming team are going to be on hand to give an exhibition performance. It la regular night for the boys in the swimming classes to perform, but the big men in the sport will also- be present to give them a show. Perry McGilllvary, holder of a half a dosen or more world's records, and a representative of the United States swimming team at the last Olympic games, will be one of a whole galaxy or stars. Mike McDermont, national breast stroke champion, will be.there too. Konrod Wohlfeldt, fancy diving champion, will make hla last public appearance In this section of the coun- try before returning to Germany. A Brilliant Bunch. Hebner, Olympic back stroke cham- pion, and holder of o peck measure of medals, will add to the lustre of the event. Raithel, holder of the world's record for fifty-yard swim; Roth, mem- ber world record relay team; E. W McGilllvary, Max Mott. Interscholastic champion of the United States, Brers and F. McDcrmott make up the bal anco of the team. Butr there are other-events at Ns* Trior besides swimming, although un der the direction of C. A. Hyatt it has become very popular. The number of people taking advantage of the facili- ties this year Is not as largo as last, but better use Is being made because of the increased staff and extra classes. Trip to Stockyards. Wednesday is a day set aside for trips. Wednesday week ago, Director Hyatt and Cyril Talbot took a group of boys down to visit the stool; yards in Chicago. Inspection trips were made through Armour's, Swift's and Llbby'a plants. The afternoon was spent In swimming at Sherman Park and at Fuller Park, two of tho largest of the south park group Of play- grounds. The same trip was repeated yester- day with a different group of boys. The girls, under the direction of Miss Ruth Leonard, are going to make a trip to Lincoln park In a few days to see the animals fed. A tennis tournsment is in progress Medals are Offered for first and second placea. A golf and a croquet tournament are scheduled for next week. The golf tournament will be a one club, modal play for nine holes. Preparations are under way for the annual circus which will be held qn August 17. Half term rates are now In effect, swimming fl for children and $2 for adults, until Aug. 23. The earnest and determined pro- teat which the residents and property owners along Greenleaf avenue made to the village trustees at their meet tag of July 7, an account of which was given in these columns has, at least to certain degree, been effective. The protest was that the Chicago and Mil- waukee Electric railroad had been trimming trees along Greenleaf ave- nue and.leaving the brush to accumu- late along the parkings. Since this meeting this brush has been removed. The citizens also protested against the high rate of speed at which cars were being run. A village ordinance says that ears must not run at a rate exceeding fifteen miles an hour, and those citizens contend that from 30 to 40 miles would come nearer to the rate at which the cars were being run. The company has, according to re- ports from several of the residents in that section of tho village, given or- ders which have reduced the speed to within the fifteen-mile limit. It Is rumored that plans are being considered which will compel the road to remove their tracks entirely from Greenleaf avenue after their present franchise expires. The argu- ment being used Is that the logical route for this car line in Wilmette is on Isabella avenue and thence up Railroad avenue, stating that uo one living in the vicinity of the North- western Elevated uses the Milwaukee Electric, except on rare occasions. They also argue that a routing of this kind would he very beneficial to the west side residents. FISCAL BILLS DEADLOCKED IN COMMITTEES House and Senate Wrangle Since the Eighteenth of June on Proposition of Mileage for Members. SENATE WINS ITS POINT Congressman Thomson Appends a Note to His Letter Which Says That the House Committee Finally Gave Way to Pass the Eill. oniin OTDiiPif i view v 1 nvrvrt fffCAR IN CITY Was Waiting for Signal From Crossing Policeman When Car Bumped Him. Mr. uco. at. Pond. 980 Elmwood ave- nue, waa seriously Injured last Thurs- day whan struck by a street ear 4n~ Chicago. He was attempting to cross ths street and was waiting for the crossing policeman to give the signal when a ear came around the corner. It is said, without the customary gong' ringing warning, and struck him. He was thrown under the car, which waa forced to back up before he could be extricated. Mr, Pond was taken to the Union hospital, where it was learned that his arm had been broken in two places and that his body, from bead to toot, was badly bruised. Mr. Pond is in the insurance busi- ness in Chicago. and Malcolm Melville ol^Wilmette, The funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday morning. Rev. M. E. Cody of the Rlveralde Methodist Episcopal church preached the sermon. Interment was at Rose- hill. --- --*- z±t friend had gone to Michigan last Sun- pBrtmyw» ttl tMm atato firty-fnnr fires jn about three years it will wear^jg DE PAUL CAMPER8 ENTERTAINED. The village theater Is doing a good turn for the campers, at the St. Vin^ cent de Paul camp at Isabella street. On Monday night they gave twenty- five of them a free show at the the- ater. This will be repeated each week as long as the camp continues. Another of the famous^ player fea- tures will be the^rrre?! adaptation of Sir Walter 8ebtea_ story. "The Heart of Midlothian, or a Woman's Triumph," on next Tuesday. This is a tale of a woman's sacrifice for truth and her ultimate triumph and reward. day to meet her1 estranged husband, and had not returned. The woman re- fused to give the name of the missing woman. The pawn ticket was issued by A. Lipman. a broker at IS N. Dearborn street. A check was found in one of tbe pockets of the trousers showing thaTa'tron* as* been checked at the Fort Dearborn hotel. Olaf moved from 4625 Broadway tbe same day be resigned from tbe employ of tbe sanitary district. He left word, however, that his mail should be for- warded to the power-house at Wil- mette. »_. A letter was received at the Broad- way house--which la a bachelor apart- ment--and was forwarded to Wil- mette. According to employes at tho station, the letter never reached the power-house. - ANOTHER AUTO GONE. The police have been notified that TnoTorror|*nd ♦*"> «™»* recklaaaiie**_ will pre-Ian automobile belonging to_g^_j. vati. We hajs^heen fortunate along Mtra caution wflT^e exercised. Bui the:north slwre"Isf thwfew accidents a 1 _ ___ mm _...«_ • Ja. »-------------------- -- -* 'I *' wbA&fa have occurred." GA80UNE FIRE8. During the month of .June there were reported to the fire marshal de Thurber. 7107 Ridge avenue, Rogers Park, has been stolen. Value of the Tear »f MOO.__________ caused by the explosion or the !gni tion of gasoline. These fires cause! the destruction of property valued st approximately one hundred thousand dollars, and in every instance the fire was caused by tbe careless handling or improper storage of this dangerous fluid. • Many cities in the state are now adopting ordinances requiring gaso- line and other volatile oils to be stored in approved underground metal tanks; and.it would seem this Is the only safe and economical method of handling this dangerous explosive. GLENCOE SOCIETY GIRL WED8. Miss Edith Haus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hans of Sit Woodlawn avenue, Glencoe, was mar- ried to Leonard H. Reed of Chicago last night at the residence of her par- ents la Glencoe. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. William B. Leash, assistant pastor of the North Shore Methodist church. Theodore Haus Is a member of the Glencoe village board of trus- lieesp.:?i _^____^__ COMES FROM CEYLON TO VISIT. Mrs. G. F. M. Ennls. wife of a Brit- ish government employe at Colombo, Ceylon, arrived in Chicago, Tuesday of last week, snd will spend several weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. Joseph Klrkland. in Winnctka. Mrs. Ennls and her 8-year-old sot left" Colombo June 1 Ohe gaunt-two NORTHWESTERN LAD CETS APPOINTMENT Arthur Burch Will Attend Pan- American Congress of Stu- dents in Santiago. Arthur Burch, son of William A. Burch, 1710 ABbury avenue,; Evans- ton. has received an appointment from the commissioner of education of the United States as a representa- tive from this country to the Pan- American congress of students to be held in Santiago, Chile, In September of this year. Mr. Burch is one of six United States students that will go. His ex penses are paid by the department of stats. Mr, Borch is a senior in North- western university, and is business day* In Paris and twelve days with her husband's relatives in England. "What strike* me as a Wonderful thing I've experienced sines I left Co- lombo," sho said, "Is ths dlfferenv varieties of weather I have encoun- tered. In tbe two years we have been In Ceylon the temperature has been most of the time just S5. It never get* any warmer and not much coottf. In the last month I have encountered temperatures ranging from below 60 to over 100." WAS SLIGHTLY DEMENTED. The Milwaukee police notified the long stay Evanston police on Monday that a man by the name of Durbctte Jones bad been picked up In Milwaukee snd was slightly demented. He gave his address as 1461 Maple avenue. Evans- ton. Sergeant McEnery looked the man up In the directory and found that Instead of living on Maple avenue that his horn* was at tut Gregory avenue In Wilmette. His wars notified and they went st once to he bring him home. By Charles M. Thomson The fiscal year of the government of the United States begins July first and closes June thirtieth. Every annual, appropriation bitl should, therefore, be passed before July 1, the beginning of the year for which it makes aooropria- tlons. There are thirteen of these bills and out of this number six have as yet «ot been passed. All of them have been acted upon by the House, and ths Senate has also passed all of them with certain amendments. The House has agreed to some of these amend- ments and disagreed to others snd all of these six bills are now pending bey- fore conference committees appointed. by the two branches of Congress cor the purpose of reaching some agree- ment on these points of difference. The legislative appropriation bill carries approprtatlona for the salaries of air officials in the executive, legisla- tive and judicial branches In the gov* ernment and sundry Items incident thereto. This bill passed tho House April 17th. and the Senate on Juas 15th and was sent to conference on the 18th of last month. The conference committee la deal-locked on two Items, namely those appropriating the mile- age of members of the house and tho senate. The present law provides that saeh^ member of the Senate and House shall receive a sum equal to twenty cants per mile for tho distance traveled frohv bis home to Washington and return, for each session of Congress. Mileage Fight. There Is a contest over the appro- priation for mileage every year. This year in the House the appropriating* committee reported the bill carrying a provision changing the law and awr lng members such au amount for mile- age as would pay tbeir actual travel- ing expenses from their homes^to Washington and return for each ses- sion, including the dependent mem- bers of their families. An attempt was made in the House to amend that part of tbe bill by restoring the provision of tbe present law. namely twenty cents a mile. I voted against that amendment, for I believe the present law works out very inequitably in a number of ways. The amendment wag- lost on the bill, sa to these items, passed the House as the committee on appropriations had reported and rec- ommended It. When the bill reached the Senate, both these items were promptly put back to twenty cents a mile. When tbe bill came back, to the House action on the Senate amendments. House changed the provision members of tbe Senate from t cents a mile to five cents a mile refused to agree to the Senate amend- ment as to House members. Both* Mil went to conference,, the_ Senate tn slstlng on twenty cents a mile for members of both Senate and Hoanu and the House Insisting on actual ex- penses for members of tho house and dependent members of their families and as to Senate member* aftber the same or a rate of five cent* a mti*»■«** manager of the Northwestern maga- zine. He is a fluent linguist and this weighed heavily in hi* favor for the appointment. Mr. Burch la well known In wil- mette snd his many friends congratu- late blm OO his appointment. CARRIER BACK FROM VACATION. . Harry P. Stoker, carrier on route No. 3. Is hack from a seven weeks' vacation spent on a farm near Al- pena, Mich. He procured a thirty days' leave of absence and arranged his regular two weeks' vacation to follow this period, so that he got a Henry Schwall acted as substitute carrier during his absence. STUDIO OPENS. A new photographic studio, has just been opened in tbe Brown building by Mr. C. Hansen, formerly of Bvans- ton. Mr. Hansen has had several year*' experience In hip lias sad comes well his work merits. the bill has been bung up on these two item* for smooth. The conference committee has reported a dleagrs ment several times, but both house have declined to yield. The last tin the committee reported a a*******!' meat I voted in_favor of the motte for the House to recede and concur U tho Senate amendments. I believe * have made a real effort to reduce thest Items. It Is proposing a change i existing law and as the Senate refuse) to agree to a change; f believe I House proposing the change should bt the one to give way, after a dead-lock of a month. Give Way to Senate. If it were possible to get a vote on these two Kerns separately I would favor giving the Senate the twenty cents a mile on which they Insist aw reducing members of ths house to a tual traveling expenses for thsiaserv** and their families. However, those who have charge « this bill in ths House always lasts be consld- go u» or (Continued on page 1]