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Health C^irft^oner George B, Youn| of Chicago in At- tempt tii;'$(^:;Sa^«ge Pumping Into Lake, 'â- >.» .«â- .» GOV£RNMEtft INTEfftSTED jl'4UWgJf-!?j| V*4H* pienttt^ififlf^iito Prevent the ^.T^^^^T1, C* Ju*what "w?/%. • 'r-if^ii^Hit i l fci :L^lli8 ob*ected to when Chicago '-. CltieS rtflM vftlftg the Lake diverted its sewage from the "lake As > * -^ â- ;' •-â- ..A,'^->..-. i : â- â- $ Dr.vGe$^y|j^1rb*|g, health com- . miestonef /df, <JhicagOi has taken a step by ^Mclt j*ehopes .to prevent • the cities and villages of the North ; Shore from 4ttmplng their sewage 1 toto the J*fcifcthns polluting^he water and making It dangerous for drinking purposes. Such action as that contemplated by the Chicago health department head has been expected for some time, it is throtigh Uncle Sam that Dr. Young intends to obtain the re- sults that will ..keep the drinking water, of.. C6l€P#0,^ft?»..-.tlW"1 con" lamination. "~* Dr. Young contends that the inves- tigation of conditions oh alt navig- able lakes and streams can now he. made under federal Jurisdiction. If iuch proves to be this, case it is be- ' Be/ed- that Chicago^wty - soon take I ftepa to prevent J^v^itdB, Highland L Park, Lake Poreat ?3ind Waukegan ^ from pumping their sewage into the am fa*P*4 ifjr ;fe|b%lttt^. The act under which DJv Young in- tends to restrain -the North Shore cities and villages from polluting the lake/^ns originally introduced by [ CongresJ||i|^^#jM ^ years ago ahd was passed as a sub- stitute for (another bill in the ex pi ri ng ho«rS; .of the 4ast session of qon gross, 'Ike authority is con- ferred Upon the medical officers of the federur jnarifie service to inves- tigate all matters involving con- tamination of the navigable lakes and stream*. It recommends reme- dial legislation with a view to ade- quately jpKseeetteg the public health. "Suits for the abatement of nui- sances are regarded as civil, not IT'criminal proceedings/' says I>r. Young. "Still, some nuisances are crimes against the public health. But the only thing the city can do is to summon into court those who maintain such - nuisances. We have no power to arrest such offenders. Often it takes six months to try a nuisance case 'and in the meantime the nuisance may do untold damage to life and property." The Chicago health department, ac- cording to Dr. Young, intends to take steps immediately along this line and the attorneys tor the; city are at present busy in an effort to deter- mine the exact authority of a city in matters of this nature. sanitary board regarding the build- ing of the intercepting sewer that Will divert the sewage of this city from the. lake to the Evanston chan nel. Health Commissioner S." Victor Balderston of Evanston is one who doubts whether, or not the federal government has the power to stop the cities from dumping their sewage into the lake. "If the government has jurisdiction over both the nav- igable lakes and streams and can force the^ cities not to pump the waste into the lake, then it must also prevent them from pumping it into the streams. The government would have to be fair in the mat- ter. It could not forbid the cities from throwing the sewage out the front door and allow them to pump it but the back door? "That," continued the head of the to the drainage canal. St Louis then appealed to the courts, but lost on a technicality. If Uncle Sam can prevent the pumping of sewage into the lake, then the diverting ©1 .sew- age to navigable streams must also be stopped." jThe question is one of keen inter- est .to citizens air along the North Shore and the outcome of the effort of the. Chicago health departments will be awaited with keen interest, by all the citizens of this district. NEW TRIER HIGH WILL OPEN MONDAY Though the New Trier High school building is not quite completed, Prin cipal Brown has announced that the school Mil positively open next Mon- day. Work was to have started last Monday but the new building was in such a condition that school was out of.the question. WANT NEW VILLAGE HALL Many citizens of Winnetka are anxious to have the village erect a new village hall. The present build- ing, they claim, is not up to standard as compared with the other north shore towns. The fact that the village owns the present site and is out of debt is being advanoed by the pro- gressive element as a reason for a new .building. No official action has been taken as yet. W. A. Leonard, Popular New Trier High School Teacher Appointed Consul to Sta-. vanger, Norway. WAS IN SERVICE BEFORE For a Number ef Years Before €orrg to New Trier He Was Vice-Consul at Freiberg and Cehl, Germany. Walter A. Leonard, for, the past five years.a teacher at; New Trier high school, will leave the latter part of the month for Washington and from there will go to Stavanger, Nor- way, where he will serve the United States as consul. "Mr. Leonard re- ceived official notification of his ap- pointment Friday. Mr. Leonard has been in the consular service before, having served as vice-consul at Freiberg and Cehl, Germany. The new position however, is one of far greater im- portance, as Stavanger 4b the prin- cipal point in southern Norway. The new consul wa*j| born in 1880 in Essex, Ia.^ where, h$ pgqeived £is early education. He was graduated from the high school there" in 1897.' He later attended Aujgustana college at Rock Island, 111., for two years and then went to the University of Ne« braska. Helalsfr took %-commercial course at Lincoln^ college. Following his .leaving . tHo^West* he_t0ok up graduate work'at Northwestern uni- versity, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. September 23, is Named As the Day For the Beginning of t|ie Scholastic Year of Local Departments. TEACHERS ARE READY All Have Returned From Their Vaca- tions Spent in Various Parts of the Country and Are Now at Their Desks. The Evanston departments of Northwestern university will open for the school year on Sept. 23. Regis- trar Marsh has spent most of the summer in his office writing letters to prospective students, and inter- viewing mothers and fathers about their sons and daughters who pro- pose to enter college this year. When interviewed Mr. Marsh would not commit himself to any guess on the registration this coming year. He expects an increase, possibly one above the normal average, and he also feels that the work done in the campaign for more men has proven effective, and will swell the regis- tration of male students. While this campaign has been carried on with much vigor and emphasis, the fact that more girls will be welcomed to has not passed unnoticed, and doubt- less there will be a corresponding in- crease in the number of girls that will choose Northwestern. The registrar says that them will be a slight change in the mechanicnl process of registration. He has vis- ited several of the larger universi- Sanitary District Announces || Plans for Diverting Fvanston | Sewage as Ready for Examination. M00SERS TO HANG BIG SfGNI Wallace Asks for Permit to;Keep: Sign Up Till Colonel k Elected, , and Democratic Objects to ^ Contract in Perpetuity. It is time for action in.the matter of diverting the sewage of Evanston into the sanitary district, canal. At the council meeting Tuesday night Mayor Paden stated to the aldermen that a communication had been re- ceived from the trustees of the sani- tary district in which it was said that: plans and specifications for the di- verting channel are ready for investi- gation, and inviting the aldermen, or, their representatives, to the district offices to go over them. Mayor Hopes Change Is Made. In telling the members'of the coun- cil of the communication, Mayor Paden said that the plans' as first advanced by the sanitary district offi- cials, proposing a pumping station somewhere near the foot of Univer- sity place, and drawing the sewage through north and south laterals to an intercepting sewer which should empty into the canal near Lincoln street, was not acceptable to the spe- cial sanitary committee of the city council because of the fear that it would make an open sewer of the canal from that point, almost the cen- Wa WINNETKAN IN THRILLING ADVENTURE Guy Bolte of Winnetka came close to losing his life last week when the motor boat in which he was riding b^ came crippled as it was crossing the lake. He was accompanied by Edward Ewing, son of Judge Ewing of Chi cago. Though they hung out a signal of distress and several lake steamers passed within close distance none saw the helpless little boat and its occu- pants. Finally, In a last desperate effort, the crew fired a bomb signal which was seen by the life saving crew. The rescue quickly followed. Wl*» *• .«*<â€"«*,«- â- **« WINNETKA IS AFTER Hi r of the matter, and reports have that it intends to do «o shortly, it >ill mean that every municipality along the- North Shore will have to find some other way to dispose *•* its sewage. legislation, of this kind b*% been expected for' years by North Shore health officers. Whether or 'nbt'Chi- cagolhsf the fftt&to}0tRIt- injnne- m Pr^eedtog* $nd compel other ^WajJlglHie* to r§nq§ ^W* otner *1j^*|m:-jQt«;J*!* j^|d| lumping ground for its sewage is a, matter that Jin protM»hly b4 determined In «»* ooorts in the near future. The action of the Chicago Health ^fli^ft^ite h**« -a tor IfcstenMe SiWtfitfons hojr of ICECREAM THIEVES The Winnetka police are searching for a gang of juvenile ice cream thieves. At many parties during the summer the refreshments have been stolen during the course of the enter- tainment. Chief Coutre claims this must stop. The last stealing reported to the police occurred Friday evening when Miss Dorothy Ilg gave a birthday aar- ty in Community house. Wh<m the hostess went to look for the refresh meals she found they were gone. The following morning the police found the empty freezer and the cake boxes ght ofcwhy of the electric â€"*Sr Commercial Student. During his college work he elected commercial courses and during the summer worked on commercial edu- cation. While at Freiberg, Germany, he also took commercial studies. He organized the commercial depart- ment of" the "Kankakee, HI., high school, where he taught for two years. For the past five* years he has been in charge of the commer- cial department of the New Trier High school. Mr. Leonard entered the consular service in August, 3 907,. /when he was appointed vice-consul at Frei- berg, Germ'any. He was later trans- ferred to Cehl, near gtraussbergi He resigned from the service in/ June, 1908. In April of this year he was desig- nated as one of 108 to take, the exam- ination for the consular service. The examination was held in Washing- ton and only twenty-two of the 108 passed. Mr. Leonard was one of the twenty-two. Of these six received appointments and the post given to Ihe local man is said to be the best one to be s^eured at this time. Difficult Examination. * Mr. Leonard said he studied for the examination for two years. At the time the examination -was taken it took the applicants three days of writing to complete it, besides taking an oral test. There was also a. physical examination. It 1s related that when President Taft saw the list of questions to be given the men, he remarked* "I hope they can pass. I con M* not answer the questions." Mr. Leonard, who is unmarried, will leave Evanston thet-^atter part of this month so as to be* iii Wash- ington Oct. 1. As soon as his cre- dentials are prepared he will sail for Norway to assume his duties, lie* sides having a fine command of^the English '"language', "fie""speaks *NoK wegian, Swedish, German, Dutch and French. ties this summer with the view of \ tral l)oint of the Sixth ward,, through perfecting the office work here in the college of liberal arts. A few slight changes will be made that will expediate office work and render it less difficult for the new student to get through with this ordeal. Several new members will be added to the faculty. Prof. Harlon Upde- graff will be in charge of the depart- ment of education. The English lan- guage department formerly under the direction of the late Prof. J. Scott Clark, has been combined with the English literature department with Prof. A. C. L. Brown at* the head. Mi?s Irene Llanchard of the Univer- sity of Michigan comes as the new acting dean of women, taking Miss Mary Ross Potter's place for the year. Supt. Starkweather who has charge of the buildings and grounds, has had a force of men working on the campus all summer. The trees have been trimmed, walks repaired, and a new gravel walk laid along the lake shore, connecting the old gymnasium and Swift hall. A new fence has been erected along the bank, and steps placed at certain intervals lead- ing down to the beach. All of the buildings .have received a thorough cleaning and redecorating. The old gymnasium has been re- paired most extensively. An elon- gated cupola has been placed on its top. The upper story of the build- sing has' tjeen rearranged and this will be used for the anatomy depart- ment. Formerly this work was car- ried on in the tower of the old col- lege, but this place was very inade- quate, and better quarters were need- ed. As a result the entire upper floor, of the old gymnasrhm has been re- modeled for this purpose. Splendid equipment has been installed, and there is an abundance of light and air. An entrance has been made on the outside, with an iron stairway leading up to the door. This makes jt possible to close this part of the building off from the rest, and the bad odors and effects experienced in ^.Old College will be eliminated. its entire route south to the north branch of thjp Chicago river. His honor stated that he did not know whether or not changes have been made in the sanitary district plans since then, but he assumed that the matter was not past a point where discussion could be profitably entered into at this time. Bull Moosers Get Sign. Upon motion by Charles S. Wal- lace, the alderman from the Sixth ward, who wore a big bull moose pin in his coat lapel, a request from the progressive party organization in Kvanston, asking authority to stretch a sign between the two Witkower buildings on Davis street, was re- ferred to the commissioner of public works with power to act. When some one asked how long it was proposed to keep the sign up, Wallace an- swered, "Till Roosevelt is elected," and Turnock, who heads the demo- cratic organization in Evanston said, in an undertone, "Tantamount to a permit in perpetuity." Rossbach Back on Job. Alderman Rossbach was back on the job Tuesday night after return- ing from a longer vacation than the rest of the Evanston law-makers had enjoyed, and threatened to prevent the collection of the taxes for the year 1912, when he said he thought he should not vote for the ordinance making the tax levy in accordance with the appropriation ordinance passed in the first month of the year, but when Mayor Paden explained that unless the ordinance was passed not later than the third Tuesday in Sep- tember the taxes would go by default and could not be collected, he voted "Aye," and the sum of $163,005.79 was assessed on the real and personal property of Evanston for state and county purposes. Two alleys in the block between Mitin and I^ee streets, near the Wash- ington school, were vacated in order that the entire block may be one solid tract when William S. MasOn gives it to the city of Evanston tor a playground. ____ __Li.