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^*mtt/^^ smMk dfluV jl:i Ewa Phone) WifaMtle 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, AUOU8T SO; 1»15. PRICK VIVE Her People Just Commenc- j ing To Realise the Se- riousness of the War. LONDON IS TRANQUIL In France People Are Grim- ly Fighting To Save Their Homes. Robert Foster, son of A. M. Foster, 1220 Hinman avenue, Evanston, who has lived for nearly four rears In Lon. don, Is home for a little visit with bis parents, and Is exchanging greetings with many old friends of his high School days here, and Princeton college classmates. Before "Bob" went abroad waltherefore obliged1 to select a spot he was famous as a swimming cham pion. He won the Si. Louis Maraiuoa race over a Held of the best swimmers in the country In 1906, and was second in 1807. He I| going back Saturday, but Mrs. Foster will remain with her family In Chicago, as he expects to make trips to France and Italy, and the traveling anywhere In Europe now is not, of the most convenient kind, He will return for another visit dur- ing the Christmas holidays. Loyal to America. "No, I have not become Anglicized" he said, "but I like it there and will stay until I have made money enough and then come back to live. This is my country and always will be. Busk ness Is good there. Conditions are practically the same, so far as busi- ness Is concerned, aa they were be- fore the war, and ydtt would not think that any war wen going on. I wen Their products. Out of a hundred peo- ple working for me there, perhaps bait the men have gone to war. Nature!!?* the rest of them are very busy. "Americans are not popular in Eng- land now. The British think that we should come out unreservedly tor them, and snjter at President Wilson's attitude retarding the Lusitanta and such things, for they do not think he intends to back up what be has said, an unpardonable crime In English eyes. I hope be will be able to keep out of the war, but there they do not >w be can. Theaters Well Patronised. "Of course, the city of London is fun of soldiers as they are invalided home after three weeks In the trenches, rest awhile, and then go back again. That may be the reason why thore are twenty theaters being well patronised there, more than In New York or Chicago. But the dark- ness at night you cannot get used to. There are no lights on the streets and motors are not permitted to show any* thing that Is not dimmed so that rid- ing at night Is almost Impossible. That Is to avoid becoming targets for air- ship raids. "I had no personal experience with bombs dropped from the air, and the effort to avoid them became some- thing like any other daily task, done without regarding It as an especial danger. When there has been a Ger- man air raid the newspapers give It a great deal of space, much as they do ere. We live out Hempstead way and quite near to an aviation station, and we could often bear the air craft going up at night, presumably to chase away the raiders. They have a captured Zeppelin on exhibition, but I never saw one to identify It In the air. I had occailbn to make several trips Over Niagata Falls on Tight Rope Is Feat of Blondin Circus performer Stretched Rope ?Over Rapids and Crossed With a Man on His Back NOT A RECENT STUNT-WAY BACK IN 1859 By J. Seymour Currey. The name of Blondin will always be remembered es the first among the various adventurers who have per- formed thrilling exploits at Niagara Falls and its vicinity. Blondin was a Frenchman and at the time of hie crossing the gorge below the falls on a rope ho was about thirty-live years of age. He was connected with a circus traveling in New York state, during which time he visited the falls, and at once determined to, cross them on a tight rope. He Invited Harry M. Col- cord to be bis partner in the enter* prise, but made no mention of bis de- sign to carry him across on bis shoul- ders. Colcord was a portrait painter who, It is said, lived In Chicago, for some twenty years. Began Work In 1850. At first it was Blondln's desire to stretch his rope from Stoat Island to the Canadian shore; but be was unable to obtain the necessary consents. He X farther down the river at anoint near- ly opposite the Clifton house. Early In 1859 be began hie - preparations. First a small rope w«n conveyed, across the river, to which was attached a thicker one, and this again to the rope on which the crossing was to bo iriade. This rope was la two pieces of 1,000 feet each, united by a long splice. On the summit of tho cliff on the Canadian sid it was securely twined around three car axletrees placed one behind another In boles drilled for them In the solid rock, and it was rendered as taut as possible by a windier* worked by horses on the American side, 8,000 feet distant. Near the ends the rope hung at a height of 870 feet above the river, and sagged about fifty foot at the center. Then commence<Mhe difficult task of attaching guy lines to reduce the swaying of the main rope. A ear wee rigged running under the rope to the guy Unc* were fastened every twenty feet, but at the center was a space of forty feet without any guy lines whatever. About two weeks were required to complete the work. Blondin himself superintending every detail of the operation, often walking Out on the rope to examine the work, and" In doing so crossed over entirely several times. Meantime Blondin was anxiously looking for some person who would volunteer to cross with Mm on the rope on hie back, for which a large sum of money was offered t* be paid. Several persons intending to accept the offer visited the scene, but after look- lng at the swaying rope suspended over the gorge thoughtfully retired end were heard from no more. At length Blondtn made his long pondered proposal to Colcord that the latter allow htm to carry him on Mb back across the river. Colcord natur- ally hesitated at the tremendous risk, but he recalled that he had often made a similar journey on Blondln's back In the course of Ms drcu«r performances, and at length consented to make the venture.- Blondln's weight wis 140 pounds, Colcord'o 185. For his serv- ices Blondin paid Mm a salary of 8185 per month. An extraordinary Influx Of visitors came to view the prepara- tions, many of them skeptical of Its success or even that the attempt would be mode. Aug. 14, 1859, was the date set for the crossing, end multitudes began to assemble In anticipation of the wonderful spectacle. It is said In the account that there were nearly 300,000 people In the throngs that lined the cliffs on both sides of the river. At the appointedJioor the twojneu appeared at the Canadian end of the cable and mounted the platform. Blon- din wee In Ms tights while Colcord wore a dress suit, and at once the lat- ter climbed on the beck ef the per- former, placing Ms feet In the irtlr- rnpshanging by hlseldev-^ great gymnast Travis was a famous marksman and It waa his purpose to shoot through the brim of Blondln's bat thus held out. But It became ap- parent that the ball from hie pistol either could not attain that great height or that the marksman failed to e target. Blondin waved hie hat after the third shot as if the thing had been successfully accomplished, though afterwards it became known that the hat wee not struck at all. A narrative by Colcord of his experi- ences on this trip was prepared by Mm many years later. "Blondin himself,'* he says, "was not quite confident of the succees of the undertaking. He bad been across a few times; but with- out me on Ms back, and he did not know what effect the additional weight might have on the rope. Hie earnest advice to me before starting was: 'Harry, be euro end let yourself rest all the time like a dead weight on my back. If I should sway or stumble on no account attempt to balance your- self/ My first thrill occurred an we started; over the pine trees, whose sharp tops bristled far below us be- tween the cliffs and the river, It seemed <ar m-re. terrifying than out over the water; My heart was in my mouth as we began to descend the rope, which from Its weight had a de- pression of fifty feet In the center; but It Was a matter of life or death, and I resolved to follow Blondln's advice most Implicitly. I had absolute confi- dence In the man beneath me, and I believed he would get ue both across all right. So on we went, though from the first Our progress seemed to me dreadfully slow. Getting Off Moot Difficult "The most serious risk and ordeal," continues Colcord In Ms narrative, "seemed to be getting on and off his back. Just think of the situation,â€" getting down from n man's back, feel- ing with your foot for a standing place on the rope, then standing on it PATRONS KICK, "Move Up Forward" Is the Lingo of the Conduc- tors; Cash First Slogan. PACK LIKE SARDINES Over - Crowded Eastland Sank; Jammed Cars Breed Accidents. State Board of Health Rules on Regulation of Quarantine Secretary Brake Sends Letter to Dr. E. E. Moore, Commissioner of Health tor Wilmette, on State Regulations LAW IS STRICT AND IS RIGIDLY ENFORCED across the channel to France, endnote were extended from shore, sometimes reaching clear across, In order to keep the submarines away.from the craft while crossing. Saw tome Vletime. "Tn B*lgly« r had aomsr knowledge of the atrocities thafhave been complained of. In the hospitals I saw children with their hands bound up. and they said that their hands had been cut off by German soldiers. 1 had a number of personal friends who told me similar tales where they had personally aeon and talked with the victims. We had a small factory in Belgium which wae rased and has been charged to profit and loos. It Is likely that we will build Other to France, end possibly fat Italy. "I like London and the people, m roads there are sometMng superb for motoring. We think nothing of elOe. miie «pti» te yd*?. The pottee thane are very efficient, but they do not hamper yon with apeed regulation. On Michigan erenow ysoterday, when I was going at about sixteen miles an hoar * r?JJ-*y f" ' swore at me and dhTplacedI his balancing pole, thirty feet long, to a borlsopiel Position, end stepped upon the ropn* end thue the journey across the Niagara gorge be- while It swung to and fro Seine hun- dreds of feet In the air, holding on to a mah in front of you clad In slippery tights, when the least falso move or iow of presence of iuiud of either might plunge you both into eternity; and then climbing again upon his bock, end this had to be repeated seven times! The guy lines, placed twenty feet apart, kept the rope comparative- ly steady till we reached the space of forty feet in the center where there weie no guy lines. We had made about ten feet of this forty when sud- denly Blondin tottered and swayed In an effort to walk straight, Ms pole To a person desiring to board a Chi- cago and Milwaukee Electric ear on Sunday night It would appear aa though "carfare first" had taken pref- erence over "safety first" in tho eyes of the officials of the road. Sunday night every ear «u»«th hound was loaded to the bell ropes. People Were standing from the motorman'a coop to Che rear platform, where the conductor tried to sQtcete Into a cor- ner to allow another passenger on. At each station the conductor would leap to the platform, and shouting through the ear windows, would plead with the passengers to "move forward." The Same conditions prevailed on the trailers. ».'..' Take More On. Despite the fact that tho passengers were fairly packed-in, at each station more people were taken on. Through Wilmette, outside of Central avenue, no attempts at a Stop were mddoâ€"the cars were too full. , That the passengers did not cherish the idea of being treated like human sardines was shown by the remarks of them. When the conductor admon- ished tho people to "move forward" one men yelled back at him: "Yes, I can move forward, and 1 can also crawl on the r«a», bst ! am not go- A .young woman, wis was crowded Into-the sranll smoking compartment was asked by the conductor to "step ahead." "I cant," she replied, "there Is nothing I can hang on to." "Can't you hang on to the door?" was Urn reply of the nickel snatcber. A mtddeaged man Who, with his wife end live small children had crowd ed into a seat next to the big stove In the smoking compartment, gave vent to Ms feelings to all willing to listen, and this seemed to be every one with- in ear shot Corporation Greed. "Corporation greed Is the cause of lost' his balance and was unable to re- gain it In that awful moment Me ad- vice forcibly impressed Itself on me, and I strictly followed it, resting pas- sively, numbly, like a dead weight on Ma shoulders, to stay or fall with him as it might happeu. Unable to regain bis balance be ran along the rope, the impetus keeping ue uprtfie pole thrash- ing madly up and down, for thirty feet, when we reached the first guy line on the opposite side. On this line he stepped, when it immediately, â„¢i«l fTnou.lvI«down He bad «"» crowding." he said. "The East- to lost their lives. Now excursion te Will be sate. They will keep on usi » Dr. B, V. Moore* commissioner of health, hen just received from C. 8. St Clair Drake, secretary of the state board, copies of the rules of the state board of health, regarding communica- ble diseases. The letter accompanying these rates reads in part as follows: "The statutes ' require 'all local boards of health, health authorities and officers, police officers .... and all other officers and employee of . . .. any etly or village. ... to en- force the rUlee and regulations that may be adopted by the State Board of Health/ tome Knforee; Others Ignore. . In most cities end villages the en- forcement of this board's rules has been all that could be asked; tat others the rules have been partially or wholly ignored.' No reports of cases of din- eases of which reports to this board are required by the rules have been received from some cities and villages, notwithstanding that return postal cards have been sent the local health authorities at the end of each month. It la a duty Imposed upon the state board of health to require not only the Immediate report by local health authorities of all cases of disease of which reports must be made In accord- ance with these rules, and the weekly report of all cases of other reportable diseases, but to adopt such measures as are provided by the statutes to secure such reports if they are not made voluntarily. It Is only through the prompt report of outbreaks of dis- ease that the Board can perform the duty of looking after 'the lives and health of the people of the state.' During the past winter there were * number of outbreaks of smallpox of which the board had no report until such outbreaks had lasted several months and many cases had devel- oped. The welfare of the people of Illinois demands that such conditions shall not be permitted to continue, and in the future the persons respon- sible for making the reports and who neglect to do so may expect prompt and effective notion on the part of the state board, "Not only, does this hoard ask that Its rules relative to the report of eases of communicable diseases be strictly complied with but that all other rules for the control of diseaseâ€"placarding, quarantine.dislnfectlon, etc., be strictly enforced. . Minimum Qusrantlne Period. "A minimum period of quarantine of cases of each disease has been fixed This does not mean that any and every case of disease may be released from boat slackened end broke away, while the main rops, pulled by the corresponding guy line, was jerked sideways. This was the most critical moment of all. With Ms wonderful agility he recov-' ered himself just in time and won equi- librium enough io ran to the nest brace of guy lines, twenty feet away, where he halted. 'Get off. quick,' he said, and I obeyed. He wea like a marble statue; every muscle was tense and rigid; large beads of perspiration trickled from htm. It wee then I most admired his wonderful grit and cool- ness. Neither by voice or sign did he manifest his knowledge of the fact that a dastardly attempt had just been made to kill us, probably by some un- scrupulous and murderous gambler crowding electric trains until there Is a terrible accident, then they will reg- ulate tho cars' caparityrottsrwhrnhit may- be safe to ride in them. It should be a criminal offense to crowd a car like this one Is crowded." W. O. Johnson, receiver for the Chi- cago * Milwaukee Electric road, could not bo reached at his office In Chicago or High wood, to give an explanation for the apparent overcrowding of trains. It is known that fifteen new care have been ordered and are ex- pected any day. which may account for the present overcrowding. Since the Chicago * Northwestern mllroad put on the Ravinia schedule many people have preferred to wait for the steam trains, rather than take a chance of being crowded on the elec- tric cere. AUTO HITS A POST; MAN IS INJURED; DIES to Sect. go onwej& steady foot by foot, out over the grove oftr^eoon1 the ehore below, Out over the river It- self, out over the multitudes gaslng up- wards from the steamers airf»emstt craft 170 feet below them on the river, until e pause wae f^J*1^!?**. Be needed a rest snd.asked Oshfcrttn; climb down from off Ms hack and t^M behind Mm on the..rope, â- up- "portdUff Mnmstf ^thjbis nandnen iaeh side of Btonddn'e body, the trusty balancing pole keeping them steady In tEHeettSm. After a brieijbreath- t*» «.«<•• colcord ones more climbed to his phnto*oJ ilH^lonrney muned. After n fewjmtoutee belt was made, and Btondto now held length when n who adopted this method of trying to save his miserable stake by cutting a guy line at its shore end. An Excited Crowd. I got on his back, and by and by we toiled up the incline of rope toward the American shore, confront- nistol shot was heard fired by omah gSs deck of the tttfle â- teamarJgsM ef the MtoW whicji wâ€" jfcfgf Jf; neaththem. This shot came from one •Travis, who bad previoasty •"*»*•* this part of the apeetncJe wtth the lng a great esa of staring faces, fixed netka late Sunday afternoon, end Intense with Interest, alarm, and fear. Some people shaded their eyes, as if yet dreading to see us fall; some held their arms extended as If to grasp us and keep ue from falling; some ex- cited men had tears streaming down their cheeks. A band wae trying to play, but the wrought-up musicians could evoke only discordant notes. •Look out, Blondtn,' I said, 'here comes our danger, those people are likely to rush at us on our landing and crowd as over the bank.' 'What will I dor he 'Make av rash said drive right dangerous to others. In this matter the Iqenl health authorities have no discretionâ€" the quarantine must' be maintained tor the period and in the manner prescribed by the rules of the state board of health. . It should be borne In mind that the attending physician baa no jurisdiction over quarantine; he may neither institute nor raise the same, although he may be formally authorised to do both. This Is pot to be understood to mean that the physician's advice in the matter to to bo Ignored. Being familiar with the case he is In the best position to adviso when quarantine may be raised* but he cannot direct. Neither to he privileged to ask that quarantine be raised before the minimum period has expired, ' Should Make Reports. "In many cities, the local health ordinances do not require that reports be made to local health authorities of cases of all diseases of which reports to the local health authorities are re- quired by the rules Of the, state board of health. This, however, does hot excuse anyone responsible for making sach reports from doing so, or relieve him from the penalty prescribed by the statutes for violation of the board's rules. It Is recommended that the re- quirements of local health Ordinances an to reports of cases of communica- ble diseases be changed so as to com form to the general rules of the state board of health. "It has recently been found neces- sary in a number of communities tc prosecute violators Of quarantine. This Is the duty of the local authorities and not of the state board of health. When It is necessary for the board to take action to enforce Its rules, because of the neglect or Inability of the local au- thorities, the statutes provide that the board may do so at the expense of the municipality. In eveiy< instance the prosecutions instituted had a salutary effect. , "The state board of health cannot perform ita full duty In preserving the lives and health of the people of the state without: the hearty co-operation of the local authorities of ell cities and villages in the state, as well as of the medical profession and of the people generally. Such co-operation has been extended to the board In most esse* and for the aid given the board by local authorities, I desire to extend to them my assurance of the board'* hearty appreciation. "The rules of the board are not made arbitrarily or merely because the board la empowered, by statute to make end enforce them; the rules are the result of careful study and consideration of quarantine at the expiration of such what measures are necessary to \pre- IT LOSSES NOT FAULT OF United States Department of Agriculture Discusses the Complex Market* ing System. LOSSES AND WASTES Distribution of Fruits and Vegetables Often Take Circuitous Route. period, but that no case may be re- leased In less than the prescribed time. Frequently the patient may still spread Infection' after the minimum period has elapsed; In such coses the quaran- tine must be maintained until ths case has entirely recovered and is no longer vent disease from spreading, and should be enforced without hesitation by the authorities of all municipaHtte», and observed by ail reasonable clt teenS, notwithstanding the personal in- convenience, or even financial losi which such observance mey cause RUFUSL. KIRK DEAD; OLD WILMETTE MAN Came to Village in Late 70*8 â€"Made It His Home Until Last Year. Otto Jahn of Chicago Had Skull Fractured and Died at Evanston Hospital. Otto Jahn of 1GU Otto street, Chi- -jgo, died Monday in the Bvanston hospital from injuries received in Win* when a Wilmette Exchange State bank, few minutes another through them.' rent* whWToe sue* ceeesfally did. And the scene and ex- citement that followed our arrival on terra Arms was truly Iniesiirlbahlo Cheers rose louder than Niagara Itself and everybody seemed erasy. Tho journey which age, had sscapl mA lnai hull-0» mln- railroad sign post fell on his head, crashing his skull. Jahn and hie family had gone out to Wlnnetka to have a Uttle picnic They left the electric car at Cherry and Oak street station, A -motorist was baes> lng his automobile to turn around and ran into the electric signal post. Tho post wma broken off and struck Jahn on Om head. He wae rushed to the Bv- anston hoopttal. where he was attend- ed by Dr. E. J. POrd. SUKSLSSAY,; At the lost meeting of the I dlrectora of the North Shore Catholic It was.unanlmottsly In tho death of Mr. Rufus h. Kirk at Rochester, N. Y., on August 10, a former old resident of Wilmette passes away. Mr. Kirk was horn in Chicago to 1850 and spent his early years on Warren avenue and received his educa- tion at the old Brown school. In 1876 he married Julia Egan of Chicago and came to Wilmette In the tote 70»s and *ff»t*"«!ed to «nifr» »to tmme h*f» nn- tn last year, when be and his nits went to Rochester to live with his daughter. for many years Mr. Kirk was with the firm of 8. D. Klmbark A Com' pany, and later wee cashier of the Chicago' CoJL4 Storage company. More recently he was connected with the Mr. Kirk Is survived by hie wife end five children, Eugene £., st wlcb, UK; Mrs. Harriet Yetee of Rochester, N. Y.; Myron F, of Dallas, Tex.; Rufus L., Jr., of Wyoming, and Jessie M., of Rochester. Mr. Kirk was buried in Rochester. MOSQUITO PLAGUE IS WORST IN YEARS Cloud the Skies and Swarm on the Bushes in Hungry Hordes. Never in the history ef Wilmette even when the oldest Inhabitants lived in the swamps, baa the plague of mos- quitoes been so bad as it is now. Sit ting out of doors in the evening, a favorite recreation. Is absolutely pro- hibited. Arms, necks and ankles have to be protected or the nerce attacks of The present abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits brings with ft the perennial necessity for their rapid, economical distribution and for en- couraging a generous and steady con- sumption. , The machinery for moving these food products is complex, end retell dealers are of ten accused of not following closely the wholesale mar* •set quotations; that in times cf glutted markets they do not cut prices severely end aid in a rapid move from producer to consumer. But responsibility for slow and uheconc movement into consumptive channels is difficult to trace. Middlemen Net to Blame. The Urge class of food'distributors known ea "middlemen" are often ac- cused of levying, arbitrarily, n heavy tribute on all food stuffs passing from the producer to toe consumer. The attention of the public bee been fre- quently directed to Increased costs of products rather than service ren- dered. The new United States depart- ment of agriculture bulletin, No. •» "Methods of Wholesale DUtrtbut of Fruits and Vegetables on Markets," does not Indict the dlemen" ae a class, although It; out some of the abuses in the Aa a matter of feet says the menu specialists, when the presentgyinarketlng economic toll would not permit ton* continued existence of a marks ing agency which was solely a pari rite. Several Important factors have trlbuted to the establishment many middlemen aa necessary in the present system of marketing. Production during the last decade hi increaseM greatly, and improveo meth- ods and facilities for handling the h ciease have been Introduced. ing pace with increased hen come the demand - for elaborate and efficient service, doth is the fact considered that ice can become a very expensive ury. With the widening of the- tonce between the city and sources of Its fruit and vegetable piles there bee arisen the tor special agencies to meet changed conditions. Cause of Criticism. The present distributive with all its strong points and weaknesses, has been created of i slty. and it has weathered the of much adverse criticism, part of the country to now the perishable products of the i remote districts. Any of present market practices based Upon the fact that some must continue to perform the tlons of the present-day The problems Involved in goods through a large market LIKE OLD MISSCON, oo»e tttn the ham ^ A number of Wilmette people hnvof^^^ "â€" "_ .S found Old Mission. Mich., en attrac- tive place this summer. Among those who hove been there •m. «â- â€¢Â»' n. jT OmtWimmyr Mr and MM. Plewey Mrs. Rewii, #tv nnd Mrs. Peters. Mies Merjorle Day, Mr*. McMillan and daughters and MlarMsl- >, "bundle day." and to request | The Mioses Margaret each member of the league end aax-1 NoMIllan won the ladles' doubles to Wary to bring with her, oh that day, a the tottrnament. Mr. B. j, CnUoway infills fimiatolnt; a new, warm gar-twill spend the remainder of the month the bloodthirsty Insects drive one al- most crasy. Persons must keep out of their gar- dens, for the Stirring of a bush or branch brings a cloud of mosquitoes that settle all over and bite like the mischief- Horses are their spidai prey* A livery, man says that it la hardly safe to ride a thoroughbred horse on a coun- try road, for mosquitoes so torture the animal that be Is likely to he down and roll to get rid of them. His horses dreds of mosquitoes clinging to them and all biting until the animal is near- ly cresy. Horses to horneee ore still worse off, biw»«S» «S#f wffififii move so freely and ere Hkely to break the harness and ahafta and run away to Sclsntiflc persona say that the In- sect pest to due to toe conttnuous rain. ' â€"king tbossanf*! ea^toss^toi jlssenj; greatly from those of Usually one man or eon firm handle both production and tlon and succeed at both. The volume of b>«*!aesa transacted at market centers makes necei specisl agencies which can their energies to dlatributieev clally does the machinery for marketing become necessary perishable goods ere to be Commodities of thin sort moved rapidly, mast he evenly, end from their ver permit of no weakness In machinery, If they are to a profit. With the perishable ni large part of the frnfto and marketed there muet be This often totaia ingher hun- farmer rsaltssev .-.. Ptar. cording to the department' spedellsts. the loss on such tttes se strawberries. per cent bspere they resx of the retail trade, spotting may be the result perV sending overripe Beit* es tlon to