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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-03
SHOULD BE CUT OUT.

There is no more reason why the
German language should be taught
the public schools than the scandi-
navian the French, Spanish, Italian,
Slavonic and others that might be
named. There is one German news
paper (which recognizes this, and
recently it expressed itself on the
question. The New York Volks-
Zeitnng is the paper referred to. It
says: "
''The instruction in the German
lauguage.given in our public schools
has failed to yield satisfactory re-
suits. Those Germans who wanted
to be sure that their children would
learn German sent them to the free
German schools Or to private schools
or procured the services of q
Language. teacher Besides, the re-
lative number Of the foreign popula-
tions in New York city have greatly
changed in the last ten years. The
motives for a change of the German
language feature Of the public
school course had begun to operate
forcibly for. some little time past.
When instruction.~in the German
language was made obligatory in the
public schools the Germans were the
most numerous element in the city
population that spoke a foreign
language. Plausible. =: =. arguments
could be ohered.-.fo the position
given to the German language, and
the political side of the case was by
no means the~~.least important.
Things have changed: :-since then.
Italians, Jews and Slavs are coming
to the front. Their numbers and
Importance grow every year greater,
whereas German immigration can
not hold the pace at any such rate.
But must Italian, Slavonic and
Yiddish be made obligatory studies
in the public schools? 1t is because
our citizens Of German birth or
origin thoroughly well understand
the merits of::the situation that they
have remained ..cool..and collected in
the face of efforts to excite them
over this question. -.
At the most those pupils who take
up the study of German in many of
the public schools. gain but little
more than a smattering of the
language, and-it il. Questionable
whether the amount:.of money ex-.
pended for the instruction is equaled
BY the result. obtained: When an
influential German newspaper like
The Volks-Zeitung recognizes the
usslessness of paying out the pub
lies money fol. ::such..::instruction it
would seen that it is time that pure.
bred Americans take like view Of
the matter, and call upon boards of
education to ..cut...the.. teaching Of
German out of the school curriculum.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-03

The village council met in regular
session Friday evening, all men,
bers crescent Minutes Of last meet
ing read and approved. Following
bills were allowed:
M. Thomas labor : $40
Pv 20. coal 1880
DIR. Clark, small pox expenses
Mis- Edwards and Chas. Will
henson 80. w
Ahison & B lbr, and coal 311.23
E. Lucke drayage so
Fischer Bros, repairs 1925
POConnor labor 400
Mobiles Co Bank int. on unpaid
orders 4t.1o
Elec Co. supplies 1870
w. E. Bloom timbers $500
81. Galloway supplies 10.48
ID S AXE labor l.5O
Su City Foundry CRATES 6s.75
C. Anderson labor 1000
Smith labor w
T. Wood labor 1875
Bill of J. Adams, $1.0O for bury
ing dead COW, disallowed, not pro-
per charge.
jenkins and Kuhl granted license
for shooting gallery, license, $4,000.
Petition for side walks on west
side of 18th street from 3rd ave. to
9Th ave, granted and ordered built
where there was none.
Application of Chris. Hogan OF
Pipestone to operate one billiard
and three pool tables in Mrs. Davis
brick building granted if he was
found to be all right.
Rev. C. a. Curtis and A. R. Bloom
asked that latch basin be putt in
on 7th ave. to drain water between
ii til and 18th streets on north side
81 avenue, granted.
Letter from a doctor asking price
of license fee for selling medicine
on the street, read. Price fixed at
SO per day. :.
Com mittee on streets authorized
to look over condition Of road lead
ing into town and make such repairs
rs necessary.
Petition with sixty two names
asking for removal of Health Officer
DIR. CLARK, laid over indefinitely.
Committee authorized to look
after charging of coal house at
plant.
Bids of Atkinson and Boberg for
furnishing coal for ensuing year &C.
copied.
A number of citizens were pre-
sent to discuss the selection of q
library site but owing to the regular
routine of business the council last
ing until nearly eleven o'clock they
ali left except C. T. Upper. The
committee had offers from F. c.
Stitser, of his vacant lot opposite
the Presbyterian church, at $1,000
and would sell a few feet off his
residence lot pro rata. W. M. Evans
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-03
Boy Drowned.

Gus 6feISOn while IN SWIM
mlns Goes t. the Bot
| tom Of Lake Okla ",
bena. s. Y
Friday evening our quiet village
was startled by the report that 9
boy was drowned in West Okabena
Rescuers went quickly to the scene
but were too late, the body being
in tho water too long. II. #*s
Gus Grelson, aged about eighteen
years, son of Nels Grelson, residing
| in the new house recently built on
the street near Rev. g. M. Walkers,
has been engaged as delivery boy
for the Hub Mercantile Company
| about q month. Friday evening,
Gun, Vic Strom and albert SchultE,
| his Two associates in the store, went
out to the aale to go boating and
bathing, after closing OF the store at
eight O'Clock. They endeavored to
get q boat of Mr.. Carpenter but the
boats all being out they walked
around the lake on the northwest to
Aug. Swanson's ice house, about
three blocks west of the park. AT
this point they al went bathing.
Mr.. Schultz says he only went into
the water about neck deep and Vic
little farther, Gus going into
deeper water. They saw him dive
in and thought nothing of it.
After a while his absence was
noticed, but they supposed he en-
deavoring to play joke on them
either by remaining under water
long time or going out unseen and
leave them without letting them
know where he had gone. VIC and
Albert dressed themselves, rode up
to corner of Lake street and 9TH
avenue with Foster Moore, relating
the incident to him. Mr.. Carpenter
learning of the situation at once
surmised that somthing had hap
pened, notified Central" and Officer
Roshon was notified to go in search
of the boy. Mr.. Carpenter at
tempted to secure a net from W. p.
Madison to drag for the body. By
this time the town was pretty
thoroughly alarmed. Mr.. Carpenter
and Henry Twitchell rowed boats
to the scene. They in company
with J. d. Humisto and A. r.
Albertus and others began search.
Garden rakes were procured and
they began to rake the bottom Of
the lake where the boy was last
seen in the water. One of the rakes
struck the body about fifty feet
from shore and in seven feet of
water. They could not get under
the body at first and in feeling for
it showed it towards the shore.
They lust the exact location of. the
body at one time and upon finding
it again Mr.. Twitchel dove down
and secured it and brought it to the
shore. This was about nine forty
five. The body was taken to DR..
Manson g Office and he with DR..
Dolan tried all means possible to
start the hearts action but without
avail. After it was seen that there
was no chance Of reviving life the
body was take to the parents no ne.
The parents are almost Frustrated
with grief over the death Of their
son.
It is not known whether the boy
could swim or not. The last sean of
him by strom, he was in IL Q act of
diving. The general opinion is that
he was taken With cramp. DR..
Manson did not consider an inquest
necessary therefore none was held.
Gus is said to have been a good
steady young man of good habits
and we'll liked by all Of his associ-
ates. This is said to have been the
only drowning that has occurred in
= n II ii lIiIllli
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-03
COMMUNICATION.
Editor Advance.

Editor Advance.
Yesterdays Advance contained a
statement of the arrest of F. Wick
man, q laborer Of the Rock Island
Road charging him with assault on
old man 10 ell White, as ! think that
the other side ought to be known in
connection with said charge. my
self as foreman OF the hands un-
loading stones told Mr.. White to
keep out Of the way but he, did not
listen to my warning and in rolling
out stones splinters struck said Mr..
White without any intention of
hurting him still the court found
in its discression to fine, Mr.. F.
Wickman. for assault without due
process of law to allow him an
attorney or even an interpreter as
he is not himself master of the
language. .,.-. -,
AS Justice Dow did not allow me
as foreman of the section hands to
explain what I knew about the
affair but promised to fine even me
if I did not shut up. take this
method to let the readers know
part of the other side.
A. Wickman, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14

event of legitimate emergencies, though
he wisely announces his resolution to
pay no attention to speculative require
ments. Relief from this quarter need
not be expected until foreign assistance
has been exhausted. Very soon we shall
be importing gold from Europe, though
the advance in the Bank of England
rate will probably shift our demands
upon Paris, that being the most likely
point of relief. Both Paris and Berlin
have obligations to meet that will pre-
vent our making demands upon those
centers, but our credit abroad is good
and our borrowings there have been
much reduced, thus facilitating our get
ting fresh accommodate The ad-
vance in the Bank of England rate
seems likely to delay gold imports
somewhat, but by the beginning of next
month at least the precious metal
ought to be moving this way. Europe
requires our cotton very badly, and as
soon as the new crop is available we
good prices, the recent break, of course,
being favorable to an export demand.
The general business situation is ex
ceptionally sound. Wall streets antics
have produced an unusually conserva-
tive feeling in business circles, and that
is excellent insurance against excuses
during the coming season. There are
signs of reaction in the iron trade as
demands of the railroads and building
enterprise diminish. but elsewhere there
are no signs of contraction, except in
cotton manufacturing where the cotton
corner exaggerated the effects of an
actual scarcity of cotton. The effect of
these tendencies is already shown in
clearing house returns. which in August
showed a decline of IL per cent COM
pared with last year for the entire
country. 1t is significant, however, that
the shrinkage was confined entirely to
the middle Atlantic states. the western
and southern states still reporting salts
factory gains, the Pacific states leading.
New York is still headquarters for de
spondency. the August clearings here
declining II per cent, while all other
cities outside of New York combined
showed an increase of over 4 per cent
The stock market outlook, all things
considered, is fairly encouraging. A
more hopeful feeling prevails in banking
circles, though conservatism is still the
policy there. 1t is felt that recent
liquidation has greatly improved stock
market conditions. and that, if crop and
money difficulties do not arise, any
slight reaction in business. such as
seems to be anticipated. will not prevent
values reaching their normal level,
something which it is quite certain has
not vet occurred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
BIG BUSINESS AHEAD.
Western Roads Expect More Tonnage
Than Last Year.

Western roads one and all expect to
have a tremendous volume of traffic to
move during the coming fall and winter
months. Thew say the tonnage will be
very much larger than that of last
year. when the limit of their capacity
was taxed to the utmost to handle the
traffic forced upon them. Since this
time last year. they have all increased
their capacity very materially by large
purchases of additional equipment, both
cars and locomotives. but the increase
in traffic, it is expected, will turn out
to- be larger than that of capacity. so
easier circumstances than they were
last year. 1t is fully expected that con-
gestions and blockades will be of as
frequent occurrence and as severe as
they were last winter.
The heavy traffic will be occasioned
by the fine crops which the western
country has produced and the general
prosperity which these have augmented
and served to maintain. There is but
one element of uncertainty now in the
situation, and that is the condition of
the corn crop. but as each day passes
without injuriously affecting it, con-
fidence grows stronger that it will in
the end turn out all right. 1t is not
frost. and all of it will not be for three
weeks to come. but even if the corn
crop should turn out to be a total fail
ure. of which there is now no proba-
bility. the roads would still have enough
to afford them a very profitable year.
IS rates are now better maintained
than ever before in the history of the
roads, earnings are likely to continue
to show marked increases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
REFUSING GRAIN SHIPMENTS
Santa Fe Begins to Feel the Pressure
of the Big Kansas Crop.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 14-There are
indications that the congestion of freight
in the Santa Fe yards will be cleared up
within week when it is expected that
the embargo declared by the Santa Fe
against grain shipments will be removed.
There is generally an easier movement of
grain and with the exception of the Santa
Fe embargo and an embargo by the Mis-
souri, Pacific against the Chicago Milwau-
kee and St. Paul railroad there is no re-
striction in the movement of grain to and
through Kansas City.
The Santa Fe officials profess to fear a
car famine. They say that the car famine
will not be confined to grain cars alone.
but will extend to stock and ordinary
box cars as well. A Santa Fe official said
yesterday morning:
1T is beginning to look serious. Not
third of the grain has yet been moved,
and VIC already have a shortage in the
Panhandle country. West of Newton we
have been compelled to refuse shipments
until we know where we can get hold OF
cars. There are variety of causes that
tend toward a car famine. The conges-
ton in this city, and the delay of foreign
lines in returning cars are some of the
causes. 1t can not be attributed to a
shortage of motive power, for We are bet
ter equipped in that respect than we have
ever been before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

Hurtig and Seamon, the well known
projectors of Williams & Walker and
other big shows, send one of their big
companies TO the Grand tonight for a
This is the Bowery Burlesquers, an ex-
travaganza company which is said ta
be far better than those usually seen in
burlesque- There are 40 persons in the
company and elaborate stage settings are
carried for the entire three acts The
costumes are spoken of as most gorge
GUS and many changes are made. 1t is
promised some of the funniest comedians
ever enlisted in this style of entertain
ment will appear.
"Graustark" is the bill of the Grace
Hayward company at the New Craw
ford tonight, when this large stock or
ganization opens a weeks run at popu
lar prices. Women accompanied by
those holding first floor tickets will be
admitted free tonight. "Graustark' is
Miss Haywards dramatization of Nc
CutcheOn's successful novel. All the
scenery shown tonight is carried by
the company and it is claimed the cos
tunes will be found correct and excel
lent. Tomorrow night Woman Against
Woman" will be on view.
In Reuben in New York which Mama
ger John Curran win present at the
Grand Friday and Saturday, it is told
the author has produced a farce long
bit better than any now upon the stage.
1t is said to be funny and to contain "A
succession of droll situations. The incl
dents as may he surmised, depict the
doirgs of Reuben on his trip to New
York. Manager Curr3n. it is told; has
cast his characters with players whose
names are a guarantee that they rank
among the best in their profession
The romantic south has furnished Lot
tie Blair Parker with material for her
latest play, Under Southern Skies" "A
play which IS destined to rank as COM
panion piece to her great success, Way
Down East" No section of our country
furnishes more picturesque material Tor
a play than THE Land of the Turtle
and the Orange Blossom" Mrs. Parker
has awaited herself of every chance for ro-
nance and fun, as effectively as she
grasped the peculiarities of New Eng
land people and put them on the stage
in Way Down East" The story of
Under Southern Skies" is as true, as
heart touching and as human as the
story of Way Down East" and it is
just as full of life, fun and frolic, char
acteristic of life below Mason and Dixon
line.y The stage pictures and settings
are more elaborate and beautiful than
even those of way Down East and
the company is larger and more expen-
sive Under Southern Skies will be
the attraction at the New Crawford or
next Sunday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
BOGUS CREDENTIALS.
Ticket Swindler Victimizes the Chi
cago-Kansas City Railroads.

Some of the Chicago-Kansas City
roads find they have been victimized
to a considerable amount through the
issue of passes obtained from them un-
der false pretenses. These passes were
issued in favor of c. F. Gaines, who
claimed to be a conductor on the Mex
lean Central road, travelling while on
leave of absence When making appli-
cation for the transportation he pre-
scented what purDorted to be creden-
tials signed by A. c. Hobart, superin-
tendent of the Mexican Central at Car
dinas, Mexico, and dated July 20. After
issue the transportation was discovered
in the hands of ticket scalpers. In
quiries were then made at the general
offices of the Mexican Central. and the
officials there stated that they had no
such man in their employ; that the
alleged credentials were forgery and
that the bearer of them must be
fraud. The International Ticket Pro-
tective bureau is now on a hunt for the
person calling himself c. F. Gaines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
B. F. DUNN RESIGNS,
Division Passenger Agent of the
Frisco Will Locate at Cherryvale.

Wichita, Kan, Sept. 14.-B. F. Dunn,
division passenger agent of the Frisco
road, has resigned his position in the
employ of the company and will engage
in business for himself. The news of his
resignation was confirmed by Mr.. Dunn,
who said he intended to go to Cherry
vale and engage in the general merchan-
disc business.
Mr.. Dunn has been railroad man
twenty-five years, eighteen of which
he has spent in the service of the Frisco.
After having held several minor posi-
tions and been promoted from time to
time he was made division passenger
agent about six years ago.
1t is announced here today that Mr..
Dunn's successor is G. w. Strain, who
has for some time held the position of
southwest division passenger agent for
the Frisco at Dallas. Texas.
Mr.. Strain will arrive in the city on
Wednesday, the 10th, according to d
message received today and he will take
charge of affairs Immediately upon his
arrival.
Mr.. Strain is comparatively a young
man but he is one well known and wide
ly experienced in the railroad business.
He has been located at Dallas since
something over a year ago when he was
made the southwest passenger agent
after the Frisco system had purchased
the Memphis road. for which he had
headquarters in Kansas City.
The Wichita offices are, congratulating
themselves on the appointment of Mr..
Strain to succeed Mr.. Dunn, as he has
a reputation, as a hustler for business.
Nothing is known of any consequent
point, and it is thought that there will
be none The local officers have not yet
been advised as to who will be sent to
Dallas to occupy Mr.. Strains place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
RAILROAD NEWS.
Annual Report of Santa Fe for
Year 1923.
Net Earnings Decreased ST.
312,53O from Last Year.
COST OF MAINTENANCE.
New Construction and Repairs
Lsed Up Big Sum.
13S Miles of Track Added Dur
ing the Year.

The Eighth annual report of the Santa
Fe has been made public by President
Ripley.
In making the report President Ripley
calls attention to the unusual conditions
which existed during a portion of the
year and explains the deficit in the net
earnings by referring to the damage
done by floods and the vast amount ex-
pended in improving all parts of the
system The gross earnings show a
considerable increase over the previous
year, the figures for 1903 being So, $780,
1917. as against $50, 135.0S5 for 1902, but
the expenditures made heavy inroads
into the net earnings. About 1000, 900
of the increase in the charges for main
tenance was due to general repairs made
necessary by unprecedented rainfall
through large part of the year and
eliminating in the floods in Kansas.
Excepting at a very few places the six
ty-six miles of main line In the valley
of the Kaw river from Topeka TO Kan
sas City and the large terminal yards
at Argentine and Kansas City were
submerged. There is no way of esti-
mating the loss of business caused by
interruption to traffic, but the actual
cost of repairs is appropriated at $780,
900. Other damage due to rainfall Grip
pied the service in other parts of the
company's lines.
NEW LINES AND EXTENSIONS.
Several new lines were purchased
during the year and many extensions
are reported in California and other
sections. In order to gain an entrance
to Oakland, Cal, the company pur-
chased the California & Nevada rail-
road, which included terminals at Oak
land and a right of way through that
city and the neighboring town of
Berkeley. The work of connecting this
branch with the main line at Richmond
already has commenced. Through the
purchase of two small lines in northern
California the Santa Fe has been en-
abled to enter a territory famous for
it's timber supply. and the Abo Pass
line between La Junta and Albuquerque
extends through mountain region rich
in mineral resources.
The lines composing the Atchison sys-
tenn, the opera ton of which ere en-
braced in the report, are as follows: