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eighth grade work, three were from low eighth grade rooms which are supposed to prepare only the more competent pupils for high school, and only 14 had been regular eighth grade pupils during the year although some of these had attended school only a portion of the year. Considering this statement it does not seem to me at all strange that there were so many failures. As matter of fact the super vlsing principals recommend for the high school all pupils whom they re- gard as prepared for high school work. II is rare that those who are not rec commended succeed in passing the ex- amlnatlons. Considering that but four teen of these pupils were eighth grade pupils and that there were about $50 pupils in the eighth grades of the city
 the result of these examinations does not seem to me to be at all surprising
 I wish 10 add for the information of the board that the examinations for the High school are always made out with great deal of care and can rarely be called more difficult than should be given to pupils prepared for the High school The papers of the pupils who take the examinations are carefully corrected by High school teachers and the results are revised by another set of teachers whose special duty 1t is 10 see that no errors in correction are made. After the results are announced. any pupil who feels dissatisfied with his marks can have his papers re-cor rected by applying 10 the superintend- ent for this privilege. Upon the re- quest of pupils and parents, last week about ten papers were re-corrected and in no case did the result materially diff fer from the original marks. Our aim is always to be entirely fair to the pupils and at the same time not to ad- init to the High school pupils who dc not seem prepared for High school work. The former plan was for super : vlsing principals to recommend only about one half Of the pupils in the var. ious eighth grades and naturally, the result was that a large number of pu- plls passed the examinations although considerable number also failed The tendency of the past few years has been to admit to the High school on recon mendation. The supervising principals recommend all pupils who they think are prepared for high school work
 Recommendations are also accepted from the Westville Grammar school and from the Parochlal schools of the city. This leaves but comparatively flow pupils 10 take the examinations and renders the number of failures more conspicuous than formerly, al. though no more actually fail.s
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ASKS BRYAN TO
 STAND ON RECORD
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and an oxlgency should arise In which he would be called upon to exercise his discretion afilrmatively to maln- taining the parity between gold and silver, he would exercise that discre- ton He has not permitted himself to discuss in this campaign the issue of ant-imperialism, which was the para mount issue In 1900 as he declared, and in respect to which the policy of the republican party has been vindicated by the event so that tranquility and good government exist in the Phil ippine Islands and even the 1ndepend- istlas prefer republican victory to MT. Bryan's promises
 He now says that he favors the more rigid regulation of the rail- roads. in 1906 he expressed the view that the railroads could not be regu- lated because the railroads would own the regulators appointed by law. and therefore he was In favor of govern ment ownership. We hear nothing from him on this subject, Instead, by describing his platform not only as an announcement of principle, but as a protection against uncomfortable Issues. he has attempted 10 give bond to keep the peace with respect to gov ernment ownership. which by its mere announcement showed It's lack of the vote catching quality. He professes to have been the father, and now to be the heir, of the Roosevelt policies. and yet in no campaign of three in which he has taken part, and two of which he led. did he make them the paramount issues. Indeed, in the Parker campaign he took oc- casion to charge Mir Roosevelt with militarIsm and with being completely subject to the influence of corpora tlons. only to see him win the great est peace triumph of the world, and secure such an effective stamping out of corporate abuses as to elicit the admiration of the entire country.
 MT. Bryan professes to be the greet friend of labor and yet he was one of the chief supporters in the passage of the German Wilson bill that made la bor helpless for four years. He then proposed as a remedy for tho disasters Issuing of a flfty-cent dollar. which would have cut in half such wages as there were. and would have led to the hardest kind Of struggle on labor's part 10 restore It's wages 10 It's proper equivalent under the gold standard Tho country has been most fortunate that the fallecy of Mir. Bryans railroad proposition has been exposed without the cost of putting it Into actual governmental practice and IL will be years depression. to which 1t would be exposed in case of Mir. Bryans cleo ton, ma. be averted and if by republ.- can success fin November and subse. quent prosperity and by clinchlng of shown to be a prophet without honor"
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Continued from First Page.) only about half of the Bridgeport dele. gation and now has withdrawn.
 Judge Robertson will have the solid support of the New Haven delegation which numbers 27. The only man to whom any of the New Haven men were ever tied up was Henry A. Bsh- op and his withdrawal leaves them free to support Judge Robertson. The appeal of business men in different parts of the state that he make the run has been so strong that last night Judge Robertson said:
 If the nomination Is rendered me unanimously by the state convention, I shall consider 1t my duty as a demo- crat to accept 1t and make the run I will not, however, enter into any con- test for It nor will I seek to interest any delegates in my behalf"
 One of the leading members of the New Haven delegation when inform ed of the statement of Judge Robert son said: He will have the entire sup port of the New Haven delegation"
 Informed by telephone of Judge Rob- ertsons willingness to accept the nom- inaton, member of the Bridgeport delegation said:
 Judge Robertson, If he runs, will have the support of the Bridgeport delegation Mir. Bishop Is prevented from running by business interests and Senator McNeil, if he should now de- cide to run, would have the support of only part of the local men who go to the convention"
 It was understood In Bridgeport last night that Gen. Bishop would be will ing to accept the nomination for secre- tary of state, although he would not be willing to run for governor. He was out of the city. last night, but heads the delegation to Hartford to- day,
 Edwin $. Thomas, secretary of the state committee leaves this morning fo" Hartford. Tho committee will meet this afternoon and make the final ar- engagements for the conveptlon. The members of the New Haven delegation will leave in parties through the day and will make their headquarters at the Hotel Garde.
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teachers at the salaries standing against their names
 Gertrude Higgins, unassigned. sAoo. Beatrice Clark, unassigned, $b6o.
 Rose Galbraith, Welch kindergar- ten, s40O,
 Louise Nichols. Fair street kinder- earten. s400,
 Alice C. Clark, room 1b, grade 8, Scranton street, s7b0
 The report of the committees was accepted and the appointments made by them will stand.
 Supcrintendents Report.
 The report of the superintendent of schools was then read It was the first of the year and was short concise and full of meaning, He made several transfers and assignments during the past month and besides presenting sev- eral recommendations presented some startling facts regarding the reglstra- ton of the pupils of the city during the past week
 The transfers of the following teach CTS were reported:
 Margaret Paton Ivy street school, asst, Grade VIII to the high school, Helen Battin. unassigned to asst. Lloyd street kindergarten; Florence Quinlan, unassigned, asst Carlisle street kind ergarten.
 The following temporary assignments from the unassigned list were made:
 n.1A Vl.l, tA Grade VI, Eaton school; May I. Con- don, to asst Grade VIII. Roger sher- man school; sablna H. Connolly, to asst. Grade VIII. Ivy street school; Winifred A. Thompson. to asst Grade VI. Winchester school; Irene K. Dunn, to asst. Crate VIII, Ivy street school; Stella H Keane. to asst. Day district, extra teacher; Anna Gingold to Day district, extra teacher; Frances E. Hubbell to Day district. extra teacher; Bessie Reynolds to Cedar street. ex- tra teacher; Clara A. Fraser to Cedar street. extra teacher Nina H. Bigelow to Cedar street. extra teacher; Jessie E. Wharton to webster district, extra teacher; Marian F. Allen to Webster district. extra teacher; Mabel Freud homme to Winchester district, extra teacher; Helen P. Bright 10 Winchester district, extra teacher; Edith F. Elch- man to Winchester district. extra teacher; Hazel Cotter to Lowell district, extra teacher: Leah R. Kleiner to Low ell district, extra teacher; Mary ]. Close to Lowell district, extra teacher Florence F. stammers to orange street, extra teacher; Bessie J Rattlesdorfer to Orange street, extra teacher: Bea- tr!ce Clark to orange street. extra teacher, Catherine A. McGuinness to Hamilton street, extra teacher: Ger trude Higgins to Hamilton street, ex- tra teacher; Catherine Enright to Wooster district, extra teacher: Anna NJ. skelly to Wooster district. extra teacher; Charlotte H. Fabrique to Strong district. extra teacher: Bessie F. Russell to Strong district, extra teacher; Alice ]. Wrinn to strong dis- trict, extra teacher.
 The report of the superintendent had the following registration figures
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GUNN SAYS NO

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TUITION PUPILS
 BARRED BY BOARD
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 The first business to come before the meeting was the opening of bids for the new Prince street school. In contracting to do the mason and car penter work the D. H. Clark Co, was the lowest bidder, s73.57l. John B. Began, with bid of sl5,523, for the plumbing and heating, and Oscar Kampncr bidding soO5 for the paint ing were also the lowest bidders in their respective classes. Added to these bids was the architects fee. which brought the total cost of the building up to s90,6Ss.90. To fire proof the building would cost $6.676 more.
 As the finance board has not as yet made any appropriation for the build ing, no award of bids was given out. in- stead the committee on school build ings. Messrs. Spang and Betts. were empowered to confer with the finance committee to-day regarding the edu- cational appropriation.
 Bids were also received for the re- moval of the old building. D. M. Adams of 135 Saltonstall avenue of- fered Sl,1001.50 but his offer was un- occasionally outbid by A. Podolloff, who bid $25 more than the highest bidder. This offer created consider able merriment among those present
 Finance Report.
 The committee on finance rendered their report to the board. An item of considerable interest, not only to the members but to the public at large, was an expenditure of s4,758 for pro- tectin the scholars from danger of fire.
 In this expenditure, the cost of ar- ranging all outside doors, In such a manner as to prevent their being locked while school was in session was filed. The item also covered the equipping of all the schools with fire extinguishers on every floor. Changes in Teachers.
 A large number of changes in the was recommended by the committee on schools and acted upon by the board. The following resignations were accepted, to take effect Septem- Der 1, 1908:
 Marie Mussaeus, of the High school; Mary F. Berry. of the High school; May Bauman, of the High school; Jessie s. Hoag, of the Welch kinder garten; Josephine Hussey, Lloyd street kindergarten; Sister Aloysia Kavanagh, of St. Francis orphan asy- lum.
 mended that leaves of absence be granted the following teachers for the school year 190S-19o9.
 Mary l. Goodrich, High school, Frances Arnold, High school. The committee also recommended that leave of absence be granted to Helen Beecher, Lowell school, room 2, until Jan. l, 1909
 The superintendent appointed the following teachers and the committee recommended the salaries standing against their name: | Louise w. Danieson, High school. $850.
 Mary F. Allen, High school, $500. Catherine Quint, High school, $75o. Gussadana Countway, High school, $750.
 Ella F. Smith, High school $55o.
 Carolyn Hyde, High school $6O0 Frances Bauer, High school, $450.
 Vera Wright, High school, $550. Josephine Powers, High school, $500.
 Sister Amadeus Cuff, room 6, grade 4-b, St, Francis orphan asylum, $500.
 The committee also announced that it would employ temporarily, without formal appointment, the following
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2l4ss 2O5Os
.---Decrease of 21.

The above increase of 975 pupils throughout the city Is considerably above the normal average increase, which for the past several years has been about 75o The large increase in the attendance at the high school has raised the general increase throughout the city. Despite the crowded condl- tions that exist not a report of single pupils being refused admittance to the schools has come to the attention of the superintendent.
 In the Scranton street school there are at present registered s49 pupils, and crowded conditions are reported in many rooms. In one of the rooms at the Kimberly avenue school 61 pu- pills were reported as In attendance; the same number was also reported in the first grade at the Woodward school At the Wooster school about thirty scholars have applied for ad- mission to the first grade, about the number that can be readily accommo- dated. Three double sessions already exist In this school and 1t looks as though another would have to be in- stituted. Double sessions are now carried on in the following schools. Webster, l. Wooster, 3; Fair street 2; Lowell 9, Edwards street, i Ferry street, 2 Cheever 2 Washington, 1; West street, 1 Kimberly avenue, i. Cedar street, 1 Hallock street, i; Welch, 9; zunder, 2.
 Col. Ullman Speaks.
 In reporting on the condition of the Scranton street school Mir. Beede desired to be authorized by the board to open one or two rooms in the Oak street school to relieve the congested conditions at the former. This brought forth considerable opposition, es- pecially from Colonel Ullman, who strongly denounced the policy of the board In thinking of placing children in a building which had been con demned for school purposes.
 For the present the superintendent was empowered to open the schoo and in the meantime the committed on schools was to look Into the mat ter of getting the building into hab. itazle condition. He also was author. ized to open q basement room in the Wooster school until the opening ot the Greene street building on Janu: ary l.
 Supt. Beede Defends System.
 In referring to the recent criticism regarding the entrance examinations to the high school MT. Beede report. ed to the board as follows.
 q wish to make an informal state nent to the board relative to the en trance examinations for the higl school These examinations are giver in June and September, At the Sep temher examinations given last Tues day and Wednesday, forty-three candl dates took the examinations, of whom but one passed. Of course, comments were made on this and various reasons given for the failure of nearly the en tire list to pass the examinations. Fo this failure there was really but ont cause, viz The fact that practically all of these pupils were unprepared fol the high school and could not have any reasonable hopes of passing the exam nations. Of the total number of can di6ates taking the examinations, three did not complete the examinations, | were from out of town, 10 were iron the Seventh grade of the city schools and had not taken Eighth grade work two were from Sixth grade and had taken neither the seventh nol
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HARVESTER AHEAD
Great Colt, Which Never Start ed in Race Before, Winner
 at Syracuse.

Syracuse. x. Y. Sept li.-Although Minor Heir, the famous pacer who reel ed off a mile in :5s l-2 In Milwaukee last week, failed to equal that record, his plucky race against time against a
 rone breeze, making the mile In 2:01 l2. was the star event of the hrst tly. of the Grand Circuit meet at the
 The Harvester winner of the cot event, had never started in a race be- fore. He now holds the worlds record Tor tn fastest two nea-s ever trotted upon a first appearance and also the stallion record under these conditions.
 Summaries:
 The ka-Noo-No, hrec-ycar-oIds. 215 Glass, Trotting, 2 In 2, Purse sI ,00O. The Harvester, br. by Walnut Hall
 So'clei. . r. Geers, Memphis.
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Nance Royce, blkm., by Aller-
 ton. Black Alice, W. IT. Me
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 Time, 2:l0 l-f; 2;11 i-4.
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Developing and Printing

We use the Kodak Tank System of development for both plates and films, which produces a higher percentage of good negatives than any other method. Failures in development do not occur because fresh solution of tested tenn perature and strength Is used for each roll of film or set Of plates.
 We use "Velox" to make the print $ and we choose the grade and surface of paper which Is best suited to the negative. If your negatives are not satisfactory we are only too glad to assist you in making correct expos ures,
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Grand spec,n, ,o Ben, a,oo p.cor.

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 Time, 20 S-5; 30 3-i; l:SO; 2:1O i-2.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
TAKE CARE OF THE
CITIZEN FIRST

Editor The Press-Would you
kindly give space to short COM
ment on the Unemployed, and
what to do with them?"
rs "The idle brain is the devils
workshop" and the idle hand and
an empty stomach are the greatest
enemies Of the state. What shall
We 90 with our unemployed seems
to be the leading subject of the
hour. Where do all these idle peo-
pie come from? Has this great
army of unemployed sprung up
since election, or is there some
thing rotten in Denmark It
strikes me that there is something
fundamentally wrong which gives
rise to all of this idleness among
our own people. our own country
men, those who are here because Of
birth and are here to share the des-
TIMES of this nation. Notwithstand-
Ing all this talk of the unemployed
at home, we note that every ship
from Europe brings an additional
number of the riff raft to help
America do her abnormal amount
of work which she has to do. Would
it not be better for us to look to the
employment Of those who produce
the nations wealth In time of
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civil nor military obligation to this
country.
lie Those who treat these condi-
tons with contempt beware, for
history will repeat itself, and II
these conditions, inhuman as they
are, continue undated, the time
will come when the danger to the
country will not be from an invad-
ing foe but from descriptions and
dissensions from within. cit none
suppose that they will be exempt,
for in the language Of the great
statesman, Scion, 1.-THE common
curse of all comes home to each.
No door can guard him from the
furies' reach. Sch leaps the lofty
wall, hide where he will. In cell or
chamber, she shall find him still
Therefore, let us look TO the inter-
ests of those who constitute our
body of citizens in time of peace
and form the nations bulwark Of
defense and protection In time of
war. Respectfully, Russell F. Col
Inns.
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peace and form the nations de-
Tense in tim eof war, than to pay so
much attention to those emigrants
who owe neither civil nor military
obligation to this country?
Who is 1t that must 60 to the
front to protect the property of the
railroad and the corporation
against foreign invasion? Is it the
Jap or the European laborer, who ia
now doing the work of the rail-
roads, or is it the American citizen
soldiery, who is now out Of employ
ment and whose family is in starva-
ton and want? have no objection
to that foreigner who comes here
to better his condition and to share
the destinies of this country, be
they bitter or sweet; but he who
comes like the horse fly that lights
upon the back of a horse, sucks
himself full of blood and flies away,
for him l have but condemnation
and reproach.
Periods of abnormal construction
carried on by foreign labor cannot
but be followed by a period of en-
forced idleness. A nation can build
with it's own people as fast as that
growth is healthy, and ! therefore
unhesitatingly advocate the need
of alaf which will prohibit the cap
tains of industry, the trusts and the
railroads from employing, in time
of peace those who owe neither
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
GETS LOOSE FROM
JEALOUS HUSBAND

Vada Lowe Shultz was granted
D divorce from Arthur Shultz yes
terday evening by Judge Hinkle on
the ground OF cruel treatment due
10 an insane jealousy which made
the defendant charge the plaintiff
with all sorts of wrongdoing, after
one OF which family jars she
created a scene at their boarding
house by fainting away in presence
,pf the hoarders.
The Shultx wedding occurred less
than year ago. Shultz being a
mechanic in the carshops in Hill
yard. Mrs. Olson, mother-in-law of
Shultz, was frequent visitor. On
one occasion she said she had
given Shultz "a good talking to-"
causing him to subside to a great
extent.
Mrs. Shultz said she was much
panied when her husband object
ed to her speaking to the boys
used to go with, and the boys said
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter J. Nichols
& Col

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Southern
Pacific is in a position to be ad-
vanced any time. 1t is now worth
more than $50; many sell pfd and
buy the common stock. Katy,
Great Northern, Penna. and Cons.
Gas are reported from excellent
sources as being exceptionally well
bought. There is a demand for
calls on steel which appears to be
In temporary sagging movement,
but short coverings may be In
spired by rail orders. st. Paul,
Anal. Smelling, Lead and Rock
Island pfd. continue to meet offer
ings on rallies. b. r. T. and Inter
boro are bought by. Brooklyn politi-
clans. Gen. Electric is advancing
on increasing business. Bull tips
are also noted on Mexican Central.
Spot cotton in fair demand. Flu
lures opened steady. now steady at
1890 D. M; futures to 2 lower;
spots 4 lower.