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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
Washington Southern Ry
schedule In efect Jan. 4th, l9O9.

Schedule in effect Jan. 4th, 1903.
Trains leave Union Station for Washington
and points north at 02, 8 90 and s 80 q. M,
IL Il, $50, 807, s 18, and IL SO p. M, week
days.
sundays-S 90 and SSS q. NJ. 12O SO7.
s Is sDd / 1 33 p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and points
south at 422, 437, 9 20 and II 80 8. M, 4:O2,
517 Qocal), and 80 p. M, week days.
Sundays-437, 7 IS, and 922 g. m. 4 OF,
57 Qocal), and 81 p. m.
Accommodation for Fredericksburg at S3
a. m. week days.
NOTE Time Of arrivals and departures
snd connections not guaranteed.
w. P. TAYL0R.
Traf. Mgr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31

HAVING concluded TO retira from
L business on account Of my health,
I have sold my stock to MESSR5.
ROSS & PIERCE, WIN will conduct the
business at The house | have formerly
occupied, 2l4 King street. These gen.
tlemen come to me we'll recommended
for integrity and for fair dealing. de.
sire 10 thank the public for the patronage
given me in the past and bespeak for my
successors the patronage and courtesy
extended to me. J. B. WATKINS.
We, the undersigned, having pur-
chased the stock and business OF Mr.. j.
B. Watkins will conduct the
FEED BUSINESS
as his Successors st 2l4 King street.,
Alexsudris, Va, ard hope by attention
to business, fair dealing and m m1dtrate
profits to merit portion, at least, of the
patronage Of the public.
Respectfully,
ROSS & PIERCE.
Successor to J. B. Watkins,
;vlrrJ In,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31

MOTICE.-Having qualified as administra-
~ tor Of the estate Of Horace A. Swsriz,
deceased. all persons indebted to ssid estate
are requested to max prompt settlement. and
all persops 10 whom said estate is in 'ebted
are requested to present their accounts prop
erly certified TO me for settlement.
Z. II. cox, Sergeant,
u24.l0t Administrator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
NO SCRATCHED TICKETS.

Mr.. J. Taylor EIlyson, Safe chair
man of the democratic committee, has
given az his opinion that any one
scratching the pledge on the ticket to be
voted in the democratic primary OF next
Thursday will iuvalidate the ticket.
In that event the judges of election will
be prohibited from counting the ballot.
He hiss wr ten to Nelson S Groome,
secretary of the Elizabeth county dem.
ocratic committee, to this effect.
The pledge lie to be printed on the
primary ballot by order of the State
committee, and many of the voters had
expected to eliminkte the pledge by
scratching 1t eff the ballot. 1t is the
general belief that this decision will be
The means Of keeping number Of voters
from participating 10 the primary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
FOR RENT

nOULTRY AND TRUCK FARM contain
L ing 6 and one. half acres Of land, Will
nine room brick dwelling, large sta le with
eleven stalls, ou.-houses, good water, large
lawn: beautifully situated on the COlum biz
Pile. lust south of Arlington Va, 10 minutes
ride ffom Wsshi 1etOn..
Rent S22. so per month. Will lease for tern
Of wears All Improvements in good condi.
lion THEO. N. JUDD,
6l7 E. street northwest, Washington D. c.
jy30 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS
Woodward and LOthrOp
New k-Washington-Paris
NEW SUMNER WASH GOODS.

Eight ousaud Beautiful Wash MsersIs VIII De sac
and all ne"
Lot Five Orgsndie this seasons NEST popular de-
white groands
Special price. 7 the yard. Regular price. 12ia
Printed Lawn
in black red
white polka dos
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
EDUCATION.
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute,
BLACKSBURG, VA.

Degree courses in Agriculture, Horti-
culture, Applied Chemistry, Applied &c.
ology, Civil, Mining, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Metallurey and
Metallorr ply, and Preparatory Veter-
mary NJ .dicine. Sixty-four Instructors,
Thoroughly Equipped Shops, Labora.
tories and Barns. Steam heating and
electric lights in dormitories; Library
j 600 vslumes. Farm of 100 acres.
School of Agricultural Apprentices.
(Nrp Year Course for Young Fs'mers.)
Total c,s 0' session of nine months. inclu'
ding tuition and other fees. board, washing
unifsrple, medical attendance, etc S270 GO
Cost e Vi-gi in students, $220 90
Thancx .essiOn opens, "Wednesday, Sep
tembrr 22nd, 1909.
PAUL r.. BABRINGER, NJ. D., J.. J.. D.
President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
KILLED HIS BROTHER.TN.LAW.

KILLED HIS BROTHER.IN.LAW.
Ga Thursday night Max Hirsb, OF
Hirsh Brothers who ruu a stable al
HarrIsonburg, Va, got iDto fight with
his brother.in-lsw, Louis Issacs, and
struck him scross the head with e
autlipg. Issscs fingered until 2 O'Clock
yesterday morning, but never regained
consciousness. Issac's sister, who is
the vile OF Arthur Hirsh, brother o!
the one who did the killing, had her
nose broken In the melee. Both men
are about thirty yesrs Of age and mar
fied. Hirsh was released on bail, bat
when Issacs died be was placed 10 jail.
Isascs, who Was killed, was originally
from Baltimore, and had worked about
FIVE years sgo 10 Washington. At the
time of his dta'h he was chief clerk In
Abel Miller's dry goods store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31
MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND VlR.
GINIA RAILWAY COMPANY,

SPRING SCHEDULE.
Steamers Of This Line Lssve Alexandria
on and after May 10, 1902,
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
SATURDAY at 4:30 y. m.
FOB BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS,
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphis snd
Kew York solicited and handled with care,
Through rates and bills Of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $3.50; round trtps
a. 30, Sts.erooms, one way, $i.60. Meals, 600.
REARDOH & GRIMES, Agents,
Foot Of Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-31

If you are contemplating anything in the
line of painting, Lesdbeaters want you. ts
come in and talk it over with them. They
WI show you points wherein. they excel
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14

Errand runners. are the want
ads.-quickest, cheapest and sur
est errand-runners in town. You
can climb up the want ad-lGd-
der to any reasonable. business
success, and personal indepen-
dence.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14

room for the sleigh and we dashed on
at high speed.
Good" 1 said, suppressing a sigh
Of relief. you have learnt your les
SON I see"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14
THE Neutrality-suspicious. SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY 1903
1MuuNlMInaRHlau7l116N1zzg1&

and Joined the other police in a vigor-
Gus attack upon the crowd.
The situation was again critically
perilOus
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Comparisons may be odious, but they are
The spirit OF emulation impeis
us to compare our achievements with
those Of others. This Is as true. OF cities
as OF individuals
The one phase Of civic activity which In
America consumes much OF the public
revenues, and which by its very nature
has generally baffled all attempts at COM
parison, is the public school system.
Because the school deals in individuals
rather than in inanimate materials 1t has
been claimed that 1t Is impossible to COM
pare the system OF one city with that q
another in achievement. There are many
respects in which the claim is a valid one.
Nc measurement can be devised which will
tell whether character Is more efficiently
developed by one system than by another,
but many material tests can be made.
During the last two years the Russell
Sage Foundation Of New York City has
conducted an extensive investigation into
school conditions in different American
cities. The results Of this inquiry will fur
nIsh educators all over the country with
facts concerning their schools which they
cannot afford to ignore. + announce
msnts which are now being made and
which win soon be put IN their entirety at
the disposal OF school authorities tell for
q large number OF American cities such
facts as the number and cost OF repeaters,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Mass, only SIS per cent Of the children
have to go through the grades more than
once. Camden, New Jersey, sends 80 per
cent, OF its children through the grades
twice. Cities which spend large proper
lions Of their school funds upon educating
repeaters, rave inefficient school systems.
Among fifty-five cities studied, Omaha
ranks in twenty-second place, with 10 per
cent, of its children in the repeating class.
1t costs this city nearly S725, 900 a year for
its schools. OF this sum about $97, 600 rs
annually spent for educating repeaters.
schools Better Fitted for Girls Than
Boys.
1t has long been known that more girls
than boys go to High scnool and more
girls than boys stay to graduate. The
Russell Sage investigation has shown for
the first time that in our elementary
schols as we'll girls fare much better than
do their brothers. In other words the
schools are better fitted for girls than for
boys. This is true in Omaha as elsewhere.
In the average city in this country there
are ID per cent more retarded boys than
girls, 13 per cent more boy than girl re-
peaters, and II per cent more girls than
boys complete the elementary school
course. Whether or not this is the result
of the much discussed Termination" OF
our schools caused by the great preponder-
ance OF woman teachers is a mooted ques-
ton. What has been definitely shown Is
that our schools are better fitted to girls
than to boys.
Arg Conditions ImprOVingS
h question of tendency is not less In
teresting han that OF conditions, II ouI
schools are not so good as they ought to be
or poorer than we thought they were, 1t Is
important to know whether they are on the
upward OF downward path. The records
Of fifty cities have been studied to find out
what change has been taking place In the
last twelve years In the proportion oil
pupils reaching the upper grades. Taking
the group as a whole a gradual but steady
improvement is noticeable. OF the fifty
cities studied, conditions in thirty-five are
improving. while in the other fifteen the
contrary is the case. The city of Omaha
is in the former class. Here the records
of the past twelve years show a distinct
upward trend.
Index OF Efficiency.
1t has been said there are many phase;
OF educational work which BATTLE attempts
at cumulative comparison. We canno
measure the effects OF education on chill
dren who pass through our schools. Their,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

are, however, certain phases of the work
Of our school systems which we can
measure and combine so as to shape them
into standards Of measurement and com
parison.
dren leave school before completing the
elementary course; we also know our
schools are overcrowded in the lower
grades and contain few pupils in the upper
ones. In other words, the alto of fin
ished product to raw material is lower than
It should be, while the size or the plant
is greater than 1t should be for the work
1t is doing.
By finding the product of percentages
which give us the measurement of these
two factors we may arrive at a single
figure which will tell us, quite accurately,
how nearly the school system is fulfilling
Its mission of supplying an elementary
education to each child with the least pos
sible amount of waste effort. Perfect eff
ficiency IN a human organization is as i'm
possible as 1t is in a mechanical c~ontrivance.
Were such a thing possible we should find
this efficiency expressed by 100 per cent.
Among sixty-one school systems thus
studied. Fitchburg, Mass, most nearly ap-
PAOaSAASS I'm AN~aAI ~ al lhnCA u CT
ficiency Of SO. Camden. N. j.. and Erie,
Pa. stand at the other extreme with in
dexes of 20 and % per cent. respectively.
Omaha is In the eighth place on the list.
with an index OF efficiency of 70 per cent.
It is significant that the first seven cities
at the head of the list are in Massachu-
sets. When results are computed by
states, Massachusetts makes the best rec
ord, and New Jersey the worst. with Ohio
exactly I'M the middle position.
Immigration Not to Blame.
Almost invariably when 1t is shown tina
a city has a less creditable standing in any
respect than has been commonly thought
the immediate response is that no sur
prise should be felt in view OF the number
Of foreigners reaching our shores each
year.
This claim Is not s~ubstantiated by eondi-
tlons disclosed In the Russell Sage Inquiry.
Careful study has failed to demonstrate
that cities having large foreign popula.
lions have less efficient school systems
than most cities.
Among the large cities studied the con
trary is rather the case. This is shown BY
reference to the following table. which
shows for each OF eleven cities the indel
OF school efficiency and the per cent o.
persons of foreign parentage in the popu
~lation:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

point at which children begin to drop out
in large numbers. Many colored children
in Memphis and New Orleans leave in the
fourth grade. In Baltimore, Camden,
Newark and some other cities the fifth
grade is the dropping out point. Many
cities, among them Chicago, New York.
Philadelphia and st. Louis, first begin to
lose their children in large numbers in
the sixth grade. Then we have a class Of
cities where the schools have stronger
magnetic powers over their children and
keep them to the seventh grade. In this
group are Boston, Minneapolis, Grand
Rapids and some twenty other cities. -Four
Massachusetts, cities, Quincy, Fitchburg,
Waltham and Haverhill, lose practically
no children before the end OF the course.
They carry them through to the eighth
grade.
In the average American city the ten
dency is to carry all children to the sixth
grade, half of them to the eighth and one
in ten through the high school. Omaha
ranks in seventh place in respect to the
magnetic powers of it's schools. Here the
first grade, in which children begin TO
leave in large numbers, is the seventh.
Through the High school,
In the matter OF pupils who continue to
and through the high school there is even
greater variability among the different
cities thar in respect to the continuation
through the grammar grades. The best
record is made by Newton, Mass, wherc
for every hundred children who start in the
first grade OF the primary school thirty
eight continue through the high school
No other city makes nearly so good a rec
ord. Camden. New York, Philadelphia and
some other cities only carry three pupils
through. Among the fifty-one cities studied
Omaha ranks No. 2L. This city carries !
per cent Of all its children through the en-
tire course,
Rates of Progress.
The fact that the schools in different
cities have in them large numbers OF back
ward pupils means that many OF the chill
dren are not making normal progress
through the grades. In the STANDARD sys-
tenn normal progress means making
eight grades in eight years. Among the
thirty-one cities studied in the Russell Sage
INQUIRY in no case is this record attained
Aurora, Ill, where the children progress a.
an of eight grades in 81
years. makes the best record, and Erie
Pa, where the rate is 124 years to com
plete eight grades, makes the worst one
:, Reporters.
Educators are more and more beginninI
TO look upon the pupil who repeats grade
as a barometer of school ef
ficiency. The child who has to go over tn
same grade and remain In the same elias
year after year. because he or she canne
! keep up in studies with other children c
E the same asc. is technically termed a n
peater. In the schools OF tlfty-five Amei
{ lean cities studied, there are two millio
: school children. During the last seho'
year, is per cent, or nearly a third OF
million did not pass and are taking the
grades over. II costs nearly ninety mi
lion dollars a year TO run these fifty-fiV
Z school systems. About fourteen millio
y dollars OF this sum. is spent on the wast'
0 rI process Of repetition In somervill
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

the number of backward or retarded child
rem. the rate at which the pupils progress
through the grades, the proportion Of be-
ginners who continue until they graduate
from the elementary course, and many
other similar significant measures OF
school men for the first time standards by
which they can Judge their schools, COM
pare them with those Of other cities. and
discover how nearly they have attained
the highest possible degree of efficiency.
Some of these computations are Of especial
interest to Omaha.
backward Children.
A child who is older than he ought to be
for the grade he Is In constitutes a serious
problem for himself. his teacher and the
community, These children make the work
Of the school teacher much more difficult,
iii seats in already oyererowded school
rooms. and finally. becoming discouraged
at their slow progress through the grades.
drop out after having received only the
bare rudiments of an education. Some of
these backward or average children are
found In every school system. but they
are more numerous In some cities than
In others. Their presence furnishes one
good measure OF school efficiency. Among
lnlTly-Onc Clues SNhuicut McdAONui AAhoS'i
makes the best record with only rs per
cent of her children in the retarded class,
while the poorest showing is found among
the colored children of Memphis, whefe
70 per cent are retarded. In all OF The cities
studied a little more thar one-third Of
the children are above normal age for
their grades. These figures probably rep
resent with fair accuracy average condl-
tons in city school systems in this country.
Children who Leave school.
L In no school system In America do all
Of the children who enter the first grade
complete the course. Attention has been
called TO the fact that many Of the pupils
In all school systems are backward. These
backward pupils often do not stay 70
graduate. They become discouraged and
leave school before reaching the eight
grade. The process is termed elimination
It is OF the utmost importance In .judginl
the efficiency OF the schools OF a city. /
OF every 100 children who enter the school
but fifty complete a common sehooI educa
tOn. 1t means tina the schools are 40
doing what II is assumed that they do.
Among sixty-three cities studied Oman
occupies the seventh, place in respeC
TO the proportion OF pupils carried to tn
final grade, Here "a per cent Of the ehn
dren get a common school education: O
each hundred who begin seventy-four cor
tinue to the eighth grade and twenty-si
drop out
where xOdus Begins.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20
Pet. Pet. For
CnhAAN aNgn~ Den

These figures will surprise those who en-
terrain the common belief that this I'll Is
directly traceable to the immigrant Among
the cities In this table the three most
.American-Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New orIeans-aTe the ones having the most
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

These enlisted men have been transferred
from the line to the hospital corps upon
the recommendation OF the chief surgeon
OF the Department of the Missouri. They
are Privates C. P. Kiefey Of Troop b.
Second cavalry. A. A.. Lee OF Troop B,
Eighth cavalry. and Bert Young OF the
counted service unassigned at Fert Robin
son. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20
Attorney a. law.

Attorneys at Law.
Hon. ]. c. Gown. ........ Omaha, Neh.
General Counsel of Company.
John stout of Hall 4 Stout, Omaha, Neb.
Geo. H. Prichett. ......... Omaha. Neb.
Building n Loan Associations.
Thos, A. Fry. .......... .Omaha Neb.
President Nebraska Building and Loan
Association.
L. M. heeno. m NED.
President Fremont National Bank.
LuLner DraEe. . ...s..... OmaAa, Nep.
President Merchants National Bank.
Frank Moriarty. .......So Omaha, Neb.
Cashier Packers National Bank.
F. e. White. 49,. 800. Ashland. Neh
Cashier National Bank of Ashland.
Rainold Folda ........... Clarkson, Neb.
Asst Cashier Garrison Bank.
Emil Folda ............. Linwood. Neb.
President Farmers and Merchants Bank.
+. B. Knapp. ...... Cedar Bluffs, Neb.
Cashier Bank of Cedar Bluffs.
c. H. Beaumont. ...... Madrid, Neb.
- President Madrid State Bank.
p. c.. Erickson. ......... brewster, Neb.
Cashier international state Bank.
G. F. McGrew. ....... Omaha, Neb.
Vice President Omaha National Bank.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

inefficient school systems, while the most
foreign cities-Chicago, New York. Cleve-
land and Boston-are shown to have very
much more efficient educational plants.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20
Certificate of
Publication

State Of Nebraska, office Of
Auditor of Public Accounts.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. LIST. 1909.
1t is hereby certified that the
State Insurance Company of
Nebraska, OF Omaha, In the
State of Nebraska, has COM
piled with the Insurance Law
Of this state. applicable to such
companies and is therefore
authorized to continue the
business of fire Insurance lii
this state for the current year
ending January 31st. 1910.
Witness my hand and the
seal of the Auditor of Public
Accounts the day and year
first above written.
(Seal) SILAS r. BARTON,
Auditor of Public Accounts
c. e. Pierce, Deputy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Brigadier General Charles Morton. COM
handing the Department Of the Missouri
will return from the east Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Honorable discharges by purchase from
the regular army have been granted Ser
geant r. W. Harris OF Battery z, Fourth
field artillery and Privstes Walter Collins
and Morris Jacobson OF Troop B. Eighth
cavalry.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20
Comparisons in School Efficiency

Written Especially for The Bee by Leonard P. Ayres
of the Russell Sage Foundation, New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Quick Action for Your Money-You get
that by using The Bee advertising columns
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Company L, Third battalion of engineers.
consisting of three officers. 156 enlisted
men, eighty-four animals and twenty-four
pontoon wagons will leave Fort Leaven-
worth June 30. by rail for Toledo. Ohio,
to take part in the military tournament
there. which begins July S. Proposals for
the transportation of the were
opened at the office of Major D. F. Nc
earthly, chief quartermaster of the De-
partment of the Missouri. The award has
not yet been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

my child nearly died with Cholera
Infantum. Wakefield's Blackberry Bal
sam saved fits life"
Mira. II. D. Schofield. ChriSman. Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

Captain John C. Raymond OF the Second
cavalry who was shot last week by ono
or the enlisted men of his command at
Fort Des Moines. is still In a critical con-
dition. While he may eventually recover,
the wound Is of such a character that he
will be partially paralyzed for life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-20

The Missouri Pacific has secured the con-
tract for transporting Battery E, Fifth
United States field artillery from Fort
L~eavenworth to Omaha, on It's way to the
artillery target range at Sparta, Wis. From
Omaha the battery will be transported to
Sparta over the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul. The shipment OF the battery and
its equipment of men, artillery, horses and
miscellaneous baggage will require twenty
four cars.
The battery will reach Omaha the night