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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
Absolute Divorce for Mrs. Peel.

Justice Barnard has granted an alb
selute divorce to Mrs. Alice f.. Peel from
]. Erwin Peel The wife is given custody
of their infant child. and the father il
directed to pay SO for the care OF the
child. The wife waived her claim To
aimony. Attorneys r. r. Downing and
G. A. Berry appeared for the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
Will Address Virginia Farmers.

MY Experience as a Fairfax Farmer"
will be the subject of an address by Col.
John McElroy, editor of the National
Tribune. before an institute of the farm
ers Of the eighth congressional district OF
Virginia and their wives tomorrow after
noon at the Manassas Agricultural High
School. Prof Spilman Will deliver an ad-
dress on farm management. IL is pro-
posed to hold one institute month from
November to April. The girls of the do
mestic science class will serve luncheon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
Judge Kimball Tells Of His Trip.

Judge Ivory G. Kimball OF the Police
Court lectured last night at the q. A. r.
Hall on the West Indies Judge Kimball
told in detail of his recent trip as far
south as Guiana and exhibited a number
of stereopticon views taken from photo
graphs. The lecture was attended by a
large number of civil war veterans and
their friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
PAY DAYS DELAYED
Hardship on School Teachers
and the Reason.
LAW AND THE SYSTEM
Pay Roll More Than Clerks Can
Handle in Time Limit.
FIRST OF YEAR THE HARDEST
Changes in Personnel, Transfers,
Etc. an Immense Tax on
Secretary's Office.
FIRST OF YEAR THE HARDEST

On the first and second days Of Oc-
tober great many milkmen, grocers.
washerwomen and others knocked on the
doors Of small army of school teach
ers, asking for the regular monthly set
Element of accounts.
We have not been paid yet was the
answer.
The tradesmen came around week
later and received the same reply. Not
until the 18th of october were the school
teachers of the District of Columbia able
to pay their bills. Seeing that the check
previous to the October check had been
received toward the end of June. there
was a considerable financial drought no.
ticeable among the returning school
teachers.
A teacher came back from a summer
hard, studying for the more complete
grasp Of the subjects which she taught
She brought back the germs of typhoid
and fiat purse. She had to have
money-and contracted a loan shark debt
of S275-the debt netting her only $40
Another teacher, coming home to md
sick mother had to have money in
stantly. She contracted with loan
shark to pay 800 for the $50 she re-
ceived.
A woman fortunate enough to have
some real estate had a loan at bank
The October check was so much delayed
the note. She was lucky woman, fOr
there are a thousand other teachers who
have no real estate-and many of them
had outstanding obligations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11

Mrs. Catherine Montague Egan. former
Iy of Martinsburs. w. Va. died Of diabetes
and general debility at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Leila Long. in Hagers-
town. Md. Mrs. Egan. who was relative
of ex-Gov. Montague of Virginia was
sixty-hve years old and had been residing
in HaEerstoWn for three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11

Tho criticisms of the teachers are aimed
at the ONCE Of Harry o. Hine, secretary
of the board OF education. His ONCE Is
choked with work all the time. The pay
rolls are looked after during the month
by one clerk. When II comes time 10
make them ready for the auditors office
| all the clerks In the ONCE are put on IT.
For a year past the force was relieved Of
the work Of typewriting the rolls. an
outside typewriting bureau having the
work. The auditor for the State and
other departments refused to .. h. the
voucher for this firms work, and I'm Sep
tember the clerical force at the Franklin
building did tire typewriting. 1t requires
the use of very difficult and cumOer-
some long-carriage machine, but the
typewriting Is not the greatest part OF
the work by any means. To get out the
delayed October pay roll help was called
in from several of the principals Offices
throughout the city.
One OF the teachers said recently:
THE clerks at the Franklin will tell
YOU that the delay Is caused by the in
adequate force. the school law. the de-
cision Of the auditor. etc. IN 1900 there
was a force OF one clerk, and the teachers
were invariably paid on time. Now there
is an army Of clerks in comparison. Has
the increase in school population since
| 1900 been so phenomenal as to account
| for the delay? That the delay antedated
the present school law is shown by the
| fact that the law was passed I'm 1906, and
the delay in payments began between
| 1900 and 1906
THE true cause OF the delay might
he traced to the same source which in
September delayed not only the checks,
but also the chalk and ink
Alonzo Tweedale, auditor for the Dis
| trict of Columbia. tried to help the
teachers and the secretary OF the board
/ OF education by having the pay rolls
printed and typewriter by outside help.
The printer found out. after one month
of the job, that he was losing money
and backed out OF the job. Then a type
| writing bureau took hold and handled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
Would Benefit the Majority.

II is practically impossible to ask every
teacher whether or not he or she would
rather be paid in twelfths, but il II the
opinion Of several of those at the head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11

These experiences came TO light Wnlle
Star reporter was running down the
complaints of many teachers that the
entire teaching force is dissatisfied with
the present ten payment system i'm force
in the schools-and at the delays always
experienced with the October checks.
The teachers say that aside from the
embarrassment in the matter of pay
there is positive discredit In the business
! world due to the uncertainty.
Bad as was the delay in October. the
fact that a change i'm the methods OF
getting out the pay rolls i'll November
made the second check of the year few
DAYS late has scared a great many
teachers, who absolutely must have their
money when IL is due them, the LIST or
I'd of each month.
Some of the teachers who dared to
talk on the subject declared that the
payments should be made once month
the year round. They do not want the
ten-payment system. School omcials
declare that thirty-year-old decision OF
ible for the system. The teachers say
that the federal law provides for the pay
of government employees in twelfths and
that the teachers pay should follow
that rule. On the other hand. an Of
fetal of the schools. who is paid once
each month, under the provision for Of
ficers and clerks. says that teachers
ought to set aside certain portion OF
each months pay to tide over the sum-
mer To answer this take the state
ment of a school teacher:
1T seems at first glance that teach
ers are well paid. Many do manage to
save a few dollars. but IL any careful in
vestigation Is made, as has been done
under the Russell Sage foundation in
New York city, it would reveal the great
inadeauacy of their pay to meet current
expenses and keep up the constant i'm
provement in themselves which is de-
manded by modern methods and ad-
ministration Of schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-11
Not Asking Extra Pay.

1t should be DOrne III mlnu tndl the
teachers are not asking for extra pay
during the summer. They want their
entire years salary split into twelve
monthly payments SO that in July and
August and September they will be able
to count on a fixed sum. They also
want to have their October 1 check, the
first of the school year. reach them Oc-
tober land not October II. But the
present arrangement for the making out
OF pay rolls makes this last impossible
and il is frankly admitted in the office
where the rolls are made out.
A Star reporter called on Secretary
Iine and told him that complaints were
being made by teachers because the hrst
pay Of the year had been late and there
being made on time. Mr.. Hine showed
| the workings of his office and later on he
and Capt. oyster. president OF I've board
OF education had a conference Son the
subject OF red tape.
After it was over Capt. Oyster made
the emphatic statement that, no matter
what happened. the future pay rolls
would be made out on time. He did not
have reference to the October l pay rolls.
But We have lot OF detail that We
cannot get rid Of simply because the
government requires it. If the system is
| at fault then we ought TO remedy 1t.
| The schools are growing and there is lots
Of work attached to the clerical part.
For instance. a teacher wants a box of
chalk She signs the reuuisition. the
property clerk signs 1t. the secretary
signs II, the superintendent signs tin
all there are about seven signatures and
three copies of the reauisition. l get
three hundred and more Of these requisi-
tions a week. and that is only part of
the multiform detail 1t looks as IL the
Office force at the Franklin building Is
overworked as II Is. But, anyhow. We are
going to get those pay rolls out on time"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-09-02
DISEASE BREEDING
PHILIPPINE CIGARS
President Perkins of International
Cigar Makers Union Gives Some
Information Relative to Health Con-
ditionS.

Excerpt of letter to Mr.. George W.
Perkins, President, International Cigar
Makers Union, by Mr.. William Bancker
of Springfield. Mass
Being very much impressed with your
articles on the Philippine tariff bill, 1
wish to call attention TO a phase of the
question, which so far as l have seen, has
been entirely overlooked Namely:
health. And if it becomes n law, which
seems to be foregone conclusion at the
present time as the trade has offered it
self as sacrifice
would like to have the following
published in our journal. hoping it may
be of some Use to our locals in fighting
these goods.
served two years in the Philippines
in the army. mostly around Manila and
out of curiosity 1 visited u number of
shops there. Now, every soldier knows
the uncleanliness of the average Flip
pino. and if You ask him he Will tell YOU
that many poor fellow came home in
box by too close association with them
as they are poison to the white man.
They are all affected with a skin disease
and large majority are covered with
open sores or sears. Leprosy. eri-beri
cholera. beubonic plague and other infec-
tIous diseases. are. rs everyone knows.
prevalent there. They sit half naked and
work and scratch. while the air Is rank
with the smell of decayed fish and rank
cccoanut OIL. which the women use on
their hair Now, imagine one OF these
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-09-02

natives, whose teeth have rotred black by
the constant chewing of the betelnut,
biting out heads, which I took particular
notice TO see If they did, and using their
spittle TO help paste the heads on their
work, and you can form some idea OF
whar the American smoker Will get when
the trust dumps these far-famed Manila
cigars on the market The United States
government spends thousands of dollars
TO quarantine against these Asiatic dis
eases, and when one leaves the island
for this country, himself and effects are
thoroughly disinfected and in the face of
all this our law makers propose TO put
their seal of approval on this bin which
will put into the mouths of thousands of
our citizens, a most prolific means of con-
tagion, and if as 1 firmly believe, it will
be the means of injecting those filthy Ash
attic diseases into the blood of the Amer
lean people the present administration
can thank itself for it 1 mean that
even the trust smoker, if he has these
things brought forcefully upon him, will
think twice before purchasinf these
goods,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-09-02
Officers West Virginia State Fedora
ton of Labor.

VIM. F. WEIGH. President 1901 Eoff
Street, Wheeling, w Va
FRANK w. SNYDER, Secretary-Treas-
urer, BoS $50, Charleston, w Va.
w. R. HARRINGTON, Ist, Vice Presi-
dent, 46+ South Chestnut St Clarks-
burg, w Va
J. P. McGREw, end Vice President
Charleston, w. Va
o. E. MCMILLION, Srd Vice President,
SII Ridgeley Ave Fairulont, w. Va.
P. NJ. OUANN, 4th Vice President, sI4i
Jacob Street, Wheeling, w. Va.
J. T. FIELDER, 5th Vice President,
Huntington. W. Va
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-09-02

The union label will make you friends
and draw on business. Demand it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-09-02

Demand the union label on your pur-
purchases
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
PREPARING FOR BIBLE STUDY.

Six Students Enrolled in the New
Department of Missouri School.
The new preparatory department OF
the Bible College of Missouri has en-
rolled six students. E~ch is a candi-
date for the ministry.
Dean Charles M. Sharpe of the Col
lege says this beginning is very en-
couraging. He hopes that the depart
ment will serve the School of Educa.
ton High School of the University
of Missouri as the college is serving
the university by giving the young
men and women religious teachings
which state is forbidden to do
through it's public schools.
The next aim of this department,
according to Dean Sharpe, is to give
those young persons who desire to
become preachers in the home land or
missionaries in the foreign fields, an
early preparation so that those who
find themselves untitled, or the pro-
fession undesirable, to drop it before
it is too late to study for another vo-
cation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
SOCIOLOGY NO PLEA FOR VICE.
Prof. Brooks Denounces 1t And Calls
Summing a Kindred Evil.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 11-"Sociology is
not an excuse for being caught in
places where no reputable person has
any business. That particular excuse
may have been clever once, but it is
played out now. If any of my stu
dents are ever arrested and are so
unwise as to plead their status as soci-
ologists in exclamation l shall hurry
Instead shall appeal to the prosecu
tor to demand the extreme penalty of
the law in their cases."
In a lecture Prof. Robert C. Brooks
of the University of Cincinnati spoke
as above in dealing with certain con-
ceptions of the science under discus
sion. In addition the practice of slum-
ming came in for castigation.
Stunning" said Prof. Brooks, lis
either genuine, in which case it is an
outrage, or faxed, in which case it is
worthless for purposes of social OBJ
servation. When it is faxed the
course OF the sightseeing automobile
is simply turned toward Chinatown
and the tiger. is shown considerably
larger than life, and hence is unnat-
ural. 1t is merely unwarranted in
trusion in the privacy of people whose
rights are dear to them as the rights
of the we'll to do and rich are to those
classes.
The sincere student who wishes to
supplement study of books with OBJ
servation and experience may find
many perfectly legitimate means of
gaining his end. University settle
ment work is most valuable in this
way. Friendly visiting for the asso
ciated charities and some forms o
church work are also very helpful"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
"NE[[O Girl
FORETELLS QUAKE
She Guessed 1t From False
Signals Coming Off
the Wires.
1T CAUSED POOR SERVICE
Reeder Says Aurora Borealis
Was Responsible for the
Telephone Trouble.

Better say your prayers, girls
There is going to be an earthquake
Miss Ida Potter, the chief operator of
the Columbia telephone exchange
gave the foregoing warning to the
hello girls" the day before the slight
earthquake felt in Columbia last week.
Signals from the lines had been com.
ing in all morning apparently of their
own accord.
Il know something is going to hap
pen" explained Miss Potter THAT
is the way the wires acted in ST.
Louis five years ago. and We had an
earthquake shortly afterward."
Miss Potter predicted the earth
quake not only to the telephone girls,
but to those at her boarding house
she said that something was going to
happen.
When subscriber lifts the receiv-
er from the hook" said Miss Potter,
"a smaller shutter drops down, disclos-
ing red signal and connecting the
wires of a light on the operators desk.
The operators were kept busy answer
ing bogus calls all day. OF course
they had no way of knowing whether
the signals were real or caused by the
electrical disturbance, so they had
to answer every one of them. Then
the service was very bad that day
1t was impossible to get good service
on long distance calls or even on
rural lines. | reported the trouble to
the trouble man but he was unable to
stop it.
George Reeder, director of the Mis-
souri, section OF the United States
Weather Bureau, says that the the
earthquake had nothing to do with the
Quer action of the wires
The queer circumstances OF the
signals coming in of their own accord
was caused by strong Aurora Bore
ais, which was visible farther east
but was very dim here. The Aurora
BorealiS was SO strong in the East and
in Europe that in many places tele-
phones which were disconnected from
their batteries, registered calls and
conducted conversations in the usual
manner, due to the strong electrical
influence of the Aurora"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
FROM HIS FARM TO CAFE.
Mr.. Pemberton Will Furnish Fresh
Produce to Girls Dormitory.

NJ. H. Pemberton, who is erecting
dormitory for girls at the southwest
corner of Conley and Missouri ave-
nues, says that vegetables for the cafe
will be furnished fresh from his own
farm.
LAS far as possible" said Mr.. Penn
berton, . will use produce from my
farm and thus every thing will be
sure to be good" The dormitory
will be finished by November 1. 1t
will accommodate thirty girls. In
the basement will be a cafe open to
the general public. Apart from this
will be a dining room for the occu-
pants of the dormitory and outsiders
desiring regular meals. Here sew
enty-fve people can be accommodated.
The building will be heated by steam
and will be modern in every respect.
Mr. and Mrs. Mcbride will have
charge of the dormitory.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
Illinois University Income.

The income of the University of
Illinois is derived from the proceeds
of the endowment received through
the land grant" by congress in 1862,
amounting in 1905 to $3O,S97.76, the
congressional grant of 1887 to the
agricultural experiment station of $751;
900 per annum, and the further con-
gressional aid of 1890 for the expenses
of instruction of $4,000 per annum;
from fees paid by students, about
$4,000, and from state appropriations
The latter during recent years has
been very liberal.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
Miss Leitch Heads Women.

At the first meeting of the Women's
Council Friday. Miss Mary Leitch was
elected chairman and Miss Eva Row.
land temporary secretary. Miss
Leitch is a junior in the College of
Arts and Science and is the represen-
tative of the School of Education on
meeting of the women of the univer-
sity this week, as her position is chair
man of the women as well as the
council.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
Fast RaIIpIayer EnrolIs.

Sidney Lindgrove, of Kansas City.
who played shortstop on the fast Kan
sas City Central high school team last
spring, enrolled in the University of
Missouri today. That team defeated
the Joplin high school for the state
championship here last May. Lind
grove practically won the game for
his team by timely single in the
twelfth inning which scored two men
and prolonged the game three innings.
he also led the Missouri Valley high
school league in both fielding and bat
ting.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
HATLESS FAD AT WELLESLEY
Students in Girls School Will Go
Without Headgear.

Wellesley-The Wellesley College
girls are returning for the school year,
and every train brings in a bevy OF
the fair students who come either to
start or resume their studies at the
college.
From present indications the stu
dents at this college will go bare
headed for the greater part of the
year. Saturday the campus and town
were swarmed with the young wo'
men, all of whom we're we'll wrapped
in heavy coats or sweaters, but nary
a hat could be seen. They will con
tinue to go without their headgear
with the exception of certain occa
sions, as one young woman stated
1T is the proper way to e.'-Bostor
Post.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
OFF TO A CHURCH CONVENTION
Delegates Go From Columbia to Pitts.
burg Meeting.


The Rev. Madison A. Hart, pastor
of the Christian church; c. NJ. Sharp,
dean of the Missouri Bible College;
T. E. Winter, professor of the Old
Testament in the Bible college; Mrs.
l.. w. Saint Clair, president of Chris
tian College; and Mrs. Rosa Ingels
left today to attend the annual con-
vention of the Christian Church in
Pittsburg. They are delegates to the
convention from Columbia
From here the party will go to St.
Louis, where special train will be
made up to carry delegates from this
section of the country to Pittsburg.
This convention is also the centennial
of the beginning of the churoh's work
in this country.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
Freshman Friehtens Negro Boys.

A freshman in the Missouri State
Military School picked up his rifle to
record its number in his notebook
while watching the football practice
Friday. Three negro boys on the next
row of seats on the bleachers noticed
the movement. Immediately they be-
gan to yell, and, with the students on
the bIeachers urging them to increased
speed, ran until they reached the west
entrance of the athletic grounds.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
U. of M. Woman Goes to Teach.

Miss Henrietta Bowman has ac-
cepted a position as teacher in the
Excelsior Springs high school. Miss
Bowman was graduated from the Col
lege of Arts and Science last June,
and has been in Columbia since Sep
TENDER 20 taking graduate work. She
left Columbia this morning.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
GIennon Club Picnic Saturday.

About forty members of the Glen
non club, at a meeting Friday night,
decided to hold a picnic next Saturday
The Glennon club meets
every two weeks. 1t is composed of
Catholic students of the University of
Missouri
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
CALL FOR A STUDENT PASTOR.

Charles Swift Will Preach at Wells
vile Christian Church.
Elder Charles Swift of this city has
been called by the Christian congre-
CATION of Wellsville, Mo-, for the en-
suing year. Mr.. Swift is a student in
the Conege of Arts and Sciences at
the University. He will continue his
studies here.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
Recital at Stephens COLLEGE,,

The first of the series of faculty
recitals to be given at Stephens Col
lege this season will be held tonight in
the college auditorium. 1t will consist
of selections from Bach, Chopin, Faure,
Derussy, Phillip, Wider and List, by
Basil Deane Gauntlet.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11

A reception for Baptist students and
their friends was held in the parlors of
the Baptist church last Friday night.
The evening was spent Informally in
getting acquainted.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11

At Turcoing, France, five couples of
people celebrated their golden
the other day. Great festi-
vities were provided for the occasion
by the municipal authorities.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-11
@ CLUB TO GIVE A PLAY.
AspiTants for FootIight Honors Should
See Vaughn Bryant.

The Q club, a dramatic organization
in the University of Missouri. will give
the first play of the school year about
ing to appear before the footlights in
the university auditorium should ap-
ply to Vaughn Bryant, 500 College
Avenue.
The Q club is successor to the Quad
rangle club, organized by Maxwell E.
can consul at Dunformline, Scotland.