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The Washington times., 1909-12-19
DAN CUPID SCORES
ANOTHER SUCCESS
Young Convent Student Out
wits Parents and Marries
Baltimore Man.

BALTIMORE. Md. Dec. 19.-Thej love
laughs al locksmiths has again been
demonstrated in the marriage of Miss
Catherine May Gaebcr. "a goUg COM
vent student from Shamoku. PA.
Dan Cupid however. outwitted the
nuns i'm charge Of the convent and also
the parents OF Miss Gmeber. who was
married Co John Edward Schorr. at ST.
Eiiza2eth's Catholic Church. Baltimore
street and Lakewood avenue yesterday
by The Rev Joha j. Murray
Il Miss Graeber left the convent on
Fhursday nisht and went 90 her home
i'm Shamokin At a o'clock Friday morn
ing while her parents and brothers and
sisters were fast asleep the young girl.
for she is only seventeen years OLD,
slipped quietly out the front door 20
he greeted by SchOrr. who had made a
special trip from Baltimore to meet her
The couple took a train Immediately for
Harrisburg, Pa, and after staying there
for three hours caught a train for Bal-
timore.
Mr.. schorr had the necessary dispen-
Fation from the cardinal for the mar
riage to Miss Graebcr i'm this city and
had told Father Murray OF ST. Eliza
| beth's Church, about his proposed step.
Mrs John g. Schorr. his mother. how
ever, had not been let into the secret
until the marriage license had boon Sc
cured. she suggested they postpone tine
wedding until Saturday as Friday was
2 bad luck day.
Mrs. SchOrr wired her parents that She
was married and received telegram
stating that the parental blessing had
Teen granted.
Mr.. SChorr rs only twenty-oue years
old and is q commercial Traveller.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
BOSTON FERRY BOAT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Blaze in the General Sumner Sup
posed TO Have Started From
Ofr,- Wrorto
Oily Waste.

BOSTON. Mass, Dec I9.-The ferry
boat General Sumner OF the south
Ferry running from East Boston, was
destroyed 10y FIRE early this morning
il is estimated that the damage viii be
about $1,000. AN OF the East Boston
fire department and the Ere boat sta
1ioned at the ext-sIip were called and
poured tons of water on The burning
boat. which finally sunk
The General Sumner was tied up at
the hospital slip. near the head Of the
harbor on the East Boston side and
how the fire started is not Yet deter
mined The whole OF the superstruc-
lure was destroyed.
II Is believed that the fire orIginated
IN the engine room. perhaps from q
piece of oily waste. when it was dis
covered g had made such hcadwav
that the great amount OF water poured
on II seemed 90 have little effect The
crne-al Sumner was built ga 1900 being
OF the newer type q ferry boats carry
ing freight and passengers.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
CASE Of LEPROSY
IN MASSACHUSETTS

NEW BEDFORD. Mass, Dec. o.
Mrs. Mary Martin was adjldeed today
by Dr. ,. w. Proctor, State expcr, ON
ieprosy, 60 be a lcper. and must spend
The rest Of her life on Penlsese Island.
Mrs. Martin. who lives in thickfy
settled neighbOrhOod. was quaranuued
DC was arranged that she be sent iru-
mcdiateiy 20 tile 1epar island. but the
wind was blow ne so strong from The
southeast that Il was dangerous 90 att
tempt The landing at the island and
the trip viii be undertaken romorrow.
Though she made no protest and
showed but little feeling when told that
size was n Ieper. Mrs. Noriu stoutfv
denies that she is q victim of the dis
ease.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
KANsANS 10 ORGANIZE-

Eansans in Washington are prepar-
ms 90 organize State society. The
oau VIII Tie ISSUED early In January for
the Preliminary meeting. Secretaries
of the Senators and Representatives are
taking The preliminary steps toward
7meCtng the new Organization.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
LONG WALK ON BET.

PRINCETON. n. j., Dec. 1.-Two
Princeton University students-Clinord
@. Dixon, OF Boontor, n. J., and Will
liam O.. Eelknap, Of Albany-are trying
TO walk today from Princeton TO Jersey
City, distance Of dfty-dve miles i'm
eighteen hours. they started at O'Clock
this morning, and. according % sChcd-
ule. are due at the Pennsylvania terni-
mai at Jersey City at 8 o'clock this
evening
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
GREATEST EAR OF CORN.

OMAHA. Neb., Dec. IS Fred C.. Pa
lir. of Newton. Ind. has tine best single
ear Of corn in the world ever produced.
while another Indiauan, j. r. over
street, Of Franklin, has the best ten
ears of corn ever seen. according to
the judges at the National Corn Ex-
position who have just awarded the
$50, 600 offered 10y the show and given
The first place Do both sweepstakes to
Indiana farmers
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
EMPEROR MENELIK
is REPORTED DEAD

ROME. Dec l9-Empcror MenelH1 or
Abyssinia is dead, according to dis
patches received here.
Iidj Eyassu, the heir TO the throne
accompanied by his father and "A body
of troops. has arrived at Adds Abeha,
The capital. and every prccautiou has
been taken to safeguard an interests.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
FORCED
TO GUST PARTNER
License for Magnificent Amuse-
ment Place in Cincinnati
Conditional.

CINCINNATI Ohio. Dee Ig-J0sepb
]. Gersou, v.hD "a few days ago paid
100000 for the beautiful Jewish
Phoenix Clubhouse and formed the
FhotniN ANU 7eUeut Company. has
been granted a. temporary license To-
conduct "a concert and dance han in
the magnificent clubhouse. on .hc pltI-
zion of Rabbi Louis Gr1ssmau one of
the D.tys most prominent citizens.
ur1u GcrsOn's promise TO eliminate n
certain Woil-l<uOWu sporting man from
The management aad run respectable
place.
The Washington times., 1909-12-19
VATICAN IN FEAR
Of NEW OFFICIALS

ROME. Dec. 19-Because OF the
known hostility Of certain members or
the new I-alia1 ministry there is much
alarm felt an the Vatican over it's ac-
cesSion % power
Slsnor sciaIoja is the new minister
of worship aud justice.
As a member Of the Giolotd cabinet
his first acts In office were extremely
hostile Go the church.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

laws. BY stretching things 1000 could
thus be accounted for, but there were
still $4,000 idle children left. Some Of
these, being under the age OF or over
the age of IA. would be out OF reach
of our compulsory laws. Saying that
half of this number would be out
of reach of the law on account OF age,
there would still be left on our streets
over 10000 children who should p
forced into the schools.
The deputy commissioner. referring
to the unsettled conditions after the
earthquake, thought it possible that
some OF these children. for whom the
city is drawing it's pro rata of school
tax from the state. might have attended
school in Alameda or other adjoining
counties last year. While this would
be exceedingly kind of the adjoining
counties, it is hardly probable. as the
estimate OF our scholastic population
is made upon a supposedly house to
house canvass made last May (1907)
But he stated that he did not doubt
that there were between 5000 and 1000
unenrolled truants in our city. He ac-
knowledged that he did not know how
many there were, where they were
or what they were doing, but his
one best guess was that there was
a suf1iciency of them and that they
were on the streets. He also stated
that the most effective way of en-
forcing the present child labor laws
would be to enforce the compulsory
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

education laws. II that w e possible
under the present system
Nobody knows just how many
children there are outside our schools.
nobody knows where they are or what
they are doing" said Principal r. D.
Faulkner OF the Horace Mann grammar
school. who did such notable work in
the parental schools a few years ago.
"And the worst of it is nobody cares.
You will find a dozen people in San
Francisco who understand the situa-
tion, and you won't find a half dozen
who feel concerned, even II they do
understand"
In an interview with superintendent
Roncovieri and Deputy Superintendent
Webster / was told that II seemed
that the enforcement OF the compulsory
laws was practicable only in reference
to children who had first been submit
ted to the law by their parents by en-
rolIment. and then only for a certain
fraction OF the school term. The
parental school. in connection with the
juvenile court, Is attempting to do
some good in bringing in children and
is using pupils who have been COM
mitted there as scouts in bringing in
other children who have not been en-
rolled of the streets; but they can
not accomplish much for the reason
given by superintendent Roncovieri.
This reason Is simple and can be easily
stated: There is not room In our public
schools for more pupils.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

for various reasons been enrolled IL
any school for a year There is q differ
ence of a round $4,000 between the
total enrolment and the average daily
attendance, which shows that there are
daily 5000 absentees from our schools.
The number of absentees could never
by any system be reduced to zero, even
If all children could be forced to be
enrolled and placed under perfected
truant system. Then, also, a large per-
centage of these children would be
under the age of g., and over the age
of IA, and not within the jurisdiction
of the compulsory law.
However, / began to realize why
there were so many children in sight
at any time of the day on any San
Francisco street
BY calling at the office of the bureau
of labor statistics in the Ferry build
ing, I found that there were over 600
children working In factories and
stores In San Francisco under permits
granted by the board OF education or
the Juvenile court, and q great number
of these were enrolled in the night
schools SO It was not here that the
$4,000 lost children of the city could
be located. However. Deputy Commits
sioner Jones stated that on reliable in
formation he believed there was as large
a number working in the various fac
tories and stores of the city without
permits, and in violation OF the labor
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

cheerful philosophy made his writings
. welcome visitor IA hundreds Of homes
'-xAnoetn. Pee. Holmes. II in. perhaps,
n coincidence that Poo and Holmes-
the pessimist and the optimist-shoufd
both have been born In Massachusetts,.
-Four names Of historical and literary
renown belong to England Shrews-
bury was the birthplace Of that cele-
brated English naturalist Charles
Robert Darwin. who. after receiving
an education at the fne old colleges
OF Edinburgh and Cambridge, retired
to the little village Of Down, in Kent,
to pass a life of scientific study and
research. and to produce those works
on the Darwinian theory which stirred
the deeps OF human thought.
William Ewart Gladstone. the Grand
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Old Man. OF Hngiish .r57ftf6s. -rhs
Great commonsr.- who disdsinsd ths
ofrer Of pesrags proposed 70 him On
several ocasions. the eminent statss-
man OF his age. flnanoier and orator.
who spent his life In the service OF his
country. serving In the difficult and
harassing ONCE OF prime minister four
times. and whose equal In the oompii-
Gated game played on Engiand's relit-
icai neld has pct to appear. first saw
the light Of day In Liverpool. Two of
the most eminent poets Of any age.
Edward FITZGERALD. whose delicate and
musical version of the "Rubaiyat,"
that masterpiece of the Persian, Omar
Khayyam. Is known to all lovers OF
beautiful verse. claims Suffolk as the
place of his nativity, and the fourth
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Of tho splendid quartet. Alfred Tenny-
sou. the son Of q vicar Of Great Grim
bE England, tho author Of In Memo
rfam.s that noble and deserved tribute
to friendship In the person OF Arthur
Henry Hallam. and the writer OF some
OF the most poetical and fluent verses IN
the English tongue. was born In Lincoln
shire. in the heart OF one OF the finest
hunting counties In the kingdom
II IL. perhaps. q question for the
analyst that two men OF such extraor-
dinRry musical powers should have
been born In the same year-Feiix
Mendelssohn- Bartholdy and Francois
Frederic Chopin, the one in Germany,
the other near Warsaw, Poland-while
America. neither in the year 1909.
which produced a galaxy Of shining
lights. nor in any other has been able
to produce men of similar achieve
ment2 Mendelsschn and Chopin were
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

gigantic figures on the musical stage.
and they yet loom large before q con-
serVatfvs musical public But two
men differing more widely In tsnpera-
ment. philosophy and habits could
hardly be found To Mendelssohn be-
longed the sane and sunny tempera-
ment OF reason; to the tragic and NOR
bid virtuoso, whose exquisite and mel
ancholy works for the piano prove the
trend OF his emotional thought. and
whom George Sand. after eight years
OF a romantic and singular friendship
for the unhappy composer, termed In
her novel. 'Lucrezia Floriani." "a high
flown. consumptive and exasperatfng
nuisance belonged the gloomy, half
insane, brooding disposition which
plunged its wretched possessor into In
describable miseries and despair. 1t is.
too, rather remarkable that the Polish
genius and the American inspirationaI
writer. Poe, should both have died In
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

October. 1s4s. and but 10 days apart.
Both men were subject to black at
taeks Of melancholy. and both were
tne possessors OF an erratic, fantastic
and vivid power OF expression which
mas left an tndelible mark on all time.
But for Lincoln and Holmes-the two
true Americans-we of America can
hardly be grateful enough. Every child
KNOWS what we owe to the nartyred
president. raised by spiritual power
from the humble occupation OF a farm
laocrer. progressively through several
stages. to height where. like Caesar,
ne saw and conquered" And as for
the genial. gentle poet. with his fund
OF wise, humorous, keen and kindly
philosophies. his charming talks over
the teacups. his sound and buovant
character, ripe and mellow as a red
checked apple-one may question Sc
riously II any year has yet given the
world his peer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

bakeries, groceries, real estate and In
surance Offices and residences crowd each
other in earthquake produced confusion,
there were to be seen from two to
eight children of school age, appar-
entity at play in the streets Of every
block from Cough to Fillmore. the
number showing a marked increase as
the car approached Fillmore. These
were not the most populous parts of
the city where most children could be
found, and I vaguely wondered If ]
were to go to Telegraph hill or the
congested parts of the Mission district
what sight would greet my eyes.
This was the thought which first
led me down to the Office Of the super
intendent of schools, where in response
to my request I was allowed to see
the footings ofythe census of last May,
and found that our city had popula-
ton of 1900 children between the ages
Of and II. AS the result of
a simple calculation by way of sub
traction and addition, 1 found that last
year, according to the census, which
is more or less correct, there were
over 15, 900 children of school age who
were not enrolled in any school, either
public or private, during the whole
year. This means $1,000 children who
do not attend for so much as one short
day any school Of any character.
The numbers of this doubtful census
were: Total scholastic population c.
to II years), 1881; number enrolled
in public schools, 1885; number en-
rolled in various private schools,
14,045; leaving a balance of Is, 109 chill
dren not enrolled anywhere, or about
20 per cent of the scholastic popula-
tion. The doubtful features of the
census are the total number of scholas-
tic population, which is believed to be
larger than the number given, and the
number of pupils enrolled IN private
schools, but the numbers given are
approximately correct From the school
records, which are to be relied upon, I
found that the average daily attendance
in public schools, including the night
schools for children who are at work
during the day, was. for last year,
2e,92e, or much less than half the
scholastic population. This is for the
entire period OF last year.
This year the total enrolment IN
public schools so far has been approx
imately 5e,7s4. The present scholastic
population, from estimates given me
at the superintendent's office, upon
returns OF the census being now taken.
Is about 1886, and private schools
show an enrolment for this year of
1908. From this we have about
1900 children of scholastic age in San
Francisco this morning who have not,
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17
By Lucy White

q TANDING IN front OF the Spreck-
els building on that dirtiest,
noisiest. busiest and most cheer
fuI street IN the whole world
Market. with the sound of the insistent
clamor OF steam hammers, the calls of
wornngmen and the clatter Of the
street IN my ears. watching the cars
rash back and forth like shuttles
weaving the motley. many colored
tapestry OF life IN our strange. great
hearted caty. was struck by the fact
that while the crowd changed every
few seconds. the children, who formed
nosoeabIe element, remained prac-
tioAlly stationary.
Et was Wednesday in the morning.
about 10 o'clook-the middle OF school
hours "a the middle OF the school week
The children I saw were not the
chii6ron Of travellers, they were not
with their parents. They were not sent
on err1nda, or, IL they were, they
seemed IN the manner OF little Jimmy
90 tarrT as they hurried. They evil
IDENTITY had business on Market street,
or at least as much business on Market
street ss anywhere else. They were
not the children OF the very rich, nor
OF he reasonably rich; they were
Bc4rcely the children OF the COM
fortAbiy emuent. All this was very
evident One little fellow sat perched
on a garbage can at the corner OF
Third and Market streets. A crowd OF
Sf. four OF whom had newspapers un-
der their arms, stood opposite the new
Phelan building on the corner OF
O'FarrelL There were seven CT eight,
some OF whom had papers, at the cor
ner OF GearT and Market, about the
car station. There were others scat
tered all over the block, most Of whom
were busily engaged IN doing nothing.
Some got OF and on cars endeavoring
70 sell chewing gum from fiat. square
boxes strapped to their small shoul-
ders. counted them There were 81
in sight. but TO allow for the possibili-
~ OF my having counted some twice
in the shifting crowd and TO make our
numbers round, call II 30. II was per-
haps the best block In San Francisco
from a newsboys' point OF view. and
this may have accounted FOR the num-
ber
A half hour later I took the sutter
street car from Van Ness. Going UP
that thoroughfare. where lawyers Of
fees, tailoring shops, apartment and
boarding houses, Jap stores. saloons.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17
Born in the Wonderful Yeor 1909

Edgar Poe-Boston. Msss- January
MISUNDERSTANDING Germany February
Abraham Lincon-Eardin county. Kentucky. February
Robert DarwinShrewEbury England February
Chopn-Near Warsaw Poland, L
FitzGerald-sunolk. England.
Alfred Tennyson-IAnconshire England August &
Oliver Holnes-Carbrdge Mass August 20.
william Gladstone-Laverpool Eng
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

= HE year 1909 IS a remarkable an which
niversary year. II viii celebrate emotiC
the one hundredth anniversary OF Ameri
nine OF the greatest men the world has whose
ever known The names are those whose
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

which have swept the gamut OF human
America claims three OF them-two
whose lives closed In tragedy, one
whose sunny humor and sound and
Arizona republican., 1909-12-02
ANOTHER MAN HAS
SUDDENLY DEPARTED
The Whereabouts of Hans Nelson I'm
Known for More Than a Week.

About every SO often in Tempe more
or less excitement is caused by the
unaccountable disappearance of some
man. Always. heretofore. those who
have disappeared have turned I'D again
at some future date, maybe weeks and
maybe months later. The latest case
.on record is that of Hans Nelson.
Mr.. Nelson had rented the Olsen
ranch. formerly the Holsapple place.
for the year a week ago yesterday
he came to town with Il horse and
buggy and purchased a quantity of
groceries in the afternoon. These he
put in the rig and sent to livery
stable. He took the late afternoon
tram to Phoenix, expecting it is pre-
stunned. TO return that same evening
and go back TO the ranch.
He did not return that night or the
next day and has net been seen since.
After a day or two. MIR. Olsen. who
was in Southern California, was tele-
graphed for. He arrived the first of
the week and has spent most of his
time since looking for the lost man
The last trace of him that he has
found was on the streets of Phoenix a
week ago last evening. Nelson was
known TO have on his person when he
left Tempe in the neighborhood of SIS
and Mr.. Olsen is inclined to think
that there has been some foul play
connected with his disappearance He
was a hard worker, paid his debts and
had no cause so far as Mr. Olsen
knows for thus leaving the country.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-02
NEWS NOTES.

Justice of the Peace Carr sent up
two Mexicans yesterday for ten days
each.
An overland party en- route from
New Mexico to Phoenix stopped here
at noon yesterday.
George Taylor has returned from
Imperial. where he shipped large
bunch of cattle to be fattened.
Fred Moore gave an exhibition of
broncho riding yesterday afternoon 20
u good sized crowd.
Work was started yesterday on the
DE Wore house
Mrs. Hart arrived here this week
from Washington. ID. c., and is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs Geo. Dobson
o. T. Smith has moved his family to
his ranch, formerly the Marsh place.
He has recently completed a new
house there.
Henry Schmidt has returned from
Iowa, where he spent most of the
summer. He left two feet of snow
there.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-02

come conceited over their victory of
last Saturday but they have settled
down with a grim determination to
win the meet and bring home the low
ing cup that is offered by Pinney K
Robinson to the champion team of the
meet.
Reports from Phoenix say that the
Indians are practicing very hard Their
crack two-mile man intends to break
the territorial record on the five miles
This event is just an exhibition run
but it will alone be worth the price Of
admission.
The meet will be at the Indian
school and every convenience is being
made for the welfare of the rooters
The Indian school band will be in at
tendance and furnish excellent music
Programs and score cards are also be-
ing made up. These will have all the
entries in their proper events Also
all the contestants will be numbered
so that there will be no difficulty i'm
distinguishing different men. The Nor
NAL team will leave at 12:42 Saturday
and the meet will start as soon as
they arrive. <S
Arizona republican., 1909-12-02
BOTH SIDES READY
FOR T0DAYs STRUGGLE
The Fight Promises to Be an Unusual
Iy Warm One.

Both sides are lined up and are
ready for the struggle today. There is
every Indication that, the fight will be
warm one and neither side is leav-
ing stone unturned Automobiles will
be used today to rush voters to the
polls and it is evident that an unus-
ually heavy vote Will be recorded. AS
near as can be figured out there are
between 900 and go votes i'm district
No. 2, the town district. and it is GER
tain that nearly all of these will be
voted. Both sides are planning, how
ever, to devote considerable time to
the country district and it is believed
that heavy vote will also be polled
there.
The country polling place is at the
Pacific creamery and the one in town
at the Goodwin opera house. The polls
will close at o'clock and shortly after
that hour the result will be known.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-02
THE PHOENIX MEET.

Last night the Normal track team
took their final practice in preparing
for the big all-around meet which will
be held at the Indian school next Sat
urday afternoon. IL is anticipated by
the managers of the different teams
that this meet will be the greatest
athletic event that has ever taken
place in the territory. At present all
the Normal athletes are in excellent
condition with the exception of Swig-
gett, who has been confined at home
for the last few days with a case of
grippe. The Normal team has not be-