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Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
Modern Woodmen left last night for
Washington on a business mission
for the society.
IN EXCLAMATION CONTEST
AIedo High School Pupils Picked for
Outside Competition.

Aledo, Ill, April 22.-lSpec1aD-
The Aledo high school defamation
contest was held in the opera house
last evening. There were nine non-
testants. In the girls class the first
honors were won by Miss Bernice Gill
more, whose subject was "Rebecca' S
Journey" Miss Mary Harris won sec
ond place. Boyd Finch won first
place in the boys class. Subject was,
The Black Horse and His Rider.
Maurice Harney won second place.
Miss Gilmore will represent the Ale
do school at the military tract contest
in Galesburg in May. Mr.. Finch will
represent the Aledo school in the Mer
Ger county meet to be held in Aledo
May 13. The judges were, Miss Lip
ton of Presumption. Miss Jenkinson 0
Woodruff, and Mr.. Lafferty of Joy.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
Personal Points

Major c. P. Comegys has returned
from an extended sojourn at Biloxi,
Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Knapp have
gone for a few weeks visit with reIa-
tives and friends at Galesburg
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Farver and
Misses Ersa F. Mason and Ellen
Jones OF Fulton are visiting with
friends here today.
Theodore Banks. brother of Mrs
F. E. Hobbs, who came to attend
the funeral OF Colonel Hobbs, re-
turned TO his home in New York city
today.
Editor F. o. Van Calder and Gen.
erai Attorney e. d. Smith Of the
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
FEARING LOSS OF
PATENT, SUICIDES
August Lindberg, Suspecting
Friends Had Betrayed Him,
Cuts His Throat.
WAGON TONGUE INVENTOR
Had Hoped to Realize Sufficient
Funds to Enable Him to Re-
turn to Sweden.

Thinking that some of his friends
had deserted him and that another
was attempting TO steal his reversible
wagon tongue device, August Lind
berg of Davenport cut his throat
with a razor last night and bled to
death. He returned to his rooming
house at III Harris street last night
from the Bettendorf shops and ap-
peared to be in his usual spirits.
About O'Clock he retired. This
morning blood which had soaked
through the floor and ceiling of his
room to the apartment below gave
the first intimation of his suicide.
Others residing in the house quickly
had been extinct for several hours.
The razor which was used was lying
by the side of the body.
FAMILY IN SWEDEN.
Lindberg has no family in this
country, his widow and three chill
dren residing in his native land, Swe-
den. His body was removed to the
Nissen & Hartwig undertaking rooms
where an inquest will be held to-
night. Those with whom he was as
sociated stated that he had COM
planned that people seemed unfriend-
ly to him, and that this worried him.
He had also designed a reversible
wagon tongue which he had placed
in the hands of a friend who was to
secure a patent on the device. Lind
berg was afraid that this friend was
trying to steal the patent from him.
He left a note in the Swedish Ian
guage. but the contents will not be
read till the inquest.
HAD PLANNED TO RETIRE.
1t was Lindberg's intention to re-
turn to his home in Sweden within
the next year. He was confident
that the returns from his invention
would bring sufficient funds for him
to live comfortably during the re-.
mainder of his life. Lindberg was
54 years of age.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
HE SHOOTS A coMPATRIoT
Davenport LabOrer Wounds Former
Friend at Fulton.

Fulton, April 22.-Sam Mirzich,
an Austrian, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded here Thursday
night by Nick Glazinich, a fellow
countryman After the shooting
Glazinich made his escape, leaving
Mirzich lying beside the railroad
track. The two men, who came from
the same village in Austria have
been working in Fulton on the rail-
road for the past two seasons. This
year MirZich went to Davenport to
work and Thursday came to Fulton
to visit his old acquaintance. Late
in the afternoon he and Glazinich
went to Clinton. They were return
ing home when some sort of a quar-
rel broke out between them and
Glazinich drew his revolver and fir
ed three shots. The first shot en-
tered Mirzich's neck on the right
side. The second shot went wild
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
is ON ACCREDITED LIST
William and Vashti College of Aledo
Is Recognized.

Aledo, ILL.,. April 22-N. C. Hollis
ter of Urbana has notified the faculty
Of William and Vashti college that
the Drury academy has betn placed up
on the list of accredited schools in
the north central states. in compli-
ance with the request of the former
president T. ]. Davis. This gives the
students of this academy the privi-
lege of admission to the leading
schools of the North Central state
and also in many of the best schools
in the east, by the presentation of a
certificate.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
DR.. BLANCHE WILL SPEAK.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF DISCIP-
les of Christ of the Memorial Chris
tian church will give a dinner in the
church parlors next Friday evening, on
which occasion DR.. w. H. Blancke of
Davenport will talk. The mayors and
commissioners of Rock Island and Mo
line have been invited to attend.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
Moocher is IaiIed

Tom Kane was picked up in the
streets by the police yesterday af-
ternoon when he was found accost-
ing persons and asking for aims in
an insulting manner. He was sent
to the county Jail for 30 days.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
HAD PLANNED TO RETIRE.
Social Events
FAREWELL SURPRISE.

MRS. DAVID SOMMERS AT HER
home, Gil Fourteenth avenue was sur
prised last evening by a company OF
friends and neighbors, the affair TAX
ing the form of farewell party. Mrs.
Sommers and son Fred will leave to-
morrow morning for Wittenberg, Ger
many, where they will spend the sum
mer with Mrs. Sommers' brothers and
sisters
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
TUITE-WOLFE,

HARRY TUITE AND MISS IDA
Wolfe of LouistOwn, ILL.,. were unit
ed in marriage this afternoon at
O'Clock at the First Methodist
church parsonage. Rev. T. Z. New
land oficiated
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
AN ALL DAY SEWING.

THE LADIES OF THE G. A R.
will hold an all day sewing meeting at
the home of Mrs. William Duffin, 1031
Fifteenth avenue. Monday. The ladies
will enjoy a basket picnic, each lady
bringing her lunch with her. The
meeting is for members and any other
ladies who may care to attend.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22

Harvey J. Angle of Freeport, regiment
al quartermaster, and Captain Charles
G. Davis of Company B, Geneseo.
These officers leave tonight. The 9th
has been exceptionally favored in the
selection of men to go to Texas.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
o. E. S. SEWING SOCIETY.

THE o. E. S. SEWING SOCIETY
will be entertained at the home of Mrs.
Nellie Krell, $50 Fifteenth street Tues
day afternoon. II is especially desir-
ed that the attendance be large.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE.

THE QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE OF
the Memorial Christian church will
hold a business meeting at the home
of Miss Emma Weiss, 1910 Fifth ave
nue., Monday evening
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
SAYER-ScHINDLER.

CHICAGO, APRIL 22.-(SPE-
cial-A marriage license was issued
here today to James Sayer and Miss
Clara SCHNEIDER. both of Rock Is
land Both gave their ages as 26
years.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
berth TO the city that has a work
TOO HoMELKE

TOO HOMELIkE.
Many of the charges at our county
jail, particularly in the winter months,
are worthless wanderers who loiter
around the saloons and make them
selves so offensive that they are sent
down for one or two months While
to the ordinary individual this would
be taken as punishment. to the idling
saloon hanger it is accepted as a ia
vor. In fact there have been instances
of late where persons of this character,
on completing a short jail sentence,
have Immediately turned offenders in
order to draw another stay in prison.
The saving of $4,000 annually is an
item not TO be winked at"
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
Licensed to Wed.

Harry Carpenter .......Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Nellie Largent Cedar Rapids
August De Backer ..... East Moline
Miss Maria Lechyse East Moline
Robert Renter South Rock Island
Miss Louise Heegen. 90. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
$4,000 YEAR TO
FEED PRISONERS
Establishment of Workhouse
Would Mean Considerable
Saving to County.
LABOR RETURN FOR KEEP
Committee Of Supervisors to Hold
Conferences With City Coun-
cils Next Week.

II costs approximately $4,000 a year
to feed and clothe Rock Island county
prisoners. The figures for the past
three years are as follows:
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22

while the third entered the mans
side entering just below the short
ribs. The wounded man may re-
cover.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
IS SUCCESS ELSEWHERE.

: I'VE are TO have a conference with
the Rock Island commission next Mon
day" Supervisor Wright said. There
is a state law that authorizes counties
10 main>sin workhouses, but owing to
the expense our board, following the
precedent set in other communities,
has started out with the idea that the
cities of Rock Island and Moline. from
which the majority of the charges
come, might share in the enterprise.
and likewise profit by whatever re-
turns may come from the labor per
formed by the prisoners. The plan is
working successfully in Peoria, and
other localities are considering it's
adoption. A workhouse has other vir-
tues aside from that of forcing prison
ers to sustain themselves. Chief among
these is that it is a standing danger
signal to the tramp. He gives a wide
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22
TWO MORE OFFICERS SENT
Captains Angle and Davis of 9th Go
to the Mexican Border.

Colonel W. T Channon, commanding
the 9th regiment, today received notice
that two additional officers of his com
mand had been selected for a training
trip TO the Mexican border, Captain
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-22

These facts will be presented to the
city commissions OF Rock Island and
Moline by>a committee representing
the board of supervisors in an effort TO
induce the cities TO join with the coun-
ty in the establishment of a workhouse
where prisoners will be compelled to
perform labor in return for their keep.
The county board committee is COM
posed OF Supervisors S. R. Wright,
Swan Dahlberg and Zach EinfeIdt.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-27
WORK Of THE
SCHOOL YEAR
Report by DR.. Hartman Sub
mitted to Board.
SOME INTERESTING FI6URtS
M any Recommendations
Are Made.

Special Attention Is Paid TO Back
ward" Students-A superintendent
For the Primary Grades Is Recon-
mcnded-Manual Training and Do
mcstic Science for the Marion
schools are Again Called to the At
tcntion of the Beard.
Interesting In every detail was the
report of the past school year sub
mitted by Dr. H. a. Hartman to the
board Of education last evening. The
report thoroughly covers the work OF
the year. pointing out it's advantages
and also its shortcomings. The ad-
vaucement has been wonderful espe-
ciauy i'm the first grades
in connection with the backward
student or those who have been re-
tanned in the grades I'm which they
studied last year. Or Hartman stated
that he and the teachers had made q
cafcml study of each case of retard-
alton and the facts which We're re-
Vealed by the investigation were aston
ishing. The backward student was
carefully watched during the year and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-27

mantles, 26; sponges, 6: disinfectlng
nuid, ! ~ gallons: gas globes. 81 ink.
Al gallons water buckets, @ and 1
waste basket.
In all of the expenses for supplies
and apparatus none have been more
productive or of such real value as
the placing OF the Ward Reading sys-
tenn and the sphere Number work in
the first second ana third grades OF
cur schools. The4teachers have han
died the work well and our primary
pupils are better prepared for second
grade work than had we followed the
old way of reading. Some of our first
grades have read as many as eleven
different books this year and this read
Ing was done by the child with clear
understanding of the subject. 1t has
been pleasure to the child during
the latter part Of the year to read and
many reports have come to me from
patrons that the children in the fist
grade were more interested in read
ing and read better than even the
third and fourth grade children did.
thst Grade Better Prepared.
The plan pursued in this reading
was to make the child an Independent
reader able to work out the pronunci-
alton of words for himself, laying the
foundation for the use of the die
ionary, and ut this point | might say
that the best thing that child can
learn is how to use the dictionary in
telligently and how to work. Not all
of our first grades made the same ad-
vancement but as a whole the work
has been very satisfactory when we
consider that our children attended
only halliday sessions.
1t is the consistent belief OF our
first grade teachers that these chill
dren are better prepared for tho sec.
Chd grade work than classes which
they have had heretofore. Hence the
money which you have spent In plac.
ing this opportunity in the hands Of
your children has been the best and
most far-reachng expenditure that
you have made during the year The
same plan OF reading has been fol-
lowed in the second and third grades
as in the first grade but progress hps
not been so rapid as habit of heslta
ton and inability on the part of the
tllllu ~ HflV lAEfllf Ant A'iAh'ANN -
the child to depend upon the teacher
to do his work and the disposition of
the child to slight its work had to be
overcome. yet with all of these OBJ
stacles in the way these grades have
made good progress.
I'm the fourth and fifth grades the
reading work has been of a routine
nature using the Baldwin reader as
the basis book and supplementing this
by the supplementary readers which
we have on hand. The seventh and
eighth grades have used the Elson
been to lay a foundation for literary
AIRY selections. Iiere cur aim has
been II lay foundation for n literary
taste and in a measure to study Sc
lectious as a whole and somewhat
critically. At this point. ! wish to
say that none of the most important
things demanded by the schools today
has as large a scope as that of sup
Elementary reading. our sup element
ury readers at present each contain
twenty books in a set with the ex
ception of three sets which have forty
each. All these sets should contain
forty books so that each child may
have a book of his own to study and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-27

out cf the 2t7 failures it was found
that the majority of them were suf.
fcring from adenolds. nasal trouble
or weak eyes. great number OF
these pupils came from families who
could not afford the expense Of medi-
cal treatment. Because OF this DR.
Hartman advised that medical In
spcction Of the pupils be made at the
expense of the board OF education. The
following is the report.
Tho Honorable Board Of Education.
Gontlemen:--I herewith submit Ia
you the report OF the Marion l9ublio
Schools for the year 191O-1911.
There have been employed in the
Grades 72 teachers. supply teachers
. special teachers and IA High school
teachers. making a total Of 80 teach
ers This number viii necessarily
need to be increased for the next year
especially in the lower grades where
we were compelled to have only one
half day SESSIONS during tle past year
There we're enrolled In the grades
2,S69 pupils and in the High school
4O2. making a total i'm all of the
schools of 3.27t. During the year
there was a permanent withdrawal of
jII children of which 37S have with
drawn since the first day Of March
and left the city. which in a measure
would account for the shortage in tha
enumeration just completed. How
ever / have found in three instances
where there were children, or minors.
under 81 years Of age. who were
working I'm some other citie3 and warr
not taken by the enumerators of our
city. and if this is as general as might
be supposed IL would also account 70!
the shortage.
The following will be the distribu-
tion Of pupils for next year who were
promoted this year: Second grade,
3l1; third grade, 323; fourth grade,
3OS. hfth grade, 3i3; sixth grade. 2g9.
seventh grade 25S: eighth grade, 1S5;
High school. III
The number remaining in the grades
are as follows: First grade 81; sec.
ond grade. 10; third grade, 2S fourth
grade AZ; firth grade, 1G; sixth grade,
lG: seventh grade, 80; eighth gra &c.
o. This makes total OF 211 pupils
retained In ;he grade in which they
were the past year.
Increase in High School.
We may reasonably add an approx
innate number of 400 for first grade
admissions for next year. In the High
school the fourth year will have G2
pupils the third year Sc. the second
year 1879. and the first year ~ which
viii make an approximate OF iG2 for
High school next year as against 4O2
this year. II these should enter 1T Is
evident that the teaching force Of the
High school will necessarily need O.
bc increased
The average percent of attendance
for the year was 90 1-2. The total
number of days taught. IA The num-
ber of cases Of t1fliness. 9O7. The
number of cases of truaucy. l09. The
number OF pupils neither absent noI
tardy. 423 The number OF days lost
by the teachers 1i3 The number Of
visits by the superintendent. $50.
The following were the supplies
used by the schools: Pens. 01 boxes.
writing paper. 93 packages ured 10y
The primary grades; test paper. IFS
PACKAGE. paste. 3t2 bottles; toilet
paper, 170 bundles, erasers, 1903; cint
on S3 boxes; matches. 20 boxes; gas
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-27

|mIxht Know Al al times c0ntUrDing
the expenditures OF The public schodi
funds. 5t5l tk
Manual Framing t
sixth wish agaihtnt this time to
call the boards attention to the cvi-
dent need of the establishment of
manual training IN the Marion public
schools. / will add to what l have
already stated on this subject that
Marlon-schools cannot AFFORD for the
sake OF Our children to be without
this department, SD
Seventh. in order to bring our
schools to the highest degree OF effi-
cheney Il Is necessary that we have
the closest supervision and direction
and especially Is this true in the pri-
mary department. have found this
year IN my Office the work being so
heavy that 1t was impossible to give
that closest supervision that Is SO
emlnently necessary for the highest
results We spend In Marion thou
sands OF dollars each year in the work
of the primary department and ac-
complsf. much good but do, not ac-
complish what should be and what
is the right of the children To have
and II cannot be accomplished as 1t
should be until we shall have some
| efficient person appolntedsas super
| visor of primary work. 1t appears
to me as poor business proposition
to spend $4,000 a year and get one
| half the results as we might get 10
spend $1,000 more or the expense %
thousand dollars more I'm securing
primary supervisor which would in
crease the value of forty thousand or
its equivalent to eighty thousand. II
may seem that these figures are high
but | have figured that in proportion
to the value of the child life while
1t is attending the primary depart
ment OF our schools. II Is ian old
adage. and you viii excuse triteness
when ! say that the motor cause of
our future lives have been formed
prior to the age of twelve years. Henc@
/ should think that any person who
would stop to consider the value of
this period of life to the school child
would be willing tV afford them the
very best even though 1t might neces-
| sarily be done at some expenseitO the
later education of school work,I ask
you to carefully consider this question
and act upon IL according to your
judgment of whether It IL a necessity
and not according to your judgment
as to whether 1t Is an expense.
Honest and sincere Management.
In closing this report. / wish 10
express my appreciation for the help
and support | have received from the
people at large and for the considera-
tlon 1 have received at the hands Of
the board OF education. The respon-
sibillty of administering a department,
embracing such vast and varied In
terests as the one which have, never
need to be estimated and the COM
plexity is such that few understand e..
| do not claim that all intricate MAJ
chinery Is always, perfect In every part
hut | do claim that the schools have
been managed with honesty of pur-
pose and a sincere desire what wa
best for the cause OF popular atten-
tlon In Marion. ''" tN'"i' fi' '''
Respectfully submitted,
DR.. II. A. Hartman.
Superintendent of the Public Sehoola
The board accepted the report anil
s ordered IT. placed on aiIe for future
reference.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-27

tc0u ana not bC uiStuiDo0 bN fCaOinN
with some one elre We also very
much need a greater variety Of sup
Elementary work for our primary
Grades and would advise that this
matter be taken up in preference OF
/ any other change or any other ex-
ponse that YOU might APPROPRIATE the
schools on its literary side.
How Each subject. Is Taught.
In the Language and grammar work
the aim has been to eliminate the
non essentials. and obscure construc-
tions and give to the child only those
things which they are able to com
prehend and clearly understand and
which are the FIRST principles upon
which their after language work de-
pends
In the number and arithmetic work
we have aimed 70 bring to the child
those principles In a single and con.
else way upon which mathematics
are based, aiming at all times AT
clearness. conciseness and accuracy OF
thought
In the geography work the aim has
been to get a clear notion into the
minds of the children of the useful
ness of the subject as related to hu-
man life or activities and also to get
knowledge in mathematical and de
scrlptive geography. The aim at all
times Is clearness rather than COM
prehensiveness.
The aim in the history work has
been to develop the human interests
by showing how the past actions of
man are today affecting our nation no
dealing so much with dates and spa
oihc things as developing tendency
In the child to study the effect OF
actions upon the community interests
and growth The whole aim has been
to develop an interest in human ac-
lions.
In physiology the aim has beeu
more upon the hygienic principle and
ihe preservation of health than upon
the anatomy principles or the struo-
,ure of the body.
In drawing the aim has been &c
develop i'm the child, system, order
and "A keenness OF perception, als1
| the study of detail, comparison, IN like
and unlike objects and upon the whole
| Is prepare the child to bel able To So,
differences, likenesses. symmetry and
beauty
In music / hold that the business
os the school, being a public institu.
ton is not a place for voice culture
but really a study of the science OF
music. If mathematics or language
or ay other science has it's foundation
| laid in the elementary school, whlcn
truly Is done, music, II evera founda.
tion Is laid. must be laid in the ele-
mentary schools also. The prepara-
tion must be OF such nature that the
child may be able to accurately and
quickly read music by the time he
completes the eighth grade. our ain
has been along this line though many
obstacles have been thrown I'm the was
and much note singing has had to be
overcome yet with all there has beer
much progress made along the cor
rect line.
The work in the High school has
heen thoroughly and well done. There
has been less absence and tardines;
than reported from that department
for a number OF years. The pupil.
J have been cheerful in theiTiwor'K gem
tlPnanly and lq1g like I'M decorum and