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Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S
 GREAT AMBITION IS
 ID BE SHOT IN WAR
Capt, John c. Greenway Re IateS Incident That Set
 ties MOoted Question

What IS Roosevelt's greatest al.- hitiOn? Of course the colonel is as ambition as a sunhower Is fuu Of seed, but what is the ambition of his life? He said the other day that no other man had ever had such a run for his money as he had and at trIt blush it would seem that the colonel had everything that is really worth having.
 The great secret has been divulged by Capt John c. Greenway, general manager of the Calumet and Arizona Mining company, at Bisbee, accord ing to a writer in the Saturday Even ing Post, to whom MT. Greenway confded Roosevelt's highest ambition. The writer. Henry Beach Needhan, tells in the following words his ia- terview with Capt Greenway:
 Not long before MT. Roosevelt left the White House I was talking with Mr. John c. Greenway, an or- fcer of the Rough Riders and one Of the coionel's most loyal friends. He asked me if I knew what was ROose- velt's greatest ambition. When ! said did not he reco1nted an Incident that occurred in Cuba. It was n one of the first skirmishes in which the Rough Riders were engaged. The regiment. under fire, was lying down, impatiently awaiting the order to advance. A young West Pointer call him Sherman-who was near Lieutenant Greenway. in disotedience 10 orders kept jumping to his feet and surveying the situation Sud denly. throwing up his hands. he ex- claimed: Tn shoti"
 Lieutenant Greenwsy went 10 him and found, upon examination. that the West Pointer had been shot through the stomach and that the bullet had gone clean through his hody. It seemed certain the man would die. and Greenway, face to face with death on the battlefield, tried to bid him good-by for the reg iment might advance at any moment. sherman ssFed Lieutenant Green way fl he thought Roosevelt would cone and say gooa-by. Greenway car
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL
 DEVELOPED IN FLAME;
 PLAYED WITH MATCHES

(Little Elizabeth Fields died last night at S.30 o'clock. The funeral Sill be held some time Monday. The body is at the home of the parental
 Elizabeth Fields, the four-year-oId daughter of MT. and Mrs. Sam Fields. who reside on Naco road opposite the Junction shaft, was severely ourn- ed, supposedly from matches which the child was playing with, and there is little hope of the child's get ting well.
 The accident occurred at the Fields home yesterday afternoon about 1:3J clock. The mother fxas inside the house talking with [ neighbor and Elizabeth was out in the back yarl playing wits an infant daughter. Tae mother heard the child screamIug and when she reached the yard Eliza beth was enveloped in flames. Be fore the child could be aided tue
  and the little body was severely turned wherever the burning clothes had touched. Dr. Bridge of the Cop per Queen stan. who resides not far away, near the Copper Queen hospi- tai, was luckily at home and was at the Fields home soon after the acci- dent administering first aid. The burns are so severe it is not believed the child can recover.
 The parents are unable 10 account for the origin of the fire. their only theory being that the child was prob ably playing with matches or had them on her clothes. The mother displayed rare presence of mind. When she discovered the cause Of the child's screams she immediately threw a blanket around her and placed the child in bath tub and turned on the water. The latter treatment was continued after the arrival of the physician.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
CALIFORNIA WINS
 CONFERENCE MEET By Score of 50 Points With Team of Twelve Men She
 Takes First HOnorS

BERKELEY. April 22.-The Uni versity of California track team won the second annual conference meet of Pacific Coast colleges by a score of ~60 points with a team of twelve men. Stanford was second with 42 points, the University of Washing ;on third with seventeen. and Oregon fourth with 12.
 Gish of Washington won the 40 yard dash, hut was beaten out for a show in the hundred finals.
 Beeson of California made the most points in the contest today.
 With the time of minutes and % seconds for a mile run, Wood. of Cali iornia, clipped one second from his last years record.
 smitherum of Stanford broke ast ears record for the hundred yard dash to win the event. and Beeson of California won the 120 yard high hurdles, winning in 15 2-4 seconds. He tied last years record.
 Dowd of California made $50 yal $ in one minute and 5S f-5 seconds.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
TEXAS pRYs' CAMPAIGN

WACO, Tex, April 22.-The cam paiCn for statewide prohibition n the state of Texts was opened here today with considerable enthusiasm at the Prohibition State convention which met at the Cotton Palace to- day. Practically every district of the state was represented by dele dates and the gathering attracted sev- eTal thousand friends and synlpathiz- CTS of the prohibition movement from all parts of Texas. This being Sar Jacinto Day, the city was gaily dec
 orated and great thongs from the neighboring rural districts swelled the crowds brought here by che con venti0n of prohibitionists. The pro gram of the convention, which will long be remembered as one of the greatest gatherings of this kind in the southwestern part of the country. included addresses by many dIstin- guished prohibition orators from this and other states. The campaign ush- cred in by todays' convention vill continue until July 22, on which day the constitutionaf amendment providing for statewide prohibition in Texas. will he voied on by the voters of the Lone Star state.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
STOCKS ACTIVE, BUT
 MARKET DEPRESSED
UnfavorabIe Reports of Con- ditionS in Steel Trade Said
 to Be Responsible

NEW YORK. April 22.-From the outset stocks were sold actively .o- day. the numter of shares traded in during the two hours session 'GC:y exceeding the total of yesterdays full day. The movement was direct ed against the market leaders. esDec- ially U. s. Steel, which early fell to 73 l-4, the lowest Voint for that stock since early the past year.
 Unfavoratle reports of conditions in the steel trade continued to ever else a derressing effect. Sloss Shelf field lost 2 points, presumably ow- irg to the same cause. Other shares fell in symlathy. the weakness ex- tending. through virt ally the whole list Towards tNe close a artial re- coyery. due apparently to short cov- eling, occurred.
 Che of the excertou to the general heayiness was Harvester, which gain cd 2 points. The annual report Of this comTany, which will soon be is- sued, is exrected to show large earn ings applicable to cor mon shares. American Cotton Gil was stea1y af- ter the severe decline of the week and closed at a substantial gain, a divi- dend reduction apparently having aeen discounted.
 The hanks gaine1 nearly s9.000,00O this week. Money continued to pile up in tais center, as shown by to- days bank staten eut.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
MUST PUT KIDDIES
 ID BED AT CURFEW
City Marshal Instructed by Council to Put Them to
 Bed on Time

While Alderman Newman is busy seeing that the moon pays in light for the privilege of lowering over Mule mountain, Alderman Quick is going to see that young America goes to bed at the proper time oi the night. Early 10 bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, veal thy and wise" hence the city cur few law. Alderman Quick raised the point at the special meeting ot the city council Friday night thal youngsters in the vicinity of slag dump hill were violating the curfew law and the city marshal was in structed to go down there and put them to bed when they were caught out after o'clock.
 Every night at 9 o'clock the cur few rings. not because the marshal wants to inform father taat it is time to 20 to bed if he is to catch the early morning train, nor to re- mind mother that it is time to re- tire if she is to get father of, but solely for the benefit of son.
 Indirectly this is a selfish ordi- nance. for the wise city council knows that if the youngsters grow up to be wice men they will make good councilmen; if they are hea thy men they will make good citizens and if they are wealthy men, then the city will get more tax money from them than if they remained up late at night and grew up to be Duny. poverty stricken addlSpates.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
TAFT OPENS EXPOSITION

BOSTON. Mass, April 22.-Ihe World in Boston, the first Mission ary Exposition ever held in this country. was formally opened here today at the Mechanics building President Taft giving the signal from Washington by pressing an eiectric button. The exposition. which Is to give a demonstration of the work done and the conditions met by the missionaries in foreign countries will continue until May 9. There will be magnificent pageants deHist- ing scenes in foreign lands, CableaHx and addresses. als1 choral concerts by 5000 trained singers.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23

Baltimore gets promising tnfra haveman in Fullerton, the former Giant
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
GILES MEN ID PLAY
 CHICAGO LADIES AT
 WARREN PARK TODAY
Ladies Have Had Time to Get Second Wind and
 Become Acclimated
REAL BALL IS PROMISED

The Chicago Ladies baseball club. { oors 5osed c, six ladies and three men. will meet Roy Gill's team, com posed Of nine men. at Warren base ball park this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Chicago maids are sports of the first water and after getting lick ed by a tean of Bisbee players last Wednesday they remained in the city and tried to get a come back date. Manager Roy Gill of the Bis bee regulars ofered up his team to satisfy the vengeance of the Chicaso- ans and one of the warmest games of the season + expected this after noon.
 The game will not be a seeing Gotch" affsir end there will be more to it than seeing a lady logged out in baseball rogaIia. It will be a real museum Of hot liners, long flies, base stealing. home runs. not excepting an umpire and the yelling fans. This Chicago club is not a bloomer aggre- gation and it is not harem skirt out fit. 1t is an array of bali-playing "skoits" The main difference be- tween this team and the "bloomers" which toured the country several years ago is that the Chicago kitty kids play ball and the bloomers -, well, they just wore tlooDers.
 There will be no Alfonso-Gaston monkey business during the game and Gill's team will be kept on it's toes for nine innings hands running and will re lucky if they are not talk en into camp. It will not be neces- sary for him to say in his most cavalierly manner. Madam, may have the pleasure of tagging you with this e1uine-fur covered sphere oid?" And if he does the fair play CT will not make a courtsey, dimple up and blush and say. Would you come back tomorrow"
 The game will be played accord ing to Hoyle Spaulding and three strikes will be out. The Chicago ladies put the everlast'"g hI'nt on Phoenix and they are going to make somebody holler help" ,lis after noon. While they were defeated by a small margin Wednesday the ladies say that t was due to the sudden change from the low altitude of Phoe- nix to the ndle-high altitude of Bis bee and that they had not had time to get acclimated.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
DRINK HABIT
 CURED Tn Three Days

What on IT! Up to the spending his %i health and m drnknghe will hurt and viii nay indignantly all due acohoIs
 The Gauin is safe harmless. contains cumulative, take 1t It has cured boy of 16
 eleven thousand others cure your husband your father bohe will friend YOU THREE of men That much
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
SOFT NOSEO BULLET INHUMANE, DECLARES
 BISBEE PHYSICIAN
pr, F. E. Shine Returns from Scene of Agua Prieta's
 Recent Battle
STEEL BULLETS HUMANE

After seeing the havoc wrough, by the soft-nosed bullets used by the rebels at the battle of Agua Prieta and seeing the wounds made by the steel bullets shot from fed. eral Mauser rifles, Dr. F. E. Shine of Bisbee, who was in charge ol the Red Cross work at Douglas fol lowing the battle across the line is a strong advocate of the uni versal use of the steel bullet in warfare.
 The steel bullet is no doubt the more humane bullet" said Dr. Shine. Tt makes a clean hole, not very large, and unless 1t strikes in a vital spot the victim stands a fine chance of getting well if the wound is properly treated. The soft nosed bullet is inhuman; if it strikes a limb it either takes it oway or makes an amputation ne cessary. They make a wound large enough to put the whole fist in."
 The man Crow, who was wound. ed by a stray bullet from the fed eral attacking army, was struck by one of the steel bullets. the missile piercing the liver, but he has al. ready recovered. The bullet made a small. clean hole through Crows body. Had it struck a vital parl death would no doubt have been in stantaneous.
 While the rebels used soft-nosed bullets, they had to use any kind they could obtain, and Dr. Shine believes that no blame should at tach to them on that account.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23

(Little Elizabeth Fields died last night at s.So o'clock. The funeral Sill be held some time Monday. The body is at the home of the parental
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23

ried the message to the colonel. and he replied: Certainly I will come. The colonel walked rapidly over to where Sherman was lying and. as he approached, a smile upon his face, he waved a greeting to him. Then, chasping the West Pointer by the hand, he said, to Greenway's awe:
 You're a lucky man, Sherman, youle a cky man, You've been shot on the field Of battle. All of us will have to go sooner or later, and some of us will not die in battle. You're a lucky man, Saerman, yoi ye been shot on the battlefield; you're a ldcky n an, GoOd-by, oil man, good-by Waving his hand and smiling, he walked away.
 Colonel Roosevelt's greatest am bition, said Greenway. is to be shot on the aeII O. battle
Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-23
AT THE OFFICE SALOON Chile beans, evenings, free.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18

Gil make an annual appropriation of $500
Tor such a purpose. to be used by the
board as it deems proper
This was brought about when a request
for pay during illness from January %
to March !. presented by Policeman Gay
ton Arlington, was returned by the
hnSnce and police committee asking the
board to make some recommendations in
the matter before it acted. The board
appended the foregoing resolution to the
petition, which will be presented at the
next meeting of council
Criticism of Police.
Commissioner Barrett also told the
board that he had been informed in an
unofficial manner that Lawrence Whalen
was several days ago brought to police
headquarters with a broken jawbone As
result OF an assault, and kept there
for several hours before baing taken to
the hospital for treatment. He had heard,
he said, that Whalen was taken to head
quarters at about l o'clock in the morn
and kept there until after O'Clock be-
fore being given medical treatment.
CHER Goods told the commissioners that
Policemen Carney and Roland found
Whalen about q O'Clock in the morning.
1t was about Z o'clock when he arrived
at the station house and shortly after
o'clock Whalen was taken to the Alexan-
dria Hospital.
The monthly report OF Chief Goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18

eighteen classes. for defective and incor-
rigible pupils. These classes, from the
very nature of their condition, must be
very small containing from eight to
twelve pupils. it being impracticable for
one teacher to successfully control and
instruct n larger number. Such schools
are more expensive than the ordinary
grade schools because of the necessity of
employing more teachers in proportion
to the number of pupils than in other
kind of schools
In 1906 the District of Columbia COM
mittee of the House of Representatives
conducted an investigation of the public
schools. The investigation lasted from
February % 10 March -. 1906 The chair
man of the subcommittee in charge was
Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania. The hear
ings cover AL printed pages. Charges
of excessive cost of schools and eN-
travagance in their management consti-
tuted then. as now. the stable criticism
of the opponent of the school administra-
ton. The committee reported TO Con-
gress April 20. 1906, as follows:
while at first. in view of the testimony
submitted, the committee was of the op1n-
ion that radical reform in the school
system was necessary. yet as the hear
ings advanced and the committee be-
came better acquainted with the school
system as il now maintains. the con-
clusion was reached that the organiZa-
ton and teaching system should not be
disturbed. but should be retained. at least
for the present, now constituted, with
the few changes contained in the bill in
regard TO management.
Among the different points which were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18

charter has been granted by the state
corporation commission to the Dixie Com
pany. Incorporated, of St. Elmo, AleXan-
dria county. The objects are a grocery
business. The sum of 100000 is named
the capital stock. with minimum Of
$4,000. Officers are as follows: S. A.
GATH. president; Milton Strasburger.
treasurer. both of Washington; Alan r.
Hume, secretary. st. Elmo. Va.
charter has also been granted to the
Capital Advertising Company, incorporat-
ed, the objects of which are an advertis-
ing business Officers are as follows: III.
S. Walcott. president: S. III. Rosenthal.
vice president: j. Leo Kolb. secretary
and trea surer. all of Washington. The
sum of SJo.C,D is named the maximum
carital stock, with minimum of $25,OO0.
4 robbery occurred last night at the
New York lunchroom at 502 King street.
The thieves entered a rear door with a
key and went into the front part of the
store and. after removing the small mar
BILE slab of the cash register. dumped its
contents on the counter. and helped them
selves to a quantity of cigars and cigar
cites.
A final decree of divorce on the ground
of desertion was granted in corporation
court yesterday in the case of Arthur
Curtis against Laura Craig Curtis. and
was awarded the custody OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18

developed that point. which. to the COM
mittee, seemed absolutely necessary to
bring the school system of the District of
Columbia to state of efficiency COM
mensurate with what the public school
system of the National Capital ought to
be- and TO maintain 1t there was an in
crease of salaries for the teaching and
executive force.
A noteworthy result of this searching
investigation of the schools at that time.
only four and one-half years ago. was
that the committee reported new schooa
law which increased the salaries Q,
teachers by s162. 1000, or 14l. per cent. ana
increased the whole appropriation Tor
schools for the next year by nearly nan
a million $4a:.315, thus adding ~ per
cent on the whole school expenditure
THE same arguments which are now
offered against the school mana GemeEt
were then submitted. and the same an
swers were substantially made by the
board with the significant result that
Congress vested the appointment OF the
school board in the judges OF the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia
and largely added to expenditures Tor the
school purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR.
Claims Against Contractor for Fed.
eral Building at Bridgeton, N. ].

Alleging that William r. Holding who
had a contract TO erect a federal building
al Brdgeton, y. j., neglected to pay GER
tain laborers and material men, who are
endeavoring TO hold his bond liable, Ed
win w. Poe. S. S. Janney and Ernest J.
Clark. receivers of the United Surety Com
pany, today asked the District Supreme
Court to appoint receiver 10 take charge
of $1,000 still due from the government
TO the contractor.
Justice Stafford today issued a rule on
Mr.. Holding and Franklin Macveagh,
Secretary of the Treasury. to show cause
May 20 why the money now held In the
Treasury should not be paid over 20 a
receiver and subjected to the payment OF
the claims made by creditors of the con-
tractor
Attorneys Ellis and Donaldson appear
for the surety company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
Grocery Company Chartered.

showed that during the month there We
lis prisoners at police headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
One Local Condition.

"a condition in Washington which tends
to increase the cost of the schools is
the fact that a much larger percentage
of the whole enrolment Is found in the
high and manual training schools. The
report OF the commissioner of education
for the year ending June 30, 1909 shows
that there are more children attending
high schools in Washington in proporti ion
to the whole number of pupils than in
any one of the cities in the table COM
piled by w. V. Judson. Engineer Com
missioner. and printed in the President s
message.
Percentage of pupils in high schools
in Washington compared with thirteen
other cities I'm a 1909 report of the com
missioner of education, follows: Wash
ington. ?.92 tin 1910 10 per cent?: Balti-
more, 80: Pttsburg. 81; Cleveland. IS;
uaukee. 7.6T; New Orleans 81: Newark,
"a; Jersey City. 4.19.
"A study of these percentages develops
not only the fact that no city in the list
has so large proportion of pupils in
high school Washington, but that three
cities have less than half the percentage
of Washington. and two cities a little
over half. These differences are very
significant when II is considered that a
larger number of pupils In high schools
carries with it necessarily a larger num-
Der in all the high grammar grades that
are tributary to the high schools.
Cost of High Schools.
1T is we'll known that the expense of
maintenance and equipment of high
schools is enormous compared with
that of grammar schools. while that of
grammar schools exceeds that of primary
schools. .ne unusually heavy enrolment
in Washington in the high schools an 1
in the contributory grammar grades be-
comes another cost Of schools In WASH
ington.
1T costs three times as much to edu-
cate a high school boy or girl as to edu-
cate a first or second grade pupil There
| fore this preponderance of school ENROLL
ment in high schools accounts in part for
| the cost If education here.
| A sixth condition in Washington which
serves - explain the higher cost of the
/ pubNE r-aools is the fact that within
I 1vur years there have been organize i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
LEXANDR|A AFFAIRS
Plan for Police Pensions Pro-
posed to City Council.
CHIEF ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Charge Made That Injured Man Was
Held at Station House.
Charters Granted.
CHIEF ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. May IS. 1911
Disa bled and superannuated members
of the police force may receive a monthly
pension from the board of police commits
sioners IL resolution offered by Com
missioner Barrett of the board of police
commissioners, and passed at a meeting
last night. passes both branches of the
city council.
The resolution provided that city coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18

the infant children, William Curtis and
Elsie Curtis.
The brick store building at the south
cas-, corner of King and St. Asaph streets,
owned by George w. Ramsay. was Of
fered at auction at public sale this morn
ing by S. H Lunt, auctioneer. and with
drawn on bid of $11, 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
To Those Going to Europe.

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London and calendar o7 interesting events
in England during and in connection with
the approaching coronation. called THE
London Season." can be had on request
at the business Office of The Star.