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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
INTERNATIONAL CIVILITY
ONLY Courteous to Salute Alien Flag,
Even While Withholding Allegiance.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir. May a word be added to the dis
cusslon In your columns with reference 10
the flag in the public schools?
The British boy was right who, In
New Jersey school, refused to join with
his fellow pupils in pledging allegiance
70 the American flag. but he was wrong
In refusing 20 salute 1t with them' Ana
the schoomaster failed In not Improving
the opportunity to teach all the pupils the
distinction. Our laws may require resi-
dent foreigners to obey them but NOT 10
helm enforce them; while they may COM
mel Americans not only to obey them, but
"a support them. with their lives, II need
be. And pledging support means dedl-
cation Of self to that utmost test OF al
legiance.
When I enter my neighbours house do
not make II mine by removing my hat. /
do only an act OF common politeness,
which does not put me at the call OF
duties TO which members OF the family
are liable. A vessel OF any other national
ity flies the flag OF the country whose port
Il enters at its masthead. Even though
IL ulfetliN Represents Il ANA'Ab" NV
ereignty, as a British naval vesesel, 1t VIII
upon entering an American port dip Its
British ensign to the American, and Will
do so the moro punctiliously II British
ambassador or a son OF his Britanic maj
esty be aboard. This example OF courtesy.
which royalty itself would be scrupulous
to observe, subject should not hesitate
to follow.
II the British boy had been 80 instruct
ed his ready salute to the flag would
have followed. And his remaining mute,
while his fellows pledged allegiance and
support would have taught all, him and
them, the high significance Of the differ
ence between the subject OF a king and
the sovereigns Of a country whose people
are its rulers. Then they would have
treated him with the courteous hospitality
due from hosts, and he would have be-
haved with the full measure Of politeness
that graces a guest.
ROSWELL r. MOSS.
Elmira, n. Y. Oct. 81, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
PeoDIe and Social Incidents

Paris, and is a member Of the Union. the
Brook and other New York clubs
The annual flower show Of the Horti-
cultural Society of New York will open
on Friday next, in the foyer OF the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History, on
West nth street. Professor and Mrs
Henry Fairfield Osborn, 7, A. Have
meyer, Frederick Newbold and George I.
Powell are among those who have the
affair in hand, and have arranged for a
large number of prizes, which will be
awarded to the exhibitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt will
spend the latter part of the winter and
the spring cruising in the Mediterranean
on board their steam yacht North Star,
which will undergo thorough reht on
the Clyde before proceeding south. She
is now on her way across the Atlantic.
bound for the Clyde.
Former Ambassador and Mrs. Henry
White have arrived from Washington and
are staying at the Gotham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry e. Gourd have
sent out invitations for the marriage
of their daughter Miss Helen Gourd, TO
DIR. j. Pierre Hoguet, in ST. Patricks
Cathedral, on November l6. A reception
will follow at their house in West 18th
street.
Buell. HOLSTER, whose marriage to Miss
Louise Knowlton, youngest daughter OF
Mrs. D. Henry Knowlton, takes place In
St. Bartholomew on November "A, gives
his farewell bachelor dinner at the Union
Club On November Z. Percy r. Pyne I'd,
will be his best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt are
at the Gotham for the season.
Sir Thomas and Lady Whitaker are at
the Hotel Walcott until next Wednesday
when they sail for England. Sir Thomas
represents one of the divisions OF York
shire in the House OF Commons, is a
member of the Privy Council. and the
owner Of a number Of influential provin-
cial newspapers. He is also president OF
the British Life Assurance Institution.
Mrs. Richard A. Peabody and Miss Pea
body are at the Gotham for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Livingston Della
field have arrived in town from Quiogus
Point, and are at their residence, No. %
West 18th street, for the winter
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr., are
due the day after tomorrow at Tuxedo,
from their place at Glen Cove, Long ISL
and. to spend fortnight with Mr. and
Mrs. George f. Baker, ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

cumbersome and is not always enecuse
when the ground is uneven. This VIII n'
replaced by the illuminating pistol win
which little bombs may be shot into the
dark spaces. These bombs on exploding
will cast a light equal to 500 canoio
power for a space OF 500 meters. BY these
a battlefield could be brilliantly illumi-
mated. and a larger and more powerlul
light projectile will be fired from mortars
which are now being perfected"
TITS never too late to mend" quoted
the Wise Guy. 49,
That's right" agreed the Simple Mug.
IT read in the paper to-day OF couple
who got divorce after they had been
married forty-eight years. "-Philadelpnla
Record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
soFF AND "THE LAWS DELAh

From The Baltimore Sun.
No rogue e'er felt the halter draw WIZ
good opinion OF the law, and. eosseauen'"'
Mr.. Charles f. Becker, OF New YORK. nA'
no good opinion OF Judge Gon, But "4s
American people have a good opinion
him. BY his fairness and common sense -.
his determination TO see justice done, ""
only TO the defendant but also to the S's
OF New York. he has set an example '".
the country can be proud Of in this day :"
the laws delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

In these days OF high cost Of agri-
cultural products no work could be
more beneficial than the instruction In
scientific farming which the General
Education Board is furnishing in the
South and which 1t will soon be pre-
pared to furnish in the North. Real
economy In the tillage Of the soil would
soon put immense new resources at the
service Of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

We are amazed to learn that Thomas
F. Ryan gave s45O.OOO to the campaign
fund OF 1904 1t is the most princely
Democratic campaign contribution we
ever heard of, and II was noble or MI,
Ryan TO give it. But we still believe
large contributions from Republicans
are outrageous and disgraceful.-Ihe
Houston Post.
THE Post" has duplicated ex-Judge
Alton B. Parker's emotions with amaz-
ing exactitude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Our readers will confer favor by advis-
ing us when they are unable 70 procure
copy OF The Tribune from their rewsdeal1F'
Address: Tribune. Circulation department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

II is well worth while 10 observe to-
day as tuberculosis Day, as a large
part of the nation will do. There have
been some extravagances in the cam
paign against the great white plague"
but despite them an immense amount
of good has been done and is being
done. Probably the best work has
been done in enlightening the public
as TO the real nature OF the disease, its
infectious and transmissible character,
the possibility Of curing IL, and the
proper care Of those afflicted with II for
their own good and for the safety Of
others. II the observances OF to-day
promote such work they will be Of real
and lasting value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

TO look for an acceptable reconstruc-
ton Of the government at the hahdS
of the DOminicans themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
iNrtu 1]nrk Tribune:
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 81 lolZ

owned and published daily by , the ogden
Association, New YoTk CO.. Pggarnlin. secre-
tary: James NJ. Barrett. Treasurer, Get, New
Tribune Building. No. l5i Nassau s'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Foreign subscriptions to all countrIlee,s. q,
Universal Postal Union, including pOs'as"
DAILY AND SUNDAY: s,-oo
ono month. ,..S1.JO one ycar'..'''Sl'''O
SUNDAY ONLY:
sl1 raonths.s3O one year, ....''Soi1
DAILY ONLY:
one rrouth.Sl.O2 One year. ....'SI-'-o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Cuba seems also to be badly in need
of a Sullivan concealed weapons law.

In 1892 Grover Cleveland carried New
York by a large majority. His popularity
swept into office Democratic state officers
and a Democratic Legislature. The Gov
ernor elected was Roswell =. Flower.
"Blue-Eyed Billy" Sheehan became Lieu
tenant Governor and presided over the
Senate.-The New York Globe.
History as she is wrote. Governor
Flower was not swept into office by Mr..
Cleveland's popularity in 1892. He and
Sheehan were elected in 1891, a year
before, and a Democratic Legislature
was secured by the theft OF Maynard,
which Mr.. William Sulzer declared at
the time met with his unqualified ap-
prevail"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
,r.nsrnrnnrn,, nArEs-Rv Mail. postage

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.-By mall Mail,
Paid. outside Of Greater New AorA' 70
Daily and Sunday. one monLh 90
Daily and Sunday, six months 500
Daily and Sunday. one year. ..'''''''' so
Daily only, one month. ..''''''' 3 90
Daily only. six months. 500
Daily only one year. .s''..'''''1 .2j
Sunday only. six months ''''''''.. $50
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Laws against corrupt practices in
campaigns and at elections are COM
mendable and indeed necessary. But
they certainly seem TO be pushed to the
limit when they make 1t a penal Of
fence TO provide music and stereopti-
con pictures at political mass meetings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
CANADIAN RATES.

DAILY AND SUNDAY;
One month..S 90 one year. 'slo'0'
DAILY ONLY:
One months so One year....''.So'V'
SUNDAY ONLY:
one months 20 One year. .s4'os
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Entered at the Postoffice at New YORK as
Second Glass Mail Matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

On the same day Miss Sadie Jones will
be married to John Russell Pope. of this
city, at Airlie. the country place OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones,
near Wilmington, N. c. There will be a.
large house party at Airlle for the occa.
sion. most Of the guests leaving town for
Wilmington the day after tomorrow.
The bridegroom is an architect. was grad
uated from Columbia in 1894, and after
ward from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
THE JANUARY ST. NICHOLAS

AS the January st. Nicholas is is-
sued December 18th, it is = real
misunderstanding number, Wits
many Christmas stories, pictures and
jingles.
A feature Of the number which
brings real literature to the readers
Of st. Nicholas, young and old. Is tina
first installment Of "Jataka Tales"
stories out Of the ancient folklore of
India. retold for st. Nicholas bows
and girls by Ellen c. Rabbit, illus
trated in silhouette by Ellsworth
Young.
An essay Of real inspiration is
George Lawrence Parker's Each
Other and Everybody Else" There
are stories enough to satisfy the hun
griest story-lover.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
ROSS IN PENTTENTIARY.
was Here Friday and Lodged
III the State Prison.

John Ross. the self-confessed ala YER
OF the two Dixons Of Shelby, is in the
state pen1tentiary, and will be kept
mere unui February 16. when he win
be e~lectrocuted. {
s story. duplicating Frank Glad
Gen. was discredited, and last night
the jury acquitted him. There was a
Tear that this would occur because
the defense had an alibi. and for that
reason 1T was regarded all the moro
imperative that Ross be brought haro
at once The a that there was =
chance to bring the two together did
not appear to be reasonable in that
art OF the community. SO a gentleman
on the train said yesterday. It waa
hot nough that GLADDEN. was p,iIt,,
Ross has not modified his atatenaa:
SINCE he was brought here. but the
w truth Is expected. His story wa
Inat ne Killed Mr. Dixon, and that
o'aooen murdered Mrs. Dixon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
Educating Our Little Brown Cousins
HOW UNCLE SAM, PATRIARCH, HAS A"Ahh>HD
THE BRAINS OF H PORTO RiCAN'
Bv Frank e. Carpenter.
By Frank e.. Carpenter.

city schools which are on BUSINESS
: ree.s. | believe the children are
proud Of their Arnericanism, u o.
fact that they are a part OF ou1
nation.
"As to the languages taught con
tinued Dr.. Dexter, ali or the 'eAee
books in the ordinary branches "
study are in English. The
are in English, and the children every
uhare sneak English. At the same
time they are taught Spanish. the
tonrue Of their ancestors; and they
study both Spanish history and Amer.
lean history. The Spanish is taught
as a language study and the children
of American residents in Porto RICO
easily learn it. / have four chlldren
in the public schools and they al
speak Spanish as we'll as Engisn.
Their playmates speak Spanish IN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

washington. D. c.. Jan. 1s.-Pau,
t 81 president OF the Guilford Bat
the purpose OF comforting with $500.
CVerman and Representative Stedman
ABOUT the selection of the model ~ Tho
statue to be erected in honor of the
memory of General Greene. The
MODELS will be ready the latter mart
OF h month, |~"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

DENT OF the board OF trustees. The
university is o the same as one
of our State universities. 1t has 8
college of liberal arts and one Of agri-
culture. as we'll as a normal depart
ment.
The attendance at this university
,sst wear numbered more than 1000.
and had the regular terms n also a
summer school which lasted eight
weeks. There were more than 400
school teachers at that summer school
and there are over 5oo stuoentS IN the
normal department.
The university has a campus OF 40
acres at Rio Piedras. near a Juan.
and it has a large farm al Mayaguez
next to the agricultural experiment
station there. Upon the Mayaguez
f.rm there are fields Of coffee, sugar
| and tobacco. and orchards OF all sorts
of fruits. The boys run a dairy. con-
rac+ed with which are g. number or
registered Jerseys and HOlstelns, and
thew have also g. bee farm and a poul-
try farm.
This university should be a good
raining school for such OF our young
men as wish an equipment for busl~
ness in the South American countries.
It has better courses In the Spanish
language and literature than any in
stitution in the United States. and
more extended courses IN English than
can be found in Spanish America
For this reason it Is believed that 1t
will draw students from both north
and south, and will thus become q
pan-American university.
Porto Rican Students in the United
States.
It will be surprising to many TO
know that the Porto R1can govern
me &c has q large corps OF students ar
our best colleges and that it pays their
expenses out Of the island treasury
This has been o n for several years.
and it will be continued. The stu
dents chosen for sending to the Unit
ed States are those who have stood
highest in the high chools and nor
NAL schools of the island. There are
thirty-nine scholarships, which are
apportioned out4among such boys and
eirIs and at present they are held by
; twenty-five boys and fourteen girls.
Each Of these scholarships carries an
allowance of $500 a year, and in addi-
: ton there are twenty others which
: carry $3.50 per year. The latter are
for colored students, and they admit
them to such institutions as Tuskegee
: and Hampton. Among h colleges
c which are attended by those receiving
: Observation-Disclosures scholarships are
| the Boston Tech, Cornell, Columbia
r University Of Pennsylvania, the Uni
! versity Of Illinois, Iowa State College
and others.
In addition to this there are schol-
arships for the graded schools which
give allowances TO the highest gradu-
ates Of those schools so that they may
G have a course free Of charge at one
Of the high schools or in the norma
: or agricultural schools, or the Univer.
sity of Porto Rico. This allowance il
S12 per month, which. with the low
1t prices of Porto Rico, is supposed tt
n no onNI,Oh To c1vnnnrt n how nv orir7 O.
e, these institutions.
3 FRANK G. CARPENTER,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

their ordinary conversation, but the
children everywhere are able to speak
both languages. My youngest child.
when talking to the servants, always
speaks Spanish
Porto R;can Teachers.
"Who are your teachers?" [ asked.
1.-THE most of them are Porto Ric-
ans. We have from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred American teach
ers and something like two thousand
Porto Ricans. The majority Of the
| native teachers are men, although
many are ONE There are more
women than men among the Ameri-
cans. The Americans are nearly all
! college graduates, and the Porto Ri
can teachers have either studied Eng
lish in the United States or Porto
Rico. They have to pass an eXamina-
ton in English and the law requires
that there must at least be n teacher
Of English in every municipality"
Graded Schools Everywhere.
what kind Of an education does
the Porto RiCans get?"
"a very good one" was DR.. Dex-
ter's reply. w have now schools
Of all classes from the kindergarten
to the high school, and We nave agri-
cultural schools, normal schools and
d good university.
1.-The public school system is model
w N'<>A SAAoS " ASrp III AA1S
[ grades are the same. AS it is now
, there are ~kindergartens only In the
) larger cities. Out in the country the
: children begin their school life at six
, If the first grade. and when they are
} through the grades they are able tc
: enter the high school of the larger
! municipalities. There are now high
y schools at San Juan. Ponce. and May.
. agUez. each Of which has a four-yea1
q course, and from which the graduates
: are able to enter the University O.
Porto Rico or any college Of the Unit
e ed States without difficulty.
I In addition to this we give partia
+ high schOol courses in eighteen differ
u ent municipalities. and In thes
+ schools we have now almost a thou
sand students"
o Night Schools and Normal Schools.
Are tho people anxious to learn ?
n I asked.
y Yes. indeed. They not only wan
q their children to go to school, blu
~ many Of them go to hoo themselve!
s. We now have about 100 night school:
s with something like 10000 student
enrolled. These schools are main
81 tanned In all but one Of the munich
p~alities. and the majority Of the pc,
sons attending them are adults. The
are held In most cases In the san,
a. school buildings as hose used in tn
)r daytime. and are carried on at a yer
IN moderate expense.
AS to h desire of the children
rs go to school, this is evidenced by tt
Re large number who are now attendin
X and the fact that 1t Is greater thu
'se that Of the United States. I belle,
the desire for education is incrooH-
and we are doing all we can "a ~,
rs. ulariZe it"
re- Athletics In Porto Rico
HOW ABOUT athletics? Do :,
'ys children play football and baseball
our children do?"
ne Yes although they hardly kne
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

their ordinary conversation. but the
children everywhere are able to speak
both languages. My youngest child.
when talking to the servants, always
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

The Island Has More schools III RI.
norton to 1t Population lhan tle
Il Initcd Statee-How They Are Wan,
ing American CitiAcne-A rat'u
system and Its "DI,
PIaygrOunde-Schooi i'ando a nn
baseball CIubs-Ibe WORE VI .e
Nj, S.honIs-The school Savings
p,uk and the Travelling Library
pnr,n KicO'- New University ana us
one Thousand Studcnt-Ihf Is
land, Scholarships at american
Colleges.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

been made with the steamship compa-
MES to carry free from New York to
San Juan and books that may be do
mated. Said he:
Il brought up the subject at the
peace conference at Mohonk last year
and k for donations. Since then
we have received 40, 900 volumes and
nave established 246 libraries We
have also travelling libraries, consist
ing OF K holding about fifty books
each. These boxes are made OF a lot
or soldiers kits hat were sold at auc-
ton at San Juan a couple Of years
& bought them, put shelves In
eacn KIT and painted the words.
Forto Rlean School Library" on it's
OUTSIDE: When finished each held
ABOUT NIFTY or sixty books, and was of
sucn a shape and size, that It could
De carried on horseback over tho
rough trails OF the island. We sent
, .Een from school to school in out-of-
tne-Way districts, and we find then,
greediiy read. The STATIONARY nm
RES are widely patronized. Manv ~
; them are in the schoolhouses Theso
> are Kept open after dark. and the
l people come in n read"
" Inc University and the Eo~~.1
The University OF Porto p,oo ~
Aexter tells me. Is at the ton ~ ~ ~,
eoucatlonal system of the island. al.
: sn nous IL Is not directly under thu
) department Of education. The corr
missioner OF education. however 10 -,
' oiic1o us chancellor, and also pres1
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
WILLIAM B. ROBERTS
VICTIM OF TYPHOID:
FUNERAL TOMORROW

The funeral services of William B.
Roberts. division superintendent of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
who died yesterday afternoon after a
long illness from typhoid fever, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at the North
Avenue Presbyterian church, DIR. Rich
ard 0. Finn and DIR. Dunbar Ogden
officiating.
Mr. Roberts was for a number of
years prominently connected with the
newspapers of Atlanta, his last news
paper position being business manager
of The Atlanta News For the last ten
years he has been one of the telephone
officials
He was a member of Palestine lodge
of Masons Atlanta commandery of
Knights Templars, Royal Arch Masons,
Shriners and Elks.
Mr. Roberts was born at Urbana,
Ohio. He came to Atlanta when he
was sixteen years of age He is sur
yived by his wife and two daughters,
Misses Jeurdine and Katherine Rob-
erts, and his brother. Mrs. Joseph Rob
erts, and a sister, Mrs. David KEN, of
Napoleon, Ohio.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
MORE ARMY
AV|ATORS KILLED
Oil Tank ExpIodeS at Height of
Five Hundred Feet-Britons
MangIed in Air.

OXFORD ENGLAND, Sept To-
Aviation claimed two more victims in
the ranks Of the British army TODAY.
making four members of the royal fly
Ing corps killed in less than week.
Those who met death near here TODAY
were Lieutenant Hotchkiss and Lieu
tenant Bettington. While the men
were passing the village of Wolver-
coot the aeroplane tank suddenly ex-
ploded at height Of 500 feet The ma
chine seemed to disintegrate and fall in
pieces.
Hurled from the car by the force of
the explosion, the bodies of the avia-
tors fell far apart. They were badly
mangled.
The shattered remains of Hotchkiss
fell in the river and those of Bettington
fell in a field
An investigation was started at once
by the war office. Aerial experts de-
clared that the accident probably had
been caused by leak of the gasoline
tank which allowed the fluid to reach
the ignition of the motor
A cOuntryman who saw the accident
said that the machine was going at
great speed. when suddenly he saw a
puff of smoke and the aeroplane broke
into two pieces. When the sound of
the detonation reached the spectator
he knew that the motor had exploded.
The two fatalities today make a total
Of 81 army aviators killed in aerial
accidents since the Inauguration of fly
ing as a part Of the military science
About half Of the victims have been
French officers.