Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
Review of the Worlds Events

the plan of the National Educational
association, the organization of edu-
Gators and teachers which Is the lar
gest body of the kind In the world
The first step in the movement, an
investigation Of school conditions
throughout the United States and sup
Elemental inquiry into the subject Of
teachers salaries, state and county ap-
preparations and teaching methods, has
been delegated to a committee of elev-
en- which was authorized at the San
Francisco convention of the National
Educational association in July, when
a fund of $4,000 was voted to defray
the expenses of the inquiry for the
next three years.
Chairman E. T. Fairchild, superin-
tendent of schools of Kansas, has de-
standard of rural schools is far and
away the greatest in education.
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MONETARY COMMISSION
Before the senate stopped business
last August it was decided that the
monetary commission should end its
life on Jan. after it had reported its
findings to congress.
The bill which does away with this
commission was a substitute offered
by Senator Burton of Ohio, a member
of the commission, for the Cummins
bill, which required a report from the
commission in December last and abol-
ished it forthwith. Senator Cummins
accepted the substitute.
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NATIONAL RED CROSS
The National Red Cross has reflect
ed officers as follows for 1912: Presi-
dent Taft, president; Robert W. de For
est of New York, vice president; A.
Plat Andrew of Washington, treasur-
er; Frederick W. Lehman of Wash
ington, counselor; Ernest P. Bicknell
of Washington, national director. and
Charles L. Magee of Washington. Sec
rotary. The members of the executive
committee also were continued in Office.
The new members of the board of in
corporators are Thomas Nelson Page
Of Washington, Francis B. Reeve of
Philadelphia and Kenneth Clark of ST.
Paul
At the request of the management of
the Panama-Pacific exposition it was
decided to invite foreign Red Cross so
cieties to hold an international con-
gress at San Francisco in 1915.
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THE NATIONS IDLE
Socialist Representative Victor Ber-
ger of Milwaukee, Wis. thinks the
government should see that all the I'M
employed of the nation have work.
His plan is to have the government
advance loans to states and munich
palities to carry on Improvements. He
"a Ros
loans. with plenty of time for pay
ment-
SENSATIONAL TRIALS
Two alleged slayers of women, one
defendant clergyman. go on trial
for their lives this month. The cases,
those of the Rev. Clarence ". T. Richie
son and Allison MacFarland. are par
aliel in some respects. MacFarland's
trial in the court of Oyer and Terminer
at Newark, n. J., begins first. He is
charged with causing the death of his
wife by means of poison.
RicheSon will be placed on trial Jan.
Is in the Suffolk county (Mass.) su-
perior criminal court. He is charged
with taking the life of Miss Avis Lin
nell on the eve of his marriage to Miss
Edmands, n Boston heiress. The min
ister's arrest Cancelled the wedding
plans, but Rev. Mr.. Richeson's fiancee
Is answering in her devotion to the
accused man
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BLEASE AND JONES
AS If in answer to a remark of Gov
ernor Blease of South Carolina that
Chief Justice B. Jones of the supreme
court of the state, who, it is reported,