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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
Planning Joint Exercises.

Mai. Gen. Thomas III. Barry, command
ing the eastern department, has issued
orders relative to officers and troops OF
the Coast Artillery in his command 10
take part in the joint naval and coast
defense exercises to be held in the coast
defense of Long Island sound. The joint
exercises are scheduled to be held from
midnight, August 81. 10 midnight An-
gust So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
CONFERENCE FOR THE
COMMON GOOD.
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

More than mere local interest at
tdches to the South Carolina state con-
ference for the common good. IN he
heId In Columbia August and 7 for
TINS Is an experiment already being
watched by the progressive citizens If
nelghboring states, and one that is
sun1ciently charged with ambition TO
spread to all parts of the Union II is
no novel thing for teachers to meet
III convention and discuss the needs Of
their state with respect tn schooIroom
eoucation' no novel thing for preachers
to meet in denomina tional and even in
observation-disclosures onferencas R.rL-
ers nave their conventions faruers
their meetings. physicians their 60
cieties. But it is new "a how -, 70
these professional and business men
meeting together in one conferences
dedicated to the common good Tb,s i.
the South Carolina experiment
The conference for education in the
south. embracing all the southarn
states. several years ago confessed the
uiScoseTy Inat education wac TOO
proao word to be pent up in q school
ti,,;,;a anu so wldened it's range Of ac-
ments affecting the southern naonIa
AS most southern people live in the
country, the rural aspect of tho nroh.
lem naturally assumed large propor-
tons At the last annual confarenca
neia In n. richmond in April. especial
m nPes va" cren laid d on the matter of
ing them. particular attention was de-
sotsu 70 the veNing problem Of rural
credits credits. and. better than anything else else.
e BUSINESS wess h men and educators and farm
ers were brought together. But ono an
nual conference embracins one an
states never can hope to reach Tn
farmer In the furrow or the s+orao
keeper behind the counter. s'oie-
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liminary meeting in Columbia for June
10 This gathering issued the general
call for the state conference for the
common good.
1t is the purpose at the meeting In Au-
gust not only to discuss the problems
confronting the people of the state, but
to begin active work in attacking them
Permanent executive offices are to be
established. and the state conference
will be held annually hereafter. Then
as soon as possible county conferences
will be held, and, while the state execu-
tive headquarters will assist these local
meetings, the intention is not to instruct
or to preach, but to give the people OF
each community. forum wheIe Ihey
may discuss their own affairs In their
own way and take advantage OF that
wisdom that President Wilson is SO iona
of saying is to be found in common coun-
sell This, indeed, is the whole purpose
of the movement-comon counsel for the
common good.
The tentative program for the nrst
statewide commemorative the forum
is to be free there can be no fixed pro.
gram-indicates the scope and purpose OF
the movement. The first thing is to De
statement concerning the cooperation
problem In the south by Clarence =.
Poe, editor Of the Progressive Farmer, OF
Raleigh. N. c. This will be followed
ny SIloWlIlS tilc 1899 " ~ -
ers on account of poor marketing Rep
resentatives of the Housewives League
and one or two progressive grocers and
merchants next will discuss plans Tor
creating a home market for home prod
ucts-plans to end the waste of throwing
away sweet corn in South Carolina In
the summer and buying in can shipped
from Iowa In the winter. Actual expert
ences in cooperative marketing. and
general discussion of the various meth
DDS of marketing the cotton and corn
crops will close the first session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
RURAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
GETS PLACE Of HONOR
Subject Prominent at Next
Session of International
Congress of Educators.

NEW YORK. July l9.-The little red
scnoolhouse'' is to occupy a place of
honor on the program of the Fourth In
ternational Congress on School Hygiene,
according to statement issued by the
program committee. which is composed
of Drs. Robert W. Lovett and David L.
Edsail OF Harvard, DIR. Luther III. Gulick
of New York and DR.. Thomas A. Storey
of the College of the City Of New York,
secretary general of the congress
The problems of the city schools have
received great deal of much deserved
attention" say the members of the COM
mittee in their announcement of the pro-
gram. The very serious problems of the
village school and of the rural school
have received but little attention The
study and the solution OF these problems
are of obvious complexity and impor-
lance. The committee il therefore anx-
ious to secure papers relating to rural
school hygiene and village school hygiene.
as Well as To the city school hygiene"
DR.. Claxton's Report.
In report issued at Washing on
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton Philander p. Claxton calls attention
to the subject OF the little red school in
the following terms:
Until very recently few careful studies
of the rural schools have been made, and
We yet have little accurate information
about them and little knowledge of the
factors entering into the problem of their
Improvement. We do know in a general
way that their terms are short, their sup
port inadequate. their teachers poorly pre-.
pared. their attendance irregular, their
management unscientific and wasteful OF
fiFy,n saVanr fHAsx-
study ill-adapted to their needs. and the
houses in which the children are taught
cheap and poorly equipped and furnished
That this is not true of all rural schools
goes without saying, but it is unfortu-
nately true In a large measure of most
of Them
In all there are some 212,000 one
teacher little red school houses in the
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funds. by considering compulsory at
tendance law and planning to use the
schools as an instrument for abolition
of child labor and improvement of
sanitary conditions.
other special subjects will be the
public health. women's club work and
further conferences between business
men and farmers on practical problems
demanding Immediate solution
At the end these related economic
social educational, agricultural and
business discussions Will be brought
to a focus in more general considera-
The building of community spirit is
the whole purpose of the movem emit,
and the best thoughts of the workers
will be addressed to this subject.
P. q. Claxton. United States commits
sioner of education, has given his
hearty ap-
Claxton Approves prevail to the
Conferences Purpose. the confer.
ence and will address it at the closing
session on Education and Citizenship"
DIR. A. p Bourland. secretary of the
conference for education in tho south
where the new movement had it's in
spiration, will be present at all the
meetings. w. X. Tate, state super
visor of elementary rural schools and
professor of pedagogy in the Univer-
sity Of South Carolina, is the previ-
sional president of the conference, as
he is also the guiding spirit in it's or
panization Capt. w. e. Gonzales of
the Columbia State is another of the
leading men interested in the con-
ference.
The plan and purpose of the movement
for the common good is to build up and
10 utilize the natural resources of the
state. it's boys and girls as we'll as its
acres and waterfalls To do this it is
believed that this state conference with
the county conferences following, will be
Of great help in getting before the peo-
ME certain economic questions in a man
ner not confused with partisan or fac
tionai politics and not obscured by the
personalities of political leaders.
II Is the hope that these meetings will
Lead the farmer and the business man to
see that their interests lie in a common
nlane and that each helps himself by
heInine the other. In South Carolina
as in many other states. especially in the
south. farseeing men are deeply dis
tressed by the wasteful methods of using
the soil Here in South Carolina the
problem is made more difficult by the
tenant farmer. To help this class of
farmers to become land owners is one of
the chief purposes CT the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

Climbing into maple tree at his home
in WilIiamsport, Md, and grasping a
heavily charged electric wire. Wilbur.
eleven-year-old son OF Ii. {. Stenser, was
seriously injured and had narrow es-
cape from death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

William H. McAtee, living at Rowiands
Hill, near Blue Ridge Summit. Md. killed
a blacksnake that measured feet !.
inches in length, the biggest snake killed
in that section for man. years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
An Erroneous Impression.

a general impression has been cre-
ated," says Mr.. Monahan. that there
exists an American school system which
is sufficient and nationwide, with equal
educational opportunities in all parts of
the country. The impression is err
roneous. 1t is probably true that the
public schools. both urban and rural, have
made considerable progress, hut the
marked progress has been confined al
most wholly to the city and town. The
majority of rural schools are housed in
uncomfortable buildings, unsuitable from
every standpoint, without proper furn-
ture or facilities for heating, ventila ting
and lighting; without adequate provisions
for guarding the health and morals of the
children and with comparatively little
equipment for teaching
Dr. Fletcher b. Dresslar, school hy-
giene specialist in the bureau of educa-
ton, who is chairman of the committee
on scientific exhibit at the fourth inter-
national congress, has recently been
making special study of the rural school
building and grounds. The result of his
investigation, which is to be published in
a special bulletin, will be called to the at
tention Of the delegates at Buffalo. DR..
Dresslar found that although there is
great need for reform, nevertheless the
indications at the present time point to-
ward a marked Improvement in the rural
school building. ground and equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

United States alone, according to the
Washington report. prepared by A. G.
Monahan. In this report there is a pic
ture of a one-teacher rural schoolhouse
which is characterized as "a fair type of
about one-half of the 1900 one-teacher
rural schools" Most of the original red
paint seems to have been washed off of
those schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

AS the first session is devoted to mar
keting, the second is dedicated to the
home. the social
Various Subjects following nat
1ry.,, urally upon the
VIA 10 OAoSuSS0u economic prob
lem. The discussion will follow four
heads: Home ownership and good
farming. home ownership and health,
home ownership and the school. home
ownership and the church. This leads
naturally to consideration of actual
plans for aiding the tenant farmer to
buy land and for assisting the mill
worker to buy a home.
Another session will take up the gen
eral topic OF education, with special
reference to improving school condi-
tons in the state by providing more
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General Call
for State Meeting.

circular letter to a hundred others of
Like minds and purposes and called a pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

A nan dozen socially sensitive son.h
Carolinians, soon after tho pia,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

Forty-ive per cent of the white farm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

A well made bed with hard baked
white enamel finish. The continu-
GUS posts are one and d sixteenth
inches in diameter and each end
has five strong filters with attractive
chills. Special Net Sale price, $39S,
in any size desired.
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Service Means Satisfaction

Not only do we offer the attention OF
an expert sales force, enabling you to
choose wisely what will best SUIT your
needs, but prompt service OF deliveries,
goods backed by us to give absolute salts
faction, and an endeavor to please you at
all times
Arizona republican., 1913-07-26

Dresses of Gingham and Batiste Lawn in strictly up to date.
Arizona republican., 1913-07-26
35c t0 soc Lisle Hose Satu1day Qt 19c c Paiy

Womens Gauge silk o n in popular dues at 19c.
Arizona republican., 1913-07-26

Pretty, practical little frocks of strong an Checked and Plaid Ginghams, Percales, Sc Repps. There are dozens of different styles all sizes-Saturday at HALF PRICE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
MRS. BLISS ON
STAND AGAINST
SISTER-IN-LAW
Declared She Intended to Get All
Money She Could From Lath-
am, Say Witnesses
NO THOUGHT OF WEDDING,
ALLEGED STATEMENT
Defendant Makes Emphatic De.
nial-Trial Likely to End
Wednesday

Florence w. Bliss, who Is being
sued Ia Judge Mandells court by
William A. Latham. aged millionaire.
OF Kankakee, H.. for the recovery OF
to Miss Bliss, was cross-examined
Tuesday morning, by members OF the
firm Of Patterson L. Patterson, attor-
neys, OF Pontiac. representing i.ath-
am. She was asked II she had shown
the frst two checks, each for ) 600,
which she received from Latham, TO
her sisterinlaw, Mrs. Elias Bliss,
formerly OF Mt Clemens. and intt-
mate that she intended to get all she
could from him. although never in
tending to marry him. To these
questions she gave emphatic denial
She also denied referring 10 Latham
before Mrs Bliss, as "kankakee
She thought him TOO much OF gen
;,eman for that. she said.
Mrs. Elias Bliss followed Miss
Bliss on the stand She admitted
that she wrote 10 Latham, volunteer
ing TO appear as a witness for HIM.
providing her expenses were paid.
She declared that Miss Bliss, the de-
fendant had told her she Was going
10 get all the money she could from
Latham and that she was then going
10 go 10 Europe; that she had no In
tention OF marrying him.
Attorney Thomas ". Payne. ap-
pearing for Miss Bliss, tried to- be-
little the testimony OF Mrs Bliss and
succeeded in showing that she and
Miss Bliss are not on friendly terms.
Mr. Payne suggested that. a gambling
room was conducted In connection
With a hotel Mrs. Bliss and her hus-
band were conducting in Mt Glenn.
ems. a couple OF years ago. but she
denied any knowledge OF IT,
The case will probably go TO the jury
Wednesday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
DUST APPOINTED
TO HEAD PARK
DEPT. BY MARX
Nomination of Hurlbut's Sue
cessor Was Sent TO Council
Tuesday Evening
PRESENT COMMISSIONER
WOULD BE SECRETARY
Matter Up to New Chief, Says
MayOr-Still Searches for
Man for Haarer's Place

William r. Dust, president OF the
charter commits sion, has been select
ed as park commissioner TO succeed
Myrtle p Hurlbut. whose term OF Of
flee expires June |. Mayor Marx sent
MIR. Dusts name TO the common coun-
ell Tuesday night.
II was practically decided several!
weeks ago tina, MIR Dust would get
either the park commissiohership or
the city controllership, but the mayor,
for reasons that ne refuses TO give
out. delayed making public his selec-
ton until Tuesday morning. Myrtle
=. Hurlbut. the present commission
err, has informed the mayor that he
would like TO remain In the ONCE as
secretary TO Mr.. Dust.
Hurlbut Is backed for the secretary
ship by Philip Breitmeyer, who as
mayor appointed him park commits
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

MEMORIAL DAY
Should Not BE Made a Day of
Recreation, Says Cover
nor Ferris

LANSING. Mich, May 20--Govern.
or Ferris In his annual Memorial day
proclamation urges upon the people OF
the state the need for a more fitting
and patriotic commemoration OF the
anniversary. The proclamation says:
Decoration and Memorial day his
come to mean more to the American
people than any other day set apart
1or paying tribute to patriotism. 1t IL
u day that recalls sacred memories
These memories become more sacred
With every added year. because the
ranks Of the Grand Army of the Re.
public are becoming thinner and thin
Ror. Those who are with US now Will
soon join the Grand Army OF the
Dead. To the earlier Decoration days
have been added new memories oil
Thousands of Spanish American wal
votogaus who laid down their lives
Tor . more glorious America.
"Lst the people OF Michigan make
next Decoration day the most beauti
luI IN her history. This should no
~ Z day Of recreation and amuse
U,out but rather q day for consecra
Hon. Flowers for the dead betoker
= k1ndly spirit, but flowers for IN,
0vinG Of the Grand Army Of the Re
Cubllc are IN expression OF love ant
0a1or." s~fr
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
FORTUNE TELLER
BREAKS UP HOME
Tells WOman's Parents That She
Can No Longer Live With
Husband

My father and my mother told me
thar they had been 10 fortune teller
over my trouble, and that the fortune
teller told them that my husband and
could not live together any longer.
said Mrs. Sadie Dyleski, mother OF
three small children, in her suit for
divorce in Judge Van Tiles court.
Tuesday morning.
The plaintiff. about 80 years old,
charges that her husband, Stanley
Dyleski. saloonkeeper, In River Rouge.
was cruel 10 her and neglected her
in regard TO her clothing. She wants
the custody OF the children and ali.
mony.
Dyleski has filed cross-bill, In
which he charges that his wife de-
serted him He also declares that a
saloonkeeper named Michael Sonk,
formerly in partnership with Dyleski.
Is the cause OF the trouble.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
FREED ON CHARGE Of
CAUSING FATHERS DEATH

Jacob Dybas. who attacked his faith
er, John Dybas. with a pair OF pliers.
the father dying later In a hospital.
was released on manslaughter
charge. Tuesday morning, on recon-
mendation OF Assistant Prosecutor
Heston.
. Investigation had satisfied the pros
ecutor that Jacob acted in self-defense,
his father having struck him three
times before he hit his father on the
head with the pliers. IL was also
shown, by three physicians. that blood
poisoning. through neglect Of the
wound, had caused the death OF the
elder Dybas, and not the actual blow.
The trouble occurred In the saloon
of the Dybas family
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
CONTRIBUTES TO GIRLS
DELINQUENCY; FINED

Eugene Simons about 30 years old.
WAS convicted by Justice Gainey.
Tuesday. OF contributing to the delin.
qucncy OF l6-year-old girl. and was
given his choice between paying a 500
ine or serving 90 days in the work.
ntuse, He expects to raise the money
for his fine
Simons had been living with the
Young girl, when her mother located
the pair, and threatened trouble
Then simons married the little girl.
Va an attempt to evade punishment
The girls mother refused 10 sanction
me wedding, and pressed prosecution
Oh the delinquency case. She will
nor allow her daughter to live with
Simons. 1t was stated.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

an effort was made &c Withhold the
fact, The body will be conveyed TO
ST. Augustine for interment in the
family mausoleum. The date OF the
funeral has not been set.
Flagler was born in Canandaigua,
n. Y, In 1880 In his early youth he
became clerk In country store and
later went 10 Saginaw. Mich. where
he eventually became salt manu-.
facturer Later he moved 10 Cleye
land, becoming a partner in the firm
OF Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler
Co. oil refiners. This concern was
later gobbled up by the Standard Oil
Co In addition to large holdings OF
Standard Oil stock. Flagler owned
number OF exclusive southern no
tells and was heavily interested in the
Western Union Telegraph Co, and
various ocean steamship lines His
summer home was in New York.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21

sioner II is understood that Henry
w. Busch. Hurlbuts secretary, Is will
ing to accept another position In the
department 10 allow Hurlbut TO sue
coed him. Mayor Marx said he would
leave the selection OF q secretary
TO Mr. Dust The commissionership
pays a salary OF 81. 900 year and the
secretaryship, $500. Dust Is ap-
pointed for four-year term.
George Engel is a probability for
city controller to succeed David E.
Heineman. whose term expires July
I. Mr.. Engels name has been the
only one mentioned for that position
thus far outside OF Dust. William
s. Dever Is being spoken Of for deputy
controller.
Joseph s. Stringham. civil engi-
neer, has refused Mayor MARKS offer
OF the department OF public works
commissionership at an annual sal
airy OF 100000 the mayors friends
having agreed TO raise half the
amount by subscription. Mr. String
ham told the mayor his private in
terests would not permit him to ac-
cept the position,
Mayor Marx said, Tuesday, that he
IL still looking fee corJ)etent man
TO take Jake" Hearers place as ID
p. W. commissioner. The mayor
said that none OF the prospective
candidates that have been mentioned
will be selected for the position.
Il still have hopes It landing
good man for the place" said the
mayor. Until I do I will hold the
position open | think ! can get the
right man In few weeks. The
trouble Is that most OF our big bust.
ness men are not public-spirited
enough to give their valuable time 10
the city at comparatively small l
salary"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
DIR. E. M. GEORGE
GIVEN FREEDOM
Physician Gets Unconditional
Release as Suspect in Belle
Barry COse

DIR. Charles NJ. George, held for
several days In the county jail in
connection with the investigation Of
the death OF Belle Barry, was given
his entire freedom. Tuesday noon.
when he appeared for his daily re-
mand on the $4,000 bail bond fur
nished at the time OF his release from
Jail.
Prosecutor Hugh Shepherd ap-
peared in person before Justice JET.
fries at the time for DR.. George 10
be- remanded, and asked the Justice
10 cancel the bail bond and give Dr.
George his unconditional release as
the Belle Barry case had fallen fla.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Children Cry
FOR FlETCHER'S
Q ASTO RIA
WANTED
TELEPHONE
OPERA TORS

The work is interesting and operators
are well paid Easy to learn-no expert
ence necessary. A salary paid while
learning. Congenial associates. Sur
roundings during work hours are pleas
ant. Rest, recreation and lunch rooms.
and branch of the public library pro-
vide suitable relaxation.
The MICHIGAN STATE TELE-
PHONE COMPANY, because of its
rapidly growing business in Detroit, will
employ and advance to higher positions
intelligent girls over I6~years of age.
School graduates are urged to investi-
gate.
Apply TO Mrs. Smith, fourth floor TEL
ephone Building. Clifford and Washing.
ton Streets.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Out Today in Golfers:

The Golden Flask-By Sax Rob.
mer. Flu Manchu again. Here we come
up against the most stupendous of Eastern
secrets-one that has baffled the West
always. but whose mystery has never been
exploded. Lord Southery is dead and then
he is alive. but we grow to feel that that
is less matter than whether or not the
terrible Flu Manchu is at last trapped
Back to Llte-By John E. Lathrop.
Mr.. Lathrop supplies the thrills in his own
further description. The Story of My
Victory Over Tuberculosis" Hundreds Of
thousands who havebeenunderth the shadow
of the great modern plague. either through
their own Affections orthose of their friends.
will hang eagerly upon this simply told
but eloquent narrative.