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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-26

offcctuul way to acquire any ian
guago.
But what Impressed me most was
the carncstncss with which these boys
and girls applied themselves to the
acquisition of the new tongue. said
then To myself aud To others. within
a generation every boy ana girl In
this state viii be speaking the Eng
lish language But twenty years
have flown by, My optimistic pre-
diction entirely lacks fulfillmenL New
Mexico am not saying the schools
Now Mexico has failed in It's duty
to the Spanish Amcrlcan boys and
girls of the state 1 know whereof
] speak. For ten years I have lived
in % Spanish American district. My
work takes me 10 all parts of throa
counties where la tho rurcnl district.
English rs rarely over heard. Ina school
or out of IL. Also / have travelled
quite extensively In othor counties.
have made practice ~ visiting eve
cry school I could reach, talking With
the teachers examining the progress
of the pupils.
The Sisters schools and the Mission
schools are accomplishing excellent
results In the public schools. Ia TOO
many instances merely the husk Is
given the pupils without the corn
the form of the English language
without the substance. The children
ARE taught 20 read English words
having in most instances little or
mo- know ledge OF their meaning. They
are growing up Ia positive ignorance
Of the language they must acquire In
order 90 have any chance for advance.
ment In this state and nation.
do not underestimate the import
ance of the Spanish language. How
ever. the .hild VIII not forget his
own tongue. Every pupil Ina the state
should he afforded opportunity 20
learn IL. But / assert that the first
most important most positive duty
Of the public schools today Is the
proper teaching of the English LAM
guagc In the spanish districts. /
know there are educators who tell
you that unless YOU spend your school
time in teaching every boy Go saw a.
plank and every girl 10 thread a
needle and cook an omolette our ed
vocational system IL going 10 ruin.
am old fashioned enough sill 90 he
lloVc that the highest aim of the pub
iic school is 80 10 train, 20 discipline
the mind. as VIII develop The child In
To thinking and reasoning being,
qualified 20 achieve success la any
line of cndeayor he may afterwards
pursue nut be- that az it may you
can not build your roof until you
have laid your foundation
The United states failed in ita du-
! IS Of offording means Co train its
thousands of new subjects in the lam
guagc and laws of the country. This
duty now deVolyes upon the state.
especially through Be- educational
system Tho Spanish-American boy
or Girl of the remote hamlet b. iuai
as bright. Just as able GO 90 fast ant
FAR oducatlonally. Just az worthy q
being moulded into a cultured and
disciplined man or woman aa the An
Clio saxon child reared la tho Ian OF
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-26
ENGLISH IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS
Is, Charles ". G. ward, La Vegas, \. NJ.

were 60 be eliminated from the pro-
gram owing to lack Of time. ac-
cordingly sont 90 number of news
papers of the state a brief discussion
of % subject 1 believe 90 be of prime
Importance tu this state, In somewhat
The s1mo form / had intended To pre-
sent ID 90 the association.
Six months ago / made "a request OF
the officers of the association that /
be afforded ave minutes TO present
some views relating Go the rural
schools In the spanish American dis
trlct ! have discussed tho subject in
some of the sectional meetings, but
the association has been able 20
find NO time for the question at this
meeting. ! trust that Jhe press OF
tho state may take up the subject of
the rural schools ana that at the next
meeting of the association AN earnest
effort viii 1c made 90 solve the prob
lem which has never hcon faced hy
an educational convention. of cnaur-
ing the proper training in the schools
ut the Sp1ulsh-Amerlcan districts.
We have "a dozen higher instltu-
tious. and are agimting for more We
are building county high schools and
vastly Improving our city schools
And IN spite of tho fact that In hun-
drods of schools the pupils have been
taught no English the educational
authorities are attempting 90 enforce
a uniform and difficult course of
study. The course OF study should
be- eliminated in such districts, ana
we should begin nt the beginning IN
stead OF in tho middle II isn't fair
Ca ho asking for more money "a train
pupils In manual training. domestic
science. etc, while nearly hfty per
cent % our school population rs not
getting "a fair chance, ! shall be glad
90 have YOU use the article ! sent you
yesterday. and trust you may boo9
the movement for more effective work
100 the public schools Of the rural dis
tricts-und a nine months term In
every community
c. W. g. WARD.
Following Is MIR Wards papers
Twenty years ago / was principal
90 the IuhilC schools at Las Cruces,
y" TIC primary room came Spanish
American boys as and 20 years of
ago. eager 90 learn tho language of
the country. My primary teacher
WAS Hn excellent spanish scholar but
instructed that she should under
NO circumstances use word Of mot
language IN her school room. The
uae of the Spanish language ON the
school ground was forbidden. Before
the school year closed those grown
bows and Younger boys and girls, who
entered school knowing only their
own language. were speaking very fair
English They learned as baby
learns itg mothers tnnguo-iho only
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-26

late you ON your illustrated History
OF New Mexico" which Is all that
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and heart. both devoted TO the cause
Of truth ana religion History IL not
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ii Tho historian the most salient char.
acteristIcs Of your book Historians.
who love the truth viii thank you.
We Catholics. who love truth and ~
llgion, and who sec NJ leat Justice
done TO thn glorious work of onf
church In New NIexico. send conwrai-
ulatl0ns. thanks and sentiments ~
gratitude. A. N. MANDAisAigl 3 q"
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10 tho Editor of the Herald:
Last nieht ! was informed 10y ofi-
GERS OF tho Educational association
that the various papers and discus
aIuna relating 90 the rural schools,
which 4 had understood was Go De the
chief topic for the present convention
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Atlanta, April 2S-Aithough four men
are held by the police in connection with
the murder Of Mary Phagan, whose body
was found in the basement Of the Ma
tfonal Pencil company's factory here early
Sunday morning. the identity of the per-
son, or persons who killed her remains
unknown tonight.
No witnesses were heard at The cor
oner's inquest this morning. the taking
of testimony being deferred by order of
Coroner Donehoo until Wednesday Mem
hers Of the jury were taken to the place
where the girls body was discovered and
an examination OF the premises made.
The jury then adjourned.
Two of the arrests were made during
the day. chief interest being that of
John NJ Cant. until recently boolSkeeper
for the pencil company Acting upon
information that Cant had been seen with
the Phagan girl and that he had visited
the factory Saturday evening, the police
instituted a search for him, which ended
in the discovery that he had left Atlanta
for Marietta Authorities at the latter
place were notified, and the young man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Worried by Detectives

Opelousas, La. April 2S.-Detectives
and amateur sleuths are pestering the
life out of the Dunbar family, and last
night three strangers who were shad-
owing the Dunbar home aroused SO much
alarm that men in the town were aroused
from their beds to drive the strangers
away.
A detective who claims to be working
for Governor Brewer of Mississippi made
himself so obnoxious to the Dunbars by
his close search of their home anr insist
ing on watching the boy whom they have
identified as their kidnapped son, Robert,
that they have considered the advisability
of keeping strangers away from the house
altogether. This detective even insisted
on observing the boy eating.
Another stranger turned up here Sat
urday night and claimed that he had
made an investigation which shows that
man and woman In New Orleans are
implicated in the Dunbar kidnapping and
that they were connected with the tin
ker, and alleged kidnaper, William c.
Walters, In this and other crimes. He
conducts himself in a rather mysterious
manner and declines to vouchsafe his in
formation until the proper time arrives"
Citizens of Opelousas who knew Robert
Dunbar are firm in the conviction that
the boy taken from the tinker is the miss
ing son of their fellow townsman. The
marks of identification on the child S
body noted by the father and mother of
Robert coupled with the corroborative
statement of the family physician who
performed an operation on Robert for the
correction of a deformity are considered
here as indsputable evidence in support
of this Identification.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Anneal for Assistance

Los Angeles. Cal, April 2s.-An appeal
for assistance ''in reaching a mutual un-
derstanding in regard to matters now
before the California legislature was fa-
vorably acted on today by the Los Ange-
les Church federation. A copy of the
appeal, which is signed by six Japanese
business organizations representing 50,-
600 japanese in southern California, was
forwarded to Secretary Bryan at Sacra
mento. 1t says in part:
We feel that the friendship of half a
century between our two countries is the
best evidence of the singleness of our
purpose namely, the desire to draw near
er together our respective countries in
the ties of peace and brotherhood
A letter drafted by the Nippon from a
delegation of churches and newspapers
accompanied the appeal. 1T comedies ths
right of America to make any laws she
sees fit and adds: But all people ir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
IDENTITY Of DUNBAR
K|DNAPER REMA|NSA
COMPLETE MYSTERY
Walters Not the Man Who
Served Prison Sentence.
Family Worried by Self
Interested Detectives

Columbia, Miss, April William G..
Walters, the alleged kidnaper of the
Dunbar child, is not the William c. Wal
ters of Jones county. Mississippi who
served a term in the Tennessee peniten-
tiary about 10 years ago for a violation
in this state of the federal statutes, de-
clarod Deputy Sheriff A. A. Jenkins of
Jones county, who came here today for
the purpose of Identifying Walters.
Several other Jones county citizens who
have identified photographs of the al
legged kidnaper as those of the Jones
county Walters are expected to come to
Columbia this week to take a look at the
man in jail here.
Friends of William c. Walters of Jones
county appear anxious to prove that he is
no kidnaper, while William c. Walters,
in jail here is offended because of the
intimation that he is a former inmate of
a penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Continued from Page One)
lively to the royal government of Monten-
egro that the taking of the fortress of
Scutari does not in any way modify the
decision OF the European powers relative
TO the delimitation of the frontiers of
northern and northeastern Albania, and
consequently the city of Scutari must pc
evacuated with the briefest possible de-
lay, and must be handed over to the Eu-
ropean powers represented by the COM
candants of the international naval
forces lying before the Montenegrin
coast.
THE royal government of Montenegro
is invited to give prompt reply TO this
communication"
The Montenegrin representative in Lon
don, to whom this demand was cabled
back from Cettinje, said:
Il have been ordered by my government
to protest formally against this unjust
and cruel demand and once more to ask
the European powers to examine in an
equitable manner the vital question of
Montenegro's future and to place that
nation on an equal footing with the other
Balkan allies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
IDENTITY OF SLAYER OF MARY
PHAGAN REMAINS UNKNOWN

was arrested as he was leaving the train.
lie was brought 10 Atlanta and charge
of suspicion entered against him. Later
this charge was altered to murder"
The other arrest today was that of
Gordon Bailey, negro elevator boy in the
factory. suspected by the police of being
the tall. black negro described in one
of the ineoherent notes found near the
body.
Leo N. Frank. president of the Ma
tional Pencil company, kas taken into
custody as a witness, and subjected to a
rigid examination. but no charge was
entered against him and he was later
discharged
Arthur Mulinaux, arrested Sunday as
a suspect. has apparently established an
alibi, but has not been released Newt
Lee, negro night watchman, also held,
was subjected to a gruelling examination
by the police, but clings to his original
story that he found the girls body while
making his rounds. and knows nothing
of how she came TO be In the building.
While the police admit that they are
possessed of important facts in connec-
tion with the crime, it is probable that
there will be no material developments
until after the evidence is heard at
Wednesdays inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
ANOTHER BODY is
TAKEN FROM NINE

Pittsburg, April 2S.-Another body
was taken from the Cincinnati mine
of the Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal and Coke company at Finleyville.
near here today, bringing the total
dead to date TO 81, one of which waa
rescuer. Funerals of victims con-
tinued during the day and evidences
OF the disastrous explosions of last
Wednesday are gradually disappearing.
Investigations on the part of the fed
eral government, the state and local
authorities were started today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Charge Is Withdrawn

The charge of murder against A. Bs
Moore was dismissed yesterday morn~
ing at the request of Curtis, Shugarts
the brother of the late Roland T. Shu-
CART, who had sworn out warrant
against A. b. Moore for connection With
the killing of his brother. The prelim-
mary hearing on the case was set for
yesterday before Judge II. B. Aber-
rcthy, Shugart withdrew the charge
before the case could be called. Ths
shooting OF Roland Shugart occurred
some weeks ago in North Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Charges Treachery

Paris April es.-rsmail Kemal Bey, fa-
vored by Austria Hungary for the Al
banian throne, who Ia now In Paris,
speaking today OF the situation In Al
bania today said:
''If Essad Pasha's reported deal with
Montenegro be true, II Is treaohery and
folly-treachery because without Seutari
Albania would be decapitated and would
become a mere annex TO Servia and
Montenegro; folly. because II makes the
situation most difficult and imperils AL
bania's very existence by angertng the
powers at this juncture.
IT am sure the Albanians when they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

been bribed and intimidated and vert
supporting the Underwood bill IN ordes
to get desirable committee assignments
Other democrats who defended the bill
were Representatives Kline of 1ndiana4
Fitzhenry of Illinois and Hi Of Illinois
Representative Levy OF New Yory, demo-
crat. said he was proud of the bill as
whole, but criticised the income taa
feature.
Representative Frear of Wisconsin. re-
publican, attacked the measure, deelar-
ing that its schedules were discrimina-
tory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
WOMAN is KNOCKED
DOWN BY INTRUDER

Mrs. A. L. Bennett of 1905 Ash street
reported to the police last night thar
a white man had entered her home and
hidden in the closet and upon discovery
by her knocked her down and escaped,
The same white man, Mrs. Bennett
averred, had come to- her residence
about week ago begging and had in~
sisted on coming in the house, but she
had driven him off with a pistol. De-
tectives are working on the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Not Walters Wanted

Mobile, April 2S.-William c. Walters,
in Jail at Columbia, Miss. charged with
KIDNAPPING little Robert Dunbar, is not
the william C. Walters who was born
in Jones county. This fact was clearly
established by Deputy Sheriff A. A. Jen-
kins and H. G. Walters, who journeyed
to Columbia to taf.e look at the pris-
oner and who are positive on this point,
But there still is another side to the
story and side which may result in
further complications of a most unex-
pected kind.
Jess Blackledge who was convicted
and sentenced to a term in the state
prison at Nashville. Tenn, for the crime
which landed the Jones county William
c. Walters in that institution, declares
that the w C. Walters of North Caro-
lima was in the prison at the same time.
When shown a picture of the man in jail
at Columbia, Blackledge said, mo, that
is not the Jones county William c. Wal
ter but / know him. When we were In
the penitentiary he and William Wal
ters of Jones county would get their
mail mixed. We all worked In the shoe
department in the prison and had oppor-
tunities to talk with each other. William
Walter of North Carolina told me he
had a wife living in Indiana and two
daughters. in Louisiana and he often
said that he expected to go to Louisiana
when he got out of prison
Those who heard Blackledge's story
and who coupled with the story carried
by the Associated Press, believe that
the Jones county william c. Walters
kidnapped the Dunbar child and that he
exchanged it with the North Carolina
William Walters for the Anderson boy.
That the Jones county William Walters
wrote to relatives here from the vicinity
of Opelousas last summer there is no
doubt, though none of these letters can
now be found. 1t is also stated posi-
lively that during his visit to Laurel a
few days before Christmas he stated that
he was engaged in the stove repairing
business.s travelling through southwest
Mississippi and Louisiana. He was well
dressed at that time and appeared to be
plentifully supplied with funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Abundantly Supplied

Vienna, April 2S.-The correspondent at
Cattaro of the Vienna Reichspost cites the
English Red Cross doctors from the Turk
ish fortress of Scutari as authority for
the statement that when the citadel sur
rendered although the populace was
stricken with hunger the Turkish troops
were abundantly supplied with provisions
and ammunition, and that the announce
ment of the surrender caused mutiny
among the Albanians which essad Pasha,
the Turkish commander, suppressed In
sanguinary fashion.
The doctors declare, according to tho
correspondent that the capitulation of
the city was due to the treachery Of Essad
Pasha and to his desire to crafty his
ambition to become ruler of Albanian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Telegram From Osaka

Oakland, Cal, April 2S.-W. e. Gibson,
president of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce of the Pacific slope. today
received the following telegram from
Osaka, Japan:
has intimate business relations with
America and is much concerned about
anti-Japanese legislation now before the
California assembly. Believing that such
discriminative legislation seriously threat
ems the long standing friendship of COM
mercial relations between America and
Japan we held mass meeting to con-
slider the situation and resolved to ask
your influential and sympathetical aid TO
settle the question.
''MICHIO DOE, Chairman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Defensive Attitude

Philadelphia, April ga general de-
fense of the attitude Of those who OPP
pose alien ownership of land and unre-
stricted Asiatic immigration was made
today by Fl. H. Stevens, member of the
Canadian parliament from British Co
lu1nba, In address before the Poor
Richard club.
Declaring that II the eastern states and
the eastern half of Canada could ap-
preciate the real situation on the Pacific
coast they would sympathize with the
viewpoint of the people out there toward
the Chinese and Japanese Mr.. Stevens
laid down as a basis for his argument
that immigration is a privilege we
grant, not a right for aliens to claim"
1T may seem small thing to let them
own 1900 acres of land. But that is an
opening wedge beginning he said
"Californians think they know only too
well how 1t would end. l think any one
who studies coditions out there will agree
with me that it would be crirninally dere-
lict for the lawmakers to do anything
that would tend to upset present stand
ards of civilization"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Not Supporting Austria

Cologne. Germany, April 2S.-Tn an In
spired Berlin dispatch published this eve
ming. the Cologne Gazette denies the re-
ports printed in foreign newspapers that
Germany is not fully supporting Austria
Hungary with regard to the question of
the disposition of the fortress of Scutari.
The newspapers calls the statement
originating in Paris that Germany had
declared that military operations to COM
pei Montenegro to evacuate Seutari were
in admissible. flat invention and 1t
says Austria's attitude is fully justified.