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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28
Forced Napoleon to Yield.

The abdication of Napoleon was
negotiated one hundred years ago
April 5. The plenipotentiaries of Ma
poleon arrived in Paris at 10 O'Clock
in the morning and were Immediately
received by the Emperor of Rus
sia, who was the dominating spirit
among the allied sovereigns. The Rus.
sian emperor, after a moment of de-
liberation with the allied princes and
their ministers. informed the negotia
tors that the maintenance of the i'm
perial dynasty was out Of the ques.
ton. The offer Of the Island of Elba
as an asylum for the dethroned EN-.
peror was then made, together with
the promise Of principality in Italy
for Maria Louisa and the King of
Rome. Napoleon endeavored to Sc,
cure greater concessions in the inter.
est Of his family, but these were de.
MED him and six days later he un-
conditionally yielded up his throne.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28
DANGEROUS Kind of Spoonlna.

On the subject of Spoons" Law
Notes says; "Spooning is not gener
ally classed as a dangerous occupa-
tion, even when carried on by two per-
sons OF opposite sex. In mining opera
tions, however, where a workman is
occasionally required to go exploring
with an instrument known as a
spoon for an unexploded charge Of
dynamite, the rule seems to find its
exception. OF such spooning was
Judge Lamm thinking when he rid
his system of the following remarks:
There is some divergence in the tes-
timony about the length Of the par
ticular spoon used by the respondent
in a way presently to be stated, but
the length of that particular spoon
handle is immaterial, though 1t is the
personal view of the writer that one
who handles dynamite with a spoon
needs one with long handle-the
longer the better. If authority is nee.
essary for this judicial dictum, It may
be found in the Danish proverb to the
effect that he who eats out of the
same dish with the devil needs q long
spo,n.'"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

According to a report from The
American consul at Hongkong, the
fiber division of the bureau Of agri
culture at Manila Is conducting ex
tensive experiments for the purpose
of establishing scientific standards for
testing hemp, in lieu of the present
methods according to which experts
of many years experience judge the
quality and value of the product by
sight and touch. The new tests will
be based upon the relation between
the weight of a meter length of the
fiber and the breaking strain. Tests
for single hbers will be varied with
tests for twisted iibers. AS soon as
this system of tests is fully worked
out it will be put into effect in the
Philippine hemp market.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28
aeschyIus at Syracuse.

For four days in April dramas of tn,
AJhenian tragic poet Aeschylus wer,
performed in the old Greek theater a
Syracuse, in eastern Sicily. Aeschylu
has long been popular in Syracuse
Twenty-three centuries ago ,Athenial
prisoners taken in the great defeat be
fore that city, and sold as slaves aftei
the custom of the time, earned theil
freedom by reciting the verses of theil
great poet. Perhaps some Of the mer
thus set at liberty organized a com
pany and acted "Prometheus Bound
or The Persians" in the same theateI
where the same plays will be pre-
sented .next spring. The poet who is
held in favor for 2,3O0 years in one
place cannot complain of public tickle
ness
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28


Nineteen years ago the territorial
SUPERINTENDENT OF puDilc health, DT.
c. u. Arnold OF FL Reno made re-
port to ms eAcelIency w. [. Reniro'
so''rnor OF Oklahoma Territory, and
the fourth legislative assembly OF the
. TERRITORY OF Oklahoma There are a
great many Things IN TINS report that
are very interesting recommends
/ tohs we're made as TO legislation, ana
th''o same recommendations are sun
be'Ag made TO each legislature IN OK
IaAoma. Had these recommendations
/ 7eer recognized and the legislature
nave enacted law regulating the
practice OF MIDWIFERY large per
c'H'a2' OF the holhers VINO nave ul"d
uurIng the past nineteen years from
cAi'"-Deu leFer might possibly De Nv
ING jouaN'
Inc superintendent OF healIh al
tAat tllhe Iah'hled the Iacl that there
was ne adequate prov Nlsloh lor the reg
I'le'lhS OF NilaI STATISTICS ana TO snow
Ihe necessity ior the same he stated
jhai tAey were 'Hluch needed IN col
Iec'Ihg reliable data pertaining TO our
Il u.7e&NtS' thelr NIruIehce' resistance ia
laI'.y as compared with kindred dis
90 Eal n hap
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

The Federal league follows the Ma
tional league plan of working off post
pOncments. Doube-headers, unless
scheduled originally, are barred in all
first tries between the different
clubs The club president on whose
grounds a postponement of a tie game
occurs, selects the date on which it
will be decided.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28
For 4 Torpid Liver,

81 have used Chamberlain's Tablets
off and on for the past six years
whenever my liver shows signs OF be-
ing in a disordered condition. They
have always acted quickly and given
me the desired relief" writes Mrs. F
H. Trubus. Springville, n. Y, For sale
by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

You can't stop me. | am going to
Join the Moose before the charter
closes. $500 charter membership.
17tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

Captain Vivian Lockett, who played
with the British international polo
team last year, has become reserve
member of Barn Wimbourne team,
which is to play in the United States
next month for the international polo
cup
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

1t looks as if J. Franklin Baker is
going to have one Of his best seasons,
when fielding alone is considered. Not
that he has ever been detriment to
the team, on the defense, for the of
tcial figures show that Baker accept
ed more chances in 1913 and 1912
than any other third baseman in the
two leagues.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

Walker. the left fielder Of the St
Louis Americans, is about the hardest
hitter for man Of his build ever
seen in major league baseball
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

Willie Ritchie declares that he is
anxious to meet Ad Wolgast again in
a Milwaukee ring. Smatter Willie,
waG running low
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-28

Catcher L. S Nunamaker Of the
ll'Oston Americans has been sold to
the New York Americans and First
Baseman Wilson has gone to the
Memphis Southern league team.
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State Commissioner Of Health
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1t really seems as if the FederaIs
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Nautical Notes.

The Sea of Matrimony is filed with
Hardships. .-Lippincotts.
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given by applicants to courts for N.
liar authorization.
One applicant named VI Idd a-i,,. Zoe
court last year 70 let HIM alter ..s
name to Greascr. his mother m..I.n
name. Mr.. Mudd declared tAd; 'ae
Mudd end Of his title caused him 'u-
rrassment Apparently he had l,t
thought Of the effect Il the name 30 80
event Of removing To- TEXAS or Sow
MoN.co.
Another app!!caH; IN a JERSEY ...rt
asked that she nigh; change rom
L.mburger To Mac-.cuddy. claiming
that she was the subject II r.d.cu., be-
cause Of the odorous suggestion When
ever she was addressed
The guardian of two orphan girls
named Van VaikonDurg cam, .nto court
with request that his wards Do, d.
lowed to assume his name Of S;Hmoe,
but the court suggested tina. ..n."ss
there was a reason why Van Na.h'n-
burg was inferior 10 stumble % 'oI'i
see no necessity for the change IH,r
: the guardian S1:pr sd the court 10y
. nrattdlN INSISTING tHdl iu' h"Ill' of
Van Nalkenhurg was harsh sounding
while his own name Nas smooth s!.-
lab.cd. much superior 20 "a" u.1,-.
Watcher the court supposed tho name
stumble might prove iemptai..a l.
growing r.r.S or whether ii could NOT
soc the logic of the guardian as 900 'le
merits Of the rival soundings, certain
it Is the application was refused md
tn" girls VIII not grow up Mar-od
and Mabel stumble.
Not long ago man named Daring
asked for a legal SHIFT. He DECLARED u
was a sure laugh If a friend called H'.,r
him in crowd. The Judge hctr.a- the
application Khuehcd himself when his
plea was made but declared III. man
calling Darling in a crowd would be
more apt to win r.diCule than the .Aa'r
of the name. But Darling was oali ed
and walked away very much i'u-.'d
from the chan flung at HIM. Ia, met
remark being that he was mo longer
his wife's Darling" Sc.
The name Glutton was changed IN
Worms recently but by marriage. an.
Silversmith To Moulder the same way,
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Work of the Two Great Foundations Endowed With Millions Examine
in View of Recent Attacks Themoh Organizations Chartered
by Congress- But Congress Exercises No Supervision Over Them

membership must la'cr 10" brought up L"
nine. So that in an interval mere
handful Of men might lawfully commit
the foundation To any policy,
Policy, There YOU have the heart 0f
a common complaint against Mr.. Rock
cfollcr'S creation Some of the General
Education Hnard's hest friends have
told f. frankly that they would Xix. to
know what its pnl,cv +. Does il favor
higher education for negroes Does il
believe in fostering tho financially strong
college at tho expcnso Of its weaker
brother when some other conditions.
such AS quality Of instruction. may he
better AT the pock.t poor,r institution .
Well the answer is that the board has
no policy and no pnlic.os Its officers
themselves CIV So ono ~ ,h,m told
Tn, So r,t,r,.r,
"AlI van can iu,1oo hv 10 ,h. L,ard,s
mast wnrl, II mac ai,.o summon, IN -
r,r,oin GLASS ~ .cbo,Is ,hi, ,.,r ord
r.xt war ,or -, ,,.,, r,.,'s.,. ,,i'hh,Ia
,bot .rrror, ,,,, ,.,',,',. +, ,l.',,.,,lr, :,
Tb,ra ,,.,s 49, daniat ,t,,, 49,, ,',,,.,,..
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The other lines of work by the board
are less specific: the promotion Of
higher education throughout the Coun-
try. which is Compasscd by endowment
gfts To- colleges and the promotion of
selected schools for negroes, To- which
IN it, eleven years the board has given
over 100000.
OF the Carnegie Foundation much less
need he said, hccauSc IT has consistently
sought publicity for its work.
1t is housed in half dozen rooms on
an upper floor of SO Fifth avenue,
at the Forty-sovcnth Stcct corner. Like
the General Education Board it has re-
Trained from building up a great ma
chin" with clerks, deputies, imposing
quarters and red tape,
1t may hc said without prejudice tina,
the Carnegie board, which has "A Fed
rral charter and is s,lf-pcrpetuating
Ike the Rockefeller board, has policy
ana mighty definite one. Organized
to pay pensions to retiring college pro-
fessors, it has undertaken the task of
making over he whole American cdu-
cationa! system according to the ideas
Of a handful of men. They are excel
lent men and their ideas and ideals
fled observers seems to lie that the Car
negie Foundation is doing a great work
and doing it well,
1t is "A work that finds no other hands
to tackle it, a work that the Federal
and state governments haven't beer
educated up to doing, but IT goes miles
beyond the pcnsioning of pleasant old
professors.
As the officers Of the Carnegie Foun.
! datlOn themselves describe it their task
! IS % breed educational honesty in this
country To that end the foundation
| has ruthleSSlY attacked and EXPOSED
| anything that seemed To it to hr mis-,
representation by any Institution. Col
l"gc catalogues that have listed course,
! TIA" college wasn't equipped to g!V,
| have been pillurirl in public. Institu
| lions that have been giving an A. u
degree for less work than is needed
to get it at such universities as Yale
| Harvard or Princeton have been hstc,
for all the world to heed. Fakes hay,
| been branded as such with "A very toni,
effect. Tho only questions
VIII artists whether some incidcuta
| harm has not been done here and Their,
To small, struggling but honest ant
| worthy Institutions.
No one can pretend to answer tina
| oifhand, II may be noted, however
! that the practical working Of the foun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

Mr.. Rockefeller gave his money 10
the board outright, There are no
Strings 10 1t and he cannot lawfully
have anything 10 say about its disposal
now. The spending of the $l,500,0 600
income from his gift is in IN" hands
If seventeen mru They are Frederick
T. Gates, Walt. r II. Page. John u.
Rockefeller, lr, Albert Shaw, Wallace
Buttcrick. Starr !. Murphy. Edwin \.
Alderman, president of the University
# Virginia; Hollis Il. FrisseU Harry
Pratt Judson, cN-IresIdcu, Charles W.
Eliot of Harvard. Andrew Carnegie,
Edgar L. Marston. Wictllffe Rose,
Jerome H. Greene, Arson Phelps
stokes, Abraham FlcNncr and George
H. Vincent.
besides Mr., Rocket Her, Jr, Mr.
Gates, Starr j. Murphy and Jerome -.
Greene are close TO Mr. Rockefeller
They would undoubtedly know his
wishes in given matter
These seventeen men have absolute
say about apportioning Sl,j0O,0Oo yearly
among schools and colleges. They
never give aid except where it has been
asked. They never give money without
knowing all about the institution which
is to get Z.
For its first three years the General
Education Board did nothing but accu-
mulate Information about American
schools. Go To the Whitehall budding.
II Battery place, take the elevator 20
the twenty-slNth floor and enter the
four or five modest rooms that house
the Rockefeller educational work. Thcr"
they will show you row upon row of
files ana indexes.
Put your hand at random in a drawer
filled with material about schools in
Georgia. There yuu will find a batch
Of reports covering every school in the
state. Even the humble little negro
school of a dozen or twenty pupils, with
total income of only few hundred
Il HAIRS year, is recorded in great
detail Everything * down. even to
the principals last raise in salary,
In another room You may fish out
a map of Idaho showing t r distribution
of the pupils Of struggling little
college in that State. Seven come from
| this county in the southeast corner
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charter members Of the organization Of
one guinea. This was continually aug
ment'd 10y subscriptions and contrbu-
lions as the membership grew. and from
this small beginning thousands Of dol
lars accrued. to be distributed to the
members and the dependents Of mem
bers.
Yet with all the generosity displayed.
and it was by no means stintcd. the
assets steadily grew. The decline in
membership has taken away the re-
sponsibility of the organization. For
many years the Survivors have tad no
need to draw upon the treasury. The
society is now one of friendship only.
Rs ms which were used az a club
were maintained for many years, but
the dwndling membership made this
expense seem inadVisable. Two floors
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General Education Board has been in
existence for eleven years and has never
published an annual report. After its
meetings II has given out statements of
glfts made, sometimes with summary
of its reasons for the gifts. As required
Icy it's char "r IT has made an annual re-
port To the Secretary If the Interior
R"currcnt criticism seems to have
wrought a change here, however. The
board is now compiling "A report of ten
years work, which will be issued Tn :
fall and it seems likely that annual re
ports VIII l." published hereafter.
The usual criticisms Of the two foun-
datiuns may be summarized a follows:
They control great sums of money.
the expenditure of which largely shapos
pducaiinuaI methods I'm this cn,lutrv
This expenditure is in the hands nf
"A few men who are yirtually n law unto
themselves.
"Thrv are The most indlyiluallstic mr.
gnnlzltions of their kind. doing in rr..,t
part work that ough, tn IA. done hy
the different States or the Federal Gov
crnmont. Their power enables hem IA
do this work without red tnno A.
far as hey 20 they work mora swiftly
and pcrhaps more efficiently than a
Government ORGANIZATION womb. Inn
their work is not sn rnmnrehenslv,
and perhaps it is not so equitable"
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when the clipper ships spread their
wings to the breczeS and poked Their
noses into all the strange seas Of thu
globe
Again the great collection Of 'uriu~
which the former members brought back
and deposited in the Marine Society
rooms is viewed and more stories ar,
inspired Next year the business ui
al >puSing Of the treasury problem VII
he taken up--pcrhipS. \ monument cor
something-a scamen'S home. yes. l.;
now for the swapping of yarns over tHr
Crih'agc board
II Is certain. therefore. that the fund
viii confirm" 10 pile up. and it IL just
as certain that one 10y one the mem
bcrS will dwindlc away 1t j. provided
in the bylaws that the last man alive
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three come from the county next to
il, and So ON. \ similar map for rival
institution shows a much more even
distribution Violently the rival Is scrv-
ing the whole State more adequately.
When both colleges apply for little
money this cOmpar.s n will Doe noted
10y tn" seventeen men sitting nj long
tahl" in the room adjoining
The seventeen are never satisfied with
tn" Information on hand. \ college
asking for IN ncy Is always subjected To
fresh inQuisition. Teaching methods
are looked into; but the main concern
is the institutions financial state. Has
it spent its funds wisely or bought
mining stock? If 1t appears To Gave
dealt prudontlv with its two - thr, g
talents other talents may be awarded
to II.
Nearly always the board conditions its
glft. The college Is generally asked L.
raise among its alumni and friends as
much or more than the sum the board
undertakes To furnish. The board gives
only for endowment purposes. Its
money Is handed out with the under
standing that it will be invested and
only the income used. No restriction
has ever been placed upon the use Of
TINS income. IL may 20 10 pay the
ianitor for all the board cares.
1t is an interesting fact that the board
never follows up its gifts to see if they
have been used ms stipulated But note
an exception. suppose a college com,
| back for more money. l is investigated
| anew, ana If the previous Gift has not
been made part of the endowment tn,
| chances of the boards giving NOR,
| money are naturally not bright. The
colleges understand this,
The board says that in giving money
! h. has never made any conditions regard
| ing teaching methods. II has given [,
colleges Of all scCtS and none
| An interesting point should he note,
| regarding the control Of the board, whi,l
| means the control Of its money Il,
| charter II may have from nine L. seven
| teen members. II now has seventeen
| but Il need not hav" more than nine
| Moreover the charter expressly provide.
that should the membership fail bclov
nine any acts of the diminished boar,
are still legal, although, Of course, tn,
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dation's tactics has been TO give o. him
who hath. Any one can see that 90 me
case Of a university like Princeton. with
the highest standards of teaching VIDE
service and high grade faculty there
can be- little question as 10 whether OF
not its aged teachers deserve the un-
dations bounty.
But how about the small W. tern
college which can't give the a.-ucs
training but can only give .hc best
has? Measured by any relative -'1nd'
ard it might seem as worthy If s.ipor
as the Eastern university. Abs. ''y
measured. II may be undoscrvin-. r,.a-
lively ]. may he just as worthy
Tho foundation seems In some .lsos
to have measured by the abs ute
rather than by any relative STANDARD
its critics charge. The officers ~ the
foundation do not deny tina; ,h.. are
helping the big institutions prn"r'
tionately much more than th, rue
ones; hut they put it on N" sr"."i "'
the students advantage. Their '-I-
mcnt is that it is better for the -' lent
to go To the institution with the I'S
standards even 4 he and his f'll.", by
SO doing cause the smaller l'~- dde'
| quatrly equipped college Ia wth'r va!
| and die.
So the foundation has cons MY
| fought for high entrance rcQu.l' ,.' ms
| to colleges and has backed th' .-.iu'
tons that have kept high stI'.'' IS
not the highest they could w.. no"
means but the highest, iuds'd HH any
requirement, This does no m''H ''"
the foundations money has h..H ".''
held from small colleges ht. dS'
| covered not few small .n-' '."s
whose entrance requirements ll' s.'''
and whose teaching j. first class
il has supported literally. Bar us "
its policy there will everywh'rt ' '"'
| opinions.
The matter Of moment IN r. '.' "
both these big factors in Am.' .''
cation cannot he better suuH' & wy
than in the words Of a friend ". '"'
among thoughtful poop" I'll. .'S'
lion arises: l. il well thai these ..''
tlons, with their stagGol.u-
millions, should 60 uuruu'r'.'.
is safe to-day, how about mr..
from now. when ID" donors ana ''S
generations OF administered nav
passed from the scene? w 'N'' No.
then be really danger ha' '.'
pcrpctuat.ug bodies may ."~'
with the mas. of educators ANA
- the movement Of m" s.'.
of democrat" 'hW''''
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TNp recent attacks upon private
wealth as used To- further educa-
L ton in America have sharply
stirred public attention. The
first was made 10y Thomas w. churchill,
president Of the New York Board OF
:ducation. who characterized the Car
ncrlr Foundation for the Advancement
If Teaching as a "work If general
philanthropy that has developed into
a piece Of dsgraceful bribery, debauch-
M professors and threaten
ing colleges with reign of Uniformity
rigidlty and Ossificatlon.'
Later the National Education Assoc
citation at its annual convention re-
ccivcd a report from a committc" which
said that the Carnegie and Rockefeller
funds menace true academic freedom
and defeat the primary purpose OF
democracy rs heretofore preserved in
violahle in our common schools, norma
schools and universit."s.'
,-Tho Carnegie Foundation replied IL
, Mr.. Churchill but neither 1t nor the
General Education Board created by
John d. Rockcfcller's money, has an
swrrcd the report to the National Edu-
cation Association.
It may hc sad at the outset that n
striking thing about both he Carnegie
Foundation and the General Education
Board is their form f organization
great power concentrated in the hands
uf few men who are practically free
10 do as they please with the larE" sums
in their control. Both foundations are
,.l,.rt.r.I l,y r,uurpss and are there