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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
Ten-Year-Old Girl Proficient IN For
eign Language.

How about your g,rls?' / asked.
"Iiow old are they and are they gett'nr
as much out OF the Cary schools as the
boys ."
Sir. Mayne smiled reminisccntly as
he replied: 81 think I viii tell you "a
story 20 show you how rap d.y The
girls have got ahead under the Gary
system My two girls are ten and
eleven years old, and as they have
begun the schools earlie- than the boys
they may even 0utstriD them 10 Won d
certainly seem $50 II the up.i'ty with
which they 90 ahead in foreign lam
Cuagc- IS any ind cation of what hap
pens when you stare $50 th them young
in the Gary system. But % come CD
my story.
"Mauy years ago Mrs. Mayne and
myself were interested in learning
German. and we used 10 20 converse In
when we had anything 20 discV,s in
the children's presence which we did
not care 20 nave them understand My
eldest boy did not take up German IN
iii high school. so that we had about
fourteen years iu which we could carry
on conversation perfectly safe in
German Ny second boy entered the
Gary schools when he was twelve, and
the secret. Judging by the experience
Of the boys o. looked a. II we had st.l
two years before the girls in Ue iam-
iiy would be able 20 understand al. the
family councils, which were carried on
i'm "a foreign language. Not az all. how
ever To our amazcmcut we hud that
our tou-year-o'd daughter iu jefferson
School knows German better than the
boy iu college. believe that This Is
iu accordance with sound pedaror.ca.
theory. and that il is NOW admitted
thar the best time 20 teach o fore -n
language 20 children IS Do The earlier
years Of the elementary course. In
Gary they actually act ON that theory,
and the results prove IFS validity lis
concerning as 10 may be 90 the parents.
by the way" continued Nr. Wayne,
"why Is 70 that in 81. the discus ions Of
the Gary schools in New York they
never mention the Jefferson School
Ny two girls are attending that school,
and ! consider .t exactly as good "a
either Emerson or Froohel The shop
work and play and auditorium are cX-
cclient and the academic work is eX-
ceptIonaiiv fire. Don't let New York
people make the Do stake Of thinking
that Emerson and Froebol are the only
schools in Gary
IT, Tho Sunday Tunes" Of January g
A. Emerson Palmer sccgetar; OF 'he
New York Board OF Education. COM
pares the Gary school system with the
"LancastrIau plan" 90 order 20 how
the possible lesson for advocates Of
the former" In the history Of che lat
ter We read the article conscien-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
N. H, JURY ACQUITS
{. DiSAGREES ON 3
Continued from page 1

Fin, joining the minority for. convic-
ton. WITH him were Max I ,;.'..
James II Carton and Peter Wagner.
With Nr Hlsamen for acQuittal were
Albert T. Weldon Thomas N. Fell,
Frank S Douglas. Fred G. Bonny, Joel
Kraus. Henry c. uater and Andrew J..
Grace.
but this lineup broke only once. and
that was when Hartman and Flint went
over 10 the majority, trying 20 lead the
others 70 an agreement, but when the
two failed 20 follow they went back %
their original stand on the next ballot
Acquitted on Reasonable Doubt"
The lineup throughout was on the
main issue as 20 whether the govern
ment had proved conspiracy. he
final verdict meant that all were agreed
there was q reasonable doubt as 20
vbether those defendants who were ac-
Quilted participated On d conspiracy
without indicating an agreement as 10
whether there was @ conspiracy.
In their debates they eliminated the
tripartite agreement as being am act
i'm itself in violation Of the antl-trus;
law. this being % accordance with IN.
iudge's instructions tha. Do only had
value as evidence bearing on the gen
eral question Of intent 20 build UP %
monopoly This left them with the
Sound lines agreement as the main
rock on which they pitt. The acqulsi-
ton by the New Haven Of the JOY Line
also was ar important issue with them.
hut the Billiard deals were thrown out
Of consideration almost entirely. The
Boston & Maine matter also held d
prominent part IN the deliberations
The debates in the jury room were
described by the jurymen as reaching
such violence az times that many sharp
remarks were passed Two or three
became 30 warm with debating that
thew were at the end physically Unable
TO take any part iu the d'scu ions sit
ting YEARLY in their chairs. with their
minds made up and unwilling 70 labor
further.
Names Of Five Stay on Calendar.
Judge Hunt formally dismissed the
acquitted men and stated that the cases
Of the others would remain or the cal
endar until disposed Of IN way 70 be
determined subsequently. r. J. Bats,
who headed the government attorneys,
stated after court that be believed the
cases against the five men would DE
moved for re-trial at sn early date.
When the verdict was announced al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
PUSH CHICAGO UPLIFT WORK
Advocates Us, Twenty eight Schools ns
Community Centres Mt Night.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Twenty-eight ward
schools hero have been opened TINS
winter MS community centres. Mrs.
Page Waller Eaton. superintendent Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
Parents Strongly Favor System, Says Resident OF ""S
Boys Too Busy to Form Bad flablts-OPpof-
tunitv to Discover Natural Bent

entirely free choice as TO the kind or
shop work that he should take. FIRST
painting attracted him do not mean
painting pansies and buttcrcups, but
painting walls and signs. Well, he tried
IL for number of months, learned the
fundamentals Of 1t, and then decided
that Il wasn't his line. The next year
he tried blacksmithing and kept at 10
during the whole year. Again he got
the Fundamental principles of that kind
Of work and became very handy VIII.
tools, something that will always be OF
use to him. The next year he went lnto,
the print shop This work he both liked
and disliked, but he kept at 1t and
learned something that viii be OF the
greatest value TO him In any line OF
work that he goes into, whether 1t Is
business or professional work, or any
other occupation.
"He has now determined TO 90 70
college, and he wishes 60 earn his way
through lie has therefore made up
his mind to become proficient IN ste
biography and typewritlng, as 1t Is the
easiest and quickest way OF earning
money IN college.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
WHAT THE WRIT PLAN MEANS.

WHAT THE WRIT PLAN MEANS.
To every parent--A chance to give
hi. child tho enriched educational
opportunities usually reserved tor
the children Of the favored few.
To tcacber.-No more hours OF
teaching; moro congeniai work
To the community-Better citi-
,.r. bettsr schools for less cost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
Vocational Work Helps Bows.

cone Of the best things about the
Gary schools is the shop work no
tee that there is q good deal Of talk at
the present time by educators about
children having chance % try them
selves out a. various lines OF voca-
tlonal work Then educators certainly
ought 10 welcome the Gary plan, for
that Is exactly whs; the children IN
Gary have an opportunity 20 DO.
For example. consider my second
boy. who is now sophomore in high
school. but who had three years in the
elementary schools IN Gary lie had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
STRONGER THAN EVER.
The Admirable Colonel Has Still "a
Few Million" Supporters.

To EDITOR OF the SvN-Sir.
MIR. Belts Of the Lyons Republican In his
latest terrible attack on Theodore Roose-
welt says that "Our Teddy" Is a 'pollti-
cal reminiscerce." The mere fact that
Roosevelt recently attended Il small pri-
yate dinner stirred the whole country.
M. Belts quotes the vote OF the last
Republican National Committee. hut the
record how that a large proportion of
hat committee which sat in June. lHl2.
had been ~repud!ated Mt the polls previous
TO that time, For instance. take our Mr..
Murphy OF New Jersey. What mora
right had he to sit with the committee
when the Republican voters at "A primary
election in May. 1912. overwhelmingly
elected a delegation solidly pledged TO
Theodore Roosevelt NJ emphatically re-
jected Mr.. Murphy II every other dele
gate pledged to Taft What could he ex-
pected from such a committee" They
didn't represent the Republican voters OF
1912, Here are some more figures
Popular vo,. IsI2-R oo.eyeit, Alle 500,
TAFT. s.+s<,sb6
Electoral vote lsi9-Rooseyelt, SIS TAFT, 3
There are Still, p few million voters
ready TO follow Roosevelt Hgnin. no,
necessarily M q candidate, but They still
believe the 1919 nomination was stolen
from him. and will not return to support
any OF the robbers, Yes, Mir. Editor OF
the Lyons ~Rcpubicnn, Mr. Roosevelt is
stronger than ever. FAITHFUL.
EAST ORANGE, y ', January
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A THRILLING

A putative cable message from Lon
don purports to give some features OF
an aerial adventure OF the German
Kaiser in q recent flight owe Warsaw
in a Zeppelin. The account, as set
forth, is taken from a P%etrograd news
paper and reprinted in London.
The story pictures the Kaiser SAIL
ing serenely In n dirigible over the an
Client Polish capital. when one of the
screws" presumably a machine set
screw. broke loose and tore great holes
In the aluminium envelope and some OF
the gas bags. The airsh!p began to
list heavily and a parachute was pre-
pared for the kaiser's use"
An article printed in an American
scientific periodical several months ago
told how a leak might affect the trim
Of an aircraft IN the same way that an
inflow of water causes a list Of a ma
rine vessel, the air admitted through
the rent In the airship o~verbalancing
the buoyancy Of the gas as he water
In a leaking sea craft partly outweigh he
the foliage Of the vessel. So II Is no
wonder that the Zeppelin carrying the
Kaiser had a heavy list to port or star
board. She might even have been
down by the head" or by the stern.
According to the account the com
mander Of the Zeppelin did the right
thing. He did not ! IN the excitement
lash the Kaiser to an anchor or a ring
buoy. nor did he assist his Majesty
to don q cork Jacket. After providing
the Emperor with "A parachute he sent
a wireless message TO the earth "and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11

Of his defeat for Congress in a special
election in 1910 in no manner i'm.
paired his potency in public AFFAIRS.
Mr.. ALDRrDoE at present Is alleged
to have command Of the practical APP
plication Of Governor CHARLES SET
MouR WHITMAN's ambition to acquire
the distinction Of appearing at the
next Republican national convention
as New York's favorite son. The
course to that honor is not free from
difficulties. It's achievement may ne.
cessitate the puncture of one or more
resourceful gentlemen. and the fiat
tening Of q number Of rotund aspira-
tions. Yet It Is not beyond the bounds
Of possibility that the Governors
power plus the engineering skill OF
Uncle GEORGE may overcome all oh.
structions, and land the prize.
Perhaps this combination may
win perhaps II may lose but In any
event, the friends of Uncle GEORGE
ALDRIDGE-who r numerous and not
without pride In their ~status-will
recognize from the beginning that he
knows exactly what he IL about. and
that in no event Is the Rochester
sage being fooled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
Hot Day. In Florida.

Excepting the Colonel, no politician
hereabout calls his adversaries liars
nowadays. Mr.. MURPHY Is n master
Of great r%eticences; Mayor Mitchell
avoids strong words Deacon WHIT
NAN has been revealed with an exple.
tive Of violence on his tongue, but
mildness In his habitual wear. Yet
the old Juice flows In other quarters
Of the land. The hot sun Of Florida
calls II to the surface. Thus the
Fort Pierce Neics brings to US the
proclamation ITO the Citizens OF
Saint Lucie County" signed and
printed as an advertisement by w. Il
HARpEE. In which that gentleman de-
tends the legislative record Of Sena.
tor +. NJ. HrDsoS in words Of troplc
intensity.
Senator HuDsoS has been assailed
because Of advocacy of a law per
hitting the use Of seines in Saint
Lucie county waters. His support
Mr.. HARpEE informs the public, was
obtained Through the basest misrep'
resentation and deception practiset
by one whom the advertiser names
who favored this bastard law" and
Mr.. HARpEE adds:
~ brand that part Of the deception
wherein my name was used as a base
less. premeditated. commercinlized LIE
II have the documentary PROOF,
which I will publish and which vii
show wildly the dirty. u~nscrupulou,
tactics.
81 wish to say further tina; this no.
tice Is a paid advertisement FOR which
I am hone legally responsible"
This Is strong meat. not food fol
infants. Plainly. Saint Lucie county
has never enjoyed the soothing min
istrations Of the Bureau of Municipa
Research. aud Is going 10 have {
State campaign this year of old fash
ioned yigor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11

President WILSON has plainly &C.
lected Postmaster MoRGAN's successor
with the intention Of not offending
Tammany, and ut the zane time es-
Gaping the direct charge that he sub
mitted to its d~ictation. He wants the
Tammany delegates in the national
convention. but he wants to buy them
as cheap as he can.
Mr.. MORGAN has been an excellent
postmaster. He rose from the ranks
and knows more about the Office than
any Of his predecessors did. or any Of
his successors Is likely to. He knew
when he accepted promotion from the
Job Of assistant. in which he would
have been protected by the civil sev-
vice laws. that a change Of admin.
istration would Dust him from his
present post. and ne IL not half 80
fearful over his fate as are some OF
the sympathizers who weep over his
not attenuated form.
Mr.. MoaGAN has been a good post
master. and he has the satisfaction
OF knowing that the Great Oak, q
pilgrim from the South which claims
the first affections Of Mr.. WILSON,
Mr.. BuRIEsoN and Mr.. MCADoo. will
have TO keep his feet moving to equal
the record Of his predecessor: and
Mr.. JOHNSON is u man who knows
how to keep in motion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
Uncle George AIdNidRe.

Uncle GEORGE ALDRID0E Is an emil
nent statesman Of Rochester, Monroe
county. whose experience in politics
he's not been restricted to theory OF
disinterested observation. He pos,
sesses the happy faculty of growing
younger each year. and he has long
ruled his home town and county in q
manner that has ELECTED praise from
tho impartial and furnished no oppor
tunity for his enemies successfully
to attack him. In spite Of his juve.
nile appearance-which testifies elo,
quently to the health supporting
qualities Of Monroe county atmos.
phere. and his own rational habit OF
living--Mr. ALDRlDGE Is not an limo,
cent In public life. and the incident
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11

became apparent that his second can
didacy would be strong enough to win
a second nomination and q second
election.
Thus DR.. WILSON, the elected Pres
ident Of the United States. actually
went into Congress. BY means Of the
Palmer letter. to lobby against the
enactment Of the principle which his
party had declared, and to induce
other Democrats in Congress to as
sist him in defeating, at its very in
ception, an attempt to amend the
Constitution in the very way to
which his party had pledged itself
and himi We have the positive as
surancs Of the World that the con-
tents Of the letter to PALMA "were
made known to the leaders Of Con-
eress and undoubtedly exercised con-
siderable influence in staying the pas
sage Of the one term resolution
THE Sun hopes that II IL not too
harsh in the unspoken comments
which are implied in the mere nara
ton Of these circumstances. We are
studying the deeds. not Of Mr.. VIII
son the President Of the United
States, but Of Mr.. WILSON the poll
tician before his Inauguration as
Chief Magistrate. The difference Is
obvious and immense.
Mr.. WILSON the private citizen, the
politician and the State Official had al
ready achieved a more or less distinct
reputation for repeatedly. systemat-
ically and remorselessly kicking away
from the ladder the rungs that had
already served their full usefulness
to his ascending brogans. The one
term pledge merely went the way of
GEORGE HARVEY and Of JAMES SMITH,
Jr.. not to mention other temporarily
esteemed facilities for climbing and
assistants In personal uplift.
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school Politics and Decimal Addl-
ton.

Into the news reports of school
AFFAIRS in this city n strange and
disconcprting element has entered.
Tackled onto articles about the school
elections this paragraph appears:
Tests were submitted to pupils. boys
and Girs averaging 10 years OF age.
A sum OF about this d.naculty was pro-
posed: Add i.5s. as, -. 2ss. 1917,
1873. $40. OF l.c:s pupils 77s. or rs
per cent. computed the yum correctly"
Children Of 10 might reasonably be
expected--reasonably, II their seven
years Of schooling had been worth
the time--to resent Indignantly the
imposition Of 80 simple a test seven
numbers to be added, not n with
more than two digits on either side
Of the decimal point, only two zeroes
and those not mischievously placed
In the column; not pedagogical
catch" In the problem, but such a
sum as would occur hourly in the ex-
perience Of any selling clerk, or In the
daily affairs Of any person in ordinary
walks Of life. And "a per cent. of
the pupils failed In It! The highest
class average was barely more than
nine-tenths perfect. the lowest re-
vealed less than se%ven-tenths Of &C
curacy: scores Of 81 and SO per cent.
respectively.
1t Is difficult to imagine a class
Of fifty thirteen-year-old children of
whom only thirty-eight could do" so
simple a sum.
If teachers were graded by the
same standard ma their pupils. 10 per
cent. to pass" this test Of their Eff.
cheney would place them Just six
points In 100 above failure.
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The vau,t 81 a might sky black and bind.
The snariinG wall OF a winter wind:
The suffering lights that shudder ana
shine
Down on the slttherine wretched line,
Guests OF necessity. come to dine,
Trenohernan. open your sriny CLAW.
Here Is fare Tor your famished NAV.
A cheering cup and q crust Of bread,
Bone. II ~ bone. and blood IL red,
Charity emiles to see you fed!
Feast meath the n!Eht sky. black and
blind,
What caro- you for tho snarl o. the wind :
A hun to munch and a cup to drain,
And over and over and once again
You waken to struggle and tryst with pain
Crawl Somewhere when rho feast Is done,
Sleep til the next sardonic sun:
sleep in your rags, moor shIverinS clod.
Through blind black hours with death
abroad,
While i4ls. low Srovelling, questions God
OLiE L. LYMAN.
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Before tho war there were officers
in the British navy who would rather
have taken the battleship King Ed
ward VII. to sea for a night than the
original D~readnought. The two ships
were completed in the same year. 1906.
While the King Edward VII. was not
an all big gun ship she carried pow
erful batteries. four IL inch, four 80
inch and ten 4 inch guns. and had a
broadside fire of four ~ inch, two
90 inch and five 6 inch guns az COM
pared with the Dreadnought's broadslde
IRE Of eight Of her l2sinch guns. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
Senator CHAMBERLAIN is not arcurat

Senator C~HAMBERiAIN Is not accurate
when he says that W. have yielded in
every arbitration with Great Britain
II he means that We have come out
second best from every aroitration. In
the Bering Sea controversy it was
Canada that had 10 yield: Great Brit
ain had to pay damages for the Ala
bama's depredations; and in the Ash
cries award We were not worsted.
Strange az il may appear to Mr..
CHAMBERIAIN. it is England and not
the United States thai is disposed 10
complain OF surrenders and arb.tral
failures. Our International lawyers in
recent times have certainly had a fair
measure Of success In fitting with the
Br!t!shers. But perhaps the Hon,
GHoRnE EARLE CHAM BERLAIN has not got
beyond the Oregon controversy, Fifty
four Forty or Fight"
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Taking Caro Of SalNinI.

TO THE EDITOR or TIM SUN- sir.
When Tommaso Salvini came to Amer.
lea his first appearance" was iu Rostnn
at the Globe Theatre. owned and man.
aged by job Stetson, famous for his
i~orceful but much atwist English.
At the opening performance Mr. S|tetson
and his employees were in the wings.
eager to see the work OF the worlds
greatest actor, But men II manager
talked so much that tho noise discon-
certed n annoyed Ohello, who wa
obliged severa, times to turn his back IN
the audience and with finger to lips say
"Silenzio' Silenzio""
In spite OF the warnings the chatter
continued, and Salvlni. now angry.
Kissed At the wings 'Sileuzio Sicr,
zio S,etson, perplexed. turned to his
men and said Boys, I don't know what
the hell the old man wants. hut what
ever It Is go out and get II for him"
HENRY GARRlTy.
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PHILIPPINE RULE UPHELD
senator Hitchcock Drnic. iati
charges Of H%lundrriuE

WAsHINGToN. Jaw. -. \ ot
I'VE present Government
tiou IN nm" Philippine lslt'dr "
IN the S,ra'e to-day by So .:
cock II support Of the bil 81
larger Measure OF ~r't-goNrrf
the Islands
The senator from \rhrt..I.
10 the charges recently made d..
II TAR aud Others that u.t.,
Gals Of the Philippine Cove.
been displaced TO make = o."
rats, said that I've res slDtt
quested had been made TO" rf
many places had been a'o'
reasons of economy, It's ASST"
based on a letter sent by "
nison, now a member Of I've !
Commission, 20 the t!y'l SCrNl.
League,
The debate in the Senate + e.
there Is not likely 10 be mN.I o.
to the Philippine hill. II no.
ny the Republicans, ho"oN'
way disposine W tire UI',lrn
dcpendenc" senator kr''H
who j. supporting tl" N",
that Il did not give any lnIcr"
the Flllplnos,
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The Inland COngressman's Attitude
Toward Preparedness.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir; When
I read of the SNUG assurance OF some
OF these inland ConGressnen and their
objections to preparedness" | am re-
minded OF the words of 1.-THE gentleman
from kentucky" at the time OF Mr..
C~leveland's Venezuelan message, The
talk was Of the strength Of the British
navy u he Eave utteranCe 10 this
brilliant phrase Par the Mississippi
River into Mammoth Cav ana vhar
'u'd be the British avy thenT'
This symbollzes the Intellectual level
Of some of our legislators at the present
time, F G NJ.
BRooKLyN, January 10.