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The Keota news., 1917-08-03

ana eacn Gay Cnerea1ter 1Or CWO
weeks, from 8 q. m. to s pm. to
hear any and all objections to
the 1917 Assessment Roll.
ROBERT E. HANNA,
County Assessor.
problem Of crowding into the school
day recitations for from three to eight
grades and classes varying In number
from twelve to thirty-seven. The
average number for all the rural schools
Of the state is twenty-five. That, then,
gives the actual time for recitation
from eight to fifteen minutes. Perhaps
three miles from this school teacher il
another one endeavoring to do the same
work in the same classes, and she like
wise 10 discouraged with the lack Of
progress and the lack Of interest on the
part Of some.
Scattered over the state are twenty
one places where the remedy for this
condition IL being worked out. Go TO
Cache La Poudre, near Fort Collins, and
there you would and school which u
the embodiment Of efficiency in rural
school education. Six schools were
closed and this centralized school
established. In front Of the building
you would see seven transportation
wagons which bring to the school daily
100 scholars.
Consolidation 10 not an attempt TO cut
down expenses Of the school district.
It often does; but It ID found that the
district IL repaid for the change in the
awakened interest in the school affairs.
In every case, the new consolidated,
school has larger per cent OF the
children Of the district attending than
in the old system. The cost to the
district per scholar is far lower than in
the old method.
There are in fact number Of OBJ
jections to centralizing which are raised.
Chief among these is the thot that the
children would freeze while waiting for
the wagon and that the wagon could not
get thru the mud. Reports from the
different consolidated schools show that
the per cent Of attendance ID greatly
raised and hardness 10 reduced to the
minimum. The wagons 60 around on
their routes with the definiteness Of IN
interurban in its schedule.
There are few people over this part Of
the country but who, before coming
here. have had the advantages Of we'll
organized school system in larger places.
They have seen the advantage Of it;
but when coming into this section
have been content to send their
children to the old type Of inefficient
.unorHanized rural schools. to IN over
worked teacher who i expected to
manage successfully twenty classes or
20 . day and still keep her brain clear
and her temper sweet.
Il consolidation In this part Of the
country practical, you may ask. It 10
now being tried out at Gill. There
three schools united and have started
out On this better system. Three other
consolidated schools are found In Weld
county. There has never been . district
yet which has tried consolida&ion, which
has been willing to 60 back to ths old
system.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-29

p neUS that UiU cheer eDe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

Investigation into the charges o.
abuse at the Cornish Orphan Home
which were published in the Daily
Oklahoman in an Ardmore dispatch
recently, has resulted in a strongly
worded approval OF M. Il. Harris, state
manager, and Of the management Of
the institution, by William D. Mat
thews, state commissioner OF chari
ties and corrections.
The report of Commissioner Mat
thews is rather voluminous, going into
minute details as to his careful scru
tiny OF the Institution and its finances
and the conclusions reflect credit up
on all those connected with it except
"a former employee named eagle.
The report says in part:
"In company with Mr. Wolverton
/ proceeded to Ringing at Z o'clock
the next morning on the first trSi1
out Of Ardmore. was at the Orphan
age by 8 O'Clock and found it in charge
Of a mauon who had taken charge on
Monday, April 2. and a Mrs. Sallie
McGlothlin, who is cook in the insti-
tuition. found all Of the mattresses
and bedding out summing across the
banisters of the porch that surround
the building on three sides of the two
floors The matron was washing; the
cook, Mrs. MeGlothlin, was cleaning
up the kitchen The entire house was
about as clean as most Of the homes
you would find out in the country af-
ter as severe dust storm as we had all
day Wednesday. ] examined the bed
ding as ! had done at other visits. and
found good thick mattresses, blankets,
quilts and sheets for each bed. There
were five children present and nine
others had gone to school / stripped
Harley Douglas, a boy five years old,
and examined his body closely and
found no sign OF bruises or stripes on
him any where. Also. Henry Rose
five years old. and Earl McGlothlin
five vars old questioned them
closely. and Harley Douglas. and Hen.
ry Rose said that Uncle Nose had
whipped them by hitting them two
licks with a cloth razor strop made
ont Of coarse heavy ducking. which
had in my hand at the time Earl said
his mother. who is Mrs McGlothiin
the cook, and who is twenty-three
years Of age. whipped him with a
switch, and that Mr. eagle whipped
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Misplaced Generosity.

A conductor on a Leicester line car
added resolution to attend strictly to
his own affairs to his New Years list.
He noticed a large bundle in the vesti-
bule of the car, and, thinking that it
belonged to a passenger who stood In
the aisle, he decided that he would
give her a helping hand when she de-
parted and lift the bundle Off for her.
The woman moved forward when the
car reached her destination and the
conductor hoped off the rear platform
with the bundle in his arms. He rushed
forward and tapped the woman to
whom he thought 1t belonged on the
shoulder. She glared at him and said
testify, "Sir." lie apologized and
turned to face a woman who asked
angrily, 'How dare you touch bun
dies that do not belong to your" The
conductor promised the crowd on the
plntform that he wouldn't dnre in the
future.-Wo Worcester Evening Post.
Are YOC using our classified col
umns? You ought to-they get results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
CORNISH HOME MANAGEMENT
is COMPLETELY EXONERATED

Edgar Church with switch. Mrs
McGlothlin stated to me that Edgar
Church, who was whipped by Mr. Ca
gle and her boy and this was not
stated in the presence Of the children,
but after / had examined the boys
bodies and questioned them-"That
her boy and Edgar Church were
whipped for the same offense. / did
not see Edgar Church as he had left
the Home, but Mrs. A. e. Curtis of
Ardmore, showed me a photograph Of
Edgar in her office after my return to
Ardmore on Friday and his right limb
between the hip and knee did show
marks or bruises, which | condemn as
strongly as language will permit AS
to the photograph Of the little girl,
there was a park or scratch on her
right cheek. How it came there had
no way of finding out, but one thing
sure, it was not made with a razor
strop. | was told that there was a
scratch or mark on her back, but
there was no photograph Of her back
At $40 p. m. went to the public
school, building in Cornish, and as /
approached the building the children
were coming out the door, and were
being lined up by twos, by the teacher
introduced myself and she said her
name was Miss Spradlin, and had
charge of the room where the chill
dren attended, and that she was TAX
ing them out on an egg hunt re-
quested her to have all the children
who came from the Orphans Home to
come out to one side away from the
other children. which they did, some
seven or eight in number"
The report showed that the children
from the home compared most favor
ably in every way with the other pu-
pills.
The commissioners report con
cludes with the following reeommen-
dations:
1T is true Mr. Harris spent a good
deal Of time during last, year. securing
the additional 2S2is acres of land for
the Home, to which the directors hold
deed. But the time was valuably
spent. and instead Of him being cen
sured, as he has been by some. he de-
serves the appreciation Of every fair
minded lover Of the poor. dependent
orphan child in the state AS to his
being Incompetent in the work he is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

When one passes through the large
stores and sees so many dissatisfied
faces wrinkles, lines, frowns, fallen
features--faces out of which all life
seems to have gone, 1t seems a shame.
One feels like gathering them II right
there and telling them what to do. You
hear people say: "a business woman
has no time 10 care for herself" That
is such a mistake. Caring for oneself
becomes a habit. Certainly a half hour
should not be begrudged each morn
Ing and night for something which SO
affects one's life. If it could only be
impressed upon woman's mind how
necessary 1t is to take exercise to be
strong, well and good looking. Exer-
else stimulates circulation, and with
out good circulation you cannot be
healthy. Without health you all know
you cannot be beautiful DO not neg
lect two things which any business
woman can dowalking and water
drinking pittsburgh Dispatch.
a. r-4t.-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Doctors Agree ON
Eczema Remedy


Geo. r. Richardson, NJ D.: "In my
opinion. j.. ID. ID. should be applied IN all
cases Of skin dlsease-on iamedlate relief
soothing, yet powerful agent, a strength
to the general system"
DR.. Unna Holmes: ID D. D. is as
near a specific for eczema and the dreaded
psorlasls as is quinine for malaria. con-
stanily prescribe y. y. y. also for salt
rheum, letter 5arber's itch, pimpies, an
forms Of itching ernpti0n5. scales, Sores
Or. Ira r. Gabbert: II freely admit
that .. y. d. reaches most cases Of
eczema and permanently cures them"
DR.. Gabbert Of Caldwell, Kansas. Is one
81 the best skin specialists IN the state.
Write ard ask him ab0nt ID. y. y.
Druggists are glad to recommend this
soothing, cooling liquid 21c. 5pc ard S1.ho.
Come t. us and we viii toll YOU more about
this remarkable remedy Your money hack
unless the first bottle relieves you. a. ID. ID.
Soap keeps your skin hcsit-y. Ask aboltlt.
THE OWL DRUG STORE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

China still leads in silk production,
although the actual amount Is un-
known, with Japan second. France Is
the greatest SILK producing center Of
Europe. III America the industry Is
largely centercd Ii Patterson, N. J.,
where silk mills give employment to
a large proportion Of the city's inhab-
itants.-New York World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Proof Of ooIrs Ancient orIaln.

The game of golf goes back at least
I'VE centuries. One Of the pictures in d
Dutch Illuminated Book Of Hours, nov
Ia the British museum, Ii painting
OF three men putting at a hole In the
turf as In modern golf, Although the
butchmen did play and paint golf, they
did not write about it, SO there are no
records describing the game.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

trying to do, would ask some one to
show me The man or woman in Okla
homa, who has done the self-sacriflc-
ing work he has done in the interest
Of helpless orphan children. And TO
his personally being benefited finan-
cially, can not find a particle OF evil
dence, from any source, where this Is
true. / condemn the whipping of the
little boy, Edgar Church, by Mr. Ca
gle, and am glad that he is no longer
allowed in the Home, nor has he any
thing to 10 with its management He
was not the proper person to be in
charge there wish to further state
that | saw every child, Is in number
who were inmates there at the Home.
on Thursday, April 5th Not one sick
ly, puny child did ! see, but every one
Of them looked to be In fine
healthy condition, except one stout
boy II or 1S years OF age, whose jaw
on one side was still swollen from an
attack of the mumps.
recommendations
q would recommend that a good
practical level-headed Christian man
and wife be placed in the Home as.
superintendent. The man to have en-
tire control Of the farm which il prop
erly managed viii go a long ways to-
wards maintaining the Home. for a
good deal Of the land is rich creek bot
tom land The wife to be matron,
with such assistance as is necessary;
and that Mr. NJ e. Harris be contin-
ued as state manager, TO continue his
work in the field looking up the home
less orphans, and placing them in pri-
vate homes ;and soliciting funds for
the maintenance Of the home as needs
may require
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
$500, 900 Dividend Distributed Among the
Stockholders.

Marrow Okla, May A. 1916.-Th Board of Dir
ectors of tie Headton Ill & Gas Company met in
their office here last Monday and declared 5000 900
dividend which dstributcd among its stockhold-
ers the first of the weel This IS nearly 400O percent
dividend. Most Of the entire 100000 was received
by the local stockholders, this almost strictly
a NARROW corporation atnFossd mostly of NARROW
people NARROW Review
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

Are YOC using our classified col
umns? You ought to-.they get results.
Williams news., 1917-08-02
STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS COUNT ERNST VCN HHTZENDORF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX

EDITORIAL NOTE. - William Ise- Queux, who here chronicles for his friend, Count Ernst von Heltzendorn, the Iatter's revelations of the inner life of the imperial German court, has long been recognized throughout Eu- rope as the possessor of its innermost secrets.
 The English @Who's whon says of him: "rIe has intimate knowledge of the secret service of Continental coun- tries and Is considered by the govern ment (of Great Britain) an authority on such matters.o Another authority saysf 1Few people have been more closely as- socinted with or know more of the astounding inner machinery of Ger many than he."
 LeQueux probably has more sources of secret Information at his command than any contemporary in civil life, and for the last six years the British Gov- ernment has made valuable use of his vast store of secret information through . specially organized department with
 which LeQueux works as . voluntary assistant.
 Count von Heltxendorn became an in- to the outbreak of the war, he has been living in retirement in France since August, 1914, and 1t was there that Le- Queux received from the crown prince's late personal adjutant permission to make public these revelations of the inner life of the HohenzoIlerns-that the democracies of the world might come to know the real, but heretofore hidden. personalities of the two domt- u.uf members of the autocracy they are now arTayed against.
Williams news., 1917-08-02
LETTER GROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT TO WILLIAM LEoUEUx POSSESSoR
 SECRETS
Veneux NadOn, par M0ret-sur-LoinE,
 Seine-et-MaFne,
 February 10th. 1917,

ebFuaFy  hayet the
  threes sman I corrected
 
  Luisa, thesear
  a of the be vvhich ma   retirement all Wit hrnost cordia gre Yours end
 HELTZENDORFF.
Williams news., 1917-08-02

NE May morning in 1907 I was walking on the terrace of the Castle of Halberg, at that
 lime fin the possesSion of the
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
PAINTERS RAISE WAGES.

Hamilton, Ontario - Painters union
has raised wages 2H cents an hour,
which makes the minimum 40 cents.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05

Between these conflicting provisions
there can be no doubt as to which is to
prevail. The intent of the legislature III
reference to the subject of convict labor
and its competition with free labor of
the State is of general Importance. Its
adoption marks an epoch in Legislative
history. The demand for it was en-
questionable and insistent. The othei
was comparatively unimportant. With
out this consideration, however, the or
dinary rules of construction compel tht
enforcement of the first proposition
it is a peremptory requirement, the sec
ond proposition is not, except upon {
condition there be such article to sell.
If by such provision you provide that
such article cannot be sold without be-
ing branded, but by another provision
you provide that they cannot be sold at
all, you enforc both by enforcing the
main one. If you do not allow them to
be sold at all they certainly will never
be sold without branding. The con-
flct, therefore, must be settled by per-
mitting this great intention to prevail.
The will of the people in amending the
fundamental law in this respect is per
fectly apparent. Recognizing the dig
1llly dHu VI iapoi 10 -
the essence of democratic institutions of
our State This recognition of it has
been placed in the constitution in order
to insure that such free labor shall not
be debased by competition with con-
vict labor. 1t is wisely provided, how
ever, that recognition and enforcement
of this great principle shall not inter
fere with that other practical and proper
economical consideration whereby the
product of this labor is preserved to
the advantage of the people of the State
in the construction of its public works
The two present no conflict of prin-
ciple, though the one is as high above
the other as humanity is above the mere
things that men use.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH MCGHEE,
Attorney General.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
RAILROADS WRECKED
BY HIGH FINANCIERS

Washington-Men in high places are
charged by the interstate commerce
commission with wrecking the Pere
Marquette and the Cincinnati. Hamilton
and Dayton railroads. The first named
property almost covers the state of
Michigan and the latter road runs from
Toledo to Cincinnati, distance of 200
miles.
In report just issued the commission
declares that the financial downfall of
these roads was caused by "breach of
trust by corporate officials, often for per-
sonal GAIN
"That downfall with its deplorable
consequences" the report reads, "can be
traced only to betrayal within and not
to compulsion without. Neither rivalry
nor rate level nor regulation. nor all
combined, can be found on this record
to have contributed in any appreciable
degree to the disaster"
The commissions report is a lengthy
one, and the following is a sample of
this scorching Indictment
"Not only this, but the high officials
of such institutions while acting osten-
siblv as directors of the railroads. have
in fact, been little more than tools and
dummies for the promoters. The trus-
tees of other peoples money seem to
have had little compunction about vio-
lations of their trusts, for the benefit OF
the promoters and at their demand.
"To the extent that these flotations
(securities) ultimately lodged in the
hands of innocent investors, whether
here or abroad the public was deenly
wronged. Whatever control or regula-
ton was had of the pronerties and on
erations of the two roads was not suf'
fcient to keep them in operation to sat
isfactorily serve the population depend
ent upon them"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.
Conuict-Made Bricks
Cannot Be Sold In the Open Market, Against Those
Manufactured By Free Labor-Opinion Rendered
By Attorney General McGhee.

which appears in 1O2 o. L., AS, and
again as sub-sections to Section 1927, an
act of six sections which is found in
103 O. L., 1875.
This last scheme of legislation cen
tered upon Section 1928, above quoted,
effects repeal of Section S213 of the
General Code by implication, or if not
it restricts its operation to a few rare
and limited cases.
Two purposes are apparent and prom
inent in this legislation: first, to prevent
the competition between free labor and
convict labor; second, to use convict
labor freely in the service of the de-
partments of State and its political divi-
sions in the construction or repair of
all kinds of buildings and public works.
This brings us to the constitutional pro-
vision on the subject in which these two
purposes find expression in the funda-
mental law-Article II, Section Al of
the Constitution The different pro-
visions of this section will here be sep
arated and so stated for the sake of
clearness. First no person under sen-
tence in a penal institution shall be re-
quired X " to work, or the pro-
duct or profit of his work, shall be
sold, farmed out, contracted or given
away y" This standing alone
would be clear, unambiguous and per
emptory. 1t is followed, however, witt
the statutory provision which, as above
stated, is practically repealed by i'm
plication:
"and goods made by persons under
sentence to any penal institution or re
formatory, without the State of Ohio
and such goods made within the State
of Ohio. excepting those disposed of tc
the State or any political subdivision
thereof, or to any public institution
, owned, managed or controlled by thu
State or any political subdivision there
of, shall not be sold within this State
unless the same are conspicuousll
marked 'prison-made.'
These two provisions are contradic
tory The last of the three provisions
found in this section accomplshes thu
| other purpose mentioned above;
Nothing herein contained shall b'
construed to prevent the passage o.
laws providing that convicts may worl
for, and that the products of their la
Dor NAV be disposed of to, the State o.
any political subdivision thereof, or 70
or to any public institution owned o
managed and controlled by the State o
any political subdivision thereof"
1t should have been stated that Sec
ton 6213 and its kindred provision
found there way into that chapter o
the General Code under the head o
'labels and marks" while the other sec
tions are under provisions for penal in
stitutions. The Constitutional conven
ton, however, saw fit to construct thi
section by putting together the differ
ent statutory provisions quoted above.
The conflict between the different pro
visions in the same section is there
arising in the manner, above described
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-05-05
TEACHING GERMAN
Will BE Discontinued i'm the Primary
Grades of the Public Schools
Whether the School Board Agrees
To 1t or Not.

1t would be useless for the Board Of
Education just now to take up the mat
ter OF study of German in the public
schools, in view of the fact that teach
ers OF the language have contracts
which do not expire until September 1,
declared President J. M. Withrow last
night, when his attention was called to
published parts of a letter written to
Superintendent Randall J. Condor by
Alexander Thomson, College Hill, sales
manager of the Champion Coated Pa
per Company.
Mr.. Ihomson's letter again brought
forth the question whether or not the
teaching of any foreign language in
the lower grades was desirable. The
issue first was brought forth when
Cincinnati members of Ohio Society,
Sons of the Revolution, adopted reso-
luton calling for the abolition of Ger
man courses except in high schools,
where the language has the same
status as other non-Engish tongues.
Mr.. Thomson's letter to the Superin-
tendent, made public last night by the
writer, follows:
"As taxpayer of Cincinnati desire
to protest against the teaching of Ger
man in the public schools of our city.
make this protest not because | am
against the teaching of any subject in
the public schools, but because I am
given to understand on unimpeachable
authority more money is expended in
our public schools in teaching of for
eign language than is expended in
teaching Our own language.
81 am given to understand large
corps of teachers is required to teach
German in the grade schools of Cincin-
natl. Under circumstances as they eX-
ist this is manifestly ridiculous, as the
city has not the funds to carry on it's
desired expenditures for new school
houses and other absolute necessities.
81 feel sure the majority of taxpay-
ers and thinking citizens of Cincinnati
is not aware that probably in excess of
$15O,OoO a year q am told the exact
sum is concealed) is expended for
teaching of foreign language in the
grade schools.
81 therefore desire to insist, as fal
as it is in my power, that this practice
be discontinued"