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P,S, DU POINT MAKES
SUGGESTIONS AS TO
CODE AMENDMENT
Analyses Objections to School Law
Before the House Committee
on Education.
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED
special Dispatch From staff Correspondent


STATE HOUSE, DOVER, MARCH 80.
Appearing before the House committee
on education, yesterday afternoon, Pierre
5. du Pont, vice-president of the State
Board of Education, analyzed objections
to the school code and told how it could
be satisfactorily amended.
Henry =. Scott, vice-chairnan of the
Delaware School Auxiliary Association,
attended the committee meeting, but did
not participate in the discussion.
All the committeeman were present ex-
cept Representative Mulvena.
Representative Soper proposed repeal
er was not mentioned.
Mr.. du Pont requested that the School
Code be given fair trial and suggested
that it be amended as follows:
BY empowering local Boards of Educa-
ton to reject teachers.
BY reducing the maximum tax rate
for school purposes form sl.50 to 81 on
each 500 of real estate assessment.
BY leaving to school districts decision
concerning school consolidation.
BY reducing the period of compulsory
school attendance from $50 to 40 days.
BY giving self-made teachers the same
chance rs college rgraduates, provided the
former pass examinations.
Mr.. du Pont believed all objections
would be met by the amendments sug-
gested. He had heard criticism of MEM
bers of the State Board of Education be-
ing appointed. instead of elected, but pre-
ferred not to comment thereon because he
had been appointed He had also heard
criticism of the tax system provided BY
the Sch6ol Code and had heard com
mendation of the unit system but thought
some school districts would not be able to
build schoolhouses if the unit system were
adopted. He promised to prepare a state
ment, comparing next years budget with
this year 5 budget, and said if Representa-
tive Gregg's bill making additional ap-
preparations for school purposes were
passed the tax rate could be reduced to
% cents.
Members of the State Board of Educa-
ton appeared before the Senate com
mittce on finance and the House COM
mttec on appropriations yesterday after
noon in behalf OF Representative Gregg's
bill
Representative Lloyd introduced in the
House yesterday afternoon an act repeal
ing 2213 section /, 2274 section and
2275 section 8 Of chapter II, of the revised
code, which provide for boards of educa-
tion, the State commissioner of education
and the county superintendent of schools
Senator Clendaniel introduced a similar
bill in the Senate last Friday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30

improvement in relation TO reducing the
high cost Of food products" Mrs. Cbas.
Tripp on "Postonice Mi-sion Work"
Mrs. Charles Warner on ''Charitics
Leslie +. Mahoncy presided and in
his opening remarks declared that live,
practical church is one Of The biggest ss-
sets in q community and should be sup-
ported by every good citizen. Music wns
furnished by Migs Wales, Miss Bach
and Miss Gallagher. At the close Of the
meeting the Layrnen's League elected the
following officers:
President, Dr Washburn, vioe-pregi-
dent, j. w. Brassington; secretary,
a. II. Morris; treasurer, Cbas. Tripp.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30

senger fare outside Wilmington than is
charged by 10 in the city and no railway
corporation shall be permitted TO change
its present zones in order TO avoid the
provisions hereof. Besides liability for
damages, the proposed penalty is not less
than 800 nor more than $500 for each
violation.
With Representative Staats dissenting,
the House passed Representative Lyons
bill increasing from $3.50, 900 to $3.50, 600
the bond issue for the Washington Me-
mortal Bridge to be constructed iii Will
mington.
The Senate did not transact any busi-
ness yesterday afternoon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30

In few moments you can transform
your plain, dull, fat hair. You can have
it abundant, soft, glossy and full of life
Just get at any drug or toilet counter q
small bottle of ..Danderine" for few
cents. Then noisten soft cloth with the
"DanderIne" and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at time
Instantly, yes, Immediately, you have
doubled the beauty of your hair IL will
be mass, so soft, lustrous and so easy
TO do up. All dust, dirt and excessive oil
is removed
Let Danderine put more life. color
vigor, and brightness in your hair. This
stimulating tonic viii freshen your scalp
check dandruff and falling hair and help
your hair to grow long, thick, strong
and beautiful
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
PUBLIC QUESTIONS.
Interesting Discussion at the Unitarian
Church Last Evening"

A social conference was held Sunday
night by peInbers Of tho First Unitarian
Church, West street above Eighth. As
many of the members are Interested in
various public and welfare enterprises,
several were called on To tell about some
of. these. Miss Davis spoke on The Moral
Protection of Young Girls Frederick
Stone ON 'The Peoples Settlement" /"
Mrs. A. ID. Warner on the Woman Col
lege;" DIR. Washburn on Preventive
Medicine;" Charles Warner on 'Hurbor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
THE HOUSE.

ssai Correspondence of Every Evening
STATE House. Dover, MARCH 80.
The House held q brief session yes
terday afternoon.
Favorable report was made to the
House on Representative Mulrlne's bill
establishing o State Athletic Commission
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
CASH REGISTER ROBBED.

Last Saturday night, about II o'clo>$,
mn H. FeIdnan was standing in front of hig
notion store, ut 52s Spruce rtrect, talking
70 friend, somebody stole into bis store
through the rear door and ernptied hig
cash register Of money amounting -
about $40. Fcldnan discovered MS loss
when be went 10 tho cssb box 10 take out
the dsy's receipts. He reported the matter
10 the police.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30

Every Evenings classihed sdvertise-
nents bring results Proved By the satis-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
on All Purchases

o il well the Remarkable Excluives of its
| o il b
selection this high stock and all 2O Less than Price Marked
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-30
20 Per Cent
Discount
on All
Purchases

.SeS
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
A Dollar of Long Ago.

Today in France and other countries OF
Europe, cities have issued paper currency OF
their own, but this is function that long ago
has been abdcated in America. The recent an
nouncement that the holder of 81 bill issued
by the city of Omaha back in 1857 had pre-
sented it for payment recalls period when cur
rency of such origin was common in this coun-
try The result was that no one knew just what
dollar was worth, and although paper bill
might pass for something in the place OF its
origin it was only worthless scrap in the
next city.
Americans are fortunate in having a solid
financial system by which one dollar is just the
same as any other dollar and good in any part
of the country. The days Of wildcat currency
are not mourned. and the lesson has been pretty
thoroughly learned that the way to wealth IS
not Through printing bales Of paper, but by pro-
ducing goods for use !.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Human Element in Business.

From Philadelphia comes a tale that is inter-
esting from several angles. manufacturing
concern in that city was approaching its 25th
anniversary, and the president and his advisers
were considering means for properly observing
the event Before they had come to any con-
clusion they received invitations from the enl-
ployes to be gdests at dinner to be given on
the date Surprised and bewildered, the officials
accepted the invitation and attended. Chief OF
the incidents connected with the affair was the
presentation of testimonial, signed by the $40
employees of the company, acknowledging the
courtesy and fairness with which they have al
ways been treated, and commencing the eff
cheney and consideration that characterized the
administration of the business
Such events are entirely too rare. 1t is pos
sible, and even probable, that other concefps
have n1)e similar record, but when has an
other seen such an exemplihcation of the good
feeling that exists between the employers and
the employed?
A proof of the content that dwells with TIE
workers, it is also sign of the wisdom of the
management. Generosity is always an element,
but justice is greater The worker who knows
he is getting square DEAL that his wages repre-
sent a tar propPrtlon OF the wealth. ile eledteo'
and that the continuity of his employment is
assured-by the fidelity and effectiveness OF his
daily devotion to his task is contented and
valuable employe. When the employer gets
this into his mind alongside the notion of divi-
dcnds for stockholders, and when the worker
realizes that his personal affairs must in large
sense be adjusted to the prosperity Of the con-
Germ with which he, is engaged, the debate be-
tween "open" and CLOSED" shop will be pernia-
nently adjourned. ~lt
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Opportunities of the Country Town.

The Importance of the state circulating Ii
brary is brought to attention by the news that
in IS counties of Nebraska there are no public
libraries. While this does not connote an in
tellectual drouth, it does indicate a"lack OF cul-
tural facilities that perhaps is most severe on
the young members of the community, but is
suffered by almost every citizen. There is a
pleasure and profit in good reading that should
be made readily accessible to every citizen, and
the suggestion that womens clubs in the coun-
try towns should take advantage of the law au
thorizing taxation for the establishment of
county libraries is good one.
These Nebraska towns should be the capital
of the surrounding agricultural territory, lead
ing in business enterprise, education and prog
ress. Instead of this, a recent observer after
studying so villages in Nebraska, South Dakota,
Minnesota Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and other
states of the Mddlewest declares that the rural
town is almost everywhere outclassed by the
farmers. This survey has. been made by L.
M. Brkhead, clergyman 81 Kansas City.
In general, Mr.. Birkhead reports, the coun-
try town is either losing in population or barely
holding its own. The movement of young peo-
pie from the villages to the cities is as marked
as the similar hegira from the farms. Leader
ship is needed, he asserts, but there is nothing
to develop it, and no satisfactory opportunities
for young people =
This critic also observed that the farmer is
,wideawake and progressive as. long as he stays
on the farm but once he retires and moves to
town is the victim of dry rot. The inspiration
of the farming communities is said to be derived
from the national and state departments of agri-
culture, the agricultural college, demonstration
agents, farm institutes, farm papers and other
publications, including books While all these
agencies are at work in the country, there is
nothing like this for the country town.
1t was ruthless and hardened cynic who
remarked that "God made the country, man
made the city and the devil made the village"
for there are many small towns where a great
deal is being done to realize the opportunities
for development. If the women's clubs enter
actively into the movement for establishing Ii
brares where there are nope, at least begin
ming will have been made in the Others
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Is There q Real
Santa CLAUSE
(From the New York SUM-

December 21. 1897. the question
whether there is a Santa Claus was
, definitely settled in the affirmative
by the publication of the following
editorial. 1t is revived and brought
to our attention again by Life. in
the Christmas edition:
We take pleasure in answering at
once and thus prominently the COM
, munication below, expressing at the
same time our great qualification
that its faithful author is num-
bered among the friends of The
Sun:
Dear Editor-I am years old.
Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says If YOU see it in The
Sun it's So
please telhme the truth, is there
Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
."115 West Ninety-fifth Street."
Virginia. your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected
by the scepticism of sceptical age.
They do not believe except they see
They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensive by
their little minds All minds. Vir-
ginia. whether they be mems or
children's. are little. In this great
universe of ours man is a mere in
sect, an ant. in his intellect, as COM
pared with the boundless world
about him, as measured by the in
telligence capable of ,grasping the
whole of truth and Knowledge
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they
abound and give to your life its
highest beauty and joy. Alas! how
dreary would be the world if there
were no Santa Claus 1t would be
as dreary as if there were no Vir-
ginias. There would be no child
like faith then, no poetry. no ro-
nance to make tolerable this exfs-
tence. We should have no enjoy
ment, except in sense and sight.
The eternal light with which child
hood fills the world would be ex-
tinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus. You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
on Christmas eve to catch Santa
Siuuo, puI CFCIl IL liley uil lOl sec
Santa Claus coming down. what
would that prove? Nobody sees
Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor
men can see. Did you ever see
fairies dancing on the lawn? OF |
course, not, but that's no proof that |
they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders |
there are unseen and unseeable in |
the world. ..s-G
You tear apart the baby's rattle |
and see what makes the noise in |
side, but there is a veil covering the |
unseen world which o not the |
strongest man, nor even the united |
strength of all the strongest men |
that ever lived, could tear apart. |
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love. ro-
nance, can push aside that curtain |
and view and picture the supernal |
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all |
real? All, Virginia, in all this world
ing.
No Santa Claus! Thank God he
lives, and he lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Virginia,
nay. ten times ten thousand years
from now. he will continue to make
glad the heart Of childhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Unrealized Possibilities of Home.

There is humanness about Andy Gump and
his little family that was particularly evidenced
in one of the cartoons the other day portraying
the failure Of his long -harbored plan for little
corner of the house that he could call his alone.
Having retrieved the inkwell and pen, he enters
the room that was to be his den and finds it
cluttered up with a sewing machine, dress
form and various other articles of domestic
srnity.
The problem of arranging home so that the
man of the family, or the mother, can have
that privacy which occasionally is advisable
either in the interests of thought or cooling off,
has never been solved. Spurred by the declara-
ton of some critics that often the family is
little more than an organized herd with no
regard for individual rights, privacy, likes and
dislikes, other writers on domestic matters sug
have room, or at least a screened corner into
which no one else will intrude. Obviously
this arrangement is impossible in most modern
dwellings, unless one is as easily satisfied as
were those two old ladies who drew a chalk
lin on the floor of the room in which charity
had placed them. ,,s.g ..,-,
Perhaps this desire for semblance of privacy
is dying out, for mankind tends more and more
to gather in crowds, to seek pleasures in throngs
to be unsatisfed by home life, and to range
the downtown streets and seek public arnuse
ments. Quiet hours, with all their influence on
the. development of character, seem TO be dis
appearing, until eventually, perhaps, instead OF
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Imitation That Is Not Flattery.

The experiences of Chicago salesman in an
Iowa town, where twice he was almost run
down by motorists. and finally bumped into by
a mail cart, breaking his glasses. losing his
cane and bag, no doubt have their humorous
side The irony of these happenings to man
who could cross Michigan boulevard or State
street in Chicago without untoward incident IS
comparable to that of a man who went un-
scathed through the trench warfare OF France
coming home and breaking leg by slipping
on a piece of banana peel.
There are many other things than reckless
driving in which smaller cities may attempt to
rival larger ones So many splendid activities
exist in every metropolis that receive less public
attention than do the more spectacular perils
and crimes. If any town now wishes to put on
metropolitan airs, instead of boasting of the
dangers Of its streets, it could better take that
other leaf out of the book of the cities, and
emphasize rather traffic safety and control OF
careless or speeding automobile divers.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

longing for moment alone with our thoughts,
we may be afraid to be alone, left without the
old independence of character or personal re-
sourcefulness.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12

Martial Jaw in ireland evidently WHY nct
alter British methods there from those that have
been in practice for the last year-nor would
a declaration Of war
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
An Old Saw Revised.

Save your pennies and your heirs will take
care of>your dollars. --Burlington News ,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
"HOW to Keep Well"

DR.. w. A. Evans Department.
How to Keep Well" will be found
in Part II of this issue
The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07
TURNING! G.. POINT
TO PEACE e FROM
( WAR REACHED
Federal Reserve Board Describes
Economic Situation in
Country Today
BOARD OPTIMISTIC

Washington, Dec. 6.-The close Of
the business year of 1920 is described
by the federal reserve board in a
statement last night as the turning
point in the transition from war pro-
duced condition to the normal econ
omic basis of international and in
dustrial life.
The reserve boards statement,
which reviews the economic and fin
ancial situation confronting the ma
ton during the year, treats Of pres
ent conditions generally in an optl-
mistic manner, declaring that the diff
ficulty of transition Will not be mucn
further aggravated. 1t also asserts
that owing to the nations strong
banking structure normal situation
will be restored with far less than
the usual distress usually attendant
on periods of readjustment.
The board declares that previous
periods of marked readjustment have
been accomplished by sharp reductions
in prices, heavy decreases in produc-
ton. extensive unemployment and
business reaction, often involving
bank failures. While necessarily un
comfortable, the transition through
which the country now is passing the
board asserts, has thus far been ,at-
tended with only a minipum of these
unfavorable symptoms. .-.
The fiscal situation both at home
and abroad, however, is still uncer-
tain, the board declares. This is held
to be due to the late date at which
the war was over in the financial
sense and to uncertainty as to the
best method of taxation.
In international trade a return to
Continued on Page Eignt)
The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07
STOLEN GUNS 2.
MORE VALUED
THAN JEWELS

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Two revolvers
priced by the late chief of police Her
man Schuettler and valued as keep
sakes by his widow, stolen from her
home last night. were more treasur-
cred than $4,000 values which burg
lars took, Mrs. Schuettler said today;
One of the weapons was taken from
one of the notorious car barn bandits
in the battle that first made him fam
Gus as a police officer The other was
pearl handled gun presented to him
by friends in the department, she ex-
planned.
Mrs. Schuettler surprised the in
truders and pursued them, but they
escaped in an automobile.
The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07
BANKER DENIES
HE BORE. DOWN
ON LEAGUE MAN
"A. L. Garnes, of Regan, Testifies
in Libel Suit Against N.
P. Worker
LOST MONEY ON LOANS

William Hert who formerly lived
| near Regan, was in the court of JUS
tice of the Peace George Dolan last
evening on q preliminary hearing on
a charge of criminal libel against A.
Il. Garnes, cashier of the First State
Dank Of Regan. l., ua - ,,.s'e.-
The case was the outgrowth of a
pL ,lication in the recent campaign in
which an affidavit bearing. the name
OF William Hert, who is said to be the
same man as Hert, was printed in the
+ argo Courier-NeNs under the head
ing: "Unscrupulous Bankers Sand
)agging Voters r
The article and affidavit purpOrted
to tel how Mr.. Garnes had oppressed
Hert because he was member OF thu
33Nonpartisan league and threatened to
foreclose on him because he supported
the league. Garnes declared there
was not word Of truth in the state
ment and Immediately after seeing the
publication hunted Hert out on the
streets of Bismarck and demanded to-
know why he sigred the affidavit. .
"Stung' On Loans
Garnes, on the witness stand, under
examination by Assistant Attorney
General Albert, J.. Sheets Jr., said
that he carried Hert for years, denied
that he had made any Of the state
ments regarding foreclosure he was
alleged to make, said that Hert had
since quit farming, sold his goods and
that the Garnes bank would get
scarcely any money for the $G35 debt
,Cf Hert.. M
Wayne Richardson, assistant cash
ier, corrooorated Garnes', testimony.
Wanted It Corrected
. Simon Jahr, banker of Wilton, tHstl-
fled that Hert was in his bank afte"
the publication of the ALLEGED libel
Gus article and he says Hert told him
that he didn't know what was in the
affidavit which he signed for publlca-
ton in the Courier-News. that he liked
Garnes and that "he didn't think
Garnes deserved this. Hcrt sail
he would have a correction placed in
the Bismarck Tribune. according to-
Jahr, and told persons to watch The
Tribune for it. He never made the
correction.
Jahr estimated that loss of $1,000
was sustained by the holder or the
first mortgage on Herts farm
Hert, it is said, after he quit farm.
ing, came to Bismarck. He worked
for the Nonpartisan league.
Hert obtained his farm by OBTAIN
ing loan from the Bank Of North Da-
kota to make first payment, and gave
second mortgages for the rest, acs
cording to Jahr. 80, ...j
The case was continued until l:3p
D. m Wednesday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07

Faribault, Mimi, Dec. THE
majority of 900 high school stu
dents, who went on a strike yes
terday as a protest against the
action of the school board in re-
questing the resignation Of f. w.
Wolfe, athletic director, were at
their class rooms in the high
school building this morning.
About 80 members of the stu
dent body had not reported at the
opening school hour.
The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07
To Discontinue B. e..
Meidinger AS
: / POstOffice, Dec. 81

The post office at Meidinger, Nc
Intosh county, has been ordered dis
continued, elective on Dec. 81, &C
cording to information received at
the office of the chief clerk, Of the
railway mail service. The mail will
be dispatched to Ashley, N. ID.
The order of Oct.r 80 for discon-
tinuance of the post office at, Grin
nell, Williams county, on Nov. 10
has been modified. The office is now
ordered to close on Dec. 31..4.
The order of .,ov. 80 disseminating
the post office at Pleasant, Renville
cunty, has been rescinded.'