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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
National Survey Makes Charge
That Politicians Hamper e.
ficiency Of Education
FINANCES ARE ANALyzED
Teachers Salaries Aggregate 81 Per
Cent Of Total Current Expenses OF
Scholastic Cities Covered
by Survey.

New York.-Two prime causes OF an
alleged "deplorable" condition Oh
American public schools are red tape
and the handicapping Of boards OF ed
ucatlon by politicians, according to a
survey Of public school boards and
their receipts and expenditures. by the
national committee for chamber OF
commerce cooperation with the public
schools and the American city bureau.
The survey, which covered 377 cities,
said that in AZ per cent of cases where
boards of education were "independ-
ent" or free from political manipula-
ton the most efficient administrative
and educational results are obtained.
City Officials Hamper Schools.
"The best interests of the public
schools" says the report, ''cannot be
served In city where the budget OF
the board of education may be reduced
and remodeled by city officials"
The survey shows that the school re-
ceipts In the 377 cities for the last fis-
cal year were 1858. 26O, 600 and that the
EXPENDITURES of these same cities dur
ing that period were about $2,OOO,OOO
less than income.
The funds are from five sources and
are supplied in the following proper
tons: From the states, l1.6 per cent |;
the federal government. 1.3 per cent !;
the county, OF per cent; local taxes,
65.4 per cent; nonrevenue or miscel-
laneous sources, including income
from sale of bonds or uhort-time loans.
Upper cent. The survey shows that of
all cities reporting 20 per cent do not
receive a dollar from the federal gov
eminent. Teachers salaries aggregat-
ed S1SO,OOO,OO0, or "a per cent of the
total Of the current expenses of the
school.
e5 Per Cent for Buildings.
The relation OF capital outlay, aggre-
eating $51, 727 ,554, to the total expen-
ditures showed that nearly IS per cent
was utilized on sites and new build
ings. A total Of S1,341, 900 was ex-
pended for medical inspection and
dental and nurse service In the 377
cities named. The part Of the total
expenditure spent for the alteration
and equipment of old buildings was
only ID per cent. Commenting on this.
the committee .saids-
L
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17

Jack Dempsey Harry Daniee washington D.
B. F. Roller OF New YORK. TO Knock e
rom his - ,.-.. 49,. -.
the heavyweight tue OF the
melht 4th knocKeo
Washington Todd o. WOOD
Arizona mining sportsman look the wonder cop
Darniee championship timber and TODD ana
Danele examined
Roller former champion wrestler
weighs 1913 pounds
his of his makeup his ches
which As inches 40 I'll, :.
the next champion Of the world.
E. Ripper
<n ,afr and Todd Darniele's discoKerer
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
Pricks Tire Dirt Bubble;
Explosion Blinds Farmer

Lancaster, Wis.-HObart Doll,
farmer, residing in Beetown,
near here, was seriously hurt
and probably will be permanent
ly blind as the result Of the
explosion Of an automobile tire.
Doll Is said to have scratched
a dirt bubble on the tire and
the explosion followed, shoot
ing dirt and sand directly into
his eyes at 70 pounds pressure.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
Capt. Road Amundsen Hopes to
Talk With World While
Locked in Ice.
WILL DRIFT PAST THE POLE
ReI,eves Ocean Current Running
Northeasteriy From Cape serdze
Will Carry Him Past Pole and
Into Atlantic Ocean.

Seattle, Wash.-From the remotest,
most inaccessible spot on earth-the
north pole-a wireless message will be
flashed to the civilized world, If the
plans of Capt. Roald Amundsen, dis
coverer of the south pole and famous
nrstlez expInree. are carried out.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
Loses Wooden Leg, But swims Ashore

Gilbert, Minn.-While Harry Wood
ard, a good swimmer, was drowning,
Roy Rhodda, minus his two wooden
legs, which became loosened when a
boat occupied by five men overturned.
swan 800 yards to shore. Rhodda told
friends that two Of his companions
utilized the wooden legs to aid them to
reach shore. =
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17

went with the browns, bat; couldn't
behave. was Suspended half q dozen
times, and finally given up because
he. was 'stoo bad" !.
The last big league nnanager 70 ny
him was Clark Griffith. But ne
couldn't be good there. and finally
Griff let him 90.
Now he Is so good he has had 70
move on once more to other fields.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
BETTER PLAN TO PASS RUTH
Poor Strategy to Pitch t9fGreat Slug
Ger With Men on Bases-Ty
cobb's Error.

While. it is good craftsmanship to
pitch to Babe Ruth, with men on the
bases, 1t is poor strategy. :.
No less a strategist than Ty foOD
made such blunder whenf 'Barpino
got his eighteenth homer, scorSu IVY
men ahead Of him, tied the sore anu
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17
DIVISION OF MINOR SPORTS
At University u Pennsylvania Outdoor
Games include Laerosse, Tennis,
Colt and .PoIo.ss

University Of Pennsylvania has di.
vided minor sports into two groups,
outdoor and indoor. The outdoor
sports include lacrosse. tennis, golf,
polo, cricket and rife shooting; those
in the indoor group are wrestling, box.
ing. gymnasticA fencing and the gun
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17

ypossible for thssYanks to win
msfusthe ninth. -
oA,o Re takes full advantage OF these
deal errors. !.
fHe so seldom is given chance to
hit when runners are dn the paths that
he tries Al little harder on such occa-'
sions.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-17

But no explanation of how it could
continue to beat for more than seven
and half hours after respiration had
ceased is forthcoming.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
MORRISVILLE 47-STOWE 81
Extra Periods Necessary in
Game Between Local American
Legion and Stowe

For the first time IN local basket ball
history, two extra periods were necessary
to decide the contest between Morrisville
American Legion and Stowe, Friday even
ing Dec 81. The game was, by far, the
closest and most exciting ever played on
the local court; At no time during the
game was there margin Of more than
four points; it seemed impossible for eth
er team to forge ahead, strive as they did.
The playing throughout the game was
| very fast; brilliant passing; team work and
individual playing were shown at various
times, which create q eat excitement and
loud demonstrations from the spectators.
The first half ended tie with a score
of 1915. In the second half, Carroll Sill
center and played brilliant game. When
the timers whistle blew for the end of the
second half the score was still tie 1882.
The extra five minute period began with
the excited crowd on their feet shouting
like mad. Both teams played very hard
striving to get the lead; but at the end OF
the extra period the score was still a tie
1885. Just what happened to the Legion
team during the interval is not known,
for in the first two minutes of the second
extra period, they negotiated six baskets,
by seemingly superhuman signal work and
passing. This lead was to much for Stowe
to overcome and the exciting came ended
47-37, giving the Legion the game.
The line up
Chas. Silloway, r. f. Mum Boardman, r. f.
Battye, l. f. Shaw, |. f..
Burnham,c. J. Boar oman, c.
Silloway, C.
Morrill,, r. e. Morgan, r. g.
Montgomery, !. 6. Smalley, l. f.
Baskets from fosr; Chas. Sillowav. g..
Silloway, 6; Morrill,, 6; Battye, 1; M.
Boardman, a; Shaw 6; Smalley,1 l. Fouls;
Battye, 3; ] Boardman, g.
Scorer, Stewart. Timers, Sulham and
McMahon. Referee, Kelley.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
Obituary-Mrs. Ella Brink

On Wednesday last the remains of Mrs
Ella Owen Brink of East Barre, were
brought to this place and burial made in
the Owen lot in the Wheeler Cemetery, a
prayer service being held at the grave by
the Rev. Geo. E. Goodliffe of the Congre-
gational Church.
Mrs. Brink, who was one of the ten
children born to Mr.. and Mrs. Eben E.
Stewart of Lowell, and sister of T. !.
and B. L. Stewart Of this place, was 68
years old last July. Part of her childhood
was spent in this town on the farm now
owned and occupied by her brother, B l.
Stewart. She was twice married, first tc
Mr.. Owen. who died twenty-five years
ago, and later to Mr.. Brink, who with
eight children survives her. In addition
to these and the two brothers mentioned
above, she is also survived by a sister
Mrs. Hattie Streeter of Castleton.
The deceased has been i'll for severa
months, and for nine weeks had been con.
fined to her bed, suffering from cancer Of
the bowels.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
Mrs. AImira Gle

Mrs. Almira Wilkins Gle, for r1any
years a resident of Morrisvile, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
| browne, on Brooklyn street, on Monday,
January Bird. Mrs. Gle had been in fail
ing health for several years, but the i'm
mediate cause Of death was pneumonia
Funeral services were held at the browne
home at one O'Clock today and burial was
in the browne lot in Morrisville, the
bearers being B F. browne, H. W.
browne, Levi Gle and H, ], Fisher.
The officiating clergyman was the Rev.
George E. Goodliffe.
Mrs. Gle was born in Stowe, and was
eighty-four years old last June. She was
one of twelve children born to Aaron and
Lydia Pottle Wilkins and of all her fam
lily is s<vived only by brother, Edward
S, Wilkins of Moscow. In 1864 she he.
c.eme the wife of Albert M. Gle, and for
a time 'oer home was in East Craftsbu~v.
Two children we're born to the couple. the
the late Carl A. Gle and daughter with
whom she made her home, Mrs. browne.
During he Civil War Mr.. Gle enlisted
and was killed in active service, his body
being buried at New Orleans, where It
still lies. Mrs. Gle was then living in
AIorrisville apd has always made her
home here since that time. She vas a
wonan-f sterling qualities and keen in
teAect, a devoted member Of her fanny
circle, and a splendid example OF Ser gexe
srsson. Her sensry wiH be loveS al.
ways among those who knew her well.
and reveted by all.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05

r. L. Barrows is confined to the house,
suffering from the prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Pauline K. Dodge and son Kent,
have returned from two weeks stay in
New York City.
State Senator W. T. Slayton and Town
Representative H. D. Neuland left Tues
day for Montpelier to attend the opening
of legislature.
The regular meeting of the Womans
Relief Corps will be held at 2:30 Monday
afternoon, and will be followed by install
lation of officers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Mould spent the
day in Burlington.
The body of Mrs. N. W. Ryder Of Bos.
ton was brought here for burial on Tues
day. Interment was made in Riverside
Cemetery, Rev. G. E. Goodliffe officiating
Mrs. Ryder was longtime resident Of
this town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Union Savings Bank & Trnst Com
pauv OF Morrisville. Vermont, for the
election OF officers and the transaction Of
any other proper business, will be held in
the banking rooms of said institution at
Morrisville. Vermont, on Monday, Jam
uary II, 1921, at l 80 p. m.
W. M. SARGENT, Treasurer
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
notice.!


I do Custom Butchering
Saturday, Monday and Tues
day.
Prices on Hogs as follows:
$50 lbs. or under alive, $3.50
$50 to 300 lbs. " 200
$50 to 450 " " $50
$50 and up " &c 800
I will also sell best Beef
Steak for zoe without bone;
boiling pieces with bone for
6 to l2c
JOHN MINER, Hyde Park
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05

Miss Flora Wilkins, who has been
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
S. Gle for several months, has gone to
Burlington, where she will enter Lake
view Sanitarium for treatment. She was
accompanied by Miss Kate Carleton.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05

Nothing better to send to your absent
friend during 1921 than this paper
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-05
U. Y. M. v. S. Legion

Next Friday night at the local gymna
stun, the fast U. V. NJ, seconds will op
pose the local legion team. This team is
undoubtedly the fastest team in northern
Vermont with the passible exception Of
the Vermont Varsity. Doc" Newton
Of P. A. fame and the Boardman BOYS Of
Stowe are playing with this team. The
rest of the team are of the same high class
calibre. but the local basket-b ball fans can
feel assured that with the legion team
playing ball AS it did against Stowe last
week, they are hard bunch to beat. The
Morrisville Band is quite likely to give a
concert proceeding the game.
The line, up Of the legion is a little un
certain, but some changes may be made
from last weeks game. In all probability,
Maurice Kelley, old P. A. and Dean AGA
deny star, will be seen in action against
the Vermonters. The local lineup
Chas. Silloway }
Kelley : Forwards
Battye }
Carroll Silloway ! o
Burnham
st slosii5' Guards
Montgomery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06

down the old feudalism, and when
condemning his ideals 1t Is well to
remember how muck worse were the
Ideals Of the autocrats he struggled
against and Of the classes which
were his constant enemies.
Has the world progressed since
Napoleon's day, or are the present
rulers Of Europe men whose pas
sions, motives and infirn,ities are
those Of hundred years ago7 IL is
easy TO cite facts showing no great
change. But, nevertheless, some
change there has been. One hundred
years ago liberalism was beaten. In
our day Liberalism won. The present
dominant alliance In Europe may
have the form Of the alliance Of the
three kaisers, but its power is de-
voted to different ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06

The ceremonies at Paris and
throughout France marking the
centenary of the death Of Napoleon
of course give an opening for critics
to charge that France is once more
at heart imperialistic and dreams Of
military glory.
But there are better and softer ex-
plantations. Napoleon Bonaparte, in
his multiform achievements, left
deeper impress upon the imagination
of the world than perhaps any other
man who ever lived. His compelling
personality arrests attention, with
out much regard to approval or dis
approval Of him. When French
man thinks Of Napoleon ne feels
himself enlarged, Just az a Scotch
man does when he thinks Of Robert
Burns; but this does not mean that
ali Frenchmen would be soldiers any
more than that all Scotchmen would
be poets.
Moreover, after a lifting Of re-
proach Of inferiority that French
men have felt in their souls since
the humiliation of fifty years ago it
is natural for the liberated in spirit
to think on the great genius, who,
though his public Words were not
always the noblest, was man of
most amazing powers and showed to
what heights of doing a Frenchman
might achieve.
During the last twenty years, be-
ginning with the publication of Pro-
fessor Sloane's biography, there has
been an increased disposition among
Americans to judge Napoleon more
as human and less as an ogre.
The old generation was too much
under the dominion of the British
tradition---of the England that used
the name Of Bonaparte to scare
children.
That Napoleon deliberately set out
to conquer the world is doubtful. In
| the wars in which he first took part
France was defender rather than
assailant. There is evidence TO sup
| port his claim that he always wanted
peace, but that Great Britain would
not consent. In the tangle in which
he became involved he was, of
course, led ON in large measure by
events he could. not control. In his
later career doubtless vain pride and
arrogance gripped him, but his life
lis to be judged as whole, and not
from a single phase.
| He always asserted that he was
| the child of the Revolution and must
be true to its essential ideas. 1t is
rot to be denied that the march of
his armies scattered liberal ideas
and scwed the seeds of Europe's
present democracy. He at least broke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06
Naval Disarmament

Senator's Borah and Pomerene are
standing on narrow ground when
they demand the attachment of dis
armament proposals to the pending
naval appropriation bill. Mr.. Borah
would authorize and request the
PRESIDENT TO invite Great Britain
and Japan at once to a limitation
OF armament conference. Mr.. POM
creme would hold up the 1916 build
ing program for sig months, pend
ing the meeting Of such q confer
ence.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes think that the time is not
quite ripe for naval disarmament
negotiations. Reductions of navies
must await international SETTLE
ments In which the United States,
Great Britain and Japan are all
concerned. After the situation
clears up accord on any policy of
all-round curtailnent of expenditure
could be much more easily reached.
AT all events, the calling Of con-
ference is q matter better left to
the Presidents discretion.
The Tribune has heartily favored
the idea Of an American British
Japanese concert to limit expendi-
ture on principal ships. Appro-
priations for war purposes are a
heavy burden on all three countries.
A compact undertaking them, if car.
ried out in good faith, would be
helpful to all. But the compact must
appeal to all and become effective
for all at the same moment. Mr..
Pomerene's proposition to stop work
on American vessels for six months,
in anticipation of an agreement
with Japan and Great Britain, is
unsound. If the 1916 program is to
be halted it should be done frankly
and solely for domestic reasons-as
measure of economy or to save
money on capital ships in order to
spend it to better advantage on the
sub-surface and air services.
Our navy is far from roundabout.
Broader development is needed. But
that development will not neces-
sarily interfere with limitation on
capital ship building, to be agreed
on by the three primary naval
powers. What is sought under a
concert is a leveling down of peace
burdens and a check on costly
naval construction rivalries. Presi-
dent Harding is as much in favor
of restrictions Of this sort as Mr..
Borah or Mr.. Pomerene is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06
The Slackers' List

The first installment Of the slack
ers' list for New York has been pub
lished. The roll Of dishonor Ia two
years late, but It is better now than
never.
The publication Of the names Is
bringing forth explanations and ex-
causes. Doubtless in individual cases
injustice will be done, and the
"pacifists" will make the most of
them and bleat Of nlilitarism, inn
perialism and jingoism and the like.
Certain publications abroad hint
darlsly that Europe in the Middle
Ages was more devoted to liberty
than Is America to-day.
But the Stacker Ia entitled to no
pity. He was traitor to social
responsibilities, ran away from the
duties of citizenship, was willing to
live voluptuously while his brothers
were at dangerous labor. Whether
or not he is caught, his lot is not
an enviable one. In the bottom of
his heart he knows what he is
that he branded himself with the
yellow mark.
Attempts to create sympathy for
him because his name is published
is logically absurd. If it is true
that he lodged wearing Of the uni
form because such was his concep-
tion Of duty, then he should be glad
to have the widest knowledge Of his
act. A martyr is o witness, and if
he tries to conceal himself under
an alias he is not much Of q testifer
and is an imitation, fraudulent
naYfVr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06
Three Amendments
To The Editor OF The Tribune.

To The Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: How strange a thing is q
constitutional amendment We adopted
one that gave women suffragc--and,
In spite Of disagreements on the SUBJ
ject before the adoption, the amend
ment works smoothly aid the cues
tion ia settled. II, however, broadened
the liberties and rights Of the nation.
We then adopted an amendment that
made tllegai-nay, criminal (for the
statutes are but part Of the amend
ment)-that which from the day aborgi-
nal man made wine was a legal and al,
most universal custom. And IL re-
CURES the police, secretly and openly
pursuing thousands Of people In every
state, to enforce the provision. It.,
however. seriously restricted the
liberties and rights Of the nation.
Many years ago we adopted an
amendment which hroadened the then
existing franchise. This, the Four
teenth Amendment, is nullifed in nine
or ten states, and nothing is said or
done about this any more. Is the Sec
ond OF the amendments refer to bet
ter than the third? It clearly Is NOT
on par with the first.
AN OLD TRIBUNE READER.
New York, April 80, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-06
AT Last Germany Knows

The news from Berlin is clear that
the final American note was the par
tieular influence that crushed Ger
man hopes and decisions and led to
the taking Of steps toward submits
sion and payment.
The fact carries present instruc-
tion, and even more notably instruc-
ton for the future. The blind and
the perverse may talk Of abstention
from European affairs, but we can
not abstain. In spite of ourselves we
are factor in world affairs. Their
settlement concerns Us, and we must
give decisions.
Even the most formal assevera-
ton Of isolation would be participa-
tion--that is to say, would involve
the giving of Judgment that would
be participation in behalf Of Ger
many, of Soviet Russia and other
menaces to peace
We cannot escape the repercussions
of a1oofness any more than we can
those of its contrary. We can de-
eide as to the manner of our entan-
clement, but not the fact. After the
Spanish War Judge Culberson, Of
Texas, exposed the futility of anti
expansion debate by exclaiming:
But we've done expanded" In a
similar fashion some one might say:
But we're done entangledi"
The lesson is that it pays to be
frank and straight-out. Devious
and labored phrases of conven-
tional diplomacy may beft other
countries, but not our own. The
whole world has reason to be glad
that Secretary Hughes has no liking
for the sMay I not" and avoids
doing by the periphrasis what the
other fellow cannot expect you to
omit FL do.
A declaration that leaves not even
Germany in doubt or in pretended
doubt as to where we stand has
helped as nothing else could. 1t is
healing for Germany to know that
the campaigns carried on by those
who, first on one ground and then on
another, argue that Germany is right
and the Allies wrong are as much
failures as were the propaganda eff
forts OF the Bernstorffs aud the
Papens.
Finally, as q crowning reason for
satisfaction, it is made plain that the
abandonment of weaselism and all
it's lingo brings definite results. If
oar government had been less in
clined to parleyings and more in
clined to action much disagreeable
history would not have been written.