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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-02-18
EVANSVILLE

The Grantsville Music Club, at
recent meeting held at the Holmes
Wallace studio at Grantsvile elected
of officers for the year and rendered a
program of extraordinary beauty and
merit. In addition to the musical mum
bers played there were readings by
members of the club and discussion
on current events topics. The club is
composed of men and women and in
cludes on it's roll merchants, bankers,
and those engaged in educational mat
tiers. The officers elected were as fol-
lows: Mrs. G. w. Diefenbach, pro-
gram committee; Mrs. Harry ]. Ben
der, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Harold Miller, recording secretary;
Miss Ethel Broadwater, financial sec
rotary.
A teachers meeting of the Grants
vile unit, held under the supervision
of Miss Banatyne, grade supervisor,
occurred at the high school on We'd
nesday. There We're sixteen teachers
of the district present at the meeting,
several of whom made special reports.
The matter under discussion was
mathematics.
The sixth and seventh grade pupils
are going to interview the business
men of town regarding the project
they are carrying out in the class
room during the arithmetic period and
ascertain from them the kinds of
arithmetic most valuable to them in
their business.
County Superintendent F. E. Rath-
bun, of Oakland, accompanied by Prof.
w. F. Klingaman, State Supervisor of
High Schools, Baltimore, visited the
Grantsville schools, Tuesday.
The Lincoln Essay Contest medal
was won by Miss Ruby Dahlgren, a
senior in the high school, her subject
being "The Spirit of Lincoln" The
medal was presented by the Illinois
Watch Company.
The Parent Teacher Association
meeting held on Wednesday night was
very interesting. There were songs
and recitations by pupils of the first,
second and third grades and dialogues
by pupils of the fifth and sixth
grades. Prof. WIDEST gave a very in
teresting talk on Lincoln.
Miss Jean Carpenstein, the county
health nurse, is spending several days
in Baltimore this week.
Markle Stanton has been very ill
the past week with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Michael Nathan and daughter,
Mrs. Roy Anderson, have returned to
Grantsville from Cumberland where
Mrs. Anderson was under a physi-
clans care for ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Quinn, of Jen-
nings, have returned from a two
weeks visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Hayward Broadwater and family, at
Bell, Pa.
Paul Brown, of Acosta, Pa, who
has been spending several days at the
Victoria Hotel, is patient at the AL
legany Hospital, Cumberland, having
undergone an operation for appended
tbs on Thursday. Mrs. Brown accom-
panied her husband to Cumberland and
will remain in that city for several
days. -.attssswi
Miss Clara Hanft has returned to
her home here from two weeks visit
with relatives in Bell, Pa.
Miss Frances Evans spent the week
end with her parents in Frostburg.
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Dutch Public Opinion
Reused by River Pact

Dutch public opinion is demanding
that Foreign Minister H. A. Van
Karnebeek submit to Parliament for
ratification the Belgo-Dutch treaty
with regard to the administration of
the Scheldt River. The agreement,
which was signed by Van Karnebeek
and Paul Hymans. former minister Of
foreign affairs, is strongly opposed in
Holland, AS ii places Rotterdam at
disadvantage, restoring to Antwerp
the status of a, naval port and prohib-
iting the anchoring of, ships in the
waterway, even in cases Of collision.
Counter-demands have been sug-
gested in the case of the Moerdyk-
Antwerp Canal. the digging and up
keep OF which should be betrayed by
Belgium. That country. however. it
is argued, should have no part in It's
defense i'm times of war unless its
claims for such are justified b. The
League Of Nations.
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efforts of the Cantonese forces to
storm the town. The position Of this
detachment. isolated south of the
river. is not an enviable one. There
have been several defenses of towns
In Chinese history to rank with that
or Saragossa; here is another. perhaps.
One could wish to know of how
large force WI Pei Flu still disposes,
but the information is not youchsafed
Some reports (which l incline to cred
IT. attribute Wu's recent reverses to
the treachery of subordinates He ap.
peals to his nominal ally. Chang Tso
Lin. up at Mukden for help but ap-
parently in vain. There is, however,
rumor scarcely more authentic) that
the Iuchun of Shantung IA henchman
of Chang Tso Linz is about to send
him big reinforcement.
Presumably he is concerning plans
with Gen. Sun Chuan Feng. super.
tuchun OF the FIVE lower Yangtze"
provinces, who recently declared war
upon the Cantonese but his feeling
toward that hero can scarcely be one
of deep affection, seeing that had Sun,
his one-time lieutenant, gone to his
help. several weeks ago, Gen. Chang
Kai Shek, the southern commander.
would not now, in all probability. be
oSSNPyAh9 Ills wv u - CdplIdI, Out
rather would be in pellmell flight
back to the Pearl River.
However. despite that bitter mem
DRY WI us probably co-ordinating
Suns plans for turning the tables on
Chang kai Shek That gentleman is
long way-some 900 miles. in fact
from home, and the report goes that
Sun has dispatched an expedition to
cut his line Of communications at
Changsha: obviously the thing to do.
One hears vaguely of contact made
between advance troops of Sun and
Chang.
We are told that Chang Kai Shek's
program is somewhat as follows: Sun
Chuan Feng to be thrashed and WI
Pei Flu finished off: Marking. Suns
apital, to be made. as OF old, tn,
capital Of China, displacing Picking:
southern and central China having
been consolida ted, the great work to
be completed by crushing the opposi-
ton In northern China and the stamp
ing out, the utter deracination. of
tuchunism: pseudo feudalism, mill
tarism-all the isms that disrupt and
torment China. Chang Kai Shek. we
are urged to believe, is not a bolshe
visit, not red. only q rather radical
democrat.
1t sounds we'll enough. this pro
gram; as, In fact, do most programs.
But the record of the South China Re
public Is not such as to justify enthu
siasm for the idea of dominance of
China by the Cantonese element. Any
way. Chang will have to catch his
hare before he can skin it. He has
vet to come to grips with Sun Chuan
Feng, reputed a redoubtable fellow
The world will watch the second phase
of the struggle in the Yangtze Val.
ley with great interest.
The commission on eXtraterritorial.
ity has completed it's labors. and has
submitted to the nine governments
represented thereon a una nimous re-
port. OF what nature?
X +
United States of America.-How are
the mighty fallen. The tennis singles
championship of the United States has
gone to a Frenchman. There is moth.
ing more fantastic in tennis annals
than the reversal Of form by which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
INDIANS ARE FOUND NEGLECTED
ON SIDE OF HEALTH DIRECTION
Death Rate Declared Abnormalv High for Infants
and Aduls-Covernment Urged to Give
Heed TO ''Vanishing Americana

medical attendance. In one pueblo.
Jemez. nearly all the death cerAh-
Gates are signed by the field matron
bearing the inscription mo physician"
On the Zuni reservation there have
heen half dozen changes In doctors
during the last ten years and the
prevailing death rate from all cause
is approximately Sc per 900. or three
times the normal for the country AZ
large. At present the reservation i .
without physician. without a hos
pital, and without a field nurse. Such
medical services as are availah le arc
provided by q nurse furnished by the
Eastern Association Of Indians, a pri-
Nate philanthropic organization.
On the Navajo reservation, which
contains what is probably the. finest
physical type of Indians surviving,
conditions have somewhat improved.
But the needs Of some 10000 indians
are far from being met and the. ma.
jority die without medical attendan nee.
Infant Mortality High. ..
For all this the Indian PAYS in
suffering and early death Fecunditv
is high, but infant mortality is enor
nous. Next tn tuberculosis and the
waste of infant life. the grea test prob
lem is trachoma. No campaigns ~
spasmodic character against the
disease do much good. The aifiictiou
recurs with insidiouS suddenness.
Old age is rare. RI in spite of these
conditions he is holding his own II is
because on the whole the Indians ~
the Southwest are by nature fins
physical type and by habit a hne
moral type.
To the Intelligent observer. how
ever. the present situation is raRfesfo
the extreme
tCopvriKht 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

the French stars. so easily disposed
of in the Davis Cup play. only few
DAYS later utterly overwhelmed. in
turn, their conquerors.
Tilden was Vanquished by Cochet
in the greatest of the matches; John
ston fell before Borotra, leaving Boro
ira and La CoSte tWhO had beaten
Cochetl to fight il out for the crown
1t is % years now since foreigner
namely. Hugh L..DOherty OF England
last wore il.
I 4 x
The League Of NatiOns.-The idea
of increasing the permanent mem
bership Of the League Council by the
addition of three "semi-permanent
seats arose from the desire to con
ciliate Spain, Poland and Brazil, dis
appointed of their hopes of permanent
seats. OF the three only Poland would
be conciliated. Brazil and Spain re-
signing from the League. AS scarcely
any one could be found approving lin
principle" increase of the number OF
permanent seats. the natural in
ference from the fact that in the final
settlement of the veXatiouS contrOver-
sy, despite the designations of Spain
and Brazil. three semi-permanent
seats were added. is that it was tao
lilly understood that two of those
seats were there for the taking by
Spain and Brazil when or if they
should come to a better mind.
And this inference is borne out by
the fact that of the three states elected
by the Assembly to fill the ''semi-per
manent" seats only one PolandD was
given full semi permanent" status.
By full semi-permanent status, l un-
derstand tenure Of a Council seal. for
ton on and on to doomsday by a two
thirds vote of the Assembly. Thus,
unless you misbehave dreadfully,
you're a permanent member in fact
though not in name. You perform
the elegant feat of eating your cake
without getting it.
On Thursday the Assembly distrib-
uted the non-perma nent seats as
follows: Poland. Chile and Rumania.
elected for three years (only Poland,
however, being declared re-eligible);
Colombia, Holland and China. for
two years; Czechoslovakia. Belgium
and Salvador for one year
Speaking strictly by the card,
there are now on the Council five per-
manent members, one semi.perma-
nent member and eight non.perma-
nent members.
Geneva gossip indicates the strong
probability of formation of a general
Balkan compact in the near future
The Council has approved a project
which contemplates amelioration of
the condition of 10000 refugees in
Bulgaria through expenditure (pre-
sumably under League auspices) of
the proceeds of $12 100000 loan to
be flOated under league auspices. One
supposes a League refugee settlement
commission like that which has done
such splendid work on behalf of the
refugees in Greece.
Despite the admitted fact that the
commission appointed to prepare the
way for disarmament conference
has up to date arrived nowhere and
indeed would seem to have regressed
rather than progressed. NJ. Boncour.
president of that commission, holds
out hope that the conference NAV
properly be held next Spring, due
preparation made and prospects rosy
You ask how that may be and are
told, THE post Locarno mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
BY r. l.. HOFFMAN,.
Insurance Statietjcjan.

II the American people can be made
to understand the present situation of
the American Indian, they will not
permit II to continue until the Van
fishing American" becomes literary
allusion. His problems are primarily
those of health conservation and of
adequate protection against the ever
present menace of white aggression.
AS tar as the latter problem is con-
cerned, the Indian has been exploited
from the time the country was set
tied. and he will he exploited as long
as he survives and has property that
amounts to something. But when
we come to his medical needs. there
the Government has assumed the re-
sponsibility and this obligation It
should fulfill.
1t has just been my privilege to
cover a thousan nd miles or less of the
Indian country Of New Mexico and
Arizona. There is much to be seen
that may be accepted as gratifying
evidence of economic progress though
the want of water is apparent every
where. Pueblos that 10 years ago
knew not a window or door are now
In most cases we'll lighted and venti
lated.
Farming Has Improved.
Farming has improved. some ma
chinery is in use. and some real
money is being made. Sheep and goat
herding has of recent years paid
substantial return while providing an
admirable opportunity for employ
ment suitable to the Indians roam
ing nature.
About progress in health conserva-
ton. however. there is another story
to tell. Regardless of weather of
sunshine. pulmonary tuberculosis pre-
walls TO an alarming degree among
the Indian population. ! have gone
over more than thousand death GER
tif1cates on file with the New Mexico
State board of health and so not ex-
aggerate when | say that the situation
at the present time Is one Of incredi.
BILE apathy and neglect.
Probably not more than one.fourth
of the certificates bear the signature
Of a physician. Possibly three fourths
of the Pueblo Indians die without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
BY CORA WILSON STEWART.

Director OF the National Crusade Against
Illfterscy.
When told there are 5000, 900 illit-
crates in the United States the average
American is inclined to believe they
cult to realize that illiteracy is mainly
among the native.born. The immi-
grants contribute only 100 900 to this
number and the rest, more than
100000 are native born. who have
been listed s illiterates by the Fed
eral Government. 1t Is those born
under the American flag that give to
the United States. where literacy Is
concerned. the low rank Of tenth place
among the nations of the world.
How this happened is not difficult
to explain. 1t was not an occurrence
Of Yesterday or of the past decade.
but of 90 to so years ago. when the
most of these men and women were
boys and girls under 10 years Of age.
Schools in those days were not so
accessible and efficient as they are
today. Compulsory attendance laws
in some of the States are Of recent
enactment and these have always been
laws that were not difficult to evade
AS a result, some of these men and
women in their childhood, with
child lack or wisdom and aided and
abetted by parents. failed to take ad
vantage Of their opportunity and re-
manned out of school. The large ma
.iority Of them were forcibly kept at
home by their parents or guardians
and put to work when the period of
infancy had passed. Then there are
sections Of the country where, pioneer
conditions a quarter or half century
ago made education practically impos-
sible and certain illiterates 80 to so
years of age can offer that as their
excuse.
Paradoxical as it may seem. one.
tenth of the Nations illiterates were
made in the schools. Through no
fault of the teachers. but of the sys-
tenn. many who learned to read and
spell in the old-fashioned school were
not taught to write. These dropped
out of school before reaching the
higher grade where in those days
writing was introduced. Thus we
have 10000 reading" illiterates, for
according to the Federau Census Blu
reau illiteracy is the inability TO
write"
As writing is one Of the initiative
studies. even the most primitive people
find il comparatively easy 10 master.
These reading illiterates have an easy
road to literacy. Private lessons in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
:, 100000 NATIVE-BORN In u. S.
ARE CLASSED AS ILLTTERATES
Number Greatly Exceeds Those Among Immigrants,
the Reason Being Blamed Chiefly ON School
Conditions of 20 to so Years Ago.

penma nship or an old fashioned writ
ing school would remove them quickly
from the illiterate class
The foreign-born illiterates start
with handicap. They have A new
language to master while learning to
read and to write. The native born
have the distinct advantage Of being
English speaking. all save certain
tribes Of American Indians. which
mount up to only a few thousands.
Some persons enormously class all
the foreign born who do not read,
write and speak English as illiterates
English is a marvellous language, but
it is not the only language Of literacy.
The Greek and the italian and the
German scholars in this country who
have not mastered written English
can hardly be put into the illiterate
class either by dogmatic opinion or
by freakish legislation. College.bred
Americans would not appreciate be-
ing called illiterate when in Italy or
France simply because their educa
ton had not included the ma stery of
Italian or Of French.
II the nativeborn illiterates alone
were taught to read and write, illit-
eracy in the United States would be
reduced to l and a fraction percent
age and the Nation would mount up
the scale to place near the top.
Copyright 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
FiIipinos Are Buying 49,.
More Than They Sell

Circulat ton OF currency in the Philip
pines is shrinking. indicating reduced
expectations and yield of products
For the present the islands are buying
more than they sell To get gold with
which to pay for imports and to place
money where there is some demand
for il, the banks exchange pesos AT
the insular trea sury for dollar credits
on New York. The pesos are thus
retired from circulation. Under the
gold-standard law there is free sale Of
exchange at the nominal rate of seven
eighths of per cent. When the report
trade is brisk. banks that require gold
to cover imports buy dollar paper At
slight premium or discount and sci
up peso credits for the sellers ~ gold.
This process does not reduce circula
ton. since pesos are not sent to the
treasury vaults.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
PRESENT TARIFF is INADEQUATE
TO HELP FARMER, SAYS CAPPER
Kansas Senator Urges Higher Duty on Meat Prod.
ucts, Hides and Grain to Make Income Cor.
respond to Buying Prices.

nomic footing with the rest of the
United States sometimes accuse me of
making an effort to have the Govern.
ment subsidize the farm industry
Call 1t subsidy or tariff, as you please
All am asking for agriculture, and
all Western farmers are asking, is a
status of economic equality with gen.
eral business. I am asking this be
cause the low exchange values Of the
farmers crops have made it impos.
sible for the American farmer, with
his increased overhead, to continue on
the old basis any longer Therefore. it
becomes necessary for national wei.
fare to do all that may fairly be done
to put his industry on equal footing
with other American industries.
(Copvrirht 1923
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

mary OF the most important
news of the world for the
i seven days ended September
| IS:
The British Empire.-Recently
cited some statistics concerning the
population of Ireland, which showed
a substantial increase in that popula-
ton since 1911. The new census of
the Free State, however, shows a de-
crease in the IS counties constituting
that State of about 1000, or So
per cent.
There having been q slight increase
in the population of northern Ireland,
the decrease for the entire island
since 1911 is about 161 900. The ave-
rage emigration 1901-10 from the
| counties now constituting the Free
State was about $4,000 yearly; since
1910 it has been about $1,000. The
present total population of Ireland is
about 100000 free State, 2,973,00O;
Northern Ireland, 1.256,000). the
smallest in $50 years. The expecta
ton that an increase in the popula-
ton of the Free State would follow
at once upon it's establishment has
been falsified
The Liberals were victorious in the
Canadian elections held on Tuesday.
The new House of Commons will be
made up as follows Except for two
constituencies still to be heard from;
Liberals, 11S: Conservatives, 90; Lib
erals-Progressives, IL: United Farm
ers of Alberta, IL; Progressives. s:
Labor, 3: Indepe ndents, 2.
The total Of seats is PAS, and 100 is
regarded as a working majority.
Though the Liberals lack somewhat
Of even bare majority. they are
confident nf vi
from the smaller groups to give them
easy control. The new Parliament,
like it's predecessor, includes just one
woman. who was reelected.
Xxx
France.-With the happy Gallo in
stinct of dramatic propriety, the
French government timed to coincide
precisely with the admission of Ger
many to the League of Nations an
nouncement of a program of drastic
cuts in the army and navy establish.
ments. The chief items thereof ito
be gradually put into effect) are: Re
tirement of $500 officers. reduction of
the cavalry army by 1000 men. rails
ing of the minimum CONSUMPTION age
from 20 to 81, reduction of the term
of compulsory service from Is months
to one year and abandonment by the
services of a considerable number of
barracks. training grounds, naval
yards, etc, which will be rented to
the public.
Spain. - 1t is officially announced
that about 100000 votes were cast
in the plebiscite of September II, II
and 10, the population of Spain be-
ing about II 900 900; in view of Span.
ish conditions. a tremendous poll.
Every Spanish person of 10 years
or over and of either sex was invited
to cast ballot indicating approval
of Primo de Rivera S work and of his
proposal to convene a national as
sembly. To be sure, the government
had not clearly indicated the kind Of
body contemplated under the name
of National Assembly" to be sure
also. the machinery of the plebiscite
was intrusted solely to the Patriotic