Morning Oregonian., February 26, 1915, Page 3, Image 3

EDUCATION SYSTEM
CRITICISED BY TAFT
Pretentious Curriculum and
Glowing Reports May Hide
Fustian, Says Professor.
STANDARDIZATION IS URGED
National University Through Which
People of All Communities Can
Have Schools Examined Is
Suggested as rteniedjr.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 25. Standardiza
tion of the scHol system of the United
Rtates through the establishment of a
National University today was advo
cated by Trofessor William H. Tart,
of Yale University, ex-President. In an
address before the convention of the
department of superintendence of trie
National Education Association. Mr.
Taft said: . .,
The cause of free public education
Is more sacred and of more fundamen
tal importance than almost any .other
before our people. It Is one that awak-.ns-thc
profound interest of the peo
ple and commands the greatest and
most willing self-sacrifice by the tax
paying public. The consequence of this
fervor ia that our school systems are
not as much scrutinized as they should
br. Indeed. It is now difficult for the
public of a community to learn the
fncts as to the thoroughness of the
discipline and of the knowledge Im
parted in their schools or of economy
In the expenditure of the funds devot
ed to education.
Parents ot Best Qualified.
"Parents are themselves not quali
fied to vass upon the result of a pub
lic school Fystm to a town, county
t district In such a way as to make
tbpir opinion the best criterion. Hence
th-re is srreat opportunity for fustian
i, nrt .-noddy in the product, concealed
under a cloak of a pretentious curri
culum! and glowing annual reports.
"What we need in the country is an
opportunity for standardization and
loniparisen of school systems in the
.ilfferent states and different cities.
This. I thtnl;. we might have by estab
JihiiiK what Washington recommend
ed, a national university In Washing
ton. "The Bureau of Education might well
be enlarged into a university, which
.v hnuld not be a teaching . university,
but one with a corps of experts who
could offr to the people of all the
Mates and the people of all local com
munities the opportunity of having
their respective school systems exam
ind and reported upon as to proper
scope, efficiency, thoroughness and
vonomy. The same university should
hold periodical examinations in con
venient parts of the country which any
persons might, upon payment of a
small fee. take and. If successful, re
ceive a certificate equivalent to a de
gree in certain established courses.
"Wine Severity'' Favored.
"All this would be voluntary: but
If the system were Impartial, thor
ough and wisely severe as it should
be. the value of the reports and the
value of the certificates would become
great. They would assure the people
of a community that they were get
ting their money's worth from a school
system officially -approved by such a
university and assure them that
the graduates of their school could ob
tain degrees from such examinations.
Thus we should soon have a standardi
zation of school systems of the high
est value.
"The pressure of the taxpayers up
on their particular school authorities,
to apply for an examination and re
port, would be so great that It would
soon become equivalent to a compul
sory system. It would stimulate school
authorities to earnest work. It would
eliminate shoddy, pretense and show;
would minimize exploiting and pub
licity methods and would give a proof
of excellence and comparative high
standing that would be lncontestible.
I tried to secure larger appropriations
in my administration for the Bureau
tf Education with a view to beginning
the system In a small way, but was
unsuccessful."
WILSON IDEA CRITICISED
Lumberman Declares President Is
Enemy of Business.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25. George Holt,
president of an Oconto. Wis., lumber
firm, criticised President Wilson as an
enemy of business at a meeting of the
Forest Froducts Federation here to
day. "At the recent meeting of the Na
tional Chamber of Commerce," said Mr.
Holt, "I heard President Wilson talk.
'He advocated for foreign - commerce
what his Government will not allow in
domestic commerce some sort of a
combination or co-operation. He said
we must combine to get effects In for
eign commerce. He said he had been
waiting for some one to tell him how
this could be done without violating the
provisions of the Sherman law.
"The rest of us are waiting for the
same thing. The 'President said he
knew some one would happen along
and tell him how. but I don't think so."
FLAG STILLS PROTESTS
Kevenue Collector Hits on Plan to
Silence Income Tax Payers.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Draping a United
States flag over the cashier's windows
i,t h f.nia nf Collector of Internal
Kevenue has stopped the complaints of
Income tax pavers, according to Julius
Smietanka. Collector of Revenues.
"It has had the psychological effect
desired." Mr. Smietanka said. "There
has not been a protest since I put up
the flag two days ago."
BERLIN BUYS BIG PLANT
City Takes Over Klectrlcal Power to
Make Current Cheaper.
BERLIN, via London. Feb. 25. The
municipality has decided to acquire the
Berlin electrical works, which at pres
ent enjoys the monopoly of supplying
current for traction, lighting and man.
ufacturing purposes in Greater Berlin.
The purchase price of the plant will
be about 131,000,1)00. Tho action of the
city Is due to a general demand for
cheaper current.
CALIFORNIA SEES PROJECT
,T. I. Ninian Gathers Data on Which
to Prepare Bid for Work.
STANFIELD, Or- Feb. 25. (Special.)
That the Teel Irrigation project Is
soon to be constructed is now the
general belief of those in charge of
the district. J. D. Nlman, of Turlock,
Cal., Is here this week looking over the
project and expects to take a contract
for the work. He has been connected
with the construction of several other
large projects and is favorably im
pressed with the Teel project.
i . . i nraaAr, nlann am carried out
Mr. Niman will take a contract for the
work at the price estimated oy me
project engineer, W. B. Ilinkle. His
company will also take the bonds of
the district at par In payment for
the work.
But Mr. Niman is not the only per
son interested In the construction of
the project for a telegram has Just
v i. Tirnhv Rfft Port-
DCCII I CLITHC1 jiv.ii i j ,
land, requesting the directors not to
let the contract until they had time
to put in a bid.
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Hill W3 111 1. I, u I . .J . -
two miles long to bring the water of
Camas creeu irom ine suum
the mountains over to the north Blope
where it will empty into Butter Creek
and be taken out again when the lower
lands are reached.
t i- .ii.Bninra a t-a confident that the
work will be started this year and
believe that water win ob uni
the land within two years.
JAPAN ABATES DEMANDS
OUTLOOK FOR SETTLEMENT WITH
CHINA DISTINCTLY IMPROVED.
Points Waived Include Supervision
Over Advlaora, Joint Police and
Purchase of Ammunition.
PEK1X. China. Feb. 25. The out
look for an adjustment of the differ
ences which have arisen between unina
and Japan has improved distinctly. The
conferences between representatives of
the two nations apparently are pro
gressing toward a compromise.
The most Imortant step yet taken in
this direction was disclosed here today.
The Japanese government has given in
H icn tfnns which are regarded as
definite that it will not insist for the
present on the group or general De
mands which It presented. These in
clude the chief points on which China,
bused her resistance to the representa
tions from Tokio. The principal de
mands which Japan is reported thus to
have waived for the present are out
lined as follows:
The Chinese government shall con
sult Japan before choosing foreign ad
visers in political, military and finan
cial matters, and if such advisers are
employed Japanese shall be preferred.
China and Japan shall police Jointly
important places in China, or Japanese
shall be preferred in case foreign police
advisers are employed.
China shall buy from Japan at least
one-half the arms and ammunition it
uses hereafter, otherwise an arsenal
shall be established in China employ
ing Japanese experts and materials.
Japan shall have special privileges
in the province of Fuklen and shall
be consulted first In case foreign
capital is required in the province
for railroad construction, ship build
ing, mining and harbor improvements.
Japan shall have the same rights
as other nations to establish mis
sions, schools and churches throughout
the country, with the privilege of prop
agating Buddhism.
IS
MO.VUAY IS LAST DAY FOR REG
ISTRY OF PHYSICIANS.
Sales Forbid to Any Person Other Thai
Tboae Holding; SpeclBed Orders
From Qualified Practitioners.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Any physician, dentist or veteri
nary who uses opium or any of its
derivatives or cocaine or Its deriva
tives in practice. or any drug
gist who sells such, unless they are
registered at the United States Internal
Kevenue Department not later than
next Monday, will be subject to a fine
of $2000, or five years' Imprisonment,
or both, for using or selling any deriva
tive of opium or cocaine after that
date. Such Is the word being sent
broadcast through California and Ne
vada by J. J. Scott, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue In this district.
This new law, aimed at the super
vision of the drug traffic, was signed
by President Wilson last December
and becomes effective March 1. It alms
to control the traffic by ' the Federal
Government In a way which it is im
possible to do under the state law.
So drastic is the law that no drug
gist, either wholesale or retail, can
sell such drugs unless me oraer lur
them is made on a special blank which
is issued by the Federal Government
and issued only to registered physi
cians or druggists. These blanks are
sold for a small sum and are printed
on a paper which is declared to be
almost non-counterfeltable.
There are 16,000 persons In the
classes named who must register by
next Monday, according to Collector
Scott, and up to the present less than
4000 have so registered. In case they
do not register and either sell or use
anv of the drugs named in the act
after next Monday they will be liable
to the fine or imprisonment named.
SUNDAY WORK LAW VETOED
St. Johns Council Backs Miajor in
ICcgulating Street Contractors.
ST. JOHNS, Or.. Feb. 25 (Special.)
At the meeting of the Council last
night. Mayor Vlnoent filed his veto
against the ordinance forbidding con
tractors for street work in St. Joans
from doing work on Sundays. The
Council sustained .the veto. Council
man Gradon, who secured the passage
of the ordinance, was the only one vot
ing against it.
The Council ordered placed on the
ballot for the April election a proposi-
Li u ii iu i-ini't.
$130,000 to acquire tho St. Johns water
works ana make omer improvement.
The Council ordered that all woodep
sidewalks be condemned, to snift liabil
ity for damages from the city to the
property-owners.
A remonstrance against the improve
ment of Chicago street, representing a
majority of the property-owners, was
filed and accepted. The remonstrance
against the improvement vi vowes"
street was overruieu.
GILBERT M. CALIFF DIES
Springwater Farmer, 8 7 Passes at
Home of Daughter.
ESTACADA. Or., Feb. 25. (Special.)
Gilbert Mitchell Califf died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Strunk.
in Springwater yesterday. Mr. Califf
was S". having been borne in Pennsyl
vania In 1828 and moved to Oregon
about 12 years ago from Tennessee.
He is survived by two sons and two
daughters Mrs. Stella Montette, of
Tcetz. Colo.: Mrs. Ed Strunk. of Spring
water. Or., and O. D. and Oliver Calirf,
of Estacada.
Tho funeral will be held from the
Zion Church, at 2 P. M. tomorrow.
Aliens' Business Seqnestered.
BERNE, Switzerland. Feb. 25, via
Spring Fashions in Women's Coats, Suits and Dresses Are Here!
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For SilK Poplin
The newest Spring style dresses, of silk
poplin, made in attractive Empire effect.
skirt full and flaring, with deep shirred
yoke top. Collar is of .white silk poplin
and self-covered buttons trim the waist..
Shown in Belgian blue, putty, gray and
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navy tiue
For New Covert
(Coats
These coats are made of an excellent qual
ity covert cloth, the most popular material of
the season. 40 inches in length, full flaring,
black velvet collar, novelty belted back, Eng
lish patch pockets and new tailored sleeves.
Trimmed with bone buttons. A splendid
weight coat for Spring and Summer.
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For New Tailored
THE ACCOMPANYING ILLUSTRATION WAS SKETCHED FROM
A new style in suits. Made of granile
cloth, with the new 26-inch jackets, belted
waist with pleated peplum, collar and
cuffs of bengaline silk. Lined with fine
Quality peau de cygne. Skirt made in
the new full flare style.
Colors are navy, Copen and green.
THE GARMENTS ON SALE
Raaemrnt.
New Shipment Just Received of
Gingham Coverall Work Aprons
Regular Price 45c
Made with round neck, short sleeves, pocket, belted back,
and neatly finished with bias banding. Made of an excel
lent quality of navy blue and white checked gingham, tast
color. -Basement
Offering Two New Crepe de Chine Waist Models
In Styles as Illustrated
Sale $2.22
A' special sale is always twice as interesting when it offers some
thing entirely new at a special price. In this case it is not merely
"something new" it is the new idea of the day in semi-tailored
waists. One model is embroidered on each side of the front; the
other is tucked and hemstitched. Can be had in white and flesh.
Basement.
I
Women's Kayser Lisle Union Suits 50c
Medium weight for Spring and Summer wear. Made
of fine lisle, in low-neck, sleeveless, knee-length style.
Women's Ribbed Cotton Vests 12!2C
Low-neck, sleeveless style, in a medium weight, bead
ing and ribbon trimmed. .
7Zr $1 Irrmorted Vests 39c.
Small and medium sizes only. Made of fine Swiss wool, in ribbed
style, in a weight suitable for present wear.
Women's $1.25 Ribbed Corset Covers 69c
Fine Swiss-ribbed corset covers of mercerized yarns, silk trimmed
at neck and silk-faced fronts. Sizes 5 and 6. B..ement.
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25c
Just Received by Express
500 Pieces of New Neckwear
On Sale Today for the First Time
Springs most fashionable styles in coat and dress sets, collars of
net, laces, finest organdie and lawn.Jn pleated back, military effects
and flat models, effectively trimmed with picot edging, hemstitching
and bows of black ribbon. ' Basement
Friday We Shall Offer Hundreds of Yards of
T&e Newest Net Top Laces
That Would Sell Regularly at 15c to 25c Yard
From 3 to 9 inches wide.
At
the Yard
This is truly an extraordinary sale, for it offers laces that will be in greatest favor for the
trimming of Spring and Summer gowns and waists, as well as for making those new standing
and flare collars. , , . . ,
Laces of fine, soft nets with artistically designed floral and conventional designs, in white.
cream and Paris shades. . . .
If you have followed the fashion reports for the new season you w. 1 have noticed Uiat
net top laces are to be one of the most popular trimmings, and in this sale you can econom
ically anticipate your lace needs.
New 75c and 85c Muslin and Crepe Underwear
NOTION SALE
5c O.N.T. Thread 4c
In black, white and all
numbers.
5c Dress Fasteners, dz. lc
10c Sanitary Belts . . .5c
25c Peerless Dress Shields
for t ....... . "5c
iOc Self -Light Gas Mantles
for 27c
5c Asbestos Stove Mats 3c
5c Polish Mats and Iron
Holders 3c
10c Diamond Dyes . . .6c
15c Inverted Gas Globes
for 9c
25c Tango Hair Pins 10c
10c Hair Pins, 6 for . . Ac
10c Welsbach Upright Gas
Mantles ...... -7c
15c Straw Table Mats 11c
10c Monkey Brand Soap
for . 5c
10c Enamelin Liquid Stove
Polish 5c
10c Fancy Gas Hose, ft. 4c
12c Paper Napkins, per
100 ...'. 7c
25c Gilman Lunch Boxes
for 18c
$1.00 Welsbach Lights 50c
10c Metal Towel Rings 5c
$1.00 Cedolene Polish
Mops 68c
$1.25 Cedolene Polish
Mops 75c
$1.50 Cedolene Polish
Mops 98c
10c Chair Seats 7c
Floor Paint
Bay State brand, guaranteed.
Sale, 39c qt. 74c
All shades, wears like
iron.
25c Electroline Silver Pol
ish 15c
50c Electroline Silver Pol
ish 28c
25c Burnshine Brass Pol
ish ..17c
No phone orders.
Basement.
GOWNS SKIRTS' ENVELOPE CHEMISE COM-
Sale 59c Each
Gowns of longcloth and crepe, slip-over and open-front- styles.
embroidery, lace, beading and ribbon trimmed.
Skirts of longcloth, scalloped edge, lace and embroidery
ruffles. .
Envelope Chemise of longcloth, beading edge, medallions of
lace. , i i i l j
Combinations in waisted style, trimmed with embroidery and
lace. ,
Corset Covers attractively trimmed, made full size.
Drawers in knicker or flat-leg style, of longcloth or crepe.
Three styles illustrated. Basement
at;'
NEW
WAISTS
Of Tucked Voile
Embroidered Voile
In White and
Sand
' 98c
In a Dozen New and
Attractive Styles
Basement.
Women's
Seamless Cotton Stockings
15C Pair Two Pairs 25c
Fast black, seamless stockings, made of extra
quality combed maco cotton, three-thread heels,
toes and soles. These stockings are shaped in
th weavinff and are in every way the equal of
hosiery costing nearly twice the price of these stockings at 1 5c.
Children's 25c Fine Lisle Stockings
19c Pair
Fine ribbed, extra elastic stockings, of fast black lisle
thread yarn, with extra spliced heel, toe and soles. An
excellent stocking for either boys or girls, giving extra long
and hard wear. Sizes 6 to 9J$, Rihi.
Fine Lawn Initial Handkerchiefs
. with a quarter-inch hem
g In a fachage
Initials embroidered in
pink, blue and lavender.
Sold in packages of six.
Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers
cJ "Merchan dise.cf cf Me
Phone Marshall 5000
Phone A 6691
All Goods Purchased
Friday and Saturday
CHARGED
ON APRIL 1st BILLS
Paris. A Wolff Agency dispatch from
Brussels says that the German Governor-General.
Von Blssiner, has au
thorized the sequestration of all busi
ness enterprises In Belgium owned by
subjects )r citizens of nations with
which Germany Is at war.
STAND, OF HOPMEN TESTED
Washington Growers Ask Opinion on
Tri-State QrganUatlon.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 25.
(Special.) Officials of the Washington
Hopscrowers' Association, who are tak
ing the initiative in the effort to or
ganize growers of this state in con
junction with, those of Oregon and
California, are sending out return post
card inquiries to all the growers in
the Yakima Valley, asking for an im
mediate expression of opinion, stating
whether or not they favor the move
ment. If the replies Indicate that .0 per
cent of th Yakima growers are willing
to Join the organization, the effort to
perfect the organization in this state
will be dropped. This action. If taken,
probably will result in . the abandon
ment of the whole Pacific Coast or
ganization plan, it is stated, as Oregon
and California are not expected to at
tempt to regulate the hop market un
less Washington comes into the plan.
Absinthe Prohibited in Strassburg.
. GENEVA, via Paris. Veb. 25. The
military governor of Strassburg, capital
of Alsace-Lorraine, has prohibited the
sale or consumption oi auannuc
sons who violate the order will be sen
tenced to a year's imprisonment.
Judge's Successor Chosen.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Martin J.
Wade, of Iowa City, has been selected
by President Wilson for Federal Judge
in the southern district of Iowa to suc
ceed the late Judge Smith McPherson.
The nomination probably will be sent
to the Senate tomorrow.
864 German Newspapers Suspend.
AMSTERDAM, via London, Feb. 25.
Figures compiled by the postal au
thorities show that since the begin
ning of the war 864 German news
papers have suspended publication.
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