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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BRITISH
FLOODS IN MIDDLE
WEST TAKE TOLL
6-DIE III
EXCLUSIVE
BRITISH LINER IS
SUNK; AID IS LATE
CALL FROM MIXXEAPOLIS RE
CEIVED BY ANOTHER.
STEAMER HITS LUG,
RIPS HOLE, SINKS
121,141 REGISTER;
TIME UP APRIL 18
PASTOR AND SCHOOL
BOARD it! DEBATE
Ofl AIRSHIP SHEDS
CLUB FIRE
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED
AND TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
REPUBLICANS IX LEAD, WITH
80,2 7 4 OF TOTAL.
w'.-s- - - jo
AKE
raid
COUNTRY
Germans Bring Down 3
of Fleet of Five.
2 OF GONYOY IN COLLISION
tondon Admits Dstroyer Lost;
German Patrols Sunk.
BERLIN DENIES DAMAGE
British Admiralty, However, De
clares Danish Advices Indicate
That Expedition Into Enemy
. AYaters "Was Successful.
BERLIN, via wireless to Sayville. N.
T., March 25. Not fewer than three
British hydroplanes, among them a
lighting aeroplane, were brought down
today by German guns on and about
the island of Sylt. during an air raid
en Northern Schleswig. according to a
German official communication issued
tonight. The crews were taken
prisoner.
Bombs dropped in the drstrict of the
Iloyer water gate did no damage, says
the statement, which follows:
"From two ships, which were accom
panied by a cruiser squadron and a
flotilla of destroyers, five English
ihydroaeroplanee started yesterday
morning for an attack against the Ger
man aeronautic establishments In
tVorthern Schleswig.
Three Rlder Brought Down.
"Not fewer than three of them,
among which was a fighting aeroplane,
were forced down by the defensive ser
vice on and about the island of Sylt.
The occupants of the machines, who
were made prisoner, are four English
officers and one non-commissioned offi
cer. "Bombs were thrown only in the dis
trict of the Iloyer water gate. No
3amage was done."
; LOXDOX, March 26. Three British
aeroplanes which J,ookjjart in a raid on
German airships in iichles wig-llolstein
yesterday are missing.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company from Copenhagen says
tliat two German armed trawlers acting
ps patrols were sunk by the British out
side Sylt harbor. They were the
Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolf.
.German Patrol Boats Sunk.
The Admiralty also reports that a
torpedo-boat may have been in collision
with another of its own fleet in the
venture. No fears for the crew are en
tertained. .
The following official statement was
issued tonight:
"An attack by British seaplanes was
delivered yesterday morning on Ger
man airship sheds In Schleswlg-Hol-stein
eastward of the Island of 6ylt.
The seaplanes were conveyed to their
rendezvous close to the German coast
by an escorting force of light cruisers
and destroyers under Commodore Ty r
whitt. Destroyer Lout in Collision.
"Three of the seaplanes which took
part in the attack are missing. The
destroyer Medusa was in collision with
the destroyer Lavrock and it is feared
that in the stormy weather which pre
vailed last night the Medusa may have
been lost, but no misgivings are felt as
to the safety of the crew. Two Ger
man armed patrol vessels were sunk by
our destroyers.
"No detailed report has yet been re
ceived, but from Danish press dis
patches it would appear that this opera-
stlon, which was carried out within the
enemy's waters, achieved its object."
The Lavrock, 260 feet long, was built
in 1914 and displaced 965 tons. -She was
armed with three four-inch guns and
two torpedo tubes. Her normal comple
ment was 100 men. The latest available
official navy records give no destroyer
Medusa.
FORTUNE GOES TO WORKER
Seattle Youth Is Notified of Legacy
of $3,000,000.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 26. Harold
Richard Clements, 19, who has been
working in a department store at a
small salary, has been notified by Ar
thur Payne, attorney, of Louisville, Ky,
that he has inherited the $3,000,000 es
tate of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cle
ments, who died there last Wednesday.
Young Clements is the son of Harrv
Curtis Clements, formerly president of
t.'.e Uenver Traction Company. who
died nine years ago.
When Mr. Clements died he left the
bulk of his estate to his mother, only
a small allowance going to his son.
young Clements said tonight.
BRIDGE WORK SUSPENDED
High Water in Columbia Interferes
With Span Construction.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 26.
'(Special.) All records for March since
1S59 have been dissolved by the rain
fall of the present month, which to
date has totaled 8.23 Inches.
The Columbia River was 14 feet Fri
day. 15 feet yesterday, and today is
ebout 16 feet and is still rising.
Work on the Columbia River Inter
state bridge has stopped until the Co
lumbia drops vv to about 10 feet
pbov zero.
Abnormally Warm Weather, With
Rain Following Blizzard,
Wreaking Havoc.
CHICAGO, March 26. (Special.)
Blizzards, abnormally warm weather,
rain and snow, and now much colder
weather, all crowded into a few days,
have combined to cause much sickness
and distress In Middle Western states.
Floods also are now taking a toll in
human life and destroying property.
Northern Illinois cities tonight re
port many streets submerged and light
and power stations out of commission.
Warnings are issued in Chicago and
all the Northern Illinois territory of
imminent peril of typhoid. Eastern
Iowa and Southern Michigan. Northern
Indiana and Ohio are also facing ty
phoid conditions.
Dispatches from Southwestern Wis
consin tonight accentuate last night's
reports of flood damage. Seven have
been drowned, with many districts en
tirely inaccessible. Almost one-eighth
of the state is affected. Reports tell
of one drowned in Rock County, one
in Richland County and one In Grant
County. Two perished when a bridge
gave way. Others were drowned try
ing to get through flooded streams by
fording.
One in Grant County died trying to
lead his cattle from the stables to
the hills, when they became so fright
ened that they trampled him to death.
The floods are due to the sudden
thaw and rains, following the blizzard
early in the week. Losses of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
alone are enormous, for there is a 30
mile break, much of which is entirely
gone, and practically no trains are
moving In the entire southwestern cor
ner of Wisconsin.
ARMY BARS BALD HEADS
Heat Along Border Demands Protec
tive Mop of Hair.
CHICAGO, March 26. Baldheadcd
men are not wanted in the pursuit
of Villa- It is warm along the border
and they might become affected by the
heat. So announced Lieutenant Ken
ney yesterday in refusing to enlist
Stanley Twooney of Syracuse.
Twooney sought enlistment and was
rejected because of his baldness. n He
returned wearing a wig and was ac
cepted. While he was awaiting trans
portation to Jefferson Barracks tne
dtfoeption wr: discovered and again he
was rejected.
Lieutenant Kenney said Army regu
lations would not permit his accept
ance of baldheaded men.
BASKETBALL IN QUESTION
Yakima Teachers Oppose Girls' In
terscholastic Games.
NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., March 26.
(Special.) Resolutions which were
defeated by the narrow margin of 11
votes to 10 at a meeting of the men
teachers of the Yakima Valley yester
day afternoon, opposed military train
ing in elementary and high schools,
though not In colleges and universities,
and condemned basketball as not a
proper game for girle,, particularly In
interscholastic games.
Tennis was advocated as more suit
able. The Takima Valley Athletic Associa
tion was formed, to take general charge
of interscholastic athletics.
BOY OUTSPELLS TEXTBOOK
Dictionary Resorted to Before Prize
Is Given Harold Todd.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 26.
(Special.) Harold Todd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Todd, of Dodd Hollow,
about 30 miles southeast of this city,
Friday night proved himself the best
speller in Klamath County. He won
this distinction by correctly spelling
"accessible." Christian Murdock, of
Plevna School, won second prize, and
Audrey Howell, of Merrill School, was
third prize winner.
All the words in the school spelling
book were exhausted and resort to the
dictionary was necessary.
WILL PROVIDES FREE RENT
Apartment-House to Rise for Un
married Working Women.
NEW YORK, March 26. A rent-free
apartment-house for unmarried women
is provided for In the will of Charles
B. Webster, a factory goods merchant.
who died March 16 leaving an estate
exceeding $1,000,000.
The will, which was admitted to
probate here yesterday, directs that
the apartment-house be built out of the
residuary estate, which totals $400,000.
The establishment will contain a res
taurant and library and be conducted
without profit.
TILLAMOOK IS WET PLACE
Previous Rainfall and Snowfall
Records Go to Smash.
TILLAMOOK. Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) Tillamook is believed to be one
of the wettest places in the world. In
six months and 20 days of the present
weather year there has been 101.75
inches of precipitation here.
February 1 and 2. 7.66 Inches of rain
fell in 48 hours. In a nrotraetert stni-m
January 30 to February 11, 17.78 Inches
fell. The January snowfall was 13.25
inches, a record here.
Rainfall to date In March Is 21.54
inches, a record precipitation.
Prominent Texans Vic
tims at San Antonio.
WOMAN GIVES LIFE IN RESCUE
Hero Companion Also .Burns to
Death Aiding Man.
MANY LEAP OUT WINDOWS
Five Guests and Maid Servant Arc
Dead and Building Is Destroyed.
Ex-Attorney - General and
Wife Among Victims.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. March 26. Six
persons lost their lives early today in
the burning- of the fashionable San An
tonio Country Club.
Five of the victims were guests at
the club, which was the scene last night
of several week-end parties, bringing
together a large number of persons
prominent ir social and business cir
cles of the Southwest.
Fire Starts In Paint.
The dead are:
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Waltham. San
Antonio.
Judge J. E. Webb, San Antonio.
Homer Jones, San Antonio.
Mrs. Maco Stewart, Galveston.
Helen Cockrell. maid at the club.
The fire had its origin in a collection
of paint stored In the basement of the
three-story frame clubhouse. It spread
quickly to a stairway leading to the
first floor and rapidly communicated to
the other two floors above.
About 15 guests asleep In the build
ing had narrow escapes, many Jumping
from the second-story windows, so
quick was the spread of the flames.
Woman Dies Heroine.
Mrs. Stewart, who was spending her
first nifeht at the club as the guest of
Mrs. Cora Ogden. had escaped from the
burning building, but with ' Homer"
Jones started back to rescue Judge
Webb, whose hearing was affected, and
who, they feared, would not hear the
alarm. The three were caught In the
dense smoke, and went to their death
together.
James Waltham, 45 years old, was
formerly Attorney-General of Texas.
His -wife was a bride of 12 months,
formerly Miss Mary Carson, of Indian
apolis, Ind.
Judge Webb was a prominent mem
ber of the bar.
Guests KlKht Fire.
Mrs. Stewart was the wife of Maco
Stewart, president of the Title Guar
anty Company of Texas, whose home
was in Galveston. She came here for
a week's visit with friends.
The flames were discovered by the
steward of the club, -who went into the
grill shortly after a number of guests
had left the first floor for their apart
ments upstairs. The steward attempted
to quench the flames with fire extin
guishers. This proved insufficient, so
he summoned the guests who were still
awake and who aided in alarming the
others in the building.
A number of the guests at the club
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Attack by Submarine in Mediterra
nean Reported Two Other Brit
ish Steamers Were Lost.
MARSEILLES, Franch, March 26.
The British liner Minneapolis was sunk
in the Mediterranean last Wednesday
by a submarine, according to Captain
Bibhy, of the British steamer Leicester
shire, which has arrived here from
Rangoon.
Captain Bibby reports that while In
the Mediterranean last Wednesday he
received a wireless call for help from
the Minneapolis, which said that the
steamer had just been torpedoed and
was sinking.
The Leicestershire went at full speed
to the assistance of the Minneapolis,
but arrived too late, the vessel having
sunk. The fate of the crew was not
known to Captain Bibby.
The Minneapolis was a steamer of
13,543 tons gross. She was built in
1900 at Belfast.
LONDON. March 26. Lloyds reports
that the British steamship Fenay Bridge
has been sunk. The crew has been
landed. The Fenay Bridge, 3836 tons,
356 feet long, was built in Sunderland
in 1910.
The British steamer St. Cecelia, from
Portland, Me., March 11, for London,
has been sunk, according to a dispatch
to Lloyds from Dover. The crew was
saved.
WATER POISONS SOLDIERS
Several Hundred Carranza Troops
Declared to Have Died.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 26. Em
ployes of the Nacozari Railroad brought
a report from Cabullona today that
several hundred Carranza soldiers had
been killed recently in the Yaqul River
Valley in Western Sonora by drinking
water that had been poisoned by the
Yaqul Indians. They said that Mexi
can employes of the railroad had re
ceived the information in letters from
Hermosillo that those poisoned were
men of the Fifth Brigade of the Sonora
troops. The detachment numbers 900
men.
Mexican officials at Agua Prieta said
that they had received no such infor
mation. GIRL IS BORN TO SAYRES
President's Second granddaughter
to Be Named Eleanor Axson.
PHILADELPHIA, March 26. A
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Bowes Sayre here today. She
is the second granddaughter of Presi
dent Wilson, and will be named Eleanor
Axson Sayre, for Mrs. Sayre's mother.
Mother and child were reported tonight
as doing well.
Mrs. Sayre has been in. this city for
several weeks visiting her aunt, Mrs.
A. W. Howe, a sister of the President.
The President telegraphed his congrat
ulations. NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED
Denmark Has Report of Great En
gagement in North Sea.
LONDON, March 26. 'Dispatches from
Esbjerg, Denmark, to the Tidende says
Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent re
ports a great naval battle between the
German and British fleets some three
miles off the Graady lightship at mid
day today.
WAKE UP AND REGISTER!
Twin Cities WrPdO
All Har..c-':
BIG WHEAT CARGO PART LOSS
Vessel Lies Near South Bank
in North Portland. Harbor.
SALVING TO START TODAY
Submerged 30-Foot Timber Tears
Away Hull and Deck at Port
Bow; Prompt Beaching Saves
Passengers and Stock.
After striking a 30-foot sunken log,
which tore a huge hole in her hull at
the'port bow, the steamer Twin Cities,
of The Dalles-Columbia line, began
to sink near the mouth of North Port
land harbor Saturday night. She was
successfully beached after a struggle.
Quick work on the part of the officers
in charge, and the coolness of the mem
bers of the crew, prevented loss of life.
Craft Rent on Bottom.
The 10 passengers aboard, and the
livestock which formed part t the
cargo, were landed in safety before
the vessel settled in the shallower
water near the bank. The steamer last
night wae lying partially submerged
at the south bank, near the mouth of
the North Portland harbor. A portion
of the rail around the upper deck was
awash and the water, which was ris
ing rapidly, was expected to flood the
passenger cabins.
Principal Corto Wheat.
The Twin Cities was on her way
from Lewiston to Portland carrying a
heavy cargo which included about 1800
sacks of wheat and 30 hogs. The hogs
were consigned to the Union Stock
Yards, and the vessel turned into the
North Portland harbor with the inten
tion of unloading the hogs before con
tinuing on the last lap of the trip to
Portland. -
The accident occurred" at 9:45 P. M.,
and It was unusually dark at the time,
according to the members of the crew.
Captain Fred II. Lundy, master of the
steamer. Captain Isaac Gray, pilot, and
John Herzig. who was acting as look
out, were all in the pilot house at the
time of the accident.
Lookout Tells Story.
Mr. Herzig, in describing the acci
dent yesterday, said:
"The vessel was proceeding up the
slough when she suddenly received a
blow on the port bow which staggered
her. There was a great crash of tear
ing timbers. ' and It seemed as though
the entire end of the vessel must have
been ripped out. I immediately ran
down the companionway to the lower
deck and, opening a hatchway, saw
the end of a huge hemlock log two feet
in diameter thrust through the side of
the vessel below the waterline and Into
the hull of the steamer.
"The water was pouring In, and the
captain immediately swung the vessel
around and made for shore. As the
steamer neared the bank, the end of the
log struck the bottom, causing the
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V1 cretarv of State Renorf That Tinn.
ing Week Ending March 18
17,25 1 in State Signed.
SALEM, Or., March 26. (Special.)
Registrations for the Oregon primary
election show a decided gain as the
time for the books to close April 18
draws near. During the week end
ing March 18, reports received at the
office of Secretary of State Olcott show
that 17,251 persons were listed in the
state, bringing the total up to 121,141.
Of the total number registered, 80,
274 or 66.27 per cent are Republicans
and 30,680 are Democrats. Progres
sives number only 750; Prohibitionists,
2849; Socialists, 2948, and miscellane
ous registrations, 3640.
The number of persons who have reg
istered for the primaries each week
throughout, the state since the books
opened January. 1 are as follows: To
January 15. 9360; January 22. 7885; Jan
uary 29, 7687; February 5. 8499; Febru
ary 12, 13,032. February 19, 14.717; Feb
ruary 26. 12,720; March 4, 13,317; March
11. 16,673; March 18, 17,251. Total,
121,141.
SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED
San Francisco Police Say Italian at
Seattle Wanted for 3Iurdcr.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 26. James
Mariano .arrested in Seattle a week
ago. was positively identified todnv bv
t Sergeant Conlon and Detective Evatt.
of the San Francisco police department,
as Pietro Torturici, who is wanted in
that city for the murder of B. Vilardo
and the dismemberment of his body in
April, 1905.
Mariano denies that he is the ma
wanted and will fight extradition.
The San Francisco officers obtained
an affidavit from a laborer who for
merly worked with Torturici in San
Francisco in which the affiant de
scribed a pronounced scar on the sua
pect's knee. The detectives said they
found the scar on Mariano.
COTTON FIRE DISATR0US
Flames at Houston, Tex., Jump
Street; Loss Is $530,000.
HOUSTON, Tex., March 26. Loss es
ttmated at 1 530,000 was caused here
today "by fire which started in the cot
ton sheds of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway and spread to nearly a
dozen other buildings and 40 freight
cars.
Residents of the North Side were
thrown into a panic when the flames
jumped across Main street and set fire
to several houses. The flames were
brought under control after two hours.
VILLA GENERAL IS KILLED
Government Forces Report Execu
tion of Prisoners Taken in Battle.
QUERETARO, Mexico, March 26.-
General Pedro Gozman and 22 others.
all members of Villa's band, were killed
in battle today in the neighborhood of
Laguna and Dinamlta. In this action
between Government forces and bandits
10 prisoners also were taken and sum
marily executed.
This information came in a message
to the Minister of War, General Obre
gon, who was informed that the cam
paign against the "Villlstas was being
waged with the utmost vigor.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YKSTKRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54
degrees; minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; southwest to west
winds.
Mexico.
Pershing not sanguine of early capture of
v Ula. rage a.
American troops 250 miles into Mexico.
Page 3.
War.
British lose three aircraet In raid on German-
airships in Schleswig. Page 1.
British liner Minneapolis torpedoed in Med
iterranean. Page 1.
German prisoners of war well treated.
Page 4.
Americans on board Channel steamer Sus
sex Bay she' was torpedoed. Page 4. -National.
John IJnd profits by "iniquitous" scrip sys
tem lie denounced. Page 2.
Domestic.
Bloodhounds trail Oregon Short Line train
robber. Page ii.
Wheat pit without leader on either side of
market. Page 2.
Political parties moving slowly in conven
tion preliminaries. Page 6.
War orders show no signs of abatement.
Page 3.
Floods take toll in Middle West. Page 1.
Six burn to death in fashionable San An
tonio Country Club. Page 1.
Artist's wife sues woman, whose portrait
lie painted, for. $100,000 lor alienation.
Page 2.
, sport.
Higg and Noyes hold Winter Leaguers to
one hit. Page 11.
Hockey teams play fourth game tonight.
Page 10.
World's records likely to be broken at Cor-
vallls meet. Page 10.
J. W. Seavey is high gun at trap. Page 10.
Jess Willard. laden with money, leaves for
Chicago, possibly never to fight again.
Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Mall service to be transferred to Coos Bay
Railroad soon after April 1. Page 4.
Addison Bennett describes Keedsport. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Style display glistens like rainbow. Page 3.
Superintendent Alderman would require
parents to decide on school dances. Page
14.
Orpheum Road Show unusually good. Page
14.
Mrs. Mundt's last -wish for no funeral Is
observed. Page T.
Rev. Father Flinn Memorial Association Is
formed. Page 9,
State-wide Festival Queen contest opens to
day. Page 8.
T. M. C. A. campaign begins today. Page 14.
Flood in Willamette threatened. Page 11.
Steamer Twin Cities hits log and sinks In
North Portland harbor. Page 1.
Dr. Boyd and School Board In debate.
Page 1.
Spirits talk to women. Page 9.
Home on brink of earth slide. Page fl.
Co-ed toot census shows up an evil. Page 6.
Dr. Boyd Raps System
He Calls Vicious.
RED TAPE HINDERS, HE SAYS
Unwillingness to Vest Authori
ty Is Condemned.
MR. ALDERMAN REPLIES
Mr. Plummer Also Says Board Is
Rapidly Following Suggestions
of Survey and Superintendent
Has More of Free Hand.
Dr. John II. Boyd, pastor of the First
rresbyterian Church, discussed and
analyzed the school system of Portland
from his pulpit yesterday at noon be
fore 1000 attendants at the current
events class. School Board Members O.
M. Plummer and S. P. Lockwood. Super
intendent Alderman and several hun
dred teachers and principals were
there.
After he had finished his argument,
which included criticism of the Board
for clinging to the old methods of ad
ministering school affairs, in the face
of the survey made three years ago.
which denounced such methods, Mr.
riummer. one of the School Directors,
and Superintendent Alderman answered
the argument, agreeing in the main
with the minister with reference to th
strictures made by the survey, but
pointing out the progress in the school
management along the lines, in large
measure, of the survey recommenda
tions. Speakers Are Applauded.
It became an impromptu debate with
the minister. When Dr. Boyd had end
ed his discourse he was greeted with
general applause right there in church.
And similar expression of feeling was
manifest towards Mr. Plummer and
Superintendent Alderman, when they
completed their . answer. Mr. Lock- .
wood did not speak.
The survey was the product of five
experts, of which E. P. Cubberly. one
of the big educational minds on the
Pacific Coast, was chairman. It char
acterized the administration of th
Portland school system at that time
three years ao, as "cumbersome, in
efficient, even vicious."
Dt. Boyd read the salient featuret
of the report and pointed out what he
said were the shortcomings of the
board and Its conduct of the schools,
assuming that what the survey said
was all true, and he knew, of his own
experience, he said, that it was true to
some extent.
Authorities Declared to Be Asleep.
He found fault -with the board's
method of not placing more responsi
bility on the superintendent, principals
and even teachers. Instead of holding
the superintendent in subjection and
fear of his tenure, which is only one
year and by election, should he exceed
his authority. He pointed out the
weakness of this system as applied to
the principal and teachers, whose ten
ure was for life.
"The superintendent and principals
are not to be blamed and criticised,'
declared Dr. Boyd. "There is good ma
terial in the schools, but they are all
asleep."
The survey report characterized the
"uniformity" in the schools as admin
istered by the Board was appalling.
The conclusion of Dr. Boyd was that
the Board was at fault for such a con
dition. He maintained that the survey
had been made three years ago, but It
had not been heeded as it should have
been by the Board by a reorganization,
mobilization and co-ordination of pow
ers for efficiency.
Red Tape Found Hindrance.
"I suppose that this is hurting," di
gressed the minister, "but I want to
say I stand for everything I have said,
and my address Is on Alder street, and
my telephone number is in the book.
And I can be found either at one or the
other." This sally sent a smile over the
audience.
Dr. Boyd declared some of the "red
tape" and the rules and regulations
were useless, yet tended to clog admin
istration and efficiency. He pointed
out how the survey had made strictures
on these. Yet there had been no radi
cal changes, so far as he knew, apd
that was three years ago. He declared
that they ought to be revised and made
workable and efficient to meet the
needs of the schools.
He said the highest pedig'oglcal act
is the appointment of principals and
teachers. That is in the hands of the
board. He argued that this was im
practical and that the superintendent
should present the names and the
board elect.
Politics Indicated, He Said.
He then told about seeking a place
in the schools for a young lady, who
had applied to him for aid in that di
rection. He said ha would write to
the superintendent. The young lady
told him he must write to the board.
for the superintendent is not in au
thority. So he wrote to two members
of the board and received two replies.
Dr. .Boyd then cited a case that he
said looked as if the board was play
ing a little politics in appointments.
It had to do with a Swedish girl, whose
name was selected out of the usual
way and elected.
'And by golly, she made good," he
said, repeating the words of a board
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