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GOOD CITIZENS SILENT TEACHER AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE U. S. GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE AUTHORESS TAKES UP CUDGEL FOR AMERICAN HUS- ; BANDS ''XriiVrJ PRICES OF F EDUCATIONALLY Daily School Attendance Has Grown From 23,452 in 1901 to 84,258 in 1910 With 2450 Schools. Department of Commerce and Labor to Inquire Into Whole sale and Retail Cost of All Necessaries. Prominent Citizens Desire to Take Matters in Their Own .Hands Association Soon to Be Organized. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLANp. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 13, 1911. BSfSes M : IB 1 1ll J f&tev Vts ill fyii&t- SAP X? V " jj I 1 ! m-F A?!" tf if mh 'mm ' ZZ IFAIMHAin LLinuuL mill run D in nunniiiA 1'iir.r . IN rUKblNb Vllifr San Juan. Porto Rico. Aug. 12 -From the im.puon of American government in the i.-land particular attention has been gln to extending the school sys tem According to the census of 18-19 only 15 Yr cent of the population over - s ol' of age could road ami write. in Ortoher 1M. when Americans ar rri'ono Hko. there 3S0 pub- lr schools for hoys and US for Bins, lit" an enrollment of i.6 and an ritual attendance of 18.243 These schools wre maintained by the local communities, were Hoiked In bul d ngs temporarily rented and used as living quarters for the teacher and his family; were ungraded, poorly 'equipped and manned by teachers Inadequately and irregularly paid. These teachers held permanent licenses, and honce were sub ject to no test as to proficiency. In 1901 there were only 733 schools in the Island, with an average aggregate daily attendance of 3.45-. After that there was a steady and nearly uniform growth until in 191-0 there were -4;0 Schools with an average aggregate da ly attendance of 84.1:58. These figures in clude all the schools in the island under the direction of the department of edu cation. . . . The organisation which has brought about such a degree of educational de velopment Is largely centralised in the department of education, one of the seven coordinate executive departments of the Insular government. At the head of the department Is the commis sioner of educaton. appointed by the president of the United States, and to -whom la given, by the organic act of the island, power "to superintend public Instruction throughout Porto Rico." By the same act all disbursements for edu cational purposes mus be approved by hlra. In each of the 66 municlpaltles are school boards in charge of the local sahool Interests, but the formulation of the course of study (which is uniform for the island), the certification of teachers, the examination of pupils to determine their progress and other gen eral powers reside In the department of education. The efficiency of the instruction through the grade is intrusted to the assistant commissioner, who Is also chief of the dlvsion of supervision. Di rectly under him are three general su perintendents, who spend most of their time in the field, and 40 supervising principals, who are in charge of the dis tricts consisting of one or more mu nicipalities. The salaries of teachers, amounting to over $720,000, are paid from the in sular treasury. In addition, the school boards pay a small monthly r'lowance in lieu of house rent. The maximum and minimum salaries of teachers below high school grade are $95 and $33 a school month. Of the entire population of the island one In every n'ne went to school dur ing the 1909-1910 school year, 121.453 different children being enrolled, against 144. S15 this school year a larger proportion than for any other people of the western hemisphere save those of the United States and Canada. The rural schools are by far the most numerous. With few exceptions they are located in the country districts wherever needed, and are often reached by long, hard climbs up the mountain trails. At the close of the 1S10-1911 school year there were 1610 of these schools. In six districts 10 special teachers of agriculture furnish theoretical and practical instruction in this branch, and gardens are maintained In connection with the work. Kxtended courses in agriculture are offered at Rio Piedras, a suburb of San Juan, by the univer sity. In the high schools and the university instruction in manual training and In domestic science is given. Courses in sewing have been established In all towns, and in many instruction in cook ing and military science is offered. Within tVo years Jli3 public school libraries were established, containing over 25, 000 volumes. Fully equipped playgrounds have been established and lO.O'.o youths of both vexes use them, and are developing a sturdiness of physique hitherto un known to the children of the tropics. At the last interscholastic athletic meet there were over 200 contestants, and the records mad w ould have been cred itable to boys of equal age In any part of the world. School hanls have been founded in SI munelpHlitles. T ihem 9404 pupils deposited $K8MJ during the school year 3909-1910. Of this number of depObl trs 693 started individual accounts in the national city banks of the towns in which they live. GANG OF FORGERS FEELS OF (rntted Pre m Wire.) De Moii,,. Aug. 12 With the ar rest at Manltoti, Colo., today ut F. W. Rhodes and an accomplice, tho police be lieve that i.np of th.' i leverest (rangs of character fr.rgers and bank swin dlers in tb"ir experience is about to be broken, up. Within si month forpmi cheeks in emountu running from $ :i r. 0 10 jinon, purporting to he signfd by well-to-do' Iowa farmers, who have, been touring through the west, have bren rer-PVe(J by banks. Klx oases have come to light at Denver. Salt Lake City, Ogden and Manllou. Rhodes is aroused of obtaining $350 from u Dexter. Iowa, bnnk on the pur ported signature of Jacob Am. .1,1, a wealthy farmer. 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL PICKS POCKETS FOR 45c A DAY (United Pre loused TVIriO New York. Aug. 12. That she had been taught to pick pockets for a daily wage of 46 cents, turning over all of lier stealings to her employer, was the assertion today of .the youngest piek oeket ever arrested In this city. She was Conrella Inglese, aged 9, fair-haired and pretty. She was arrested after de tectives had watched her rob 13 per sons and so cleverly did she work that noun knew it. She told Judge Hoyt that a man. for whont. the police, are search ing, taught tier to -steal. He sent her 'out daily and his 14-year-old son fol owt4 s her and took rverythlns; she stele, riving her 45 cents at .he close of ech day. AUTHORITIES Both deaf and dumb, she teaches Just one subject, "Listening." That is the name of this beautiful study in oils, which has been anonymously pre sented " Wellesley college for young women. It Is declared to le a mar velous piece of work, both in conception and execution. t . M BANDITS HOLD UP PASSENGER TRAIN Railway Officials Knew of Plans, but Did Nothing to Prevent Robbery. (Unlttd Pi-aa Leaied Wire.) St. Louis, Aug. 12. A special train of the Wabash railroad was held up and robbed by five masked men in a secluded spot between Nameoki and Granite City, 111., late this afternoon. The train was brought to a stop by a pile of ties placed on the track. A score of passengers, including many women and girls, were forced to get out and give up what valuables they possessed. The five masked men were armed with shotguns. They disappeared in the woods beside the tracks after warning the engineer to continue his run as if nothing had happened. Attempts by several passengers to escape met with a fusillade of shots from the robbers. None of the pas sengers was injured, however, most of them returning to submit to a search of their clotiiing. The Wabash, officials were cognizant of the plans for Uie robbery, but they failed to take any steps to prevent it. The affair was staged for the benefit o a moving picture company, which had stationed several cameras at each side of the tracks. Vegetarian Food Co. Loses $916 Safe Unharmed, Drawers Taken. Some time between sundown on Fri day night and sundown last night, rob bers, who knews the habits of the Seventh Day Adventists, entered the Vegetarian Food company's establish ment, conducted by II. H. Hayne's, at 64-61 Kast Seventh street north. In some mysterious manner, gained access to the safe and stole $!lfi, of which $456 was in cash and $460 was in checks. The discovery of the robbery was not made until 8 o'clock last night, when Haynes returned to his place of busi ness after having observed his Sabbath, opened the safe which was securely locked, and, to his amazement, found the cash drawer containing all the money, also a drawer containing his private papers, including deeds, stocks and other valuables, missing. The out side door of the safe was not scratched nor did the inside sheet iron door show any signs of having been forced open, but thu two drawers that are missing were gouged out and carried away. From the manner In which the Job was done the detectives are inclined to believe that it in an "inside" Job; that is. that some one knowing the combin ation of the safe and the habits of the management is responsible for the Job. Haynes, however, declares tha he knows absolutely that no one who knew the combination could have any con nection with the robbery. The front doors were not forced open, and this leads to the belief that the person who opened the safe had a regular pass key to the front door, but Haynes states that ho believes that entrance was trained through the Iron doors in the sidewalk which'' lead . to the base ment To refute the Idea- of the Job being done by an "Insider" is the fact that a well known safe man, who has a nation ,-ide criminal reputation of being an expert on opening safes by listening to th dropping of the tumblers, wss seen on the streets recently- and ajl patrolmen and detectives were warned against him and cautioned to keep their eyes on all safes along their beats. Detectives Carpenter and Prices were assigned to the. Job but wero unable last night to get the least trace of the robbers. Journal Want Ads bring; results. SAFE ROBBED MOM FREE LIST BILL TO SENATE MONDAY Reject Free Lemons and Re draft Kern Bill Believed to Be Plan. (Br the International Ntwf Service.) Washington, Aug. 12. The farmers' free list bill will be reported to the senate Monday, the conferees having reached a conclusion on It this after noon. The senate conferees would not recede from their amendments re stricting free importations of meats, wheat, corn and cereals to countries giving reciprocity treatment, and the house managers stood out for free lem ons.. , Chairman Underwood, of the house committee on ways and means, insisted the senate should1 again vote on these amendments, and the senate conferees agreed. It is the purpose of those fav oring the free list bill to have the senate reject free lemons and redraft the Kern amendments, which. It is said, did not carry out the intention of the senate when they were adopted. After a three hours' wrangle today the houte accepted the conferees' re port on the wool bill and It will be called up Monday by Mr. Underwood. Agreement also was reached today on the campaign publicity bill, the house receding from its objections and ac cepting the senate bill. There are some minor changes. Carroll Speeds to Muscatine, Hoping to Prevent Sec ond Big Walkout. (United Preig Leased Wlr.) Muscatine, Iowa, Aug. 12. Governor B. Y. Carroll Is on his way here from Ituthven, Iowa, to try to prevent a sec ond big rtrlke of buttonworkers because of the discharge of, union men and Pres ident Gotnpers of the American Federa tion of Labor has telegraphed not to start the strike until his representative. Emmet Flood, arrives here Wednesday. Union men say that in spite of the agreement prepared by Governor Car roll and signed by both sides, settling the trouble, two months ago, men have been discharged and add that McKee and Blvens, who employ 600 men, are the worst offenders. In the part two weeks nearly 200 men have been dis charged and not one of the firms will take them back when the unions pro test. The manufacturers refuse to arbi trate and unices Governor Carroll can settle tha controversy, the men will all go out again. MAN WANTED SINCE 1907 HELD AT SEATTLE Detective Sloan left for Seattle last night to get Frank Budney, who Is wanted In Portland on the charge of assaulting Karlner Valuk with a dan gerous weapon the night of February 8, 1307. Word was received today at detective headquarters that Budney had been captured in Beattle and the man was being held. Valuk, who Is a Greek, was assaulted in a fight which took place In the Greek colony In lower Al blna and was badly cut. The case was brought up before District Attorney Cameron, who at that time was mu nicipal Judge, and who signed the war rant for the arrest of Budney. TAPPING GUIDES MINERS WORKING AS RESCUERS 4 United Ptvu iyr.1 Wlr. t Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 12. Guided by tapping that told them the prisoners were still alive, miners worked far In to the night to rescue three comrades entombed by a landslide in the Phila delphia & Reading Coal J& Iron com pany mine. The accident occurred .yes terday and It was thought the men would be taken out to)iy, but s fresh lids retarded tha worlo . ; . TO PREVENT STR KE (By the Int-rnitlonsl New, ger-lro.)' Washington. Aug. 12. Countrywide lnveatl-ation of the wholesale and re tail prices of all foodstuffs, which will require nine months to complete and which will represent the most thorough Inquiry of Its kind yet attempted, has been begun by the department of com merce and labor. This investigation will cover the years 1908. 1909. 1910 and 1911. By comparison with the recordj of the department of agriculture the m nArlod tt will be DOsslble to knOw Just what prices were paid for evory commodity now usea, irom mo nmo n left the producer untu u is sorveu i the table of the consumer. Third Investigation Attempted. Th nrinl I n vmll cation is the third of its kind attempted by the department of commerce and labor. Four experts under the direction or F. V. Croxton are now touring the country in search of data. ver all of the experts Is A. W. Hangar, chief i.iuiirlun in whom the records will be first submitted before they are pub lished. Tk.i this rennrt will be Invaluable Is made plain by the fact that It will fur nish all figures that are lacking In the reports of the department of ag riculture on the subject of the high cost of living. Party of American Sportsmen Leave Skagway in Search of Mountain Sheep. (Publlshere' Pres Lea-ed Wire.) eb.o.-av Alaska. Aus. 12. Colonel Charles W. Scott, of Rosedale, Miss., reputed to be the largest cotton planter In the United States, headed a party of whn left here today for an extended hunting trip Into the Can adian Yukon. Ar--omrnvln- Colonel Scott and Harrv ninklnson of Seattle, son of former Secretary of War Dickinson, are C. Harmon, of Gardiner, Mont.; C. C. Callaway, of Seattle, and Charles Baxter, a well known Colorado guide. Th. nnrtv hrouirht complete eauip- ment from Seattle, the outfit Including j 16 horses ana 7 cases or neavy mies. Five personal attendants were also taken. Tha hunters will rmnetrate BOO miles in the Interior of the Yukon in search nt mnnnt.ln ahpen Thev will remain about the head of the White river until after the close of navigation. Colonel Scott estimates the cost or the expedition at $10,000. t FILIPINOS WORK FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE Miss Josephine Nieulzyla. Filipino, belle, and Senor Jose A. Manibo, the, youth ful Filipino patriot, who are working together as members of the Filipino club of Brooklyn, N; Y., to secure In dependence for the Philippine Islands. Manibo, who is 26 years old. son of a wealthy merchant of Bauea, a pol itician and cine of the leaders of the Nationalist party in the province of Ba tan gas. was prepared at Queen's college, Hongkong, for an American 1 education. One year he studied law at Washington university, and two months) ago came to New York from - a year's study of law at the Ohio State university. - The club he has " founded now has' over $00 member., HUNTERS OFF FOR ALASKAN WILDS I - ,T X v-r fes 4 1 C mil, jijy w 1 ft . " ' f Jf , Jjl I ikiK J l:1 x&rr 'j Jlp r- ' wof too ' " ntteo 4mem . a - Mrs S. " v j jpg H Wi' uvCWkj low; ?Uli' zt ro na 5;t!f ' '- ciorttes "ace t MiH ,V Ot ret oaves . - V v-il TM vo wokx Madame Karln Mlchaelin, the Danish authoress, visiting in this country, who declares that American husbands are neglected and are not appreciated. American women are selfish, she declared. "Observe the multitude of American women following their own selfish pursuits," she continued. "The suffragists shouting for equal rights, and the pleasure-loving wife and daughter going on vacations while husband stays at home and works. And look at. the great army who prefer a 'career" to a husband, and you see a neglected and unappreciated man." BRIDE'S VEIL TORN; GROOM KIDNAPED Young Wife's Remark About Husband's Bankroll Dis rupts Wedding Party. (lotted Pri Lened Wire.) fit. T.nuls. Aug. 12. Suspicion that Miss Esther Melnlck was marrying Ed ward Eberhard to secure part of the $2000 he had saved, caused, a woman member of his family to snatch off her b.idal veil and, with assistance, to kidnap Eberhard. immediately after the wedding ceremony, according to a suit filed by Mrs. Mary Melnlck. the bride's mother, t recover $5 a week for the board of his wife as long as she remains in her mother's home. When the rabbi performed the cere mony, Eberhard's family appeared nlpnoed and thev partook In a wedding supper that cost Mrs. Melnlck $120. The bride's remark about her husband's bank roll caused an Immediate revolt in fcD erhard's family. The upshot was that the bridegroom was kidnaped. Mrs. Melnlck alleges that . Eberhard agreed to pay half the wedding supper bill bo, she asksr this In addition to the board money. POLIWESTlR- OF The first fruits of the clean-up order Issued by Chief .if Police Hlover, regard ing the war on French "macs" was the arrest yesterday afternoon by Patrol man Swenness of Jean Pouchett, who for a cover for his business, conducts a Hhootlng gallery at Fourth and Couch strees. His place of business, how ever, is at 228 Couch street. Another arrest by Swenness of con siderable Importance was that of "Bob" Patterson of Slxtb and Couch streets. Patterson has been In Portland for 29 years, and is giver, the credit of having Invented the "mac" system In Portland. His reputation la badly tainted, It is said. Later In the evening Swenness and Patrolman Lytlo Invaded a rooming house at 340 Ankeny street, and arrested Marcella Banduln for conducting a. dis orderly house, and while making this arrest heard a noise In thei kitchen that caused him to Investigate. He walked Into the kitchen and found W. F. lP ingham, who claimed to be a messenger for the Tip Top Messenger company, attempting to get away. He was ar rested as one of the undesirable class. Patrolman Mallon arrested Grace Hale and Lillian Potts on the streets at 16th and Washington streets. 3 DIE"FR0M PELLAGRA; FIRST IN COLORADO Denver, Aug. 12. Three deaths from pellagra were today reported to the state board of health. They are the first in the history of Colorado, and the medical men on the board believe they were- contracted outside the state. Dr. J. W. Amesse, who was sent to Colorado by the federal health depart ment to study the disease, inspected the data received by the state board In these cases, and stated that as a re sult of investigation in these and other cases, he was willing to accept the new theory that pellagra is not caused by infected corn, but by the bite of a fly, known scientifically as the simulium reppans. This fly is found along water courses. -Aa none of the; species has ever been found In the state, it Is gen erally .believed that the Colorado-; vic tims contracted the disease tti "other sections of -the country. -- ' , i (; OWNERS RESORTS T TREAT WITH 0. S. Information From Berlin Says Arbitration Treaty Plan Is Not Agreeable to Japs. (Br th International Newa Ser-tre.) Berlin, Aug. 12. It is learned here on high official authority that Jnpan has declined to make an arbitration treaty with the United States. It is understood here that Admiral Togo, .who is now in America, has been asked by the American state department to use his good offices In that direction upon his return to Japan. . The Information is given out that ne gotiations between German g and the United States on arbitration are still proceeding. Germany, hovrever, Is too busy at present with affairs in Mo rocco to consummate a treaty with the United States. The German foreign oT flce. however, . Is following with tho closest attention any action of the Uni ted States senate upon the British and French treaties. 1 Germany Is not very enthusiastic! over arbitration and will hardly accept a treaty In which the final decision rests upon the good will of the Ameri can senate. f HELD AS BANK ROBBER (Dntted Prt-d- Issues Wlr. Harlem, Mont., Aug. 12. A dispatch from Lewlstown, Mont., tonight say that one of the men who held tip the First National bank here 10 days ago Is In custody there and has been Identi fied by the cashier of the robbed bank. The man, who so farirefuses to give any name applied to a Lewlstown phy sician, for treatment for gunshot wounds. He failed to explain how ho deceived his Injuries and was ques tioned, by the police. He anB-wered the description of the only one of the two robbers who survived the Harlem mar shal's bullets and was arrested. The Identification followed. The other bank robber was killed by the marshal. REMOVES IDENTIFYING MARKS, THEN KILLS SELF (PlbIllber Frew Le.aed Wire.) flan Francisco, Aug. 12. This morn ing an unidentified man committed suicide In the street In the Elmhurst after endeavoring to eliminate every sign by which he might be identified after death. The man was seen walking along the street about 11 o'clock- Suddenly hs stopped, pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired a bullet Into his brain. Death was instantaneous. Two scraps, of paper may reveal the mystery sur rounding : the dead man. One, a card of the Munlqlpal Loan Office, Oakland, showed that he had purchased the weap on with which he killed himself at that place. The other was a card with the names of Levee and Llppmah, attorneys, of this city. FASHIONABLE 5TH AVENUE STIRRED BY "HALT THIEF" ' J4ew, York, Aug. 12. -An exciting chase after a negro who ' snatched a woman's purse occurred this evening on Fifth' avenue in front of the new Pub He library., Scores of people Joined in the pursuit of the negro, who ran down Firth avenue. Louis Hamersley, a sales man, Jumped -from an automobile and overpowered the negro, ; recovering the purse., which herestored to Its owner. In the excitement and before the police arrived, the negro escaped, i-1; :' v I APAN MAY NO SEEKS PHYSICIAN'S AID Influential citizens of Portland formed tentative plans yesterday after noon looking to the organization of a "Good Citizens' league," and it Is ex pected that within a day oir two the as sociation will take on definite shape. Several prominent citizens called on Police Commissioner John B. Coffey and offered to assist financially and personally in the formation of at: asso ciation of men that will see to it that the city Is purged of blatant vice and the class of citizens now before the public eye. Commissioner Ooffey gaje the men the assurance that he will render them every assistance possible and expressed his approval of the plan. The delegation of citizens was headed by some of the most prominent busi ness men In the city who called, upon Commissioner Coffey with intentions of getting at the bottom of the conditions In the north end and other sections of the city where vice is alleged to be flourishing. The testimony of witnesses called in the hearing of a newspaper reporter and a county detective, In which It is al leged that a Jackpot was raised by var ious owners with which to ouy immuni ty from publicity, is said to have stirred the citizens to action: It is also believed that the difficulty of ridding the police department of undesirables by reason of stringent rules in the civil service system is a factor in the actiom in ken nv in citizens. M Many have expressed their confidence In Mayor Rushlight and it is said that the association will lend him aid in purifying the police department and rid ding the city of the Immoral conditions prevailing in the "bad land" sections. LOS ANGELES ATHLETE (United Pre. Leased Wire.) Chicago, Aug. 14. With a score of 6709 points, Fred C. Thompson, of Los Angeles, today won the National A. A. U. all around track and field cham-nino.hi- frnm a field of nine. His score when he captured the prize last year was 7000 points. J. vv. uonanue, or the Los Angeles A. C took second hon ors with 6209 points. Gene Schobinger, of the Chicago A. A., was third with 6166'. points. Two records were broken. Thompson won the half mile in 3:37 3-5, which breaks the mark of 3:40. Schobinger took the pole vault witn a leap of 11 feet 10 inches. The old mark was 11 feet. CHARGES TWO MEN STOLE COLLAR BUTTON It was a mere collar button that caused the trouble the same kind that the ordinary man has so much trouble to find and put on when lie adjusts his collar and tie every morning. M. O'RIley complained to the po lice headquarters yesterday morning that he had been robbed or a collar button. It is said that the button was a patented affair and valuable only to himself. Detectives Carpenter and Price arrested O. Koeppel and C. L. Ayres yesterday afternoon, both of whom have offices In the Board of Trade building, on a warrant charging them with larceny. They were released on $100 bail. OCEAN LAUNCH RANGER RUNS ASHORE IN FOG rSnerlal to The JcmrD.l ) Marshfield, Or., Aug. 12. The gaso line ocean-going launch Ranger ran ashore today in a fog near the Coos Bay river. The boat is apparently not damaged. The place where the boat went ashore was near the life saving station and the crew anchored the T 1 . . .. n Ua, aha enilM nnt Ka thmWD nailfici . hi... ...... - - - ' - - - - farther up on the beach. It Is thought! WINS IN TRACK MEET ithout! she will oe got on me sana wunou much damage. Journal Want Ads bring results! -r $ ilTfj4 THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF FAR-SIGHTED PEOPLE Those who have trouble in seeing objects, clearly at any near distance and those who come to us so that we can. fit glasses that will enable them to see clearly at any distance. Of tiourse, we cannot make your eyes see a fly on a church steeple a mile away, but our glasses will enable you to see the v steeple better. j THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 8X -TOO COJtBBTT BUDO. ,. TXTTH ASTD IdOKBXSON, fi 1 : ! F ft. I vjV Li ft