No. 205^NTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
BEiE II TOED
H11M HB
pari*. Sept. :ii>—According to re
ports given out here by the war of
fice there is itp|nmi(l) snu»ll doubt
but tliat the tiernuu forces are be
ing pushed hark ill the north, wl'W
there is said. to bj terrific fight
ing going on.
KISSIAX RAXKS LOAN
HALF MU.L1UN DOLLARS
St. retersbuig, Sept. 20—Half a
luiiliiui dollar^ has been loaned to
'he government by the local bonks
■*>r the relief iif <he distress of the
tamilies of the soldiers who are
now with the Kussi.»n aniij- at the
fiout.
M \ .NV XKW t'.YSES OK
CHOLERA AUK REI*ORTEI>|
HutlaiMSt, Sept. a)—Fifteen new |
c ist's of Asiatic cholera were today J
reported among the sopliers in the
hospital here.
11 VKu KltJHTlNtt BE*l\YEEX
JAPANESE AND GERMANS
Tokio, Sept. lit)—Hard fijfhtiiijj is
s;«iil tu be in progress between the j
.'apanese and Germans at Kiau
t'hau, ami the former are re
ported to I»e setting altogether the
best of it.
SLEET AM) DRENCHING RAIN
FORERl'NNER OF WINTER
S. Petersburg, Sept. 29—The'
first sU>rm of the winter is now l>e
iiijj iLshero! in along the Russian !
and Austria-Hungary frontier with j
cold, drenching rains ami a heavy
tail of sleet.
Advices have just been received
here of » tremendous battle that is
now going on between German ami
Russian armies near Lyck, Germany.
The battle has already lasted sev
cnil days, and ihe Germans are said
to be slowly retreating with the al
lies only a few yards behind.
SPEEDY DEFEAT OF GERMAN'S
IS NOW BEING PREDICTED
London, Sept. 2»—According to
the predictions of military experts
at the front, the defeat of the tier- '
mans iit Northeastern France is t*»w
«>nly. a matter of a short time, al
though rumors ate current here, and
are not denied by the war office,
iluit. there is serious friction l>e
t ween British and French generals.
I According to authentii advices the
I war thUM far has been costing th®
(•ennaiis $3,000,000 daily.
I ASKS CARRANZA TO RESIGN
FAVORS FERNANDO CALDERON
Mexico City, Sept. 29—It is un
derstood that General Villa has ask
ed provisional President Carranza
of Mexico to resign in favor of
Fernanda Calderon, aud if the
latter accepts it is thought the
trouble that is now threatened »ay
be settled at the conference of the
contending factions which is sched
uled to take place at Chihuahua
from the 1st to the 5th of October.
VIIXA CLAIMS HE IS NOT
CADIDATB FOR PRESIDENT
Washington, Sept. 29—In answer
to official inquiries from here as to
his present Intentions, General
Pancho Villa has unequivocally an
nounced that he is not a candidate
for presideut of Mexico.
Brigadier General Funston today
reported to the war office that Gen
eral Zapata, former rebel leader,
does not want the American troops
to remain in Vera Cruz.
311/ZEk AND DWKNl'OKT
RUXXIXC NECK AND NECK
New York, SeDt 2y—In the state
wide primaries today Governor Glynn
secured the democratic nomination
for r1 election. District Attorney
Whitman tho republicans nomination,
wi ile Sulzer a ad Davenport are
running seek and n^ck for the pro
gr>ssive nomination.
James Gerard, ambassador to
Germany, beat Frinklin Roosevelt
fo.- the democratic nomination for
senator.
HKA1) OF SE ARS-ROEBUCK
IS DEAD IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Sept. 39—R. Q. Sears,
founder of the sears-Roebuck Co..
which has done more than any other
firm in tho United States or Canada
to take away patronage nd profit
from local merchants throughout Al
aska and Yukon territories, is dead
here today.
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PARTY OF BUi GAME HUNTERS
AKe SUCCESSFUL IX KliUANE
H. A. Auer, lawyer of Cleve
land, Ohio, Alviu Wakott.j law
student at Harvard, Haywood Cut
ting of New York, Griscom Bettle
of Haverford, Pa., and Alired Hoyt
O' New York comprised a party of
Ms game hunters who went into
t'">e Kluane lake country last sum
mer, leaving Skagway on August
ftth. The two former arrived out
from the interior on the train yes
terday and will leave tor the south
on the Al imeda tomorrow, while
the three latter remained in the
hunting region and will not come out
for three weeks yet.
Messrs Auer and Walcott report
having had excellent sport, sheep,
goats, caribou and moose having
fallen before their rifles, as well as
. silver tip and one grizzly benr.
They say that the rabbits in the
j luterior from some unknown cause
. are dying by the thousands, but
as this seems to be of periodical
occurrence there are 110 apprehen
sions felt that,it will cause a scarc
ity in future seasons.
XK\V DEPbTY U. S.
MA Its HAL FOR SKAGWAY
F. It. Cook of Juneau, who baa
been appointed by United States
Marshal H. A. Bishop to succeed
I Deputy Marshal Fred. Fonzo, who
has so long filled that position in
this part of the First Division, ar
rived' on the City of Seattle this
niortiing a I'd will take charge of the
office ou the 1st of October.
Mr. Cook is an old Alaskan, hav
iujjj lived iu various towns in the
territory for a number of years.
| For the i>ast two years he has been
j in Juneau, where he has been in
the employ 0f th Gastineau Mining
Co.
HISTORICAL PLAY 10 BE
I
PRODUCJO AT THE M'GGfcT
I -Mrs. fteinert, manager of the Nu;r
eet movies, will tonight produce the
j historical play of "Mary Stewart" in
thieo reels, adapted from the drama
01 Frederick Schiller. In all history
there is uo moro pathetic figure than
beautiful Mary Stuart, the lovely
Queen of France and scotlmid, whom
fate seems to have marked from
| childhood as a victim of its cruelty.
| Her hopeless struggle, in the re
I lentless power of the great Queen
Elizabeth, the plots and intrigues oS
the followers of both queens, form
one of the mast romantic and ex-1
citing series of incidents outside of
fiction.
Romance itself oould not rival
this brief elance into history which
has been offered only after the
most painstaking study of the cos
tumes, manners and settings of the
Elizabethan period . Accurate in
evfcry detail, photographically su
perb, acted by one of the strong
est casts ever assembled in one
photoplay, this production is worthy
to rank with the few really great
films of the year.
CANADIAN* PACIFIC RAILWAY
HIRES SIX THOUSAND MEN
Montreal, Sept. 2 9—Six thous
and men were today hired by the
Canadian Pacific railway on account
of the distress brought about in
| Canada by the European wan
Our Yard Stick
MARGARET KEENAN
(An address delivered before the
Idaho State Teachers' association,
at Boise, Idaho).
Our yard stick—by what we rea
sonably measure ourselves and the
results of our efforts? What is a
reasonable working standard toward
which we bend our enemies? Em
erson tells us to hitch our cart to
a star and pull toward It. But
only occasionally can we climb to
to the heights on which we can
meet Emerson and get a broad out
looi' from his view point. Christ
said. "Be ye also perfect, even ti'i
your Father in heaven is perfect."
Here again. Imperfect humanity cau
only climb as it were the Mount of
Transfiguration and catch a glimpse
of the vision beautiful; then g®
back down into the valley and
through many failures and disap
pointments help -work out the prob
lems of race salvation. For it can
not be gainsaid that life is made up
largely of the level stretches with
only occasional peaks of Inspiration.
So, i am to write of the level
stretches, but because I do, I do not
wish to seem to underestimate the
the value of the high lights, l'or
by them we steer our course as
surely as the pilot steers by the
head lands. We are better men
and women for an occasional climb
to the top of some grand mountain.
There the petty things, the artifi
cialities, the false standards, and
false values fall away from us; and
we see the real things iu their true
perspective. We wish that we
might remain there forever, far
removed from the sordidnees and
Strife that we Miow continues far
below us. But mountain peaks
like Mounts of Transfiguration are
untenantable; and we teachers
must measure with a quick, ac
curate eye our field of eudeavor,
determine upon a cloar-cut, well-de
fined course, and descend to the
struggle. For he who stands sol
idly for an advance idea must ex
pect to encounter opposition and
even antagonism.
So let us measure our worn
strengthen the weak places before
a merciless crltio further exposes
us.
For one hundred years the West
Point Military Academy has been re
cruiting from every congressional
district of every state in tte Union.
This period covers every stage of
development of our pubjlc school
system, and surely here Is an ex
ceptional opportunity to eee our
selves as others see us.
The present requirements are a
physical test and 60 per cent in El
ementary Algebra, English Gvnir
mar, English Literature and Com
position, (very elementary), U. 3.
History (high school), General His
tory (high school). Geography (de
scriptive. common school). Part
of this is only eighth grade work,
and the remainder should be met
by any well regulated high school.
The examinations are written and
abundant time is given for 'their
completion by the most inferior.
On March 1st of a recent year
351 candidates applied for entrance
to the military academy. Of this
number, 30 per cent were physi
cally defective. This Is perhaps
the most serious feature of the
whole expose, and the cause may
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or may uot bo laid at our door. So
we turn from a questionable le
sponsibility to one from which there
is no escape. Of those examined
mentally 84 per cent failed. Wo
caunoe escape by saying they d;d
not fairly represent the public
school, for by actual statistics 90
per cent were educated in the pub
lic schools, with an average attend
ance of 119 months, or a trifle
over thirteen years of nine months
<ach. In addition to this 135 of
the number had had one or more
years in college. The appointments
were secured through competitive
examination, and were not from the
idle shiftless class, for 206 of them
I had earned their living either whol
ly or in part. And the minimum
was 66 per cent! What, ladies
and gentlemen, are we rendering to
the public hi exchange for all that
we receive aud exact from the pub
lic?
First and least the yearly cost
of maintaining the school i<j $500,
000,000; next we compel attend
ance by law; and we exac* from
the student twelve years of the
brightest most joyous years of his
life. For all this we render only
16 per cent of efficiency. An el
ectrician expects to recover from
75 per cent to 90 per cent efficiency
else his machine is a failure, so
I am strongly inclined to think that
one that gave back only 16 per cent
would find permanent quarters on
the Junk heap.
Our compulsory educational law
is Indefensible only fti proportion to
the excellence of the results ob
tained. Viewed over the tripod of
an 84 per cent failure, there is
more than a modicum of justice in
the position of the hard-headed
tradesman, who resents his son's
being compelle d to serve his ap
prenticeship in such, a school of
some one's else choosing.
I would not have tho law changed
unless it be to make it more effec
tive, but I do insist that we are
strongly under obligation to make
the results a more reasonable com
pensation for the outlay.
In New York ouly four and in
Chicago only five per cent of the
public school pupils are in the high
schools as opposed to 33 and one
third per cent that would be there
if they were distributed evenly
through the grades. Of those who
do enter the high school nearly
half drop out th e first year. I
read out another condemnation of
the school system—it does not
m»»et tho requirements, hence they
repudiate it.
And thus we could multiply evi
dence iu the same tenor. If you
want to know what th© rank and
file of high school graaduate looks
like when shorn of all peuUments,
get the opinion of a busy,. success
ful business man who has had to
employ them. I have discussed ft
with many, and I have never yet
hoard one complimentary; opinion ex
pressed.
But let us get the causes. You
asic teachers the cause and f&ey
say they haven't time. And I am
strongly reminded of a busy, faarci
working mother of my acquaintance,
fcje does everything for seven chil
dren that a poor man's wile must
do. iu clothing them sh^ selects
good material, the style is la good
taste and the worlcmnnshlp is a>°ve
the average home dressmaker.
When the garments are nicely fin
ished with the exception of but
tons and buttonholes, she allows the
stress of other duties, whoga aom
ber is legion, to take her from her
sewing; and morning after morn
ing four little girls presented thstm
selves in Bchooi with a long row
of pins placed neatly about 1 Inch
apart and extending from neck to
below the waist line. Every morn
ing that unfinished task rose up a*
a stumbling block, for the children
could neither help themselves nor
help one another. You asked why
her children werei tardjr and irere
told that it took BO 1 ong to dreai
them all. You asked why khe did
not sew buttons on their cloth«•»
and were told that she did not have
time. i
I see iu this bit 61 Ufa a ciosa
parallel to three-fourth ot public
school teaching. Teachers I»ak*
•jarnest preparation through maigr
years of training^ the hemes furn
ish a feood grad-j of raw metwtsl,
the put,i!c pays a reasonable com
pensation, the child himself briag*
to the scene a fine eathusUiwn.; &&■£
the process begins. All labor
faithfully, in fact, I am conrlnc«d
that teaehers as a claan ara utaur
passable in energy and derotioc to
their work. But whea three-fourths
or even nine-tenths of the subject
is taught we allow ourselves to ba
crowded on to the next, or figur
atively speaking, we stop short ot
sewing on the buttons. And *bs
result is the same as iu thq houao
Uold economy. We fall to give the
"seventy times seven" drill that
gives a working knowledge of the
subject. And mind you, th« work*
ing knowledge is the only brands of
knowledge in which ths public Is In
terested. a bank clerk adding a
long column of figures, recatyaa
and merits no compensation for
knowing that six and eight are four
teen, and occasionally sayisg thir
teen. In other words our pupils
will be paid for exactly what thaar
execute, not what they may kn°w
but do not make use of. And ths
business world is too busy to l1*
ten to any explanations as to why
they said six and eight »rq thir
teen. John eimply mu«t be ac
curate in execution or 'Jobs is «n
economic failure. If the b&nk presi
dent must employ a aecond man to
go over John's accounts to k*ow
whether they are correct, of what
(Continued from Page 8.)
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