Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE the most powerful business stter in the west, because it goes the homes of poor and rich. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE [:== WEATHER FORECAST. Fair, For weather report see page VOL. XXXIX-NO. 18 1. MILLION YEARLY , YFOR “BI&MU DDY” \ House Rivers and Harbors Committee Recommends Sum to Be Spent for Ten Years. FROM MOUTH TO KAR: 14 AActs on “Report of Major * Cutting His Estimate. CHANNEL FROM SIX TO TEN } g 2% 2% Measure Will Be Reported by IM:.:, Part of Week. J. B, Kelby and €. Rate Hearing—Work Progresses Smoothly on Pathfinder Dam. Spens at Lumber (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. S—(Special Tele- gram.)—The rivers and harbors committee of the house In executive session today adopted a recommendation made by Major Schultz of the engineor corps that at least 1,000,600 shouid be spent annually on the Missourl river for the aext ten years to improve that strenm from the mouth of the 1iver to Kansas City. It was further provided that a board of three army «nginecrs should make @n investigation of and report to congress not later ¢ first Monday in December as to arc of linprovements that ma secured for ihie outlay of such a sum 10y tne next ten years. In complisn h the rivers and har- bors act of 1%, Major Schultz, distriet officer, made a preliminary examination and su Y, reportiog his findings to the enginger board, whero they w and later transmitted to congress. Major Schultz estimates that the cost of the pro- posed imptovement with the probability of providing a channel of fmore than six feet and not less than ten fect s $50,000 per mile. Major Schultz further says: “It Is believed that no Plan of improve- ment of Jess scope than complete and con- tinuous control ‘of the river, at least as far as Kansas City, should be undertaken. This will' require about ten years and ap- | propriations at the rate of not less than #0000 annually should be assured.” The rivers and harbors committee is now working on a final draft of the rivers and harbors bill, which in all probabiiity will be reported late Thursday evening or Fri- day morning. 1t cut the recommendation o fihe ‘district officer to $1,000,000 a year, bolieving that sum sufficlent to begin the | work of improving the Blg Muddy. Lumber Rates Discussed. J. B, Kelby of Omaha. general solicitor of the Burlington system for the lines west, and C. E. Spens, general ase t [ the same railroad and for the sar rritery, are in Washington to pre- [ islircad side in the case of the 4 Lumber company against the Lt Clicu o, BUSMBELOR, . & WQy ey~ ratlroad | and sthers 'rfcre hE Interstate Com- merce commissicn, 3 The cane grows out of an effort on the part of & lumber company to change ex ting rates from the southern pine pro- f cing territory to Nebraska, Kansas, lorado and Wyoming, and is .of very considerable interest to Omaha and Lin- | coln, as the present rates are in favor of those points. The lumber company seeks to have a through rate made less than a combination’ of locals. Testimony taken at Kansas City last November be: fore Examiner Lossow and now comes be- fore the Interstate Commerce commission on oral argument. D. A. McPherson of Deadwood, Who 1s a member of the mint commission, which meets in Philadeiphia tomorrow, was .n Washington today and had a long confer- ence with Senators Gamble and Crawford over the South Dakota political situation, which 1s anything but roseate to these statesmen. They regret that the radical wing of the republican party in the state has determined to fight. They hoped that an agreement might be rached to renomi- nat the present state officers and con- grasmen. Edward C. Johnston of Lincoln, a stu- dent at Harvard unlyersity business school, Cambridge, Mass., has been in Washington for the last two days looking {nto the consular service for a paper con- nected with Lis school work. Mr. John- ston is a member of the Harvard Glee club, which he wade easily. Work at' Pathfinder Dam. The St. Paul Foundry company of St Paul, Minn, has been awarded the con- trwet for furnishing castiron tunnel lin- ings for use at the Pathfinder dam in the North Platte irrigation project in Nebraska and Wyoming. According to the terms of the contract the cost of the linings, deliv- ered at Casper, Wyo,, 18 to be 324,346, Award bas.also been made to the Des Molnes Bridge and lron company of Des Moines, Ia., to furnish and erect & highway bridge in connection with the Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming. This bridge will be on the road constructed by the govern- ment In the Shoshone canyon for the pur- pos> of hauling machinery and supplies to the blg dam, which Is being extended by the United States to the Yellowstone Na- tional park. It is expected that this bridge will be completed before the spring floods. The contract price s $,146.02. Engineers in charge of the iInterstate canal of the North Platte irrigation proj- ect have been busy since the first of Jan- uary lining the canal banks with brush and gravel to prevent erosion during the coming season. t the Pathfinder dam equipment and supblies necessary in bulld- ing & dike are belng assembled. A number of teams are being constantly employed hauling from “psper to Pathfinder. The water in the reservolr has all been allowed to flow through an opening in the dam. ‘Work has been commenced on the drainage tunnel from Gale shaft. A board of con- sulting’ ngineers which met recently de- termined upon the location and size of the south side tunnel, which will be used as an additional outiet to the reservoir in times of flood, a&nd arrangements were completely made to begin drilling February 1 The lower portal of the tunnel will be high on the canyon walls; and drilling begun by hand. two ¢'\"drills being used, Bl for Wahoo Structure. Semator Erown today introduced a bill carrylng an a° orep lation of $100000 for the purcheec of i # ¢ And the erection of pub- le bulld! @ At Sena Taft today o \ time for f. on_the ey request, President . order extending the landee o be opened i er and Standing Rock 1 Atwus Gom Aprll 1, as fixed ..ainal proclamation, to May 1. delogation of Crow Indians today pre- v & o reviewed | tretght | was | | Taft Approves Big Reception For Roosevelt New York Republican Club Will Take Charge of National Home- coming Welcome, WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 —John A. Stewart, president of the New York League of Rep- fcan clubs, arrived here today and will infer with President Taft tomorrow re- rding the homelcoming celebration in or of Former President Roosevelt. jcablegram was received In New York say from Mr. Roosevelt accepting the |republican club's proposition to form a re- ception committes with representatives | from all over the country to meet Mr. Roosevelt on his arrival in New York harbor some (ime between June 15 and 21 next. President Taft is giving his hearty sup- port to the plan for a natlon-wide reception. It has not yet been determined whether or not President Taft will be able to take part In the reception. He has promised to 80 to Alaska the latter part of May pro- | vided congress has adjourned by that time, |and if he should take the trip he would {not return to the states in time. | NEW YORK, Feb. 8—President Robert {C. Morrfs of the republican club of this |city announced today he had recelved a cablegram from Theodore Roosevelt author- izing the club to take. the initiative in a home-coming celebration of national pro- portions which has been planned for him. Mr. Moris sent a message to Colonel | Roosevelt some time ago asking for such | authority. {Death Penalty | . i for Negroes in Assault Case First Legal Hanging in Missouri for Crime of Attacking a Woman, KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feeb. 8.—George | Reynolds and John Willlams, negroes, were hanged simultaneously In the county jail here this morning for assault, this mark- ing the first time the death penaity has been Inflicted in Missouri for this crime. The negroes, on the night of December 23, 1909, attacked Mrs. W. H. Jackson, an expert violinist, who was returning home from a charitable institution, where she had given a concert. Reynolds tollapsed a few hours before the execution and it was necessary to carry him upon the trap in a chair. When the chair was removed he fell llmp upon the trap door, moaning piteously. Williams, who has been known for years | as a desperate character, remained brave to the last. Even while standing on the scaffold he forced a smile. . | “The evidence brought out' at the rtrial [was so terrible that Judge Ralph . | Latschaw, sentencing the negroes, sald: | I shall not desecrate Friday, the day on | which legal hangings usually take place, | by ordering your executiond on that day. | There is at least a spark of manhood left In almost every man executed by the state. But there Is no manhood in either of you." Mrs. Jackson’s husband ~witnessed the hangings. Riot Call in Telephone Strike | Police Called to Frevent Spiriting ! Away of Breakers at Marshalltown. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Feb. 8—(Special “Telegram.)—Striking telephone switchboard operators of the Marshalltown Telephone company made an unsuccessful attempt last night to spirit away operators of the company who had taken the striking oper- | ators’ places. A’ riot call brought the po- | lice, but no arrests were made. The com- pany Is employlng out-of-town operators and 1s feeding and sleeping them In the telephone bullding. {lMAHK MORTON HAS OPERATION of Late J. Sterling Morton Stricken in Middle of Night with Appendieitis. CHICAGO, T, Fob. 8.—(Spéclal Tele- gram.)—Mark Morton, treasurer of the In- ternational Salt company, millionatre, clubman and resident of Lake Forest, while at home Sunday, was stricken with appendicitis and rushed in an automobile to Lake Forest hospital in the middle of the night, wheer he was opersted on. He was later removed to his home. The se- verity of the attack and its suddenness caused great anxiety as to the outcome and speclalists and trained nurses were called. Today, however, Mrs. Morton said her husband was recovering slowly from the effects of the operation and that fear to his safety had subsided. i ; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY PLAN FOR FOOD PRICE INQUIRY Senate Committee Perfects Resolution that Combines All Suggestions Submitted. iBEAE! NAME OF MR. ELKINS| | | Belect Committee is to Conduct the | ’ Investigation. |ALONG COMPREHENSIVE LINES All Factors that Influence Price | Making to Be Considered. —— i WAGES AND GOLD PRODUCTION Committee to See if Pay for Work ced in Proportion to iving——Increase of Volume of Money. WASHINGTON, Feb. §.—Harmonizing the “Several resolutions Mtroduced in the sen- ate directing an Investigation into the cost of living, the republican leaders in con- ferenée today perfected a resolution on that subject, which was later presented to the senate by Mr. McCumber of North Dakota. It was referred to theé committee on contingent - expenses, whieh will econ- sider the question in conducting such an inquiry. The resolution bears the name of Sen- ator Elkins as author and embodles the grinciple features of the McCumber reso- a8 well as same of those contalned in the one introduced by Mr. odge. The inquiry is to be conducted by a select committee of seven senators, and it is planned to assemtle al! of the matter bearing on the increased cost of articles of food since 1990, and report, If possible, at th present sesson of congress. Scope of Inquiry, In making the Investigation it s pro- vided that epecfal attention shall be given to the following subject: Wages, salaries and earnings and whether the increase in them has kept pace with the increase in the cost of living. Increased prices of such articles as meat, grain, provisions, cotton, waol, clothing, rents, lumber, coal, iron, oil, brick and cement. Price to the producer, the wholesaler or Jjobber, the retaller and the consumer at ‘which articles included in the investi gation were distributed ard sold in the year 1900 and the price for their disposition at the present time. Money and Prices. Whether such - articles have been in- creased In price by reason of the increased production of gold throughout the world and the expansion of currency in the United States or by tariff or other: legislation of cohgress, or by any monopoly, combination or conspiracy to control and regulate or restrain interest or forelgn commerce it the supply, distribution or sale of such articles. The price of food products on the farm in various parts of the United States. Wholesale prices of such food products at the wholesale trade centers of the United States. Retall prices of such food products in the larger cities of the United States and alsa a comparative statement showing the cost of production on the farm. The committee is ordered to report to the senate suggestions or recommenda- tions as to the remedy to be applied to re- duce the cost of living and accompany its report with drafts of bills for such legis- lation as will, in the opinion of the com- mittee, correct and remedy the causes which have enhanced the prices of the nec- essarles of life. Resolutions Reported T'avorably. An hour after Mr. McCumber had pre- sented the resolution from the finance committee and it had been referred to the committee on contingent expenses, Mr. Kean, chairman o fthe latter committee, reported the measure back with a rec- ommendation that it be adopted. Mr. Stone made objection to present consideration of th eresolution and it went over until tomorrow. Mr. Crawford sald that the important point was to ascertain whether there had been an increase In wages. No one doubted, he said, that there had been a general in- crease in prices of food and of other neces- sarles of life. The question was whether there had been corresponding Increase of wages. FOOD PRICES IN WASHINGTON Retallers Who Buy of Farmers Can- not Buy of Commission Men, ‘ WASHINGTON, Feb, 8-~The house in- i quiry Into the high cost of food, today de- veloped the fact that the retail merchant | of Washington cannot buy direct from the farm without bringing down upon his head a boycott by the coménission merchants, and he is therefore forced to trade through that medium and add to the charge to the ultimate consumer whatever the increased cost may be. Food Inspector Dodge continued his tes- timony today with a eomparison of prices Principals of the publie schools held an impromptu jollification seance Tuesday morning in the office of the Board of Education and in the corridors thereabout. “This 1s an educational revival," said one beaming woman,” in the semse that we are rejoicing mightily over the answer to prayer. 1 prayed most sincerely, on my knees, last night, that the school board would be made to see the light, and that our superintendent would be strong for our cause. Both prayers were answered 1n full measure.” The occasion of the coming to n)» hail by the princlpals was to get the teAchers' checks for distribution af the schools. They were on hand at 7:3, bright and smiling as the sun on a rare June day, Bubbling congratulations were intermix:d With the more dignified utterances of the older pr als, women who have scen a | géncrailon grow up and pass through their hands out intc the world Just to listen Lo the unrestralned con- | versation of & bunch of OWN& principals Teachers’ Advance in Pay Comes in Answer to Prayer impressed many with their cleyerness as | nothing else can. Keen comment is mixed with the wittiest remarks, and the hand- some things said about the board of edu- cation and the superintendent must have made their Fight ears burn this morning. “Why, I could even welcome back Tempest and Sunshine with open hands this | morning,” sald one of the best known principals. It seems Tempest and Sunshine were known among the principals as two par- ticularly ditficult pupils, who were trans. ferred from one school to another, and with them on bne transfer went a private note to the principal who was to receive them: “I am sending you Tempest and Sunshine. Aggravation, famine and pesti- lence will yoon follow; but be kind (o the little dears, for my sake, amen. The teachers in th: public schools ave paid thelr salarics la ten equal payments, as are all teachers who are employed by the year. Many a longed-for vacation trip was planned out after the action of the board of education became generall: known. , FEBRUARY 9, 1910—TWELVE PAGES. GLE COPY TWO CENTS 7 Ulorearar /) “The Noble King of Fx;anoe, He Had Ten Thousand Men, He Marched Them Up a Hill One Day—and He Marched Them Down Again.”’ From the Brooklyn Eagle. % 7 7 WILLSEARCH FORSOUTRPOLE| Charged with American Geographical Society De- cides to md Expedition. Peary Aretic Olub Will Co-operate in- the Enterprise—NLittle Difficulty Anticipated in Securing Funds. WASHINGTON, Feh. S—America “Has declded to seek for South pole laurels sim- liar to those won for her by Commander Peary at the North pole. The National Ge- ographical soclety today resolved to send an expedition in search of the South pole, provided the necessary funds can be raised. It is not belleved there will be any lack on this score. Commander Peary was notified immedi- ately of the action. Captain Bartlett, in cemmand of the Roosevelt on Peary's trip to the North pole, probably will have charge of the Antarctic expedition. After a meeting late this evening, the Board of Managers of the Geographic so- clety adopted the following resolution: “The Natlonal Geographlc soclety be- lleves that it is of great importance to science that tidal, magnetic and meterooro- loglcal observations shall be taken at or in the, #icinity of Coatsland at the same perfod as the command that the expedi- tion under Captain Scott, R. N7, 1s mak- ing similar observations on the other side of the Antarctic area, 1,800 miles distant, and at the same time that this recently disgovered land shall be explored. “That the soclety is ready to accept Mr. Peary’s proposition, that it shall undertake Jointly with the Peary Arctic club an ex- pedition to the Antarctic regions as out- lined above; provided, that the board of managers, after consultation with the | members of the soclety, finds that the proj- ect will receive sufficient assistance to war- rant the undertaking." It is thought probable that the expedition will be ready to set sall as early as July. The rapidity with which responses for financial assistance is made by members or friends of the society will determine the date, No spirft of rivalry with the British to reach the South pole is manifested, it i declared, In the American expedition. The latter, which is t6 make its starting point at Coatsland, will travel over a territory hitherto entirely unexplored, while much is known, especially from Lieutenant Shackleton's work, of that on the other side of the South pole, where he reached 4 point less than 100 miles from the goal. Frohman Gives Himself Up. NEW YORK, Feb. §.—Charles Frohman, who was indicted on January 81, 1907, for congplracy on the charge that he with other theatrical managers had formed a trust, today surrendered himself to the district attorney. Later he was arraigned before Supreme Court Justice Goff and was held in $1,000 bail for trial Have you notice that the Bee want ads are written better than other papers, and attract more at. tention and are read by allt Have you read them today? Killing Wife Ten Years Ago Accused of Murder of Mrs, Guthrie in Iowa. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Feb. §—Francisco Guthrie and George Eddy are under arrest charged with a murder committed at Belle Plain, Ia., ten years ago. Guthrie was ar- rested at Shell Lake, Wis, and Eddy at Belle Plain, and both taken to Vinton for trial. Guthrie formerly was a prominent { business man of Belle Plain. On December 21, 1900, his wife was found dead in bed at | her home. It was thought for a time that {she had committed suicide, but later de- velopments indicated . murder. It is charged that Guthrle was suspicious of his wife's actions apd employed Eddy to watch her shortly before the death of the woman. Des Moines After Army Headquarters inepomd Congressman Hull is Seek- ing to Secure Removal from Omaha. DES MOINES, Ia., Feb. 8—(Special Telegram.)—The story is in circulation here that Congressinan Hull Is trying to secure the removal to Des Moines of the head- quarters of the Department of the Missouri, now located In Omaha. BODY THAT OF MISS JENSEN Young Woman Found Dead at Mount Tamalpais is Nully Iden- tified, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—~The identifi- cation of the body of the young woman found last Thursday on Mount Tamal- pals, which was made yesterday by Mrs. Bleanor Littlefield, a manlecurlst, was cor- roborated last night by Miss Nellle Evans, a former assistant of Miss E. Jensen. It is sald Miss Jensen came here from Denver. Francisco Guthrie and George ma&; SENSATIONS IN THE SWOPE CASE Testimony of Nurse Who Was with Millionaire in Last Iliness Stirs Court Room. |HYDE WOULD HANDLE ESTATE Says Doctor Asked Her to Speak to Colonel About It. { IN DEATH CHAMBER | — | Patient Violently INl After Taking Capsule Prescribed by Hyde. CHEMISTS ON Dr. Hocktoen Tells of Finding Poison in Viscera—Says it in Not Result of Accen THE STAND nlation from / Small Doses. 7 K | KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8.—Sensation foi- |lowed sensation at the inquest at Inde- / | pendence into the death of Colonel Thomas 2 | H. Swope. . | A ftew days before Colonsl Swope died | Dr. B. €. Hyde asked the millionaire's | nurse to try and persuade the patient to ihmm‘ him (Hyde) as one of his exeeutors, | according to the testimony given by Miss | Pearl Keller. | Then she told of the happenings on the | morning that Colonel Swope died; of the | glving of a capsule that apparently was & | digestive tablet, the following of convul- | slon within twenty minutes, { .. symptoms | of the attack, the diagnosis by Dr. Hyde | a8 wpoplexy, the and finally | death. | Told In a quiet, unassuming manner, Miss { Ketler's testimony produced a sensation in | the crowded court room. Dr. Hyde, his lips tigntly set, watched the nurse closely s she told her story, | while Mrs, Logan O. Swope, his mother- in-law, heavily velled, listened attentively from another part of the room, Hyde's Mysterlous Actiol Within five minutes after Miss Keller went on the stand this morning there be- gan a recital of incidents that caused the crowded court room to become silent. For | Miss Keller, after the few preliminary ! questions had been asked, began to pull | aside the curtains that have wso long shicided the mystery of the Swope home. First of all Miss Keller told of an inter- view sne had with Dr. B. C. Hyde on the night that Miss Hunton, Colonel Bwope's administrator, died. “I was passing In and out of Colonel Hunton’s room just about twenty minutes after Colonel Hunton dled,” Miss Keller said, “when Hyde met me in the hall and said that he wanted a private Interview with me. I sald that I would see him later, and so Dr. Hyde went to the car | " |line and came back in about an hour and Cfluom ELUDES TROOPS. helf. When he got. back to. the house b I'he went Into the ‘parlor and dismissed o | nurse who had eome to nurse Colonel Hun- ton. The nuree left and then just Dr. Hyde and Mrs. Hyde, the undertaker and | myselt were awake In the hpuse, and soon | the sitting room was empty. I went in | there ana Dr. Hyde came in and sat, t00.” Wanted Job of Administrator. Miss Kelier stopped for a moment and her hands pulled gt a handkerchief they held. The book nurse's chart lay In her lap, unnoticed 3 “And then?" Attorney Trogdon suggested, “Well, then Dr. Hyde spoke about how good a man Colonel Hunton had been and MANAGUA, Feb. 8.—General Chamorro |sald how awful it was that he dled. Then has eluded three columns of the govern- | he sald that he had something to ask me, ment troops’ which were sent:to beslege | ‘I am not a business man, he told me, ‘but Insurgent General Abandons Boaco and Takes to Woods. BATTLE EXPECTED ANY DAY Rebel Chiet Preparing to Cross Tipitapa River and Madris orces Will Oppose Him There. him in Boaco and has taken to the woods. The government forces are occupying the towns, Boaco was captured by the insur- | then' I can care for things pretty well Colonel Hunton {s gone now and In a few days he'll make a new will and put a gents last Friday. | new man in the place of Colonel Hunton WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—News of sharp as administrator. Now, you have Influence fighting between Chamorro's Insurgent | with the old man and 1 want you to sug- troops and the government forces under|gest me as his administritor.’ ' You see, Vasquez at the Tipitapa river, Nicaragua, ' he sald, ‘Colonel Swope intends to put Is expected momertarily here. Incomplete | another man In the place of Colonel Hun- advices which afrived In a desultory way ton and he s not a good man for the indicate that Chamorro is preparing to|place and I want you to suggest me.' " cross the Tipitapa on his way to Granada| “And your answer was?' Trogdon asked. and Managua, and that the Madriz forces | “I told Dr. Hyde that I could not do that, intend to make a stand there. | that I would be overstepping my bonds. The river connects Lake Managua with|Then Dr. Hyde tried to persuade me that Lake Nicaragua and the provisional gov- | it would be all right for meé to talk to erninent representatives here admit that-all | Colonel Swope about the matter and that of Chamorto's strategy will be called into!1 could no It very nicely, But I would not play if he orosses it without inviting an|consent to this, The next day, Dr. and open battle. | Mre, Hyde went into the city and did not It is estimated Chamorro's troops are| et back untll 9:30. When he met me in the now within at least thirty miles of Mana-|hall he asked me if 1 had spoken to Mr. gua. Tack Of Information from the seat|SWope about that matter. I told him that of war s attrlbuted to the close censor-|! had not and there wasn't anything more ship which Estrada has Imposed to con- |S#!d about It.” ! ceal his plan of campaign. Sitting close behind his attorneys today B Ty — ;| Dr. Hyde listened to the testimony. At TWO MONTHS SEARCH FAILS | frst his eves were half closed and his head TO LOCATE KELLNER GIRL | bowed. Later he raised his head and | watched the nurse closely. The court room Family {8 Without Clue in the tery that Surrounds the Kidnaping. | was quiet, Ll mote quiet than at any other - time during the {nquest. In the crowded benches, not & person moved. The heéads of the attorneys were turned so that they might not miss a bit LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 8—It I8 two|of testimony. mouths today since Alma Kellner, the| Fyde Gives Digestive Talblet. S-year-old girl disappeared from her home| Then Miss Keller told of the scenes at | here, and, although a score of cléws have| {he Swope home on the morning that been run down, the mystery remains un- | Colondl Swope dled. solved. Frank Fehr, the millionaire brewer | T was seated at the breakfast table and personal representative of the Kellner | when Dr. Hyde came In Miss Keller family, said today that he was without & |uaia. “He asked me if Colonel Bwope had vestige of information that appeared trust-| caten and I told him that he had. worthy, the last hope apparently disap-| « phen come with me, Dr. Hyde sald, left the table. The doctor told me pearing when the advertisement Inserted|,n4 1 |then he had brought out some digestive Half Year HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 8.—Medical in spection In the schools is saving Pennsyl vania a considerable portion of 32,160,000 which otherwise would be wasted on efforts to educate puplls who, by reason of ‘removable physical defects are unable to ‘profit by their instruction, according to the estimates of Leonard P. Ayres, as- sociate director of the Department of Child Hyglene of the Russel Sage foundation in New York City. Nr. Ayres addressed the Department of Superintendents of the Pennsylvania Kdu- cation assoclation this morning on the ‘relation of physical defects to scheol progress.” He sald in part: “If the children in Pennsylvania are like their companfons In Massachysetts and New. York, about 60 per cent of them have seriously decayed teeth. These puplls re- Bad Teeth Make Pupils in Cinclnnatl papers failed of results. | tablets and that he wanted Colonel Swope | to have one, I want him to have it right now,' he told me. I got a fresh glass of water and | took 1t upstairs with me. When we got | there Dr. Hyde stood ndar the foot of the bed and took a capsule out of a small pink box he h#ld in his hand. He was | standing at the foot of the bed, as I have | said, but he was near Colonel Swope's | head, because Colonel Swope always lald in bed upside down—"' Slow in School quire elght and a half years to complete a course of study that a child without defects would complete In elght years. “A child with defective breathing re- quires six-tenths of a year longer to com- plete elght, grades of elementary school work. About one sehool child in every seven has_detective breathing “The puplls suffering from enlarged tonsils requires seven-tenths of a year longer to complete the course than does the normal child; and mbout one-quarter of the schodl children have enlarged ton- sl “Children with adenoids spend nine and one-tenth years in the elght elementary grades; those with enlarged glands, n'ne and two-tenths years. About one child in eight has adenoids end nearly one-half of the Miss Keller waved her hand in & queer little way that made every one In the court room laugh—every one éxcept Dr, B, ©C. Hyde. Not a change came over his face. “I believe it was a three-grain capsule,” the nurse continued, “and 1 don't remem- ber whether it was gray or white, but I do remember that it was not brownish in eolor, Swope Refused Medleine, Now, give this to him,' Dr. Hyde tol me, and so I tried to persuade Colonel Bwope to take the medicine. But he would not do it. I nodded my head to Dr. Hyde, as If to tell him that Colonel Swope would puplls suffer from enlarged glands. take the medicine after & while, and o J