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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1920)
Weston EADEI 1 VOLUMES WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, Villi. 27, 192ft NUMBED 39 DAUGHTER OF . ACUINALDO Itl U. S, CAPITAL She Meets Many Wives of Amer ican Statesmen and t Makes a Hit. Wlo-n General I'Miillo AKUInnldo wa leading Urn I nriujr again! Urn American f"r. twenty year ago h prlnMy Imln iiriniiii"! Hint m day dinuhliT of din would vlnlt Ilia cily of Washington ninl would In iMw-n a great reception l llm famous Con-gre-lonnl Club I Ami Hint lli wlvrs of 1J" nii'itiln'1 of Hi" A hut 1 1 ii ii emi gre ninl (no wlws of iiiciiiIm-i of tlw Prol'lctil cabinet B'nilil cull upon llr t'J '!1' H'l'lr r ! Itul till lli'n nihility happened when MlM ('aniict Aj.Mil inblo, III nineteen- )fSr itl llilllklllcr. vlallcd WHllllMRtlltl recently. Ami i)ini wlw of llio Am erican muli-xini'ii evprciaed Ihemsrlvc hold rhnmicd nnil surprised nt ll refined, tactful, i-ullt-ge educniud young ml wlm grwi'tcd Mi- hi. "Jinn Agulnaldo simply l-lllt-Jtx," was lh eipivloti of one con grcmnh's wife. "She was very mod. (, )et she acted ' nalurnl and thor- '' - - - ' 1 m '!; '-a ' . K -it MISS CARMEN AOUINALDO, Daughter of the Former Ladr ef the Filipino Army. otijibly nt home that the cnpMviUcd ev er body." On anolher ooemton while In Wash ington Mill Agiilnnldo was given n reul ovation by n I'lllplno-Amrrlaiu audi enco when she recited "My Utst Fare well," poem of Dr. Joso llliral, the Fil ipino mnriyr. Mix AgulnnUlo la student at (he University of Illinois, Crbaua, III. White In Washington alio was tlia guest of Mrs. Jiiliim C. deVeyrn, wife of one of tha icnulciit commlasloiiers from tho riilllpplnis. The Capitol bullillng imd tho Congreaslunnl llbrury appealed nirtlculurly to tho young Fillptnn, while llm beautiful sight from the Washington monument thrill ed her Willi delight. When asked bow she liked America, aba smiled and an-sw-crod i "It I a wonderful country. 1 didn't like winter at llrst, but since I have learned how la sknia I urn having line time. All tho Americana whom I bnve met have been very good to me. My friends In Urhnnn nnd my clussmates In tho university ore Just lovely, but 1 cannot help feeling homesick at time because I am missing my father. My mining hero was Indeed a great sacri fice for him, for wo are very close. lie 1 so good to me," Miss Agulmildo Is Intensely patriotic. Bhe does not conceal her resentment When she hears or reads of n mlsrcpra aontntlon of the Filipinos, "tt la un forlunnle," she oneo exclaimed In a voice full of sudness, "that hiy country and my pcoplo "m hardly known, much less understood, by the people of Am erica." I'ollllcs Is tabooed In any conversa tion with (his Filipino maid. She evades the topic by replying that she Is too young to express opinions on things political. "All I can aay," she doelures, "Is that I share with my father In the tb-slro for lndeiendenco for my niillvo land. Thero la no ques tion about our being able to govern ourselves.", Filipinos 6-rlnro Miss Agiilnnldo has a "genuine I'lilplna temperament" thnt la, alio does not believe In the oc cidental custom of "dates" between young nieu nnd wonicu. She does not. aco anything wrong In It, she says, but It la such a violent departure from the custom In ll I'hlllpplne that she can- f!PRE DEMOCRATS FOB RESERVATIONS Peace Treaty Reservations Carried By More Than Two-Thirds Vote. Waliliitii. Tin- flrt of the teiier Vlnl Utlmlieil In III" iiarr irmly lust Nnvi lulu r n n adopted uiichang il ami Ii) an lu n'nl majority lulbi iiuiii' fur I hi' iriuiy'a Ii rnomllnlil" oi'l'iimiilx, linMliiK tin- IihImiii'h ol vittrr, hail Imlkn'. tll rfforln ol r-ull Hi mi and di-uiw ralir kii f In oIiIhIii luuillflrntliin lu Ho' Ini'T'-al of rui iionil l ln' uiiii oriiv, alilmuKli Inmlvini ihi d f i Inn of four tiiniv ik'niorraili" n ninl fi ii in llir rank of ilio who liavr iinmI unalnit all r'-m rall"ii. K'-nd all n aiTi-piod by all I'lnum) In lh" 'iiaii- aa HiilH'tilna tin' in-aiy iiuiliik utnl dr I fix I lid llio jinai Ion of ratification nf tp n'arr dm pollH ml rnniialtl, TIip iriM-rraiiun on wlilrh ili iM-nati wiwl rflatwi to lltiilraal from nim Iwmhlp In th lafui. Th vote on Ita adoption waa it to 20. 10 dinorrat Joining tli aolld rcpublli-an linkup tup porllni It. Tour of th'ao-ii-natora Athural lArUona). FlMfhor 1 Florida , H-MnWinn (Nevada! and Nui-nl ( Idaho)-havi aiood on all protloua roll ralla atrndfaalljr nialnat any qualifica tion of Ihc treaty. It waa by a bar major y. 33 to 32. that th nBl rJwi'd the rlinnf In tho rovrvation fraiifd by rt-publli-an rBiiT and aulimlutd by 8naior I.oiIkd aa part of Itl rompromlac plan. In addition to tho four democrat who awuiiK o)'r to rrarrvationa forth"' flrat 1 1 mo. tlif iiipnibvr of tli minor ity party votliin to adopt tho with drawn! qualification wero Scnatort rliaml rlnln. DroRon; (lore. Oklaho ma; Myira. Montana; Hhlolda. Tnnra-an-; Kuiltli, Oorala. and Trammrll, Florida. TIip mult, 4S to 20. howrd tothlrda of tho iu-iiatora pr"nt vol I tin toRi'tlur for tho flrat tltuo alnce tho treaty flRht b It a ii. NO AGREEMENT ON SALES OF SHIPS Washington. There la no agreement or any contemplated agreement be-twri-ti the Culled State and Great llrlinln us to the disposition of the former (i-rman ship. President Wil son declared In a statement to the sen ate, In response to n resolution of inquiry. The president, however, transmitted to the senate a proposed understand ing, signed by I.loyd (ieorge and Wood row Wilson, a to the title of ships seined during the war from Germany, the proposal, subject to the action of congress, following ratification of the treaty. The proposal provides that German ships shall be allocated among tho al lied nations toil for ton for tho losses suffered during the war. In the event of a nation having seised ships whoso tonnage Is In excess of the tonnage lost during tho war, the nation shall pay a reasonable rate for all excess ton nage to the repnrutlns commission, to go to tho credit of Germany to sat isfy claims ogalnst Germany for repar ations. MORE CREDIT WANTED Loana Would Be Made by Farmer on Peraonal 8eeurlty. Washington. A system of co-operative farm credit, based on personnl security us distinguished from mort gsgo loans, was proposed In a bill In troduced by Representative McFadden, republican. lYniisylvanlu. Loans on personal security would be obtained by farmers from "community" banking" as sociations having stock subscribed by farm members. There would be central bank with 25,000.000 capital loaned by the government and also tato branches. , not ndopt It.' "You might laugh at me," she said, "but I cannot go out with one elngle escort unchnperoiied. I elmply can't. 1 will go back to my country with th toul of Flllplnn." A newspaper In one of the large Am erican cities that Miss Agiilnnldo visit ed expressed the opinion that ab would no doubt be greatly Impresne by the sight of street car and some oC l he On residence she would see, but the truth I the young lady was raised In Manila, where ahe haa seen tn up-to-date etreet car systsm all her life, II ow Would You Like to' Harvest Two Crops of Corn a Year as They Do in the Vhilipplnest i,a, m a-v.r -'ta H if No, readi flila corn iraa not grown by on of our local fnrnicra 1 It w aan'l grown In thn rnlll 8iat, tven. It waa (rown In the faroff riilllpptoe la lands by Tlllplno a lioollKiyg. Two floa cropa of corn J"ar art produci-d In tha Island. The riilllppiur are doing aomc vu drrful (hloRi In ti agricultural line. Tha I'hlllpplne governnipnt haa fine ag ricultural arhoola throuiiliout the le landa. and the I'hlllpplne h-KliflBlur. compoaetl entirely of Filipino, I each year waiting larger and Inrger appro priations for this Important work. llie staple food of the Itilnnd Is rlr. but com Is coming right nlotig In Mpu lar fiivor. Ita uso us given great Im petus In the Inst jour becauso of rice OREGON HEWS NOTES t More than 1.50,000 wo spent In Astoria In bulldlug construction duriug 191. A gift of 112.100 from Mrs. Jacob Kanim of Portland waa received by Albany college Tbe Methodist church of Bend hs decided to erect a 1(0,000 building with a rapacity of 600 or TOO. Owing to the large number of cases of Influonxa at Mt. Tleasant the public school at that place has been closed. A fund for the establishment of Wasco county Young Women's associa tion at The Dalles will bo Initiated. Mils Fty 8ulwnU tu elected president of the State Christian Kn deevor at the Pendleton convention. Inspection of the several companies ef the Oregon National guard has com menced w'lth an Inspection at Ashland. Halem's annual automobile show was held at tho armory with more than 40 pleasure ear and truck on exhibi tion. The western Oregon convention of the State Christian Endeavor society was In session for three days at Al bany. The Ppauldlng mill nt. Salem Is plan ning to enlarge Its box factory and make other Improvement at a cost of taoo.ooo. A new bank ha been organiied at The Dalles with a cnpjtalitatlon of 1200,000, subscribed exclusively by lo cal capitalists. A modern hospital to cost 1150.000 and with accommodations for H0 patients, Is to be erected by the Salem Hospital association. Mrs. Frances Chapman of Hood River was fatally burned following an exploslou of coal gas In tbe cook stove, Slio was 69 years old. The Oregon Petroleum company, which 1 boring n well near Lacomb. claim to have struck oil bearing Band, t a depth of 150 feet. Estate aggregating nioro than $15. 000,000, mostly In Multnomah county, are being Investigated by tho state In heritance tax departmeut. Newspaper men from all parta of (ho etato met at Kugeno Friday and Sat urday to attend the second annual Ore son newspaper conference. Applications for certification of Irri gation and drainage bonds to the amount of 1680.000 are before the state Irrigation securities commission. The city council of Marshfleld has called a special election to rote on the question of donating a five acre tract to the Sister of Mercy hospital site. The Lumberman Trust company of Portland has purchaaed $20,000 in bonda of Mount Angel. Proceeds are to be used on a water work system. The summer session of the Oregon sQ ft I ! I 1 . . " A . .I i a v.ii'ii.a i hi mm 5- -k.-.-Ua'JL--. hortage. Other Important I'hlllpplne crops are benip, sugar cane, rocoanuts, n.ffi. tapioca and plneupples. Lum ber la also an lmiortant Industry. There are hundreds of thousands of aoet of land tying idle In tho Philip pines, which hare a greater area of fertile land than Japan this In spite of tbe fact that tlio population of the riilllpplne la ll.tRtO.ww while that of Japan la around Ci.OOO.OOO. There la every reason to believe that some day Hie riillippines wilt drive a population S Inrje as that of Japan today. The rillplnos are tlie only Christian people In tbe orient, and their young men are working night and dny to prepare tlieniM'lvvs for the responsibility of ritlixnirfilp In the riilllpplne Kepuhllc, which (bey believe to be ueur at band. OF GENERAL INTEREST . N'nrmal school at Monmouth will open June 21 for purpofs of entrance and enrollment and will orgauije June 22. The Teel Irrigation district lu I'tna tllla county, comprising about 16.500 acres has asked a state guarantee of I in or. nt on bonds aggregating $9X000. William Ritchie Of Corvallis. head of the Western Oregon Land Development company, was found dead In his office. Death wa due to a stroke of apoplexy. Mount Angel creamery assisted by Mount Angel business men. will be hosts March 2 to the farmers of tho vicinity at a dairymen's meeting and luncheon. Between 40 and B0 patients at the tate hospital at Salem have contracted Influenza and a strict quarantine lias been established by the officials of the Institution. Theodore Roth, a Salem merchant, has been elected president of an or ganisation composed of Salem, Sublim ity, Mehama nnd Stayton, for coopera tive buying. Initiative petitions for a constitu tional amendment extending the terms of sheriffs, clerks, surveyors, etc., to four years are being circulated In sev eral communities. Simon Deuson of Portland w 111 be re appoluted a member of tho state high way commission March 31, 1!2H. to serve a term of three years. Governor Olcott announced. Canby schools have reopened w ith a largo attendance. Several weeks ago there were over 200 cases of tnfluenxa which necessitated the closing of the schools for two weeks. A stock grower' association has been organized at Gold Beach, Curry couuty, for the protection of form anlmuls from predatory animals and to secure better prices for stock. Because of Increased business In the Inheritance tax department of the state treasurers" office, an additional audi tor ha been added in the person of R. A. Reld of Portland. The market outlook for all kinds of commercial berries in Marion county is quite satisfactory from tho stand point of the grower, and it is predict ed that the demand for these products during the year 1920 will greatly ex ceed the supply. Tho Silver 1-ake Irrrfeation district, Including nioro than S000 acres, has asked for the uertirication of bonds In the sum of $300,000 and state payment of interest for a period of five years. For several year coyotes have men aced the sheep business tu Curry coun ty. Petition are being circulated to Induce the county court to offer $100 bounty for coyotea and $10 for wild DRY LAW DEFIED BY MICHIGAN COUNTY Iron County Officials Halt Wine Seizure Jy Prohibi tion Agents. Chicago. A "rebellion against prohi bition" has broken out in Iron rouniy. Mli-hiKan, and tbe county, led by its prosecution attorney. Is In "open re wilt" BKaliiHt fei-ral authority. Major A. V. Dairy tuple, federal prohibition director for the central stales, lias no tified Wahlrii;ioii. Prohibition onents leading a party of Michigan stale constable w.-re held up February 19 by Iron county offi cials and wine they had confiscated wa taken from them, according to word brought to Chicago by l-o J. Grove nf Marquette, supervising pro hibit! aRciit tor the upper peninsula. Major Dalrytnple appcal'-d to Attor ney General I'almrr to order warrants l&sued for tbe arrest of the prosecutor, two deputy sheriffs, two police officer and three other residents of Iron River, a mining village. P.y a vote f nearly three to one 47 to 17 the senate passed and sent to the president the modified railroad reorganization bill under which the csrrleri will attempt to adjust them-s-'lves to conditions arising with tbe end of government control. Thirty two republicans Joined with 13 democrats In voting for adoption of the conference report, while three re publicans and 14 democrats comprised the 17 voting against It. There was never any doubt as to w hat the sena'.e would do, In view of the w-idc margin by which the Cummins bill, more dras tic than tho compromise was passe J. The bill goes to President Wilson and the general opinion was that he would sign It although labor leaders will urge a veto. FIRST FIGURES ON CENSUS GIVEN OUT Washington. The first population announcements of the 1510 census is sued by the census bureau are as fol lows: Cincinnati, 401.158. an Increase of 37,567. or 10.3 per cent. Washington. D. C, 437.414, an In crease of 106.345. or 32.1 per cent over 1910. Cincinnati -ranked as 13th city of the country In 1910 with a population of 363,691. Washington ranked 16th with a population of 331.069. From now on, as soon as tho statis tics gathered by the enumerators and special agents are assembled and veri fied, the data will be made public, the population of the larger cities being announced first. Then will follow the population of the various counties. After the counties have been com pleted the population of the various states will be announced, and then the count of tho entire United States. MUST REDUCE MEAT PRICES Cost to Consumer Must Follow De cline in Wholesale Quotations. Chicago. Retail meat dealers throughout the country must reduce their prices as the wholesale price of meat declines or cIko 'submit their books to federal agents for investiga tion of their profits. This definition of the government's attitude was au nouueed by Attorney General Palmer. Instructions to serve the notice on re tail meat dealers have been sent to every United States attorney, he said. Mr. Palmer's pronouncement on tho meat price situation follows the pub lication by the Institute of American Meat Packers of a bulletin announce ing the practical cessation of for elgn trade aa a result of tfxe advers; exchange situation. Wholesale meat prices at the Chicago stockyards dropped to pre-war levels for some grades, following iho publication. Club Woman Convicted of Syndicalism Oakland. Calif. Charlotte Anita Whltuc-y. club woman and author, who was convicted of cr'r.iinal syndicalism, is In jail, held without bond by Jud;;o Quinu. She was convicted on ono of five counts by a jury composed of six men and six women. Robert E. Peary, Explorer. 1 Dead. Vs"nhlngton. Rear-Admiral Robert E. rear", retired, discoverer cf the North Pole, died here after a two-year Illness of pernicious anemia. GOV.-GENERAL ! OF PHILIPPINES FOR FREEDOM Declares It Not Right That Free dom Should Longer Be Withheld. By FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON, Governor-General of the Philippine. (First Article.) My six year' ex perience a gov ernor - general ef the Philippine Is land have con- a i ll Tlnr' m (hat the !'" --i 1 Ptllnlno neonlear ready and flt ! have their Inde pendence. I have) recommended t Congress, a weft a to tbe executive administrate, that Independence be granted. Gov. Gen. Harrison As to the question of the stability of government, I wish to Bay to the Am erican people npon my responsibility tbe governor-general that Id my opinion there exist today la the Phil ippine Islands a stable government; which I think should answer the re quirements laid down by President Grant and McKinley, and lis I under stand It, also by Mr. Root namely, government elected by the suffrage of tbe people, which Is supported by lb people, which Is capable of maintain ing order and of fulfilling Its interna tional obligations. , I am very glad to go on record as be ing entirely In sympathy with the as pirations of the Filipino nation for In dependence. I have recommended to Congress that In granting Independence some provision be made similar to what I known as the Piatt amendment In lb treaty with Cuba, which restricts the ability of tbe new republic In borrow ing of foreign governments nnd permits the United States to Interfc. wilh the affairs of the new republic In case conditions of disorder should l found to prevail.- Such recommenda tion does not come as an expression of the views of the Filipinos; It Is my own view of what would be desirable to secure a feeling of confidence sn4 satisfaction on the part of all persons 'who have already Invested money la the Philippines or who contemplate do ing so in the near future. But It Is not right that Independence Itself should longer be delayed. By temperament, by experience, by" financial ability. In every way, the 11,000,000 Filipinos are entitled te lie free from every government except of their own choice. They are Intelli gent enough to decide for themselves. I have found the native Filipino of- fidal to be honest, efficient and ss ca pable of administering executive posi tions as any men I have met anywhere In the world. These officials are today governing 1,000 municipalities and forty-tw provinces, economically, efficiently and for the good of the entire people. They have a native congress, Including many graduates of Stale, Princeton, Harvard and other American universities. Oth er members are graduates of Santo To mas and other Philippine universities, and In education and ability they com pare favorably with any I know. They have leaders like Speaker Os mena of the House of Representative and President Quezon of the Senat w ho would adorn any office. The Philippines are away ahead of the United States In successful govern, ment ownership and operation of pub lic utilities. The government took hold of th steam railways and made them pay profit of 1,000,000 pesos a year mor than under private ownership. It took hold of the highways, and we have 7,000 miles of the best mac adamized roads in the world. Th Manila city government Is about to take over the street railways and th gas and electric plants, while the ter ritorial government Is arranging for ownership and control of the coal sup ply. The movement for Independence la a peaceful one. No territory was mor loyal to Uncle Sam during the war. It offered an armed and equipped division to ,our government, gave tt a subma rine destroyer and oversubscribed Lib erty loans and Red Cross funds. Two million natives speak English fluently, and there are 700.000 English speaking children In the public schools. I am more than willing to retire It the Filipinos can be granted what they deserve a government Ilk that of th) United States. London. Bolshevik forces have cap tured Archangel, on the White sea. ac cording to wireles dispatch fronr Moscow. mi Sfci1
