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Weston EADER VOLUME 42 WESTON. OKEGON, FRIDAY.' MARCH 12, 1020 NUMBER! SOME FACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES There Hat Been Much Misrepre sentation In America About People and Conditions. f MAXIMO M. KALAW, Secretary of the Philippine Mlaslen. A re rt it In lady t Hie HI. Louie Exposition taw at ballroom brown complei toned nnn In fault. IrM Wlllllg limit anil accosted him Willi ilia Inquiry. "I auiM yu are Japanese, alrt" Tlia man ad- ilrf!i rap I lad. "No, madam." "Then you mutt ba Chinese." she aald. Maxima M. Kalaw, -No, I am not I am a Filipino," be replied. "How a ibair asked Ilia lady. "I thought they ware all eavagee living In Uia wood a." "Wall. I ll tall yon how I cama bare." ha aald. "A month before I left the Philippines I waa living In the wood, but the American Governor decided to catch aa many wild Diru aa possible, train them and eend thrm orer here. Bo brre I am, Just aa you ." And the St. Louis lady actually believed him. That la what you would rail fancies about the Philippines. The fact la, however, that Uia ll.ooo.ooo rillplnoe end their annulare bare horn civilised and Clirlailana for 800 years; that the nitn-C'lirlatlan population, according to the census of IMS. la only KM.tioo, and even tbeae are not all uncivilized. Another fancy la that not until the coming of the Americana were echool hnllillniii seen In the Islands, roads built, or aubatantlal bouse erected. Do you know that fur hundrede of yera I lie Filipinos have had collegia and acboola and that the University of Banto Toiniia la only twenty-five year olitur than llnrvardt That aa early aa 1840, out of a population of 4.000,000 people, there were Ml schools for boya and 833 fur girls? That In 1S!2, eight cars before Uio coming of the Ameri cana, there were 2.I3T schools? I "To grant self government to Luton under Aguliinlilo would be like grant ing self government to an Apache res ervation undor aomo local chief." Ttiua poke former l'roaldent of the United Htatea during the rillplno-Amerlcao war. Exaggeration could be an excuse at time when the dignity of the Ara crlcan people demanded the extinction of Filipino oppoaltlon, but do you know that the Philippine Republic, before the American occupation of the Islands, had the approval of prominent Amerl rana who were on the apot like John Barrett, Director of the Pan-Amorlcnn Union, who compared It favorably with the Japnncao government That Ad miral Dewey considered the Filipinos better fitted for gulf government than the Cubans? That they had drafted a 'constitution at Mnlnloa which elicited the approval of distinguished Repub licans like the late Seuator George F. Hoar? That before the coming of (lie Americana they had produced national he roe a like the martyred Joae lllaal, pronounced hy a Republican congress nan, Itcpreaentatlvo Ooopor, aa the nobleat victim that haa ever fallen Into the clutchea of tyranny? ' And do you know that the Filipino lave not had for hundrede of year a any Mate ayalom, blood distinction or royal jfaralllea, nod that, unlike their oriental sisters, they are the only Cbrlatlan peo ple to the orient? j People have pictured an Ignorant maaa of Filipinos, Illiterate, poor, llr ,lng Ufa of aervltude for a few .wealthy land ownors snd foreigners, ot tort? oZ'& llTluVm'lZ n per cent of the people nbovs ten years f age can read and write and that this percentage of literacy Is almost as high aa some of the states of the Union T That It Is higher, than In any country ;of South America, higher than the UN ,cracy of the Spanish people, and un questionably above that of any of the new countries recognlxod In Europe! Do you know that there are a million and a half farms In the Philippine ,end that DO per cent of these fnnns are owned hy Filipinos. In other words, that out of tho 11,000,000 Christian Flllptnoa, 8,000,000 of them at lenst live pn thulr own farms, with houses of their owu, Independent of any absentee) landlord or foreign muster? That 01 per cent of the urban property con sisting of houses and landa la owned 1 . - NT VJ by the natives of the Philippines, and i only 0 per cent, la In the bands ot for- ' elgners? Vet tboso'are facta cnbled by Actlug Governor Charles Emmctt Yea. ler to the War Department from the recent census estimates. - ' . ---- PRESIDENT HOLDS ' 10 VITAL Mr. Wilson In Letter Restates Opposition to "Nullifying Reservations." Washington. President Wllaon rs atatrd for democratic aenatora Monday lila oppoaltlon to any peace treaty re aorvallnns which would weaken the full force of article 10 or materially Impair provialona of the league cove nant. Wlhout laying specifically what qualification he would or would not accept, hn wrote to Bnnator Hitchcock, administration leader, that almoat all reservations be had heard euggealed were "In effect virtual nullifications" of tho treaty artlclea to which they applied. "I hear nf rcservatlnnlst and mild reaervatloulala," the letter added, "but I cannot understand the difference be tween a nullifier and mild nullifler." Discussing article 10. the president wrote that there waa "no escaping the moral obligations expreaaed In poaltlve larme In thU ankle," though there could be no objection to explain ing In an Interpretation the conatitu tlonal met hod a by which aurh an ob ligation would have to be fulfilled. The "very heart" of the covenant, he reiterated would be Imperilled by weakening article 10. The letter waa written In response to a remind that he confer with Sen ator Simmon of North Carolina, In charge for the democratic aide of the aenate In current negotiatlona for compromise. DANIELS ASKS FOR NEW NAVAL BASES Washington. Immediate and exten sive enlargement of naval docking and bailing facilities on the Pacific and leaialatloii to provide a naval reaerve force of at least .00,000 were advoca ted before tho house naval committee by Becretsry Daniels. The secretary asked authority to atari construction of a new naval base on Han Frunclsco bay below Mare Inland and urged that $10,000,000 be made available at once. Among the recommendations mad by the secretary were: Establishment of submarine and do- etroyer bases at Port Angeles, Wash., and Astoria. Or. Mr. Danlela requeated permission to accent a tract of 115 acrea of land from the city of Astoria free from incumbrance on which to tulld the propoaed deatroyer and submarine base. Enlargement of tho naval baae at Bremerton, Wssh , to permit of caring for a larger quod of the fleet there. This yard should become one of the main repair and docking yarda of Marlon, 1'olk and Yamhill counties, auperlntendet.t cf public Instruction, thla fund will be $1,450,000, It was an for capital shlpa," aald Mr. Danlela. The American Jereey Cattle club has who returned to Salem after three nounced. Expressing tho belief that In the withdrawn lta support from the atate weeka spent in the east and middle Because Oregon and California face next war aa In the laat the United States would send lis troops into the nemy'a country, Mr. Daniels said largo navy and strong naval reserve were "absolutely necessary." Washington Teachers to Meet During Special Session, Olympla, Wash. Efforts to limit the work of the extraordinary aesston ot the legislature called by Governor Louis F. Hart to convene March 22 to the minimum required to ratify the federal auffrage amendment and pro- Prohibition has not Increased the record favoring an appropr.atlon or drainage expert of the Oregon Agrl vlde for continuing the atate educa- use of drugs In Oregon, declare nar- 110.000 to aid In construction of a cultural college, and County Agent C. ttnn.t tnstitiitinna raenivcd a dneidod !,.. nrn. .nrkina t.yr iha community house tor the American j. Hurd. The lands are situated In the ,etback whon Mrg, Josephine Corliss PrMlon- '' uPW'nUnd.nt of pub- " tartructlon, refused, to comply with the governor's request that the atate conference of county and city superin- tendents and city principals ot public achoola called to meet in Olympla on the opening day of the extra session to Dress legislative action to meet Ira- perattve needs ot the public schools 10 head ot pure bred Hampshire ewes, court, has offered to contribute $25, of the stato be deferred one week, purchased from I. T. Edwards of Kim- 000 to the construction of the pro- berley, Idaho. poaed new Salem hospital on condl- uaving solemnly promtseu tne Fill- 'Pos their Independence and having b gone before the world as the champion of self-determination, the Filipino peo ple cannot understand how America can consistently refuse to make good these promises. 'CUM ATI OF THI PHILIPPINES. " Tn Philippine Islands have a mild- T tropical climate. Tha nights are and sunstrokes are unknown. The temperature record for the past thirty Vw boi ta verttgo of 80 degree i , 'i, ', . J ni w . . ii rm i OREGON miS NOTES David M. Bmutx, aged 78 yeare, veteran of the Civil war, died In Dallas. The week of March 22 to 27 will be pure bred livestock week In Lane county. GoorKO Taylor Cction, a merchant of Lebanon for 40 years, died at the age of 7S years. Secretary Houston haa approved ap- plication for a charter of the Flrat National bank of Madras. The Dallea now Wsts one of tho finest and most uptn-date apartment houses In the Inlanl Empire Directors of the Lane County Fair sssoclatlnn announce the building of a goat and sheep building 30 by 200 cot. The 1920 consistory cUbb of Eugene, Scottish nite Maaons. elected Jude John S. Coke of Marshfleld. president Tho annual conference of the Oregon Daughters of the American Revolution waa held In Albany with 100 dclegatea and stato officer present Harold Cook, an employe of the state engineer's office, has been retained to direct the activities of the Salem Boy Scouta at a salary of f 1800 a year. Buaineas men of The Dallea are planning to establish a modern air plane field on the old county poor farm alte Juat west of the city limits. One-fourth of the $100,000 necessary for construction of the new Salem hos- pltal haa been pledged by physicians fair, transferring it wholly to the In ternational Livestock show at Port land. The Medford Elka lodge haa grown so rapidly the past yeir that at the last meeting It waa decided to put up a $7000 extension to Its building at once. The White Cooking club of Hub- bard In Marlon couu'y la the first club In the state to have 100 per cent of lta members finish the required work. united States Internal revenue depart- ment e. D. Cusick. former state aenator from Linn and Lans counties, waa elected exalted ruler o the Albany lodge of Elka In tho annual election ot officers. The animal husbandry department of n. A. C. has received a shipment cf At . meeting ot the state advisory rf of the Saivatlon Arn)J, home service nroisramme for 1920. a con- ventlon waa called to meet In Tort- land March 17. The University of Oregon won the championship of the International Trl- angular Debating league, composed of the Unlveraltlea of Idaho, British Columbia and Oregon. The register of the Roseburg land office haa Issued a statement that all exservlce men will be given preference Team Work OF GHiERAL INTEREST rlghta In filing on land known aa tne Oregon and California land grante. - Cold order certificates, payable to a given bank, held by that bank In Ha vaults not endorsed, are not legal re- serve, according to a legal opinion given by Attorney General Brown, Samuel Strohecker Jr. or Corvallia tias been nominated by Represent-tive J!awley as alternate to the military academy at West Point to aucceed Del- mar L. Bond of Salem, who resigned, Damage to forests In Oregon last year as the results of fires totaled about $300,000. according to the an- nual report of F. A. Elliott, atate for- ester. Salem chapter. American War Moth- ers, at a meeting outlined plans for i ndowlng a four bed ward in the pro- posed new Salem hospital in honor of the returned veterana of the world war. The herd law In effect in Umatilla county, which provides against live- stock running at large. Is utterly un- constitutional, according to a legal opinion given by Attorney-General Brown. Tho part time schools which have been In rogue in Wisconsin for the past eight years are a sucoess and have done much toward furthering the educational advantages of that state, according to J. A. Churchill, state west Albany school teachers will receive for either hydroelectric power or Irrl- material Increase in aalaries for the gatlon purposes," the Geary Invest next school year. Because of lack of ment corporation ot Oregon, and the fuade the school board has been un- CaUfornfa-Oregcn Tower company, a able to meet requests for a big raise California corporation, will bury the this year, but a budget $11,500 greater hatchet this year and allow water stor la available for next year's work and age In the Upper Klamath lake, the board has decided to use all of Approximately 400 acres of worthless this Increase for the payment of larger swamp land In Douglas county will be salaries. made worth between $300 and $400 per acre by the new drainuga project The Marlon county court went on Lgon. as uthorlxed by the last leg- lltur. Boys nd girls between the sges ot 16 and 18, who are employed and who nave not fluinhed the cignm graue, must attend part-time school In Ore- Kon City, according to an order Issued by the school board. Marlon' county through the county tion that the remainder of the neces- ,ary jioo.COO is mado available The Inventory and aoDralsement ot the estate of Dr. Bernard Daly of Lake- view, who died recently, shows a total value of $733,628.57, more than $500,- 000 of which is in government, muni- clpal, echool, county and road bonds. - By a vote of 217 to SO the city of Seaside has bonded ItseU for $263,000 for the construction ot a pfer into the Pacific ocean, a system of bulkheads on tho ocean front and new hard- n " urface driveway through the entire city. ' The recent threat of labor to petition state officials to oust from their em ployment all married women whose husbands are capable of providing for their support, appears to have stimu lated rather than deterred marriages of girls on the state payroll. The atudects of Baker high school have purchased a new, high-class motion-picture machine and have booked a lui-g series of excellent film pro- duct Ions, which will be projected upon the screen in the high school audi- tori u in one evening in every week. Robbers broke Into the vault of the Scio State bank at Sclo and escaped with an unknown quantity of Liberty bonds. War Savings Stamps and some cash secured from rifling the contents of boxes, which may total as high as $50,000. No attempt waa made to open the main safe. A questionnaire Is being sent to all tho high school principals in the state by Dr. John Lundsbury. dean of the school of music of the State University, in an attempt to gain their coopera- tion in making high school credits In music worthy of being rated aa uni versity entrance credits. With national leaders present, and a great majority of tho Baptist minister of the state in attendance, Baptist leaders met at the White Temple in Portland to formulate plana for the nation-wide campaign for $100, 000.000. Oregon's apportionment of an "unprecedented shortage of water outlined by Professor C. F. Johnson. Looking Glass and Yoncalla valleya. According to reports announced by the city bealth bureau there are 11 cases of sleeping sickness in Portland at present, ueatns irom me aisease to date total eight, ot which six were reported in December, one In January and ono in February. Sleeping sick- ness ia comparatively new here, and no record of cases was kept prior to last December. Washington. Corporation dividends distributed aa stock do not constitute "Income' and are not suojeci to iea- eral income taxes, the supreme court decided in a five-to-four decision. Provisions of the 191S federal Income tax law levying taxes on stock divl- dends were declared unconsUtutional. The decision also nullified similar pro- visions of the present law and will Involve great loss in revenues to the government and refunds ot such taxea already collected. U. S. INCOME TAX EXEMPTS NOBODY Every Person Who Had Income In 1919 Must Determine Own Liability. MARCH 15 LAST FILING DATE. Surest Way Is U Fellow Form 1040A Free Advice In Doubtful Cases. Severe Penalties In Law. Noliody Is exempt from Income T. An obligation Is laid directly on the shoulders of each citizen and resident to consider bis own ense snd to get lilt return In on time If one Is due. With each return showing a las dm a payment must accompany the return In the full amount of the tax or at least one-quarter of the tax. All returns for 1919 must be filed os or before March 13. Must Show True Figures. In figuring up bis earnings for In come tax purposes a person mnst tak into consideration all Items nf taxable Income, and each Item Itself mnxt be accurate In amount. Guesees and e tlmates must be avoided, for the re turn Is made under oath. Everybody who had an Income dur ing 1019 niUKt now determine whet bet bla or her net Income was sufficient la amount to require an Income Tax re turn. The beet way to find out Is te get a Form IOWA and follow the In structions printed on It That form will serve as reminder of every Item of Income; and if a return Is due. It tells how to prepare and file It. One of the important points to keet in mind Is that person'a net Income Is found by a computation prescribed In the law, and that each Item of In come from every source must be con sidered, unless specifically exempted. Another thing to remember Is that Hit personal exemption allowed tax payers by law lias no relation whatevet to the requirement to file return. This exemption is not to be considered until person has figured out his net lo ' come and determined whether It wn sufficient to require him to file a re turn. Then, if a return must be filed, he should rend cnrefully the Instruc tions for claiming exemption, and com plete his return. If In doubt on any point as to income or deductions, a' jierson may secure free advice and aid from the ties rest Internal Revenue office. Many bnnkr and trust couipnulcs arc also furnish ing similar sen ice during banking hours. Heavy Penalties In Law. For failing to make a return on time the penalty Is a fine of not more than $1,000 nnd an addition of 23 per cent to the tax. if any. For making n fnlse or fraudulent return the penalty Is a fine of not more than $10,000 or Im prisonment not exceeding o)p year, ot both ; and. In Wilition, 50 per cent ot the tax. There are other penalties fot falling to pay tax when due and fot understatement of the tax throu;r negligence. Many Sources of Income. Aside from what one may earn bj his services, there are many othet sources of Income. If be sold any property during 1919 be must figure out the -gain realized. If he rented buildings, hind, apartments or room! such rents must be considered tax nble, and lie may claim deductions fot necessary expenses Incidental to rents Bank interest Is a common source of Income and Is taxable whether with drawn or not. Any amount of Interest credited to a depositor Is Income tc the depositor. Interest on mortgages and notes it taxable; also bond Interest received from corporations. A taxpayer who cashed his Insur ance during 1919 must report as in come any excess received over. the to tal of premiums paid. Members of partnerships or personal service corporations or beneficiaries ol an estate or trust must report theli shares of Income distributable to them whether or not actually withdrawn. Dividends of domestic corporations must be reported. Many other forms of Income ore taxable, unless specific ally exempted. Savage Heada Oregon Fair Board. Salem, Or. W. H. Savage of Cor Tallis was elected president of the state fair board here to succeed M. L. Jones, who will retire from the boar t expiration ot his term on April 1. x. C. Marsters of Kosenurg waa nanieo. Tice-president Idaho Jury Convicts One Alleged Red. snd Point, Idaho. Theory trytaf the case of 18 L W. V. charged with criminal syndicalism, after deliberat- lag tMi than four hours, returned -erdict of guilty against one ot the defendaata and not guilty against the other 17.