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VOI IX., No. 207. 1
PHILIPP1N0S
ARE NO HER
IGNORAMUSES
15 I'KIl CENT or CHILDREN
OVKIt 10 YEARS OK AGE CAS
NOW HEAD ANI WIUTK
4,700 SCHOOLS SUPPORTED
IWhliiK l one of l'J,i(Oil; All In
trurUm In Kiik'NIi; lmm llllt
onu f Than In I Inly
Wanhliifrton, July 2. Seventy per
cent of tb Inhabitants of (he Philip
pine over ten year old are literate,
aa shown by ithe 1918 census, ac
cording to cable Just received by
the war department from Vice-Governor
Yeatcr at Manila.
Of the e-tlma!tnd population of
10.500,0000, 10.000,000 are civi
lized Christians, while 500,000 rep
resent the non-Christians or so-
called, wild tribes. The latter, how
ever. ara Inrluded in the population
of which 70 per cent are literate.
The percentage of literacy In the
Philippines, es shown by the cenaut
Just oompleted, la almost aa 1)10 aa
that of aome of the aouthern Mate
of the unlrin, higher than that of
Greece, Italy, Portugal, Roumanla
and Servta. It 1a too higher than
that of any of the new countries
whose Independence la being recog
nized by the allies.
It la pointed out that there is
-every reason for the literacy of the
Philippine to be still higher within
'the next few years, tbroti-gh. the ac
tion or the Philippine legislature at
its laat session In voting 30,000,000
pesos to extend the educational sys
tem ao that school will be available
to every child and youth In the
Philippine.
Tlet ween 1912 and 1918 the total
'number or children In school Increas
ed from 410,000 to 675,000. a gain
of 14 .per cent 1n six yeare. The
number of Intermediate puplla grew
to 67,000, a gain of 160 per cent.
"The number of high school students
reached 16,000, a gain or 220 per
cent.
The (Philippine legislature, com
posed entirely of (Filipino, now aup.
porta 4.700 schools, with a teaching
force of 12,303 teacher. All In
struction 1a in English, and will
continue to be ir Independence la
granted. A laj-Ro number of addi
tional American toachera are to be
employed and aent to the Philippine!
within the next year. All of the ex
pense of education I being paid by
the Philippine government.
HO 10V IN MW8
away nuns
Mynard Titus, of Seattle, aged 16,
f swears that he wHI never run away
from borne again, die drifted Into
Grants Psjm Monday, , dead broke
financially, although 'he paid his fare
to this city.
iBelng strapped and badly In need
of something tor the Inner man, My
nard approached Chief of .Police Me
lons and laid his case before the of
ficer. He was only a "kid," tears
run down his cheeks, and apparently
he bad never associated with the I.
W. W. or "Rod" 'bunch. He said
his father had scolded him for re
1 malnlng out too late at night nnd
It made folm "sore" and he ran away.
Chief MoLane asked for- the ad
dress or the lad's parents and, upon
the boy's promise that Ihe "would
, never run away again," telegraphed
them for return ticket money. The
coin came Immediately $18 and
Wynard was sent on his way toward
' 'Seattle thla morning. Another
, prodigal son has returned.
YOKE IS REMOVED
m WEARS
Tnuuylvanijtt Hail With Joy the
Entrance of KJnK Ferdinand and
Queen Maris of Rumania
Predeul, 'Rumania;, July 2. King
Ferdinand and Queen Marie received
an ovation and wore showered with
flowere at every railway station In
Transylvania when a few days ago
they made their formal entry into
that 'country as sovorolgus. Pot
nearly 400 years Tranwyhninfc has
been under the foreign yoke, yet
everywhere the Rumanian sover
eign were received with acclaim
land balled with Joy. The day was
made a national holiday.
In every city and town through
which the royal party imaged were
such signs as "Long live Tour Ma
jesty, Kmperor of all Rumania,"
"Long Live the Iloyal .Family," and
"1ong Live our Sovereign."
The journey waa made partly by
train and partly by automobile. At
Ardeal which Is the first town In
Transylvania beyond the Rumanian
border, Dr. M. Rraluleacu. represent
ing the local government, declared
to King Ferdinand that the Ruman
ian people had long waited for the
moment when their aoverelgn would
croas the threshold of Transylvania'
and redeem the country from bond-
(Continued on Page I)
CLOSETAB BEING KEPT
Washington, July 2. Stringent
regulations governing the sale or al
cohol for medical purposes were Is
sued today by the bureau or Internal
revenue.
"Physicians way prescribe wines
and liquors for Internal uses, or al
cohol tor external uses," the regula
tions aaid, "but in every such ease
each prescription shall be in dupli
cate and both copies be signed In
the physician's handwriting. The
quantity prescribed for a single pa
tient shall not exceed one quart. In
no case shall a phyailaa prescribe
alooholic liquors unless the patient
Is under bis constant personal su
pervision. ''All prescriptions shall Indicate
clearly the name and address of the
patient, Including street and apart
ment number, It any, the date when
written, the condition or Illness for
which .prescribed and the name of
the pharmacist to whom the pre
scription 1s to be presented for fill
ing." I
Similar detailed restrictions on
the sale of alcohol by drug stores
were' promulgated. lAU prescriptions
muni be preserved and once a' month
a list of physicians' prescribing al
cohol, the names or the patients and
the total quantity distributed to each
patient during the month must be
transmitted to the collector or Inter
nal revenue.
'Liquor dealers, wholesale and re
tail, having stocks onJiand, may seM
to pharmacists holding permits until
the present stocks are exhausted.
'Alcohol for internal use must pay
the tax of 16.40 gallon, while al
cohol medicated to render It unfit
tor beverage use will be taxed at
12.20.
Wine used tor sacramental pur
poses may continue to be made In
quantities not exceeding .1,000 gal
lons. It must pay the usual tax.
R-4 LEAVES SCOW
FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT
London,. July 2. The position of
ithe dirigible IR-4. which left East
Fortune, Scotland, at 1:48 this
morning on an attempted f light to
America, was about 325 miles off the
coast of Ireland alt 8 this morning.
The airship was then making about
40 knots an hour.
QUA NTS PA&fl, JOSEPHINE COTJITTT.
STATE BOARD
DIG STRIKE
IMHV I'ltEATKO BV LAST IEGIH-
LATUtE TO TALK PEACE
WITH HKLIO GIKIX
STRIKERS CLAIM 1,000 ARE OUT
Many Olios Slightly Affected; Em
ployers Win In New York; Port
land Will Has Service
Portland, July 2. The Oregon
state board of conciliation met here
today to attempt mediation in the
telephone strike. W. V. Woodward
was elected chairman or the meet
ing, OttO Kartwlg, seoertary, and
J. K. Flynn, a third member or the
board which was created by the last
togislature.
Strikers here today claimed that
1,000 are now out, including elec
tricians and operators. Portland,
Salem, Med ford, Albany, Ashland
and Astoria Cre affected.
Telephone service here Is about
the same aa yesterday. There are
no great delays. '
Seattle, Wash.. July 2. Tele
phone exchanges In the small towns
around Seattle, Including Kent, Au
burn, Port Blakeley and Renton
are crippled today as a result of the
strike of the operators who walked
out tn sympathy with striking opera
tors in other cities.
New York, July 2. The strike of
the commercial telegraphers em
ployed by the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies was de
clared off today. The strikers railed
to gain their .points.
C. H. Corson, manager of the
Grants Pass station of the Pacific
Telephone company, stated this af
ternoon that thua far only one oper
ator and one lineman are out In this
city. The service, be says. 1s as
good as It ever was and those who
wish to use long distance can get
connections wkh any city 1n the
state. '
MESSAGE WHILE AT SEA
On Board the 9. S. George Wash
ington, July 2. The presidential
voyage continues under the most fa
vorable weather conditions with a
calm sea. President (Wilson has
done some work on bin message to
congress, but 1s giving considerable
time to rest.
Grants Pass will be a quiet city
Friday, July 4th, there will be no
celebration here. Many picnic par
ties are being arranged and the
)Rnmi A!! rfVtYitfkp aAMama -will k.
thiokly populated on that day by
those who prefer the ooollna- shade
and quiet to the noise and dust or
a city celebration.
Although California's main' at
traction for some the saloons
have been obliterated, there are a
number who will make the drive
"over the bump" Just tor the Pleas
ure or viewing the scenery, but will
later return to (Ashland tor the band
concerts and fire works at night.
Today about 30 OeoDle from the
vicinity of Crescent CHy arrived in
Grants Pass, en route to Ashland
wbere they will oamn and sDend
three days; some of these are
In-
dlans and will take
part In the
roundup.
WLLTAKE HAND
MANY PICNIC PARTIES
ARRANGEOFOR THE 4TH
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JIXY
REVOLUTION
E
MINIUTEH OF DEFENSE TIGHT
ENS MAHTIAL LAW, WHILE
RADICALS WOIXD DICTATE
SERBS FIGHT fH UTEUO
CerniMiN to Ratify Treaty Next
Week; Ask That Blockade Be
Lifted and prisoneers Freed
Berlin, July 2. There are Indica
tions that the strike movement here
may develop into political Insurrec
tion. , The street car strike threat
ens to Involve suburban and belt
line workers.
Frankness with which the radicals
are now demanding dictatorship by
the proletariat is regarded as signif
icant. Oustav Noske, minister of
defense, lis tightening martial law
regulations.
Berne, Switzerland. July 2. Virt
ually all or Montenegro 1a In rebel
lion against Serbian occupation, ac
cording to ad vices received here.
There have been many bloody en
counters between the two races.
Paris. July 2. The Germans ex-
peot to ratify the peace treaty the
first of next week, according to a
note sent to the allies, acknowledg
ing stipulations that the blockade be
raises when the treaty la ratified.
The Germans also expressed the
hope that war prisoners will be re
leased at the same time.
Ill 8SIAX SOVIETS ARK .
WARNED BY THE V. 8.
Washington, July 2 The Russian
soviet government was warned by
the United States today In a mes
sage sent through the (American le
gation at Stockholm that reprisals
against American citizens In Russia
would arouse Intense sentiment In
the United States against the soviet
heads.
FIGHTERS IN FINE
SHAPE FOR BATTLE
Toledo. , Ohio. July 2. Heavy
training is completed by Jess Wll-
Vard, beavy weight champion, and
Jack Dempsey, contender tor the
title, tor their coming battfle July
4-th, 'Both fighters were doing only
light work today and Intend to rest
tomorrow.
BRAZILIANS TAKE JO
iRlo de Janeiro, July 2. (Associa
tion football la the popular outdoor
sport of Brazil. In flact it 1a virtu
ally the only outdoor sport to which
the iBraslltana have taken with much
enthusiasm. There Is some interest
in tennis, swimming and rowing,
but football in to the younger gen
eration of .Brazil what baseball is to
the people or the United States.
Brazilians are not Interested in base
ball.
The game waa adopted in Brazil
about 15 years ago. Interest awak
ened by the gamea played by the
(British residents was quickened by
the return ot Brazilian youths from
school in England. A few of them
Joined the British teams and later
formed clubs of their own. Today
there are aa many clubs In Rio de
Janeiro b there are amateur base
ball clubs in one ot the large cUtes
of the United States.
ir w n
LAND ASUNDER
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
2, 1019.
CRAZY PORTLAND
.IAN
K. W. Stafford Kills Wife and Child
With Hatchet, Commits Suicide
and Sets House A lire
Portland. Ore., July 2. Mrs.
Caroline Stafford, wounded late yes
terday when her husband, R. W.
Stafford, ran amuck at borne with a
hatchet, died today. A son, Wirt,
aged five years, wounded by his
tathesv is still fa f; precarious con
dition. An Inquest has been ordered on
the body of Stafford, who killed him
self after attacking the family and
setting fire to the home. Stafford
also killed a year old baby.
" Three children, besides the one
left wounded, are orphans.
The family came to Portland from
Ma Iowa, Minn., three months ago,
at the request of Ralph Hahn, vice
president and general manager of
the Sterling Food Products com
pany, who bad hired Mr. Stafford as
superintendent of the company's
plant ini South Portland.
The authorities say temporary in
sanity is the only explanation or the
tragedy. Inasmuch as all persons in
terviewed by police say Mr. Stafford
had not quarreled with his family.
He suddenly left his work shortly
before 2 o'clock, walked to his borne
which was close by, and apparently
attempted to murder his whole fam
ily. Three children escaped.
E
A murder sensation may follow
the finding ot the stolen plunder ob
tained by burglars, who recently
robbed the Bowers combination drug
and Jewelry store at Gold iliH, cach
ed tn Josephine county near the
Jackson county line not far from
the 'Rogue river, says the Med ford
Tribune. s
This stolen booty, amounting to
several hundred dollars worth ot
property, mostly jewelry, was dis
covered this week and the fact that
some bloody nCgs were found nearby
Indicating chat a body had been
dragged from there to the river
leads the Josephine county officials
to think that a murder might have
been committed.
To make sure they have sent for
grappUng hooks and will drag the
river bottom in that vicinity next
Friday and Saturday. They go on
the theory that the burglars might
have quarreled over the booty dur
ing which one of them was' killed
and his body was dragged to the
river, weighted, and thrown in. A Jo
sephine county deputy sheriff was
here Monday conferring wtta Sheriff
Tenill about the matter.-
HO08 REACH HIGHEST PRICE
EVER RECORDED IN THE V. S.
Chicago, July 2. Jloga yesterday
commanded the highest price ever
known 121.75 a hundredweight.
The previous topmost July record
was last year, ' $19.40. Today's
strength In the bog market was
ascribed chiefly to export demand
for packinghouse produces.
Before the United States entered
the great war, $10.25 was the acme
for hogs in July.
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New York, July 2. iFire at the
South Ferry terminal ot the city's
elevated structure today destroyed
one train and pert of another. Many
of those on board, a lance number
of whom were women, bad narrow
escapes, 'being rescued by firemen
who rushed ladders to the top of the
elevated structure. :
Early reports were that lives were
lost, but the reports were not veri
fied by the police.
RUNS AMUCK
WHOLE NUMBER 270fl
ROMEOF
FIVE ILL RULE
PEACE AFFAIRS
OLEMEXOEAl' INFORMS PO-
IiAND THAT SHE OWES INDE
PENDENCE TO ALLIES
FIUME QUESTION TO COME UP
Poland Agreed to Protect Minorities
Against Discrimination and Help
Pay Russian War Debt
Paris, July 1. 'Premier Clemen-
ceau, Secretary of Stale 'Tannine
Foreign Minister Balfour, Foreign
Minister Plchon, Baron Maklno and
Viscount Chinda ot Japan and For
elgn Minister Tittonl ot Italy de
cided this afternoon to constitute a
new council of five. This council
ot five will have as Its members
Secretary Lansing, Of. (Plchon, For
eign Minister Balfour, Foreign Min
ister Tittonl and Baron Maklno,
head of the Japanese delegation.
The council will temporarily as
sume direction of peace conferenoa
affairs. A eounotl of ten win nog
be constituted at present. -
Foreign Minister Ttttoni made H
dear at the meeting that Italy do-
sires that all territory taken from
Austria be definitely disposed of la
the Austrian treaty.
This Immediately projects Into
the foreground the Flume question.
wbich It bad been hoped eon-Id be
avoided,
Paris. July 2. In transmitting to
the Polish government the treaty
which has since been signed by Po
land with ' the entente nowera atad
the United States, (Premier Clemen-
ceau, as president of the peace con
ference has addressed letter to Pre
mier PaderewsU settinc forth the
reasons 'why the provisions of the
document were considered necessary.
Under the treaty Poland agreed to
protect minorities against discrimi
nation, to assume payment of such
a share of the Russian debt aa
should be assigned to her by the in-
ter-alliedj com mission and to sup
port important International postal,
railway, telegraphic and other con
ventions incidental to the establish
ment of a national standing. ' '
Premier Clemencean here quoted
from Lrd Salisbury, WlBlam Henry
Waddlngton. French plenipotentiary
at tlhe Berlin congress. Prince Bis-
mark. Count de-Launay, Italian plen
ipotentiary, and Count Andrassy of
Austria-Hungary, who made declara
tions on the occasion in question em
phasizing the necessity of establish
ing the principle of religious liberty.
CHICAGO MAKES ONE
ARREST ON "DRY NIGHT
Chicago, IB.. July i2. Only one
arrest was made last night, the first
"dry nlht" at South Clark street
police station, as against an aver
age of more than 200 a night prior
to prohibition.
LOS ANGELES FIGHT
E
Los Angelee, Oal., . July 2. A.
newspaper here has developed some
thing new for tight fans in connec
tion with the WfUard-Dempsey bout
of July 4. It has prepared a ring
at Ocean Pork, a beach resort near
by, has engaged two boxers to Im
personate the fighters, has arranged
a ringside service from Toledo to the
beach, and as the fight progresses
there the boxers will repeat the
moves ot the title defender and his
opponent as faithfully aa the tele
graphed descriptions will permit.
There -will be no charge to specta
tors, the paper having arranged the
event aa a courtesy to Us readers
and the public generally. '