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CONGRESSMEN FAVOR FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE

Wnshlngton.-'Th' appointed hour Is here: lot the Philippines be free.' This was the keynote of a speech by Congressman Edward J. King of Illlnols, (Republican) In wlilcli lie reviewed th Amerimn occupation of the islands from the first day to the present ... - CA. time. lie declared vvnuiciinicii ward J. King of Illinois. that the United States was honor bound to grant in dependence without further delay. Congressman King Is one of an Infreaslnjf number of Republicans In the House who are urging quick action on Philippine Independence. Mr. King Is the author of a bill which proTides that within one year the Philippine government, under presidential proclamation, may assemble a convention and frame a constitution. After the conMltutlon is ratified by the Filipino people the President may recognize the Philippine islands as Ma separate and self-governing nation." The transfer of . authority Is to be completed wlthlnhe year. Provision is made for safeguarding American In- - . Tit III I . 1 Tesimeni in me n uppme3 im u the providing of coaling stations and suumanne uases in me mnua uj j United States. Word from the Philippines is that the people expect early independence and will be sorely disappointed If they I

do not gt It. Buster sprained a leg while acting -No nation has the right," said Con- and was laid up in bed. The pain pressman King "to hold another peoplevwas excruciating. The doctor forced In peonage, even though it may be him to abandon his work and rest. arcued by the professoriate that the ' And the pain of the limb was no .... t Ifoke. But Buster's ideas were not

v MA' little more obserVajice of the "Via the valetudinarian way.He'dis rotden rule in national and Interna- Jjbeyed the doctor cf"ed 'PafJ' tlonal affairs would soon dispel that Pd ink, and bega n to wor k on. the d,slre for exploitation, the fiercest foe Jjnpt of his next funny two-reel 0f..fvvd,n 10 therVr,1itdrHiiinMl This 'laugh-getter deserves a gold - hen we went to the Philippines medalm) one else but Bustcr would we declared before the whole world have had the mption to think funny that we were not actuated by any self- ridiculous scenes for a picture comedy ish desire of conquest or territorial while sulTering.

aggrandizement, but solely by humanitarlan Impulses." Congressman King called attention to the fact that Filipinos are now raising funds to erect a monument to Admiral Dewey, which he said was In-! directly a tribute to the American peoti i xvpIi as to Dewev. He recalled the cable that Dewey had sent to President McKinley, which was as follows: In my opinion these ieople (Filipinos) are superior in Intelligence and more capable of self government than the natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both." Congressman King then recited the preamble to the Jones law, passed August 20, 1910, and declared It was a dtflnlte pledge of Independence. The preamble stated "It Is as It has always been the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands J and fb recognize their independence as mod as a stable government can be established therein." Congressman King stated there was no question but that the Filipinos had established the sieclfled stable government and, therefore, It Is the elemn duty of the United States to grant the promised independence. Don't PickOut a Printer ßlindfolded jK torn yCtt the One Who Can v jVblp Yau SaU Your CoocV, Ä7B have the V V ability to help you sell your goods and we con do this at a reasonable cost to you. Economy and standardization are the watchwords here. We use Hammermill Bond, the standard, economical, business paper and we turn out a grade of printing that brings reoulta for our customers. LET US SHOW YOU

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As the funny comedian who dis g he QUt o which laUKhter chuckleJJ are made Buster Kdaton knQwn everyv,here; but as a person who thinks in terms of fun even wrien suffering keen pain, he is un familiar to the film public. it happened not long ago. Droll Buster's most recent picture "The Goat," is the eighth of the series of two - reel comedies made for Joseph M. Schenck and released through Metro. The more melancholy and morose Buster Keaton is, the more funny and farcical his screen comedies are. Buster never smiles himself, but he makes others smile. TR!tS HUNTING, AND SWEARS OFF. KY ALLISON May Allison Compares Oelijs o( Chase lo Those of S; ake Charming. Hunting is like playing with snakes: it's all right for them as likes iL Such is the attitude of May Allison (toward such people as delight in track - iing down deer and stopping the pheas -

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ant as it rises from the ground. Miss them. I have discovered it, and I Allison has tried shootinc and now dont intend to forget iL declares that for all she cares anyone; Spend a part of the day. even if who so desires may have the cordu- it is no more than half anhour doroy snort habit she bought, the high- ;n0. nm c AVOw4c

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barreled shotgun. 'cause it demands muscle and develops Not so many days ago a school it; but anything will serve; a walk friend of the Metro star's, passing or a tennis game. Youth is feeling,1 through California, stopped in Holly-and you feel according to how you wood to see Miss Allison. The blonde exercise." screen celebrity was enacting the, is "Puppets of Fate," a story of an stellar role in the earlier scenes of' Miss Danas latest starring picture

"Are Wives to Blame?" a picture adapted from Ben Ames Williams' story, "More Stately Mansions . "I came west to get in some hunting," announced the friend. "Husband or apartment?" inquired May. "I just left both of those in New York," said the other. "What I mean is real hunting with a gun and everything" Her enthusiasm for the chase so infected Miss Allison that the star within a week had the necessary gun and everything; and went into the mountains. May even spent two days at the gun club traps, knocking down clay pigeons. They drove some forty miles from Hollywood, into the foothills of the mountains, left Miss Allison's car in charge of the chauffeur, and plunged into the woods. It was three hours later that a cottontail rabbit broke cover and scampered away. Instinctively Miss Allison raised her gun and fired. She says she never will use one again off the screen as ong as she lives. "It was awful. I didn't have the slightest idea that hunting was like that. A lot of my friends people with the kindest hearts in the world seemed to like to hunt; and so I couldn't imagine how really ghastly such a thing is, unless one's in the woods and without any other means of getting food. That poor little rabbit I don't like even to think about it. " If it had been a bear or some big animal that could have put up a fiyht, it might not have been so bad. Even then, I don't see any particular fun in hunting. The idea may be all right roving through the fall woods all day, and camping out for lunch and all that. 3ut hereafter I'm going to leave my gun at home for use on burglars only." Miss Allison's latest picture, "Are Wives to Blame?" is being directed by Philip Rosen. The scenario is by h,d ward Lowe, Jr. Youth Is Yours for the Keeping. The secret of perpetual youth is not such an impossible secret, in the lopinion of lola Dana, Metro s ir repressible star. It is within the grasp of anyone; and moreover, Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer, made his mistake only in supposing" the fountain of youth was a spatial thine instead of beinj an attitude towards life. This is how she ruts it: "Yes, youth, which is only another name for buoyancy, freshness, health Us possible to all. Exercise and the out-of-doors are the open sesames. I came to this conclusion through noticing that many of my cirl friends ho marry slowly lose their dash and gor. The reason is that they no longer interest themselves in exercise they grow flabby and flaccid, feeling that their future is settled. "If. instead of flirting with the easeful cushion, they took to the medicine ball or the hike in the bracing air, they would soon discover that are is only fiction which . the kvorld has agreed on. and that the Unirit of vouth nowr tn leave j am medicJne baU be;

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SONORESS HEARS DRAMATIC PLEA ' im FILIPINO Washington. "Must the heart of America beat only for the freedom of Ireland, of Poland and of the Czecho - Slovaks, and not for the j the Philippine Is landsr question Resident Commissi oner Isauro (Jabaldon of the Philippines Philippine Resident Commissioner Itauro Gabatdon ndressed directly to the ixiemhership of the House of Representalvei

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plauded. action that is the result of the cor"At one time," said Commissioner rect decision. The truism that brains Gabaldon, "Congress had before It no are superior to brawn never needed less than thirty resolutions expressing more emphasis than It does today, sympathy with the aspirations of the The business man who thinks loglIrlsh people, if not nctualy urging Eng- Callv mnkes unerring decisions, and

land to grant Independence to Ireland. At that time, also the Filipinos were womb of war, many European republies were born, and America has reJolced to uphold the same. And yet the claim of the Filipinos Is still unheeded. Must there be exceptions, then. In International Justice? "My plea, gentlemen of the Ameri1 71 f V feV , I longer tnf rpnnfpcl rpnntxt nf

serving people for an independence mon has recommended the acqulthat rightfully belongs to them. The sItIon of "forest lands in Pennsylvania granting of independence now affords and New York along the headwaters

the United States a golden opportunity to give to the world unanswerable proof of Its sincerity, its consistency ana its altruism. It will be the great-

est example of square dealing In the 4 , , ... i i b .government toward extending its forhlstory of the ages. , "Do not think we are not apprJ esir operations Into Pennsylvania, clatlre of all you have done for us. and lt ,s hPe(1 that it will be able

We are. America has truly treated the Filipino people as no other nation has ever treated an alien race In all historj;. The high points of the Amerlean policy In the Philippines have been consistently Inspired by altruism. We know that you were actuated In your labors by the desire to contribute to our own welfare. "And we love you perhaps most of all for your solemn promise to grant us that which we hold dearer than life itself our freedom. Independence Is our national Ideal. It Is our all absorbing aim. It grows stronger every hour. For the spirit of nationalism never dies. Much less can lt be subdued. We believe that we can never hope to be a sturdy nation if we are to rely forever on the magnanimity of the United States. "America's task In the Philippine Islands Is finished. What you have assumed as your sacred obligation In that part of the world lias been fulfilled. A people with a medieval system of Institutions has been transformed Into a conscious nation, Imbued with all that Is modern in -the activities of nations. And If you give us independence our gratitude to you will increase a thousand fold; it will last forever if you keep faith with us. 'There Is but one issue in the Philippine question, and that Is: Is there today a stable government on the Islands? In the Jones law you promised Independence upon the establishment of such a stable government. Your own Governor-CIeneral has officially reported that there Is a stable government In existence today, and we also have submitted plenty of evidence to substantiate Its existence. Therefore, we hope and expect America will now carry out Its pledge." Sugar makes a further drop to IOV2 cents, but candy seems to be so tangled with overhead that it can't de - scend. Ofliceseokers are busily pondering where and bow and for what salary they can best serve their country. Will the makers of the blue laws permit a man to kKs his wife on Sun day or his best girl? Woman's beauty has made a good many men trifling, but It has likewise kept many busy.

IMMENSE DAMAGE BY RATS. destruction and a As an agmt or uestrucuoa anu a carrier of diseases,, the rat Is classed among man's most dangerous enemy, Estimates show that rats cot this rountrv h SI. 000.000.000 ev-

. , . ery year. This is a stapgeric ring sum. considerable of which would be nved if people would only make a determined effort to get rid of these pests. Some of the larger cities are spending thousands of dollars to exterminate the rat and the results are easily seen In the decrease In deaths from contagious diseases. That the rat Is un expensive boarder Is shown by the fact that a single rat cannot exist under at leust a cent a day. That means that every rat on your premises is rusting you a cent every day. This does not include daniape to buildings, furniture, etc. Many solutions of the rat question have already been suggested, but perhaps the best and most effective manner of getting rid of this pest is by poison. Killing rats has been reduced to an exact science. Kat

independence orrjojsono in tiie fonn 0f powders are

almost as dangerous as the rats themselves as the slightest draft may blow the poIson through the r0mS ßnd ßl low 11 t0 settle in the food. The best method of administering poison to rats Is In the form of a paste. The key to success today has not changed from what it waa fifty or a Tf fitln u rlphr then ha8 the coura?e of his convictlons to act boldly on those decisions. ,s raan who forKe ahead 00,1 atta!n hls oal- If he thinks along the wrong lines, If his reasoning power Is weak and his Judgment warped, his decisions will be incorrect and the result will be failure. Th? national forest reservation com of the Allegheny river, with a view to lessening the danger from the river floods at Pittsburg on the Ohio river. Thla is tho flrst niovft of thG fodernl to make Important purchase says Philadelphia Record. With the state and Uncle Sam co-operating In such matters the campaign for reforestatlon ought to make rapid headway. The American soldiers in Coblenz gave the poor little German children a real Christmas, which is the American spirit, says General Allen. If they hadn't, how could they have enjoyed Christmas themselves? askn Houston Post. You can't have Christmas with out children. A Chicago judge holds that the city of Chicago has the right to sue the Tribune for $10,000,000 libel, says Houston Post. But no suit of that kind will ever explain to the outside world how it could bp possible for any newspaper to libel Chicago. It certainly is gracious of the Internal revenue department to warn income taxpayer against calling In the services of experts to make out their returns. Where Ignorance Is bliss It Is folly to consult the wise. If D'AnnunzIo gets killed, he will have a chance to be Italy's hero of song and legend for a thousand years, and in time become a solar myth. If he doesn't well, there are still the comic operas. A book 700 years old. Just placed in the University of Pennsylvania library, is valued at $100,000, another striking example of the Increase there hns been In white print paper. An optimist Is one who Insists that thlncs ar better when he knows they L orw, ,MntTa oro y,ntttir PV(,n tf they are not. If you are working to make them better. j Fire losses fall upon everybody. The I Insurance company merely collects , monev from the people and distributes lt t0 the losers Tbt, community pays. Among the Important discoveries of 1021 will be one by the railroads that inC0me from passenger traffic declines wjien the rate Is too high,

FINE HAT MAKING A PHILIPPINE ART

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This Filiplna It making a Phlllpplna hat, which Is becoming quite popular with both men and women In tho United States, and It usually a tourc of great pride to the wearer. FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE, BUT NO GUARANTY (Chicago Tribune.) We do not blame the Filipino people for wanting their complete freedom. It Is the natural aspiration of mankind. ASKS INDEPENDENCE FOR PHILIPPINES Manlla. Francis Uurton Harrison, former governor general of the Philippine Islands, offered to tender his resignation eighteen months aro.upou,condition that thn Secretary of War recommend to President Wilson that a Filipino ls appointed his successor. He made the offer while In Washington Id Francis' Burton Harrison 1910. Discussing Philippine Independence, the governor general said: "I can see in the future a very beautiful vision. When the flag of the Philippine republic shallbe hoisted, when the Stars and Stripes will come floating down to the strains of The Star Spangled Panner that flag. Old Glory, so rich In happy and honorable achievements, will be made doubly dear because It will mean that the United States will have kept Its word to the people of the Philippine Islands." School of Journalism In Philippines Manila. A school of Journalism, the first in the Far East, has been established at the University of the Philippines, in Manila. Admission to the School of JournalIsm is limited to third and fourth year ttudents who have shown marked ability In the use of English. The course is open to both men and women. A class of about 50 registered at the opening of the journalistic course. Printing Safeguards Your Money Protect your cash not only with bolts ind ban and banka but with businesslike printed forms and recorda for every transaction .you undertake, We can ahow jou a paper i I Paper that betrays erasure and prevents fraudulent alteration of your checks, note, drafts and receipts. For letterheads and general printed forms we use and recommend a atandard paper that we know will give you tatiafaction.