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New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

| eral years The figures for the second
half of the year are expected TO be even
more impressive.
That 1t Is paying in Brooklyn Is shown
by the fact that elaborate plans are now
being made for continuing the campaign
there and enlarging its SCOPE
The first step Of the museum was to
send lecturers TO the schools. 1t was
no easy thing, in the beginning. to map
out a lecture on the avoidance OF acct
dents which would interest as well as
instruct children from the ages Of four
and half up to seventeen and eighteen.
for the work extended from the kinder
garten 10 the high school,
The object, OF course was TO put into
concrete form such rules as would safe
guard the children in their daily life.
10 hold these rules together by a simple
constructive talk, and to eliminate as far
as possible the use Of the word don't"
that word always recalling the historic
lady who, upon her departure from home
said to her children. Don't put beans
up the baby's nose; disastrous results
to the infant thereupon following the
negative suggestion.
Each lecturer. to illustrate her instruc-
tions and stimulate the children's inter
est. used a small wooden model of a
trolley car, this car being later left In
the school for a time as reminder Of
the talk She also carried other objects
with her, such as a small gas stove. cleo
trio wires. sSns ana charts. for the talk
by no meaIS stopped with the dangers
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

" the course OF the year lyl2, In New
York City alone, 1856 persons were
Il either killed or injured by the ordi-
ary traffic of the streets-an average OF
nearly eight persons day. "A large per-
centage Of these were children. Autom0-
biles killed 22l pedestrians and injured
1872; wagons killed III and Injured S17
while trolley cars killed 13i and injured
7Oi Manfestiy, these deaths and injuries
represent a clear loss to the community
in which they occur.
1t was the recognition of this loss which
started the American Museum of Safety
on the children's safety crusade, cru
SADIE conducted in the schools of Brook
lyn and New York in cooperation with
the Board OF Education and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system
The American Museum OF Safety Is an
institution devoted TO the safety. health
and welfare Of industrial workers. so that
an attempt TO reduce this useless loss tf
life and limb came well within its scope.
and in dealing with the question OF safety
in the streets the logical beginning seemed
to be with the children. Accident preven-
ton being primarily matter OF education,
the hope for sound and efficient citizens In
the future lies In training the children OF
the present generation 10 think and act
along lines OF safety and caution on the
streets and in their homes.
The museum therefore, applied to the
Board of Education for permission to
lecture on safety and caution IN the
schools This request the board readily
granted
Jha museum found upon analysis that
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
Recruits Of tie
C&fSLy 61Z5970s

of the street. but included those of fire
as well.
A series of Safety pamphlets. show
ing i'm story and picture the various acci-
dents and their causes, were given the
children, and each child was presented
with one of the red safety buttons
which have become familiar everywhere
| in Brooklyn.
The traffic rules. illustrated by dra-
matte stories from the daily papers and
happenings I'm the schools themselves,
were very simple. Where a don't" be-
came actually necessary, its reason was
always carefully explained or given by
the children themselves. In fact. the
reason for everything was dwelt upon
constantly.
The principal rules follow;
Wait until the car STOPS before get
ting on or OF.
Keep your head and arms INSIDE the
car windows.
Never stand or sit on car step.
In getting OFF a car: Left hand on
the handle, left foot on the step, right
foot on the ground and face the way the
car is going. Carry your bundles In the
In getting ON a car, grasp the handle
with the RIGHT hand. bundles In the
LEFT arm.
on leaving the car. look out for passing
automobiles or wagons
Wait until an approaching car PASSES
instead OF running in front OF II.
In passing BEHIND car. always look
out carefully for automobiles, wagons or
cars coming from the OPPOSITE direc-
tion. Remember that the car HIDES
YOU from the drivers OF such vehicles.
Look each way before crossing the
street.
Always WALK across street. If
THERE ISN'T TIME TO WALK, WAIT
The fire rules included the following:
Always buy SAFETY matches.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

merely followed where others have led
There were at their disposal in the
city Of Manila Spanish universities, even
before our own great institutions of learn
ing were founded, yet they have con-
tributed nothing of importance TO educa-
ton They have produced no great schol-
ars, statesmen. leaders OF thought or men
of letters.
"As a people living in the open ana
close to nature, they are musically In
clined and music plays considerable
part in their daily life. No village Is
without its orchestra. They have an easy
mastery over the most difficult musical
instruments. but they have no composers
of music, or musicians of fame. The Phil
ippine Constabulary Band is a musical
organization of some note, but even that is
led and directed by an American negro.
an the realm Of business their depend
ence is even more pitiable. They have no
Filipino bank They have no wholesale
establishments engaging in trade They
take no part in foreign commerce and
these things they are a mere negligible
quantity. 1t might be supposed that In
| the minor trade pursuits they would have
| some place But here again we are dis
appointed, for almost the entire retail
trade of the islands is in the hands Of the
| Chinese.
Does this situation not reveal condi-
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
Men Like Bishops Brent, Fallows and Oldham
and Joseph R. Mclaughlin and Judge
OdIin Think Fihpinos Unified as
Yet to Take Charge Of Their
Own Affairs.

What have the Filipinos accomplished?
For more than three hundred years they
have been a Christian people-deVout
Catholics Their religion came to them
through the efforts of the early Spanish
missionaries. Yet in these three centuries
they have added nothing 10 the Church
and no Filipino has risen to a high place
in II. The wars which have frequently
occurred for religious freedom and free
dom of thought in other parts OF the
earth in that long space of time have had
no place in their history. They have
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

ton of impotence? Does IL not show the
absolute helplessness Of these people?
How can the superstruCture Of a national
independence he placed upon such
foundation For the last three centuries
all the initiative, all the enterprise AL
the progress Of the Philippines has pro-
ceeded from sources without. They have
never shown any self-reliance or ability
TO stand alone. How the quality Of inde-
pondence. political or otherwise, is 10 be
injected into a people who by reason OF
training and habits for centuries have no
independence is matter that passeth
understanding.
Il am trying 10 point out the fallacy OF
the endeavor TO build an edifice without a
foundation There are many other rea-
sons why independence al this time would
be both impossible ard disastrous, but
time forbds more thdn a brief mention OF
some of them. AS a people they have no
homogeneity. They are separated In many
ways.
The numerous islands have little rela-
ton TO each other, and even on the larger
islands the people are separated by noun
tain ranges and vast wildernesses through
which there is little or no means Of trans
portation n communication But. more
than all, they have no common language.
They consist Of many tribes speaking
many dialects There is no unity, either
physical or Of purpOse-no common feel
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

pose has been to give them better gov
ernment Nay. our aim was to give them
the best government enjoyed by any de-
pendent people on the face of the earth.
We have done that To strike that gov
ernment down, or to impair its useful
ness IN the great work of human uplift
in which it is engaged, Is criminal
Judge Arthur f. Odlin, of Florida, for
six years judge of the Court of First In
stance, Philippine Islands, said:
81 take il for granted that the issue
soon to be determined by the Congress
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
MORE TIME NEEDED.

"Second-There Is a second reason, and
that is. the generation that now has the
direction of affairs is Spanish-rained.
The Americans, with their IDEAS OF de-
mocracy, their public schools, etc, have
been present but fifteen years. The old
est school product is not much over twen-
ty-fve years OF age. 1t is the man OF
the generation preceding which would
Immediately come to the direction OF af.
fairs. One OF the early things that would
happen would be the setting aside OF the
English language and a return 10 the
Spanish and to the ideals Of the older
civilization.
What is needed therefore, is, first
that the school system be extended SUI
ficiently TO take in all the children OF the
Filipino race. Second, that time DO
set sufficiently far ahead, say thirty years
hence, by which time the present genera
ton of English trained youth would be
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
BISHOP OLDHAM'S WORD.


The Right Rev. W. F. Oldham, Method.
ist Episcopal Bishop for Southern Asia
1904-12, his diocese including the Philin.
pines, said he would yet counsel delay
for the following reasons:
"First-The Filipino has done well un.
der direction. The pupils have been sin.
gularly attentive and receptive. But the
teacher has been constantly In evidence
and in accounting outcomes this should
not be overlooked. Much distance has
been travelled. Much yet remains before
the end appears in sight.
Particularly is thus true in the recog.
milton and in the safeguarding OF the
rights of the common people. Before the
American advent a very great gulf sepa.
rated the comparatively well born and
well 10 do from the masses. The latter
were almost wholly uneducated and sub
missive to direction. Ignorant OF their
rights and unable TO defend them, they
We're voiceless and oppressed. Derived
from the Malay tribes, the tribal arrange
ment has ever been In the background
of their thinking. In contact with Spanish
arstocratic ideas, even the tribal think
ing has degenerated. Submission to the
illustrate and the jefe or political boss
has taken the place of tribal devotion to
the Penghulu.
And the worst Of it is that not only
does the poor peasant consent TO the H.
legal domination of a nearby boss, but he
has not yet got 1t into his thinking that
he acts unworthily in consenting to such
overriding of his rights and personal In.
terests.
The public school system, bringing
education TO this mans door, has begun
to awaken him from this slave attitude
But during the thirteen or fourteen years
Of this system less than one-third Of the
children OF the islands have been TO
school, and of this one-third a small pro-
portion is Of the class referred 70. What
is needed is a nationwide school system,
until these peasant farmers, fishermen
and others shall also learn that they are
men with rights, and learn how 10 -
sert and defend these rights in legiuD ''h
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

ing to lie them together By nature they
are warning people, experts with the
bolo, and the various tribes are as prone
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
7XpERT OPINION OPPOSES ADMINISTRATIONS PHILIPPINE POLICY
Leading Students Of lnsular Conditions Express
at Lake Mohonk Conference Their
Views on New Born Plan to Give
Philippine Natives Lawmak-
ing Powers.

per cent Of the adult inhabitants "a,
read and write, either English or anv
common tongue. and use the ballot with
decent degree of intelligence. tbsv
should be given the opportunity to do.
eide for themselves If they desire an IN.
dependent government. 1t ought not 70
be imposed upon six millions at the 70.
quest of a few thousands"
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
PUzZLE-FlND THE MOTIVE.

L think il will have TO be admitted by
the most ardent friends of the admins
tration that it's action is not based upon
that careful investigation which the cOun-
t-v had a right to expect the subject
would receive. Being forced TO the con-
clusion that the action is not based upon
results brought out by investigation or
upon the advice of those who are in a
position 10 know the needs of these peo-
pie. some other motive must be assigned
for il.
Political expedency can hardly be the
reason That would be too humiliating
1t is true that the Democratic platform
of 1872 contained minor plank on the
Philippine situation. but l deny that the
people of the United States in the last
Presidential election expressed a wish
that the Philippines should be abandoned
or that the work already accomplished
should be sacrificed or imperilled, or that
there should be any radical change in
their form of government.
so far as that question is concerned
the election meant nothing. The subject
did not engage the public mind. 1t was
not an issue in any proper sense, and
even if it were an issue II cannot be said
that it received a majority approval. in
asmuch as the platform of which It
formed a part was not indorsed by a
majority vote.
THE present proposal must proceed
upon the theory that these people are
competent 70 accept and properly use the
authority conferred; that they possess
that stamina, that moral and intellectual
fibre, that quality of independence of
character that fits them for political in
dependence. II that were true there
would be no objection TO it. What are
the facts? Their history should throw
some light on the subject
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
- RESIDENT WILSON'S new

RESIDENT WILSON'S new pol
lev toward the Philippine Islands
Il which provides that whenever feas-
ible the Filipino be preferred to the
American as an official, is the subject of
much criticism these days.
The new Governor General, Francis
Burton Harrison, of New York, an
nounced the forthcoming policy of the ad-
minstration Immediately upon his arrival
at Manila The action of the President
i'm passing the control of the insular gov
ernmcnt over to the natives was made
the subject of discussion by several promi-
nent men at the Lake Mohonk Confer
ence Of Friends Of the Indian and other
Dependent Peoples.
Joseph Rogers Mclaughlin. student OF
Philippine affairs. who has been twice in
the islands. gives his impressions Of the
effect of the new policy as follows
What information. may we ask, has
the administration as 10 conditions in the
Philippines that warrants il i'm taking the
perilous step OF Surrendering our guard
ianship Of these people by giving the
natives absolute control Of the Legsat-
ure. the lawmaking body of the insular
government Upon whose demand is this
important innovation made? Did the
President. In formulating his policy, base
il upon the recommendation of the retir-
ing Governor General or Of any one as
socated with him in the government
there? Did he base it upon the advice of
the Americans living in the Philippines
me missionaries, the clergymen, the
bishops. the judges the physicians, the
educators. the Investigators, or the men
Of business who have their money in
vested there? Evidently not. for almost
% a man they are against the proposal.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

Continued on seventh page.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
WANT BEES TO WORK
DURING ENTIRE YEAR

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. THE
University of Pennsylvania is trying
to have bees make money in winter.
Despite all the old theories about
bees and the fact that they are of
the best known of the alternating in
sects science demands that they shall
be more profitable If they work tho
year around.
To experiment on this plan the uni
versity engaged Professor e. A. Phil
lips, of the department of agriculture
at Washington, who has taken up
his work at the laboratories in this
city
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
FORTY MILLION
PARCELS CARRIED
That Was January Business of
New Postal System-Jersey
City Ranks High.

z WASHINGTON, Feb. Forty
million parcel packages were handled
during January. the first month the
system was in operation. Nearly all
the $750.O00 appropriated for a be-
ginning has been used up, and Post
master-General Hitchcock has asked
Congress for s75O,0OO more.
The estimates made of the first
months business is based on reports
from the fifty largest postofflces.
where about half the postal business
Of the United States is handled. Dur
inf the month, at the fifty largest
Offices, 1886, 1888 packages were
handled, and the amount of business
done the last two weeks of January
exceeded by more than 5000, 900 pack
ages that done the first two weeks.
A statement issued by the post
Office department reads:
Chicago exceeds all other cities in
the number of parcels handled, with
a total of 416S,15S, and following in
order are New York, with 3,519,7SS;
Boston, 1,151,40s; Philadelphia, 1,035,-
900; st. Louis, 917,S09; Cleveland,
s79768; Brooklyn, 1000; Detroit,
b1O,072; Cincinnati, 412,3S1, and Kan
Tsds lily, o0l,lOz.
In every case the postmasters re-
port general increase in the volume
OF business handled. No congestion
has been reported, and in every in
stance the mails have been moving
with the usual dispatch. AS this is
regarded as the dull season in prac-
tically every section of the country,
60 far as the use of the mails is
concerned. 1t is believed that the
amount of parcel post business will
increase at a tremendous rate within
the next few months. In the more
remote sections of the country the
postmasters report that the mer-
chants are preparing to extend their
Fields to the rural districts through
the use of the system, and that the
farmers are learning its possibilities,
anticipating the sending of their pro-
ducts to the cities and towns with the
opening of the spring season."
Jersey City ranks forty fourth
among postoffices, rated according to
the general business done, but 1t
stands twelfth in the number of par
eel post packages received and dis
patched. Jersey City received 25,330
packages and dispatched 292, 946.
Rochester received $4,000 and dis
patched $1,000. Jersey City and
Rochester are cited by the postoff1ce
department to show the variety of
business done. Jersey City leads on
outgoing packages and Rochester re-
ceived many more packages than it
aent out.
The postoffice department has not
yet estimated the cost of handling
the 100000 packages. Much of the
$4,000 expended was for equipment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
INSANITY INCREASED BY
HIGH COST OF LIVING

ST. LOUIS, Feb. THE high cost
of living is blamed by DR.. Sidney
Wolferman, insanity expert at the
City Hospital for the unprecedented
number of insanity cases brought to
that institution in January. Sixty
three cases came under his observa-
ton during the month, nearly twice
the monthly average.
DR.. Wolferman says insanity is in
ereasing rapidly In St. Louis. There
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
TWO MORE ENTER FIGHT
TO BREAK LYLE WILL

HACKENsAcK, N. j.. Feb. T.
Two more contestants have entered
the field in an attempt to break the
will of John s. Lyle, of Tenafiy, who
left the bulk of an estate valued in
the millions to his young widow.
: They are Isaac and James Lyle
sons of Alexander Lyle, a brother of
the testator. They live at Cape Ne
gro Shelburne county. Nova Scotia.
Their appeal was filed yesterday
with Surrogate Robert A. Sibbald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
MRS. VANDERBILT PLANS
SKYSCRAPER MEMORIAL

CINCINNATI. Feb. IA unique
skyscraper memorial building is soon
TO be erected here by Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, sr., widow of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, in memory of her father
Major Gwynne according to a local
realty agent representing the
Vanderbilt estate.
1t will be called THE Vanderbilt"
and be twelve or more stories high
: The power and light plant will be in
a detached building. The ground site
is 11,000 square feet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
GETS DIVORCE, REFUSES
TO TAKE ANY ALIM0NY

DENVER, Feb. Mrs. Margaret
Farmer obtained a divorce from John
Farmer and was offered alimony. She
refused to accept it.
Judge Rothgerber. who granted the
divorce. was so persistent about CIV
ing Mrs. Farmer alimony that she
got up and argued her own case for
ten minutes before the court could be
persuaded. She said she could sup
port herself.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
CHICAGO WOMEN'S FEET
BIGGEST, BUT "PRETTIEST"

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-Chicago women
have the most nearly perfect feet in
any city in the world, generally
speaking.
j. B. Sheehan, president of the Re-
tail Shoe Dealers Association, says:
Chicago women have larger feet
than the women in any other city,
but their feet are the most perfectly
shaped. The feet of Chicago women
are the prettiest and most shapely
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
HONOR NEGRO LAWYER

BOSTON, Feb. 7.-William H.
Lewis, negro, assistant United
States encouragement. whose prof
fered resignation from the American
Bar Association caused a lively dis
cussion at the recent convention Of
that body. will be Lincoln Day orator
in the State House Of Representa-
tives February u.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
FINDS WOMAN'S DEATH
PRESUMABLY ACCIDENTAL

vINELAND, N. j., Feb. TN the
death of Mrs. Leslie Walton, who
was shot while alone in her home on
January 80. while packing a grip
preparatory to going to st. Louis to
Join her husband, a coroner's jury
decided that her death was 'presum-
ably accidental" Mrs. Walton died
in the Physicians Hospital yester-
day.
Her husband testified she made no
4, statement to him eXcept to-
yolver had caught in her dress.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
HUDSON FROZEN OVER

ALBANY, Feb. with a record of
317 consecutive days of navigation
boats on the Hudson river between
Albany and Troy and New York
made their last through trips. This
years continuous navigation record
exceeded the one established in 1910
by eighteen days.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
GIRL HAS HER SEWING
MACHINE PUT IN CAPITOL

DENVER. Feb. state Auditor
Kenehan was astounded when he saw
an expressman installing sewing
machine in a private chamber Of
Supreme Court justice.
Il don't have anything to do about
four days out OF the week. explained
the pretty girl stenographer land
thought might as well sew up here.
Within an hour the sewing nzehiae
left the State House.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
COUNTESS MEps YANKEE

STAMFORD, Conn. Feb. The
Countess de ia Chesnaye. formerly
Miss Daisy Ellsworth Kirk, Of this
city. who divorced the dashing Count
Paul Marel de Ia Chesnaye two years
ago, has been married TO Hiram r.
Foster, of 10 East Fifty-ninth street.
New York city. He is connected with
the Windsor Suit Company.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
THREE-FoURTHs VERDICT

COLUMBUS, Feb. THE Legs
inture has enacted a law providing
that in civil cases verdict may be
rendered by any number of members
OF the jury not less than three
fourths. It is the first time in the
history Of tha State that II less than
iaaniuiry verdict has been permitted.
rhe act is IN conformity with an
amandpezIt 10 the constitution
adopted laht year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-07
STOPS MOVING PICTURES
OF THE PASSION PLAY"

BAYONNE, N. j., Feb. 7--Chief of
Police John Yore stopped a moving
picture depicting the Passion Play,
which was billed at picture theatre
HThe audience shouted for the return
of their money and got it. The action
of the chief was prompted by the
Lenten season.