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V -1" DAKMa flfllMY IiLRaLD, BAk6A &tv, tagftASKA, tirwuwo BfiwK ncwMfarwgfrttM -V..t: JffV oaca? -.'epMCtt i&rMtJPA, i . ffcumfci ititi 'TiniKiiHiiiKliivxai tf "trjrrr.-zrzrLrTLirzrz LFryrr, -7t MMM4MMsMWfiatfEhMUMitU0MHB9raBenta FAMINE FUND WORK AT HALF-WAY MARK Thomas W. Lamont, Chairman, Tells of Relief Administered and Task to Be Completed. The Atnerlcnn Committee for China Famine Fund, nccordlni; to u stuto meiit Issued by Thomus V. I.iiinont, rliulriiiiiii, hus reuched the second Miijie of Its mission of mercy of si'inl liiK funds from America to feed tin; millions of MtnrvliiK famine victims In tin; fur eastern republic. At the low est cMlnuite, the Htntenient says, Just ns much more Is needed to enrry "the Inst .".OOO.OOO" (hrotiKli to the June Imrvcst its hns nlrendy been sent. Mr. I.iiuiont points out flint quick rehpoiie by Amerleu to appeals inside by President HnnlltiK mid bis prede cessor, l'resldent Wilson, has resulted In such prompt distribution of relief Unit the tbieutenod magnitude, of the famine bus been checked to u marked extent. A continuation of the efforts so far made, It Is declured, will place the. famine relief for China amonK America's most effective philanthro pies, The Waltlno Mllllont There remain, however, the state ment shows, a "Inst r.,000,000" to be saved, and these people can be saved only by continuous nnd voluminous re llrtf ic.stiltliig from American subscrip tions. The Mnlement, In part, follows: "Quid; response to the appeal of the Aiiierlcun Coininltteo for China Fam ine Fund tflveH us at the half-way point In our work the cheering assur ance that the subscriptions from Ken eroua America already huve served a ten-lit humanitarian purpose, Inasmuch is- relief nlrendy administered bus held tlie famine In bounds and made It pos I'ble for America to save a multitude nf human bellies. "Whereas early estimates made It seem that millions must perish, we now are advised that Instead of the lfi.OOO.OOO who, It was originally fear ed, were doomed to death from lumper, relief at present In sight from all sources, American, Chinese and for eign, Is suttlclent to provide scanty ra tlims until the June harvest for nil ex cept 5,000,000 people. These 'last 5,000,000 are destitute, according to our latest' reports from the American Advisory Committee In I'eklni? and are dependent for existence upon new help eomliiK from outside sources, and this means America. From All the People lit Is the earnest hope of the Com nlttee that the number of contribu tions made us well as the nRre'atc will be such ns to make our humanlta rhwi nlft, In n real sense, a Klft of the American people us a whole. "One way to make Individual effort and Keiieroslty contribute toward snv lnj China's sturvliiK population Is for every one responsive to China's need, In effect, to 'pick n pul In China for a duy.' The thought behind this npeclal appeal In connec tion with the latter part of our effort will be for American men, women and children to choose, llgurutlvely, a Chi nese famine victim as u friend for a day nnd to send what they spend one day on themselves or an American friend to the China Fnmlne Fund ei ther through local committees, banks or churches or direct to Vernon Mini roe, treasurer, Bible House, New York City. "No American Is m poor that be cannot nave a life at the UiWMt rate eer (pintcd. one dollar a month. Life's quotations fluctuate, sometimes In one uirtlou, sometimes hi another, but the lower the (imitation the greater the opportunity of humanity, the opportu nity of human beings to save human life. China is far away .(KK) miles -but hunger Is hunger, whether around the comer or beyond the I'ncllle. "We appeal to America to make ef fective the work already done In checking the China famine disaster by saving until bnrvest those nlrendy saved from dentb." "CHINA WEEK" IS SUPREME EFFORT OF FUND WORKERS As a practical and popular demon stration of the sympathy of (he nation for a sister republic, a "China Famine W''k," to be observed throughout the tfidted States, has been set for the eight days from Sunday, May 1, to Sunday, May 8, Inclusive. Jn this week It Is hoped that the churches and civic, commercial and professional bodies will take an active purt. Tho success of this week will determine largely the amount of re. lief which can be hent through per Konnl wtcrlllco to 5,000,000 starving people still dependent on outhlde aid, SEND What You SPEND ONE DAY To China 5,000,000 Chinese Famine Vlctlmi Still Need American Help ficfore June. $1 will lave one life one month, PICK A PAL IN CHINA FOR A DAY To batten the work of relief, Oil newspaper will forward contribu tion to the local Treasurer, or to the National Treasurer, China Famine Fund, Bible House, New York City. Schools Are Making Filipinos An English Speaking Race " iT 4 " '""bhh " " ' '" ' ' ' i""""" ' ' " BijagTm 1 II 1 1 Ml Thle Is the type of schoolroom that nation out of the 10,500,000 If n teacher In u public school In the Philippines desires to punish n child, she doesn't bine to apply the ruler. She simply sentences the oll'end lug pupil to remain away from school n few days I This Is the most severe punishment she can Inlllct, for Filipino children take an almost abnormal pleasure In going to school and acquiring an edu cation. The all-.'lllplno legislature, In response to the popular demand for "schools, and still more schools," Is constantly Increasing Its appropria tions for education, but the schools can scarcely be constructed fast enough to care for the ever-Increasing enrollment. The school enrollment Is now 892,000 without any compulsory attendence laws. When Dewey sailed Into Manila lluy tlioru were 11,100 private schools In the Islands. Today there nre 0,500 schools and colleges, with 17,000 Fili pino teachers and about 1,000 other teachers, llil of whom are Americans. The University of the Philippines Is the center of learning of the cut lie Orient, and Is the pride of the Fili pino people. It hns an enrollment of l,500 students. Santo Tomas univer sity of Manila, older than Harvard, Is another famous seat of learning. The school system Includes normal schools, agricultural colleges, twenty seven farm schools, a nautical school mid a school for the deaf nnd blind. Thu .Filipino pupil, In addition to learning Kngllsh nnd In addition to his regular studies, learns basket making, embroidery and hat weaving, the trades peculiar to the Islands, as well as the domestic sciences and ppdngogy. There are more positions than can be tilled by the trade school and com mercial college graduates. The trade and agricultural schools produced SI, 170,850 worth of goods In 101!). There Is nothing that the Filipino peoplu tako more pride In and that A Passing Landmark of Old Manila ! , ami " This Is n photograph of the famous old Itrldge of Spain, Manila. H Is now a departed landmark of the Philippines, for Its place has been taken by one of the finest bridges In the entire Orient, the new .Jones bridge. The Jones Itrldge Is named hi honor of the late Congre.sMnnu W. A. Jones of Virginia, author of the Jones law of 1010 which promised tho Filipinos Independence upon the establishment of a stable government. Tlie old llrhlge of Spain Is called "the mother of Manila's bridges." Tlie original bridge was built of pontoons sometime between the years 1500 and 1000, being known as the llrldge of Moats. The stone bridge shown above was built about IU'10. It was twice damaged by carthiuukes, and wus once partly duinulihbed by u Hood. PRESS COMMENT ON PHILIPPINES The Phlllpplnesl (Shenandoah (la.) Post.) Our Idea of the Philippine question Is to net out us quickly us possible ttnil stay out. What do you say? . Our Little Brown Cousins (Argus, Itock Island, 111.) 'Jbeie Is no mlstnl.tiig that Filipinos wiiiil their Independence. And It Is just possible, a tbe Insist, that the) In t.bf Inlands, better than we Aiuerl caiiH over here, are the best Judges of wl. ether the) are tilled for Indcpcud ence. The United States wants no outburst lu the Philippines as Kn&tntid faces lu Ireluud. The snslcht ivuj to keud off u rebellion la to tftve the Is rapidly making an English speaking Inhabitants of the Philippines. they are more grateful to tlie United States for, than their sclwol system, which has been declared by many com petent critics to be one of the finest In tlie world. While the system was Implanted In the Islands by Ameri cans, every rent of the cost has been cheerfully borne by the Filipino peo ple. The schools nre. making an Kng llsh speaking race of the Filipino na tion. Kngllsh Is the olllcial language, and it Is declared will continue to be when independence Is granted. "The Filipino boys and girls nro well balanced, docile and Industrious University of the Philippines which Hns an Enrollment of 3,500 Students. pupils," says Junius 15. Wood, who was sent to the Islands by the Chicago Dally News to investigate conditions there, "To attend school Is a privi lege to a Filipino child or young man, not an unwelcome duty. In the cities those who work lnys go to school nt night. "Today there Is hardly n barrio where youngsters cannot be found who speak Kngllsh. One-third of the house of representatives and eighteen of the twenty-four senators speak Kngllsh. In the next election. In 10-"..', the young men of the new schools will ho step ing into coutiol, and the first gieat goal of the public school system will have been reached." Islands their Independence before they lutve cause to rebel. Shall We Let Philippines Go? (Ccila Uaplds (la.) Itepubllcan.) The United Slates 'caniftit continue to hold the Philippines unless this na tion wants to give the He to its owu professions In the matter. The United States must keep faith with the world. Thu American people do nut want the Philippine Islands to become their Irish ijuestlou. Filipinos Are Making Headway (Mt. Vernon (O.) ltepubllcuu.Ncws) The Filipinos are making an Inten sive and Intelligent campaign for In dependence They are urging their claims with bhrewduchs and vigor. They declare that they tiuvy proven bej oud (ih'stloii that they are capable of self-government, and they believe that with Independence the Filly luo will so conduct himself us to ctu thu reject of the world. . k" THREE PRESIDENTS ASK AID FOR CHINA Harding, Wilson and TaTt Appeal to Americans to Help Stricken Millions of Sister Republic. The President nnd two ex-Presidents of the United Stutes have Joined, for I he first time In Hie history of the country, lu an appeal for a philan thropic enterprise. President Hard ng, ex-President Wilson and ex-President Tuft are all In tlie forefront of the movement to send nld from America to the famine ictlms of China. One of Pres'dent Harding's first offi cial acts after his Inauguration, taken when he had been in the White House less than two weeks, was to lenew the appenl made by bis predecessor In be half of America's sister republic lu the Kast. President Hard ng Mild lu pint : "At this, the earliest practicable mo ment lu my administration, I desire to add my own to the many appeals Which have been Issued heretofore In behalf of the Mnrvlng people of a large sect on of China. "The picture of Chirm's distress is so tragic that I am moved, therefore, to renew the appeal heretofore ninde and to express the hope that the Amer ican people will continue to contribute to this humanitarian caue as gener ously as they po..lhly can." In appo nting thu American commit tee for China Fnmlne Fund, with his own Immediate predecessor In the White Houe, ex-Ptesldent Tuft, as one of the members, and Thomas W. Lainnnt of New York, as chairman, President Wilson said In bis procla mation: "Not only In the nnme of humanity, but lu that of the friendliness which we feel for a great people In distress, 1 venture to ask that our clt zeus shall, even though the task of giving Is not today a light one, respond as they can to this distant but appealing cry for help." LIFE SAVING STAMPS HELP FAMINE VOTS Each "Mercy" Sticker Purchased for Three Cents F'rovides Food for One Day for a Chinese. Sales of "l.lfo Saving Stumps" by the American Committee for China Famine Fund for the benefit of China famine v etlins bine reached a total of thousands of dollars at the end of the first month, and already the money Is actually saving lives in China. Or deis during tlie first month aggregated more than 10,000,000 stnmps, which will mean at the rate of It cents for each stamp $1100,000 for tlw Chinese when' the complete returns have been made. The stamps are Intended to se cure a multitude of small contrlbu t'ons from persons who will not have an opportunity to contribute In other ways. The campaign for China is the greatest slnglu philanthropic effort now before the American people. Kvery state In the Union Is now co operut ng lu the life saving stamp sales, and special committees are at work In more than 2.000 cities throtigji out the country. The circulation of the stamps Is being effected by sales organizations composed of oflleers of the Woman's Foreign MWs unary So cieties, assisted by commercial organi zations, schools, churches Hoy and (llrl Scout Camps, Y. M. mid Y. W. Christian Associations, fraternal lodges, hotel iismic atlons, boards of education and other volunteers Inter ested In the movement to extend a helping hand to a sister republic In dis tress. House to bouse canvassing for the sale of the stumps which are Intended to be placed on the backs of letters and packages has proved the most effec tive method In the .smaller eonimun' lies. In the big cities the stamps have been sold to business houses, which ore using them on their outgoing mall am! packages. A nominal iiuota of ten stamps for every adult bus been set by the comni ttee, but In many centers this already has been passed If un able to obtain stumps through a local committee write China Famine Fund Committee, ISlble House, New York. BUY CHINA LIFE SAVING STAMPS- If each person buys ten stampu at a cost of 30 cents, this community will go over Its stamp quota. Stamps can bt secured from the local China Famine Fund Committee or directly from China Famine Fund, Hlbls HeuseJJewYork City. I Vt SAVES A L.ir55 OT FOR A DAV OTi nonnrnns or Tin; jiml (Written for The Herald by Kc. C. II. Lowe.) I uin going to limber up the Un derwood once more to speak of the news item of Sundny's paper, which was one or the most Interesting to mo. It has to do with the robberies of the mail. You sny there wus a prlco of $5,000 put on the head ol every mall robber that In brought to account. The mall clerks arc to be armed, mid they are to see, In so 'far as thoy are ablo, that the mails are protected. "Mall robberies must stop," 8ays Postmaster C.eneral Hays Wo throw up oijr hat for Hays. It may be u bit early, but vvu will trust Hays to do what he "says. What a lot of this sort of crime 'there is. One would think thore Is no mail at all which was not rich in valuables, and would furnish' rich loot for the man with the nerve and tho criminal ambition to go and go! it. It may be these robbers have some way of finding out which mails are the ones that arc good for plunder. If this is so, it ought not to bo so. The way then to stop this game is to have a bit more secrecy in the handling of the mail. We have noticed this, that there nre few men who are working with the mall which, nro ever naught in crooked ness, they are occasionally. From 'what I know of mall workers, they know tho chance for being caught is too great to take the risk, even though they should have the crim inal desire. Now, If this Is the case, we ask why other men cannot ba made to feel tho same thing? We do not believe the mail clerks want to be held up and robbed any more than the public wants to be preyed upon. But while the chances of escape Is good and the boodle Is ricn, these things are going to be done, for thore will be found some who are too lazy to work and who are willing to take the risk. We observe in the news Items that the haul is usuallv u fairly good one, to say tho least, and thore- Is seldom the news of any being caught. Some are. More of them ought to be. Why should these men got away? Wo do not hear so much of the express com panies getting robbed for they hav a way of preventing it. That way h to go nfter the robbers till they get them. One of these companies hai a record of having caught every rob ber who has robbed them. That U a mighty good detcrrant. Have the criminals any special grievance at tho malls and a love for the express companles that they go for the mails? Wo guess they want the money and they go where they can do tho best and run the least rldt Like every other class they fo'low the line of least resistance, and go for tho mails. You seldom seo ,in expressman who does not have a gun on his hip. and especially so If there are valu able.s lu the car. If there la an un usually valuable shipment, they have sovoral men to go as a ppuclnl guard and theso men aro armed for busl iiuas. Hut you never saw a mall clerk in your life that was armed, though their oath of office requires them to defend tho malls. If there Is a specially valuable paekugo to bo carried, and if the mall sorvlco 1h in the carrying business, as it Is, wbv should not they havo a Kpeclal guard, loo. If that were tho regulation, shipper.' would tell tho poulal au thorities of tho value of the parent aH quickly as they would loll th. express company. Then tharo .night be some safety provided. A $fi,n00 reward will help a lot in hiingiiig men to Justice. Tin mail clerks aro welt, cowanli any more than other men, and they will do their best. Hays says, "We lira going to use ovory power possible t.i do this (stop robberies), no matter bow drastic. The west knows how to lfandlc theso criminals just as thoy used to In tho old Wells-Fargo days." Now, we all know what that means. It means that some one Is going to got shot if ho Is not care ful. From what Mr. Hays says wo rather got tho lmp're.sslon that "bringing In" a mail robber nicies dead or allvo. We believe in going after these men just this way. Make them know tho depnr.tinont means business nnd they will divert their nttontlon to soino other line of busi noss Wo do not bollovo in letting the postal bervlco become Ineffclent nor demoralized by a few criminals nor that the public shall repeatedly suffer out of regurd for their worth less lives Supposo a dozen robbers should loso their lives at the game That would bo a small prlco to mnko the mails safe. If tho next twelve men who attempt to rob malls would bo shot dead lu their track3. that would all but end the mall robbing business, too dangerous. Mall thieves aro not anxious to die. (loverninent Is to preserve the safety and life of tho governed, and tho limn who imperils this safety has to bo punished. The fear of punish ment Is a deterrent whether the criminal Is such because ho ha, an abnormal mind or whothor h ) is purely criminal Tho purely tilm- liml ought to be shot In his tracks If ho ennuot be taken alive, and may bo tiny way, Just as you would shoot u man who entered your lwmio to rob you; the other man ought to 'have some consideration, but It Is hard at the time to Inquire Into the cuso and the man will havo to take his chance uu a part of the u'.une and this ho cxpocta to do when he f,oeu Into It. With tho arming of the ru!lvvj mall clerks and the revvnrd, and th order to bring them In, we look f'.r an Immediate slump in thu business of robbing the mall. We trust Mr. Hays to bring this about, and if ha does halt as well as lie did In the managing of the recent republican presidential campaign a mail rob bery Etory will shortly be a pleca of real nevvs. r.KUAT. N0TICHS First Pub. March 31, 10121 3v. notici:. Charles J. D. Bouwmeester and Harry L. G. Bouwmeester will take notice that on the 19th day of March, 1921, Sherman W. McKinley, County Judge in and for Dakota County, Ne braska, issued an order of attachment 'or the sum of $95.13, in in action pending before him wherein John Kyan is IMnintifT nnd Charles J. D. Bouwmeester and Harry h. G. JJouw--ncestcr nre defendants; thnt piop erty of the defendants consist 'ng of a tractor hiu been attached under said order. Said case was continued to tho !)th duy of May, 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M. JOHN KYAN, Plaintiff. First Pub. March 31, 1921 3w. notici: Chai les J. I). Bouvvnieester and Harry L. G. Bouwmeester will take notice thnt on the 19th day of March, 1921, Sherman W. McKinley, County Judge in nnd for Dakota County, Ne braska, issued nn order of attachment tor the sum of $107.00 and interest m an action pending before him wherein Thomas F. Crosby is Plaintiff, and Chnrles J. D.Bouwmeester and Merry L. G. Bouwmeester are defend ants; that tlie property of the defend nits consisting or a tractor has been ittached umlcr said order. Said case was continued to the 9th day of May, 1921, at 10 o'clocl. A. M. THOMAS F. CROSBY, Plaintiff. First Pub. April 7, 1921 3vv OK or If or iikakimj am notici: OF PltOBATK or WILL. Ill the County Court of Dakota County, Nebraska. State of Nebraska) D.ikota County, ) bS" To Catherine lliley, Matilda Hen dricks, Nellie Burk, Angeline Noble, Frank Riley, Lorettn Roe, nnd Thom as Riley, and .to all persons interest ed in the estate of Miles T. lliley, also known as Miles T. Reilly, de ceased. On leading the petition of Cather ine Riley praying that the instru ment filed in this court on the 2nd day of April, 1921, and purporting to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, may be proved anil allowed, and recorded us the hist will and testament of Miles Riley, de ceased; that said instrument he ad mitted to probate, and the adminis tration of said estate he granted to Mike O'Neill ns executor. It is hereby ordered that you, and all persons interested in said matter, may, nnd do, appear at the County Court to he held in and for said county, on the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause, if any there be, why tlie prayer of the petitioner should not be grunted, nnd that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hearii f, thereof be given u alt persons interested in said mattor by publishing a copy of this Order in the Dakota County Herald, a weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand, and seal of s.ud court, this 2nd day of April, A. 1)., 1921. SHERMAN W. McKINLEY, (Seal) County Judge. LUMBER UILMvOlli: n.J ieu.rl tiiilldlnf mt.rlll 25 OR MORE' SAVING t jqu Don't Tciiconildftr tmjrlbg antll yoabTM McuuiiLUli4( umtiat jouueexl nd bar our ttlmt hj return tufetfc, IV nhlp qoieh and pay th frvlrht. J?A"vrns LUMBER CO. .VM BOYD STIM'.r.T OMAHA. NUB. LET US PRINT IT FOR YOU Ssi5i"":ttiit::tis;gj m JtHWw. Sjucceil? Here J3 your opportunity to Insure oaainst embarrassing errors in spelling, pronunciation und poor choice of words. Know tlu meaning of punhng war terms. 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