| Show a i THE 1 nE nEs i I Gen General era Woods Wood's 00 s Auto Aulo o Goes Over Into I River At Ai Ferry No NoOne One Ii Hurt HurtT UTi Islands 24 2 the T Province Philippine May By T I Associated Press The Press The automobile of ot Major General Leonard Wood I one of ot the chief members of ot the mission investigating conditions inthe Inthe in inthe the Philippine islands at the request of ot President lIard Harding fell tell into Int river near nar the route here while being ferried across across' 1 the stream General Wood escaped uninjured but ut an Ian hour was vas required i ito vehicle from the water I to pull the I Twenty men including General Wood tugged gg d at at the the rope rope continually on nui lY until the car was wass hoisted finally up tc to I dry land The Th mishap occurred when I Ithe the automobile slipped from the ferry terry i at the landing I At where the party arrived I soon after atter th accident they were greeted by the Filipino school super super- visor In his address he said We welcome the mission and will gladly submit Ito to o its It investigations We Weare Weare Weare are like the patient who willingly places himself in the hands of ot the doc doc- tor We e have great faith In the American Ameri Ameri- can congress and we think that every Filipino can say I I owe everything I have to America America Amer Amer- ica ica General Wood In replying said Among the important and InterestIng interesting interesting interest Interest- ing Inv Investigations ye we are are making ar arI are those those- into nto the schools the public works worl s and the administration of ot jus jus- I tice The latter if It in a fair and impartial impartial im impartial im- im partial way without reter reference nce to persons persons persons per per- sons is the tho bulwark of an any people The American people want vant to know the Philippines and their conditions W W. Cameron Forbes and myself came tomake to tomake tomal mal make e an Impartial report of ot things a as we find them The Tho hospitality of the people has been magnificent all of the officials from Acting Governor Yeater down have been most considerate in their e efforts orts to our ur investigation in every possible way General Wood spent the tho night here the capital l of ot the province Local speakers did not refer reter to independence I but said they were confident that the I missions mission's report would be fair This morning General Wood inspected government government government gov gov- buildings and schools prior to departing for Alcala and The two sections of the tho Wood Wood- Forbes presidential mission investigating ing conditions in the Philippines met here today miles north of Manila M after one week of ot divided inquiry The section under Major General Leonard Wood traversed the provinces of ot Nueva Vizcaya Isabela and in northeastern northeastern north north- eastern Luzon while the section under W. W Cameron Forbes visited the moun- moun ain aln provinces in the northwest of ot the island General Wood arrived here by steamer steam steam- er having proceeded from Aparri in province to the islands north Of Luzon as far tar as Fuga island of ot otI the group I Speakers the northern provinces provInces inces told the mission that the people are concerned principally about roads and Improved means of communication tion with the outside world General Wood was greated here by bya a large meeting in the city hall Miss Anatolia P. P Galano Gatano treasurer of the Federation of ot Women's Clubs of the Philippines spoke in favor of granting immediate independence to the Philippines as well as women women suffrage and full enforcement of prohibition pro pro- All Filipinos who spoke here fa faVored ored Independence In some form torm or or other either with an American protectorate protectorate protectorate pro pro- or if that were impossible then absolute freedom In reply General Wood said that the tho mission was not interested rested in th the opinions of Qt political groups and said sald that there could not be a a. stable government government government gov gov- without impartial administration tion of ot justice During the m meeting ting the Forbes party arrived in and Commissioner Forbes briefly addressed the meeting meet meet- In ing Later General Wood addressed six hundred teachers from northern provinces provIn provinces In inces es who were here attending a a. normal normal nor nor- mal Institute You should instruct your pupils something more more than figures and the lines in books General Wood said You should teach them to realize their obligations to the government to so society society society so- so and to respect the dignity of Jf f labor and to apply themselves ot of agriculture agriculture agriculture ag ag- for the wealth of the PhilIppines Philippines Philippines Phil Phil- Is in the soil Oft Off Fuga Island yesterday General Wood fished for two hours hauling in eighty pounds of ot fish including a thirty seven pound ven-pound mackerel |
