~ Bellefonte, Pa., October 26, 1923.
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CALL TO FOURTH ANNUAL CON-
VENTION OF THE. PENNSYLVA-
NIA LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, November 14, 15, 16 and
17, Philadelphia, Pa.
To all League Members:
In accordance with the by-laws,
you are hereby called on to send del-
egates to the fourth annual convention
of the Pennsylvania League of Wom-
en Voters to be held in the Bellevue-
Stratford hetel, Philadelphia, on Wed-
nesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, November 14, 15, 16 and 17.
This year’s convention will be nota-
ble in the annals of the League and
of the general movement to make
women’s citizenship effective and of
value to the State. It takes place,
midway, so to speak, between the dis-
tinct and even distinguished accom-
plishments of the Pennsylvania
League of Women Voters in the 1923
session of the State Legislature and
the 1924 State elections when, among
other things, a popular vote will be
had on the question of calling a Con-
stitutional convention in 1926.
Three special phases of construct-
ive service will be considered and
planned for by the delegates to the
convention, as follows:
First: The question of the Con-
stitutional convention! The bill pro-
viding for a State-wide vote on this
proposal was passed through the 1923
State Legislature only becaause of
the insistent urging of the Pennsyl-
vania League of Women Voters. A
convention which will submit to the
people of Pennsylvania a new and re-
vised constitution, which will bridge
the gap of half a century since the
adoption of the Constitution of 1873
and place the fundamental law in
touch with the present political, so-
cial, legal and economic conditions of
the present and future, is vital to the
citizenship of the government of the
Commonwealth. The Act of the Leg-
islature provides that the voters of
the State shall decide, in the general
election of next year, whether or not
they favor such a convention. The
fourth annual convention of the
League will lay plans for a campaign
which will insure the success of this
proposal in the 1924 convention.
Second: The question of a Revis-
ion of the County Tax and Assess-
ment Laws! Bills providing for such
a revision were submitted to the Leg-
islatures of 1921 and 1923 but fell
far short of passage. It is proposed
to place such a bill on the League’s
legislative program for the 1925 ses-
sion of the State Legislature. A re-
vision of the county tax and assess-
ment laws will unquestionably result
in more equitable assessment and
much less expensive collection.
Third: The question of the World
Court! The National League of
Women Voters, with the support of
the State leagues, has gone on rec-
ord as favoring the adhesion of the
United States to the Permanent Court
of International Justice. The State
convention of the League, after re-
viewing the activities of the National
and State Leagues in connection with
the World Court movement, will con-
sider ways and means of reaching an
effective crystallization of public
opinion on this far-reaching proposal.
The statement of these three ques-
tions indicates not only the import-
ance of the questions themselves but
reveals with unusual clarity the kind
of work which engages the minds and
energies of officers and members of
the ol Rd League of Women
Voters. These three questions alone
display the spirit of service which is
the hallmark of the League; the spir-
it which will inform the fourth annu-
al convention.
The fourth annual convention may
well consider a restatement of the pa-
triotic and unselfish aims of the
Pennsylvania League of Women Vot-
ers; a restatement, not because these
aims are misunderstood, but so that
we may rededicate ourselves to the
fundamental program of training and
equipping women for citizenship and
for service in the parties. The Penn-
sylvania League of Women Voters is
influential only because its machin-
ery is not used to promote personal
or political ambitions; it is influential
because it is used solely for the pub-
lic and party good. So soon as any
organization is diverted to the pursuit
of political or other honors and gains,
so soon does it begin to deteriorate
and lose the confidence of those who
support public opinion. In this re-
spect, the Pennsylvania League of
Women Voters, inspired by the high-
est ideals, stands high in the regard
of all Pennsylvanians and as a guide
to those who would travel the right
road to public service.
You are urged to attend the con-
vention and in the light of the sug-
gestions which mark this call, speak
and work for the development of the
Pennsylvania League of Women Vot-
ers; speak and work for that sincere
and earnest interest in public and po-
litical affairs which is the sign of the
patriot and the citizen.
——Vote for Smith for Treasurer.
London Physicians Call Bad Shoes
Health Peril.
Bad footwear is declared by some
prominent English authorities to con-
stitute a grave menace to the health
of the nation. The secretary of the
Boot Trades Association, representing
10,000 dealers, recently sent a ques-
tionnaire to medical and school at-
tendance authorities asking how much
sickness was caused by shoddy foot-
wear. One health officer reported 30
per cent. of the illness among chil-
dren and 20 per cent. among adults
can be traced to this cause. A Ply-
mouth authority estimated that 50
per cent. of the general ailness is due
to faulty boots and shoes.
Recently cheap paper shoes have
been coming into England from Ger-
many. But there is also much crit-
icism for those manufactured at-home
because of their unscientific design
and questionable material.
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7. Home Hygiene and Care of Si k
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9. American Junior Red Cross
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
November 11th to 29th
Join or Renew Your Membership
RED GROSS MET TEST
IN JAPAN FUND DRIVE
Spirit of Service Demonstrated
in Readiness for Nation-
wide Activity.
When President Coolidge by procla-
mation designated the American Red
Cross as the medium through which
contributions for relief of the Japan-
ese earthquake sufferers should flow,
the President's desire came as an or-
der to the Red Cross. Immediately
the entire machinery of the organiza.
tion was put in metion and within 24
hours the fund campaign was moving
with vigor in every part of the coun
try.
This emergency test demonstrated
the peacetime readiness of the Red
Cross to cope with stupendous tasks
in behalf of humanity. Within a
month it had collected upwards of
$10,250,000 in contributions, landed
ten cargoes of supplies at Japanese
ports and was keeping pace with re-
lief requirements—all without a sin-
gles dollar of the fund being spent for
administration.
President Coolidge, in expressing
his thanks to the people, said: “When
the news of the tragedy in Japan first
reached us, the American Red Cross,
pursuant to a proclamation, asked the
country for $5,000,000 to meet the
great emergency. The answer to this
appeal was prompt and generous; in
less than two weeks a sum far in ex-
cess of the original goal was given.”
The work of the Red Cross for
Japan is expected to influence a very
large enrollment of new recruits dur-
ing the Roll Call, which starts Armis-
tice Day.
Red Cross First Aid
Standards Adopted
In Great Industries
First aid in an emergency which
assures the injured competent atten-
tion until the doctor arrives is making
marked headway through the work of
the Chapters of the American Red
Cross. In populous centers 314 chap-
ters conduct first aid classes and last
year awarded 9,500 certificates to stu-
dents. Eight big telephone companies
have enlisted their workers in first aid
classes, police and fire departments in
large cities are making the course
compulsory in their training schools,
and through colleges and high schools
large groups of students receive in-
struction. The Red Cross also gives
this course through Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Y. M. C. A. and similar organi-
zations, and its standard methods
have been adopted by railroads, elec-
tric and gas companies, mines and in
the metal industries. The aim of this
Red Cross service is to cut down radi-
cally the average of 60,000 accidental
deaths per year in the United States.
“Our cosintry could secure no higher
commendation, no greater place in his-
tory, than to have it. eorrectly. said
that the Red Cross is truly American.”
—President Coolidge.
Every day is a better one to the
man ‘and ‘woman stimulated by the
Red Crass spirit. Join now for hap
viness.
Can you think
of any better
way to use
a dollar?
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Junior Red Cross
Spreads Good Will
Throughout World
Nearly 5,000,000 pupils in the schools
of America are following the standard
of unselfish service as members of the
American Junior Red Cross, the an-
nual report of the American Red Cross
CORPORATIONS
WILL PAY COST
~ OF ROAD BONDS
Three-Quarters of State’s Entire
Revenue Comes From Big
Business Interests.
NO TAX ON REAL ESTATE,
SAYS SENATOR FISHER
a4 Vote For the $50,000,000 is Really
a Vote to Lessen Taxation in Town-
ships,
The Hon, John S. Fisher, of Ind-
ana, former Banking Commissioner of
Pennsylvania, and for years president
of the Associated Highways Organiza-
tion of Pennsylvania, this week issued
a statement showing that taxpayers
in Pennsylvania townships will actu-
ally save money if the voters Novem-
ber 6 approve the $50,000,000 bofid
issue for road purposes.
“With this money,”
Fisher, “the State Highway Depart-
ment will build over 1300 miles of road
Were this mileage not built by the
department, the improvement, if it
came about, would necessarily have to
be at the cost of the taxpayers in the
various townships.
“Every piece of construction under-
taken by the State Highway Depart-
ment is a relief to the individual tax-
payers because the cost of this con-
struction comes, for the most rt,
from the taxes paid into the State
Treasury by corporations.
“It is impossible for this bond issue
to increase the taxes of farmers or
other owners of real estate. There is
no state tax on real estate.
“Since 1919, the commonwealth has
issued $50,000,000 n bonds, but no
person’s tax was increased as a re-
sult; nor will any person's tax
larger as a result of the new
issue.”
“Where do the state taxes come
from?” Senator Fisher was asked.
“Pennsylvania corporations pay
three-quarters of them” was Senator
Fisher's reply. “They pay a tax on
capital stock, their net profits, corpor-
ation loans, corporation gross receipts,
corporation gross premiums, corpora-
tion penaities, corporation interest, a
bonus on charters.
“In addition we have a tax on
bankers’ and brokers’ gross receipts,
bank stock, borough loans, building
and loan stock, foreign Insurance
premiums, notary public commissions,
notary public gross receipts, unregis-
tered foreign insuranc? premiums,
stock transfer stamps.
“The miscellaneous income includes
receipts for the care of insane, the
collect'on of surety on bonds, cup-
said Senator
ow
ond
iscloses. This valiant host is rep-
resented in 125,072 school rooms of
24,289 schools throughout the United
States. With a service program that
is local, national and international in
scope, the American Junior Red Cross
is working unfalteringly for health |
and happiness and in the promotion
of activities among boys and girla
wherever there is opportunity for use-
fulness.
Increased activity on the part of
the schools enrolled and deeper recog-
nition by school authorities of the ed:
ucational values of Junior Red Cross
have been significant features of the
last year. Carrying on educational
and relief work in France, Poland,
Austria, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Albania, |
Bulgaria and Rumania, the American
Juniors have influenced the forming
of Junior departments in the Red
Cross organizations of these coun-
tries. American boys and girls wear-
ing the “I Serve” button of the Jun-
iors are proving apt messengers of
the spirit of good will and mutual un-
derstanding through correspondences: ”
with pupils in schools scattered
throughout the world. At the close:
of the school year in June 2,009
schools were engaged in correspond-
ence with a like mumber of, schools
in Europe; 284 schools in our insular
possessions and Alaska territory car-
ried on an exchange of letters with
schools in the United States and South
Africa. In fact, nearly 2,700 schools
with probably 100,000 pupils were busy
in this fine act of cheerful communi-
cation while 8,347 articles passed
through National Headquarters of the
Red Cross in exchanges between the
interested pupils here and overseas.
An incident of the year's advance was
the beginning of activity which will
eventually install Junior Red Cross
in the Indian schools of the United
States.
From every section of the country
reports of the tour of the unit of crip-
pled children with their chorus which
came from the Bakule school in
Prague, Czechoslovakia, to show grati-
tude to the American Juniors for their
assistance declare that nothing since
the World War has done so much to
awaken the Red Cross spirit in the
communities visited by the unit. :
The work of the American Juniors
in foreign fields is emphasized in the
advancement of playgrounds, scholar °
ships {in farm, trade and other schools,
community and school garden work,
and donations of cash and equipment
to children’s organizations. In these
projects $112,660.17 was spent during
the last year in ten European coun-
tries, ip China and in the Virgin Is-
lands.
“It is inconceivable that the Red
Cross could have come thus far only
to retreat; that it could have suc-
ceeded up'to the present time only to
fail.”—President Coolidge. .
Liberal to Ex-Service Men
Over $1,000 was expended by each
of the 3,600 American Red Cross Chap
ters in the past year in behalf of dis-
abled ex-service men. The actual to-
vending machines, escheats, examina-
tions of moving picture films, fees of
public officers, and a dozen other mis-
cellaneous items.
“The licenses collected every year
total several million dollars. The li-
censes based on the per cent of reve-
nu Jnclude those of chiropodists, cold
| Sto¥age plants. ex openers, employ-
ment agents, medical licenses, oleo-
farzatine licenses and others of that
nd.
“But as I say. the major portion of
the fund from which payment of ap-
~ropriations is made comes from the
corporations of Pennsylvania; and if
the $50.000.000 bond issue is passed,
the corporations will bear the greater
part of the cost.”
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
State Highway Department Has Many
Places to Spend Millions.
“Why borrow $50,000.000 to build
s0oads when in five years the automo-
bile fees will amount to $70,000,000?”
an inquirer wrote William Jennings,
of Harrisbure, secretarv of the Asso-
clated Highways Organization of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Jennings told him
as follows:
“There are 10,300 miles of State
Highway, which the State Highway
Department must maintain. Of that
total 5047 miles are of earth, on which
fence to fence will average $400 per
mile. Over 2700 miles are of macad-
; ‘per’ ‘vear to"
ver mile per vear, depending upon the
amount of travel. The balance is of
concrete, asphalt. brick or similar ma-
' terial, and the maintenance cost from
fence to fence is in the neighborhood
of $200 per mile per year. Because of
insufficient state revenues, the money
for township rewards is being taken
from this automobile fund. Certain
salaries must also he paid from it. So
when the vear rolls by $12.000.000 ot
the $14.000.000 is gone.”
“And £2.000.000 is left?”
“Yes: but there are ‘replacements’
to be made.”
“What do you mean by replace-
ments?’
“The replacement of worn-out ma-
cadum sections of State Highways
with modern tyne vavements. when
the traffic demands it. The 2700 miles
of waterbound macadam mentioned
must be replaced at an earlv day, be-
cause the tyne is not sufficient for
modern travel. This wil] cost $150,-
000.000. The Highwav Department
considers these replacements a proper
maintenance charge, the money to
come from automobile license reve-
nues. “Vhen you recall the last legis-
lature’'s anpropriation to the State
Highwav Department was only $24,000
vou will understand why all the au-
tomobile license money is needed for
State Highway and State-aid main-
tenance.” i
PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS
FAVOR NEW ROAD BONDS
Information from Harrishurg is to
che effect that prominent agricultur-
ists of Pennsylvania are supporting
the pronosed $50,000,000 bond issue
for roads.
J. A. Rose, of Ha.rishurg, is secre.
‘ary and treasurer of the Pennsylva-
nia’ Threshermen and Farmers’ Pro-
tective Association. a very influential
organization. He is a vice president
of the Associated Highways Oregani-
zation of Pennsylvania. In accepting
a vice presidency hs said on Septem-
her 17, 1923: .
“I believe ‘he Highway Department
can be depended ou to use the pro-
ceeds from this bond issue in an eco-
siamical and husinesslike manner that
will give us the maximum mileage of
good roads for the. money.” -
Frank P. Willits, :treasurer of the
Pennsylvania State Grange, declares
his belief ‘that the voters of the state
“will certainlv approve the $50.000.000
road bend loan.”
tal spent was $3,930,000.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
the maintenance cost per year from’
am, on which. maintenance cost runs
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See our Coats in Cloth and Fur
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Special $8.98
Silk and Cloth Dresses—another
lot of Poiret Twill and Crepe de
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Special Price $15.00
See our table of Sweaters—speci-
ally priced from $1.75 up.
Brocade Silks and Metalasse Can-
ton Brocades, Metalasse Silks and
the new-figured Crepe.
In Wool Dress Goods we have the
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