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P9"WSS
MINE OWNERS SEEK
TO HAVE TAX BILL
DECLARED ILLEGAL
jMeasure Adding Millions to
State's Revenue Not Prop
erly Advertised, They De
clare in Court.
HAIlTUSBtma, Pa.. Dec. 10.-The case
to teat the constitutionality oC ths an-
ithraclte coal tax of 24 per cent, on coat
prepared for tho market was begun to
day In the Dauphin County Court. It
I involves taxes nmountlng to millions of
dollars.
Of tho 60 cases that have appealed from
the tax settlement of Auditor General
Powell, three companies, tho Aldan and
: the riymouth, of Luzerne County, and
tho St. Clair, of Schuylkill County, wero
elected as typical of the others.
Judges Kunkel and McCarrell were on
tho bench and Audjtor General Powell,
who was present, wri represented by
Attorney Coneral Bell and Deputy At
torney General Hargest.
The Aldan case was the first taken up,
nd It wns claimed by Attorney Snyder,
representing Olmsted & Stamm, that the
company should not pny the J77S2.SS, the
amount of tho tax settlement, because
the act was local and special legislation.
It was claimed that In the nine counties
In which anthracite Is mined the news
papers contained no notlcn of the Inten
tion that the tax bill would be Intro
duced In tlio Legislature. 'The company
was prepared to present affidavits from
1M newspaper publishers to that effect.
Attorney Snyder said the Constitution
nd the act of 1874 reaulred such publica
tion of Intention. The Attorney General
aid the court had no power to go be
hind tho signature of the Governor on
the act
A point raised by the company was
-that tho State was not entitled to tax
(coal shipped outside the State and was
Loutsmo tho taxing Jurisdiction of the
(State at the time when tho tax wns sup
posed to be Imposed, last January.
It was contended thore wan a consider
able area In Luzerne County, whero the
Aldan Company Is located, where no coal
Is mined and that In somo townships the
tax returned by tho State to the munici
palities In ,c!Vil counties would eqUal mu
nicipal expenauures.
f COKE" VENDER SAYS POLICE
NEVER GET LEADERS IN TRADE
Prisoner Declares They Sell Thou
sands of Dollars' Worth Each Week
The real leaders back of the cocaine
traflla of (his city, who sell thousands of
dollars' worth of th drug each week,
jo never caught by the police, accord
ing to Frank Grubcr, 1211 Summer street,
who was held In J1600 ball for court on
two charges this morning by Magistrate
MacFurland at the 2d and Christian
trcels station,
'Gruber was charged with .having co-
icalne In his possession and with selling
1 the drug In the southern part TC the
city. He was trapped by policemen In
plain clothes from four different districts;
according id the testimony at his hearing.
lie' had been pointed out to the Dollce
by Jerry Gamp, 621 South 13th street, a
Negro.
' Gamp was arrested more than a week
go and volunteered to tell the police
where he got the cocaine found In his
possession.. Policeman Leo, of York
ror.d and Champlost street; Walsh, of
10th and Buttonwood streets: Barnes, of
(1st and Thompson streets, and Faulk, of
10th and Buttonwood streets, each testi
fied to having purchased quantities of the
drug from Gruber. .
I The prisoner declared at the hearing
this morning that he was only "small
fry." He said there aro cocaine traf
flckerti In Philadelphia who are selling
thousands of dollars' worth of the druir.
Tho police never seem td get any but the
mailer dealers, according to Gruber.
Policeman Walsh sajd Gruber had been
selling more than a hundred dollars'
worth of cocaine a week.
UNION LEAGUE TO HONOR
' GOVERNOR-ELECT TONIGHT
Senator Penrose and Prank 31. Mc
Olaln Will Also Be Quests.
The Union League tonight will be deco
rated with palms, flowers and Pennsyl
vania State flags. In celebration of the
overwhelming Jtepubllcan victory at the
polls on November 3 last.
The board of directors will give a din
ner In honor of Governor-elect Martin G.
Brumbaugh, Senator Penrose and Lieu
tenant Governor-dent tiVnnir r ii.rMBi
I Members of the league will meet the
three heads of the nepubllcan party In
Pennsylvania at a reception to be held
following the dinner.
The affair will be the reception that
the Union League, which couqta among
Its members leading Republican business
and professional men, has held for newly
elected Republican Governors of Penn
sylvania for a acore of years,
Bpeeches will be barred at the reception,
nd the only words that -will be spoken
will be those of congratulation, good
wishes and friendship. Even at the
board of governors' dinner, which will
be held In the small banquet room at
6:50. the guests will make no formal ad
dresses. The Governor-elect, with Senator Pen.
oso and Mr. McClaln, will receive the
iiuuu league memoera Beneath the State
ag. President WillUm T. Titrt.n r
he League, will introduce the members
me guests. Nearly SQOO Invitations
ave been Issued.
DANOE FOR SANATORIUM
itUlr Will Be aiven Tonight for
Consumptives' Hospital.
A brtdge-dansant will be held this vn.
Ing m Mercantile Hall for the benefit of
sne jwiin sanatorium ror Consumptive,
nunseciariaa inamuuon at Kaglesvllle,
a.
The affair has bean promoted by Louis
Isrstley, president of the Institution, and
Jr. A. J. Cohen, secretary and madical
Jlrector. The SDeelal eotnmlttaa in char-.
ineuiaes uexuunw i-nuip Arnold, Sam
uel . FehHahelmer. Alfred W. Webber,
Louis Gerutley, Bndlt Glmbej, BtMs A.
Glabel, Andrew Kaas. ft C. Kra.ua, Iaao
Leofwld, Julius C. Levi. Samuel "D. Lit,
jBtagifl K. Louchheim. AdoJpn B, Mayer,
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"fwg os.bi, Binuu cj&ajts, Biy
v omg, j. n. Baeueaourg. Faaale B.
S6R Morris VlotafamAtl Anif ILTIaa Ta-
inn Minam Goldberg.
Conveyances for Sehooi Pupila Urg4
A MMIt faNHM4 by the Board of Sbol
Wtor of th Mtb Ward w the
ot sMiteatto- to purc wagon
9en WSU' t tfeat McUoa to
WW ehoots. At potent childrB wJk-
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EVENING
REVOLVER DUEL WITH MEN
HELD AS FREIGHT THIEVES
Xlvely Tight Starts When Detectives
Trap Suspects on Cars.
Two men, betleved to have been guilty
of freight car robberies on the Philadel
phia and Beading Hallway's subway dur
ing the past week, were caught early
today after a revolver duet along the
tracks at 20th and Hamilton streets.
Two freight cars had been broken open
and a. dozen suitcases filled with auto
mobile accessories were found beside, one
of them. At the 10th and Buttonwood
streets station this morning the men
said they were William Henry and James
Mullen and that they had no homes.
A braheman on duty along the subway
tracks saw two men running among
freight 'cars and gave ths alarm. De
tectives Thompson and Eberly, of the
Beading, reached the place In 'nn auto
mobile' and 'soon found the men. Thomp
son grappled with one man on top of
a freight car and the other opened fire
on Eberly with a revolver. After a
lively fight, Henry, who carried the re
volver, surrendered, and Mullen, his
companion, was subdued with a black
jack. Two freight cars consigned to New
York were found broken open. One con
tained automobile accessories and the
other general merchandise. From the
latter 12 suitcases had been taken and
nlledWlth supplies from the automobile
'car. Magistrate Belcher held both men
for a further hearing December 17.
ELEVEN ROUSED FROM SLEEP
BY FIRE AND RESCUED
Flames Sweep Store and Dwelling at
Third and Eeed Streets.
Eleven persons, among them several
small children, wero rescued with diffi
culty this morning when fire swept tho
grocery store and dwelling of David
Baron, at the corner of 3d andReed
streets, and trapped the sleepers In their
apartments. The store and part of tho
eecond floor of tho building were wreck
ed and the garage of Thomas Flaherty,
301 to 313 Boed street, was threatened.
The blaze started In the rear of the
store among some rubbish. Beforo It was
discovered It had eaten Its way to the
second floor, 'where Baron, his wife and
five small children were sleoplng. Tho
third floor Is occupied by Morris Stern
berg, his wife and two small children.
Smoke rapidly filled the sleeping apart
ments. The sleepers were awakened by
Thames Flaherty and Michael Lombardy
after they had fought their way through
smoke and flames. They led the children
down the back stairs, the front stairs
having been destroyed by the fire. The
loss will amount to more than 31000.
TAKE TONNAGE FOR CANAL
Customs Officials Measure Craft to
Determine Tolls.
Custom, officials have completed the
tonnage measurements of the convict
ship Success for her Panama Carfal trip
to the Pacific coast. The tolls on the
vessel will cost her owners H 10.0. The
cost of towing the craft from here to San
Francisco Is approximately 110,000.
It la expected the steamship Cricket,
contracted for the tow, will arrive here
In a few days. There have been only a
few tows of such long distances In the
history of shipping. One of these was
the perilous Job of Captain Joe Hutch
inson, who took the floating drydock
Dewey from San Francisco to Manila.
Twenty-seven vessels, including the
Hamburg-American steamship Prlnz
Oskar. have been measured for the Pan
ama Canal by local custom officials.
STRUGGLE WITH A BURGLAR
Younp Man Overpowers Intruder
After Hard Fight.
Lloyd Patterson, of Glenslde, battled for
nearly half an hour with a burglar he
found In the cellar of his home, before
he overpowered the man and had him
arrested, early this morning.
Young Patterson heard a noise beneath
the window of his room and upon look
ing (jut saw a man crawl through the
cellar window. He aroused his father and
the two went to the cellar. While young
Patterson held the Intruder his father
telephoned to the Ogontz station for help.
The man gave hla name as John Murphy
when taken before Magistrate Comly this
morning and was held without ball. He
refused to give his address or tell of his
past life.
HAD PERMIT TO KISS.BY HECK
But Magistrate Revoked Man's li
cense Badge.
Magistrate Carson confiscated a "police
man's" badge today and reprimanded tho
owner.
It bore the sJnscrtptlon: "Sheriff by
Heck, Permit 3 Kiss." The man la Alex
Legrane. 3l Wilder street. He was ar
rested last night upon the complaint of
several young women who said he was
attempting to exercise the authority
vested In the badge.
AUSTRIAN HANQS HIMSELF
Despondent Over Inability to. See
Family and Find Work.
Joseph Seldenkewskl, an Austrian, was
found hanging In his room today at a
lodging- house, 1331 Everett street, Cam
den, by the Coroner. He had been dead
for several hours. ,
The man had bruises about the head
and his clothing was covered with
blood. Austrians In the rooming house
said there had been, no quarrel, but
that Seldenkewskl was despondent and
wished to return to Austria,' where his
wife and children are living. He had
been In this country five months and
could not find employment.
SALE POR OATHQLIOOTJH.D
Interesting Inhibits Form Pan-
Amercian Christmas Bazaar.
A' New England country store wU be
opened to the publlq this afternoon "at
J!"....ae,n v.5"' wher th Cathollo
Guild will how a Pan-American Christ
mas sale. The prooeetU are for the bensnt
of the working girls who make their home
In the Guild.
Besides the Nw England store, other
seotlons-a Red Cross table. Indian and
Paelflo exhibit, French Canadian booth.
Cuban and Mzlaan display, Louisiana
table and eouthern plantation kltehen
have been arranged.
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DIPHTHERIA AT LLANERCH HPSHHlfc
Three Cases Beported Four Trolley
Men in Quarantined House.
Diphtheria has broken out at Llanerch,
Delaware County, whoro thero are three
cases, tho first having resulted fatally.
Tho last new case Is that of Mrs.
Charles Burns, wife of a conductor on
the line of the Philadelphia and West
Chester Traction Company. Four con
ductors of that company, who wero
boarders In the Burns homo, aro In trou
ble over tho -matter. They wero not
exposed in any way to the disease, but,
as tho house Is undor quarantine, their
clothing and money 'cannot be obtained.
TJ. S. Collier Damaged by Storm
WASHINGTON, Dec, lO.-In a wireless
dispatch to the Navy Department last
night Lieutenant Commander Kempff,
commanding the big electric collier Jupi
ter, announced that his ship had been
damaged by the storm off the coast and
was proceeding to New York. Tho vessel
loft Philadelphia fof Boston December I.
XMAS SHOPPING EXCITING
PURSUIT BUT NOT FOR MEN
Women, Adept in Art, Know Just How to Reach Counters
Through Crowds Making Chivalry a This
Time Impossible.
Chivalry and Christmas shopping do
not go hand In hand, Or, If they do, the
chivalry la bound to lose out In the long
run.
A man stepped up to the Jewelry coun
ter of a popular shop and waited his turn
while several women were being served.
In the meantime a few more of the fair,
sex gathered round and Sir Knight step
ped gallantly aside with a "You first,
Alphonse," manner. The women never
hesitated, but came on In an endless
chain. The last seen of the mere man, he
was still stepping aside.
If you see a distrait shopper wandering
hopelessly" up and down the aisles mur
muring vaguely, to herself, do not jump at
the conclusion that she has suddenly
gone Insane. The chances are that she
i merely repeating her shopping litany,
which runs something like this;
"A leather bag for Mary, cuff, buttons
with Initials for Lancelot, writing paper
for 'Sara Ann, pink pajamas for father
and boudoir cap for Aunt Josy. My gra
cious, how am I going to do It all before
Christmas?"
"England may have her militants," said
a brave man, extricating himself from a
tangle at femininity at a bargain counter,
but we havo our wild wctaen, also the
Christmas shoppers."
If war Is barbarous, what little barbs.,
rains the kiddles are. See them crowd
round the counters where the forts and
soldiers and the submarines and air
ships are. And though an air rifle may be
hidden under a whole mountain of other
toy, they will plek It out instinctively.
Bay. Scout suits are, according to one
dealer, taking first place among the popu-
rrcrrypr
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lar Christmas gifts this year, and it
every little boy who gets an outfit Joins
tne movement, this will be a scout town,
sure enough. - -
SOUTH JERSEY GETS TROUT
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Thousands of Fish Released in
Streams There in Lnst Tew Weeks.
South Jersey streams have been stocked
with thousands of rainbow trout tho last
few weeks. Some of the fish placed wera
13 Inches long.
The last consignments of the fish were
placed In streams near Clementon, Lucas
ton, Blackwood, Westmont and Turner
villa yesterday, under the supervision of
Charles V. Follier, fish warden of Cam
den County, The fish were taken from
'the new hatchery at Hackettstown, where
the State has accumulated an Immense
etore of young fish by trading with other
hatcheries and the United States Gov
ernment. Beginning January 1 anglers must have
licenses to fish In New Jersey. Resident
licenses will cost ft and non-resident l-M,
The trout season opens April ..
Silverware
For Christmas Gifts
Silver Novelties
Vanity Boxes $2.25 to $32,Q0
Salts Bottles. . , 1 .00 tq 9.00
Cigarette Cases..,., 5,25 to 26.00
Pocket Knfyes 1.00 to 8.00
Silver Toilet Ware
Hair Brushes, $2.50 to$12.00
Combs 1.0Q to 5,25
Mirrors ..'. .. 5.25 to 19.00
Puff Boxe 1 .50 to 1,150
Each piece is heavy and well made; qf jhe sort that is intended for service
and not rrterely for underpriced selling The engraving, which adds so much tp
the 'appearance of silverware, is done in our own shops with greatest care and
attention. -
Selttien is made easier far you if you have a copy of our eafalpgue, which
gtvet? afsurjts' dBseriptioas and prices, together with over 22.0Q0yhftograftUc
fllwtratlawL,!
tne newest in
A copy is yotjfs far the asking.
Closing How: Six 'Ctck, Until
SPOTS,"
TELLS CITY
Prelate Warns of Dangers to
Morality From Insanitary
Homes in Discussing
Housing Needs.
The Most BeV. Edmond F. Prendergast,
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Arch
diocese of Philadelphia, discussing the
campaign In behalf of better housing con
ditions for the tenement poor, said!
"I havo very little actual knowledge of
the conditions of the housing problems In
this city. No doubt there are many In
sanitary, overcrowded houses In which
tho people, are exposed to danger of. dis
ease. Thero are also some plague spots
which should be utterly wiped out.
"Owners of houses should be compelled
to make BUch Improvements as aro neces
sary and there should be a law limiting
the number of families In these houses.
1'crhnps tho present Board of Health has
power to make these changes, but If it
can bo .accomplished better by nn addi
tional body tt would be of meat ad
vantage. "The object commends Itself to overy
right-minded man. It Is for the protec
tion of the poor, for the betterment and
safeguard of their physical condition.
"It Is a serious danger to morality to
crowd too many people or families Into a
house. The congestion which forces so
many of different habits Into constant
contact Is a danger to morality. In par
ticular to the children who are farced to
see and hear what will Implant In their
Innocent souls the beginnings of vice
which will ruin their lives."
"Are you In favor of the new legisla
tion of the new Division of Housing and
Sanitation as created by the Legislature?"
the Archbishop was asked.
"If these evils are found to exist they
should be remedied by some practical
rules," he replied.
This Is the first Interview granted by
the Archbishop since his elevation on any
other than a purely religious topic.
LOCAL HORSEMEN HONORED
Charles E. Coxe, Philadelphia horse
man, and Frederick Pabst, of Ocon
omowoc, Wis., were chosen vice presi
dents of the American Hackney Horse
Society, at the annual meeting held In
Madison Square Garden, New York, yes
terday afternoon. Reginald Vanderbllt
was re-elected president. William
Zelgler, Jr., of this city was elected a
director In the place of Edward B, Mc
Lean. MUSIC ROLLS
NEW S8-NOTE a FOH 11.00
Old Holla Exchanged for Navr.
"Ballln" tho Jsclc." "Humorcake," "Do tho
Funny Fox Trot." "It's a Long-. Long Way to
Tlpparary," "I Want to Go Back to Mlchl
gsn," ana othtri.
Band atamp for Catslnsua.
PKNN MU8IO HOLI. CO.. 1313 Market St
Silver Table Ware
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Tea Spoons ...... .$7.00 to $21.5Q
Dessertspoons 16.50 to 31,00
Dessert Forks 16,50 to 31.QQ
Dessert Knives .. . 1.00 to 31,00
Silver Jewelry
Bar Pins $ .50 to$3.QQ
La Valliergs 1.50 to 500
Link Buttons ...... .50 to 2.25
Men's Belts 1.25 to 6.QQ
Utamonds, Watches, Jewelry and
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DIAMOND MERCHANTS
JEWELERS-SILVERSMITHS
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"EXPECTATION OF LIFE" NEW
REPORT OF CENSUS BUREAU
Director Harris Outlines Flans of De
partment to Secrotary Eedfleld.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10,-ln the annual
report of Director William J, Harris, of
the Bureau of the Census, covering the
fiscal year of 1913-11, submitted to Sec
retary of Commerce Bedfleld, the follow
ing points are brought out!
An tmpoitant Inquiry conducted dur
ing the fiscal year was that relating to
wealth, debt and taxation, This canvass
covers public and private wealth and
national, State, county and municipal
Indebtedness and taxation.
An Important piece of work now In
progress Is the preparation, under the
charge of Prof. James W. Glover, of
the University of Michigan, of a series
of life or mortality tables showing "ex
pectation of life" for various elements of
the population, such as mala and female.
white, Negro, urban, rural, etc. This
Is the first time that lire tables of such
extensive nature havo been published by
any Federal or State bureau.
Tho Inclusion In the 19H report of
data for deaths of nonresidents, so as to
avoid the Injustice which Is now dbne
certain cities for high death rates, dtle
In considerable degree to deaths of non
residents, ore shown.
GIRARD COLLEGE SUBLEVEL
STREET PLAN NOT DROPPED
Northwest Business Men Reply to
Board's "Veto.
"Our efforts to have a sublevcl street
put through the Glrard College grounds
will not end with tho refusal of the
Board of City Trusts to permit tho
building of such a thoroughfare. Tho
project will be carried forward dcsplto
tt," Charles I.. Fluck, secretary of tho
Northwest Business' Men's Association,
said today.
For 10 years business men and asso
ciations have been working for tho city's
support of n plan to continue 22d street
through the college grounds from Glrard
avenue to Thompson street. In 1907 tho
Survey Bureau Investigated with a view
to cutting n tunnel beneath the grounds,
but the bureau report was never made
public. Since then the Northwest Busi
ness Men's Association has been ndvo
'eating a plan for n street sunk below
the level of the College grounds and
crossed at intervals by bridges similar
to the cut through Central Park, New
York, at R6th street. It was this plan
that the Board of City Trusts declined
to support at Its meeting yesterday.
PASTORS REORGANIZING BODY
Lemon Hill Association Will Be Di
rected by Advisory Board.
The Lemon Hill Association has been
reorganized by selection of nn advisory
board, which will direct tho work. Al
l-most all tho Protestant denominations' of
the city are represented In tho new
board, and the plan is to Incorporate
the association as a nonscctarlan reli
gious organization.
The summer outings for poor children
will be continued with the co-opcratlon
of the Philadelphia County Sabbath
School Association. The Bov. Dr. James
H. Ely hopes he will be able to have 100
missionaries at work In nil parts of the
city.
Doctor Ely has been named chairman
of the atfisory board, and tho Ttcv.
George Kuns, of the First Brethren
Church, secretary.
MEN CHISELED EROM CELL
Lock Falls to Work, Delaying Their
Trial on Vagrancy Charge.
Four men had to be chiseled out of their
cell In the Manayunk police station today
beforo they could be brought before Mag
istrate Grells on a vagrnncy charge. The
big lock on the cell had stuck nnd the
trial was delayed for half an hour.
The men were arrested on complaint
made by C, O. Strouse, 4013 Bldgo avenue.
According to StrcJuse, they had been
sleeping In the hay loft of his stable.
They were so dirty, he Bald, that he was
afraid they would Infect his horses.
Magistrate Grells sentenced them to
three months In the House of Correction.
WOMAN ACCUSES TURK
Declares Shopkeeper Attacked Her in
His Store.
Abraham Hafllf, a Turkish shopkeeper,
12S South 52d street, was held in S1500
ball by Magistrate Pennock In the Night
Court after charges of a serious nature
had been preferred against him by Mrs.
Sadie B, Free, -wife of a druggist, 701
South 69th street.
The woman declared she went Into the
store last night to make some purchases.
While HaRlf was showing her lace at the
rear of the store, she said, he seized her
and attempted to drag her Into a rear
room. Her screams attracted pedestrians.
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NOTED SUFFRAGIST HERE
Mrs. Pethlck Lawrence, of Lon
don, who lectured at Wither
spoon Hall this afternoon in her
campaign against war.
ENGLISHSUFERAGIST
SAYS WOMEN WOULD
GIVE LASTING PEACE
Mrs. Petrick Lawrence
Points to Present Strife as
Outcome of Male State
craft. If women had been nllowed a voles in
governing tho nations now Involved In
war the conflict would never have, been
waged, according to Mrs. rethlck-Law
rencc, well-known London suffragist
Mrs. Lawrence, who Is In this country
to start n world-wide movement for con
structive and permanent peace, delivered
a lecture on "Women and War" at
Wltherspoon Hall this afternoon. She de
clared emphatically that the present con
flict Is positive proof of the complete fail
ure of male statecraft and demon straten
clearly the need of the feminine element
In government. She spoke under the.au
vplces of the Women's Suffrage party of
Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Lim
ited Suffrage League.
"Men have often passed depreciatory
verdicts upon women as a sex," she said.
"They have defended their monopoly of
govornment by assertions that women
have no knowledge of business, that they
aro lacking In practical efficiency. They
havo drawn absurd Imaginary picture
of women In olliclal positions and hava
tried to portray the muddle that their
entrance Into administrative life of tht
nations would bring.
"Today It Is for the men to step down
and for tho women whom they have)
belittled to take the scat of Judgment.
No picture, however overdrawn of f
women's Ignorance, could exceed In
fantastic horror the spectacle with which
male governments ' are furnishing the
world today. The foundations of ths
structure of civilization which they have
erected In Europe have proved rotten.
The edifice, seemingly secure, has sud
denly collapsed."
Mrs. Lawrence said public opinion
should be so stimulated and organized
.as to bring effective pressure to bear
upon the governments of the world to In
clude the mothers In the ranks of articu
late citizenship, one of the best assur
ances of lasting peace that could be given.
Women, she declnred, as well as men
should be sent to The Hague conferences
as representatives of their nations.
In conclusion, she suggested that a
senate be formed of representatives of
every European nation, and that Interna
tional questions be discussed by th!sJ.ody,
nnd bargain and exchange ubstltutcdjfor
the present secret treachery, open slaugh
ter and loot.
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