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HUGHES' CHANCE
Declaration Removes Prob
ability of Roosevelt's
Opposition
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WAStllNaTOK, May It. Justice
Uughes' chance for th Republican nom
ination for President Svas Rfeatly strength
ened this 'week by tho declaration of the
Proffresslvo pnrty. This declaration re
moves the ono objection which. If pressed,
would, hnvQ eliminated Justice Hushes,
nitmely. the) expected opposition of Colonel
Itoosovott,
It Is now definitely establlslicd that tho
Colonel could not control his own follow
ers If he should perslBt In opposing Jus
tlco Hughes.
In tho early days of tho campaign Col
onel Itoosovelt made tho Btateinent that
ho would support Hughes, Hadley or
Knox. Tho latter two aro beyond Bcrlous
consideration at this time. Ex-Clovcrnor
Ilndley's health Is such that he could not
again enter public life. If his health had
permitted, he would havo been tho Re
publican nomlneo for United Htntes Sen
ator from Missouri and would havo mado
certain the reclaiming of that Stato by
tho Republicans. Ex-Secretary Knox Is
weak as a presidential possibility because
of geographical considerations, coming
from a strong Republican State.
Justice Hughes exactly (Its In tho, pres
ent situation. Ho comes from Now York
' pivotal State, .which must be carried by
tho successful party In November. Sena
tor O'Oorman, Democrat, feeling that New
York will go Republican, announced that
he -would not seek another term. Justlco
Hughes IB acceptable to tho Progressives
and has a hold on the masses.
With tho election of delegates this week
In Wyoming nnd New Mexico, six from
each State, all unlnstructcd, tho Republi
cans havo elected 823 of tho 985 delegates
to tho Republican National Convention.
Of this number 338 nro favorablo to
Hughes on tho second ballot, who, there
fore, will be tho strongest candidate after
the strength of the favorite sons has been
exhausted. Of tho 823 Republican dele
gates thus far elected 540 are without
instructions nnd 277 are Instructed as fol
lows: Cummins, 74; Sherman, 54; Rurton, 48;
Fairbanks, 40; Ford, 30; La Follettc, 25,
Roosevelt, G.
The six delegates elected In New Mex
ico this week, while uninstructed, aro
favorable to Roosevelt, and Wyoming's six
delegates will cast their votes dnally for
Justlco Hughes.
Tho only Interest attached to tho re
maning primaries aro those in Pennsyl
vania and Oregon. Republican lenders
hero who have heard from Senator Pen
rose and conferred with Senator Oliver,
glvo 16 of tho 76 degelates from Penn
sylvania to the Brumbaugh forces. Sena
tor Oliver was quoted last night as say
ing that Governor Brumbaugh would bo
defeated, as would the entire Brum
baugh Blate for delegates-at-largo.
, The only test of Justice Hughes'
strength before the voters in a primary
will bo In Oregon on May I9,r where ho
Is a candidate against his wishes. Sena
tor Cummln3 and ex-Senator Burton aro
alsq running in tho Oregon primary.
Ono hundred and sixty-two delegates'
are yet to be elected by the Republicans.
Primaries and conventions to be held
and the delegates to be elected are:
Pennsylvania, May 16, 78; Vermont,
May 16, 8; Alabama, May 17, 16; Oregon,
May 19, 10; South Dakota, May 20, 10;
Texas, May 20, 26; West Virginia, June
6. 16. .
Alabama and Texas elect their dele
gates in conventions.
Appcql to Voters to
Aid' Transit Loan
I appeal to every voter in Phila
delphia to turn out on Tuesday nnd
to vote for the transit and port
loanf and' for tho best Interests of
this city nnd of its' citizens.
Each voter should understand
that it is necessary for him to
secure from the election of fleets a
loan ballot In addition to tho
regular primary ballot, before
going into the voting booth.
do Not Fail to ask fou
and secure youu loan
ballot in addition to the
primary ballot.
Every registered voter is en
titled to vote ort the loan bill
whether he is enrolled or not.
Every vote is needed to insure
success nnd I appeal to overy voter
for help.
TIRED GIRLS PLEAD ttOR VOTES
TO PASS TRANSIT LOAISf BILL
"If I Had a Fallot, Bill
Would " Win," Grieg'
Member of "Strap
hangers' Brigade"
"Going to, Work in
Crowded Cars Is a
Hardship,", Asserts
Factory Employe
PENROSE URGED TO AID
TRANSIT LOAN BILL
need Military colleges
Captain Kingman, I. S. A., Says More
'Institutions Would Aid Nation
The United States needs more military
schools and colleges In tho opinion of Cap
tain John J. Kingman, U. 8. A., who spoke
today at tho Inspection of the cadet corps
of the Pennsylvania Military College, at
Chester. Captain Kingman, a member of
tho deneral Staff, was assigned to Inspect
tho various military schools through the
country by General Hugh L. Scott, chief
of staff. Chester Military College was
the last of 28 schools Inspected.
The cadets were put through various
drills and were given several military
problems to work out, as In actual war
fare. Tho now $40,000 battery of three
Inch guns was used today for the first
time. Battalion Captain William I.
Schulte, of Trenton, N. J., commanded tho
corps.
Several of the cadets will be recom
mended for lieutenants' Iji the service, and
others will be placed on the reserve list.
The orders for inspection were a surprise,
the data having been previously set for
May 17.
INJURY. ENDS TRUCK RIDE
11-Year-Old Boy Drops Off in Path
of Automobile
Bernard Lagardl, 11 years old, of 1333
South Carlisle street, clambered on the
tailboard of a wagon westbound on Arch
street this morning. He Jumped off near
11th street, and In trying to dodge a pass
ing: trolley car ran In front of an auto
mobile and was knocked down.
William F, Kull, of the Clipper Belt
lacing Company, 700 Arch street, who
was driving the machine, took the boy to
the Jefferson Hospital, where his Injuries
were found to Include fractures of both
jaws, loss of five teeth, numerous lacera
tions of face and body and probable In
ternal Injuries. Policeman Worff, of the
11th and Winter streets station house,
took Kull to City Hall to await a hearing
sit Central Station.
POINT BREEZE PARK OPENS
Many New Amusement Provided.
Picnics Popular
Point Breeie. Park, renovated and hav
ing: several new amusement features,
opened for tho season today. During the
winter all of the lowland was filled in and
othef .Improvements, costing many bun.
dreda of dollars, were effected.
The park will again be under the man
agement of Sietser Brpthers, whp an
nounce) that moro picnics have been sched
uled for this season than for any corre
sponding; period since the park epejied, Ave
years ago. ' A large picnic has been
booked fer almost every Saturday, and In
cluded ( among; the list are- the Associated
Courts of Foresters of America, the com
bined tribes of Red Men and the Orange
men It will bo the first year that the
Orangemen have held their plcnlo at the
park and as the organization Is united this
jeai it la said that It will be one of the
btggost. picnics of tb year. The Rapid
TransJIj C$D3ny aj4 the Southwestern
lUtlvray Company have assured the park
izranugemetit that they will give mora
Ki"utu tin park than ever .before this
?t-ir The mot rJrome and the cinder
rii -ra beta? put 4 shape. The races
ulii dtart mt iluoiorlal Cay, and game
at Uw jtdogt thif won wUt-oom.
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Continued from Pore One
tlonal Issue should nrlpo .to divide support
for theso bills. Clvl-J pride must assert
Itself before factional politics.
CALI. FOR SUPPOBT.
"Fully appreciating then your broad
comprehension of nil that Is necessary
for all our advancement, and relying on
your patriotism to submerge nny bitter
ness In tho present political conflict, we
urgently call upon you to Immediately
ask every ono to support these bills.
"Wo should nil bo 'For Philadelphia,'
disregarding politics, locality, creed or
rncb.
"A 'Clreater Philadelphia' can como no
other way.
PROTECT INTUItKSTS.
"In tho distribution and award of tho
contracts, your friends nnd udhercnts In
City Councils can easily advise tho citi
zens and protect their Interests, It will
take many yoars to expend tho money
secured from these loans nnd to complete
these Improvements, bo thu vital question
of the momont 13 tho Immediate securing
of funds for tho purposes necestinry.
"May we, therefore, count upon your at'
tlvo support nnd a public declaration, at
once, In the Interest of the passage of both
bills? Very truly yours,
"EDWIN M. ABBOTT, ,
"President Oak Lano Park Improvement
Association."
WORK UNTIIi POLKS CLOSE.
Tho final week of tho city-wide light
for tho passago of the $07,100,000 tian
slt and port loan bill ended today with
confident predictions from leaders In
every section of tho city that the bill will
pass on Tuesdny by a big majority. In
dorsements of the loan bill and tho Taylor
plan from organizations of very kind
continued to pllo up today, nnd tho men
who have led tho campaign., for real
rapid transit said they would contlnuo
tho fight until the polls close on Tues
day night. ,
The action of David H. Hart. Penrose-
McNIchol leader In the 23d Ward, In com
ing out publicly for tho transit loan, was
regarded as a significant development,
for It marked tho first break in the ranks
of tho faction reported to bo opposed to
the passage of the loan. In making pub
lic his stand beforo the United Republican
Club, at 4625 Frankford avcriue, Hart
said that McNIchol had told him he was
doing a wise thing to support tho loan
bill.
He also presented a resolution, which
was adopted, calling upon tho voters to
take tho loan question out of politics and
support the movement for a Greater Phila
delphia In splto of hostility to tho Smith
administration. "
THE RESOLUTION.
The resolution follows:
Resolved, in view of the fact that
an effort has been made to muko a
political Issue of the loan bills, to be
voted upon May 1G, tho active Repub
licans of tho 23d Ward present nt
this meeting (who unanimously favor
Senator Penrose as a leader In prefer
ence to the Vares) desire to place on
record their appfoval of the loans.
We believe the question of financing
the transit plans and other public Im
provements may safely be loft In the
hands of the citizens of our city, and
the approval of the loans would not
necessarily mean an indorsement of
the present city administration in all
Its actions.
We deplore tho fact that some citi
zens, incensed at what they believe to
be a misuse of the police power In
the present campaign, have threat
ened to show their resentment by
voting against the loan bills, and we
take this opportunity of urging all
citizens to support tho bills on Tues
day next.
The Penrose-McNIchol faction In the
46th Ward gave the transit and port and'
tho general loan bill a half-hearted In
dorsement last night at a meeting In the
S2d Street Theatre, B2d and Sansom
streets, when speakers said It was "a
good bill to put 'In the hands of tho wrong
people."
At the same time the loan bills were
Indirectly attacked by Select Councilman
Harry J. Trainer, a former Tarq leader,
who has awung In f r Penrose, who told
the members of the 36th Ward Penrose
Club, at n meeting nt 26th and Wharton
streets, to voto to defeat any measure
that would Increase the tax rate and the
rents.
The loans were Indorsed at a meeting
In tho 23d Ward, held at Qrlscom and
Unity streets, by the North Philadelphia
Real Estate Brokers' Association, the
Overbrook Association and by resolutions
received by the Mayor from the Philadel
phia Real Estate Board, the Lancaster
Avenue Business Men's Association and
tho 25th Ward Republican Cl,ub.
That tho sentiment of mora than 70
business men's organizations is favorable
to the twin loan measures wos the decla
ration of William II. Hancock, president
of the United Business Men's Association
of this city and of the Cohockstnk Busi
ness Men's and Taxpayers' Association.
"I am decidedly in favor of both loan
measures," he said. "The United-Business
Men's Association Indorsed the Taylor
plan and the loan bills. We still stand by
that record and we will do all In our
power tp help the passage of the two.
measures and the successful completion of
the provisions of the Taylor plan.
DEAD' MAN SURPRISES FRIENDS
Calls at Undertaker's as They Plan
His Funeral
k
NEW YORK. May lsr Several friends
of John Comttky were standing over a
body they had Identified as his at an
undertaking room In Hastlngs-oq-the-Hudson
yesterday afternoon. The man
had beet) Instantly killed by a fall on
the sidewalk that had broken his neck.
''I'll take charge of the funeral and
I'll see that John has the best of"
Frank Colleron, the speaker, suddenly
stopped and turned pale. The door had
opened, and Comlsky alive and well, en
tered and announced that he had no
immediate Intention of dying He ad
mitted that the dead man, as yet Uni
dentified, was his double, thanked his
friends, for their consideration, and. der
parted, leaving them dazed.
German Kings Send Envoys to Pope
GENEVA. May 1H. It la Teported from
Lugano, that two messengers from the
Kings of Bavaria, and Saxony pawed
through Chlasso yesterday bearing auto-.
i sjft& isUera to t&a Pope.
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Could the question "Do you want the
rapid transit loan bill to win next Tues
dny?" be put to the women who toll for
their dally bread In Philadelphia ah, but
tho nnswer would mnko the men, who do
tho voting, think.
Random questions put to girls of Phila
delphia who work, girls who must stand
every day on their wnf to and from thelt
labors, hns brought forth as oho voice, n
great, nlmost Bobbing nnswer to that
question, "Yes, oh, j'es."
Transit means more to the women who
toll than men realize, Stnndlng on
street cars to women often means physi
cal nngulsh, whon tho whole day has
been spent on feet that burn, nnd yet with
a smile from a heart that aches.
Going home on a No. 13 car last night
wns n little cash girl from one of tho
big department stores. Sho had been run
ning errands nil day but sho had to stand
for 60 Rqunros. Her hair was In curls
down her back, but her fnco already hnd
a tired look, nn expression which Bhould
not bo In childish oyes. She admitted
that many a night she had to stnnd nnd
thnt many mornings she stood nil the
way to tho store. Sho seemed to seo n
ray of hope ahead, when sho said: "May
bo It won't bo for long. They tell mo
If tho trnnslt loan bill pnssos thero will be
licttcr days. My mother and father have
told my brothers to voto for tho bill. The
boys know what It menns to sister nnd
me to have to hang on straps for moro
thnn nn hour dally. They nro going to
vote 'Vca.' "
SIGNS OF MOTHER'S CARE.
Tho child's clothes showed that her
mother was thoughtful of her children's
welfare In many ways.' Although tho
suit sho wore w.vs old, It wns neatly
mended in mnny places. Tho collars nnd
cuffs were clean, nlthough they too
showed signs of wear.
On tho same car, which was crowded
and jammed and packed to tho doorf,
was another woman who tolls, a little
woman of 30 odd years. She, too, stands
many mornings and many nights after
working all day In a bis, noisy factory,
over muchlties that do not stop f'ir tlied
nerves, nnd that throb with a ceaseless
whirl.
"CAR AFTER CAR PASSES ME." ,
"Truly I do not mind the standing In
tho car on tho way home as much as I
do stnndlng on the corner, while car nfter
car passes me," sho said, nnd for a
moment hor tired gray eyes gleamed with
something akin to animation. "Sometimes
I have to stand In the rain, and wait,"
she continued. "All the cars aro full and
thero is not room for the crowds who
wait nfter their labors to get home.
Many of the girls In our faqtory complain
more of that than they do of the actual
standing while going homo nnd coming
to .work. And that 1b a hardship. You
can imagine that. Tho trip to and from
the factory Is hard as my real work.
Then, too, when I get home often I havo
to do a little washing, because my salary
does not give me much money for laundry.
And a girl must look clean. Then, too, I
must mend evenings, and that Is tlresomo
work. But It would not be so hard If
I had a few moments' rest and relaxation
DUEATTACCHIRESPINTI
DAGLI ITALIANI SULLE
PENDICIDELM.CUKLA
Intense Azioni dil Artiglieria
Specialmente nella Zona
Montuosa del Col
di Lana
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LA GRECIA E GLI ALLEATI
ROMA, 13 Mngglo.
I' Mlnlstero della Ouerra pubbljqnvn
lorl' sera 11 seguente rapnorto del generate
Cadorno circa la sltuaslbh?,, alia fronto
ltalo-austriaca:
"Lungo la fronte del Trentlno si Bono
avute aztonl dl nrtlgllerla che sonq ,state
specialmente Intense, nella zona del Col dl
Lano. 4
"Nella conca dl Plezzo ll-nemlco tento'
per ben due volte dl attaccare le nostra
nuove potslzlonl sul ,Monte Cukla nella
glornata dl lerl (giovedl'), ma questl at
tacchl furono lmroedfatamente resplntl
dal nostro fuoco dl artiglieria e dl
fucllerla. .
"VI o' stata una certa attlvlta' da parte
dl tiattuitlle dl mlnatorl sull'altoplano del
Carso. II nemlco ha usato, ma senza'
rlsultatUanche liquid! lncendlarll."
A propostto dell'offenalva Itallana
nii'Txrinzo. offenslva che sura' nresa tro.
non molto dal generale Cadorna, II cor-'
rlspondente della Morning Post, che ha
potuto vlsltare In fronte dl battaglla
Itallana, descrlvendo nel glorriale londlnese
la BHuazlone a Gorlzla.'esalta la pptenza'
delle artlgllerle Itallane ed afferma che
"tra brevlsstmo tempo 1 preparatlvl ero
Icamente o strenuamqnte prosegultl dalle
truppe itallane nel mesl Invernall daranno
1 loro fruttl ed asslsteremo alia grande,
battaglla dl Gorlzla, che sara,' uno del
prtnclpall eplsodll della guerra europea".
Un telegramma da Atene 4,ce che
I'Austrla-Ungherla, lia dato lstruzonl al
suo rappreeentahte pella commissions In
ternationale che soryegHa le flnanze
greche' dl appogglare II progetto dl un
presttto Intern" della Grecla per la somm.
dl 30,000,000 dl drachme (30 mlllonl dl
lire) al 5 per cento.
SI sa pero1 che la commlsslone aveva
appena lerl I'altro disapproval II pro
getto, 11 governa greco si trova dl nuovo
In gravl Imbarazzl flnanzlarll dopo aver
consumato II prestlto dl 8 mlllonl dt
dollarl ottenuto 'alcunl mesl fa dalla
Franola. Dagll alleatl, dopo 11 suo atteg
glamento. equlvoco, 11 governo greco non
ha potuto ottenere alcun altro prestlto,
ROANOKE IIFEBOAT FOUND
WITH BODY OF SHIP'S OFFICER
Others pi! Crew of 60 on Wrecked
Steamer Believed Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, May IS- Another
lifeboat, which contained a body believed
to be that of John O. Dennis, second of
ficer of the sunken steamship .Roanoke, has
been pleked up by the Faclfla Mall liner
City of Para, A boat containing three sur
vivors of the wreck drifted Into the surf
at San Luis Obispo Wednesday.
Two other boats reported by. the sur
vivors to have been launched from the
Roanoke Tuesday afternoon have not been
accounted lor snd nose thar otherg of
ih vrkaoI's crew of nearly CO will bo
f 9n4 lv have be hJoed.
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Meni folir ,)Vomcn Folk
Ask Your Volg for, Transit
"StaridinR ,on way to work nnd
gOinff home is really a tragedy,
when ono works in n restaurant nil
day."
, A Girl who know6.'
"Hnnging on a strap, b'eforo and
after working nine hours a Uay in
a factory, takes' all the life tmt of
a girl."
-j-A WAn-fticed Factory OirL-
"Going back and forth in per
spiring, teeming humanity on
crowded street cars is harder work
than my real day's work, although
I stand behind a counter."
A Shop GirK
sitting Ih the car on the way from th
factory to tho houso."
Coming down Chestnut street nt a little
beforo 8 o'clock this morning, a similar
story was told by a girl of about 18, who
works In a restaurant. Sho tolls dally,
running back and forth In a crowded pop
ular price restaurant with a 'tray, filled
with Bteamlng hot food or cluttered with
dirty dishes. She wns not disgruntled, be
cause sho hnd to stnnd. Sho took It at
"What enn't bo cured, must bo endured,"
but she smiled when sho said, "Next Tues
day, I understand, tho men of Philadelphia
nro going to voto on tho lonn bills, which
will mean. If they do pass, things will bo
better. I have three brothers. My father
In dead. But tho boys aro aU. going to
vote for tho lonn bill; you bet they aro
going to voto 'Yes.' Mother has explained
to them what It mentis to women to have
to stnnd going to work nnd coming homo
ilnllv nfter n hard day's work. Tho boys
say they aro going to talk to men In tho
shops whero they work and soo If they
can not round up a lot of votes for the
loan bill "
WISHES SIIH HAD A VOTE.
Thero wcro many girls who havo tho
snmo feelings nbout tho heed of tho pas
sngo of tho transit lonn bill. Among them
Is Miss Helen McLaughlin, 1539 South
58th street, who Is employed In a depart
ment storo. Sho frankly ndmlts sho wishes
sho had n vote, so she could uso It for'
tho loan bill. Miss Clara Cohen, 51st
street nnd Pnrksldo avenue, nlso nn cm
ployo In u department storo In tho down
town dlRtrlct, voiced tho thoughts of
thousands of other working women when
she said-
"If I had a vote, I would vote for rapid
transit. I am tired to death pt hanging
on straps, waiting for cars to go by me,
already so packed that thoy do not stop.
I am sick of hnnglng on straps and I am
tired of having tho motormen Ignoro mo
as I stand waiting to go homo after a long
day's work."
Miss Pearl 1'lnnus, ziHi mage avenue,
a cash girl In ono of tho big stores, also
favored rapid transit, although she Is only
14 years old.
SHE NEARLY SMOTHERS
Miss Sadie ProBton, 513 North Cth
street, Is nn advocate of elevated trains,
saying sho does not 'like tho subways
particularly, but anything will bo better
than thq present conditions.
Miss Bessie Edelsteln. 52d street and
Glrnrd avenue, says sho "nearly smothers"
going homo nights in crowded cars and
that she novcr gets a seat. She said: "I
havo two brothers, rind I do bo want
them to voto for tho transit loan. It
moans a lot to the working classes to
havo It pass. I havo i stand up In tho
street cars and the subways getting to
nnd from work. If I had n vote It would
be for the loan."
These aro a few of tho thousands of
cxnmples of tho girls who must toll and
what they think of the necessity of tho
passage of flio loan bill. Before voting,
Mr. Father, Brother and Sweetheart, ask
a girl whd labors if she wants tho bill to
pass.
IATTACC0 TEDESC0
A VERDUN RESPINT0
Nuovi Tentativi del Kronprinz
Davanti al Forte di Douau-
mont Falliti'
Un comunlcato uiTlciale franeese dice
cho parecchl vlcorosl nttacchl del tcdeschl
nella rcglone del forte dl Douaumont cd
In quolla di Thlnmont, a nord-est dl Ver
dun, Bono statl resplntl con gravl perdlte
per 1 tcdeschl. Ad ovest della Mosa ln
vocq" le -forze francest hanno guadagnato
ntfovo terrene- pelle vlclnanzo della Quota
287 o nd ovest della Quota 301 dove con
tlnua senza posij la.lotta delle artlgllerle.
I francos! nttendevano l'attacco del
tedcschl sulln. destru della Mosa, sapendo
che gll attu'ccantl nVrebbbfp come al sollto
trasportato 11 peso dello Jloro forze dal
l'una aU'altra riva del Hume. In tal modo
II comando frnnceso aveva preparato la
rcslstenzn. Gil lnglesl nvevano perduto
lerl una parte dello lorp trlncee nelle
Floriilre, ma notizlo da. Londra dicono
che parte delle trlncee perduto sono Btate
rlguadngnato In violent! contrattacchl
operntl dagll lnglesl.
Come to the
"Garden on, the Roof"
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TWO TRAttSltf BOOSTERS
John T. PcdloV, president of tho
Woodland AvcnUo Business Men s
Association (nbovo), nnd Joseph
G. Loudorbnck, president of tho
Elmwood Avenuo Improvement
Association (below), aro both in
favor of tho Taylor transit plan
nnd arc working in West Phila
delphia for the passago of tho
transit loan.
NEW JERSEY CLUB WOMEN
WILL DEBATE DEFENSE PLANS
Federation Appears Divided on U. S.
Preparedness Scheme
ASBURY PAHK, N. X, May 13.-iTho
New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs
today will n'dopt resolutions favoring
national censorship of tho movies, pro
testing ngalnst the proposed erection of
a power plant In Fotomno Park, Wash
ington, nnd urging legislation for prison
reform. Lively debates aro expected bo
foro resolutions calling for a sane nnd
efllclent natlonol preparedness nnd in
dorsement of suffrage nro adopted,
Tho suffrago Indorsement has twice bo
fore been up In tho federation sessions
nnd each time It has been defeated. Lead
ers have predicted that tho defense res
olution would pass by' a small majority.
Tho resolution declnres that tho great
problem beforo tho nation today Is to
provide ndequato naval nnd military de
fense, and continues with n plcdgo of fed
eration Influence in favor of sano nnd suf
ficient preparation.
Credits BUI Up Today
WASHINGTON, May 13. After an
other all-day debato on tho rural credits
bll, IIous6 leaders today predicted Its
passage easily, virtually ns It1 came from
committee, Mnny nmendments were voted
down. Including one to penult tho land
banks to loan to tenant farmers as well
as landowners.
On Strike for Fresh Air
LiAUUEL. Miss., May 13. About 250
weavers nnd spinners In tho Laurel Cotton
Mills went on strike tody for moro fresh
air.
0. 5. DELAYS PARLEY
WITH BRITAIN TO SHOW
FREEDOM OF ACTION
Blockade Negotiations Post
poned as Reply to "Conditions"
in Germany's Subma
rine Note
CLOSE WATCH ON BERLIN
"WASHINGTON, May 13. The United
States Government will detfty Inking up
ngaln.wlth aren't nrJtaln tho matter ot
obtaining modifications of the British Or
ders In Council for the blockade tit Ger
man ports, This was statod nt tho State
Department 'yesterday, nnd tho explana
tion wpat offered thnt tho delay would be
duo sploiy tor tho attempt of Germany In
her nofc of May 4 to Imposo'ni a condition
of the abandonment of Illegal methods
of submarine wnrfnro that tho United
Stntes Bhould require Grcnt Britain to
permit foodstuffs to reach tho population
of Germany. '
Tno official who mado this authorita
tive announcement was Ycrv frank. Ills
Btntcment wns given ornlly In response
to questions, but ho did not place nny re
strictions on being quoted on the subject.
Ho agreed that tho following might bo
printed ns coming from tho department:
"In view of the npparent conditions cori
tnlned 111 tho German note, It Is very
difficult to proceed nt tho preserft time
with reference to England,'
Tho State Department's nmpllflcatlon
today of Its position with regard to Ger
many's effort to mnko legnl methods of
submarine wnrfnro dependent on n modi
fication of tho British blockado amounts,
M effect, t6 this" message to4 tW
Governments lw
"You know from our nou of tt.V . ,
wo wli not .,. .. 7"lMrt
servanco of ftcknowiM.. -!! tmii
rights or American cIUmm !I?,I1!!
high seas dependent on what 1 Tl
do to Grea't Britain. We wth U tetl
Britain .s nonc'or ZX X? j
relations In our own way m T' Sfl
(rood tlm. v y an4 In DUr al
"1,W6 "hould now begin to t M
Britain for n modification Pft' ?"
nde tho Impression would b er..JJ,wl
wa were doing so under an Tlmniui'J""
of Germany. Therefore. w i-SL'fS "
rer tailing tip tho blockade aiarfiV (
ureal umain again.
. "In tho meantime. w win ... ..
ntend to observe In good faith hL ''
iso contained in your Instructions iT25
marine commanders n ,....;lon.V0 N.1
and legal course In dealing Aff"1
chant shipping on the high Seas VJS
Bhould decline to accent our aL1 H
that we will not make any bargain 73
you on the submarine question t1" "
know what to, expect from us."
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AMERICA'S
PROUDEST
TROPHIES
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The electrification of 440 miles of main line of the '
.Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway "between Har
lowton, Mont., and Avery, Idaho, across the Belt, Roclcy
and Bitter Root Mountains, which form the Great Con
tinental Divide, and the digging of the Panama Canal, -
stand linked as the greatest engineering achievements H:
of this generation.
The Canal ushers In a new era of ocean travel. "St. Paul"
electrification heralds a new era In transcontinental railroading
mastering forever the stupendous obstacles of themountains
carrying traffic over the massive barriers with comparative ease
and with pronounced saving In cost decidedly Improving train
operation practically eliminating all trouble from cold and
snow maxwg mountain travel clean and mountain vistas clear.
While the ships at Panama have but 85 feef of altitude to Bur
mount, the giant electric locomotives of the "St. Paul" must
climb mile-high over the Great Continental Divide. Being the
world's most powerful electric locomotives, fed with limitless
energy from mountain waterpower, they haul with ease tho all- j
steel "Olympian" and"Columblan" and the long heavllyloadi
ed freight trains a thing unbelievable to that generation of men
who considered these mountains an eternal barrier to commerce.
CHICAGO '.
Milwaukee & St. Paul I
RAILWAY
The accomplishment of the first extensive main line electrifi
cation in the world is but another item in the long list 91
achievements of "The St. Paul Road" in improving ra '
road transportation, When arranging your next trip to trie
Pacific Jforthwest consider well the many travel advantages
individual to this railway. " 4
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. OofMd fWngfuUfaititulats cZSs ?, Pool'" efwffiTeflfjpn
and lb adeanlagufies tpn ttqutit. "
... G. J. 'LINCOLN, General Agent J'
818 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, F&
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