18 CONVENTION ENDS WITH SUFFRAGE FIGHT [Continued From First I'age] lion of elections. We reaffirm the his toric position of our party in this re gard and favor the continuance of that wise provision of the Federal Constitution which vests in the sev eral States of the I'nion the power to prescribe the qualifications of their eiectors." Sees Blow at State Rights Besides Governor Ferguson, the re port was signed by former Represen tative Bartlett of eGorgia; James R. >'ugent, of New Jersey and Stephen B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The burden of Governor Ferguson's argument was that suffrage, being purely a State's right question, the •cording of the majority plank was a pifsumptuous recommendation to the Sti-tes on how to conduct their elec torates. Anti-suffrage delegates on the floor plied the Governor with questions which brought out. in the answers, fresh arguments against the adminis tration plank, and when Ferguson had finished, the convention was in con fusion and the tone of the uproar in the delegate sections was indicative of sympathy with the opponents of the administration plank. When Senator Stone took the speak er's place to defend the plank, he was bombarded with a running tire of questions and argument from delegates on the floor, which eventually ex hausted the time allotted to him without permitting him to speak ten successive minutes. Pittman Women's Champion Antisuffrage delegates loudly chal lenged his references to Ferguson's statement with cries of "that's not what he said," and "that's not fair." Many delegates openly took the position that the question was becom ing much confused by the manner of its presentation. Finally, Senator Stone yelled to Senator Pittman of Nevada, one of the suffrage cham pions. The crowd wanted to howl Pittman down and cried "vote, vote." "Yes, I know you want to vote," Pittman shouted at his opponents, "you'd rather do anything else than hear the truth." "Are you men who are willing to hear women denounced afraid to hear a man say something in their behalf? t want to appeal to you to give your sisters and daughters and motners the right to vote." What's that got to do with this?" chorused the delegates. Finally, ignoring lesser outbreaks and shouting above the din and con fusion, Pittman managed to get through with his speech. Me declared that some persons would let the ignorant immigrant vote, but not intelligent women, which brought a roar ot mixed cheers r.pd hisses. Suffrage worKers in the ba'.cony cheered wildly. Jeers and hisses came from the deelgates and alternates from several quarters of the floor. "Are you men. who are willing to hear women denounced, afraid to hear a man say anything in their behalf?" demanded Pittman again. "These gentlemen." Senator Pittman continued, "may not believe their mothers and sisters possess their brainpower. Rut I also know the condition in the sweatshops of New York and Chicago, where girls have no fathers or brothers to vote for them, and if this Democratic conven tior. does not vote to give them the right it is not the progressive conven tioi. people believe it to be." The crowd was disposed to howl Pittman down, and he got on with difficulty. Finally Senator Williams, in the chair, announced that the time of interruptions on the floor would not b.- taken from the speakers. Growls and groans came from sev eral delegations as Senator Pittman concluded. Tells of Wilson's Orders Ir< an impassioned speech Senator Walsh swept aside the smaller ques tions which had been injected into the fight, told the delegates that Presi dent Wilson knew the plank was in thf platform and considered it es sential for party victory. . ' "Whatever your opinions may be." he said, "we shell never be anything but a discordant and divided party unless we surrender some of our con victions to 'he wisdom of a majority. Here you are confronted, as one of our famous loaders said, 'with a con dition. not a theory.' The twelve suffrage States represent ninety-one ' otes In the electoral college. Every political party has made this declara tion in some form or other. It becomes a simple question of whether you will incur the enmity of these women. There is no possibility of losing a single vote if you adopt this majority plan, because every other party has dene the same. "I ask you," he cried, "if you're go ing to put a resolution in here that's n lie. You can't adopt this minority renort without stultifying yourselves." Senator Walsh then explained that the President knew about the suffrage plank nd added-; "He believes it vital to his success that it stay there. I ask you with all thf fervor of my being who is there who is wiser or more patriotic than he?" While the fight had been going on. a thunderstorm burst, and when the row on the convention floor was at its height the storm reached its climax. The booming of the thunder, mixed with t'.ie roaring shouts on the floor and the clatter caused by the rain on j Just One One Jus | I jra j« f Price k - J Price \ "\ 9a 11/ \\| i ' Ask Some One i | || \I, who is wearing them, or bet- \jV M g§\V' / ter still, let us show you how 1 & | \S\ YOU look in them. VA ■ i. sls } l\W THAT'S ALL M i $| i J Positively the equal of others \ll f§ m 1 i I at $1 8 and S2O M iW/j A. W. HOLMAN \ I J SATURDAY EVENING. the roof almost drowned out the speakers. The storm cleared Just as Senator Walsh finished speaking and the closing words of his plea for the administration plank swept a change of sentiment over the crowd as wel come. to the suffragists as the wave of cool, refreshing air that poured down into the Coliseum. Vote Is Taken Senator Stone demanded a roll call vote on the minority resolution and Chairman James so directed. There was delay in the vote while ' the delegates caucused. Alabama's 23 to 1 vote against the minority pro | posal was wildly cheered. The Arkansas vote announced was reported under the unit rule. Delegate Tom Pole, of Arkansas. protested that the rule could not be invoked. ! Representative Garner of Texas, ques tioned the right to vote the State as a unit. Chairman James said each delegate could vote as he pleased un less Cie State convention had in structed the deelgation to adopt the unit plan. Arkansas was passed temporarily, but later was voted as a unit against i the minority report. California's vote solidly against the j amendment was riotously cheered. Women in the convention and among the spectators cheered and waved banners as votes against the I amendment were announced. When Indiana's vote of 24 to fi for the amendment was announced dele ; sates yelled. "Too bad. too bad," j amid faint applause. Sharp, sibilant hisses greeted 5 Maryland's solid vote for the minority plank. 1 A tremendous uproar followed the recording of New York's ninety votes in the negative. Chairman James was frequently forced to rap for order | during the call. As defeat of the \ amendment became assured the crowd lo.s f little of its enthusiasm. ! The Texas vote was hissed and ' hooted. The Arkansas vote was taken last, and Chairman James directed that the t unit rule for the delegation was in force, requiring all its votes against | the resolution. As defeat of the amendment by a vote of 881'4 to 181% was announced there was a demonstration led by the women. At the close of the roll call the whole platform as written was adopt ed, and {ifter disposing of some for malities the convention adjourned sine •die at 3:11 o'clock. Women Denounce Suffrage Plank as Unsatisfactory Special In the Telegraph | St. Louis, Mo., June 17. Leaders of | both the Woman's Party and the Na ! tional American Woman Suffrage Asso j oition last night united in denouncing as inadequate the suffrage plank of the Democratic platform and declared they ( would immediately resume their fight j in Congress for national recognition. "We shall return to Washington as quickly as possible," Miss Ann Martin, | chairman of the Woman's Party, said. "We are going to give the Democratic j Congress one more chance to make good before adjournment. if it does not see fit to pass a Constitutional amend ment war will follow. ; "Some of the Democratic leaders pre j tend to see a declaration for national suffrage in the plank they have given us. I do not so interpret it. But we 1 shall give Congressional loaders every chance to read that interpretation into it if they want to. I regard the Demo cratic plank weaker than the Republi can. The preamble of the latter, at least, is regarded by some as giving na tional endorsement to suffrage. "Thus far we have not worked out details of our plans for fighting the Democratic party this Fall, for we have hopes that the Congressional leaders j will see the light. But if they continue Ito oppose us. we will fierht them. And jit will be a good fight, too. We have ( 4.000,000 women voters, $500,000 in cash, a good cause and a determined spirit. With all of these we cannot help but win." 2,227 German Officers With Turkish Army 1 Constantinople. June 17. (Corre spondence of The Associated Press) !—For the first time since the war be !gar> the full facta are now made known 'as to the number, and nature df serv ice, of the German officers and men jin the Ottoman army. At the present .time 360 officers, and 1867 noncom- I missioned officers and men of German i origin are serving with the Turkish | army, navy and coast defense system. : Of this number 253 officers and 517 ' noncommissioned officers are attached to the mobile army and interior fortifi cations; while 107 officers, and 1350 noncommissioned officers and men serve in the Ottoman navy and the cost batteries. Nearly all the German officers and I men in the Ottoman army reached Turkey early in 1915, by way of Rumania and Bulgaria, while the Ger | mar members of the Ottoman navy ! come largely from the German battle ! cruiser Goeben, and the small cruiser , f'.reslau, and from German merchant ! vessels Interned at Constantinople when the war broke out. Some of them came to Turkey over the Balkan route during 1915 -and during the present year. All of them have been 'loaned" to j the Turkish government, that is to 1 say while they actually enter the [military service of the Sultan they never lose their German citizenship or divert themselves of the obligation jto serln the German army. FRESHETS CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE AND MONEY [Continued Prom First Page] River Expected to Go to 18 Feet; West Branch and Juniata Are Out of Banks Flood conditions unequaled for this month since the record high water ] mark of 1889 exist along the West and Juniata branches of the Susquehanna river, according to reports received by the United States Weather Bureau and the State Water Supply Commission. The river is rapidly rising at the lower reaches of these branches and the main river at this point may pass the flood stage to-night, According to Water Supply Commission officials. Property loss and crop loss is ex pected to be the greatest ever caused since 1889 by a freshet at this time of year, the general rains of the last few days causing rises in every stream in i the state. Cattle caught in pastures by rapid rises were drowned fences, dams and trees torn away and washed down stream, and heavy landslides caused by the heavy rains. The upper North and West Juniata branches are expected to recede this afternoon and to-night, while the lower North and West branches and the main river will rise steadily until later to-morrow. According to E. R. Demain, in the local Weather Bureau office, the river will probably reach a stage of lfi.s feet when it crests, but wire trouble delayed several impor tant reports, and Mr. Demain stated that an exact estima'e would be almost impossible. The following stages are expected as cresting points: Towanda, 13 feet: Wilkes-Barre, 19: Williams port., 18: Sellnsgrove, 13. The North hranch will cause the river to main tain a high stage, it is believed, but little trouble has bc-tr. reported along this reach of watershed. Every effort is being made by the Robert Grayce Construction Company, erecting the new Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge, to anchor all of the network which has been erected across the river for transporting the concrete and other materials used in finishing the work. These supports will prob ably be inundated early to-morrow, but the extent of damage which may result is doubtful. The "front steps" of the city were covered before noon, the water going over the wall. Cloudburst Reported A report of a "cloudburst" at Re novo, received earl; to-day by the State Water Supply Commission, has not been confirmed at noon to-day owing to a break in eomnrunications with that place, and the stage of the river at that point when received will be a big aid in forming an exact esti mate of the height of the water at this point. At Mount Holly Springs the heavy rains sent the creek over its banks and caused a break in the dam at that place. Employes of the park watched the break during the night and many of the people prepared to leave their homes at once. The dam at Laurel Is also being watched with anxiety, as the quick rise in the stream may take it away. Warn Town of Flood R. H. Hosmer. flood forecaster in the State Water Supply Commission, this morning wired to many points along the branches warning the towns of high stages, as follows: Wilkes- Rarre, 21 feet; Danville, 17; Newport, 25. and Towanda. 14. Creeks in Dauphin and nearby coun ties overflowed their banks in many places, flooding large sections of farm land and damaging crops and causing big losses in property. At some places the water reached stages unequaled In recent years. According to records In the local Weather Bureau office, there were only four clear days this month, three partly cloudy and eight cloudy. A total of 3 feet 3 Inches of rain fell on twelve of the first sixteen days and the excess of rain over the normal since June 1 is almost 15 inches. Juniata Suffers Heavily Huntingdon, Pa.. June 17. Not since the devastating flood of 1889 has tl>e Juniata Yalley sustained such ma terial property loss as the present widespread sweep of the Juniata river and Raystown branch are mlkking. Three days of incessant rainfall has raised the former stream sixteen feet and the latter eighteen feet, with both still rising. All contiguous lands are overflowed, with accompanying de struction of crops, outbuildings and many cattle. The residents of Birmingham and 1 Spruce Creek, west of here, sought ' shelter and safety during the night on ] the hills and in the Pennsylvania Rall [ road Company's station huildings. Many cattle, caught In pastures by the I quick rising stream, were drowned. Heavy slides have occurred on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but i fortunately leading to no serious re sults. South Huntingdon is inundated to a depth of seven feet, the sewage system 1 deranged and much household prop i erty ruined. The farmers on the Rays ! town branch have suffered heavily in |1 he destruction of outlying crops, 1 fences and in the loss of stock. Fireman Killed, Engineer Fatally Injured in Wreck Caused by Bridge Washout Special to the Telegraph Port Royal, Pa., June 17.—Harry Kauffman. aged 30 years, fireman of ! Waterloo, Pa., was killed and A. O. Chilcotte. aged 50 years, engineer, of Blairs Mills, was fatally Injured in a wreck on the Tuscarora Valley railroad this morning, caused by the washing out of an abutment of a bridge over Tuscarora creek near East Waterford. nineteen miles south west 6f here. This railroad is a nar row gauge, and the train was made up of an engine, several freight and two passenger cars. It is not known positively whether any passengers were injured. One of the abutment* of the bridge was com pletely washed out. When the engine hit the bridge It collapsedf the loco motive going into the creek. Three cars next to the engine were piled up. The fireman was buried under the engine and killed instantly. Engineer Chilcotte was caught when the engine toppled over and pinned fast in the wreckage. He was sent to the hospital at Lewistown, where it Is said his injuries will prove fatal. He has a fractured skull and is hurt internally. Express Struck by Slide Near Spruce Creek Tunnel; Engine and Car Derailed Express train No. 18. due in Harris burg last night at 11:20, running an hour late, was struck by a landslide one mile east of Spruce Creek tunnel, on the middle division, about 21 miles this side of Aitoona. Ten tons of stone and dirt tumbled down while the train was passing, throwing the engine and one ear off the tracks. No person was injured, due to the fact that the engi neer was moving cautiously, hut the passengers received a slight shaking up. With the exceptions of the engineer and fireman, train No. 18 was in charge of a Harrisburg crew. David Miller, engineer,, and J. J. McKinstrey, fireman, were on engine No. 732, 1 which was hauling nine cars. The [ heavy rain of yesterday had washed the banks down at several other joints and Engineer Miller was on the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH fr ===s Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Our Idea of the Word "Guaranteed" JJAVE you ever stopped to consider how much the word "guaranteed" is abused? The average store or manufacturer is so ready to say "we guarantee" that the word has lost its power. For years we've tried to live up to the spirit of this word, without juggling with the letter. If you ever buy an article here which does not prove satisfactory, we stand ready to refund your money or to satisfy you in any other reasonable way. 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Renovo Division On the Renovo division of the Pennsylvania railroad, trains from i i Buffalo and points north are running ( | from eight to ten hours late because j 1 of a washout north of Lockhaven. 1 jvest branch of the Susquehanna^ JUNE 17, 1916. came over the banks dunns last | night, covering two passenger tracks i ! for a distance of 200 yards. One mile | | north of Lock Haven the roadbed was' j washed out for a distance of 100 yards, j Trains from the north, due in Har- | I risburg at 4:35 and 4:50 this morning, ! | were sent to Tyrone over the Clear-1 field branch, and came to Harrisburg | j over the middle diviston. The Inter- i ; national Express, due in Harrisburg j at 6:45 o'clock this morning, and on j A which many, commuters from the up»i | per end of the county come to Harris | hurg, did not reach Harrisburg until I 3 o'clock this afternoon. This train | was sent over the New York Central, ; Rochester and Canandaigua lines, to ' the Elmira division where connections j were made with the main line. If Hair's Your Pride i Use Herpicide