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"My, How You Have Grown in Four Years!"
WOMEN'S VOTE
MAY ELECT OUR
NEXT PRESIDENT
Western Voters Say No Eastern
Candidate Who Opposes Suf
frage Can Expect to Gel
Their Vote
Harrisburg, Aug. 23—A brief but
vivid analysis of t>v political power
which 4,000,000 women of this country
already possess, and the effect which
it will have on next year's presiden
tial election, was given out at the
State Headquarters of the Pennsylva
nia Suffragists here to-day by Miss
Hannah J. Patterson, State Chairman
of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage
Party.
Two interesting and significant
points are emphasized in Miss Patter
son's statement:
(1) That the 12 States in which
women now vote control 91 of the
266 Electoral College votes necessary
for a choice in determining who is to
be President of the United States in
1917.
(2) That no candidate for Presi
dent can expect to gain the 91 votes
controlled by the Suffrage States un
less he stands unqualifiedly for woman
suffrage.
In presenting her statement and
analysis of the nation-wide power of
the women voters in the twelve suf
frage States, Miss Patterson explained
that it lujd been prepared in response
to repeated requests from the West
as to whether the men of the East
really appreciated the voting strength
of the Western women in national
elections.
Woman's Vote Increases.
"Almost every day," she said, "we
receive letters from Western suffrag
ists, both men and women, asking us
If our menfolk understand that six
additional States —Arizona, Kansas,
Oregon, Illinois. Montana, and Nevada
—have, granted their women the right
to vote for the President of the
United States since the 1912 election.
None of these women had the right
to vote at the last presidential elec
tion and only 37 electoral votes were
cast in which women had a voice.
But the women of the six aforemen
tioned States will vote next year,
bringing the total electoral vote of
the suffrage States up to 91, or a lit
tle more than one-third of the Elec
toral College vote which the success
ful candidate must poll.
"We agree with the Western suf-
At Least 4,000, OOOWomen, With Voice in 91
Electoral Votes, Can Vote for Next President
Electoral Vote of Suffrage Electoral Vote in Suffrage
States in 1912 States Now
Wyoming 3 Wyoming 3
Colorado 6 Colorado 6
Idaho 4
Utah 4 ldaho 4
Washington 7 Utah 4
California 13 Washington 7
Total ... 37 California ,3
Arizona 3
! Kansas 10
The next President of the
United States must secure at Oregon 5
least 263 Electoral votes. Illinois 09
The States in which women
now vote control 91 Electoral Montana 4
1 votes, or more than a third of Nevada 3
: the number necessary for a
choice.
1 Total .... 91
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I fraglsts that these figures are im
portant and worthy of study and dis
cussion by every thinking citizen.
We feel that they should be of espec
ial interest to the voters of Pennsyl
vania, who are to decide this Novem
; ber whether their women are to havs
a voice in deciding what presidential
candidate is to receive Pennsylvania's
38 electoral votes next year.
"It does not seem fair to us thai
the women of this State should bf
denied the right to share in the elec
tion of the next President, wher
4,000,000 other women, from California
to Illinois, will have the power to vote
against a candidate that we possibl)
might favor, providing, of course, thai
he believed in equal suffrage.
"We want to bring these facts homt
to the men of Pennsylvania. But tc
bring facts home forcibly, one musi
be specific. With the lively interesl
that is already being shown in the
coming presidential campaign, we
know of no better way of being spe
ciflc than to show in concrete form
just what power can be and will be
exercised by the women of the Wesl
in determining who is to be our next
President."
Miss Patterson then submitted the
table of Electoral College statistics
that accompanies this story.
Western Voters Watching.
"As the table indicates," she said,
"the States where women vote con
trol among them 91 electoral votes, or
more than New York and Pennsylva
nia combined. Western voters are
watching these two Eastern States
this year and if, by any chance, the
suffrage amendments should be de
feated in the Empire and Keystone
States, no candidate from either of
these States need expect to gain the
91 electoral votes which the suffrage
States control.
"This is simply a plain statement
of fact based upon the preparations
which the voting suffragists of the
West are making for the 1916 presi
dential campaign. The women have
learned the power of the ballot and
the vote which they will turn out in
next year's presidential election will
be as big a surprise to some folks as
their vote in Chicago was in the
mayoralty campaign this year, when
more than a quarter of a million
women voted and incidentally gave
Chicago the cleanest and most intel
ligent city council ever elected.
Have Faith in Men.
"Meanwhile, we are confident that
the men of Pennsylvania will prove
to the satisfaction of the Western
voters that they are just as patriotic
to-day as their forefathers were when
they signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence in Philadelphia, and that
the same spirit of Patriotism which
prompted them to make Pennsylvania
the birthplace of Liberty in this
country will inspire an overwhelming
vote for the suffrage amendment here
this November."
Holland and Harringa.
To the sea the Dutch ©we meet ol
their wealth. The art of curing her
ring was discovered by a poor Dutch
fisherman. William Beukels. in 1350,
who found that the fish which they
caught in great abundance c-ouid be
smoked and salted away in kegs and
then transported to the ends of the
world in good condition. Such a trade
resulted that it was said that "Amster
dam is built on herring bones." Sev
eral hundred years ufter the death of
Beukels the emieror, Charles V.. went
to the tomb of the fisherman and there
ate a herring in gratitude for the in
tention. And in a church in Biervllet
today may be seen a stained glass win
j flow in honor of this mac. Herring
have been one of the chief means of
trade to the Hollanders, so that even
at the present day the first catch is
taken to the royal palace in a coach
and six.
Tbe fact that the two dominant po
litical parties of Holland for hundreds
of years were called the "Cods" and
the "Fishhooks" shows that maritime
matters were the uppermost in the peo
ple's thoughts.—Exchange.
Concerning the Dolomites.
The fairyland about Cortina is fa
miliar to thousands of tourists as "The
Dolomites." Dolomite, a rock com
pounded of carbonate of lime and car
bonate of magnesia, takes its name
from the French geologist Deodat de
Gratet, Marquis de Dolomieu, who
spent his time in 1789 and the follow
ing years, while his countrymen were
busy with revolution and war, in visit
ing this and other Alpine districts. He
first mentions this kind of rock in
1791, and the word "Dolomite" first
occurs in a pamphlet of 1802 describ
ing a tour of his in the Alps about the
St. Gothard and the Simplon. The
curious point, noted by Mr. Coolidge,
is that the marquis seems to have
paid no attention to the dolomite rocks
in the neighborhood of his own home,
Dolomieu, near Grenoble. London
Mirror.
The Familiar Unknown.
Things you see every day and never
notice form a favorite topic with those
who probe curiously into our deficien
cies. The watch trick is perhaps an
open secret by now, and yet you may
fail in reproducing the Roman figures
that you confront in all moods many
times a day. Can you describe the as
pect of a shilling, which I hope you
see as many times a day, or a penny
postage stamp? I am sure that an?
postal maiden could sell me a dozen
penny stamps with the wrong head on
them and send me away contented.
And yesterday I met a man who had
lived for years in happiness on Haver
stook hill and couldn't tell me the
number of steps that led to the front
door of his own house—London Spec
tator.
The Rise of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland has had a curious his
tory. Cabot, sailing from Bristol, dis
covered it in 1497, and in 1583 Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert annexed its wild and
rocky shores for Queen Elizabeth. Yet
until 130 years ago it was illegal to
build a permanent house there. The
island was held by "merchant adven
turers" for the sake of tbe fisheries. ,
They hired their fishermen in England,
took them across the Atlantic each
spring and brought them back at the
commencement of winter.
Newfoundland's importance in the
cod fishery arises to a great extent
from the fact that it is only within her
waters that the small fish desirable as
bait can be obtained in the necessary
quantities.—London Telegraph.
A Curious Royal Custom.
When any Spanish sovereign dies
the body is at once submitted to the
process of fossilization, nor can it be
placed in the royal pantheon until the
body lias been absolutely turned into
stone. Curiously enough, the period re
quired for fossilization varies consid- j
erably. Some royal bodies have be
come solidified in a very short period,
while others have taken years before
the fossilization took place.
Not Much.
"Is it true, mamma.'' asked Ethei.
"that the ostrich hides its head in the
sand?"
"Y*es. dear: they say that is the
case."
"Well, mamma, when you wear an
ostrich feather you never hide your
head, do you?"—Yonkers Statesman.
Early Ballooning.
As early as 178G the French govern
ment granted a sum of money to es
tablish a balloon service between Par
is and Marseilles with what were
known as the Montgolfier air balloons,
though the project never became more
than a project.
Oranges.
Oranges are a most valuable fruit.
Orange juice allays thirst and with
few exceptions is well borne by the
weakest stomach. It is also a laxa
tive. and if taken at night or before
breakfast it will be found most bene
ficial.
Knew His Business.
Mrs. Piatt (angrily.)— Oh. you think
you know a lot. don't you? Mr. Piatt
(calmly)— Well. I ought to. my dear.
I've been in tbe real estate business
for nearly thirty years.—lndianapolis
Star.
That Sufficed.
"The doctor said I must get away for
my nerves."
"Did he see your tongue?"
"No. but he heard my wife's."—Bos
fon Transcript.
So far as one shuns evils so far h*
does good.—Swedenborg.
uut to Big Acr©ag.
The increase in the wheat crop is
practically entirely due to the increas
ed acreage under cultivation this year,
as the average yield per acre is ex
pected to fall slightly below that of
I last year, being put at 1G.3 bushels to
the acre, where last year's yield was
IG.G bushels to the acre.
The corn crop, like the wheat, is
threatening to pass another memorable
mark by turning out 3,000.000,000 bush
els, the advance estimate now being
2,918,000,000 bushels. This is an in
crease over last year's yield of 245.-
! 000.000 bushels. Marketed at GO cents
a bushel, this crop will be worth $l.-
750.800,000 to ttye country.
The expansion of the corn crop is
due at once to increased acreage under
cultivation, and to a better yield per
acre, the acre yield having been in
creased. in spite of the wet weather,
from 25.S bushels to 20.7 bushels. This
crop will probably represent close to
three-fourths the world's total produc
: tion.
The oat crop, the third of the three
1 great leaders, has increased over last
year's record by nearly 25 per cent, the
figures being for this year 1,402.000.000
bushels; for last year. 1,141.000,0000
bushels. Placed on tne market the
| crop will bring, it is estimated, about
$841,200,000. Thus these three crops
alone represent a marketable addition
to the nation's wealth of nearly $4.-
000.000.000.
Assets and Liabilities.
An asset is something which you
think belongs to you. A liability is
something of yours which others think
belongs to them. Neither one of you
is quite right. An asset without a lia
bility would not be called an asset.
Neither would a liability without an
asset be called a liability. It would
then be debt, while an asset without
liability would be wealth or capita.' or
property.
An asset is what you think you own.
A liability is what others think you
owe. What your liabilities are depend
upon your assets. What your assets
are depend upon your liabilities.
Therefore an asset is a liability and a
liability Is an asset. —Life.
Poisonous Gas Geyser.
In the midst of the great faunal wil
derness near Nairobi, Africa, is a big
blowhole in the earth issuing poison
ous gases. Surrounding this hole for
many yards are piled bones of dead
animals, poisoned by this gas geyser.
Dogs dragged by ropes over the hole
were killed in less than a minute. The
gas has been found to be hydrochloric,
coming from some volcanic depth. The
death trap has been fenced and billed
all around with warnings.—New York
Press.
Gastronomically Speaking.
Simply because gluttony is a vice It
does not follow that dyspepsia is a
virtue.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Popular Craz©.
"Sir," said the young man, "I want
to marry your daughter."
"Yon do, eh? What have you got to
offer?"
"Myself, which Includes a fair edu
cation, a good state of health, a rea
sonable amount of ambition, a credita
ble appearance, a modest salary and a
strong desire to come into your office
and get useful."
The older man shook his head.
"Not enough. Times are too hard. 1
can't afford a wedding."
The young man smiled.
"Now for my trump card," he said.
"Everybody is eloping. We will elope
and save the expense."
The old man caught his hand.
"She's yours, son; she's yours V—
* Plain Dealer.
Vegetable Chat.
"I see that some'college professor has
been saying that he believes that vege
tables can see and hear while growing
la the garden."
"Is that so?"
"Yes; not only that, but be believe*
that ages hence they will be able to
converse with one another."
"Oh, that's old!"
"What's old?"
"Vegetables conversing. I've often
beard 'Jack and the Beans-talk!*"
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Ypres In England.
We have the name of Ypres In Eng
land—in that of the Ypres tower at
Rye, in Sussex, though local talk
knows nothing of its proper pronunci
ation and broadly calls it the "Wipers
tower." It is a twelfth century build
ing, the oldest secular building of all
the Cinque ports, and was at one time
the only stronghold of the town, though
later walls and gates were built. The
reason for its name is to be found in
the commonly accepted statement that
it was built by William des Ypres,
earl of Kent.—London Globe.
"Is It Possible?"
Prince George of Denmark was nick
named Est-il-possible by James 11. It
is said that when the startling events
of the revolution of IGSB succeeded one
another with breathless rapidity the
emotions of Prince George found vent
in the repeated exclamation. "Est-il
possible?" King James, enumerating
those who bad forsaken him. said,
"And Est-il-possible has gone too!"
A Lamblike Lion.
"Well, did you have that social lion
at your reception that you were tell
ing me about?"
"Oh. yes. He was there."
"And did he roar?"
"No. His wife was also present, and
he could only bleat**—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
BERLIN IS ASKED
1 FOR EXPLANATION
____
Rupture Will Follow Confirma
tion ot Newspaper Version
PAGE SLOW WITH REPORT
Washington Will Not Act Until Of
ficial Information Is Obtained, Cut
Will Make No Recession From Orig
inal Note—President Issues Staie
ment —Berlin Says Report May Be
Slow Coming.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The condi
tion of the relations between the
1 United States and Germany is \*ry
delicate. If the newspaper repo:\*
of the sinking of the liner Arabi.
are officially verified a severance ot
relations will take place very soon.
Whether the sinking of the later
Arabic constitutes the "deliberately
unfriendly" act against which Ge:
many was warned depends uncn the
answers received from Ambassador
Page at London and Amba-.auo
Gerard at Berlin.
President Wilson will avail hi: t '
of every opportunity consistent \
the honor and dignity of the U.ic
States government to avoid a rap 1.
( with Germany, but he will go 11
further. There will be no back war.
step from the solemn warning cen
veved to Germany in the last note e
this government. Information ol
tained here sweeps away everj
vestige of doubt as to the president's
resolution to deal firmly and quickly
with the situation, once he is con
; vinced that American rights on th
j high seas have again been deliberate
j ly violated by the German govern
I ment.
Until complete information is ai
hand Mr. Wilson and Secretary Lan
sing will reserve final judgment on
the sinking of the White Star liner.
The hope of the president and his ad
visers is that this judgment will not
long be deferred. Instructions hove
been sent to Ambassador Page at
London to cable a summary of the
affidavits obtained by him, and a mes
sage also went forward to Ambassa
dor Gerard at Berlin directing him to
inquire of the Berlin foreign office if
a report had been received from the
commander of the German submarine
In regard to the sinking of the Arabic.
Mr. Gerard is not to ask for any ex
planation, but his inquiry will amount
to an invitation to Germany to fur
nish to this government the report of
the submarine commander.
Also the opportunity will be at hand
for Germany to make any statemen
in her own defense if she so desires.
There is no way of telling exacaj
bow long it will be before a reply it
received from Ambassador Gerard.
There have been suggestions from
Berlin already that it might be a
week, or even two weeks, before the
German admiralty receives a report
from the submarine which sank the
Arabic. If Germany desires to plav
for time she will have the means r.t
her disposal for doing so, for Presi
dent Wilson is determined that this
government shall do nothing rash.y.
It is assumed by the government of
ficials that Germany will not unneces
sarily delay the presentation of her
side of the case.
To emphasize the determination o.
the president to secure all possib. •
information before closing his mind
as to the Arabic incident, this state
ment was i.vsued at the White Hous\e:
"The secletary to the president,
after a conference with the president,
made the following statement:
"With reference to the sinking of
the Arabic, as soon as all the facts
are ascertained, our course of action
will be determined."
There was evidence of some irrita
tion in official quarters over the fac.
that no detailed evidence has yet
been received from Ambassador Page.
DANCER DON'T LIKE U. S.
Perhaps, Though, She Didn't Draw
Here as Well as She Expected.
Paris, Aug. 24. —Isadora Duncan,
the dancer, writing for a Paris news
paper, delivers the following tirade
against American women and present
day fashions:
"Fashionable gowns are for flai
chested, hipless women given tc
wearing short skirts. No French wo
man would wear such a gown. The;,
are made for New York women and
harmonize with the architecture 01
New York and the vulgar snobbish
ness of Newport society."
Higher Salary; more Teachers.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 24. —More
than 1,000 school teachers will be job
less in West Virginia when schools
reopen next month. Many teachers 1
Who had given up their profession to j
engage in other work are trying to:
get back in educational work because ;
the last legislature provided for an
increase in teachers' salaries.
Child Dies In Father's Arms.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 24. —A year-o d
child of John Colta of Butler Jun -
tion died suddenly in the arms of nsj
father at Springdale. The father ha ' ,
been visiting relatives in Pittsburgh
and was en route home on a train.
Baby Dies From Scalds.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 24. —John E. Burns,
aged one, died from scalds-sustained
when a kettle of hot water was upset
on him.
WIN TITANIC
IN RIGA GULF
MAN WHO THROWS DOWN
GAUNTLET TO GERMANY
I
I U ALA NDR A
of Italy.
Sighajik; three, that the Ottoman gov
ernment permit the free embarkation
of Italians at Aiersina, Alexandretta,
Haita and Jaffa; lour, that the local
authorities t.i the interior renounce
their opposition to the departure of
Italians to the coast and to facilitate
their journey.
Preparations for an extensive cam*
paiga against Turkey are known to
have been completed. The military
authorities, however, are maintaining
the strictest secrecy regarding the ob
jective of their plans, while the date
on which the operations will begin
is as little known as the objective,
it is generally supposed that acti\
warfare against Turkey will com
mence as soon as Premier Salanirn
returns from the Austrian front,
where he weni to consult with King
Victor Emmanuel.
It has been known here for a fort
night thai an lialian war again
Turkey was inevitable, but the censor
ship, which has constantly become
Stricter, has not permitted any fore
casts to leave the country. The re
strictions placed on the foreign cor
respondents have been somewhat
lessened, and it may now be said that
the primary cause of Italy's action
was long standing defiance of this
government by Turkey in Tripoli.
Teutons Repulsed on French Front.
Paris, Aug. 23.—The war offico
statement says:
In Artois, to the north of Soiichez.
a tentative German atack, feebiy un
dertaken, was easily and quickly re
pulsed. In the region of "the laby
rinth" the hand grenade fighting con
tinues. ( ,
WOULD LIMIT LEGACIES
Frank P. Walsh Prescribes Remedy
For Industrial Unrest.
Chicago, Aug. _3. —A limit of $1,000,-
000 on the roriune that any man may
leave to his he.rs is the remedy HUK
gested by Chairman Frank P.
and three of his associates in the
federal commission on industrial re
lations for the social and industrial
unrest in the United States.
The unjust distribution of wealth
i is given as the first of the sources of
industrial unrest and a considerable
part of the report is devoted to setting
forth the existing inequalities.
The other five members of the com
mission do not hold to this specific
limitation of large fortunes which
pass by inheritance to the heirs of
the men who created them. Nor do
they hold that the present social and
industrial unrest are primarily due tc
the unequal distribution of wealth, but
rather that it is due to the failure to
administer the labor laws and the dis
trust of the people for municipal,
state and nalional government.
_o remedy these conditions, Mrs.
Florence J. Harriman, Professor Com
mons and Commissioners Weinstock,
Ballard and Ashton would establish a
permanent industrial commission
which would be supported by an in
heritance tax on large fortunes, thil
tax to be graduated from 1 per cent
on the excess of $25,000 fortunes left
to direct heirs, to 15 per cent on
fortunes over $1,000,000.
WEEK'S EXPORTS $31,800,003
Greatest Gan In Shipments Is In
Foodstuffs.
New York, Aug. 23. —The current
statement issued by the foreign trade
department of the National City ba a
shows that the exports from the pore
of New York for the week ending Aug.
14 were $31,800,000 against $10,725,-
000 for the corresponding week of last
year, or nearly three times as great.
For the full month of June t'.-e
same compilation shows the export
trade from all ports of the Unite J
States was 70 per cent greater thm
in June of last year, manufactures
exported In June amounting to $l5C#-
000.000 against $90,000,000 in June of
last year and foodstuffs to $72,000,000
as against $31,000,000 in June, 1914,
the percentage of gain in foodstuffs .
being greater than in manufactures.