SUFFRAGE PLANS WELLTHOUGHTOUT If Victorious. Women Will Con tinue Their State Association As An Educational organiza-j tion ARE WATCHING POLITICIANS Will Fight Any Who Use Their Power to Defeat the Suf frage Amendment There are two answers to the ques- j tion as to what the suffragists of Penn , eylvania will do after election day this ' year. The fate of the suffrage amend i ment will decide them. If the majority of the voters agree with President Wil son that the time has come to extend the privileges and responsibilities of the ballot to the women, and pass the amendment, the suffragists of Penn sylvania will continue their State-wide organization but will use it as an edu rational organization rather than a political one. If, on the other hand, the amend ment is defeated, the organized suf fragists of the State will devote their energies to removing the political ob Btacles from their path before continu ing any active propaganda work. A brief but pointed presentation ol the probable post-election plans of the suffragists was given out at their State headquarters in Harrisburg re cently by Miss Hannah J. Patterson, State Chairman of the Woman Suf frage Party. In answer to the ques tion. "What are the Pennsylvania suf | fragists going to do if they win their campaign," Miss Patterson said: "That is a question which every woman should answer for herself. As a member of the State Association, however, I may say that the opinion of the majority of the suffragists is that our State-wide organization should be continued, but as an educational or ganization rather than as a political one. In other words, there is no in tention upon the part of the women to segregate themselves into a political party. Each woman will choose her own political affiliations, the same as the men voters, and will work in the way she sees best to bring about the betterment of cor. it ions that affect the daily lives of herself and her fam ily. To assist the individual women and also the individual men who are keenly alive to their responsibility as citizens, we shall probably convert our State headquarters into a great educa- i tional clearing house from which every thinking citizen in the State will be able to secure timely and accurate information on all the big vital prob lems of the day. "In this way we believe that we can be of real service to the entire elec torate of the State." "But supposing the suffrage amend- , ment is defeated at the polls on elec tion day?" "We are not willing to concede that," she said, "because we have too much respect for the intelligence and fair-mindedness of the men of Pennsyl vania. Moreover, we have good reason to believe that unless crooked methods j are used and every bit of machine pressure in the State is brought to bear against us, we shall win by a comfortable majority. If We should be defeated, however, we shall still con tinue our State organization and its various local branches. And then, because it will be the logical thing to do, we shall start the work of remov ing the obstacles from our path." "Just what do you mean by that?" * "The situation is this," explained the State Chairman. "If we are de feated, our amendment cannot come to a vote for five years. It would be folly to push active suffrage propa ganda work immediately. We have an THE FIRST CITIZEN VOTES President Wilson: "I believe that the time has come to extend that privilege and responsibility to the women of the State." 4* 4 4* PRESIDENT WILSON WILL 4 4- VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE; SAYS 4 4* CHANGE WILL HELP STATE 4* A 4* On October 6th, President Wil- 4 v son endorsed woman suffrage in 4* 4* the following authorized state- 4* 4* ment: 4 4* "I intend to vote for woman 4* 4* suffrage in New Jersey because I 4* 4* believe that the time has come to 4* 4* extend that privilege and respon- 4* 4* sibility to the women of the 4 4* State. But I shall vote not as the 4 4- leader of my party in the Nation 4* 4- but only upon my private convic- 4* 4* tion as a citizen of New Jersey, 4* 4* called upon by the Legislature of 4 4* the State to express his convic- 4 4- tion at the polls. I think that New 4 4* Jersey will be greatly benefited 4* 4* by the change. My position in re- 4 4* gard to the way in which this 4- 4- great question should be handled 4 4* is well known. I believe that it 4 4- should be settled by the States 4* 4* and not by the National Govern- 4* 4- ment, and that in no circum- 4■ 4* stances should it be made a party 4 4* question; and my view has grown 4 4* stronger at every turn of the sit- 4 4- uation." 4* 4- 4* 4* 4- 4-4* 4*4* 4- 4- 4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4* 4- 4- 4* 4 organization, however, that is big enough and strong enough and respon sive enough to eliminate any obstacles in our path, whether they are individ uals or organized interests. Therefore, our first task for the next two years would be a semi-propaganda campaign which we would put into operation through entering actively into the de feat of any individual candidate for office or any organized interests that have opposed us. In that way, our situation would be made infinitely bet ter when we start our straight suffrage campaign two years Our women are eager for work, they now know how to campaign in the political districts, and they know how to use the power which they have, but up to this date it has been concern trated solely upon the issue of suf frage. They are in this fight to win and a defeat this year would only serve to weld them closer together and make the organization even more powerful than it is today." "Does that mean that you will fight the politicians?" "Any politicians that have been fighting us and using their power against us —yes. Our position is that no man who is unwilling to see all the people directly represented in govern ment is qualified to hold public office." "If men must be accorded repre sentation in government so that taxes may be imposed upon them, what good argument can be advanced against women being accorded the same privilege as a matter of right? The women are asking for a right, a principle inherent in our form ol government. We cannot deny it to them without ourselves repudiating the our national institu tions." —Yorl^Gazette. J* 4- 4* 4- 4- 4-4- 4- 4-4- 4- 4- 4-4- 4-4- -J- 4- 4- 4- 4- FAIR PLAY—THAT'S ALL 4< 4- 4 4- If you are a man who loves 4 4- Justice, aren't you big enough to 4 4- be just to women? 4 4- Certainly—but prove it by vot- 4 4- ing "YES" on the suffrage 4* 4- amendment. 4 444- 4 4- 4-4- 4- 4 4-4- 4- 4-4- 4- 4- 4-4 4- 4* SAUCE FOR THE GANDER They say if mother had a vote, The same as father, why, She couldn't be a lady, quite, No matter how she'd try. Because she'd have, day after day, To be a-thinking how She then would run the government The same as Pa does now. Yet, though my father casts a vote Once every year, to me He seems as nice and kind and good As any man can be. Yet if the ballot, as they say. Would work my mother ill. Perhaps without it, father, too, Would be lots nicer still. —Nixon Watermau WOMAN'S PLACE Among unthinking citizens, the anti-suffrage slogan. "Woman's place is in the home," is regarded as a clinching reason for not giving her the vote. When one stops to analyze that catch phrase, however, the fact which it sets forth—that woman's place Is the home—makes it one of the strongest possible reasons for giving her a voice in the government. For during the past fifty years the home interests have been projected into pol itics in so many different ways that to deny woman the protection of the ballot is to deprive her of the most ef fective weapon that exists for pre serving the home and defending it against the onslaughts of the corrupt and the vicious. There may be those who will deny that there is any direct association be tween politics and the home, but they, again, are the unthinking ones. Every sane and fair-minded citizen knows that politics comes into our homes every hour of the day and every day of the year. Let us consider just a few of the ways that politics en ters : Politics comes in with the butcher when he brings the meat for dinner. This meat, instead of being butchered and cured on our own property, as was done in the days of our great grandparents, has been prepared for us by the big "beef trust," under con ditions controlled by politics, and if politics are corrupt or careless the chances are that we are getting taint ed meat that will bring sickness to some member of the family. Politics comes into the home with every pipe line of water. When we turn on the water spigot a whole stream of politics flows into our home. Having no voice in politics the women cannot say whether it shall be a clean stream or a dirty stream, but If it a dirty stream and brings typhoid ?erms to the children, it is up to the mother to nurse them through the fever —and sometimes to see them die. But that is not all. Politics comes into our homes with every ready-made garment manufac tured in some city factory and possi bly finished in a tenement sweatshop by some child suffering from scarlet fever, measles or even tuberculosis. If there be those who consider that this danger is exaggerated it may be interesting for them to learn that the United States Public Health Service, which lias just finished an investiga tion of conditions in New York shops where garments are made, found only two per cent of the 3,000 workers ex amined free from physical defects or disease. Are mothers not vitally interested l n such matters? Why, then, continue to deny them a voice in the making of the laws that control such conditions? A final word, Mr. Voter. On No vember second you will have a chance to give the woman of the home the right to protect that home with her vote. And your vote on the suffrage amendment will show whether you stand with the intelligent, fair-minded citizens of this State who really want to protect the home and the condi tions that affect it, or the unthinking citizenry who £0 around prating plati tudes at the expense of the home and ill that it stands for. DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? There are men who permit their wives to direct the education of their children, and who make wills placing the family fortune in the hands of the wife and mother, feeling confident that it will be capably cared for —yet they hesitate to give them franchise. That it is impossible to defend the logic of such a position most of them will admit. It is a matter of preju. dice, pure and simple. But is it common sense, or fair, to impose such burdens upon women and withhold from them a voice in public matters? Women with families and estates on their hands are as much at the mercy of their environment, legal and social, as are men similarly situated, and they should be accorded equal voice in determining what that environment shall be. This is the crux of the suffrage is sue which will be determined at the polls in this State in November, and it is upon this basis that men should determine how they shall vote upon it. No man who is willing to give his women folk a full share in the management of family affairs —and the man who is not is a rare excep tion —should hesitate to permit them to have equal responsibilities in pub lic affairs. The family is the unit upon which our civilization is built. Upon its welfare depends the welfare of the state and nation. It is not qecessary to advance an elaborate argument to show that the welfare of the family cannot be assured if it is un represented, or only partially repre sented. inVhe councils of the com munity. This is a proposition that is as clear and as simple as the rule of addition. A Canine Feat. A blind man, guided'by a large and athletic dog. went down the street the other day. Just as they turned a cor ner the blind man's dog saw a dog it knew and darted forward in away that threw the sightless mendicant to the ground. He was speedily assisted to his feet, however, by a waggish passerby, who remarked that he bad heard some remarkable stories of the feats performed by dogs, but this was the first time he had ever known one to pull down the blind.—Exchange. NO INCONCLUSIVE PEACE FOR ENGLAND POSSIBLE Photo by American Press Associatior King George declared in a recent Interview with Premier Asquith that the war must be fought to a success ful conclusion. He complained bitter ly that the restrictions imposed on an English king made him practically a figurehead. VILU REGIMENTS DESEBT TO CARRANZA Madero Brothers Say They Will Not Follow Bandit Chieftain El Paso, Tex., Oct. 12. —Andreas Garcia, the Carranza consul here, de clared that he had advices of whole sale desertions of the Villa army mobilizing at Casas Grandes. one general, he said, had left there with 800 men during the last week to march to tlie nearest Carranza post, and another general, backed by 2,000 men, was on the point of revolt. These statements were scouted by Villa representatives in Juarez. Re ports from the Carranza consulate stated that an engagement had been fought Sunday at Villa Ahumada, forty miles below Juarez, by General Bracemonte, commanding Villa forces, and a Carranza force, were also de nied by Villa officials. A report that the force commanded by General Luis Hernandez was en gaging the Villa force near Parral was denied by the Villa authorities. Colonel Hippolito Villa, financial agent of the Villa government at Juarez and brother of General Villa, issued an official denial of recent dis patches that General Villa, because of the recognition of the Carranza gov- ernment, felt himself absolved from all responsibility for the lives and property of foreigners. "General Villa said just before he left here," said Colonel Villa, "that Americans and all foreigners in this territory would continue to receive all the protection in his power to give them. My brother continues to feel himself obligated to protect and help people in his territory." Advices outside Carranza sources state that there are 4,000 Villa sol diers at Villa Ahumada, commanded by General Rudolfo Fierro. Advices to the Carranza consulate indicate a revolt of some of these troops. Official relations between the Unit ed States and Juarez, the Villa-con- trolled town across the border, were unchanged by the recognition of Car ranza. At the international bridges only the usual guard was stationed. Juarez itself was tranquil. Stores were opened and .Americans and for eigners mingled freely with Mexicans. General Emilio Madero stated that neither he ner General Raoul Madero would follow General Villa in a guerilla warfare. "I resigned from the Villa army ten months ago," he said. FIRST CHIEF SURVEYS FIELD Recognized Abroad, Carranza Begins Triumphal Tour. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Oct. 12. —Gen- eral Carranza sailed from here for an extended trip through the northern states of Mexico. He is accompanied by J. W. Belt, special representative of the state department. The itinerary will include Tampico, Saltillo and Monterey. Tampico General Carranza will be met by Gen eral Obregcn. An important confer ence is expected between the two gen arals. Embargo Placed on Arm*. Douglas. Ariz., Oct. 12.—An im partial embargo on shipments of arms and ammunition into Mexico has been put into effect here. Supp®es consigned to both Villa and Ote&nr. r vera held up- Two Belts. "The belt worn by Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo shows that his girth was forty-two inches. Some belt, eh? "Yes, but not a circumstance to the belt thar Wellington gave him."—Louis ville Courier-Journal. [ News From the Balkans j The Balkan states, they hold debates. And swing from side to side. Historic Liteece is now tor peace— A moment—that's denied. Bulgaria her area | Considers too compact; She aches to dirk the Germo-Turk — Let's verify that fact. Roumania. too, is sure her due Is all that sne can take; She's hip hurrah for the white czar! Wake up' That story's faked. The Balkan slates are fixing rates. And inight> wise are they; They'll tempt their fates and pass their plates When sure that it will pay. —O. C. A. Child in New York World. NATION STARTS WORLD INDUSTRIAL INQUIRY. Data Will Be Used In Efforts to Ex tend Country's Foreign Trade. Instructions to American consular and commercial representatives in for eign countries calling l'or exhaustive reports on industrial organization and the relations between industry and government have been transmitted by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The reiKU'ts will form the basis for a thorough investigation of industrial and business systems throughout the world undertaken by the federal trade commission, with w hieh the bureau is co-operating. The trade eommission also plans to conduct a supplementary worldwide inquiry through squads of special investigators. Commercial attaches in foreign capi tals. as well as the consular officers of the state department, have been in structed to covet* in their reports busi ness organizations, manufacturing and producing efficiency. merchandising methods, business and industrial laws, and particularly the relation between business organizations and govern mental authority. Instructions were preiared separately for each of the various countries. Special instructions have been issued calling for reports on the so called "cartel" system of business organiza tion, as developed in Germany, under which great combinations of capital ' are fostered. The reports also will be available for use by the bureau and the commission in their efforts to extend the foreign ! trade of the United States. The com | mission already has held numerous hearings in this country on this sub ' ject. Crapping Baboons. Hagenbeck in his book says that bab oons are caught in traps made much like the huts of savages. Food is put Into the huts, and once the baboons go Inside a trapdoor closes behind them Outside baboons make a great to do and urge the prisoners to escape. When the trappers come the captured baboons are terror stricken and try to force their heads through the walls of the huts. One baboon was caugh* ' three times In the same trap, and sev eral wheu turned loose got back into the same trap a second time. When the baboons are carried away all their comrades thereabout climb Into trees and scream out to the prisoners, who answer in sad. mournful voices. On one occasion some big Arabian baboons were trapped, when 2.000 or 3.000 bab oons hurled themselves upon the trap pers, who had bard work to save them selves with firearms and clubs. As the trappers were forced back the victori ous baboons tore up the trap and turn ed loose the captured baboons. The Exception. "If at first you don't succeed, try, | try again." "That's good theory, but it isn't al ways wise practice." "Why not?" "I once tried to paper a room myself. ! I didn't succeed, but I assure you that my experience taught me never to try It again."—Detroit Free Press. Advice. Let no man persume to give advice to others who has not first given good counsel to himself. —Seneca. Killed by Fear. Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by fear. His wife was insane, and one day she escaped from her keeper and. dabbling lier clothes with blood, rushed upon her husband while he was dozing in his chair. King Frederick imagined her to be the "white lady" whose ghost was believed to invariably appear whenever the death of a member of the royal family was to occur, and he was thrown into a fever and died in six weeks. A Henpecked Bird. The male rhea, a feathered inhab itant of South Africa, is very much put upon, for four or five hens combine to gether and lay their eggs in one nest ! Mil the total reaches twenty or more, when the females depart, leaving a male bird to sit on the eggs and attend to the wants of the young birds. Mean Retort. "He says he intends to be the archi tect of his own fortune." "I predict a terrible stagnation in the Imildirg line."—Judge. Good Reason. Indignant Customer Barber, why did you drop that towel on my face? Barber—Because it was hot. sir."—Bos | ton Globe. —— Prejudice squints when it looks and i lies when it talks. —Abrantes. GERMANS LEAVE B,OOOJN FIELD Attack at Loos Is Costly to Teutons ALLIES FORMING IN SERv'IA Bombardment In Champagne Is Ince cisive—More Troops Landing at Salonika to Cneck Teuton Rush, Preparing Defence South of Moun tain hangc—-..tun Says Advance Into Servia U Proceeding. Paris, Oct. 12. —The only news, ac cording io ; ic 1 Touch official an nouncement. made public is that of fairly severe be oarUiiuais ou the pan of the Lk.. ...... near '.a Scarpa in the Chan. , i.t u-strict and In the region of .-ou.iu. Y.:e Front h bat teries ev\ A*V acre replied elLv lively. Later nuormation coitnrrneu prev ious reports that the German e>-u..ter attacks or recent days in iron' of Loos have resulted only in a seriou* and costly check. the Germans left in front of the allied lines between 7,000 and 8,000 dead. One hunureu and fifty thousand Austro-German troops have crossed the Save and Danube rivers into Servia, according to reports in diplo matic circles in Berlin, says the cor respondent of the llavas agency. These troops were stopped by Servian artillery before they could penetrate beyond the border, it is asserted, and Belgrade is the only point at which they have gained a foothold on Servian soil. Germans in Athens are credited with having circulated a report thai the entente allies have been unable to send a sufficient force to help Servia and have renounced tlie expedi tion. but the forwarding of Anglo- French troops from Salonika con tinues uninterruptedly. Allies Confident of Victory. London, Oct. 12. —The Austro-Ger man armies which, with the help of their giant "05 milimeter guns, have crossed the Danube and Save rivers and occupied Belgrade, are meet ing with stubborn resistance at the Servian defenses, but have not yet come in contact with the main Servian forces. The Servian plan of campaign de pends considerably upon the amount of assistance tiiey will receive from allied troops, but it is not believed that they v%*.l Attempt, in any event, to make a decided stand north of the mountain range near Mraguyevau which they nave proved offers superb facilities lor deleave. Telegram. ..o e Balkans, though not minim.Zu.fe t..e seriousness of the Servian n-.ti a lone of cheerful confidence in the ability of the aii.es uutmaieiy to check the Aus tro-Gerinans mvu. ton and successfully meet any further attack from the side of Bui o rti.c. The national danger, say these u.egrams, has united Servia as never Uf.oie ixd throughout the country m*.. pay.-.cully unut lor tne regular army and women and old men are arming lor the detense of their country. The population of Macedonian Servia has gathered into bands with the object ci repulsing a possible Bul garian alia. k. la addition to 300,000 soldiers, a million Servians of both sexes and all ages are said to be ready to dispute all attempts at Austro Ger man-Bulgarian conquest. Proceeding, Say* Berlin. Berlin, Oct. 12. —Attacks by the Aus tro-German forces invading Servia are proceeding south of Belgrade, it was announced officially. The announce ment adds that the crossing of the Danube by the invading forces ha* been completed. Servians Forming For Defense. Sofia (Via London), Oct. 12.-- Servian troops that had been occupy ing the Albanian towns of Shiak and Krya have been withdrawn and are being rushed northward. Seven divisions of the Servian array which had been concentrated along the Bulgarian frontier also have been hurried to the north to meet the Aus- offensive. Thou, Too, Roumania. Milan, Oct. 12.—"1t is impossible for Roumania to stay out of the war," said Take Jonescu, former Roumanian minister of the interior. He affirmed Ws "absolute certainty" of the defeat of Germany and her allies, and con tinued: "I shall use all my strength to induce Roumania to throw her sword into the balance, i can state that this is the nation's greatest de lire." PRESIDENT READS NOTE Careful Consideration to Be Given Protest o"! Shipping Interference. Washington, Oct. 12. —A draft of the note prepa. -d at the state department for transmission to Great Britain in protest against British interference with American trade was submitted to President Wilson Monday by Sec retary of ate Lansing. That the note will be sent this week is now the expectation here. It Is thought that the president will find f opportunity to go over the not© and make such • \p_nges in it as he may think nee try within the next few days. I
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