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The Washington times., 1914-11-03
By KENDRICK SCOFIELD.

Toward the voting booths of New
York State are the eyes Of many
Washington women turned today.
There, upon the question of whether
women delegates ere qualified for.
and shall be sent to. the New York
constitutional convention, a test Is /.
being made. And, naturally enough,
the fight that the New York women
are making to force recognition Of
their right to sit in the body Of
delegates who will revise the charter
uEder which the government of a
sovereign State operates, is of para
mount interest among the members
of the women's clubs and suffragist
organizations in this city.
In New York State, under the
law. a poll is made every twenty
years, by which the citizens of the
State decide whether a convention to
revise the State constitution shall be
held. Last year the citizenry Of
New York so decided. The date for
the convention was fixed for 1916.
This having been decided upon, it
becomes necessary to name the 167
delegates. who will comprise the
convention, from the ranks of the
Democratic. Republican. and Pro-
gressive parties.
No Bar To Women.
AS soon as word of the conven-
ton went forth, it provoked a wave
Of interest among the women Of New
York State. the upshot Of which
was the discovery that no legal bar
existed which would preclude their
participation in the deliberations Of
the convention.
Immediately the women of New
York set about availing themselves
of this situation. A committee form
ed by New York suffragists. called
a meeting in New York city, where
zoo delegates met to discuss ways
and means of obtaining the repre-
sentation they desired
Following this meeting, it was de-
cided to choose the names of about
a dozen women. and then to ask
the State committees of the political
parties interested in the campaign
to give their endorsement to as
many Of these women as they were
willing to place upon Their tickets
as candidates for the position Of
delegate.
Formed Committee of 400.
The committee of two hundred was
called as a non-partism body. Mrs.
Charles 9. Whitman, wife of the
Republican candidate for governor;
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, chairman
Of the woman's committee active In
President Wilson's behalf during the
campaign: Mrs. Clifford Pinchot and
Miss Florence Gurnsey, president of
the New York Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs, were among its men,
bers.
AS q result Of the campaign made
by the committee, several of the
women proposed by them were given
places upon the tickets for delegates
to the constitutional convention, and
before night the experiment Will
demonstrate whether the opening
wedge In the fight being waged by
women for public office will prove
successful
Dr. Katherine Bement Davis. COM
missioner Of correction in New York,
was among those active in the COM
mittee's efforts to have women in
cluded upon the list of delegates to
the convention.
Up To Male Voters.
In discussing the chances for cleo
ton of these women candidates. DR..
Davis declares that the success or
The Washington times., 1914-11-03

in the west, while, in the east Russia
has pulled her forces together and
resumed a determined and winning
offensive. The allies are keeping up
such terrific pressure all along the
line in both east and west that it is
getting more and more difficult for
the Germans to withdraw troops
from one flank to re-enforce the 9TH
er. AS the months pass, it will be
found yet more difficult to do this.
If the Germans permit themselves
to be pressed back on German soil,
they will be fighting in their best
positions. The allies will be weaker,
the Germans stronger. But that
sort of fighting will never gain Ger
many anything. This is war of Of
fensive by Germany; which means
that she must take and hold the ag-
gressive; she must fight on the en-
emy's soil; she must get farther and
farther from her home base, nearer
and nearer to the enemy's. That is
the exact purpose for which the war
was started. There was perfect un-
derstanding and marvellous prepara-
tion for that set of conditions. To
turn the fighting now into a defense
by the Germans is to confess defeat
at the very outset.
Germany can 60 on fighting for
years, along the lines now establish
ed, and not be defeated; not, per-
haps, even be compelled to retire in
to Germany.
But that can never win the war
for Germany. 1t can only bring de-
feat in the end. This is the reason
why, at whatever cost of life and
risk, the Germans must keep on at
tacking.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
EASTERN CITIZENS
SCORE EXCISE BOARD
Plan Campaign to Make North
east and Southeast "Ory"
Through Legislation.

ro abolish saloons in northeast and
southeast washington through leglsia-
tion ,o he urged at the coming session
of Congress is the hope of the directors
of the East washington Civic Assocla-
ton, who arraigned the EXCISE boa'u
for failure to make east Washihs ION
drv at a special meeting held last hlsht
at the home of f. II. Ta1t' four'"
street southeast.
A committee was appointed to arrange
for a mass meeting TO De helu tiils
month to publicly protest against the
ac,iop of the Excise Board in licensing
s.Ioons in east Washington. which is
a.c,or.d 70 he a residential section.
Another committee was seiecteu 10 tahe
measurements Of certain saloons "hiIh
rou ors claimed to be within the re-
etrictad district and efforts are to be
made by the full board OF direStors 10
interest Anacostia citizens III thelr de-
sire to make the district lying east vi
the Capitol dry . - .,
directors Who presided, criticised the
action of the Excise Board III redehlns
its conclusions as TO the lssuaiiSS anu
renewal of liquor licenses: MI; - brleh
declared the action of the poaru was uh-
In discussing the bill introduced by
Senator Works. providing for prohibi-
zion in the District. Mr.. O'Brien said
any any law that merely limits saloons
oners the doors to graft and favoritism,
and he declared that the action or the
excise commission here was no diff
ferent than that of similar bodies con-
troIIinc saloons in other cities where
saloons are permitted:
], W. Mcclure declared that the eS-
| else commissioners ignored the petition
of 1000 residents of East Washington
urging the abolition of the saloon IN
their district. and he predicted that tne
united action of the residents of the
Fifth and Ninth precincts and of Ana
costa would be back of any Legislation
| that would make their neighbors saloon
| less.
] Assurance was expressed that little
difficulty would be encountered in haF'
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
TURNING OF TIDE.

A sharp increase in the volume of
foreign trade, together with a most
satisfactory balance in favor of the
United States, are noted in the sum-
maries of the business experience of
October. More than this, every sign
on the horizon points to an accentua-
ton Of the favorable phases during
the coming month.
Movement of cotton to Europe
must be put in the position of first
Importance among trade indicia. In
all the circumstances, this is the fac
tor on which largest significance will
rest. Therefore the big increase in
European shipments is to be taken
as indicating that the cotton crisis
is nearing its end. Cotton is not go
ing to sell for high prices, of course.
1t would not have sold for normal
prices, even if there had been no war,
because the crop was abnormally
large. But there is a vast difference
between cotton selling freely at
cents, and cotton rot selling at all.
There is enough cotton in the coun-
try, the foreign demand for it will be
sufficient, and the price will be high
enough, to insure that with a free
movement such as is now setting in,
cotton and breadstuffs will keep
the country's gold from going abroad
in serious quantities.
That is, of course, provided facili,
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
STEAM HEAT AIR EVILS.

That European visitor to America
rho insisted on having her bed put
1 the bath room of her suite at the
otel, saying that it was the only
oom where the air would not ruin
er throat, was not a crank at all.
Ter theory is one which nearly all
partment dwellers could adopt with
sneft to themselves.
Every October, when the steam
i-eat is started in our houses and
partments, there is an epidemic Of
olds, grip, and small fever. 1t is
OF caused by the change in tenn
erature, as many folk think, but by
he change from healthful humidity
} extreme dryness. The radiators
Ike every particle of moisture out
the air, and the skin and the
reathing organs are asked to adapt
iemselves in one day to a remark
Die change. They express their
ispleasure in the form of cracked
: hroats and catarrh.
Again, this extremely dry air is
rot economical. A room full of it at
- temperature of 20 degrees is not
comfortable as a room full of
e 'oistened air at 65 degrees. The
ry air, rapidly evaporating the
= DISTURB of the body, causes chilli
Sc.
4 pot of water on the radiator
I usually solve the problem of
cd air, assuming that the ventila-
N is properly attended to. The
pidity with which the water will
.sappear from the pot will show
wv greedy the air is for its need
moisture.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
Commends Suffragist's Ideas of
Gallantry.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
I want to take off my hat to ''Suffra-
gist," who had an article in the mail
bag a few days ago criticising tho
foolish custom. adopted by some CR
our gallant male citizens. of removing
their hats while riding on all eleva-
tor, il there happens 10 be Il woman
among the passengers.
An elevator in an office BUILDING, ir
q hotel. or in almost any other o. &C..
is lust as much a puolic conveyanCr
as a street car. Does any one of our
male population ever dream of re-
moving his hat when a woman boards
a car on which he happens to be rid-
ing? They would probably laugh at
the idea. OF all the silly american
customs this one takes the pennant
I am one of the few who keeps his
hat on in an elevator and isn't afraid
to hold his ground against the num-
erous black glances that are thrown
by the gallant ones. Gallantry wiz
YOUR hat on is worth just as much as
with YOUR hat off. and the create
number of this overpolite crowd doe,
not possess il either way. | have
never been very strong for woman-s
suffrage, but if 'Suffragist" and her
sister campaigners are going in for
such reforms as this one. I'll go out
and yell, Votes for Women
a. B. BEARSLEY.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
Too Harsh With Saloon Men.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Without holding for a moment a brief
against temperance, think many of
the saloon owners of Washington were
done a rank injustice on Saturday
While the diminution of saloons is de
sirable, it appears to be that it would
have been more fair to those whose
life's savings were sunk in a licensed
business to give them a longer warning
than a dozen hours or so to close their
places.
Had these people been given months
instead Of hours, say until the first OF
next year. to dispose Of their stock In
regular channels, there would be con-
siderably more sympathy for those dI-
recting the operation of the law than
exists at present.
Now that the Excise Board has seen
At to ruthlessly wipe out more than
a hundred places. 1t should not end its
Iabors, even Temporarily. but should
continue it's work and eliminate some
of the dives. particularly those con-
nected with some OF the low hotels.
that are considerably worse than some
Of those the board closed.
I. p
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

quiet, but very charming we'd
ding will take place this after
noon at 4:30, when Miss Mary
Helen HendriCk. daughter of Mrs.
David Stewart Hendrick will be-
come the bride of Royal T. Nc
Kenna- The ceremony will be perform
ed at the brides home in Bancroft place
the Rev. Father Buckley. OF s.; Mat
theW's Church. officiating, assisted by
the Rev. Charles Wood, rector OF the
Church of the Covenant The house is
charminglv decorated for the occasion
with palms, ferns. and vases OF chrys-
anthemums. and only small family
party VIII be present The bride 8
brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Edmonston, of Baltimore. are In
Washington for the ceremony
The bride. who will be given in mar
riage by her mother. will wear a smart
costume of tete-dc-negTe chiffon velvet
the bodice trimmed with cafe-au-lait
lace and gold, with a Jacket to match
She VIII wear large hat of tete-de-
negre velvet garnished with plumes and
corsage bouquet OF orchids and lilies
of the valley.
Miss Lillian Hendrick, sister OF the
bride and her only attendant, vii wear
blue cloth suit. with a large black
hat and carry an armful of American
Beauty roses. Mrs. Hendricks gown
Is of velvet in a rich shade OF purple
and she will wear a black hat and a
corsage of mauve orchids. The brides
brother, Thilman J. Hendrick. will be
best man for Mr.. McKenna Immedi-
ately after tn" ceremony the young
couple will leave for a Weddin. trim.
Mr.. MCKenna, who is originally from
New York State. Is at present with the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
makes his home in Washington. ne
has leased an apartment in tho Avon.
dale and. with his bride, will be al
home there after January !.
Mrs. lockwood Hoar and Miss
Frances Hoar, who came to Washing
ton for the marriage Of Miss Mari
ard, at which Miss HOar was one OF
the bridesmaids. will leave tomorrow
for Boston to stay until early in De.
ccmber
Miss Esther Cleveland will be theiI
guest over the weekend to attend the
Harvard Princeton football game or
Saturday.
Later in the winter Mrs Hoar anG
Miss Hoar will open their Washing
ton home for several months, maxim.
oCca sionsl trips to Boston Mis-,
Westover, will not be presented fol
two years.
Commander and Mrs. w. W. Gal
! braith have arrived at the Shoreham e
spend some time.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
THIS ELECTION.


good deal has been heard of the old
fashioned sort of appeal to party
feeling, which begs the voters of
Hooppole township to elect John
Smith constable because thereby
they may Register their approval"
of this man as President of the
United States, or express their re-
pudiation" of the policies of the
party in power at Washington. 1t
is mighty cheap and insincere bust
ness, and all parties are about
equally guilty of it. Fortunately,
the mass of voters are getting su-
perior to it, and men are elected
constables, and Congressman, and
Presidents, and what not, on their
merits as aspirants to the places
they are going to fill.
There is wonderful variety of
local issues in the election this year;
and all the indications are that is
sues are going to be treated more
intelligently and sincerely than usual.
Even in high places, men have been
found who have insisted on placing
real issues above buncombe issues.
For example, some of the politi-
clans of the Administration have
thought it their duty. to go out to
Illinois and campaign for Roger Sui
livan on the ground that his election
would be an Endorsement" of the
Wilson Administration. Heaven save
the Wilson Administration if the
public generally should get the idea
in it's head that the election of a
Sullivan was really going to be Gin
dorsement" of it!
But the public will not take that
sort of appeal very seriously. Even
the important politicians are no
longer able to unite in that kind of
argument. Thus, while some of the
Administrators agents are whoop-
ing it up for Sullivan, it is noted
that Senator Owen, an Administra-
tion leader, and Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture Vrooman, one of the
most important appointees of the
Administration, have been in Illinois
campaigning against Sullivan and in
favor of Robins, the Progressive
candidate.
On the Republican side conditions
have been just as bad. There has
been ardent appeal for the election
of Penrose in Pennsylvania on the
ground that it would be a step to-
ward rehabilitation and restoration
of the Republican party. Well, a
Republicanism than can find a certifi-
cate of public confidence in the cleo
ton of Penrose, will be no worse than
Democracy that describes an indorse-
/ ment in the choice of Sullivan. But
the sensible public will not take that
sort of appeal very gravely, and will
not attach any particular Importance
to machine victories in either Hi
nois or Pennsylvania. The Democ-
racy may win with an undesirable
candidate in one State, and Repub-
licanism may carry another State
with bad man leading; but these
men will not be accepted as reflect
ing the character of either party. 1t
will be bad for Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania, if they elect their machine
heads to their highest Offices; but the
time is past when that sort of men
can be much more than drag on the
machinery in Washington.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03

ing some Congressman introduce a res
olution calling an investigation of the
action of the Excise Board, and refer
torneys by those seeking licenses
A statement that the Excise Board
failed to recognize the limit of 800 feet
to schools. churches and inhabited al
leys. resulted in the appointment of j.
w. Mcguire, A. L. Baldwin and Charles
Hoover as a committee to investigate
the presence of a saloon within twenty
five feet of an Inhabited alley. Measure
ments of other buildings are to be taken
and the committee is to report at the
public meeting. The committee named
to arrange for the protest meeting in
cludes Henry F. Lowe, E. II. Taft and
John r. Mahcney.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
Objects To Early Milkmen.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Permit me as a peaceable and law
abiding citizen of the District to Com
plain through your valuable paper of
the unnecessary amount of noise made
by the milkmen here in delivering their
product The milk must be delivered.
I know. and the milkmen have a per
feet right to use the streets at any hour
that suits them: but have they the
right, Mr.. Editor. to raise such a din
beneath the windows of the sleeping
public as to call the very dead from
their graves? Have they a right to
whistle and sing and yell at each other
with voices that sound like fog horns.
thus adding to the clatter and racket of
their crazy old rattletrap wagons being
jerked violently over the cobblestones?
I live In an apartment house. and my
bedroom windows overlook an alley
through which il Is not at all necessary
for the milkmen to pass, since there
are open streets on all sides, but they
all seem to pick out my alley, never
theless. and they come through in re-
lays, with about five minutes between
each, from 2 o'clock In the morning un-
til 5. As have stated above, Mr. Edi-
tor. the noise makes sleep impossible
under such conditions. 1 have appealed
to the milkmen themselves. but in vain.
They only laugh the louder. Is there
not some law to prevent these men
making a public nuisance of them
selves? My experience is parallel to
that Of a number of my friends. Can't
relief be had?
DISTIrRRED CITIZEN
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
THE BELGIAN CAMPAIGN.

The Germans crashed through Bel
gium and plunged toward Paris in
the opening days of the war. But
their tigers leap spent its force too
much in the affair with the Belgian
terrier, and by the time they reached
the Marne and the very environs of
Paris, they were held, then forced
back to the Aisne.
At the line of the Aisne they held
their enemies, and resumed the Of
fensive. They tried desperately to
break through in the east and in the
middle of the long line; and they
failed in both quarters.
Meanwhile their western flank was
exposed, and to clear it up and insure
that the enemy would not be able
constantly to threaten communica-
ton in this quarter, diversion was
necessary in the direction of Ant
werp. That city was taken in rec
ord time. 1t fell as Liege, Namur,
Maubeuge, had fallen, almost the in
slant the great siege guns were put
at work. Those guns have taught
the allies the lesson that under no
conditions must they trust themselves
to the defensive work ks of cities; and
they are obeying the lesson. For the
matter of that, the lesson was as
old as the Franco German war of
forty-four years ago.
Aside from their capacity TO
smash fortresses, the Germans have
demonstrated no especial military
superiority. They are more willing
to sacrifice men, it is true; but that
is a doubtful superiority. They have
determinedly clung to the offensive,
at times when many critics have be-
lieved they would have done better
to take the defensive and let the al
lies batter themselves to pieces
against entrenched lines.
The campaign in Belgium, begin
ming with the capture OF Antwerp,
was for the purpose Of clearing up
that flank of the German line, and
extending it clear to the sea, so as
to make the sea a guard against
fanking movements. Apparently the
German staff had become convinced
that it was of the very first import
ance to clean up in this direction;
otherwise it would not have aban-
doned the original program and
turned all energies toward the chan
mel coast.
1t is now reasonably apparent that
the strike for the coast has not been
a success. By all accounts, the Ger
| mans have sacrificed men as they did
/ at no earlier stage of the war, and
they have failed to attain their OBJ
ject. The Belgin army is yet in
the field, the channel coast is held by
the allies below Ostend, the allied
! forces have won another great de-
fensive fight, and the German often
sive has once more failed in a sig
nal manner.
Meanwhile, the Germans have been
spreading out their field of opera
tions at the very time when it would
seem that their sound strategy was
to contract it. They have spent
weeks of time accomplishing nothing
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
What's on the Program tn
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-National. No. T.: ArminiUs. No IS:
Myron NJ. Parker. No. 81: King David
No. 2S La Fayette. No. 5. and Washing
ton Naval No. 6. Royal Arch Masons:
Mithras Lodge Of Perfection. No 1. Scot
tish Rite: Mizpah. No. s. Eastern Star
Odd Fellows-Washington No s: Golden
Rule. No. q: Amity. No. q: Fidelity. No.
l. Rebekah lodge.
mo,ne No Ia: Excelsior No il. c-anitsI
No. "a: Myrtle. No. 25
Maccabees-Brightwood Tent No. 8: Metro
poIitan Tent. No. ?
washington Society OF Engineers illustrated
lecture Cosmos Club. 8 D. m.
Anthropologtcal Society Of WASHINGTON lee
ture Public Library .. m.
Anthony League. lecture. the Portner. $50
D. m.
Meeting OF Columbia Heights Citizens As
ISOLATION, ST Stephens Hall. D. IN
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
Why Not Reduce Price of Gallery
Seats?
70 the Editor Of the Mail Bag:

To the Editor Of the Mali Bag:
Theater managers are complaining Of
bad business. They fear the coming
season may be one Of the worst they
have had for years. Other business men
hold out added inducements to custom
ers under such circumstances. Do the
theater managers?
Oh, no. They retrench in scenery and
salaries. but charge the same prices
Now suspect it would be hopeless
task to advise them to make a general
reduction in their price scale. But I
long have wondered why gallery seats
were not sold here for Is cents, as Is
the case when these shows play In many
other cities.
These gallery patrons are the persons
the managers believe have gone off to
motion picture shows. Is it not reason
able to suppose some of them could be
brought back II the gallery price were
cut in half? Neither would this cut be
likely to affect those who already pay
orchestra and balcony prices for an
evenings entertainment
A THEATERGOER.
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-washington- Centennial. No. a.:
Osiris. No. 70: King Solomon. No. 81: East
Gate. No. "a; Columbia. No. l and Bright
wood. No 9. ROYAL Arch Masons: Poto-
mac No 3. knights Templar: Areme. No.
10 Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No :: Federal City
No. 20: Harmony. No. 9; Friendship. No
L.: Mount NebO. No. o. EnCampment.
knights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No s.:
Union. No. II; Friendship Temple. No. g..
Pythian Sisters.
B. p o. Elks-Washington Lodge, No. Is.
National Union-The General Deputies A.
ISOLATION
The Washington times., 1914-11-03
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Switzerland still prefers her crags to
Krags
Turkey having jumped into the arena,
she can't expect the U. S. to be neutral
on the 26th.
Now it's the 52-centimeter gun. Going
up. Soon it will be the dollarmeter gun.
They're repairing the lightning rods
on the Capitol. Uncle Joe must be ex-
pected back
ALI the atrocities aren't committed in
Europe Stores are displaying pink
shoes with pearl buttons