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Evening star., 1914-11-09
KAISER AIMS T0ATTACK
U.S., SAYS SUFFRAG|ST
Miss Pankhurst Declares Germany,
if Successful, Will War
on This Country.

Warming that the United States Is
nex+ in line for attack from Germany
if the kaiser's forces win in the pres
ont war. and that victory by the allies
10 tho hest protection for America, was
s,;y.p bv Miss Christabel Pankhurst.
militant English suffragete, speaking
before prominent off1clals anu sun &C
leaders here yesterday.
That militancy is merely In state ol
suspended animation in England "niie
that nation is in life fe-and-oeath strue
Gle and will be renewed at the close OF
the war if women are not granted 'le
vote, was emphasized by MISS -fahh-
hurst. She frowned on mlHtancS here'
analyzed the progress OF the Suffrage
movement, and predicted that equal
suffrage would soon be the portion Oh
women of this country as mat'er VI
justice
Miss Pankhurst was accompanies uS
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont. noted sociat allu
suffrage leader OF New No hoA EDWARD
Reale Mclean, in whose home com ,
n,ittee meeting of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage was neiI'
Miss Pankhurst spoke at a ci9ch
tea in the home of Mrs. John LAY as
Whi+a 2so6 Massachusetts avenue. She
was introduced by Miss Alice faui.
chairman of the union. Mrs. BelHon.
and Miss Pankhurst left Washington
on a special train last night Tor SUI
frage convention in Chattanoosa'
Miss Pankhurst's Warning.
.I consider the recent war talk OF
Germany invading Canada very Vltal
to this country" Miss Pankhurst said.
whether a big army or navy VIII
help YOU avoid this evil time is ques-
tion I would rather not go into: Bu'
one Of YOUR own leaders, George WASH
inp+on. has given you a good maxim to
follow, In time Of peace prepare 1ot
Il believe war is really the outcome
of an exclusively male government,
most warlike and brutal are those
countries where men have most power
and women are regarded as inferior
things.
THE love of peace enters where
women have power. But the love OF
neace must be universal in every coun-
try before you can lay down your
arms or stop preparedness for war
In referring to the militancy Of the
English suffragists. Miss Pankhurs'
limited that, although 1T has ceased DUR
ing the war, it would be renewed with
former vigor if at the close of the
war the vote is still refused them.
For the time being" she said. with
deep emotion. "militancy has ceased
in my country because it is engaged in
"a life and death struggle. If England
and the allies lose 1t wSald bring mis-
fortune on the whole world-on your
country as well as ours. In this crisis
we have decided, after much thought,
to lay aside militancy for the time be
ing Nothing else in the world but
such a supreme danger to our coun-
Evening star., 1914-11-09
Insult to Deny Vote.

"One of our greatest obstacles is the
anti-suffra gist. She should be taught
that she is selfish and undignifed to
oppose the cause of our right. 1t is.
Furthermore, an insult to women to
deny them the vote.
Your country needs your intel, ,
gence and your aid. You are entitled
much more to the vote than many men
who do not know how to exercise 1t
after it is given to them. What is
for his right and his country? Is that
not an argument for us to fight for
ours when we know our country needs
us?
1--WE do not want to feel that we are
being conferred a privilege in being
given the vote. 1t is our right. and 1T
is for the benefit of public affairs to
allow us to help with our opinions
when ours. complemented to that of
men, would naturally and rightfully
make for better government
In response to an appeal for funds to
aid the work of the Congressional
Union, nearly $500 was raised in less
than twenty minutes.
The spacious rooms of Mrs. White
home were filled. and scores of eager
women crowded the corridors and re-
ception halls, striving to catch one
word or even to get feeting glimpse
of the famous militant suffragette.
Long before Miss Pankhurst begun
to speak the doors were closed and
scores of disappointed women turned
away. After the speaking tea was
served.
Among those present were Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the British ambassador,
and Lady Spring-Rice; the Persian
charge d'affaires, Mira Ali Kuli Khan:
Rear Admiral MCGOWAN, U. S. N. and
Mrs. MCGOWAN: Mrs. E. H. Gasch. Mrs.
H. G. Sparrow, Mrs. Albert Carhardt,
Mrs Florence Burt. Miss MCGOWAN.
daughter of the rear admiral: Mrs.
George T. Odell, Mr.. and Mrs. William
B. Ridgley, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs.
William H. Chessman. Martha P. Tagg.
Mrs G. E. Nicol, Col. and Mrs. G. a.
Armes, Mrs. William Stanley, Miss Flor
ence simpson Mrs. William S. Conner,
Miss Edith Spofford, DR.. W. D. McKim.
Olaevia NJ. Greene, Miss Fitzhugh and
others.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
WORLDS GREATEST WAR.
Theme of Coming Lecture, BENEFIT
of Belgian Relief Fund.

DIR. Nevil Monroe Hopkins is arranS-
ing to use every one of the more than
700 pictures which he secured wh1le
travelling through all OF the belligerent
countries and while in the Red Cross
service in Belgium and France IN MS
lecture OH THE Worlds Greatest war.
which he is to give for the beneht OF
the Belgian relief fund in the New. Ma
tional Treater Thursday afternoon at
o'clock.
At a previous lecture. gwen III tne
Relasco Theatcr. when only about nail
of these pictures We're SHOWN, -!
HOPKINS made an appeal Tor the BEL
gians that nStted nearly Nl.zoo- IN re-
sponse TO many appeals he is going TO
give "A more complete traVei-taik on
his war experiences Thursday after-
noon. TO last about two hours. with ten
minutes of intermission. lie IS re-
drafting his lecture so that IT VIII pc
substantially new. giving many anec-
dotes and incidents which he had pre-
viousIy omitted
DIR. Hopkins is to lecture tonight be-
fore the Cosmos Club. when he VIII
also make an appeal for generous as
sistance to the Belgian sufferers.
Evening star., 1914-11-09
Frowns on Militancy Here.

With characteristic fcrvor Miss Pauk-
hurst complimented the women of this
country on the success attained in the
several states here She. though of
the militant school. did not advise the
practice Of militant methods in this
country.
CONDITIONS here are different from
those in England she said. land where
we find it Il necessity. you Americans
would not profit by it and would be ill
used. The vote for the women of
America is II certainty, she said.
"NothiIr, can prevent it now. We have
been taught the hideous doctrine that
the woman is inferior to the man. but
the men have failed in government and
although they won't admit it. they
know that the women are coming to
their rescue And when we have won
the vote we will not be too severe with
the men for their failures. but Will
forget the past and aid them to achieve
success
She declared that every victory here
strengthened the need of the vote OF
women in England. s'You are getting 1t
piecemeaI-that is, state by state she
said, but this in the end means an
absolute certainty for nation wide
victory of our cause. Legislators know
Evening star., 1914-11-09

try would have induced us to adopt
such d course. Militancy has been
and in future may again be mighty
force. but at present we must help the
nation in it's hour of peril
Evening star., 1914-11-09

that community that they should organ
iZe relief club to cooperate with the
clubw onfcu.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31

In issuing his campaign literature as
a candidate for the House of Repre-
sentatives, one of the candidates for
this office from the City District, has
accused me of taking a fling at the
Holy Bible. as he terms it, during the
last session of the Legislature. 1 feel
that in justice to myself I should re-
sent this accusation and explain my
position to the public in reference to
this matter.
During the session of the Legisla-
ture of 1918. being at that time by
your grace a member of the lower
House from the City District, a bill
was introduced in that Body, provid-
ing that every Public School Teacher
throughout the State be compelled to
read ten verses from the Bible each
morning without comment, no provi-
sion being made therein as to what
Bible or what portion of the Bible
should be read, leaving it optional
with the teacher of each class to read
that version of the Bible that appealed
to his or her particular religious be-
lief. Many addresses were made dur
ing the deliberation against the Bill
on this account. 1t was argued that
in view of the fact that all the differ
ent religious sects being represented
in a public school that the reading of
a certain version of the Bible by the
teacher would cause religious dissen-
ton among the parents of the children
believing in another version of the
Good Book. Our forefathers in form
in~ the Constitution of these United
States in their wisdom, provided that
every man shall have the right to wor-
ship the Lord according to the dictates
of his own conscience. AS the public
schools are public property, maintain
ed at the expense of all the people ir-
spective of creed or sect, it was con-
tended that certain portions of the
Bible, that do not conflict with the re-
ligious belief of the various creeds rep
sented in the public schools, should
be designated in the measure that 1t
was un-American and unfair in the
shape in which it was presented. This
argument appealed to me to be just.
/ have always been a firm believer in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
POLITICAL ADVERTISING POLITICAL ADVERTISING
An Open Letter to the
Public

the injunction of the Master who said
render ye unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars and unto God the things
that are Gods" AT the time Christ
uttered these words Caesar was the
State and l believed that he had in
mind the separation of Church and
State. The public schools being
thing of the State l believed it to be
best that nothing of a sectarian nature
should enter into them, excepting the
reading of the Lords Prayer, the
Psalms or the Proverbs. In casting
my vote against the Bill as it stood. l
had absolutely no thought of discredit-
ing the Good Book. On the contrary
/ have the highest regard for the
same, and 1 try hard to live up to its
precepts. believe that when the Bible
is read or taught it should be done
with the reverence due to the Good
Book in the proper place, the Home,
the Church and the Sunday School,
and that to the youth in particular 1t
should be thoroughly explained. l
might say that 1 am member of the
independent SIdGl VI Cuo
Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order
of the Moose and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. the basic
principle of each being the Holy
Bible. 1 would surely be an inconsis-
tent member if 1 failed to accept its
precepts. Marcus Antonius in opening
his address over the body of Caesar,
said, "the evil that men do lives after
them; the good often is inferred with
their bones" So it appears to be with
all public men, their many good deeds
are easily forgotten and their errors
are charged against them with in
terest
In conclusion I might call the at
tention of my detractors to quota
ton from st. Paul who said, though
1 speak with the tongues of Men and
of Angels and have not charity l am
like sounding brass or a tinkling
cymbal."
Respectfully yours,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
Commissions Need
More Time to Work
Out Great Problems

Members of the State Engineers
Commission, which was named to con-
slider provisions of a proposed code for
licensing of engineers engaged in con-
structing or operating hazardous
works, will take up consideration of
the testimony secured at the hearings
recently sheld in Philadelphia Pitts
burgh and Harrisburg and determine
whether to ask an extension of the
time for reporting. Under the terms
of the act creating the commission
the report was to have been submit
ted to the Governor this Fall, but so
many matters have arisen in the in
vestigation of the problem that addi-
tional time may be asked of the Legis-
lature.
The State Commission to draft a
building code, which was given an
extension of time to complete it's work
by the assembly of 1913, will shortly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
japanese Bombard
Forts at Using Tau

Toxic. Oct. 81. 2.30 P. M.-The navy
department announces that the Japa-
nese squadron, assisted by English
warships and masked by mist. ap-
preached and vigorously and effectively
bombarded the forts at Tsing-Tau on
October %. Some of the defense works
We're DESTROYED and on the next day
the bombardment was repeated. Only
the kaiser's northeast fort replied to
the bombardment. The funnel of a
gunboat was shattered by the Japa-
nese shells.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31

University of Pennsylvania in the an
nual eross-country run at State Col
tlege On the Penn-State team is Earl
Fisher, a former Tech star, who is
now in his senior year and has COM
peted successfully in a number of
marathons.
The contest to-day is the only one
between Penn-State and the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. The team to go
up against Penn was selected after
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31

many trial races over the hills ana
mountains in the vicinity of State Coll
lege. The race to-day will be five
miles and will start and finish at Bea-
yer Field. The Penn-State team will
include:
r. S. Humble. IT; w. C. Schroeder.
'16; e. E. Hunter. H. T. L. Entwisle,
'16; A. E. Fisher, Is; l.. M. Batten,
IT; c. r. Texter, IT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
Augustus Wildman

submit it's report. This commission
plans to issue drafts of its proposed
act and to invite constructive criti-
cism.. The code will govern the erec-
lion of many types OF buildings
throughout the State and is declared
by E. A. Weimer. of Lebanon, tue
chairman, to be the most comple
the kind in the country. Partics
attention has been paid to safety, are
risks and health protection.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12

Producers of farm products are
the last to receive any benefit from
high prices paid by consumers, yet
they are among the first to increase
production if there is a prospect OF
realizing better returns.
The :uct that there il a present
sh ortage of nearly 100000 meat
animals in the United States since
the census Of 1910 indicates clearly
that the business is not profitable to
producers. -
Many causes Given
The scarcity of meat animals is at
tributed by department experts to
the encroachment of farms upon range
territory; lack Of proper range leas-
ing law; shortage in the corn and
forage crop in Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma; increased value Of land.
a:ster cost of labor and stock feed;
DECLINE in stock raising on farms in
the east and south because of poor
marketing facilities; the temptation to
sell live stock at prevailing prices,
end enormous losses from hog cholera
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12

SoAO
,chief liberal Journal: OF H. A. Gwynhe,
editor Of the London Morning. Post.
the journal which all society reads:
Vt Journalistic. Politician. tradssmen,
Nen b the. strsse Ths reply, in one
form or aAokheT, was everywhere
practically thu same: The. growing
insistsnes upon social reform lesSsla-
tion."
Ten years ago the Briton talked
about world politics almost exclusive
II. To-Day. without losing hi intst-
ct "a werld-pelities. hs talks about
home Affairs, hand and labor and lifs.
Ten years ago he made faces 1t Ger
many and planned : bigger navy. To-
day h studiss 0ermaay's social pro
gram for acceptance or avoidance,
and - content with ! navy maintsinsd
at ordinary strength.
hs~ o~ltens Talk Daek.
Tvo avenues Of approach to the real
thought Of the British people exist
which are not found in other countries,
at least not to such marked extent
The Briton has not lost the art OF
talking back. Building his homo b.
hind stone walls. stupidity reserved
with strangers, he talks freely in pub
lie meetings and he writes letters to
the newapapers. Besides other and
usual ways Of access to public opin-
lon, thsss are Enthusiastically Brit
ish. He wrote letter to the Times in
other days. Now he writes also to the
Daily Mail. the Daily Telegraph. the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12
THE TRUTH.

"The prosperity of the country and
the prosperity of the railroads are in
separately connected" This is fact
which too many people have been
slow to grasp. Fortunately the peo-
pie now begin to see it. There is less
difference of opinion on the matter
now than there was some months ago.
and doubtless there will be still less.
now that the president of the United
States has pronounced tho truth in
the fewest possible words.
The following is the statement made
by the president and is pointedly ex-
pressed. 1t is taken from his mes
sage to congress and should receive
the very close attention that it de-
serves:
"The country is ready, therefore, to
accept, and accept with relief, as we'll
as approval, a law which will confer
on the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion the power to superintend and reg
u10eC lAC Al11ASAdA OPC1 0eAOuo Ny "AANA
the railroads are henceforth to be sup
Piled with the money they need for
their proper development to meet the
rapidly growing requests of the coun-
try for increased and improved facili-
ties Of transportation. We cannot
postpone action in this matter with.
out leaving the railroads exposed to
many serious handicaps and hazards;
and the prosperity of the railroads
and the prosperity of the country are
inseparably connected. Upon this
question those who are chiefly res
ponsible FOR the actual management
and operation Of the railroads have
spoken very plainly and very earn
estly with a purpose We ought to be
quick to accept. 1t will be one step,
and a very important one toward
the necessary separation of the bust
ness Of production from the business
Of transportation"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12

News and Leader, the Westminster
Gazette. the Pail Mall Gazette. the
Edinburg Scotsman. the Manchester
Journal, the Glasgow Herald. or one Of
dozen other great journals. and
sometimes to al Of them. Nor are
these letters from any one class
Everybody writes except the king, and
he employs . secretary to write for
him. At the public meeting the Briton
"heckles" or interrupts with questions
for Information or impertinence. In
the theaters he hisses-which Amer
leans do not-as well ~ applauds.
Tho public political meeting, as we'll
- the letters IN the newspapers, AZ
ford an interesting index to the ques-
lions uppernost in the public mind
Here. again. social reform legislation
OF every kind. from the farcl3ung ideas
OF the FAbians 70 the most conserve
tive suggestions Of Lord Lansdowne, 10
talked. Yet more~Signincant IL the
legislation actually enacted. ~ the
program Of one party or another.
A Million Old Age Pensioners.
The Old Age Pension Act IL Per
haps the most fAr.reachins. Under
the provisions Of this act, which b.
came law In 1909. every person in the
United Kingdom, whose income IL less
than $500 year. 10 entitled to receive
from the government pension. This
government pension varies in amount.
depending upon the income from other
sources. TIA smallest 10 rs cents .
week. the largest $1.25. No one, other
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12
REASON FOR HIGH MEAT PRICE

Washington, Feb. L. Shortage of
meat animals in the United States
was strikingly demonstrated by CON-
parative figures made public today by
the department of agriculture, show
ing that there are nine less beef cat.
tie seven less sheep and three less
hogs now for each 100 persons in the
country than there were in 1910. This
means that it would take 1928, 900
more meat cattle. sheep and swine to
give the present population the same
supply that the census Of 1910 showed
to exist
While the population of the country
is estimated to have. increased from
S1,972, 900 to 9S,646,000 in the last
three years, the number Of beef cattle
has decreased 1873 per cent and of
sheep So per cen. The number Of
swine increased slightly, 1.3 per cent.
but it did not keep up with the pro-
portional growth Of population.
Values Shoot Up
In spite Of the reduced number it
Is estimated that the value Of cattle
in the country increased from 81 1884,
S00, 900 in 1910 to 1880, 0S7 900 on
January /.
"This increase in value, however" -
the departments statement pointed.
out, does not necessarily mean that
q farmer or stockraiser is making
more, if any profit. On the contrary.
the cost Of production probably has
increased more rapidly than the in
crease in the selling price of live
stock
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12
OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICIES

Washington, Jan. 20. - President
Wilson outlined informally today the
status Of those problems Of American
diplomacy which have been brought
70 public attention by his recent con.
ference with the senate committee on
foreign relations. He reiterated with
emphasis that no crisis was at hand
in any of the questions he had dis
cussed unless the Mexican situation
could be construed as in the nature
Of a perpetual crisis, fraught always
with the possibility Of sudden change
or unexpected developments.
The president made it clear that
while he had taken up the relations
with Mexico. Japan, Great Britain and
the general arbitration treaties at
the same time with the senators, these
problems were not grouped together
as having any bearing on the Mexican
situation. He regarded them as In
terrslated only in so far as he wished
the senate foreign relations commit
tee to take them under consideration
70 as to form a Judgment on all Of
the points involved.
Policy One Of Waiting
With respect to Mexico, the presi-
dent let it be known that the only
settled part of his policy at present
was to continue the course Of watch
full waiting, but that this was a day
to day conviction with him, subject
to developments in the revolution.
torn republic. He has not made up
his mind to lift the embargo on arms,
but is considering argument for and
against such course.
The president pronounced as false
the report that the Japanese govern
ment was supplying munitions of war
to the Huerta government.
The president made it clear that
the United States had never asked
Japan or any other nations to re-
strict importations of arms to Mex
leo, knowing that this government
possessed no such right under the
law of nations and that special legis-
lation would have to be enacted by
each country to prohibit commercial
transactions, similar to the joint
resolution of 1912 in tho American
congress.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12

One sign of cancer of the breast
is that the tumor is fixed and can
not be moved around. This is a pretty
sure sign, but not of practical value.
When the tumor has been fixed to
the chest wall SO that it can not be
pushed about, operation time has
passed. Another sign is immortality
of the skin, but this sign also is of
little value. A benign fibroid at
tached to the skin gives the same
sign.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-12
Making Ton7orrolvS
=u1OrId==
By WALTER WILLIAMJ, LID.
CDan~as SAssifLss~A. sfak
uOrLd:
BRITISH SOCIAL REFORM LEGISLATION

Bi r m 1 n CHAM,
Eng.-"WhAt 10
the most signt,
hcant movement
In British life to-
day?" The Ques-
ton was asked
Of Aaron Wat
son, veteran lib,
erAl journalist, ct
the National Lib
erAl club, OF H.
A. White, editor
Of the London
Daily Standard.
an organ Of the
ariDtOcratic class
-. 1t the Conser,
vative club; Of
Robert Donald.
editor Of the
Lo n do n Daily
Chroni Gle. the