The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-06-18
WOMEN PLAN 70
WIPE OUT EVILS
Will Push Crusade to End White
Slave Traffic.
BALLOT AS THE BIG STICK
Suffrage 10 Held az Lever In Reform
Mrs. p. v. Pennybacker Selected
az President Of Federation
of Clubs.

Chicago, June 16.-Last night at the
Auditorium representative women Of
America threw out the battle lines for
the next two years.
Equal suffrage, prohibition Of the
liquor traffic compulsory education
and diffusion of knowledge on sex hy-
giene are strategic points in the fields
women expect to win between now
and the next biennial.
And one of the developments Of the
day indicated that reports Of victories
won along these lines between now
and 1916 would be submitted in New
York city, for, from thorough can
vases, 1t appears that the metropolis
is certain to obtain the 1916 prize.
Leaders Tell Needs.
When, at the night session, fedora
ton state presidents from As common
wealths marched to the front OF the
stage and voiced the pre-eminent
needs and hopes Of the bodies they
represent, some put 1t one way and
some another The words Of Presi-
I'VE must get rid Of the white slave
and liquor traffics and we. cannot wipe
out either without the ballot"
Mrs. ]. S. Mckee, president of the
Washington State federation, de-
scribed the ballot as 1.-The big stick for
lazy husbands" adding: And 1t be-
hooves every woman to go out and
get 1t and learn how to use it.
Not only did the federation thus re-
affirm its position on the ballot and
prohibition, but 1t came out decisively
on the subject of sex hygiene-a sub
ject once unwelcome In its councils.
Demand Sex Purity.
Sex hygiene, and a soul-searching
day.
For an hour and a half 5000 women
in the general federation's sitting at
the Auditorium theater listened to
pleas at once heartrending and In
spring. There was the recital of trag-
ic affliction and there was the map
ping out of brave future.
For many minutes the convention
would be as still as a church; then at
some ringing sentence it would break
into excited hand clapping.
The women were moved to brief
cheers by the fiery Dean Sumner and
they were touched to the heart by the
solemnity and tenderness of Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young
Women Select Heads.
f111o
the reading Of the report Of the nom
mating committee at session of the
General Federation of Women's clubs
failed to materialize and the slate
prepared by the committee was unani-
mously adopted. The officers selected
were:
For president-Mrs. Percy V. Penny
hacker, Austin, Tex.
For first ice-president-Mrs Sam
uel B. Sheath, Tiffin, O.
For second vicepresident-Miss
George E. Bacon, Worcester, Mass.
For corresponding secretary
Harry l. Keefe, Walthill, Neb.
For treasurer-Mrs. William B. Will
Jams, Lapeer, Mich.
For auditor-Mrs. C. H. Mcmahon.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
For directors-Mrs. w. b. Young,
Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. w. II. Crosby,
Racine Wis; Miss Mary Garrett Hays.
New York, n. Y; Mrs. Grace Julian
Clarke, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Fran,
els d. Everett. Highland Park, H.;
Mrs. William p. Harper, Seattle.
Wash, and Mrs. Frank White, Valley
City, n. d.
This ticket will be voted at the polls
which open today, but the report or
the nominating committee is consid-
cred almost equivalent Of election.