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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
Increasing Attention To Equal
Suffrage In Newspapers

One significant fact that sands out
very prominently in the equal suf-
irage movement, is the great
amount of space devoted to suffrage
news, by the large dailies of the
country, notobly the New York Sun,
the New York Post, the New York
Tribune, the World, the Chicago
Tribune, and even the staid and con-
sentative New York Times.
The first five papers named have
decided suffrage bias, and the Times
learned its lesson when thesuffrage
amendment having passed the New
York legislature, it inveighed
against the legislators in a lengthy
editorial.
The Times received so many let
ters, most of them protesting against
this editorial, from men and wemen
all over the United States and in
all walks of like, that it required
ten pages for their publication,
In a splendid woman suffrage edi-
ton of the Post, the following ex-
preston. which appeared, not in the
suffrage section, but the editorial
page of the regular edition, is not
only significant but illuminating
Tt is not generally known that the
later Speaker Reed favored woman
suffrage. The question did not
come up during his public career in
any such way as to compel him to
take sides on it openely, but he
riade no secret of his convictions.
In his recent Life, by ex-Congress-
man Mccall, there is more than one
@ncord oe his political faith on this
subject. He was una BILE to resist
the argument. To his mind, the
reasons which made it expedient for
a democracy to make use of univer-
sa manhood suffrage. also compelled
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17

the grant of the vote to women. This
was the view, be it remembered, of
Tom Reed, the big bluff, hearty man.
with no sentimental nonsense
about him. No close philosopher.
no sickly enthusiast, but a solid
footed and shrewd Yankee, he quiet
ly maintained that it would be good
for the women, and good for the
country, if the right vote was not
limited to men. One of the remarks
about woman suffrage which he
made near theend of his life was
that THE time for sneering at it
has past" and the time come for
considering it on its merits.
The showing is such as to impress
even opponents of the movement.
None of them any longer can be so
blind as not to perceive and admit
that here is something in our politi-
cal life seriously to be reckoned
with. 1t cannot be waved aside
with joke or a sneer. Whatever
else it is, it is a great big fact.
We may not like it, but there it is.
1t simply has to be taken into the
calculations of sensible men.
Day by day the news has been
coming of action in various states,
looking towards a vote on woman
amendments to the consti-
tuition, or other ways of enabling
women to take direct part in
American public life. Since Jan
uary II at least seven state legis-
latures have acquiesced in the de-
mand that the question of votes for
women should besubmitted to the
votes of men. The most significant
Of these states are New Jersey. New
York, Pennsylvania, and Massa-
all representatives of the
East-Pensacola Jour
nal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17

Almost daily this army has had to
cross worse than Alpine heights
The best maps have proven unre-
lie Bile, AMI there have been no I'M
petent native guides. Detachments
! have gone three or four days at a
time without pound of bread or
rye toast. and general halt was
made necessary today by the almost
total lack of salt, sugar, bread and
barley. The horses have climbed
up and down many steep slopes
1000 feet high on grass alone. The
last great pass, a snowy waste of
! many miles, is marked by scores of
dead and dying horses. In some
places the ground to be traversed
was covered with snow hundreds of
feet deep. In other places horses
had to be led over narrow. melting
snow bridges across swirling
streams. To slip was to be en-
quilted and that fate befell three of
the Russian soldiers.
Tn the sunshine it is blistering
and binding, at night there is frost
Last night fresh snow fell on the
heights around the camp. The
camel train arrived last night. "a
hours late. The men had to sleep
the night before in the omen
Scarcely a dozen camp fires of
scanty dried stubble blazed long
enough to boil tea and those too
thinly covered to sleep had to walk
in the dark to avoid freezing.
To complete the desperation. the
bivouac CHANGED to be in a place
overgrown with poisonous weeds
which the starving horses ate creed
i.y. As result fifty or sixty. in
Guiding Gen Ms mount were dead
before morning
For week life has been reduced
TO its elements Thousands of men
think day and night of nothing but
the primal animal needs. Warmth,
food and rest are paradise here.
The Russian soldier and still more
the Armenian volunteer, is resource
ful. Failing tea, bread, and meat.
ne fares forth to milk fat-tailed or |
eheora sheep, Boots are wearing |
out and of course there is no de-
pct. Here, too, the soldiers resor.
% self help with the aid of freshly |
skinned horse hides.
Yet there has been scarcely
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE FRENCH

The London Times has begun the
publication of a series of articles
concerning the European war, the
subject of the series being THE
Achievementof the French" and
those that have so far appeared are
them ore remarkable because of the
frank statement of the London news
paper, approved tactly at least by
the British general staff, that up to
the time the things done on the land
by the French armies far surpass'
anything attempted or accomplished
by the British forces.
The London newspaper is, in
deed, candid to the point of criti-
cism upon this subject. 1T main
tains that, considering her imperface
preparation, caused by her manifest
unwillingness to go to war, the
achievements of the French are be-
yond those of any nation now en-
Gagged in the war, and states that
all Englishmen should remember
how small by comparison is the
part that their army has played in
the gigantic struggle.
1t is said to be now possible to
estimate with something like his
torical accuracy the numbers tngag-
ed in this fierce campaign. The
Germans sent into France 100000
men of their regular army, supple
mented by 100000 men of their
second line, or 2.5OO0,OOO in all
The French were able to oppose
them with 100000 men, supple
mented by 100000 British and 3d.
coo Belgians. Everything was pre-
pared on the German side, and, in
artillery, the German preponderance
was as two to one.
The task of the French commad-
ers was made the more difficult be-
cause Of the fact that until the last
moment they hal no idea of where
iii'ih utJdNh W IdII. Heu.
Joffre was forced to guess" and he
guessed right in the main, but at
one part of the line the French
forces were SO weakened that the
Germans came within an ace of sue
cess. The German plan, so the
British and French experts think.
was well designated and admirably
executed.
Brifiy stated, the German plan was
to rush three-fourths of the mighty
German host through Belgium. leav-
ing mass of 10000 men to break
through on the Eastern side at
Nancy after the French army had
exhausted itself Resisting the first
tidal wave. The Germans calculat-
ed well. Gen. Joffre, after gauging
the magnitude of the German opera
tons. ordered French and English
and Belgians to fall back toward
Paris. Within few miles of the
capital al the French reserves. in
Guiding the garrison of Paris, were
called up. and at last the German
advance was checked, and then the
French took the offensive with bril-
liant results.
At this moment, exactly as had
been planned, 100000 German sold
iers were thrown upon the Eastern
line of the French, with the town
of Nancy as the apex of the assault !.
The French were commanded here
by Gen. de Castlenau, a member of
the old French nobility. but. in this
crisis. the loyal supporter of the re-
public. De Castlenau had hardly
more than one-half the men of his
sssailants, but he handled his troops I
skill and the French
ought with such desperate resolu-
ion that the French line was main
aimed and the German wave rolled
Post. "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
Big Aero Prospects
For Pensacola
Navy Yard

Pensacola, Aug. 17-Capt, Muslin
commandant of the Pensacola aer,
station, by which name the nav,
yard goes, has received authorit,
from the navy department to oper
the machine shops there at any tim,
that he might see fit, and it is ex
rected that he will complete ar
rengements within the course Of
weeks whereby the shops will BE-
opened and placed at work. At the
beginning a force of about twenty.
five skilled men will be employed
in addition to the present employees
of the yard.
The shops will be opened for the
repair of eroplanes and for the man
ufacture of parts of flying machines,
excepting themotors, but it will not
be long before the navy depart
ment will equip the shops with ma
chinery suitable for the manufac-
ture of all the motors necessary for
the navy flyers.
A Place Of Importance
According to what can be learned
from source considered reliable it
will not be long before the Pensa-
cola aero station will be one of the
important places of the United
Safes. for the department plans to
so increase the air fleet that millions
OF dollars will be expended annual
y, and as Pensacola will be the
headquarters for this branch of the
service it will mean that a thous
and or more men eventually will be
n loyed at the station
On October ! another class of ten
commissioned officers will arrive at
the station to begin instructions and
thereafter class of ten will arrive
at the station every three months.
lnasmuch as these officers remain
one year before their training is
completed it will mean that about
nifty officers including instructors
and others attached to the station,
will be there at all times.
Spend $3.50, 900 at Once
in addition to the other activities
at the station Captain Muslin has
been authorized to spend about
of million dollars there al
most Immediately in equippin,g the
place for future activities.
Including in the work to be done
are the following items
and their approximate cost:
Erection of hangers for about thir-
ty aeroplanes-$11O,OOO.
Building of floating dirigible
shed $4,000.
Remodeling building for use as
5000.
Remodeling building No. 80 for
use as storehouse-$15, 900.
Remodeling seaman's barracks
5000.
Miscellaneous repairs and addi-
Will Buy Motors
The department has called for
proposals for twenty five motors and
The contract for them will be award
cd on October Ia. These motors
will be of a special type, designed by
navy department experts and are ex
oected to give more satisfactory SER
vice than any now in use.
In addition the department ex-
oects within the next three months
o have delivered at the station a |
iozen or more new hydro-aeroplanes,
While the big dirigible, the first
'wned by the United States navy.
Will arrive at the station by October
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
A Poor Present.

A wounded soldier explained NJ.
grievance to his nurse.
You see, old Smith was next mo n
the trenches. Now, the bullet that
took me in the shoulder and laid mo
out went into i'm and made a biz q,
q nesn wound in his arm. OF course
I'm glad he wasn't 'urt bad. But hes
stuck to my bullet and siven :, ~
girl Now. don't think that's fair
ID . right to 1t. I'd never give a ON,
o mine second and bullet"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
MONEY ORDERS STOLEN
ARE ADVERTISED

Jacksonville, Aug. 1.-THE post
once department has notified all Of
noes In the country to the effect that
plank domestic money orders No.
z27ss to 22s00, inclusive, hav
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
Work Of Imagination.

They tell me that it's imaKinat,o,
that keeps the doctors busy" said ,ha
slow-pay patient. 'Ae
1T is" replied the physician a.
lot Of US are kept busy making on,
bills which We foolishly imagine ar
going to be paid"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17

word OF complaint and the chief re-
greet is that they have been able to
force their enemy to accept a de-
cisive engagement
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17

oeen stolen from Station B postoftice
of this city. Other orders renor,od
stolen are as follows: olathe. Co,
Nos. 1895 to $4,000 inclusive
smithville, Texas. Nos. sss42 n
sssoo inclusive. Brooklyn. Md
Nos. S421 to s431 inclusive and
GAO. '
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17

= man dat gets to sympathizin' vii
olsseif' said Uncle Eben. "ginerally
noes 1t SO well DIT his friends decide
oes get sympathy eaoa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-17
Musical Note

the monograph is a great inv.n.
uon, out a. musical instrument the
stock ticker has the sweeter yo,es
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
ALLIED FRONT
BROKEN BEFORE
BULGAR DRIVE
French Forces Cut Off Before
They Were Chased From
Serbia

Not only have the Anglo-French ar
mics been driven out of Serbia by the
Bulgarians. as Berlin reported yester-
day, but previously their front was
broken through and the French forces
cut off from the British according to
an official statement from Sofia.
Heavy losses were suffered by the
retreating troops, the Bulgarian re-
port declares. At one point a French
battalion was routed and its COM
mander captured. A Macedonian di-
vision was the Bulgarian army unit
which broke through the allied line
and divided 1t. In the operations on
the right bank of the Vardar a long
section of the French front was taken
by storm.
Protests against any further con-
cessions by Greece to the entente allies
will be made by Germany, Athens ad-
vices declare. Germany, it is said, al
ready has asked Greece whether
Greek neutrality has been compro-
missed in any way by the new facili-
ties accorded the entente.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
FAVOR JUNE 7 AS
NATIONAL G. 0. P.
CONVENTION DATE
Republican Committee Be-
lieves 1t Should Be Held Be-
fore Democratic Meeting

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 1.-THE
Republican National Committee to-
day decided to hold the 1916 Republi-
can national convention on June 4.
The place will be selected later A
proposal to hold the convention later
in June was defeated by a vote of
81 to 13.
Adoption of the subcommittee rec
ommendation would mean that the Re
publican convention would be held a
week prior to the Democratic conven-
tion at st. Louis, a move for which
there was considerable support among
members of the committee, who be.
lieved an advantage thus would be
gained in getting their platform before
the country first.
The full committee must pass upon
this recommendation.
The committee decided il would give
a hearing to suffrage and antisuffrage
leaders after hearing claims of the
various cities seeking the convention.
Although Philadelphia. Chicago, St
Louis and San Francisco were in the
field when the committee met, the con-
test apparently narrowed to a fight
between Chicago and the other three.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
NO ELOPEMENT, Z
DECLARES WIFE
OF c. H. WOLFE
Denies Sensational Reports
Concerning Barbershop
Owner
JAYS HE WILL RETURN
One Place of Business Sold
Outright, She Admits; In Cor
respondence With Him

Sensational and scandalous stories
that began TO circulate in the business
section of the city this morning when
G. H. Wolfe. of 1904 Green street, pro-
prietor of the barber shop, cigar and
newsstand at the Commonwealth
Hotel, Market Square, and the barber
shop at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion. failed to appear at any one of his
places of business, We're emphatically
denied by Mrs. Wolfe and her pretty
daughter. Eleanor Wolfe.
When Mr.. Wolfe failed to show up
at his accustomed hour, whispered re-
ports that he wasn't going to be down
at all began to fly. Soon the BARRIERS
began to gossip TO their customers and
after awhile a story spread that Mr..
Wolfe had sold the Commonwealth
barber shop to Harry Gensler one of
his employees, and that he had left
town to meet pretty Mary B. Hazard,
ago the manicurist at Mr. Wolfe's
Commonwealth barber shop.
Mr.. Wolfe's wife, the story went.
would hereafter be in charge of the
Comm stand.
When a reporter called at the Com
monwealth newsstand to interview
Mrs. Wolfe, clerk informed him that
Mrs. Wolfe was at her home but that
her daughter was in another part of
the hotel.
Just then a pretty girl of perhaps
seventeen summers passed through the
lobby, dressed for the street.
Eleanor, Miss Eleanor" called the
clerk as Miss Wolfe was about to pass
through the door. Here's a gentle
man to see you"
Miss Wolfe paused, turned and
walked back inquiringly.
Gould I see your father" inquired
the reporter.
why, why, he's gone on a little
trip for his health" she parried, with
Just the barest sign of quiver In her
voice.
Your mother, them" inquired the
reporter, "I understood j would find
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
FREAK WEATHER
KEEPS EVERYONE
GUESSING TODAY
lS-Mile-An-Hour Gale Sweeps
Over City, Bringing Snow
and Sunshine
WILL GET COLDER
Half Inch Falls Here; Skating
Prospects Are Good; Wild
wood Not Yet Safe

The days of April showers have
nothing on the weather of this morn
Ing in Harrisburg.
Snow, wind and sunshine. mixed up
at odd intervals every five minutes
Kept HarrsGurgers in suspense for
hours. Not knowing what to expect
from the freakishness of the sun and
snow, people just sort of guessed that
II would be clear, or that il would
snow two feet before night.
LSSS than half an inch of snow fell
uutlhE the morning. however. The
storm here was the edge of the one
move out to sea off the New Eng
lahd coast, and causing all kinds OF
.touple In the northeastern section of
lhe country Weather reports are
missing from number of places in
New York, Connecticut. Massachusetts
ana other states in that territory.
Heavy snowfall is reported in these
places' and even Philadelphia Jared
worse than this city.
street cars and trains had no trou-
Die In maintaining the schedule in the
city and nearby towns, and little wire
trouble was reported.
1S-Mile Gale
Shortly before o'clock this morn
ing snow began to fall and was blown
about in flurries for almost an hour
by an lS-mile an hour gale. The re-
malnder of the morning fair weather
prevailed with little change in tenn
perature.
Fair and colder weather is forecast
ed Tor tonight with the lowest tenn
perature about g degrees. Contin-
ued cold weather Is predicted for ~
morrow. The wind last night did not
exceed velocity of 80 miles i'm this
section. and little If any snow fell until
this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
PENNA. IS WELL
REPRESENTED ON
BIG COMMITTEES
Has Two Members Each on
Naval and Military
Bodies

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14.-Assign-
ment of Republican and Progressive
representatives to committees an
Mann discloses that veteran Repub-
lican members elected to the present
Congress after having been defeated
in the presidential year of 1912 will
not be returned. in several instances,
to important committees in which they
had held membership before. In other
instances returning representatives as
signed to such committees are not
allowed TO diSplace in rank members
who served last year.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
for many years Speaker, is given sixth
place on the appropriations commit
tee. Years ago he was chairman of
this committee.
Representatives Parker, of New Jer-
sey, one time chairman of the judiciary
committee, and Sterling, of Illinois,
also long a member of that committee,
are not returned to that committee,
nor is Foss, of Illinois, put back on
the naval committee, of which he for
merly was chairman.
Two Pennsylvania Members
Minority members of the naval and
military committees. which will deal
with national defense problems are:
Naval-Butler, PENNSYLVANIA; Rob-
erts, Massachusetts,: Browning, New
Jersey; Farr. Pennsylvania; Britten,
Illinois; Kelley, Michigan. and Ste
phens, California. Representatives re-
appointed: Stephens, Progressive, and
Mudd, Maryland, new member.
Military Kahn, California: An
thony, Kansas: Mckenzie. Illinois;
Greene Vermont; NORM, Pennsylva-
mia: Tilson. Connecticut; Crago, Penn
sylvania; Hull, Iowa, and Delegate
Wickersham, of Alaska. Messrs. Til
son. Crago and Hull are new members.
Representative Woocher, Wisconsin,
is retained as ranking Republican on
the foreign affairs committee.
All of the minority members of the
military and naval committees are for
some degree of preparedness. 1t thus
appears likely that the preparedness
bills would not rest long in committees
and that the big fight on the floor
would come early in the session.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
Hundreds of Cases of NAL
Nutrition Found by Tele-
graph Investigator
NEED FOOD AND CLOTHES
One Little Boy Smells of
Cigarets Because His
Mother Smokes
tBy MRS. ANNA II. WOOD

Early in the Fall the Telegraph
published an editorial dealing with
the sad and ill-nourished condition
of some of the school children in the
poorer sections of Philadelphia. 1t
called forth an immediate answer in
the form of a personal letter from q
Harrisburg woman we'll known in so
cial, educational and philanthropic
work. She claimed that we were in
no position to criticise our sister city
when conditions equally as bad exist
with us to quite as serious an extent
as can be possible in Philadelphia"
She furthermore stated that to her
positive knowledge teachers had pro-
N1ded food to pupils whom they knew
came to school hungry and ''in many
cases dry bread and molasses formed
the only and regular diet of growing
children
Such a letter certainly merited
consideration and an examination
into the conditions it claimed existed.
The Telegraph has just completed
such an investigation. The results
show that this womRn's letter was
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
Will Jitneys Brave Winter
Storms Is Now Question

Six little jitneys round the town did
whiz;
Along came a snowstorm and put 'em
out of bizz''
But not for long. in spite of Wing
Dinger's prediction, because soon after
the snow the little jitney took up its
duties again and continued to ply its
routes. to follow which were to accom-
pany Theseus of Athens on his myth
ical journey through the labyrinth to
kill the minotaur.
1t is a matter of conjecture and food
for much debate in hotel lobbies and
at the breakfast table whether the lit
ney will outlive the heavy storms
which some Gay in the future will
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
Former President Taft Is
SnOwbound Near New York

New York, Dec. 14.-Ex-President
Taft was among the storm-bound trav-
eiers on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad last night. He
boarded train for New Haven at
Grand Central Station only TO be in
formed that because of a break in the
electric feed wire there would be in
definite delay. Never mind" said
Mr.. Taft III be quite comforta BILE
here and, doing. he waited patiently
until with the aid Of a steam locomo-
tive the train crawled out of the sta
uon. Although he first climbed aboard
at a. M. it was : this morning when
Mr.. Taft reached New Haven.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
COL. GRIBBEL AGAIN
HEADS UNION LEAGUE

Philadelphia, Dec. 14.-Colonel
John Gribbel was last night unani-
mously reelected as president of the
Union League Club of Philadelphia
At the same time four ce-presidents
were chosen and fifteen members of
the board of directors.
Meirs Busch was the leading candi-
date of the four men successful in
their campaign for the -preslden-
ceis of the club. George B. Evans was
second highest, and was followed by
State Senator William c. Sproul and
former Ambassador to Germany Char
lemagne Tower.