The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-06-15
CLUB DONATES
$500 TOWARD
new PROJECT
Moorhead Commercial Club
Believes Proposition Is
a Good One
WAGNER'S REPORTFAVORAB

The board Of directors of the Moor
mead Commercial club, at a meeting
held this morning in the First National
bank, voluntarily donated the sum or
$ZoO TO the officers of the Equity Man
uIacturlng Co., producers of the steel
grain drying bin, the money to be paid
over when the firm established it's fac
tory in Moorhead.
This action was taken by the board
following the favorable report Of john
ston Wagner, who returned yesterday
morning from Hastings, Neb., where
he made a thorough inspection of the
Equity firms steel bin being, manufac-
tured by a corporation of that city
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ize for the Congressional Union in
North Dakota, arrived in Fargo We'd
nesday from Chicago, where she was
active in the organization work lead
ing up to the big Woman's conven-
on the work in this state. She is seek
ing location for headquarters, to-
day, and as soon as suitable quarters
are found expects to call a drawing
room meeting, to which all interested
in the suffrage cause, regardless of
whatever organization they have been
interested in, are cordially invited to
attend. Miss Pierce is a San Francisco
newspaper woman who has been inter
ested in the work of the Union since
its organization in California. She
handled the press work for the Ex-
position Convention of the Congress
sional Union, and is one of the best
known newspaper women of the Pacific
coast. Miss Pierce is an enthusiastic
predicts that the Womans Party con-
vention of 1920, should one at that
time be necessary. will attract world
attention: Another of her predictions
is that California will send to the
Senate the first woman member.
chicago, she said before leaving
for Fargo, has just seen the most re-
mark able convention in the world
the first political convention Of women,
and one that has set a new pace for
the world. 1t means nothing else than
the solidarity of women-not a little
sex solidarity that pits women against
men; but magnificent spirit of CO.
operation for the things that women
believe in. The convention proved that
with the East to liberate the women
of the nation"
Miss Pierce will probably visit all
of the larger cities in North Dakota.
Among the North Dakota women in
terested in the work of the Congress
sional Union are: Miss Beulah Amidon,
Mrs. A. J; Andrews, Mrs. H; l. Bolley.
Mrs. J. L. Carter, Miss NJ. NJ Davis,
Mrs. Gilbert w. Haggart, Mrs. NJ. Nc
Intyre,. GMiss Gladys Minardl, Mrs.
| Alice N. Page, Miss Irma Poppler, Mrs.
E. c. Stone, Mrs. S. L. Sheldon Mrs
4; B; 1 Smell, Mrs. B; F. spaIding Mrs
Mrs; E. F. weston. all of Fargo.
The Union has a considerable MEM
bership in other cities of the statA
| who will all be reached through a
| to North. Dakota a number of bril-
| liant suffragists who are devotipg aN
| their time to the federal amendment
The Conversational Trnion he1iAves
North Dakota to be one of the most
hopeful of the non-suffrage states for
the support of federal suffrage work.
| 1t has large scattered membership
in this state, with much unorganized
enthusiasm for the work for the
amendment that is at present agitat-
ing the Democratic politicians in st.
Louis.
Miss Alice Paul, of Washington, D.
| c., the clear-vistoned chairman of the
| Congressional Union, and Miss Anne
elected chairman of the Woman's
| party, are both in st. Louis at pres
| ent to point out to the Democratic
resolutions committee that the pres
ent administration is able now to en-
| franchise the women of the nation;
| they are suggesting that Democrats
save the alienation of the Woman's
party and the woman vote, by recon-
| the Susan B. Anthony amendment.
| They are not asking for promises in
| future platforms.
| In the midst of this political work
| in the convention state, Miss PauPs
eyes have been turned on North Da-
! kota, so she has sent Miss Pierce here
| to crystalline the strong sentiment for
| the amendment in North Dakota. A
| state conference with two-day sessions
! will probably be held in Fargo at the
end of the month.
| Nearly every suffrage and many
non-suffrage states were represented
by delegations at the recent Chicago
| convention referred to above. Every
| eastern state was represented, and
| even some of the more conservative
| southern states. Among the latter dele
| cations was a Mrs. Pelton, 80 years of