New Britain herald., 1918-03-02
WOMEN'S PETITION
 AGAINST BREWERIES
Nearly 6,000,O0O, Through Clubs, Believe Food Could Be Saved

 liquors in the United States be stopped in the interest of the conser vation of foodstuffs. The petition states that the grain being used ill the brewing of beer and ale and other malt beverages in America is enough to make more than 100000 loaves of bread daily. It also states that the women of America ask that this saving be made by a proclama ton of the president.
 The petition contains the official signatures of 2S presidents of national organiza tions, representing 5,917976 women. Among these signatures are to be found the names of Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, president General Fed eration of Women's clubs: Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, president General Daughters American Revo- lution; Mrs. II. K. Schoff, president National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher association, Mrs. Rob ert F. Speer, president of the Young Women's Christian Association of America; Myra Kingnnan Miller, pres- ident National Federation of College Women: Anna A. Gordon, president National Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union.
 Tn addition to this official group there are individual signatures of al most a thousand noted women of America. Among the signers are many wives of United States sen ators and representatives, wives of governors and former governors, women members of state legislatures and Miss Jeanette Rankin of Mon tana, the woman member of the na- tional congress.
 Among the educators who have signed the petition are Mrs. c. c. Bradford, president National Educa- tion Association, Ella Flagg Young, Julia c. Lathrop, Mary F. Woody president Mount Holyoke College; Ella F. Pendleton, president Welles- ley College: M. Carey Thomas, presi- dent Bryn Mawr College, and the dean of women of many of the largest colleges in America.
 With the individual group of peti- tioners are presidents and chairmen of state organizations, such as Co., lonial Danes. Daughters American Revolution, Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union, Red Cross societies, Florence Crittenton Missions, Mis- sonary societies of all denomina- tions, Equal Suffrage associations, Federation Womens clubs, Woman's Committees Council National Defense, Danes of Loyal Legion, Woman's Liberty Loan committee, Woman's Relief Corps, National League for Womens Service, Federation Music clubs, War Work councils, Order Eastern Star Mothers Congress and Parent-Teacher associations, Juvenile Protective association, State Boards Charities and Corrections Sunshine society, Good Government leagues, Royal Neighbors, Anti-Suffrage asso- citation, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Graduate Nurses asso- citation, Home Makers association. Child Welfare leagues, International Order Kings Daughters and Sons, Ladies of the Macca bees, Consumers leagues, Humane Education societies, Woman's Party Catholic Altar so- cieties Medical Women's associa- tions, Associations Collegiate Alum nae Needlework Guilds, Woman's Farm and Garden associations, Neigh bors leagues Rebekah assemblies Pythian Sisters Playground associa- tions, Council Jewish Women, United Daughters Confederacy, Women's Bank associations.
 There are the signatures of women state officials in suffrage states deputy commissioners public lands, members labor commissioners, state factory inspectors, deputy superin- tendents public instruction, chairmen state public safety commissions, and assistant attorney generals.
 Standing out conspicuously are the signatures of women of national repu- tation, Jane Addams, Hull House, Mrs. Raymond Robins, Laura Clay, Kate M. Gordon, Jean Gordon, Mrs. Truman H. Newberry, Daisy Me- Laurin Stevens member Naval Com mission on Training Activities; Maud Ballington Booth, Mrs. Frances c. Axtell, vice chairman United States Employees Compensation Commis- sion; Alice Stebbins Wells, president Interna tional Association of Police women; Katherine Bement Davis, Anna Jarvis, founder Mothers Day; Kate Waller Barrett, Helen Ring Robinson, Mrs. John A. Logan
 Of wives of prominent men in America Mrs. Philander P. Claxton, Mrs William J. Bryan, Mrs. Wilfred T. Grenfell, Mrs. Stephen $. Wise, Mrs Booth Tarkington, Mrs. Owen Lovejoy, Mrs Luther Burbank and wives of United States senators and representatives, of governors, of mem l bers of state supreme courts, attor- , ney generals, state senators and rep i resentatives, state auditors, commits : sioners labor, secretaries state.
 Among the petitioners are authors, | editors, artists, pen women, doctors, ! lawyers; from almost every state in i the Union are the signatures of jour nalists; conspicuous are the names of l authors Alice Hogan Rice, Gene l stratton Porter Marietta Holley; of artists and illustrators, Mary Mears, Jessie Wilcox Smith and Annetta St. ~