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Evening star., 1918-02-13
,SEEKSDEBATE ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Mrs. James w. WadsWorth
Sends Challenge to Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait.

: A public challenge to debate the question
Sof the general adoption of woman suffrage
has been issued to Mrs Carrie Chapman
Gait. president Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, by Mrs
James W. Wadsworth, jr., the head of the
National Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage. The place of encounter is not
even left to the challenged party, as in
the ancient dueling code, Mrs. wadsworth,
5the challenger, specifying that the debate
Is to be held in the public press of the
United States
Publishers and editors of newspapers,
owing to war news, increase in employees
wages and stringency in the supply of
news print paper, will in all probability
Pc glad If the challenge goes unaccepted,
which seems likely, for Mrs Gait points
put that the educational work for woma n
puhrage is now over and such a deba te
would be like speaking to a. motion after
II has been carried"
Sends Letter to Ants.
= We stand on the threshold of the
nnal establishment of woman suffrage,
Dot only IN this country. but in the
chief civilized nations Of the world. !"
eaid Mrs. Gait in recent letter to the
antis' anent the challenge Such a
neoate a few years ago, or. indeed, six
Interest. but the world has covered a
-oozen years of progress in the last sly
months, and to turn backward now to
mscuss questions which pertained to
the preliminary steps Of the movement
would prove waste of time and of lit
lie interest to any one"
Mrs. WadSworth has pointed out that
mrs Gait must either accept the eaunt-
let or confess that "the methods pIat-
form and principles of the woman sur
1rage movement cannot succeed If suh.
nitted in any fair way to the sound
judgment OF the American people"
Challenge Old Issue.
Her challenge is the outcome of
former negotiations, to which Mrs. Cart
she says, once agreed, in relation to
the question In New York state but be-
gun too late to debate the issue before
election Here are some of the points
H. with which Mrs. Wadsworth was then
anxious to try her mettIe and which
would be the basis for the contest she
wishes to accomplish: Would the gem
erai adoption of woman suffrage be a
feal1zation or violation of democracy
Would woman suffrage strengthen or
weaken government? Would woman
suffrage result in efficiency or waste
fulness? Would women suffrage res,,It
N social progress or retrogression .
ould woman suffrage be a gain or
loss 10 woman? Would woman suffra pe
pc an advantage or an injury to the
aamlly? Is woman suffrage normal
or an abnormal demand? Would wo-
man suffrage safeguard or menace mo.
ralffyG Is woman suffrage a promis.
or peril to posterity?
Evening star., 1918-02-13
5000 SHIPBUILDERS QUIT,
Refused to Work When Double Paw
for Holidays Is Refused.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. February IA
More than five thousand workmen at
shipbuilding plants at Gloucester, N. j.,
and Wilmington, Del, refused to work
yesterday because double pay for hoIi-
days work had been denied them. At
held that the union agreement called
Tor double pay on only six holidays
New Year. Washington's birthday,
Independence day, Labor day, Thanks
giving and Christmas. The men, how
ever, insisted upon their demand and
remained away from work for the
day.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Refuses to Dismiss the Ford Suit.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. February 1s.
Circuit Judge Willis b. Perkins has
denied a motion Of the Chicago Tribune
to dismiss the s1.O00,000 libel suit
brought against the newspaper by
Henry Ford of Detroit. Judge Perkins
held the suit was properly instituted
in Grand Rapids. Ford began suit
after the Tribune published an article
discussing Ford's peace motives. The
case involves incidents which took
place before the United States declared
,aFar on Germany.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 13.-The Austro-
German invaders in northern Italy
daily are resorting to increasing acts
of vandalism, violence. pillage and
brutality. according to the statements
of prisoners captured by the Italians,
a Havas dispatch from Rome says:
officers as we'll as soldiers are par
ticipating.
Udine has been pillaged and stores
and buildings destroyed wantonly by
intoxicated troops. The rivalry in
stealing, it is said. has been SO great
that fights have broken out between
Evening star., 1918-02-13

of crew, three unidentified privates,
William Arthur Moore, Oris E. Hutch
ins.
At n third place forty-four victims
are buried in three trenches, the largest
holding eighteen bodies, another sixteen
and a third ten. In the first named the
bodies have been numbered from / to Is
in this order:
Harry Carpenter. two unidentified pri-
Yates. John a. Laakko. Rocco Calarese.
AIDE Mccoy. two unidentified privates,
Stanley y. Anspurger, +. A. Houston.
Stanley l.. Collins. Joseph G. Max
struck. otto Ray Martin. Columbus
Hin. Clare Metzenbaumer, Wilbur
Clark Jackson, John Eichammer. Ben
Barker.
Victims in Grave Numbered.
Those in the next grave are numbered
from 3 to "a as follows;
Unidentified private. Wesley w. Hyatt
Anstad Gunder, Van Smith Peters, Will
liam II. Raisner. Fred n. Unger, Frank
prahota, John O. Robinson. Edgar Gull
len, j. p Wasson, L. r Church, Henry
y Stemmer, y. p. Short, three unidenti-
fed privates.
In third grave only ten men were
buried. tagged from ! to 10 as follows:
John Sloss. Riley F. Murray. H. q.
Bates. Anthony Elboni. winston A.
Harsock. L. y. Collins, Claud Bradley.
j. II. Crow. d. Z. Inglehart, A. S. GIL
lespie-
Evening star., 1918-02-13
NO WAsHINGToNIAN INFERRED
Foreign Grave for One Marylander
and a Virginian,

Among the men lost on the Tuscania,
buried on the Scottish coast, there are no
men from Washington.
One. Phillip Z. Weigand. is shown on the
War Department records to be from Bal
tinlore. Md.
Another is Winston A Hartsock whose
home address is given as Rapidan, Va
Evening star., 1918-02-13
For More Buildings in Henry Park

Supplemental estimates for addition
al buildings for the State, War and
Navy Department, to be constructed in
Henry Park reservation, 9th and d
streets northwest, amounting to S4Q7-
$40. We're sent to Congress today.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
URGE SALARY RAISE
Increased Cost of Living Chief
Aruument-Senator Weeks
Has New Plan.

Postal employees before the Senate post
sfice committee today urged the necessity
n increases in salaries in the postal
service. particularly in view of the in
creased cost OF living Following the
meeting members of the committee said
hat increases would be placed in the ap-
preparation bill which is now before the
Benate committee. 1t is not the Intention
.pf the committee to wait for separate
bill dealing with these increases R sal
aries TO come from the House.
Those who were heard today are VIII
Ham Gibbons. secretary of the Post or
Gee Clerks Association of the First and
.Second Glass Offices: Edward J. Can't
well, secretary of the National Associa-
-tion of Letter Carriers; F.. ]. Ryan,
president of the Railway Mail Clerks
Association. and John Bosche. president
.pf the Association of Laborers of the
Post Office Department.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
III TUSCANIA VICTIMS BURIED
AT PLACES ON SCOTTISH COAST
Bodies, Many Unidentified, Are Numbered
and Placed in Trenches Survivors and
Villagers Attend Ceremonies at Gravesid
By the Associated Press.


A SCOTCH SEAPORT Tuesday, February 12.-Up Tues
night-a week the victims
been laid different points Scottish
These divided as follows:
31 identified 80 unidentified; identified
G.I
Evening star., 1918-02-13
ICE BREAKS AWAY,
LEAVING IN RIVER
TRAIL OF WRECKAGE
CONTINUED from First Page.)


distance above the Highway bridge, and
looks to be but little damaged, but the
houseboat is sunken and lying on its
side A large sand scow is jamrned in
the ice under the bridge and seems to
be unharmed.
The current that carried the ice out
moved at a speed of about five or six
miles an hour, and for greater part OF
the time only moved through the south
channel of the draw. In the north
channel the ice gorged and was still
and looked to be packed to the bottom.
The pressure on the bridges from the
ice must have been tremendous but not
a quiver could be felt when the ice
masses struck them. Before 10 o'clock
this morning clear water was in sight
above the Highway bridge. and it is be-
lieved the danger period has passed.
unless the Columbia dredge. now held
in the ice above the Highway bridge,
comes down and strikes it.
In taking away the fender work of
the Highway bridge it is stated that
lighting system of the bridge and men
were at work this morning to make re-
pairs soon as possible.
Handsome Launch Wanderer Sinks.
The handsome launch Wanderer be-
longing to II. c. Chandiee, is one of
the pleasure craft carried away from
her berth at Georgetown by the ice.
She sank off about the foot of 18th
street. When new the Wanderer cost
$4,000. The launch Lackawanna, belong
ing to w. l.. Crane, and the launch
Tunlow, belonging to the Columbia
Granite and Dredging Company. were
also carried out. but are reported aiioat
in the ice.
Reports received from down river
state that the ice is melting rapidly in
the creeks and within the next week
it is thought the river steamers will be
able to resume schedules. 1t has been
about ten weeks since the steamers OF
the river lines were forced to stop
on account of ice.
The Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Co. sent a steamer out from TINS
city this morning at o'clock 70" Nor
folk. She Will be able to open the Ice
down river and this will give the ice
now coming down an open track in
which to flow off. The steamer at Nor
folk is scheduled to leave there this
afternoon at o'clock and will reach
here some time tomorrow.
Water Covers Boulevard.
Three and one-half feet of water
covered Washington Baltimore boule-
ward in Bladeusnurg Prince Georges
county at O'Clock this morning AS
early as l. O'Clock last night, shortly
after the breaking of ice in Northwest
and Eastern branches, an ice gorge
formed and caused water to show on
the boulevard in the lower end of the
town.
Residents, fearing water damage to
their property, were up and about
keeping u close watch on water condi-
tions. More than n score of automo-
biles We're held back by the high water
about o'clock this morning After
that hour. however, the waters showed
signs of receding- This afternoon less
than eight inches of water covered the
boulevard.
The ice this afternoon was moving
down stream at a rapid pace, it was
reported. But very little damage was
done, it is said. At Bennine bridge
there was a small ice gorge, but it was
so small that no danger Of damage To
the bridge was feared.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
LAUDS SACRIFICE
MADE IN AMERICA
Sir William Goode Discusses
Effort Here to Supply
Britain With Food.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 13.-Sir William
Goode. who since the entry of the Unit
ed States into the war has occupied the
important post of liaison officer between
the British food ministry and the Unit
ed States Food Administration, discussed
the present food situation in an address
today TO the London Rotary Club.
Few people" said Sir William. have
yet grasped the fundamental fact that
Great Britain still relies on the Unit
ed States and Canada for So per cent of
her essential foodstuffs. Unless we can
get this food. or nearly all of it, we
shall peter out As to how we get it,
the popular idea seems to be that the
United States is an up-to-date combina-
tion of miracle loaves and fishes and
widows crust.
elf-Sacrifice in America
What I want you to realize is the
sentiments of the American people have
been harnessed to a great national
movement of organized self-Sacrifice. so
that the allies can have food enough
to carry on
He proceeded to give a detailed ac-
count of the steps taken by the United
States toward food production and con-
servation.
THE cynic will tell you.' he said,
that it is ridiculous to imagine that
the American people. living in the midst
of plenty. will make such sacrifices as
these for the sake of their allies thou
sands of miles away. The cynic will
relegate President Wilson and Herbert
c. Hoover to the category of we'll
meaning ideaiistS. But these voluntary
measures can be tested by results.
EARLY last month we received from
Mr.. Hoover a cablegram saying he
found that as a result of the American
conservation campaign he had 100000
coo pounds of bacon and 25.000,000
pounds of frozen meat more than the
British representatives in the United
States had estimated as likely to be
available
Offer Causes a Hustle.
His offer was so unexpected that we
had to hustle to get the finance and
shipping for this windfalL Later on
it turned out that the amount of frozen
meat available was thousands of tons
above the Hoover estimate. Except
for the hold-up of shipping in Ameri-
can ports, due to congestion on the
railways and billiards.. our bacon and
meat shortage would long since have
been eased by these shipments. which
represent only small percentage of
the total sacrifices of the American
people.
1T is lucky for US that man like
Mr. Hoover is at the helm OF the
allied food supply and that behind him
is people willing to deny themselves
so We may live to fight"
Evening star., 1918-02-13
BRITISH RAID B0CHES.
GERMANS BOMB NANCY
Trench Attacks and Artillery Action
Only Military Moves on
French Front,

LONDON, February 1--we carried
out a successful raid last night upon
German trenches southeast of Harei-
court, capturing eleven prisoners, in
Guiding an officer" says today's official
statement. Patrol encounters in which
casualties were inflicted on the enemy
took place last night southeast of Lens.
Apart from hostile artillery activ-
ity in the neighborhood of Epehy and
northeast of Ypres there is nothing
further to report"
On the French Front.
PARIS. February 13.-There was
fairly heavy artillery fire last night
Aisne front, says today's war Office
statement. Northwest of Rheims the
bombardment was also rather lively
The statement reads:
There was heavy artillery fighting
in the region of Hinon and northwest
of Rheims. The French carried out
several successful raids east of Au-
berive and in the Vosges, and brought
back prisoners.
East of Embermenil German at
tempt against a small French post was
without success. Everywhere else the
night was calm.
German aviators last night threw
down several bombs on Nancy. Three
civilians were killed and five wounded"
The war office announcement last
night said:
February II four German airplanes
were brought down by our pilots. In
addition our aviators carried out va
rious bombardments. Nine thousand
kilos of projectiles We're dropped on
enemy establishments. depots, railway
stations and cantonments. notably the
Metz-Sablons station, where a fire
broke out"
French Make Three Raids.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, February 12.-In the course
of three successful trench raids early
this morning the French advanced as
far as the fourth German line between
La Petre and Mort Mare woods in the
Woevre. and took prisoners belonging
to the 9th Bavarian and the Gath Land
wehr divisions.
The German entanglements had been
destroyed by French artillery last night
and the progress of the assaulting col
umn was favored by a heavy mist. AS
soon as the French reached the first
positions the Germans opened a sweep
ing machine gun fire. we'll as an
artillery barrage. but the French pene-
trated the shell curtain almost without
casualties. demolished all the enemy
shelters and emplacements and re-
turned to their own lines with most
valuable information.
While the French attack was In
progress the Germans attempted a raid
at Regneville. in the same district.
but We're repulsed with heavy losses.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
New Plan Is Advanced.

Senator Weeks OF Massachusetts. a
member OF the committee. advanced a
new plan for Increasing the pay of the
railway mail clerks.
: 'T would increase mans pay for
Severy child he has said Senator
Weeks. Il believe that they should be
encouraged 10 have children. They are
all good citizens, and the larger
families they have the better it will be
for the country"
Mr.. Ryan. representing the railway
mail clerks. was on the stand when
Senator Weeks made this comment. In
= his statement to the committee Mr..
: Ryan pointed out that the business of
the railway mail clerks has increased
! very largely in the last year and that
= the number of clerks has decreased. He
urged that the former organization be
restored He pointed out also that many
times the railway mail clerks are
forced to work overtime. although they
get no overtime nav
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Speaks for Letter Carriers.

Mr.. Cantwell, for the letter carriers.
told the committee that the average
salary of a letter carrier for the last
nine years has been S142- He said that
with the increased cost of living a
man could not get along on such a
salary.
He said that they Were satisfied in
the main with the increases proposed
In the Madden bill. which has been re-
ported to the House from the House
post office committee. He urged that
the provisions, however, of that bill be
made permanent.
Mr.. Bosche spoke for the watchmen,
messengers and laborers who get a SAL
Rry of $500 a year. This is too low,
he said, and many of the men are think
Ing of leaving the service. He said
they would be satisfied with fiat in
crease to $1,000. Senator Bankhead,
chairman of the committee, and other
senators expressed their sympathy with
the laborers and promised TO take care
of them in any increases that are made
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06
TO SAVE HIS COMRADES

The investigation of the trou-
BILE at Nogales has developed so
far that a private in U. S. uni
form fired across the Internal
ional Border Line because he says
he saw a Mexican soldier draw
his rifle on two United States
soldiers, and he fired to save his
comrades. This U. S. private is
now being held for court martial.
He fired. no doubt, to save the
lives of his comrades, at least he
felt that his country was being in
suited when he saw a Mexican
soldier draw his rifle on men
dressed in the army uniform of
the United States. President Will
son has prevented the execution
of court martial decision where
soldiers were charged with being
found asleep on duty. Will some
one start a movement to have
President Wilson consider the
case against this u. S. soldier?
He fired a shot across the Inter-
national Border Line when he
saw a Mexican soldier draw his
rifle on two American soldiers.
He now faces court martial. He
may be shot. Only one man in
the world can save his life-the
President of the United States.
The American soldiers on the
Border have suffered insult after
insult from Mexican soldiers.
Every time our flag, or our sold
iers are insulted such insult
should be met with bullets direct
ed to kill, and any U. S. soldier
who would be guilty of not re-
senting an insult to his uniform
or to our flag should be court
martialed.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06
GOOD FINANCING

Senator LaFollette, Ameri-
cas- most noted pacifist, has
been buried alive. Just recently,
President Wilson has let it be
know in strong language that he
is opposed to the reelection of
Vardaman of Mississippi, another
notorious pacifst; also, opposed
to the reelection of Hardwick of
Georgia, another disciple of the
pacifst bunch. 1t would appear,
tho, that the wires are crossed
some where, as the President has
let it out that he wants Henry
Ford for senator from Michigan.
Ford has spent more dollars on
the pacifst program than all
other pacifists put together. True
he pulled in his horns after war
was declared, but isn't there one
other competent man in the
whole state of Michigan who was
never tainted with the abomina-
BILE spirit of pacifisism? And,
since the President has chosen
Ford, the announcement has been
made that Ford will return to the
government $3O,OOO,OOO war
profits, and it may be that the
President isn't such a bad finan-
cier, after all.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06

The most noted of all recent
court trials, that of the Govern
ment VS.. l w. w., has ended in
the court sentencing 81 of the
100. Haywood, the leader, draws
20 years and a fine of $40, 900.
Among the bunch of traitors were
three Arizona men. The three
Arizona red card disciples should
be given an opportunity to have
their pictures took" with Hunt
before being donned with stripes.
Or, maybe Hunt would prefer TO
have them took" after stripes
and donned, we have no object
ions.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06

L. C. Upidike, has returned to
St. Johns where he has bought
the picture show business of that
town. Mr.. Upidike is an ener-
getic and rustling fellow and we
predict a marked success for his
efforts in that city. While mana
ger of the show business in
Snowflake he presented high
class pictures. Our best wishes
go with him.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06

On account of the increased
war tax on each movie ticket,
prices of admission at Social
Theatre beginning with this Sat-
urday night will be 10 and Is
cents. We will not raise on child
ren tickets unless forced to. At
present children of 5 to 2inclus-
i've will be admitted for 10 cents,
adults 25 cents. Don C. Smith,
manager.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06
OF INTEREST TO VOTERS

Considerable discussion by the
Interpretation of the law that a
voter to register must have re-
sided in the state one year before
the primary. Also, that a young
man must have attained his
twenty-first birthday prior to the
primary. This Interpretation has
been declared erroneous, and
now the attorney generals office
informs us that it is not necessary
to have resided in rhe state a
year befofe the primary, but one
year in both cases before the
Regular Election. Following is a
synopsis of the descision:
Citizens of Arizona who, be-
cause of residential and age limit
ations, have been unable to vote
in state elections in the past. will
be counted as qualified electors
in the coming primaries.
The two classes of citizens ef-
fected by a ruling just handed
down by the attorney-general's
office are those who will not have
lived in the state by the time the
primaries are held but will have
had years residence by the
time the general election is held.
The second class is those who will
not be 81 years Of age at the
time of the general election.
Both of these classes may now
register at the primaries and vote
in the election, having been class
flied as qualified electors.
The ruling written by assistant
encouragement FL. K. Mcbride
is as follows:
In reply to your question, you
are advised that a citizen of the
United States who has not re-
sided in the State of Arizona
at least one year prior to the
primary election, but will have
been a resident of Arizona one
year on or prior to the date of
the general election in November
is qualified elector of Arizona
and entitled to vote at the gen
eral primary election.
While you have included in
your question, you are advised
further that one who would be-
come of age that is q years of
age, on or prior to the date of
the general election held in Nov
ember, would be a qualified elect
or of Arizona, entitled to register
andvote in the general election.
The need for such ruling has
long been felt in Arizona and has
been generously criticized by
new arrivals in the state in as
much as the above ruling has
been in effect in many of the
states for years.
The most noted of all recent
The Snowflake herald., 1918-09-06

Revelation" a picture that
will give you an insight to Rus
sian affairs. True, it is a love
story, but one leading up to and
existing during the present-war.
It is special feature, produced at
enormous expense. This Satur-
day night at Social Theatre, 10
and rs cents.