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New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Many Movements Begun in
Effort to Win Equal Suf-
frage in America
Miss Anthony's Work
Union With Elizabeth Cady
Stanton in 1852 the Start on
Road to Success

Fhe passage by the House Of Repre-
sentatives yesterday Of the Susan B.
Anthony amendment is the crowning
achievement of movement which has
extended over period Of many years
in this country. Present day suffra
gists, in common with the earlier his.
toric figures in the suffrage movement
in the United States, have trod a path
rendered tortuous by many bitter dis
appointments and frightened by but
few victories, with rare fxity Of pur-
pose.
In the United States, as in Great
Britain, there were sporadic move
ments for women's rights and even de
mands for votes long before there was
an organized movement for woman suf-
frage. Margaret Brent, of Maryland,
heir of Lord Calvert, demanded a voice
in the Legislature of Maryland in 1857.
Two of the Early Leaders
Two figures which stand out in the
early history of the movement are
those of Frances Wright and Erncstinc
L. Rose, Polish woman. VINO came to
this country in 1885. Both advocated
equal rights for women, and late in
1896 Ernestine Rose circulated a peti-
ton III Albany in favor of married
woman's property law.
The question of allowing women to
speak and vote in the meetings of the
Anti-Slavery Association was so op-
posed that it not only caused divi-
sion in the American movement, but
greatly disturbed the Worlds Anti
Slavery Convention, in London. in 1870,
Out of this anti-slavery movement of
184O grew the design to hold a woman's
rights convention in America. Lucretia
Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton is
sued the call. The convention was held
at Seneca Falls, N. Y, on July 10, 184s
and it was we'll attended.
Four years later, in 1852, a similar
convention was held in Syracuse. From
this meeting can be dated the joint
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This leader
ship was destined to bring the move
ment into the public eye and win for
it victory.
Then in May. 1869, came the forma
tion of the National Woman Suffrage
Association at convention in New
York, and in November of that year the
American Woman Suffrage Association
was organized in Cleveland. Mrs.
Stanton and Miss Anthony were the
leaders in the national associations
Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe took
the leadership in the America, asso-
citation. These two organizations diff
fered in policy-Miss Anthony and Mrs
Stanton thought the passage of the
Federal amendment the most important
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

gresslveJ. Total, 7.
Total against. 1856.
Paired Reed and George W. rairchild.
Tor and Dunn. against Ireland and La
Guardia, for. and Padgett. against Curry,
Of California. and Miller of Washington, for.
and Holland. against; johnson. South Da-
kota. for, and Cooper. of West Virginia,
against.
Absent or not voting-Capstick, Cary.
prukker; Graham. of Pennsylvania; Heintz
and Hood.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
McAdoo Demands EXEMPTION
Of His Stenographer, Drafted

BOSTON, Jan. lot was indicated
to-day that an appear would be taken
to the district board against the dc
cis'on, of a local craft board which
denied deferred classification TO .Toseuh
n Shatfer, personal stenographer to
William c. McAdoo. Secretary of the
Treasury and director general of rail
roads. Mr.. McAdoo, in telegram
made public here to- day. said:
II shall ask for Shaffer's exemption.
ne IS indispensable to me in the diff
cult tasks now imposed upon m~."
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Victroy Won in Wyoming


In 1869 the suffragists won a notable
victory. 1t was then that the territory
Of Wyoming gave the vote to its
women. For twenty-four years Wyom-
ing was the only region in this country
in which women received equal rights
with men.
TIE Federal amendment was first in
troduced in Congress in 1873 by Sena-
tor Sargent. 1t was reported adversely
by the Senate, and since that year it
has been introduced by each succeeding
Congress. Miss Anthcss ..erself was
active in campaigns to get the amend
ment through until 1890
In the meantime the two great suf-
frage bodies had united under the
name National American Woman Suf-
frage Association Mrs. Stanton was
chosen president in 1890 In 1892 Miss
Anthony became president and DR..
Anna Howard Shaw vice president. Miss
Anthony remained the leader until
1900. when she was succeeded by Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait. Doctor Shaw
took the presidency four years later
and held that office until 1915, when
Mrs. Gait returned to Office
The association is now a federation ot
states. IT IS affiliated with the Inter
national Suffrage Alliance
Following is list of states where
women enjoy full suffrage: Wyoming
1863; Colorado, 1898; Utah, 1895: Ida
no. 1896; Washington. 1910; California ia
1911; Kansas, 1912 Oregon. 1912 Ari-
zona. 1912; Montana. 1914; Nevada
1914; New York. 1917. Women we're
given full suffrage in Alaska in 1913
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

thing for which to strive. while Mrs.
Howe and Lucy Stone deemed it wiser
to work for suffrage state by state.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

You may iccl grouchy at night
but you VIII surely beam in the
morning after enjoying the COM
fort and luxuryof a Halls Horse
Hair Mattress and Box Springs
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
Italians Hurl
Last Foe Back
Across Piave
Force Teutons to Abandon
Zenson Bend in Fierce
Attack

LONDON, Jan. 1.--At the dawn OF
new year the Italian army on the
Piave scored a new success Of consid
erable Importance over the Austro
German invaders. In combined artil.
lery and infantry attack of overwhelm.
ing power, they forced the enemy to
retire from the only ground he held or
the western bank Of the Piave, at Zen.
son, where he first established himself
on November Ia. The operation was
begun last Thursday, and before the
old year died out the entire bend OF
Zenson was again in the hands of the
Italians.
Except for some sections of the in
undated region on the Piavc delta, the
Teutons are now confined entirely tc
the eastern bank of the stream.
In the region Of Monte Tomba. where
the French smashed through the Teu-
ton lines on Sunday. violent artillery
duels continued throughout the day
but the Austrians made no effort to
regain the lost ground, according to
the Berlin War Office statement.
On the Asiago Plateau. where both
sides are preparing for renewal OF
the great battle in the Brenta Valley
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
British Museum Will
Be Air Board Offices
Report Arouses Protests of
Scientists, Who Fear Loss
of Treasures

LONDON, Jan. 1.-the Star" says
the government has taken over the Brit
ish Museum to be used as offices for
the Air Board
The governments decision to ap-
propriate the British Museum for the
Air Boards headquarters appears
destined to provoke great agitation
among antiquarans and scholars. Sir
John f. Sandys, public orator in Cam
bridge University, has written a Wig
orous letter of protest on hearing the
rumor of the Air Boards intention.
He pointed out that it would be i'm
possible to remove more than a frac
tion of the valuable contents of the
museum, and that what was left prob
ably would be damaged by ill-usage.
Sir John also referred to the fire
risk of the new occupancy and the
fact that the building, the treasures
of which are the envy of Germany, has
not as yet been attacked from the air.
He. feared, however. that when the
Air Board was installed there 1T would
be regarded as the legitimate object
Of an enemy attack.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

there was also increased artillery activ-
ity. Here. however the recent heavy
SHOWS have rendered the ground almos st
impossible and no serious Teuton at
tacks are expected to develop Tor some
days
Meanwhile. the Austro- German air
men are continuing their destructive
raids on the Italian cities and art
centres behind the battle line. Last
night, Rome reports, bombs were
dropped on the open cities of Vicenza,
Bassano. Castclfranco and Treviso,
causing the death of thirteen persons
and the wounding of forty-four. The
material damage was slight. British
and French tliers winged two hostile
machines in the course Of the day
The second statement of the British
War Office in regard to the situation
in Italy, issued to-day, says the Italians
remain in possession of their defensive
lines on the Monte Grappa and Asiago
sectors and are working untiringly to
strengthen them. 1t reports small raids
by the, British across the Piave River
and the destruction of enemy batteries
by British artillery and aircraft. The
statement coFcludes: "All the Allied
troops are confident of future success
of their united efforts and look forward
to the new year."
Germans gain more ground near
Cambria - Hindenbueg predicts
victory n, 191S-Other aUar neacs
On Page ).
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
lylan Appointees Typical
OF Old Tammany Days
Cigar-Smoking Top-Hatted, Frock-C Coated, Auto
mobiling, Politicians in Strange Contrast to
Simplicity of Bill Sulzer's Inauguration
By Charles T. White

pointee, is a veteran in the service,
and we'll qualified by experience.
William p. Burr, the new Corpora-
ton Counsel, was for years an Assist
ant Corporation Counsel, and is famil-
lar with franchise law.
commissioners will refrain from
catering to any newspaper or making
alliance with any, and will prevent all
subordlnates from advertising them
selves in this way" said the Mayor to
his commissioners. Mayor Gaynor
eight years ago urged his commission
ers to get their departmental work
before the reading public in every
legitimate way.
'"1 do not want this Democratic ad-
mlnlstration," SAID the Mayor to his
commissioners, "to leave in the minds
OF the people the picture of commits
sloners and we'll paid subordinates who
loiI in automobiles, with big cigars in
their mouths, as they ride through the
parks or sit conspicuously in the grand
stands at the baseball games. when
they ought to be attending to their de-
partmental work"
IL Is the consensus of opinion among
the Iammany men that that is Just the
sort of an outfit Mayor Hylan has ap-
pointed. And then he tells them they
are to work from 8 in the mo mornin ~ p
until at night. Every Tammany
Mayor for the last forty years has said
substantially. the same thing. Mayor
Hylan quit the City Hall Yesterday at
about $3.50, while the new heads of
departments in most cases stayed only
an hour or two at their posts. And
there were plenty of new commits
sloners who went to the City Hall to
beam upon the new Mayor. VINO lit
orally "lolled in automobiles with big
cigars in their mouths"
The beginning of Mayor Hylan's ad-
mlnlstration is strikingly like tie be-
ginning of Governor Suffers admins
tration. There is the same professed
love for simplicity. the same unctuous
resolve to keep close to the plain peo-
pie. 1t suited the Tammany men to
get into power on platform like
that, but they soon decided that that
kind OF platform was made to get
in on and not to ride on. And Will
lam Sulzer soon fell upon evil times.
The bouquets and fanfare Of yester-
day do not quite obliterate the memory
of triumphant reception to one Of
Mayor Hylan's Bushwick Avenue neigh
bors-Doctor Cook, the explorer. With
Tammany in control of the Board Of
Estimate, ther@ is no disposition on the
part of the braves to let any one play
schoomaster to them. They propose
to run the departments which they
control in good old Tammany stvle,
leaving the drudgery to be done by the
civil service employees and blithely sign
ing the payroll twice month. Tam
many has been out for eight years. So
far as the Tammany people are con-
cerned they will let Mayor Hylan do
as he likes in the Mayors Office, and
they will do as they like wherever
they control a department.
Mayor Hylan is looking for trou-
Gay al ernoon. "You can bring it to
him j.. Ducketfuls. He fattens on it."
From present indications, it looks
as if Mayor Hylan was sure to in
crease his weight The bucketfuls are
on the way to his Office in the City
Hall.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
Austro-Gersnans Start
Joint Sittings on Peace
With Russian DELEGATES

LONDON, Jan. 1.--According to Pet
rograd dispatches, joint sittings If the
Austro- German delegations with the
Russian representatives started there
Monday. The members of the Brest-
Litovsk delegations participating The
discussions turned chiefly upon the
questions of prisoners and trade rela-
tions.
PETROGRAD. Monday, Dec 31.-The
German political delegates who are
visiting Petrograd, headed by Count
Won Mirbach, are devoting much of
their time to preliminary discussions
of the question of trade relati;.as
Baron Admiral Keyscrlngk declared
to-day that no time was more suitable
than the present for making peace. as
he considered that it probably would
be difficult to reach terms with the
Constituent Assembly.
ROTTERDAM, Jan. 1.-Mathias Err
berger. of the Clerical party; Friedrich
Ebert. of the Socialist party and Herr
Fischbeck, of the Progressives, have
informed the Berlin correspondent of
the "Nieuwe Rotterdamsc Courant"
that the German declaration at Brest-
Litovsk is approved unreservedly by
the members of the Reichstag Main
Committee.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

The new Tammany-Hearst municipal
administration is in office.
No one who knew Mayor Hylan's ap-
pointees and who listened to the
Mayors instructions to his heads Of
departments saw substantial hope yes
terday for an efficient administration
Back of everything is the sharply de-
fined shadow of Tammany Hall.
Mayor Hylan's admonition to his
commissioners sounds like al echo of
the American Continental Congress.
His roster of appointees is a COM
posite picture Of the organizations
steered by Charles F. Murphy and John
II. McCooey.
Frederick A. Bugher, the new Police
Commissioner, has wealth and social
position. His rather colorless record
as deputy under Commissioner Bing-
ham makes him practically an un-
known quantity. He says he will keep
politics out Of the department.
Some Were Qualified
Some Of the new heads of depart
ments are we'll qualified for their re-
spective tasks, but in majority of in
stances the appointments ere pslpably
rewards for political services.
Ex-Controller Bird S. Coler comes
once more to the surface. He is the
new Commissioner Of Charities.
Ex- Sheriff Nicholas J. Hayes is vet
eran truck horse in Tammany machine
politics. He is the new Commissioned
of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. :.
John H. Delaney, the new Commits
sioner of Plant and Structures, dis
piays political callouses on both hands
trom holding fast to the McCooey ma
chine.
William Grell, the new Commission
er of Parks and president of the Park
Board, delivered the German vote OF
Manhattan to Mayor Hylan his hackers
assert. The word reform" is not
found in his political lexicon.
mott, of Brooklyn; George H. Payne, of
The Bronx; Arthur Murphy, Tammany
leader of The Bronx, and Joseph
O'Grady, Of Richmond, as Tax Commits
sioners is recognition of goods de-
livered" in one way or another in the
late mayoralty campaign. The only
taxation expert in the board of seven
is Richard Williams, of Queens. whose
long experience in the departme
qualities him. Jacob A. Cantor's ap-
pointment IS recognized as good one.
lie will succeed Lawson Purdy as
president of the board.
Passes Experts Up
Mayor Hylan said during the cam
paign that he did not want experts in
his administration. His appointments,
taken as whole, afford proof that ne
The new Board of Education contains
the names of two women-Anna l..
Murray, of Manhattan, and Mrs. Isaac
Franklin Russell, Of Brooklyn. The
latter is the wife Of a former chief
Judge of the Court of Special Sessions.
Arthur S. Somers, another new ap-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
Spring-Rice to Retire
From American Post
Daily Chronicle" Says
Lord BERTHE Will Be Shifted From
Paris and Buchanan FROM
Petrograd

LONDON. Jan. 1.-Sir Cecil Spring.
h'ce and Lord BERTHE, according tc
the Daily Chronicle" will shortly re.
tire from the British embassies al
Washington and Paris.
Inc newspaper adds that it is
rumored that Sir George Buchanan is
about to 'resign his post as ambassador
Mt Petrograd.
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice has been
the British Ambassador to the J1n;ted
States since 1912. He has been in the
British diplomatic service for nearly
twenty years In 1908 he became first
secretary of the embassy Mt St. Peters.
ourg (Petrograd). a position he held
for two years. from 1906 to 1908 bo
acted as British Minister and Consul
general in Persia, and from 1908 to
dsl2 as Minister to Sweden. He is
tifty-eight years old.
Sir George William Buchanan hos
been the British Ambassador to Russ;s
since 1910. At tire time of the Russian
revo lutloa ii was said that he was
pror'inenG IN starting the revolt. apa;ns
the government of the Gar N;cholas
SIR George. who is sixty-three Years
oid. mas been connected with the Brit
lsh diplomatic corps for forty-one
years. His first distinguished most ,va q
that of Minister at Sofia. which ho
held from 1908 to 1903. The fol,o"-
ing two years he acted in the sa,,o
capacity at The Hague.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
Mayor Hylan Takes Office;
Tammany Men Get Big Jobs:
Bugher Is New Police Head
Named by Mayor Hylan

rohce commissioner Frederick Bugher
liie commissioner Thomas brennan
Corporation Counsel .............. William P. Burr
oi'y Chamoerlaln Alfred j. johnson
w nmlssloner OF Docks and Ferries. Murray Hubert
Commissioner of Public Charities .. Bird S. Coler
commissioner of Parks for Manhattan and
rresloen1 OF the Park Board William F. Grell
Commissioner of Parks (Brooklyn) .. John N Harman
Commissioner of Plant and Structures John DELANEY
Tenement House Commissioner. ......... Frank Mann
Commissioner of Weights and Measures. Joseph Howell
commissioner OF Public Markets. jonathan P Day
commissioner OF Licenses John Gilchrst
Commissioner of Correction. James A. Hamilton
Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and
Electricity ....................Ni Nicholas J. HAYES
Member Board of Assessors. Maurice Simmons
oeoAeCdIy W Mdyor... GTOVer A. Whalen
Executive Secretary to Mayor John Snnott
The Board of Education
Arthur Somers, President
Joseph Yeska Frank p Wilsey
Anna L. Murray Aiming S. Prall
Mrs Isaac F. Russell George j. Ryan
The Tax Board
Jacob A. Cantor, President
Lewis w. Swasey James P. Sinnott
George H. Payne Joseph OGrady
Arthur Murphy Richard Williams
City Civil Service Commission
James E. MacBride Morris Cukor
William brennan
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
One Dead, Score Hurt; $2,-
600, 900 Damage Done in
Heart of City
Troops Rule City;
5 Suspects Arrested
3 Explosions Heard; Hy.
drants Frozen; Firemen's
Work Impeded

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. ALMOST two
blocks in the heart of Norfvlk's busi
ness district, including the Monticello
Hotel, were destroyed, one man was
killed and score more injured to-day
in series of explosion and fires, which
both the police and naval authorities
believe were inccndiary. The fire had
been checked tonight, but still was
burning tierccly in the ruins. The loss
is roughly estimated at more than S2,-
100000.
Three distinct explosions in as many
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

buildings, one after the fire once vir.
led to the general belief that enemy
agents were at work Mayor Mayo
practically placed the city under mar.
'.al lew by turning the situation ovel
TO naval officers, and som $500 ma.
rines and bluejackets from nc by
naval stations assisted the police and
Home Guards in maintaining order and
preventing vandalism.
Naval patrols rounded up suspicious
persons throughout the afternoon
while five men were arrested as sus-
poets. Two Of these, Hugo Schmidt and
Fl. X. Lessing. said to be Germans, were
turned over to Department of Justice
agents.
Report Germans Shot
To light there were reports that two
Cermans had been shot by sailors dur
ing the day, but neither the police nor
naval authorities would confirm them
The fire started before dawn in the
old CRANKY Theatre, in Cranky Street,
and gained headway rapidly, as the
tiremen were handicapped by frozen
fire hydrants, low water pressure and
near zero temperature. 1t quickly
spread to the Monticello Hotel and
other nearby buildings in the block.
1t was brought under control late in
the day. but broke out anew early to-
night, leaped across CRANKY Street and
levelled half of the block there before
being checked.
Falling floors and walls took toll of
fremen and Naval Guards. One fire
man, Charles Mccoy. was killed and
seven others were hurt IN the collapse
of an upper floor of the Monticello Ho-
tel in the day, and tonight two fire
men and several sailors. were caught
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

mer chief engineer of the Panama
Canal, chairman; w. L. Darling of ST.
Paul, chief engineer of the Northern
Pacific Railway; Henry Miller, Of st.
Louis, former operating vice-president
of the Wabash Railroad; George Gibbs,
of Philadelphia, former chief mechani-
cal engineer of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. and J. P. Griner, of Baltimore
chief consulting engineer of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad.
dispatch from Toxic, dated De-
cember 81, said Mr.. Stevens had ar
rived at Nagasaki, Japan, December
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

10 from Vladivostok, and that he had
reserved the accommodations of an
entire hotel in Nagasaki for $50 mem
bers of his staff who accompanied
him. The dispatch also carried a
statement from Mr.. Stevens in which
he declared it was his intention to
return to Russia with his staff and
remain there as long as they could be
Of any assistance to the Russian peo-
pie.
Cossacks fighting Bolsheriki mea,
Moscow-On Page 7. 4
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
u. S. Railroad Mission
Reported Arrested
BY the Bolsheviki

LONDON, Jan. lit is reported that
the Bolsheviki have arrested the mem
bers of the American Railway Mission
at Irkutsk, Siberia, says a dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph from Petro-
grad.
The United States Railroad Commits
sion to the Russian government ar
rived in Petrograd last June and until
the recent Bolshevik disturbances had
been actively engaged in assisting the
Russian railways out of their opcrat-
ing difficulties. The personnel of the
commission, which was not officially
announced, follows:
John F. Stevens. Of New York. for
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
Camp Stuart in Peril
From Fire i'm Vicinity
All Available Fire Apparatus
in Newport News Out
to Fight Blaze

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Jan. l.
Camp Stuart, on the outskirts of the
city. where $1,000 soldiers are sta
toned. was reported late tonight
threatened by a fire raging near by.
All available fire-hghting apparatus in
the city has beer sent to the scene.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02
First Canadian Draft Ready

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 1.-The first
draft under the military service act
will join the colors Thursday. It is
expected that the greater part Of the
training will be given overseas.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-02

Baltimore and OHIO Il. II. ON and after
Thursday. January 3rd, National Lin
tied, leaving New York, West ?3rd Street
$3.50 p. NJ. Liberty ST., 4:0o F. NJ, viii
be withdrawn.-Advt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-06-07

Mrs. Will Robinson went to
Minneapolis the first of the
week to receive medical treat
ment.
Miss Ethel Porter since the
close Of school has been assist
ing in Office work at the George
Jurgens machine ware house.
Mrs. Thos. Finley this week is
making a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Elton Sutcliffe, at Mackin-
tosh, in the trans Missouri
country.
Ed. Zemple, who for the past
year OF two has been reporter
for the board of railway COM
missioners, has resigned his po-
sition, and is intending to enlist
in the signal corps.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-06-07

A little son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ewald Fisher last
Tuesday evening.
Harold Rourk, came home
during the past week to visit his
mother, who is in quite a seri-
Gus condition.
Supt. OF City Schools Souder
is attending the summer insti-
tute of the Aberdeen normal. as
one of the instructors for the
term.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Barrick-
low are enjoying a visit from
their daughter Mrs. Mary Buell.,
of Lyle, Wash, and two children.
Mrs Buell. expects to visit her
brother Sidney at Dunwoody
before returning west.