Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16
BIG REGISTRATION
SETTING NEW MARK
Incomplete Figures indicate
10000 Were Listed Here in
Two Days at Polls
100000 WOMEN TO VOTE

hegistration of men and women on
september IA. the second registration
daY, Is exceeding all expectations.
heports received today at the board
OF registration commissioners show
that total Of lag. 1O3 men and women
were registered Tuesday. As thirty
divisions are still to be heard from, Il
probable that the total will be
a,pproxlmatelv 10000. The registra-
,ion ,hI n Tor the first day. September Q. was
ilS.35S. so that the total for the two
DAYS may be approximately 27O. 600.
This Is much greater than the reg
istration for the first two days of the
last presidential year, 1916, when the
total for the first two days was Ig5,-
lS7. AT that time only men were reg
istered. The difference between the
two figures would indicate that possi-
bly, 100000 women had registered so
far.
Politicians confessed today they were
amazed at the quickencd interest that
is being shown in politics by the
women. They attribute Tuesdays high
registration figures solely to the out
pouring of women to the polls. Normal
ly, they, explained, registration on the
second day is light.
To Hold Second Hearing
Several thousand additional names
will be added to the assessment lists
after Judge. Shoemaker tomorrow con
siders petitions of those who were left
off the assessors lists for some reason
or another. The court is so swamped
with the petitions that Judge Shoemak-
er has announced he will conduct a Sec
ond hearing before October 9 so that
additional petitions can be presented.
The date. he said. would be announced
later.
Definite plans for the suffrage victory
jubilee in Independence Square on Sat
urday, September %, have been an
no1nced by the women's organizations.
No flags will be borne. All sugges-
tions for any sort of regalia arc dis
approved of. Party emblems will be
barred. The women will march as
voters, as citizens of America. not as
members of individual clubs. They will
wear street clothes. and their ranks
will be open to all comers
Mayor Moore, who has issued the in
vitation, will preside. Governor Sproul,
Mrs. John o. Miller, president of the
State League of Women Voters. and
Miss Maud Wood Park. national leader
of the same organization, will make
addresses. Invitations have been sent
to Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state,
and to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, pres
ident of the National Suffrage Associa-
ton. President Wilson has sent word
he will be unable to attend.
To Hold Reception
A pageant has been woven about the
famous suffrage liberty bell belonging
to Mrs. c. W.. Ruschenberger. which
played a large part in suffrage cam
paigns. Each of the forty eight states
will be represented by woman. AS
Tennessee, Miss Katherine Wentworth.
of Roanoke, Va. the young niece of
Mrs. Ruschcnberger. will step forward
and unite the clapper Of the bell for
the first time, to sound freedom through
out the land.
After the celebration the leaders will
hold a reception in the supper room of
the Curtis Building.
Mrs, n. J. Dilworth, leader of the
Forty second ward for the Philadr'nhiN
League for Women Voters, will preside
at meeting tonight in Ionic Hall,
Second street below Tabor road. Olney.
Mrs. George A. Piersol will speak on
'"The New Voters"