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THE 3IORXING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917. SUFFRAGISTS PLAN TO RENEW BATTLE Call Issued for Annual Con- vention to Be Held at i .Washington, D. C. NEW PROBLEMS TO BE MET .War for Democracy Brings Belief That Government In Honor Cannot Iionger Deny AVoman Ballot. ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. The official call was issued today for the 49th an nual convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association to be held here December 12 to 13. Washington was selected as the meet ing place so that pressure might be brought to bear upon Congress in favor Of the pending Federal woman suffrage amendment. The delegates, who are xpected to number more than 1000. represent some 2,000.000 women In very state in the Union. "For the 49th time in its history," the call says, "the National American Woman Suffrage Association issues a all to its state auxiliaries to send their elected delegates to meet with officers, committees and life members in annual convention. The place selected is Washington, E. C. December 12 to 15, 1917. "Since last we met the all-engulfing world war has drawn our own country Into its maelstrom and ominous clouds rest over the earth, obscuring the vision and oppressing the souls o man kind. Yet, out of the confusion and chaos of strife there has developed a atronger promise of the triumph of democracy than the world has ever known. Fight In for Democracy. "Every allied nation has announced hat it is fighting for democracy, and our Qwn President has lieclared that "we are fighting for democracy, for the right of .those who submit to au thority to have a voice in their own Kovernment.' Now Russia has answered the call; Great Britain has pledged full suffrage for women and the meas ure has already passed the House of Commons by the enormous majority of seven, to one. Canada, too. has re epond'ed with five newly enfranchised provinces; France is waiting only to irive the foe from her soil to give her women political liberty. "Such an array of victories gives us faith to believe that our own Govern ment will soon follow the example of other allied nations and will alsd pledge votes to its women citizens as an earn est of its sincerity that in truth we lo fight for democracy. Nerr Problems Rising. "This is our first National convention lnce our country entered the war. We are faced with new problems and new issues and the Nation Is realizing its dependence upon women as never be fore. It must be made to realize also that, willingly as women are now serv ing, they can serve still more effective ly when, they shall have received the full measure of citizenship. These facts must be urged upn Congress and otir Government must be convinced that the time has come for the enfranchisement of women by means of an amendment to the Federal Constitution. "lien and women who believe that the great question of world democracy Includes government of the people by the people and for the people in our country are invited to attend our con vention and counsel with us on ways and means to attain this object at the earliest possible moment." The call is signed by Dr. Anna How ard Shaw, honorary president; Airs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president, and members of the National board. World Briefs for Busy Folk. Domestic. Three Generals of the Chinese army re in San Francisco to buy $2,000,000 worth of ammunition-making machin ery for their government. United States Commissioner Hitch cock reserves decision in the case of Jesus Martinez, Mexican Vice-Consul in New York, who refused to appear be fore a local examining board when summoned for examination for serv ice in the National Army. Joseph M. Wakelin, of Melrose, Mass., Is found guilty of manslaughter on ac count of the death of his daughter, Lo retta, 7 years old. His wife is acquit ted. The American committee for Arme nian and Syrian relief announces that the Red Cross has advanced $900,000 on its pledge of $300,000 a month for the work of the committee." This will be added to the J127.000 realized from the sale of the cargo- of the collier Caesar, the relief ship sent abroad, last Christmas but held up by the Turkish government, And -will be used immediately for the . purchase of food and clothing for the needy in West ern Asia. I. U. Sears, of the Davenport (la.) Times, is elected president of the In ternational . Circulation Managers' As sociation. - ' - Lieutenant-Colonel Reginal E. Mc Nally, Three Hundred and Sixty-third Infantry, Camp Lewis, has been ' or dered to Washington. D. C. to receive instructions concerning the military and naval insurance bill. Rabbi Hirsch Gness. of Seattle, con Tlcted of possessing anMllegal amount of liquor and fined $100, gives notice of appeal. Peru's Foreign Minister cables Sec retary Lansing formal notification of rupture of relations with Germany and reiterates indorsement of the United States. Mrs. George Dewey has accepted the chairmanship of the Naval Auxiliary of the District of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross. Five hundred thousand Mexican sil ver pesos have been sent by Mexico to the United States mint in San Fran cisco. They will be reminted and the amount of silver reduced to make each worth 50 cents, American money. Finley J. Shepard and Mrs. Shepatif. formerly Miss Helen Gould, legally have adopted two little girls who have been living with them for more than a year as companions for Finley J. Shepard, Jr., who was adopted in 1915. Men recently recruited under the se lective conscription law will be -permitted to vote In the November elec tions. The Philadelphia Navy-yard has been designated by Secretary Daniels as the clearing station for the comfort gifts for enlisted men of the Navy. Neutral vessels sailing for North Eu ropean neutral ports can get bunker coal in the United States, but only on condition that their cargoes bo sub mitted to inspection. Men and officers of the United States Army are being rigidly drilled against waste of food in their training camp courses. Foreign. The German Reichstag adjourns until December 6. Nicholas Romanoff, former Emperor of Russia, and his family have been transferred at hla request from To bolsk, Siberia, to the Abolak Monas tery, 14 miles from Tobolsk. The for mer Emperor complained that he and his family were annoyed by curious crowds. Count Carl von Luxtnrg, former German Minister, Is under arrest at the detention camp on the Island Of Martin Oarcla. King Gustave of Sweden has charged M. Widen, president of the Second Chamber of the Parliament, with the task of forming a Cabinet. A liberal ministry ia predicted. The scarcity of food in Buenos Aires, resulting from the railroad strike, which has been' going on for three weeks, is becoming grave. No solutipn of the situation is in sight. Mexican troops sent into the Al- damas district of Tamaulipas to put down a reported revolution headed -by General Porfirio Gonzales are return ing to their various stations and the situation Is now normal. The British government has requi sitioned the Swedish steamers Sphynx (1572 tons).Bellgrove( 1284 tons), Cre mona (1225 tons) and Phyllis " (1481 tons). These steamers will fly the British flag and be armed for defense. The German Emperor' is at Sofia. Bul garia, where extensive preparations have been made to entertain him. The Uruguayan Charge d'Affaires in Berlin has notified the Oerman Foreign Office that relations between Uruguay and Germany have been severed, and has requested his passports. Se pokes a gvn in tnr tack ani BACKS MC XCVOSS TOAKlN-f cms AND A CTRL I ritvtK UW OUMH J JAXJ V (0 : Necrology. Charles Harrison Tweed, aged 83 years, widely known as a railroad at torney and in banking circles, died at his home in New York after a brief ill ness. ' Herbert M. Young, a newspaper man known in many cities, died at Chicago of heart disease, aged 49. He was a director of the Scripps-McRae league of newspapers from 1SS3 to 1900. . Grand Duke Fhllllpp Alexander of Wurttemburg. head of the senior line of the Wurttemburg family. Is dead. He was the father of Grand Duke Al brecht, commander-in-chief of the Ger man arml'-S on the southern end of the western front. His wife was Arch duchess Marie Therese of Austria. - Julius Justh. former president of the lower house of the Hungarian Diet and leader of the independence party in Hungary, Is dead. Major-General Achille Papa, of the Italian army, killed in action, met death while cutting wire entangle ments in the Austrian first lines. - Sir Wallace Graham, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, died at Halifax yester day at the age of 69.. He was assist ant counsel in preparing the British case for the Fisheries Commission at Washington, D. C. In 1887-SS. John Howard Hale, member of the Connecticut Public Utilities Commis sion, one of. the foremost horticultu rists and peach growers In the United States and former president of the American Pomolglcal Society, died at his home In Glastonbury yesterday. Mrs. Elizabeth lames, aged 72, moth er of United States Senator Ollie M. James; of Kentucky, died after a brief illness at her home at Marion. Ky, yesterday, while her son was speeding io net bedside from Washington. BRAKES SAVE MOTORIST Corvallis Postmaster Has Narrow Escape on Kerr y. CORVALLIS, Oct. -12. (Speclal.V Only quick application of brakes saved Victor P. Moses, postmaster and ex County Judge, from possible death., to day. He had driven his automobile on the Harrisburg ferry when a smaller car came down the incline at a rapid rate, the driver having lost control. Mr; Moses, set the brakes . of his car so solidly that the impact did not hurl his machine Into the river. Mr. Moses demanded $25 for damages to his auto. On threat of attaching the car, the man's wife offered their savings account in "a Portland bank. $21. The book bore the name of M. Singer, 547 Clatsop street, Portland. CORN PLEA IS REITERATED Plenty of Good Ensilage Maltcr Re ported Going 'to Waste. There are enough drylflff torn stalks In Laurelhurst district house .-gardens to provide -a moderate-sized dairy with ensilage all Winter, It Is asserted. Vast quantities of the fodder are also seen standing -in other parts of the city. Mayor Baker has Issued an appeal for citizens to invite their dairymen to harvest and take it away. The Mayor's proposal is one of con servation, the corn stalks making ex cellent green feed for dairy cattle. SEVEN LIBERALS If! UNION GOV UEfl T Ten Members of Canada's New Cabinet Are Assigned Portfolios. LAURIER NOT ELIMINATED Former Premier's Followers Will Insist on Referendum Before Conscription Law Goes Into Effect. OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 12. Ten ratra- brs of the new union government for Canada, which It was agreed to form during an all-night conference between the leaders of the two major parties, were, sworn In at 1 o'clock today. These portfolios were announced: Premier and. Secretary of State for External Affairs, Sir Robert Borden, Conservative. Minister of Overseas Service, Sir Ed ward Kemp, Conservative. Minister of Militia, Major-General Mewburn, Liberal. Immigration and Colonization, J. A. Caldcr. Liberal. Interior, Arthur Meighen, Conserva tive. Agriculture, T. A. Creear. Liberal. Customs, A. L. Sifton. Liberal. President of the Privy Council, N. W. Rowfll, Liberal. i Railways and Canals, J. D. Rcid, Con servative. Secretary of State for Mines (new). Martin Rurrell, Conservative. As Minister of Overseas Service, Sir Edward Kemp succeeds Sir George Per- ley, who becomes Canadian High Com missioner at London, in wnicn capacity he has been acting temporarily. Frank Cochrane was appointed chair man of the board of directors of the Canadian Northern Railroad. Other portfolios remaining to be filled were still the subject of con ference this afternoon. It was ex pected that the final, composition of the new government would be an nounced tonight. "With the entrance of five Liberals into the Cabinet today. the Liberal representation is thus far brought up to seven. Colonel C. C. Hal lontine and Hugh Guthrie, Liberal?, were sworn in as Minister of Public Works and Solicitor-General, respec tively, last week. Indications were that Premier George Murray, of Nova Scotia, and If. B. Car veil, of New Brunswick, Liberals, would agree to Join the government before night. Formation of a union government in Canada will not eliminate opposition In Parliament. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Lib eral followers In Parliament and in the country have so firmly objected to ac cepting the resignation of leadership offered by Sir Wilfrid that he has de cided not to press its acceptance. Sir Wilfrid will lead his party in the coming election and will take the po sition that conscription for a 100.000 Canadan reinforcements having been enacted, the law must be carried out, but that there must be referendum bo fore further men are taken by conscription. riage -ceremony was performed by the master of the vessel in mid-ocean. Mrs. Anthony complains that her hus band has been guilty of various acts of cruelty, not the least unkind of which was telling her she was "not half as nice as some other woman that he knew." Six other divorce suits were filed In the Circuit Court yesterday as fol lows: Nettle M. Howard vs. Jack H. Howard, married at Vancouver. Wash., July 9, 1917, cruelty: Frank Ayotte vs. Keiva, Ayotte, married at Vancouver. Wash., in April. 1909, deserton: Laura M. Rawlinson vs. J. W. E. Rawlinson, married in this city, October 9, 1909, cruelty: Helen Lo.retta Hebblewhite vs. Earl Hebblewhite, married at Van couver, Wash., December 22, 1913, deser tion; -Sadie Pflster vs. Matthew J. Pfister, married at Volga, S. D., No vember 24. 1898, cruelty, and Frank Perry vs. Pearl Perry, married in this city October 9. 1912, desertion. FULL FREEDOM ASSURED SOLDIERS IX ARMr CAMPS MAY AT TBJtD POLTICAL MEETINGS. Order Issued by Secretary Baker Per mits Free Participation in Campaign. WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. Citizen sol diers in the National Army encamp ments will not have to forego the privi lege of attending political meetings this Fall. Secretary Baker announced tonight that he had approved an order by Major-General J. Franklin Bell, commanding at Camp Upton, N. Y., per mitting political gatherings in camp under proper regulation's and that the ruling 'Will apply to all the camps. The conditions are that there shall be no interference with the serious work of training the troops and that full equality of opportunity shall be given all political parties. It Is under stood also that General Bell's prohibi tion of disloyal utterances will apply generally. Where the - state laws provide for taking the ballots of soldiers absent from their lawful voting places by state commissions or otherwise, such polling of the troops will be facilitated by the military commanders during the municipal and state elections. tiki -I I frfg fit EXTRA STAMPS TODAY Take Them They're Cash Bring This Coupon 20-EXTRA-20 "S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first ?1 cash pur chase and double I'll I iir i .1 i ii i. Good on first floor and in basement today. Oct. 13, 1917. Army Orders. 130 REBEKAHS ASSEMBLE Officers Elected at Brownsville by Oddfellows' Auxiliary. BROWNSVILLE. Or., Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) One htindred and thirty dele gates were in attendance here at the annual district convention of the Re bekahs. The district includes the fol lowing towns,' all' of which were repre sented: Albany. Jefferson. . Lebanon, Corvallia, Brownsville, Tangent, Shedd. . The programme consisted of addresB of welcome by Brownsville and re sponse by Jefferson and demonstration of lodge work by each of the; other towns represented. Reports were heard from all lodges and officers were elect ed for next year's convention. In charge nf tHo nflKHTTlhlv at P.rnw rlfi vi 1 1 A wrfl the following officers: Chairman of the convention, Grace Farwell, of shedd; vice-chairman. Georgia White, of Cor vallis; secretary, Teena Howard, of Brownsville. SAN" FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Army orders Issued at the headquarters of the West ern Department here today follow: ''Captain Earl Harking, National Army, Denirla Arsnnal, California, will proceed to the Lnttermsn General liorpltal. Presidio, of an Francisco, for observation and treatment. First Lieutenant John Vernon. Quarter master Corps. National Army, now at the Presidio, of tan Francisco. Is assigned to command Bakery Company No. 3o8 at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto. Csl. Leave of absence for five clays Is granted Second Lieutenant Harry W. Koster, In fantry Officers 'Reserve Corps, on duty with the K'Jd Infantry, at the 1'residlo, of San Francisco. 50c Daggett & Ramsdell Cold Cream - 43 50c Hazeline 30d 50c Pompeian Massage Cr'm 40 Pompeian Night Cream, 25c, 35c and. 752 $1 Ingram's Milkweed Cream 85 50c Ingram's Milkweed Cr'm 40 $1.00 Othine, double strength 90 $1.00 Woodlark Freckle Cr'm 855 $1.00 Miolena Freckle Cream 85 50c Stillman Freckle Cream 40 50c HindsiHoney Almond Cream . . . 45 50c Malvina Cream 45 Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream 25tf, 50, 75? 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Marital knots tied on thp higrh seas art not more enduring 'than those formed on terra flrnia, judging from the experience of Alice M. Anthony, who yesterday filed suit for divorce from W. A. Anthony, to whom she was married on th Steamship Klamath out side the jurisdiction of the United States. February IS. last. The mar- CONDUCTOR'S LEG BROKEN Huge Rock Smashes Car on Portland-Astoria Train. ASTORIA. Or, Oct. 12. fSpecial.) The morning train from Portland today was delayed more than two hours and Conductor Mrjreevy was Injured by an accident which happened near trfe John Day tunnel. The train had just passed through the cut of the old tun nel when a huge rock rolled down the bank, striking the front end of the smoking-car and wrecking- the truck. Conductor McOreevjr was standing on the car step and sustained a Xractured leg. II "BELTERS" in profusion! For the last SEE few days we have been so s busy greeting our latest . 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West Coffee Is "Just Rlgfir OBEEB!T 0CKerac) .1 From the cradle to the grave most of man's activities will now be taxed under the new Revenue Bill, points out an Associated Press correspondent j since "baby's first dash of talcum powder under the 2 tax on cosmetics will help the Government carry on the war, and after death, the Federal Collectors will be on hand to get the Inheritance Tax at advances on the present rate of from 1 on $50,000.00 to 10 on $1,000,000.00." ' While Congressman Kitchin and Senator Simmons, respectively responsible for the Tax Revenue legislation in the House and Senate, express muchySatisfaction with it, the newspaper press in various sections of the country is commenting upon what it deems, to use the words of the New York Evening Sun, the law's serious ''inequities," "obscurities," "incomprehensibilities," and " unworkabilities." In THE LITERARY DIGEST for October 13th, a clear exposition of what the new. taxation will cost individuals and corporations is given and the drift of public opinion upon it is shown. Other striking phases of the world's news are presented under these headings: How to Recognize the Rank, and Service Branch, of Navy Men A Full Page of Illustrations Showing the Shoulder Straps, Sleeve Insignia, Chevrons, Collar Devices, and Specialty Marks Worn by Officers and Men in the United States Navy The Yellow Peril in Germany German Gold in French Politics Military Aid from Japan Building Your House to Suit the Climate A New Safety Car-Step America's .First Camouflage Company German Opera Tabu in Chicago Examining William IFs Divine Right "Carry On!" News of Finance and Investment Hearst, Tammany, Mitchell, and America We Lend a Few Billions to Ourselves Why Men Fail A Plea for the Coarser Bread-Stuffs The Quarrel Over Lincoln's Statue The Pope's Motives Is "Christine" Run to Earth? Knights of Columbus War-Work Rooting Out Christianity in Germany Personal Glimpses of Men and Events Excellent Illustrations, Both Humorous and Educational We Need An Educated Citizenry 'to influence our national policies at home and abroad voters who can intelligently support or condemn the stand of their officials, according to its' true merits. And here is a news-magazine help ing to develop a citizen body educated in all our vital foreign and domestic affairs. THE LITER ARY DIGEST affords real education. It reports events and conditions just as they are, and ust as they are viewed by all different parties. It leaves no room for uncertainty, - prejudice,- or misinformation. THE DIGEST gives all sides of every question so that the citizen who reads it may be fully informed and able to pass sane, unprejudiced - judgment. 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