SUFFRAGIST SAIDTO!
HAVE CURSED FLAG
Miss Hazel Hunkins, of Billings,
'i ' Mont., Accused; Affida
' vits Produced.
DEBATE IN SENATE BITTER
"Solt on Susan B. Anthony Amend
t, . jnent Delayed Again; Women
Said Sot to Control Xeces
aary Blajority.
' 'WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. Fate of
omin suffrage in the Senate - was
more uncertain tonight than ever. -
After a day of bitter debate in which
Senators confidential negotiations were
publicly disclosed, the Senate adjourned
vntll tomorrow with suffrage advo-
tienta openly threatening; a filibuster
rents openly threatening ' fiHrbuster
to prevent a rollcall until Monday be
' cause many Senators will be absent
tomorrow making liberty Joan speeches.
Political charges and counter charges,
criticism from ali quarters of the con
duct of the militant suffragists. Includ
Intr charges that one. Miss Hazel Hun
kins. of Billings. Mont., an employe
of the war labor board, had cursed the
American flag during a recent suffrage
demonstration In front of-the White
House and denunciation of The manage
ment of the House resolution, featured
the debate.
Oae Tote LaekJas
( During the partisan discussion It was
-revealed that private polls show that
' the suffrage forces still lack one vote
of the two-thirds majority necessary
to pass the resolution.
' Senator Reed of Missouri, Democrat.
Opposing the resolution, eaid the Senate
ty taking "commands from "petti
coat lobbyists' had placed Itself in a
''contemptible position" and denounced
the situation as a "shame and dls
rrace.' In the course of his speech. Senator
Reed made the charge against Miss
Hunkins. He produced affidavits from
policemen and a police matron, who
were present when Miss Hunkins and
other woman's party demonstrators
were arrested, alleging that Miss Hun
kins had said:
that old American flag, it
Is the cause of all this trouble, and
.... the American flag, it ia always
Setting someone in trouble." (
Wonai Deales Charge.
A telegram from Miss Hunkins deny
ing the charges and promising libel
proceedings - on their publication was
also read by the Missouri Senator.
Senator Thomas of Colorado, Demo
crat, eaid the charges were being In
vestigated by the Department of Jus
tice. '
Senator Walsh of Montana said he be
lieved the' charges to be absolutely
false.
BELL TO BE ON BALLOT
tAPA CANDIDATE "ASStMED TO
HAVE QUALIFIED.
Co verm or ( Nebraska, Says Tkat If
He Is Not Re-Eelected He
L Will Eater Army.
SACRAMENTO, paL, Sept. 27. Frank
C Jordan. Secretary of State, an
nounced today he had assumed" that
Theodore A. Bell, of Napa, Cat., had
qualified for the independent nomlna
tion for Governor of California and
that he would place Bell's name on
the ballot for the November election,
GORDON, Neb.. Sept 27. Governor
Keith Neville. Democratic candidate for
re-election In November, has resolved
to let the voters of Nebraska decide
the question as to whether he is to
continue to be Governor or join the
great khaki clad fraternity that is
battling abroad for democracy and
civilization.
He said In addressing a political
(Fathering here: "I shall accept the
judgment of the voters on this ques
tion gladly."
"'DIG, DIG, DKT IS SLOGAN
Tnlins Ii. Meier Tells How Xevt York
I'shcrs In Liberty Loan Campaign.
How New Tork ushered in the offi
cial opening of the fourth liberty loan
campaign was told in a telegram re
ceived yesterday from Julius L. Meier,
lieutenant-general of one of the Port
land field divisions, to Guy W. Talbot,
general in command. Mr. Meier says:
"President Wilson, at the Metropolitan
Opera-House tonight, talks on the lib
erty loan. Enthusiasm of the workers
Is high. Huge sirens will be operated by
an electric switch from police bead-
quarters. When they complete their
message to Isew workers to dig, dig
dig,' the town criers will start out from
every precinct police station, distribut
ing hundreds of thousands of copies of
a 'surprise paper that is to awaken the
city to the Importance of the loan."
50 ENTER NAVAL SERVICE
Popular Branch of War Trailing
Slay Be Extended Later.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Sept. 27. (Special.) Nearly 60 stu
dents signed applications for entrance
into the naval section of the S. A. T. C.
yesterday and today. So great is the
demand for this training that the Uni
versity of Oregon's quota of 60 men
tnay be Increased later.
It is expected that some men who
had applied for the regular S- A. T. C.
work will ask to be Inducted into the
naval section as apprentice seamen to
train for officers in the Navy and that
there soon will be more than 60 appli
cations for this branch of the work.
NO PRICE FIXING IN SIGHT
War Board Committee Make State
ment Regarding Cotton,
i
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. The war
Industries board's committee on cotton
distribution announced - today that it
will not recommend that a price be
fixed on raw cotton at the present time,
nor will 'it so recommend in any event
before sufficient time has elapsed to
test the effect as a stabilising Influence
of the work assigned to the committee,
unless unexpected changes of such vio
lence should occur as to threaten th(M
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