The Ringling News. (Ringling, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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THE RINGLING NEWS
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TWO DIVISiOHS
MANY TANKS AND ARMORED
- TRUCK ARE BEING USED
IN BATTLE
3000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Report A r That th Rusalina Are
Advancing In Northern 8ectpr
a They Bombard Town
With Shell
Waraaw — The Fifty-seventh Fifty
eighth and Eighth bolshevik divisions
of the Warsaw fropt have been anni-
hilated and thousands of soviet sold
lers have been made prisoners official
statement says
Polish successes on all fronts with
the exception of the southern battle
sector where the Russian soviet forc-
es are advancing In the direction of
Lemberg are reported in the official
statement on fighting operations ia
sued f
The bolshevik retreat north and
east of Warsaw where the soviet
forces were closely driven by the
Poles took the semblance of a rout
at some places the communique re
ports' On the extreme first of the
Polish line however and in the region
of Lemberg societ advances are' re-
corded Northwest of Warsaw the Russian
troops who met resistance at Wlock
lawek for hours the shells ramaglng
the cathedral and the bishop's place
U 8 May Protest Action At Danzig
Washington — Four of the import
ant districts of south Russia have
recognised the government of General
Wrangel and made preparations for
accepting that as the government of
Russia according to unofficial advices
received r
The Don Kuban Terek and Astrak-
han districts are reported to have rec-
ognised General Wrangel ' The Cos-
sacks are also reported to have recog-
nised General Wrangel as the repre-
sentative of Russia in foreign affairs
but will continue their own organisa-
tion in matters of Internal adminis-
tration '
The United States is making an In-
vestigation and may consider Joining
with Franco in a protest against the
action of the league of nations high
- commissioner in prohibiting the land-
ing of French munitions at Dansig it
was learned The reports of the situa-
tion at Dansig are confusing and a re-i-quest
tor more complete details will
be made before this nation takes any
action
POSTOFFICE PROBE STARTS
Committee To Report Back To Con-
gress before March 1st '
Washington— A special congression-
al committee to Investigate the postof-
flee systems and methods will begin
its work at Chicago
Senator Townsend of Michigan and
Representative Steenerson of Minne-
sota chairmen respectively - of the
senate and house postofflee - commit
' tees and members of the spect&l com-
mitted have gone to Chicago to ar-
range for the opening of the proposed
investigation
The committee ! to investigate and
report to congress 'by March 1 next
with recommendations on the “pres-
ent and prospective method and sys-
tems of handling dispatching trans-
porting and delivering the malls and
i the facilities for the work" and es-
pecially with reference to the postal
service in the large cities
J S EMPLOYES PENSIONED
7 F
135 Put on Retired List at Chicago
Postoffice Over Protect
Chicago — One hundred and thirty-
five Chicago postofflee employes were
retired from service on pensions over
their protests They claim the pen-
alons provided by the retirement act
recently passed by congress are not
cufficient to support them
Chief among those retired are Gen-
eral James E Stuart chief postofflee
Inspector who served forty years
Big Deficit For Roads
Washington — Trunk line railroads
In the United States 'Incurred a de-
ficit of $15616328 on June operations
according to aprellminary report is-
sued by the interstaate commerce
commission For the six months of
1920 including June the report fixed
net -railway operating income at $13
664120 against $154930908 in 1919
Lloyd George Not To Visit U 8
London — Premier Lloyd George
does not contemplate any trip to Can-
ada or tha United States
Franca Backs U 8 On Stand i :
Washington — The French reply to
e le American note on the Russian
ollsh situation states "without reser-
vation that the French government la
In entire agreement with the prin-
ciples set forth In the American note”
Secretary Colby stated ' ' '
Pontoon Bridge Is Repaired
Laredo Texas — The pontoon bridge
across the Rio Grande here damaged
by high water has been repaired and
vehicles are again eroaslng to and
from tha Mexican aide
SHIPS SAIL TO PORT REVAL
Daniel Divert Bupplie prom Danxlg
- Port i
Washington — £o bitter has friction
between Great Britain on the one side
and France and th United States on
the other with regard to Poland be-
come that Secretary Daniels ordered
the armored cruiser Pittsburg the
supply ship Panther and all United
States destroyers now hurrying to the
Baltic to proceed to Reval in Eathonla
Instead of to Dansig v
- Although Dansig is a sea hold of
the Polish corridor and is officially
known as "a free city” the British are
there with a fleet' and are in absolute
control The allied high commission-
er Sir Reginald Tbwer is simply a
British official
r He is reported find it is believed
in official circles here to be true to
have refused permission for either the
French or Americans to land supplies
in Dansig In reply to a request from
the French for perns lesion to land mu-
nitions Sir Reginald Tower Informed
them “he would be Unable to preserve
order” if they did a -
- Following Sir Reginald Tower’s no-
tion' the French fiovernmsnt imme-
diately ordered two armored cruisers
the Guidon and Marseilles to Dansig
It is noted with alarm by state de-
partment officials here that the atti-
tude of Sir Reginald Tower - became
more positive immediately after pub-
lealtion of Secretary Colby’s nota -
RECONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED
BANKING AND TRANSPORTA-
TION TO REORGANIZE '
New Tax System Will Also be Found-
' ed and Educational Program
’ Considered
New York— The reconstruction' pro-
gram of the new government of Mex-
ico - was outlined - by Gen Salvador
Alvarado minister of finance of the
republic of Mexico in an address at a
dinner given there in his honor
“We are starting on a vast pro-
gram of reconstruction" he said "so
it will be well advanced when the new
president takes office All' capable
men regardless of their political or
religious views are being brought into
action and the new government is to
be run the same as a private enter-
prise 1 ‘
“Among the things we hope to ac-
complish are the reorganization of the
banking - system reorganization of
transportation rehabilitation of rail-
roads and the creation of a merchant
marine
‘Settle Peroleum Question
-We are tryin” he added “to set-
tle the petroleum question in a spirit
or cordiality and justice which in-
spires all the acts of the new govern
ment and it is firmly hoped that In a
few months this question will be set-
tled satisfactorily to all concerned"
A large number of bankers import-
ers and others interested in Mexico
were present at the dinner
"Agricultural laws are being con-
sidered and Important bills are to be
passed affecting commerce Industry
mining and transportation by land and
water This reform will also affect
the civil code commercial law the
customs regulations and port sanita-
tion aa well as the tariff
Tax System Revised
-Our tax system will also undergo
a wide and complete overhauling that
will expurge it of all antiquated clum
ay methods which at present embar
rasa and retard business 'Plans for
an educational program are practical-
ly complete - These plans Include a
drive in favor of an integral popular
education mainly on practical and
agricultural lines"
WASHOUTS ON M K & T
Two Bridges Swept Away Forces Em-
bargo on Freight
Wichita Falls Tex — At least two
railroad bridges were swept away
washouts on several roads took place
and a freight embargo was put on by
one road aa a result of heavy rains
In West Texas and in Oklahoma along
the Missouri Kansas & Texas rail-
way from Wichita Falls to its ter-
minal point Forgan Okla near the
Kansas border
Big Sum in Bullion is 8tolen -
San Francisco — Reported disap-
pearance of $10000 in gold bullion
from the strong boxes of the China
Mail Liner Nile between this port and
Shanghai puzzled local shippings of-
ficers No trace of the missing gold
part of a $3000000 treasure cargo
waa discovered according to advices
to China mall officers here despite a
rigid Investigation following discovery
of the theft Possibility that an or-
ganized gang of thieves Is operating
on trans-Paclflo vessels and at Paciflo
and Oriental ports Is strong -
New U 8 Marshal for Texas
Washington — President Wilson ap-
pointed WUkens Berryman Hafiper of
Texarkana to be United - States mar-
shal for the eastern district of Texas
- ' Waller Winens Dies -'
London — Walter Wlnans widely
known American resident of Iondait
collapsed and died while' driving his
horse Henrietta Guy In -a race at
Parsloes Park Mr Wlnans called out
for his horse to be stopped but be-
fore this could be done he fell off the
sulky He was dead when picked up
il S RUN SHIPS BY WIRELESS
GERMAN SECRET DISCOV-
ERED BY NAVAL EXPERTS
England Japan and Franc Have
Been Working On 8am Theory'
( 8inc World War (
Washington — The German secret
of operating a battleship at full speed
by wlrleas has been discovered by the
American navy department By mesne
of testa on the battleships Iowa and
Ohio the plan has been so much tan-
proved upon that it has become Fran-
tically 'American it was learned from
high officials of the nsyy department
The tests hava been in progress on
the American battleships during be
past six' months and Lave now reached
their final stage It is understood
that these tests have been more than
gratifying The Iowa jmd Ohio are
obsolete vessels but ofsufflclent ton-
nage and speed that a successful test
with them means success with the
largest vessels afloat
Aeoret Well Guarded ' ‘ -r
The practical application or the
discovery naval officials believe- will
make naval warfare of the - future
sharp and decisive for the govern-
ment that can monopolise tre inven-
tion This government knows that
England Japan and France were
aware late in the war that Germany
had solved the principle of the prob-
lem So far aa reports show hoiw
ever those countries are working in-
effectually on theories of their own v
It was with this invention that Ger-
many hoped to destroy the British
navy In fact it is known that a very
practical demonstration waa given at
Beebrugge With the operator four
miles away the hulk of a vessel was
directed against the British blocading
squadron One of the vessels was
struck and materially damaged
1 Perfected by U 8
All that officials admit Is that the
secret is based on the principle of con-
centrating - electrical energy on the
steering appartus t
They say that it has been known
for many years that objects could be
moved In the water by “wire" and in
a general way it has been known that
it -could be done by wireless or radio
Germany It is stated worked the
problem to a finish and was about to
put it into general operation when
the war ended -It
la explained that the proved pos-
sibility of moving the Iowa and Ohio
from a shore station or flagship is
enough to warrant the statement that
naval warfare of the future will be to-
tally different from that of the past
Heavy 8hips Can Be Handled '
It has been shown that ships can be
directed from any point from which
they are visible Vessels of heavy ton-
nage can be dircted from any point
from which they are visible Vessels
of heavy tonnage can be directed as
easily as if guided by a navigator on
board - It Is equally feasible- officers
pointed out to construct large steel
clad rams and launch them against
the enemy
N Y GAINS IN POPULATION
Population Figure fdr 1920 Placed at
10750000
Washington — The 1920 census will
show that New York state has a pop-
ulation of 10750000 Director of the
Census Sam L Rodgers announced
The state’s population as compiled
for the 1910 census was 9113614 In
1918 estimates by the census bureau
placed the population at 10646989
Tabulators in the census office are
counting population figures at the
rats of 1000000 persons a day At
the close of the close of the count
last week the total population for the
United States had reached the figure
of 65000000 Director Rodgers has
estimated that the complete count will
show the population of the United
States to be 105000000 '
The count will be - completed in
October - ’
Hog Island Yards Offered for 8al
Washington — The shipping board
announced bids for the purchase of
Hog Island shipyard - Philadelphia
would be received up to September 2
At the same time the board announc-
ed that bids would be opened Septem-
ber 1 for the purchase of the steel
ships of the government merchant
fleeL - "
Women Bleep Two Years
Waukesha Wls — Mrs Clara Jor-
genson Racine who has been asleep
at the county asylum for more than
two years has regained' conscious-
ness A sister-in-law of Mrs Jorgen-
son’s visited the institution bringing
with her her six year old son It la
thought that' the child awakened the
memories in ths woman’s mind that
restored her to a normal condition
During her stay at the hospital Mrs
Jorgenson has been completely help-
less '
School Teachers Outwit Uncle 8am
San Francisco— Two pretty Amer-
ican school teachers from Honolulu
were on their way to their American
homes laughing over the manner in
which they had outwitted Uncle Sam
The teachers Mildred Wills 22 years
old SL Louis and Helen Trauger 24
years old Philadelphia were unable to
secure passage home' When the big
military transport Sheridan left Hono
lulu they were hidden away as stow-
I awaa Port ' authorities believe the
I names fictitious i
POLES REJECT REDS TEDS
DELEGATES REFUSE TO AC-
CEPT PEACE CONDITIONS
'
Russiane Told That 8odet Army Must
Disarm and Surrender At Ones -
Alee 8lave Annihilated '
' London — The Polish ' ’ delegates at
the Minsk conference have refused to
accept a peace condition advanced by
the soviet for the disarmament of th
Polishar my unless the Russians them-
selves disarm says a wireless dispatch
from Berlin quoting a report received
from Mink
Reds Are Hard Pressed ‘
Washington — Unless the bolshevik
military leaders succeed in quickly or-
ganizings more successful resistance
the defeat of the soviet forces before
Warsaw will become “a very serious
one according to a cablegram receiv-
ed by the state department from the
American legation at Warsaw -
PRICES DECLINED IN JULY
i v ‘ —
Decrease In Clothes and Clothing Ms-
( ) ter I I Most Noticeable
Washington— -Wholesale prices of
commodities declined approximately
2 1-3 per cent during July in the Unit-
ed States -according to a report by
the department of labor The decrease
in cloths end clothing materials was
th most notable shown in ths depart-
ment’s list of index numbers amount-
ing to 5 ft per cent while foodstuffs
declined 4 per cent and farm products
generally 29 per cent -
' At this point the department re-
ported price were still abovo levels
of July 1919 food articles having in-
creased during the year 241 per cent
cloths and clothing 124 per cent and
fuel and lighting 474 per cenL Fuel
and lighting materials were products
which showed - no decrease -during
July 1920 according to the depart-
ment’s statistics but on the contrary
increased by 2-8 per cent making
their present level the more dispro-
portionate to other "Commodities
HOLD UP TRAIN IN ST LOUIS
Bandits Overlook On of Mall 8acke
Takerf Is Recovered
SL Louis — One of the pouches of
mail taken from the Missouri Paciflo
train trat was- -robbed on the out-
skirts of 8t Louis by two men waa
found In the weds along the railroad
received no report as to the contents
contents 1 were intact the bandits ap-
parently losing the pouch in the dark-
ness The markings indicated it waa con-
signed to Fort Worth Texas for dis-
tribution in Arkansas and Louisiana
M B Lunny postofflee inspector in
charge of the SL Louis district had
received no report aa to tre contents
of the pouches that are missing It is
now believed that five were taken in-
stead of four aa fire reporter Lunny
states the pouches probably contained
shipments of money
RUNS TRAIN THROUGH FIRE
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Injured Taken Out of Timber Region
- Through Pillars of Flame
! Kamloops B C — Fighting It’s way
through a sea of flame a relief train
bearing injured fire fighters and ref-
ugees from the British Columbia dis-
trict swept by the great forest fire
now raging along ths north Thompson
river arrived here The forest fire
was started by - lightning severs
weeks ago hut a storm this week fan-
ned it into a fierce conflagration It
is now reported beyond control An
eastbound freight train is now report-
ed driving its way through the blase
on the Canadian national railway tea
miles from Avola BC -
Camp Upton To Be Abandoned
f- Washington — Orders' have been is-
sued from the headquarters of the
Eastern department for the abandon-
ment of Camp Upton N Y and the
salvaging - of the camp equlpmenL
Ths 41st Infantry now at Upton will
be transferred to Camp Meade Md
and the 42nd infantry to some other
post not yet selected
- - ' Ship Off for the Black 8ea
' Paris — The United States cruiser
Pittsburg left Brest for Southampton
to take on coal She will then proceed
to the Black sea The French cruisers
Gueyden - and Marsellals left Cher-
bourg under sealed orders
Texas Auto Law Attacked
Austin Tex — Th law requiring
drivers of motor vehicles to stop and
aid persons injured by them was de-
clared to be so ambiguous vogue and
indefinite as to be inoperative in th
appsal of the ease of N W Scott
Foreign Missions In Posen
London — All of the foreign mis-
sions to Warsaw here been moved to
Posen at the Instance of -the Polish
government according ' to an Ex-
change dispatch from Warsaw ’
Big Five Packer May 8ell Yardage
Washington — A - plan under which
the big five packers would dispose of
tlieir stockyard - interests has been
submitted to the department of jus-
tice tor approval and probably will be
filed In the District of Columbia eourt
by August 8
FIGHT FOR VOTES
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Thirty-Six States' Have' Ratified
' ' AmendmenL
TENNESSEE FALLS INTO LINE
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Washington Is ths Thirty-Fifth— Sev-
enty Years ef Struggle for Equal
Suffrage— Features and Boms
Immortal Names-:
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Washington— American women have
Won their fight for votes Washington
and Tennessee have ratified the con-
stitutional amendment making 88
states ont of 48
Upon the opening March 22 of the
pedal sessions of the legislatures of
Washington and Delaware the woman
luff rage iltuatlon in the United States
was briefly this:
Amendment to tha Constitution
passed by congress Jane 4 1919 as
drafted in 1875 by Susan B Anthony:
The right of citizens of the United
States to wot shall not b denied or
Lucretia Mott
abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of aex” Ratifi-
cation necessary by legislatures of
three-fourths of the 48 states of the
Union -
- Amendment ratified by 84 states be-
ginning with Wisconsin June 10 1919
and ending with West "Virginia March
10 1920 Constitutionality of Ohio
ratification before the United States
Supreme court
Amendment defeated by six states
between September 12 1919 and Feb-
ruary 17 1920 aa follows In the or-
der named : Alabama Georgia Missis-
sippi South Carolina Virginia Mary-
land Connecticut and Vermont— No regu-
lar sessions until ' 192L Governors
had refused to call special sessions
Florida and Tennessee— Cannot veto
in 1920 because of constitutional pro-
vision requiring election to Intervene
between submission of amendment and
action on it
Louisiana— Legislature to mee in
June small hope of ratification
North Carolina — Legislature to meet
in special session in AugusL Gov
Thomas W Blckett had declared his
intention to ask for ratification i
Washington promptly ratified Del-
aware and Louisiana refused' The
governors of 'Jonnectlcut Florida and
Vermont reznsed to call special ses-
sions The United State Supreme
court upheld tha Ohio ratification on
too ground that no state constitution
had the authority to change in any
detail the method which the United
States Constitution Itself provides for
its amendment - This decision cleared
the way for the special session in Ten-
nessee which began August 9
It la seventy years since the organ-
ized movement for woman suffrage
was begun in the United States
In 1848 Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton called the first Woman’s
Bights convention at Seneca Falls L
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j 8usan B Anthony 1
T which launched a "Declaration of
Sentiments” and passed a resolution
demanding equal suffrage
- These are two Immortal names In
American history - Lttcretia Mott
(1798-1880) waa born in Nantucket
Mass of Quaker parents After teach-
ing she became an “acknowledged
minister" of the Friends She married
James Mott who worked with his wife
aguinst slavery
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
was born in Johnatown N Y She
married In 1840 Henry B Stanton a
journalist and' anti -slavery speaker
Worn 1869 to 1896 she was president
of the National Woman 8nifrage as-"
addressed congressional committees
on woman suffrage She was the Joint
author of "History of Woman SnN
ft rage (1881-8) and "Eighty Year
or More" (1895) Is her autobiography
' A third name ia that of Susan ' B
Anthony (1820-1906) She joined witls
Lucretia Mott - and - Elisabeth Cady
Stanton in organizing the woman suf-
frage movement She became in tlmo
the real leader of the movement : cer-
tainly she waa its first militant suf-
fragist Born In Adams Mass sh
came of Quaker stock and early devot-
ed herself to "temperance" (the pro-
hibition of those days) and to tho abo-
lition of slavery
In 1875 Miss Anthony drafted tho
amendment to the Constitution whlclk
has now been ratified In 1878 tho
amendment was Introduced in the sen-
at by Senator Sargent of California
It was defeated In 1887 and thereof-' '
ter was not even debated la congress
until 1914' ‘ :
During the years the Constitutional
amendment campaign was making no
progress the women won many vlcto-'
rles in the states securing full suf-
frage in 15 presidential suffrage ia
12 and partial suffrage In several oth-
er ? ’ -
Th ' National American Woman
Suffrage association in 1912 opened
headquarters in Washington and be-
gan an actlre campaign - for tho
passage of tha amendment la 1919
It ' established branch headquarter
there which were devoted entirely to
the amendment campaign The cam-
paign was educational and social a
wen as political and attracted world-
wide attention
The National Woman’s party or-
ganised in 1910 by Alice Paul estab-
lished Washington headquarters la
1918 and introduced the militant Into
the campaign' ' " '
Alice Paul — the third Quakeress -to
Immortalize herself— la the spectacu-
lar figure of ths struggle She devel-
oped the deadliest card index on mem-
bers of congress that practical politics
has ever seen She served notlco -
through the White House pickets that '
the president was the "man higher up"
The arrest of nearly 600 of these pick-
ets and tho imposition of Jail sen-
tences followed Incidentally Miso
Paul herself served seven terms la
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The amendment -was beaten threo
times in the senate and once in tho
house before it was finally passed by
the Sixty-sixth congress June 4 1019
by the necessary two-thirds majority
Tbs year 1869 saw the formation oC
two national organisations: National '
Woman Suffrage association with Mrs
- Alice Paul -
Stanton and Miss Anthony leaders and
headquarters In New York Americao
Woman Suffrage association witlh
Mary A Livermore Julia Ward Howo '
and Lucy Stone leaders and beadqnar-
ten in Boston The line of dlvtsioa
was this: The former wished to
concentrate on the passage of a’don- '
stltntlonal amendment the ' latter
was In favor of obtaining the suf-
frage through ' amendments to state
constitutions In 1890 the two organ-
lzations -were united nnder the name
of National American Woman Suf-
fage Association and work' was :
pushed along both lines of endeavor
Mrs ' Stanton was president - until - '
1892 Miss Anthony served until
1000 resigning at the age of eighty
Mrs Carrie Chapman Cntt was Its -head
1900-1904 Dr Anna Howard '
Shaw recently deceased and possibly
best loved of all the leaden — a" wom-
an of transcendent gifts and elo- '
quence— was 7 president until 1915
Mrs Catt was then agalh chosen -Mrs
Frank Leslie left large legacy
to Mrs Catt to be used In the work
The National association made ar- :
rangements at the SL Louis conven-
tion of 1919 to dissolve its organize- '
tion and become the League of Wom-
en Voters These arrangements be-' '
came effective at the Chicago conven-
toin in February last So the League
of Women Voters now hblds away '
over - something like 27000000 po- -tentlnl
American women voters
Mrs Catt who Is also the head of the'
International Woman Suffrage alli-
ance which she founded in 1904 is -honorary
chairman Mrs Maud Wood j
Park is chairman Mrs Richard Ed- - -wgrds
of Indiana ! treasurer Mrs -- --
Solon Jacobs of Alabama secretary
and there Is n board of regional dl-
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