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v . ,-, -',-,-ip3ez9vmmmmmjmKR WOMEN UNDAUNTED BY THEIR DEFEAT IN NEW JERSEY Trenton, N. J., Oct. 20. A new fight for woman's suffrage opened in New Jersey today. "Undaunted by their overwhelming defeat in. election .ye'sterday, suffrage leaders of state are .already laying plans to carry their cause before leg islature in effort to obtain presiden tial suffrage and will also join in the movement seeking amendment to national constitution granting women the vote. Practically complete returns early today show that suffragists were beaten in yesterday's election by up ward of 50,000. President Wilson's own district went "anti" The district rejected the "cause" "by a vote of 150 to 64. The town of Princeton, in which the pres ident voted, rejected suffrage amend ment by majority of 182. Suffragists apparently carried but one county in entire state. That was Ocean county. Incomplete returns gave the "cause" a majority of 210 there, but even this may be lost o o MUST BUILDING BE SOLD TO SATISFY SALOON DEBT? Must the $2,000,000 14-story Eiger building, Randolph and Dearborn, be sold to satisfy a $1,500 saloon debt? The supreme court will decide. In a similar case it decided against the building owners. Mrs. Delia Garrity, 601 Belden av., successfully sued Clarence Green, formerly saloonkeeper in Eiger bldg.,' charging that Green's whiskey re sulted in her husband's nonsupport Green did not pay. The law says the building owner is responsible for the $1,500 judgment and Judge Smith so decided. o o SHE WAS OLD ENOUGH, ANYWAY Seattle, Wash. "Well, she's of legal age, anyway!" This was the defense made by F. L. Edgbert, 55, when he appeared before "Cupid" Gage, mar riage license clerk here and asked 1 I for license to wed Mrs. George, Indian. squaw, widow and holder of valuable rights on Suquamiah reservation. They guessed her age finally at 9Q. Edgbert got the license. o o CERMAK COMES THROUGH WITH HOT ANSWER TO MAYOR The "wets" slapped a heavy slam at Mayor Thompson last night. An ton J. Cermak, head of the United So- ( cieties and municipal court bailiff, steered a hot statement toward "Big Bill" in answer to his Cohan's Grand opera house speech at noon. He said that the mayor was trying to pick a personal quarrel with him to cloud the real issue that of the broken "wet" pledge. Then his -statement runs: "Here, Mr. Mayor is the real ques tion you should answer:-Did you sign the pledge of the United Societies ,or did you not? "Is your signature genuine or is it a forgery? "You say you gave your, personal views only. What a foolish excuse. Who cares for your personal opinion? You were at that time a candidate for mayor and not a private citizen. ; "I want the readers to judge for themselves whether "Big Bill" gave t his personal views or a pledge not to enforce Sunday closing. " "I quoe an excerpt of the pledge, signed by Mr. William Hale Thomp- i son: " 'That he will oppose all laws known as "blue laws,' and that he es pecially declares that he is opposed to,, a closed Sunday, believing that the state law referring to Sunday closing fs obsolete and should not be enforced by the city administration. And that he is opposed to all ordinances ( )) tending to curtail the citizens of Chi- cago in the enjoyment of their liber ties on the weekly day of rest' " o o i When the windows go down the death rate from the bad air diseases goes up. A .mr.M.M