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Leading Figures Among Women of Nation-Wide Prominence
Will Visit Great Falls During the Coming National Meeting J
For four days, Saturday, Sunday,'
Monday and Tuesday, June 19-2^ inclu
sive, (ireat Falls will entertain 'he re
gional convention of the National League
of Women Voters. The convention will
bring to this city some of the leading
figures of the nation among the women
and will call together delegates from six
states—Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota. Iowa, Wyoming i'.nd Montana.
Mrs. James Paige of Minneapolis is the
regional director, this being the fifith
region in the national organization.
The convention will he opened on Sat
urday morning, June 19, with an address
by iMrs. I'aige. She will present the
cause of the league and its purpose* and
aims. She will be followed by Governor
S. V. Stewart, who has accepted an in
vitation to attend the convention and de
liver an address. From the opening nr»
• til the last number, the program will
present things of interest to every wom
an and the addresses will be by people
who are recognized as authorities in
their separate lines. Included in the list
of persons who will appear on the pro
gram are jurists of the Montana su
preme eoi'rt and women who have at
tained wide fame because of their intel
ligent fight for the cause of woman suf
frage and for better living conditions of
women and children both in their re
spective states and in the United States,
as a nation.
Among those who will come as speak
ers are Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Wash
ington, 1>. (\. chairman of the National
league of Women Voters; Mrs. Percy
V. Penny backer of Texas, chairman of
the national child welfare committee:
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCullough of
t'hicago, chairman of the committee on
laws affecting women; Mrs. Louis F.
Slade of New York City, director of the
Second region, and Mrs. Taige of Minne
apolis. There will also be Associate
Justice William L. Holloway, of the
Montana supreme court; Judge Sidney
Sanner, former associate justice of the
supreme court, and Judge E. K. Cheadle
of Ivewistown.
The thing which the local committee
feels is of utmost importance to the
women of Montana is the plan to form
a permanent league in this state. It
will be given attention on Monday. June
21. On Monday evening a banquet to
the delegates will be the feature.
Because of the coming of this impor
Seeking to See Great Falls by Air Route During Their Early Youth
Two Great Falls Boys Are Now Viewing the World by Ship and Plane
Riding a hobby while youngsters, two
(ireat Falls men are still favoring their
inclinations, and at the same time serv
ing Uncle Sam.
Over 10 years ago, two young lads '
John M. Horan Jr.. the 12-year-old -on
of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Horan. 2f>2<»
Second avenue south, and Frank New
man, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Antone Newman of .'»120 lïrst avenue
south, tried their hand at building a
monoplane. At that time monoplanes
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ULLIES HIT TURKEY
Times in Constantinople Are
Now Much Different Than
During the War.
By PAUL WILLIAMS.
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Ser
vice).
Constantinople, June 3.—Fezzes are
fewer in Constantinople than for per
haps 50 years, and the number of them
seen on the streets is decreasing every
day.
This is quite a difference from war
time, when every man, by decree of the
nultan. worp no other headgear in pub
lic. If he did. some Turk knocked off
the offending lid. probably poked the
offender iu the eye, and saw that he
was placed in prison. The armistice
forecast more freedom in men's wear.
When allied troops came to the n'ty
thousands of non-Moslems took off
MRS. MAUD WOOD PARK
President of the National League of
Women Voters who will speak here
June 19.
tant meeting of women of the northwest.
interest centers in what the National
League of Women Voters is. what its
purposes ar" and what may be expected
of it. from the political angle. There is
special significance in a study of these
things just now since one of the leading
parties will have nominated a candidate
for president of the United States and
the other party will nominate its candi
date before the end of the month.
Naturally, even the noliticians will be
interested in what they me- exneet from
the National League of Women Voters.
But more important than what the poli
ticians may exneet is what the women
and the children may exneet. of the or
ganization. for it is conceded that the
problems which the women will attack
in their new realm of work because of
their privilege of casting ballots and
helping to determine the officials who
direct the government will be the prob
lems affecting child life. Answering the
questions as to its aims and purposes, j
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and all other forms of planes were little j
known, but the two boys had a natural
kria' k at mechanics.
Today the two boys, now grown to
met), are still following their natural
bent. One. Frank J. Newman, is at
tached to the U. S s. Aroostook as an
aviation tender. John Martin Horan is
a seaman on the U. S. S. Idaho. Their
homes are still in <ireat Falls.
The men are still learning their trade I
while serving in-the navy, and although
their fez7.es and used them for foot
balls. Then they went down to the
store to byv a hat. The demand for
more modern coverings for the sconce
exhausted the supply, and some of the
styles late comers had to satisfy them
I selves with caused their wives to fore
! go the usual family promenade on Sun
: <lay afternoon.
Evil Is Corrected.
; But time and imports corrected the
evil, so that every n an could put on his
■ liai and regard himself in a mirror witli
' out shame.
i piipjnosip Rtna[soj^--noa [[u iou injf
I the fez. Thousands continued to wear
I them because they thought it good pol
icy; some hoped thereby to conceal
I from the general public their true na
tionality. and many had other private
land particular reasons. But these be
' gan taking to new top pieces about
j three months ago, when the attitude of
allied personnel here experienced a
; marked ehanT". It cooled materially
and in a considerably number of in
stances personal friendship between the
allied personnel and the Turks altered
to a mere nod or that "I never saw you
before" look. The city's best hatters
smiled smugly «« their daily balances
grew.
Europoans Shed Fezzes.
The allies officially occupied Constan
tinople March 10. That week residents
of the Kuropcan quarter shed fezzes
like they were an affliction. Another
effect of the occupation upon the lion
Mosclcms was to embolden them to
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^something of the history of the league is
in order.
The League of Women Voters was or
ganized at St. Louis March 24-25, 1919,
in connection with the 50th annual con
vention of the National American Wom
an Suffrage association. This associa
tion invited women voters to attend and
urged them to organize in commemora
tion of the 50th anniversary oc the first
grant of woman suffrage in the world
on equal terms with men, and «if the
50th anniversary of the organiiatV.n of
the first national suffrage association
in the United States.
A survey of the field gave conclusive
evidence of the need for a strong or
ganization to look after the political af
fairs pertaining to the women, although
the work for_whieh the suffrage associa
tion whose 50th anniversary was then
being celebrated had practically been
achieved, and so it was decided to per
fect an organization to look after the
political rights of women and to iustruct
them in the matters concerning which
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MRS. PERCY V. PEJiN Y BACKER
ChaJrman of the child welfare commit
j the ^ alional League
they did not make a total success as
fliers in (ireat Falls while lads, by the
time they receive their discharge from
the navy they will probably be able to
construct and pilot any make of air ma
chine.
Is One of Larqest.
Of the great superdreadnuaughts fly
ing the American flag and plowing the
seven seas, the U. S. S. Idaho is one of
the most prominent and most efficient.
The Idaho is one of the latest additions
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ward the Turks. Time was when the
authority of the Turk was recognized
by Turkish subjects not of his race bv
the many little tokens of respect. It
was once the custom that should a nou
Moselcm, a wealthy merchant riding
upon a blooded ass, chan<> to meet upon
the road an humble Turk he would dts
mount and bow obeisance. Those were
the happy days—for the Turks. Today
in < 'onstantinople, should a prosperous
Turk chance to brush against an hum
ble non-Moselem the non-Moselem may
turn his head to say: "You murderer!"
Which, as I recall it, is rather tinbib
lieul conduct.
Condemn Grange Head
Who Urges Farmers
to Help N. P. L. Plan
Aberdeen. Wash., June ?>.- William )
Bouck. master of the Washington State
Grange, in convention here was strongly j
condemned, and the use by him of the
Liberty auditorium, a war subscription ]
building was deprecated in a resolution ■
passed by the Aberdeen post, American :
legion, following the delivery by Bouck
of a speech in which lie urged the grange ;
to demand the repeal of the criminal j
syndicalism act ami the adoption of the
North Dakota Non-partisan league
program. In the resolution the Amcri- j
ran legion membership declines to be- ,
Hieve that the Bouck address reflects i
they need knowledge in order that they
might perform the duty of intelligent
citizenship. It followed that the Na
tional League of Women Voters was
formed. Here is the way the official
heads of the league set for the aims of
the league:
The first aim of the League of Women
Voters is naturally to complete the full
enfranchisement of the women of this
! country. In several states where the
j legislatures stand ready to ratify and
j where the entire delegation in congress
I is willing at all times to support the
I passage of the federal amendment, there
I is comparatively little for the League of
j Women Voters to do upon the direct suf
! frage program. In such states, the pro
I posed new work may be undertaken at
j once.
The next objective of the League of
Women Voters is the support of a pro
I gram of legislation which aims to im
prove the American electorate and con
! sequently our entire political system of
j government. The preparation for war
I revealed the fact that an appalling pro
I portion of the electorate is illiterate.
I Because of this, the preparations for
I war among the drafted men and in eivil
j ian work through the country, were
j tremendously handicapped. To clear our
country from the menace which inevit
ably threatens a democracy, including so
large an ignorant vote, is one of the
aims of the League of Women Voters.
The direction of this work has been
placed under the first of eight commit
tees authorized by the League of Women
Voters and is known as the committee
on American citizenship. The following
constitutes its program:
1. Compulsory education in every state
for all children between six and sixteen,
nine months of each year.
2. Education of adults by extension
classes of the public schools.
3. English made the national language
by making it compulsory in all public
and private schools where courses in
general education are conducted.
4. Higher qualifications for citizenship
and more sympathetic and imoressive
ceremonials for naturalization.
5. Direct citizenship for women, not
citizenship through marriage, as a quali
fication for the vote.
<i. Naturalization for married women
to be made possible.
7. Compulsory publication in foreign
to Uncle Sam's first line of defense;
! she takes a leading role in the war
games played by the newly formed Pa
j cific fleet.
So that, while Horan is still learning
j a trade and serving Uncle Sam. he is
also seeing the world, and practicing at
the greatest gaine in the world, war.
The Idaho is the best in gunnery.
Early in this year her gun pointers es
tablished a record for ships of the Ida
ho's class when they made nine bulls
eyes out of some o0 shots at a distance
of _0,000 yards—nearly 12 miles.
When it is considered that it is prac
tically impossible to sec the targets with
the naked eye at this long range, the
plainer can lie seen the expertness of
the "men behind the guns." These mon
ster 14-inch guns hurl a projectile weigh
ing 1,500 pounds at a distance of 22
miles when extreme elevation is main
tained. In order to fire at this great
distance airplanes are utilized to direct j
the gun pointers.
Keeps the "Eyes" Clear.
It is here that such men as Newman !
and Horan arc required, to keep the air- ;
planes in first class mechanical shape, j
so that the "eyes of the navy" may be !
kept at all times on the alert.
The owner of a Ford automobile, pro- j
vided he had the space in his tanks, could :
drive his machine 30.000.000 miles on !
the lubricating oil carried in the tanks of j
the Idaho. One million, three hundred I
thousand gallons of lubricating oil is j
carried when this great battler is ready
for the sea.
The heavy armor of the Idaho, if ham
mered into one-quarter inch plate. wouM
cover the city of Cleveland, and would
make a complete half-inch steel shell
JOHN M. II OKA >
Great Falls boy serving in the U. S.
navy.
the sentiment of the farmers of the
state.
Von Brincken Wants
to Change His Name
to Roger Beckwith
San Francisco, June 3.— M ilhelm F.
von Brincken, former German consular
attache here, who served two years in
a federal prison upon his conviction of
h charge of violating United States
neutrality by fomenting revolution in
India against <ireat Britain, has pcti- ;
tioned the superior court to change his
name to Koger Beckwith. In his peti
tion, Yon Brincken asserts that his name j
lias been handicapping him since his re- j
lease. Beckwith is the name of a cousin i
by marriage of von Brincken. I
language newspapers of lessons in citi-6
zenship.
8. Schools of citizenship in conjunc
tion with the public schools, a certificate
from such schools to be a qualification
for naturalization and for the vote- r
9. An oath of allegiance to the United
States for every citizen native and for
eign born to be one qualification for the
vote.
10. An educational qualification for
the vote in all states after a definite
date to be determined.
The necessity for protecting the health
and conditions of women in industry,
has led to the establishment of a second
committee, to be known as the protection
of women in industry. The following
program of general principles for this
committee has been adopted:
1. Abolition of child labor and com
pulsory education of all children from
the age of G to 16 years.
2. Eight-hour day, and 44-hour week
and a weekly day of rest.
Photo by Heyn.
MRS. EDWIN" I.. N OR RIS
Chairman of the Montana League of
Women Voters.
about the city of Great Falls, enclosed
on all sides, with enough left over to
add another half inch of thickness to a
large portion of the sides and top.
She burns 4.000 incandescent lights,
reached by over 100 miles of wire. Her
great electric searchlights are so power
ful that one can read a newspaper by
their light at. a distance of 15 miles.
By the press of a single button in the
conning tower or on the bridge of this
wonderful fighting machine, the entire
broadside of twelve 14-inch guns can
be fired.
Wireless Telephone System.
The wireless set on board is capable
of sending a radio message at a distance
of 2.500 miles; receiving the same. The
wireless telephone conversations can be
carried on with perfect effect at a dis
tance of 21) miles.
This huge warship can be steered from
five different points in the ship, and by
either hand, steam or electricity. Twen
ty-five thousand gallons of fresh water
is used every 24 hours. This is all evap
orated from salt water by the ship's
large evaporators. If is conceded that
this is the purest water in the world.
One thousand tons of salt water is
used as a ballast, if the occasion neces
sitates. The Idaho, when in fighting
trim. carries a crew of 1,4^0 officers
and enlisted men.
The displacement of the Idaho is
500 tons. She cost about $20.000.000.
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night bombing practice. Upper picture shows bombs dropping around targets.
l»uttle<«l)ips u rU equipped with Jarjje canvas screens which cover the ship from
stem to stern. The [»lanes drop lighted bombs, which, drooping on the canvas,
show tVc hits made by the plane*, insert at left nhows Prank J. Newman, of this
city, aviation tender ou the Arooutock. *
Abolition of night work for women ,
and minors.
4. The, establishment of minimum ;
wage commissions in every state with
renrcseutation of employers and em- j
ployes and both men and women com- j
missioners. :
5. Equal pay for equal work and :
wages based on occupation and not upon
sex. _ _ j
6. Right of workers to organize and j
to bargain collectively through their
chosen representatives.
7. The establishment of state and fed- j
eral employment systems and the estab- j
lishment upon a permanent basis of the
women in industry service of the United
States department of labor. :
It is further recommended that in*'
every state department of labor there
be appointed men and women commis- i
sioners. and in every state department of
labor there be also established women's
bureaus for the protection and welfare :
of women workers. :
MRS. F. J.oris SLADE
One of the speakers coming to the re
gional convention of the League of Wom
en Voters.
and was built and placed in commission
in three years. Captain Carl T. Vogel
gesang. U. S. N„ is her commanding of
ficer and Commander Ralston S. Holmes,
U. S. N.. is her executive officer.
Travels Much in Year.
Although the Idaho was commissioned
at the navy yards of Philadelphia only a
year ago, ter crew has had an opportu
nity to see a great deal of the country.
Her trial trip, "shake down" cruise, was
made to Cuba. She returned to New
York and then made a trip to Brazil,
with the president of that country as
the guest of the American government,
Returning to Hampton Roads. Va.,
she joined the Pacif.y fleet and made
the famous trip to the*Pacific coast as
a member of Admiral Rodman's fleet,
She cruised up the .southern California
coast, and her crew was given a chance
in the navy today have every opporta
nity for travel, to learn a trade and bef
ter fit themselves for positious in civil
ian life.
That the life of the navy has changed
Just another proof that men enlisting
to take shore "leave at nearly all ports.
She then went to San Francisco where
the fieet was reviewed by the secretary
of the navy, and thence to Seattle and
the great I'uget Sound navy yard at
Bremerton. Wash.
The Idaho is now in southern Califor
nia taking part in the maneuvers of the
Pacific fleet.
8. Adequate appropriation and inspec
tion force in each state department of
labor and a special bureau of women in
industry in each.
9. Inclusion of women as duly consti
tuted members of any national or inter
national labor commission.
The League of Women Voters author
ized the following eight committees. No
program was adopted for legislation un
der any of these committees wirh the
exception of that on American citizen
ship and on protection of women in in
dustry as above stated.
1. American citizenship.
2. Protection of women in industry,
rt. Child welfare.
4. Improvement of election laws and
methods.
5. Social hygiene.
0. Unification of laws concerning civil
status of women.
7. Food supply and demand.
8. Research.
The League of Women Voters in
pledged to nonpartisanship and this ex
pression has curiously aroused some an
tagonism from party workers who have
failed to comprehend the meaning of the
word. The i-eague of Women Voters is
also nonseitarian. but that would not oe
interpreted as meaning that none of its
members could join the church of her
choice; su nonpartisan does not niejiii
that the members of the league arc to
be denied the freedom to join the party
of their choice.
The League of Women Voters, being n
section of the National American S;if
frage association, like ail its auxiliaries,
must agree to the constitution and rul;\s
of that association. The following reso
lutioii was passed at the recent conven
tion held in St. Louis, for the purp<<se
of defining the term nonpartisan:
''Resolved. That the N. A. W. S. A.
shall not affiliate with any political
party, nor endorse the platform of any
party nor support or oppose any political
candidates unless such action shall be
recommended by the board of directors
in order to achieve the ends am! pur
poses of this organization as set forth in
the constitution. Nothing in this rcs«>
lution shall be construed to limit the
liberty of action of any member or offi
cer of this association to join or serve
the party of her choice in any capacity
whatsoever as an individual.''
! during the past few years, so that an ol I
1 salt of the Süs would now have a hard
i time to realize his service on board a
man o war. is generally known. This is
largely because of the "new blood" which
has been injected into Uncle Sam's fleet
during war time, much the same a« the
revamping of the army during the years
of '17, 'IS and '19.
Men Are "Staying In."
Men from the highest stations in life,
as well as men from more lowly posi
tions enlisted "for the duration." After
the navy had earned her slogan. "She
took them over, and she brought them
back." one of the hardest tasks a navy
was ever set to do. that of transporting
over a million men a distance of 4.00O
miles over submarine-infested waters,
many of the new men stayed with the
service rather than accept a discharge.
Some of them have even taken it as
their vocation for life.
It is a well known fact that a sailor
after he has spent one "hitch" in the
navy, always has a hankering to go back.
This, in itself, is the biggest advertise
ment the navy can ever get.
Although men of the caliber of Horan
and Newman are required in the service
of Uncle Sam. yet there are many oppor
tunities for men in any other walk of
life, or of any other vocation, and the
cb.inee is always given any recruit, after
enlistment, to follow his natural bent,
or to continue- to "ride his hobby."