THE BEE: OMAflA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1918.
SUFFRAGISTS
ELECT OFFICERS
AT ANNUAL MEET
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Committee Chairmen Also Ap
pointed; Society Supported
Actively All War Drives;
' Secretary's Report Read.
Officers of the Equal Franchise
society elected at the annual meet
ing in the Y. W. C. A.,' Saturday,
are: Mrs. Charles Johannes, presi
dent; Mrs. W. B. Fonda, first vice
president; Mrs. William R. Bowen,
second vice president; Miss Ann
Russell, recording secretary; Mrs.
E. 0, Hamilton, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. Irving Baxter, treas
urer, and Mrs. h. L. Burke, au
ditor.
Chairman of committees elected
were: Mrs. Arthur M. Pinto, mem
bership; Mrs. Guy Kiddoo, program;
Miss Josephine Longdon, courte
hies, and Miss Ruth Mills, publicity,
' The secretary reported that mem
bers had identified themsedves
with every government war drive
during the past 8 months of war.
Fifty" dollars was sent to Miss
Elizabeth Stewart, Y. M. C. A. can
teen worker in France, to be lent at
her discretion to American soldieis.
The money is lent to the soldiers
with the understanding that it must
be paid back to preserve a perma
nent loan fund for extreme .cases.
A gift of $25 was sent to" Miss
Mona Cowell, former president of
the Equal Franchise society, to as
sist her in providining Christmas
cheer for refugees in Le Fuy,
Haute Loirs, France.
Garment Work,'
Mrs. J. M. Metcalf requested
members to register for hospital
garment work' at Masonic Temple.
The committee is planning a
series of lectures the first of the
year While engrossed in war work,
the society has worked untiringly
for suffrage, agitating through tele
grams sent to senators for the fed
eral amendmeut every time it has
been brought up. A decision was
made to lend support to the Amer
icanization work in Omaha.
Eight Per Cent of Soldiers
Unable to Read or Write
-New York, Nov. 23, With almost
S per cent of the men called to the
colors found unable to read or write,
the war has revealed to the public
the wide extent of illiteracy in the
country, said Dr. Charles W. Eliot
president emeritus of Harvard un
versity, head of the league" for politi
cat education here today. In add
tion, tile former educator said many
soldiers understood English so lit
tie that they were unable to compre
licnd military orders.
Dr. Eliot declared that prominen
educators have drafted a plan fo
presentation to congress which
would stamp out illiteracy in the
United Mates, lie stated that
vigorous effort would be made to
bring about federal state and mu
nicipal action to telch not only un
' educated natives, but the "fluid for
eign population," the language of
lie country and American methods
;tf government.
Chicago Bomb Suspects
Released from Custody
Chicago, Nov. 24. J. W. (Shorty)
Wilson, an Industrial Worker of th
World organizer, who acted as Wil
liam D. Haywood's secretary, and
G. T. Takhara, Japanese bodyguard
, o Haywood, wiio have been held in
Jail In connection with the bomb
explosion at the federal building
September ,4, were released on
. orders from the United States De
partment of Justice tonight.
FeterDailey, one of the convicted
detendmts m the I. W. W. tna
before Judge ' Landis last August,
was -removed from the county jail
and sent to the psychopathic hos
pital. Sentence was not passed on
Dailey by Judge Landis because of
his mental . weakness. Dailey s
name also was mentioned in con
nection with the bpmb explosion.
Heber J. Grant Becomes
Head of Mormon Church
Salt Lake City. Nov. 24. Heber
J. Grant was unanimously sustained
as president of the Mormon church
to succeed the late, Joseph F. Smith
at a meeting of the Council of the
Twelve Apostles. President Grant
, immediately announced the appoint
ment of Anthon H. Lund and
Charles W. Penrose, as first and
second counselors, respectively,
Theje two, with President Grant,
win constitute tne nrst presidency
or the church. t
President Lund was sustained as
president of the Council of Twelve
and Elder Rudger Clawson was sus
tained as acting president of the
council during the absence of Mr.
Lund as counsellor.
100,000 Soldiers Passing
Through Frankfort Daily
Amsterdam, Nov. 24. The Tage-
olatt of Berlin, a copy of which has
oeen received here publishes ad
vices from Frankfort to the effect
that 100.000 German soldiers,
mainiy trom lines of com
munications, are passing through
- Frankfort daily. , ,
The advices say further that trains
are running regularly; accidents
have been reduced to a minimum;
the provisioning system is better
than under the old regime and sud-
plies are assured for weeks aheadf
tne excitement attending the revo
lution has been quelled and there is
not the slightest lack of discipline.
Department Orders.
Washington, Not. J4. (Special Tele
gram.) Civil service examination will be
,wJild January 11 for fourth class pott
. masiar at iJixoa ana Hanson, Neb.
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Second Lt. Leonard J. Anderson, a
tnrmaater corps. Is relieved from Wash
ington. D. C, and will proceed to Camp
Dodge. -
. The postofflce ' at Howard, Weston
-ounly. Wyo.. Is discontinued mall to
Newcastle and Peckenbaugh, Campbelll
county Wyoming mail to Echets.
Postmasters Appointed Jowa: Randall,
Hamilton county, Soren M. Telgland, vice
-llla M, Neal, resigned. South Dakota:
Kyi, Washington county, Otto Chief
t'ssle, vice Edith M. Smith, declined;
. vntlc. Ponnington coanty, George W.
Prink, vice James) C. Davis, resigned, .
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