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Show mm PARADE jofflUT CDU!!TRY Hftgsive Demonstrations in Bbr of Votes for Woman S Are Held. jfe- MEN ARE IN 'LINE Vknd Young March Side iSBSiele in Great Review BHeId in Chicago. ;JHbAGO, May 2. Suffrage day was fluo'd today by tho largest parade fnen ever held in Chioago. Thou-,Kf Thou-,Kf wornon, several of them past Er; many of them not yet 21, Sd down Michigan avenuein ten 3Eally, tho parade was a means of feg tho state legislature for vot-tfrage vot-tfrage to women and as Chicago's ItHa national demonstration. EabBeuce of Jano Addams. acting nt of the American National Ke association, and Mrs. Joseph Bon, another of tho national old-JKftrrod old-JKftrrod the harmony of the dem- Hlon rupture between the na-Keadcrs na-Keadcrs and the state forces, led ME, Grace Wilbur Trout, was near-'Hjrt near-'Hjrt earlier in the day, when a mes-Hms mes-Hms prepared at suffrage head-similar head-similar to tho resolution which JRiona association had asked the SKrganiza.tiou to approve. Hre the message was prepared Mrs. ijlHiiad left the city, declaring she Btot consistently take hor'placo in Kith women who had refusod to iHEa action the national board re-vBT re-vBT Miss Addams was at Ccder- Pl., where her mother is ill. "Minessagc road: "plcago today has participated "He of the greatest domonstra-Ko domonstra-Ko the world to show its grati-iHffor grati-iHffor the now freedom- which has H;to the women of Illinois. Wu K'unrin ongross the passage of ation which will bring cotn-Kfliborty cotn-Kfliborty to all women of the IKthousund of the marchers were 'tonight of the management of a BfafTragist Appears. MuOUIS, May 2, "Who's going, 'f care of my children while I'm rcqnestion was addressed to -Row Hj. Brandt, pastor of the First jK&n church, who addressed an ftHr suffrago meeting here this .'on by a woman who claimed to ( Mb wife of a business man. She ijKgivo her name. Slfcpesn't take long to vote," Dr. IB" tho woman insisted, "it IKeee women a lot of time to hold Bi and parades. Who's caring for pildrcn? These women ought to itiEi, praying for their children, in- ranting around downtown." MSpeaker did not reply to this, Hftinucd his address. He had been n Hie women, who rodo in an fljBb'ilo suffrage parade here ear-address ear-address one of three outdoor i!H8. Tn the automobiles were Sma of the St. Louis Suffrage eiHfrthe College Equal Suffrage uiHjjfof Washington university and aflincES Women 's Equal Suffrage j Kul Women Active. RUL, Miniu, May 2. ' Convicts, Bnd wouicn cannot voto, " was jttKfend on one of the banners borne IrtBjI'au suffragists, who. several dH$ Ktrong, held a parnde today Bras followed by an open-air mect-B!: mect-B!: addresses by several leaders of liBse in this state "parade was nreceded by a meet-ayyre meet-ayyre u resolution was" adopted calling upon congress to pass immediately imme-diately tho resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution enfranchising enfran-chising women. Parade Is Postponed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar 2. Itain that began falling shortly before the start of tho woman's suffrage parade prevented Kansas City's planuod demonstration dem-onstration in favor of "votes for women" today. The parade will be held next Saturday. A score of motor cars filled with wemon who had braved the storm were assembled at the timo scheduled for the parade to start, but leaders decided decid-ed to postpone the demonstration. Veterans for Suffrage. MINNEAPOLIS, May 11. Tho suffrage suff-rage demonstration late today comprised 'a parade moro than a mile long, followed fol-lowed by a mass meeting addressed by several prominent local people. Sevoral men's organizations were also In line. A feature of tho demonstration was the appearance in the parade of more than two score University of Minnesota co-eds in caps and gowns. A company of Q. A. h veterans, "led by a dram corps, carried a banucr. reading " Worn on need the ballot and the ballot needs the women " |