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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25
THE BRITISH CRISIS
xxxvIIl.-WiII Women
| Get the Vote?
By Frederic J. Haskin.

LONDON. June 1S.-As to the practical
effect of the suffrage campaign there is
much dispute. Making allowances for
individual likes and dislikes, and en-
deavoring to separate assertions from
truths and denunciations from false
hoods, the disinterested observer is
forced to the conclusion that at the pres
ent time the women are losing ground.
For the first year or two of active mill
fancy it is undoubtedly true that the
women gained sympathy and political
support. These gains were attributable
to two reasons: One was that a great
many men who heretofore had been in
different believed that the women were
badly treated by the government and.
therefore. ranged themselves actively on
the suffragettes' side. Another reason
was that many persons who had always
been opposed to woman suffrage now adj
vanced to a moderate ground. and, while
denouncing militancy. affirmed that they
We're willing to sive the women the vote
II only the women would behave.
In the last six months, however. the
excuses committed by the women have
been Of such outrageous character that
they have made few, If any, converts;
and. on the other hand they have lost a
great many Of their former allies.
Bear in mind now that we are think
ing about voters-mep- There is nothing
whatever to indicate that the militant
movement has met with stern disap-
prevail among other women, and 1t is
doubtful II one woman In a hundred in
England can be found who does not more
or less sympathize with Mrs. Pankhurst
and her feutenants
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For that reason Mr.. Lloyd George Is In
as great danger from the suffragettes as
Mr.. Asquith himself.
The women are determined. if possible,
to defeat the liberal party. not because
they have any decisions OF united tory
support, but because they say that under
the British constitution the party in pow
er is responsible for making the laws and
administering them: that the liberal party
has not only refused to do justice to
women. but it has tortured them in its
prisons. They would. therefore. turn out
the radicals and have the tories in. What
they would do to tory government de-
ponds on what the tory government would
do for them. 1t is well within the bounds
of possibility that a conservative majority
in parliament might now grant limited
woman suffrage just to avoid the in
creased trouble that would be in store
for them should they follow the example
of the present administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25
Hope

Sing your song OF hope and
the blackness Of failure and
despair will disappear. There
Is no failure SO long as you
have hope. Begin. to. read and
answer Star Want Ads when
you feel that you are losing
your hold on hope. When nee
essary do some advertising
yourself. The light will often
come this way, for Star Want
Ads offer many opportunities.
Seize an opportunity and dark
despair will be to you q thing
OF the past.
Phsue' MAIN 2llO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25
Final Victory for
Cause Expected.

Final Victory for women will event
ually win. The
Cause Expected. growth Of the pop
ularity of their cause rises and falls. But
after a rise it never again drops to so
low a level as it once marked.
In the event of civil war in Ireland
the cause will have to be considered
What either side in civil war would 90
in view of the presence of some hundreos
and thousands of ingenious feminine trai-
tors challenges powers of Imagination
that are not possessed by military men,
There is no doubt whatsoever that should
hostilities break out in Ireland, whether
or not they spread to England, the women
will have a hand in the quarrel 1t Will
then be up to the government to declue
whether they will array the women all
on their side by granting suffrage at once.
or whether they will take their chances
and stand out against the suffrage trail
tors.
Here again comes in the complex British
political situation, for if the liberal house
Of commons supporting the south of Ire
land should try to get rid of the women
by enfranchising them, what would the
conservative house of lords. supporting
the north of Ireland. do with the Dill?
And it takes two years to pass Dill over
the veto of the lords.
On the other hand, should compromise
be reached with the Irish question ana
the danger of civil war thereby be avert
ed, there is every reason to believe that
the fury of the militant suffragettes
would only be increased. On one side of
this fight will range determined. earnest
women, who are fighting as never women
fought before, wholly oblivious of self
and ready to accept martyrdom without
a murmur
On the other side are men. stubborn.
perhaps: unconvinced. perhaps. but who
still cannot see anything in the question
of woman suffrage except matter OF
political expediency. They have no desire
to die to prevent votes for women, and as
vet they have not got their consent 70
nut the women rebels to death. 1t Will
be a long fight and bitter one. but he
WHO has lately been in England will hard
ly hazard a doubt as to the ultimate out
come. The women will win.
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Prohibits insufficient Salaries.

II you want work. read the want col
umns of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25

1t IL amrmed. and upon good authority,
that the policemen are gradually going
over to the
Policemen Lean side of the
Toward the Women. m ',on - po-
ness IL the law. but his weapon Is force.
He respects force and knows 1t when he
sees It It required 1.6o0 policemen to
keep 200 women from breaking down the
gates OF Buckingham Palace and per-
haps Selling the king himself. And when
the battle was over there were as many
battered policemen as women.
Politically speaking. the question Of
votes for women cuts athwart the party
lines. Conservatives and liberals are not
agreed among themselves. Mr.. Asquith.
the premier. Is opposed to woman suf-
frage. while Mr.. Lloyd George, the chan
ceIlor of the exchequer. 10 in favor Of 1t.
There IL similar disagreement on the
opposition benches. .,t
But the women are not content with
passive support. Mr.. Lloyd George says
he believes in their cause, but as he con-
tinues to hold ONCE In Asquith's cabinet
the suffragettes say they prefer an hon.
est opponent to hypocritical support.
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Church Women o u trag
Oppose Suffragettes. shn-cs

vout church women were scandalized by
the frequent interruptions in the church
services, and they were shocked beyond
words when the historic churches one by
one disappeared in flames kindled by the
''arsonettes''
II is difficult. of course, to predict any
outcome of SO unusual a campaign, but
from the suffragettes' point of view
there is grave danger that they will bring
against them a much more effective
jailer's keys. That is the mob.
Dangerous as it may be for king or
cabinet minister to appear In public with
out a guard of soldiers and police, it Ia
just now infinitely more dangerous for
the suffragettes themselves to attempt to
harangue a crowd. The same men and
boys who formerly laughed and even
applauded are now worked up to frenzy
that is dangerous in the extreme.
The London police are charged with the
paradoxical duty Of first protecting the
wild women from the mob that would
tear them to pieces and then Of arrest
ing the woman they have saved and tax
ing her of to jail.
1t IS no easy job. Many a policeman
has gone home at night with two sets OF
paradoxical wounds--one an assortment Of
abrasions caused by sticks and stones
cast by the mob at a suffragette, and the
other scratches and bites later inflicted
by the lady herself as he bore her of to
prison. -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25

When one attempts to assess the situa'
ton In all its phases he is forced to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25

Some women. it is true, have taken /,
very active stand against suffragettes Of
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1t is affirmed. and upon good authority,
that the policemen are gradually going
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13

told my husband to get me a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and l would try it before would
submit to any operation. He did so and
/ improved right along. am now doing
all my work and feeling fine.
'Ihope other suffering women will try
your Compound. / will recommend it
to all | know. - Mrs. DANIEL d. B.
DAVIS, ITO Franklin St, Logansport, Ind.
Since we guarantee that all testimo-
malls which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the
virtue to help these women it will helm
any other woman who is suffering in a
like manner?
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Write TO Lydia f. Pinkham
Medicine CO., (cOnfidentiaDLynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
Situation in South Africa
is Critical-General
Strike Probable.
WILL TRY TO START
AFRICAN TRAINS
Dynamiters Are to be Shot
on Sight--Cape Town
Besieged

Cape Town, Jan. l3.-Quiet prevails
throughout South Africa but this may
be the lull before the storm as the in
coming ballots make it practically GER
tain that general strike will be voted,
The feeling is growing that the sit
uation is serious. A general strike, if
called, will be out of sympathy for the
striking railroad men.
1t is estimated 10000 troops are mobil-
lied on the Rand and Cape Town is like
besieged city.
Pretoria, Union OF South Africa, Jan.
l3.-The shooting of dynalniters at sight
is to be feature of the martial law
to be proclaimed throughout the Trans
yaal and the Orange Free State, and the
procla nation is to be otherwise also of
a most drastic character. The govern
ment purposes making an attempt to
resume the full service of trains on all
the railroads to-day, and it is in order
to safeguard the railroads, the train
crews and the passengers that regula
tions usually imposed only during a
state of siege are to be introduced.
A desperate attempt to wreck with
dynamite the great railroad bridge at
Fourteen Streams, about so miles north
OF Kimberly, on the border OF the Trans
vaal, was made Sunday night. The rails
We're torn up by the explosion and por-
tons of the structure were damaged,
but the bridge itself withstood the shock
Had the attempt succeeded main line
communication would have been cut be-
tween Capetown and the northern cities,
including johannesburg, Pretoria and
Mafeking.
The first break on the antistrike re-
solve of the railroad employees in Cape
Colony occurred yesterday at Salt River,
about two miles from Capetown. Half
OF the men employed in the railroad
shops laid down their tools, formed a
procession and marched in the direction
of Capetown with the object of holding
meeting. On the way they made an
unsuccessful attempt to induce the street
car motormen and conductors to Join
them. As the railroad employees in Cape
Colony are regarded as holding the key
to the strike situation yesterdays in
cident is considered most important and
the government Immediately ordered the
mobilization of the citizens defense
force.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13

lied its administration of assessments
and successfully reached thei intangible
property without employing the CLASH
fcation method. Rhode Island has
adopted the classification method under
which selected classes are separated from
the general property of the state, and
each related class is taxed at a rate
which differs from the general property
tax rate.
Legislation with respect to the es-
tates of non, resident decedents is also
noteworthy. By reason of the lack OF
uniformity of state laws, such estates
are sometimes subject to taxation three,
and even four, times. Massachusetts,
however, has recognized the principle OF
taxing such property but once, namely,
by taxing the real estate only. Per-
sonalty is not taxed, since such prop
erty usually passes in accordance with
the law Of the jurisdiction where the
decedent was domiciled. New York, in
addition to taxing real estate, taxes
chattels located in New York, and Wis
consin has passed inheritancetax legis-
lation looking toward complete physi-
cal-situs basis for taxation"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
Democracy in the School.

"School fraternities are undeniably
undemoeratic. They involve the segre-
CATION of small groups, the members OF
each of which become easily and natur-
ally convinced of their own superiority
TO the common herd This is a serious
matter In this democratic country OF
ours what we constantly need is not
less democracy, but more. A great
student of the life of nations was pro-
foundly right when he declared that the
remedy for the evils of democracy is
more democracy OF the evils that at
tend democracy we have our full share.
OF the remedy we need an ever increas-
ing measure. We must get it in the
years to come through the youth who
are now passing through their formative
period. We must train them to be dem
ocrats, to esehew any suggestion of
caste. to be broad in their sympathies.
catholic in their appreciation of their
fellows. Nothing is more m-American
than snobbshness There is no question
that in this direction lies the one great
danger of the system of school fraterni-
ties. Suburban Life-The Countryside
Magazine for January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
DOCTOR FLINT FEARFUL.
He Says Thaw Is "Highly Insane and
Dangerous"

New York, Jan. i3.-Attorneys, alien.
lists and others who have been partici.
pants in the trials and insanity hearings
of Harry K Thaw received the news OF
the commissions report which decided
that he is sane with conflicting emotions
some expressing pleasure at the findings
others reiterating convictions that Thaw
would be menace if released on bail.
The commission was appointed by
Judge Aldrich of the United States dis
trict court Of New Hampshire.
DR.. Austin Flint, alienist for the state
in the prosecution of Thaw, declared
that he feared for his life if the release
of the prisoner was granted without re-
strictions, Thaw might be a mod ii
citizen for a time, Doctor Flint said. but
temptation of drink and a desire for re-
yenge would lead him back into his dan
gerous self He concluded his statement
by saying that "Thaw is highly insane
and dangerous"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
FOUGHT TO LOSE HER JOB.
Massachusetts, Postmistress Finally Has
Resignation Accepted

Washington Jan. l3-After fighting
for six months to have the post office
department accept her resignation as
postmistress at Line, in Colerain, Mass,
Mrs. Addie A. Upton yesterday won
victory. While Democrats all over the
country were clamoring for pie, Mrs
Upton, with the aid of Representative
Treadway of Massachusetts, was i'm
ploring and almost threatening the
post office officials in an effort to be
freed of the position. She said the Of
flee was too far from her home After
desperate effort to get some one to
take her place the authorities notified
Treadway that they would close the Of
lice Feb. /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
VALUABLE TEACHING MATERIAL.
Is to Be Found in Government Publica-
tions.

The hidden wealth in government pub
locations, especially as it affects teachers,
is described by Frederick X. Noyes in a
bulletin Just issued by the United States
bureau of education. Mr.. Moves has
delved, as he says, into ''the vast stores
of teaching material that lie embedded
in government documents, many OF which
give no indications, from their titles, of
their value for educational purposes,
and has furnished a guide to a small
portion of that part OF this material
which has special significance for teach
ers or Others interested in education.
Tons and tons of reports, bulletins,
and miscellaneous documents are turned
out daily by the immense printing plant
of the government. Congress and the
congressional committees are constantly
having documents of various kinds
printed for general distribution. Every
apartment and every bureau in the de-
lartment has its own publications, fire.
sllently amounting to millions of copies
annually COR each Office. The bulletin
lust published by the bureau of educa-
tion aims TO list small part of the
large amount of this material which
nay DE OF ulTeCJ USE W ttdChtISf tSP'-
ally material from unexpected sources,
ne special values of which would other
Use remain unknown.
In speaking of the work in connection
with this bulletin, Commissioner Clax-
ton made il clear that he wished it were
possible for the bureau to do more than
merely publish an index, useful as he
hoped that might be. Zone of the great
est needs Of our elementary schools is
suitable material to supplement the
mearer outlines and brief statements
of the textbooks" he asserted. IF the
bureau had the funds, it could do a
notable service by reprinting much of
the material, either free of charge or
at price sufficient to cover the print
ing. The school work in geography, his
tory, hygiene, nature study, and other
subjects might then be made far more
interesting, thorough, and practical than
it now is"
The bureau bulletin not only calls par
ticular attention TO out OF the way doc
uments of educational interest and val
ne; it also tells how these may be OBJ
tanned, usually free, or at a cost price
of few cents, from the various govern
ment offices.
Teaching Material in the Bureau of
Publications" is bulletin AZ, 1913, of the
bureau of education, and viii be sent
tree on request as long as the supply
lasts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
TAXATION TREND
TO GENERALIZATION
Is Noted in Report on Taxation of Cor
porations Submitted to President
Wilson To-day by Commissioner
Davies of Bureau of Cor
porations.

Washington, d. c., Jan. l3.-Tax leg
islation throughout the United States
during 1912 is reviewed in final re-
port on taxation by Commissioner Da-
vies of the bureau of corporations. One
of the striking features of legislation
reviewed is New York's secured debts
law of 1911. The Wisconsin income tax
law of 1911 is considered the most inn
portant tax legislation in the eastern
central and western central states.
"Other noteworthy features are the
decided trend toward greater centraliza-
ton of the administration of tax laws
and the classification of property for
taxation purposes" says the report.
Wisconsin is a leading example of the
one and Rhode Island of the other. Wis
consin, by its income tax law, central
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13

IS pounds each, valued. at the estimated
average San Francisco domestic price for
the year of $3o.33. at $774,054. A com
parson of these figures with the final
published survey figures for 1912 shows a
decrease of 1888 TASKS and of S279.ss7.
This is the lowest recorded output since
1850 and the lowest except in three years
since 1850, when the commercial produc-
ton of quicksilver began in this country
There were % mines reported productive
in 1913, however, against 20 in 1912, and,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
KAISER CHOPS WOOD.
Gets Through Half Cord a Day As
Empress Looks On.

Berlin, Jan. 49,. His Imperial Maj
ETY. the Kaiser is daily cutting half q
cord of wood in Sans Souci park, on,
of his estates He was at work early
to-day. With hired laborer at tn,
other end of huge cross-cut saw, tn,
emperor sawed his daily stunt OF tim
Der and then proceeded to chop it int
stoyec size. Near by the Empress Au
gusta sat on rustic bench and coached
the war lord, between gusts OF laugh
ter The wood chopping is the imperial
physian's prescription for insomnia
and nervousness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
KILLS DAUGHTER IN
TAKING OWN LIFE
Fitchburg Woman Turns on Gas, Leav-
ing Note Asking Husband to Care
for Child.

Fitchburg, Mass, Jan. l3.-Mrs. Ar
chic Z. Perkins, wife OF a physician, wal
found dead in her home yesterday, sui
eide by gas. Near her lay the dead body
of her 9-year-old daughter Dorothy.
In the next room to where the bodies
We're found, DR. Perkins, the HUSBAND
and father, lay sleeping. maid wht
smelled gas found the bodies,
That the mother had not planned hel
daughters death was indicated by q
note the woman left which says:
Il have been very i'll: Dear Archie
take good care Of dear Dorothy"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
Have You Got the Punch2

Mary Heaton Worse, writing a story
in the January Woman's Home Com
panion, makes one of her characters de-
scribe as follows a tremendously sue
cessful man who is one of the principal
figures in the story:
Look at him now-He isn't a man
he's a force. Men like him are this
country-they make IT, Everything else
is subsidiary. Nothing else counts.
They are politics. They are power.
They are It. And how am how am l
going to play in this gamef / tell you,
/ haven't got the punch"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
POPE ACTS IN GOULD CASE.
Approes Segnatura Decision; Suit
Back to Rota Tribuna.

Rome, Jan. l3.-The Pope this after
noon formerlyv sanctioned the rejection
by the Tribunal of the Signature OF
the appeal of the Duchess de Talley-
rand, formerly Anna Gould, from the
decision of the Tribunal of the Rota an
nuling her marriage to Count Boni de
Castelane.
The suit will now go again before
the Rota Tribunal. 1t may not be
finally settled for a year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
EXPECTS THAw.
O'Mara Thinks He Will Establish Him
self in Pittsburg

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 49,. Roger O'Mara
trustee for the estate of Harry Kendall
1haw anr his monfaant advisor, said
yesterday that while no definite plans
had been formed for Thaw, if he is re-
leased on bail. he would probably come
to Pittsburg and go into business.
"Court action to establish Thaw's san
it in Pennsylvania will be reopened !"
declared O'Mara "He has the ability to
start and maintain successful bust
ness and he will do it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
How to Soften Your Flanneis.

In the January Woman's Home Com
panion appears page entitled "The Ex-
change department of helpful house,
hold news contributed by readers. An
Illinois woman makes the following sug-
gestion about flannels:
"When fannels have become hard and
shrunken, they may be restored to their
former softness by soaking them in gas
oline."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13

outside of California especially, new pros
pecting and development were active,
and the output in two of the three pro-
ducing states increased in 1913, and gives
promise of further increase in 1914. As
was indicated in the preliminary review
OF the quicksilver industry published by
the survey one year ago. the reported
gradual decline in output from some of
the larger ore bodies, especially in Cali
fornia, and unfavorable market condi-
tons resulted in the decrease for 1918.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
Graft Charges to Be Probed.

Chicago, Jan ia committee to in
stigate graft charges in the purchase
! sites was appointed last night by the
ducation board.
Mrs. Young, superintendent of schools
said the sites involved were purchased
at her urgent request because they were
needed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-13
TAX COLLECTOR HELD
FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
Fund Shortage of $1,000 Is Charged
Against Frank c. Barnes of
Plymouth, Conn.

Hartford, Conn, Jan. l3.-Frank c.
Barnes, tax collector of the town OF
Plymouth, and one of the leading Re-
publican politicians of Connecticut, is
under arrest here on the charge of en-
bezzling about $4,000 of the towns
funds. He was held for trial under a
bond of $4,000 furnished by II. j. Par
sons and Louis Schiapaccasse, both of
Thomaston.
1t is charged that Barnes has been
stealing from the town for a number
of years.