Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-26

years of age, and the military to ap- ply to all male youths, whether stu dents or not, between the ages of six teen and nineteen, the only exemption being in cases where the young men are employed continuously as means of livelihood.
 It also authorized the governor to prepare a reserve militia list to be composed of all males between the ages of eighteen and forty five, from which may be drafted at any time suf- ficient numbers to fill up the com plement of the militia or any of it's. de- tachments.
 Woman Suffrage.
 Woman's suffrage, which, during the year of 1914-15, was referred by the legislatures of several states to the vote of the people, and which re- ceived setback at the elections in four Atlantic states New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachu- setts-received comparatively little favorable action during the past leg islative season. The New York law makers. however, took the first step toward the resubmission of the refer endum on the matter in 1917, but in order for the referendum to be held the resolution in favor of it must be adopted again next year. In Ken lucky, after series of defeats in previous legislatures, a measure in favor of a referendum on woman's suffrage was passed by the senate, but failed in the house. In Louisiana, Virginia, Florida, and Mississippi, woman's suffrage measures were de- feated, and in Rhode Island the suf- frage bill remained in the files of the committee on special legislation. There were no other states which ap- pear to have considered the subject.
 Women, however, profit to a con- siderable extent through many meas ures which were passed during the year. For instance in Rhode Island an act was passed to prohibit night work for women and children; in South Carolina the child labor law was amended to make the limit fourteen mines and factories, while Maryland passed a mothers pension law provid- ing state aid to needy widowed mothers who have dependent children under fourteen years of age.
 WCfkmenS COmpenSdLlOn.
 There are already thirty states in which workmen's compensation laws are in effect, and one state, Virginia, indicates a possibility of falling in line, having passed joint resolution for commission to report on a work mems compensation bill at the session in 1918. In Massachusetts the labor leaders succeeded in having passed an amendment to the workmen's compen- sation act, reducing from fourteen to ten days the waiting period when in- jured employees shall receive compen- sation, and resolution was passed for an investigation of the advisability of establishing new rate for compen- sation insurance. Two small loan acts were also passed in Massachusetts, one establishing the rate of interest on small loans at three per cent a month, and the other exempting from assignment three-fourth of mans wages stipulating further that no as- signment of married mans wages can be made unless the written con- sent of the wife has been obtained. New York state extended to additional classes the benefits of the workmen's compensation law of 1914. Illinois provided an additional appropriation for it's civil service commission and for free employment offices, while New Jersey reorganized it's department of labor and created workmen's com pensation aid bureau.
 Prohibition Legislation.
 The further restriction of liquor traffic is provided by new laws in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mis- sissippi, and, in some particulars, in a few other states. Georgia. at an extra session last fall, enacted three liquor laws, one to prohibit the sale of any