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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
PLAN TO REMOVE
OBSTACLE IN WAY
Of DUTCH SUFFRAGE
Proposed Amendment Recoqni-
yes WOmen's Right
To Vote.

The Hague, Netherlands jan a.
A step in the direction of according
political rights to Dutch women is
taken in a bill to amend the Neither
lands constitution recently introduced
into the Parliament at The Hague by
Premier Cort van der Linden. The
bill, which has yet to be voted on,
does not actually give women the bal
lot, but removes the constitutional OBJ
stac1es hitherto placed in the way of
their right to vote. Should it pass,
then the electoral law will have to be
amended before women. are really en-
ab1ed to exercise the political fran
.chise.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment goes even farther than recognize
ing Women's right to vote. It also
includes their right to be elected, a.
concession which had not been look
ed for at this stage.
Dutch women. although welcoming
the suggested reform, are inclined to.
display dissatisfa ction with the hrai-
tations of the franchise they may ul-
tinately obtain under its provisions
and in their discomfort they are join
ed by the men, who suffer from the:
same restrictions.
The basis. of the Dutch constitution
lis that men (and under the proposed
amendment also women) Of Is years
of age are entitled to vote for the. 100
members of the Second Chamber,
which is the direct representative
body for the people of the Neither
lands The attainment of the age Of
IS is, however. not all that is neces-
sary Thek would-be voter must be
able to prove that he Cor she) has
certain minfmurntyear1y income, cary
ing according to the locality from
$40 to $22O-tle latter in big cities
such as Rotterdam and Amsterdam
Besides this, there are exceptions
made against persons who receive nu-
niefpaA assistance under the poor laws
and naturally also against crimin1s
and Iunatics, while soldiers and sail
ors under a certain rank are prohibit
ed from voting while on service with
the co1ors.
These various disabilities affect
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
Escape of Carmelino
Leaves Ownership of
5000 Roll Unclaimed

County Sheriff Simeon Pease SCOTS
at the report that Frank Carmalino,
the escaped prisoner, has departed for
Italy by way of Canada He says the
story Of the fugitive writing the let
ter on shipboard and sending it to this
city made good reading The only
flaw in the yarn, he says, is that Car
1nalino cannot read or write.
s.Of course it is possible says the
sheriff, that Carrnalino1 got somebody
else to write the letter for him. but
1T Is hardly reasonable to suppose a
fugitives for whom reward has been
offered would take an outsider into his
eonf7dence to the extent of getting him
to write such letter.
In connection with the Carmalino
escape it was learned today that the
ownership of the $500 he was alleged
10 have stolen from a Hallett street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
jane adams, OPPOSING PLANS
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSES, TAKES
FLING AT ROOSEvELT'S STAND

washington. JAM M-Miss Jane
sAddams, speaking for the Women's
Peace Party, declared to the House
military committee yesterday that the
campaign forJ national defense in
America was the result of panic over
what is happening in Europe. She
urged in the name of thousands of
American women, she said, that this
country be not stampeded into mill
tary measures which would render it
ineffective when international dis
armstnent became a possibility, at the
end of the war. There was no enc
my gainst whom to prepare, she
said. and no need of any urgency
She urged that a commission be
appointed to determine whether pres
emit expenditures on the army and
navy were securing efficiency and al
so to find out who were urging great
err expenditures and why
"DoubtIess some OF them are as
c1ean-handed as could be- she. said.
Doubtless some are involved with
seIf-interest.'
Committeeman asked Miss Adams
II she had not supported former Pres
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

ident Roosevelt in his last campaign
and then called attention to Col.
Rooseve1t's recent utterances on the
need of preparedness.
He was not talking like this them .
Miss Adams replied. There was
nothing of the sort in our plat
form. It Isl my sober judgment that
he does not speak for any large body
of people,
The room was crowded with wom-
en- while Miss Adams spoke and Wig
orous applause greeted her sallies
against nailitarisn. The committee
returned to its examination of Major
General Bliss, assistant chief of staff
of the army, while Miss Addams went
to the White House and conferred
with President Wilson over the posi-
biIity of restoring peace to Europe
and maintaining it after the war. She
said afterward her talk was a con-
tinuation of one she had with the
President several months ago when
she proposed a conference of neutrals
to propose peace terms.
Miss Adams declared regretfully
today that she saw no immediate
prospect<of ending the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

nearly half a million of the Dutch
men of rs years and over-the ap-
proximate figures for the Netherlands
being 1,467, 900 men qualified by age,
of whom only 1,016.569 have votes.
AS is pointed out by Mrs. AIetta< ia
cobs, president of the Women's Suf-
frage. Association of Holland, 1.-The
present composition of society Of
fers no obstacles to the immediate
granting of the right to vote to all
women She. however, argues that
the Limitation under the constitution
would permit very few women to vote,
for in most cases they have no sepa-
rate incomes. She is of the opinion
that the vote should be given to all
mental and morally sound persons of
both sexes without any property re-
strictions.
other Dutch women in the van Of
the women's movement declare the
proposed constitutional reform is
happy result of the agitation recently
carried on by women of all countries,
but still others are of the opinion that
the war has done more to awaken the
self confidence and independence Of
women than all their strivings on the
platform and has compelled men to
learn the lesson that woman is part
of the political fabric The Y argue
that while the men have been occu-
pied in fighting or, as in the Neither
lands, guarding the neutrality of the
country against attack, woman has
shown she can fill, their places in
other spheres of life equally impor--
ant for the public welfare.
All political parties in the Neither
lands appear to have become more or
less reeonciled to the demand for and
need of some such reform in favor of
women as that proposed by, the Pre-
nier, and the nation awaits with in
terest the outcome of the debates in
the Chambers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
MEN TO
SHOOT IN NATIONAL
RIFLE CONTEST
Thirty-nine Universities and
Colleges Have Entered
Five Men Teams.

washington, Jan. 14.-Practically
all of the big universities and colleges
this year have entered teams for the
intercollegiate rifle championship of
the United States which will be con-
tested for under the auspices of the
National Rife Association of America.
Ih1rty-ntne colleges and universities
have selected teams of ten men each
and series of thirteen matches will
be shot, These matches begin Jan
uary Is and continue until April g.
Each team will shoot on its home
range against a team shooting else
where. The scores of the five high
est men on each team will constitute
the record for the team. The regu-
lations call for the use of .22 calibre
rifles, each man shooting 20 shots
prone at so feet. The thirty-nine
teams have been divided in three
classes. The championship trophy
will be awarded to the Glass "A'' team
having the highest score at the end
of the competition and medals will be
given to the winning team. Medals al
so will be given to the winning teams
Of Glass "B'' and Glass ~tC.''
Teams composing the three classes
are:
Glass. ''A,'' Washington State Col
lege, Pullman, Wash; Massachusetts,
Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass;
State University of Iowa, Iowa City;
West Virginia University, Morgan
town; Cornell University, Ithaca, N.
Y; United States Naval Academy, An
napo1is, Md; University of California,
Berkeley; Norwich University, North
field, Vt; University of Minnesota,
University of Illinois, Or
bana; Michigan Agricultural College,
East Lansing; University of Pennsy1-
vania, Philadelphia; University of Yer
mont, Burlington.
Glass "B,'' University of Maine. Oro-
no; Worcester, Mass. Polytechnic In
stitute; Notre Dame University. Notre
Dame, Ind; Princeton University |
Princeton, N. J.; Oklahoma Agricul- |
turaI & Mechanical College, Stillwa-
ter; University of Wisconsin, Madi- |
son; Kansas State Agricultural Col
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
EGYPTIAN LABOR
CORPS DOING VALIANT
WORK AT LEMNOS

British army operating on Lemnos and
other bases inj the Mediterranean, do
ing an important and dangerous work
witho receiving any mention official
ly or in the newspapers, is the Egyp-
tan Labor Corps. composed of native
1aborers from Egypt. The members
have engaged in such tasks as bridge
and wharf building and erecting huts
and storehouses. Their officers are
Englishmen who were employed be-
fore the war in private engineering
and land York in Egypt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
FIFTEEN MILLION FRANCS
FOR FRENCH WAR LOAN

Paris, Jan. 14-The returns on the
French loan for the national defense
have now all been checked and clas-
sified and the total amounts subscribe
ed, says the Petit journal. " exceeds
$1,000, 100000 francs which is some
what larger than the sum previously
reported.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
WILBUR DARTNELL is
FIRST ACTOR TO
GET ENGLISH v. G..

London, Jan 14.-Lieutenant Will
bur Dartnen of the Royal F'usiliers,
who has been posthumously awarded
the Victoria Cross, is believed to be
the first actor to have gained this
honor
It was in East Africa. that Dartne11,
although shot in the leg, crawIed out
to save the lives of his, comrades
stricken in action, and he gave his
life in this attempt.
Dartnel was an Australian by birth
He served in the South African war
and afterward- gained some distinctio on
on the stage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

Infantry losses on-all. British fronts
now average Is per cent, Under Sec
rotary for War Tennan informed the
House of Commons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

saloonkeeper has never been settled
by the court. Counsel for CarmaIino
claimed. the state could not prove the
money found in prisoners room was
the same money stolen from the sa-
1oOnkeepef Judge Subway, who
presided at that term of the criminal
superior court, did not~decide the ques-
ton and it is probable that civil suit
will be instituted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
PAYS $500 FOR STOLEN
AUTO; GIVES IT BACK

d New Britain, JAM 14-N1yron W.
WHY'S, of this city, was forced to
surrender an automobile for which he
paid $500 a short time ago to the POI
lice yesterday. The machine was stolen
in Providence, and Mr.. WHY'S bought
it in good faith OF an alleged agent
for the thieves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
PRESIDENT APPROVES
ARMOR PLANT PLANS

Washington. Jan. 14=President
Wilson has approved Senator Till
mans proposal to establish a govern
ment armor plate factory. HEARINGS
on Senator Til1man's bill before the
Senate naval committee will beein
next Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
SLAUGHTER IN RUSSIA
In 1912 WAS GREATER
THAN IN PRESENT WAR

Berlin, Jan. 14.-Considering the
extent of territory involved, the
slaughter in the lighting in Russia
in 1912 was greater than in the pres
ent war. A local paper publishes
the following report of the police
minister of the number of human and
animal corpses destroyed after the ex-
pulsion of the enemy in the different
governments" dated December, 1912:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Foreign Exchange Helps Bonds.

The recovery Of sterling exchange %
g price approXimatiag the gold impo..
point seems to have had more efeet o.
financial sentiment than any Other. de'
velopment in favor Of any OF tie Al.ie'.
Apparently Great Britain's ability 70
bring exchange back 20 what uncsi
present conditions is nearly the par
has given a Flip 90 the Ang.o-frenen
bonds and fastened their absorption
by investors. The yield % the oono.
las always been attractive and th.
conversion privilege even more So ~.
the magnitude OF the war 20 wnS'
nearly all Europe is engaged mace ",
vcstors distrust their ability " ga1ss
the security behind the issue. Blt hos
the fear Of reputation ,as tnous
Great Britain and France could eve
afford 70 "repudiate" an eNterns..
loanl Is disappearing. German!
manifest esgerness % make peace (,
in part responsible for the change o..
the rise in sterling bills. which Is eas
lily intelli bic, seems 10 have mes-
even more TO the investment com
munity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
ENGLAND'S RELIEF
FOR COTTON DENIED
Market Unsettled by News, but
Soon Receivers Traders Still
Expect Rate Limit.

Conflicting reports with reference 20
the sh ppiEg situation served 20 IN
settle sentiment in tho cotton mcrke.
yesterday morning. bit an carly de-
cline was followed by rallies and the
close was very steady, net unchanged
20 8 points higher
Advices from London and the Scath
west denied Fridays late rumors that
the British government had placed
limitations upon ocean freight rates
from Gulf ports 10 Liverpool. On the
contrary, II was stated positively tina.
50 a hundred pound had been paid
for freight room for 1000 bales 70
Liverpool a Galveston late on Friday.
These denials disappointed some Of
Fridays late buyers. Another rumor,
that the British government had
reGusitioned steamer now running
between this country and South Amer
lea for the use Of the Liverpool cot
ton trade was also dericd. Houses
with Liverpool and Continental conncc-
tons were buyers here. however, and
closing prices were 1T practically the
best point Of the day
Cables were relatively easy under
straddle selling and the market here
opened at "A decline 90 points 10 an
advance Of point. with the active old
crop positions SELLING about > 70
points under fridays closing figures.
Notwithstanding TIE dcnials of the ru-
mOrs pointing 20 an Increased export
movement. there has been 80 much
talk Of restricted freight rates or the
communicating Of vessels that many
local traders are inclined to expect
some action b. Britain 10 insure raw
material supplies for Lancashire. This
idea accounted for some OF the scat
tered local buying. Aside from the
foreign demand. the bulk Of the sup
port appeared TO come from covering
Of shorts for over Sunday.
The lmount o. cot'Cr on shipboard
awaiting clearance az the end OF the
week was 1851 bale. This reflect
ed some Improvement in export pros.
poets, a. the fgures compared with
about 1900 bales two weeks ago, but
The amount was still far below the
figures for either las' year or two
years ago. There is little doubt that
exporters have bought considerable
cotton IN the Southern markets during
the last week. The further advance.
which have occurred in frc.gh: rates
show that efforts have been made 70
get tonnage Tor these purposes Re
views Of the domestic goods trade con.
tinueG favorable and large sales Of
print cloth were reported during the
week a. advancing prices.
The local market for spot cotton
was steady and points higher a.
T. soc for middling upland; sales. 800
bales.
Rance OF prices:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
PrnfccfirR LIS Market.

The enlightened seif-interest ;ha,
prompted the British Chancellor Of 'he
ExcheGuer IN recent speech iG the
House of Commons 90 promise that tie
"Americans' gathered ir under tae
mobilization plan would nor be- .ar0an
higglcdy-piegledy on the New lo.A
market. but would be- sold w-h care
not 20 disturb financial conditions
here that enlightened se.f-in.ere'.
may possibly have had something TO 20
with the lates. development. In Lon
don. The Treasury. IL seems hes o.
fereC prices for American stocks and
bonds above the parity with tho New
York market. In this way 70 is a.
tracing 20 itself securities tina, nigh.
otherwise have been sold here directly
that is 20 say, it is in some wise
protecting the market in which %
wishes 20 sell against the disturbing
elects of indisc-iminate liquidation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09

A. noon tomorrow there VIII be
published the figures of untitled tor
mage on the steel Corporations books
as Of December 81. 1915. Whatever
the figures are. they will probably be
interpreted as bullish. II they sno"
an increase Of. say. 100000 tons
which is the general guess attention
will be called 70 the many statements
from all sources that the steel con.
panies have 20 turn away business. j
the increase is less than THAI there
will certainly be talk OF the corpora
tons ability 90 book new orders az the
high prices now prevailing only 10
the event Of the increase approaching
4 record are the figures likely 10 have
real market influence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Traders Disappointed by
Markets Failure TO Re.
spOnd to News.
GARY WARNING SEEN
AS CHIEF CAUSE
Buying Of New Haven Debentures
Abroad Thought to presagc
Preferred Stock Issue.

IN quarter wnere the international
situation he'd been supposed % bc hold.
ing the stock market 200 check dsaa.
pointment was expressed over tfe move.
ment e prices YESTERDAY Afar Phi.
days late rally. with it- almost huor-
ant tone. great thing were expected
Of yesterdays market. The news %
Gornany'- concession 'n tho o.. .'arH
case and the Penfeld dispatch TELLING
Of Austria ignorance o. the Persia
disaster had hardly had time. t ws.
thought. 20 find full reflection 1 Pr.
days trading. When on pop o. this
now there was the further rep0r' that
the Frye case was about 90 be- settled
satisfactOr 20 our gOgcWmta. and
Germany made q voluntary promise
rot 10 follow in Mediterranean water.
tho uoiic, Of repr sal -rot turned sub.
marine warfare into murder Dol ffe
wcstcrr naval zone. stock market b1n
could hardly understand why prices
sho-ld not leap UP like spring 500.
denly released In the search ios .r.
clew % the mystery the Gary ta'c-
ment bobbed up as the boge ot'eref
than anything else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
New Haven Preferred.

Morgan, Harjes & Co, the is,,'
Office Of J. p Morgan & Co. are aa.e'
Using in the French newspapers 20 20
they will pay Az - francs q bono -
the New Haven per cent deoeih'. ~.
issue that natures IN 1922. lls j . IN.
l45.OOO.000 francs S29O0Oo0vI So
that was brought out ln J rs ,,-....,
ie0- II is understood that thc Norgs,,
house is acting for the railroad, |ni,s-
viii finance the reDurchase of the ds
bentures with preferred stock. 10 -
cember Of last year it was reporie.-
that the next financing by the Ne
Haven would be done with prefer
stock. Il was though at i1-t 4.
that preferred shares would tr'. N. -
called into existence by The nec,',,
for meeting S2700O.o0O Of per ,s..
collateral trust notes on May o. ''
year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Bank Clearings.

Cloarings through .he banks in enor-
nous volume continue 10 reflect the
remarkable expansion Ii business &C
tivity in every section Of the country.
total exchanges last week at the lead
ing elites ia the United States, accord
ine 70 "Dun's Review" amounting TO
ti,50e POI ,042, an increase Of Go per
cent. as compared with the same week
last year and Of 27.5 per cent as com
pared witt. 1914. Notable expansion
continues 70 appear at New York City,
which shows gains OF eos and 3H4
per cent, respectively. as compared
with the same weeks IN the two imme-
diateiy preceding years.
Cities outside Of New York also make
z very favorable exhibit The gain In
the total is 80 per cent, but there is
falling off at some cities in the COM
parison with 1914, owing TO the fact
that the week in thu. year included
six business days, wherea. this year
and last holidays occurred. Ncverthe-
less a gain is shown IN the aggregate
Of 81 per cent.
Average daily bank clearngs for the
year TO date arc given below for three
years:
,.au.,.., ,sss 900 SIS! 90 900 ,ssss.s' ON
p.s.us.r .s.l g,s ,.og -, 900 900
SSss sss IissIIsSsss ssi,,.sSSSs s ii;;;sa.S::
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Southern Railway Financing.

Southern Railway must soon 10 some
new financing. On February I ther
will mature s5,0O0,O0O Of three-year 5
per cent notes. The only ot,er ma.
turity OF the system in 1916 is Sli00-
600 Of third series &C" currency S.
Of the Virginia Midland Railway. due
March l. Presidcn, Fairfax Harrison
of the Southern has mad severa. coz.
situations with bankers Do me last few
weeks. and II is believed that 40 aa-
rounccmcnt will be made some tine
next week. Some consideration. :. De-
said. has been given 20 the idea Of
issuing one-year notes, which can b.
refunded around the time the 10000
600 Of collateral rotcs mature. Do
March. 1917 In view Of the good mar-
ket now prevailing for .ong-.e.m is.
sues. however. and the uncertainty o..
wha. the price OF capital w.iI be after
the war. IL seems more probable thai.
there will not be resort o. short
term financing. IN the last few wears
the railroads have had some bad eye
veriences through financing their needs
with shcrt-tc.m Obligations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
PLATTEN COMMITTEE REPORT
Has Majority Of international Mercan.
tile Marine Common Stock.

The Plstten committee. representing
the common shareholders Of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Company.
announced yesterday that a majority
Of the s49.s12,l0O outstanding stock
had been deposited with the commit
tee. The time for further deposits has
been extended until January %. in
compliance with the rules of the stock
Exchange. where the certificates Of dc
post have been listed.
I. va, stated that no sgreemen, bs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Movements OF Specie.

Imports q sqeie ~ the port c. New York from
Jsnus-y , 70 January s Ver. Gold. sfo.;.554
.n1 silver ts52.5's madr. total q ts.;IOs...
against io;,i ~ iiie5s % 81 ths preceding week
.ni s. 1855 i0 'ac cores2o1.ius sees l.st yea,
since Jsnua7 0 the imports % specie amounted 70
500 10000 ass.-r ti.-l.'i ias year
Imports cf sDets "ere Silver t59iss4 arI
GOD t6,t-o making t9.s' O. 81 go e0l s;aln.,
t..a' ~ g -e7 a.s ~ GOD snI silver a. wses
arI s. 49,. u th. coussgcndins H.eA lasl scar
Since Jsnusr ! eIgcrs % sold amounted 70
Sis.l:l3:;. AL ,r'sf. ;c.7o?.s2J. ,s.ia.. 5000
ro'i sri a. 30 - silver = 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
BRIEF WALL STREET NEWS.

The New York Stock Exchange has
announced the following firm changes:
Shearson, Hammill & Co., Jesse L.
Smith and Wentworth =. Mackenzie
admitted; Bond & Goodwin, Stephen
y. Bond becomes q special partner and
J. Cheever Cowdin has been admitted;
Thomson & NcKinnon. Harry L. Win
tiers and Arthur c. Delaney admitted;
William Morris ImbIie & Co.. David
7. Wells admitted; Fitzgerald. Hub
bard & Co, Charles g. Lund. jr. ad-
mitted; Bsbcock, Rushton & Co., Give
Runnells retired; Robert Glendinning
& Co, Frank II. Mcguire admitted;
Brooks & Co., Frederick b. Atherton
admitted; Spencer 1rask & Co., Wat
kin ". Kneath and Perciyal Gilbert
admitted; bingham Lawrence d Co..
Harold L. Robinson retired; Greer,
Crane & Webb. Alexander J. Houstoun
admitted; Logan & Bryan. James T.
Bryan and George A. Wcgener admit
ted Brown Brothers & Co, Montagu
c. Norman retired: Estabrook & Co..
Arthur Sinclair, IT,, :. Howard Martin
and Richard Pigeon admitted.
Harris. Winthrop & Co.. members
OF the Stock Exchange, have opened a
new branch Office at Ottawa, III.
Kean, Taylor & Co. have opened .
branch Office in Buffalo.
Walter Dreyfus is now with Jerome
J. Danzig & Co., 100 Broadway.
The Ingersoll-Rand Company has
notified the Stock Exchange of pro-
posed increase in its capital stock of
$4,000 600