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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
DEACON JOHN HOLBROOK
FOURTH ARTICLE

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09
New York Beginning to Fig
ure on What Woman Suf-
frage Means to State
STATUS OF ALIEN
WOMEN A QUESTION
Unless the Voting Qualifications Are
Changed All Wives OF Citizens Get
Ballot Immediately 10000 New
Voters in New York City

Ballot Immediately - 100000 New
Voters in New York City.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-CalcuIations
"a, to the effect of the enfranchisement
of the women of New York state midi
cate that il will add about 100000 to
the normal number Of voters and will
add about 100000 in New York city
The supposition that equal suffrage
would double the number of votes is
based upon figures which ito not take
into consideration experience in States
where equal suffrage has prevailed. In
the twelve states wherein women voted
in 1916 the ratio of men to women
rcgistrants was l. to TO- and the RATIO
Of men to women voting was II to 10.
In these states. as in New York, the
number Of men and women is almost
equal The registration figures showed
that the women did not register with
the same interest as men and when
registered did not vote as faithfully.
This condition may be illustrated hv
the state of Kansas In Kansas. with
population OF about 100000, there
are about $4,000 more men than women.
In the 1916 campaign 560627 men and
4N3.9S2 women registered, ratio Of
m,lr to women of rs TO 100. Of the
mcu 3g6.2g9 voted. and of the women
| 2b& %. ratio OF men To women voting
! of ~ to 100. I'm California the proper
/ ton of men to women registering was
| Up to 100; the proportion OF men to
| women voting wa. III TO 100
| The total registration I'm New York
/ state last year was about 100000. Ii
| the women of New York had had the
! ballot and had registered in the same
ratio as those of the other twelve sui
/ frage states. about 100000 women
would have registered. The vote east
i'm the state In 1916 was about 200.
tuuu. III the women had had the ballot
and after registering had voted in New
/ York with the same attention they
voted in other suffrage states they
would have east l,U00.o0o votes in the
tl4lG election, za... s.. r...
In New York city the registration
for the Navoraltv election was abou,
lG9j0oo. On this basis about $4,000
women would have registered and 400.
900 voted
There is, OF course, to be taken int,
consideration in New York the enor
nous alien population. especially in
New York city. which will tend to de
fleet calculations based upon expcrienc,
In Western states. In New York stat
there were, by the census of 1910
t.5Nt,5 So men and 4,529 on women. O
/ :
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

hy the census of 1910, u number that
is probably near 100000 TODAY, and H
figuring that tWo-thirdS Of them are
married. it must be considered that |
thousands of them married aliens who
have not become naturalized, and with |
the 900. eco not married, there are be
tween 100000 and 100000 women Of
foreign birth I'm New York city who |
may become voters through the opcr-
alton of the equal suffrage amendment. /
If 40 per cent of them, the same ratio |
as of foreign-bon men who become |
voters, avail themselves of the ballot. /
there are between 1907 900 and 100000 |
potential voters who offer the greatest |
opportunity 10 the professional pOiiti- |
clan II is because Of the presence Of |
these women i'm New York citv that
woman suffrage here offers MANY IN
tere>ting specuIations which do not APP
pear In a consideration OF woman suf
fragc in most other cities and states.
The figures presented herewith are
only approximate in relation to New
York TODAY. naSmuch as they are based
on the 1910 census. The actual mum
Der of women entitled TO vote In New
York city may tie slightly larger he
cause to the 6gI. 900 men who registered
for Tuesday : election there should be
added the 25,ooo soldiers who regis
tered, which following the ratio would
make the women registration 80. goo
instead OF I>h,o0W, and the woman vote
100000, instead OF 100000. On the
basis OF the 1916 election returns the
| figures for the woman vote would he
about 4oU,uoh i'm the city. There j. no
good reason to expect that all OF the
| 2,oo0.o9o women vino, the suffrage lead
ers say, pot the vote by Tuesday 5 clcc-
| Ion IN New York state viii vote.
Mess the Legislature next winter
| takes some action changing the re
! qulrements that qualify voters. foreign
/ porn women VINO are married TO citizens
may Vote after a residence OF one wear
III the state, four months III tie eoun-
ItfE, and thIftN days In the election dis
tuct. rs the law no" stands, II re-
cures Of loFelgn-oofn "omen who are
not tHe wives Oh citizens hNe wears
residence, or a wait OF two years, the
l4efiud Tor securing naturalization, 1t
they shalI have oe"n III thus country
three years or more already
\ natIon-w1de analysis of the woman
ote IA the 1916 election, made by }, ;.
f3ehelberger, demonstrated that the
woman vote dld not materially affect
tho result. In other words, that the
5",l' 81 FoteS received ny the canal-
i",'9 would nave n'eh the same haa
I'liF t1t, men voted, In NalIIornla-
"h'Ie' me sohfastSt, ~ay, the women
erected if'slaent HiISoh-ohN ~ ref
r-h' 81 'ht engine women voted. "h'ie
% Pc, ytH' ol ihe eilGl"Ie men east
l"t!' hat''S- mere were "lt.9>i men
IfoAlSIItt"' ana ~, 80 OF them voted
lot "HNoH ana -'','f9 Tor hughes.
mere Were - % women registered
~ ,i... W n non. l'@''"2 NoLrH lot wilson ana
''"'''' LOT daSit'o, me men gave VIII
~" III" loIi'N OF -tfu' N"tn,; me WON
gu -'Fr h'la l"aJoA'N OF l.+oo. inc
'>"-,' ih "thef words, was not changed
'E lHe women voting. OF course. IN
e P''f ltoiai eases. "hefe there have been
P''uliaf local issues the woman vote
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-09

In trench fighting the first line often
becomes the last ditch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
Green Mountain Echoes.

Arthur Moore is learning TO be Joy
rider with big four Overland Weston
item.
Otto Coolidge reports seeing two air.
planes pass over Landgrove Weston
item.
Four young men were in this section
Tuesday of this week hunting gypsy
moths We are glad to say they found
only one-North Hartland item.
Miss Elsie Green has an extremely in
teresting school this year, with every
thing that art, literature and good teach.
ing can make Cold river item
Darwin Davidson harvested a parsnip
that measured two feet and three inches,
Some parsnip.--Ascutney item.
H. c. Daniels is still buying land, his
latest purchase being the old Pike mead
ow; and we bet dollars to doughnuts
that he don't lose ether-Plainfeld, n.
H., item.
George Bates, a Civil war veteran, rs
years old and an invalid, is doing his
part for the Red Cross He has made
himself and wife each pair Of knitting
needles and helps with the knitting
Cayendish item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
SORRY OUTLOOK FOR DENMARK.
Fuel, Raw Material and Fodder Stuff Are
Growing Scarcer.

Copenhagen, Nov. L. Correspondence
Prediction of more serious condition
in the near future as affecting Den
marks supply of fuel, raw materials fol-
! industry and fodder stuffs is made by
the National Bank of Denmark in sum
mary of the economic and financial sit
uation in this country.
| In the latter half of the year." saws
the report, lowing to the German U-boat
war, navigation met with such dangers
as to become practically a gamble in
which the stakes were life and property
Part of the navigation stopped altogeth-
er and imports were very considerably
restricted, partly by destruction or seiz-
ure of cargoes, partly by refusal of ex-
ports to Denmark by the belligerent pow
ers, conditions accentuated by the en-
trance of the United States into the
war
"Denmarks trade balance during the
war has been good. Our agriculture and
navigation have earned profits which
have more than covered the expenditure,
and our exports have exceeded our i'm.
ports. We have therefore, been able
to pay our foreign debts and we have
great outstanding debts abroad in bills,
in credits and in foreign securities. This
is all very well, but 1t would have been
more fortunate if for part of the prof
its we had been able to obtain the ar
ticles which we want and which are now
more urgently needed than ever before.
As is well known, this has not been pos
sible. We have not been masters in our
own house as regards imports, nor even
as regards exports, Only when it was alb
solutely. necessary have the latter been
stopped for export prohibition always
impairs one group of home interests and
exposes us to the risk of further restric-
tons of the import of articles in which
the shortage may be even more fatal
Important political considerations also
come into play here
The general level of prices has been
raised in Denmark and Sweden BY 80
per cent, in Norway by more than Is |
per cent, and in England by about 100
per cent"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The United States governments re-
ported new policy of keeping closer
watch on alien enemies tmeaning Ger
mans) is taken none too soon, as the
disastrous fire on the Baltimore piers
gives evidence In fact, if the United
States had fully realized that it was at
war with most desperate nation at the
time of the declaration of state of war,
it would have adopted right then most
vigorous and most rigorous policy
against those who were known to be
alien enemies of hostile procliyities.
There has been too much leniency and
trustfulness in every part of the coun-
try, and we have reaped the consequences
of our laxity time and time again
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

Succinctly explains Lekmi Nagasaki
Amarchi in reply to the question why
Japan Hesitates" Lekmi speaks through
the Boston Herald:
"Your so kind inquiry why Japan not
participates more active in great Euro
pean war, | beg to answer that not like
American presspapers, Japan is fearing
that central empires too strong for en-
emies; as same are separated from Japan
many thousand miles, impossible sending
supplies which be necessary, so Japan
cannot feed her mans. Not to feed
armies is not to fight good and Japan,
she will not care to staVe armies in
Europe where all is eaten up. This is
reason, Mr.. Editor, why Japan not will
send answer"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
CURRENT COMMENT
Higher Prices for Monuments.

Some Of the monument men declare
that the price Of marble and granite me
MORALS will be higher next year. Scarce-
" anything else could be looked for. ow-
ing 70 the advance in the cost Of labor
and supplies. As We have several times
pointed out in these columns. the present
Is particularly favorable time for
building. A. building stone Is one Of the
few commodities that has advanced lit
tie. if any. IN price. This condition can
not long maintain. The principal item
of cost IN monumental work j. labor in
cutting and polishing. but al kinds 81
qusrTied stock. both building and monu-
mental l. about due for sn advance in
uriee.-From stone
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
A SOLDIERS LETTER FROM FRANCE.

| A Vermont boy who is a soldier in
France writes home to his father that
this war is not half as bad as it is
cracked up to be- The statement is, of
course, the opinion of youthful and
exuberant wearer of the khaki who as
yet has not approached the battle front
where the sledge hammer blows of the
war are being delivered, first on one side
and then on the other He probably is
eating his three square meals day, with
digestion unimpaired is going through
just enough exercises to keep him in fit
physical trim; is spending his spare time
in viewing the wonders of a strange
kind of existence; in short, with youth.
full enthusiasm, he is going through the
first stage of a great adventure. To him
the war is not so bad as it has been
painted; in fact, it is not half bad at all.
The rosy, glorious side is yet before
him. the hard work, the grind, the strug-
gle for life is still to be set before him
So he writes with exuberance of the life
as it now is What he will write after
going through his first experience under
fire is not so sure. We do not doubt his
patriotism and his courage in the least,
but we do doubt the permanence of his
optimistic enthusiasm. He probably will
write in more serious vein. but none the |
less resolute, when he takes his pen in |
hand after the shock of battle The real |
ization that war is a spectre will come
to him no doubt, but, like a good Amer |
lean, he will buckle down to the task |
set for him and for the hundreds of /
thousands of others being sent to Eu-
rope TO liberate the world from the
thralldom OF greed in the person of a
nations ruler. For the time being his
words are comfort to other soldiers
parents who are glad to know that their
sons are being well treated al they pre-
pare themselves for the work ahead and
hat the United States government. aid.
d BY the governments nearer the seat
II conflict, is doing its part well in
airing for the lives that have been placed
n its keeping. 1t is indeed comfort.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
EXPECTED PEACE SOON
A. N. Macdonald, Well Known Barre
Man, Writes from France.

Mrs. n A. Macdonald of Granitevill
has received the following letter from
her son, A. N. Macdonald, well known il
Barre, who is in Frances
Somewhere in France.
Sept. 30, II.
Dear Mother
This Is the last day of September and
it looks and feels more like July or Au
gust. The trees are nice and green and
you would think it was midsummer in.
stead of being close to winter. At one
time | was beginning to dread the idea
of being out here another winter, but
feel quite confident that it won't be long
before we come to some peace terms with
Germany and her allies. They have met
with one defeat after another this sum
mer with the exception Of the Russian
front and from all accounts they have
come TO see where they are playing a
losing game now.
We are very well situated here and
spend our afternoons playing baseball
and football. We have had some good
games with the other companies in the
battalion and headquarters. Headquar
tiers beat us the only game we have lost
TO /. Have been playing first base but
haven't been able TO hit the ball any
better than used to at home. After /
got hit in the head at Goddard / was
never able to step into a ball the way /
could before
| didn't get bit of mail last week
but am looking forward to a bunch this
week The last bunch of papers / got
there were some dated in May, some
more in July and couple in August.
suppose they will come dribbling in
like that but still ! get quite a bit of
news out of them. ] don't think | told
You in my last letter that ! had letter
from Dan. He had spent two weeks al
Bauff and gained - pounds in 10 days
he says He also told me that Bill Irwin
had gone east to take Mrs. Irwin back
and she was as well as ever. was very
glad TO hear that, for the poor woman
certainly had very hard time.
| was over to the hospital the other
lay to see some of the friends I had met
while | was there and they all wanted |
ne to come back. OF course it was i'm |
possible, but I had just about as soon
De with the boys, although they sure
rave me an easy Job the last while
vas there. But then there wasn't the
anne freedom that have here and I feel
perfectly satisfied. Everyone says ] am
at but | tell them they ought to have
cen me when I was real fat, in July.
Well, mother, there is very little news,
o | think | will close, sending my best 1
eua rds TO all my friends and npiohhors
nd love to you all. From
Your loving son,
A. n. Macdonald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
SCHOOL BOYS ARE PEERS.
Eton Students Advanced in Royalty By
Death o. Fathers.

London, Nov. Elton college has a
| larger proportion of nobility among its
scholars than any English school in his
tory The youthful peers at Elton are
largely boys who have fallen heir to their
titles through the death OF their fathers
in war. Lord Longford's father was
killed at Gallipoli, Lord De la Wars fs
Their was also killed in the army Other
pupils who will take seats in the House
OF Lords as soon as they reach their MA
jority arc Lord Brecknock, Lord Kinnoul
and Lord Ridley
Prince Henry, the kings third son, is
a classmate of Prince Leopold OF Belgium
and Prince Sarbjit Singh, son of the Sir
dar of hapurthala. Other students in
clude Lord Carmarthen. Lord Worcester,
Lord Clydesdale, Lord Castlereagh, Lord
Cardigan, Lord Ashley, Lord North, Lord
Kneworth, Lord Hastings, Lord Clon-
more, and Lord Balniel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

Many women of Barre are doing their
bit in preparing surgical dressings
Christmas bags and other articles to be
sent by the Red Cross for the use OF
American soldiers and sailors; but there
are many more Barre women who have
not yet enlisted in this splendid cause
and whose services are greatly needed in
order that Barre may do its maximum
share in this work of saving men or in
adding to their comfort during the long
days of service. Why not join the Red
Cross and render all the assistance you
can?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

Up to the present time General Ca.
dorna hasn't followed the Hindenburg
example by asserting that he is making
a strategic retreat although it must
be admitted that he is showing consider
able military skill in removing his forces
from the net prepared by the Teuton
cunning. The Italian war office is frank
enough TO call defeat defeat and not
strategic retreat" as the Berlin war
Office calls it when Hindenburgs forces
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
Poems You May Not Have Read.
Lay of the Lost Dime.

A year ago they saw an adj
II sure was wondrous dope,
So each one got her writing pad,
And TO the cuss she wrote
Enclosed the names Of five friends dear
Likewise enclosed a dime
tSay, east and west, far and near,
Dress gets the fair sex every time
Federal officers the scheme had read,
The silver mine they closed,
And in the Office Of the dead
Letters. dimes and names reposed.
They returned each enc to its owner,
Who Of petticoats was fond.
The advice on the envelope corner
Was Buy a Liberty Bond
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
STOP CATARRHl OPEN
k0STRIlS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds at Once.

II your nostrils are cloggcd and your
head j. stuffed and You can't breathe
freely because ~ . cold or catarrh. Just
yet small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
at any drug store. Apply a little Of
this fragrant. antiseptic cream into your
nostrils and let u penetrate through everv
ar passage II your bead. soothing and
healing the inaamed. swollen mucous
membrane and you ct instant relief.
All how good it feels. Your nostrils
are open, your head Is clear. no more
hawking. suufiiur blowing No more
headache. dryness 81 struggling for
breath. Ely's Cream BALM is inst what
sufferers from head ooids and catarrh
need tie q deIight-Adr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The Mayo clinic at Rochester, Mimi, is
said to have discovered a serum which
will positively nullify the effects of pa
ralysis which comes with poliomyelitis.
The assertion is the more to be believed
because it comes from the Mayo hospital
and it is splendid news to the American
people, particularly to the people of Yer
mont, who experience a recurrence of
the child plague every summer. tits to
be hoped that the further experimentation
will prove the effectiveness of the remedy
for removing the paralysis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

work while physiology and pathology are
not neglected The colleges have been
bard hit financially, but still keep open.
Merton is nurses home and Tried part
ly women's college. Others are full of
cadets and airmen
There are the usual number of women
students, but a large proportion are en-
gagged on some sort of war work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

Possibly it would be a good idea to
find out if Dir. Karl Muck's Symphony
orchestra of Boston is able to play the
Star Spangled Banner" Being a Ger
man, DIR. Muck may have neglected the
American stuff, you know. Anyway, DR..
Muck's refusal to play the national an
them in Providence the other evening is
worth investigating
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
OXFORD DEPLETED.
Even American Students Have Now Gone
to War.

Oxford Nov l.-Oxford university is
very depleted in the matter of students
the Americans, both Rhodes scholars and
others, having now gone to join their
country's call TO arms. There are now
only very few young students under
military age, some neutrals and Indians
in residence,
The scientific museum is largely given
up to the flying corps, but the chemical
laboratory is full of research and war
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

Vermont still produces more granite
than any other state in the union, if the
kaiser wants some to bite.-Boston
Globe. But if he prefers better quality
of stone for his mastication he can come
to New Hampshire, IN H.
Monitor.
Yes, if the kaiser wants a softer, more
porous kind of granite he ought to 90 to
New Hampshire Besides, Vermont
doesn't care to harbor the fellow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The new Italian premier, Vittorio Or.
lando, has four sons in the military serv-
ice of Italy. With such family record
Orlando may be depended upon to have
PROV sentiment, desire to carry
out the contest to a successful end for
the arms of the allied nations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

You begin to pay more war taxes to-
morrow, if you have not already paid
them. The American people are likely to
feel quite pinch before the end of the
hostilities, but they viii be ready to
make the sacrifice in order that the ma
ton may win honorable victory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The people of South America will be
interested in the German characterize
ition of them as Indians under a thin
veneer" Count Luxburgs little slip is
likely to prove damaging to German am
billions in South America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

are compelled to draw in their front. By
the way, it is about time for another OF
those so-called bits of strategy on the
part of the Germans on the western
front,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

1t would be an even exchange if the
French should bomb the Cologne cathe
dral Just as the Germans have ruined
the Rheims cathedral. Moreover, it
would be just reprisal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

To tell the exact truth, the picture Of
DR.. George Won Hertling, the new Ger
man chancellor, looks like a moth-ea
professor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The Times extends hearty congratua-
tions to its down. the.river contemporary
The Argus, on reaching its twentieth
birthday on Oct. 80
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
"One Crowded Hour of Glorious Life Is
Worth an Age"

We learn that Mr.. Horace Underhill,
an aged resident of this town, contem-
plates breaking up his home and going
with his daughter, Sarah, to live in the
family of his son, Ernest. We are re-
minded that first the stork then busy
life of care and soon the harvest when
Father Time comes 10 bring in the
sheaves. Is it worth the while Pier
mont, n. H., query.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
Too Much Encores.

Oar ain much encouragement" said
Uncle Eben, "in forgivin' an enemy who
starts sumpin' else every time you for
give i'm. Washington Star.