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New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
The Proportion Of
Native to Foreigner

In the accompanying table are pre-
sented the population in these AS
sembly districts, with the proper
tion of white persons of foreign
birth or of native birth, but with one
or both parents of foreign birth, ar
ranged according to nationality, hav-
ing per cent or more, together
with the proportion of the several
nationalites therein to their total
population, and with the proportion
Of foreign born males of voting age
who have been naturalized.
In an examination of this table, the
feature likely to strike our attention
at the outset is the large foreign pop
ulation in the Assembly districts the
election districts of which were in
considerable part at least for Hill
quit. Despite the high percentage for
the entire city, namely 1856, these dis
tricts represent, as a rule, the great
est pre- portions, all having 86.9 per
cent, and those in Manhattan 95.3 per
cent. A further manifestation Of
this characteristic is found in the fact
that in certain Of the districts only
fourth, or even a fifth, of the males
of voting age have been naturalized
so as to become citizens, though the
proportion for the city as whole is
nearly two-ffths 1882 per cent?.
From the returns Of a special GEN.
sus of the State Of New York in 1915
we may learn the number of aliens in
each block Of each election district.
In the Assembly districts of the lower
East Side of Manhattan, the percent
age of aliens is from SIS to 60 per
cent, and in the other Assembly dis
trcts displaying Hilquit strength,
from 10 to 40, while the percentage
for this borough as whole is 81.
In Brooklyn Hllqut Assembly dis
tricts show percentages Of from 10 to
so, as against 10 for the entire bor-
ough, and in The Bronx of from Is to
40, as against 10 for the entire bor-
ouXh.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Morals ofU.S. Boys in F rance
DeclaredBetter Than atHome
French Towns Behind Lines Under Military Law
That Suppresses Vice and Drunkenness-tIard
Work and Clean Entertainment Leave Little
Time for Looseness

GERS were there and observed tae;.
conduct. and in their polite manner
said to some other officers that they
expected something more of the Amer
leans. | have authentic information
that these two officers have been re-,
heved of their commissions and sept
home for the good of the service. Tho
military authorities realize that Amer
lea has reputation to live up to. and
the officer who attempts to lower the
standard is given to understand that
he imperils his commission by such
conduct.
was told of another officer who at
tempted to enter licensed place OF
vice. The authorities had the place
guarded. The officer attempted to pass
the sentry, who halted him, and said:
Sir, have orders to keep both men
and officers out of this place. and IL
You attempt to enter will blow iav
whistle and Will call assistance anG
take you to the commanding officer"
The officer lost interest in the place
i'm mmetlately
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
rench Towns Under
!. S. Martial Law

| found American martial Iay j.,
operation IN some Of the towns visited.
inns enables the officers to regulate
matters of drink and vice without re-
ferrng to French authority. When q
cafe violates the regulation of selling
liquor it is closed up. When il is i'm
possible to suppress the licensed
houses of vice military police are sta
toned about them. Ny information
from many of the men who are billeted
IN homes and barns is that there is
not the promlscuous relationship that
might be expected under such condi-
tlons. A chaplain paid glowing trib-
ute to the home life of the people in
the north of France where his troops
are Stationed
The ideal set before the men by the
general orders is bearing fruit in many
places; A Catholic priest chaplain re-
ported to his commanding officer that
only three men out OF his regiment
mad confessed to a violation Of tho
ideal for the month of December. In a
DIVISION which visited there are near
ly twenty-five thousand trooDs and
only l62 men reported for treatment
for December. The major general in
command in personal interview spoke
IN glowing terms of the moral restraint
or his men. Another division, accord
ing to the surgeon, had only one man to
contract disease in December.
l thought perhaps the officials nighA
have steered me toward the saints Of
the army, and so remarked to Y. NJ.
Z. A. secretary, and he said one of the
divisions | had visited had the worst
reputation in France. | have not met
so far man who has come from tha
States but that has said that condi-
tions are better than he expected to
find them.
In my judgment very few of the SOL
dlers will take wives home with them.
for the new has worn off the class
they have not met and will not meet.
and besides. the American girl still
holds the chief place in the soldiers
thought
There are three reasons which ac-
count for these conditions: The first IA
the strict military regulations and the
great fear Of the disease which has
been instiled into their souls: the sec
ond consideration is the fact that thu
fellows are worked very hard: they
get up at $3.50 in the morning and
must be in their hunks at $3.50 in thu
evening; when their days work is over
they are ready for rest; the third fac
tor is the splendid work which is being
done by the y. NJ. c. A. in furnishing
them place to spend their money and
a place to spend their spare time where
there is some wholesome amusemens
every night. The women workers be-
hind the counter in the canteen keen
before the men the vision of Americas
pure womanhood, which il a tremen-
dous influence in keeping the men true
to the ideals Of the American home.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
french People
Expected Much

The survey of an army must deal
with general conditions, and the whole
army is not to be judged by the con-
duct of an individual camp or local
condition. Our army in many respects
is like an American city; it has it's
good, its bad and its Indifferent. There
are men religious and men vicious. 1t
is just as unfair to judge whole army
by a certain element in it as it is to
judge a city by certain vicious districts.
| believe l am safe in saying that the
American expeditionary forces in
France conduct themselves with as
much decorum as the average
American city that has saloons. |
have no desire to whitewash the morals
of the army, for they are far from
ideal; but, on the other hand, I am
men VINO are now and soon will be
fighting vicious foe and dying to
make the world safe for democracy.
l have found, to the sincere regret of
every true AMERICAN, tHaI some OF lne
first troops sent to France did not re-
feet the American ideal. Many Of
them were troops from the border who
had made a name for themselves with
which most Americans are acquainted
and of which none of us is proud.
Frankly. the French people expected
better of America and were shocked at
some of their conduct. l am told that
there were American officers who
shocked the decency Of the French by
their open conduct in Paris cafes and
al hnr
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10


Tr.r Condition and She Work Being Done for Them
IN the United states.
AORRIS HILLQUIT. running for
M Mayor of New York last No.
vember on a platform adopted
By the Socialist party directly at va
rance with the present war policies of
the American people, received 1919
votes, little more than one-ffth (22.1
per cent? of all the votes cast. Candi-
dates of the Socialist party for other
Offices had corresponding votes, and
seven Socialists were elected to the
Board OF Aldermen for the first time
in the city's history.
Even in ordinary times this would
have been highly significant and i'm
portant thing. But the fact that in
this case the party had taken a position
which had led to the withdrawal OF a
large number of Socialists of American
birth and sympathies, that the plat
form was frankly opposed to the part
in the war which the nation as q whole
stances the support given the Socialist
candidates was several times that of
normal years, makes the situation one
Of compelling Importance. 1t should be
remembered that very similar condi-
tions obtained throughout the centres
Of population. though nowhere in so
striking a manner as in New York.
Where did the Socialist vote come
from? Who are the Socialists in the
present composition of that party :?
What hold has this organization on the
American population? What chance
has it Of spreading?
These are the questions propounded
to thinking Americans by the November
balloting. A careful study OF the Hill
quit vote in New York and the circum-
stances surrounding it gives for the
first time clear basis Of demon
strable fact for the answers to these
questions.
The chief facts brought out by this
Investigation are:
The Hillquit vote was packed into
certain comparatively restricted sec
tions Of the city.
The population of these sections is
predominantly alien in origin, and un-
assimilated
The chief nationalities represented in
these districts are, in order, Russian,
Austrian and German, Italian and Irish,
though, while the proportion Of natives
CT the two first named countries in the
districts where the Hillquit vote cen
tres is FAR above their proportion for
the entire city, and that of the third,
the German, is but slightly below, the
proportion for thu Irish and Italian is
less than half what it is in the city at
large. In other words, the Socialist
vote thus cast very largely follows the
Russian and Austrian immigration.
These facts seem to warrant the fol-
lowing conclusions:
That the Socialist Party to-day is an
alien organization on American soil.
no hold on native Americans or on
immigrants who have assimilated
American ideals.
That material growth Of this organi-
zation can be expected only among
alien populations in America; how
large a proportion of the aliens in
the country may be regarded as likely
subjects for its propaganda can only be
eonjectured.
And, incidentally, that the menace it
carries would be impossible to-day but
Tor our short-sighted policy of putting
10 restriction on unassimilable immi-
grants in recent years.
The matters just stated are proved
oy careful analysis Of the Hillquit vote
and Of the populations which cast it.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
labulating the
Vote by Districts

The city Of New York is divided
into five boroughs, each constituting
separate county Of the state-Man-
rattan (New York County,, Brooklyn
Kings County, Bronx, Queens and
Richmond Staten Island). These
ooroughs are each divided into As
ssmb!y districts, the chief electoral
units. Manhattan and Brooklyn, each
having twenty-three, Bronx eight,
Vneens six and Richmond two. The
Assembly districts are in turn made
Up OF election districts, the smallest
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Russians Comprise
Over a Fourth

Considerably the largest portion is of
persons from Russia, who comprise
over one-fourth (26.3 per cent? of all,
though they form but little over one
eighth (l4.9 per cent? Of the popua-
ton Of the entire city. In the six dis
tricts of Manhattan they comprise 10
per cent, though but 1876 per cent Of
the entire borough. In several dis
tricts they approach half, and in one
pass we'll beyond this.
The nationality showing the next
highest proportion is represented by
persons from Austria, with 1916 per
cent though they are but per cent
for the whole city.
In the districts in Manhattan they
constitute % per cent, in one or two
having nearly two-fifths, as against 81
per cent for the borough Following
are persons from Germany, claiming
10.6 per cent. Their proportion here s,
however, in reality less than that for
the city as q whole, which is 1877 per
cent; so that, so far as these particular
districts indicate, IIillquit would seem
to have received but slight aid from
J German sources. This appears to be
decidedly the case with respect to the
Irish and the Italians, the former show
ing but So per cent of the population
in the specified districts, as against II s
per cent in the city as d whole, and the
latter 80 per cent, as against 112 per
cent. Persons from Hungary offer q
percentage of 81 in these districts, but
OF 2.3 for the entire city, indicating q
certain Hillquit tendency among them
The last group are persons from Ruma-
MIA. These have but small represen.
tation in the population of the city, OF
OF per cent, though they have a pro
= portion in these districts of IT. pei
cent, which argues likewise a Hillquit
leaning.
Perhaps the most noteworthy part of
our statistics is to be discovered in the
last four columns Of the table, showing
what ratios are borne by these different
nationalites between their total num-
ber in the districts referred to anc
their total number in the city as a
whole-that is, the proportion of their
entire number found in these districts
Here persons from Rumania stand in
the lead, seven-tenths of all of them
being SO localized. Then come persons
whose origin is Russian, with three.
ffths (600 per cent? of their entire
number gathered in these Districts
$40 per cent in Manhattan, 65S pc,
cent in Brooklyn, and SOP per cent in
the Bronx. Close at their heels are per
sons from Austria, with 57.6 per cent
(60.5 per cent in Manhattan). Next il
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

votes cast, 1874, also more than four
fifths, are in these Assembly districts.
Of the remaining twenty-nine election
districts with a majority Of votes for
him, twenty-three, or we'll over two
thirds, are adjacent to those in the
aforesaid Assembly districts, there thus
being pointed cSt the possible basis Of
the vote of 97.2 per cent of such cleo
ton districts.
The Assembly districts which we have
specified, let it be understood, do not
contain all the election districts hav
ing a plurality or a majority for Mr..
Hillquit, but the others are dispersed
and contain too few of his election dis
tricts to permit any generalizations as
to the constitution of their voters. Nor,
let it also be borne in mind, is it to
be thought that all the voters in the
localities indicated were for Mr.. Hill
quit, for there were many who cast
their ballots against him. Here we are
merely concerned with the matter Of
the election districts giving him a plur
ality or a majority, and of the national
Ch rp ctpr Of cnch
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10


The American army has an ideal
which it is holding before the men.
IL Is the same ideal that found in
making survey of the cantonments in
America. This ideal comes out i'll
general orders like this: that
frequent lectures be given by medical
officers on sexual hygiene and disease.
IN which confluence shall be advised
and illicit actions discouraged" A
pamphlet issued by the Y. NJ. C. A..
which is signed by General Pershinp
and Chief Surgeon Bradley, says:
civil, military and medical authorities
agree that sexual indulgence is not y
necessity
Are the officers attempting to en-
force the ideal? That depends upon
the officer In the general order that
lies before me I read this lanruaoe
on the subject "No laxity or half
hearted effort in this regard will be
tolerated. 1t is expected that positive
results will be attained and that all
supplementary means to aid IN that
attainment viii be encouraged. The
number of electives in a command ia
an index of its efficiency, and this de-
pends upon the efficiency of the COM
manding officer
One of the precautionary measures
mas been to remove the troops as far
as possible from temptation. There
are to be no more "leaves" spent in
Paris. The men will get ten davs
every four months, but the army VIII
see that these ten days are spent IN
place free from temptation. Paris
stlll IS centre to which and through
winch many men must go. There are
hundreds OF officers who come here on
special business Of one kind or the
other When an officer comes to Paris
he mus register and 90 to an an.
proved hotel. At the time he registers
'here are given to him two official
inemorandums, copies OF which have
out which | promised not to publish
ne brigadier general in command bora
IS an elder in the Presbyterian Church
ana impressed me as being a man who
IS sincerely trying to keep the men in
ehe right path. The military police
visit the cafes. casinos and other nlacas
OF questionable character and are au
thorized to report or arrest anv ono
IN company with a woman known ia
be bad.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Big Vote for Hillquit Shown to Come
from Centres OF Foreign Population
distinctly German Ele-
z7aenf Indicated to
Have Had Little Ef-
feet on the Result

The second important issue in con-
nection with the election is thus that
the Hillquit vote came from sections
Of New Iork nredominantly alien. It
may be worth while 20 add that if all
the aliens in the city had been able
to vote, and provided that there had
been no counteracting influences. then
1t becomes within the possibilities, if
not among the probabilities, that Mr..
Hillquit would have carried the cleo
ton.
Much the most significant feature in
the statistics in our table. however.
lies in the proportions. of the various
nationalites in the Assembly districts
under review. The number hayin., a
percentage Of rot less than 3 IN tine
total population in them is seven. The
represent persons who were them
selves born, or whose parents were
born, in Austria, Germany Hungary.
Ireland. Italy, Rumania and Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

line are persons from Hungary, with
41.3 per cent. After them are persons
from Germany, with 23.1 per cent
which does not bear out the former in
dlcatlon of scant HillQuit assistance.
Last are the Italians and the Irish, with
l4.6 per cent and 12.0 per cent, respec
tlvely-in keeping with their previous
record of little Hilquit associations.
The third, and the most impressive,
matter made apparent from the analy
SIS of the vote for Hillquit is that it
was in the main confined to certain ra-
clal or national groups in our popula
tons, and reached but little beyond
them. The greater part, if, indeed not
the bulk of his support, came from per-
sons who were born, or whose parents
were born. IN the countries of Eastern
Europe. These persons are, specifically,
persons ffom Russia, which easily
STANDS foremost; persons from Austria
hungary and kumania, and perhaps to
slight extent persons from Germany.
What are we TO understand from all
this? Many lessons might be pointed
cut; but only one or two need to be
NJ entioned hera.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Russians and Austro-
Hungarians Pozled
Heaviest for Pacifst-
Socialist Candidate
By Harry Best, Ph.D.

Author CT Tho Deaf. Their Position in Society
md ths Provision for Their Education in the
rs,ted states" and OF the forthcoming The Blind.
mir Condition and She Work Being Done for Them
IN the United states
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
No Half Hearted
Effort I olerated

IN medlateIy,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

associate Secretary Of Presbyteridn Board
Of Temperance aAd Representative Of
the Federal Council Of Churches
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-05
AMERICAN LABOR
GREETS ITALIANS
United States Delegates Send Message
To Workers OF Our Ally Through
Paris Meeting

remarkably favorable impression
hase been made on the workers of Italy
by recent addresses in Paris by
Messrs Wilson and Fry of the Amrei-
can Labor Commission. The addresses
were delivered before a delegation Of
Italian workmen. In the course of his
speech, Mr.. Winson said:
I'VE desire to express to our Italian
brothers the sympathy of the workers
of America and our appreciation of the
tremendous services of Italy to the al
lied cause and the sacrifices in its be-
half made by both the army of combat
and the army of labor. The interests
of working men in all countries are
our interests. We are determined to
give them all the aid possible and to
assist them in every feasible way with
the united backing of our organization.
This is the unanimous desire of Ameri-
can labor. To American working men
Italy represents the epitome of the
history of the civilization that must be
maintained and defended against Teu-
tonic attacks. We have a profound
faith in the belief that democracy will
be victorioue against Teutonic autoc-
racy and oppression"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-05
THREE FIRE ALARMS
ON THE FOURTH

Firemen of the city volunteer fire
department were kept busy yesterday
answering fire alarms. However, this
is nothing unusual on the Fourth Of
July.
The first alarm came in the morning
around eleven o'clock, from Southgate
Ave, Murray Hill, but this proved to
be false alarm.
Shortly after noon, another alarm
was sounded from the rear of Hotel
Maryland. This is where a fire occurr-
ed short time ago and was said to be
due to a collection of rubbish left in
an alley between the hotel and the
residence of Mr.. George A. Basil. The
fire was put out by the use of four
tanks of chemicals of the Water Witch
and Rescue Hose Company Had it oc-
Cured at night the fire would have
been very serious, the firemen declare,
and would have spread to the adjoin-
ing buildings.
Last nights fire, the third of the
day, was caused by firecracker, or
some explosive fireworks, setting fire
to the awning on West street of Max
Snyders shop. But little damage was
done
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-05
FOURTH WAS DAY
OF GREAT TRAFFIC

Never in the recollection of the
oldest inhabitant was any Fourth of
July greater day of traffic than yes
terday.
Every automobile in the city and
county and many throughout the
State were out for a drive with family
parties, and there were numberless
horses and garages on the road.
West street was especially thor
oughfare all day and far into the night.
Cars of all kinds and makes went
whizzing by in both directions, large
number of them coming over the boule-
ward from Baltimore and Washington.
Fortunately all went we'll, and
while there appeared to be many mar
row escapes on the Camp Parole road
several times, there was no accident
reported through collision of vehicles.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-05
W., B. AND A. LOSES
AGAIN IN RATE CASE
Denied Right To Raise Tariff OF
Passenger Fares In Interstate
Travel

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion on Wednesday afternoon handed
down an opinion refusing to allow the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
Electric Line to raise its passenger
rates. The opinion was brief and
succinctly stated that the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis officials, at
the informal hearing a week ago,
failed to justify the proposed in
creases."
The increases asked for we're be-
tween Washington and points in Mary
land. The intrastate points in Mary
land only were affected, as the Mary
land Public Utilities Commission had
denied the electric line to raise pas
senger fares within the State. A
straight hree-cents-a-mile fare was
asked for, so that the electric lines
tickets would be on the same basis
as the tickets of the steam railroads
between Washington and Maryland
points
The action of the Interstate Com
merce Commission disposes of the
movement for increased rates on the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
line, unless the National Railroad Ad-
ministration should take up the mat
ter and urge a rehearing of the case.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-05
LIEUTENANT CHILDS
GASSED IN FIGHT
POcOmOke City Relatives Had Been
Told That He Had Left
The Hospital

Although the members of his fam
lily have received official notice from
the War Department that Lieut.. God
frey Childs, of Pocomoke City, was
gassed while fighting in France on
May 4, the young soldiers name did
not appear in the casualty list until
Wednesday.
Lieutenant Childs is st. Johns
man and well known in Annapolis.
Wednesdays list sent out from
Washington puts Childs among the
severely wounded, but the members OF
his family, while somewhat confused.
believe that his name being sent out
now is because of the injury last May,
as he was on the casualty lists at that
time. The family received the mess
age few days ago after the young
Lieutenant was gassed on May A.
According to messages received from
Pocomoke City, the members of the
soldiers family are not much wor-
ried over his name being on the list.