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New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
''Back to School" Drive
Showed Indifference To
Be One of the Causes
of Children's Working
Federal Law Does
Not Touch Farmers
Shortage of Teachers In
Huences Conditions i'm
Many Communities

HHE million and more children
under sixteen years of age
who leave school annually in
the United States to go to work are
not all forced into industry because
Of poverty, according to the first Off
cial reports Of the Children's Bureau
on the "back to school" drive held in
connection with Children's Year.
Schools must be made more at
tractive and parents more sensitive
to the value Of a completed educa-
tion, says this report. One reason
for keeping children in school is
keeping them out Of industry before
they are prepared to assume these
burdens. The experience of child
welfare committees showed that dis
contented school pupils became the
child laborera
No Schools fu
Many Places
Unattractive school buildings,
poorly trained teachers and sparse
equipment are factors in making the
boy or girl restless at school. 1t is
also declared that the present Fed
eral child labor law does not reach
more than 100000 of the 100000
working children over ten years of
age, as at least three-fourths of
these are In the agricultural dis
tricts. England has found it neces-
sary to prohibit the working of chill
dren on farms so that they may be
sent to school regularly. The United
States Department Of Labor says
that rural child labor must be abol-
ished. One state attendance officer
reported that 1,7OO children failed to
get even one day Of schooling in a
certain district for the winter of
1918'19. Another state found it had
10,895 children who did not 20 to
school that year, either.
In many cases there are no schools
to attend. The "back to the school"
drive stimulated local surveys OF the
school resources. Some Of the
schools were closed for lack of teach
ers, and the general report lays this
lack to the low salaries paid A few
Of the states met this condition b.
minimum teaching salary
from $1,000 to $1,000, but there ar,
communities where teachers are paid
only $40 month.
One community followed up the
list of children given working per-
nits during vacation and persuaded
many of them to go to school in the
fall instead Of remaining at their
jobs. In another city a travelling
school teacher corps went into the
families of the working children to
explain to the mothers and fathers
the advantages of education.
Better Paid
Inspectors
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Ohio May Come OFF the List
Until a Statewide Refer
endum Is Held ON the
Suffrage Amen d m ent
''Wets'' Are Opposed
Mrs. Upton Says Ohio Wom-
en- Are Cali Dressed Up.
and Have No Place to Co..

ME two Dakotas ratified the
Federal woman suffrage
amendment last week. North
Dakota was the twentieth state to
join the ranks of ratifers December
1, and South Dakota passed the
amendment December 3.
However, the numbers may be
shifted by Ohio. Mrs. Harriet Tay-
lor Upton, president of the Ohio
State Suffrage Association, was in
New York last week attending the
Republican dinner. According to
Mrs. Upton's opinion the ratification
of suffrage by the Ohio State Legis-
lature may mean nothing at all.
The '.Wets''
In Opposition
"The wet forces in Ohio are
working against suffrage" said
Mrs. Upton. "The decision on the
Federal prohibition amendment was
that it could not be ratified in Ohio
except by state referendum. The
same decision holds for the suffrage
amendment"
Ohio has been fourth in the list
of states to ratify Federal suffrage.
If statewide referendum is neces-
sary the place of Ohio will be shift
ed, If it remains on the list at all.
Mrs. Upton believes that the women
of Ohio will get the vote only after
thirty-six other state legislatures
have ratified the Federal amend
ment.
"The women CT Ohio are all
dressed up for suffrage and have no
place to co." said Mrs. Upton. eve
are ready to vote and most of us
are eager for the privilege. But
we believe we shall have to sit back
and wait for the other states to
make it possible for US to do so.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Better Paid
Inspectors

1t was the opinion Of those con-
Quoting these campaigns that once
the parents were reached the ways
and means Of keeping the child in
school would be forthcoming. Little
printed tags were used by the local
committee in one city to entice the
parents to the schools to see how
they were conducted and what they
offered to the boy or girl. Charts
showing the economic possibilities
Of high school education, compared
with that ending with the eighth
grade, were extensively used.
The Children's Bureau also advo-
Gates better paid truant officers and
better paid state child labor m
spectors. The salaries paid these
officials, like those of the teachers,
are too low to attract the trained
element. A strong argument in IA
vor of paying these attendance Off
GERS more money than now is in the
expense of reteaching. Children are
retarded in their studies if they
are absent frequently, says the
bureau. This retardation means
elimination, and that means a job
for the child, or means poor grades,
and that means reteaching. 1t costs
one state $4,000 a year to reteach
the children who fail to make their
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Happenings in the World
OF Women s Organizations
Iowa, New Workers and NJ issourians Met Last Week
American Criterion Society Held Second
Meeting of the Season Last Friday Afternoon

Charles Henry Meltzer spoke on the
Reconstruction of Music; the Rev.
Edmund M. Wylie on Current Is
Sues" and Mr.. Oscar Straus on the
late Theodore Roosevelt.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

America, of which Nine.
Katharine Won Klenner is
president, will hold it's regular semi
annual business meeting December
II at 1:30 o'clock. A Christmas fete
and ball will be given by the club at
the Waldorf-Astoria Thursday, De-
cember 18. The proceeds of this af-
fair will go to the Newsboys' Christ
mas Dinner Fund.
The Daughters Of Pennsylvania
in New York, Of which Mrs. Wal
ter Seaman Conely is president,
will meet in the East Room of the
Waldorf Astoria Tuesday, Decem-
ber 9, at 2:30 o'clock. The chair
man of the day is Mrs. Edward L.
HeyDecker. Mr.. Wayne d. Hey
Decker will address the club on city
planning, and several musical num-
bers will be given.
The Government Club held it's
regular monthly meeting at the
Hotel Astor December /. The guest
of honor was Mrs. Eugene Grant,
former president of the City Fedora
tion. The subject of the day was
the high cost of living. The pres
ident appointed J. r. Linsley chair
man of the press.
The Missouri Woman's Club met
last Wednesday at the Hotel Astor
The subject Of the meeting was ed
ucation. Mrs. William Baldwin
Smith was chairman Of the day.
The Betterment League met De-
cember 4 at 8 o'clock at the Jane
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
DR.. Elizabeth Hamilton Muncie and
DR.. S. Dana Hubbard addressed the
league. Mrs. Harry Lilly, president
of the City Federation of Women's
Clubs, was the guest Of honor. Mrs.
Nellie B. Van Slingerland presided.
The Iowa New Yorkers Club,
Mrs. Warren F. Hummel president,
held its second program of the sea-
son at Hotel Astor Friday, Novem-
Der %. The speaker Of the day was
Mrs. John Martin. Her subject was
"The Ideal Woman's Club, Mrs.
Martin spoke of women's clubs in
general, and declared that every
woman in club life should make her
club the theater of all her activi-
ties. Professor Frank Woelber,
conductor of the Brooklyn Boys
Orchestra, furnished music for the
afternoon.
The American Criterion Society,
Mrs. Leonard l.. Hill president, held
it's second meeting Of the season in
the grand ballroom of the Hotel
Plaza ON Friday, December S. The
president and officers of the society
held reception at 1890 o'clock for
the guests Of honor, who included
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Straus, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Henry Meltzer,
Mr.. Lawrence Abbott, Miss Emma
Co5urn and the Rev. Edmund M.
Wyic. Luncheon was served at l
o'clock, preceded by the presi-
dents welcome into the club of
thirty-four new members and four
teen former members, who have now
returned to it. A musical pro
gram followed the luncheon, and Mr.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

Reconstruction of Music; the Rev.
Edmund M. Wylie on Current Is
Sues" and Mr.. Oscar Straus on the
late Theodore Roosevelt.
The Women's Health Protective
Association, Of which Mrs. Ralph
Trautmann is president, held it's De-
cember meeting Thursday afternoon.
Miss M. L. Stewart gave talk on
Savings Bank Experience" Mr..
Charles Dow Clarke gave a number
of recitations, and Mrs. Marie
Sanguinette sang group Of songs.
The meeting closed with community
singing. The next meeting will be
held on the afternoon Of January
6, when program of songs and
addresses will be given.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Daughters of Columbia County
Historical Society was held last
Tuesday at 2:3O o'clock at the
Hotel McAlpin. Helen Varick Bos-
we'll, president Of the Women's
Forum, addressed the club.
The Women's League for Equal
Opportunity elected officers at it's
regular meeting Wednesday, Decem-
ber 3. The league will hold a din
ner December 27 at the Hotel Com
modore.
The second Of a series Of voca-
tional evenings under the auspices
of the Ballard School and the en-
ployment department Of the Central
Branch of the Y. w. c. A. will be
held Tuesday evening, December g.,
at 8:15 o'clock. Speakers for the
evening will be Mrs. Jacob Riis, Of
the women's department Of Bon
bright & Co., on craftsmanship" !;
Grace Parker, national commandant
of the National League for Wom-
ans Service, on "Organization," and
Florence Spencer, chief Of the
women's department of the thrift
savings division of the Federal Re-
serve Bank, on 'Tnitiative and Per-
sonality."
At the Central Branch Of the
Y. w. c. A. the second Tuesday in
each month is to be Vocational"
evening. The January phase of the
discussion will be Employment,
Management and Factory Work.; !;
in February, advertisement, Pub
fishing and Magazine Work."
War and reconstruction pictures
and pictures Of the battlefelds Of
Europe will be shown in an illus
trated lecture by William P. Larkin,
overseas director of the Knights Of
Columbus, under the patronage Of
Archbishop Patrick ]. Hayes, at the
Hotel Commodore on Sunday, De-
cember IA.
The proceeds Of the lecture will
go to the New York League of
Catholic Women. This organiza-
ton, in cooperation with other war
relief agencies, through service sta
tions, has cared for more than l0O,-
900 service men, providing meals
and beds and general entertainment.
Miss Teresa O'Donohue is president
of the league, and others interested
in the organization are Miss Elisa
beth Marbury, Mrs. w. X. Wander
bilt jr., Mrs. Joseph Slevin and Mrs.
Michael Gavin.
The league has been active since
the war ended and it plans to main
tain it's centers as community serv-
ice houses. Headquarters of the
league is at 371 Lexington Avenue,
where large restaurant for service
men is operated.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Colorado
This Week

"The fight for woman suffrage
in Ohio has been doubly hard" she
continued. eve have had not only
the ordinary opposition of the 'an-
tis,' but strong opposition of the
VETS as we'll. The liquor interests
do not want suffrage"
Colorado is expected to ratify
suffrage this week, and Washing
ton has been promising an extra
session on the amendment for some
time, which may materialize soon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
CEMETERY IN FRANCE
War Department Will Purchase
Burying Ground.
Plan viii Not Interfere With Desires
Of Relatives Who Wish Dead
Brought Home.

Boston, Feb. 10.-According to a
statement made here by Secretary OF
War Baker, General Pershing, acting
under orders from the war department
has been in communication for several
weeks with Marshal Petain for the
purpose of purchasing property for a
national cemetery for the American
dead in France.
The orders stipulate, he said, that q
chateau or castle shall be located on
the property decided upon, adequate
for museum to house collection
for Americas participation in the
world war.
Secretary Baker made it clear that
the plan would not interfere in any
way with the desires of parents who
wish their dead brought back to this
country.
'The war department will scrupu
lously respect such request" he said
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
German Socialists, Democrats
and centrists Reach Com
pIete Understanding.
CONSTITUTION IS READ
Secretary of the Interior Explains
Character of Provisions Of the
instrument to Assembly at
Weimar.

Basel, Switz., Feb. 1.-The German
majority Socialists, the German Dem
ocrats and the Centrists have reached
a complete understanding on the ques-
tion OF participation In the German
government, according to the Berlin
Lokal Auzeiger.
Constitution Is Read.
Weimar. Feb. 1.-THE German ma.
tional assembly passed the first read
ing of the provisional constitution by
acclamation. The main portion of the
assembly's time was devoted to a
speech by Hugo Preuss, the secretary
of the interior, who had been engaged
in drafting the constitution. The min
lister explained the character of the
provisions of the instrument, from
which the assembly is to derive its
powers as a law-making body.
The provisional constitution empow-
ers the assembly to adopt permanent
constitution and to enact such ma
tional laws as are urgently necessary"
1t provides for the choosing OF a ma
tional president by majority vote
and for the creation of committee
of state" which shall occupy the posi-
tion of a quasi second chamber.
The provisional constitution makes
no attempt to anticipate or limit the
future permanent constitution, except
ing as to one vital detail. This is a
provision that the territory of the Ger
man states shall not be altered with
out their consent. This is obviously
the governments method of meeting
the opposition evoked by the earlier
reports that division of Prussia was
contemplated.
Soldiers Congress Ends.
Berlin, Feb. 10.--The congress Of
Soldiers councils attached to various
German army corps concluded its ses-
sion here with the adoption OF reso-
luton calling on the central council
of the Soldiers and Workingmen's q
boards to summon general congress
of all the German soviets by Feb. 20.
IL the central council of 27 members
| refuses to comply, the executive com
mittee of the Berlin local council is
given authority to summon such a
| congress.
AS the Berlin body is wholly domi-
mated by radical elements 1t Is expect.
ed that 1t will lose no time in making
use of the prerogative given 1t, espe.
cially as the central council Of "a has
already returned its mandate to the
national assembly at Weimar, on the
principle that its function would cease
with the installation of the new coali
tion Democratic government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
IN SESSION At BERNE
Manifesto Creates Sensation al
Socialist Meeting.
Conference Refuses to Allow an Ad.
dress by Unofficial Ameri-
can Delegate"

Geneva, Feb 1.-THE Socialist con
ference at Berne held a session and a
sensation was caused when mani
festo, said to have come from Ameri-
can sources, came under discussion.
The manifesto stated that the confer
ence was a deception and pretense,
and the working class was not really
represented.
Frank Bohn, who is described as the
unofficial American delegates was
refused permission to address the con
ference.
With the arrival of the Irish repre-
sentatives the total delegation now
numbers 1923.
Ramsey Mcdonald, of the British
delegation, told the trade union con
ference that the British trade unions
favored the autonomy movements foI
India and Egypt, and the Irish home
rule movement.
The Hungarian minister of public
instruction, M. Kauffy, said that the
protection of the working classes had
only Importance so far as the working
classes were in possession of rea
might. II the Paris conference abused
the victory, the working people in thu
defeated countries would fall into the
deepest misery. The Hungarian peo
pie, for example, would be in dangel
of becoming beggars and adventurers
a continual source of disorders simila
to conditions prevailing prior to thu
war in the Balkan countries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
Nippon to Furnish Soldiers and
Money to Crush Anarchists,
Is Report.
BARGAIN IS ALLEGED
Russian Coal and Iron To Pay Foi
Japan's Heip-Evacuation Plans
Said TO Have Caused
Move.

Vladivostok, Feb. 11.-(By Canadi.
an Press)-Reports from Omsk state
that the Russian government, headed
by Dictator Kolchak there, has ac-
cepted an offer from Japan of men,
money and arms to settle the boil
sheviki difficulty
This step, Il is stated, is due to re-
ports that the Allies are to withdraw
their forces from Siberia and also to
fear that the conference at the
Princes Islands will result in recogni.
ton of the bolsheviki.
In return for the aid she is to give.
the reports state, Japan will secure an
iron and coal concession in the Pria.
mur district.
Non-lnterference Predicted.
Paris, Feb. 1.-THE associated
powers are expected within a few
days to proclaim formally the prin-
ciple of non intervention in Russia,
militarily or politically. it is learned
from reliable source. 1t is possible
to state further in this connection they
will carry out their intention to with
draw as rapidly as possible the troops
now on Russian territory.
Advices from northern Russia indi-
cate 1t will be impossible to get boats
to Archangel for several weeks, as
that port is tightly frozen in. The AL
lies do not desire to withdraw their
forces from Murmansk while their
troops are still on the Archangel
front, as that would leave the latter
exposed to an attack from the west.
British Send Ice Crushers.
The British, however, are under.
| stood to be mobilizing a large fleet OF
ice crushers and operations i'm the
meantime-even local offensive move
ments-will be designed solely to ex-
pedite evacuation.
| Before the joint conference con
venes at Prinkipos island il is be-
lieved that an understanding may be
reached by the soviet government and
the associated powers regarding cessa
| tion of hostilities, since this would be
acceptable under present conditions tC
both sides.
Sazanov Proposes Intervention.
An ironic incident occurred while
the proposition to declare policy o.
non-intervention was being worked
out. Sergius Sazanov, once the czar''
premier, received American CORES
pondents at the Russian embassy here
He explained the hopes of the anti
bolshevist element he represents t.
obtain a volunteer army from thu
present Allied forces in France for th'
purpose of occupying Kiev, Odessa
Alexandriev and similar strategi
points, and acting as guardians during
the process of forming an anti-sovie
government in their rear. Sazano'
! said 10000 troops would be sufficient
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
Bill to Carry Out Government
Guarantee of Wheat
Price Appears.
ONE BILLION DOLLARS
Explained by Chairman Lever
Of the House Committee on
Agriculture.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee on agriculture has intro
duced bill to make good the gov
ernment's guarante. of wheat prices.
carrying with it an appropriation for
one billion dollars.
The bill is framed along the line Of
the suggestions made by Julius Barnes,
head of the Grain Corporation and part
ly along the lines suggested by Mime
apolis men. 1t maintains the life of
the Grain Corporation through au-
thority given the President Explain
ing it, Chairman Lever of the agricul-
tural committee said:
Absolute authority to regulate and
control domestic. and foreign com
merce in wheat and wheat products un.
til Dec. 81, 1920, is given the Presi.
dent in the bill The measure was i'm.
mediately referred back to the house
agricultural committee and probably
will be reported out by that body vir.
tually in its present form early this
week.
Powers to Regulate Flow.
Through the embargo powers grant.
ed, the President, or his agent, may
SO regulate the flow of wheat in and
out of this country as to have marked
effect upon the price level in foreign
countries, and this power may be SC
operated as to insure minimum loss
to this government as result of the
wheat guaranty pricA The President
is given authority to brder by procla
nation discriminatory embargoes or
both imports and exports.
Unlimited powers of license, in sc
far as they affect wheat and wheat
products, are granted under the pro
posed legislation, both as regards stocl
and produce exchanges and business
OF Importation, expectation, manufac
ture, storage or distribution of wheat
or wheat -four, with the exception o.
farmers and farmers cooperative as
sociations.
The President is given authority t,
terminate these powers at his discre
tion any time up to Dec. 81, 1920. whel
the provisions of the proposed act ex
pire."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
BANK BANDITS GET $4,000
Daylight Robbers Make Big Haul at
Minneapolis Bank.

Minneapolis, Feb. 11.-Forcing five
employees and two customers to stand
facing a wall, under threat of death
II they moved or shouted, four day.
light bandits at $3.50 a. m. took $10,-
900 in cash and $4,000 in Liberty
bonds from the Liberty State bank,
1888 East Franklin avenue, and es-
capped after forcing the employees into
one Of the bank vaults and locking the
front door.
When the four bandits left after
taking all available cash and bonds,
the employees and customers escaped
from the vault in which the banks
books were kept, through a side door,
and notified the police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
APPROVES POsTOFFIcE BILL
Senate Retains Provision for $780,.
000, 1000 for Road Building.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE annual
postoffice appropriation bill carrying
total of $400.O0O,0O0 and providing
for the expenditure of 5000, ,00O, 900 ad.
ditional for road building in the next
three years, was passed by the senate
without record vote. The measure
now goes to conference.
The principal fight over the bill was
on the committees amendment appro
priating 5000, 100000 for construction
of roads, $50,O0O,O 900 of Which would
be available this year The amend
ment finally was adopted, however
by a vote of 81 to II.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
NAVY Mould Return Hero Dead.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Plans for
bringing home bodies of all officers,
sailors and marines buried on foreign
soil are being worked out by the Navy
department and the actual work will
be undertaken within the next few
months. The wishes of relatives. will
govern not only as to the return Of
the bodies, but also as to their final
disposition. Those brought home will
be sent forward for private intermeni
or buried In Arlington or some Other
national cemetery as relatives NAL
decide.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
ON WAY TO PEACE CONGRESS
Special Train Bearing Former Presi.
dent Taft and Others.

Minneapolis, Feb. 11.--A special
train carrying former President Will
liam Howard Taft and other delegates
to the northern congress of the
League to Enforce Peace will arrive
in Minneapolis Tuesday. The con-
gress will have it's first session We'd
nesday.
Delegates from Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and other north.
west states are beginning to arrive,
and 1t is expected overflow meetings
will be necessary at each session.
Among the prominent speakers. be-
side Mr.. Taft, will be Henry Morgen
thau, former American ambassador to
Turkey: Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell
president OF Harvard university, and
Herbert s. Houston.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCING

Capture Guns From Russian Anar-
cl1lsts in Siberia.
Archangel, Feb. 11.--Allied forces
advanced Ave miles down the Petro.
grad roads. Two Bolshevik guns were
captured by the Allies during the
fighting.
1oIsheviki Evacuate Wilma.
Basle, Feb. 11.-Advices received
here from Kovno assert that as re-
suit of the success Of the Lithuanian
troops and an advance by Finnish and
Esthonian troops the Bolsheviki have
evacuated vilna.