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New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
BY ELENE FOSTER

n HE Girls National Honor Guard
I occupies 4 unique position among
the societies that are working for
the help and comfort OF our men of the
army and navy. It is very like the
pioneer who bazcs the trail, clears the
ground for building. even lays the foun-
dations for the house, and then steps
aside and leaves the remainder of the
work in the hands of corporation bet
ter equipped in the matter of funds and
ools 70 carry It through This corpora
ion places its sign on the building, the
public gives it credit for the excellence
Of the work, and The pioneer, whose idea
1T all vas, IS forgotten
This Is the sort Of work that the
tIirls' National Honor Guard has been
doing since its inception in 1916. Its
work is distinctly creative, and when
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the Russian word BclshjRstUo meaning
majority. This faction has in later years
become the radical wing of the Russian
Social Democratic Labor party, with
Nikolai Lenine as its lustrious spokes-
man and brilliant leader
"The Russian revolutionary move
ment abounds with women who have
consecrated themselves to the work of
liberating the Russian people from eco
nomic and political oppression. The
annals of the Russian revolution are re-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Votes and Nationality

become citizen if he had lived in the
state Six months, the county thirty days
and the voting precinct ten day.
The 1917 Legislature voted to submi.
a suffrage amendment to the people. hut
there was such insistent demand for
revision of the whole election law that
the special session Of the Legislature
convened last March was forced to heed
the voX populi.
SO the suffrage amendment was fur
ther amended to include a clause r.
quiring citizenship by birth or natural
ization, and as so amended it carried
the women of the state to victory and
the vote. The new election law Of
South Dakota now reads:
Every person resident in this state
who shall be of the age Of tNcnty-one
years and upward not otherwise dis
qualified, belonging TO either Of the fol-
lowing classes, who shall have resided
in the United States for five years in
this state one year, in the county ninety
days and in the election precinct where
such person offers his vote thirty days
next preceding any election shall be
qualified elector at such election
'First-Citizens of the United States.
"Second-Persons of foreign birth
who have become naturalized citizens II
conformity to the laws Of the United
States upon the subject Of naturali1a'
ton
Thus citizenship, and not sex, will
now be the basis for franchise in South
Dakota.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Ry DEEMS WELLER

or substance of our constitutional gov
ernment
90 l believe that to-day women, like
men, are reasonably conservative in ref
erence to any such change, and realize
that under our form of government
there is afforded equal opportunity for
all-the greatest freedom under the
laws, and the chance for individual ini-
spective Of sex.
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Each Member Pledged
To a Definite Work

The guard is composed Of girls be
tween the ages Of fourteen and thirty,
Of all races and crceds and all walks in
life, from the high school student to the
society dcbutantc. 1t was founded by
Miss Thcodora Booth, the daughter of
Balllngton Booth, but it is in no way
connected with either the Salvation Army
or the Volunteers Of America. Miss
Booths idea in founding the association
was to arouse the girls of America to
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Employed Minors

eIourteen 10 twenty ono years.
iscts.
No systematic health supervision is
provided for employed minors after
Working papers have once been issued.
The medical inspector Of the Indus
trial Commission is empowered to cx-
anime any child under sixteen found
working IN a factory, but such cxamina,
flons are made only "whcnever required
- the medical Inspector" No such cx
animation is authorized for children
Working in mercantile establishments or
ether employmcnts
IN 1917, -, 9,29o employment certificates
~ere granted by the Board Of Health.
The papers Of 4,2il children from this
group were he'd up on account Of minor
physical defects, which were rcctiGed be
Tore the paper were issued Most Of
f'ofc 'eere defective teeth.
Three thoosapd GYc hundred and cigh-
'oe1 certificates we're refused, 1874 Of
them on account Of physical incapacity.
Ten years ago only FIVE out Of the
thousands of applicants for working pa
pcre were rcfuscd on account of physi-
csl incapaclty- an Indication Of the
stree already made in rai4lnq the health
Standard.
Municipal Agencies.
he1ofe "orklng paper arc i8sucd the
ehild Ia gwen thorough physical exam
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Jew Citizen-Bo1shevik or Conservative?

are born free and equal, and equal OPP
portunity is offered to those men who
have come to us from other lands
ANY group representing ideas which
tend toward revolution and disorder in
a country where equal opportunity is
offered to all, arising purely from the
desire for the control of the government,
is against the interests of Fundamental
law and of mankind. That is why | be-
leve women are not Bolsheviki.'
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A Rand School Member
Is Doubtful =,

Maybe they are and maybe they're
not-thinks Algernon Lee, of the Rand
School of Social Science:
Are women Bolsheviki? find only
two points of difficulty. in framing an
answer to that question. First, | don't
know what the word 'Bolshevik' means,
as it is now used in this country. Second,
my limited experience teaches me that
each individual woman is likely to be an
exception to any general statement that
may be made about women collectively
and in this respect they are very much
like men.
"Whatever a Bolshevik is. | believe
women are about as likely to be it as
men are. In other words, when it is a
question of economic, political and So
cial tendencies, men and women do not
align themselves as men and women, but
as human beings who have been acted
on by certain social-economic conditions,
whose opinions, sentiments, ideals, hopes
and fears, sympathies and antipathies
are shaped by those conditions.
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wonders in the Liberty Loan campaigns
the WORK of food conservation, and in
the various drives for war relief funds,
because Of their original manner Of
going about the work.
Compared with the larger organiza-
tons. the Girls National Honor Guard
IS very small. It's total membership is
about 900, of whom only fifty belong
in New York City.
The dues are 25 cents year, and the
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to Alexander Trachtenberg, of the Rand
School. Says he:
Historically, Bolshevism represents
a faction within the Socialist movement
of Russia. 1t was a nickname given to
comparatively small group in the So
cialst party who adhered to tactics enun-
ciated at a party congress in 1908.
Those who were in a majority at that
congress on certain unmportant de-
cision were dubbed 'Bosheviki,' from
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Mr.. Moran
Saws ''No"


She is not-in the opinion of Robert
l.. Moran, President of the Board of AL
dermen, City of New York Says he
II suppose the first thing I'll have to
do is to define Bolshevsm. My interpre-
iation Of Russian Bolshevik is that he
is more than wild sort of Socialist; he
is modified sort of anarchist
Il don't consider an American Social
ist iii the same class with Russian Boil
shevik, because an American Socialist
doesn't believe in the enforcement Of
his ideas when q majority of the people
arc opposed to them
Here our periodic elections give ex-
preston to the will of the people; in
Russia it looks to me as if the Bolshe-
Wiki believed in forcing their ideas upon
'he people, regardless, by undermining
the foundations Of government
1T has always been the tendency Of
women since the beginning of time to
ook toward some supreme power of pro-
lection, and it is most likely that woman,
whose paramount interest is the protec-
ton of offspring will seek the continued
control of political parties. whose foun-
dation dates back to the very inception
Of our institutions Of free government.
Under the influence of American
Government it is always possible for the
platforms of minor political groups to
Rave injected into our laws IDEAS Of gov
ornment for the general welfare.
Our institution Of government is
foreign to that of Russia in that there is
10 class distinction in America. All men
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nation by a physician Of the Board Of
Health, to determine whether he is cligi-
bic for his papers.
Papers may be, and arc, suspended if
the examination discloscs physical de-
fccts that will respond to treatment, or
refused outright if they are beyond the
aid Of medicine or surgery.
IN the former case the child and his
parents arc instructed where to 20 for
treatment, and the case is referred to
the school nurse, who confers with the
school principal calls at the home of the
cniid' and usually succeeds in inducing
hlm to submit to the necessary treat
ment
In the second case notice is sent to the
Bureau of Attendance.
The Industrial Commission investj
rates trades and has authority under the
labor law to extend the list Of prohibited
trades. As yet, however, this authority
mas not been exercised
Other Agencies:
Jhc officers issuing employment ccrtl-
'lcates are required to certify that the
chlid rs of the normal development Of
child OF his age" Lacking authoritative
data ON the normal development Of chill
drcn between fourteen and sixteen. the
aid of statlsticians Of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company was invoked.
and in 1915, taking the measurcmcnts Of
10000 children WHO had been granted
working papers in New York City as
basis, they determined that the develop
mcnt Of fourteen year old child is an
proximately feet in height and %
pounds in weight. irrespective Of sex or
nativity.
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and worked in the mines of Siberia and
died on the scaffold, alike with men
There are numberless such heroine
whose names will never be known. bn.
whose work and sacrifice helped to brin,.
about the final overthrow of the auto
racy and the founding of Sociabs,
republic in Russia"
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ment; those and a sprinkling of univer-
sity men and college professors.
AS to woman's political attitude:
81, Woman's position ought to be the
same as mans. Both are citizens There
Is no reason why there should be any
differentiation under our political sys-
tenn between men and women at all
Therefore, women ought to be as men
should be-reasonably conservative in
regard to any proposed change in form
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=: The Girls National Honor Guard -.

any one of its enterprises reaches the
point where it is too extensive for the
guard to handle, it is turned over to
one of the larger organizations, and the
members Of the National Honor Guard,
like the pioneer, turn their attention to
"fresh fields and pastures now,
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A Republican Alderman
Says "They Are Not

"Ihere is no place for Bolshevism or
Socialism in my imagination It's all
made up of the rank and tile--people
who have come from different countries
and never knew the value of equal op-
portunity under constitutional govern
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

wv JONAH is polite thing. In the
w past she had to be polite, in
these enfranchised days she has
to have politics. The eternal question,
modernized, is: Of course she is polite,
but what are her politics?
Is she a Bolshevik?
If there is an answer to this it should
be found in a symposium of everyday
opinion in the varying shades of our
varying political opinions, running the
gamut from the deep red Of the Soviet
radical to the conservative color of Re-
publicanism with Democratic, Socialis-
tic, feministc opinion interviewer.
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unit at once and we're set to work
Some of these girls, by the way, have
since been sent overseas to work in for
eign hospitals.
Members of the guard accomplished
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money thus collected goes toward pay
ing the office expenses, postage, lltera-
ture, etc. No salaries are paid TO the
workers. The society depends upon
the generosity of its friends and Of
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

"33. In the future the only women
who Will be Bolsheviki, or radical Social
our political growth, 1t is about time
we called things by their proper names in
this country, and I'll go on record say
ing women are not Bolsheviki.'"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
When Aliens Could Vote,
But Not Women

South Dakota was one of the seven
states permitting an alien to vote who
had no more than declared his intent to
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

other public spirited citizens for the
necessary funds with which to carry on
It's work. 1t receives many donations of
cigarettes, candy, fruit flowers, etc, for
distribution in the hospitals, and it
often is given theatre tickets or the use
of motor cars to take the wounded sol
diers for an afternoons pleasure.
They Go Where
They Are Most Needed
But it is a vory lively and efficient
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
What the Law Allows

ENHE following statements are quoted
Z from the Health Manual of New
Norl CITY,.
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Mary Garrett Hay
Gives Her Opinion

But listen to woman on the subiec.
This IS the statement of Mary Gar.
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They are NOT This is the viewpoint
of Arnon L. Squiers, Republican Alder
man.
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Another Rand School Member
In the Affirmative

But women are Bolshevki, according
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ourtoen 10 twontv-onc wears
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But it is vory lively and efficient
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
SK|P-A-STOP WAS
PURE WAR MEASURE

Mayor MonteVerde said Wednesday
that the city commissioners would take
no legal action regarding the enforce
meht OF regular stops on the Memphis
street railway company and the abol-
| lshment Of the sldp~a-stop system on
the strept car HINES. until City 4Attor-
| ney Livingston recovered from his ill.
| ness sufficiently TO advise the commits
| sion what steps should be taken
Asked what~the street railway pro-
posed 10 do In the matter since the city
commissioners Tuesday refused to re.
stop system, r. II Tutwier, one OF
the receivers Of the Memphis Street
Railway company said he and Frank
$ Elgin, the other receiver, had the
matter under consideration, That was
all he would say
Permission to inaugurate the skip-a-
stop system on the lines Of the street
railway company was requested by the
street railway company some time ago
but no action was taken in the matter
by the city commissioners until u re-
quest was made by the fuel admins
tration to put II into effect as "A war
measure. A repetition ~ the fuel
shortage Of the winter Of l9lI-l9lS was
sought to be avoided H. a war measure
and the fuel administration made the
request, not to improve service, b0t
to save fuel Accordingly Commission
er Leo Goodman, of the department
of public utilities, offered resolution
which was unanimously adopted on July
lG permitting it as pure war measure
Shortly after the signing Of the ar
mstiCc Mayor Montevcrde received a
letter from the state fuel admintstra-
tor advising him that the necessity for
the sklp-a-stop system on the street
railway company had Cuded as there
was an abundance Of coal aud the rail-
road congestion had ahated and the
city could at it's will and pleasure take
what course it thought was proper
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
BERLIN DEFENDS STAND
IN POLISH DISTRICTS

AMSTERDAM, Ian. 22.-In reply to
d British note requesting the German
government to refrain from further
proVocation Of the Polish population
in East and West Prussia, Posen and
Silesia, the Gef1naH government, accord
ing to a dispatch from Berlin, expresses
agreement with Great Britain that the
future of the German eastern frontiers
depends upon the peace conference.
The German note says the request to
refrain from provocation "can only be
attributed to the fact that the British
government is inadequately informed
of events in the east"
The German note declares that Ger
many has done everything to redress
Polish grievances and accuses the
Poles of continually provoking the Ger
mans. 1t says that Posen is in a state
of upheaval and that the German pop
ulation has appealed for help to the
German government, which has been
forced to take military measures to rer
store order.
Events in upper Silesia, the German
note contends. have nothing in com
mon with national questions, and re-
garding East Prussia, there can be no
talk of a national Polish movement
fbere
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
more BARGE LINE
TRAFFIC IS URGED
Government Will Not Continue
to Operate 1t Unless Amount
of Business Warrants.

The more extensive employment by
Memphis shippers and buyers ot tho
government barge line opera ding on reg
ular weekly schedule between St Louis
and New Orleans IN urged Wednesday
b% W. II. liayley, secretary OF the
ChambeC of commerce The coutimI-
ance Of the barge line, Mr Hayley
states, depends upon how well Ii ig
patronized by shippers In making this
statement he paraphrased portions Of
q letter from NJ. G Sanders, Of New
Orleans, chief Of the government river
line, who points out that tho govern b
meut would not maintain "A pUatoffico
which was not self sustaining aud would
not maintain the barge line unless II
has enough business TO Justify doing
so, As the United States viii not
maintain u poStofficc I'm any cunnuul-
w. says Mr. Sanders letter. unless
u Is palroni2ed so the people can not
expect the new government river line
10 be maintained unless used The
southern states have two thirds Of the
naViEable streams Of the United States.
NrN orleans is surrounded hv l. 800
in'lrS OF naNEa hlc water and II thus
becomes III" duty Of all who wish for
the nations welfare ana the South'g
prosperity to encourage the use Of this
method of transportation, The great
strategic point Of the Mississippi, Ar
Kansas delta Is Memphis. Tie IRE
cmtnen'e which Is her due ,can never
he attained except the mighty river
is used and the unlimited possibilities
which II" IN the governments schedule
boats can not bG rest Imated nv nil
Interests in Memphis and Memphis ter
litory. Make water borne freight your
slogan, Give blanket instructions To
New Orleans to route by government
river line at 20 per cent less than ali
laii And address Mississippi Warrior
WATERWAYS whitney hulldinR Npw ar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
RRIe.-eEN. HENRY W. THORNTON

Brig. Gen, Henry Worth Thornton,
formerly general superintendent Of the
Long Island railroad, but since April,
1914, general manager Of the Great
Eastern railway Of England, had been
gazetted knight commander Of the
British empire, The honor WaS eX-
tended to Gen. Thornton in recognition
Of his war work
Gen. Thornton became British sub
Ject in 1916, only two years after taking
up his work as operating head Of the
principal railroad Of England He had
been in his new post abroad only 4 few
months when the war broke out and
the railroads Of England were taken
over by the government At that time
he had only begun to familiariZe him
self with the big system he had been
imported TO manage, aud criticism
which followed his selection, particu
larly among labor men Of England had
not yet died out.
The war was only few months old,
however, when the new American m3n-
ager had reached the point in British
esteem to he made q member Of the
committee appointed by the government
to advise II on the railway situation
a little later he was made a lieutenant -
colonel. then colonel and, finally, briga e
dier-g general lie went TO England al
the invitation Of Lord Hamilton, who
said the Great Eastern needed reorgan-
iIation and rebuilding and that the
owners Of the railroad cOuidn find a
man in England suitable for the job,
Gen. Thornton vas q typical product
OF American railroads, lie was native
OF Logansport. Ind. and went into the
service Of the Pennsylvania railroad in
1894 after graduation from the Uniyer.
sity Of Pennsylvania.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
SEEK $4,000 TO EQUIP
HOSPITAL FOR CRlPPLES

A campaign for $4,000 with which to
kqpip ard maintain the new Fii-State
Eospita4 for Crippled Children, which
m ha beehs erected on Lamar avenue. VIII
vi lauAi Seh sn. Mempllls Eeh, 4 -.
IT II t&Bectsd that the Champaign win
meet with a ready response so that the
hospital may begin soon it's work Of
providing treatment and education for
all crippled children under IL years who
may be placed in the hospital from the
Memphis territory. The institution
would be the only one of its Kind be-
tween St Louis and New orleans.
Plans for the campaign were outlined
Tuesday by the finance committee,
comprising the following, who will be
in charge of the campaign: Robert l..
Jordan, chairman; Joseph Newburger,
w, w. Mallory, l., NJ, Stratton, K, w.
Bailey, w p, Halliday r. N. Fisher
w. p Metcalf, r. II, ellis Milton Bins
wanger. Jack W. Gates, John Il. Ed
gar Frank G Milton and ElWood LloNd.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22

SOME WlCHITANS
DO NOT LIKE II

The following clipping from the
Wichita (kan.) Eagle was received by
G, W. Miller fire and police commits
sioner, Wednesday, regarding an ef-
fort in that city to have the city man
ager law repealed for Wichita
Petition TO the state legislature
asking that body to repeal that section
of the statutes of 1917 relating to the
city manager form of government Were
in circulation in- Wichita Thursday
Approximately a hundred copies were
being taken about the residence district
for signatures.
Copies of the petition were secured
at 10 North Market street. according to
circulators. few petitions had been
taken out earlier in the week, but il
was not until Thursday that the move
ment was in full swing. Ii is estimated
that more than 1000 signatures have
been secured thus far.
The petitions, which are addressed
TO legislators from this section and tc
the legislature as body, set forth the
following:
We, the undersigned resident citi-
zens and taxpayers of the city Of Wich.
ita believing that the manager plar
under which said city is at present gov
erned is useless and burdensome to the
taxpayers OF said city, most respectfully
ask that you repeal chapter Sc relating
to city manager and government oil
cities of the laws of 1917
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22
NEW HARDWARE CONCERN
TO LOCATE IN MEMPHIS

The Porter Mills Hardware companv,
capitalized AZ $7jO,OOO, with " T.
Mills. of St Louis, as president and
general manger. will be established in
Memphis within the next few months
according to an announcement by MIR
Mills, who is In Memphis arranging de
tails. The future site for the plant has
not vet been selected. but probably will
he equipped with river facilities, as of
fiCials Of the concern intend 10 use
river transportation to great extent
Memphis was chosen. according to
Mr., Mile, because Of Its natural trans
portaticu advantages and it's valus As
o distrll Iting point A charter has been
applied for
Associeted with Mills viii h" NJ r..
Porter, Of New York. Both Mr. Mills
and Mr. Porter are experienced hard
ware men ana well known In business
circles IN St Louis Louisville, PITTS
burgh and New York city The stock
/, holders iuclud" several retail hardware
men in thls territory, and the directors
are ". B, Mills NJ r. Porter, $ W.
rappan. of Helena, Ark, J A. Me-
Anus. OF torinth. Miss, and t. + Tay-
lor, of Trenton, Tenn