YouV ou LXVIII. .N° '22JA7. r . ..J^tC.*^ .v. NEW-YORK. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1009. TWELVE PAGES. SUFFRAGISTS PLEAD AND FIGHT FOR BALLOT WOMEX INVADE ALBANY SUFFRAGISTS AND "ANTIS" ATT EX I) HEARING. Hills-Toombs Resolution. Proposing Amendment to Constitution. Dis cussed- Both Sides Claim Taft. (By Tel<*craph to The Tribune. 1 Albany, Feb. Si.— War four hours this after noon women suffragists and anti-suffragists hurled arguments at one another over the con current resolution of Senator Hill and Assem blyman Toomhs to remove the word "male" from the constitution. Delegations of the suf raeists and the 'ami.-" arrived In Albany at noon, each occupying a special car attached to the fast malL As a matter of precaution the railroad officials separated the two oars by a resrular passenger coach. There were nearly two hundred in the two parties, and when they arrived at the Capitol they found hundreds of other women had come from Albany and neigh boring cities. United States Senator-e.lect Elihu Root, whose ■wife is one of the vice-presidents of the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suf frage, dropped in at the hearing and stood for a time listening to the arguments of the anti suffragists. The Assembly chamber, where the hearing ■was held before the joint Senate and Assembly Judiciary committees, was packed full of femi ninity, all in its best attire, fuller even than when the school teachers were conducting their can-.iaign. On the floor women occupied nearly every seat back of the seats in which sat the members of the committees. Women crowded the standing room in the rear of the chamber and they thronged the galleries. The millinery wes elaborate, and dressmakers could have re ceived almost as good an iciea of the latest styles as by attending a .fashionable wedding. And the applause — a mere man Would hesitate to indicate which side bad the stronger arms. Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate Judici ary Committee, in arranging for the hearing was careful to have the •'anti.-" on one side of the chamber and the suffragists on the other, and Btrnard J. Haggerty. sergeant-at-arma. as the women entered had a hard time in finding thrir proper seats. The first two hours of the hearing were given up to the anti-suffragists. Mrs. Arthur Dodge, chairman of the society opposed to woman suf frage. Introduced the, speakers. In the argu ments that followed both sides claimed Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, and President-elect Taft as their champions. With versatility bath sides interpreted a recent decision of Justice Vrewer to fit their own views, and ieca«Be-«i-2Jx, Taffs position on the sub ject an incident occurred that was not on the programme. Assemblyman Toombs. in opening ; the argument for the suffragists, told the com mittees that if they would report the resolution they would give a moral uplift to the Empire State. DISPUTE OVER MB. TAFT. •If a man with the judicial mind of William Howard Taft." be said, "will come out for woman suffrage, there ought to be some argu ment in it for this committee." -Does the gentleman know when Mr. Taft said that?" interrupted a vivacious woman on the side of the antis. "He did no' express views of that nature when I was taring with him, anyway." To prevent anything that looked likeliot argu ment Senator Davis rapped for order, saying: "Mr. Taffs ]■• sit: can have no bearing on the committee. We all love him." Another difference of opinion occurred on the value of woman's suffrage to the four states of the Union which have adopted it— Colorado, Wyoming-, Utah an.i Idaho. The -anti?" de clared that these states had gained nothing. morally, industrially or in any other way. through giving women the right to vote, and put the retention «>f woman's suffrage in these Etates up to the influence of Mormons. Miss Mary IV-an Adams. Investigator of the New York State Commission of Immigration, told of the evils that would result if the mass of foreign Lorn women, who she said are fickle, superstitioua and Irresponsible, were allowed to vote. "These women." she said, "would be quick to take advantage of the commercial value of ■ vote. It has been said that most of them would tell s heir vote for a pound of macaroni." "Tfcafs better thaa selling it for a quart Of whiskey," audibly whispered the Rev. Anna Howard - aw, one of the leaders of the suf fragists. Mrs. Shaw also audibly took excep tion to the remark of Miss Adams that a small woman's club recently required twelve hours to elect officers. When Mrs. Julian Heath, secretary of the National League for the Civic Education of Women, arose to speak she gracefully preceded ber ■narks by bowing to both sides of the House, saying: "Gentlemen, my opponents, my trk-r. i . "Why, we're your friends, also." interrupted Mrs. Shaw. After recognizing the friendship of her op ponents Mrs. Heath read a paper, the gist Of which was to show thai women had done noth ing where the chance had been given them, and that therefore nothing could be expected of them were the chance given them In this state. JUDGE LINDSAYS WORDS QUOTED. In support or her assertion that in Colorado. one of the four states in which .women vote on an equality with men. equal suffrage had ac complished little. Mrs. Heath quoted the fol lowing statement from Judge Lindsay, of that state who. as the head of its juvenile court, was iliLlial to that office as the women's can didate: I can't bt that the women »< vote has helped things much in Colorado. Both the political puitiw. of the state have been and still are under the absolute domination of the public service corporations. Now this is a point that I want you to raak« dear. 1 have found that women in politics are no better and no worse than men. Dotft torset that when a question narrows tt»m down to the br**d line, to selfish interests. both sexes follow the same line of action— they look out for No. 1. If a woman wants to get ■ political job shell stand for iniquity: if she's afraid of losing her job she'll do the >„,:,<• thing. When I wsm running for office, practically as t!i» women's candidate, there was a certain leader in the woman's suffraKe movement JMv.* Ler support to my opponent, the machines candidate, for the simple reason that she was afraid .f losing a political job that she held. Under the circumstances 1 didn't expect her to do anything el*e. any more than l woulo. have expected If of a man. "To turn up." f aid the leaker, "it is the be lief of those who oppose this measure that the 'Continued un tccoatl pa£*> •' MILITANTS" IN PRISON LONDON V r OMEN REXE W MARCHES ON ASQUITIL Many of Social Prominence Among the Thirty Arrested The Gov ern men t E m barrassed. London, Feb. "-'4. -Every effort of the suf fragettes to force the hand of the government becomes more determined, and it is Increasingly difficult to predict how their demands may be successfully parried. The situation has taken on an embarrassing aspect for the government, owing to the high social standing of many among thirty or more women arrested this evening, these including Mrs. Pethlck Lawrence. Lady Constance Lytton, sister of Lord Lytton and daughter of the former Viceroy of India; Miss Stratford Dugdale, daughter of Com mander Dugdale and cousin of tiie Hon. William H. W. Peel, who was elected yesterday in a by n as member of Uie House of Commons Tor Tuunton; Miss Daisy Solomon, daughter of the ex-Premier of Cape Colony, and Mrs. Cath erine Elizabeth Corbett. Bofn sides were well prepared for to-night's^ attempt on the part of the Buffragettes to force themselves on Premier Asquith, who yesterday had declined by tetter to receive the deputation. The women held "parliament" at Caxton Hail. and a number of '.hem started on "danger duty ' in a solid phalanx, led by Mrs. Lawrence. The police, abandoning former tactics of bar ring the approach to the House of Commons, adopted a new plan of breaking up the proces sion close to Caxton Hall. They permitted the suffrapettes to proceed by couples, escorted by small parties of spectators. The women thus had littie chance to create a disturbance, al though they were allowed to go close to Parlia ment. The police, however, kept them contin ually on the move, and access to the building was denied. Finally several of the women, in cluding Mrs. Lawrence, the leader, were placed under arrest. Word of the reception of this deputation being brought to Caxton Hall, much excitement en sued, and Mrs. Saul Solomon volunteered to lead a second deputation to the House. This met the same treatment, but led to more exciting street scenes and a much larger number of arrests. A third attempt was then organized at the bail, but this time the destination of the deputation was Brooks'a Club, where the Pre mier vas dining. N-ar St. James's Palace a large body Of police (jpcjcpnded upon the procession, which was com pelled to break rank?, and several more arrests were made, only two or three Of th« women reached the doors of the ,-lub. Where they ■< . m intercepted by the police ;::.d compelled to abandon the enterprise. The demonstrations to-night were not marked by such scenes of roughness and violence as on some former occasions, but the leaders of the movement announce their Intention to adopt still more forcible methods. The speakers at the "parliament" were most earnest. Mrs. rank hurst presided, and the meeting was in session throughout the evening, continually receiving messengers who reported the progress of the deputations. Miss Christabel Pankhurst during the course of a speech said "When I speak of stronger measures I "speak in a!! earnest We value neither our" liberty nor our lives unless the women of this country get a vote." Mrs. Solomon* In returning from the first ex pedition, apologized to the meeting for her fail ure to pet arrested. She said she had done her best and would lead another attempt. All the expeditions were sent out to the strains of the "Marseillaise." The women who were arrested were locked up for the night, and will be ar raigned in the Bow street court to-morrow. CHILLING SWIM IX FAIN. Prisoner tdth a "Past" Tries to Escape from BlacktceWs Island. Tn the fog and mist yesterday afternoon Er nest Barleben, said to be the son of wealthy German parents, attempted to escape from Blackwell'fl Island by swimming to the l>>n;; : shore. For more than an hour Barleben fought for his life and liberty, and would in all probability have gained both but for a heavy pair of shoes which be was unable to remove from his feet. Within two hundred feet of freedom he was overcome by the cold, and was rescued by a passing tug.- which removed him to st. John's Hospital, Long Island city. Keeper "Jack" Docfcel, with two assistants, called at St. John's Hospital last nighi and took Barleben back to the island. Docket said his prisoner was the son of wealthy Germans, and that be was serving a sentence of nine months, three for potty larceny and six for contempt of court. He said he understood that Barleben *vas completing his education in Heidelberg University, when he got Into trouble with a fel low student; a duel followed, and Barlebea so injured his opponent that be was forced to flee. ■ Barleben told a reporter last night that he was sentenced by Justice Wyatt. in Special Ses sions, on January U», after being unjustly con victed. •Some time before mj arrest," said th. pris oner, "I got cleaned out in a friendly poker game in The Bronx and needed some money, so I bought a sewing machine on the instalment pUn and sold it. I bad work and was meeting the payments all right, when some ..n" told the agent af my transaction. 1 was arrested and found guilty Of l-etty larceny. I thought that if 1 could get away from the island I would go back to Germany." /. T. DA WSOX KILLS WIFE. Suicide in London Picture Gallery — Believed To Be Americans. London, Feb. 24— John Tempest Dawson, seventy years old. shot his wife while they were together in the National Portrait Gallery to day, and then committed suicide. Mrs. Dawson died in a hospital soon afterward. The couple were believed to be Americans. Mr. Dawson was a wealthy retired business man, and he and his wife had lived for the last ten years at Brighton. Papers on the man's body show that the act was premeditated. DEWEY'S OLD PORT WINE. Rich in Blood Making Qualities. H T Dewey & Sons Co., 13S Fulton St., New lork. MODEL TENEMENTS FOR TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIE THE BHIVELT BUILJHNGS AS THEY WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED. iFrai the architects drawing LAWYERPLEADSGUILTY FISCHEH-HAXSEX IS SEN TENCED TO OXE YEAR. Trial Stopped by Unexpected Infor mation Look for Another Arrest in Cast. Carl Fischer- Ha risen, the lawyer who has been on trial for bribing a witness, unexpectedly pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to an attempt to bribe a witness before Justice Dow ling, who almost Immediately sentenced the lawyer to twelve months in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island. Execution of sentence was suspended' Tor .1 week to give the prisoner an opportunity to wind up his business affairs. An other arrest in the case is expected this morning. Before the* plea of guilty was entered, Stephen C. Baldwin, counsel for Fischer-llansen. had said that it would be Impossible for him to continue in the case, and Justice Dowllm had adjourned court twice. When it was decided to allow a plea of guilty on the minor charge to be entertained, Mr. Baldwin addressed the court at 5 o'clock. In the courtroom with Fischer-Hansen were Alex ander Michaelson. the latter' partner, and George Gordon Battle. The roll of the Jury as called and Mr. Baldwin then said: "I have been directed by my client, Carl Fischer-Hansen, to withdraw the plea of not guilty to bribing a witness, and to enter a plea of guilty to attempting to bribe a witness He desires to say that this substituted plea does not in any way implicate Michaelson. who is absolutely innocent in this affair. We ask to have sentence pronounced to-night." The usual questions were then put to the law yer, and he made his formal plea. "I do not want to say anything that will add to the defendant's plight.'' Justice Dowling said, when he began to pronounce sentence. "In the | early hours of the .morning information reached j the state that would seem to make it best lor this plea to be entered, a pica commensurate j with the crime. "It is a sad spectacle to see a career thus ended, but the one victim of this whole trial has been the unfortunate witness, Kiesow, whose life has been ruined because of bis con- J nection with this defendant. It is in my mind that further perjury has been avoided by this ! i course. ■ "To the defendant the necessary consequences are disbarment, which means the loss of his j means of livelihood, so for that reason I am not ; disposed to inflict the full penalty for th of- I fence. Nor am I inclined to suspend sentence, although I have been asked to do so. 1 will grant a stay of execution of sentence for one week to give this prisoner time to adjust his private and personal affairs." After Fischer-Hansen had received his sen- j tence Justice Dowling turned and thanked the , jury. "The state feels Indebted to you." he said, j "for your services, which has meant to at least j one of you physical pain, and must have caused all of you considerable disgust." District Attorney Jerome said after court i had closed that when the trial had been in, j progress several days a letter was received from , a Southern state, and on Washington's Birth- j day Assistant District Attorney Howe, who fas ; in Washington, investigated the story of the! writer. The District Attorney gained much val- j uabie information concerning the defence. j Then followed another conference in the i court's chambers, at which a stenographer was, present. In talking with Justice Dowlinn Mr. | Baldwin decided that it would be against the ethics of his profession to continue in the case, [ but as be did not -wish to prejudice his client by j appearing to desert him he argued for a mitiga- i tion of the penalty if Fischer-Hansen male an immediate plea. The District Attorney was willing to substitute a charge of attempting to j bribe for the charge of actual bribery, and then , Fischer-Hansen, who had been haggling over the ; terms he might get. assented. No promises were J made, but the sentence he received was the • minimum prescribed by law. although its terms | prevent him from getting any commutation of j sentence for good behavior. A year's sentence ; generally carries with it two months' commuta- i tion for good behavior. Fischer-Hansen is a son-in-law of Isaac V. j Brokaw, but when the lawyer was last indicted ] Brokaw said he would not assist him In any j way. Mrs. Fischer-Hanson also announced that j she would sue for a legal separation. Anson Me- • Cook Beard, counsel for the Brokaws, was in court yesterday, and saw Fischer-Hansen in the afternoon. Mr. Jerome said that the lawyer was not in court to ask for clemency but to help ,' in the settlement of Fischer-Hanson's hnafajM ! affairs. TREASURY HEAD TO-DAY FRAXKLIX M'FEAGB SAID TO BE IX LEAD. Mr. Taft Completes Final Ramon of Inaugural Address-, and Sees Man if Callers. President-elect Taft said last night that he ex pected to announce the name of his Secretary of the Treasury to-day. Mr. Taft talked yester day with Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Charles P. Taft, his brother; Timothy L. Woodruff and other?.. When the newspaper men called last night he said. i "1 think that A give you the name of the new Secretary of the Treasury to-morrow." "The rumors are persistent that Franklin Mac- Veagh. of Chicago, is to get the place," it was suggested. "Rumors don't make appointments," said Mr. Taft. pleasantly. It was learned that a New York man would not be chosen for the place, and friends of Mr. Taft said that the choice had narrowed to two or three Western men, with Mr. MacVeagh lead ing. There were reports that the name of A B. Hepburn, former Controller of the Currency, had figured largely In the conferences on the subject. It was declared that should any thing arise to eliminate Mr. MacVeagh from the list as It is now understood to stand Mr. Hepburn would be selected to take his place. The President-elect announced that he would make a speech before the Yale Club at the Wal dorf on Friday. March 10. One of his callers yesterday was James R. Sheffield, president of the club who said last night that more than one thousand applications from Yale men desiring to attend the dinner had been received, and that few if any more could be accommodated. Presi dent HeSley of Yale and Mr. Sheffield will be the other speakers. Mr Taft probably will be one of the speakers at the Cleveland memorial meeting on Thursday afternoon. March 18. Mr Taft attended the funeral of Stewart Douglas -Robinson yesterday forenoon. After the service he returned to Henry W. Taft home, in West 48th street. Among his callers during the day were Joseph H. Choate. Booker T Washington. Lawrence F. Abbott, son of Dr. Lyman Abbott; Dr. Frissell. Dr. Lucking. Rob ert C Ogden and William Nelson Cromwell. A large box of flowers for Mr. Taft was re ceived during the afternoon. While the Presi dent-elect was at the funeral a poorly clad man. who was refused admittance to the house, left a note for him. This said that he was J. R. Mc- Murron, Of Virginia, great-nephew of John Marshall. When State Chairman Woodruff was leaving the house' he said that in his judgment the Treasury portfolio would not go to a New York man and he ventured the opinion that Otto T. Bannard. treasurer of the Republican County Committee, would not accept the place. Chairman Hitchcock reached the Taft home at 12:30 o'clock, and was with Mr. Taft about two hours. The subject under discussion was the Cabinet place. Although Senator Knox is not to come to New York, as at first expected, he has been in con versation with Mr. Taft many times over the long distance telephone since Mr. Taft came here. • In this manner Mr. Taft has been enabled to keep in close touch with the numerous ques tions of legislation during the present session of Congress in which he Is particularly Inter ested. In this Mr. Knox is taking a directing hand, and is meeting with gratifying success, according to reports. The Inaugural address of Mr. Taft received Us final revision last night. The document is. ac cording to custom, a declaration of the policies which the new administration will endeavor to carry out. The address contains approximately five thousand words, and will occupy Mr. Taft little short of an hour in Its delivery. The address has been submitted not only to the men who have accepted places In the Taft Cabinet, and in each case received their hearty approval, but Mr. Taft has also read the paper to President Roosevelt and others of his per sonal friends and political advisers. Mr. Taft will attend to private business af fairs to-day, and to-morrow night he will be one of the speakers at the Union League din ner for ex-Secretary Root. Mrs. Taft arrived here from Philadelphia dur ing the afternoon, and she and the President elect were the guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wlckersham, going later with a party of friends to the Bijou Theatre to see "The Gentleman from Mississippi." Pictures of the President-elect hung over the CootisaMl on nccond p*S«> PLAN OF COURTS, SHOWING LT0.0«>0 to the erection of four model ten ement hawses in East 77? h and 7*»th streets, where tuberculous patients and their families will be able to live under conditions similar to , those provided at the most up-to-date sana toria. While no definite decision on the rents to be charged has yet been reached. Dr. Henry L. Shively. head of the clinic which has led to Mrs. Vanderbilt's action, said yesterday that th- would compare favorably with those charged in the poorest and cheapest East Side tenements. The tenements, when erected, are to be known as the Shively Sanitary Tenements, the novel architectural features that will distinguish them having been worked out by Dr. Shively in con junction with Henry Atterbury Smith, the archi tect. They will consist of four units, will be able to house from 375 to 408 families. and will oc cupy eighteen fall city lots. There will be a frontage of 'J2T» feet on both 77th and 7;"« th streets, between Avenue A and Avenue B. The location for tuberculous patients Is wel'nigh ideal, for on one side, the west, the buildings will be 1 next to the playground of Public School I".*, and on the other side is John Jay Park. The site is vacant at present, but ground trill be broken within a month, title to the land having been acquired ten days ago, and the buildings will probably be finished within eight months, according to Mr. Smith. The buildings will be only about ten blocks from the new site of the Presbyterian Hospital, and will be operated under the supervision of its tuberculosis clinic, which is regarded as a distinct advantage. INSIDE STAIRWAYS ELIMINATED. Dr. Shively and Mr Smith regard four feat ures of the new tenements as particularly im portant. First of these is the complete elimina tion of inside stairways. Each tenement will surround a central court, and between the backa of two units, in 77th and T.Mr- streets, respec tively, will run a narrow passageway or alley. At each of the corners of each court will be a stairway, entirely In the open air. giving access to the apartments on that side of the house. Thus the common, dirty and dark stair or hall way of the present tenement house, in which, even if built under the new law. doctors have said much of the disease breeding goes on. will be done away with. There will be no hallways on the floors of the buildings, direct entrance being afforded to each apartment from the stair way. This is made possible by the use of four stairways, and the economy of space obtained makes up to some extent for the space required by the central court. The second important feature is the use of Durchhausen. The Durchhaus is much used ia Vienna, according to Dr. Shively. and. in its ap plication to the Shively houses, consists of spe cially arranged entrances to the courts. The entrance from East 77th street is an arched passageway two stories in height. At the other side of the court is a similar passageway, and directly opposite in the rear of the corresponding East 7Sth street unit is another, faced again by the arched passageway leading into East 7Sth street. Thus an open passage for air drafts is assured between the two streets, supplying botli courts with constantly changing fresh air. The other features have to do with the apart ments themselves. All the rooms are outside rooms, having light and air. and balconies are provided, with windows extending from floor to ceiling. Sleeping practically in the open air la thus made possible. IMPORTANCE <>F H<>ME TREATMENT. Dr. Shively, in explaining Mrs. Yanderbilt'3 project yesterday, dwelt on the importance of providing proper treatment for consumptives at home. Santaona, he said, were useful to those who could stay in th<>m long enough and return to proper home conditions. I M than use less to a patient who could be kept then long enough to s-e how he coald be cured and was then forced to return I -- J 'y unsani tary conditions in a tenement home. "It ha« heen borne in on us." said Dr. SI •that it Is in the home that we must ftgh sumption. Mrs. Vanderbilt has lea-n.-i this by five years of quiet and magnificent work In con ne.tior with the clinic o" the Presbyterian Hos pital, and now the time has come to pal what we have learned into operation. That I mm for these tenements. •I want to emphasize the practicability of tha plan. This is not necessarily a charity. Mrs. Vanderbilt can make the property pay "reason ably on the investment and .-till keep rents way down. There is no reason why investors should not imitate this plan. They do not need to be philanthropists, as Mrs. Vanderbilt is hi this ia» stance. That is the great point." Dr. Shively said that Mrs. Vanderbilfs bene faction was not a hasty one .>r in the nature of the indulgence of a hobby. She has made th« expansion of the work of our visiting nurses pos sible." he said. "She has had many ■ con sumptive moved from 8 basement tenemen* to one where he could have light and air, and has paid the difference in the rent. She ha pro vided better food for many. Now she sees the way to give real and permanent relief and to do something really worth while in the fight against tuberculosis." • The task of finding tenants for the buiidinga is not regarded as a difficult one by Dr. Shively. The Presbyterian Hospital clinic alone, he said, has something like a thousand tuberculous fam ilies in its care, and he expects the apartments to be seized at once. Care will be taken to keep those able to afford better than tenement house quarters from crowding out really poor persons, and. if necessary, other hospitals and clinics than the Presbyterian will be asked to provide tuberculous tenants. considerable use will Ue made ot the roofs of these buildings. They will be elaborately fitted up with shrubbery and flowers, and comfortable chairs and sun parlors. Inclosed in glass, will b* provided. The construction will be of rein! concrete, steel and terra cotta, absolutely fire proof. A PRINCE DROWSED. Austrian Xoble, Heir to Great Estates, Lost Of Teneriffe. Santa Crux, Teneriffe, Feb. 24.— Prince Casir I Sapieha-Kodenski, of a noted Austrian Hne. waa drowned off here to-day. He was heir to r: estates in Galieia. He and ht3 brothers, Pri. Leon and Prince Alexander, were thrown from a boat whtch accidentally capsized. His bro - ers were rescued. Prince Caaimir »v bora la