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COURT MAY GIVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO MRS. WAKEFIELD New Haven, Conn., Feb. 14. Bes sie Wakefield, the "woman who never had a chance," is still in the death house at the -Wethersfield state prison. . But the shadow does not rest so heavily upon her as it did before ttie granting of her appeal for a hearing to determine whether she is to have a s$b new trial. March 3 the court will sit here, The day following the state will hang James Plew, who killed Wakefield and whose testimony that Bessie was his accomplice led to her conviction. Few people here believe . Bessie Wakefield would ever again be con victed by a jury. Thousands upon thousands of peti tions for pardon were sent to the gov ernor from ail over the country be fore the appeal for a hearing upon the question of a new trial was grant ed. The board already feels the nation-wide opposition that has been manifested to the hanging of an un ' fortunate victim of all that was evil in the natures of two men whose wretched chattel she was. o o MAD DOG RUNS AMUCK BITES SEVENTEEN PEOPLE A cold weather mad dog, the most dangerous of all the species, accord ing to the old folks, ran amuck in Og den Park yesterday and before being finally-shot and killed had bitten 15 children and 2 adults in addition to several cats. The .dog was a Russian terrier owned by Mrs. Mattie Adams, .6517 Aberdeen street. An examination of its head showed a developed case of rabies. As a result of the dog's short career of madness the dog catchers were sent out into the neighborhood and killed 16 animals. BIG SUFFRAGET MEET demonstration in favor of votes for women will take place tonight at the Albert Hall, under the auspices of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Tickets for nearly every one of the 10,000 seats were dispos ed of some days ago, and the organ isers of the meeting are confident tfiat it will be one of the most en thusiastic in the history of the move ment in Great Britain. -TALKS BITTERLY0 AGAINST THE ATTEMPT. TO BAND MINERS Denver, Col., Feb. 14. Charging that Ethelbert Stewart, Dep't of Labor agent sent here to investigate the coal strike, said he didn't want any information from the operators and that Secretary Wilson had spent his time with the union men, John C. Osgood, Pres. Victor-Aiperican'Fuel Co., and chief spokesman for the operators, testified in a bitter strain against the attempt to organize the coal miners. He admitted that the operators have a "tacit agreement," but no regular organization, and defended the control by operators of the sa loons in some districts. "All of our saloons are orderly," he said. "We recognize the right of our men to drink in moderation and we believe we can control the amount of liquor they use if we own the sa loons." Under cross-examination he ad mitted that there had been a "shock ing number of deaths in Colorado," but denied that this was because the union was not recognized. o o WON'T HANDLE SCAB STUFF Members of the Pressmen's Union, Locals 3 and 4, employed at Tony Rubovits' plant, 517 S. 5th ave nue, went out on strike against be ing forced to handle scab labor product. The men's grievance is based on the fact that they were forced to han dle forms from the Rogers & Com pany plant, where a printers' strike is in progress.