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III WWB&i "N ^ \ > * ' ? - - ~~ ^ ^ ^ About every one in WashingWEATHER. y^\ A. nJm lfi9SK ton whc reads at reads The (KM mtvam siai* temperature: frost tonight. ^6^ + L*J Lj ^ SKS?" wtotatSSw PAGE 14 ??? ONTP rrTCT WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. APRIL 7. 1913-EIGHTEEN PAGES. * ^ L' No. 19,18.). _____ . ? *" ~ ~ DEMOCRATIC Ti LAID BEFORE DEEP COT Estimated Loss of $8 to Be Made Ui Incomes O AIMS AT CHEAPER FARMERS TO HA Chairman Underwood E: Enforced Competitioi Benefit America! PROPOSED CHANGE Some of the Artie Beef, veal, mutton, lamb, lard, milk, cream, breadstuffs, on the hoof, shoes, saddlery ar bagging, lumber, wool, wire fe Some Articles on Whicl Woolen goods?Yarns re per cent ad valorem; blankets to 25; dress goods from 99 to 79 to 35: carpets from 82 to 35 Cotton goods?Spool cott< 15 per cent ad valorem; cottoi from 50 to 30; collars and cuff from 59 to 30; stockings from underwear from 60 to 25. Farm products?Butter fi eggs from 5 cents dozen to 2 to 10 per cent; sheep from 1 fruits from 27 to 15; lemons f to 6. Free Sug? The bill eliminates the Du i ? and provides for a reduction ' scope test, with a proviso that shall be free of duty. Income On the excess of incomes c with an additional surtax of 1 $20,000 and $50,000; and a su between $50,000 and $100,000; incomes over $100,000. >por>! ttrrrad 23.93 15.00 rlotli 42.74 2*t?R) Cotton dotting .Vu>? 30 ?xi Mor-Vmr*. to?p and i?if hom>. '"^"god 75.38 30.'X> Mnn ?. ?tfi boy* ?-<.ttou n ork uBi<,Te!, 89.17 35.<X) onil HlrtJ, dratyoiy. etc.. ami ui'd': *ftr 80.27 25 Ml I: l1" "lff> **. 40.10 ;utj. 1 4-ar.W.-t? 72.?1 23.00 4 30.00 Removal of all tariff from m broad reductions in the rates of < increase of tariff on many luxuries touch the pocket of every Ameri< t/eeds $4,000 are the striking feat revision bill, presented today to tl Sugar would be free of duty rnediate 25 per cent reduction ai ciuty in 1916. Raw wool would be made ire heavy reduction in the tariff on al While wheat flour is put on t i< imposed against countries whic i bis will exclude flour from Canad Other Articles All these other articles are pu Meats, flour, bread, boots and 1: earn. coal, harness, saddlery, poi cotton bagging, agricultural imple printing paper not worth more th < rs. sewing machines, typesettin 1 ails, fence wire, cotton ties, nails, -<>da, tanning materials, acetic ai products, including broomhandh posts. laths, pickets, staves, shinj These principal items are ta Rough and uncut diamonds an< products, 10 per cent; volatile oils 2 cents per pound. Comparisons by Underwood. < halrman I'nderwood of the ways and means committee In his statement accompanying the new tariff bill Rave the following: comparative table to show reduction In tariff duties made upon necessaries. In each item both the present tariff an?l the proposed tariff had been reduced to a nadvalorem basis: Present Fropoeed law. iaw. Oreatn of tarter 25.45 17.85 Medicinal preparations 50.05 31.11 ?~?i.tar oil .'fit. 1? 15.no W?,b bine 23.50 15.00 .Saltpeter H.27 6.*7 ' oojmon soap 20.00 5.00 Saleratua of bicarbonate of aoda 21.5# 5.50 Sal eoda. washing soda 20.3c: 10.25 Boraa. refined 21.22 1.31 1.1 we 0.17 5.00 < hlca and crockery, not decorated 55 on 35.00 Grindstones 1?.21 8.33 Bltycles 45.00 25.00 Packet kntre. 77 ?* jg* Itawra 72.36 135.00 . . _ ) 55.00 sciasor* and shears 5::.77 30.1*1 BoItsb and forks 4108 27 00 Furniture 55 On 1S."00 'J"t'e 27.07 M.uo Macaroni, ete 34.25 at 81 Rice, cleaned 54.00 .Tti.ta fjf** - 36.38 14.211 Mo.-Wa. etc.. of fruit tree?.... 54.4* 27 58 MneMl nstera .: 43.56 30 tsi MUFF BILL 1 NEW HOUSE; IN SCHEDULES i 1 0,000,000 in Revenue p by a Tax on ver $4,000. FOODSTUFFS; uVE COMPENSATION 1 spresses Conviction That ; i With the World Will n Manufacturers. i :S IN THE TARIFF, les Free of Duty: pork, bacon and hams, flour, , fish, fresh and smoked; hogs , id leather; coal, cotton ties and i ncing, steel rails, iron ore. 1 Duties Are Lowered: duced from 79 per cent to 20 from 72 to 25; flannels from 93 35; ready-made clothing from 1 I an reduced from 22 per cent to 1 cloth from 42 to 26; clothing s from 64 to 25; handkerchiefs 79 to 50; gloves from 89 to 35; i ] om 6 cents pound to 3 cents; ] cents; cattle from 27 per cent 1 6 to 10; hay from 43 to 26; J rom 68 to 24; poultry from 13 ir in 1916. < tch standard as a test for sugar ] in duties based on the polari- < at the end of three years sugar * - Tax. J >f more than $4,000,1 per cent; \ per cent on incomes between t rtax of 2 per cent on incomes | and a surtax of 3 per cent on 1 any articles of food and clothing, duty on all necessaries of life, an j , and a new income tax that would ) :an citizen whose net income ex- t ures of the new democratic tariff * le House. t in iqi6, the bill proposing an im- 1 I id the removal of the remaining f c :e at once, with a correspondingly t 1 woolen goods. ? he free list, a duty of 10 per cent 1 :h levy a duty on American flour. t a and many other countries. ; s . 1 on Free List. 1 ' < t on the free list, namely: a i shoes, lumber, iron ore, milk and,* J c Latoes. salt, swine, corn, cornmeal, i merits, leather, wood pulp, Bibles, ' an zy> cents per pound, typewrit- i g machines, cash registers,' steel hoop and band iron, fish, sulphur, id sulphuric acids, borax, lumber !s. clapboards, hubs for wheels, y\es. I ken from the free list and taxed: 1 J precious stones, furs, coal tar , 20 per cent; spices from i cent to ' 1 i f nothing. ready made 79.50 35.00 j .Women's and children'e dross j ; P>ods 99. TO 35.00 ( Sewing silk . 25.00 13.00 Wrapping paper 35.00 25.<X) ; Books 25.0O 15.00 Brooms 40.00 15.00 Matches 27.59 14.00 < Harness and saddlery, other I than leather 35.00 20.00 , India rubber, manufactures of.. 35.00 10.00 U*d pencils 39.00 25.00 ' Big Reduction in Revenue. ,, . . . . ' ii< v> nn**n bid rjuiiiitifu 10 reauce ] the customs revenue approximately #*>.- i 000,nno a year. This is expected to be ' made up by the income tax. t Indorsed by President Wilson, the , measure represents the efforts of the , President and the House tariff makers ( to carry into effect democratic pledges of ( downward revision and of concessions , to the American consumer. ( Protection to the farmer would be cut , throughout by more than 30 per cent in an effort to reduce the cost of food. Protection to the steel and Implement manufacturer would in turn be cut by fully as wide a margin. < Heaviest reductions fail upon food- ] stuff?, agricultural products, woolen and , cotton clothing. The free wool proposal, backed by ' President Wilson and accepted by the 1 House committee, is expected to provoke i a severe tight within the democratic < ranks of both houses. It had not become i i clear today whether the democratic op- i i ponents of free wool and free sugar in 1 1 the Senate would be able to force a com- ] promise on one or both those provisions, i Declined to Accept Compromise. The decision to make a gradual redueI tion in the sugar tariff was reached by i ^Continued on IfourUi ?*&ge.j NEW ERA MARKED BY 83DC0N9RES! Unusual Scenes Witnessed a the Opening Sessions Today. OLD-TIME LEADERS GONE; NEW FACES NUMBER 15< Triumphant Democracy for Firs Time in Eighteen Years Ready to Frame Tariff Bill. With democracy triumphant in hot branches of Congress for the first time 1 eighteen years, and with a democrat! President already familiar with some o the details of national legislation, the firs session of the Sixty-third Congress bega today as the hands of the Capitol cloci met upon the tick of noon. Summoned by President Wilson for tli express purpose of revising the tariff an< redeeming the campaign pledges of th successful party in that respect, the firs big business, and perhaps the only busi floss of this session, will be the discussio of the Underwood traiff bill, which wa laid before the House at an early houi This tariff law, which will be passed a this special session, will be the first gen eral democratic revision of the revenu law since the act of August 27, 1894 known to history as the Wilson-Gormai aw, and which President Cleveland al owed to become a law without his hig lature. The usual dignified opening of th Senate was marred by the appearance i] the gallery of a young man, who afte trying vainly to get the attetnlon of Vie President Marshall, started down th steps of the Senate gallery shouting: "Mr Chairman, Mr. Chairman." He va juickly hushed by a. doorkeeper and le< rrom the gallery. Tie explained his con luc-t by the assertion that he was a dis ?iple of peace and had a message on tha subject for the Vice President. Marked a New Era. The scene at the opening of the sessior vas unusual in many respects, and marki i new era in the history of national legis ation. While both branc hes of Congres! ?how a larger membership, notable ir he House, where the total enrollment u 135, compared to 3bt> at the last session here are 150 more new faces: and old :ime leaders who have made history foi :wo decades were absent. Among these were former Speaker Cannou, John Daltell of Pennsylvania, Samuel W. McCal >f Massac husetts, E. J. Hill of Connect!:ut and Nicholas Eongworth of Ohio. A! f these were identified prominently with he legislation and republican politics ir he last few years, but are no longei nembers of the House. To accommodate he increased membership, the old ma'nog my desks and swiveled chairs have beer aken out and curved wooden benches with 3road arms and heavily padded back! md seats swing through the hall in semi circular fashion, and from now on then yill be no regular assignment of seats. An Early Gathering. As usual on the opening day, there was in early gathering of the lawmakers Although scores of them have been lr own for weeks, they have not all beer hrown together in the halls of the Senite and House, and there was more thar he usual amount of handshaking anc 'elicltations?buoyant and unreserved ir he House and with senatorial reserve n the other end of the Capitol. Th< rowded galleries, where the colors o1 spring showed in the gowns and haU >f the women present, made a notable >leture. Seats to view the first day'! mslness were at a premium, and wlvef md daughters and friends of congressnen were about the only fortunate cititens of this nation who looked dowr ipon the organization of the first sesiion of the Sixty-third Congress. The Senate had completed its organ iza ion early in March, during the specia session called to act on President Wil ion's appointments. Vice President Marshall served his early apprenticeship a: i presiding. officer. and the democratic eaders took charge of the Senate, electee officers and chose committees at that ses iion. and were prepared for general leg Lslative work t >day. The President's Message. President "Wilson will read his message in person to both houses shortly after thi beginning of the session tomorrow. In hii call summoning the extra session of Con gress the President did not specify thi purpose for which it would be convened It Is. of course, expected that the message will urge an early action upon the tarif as the first duty of the democratic major tty of the two hauses, but that it will leav the way open for action upon other mat lers. Among these are a possible modi icatlon of the nation's currency system i scheme for Philippine independence for repeal of the Panama canal free tol provision and for the immediate construe tion of government-owned railways ii Alaska. While the tariff bill has been worke< out in secret behind the doors of the com mlttee on ways and means, it is probabl that the bill will be In such shape tha aemoeratic majorities in both House am Senate will carry through the progran of revision determined unon hv conferences in which the President "Ren resentative Underwood and Senator Sim mons, tariff leaders, have been the prin ripals. Of course, there will be bitter at tacks by local interests upon individua Items. There will be democrats who wi] tight for high protection on some item Ii which their constituency is vitally con cerned. and there will be cross tires 'of in Jivldual opinion which will add excite men! to the long and dry list of schedule and figures which form the structure o a tariff debate. Enormous Democratic Majority. Nevertheless, the democratic majorit In the House is enormous. That part has a majority of more than 140 in th House, its membership of 2SS being dou ble the combined strength of the repub llcans and progressives. In the Senat the democrats have fifty-one and th combined republican and progressiv strength is fortv-five. This margin i counted on to secure favorable action o' the tariff. However, there is always possibility that sectional and state inter ests of democratic senators will brtn about a combination against certai features of the bill in which several dem yjyjg obtiv. ?wvw wv on??tu iiuiu sup port of the measure. For the first time progressives appea (Continued uu Jiecomi Page./ I iimoENi English Authorities Correct Statement Regarding Mrs. Pankhurst. * LONDON, April 7 ?The home office tie- i nled this afternoon the report that Mrs. ! Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette leader now In jail undergoing three years" penal servitude, has been forcibly fed and is consequently in a state of collapse. In other quarters it is stated that the early release of Mrs. Pankhurst is anticipated. The woman's social and political union, representing the militant branch of the suffragettes, in a statement today says that its policy has not been changed as a result of the imprisonment of Mrs. Pankhurst. Attacks Upon Property Only. The attacks made by its members will still be upon property alone. 'They will continue to respect human life, but their warfare on property will be intensified in consequence of the government's measures of coercion. Militant suffragette incendiaries set fire to and destroyed a large mansion in the suburbs of Norwich last night. The ViAiiun u'mh nnt rnvunlpd. Thn ii#?r*iAtru? ! tors"of the outrage escaped. j a ~ ? SENIOR OROZCO NOT DEAD. ' Denial of Rumor That He Was Slain by Zapastistas. SAN FRANCISCO. April 7.?Pascual - ! Orozeo. sr., head of the Mexican house j I i of Orozeo, communicated with lii.s fam- j - i iiv March .'to, according: to his grandson. - j who arrived here yesterday, having es* i caped from Mexico via Xogales. Ariz. : ! Pascual Orozeo. .'Id. son of Gen. Pascual 1 Orozeo. lid., commander of the Huerta - army, declared false the report that his - grandfather had been slain when he went with peace proposals from the DlazHuerta regime to Gen. Kmilio Zapata. ! It was when this report was made pube lie that Gen. Orozoeo. 2d- accepted eom0 mand of the Huerta army and swore 3 vengeance on all Zapatistas. , Our family heard from my grande father March 30, "said the grandson. "He ' met Zapata and his bsrnd in the^state of ? Morelos March 26. presented his message r and reached Cuernavaca, twenty-five " miles away, unmolested." e Only by six days' hard riding did young * Orozeo escape pursuers sent out by Gen. " Maytorena, Governor of Sonora. ' ^ , 1 Wisconsin Pure Sirup Law Invalid. The Wisconsin pure sirup Jaw was declared invalid today by the Supreme d Oourt of the I'nited States as interferlng with the federal pure food law. ? The point arose in the sale in Wisconsin ij of Karo corn syrup, which sale under n this label was permissible under the fedt eral law. but not under the state law. : THE DAY IN CONGKESS. j Senate: n Met at noon and organization perfected. I>. Y. Sherman of Illinois and * Nathan GofT of West Virginia sworn in. f Senator Hitchcock introduced a currency bill. Xlouaei Met at noon, new members were sworn In and organization was pery fected. Speaker Clark being re? y elected. e Representative Henry introduced bill to provide homes for American diplomatists in for^gn capitals. Resolution to change inaugurae tion day to April by constitutional ? J m Ati t Ki- D Q snvnuuiciiv juit vuuvcu tjj Ariiie- i e sentative Henry. s Progressives recognized' by Bart slanment of Representative' .\lur. 1 a dock to ways and meaJis committee and Representative Chandler to - rules committee. , Representative Underwood introK duced the new tariff bill, which in,1 eludes an Income tax provision and provides for a reduction of duty on t many articles besides placinc others on the free list. mmmwmB^ s IfRlmr ? ?_ m ?" ^ " " """ NOWJIfllluNARY Greatest Danger Is Possible Slide in Levee if High Wind Should Come. CAIRO: III., April ?.?There practically was no change in the stage of the river today from that of last night, the gauge registering 54.7 feet. The greatest danger here now is from a {Possible slide in the levee, which might be brought about by a high wind. The flood may change the channel of the Mississippi river. The waters now pour into the Missouri at Thompsons Bend, several miles above Cairo, run through the Lirinkwater territory, pass east of Charleston, Mo. and strike the Mississippi again just above New Madrid, Mo. Mound City Levees Safe. For years government engineers have indicated the possibility of such a change in the channel. The levees at Mound City, 111., are reported safe today. A big shipment of empty sand sacks will arrive at Mounds today lor Cairo and Mound City. Col. S. O. Tripp, assistant quartermaster general, and Lieut. S. B. Kuc&ner will send out several relief boats to bnng In refugees who are reported in distress in the flooded districts around Cairo. Memphis Levees Menaced. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 7.?A rise of 1.2 feet in -the past twenty-four hours brought' the Mississippi river to a stage of 4i.y tent -n? Mcmuhis tnrlav. This is within four-tenths of a foot of tiie record stage last year, when several levees in the central district gave way under the terrific strain. According to the ITnited States engineers and the weather bureau officials, i the crest of the flood probably will reach: Memphis about Wednesday, after which the fall of the waters will be rapid, i This, it is explained, will be caused by the slope in the lower stretch of the river due to the absence of much rain. Water Up River Receding. Reports showed that the bulk of tlie flood waters today are between Hickman and Memphis. Officials are encouraged by the gauge readings from St. Louis. Cairo and other up-river points, where the water is shown to be practically stationary or receding. Levee conditions throughout central Mississippi territory are reported to be satisfactory. One of the hardest fights is at Hickman, along the upper portion of the Reelfoot l^vee, where several sand "boils" developed. Large forces of men were concentrated at the dangerous points and MaJ. Marlhamo, the L'nited States engineer, stated this morning he believed the levee would hold. On the Missouri and Arkansas side of the river large forces of men were strengthening dikes in the vicinity of Osceola, L.u*ora and Point Pjeasant. All levee officials expressed the belief that the embank merits would nor give way rnis year. Steamers distributing Supplies. G\LLIPOLIS. Ohio. April".?Government steamers Guyandot and Miami, which have been in port here since last Friday, today began the delivery of forty carloads of supplies to the Hood sufferers along the Ohio river. The Guyandot will distribute between Aallioolis and Cincinnati and-Memphis. The Miami will cover territory up the river as far as Marietta. Croni southern Lake Michigan three ufe saving crews are to be withdrawn and dispatched Immediately to Cairo, ill to aid in flood relief work there Three#nore crews, if required, are to be held ready to follow them on | ^Hlc b complimen tis pa id by Mayor George | i it i'nunps w " v,nf?sber and ! i his men ol the life saving crew which ! was assigned to the aid of Covington. Kv The heroism of Capt. Grlesser and I hi's crew was exhibited by the delivery of I suDDlies to flood sufferers on the other side of the river, the men plunging Into 1 the flood again and again to carry aid to .the needy. # ^ , ^ ( FREES CORPORATIONS FROM PAW TAX Supreme Court Absolves Those Having No Income Except From Leases. Hundreds of corporations will be relieved from paying the federal corporation tax by a decision today of t'he Supreme Court of the United States to the effect that corporations leasing all their property and having no income except that yielded by the lease are not "doing business," and, therefore, not subject to the tax. This phase of the corporation tax arose in a suit by the Minehlll and Schuylkill Haven Kailroad Company, operating a railroad in Pennsylvania at one time, to recover corporation taxes paid under protest in 190ft and 1910. Gave a 999-Year Lease. The Minehill company was chartered about 1828 and operated a railroad under its charter until 1896, when, by virtue of state legislation, it transferred all its property under a 999-year lease on a 6 per cent rental basis to the Heading Railway Company. All the rights, powers and franchises (other than the franchise of being a corporation) were transferred. The United States circuit court of appeals for the third circuit held that the Minehlll company was not ' doing business" within the terms of the corporation tax act. so as to make It liable for I the tax upon rental Redding company ! operating its property. | About .'100 claims, involving about $700,uOo paid into the Treasury under the cori poration tax act, turned upon the decision i in this case. Besides the many railroads ! leasing their property in a similar way ; nearly one hundred telegraph companies j are said to have leased their property to ' one operating company. Merely Owners of Property. Justice Pitney for the court said that the company was doing no more than exercising its rights as an owner of property. Justice Day announced a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Hughes and Lamar concurred, holding it was "doing business." Justice Day declared that the fact that the Minehill company retained the right to invest the money received under the lease and had a contingent fund distinguished the case from corporations which the court held, two years ago, were not "doing business " FLOODS HIT BAILROADS. B. & 0. Head Says Losses in Ohio Beach $20,000,000. CL.0VBDAND, Ohio, April 2.?On his arrival here today, after an Inspection tour of the flood districts of Ohio, President Daniel Willard of the Br '.timore and Ohio railroad said he estimated the loss by flood to his road at between two and a half an three million dollars. The Iosb to , all railroads in the state will reach $20,U00.0U0, he said, and added that "they will be lucky if they get off with that ' much." 1 At Hamilton and Dayton, he said, where the entire railroad yards were swept away, there was the greatest damage done to railroad property. THIRD JLAHli&dl IM WUJtiAl. Foreign Trade of Argentina Last Year $120 Per Capita. i The foreign trade of Argentina last year, totaling $840,000,000, which was $120 for each person in the country, was the third largest per capita trade ' among the nations of the world, according to a statement just issued by the | Fan-American Union. Holland and Belgium alone made better records. In comparison, the statement points ! out that the per capita foreign trade of the United States ia approximately . $40. - - PRESIDENT DEPENDS PUN FORMESSAGE 'Only Dignified Way to Address Congress," Mr. Wilson Explains. COURSE TO BE PURSUED USED LAST YEARS AGO Intention to Read Communication to Members Amazes OldLine Leaders. President Wilsons determination to read his own message to Congress tomorrow has completely displaced the tariff and the income tax as subjects of chief popular Interest. No President since John Adams has availed himself of the right. Congress was amassed when it heard of the President's plan. Some of the old line leaders refused to believe It until Secretary Tumulty personally confirmed the news. Arrangements for the extraordinary event got under way today. It was planned that the President iirst should go to his room on the Senate side of the Capitol and later go to the hall of the House of Representatives, where both branches of Congress will be assembled. The legislative preliminaries to get the House and Senate together were started today. Under ordinary circumstances tiie two bodies meet In Joint session only once every four years, and then for the perfunctory ceremony of canvassing the electoral vote. May Apply to Other Messages. President Wilson intends to slip quietly away from the White House, with his message In his pocket, and, attended by probably only one secret service man, ride to the Capitol In one of the \% nite riouse automobiles and return to his office almost immediately. Some of the President's friends say he may be expected to deliver all his principal messages to Congress in the same way, though he would not do so with every communication he sends. The President regards that method as one dignified way to keep in touch with Congress. He already has let it be known that he Intends to make frequent use of the President's room during sessions of Congress to keep in close touch with the legislative situation. Most other Presidents have used the room for an hour or two during the closing hours of each session of Congress. President Wilson was asked today what motive Impelled him to renew the customs of a century ago. Only Dignified Way, Says Wilson. "The reasons are very simple," he replied. "I think that that Is the only dignified way for the President to address the Houses at the opening of the session, instead of sending the address dress the houses at the opening of the read It perfunctorily in the familiar clerk's tone of voice. I thought tjiat the dignified and natural thing was to read it. It is a precedent which it Is true has been discontinued a long time, but which is a very respectable precedent." The President was asked if he expected that there would be answers from Congress as there had been in the old days, but he smilingly replied that the only response he looked for was the legislative answer. The President explained that he intended to make his visit as simple as possible. He said that he had asked Senator Kern and Leader Underwood of the House if it would be agreeable for him to come, and they both had said that it would, and that in this they represented the feeling of their colleagues. 9 _ m _ _ ? . M r-roviae ior joint session. A concurrent resolution was Introduced in the House today by Mr. Underwood and later called up In the Senate to provide for the joint session In the House chamber tomorrow. The President will arrive at the Capitol about I o'clock tomorrow afternoon. He will be escorted to Speaker ('lark's office and there will be received by the Vice President, Speaker and other officers of both houses. An escort of two members will be appointed from the Senate and House to escort the President to the Speaker's rostrum in the House. Speaker Clark probably will introduce the President to the joint session. Vice President Marshall will sit on the rostrum. The President was asked if he would take his cabinet with him tomorrow as President John Adams did. Air. Wilson laughingly remarked that there were then only three cabinet members, and that he would not renew that precedent. He said he had not decided what messages hereafter he would read to Congress. He would be guided, he said, by their importance. Heard With Mingled Feelings. It was with mingled feelings that ' members of Congress heard that President Wilson Intends to read his tariff message In the House tomorrow. They i were a bit chary in talking about fhe Innovation at the Capitol today. The few who would speak about the President's plan in a public way bit ofT their remarks with an evident desire to say as little as possible about it. There was scattering criticism from i some old-time democrats, who have an j idea there is a lack of some intangible ; something?not dignity, of course, but a lack of something that cannot be described?In the President standing up before the Congress and advising them with his own lips "on the state of the Union." However, the younger members, democrats, republicans and progressives, are almost in accord In saying the President la doing a nne ana proper wung. "It is a progressive thing to do," said a progressive, in speaking of the matter, "but I fear he will beat our favorite. Roosevelt. In the way of publicity. He certainly ia keeping Just about one step ahead of the procession, isn't he?" Whether or not any member will avail himself of his right to question the President after the message remains to be seen. Intention Known to Leaders. President Wilson made known his purpose t> read his message to Congress to Majority Leader I'nderv _>od. Representative A- Mitchell 1'almer of Pennsylvania and other democrat* in Congress. He took them Into his confidence tliat they might prepare for the event. The President believes that he can get , in closer touch with the menrbers of both houses of Congress by personally expressing his views to them. In addi- 1 tion to his official visits to the floor of the House, which will become a matter 1 of White House policy, the President will 1 . j* a. *t. 1_J 4 _ 4. I IS 1 (gli^ aavuniUK^ ui inrs'" \ isu? 10 nuiu 1 conferences with the party leaders in ' Congress. 1 The President has been told by his friends that such a procedure is fraught 1 with embarrassment unless he tactfully j keeps to his purpose merely of giving ad- , vice as the leader of his party and offer- 1 (Continued on Second Va&a) i SUFFRAGISTS VISIT CAPITOL; DEMAND VDTEFMMEN Representatives From Every State Present Nation-Wide Appeal to Congress. PARADE ON THE AVENUE BRINGS OUT NO DISORDER Police Furnish Ample Protection in Contrast to Conditions March 3 Last. MASS MEETING AT THEATER Speaking Also Conducted in Capitol Grounds After Petitions Are Presented?Greeting Is Cordial. Militant womanhood marched on the United States Capitol today to demand the right o ( suffrage. Bearing demands for a constitutional amendment giving nation-wide enfranchisement, a small but determined army of representatives of every state and congressional district in the country paraded down Pennsylvania avenue with bands playing and banners waving and stormed the citadel of the lawmakers. The demonstration came at the very hours tnat tho Senate and House were assembling in extra session. The parade and c&pitol onslaught came at the conclus.on 01 a great mass meet ing In the Coiumnm Theater, at whicn the suffragists' lorcmost orators urged uieir sisters on to victory, and told then, not to cease their demand until all was Aon. Miss Alice i'aui, Mrs. James tweeds miid.aw, Mre. Beatrice h'oroes Kooertaon and Miss Janet rucnaras iianitnereu ouitrage arguments home for more thai, an hour. When the Capitol march was over the suffragists did not rest. They nearly sui rounueu tne capitol grounds with autoliiouiie-hiled orators, who gathered about them large crowds and i anted "Vote# fot women" with un4agg>ng enthusiasm. The crowos weie ainioet. as enutuaed as the speakers and resounding cneers could he ueara as tne bixiy-tmru congress hegai. its work. Ponce Give Ample Protection. The epoch-making demonstration **? accomplished amid scenes which con eras tea strikingly witn the disorder wmch attended the suffrage pageaa. March 3, wnen the marchers wer' swamped by surging crowds wmcn com yieLeiy overpowered the ponce. Tne ?oinen today swung brisaiy aiong to the oiaung ?i tueir oanus, over pavements cteaieu LoinpiCteiv, tutu beivteeii nueS o. police, aioot, anoise ana on oicycies. au aioug tne une ui xnarcn txie crowds ,uied tue Aveuue tour turn uve deepanere was uo uisoruer of any kind. milj. oytvester vuacteu toe worn of the iiOiU'h in UHi'Mon *s n<i hmh a?? ^?>' r viv ' .ooi ponce, ?o luvuuieu pones, and 3d oicycie police. A miuuu ot iuuuuwuo police ucuued tne procession, una aiiot tic: oiougnt up the rear, yoncerueii lined the Aveuu* amy u iuw yarus apart. 1 ne marcuers wero pracucauy nuiruutiued oj ponce, una ui poinib ia? pursue nuu n: most the appearance at u potice yrucei- sion. ..-cuded to the efforts of the Metropolitan police force was the activity 01 tue t.upiiol police. Capu yiegre?v met tne leaders ol tne parade at tne entrance to tue Capiiot reservation, and Witn a large lorce of meil. gave tuem uaequate protection. Greeted by Members of CongTess. Kepresentative Bryan of Wasnington met the leaders at the ast door of the_apitol, and waiting inside via* n large delegation of suffrage senator-, and representatives, who did them uonor. The east steps of ihe Capitol a ere jammed with iMjopie. and tne rot nude was lined almost to overflowing when the women arrived. They had to pus* their way to the huge baskets which nad been placed on tables to receive their petitions. l>r. Cora Smith King of Washlngtoi state was the first woman to deposit a petition. It was addressed to ttcpie sentative Falconer of Washington. The petitions were delivered to tne members of both houses by pages as the Congress convened. All were read by the senators and representatives to whom they were addressed. This Is a sample of the petitions: Sample of the Petition. \Ve ask you in behalf of the women of your district to work for the national suffrage admendnvent in the coming special session of Congress for the following reasons: "Some state constitution are practically impossible to amend owing to the necessity for a majority vot<- of all tne quaofieU voters. "A national amendment acts ?. motal stimulus to backward legislatures. "It is no greater interference with trie theory of states' rights than is tin national amendment for tiie election of senators or income tax. "It is easier for the American women seeking emancipation than is the work of convincing every voter. It does not prevent state action. "It is a natural evolutionary step in American constitutional history. "Trusting that the righteousness of our appeal and the wisdom of immediate action in the matter will be understood by you. 1 am." Intense Enthusiasm Displayed. In the Columbia Theater meeting, during the march on the Capitol and in tha rotunda the suffragists displayed intense enthusiasm over their cause. They Bhowed even more enthusiasm at tbe open-air meetings lieid north of the. Capitol following the presentation of the petitions. Unscheduled events happened rapidly a* the Capitol. The plan had been to have the women walk In and lay their petitions in baskets and on tables, but In addition to this they found waiting them a, la rite delegation of senators and representatives. who dllcvered <j?iet little speeches to small circles of suffragists. The celebration and demonstration bearan shortly before 10 o'clock, when the women began to arrlvs at the Columbia rheater. All had been assigned seats The theater was beautifully decorated with flowers and the position of eat-:* tate delegation was marked by a baa