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TOIX FtJf AKCIAI. BSPSltTS.
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MILITANTS
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SCOTCH RACE T
ABLE
British Suffragettes Captured Setting Fire to
Another Grandstand After $150,000 Fire
At Ayr Convicted Leader Starts Hunger
Strike As She Begins Prison Life.
THREATENED KIDNAPING OF MEN
PROMINENT IN NATION ALARMS POLICE
AYR, Scotland, April 5. Militant suffragettes set fire
to the racecourse here today and the grandstand, stables,
and all buildings were totally consumed, entailing a loss of
150,000.
Simultaneously with the fire which destroyed the
buildings" of the racecourse here today, two suffragettes
were arrested, as they fired a race track at Kelso, Scotland.
They had just put a match to oil-soaked material under the
grandstand when guards caught them.
Militants Resort to Bombs;
Revenge Mrs. Pankhurst
LONDON, April 5. The militant suffragettes: are striving: strenuously
to kegood tae "threats oMfte'r leaders who promised io attack human
life in reprisal for the sentencing of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst to three
years in prison at bard labor. '
The argument for the vote takes the shape of alarm clock bombs
such as those used by the McNamara gang in America.
An order was expected from the home office today, removing the
banger-striking Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst from Holloway Jail to Ayles
bsry prison, forty miles from London. The suffragette pickets who have
walked around the jail In relays night and day since their leader was
Imprisoned, were chagrined at the prospective transfer of Mrs. Pank
hurst because Aylesbury is a lonely place, where any demonstration the
women might make would lose much of Its effectiveness.
That the defiant militant leader would not serve three years In
prison, or even an appreciable frac
tion of that Ume is almost assured.
Her stay In jail will be measured by
her physical endurance. If Mrs.
Pankhurst has the will power to
starve herself into a condition of
such weakness that death would fol
low, she will be released on Home
Secretary McKenna's "ticket of
leave" plan, whenever the prison
doctors report that further confine
ment would be fatal.
Starts Hunger Strike.
True to her word, Mrs. Pankhurst
has not eaten a bite since she was com
mitted to prison. She ate her last meal
on the day of conviction, and the court i
was ordered a recess in order that thej
"aSVvia"' ulun Tt rom
forcible feeding. So rar Mrs. j'anKnurei i
has not been forcibly fed. and it is,
said that she will not be. i
At Llanternam. Newport, and other
places in Monmouthshire, women today
cut the telephone and telegraph wires.
Isolating whole districts The suffra
gettes adopted these methods In order
that news might be transmitted with
difficulty, and thev might finish their
work and get away beJore the police
came. Thousands of dollars' worth of
damage has been aone in me cuiunj u.
wire and me u
hnnnrt estimate.
wire and the Inconvenience has been
Aw. mithroutr nf
suffragette violence
,r4 in ma-scow. Scotland, today,
nomen smashing dozens of windows In
the labor evchange. Phyllis Brady and
Jlllllcenl Dean, who were ariepted yes
terday in London carrying suitcases
filled with fire-setting materials, were
rrfilmrd today and held for further
.Tearing.
Bail of J2S0 was required of
them. ... . ..
Fear that suffragettes v. ill destroy the
most priceless historical and architec
tural landmarks of England is enter
tained today. Gamekeepers, special po
lice, and private watchmen are em
ployed In guarding all the famous old
mansions of England. Especial care
Is taken of chatworth and Harden Hall,
in Derbyshire, because of their his
torical associations. All unknown wom
en are refused entrance to the grounds.
Scotland Staggered
By
Militants' Act in
4 Burning Race Building
ATI.. Scotland, April 5. Without ac
tually taking life, the suffragettes could
hardly have chosen a more effective
method by which to stagger Scotland
than when they burned the buildings of
the Ayrshire race course today. The
Cat racing Is Just beginning in Great
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Britain and an Important meet was to
have been held here soon. The race
track authorities could not say. Imme
diately after the fire, whether it would
be possible to restore the course in time
for the scheduled races.
The buildings of the race couise were
of wood und very dry They burned like
tinder. Almost as poon ap the blaze
was discovered It had spread all over
the place, and was impossible to com
bat. The grandstand was destroyed, as
were the stables. Judges stand, and
other buildlnfc-s and much of the
fencing.
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Woman Accused of Slaying Navy
Officer May Order Attack
Upon Indictment.
PLYMOUTH. Mass.. April 5.-'X)ur de
fense is a good one." was the sole com
ment of Attorney Francis Geogan today
In discussing the announcement that the
defense nf Mrs. Jennie II. laton. ill-
. dicted for tne murd.r of hcr husband.
Kar Admiral Joseph Giles haton. has
been decided upon
The matter of attacking the Indict
ment Tvill be dlhcussed by Attorney Geo
gan and Attorney William A. Morse at
a conference Monday If they fail to
attack the Indictment nitliln twenty
j days, no action will be taken until the
June term of the superior court, when
Mrs. Eaton will be tried.
Door Is Forced Open,
Woman Found Dead
Mrs. J. B Roberson, fifty yeais old.
was found dead in bed this morning
in her room on the second floor of the
house at 712 Eleventh street northwest,
where she had lived for the last four
years. The woman was last seen early
Wednesday morning.
Richard F. Preusscr, an Inventor, who
has a workshop on the first floor of the
building and rents out the rooms on
the upper floors, failed to get any re
sponse to repeated rappings on Mrs.
Roberson's door thl morning, and be
coming suspicious that something was
wrong, summoned Policeman Chester R.
Samson, of the First precinct. Samson
broke the door open and found the
woman's body.
It is believed death was due to natural
causes.
GOO FENS
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EATON'SLAWYER
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ON SUCAR RATE
Intends to Stand Out for Three-
Year Plan or Immediate
Eradication of Tariff.
STICKS BY PARTY'S PLEDGE
Executive Refuses to Yield to
Fire of Arguments Advanced
by Southern Interests.
President Wilson intends to stand
pat on his demands respecting the
revision of the sugar schedule; eith
er the duty will be cut to $1.20 per
hundred with the understanding that
free sugar will follow in three years
or the entire duty will be eliminated
at once.
This demand is in line with the
Democratic platform pledge. Having
told CongresB what he considers a
redemption of the pledge, the Presi
dent will take the ground that the
future of the Democratic party is
In the hands of the majority in Con
gress and that If they do not accede '
to hlB Interpretation of how to keep
faith with the people they can take
the responsibility.
Bombarded by Interests.
Sugar Interests have bombarded the
President for ten days with demands,
requests, and arguments. His attitude
has not changed in that time, and he
intends to stand pat.
All of which means that a three-cornered
fight will be staged In the first
days of the tariff session, or that the
sugar members will accede to the
President's demands In the matter be
fore Monday. ..., .
On Monday the case of the Hawaiian
planters will be presented to the Pres
ident by Prince Jonak K. Kalanlanaole
and ffiA Kinney. They-regara-siu,
as a "duty- under which sugar Interests
.,.m ,lo hut the .gm dlcuncuy-
opposed to the three-year program.
, President "Wilson very clearly aas a
fight on his bands, a It is the first of
the Administration, and It promises to
be a major engagement.
The President Intends not only to
talk mathematics with Congress, but he
will Inject into tne ngm ana hb.uwiu
gets plenty of publicity the moral ele
ment. A promise has been made by a
party: that promise must be kept as
a moral obligation.
Call On President
Senator Thompson of Kansas and Sen
ators Myer and Walsh of Montana call
ed on the President today to discuss
the sugar schedule and to learn some
thing of his program respecting the
special session.
The Democratic Senator fram Kansas
is in favor of a reduction of the duty
on sugar, despite the fact that the only
sugar factory In Kansas Is located In
his home town. Garden City, and has
been run at a loss during the last year.
It Is not Improbable that the wool
fight will bring from the President a
proposition similar to the one he has
made respecting sugar that the duty
be reduced temporarily, with the under
standing that It be entirely removed
within a certain time.
Free . sugar now Is regarded as out
of the question and free wool is un
iii.ai. rh. ..nnrni nlnn nf the strategy
of the Administration Is to have lower
rates In the House run man n m ex
pected can prevail in the Senate. In
the final analysis, certain compromises
will bo accepted-by the House and the
D...ii.ni The Senate then can be
blamed b both the House and the
Administration for the fact the rates
are not as low as the radical revision
ists wanted
Conference Arranged.
The pomnmmise. however, may come
before the bill is introduced. Senate
Urn: leadcis are studying the bill and
will meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon, following which the will confer
with Chairman 1'ndcrwood and Pres
ident Wilson. By that time It will have
been detfi mined whether a general
agreement can be reached on which
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an Htand It Is uncertain whether the ,
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bill will ue iniroauceu i m uoC
Monday.
Body of J. P. Morgan
Placed in Steamer
HAVRE. April 5. With J. P. Morgan's
body locked and unwatched In Its espec-
lallv arranged mortuary aboard the
steamship France. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
L. satterlee, his son-in-law and daugh
ter; Miss Helen M. Hamilton, his grand
daughter, and Dr. Dickson, who will
journey back to New York with the
body, remained in a hotel here until
sailing time.
Tin- Fiance is scheduled to get away
at 6 o'clock p. m. today. No visitors,
other than friends of passengers, were
oiinu-pil nhnard the liner today, and
j there was no ceremony of any kind.
Strikers Throw Stones
At Twine Mill Workers
AL'BL'RN. N. Y., April 5. Althouga
two companies of the State mllltlu,
and the city police wore on duty about
the International Hurvester Twli-e
Mill and Columbia Rope Companv's
plant today, trouble again broke out
between striking employes and woik
crS. About 3W strikers gathered near
the plant and tlnew stones at machin
ists entertlng the mill. None was In
jured. The soldiers and police drove
the strikers back. No shots waie
fired.
Martial law was in force todiy about
th- plants and the sheriff warned the
public against going near them.
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ESCAPES PRISON, MISS PAUL DEFENDS
JUMPS TO DEATH
Notorious Automobile Bandit
Commits Suicide When His
Capture Is Inevitable.
PARIS. April 5. M. Lacomb. member
of a notorious automobile gang of ban
dits, who has been confined In Santee
prison, committed suicide there today
after a "most dramatic attempt to es
cape. When he saw recapture was In
evitable, Lacomb jumped from the' roof
of the building and was InHtantly killed.
fter infinite plans and labor. Lacomb
sawed through the steel bars of his
cell with tools smuggled In to him. He
made his way to the roof, but before
he could climb over the prison wall his
escape was dit-covered. He went back
to the roof, and when his pursuers
clocert around him, he dived from the
parapets Into the stone-paved prison
ard. When the guards reached him
lie was dead
Iicomb belonged to a gang of auto
mobile bandits which terrorized a whole
section of France. Twenty-two of them
were captured ami tried several months
ago. but at that time he could not be
found. He later was tried and impris
oned Ucomli eonfHHtu'ri ttiat he had killed
a postmaster and a railroad guard. Two
years ago. while exhibiting the Apacho
dance before a partv or Russian tour
ists In Pnrls, I.HComb. carried away by
the frenzy of the dance, stabbed his girl
cempanlun and killed hor
Says Community Is to
Blame for Immorality
PHILADELPHIA. April 5 The high
cost of living, as caused by waste and
extravagance, and the "minimum wage"
were the subjects that held the atten
tlonal of the annual conference of the
American Academy of Political and So
cial Science, In final session here today.
"Is It immoral to destroy the health
and happiness of young girls by the low
wages they get?' asked Miss Frances
Perkins, of New York. She indicated
that not only the ruined girl, but tho
community as well, which stood by and
permitted conditions that tempted her,
were responsible.
"Unless this fearful toll ceases," said
the speaker, "the community will pay
an awful price for the crimes commit
ted against the future mothers of this
land."
Vanderbilt Buys Chateau.
PARIS. April 3. William K. Vander
bilt Is said to be the purchaser of the
historic chateau Chenonceaux. which to
day was Hold at auction for J374.0(W,
The sale was at the request of Its
owner, the wife of Sanlslaus de Caa
tellane, who was Miss Nathalie Teiry,
an American.
Sarah Bernhardt at Garden
all next week In "Romance of an Ac
tress." AdvL
ENGLISH MILITANTS
American Suffragette Holds
Violence to Be Justified
by the Conditions.
"The action of Mrs. Kmmeline Pank
hurst in resisting the English govern
ment and the steps taken by the Eng
lish militant suffragettes to attract at
tention to the suffrage cause are ab
solutely justified by the conditions In
that country We have no Intention
of starting anything like that here,
because It Is unnecebsary."
This statement, made by MIsb Alice
Paul today. Is the drat official state
ment given out by members of the
congressional committee representing
the National American Woman Suf
frage Association here.
Miss Paul declared that the condi
tions in England wcro greatly mls
understooa by people here und that It
was absolutely necessary to take steps
which would be unthought of here In
order to arouse public opinion to the
unfairness of woman's political con
dition in England.
She declared also that the treatment
of men who had Infringed upon the
"sanctity of the law" In several In
stances was not as severe as that ac
corded the militant advocates of wom
an suffrage, especially Mrs. Pankhurst
and Miss Emerson.
Miss Paul declared the treatment
given Miss Emerson in the English
prison a disgrace to humanity.
Plans for Celebration
j Placed Before Wilson
Dr. James Brown Scott and H. B. F.
Macfarland today laid before Presi
dent Wilson the plans of the local
committee In charge of the celebra
tion of 100 years of peace with Great
Britain. The burgomaster of Ghent
togetner witlj a distinguished com
pany of Canadians will arrive in New
York next month for the celebration,
nnd on Mav 11 and 12 will come to
"Washington to be entertained. The
plans laid before the President cov
er the two duys of entertainment In
Washington.
Wilson Callers Urge
"Alaska for Alaskans"
"Alaska for Alaskans" was the slogan
of a party of men from the Far North
who called on President Wilson today.
Headed by H. W. Jennings, of Junea. a
party of ten from Alaska asked the
President to appoint only men wh have
lived in Alaska and are familiar with
conditions there to Federal offices.
It is probable that Jennings nlmself
will be given a Federal Judgeship, and
that Mr. Erwln, another member of
the paity, who lives at Fairbanks, will
obtain a marshalshlp.
MS
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CUEST OF HONOR
Women of Washington Pay
High Tribute to Wife of
President Today.
SOCIETY AT BREAKFAST
Reception by "First Lady of
Land" Follows at Which
Leaders Meet Official Set.
The women of Washington paid
high, tribute to Mrs. Wilson and the
Cabinet women of the new Admlnls
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tratlon today when the "breakfast of
welcome" was held at Rauscher'a.
Small tables were laid in the main
ball room with covers for ten each.
Every table was adorned with a cen
terpiece of ferns and jonquils with
ropes of Southern smllax edging the
tables, and falling in festoons on the
sides.
The guests began to arrive shortly
before noon and, in exchange for
their cards of admission, were given
a card with the number of their table
and their place. There was almost no
confusion and the guests were seated
quite as easily as at a smaller func
tion.
Mrs. Scott Presides.
In the absence of Mrs. John W. Kern,
wife of the Senator from Indiana, who
was to have been the toastmlstress,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott presided. To her
right sat the honor guest, Mrs. Wilson,
and to her left was the wife of the
Vice President. Mrs. Marshall. One of
the little ceremonials at the head table
was the pledging of one another by Mrs.
Wilson.- Mrs. Marshall. Mrs. Bryan.
aJsa-mrs. Scott. After this." the atten
tion of the guests was turned to the
menu and table chat. The honor table
was laid. In-thalceoter of the- room and
U. 'guests,' In .addition to Mrs. Wil
son, Mrs. Marshall, and Mrs. Scott,
were:
Guests of Honor.
Honor guests' table Mrs. Redfield,
Mrs.Lne, Mrs. Burleson, Mrs. Wll
ltam"j. Bryan, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
Mrs. Matthew Scott, mistress of cere
monies, Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, Mrs.
Garrison, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Houston,
Mrs. William B. Wilson.
None of the unpleasantness of poli
tics, which has overshadowed the ar
rangements for this luncheon the first
large function of the Administration
were noticeable today. Everyone was
happy and the festivity was a wonder
ful success. The guests were represen
tative of official and resident society.
Including members of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Colonial
Dames, the Southern Relief Society, the
Congressional Club, the Young Women's
Christian Association, and the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
The menu was well selected and did
not Include wines. At each table were
souvenir booklets containing the names
of the hostesses and the guests at their
tables. These were daintily planned
and will be quite as valued as the little
books which were given to the guests at
the Dolly Madison breakfast last spring.
After the last course had been served,
an Illustrated lecture was given by Mrs.
Abby Baker on "The Historic White
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ALLIES, IS REPORT
London Hears City Has Fallen
Before Assault of Servians
and Montenegrins.
LONDON. April 5. Scutari has sur
rendered to the Montenegrins and Ser
lans, according to persistant, but un
confirmed reports here today.
From Paris and Vienna, from news
agencies and other sources, the rumor
was heard repeatedly, but the foreign
office and the diplomats had no authen
tic Information.
The reports ngreed that the be
leaguered city fell early today before
a last desperate assault by 60,000 of thj
allies.
Cash Indemnity and
Aegean Islands Form
Balkan Powers' Demand
SOFIA. April 5. The Balkan allies,
replying to the peace proposal of the
great powers, today stated formally
that they would Insist on their de
mands for a cash Indemnity and for the
cession of the Aegean Islands to Greece.
They are willing, they said, to accept
the Turkish European frontier proposed
by tho powers.
The reply was In the form of a note
delivered by the Bulgarian foreign office
to the diplomatic representatives of the
powers at Sofia.
CIVIL SERVICE WORKERS
DIVIDED ON BEST PLAN
FOR OLD AGE PENSIONS
Unable to Agree Whether Funds Should Be Fur
nished by Government or by Active Employet
in Classified Service Methods Discussed ty
Congressmen at Convention Session.
RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION TO BE
AT LATE AFTERNOON SESSION
United in their determination that civil service em
ployes must be pensioned in their old age, 300 delegates
who are assembled, here for the purpose of organizing a
National Civil Service Retirement Association, have been
unable to agree so far as to the best plan of pensioning.
Should superannuated employes be pensioned by the
Government, or by contributions from active employes,
or on a half-Government, half-contributory plan?
That is the question the delegates will vote on this
afternoon. The straight pension idea is largely prevalent
at the conference, which is composed of leaders from every
section of the country and from every branch of the civil
0. A. R. POLITICS RIFE
-AS LEADERS ARRIV1
Two Candidates for Presidency
Here, and New Wiilard Is
Scene of Action.
With the two most prominent candi
dates on the ground and the field clear
ed for action, D. A. R. politics have
begun to sizzle about the New Wfllard
Hotel In preparation for the convention
and election of officers. April 14. Both
Mrs. William Cummlngs Story and Mrs.
John Miller Horton. who are the most
prominent candidates, are at the Wii
lard. Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, or Ten
nessee, who also is a candidate, will
arrive in Washington tonight-
Mrs. Story announced today that she
Is confident of victory. She feels that
with the endorsement of Mrs. Charles
W. Fairbanks, who is called the best
beloved president general of them all.
her chance is excellent.
Mrs. Scott Mathew, retiring president
general, fs backing Mrs. John Miller
Horton as her successor.
A rumor that Mrs. Charles B. Bryan
was running for the head of the D. A.
R. only as a political subterfuge and
would retire at the last moment and
throw her strength to Mrs. Story was
declared today to be unfounded.
While all arrangements have practic
ally been completed for the convention
tney win not De announced unui ni
Friday, when the program Is Issued.
"One of the principal subjects for dis
cussion in the convention is that or
erecting an additional building beside
Continental Hall.
Mrs. Scott, in order to provide money
ior tnti aaumonai uuuuiiik, uau oeuuiui
Williams of Mississippi Introduce a bill
in Congress providing a fund or jsui.-
000 for this purpose. This bill has been
fcught by the Story taction, wnicn ae
clares that it brings the order, which
should be solely patriotic. Into politics.
Two Dead, Eleven Hurt;
f I a O x L i Congressman Donahoe ot fennsyi-
rlier UOGS IntO OWItCn ivanla, urged the delegates to harmon-
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Ohio. April 5. Two
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men were killed
.n AlA.'n nni
and eleen persons,
were seriously Injured when the Bait!-;
more and onio nyer -no. 6, running
sixty miles an hour, plunged through an
open switch at midnight and into the
station here.
The train after leaving the track turn
ed over on Its side. One of the per
sons killed and three of the injured
were In the station when the train
struck It.
President Urged to
Retain Henry L. Wilson
President Wilson was today urged to
retain as ambassador to Mexico Henry
I.ane Wilson by a delegation represent
ing the American colony In the Mexican
capital. The President did not commit
himself.
The delegation comprised G. W. Cook,
Walter Wilson. F. II. Tackaberry.
Charles Sieger. Harold Walker, and
Charles F. de Ganahl.
Scores Modern Dress.
LONDON. April 3. "God never in
tended a beautiful woman to look like
a duck waddling to a pond." was the
way In which the rector of the fashion
able St. Nlheolas Parish, Guilford, re
ferred to modern dress.
service, but in order to persaade
those who favor the contrlbatory
pla td Join the organliaUen, the
straight pensloaers.may hare to eem
tvroatae'om a half-and-half basfr.
- Pfead lor. Harmony;
Rhlnefander Waldo, comsalsaloeer of
police for New York city, and fly Con
gressmen were the chief speakers ct to
day's meeting, and all of them preached
harmony.
Commissioner Waldo urged the dele
gates to agree on the straight Govern
ment, pension plan, and declared a con
tributory pension Is no pension at all.
but merely a reduction of salary during
the active years of the employe's life
Congressman James A. Hamill of
New Jersey, anthor of the Hamill bill
for pensioning superannuated civil serv
ice employes. Impressed upon the dele
gates the absolute necessity for their
agreeing on sore thing.
"The troubel with getting any pension
bill through Congress," he declared, "is
that the employes are divided on the
kind of plan they want. If you will
agree on a plan that Is reasonable and
not too hard o nthe, taxpayer, there Is
no doubt whatever that a retirement
bill will be passed."
View of Mr. Riley.
Congressman Riley of Connecticut
also urged the importance of harmony,
and advised the delegates to agree on
the straight pension plan.
"The first thing for this conference
to do," he said, "Is to become a retire
ment association today that will re
tire all petty Jealouss and prejudices
that have arisen among you. I would
advise you to try a direct pension first.
Then. If Congress will not give you
what you ask. take the next best thing
you can get. uut tne nrst essential
to secure any legislation Is iiarmo.ny
anion gthose who are asking It."
Congressman Loguc of Pennsylvania
advocated the pension Idea, he said,
because It would inspire employes of
the Government to put their best en
ergy Into their work.
Sorry for Employes
"I have sometimes looked upon young
men who go Into the Government serv
ice with regret.'" said Mr. Logue, "be
cause I feel there Is little In the fu
tun. for them, and because I feel that
after they have been In the service a
while, they will lose Interest In their .
work. But If we confront men with th
assurance that In times of age, he will
r.ot be subject of charity, we will
T?nlraw In Kin. that laiiHIhlA nmtilMfin
I to give the best he has to the service.'
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la tst )ltVtt A -Atlt--kr-rtATt
dui win oe
passed If the employes get together on
.t. . t.ln. .. Will .n. .An.
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r-.n,1,n.-io. nri.hv r vw
York,
wno was in tne army in cuDa.
said he believed the man who gives his
life to the Government In civil service
Is entitled to all the consideration that
Is awarded the man who gives his life
in military service, and that he will
favor any retirement bill that will not
be too great a strain on the tax-payer.
Vote This Afternoon.
It was agreed upon adjournment at
11:43 that only two speakers will be
heard this afternoon when the confer
ence Is reconvened. Oscar Nelson, of
Chicago, who Is leading the fight for a
contributory plan, is expected to refuse
to join the direct pension plan, but will
accept a compromise.
A vote Is expected to be taken by 4
o'clock, and after that Is done, whether
the conference decides In favor of the
straight pension or In favor of the com
promise. It will at once organize Itselt
into an association.
Fight Flames in Spire
As Big Crowd Cheers
BROOKLINE. Mass.. April 5. Cheer
ed on by a large crowd that stood for
nearly an hour In drizzling rain, sev
eral firemen early today risked their
lives fighting fire In the steeple of the
high school. -."OO reet high, the towec was
struck by lightning. The estimated
damage was fl.OOOi
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