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MILITANTS HAIL
JUIRRENDER OF
PREMIER
. v .
Proclaim Concession of Asquith
to Receive Deputation as Great
est Victory for ‘Cause.’
' By HERBERT TEMPLE.
LONDON, June 19.—The surrender
of Premier Asquith to the demands of
the suffragettes for a formal inter
view was declared to-day to be the
greatest victory that the women have
yet won in their fight for the “cause.”
O#ficers of the Women's Social and
Political Union, the organization of
militants, said that the surrender of
Premier Asquith portends a new era
for women in Great Britain. They
belleve *hat it will result in the aban
donment of forceful methods by the
Government and that its ultimale
consequence will he the granting of
the ballot to women,
Sylvia Pankhurst, daughter of the
founder of militant methods, who was
instrumental in forcing Premier As
quith to yield to the demands for an
interview, was so weak she had to
stay in bed to-day, but she declared
that she would face Mr. Asquith in
the conference to-morrow if she had
to be carried to Downing street on a
cot.
Determined to Share Glory.
“It will be a glorious day for wom
en of England and I am determined
to share in it,” declared Miss Pank
hurst,
Mrs. (General) FKFlora Drummond,
one of the chief lieutenants of the
militants, voiced her jubilation in vig
orous phrases. ¢ !
“Premier Asquth would have re
gretted it if he had not capitulated,”
said she. “We are becoming more
determined and we are gaining more
converts daily. We have got beyond
the point where we will trifle any,
longer with the British Government.:
We can now see victory.” -
The demands of the women wil be
laid before Premier Asquith to-mor
row and there will be a strong hint of
a threat conveyed in the request that
the Premier immediately introduce a
bill in Parliament giving unlimited
voting privileges to all women.
Already the women have alimited
franchise, but they want equal. priv.i-‘
leges with the men.
Mustn't Evade Issue.
Premier Asquith is expected to take
the demands of the women under ad
visement, but if the women suspect
that he is trying to evade the issue
there will probably be a lively scene.
King George's (iovernment has been
steadily opposing liberal suffrage for
the reason that the ballot in the hands
of women would give the Uovern-}
ment into complete feminine control.
The number of women in Great Bri
tain far exceeds thve men, so that the
women voters could control Parlia
ment and all other branches of the
Government, electing themselves to
office and making any laws they de
sired. They would control the colo
nial policy of the Government and
thus make their influence felt around
the world. On account of the inex
perience of women as voters and law
malkers, the members of the Govern
ment have feared that feminine con
trol would plunge the United King
dom into chaos and perhaps throw
the country into war.
James Kier Hardie and other So
oialist leaders have aligned them
selves with the women's party in the
hope of making a political alliance if
women get the vote.
Wife's Kisses May
.
Be Life Preservers
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.—Cheer
ful kisses from happy wives were set
before the 150,000 employees of 2,000
electric light concerns in the United
States by the National Electric Light
Association as the best guarantee
against being killed in the day's
work. The “safety first” principles of
the association thus were summed up
by Paul Lupke, of Trenton, who ap
plied them to all workers in danger
ous callings.
“The wife who nags her husband
anli sends him away from home bang
ing the door after him stands less
chance of seceing him come home
whnole.”
Arrest Saves Boys
From Stomach Ache
CHICAGO, June 19.—The police
prevented a double stomach-ache
and possible tragedy when they ar
rested Samuel Comena and Frank
Lamont, both 9 years old, as the boys
crept out of a commission house with
a bag of cucumbers and a sack of
green cantaloupes.
Beggar Has Bank
.
Account of $12,000
NEW YORK, June 19.-—Joseph
Vono, a one-legged beggar, arrested
for plying his trade. had three bank
books showing depeosits of $12,000.
Hp mpiptained & . ,well:fupnished
apartment in a fashionable section.
THOE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS
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Cupid Beats Family Tradition
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Countess Ina Marie Von Bassiew Itz-Levetzow and Prince
Oskar, fifth son of Kaiser Wilhelm, who have married, though the
Countess is not of royal birth.
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“Son’s Happiness More Important Than Cus
tom,” Says Ruler in His Official Kxplanation.
BERLIN, June 20.—Official confir
mation to-day was stamped upon ‘he
reports of a morganatic marriage be
tween Prince Oskar, fifth son of Em
peror William, and the Countess Ina
Marie von Bassewitz-Levetzow, for
merly a maid of honor to the Empress
and heiress to one of the richest es
tates of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The official explanation of the ac
quiescence of the Kaiser to this “left
handed” match of his son is contained
in the following brief statement:
“Their majesties recognize the fact
that their son's happiness is more im
portant than the maintenance of the
strict family tradition.”
The “strict family” tradition In re
gard to morganatic marriages is not
quite so strict as it would appear, for
a morganatic marriage of similar im
portance in the house of Hohenzol
lern occurred in 1853, when Prince Al.
Brecht of Jrussia, Prince Oskar's
granduncle, contracted a morganatic
marriage with Countess Rosalie von
Hohenau. Also King Frederick Wil
liam 111 of Prussia and Prince Adal
bert, the founder of the German navy,
married women not of the royal blood,
Sued, Says Wife Tried
To Die Twenty Times
NEW YORK, June 19.—1 n defend
ing his wife’s separation suit, Her
man E. Atkins said she had made
twenty attempts at suicide because he
had refused to give her mother $3OO
to buy a chicken farm,
FALL EIGHT STORIES TO DEATH
CHICAGO, June 13.—John Diedrick
sop, a window washer, fell from tha
eighth floor of a building on South
Michigan avenue to the street to-day,
and was instantly kille&
Prince Adalbert’'s wife being, in fact,
the famous Vlonné{e dancer, Therese
Elsler.
The bride of Prince Oskar will Le
unable to take the title of princess,
nor will her children, should she have
any, be eligible to any of the royal
estates that may fa}l to her husband.
None of these children, of course,
could succeed to the throne of Ger
many in the event of Prince Oskar's
succession.
It was understood in court circles
to-day, however, that the Kaiser con
templates raising the rank of the
Countess, but this will undoubtedly
not be until some time after she agaln
makes her appearance at court.
Countess Ina is a daughter of Count
Charles von Bassewitz-Levetzow, pre
mier—of the grand duchy of Mecklen
burg-Schwerin. She is six months
older than her princely sweetheart,
having been born on January 27, 1888,
while he was born on July 27 of the
same year,
The story of what was then calied
the Prince’'s hopeless attachment to
Countess Ina gained currency two
years ago. She was at that time
maid of honor to the Empress, hut she
subsequently ceased to be received at
the Empress’ court. It became ap
parent, however, that the two young
people were desperately in love with
each other, and now the Kaiser's op
position to the match has at last bez2n
gvercome,
$525,000,000 Bank
Deal Made in London
LONDON, June 20.—An important
development In the duel for suprema
cy among the big London banks was
announced to-day, whereby the Lon
don City and Midland Bank, of which
Sir Edward Holden is chairman and
managing director, will absorb by
amalgamation the Metropolitan Bank
of England and Wales.
When the fusion is effected the
combined deposits of the amaigamat
ed concern will amount to about
$525,000,000.
Jury Upholds Signature of Mrs.
Emma G. Lee in Famous
Will Case.
The bitterly-contested Emma G.
Lee will case was brought to an end
Wednesday in the court of Judge
Ellis when a jury decided that the
signature to the document was not
a forgery, and that Mrs. l.ee had not
been unduly influenced by two ‘of
her daughters, Mrs. Maud Lee
Thompson, of No. 322 Houston street,
and Mrs. Claud Lee Stamps, of No.
318 Washington street.
The jury's decision came in the
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form of a “consent verdict,” which
was directed by Judge Fllis through
an agreement of the opposing liti
gants. :
With the upholdm;vh of the will,
Mrs. Laßue Mizell, fe of a well
known physician and sister of the
other two women, suffered anether
defeat in her long struggle to prove
that she alone was intended as the
beneficiary of the will and that, if
Mrs. Lee signed the will at all, it was
because of the fraudulent representa
tions of Mrs. Thompson.
Estate Worth $50,000.
The estate is valued at about $50,-
000. Shortly after Mrs. Lee's death
in 1913, Mrs. Thompson filed a docu
ment with. Ordinary Wilkinson pur
porting to be the last will and testa
ment of her mother. It divided the
estate equally among the three sis
ters.
Mrs. Mizell immediately filed a
caveat, maintaining that the signa
ture, if it was that of her mother,
had been obtained by fraud, and that
her mother did not know the con
tents of the will. In an amendment
she made sensational charges which
alleged that Mrs. Thompson one day
had taken Mrs. Lee to her house and
tought her lager beer, and that, when
she became ill a short time later, she
hurried to get a lawyer and wit
nesses and procured the signature of
her mother, who was enfeebled and
did not know what she was doing, to
the will which the lawyer hastily had
drawn up.
Expert Calls Signature Forgery.
Ordinary Wilkinson ruled against
Mrs. Mizell, and she appealed to the
Superior Court, a jury in Judge Bell's
ceurt failing to agree. Judge Bell or
dered a mistrial. One of the fore
most handwriting experts in the
United States testified at this trial
that the signature was a forgery.
Mrs. Mizell made charges against
the character of her sisters when she
was placed on the stand at the trial,
and much feeling and rancor was dis
played throughout the hearing. The
last hearing was held before Judge
Ellis. Mrs. Mizell had in her posses
sion a will signed about five weeks
before, which, she contended, was the
last will and testament of her mother.
.
Wife Neglected for
Chickens and Ri
ival
JERSEY CITY, N. J, June 19—
Mrs. Alice CCarlson. suing for divorce,
testified that her husband neglected
her for a chicken, farm .and another
woman.
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