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NEWS OF SATURDAY. APRIL 12, 1913
MRS. PANKHURST IS FREED;
HUNGER STRIKE A WINNER
LONDON’. April 12.—. Mrs. Emn*i—
line Pankhurst, president rs the Wom
an's Social and Political Union and
leader of the miiit int suffragettes,
who was sentenced to three ; ears «<i
April 3 for inciting women to blow up
the horn of .Chancellor David Lloyd-
George with bombs, was released from
Holloway jail to-day after serving
nin** days of her sentenep.
Mis. Bankhurst's release was
brought about by a physical coilapse
resulting from a "hunger strike.” Not
a mouthful of solid food passed her
lit- during her stay in Holloway jail,
although she drank water in large
quantities. Dir ing the firm week of
hr fast Mrs. Pankhurst bore up so
w II under her abstinence from font
tbit rh<- pr'son doctors believed she
Iri'i carried fdrtd tablets into jail and
xx .i> sustaining herself upon them.
firs. Pankhurst was very weak
v en she was liberated, and he r
f’k*n<’s fear that sh 1 ? will suffer se
rious consequences. She was sen
t :•< h| by Justice Lush in <»!d Bailey
( mitt on April 3 and immediately was
taken to Hollowav jail. The parting
w«nds of the militant leader to her
followers were that she would never
• r in an English prison.
• I will bp out in time to take part
In ti.e suffrage demonstration in Al
bert Hall on April 10." she declared
Ms. Pankhurst was liberated on a
license for a limited period issued
l*y Horne Secretary Reginald McKen
na. This ticket of leave provides that
Mis. Pankhut?' s tall be remanded to
prison upon her return to health
The militant L ader is reported in
\• ta grave condition.
Sylvia Pankhurst, a daughter of the
militant leader, was notified of h*r
mother's release and had Mrs. Pank
liurst removed to a private nursing
h*>inc.
Aly mother is in very bad health.”
declared Sylvia Pankhurst. ’She was
subjected to brutal treatment in pris
on by physicians and wardresses. who
attempted to feed her forcibly when
►he refused to eat Voluntarily. She
is verx weak and we fear that she will
hi iff* r permanently from the treat
ment she has undergone.'
News of the release of the leader
of the ••cause" brought great rejoicing
to the headquarters of the Woman’s
Social and Political Union. However,
it was made cl pm* there that viulen r
would not t eas 1 .
IS NOTED SAVANT’S SON.
t’Hh’AGO. April 12. "Jack Lewis.“
identified hs Flank Graham."
“George B. Lewis" ajd “Weaver B.
dark." accused of defrauding wom
en of jewelry, to-day admitted he w.is
Edmund E. <Von Klein, son of Dr
Ctrl H Von Klein, of Minneapolis,
noted biologist.
Von Klein said he kept hi* identity
Ferret because he did not want »o
disgrace his father, 71 years old.
"When I tell my story in court.” he
►a d. "no ringer of suspicion will be
po : nted at me."
GIRL PINES FOR BELMONT.
W ASHINGTON. April 12.—Ray
m*»nd not money -is what she wants,
an ci ding to a statement by Ethel
Lorraine Belmont, the former chorus
girl, who recently married Raymond
Belmont, son of August Belmont.
He left het a week after the cere
mony.
Mr-. Belmont ia attending the an
nual show of the Washington Kennel
Club here.
After declaring het husband has
b« en persuaded td le.rve her, she
said:
Mr. August Belmont is a great
man but he does not know me. and in
my opinion he has no heart "
GIRL DEAD: YOUTHS SOUGHT.
LEXINGTON. KY., April 12 Of
ficers of Pulaski County to-day of
fered a reward of SIOO for tto«si
l*rce and Milford Arnold, sons •»(
prominent families here, and request
ed lit ■ State to off*” - an additional re
ward. The boys are accused of being
resftoncibte for rhe death of Cora
Whitaker, aged IX. of a wealthy fam
ily. who was found dead yesterday jn
the woods neat her home with a bull •(
bole through her body. The bov* went
t«» the home of the girl’s father ami
told him she ki’ed herself while play
ing with a revolve'. Both then d’.«-
.* fipea red.
ALL SWISS LINES NATIONAL.
BERNE. SWITZERLAND. April I ’
Th<* State Council ratified to-day th-
S’. Go’hard Railway Convention **f
19«rj. by which the last of the princi
pal Swiss lines became the proper y
i f the Swiss Confederation. The vote
whs 33 to 9. Tiie convention w.h
latitied by the National Council «n
Ar-ril t. ami now becomes definite.
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THE OEORGI AN’S NE W 8 BIUKFS
MRS. EMMELINE PANKHURST, the English suffragette
who was sentenced to prison for three years, was released
from jail Saturday, having won in the ‘' hunger strike ’ ’ which
she declared and maintained. Picture shows her being taken
to prison by a London “bobbie. ”
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NOW SEARCH FOR MISSING
MEMPHIS MAN IN PARIS
LONDON. April 12--The warm
for George Wilberforce Martin, who
Memphis (Tenn.) millionaire who
mysteriously disappeared last week,
was extended to Paris to-day
A description of Martin was tele
graphed to the French authorities,
also a description of the beautiful
Brasilian woman with whom Martin
had an appointment on the evening
of his disappearance.
Al the request of Mr. Martin’.-* rela
tive*. .1 Lockhart Anderson, at whose
home Martin was staying here, offered
a reward of $2,500 for the recovers of
Hie missing man or for information
leading to the discovery of his a her
a bouts.
The police having failed to g-*i any
trace of Martin. Anderson said fie
would . ocsult a clairvoyant.
I hope during the seance the clair
voyant will tie able :o tell me where*
Mr Martin ir. and if he is Hill living."
said AndeiMoi The sitting will take
place in the apartments occupied by
Mr Martin before his disappearance.”
JUMPS IN ICY RIVER
NEW YORK. April 12 —J W Buch
anan, an inventor, who is trying to
interest the steamship companies in
hi* life preserver, gave a demonstra
tion of his ••on rivam e in the Hudson
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The apparatu** conaiats of a lo*>se
litting canvas water-proof suit, lined
with heavy felt and containing pock
ets tilted with food ind water The
feet are Weighted with lead to main
tain the wearer in an uprigh position
He declares that in the suit it is im
possible to sink or die from exposure
for seven days or more, no matter hoa
high tile waves or how cold the water
It took three minute* for him to get
into the suit and to inflate an air hag
under the feh Then he tumbled off
ihe dock at Went <)n»* Hundred and
Twenty-ninth Street and fell into th* 5
icy waler The air belt kept him
«float and the weight.*’ righted him
In*' antly.
POSTMASTER IMPRISONED
HUNTINGTON. W VA . April 12 -
<'liartes Hansford, formerly Postuins
ler at Hansford, pleaded guilty to
day to defalcation and wan lined
JI .»'»•». He was sentenced to one year
in Leavenworth prison
FLOOD BREAKS LEVEES
AT BEULAH; LOSS GREAT
MKMPHfR. TENN. April 12 —Dis
patches rect*ived here this afternoon
stat** th** levees at Beulah. Miss., have
given away. No loss of life was re
porttd, although it wa* stated that
hundreds of persons had been made
homeless and the property 'lamage'
would run into the thouaunds. United
State* aimy otfleers will take charge
of the rest ue work
Tiie main levee on th*- Arkanaa>
River protecting I ake .LHTerson. 50
mile* from the mouth of that river.
I»mk»- at 1 o'clock this morning S« v
-tal towns, including Lak* Village.
\rk . will Ih* under water by night.
The break give- no relief to the levee*
along ih*- Mississippi River.
The <*r<Mt of the rto«»d is passing
Memphis to-day. The check in the
fall iwo days ago was .-aused by the
w iter backing up and rtoo<ling the’
country around Graves Bayou when
the levees broke there.
More than 2,t‘M refugees were
camped along th*- Mississippi River
levee near Wilson. Ark . to-dav The j
G*»vernrarnt has supplied them with aj
week’s rations
The flood danger has shifted to
points below Helena Ark., accord- 1
ing to Major E. M Markham. Sev
eral miles of the levees are being
guarded carefully. The river at Mem
phis to-day registered 44.1. a fall of
Sos a foot since yesterday. Another|
flight ri<e is expected.
POTOMAC RIVER RISING.
WASHINGTON. April 12. The Po
loitta* River is rising The Ohio'
flood, whi< h affected the headwaters
of the Potomac, made no change at
W ishitigion. but to-day the volume of
water i« increasing Rain continues
hourly in a steady downpour. On
July ♦». 14XH. Pennsylvania Avenue
was flooded and the White House
grounds wete inundated.
FOUND VENUS IN A CELLAR.
Home. \pril 12 A beautiful
statue of Venus was revealed at ,
Naples when th** firs' floor of a hous*
•n the Via Sama Solit co’lapsed into
an unsuspected ancient cellar.
The atatue is <*f Parian marble and
experts declare it belongs to the best
period of Greco-Roman art.
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POPE’S RELAPSE ALARMS
Rt»ME. April 12. p. m Pope Piu>
X suffered a relapse at n<w»n u* day
At the Vatican it was announ<*< d that
the Papal newspaper. Th** «>s*erva
tor*« Romano, would say this evening
that the Pope is suffering fr*»m bron
chlii>.
Th** tirst ofticial bulletin was is-*u. d
on the Pope's? relapse at :3h <> < lock
by Dr. Marchiafava Th* bulleUti
stated that His Holiness had been
attackd xvith a fresh cold. < -*»up.ed .
with brom hitis ind catarrhal symp
toms There was also a high fever.
Hew ever the <h»ct<»rs stli’ in-n.M d
that the Pope’s condithm was not'
■ i.etg* r »usl*. serious Alarm was man
if.-t about the Vatican, however
FREAK CALF "OPERA TROUPE"!
JKSI’P <;.V, April 12. When is ai
calf not ■' calf .' Wlwn it is an open
troupe This decision was mad-- by J
Mavor Robert L Ibnn-tt. of thi- • ty. j
\ showman wished to sxhiblt a freak,
calf in Jesup and applied to the Mayor I
for a li. ens- As there is no m-niior j
of freak shows in th* tax ordinance j
the Mayor had to nr' >—' r ■ '■ ’’
lassiii. aion oe.aif to.iM oine, .nd I
'• id'-d it was an opera troup*' I
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TARIFF CRISIS IS ON AS
CAUCUS DEBATES SUGAR
WASHINGTON. April 12 -The ri
►is in the Underwood tariff revision
program wns reached to-day wh**u
the Democratic caucus took up in $
sugar schedule. Sugar is one of the
best revenue producers in the whol *
tariff law. At present it brings in un
der the Payne law over $54),000,001 x
year. The estimated revenue imd*>r
the Underwood law would be $37,0«i0..
000 a year, a 25 per cent reduction be
ing planned, fht* total revenue whi -n
the- Underwjod bill is expected o
raise is $267,000,00(1 a year.
There is i strong sentiment .itmiu
lX*inocrats fur putting sugar on he
free list i miffed lately, instead of at the
end of three years, as planned by f
Underwood bill Representative Harl
wlck’s amendment putting sugar n
the free list immediately, many Dem
ocrats believe, will be accepted. 1•-
spite President Wilson s dec’a.’a t { oa
in favor <»f the (’nderwood progri.u.
and if the motion prevails, the W.i v <
and Means Committee will be om
pellcd to devise some means of mak
ing up the $40,000 000 deficiency v’H /
will result.
Representative Broussard off.-r**d a
amendment for a rate of 1.4 <»n >ug*r.
Five members of the Louisiana i« !•-
gation will vote against the I’m
wood bill on its final passage, ! s
said, if sugar Is free-listed <,n if ’ll.*
Underwood provision is adopted »y
the caucus.
Represe itativo Hardv.it k. «.f G** ♦ -
gia, suggested that the thrte-y*’:r
provision I r free listing sugar in n •
(’nderwooc bill should go into fi •*t
three y j a r 's from May 1. 1913. ins» • » I
of th re • >ears from th** dale f
final passage of the bill. This sugg •- -
t:on is to facilitate the *igar busi
ness, May I l»« ing the date w hen
rew crop comes on the market.
The Ways ami Means I’omuit’ '
tentatively a*’< epted Ha’dwick s p! •
Senator Simmons, chairman »f
finance Committee, says th** 'omni '-
tee will b* found in harmon? w* i
President Wilson upon most of’ »•
disputed points in the new ♦arlff bill,
including wool and sugar.
PUTS COIN ABOVE TARIFF
WASHINGTON. April 12 A late
will be iix» d to-day forth« first in -ei -
ing of ih<* n- w Senate Banking ind
Currency Committee and th- first dis
cussion will follow respecting the •-
rious • lemon'- of reform that mnst
enter into currency legislation. Chair
man Owen ha> be- a ill with plomairto
poisoning and will not b< ahi«* o hi
th rtak‘* the str* r.nous labors »f h<
committ**e for a week or ten flay
If the p« oplc of the country w«»ui<*
only realize it. currency r* form •> in
even moie important subject bhi
tariff revision." <ie<lared •’huirmao
Owen. It will be the purpose of ; ’i •
committee to fratm . with the Hous *
<•ommiUeo. a measure that will nice,
the approval of the entire oun r*
The pro|M»sed legislation wiil tw given
all pos-ihb* publicity breaue • ’t s
necessar / that the changes b under -
sioo«l and accomplish* d without ite
turhhig hii.-iivsa st ibililx and ••nti
iien« •*."
WOULD ABOLISH SENATE.
TALLAHASSEE. FLA Xpril 12 -
Representative Floyd to-day n‘»o
--1 <lu< ed a voluminous joint r<e-nhitu»*i
in the Florida H >u>«* providing .'«•<’ *
• onstii4i!i*»nal amendment ♦*• ib*»ii-ti
the State Senate
Floyd is the H »us«* fluor I*-liter or
■ the Progressives, who are in « ma -
■ jority. and his measure is stigg* sfed
i in all serhmsneijj* by the Pi»»<!•*->»' es
of both H*»usrs. It was not rer*- \<*«i
iin jest and is expect* d *» pa-s no
H*»use.
BRYAN WANTS EGGS.
WASHINGTON April 12. Wn»ii
i told yesterday tba the Hon. J*»>« pfitis
1 Daniel- has 9*> chick<-ns «m hj< > «» , m
fry jHace near here, which yield : >
fresh egg* daily. Secretary Bryan !••-
' marked that th** Se< r-tary >f *♦••
I Navy should “whack u>»' Ihe egg,
! with th** other members »f *he t‘ «t»
inet.
Mr Daniel* has not yet resuon-t- d
■ to the summons.
AIR BOMB ARMOR FOR SHIPS.
IJINIMiN. April 12. L gli* tr'iiaf
plates <!*•• being fitted to Gio (•<»>*••■<
of the Magazines in th« battleship
Temeraire as a protection trains*
'projectiles fired from long di.-ta«**--
ranges *»r flropprfi from .*ir«u ts '»■ -
, *r dreadnought* are to be similar'/
protected.
CAR STRIKERS RETURN.
BUFFALO. N Y.. Apr.l 12 .Stnet
• ar servi*-** of this city was resumed
to-day. af**r « aix-day strik •. IF
I turned strikers manned the < ar I’h •
l*»ses by the men ami :he company
- were mure than a million du lars Ti •
men return to work under .m a«r >.
ment by th** <oin|wn.v t*» grant •!! » • «-
sonable redrosc.
WOMAN DIES AT 106.
SHAKEN PA.. April 12 AL c
Mary Stanton, aged 166. the o d -t
woman in We*«<rn Pennsylvania, d 1
to-d.iy al Sharpsville.
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