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FAMOUS NATURALISTO T ATTEND THE CONFERENCE / S - W ^ N W a s h i n g t o n , D c c . 4.— E r n e s t T h o m p - s o n - S e t o n w i l l b c a p r o m i n e n t f i g u r e in t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f th e in t e r n a t i o n a l a n t i - v i v i s e c t i o n c o n g r c s s he r e , D e c e m b e r S t o 11, L o v e r s a n d p r o t e c t o r s o f a n i m a l s f r o m m a n y c o u n t r i e s w i l l a t t e n d . M r . T h o m p s o n * f c ? c t o n is c e le b r a t e d t u a d r a w e r o f a n i m a l s a n d a s a w r i t e r o n n a t u r a l h i s t o r y s u b je c t s . H e w i l l d e liv e r a n a d d r e s s . I UNDER ARREST Police Foil Band of Militants Bent on Rescue P l y m o u t h , D e c , 4 .— C o n t r a r y to e x p e c t a t i o n th e r e w a s n o d i s t u r b a n c e w h e n M r s . E m m e l i n e P u n k l m r a t , th e m i l i t a n t s u f f r a g e t t e le a d e r , w a s a r r e s t e d b y t h e p o li c e o n 'b o a r d th o s t e a m s h i p M a j e s t i c o n h e r a r r i v a l f r o m N e w i o r k t o d a y , s h o r t l y a f t e r n o o n , M r s , P u n k l m r s t w a s tr a n s f e r r e d l o a t u g w h i c h lia d b e e n c h a r t e r e d b y t h c police, a n d w a s t a k e n d i r e c t l y lo J3e v o it- p o r t d o c k y a r d . 5* E v e r j * b o d y c x c c p t o f ficia ls w a s e x c l u d e d f r o m t h c g o v e r n m e n t d o c k y a r d a n d M r s . P a n k h u r s t la n d e d w i t h o u t i n c i d e n t . T w o m o t o r c a r s w e r e w a i t i n g in t h e d o c k y a r d a n d th e s m a l l p a r t y c o n s i s t i n g o f t h c p r i s o n e r a n d a n u m b e r o f d e t e c t i v e s e n t e r e d t h c v e h icles a n d s t a r t e d o f f im m e d i a t e l y to w a r d s L o n d o n . A b o d y o f m i l i t a n t s u f f r a g e t t e s h a d c o n g r e g a t e d in th e m e a n t i m e in P l y m o u t h a n d a f t e r p a r a d i n g t h e s t r e e t s w i t h a b a n d a t t h e i r h e a d , m a r c h e d t o t h e d o c k s . T l . o p o li c e a u t h o r i t i e s feare d t h e m i l i t a n t s m i g h t s t a r t a c a m j a i g n o f w i n d o w b r e a k i n g w h e n th e y le a r n e d t h a t t h e i r le a d e r h a d b e e n s p i r i t e d a w a y . B o t h w i n d a n d s e a h e lp e d t h e p o l i c c t o e v a d e t h c b o d } o f s u f f r a g i s t s w h o )/u r p o s c d p r e v e n t i n g th e r e - a r r e s t o f M r s . P a n k h u r s t u n d e r tlie 4,C a t a n d M o u s e A c t . ” A h e a v y sea w a s r u n n i n g in t h e h a r b o r a n d t h i s w h ile i t d i d n o t a f f c c t t h u p o w e r f u l po lice tu g , to s s e d a b o u t lik e a c o r k th e lit t l e m o t o r b o a t w h i c h t h c m i l i t a n t s u f f r a g e t t e s h a d e n g a g e d t o h e a d o f f t h c p o li c e m e n . T h c o c c u p a n t s w h o in c lu d e d ’‘(t e i i e r a ! ” M r s 1’lo r n D r u m m o n d a n d o t h e r le a d e r s w e r e d r e n c h e d t o t i i e s k i n b e f o r e t h e y r e a c h e d t h c lin e r w h i c h u n d e r po licc o r d e r s a n c h o r e d o u t s i d e t h c b r e a k w a t e r . T h o p o lic c t h e n w e r e le a d i n g .M r s . P a n k h u r s t d o w n t h e g a n g w a y . T h c s u f f r a g e t t e s s h o u t e d t o h e r “ D o n ’ t y o u l a n d . T h e ‘G a t s * a r c a f t e r y o u tf A c c o m p a n i c d b y A m e r i c a n . M r ? . P a n k h u r s t p r o t e s t e d a g a i n s t h e r a r r e s t a n d a t h e r r e q u e s t M r s . C h i l d D o r r , a n A m e r i c a n s u f f r a g i s t , w a s p e r m i t t e d to a c c o m j / a n y her, I n t h o m e a n t i m e th e o r d i n a r y t e n d e r , o n w h i c h w e r e m a n y s u f f r a g i s t s a r m e d w i t h c l u h s t o lig h t fo r th e l i b e r t y o f t h e i r le a d e r , w a s k e p t s t a n d i n g o f f a n d t h c a m i e d b o d y g u a r d w a s r e n d e r e d h e lp - le s s . B o d i e s o f s u f f r a g i s t s w e r e o n g u a r d o u t s i d e t h c p r i s o n s in th e s o u t h w e s t o f E n g l a n d t o w h i c h i t w a s t h o u g h t M r s . P a n k h u r s t m i g h t he ta k e n . D u r i n g th e n i g h t a t B r i s t o l th e w o m e n w h o t o o k s e n t r y d u t y in re la y s o u t s i d e t h c j a i l s w e r e a t t a c k e d b y a h o s t i l e c r o w d a n d s e v e r a l p e o p le w e r e s l i g h t l y h u r t in t h e s t r u g g l e . T h e \W o m e n 's S o c i a l a n d P o l i t i c a l U n i o n is s u e d t h e fo l l o w i n g a n n o u n c e m e n t t h i s a f t e r n o o n : “ T h o W o m e n ' s S o c i a l a n d P o l i t i c a l U n i o n v i e w s w i t h g r e a t i n d i g n a t i o n t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s a c t i o n in a r r e s t i n g M r s . E m m e l i n e P a n k h u r s t o n h e r r e t u r n f r o m h e r t r i u m p h a n t t o u r i n t h c U n i t e d S t a t e s . J t d e n o u n c e s a s a p u b lic s c a n d a l t h i s a c t o f in j u s t i c e o n t h c p a r t o f t h c g o v e r n m e n t w h i l e S i r E d w a r d C a r s o n , A n d r e w D o n u r L a w ' a n d o t h e r m e n la w - b r e a k e r s r e m a i n f r e e . I t d e m a n d s h e r i n s t a n t re lease.” BIG REPUBLICAN POW-WOWS OPEN Assemblymen andAssemblymen- elect Gather in Nework Y 10 Fill TEXAS FLOOD PERIL PARTY TO SHAPE ITS POLICY W i l l P u t I t s H o u s e i n O r d e r in S t a t e — E d i t o r s , L e a d e r s , R a n k a n d F il e J o i n in C o n f e r e n c e T o m o r r o w — S p e e c h b y R o o t . N e w V o r k , D e c . 4 .— R e p u b l i c a n c o n fere n c e s w e r e in f u l l s w i n g here tod a y . S o m e o f th e m w e r e { / r e li m i n n r y to a b ig r a l l y o f s t u l o le a d e r s to m o r r o w a f t e r n o o n . O t h e r s w e r e in d e p e n d e n t m e e tin g s w h i c h in d ic a t e d a t e n d e n c y o n the p a r t o f th c ncw | y e le c t e d m e m b e r s of th c L e g i s l a t u r e to s e t t l e q u e s t i o n s o f policy w i t h o u t th e a i d o f t h c o l d le a d e r s . T h e R e p u b l i c a n a s s e m b ly m e n elect f r o m N e w \ o r k c i t y m e t to receive a r e p o r t fro m O g d o n I M i l l s , w h o has j u s t r e t u r n e d fro m a 10 - d a y t r i p th r o u g h the s l a t e u n d e r t a k e n t o s o u n d b c n t i m e n t re g a r d i n g th c n e x t s p e a k e r o f th e low e r h o u s e . A n o t h e r c o m m i t l c o o f assem b ly- m e n - e lcct m e t t h i s a f t e r n o o n lo discuss r e v i s i n g th e r u l e s o f t h e A s s e m b ly so a s to w e a k e n tlie p o w e r o f th e old sy s t e m t h a t c o n t r o lle d t h a t b o d y . L a t e in t l i o a f t e r n o o n th e r e w a s to be a m e e tin g o f a c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d b y n non- p a r t i s a n co n f e r e n c e o f N e w V o r k as s e m b ly m e n e le c t l o le a r n th e view s of n i n e re c e p t iv e c a n d i d a t e s fo r tho sp e a k e r s h ip . E f f o r t s w i l l b c m a d o t o a r r a n g e a con fe r e n c e b e t w e e n c o m m i t t e e s re p r e s e n t in g t h o R e p u b l i c a n a s s e m b l y m e n elect an d t h o in d e p e n d e n t s . T h i s p r o je c t w i l l bc d isc u s s e d a t a r e c e p t i o n he ld a t th c R e p u b l i c a n C l u b t o m o r r o w n i g h t w h ich a l l tlio R e p u b l i c a n u p - s t a l e as s e m b ly m e n a n d a s s c m b l y m c n - e l c c t h a v e been in v it e d lo a t t e n d 'I’he s p e a k e r s h i p a n d the re v i s i o n o f th e r u l e s a l s o w i l l bo co n s id e r e d a t th i s m e e t i n g . N e a r l y 1,000 R e p u b l i c a n leaders h a v e acc e p t e d t h e i n v i t a t i o n to a t t e n d t h u b ig m e e t i n g t o b c h e ld tom o r r o w a f t e r n o o n a t t h e W a l d o r f . U n it e d S t a t e s S e n a t o r R o o t w i l l c a l l th is m e e t in g lo o r d e r ; b u t a f t e r t h a t th o m e e t in g w i l l be o p e n . T h e p u r p o s e ia to co n s id e r th e p o li c y the, p a r t y s h o u l d pursue in th e s t a t e a n d d i s c u s s m e a n s to u n ite th o v a r i o u s p a r t y e l e m e n t s . S o m e r a d i c a l • l e g i s l a t i o n w i ll be d is cussed in c l u d i n g a d i r c c t p r i m a r y law a n d a s i m p le r b a l l o t la w . T h e R e p u b l i c a n S t a t e C o m m i t t e e has in v i t e d to t h i s c o n f e r e n c e e v e r y Kcpnb- lic a n c o u n t y c h a i r m a n a n d m e m b e r or m e m b e r - e le c t o f t h e L e g i s l a t u r e a n d sev e r a l h u n d r e d o t h e r p r o m i n e n t R e p u b l i c a n s w h o s e n a m e s w e r e fu r n i s h e d b y th c p a r t y le a d e r s t h r o u g h o u t th e s t a t e . E v e r y la r g e c o n t r i b u t o r to th c R e p u b l i c a n s t a t e c a m p a i g n f u n d h a s been in v i t e d , a ls o e v e r y R e p u b l i c a n m a y o r a n d 2 o 0 e d ito r s o f R e p u b l i c a n new s p a p e r s . J t w a s s a id t o d a y t h a t 20 pe r cent, o f th e s e e d ito r s , r e p r e s e n t i n g a l l the le a d in g R e p u b l i c a n f/n p e r s in th c s t a t e , w o u ld be p r e s e n t . T h e S t a t e C o m m i t t e e w i ll m e e t to m o r r o w m o r n i n g t o rc c c iv c th c re p o r t o f th c s t a t e tr e a s u r e r a n d tra n s a c t r o u t i n e b u s in e s s . L o d g e d i n E x e t e r J a i l . E x e t e r , E n g . , D e c . 4.— M r s . E m m e l i n e P a n k h u r s t , t h e m i l i t a n t s u f f r a g e t t e le a d e r , w a s lo d g e d t o d a y i n E x e t e r j a i l . T h e p o lic e w h o a r r e s t e d h e r o n b o a r d t h c M a j e s t i c o n h e r a r r i v a l f r o m N e w V o r k , o u t w i t t e d th c w o m e n w h o h a d b e e n w a t . d i i n g A f t e r t h e y la n d e ' ! f r o m t h e t u g a t a d o c k o n t h o .l\ u n ,ir R i v e r t h e y s t a r t e d off in* t h e d i r e c t i o n o f L o n d o n , b u t a f t e r w a r d c h a n g e d t h e i r r o u t e a n d m a d e d i r e c t fo r t h i s c i t y a n d r e a c h e d t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n w i t h o u t e n c o u n t e r i n g a n y o b s t r u c t i o n . P R E N D E R G A S T Q U I T S M O O S E N e w V o r k , D c c . 4— W i l l i a m A . Pren- d e r g a s t , c o m p t r o l l e r o f N e w Y o r k , to d a y f o r m a l l y a n n o u n c e d h i s w i t h d r a w a l fro m th e P r o g r e s s i v e P a r t y , w h ic h he h e lp e d to f o u n d . “ [ co n s id e r e d ,” h is s t a t e m e n t s a y s , “ t h a t th e re s u lt o f the p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n m a d o i t e v id e n t t h a t th e t h i r d p a r t y id e a w a s n o t a c c e p t a b le to th o A m e r i c a n people a n d t h a t th e c o n t i n u a t i o n o f a t h i r d p a r t y m o v e m e n t c o u ld h a v e n o o t h e r effect th a n the p e r m a n e n t s u c c e s s o f th c D e m o c r a t ic P a r t y “ 1 b e lie v e t h e r e m u s t co m e n n a m a l g a m a t i o n o f in t e r e s t s u p o n th o p a r t o f R e p u b l i c a n s a n d P r o g r e s s i v e s .” M r P r e n d c r g a s t s a i d h e s t i l l b e lieved in P r o g r e s s iv e p r i n c i p l e s a lth o u g h he ia o u t o f s y m p a t h y w i t h t h c coursc of th c p a r t y . 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T h e im p e r i a l c h a n c e llo r a p p e a r e d in th e Im p e r i a l P a r l i a m e n t a t t h o o p e n i n g o f t o d a y ’s se s s io n to t r y to m a k e g o o d fo r h i s y c - ite r d a y 's o m i s s i o n s . I l o d e c l a r e d t h a t .E m p e r o r ^ J i l l i a m h a d e x p r e s s e d g r e a t d is p le a s u r e o v e r t h o o c c u r r e n c c s a n d h a d g iv e n th e g e n e r a l i n c o m m a n d n t Z a b e r n s t r i c t o r d e r s U i a t s u c h v i o l a tio n s o f th e la w a s th e c l e a r i n g o f th e s t r e e t s b y th o m i l i t a r y a n d t h e a r r e s t il>y t h e m \ o f c i v i l i a n s s h o u l d n o t b e r e p e a t e d . T h e c h a n c e llo r s a i d t h e e m p e r o r a n d h e w e r e iu th o r o u g h a c c o r d in t h c b e l i e f t h a t a p o li c y m u s t b e a d o p t e d w h i c h w o u l d h e a l th e s t r i f e b e t w e e n t h e a r m y n n d th e pe o p le . T h e i m p e r i a l c h a n c e l l o r s n a p p e d o u t h i s p h r a s e s i n a s h a r p vo ic e s h o w in g e v i d e n t s i g n s o f n e r v o u s n e s s . T h e e m p e r o r h a s a p p a r e n t l y r e a l iz e d t h a t th e t i m e h a s c o m e f o r h i m to in t e r f e r e p e r s o n a l ly to p u t n n e n d lo th e d iffere n c e s b e t w e e n t h c c i v i l a n d m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s o f A l s a c e . H i s m a je s t y t o d a y s u m m o n e d t h c g o v e r n o r g e n e r a l o f A ls a e e - L o r r a i n C o u n t C h a r l e s v o n W c d c l a n d th e c o m m a n d i n g g e n e r a l , L i e u t e n a n t G e n e r a l li c r t h o l d v o n D e i m - lin g , a t D o n a u c h i g e i i . S in c e th c e m p e r o r g a v e o r d e r s to a v o i d a n y f u r t h e r c o n f li c t s t h e r e lia s b e e n n o d is o r d e r a t Z a b e r n . T h e im p e r i a l c h a n c e l l o r le a v e s th e c a p i t a l t o n i g h t to m a k e a p e r s o n a l r e p o r t o n th e Z a b e r n in c i d e n t s t o th e e m p e r o r a t D o n a u e s c h i g e n . OPPONENTS OF SUFFRAGE HEARD BY COMMITTEE M r s . D o d g e H e a d s N o - V o t e s - F o r - W o m e n D e le g a t i o n . W a s h i n g t o n , D e e 1.— O p p o n e n t s o f w o m a n s u f f r a g e a p p e a r e d b e f o r e t h e H o u s o R u l e s C o m m i t t e e t o d a y t o a r g u e w h y a c o m m i t t e o o n \ w o m a n s u f f r a g e s h o u l d n o t be c r e a t e d b y t h e H o u s e . T h e d e l e g a t i o n w a s h e a d e d b y M r s . A . M . D o d g e o f X e w Y o r k , w h o y e s t e r d a y w a s re-elected p r e s i d e n t o f t h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n O p p o s e d t o W o m a n S u i r r a g c T h e d e le g a t i o n in a r c h e d t o t h e lloti-,i o llice b u i l d i n g in a b o d y . In t h a t rc- p i'ct th e y fo llo w e d th e p l a n o f t h e N a t i o n a l A m e r i c a n W o m a n S u f f r a g e A s s o c i a t i o n w h i c h y e s t e r d a y s e n t a d e l e g a t i o n o f n e a r l y 1,000 w o m e n t o p r e s e n t t h e s u f f r a g i s t s id e o f t h e a r g u m e n t to th e H u lc 3 C o m m i t t e e . S p c n k e i s fo r th e o p p o n e n t s declared w o r k i n g w o m e n w e r e opposed to tiie fra n c h is e b e c a u s e th e y w o u ld lo!<e m u r e lim n th e y w o u l d g a i n . T h i s w a s iu a n s w e r lo t h e s t a t e m e n t o f th e s u f fr a g i s t s t h a t th o “w o r k i n g w o m a n need e d th e fr a n c h i s e a u d w a s s t r o n g l v iu fa v o r o f it. I t w a s c o n t e n d e d t h a t tlie. s u ll'n ig c m o v e m e n t w a s s p o r a d ic in its m itn n ; a n d t h a t th o b a l l o t w a s n o t w a n t e d by n s m a n y w o m e n hb th e s u ll'ra g ia ls d e c la r e d . I t w a s d d n ie d t h a t ' the Hiif- f r a g i s t m o v e m e n t h a d g r o w n to such p r o p o r t i o n s a s Lo d e m a n d a llo u s u C o m m itte e . K u f f r a g i s t s y m p a t h i z e r s h a d been w a r n e d b y D r . A n n a H o w a r d S h a w , p r e s id e n t o f t h e i r a s s o c i a t i o n , to r e m a i n a w a y f r o m t h o h e a r i n g ro o m a n d g iv o th e i r u n d i v i d e d a t t e n t i o n to th c busin e s s o f th e s u f f r a g e c o n v e n t i o n to w h i c h th e y h a d been s e n t a s d e le g a te s . M r s . A r t h u r D o d g e , th c le a d e r o f tho a n t i- s u ll'ra g o m o v e m e n t , h a d ch a r g e o f p r e s e n t in g a r g u m e n t s . S h e s a id th e s p e a k e r s r e p r e s e n t e d \m o r e t h a n 1 ) 0 ,- 000 A m e r i c a n w o m e n , a l l o v e r v o t i n g a g e .” T h i s , M r s . 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M is s M i n n i e lir o n s o n o f Io w a , secre ta r y o f th e X a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n O p posed to W o m a n S u f f r a g e , p r e s e n t e d s t a t i s t i c s r e l a t i n g to re m e d i a l le g i s la tio n in th e v a r i o u s s t a t e s c o n t e n d i n g t h a t in m a n y n o n - s u f f r a g is t s t a t e s th e r e w e r e n s m a n y a n d in s o m e cases b e t t e r r e m e d i a l la w s t h a n in su ffrag e s t a t e s . : M i s s K m i l y T iisscll o f D e la w a r e , d e c la r e d t h n t i f a m n j o r i t y o f w o m e n w a n t ed to v o t e t h e y w o u ld s e t t l e t h e q u e s t io n in th e s t a t e s . M r s , A . .1. G e o r g e o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s c h a r a c t e r i z e d th e p r o p o n e n t s o f e q u a l fra n c h is e , r i g h t s as “ S u f f r a g e J e n i i n i s t s . ” C h a r le s J . U n d e r h i l l o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s , r e p r e s e n t i n g a m e n ’s le a g u e , declared th e s u ffrag e m o v e m e n t h a d nrou3cd “ c o n te m p t , f a m i l i a r i t y n n d r i d i c u le ” fo r w o m e n . M i s s A n n a l? o k of. C a l i f o r n i a , a fo r m e r su ffrag e w o r k e r i n t h a t s t a l e , as s e r t e d e q u a l s u f f r a g e w n s a fa i lu r e . SANNTONIOS A I PARTLY SUBMERGED; DAMAGE HEAVY S a n A n t o n i o , T e x a s , D e c . 4 ,— F lo o d s w h ich h a v e d r i v e n th o u s a n d s o f persons fro m t h e i r h o m e s in o t h e r p a r t s o f T e x as re a c h e d S a n A n t o n i o to d a y w h e n th o riv e r h e r e w e n t o u t o f its b a n k s a n d i n u n d a t e d s e v e r a l s e c t io n s o f t h c c i t y . R e s c u i n g p a r t i e s b e g a n c a r r y i n g t h e m a r o o n e d t o s a f e t y . T h c d a m a g e to p r o p e r t y w a s c o n s id e r a b le . N o lo s s o f life h a s been re p o r t e d here. T o H o l d M e e t i n g o f P r o t e s t . L o n d o n , ‘ D e c 4.— T h o m i l i t a n t s u f f r a g e t t e s o f L o n d o n w h o h a d a r r a n g e d a g r e a t d e m o n s t r a t i o n to w c lco m c M r s . P a n k h u r s t t o d a y n o w pro p o s e to t u r n i t in t o a m e e t i n g , o f p r o t e s t . A t th o m i l i t a n t h e a d q u a r t e r s th r e a t s o f v e n ge a n c e n g a i n s th e a u t h o r i t i e s w e r o he a r d w h e n i t w a s d iscove r e d t h a t M r s . P a n k l m r s t ’s c a p t o r s h a d e lud e d t h o rescue p a r t y a t P l y m o u t h . | LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON ^ | PAGES 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 Z t
