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THE MOKMMi OKKGOXIAX, MONDAY. 31AKC1I 4, 1912.' 2 . f MEJT WHO FIGURED PROMINTNTLY IN DARING TAXICAB ROBBERY WOMAN SLEUTH'S OF BANK MESSENGER IN NEW YORK. THOMPSON'S 1 fiercbandi& of r?rit Ory. INDORSE PRESIDENT Vinson & )at Todr$ nc make our first showing of these exclusive tailored Suit Hats, as favored b) smart dressers in England and America. Our many customers who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the London styles will lake, we hope, great pleasure in making an early selection. IVlVt Jr I VJ nJtJitit,rr.w Developments in New York's Taxicab Robbery Series of Dramatic Events. First Taft Club of Suffragists to Hold Rousing Mass Meeting. in iho jrv.VisipH: aa. .v Lens CONFESSION BARES PLOT FEALTY PLEDGE IS GIVEN GALIFORNIA WOMEN COUPBAGSHDLDUPS Sr-sTT vi lit I'nliikal Kallj lo He londucted x1-It by Members of r'alr.rfx. fVraelon to Bo Ilrat of Kind in History. AN n:xri-rCO. March s. tsr r:l. Judging from indications, tha mi meeting railed by the projector -f the first Wonun'i Taft Club for Monday aftern on. at the ballroom of l ha I'alare Hotel, will bo one of the most remarkable demonstrations of Taft tnth'isiaam of the early earn ral n. Tha rallv will be noteworthy for two reasons. It will bo the lirst oc ra.lon In California at which women srill asaum entire rhirn4 of a political raltr Involving National luea an.l It will, aav tha women, ba a ro-isntflcent manifestation of the de regard In which tha President la iicld and thalr determination to co-operate witi tha men In securing Ma rn"mtntton. Tha flrat woman Taft club h be come an Institution of wide reputation. Mia. bhle K. Kreha. the ortinlwr. heme In dailv re. elpt of meaeaaea and lettera from all tha l'srlnc roast. She now l:a fo secretaries to register the name of women a ho telephone In that tbrjr want to Una tip with the Taft ItClOBS. trcaalatlea Leads War. The organisation la unique In tlia l"nite! Mates, for of the six .suffrage srates n"t a Presidential dub bad been orcinli'd. Mm. Kreha established a precedent, which, however, waa fol lowed wtih a celeritr which leavea no conht of the popularltv of ITesJdrnt Taft aa Presidential timber. The meet In: pet Mon.Ujr will resolve Itaelf tpt. the establishment of a permanent organisation, with a corps t'f officers an-! an executive board willing to per form labor In every assembly district in the Mate. Alrea-Iv a half doaen women'e Taft lube have been launched In various tart of tun-Francisco, the la rices t of I. N is mat headed t-r Mrs. Aylett t'otion and knoa n aa the Fortieth As ,ir.b:r Intrlrt Taft Club. Taft la laderaed. After the election of the permanent ofTn-era and tha appointment of the ex ecutive board, a set of resolutions In- .lorsine the eanuiiacy 01 irfsnirni Taft for a aecond term and pledlnif the support of the female electorate a aa adopted. The remainder of the session will be clven over to ftve-mlnute apeecliea by a ell-known women, amonc whom will be Mrs. lames Arietta Cotton, past-prea-rfent of the California Club: lienevleve . fukrr. past-president of the Native I-auBht-re: I-ovell White, prealdit of the California Club: Robert Oxnard. Ir. Marianne iiertoi and Mlsa Laura c K.nMry. A delegation from the Men's Tafi Club, m-nlrh will meet at tha aame tijie jt the St. Francis Hotel, mill attend 11. m omen's club to extend areetinKS and oiter the hand of fellowship In the support of the President. CITY FOOLEDJY. "LORDS" Title of lucll-li Polo Plajent at !an lnn-loo Not All Clenulne. SN F KAN CI SCO. Slurra 2. (f pe ril:. -lvl. ran come and a;' he so far as i4ll ci.tnrii.f3 Is concerned and society has s.-ttl-d down to the usual quiet. That tiie polo matches were of Inter est there can be no doubt, but it waa nore a society function than any thing e!.e. all'.l and abetted by the fn.-t t'iai t!).ie were tliree Knffllsa lords who were plavlnc the same. Tie newspapers, nulte naturally, ptaved those I.or.ls for all they were worth, and the Joke of It lias Just come to lisht. O? the three w!:o were named s Lords l i "ne of them la a Ljord by birtv. The otriers are lt they term .... .1 t.-.v l.or.f. Ir.i l.evens..n-"".ower Is the real laird V .! at J a yard wide. lor. I II riert l a courtesy nobleman en. I Is lord Twcednout.'i. They are f n.. t. :i. " an.l all that and members .f tit cl firr.i;ics. but they haven't eot nute t: e real pWlsh that an American sti-'h ,.kc n'.-I of el!. t hiie f it ire p.'io at San Mateo, the K'nillsMt.'ca V. i-t mu. It to themselves an.l ret j .1 n..-.i i-f tie social enjraire nient. Ii it w.ir t'-ie naturally ex t. -nd 1 T:.e t .p.-.l at the Jit. Kran . t an. J were sal -t.cd with win! lliat a-SNsnsary t. cfTer Ihem. albeit sc icly was In ti tn consequence. DALLAS GETS NEW SERVICE -outliern Pnviflr ui Time to Port laml. Aidins Hn-iiie. Men. I'VI.l.AS. or.. March Z ipeciaL .1. r. -nil o( the get together rreetina of I r buttress men of I'allri. and Ce ro I"-. iftc Company off;, lals In 1 ort'aii'i list week, a new train .errl.-e b--. n timixurated wherrbv the run miff tire." between I'allaa and l orilanu ha isyn I 'll .-tis l.terablv. and this city i.. Iw.n ;ivn two additional trains a ..v rr..:n A.rl.e ard Independence. In .M ti'W. I'allas has receive.; s--..r.tr .-.-. frro the southern lMctf:c t'.iat w .Cun t i. 1 numlhs work wl iI I . n n ...n.lrurtton of an electric line f. ii M M mnv ill. to Corvallls Hinnt'i i .. . t In conne.-tu.n wlt.1 thl. I'al l.i. ;- to rr.-ie a l.irr new depot. S7CC0 GEMS ARE REGAINED cf; lie m "I K r. " it him ort-i n.h fo JI00. ' r (otO She Jtr-tive. "and 1 n. w irt . a. I r- wantum my boy btm lro -r .; ! i. u lr.ui.r-i lately lo Port I. n't. f r - on h-M ht r'antmrn intn cf:.lTrn.-r. ana wnw of t:i wtwr t .! prt'pOA-.! the poiut.on whtrh w wt-rkr-a o iT Worn; Clionc. trTiiwd and i:i aI eue wth . mtirfi rath tn Ul hiinib'.- rr-.!.i-n hai hidden r. J w-t-i-i 5.viirf'y. 1h rt-tc. Itvrn cH not - t Hi. falli-r f.pia!ntd thai vo inc Uorc Mm' in t!tf I. tnity. b'Jt ni- "ff a the rpro,1i of t'? :rt..rr. T:;r .af.'Tii ti:lff.it at jr-t-i:ns t.- aifn jM.prt off of iaia li.n.ij. and in jon from' ii ton. a ilrpi v pjtt.irttc. Tout. . S-na il remain at hom. . I tiMmt'I. ar will i;ntl"rc a arverc I "uie cE t'eiesti.it . sciplne I I'.-V ; p 'I Aktn, ffleer Taklac fila Xollaal Z J ' -' f1 aad i.d kliMii Krasa Crlaalaal f 1 - ' ' ' ' earls Raltaiag Helew, at Left. Jen t 3 - . Obrwaaa. tsetker ef Baeetai a - i . stiabl. wde " Aaale. Dadaiag ' - ? 1 1ST.. 1 j f' c, KANSAS IS CALLING Women Fettered by Laws May Go There, and Be Happy. SUCH IS STATE'S MESSAGE Member of Fair Sex Can Practice Any Profession, Hold Any Office anr Wear Troasem If They TVniTt Pretend to lie Men. TOPKKA. Kan.. March 3. (Special.) If there are women anywhere in thia broad land who feel that their sphere of activity la curtailed by the l.iwa of the states tn which they live. Kansas r.111 extend a welcoming hand to them. Kansaa prides Itself on heina; Just to women, and there are few restrictive lawa In this slate, as compared with' other atatea. In only a fen of the Kastern statea can women practice law, but there are more than t0 wo men in me active practice or law in Kansaa toda. There are more tban luo women physiclana. not counting the numerous osteopath and chlro- praetors. It is aseertea oy no less an auinore Ity than tne Attorney-oenerai oi xvan- saa. John r. t law son. mat no state na more liberal provisions than Kansas lias for the women. Just notice the things that women can do tn Kansas: She may retain her maiden name when ahe la married. Mi mav persuade her husband to give up his own name and take her maiden name. She may retain her maiden name and her husband retain bis name. She miy retain her maiden name for business and take her husband's name for social intercourse. She can hold property that her hus band cannot touch and may sell It without asking htm any thing about It. She can hold any elective office, tr office or district office. There are 0 women holding county elective of fice and more than Z0v announced ean- didatea for different county elective j office. . the can hold any elec;iv offlc. I chivl district or nmnnlpal office. There la a woman Mayor In Kansas. I Mrs. Klla tvilson. of lltinnewell. and many school boards aie managed by She can wear men'a trousers If she desires, but she must not pretend to be a man. As long as she wears trousers as woman, she cannot be arrested. Men are prohibited from wearing dresses In public. Kansaa men f illy appreciate the. wo men of C-e state. This ls shown bv the fact that a malorltv of the county suoertnlendents of public Instruction see women and that a number of other I-osittona In county offices heretofore held entirely by men are beliig filled successfully by women. , MONOPOLY ISSUE" REMAINS I"roet-ntor , Sa Kvernnient Has j Won Shoe Marlilner Contention. v ' NKW YOKK. Marrh J. Th Oovem mrt ha nuffrr-. ro rtbark tn lt prTiton f t.ia rnttl iSho 3!a-t-lrrv i'ominv unor t'ie ilirrnian X.w l-y raon of th- rrjctton of four of t. f :r ronnti in t two ir.Ji-t-m-nt asaltiat offirial of th- company, arordtnc to lnitod Stata Iiatrtct At torry Krrch. of Boston, who la pros fittr.s th- Gorfrnmrm rharce. The rrimtnal rhara are tn no wiae rfmovni. arcordinv to Mr. Vrrnrb. btit on t other hand the tiovernmrnt baa won a auhatanttal v.tor" In bar ing atj.-tanied "the most Important and fomprfnfniTf roun . i iiai rihs. turn- i nieieti rrwn'tpwij . mvu it ins- r.t irm of leave on patented machinery. RELICS OF SUBWAY VARIED In Vnr New York Person Leave SI.MOa Arikle tn Car. - XKXV Vor.K'. March (Special. T'.ie Interborouch Itullettn. a monthly nisain Inttroted. jsaued by and for the Subway Interests, scored an In teresting "brat" In Its last Issue. In on artlrlo headed "Junk. Jewels an.! furbelows." Tills described the miscel laneous loot Fathered In the cars of the subway and "L" Durlner the year endinc January last. 34.090 articles were picked tip by trainmen, and sent to tho lost and found office. The most favored spe ciality of losers are umbrellas, keys, hats, arloves. Tines and eye glasses. but there are many unusual articles on the list For example, a colleae professor lost a bottle oT radium; an "L," passenccr "lost" a bedstead, mattress, pillows. blankets and sheets, bundled Into one package: a cripple hobbled off leaving Ms aritnvi.il ! resting easily on the sent beside him: a woman forfrot h j artificial urm. and departed without it or the neatly cloved Hand attached while a presumably hard workluc burglar necleeted to tote away his suitcase. containing Jimmies, drills. wedses. chisels, etc. John Charlton, the custodian In charse, says that the number of lost articles increases from year to year. IXiring 1910. for example, he had 33.000 cases, while last year the flcures went up lOoo. Of the grist of the 1911 mill. the subway contributed 12.000 articles, and the various "L" lines the remainder. Before the subway was opened In October. 1904. the dally ..., of f.nu!i was about luO I Twre a year. In the spring and the I Fal, all nrtlrlei unclaimed for I yjx ,'nontni, Hr, shipped off to a storage I warehouse an.l sold. Everything goes th salt no mmter what the value i mav be: bad gloves, broken pocket knives, old shoes and disabled shovels. In the lot that will be disposed of tMs month are Itoo umbrellas, some of them with valuable handles, excel lent overcoats and shoes, line furs and the llkiv FOOD SAMPLES STARTLE S.M AMI SALT AMONG AlH I.T- EKAXTS USED. Mate Fatnott for Wooden Xnlmt?t Varies Old formula in I p-t fi liate Preparations. NKW 1IAVI..V. Conn.. Mar.'.! ... .epeclal. ;"ven t!ie foo-I cncmists nt the Connecticut Agru j1.ii.t1 Mat'cn are surprise 1 bv the resist of a serlr uf tst they hive Jus' lomp eto. which s'loe.- that of enur.'- of :.icd. dttnk and driius analyso 1. -. or nearly i r.e tinrii w ere ,i.lui..-'M.' 1 below san'i;Md or nilsbrand - I. T i w .oCon !:.iinng was not In "ui"i but oilier t.'r.i:a wer..; for -tnmr.: if ;) samples of milk. ' were sklmme.:. S7 watered, and 1 both skimmed and watered. of 44 samples of Summer drinks. 10 j contained benzoic acid, i cot! tar i.vtf, I : sa. charlne and s artificial coloring, i Onlv of ; "cider vinegar' simples were genuine. The rest --re mado or o'stllled vinegar, holle.i i l I-r. apple simple, or pePn wer under strength. Sand was found In ch.ico'at.v Sixteen of i'l samples of Ice trtim ro;,,,in, gelatine. Hoot beer was; c omm'.v. r wectcntd Kverv sample of tio'i h etcept two IiKd alum fn It. Uonilion i.ben were mrc than half nalt; a pound of the ul.. cos. rontainetl fit x -tnths of a oyn! of fait, worth i -ent. The wltrh haxel afl c'nivflr alcohol and water. isome of the aaiad drcj-flinps coPtan-M? turmerir North Dakota lavor T. R. WH1TK riAL.MON". Wash.. March A. Shure. Citj- Attorney U.. and secretary of tne 0 -"ariTO N Republican central committee of tlia? state. Is a srtiesi ef Herbert iJliaa:s. Mr. Shure said today that up to the time he left North Pakota he had filed about in, in petitions for Colonel Koosevclt. about 70 for President Taft and a small number for Senator 1 a Kollette. Shure attributed to t.V; Ts.ft Canadian reciprocity policy tlie fnllure of Tatt to secure the Indorsement of ( ti;e petiple. Shure personally ia-prs 'Taft. hut said that there was no cicubt I t at the majority of t'.ie Rcpuhlican of Xoith paavia would vote lor Rojseveit. How "Itrigands" in Background Took Front Hlzrcnajnien Iarc Part of Spoils and How Police Matron "Got Vls.e' Exciting. NEW YORK. March 3. (Special.) revlopments in the now famous taxi cab robbery. In which two bank mea sonzers on a downtown street were blackjacked and robbed of (25,000 in daylight In a crowded district, have arrown more and more dramatic. With five men under arrest, three men "de tained," and five more men under sus picion, the police have added the cap sheaf by securing a confession from one of the participants. The case bris tles with striking, criminal features. Not the least remarkable fact about It Is that not a slnitle ex-convlct Is either amonir those under arrest or sought by the authorities. The women appear to have aidco in directly In the clearing up of the case by their Indiscreet conversations, which were overheard by a woman detective assigned to the case, but they took no part in th planning or actual execu tion. They helped spend some of the money after It waa all over and the participants hsd made their "get aways." Tblevea llaaor la Jeat. Incidentally. Deputy Police Commis sioner PouRherty says the ease gives striking support to the contention that he has always made, that the saying. "There Is honor among thieves." is a sorry Jest. For the men who took the risk and committed the actual assault and robbery were "double-crossed" in the division of the "spoils." Their share was Insignificant in proportion to the part they played. Ten thousand of the total of 125,000 stolen were seised by three Italians, known to be desperate gunmen, who had never helped with anything but advice, but who were on hand at the rendexvous when It was time to make the division. A good deal of the remainder of the money has been spent by the partici pants. Some of it went to buy expen sive clothing for the women who are being held. Altogether, less than J 20.10 of the amount has been recov ered. Robberr laa; Planaed. The robbery was talked over long in advance, and the police do not deny a story that it waa at least once re hearsed. There entered into it. In a small role, a nondescript character known as "English Scotty," whose modest part It waa to stumble, as If about to fall, in front of the taxi, thus giving the chauffeur an excuae for coming almost to a stop. It waa at this point that the ' men known as "lutch" and Kugene Splalne entered the cab from opposite doors and at' tacked the messengers. Simultaneous ly with their entry. "English Scotty' recovered his balance and the chauf feur. Geno Montanl, sped on. Another member of the party, known as "Joe the Kid." waa in the street ready to slum the door of the taxi on the side that Splalne Jumped in. and still another conspirator. Ed Kinsman. did likewise on the opposite side. Kins man Jumped on the seat beside th chauffeur, but "Joe the Kid" stayed in the atreet and escaped. It was to have been part of Kinsman's rolo to point his hand at Montanl. the chauffeur. In such a way as that passersby, if they happened to see, would recall after ward that It looked like a holdup. This Montanl still contends It was. and refuses to admit his guilt. Kinsman, who has made a full confeasion. impli cates the chauffeur with the rest. f kanirear Dealea Gallt. Montanl expected all the time to be arrested. He was 'the owner of two taxla and was taken Into the plot for that reason. It was agreed that he would pretend that It waa all a hold up, so far aa he was concerned, and that he knew nothing of the other men. The police, however, have evidence of his previous connection with them. His alibi has b-en rudely shattered by the nvestigatlons of the detectives. The confession of Kinsman makes It plain that the strong-arm men did not escape In another taxi, or In a black automobile, as was at first reported, but that they got first on a crowded surface car going uptown and later went up the steps on one of the ele vated railroads and calmly finished their Journey to their destination, which was the rendexvous agreed upon for the division of the money. Oae Maa la Hart. The man known as "Hutch" had en countered more resistance than he had counted on when he left the taxi and was bleeding from his wounds when he alighted In the street. In the crowd he managed to escape notice for a time, and on the platform of the street car he told a story of having been In fight and strangers helped him mop the blood from hla face and brush his clothes. One of the first acts of Kinsman, tha man who has confessed, was to go to Boston, where he had been paying at tention to a worthy young girl, call her up on the telephone and ask her to for aet that h had ever lived. Remorse was then gnawing at him. he said, and he realized that in no other way could he do the "square thing" by the young woman. He contemplated suicide, and he has told the police that ho felt Im mensely relieved srhen he was arrested. The name of an eleventh man was brought into the case by the circum stance that tho "brigands" who seized ilO.OuO of the stolen money declared when they took it that a thousand dol- ars of It would be used to secure his freedom from jail in Brooklyn, where he was held for the robbery of a rash er for Swift & Co. Ho was Ed Mallow. and was acquitted the day after the robbery, though the police did not at that time connect the. two cases In any way. and even now do not charge his acquittal to the unlawful use of money, rollre Matraa Proaaotesl. The pollc matron who masqueraded as a slavey and secured the information that ledo the capture, of the taxicab robber jas been promoted to be a regu lar detective, with a salary of $2850 a vear. as a result of her clover work. She Is Mrs. Isabella Goodwin, frank and Intelligent of face and with gentle manners, who ordinarily has been on dutv at the Mercer-street station. She went to the rooming-house tn West Twenty-first street where the' women companions of the suspects were supposed to live, and secured a. position I as woman ot all work, for more than 1 Both Near and Far Vision in One Lens With No Line of Demarcation One of the most wonderful in ventions optical science has produced in many years. Thompson's Kryptoks look like regular single-vision lenses. They are smooth to the touch. Olasses made by us have an in dividuality which appeals to discriminatinr w e a r e rs of glasses, and then, too. they are moderately priced. Our lens-grinding plant is the most modern on the Coast. Broken lenses replaced while vou wait. THOMPSON a 209-10-11 Corbet. Building, Fifth and Morrison. a week she played her role with in finite! calns. those about her never sus- I petting that In the slovenly, hard working slavey was one oi tne. clever est women detectives in the land. Mrs. Goodwin worked 15 to 18 hours every day. scrubbing halls, sweeping rooms, making beds and cooking meals for some of the lodgers. And many nights ah-? stayed awake, to catch scraps of conversation from the adjoin ing room. Mrs. Goodwtn's room ad joined that occupied by "Swede Annie" Hull and Myrtle Hoyt. who. with 19-year-old Rose Levy, are now in the House of Detention under $5000 bail, where the police can put their hands upon them when the time comes to have them tell of their relations with the robbers and how they shared in the fruits of the holdup. Woman Detective Listens. As "Swede Annie" and the Hoyt wom an reeled Into their apartment In the early hours of the morning, flushed with liquor and the wave of prosperity that had come to them, indirectly, through the taxi holdup. Mrs. Goodwin, sieeled to her vl?ll by draughts of strong coffee, listened alertly at the thin partitions of the rooms, or at the keyhole. She heard Myrtle Hoyt say: "Well. 'Eddie the Boob' turned the trick all right. " Kddie the Boob was Kins man. He and Jess Ahnizzi. also under arrest, are the sweethearts of "Swede Annie" and Role Levy. Mrs. Goodwin has not been allowed by her superiors in the police depart ment to divulge all she heard during those gruelling days and sleepless nights inthe rooming-house, but she heard enough to lead to the rounding up of every person the police have rea. son to believe took part in the holdup. As she shuffled through tho halls of tne house, or borrowed a saucepan from her neighbors, or swept out a room, she was looking for Information. And when she shuffled over to the corner grocery and got safely inside tho telephone booth, the arimv. unkempt scrubwoman had vanished and In her place was Fo- 1 Friend The Pacific Telephone & i Spring Hats Expressing Individuality It is safe to say thai we have never had so charming and authentic an exhibit of new Spring hat fashions so early in the season. The new hats come first to Lipman-Wolfe's because we go after them. Whether it be a trimmed or a tailored hat. you will be certain to find just what will suit your own individual taste. We are now showing dozens of new models. Marked from $4.98 to $16.50 each. Tailored hats of black straws with saucy little stick-ups, and some with crowns of a bright and vivid red straw others, and many. too. in a symphony of black and white. Flower hats gaily sporting all the most vivid colorings of Springtime blossoms. In fact, so unusually beautiful is our hat section that it will be well worth your time to pay this department a visit. lice Matron Goodwin, telephonin: "hot tips" to headquarters. "Of course, it was risky," said Mrs. Goodwin, speaking of her telephone re ports. "I never knew when I might be followed and my movements noted. If those persons In the rooming-house had suspected me. I probably would not have been seen again. They weren't the kind to bandy words. T can tell you. T: TODAY'S This is" the last day to make an appointment with our EXPERT EUROPEAN EYEMAKER This is his only visit this year to this city. He will be at this store exclusively 5 days March 6-7-8-9-10 WORK DONE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY COLUMBIAN 145 SIXTH ST. of the Housewife ajT'S the most useful thing A in the house," said a lady of her Bell Telephone. "It takes my message to the mar ket, to the merchant, to the doctor, to the fire station, to anybody at any place." Bell Telephone Service is the standard service of the world, and every Bell Telephone is a Long-Distance Station. Telegraph Co. s was a strain. I'm glad that it's over' and I can are a good night s sleep." Fugene Unitarian to Build. El'GENK. Or.. March .1. (Special.) S. U Goddard, of Cottage Grove, waa vesterday awarded the contract for the. erection of the chapel for the TTni tarian Church. Work is to start at once. - THE DAY OPTICAL CO. F. F. BROWER manager MARSHALL 819