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PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCENES ATTENDING SUFFRAGE PARADE AT WASHINGTON
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WOMEN DESCRIBE
POLICE NEGLECT
Sylvester "Shocked" When He
! Learned of Conditions
Along Parade Route. -
STIMSON EXPLAINS ACTION
.Troops Refused, Says ex-Secretary,
Because Lavr Did Not Authorize
Use, bnt Troop Was Offered
i for Emergencies.
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WASHINGTON, March 8. In a stuffy,
orercrowded committee room the lead
jers of the suffrase parade that was
jlialted by disorder in the streets here
jMonday told the Senate committee in
vestigating; the affair today of -their
'efforts to secure proper protection,
'Major Richard Sylvester, superintend
ent of police, told his side of the story,
declaring; he believed he had placed a
force on Pennsylvania avenue that was
ample 'to handle the crowd and protect
the parade.
' Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the com
mittee which arranged for the parade,
told the committee that for more than
a month she and her associates had
"bombarded" Major Sylvester and the
War Department in their efforts to in
sure the proper protection for the pa
rade. Officials Evade Isaac.
"The District authorities would refer
us to ' the War Department and the
War Department would tell us that if
there was any trouble the fault would
.be with the District authorities," she
said.
When the suffragists were urging
Major Sylvester to grant them a per
mit to parade in Pennsylvania avenue,
Miss Paul said, the superintendent of
police endeavored to dissuade them by
telling them that the huge inaugura
tion crowds would be disorderly and
that he had too few men at his dis
posal to afford them proper protection.
After the permit finally was granted.
Miss Paul said, she ' reminded Major
Sylvester of these statements and
. urged him to request aid from the War
Department. This he did not do.
Sylvester Chaises Front.
"He told me that the riff-raff of the
South would be here for the inaugura
tion, when he opposed our marching on
March 3, but after we had secured the
permit and were working to insure
proper protection, he lust said: Oh,
that will be all right,' " said Miss Paul.
Mrs. & G. Meller, Mies Elsie Hill, of
TOE SUNDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
Norwalk, Conn and Mrs. Anna Jenness
Miller, of Washington, also told of
their efforts to secure the policing of
the line of march by Federal troops.
Ex-Secretary fit War Stlmson explained
earlier In the day that he had declined
to order cavalry out because the law
did not give him the authority to do so
except in emergencies. He had, he
said, placed a troop of cavalry at the
disposition of the District authorities.
Sylvester Is Shocked.
In reply to questions Major Sylvester
told the committee that prior to the
time of the parade he did . not think
that the aid of troops was necessary.
"I believed the force I had placed on
the avenue was sufficient," he said.
"Then if the avenue was not properly
cleared by 8 o'clock on the day of the
parade, in your judgment, the men and
officers on duty there did not do their
duty?" asked Chairman Jones.
"Yes, sir; that is It," answered Major
Sylvester. "I wu surprised -and
shocked when I reached Pennsylvania
avenue, after escorting President-elect
Wilson to his hotel, to find that the
crowd had " overflowed into the street
along the line, instead of only at the
point where the ropes had broken."
Major Sylvester said he was at the
union station to meet President-elect
Wilson when he received word from
police headquarters as to conditions.
He immediately ordered the cavalry
brought from Fort Myer.
Department Will Investigate.
The huge crowds. Major Sylvester
said, could hardly have been kept on
the sidewalks, but they could have
been held back enough to allow the
parade to pass - in an orderly manner.
He outlined at length the disposition
of men and the orders to them, and
declared that there were more men on
duty along the line of march, for the
suffrage parade than for the inaugural
parade on March 4. He also presented
reports from the officers In charge
along the line of march. Steps had
already been taken for a thorough in
vestigation by the police department,
he said, and any breach of duty would
be punished.
Major Sylvester said that the hos
pital reports showed only one person
injured and 11 cases of exhaustion dur
ing the parade. The committee will
continue its hearing next week.
General Mills Indlanant.
Major-General Anson Mills, retired,
who led one of the divisions of men in
the parade, was indignant and emphatic
in bis characterizations of the crowds
and of the police in the course of his
testimony.
"Crowds of hoodlums," he said,
"sneered at my division In the parade
and made insulting remarks. The po
lice made no effort to rebuke them.
They charged us with being henpecked.
They Indicated their determination to
send us home by breaking up the
parade. The crowd was vicious -and
made vicious attempts to break up the
ranks of the marchers, with practic
ally no interference from the police."
Mrs. Mills, the General's wife, told of
Incidents along the line of march and
described what she called the apathy
of the police.
Ex-Secretary of War Stlmson testi
fied that when the rumor that the Dis
trict police had said that the protec
tion of the suffrage parade was- "up
to the War Department," reached him,
he ordered a troop of cavalry held sub
ject to the order of Chief Sylvester.
Department Stre-tcaea Powers.
"In aikwlng the use of these troops."
said the former Secretary, "the War
Department stretched its powers under
the law to the uttermost, and If any
violence had resulted, our action un
doubtedly would have been gravely
questioned." i
PARK IS WRECKED
BY SUFFRAGETTES
Militants Descen J Suddenly
on Recreation Ground in
Nottingham Forest."
LORD CHURCHILL GUARDED
Return From Continental Trip Is
Marked by Force of Police at
Dock Riotous Methods
Becoming "Unpopular.
LONDON, March S. Although the
militant suffragettes have given the
British Isles a week of comparative
calm, they have kept the police and
other officials on the tip-toe of anxiety,
and it is feaied that the calm may be
merely the predecesor of another stormy
outburst. '
The public recreation ground at Not
tingham forest was despoiled by women
this morning, many of the young trees
being ruined, while lamps, benches and
railings were smashed. On Friday
night a number of telegraph and tele
phone lines in the neighborhood of
Glasgow were cut and cards bearing
the familiar "votes for women" were
left tacked on the poles.,
. Labortte la Tarset.
At an " "anti-sweating" meeting in
London on Friday night Ttiere was a
scene of disturbance. Will Crooks, the
Labor Member of Parliament, was the
principal object of the suffragettes' in.
terruptlons. The Labor members- are
among the chief supporters of the
"cause." but the militants accuse them
of chicken-heartedness and propose to
prod them by heckling and other means
until they adopt militant methods in
the House of Commons.
When Winston Spencer Churchill.
First Lord of the Admiralty, and his
wife arrived at Dover today from a
Continental trip, it was thought neces
sary to guard their passage from the
steamer to the train by a special force
of police and detectives. All the other
members of the Cabinet continue to
suppress, so far as possible, all . ad
vance news of their movements.
- Mrs. Pankhnrst Again Talks.
! Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the mili
tant leader, has made one public ap-
. n alnfA ahn was rolea.si.ri from
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prison on her promise to refrain from
incitements to violence, tier speecn on
that occasion is criticized in many
quarters as a violation of her promise,
but her supporters defend it with the
argument that it was merely a "justifi
cation of past deeds, and not an in
citement to new ones." j
There appears to be no doubt that the
militant section of the suffragettes has
lost ground during the last month.
Henry Masslngham's review. The Na
tion, and two of the influential Liberal
London dally newspapers, have turned
against them since the explosion of the
bomb at Lloyd George's country cot
tage. -
It has been shown that this explosion
might have killed several workmen, if
the plans of the women had worked
properly. A second bomb had been
placed, which was timed to explode at
an hour when there would have been
a' dozen workmen there, but the wind
extinguished the fuse which had been
laid to fire it.
Few Women Vote.
Although women property - holders
and house-holders have the right to
vote at municipal elections in the
British isles, female voters at the
County Council elections this week
were few, and only two out of a dozen
women candidates were elected.
Wnerever the suffragettes have at
tempted any public demonstration re
cently, they have been hooted and
mobbed, often by their own sex. Until
lately such treatment, when It was at
tempted, exerted strong protests in the
newspapers, but rfow arouses little re
sentment outside militant circles.
While some of the legislators ' who
favor women's suffrage declare that
nothing should be done In the matter
until the destruction of property by the
suffragettes ceases, others argue that
the acts of a small minority of the
women should not be allowed to kill a
worthy movement.-
FRANCE HOLDING ALOOF
TRADE MARK ISSCE INVOLVED
IX 1913 EXHIBIT.
Merchants Say They Wane Guaran
- tee That Designs and Models
! Will Be Protected."
PARIS, March 8. Some doubt exists
as to the extent of the participation of
France in the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion at San Francisco in 1915. and Pres
ident Poincare is interesting himself
In the subject. He today received Sen
ator Emile Dupont, the president of the
Foreign Expositions Association, and
Deputies and other persons interested,
to obtain information on the situation.
Senator Dupont gave the following ex
planation: "Many French firms are most willing
to send exhibits to San Francisco, but
their effective participation in the ex
position is subordinated to the ques
tion of the protectlomthe United States
Government is prepared to give to
trademarks, designs and models of
French origin.
"I and the would-be exhibitors de
sire to be certain before going to San
Francisco that, the best French products
will not be copied there by competitors.
American legislation offers no guaran
tee" of this kind, nor does the United
States Government show any disposi
tion to modify the present laws."
President Poincare expressed the hope
that some satisfactory arrangement
might be made, but he approved the
attitude ta"ken by Senator Dupont and
the Foreign Expositions Association.
Get the secret of Royal Bread-making
of your dealer on Friday, March
14th, and paste it in your cook book.
The secret will be baked into minia
ture loaves one of which will accom
pany every loaf of Royal Bread bought
on that day.
MARCH 9, 1913.
POPE SLIGHTLY ILL
Grippe and Catarrh Said to
Have Affected Him.
COMPLETE REST ORDERED
Pontiff Xot Confined to Bed, bnt It
Is Feared His Indisposition May
Interfere Some With Easter
tide ' Celebrations. -
ROME, March 8. The Vatican an
nounces that the indisposition from
which Pope Plus Is suffering is insig
nificant. The Osservatore Romano, the
Vatican organ, publishes the follow
ing official announcement:
"The Holy Father, being indisposed
from a slight attack of grippe and ca
tarrh, the usual audiences have been
suspended."
The Pope has been somewhat de
pressed since the death of his sister.
about a month ago, and tried to distract
his mind from his sorrow by extra
ordinary activity. A few days since
be began to show .the effects of over
exertion, but continued to give audi
ences. -He even "made a short address
yesterday to a group of pilgrims, al
though suffering from hoarseness.
Aa- this condition had become more
pronounced today, Dr. Marchiafava, the
Pope's physician, ordered an immediate
suspension of all audiences. The ex
amining physician detected symptoms
of a mild bronchitis, although there
was no rise of temperature.
The Pope is not confined to bed, but
Dr. Marchiafava has advised complete
rest and early retirement at night. Al
though it is expected His Holiness will
be able to resume audiences within a
week, it is feared his indisposition will
interfere to some extent with the
Easter celebrations, at which time it
is customary to admit a certain num
ber of children to receive the first com.
munion at the hands of the Pontiff.
LINCOLN PLANS BIG PAPER
'13 Students Propose to Issne Largest
"Cardinal" in Tears.
At the meeting Friday afternoon of
the June ('13) class of Lincoln High
School plans were laid for a large class
number of the Cardinal, the school
paper. As a first step, Clarence J.
Young regular editor of the Cardinal
was elected class editor, and Edison
Wingard was elected associate. It is
planned to issue a paper larger than
any issued during the past seven years.
As a means of raising the necessary
funds, the school is eager to place a
minstrel show before the public The
fact that their minstrel show of last
year was a decided success from every
standpoint has made the students in
terested more than anxious to surpass,
If possible, their work of the previous
year.
' The Triangular debates this year will
be .held on the evening of Friday,
March 28, in the auditoriums of the
respective schools. The teams are pitted
as follows: Lincoln, affirmative, and
Jefferson, negative, Lincoln High School
auditorium; Jefferson, affirmative, and
Washington, negative, Jefferson High
School auditorium; Washington, af
firmative, and Lincoln, negative, Wash
ington High School auditorium. The
debates will all occur the same evening.
TRIBUTE PAID MRS. LEITER
Funeral Attended by Notables and
Burial Is Postponed.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Funeral
services Tor Mrs. Levi C. Leitert for a
quarter of a century one of the Cap
ital's social leaders and one of its most
brilliant hostesses, were held today.
It was attended by Washington
notables and persons from Boston, Chi
cago and New York. Senator Bacon,
Henry White, ex-Ambassador to
France, and Nicholas Longworth were
among the honorary pallbearers.
Burial will not take place until after
the arrival from England of the
Countess of Suffolk, one of Mrs. Letter's
daughters.
OREGON DEBATERS CHOSEN
Contest With Washington Co-Eds
' Will Be on Immigration.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
I -, la.lbu o. "
Oberholtzer, of Spokane. Wash., and
Miss Cecil eawyer, oi urownsviiie, weiw
chosen at today's tryout to meet the
women's team of the University of
Washington in their annual debate next
May. At the same time Miss Beatrice
Littlefleld, of Minan, Or., was selected
as alternate.
There were only four candidates for
the team and none of t'nese has had
any previous experience in 'varsity de-
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bating. The judges who made the se
lections were Miss Julia Burgess, Miss
Mary Perkins and Robert Prescott, of
the University faculty. Miss Sawyer
and Miss Oberholtzer are members of
the Junior class and of Lambda Rho
Sorority. Miss Littlefleld is a fresh
man. The question" for the debate with the
Washington co-eds will be, "Resolved,
That all unskilled laborers of the new
Immigration, as classified by the Immi
gration Commission, should be excluded
from the United States." The Oregon
team will uphold the negative side.
PORTLAND'S BEST LUNCH
Served at the Uoltz. Store., .
Daily from 11 A. M. to 6 P. M. Best
foods, quick service, low prices. .Try
It today. "Holtz Corner." Fifth and
Washington. Bth-street entrance, direct
to restaurant. -
Philadelphia needs 50.000 to carry on. iti
work of planting and caring for street treR.
SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL, STATEMENT
OP THE
Michigan Millers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co.
of Lansing, In the State of Michigan, on the
31st day of December, 1112, made to the In
eurance Commissioner of the State of Ore
gon, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of capital stock paid up. .Mutual Co.
Income.
Premiums received during the
year in cash 526,167.18
Interest, dividends and rents re
ceived during the year 35,157.39
Income from other sources re
ceived during the year.. 318,510.00
Total income 632,84.57
Disbursement &
Losses peld during the year. ...f 377,877.91
Commissions and salaries paid
during the year 205,252.39
Taxes, licenses and fees paid
during the year 12.830.61
Amount of all other expendi
tures' 79,769.05
Total expenditures 675,729.96
Asset.
Value of real estate owned. . . .$ 10,000.00
Value of stocks and bonds
owned 482,063-35
Loans on mortgages and collat-
teral, etc 453,228.05
Cash In banks and on hand..,. 127,709.04
Premiums In course of collec
tion and In transmission. . . . 127,725.68
Interest and rents due and ac
crued 19,703.87
Total assets S1.220.4S9.97
Total assets admitted In Ore
gon 1,220,489.07
Liabilities.
Gross claims for losses unpaid.. $ 44,364.92
Amount of unearned premiums
on all outstanding risks 461.434.34
All other liabilities 144,569.49
Total liabilities exclusive of
permanent Fund of $2(M,0O0... 650,368.75
Total premiums In force De
cember 31, JO 12 11,028,925.53
Business in Oregon for the Year.
Total risks written during the
year $ S57.101.0fl
Cross premiums received during
the ' year 32.S53.15
Premiums returned during the
year S.506.M
Losses paid during the yeai,... 2.617.7:
Losses Incurred during the year 1,805.22
Total amount of risks outstand
ing in Oregon December iV,
1012 536.110.00
MICHIGAN MI1-LERK MTTCAL HUE IX
hlKA.NCE CO.
By A. D. BAKER.
Secretary.
Statutory general agent and attorney for
service: H. M. Grant, 502 Board of Trad
Building, Portland. Oregon.