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VOL.' VII. NO. 40.
PORTUiMD
a TO miT
KNOW REASON FOR
EWDIO
tW, Hodson, President of
Commercial - Club. Will
Present 4 City's Case at
Washington Invitation
to Admiral Evans.
An tctlre bombardment of the
United State nary baa been began
by the Portland Rose Festltal aso-
clatlon. The attack la being maae
in two directions upon Secretary
Metcalt In Washington by the aen-
. atora and congreaamen there, ana
unon Admiral Evam himself by
means of letters and telegrams sent
to him at Paso Robles. California.;
'It la th,Tiop bt thaiFeaUTai-aaao-;
elation that tl doubt attack wm Pw
aoecewful and that at Iat a porUon
of th battlaahlp flaat' wUrjota.". with
th mOqulto nt In lowrln their
olora to Portland ana wr jm m-
tival.
! C' Bodadn," prwident of th'Com
merclkl elub. ls In Wahlatoo tofaT
and narsonally' conductlna tha loray
at th national capluL . Tha following I
ttUgTam waa ant him ty rr8iaani
Chester A. Whltemote of th Feetlvel
aeeoclatlon today: '
wire to Xr. Hodaoa.
.rf- w : HnHHon ' Bt.T ' Jamea I Hotel,
Washington, Cun you endeajror to Ml
bait eiip lor .roruaiiui "
taken Humect up with Admiral Thomaa.
He reph ft followa: ; ImpoaalWeto
visit' Portland, Itinerary ordered from
Washington ; alter jni
after
1. Shtss at
nayy yard docklngt and
preparing tori
1. whiimnn bJho sent a oersonal
sinator Nixon of Nevada, a per-1
R?:aneioTowafdMgretUngTar&
IOftFl-rt.ug..ted by th. f-tlva! asso
ciation that aU cltisens of Oregon bar
Ing friends In congress ontslde of the
Oregon delegation wlre them . asklmr
their Msistance in the fight the asso
ciation la maxing to
for the festival. . k.,
But although every effort la being
brought to bear in Washington the association-has
determined to follow the
suggestion , of Secretary Metcalf and
baa written Admiral JEvana that
he send a suitable detail of the fleet to
Portland. A special wrarai""
the festival aaaoplatlon will J-o-.ao: to
San rranolsco to extehd the invitation
in person to Admiral JBvans and th4of-
iicers or -nis-"oov- -
" sttr to Bvaas,
The letter written the admiral ; and
an answer to which is expected within
a few days. is miouow., , .
mlral American wavy. so wu-, L m
Dear Sir yvnen, youreV ""-.
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eoial envo;
from the, Portland Rose
estiva! wl
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1 . 1 lv1toHnna
to visit Portland during out 'next Grand
Annual Bose Carnival, June 1 to a, lUH,
and
participate In the fesUvltles.
will k fmir hMiitlful da
parades - and four gorgeous, brilliant
rinMtiins- and .spectacular . illuminated
There
na r.H,i of which the water pageant
will be one in which we desire your
launches in flarnor to assist. .
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OF COURSE ADMIRAL
; EVANS BELIEVES IT
; IS THE REAL THING?
(Uofted Prese' teaetd' Wire.)
Santa Monica, CaL, April B3. ,e
.Taking advantage of the prea- e
, ence this afternoon of practical-
ly all the officers of the' battle-
ship ; fleet the city of Santa
Monica, through Mayor Dudley,
' will present to Admiral ; Evans e
tha historical gavel used by Lord
Kelson, .the hero of Trafalgar, e
; when In ' consultation . with i the
officers aboard of his flag-ship, e
r. the ' Victory. The presentation
will be wade to Admiral Thomas,, '
as the continued illness of Ad-
mlral Evana will prevent , his
personal participation in v the
demonstration planned . in T hla
honor.! This gavel waa presented
' ten years ago to 3 W. Pettit,
now of Santa Monica, but who
waa then a resident 1 of. Cain-
bridge, England, by an old trav-- e
ellng gypsy . whom he . had be
friended.
T The 'gavel had been given . to
the gypsy as a keepsake by a
'Bailor Some years before. . '
JOURNAL
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MAUD ALLEN,
WHO DANCED'WAY TO FAME
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Thla picture of Maud Allen, who
Jnt before ahe left London: where
dan of "Salome.",. Mlae Allen's identity aa Mias pnrrant waa rerealed
In a letter to a former schoolmate In
RUEFS
Former Boss Scared by Warning FolIowing.Blowing Up
v L-Police Suspect
(United Press Liewd wire.)
San Francisco, April !a.-Aba Ruefa
.... ... thrMt.n.i. accordina to
a etatement made today ' by the ex-boss.
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The statement, coming so soon after the
AIAV vvu.aa '
ghers home, in uaKiana, issi : aignx
feeds to the belief tthat a- crank was
responsible for the Gallagher outrage,
ih. mntlvaa - fop'. attemDts en .the
lives of Gallagher and Buef would nec
essarily b dlffesent, -Ruef having
drawn- away from the prosecution and
lining up with the indicted 'higher
ups" while Gallagher la giving the
graft ' prosecution all the aid , in his
Power.. .
xrosecutor-xaoiiwy lur rwun. w ui
euss the ' posniDie mouve zor me at
tempt on Gallagher's life.
Geor IiiteU Alleged to
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San Prancisoo, April M.--Qeorge A
Xattell, aald to be one of tha most dar
ing and cunning: confidence men in the
country f appeared before 'United : 8tatea
Commissioner Heacock today for "exam
ination for' removal to, Seattle for trial
on m- charge pf Impersonating a federal
officer. ' j ,..' ,
1 Uttell waa arreeted In Oakland a week
ago - on . complaint of ' Mrs. " Josephine
Daubney, a Seattle widow,' who charged
that Littell secured f 4 70 front her after
having courted her and securing her
promise' to become his wife. Llttell
represented himself to. the widow to be
S, federal officer. ' . ' "i ':..
Lit tell, according to the secret serv
ice operators, has made a trade of wooing-
women, getting their- money and
BHflKOlIfflRKS III
. PORTLAND, OREGON,, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL'
NOT C0MIM
PRETTY GIRL
waa Miss Maud Dnrwint, waa taken
she made tremendous hit In the
San Francisco.
Crank of .Crime.'
Extra precautions will be
taken to
protect Bu
uet against attempts iat vio-
lence.
Th nallavher affair. is causing much
apprenension among me omer oooanni
unervlsora. thev fearlnr that las
night's attempt will stir the cranks to
general action.- ; .'; ..
Oakland, Cal., April it. The mystery
surrounding the attempt made last night
to take the life of Jamea L. Gallagher,
star witness In the boodle case affecting
the old board of supervisors, by dyna
miting his home, is as Impenetrably to
day so far as. the identity of the irrpe
trators Is concerned as ft was. lmmedl-
tlv aftnr the exDlofllon occurred.
Although Oakland's - detective force
spent the night in running down various
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Have Secured $1,000 From
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invpmmPTiT.
Jewels and disappearing. A Mrs. Veda
of this city charges him with having
disappeared with! two of her Tings, one
of which she claims Llttell gave to Mrs.
W. J., Gates, an Oakland wldowJ to
whom he was to have been married on
the evening- of hla arrest. , Mrs. Gates
refuses to believe Llttell guilty of the
charges against him,- and sat by hla
aide la the courtroom today, t -
The i secret service men aver that
Llttell has a record In almost - every
large city In the country- Including New
York. New , Orleans, . Minneapolis, At
lanta, Chicago, Boston and Denver.
The authorities claim to have learned
that Llttell. while la San Jose In liOD
secured from Mrs. J. M. Prettyman,
wife of a Portland man, 11.000 to be
Invested for her, in addition to borrow
ing I S00.. Llttell I said to have fled
to Beno --without making the Investment
or returning the money. - .
LIFE fS THREATENED
'V..- tiaaa Baa a. aa a a a a a i mm a aa a a aaa a a aa I
St
HOT FIGHT
In Open Letter Executive
Calls Upon .Council to Aid
Him In Ousting Inman
Poulsen Company From
City Streets.
Move Will Land Controversy
in Courts Company Will
Probably Checkmate Pro
ceedings by Applying for
Injunction.
With the fireworks over in regard to
the vacation of streets now ocupted by
the Inman-Poulson LumDer company,
Mayor Lane has gotten down to the
real business- In the case and will In
stltute proceedings to compel the com
pany to move off. Tel this end Mayor
Lane addressed a communication to the
council this afternoon, in which he asks
the members of the council and the city
attorney to aid him In retaining the
city's rights In the streets.
Just what ateDS will be necessary to
acoompiisn tnis- en a Mayor UAne naa
not determined, and win-not until ne
secures the views of the councllmen.
CKy Attorney Kavanaugh sayi that if
the mayor directs the chief of police to
remove the mlllowner from the street
they will have to do so If they have no
rignis to me. property, .
' Pavers Ouster Proceedings.
Such action would - undoubtedly ' re
sult, however. In the company asking
ror an injunction against tne enforce
ment of the order which would brlnr
the matter Into the- courts, where It is
sure to go whatever course Is followed.
Mayor Lane believe that another
method should be adopted. He believes
that , ouster .proceedings should be
started on behalf of the el t v. and will
take np the question with the, city at
torney - and- the oouncllmen. Mavor
Lane's menaare to the council follows:
"Portland. Or.. AdHI 23. 1 DOS. To tha
honorable city council, gentlemen: In
asmuch as a claim has been made in an
opening meeting of your honorable
body, by an agent of the company, to
the effect that the Inman-Poulsen Lum
bering Manufacturing company Is the
owner of certain portions, of East Ca-
Grant street. East Lincoln -street. East
Sherman street. East First East Sec
ond and East Third streets. In this city,
which streets are now beina- oocnnleit h.
the said oompany to the exclusion of the
fublio I write this to respectfully in
Imate to you that acting under the au
thority vested in me as mayor of this
city, I shall Immediately institute pro
ceedings so far as it lies in my power
to do . so to secure the possession of ,
hu sireeis io mis city.
Asks Council's Aid. .
To this end. I as mayor of this city,
do hereby call upon you as the lawful
representatives' of the city, and upon the
city attorney as Its legal advisor, to
tender me all the aid and comfort in
your power In an effort to retain th
city's rights to these streets..
"In this action upon my part, there
is no intention to do any injustice to
the present occupants of these streets,
but It la my full intent to secure to
this city If I can do so all and every
auch right as belongs to It
"Sincerely hoping that the city may
secure the benefit to be derived from
your earnest active and wise assist'
ance in ;tms matter, I am.
Tours respectfully.
' 'N "HARRy LAKE. Mayor
Bailroad BUI Passes.
(Coited Press Leased Wfre.l
Albany, N. Y.. April 23. The Frlsbie
Mil extending; to 10 years the corporate
lit In New York of the Canadian Pa
ct no railway, passed ' the senate todav.
Tha bill, whloh was defeated In th sen
ate last year, now goes to th-governor.
GREAT COCKTAILS!
VANDALS DESTROY
( 4,000,000 OYSTERS!
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Paris, April S. Pour mil-
lion oysters were destroyed at
Cancale by Infuriated fishermen
as tha result of aa attempt by
the Cancale fishermen ;to kill
competition. ' e
- Th Immense cargo of the bl-
vslves cam from St Malo and
befor th vessel carrying, it had
e dropped anchor the local fish-
ermeu held a council of 'war at
which It was decided thai ford-
ble measures should be taken to
e protect th local market A body
of 100 fishermen was thereupon 4
' selected to capture the unwel-
. come steamer and destrqy her
cargo. . They put out in s boata
and clambering aboard they took ,
possession of th vessel! and J
brought her to th;wharfc Thi4
,. sack ? of ,'oystera vwr'.' thn-.
, handed out'aad pounded & pow-
der. Not a single shell.: waa 1
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IENDIEIT
Congressman MondelL; Sajs
Rights of People Will
Probably Be' Destroyed If
Fordney's Amendment Is
Accepted; -
Solons Who Want Harrlman
to Disgorge Oregon Lands
Believe Michigan Prop
erty Holder Is Trying to
Insert Joker.
Amendment Loses by Overwhelming
s Vote.
Washington, April It. One of th bit
terest ; fights of this session of con
gress occurred today -over th adoption
of th senate resolution Instructing the
attorney-general to . Institute suit to
wrest land in F southwestern ' Oregon
from the Harrlman Interests, which ar
alleged to have violated th restrictions
under which they -received 1,000,000
acre. -.' i
The land lies along tha Or inn AT ,
ifornla railroad and waa granted to the
company in 1868. Before . being pat
entee . me government -amended tne
grant so that th land could be sold in
oatcnes or 10 acre at 11.60 ner ar-
to actual settlers. SIqc litl the Har
rlman management Is allesed to have
sold not les than 1.000.000 acres far
as much as f 10 per acre, and is sMU
noiaing .,uvv,uvu acres as an invest
ment Claiming that this disregard of the
law has led to th devastation of the
country and defeated the object of set-
grant waa made.
th department of Justice seeks to- take
the matter to court, but It la neces
sary to have congress authorise the
suits. Scarcely had th debate on tha
proposed resolution begun befor Rep
resentative FordneV of Mlchlvan Intro.
duced an 'amendment to protect "Inno
cent purchasers," Including the Inhabi
tants of small town and 45.000 acre
bought by lumbermen, all of whom are
said to have purchased the land In Ig
norance of tne restrictions. It waa
no ranee or ine restrictions, it was
pointed out that th government Itself
in tne uregon transactions had not al
ways recognised the restrictions.
The amendment was savagely at
tacked, the charge being made that it
was an attempt . to let Harrlman es
cape.
Fordney of Michigan, an extensive
owner of timber lands In Orearon waa
recognised to offer the amendment
Sneaker Cannon announced a thr..
hours' debate divided into an hour to
each side. Congressman fnniali hi.
man of the lands committee, oanlmii&i
the time for those supporting th reso
lution and against th amendment
Congressman Fordney is controlling the
time for the friends of the amendment.
Mondell made a? brief statement say
ing the rights of th people and the gov
ernment would probably ba destroyed If
the amendment was adopted, as It would
cut the ground from under th govern
ment completely, jk !-i i
.In answer to questions Mondell said
tne lands commute was practlcallr
unanimous for th resolution against
tha amendment, tha 4nm.. .9 ....
tic being strongly opposed to the
ucuumaiu ana Bonaparte having said
ihftl?2'r-,!?ime.nJt PpobJy would not In
adopted. ' any amendment was
.JiohDBOr ?r Arkansas opposed ' the
smendment in an eight-minute speech.
Hawley In a 10-minute speech supported
the unamended resolution as the orig
inal mover her to have th government
take up the forfeiture.
;;.H.wiy w 'ha; had received a re
quest from a small land owner constit
uent that the resolution be amended
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HOLD UP GAMBLING HOUSE
Four Masked Thugs Steal $10,000 Bankroll From the In
. diftna Club at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Make
: iscaj)e jjeiore ine
;.t (United' Press Leased Wire.)
Hot .. Springs, Ark.. April !8. Tho
most sensational robbery In the his
tory of . th ..cltyl, occurred early- thla
morning when four masked men entered
a gambling room known as the Indiana
club, lined up i everybody in the place,
took tha club'a tlO.OOfl hankmii anil es
caped. ,i , ,
Th robbery waa ' carried out with
neatness and -felsp&tch. the robbers evi
dently having planned th raid care
full y. ' There were a numhee nf nlavera
at each of th table distributed about
tn Dig room when tn four, men en
tered. Quietly , through the rear doors.
Their presence . had not ; been noticed
until the leader shouted th command.
lianas up. - . ..!,:
t Taken comnletelv hv innirlta anH Me.
Ing resistance useless, the quartet hav
ing disposed of themselves about the
TJOTPT? TXtr
CARELESSNESS NOT
CRIME SAYS BANKER
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IVO m Af I HAS BEEII
ASLEEP 78 DAYS
No Apparent CKahge in Con
dition of Mrs. Buelah
Hawkins;v - ; ; :
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- Los Angeles, .April li. Stilly lying tn
a cataleptic state at th county hos
pital, Mrs, Beulah Eawkina seara th
1 tth week of her continued Bleep. . To
day la the 78th day. since aha lapsed
into a stat of coma. . Th fact that
there appears to be no change In either
her physical or mental' condition.' con
tlnues to -pusale- both- the- hospital and
outside physicians, and they have given
up all hope of awakening the woman
by . medical, means and. have decided to
let nature take its course.
Her strength and weight" remain
practically uniform, although there is
a atignt variation in - coin.
ENEMIES DRAW GUNS
IN WAtKON CHURCH
' (Special Dispatch -to The Journal.) '
Edwall. Wash.. April 21. Resorts
ware received here this morning of a
gun play at church at Waukon Sunday
night -Seleotman started to go Into
the Waukon Tradlna? companv's hail.
where they were holding church. When
he waa stopped by W. I Walker, denied
admittance and ordered out Selectman
refused to go, - and Walker is - said to
have assaulted him In the doorway. Se
lectman then drew a gun, .It .1 alleged,
but was prevented from using it by
bystanders.. Selectman la teaching the
Summit school, north or waukon. Trou
ble started when Walker accused Select
man of being drunk. A fight followed.
Walker being knocked down: three, time
and Selectman coming out unhurt ' Dur
ing the fight- Walker was armed with a
stove poker, while Selectman gripped a
pruning knife. t,. ... ,
SOLDIERS WILL AID
IN FLEET'S WELCOME
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(United Press Leased Wire.) .
Seattle, wash., April 28. All regu
lar army troop in th vicinity of Seat
tle win participate in the welcome of
the Atlantic fleet to this cltv. In reply
to the request .of the ohamber of -commerce,
Major-General Jk Franklin Bell,
chief of staff of the army,, ha Issued
orders at Washington to thla effect
The issuing, -af- this order- means - that
there will be In th neighborhood of
i.ovu soiaiers oi me regular army gath
ered In the elty to aid in welcoming
the fleet. Of this number, about 1,800
will be of the coast artillery service at
H1 f?4 ,ound forts and 300 men of
the Third Infantry at Fort Lawton.
Alarm is Uiyen,
room lrt,euch.a..nianner as to b sble
to cover ail of their victims, playera and
dealers InstanU, obeyed thi command.
laff.alSSi'W.J? !t tha
trudera h 1 1 . k '-tnre,or tti ln-
rolL - ' ?. ci.nit.iou a, mi, pana
. Still cpverlhg . their victims.' the ' rob
STXnrS Vl. o' front doors.
if8?..0" f tho rear doors. locking
'r maae tneir escape In the
darkness.--'-.f .v -. .. . - .-i-.-.-v t
4 They succeeded fit -getting a good
start before the alarm -was, given and
when' t' police arrived on the scene
uiiouih iu pick- uif an jr-ciews.
The city is being carefully searched
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cape on horseback immediately after the
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Calls Attention to Use '
of School Funds. -
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Salem. Or., April J-DiyeUd by tha
court of every technical plea that abl
oounael could set up, th attorneys for
th defense . In . th Rosa case today
pleaded befor th jury misfortune and
mismanagement In behalf of their cli
ent' and asked the Jury to discriminate
between misfortune ' and crime. Wil
liam M. , Kaiser, known . as on of th
moat successful jury lawyers In Marlon
county, opened th argument for tha de
fense, and at one put In an appeal for
his client that - might secur hla ac
quittal through sympathy.
Th case of the state seems dear, and
in view of previous rulings of the court
is believed to be substantial. .On th
other hand, th entlr case of th de
fense has depended almost entirely upon
technicalities. , . . . f . ,
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' "It ha been clearly shown, said
Judge Pipe In summing up the caa
for th state, "that state moneys, known
as the educational fund. Including- th
irreducible common school fund, were
deposited in the Title Guarante &
Trust company bank between June i and
October 28, 1907. That thla money
after August 11 was paid out by th
bank to meet Its obligation In one way
or another, and that after August 2t
all th cash assets of th bank -would
not bave equaled th sum deposited by
Sta-te Treasurer Steel. . , . . .
We have shown by the books of the
bank that thla state money was paid
out -after August 11 by an accelerated
geometrical progression until Ih bank
closed, with almost every cent of th
tate'a money paid out."' ; . .
"The irreducible fund was meant t
hav been Irreducible,' said John Man
ning, district attorney of Multnomah
cpunty.j.ln ;hl opening argument "and
It was never Intended by the frsmers of
the constitution of Oregon that anybody
should have used that money, not even
Mr. Ross or Mr. Burkhsrt ..
V " '"Be aXatOe-for Zdaoatton ' ' - -
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th education tof our children and lv
provided for Its loan. The land board
my can loan th money, and Mr. Steel
ad no authority to delegate a nnwee t
the bank h did not hav himself.
It has been shown that all the mnn
la the custody of th stat treasurer '
deposited. In Portland was in the nti
Guarantee A Trust company, the tnVt
unreliable Institution In the state.; Mr.
oteei, wnom you ana l have elected to
trust with- the funds used tn Adnata
our children, put this money In an in
solvent bank. , There. Was io- reason for
this or no understanding that such
should be th case between Mr. T?n
and Mr. Steel, who the court haa said
was an unwilling witness." -
Th testimony of Mr Ttn ...
harply criticised by Mr. Manning.' H
said Ross had been, presented with the
gOlden. ODPOrtUnltV ' Of - eznlnlnlnar h
matter In full to th Jury but had de
clined. He simply took refuge behind
the legal conclusion that h. iumniii '
had not converted on dollar of school
money to nis own uses. , - -
? Xalar uft ItcCamani.
Mr. Manning waa follower! hw Ttr
Kaiae; falser waa .in turn, followed
by McCamant. who made a strong and
abl plea for sympathy, alleging at the
Mini i inn int state naa not en
tablished th guilt of his client. Fol
lowing Judge Pines, vhn will
the argument for the state, the case
will go to th; Jury and aiTerdict may
b arrived at this evening. ti
'.lbn .the tiAujrt .convened, this- morn
ing permission to put Mr. Burkhsrt on
the stand wa granted ,ta the defense.
Through Mr. Burkhart McCamant en
deavored to show that, th faUur of
the Oregon Trust . Savings bank
brought oo -the failure' of . the Title
Guarante Trust company. . This evi
dence was not allowed by the court end
wa ruled out because it was not ma
terial to th case. Th defense thought
to- strengthen lts plea of - misfortun
through this testimony, by showing that
tha jaUur of -the-Orepo Trust A Sav-
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FRENCHWOMEN WILL
- FIGHT-DUEL; MERRY
WIDOWS AS SHIELDS
, ' (United Prea Leaaed Wire.)
e Pari. Jtprll 23. Mile. rIxile,
a writer, la seeking a pistol duel
with another woman writer, and
? has authorised her seconds, M.
, DeForge and H. Aubrey, to chal-
lenge her. ,A
The two women recently en-
' gaged In a, dispute in the Chut-
let theatre over the question t
4 womens wearing hats in . play-
- house. : This haa led to the story
'that; Merry Widow sailors will
i be used as shields by the spr.
'' tators. '
i-Mile- LaLol Instated that o
v men should remove their hat if
'' asked polttely to do so. 1 : -
other writer took exception t .
this Idea, declaring that it v
ridiculous. Mile. - ljil.,!.
elded that she had been gro, !,
Insulted, ana says that ff the
man does not rxmke an j,n!. ,
she must fis-ht a du!.
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