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former vice president of National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association: Mrs
Nina Van Wrinkle. Newark, n. j.. presl-
dent woman's Political Union, Of New
Jersey; Mrs Edwin c. Grice. Philadsl-
phia- president Home and School League.
Of Philadelphia: Mrs. Lionel g. Marks
Josephine Preston Peabody. Of Cam
bridge, Mess: Mrs. Dora @. S. Hazard.
Syracuse, Y, vice president woman's
Political Lnlon, Of New York: Miss Mary
E. Woolley. South Hadley. Mass, presi-
dent Mount Holyoke College. and Mrs.
Ernest Thompson-Seton. Greenwich.
Conn, vice president Connecticut suf-
frage Association.
Mrs. John Rogers, jr.. New York City.
member executive board Women's Po-
litical Union Of New York; Miss Mary
Bartlett Dixon. Easton. Nd, chairman
legislative committee Of Maryland Just
Government League; Mrs. Lillian Harris
Coffin. San Francisco. president New Era
League Of California: Miss Ada l. James.
Richland Center. Wis, formerly presi-
dent Of Political Equality League, of
Wisconsin: Mrs. John Dewey. New York.
wife Of Prof. Dewey Of Columbia Uni-
versity; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles,
Newcastle. Del, daughter Of late Senator
Bayard. who was a member Of Cleve-
lands Cabinet: Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman. New York City. author and lee
turer: Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Washing
ton, d. c. wife Of the pure food expert:
Miss Elizabeth r. Hooker. New Haven,
Conn: Mrs. William Prendergast. New
York City. wife OF the Comptroller Of
New York: Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells.
San Francisco, police woman of San
Francisco and lecturer; Miss Edythe
Wynne MatthesOn. Connecticut, the IA
nous actress
Others Who VIII Attend.
Distinguished suffra gists who. while not |
members of the advisory council, will at
tend the conference as guests OF the ex-
ecutive committee and the council:
Mrs. Robley D. Evans. Mrs Frank Tay- |
lor Evans. Mrs. Sewall. Mrs. Wilfred |
Lewis. Mrs. r d. Hasbroucke Of BOs- |
ton; Mrs. n. $. Luscomb and daughter, |
Miss Florence Luscomb. Of Boston; Mrs. |
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be held at Marble House. the beautiful
summer home of Mrs. Belmont. Mrs.
Belmont will entertain the executive
committee at dinner and later In the
evening a reception will be given 1T the
Casino In honor OF the members of the
advisory council and other distinguished
guests. Bishop and Mrs. Darlington. OF
Pennsylvania. and Mrs. Belmont will be
the hosts on this occasion.
Following the business session at Mar
BILE House on Sunday afternoon, at viii h
the political situation will be thoroughly
discussed and campaign plans announced,
the members OF the conference will be en-
tertained at tea by Mrs. Belmont, and a
garden party will be given in their honor
in the evening at Hill Top" the beauti-
full home-of J. X. Sullivan. at (which ad
dresses will be made by Mrs. Belmont.
Mrs. Hooker. and others.
/. Lat of Council Members.
The complete list Of the newly formed
advisory council Of the Congressional
vice president of the Woman Suffrage
Party. OF Brooklyn. y. Y; Mrs. John J.
White. OF Washington. d. C; Mrs. Flor
ence Kelley. Of New York, secretary of the
National Consumers League; Miss La
vinia Dock. Of New York, secretary of
International council Of Nurses; Prot
Lucy NJ. Salmon, Of Vassar College; Mrs.
Marie Jenny Howe. New York City.
Mrs. Marsden Perry. Newport, r. l.,
Mrs. GlendOwer Evans, Boston. only
woman member of the Massachusetts
Minimum Wage Commission; Mrs. John
Winters Brannan. New York City. treas
urer Of the New York woman's Political
Union: Senator Helen Ring Robinson.
Denver Colo. Mrs SOPHIE G. Meredith.
Richmond. Va. vice president OF the
Virginia Suffrage Association: Mrs. Will
lam Colt, chairman, political committee
of Twenty-fOurth Senatorial district.
women's Political Union, Bronxville, y.
Y: Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, New
York City. lawyer: DR.. Cora Smith King.
Seattle. Wash, treasurer Of National
Council oil Women Voters; Miss Char
lotte Anita Whitney. Oakland. Cal.
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vance Of the woman suffrage movement
into the fsId Of practical politics.
The object Of the conference is to CON-
plets the arrangements for the defeat in
the coming Congressional campaign OF
those candidates for Congress whose
elimination is considered essential TO the
satisfactory progress Of the national
woman suffrage movement
IF the political opinions OF certain of
pur opponents are immovable. at least
they themselves are not" is the slgnifi-
cant comment OF Miss Alice Paul, chair
man OF the Congressional Union.
That will be the keynote Of the confer
ence. and the proposition, the truth of
which the members and friends OF the
Congressional Union are preparing TO
demonstrate in the event that Consress
adjourns without taking favorable action
on the Bristow-Mondell resolution pro-
viding for an amendment to the Consti-
tuition snfranchising women
A black list" of candidates is being
prepared at the Washington headquar-
tiers of the Congressional Union and will
be announced for the hrst time al the
session to be held at Marble House on
the afternoon OF August 30. The names
will be submitted for discussion, and final
plans for the invasion of the Congress
sional districts OF the political enemies
OF the woman suffrage cause will be
definitely formulated,
The executive committee Of the union,
including Miss Alice Paul. Miss Lucy
Burns, OF New York; Mrs. o. II. p. Bel
mont Of New York; Mrs. Donald +.
Hooker. OF Baltimore: Miss Elsie Hill.
of Connecticut; Mrs. Lawrence Lewis jr..
of Philadelphia: Mrs. Crystal Eastman
BenedIct and Mrs Mary Beard of New
York. and Mrs. ellison Gardner, of Wash
ington. will meet at the Newport head
quarters OF the union in Bellevue avenue
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. August
.. for brief business session. They
will meet the members of the advisory
council at luncheon at the Claiming par
lors, Mrs. Lawrence acting as toastmas-
ter. and in the afternoon the first formal
business session OF the conference will
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has promised a woman's millennium; with
wars. low wages, and "drudgery'' elm
mated forever, IL it gets into power
through the ballot Yet more women OPP
pose suffrage than workers oppose So
cialism, and for the same reason. name
ly. that its theories and its programs
cannot be successfully demonstrated to
be OF benefit, and that its agitation
brings resentment. reputation. and
that interferes with the eX-
ercise of the moral influence that women
have always welded in an effective way
for the progress of civilization.
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Wonlen Merc Tortured.

The treatment Of women by the police
on these occasions was made the subject
of a pamphlet issued by the Cancellation
committee when they asked a Parliameu-
tary investigation, which of course was
not granted DR.. Jessie Murray and Mr..
Brailsford. the secretary OF the commit
tee. took the sworn testimony of l35
women as TO the treatment they had re-
ceived 1t was heartrending-unne
sary violence. torturing by twisting por-
tions of the body. and pounding on the
spine, acts Of the Erossest indecency. and
these things committed not only by the
police but by men upon women who were
already under the guard Of the police.
But that these are sworn statements and
that the evidence was sifted by Lord
Robert Cecil, and by an expert lawyer.
il would seem incredible. 1t could only
take place in a land where respect for
omanhood had yet to be achieved by
their courage and determination.
The government refused TO hold an in
duiry and. lest these facts should come
out publicly, the majority of women ar
rested were dismissed without trial by
order of Winston Churchill. a proceeding
so unconstitutional as 10 call for grave
protest from some OF the members Of
Parliament.
The election being on the very dema-
goEic question OF downing the lords.
the Liberals won. and added one seat to
their strength. They were still hopeless
ly dependent on a coalition with other
parties to carry any measure. The Lib
eral party is where il has no independ-
enee. It has fallen into the predicament
about which Gladstone uttered a solemn
warning in Edinburgh. In 1855. MIR. Glad
sfOne said.
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A contribution to the growing indus
try Of fur farming has been undertaken
by the United States biological survey
in the shape OF experiments in breeding
minks for size. quality OF fur and dis
position. A mink farm has been start
ed near Prichard. Idaho. IN the Occur
d'Alene national forest, and similar ex-
periments are under way in the ma
tional geological park IN Washington.
D, c.
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Newspapers silent.

Although the press maintained a con-
certed silence about all this activity. It
was brought to Mr. Asquith's notice in a
letter sent TO him by the Earl of Lyt-
ton. chairman OF the Cancellation COM
mittee. Before these special meetings
were over II was known that the Parlia-
mentary conference had failed to agree
on the veto OF the House of Lords bill
Parliament. which had been in recess
waiting for the report Of this bill, and
which had virtually done nothing all
summer, which made it the more exas-
perating that they could not he allowed
to discuss the woman suffrage bill met
on November *. and Mr. Kerr Hardie
pressed in vain for an answer to the
Question as to what. in view of this great
showing Of public sentiment, the govern
ment would do about the Cancellation bill.
Parliament took a recess until November
Il. with the announcement that there
would be a sPeedy adjournment The
women felt there must be an immediate
attempt to secure action before this gov
eminent should GO out Of power. and all
this effort prove fruitless.
The Womans Social and Political
Union determined to make a militant
demonstration. With no weapons but
their banners, they marched out of Cax-
ton Hall upon the House Of Commons
thirteen at a time, because this is the
maximum number permitted by law to
approach that place for political pur-
poses. The first thirteen reached the
door OF st. stephens, but every succeed
ing squad were set upon and their ban
ners broken. They were offered every
personal indgnity by a class Of police
they had had. no previous experience
with, for the Westminster police. the
pride of London. had been called of to
deal with the critical situation among
the Welsh miners who were on strike,
and their place around Parliament
square was taken by policemen who or
dinarily are on duty in the slum sec
tions of London, and who could not he
trusted to deal with Infatuated miners
but were given power to treat women as
they pleased-only to avoid arresting
them possible.
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Gladstone. Warming Words.

81 will suppose that owing to some
cause the Liberal party was called upon
to deal with this great constitutional
question Of the government of Ireland
in a position where it was only a minor
ity depending on the Irish vote for con-
vertinE It into q majority.
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Attorney General Cosson has ruled that
the Iowa State board of control may
send prisoners to work on the public
highways OF the State without armed
GuardG
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1t was for this reason that instead OF
marching them OF quietly to the police
court they were bUffeted for hours by
the police and by plain clOthesmen and,
as is always the case. by hoodlums. who
took advantage OF the opportunity to
work their vile will. Standing al the
back of st. Margaret's. opposite the door
OF st. Stephens. saw women as they
came up with their banners set upon by
men and banged hither and thither. and
the mounted police riding them down.
Still they struggled TO reach their lead
ers; still others came forward TO be
beaten and bruised in like manner. but
none turned hack or wavered until
hours after they had either been arrest
ed or mauled beyond endurance.
! saw our sailors, who were al that
time guests Of the city and had just
been banqueted at Guildhall. ride through
the mob, and I heard their ordinations
l am sure nothing but strict discipline
and international etiquette kept them
from springing to the defense Of the
women. as ii is the glory of the Ameri-
can man that he feels prompted to do
whenever IL is not his own quarrel
The women who were arrested were
the next morning without be-
ing allowed to give their testimony as
to their treatment: but this November
Is, 1910 BLACK Friday" will always be
prominent in the history OF the woman
suffrage movement.
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to the effect that if returned to power
the government would give facilities for
effectively proceeding with a bill which
Is so framed as to permit of free amend
ment- He. however. declined to prom
Use that this should be done during the
first year of the new Parliament. This
was not satisfactory. and as the House
had risen several hundred women en-
deavored to reach Mr.. Asquith's house
In Downing street.
As no woman ever carried arms on
these Populations, American readers will
find il difficult to see why they should
not have been allowed to enter the street
peaceably. and why Mr.. Asquith should
not have come to his door and talked
fairly to the women. II only to tell them
that he could not and would not do what
they wanted. But the moment the DO
lice from the Cannon street station. al
most opposite. got wind OF what was GO
ing on they marched out and drew up
across Downing street and fought every
woman who tried to enter. But this was
not the worst. The women hemmed in
were treated with tire most shameful in
dignities that can be conceived. Again
was at a vantage ground. being at one
Of the cities Of refuge in the middle OF
the street and Just in the line where all
the arrested women were dragged bv For
an absolutely nonmilitant person I kept
up a strenuous alienation of cries OF
Shame. shame and God bless YOU
letting off my pent-up feelings in that
way. a street virago with arms akimbo
asked me what I was doing there. for
my speech had betrayed me All retI-
Cence under the circumstances thrown
to the winds. I replied that was there
to answer the lies that were being told
about my country-for the ants in Eng
land had set the fashion which has been
copied to some extent over here. as most
vicious fashions from over the sea are,
and were bolstering up their lost cause
with allegations about the dreadful
things women were doing in Colorado
and other suffrage States.
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OF THE
CAUSENBRITAIN
Insults and Worse Inflicted by
Men on Women Seek
ing Vote.
BLACK FRIDAY" RETOLD
Writer Describes Mobbing of Militants
as She Saw 1t from Point
a Vantage.
BY CLARA BEwICk COLBY.

The oscillation bill for woman suf-
frage which had passed in July, 1910. by
ITO majority on its second reading had
been sent 10 a committee OF the whole
House instead OF 10 a grand committee.
which placed It where 1t could not come
up for action without permission OF the
government To induce the government
to allow it to come up. all the suffrage
societies unitedly worked in educational
ways. union demonstration was held
in Hyde Park July 3. where there was
speaking from forty platforms, and an
other in Trafalgar Square in october.
-Four thousand public meetings were
held between July and November. cuImI-
mating in the great series OF Mission
Week" November 7-l4 at which time
forty meetings were held in the largest
halls in London. Royal Albert Hall,
which no political party would venture
to engage more than once in a campaign.
was twice filled to its utmost capacity.
Memorials to Government
reached London in time for the meet
ings Of this week. or as many as it was
physically possible TO attend, because Of
their overlapping, beginning with the
meeting OF the Actresses Franchise
League. and ending with the Joint
church procession, which formed on Vic
toria embankment. marched around
Trafalgar SQUARE. down Whitehall. and
then-the Anglican Church contingent
to a special vesper service in Westmin-
ster Abbey.
Added to all these efforts memorial
had been sent to the government signed
by 407 OF the ~ medical women. setting
forth the special dangers TO society from
a sweated. unenfranChised class: and
another from the "Reminiscences Of the
high schools IAN influential body of wom-
en-, mostly university graduates). urging
from the standpoint Of the educator. To
crown It all. 1so municipal councils,
Glasgow. Manchester, Liverpool. and
every important municipality in England,
Scotland. and ireland. asked the govern
ment TO give facilities for the considera-
ton OF the Cancellation bill The word
OF these last was very important for
the bill was to give the Parliamentary
vote to Just those women. and those only
who had been voting for municipal off,
GERS since 1859 in England and in Scot
land from 1875.
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OPPOSE LOAN TO
AID strike IN
COLO. FIELD

Peoria. H.. March a.-fherc was
much argument today att he annual
convention Of tho twelfth district OF
the United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea over the resolution to submit TO
a referendum vote tho proposition to
loan the International committee
Sl5O.OOO to carry on the strike In
Colorado.
Duncan Mcdonald. sccretary and
treasurer Of the United Mine Work.
crs Of Illinois. spoke in opposition 10
the loan.
81 see President Popc's name Is
.ixned to the resolution" Mcdonald
declared. "lf hc and this convention
sec fit to deplete the treasury OF this
district with q strike possible here
then I say I wish You to relieve me
Of the responsibility Of trying to win
\ strike without any funds"
It was not considered probable
that any action would be taken to-
day
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ALLEGED MURDERER
EA|NTS WHEN SCORED
BY PROSECUTOR

Chicago. III. Nsf.h "a vic
coward who Killed hi. wife aha made
his -hiias-n nolh-riss. aud then al.
tempted lo biAsh-n her character ls
save his Asr~k-.i life A. rsus--,i.
TOT Msisio uIt-f-i th-~r word. Of de-
naaeisiiah Of William ch.a.y Eiii..
Cin.ihaAii leather merchant. on trial
tot the murder of his wife. In his
oi~niuE Asaumoal In the jury io-iAy.
Eiiss sSsyrd in hi. chair ami had la
',o sappasS-si.
''i.nnk. Long exclaimed Maials.
Ellis xrs glass al -al-r and has
his ~if- sa water shii- she lay oa
the fiuos shot taas timer ami With
h-r throat EA.h-.is n lac !. given
the death i-nai'y at yoar hAsas h..
~iii hss. = .hans- 4. make his
i.rss- with Ais,iehy Ga-i. iiv sas-
bis ~it- none"
Nsisia attacked ua.rasiaxiy 18th
k.iiis and tfr-i rsuia~-ii of iifanis
ford. Ontario. ai.-s-.i by t:iits tn h.
the man In the case"
''C.st,iau.ii lives out of tho jurt..
diesioa ot thi. COURT Msiais ron
tinu-.i. ''And eo.,ia not liz rnmp~,i-d
Ia som- hers tn testify. Nc have
h~sxrd him IN tho maine ot human.
iSv ssd in tho asm~ of tho little
ehiiassa made msshcsl~~ by this
SsoesAy u ro@~ h~ss aad sp~ak. bus
he hss refused. Their arr M adj~r.
tires to d~srsisc the ksad of a cor.
ard Ellis Ia
tadvs the fir- of the prosecutors
iaveeiise E1iis turned pale. hut tho
attacks only grew mor~ bitter. Ma.
iaio insisted that nothing hut tho
death penalty eouii he ih,pusrt on q
maa Who had killed his wife In the
mauu~r In which Ellis did.
Fred e. Caldwell of Brantford.
oniosis. seeosiia x'o a telegram re-
-eiv-d here to-day declared that II
was an outrage that hi. name had
bc~n brought into the .as~ of VII.
liam e. Ellis IN trial for tho mnr-
der of Mr.. Ellis In n Chicago hotel.
lie said that hc had never spoken Ia
Mn. Ellis except when she was with
her husband or daughter.
Ellis II iibci,ins tho woman In
an attempt to save his neck. II Ia
the act Of n dcrpicablc coward.
said CauidwclI.
~ met Mrs. Ellis. Ellis and their
daughter Violet last fall at Georgian
bay where I was spending my vacs-
tion. By accident ~c assigned to
the same hatci table and Ellis intro
duccd himself aud ! met the family.
I did not cultivate them
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Millionaire Post
Races With Death
q Special 7rsiu

.Niha1arsqu~. y. ~. March a.
&. ". i'a-s. iissii- Cscrk miilioasisv
fno'i mAnufsriasrs is saoiax from
California tn Rochester. M,sn.. Ia .
special train with hi. iife - sh"
stake. Tho special. due here loaishs
NJ 10 o'clock. Ia being eivra right of
way over all aaass 70 'raias and is
expected To make a nov record be-
tween t.ns Angeles and Chicago. t'nss
Ia going In = hospital al Rochester
for IN operation on which II is aid
his life depends.
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OPERATION SEPARATES
SIAMESE TWINS

Paris. March i.-Thc delicate Opc-
ration Of separating the "Siamcsc
twins Madeline and Suzanne. who
hud bccn born united. was performed
successfully today.
No such operation has taken place
in France since DIR. Doycn In 100:
separated the two children. Radica
and Rooiica. who died OF tubcrcu-
,osis after the operation.
The twin. operated ON today were
horn November 2s. 1919. Al birth
they weighed ten pounds. Both
children appeared perfectly healthy
ind were extremely lively.
Madeline and Susanna were Joined
together in the region Of the stom-
ach. The juncturc was OF the most
superficial kind and X-ray cxamina-
,,ous showed there was no organ Of
Importance In the uniting mcm-
brane.
Today's operation was considered
Justified by French surgeons In view
of the tragic deaths OF former pairs.
Eng. one Of the original siamesc
twins, SOW his brother Chang die by
his side and himself died of horror
in a delirium q few hours afterward.
fillie and Christine and Helene and
Iddith died In a SIMILAR manner.