New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Women Ask That
German Goods BE
Barred From u. S.
Portia Club Would Keep Out
Fatherland Immigrants;
Mrs. Dorr FIays Shop for
Refusing to Join Boycott

"Spcakers' Day" at the portia Club.
an organization Of women lawyers. Of
which Mrs. Henry Amcrman is prcsi-
dent, was held yesterday afternoon at
the Hotel Astor The meeting was
opened with a talk on what singing
has done for the men at the front and
the singing of new patriotic songs by
Mr.. Ratclh, Of the War Camp Com
munity Service. Following this was
speech by Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, Of
the American. Defence Society, on the
boycott of German goods, and an ac-
count of the case of Paul Chapman,
the youthful prisoner whose sentence
to die has just been commuted. The
account was by Chapman's lawyer
Matthew W. Wood.
Mrs. Dorr. who has just returned
from the front. opened her address
with the announcement that this is
"Maic-in American week. "The war ia
over because we won it, she said.
"Thc orderly march OF our armies into
Germany is one of the most mag
niticent things history has had to
many is not yet beaten. She is so far
from beaten that already SHE is send
ing German merchandise into this coun-
try for us to buy. And we are 50 far
from realizing what the situation Is
that our merchants are buying it.
Refuses to Display Sign
Il don't know how many friends |
will have here after saying this" CON
! .l,,. hn
we were not long enough in the war
for our souls health. Some of'us have
suffered from it-I myself have 4 sol
der son just returned to me who IS
manned fo~ lifc-but as nation We
have not suffered enough. France
never will forget England never VIII
forget Italy never win forget. But
America already is beginning to forget,
else it would be impossible for shops
such as toy shop on Fifth Avenue
to have bought toys made by Germans
whose boots are still red with the blood
of women and children and to sell
these goods to our own women to give
to American children. The shop has
refused to display in its window the
American Defence Society sign, NO
German goods sold here and continues
10 handlc German made toys.
"Do wc want our children 10 play
with these toys?" asked Mrs. Dorr. Il
who have seen the poisoned candy Ger
mans have fed to babies and the play
things they made for them which
actually exploded in their hands, woult
be afraid.
Want Germans Barred From l. S.
at is in the hands of women tc
prevent the commercial invasion of the
United States by Germany, for womer
make 90 per cent of the purchases tina
are made"
A resolution was passed unanimously
! by the club voting that a letter bt
sent to representatives in Albany. t'
New York Senators in Washington anC
10 the Secretary Of Commerce III VAST
ingtcn, protesting against the lmncr
,ation Of German made merchandise
and asking for legislation to preven
The immigration Of Germans into thi'
country after the war.
Matthew W. Wood. after summing
up the case Of Paul Chapman. who es
capped electrocution for completely il
| the murder Of Harry Regensburg onl,
ny Governor Whitman's Communication
of his sentence to life imprisonment
said that friends Of Chapman are no
satisfied with the life term.
Calls Life Penalty Too Harsh
"Paul Chapman has done wrong an,
! should be punished for it," said Nh
Wood, "hu, rot by spending his entir
I lie in jail In all the 10000 petition
addressed to Governor Whitman no
enc suggested harsher penalty thal
sentence 10 a leformatory. No bo,
q. sixteen is beyond REFORM
There followed a discussion Of tn
case of which the general tenor wa
that ten months in the death hous
under sentence Of electrocuton ha
been punishment enough for the youth
full offender. A resolution was passe,
amendment to the New York lay
which viii make it impossible to clec
trocute d minor under eighteen. wit
an additional amendment making i
applicable TO both sexes, whereas nov
1t covers only males.