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PLMINGTON, MV C, SUN DAY tf QB3NTNG-, OCTOBER 19, 1913.
WHOLE NUMBER 13, 459,
13th-COMEi
SiMs
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RESIGNATION OF
HUERTA A MISTAKE
He Will Neither Retire Nor
Leave City Stated; Pro? :
visional President.
MAY ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY
Official Washington Concerned Over
Attitude of Great Britain May .
Make Diplomatic Investiga
tion of Conditions.
Washington, , Oct.' 18. Throughout
the day officials heard various reports
and rumors that Provisional President
Huerta of Mexico, had resigned or in
tended to do so, that he had secretly
left the capital and that General Blan
quet would succeed him. '
The State Department repeived so
man inquiries that it cabled Charge
O'Shaughnessy for.' information;
i The receipt this afternoon of a posi
tive statement from Mexico City ' that
Huerta did not intend to resign some
what clarified "the situation, though
administration officials still hoped for
the ultimate elimination of the . pres
ent provisional President. There had
been little disposition at any time,
however, to" credit the report that
Huerta actually had subhitted his
resignation to bis cabinet, and that it
was refusedbecause'of "no successor
able to cope' with the situation could
be founds
Officials here declared it Inconceiv
able that Huerta should submit - hi3
resignation to cabinet of his. own
choosing with : any sincere "intention
of having it. accepted. Among Consti
tutionalists here the ' report was con
strued as meaning merely that Huerta
had taken occasion to point out that
he alone was able to deal with the
critical state of affairs. They believe
he may; even use that argument" as a
basjs for' becoming a candidate 'next.
week, in the . election ., set for October ,
2 6thVss. --& '-' k i-;.-; y r'T - '
Dispatches from; 'Charge -O'Shaugh--nessy
today -were on routine subjects.
- .'Few American , Left.
Comparativelyfew Americans are
left in Torreon Asarco and Velardena,
according to other information receiv
ed at the State -Department today and
the difficulty of getting foreigners out
of danger in places where they were
completely cut off from, communica
tion appears to have passed.
The unconfirmed reports of Huerta's
unconditional retirement today also
hinted that Blahquet, minister of war,
might succeed him. Blanquet was
one of the group that acted with Hiier
ta in the downfall of Madero, and his
succession probably "would not be ap
proved, here. : '.:.
The attitude of Great Britain, ac
cording to those who know the views
of the Washington administration, is
causing some concern. American offi
cials showed some disappointment- to
learn that Sir Lionel Carden. present
ed his credentials to Huerta the day
after he had proclaimed -himself as
dictator. .'
It is possible that diplomatic in
quiries ma.y be made through Ambas
sador Page as to the intentions of the
British foreign. offlceV
Huerta Declares Himself.
Mexico City, Oct. 18. Provisional
President Huerta has not resigned nor
has he fled from' the ncapitol. When
seen at ' the ; National iPalace at 5
o'clock this afternoon he said he had
no intention, of doing either.
"When I resign," said General Huer
ta, "it will be to seek a resting place
six feet in the "soil. When I flee the
capital it will be to shoulder a rifle
and take my place in the ranks to
light the rebels." "
This was President Huerta's an
swer to queries as to whether there
was any foundation, for reports which
have been freely circulated in the cap
ital and have found their way to the
United States.
General Huerta looked the . picture
of health and vigor.- He greeted the
Associated Press correspondent with
extreme cordiality, asked for a cigar
ette and listened to the explanation
of the motive for the visits
"So it is reported that I have fled?"
the President said. "You can see for
yourself that I am here at my post,
To say that I have resigned or intend
to resign' is an absolute falsehood. I
have no intention t)f resigning.
Will Have Eelection.
"Should the elections, which will be
held as I have promised, indicate an
other for the Presidency, l snail step
aside. Until that time you will find
me here complying with my promises
"to the nation, which are to re-establish
peace, within the - law if possible, but
to re-establish oeace."
President Huerta interspersed ; his
talk with anecdotes illustrative of
his noints. ' - . .
"Another time," said the President,
"I have monev for my requirements
Do you think I 'haven't. Where did I
get it? My secret! he responded, tap
ping his chest with a satisnea wnue
On the question of pacification he
declared that before, the end oi tne
month, the teovernment would have re
taken Torreon and made headway to
wards the pacification of the State of
uurrango. In reply no a suggestion
J that further rumors were afloat to the
effect that a troop" train proceeding to
Torreon had been blown up, ne bx
claimel: : v-
"More lies! Nothing of the kind has
occurred." .. " - - .
In the opinion of General.' Hueifta,
t he sensational - rumors have origihat
. ed with the enemies of the administra
tion at the capital and elsewhere for
the effect that they would have with
the revolutionists :V 4" '
General Huerta is working from 15
to 18 hours daily,' sleeping at odd
times when fatigue overtakes him. He
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FAMILY DOCTOR
GIVES TESTIMONY
Didn't: Think - Ad miral Eaton
in Serious febnditidn; Night
Before His Death.
Laughs in court
Ypung Ladieji -Tell of Mrs. Eaton's
Urging.Tm: to Swear Her Hus
" - band Flirted With Them.
Refuse-Request. .
Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 18. Medical
testimony intended to establish that
Rear. Admiral Joseph G. Eaton was
murdered by poisoning, and evidence
of his wife's jealousy, were introduced
by the State in the trial of Mrs. Jennie
May Eatoh- today. ;
'Dr. Joseph G. Frame, the family
Physicians-told of attending the admi
ral, the day before he died. Miss Grace
ByraraHoward and Miss Jessie R.
Collamore testified that Mrs. Eaton
had asked. them to. accuse the admiral
of having tried to flirt with them. Neither-
had been annoyed by attentions
froih . the admiral, they said. Mrs.
Eaton, appeared much amused at the
testimony of the young women and at
times laughed - aloud.
. Dr Frame said .he was summoned
to the Eaton home on March 7th and
found- the admiral suffering . "excru
ciating pains", supposedly from eat
ing too freely of fresh pork. At 5:50
the following morning Mrs. Eaton tel
ephoned him that her husband was
dead.. ' v " ,
"I at once turned the' case over to
Medical Examiner Osgood," said Dr.
Frame, "because I could not under
stand . why the admiral should die.- I
did not ' think1 he would die when I
saw him the day before."
Later" Mrs. Eaton told the witness
that she had been unable to give her
husband . any medicine because his
stomach would .not retain it.
Duke; Postmasters'hip Decided 1 Upon
. No Adjournment of-Congress. ..;
i ''(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 18. Repre
sentative Godwin settled the postmas
tership at Duke today when he sent
a letter to Postmaster General Burle
son.recommending the appointment of
E." S. Yarborough to succeed F. M.
McKay, the - incumbent. There . were
a number of candidates for the place
but after reading all of the endorse
ments, Mr. Godwin decided that Yar
borough was the best fitted man for
the job. A leading business man of
Duke wrote to Mr. Godwin and said
that Yarborough had been a Democrat
since the time when the bushes ran
wild where the present town site now
lies. '
There Will be no adjournment of
Congress until the currency bill is
passed, according to the belief of Rep
resentative Pou. Mr. Pou' is very
close to President Wilson and he
made the above statement today after
talking .with President Wilson. As
Mr. Pou is considered an authority on
what ia - happening at the . White
House, his statement is taken to mean
that Mr. Wilson will not consent to an
adjournment under any circumstances
until the currency! measure is put up
on the statute-books.
A pdstofflce inspector has been sent
to Grissom, Granville county, to look
into the fitness of the several appli-cants--,for
the '.postmastership. The
job pays less than $180 per year and,
therefore, 'an examination will not be
held. J- , : ,
President Wilson stated today that
he would be, unable to stop in Char
lotte when he makes the trip to Mo
bile, Ala., to attend the Southern
Commercial Congress meeting. He
was invited several days ago by Sena
tor Overman and a delegation of Char
lotte men.
Grove Bell, of Jdenton, upon the
recommendation of Senator Overman,
has been appointed Fish Culturalist.
- P. R, A.
MUST MOVE ON.
Austria Orders Servia to Evacuate Al
; . banian Cities.
Vienna, Oct. 18. Austria today sent
an ultimatum to Servia demanding the
imediate and complete evacuation of
the points in Albania occupied by Ser
vian troops after the recent conflict
between them 1 and the Albanians.
Glenn Is Slated
For Commission
' (Special-Star Telegram.)
. Washington,,. Oct. 18, The Wash
ington 41 Times .tonight in its leading
froht page story says: "Former Gov
ernor Aobert B: Glenn, of North Caro
lina, has been .chosen a, member of
the- InterState Commerce Commis
sion to Succeed ;: Judge . Charles A.
Prouty of Vermont, resigned, to take
charge of the physical valuation of
railroads for-' the .'Commission. -v. ;
"No official - announcement has yet
been made of . Mr. Glenn's selection,
but it was ; learned today on high authority-that:-his
nomination is assur
ed "Governor Glenn was a classmate
of President Wilson. He is a Bryan
man,! and. his record has been that of
an anti-railroad man. Some interest
ing. North -Carolina politics are involv
ed .with his appointment, for the rea
son that he- has been regarded as an
aspirant for the "- Senate to succeed
Senator Overman, and - Senator Over
man is glad to get him out. of the way
by .having- him. .put on the -Inter-State
; Commerce Commission. - v - -
The White House, officially refused
to confirm or deny the story. P. R. A,
PRESENT
SO
WITH LOVING GUP
Admiring Friends Gather at
Executive Mansipn, to Ho
nor Formed Governor.
MRS. SULZER MAKES TALK
Much Enthusiasm Displayed by Crowd
Who Cheered Impeached Man
to Echo "Hurrah for the
Next President."
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 18 There was
red fire, oratory, arid music by a brass
band" at the' executive mansion to
night, '.when several hundred admirl
ers of William Sulzer called to present
him. with a loving cup.
Sulzer started to shake hands with
all his callers, but he never completed
the task: . They crowded around him
land refused to move. Some one said
a few words of consolation to him only
to be interrupted by Mrs. Sulzer:
"The action of the court is the least
of our troubles," she said.
The: crowd began to cheer. "We'll
have you back here next year, Bill!"
one man. yelled. "
'."Another enthusiast cried, "Hurrah
for the next President of the United
'States," whereupon there . was more
cheering. Cheers for Mrs. Sulzer fol
lowed. -Chester C. Piatt, Sulzer' s secretary,
read a speech, assuring Sulzer that
he had been removed because , he
would not obey the bosses. Mention
of the name of Cnarles F. Murphy
brought hisses. "Lynch -him!" shout
ed one man at the mention of the
name of an v Assemblyman. The cup,
presented-to Sulzer'was inscribed "To"
William' Sulzer.- A Victim of Corrupt
Bossism, October 17, 1$13."
Sulzeriir a. SDeech. reiterated "his
iftertionr-lhat his removal was due to
his displeasing Tammany Hall.. ?
T "Had' l obeyed tne boss, insteaa or
my-oath of office, I would still be the
Governor, and the 'organization' would
be patting me on the back and telling
the people that I was a second Andrew-Jackson,"
he said.. "My con
demnation by the bosses intended to
serve as a warning and a precedent
to all who may follow me, but l be
lieve my fate will have a good effect
in the end,, and do more than any oth
er single . thing I could do. to forever
destroy the terrors of corrupt "boss
ism" in -the State of New York."
Letter from Roosevejt.
A letter which Col. Roosevelt wrote
Sulzer October 3rd last, was given out
by Piatt. It was in response to one
from Sulzer, telling Roosevelt that on
advice of counsel, Sulzer could not
permit a letter he wrote the former
President regarding the impeachment
case be. made, public. The letter fol
lows: "
"I thank you for your letter, and I
am sorry that I have to leave before
your defense is made public. I wish
it had been possible for you to write
to me-the letter of which you wrote,
giving "hie the definite facts as to the
effect by . Murphy and his associates
to bind you, to their interests against
the-cause of honesty and decency in
popular government, and their prom?
ise of immunity to you from impeach
ment if you would cease your attacks
on the men who have been guilty of
misconduct in connection with the
public 'office and if you would cease
demjand -for direct primaries. Such
a letter giving me in detail the facts,
wonld.v of course, have enabled me to
speak much more strongly than I have
spoken." . "
Piatt also gave out copies of several
telegrams Sulzer had received offer
ing him lecture dates. A Kansas City
man bid $10,000 for one lecture; a
New Yorker $20,000 for lectures; an
other New .Yorker $10,000 for 50, and
a Chicago promoter topped the list
with $100,000 for a season. As yet the
former Governor has closed no con
tracts for public addresses.
! This was the last night Sulzer occu
pied .'the. executive mansion. He will
leave tomorrow morning for Coopers
town,; where he will spend three or
four days in a Summer hotel owned
by a friend He will be accompanied
only Jy - Mrs. Sulzer. . From Coopers
town Sulzer will go to the mountains
for a few days, probably and then re
turn o New York.
WILL MAKE NO CHANGE.
Proposition to Establish New Church
; Court Rejected.
New York, Oct. 18. The Protestant
Episcopal Church will make no change
forvat least three years in its method
of judging heresy charges. :
The. House -of Deputies at the gen
eral convention refused today by a
close vote - to accept a recommenda
tion that a, final court of appeals be
established to determine questions of
doctrine, faith and worship affecting
the clergy."
The House of Deputies also adopted
aV resolution, providing for the estab
lishment of a publicity bureau for the
Episcopal Church.
At an executive session of the House
of Bisnopstwo prelates re-considered
their "resignations. Bishop - J . M .
Francis, of Indianapolis, agreed to con
tinue af his post, and Bishop Edward
William 1-Osborn, of Springfield, 111.,
decided to remain at the request of
the Episcopate. .
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WITH SEtl. IIELSON
And Other- Leading Repub-
licans on Banking and
Currency Committee
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LEADERS ARE?' CONFIDENT
President ;1WHl Talk With Many - Re
publicans .ion Subject, and Ex- -pects
Open VYay to Victory
Not Imjpede Legislation.
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. Washington,- Oct4 18 . President
Wilson has" further cleared the path
for currency 'reform in the Senate
through conference!! opened today with
the Republicans on the Senate Com
mittee now in charge jf the bill.
As a result of a conference with
Senator Nelson, which it is believed
will be. followed by talks with other
Republicans, the President has receivr
ed assuranceV- that- the ' Republicans
are not holding up legislation nor try
ing to impede action on the currency
bill in the Senate.
Democratic leaders expressed confi
dence today that the Senate commit
tee, would be at$e-to come to such 'an
agreement upon the currency reform
measure as woUld Insure its unanimous-support
by both Republicans and
Democrats. Tms" assurance Avas bas
ed on- the -knowledge that no effort
is to,be made to draw party lines on
the bill, but that the Republicans, are
to be fully consulted.-.in . amending arid
re-drafting the measure. :
The opening of direct negotiations
with Republican Senators; it is under
stood was decided on by the President
because of,- suggestions" 4rom- outside
sources that they were endeavoring to
delay actiOnCin the comjnittee:' While
no. effort, hasbeen. made-to fixe a date
for the reporting of the- biU, it is un
derstood . the President hafbeen a;s
sured that prA?resfv th committee:
wilLte as .capit &iMKiissibiev; . t
Efforts to - ibring'f about a recess -of
Congress appear to have abated some
what and . House, leaders apparently
have given up any hope of getting
away from Washington for any stated
period. "
While the - President would consent
to a definite recess of Congress if the
Senate Committee would agree to a
date for completing the currency bill,
members of :the Senate, admitted today
there was little chance for such a com
pact being made. "
It is expected the committee Will
spend at least three weeks after Oc
tober, 25h in discussion and amend
ment of the bill.
An Informal conference between
members of the Senate Committee and
a delegation of bankers from several
cities in Virginia was held today. The
bankers expressed their views of the
administration bill and of amendments
they would like incorporated.
An amendment to allow the propos
ed Federal reserve banks to issue all
travelers checks such as are now is
sued by private banks was suggested
to the Senate today x by John Over
mire, of Indianapolis, in a. petition pre
sented by Senator Kern.
A Wilson Farmer
Killed By Negro
(Special Star Telegram.)
Wilson, N. C, Oct. 18. Ross Flow
ers, a well-to-tlo farmer of the coun
ty, was shot and instantly killed this
afternoon by a negro, Tom Debren.
The murder took place on the public
road seven miles from here. Mr.
Flowers was en route to Wilson'with
a little nephew when they met the ne
gro in the .road. . Some words passed
and the negro fired a load' from -a shot
gun, instantly killing Mr. Flowers.
The negro escaped to a swamp. There
is no known cause for the murder.
AUTO ACCIDENT AT WILSON.
Capt. T. M. Washington and Mr. Ash
- ley Young Were Injured.
Wilson, N. C., Oct. 18. State Sena
tor T. M. Washington had a narrow
escape this afternoon when a switch
engine on the Atlantic Coast Line
struck the auto .being driven by Mr.
Washington. The car was badly dam
aged and Senator Washington and Mr.
Ashley -Young were thrown out but
were uninjured. ;-y .' . :-
O U TL I N f5,
Provisional . President Huerta has
stated that lie would neither, retire or
flee, from Mexico City, both of which
he was reported as doing. - , ,
President Wilson has . conferred
With several Republicans upon the
currency question and is confident
that that party will not try to block
its passage. -: . ' "
Mrs. Pankhurst. and her graveling
companion have been detained by the
Ellis Island immigration authorities
as undesirable aliens. - "
A - bill" has passed the Senate pro
hibiting the lending of money from
one State to another for political pur
poses: ' . . ' ,
Several hundred friends of Wfilliam
Sulzer gathered at the executive mansion-
last night - and presented him
with a loving -cup while they cheered
him' to the echo.
New York markets: Flour, barely
steady. Wheat . irregular; No. 2 red
94 to 97 1-2 ; No. 1 Northern Duluth
93 3-4.-, Rosin quiet. Turpentine stea
dy. 'Money on calf nominal, no loans.
Spot, cotton quiet: middling uplands
13.80; middling gulf 14.05. . .
Tammany Chief
-.Charles F. MurDby. leader of-Tammanv Hall. wAa sftocta,fcd b-v' Qai4dMii'
The outgoing' executive -issued, -a -statement -tn.JEhjcifciihe . denouned-the
tribunal - which had removed him" ks Murphy's high court "ef infamy."
"Murphy-controlled the Assemhly.-, andrderedr the impeachment," - he -
saia. . "He controilea : most of -..tne: members of the court and dictated pro
cedure. and wrote: the judgment. He was the judge and the jury; the pros
ecutor and the bailiff.. A horse thief in frontier days," he said, "would
have received a -squarer deal." ' '
CAMPAIGNING BILL PASSED
Moneys for. Campaign Purposes Can
not be Secretly Sent from One
State to Another -Prevent
Wholesale Financing.
Washington, Oct. 18. The first di
rect result of the Congressional inves
tigation of ' campaign expenditures
came today when the Senate passed
Senator Clapp's bill prohibiting- the
sending of campaign funds from :,one
State to another. : r
If the House approves the measure,
it will put arigid limitation-not only
upon the activities of general .political
interests, but also upon the-work of
such organizations as the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, the. Ameri
can Federation of Labor and the Na
tional Association for Woman ; Suf
frage. - ';'-V-
The bill prohibits the carrying or
sending of funds from one State to
another to be used in the election' of
President, Vice President, presidential
electors or Congressmen. The Sen
ate passed the bill today without de
bate. In previous discussions it was
made clear that its purpose was to
prevent the financing of campaigns
in a secret manner by organizations
or individuals who did not . come di
rectly under the campaign publicity
law.
The proposed new law 1 would not
prohibit the present work of. National
political committees so long-as they
make public reports of all contribu
tions received and expended. Practi
cally all the National committees send
7 1 J . .1 OXn4.. .. . ! il'n nr.
COntriDUtions io .me oljil; uuiuuiiilccb
of their parties during a National elec
tion. V-
It is believed the measure would
curtail soliciting of campaign funds
hi money centers, and. greatly curb
general campaign activities 4 on the
part of persons or organization? that
mieht be directly interested in the out
come of elections. . ! : '
A further amendment of campaign
contribution laws was proposed' today
by Senator Sterling , in a bill to pre
vent all .corporations from contribut
ing to campaigns for. nominations, as
tney are . now prom Diiea irom.- cou
tributing to election campaigns. ,
EXPECT CAR SHORTAGE. ,
Railroads and Shippers Urged toGive
Attention. '
. Washington. Oct. 18. Imminence
of a serious car shortage on American
railroads induced the Inter-State COm -merce
Commission to issue -today a
vigorous appeal- directed to both1 rail
ways and shippers' to give ''close at
tention to methods of loading,, unload
ing, moving and promptly returning to
use the cars now available." -, -Complaints
received from ' all parts
of the country indicate the danger of
a ear shortage. The commission be
lieves that - "the present supply of
cars is sufficient for all purposes" -but
that it will prove adequate ""for the
movement of all traffic offered only in
the event of its being employed fully
and promptly. - ;
Washington. Oct. 18. The revenue"
cutter Unalga which- has - heretofore
cruised around Fort .Townsend, Wash.;
was today ordered to San Francisco,
to replace the : cutter McCullough,
which is to be repaired ' : v
Denounced by Sulzer
mW "
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IMPRESSIVE SCENE OF JOY
Eleven Woman Survivors Reach New
York One Finds Her Three
Children Whom She Had
Given Up as Lost.
New York, Oct. 18 The arrival to
day of 11 women saved from the
burning Volturno by the freighter
Rappahannock was the signal for the
most impressive sceneof joy witness
ed here since the rescuing ueet began
bringing in their cargoes of survivors.
The women were transferred at Hal
ifax from the Rappahannock to the
liner Florizel.
Ten of them were young girls. The
11th was Mrs. Peia Polack and the
scene at the dock as she met her
three children whem she had given
up for lost, brought tears to the eyes
of the immigrant officers.
Mrs. Polack was the last woman to
leave the Volturno. She was lowered
into one of the Rappahannock's boats,
believing that her, children already
were there. When the . boat put off
from the blazing ship and she found
that the little ones were left behind
she became hysterical. Here for the
first time she learned that the child
ren were saved by one of the boats
from the Kroonland.
Decorated With Medals.
Havre, France, Oct. 18. Officers
and crew of the French liner Touraine
who took part in the : rescue of the
passengers of the Volturno, were dec
orated . with medals by the French
government.
Volturno Still Burning.
New York, Oct. 18. The ill-starred
Volturno still was afloat" and afire oh
October 14th, five days after flames
broke out in her forward compart
ments, according to officers of the
steamer St. Louis, -which reached
here today.
Mistook Medicine
Took Fatal Dose
(Special Star Telegram.)
Tarboro,. N. C, Oct. 18. William
T. Gardner, a prominent farmer of
Edgecombe county, died today at Pine
tops, of mercurial poison, taken by
mistake for headache medicine. Re
cently Mr. Gardner underwent a mi
nor operation and two nights later
took the fatal dose which caused his
death, despite the efforts of the best
medical aid. At the time of the acci
dent, Mr. Gardner was suffering from
a severe headache and arose in the
dark and took what he .supposed was
headache medicine. -The mistake was
discovered several hours later and ev
ery known effort was made to kilLthe.'
poison but or no avail, ne surrerea
intensely at first and then seemed ap
parently better until the end - came
suddenly this morning. -
Mr. Gardner was a prosperous farm
er and is well fenown thrbughoutythIs
section. He is survived - by his wife
and six children:- Misses Ora, Eva
andr Nell, and Messrs. Russell, John
and Paul, all at home. The -deceased
was 53 years of age.' The funeral ser
vices will be conducted Sunday after
noon.. ' ;. - . y V .
KIRS. PAUURST
BEING DETAINED
British Suffragette Found to
be Undesirable Alien by
Ellis Island Authorities.
DEPORTATION IS ORDERED
Misa Dorr, Her Traveling Companion,
Stays'With Her at Detention
Headquarters Regardless of
Fact She is Free. ,
New York, Oct. 18. Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, foremost of English mili
tant suffragettes, who reached Amer
ica today' on the liner Provence "to
appeal forthe sympathy and support
of the American people in the "revo
lution" for which she says she is fight
ing, is a prisoner tonight at Ellis Is
land under order of deportation' await
ing the issue of an appeal wnich is ex
pected to be decided tomorrow at
Washington. -
With Miss ' Rheta Dorr, another of
the arriving English militants 'who
was "voluntarily detained," that she -might
be with her leader, Mrs. Pank
hurst occupies the commissioner's
suite of two rooms In the adminis
tration building. While presenting an
appearance of bareness, the rooms are
comfortably furnished and. are the
best -in the building. They are : the
ones in which Cipriano Castro, former.
Venezuelan dictator, was detained
while his case was pending. From
the broad windows overlooking the
harbor, Mrs. Pankhurst can see the
statue of liberty.. 11
Mrs. Pankhurst was detained by an
immigration inspector on her. arrival 1 4
here and was at once taken before a;
special board of. inquiry, which, af ter .
examining her, decided ' because she' V
had been convicted abroad -for acts.' liV
tttvqlviTOg 'moral turpitude she was art'
ruhdesirahle. alie.h, UiThe "board; there
fare ordered" r.'-excluaion.
Appeal Taken. ' '
An -appeal -immediately vwas entered-
and Immigration - Commissioner Cami-
netti is to hear argument on her case
tomorrow in Washington. '
Mrs... Pankhurst's representatives.
here expressed confidence that what
ever might be done about the appeal
the English militant would be released
under bond for three weeks so that,
she might fill her sneaking engage
ments here. Mrs. Pankhurst tonight
had still another recourse under con
sideration. "Of course, even if the appeal fails
we still have the habeas corpus pro
ceeding," she said.
Because of uncertainties surround
ing the immediate course of the pro
ceedings in her case, the meeting at
Madison Square Garden set for to
morrow night, at which Mrs. Pank
hurst was to speak, was postponed to
day until Monday night. Mrs. Pank
hurst seemed to have little doubt that
she would be freed in time to speak at
that meeting and then carry her mes
sage to the people of this country.'
She was on the point of - starting a
"hunger strike" when she heard that
the deportation order was issued. But
on learning that a speedy decision of '
the appeal was probable, she broke
fast and swallowed with evident -rel
ish a chicken sandwich and a pot of
tea, wnich . she naa requested.
Mrs. Pankhurst Talks.
"I am confident that whatever hap
pens it will be good for the cause in
which-1 am interested," she said. "I
have great faith' in the American peo
ples sense of justice and fair play, -and
I know they want to give me a
chance to defend the movement which
has been so misrepresented. There ia
no doubt that my detention t$ unjust."
Three things in connection with the
opposition of Mrs. Pankhurst seemed
to arouse her indignation. One was
that she was accused of "moral tur
pitude," another that the proceedings
were in secret and the third, that her
"political opponents" in England had
in her belief, furnished much of the
material used by the special board
in questions put to her. Her exam
iners were courteous, "niore or less"
she admitted. ,
"The climax came," she declared,
when they said I waB guilty of moral
turpitude. Then I said, 'Your ances
tors were guilty of moral .turpitude
when they threw the tea into Boston
harbor.' I reminded them that Chas.
Stewart Parnell. Michael Davitt and
John Redmond, Irish political leaders,
who were convicted under the same
act of Parliament under which I was
convicted, were received here with
open arms, although they destroyed
property and were guilty of acts or a
political nature and were convicted by
Parliament for them."
v Gts Hot in Collar.
Mrs. Pankhurst, according to the
stenographic report of her examina
tion, admitted she had made incendia
ry speeches in England, but firmly de
nied she had ever advocated the tak
ing of life.
l have made speeches ; urging riot
and rebellion, and the destruction of
property when necessary," the minutes
quote her as, saying. "I always have
urged -that care be taken against the
destruction of human life." Her ob
ject in coming here, she said, was that
which the ancestors of present day
Americans had in visiting Europe in
the time of the revolution "for sup-
port and sympathy" she freely admit
ted she had several times come in con
tact with the English authorities - and .
been iniprisoned.
After the Questioning ended and the
newspapermen were permitted to talk
with her, Mrs. PanKhurst waB quick to
register her opposition to "star cham- .
ber proceedings." They had a "bad
moral effect," she contended.' As to
the decision of the board she said:
moral- i urpixuae ucnicu.
WhO - is responsible for the action
taken by the special board in order
ing me deported? I am of the opinion
it was done by our political opponents
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