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Show SUFFRAGETTE IN AN EMBARRASSED POSITION New York, Sept. 16. Torn between a desire to avoid paying customs duties du-ties on the one hand and a conflicting ambition to vote in this country on the other, Miss Inez Milholland, tho Vassar graduate and snlfragetto found herself In an uncomfortable predlca- ; ment last night when she returned to this country by tha Mauritania. At first she, set up a claim of non-residence, hut rejected It when It occurred occur-red to her what effect It might havo on her powers as a suffragette worker. "Here am I. a resident of London," she said to an Inspector, "and yet I must pay duties to the United States, non't you think this I rather rath-er a shameful thing that a woman should suffer under laws in which she has no voice?" i And then it occurred to Mls3 Mil- ' holland that porhaps she had committed com-mitted herself. I "Oh," she Interjected, T shouldn't say that either. I do ro-sldo in the United States. I have a country-place here." "Are you paying tho duty undor protest?" a reported asked. "No, no." said Miss Milholland. "I am very willing to pay it. Please don't say anything about this." She paid $102 customs dutleB. |