Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-28
SUFFRACETTES
IN ACCIDENT
In Automobile When the Ma
chine Upset.

taIat1e, n. T., Dec. ZS.-Ine progress
of General Jones and her army, march
ing to Albany to deliver a message to
Governor Sulzer, came near a serious
end when an automobile bringing the
suffragists from a meeting three miles
from their night camp skidded and ran
down an embankment. 1t was the CHI
max Of a trying day. The pilgrims had
plodded along roads almost knee deep
In snow and slush, and at nightfall
they had reached this village almost
exhausted.
The army halted at Pine Bush inn
long after nlghtfall and, after a bath
and change OF clothing, resolved to adj
dress a suffrage meeting at the home
Of Joseph Valentine, where O number
Of men and women had gathered to
hear General Jones talk. The Valen-
tine farmhouse is three miles north of
Valatie, and they hastily decided to
make the trip by auto.
On the return to Pine Bush inn, the
automobile, at a turn In the road a mile
north Of the inn. began to slide, and
the emergency brake could not check
Its progress toward a ravine which
lined the roadway. Before any Of the
passengers could jump the machine
had slid over the embankment and
down to the bottom Of the gully. All
the party, including General Jones.
were hurled topsy turvy into the mud
and slush. None were injured except
General jones. who complained of a
slightly bruised arm. After a long wait
In the driving rain the s~uffragettes
were picked up by another automobile
anc brought to Valatie.
Weather Bothers Them.
It's nasty weather just south of Al
bany, where what's left Of the suffrage
army Is now %plodding. General Jones
says she never saw such horrld, mean
and contemplate weather. But 1t is
still albany or bust" And 1t is not
likely that the alternative will ever
come true.
With the exception Of the day before
Christmas, when they walked into
Hudson in a blizzard, yesterday was
the most back aching day they have
had. The suffrage contingent which
now numbers seven, began splashing
%northward at Stockport, where they
had spent the night. Feet already sore
were made to suffer from continual
soaking. Puddles and mud were in or
der from the start. 1t had rained all
night. and the clay surface Of the road
thawed just deep enough to allow the
mud to ooze over the marchers' boot
tops 1t wasn't pleasant, and NJ one
was particularly happy.
Dr.. Dock Totters Along.
The scare that the army had when II
left Its hotel did not add to the Joy OF
the occasion either. 1t had nearly lost
Its surgeon general. DR.. Dock. "Her
own little pins" as she calls them
have about given up. She tottered
along during the morning on a foot and
a half. refusing aid from Colonel Ida
Craft.
AS the day wore IN the rain turned t(
sleet and then to snow. The commits
sary train became stalled. and the
army encamped at Undertook fol
luncheon. The roads that led to Vala
tie. where the troops passed the night,
were almost impossible.
The spirit of the marchers Is still un
daunted, and they started forth singin,
the pilgrims Chorus" and with heart
set on reaching Albany before Sunday
They have figured it out that Sunday Il
the best day Of the seven to plant thei'
victorious flag on the capitol hill ant
begin their missionary propaganda.
The army is no longer following tn
shore road along the Hudson. but ar
taking the back country road by wa.
Of Valatie and Nassau.