Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-18
MRS. EMMELINE
PANkHlyRST
HELD
She ARRIVED TO-DAY FROM FRANCE
AND IS ORDERED DEPOUTED WITHIN
THREE HOURS AFTER ARRIVAL.
Will NOT Be ALLOWED TO
ENTER, EVEN UNDER BOND.
DEPORTATION ORDERED
BECAUSE or HER RECORD

BECAUSE III hER RECURL
New York, Oct. 1S.-Mrs Emmel
inc Pankhurst, the English suffragett,
leader, who arrived here today for ;
lecture tour, was ordered deported b.
the immigration authorities within l.;
little less than three hours after the
vessel on which she came had dock
ed
The special board of inquiry whicl
decided her case voted not to admi
her to the country under bond, but t(
send her back to France forthwith
Mrs. Pankhurst's lawyer, Herber
Reeves, announced his intention o.
appealing the case Immediately tt
Commissioner General Caminetti
Pending decision by Mr. Caminetti
Mr.. Reeves said he would seek to have
his client admitted to this country un
der bond so thai she may be able to
fulfill her engagement to speak al
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night 4.
Mrs. 0. H. P, Belmont, the New York
woman suffrage leader, who was to
have been Mrs. Pankhurst's host was
prepared to give bond up to 100000
I for Mrs. Pankhurst's good behavior
while in America.
! Under the ruling of the special
board. she will not be permitted to
| do so, and Mrs. Panlhurst must re-
main at Ellis Island until deported. I'M
less the boards findings are reversed
4 by the authorities at Washington.
| Mrs. Pankhursts deportation was
ordered under section two of the i'm
migration law. This section provides
for the exclusion of persons convicted
abroad of a crime or crimes involving
moral turpitude, The board held that
Mrs Pankhurst's conviction in Eng
land of conspiracy to commit arson
brought her within this class.
| The militant leaders case moved
with unexeelled ssferity. She was in
Iterrogated by immigration inspectors
on board the liner Provence, on which
she had made the trip from Havre,
was detained but few minutes on
board the vessel when it docked was
rushed in special tug to the deten-
ton station at Ellis Island and taken
Immediately before the special board
of inquiry. Her examination by this
!, o,,I bod Nd
she was not represented by counsel.
Mrs. Pankhurst told the immigra
ton officials that her purpose in com
ing to America was not to. advocate
rage, but to lecture on the history and
the progress Of the cause in England.
Mr. Reeves filed his appeal by long
distance telephone with Commissioners
General Caminetti, and announced
that the commissioner general would
hear the case tomorrow. Mr. Reeves
said he would leave for Washington
tonight, taking with him copy of
the minutes of the special board.
Washington, d. G.. Oct. 1S.-Immi-
grafton Commissioner Caminetti said
today that no appeal by telephone in
Mrs. Pankhurst's case would be con.
sidered by the immigration bureau
and that it would be necessary to
have the actual physical records" in
Washington and consider the case in
1,o ;,1, L,,
reau said they would consider the APP
peal tonight or tomorrow or at any
time the papers arrive, outside of regu,
lar office hours. to expedite a decision
The best suite of rooms at the de-
tention station was placed at Mrs.
Pankhurst's disposal pending the out
come of her appeal. This was oc-
cupied by Prince Pignatelli of Spain
when he was detained there last sum
mer.
When Mrs. Pankhurst was informed
that she was to be deported she re-
turned to her lawyer and the four
waited for the verdict and an
nounced her intention of beginning a
hunger strike to compel the authori
lies to release her. She changed her
mind, however, when she learned tina.
she was to be given prompt hearing /
,n her appeal. Instead of beginning
he hunger strike she ordered tea,
chicken soup and sandwiches.
After luncheon she saw newspaper
men and protested she had not been
given fair hearing inasmuch as her
awyer was not present.
THE board was courteous, more or
ess" said Mrs. Pankhurst, but the
climax came when they said | was
guilty of moral turpitude. said to
lem, "Then your ancestors were
,uilty of moral turpitude when they
hrew the tea into the Boston harbor.' !
reminded them that Charles Stewart !
'arnell and John Redmond, Irish po-
ilical leaders. who were convicted un-
ler the same act as l was convicted
Inder, were received here with open {
rms, although they destroyed prop t
rty | attempted to show the board |
hat a revolution is going on in En-
land the same as went on in this /;
ountry. told them that protested |
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