Evening journal., 1913-02-21
GEN. JONES'
ARMY RESTS
AT ELKTON
Pull Stakes Again Today for
March on Baltimore
City
FRIED CHICKEN
AND A WELCOME

ELKTON. Nd, Feb 21-Maryland
Oh was blessed by the suffrage pill
rims from the city by the Hudson,
sntering the State at 4.46 o'clock yes
.erday afternoon three miles from
acre.
Each of the 1S through hikers knelt
on the line and grasped a handful
OF Maryland SOIL while General
Jones said:
Maryland soil, we bless thee in the
name of equal suffrage. May our
Journey be pleasant and our cause
prosper in your borders"
Several mixers took a handful of the
rather damp Maryland soil and placed
II In their scrips as souvenirs. In
the crowd was the Democratic dom
key. Jerry driven by Miss Jennie
Geist. of New York lie was in the
pictures as prominent as the Gen
eral.
Az the time one citizen Of Elkton,
T. W. McKenney, met them with a
big automobile and offered a lift His
offer was declined by the genuine
hikers. but he loaded up with war
correspondents and carried them to-
wards Elkton to the inspiring strains
OF ne DuAl0-iNA' 10 a. Ahe RRRAs
Some malicious person changed II to
"The Suffragette VIII Get You Yet,
Maryland, My Maryland"
~Armyr After MRrhurtOn.
The next Maryland citizen TO meet
the army" was Thomas S. Miller
Union veteran and Judge of the Or
phans Court OF Cecil county. He
was in his buggy and cheered as he
passed
But one man who has not yet greet
ed the pilgrims is William T. War
burton, Republican floor leader Of the
House OF Delegates, who defeated the
Suffrage bill at the last Legisla-
ture.
General Jones had been informed
of his record, and, as tired as she
was, she paid on official visit to his
home last night Mr.. Warburton was
not at home. and he is being accused
OF cowardice. The General will try
again before leaving today All that
she wishes is a little argument with
Mr. Warburton, but he was a shy man
last night
Fortunately for him. Miss. Elizabeth
Freeman, the English militant. stayed
behind with the gospel wagon" IN
Newark. She is trying to convert the
Delaware College cadets.
Emerson Crothers is also not In evi-
dence. but has good excuse, as he has
been ill.,
Joy Among Elkton Sunragist.
Elkton suffragists we're overwhelm-
ed with Joy at the change in the hik-
ing plans. but had only short time
to prepare Miss Mary A. lamar
president of the Elkton Suffrag,
League; Secretary Ella c. Lewis, Mrs
r. C. Lewis, president OF the Woman'
Club. and Dr. H. Arthur Mitchell
Mayor of Elkton. were at the tow
line 10 greet the Army OF the Hud
SON. and escort IL to It's first Marylan,
camping ground. The town was en-
tered at 6.43 D. m. though some o.
the marchers were far behind
Colonel" Kraft, Miss Georgia vii.
Hams and Miss Virginia Patschke die
not arrive until o'clock
The army got its first fried
chicken of the hike at Deer Park Ho-
tel, az Newark
Headquarters last night we're at the
Howard House, and the event of the
evening was the seventeenth anni-
versary Of the Red Mems Lodge, cele-
brated by a banquet at Hotel FELTON,.
General" Jones. Corporal" Klatsch-
ken and the others were guests and
talked votes for women and Mary
land courtesy.
There is wailing and disappoint-
ment IN North East. the town origin
ally on the schedule. The whole place
had joined in the celebration, a mass.
meeting being arranged and patriotic
decorations put up. The hikers will
lunch there today and then 20 on tc
Perryyille, where the Bayside Band
Of Havre de Grace. will meet then
and escort them across the SusQue.
hanna river into Havre de Grace.
~Colonel" Kraft Lost Again.
Colonel" Kraft was lost again yes.
terday with two other pilgrims. two
sympathizer hikers and a "war" cor
respondent They started from vii
mington before the others had passed
through Stanton. ahead of them, bu
took the wrong road At the tim,
they passed the right road they werl
trying 10 annex Scotch bagpip,
player, who said he was Of the clai
MacGregor and whose plaid was owe
his shoulders He was nearly 5 fee
tall, but sturdy The only suspicion
thing about him was his statemen
that he refused 10 play for a drar
OF Scotch whisky In Wilmington. II
was also indignant over being aske
TO play for charity there.
His pessimism was supreme unit
Pilgrim Williams shared an appl
with him, and just as they crossed IN
ChristiaRa run he filled his bagpir
with wind and the air with melod
Just as the detachment crossed tt
stream a girl riding horseback cam
up with a message from General
Jones that the right road was benin
them. So they turned again. parte
with MacGregor and were two houl
late for lunch at Newark. The "wal
correspondent deserted them wne
the first wagon passed
Shy On Revolutionary Spots.
No houses where Washington slel
we're passed. but on the Newark Dix
just out OF Wilmington, is Fol
woods, a rendezvous for highwayme
IN former days II was in thos
woods that the grandfather of Il
youngest Delaware suffragette. Mil
Charlotte Quigley. was waylaid an
almost killed early in the nineteeni
century. Her mother, Mrs w.
Quigley, is president Of the Wilmin,
ton Suffragette League. and she weI
with the pilgrims to Newark.