The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
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spondents march with me or do not
march"
Miss Alice Paul should worry, she
concluded. giving the message to the
, telegraph clerk.
All through the day Gen. Jones had
all kinds of trouble oQ her hands. In
| the first place, the merry battle with the
rebels, led by Col Ida Craft. continues
apace. A temporary truce has been made
| by the two factions, owing to the near
| end Of the hike. Everybody was pleased
to be entering the 'homestretch." Then,
| as soon as the army entered Laurel, II
ealrned that an incipient race war was
| in progress. Some twelve highly colored
| women residents OF Buzzards' Glory.
Laurers negro settlement. 1t was report
ed, had formed a suffrage club and were
going to march to Washington with the
pilgrims to take part in the suffrage pa
rade.
When Gen. Jones heard this. just after
she had made a speech to the assem-
bled residents OF the midway city, she
merely said:
I'm going to go to bed"
The general had previously intimated
that when she reached Washington she
was through with hiking. Uneasy, she let
1t be known. is the head that wears
crown. or the arm that wears a chevron.
Col. Craft. on the other hand. it is said.
plans to lead an army into Maryland.
Pennsylvania. and Ohio.
Col. Craft, who has been somewhat
handicapped in her marching as re-
CARDS feet recently. owing to the hard
country roads, was more cheerful to-
day.
I've got my walking feet back" she
exclaimed.
The suffragists added two more ami
I l1S tn hAir arta daE han
some Laurel residents met them about
two miles outside the town with two
goats The army now has the goats,
donkey hitched to a cart and led by
Miss Margaret Geist. who Joined the
mixers at Wilmington, and says she is
going to give the donkey to President
elect Wilson when he declares for equal
suffrage, and Suffragette. the bargain
horse, which looks as II 1t needed a
meal. The horse Is quite an exhibit in
itself. 1t belongs to Elizabeth Free
man. better known as Gypsy" and
now is laboring under its third name.
The animal was known as Emeline.
after the well-known militant English
Mrs. Pankhurst. when the pilgrims
started. Then IL became known as
Lausanne. Now it is Suffragette. Miss
Freeman, who is official orator of the
pilgrims and who drives a yellow
"dStH bN dlSo
dressed the people of Laurel from the
hotel porch tonight.
Met by Large Crowds.
The pilgrims passed through the VII
| lagos of Hall, Long Green. Waterloo,
Glory. and Jerusalem to-day on the
hike from Elk Ridge to Laurel They
were met everywhere by crowds of
school children and the hardy tillers Of
Maryland soil. Miss Frank Smith, a
Kentucky girl who met the pilgrims
in Baltimore while visiting friends
there, led the march and carried one of
the flags.
The hikers are all weathcr-tanned and
show in their gait the effects of the long
walk. Gen. Jones probably is the least
affected OF any OF them, although some
of the others look as II the march had
agreed with them rather than otherwise
They were all in good spirits to-day
over the near approach of the end Of
the hike. and their triumphal entry into
the National Capital, and were curious
concerning the preparations To receive
them. They paid visit to the Mayor
of Laurel upon their arrival this after
noon. Acting Mayor John Hubert. Of
Baltimore. had given them a long letter
of introduction to Mayor McCeney. Of
Laurel. and when they hunted him up to
present it they found that he hadn't
held office for year. They located
Mayor Roberts, who succeeded Mr.. Nc
Ceney. however. and he welcomed them
to the town.
The pilgrims will enter Washington
about noon Friday by way OF Rhode
Island Avenue and the Brentwood Road.
They will march down North Capitol
Street to the Capitol. thence to the Peace
Monument and up Pennsylvania Avenue.
IN yJyasfgvilla matter of
twelve miles. tomorrow, stay there to-
morrow night. and start for Washington
at . o'clock Friday morning.
Gen. Jones tonight sent from head
quarters here by parcel post to Presi-
Gent-elect Wilson yellow votes for
women" flag and this letter:
Suffrage Headquarters, Laurel. Md.
"Prcsident-eleCt Woodrow Wilson:
We send and beg of you to accept
this votes for women flag me-
mento of our pilgrimage through New
York, New Jersey. Delaware, Pcnnsyl-
vania, and Maryland. Yours very truly,
"RosALIE GARDINER JONES"
The members of the party who will
enter Washington are:
Ida Craft, Capt" Mrs. George Wend,
Lieut." Minerva Crowell. 'Sergt." Eliz-
abeth Aldrich, Corp" Klatschken,
''Privates" Mrs. John Boldt, Mrs. Marie
Baird, Miss Constance Luepp, Miss Helen
Bergmark, Miss Virginia Platschke, Mrs
William Schultz. pilot" Z. S. Lem
mon, "Guide" DR.. Ernest Stevens, Bug
ler'' Milton Wend, Beauty" Phoebe
Hawn, Perfect Venus Amelia Dotesch
Official Orator Elizabeth Freeman,
boy Scout" Norman Sper. Added
Starters Miss Margaret Geist, Mrs.
Lehman, Alphonse Major. head Of the
commissary department, and Edward
Van wyck. assistant head of commits