The sun., 1913-10-19
Attorneys Engaged by Mrs.
Belmont Leave With
Protest.
CASE PREJUDGED. SHE SAYS
Leaders Indignant. but Hope to
Secure Her Release
on Bond.

Nothing could be more gentl. than the
manner of the good looking immigration
inspector who upon boarding the steam
ship La Provence of the French line in
o'clock yesterday morning greeted Mrs.
Emlneine Fankhurst
Reporters and passengers stood on their
toes to SEQ and hear the soft spoken and
somev hat diminutve leader of tn. worlds
militant suffragettcs.
Neither could anything have been more
positive than the ruling of the special
board of inquiry at Ellis Island later IN
tn" forenoon that Mrs. pankhurst, after
she had been taken to the island for
examination. should b" deportcd
1t was sad blow to thu header Of the
English militants, that order to detain
her on Ellis Island against tn. next sail.
ing of LA Provence and her departure
for liaNrr, whence she came here. Mrs
Pankhurst. her lawyers. the lawyers for
the Madison Square Garden management,
her sufraGcttr friends who either accom-.
panied her from thc other side or
met her here. seemed sincerely to he
li"Ne when first the immigration men
boarded LA Provence that. as Mrs. Rh.,.,
'h!Id" l"rr pu' II, They'll send Mrs
fankhurst to Ellis Island for about half
an hour as matter Of form and then
she'll b" allowed to land
Hut Mrs. Pankhurst suent last ntsh,
prisoner on tn, island. II WAS not very
long after coming into port that th.. spo.
ciai board pronounced it's verdict ,hs,
Mrs. fankhurst. having suffered cnuyic.
tions in England which showed h.r Guilt.
OF moral tuipitude,' in tn. ewes of tho
special board of inquiry should l.. DE
tanned ON Ellis Island until ready to De-
shipped back to Europ..
Appeals to WnshinRtou,
immediately 1t WAS announced by
Herbert Reeves lawyer for Mrs - n
J.. Belmont and for Mrs. Bclmonts suf-
irhgist friends, that Nj Reeves and
Lawyer Frank :. o'Ncil known also AS
c"aliin of the STATE Boxing Commission.
pu'd start AT midnight last night for
Washington. They will present this
to mmissioner-,;eneral of
Immigration caminct,i. designated by Soc
retary Of Labor Wilson To- act as hnal
judge in Mrs. rHukhursts cas.. "A tran
script "f the dcbarmcnt proceedings yes
tcrday at Ellis Island. They will also
! resent arguments to show that the milf
tant leader should b, admitted
Mrs. Kheta thldc Dorr, who had been
scheduled To take Mrs. Pankhurst's place
at the Madison square Garden meeting
o-night in case Mrs Fankhurst were do
;.Iugi "a nsrmift,t tn
island with Mrs. pankhurst last night
AS voluntarily detained" The Madison
Square Garden meeting in view OF tho
mishaps to Mrs Pankhurs,
''.si sierday-un.Xpccted by Mis- Pankhurs,
ana her friends. but more than guessed
at by countless folk not listed among tho
friends-has been postponed
until tomorrow night.
May Ask HnbenS Corpus.
If Commissioner carinetti refuses 10
everse the decision Of the Ellis Island
peclal board Lawyer Reeves. through an
attorney retained at Washington some
lays ago. will. 1t was said Yesterday.
pply for a writ of hab.as corpus. which
will put the Pankhurst ease into the Fed.
raj Court. II it comes to the point Of
% deliver her lectures under "A bond Mrs
'emont $" it was said at Mr Rcevcs's
'tiices yesterday. viii sco that a bond is
And in the meantime Mrs Pankhurs,
nd Mrs. Dorr. who came from IIavre
board La Provence with tn. suffrasist
eadcr, are occupying the commissioner
rivate suite in the tower Of the main
"a lei nd
wo rooms with "A double bed in each room,
floors with small RUGS hcsiue tho
ed and little other furniture.
The question of bringing the hunger
trike question right onto our shores oc.
urred to a reporter tslkng to Mrs Pank-
urst after she had been ordered departed
Il reserve to myself" Mrs. pankhurst
nswercd. the right to decide what to do
'hen hear the decision from Washing
m when ! was imprisoned in England
he added, with bit more animation Il
ecidcd not to submit to unjust detention
Why should ! submit to unjust detention
ere?"
When the reporters again saw Mrs.
ankhurst at ELLIS Island there was MOTH
lg to indicate that IA hunger strike had
'artcd, She and Mr,. Dorr had asked
'r Yea ana l"ou 10 hrd't thrm AGAINST
~ coming ordeal The reporters entered
, ind Mrs Pankhurst and her friend
usy with the tea and chicken sandwiches.
which were added few minutes later
,me sliced tomatoes.
Mrs. Pankhurst received no direct mes
age so far as could be seen and certa,r,y
ad no visit from Mrs Belmont through
N her tryfns day, even though Mrs.
ankhurst had announced Conndently
hen coming up the bay that after going
'roueh what sh' believed woLld be mere
'rmah''fs AT r'lhs island she would pro-
e" W Mrs' beiinoht housef where she
as " nave neeh MRS Belmowt's guest
MIS- be''"on' DID mol Goas " the shR