New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-20
REST AND POTATOES
AID SUFFRAC|ST FEET
eoth Prove Welcome to the
Valiant but Weary Army"
nm the Washington March.
MIL MINGTON'S WELCOME
Miss Freeman, of England,
startles It's Citizens by In
dorsing the Blowing Up of
Lloyd Georges House.
LR. reIeglaph 10 Nc TrIbune !

lBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l
Wilmington. Del. Feb. l9.-"General'
posaHc Gardiner Jones and her valiant
md of New York-to-W ashington suffra-
tics rested their weary limbs and aCh-
,as feet to-day at the Hotel Iu Pont
rba, is they did so when they were not
,..,d;ne street meetings. They have taken
.s;s city IN storm The rest will end to-
'aorrov morning. when the women will
resume their pilgrimage to the national
capital.
Miss Elizabeth Freeman. an English
s,nracette. who has conducted several
,,mnaicns iu Great Britain and is
,ss,ie,. fen .hc present march. startled the
Good .... "i, .vi Wilmington to-day by
oneply i,jucsieS the action Of her Eng
isb sisters IL dyuamitinS the country
home Of Lloyd George. near London. She
said.
II am heartily in sympathy with the
,orneu in England who blew up Lloyd
coorcc's summer home. No one was IN
hred. and the same thins will probably
10 done 10 other property. Lloyd George
vas a snake in the grass while some of
the other English politicians came out ~
tho omen and fought us. ! am in faVoI OF
doing such acts as the suffra settes nave
5one i'm England. Mrs. PankhutSt has
instructed the suffragettes TO preserve
life hut the destruction of property VII
be continued.
When asked If such radical steps would
10 employed i'm this country. she sad tnet
would not unless all other means TO Win
votes for women should fail. This IS not
prohablc. however" she continued. be
cause Of tho difference in. politics IN the
two c,s'rtr@cs.'
Addresses to Workmen.
ACCOMPANIED by several sister march
ers Miss Freeman went 10 the plant Of
tho Pullman car works soon after noon to
address 800 employees. She mad spoken
cnly a few words when the whistle blew
and the workmen left her with cheer
General Jones. Miss Freeman and sew
stsl others greeted 5000 workmen when
hey lcft the plant Of the Harlan * iol-
ling worth Corporation at . o'clock TINS
afternoon They spoke TO the men Tor
more than half an hour
In addition to these meetings numerous
street gatherings were addressed by Miss
Freeman and others. and tonight the
"ar1ny" attended the Garrick Theatre,
vaudeville house. where short addresses
were made by the leaders between the
acts. The glad hand was given 10 them
by a large audience.
I'm reply to William W. Knowles. a Will
minston attorney and leader OF the INIT
alive and Referendum League, "GeaeraI
ZONES said she advocated votes for negro
women IF a negro is capable of voting
she declared, his wife should have the
same privilege" Knowles who is Demo
crat aid not agree with her.
owing to bad roads. the schedule OF the
marchers was changed to-day The
amy" will leave here ats o'clock to-inor-
rowing moring. stopping a Newark, Dell
Twelve miles distant. for luncheon. The
women will then proceed to Elkton. Nd
six miles further. where the night VIII be
spent. Friday night the army viii be
AT IIayre de Grace. Md. Belair. Md, VIII
no the stopping place on Saturday night
ana IONSOn, Nh, VIII 'ii''' ''''
marchers on sunday night
The army" will reach Baltimore on
Nondav Then" General Jones de-
clared. some Of the marchers VIII be
very. very tired" She expects some OF
the marchers to drop out before Baltimore
is reached
The first stop tomorrow will ne st New
port Del. three miles below here. TINS Is
the pioneer settlement Of the woman sur
frage movement in Delaware. Mrs. John
A. Cranston. president Of the Delaware
Woman's Suffrage Association, Will enter
tain the party at an early luncneoh.
she will walk a. far southwark with the
army" as her strength will permit
Welcome from College Boys
Tho two hundred students Of Delaware
College in Newark. are looking forward
10 the arrival OF the suffragists with en-
thusiasm. To the tune OF THE Campbells
Are Coming the students sang all day IN
The Newark streets The Suffragettes Are
Coming
The collegians. however. viii not be
rude 10 the marcners. for Southern chiN-
airy will obtain The students Grass
band will probably turn out and escort
the sisters" into town. The college boys
all give them the college yell Justify ana
frequently The entire student body met
to-day and devised plans for the enter
tsinment Of the army" The students
want street sDeeches and they VIII prop