The Washington herald., 1913-03-07

| she heard another woman calling out that
! her children had been torn from tIeT.
Mrs. Odcnhcimer cried out for some men
to help. and two or three came forward.
| recovered the children. and returned them
To their mother.
At ID. \. Il. Han. she said. one
! mounted policeman and two on foot
| were too busy watching some boys in
trees to bother about the crowds, and
one Of them laughed in her face when
| sh" appealed TO him to keep the crowds
where they belonged.
| Mrs Abbey Scott Baker. of 1876 I
Street, introduced number Of photo
graphs. which showed clearly the inac-
tivity of tn" police in the face of the
most outrageous conditions. They also
showed boy scouts working desperately
while uniformed policemen looked on
with folded arms. Mrs. Baker told OF
isolated cases where conscientious Of
iiCcrS hal worked desperately hard -
maintain order. and of others where Of
fICers refused to move when requested
| to d" something.
Il asked one officer IL he could d.
something to keep tho crowds back -
she said oh, he replied, tho crowds
are doing well enough He didn't even
unf rli mis- arms. Aft"rvard spoke TO
a captain Of police. who seemed very
anxious. but protested that h" couldn't
do anything because the Avenue hadn't I
been cleared in time.
Remarks Were Good -uaturcd.
Mrs Elizabeth +. Brown. Of 1854 Euclid
Street. was leading the t"drhers' contin
gent of tho parade. She told the com
mitte.. that tn" crowd was good ma tured
and r"surtcd To no ''vi'i"us' Interference.
They Insisted upon repeating the alpha
bet I" tn" teachers, counting ten for
them. and asking them III cat spells
cat with a short tail how is cat with
a long tail spc!l"d?" Miss Ruth ". Ober-
ly. one "f the marChcrs, had appealed 10
an officer To keep tn" crowd back and
had been told to try it herself
Miss Emily White. Of -l"S University
Place, Was with the GcorSc Washington
University College wOmen'S section.
When the crowd was pushing hardest at
one place. she said. a uniformed officer
lauChincly turned around and asked the
crowd not to push in 50 far. stop pus h.
ing" he said. ''"r You'll get me int" this
procession She said an officer had
asked !. L. Hoover, captain Of a cadet
company at Central High School. Why
don't you Kill them any more?" The COM
mittee will cali Hoover.
Miss Bernet Hetfield. a seventeen-year-
old school girl. of Brookland. ID. G.. was
on 4 float in the Pennsylvania section.
She WAS sitting on one side with her
feet hanging over and one man grabbed
her foot. She kicked him in the face,
and he released her. Others made at
tempts to grab her, and the woman in
charge of the float had to walk behind
with a stick and defend the girls. One
policeman yelled, That's the hest look
ing bunch of suffra"ists I've seen vet
Miss Naude Gunther. of 1906 X Street.
told the ruElm!ttee that the principal
occupation of the police seemed to be
reclining against the crowd and doing
nothing" In dealing with obstreperous
male spectators she had found it very
effective to look them straight in the
eye rather scornfully, as they almost in
variably retired into the crowd"
George Bowerman. librarian of the Pub
lie Library, who marched in the male
contingent. testified that the crowd had
yelled "Henpecko'' at his band.