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roads for the purpose of delivering the
message.
The hikers were indignant They made
brow suffragettes'' in Washington. They
demanded that the general disregard
the order and go ahead and deliver the
message to Wilson herself.
Gen" Jones. however. held out against
this advice. She had a few things to say
about Washington and New York suf-
fragettes who would try such a thing Of
her own accord, but Counseled against
rebellion.
| Then she put the matter to a vote. urg-
ing the other hikers to agree with her.
After telling their opinion OF Washington
isuffragettes in no uncertain terms. they
voted with the general" The one who
did the most to swing the meeting was
Col" Ida Craft who has been in a state
lof rebellion against Gen" Jones for
some days. but who declared an armed
truce in Baltimore owing TO the short
distance left to hike.
Col. Craft had met Gen. Jones on the
road earlier in the day and had made
peace parleys. She invited the general
to break bread with her and TO let bye
cones he forgotten. The general was
agreeable. Col. Craft searched for a
piece of bread in her "warbag' but
have a piece of cake here anyway. Let's
break cake" So when the general de-
cided to follow the orders Of the high
er ups Col. Craft. true to her peace
treaty. stood with the general.
| Another Fight Brcws.
Several suffragettes who had been fur
ther up the road and who missed the
meeting heard about the telegram and
. 81 nspt-
| when the main body reached Hyattsville.
| They Immediately condemned the atti-
| tude OF the general and declared war.
| Elizabeth Freeman, who was an En-
E!ish militant before she Joined the
mixers, assumed command Of the rebels
| They We're pceved at the action OF the
general in holding the conference with
out them They demanded another con-
! ference. and threatened that if the gen
eral stood by her intention OF giving
up the message they would quit forth
with. write message OF their own
walk to Washington with it Of their own
/ accord. and present II to President-elect
| Wilson.
| Gen. Jones agreed to a second confer
| ence. and il was held tonight at the
| hikers' headquarters here Miss Free
| man disCanted at length on the action
| % Gen Jones. on the action OF the Wash
the leaders OF the suffrage pageant in
| Washington in general. She proclaimed
| the order Of the executive board n clear
steal. and said she would never abide
! by it The other rebels nodded their
] heads apprOVingly. Gen. Jones then
came 10 the front ard gave her view of
! the affair Ii was substantially the same
aa that expressed at the first conference.
She ais" threw a sop to the disgruntled
members for having held a conference
In their absence.
The Fireman faction gave uD They
were tired ANYHOW. ard wanted to go to
bed. So G"n. Jones turned the message
over 10 Miss AlIc" raul. and the army.
much disGust"d AT the Washington lead
crs Will arrive in the Capital to-day
The pilgrims left Laurel at O'Clock
this morning and hiked eleven miles to
Hyattsville. reaching that place at ?
clock. Wet muddy, and GiSEusted AT
College Park the automobile carrying the
Daggage broke down. the burner refused
70 work. Major. chauffeur emeritus. said
The cadets at Maryland Agricultural
College had been on the lockout for the
pilgrims all morning \ sentinel spotted
the hroken-down auto. and sounded the
alarm. Ry the time the pilgrims hove in
view some .A cadets descended upon
them in mad rush surrounding them
and demanding speeches. They gave col
l"Ce yrl!s, followed by about nine tigers
for Gen. Jones. and declared they were
converts.
AddresSes the Cadets.
Gen. Jones mounted the bonnet or the
bUsted-Gown auto to make speech. Con
stance Luepp. the Washington hiker: Mrs
Weni. and Phoebe Hawn had gathered
around the machine Gen. Jones mad-
her speech. and asked the students II
they Were Suffrag0tt"s. You net yoj.r
life We are" they responded. 'Rah, RahI
Rah' Jones. Jones! Jones, Wow"
Well. will you wear suffrage buttons
asked the general getting out her supply.
When they saw the buttons. the whole
800 made a wild cane rush for the ma
chine. and overwhelmed the four hik-rs
Standing on II. Several war correspond
ents' came TO the rescue. and. by free
use of shoulders and shOr-arm jabs.
drove back the crush. Gen. Jones dis
tribUted the buttons. and about I0J stu
dents followed the pilgrims down the
road. missing their classes.
As they passed the College Park avia-
ton field. the mixers stopped and COM
menced looking up in tho air.
oh, there's one cried out Phoebe
Hawn.
The war correspondents who were
trailing behind. rushed up to find out
what was the matter. We were looking
to see II any aeroplanes We're flying
around said Gen. Jones. We heard
that the government aviators were here"
Then they were told that what Phoebe
lawn saw was a crow and that the ayi-
ators were in California
AT Riverdale the pilgrims were met by
Mrs. G. z. Won Steinmeyer. who has
her right cye-tooth set with two dia-
monds OF large proportions and great
hrilliancy. and invited to stop at her
home, Chateau Dawn" With Mrs. Won
Steinmeyer was Mrs. Clara Wagner,
niece of Mrs. Belva \. lockwood, the
roted suffragist, who ran for the Presi-
dency away back in 1850 The advance
guard of the pilgrims enjoyed n short
rest and snack at Mrs. Won Steinmeyer's
After they had passed some go Riverdale
women. who had misunderstood the time
they were to march through the town,
gathered az Chateau Dawn" and, hav-
ing missed the star attraction. proceed |
ed to make some speeches themselves.
They were entertained at luncheon.
Unable to Find Hotel.
Leaving Riverdale, the pilgrims strag-
gled into Hyattsville about o'clock very
wet and tired TO find that the town |
boasted no hotel and that they had no |
place to spend the night.
Meanwhile. the people of Hyattsville !
had been busy and the Business Mems |
League of Prince George County had pre- |
pared a luncheon for the hikers. They |
We're led to Heptosophs Hall, where |
tables containing salads. fruit. coffee, ice |
cream, cakes, and other dainties had !
been placed, and proceeded to get busy. !