The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-23

pon0 SO tnat she may De able 10 J
Madison Square Garden tomorrt
Money AT Her Command.
Mrs. o. ii. p. Belmont. the New York
have been Nh. Pa a1 host. was
prepared to give bond up to 100000
for Mrs. Pankhurst's good behavior
while IN America.
Under this ruling OF the special board
b will not be permitted to do so and
Mrs. Pankhurst must remain at Ellis
Island until deported, unless the
boards findings are reversed by the
authorities at washington. A
Mrs. P~ankhurst's deportation was orr
dered under Section 2 OF the immigra-
ton laws. This section provides for
the exclusion OF persons convicted
abroad Of o crime or crimes involving
The board held that Mrs. Pankhursts
conviction in England OF conspiracy 70
commit arson brought her within this
class. aFl
Case Handled Promptly.
The militant leaders case moved
with unexcelled celebrity. She was in
terrogated by immigration inspectors
on board the liner Provence, on which
she had made the trip from Havre, was
detained but O few minutes aboard TIE
vessel when 1t locked, was rushed In
a special tug to the detention station
at Ellis Island and take Immediately
before the special board OF inquiry
there. Her examination by this board
lasted little an hour and h was
not represented by counsel.
Mrs. Pankhurst told the immigration
officials that her purpose in coming 70
America was not to advocate the mill
tant methods for obtaining suffrage,
but to lecture on the history. and the
progress of the cause in England.
MIR. Reeves filed his appeal by long
distance telephone with Commissioner
General Caminetti n announced that
tina commissioner general would hear
the case tomorrow. Mr.. Reeves said he
would leave for Washington tonight
taking with him a copy OF the min
utes OF the special board. .
Mrs. Pankhurst was detained aboard
the liner Provence when9t 1T docxed. A
tug was commissioned to take her 70
Ellis Island, where a special board OF
inquiry, IL was announced, would con-
vene speedily and render a verdict
some time today II possible. This
Pankhursts conviction in England was
for a crime involving moral turpitude,
II so, she would come within the class
excluded by the immigration act. If
not the act does not apply.
To inspectors, who questioned her
aboard the Provence, Mrs. Pankhurst
asserted that her conviction was for a
political offense and that 1t was gen
orally understood her sentence la ex-
pired when she left England for
France, although she had not been so
notified formally.
Curious Crowd Present.
For a5quarter Of an hour the militant
leader was questioned by immigration
inspectors In the white and gold music
room or the liner. A curious crowd Of
passengers eager to learn the dispose
ton OF her case. trooped In through
the doors and pressed the two score
newspaper reporters forward till they
surrounded the little group. Rheta
Child Dorr. Mrs. Pankhurst's travelling
companion, sought to sit beside the
militant leader during the hearing, but
this the inspectors would not permit.
Il am not coming to America to tell
American women now to get the vote"
Mrs. Pankhurst announced when the
inspectors had left her. "They appear
TO be abundantly able to manage their
own campaign. Their progress has
been remarkable and they need no for
eign leadership" s
Would Die for "cause."
Her fast greying hair beIied the
youth that seemed slammed on her
features. She had almost recovered.
size bdlQs ITOnl Iho ttlHSSS CduSeu py
forctble feeding in Holloway Jail. But
she was willing to live her narrowing
experiences all over again u dozen
times IL need be, for the cause" g.
Would I see ii through she re-
peated In indignant answer to a ques-
ton asked by, a reporter. why. Of
to for the cause. And there are dozens.
yes hundreds, OF women In England
who would do the same thing. I don't
set myself UP as different from any
other women. or better than N other
women. We are having a revolution
In England just as you people, OF
America had a revolution when you
wanted your freedom; when you were
taxed without representation. We
English women are 1lghting for our
freedom. Just as YOU won yours, 80
will we win ours. You fought against
George uIs we are fighting against
j George MO, perhaps i should not say