Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-13
Report at Extra Session.
Army Officer a. Witness.

Army Officer asWitness.
The hearing was resumed at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, with Senators Jones
and Dillingham; present.
Lieut.. Charles M. Maigne, L. s. A., re-
tired, was the first witness. He said he
watched the procession for a short time
at 10Th street and also at 10Th street. A
short time before the parade came. some
mounted policemen tried to force the
crowd back, he said. At this time there
was no opening through the crowd.
Lieut.. Maigne said policeman at 10Th
street told him he was afraid it would
be impossible to clear the Avenue.
1.-THE minute the crowd was pushed
back it surged cut again." he continued.
Just as soon as the police turned the
people came out.
"A great deal of the difficulty was due
to the levity of the crowd" he said
Did the police seem to have the same
spirit!'" asked Senator Jones.
NO. They did not.'...he .replied. They
seemed to be working hard
Lieut.. Maigne said at least half of the
crowd was composed of women.
The members of the Federation of
Women's Clubs. who sold lunches near
10th street. were supposed Ito receive. pro-
leCttOH iTOHi luc pOl1Cc, dSCOiuHiS IL ..
Sarah Lamb. the next witness. On di-
rection of Police Capt. Schneider. she
said. the van from which the lunches
were being sold was taken up on 18th
streets before the arrival. of the parade.
Mrs. Lamb said that ,as1ar as she could
see .theYpoiice at this point did every
ithng possible She told how one police
man facedsthe crowd and another police
man pushed him.
Dr. Clara S. Ludlow said that the police
did not seem to work very hard. They
were apparently not on the alert, she
said, and usually were looking toward
the procession.
..There were few women and children,
but they were not at all predominant
she continued. II saw a few policemen
along the sidewalk"
what were they doing?'" asked SEN
atOr Jones'
The crowd kept back much better for
the cavalry than for the mounted police"
Halted by the Police.
Gustav Augerstein said he had at
tempted to. take Gen" Rosalie Jones q
silken flag, but had been stopped by two
special policemen and later by a uni
formed policeman. !.
One policeman, at Az street, slapped
the face of a colored woman, he said
Several policemen were nearby, he de-
clared.
Between 9th and 10th streets, he con-
tinued, one policeman worked very hard
to get the crowd back, but the people
| only laughed. :.
"A Boy Scout ran to his assistance
after other policemen had laughed" he
| said. 1.-THE Boy Scout showed more public
spirit than the policemen."'
| r. A. Wfckersham. who was in one OF
the, police automobiles which preceded
the parade. told Of the work done in try
ing to open the Avenue. He praised the
efforts of the police
"All the police that saw were just IN
| front OF the automobiles. They seemed
| to be working he said.
| W.. A. Smith, Congressional Record
clerk. told Of having Informed Maj. SyJ1
which ordered the Avenue cleared.
He declared that Maj. Sylvester said
Good" when informed that the resolu;
| tion had been passed by the House.
| A. c. Kelton told of the progress Of
the procession. He said that ten posi-
| tive" halts had sheens made and eighteen
| ''pulsations.' One Of the halts lasted for
twenty minutes, he said.
/ II. Randall Webb, a lawyer, who rode
In one of the automobiles which pre-
coded the parade. was the next witness
avenue at about 10 O'Clock with Maj.
Sylvester and heard him give orders
to clear the Avenue Of vehicles at 2
O'Clock.
] EVERY policeman I saw was doing
/ his best" Mr.. Webb continued. "As
soon as the crowd was pushed forward
lit surged out again. We got tbs