Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-18
OFFICIALS ORDER |
DEPORTATION OF !
MRS. PANKHURSI
Special Board Reaches Dee
cisiOn Less Than Three
Hours After Her Arrival.
CASE is APPEALED TO ]
COMMISSIONERS -GENERAD
Entry on Special Bond Denied.
Mrs. Belmont Would Fur
nish 100000. !

NEW YORK, Oct 1S.-Mrs Er1a
incline Pankhurst. the English mils<
tant suffragette leader. who arrived
here today for a lecture tour. was
| ordered deported by the inmigrat ton
authorities within little less than
three hours after the vessel upon
which she came had docked.
The special board of inquiry which
decided her case voted not to adnie
her to the country under bond. bue
to send her back to France forthwith.
Mrs. Pankhurst's lawyer. Herbert
Reeves, announced his intention OF
appealing the case immediately to
Commissioner General Caminetti.
Pending decision by Mr.. Caminetti.
Mr.. Reeves said he would seek to have
his client admitted to this country
under bond so that she may be able
to fulfil her engagement to speak at
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night. Mrs Q. H. P. Belmont, the
New York woman suffrage leader.
who was to have been Mrs. Pank.
hurst's host, was prepared to give
bond up to 100000 for Mrs Park
hursts good behavior while IN
America. Under the ruling OF the
special board she will not be, per-
mitted to do SO, and Mrs. Pankhurst
must remain at Ellis Island until de-
ported, unless the boards findings
are reversed by the authorities at
Washington.
Find "MoraI Turpitude..
Mrs. Pankhurst's deportation was
ordered under section two of the i'm
migration law. This section provides
for the exclusion of persons convict
ed abroad of a crime or crimes in
volying moral turpitude- The board
held that Mrs. Pankhurst's convic-
tion in England of conspiracy to COM
init arson brought her within this
class.
The militant leaders case moved
with unexcelled celebrity. She was in
terrogated by immigration inspece
/ tors on board the liner Provence, upon
which she had made the trip from
| Havre. was detained but few min
utes aboard the vessel when it doeked,
was rushed in a special tug 10 the
detention station at Ellis Island and
4 taken Immediately before the special
board of inquiry there. Her eSaIni-
nation by this board lasted little over
an hour. and she was not represented
/ by counsel.
| Mrs. Pankhurst told the immigra-
tion officials that her purpose in
! COIIiLS 10 AIHEIlCd WAS IIOI 10 dt-
voeate the militant method for OBJ
tanning suffrage, but to lecture upon
/ the history and progress of the cause
/ in England.
Mr. Reeves filed his appeal by long,
distance telephone with Commissioners
/ General Caminetti. and announced
that the cornmissioner-gen would
hear the case tomorrow. Mr.. Reeves
said he would leave for Washington
/ tonight. taking with him copy of
the minutes of the special board
/ The best suite of rooms at the de-
tention station was placed at Mrs.
/ Pankhurst's disposal. pending the
| outcome of her appeal. This was oc-
/ cupied by Prince Pignatell, of Spain.
when he was detained there last sum
mer
When Mrs Pankhurst was in
/ formed that she was to be deported
she turned to her lawyer and the
4 four women who had waited for the
4 verdict. and announced her intention
| of beginning q hunger strike to COM
/ pei the authorities to release her She
I changed her mind, however. when she
i learned that she was 10 be given
! prompt hearing on her appeal. In
4 stead of beginning the hunger strike
4 she ordered tea. chicken, soup and
/ sandwiches. After luncheon she saw
/ reporters again and protested that
/ she had not been given fair hearing.
/ inasmuch as her lawyer was not
| present. Z
THE board was courteous, more or
/ less, !" Mrs Pankhutstsaid. but the
/ climax came when they said | wate
/ guilty of moral turpitude" / said tcs
them then your ancestors weres
4 guilty of moral turpitude when theys
threw the tea into the Boston har-
bor."
! The big meeting of welcome which
/ local suffrage leaders planned to give
/ Mrs. Pankhurst tomorrow night at
Madison Square Garden was post
poned until Monday night in order
that Mrs. Pankhurst's status might
be fully determined before the meet
4 ing
81 am not coming TO America to tell
American women how to get the
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