Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-15
ROWDOIN GRADUATE,
4 NEWPORT BOY, IS
Arrested AT N. Y.

New orki May lf'-f dui rlo"dlN
Douglas, a graduate Of Bowdoin last
spring. and now student of econom-
les at Columbia University, has been
arrested in New York City, charged
with interfering with an officer in
the performance of his duty. Douglas
is we'll known in Portland, having
pIaved center on the Bowdoin Var
sity football team while in the Bruins
wick college. His home IS in Newport,
Ne.
Douglas was arrested Tuesday with
Miss Elizabeth B. butcher, daughter
of one of Brooklyn's Oldest and most
exclusive families, college graduate
and a prominent social worker in New
York
With Douglas and Miss butcher at
the time of their arrest were Miss
Hfdegrade Kneelande, well known as
a social worker; Mrs. Frank H. Goth
rem. member of Mayor Mitchel's Po-
lice Pensions Commission; Mrs. Her
bert Warbasse, wife of one of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman's assistants
and Mrs. James P. Warbasse. They
all drove to the police station with
Miss butcher and Douglas and were
unanimous in their indignant protests
over the action of the police officials
making the arrests.
While Douglas was charged with in
terfering with an officer in the per-
Torrance of his duty Miss butcher
was charged with disorderly conduct.
Bail was furnished by Mrs. James P.
Warbasse. wife of the New York
state civil service commissioner.
The arrests were witnessed by sew
eral thousand persons. and this num-
Der was increased constantly until all
traffic in 43d street was effectually
blocked It was not until the police
had struggled with the crowd for
quarter of an hour or more that they
finally succeeded in getting it under
control and traffic resumed.
Miss butcher, who lives with her
father George C. Quicker, at 80 Pier
repent street. Brooklyn, drove up ia
the 43d street entrance of a large re-
tail establishment shortly before 6
o'clock yesterday afternoon In a tour.
ing car with her women companions.
There they were met by Douglas. The
purpose of their visit was for Douglas
to address the clerks of the store as
they left the building and urge them
to join the Union for Retail Clerks.
Miss butcher and her companions con-
stitute the committee which has
charge of the work of recruiting for
this union. Promptly at 6 o'clock
Douglas began his harangue, and al
most instantly the block, already well
crowded with hurrying home goers,
was jammed with people Sergeant
Smythe tried to keep a passage clear.
and when he failed in the attempt
started it is said, to interfere with
Douglas.
Miss butcher jumped out of the car and
called the officers attention to the fact
that they had permit from Commits
sioner Woods allowing them to address
store clerks leaving their places of bust
ness Smythe insisted that they coul6
move on. More talk followed ending in
his placing Miss butcher under arrest
and charging her with disorderly conduct.
Then Douglas got into the game. Ac-
cording to Smythe. Douglas rushed over
to him, caught him by the shoulder and
whirled him around with such force that
he nearly knocked him off his feet. Doug
Miss butchers arrest and was promptly
arrested on the charge of interfering with
an officer in the discharge of his. duty
The whole party then adjourned to the
East 51st street station, where Mrs. War
base offered her house at 3S4 Washing
ton avenue, Brooklyn, as bail for the
two prisoners. 1t was accepted.
Miss butcher is graduate of Packer
Institute and Vassar College. In 1911 the
Socialist party chose her as its candi-
date for alderman in the LIST Assembly
District of Kings county. She accepted
the nomination. For years she has been
actively connected with the Woman's
Trade Union League. During the shirt
waist strike she did picket duty, and
after the Asch building fire she had
charge Of distributing $4,000 of the $780,
600 relief fund raised. Her father is
wealthy, and besides his Brooklyn home
mas splendid country estate at New
Canaan. CT.
The hearing was to have been yester-
day but was postponed.