Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-20
Rough Treatment Administer ed to Fair Suffrage Champ ions by Rioters Who Resent Banners on Wilson Day.
ABUSED MEMBERS AVER
 DEMOCRATS DID IT
President Fails to See Incident. \ Has Busy Day, Addresses
 Women, Press Club and
 Bows to Millions.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.--President Will son came here today to explain his views on problems facing the nation. He delivered three speeches here, par ticipated in several street demonstra- tions and went over western campaign ters. He left at midnight and will ar rive at Long Branch, N. J.. at midnight tomorrow.
 Bigger Sphere for Women. In a speech before the Chicago Press Club the President predicted the beginning of "a renaissance of the sense of patriotic responsibility, and urged the development of progressive ness. Speaking before a gathering If women later he urged more participa- tion in the affairs of the nation and at meeting tonight of new citizens he declared for united America.
 Cheered By Millions.
 At his every appearance the Presi- dent was cheered by throngs which packed the streets during his auto mobile rides from place tc place and filled to capacity the halls in which he spoke. He stood in his automobile while passing through the crowds and smilingly waved his hat to the people on the street and in the windows Of buildings.
 Women Lose Banners.
 An attempted silent demonstration" by members of the National Woman's Party in front of the Auditorium de- veloped into a near riot in which ban ners opposing Wilson were torn from the demonstrators and trampled. and the women were roughly handled. President Wilson was seated in an automobile a few hundred feet away when the demonstration started. but passed into the building and was not witness to the scene that followed.
 Shouting Shame! Disgracei" and "get the banners, crowd of several hundred sprinkled with women charg- ed the banner holders. Umbrellas ana canes were used in the destruction of placards. Many of the women were knocked down and nearly all were roughly handled. especially those who strove to retain their banners. Women PIucky to End. The excitement continued until all the banners had been seized. With disheveled hair and soiled and torn clothes, the women marched back to their headquarters under police guard. Women duplicate Police.
 Charges that the police sympathized with the rioters and failed to protect the demonstrators were made by Mrs. Josephine Pearce and Mrs. E. L. Mat tice. officers of the local Woman's Re- publican clubs
 There were all kinds of policemen standing about merely looking on, not moving a hand" said Mrs. Pearce. Some of them didn't seem to want to help us. I saw policemen deliberately stand nearby and laugh at us while we were being beated and the ban ners torn from our hands.
 Brutish Work.
 "We were merely standing. quietly holding our banners and not harmine anyone Suddenly there was a regular riot. They grabbed our banners. trampled on them and knocked us down. It was terrible"
 Members of the Congressional Union compared the scene at the demonstIa- ton with the suffrage parade in Wash ington the day before President Will son was inaugurated.
 "The diseraceful attack upon the suffrage demonstration is similar to the attack by mobs upon the great (Continued on Page 2)