Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-05
Thirteen Sufffragists
Arrested July Fourth
Woman's Party Members Attempt to Carry Out
Threat to Defy Police and Picket White House
in Force at Noon--Large Forces of Police on
Hand-No Hunger Strike

Washington. July 4.-Suffragists of
the Woman's party attempted to carry
out their threat to defy the police and
picket the White House in force
promptly at noon today as an lndc-
pendenCe day suffrage monstra ton.
Large forces of police we're on hand
and drove the sentinelS away.
Thirteen of the women were arrest
ed on the charge of obStructing the
traffic after they had made two unsuc-
cessfu attempts to carry on the dem
onstration
\. l.. Simpson of Washington also was
detained by the police after he had TAX
en- two of the suffrage banners from
the women.
a second man who said his name was
John Jones" was escorted away from
the White House by the police after he
had had an alteration with an unidcnti-
fed suffragist, who attempted to hand
him a suffrage magazine.
Police took two banners out of the
hands of the suffragists and broke the
poles Lucy Burns. one of the leaders.
was the only woman to vigorously re-
sist arrest. She buttlcd with an officer
for POSSESSION of a banner she carried
and finally triumphantly wrcnched the
pole from the hands of the large 20
liceman.
A crowd of several hundred persons
saw the clash While there was much
yelling and such cries as Send them
over to the Kaiser" They arc idiots "
They have no sense" They ought to
he sent up for life" were frenucntly
! heard. The crowd apparently was goo,
naturcd.
The Women Arrested
The following women were arrested
Lucy Burns, JOY Young. Via Miliho!-
lnnd and Mrs l.. A. Green. New York:
Miss Margaret Whittcmarc. Detroit;
Mrs. Walter Adams, Norfolk: Miss
Elizabeth Stuyvessant, Cincinnati: Mrs.
Helena Hill Weed. Norwaik. Conn:
Miss Gladys Greiner, Baltimore. Md. :;
Mrs. Alexander Shields, Amarillo. Tex. .
Miss Iris Calderhead, MarNsyille. Kae.:
Mrs. Annie Arneil, Wilmington. Del.
and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, .phf,adelphia
One banner bore the following quota
ton from the Declaration of Indcpend-
ence:
Governments derive their lust now
ers from the consent of the governed. -
The other banners consisted sinn,v
of yellow bunting.
Upon refusal of the prisoners to give
bail for their appearance in court to-
morrow they were ordered removed to
the House of Detention pending a
hearing. 1t was explained at Suffrage
headquarters that the refusal was due
to the fact that it was not believed
the money would be returned in this
case as it was on the occasion of pre-
vious arrests. It was necessary. suf-
frage leaders said. to use threats of a
congressional investigation to obtain
the return of the bail previously.
Third Demonstration
Tentative plans were made after the
arrests 10 hold a third demonstration
today, but later they were abandoned.
Promptly at noon five Of the pickets,
led by Miss Mabel Vernon Of Nevada.
marched frome the woman's party
headquarters and headed toward the
White House. Several policemen pre-
ceded the marchers and advised them
that they would not be arrested as
long as they remained on the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue and did