The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-22
But Militant Danes Put Up
Game Finish Fight.
Finally Pickets and Banners
Are Carried to Jail.
LADY POLICE ARGUE IN Vain
Menace Removed After Two
Days of Near RiOting.
Suffs Argue Constitutional
Rights to Bitter End.

Washington, June 22.-Police to-
day put an end to all suffrage pick
citing of the White House.
Following two days near-rioting,
Major Pullman issued strict orders
against permitting the militants to
fIaunt their banners or to stand be-
fore the White House.
Shortly after the issuance of the
order, three patrolmen and two po-
ncewOmen after trying peacefully to
dissuade Miss Lucy Burns, a militant
leader, and Miss Catherine Morey of
Boston from unfurling a big yellow
banner before the White House gates,
quarters
Cling Desperately to Banners.
The women chung desperately to
their yellow banner bearing quota
ton from one of President Wilson's
speeches on democracy.
you must move on" said the
patrolman.. you can't stand here with
that standard"
The two policewomen then stepped
up and argued for a moment with
Miss Burns.
Wouldn't you rather give up the
banner and move on than be taken
in ?" said the officer.
it's private property said Miss Burns.
I'VE will keep it. 1t is private and
we have the right to stand here. Our
position is logical and constitutional.
Yours is illegal and unconstitutional"
Grows Pale and Fights.
The second policewoman tried to
get Miss Morey. frail, little girl, to
give up the fight.
mo, 1 won't" she said, her face
In rio 70
do this
The two policewomen took the suf-
fragists and their banner in charge.
Bright and early today militant suf-
fragists braved the chance of fresh
attacks against their banners before
the White House.
Before the removal order was is
sued they had the protection of
picked policemen with heavy night
sticks, who kept big throngs moving
along the avenue.
The banners. which reused the
crowds the past two days had been re-
placed by less violent ones early to-
day.
Meantime District Attorney Laskey
is said to have been informed by men
who wanted warrants to arrest the
pickets that the stories of trouble be-
fore the White House would sooner
or later reach Germany and could
there by garbled into reports of food
riots before the presidents mansion
or in attacks upon him.
War Comfort for the Enemy"
The state of affairs, the men said,
was distressing to this nation and
could easily be distorted into com
fort for the enemy"
The big yellow suffrage banners,
blazoned before the gates early today
bore extracts from President Wilson
speeches concerning democracy but
omitted the charge that Wilson and
Envoy Root were deceiving Russia
by calling America a democracy when
/ it's women could not vote.
! Alice Paul Bawls En- Out.
Pullman served formal notice on
the women at $3.50 that they could
not continue their picketing. Then
I he strung a line of patrolmen and
policewomen from suffrage headquar-
tiers a block away from the White
| House up to and along the avenue,
| on which the mansion fronts.
! 1.-The period of leniency has passed. 81
! he stated after issuing this order.
The orders against picketing came
as a direct result of conference be-
tween Pullman, Inspector Grant and
| Miss Alice Paul, slim, frail, leader of
| the cause"
Just what she told the officials was
not made. public Immediately tho
| there were suggestions that her re-
marks were such as to startle the
nation
Suffs To Be Tried Later.
The arrested suffragists were re.
| leased shortly after arriving at police
headquarters. Before being freed they
were warned against further attempt.
to picket
The women were charged with OBJ
Structing traffic and told they would
have to apear later to defend the
charge.
The police told the two women tina
other charges might be made agains
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