El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
WOMEN SS|GN
AGAIN WRECKED
Men Tear Down Placard
Declaring United States
Is Not a Democracy.

Washington. D. c., June 21.-The
suffragist sentinels brought another
banner to the white house gates to-
day and another crowd tore it down.
Today's wrecking of the banner was
done with more elaboration than was
the case yesterday. The police did
not interfere.
The inscription on the banner today
was the same as on the one displayed
yesterday. accusing president Wilson
and Elihu Root Of "deceiving Russia"
in saying the United States is a de-
mocracy and pleading with the Rus
sian mission to demand the enfran-
clisement OF women in the United
States.
The banner was in front of the
white house only for a few minutes.
A man passing in an automobile
about the time the sentinels brought
il from their headquarters stopped
his car. walked over. tore part of II
off and resumed his journey, refusing
A few minutes later after the
crowd had grown a little and after
a few shouts of traitors" a man
who gave his name as George B.
Montgomery. of Richmond, Va.
Of the banner from its frame.
After the last shred Of canvas had
been removed, the police dispersed
the crowd
The crowds victory was short lived,
however. for in ten minutes two more
banners had been obtained from suf-
frage headquarters nearby Police
men notified passersby to let the ban
ners alone.
women Not Attacks.
Soon after noon, however. the SEN
tinels reappeared with a new banner,
stouter than the others. which they
expected the crowd would have more
difficulty in destroying
The crowd was good natured for the
most part but determined in its work
and did not attack the women who
held the banners. Police were forced
TO clear the sidewalks in front of the
white house several times but always
managed TO reach the scene OF the at
tack on the banners just moment
too late.
The crowd was not organized and
showed no signs of interfering with
the sentinels themselves. until a wom-
an. mOdestly dressed who had been
talking earnestly to one OF the SEN
tinels for several minutes, suddenly
snatched one Of the banners and ran
into Pennsylvania avenue
One Climbs High But Falls.
In a moment the crowd got into &C
tion. and the sentinels were sur
Iounded. One by one their flags of pur-
pie white and gold. were taken from
them and torn to shreds- One stand
ard bearer. Miss Hazel Hunkins, game
to the last climbed up on the pedestal
OF one OF the white house gates and
raised her banner as high as she could
over her head in an effort to save it
She lasted only a moment a man took
the pole from her hand. broke ii over
the iron gate and the flag of suffrage 4
fell to the ground.
Charge Another Entrance.
After all the banners at one en- 1
trance had been torn away the police I
began to dispense the crowds but some I
one remembered the pickets at the
other entrance and TO the footing Of
scores of automobile horns in the
crowded avenue. the crowd charged
the banner bearers at the other gate.
The work there was quickly done.
One woman tore a silken strip from
The suffrage colors on her hat and
held it high on a pole. She was i'm
mediately surrounded by a guard Of
several other suffragists and efforts
10 take the colors away from her
proved unavailing for several min
utes- In the end it met the fate Of
the rest