The Washington times., 1917-06-22

had been a pretty strong tip running
through the Lafayette Park neigh
borhood that the suffragists had
new message to the Russian ENJOYS
that was particularly unpatriotic'
or Insulting. or something. and
when the big clock at Fifteenth and
New York avenue showed $50
O'Clock. a neat dozen bluecoats lined
up at intervals along the entire line
of White House fence.
Around s:45 o'clock, Miss Burns and
Miss Morey started for the White
House gates. with their banner fold
ed up under Miss Burns arm.
The cops closed in for action.
whereupon the Presidents remarks
were unfurled. Sergeant Lee step
ped up. told the two their banner was
confiscsted property. and they'd have
to keep moving II they wanted to
picket.
Refuse to Give Up Banner.
This banner is private property"
retorted Miss Burns. and we do not
intend to give it up. Your position is
illogical and unconstitutional while
ours is logical and constitutional"
Mrs. Farling, a policewOman, sug-
gested to Miss Burns that il would
be better for her to give up the ban
ner and leave in a pC lceful manner.
No, / do not intend to give up the
banner" declared Miss Burns en-
phatically. I'll submit TO arrest
Arst."
Miss Burns and Miss Morey clutch
ed the banner more tightly after ut
tering the defiance, but it was quick
ly taken from them by policemen and
the two were formally placed under
arrest by Sergeant Lee.
The patrol automobile was stand
ing at the curb, but the two women
were put in an automobile and sent
to Headquarters, accompanied by Mrs.
Farling
d. Inspector Boyle. assistant superin-
tendent of police, and squad OF Cen
trail Office detectives REINFORCED the
special detail of policemen sent to
the White House before 9 o'clock.
Even while the two women were be-
ing arrested. the officers were kept
busy in keeping the crowds going in
both directions, no one being allowed
even to pause.
President Doesn't See IL.
President Wilson had Just returned
from the golf course when the two
women appeared with the yellow ban
-ner. He did not witness the spec
tacIe. his automobile having entered
the White House grounds through
the west front gate about ten minutes
before the pickets arrived on the
scene.
Major Pullman served formal notice
on the women at $50 o'clock that
they could not continue their tactics.
Then he strung a line of patrolmen
and policewomen from suffrage head
quarters a block away from the
White House up to and along the
Avenue on which the mansion fronts:
THE period OF leniency has pass
ed" he told newspaper men after is
suing this order.
The orders against picketing came
as a direct result of a conference be
tween Pullman, Inspector Grant and
Miss Paul.
Just what she told the officials was
not made public Immediately, though
there were suggestions that her re-
marks were such as to startle the
nation"
PuIlman's talk with Miss Paul was
over the telephone. Pullman's face
was grim and his words were snap
ped on short. he showed PLAINLY
he meant business, and that he will
accept any challenge the militants
want to hurl at him
Guard Stuff Headquarters.
Within fifteen minutes of the ar
rest of the two suffragists the head
quarters OF the cause on Madison
avenue was besieged on the inside
by a crowd OF reporters and on the
outside by a curious crowd Of several
hundred people. Lieutenant Hartley,
of the First precinct. headed a police
detail on guard before the headquar-
q tiers.
Even before Miss Burns and Miss
Morey had been released. a flood OF
statements were pouring from the
suffrage typewriters. Miss Paul reis-
sued her statement of June 20, on the
unfurling Of the Russian Message"
The statement follows:
1T is those who deny Justice and
not those who demand IL who EN-
bsrrsss the country in its interna-
tionaI relations. The intolerable con-
ditions against which we protest can
be changed in the twinkling OF an
eye. The responsibility is, therefore,