The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-05
COMEDY RIOT ENDS
WITH MANY "SUFFS"
THROWN INTO JAIL
PRESIDENT AWAY WHEN
WOMEN BECOME CAY
13 Women DemonstrantS and
Three Men Arrested IN
Disturbance.

WASHINGTON, p. g.. July T.
A suffrage demonstration by members
Of the Woman's Party in front of the
White House Today resulted in 4
comedy riot. 18 arrests and much
amusement for holiday crowd. Pres
ident Wilson was yachting on the TO
tomac al the time.
Thirteen members of tho Woman
Party are held at the house OF deten
ton tonight for hearing to-morrow
On a charge Of unlawful aSSemblagf
as result of the demonstration
They occupy TWO large rooms, nfted
with beds and chairs. Their meals
are being supplied them from outside
restaurants. and they say they nave
no intention Of starting hunger
may be inflicted on them.
Men prisoners are A. l.. simpson
John Jones. ". J. Cain and {. l.;
Morgan all OF Washington. charged
with disorderly conduct in interfering
with the suffra2 2ists, Miss Nlt'!
Marion. suffragist but who is Sa,u
not 10 he a member Of the woman $
party. also is detained owing 10 an al
fercation she had with Jones over
the sale of suffrage magazine.
All Locked Up.
The pulicc handled the women win
great care At. the police station the
suflragistS declined 10 give bail ana
the men could moi give il. 50 all were
locked up.
Police ripped Two banners out OF
the hands Of the Suffragists and broke
the pole. Lucy Burns. on" OF me
leaders was ihr only woman 10 VIZ,
htI
with an officer for possession OF 4
banner she carried and finally iri'
umphantly wrrnch"d The pole from
tho hands of the large POLICEMAN.
crowd Of several hundred per
SONS saw The clash. While there was
much yelling. such cries as SEM
them over.Io the kaiser They are
idiots" They nave no sense; "lhry
ought 10 he sent up for lle' were
frequently heard. The crowd apparent
" was good nalured.
The following women were arrest
cd: ,,.,
i.ury Burns. Joy Young. Vida Mil
holland and Mrs /. A..Gre"n .. Of New
York: Miss Margaret WhitIcmore
Detroit: Mrs. Walter Adams. Nor
folk; Miss Elizabeth SlnyveSant. I1n
cinnati: Mrs. Helena Hill Weed. Nor
walk. Conn: Miss Gladys Greiner
Baltimore. Md: Mrs. Alexandet
Shields, Amarillo. Texas: Miss IRIS
Calderhrad. Marvsyillh. Kan: Mrs
Annie. Arneil. Wilmington. Del. anc
Mrs. Lawrence Lewis. Philadelphia.
Yellow Banners.
One banner hnre The following QUO
ia1inn from he Declaration OF lndf
pendenra:
Governments drriv" their Just
! nnwer. from tn" rnnS"nI nf ihr gov
ernod.
The other banners consisted SlmpI!
Of yellow bunting.
I-pon refusal Of Tho prisoners ic
give cash hail fnr their appearance N
court tom0rpow they were ordered re
moved 10 the house Of detention nenh
Ing n hearing. II was explained Al
suffrage headquarters that the refusal
WAS due 10 The raCt thar il was not he
Il"ved the money would he returned
in this case AS If WAS on tho occasion
of prnvious arrests II WAS necessary
for suffrage leaders 10 use threats oil
tain the return Of tn" bail previously
Congressional Investigation 10 OBJ
Tentative plans were made after
tho arrests Of tho first iwo groups
10 hold third DEMONSTRATION today
bur later they were abandoned.
Promptly ri noon five Of 1hr nIcketS :
he'd nv Miss Nlahln Vernon. nf Nevada,
marched from the Womans party
headnuarrers and headed toward the
While House. Several policemen pre-
cedcd the marrhcrs and advised them
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