Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21
Appear Repeatedly With
Banners Reflecting on
American Sincerity.
MEr .AS QUICKLY
TEAR THEM DOWN
omen Persist While Coed -Natursa
Crowd Of Men 10 Equally psrsistsnt
Despite Orders Of Policemen Net @
Interfere With Dsmonstratl on--Nsns
Of Women Abused And They Essaps
Physical Violence.

Washington. June 21.-Ths persasts
ency OF suffrage sentinels at the White
House In hoisting banners bearing in-
scriptions interpreted as being "trea.
sonable" eliminated In an antl-suf-
frage demonstration here To-Day wnen
crowd Of nearly 1000 pevons tore
down the banners for second time.
The crowds victory was rt-iived.
however. for In ten minutes two mora
banners had been obtained from suf-
frage headquarters near by. police-
men notified paaersby to let tho ban.
ners alone.
Short Work Of First One.
Once earlier in the day. when thA
suffraSsts appeared with q banner
bearing the Same inscription - that
torn down yesterday. small crowd d.
molishsd it without much demonstrA-
ton. Todays wrecking Of the banner
was done with moro deliberations than
was the case yesterday. The insu4p-
ton ON the banner today waA the sasne
~ that on tho one yesterday. acCusinx
the president and Elihu Root Of d..
4 =
Tho banner was In front o6 the
utex and the crowd that collected Was
not large. A man passing In m AAto-
mobile stopped nis car. waiii1sd 1eeJs
tore part OF the banner on and ro1un1od
his Journey. Iefusins 70 S1vo his nanlS
A few minutes later. when khs croW1
had grown. = man who gave his nAuso
- n~H
mond. Va. walked over and tore the
remainder Of the banner from tts
frame.
After the last shred Of canvas had
been removed the police dispersed the
crowd. Miss Lucy Burns. OF Now
York, and Miss Catherine Morey. OF
Boston, held the banner. No attempt
was made to touch them either by the
police or the crowd.
Crowd Good.Natured.
Soon after noon the sentinels ap-
peared with a new banner. stouter than
the others. which they expected the
crowd would have difficulty In Destroy
ing.
The crowd was good d-natured for the
most part, but determined in Its work.
and did not attack the women. Polics
were forced to clear TIE sidewalks in
front Of the White House several times.
but always managed to reach the scent
of the attack on the banners just
moment too late. The crowd was NOT
organized and did not interfere with
the santinels until a woman who had
talked earnestly to one Of the SEN
tinels suddenly snatched one Of tha
banners and ran t;.e pennsylvnnia
avenue. In moment the crowd Eoe
into action and surrounded the senti-
nels. One by one their flags were torn
from them and ripped to bits. One
sentinel climbed TO the White House
gate. She lasted only a moment. A
man seized her flag, broke tho pole
over the iron gate and the flag OF suf-
trage fell to the ground.
Police Surround White House.
After all the banners at one en-.
trance had been torn away the police
began to d,sperse the crowd but some
one remembered the Dickets at tho
other entrance and to the footing OF
scores Of automobile horns in tho
crowded avenue. the crowd sharged
the banner bearers. The work there
was quickly done. One woman tore q
silken strip from the suffrage colors
on her hat and held 1t high on a pole.
She was Immediately surrounded by
a guard Of suffragists and an effort TO
take the colors away from her proved
unavaIling for several minutes.
In the end, however. It met the fate
Of the rest and for the first time In
many months the White House gates
were FREQ of suffrage colors.
ono arrest was made, The police
matron took into custody Mrs. Dee
Richardson, the woman who, the police
said, snatched down the first banner.
Later police reserves surrounded the
White House and kept the crowds NOV
ing.
The White House had steadfactiy
refused to allow the police to drive sse
women sentinels away. The police
said they did not wish to contribute
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