The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16
MNLITANTS COMING ID BIRMINGHAM FOR
 OPEN AIR SPEAKING Miss Younger and Mrs.
 Gould to Defend White
 House Picketing ADVANCE AGENT IS PERFECTING PLANS Miss Hourwich, Who Has Served as Picket, Tells Why They Are Continuing These Tactics
nv HUGH W. ROBERTS

Miss Maud Younger of California and Mrs. Howard Gould of New York; suffragettes who are defenders ana representatives of the White House n,okets will be in Birmingham Wednes- day, October 31.
 On the evening of October S1 Miss Younger and Mrs. Gould will address anyone who desires to hear them from improvised platforms in front or the Lyric theatre. The following day they will he entertained at luncheon at the Hotel Tutwiler.
 News to the above effect was brought to Birmingham yesterday by Miss Re- becca Hourwich of New York, who' having served as picket, IS now ao- vance agent and press agent or the forthcoming militants. Miss Hourwicn declared yesterday afternoon. while visiting the editorial department or The Age Herald, that the militant ex- ercises would be under the sponsorship of Mrs. H. L. White of this city
 NEVER IN JAIL"
 Miss Hourwich is an ardent defend- or of the picketing. She declared that sbe herself. had never been in Jail, but that she had served on the firing line She stated positive convictions that picketing, even in time or war; waa nroper. she contended that the woman made to suffer for their be- lief" have never transgressed beyond the pale of law
 "rhe first pickets convicted" she ex- nla,ned. were pardoned by the Presi- dent. The second pickets convicted are now serving sentences at Occaquan' | va They are being greatly humiliated. rha third pickets convicted were re- leased by the trial judge on their own recognizance.
 "rhere is a section in the. Clayton lava law written by former mem har of Congress from Alabama-pro- tacting picketing. It was written in oe- ba1f of labor unions. Despite that law onr pickets were convicted.
 PROMISES A REWARD "nuring the recess of Congress we have supplanted picketing by a Dixie I. so far, we have been handsome k, received by governors and others IT anthority. The south has displayed it' 1 oh,valrv whether the south agrees witt ,s or not And right here let me say .ha+ those who attend the open all snaaling the evening of October 3l ,rhather they agree with us or not. vii x well entertained and thus rewarded
 .rhe IT women serving sentences a oceaouan for having exercised fre' snaech in free America. are beinl rraatly humiliated. They are requires to nerform duties in themselves repug nant The Occaquan regulations are re
 n,s,hle. Those in authority at tn nrison are doing all within their powe ta break the spirit of the prisoners.
 ..One of the women, advanced Il ,..rs having worked for many hours declared that she could do no more She was sentenced to serve Il days i the incorrigible ward"
 DEFENDS THE TICKETS Miss Hourwich defended the picket ling of the White House to which Mri I Carrie Chapman Catt. a nonmilitan Isuffragette. objected, and which arouse the ire of every newspaper within tn l Limited States
 She saw nothing unpatriotic in tn | Ideclaration of the milttants that tn limited States was endeavoring to de I ceiye Russia---a declaration expresse ion banners just as the Russian enl saries were entering the White Hous grounds. She saw nothing unpatriotl lin the display of banners. in time { war. on which President Wilson wa Ireferred to as Kaiser Wilson"
 .'This is free America" she sai
 ..There Is no law against picketing. I'll President has not complained. He pal X doned the first pickets to be arreste He has never said that our banner were seditious.'
 ' PRESS AGENT DOPE ! The young woman then wrote as fo flows: "We hope to have everyone kno