Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11
l POCKETS ARRESTED
At WHITE HOUSE Gates
Drive Yet Made by Sufrra-
sists to Keep Banners Standing
for President to See.
ZACH 3RELEAsED IN s25 pAIL
Yrs. Kent, Wife OF Member OF Fed
cral Trade Commission, and Mrs.
Hnrky Wiley Among Prisoners.
Not Least Sign OF Disorder.

WASHINGTON. November 10.-Forty-
fno members OF the National Woman.s
'arty were arrested Tonight at the
Iwo front gates Of tho White House
or picketing.
II was the biggest drive the suffra-
gistB yet have made to keep their ban
lers standing where President Wilson
;ould sec them, but there was not tho
cast disorder, and the smallest crowds
pr any OF the demonstrations witnessed
lie arrests.
Haunting their yellow. white and
purple banners TO tho dying sun. the
(;uffrnEists marched In squads from
heir headquarters. As soon as they
had lined up at tho White House gates.
policemen In quiet manner walked up
o them and led them TO battery OF
patrol wagons that stood chuggins
hlonE the curb. The women were
rushed 10 court. and there released in
SIS bail each until Monday morning.
President Wilson. coming in from an
afternoon drive, Witnessed the tail end
OF tho demonstration. but avoided the
crowds and entered the executive man
sion by side entrance.
Most important among the prisoners
were.
Mrs. William Ken. OF kentlleld Cal.
wifo OF former Representative Kent.
now member OF tho new Federal Tariff
Conmission: Mrs. Hatvcy Wiley, wife
OF DIR. WILEY. the food expert: Mrs.
Mary"A. Nolan, severty-three years old.
OF Florida; MrB. Lucy Burns. major
domo OF the demonstration, who was
released only last Saturday at tho cx-
piration Of "A siXty-day FERN In the
District Jail.
ARRESTED IN FIVE
DIFFERENT GROUPS
Tho pickcts wore arrested In success
Isionh Of lvc groups, aa fol'Dws:
First group: New York delegation
Nrs. John Winters Drannan. Miss Belle
ISpcinberg. Miss l.. $. ii ornsby, Miss
Paul 4. Jakobi. Mrs. Cynthia Cohen.
Miss NJ. Tilden Burrett, Miss Dorothy
Day. Mrs. Henry Butterworth. Miss
Cora wecE. Mrs. p, Il. Johns. Mrs. Ella
|t;uiiford and Miss Elizabeth Hamilton.
ali of New York City. and Miss Amy
JungiInB and Miss Hattie Kruger. OF
Buffalo.
Second group: Massachusetts delega-
tion-Mrs. Agnes II. Mory. Brooklinc:
Mrs william f,erGin and Miss Cornella
|wbitcomb. OF Worcester: Miss l.. Dan
icls. OF Boston, and Miss Ella Findcisen
Of Lawrence. New Jersey delegation
Mrs George Scott. of Montclair. Penn
sylvanla delegation - Mrs. Lawson
Lewis Miss Elizabeth McShanc and
Miss Catherine Lincoln. all OF PhilR-
delphia.
Third group: California delegation
Mrs. William Kent. Oregon delega-
:ion---Miss Alice Gram and Miss Betty
Grain. OF Portland. Utah delegation
Mrs. II. b. Quay and Mrs. g. T. Robert
son. OF Salt Lake City. Colorado dele
sation--Mrs. Eva Decker. OF Colorado
Springs. and Mrs. Gcnevicvc Williams.
If Manitou.
Fourth group Indiana delegation
Mrs. Charles w. Barnes. OF Indian
,polis. Oklahoma delegation = Mrs.
Eatc Stafford. of Oklahoma City. Min
nesota dclegation-Mrs i. w. Short, of
Minneapolis Iowa d.lcs ation-Mrs. a.
\. Bein. of Dcs Mones. and Mrs.
Catherine Martinez. of Eagle Grove.
Fifth group: District of Columbia
1cleBation-Mrs. Harvey Wiley and
Hiss Lucy Burns. Louisiana deleEa-
iion--Mrs. Alico Cosu. OF Now Orleans.
Maryland dclcgation-Miss Mary Bart
lott Dixon, Easton, and Miss Julia
t:mmory. OF Baltimore. Florida dele
satioi,-Mrs. Mary \. Nolan. OF Jack
sonvillc.
HEAT AND EXCITEMENT
CAUSES ONE TO FAINT
Miss Mida Sharpe, OF New Orleans.
wasfto have been ono of the p:ckcts.
but she tainted from tho heat and
excitement as she stood in line i'm tho
party headquarters awaiting her turn
TO march out and take the place of
preceding group arrested.
Mrs. William 1Iont was tho only ono
to suffer any Indirect indiGnity. 4 sol
der tried 10 wrcst her banner from
her and III the brief struggle that
ensued before a policeman went to her
rescue roughcr element in the hard
pressing crowd showered her with an
American variant Of Silllnssgatc
Virtually no other disorder nccom-
panied the demonstration. except some
kissing and jcerinG from the crowds
and tho persistent Growing, in imita-
ton OF a rooster, by ono militant
woman anti.
Tho picketing and arrests might have
been Eoclal l. affair. II was conducted
politely. both by the sunragists them
selves and Ny the police.
The women were Erim-faccd at first
AS they marched from their hoadquar-
terstnear-by TO tho White House gates,
but went TO tho patrols with IL smile
and no resistance almost ut once after
they had taken their places thanking
tho entr noes. Their immediate pur-
poso3 apparently was TO have them
selves arrested. and tho police In
almost ovcry instance made tho ar
rests with courteous dofinE of the
cap sand an apoloEetic bow. escortins
tho pickets TO tho patrols with as much
gallantry as If they were going from
tho opera to IL limousine.
EACH LEADER CARRIES
HUGE SUFFRAGE BANNER
TIC leader of each group carried
huge suffrage yellow banner bearing
thc,words:
Mr.. President. in your message to
Congress urge the passage of the Fed
sral amendment enfranchising women"
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