The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
SUFFRAGETTES
ARE ARRESTED
At WHITE HOUSE
President Sees Last Group
Sent to Lookup; All
Furnish Bail.

ing demonstration undertaken by
the organization.
President Wilson, coming in from
an afternoon drive, witnessed the
tail-end of the demonstration, but
avoided the crowds and entered the
Executive Mansion by a side en-
trance.
Two Washington women were
among those arrested. Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley. wife of DR.. Wiley, form
cr U. S. food expert, and Miss Lucy
Burns were taken into custody. Miss
Burns was just released last Sat-
urday, after serving a sixty-day
sentence at the District Jail for
picketing.
willing to Serve Terms.
All of the women, ranging in age
from mere slips of girls to women
who have passed their three-score
and ten, were taken to police head
quarters where $25 bail for each was
furnished. They will appear in court
tomorrow morning at $3.50 and will
defend themselves, they declared.
All will refuse to pay any fines
levied by the court, accepting al
tentative Jail sentences.
Group after group Of the women
left the headquarters of the party
with banners gently waving and
tremulous smiles upon their lips and
marched to the gates in front Of
the Executive Mansion.
The leader of each group bore a
large yellow banner upon which was
inscribed in large black letters:
''Mr. President: In your message
to Congress urge the passage Of
chising women" Those who marched
behind the leader of each group
carried the white. purple and golG
banners of the Woman's party.
Large Crowd Assemblies.
Through a lane formed by the
crowds that had gathered at the sight
of the banners, the first Group led by
Mrs. John Winters Brannan, OF New
York City, marched to the west gate
and formed a line in front of it.
Scarcely had the women taken their
places when a patrol load Of police
men arrived.
Going up TO each woman, Sergt. Lee
doffed his cap and courteously told
her she must not stand before the
gate.
When each woman had been told
she must keep moving and had made
no answer, Sergt. Lee shouted out
an order and lane was formed.
Taking the first picket by the arm.
he started toward the waiting police
patrol wagon. No resistance was Of
fered, and the others fell in behind
the leader and marched quietly to the
patrol and entered it.
Scarcely had the first arrivals been
arrested when the banners Of another
group was seen waving over the
heads Of the great crowd.
other Groups Appear.
Capt. Flather, of the First precinct,
had charge of the police. Standing on
the curb. Capt. Father warned each
picket as she passed him. but the
pickets proceeded without hesitation
up to the gate.
With laConic "All right" Capt.
Flather gave an order and the wait
ing bluecoats cleared the lane as
the first picket was led to the wait
ing patrol
Five groups in all left the head
quarters of the Woman's party. Lit
tie roughness was displayed by the
crowd and only twice were attempts
made to grab the banners.
When the group led by Mrs. Will
liam Kent. of Kentfeld, Cal, started
from Cameron House. Mrs. Kent's
son. Sherman. 13 years old, edged
his way through the crowd and
marched arm in arm with his mother.
When she had been placed in the
patrol he was taken in charge by
one of the members of the party.
Nho brought him back to Cameron
House
List of Prisoners.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan led the
first group. comprising Misses Belle
Shefnberg. L. H. Hornesby. Paula
Jakobi, NJ. Tilden Burritt, Dorothy
Day. Cora Week, Elizabeth Hamil-
ton. Mrs. Cynthia Cohen, Mrs. Henry
Buttterwork. Mrs. P. B. Johns, Mrs.
Ella Guilford. all of New York City;
Miss Amy Jungling and Miss Hat
tie Kruger. both of Buffalo.
Those in the other groups were:
Mrs. Agnes II. Morey, of Brook
line; Mrs. William Bergen. Worces-
ter: Miss L. Daniels, Boston; Miss
Ella Findeisen. Lawrence; Miss Cor
nelia Whitcomb, Worcester. Mass.
Mrs. George Scott, MontcIair, n. J.;
Mrs. Lawrence Lewis. Miss Elizabeth
McLane, Miss Catharine Lincoln, all
of Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs. William
Kent. Of Kentfleld. Cal; Misses Alice
Gram. Betty Gram, Portland, Ore;
Mrs r. p. Quay, Mrs. c. T. Robert
son, both of Salt Lake City, Utah;
Mrs. Eva Decker. Colorado Springs;
Mrs. Geneyieve Williams, Manitou,
Col; Mrs. Charles w. Barnes, In
dianapOlis, Ind; Mrs. Kate Stafford.
oklahoma City, Okla; Mrs. ]. II.
Short, Mimi; Mrs. A. n. Beim, Des
MCines; Mrs. Katharine Martinette,
Eagle Grove. Iowa.
Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Miss Lucy
Burns. of the District of Columbia;
Misses Mary Bartlett Dixon. Easton;
Julia Emory. of Baltimore, Md; Mrs
Alice NJ COsu, New Orleans, and Mrs.
Larry A. Noalan, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan has been
arrested once before and served three
days in the District Jail last July;
Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and Miss Julia
Emory also have been arrested pre-
vtously and have served sentences in
the District Jail.
Since the picketing demonstrations
were started by the women's party,
including those arrested yesterday 155
have been arrested. some of them
more than once and others three
umes. Jail sentences have been i'm
posed upon sixty-six pickets who have
come to Washington from all over
The country to aid In the demonstra-
tions. Two OF them, Miss Alice Paul
and Miss Rose Winslow, are hunger
striking in the District Jail.
CURED HIS RUPTURE