The Washington times., 1917-06-25

Of the pIcketinE activities before the
White House this morning, a hurry
call was sent TO Police Headquarters,
and Major Pullman FASTENED TO the
scene. He conferred with Acting Cap
tain Hartley and Lieutenant Duvall,
Of the First precinct. and almost i'm
medIately left the neighborhood an
his car.
Continuous Stream.
In the two hours between IL o'clock
and 1 o'clock this afternoon, a con-
tinuous stream OF "maneuverers" filed
out Of suffrage headquarters, passed
up before the White House. and re-
turned after making the circuit"
One OF the banner-carriers passed
the gates of the White House just
as Mrs. Wilson was driving out OF
the White House grounds. Mrs. Will
son betrayed strong Amusement at
the suffrage tactics, but she did not
check her electric motor car, which
she was driving.
The police have been forced to
meet the new suffrage warfare with
main strength and awkwardness,
as someone expressed 1t. Every wo-
man who leaves suffrage headquar-
LeTG banner Is
picket, and the police are forced to
follow each and every one.
Mrs Farley, the policewoman, and
Mstrons Keys and Clark started to
follow the suffragists at the opening
of the days campaign, but the suffra-
gists coon came too thick and fast
and the police had to adopt new
methods. The method they found
most efieacious was to divide the side
walks before the White House into
three districts" and let each OF the
woman police officers supervise the
''maneuverinE" in her section.
Adhere to Policy.
It was made perfectly clear by the
police that they did not want a po-
iiceman to make q single arrest and
that all arrests must be made, II pos
sible, by the woman officers They
adhered to this policy all morning.
Shortly after noon. suffrage head
quarters let II be known that II would
attempt to picket the White House
at some time during the day, but
whether II would be made within an
hour or not until late evening were
matters carefully guarded by the
"sufis"
The one event Of the day that RI
vailed the attraction in front Of the
White House was the conference of
Chief Douthan, of the Capitol police.
with Miss Mabel Vernon, of Nevada,
and Miss Virginia Arnold, of North
Carolina, the sunfragists who were
arrested at the Capitol on Saturday.
At the time of their arrest, both
women were released on their per-
sonA bonds to appear before Chief
Louthan at 0 o'clock this morning for
a conference as to possible prosecu-
tion by the Capitol authorities. Miss
Vernon and Miss Arnold appeared be-
fore the chief promptly on time and
the conference lasted ninety minutes,
mainly because the chief didn't want
to tell the women to leave his office
and because they didn't like to leave
until they had been formally excused
Delay Only Temporary.
The chief, however, told the two
suffragists that because there was a
similar case pending in the hands
of the District police, the Capitol
authorities preferred to await the
outcome OF Major Pullman's action.
He asked the two women IL they
expected to continue the action, and
when they culdn't promise whether
they would or would not, the chief
dismissed the case for the time being.
He made IT clear, however, that the
delay Is only temporary.
1t was brought out at suffrage
headquarters that the new '-maneu-
Vering" campaign will require ct
least twenty-five additional suffrage
workers, and hurry calls were sent
out OF town late yesterday and early
today asking loyalists to flock to the
suffrage colors and help wear down
the police.
Responses were received from Mrs.
J. H Hopkins, OF Morristown. N. J.;
Mrs Townsend Scott. of Baltimore;
Miss Laviana Dock. OF Pennsylvania,
and others that they were coming TO
Washington Immediately with dele
cations OF sun" workers,
By tomorrow the suffragettes will
be in a position to move against the !
police en- masss. and Capt. Daniel Sui
livan, Of the Third precinct, is expect |
ed TO increase the extra squad at the |
White House. Shortly after noon, |
press headquarters issued a com
munique on the outcome Of the ses-
sion between Miss Vernon, Miss Ar |
mold, and Chief LOuthan, at the Capt. |
toll 1t outlined the results Of the con |
ference.