The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-05
MILITANT
SUFFRAG|SIS ARRESTED
Suffrage Demonstrations in Front Of
White House Promptly "Squeiched'
BY Police.
"WOMAN'S PARTY" LEADERS
SPEND NIGHT IN CUSTODY
Sent to Detention Home and VIII
Appear In Police Court To-day
Tactics Denounced by Head of ytr-
ginia Equal Suffrage League.

Washington, July 4-Iack Of prop
err night apparel Is the latest plea Of
militant suffra gists against being
thrown into cells for creating dis
turbances in front o: the White House.
Thirteen women. ali anxious to
vote, and pleading for equal rights"
quailed before the mandate OF the
law today and became just plain
! frightened women when confronted
with the prospect of going to the
house OF detention without being al
lowed to first procure lingerie, toilet
articles and other little things neces-
sary to feminine comfort Cnfeeling
police. however, ruled for once that
they should be treated as equals
and they were driven off to their
cells without being allowed to make
preparations Their mex. step was
to send a hurry call TO suffrage head
quarters for apparel and toilet arti-
cles. but as time for lights OUT ap-
peared they faced going to bed as they
might, Just as some half dozen other
women prisoners were forced TO do.
A Day Of Many Events
The suffrage demonstration TODAY
with. Vida Miholland sister OF the
late Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain.
was one OF the ''pickets' who charg-
ed upon the White House gates fol-
/ lowed by several thousand persons
| and a couple OF squads OF police. Mrs.
! Helena Hill Weed, daughter Of Rep
resentative Ebenezer Hill. of Con-
| necticut was another. Then there
was a knock down and drag OUT
hght staged by Kitty Marion: a New
York suffragist, who delivered
straight jabs, upper cuts and other
| fancy blows with the precision and
force OF a professional pugilist- Said
blows reached Charles Edward Nor
gan, who sought 10 snatch suffrage
magazines which Miss Marion was
attempting 10 sell
| The police saved Morgan from
knockout and both he and his as
/ sailant were charged with disorderly
conduct and held in SIS bail for a
! hearing --tonsarrawv----Aa Morgan paid,
| Mics Marion joined her sisters.
Arrasged for Her Own Arrest.
! Mrs. Weed was one Of the most
lfar-sighted of the suffraglsts. Prior
to starting the advance on the White
House she telephoned Captain Sulli-
van. in charge OF the police detail
there, told him ehe was about to sally
forth. and asked as special favor
that II she must be arrested that the
HUSKY captain do the Job himself and
be sure TO do 1t before the crowd
got rough Captain Sullivan accom-
modated.
The demonstration had been wide
lily advertised by the suffragists and
several thousand persons were on
hand when the first band started for
the White House. The crowd fol-
their STATS The police arrested SIX
women and two men. The nrst batch
was hardly out of sight on the way
TO police headquarters when a second
band attacked the other gate Of the
Executive mansion. The crowd surged
in that direction and six more pick
cts" were pushed, mauled and hauled
of to cells.
Those arrested were Mrs. Frances
Elizabeth Stuyvesant. twenty-stx. New
York Joyce Young. twenty-seven,
New York: Mrs. Lucille Shields. thir-
ty-three. Amarillo, Tex; Lucy Burns,
thirty Warrington: Mrs. Law
renee Lewis. nfty-four. Philadelphia;
Hazel Hunk!ns, twenty-six. Billings,
Mont: Gladys 9. Gseiner, twenty.
Whittemore. thirty-three, Detroit:
Iris Calderhead, twenty-three, Marys-
VILE. Md. KITTY Marion. 6orty-six.
New York; Vida Miiholland, twenty
eight, New York: Mrs. Helen Hill
Weed forty-one. Washington; Charles
Edward Morgan. William j. Cain and
Arthur L. Simpson. all OF Washing
ton.
MRS. b. B. VALENTINE
DENOUNCES PICKET TACTICS
Mrs. B. B. Valentine. president OF
the Equal Suffrage League of vir-
ginia,, in an interview concerning the
White House pickets. made the fol-
lowing statements
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