Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
WOMAN P|CKETS
TO APPEAL CASES
Some of Them So Decided at
Conference This Afternoon
in 0ccoquan Workhouse.
OTHERS TO SERVE TERMS

est 1ho "AAIo aouSo kRteo Sotuiuoy ooio
that the cases Of one or two Of tho
women would be appealed and that tho
remainder would finish their sentences.
It was said that Dudley Field Malone,
collector Of the port Of New York,
would be their counsel and that he
would give out a statement after he
arrived in this city. What happened at
the conference was not divulged, but
some Of the women left the conference
with tear-dimmed eyes.
The women first announced that they
would not appeal. after a long conference
women Of prominence who hurried to Oc-
coquan today to act as counselors and
attorneys. This decision was changed at
tho second conference.
In addition to the altitude OF tho wom-
en-. the conference produced tho state
ment from ono of tho i've that Dudley
Field Malone had said that unless the
would allow him to act
as attorney for the pickets his resigna-
Visit Prisoners at occoquan.
Tho fve friends who went to occo-
guam were J. A. Hopkins. democratic
committeeman from New Jer-
sey and husband Of one Of the prison.
ers; ellison Gardner, Washington
man of wide acquaintance,
also husband OF picket; Dudley Field
Malone, Miss Mabel Vernol- and Miss
Lucy Burns. Opinions were divided
among the advisers, but Mr.. Malone urged
that an appeal be taken.
The sixteen women. who realized that
q sixty-day workhouse sentence. where
there is really some work to do. Is
were far from cheerful. Many Of them
cried all the morning, but the reports
from the early conference were that,
regardless Of the hardships, the women
were OF mind to stick it out. Tho
only member Of the conference who
said:
These women are going to stay here
and not take an appeal. believe. They
will put their principles above the In
dignity that is thus thrust upon them.
some OF these ladies are old. but they
will stick here as long as flesh and
blood can stand it This is a hfdeous
thing they are going through. but they
are fighting for just principle"
Not Prepared for Long Sentence.
Some Of the women said they had not
been prepared for SO long a sentence.
Superintendent Whitaker said that
favors nor discrimination" He would
not allow Representative Raksr Of
an ardent suffragist, to send
fruit to the ptckets. He would, he said,
allow them to receive books or other
reading matter. but nothing in the why
Of food. The women. therefore, must
subsist on prison fare. which today was
as follows:
Breakfast at Z am.-Hominy and
gravy, wheat bread. jam, milk, coffee.
beans. beets. bread. .Tonight's supper
will be vegetable soup and bread.
The idea of manual labor did not ap-
peal to some of the women. who sug-
gested that their labor consist Of pick
ing blackberries and keeping the lawn
4 firm denial. He said there was plenty
Of sewing to be done in the sewing
room. and ordered that the women be
put at job there as soon as the con-
friends had finished.
The pfckets were dressed in the plain
workhouse clothing. which consists Of
special underwear, blue socks. square,
.oed shoes and rather rough-looking
gowns. They DO not
sleep next to ono another. They are
LII in the Same room. but their cots al
with those Of other woman pris-
,nerA.
Husbands May Pay Fines.
Several irate husbands whose wives
ire members of the party of sixteen
women at Occoquan are said to be de-
hnr inc n a Ia fn ,r,l,4
sale jail delivery through the thorough
y legal and reputable means of paying
he women'S fines
One of the husbands made his views
Known very plainly to prominent suf-
'ragists today. He said that his wife
lad left three children at home for
lim to care for during the sixty days
1t Occoquan and that he cared nothing
It all about "the cause" but did care
o see his wife at home attending to
Ter duties.
ellison Gardner. husband of one of
he women. called on William Atkins.
he financial clerk of the Police Court,
o ask II q scheme could be arranged
any of the women could be
'eleased Immediately, and a fine paid
t any Of the prisoners showed signs Of
breaking down. Some of the pickets
re older than others. and may not be
n condition to bear up under the rigors
# the reformatory.
How Deposit Could Be Made.
The financial clerk said that II a hun
lred dollars or thereabouts would be
deposited with Supt. Whitaker at Oc-
:oquan. at the time any of the women
elt faint or i'll. or cared to leave the
,lace, the fine could be taken right out
# the deposit and paid then and there.
Otherwise, if one of the women should
ind it desirable to leave ats night, If
he should fall Ill. for instance, 1t
night be impossible to find a clerk of
he court at that hour who could ac-
ept fine.
Talk of paying fines was laughed at
" the few women on guard at Cameron |
iouse. At the same time some of them !
ct it be known that the next draft of |
tickets will be made up of single wom- |
n with no dependents and no one like |
v to spoil a sixty-day sentence by pay
ng a fine right over the prisoners head. |
DESTROYS SUBMARINE !
AND Then A ZEPPELIN |
HAMILTON, Ont. July 1s.-Destruc-
lon, single-handed. first Of a German