Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-15
sTORM|NC PARTY TAKES
SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS
Women Displaying "Kaiser Wilson"
Banners Forced to Beat Hasty Re-
treat Into Stronghold.
OFFICES PELTED WITH EGGS
Crowd Enjoys Unsuccessful Efforts
Of Pickets to Retain Standards.
Messenger Boy and Sailors Scale
Walls and Capture Flags.
TBy Associated Press.1

BY Associated Press.]
WASHINGTON. August IA good
natured crowd OF about thousand
men and women to-day bonn mbarded the
Women's party headquarters with eggs
and destroyed several banners ad-
dressed to Kaiser Wilson," after SINH
lar. banners had been taken away from
women who attempted to parade them
in front of the white House.
The disturbances. shifting from the
White House gates to the women's
offices across Lafayette Square and
back again as banner bearers continued
to appear. lasted more than two hours.
The police observed 1t with indif-
ference until near the end. when two
arrests were made.
Jack Gotlieb. a Washington youth.
who climbed to a second-hoor balcony
at sufrragist headquarters and tore an
American flag from a pole hanging
over the railing. was held in $500 bond
and charged with desecration of the
American flag. He said he removed the
flag because 1t had no place on such a
building. Louis Lawych. a government
clerk. taken into custody in front of a
White House gate after tearing down
one of the Kaiser Wilson" banners,
was charged with disorderly conduct.
When Lawych was arrested a half
dozen bluejackets and youngsters In
the white Of the naval reserve. at
tempted to take him away from the
lone policeman whit had him In charge
One OF the men In uniform swung on
the officers Jaw. and In the excitement
that followed the would-be rescuers
escaped through Lafayette Square. just
across Pennsylvania Avenue.
JEERING CROWD FOLLOWS
WOMEN TO HEADQUARTERS
The women went back to headquar-
ters after their last banner was taken
from them. followed by a jeering crowd
which fell in line aid carried bits OF
the banners on canes and sticks. By
this time the police reserve from se.-
eral nearby stations were on hand
and. when the crowd found no more
banners were to be brought out. 1t
quickly dispersed
There were reports during the dis
building. After the crowd had gone
the women showed a hole through the
heavy glass OF one of the windows over
a balcony from wh ch the banners had
been displayed. They said policeman
bullet hole. and pointed to another hole
In the ceiling OF the hall behind.
In all. twenty OF the banners ad-
n 70 III
color standards bearing no legend were
destroyed. The crowd apparently en-
joyed the whole demonstration hugely.
None OF the women was hurt, although
a few stones were thrown at the head
quarters building and some OF the
bearers struggled valiantly, but un-
successfully. to retain their banners.
There was no organized mob, and
the active participants were mostly
young men from nearby departments,
who seemed as much interested in get
ting a bit Of banner or a piece OF the
poles that bore them for trophies as
they were in efraeing the sentiments
they expressed.
S1ORMING PARTY SCALES
LADDERS TO UPPER WINDOWS
The first bearers were attacked and
relieved of their banners in front OF
the White House shortly after 4 o'clock.
Soon afterwards the crowd went to the
headquarters to catch the women be-
fore they could approach the White
House gates.
Bearer after bearer left the door
only to have her banner snapped from
It's pole, torn into dozens Of nieces
and distributed. wher This had rone
on for while the women began TO
hang banners out of tho windows and
over tho balcony railing.