The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-21
SUFF BANNERS
TORN DOWN BY
R|OT|NC WOMEN
Traitors" Cry Mob as Wom-
an Leader Attacks Bearer
OF Yellow Flags
RIOT AT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON. June al
Screaming Traitors" an angry
mob. led by Mrs. Richard
son, attacked the suffrage
pleses az both the ives, and
east gates Of the White House
today. ripping down their yel-
low banners and tramplina
them In the street,
Miss Hazel iiunxins. one ot the
pick~ts. climbed up on the palings
% the White House fence. holding
her flag aloft 10 n vain endeavor 10
I save II
Throws Flag 10 Mob
Mrs Richardson climbed ur
after her and after bitter strug
gle wrcnehcd the banner away and
tossed II to The bowling crowd.
These banners were old ones
asking the president what he in
tended to do for suffrage. which
have boon displayed al the White
Z House gates for months.
Police reserves were called oui
to quell the rioting. In which eev
eral thousand men and n large
number Of women took part.
Nearly 10000 persons Witnessed
the roui OF the suffrage piokets.
Calls Her a Traitor
\ big crowd had assembled short
Is after noon along the entire front
OF the White House. 10 see the erec
tiou OF the third banner addressed
to the Russian commission II fail.
ed 10 appear at the scheduled time
While the throng was waiting. Mrs
/ Richardson suddenly ran MP to the
yellow pennant held by Miss Hun.
kIns and spa, on n.
you are a dirty yellow traitor.
she shouted. Then she suddenly
grasped the cloth. ripped Il from the
/ flagstaff after a fight. and threw II
to the crowd. which trampled A.
Treats EN- Roughly
Another banner held by Mrs. r.
/ n. IIeacox was similarly treated
Both pickets we're roughly handled
/ by Mrs. Richardson. Both began
/ to weep.
Mrs Richardson. leader OF the
attack. was taken TO hcadquarte ers
by Pollcewoman Farlin. amid the
applause and jeers of hundreds
/ No charge was Immediately placed
/ against her
This scene followed an earlier
attack. when amid the cheers OF a
small crowd. banner denouncing
the president and Elihu Root
I placed at the northeast gate OF tho
/ White House. was ripped down by
two men five minutes after 1t ap
peared.
Same as Yesterdays
The sign. held by Miss Catherine
Morey. Boston. and Miss Lucy
/ Purns. Brooklyn, was Identical In
wording with the one which was
destroyed yesterday
Immediately the sign was placed
at the gate. a crowd OF about so
jeering and hooting. assembled
Suddenly a man. who refused "a
give his name. dashed forward and
ripped away the lower part OF the
sign.
Virainisn Finishes Job
The upper portion was next
ripped off by George y. Mont
gomery. Richmond. Va. who partic
/ ipated in the small riot yesterday
The pickets had difficulty in
keeping grip on the frame az
Montgomery tuEged and pulled
The remnants were Immediately
seized by the police. who made nc
/ attempt to interfere with the do
struction of the banner After the
last OF the sign had gone the
pickets surrendered the framework
to other suffragists who had stood
quietly looking on and 1t was taken
back TO headquarters.
| Immediately after the first flags
were ripped down. "A duplicate o
the denuncatory banner addressed
to the Russian commission was pu
up at the west gate The crowt
made n rush forward and the sigr
went down instantly. amid th'
swapping of It's wooden framework
and the Wild cheers Of the crowd
which could bc heard for blocks
Still another banner addressed
to the Russion commission. wa,
sent TO the White House late today
but before the suffragists could car
ry II more than a few feet. Polio,
Capt. Hartley tore II down. Their,
were no other disorders and only
few people witnessed the sum
mary destruction Of the banner.