The sun., 1917-11-11
II PICKETERS
ARRESTED AT
WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. John Winters Brannan
and IL Others From n. Y.
Among Captives.
ARRANGEMENT MONDAY
Police Gentle in Selling WOm-
en-Banncrs Urge Wilson
to Aid Federal Suffrage.
ARRAIGNMENT MONDAY

WAsHiNGroN, Nov. 10. - Forty-one
women. many Of them prominent in
Washington. New York and other cities.
were arrested for picketng the White
House to-day. The whole affair was
conducted In the most polite and gentle
fashion and there was none OF the rough
business that characterized some former
arrests.
Charges Of obstructing traffic were
lodged against all OF the p!ckets as in
the past Cash bail of SIS for each Of
fender was demanded. and Miss Mary
lngham of Philadelphia put up colla;-
eral for all Of her friends She saved
$25. as there would have been one more
picket bundled on by the police had not
Mrs. Alice Cosu of New Orleans dropped
her banner and tainted just as she was
/ parading out OF thepickets' headquar-
/ ters.
The prisoners will be arraigned before
Judge Mullowney in the police court
Monday morning. It is thought they
will refuse to pay the fines they expect
to have imposed on them, and will go to
jail
Among the arrested women are Mrs.
William Kent OF California, wife Of for
mer Representative Kent. who was re-
Gently appointed by President Wilson to
place on the Tariff Board. Miss Mary
Bartlett Dixon. another who was taken
to court, is a cousin to A. Mitchell Pal
mer Of Pennsylvania, custodian of en-.
emy property.
New Workers. Arrested First.
/ II was the New York women whom
the police got first, for they led the pa.
rade from Cameron House, the head.
~ ,f lao
The pickets went out by States and thu
Empire State had first place. in honor Of
the suffrage victory last Tuesday. Mrs.
John Winters Brannan led the group.
carrying a huge banner inscribed will,
the words:
/ Mr.. President. in your message tc
Congress urge the passage OF the Fed
eral amendment enfranchising women"
+ After her came Mrs. John Rogers. Jr..
Miss Cora Week. Miss Marian Tilden
Burrtt, Miss Belle Sheinburg. Miss l..
II. Honesty, Mrs Paula jacob. Mrs.
Cynthia Cohen, Miss Dorothy Day. Mrs.
n kxeARnlteIYofth.- xsx.e Il b. Johns.
Miss feNfkTtM Hamifton ana Mrs. Er1a
'-tiuitfurd: MI vr New York city, and Miss
!. !AAUUoAslt5e And -YlSle1surfe'r.rugVr
OF Buffalo. All carried purple. white
and green banners. inscribed with demo-
Z cratic sentiments, some taken from Pres
to women.
( Massachusetts came next. represented
by Mrs. Agnes II. Morey. Brookline
Mrs. William Bergen. Worcester Miss
! l.. Daniels, Boston Miss Ellie Findelson
Lawrence, and Miss Cornelia Whircomb
Worcester.
Montclnir Woman Among CRptives.
TIE New Jersey delegation consisted
Of Mrs. George Scott OF Montclair Mrs
Lawrence Lewis. Miss Elisabeth Me
Shane and Miss Catherine Lincoln, al
of Philadelphia. were among the Penn
sylvania group. Mrs. Kent was the sole
( Californian. and the Misses Alice and
Betty Gram were from Oregon.
The other States represented were
Colorado. Utah. Indiana. Minnesota
Oklahoma. Iowa. Maryland, Louisiana
and Florida. Mrs Wiley and Miss Lucy
Burns were the District OF Columbia
women.
The pickets were allowed to go to both
gates OF the White House grounds be-
fore being taken by the police. so the
large crowd had good view or the
banners. Mrs Paula jacob OF New
York declared after her arrest that she
would be much interested to go to Occo-
auan, for she was once matron OF q
prison in Massachusetts and has made q
study of prison reform
Il understand 1t is needed at Occo
uuan,' she said