Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-13
"SUFF" D|STURBERS
ARRESTEDTW|CEMORE
Insisted on Demonstration and Are
Roughly Handled by Washing
ton Police; ARnie Arniel
Among Offenders.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Thrty-eight
women, representing the National Wo-
man S party, were arrested yesterday when
they attempted to hold n meeting in
Lafayette Square in protest against the
Senates delay IN passing the suffrage
amendment The police endeavored to
seize the regalia of the marchers and the
women resented this so vigorously as to
cause the police to treat them rather
roughly. The demonstration, the second
within n week almost approaching g riot,
was quickly broken up by the police, and
in the sc,iile many of the women partici-
pants were rather badly handled, suffer
ing broken fingers and bruised limbs.
AS the departments were turning their
thousands of employees into the streets,
forty women marched with American
flags and suffrage banners to the Lafayette
statue, opposite the White House, to
continue the demonstration interrupted
by the police last Tuesday. Within a
few minutes thirty policemen had hustled
the marrhers into patrol wagons and CON
veved them to the District Building.
At the building their banners were taken
from them and the women were released
10 appear for hearing tomorrow.
The women Immediately returned to
the square and were rcarrested. They
fought against their banners being seized,
and il was then that the police roughly
grabbed them and hurried them away
for the second time to the police station.
The women most severely injured by
the police, according to a statement made
by the National W0man's Party, were.
Miss Edna Purtel Of Hartford, Conn,
whose wrist was badly twisted and whose
finger was broken
Miss Hazel Hunkins, Billings, Mon.
had her wrist SO injured that II was
swollen beyond the possibility of telling
whether it was actually broken or spraln-
ed This injury was sustained when she
was thrown back over table by an officer
reaching over her shoulder and seizing
her by the head.
Miss Julia Emory. Baltimore, was
swung back and forth against one OF the
iron cages and suffered wrenched back.
Miss Gladys Greiner, Baltimore, and
Miss Nivien Pierce. San Diego, were
thrown upon tables and choked, Both
were cut and bruised Miss Lucy Burns
of Brooklyn and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis
Of Philadelphia were both bruised and
twisted severely. as were. in greater or
less degree, all the other women.
Mrs. George koenig, Hartford, Conn,
NiitSt arm NdS ~ DdbiN ~
policeman who arrested her last Tuesday
that she has been forced 10 carry il in a
sling was again SO roughly handled that
the pain made her violently i'll.
There is always only ono thing TO
say" Miss Alice Paul Chairman Of the
National Womans Party, said We
will continue TO protest as long as our
disfranchisement exists. Oppression and
abuse at the hands Of the law merely
emphasized the great need OF women
for political power
Those arrested included:
Miss Annie Arniel, Of Wilmington,
Del; from Maryland DR. Anna Kuhn,
Miss Julia Emory, Miss Gladys Grciner,
Baltimore; Mrs A. p Winston, Mrs
James Roscnthal Baltimore
From Pennsylvania, Mrs Lawrence
Lewis. DR. Sara Lockrey Miss Martha
Washington Moore. Miss Cora Crawford.
Philadelphia; Miss Lavinia Dock, Fay
etteville; Miss Kate HefTelfnger, Sha-
mokin, Miss Mary Windsor, Haverford