The Washington times., 1919-02-21

fragettes were displaying some un-
usually Objectionable banners, and
their quick arrest followed. Kicking
end screaming they were put as gently
as possible in the patrol wagon and
taken away, very much to the amuse-
ment Of the soldier and sailor boys,
who quickly made bits OF the BAN
ners and their standards. These were
carried away in small pieces as
souvenirs OF one OF the picturesque.
although annoying, incidents OF war
time in Washington.
1t had been impossible for Hender-
son to get out Of the crowd which
quickly gathered. and until II thInned
cut somewhat he could not move on,
He had seen the Chinaman's car pro-
ceed along Pennsylvania avenue. He
thought IL had turned south at Fiji
teenth street.
AS Henderson approached Fifteenth
street and looked ahead, he saw to tie
right the excavations mae by dig
ging the new tunnel to the Treasury
annex, and to the left the wooden
platform which "BeeleriZe" all the
important traffic points Of the city. II
looked 20 him as though be had
scarcely room to 60 between the am
and the wooden platform. On look
ing up he saw standing in a kind OF
box or pulpit, painted red and white,
a policeman who was violently no
tioning him to come on, as he thought
So he ran between the two wooden
platforms on the car track He had
been perfectly confident that the p1-
liceman was mOtioning to him to
come on that way, but as he nearsd
this poIiceman's box. his ears were
assailed by a rather violent inquiry
as TO where he thought he was going.
He then discovered that he was in
the midst of a triangle of tracks and
surrounded by a triangle of chains
supported on white iron standards. At
just that time street cars began ID
bear down on him from exactly three
different directions, one from PenO-
sylvRnia avenue moving east, 3ne
from New York avenue, moving wess,
and one from Fifteenth street moving
north. He stopped his car; the pO-
meant by getting in there. and who
he was, anyway.
He had not put his feet on the brakes
quickly enough, and had tangled
his wheels in the chains supported
by the standards. Altogether he was
in a good deal of a predicament. He
did not have q drivers permit
The policeman first very wisely
helped him eXtTicate his machine
from the chains and white iron posts,
and had him move his car up Fiji
teenth street, off the street car
tracks. The policeman wanted to see
his drivers permit. but about this
time so. many mOtormen were clang-
ing their car bells. waiting for the
signal from the traffic director, that
the policeman returned to his box.
telling Henderson to wait a minute.
AS he looked around, it seemed to
him the policeman was very busy.
He had to direct some cars to run
west, and some east, and some south.
II seemed to Henderson that none of
the motormen knew just where they
were going until this policeman in
the box told them where to go. and
he realized that the motions the no.
liceman had been making were for a
Georgetown car close behind him.
and that that had led him into this
difficulty. Feeling that the accumu-
lated cars would keep the policeman
busy for some time, he started off
with as much speed as he could COM
mand: and just as be started saw
the Chinaman's car cross Fifteenth
street ahead Of him, going west on
H street. Henderson found the China
mans automobile standing IN front
OF the Shoreham Hotel beyond the II
street entrance. He stopped his car,
and asked the Chinese chauffeur
where his master was. The chauf-
feur had been carefully instructed by
WI Tsang, who realized that II ever
he needed to use his wits the time
was now, to tell anyone who asked
for him that he was in the Shorehann
Hotel The doorkeeper Of the Shore
ham, however, had overheard the
question oF Henderson. ana ss Hen