New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Suffraggists
Burn Effigy
OF President
Forty-seven Are Arrested
After Demonstration i'm
Front of White House
NenU York Tribune
Wceb ;t,ofoD Ray,.ou,i

Neao York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Presdent
Wilson was burned in effigy by the
militant suffragists in front of the
White House this afternoon. Forty
seven women, among them Mrs. II. O.
Havemeyer, of New York, were arrest
ed and, refusing to give bail, were held
in the district Jail until tomorrow,
when they will be sentenced.
The burning was the climax of the
suffrage "watch fires" which have been
staged by the National Woman's party
as a protest against the failure of the
Senate to pass the Federal suffrage
amendment. The amendment is eX
pected to come up again for vote to-
morrow, but there is little reason to
expect its passage, and the "pickets"
took this way of voicing their indigna
ton. One vote is still lacking for
passage of the amendment, and both
parties are apparently deadlocked
over it.
The figure of the President, which
was a plaster statuette such es is
sold in souvenir stores, was carried
from the suffrage headquarters by Miss
Sue White of Nashville, Tenn, and
Miss Gabriel Harris of Columbia, S. c..
American Flag Carried
They were the central figures in a
procession of seventy-fve women
carrying purple, white and yellow
flags and long sticks of wood or shaw
ings for replenishing the flames. At
their head marched Miss Edith Ainge
of jamestown, N. Y, carrying an
American flag, and Miss Ella Riegel of
Bryn Mawr Penn, carrying the largest
suffrage banner.
A battered iron urn, which has been
kicked by the indignant feet of Wash
ington policemen in many "watch
fires" but still survived for this last
demonstration, carried few shoulder
ing twigs from the suffragists kitchen
fire. An enormous crowd filled Penn
sylvania Avenue during the demonstra
ton and afterward surged angrily
toward suffrage headquarters, but the
arrival of police reinforcements pre-
vented trouble. Mrs. Havemeyer was
the first woman arrested.
The moment the figure of the Presi-
dent was placed in the urn she began
her speech "No other people in the
world have suffered as American wom-
CHI" she began. Immediately two
policemen took her by the arm and
moved her toward the waiting patrol
wagon.
managed to add: every Anglo Saxon
government in the world has enfran-
chised its women. Even Germany has
woman suffrage.
"In Russia, too, and Hungary and
Austria, the women are enfranchi sed.
We American women are taking this
way of voicing our deep indignation
that while our government breaches
democracy for Europe we are still de-
prived Of voice in our government.
Police Fail to Save Statue
While Mrs. Havemeyer was hustled
into the patrol wagon Mrs. Helena Hill
Weed, of Connecticut, took up the
speech and carried it on a paragraph
Every woman dropped a stick or two
on the burning urn. According to Miss
Alice Paul, chairman Of the Woman S
party. no effort was made by the police
to rescue the Presidential statue, and
| it was totally consumed. The demon
straton lasted nearly two hours.
When the survivors returned to thcr
I headquarters Miss Paul counted noses
and found that of the scventy-fiv who
( went forth only twenty-eight had re-
turned. The district police refused TO
( give out the names of those arrested
so it was only by Il process of elimina-
tion that it was ascertained that the
following women were among those ar
rested:
New York Mrs. H. 0. Havemeyer
Miss Cora Week, Miss Wallerstein
Miss Louise Bryant, Miss Edith Ainge
Miss Amy Jungling, Mrs Palys Chev.
rier, Miss Lucy Burns.
Mnnesota-Mrs. A. r. CoIvin.
Philadclp lphia-Miss Ella Riegel, Mrs
K. G. Fishsten, Miss Rose Fishstcin
Miss Jennie Brandenburg, Miss Marths
/ Shoemaker.
Baltimore Mrs. Lucy Brcnham, Mrs
Elizabeth Ford, Miss Gladys Griner.
Miss Mildred Morris, Denver; Mrs
Annie Arnold, Wilmington, Del; Mrs
William U. Watson and Mrs. Phoebe
Munnecke, Detroit; Mrs. Pauline
Adams, Norfolk, Va; Mrs. Mary Nolan
Jacksonville, Fla; Miss Eunice Huff
Des Moines, Iowa; Miss Clara Wold
Portland, Ore; Mrs. Helena Hill
Weed, Connecticut; Miss Lucy Dan
iels, Grafton, Vt; Mrs. Estclle Eyl
ward. New Orleans.
Slogans Spread on Banners
Lcttcred banners were carried in the
procession, telling the story OF thu
pickets' dcmands, as follows:
"Only fifteen legialatiyeg days ar.
left for this Congress.
"For more than ycar the Presi
dents party has blocked suffrage il
the Senate. IT is blocking 1t to-day
1.-THE President IL responsible for tn,
betrayal Of American women.
why does not the President nsur.
the passage Of suffrage in the ssenat,
Tomorrow Why does he not win from
his party the vote needed7 Has h