The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
3 new PICKETS
TO GET HEARING
In COURT TODAY
Disregard Counsel, Refuse
Bail and Spend Night
In Custody.
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White Haired Gold Star
Mother Pleads to Go
On Duty"
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ne drFeSt .OL tuTee more plCketS
parading in. front OF the ss5sritish
Embassy.the bail increase in fund to
$4,000, and the beseeching of those
In charge by a sad-faced, white
haired mother. wearing a gold star
on her faded coat, that she might be
Immediately sent on picket duty,
marked yesterdays developments in
the campaign of American women
demanding American Intervention
in favor of an Irish republic.
The women resumed picketing OF
the embassy at ll:30 yesterday
morning, and 1t was not until a half
hour later that Capt. Doyle and In
spector Sullivan arrived on the
scene. The police went through the
identical procedure of protest en-
pIoyed Tuesday. when four pickets
were arrested. and when the women
told Capt Doyle they were sorry.
but would continue" policewomen
were called to assist the three to
climb the steps of the patrol auto.
Refuse to Accept Bail.
The women were confined in the
House of Detention. on l. street, and
contrary to the advice of counsel.
refused bail, fixed. at $1,000 each.
They will have a preliminary hear
ing this morning.
The arrested pickets are: Miss
Mary Calvin, 1892 South Taylor
street. .Ph,laGelphia. Miss Kathryn
McKeon, 1911 Castle avenue, Phila-
deIphia; Miss Maura Quinn, Bon
ton street. Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Miss Quinn had arrived from Bos-
ton but a few hours earlier.
Attorneys George A. Berry and p.
J. Ryan, counsel for the four pick
cts now awaiting a hearing next
Monday morning. will like wise rep
resent the three taken into custody
yesterday.
The banners displayed were the
same as those used in operating be-
fore the State. War and Navy Build
ing the previous afternoon, and con-
tained parts of a speech delivered
by Secretary of State Colby deliv-
cred in New York four years ago.
At headquarters at the Lafayette
Hotel last evening the question was
asked il District Attorney Laskey,
who ordered the arrests. could con-
strue the words of the Secretary
as an insult to the British Embassy.
Want Troops Removed.
Now that the alleged intended
massacre in Ireland. said to have
been scheduled for Easter week, has
not become a reality, the women
declared the purpose of their work
was to force removal of the British
troops from Ireland.
Congress has denied II can force
the State Department to act" said
one of the workers. THE United
States is indirectly responsible for
keeping the British soldiers in ire
land. England has asked the United
States for three years to pay the
interest on it's immense war loans.
While asking this, England is spend
ing 100000, 900 to 100000, 900 a year
to keep its troops in Ireland, though
this action is opposed to all the
Ideals America professed upon en-
tering the great war.
ireland helped the United States
in the Revolution. in that it refused
ENGLAND much-needed financial aid.
This occurred when Franklin ap-
peared in the Irish Parliament and
told of Americas taxation without
Ireland chose the
of principle rather than that
of expndiency. and that is all we
are asking the United States to do
in return today"
Encouraged at Headquarters..
At headquarters last evening
much encouragement was expressed,
despite the fact that three of their
the House of Detention.
Frank p. Walsh, of New York,
who will arrive in this city Satur-
day noon, to prepare for the pre-
liminary hearing Monday morning
of the four pickets on bail, wired
the workers yesterday that the bail
fund had jumped from $4,000 to
$4,000, and he assured all that per-
feet protection would be provided
for all arrested.
Additional workers continued to
arrive in the city throughout the
day from Philadelphia and Boston
An event of the day which brought
determination to the pickets
was the visit of Mrs. ]. C. McGinnis,
of Frankvi1le, Pennsylvania. who is
with friends at Falls Church. Va.
Bess to go con Duty"
Mrs. McGinnis, a white -haired
woman who had two sons in the
world war. in a voice that quivered,
Indignantly denounced the indiffer-
ence of the government in the Irish
and beseeched the workers
to permit her to join their picketing
force. Self determination, BAH"
she said scornfully, and she pointed
to the little gold star pinned to the
lapel of her cloak That's for my
boy who enlisted because of ideals
America cried to the world when il
entered the war"