Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — QUELL RIOT AT WHITE HOUSE [ARTICLE]

QUELL RIOT AT WHITE HOUSE

"Kaiser Wilson” Banner Seized by Washington Police. Washington, Aug. 17.-—Fifty police reserves (fuelled a riot around the White House gates by seizing the “Kaiser Wilson” banners, holding the crowd back and protecting the suffrage picketers who carried only color standards. The women struggled a bit when Captain Flather and an inspector took their “kaiser” banners and wadded, them up, but finally succumbed gracefully. The mob cheered.