Mrs. S. H. B. GRAY of Colorado. It will be remembered that the arrest of Lucy Burns and Katherine Morey—the first of a series extending over more than a year—occurred on June 22. On June 23, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and Gladys Greiner were arrested in front of the White House. On the same day, Mabel Vernon and Virginia Arnold were arrested at the Capitol. On June 25, twenty women bore Suffrage banners to their stations. The slogans on these banners were: HOW LONG MUST WOMEN WAIT FOR LIBERTY? MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAY “LIBERTY IS A FUNDAMENTAL DEMAND OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.” WE ADDRESS OUR DEMAND FOR THE BALLOT AT THIS TIME IN NO NARROW, CAPTIOUS, OR SELFISH SPIRIT, BUT FROM PUREST PATRIOTISM FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF EVERY CITIZEN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC AND AS A GLORIOUS EXAMPLE TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. Twelve women were arrested. They were: Mabel Vernon, Lucy Burns, Gladys Greiner, Katherine Morey, Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Lavinia Dock, Berta Crone, Pauline Clarke, Virginia Arnold, Maude Jamison, Annie Arniel, and Mrs. Townsend Scott. On Tuesday, June 26, nine women were arrested for carrying the same banners. They included some of the women from the day before, and, in addition, Vivian Pierce and Hazel Hunkins. A high-handed detail of this arrest was that the women were overpowered by the police before they had proceeded half a block. Most of these women were released after each arrest. The last six to be arrested were asked to return to court for trial. On June 27, six American women were tried in the police court of the District of Columbia. These women were: Virginia Arnold, Lavinia Dock, Maud Jamison, Katherine Morey, Annie Arniel, Mabel Vernon. The women defended themselves. Mabel Vernon, who conducted the case, demanded that the banners they had carried be exhibited in court. It made a comic episode in the midst of the court proceedings when the policeman, who had been sent for them, returned, bristling all over his person with banner sticks, and trailing in every direction the purple, white, and gold. The courtroom crowd burst out laughing when they read the legend: MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAY “LIBERTY IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DESIRE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.” There was a technical discussion as to how much sidewalk space the young women occupied, and how near the White House palings they stood. The Suffrage group had photographs which showed the deserted pavements at the time of the arrests. The women cross-examined the police who testified that there was no crowd at that time of the morning and that the women stood with their backs to the White House fence. The Judge said: “If you had kept on moving, you would be all right.”