Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-23
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Failure to Secure AdmlS-
sion to Parliament; Smash
Downtown Windows.
London, Nov, 22.-Unrepented SUI.
fragettes to the number of 223, many
of whom apparently are still In their
teens, appeared at Bow street police
court today and We're sentenced to
fines or alternative terms of imprison-
ment varying from a fortnight to q
month. The women invariably chose
prison terms instead Of a fine. ..
Counsel for the public prosecutor
said, in speaking to the charge, that!
he could not adequately describe the
"disgraceful and discreditable scene
of organized disorder of which the
accused were guilty.
From the evidence it is certain the
militant suffragettes acted on con-
certed plan of campaign. AS soon as
they were repulsed by the police,
drawn up in parliament square, they
dispersed into small groups, who mix
ed with the crowds. r IT
These were kept in constant move
ment by the police. Occasionally q
missile was hurled from the middle OF
the throng but the police were unable
to deter the thrower. This gave the
militants more confidence and as they
came within reach of the government
Offices in White hall and the sur
rounding streets, throwing of stones
became more frequent and shouts OF
"votes for women" was raised, IL
was here that the arrests We're made.
At. the National Liberal club on
Thames, embankment the extreme
reached its height. The club was full
of members and their friends. These
flocked to the windows as the crowds
appeared but were soon forced to re-
treat in order to avoid the showers OF
well aimed stones which crashed
through the lower windows.
!. Many arrests were made here and
also along the Strand Where the teles
graph ofice was attacked as Well as
several stores. sss+...s ts s.ss,,.5si3 1is
& some Of the suffragettes rode In
horse and motor cabs. from which which
they launched stones when opportun-
ity offered. Newspaper offices, some
of them more than mile from the
house OF parliament, suffered In this
way. In some instances, the assail-
ants succeeded in escaping but in
others they appeared to seek arrest.
{ Somerset house, where the public
records are kept, also was the object OF
the attack but its distance from the
sidewalks and its formidable wall;
prevented much damage. si5
Most Of the women were arraigned
in court carrying grips with a change
of clothing, in anticipation of spend
ing period In Jail. Several of them
who had broken windows of a value
of 81 were committed for trial at the
London sessions. All of these, how
ever, were allowed out on bail. s..
"A poster circulated by Mrs. Pethick
calling on women to assem-
bic in their thousands and see fair
play and protect women from being
brutally victimized by the police in
uniform and plain clothes, as they
were on black Friday, 1910, when as
result of ill-usage one woman died and
many were seriously injured" was
produced in court. Counsel for the
government warmly condemned this
as disgraceful and unworthy effu-
sion. sts 1t ~ '7. l-.
7 The suffragettes had threatened to
force their way into the house
Of commons and make a protest on
the floor of the house against the prime
minister's refusal to pledge the gov
ernment to a bill giving equal suffrage
to both sexes, but they failed even to
reach the entrance to parliament.
Thwarted by the police, who made
upwards of 200 arrests, the suffraget-
tes resorted to a campaign of window
smashing. Driven from parliament
square by the police, 1900 of whom
were on duty, the women, accompanied
by .sympathizers and gangs Of rowdies.
through White Hall armed
with bags of stones concealed under
their coats, and broke windows in
public Offices, liberal headquarters and
the National Liberal club. They even
extended their operations to the
strand, where the windows of the post
Office bank and other private concerns
suffered from the onslaught.
The demonstration was not 50 large
as those of last year. The damage to
was greater, however, and the
of arrests established new
record.
Among those arrested were Mrs.
who is joint editor of Votes
for Women; Lady Constance Lytton,
sister of Lord Lytton, and the Hon.
Mrs. Eveline Haverfield, daughter of
Genera, Lord Abinger.
SHAFT TO MORMON
LEADERS ERECTED
Richmond, Mo. Nov. 22.--In the pres
ence of; many high church dignitaries
and five hundred members of the Nor