The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-23
SUFFRAGETTES ARE JAILED IN LONDON Many Sentenced To Impris- Onment SOME PAY FINES Public Prosecutor Terms Their Con duct "Disgraceful and Discredit-
 able"-Mrs. Pankhurst
 May Go Home

London, November 22-Unrepentent sui fragettes to the number of 2SS, many of whom apparently are still in their teens, appeared at Bow street police court this morning to answer for their sins of yes- terday. They were sentenced to fines or alternative terms of imprisonment varying from fortnight to a month. Most or the women elected prison instead of pay ment of fine.
 Counsel for the public prosecutor said he could not adequately describe the disgraceful and discreditable scenes of organized disorder of which the accused were guilty.
 From the evidence it is quite certain that the militant sufragettes yesterday acted on a complete campaign. As soon as dispersed they broke up into small groups and then reassembled.
 These were kept in constant movement by the police. As the militant women came within reach of the offices of Par- liament the throwing of stones became more frequent and this was succeeded with shouts of votes for women.'
 It was here that most of the arrests were effected. At the National Liberal club the excitement reached its zenith. The club was full of members and their friends. These fiocked to the windows as the crowds approached, but were soon forced to retreat in order to avoid the showers of we'll aimed stones which crashed drought the lower windows.
 Several of the suffragettes rose in horse cabs and motor cabs from which they launched stones and other missiles when opportunity offered. Newspaper offices mile away from the parliament buildings suffered. Most of the women were ar raigned in court early this morning, carrying grips with a change of clothes in anticipation of spending long time m Jail A poster circulated by Mrs. Pethick Lawrence called on women to assemble and ''see fair play and protect women from being brutally victimized by the po- lice in uniform and plain clothes as they were on Black Friday in 1910, when as a result of rough usage one woman died and many were seriously injured.
 Kathleen Houston, who had been in sim liar trouble before, was sentenced to month in jail, without the option of fine
 only q cases were disposed of, the others heinz adjourned until tomorrow The defendants who had not been heard were permitted their freedom on their own recognizance.
 A procession of women entered and left the prisoners inclosure throughout the day. White-haired women alternated with girls, while wearers of smart silks and laces were followed by women of the in- dustrial classes, in cheap attire.
 Among the more prominent prisoners werx, Vera Wentworth and Cecilia Will cox, who were committed for trial at the session; Ada Wright, previously convict ed who was sentenced to a month in jail without the option of a fine; Mrs. Arn- --sliff- Sonnet, who went to jail for week rather than pay fine for breaking the windows of Q newspaper office. The hear ing will last several days.
 Kansas City, November 22.-"The action of the London police courts in sending suffragettes to prison this morning is the enemy's declaration of war;" declared Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader or the militant suffragettes in England. in this city today. Tt means that the truce which has been on for a year is ended and a more desperate struggle than ever before is to begin"
 Mrs. Pankhurst, mother of Sylvia and Christobel Pankhurst, the latter one of those imprisoned in London, is touring this country in the interest of the suffra- gettes. She addressed two meetings today and left later for Cincinnati.
 Another 12 hours developments may show the situation grave enough to call me home," Mrs. Pankhurst said. ''The putting of my lieutenants in jail may make it necessary for me to go straight to the front without collecting any more supplies.
 Tt is the governments late bill, auto matically enfranchising everything in trousers, which has precipitated the latest developments. A year ago we accepted the conciliation bill and granted a truce. It was the best we could get at the time.
 ''Then came the treacherous action. The government presented it's manhood suffrage bill, enfranchislng 100000 of the lowest types of men who live off their wives, who prey on other wome1L and have so little political self respect that they would not even register as voters. Government officials will seek them out and put them on the register"
 Mrs Pankhurst welcomed numerous in- terviewers during her afternoon here and anxiously sought news from London.