Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-07
Costly Church Structure Had
Just Been Burned, Presum-
ably by MiIItantS, and Vote
Showed Resentment
BOMB PLANTED NEAR
BIG LONDON HOTEL
British Government Is Divided
on Policy Of Extending Bal
lot Prime Minister Opposing
and Grey Fayoring Bill

and Grey Favonng Bill
tBy Morning Journal special Leased wlrel
London. May While the mom-
hcrs Of the house of commons were
entering parliament this afternoon 60
discuss the woman suffrage hili news-
boys thrust extras nc them am
nounclne what seems TO bee the most
destructive work the militant suffm-
eettes have Vet accomplished
st. GATHERINGS church al Hatcham.
I'm the southwest of London. one OF the
finest church cdiflces In the suburbs.
caught fire soon after noon in "a mys-
terious way and was destroyed. The
interior Of the church, which WAS butt
in 1898. was like "a scething furnace "a
few moments after the flames were
discovered. The roof fen Ia half an
hour afterwnrd and the falling ma
sonry seriously injured fireman. The
vicar. the Reverend Howard Truscott
when asked about the cause of the
fire said
II cannot ascrihe II to amy other
than those delightful ladies'"
The vicar visited the church at
noon when he noticed three women in
the building lie supposed them TO
be praying lie now believes that
they arranged the fire and thinks ex-
plosivos must have been used to aid
in the destructive work.
a mysterious attempt to explode
bomb was made early this morning
outside the Grand hotel opposite Ira
falgar square where the suffrage dis
turbance tobk place on sunday. The
hotel was crowded with American
tourists. a policeman saw woman
deposit can with lighted fuse m
front Of the door lie abandoned the
bomb after extinguishing 1t by tramp
ing on the fuse and then pursued the
woman. lie caught one woman whom
he supposed 10 Doc The culprt and
who. when brought up in court gave
her name AS Ada Ward lnycstIga-
ton proved her 10 Doe "a night prowlof
who had often been brought up In
police court She denied planting the
bomb. which disappeared while the
policeman was chasing her
The fate Of the womens suffrage
bin was sealed tonight bv the votes
Of more than fifty irish nationalists,
who voted against IT, The bill, where
bv il was sought 90 ontfanehise g.
Od0, 600 women. was rejected by "a
majority Of fortv-seven The vote
stood 266 to 2lg.
whether there IS any chance that
the present parliament will pass a
hin Of more limited character may be
doubted. Possibly the nationalists fear
that if they allow "A woman's fran
chise bill to pass the second reading
Il win lead to Il parliamentary strue-
gle. which would not unlikely end In
dissolution of parliament before the
home rule bill becomes a law.
Furthermore. the debate today
proved that the militant policy Of the
suffragists has done the cause great
harm as far as parliament is concern
ed The Cancellation bill Of last sesr
sion was rejected by only small ma
jority compared with the Dickinson
bill which was under discussion to-
day, and previous bills giving some
measure OF enfranchisement TO wom-
en- have passed tho second readingi
although they never survived subse-
quent stages
Recent police court disclosures Of
acts OF incendiariam planned by the
militants, far surprising in magnitude
anything heretofore attempted. and
the burning Of ST. GATHERINGS church
at Hatcham today undoubtedly de-
n. FMS Ia
uro.
The figures Of the division, show
ing the defeat Of the bin We're greeted
with great cheer from all sides Of
the house
The debate which on Monday pro-
ceeded with extraordinary apathy was
today characterized by intensity and
brilliant speeches. The house was
crowded and pervaded with an at
mosphere Of electrical excitement
The strangers galleries We're packed
and many anxious faces peered from
behind the grill guarded gallery de-
voted to women
Neither Andrew Bonar Law, leader
of the opposition. nor A. j. Balfour,
voted in the division. Among the min
listers who voted against the bin were
Premier AsQuith, Reginald Mckenna, I
Lewis Harcourt ]. +. y. seeley Win
ston Spencer Churchill and G. e.
Hohhouse.
The supporters Of the bill included
sir Edward Grey David Lloyd George,
Rufus lsaacs, Augustine Burrcll. sgd
ney Buxton. G. e. @ Masterman, Sir
J. A simon and r. y. Ackland.