Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-07
MORE DESPERATE ACTS
BY ENGLISH sUFFRAGETTES

(BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
LONDON, May Renewed incen.
diarism and bomb attempts today fol-
lowed the commons defeat of thu
Dickinson suffrage bill by 266 to 2i9.
| A bomb with q clock and fuse at.
tachment was found beneath the bish.
ops throne in St. Paul's Cathedral, ev.
identity made by an expert. 1t con-
tanned sufficient explosive to wreck the
historic structure, but was discovered
| 20 minutes before the hour set fol
the explosion.
Another bomb was found in the
street by the Evening Star building.
Bishops Park pavilion and two
houses on Box hill were burned and
suffragetter literature {was found in
all these places.
The home Office Is .sravely alarmed
+, by threats today to extcDd the reign OF
terror.
Explosive experts wllo dismembered
the bomb found in St. oaul's declared
it was an iron receptacle filed with
jnitroglycerine sufficient az wreck the
entire section. 1t we3s14T by the
verger Of the cathe falfa la
Defective mechaii{sm:slt is declared,
only prevented catastrophe, perhaps
involving terrific loss Of life. A thor
ough probe will be launched, Scotland
Yard searching for the Perpetrators.
Burn a cx"soh
LONDON, May THE fate Of the
woman's suffrage bill was sealed last
night by the votes of more than fifty
Irish Nationalists who svoted against
it. The bill sought to enfranchise six
million women and was rejected by q
majority Of forty-seven. Whether
there is any chance in the present
parliament to pass a bili more limited
in character is doubtful. Possibly the
Nationalists fear if they allow the bill
to pass the parliamentary struggle is
not unlikely to end in dissolution be-
fore the home rule becomes law.
The debate proved that the militant
policy of the suffragettes had done the
cause great harm as far as parliament
is concerned. The recent disclosures
show acts Of incendiarism planned by
militants far surprising in magnitude
anything heretofore attempted.
The burning of St. Catherine s
church undoubtedly influenced many TO
vote against the bill. Supporters of the
bill included Sir Edward Grey, Lloyd
George, Rufus Isaacs and Augustin
Birrill
LONDON, May 7.-While the men,
bers Of the house Of commons were en-
tering parliament this afternoon to
discuss the suffrage bill. newsboys
thrust extras before them announcing
what seems to be the most destructive
work Of the militant suffragettes yet
accomplished. St. Catherine's church
in the southeast part Of the city, one
of the finest edifices in the suburbs,
caught fire soon after noon IN a mys-,
terious manner and was destroyed.
Vicar Rev. Howard Truscott. when
asked the cause said, ~ cannot describe
another cause than those delightful
ladies. The vicar at noon noticed three
women in the building and supposed
them to be praying. He now believes
that they arranged the fife and thinks
that explosives were used % aid IN the
destructive work.
A mysterious attempt to explode
bomb early this morning outside the
Grand Hotel opposite Trafalgar Square
was made. The hotel was crowded with
American tourists. A policeman saw q
woman deposit the bomb with lighted
fuse on the front door step. After eX-
t,nguishing the bomb he pursued tha
woman. He caught one woman who
denied planting the bomb, meanwhile
the bomb disappeared.