Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-30
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HURRIED TO JAIL
IN ENGLAND
BRITISH HOME OFFICE INAUGURATES
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN TO STOP
MISCHIEF WROUGHT BY FAIR
HANDS.
"GEN'L." DRuMM0ND
ENTERS LIONS Den

|. London, April 3O-The British home
office today inaugurated its active
campaign to put an end to the suffra-
gette militancy. The headquarters of
the womens social and political un-
ion, where many outrages are said to
lave been planned was occupied by
the police and all the active leaders
taken into custody. Even General
Mrs Flora Drummond, who was out on
bail was arrested on a fresh charge
or conspiring with the members of
the Pankhurst family to commit dam
age.
Over 100 policemen and detectives
fiom Scotland yard were engaged in
the capture of the militant officers
They had scarcely taken possession
tf the place when General Drum
mond, apparently ignorant Of what had
happened, arrived and was admitted,
not realizing that she had voluntarily
entered the lions den until she found
herself under arrest and on the way
to Bow street police station, where
she met Miss Kenney and five other
active officials of tho society
Archibald Bodkin, counsel for the
treasury, prosecuted on behalf of the
government He said the proceedings
involved a charge of conspiracy and
had been taken with view to bring
ing to an end "a state of affairs which
Las become dangerous to the civilized
portion of The community in the Brit
ish isles.
The Women's Social and Political
ftrdants were leaders had been re-
sponsible for an enormous amount of
crime, and vast inconveniences to- the
ublic
Mr. Bodkin intimated that still more
sc rious charges might be brought
against the prisoners when the police
had completed their investigation into
the "nefarious practices" of the organ
i7ation. He then warned aiders and
abettors of the society, as we'll as its
contributors, among whom are many
American women
81 desire to give fair public warn
ing" he said, "that if any person
makes a speech in encouragement of
er against the speaker II any print
er prints or publishes literature orig
irating from the Woman's Social and
Political union, he may find himself
in very awkward position If those
V no have money cannot find better
use for it than giving it to this or
ganization for the commission of crime
they will be prosecuted.
RAlDED PRINT SHOP.
There will be no issue of the official
newspaper of the militant suffragists
tomorrow. Not content with arresting
two women editors, the police today
laided the printing office and carried
off all the type set up for tomorrow's
The women workers in the
Office who escaped. assumed an in
different attitude but stood gazing
forlornly at the doors and at the bare
flagstaff from which the great purple,
white and green flag had aoated day
and night for months
The women say the raid was expect
ed and they had removed most Of
their valuable belongings to two empty
houses they had in reserve in case of
emergency
Mrs. O. Fl. P. Belmont made an ex-
haustive trip around the suffragette
centers today. She reached the head
quarters of the Womans Social and |
Political Union too late to be included
9 mong those arrested When she ar.
rived she found policemen in posses
sion and decided that it was safer to
lcok at the officers from the outside
than to attempt to enter
Mrs. Belmont has jointed the Inter
Lational Suffragette club of London /
and during her sojourn has purchased
many photographs Of militant suf-
fragettes and campaign posters for the
adorment of the headquarters in New
J CTh. DIG Will otdIL IOi dIio lOiilOi-
row and will invite Christabel Pank.
hurst to spend the summer with her
IN her villa at Deauville, on the French
coast.
Washington, D. c., April 30.-An-
of the intention OF Sec
'etary Lane of the interior depart
nent to appoint Miss Annie G. Rogers,
leading suffragist, to be receiver
II the public land office at Leadville,
yclo., because he believes that "money
an be handled more safely by women
han by men, brought the following
E tier from one man:
Notice of your appointment of suf-
ragists registers has caused great ;
urprise, and your remarks about men.
The women you know may be of
uch a type also the men. but most ,
f us meet women who throw a great :
eal of money on goods, and fool hats
uch as inclosed pictures of them, and
ag their husbands for their hard
armed wages, until we men are fast
cling to the criminal class to get {
noney for their wives to squander.
please use your influence to give
len work, and make women stay at
ONE and keep it for the comfort of
usband and children; SO the homes ,
5ill not be- broken up and the child. +,