The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-16
MORE BOMBS ARE DISCOVERED
Campaign to C0erCe the Govern
ment Is Continued Today
MISS EMERSON UNDER KNIFE

London, May l6,--Thc militant SUI
tragettcs' campaign Of placing bombs
in public institutions 10 cocrcc the
government into granting the fran
chisc To women, was carried on in sev-
cral quarters of London and provinces
today.
\ WOrlman-lillc canister of cNplo-
giycs, with clocllwork attachment. was
| found in Rotherhitche, public library
la southeast London this morning. It
was labelled. Votes For Women" Ac-
| cordmg to the belief in some quarters
If was placed there by a man. Indeed
the police suspect many men have
been engaged by the miltants for this
work.
Another machine was found in u LET
ter box Of the Wadsworth district
puslohicc in southwest London. Il;
! consisted of a large tube. containing u
fluid y partly burned fuse was at
tachcd to one end. The police dcclar"
it apparently was set there by mill.
tarts.
still another canister OF explosives.
with partially burned fuse. was found
IA ,ho Holy Trinity church at Hart
ngs, Il popular watering place on tb"
south coast, where the militants have
been active during the week.
SuHragettc Is Published
Defeat has been inflicted ON the
! government by the wild women" in
! The matter Of the suppression of mill
tant sucrragetres' newspaper, "Sufrra
gctte." After Counsel Rodkin had an
nounCed that thc government would
! prosecute any one printing the news
! paICr in the future. the labor press ana
some Liberal newspapers, which arc
/ the strongest supporters OF the present
/ cabinet, protested that this was an in
fringment of the liberty of the prcsS.
\ former Socialist member, Gcorg'
| Lahsbury and the Socialist mcnbcr
! James Kerr li1rdiC, offered personally
to undertake the publication Of the
paper, but the suiiragcttCs declined
the offer with Scorn. Thcrcupon the
! home otlicc ISSUED statement. d.
! |claring that the Woman's Social y no-
! itical union, or amy pubiisHCr could
/ sSS'lt lllt sNulldHcNt'' ~ lpIit~ 90 ~ wv
not contain any Indictment To crime.
The special interest taken by the Ia q.
/ bor party in question of the SuitraSettc
was aroused because the labor news
| papers frequently come into collision
with lhe government This is the case
| in regard 10 general Cunscription for
! tie army, and in the event oi this be
coming the policy of the government.
which the labor party fears, the labor
| new vSpapcrs propose to urge the work
, ing men of the British isles To resist it.
Miss Emerson Operated Upon.
This weeks number OF the Suftra-
gcttc appeared today and was freely
circulated 1t was printed by the firm
Of Edward Francis. The newspaper
says:
Though he has constantly dcprc-
Gated what he calls our methods, he
undertook the work, believing the tree
dom of thc press in danger, also grave.
! IA doubling the wisdom Of those who
seem bent on dopriving the sulfragettes
| of their legitimate forms of cxprcS-
sion
Miss HelIie Emerson, militant suifra 81
gettc, of Jackson, Michigan, was opcr
ated on today for appendicitis, devei-
opcd. II is said. owing to the privations
/ she underwent in carrying on hun
ger strike" in the Holloway Jail. She
was released on April aud on account
of her weakened condition was after
ward taken To private hospital in the
! country To prepare for an operation
She was sentenced To six weeks i'm
prlsonment on February II for smash =
| ing shop windows.