Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-01
CABLEGRAM TO ROOSEVELT.

CABLEGRAM To ROOSEVELT.
London, April IA true bill against
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was return
ed today by the grand jury The
charge is Indictment TO commit dam
age in connection with the destruction
/ of the country residence of Chancel-
lor Lloyd-George. The offense is pun
/ ishable by penal servitude of a maxi
/ mum term Of IA years.
The campaign was continued today
with more energy than ever on be-
/ half OF Miss Zelie Emerson. the De
| troit. Mich. suffraget, who is under
/ going two months Imprisonment for
window smashing.
A cablegram sent to Theodore
! Roosevelt today by Beatrice Harra-
/ den, the author, says;
Il cannot believe American men,
fast-4Tn4oe expressed to me
/ during my recent visit to America
! their horror at the system of fore
| ible feeding, will remain Indifferent
when they learn their fellow country
woman, Miss Emerson. undergoing
this ordeal in jail is in a precarious
condition"
COLLECT INSTRUMENTS.
Sufragists are collecting various in
struments used in the forcible feed
ing Of women prisoners, and these
include screws and pliers. used to
force jaws apart, feeding tubes. and
other utensils, a collection has been
lent by doctors friendly to the suf-
fragists. 1t will be exhibited in New
York and other American cities and
afterward will be offered as a gift to
the Smithsonian institute.
London. April Mrs. Emerson of
Detroit, Mich has received a letter
from her daughter. Zelie, who is IN
dergoing two months Imprisonment in
Holloway Jail for window smashing
Her hunger strike" and forcible feed
ing IN prison have attracted a great
deal OF attention.
The letter was taken out by a re-
leased prisoner It stated that Miss
Emerson had Just completed three
days solitary confinement for viola
ton OF the prison rules. She com
plaiued that she was feeling very sick
and feared permanent impairment Of
her digestion.
MISS EMERSON PRAISED.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst In
speech praised highly the heroic be
havior OF Miss Emerson" Mrs. Pank-
hurst announced that the woman who
tried to catch pneumonia in prison by
sponHng herself all over with hot
water and remaining uncovered all
night, as stated by the home secretary
March IS. was Miss Emerson.
The box reserved for Mrs. Emerson
; and Mrs. Pankhurst at yesterdays
meeting was shared by Beatrice Har-
raden, the authoress, Baroness Won
Hengervsr Hengelmuller. wife OF the
former Austro-Hungarian ambassador
TO the United States. and a number
OF other prominent suffragists.
PREDICTS FINAL VICTORY.
"If / am not at the Albert hall meet
ing on April 10 It will be because the
authorities have discovered a way Of
keeping me alive by force OF because
am dead Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
declared in her speech. MY convic-
ton Wednesday Is certain. ] will
: look upon myself as a prisoner OF war.
Z and I am not bound by any moral
, obligation l shall terminate my i'm
prisonment at the earliest possible mo-
ment / hope 10 break a prison bar
, and be present at Albert hall"
GROUND FOR Z. s. INTERFERENCEI
!. Acting on the invitation OF Mrs
q Pankhurst, a number Of American
women rose in the audience and ex-
pressed their sympathy with Miss
Zelie Emerson's mother.
s Baron Won Horst Of San Francisco
e states that on investigation and after
) taking legal advice he Is satisfied
2 that forcible feeding is illega. and
therefore constitutes a ground for in
reference by the American govern.