The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-14
TROUBLE NARROWLY AvERTED
Confusion Follows Order to Use
Secluded Street
CROWDS VERY SYMPATHETIC

London, June --Suffragette mill.
tau,s. as wen az non -militants, came
from All parts Of England today To AZ
tend the funeral OF Miss Emily Wild
ing Dawson. who met death from in
tcricIing with the kings horse i'm the
derby on June T. \ special train
brought the body of the woman suf-
ria station, where Il procession of six
Thousand women was waiting To escort
it across the city through the priuci-
pal streets 10 ST. Georges church.
bloomsbury where the service was to
bp held
crowds gathered early In the morn
INK in the vicinity of the militant suf-
fragette headquarters. where the
blinds were down and "a huge banner
WIS flying at half mast. Many de
taohments Of women arrived from the
provinces 10 participate i'm the parade.
rho, were dressed in white. with
purple sashcs. They wore black bands
around their arms and carried bou-
quetg aud wreaths of white lowers.
Twenty brass bands furnished mu-
sic FOR the procession. There was a
great dsplaw of banners. bearing
guch degends as. Fight on and God
viii give MS victory" and "unconquer-
able and not afraid"
The train. bearing the coffin. left the
EPSON station soon after II o'clock.
MsiI A
Uall. aud was accompanied To London
hy Miss Davlsons brother and "A suf-
frlcCtte guard of honor. Scotland yard
o0ioials this morning suggested the
procession should pass through the
quiet side streets. The sutfragctte
leaders were indignant and announced
they would pay no attention To the
police Tine possibilities of a collision
thur seemed large.
The funeral procession started from
;he Victoria station at o'clock The
coffin. covered with flowers. was I'm
an open hcarse drawn by four black
horses. Bands played dirges while
members Of the various women's so
oi'ties tell into line behind the hearse,
each group headed by its banner and
all wearing mourning emblems.
The parade was divided into eleven
sections. The sunraGettes marched in
I"urs all carrying flowers. The cot-
lin Wds in the middle of the process
sion and the clergy of St George $
church at bloomsbury marched AT the
hn r ha al
Haumgarten had issued a statement
'hat hc was not a sympathzcr with
the womcn's militant tactics.
With the exception of Mrs PanN-
hurst, who was re-arrestcd today. ana
general" Mrs Flora Drummond who
iH III. all of the leaders in the militant
organization occupied prominent places
w the procession. owing to the dense
throng Of spectators. the funeral pro
cosslon moved very slowly. \ young
woman at the head. dressed entirely
IN white. carried a cross alott. me
lands played the dead march"
There was some slight booing here
aud there, hut the crowds for the most
pHrl were orderly and sympathetic.
great deal of confusion and commotion
was caused. by the report the rollc'
would compel the paradcrs to proceed
through secluded streets. There was
ho serious trouble however.
Mrs. pankhurst Is Jailed.
LONDON, June li.-Mrs. Emmellhe
Pankhurst was arrested again To-Day
MD taken to the Holloway Jail She
had been released on license on MAY
80. owing to III health brought about
hN hunger strike" while serving
'hree Years penal servitude. She was
ha'ing the house where she had been
S'aFins when she was arrested Sno
was dressed In deep mourning ana was
"h the way To attend the tuneral VI
Miss Dawson.