El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-30

Militant Women Of London
Practice Shooting at Tar
gets Regularly.
TITLED WOMEN GET
SPECIAL FAV0RS


range is the latest acquisition OF
IL the militant suffragets. It's To-
cation is kept a close secret, but an
official Of the Women's Social and
Political union has admitted its ex-
istence and stated that thu range was
in use ercry day by members OF the
c-gauizatic7 who are rapidly becoming
,zDert shots ee-.+
,ne official organ Of the w \ + -
OBTAINS GE advertisement offering 70
r-each women to shoot straight me
-ffcial who gave the information IN re
card to the rifle range said tnat tHe
rsiIitarts were preparing for the next
oppressive step of the government /
vhich they fear will be the use OF Ihe
gently enacted Mental Deficiency
isU TO confine the suffraget leaders
in asyIu-ns where they VIII nor ne
: -1enable to the usual court proceou Is;
Il any OF the leaders are cohllheu
1-nder the new act, the official in ques-
ton declared, the resolution not 10
o7dancer human life would be re-
~cinded and the skill acquired at the
butts would be brought into play
suffra=ets All Around.
Home secretary Reginald McKenna,
the best hated of the cabinet ministers
because his department has Deen re-
SnonsibIe for the 1orcible Ieeolng OF
~1ffragets and the enforcement OF ene
Cat and Mouse act. is living in a
hquse almost surrounded by the homes
OF militant agitators- Mrs Emily h.
Marshall, whose record for acts OF
-iolence is well known, recently
moved into a house adjacent to the
town residence of Mr. Mchennar AUG
ever since the home secretary has had
two stalwart policemen on guard over
his windows Mrs. Marshall does not
deny that this precautiOn is altogether
useless, for she declares that the nome
secretary's windows are constant
temptation to her.
Mrs Marshall is the wife Of the at
torney for the Women's Social and Pc
litical union. and the pOsSesSOr of a
long window smashing record she
now has as neighbors two other mil
itants. who this week leased houses
within a few steps of the McKenna
home. which is in Westminster, near
the houses of parliament This influx
OF militants into the neighbOrhOod,
hitherto almost entirely given over TO
the homes Of cabinet ministers and
members Of parliament, has caused
some alarm among the politicians
whose opposition to woman's suffrage
has brought them threats OF ven
geance.
Mrs. Marshall has already served
time for breaking windows in the
homes of cabinet officers. and she was
arrested a few weeks ago for assault
ing a Scotland Yard detective Mr..
AIcKenna does not regard her as a de-
sirable neighbOr, nor does he care
about her friends. She was asked for
the names Of her comrades who have
taken the two houses so close &c her
own, but declined the information She
did, however, express the ferveE. hCpa
that their presence would not add %
the comfort f the home secretary.
Titled Women Exempt.
The Difference of the O1lice to q
title viii sometimes save a woman from
arrest, even if she is a militant suf-
fraget- and this fact was no sooner
observed by the leaders in the WOm-
ems. campaign than it was put to ef-
fective use.
During one Of the recent battles
at the London Pavilion, while the SUI
fraget detail Of Scotland Yard was
going through its usual weekly exer-
else Of aTresting Mrs Pankhurst a
number Of her defenders were locked
in a small room and placed under ar
rest It happened that most Of these
women were subscription and advertis-
ment solicitors for the Suffraget, and
on account Of their services to the Of
fetal organ Of the ". S. P. Q. il was
not desirable that they should 90 to
jail
The leader of the solicitors was a
dignified and stately looking woman,
and one Of her companions secured her
80 - NAMING use VI TINS TACT
While the women were being charged
at the police station the stately so
licttOr was several times addressed as
Your Grace" by her cQmpanions.
When her turn came to sign the prison
register the inspector in charge of the
police declared that a mistake had
been made and that he had no com
plant TO make against her. Then a
constable was detailed to escort the
pseudO-duchess to a taxicab.
The suffragets charge that similar
reasons led to the almost immediate
discharge of lady Sybil Smith who wa 9
arrested with Mrs. Pethic Lawrence
while attempting raid on the bouse
Of commons