Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-29
IH|RIY.ON[ WOMEN
SENTENCED 70 JAIL
euFFRAoETTE LEADER AND
FRIENDS SENT TO PRISON FOR
FOURTEEN DAYS.
MANY ARRESTS MADE
DURING NIGHT OF DISORDER
General" prummend Tells Magistrate
That Chancellor Lloyd Georges
Troubles Have Just 5esun-Pris.
onsrs Thsratsn to Start "Hunser
striks"-Heuss Of Commons stormsd

London, Jan. 29.-"Genera" Mrs
Drummond and thirty other militant
sufrragettes Will spend the next four
teen days In jail as tho result of their
determination to force David Lloyd
George to receive them in the house OF
commons last evening.
All the prisoners declared after they
were sentenced today that they would
start hunger strike" The accused
women were brought up at Bow Street
police court before Robert Marsham,
police magistrate.
Mrs. Drummond complained during
the hearing that the police had handled
her roughly when she was arrested. She
declared q patrolman had thrown her
In the mud.
ut is now war to the knife" she told
the magistrate. you and Mr.. Lloyd
George have Q lot Of trouble ahead OF
you. You viii have to do the dirty
work and you will have plenty OF It,.
The women all refused the option OF
paying a fine instead Of going to prison.
Many Riots During Night.
As q protest against the withdrawal
OF the franchise bill by the government.
the suffraKists resumed their militant
tactics last night.
While q deputation which the chan
cellor OF the exchequer. David Lloyd
George. had refused to see until this
morning was trying to force It's way
into parliament against a great force
of police and the members were being
placed under arrest for resisting the
officers. othaf bands Of women went
thru Whitehall breaking windows OF
the government offices and thru Cock
spur strset. where the great plate glass
windows b the estn blishments OF ship
ping companies were smashed ruth
lessly.
gent. and other streets in the shopping
district, whore similar damage was
done.
Later mail boxes were attacked, acids
and liquids being poured into them.
In the outlying districts the suhrag-
lists took steps to bring the cause before
the public by damaging property
Rain Acts ~ Check.
Twenty-one women were arrested IN
the vicinity Of the parliament building
but were allowed bail after the house
rose. Most of the police stations hao
one or more prisoners charged with de-
stroying property.
The demonstration in Whitenau was
not as large as some Of those previ-
ously held, the force Of police and
drenching rain initiating against any
great turnout The widest excitement
prevailed, however, and besides protect
property and arresting women engaged
in window smashing or who refused 70
move on when ordered. the police had
the greatest difficulty in protecting the
women from crowd of men who gath
cred and hustled every woman wearing
the suftragist colors.
In several cases the women were
roughly handled. An attempt to duck
fo,,r of them in the fountain in Ira
falgar square was frustrated by a po-
Ire nosse. which had to ride thru the
crowd.
Arrest Whole Delegation.
The entire deputation Of twenty one
women who attempted to make their
wav into the house of commons to in
teryiew Chancellor Lloyd-George, was
arrested The prisoners included Mrs.
Drummond and Sylvia Pankhurst who
marched in front. Before starting on
their mission the delegates listened to
addresses by Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
L..rst and other leaders.
Mrs Pankhurst said the withdraw
al of the franchise bill. including the
speakers ruling, was plot decided on
long ago, and Premier Asquith was
aware OF IT,.
..rhe answer to this treachery," she
declared, "iss smilitancy."
sylvia Pankhurst said their intention
was to hold the speaker in the chair
and leave Mrs. Asquith on the bench.
and with this the deputation started.
Demand Right Of Entrance.
The police gave them safe escort as
far as the entrance of parliament,
where anstnspector informed them that
the chancellor of the exchequer would
be unable to see them until morning.
Mrs. Drummond retorted, This Is
.tomfoolery! II you do not let US in
there will be trouble"
At that the members Of the deputa-
ton threw themselves at the police,
who stood six deep across the entrance,
and a scramble followed. in which
Mrs. Drummond and another woman
were thrown or fell to the ground. Tho
police gave the women several chances
to withdraw quietly, but as they re-
fused. all were arrested.
The crowd showed little sympathy
for the suffragets whom they tried
to jostle as they were being led to
the station by the police. The authori-
ties, It ID understood, contemplate ar
resting the leaders for melting their
followers to break the laws.
Bow street police court looked like
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