Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-17
Remains of Miss Emily
Wilding Dawson Born in
) State to the Grave.
5000 WOMEN FORM AN
ESCORT OF HONOR
Coffin Drawn in Open
Hearse and Covered With
Floral Wreathes.

London, June l4.--Suffragettes mill
tant as we'll as non-militant, came from
all parts Of England today for the
funeral Of Miss Emily Wilding Davi
son, who met her death while inter
fering with the kings horse in the
derby on June 1. ..ts"
A special train brought the body Of
the woman suffrage martyr" from
Epson to Victoria station, where g
procession of 5000 women was waiting
to escort it across the city through the
principal streets to st. Georges
church, Bloomsbury, where the service
was held.
Crowds gathered early in the morn
ing in the vicinity of the militant suf
fragette headquarters where the blinds
were down and a huge banner hung al
half mast. Many detachments OF
women arrived from the provinces to
participate In the parade They were
dressed~in white with purple sashes
They wore black bands around their
arms and carried bouquets and
wreaths OF white flowers. Twenty
brass bands furnished the music for
the procession. ~
Banners Are Shown.
There was a great display of ban
ners, bearing such legends as Fight
on! God will give the victory" or
"Unconquerable and not afraid"
The train bearing the coffin left
EPSON station soon after II O'Clock.
The coffin was covered with a purple
pail and was accompanied TO London
BY Miss Davison's brother and a suf-
fragette guard Of honor.
Bands Play DIrses. %
The funeral procession started from
Victoria station at 2 o'clock. The
coffin, covered with flowers, was in an
open hearse drawn by -four black
horses. The bands played dirges while
the members Of the various women's
societies fell into line behind the
hearse, each group headed by its ban
ner and all wearing mourning en-
blems. Enormous crowds surrounded
the station, making progress difficult.
The parade was divided into eleven
sections The suffragettes marched In
tours, all carrying flowers.
The coffin was in the middle Of the
procession and the clergy Of st..
Georges church, Bloomsbury.
marched at the head. The rector Of
the church, DR.. Baumgarten, had
issued a statement that he was not a
symrathizer with the women's mill
tant tactics.
With the exception of Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, who was rearrested to-
day, and General Mrs. Flora Drum
mond, who is Ill, all the leaders Of the
militant organization occupied promi-
merit places in the procession.
Cross Heads Procession.
Owing to the dense throng of spec
tators the funeral procession moved
very slowly. A young woman at the
head, dressed entirely In white, carried
d cross aloft. The bands played the
Dead March,"
There was some slight booing here
and there but the crowds were for The
most part orderly and sympathetic.
A deal of confusion and commotion
was caused by the report that the
police would compel the paraders to
proceed through secluded streets.
There was no serious trouble however.
She's In Again. .a.1
Mrs. Emmelfpe Pankhurst was ar
rested again today and taken to Hollo-
way Jail. She had been released on
license on May 80 owing to Ill health
brought about by hunger strike
while she was serving her sentence Of
three years penal servitude.
Mrs. Pankhurst was leaving the
house where she had been staying
since her release when two policemen
arrested her. She was dressed In deep
and was on the way to at
tend the funeral of Miss Dawson.
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