Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-05-01
Headquarters OF
SUFFS RA|DED BY
STRONCARM SQUAD
London Police Close Up offices
Of Mi|itants, Arrest Officers,
Seize Documents and Post
Heavy Guard.
CONSPIRACY CHARGE MADE
Ants Stone Quarters of
Equal Rights Organization In
Violent Attacks at New
castle On Tyne.

London, May 1.-The headquarters
union, the militant suffraget society.
situated in Kings Way were raided to-
day by police in search of evidence
against the militant leaders. The police
We're commanded by Superintendent
Patrick Quinn. of Scotland Yark, who
has been placed in charge of depart
ment for dealing With the siffragets.
Miss Barbar Kerr. the secretary of
the Woman's Social and Political union.
Misses Lake, Lennox and Barrett and
Mrs. Saunders. the officials of the So
ciety who We're in charge of the offices
at the time of the raid. We're arrested
and a large quantity of documents was
seized.
Several typists and clerks We're or
dered to leave the premises which We're
then closed and policemen left on
guard.
The women arrested We're charged
with conspiracy or with violations OF
the malicious damage act.
Active Campaign Begun.
This raid by the British home office
inaugurated it's active campaign to put
an end To suffraget militancy. Gen
erai'' Mrs. Flora Drummond and Miss
We're later arrested on fresh charge
of conspring with members of the
Pankhurst family to commit malicious
damage.
over 100 policemen and detectives
from Scotland Yard We're engaged in
tho capture of the militant officers
They mad scarcely taken possession of
the place when "General' Drummond
apparently ignorant of what had hap
pened arrived and was admitted, not
realizing that she had voluntarily EN-
tered the lions dem, until She found
herself under arrest and ON the way
to the Bow Street police station, where
she met Miss Annie kenneN and other
active officials of the society
suff r.sper Stepped.
| There will be no issues of the of
| fetal newspapers of the militant suf-
| fragets tomorrow
| Not content with arresting the two
women editors. the police today rafded
the printing office and carried off the
TYPE set up for tomorrow's number
1.-The women work ers in the office who
escaped arrest assumed an Indifferent
latitude. but stood gazing forlornly al
| the doors and at the bare flagstaff
| from which the great purple, white and
green flag had tloated day and night
| for months.
| The women said the raid was expect
| ed ana tney mad removed most of tnelf
valuable belongings to two empty
houses they had in reserve i'm case ol
|emergency.
Mrs. U. III. p. Belmont made an ex-
IhaustiNe trip around the suffrage
lcenters today. She reached the head
Iquarters of the Woman's Social ant
\ Political union too late to be included
|among those arrested When she ar
rived she found policemen i'm posses
sion and decided il was safer to lool
at the office from the outside than {,
attempt to enter.
Mrs Belmont has joined the Inter
national Suffrage club, of London. AN.
Iduring her sojourn has purchased man.
photographs of militant suffragets ant
lcampaign posters for the adornment o
headquarters i'm New York. She viii
start for Paris tomorrow and viii in
4 vite christabel Pankhurst To spend tn
summer with her i'm her villa at Deau
willie. on the French coast
Archibald Bodkins. counsel for tn
Treasury, prosecuted on behalf of th
government He said that the charge
Involved "A charge OF conspiracy am
had been taken with il View to bring
ling to an end "A state of affairs whicl
has become dangerous to the civilize
portion of the community in the Brit
lish isles.
The Women's Social and Politica
union, he continued Of which the de
PENDANTS We're ring leaders, had bee
responsible for an enormous amour
of crime and vast Inconvenience to tn
public.