The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-08
FIVE MILLIONS DAMAGE DONE
 BY MILITANTS Another Bomb Found in Time to Prevent
 Explosion
Gen. Flora DTummOnd COIIapSeS
 in Prisoners Enclosure at Bow Street Court

London. May s.-The damage to property in the British Isles caused by the militant suffra agettes during the last three months amounts to upwards 5of $5.0OO.O0O, according to an esti- mate made by the authorities at Scot land Yard. To this sum, they say. must be added the increased cost of protecting lives and property. Three detectives have been assigned to " watch over each member of the cabinet at all times, while all suspected persons are shadowed by plainc1othes men and all public buildings have been placed under special guard. To avenge the defeat of the woman s suffrage bill in the House of Com mons on Tuesday night and the prose cution of the officials of the women s social and political union, the more advanced members of the militant section of the British suffragettes promise that the events of the last few days are to be eclipsed by worse things to come
 Votes For Women, the woman suf- frage newspaper edited by MT. and Mrs Pethick Lawrence, says in it's latest number:
 we see before the country period of disorder such as has not been known for decades, perhaps for cen turies. We see a prospect of vio- < fence being answered by violence in
 
 the likelihood of crimes being sym pathfzed with=if not condoned and ap- proved by many of the most respect ed, law-abiding members of the conn munfty."
 The police authorities are greatly concerned about the increase of vio- lence and bomb attacks on buildings another of which occurred, early to- day, at Tottenham. in the northea st of London Like the one deqnzited. yesterday, in St. PauFs cathedral. the bomb was discovered before it had time to explode. It was found by a caretaker outside the door of a pawn shop
 The authorities have secured evil dsnce that many of the former con stitutIonal sunragettes have joined the militant body since the defeat of the voman's suffrage bill and they say there is no way to tell what may hap pen next
 ''GeneraI' Mrs. Flora Drummond suddenly collapsed and fell upon the floor of the prisoners enclosure at the Bow street police court, today, when proceedings under the malicious damage to property act were resumed against the seven militant suffragette leaders of the Wonnan's Social & PoH- ticaI Union and their chemical ad- wiser. She was practically out of court by a 5ailer and a wardress. Revelations made during previous hearings had whetted the public in- terest and the court was filled to over flowing when the "'conspirstor were brought in. They comprised, besides the "Genera1,a Miss Harriet Rebeeca Kerr. Miss Agnes Lake, Miss Rachel Barrett. Mrs. Beatrice Saun- ders, Miss Annie Kenny, Miss Laura Lenox and the analytical chemist, Clayton.
 Further correspondence was pro duced by counsel for the treasury, in which the accused advocated 'tbig things" such as a general raid on the public letter boxes throughout Lon- don or 8 war on the House of Lords. It was suggested that the attack on the Peers could be accomplished by means of a suffragette typtist who could secure a position on the report ing staff of the upper house.
 According to Archibald Bodlxin the treasury counsel, a circular had been found in Miss Laura Lenox' resid ence announcing the formation of a branch ! to be called the ''Y. H. B." This caused amusement when Inspector Lawrence, of Scotland Yard, explain ed that the initials stood for 'fY oung Hot Bloods-" The society was to be composed of the younger members of the women's Social & Political Union and no married women were eligible for ISembership.