Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-11
FIVE MiLiTANTs WHO UNogR@
T 70 REACH KING oEoRog
ZEN LIGHT sENTENcES.
sc TO FILE suRETlEs
FOR FUTURE GOOD CONDUCT
70 Window smashsrs Also Given
Jail Tsrms-station Burning Fixed
~ Crime Of Womsn-ssnate Cons
r,ittss Takes Up Hearing Of Charsso
Against Washington Police.
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London, March 1.-THE Ave suffra4
gettes who yesterday attempted to
| reach the king with petitions while he
| was on his way to parliament were
! today sent to prison for periods rang>
ing from twenty one days to a month.
The young women gave their names as
Lillian Wilcox. Dorothy Smith. Kath-
| leen Paget, Gertrude Vaughan and
! Grace Stuart.
The Bow street magistrate before
! whom they were arraigned gave them
! an opportunity Of escaping prison
sentences by fling sureties for their
future good behavior. The young wonl@
| en- Indignantly rejected this alterna-
| tive.
They were formally charged with oh.
| structing the police. The evidence
| showed that the police had received
! specific orders to prevent anyone from
| throwing letter or a petition to the
| king while he was on the way to par.
| lament.
| The accused argued that their act
| was perfectly legal and based on the
| right Of every British subject to pre-
| sent petition to the king. The magis-
| trate explained that the right to pre-.
| sent petition to his majesty must be
exercised thru a minister.
Window Smashing a. Protect.
| Two other suffragettes were sent to
| prison for month. for breaking win.
| dows at the Home office this morning.
The women stated that they had
adopted this method Of protesting
against the illegal arrest Of the would.
be petitioners yesterday.
| The belief that suffragettes were re4
| sponsible for the burning Of the rai,@
road station ut Croxley Green yester.
day was confirmed today thru the fs@s
ceipt by the station master Of suf4
fragette newspaper bearing the words
| Afraid copy left was burned
| Text Of Petition.
| The text Of the petition which the
suffragettes proposed to hand to King
| George was as follows:
THE unrest among women and their
militant revolt can never be ended ex-
cept by removing their discomfort.
Votes for women Is the only cure for
militancy
"The revolving and futile policy Of
releasing hunger strikers and rearrest-
ing them simply will bring discredit to
the minister responsible therefor. Such
treatment will never break the spirit
of women, tho 1t will very likely bring
about a tragedy for altho the women
can not be defeated they can be killed
by persecution.
| IF law and order are to be re-estab-
| lished In this realm women must have
ttl,
gracious speech from the throne a mes
| sage telling us that in the present ses-
sion of parliament law Will be enacted
! giving votes to women"
To Renew Militancy.
After the foregoing petition had been
read by Mrs. Emmelne Psnkhurst at a
meeting of the militant sufrragettes last
| evening Miss Annie Kenny proclaimed
that as there was nothing in the kings
| speech about suffrage the only thing
to do was to renew our militancy.'
| Mrs. PankhCrst said 1t was not the
intention of the women to Insult the
king. but that they intended to use their
constitutional right OF petitioning his
majesty.
Senate Committee Hears Witnesses.
| Washington, March u.-Investiga-
tion Of the responsibility OF the police
tc- the disorders which attended the
wo,uan's suffrage pageant on Monday.
March 8. was continued today by the
senate committee OF inquiry with wit
nesses. representing the suffraglsts and
the police. ready to testify.
Edward s. Droop. president OF the
| washington board OF trade. was to-
days first witness. He declared that
half an hour before the parade began
he believed Pennsylvania avenue was
clear.
Baltimore Clergyman Makes Charges.
! Dr. James Mythen. a clergyman OF
Baltimore. who marched in the Mary
land division. said the marchers were
| forced to walk in single file and that
| they were greeted all along the line by
jeers and shouts and obscene remarks
from the bystarders. He gave the num-
bers Of several police officers who ne
said neglected the work Of keeping the
| crowds back. One officer to whom he
| complained. he said told him to $50
| to hell" DR.. Mythen said that the po-
| lice generally had become part OF the
crowd and did nothing to restrain those
who insulted the paraders. He testi-
| fled that he had been told that Mary
Melvin. blind girl who marched IN
the parade. had been pulled out OF line
| by rowdies and that her guide mad dtt-
| ficuity In Tescuins her.
John A. Johnston. commissioner of
the District Of Columbia, who has
charge of the police department. was
| the next witness. He placed In the
record all the correspondence between
his office and the suffrage leaders re-
lating to the issuance Of parade per-
nnits and the protection Of the parade.
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