Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-22
WILD SCENES IN LONDON ART
GALLERIES, COURTS AND
THEATER.
PORTRAITS sLAsHED
WITH MEAT CLEAvER AND CLUB
Simultaneous Attacks Made on Paint
ings in National Gallery and Royal
Academy-sessions Of Bow Street
Police Court Broken Up-king List
ems to Haransue in Royal Theater.

London May ga militant suf-
| fragette today slashed Ave pictures in
the National gallery. Among them
were four valuable old paintings by
+ Giovanni Bellini.
Friday is students day at the Ma
( tional gallery and the rooms were filled
with young artists engaged In copy
ing masterpieces. Suddenly In the
Venetian room middle-a aged woman
drew a loaded stick from beneath her
cloak and made several vicious slashes
at all the pictures within her reach.
Had 1t not been for the numerous
easles standing about the room the
damage inflicted would have been
much more serious. Students and at
tendants overpowered the woman.
At about the same time a picture
hanging in the Royal Academy was
badly damaged by another suffragette.
She was arrested.
Prisoner Abuses Court.
The perpetrator Of the suffragette
outrage at the Royal Academy when
brought up at the police court gave
the name of Mary Spencer. She was
/ committed for trial at the sessions.
Addressing the magistrate as a bump
tious ole Pontius PLATE" the accused
. kept the proceedings lively with an
| abusive TRADE.
The pictures damaged at the Ma
! tional gallery were Madonna and
Child With Infant Saints" a Portrait
/ Of Girolama Malatini." Saint. John
f! and Christopher and the Doge." a
3 ar ~ Il Of
| Peter" and "Chrlsts Agony In the Gar
, dem
The painting gashed at the Royal
Academy was "Primavera" by George
! Clausen. The academy was filled with
fashionable throng when woman
drew butchers cleaver ard dashed at
the picture. Attendants at once seized
her and it was only the presence OF
the police which prevented her from
being roughly handled by the specta-
tors.
The National gallery vandal left q
trail of blood behind her from cuts
/ from bro>en glass. The National gall
lery was Immediately closed ard all
! the students turned out
Wild Scenes in Police Court.
| The scenes at Bow street police
/ court when the women arrested during
/ yesterdays battle We're arraigned to-
! day. surpassed in wildness all previous
| efforts Of the militant party. A male
| suffragist who somehow had found
! perch among the rafters blew ear
piercing variations of the "Marseil
laise' on a cornet and then sounded
! the Charge" This was a signal for
! vollies Of bags Of flour and other mis-
( siles 70 be thrown at the magistrate.
! Sir John Dickinson.
Three policemen were required TO
! prevent one of the prisoners from
I throwing herself over the rail OF the
enclosure. Another woman removed
her shoe and hurled 1t at the head OF
| the magistrate. who caught It deity in
his extended hand.
| Free Fight in Court.
! When Sir John Dickinson suspended
the hearing and ordered the court
! cleared there was a free fight
| subsequently the women were again
/ brought in. Most of them were bound
, over to keep the peace 'or six months.
! but they unanimously refused to find
| suretIes.
| Theophile o. Granpre. Of Chicago.
! who was knocked unconscious by a
mounted policemans horse during the
! suffragists raid on Buckingham pal
ace. told the police today that he was
! robbed of $3.50 by two men who came
! to his assistance.
| King Hears Haransue.
| King George and Queen Mary were
! compelled to listen to the harangue Of
! a militant suffra gette today while they
/ were attending n matinee at His Ma
| jestys theater woman rose in the
! stalls and began TO address the king.
! Your Russian car she shrieked.
| The attendants quickly rushed in
| and tried to get her out but found she
| was chained to the seat They had 70
file thru a link before she could be re-
| moved.
While this was in progress n half
dozen women in different parts OF the
| theater started shouting at his ma
| jesty. One Of them jumped on the
stage and commenced a speech When
| she was thrown out others began.
Eventually all the disturbers were
elected. The police had a hard struggle
| to save them from rough handling by
the crowd.
"Prayer From the Hills"
| In efforts to get control of the Wor-
chester street railroad 1t was necessary
for the New Haven to have hill
| passed by the Massachusetts legisla-
ture.
FINALLY we got bill thru the legis-
lature by the uprising Of the body
polite in our favor" said MIR. Mellen.
! "Did the prayers from the hills Of
| the Hill Town Association have any
| thing to do with the enactment Of that
| legislation"
"Yes. I think so. All PRAYERS of that
kind toward the right are efficacious"
1T made no difference to you what
party was in power?"
| We'll, we always tried to get under
the best umbrella" responded Mr.. Mel
! len.
Reading the prayer from the hills"
, Mr.. Folk asked Mr.. Mellen II he knew