Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-22
One Removes Shoe and
HurIs it at the Mag
istrate's Head.
SLASH MORE PICTURES
Widest Scenes Yet Enacted
When Offending Women Are
Put Under Arrest.

London, England, May Z2.-While
King George and Queen Mary were at.
tending a matinee at His Majesty's the
atre this afternoon a militant suffrag.
ette rose and began to address the
king. you Russian Czari" she shrek
ed. Attendants tried to get her out,
but found she was chained to the seat.
They had to file through a link before
she could be removed. While this was
in progress a half dozen women shout
ed at the king. One jumped on the
stage and commenced a speech. When
she was thrown out others began.
Eventually all the disturbers were
elected. Police outside had a hard
struggle to save them from rough han.
ding by a hostile crowd.
London. Eng. May 22.-"Wild wom-
en-" of the Woman's Suffrage Political
union. a militant organization, today
continued their terrorizing tactics by
making two separate attacks on ma
tional art treasures, running five mas
terpieces in the National gallery and
wrecking a picture in the Royal Acad-
emy of Art A little later the magis-
trste, before whom appeared 81 women
arrested in connection with yester-
days disturbance in the vicinity of
Buckingham palace, was compelled to
suspend the proceedings because the
accused created such a din nothing
could be heard.
A militant suffraget with a loaded
stick damaged five pictures in the Ma
tionaT gallery. Four were old paint
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students day, and the rooms were
filed with young artists copying mas
terpieces. Students and attendants ov-
empowered the woman. About the same
time a picture in the Royal Academy
Of Art was badly damaged by another
suffraget, who was arrested.
VoIIey of Missiles.
Scenes in the Bow street police !
court when the women arrested yes
terday were arraigned today surpassed |
in wildness all previous efforts of the |
militant party. A male suffragist, |
perched among the rafters, blew ear |
piercing variations of The Marseil !
aise" on a cornet. then sounded the |
This was a signal for vol |
eys of bags of flour and other missiles
10 be thrown at the magistrate, Sir /
Tohn Dickinson. Three policemen pre-
vented one of the prisoners throwing /
herself over the rail enclosure. One
,ther woman removed a shoe and
hurled IL at the head of the magistrate,
who caught it deftly in an extended
hand. When the magistrate suspend
ID the hearing and ordered the court
cleared there was a free fight. Sub
the women were again
brought in.
Most Are Bound Over.
Most OF them were bound over TO
,eep the peace six months, but they
refused TO find sureties.
among the pictures damaged in the
gallery today was "Christ's
agony in the Garden"
The Royal academy was filled with
fashionable throng when a woman
rev a butchers cleaver concealed in
er clothing and dashed at the picture,
by George Clausen. At
endants seized her. At the National
allery the vandal left a trail of
Iood behind her from cuts by broken
lass. The gallery was closed and the
tudents turned out
Chicagoan Robbed.
Thophile Grandpre of Chicago was
nocked unconscious by a policeman's
orse during yesterdays suffraget raid
{ Buckingham palace. He told the
olice today he was robbed of $3.50 by
70 men who came to his assistance
Accompanied by a party of friends
Iiss Annie Kenny. leading suffraget.
lotored to the palace of the arch
ishop OF Canterbury, made herself a
elfinvited guest. and afterward re-
Ised to bulge. saying she had made I
Il arrangements for staying for the I
light.
Arson Squad Fails in Attempt.
Leicester. Eng. May 22.-An at I
,mpt early today by suffragets TO q
urn Broughton hall. a picturesque I
ansion. was frustrated by a passing d
who noticed the smoke. c
Edinburgh. Scotland. May 22.-Suf- a
agets last night attempted to blow d
p a church here. A bomb was ex- S
oded. but there was only slight dam c
&c.
oil Man Kills HinseIf