The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-06-09
MILITANT WOMEN
INVADE CHURCHES
Suffragettes Create Great Dis
order in London.
ONE REACHES THE PULPIT.
Efforts of Congregation Fail to Re
move Her and Force Is
Necessary

LOnuOn, June I.-SunraRetteS for
the first time today invaded Catholic
churches and attempted 10 harangue
congregations. Worship was disturb
ed in both Westminster Cathedral
and the Church of the Oratory,
Brompton.
Father Bernard Vaughn had just
taken his place in the pulpit In West
minister Cathedral at the evening
service when a woman rushed up the
steps into another pulpit and waving
her arms towards the altar shrieked
"In the presence of the blessed
sacrament l protest against the forci-
bic feeding of women"
The congregation rose from their
seats and protested. One woman
worshiper tried to persuade the suf-
fragette to descend from the pulpit
but she remained there, waving her
arms and yelling incoherently until
the vergers forcibly pulled her down
the steps and turned her over to the
police. The woman declined to give
her name.
A band Of militants interrupted the
midday mass in the Church of the
Oratory by chanting.
"God save Emmeline Pankhurst
and all our noble prisoners; open the
eyes Of this church and of the priests
to put an end to the torture; in the
name of the blessed Joan OF Arc, hear
them in their hour of need"
PRAYER Is STOPPED.
Great disorder ensued. A suffra-
gette arose and started prayer, but
she scarcely had uttered a word when
| a woman worshiper slapped her
hands over the mouth of the suffra-
gette. The suffragettes were forced
! by ushers and male parishioners to
the doors and then into the street
Many Of the congregation followed
the evicted suffragettes to the side
walk, where well dressed man hit
a militant in the face, causing it to
bleed profusely. The crowd cheered.
Two OF the suffragettes were arrest
ed. They refused to give their
names
The growing hostility OF the public
towards militant suffragettes was
shown by assaults today on several
open air meetings. Speakers were
mobbed, stands we're torn down and
the women were saved by the polic
| from duckings or beatings. A crowd
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the platform from which a party of
militant suffragettes were to speak
and scattered the suffragettes in all
directions. They tried to drag two
of the women to a pond for duck
ing, but the police rescued them.
/ When militant suffragette speak
! ing on Clapham common advocated
/ the use of bombs the speaker and
those on the stand with her were
pelted with mud. The police helped
the women to escape on motor bus.
A meeting in Hyde park ended in the
same manner.
Sylvia Pankhurst, at a meeting in
the east end of London today, de-
clared when she went to Premier
Asquith next Wednesday she would
ask for a deputation to accompany
her, not only to plead with the
premier but to threaten him.
MAN ENTERS PALACE.
A sensational incident of the day
was the discovery of a young man.
who gave his name as Harry Pike, in
Buckingham palace, where the royal
family spent Sunday. In the early
hours of the morning Pike entered
the palace by scaling the palace wall,
Notwithstanding the heavy guard of
soldiers and police, and climbing into
basement window. lie explained
afterwards that he performed the
/ feat to prove that entrance could be
easily effected.
4 He was discovered and overpower-
ed in the servants quarters after he
had wandered about the corridors for
some time. Once he was near the
queens apartment. He will be ar
raigned tomorrow on a charge of hav-
ing been found on inclosed premises
for unlawful purposes.
There is nothing to show that Pike
lis connected with the women's suf-
frage movement. He gave his occu-
patton as an engineer.
I The exploit of Pike caused great