Evening star., 1914-07-08
TRY To ODESTR0Y
BURNS COTTAGE
Scottish Shrine at Ayr an OBJ
ject of Attack by Sut-
fragettes.
CAUGHT PLACING BOMBS
AT DOORS AND WINDOWS
Militant Squad Destroys Dec
orations Placed in Honor of King
and Queen Near Glasgow.

GLASGOW, Scotland, July s-An at
tempt to destroy the cottage at Ayr
where Robert Burns, the poet, was born,
January 25, 1859. was made just before
daylight today by two members of
militant suffragette larson squad"
The two women were surprised by a
night watchman as they were in the
act of placing large bombs against the
doors and windows of the poets birth
place, which is venerated as a shrine
by the Scottish nation. The man cap
tured one of the militants, but the
other escaped. The women wore stock
ings over their shoes in order to deaden
the noise and hide their footprints.
The arrested woman gave her name
as Janet Arthur. She created a scene
" hen arraigned at the police court,
fighting the wardens and shouting
quotations from Burns poems. She was
remanded.
Insult King and Queen.
DUMBARTON, Scotland. July s.-A1ili-
tant suffragettes made desperate efforts
today to attract the attention of King
George and Queen Mary who are making
a tour through Scotland. At Balloch
bridge at the foot of Loeb Lomond the
women cut down all the decorations ana
at Dalmuir. ten miles from Glasgow. they
MANAGED to break out Il huge banner
bearing the words. Your majesty. stop
the forcible feeding and torturing OF
women" across the route as the process
sion arrived At the same time one
woman armed with a megaphone howled
denunciations of forcible feeding.
Neither the king nor the queen paid the
slightest attention, but the crowd who
had gathered to see their maJestles dis-
played such a hostile attitude that the
h. rt4-
treat.
Brief Respite for Mrs. Pankhurst.
LONDON, July s-The brief respite in
the militant suffragette agitation ended
today when Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
resumed command Of the forces of the
Women's Social and Political Union at
their London headquarters. Mrs Pank-
hurst, who reoccupied the offices at noon,
was, however. permitted to remain IN
active command of the mflitants Tor only
very brief period. When she emerged
from her headquarters to go to lunch the
police pounced on her and took her TO
Holloway jail.
simultaneously with the temperance of
Mrs. Pankhurst a violent scene was ere
ated in the central criminal court, where
Mrs. H. F. Alice Hall, Miss Grace Roe
Miss Julia Jameson and Miss Ellen Armes
were Drought w loi eiie'i Iva
The charge against them was "conspir-
ing with others maliciously to commit
damage and injury and to spoil certain
real and personal property of the Hege
subjects of our lord the king.
The prisoners had been arrested during
a raid on a West End fiat May Il. In
their rooms were found a new shrapnel
grenade OF ingenious manufacture, COILS
Of fuse and plans Of houses with instruc-
tons how to reach them and as to the
usual movements of the police in the
vicinity.
Two Refuse to Plead.
Miss Roe and Mrs. Hall. when brought
into court, surrounded by woman war
dens refused to plead. They threw
papers and pens from the prisoners in
closure and shouted a commentary on
their treatment in Holloway jail. Two
policemen and five woman attendants
started to carry them out Of court to the
cells below. When the judge decided to
proceed with the trial in the absence of
the two women. Mrs. Hall threw herself
on the floor and kicked policemen, and it
took several minutes to remove her.
The other prisoners pleaded not guilty.
Mrs Hall and Miss Roe were SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
each Miss Armes was found not guilty
and Miss Jameson was discharged for
lack of evidence.
The accused created further disorder
while Sir Horace Avory, the judge, was
summing up, and friends of the prison
ers shouted, You coward. you ought
to be hanged The SQUIRT was there
upon cleared.