Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-08
Public Sentiment Aroused
Over 0utrages Commit
ted by Women.
BREAK UP GATHERINGS
Man Found in Buckingham Pal
ace Not Suffragete Agent,
hut Simply a Drunk.

| London, England, June S.-Publfo
anger at suffraget outrages are ex-
pressed daily with more vehemence
throughout Great Britain Reports
from the provinces show that suffraget
meetings yesterday were generally
broken up and the women threatened
with violence.
At Ilford. near London. speakers
were hit with tomatoes and other mis-
siles, and an unsuccessful attempt
made by a crowd under the leadership
of a woman to upset wagon from
which suffraget was speaking.
The orators escaped into the resi-
dence of the local leader of the mill
tants crowd. Afterward the crowd
pelted the house with stones and
broke every window in the place.
King and Queen Annoyed.
King George and Queen Mary had
hardly taken seats at the international
horse show. at Olympia this afternoon
when young suffraget rose in the
stalls opposite and screamed denun-
citation of the forcible feeding of suf.
fraget prisoners. She was elected by
the police after a fierce struggle. mo
peace to King George or Queen Mary"
is the latest order from the headquar-
ters of the militant suffragets.
Later in the day two -MnaleB at -op-
posite ends of the arena harangued
the royal box and appealed to the King
to stop a forcible feeding. Angry
shouts were raised by the crowd as
the suffragets were elected. A wom-
an giving the name of Mrs. Wander
house. an American, appeared at the
American embassy today and made
noisy demands for a conference with
Ambassador Page. She said she was
among a deputation of suffragets
broken sup while attempting to march
to buckingham palace May 81.
Man With Jag Invades Palace.
Harry Pike, who yesterday invaded
palace, is not a suffraget
according to the attorney
for the prosecution who appeared
against him in police court today The
man, who clambered over the 1O-foot
spiked wall which surrounds the pal
ace and eluded sentinels, police guards
and servants, did so while under the
influence of liquor, and without an ul-
,erior object, said the lawyer After
overcoming obstacles and evading
Pike strolled about a long
line in the interior of the palace.
which he explored from the basement
o the sixth floor.
Dons Servants Suit.
1t was only when he entered an &C.
,upied room that he was discovered
md arrested. He had changed his
clothing in one of the chambers for a
uit of servant, as he had torn and
oiled his own clothes by climbing
he wall and crawling across the
rounds. *
The magistrate remanded the prfs-
ner week for further inquiry. In a
written statement Pike detailed his
dventures in the palace, mentioned
hat his wife was in America, and that
e had been drinking ever since she
eft England. He is an automobile
lechanic.
American Woman Jailed.
Mary Fouston, an American, arrest
d with several others yesterday for
disturbance, when arraigned today
referred two weeks in Jail to a bond
( $50. guaranteeing her good behavior
Or six months. She announced her in
ention of beginning hunger strike.
'scar Fouston. her husband. was in
ourt with his wife when the decision
anne. He informed the magistrate he
'as a suffragist.
Men armed with rifles. and accom-
anied by bull dogs, have been placed
n guard at a number OF ancient struc-
lres in the country to prevent vandat-
sm by suffragets.
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