Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-08
Suffrage Speakers in Famous
Parks Of England Pelted
and Nearly Stripped
CHURCH IS SCENE
OF MILITANT CHANT
Demonstration at the Horse
Show Ends Quickly; Expect i.
Trouble Wednesday

London, June S.-Arraigned in Bow
Street police court today, Harry Pike,
who was caught early Sunday proving
about the inside of Buckingham palace,
the royal residence here, told the mag
istrate his exploit was the result merely
of bravado due to drink.
~ am no criminal, " he assured the
court in eontrte tones. "My plan was
simply to prove that it was possible to
enter the palace. If / had been myself,
of course, shouldn t have done it.
Despite his explanation, he was re-
manded for a week pending further
investigation into his antecedents The
police theory at first was that he was
suffragette sympathzer He was
charged with being found on enclosed
premises for unlawful purposes.
The king and queen were in the pal
ace at the time Pike paid his visit.
He was in the servants quarters when
arrested but to get to them had passed
close to the queens apartments.
Though the suppOsition that Pike
was worker in the suffragette cause
seemed to be wrong, real suffragettes
did keep the police fully occupied yes
terday
In many cases the bluecoats had hard
work to save the militants from viol
ence They have, as a matter of fact,
many sympathizers, but in the crowds
their demonstrations gather they have
also numerous opponents. Also there is
to be reekoned with the hoodlum ele-
ment which is eager to seize an oppor-
tunity for manhandling someone from
pure love of mischief.
Women Are Pelted.
On Hampstead Heath and Chaplain
common, in Hyde Park and elsewhere,
women speakers were pelted, stands
were upset, attempts were made to
duck and beat their occupants and sew
eral militants were nearly stripped by
mobs before the policemen could get
them to places of safety
Especially exciting scenes were en-
acted in Westminster Cathedral and
Church of Oratory, where attempts
were made by suffragette demonstra-
tors to interrupt the services.
The incident at the Cathedral was
brief, the vergers quickly expelling a
woman who, entering one of the pull
pits, startled the congregation by
shouting: "In the presence of the
Blessed Sacrament, protest against
the forcible feeding of women"
Trouble in Churches.
AT the Church of Oratory there was
more trouble, a good sized band OF
militants chanting "God save Emily
Pankhurst and all our noble pr soners
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!"
There were too many of them to bt
elected, and confusion continued fol
some time, in the course of which one
suffragette received blow on the most
from woman worshipper, bathing hel
face in blood.
At the Horse Show this Afternoon
there was still another demonstration
q militant rising from a seat near tn,
royal box with a shout of protes
against foreible feeding She was hus
tied out by the police before she haC
uttered more than few words.
The police looked for serious troubl,
Wednesday, when Miss Sylvia Pank
hurst is scheduled to lead the suffra
gette demonstration to see Premier As
Quith. The premier had no intention
of receiving the party, and in a speecl
in East London last night Miss Pank
hurst called for volunteers to assis
her in an effort to reach him foreibly
The king was present at the hors
show at the time of the incident, an,
it was to him that the suffragette trie,
to address herself. Later, two othe
women tried the same thing. but bot
were elected