The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-08
Midday Mass Interrupted

steps and turned her over to the police. The woman declined to give her name.
 Midday Mass Interrupted
 A band of militants interrupted the mid day mass in the Church of the Oratory by chanting: God save Emmeline Plank hurst 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.'
 Great disorder ensued. suffragette rose and started prayer, but she scarce ly had uttered a word when woman worshipper clapped her hands over the mouth of the suffragette. The suffra- gettes 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 sidewalk. where well dressed woman hit militant sister in the face, which bled profusely. The crowd cheered. Two of the suffragettes were arrested. They refused to give their names.
 The growing hostility of the public to- ward militant suffragettes was shown by assaults today on several open-air meet ings Speakers were mobbed, stands were torn down and the women were saved by tthe police from duckings or beatings. A crowd at Hampstead Heath knocked over the platform from which a party of mill itant suffragettes were to speak and scattered the suffragettes in all directions. They tried to drag two of the women to pond for a ducking but the police res- cued them.
 A similar scene occurred on Clapham Common When militant suffragette 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. a Sylvia Pankhurst, at meeting in the East End of London tonight, declared that when she went to see Premier As- quith next Wednesday she would ask for a deputation to accompany her, not only to plead with the premier but to threaten him.
 Man Found in Palace
 sensational incident of the day was the discovery of young man, who gave his name as Harry Pike. in Buckingham palace, where the royal family spent Sun day. In the early hours of the morning Pike entered the palace. as he explained afterward, to prove that entrance could be easily effected. He. sealed the wall and wandered through the corridors for sometime Once he was near the Queens apartment He finally was discovered, however, and overpowered in the serv- ants quarters. He will be arraigned to- morrow on a charge of having been found on enclosed premises for unlawful pur- poses. This is the only offense provable against him so far as the evidence shows.
 There is, nothing to show that Pike is connected with the women's suffrage movement. He gave his occupation as an engineer.
 Notwithstanding the heavy guard of soldiers and police who are supposed to patrol the grounds closely. Pike scaled the palace wall and climbed into base ment window. szsfss <. ~,
 The exploit of Pike caused great a1Sym, and also brought forth a deal of critt- cism of the system of guarding the palace
 Wild scenes followed the ejectment of the suffragettes from the Church. of the Oratory. One of the women lay. down at full lengthsson the steps of the church and refused to move Her mouth had been injured by blow from mans fist. People trampled past and across her prostrates form. Her hat was torn off and her dress dis ordered and muddied. Finally the po- lice arrested her with several others of the disturbers. All of them later were discharged except two. Christine An drews and an American. Mrs. Mary F. Austin. whose husband bailed her out.