Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
M|L|TANTS EXTEND
THEIR INVASION To
CATHOLIC c 4 j RICH
God Save Emmelire Pank'
hurst" Is Chanted-Scenes
of Wild Disorder
Follow.

London, June 7-Suffragettes for the
first time to-day invaded Catholic
churches and created scenes by at
tempting to harangue the congrega-
tons Worship was disturbed in both
Westminster Cathedral and the Church
Of the Oratory, Brompton.
Father Bernard Vaughan had Just
taken his place in the pulpit in West
minister Cathedral for the evening
service when a woman rushed up the
steps into another pulpit and waving
her arms toward the altar shrieked:
! I'm the presence Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment I protest against the forcible
! feeding of women" She was we'll
dressed and apparently a woman of re-
! inement.
Murmurs Of protest at the sacrilees
ran through the edlnce One of tho
women worshippers tried to persuade
the suffragcttc to descend from the
pulpit, but she remained there waving
her arms and shrieking incoherently
until the vergers forcibly dragged her
to the doors Of the cathedral where
she was turned over to the police.
band Of militant suffragettcs inter-
ruptod the midday mass in the Church Of
incline Pankhurst and all our noble pris-
onors; 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"
scene Of great disorder ensued A
suffragette rose and started a prayer, but
she had scarcely uttered word when a
woman worshlpper clapped her hands
over the mouth Of the suffragette.
DISORDER IN CHURCH.
Struggling nercey and shouting loudly
the suffragettes We're forced out of the
church by ushers and male parshoners.
Many of the members of the congrega-
ton followed the evicted suffragettes to
the sidewalk, where a well-dressed woman
hit a militant sister in the face.
The crowd cheered the woman who
struck the blow Only two Of the suffra-
gcttes who caused the disorder were ar
rested
The growing hostility on the part
of the public toward the militant suf-
fragettes was shown by assaults to-
day on several open air meetings
Speakers were mobbed. stands were
torn down and the women were saved
by the police from duckings or beat
Ings. a crowd at Hamsptead heath
tried to drag two of the women to
a pond for a ducking, but the police
rescued them.
Sylvia Pankhurst in a speech de-
livered at n meeting in the east end
of London tonight declared that when
she went to see Premier AsQuith next
Wednesday she would ask for a de-
putation to accompany her not only
TO plead with the premier but to
threaten him.
YOUTH FOUND IN PALACE.
a sensational incident of the day was
the discovery of a young man. who gave
: his name as Harry Pike. in buckingham
4 Palace, whore the royal family spent
l Sunday. In the morning Pike entered the
l palace, as he explained, afterward tC
f prove that entrance could be gained
= easily. He scaled the wall and wandered
! through the corridors for some time
Once he was near the Queens apart
=, ment. He was discovered and over
- powered in the servants quarters. He will
i be arraigned tomorrow in the Bow
l. street police court on a charge Of having
. been found on enclosed premises for uni
4 lawful purposes. This is the only offens(
provable against him so far as the evil
dence shows.
/ Pike was ignorant of the interior Of
, the palace and had several adventurej
j., while wandering about inside. NotwithI
= standing the heavy guard OF soldier
and police who are supposed to patrd
the grounds closely Pike scaled TIL
: palace wall and climbed through a baseI
l. ment window on the north side of TIL
building, in which Queen Mary has he|
t apartment. lie entered several of TIL
vacant rooms and in one changed hill
$ clothing which was torn and soileI
= through scaling the wall and crawinl
= alon the driveway to reach the palac|
l. building The suit he exchanged for hi
Y own belonged to one of the servants.
n Pike was discovered when he opened
!. .the door of a room where a servant wal
sleeping.