Nearly mobbed in England, but given keys to city in America
London, February 23,
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst , the militant suffragette, who has declared that she was responsible for the dynamite explosion which recently wrecked the home in Surrey of David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, met with a mixed reception at a meeting held last night in the Chelsea Town Hall under the auspices of the Women's Social and Political Union. When Mrs. Pankhurst appeared on the platform, she was greeted with groans, hisses, yells, and cheering and only a large force of police in the hall prevented the hostile section of the audience from attacking her. When she left the hall Mrs. Pankhurst twitted the authorities for being afraid to take advantage of her assumption of responsibility for the blowing up of Mr. Lloyd George's house and send her to jail.
Woman Suffrage Bill Defeated in New Brunswick
St John New Brunswick,
Suffragettes to the number of dozen descended on the provincial legislature in Fredericton yesterday to lobby in favor of women who have the right to vote in municipal elections to have the same rights applied to provincial elections.
The resolution for leave to introduce a bill extending the privileges given to women property owners and tax payers in local elections was moved by Donald Munroe of Carleton County and seconded by F D Swimm of Northumberland County.
The opposition was led by Colonel Sheridan of Kent and LPD Tilley of St John. After a stirring debate the motion was lost by 21 to 10. During the debate the ladies occupied seats in the gallery. Premier Fleming voted in support of he motion to introduce the bill.
Pilgrims to Washington are Having a Hard Time
Havre de Grace, Maryland.
With slightly depleted forces, General Rosalie Jones' little band of suffragist pilgrims straggled into Havre de Grace just at dusk, last evening, after a day's march over the worst and muddiest road the army has encountered since it started last week on the March to Washington. Three of the hikers were missing when the main body reached there. They are believed to have taken refuge at farm houses along the way. So bad was the walking in stretches that the troops took to the fields along the road. By the time they reached Northeast, where a brief stop was made for luncheon, the marchers looked more like mud images than women. To add to their troubles, the commissary automobile suddenly took fire at the side of the road but it was quickly extinguished, but for the slightest of damage to either the car or contents. At Perryville, just across the Susquhanna River, they were met by a committee of citizens and headed by a brass band, then they marched to city hall, where Mayor Webber made an address and presented the keys to the city to General Jones. Later there was a public meeting where Jones and others spoke. The missing Pilgrims marched into town shortly after nine o'clock. One of them was Colonel Ida Craft, who fell behind early in the day because of a swollen ankle and badly blistered feet.
