A SUFFRAGETTE DEAD.
, JUST RELEASED FROM GAOL. By AssociaUon-Oo'pyrielit. . . .. London, December 29. ... Mrs'. Mary Clarke;'/ sister ' of 'Mrs'. Pankhurst, the; 1 well-known . wbhieii's franchise. leader, is dead. Death: was due to heart disease. .Mrs. ..Clarke'^was.released /from■.■■gaol 011 Friday last after undergoing sonment in • connection,; with7the : . Suffragette attack on Mr.: Asouitß' pn November 22, V , Y.-:■. "'■■■ .:;■ :.'
';Tbe cable messages of Novembor22 stated:—A suffragette struck the Prime Minister;. Miv Asquith, in Parliament Square. ;The'police hurried the Premier to . a' .taxircnb, .'but the.'suffragette'hroko. the taxi-dab's, Hundreds ' of Suffragettes afterwards: invaded Downing Street, there was;;a.iwild.'struggle:: Many Women and men."- Wero. '; throwii. Mounted' police cleared -.the streets. .. The Suffragettes, are incensed, at. Mr.''Asquith' merely . proitiising .'facilities,; during the next Parliament, instead of'thß'-'next. ses* sion, for tho discussion of a freely, amend-.' able Suffrage Bill.- A' hundred and-.-fifty-, tliree 'arrests:. 'have , been.. 'i)iade.," : ' : Mr.' Birrell.- Chief Secretary foi l ' Ireland,';lia'fl. his shins. kicked, .'and his;, hat' -jammed down over his eyes. ■ ; Tho;residences of Sir.Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary); Mr! ■ Winston Churchill (Home Secretary), .Ml','' Harcourt (Secretary-for the Colonies), and Mr; -'3 ohri. Slirjis; (Prosidonfcof 1 ' the '.Local Government " Board), worq, attacked, : .The windows'- in.' several: -of. -the.; Government offices wereyalfo.'sma'sted. by the Suffragettes." V V v' :,r: ': ; - J -V'- : - ? -v
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 5
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203A SUFFRAGETTE DEAD. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 5
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