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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 7 May 1913, Page 5

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THE SUFFRAGETTES. DESIGNS ON THE DOCKYARDS. i . \ (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Assooiatuk . London, May (i. Mr Bodkin, counsel for the prosecution in the suffragette conspiracy case, detailed a scheme submitted to Mrs Drummond, costing £2O, whereby the dockyards could bo fired, causing a 20,000 damage. Nina Boyle and Annie Munroe, billers of the Women’s Freedom League, have been arrestd in connection a ith the meeting in Hyde Park. ‘ ‘THE SHEER AG ETTE. ’ ’ Drew has apologised and promised not to print further for suffragettes. He was bound over in a surety of £ISOO. The rest of those arrested were remanded and bailed out, except Mrs Drummond and Miss Kennew, who shouted that they would hunger strike. • IN THE COMMONS. The suffragette debate in the House of Commons was apathetic. Many speakers emphasised that militancy had given the movement a strong setback. Mr Arnold Ward moved the rejection of the Bill. , Fourteen suffragist Commoners have circularised their colleagues that while they support the second reading of Dickinson’s Bill they will vote against the third reading unless an amendment is carried to bring the measure in line with the original Conciliation Bill, FINES IMPOSED ON RIOTERS. (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, May 6. The Trafalgar Square rioters were fined £2 10s to £5. AN AMAZING RECORD. (Received 9.5 a.m.) London, May 6. Since the outset, 1000 members' of the Women’s Social Political Union have been arrested; 209 have gone on a hunger strike; 124 have been forcibly fed,; and £165,000 have been subscribed to the Union’s fund. RESORTING TO POISONING. (Received 9.5 a.m.) , , v , | , ■ London, May 6. Mrs Asheton Cross, whose champion Pekingese dog was poisoned on April 13th has received an anonymous letter stating that the writer was sorry the pretty dog had been sacrificed, hut the same course would he followed with every valuable racehorse until votes for women were granted. THE BURNING OF A CHURCH. (Received 9.50 a.m.) London, May 6. Saint Catherine’s Church at New Cross was totally burned. The hassocks were saturated with oil. Three women were within prior to the outbreak. BOMB IN THE GRAND HOTEL. A woman was seen placing a bomb with a lighted fuse in the Grand Hotel, but the police extinguished it. ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH. (Received 11.55 a.m.) London, May 6. In connection with the destruction of Saint Catherine’s Church it is stated that there had been no fire in the church for a fortnight and that the gas had not been lighted for two days. The flames enveloped the building in a few minutes. The vicar suggests that the woman hid in the cupboards at night. The amounts to many thousands of pounds. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BOMB. In the bomb outrage the constable who witnessed it made an attempt to 'capture the woman. He was unable afterwards to discover the bomb, which was momentarily deposited in a dust heap.