Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1913 — Militant Dies as Result of Effort to Stop Derby. [ARTICLE]

Militant Dies as Result of Effort to Stop Derby.

London, June B.—Emily Wilding Davison, the first martyr to the militant efforts of women to obtain the suffrage, died today at the Epsom hospital as the result of a fracture of the skull, sustained in an attempt to stop the king’s horsey Anmer, during the running of the Derby on Wednesday. Only the matron of the hospital and two nurses were present at the death bed. A few moments before her death two comrades draped the screen surrounding the cot with the fateful colors of the Women’s Society and Political union, which she wore when she made her sensational attempt to interfere with the great classic of the British turf. Miss Davfsson had evidently expected to gain the track at Tattenham Corner in time to intercept and scatter the field, but was detained a moment by a spectator who tried to restrain her. She reached the track in time to be struck by the king’s horse, which was running in the ruck. The woman tamed a complete somersault, coming down across thelegs of Jockey Jones, who had been left prone and unconscious after the fall of his mount She struck on her head, and it was believed at first that her thick hair had saved her from more than concussion, but a later examination showed a fracture of the base of the skull. An operation was performed but the case was hopeless. Miss Davison was noted for her daring feats in behalf of militancy. One of her earliest exploits was to barricade herself in a cell,"and she was only subdued with the aid of a fire hose. On another occasion she cast herself down a flight of stairs in jail and was seriously Injured. She was one of the most persistent invaders of the house of commons, which she gained at one time by way of the air-shaft. Her last exploit before the fatal Epsom incident was the assault of a Baptist clergyman in the belief that he was Chancellor Lloyd George The inquest will be held Tuesday. The funeral will take place in London and members of the Women’s Political and Soeial union will take a prominent part

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Associate titles were conferred upon the largest number of candidates at one time since the founding of the University of Chicago at the junior college class exercises held Friday in Mandel hall. The title was bestowed upon 186 candidates. Of those who received the associate title eighty-two were women students and eighty-four were men.