Show SUFFRAGETTES ATTENDED I BENT ON MAKING TROUBLE Acid Ac d Thrown in Election Booth in London Unionists Win WinI I a Victory V London Oct 28 The today in the Bermondsey divis division division division ion of a parliamentary borough of London which was char characterized characterized characterized by the most militant attack the suffragettes have yet ventured to make in their struggle for votes for women resulted in a sweeping victory for the Unionists John Unionist won the fight with a plurality of overcoming the Liberal majority of 1759 in 1906 The vote follows I Hughes Liberal Dr A Salter Socialist 1435 L a The unionist victory vi tory is la considered a se severe severe vere reverse to the supporters of the bud hud budget get got as 88 the election n was expected to afford a good test toot of the feeling In London and the country generally on the Impending struggle In parliament Bermondsey Bermond ey has been a doubtful con constituency for years sometimes returning a 14 candidate and sometimes a Ii union unionist let lat but three years ago the election re rest reSt reFu st Fu ted fed f th jl i a liberal landslide For the thelast thelast last fw tw T a strong fight has been boon WA d a ti th r of the three th e partir t it 11 n Ily resolved Itself lf Into I a ques lU st if Cf r the budget against thc th tar tarI L I iff ref n and aad id whatever the outcome be 4 t was looked upon as forc ast I ing the result of or o a general election should that be held The militant suffragettes were early on the scene and after adopting numerous expedients to harass harase the election officers and those most closely identified with th the election Mrs Mra Chapin one of the best known of the organization slipped into one of the th booths and an l smashed a bottle containing a corrosive acid upon a ballot box with the evident Intention of ruining the tho ballots a large number of which had already been deposited The acid add spattered over the officials and the broken glass cut their hands and faces f ces but the ballots were practically un undamaged undamaged Undamaged damaged Later In the day another suf suffragette suffragette suffragette fragette made a similar attack on a bal bai ballot ballot bailot lot box but with no more success titan than n I Mrs Irs Chapin Both Beth women were arrested |