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Show SUFFRAGETS THREATEN TRADE Hundreds of Women Join in Window Smashing Campaign In London's Fashionable Shopping Center. London. Ilecause the coal miners had been able to gain government recognition rec-ognition of their grievances by threatening threat-ening the business of tho country, the suffragets late Friday entered upon a policy of menace to trade. They carried It out suddenly and with an ardor that reunited in heavy financial losses, brought consternation consterna-tion to merchants of the most prosperous pros-perous shopping districts of the city and paralyzed business. Before the police were able to muster their forces and restrain the women, streets were covered with shattered plate glass from the show windows of stores. It was a window-breaking expedition j solely and a thoroughly organized one. , Hundreds of windows In muny of the famous shops of the world and several . government offices and clubs were ' wrecked by the suffragets. The dam-ago dam-ago will segregate thousands of , pounds, but is largely covered by insurance in-surance against breakage. One hundred and fifteen women were dragged to tho police stations by police or excited and Indignant merchants. mer-chants. Many others, however, escaped. es-caped. All those arrested were re- leased on bail, coupled with promises to refrain from further window-break- ln V |