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Show ill RIOTS IN Li Women Smash All the Lower Windows In Asquith's Home London. Nov. 23. The rioting of the suffragettes yesterday, which began be-gan with an assault on Premier As-quith. As-quith. continued throughout the night Driven from one district, so many of the women as escaped would gather at another point and renew the battle. bat-tle. Advancing under cover of the fog, at 2:30 o'clock this morn bis, a mili-j mili-j tarn; band circumvented the ollce 1 and stormed the AKqulth residence ! in Downing street. They hurk-d stones ! and meUl weights at the hniiye, break i ing the glass In all of the lower win-I win-I dowR. ' Earlier In the night the women smashed the windows in the homes of Sir Edward Giey, the foreign secretary, sec-retary, Louis Harcourl, secretary of stale for the colonics, and Winston I Spencer Churchill, the home secrc-tary. secrc-tary. - -.. - , Augustine Blrrell. the veteran chief 1 secretary for Ireland, vyas the victim of the most vicious and serious as sanlt. As a result of injuries from blows and kicks, the aged statesman Is todav confined to h'.s bed and tinder the care of physicians. Mr. Klrrell was maklag his way on foot through SL James park to the Athaenum club, when he was set upon up-on by the women and soundly beaten j Tollco lescued him and helped him to a motor car in which he was taken , home. 1 One hundred and fifty-six women : rtnd two men who took part In yesterdays yes-terdays riot were arraigned In the How street polirc court this morning. At the direction of Home Secretary Churchill, those charged morel with 1 objmiction were discharged 1 Tho others against whom there are complaints com-plaints of assault and wilful damage of properly, have been roniandod to jail to he held for sentence later. Most of the women prisoners appeared ap-peared In court CRrryin? bags containing con-taining a chanve of clothes, hopeful of the glory of martyrdom In Jail. : Some brought their knitting and, plying ply-ing their needles busily during the proceedings, greatly amused the spectators. spec-tators. Among those held for punishment was Mrs JIaverfield. daughter of I Lord Ablnger, who, according to tho testimony introduced, had promised to bring a revolver with her 011 tho occasion of the next suffragette dem- 1 onstratlon. |