Evening star., 1915-08-01
CHANGERS BALK
ARMS RESOLUTION
Attempts to Force Action by
Labor Peace Counsel
Held Up.
MYSTERIOUS MONEY USED
FOR DELEGATES EXPENSES
They Admit Receiving It, But
Source Is Kept Quiet-Ger-
mans Attending

Seek ing to force peace in Europe b.
placing embargoes on about every
thing that goes out of the country
members of Labor's National Peac
Council disputed among themselves al
the afternoon and well into the nigh
yesterday at meeting held at the New
Willard Hotel. The meetings will b.
continued this morning at 10 o'clock.
A number of German American ant
Teutonic societies were represented
aside from the state grangers. VIII
We're the ones who put up the fgh
which has delayed the proceedings
The stand of the grangers was tina
they were not going to be rushed t
take action.
Rumors that German money wa
being spent freely in an effort to tie vi
the state grangers and use their NAM
as backing the peace council wer'
heard in various sources, and were no
denied. Some of the grangers ever
admitted that their expenses would b.
paid, but declared that they did no
know where the money was coming
from. However, no one could be fount
who was willing to admit the source o
the money which is being spent.
There were about fifty or sixty in at
tendance at the conference. Abou
thirty of these were state granger:
who had been called to the meeting D!
Oliver Wilson of Peoria. ILL.,, master o.
the National Grange. The connections
of the others were hard to ascertain
many of them saying they represented
business men of certain towns.
Teutonic Sons There.
There was a furry at the meeting
when report was spread that one O
the members of the resolutions com
mittee was representative OF the Bel
gian legation. The member was sough
out, and his name and connection:
asked He produced his card. which
bore in large black-faced type the name
of the Teutonic Sons of America 10
Gated at Chicago. Ill. The man was }
F. Hummel, supreme chancellor com
mander of the society, according 10 th'
card.
The election of officers occupied
part of yesterdays session. accordlni
to H. T. Fowler of Illinois. forme
in Congress, who Is on
of the prime movers of the conference
being its attorney. Oliver Wilson wa
eected chairman. DIR. l.. +. Strabue o
Chicago secretary. and Ernest Bonn
of New York treasurer.
All of the sessions of the counci
exception of a brief time last night
when Hannis Taylor spoke. Mr. Taylo
came to give the conference his Views oI
international law with regard to the
shipment of war munitions.
He charged that for one cause IN
United States has for war with Ger
many there are thirty causes for wa
with Great Britain.
"Only by a policy of absolute impair
tiality toward all belligerents can W.
preserve the peace with all of them. III
said.
Balk Resolutions.
When the meeting opened yestefda.
afternoon everything seemed to- be pre-
pared for the passage of the resolu
tions demanding of the government
that it place embargoes both on mum
tions and foodstuffs. Mr.. Fowler an
nounced that the resolutions would b'
passed during the afternoon and copies
would be given out, but during TN
afternoon and night he admitted tina
the resolutions could not be passed
The grangers would not permit 1t b!
their votes, and they wanted until DC
tober l to consider the action. The!
admitted that they wanted peace. bu
they frankly declared that they Wer'
not going to be rushed into permitting
the name of the grange to be used il
connection with something that the!
knew nothing about.
The grangers freely admitted tina
they were called to the conference b!
National Master Wilson. but were ig
norant of it's purpose. Until they ar
rived here and went into the meetint
they did not know the reason for thu
call issued by Mr.. Wilson.
Just before the evening session wa
called to order the grangers held :
caucus and decided that they woul'
not be rushed into voting favorably OF
the resolutions. copies of which the.
obtained And they went into the ex
ecutive session for fight. Within
few minutes after the doors had beel
closed motion was made to adjourn
until 10 o'clock this morning and tn,
discussion started, lasting until nearl!
midnight
When the doors were opened afte
the evening session the grangers ant
other representatives were standing
around in groups arguing their various
positions. The labor or business rep
resentatives cautioned the granger,
to keep quiet, because newspapermeI
were in the room. but Joseph A. Peck
ham, master of the Rhode Island Stat
Grange, called out:
I'VE grangers have nothing to hide
1t is you people who are trying to de
the hiding"
Then he and others continued theil
arguments.
Mr.. Fowler and his followers refused
to make known any part of the reso
lutions, but the grangers frankly gave
out the purpose of the resolutions. A
resolution, of which Mr.. Fowler is de
clared to be the author, was displayed
by granger, who said It was one o.
those to be acted upon, states:
Proposed Resolutions.
That we recommend to Congress tn.
passage of a law authorizing the gov.
ernment to take over the manufacture
and sale of all instruments and muni.
tions of war and that we further
recommend the speedy passage of 4
law comforting upon the President thu
right to issue an embargo upon al
contra band
The position of the granRerS. VIII,