The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-03
Lowden Rushes Miitiamen
to Prevent Meet but
Is Too Late.
COMMITTEE CHOSEN
AT BRIEF SESSION
After Naming Executives
Delegates Adjourn
and Leave.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-After being driven
from three estates, the Peoples Council
Of America for Democracy and Terms
OF Peace perfected Il formal OrganiZa- :
ton at ~ public meeting in Chicago
today.
The. session was held under pro-
lection OF the police acting under or
ders from Mayor William Hale ThOmp-
son. which were in defiance of Cover
nor Frank O. I4owden. Four companies
OF national g,lardsmen, rushed from
the state capital on Il special train to
prevent the meeting, arrived after it
had adjourned, its purpose accomp-
lishcd.
Mayor Orders Council Protected.
The clash in authority between
Mayor Thompson and Governor
Lowden came as Il result of the action
OF the police IN breaking up the paci-
fists meeting yesterday on orders
from the governor.
When the mayor heard Of this he
declared that the governor had en-
cecded his authority and inltilediatciy
instructed Chief of Police Schuettler
to permit the meeting and to give the
delegates every protection.
When the paclfists heard of the
mayors action this morning, imlnedi-
ate preparations were made to hold the
meeting which had been prevented in
Minnesota, North Dakota and Wiscon-
sin and had been forbidden as unpa :
triotic and dis!oyal by the governor OF
Illinois.
Police Guard Meeting.
Assured of the protection OF the po-
lice the delegates gathered shortly at
err noon. a score of patrolmen were on
guard duty inside and outside the
building and 50 more were held near
~ to suppress any disorder. The del
sgates we're called to order by seymour
Stedman, former Socialist candidate
for governor of Illinois, as temporary
chairman.
No Troops Near Chicago.
In the meantime, Governor Lowder
had been notified of the defiance. OF
his orders and Immediately called
Adjutant General Dickson of Illinois
into conference. 1t was found that as
most of the Illinois national guards
men had been federalized, the gover-
nor had no troops at his disposal il
the Chicago district
Four companies of the Ninth regi-
ment of the Illinois national guard
who had not been federali2ed were as
sembled at Springfield and started fo
Chicago on special train. Adjutant
General Dickson, who accompanied
the troops, had orders to break up tn
meeting at once on his arrival II
Chicago.
Committee Appointed.
The pacifists appointed the follow
ing executive committee
y Seymour Stedman of Chicago, }.
Works, former United States senator
of Los Angeles; James II. Maurer
Reading. Q. members of the Pennsyi
yania legislature; Professor Scot
Nearing, of Toledo; Jacob Panken 0
New York: Morris Hiliquit. of New
York; Professor II. w. l.. Dana, co
lumbia University; NJ. A. Toohy
Toledo: Mrs. W. !. Thomas, Chicago
national secretary of the Woman
Peace party; George BoeWen of Bos
tom: Frank Stevens. Arden. Delaware
Leila Faye Secor, Of New York. Rebec
ca Shelly, New York; Elizabeth Free
man, New York, and DR.. II. w. Waltz
Cleveland.
Committees also were appointed o.
American liberties, economic condi
tions, revolutions and peace terms.
"Worst Thing in History"
W. f. Mason, congressman t-larg
from Illinois. addressing the dele
gates, declared there was more miser
in the country today than at any tim
since bunker Hill. "But no wors
thing ever happened in the history Q
the United States he said. than
happening now when people like 70
are branded as criminals and denie
the right of free assembly"
lie also declared that the only peo
f, ple who welcomed the war were tn
: bankers and editors. and denouncc
conscription and the sending of troop
to France.
Condemns Governor.
j. y. Works of Los Angeles said:
Il have never seen the time Whe
the governor of state issued ir
structions to prevent the assembly I
peaceful people. l wonder il demot