The sun., 1917-08-30
PACIFTSTS TO FLOCK
TO NORTH DAKOTA
They Receive Invitation From
GOV. Frazier to Hold Con-
vention There.
MANY TELEGRAMS SENT
Rabbit Express Will Leave
Weehawken To-day and Make
Stops as Planned.


pacitsts. will leave Weehawken at 80
T. " to-day. bound for Fargo, y =. In
their hour OF need. following the mandate
from GOV. Durnuuist Of Minnesota.
viii h barred them from his state. they
found a friend In Gov. Frazier or Moth
Dakota. VINO tclcgraphcd to the head
quarters OF the Peoples Council al
Wesi Thirteenth street Yesterday.
The Peoples Council of America for
Democracy and Peace will he guaran-
teed their constitutional rights in North
Dakota We are ioya. ard patriotic and
believe In freedom Of speech for all peo-
pies. LYNN FRAZIER"
So to North Dakota and the little
town OF Fargo will he transferred the
activities OF the followers Of La Toilette.
DAVID Starr Jordan Morris Eiiicu,, ard
others who are cooirr for a peace which
will not put the Hohenzolerrs out Of
job The Falls Of Minnehaha Glachen
Wasser) will know them not and will
continue to laugh undisturbed by
the SO eloquent periods of Battling Bob
but the circus tent will be pitched on the
Dakota prairies within howl of the va
iorous coyote and the ferocious prairie
dog
Kept Wire. Bus..
Gov Burnquists prohibtnrl order
reached the pacifists here just as they
apulis and IL futtered the doves in their
cote Herr Louis r. Lochner and his
advisory council hurried to their offices
early Yesterday morning and began 10
trouble the telegraph wires with anxious
messagos TO the West. The situation wRs
vexatious. Here they were. all dressed
UP and no place to go. Something had
to oe done
Vehement teicgrams went to Mayor
Van Lear of Minneapolis. who was to
have been the friendly guardian OF the
pacihst convention, but Van Lear
couldn't help them over his head was
the power Of the outspoken Governor OF
Minnesota who had put his foot down
hard and fat against any assemblage
which would disgrace the name Of the
State and tend tas ne concluded) to in
cite sedition. The Mayor. ii appeared
had no stomach for a clash with the
Governor.
Anxious kilograms went to Senators
Ia Toilette and Gronna. to DR.. Jordan
and to friends OF the White Feather
throughout the North and Vert, and
finally a ray Of sunshine struck through
the clouds of gloom. II came from
North Dakota in the form Of the per
soral message from GOV Lynn Fraser
that the ,acifistk could meet there. All
other tentative plans to meet In Rabbit
Ears Col Rabbit HASH KY. Windy
Hill Md. or Peacedale. r. l.. were re-
tected promptly on the word from Friend
Frazer. Herr Lochner and his principal
associates in the pigeons pilgrimage
went into executive session to work out
the details Of the amended scheme and
were concla wing behind locked doors until
after dark last evening.
Sought Legal Vengeance.
They decided FIRST of all to have the
tx,r Il,trr .af . l.
low who was evidently no friend u lieh
vaderland nnd who had notified the
American people and Senator La Toilette
that his State was too busy getting read!
to fight Germany TO take time TO enter
tain Germanys friends Instructions
were sent TO pacifist lawyers in Minneap'
oils to try to get an order restraining
GOV Burnquist from interfering with ths
CONSTITUENT Assembly Of the People
Council of America" but nothing mucl
was expected from that move as lawyer.
here advised Lochner that BurnQuis
probably had the legal right to preven
the conference or would be able to scar
I'D . show OF legal right
The next problem was whether TO sent
1T the special train to-day--to MAKE
Q start for somewhere even II tn
SAciAsts weren't sure where they woult
6vsnEnaIly land. and 1t was prompt!
Nstsd to start the train from Weeha wkel
r. u
q his Invitation to visit North Dakot'
- mnoh the better but II something oc
cwrDd 70 make North Dakota impossibl
tAsy could hold meetings on the specia
tyain and scatter peace messages alon'
Vhaxsvsr route became feasible In
enhsdule arranged several days ago
q be followed This includes stops a
Roehester. Buffalo. Erie. Ashtaouih
Cleveland. Elyria, Sandusky. Toledo
Hrhart Chicago. Detroit and milwaukee,
Hints that trouble might be expecte
II the pacifists stopped long enough
any Of these cities ttroubie in the wa
Of cold storage eggs and vintage ve.e
tables) did not apparently alarm Nj
I,ochner and his associates; They sal
they were not looking for trouble. ha
no intention of antagonixing opponent
and would do what was possible I
avoid rows but that they were hrmi
determined to proceed with their plan
and to exercise their constitutions
rights of assemblage and Of free speech
$50 Have ReservatiOas.
The secretArys report showed thH
about $50 persons. including many rad
cal Socialists Of German birth or in
mediate descent, have made reserve
tons for the Rabbit Express. and sint
tney have paid their money for ticke
And sleeping car accommodations II
presumption was that they were eag'
20 GO through with the plan. Most
these had argued that the train ougi
20 pe sent out even IL the destinatio
was uncertain.
Al Fargo the programme arranged u
Minneapolis will be carried through
speeches by Senators La Toilette an
Gronna, DR.. David Starr Jordan Rab
Judah L. Magnes. Norris Hiilouit. A
sernon Lee Prof. H. l.. Dana and Emi
ireene Balch among others, and nve
sx DAYS OF discussion OF peace tern
drawn up by Dr. Jordan and others
ms way OF thinking
The news that the pacifsts had be-
locked out Of Minneapolis didn't exact
pease the heads OF the American A
lance for Labor and Democracy, q
union labor organization which W
NEE, in Minneapolis on September
solely for the purpose Of countsractiI
me pacihst props ganda The Gompe
organixation holds that Gov Burnqu
rnsde a mistake in barring the La F'
Jordan crowd and thinks thHt
would have been better judgment to
hem gather SO that the people cou
nave weighed them in their own balan