Arizona republican., 1917-08-31
PEACE DELEGATES ARE BARRED FROM
 HUDSON, WIS.
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HUDSON, Wis. Aug. 30.-Secretary Lochner, of the Peoples Peace Coun cil; Publicity Agent Charles Kruse, of the New York Brotherhood Welfare association; Miss Florence Margolcs of New York, president of the Work CTS Council; her woman secretary and a woman stenographer from the head quarters of the National Peoples Council were run out of Hudson to- night by mob estimated to number 1000. They were not harmed owing to an impassioned appeal from County Attorney N. O.. Varnum, who urged the mob to let them go quietly and not commit violence. The action of the crowd was preceded by mass meet ing at which speeches were made by Ma jor Sam Campbell. veteran of the civil war; Mayor Condit and others and at which resolutions were adopted protesting aginst the peace confer ence.
 From this meeting the mob went to the hotel where Charles KruZ Miss Margolcs and two other women were sitting in the lobby. Major Campbell shook a petition beneath the nose of
 MT Kruse protesting against the con- ference and demanded that he sign it. Kruse declined.
 Get a rope" someone shouted. Get
 the tar and feathers" said another.
 The crowd pressed forward and a half
 dozen hands were laid on Kruse.
 County Attorney Varnum jumped on chair and succeeded in restoring
 quiet on the promise of Kruse and the
 women to leave town at once. Five
 minutes later they were bundled into
 an automobile and rushed to the depot
 where they were placed aboard a train
 for Minneapolis.
 Beyond hooting and hissing at them
 no violence was offered on the way to
 the depot. Secretary Lochner told the
 driver of the car that they were through with Hudson and would not try to hold their meeting here. Previous to the mass meeting the city council held a special meeting and adopted a resolution forbidding the peace council to hold any meeting or convention in the city.
 MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 3O.-Plans fol holding the national peace convention of the Peoples Council of America al | Hudson, Wis. were virtually aban- doned tonight by Louis P. Lochner executive secretary of the council, who returned here shortly before midnigh lTOil 1uuSOiL where ne was escorted | to a train by citizens
 Where the meeting will be held now | is problematical, MT. -Lochner said 1 He stated that Milwaukee and Chicago were under consideration, but until hs | hears from members of the counci | TOW en route from New York on l special train, no decision will be made We went to Hudson to state ou l position to the mayor and city coun | cil," said MT. Lochner on his arriva | here.
 When we arrived there we wer, told that the mayor and council wer, | discussing our proposed meeting il executive session.
 | The mayor refused to see us at tha | time and later called me on the tele l phone, saying that the council had n, | desire to hear what we had to say Louis P. Lochner, executive secre- | tary of the organization said Hudson 1 had been selected as the convention | city after he had made a personal in | spection of it's facilities for stagint the gathering and received assurance, 1 from leading citizens of the council | welcome there. When shown Governo (Continued on Page Two)