Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-03
'AC|F|STS RUN THORNY
CHASE FOR THEIR Dove
Patri"tic Pilgrims" in Decorate ed
capital Give Cold Shoulder To
Advocates Of Peace.
'.zNATOR LODGE PUNCHES JAW
r'ncriy Statesman From Mnssachu-
Nctts Sends His Constituent Sprawl
ing Across Capitol Floor To Provo
himself No Coward"
NE Nssnclnicl D..

hihScll NO "COwaru."
tBy Associated ircas
WASHINGTON. April 2-iaciiis;s
3"h" came 10 WASHINGTON by the
thousand to-day under the guidance Of
'hc Emergency Peace Federation to
6protest TO Congress against war had 81
'"rnui"n' time. The capital. bedccitcd
R"ith the national coIors and overflow
'hr With patriotic enthusiasm. CAV" Tho
ah""'" advocates anything hut Il cor
3diai reception.
va lhr streets the whit" arm bands
B"pd wv" Want Peace" strcalncrs Of
'nc visitors drew frequent j""rs. Al
asp" capitol. patriotic pilgrims" from
'"r'"us cities went over the same
Scohrsc rs tho pachsts. urging m",n'.crr
6ot Congress to uphold the hand of tho
!rc,ident and the honor Of the nation.
Ih"r" we're various disorders. tho
QfH"S' sensational incident Of tn" day
Blo'lo"inc "a call at the Office of Senator
l."dr", III" veteran legislator from
Massachusetts,. by 81 pacihs, group fr"ru
khis state. The Senator MAS called to
ms door To hear the arguments Of the
visitors There were harsh words. and
NElen blows were exchanged between
'hc Senator - aged si:.ty-scv"n ;tnh
Alexander W Bannwart. ,hiriy-six
years Old, born in Switzerland %
Gn"ISH-GermHn parents. Senator Lodge
fscnt h's antagonist 10 tn" floor with
blow 10 tho Jazz. and While the Office
pforc" was clearing away tho other
bnacihsts. a young man IA tho corridor
lpurnneied hannwar; vigorously be
foro turning him over for beating ~
he ha nds Of David T.. Herman. half
grown telegraph messenger.
htlEtSED ON $1,000 n>II.
ron ArPEtItA TODAY
Then the Capitol police approached.
Wand ii"un"art vor% bloody, was locked
Enp, charged with assault. Later h"
"as released ON $1,000 cash hril FOR
MS appearancc to-'0orrow morning in +
t'"!ice c"urt
fannwa"t for some time has oc.u
promoter and sccrcIary OF tn" wood. /.
row Wilson Independence "rrj!" uf .
Niassachusctis iic w.s graduated -! .
lt"5 from Princeton University,
~ soon as the puoiRAtz began - ar .
five to-day they we're sent to I,nitol .
|'iil ny thcir leaders. nud told 20 500
On" Senators and Representatives. FROM
thcN S;1'es. IN" capitol nui rh'
rouse and Scnato cGI," BUILDINGS ut
orally swarmcj Win them for s"Vcra .
hours 1t Vas during this period that
bannwar; ana several associates called .
~ the nnicc al senator Lod@" Nmonc
ntherS he said w'r" with him "as Roy
icnrcc l.. Parker. Of SorurrvIlc Mass
hcy T. II Drake. NJ CHRIST church
h"rchcst"r. Mass. aud Mr. y ~! yea
BODY, % Cambridge
senator Lodge senator WrcE~ ana
others who saw tn. encounter say
Bannwa-t struck rist az the ruuclu- .
.'>a OF voiiey % remarks IN which
Darnwart called tho senator \ 'd---n
o"ard" and the Senator replied you
arc liar."
FOREIGN ACCENTS >ND
GERMAN SENTENCES HEARD
Eannwart tonight denied cmphu,i-
ellH no had hi senator Lodge FIRST.
saying IL had no idea hc was going
10 strike mo
Excitement over III" nght In the
=. ptol had just died down /, littl.
when about a thousand OF the pc:,ce
champions. wearing white arm bands
and banners bearing such Inscriptions
as Keep out pf war and I'VE Want
Peace" began To assemble on the east
entrance steps Of the capitol for a
demonstration II was remarked that
foreign accents were 10 be heard fire.
0Gcntly. and sentences ia German were
spoken more than once.
The polic" started to clear tn. broad
steps before the demonstration WAS 4,
fairly begun. The pacinSts Mere
pressed back TO the edge 81 the plaza, /.
the police forming lines To keep them
there About this tiu. pilgrims OF
patriotism and other antiparilis,s
made their appearance on the plaza
Heated arguments started imincdi-
a,cly, and two INST fights wcr" launched. .
The bellig.rerts We're quickly scpa-
rated thea the antipacitsts grouped +
themselves about ihc crowd and jeercd
and hooted
Aitcr am hour. tho p.,oinsts as
semblcd a, Convention Han for husi-
ilesss meeting
The Convcnt;ou l',ll adjoins e Ma
lioual Guard nruory and guardsmcu
hoond hootcd and l"crcd a. the raci-
;.s. passed. The meeting m the hall
was Interrupted h. word that rrcsi-
IA 81
gross shortly. and the crowd made for
the Capitol agaiIi. There they stood I
or so, Tor ahou: two hours. until ii +.
WAS announced that the President
would no, appc:' uniii O'Clock. Ar- .
r,uccmcnis were ~ idc for holding al .
nucr tho mass-mectinc that had been .
Il scheduled for to- night so the DELEGATES .
,ouId be "a, the Ca .Iitol when the rrcsi- .
dent arrived.
CHARGES STATE DEPARTMENT.
WITH iNtONSISTi;Htt .
The meeting was addressed hy sew
crsI speakers
yr. Judah L.. Magncs New York .
rabbi charged the state Department (
with inconsistency aud seif-rontradic- (
ZION since the beginning Of III" WA" III .
i:rrope and declared the American /
plo pie did not wan; To so 10 war
Concluding the meeting. Rabbi Mag .
nos asked the audience /" sing "rhc .
star SpnnGled tanner I" show its .
love OF america. which MAS done to (
The accompaniment OF the band. Al /
The outset Of the meeting br. Jordan .
mad asked that any person ~" hci" [
IN American ideals leave ihc hall .
Nobody went out y norton Of the
,rowd discouraged at The Convention .
Hall by the police. marched to tho /
hcsdo,iartcrs OF the Emergency reaco |
Federation later in the night, and. af- /
or threatening to wreck the place II |
,ffo dad moi
moved started a frocforall fight. II |
was stopped quickly by tho police.
The plans OF the pacif1sts We're 80 !
delayed that their mass-mcciin" did .
NOT nee, until just before the i'rcs /
liant went 10 the Capitol. Disorder .
Hraatoned on several occas ions. bat .
ahe nolicc reinforced h" armed ma
tional Euardsmeu. managed Ia hold the .
ecrinE crowd in check
After several Of the addresses had /
tl,.. in,