Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-08-31
Disloyal Offenders are Warned.

Marshall Mike Healy are making AUTO
trips over their district, and from a
long account of their doings in recent
issue of the Telegraph-Herald we take
the following:
cat Marshalltown that afternoon they
addressed the state meeting OF the
chiefs of police.
Marshall Moore took occasion to pub
licly thank the chiefs of police, sherltts
and city marshals, as we'll as citizens
generally, for the great assistance given
his office in reporting cases of disloyalty
and especially for the great work IN
making a record of registrations IN
northern Iowa that was unsurpassed by
any district in the United States. 1t
was so Igood that the department OF
justiceshad congratulated the district
upon itsIfne showing. He said that ne
took no credit to himself as he only
directed the work and the peace officers
and citizens and loyal newspapers did
the work.
He commended the loyal newspapers
for their7great assistance in the work
in giving:proper publicity and in every
way makinglthe registration success.
He hailed the day, which he predicted
would come soon, when he might have
the pleasure of arresting certain editors
of disloyal. papers in northern Iowa.
especiallyItwo in Dubuque. He made
it plain that he did not mean the Tele-
graph Herald nor the Times-JournaI'
as bothlhad lbeen very loyal in every
particular, even though they were cir
culated in strong German and social
istic communities.
The marshallgave a brief history OF
the work at Lowden, Iowa, two weeks
before, where q German preacher and
fourl others were arrested and each
put underi$5, 900 bonds for their appear
ance atNthe next term of Court at
Cedar Rapids; that the preacher has
cut out all reference to the war and
sticking strictly to the gospel and is
advising his parishioners to follow the
marshal's advice to carry on all CONVEX
Stations in English until after the war;
thatlnearly every place in Lowden now
displays an American flag and that all
are wing with each other to show the
greatest loyalty; that he had told them
in time to come that they had made
such history that1 Lowden, Iowa. and
disloyalty would be synonymous terms
and that they.would be ashamed 10 say
when away from home that they were
from Lowden, Iowa.
Wednesday, morning the party left
Marshalltown, their first stop being at
Garwin. Here.ithey quickly gathered
four men who were close by, taking
them to the city park. There they and
others:of their kind who were disloyal
were publicly lectured by the marshal
and deputy what was expected OF them;
that they were out on a tour Of warn
ing; thatIif anymore reports came, the
next visit..would be for the purpose OF
getting them and putting them where
they couldldo3no further harm; that If
there were rot ja,ls enough to hold
them, then: fair grounds would be used
with gun guards over them; but that in
any eventual disloyalty would be
stampediout at least so far as talk was
concerned. They were warned that
while Congress had failed to suppress
certain:newspapers, from the mistaken
idea that the freedom of the press must
be maintained, that while they had the
mistakenEnotion that they could talk
It was absolutely . wrong idea; that
the officers had . right to take all such
talkersl into custody. These men, as
did oil others bound on the the trip,
declared that they were absolutely
loyal, and publicly declared that there
would be no further talk from them.
At Gladbrook four disloyal ones were
nut on bench on Main street and were
Riven q grilling in the presence of q
large crowd. At the close the marshal
was told that q man at the west end of
town would talk back to him a. he
would argue with any one. Marshal
Moore said: THAT is the kind of q
man / am looking for" Mr.. Healy
was directed to bring the man. In a
few minutes he came. The marshal
met him in the middle of the street, as
ne climbed from the auto. As the man
lowered head above, the marshal said.
81 understand that you are already to
argue with anyone on the war
question. l wish to hear what you
have to say" The man replied that
he was perfectly loyal but had nothing
else to say. When asked if he had not,
two weeks before, said that the boys
phould refuse to 60 to war, he denied
it Ill. He publicly apologized for all
that he had said and promised to say
NO more. The marshal closed by say
ing that he was in hopes that he would
III h>.k. that he uaa anYionS tn make