The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
TURN ON MAYOR!
Loyal Chicago Citizens Train
Guns on Thompson Today.
National Security League Joins
Forces Against Him.
OFFICERS PLAN INDICTMENT
Gov. LOwden Warns Against
Danger to Free Speech.
Peoples Council viii Be Factor
if Defeat Comes.

Chicago. Sept. A vote which
served as a test at the special meeting
of the city council this afternoon in
dictated that of>the forty-eight alder
men present at the time of the vote
forty were in favor of the resolution
commencing Governor Lowden (and
by implication censuring the mayor)
for his stand against pacifist agita-
ton
Chicago, Ill, Sept 4.-The Peoples
Council for Democracy and Terms of
Peace today had resigned the center
son, mayor of the sixth German city
of the world"
The pacifist organization, whose
meetings Saturday and Sunday result
Chicago, was slowly disintegrating as
delegates left for their respective
cities.
AS interest in the peace doves de-
clined, it veered to the situation con-
fronting the mayor, who defied Gov
ernor Lowden by ordering police pro-
lection for the peoples council after
the governor who had banned them.
Following a conference here with
Adjutant General Dickson, command
ing the four companies of state mill
tia rushed to this city from Spring
field, Governor Lowden issued a state
ment to the American people in which
he branded the peoples council as a
/ IreaSOnaDI0 conspiracy
Lose Free Speech.
IF we lose this war, real free
speech will be lost and this society
which now claims the privilege will
contribute to that result" he said
What l have said of the So-called
council for democracy and peace APP
plies equally to other organizations
which may seek to obstruet the gov
eminent in the prosecution of this
war"
Go roraI T,s,,11 obo;rr,.a of +bo
/ state council of defense, who was
yachting in Northern Mich igan waters
when the governor and mayor clashed
| took the first train for Chicago and
arrived early today After reading
! the governors statement, he decided
that no action by the council was nee
essary at tEis time.
May Prosecute Mayor.
Officials of the National Security
league took hand in the affair and
| began planning indictment of the
mayor on charges of "palpable omis-
| will be asked to take similar action.
States Attorney Hoyne already had
announced his readiness to prosecute
criminal charges if preferred against
! the mayor
The city council. at its regular meet
! ing today, was expected to arrange a
| special meeting for tomorrow, at
which impeachment of the mayor will
| be attempted.
| Several members of the city council
! have been quoted as saying they will
ask that the body declare the mayors
| office vacant.
! Mayor to Preside.
Mayor William Hale Thompson left
Lake Forest a suburb, this morning
with the announced intention of pre-
siding over a special meeting of the
council called to commend Governor
Lowden's stand against the pacifist
meeting which the mayor permitted IN
! defiance of the governor.
Under the rules the council can
consider only the commentator of
! Governor Lowden, but there was talk
of calling another special meeting to-
morrow to consider the mayors ac-
tions. Chief of Police Schuettler de-
tailed captain, a lieutenant and
twenty-five policemen to be present
at the meeting.