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Show S11S OF POLICE CHASE HP JONES War Veterans Keep Christian Chris-tian Pacifist on Run in California. Speolal to The Tribune. LOa ANGELKS, Cal., Oct. 2. The Rt. Rev. Paul Jones, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Utah, did not get for hore today to-day in his prayer for (German) peace. He was interrupted by civil and Spanish war veterans, citizens of Eagle Rock, a suburban subur-ban community, who sang "The Star Spangled Banner" with Buch determination determina-tion that tho meeting of Christian Pacifists, Paci-fists, which Bishop Jones was calling on the Lord to bless, broke up In disorder and the delegates hied themselves by automobile au-tomobile to another part of tho community, communi-ty, to meet In another private building and start all over again, hoping against hope to shake oft the swarm of police and government operatives who have been making their advertised three days' convention here spectacular, if not progressive. pro-gressive. Tho Eagle Rock singers were headed by Mayor J. S. Prance, civil war veteran, veter-an, who led the delegation of men determined deter-mined that no streak of yellow should be left upon too name of their fair little city by the friends of the kaiser. As thev advanced ad-vanced on the home of Mrs. Anna C. Schemer, 211 Colonido boulevard, they waved their Stars and Stripes and sang They were forty and thev did not use ceremony on arrival at the SchefTler home. Not only were patriotic melodies on Ihcir programmes, but at regular Intervals In-tervals they gave vent to their feellnss by shouting "We're red. white and blue, not yellow. Following the Eaale Rock experience. Bishop Jones and other high lights on tile peace programme were bundled Into automobiles and started for the homo of Mi, 3 Edith Reggs, 1001 West Thirty-rlfth Thirty-rlfth place. The exit was greeted with a roar bv the assembled townspeople. At the new meeting place an improvised programme pro-gramme was carried out, but with a very soft pedal upon all remarks concerning the government and Its war preparations. Colaborcrs today with Bishop Jonej were tile Revs. Floyd Hardin, Robert Vhitmer and H. H. Story', all southern Cnlifornlans. and who were arrested yesterday yes-terday for public peace remarks on ' the opening dav of the convention and who were bailed out todav. each In the amount of $:CH after arraignment In police po-lice court. They pleaded not pniity and their nttornev asked a jury trial, which was set lor November 14. Ilar.iin went immediate!!- from the courtroom to the Ensle, Rock meeting. i".:cre he opposed military sen ice. According to a secret service operative here I'om Washington to w.i;,-h Hlshop Jones and other leaders in the Ohr'.siian Piicmst convention. the organlza! ;ori :s 1 r.oliiinp n,o;e than a brajich of the. Peo- t (Ccr.tinaed on Page Eight.) ' IK OF POLICE M BISHOP JONES (Continued from Page One.) pie's Council for iJemocracy and Terms of Peace, In such 111 repute from its recent re-cent mcetm In Chicago under the auspices aus-pices of Mayor Thompson. This federal officer says the organization is consciously conscious-ly or unconsciously an Instrument of a sinister pro-German propaganda. According to the admission of one of the delegates to a newspaper representative, representa-tive, "there are ten million people in the Lnited States opposed to this war. and most of them are members of our kin-(lrc.d kin-(lrc.d organizations." That organized efforts ef-forts to repeal the conscription draft law are an object of the Christian Pacifists was another admission. ' |