Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-10 | Page 1 | Ask Troops to Arrest Lutheran Leader

A ASK K T iMPs r 1 T To ARR T Tt t flA lA ER One Man Man- ManIs Is W Wounded d When Vigilantes Seek to Jail ail Preacher and R Religious us s Followers I m OLEDO DO 0 rno July IQ j j H. H eucer at r rf f t 10 o o'clock h. h t J it I tt te 1 ne 0 Cu police e department dep asking as ing that troops be be rushed to to prevent further bloodshed at West HOI Hope Hoie e here where the Rev L. L E. E Peters and a I dozen en of his followers were holding more than vigilantes at bay Ina in ina ina a h hut t on the tha outskirts of the of-the the village When Rev E E. L. L Peters a German Lutheran preacher tore an American flag flag- from his buggy and trampled it under his feet angry citizens Or Organized cr- cr r- r a vigilance committee e and andare andare andare are In control of oC the town Germans In sympathy with the minister fired on th the vigilantes and andOne andone I one man was wounded MANY GERMANS Two-thirds Two of the population of West Hope is German Five men are reported wounded in desultory fighting which has been going g on between vigilantes and the Germans who are reported barricaded in houses Sheriff request for troops has been forwarded to Governor Cox Cox by the local police department W. W V. V A. A Ritter flitter of Napoleon 0 O. presIdent president president pres pres- ident of the League pf of American Patriots said at noon that more than members of or the league from eight i I nearby towns had hurried to West Vest WestHope WestHope L Hope to to wipe out the spirit of ot autocracy forever Ritter flitter was fired upon twice during the morning It was said Late In the afternoon Rev Peters fled tied with his friends towards Napo Napoleon leon 0 O. A mob of is reported In pursuit In automobiles 1