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Show PACIFISTS BREAK PEACE. Senator Lodge Is Attacked and Knocks Down Assailant. Washington. Pacifists who came to Washington by the thousands on April 2 under the guidance of the Emergency Emer-gency Peace Federation to protest to congress against war had a turbulent time. There were various disorders, the most sensational incident of the day blowing a call at the office of Senator Lodge, the veteran legislator from Massachusetts, by a pacifists group from his state. The senator was called to his door tohear the arguments argu-ments of the visitors. There were harsh words and then blows were exchanged ex-changed between the senator, aged 67, J and Alexander W. Bannwart, 36 years old, of Dorchester, born in Switzer- land of Swiss-German parents. j Senator Lodge sent his antagonist to the floor with a blow to the jaw, and while the office force was clearing clear-ing away the other pacifists, Ward Davies of Arizona, who happened to be passing, pummeled Bannwart vigorously vigorous-ly before turning him over for a beating beat-ing at the hands of David B. Herman, a half-grown telegraph messenger. |