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Show "Peflccw" Gather; Pass Hurried Ilesolutlon. Chicago, Sopt. 1. Tho People's Peaco council began Its long heralded herald-ed and much buffeted conference In tho west sldo auditorium here shortly boforo noon. Tho hundred odd delegates speeded speed-ed up tho prolimlnarlos, openly admitting ad-mitting tholr rear of interference by tho police. Seymour Stedman, general counsel for tho Socialist party, who was elected elect-ed temporary chairman, tojd tho "peaccrs" thoy must "hurry, as tula conference may me Interrupted at any mlnuto." Louis P. Lochner, oxecutlvo Bocro-tary Bocro-tary of the Council, was elected tem porary secretary of tho conference. A resolution was 'hurriedly introduced intro-duced and as hurriedly adopted, declaring de-claring that "should this meeting bo dissolved, prohibited, interrupted or abandoned as a result of action by tho authorities, then tho socretary, chairman and organising committee shall constitute nn executivo committee commit-tee with full power to act." Tho peaco party contains many no-tablo no-tablo names, Including: Victor Bergcr, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, grandson of the poet; Kugeno V. Debbs, Fola Lafollette, Kdwln L. Hartman, treasurer of the Lafolletto presidential campaign fund In 1912; former Senator John D. Works of California; Jenkln Lloyd Jones, Morris Hlllqulst; Scott Near-Ing Near-Ing and David Starr Jordan. |