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Show IB ATTEMPTS TO 'GET EDITOR j DuRINGSPEECH Riot Call Proves Effective When Oswald Garrison Villard Lectures CINCINNATI, O, Feb 12. Scenes! of turbulence that necessitated the sending of a riot call lo police headquarters head-quarters marked an address delivered today by Oswald Garrison Villard. editor edi-tor of Tho Nation, and formor editor of the Now York Evening Post. The address was given under tho auspices of tho City club and tho Woman's City club. During the week there had been many resignations from both clubs on the ground Villard was an ad-mitted ad-mitted pacifist and that ho opposed 1 the draft. The prominent women j members of tho Woman's 'ity elub circulated petitions protesting against) tho meeting and tho use of scveraP halls was denied. WOMEN SCREAM Villard was In the mhlst of his address ad-dress when about fifty men rushed up, tho stairs to the auditorium. A closed 1 door containing a glass panel opened 1 into on ante-room. The glass was broken and several Invaders and defenders de-fenders were slightly cut. The crowd poured Into the ante-room and there was B wild melee. Women members threw themselves against the main door to bar the Invaelers who were yelling "Iet's go!" "We demand to hear this man." Blows were exchanged ex-changed nnd the noise attracted a throng. riot GALL SENT A riot call was sent to the police The stairway and ante-room were soon cleared. Villard halted as a result re-sult of the noise but continued when the police had cleared the place. Herbert Seal, who denied he was tho leader of the attacking force, was charged with assault and buttery, but was released on bond. Villard wus escorted from the hnll to an auto by the police after the streets had been cleared for a block oo |