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city as to prevent a repetition of last night’s disorders.

Gen Dickson said that military rule had not been established and probably would not be. Mayor Mullman of East St. Louis, the adjuntant general said, asked for a declaration of military rule and this fact gave rise to the statement that it actually had been proclaimed. He said the transfer of military cases to civil courts involved so many intricacies that he was reluctant to ask the governor to proclaim martial law.

Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter | July 3, 1917