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But if anything can quell the mob spirit , frank , open-hearted confession will do it . '' He brushed aside her further protests and in another instant was on his feet defending his statement to the Valley Council . Ten minutes later the reporters had it . At six o'clock in the morning posters covered South Harvey and the whole district proclaiming martial law . They were signed by Joseph Calvin , Jr. , provost marshal , and they denied the right of assembly , except upon written order of the provost marshal , declared that incendiary speech would be stopped , forbade parades except under the provost marshal 's inspection , and said that offenders would be tried by court-martial for all disobediences to the orders of the proclamation . The proclamation was underscored in its requirements that no meeting of any kind might be held in the district or on any lot or in any building except upon written consent of the owner of the lot or building and with the permission of the provost marshal . Belgian Hall was a rented hall , and the Wahoo Fuel Company controlled most of the available town lots , leaving only the farms of the workers , that were planted thick with gardens , for even the most inoffensive meeting .