Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-06
l.. W. W. LEADER
IS BOUND OVER
Westine Francik Will Be Given
Hearing Before Federal
Grand Jury.


ganizer arrested some days ago and
turned over to the federal authorities.
will be prosecuted In the United
States courts for violating the act OF
congress of June 5, 1917. In seeking TO
obstruct the governments policies In
the war against Germany and OBJ
structing the raising OF the country's
armies.
Francik was arraigned before U. s.
Conn missioner John II. wilkins yes
terday, given preliminary and
bound over to the federal grand jury
under $4,000 bond. In default or
" hich he was remanded to jail. 1t Is
proba BILE that he will be given speedy
trial, as the grand jury at Muskogee
Is now In session and an indictment
may be returned against him there
this week
westine manifested a surly disposi-
ton when Commissioners wilkins
asked him whether he wished to
plead guilty.
"Oh. you might as well bind me
over" he said. testify; 81 am being
jobbed anyway"
Judge wilkins told him II half what
his brother had written him was true
Il was time he was quitting his LOB"
and getting another.
wilkins Gets Letter.
Judge wilkins was In possession of
the letter from Francik's brother. who
lives in Iowa and seems to be loyal,
patriotic American. His name is
Michael Francik.
In his letter to the prisoner Mike
said: "It looks to me as II you were
being paid as German spy, but II you
are you are not getting much. The
men higher up who duped you are
getting the big money and you are
merely their ignorant tool. II you
would quit your foolishness and put
your zeal into something useful you
could accomplish something and be-
come good citizen"
The brother. II appeared. made a
big success this year with his crops.
which he sold at a large profit which
retted him small fortune.
Commissioner wilkins told Francik
he hardly knew what to do with him:
that the testimony was not strong as
Terminating him in anything trea-
gorable. but inasmuch as the litera-
trre the government officers had
taken from his grips showed that he
was engaged In circulating matter an
t1gonlstic to the governments war
policies he was going to hold him to
the grand jury and let 1t decide what
should be done with him.
Had 1. w. w. Papers.
''Those papers showed that you car
ried in your possession n license or
certificate of authority from w. ID.
Haywood. one of the national officers
OF the /. w. w. to come into the oil
fields of Oklahoma and Kansas to
organize them. Your literature pro-
claims the laborers in these fields as
slaves and declares that there is
nothing In common between the wage
workers and their employers: that the
wage worker is entitled to all he pro-
duces and that when the slaves are
organized they will possess the earth
and all the machinery OF production"
said the commissioner.
The circulation of such doctrine at
this critical hour of our national dis
tres3 can only create dissension and
foment discord among the wage
'earners. That is its purpose. and II is
inimical TO the nations welfare. No
patriotic American will circulate such
literature ana ii should not be toll
Grated
IF your policies were carried into
effect operations in the oil fields of
this state and Kansas would be sus-
pended and the governments war
policies in defending this 'country
against Germany would fail. The gov
ernment is largely dependent upon the
ccal and oil products of these states
for the successful conduct of the war
and such policies as your organization
is cspousing is violation, in my
opinion. of the act of congress Of June
.. 1917, because 1t tends to create dis
loyalty and obstruct the raising of
armies for the nations defense"