The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-13
!. ". WIS RECEIVE
STIFF SENTENCES
HAYWOOD GETS TWENTY YEARS
IN PEN-MANY COHORTS TO
GO BEHIND THE BARS.
Fine of $4,000 Each Also Is imposed
For Trying to Impede Uncle Sam in
War-SmaIIer Fry Are Given Light
err Sentences.

Chicago d. Haywood, "un-
crowned king" of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, and Il of his chief
aides in the conspiracy to overturn
the American war program, We're SEN
fenced to 20 years in the Federal Pen
itentiary at LeavenwOrth, Kan, by
Federal Judge X. NJ Lands. Ten-year
sentences were imposed upon 50 or
the organizations leaders, five-year
sentences on 33, one year and one day
on - defendants and ten-day sen
fences on the others Cases against
Benjamin Schraeger, Chicago writer,
and Pietro Nigra, Spring Valley, Ill.,,
were continued. Manuel Rey, an or
ganizer, of Buffalo, N. Y, who APP
peared in Court wearing a red flag,
symbol of the /. w. W., on his coat
lapel, had not removed it when called
for sentence. He was among those
given 20 years. Benjamin Fletcher,
Philadelphia, the only colOred member
on trial, grinned broadly when he was
sentenced to 10 years He was being
led away when he remarked: Judge
Lands is using poor English today
His sentences are too long,"
The next batch were given sentences
of five years and fined $1,000 on each
of the four counts. They were:
Arthur Boose, Tulsa, Okla. Ted
Fraser Minneapolis; J. T. Doran, Ia
coma, Wash. John NJ Foss, Seattle !;
G. r. Griffin, Seattle; William Tanner,
Chicago; Frank Westerlund, Duluth,
Mimi. Ray S. Tanning, Cambridge,
Mass. Harrison George, Pittsburg,
Pa; Clyde Huff, Rockford, ILL.,. Harry
Lloyd, Portland, Ore. Charles H. Nc
Kinnon, Salt Lake City; Peter Nc
Evoy, San Jose, Cal. Louis PARENT,
San Francisco; Jas. Phillips, Los An
geles; Charles Plain, Chicago; V. v.
Ter, Chicago; Joe CARRIER, Scranton,
Pa. NJ. Levine, Seattle; Olin b. An
derson, Eureka, Mont. James Elliott,
Los Angeles; w. H. Lewis, Globe
Ariz James H. Manning, Fresno,
Cal; Joseph Mccarthy, Minneapolis,
and Z. ]. McCosham, Phoenix, Ariz.
The following were sentenced to six
years Imprisonment and fined $4,000
on the first count, on the second count
10 years Imprisonment and $1,000 fine,
on the third count two years impris-
onment and $4,000 fine, and on the
fourth count 10 years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine, sentences to run con-
currently:
c. w. Davis, Spokane; ]. II. Byers,
Portland; C. H. Rice, Portland; John L.
Turner, Spokane; Albert B. Prashner,
Scranton, Pa. John Martin, Spokane:
Fred Jaakkola, Duluth; Joseph ]. Cor
don, Chicago; Ragnor JohansOn, Chi
cago; Charles Ashleigh, San Francisco;
G. ]. Bourg, Minneapolis; Stanley J.
Clark, Jacksonville, Texas; Alexander
Cournos, Huron, S. D.; Edward f.
Dores, Philadelphia; Ben Fletcher,
Philadelphia Jack Law, Pittsburg,
Pa: Burt Lorton, Chicago; ]. A. Nc
Donald. Seattle; Francis Miller, Prov
idence. II. l.: Grover II. Perry, Salt
Lake City, Utah; Don Sheridan, Spo-
kane: Vincent st. John, Jacarilda, n.
NJ: s. p. Thompson, Seattle; John
walsh, Philadelphia; John Paneher,
Detroit: Sigield Stenberg, Mime
apolis: Peter Green, Portland, Ore.
Edward Hamilton, Chicago; James
Slovisk. Cleveland; John Baldazzi,
New York; Charles Bennett, Portland,
ore. : Archie Sinclair, Minneapolis