Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-31
81 Convicted |. W. W. De-
PENDANTS Learn Their Fate
After Being Found Guilty of
Conspiracy Charges.
BILL HAYWOOD TO SERVE
20 YEARS, PAY $4,000
Fourteen Others Get Similar
Sentences; First Two 10
Face Court Get Off With 10
Days in County Jail,

teV MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL IsAsso wisst
Chicago Aug, .30.---William ID. Hay
wood, "uncrowned king" of the / w.
w. and fourteen OF his chief aides in
the conspiracy to overturn the Ameri-
can war program were sentenced To
twenty years in the federal penitenti-
AIRY at Leavenworth. Kans., by FEEDER
al Judge X. NJ. Landis today.
Ten year sentences were imposed
upon thirty-three of the organizations
leaders, five years on thitry three, one
year and one day on twelve and ten
day sentences on two. Cases against
Benjamt Schraeger, editor of the Pol
ish !. W. w paper, and Pietro Nigra
were continued.
All sentences on the four counts In
the indictment will run concurretly,
Fines ranging from 100000 on Hay
wood and his chief aides. down 10
$1,000 were imposed.
Ninety days Is granted in which to
file u bill of exception and a stay of
seven days in which to petition for
bail
1T is the closing chapter in Amer
ica's biggest criminal case said
Frank X. Nebeker, chief prosecutor.
We are confident new trial viii
ne Bfduteu, sald ,feorBe r. sdnuer-
feer chlef counsel Tor the defense.
lands Reviews Points,
Before pronouncing sentence Judge
lands reviewed at some Length the
salient points In the goyerniner,t's cass
iaying special stress on the /. w. W
preamble declaring eternal war Oh
the employing class and denouncing
war with other nations; the meeting
of the executive board after America
had entered the war al which il was
decided to expel members entering
military service and later the concert
ed plan by strikes and rebellion to
block war measures
an times of peace Won have n legal
right to oppose bv free speech. prep
arations FOR wnr. But when war has
been declared that right ceases forth
WITH was the courts closing remark.
Aside from n slight disturb..nce in
the corridor when one OF the prison
ers became hvstericaI while being led
away there was M disorder scores OF
snocial noIlce banked the corridors
and court room. only relatives OF
tho defendants ua,e admitted
There was deem silence as Hay
wood ana bis fourteen chief asistants
n
p,Il, ay-oea FROM his.e a oroun ~
women who had baen weepins, started
a mild nvation wbicb was auickIy
sllenced. George Andreytehine the
younr BULGARIAN met who has had 4
stormy career was next called He
smiled ana hlew j Kiss "a his bride
and sbe waved her handkercbief
Raj nv Eo, Poets
RaInh chanIin another poet fol-
lowed smiling and confident with
Carl Ahlteen Minnea poIis. editor OF
,rhn Alarm !, pala and nervo,,slv
twisting his cravat
The proceedings were interspersed
with an occasional proan from the de-
PENDANTS ana an o,itcrv from women
elatiyes until ninety-fiye of the or
psnization,s chiefs had been sentenced
ana led tn ioil throueb lanes ~ cur-
ious persons that surrounded the fed
cal building
Vincent 81. John. who formerly
held uavwood,s office Of general sec-
retary- treasurer. was sentenced 10 ten
vaars az Iaavenwortb. I A MacDon-
aid seattle editor Of q radical paper.
was sentenced to ten Years. while ]
:, i"rbird Rai, Red,l Doran = west
orr coast loader and Harrison George
az pittsburgh, whose nrinted vision of
of President Wilson and his cabinet
in flight before an army of /. w w.
was An important factor in the trial.
received sentences. of five years each.
For more than an hour Judge Land
is in the silence OF the humid court
room whose doors and windows had
been closed and locked. with sharp
direct sentences reviewed the nation
wide conspiracy against the govorn-
nlent and read excerpts from Hay
wood's correspondence relative TO op-
position 10 the war.
,Jurv,s Verdict Proper.
an light Of the evidence before it.