The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-18

v, 4. Kaufman In Tolls
Arrested and Convicted for Sedlilon
and lncarCcrdtcd m mCNlcl
Island Penitcntlary
Those who were residents Of Mil
bank some twenty years ago will re-
member Rev. w. c. Kaufman, who
was a minister in the Congregation
al church in this city, and who was
very active "reformer" Of the
populist variety, when populism was
in full bloom a. the cure-all for
humanity's ills. Mr.. Kaufman
wasn't consulted when the world
was created, and the Greater made
several bad breaks in the job. In
fact Mr.. Kaufman was one Of your
brilliant socialist statesman-out
of q job Of course. but ready and
willing to set the whole thing
right if men would only follow his
plans. Kaufman was inclined to
pay more attention to curing up
the old world with his socialistic
panacea than he was to help it
along as q religious instructor, and
the church here soon got rid Of
him. and q short time after he NOV
ed to the coast and has since been
living on a farm near Bellingham,
Wash.
His peculiar twist Of mind has
gotten him into trouble, and he has
learned. like some of our other So
cialist friends, that in the piping
times Of peace Uncle Sam pays
little attention to the wagging Of
brainless tongues, but when the
blast Of war blows in his ears,
your uncle doesn't propose to allow
fellow to wind up his clatter box,
detach it from his brain apartment
and throw the key in the we'll, with
out holding him accountable for re-
suits.
Kaufman u short time ago was
convicted and sentenced to several
years in the federal prison on Nc
Niels Island. the same institution
in which Rev. Feinler is putting in
his time.
The following is from coast pa
per in regard to Kaufman's utter
ance:
Accused of opposing America $
prosecution of the war, w. H. Kauf-
man of Bellingham, prominent state
granger and single taxer, went on
trial before u. S. Judge Cushman
in the federal court Tuesday.
Kaufman was indicted under the
espionage act as the result of a speech
made in Olympia on Labor day.
1917, about six months after the
d. S. entered the war. He is ac-
cused of having said that the U. S.
government has been buncoed into
this war by munition makers that
they might make millions out of
it," that "a liberty bond is a dis
grace to America and is substi-
tute for q tax on munitions; that
congress has no right to declare
war without asking the people. :"
"Are you going to allow it that
your sons shall be murdered in this
war, or later see your sons return
ing home with their eyes shot away.
their legs gone, their arms gomez"
he is declared to have said. Ac-
cording to the indictment, about
400 persons heard his speech. includ-
ing a number Of men Of draft age.
Witnesses who are said to have
heard the alleged seditious state
ments were in the court room dur
ing the examination Of jurors at
the opening Of the trial.
The following is from . later pa
per in relation to the trial. when he
was convicted and sentenced.
He is now serving his time:
That w. 81. Kaufman OF Belling.
ham, now on trial In the federal court
under charges brought through the
espionage act for alleged statements
10 his speech at Olympia, September ;
1917, turned TO Mayor Jesse Mills and
remarked that the mayor might arrest
him before be left town for what he
was about to say, and that he assum-
ed responsibility for his utterances be-
fore he gave them, Was the Develop
mont Wednesday morning.
Geo. N. Talcott, J. p. Jensen, J. M.
Noble, Hans yensen and E. z. Perry
the latter newspaper correspondent,
were called to the stand by the gov
ernment Wed. morning. The main
charges against kaufman concern his
attitude toward the Liberty loans and
the stetement that congress had no
right TO declare war without the con-
sent Of the people.
The defendant was placed on the
stand and told how he had been born