Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-31
BOCH |. WV. ALLIES
GET 2O-YEAR TERMS
Billy Haywood and His Aids Get
Long Sentences for Sabotage
and Treason.

10 pNerturn the American WdT lItEItIis
were sentenced to serve twenty years in
the Federal Pententiary at Leavenworth,
Kan. by Federal Judge X. NJ. Lands
here late Yesterday
Ten-vcar sentences were imposed upon
tbirtv-three of the organizations lead
ers, ive-vear sentences on thlrty-three,
one wear and one day on twelve defend
ants, and tcn-day sentences on two Others.
The eases against Benjamin Shcracger,
the Chicago writer, and Pletro Nlgra OF
Spring Valley, Ill, were continued.
So, 900 FINE FOR "UNCRowNED KING.
All sentences on the four counts IN the
Indictment will nun concurrently Fines
ranging from $4,000 on Haywood and
his chief aids down to $1,000 were i'm
posed Ninety days IS granted IN which
10 file a bill of exceptions, and a stay Of
seven days in which TO petition for bail
1t Is the closing chapter IN America :
biggest criminal case, SAID Frank
X. Nebeker, chief prosecutor
I'VE are confident 4 new trial viii he
granted" said George + Nanderver,
chief counsel for the defense
Before pronouncIng sentence on the
defendants Judge Lands reviewed the
salient points IN the governments case,
laying especial stress on the |. w W
preamble declaring eternal war on the
employing class and dcnouncing war with
other nations; the meeting of the Execu-
tive Board after America had entered
the war at which 1t was decided to eXpel
members entering military service, and
later the concerted plan by strikes and
rebellion to block war measures.
WAR SILENCEs CRITICISM.
In times OF peace YOU have a legal
r1nI+ ~, pHr STNCerb
tions for war But when war has been
declared that right ceases forthwith,
was the court 5 closing remarks.
There was silence IN the court room as
Haywood and ms fourteen chief assist
ants were called before the bar. As
Big Bill' arose from his seat n group
of women. who had been weeping, started
a mild ovation, which was silenced quick
" George Andreytchine, the young
Russian poet, whose stormy career since
his exile from Russia for plotting a revolu-
ton. u an outstanding phase Of the
!. " W. was next called As nc stepped
forward he smiled and blew "A kiss to his
pretty bride, who waved her handker-
chief.
Then followed Ralph Chaplin, another
poet, smiling and confident, and Carl
Ahlteen, Minneapolis, editor Of The
Alarm. pale and nervously twisting his
cravat
HAYWOOD 5 SECRETARY GETS | u YEARS.
SO the procession continued. the pro-
ceedngs interspersed with an occasional
groan from the defendants and an outcry
from women relatives. until ninety
1--WE Of the organization chief directors
had been sentenced and led TO the county
Jail, through lanes of curious that surround
ed the Federal building
Vincent St. John, who formerly held
Haywood's Office of general secretary
treasurer, was sentenced to serve ten
years AT Leavenworth; J. 4. Macdonald,
Seattle, publisher of radical paper, was
sentenced to serve ten years, while J. t.
j''ThIrd-Rail Red") Doran, Western
leader and Harrison George of Plttsburg
whose printed vision of President Wilson
and his Cabinet in fight before an army
OF |. W. VS. was an important factor
in the trial, received sentences OF i've
years each.
For more than an hour Judge lands
read excerpts from HaywoOd's CORE
spondcncc relative 10 opposition to the var
In light of the evidence before it, the
jury had no avenue Of escape from a
verdict OF guilty, the court said
~ don I mean, said Judge lands at
another point in his statement, that
the W " started out deliberately to
aid Germany" He added that their
acts were an aid TO the enemy and were |
aimed directly at their own country. |
Some Of the defendants chucklcd as |
sentence was pronounced. Others paled |
and swayed uncertainty, while still Others |
tined to-make their way to wives and other |
relatives
WORE RED FLAG IN COURT.
Manuel Rev. an organizer Of Buffalo, |
y. Y who appeared in court Yesterday |
wearing a red fag. symbol Of theI W. W, |
On his coat lapel, had not removed il |
rhen called for sentence He was among /
those who received a sentence of twenty |
years.
Benjamin Fletcher Of Philadelphia. the /
only colored member on trial, grinncd l
-roadly when he was sentenced TO serve |
ten years He was being led away wren
he remarked:
Judge Lands is using poor English
-oday. His sentences are too long.
TWO MEN GET TEN-DAy TRIMS
The first two of the ninetv-hve de-
endauts who were sentenced were Never
Fnedkin Of Denver and Glen Roberts OF
Fresno Cal, each Of whom received d
,erui Of ten DAYS Imprisonment in the
,ounty jail on each OF the four counts
Ii the indictments
The following were sentenced 10 serve
re year and one dav in the Leavenworth
Denlte tentIary. fifcd $1,000 each on the first
and second counts and $1,000 each on
he third and fourth cou nts
Fred Nelson, Rockford. III Roy A.
Brown. Seattle; Walter Smith, Belling-
lam. Wash; George HARDY Seattle;
Charles Jacobson, Duluth, MINI; j. K
Basket, Jerome. Arz, Raw Cordes,
Anson f. Soper. Astoria. Ore.
George Speed, San Francisco; Charles
dew hirt, Reading, Cal, and Charles
acobs, Denver.
Those sentenced with Haywood to
erve twenty years IN the penitentiarv |
nd TO pay $4,000 fine were
Carl Ahlteen. Minneapolis; George
,ndrcytchine, Chicago; Forrest Ed
-ards, Minneapolis: Ralph Chaplin.
;hlcago; Leo Laukki. Duluth Aurello |
I Azuara, Los Angeles. @ L. Lambert.
Vladimir Lossieff, Chicago;
Walter T. Neff, Philadelphia; Charles
,othfisher, Chicago; James Rowan,
pokane, Wash, Sam Scarlett, Akron.
'hio, Manuel Rey. Buffalo, and Richard
,razler, Spokane
SENTENCED TO SERVE FIVE YEARS. {
The next batch Of men received SEN
ences Of FIVE years IN prison and fined
5000 on each of the four counts They
ere {
Arthur Boose, Tulsa, Okla; Tex I
raser, Minneapolis; j. T. Doran, Ia
,rna Nacb ToI NJ Re-, Goo44lo. n u