The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-06
FKN-TWO GRANTED
CLEMENCY BY WILSON
Commutcd by PrsSidcnt---Soctal-
~, Leader Gets Pardon.
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WILL REVIEW ALL CASES
Many others WIN he Given Fighter
Terms Prom Tine 10 Time ~
Rccortis Are Examined.
WILL REVIEW ALL CASES

WASHINGTON, March b--tln-
duly hursh sentences Imposed on n
uumhrrrBf persons convicted during
the war emergency Of violating the
espionage act. will be corrected from
time 20 time through eNccutiv" elem
cuCy by President Wilson, II was an
uounced today. simultaneously with
the commutation OF Hentenccs In %
cases. and complete pardon In one
IA fast aa the department Of jus
tice can review the $50 cases Htlll
awaiting examination, rccnmmonda
tiunn for the shortening Of sentences
Will be Gent 90 the president
In many OF the cases acted on to-
Aay, officials OF the department Of
1ustice said prisoners had boon VIC
Tins OF wartime passion or proju-
dice, and had been given long sen
tcuccs not commensurate with thclf
uffenscA To eliminate any pOsihl"
Injustice, however the rcvicWs wcro
undertaken. Officials explained.
however. that they would take care
not 10 recommend clomency for TN"
scores Of persons against whom there
WINS strong evidence of disloyalty and
whose sentences were not extreme
No Action ON Rutherford.
Thousands ~ lotters have been re-
crived at the department OF Justice,
RHking executive clemency Tor j. u.
Rutherford head OF tho lnternn-
uunal Bible Students association,
and seven associates, now serving
sentences IN tho Atlanta federal
prison on charges of dlAnyalty grow
ing oht Of publication Of Tho Fin
,ahcd Mystery" II Bible handbook.
These cases were appealed by tho
convicted men from the federal diH-
trlct court In Brooklyn and are pend
ing In the appellate court. Officials
indicated that no action would boI
taken IN their cases until the appel
late court had rendered decirion.
az Frederick Kraft OF Newark, N.
J.. HeCretary of the socialist party
in New Jersey, was given tho only
fun pardon In tho group OF eases
today He was convicted for utter
ances IN speech in the public
square at Newark, but IN pardoning
him. consideration was given 10 The
fact that In tho socialist national
convention Mt St Louis early In tho
war. he was one OF the pro-war lead
ers
The sentences OF Amos Linden
Hitchcock, former socialist member
OF tho school board OF Cleveland, |
Ohio, was commuted from 10 to two
years
Clarence H. waldron Of Vermont. n
pacifist preacher. was commuted to
expire April !. next
Tho addresses of the persons given
clemency were not available TO the
department OF Justice. The names,
district courts In which convictions
were obtained. and the sentence ms
commuted arc ms follows; w II,
Hockey western Texas, one year; II.
u. Doris. western Texas, IS months:
James Hanaman, eastern Illinois,
sentence 20 expire July /; L. II,
1turm. eastern Kentucky. one year;
Emil iSeifer, northern Texas. July /;
Daniel Mshoney. southern Illinois,
one year and ono day; j, j. Conley,
northern Texas. one year; r, G.
Bhimiein, New Mexico. April 1; Mar
Tin johnson, southern Illinois, April
] C. M. Nelson. eastern Kentucky,
one yesr and one day; John Myers.
western Missouri, one year.
Theodore Ruessel. Connecticut. n
German Lutheran preacher, BcV-
tenoe commuted from 10 years to
expire April ]. next
Robert Goldstein, convicted In the
federal court Of southern Califor-
MIA for promoting moving pictures
purporting to show maHsacres by
British soldiers In the American rev.
olution and alleged TO have been IL
nanced ny pro- German interests
sentence commuted to three years
with remission Of fines
Slias Sayior. convicted In snstern
on a charge growing out
Of preaching pacifism, sentence COM
20 enc year and one day.
Flora I. Foreman. a school teacher
in the federal court OF
northern Texas on charge OF ad-
Vising soldiers in letters to shoot
their officers. sentence comuted to
two years.