Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-30
1. W. w., LyKCHED IN
 ARMISTiCE RIOT, HAD
 RECORD AS 0BjECTOR
Ernest Everetts, Slain by Mob, Caused Trouble on Several
 Occasions.

SIOUX TallS, ;. h., NOV. ZJ.-tr-
 nest Everetts, l. w. w. secretary ana
 agitator, lynched at Centralla, wash
 at one time was held under guard by
 South Dakota soldiers as eonsclen-
 tous objector, while the South Da-
 kotans were stationed at Camp Cody.
 They assert that he was about the
 most unruly individual with whom
 they had to deal during their service
 in the army.
 At the time the South Dakota cav
 airy was being disbanded at Camp
 Cody, preliminary to being sent to
 other branches of the army, the di-
 vision was being disturbed by band of 61 conscientious objectors whom
 the war department had ordered to Camp Cody from Camp Lewis, Wash
 Assembled for Discipline.
 This group, which had been scat tered throughout the division, was assembled and turned over to the non commissioned officers of Troop E, South Dakota Cavalry, for dis. cipline and drill.
 The entire number up to that time had refused to wear the army uni form, and Ernest Everetts was the leading spirit in pledging the others to stand by their so-called rights" and refuse to wear the uniform D; drill.
 E. l.. Jones, South Dakotan, at that time first sergeant of Troop E, held little special session with this leader of the rebellious squad, and within 10 minutes he had donned the olive drab of the United States army on {nf. kitchen.
 Seeing their leader so humbled, the remaining ''concies" lost no time exchanging their "civies" for army uniforms, and within "A hours were on the drill ground getting first les. sons in close order drill and discip- line. 1
 Everetts, his rebellious soul aflame with the humiliation that had been his during the day, went to the tent of first sergeant Jones in the evening to demand a pass into Deming. As all of the "concies" were technically ! under guard, the pass was refused,
 Curses Draw RetributiOn.
 Turning to leave the tent he curs- ed Jones, but another sergeant, stand ing in the dark outside, heard the ra. mark, and in the next scene they were pouring water in the ''wobblie's" face as he lay unconscious in the camp street.
 His next attempt to stir up discon- tent was at meeting held in his tent. A noncommissioned officer trouble, however, and "ls- tened in" from the tent-flap. Ever. etts appealed to the objectors to re- :. sist the discipline of the soldiers and organize break for freedom"
 It was at this meeting that he re. vealed himself as paid organizer or the l. w. w., connected with an an. archist paper published at Seattle, Wash, and stated in confidence to his comrades that he was the "sec- retary of Socialist organization in a small town in Washington, and knew that national I. w. w. head quarters would help them" ii
 The meeting was broken up by Troop k men and the agitators | smothered in few days of stiff dis ,iplinary action.
 Later on, after Sergeant Carl Norton had been commissioned and 1 assigned to the command of the cas- lal and depot detachment of the rhirty-fourth Division, he found Ev- eretts in his command. Asked con- ,erning ultimate disposition of the . 'adical leader so far as his army ser. vice was concerned Norton, who has returned to South Dakota, said:
 "He was constantly the bane of the He would organize on rebellious move after another, and : 10 severity seemed to do more than increase his bitterness. Even his owr ,oworkers hated him. Several times ,e was nearly killed on account of m-American deeds and utterances m personal attacks by loyal soldiers, i 'ut he held out as a Red to the last." i.