The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-15
ADMIT MOSCOW
MANIFESTO At
LLOYD HEARING


CulCaSO, July lC.-1 ue IuOSCOW
manifesto, containing the princi-
pies Of the Russian soviet, was in
troduced today as evidence in the
trial of William Bross Lloyd, and
10 other members of the Commun-
list Labor party, charged with con-
spiracy against the government.
Charles Egan, Chic -go policeman,
who testified he confiscated a copy
of the manifesto at the book store
Of Arthur Proctor, Chicago, one Of
the defendants.
The Moscow. manifesto, as read
to the jury by Marvin Barnhart.
assistant states attorney, urged
civil war against the government
and annihiliation of the present
apparatus of government"
The Moscow manifesto is said to
be in effect the pronunciamento un-
der which Lenin and Trotzky rule
Russia, and the model for the form
of government to be adopted when
the Communist Labor party came
into power.
Flag Found In Owens Home.
Most Of the evidence was direct
ed against Lloyd and Edgar Owens
of Moline, ILL.,, the latter state Gee
rotary of the party. 1t was in
Owens home that the red flag was
found, Sergeant William Gaynor, a
police officer attached to the states
attorneys staff testified.
"The flag was neatly folded on
top of the bookcase" Gaynor said.
Il pulled it down and asked him
what he was doing with it."
His answer was that he had
used it at a convention, and that
it was his flag. We also found the
American flag wadded upon the
floor Of a closet with a lot of rub
bish. l asked What do you mean
by treating our nag that way?' He
answered that it was not his flag.
that the red flag was his, and that
it would also be mine when 1 un-
derstood his people better"
| Judge Graham Attacks Lloyd.
| The flag etiquette Of Lloyd was
also commented upon by Judge
Graham Of the municipal court.
who was called as a witness. He
told Of fining the defendant $25
when he was before him in the
spring Of last year for flying the
flag of anarchy from his automo-
bile. He said Lloyd had testified
that he also had the American flag
on the machine, but the Stars and
Stripes were only for his protec-
ton, while the other expressed his
true feelings.
Assistant States Attorney Lloyd
Heth was reprimanded by the mil
lionaire socialist for allowing the
tip Of the red flag to touch the
floor while he posed for photogra-
piers in the corridor.
BE careful how you handle thai
flag" Lloyd admonished. Owens
dead wife made that, and we dom
want the floor wiped with it."
Albert ]. Flynn, a court reporter
read to the jury a copy of the state
ments made by Owens in the Office
of Maclay Hoyne on Jan. 8, 1920
Owens in the report admitted h,
believed in the soviet form of gov
eminent in the United States. Ask
!. ed how he proposed to bring abou
the soviet in this country, he an
swered, through education and or
ganization."
@Might Makes Right"
Asked if he expected to get ri,
of the present form of government
by the ballot box, he answered
Eyes, but in addition through tn,
Organization Of the workers on tn
job. Might makes right, becaus
an organized group Of sufficien
members has the power to enforc
its rule" he stated.
Replying to the query, what tn
Communist Labor party stands fol-
in his opinion, if they want to or
ganize the workingmen in groups
with sufficient power to seize al
industry, he answered, II woul
change that one word seize an
make it take over"
Allied With Eur0pe's Radicals.
A letter which Owens acknowl
edged writing was also read.
was addressed to Ralph Factor
Mason City, Iowa. Referring t
the Communist party the lette
said:
ut is aligned with the bolshevih
Of Europe. the Spartacans of Ger
many and all the communist la
borers Of Europe. We are formin
organizations in Muscatine an
Dubuque, and Oelwein. Ia, is lin