Evening star., 1920-07-13
COMMUNISTS SANG
B0LSHEWK CHANT
George F. R. CummeroW Tes.
titles at Trial of Twenty
in Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 13 (by the Asso-
clated Press) The battle cry of the
oolsheviki was chanted at the open
ing OF all sessions Of the communist
George F. r. Cummerow testified
when taking of testimony began in
the trial of twenty members of the
communist labor party. Cummerow
is an attorney and was a special fed
eral agent
Counsel for the defendants. who
are charged with violating the state
sedition act, waived the privilege of
making an opening statement and
Cummerow took the stand to tell
about the communist convention
here, and was still on the stand to-
day.
| William Bross Lloyd, one of the de-
PENDANTS and reputed millionaire,
,, was elected permanent sergeant-at-
arms, Cummerow testified, when the
convention opened. The third day. he
said, it selected the name communist
labor party because it sounded rev.
olutionary
ing the New York conference preced-
ing the Chicago convention when
the Moscow manifesto was adopted.
State Claims First Victory.
The state yesterday claimed it
scored its first victory in the trial
of Lloyd and the nineteen others
when Judge Hebel ruled that activ-
ities of the defendants prior to the
passage of the Illinois sedition act
could be utilized as evidence.
The opening statement by the state
presented by Lloyd D. Heth, assistant
states attorney, contained a resume
of the alleged acts of the defendants
which the state said it would attempt
to prove. 1t dealt with the activities
of the alleged radicals in indorsfng
and adopting ideas which Mr. Heth
said were promulgated in soviet Rus
sia. An attempt was made to enforce
those ideals in Seattle and in Winni-
peg by general strikes, the prosecutor
said. Mr.. Heth charged that Lloyd
in various speeches. openly said that
in order to attain the ends of the COM
munists. the present form of govern
ment must be overthrown-by force
and arms. The Comrades said Mr..
Heth, were advised to dynamite banks
and armories in order to obtain funds
arms and ammunition with which to
destroy the government.
Deferred Opening Statement.
At the conclusion of the states
statement attorneys for the defense
obtained permission to defer making
an opening statement. until later.
Joseph A. Zinman OF New York, a
shorthand reporter; Cornelius J.
Brown. detective sergeant. connected
with the bomb squad of the New York
city police department, and Matthias Elk
in, Brooklyn printer. were the first
witnesses called by the prosecution
Their testimony dealt principally with
the left wing conference held at the
Manhattan Lyceum. New York city. in
June, 1919. Elkin testified he printed
the official organ of the left wingers
called the Revolutionary Age. He de-
clared he printed 10000 copies of the
first edition. which were paid for by
Benjamin Gitlow of New York, whom
he understood. was identified with the
movement.
In the afternoon session. William S.
Forrest, chief counsel for the defense
objected to the admission OF the Revolu-
tionary Age as evidence. The motion
was sustained as to all articles appear
ing in the publication except that en-
titled Left Wing Manifesto" This
particular article dealt with the COM
munist activities, hopes and desires
Later it was read to the jury.