Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-03

Ludwig Lore. alleged conuthor Of the
Communist Labor party platform. anu
uuthm uf alleged radical publications,
received ,Lc to five years. and Jack
Carney. Duluth. Minn.. editor Il
Truth" and member of the party's ma
tiunnl executive committee. one to five
years and $1,000 fine.
The sentences nre for the state prison
| aud the Cook county jail.
Nature of Charges
The defendants were charged with
conspiracy to advocate the overthrow
II the government hy force. conspiracy
to publish ~ distribute printed matter
advocating ovcrthrOwing the govern
mcnt hy force. conspiracy to belong 10
nn organization advocating II. and con.
spifncy to nttend meetings nt which
uVeithruwing the government by force
| was advocated.
Mnclay Hoyne states attorney. In q
| statement issued after the verdict,
| called II signal Victory Tor the en-
tire United states"
, "In this trial. red radicalism was
driven into the Open" said the state
moni "Onc important issue decided
I 10y this Jury is that the red card of the
| l. W. W In international and that tn
only card recognized aa American "
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/ I'm the American Federation of Labor" ="
Three Women Await Trial
Three women. indicted nj the same
time ~ Lloyd and others, now are
awaiting n separate trial.
The dclcndants were Indicted under
the nrw Iliinris- law against criminal
svndiualigm They were among 800
suspected radicals taken In n raid ~
Chicago by states Attorney Maclav
I Hoyne. last January which was mad
/ M" night preceding the nation Wild
7 raids Instituted hy Attorney General
| :. liner thirty nine members of the
Comwuii,i I hur party wcr" indicted
4 1t r { ~ were tried Tor several fled,
aH'c iDHr reported IN Ncvico whit
iohn Reed mngnzino writer ana %.
. thor IL IT, custody nt Ahn. Finlanc
~ r~oi with smuggling frou plshr
! ti u sqin Tho trial hrgln Nlv 10.
/ .r1 nrrr'v riro wcei e were rsnsImri
.. i.r'nr iIrv y was 'he 'ri
ffI.l uifinr % IuauiU1fr Hr.i'si th0
r,. umrH .a i. hrd Iu 'Hnl 0nHnF
ru.flI sr,. tl, fiHvuaft.t uuaIrhIafs
.t,.. UHn, iatci md sentenced 20 hans
I November - iSS7
idvocFtrd Rev voiutiOn
n ring the 'rirl the state ccrtero1
~ nitncf an i.lovd tn most prom
ircrt 4 tho defendants and the son
Z 4 roston phil1nthropist Tie WIS
charged with openly advocating n revo
tuition ~ the masses against the gov
ernmcnt and was alleged to have siil
'n speeches that banks should H.
il.wn onon O. Tot money to finance the
r... i1'ion nni n~fnnrios should b.
Hr.H fnr 1mm milton other alleged
.f,'"n.nts ~ his were to the effect
TINT only Wv overihruwinE the gov
rrrmrnt can thu masses triumph
Sn"ral newspaper men who reported
fpe.chos made by Lloyd were amonr
IN witnesses against the millionair,
md his associates. and Former Mayor
~" Hanson. " Seattle. nlsn testified
Nasgcs Il documents issued by th'
| third lnternationnle M Moscow. the ]
lW " and similar organizations wer
introd oducod NJ evidence The chief a.
frnse made bv defendants was that
they were exercising the right of IRE,
speech" when making various allegsd
sellilous statements aud that they had
IN no way violated their rights "as citi
zrns of free republic"