Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-03
BACkER OF CON-
MUNIST PARTY CONVICTED
OF sEDITIoN.
MUST GO TO PRISON
AND PAY $4,000 FINE
Twenty IRE DIS" Found Guilty Of Sim
liar Offenses and Sentenced to
Prison or JaiI-TriaI Lasted Sew
eral Weeks-Arrests and Trials
Result of Raids.

conspiracy to overthrow the koyern-
ment of the United States by5a iury
in Judge Oscar Hebers branch of
the criminal court.
He was fined $4,000 and given
term in the state penitentiary.
The other defendants were Sven
terms in prison or Jail, and some of
them were fined.
The Guilty.
Those found guilty follow:
William Bross Lloyd. Winnetka
millionaire. sergeant at arms at COM
muntst labor party convention, or
ganizer, hacker. and leading spirit In
the movement; prison and $4,000
fine.
l.. e. Katterfeld, Dighton, Kas.,
brains of the organization, national
organizer; practically prepared par
tvs platform; prison and $4,000 fine.
Max Bedacht, San Francisco, Calf.
member Of national executive COM
mittee and platform committee; pri-
SON and $1,000 fine.
Jack Carney, Duluth. Mimi, MEM
Der Of national executive committee,
editor and publisher Of Truth; prison
and $1,000 fine.
Perry Chapman, Rock Island, Ill.
member Of state committee; one
year in county Jail. $
L. X. England, Moline, H.. member
OF state committee; prison.
Ludwig Lore, New York, editor of
Glass Struggle; helped draft consti-
tuition; prison.
DR.. Karl F. Sandberg, Chicago,
organizer and delegate to national
convention; one year in county Jail.
DR.. Oscar J. Brown, De Kalb, Ill,
organizer. delegate to national COM
vention, and member OF platform
Niels j. Christensen. delegate to
national convention and member OF.
international relations committee;
one year in county Jail.
Edgar Owens, Moline, ILL.,, state Sec
rotary: helped draft constitution;
prison.
Samuel Ash, Chicago, lawyer, one
Of organizers; one year in prison.
James A. Messenger. Chicago, mem
Der OF county executive COMMITTEES:
one year In prison.
Samuel F. Hankin; one year in
prison.
Edwin Firth, Indianapolis. Ind, ma
tional delegate and organizer; one
year in county Jail.
John Vogel; one year in county jail
member Of county committee; prison
and $4,000 fine.
Arthur Proctor. Chicago, owner Of
Clarion book store, 204 North Clark
street, meeting place of radicals:
member of county committee; prison
and $4,000 fine.
Nielss Kjar, Chicago, member OF ma.
tional executive committee and Cook
county propaganda committee;
prison.
Norris A. Stolar, Chicago, member
Of county executive committee; one
year In prison.
Charles Krumbein, Chicago, mem
Der of county executive committee;
one year in prison.
"Does Flag Still Wave?"
The jury was given the case after
a closing plea by Special Prosecutor
Frank Comerford. which consumed
one and one-half days. He finished
his address by reciting 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner"
Like Francis Scott Key, who
watched all night to see If the flag
still waved, the people turnout the
entire country were awaiting their
verdict to see if our flag is still fly
ing, Mr.. Comerford told the jury.
Take our constitution and send it
to the junk pile, and adopt the Mos
COW manifesto" he said. 'Take the
statues of Washington and Lincoln
out of our parks and erect shafts to
Lenine and Trotzky. Go to the
churches and take Christ off the
cross. Put in his place Judas.
Seek "Ounce Of Prevention
These men are being tried under
an act Of our state legislature. The
reason for this law is that our legis-
ltors believe that an ounce DE proven
ton is worth ten Haymarket riots. If
you think the defendants are Just
bugs want to tell YOU they are the
lind of men who make blood run
thru the Streets
161 Taken in Raids.
On Jan. 1 States Attorney Maclay
Hoyne declared war on all reds" in
Cook county. Raids took place in
many meeting places Of the radicals,
and 161 were arrested. Thirty-nine
were members Of the Communist La
Dor party, eighty-seven belonged to
the communist party, and thirty-fi
were I. w. WIS.
All were indicted Twenty mem
bers of the communist labor party
were placed on trial first. Several
We're granted separate trials and
turned states evidence.
Selection of the jury commenced on
May 10 and fifty-two days were spent
in the examination Of veniremen be-
fore complete jury was obtained.
Many More to Be Tried.
With twenty members of the COM
munist labor party under sentence
for conspiring to advocate the over
throw Of government by force. the
state today prepared to clear the
docket of radical cases at the fall
term Of court.
Eighty-six communists, thirty-sev-
en- 1. W. w. and three woman com
munist laborites caught in the same
| nationwide roundup which trapped
William Bross Lloyd and his nine
teen associates, found guilty by g
Jury last night, remain to be tried.
Evidence in all the cases is, prac
!, tically the same and yesterdays vic
tory for the state, has material!
strengthened the prosecution in thu
coming trials the states attorney