The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-24
DEBS RELEASED
FOR CHRISTMAS
WITH 20 OTHERS

CONTINUED FROM pAGE ONE.
ercise Of his civil rights but he
will walk from the prison Christ
mas day a free man and will be
eligible for full pardon, as have
the others whose sentences were
also commuted today.
The minimum term allowance for
reopening case for a fun pardon.
IL was said, is one year, but II has
been the practice in the department
OF justice not to consider cases OF
this character until two years have
elapsed.
Executives Worked Late.
The president and the attorney
general worked far into the night
over the pardon cases.
There has been enormous pres
sure brought to bear on President
Harding during tho past six months
! for the release Of Debs and tho
granting of general amnesty to all
| political prisoners. Almost equal
pressure has been brought in oppo-
sition to this program.
Six weeks ago this matter was
discussed at n cabinet meeting after
| II was announced the attorney-gen-
eral had been instructed to prepare
digest of all the cases for the
was decided to include also the cases
of soldiers serving sentences for vi
| olations OF army regulations such
as desertion after the armistlce.
There were 1917 cases found which
warranted executive clemency
The complete clemency list fol-
lows:
! Eugene V. Debs, convicted, at
Cleveland, Ohio, violation espion-
age act, sentenced May is. 1918.
to serve 10 years. Sentenced again
April ~, 1919.
orville Anderson, convicted at
| Deadwood. s. D., under espionage
act, sentenced October 8, 1918 to
| four years.
Charles Ashleigh. convicted AZ
| Chicago Of conspiracy under espt-
onage act. sentenced to 10 years
To be deported.
Giovanni Baldizzi, convicted un.
der espionage act at Chicago, sen
fenced 10 years. To be deported.
I David Blodgett, convicted a. Des
Moines. Iowa. January 5, 1918
Sentenced 20 years.
j j. T. Cumbie, convicted at Okla.
homa City. Okla. violation OF es-
pionage act. sentenced to six years
Thomas Carey. convicted at sar
Francisco, violation espionage act
Sentenced two years. which he be
gan to serve September Q. 1920.
Joseph NJ. Calwell. convicted a
Providence, II. l.. for violation es
pionaGe act, sentenced three years
beginning October 1919.
Mojick Fieron. convicted at De
troit under espionage act, sentenced
August Z. 1918 to 20 years. Sen
! tence commuted by President vii
son to five years,
Claude Freese, convicted at +
} Paso, Texas for unlawful departur'
from the United States in time o
war, sentenced TO five years fron
November 6. 1918.
Ed Hamilton, convicted at Chi
cago, August o. 1918, violation es
pionage act, sentenced to 10 years
william j, Head, convicted n
Sioux Falls. ID. D., sentenced NO
> vember 1917 to five years, violation
, espionage act. Now out on bond.
Gustav II. Jacobson, convicted a
Chicago. sentenced to three year
for violation espionage act and be
gan term September "a. 1921 Con
Quoted military enterprise agains
Great Britain.
will Kennedy, convicted OF dis
! loyalty at Los Angeles and sen
! fenced July 3. 1919 to II years
: Now confined In hospital.
Jack Law, convicted at Chicago
violation espionage act and sen
t fenced August 80. 1918 for 10 years
John L. Murphy. convicted a