Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-24

tence he did. He is an old man,
not strong physically. He Is
man of much personal charm and
impressive personality, which
qualification made him q danger
Gus man, calculated to mislead the
unthinking and affording excuse
for those with criminal intent"
Woman Is Included.
One woman. Mrs. Idell Kennedy,
convicted at Los Angeles of him
dering the selective service act,
by arranging with an occulist to
furnish national army men with
eye glasses which distorted their
vision and made them unfit for
army service, was included in the
list, with notation that Presi.
dent Wilson previously had re-
duced her sentence from eleven
to three years on condition that
she be placed in a sanitarium for
the insane.
Claus Freese, who was convicted
at Eel Paso, Tex, in 1918, the sum
mary said, attempted to sell to a
German consul m Mexico. plans
Of a gun which the American army
was expected to use, although he
contended that the plans were i'm
practicable and that he was try
ing to play Yankee trick" on
the diplomatic agent.
Joseph Schur, formerly a prac-
ticing attorney at indianapolis and
Maurice l.. Snitkin were two cases
coupled together in President
Harding's combinations, both
men having been involved in a
conspiracy to sell exemptions to
young men who had been sum-
moned for army service In New
York. Each was sentenced to six
years in prison, but were released
on parole August 25.
Poet To BE Deported.
Among the /. w. w. prisoners re-
leased was Charles Ashieigh,
writer of poetry and speaker who |
has served two years of ten-year
term and will be deported to his
native country, England. Giovanni
Baldazzi, of Chicago, who was
manager of I'll Proletarlo," an
Italian paper conducted by the l. |
w. w, was also released for de-
although a fine of $780,
600 had been added by the court to |
his ten-year prison sentence. These |
were the only two members of the |
who had attained any
prominence to obtain release, 1t was
said.
Wilhelm Schumann, a German
Lutheran minister at Pomeroy; |
Iowa, was convicted of having |
urging punishment for all enemies |
Of Germany, and his release was
ordered today.
Mojick Fieron, formerly an Off
Ger in the Austrian army, who was
convicted at Detroit Of obstructing
the selective service act, and sent
enced TO twenty years, was given
his final release by the list, Presi-
dent Wilson having acted previous
y to reduce the sentence to five
years. Among the miscellaneous
cases were those of two oklahoma
farmers who Joined early in the
war in a general rebellion against Il
.hs selective service act, which was
quickly suppressed. Gustave II.
Jacobsen, of Chicago, also named
or release. aided conspiracy
Turing the war to raise a native
'ebellion against British rule in
india, insofar as he allowed his
house to be used for a meeting
jlace by those concerned, but the
statement issued today said he was
mot shown to have been in reality
IN enemy of the United States"
Members of the 1. w. w.
Jack Law, another member of
he /. w. w, convicted at Chicago
n 1918, the summary said. repre-
ented zone of the cases wherein
t is earnestly claimed by many
persons that there was no evidence
It the trial to show that the appli-
ant was guilty Of any disloyal act, /.
Turing the war;"
In making the announcement of
h executive action today, Presi-
lent Harding stated at the outset
hat he had no comment to make
IN the Debs case and this was in
erpreted as meaning that no action
vas forthcoming in regard to the
'ormer socialist leader at this time.
Within a few minutes, however, the
complete list was made available to II
he newspaper correspondents and
disclosed that Mr.. Debs' release had Il
naoy1 auth orized