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HOLD CONVERSATION ;
BY RADIO TELEPHONE.
Washington, Jan. 16. Use of the
radio telephone for two-way con
versation between a person using a
line telephone and an aviator was
officially demonstrated for the first
time today when Major-General
Kenly, director of military aero
nautics, seated before a desk tele
phone in his office in the War de
partment, and Lieutenant Lucas, in
an airplane flying over Boiling field,
on the outskirts of the city, talked
with each other.
The radio telephone for one way
conversation in the giving of orders
has been used by the army and
navy to some extent for more than
year.
The demonstration today in
volved the use of a land line from
the War department to Boiling
field where the radio system was
installed.
HOME MADE WINE
DRINKER'S LAST RESORT.
New York, Jan. 16. Home-made
wine from '.'devices already on the
market for making alcoholic bev
erages in the home" will be the last
resort of- drinkers under nation
wide prohibition, according to a
statement tonight by William H.
Hirst, counsel for the United States
Brewers' association. Mr. Hirst as
serted that "people are going to
have wine just as long as nature
produces the materials."
The bright lights of some of
New York's cabarets, will not be
dimmed by prohibition, according
to their managers, who said their
establishments were, "primarily
restaurants and liquor is not the
largest item in our business."
WOMAN CONVICTED
OF MURDER IN CHICAGO.
Chicago; Jan. 16. Mrs. Hilda
Exlund today was found guilty of
the murder of her husband and was
sentenced to 14 years in prison, the
first woman to be convicted here of
such a crime for a long period.
Mrs. Exlund, 46 years old, took
the verdict calmly.. She stabbed her
husband, to death with a butcher
Knife. Her defense was that it was
an accident. v Wiinetsess for the
, prosecution testified that she' had
, abused her husband for years. , f
DOG TEAMS TO CARRY
FLU SERUM FAR NORTH.
Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 16. Six royal
northwest mounted police consta
bles left here today with dog teams
over the long snow trail to the
Arctic coast carrying anti-influenza
serum, which arrived here yester
day over the winter trail from the
outside world. 'To keep the serum
from freezing the officers carried it
. in belts next their skin.
NEXT WAR LOAN
CHRISTENED "VICTORY.
Washington, Jan. IS.-Tlic name
of the next war loan will be "The
Victory Liberty Loan," , .Secretary
Glass announced today. The exact
date in the spring when it is to be
floated has not been fixed. .
The honor flag of the loan will
bear a blue "V" on a . white field
surrounded by a red border, the "V"
indicating both five and "victory."
FLIRTY WHISTLE TOOTS
IN ALIENATION CASE.
New York, Jan. 16. (By Univer
sal Service.) The flirty toots of a
Brooklyn "V train figured promi
nently today in the testimony in the
suit of Mrs. Robert Lee Carter
against Mrs. Charles J. Daniels for
alleged alienation of her hubband's
affections. L
Carter was a motorman on the
Lexington avenue line, and accord
ing to the testimony, he tooted sig
nals to Mrs. Daniels as his train
went rattling past her home. One
toot meant he would meet Mrs. Dan
iels, two toots meant that he would
not. it was testified. The Carters
have been married 30 years and sep
arated in May, 1917.
Shyer of Lebaudy
Sob When Arraigned
on Murder .Charge
Hempstead, N. Y.. Jan.' 16. Mrs.
Marie Augustine . Lebaudy was
, brought before a justice of the peace
here today for arraingement on a
charge of slaying her millionarie
husband, the eccentric Jacques Le
baudy, at their home here. She was
sobbing and in a semi-hysterical
condition when she entered the
court room.
Mrs. Lebaudy has been confined
to her bed by bronchitis, compli
cated by nervous shock since the
shooting. It was announced that
,she will not be called before the
" grand jury, which will complete its
investigation tomorrow. The grand
iurrors made an inspection today of
the Lebaudy home.
In the justice's court Mrs. Le
baudy pleaded not guilty" and " was
held without bail on a charge of
murder in the first degree. She was
committed to the county jail at
Mineola.
Steamer Sails With Cargo
cf Supplies for Near East
New York, Jan, 16. The steam
ship Mercurius sailed today for Asia
Mmor, with food, clothing and medi
cal supplies for the Armenians and
Svriins. The cargo, valued at $1.
J3J,000, is being sent by the Ameri
can committee for relief in . the near
cast, have been purchased with a
part of the $4,000,000 fund raised re
cently for this purpose.
The steamer Western "Eell, carry
ing a cargo of flour valued at $1,
4oi,000 destined for the stricken
countries, also sailed from here to
day. It was stated that the steam
ship Pensacola, will sail for Asia
:-!i-cr next week with a carjro val
ue,) at between $1,500,000 ajid $2,000,
000. . -
Harrison on Vacation.
Washington, Jan. 16. Frarteis B.
!T..rr..-.vi, governor general of the
Philippines, is on lus way home
for a vacation of six months.
Enteni
Omfiia
House Military Committee
. Decides to Continue Ex
isting War Organization
for Another Year.
Washington, Jan. 16. The house
military committee practically
reached an agreement today in con
ference with Secretary Baker and
General March, chief of staff, 'to
postpone the Wax - department rer
organization bill until the next ses
sion of congress and with it a large
part of the prospective debate over
the tuture military policy of the
country.
A suggestion by Chairman Dent
that a legislative rider on the army
appropriation bill continuing the ex
isting war organization of the de
partment and the regular army for
another year be substituted for the
reorganization measure met with the
approval of Mr. Baker and apparent
ly with that of a majority of the
committee members.
The proposal grew out of a con
ference - ajt which Secretary Baker
and the cliief of staff explained to
the committee the reorganization
measure framed by the department,
providing for a regular army of 500,
000 men to be raised by voluntary
enlistment on ' a flat three-year
basis. The bill also would have
made permanent the absolute con
trol over all branches of the army
now exercised by the chief of staff
as a war time necessity,
Time Too Short to Legislate.
Chairman Dent said it would be
impossible to get such a bill through
congress in the six weeks remaining
of .(he" session. 'Committee members
agreed with him, pointing out that
thevVar department bill on its face
appeared to be , a military policy
measure which abandoned the
theory of universal military obliga
tion. Mr. Baker insisted that this
was not the case; that no attempt
to fix the nation's. policy as to a
peace time, army was involved, but
agreed that the substitution ot con
tinuing authority appeared to be the
wisest 'course1, in view of uncertain
ties of the situation abroad and lack
of time for full discussion in con
gress. .
The exact form of a rflder is to be
studied out by the general Staff. It
probably will leave the strength of
the force to presidential order with
in limits and subject to appropria
tion Jimitations The committee will
take up at once hearings on tht
regular appropriation . bill which
provides, as drawn for 50y,UUU men. I
Reticent as to universal bervice.
Secretary Baker would make no
declaration in regard to universal
military service suggestions, saying
that he would suggest no proposal
of that nature until the peace con
ference had finished its work and
the obligations of theiiation could
be gauged. He said the general
staff had submitted several studies
which were still on his desk. Later
Representative Sanford . sought to
obtain General March's views on
this question. . J
"The Question of universal train
ing is a question of national policy,"
said General March. "It is the duty
of the general staff to submit rec
ommendations to the secretary of
war when they are called for. If
they do not get by the secretary,
fhey are stopped. The secretary has
told you that they are onjiis desk."
General March said the army was
now 'organized under presidential
order arid the plan included in the
staff bill was practically that or
ganization.' A total strength of
-..09.000 men is provided tor, he said,
lo be organized into 20 divisions,
grouped in five groups. The total
annual cost he fixed at $1,185,000,000
estimated on a return to a base
pay of $15 a month for privates and
exclusive of $86,000,000 carried in
the fortification bill.
To Keep Up All Organizations.
All of the existing war time or
ganizations such as the tank corps,
transportation and motor transpor
tation corpsindependent air""service
and the like are to be continued with
the exception of the chemical war
fare service.
"We are not in favor of the use
of poison gas in' war," General
March declared, "not that it makes
any difference how you kill a sol
dier, out the gas liesvon the ground
and penetrates back to villages and
kills women and children.-.No civi
lized nation ought to use it."
The general said that even before
the arnrstice was signed, the Inter
national Red Cross was working
for ,an agreement among the bel
ligerents for abandonment 'of gas
warfare.
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Sawing Wood and Getting ,
Overheated Causes Former
Kaiser to Suffer Chills
William Hohenzollern Chafing Under Restrictions
Imposed Upon Him by Dutch Government; Irrita
bility Increased by Departure of Old Serants,
Who Find Life in Holland Intolerable.
By Associated Press.
Amerongen, Holland, Jan. 16.
The immediate cause of William
HohenzolIern'SfTepeated chills is, ac
cording to authoritative informa
tion, overheating while performing
his favorite exercise of sawing and
chopping wood. The former em
peror was accustomed to this work
before the war and when he was
informed that his walks in the
neighboring ; woods called Tor the
services of too many guards in order
to prevent his being -pestered by
various spectators, and perhaps also
molestation-of a more serious na
ture, William decided to resume his
old pastime within the castle pre
cincts. i
Works In Garden.
Late last week he showed im
provement and as the weather was
fine he began this time' work within
the castle grounds, which included
the digging of an irrigation channel
in the flower garden. The result
was a renewed chill and a further so
journ in his apartment, where ne was
ordered to remain for the present
.William Hohenzedlern's freedom
of movement is not only restricted
by the state of his health, but also
by the Dutch authorities, who, be
sides watching over his personal
security, stepped In to prevent him
from removing to Count Pueckler's
castle at Belmonte, near Wagenin-
ITALY TOM BY
COHFLICTOVER
...'iiieMiiofis
Orlando Ministry designs Be
, cause Policy TowarrJ Fiume
Is Opposed by U. S.
Peace Delegates.
Paris, Jan. 16. News of the
resignation of the Italian cabinet
has been received here.
The present crisis is said to be
due to ihe conflict ii the Orlando
ministry between those favoring
and those opposing the policy of
Foreign Minister Sonnino for the
largest possible territorial annexa
tion and for no concessions, .part
icularly to the Jugo-Slavs.
-The Italian peace delegates here
express the belief that the resigna
tion c fololwed when it became
known to Premier Orlando that the
United States representatives are
not in entire agreement with Baron
Sonnino's, views concerning Fiume.
Impromptu Parade
in Seattle Dispersed
by Mounted Police
Seattle, Jan. 16. Approximately
500 persons, leaving an open air
mass meeting and starting a parade
through the citys business district
singing "I. W. W." songs, were dis
persed early tonight by 20 mounted
police officers, ' supported by five
automobiles'containing police armed
with carbines and behind these a
platoon of police with clubs.
Grain Contract Adopted.
Chicaso. Tan. 16. A uniform con
tract for the purchase and'sale of
cash grain was adopted today at
a harmonious fneeting of the Coun
cil of Grain Exchanges.
W.C.T.U. Celebrates Success
Of Prohibition Movement
Ratification of Amendment by
Nebraska Received With
'Jubilation at Nation
al Headquarters.
Chicago, Jan. 16. When the rati
fication of the prohibition constitu
tional amendment by the thirty-
sixth state was reported today at the
national headquarters of the Wo
man's Christian Temperance union
in iwanston, a suburb, a large Amer
ican flag, made by the women of
Portland when the state of Maine
led the other, states by barring
liquor, was flung to the breeze. Each
time a state has gone dry that flag
has signalled the event
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OMAHA, FRIDAY,
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gen, which , they declare- was un
suited. ' The ex-emperor is becoming in
creasingly irritable under unaccus
tomed restrictions -and this feeling
is sugmented by the gradual depar
ture of many of his old servants,
who find life in Holland, under the
circumstances, unbearable. Dutch
domestics, who are filling their
places, do not attain the same per
fection of obeisance as the imperial
servants, who, for years were accus
timed to foresee the requirements
of their sovereign.
Cast On His Own Resources.
It is -probable that before many
weeks the entire German personnel
will have disappeared, and the for
mer monarch, who never could do
any simple thing for himself in the
way of dressing, will be cast on his
own resources. '
His recent ailments have had a
marked effect on his physical and
mental , condition, which is small
wonder, when such a man has had
to surrender to aan array of slaves
for the ear and hose, gargles for
the throat, pills and other medicines,
At various hours of the day he is
compelled to take something or
other of this kind, and his wife, who
acts as his nurse, is always in at
tendance to see that he executes
the physician's orders.
Frau Hohenzollern is now in fair
ly good health, and goes out oc
casionally to tea. '
ALL-RUSSIAN
GOVERN LIEUT
ACTIVE AT 0L1SK
Siberian City Has Appearance
of . Throbbing Metropolis;
Population Jumps from
100,000 to 500,000.
Omsk, Jan. 16. Undismayed by
thf staggering problems facing it,
the all-Russian government here is
seeking' constructively to organize
the nation on a solid and lasting
foundation. Admiral Kolchak, the
head of the government, is surround
ed by many young ministers and
they are working day and niglit to
bring about harmony. '
Much attention is being given now
to the movement of freight across
Siberia from Vladivostok.- Trans
portation by way of Lake Baikal
has virtually ceased. There is much
congestion and disorganization, due
to lack of materials.
The simplest necessities have ad
vanced enormously in price and
luxuries are comparatively valueless.
The prices of things like candles,
matches, thread, soap and dishes are
soaring daily and are difficult to ob
tain. The refugee movement to the
Omsk region has caused the popula
tion to jump from 100,000 to 500,
000. It is imposible to find lodgings
of even the poorest sort, and as a
result foreigners and Russians have
reauisitioned railroad coaches and
sleeping cars for living quarters. A
thousand railroad cars are in such
use at Omsk and several hundred
at Chita. This condition has further
depleted the rolling stock of Trans
Siberian railway.
Omsk has the appearance of a
throbbing metropolis. In certain
sections the office buildings and
modern apartment houses resemble
parts of New 'York and Paris. The
sidewalks are jammed with peoplej
and tne snow-covered streets are
alive with flying droshkies. .
Miss Anna A. Gordon, president
of the National W. C. T. U., told
how the Woman's Temperance
movement was started at Hillsboro,
O., in 1873, by wives and mothers,
who, in a campaign of 50 days, suc
ceeded in having closed the saloons
of, Hillsboro and many surrounding
towns. She said Mrs. Eliza Trum
bull Thompson, wife of a judge and
daughter of an Ohio governor, led
the campaign and told how her fol
lowers had dogs set upon them and
how pepper was thrown in barroom
stoves to keep the women from en
tering in prosecuting tlir work.
In August, 1874, the W. C T. U.
was organized at Chautauqua, N. Y
and the following , November, the
first convention was held in Cleveland.
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JANUARY 17, 1919.
Nebraska Ratification Gives
Necessary Three-Fourths
Majority to Make Federal
Amendment Effective.
Washington, Jan. 16. Ratification
today of the federal constitutional
prohibition amendment made the
United States the first great power
to take legislative action permanent
ly to stop the liquor traffic. (
Nebraska's vote gave the neces
sary affirmative three-fourths major
ity of the states to make .effective
the amendfnent submitted by con
gress in December, 1917. It was
followed by similar action in the
legislatares of Missouri and Wyom
ing, making 38 states in all which
have approved a "dry" America.
Affirmative action by some of the
10 , state legislatures yet to ..act is
predicted by prohibition advocates.
Prohibition In Effect June 30.
Under the terms of the amend
ment the manufacture, sale and im
portation of intoxicating liquors
must cease one yeaafter ratifica
tion, but prohibition would be a fact
in every state much earlier because
of the war measure, forbidding man
ufacture and sale of alcoholic beve
rages after June 30, until the demo
bilization of the military forces is
completed. Under the war mea
sure, exportation of liquor is per
mitted, but the great stocks now
held in bonded warehouses will have
to be disposed of before,the federal
amendment becomes effective. -
Discussion ' whether the new
amendment becomes - par,t of the
constitution how that 36 states have
ratified it or whether it becomes a
part of the basic law only when
each state has certified its action
to the -secretary of state led to aj
searcn tor preceacnr, wnicn snowea
that the only two amendments rati
fied jn the last half century pro
viding for income taxes and direct
election of senators were considered
effective immediately the 36th state
had taken affirmative action.
Senator Sheppard, author of the
prohibition amendment, held that
national prohibition becomes a per
manent fact January 16, 1920.
Certification Delayed.
Only 14 of the states have certi
fied their action to the state depart-.
ment. lhe vote of the Mississippi
legislature, the first to act, has not
been received at the State depart
ment. The Mississippi secretary of
state said today at Jackson that the
certificate had been mailed to Wash
ington immediately ater the legis
lature acted and that a duplicate
would be sent if the original had
been lost. Proclamation of the rati
fication of a new amendment is
made, but this was said to be a for
mality and not a requisite part of
changing the constitution.
New problems of government are
raised by prospective stoppage of
the manufacture and sale of intoxt
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Montenegrins Drive
Serbian Troops Out of
Towns in Montenegro
Washington, Jan. 16. -Occupation
of Montenegro by Serbian
troops has resulted in a revolt by
the Montenegrins, according to an
official statement issued here to-'
night at the Montenegrin legation.
Insurgents numbering about 20,
000 have succeeded in occupying
several towns from which the Ser
bian forces were driven.
PEACE COUNCIL
DEBATING UPON
PUBLICITY PLANS
Conference's Relations With
Press and Russian Situa-
tion Discussed by
Delegates. v;
Paris, Jan. 16. The meeting of the
supreme war council at the foreign
office this morning, occupying two
hours, was the only formal gather
ing of the peace delegates today. As
summed up in the official communi
que the Russian situation and the
conference's relations with the press
were the only subjects treated.
1 After the meeting, President Wit
son, Premier Lloyd George,. Secre
tary Lansing and Mr. .Balfour, re
mained for some time in the ante
chamber of M. Pichon's office in
earnest conversation. ,
Correspondents in Caucus.
The supreme council appointed a
committee to discuss the subject
of publicity, and the Britsih and
American correspondents this after
noon met apparently in caucus to
formulate the position they would
take at the later conference with the
council's committee. Afterward the
British and American newspaper
men met in joint caucus to harmo
nize their plans.
The committee named by the
council comprises Sir Douglas Rid-
dell for Great Britain, Ray Stannard
Baker for the United States, Mm.
Commert and Corbin for France
and - Signor Eldorvanda for Italy.
Japan is not represented on the
committee, v
League Covenant Drafted.
The draft of the league of nations
in the form of treaty enactment has
now proceeded much further than
generally supposed as a result of re
cent conferences between Lord
Robert Cecil, Secretary Lansing and
Colonel House, at which, the best
features of the various projects were
embodied in concrete form of enact
ment. This is called a covenant, in
stead of a treaty, and eirjbraces 13
articles and eight supplementary
publications, which bring - together
the main features of all the plans
presented, '
The covenant, while subject to
much revision, probably will bj!
ready for the congress or committee,
whenever the subject is considered.
Business Men Urged
by
Secretary Lane to
Suppor
xt Wilson s Idea
New York, Jan. 16. Appealing
for the support of President Wil
son's idea of a league of nations by
the business men of the United
States, Franklin K. Lane, secretary
of the interior, in an address here
today before the Merchants' as
sociation of New York, gave an Out
line of what the fundamental ele
ments of such a league "must be!"
Its basis, he asserted, will be "in
ternational co-operation."
Mr. Lane explained how, through
the formation of a league of na
tions, ejuanrels ketween nations
could be adjudicated by "an inter
national court," following investiga
tion of the case by "an international
council of (mediation," how a 'de
linquent" nation could be "encom
passed by a circle of iron," com
pletely shutting ' off its economic
life and isolating it from the rest of
the world, and how if this failed,
the members of the league of na
tions could as a last resort turn to
war.
Police Chauffeur Saves .
Life of Officer Cooper
Neal Hays, police chauffeur,
snatched a loaded jjun ut of the
hand of Charles Battle, colored, 1217
Cass street, last night just as the
negro was pointing the gun at
Policeman Cooper who had ar
rested him on a charge of robbery.
Battle was arrested . at Fifteenth
and Chicago streets on complaint
of D. P. O'Neal, farmer, Seward.
Neb., who said the negro had rob
bed him of. $35. While the arrest
ing officers were awaiting the ar
rival 'of the patrol, Battle quickly
loaded his gun and was in the act
of making his escape wheti Hays
interefered.
O'Neal was also booked at the
police station as complaining wit
ness against Battle.
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Conspirators in Campaign ot) Destruction in, California
: Face Possible Prison Terms of 20 Years; Woman
x Defendant Unmoved; Verdict Received
Smilingly by Others. '
Sacramento, Jann. 16. All the 46 defendants in the I. :
W. W. conspiracy case were found guilty by a jury in the U,
S. district court here tonight The defendants were charged
with conspiring to conduct a campaign of destruction in tb
state and elsewhere to break the government's war program.
' The verdict, "guilty as charged," was returned at 6 ,
o'clock, after the jury had been out since 4:35 o'clock. Sen
tences will be imposed tomorrow by United States Judg
FIERY-TELEGRAM
SENTBYPEBSTO
LABORJJEETIilG
Declares Free Speech Dead in
U. S.; Radical Speakers
Demand Organization of
American Soviet.
Chicago, Jan. 16. This was field
day for the extreme radicals at the
National labor congress called to
consider a program for liberating
Thomas J. Mooney and Warre
Billings. , .
Practically every principle of the
socialists and1 the I.W. W. was urged
for adoption in the flood of oratory
which occupied both the morning
and the afternoon session.
Speakers demanded the organiza
tion of an American soviet, the pres
and capitalist class were denounced,
and the declaration was made that a
new 1 day for labor is at hand in
which the masses will rule the woria
Pleas were made for industrial
democracy and solidarity of labor
and the American Federation of
Labor was bitterly assailed. The
radical delegates and the crowd in
the ea lerv loudlv cheered the revo
lutionary sentiments expressed by
the speakers.
The climax was reached when
moving picture was shown of the
Mooney : case. One scene showed
soldiers carrying an American flag
in the San i-rancisco preparedness
day parade and there were hisses
from some of the radicals in the
crowd when this' was flashed on the
screen.
A telegram was read from Eugene
V. Debs expressing regret at his
inability to come to Chicago and
address the convention, because of
the conditions imposed by Federal
Judge D. C. Westenhaver of Cleve
land when the Socialist leader was
released on bail after his conviction
for violation of the espionage act
Telegram Front Debs.
In the telegram Debs said, among
other things: v. .
''Free speech prevails in Russia,
but it is dead in the United States
since the world has been made safe
for democracy. The conservative
element has the unqualified approval
and support of the capitalist press
which can only mean that the con-
servate . clement is true to the
capitalist class and false to the
working class. I am with and for
the radkals.
"The hour has struck for action.
Long-winded resolutions and hum
ble petitions to corporation tools in
public office and corrupt politicians
are worse than useless. Mooney is
innocent and. the whole world
knows it. The convention can do
no less than demand his uncondi
tional release and is'sue an ultima
tum to that effect, giving due
notice that if that fails a general
strike will , follow at a specified
time and - industry paralyzed
throughout the land. Appeal has
been, made to their consciences in
vain and now let the batteries of
Habor be opened on their profits."
Relief Bill Reported
' ' Favorably to Senate
Washington, Jan. 16. Debate on
the administration bill, appropria
ting $100,000,1)00 for food relief in
Europe and the near east will be
gin tomorrow in the senate with
leaders confident of a' final vote be
fore adjournment Saturday niglit.
The measure was ordered favor
ably reported today by the senate
appropriations committee with but
little opposition and both democra
tic and republican leaders are con
fident that it will be passed. Many
senators, however, are, opposed to
the appropriation and ?re expected
to present their views on the floor
of the senate?
First Lady
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DECLAR
PLOT
Frank H. Rudkin of Spokane.
Miss Theodora Pollok, the onlj
woman defendant, apparently was
unmoved by the verdict which wa:
smilingly received by the others
The 43 defendants, who joined in a
"silent protest" and were not repre
sented by counsel sang "In Union
There is Strength," to the tune of
the Battle Hymn of the Republic as
they filed from the court room.
Face Prison Terms.
Prison terms, which may be im
posed, range from two to 20 years it
was said.
Miss Pollok, Basile Saffores and
A. L. Fox, all of San Francisco, were
represented at the trial which began
a month ago, by Attorneys Nathan
C. Cohland of San Francisco and
Harry C. McKee of Fresno.
The government's case was pre
sented by Kobert Duncan of Ukiaii.
Cal., and George N. Murdock of
Indianapolis, special attorneys for
the Department of Justice and P, H.
Johnson, assistant U. S. district at
torney of San Francisco. A score
of government officials who assisted
in raids on I. .W. W. headquarters
in cities of California and through
out the northwest testified to- the
defendants' activity in obstructing
war work, hindering enforcement of
war . time laws, and seeking to cre
ate a reign of terror by sabotage
methods. '
Connected With Haywood.
Besides those brought to trial
or mentioned as active conspirators
in the indictment a group headed
by William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the I. W. W. recently
convicted in Chicago on similar
charges, was named as co-conspirators.
Ramifications of the case involved
attempts, charged against the de
fendants to start fires and use other
forms of sabotage as the result of
the imprisonment of I. W. W.
members for various crimes. Amons
these cases of such imprisonments
were those - of H.J). Suhr and
Richard Ford, convicted of killing
E. T. Manwell, district attorney of
Yuba county, Cal., in the Wheatland
hop yard riots of 1913; the Eisbee
deportations', the Everett, Wash.,
shooting affray and the McNamara
dynamiting case at Los Angeles.
Scored by Prosecutor.
The jury retired after Robert
IJuncan, chief government prose
cutor, made the concluding state
ment, in which he said:
; "The I. W. W. recognizes no
country, no flag, no color line. They,
respect no flag but the red flag.
They would drag us ail .down to the
level of the lowest man. They
do not recognize difference in ability
in men, but would give the un
worthy the same privileges for
which the worthy have to strive so
hard."
Duncan read at length front
journals of the organizations which
were alleged to have stated that
"no peace officer could be a mem
ber of the I. W. W.," the "uniform
of the United States soldier is
merely the livery of 'scab,'" and
"sabotage is a ign of courage."
"It is a--fine examole of courage
bwhen some I. W. W. throws a
phosphorus bomb into-a hay stack
and then arranges to be hundreds
of miles away before that bomb
ignites,' .Duncan said. "Thev said
that conscription was a challenge
to the working class. Since their
organization in 190S they have been
an unlawful conspiracy in restraint
of the orderly and progressive pro
grams of thjs government. They
(Continurd en P Two, Column Flv.
Sinn Fein Leaders
Draft Declaration of
Irish Independence
,
Dublin, Jan. 16. The Sinn Fe'ii
organization at a meeting Wednes
day announced that at a conference
of Irish republican members oi the
British parliament on Tuesday ti e
drafts of a declaration of indeDeu-
dence and of a message to the na
tions of the world were considered.-
Loth matters were referred w.'h
amendinents'to committees for final
revision.
It Was decided to simimnn in oi
Irish conference, under flie
ship of the national assembly at an
early date. '
The mcetinir decided to
mend to the all-Iri?h coil ference (re
sending of Professors De Va'era
Arthur Griffiths and Count Plunkett
as Ireland's delegates to the pec
conference
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