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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923 Harding Commutes Sentences Of 27 Convicted of War Crimes Before Wlaska President ’:H‘cdmu to a number of prisoners convicted of violation of war-time but denied it cases came before him, it was ed last night at the Depart- ment of Justice. The President acted on 138 pardon 2nd commutation cases, a recqrd- breaking number in the op Department of Justice officlals. He granted thirty conditional and four- teen unconditional commutations, one ull pardon, restored civil rights to twentv-seven former prisoners and leaving yesterday for Harding granted to many others | {in Leavenworth penitentia fon of|of duty In the war'and their relen |Sinclair, J. P. Thompson and James Slovik: under five-year sentences. J. Doran, Joe Graber, Charles L. Mc- | Kinnon, John M. Foss, Harry Lloyd and H. F. Kane. Conditional Releasex. All of the twenty-two are confined and will be released upon receipt by the war- den of formal warrants. They were sentenced for conspiring to cause in- subordination, disloyalty and refusal revocable if they encourage, advo- cate or become wilfully connected with future lawlessness in any form. Of twenty-two cases resulting from | convictions at Sacramento, imme- diate commutations, conditioned upon | deportation, were ordered by the h denied eighty-four applications for| president for ,Harry Gray, a Britis rardons or commutations. . He also’gybject, and Vincent Santilli, an Ita ordered remission of fines In tWo|fan The twenty convicted in $ cases, {mento who were denled com Denies Pleas of Twenty-Two, | tions were: Blmer Anderson, Peter the cases of:De Bernardi, Harry Brewer. Morti- centered in and other war law ions had been pressed These the Pre to scven, but denied applications to twenty-one cases, including a group of twenty alleged members of the In- dependent Workers e onvicted at Sacramento, Calif. Two convicted however, had their sentences condttional on their depe two alleged the World celebrated ations nd including: viol 2 d and othe i = Lribery atutes. a Detalls are Withheld. Details g the eighty-four} ation applications that’ but It among was Ga., and New Yor » Atlanta penitentiary or violating the wartime laws. Israel Goldberg e to the Supreme Court violation of war laws, twenty Ch to expire at that they be al to the government Under twenty- rd B h H. « t muted 1 plin and der ten-year sen- 3 inett, Alex Cour- Peter Green, J. A. MacDonal T. Turner, C. Davis, James Jortor Bert' Lorton: Archie q trimming—a | Meyer Everything for the @A Rolling Tone victed of violating the es-|mer Downing, Hen | 1in, { Hood, John Pottha twenty- | World, ! ann white slave, | law- | zier, For- | A Meyer Sport Model An ideal combination of White Buckskin—with a walrus | Teather sole and rubber heel. 56 v Hammer, Quinlan, ¢ | O'Connell, J. | Voetter, James Graves, Phillip Laugh- Cael b, am prague, Luber and hento pris- car sentences their conv Department Justice memorandum sald, resulted | from “vicious” acts and not mere ex- | pressions of opinion. i Overt Acts Charged. | “They assisted in t1 | of property necessary,” the depart- mental statement said. *“They icited and incited of s of violence, disloyvalty obedience hamperi ! pro and ordin force: Of the four a | tences of three. cil Francik and ¢ commuted immedlately, was denied gher. The Tagher ir ing the war Robert Connelian ar T: F. Conner, Frank v dward Quigley Tori. All of ers were gi destruction er and dis of the for the express purpose government war the ation of the promoted dis ¢ and _insub- on in the military and naval fourth, F. J ment contende kes in ol fle ivised and pla 1of ol at a time when the govern i cold least afford such opposition 1 per and Francik have been serving | tences of {each, Ander: { gher eight y itor to Go Free. { _1In another case the sentes J. O. Bental. Duluth, Mi yordered by the Presid 1 rom violations of injy lobtainea in federal cou a | pardon went to Asa W. Car victed at St. Louis of conten for violating a ed by the inst the Inter: skin comfortable 'sShop 1331 F Street Well Dressed Man & (7 ,% a- TOLMANIZED roll collar @ gives tone to your appearance and gathers no loss of your" IZED is Flexible, Easeful. % STSTSTWIS) () % el 4 G55 [ time and patience. TOLMAN- The Tolman: Laundry § F. W. MacKenzie, Manager 2 6th and C Streets N.W. The semi-starched sport collar is the most infor- mal you-can put on. Tol- manizing's good for it. Phone Franklin 71 for the Tolman driver. 55555 9 & Synonymous with S]ow-wilting and { nd ereated | § 1 | of Mechanies. Campbell was sentenced | automobile theft law; sentence of four to six months' imprisonment and fined | years in Leavenworth penitentiary; 500, 0. doe feclared, and court officlals | ontence commuted to expire at once, conceded the possibility, that he was a victim of mistaken identity. The ps contingent upon promise to support family. don was recommended by thetrial udge and district attorney. — Camp- bell has b 1d 1 -| Willlam Alexander, convicted at ability to pay his fine. | LRFOUBN In-| Ny Yore of conspiracy” to_admit Ot allens Illegally and of accepting Geny wmatatlons granted by the | Lribes while an immigrant inspector; sentences of thirteen months in At- President were in the following cases: Sentences Commuted. lanta penitentiary on one charge and orge Buesching and Albert C.| one year and one day on another com- Currico, convicted at Memphis, Tenn., | muted to expire February 11, 1924, on of conspiracy to forge the name of a | recommendations for clemeucy ' by yavee to w koverument check for a|Sceretary Davis of the Department of mina L, 1 n. amount; sentenced November | Labor and other offictals for alding . of imprsionment for one vear ' in work against illegal entry of and oné day: sentences commuted to| aitens, xpire ut on Joseph Jose Hinojos, convicted at| MBI E AN Dane Tucson, Ariz. of faillng to return a| Robert P. Matches, ctnvicted at draft questionnaire: sentenced to|New York of using the malls to de- eleven months jmprisonment in Jfail | fraud; sentence of three years in At- at Prescott, Ariz; commuted to explre | lanta penitentlary commuted (o ex- ire August 17. Lois “Asserson, pleaded gullty a:!p John Christlano, convicted in Ver- Brooklyn, New York, to embezzlement | mont of violating the prohibition from ‘the mails; sentenced to two|laws, sentence of three months in yenrs in Atlanta penitentiary; com- |the Burlington, Vt. fall = commuted muted to_expire September 6, | to expire at once because of iliness. Sidney B. Corn. convicted at Brook.- | Clemency also was extended to Iyn. N Y., of bribery: sentenced 10| Thomas 15 Hodgskin and George two yvears imprisonment in Atlanta| gimoieo CUicted i New York of con- penitentiary and fined $500; commuted | gpiracy against the government by to expire at on tailing to report German government Fine Is Remitted. property to the alien property cus- Vane Bowers, convicted at St. Louis | todlan. = Hodgskin was sentenced to of violating the strike injunction in|two years in Atlanta penitentia the Wabash rallroad case; sentenced |fined $20.000, and Simon fined $2 to six months in St Charles county|Commitment was withneld, however, jail and fined $500. Fine remitted the | pending applications for pardons, jail sentence having terminated May|commutations being recommended by 5 | court officials. Hodgskin's peniten- Little, convicted at Kansas|tlary sentence was axmunr;.i. of falling to register in the Army | tional upon payment of a fin8 reduced to $10,000, while Simon's fine was re- Barney Cit draf 31 The proposal, condi- | WANTS SHIP LINES T0 HOLD ALIENS Husband Would Force Com- | panies to Build Quarters at Ellis Island. Commissioner General Husband of the immigration service today asked the solicitor for the Labor Depart- | ment for an opinion as to whether, under the existing immigration lnw.f‘ steamship companies could be re-| quired to provide detention facilities for immigrants now being detained }at Ellis Island under heavy expense | to the government. | it was sald. is the | answer of the Immigration service to | { the attack made in the British parlia- son City ciplinary barr an | duced to $7,500. serving sentence Januaj . F senter muted to expire July 15. Remits Raflrond’s Fine. Mely s, pleaded guilty at| Another fine remission case was Wheeling. W. Va., of violating the that of the Chesapeake and Ohio Mann white slave act: sentence of S sttt oy |tWo years and two days in Atlanta |Rallway Company of Indiana, convict- to[pentten commuted to expire ed of violating the safety appliance | July law in 1921. The fine of $2,500 was reduced to $300, on in_similar cases Gold cago o A. Skolnik, convicted at Chi- of using the mails to defraud: senten six months in jail and a level with fine: . began serving sentence | Names of twenty-seven former fed- March 28; sentence commuted to ex- | eral prisoners to whom the President b 25, provisional upon pay- granted clemency by restoring the ment of fine civil rights, annulled by the criminal Boiat Abeat Noeatiis convictions, were not announced by the Departm stice. Al have W A A1 convicted at Atlanta Ditiment of Jnau : been at liberty five years or more, | with reports of good behavior and law cbedience. ilroad strike injun of violatin > at once mistaken identity . pleaded guilty at ————oe Two can live on bread and cheese gamy; sen- o Lo BlEamy Smioland Kisses if they don't run out of Bas i “om- | bread and cheese. 1°to_expire June 28. The wine and beer advocates are 1 L. Finch, pleaded guilty at|advertising for a song. How would Columbus, Ohio, to violating the Dyer | “Beeril We Roll Along” do? A Real Bank —is not just a depository for your funds. It is a “best friend” to business. The old Lincoln Na- tional, whose age, re- sources and conservative policy have made it a bul- . wark of strength in this comrunity, has proved a real friend to thousands of business men—a friend who, knowing difficulty ahead, gave them counsel. —knowing their need of financial assistance, gave them support — knowing their hour of opportunity, gave them co-operation, and at all times gave them interested and efficient service. ' Lincoln National Bank 7th and D Sts. N.W. (5], T is more than a simple piece of ingenious machinery,—more than an automatic water heater that uses gas to heat the water you use, as you use it,—more than an appliance that re- quires your attention but once—and that at the time you install it. These things are true. But a Ruud is something else. It is a continuous, unfailing, trouble-free hot water service, ready when you are, acting al- ‘ways on your instant desire. It is a modern hot water supply. Until now, limited to larger homes, Ruud Hot Water can be had in your small home, because of the new ;%:cl:al size, the Ruud 95, built to fit your pocket- it . We would Hke ?.fi..".a‘;a“.’.':’mn trated booklet Ruud Manufacturing Company DIRECT FACTORY BRANCH OF ORIGINAL AND LARGEST MAKERS OF AUTOMATIC WATER HEATERS 733 13th St. N.W. Phone Main 6985 Deferred Payments If You Wish SOLD BY SOLD BY THE PLUMBERS GAS COMPANY The Economy Corner ment yesterday on methods of hous- ing immigrants at the isiand. If it can be done legelly, Mr. Hus- band sald, then the steamship com- panies will be required to build quar- ters for detained Immigrants and give them the care British authorities de- sire_for them. Under the plan part of Ellis Island would be leased io the companeis for that purpose. Under existing arrangements, the commissioner added, the American government Is doing the best it can with the funds avallable. “We haven't the money.” he said, “to entertain these guests in the man- ner in which they seem to want to be entertained.” AMUNDSEN IS SAILING FROM ARCTIC FOR U. S. By the Associated Press. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, June 21.— Capt. Roald Amundsep, the explorer, who recently abandoned his proposed filght across the north pole by air- plane, is returning to the United States on the echooner Holmes, ae- cording to a dispatch from Nome, ska, to the Aftenposten. v8 Amundsen's airplane was ged In a trial flight. An soon tomatio telephone exchange nstalled in Riga, Russia. 7th end H.5ts. 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