New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1919, Page 8

Deserter, Sentenced fo Death, en wa Washington death befor desertion Hinithe Hace oL ‘the | o rriad: water from a nearby farm for citation for duty was the remarkablc th infantry, a coascien- tious objector. Sterheim left the camp of Brocourt, France, Septem- wandered about the coun- announce sametimes in an effort to r hended September 22 be applied religious grounds, The case v approved. Before the whe the capture iscopal church at Oyster Bay. WICES WERE HELD. (C.) Underwood & Underwood eim while G chine rman m raked the lin wd sheil ONFIFLD OF BATTLE <o o WITH FOUR OTHERS 1 he had never wit- such bravery, and urged that| S nder, declarec d nee L modltied co murora, meaicar or-' Facg Sentences of From One to ve of the battalion uid v plea for clemency | ficer in cl Now Cited by Gen. Pershing forsiicineim. “aving tnat’ Sticreim | Twenty Years | had guided many wounded men from | Ithat post, with machine guns popping | Jan. 9. From facing [in all directions, to the regimental} Chicago, Jan. 9.—In the Yé cotnt firing squad on convic. |id post further back. Repeatedly!,oom and before the same judge who the condemned conscientious objector | sentenced 100 I. W. W. leaders to a federal penitentiary for ohstruction of the United st plans for Victor wounded soldiers. He brought in some wounded to Capt. Bulford post, rescuing men unaided, and assisted the chaplain in the burial of ispictous | | R ¥ Stierhe ‘om- national socialist ) were o « Richard L. Sticrhcim, Com 1(“‘“‘ el e e Al socialist party were found fire and restoration to Berger, socialist congress- man, and four other leaders of the nsition of of While a ming the correctnes: ilty vesterday afternoon of sedition the verdict of the court martial aad 8°Rd disloyalty under the espionage ating that the death penalty was 2Ct. They face sentences of from one applied, Gen. Pershing has 10 20 vears and fines of from $1,000 that he had set aside the to $10,000, or both. ding in freight cars sentence and ordered Stierheim rve-| The end of the trial topped five h the Wish bor- stored to duty aad non-combatant! weeks of hard-fought court hattle be- internment until appre- service. | fore Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain t Cerbere. Be- in which Berger, h proper’ ! Landis lawyers ma he pleaded WAR LABOR BOARD | and radical leaders who associated ‘ repeated wag = themselves with the defense, asserted the « peaalty could THROWS UP HANDS that the whole socia party was on such trial. The court room was jammed maitained he unde — with radical sympathize some of ravity of his plea and jled them declared Bolsheviki, I. W. W.'s Attempts to Settle Strike Have F o take the conse : ] 3 and every coteric which comes under opposed 10 and Events Must Take { the red flag, when news came that the which | EA (S jury had reached a decision. said he was length as reviewed by the divi- W wdvocate and th shington, Jan. 9.—Secretaries Verdict Comes as Shock. death ' panjels and Baker called into confer- Plain-clothes men the scores, entatives of the rail- # deputy federal sheriffs and city po- administration and shipping ' licemen were placed throughout the ence today repre justice had finis et :,‘:“,',“,\‘::f‘;' Jourd to consider the New York har- | court room and the adjacent hallway, ined mp Meade, DOU strike s on. It was intimated jut the demonstration which had been ¢ | that some definite action might be ex- + feared did not eventuate. The radicals s taken | Pected during the day ! scemed stunned mer Reports were current before the ! Those who face prison with Berger procedeq conference, called for noon, that either are: Adolph Germer, national secr th of Ver. the Navy or the War department tary of the socialist party and one of pur L G L i L | L IO [T GRS T Ca L1 SR L Ga 1 G 1| e r 3 nd extending would take over operation of all har- the principals in writing the St. Louis quent ope until* bor ilities. platform: J. Lo ingdahl. promi- was signe m labor board oflicials said the nent party leader dical pro n- hows t Prive had exhausted its powers in ef- dist and editor of the American So- sluntar rtormed “ef- | forts to adjust the difficulties between cialist; Wi Kruse, national courageo service in! harbor workers and their employers secretary of the Young Pcople’s So- wounded officers and and could do n wut let the strike cialist part Rev. Irving 13t. John battalion aid post in a jake its course until a favorable situ- | Tucker, Episcopal rector and a ““Red" constant fire othe tion developed | propagand ind pac der SR - s ———————1 " "pie iy took only e ballots | ana out ¢ vely short time : s regarded as a sweeping victory for the government 1d o correspondingly heavy blow at 1 mis of discontent The fi nis immediately moved fo new trial. Each w released on he Mathematics " of Health . i e i T includes the addition but tenrs ck. welled a voice of a few spoonfuls of | I Grape:Nuts to the e menu daily. The sum total is an a- , e bundance of the vital phosphates and the - goodness of our most " Gerine rugded grains. Ui bt GrapeNuts § is a delicious, economical and healthful food. ;i Reguires no Sugar e MNo Waste I e the jurors ch accent- No nore emselves 1dmit the surprise 1, {he convieted s hitier 2 ro comment a ry for 's services and attention as the I. W. W. trial Lt ng to the de- out from 11 a. m. until 4 p. m.. but in that time took only three ballots, the first being 10 to 2 for conviction. with one man won over to the government's side on ¢ uee eding hallot United States Attorney (har Cly who, with his first 1t osepl 3. Fleming, directed the prosecution, declare Voice Thi is kine. It is a verd r people. It s ishevism, which thes cated, and to the Red flc has suid that there can be but on flag in this country, the Red, White and Blue, and that those o are not with this couniry are sgainst it. If ever a case of seditic s presented in a court room, this was Thesc men left nothing e 1o obstruct our Government in winning the war and to aid Germany. There is no sur- prise in the verdict. It couldn’t have been anythin L. Hen of Wankegan, a fruit dealer who v foreman of the jury said “We paid more attention to the documeniary evidence than to the testimony. We were unanimous in claring the proclamation and war am of the Socialist party ssed at St. Louis to be a traitorous document. Such grewsome and scur- rilous pamphlets as ‘The Price We Pay’ and ‘Why We sShould Fight® well as the strong anti-war editorials in B newspaper—the Milwaukee 1 and the printed propaganda | urging opposition to the draft, con- victed the defendant- on their face. Intentions Are Malicious. “The fact that the armistice has been signed cut no flgure in our de- liberations. The documentary evi- dence showed that these men had | deliberately, in war time, Set out to | hinder the Nation and help the enemy | and had broken the laws well known to them. We could see nothing inno- cent in their inteais. We didn't discuss the case much in our five weeks of confinement, but it was pretty hard trying to keep an open mind in the | Tace of the tremendous pile of un- contradicted evidence of guilt which yduced It was the Government p simply overwhelming.’ Oty jurors expressed practically the same sentiments. One member declared “No American conld bring in any other kind of a verc fter hear the cv e, Anot aid “After hearin the evidence 1 couldn’t lerstand why they ever: want t an Ameriean While the i were deliberating deputy marsh 1ghout the build- ing ordered all in honor of Roosevelt. Some of R were not over-inclined to obey. Berger king to rshal was seate some women Reds appre ched enfarc the o t Comes OF In iaste, Oh yes, hoosevelt, he's dead,” the he prompliy took vad ik A1l ot re- ¢ read for five minutes. T regarded by the govern- meni as being mece important than Al drovpi adoption o war program act June, 1917 They in 1 mry. 1918, foi- lowing spectacular raids on socialisi headaguaiters nd denial of second s being made ta the ational mailing privil ; well *1's paper as on days in t nta- tion of ind the defense and arguments the remauinder of the time Tact he defendaits took the nd ind told long stori B con and a half days five overt acts the indict ed the defendants of will- and t obstructing the e ne insubordination, efusal of duty in (h al forc offered by ernment showing the defendants through the “Proclamation and War parted RSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919 " ARMY PLAN | i F VRO(}SEVELT WAS LAID AT REST The Youngs Sagamore body of Colonel Roo: evelt was lg FLECTRIC SICN IN PARIS WELCOMES WILSON: was no jusi Pro-Germe RSP o AN AR AR 20 EDWARD = e ave the Babies NFANT MORTALITY ia somethi dren born y realize that y-two per cent., reach one year; thirty-seven- than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before untries, twel or nearly oni per cent., or more e do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save these i we hesitate to say that many e infantile deaths are oceasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. syrups sold for children’s complaints contain iderable quantities, y, retard circulation and lead There can be no danger in the use of Cas- Z T R R A 4 AT A A B s WA RIS 0 S e many of these precious lives. s opium or MARKET They are, in co) 1n any quantity, they stupe Washingto ia ir it bears the signature of {‘has. 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