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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAL} GETS 20 YEAR TERM § Victor Berger and Four Others | &8 Guilty of Obstructing Drait |8 Chicago, Fe A maximum sen- | tence of twent prison w: eral . , » Representativ elect Victor L. B - of Milwaukee nd four other socialist leaders, who 1 final pleas likened themselves to history’s greatest ma The five men, convicted of conspir- acy to obstruct the draft in violation f the espionage act, succeeded in obtaining release on $25,000 bail from Judge Alschuler and asserted they vould carry their legal fight to the United States Supreme Court. Besides Berger, publisher of the | Milwaukee Leader, the other con- victed men are The Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker lecturer and \rite Adolph Germer, national secretary | of the socialist party J. Louis Engdahl, cditor of the American Social . 7 William F. Kruse, head of the || £ oung People's beialist l.eague. % N\ 3 Writ of Error Authorized. : ; X Judg> Landis overruled motions for | [ - TH T HVE g' new trial, for a stay of execution i E ; E . : nd for bail, but granted the filing of 3 | Na petition for a writ of error. Counsel v 3 or the convicted men then went be- | B ore Judge A ldr of the United tates clrcuit court of appeals and A - sked for bail. 3 B B - f 0,000 to $25,000, with the un- | I 20 .- 1g tha 1ey refrain from re- $ their former acts and utter- | i g 3 inces during pendency of their c 20 § " Villiam Bross Lloyd, a wealthy Ch ? ~ - ¢ v = e 2 , who was the socialist car United senator at the To i W | W me | I For run'ning: “A Dollar Day Sale” when New Britain Stores were closed on Lincoln’s Birthday. rear s el totn el N This Live Store will run “A Dollar Day Sale” on Saturday, February 22nd, Washington’s Birthday, vantage of the ¢ quiry of the trial judge wheth e Nl When Hartford Stores Are Closed ement with _ Everything included in this Sale is new, fresh Spring Merchandise and not Merchandise carried over Constitu. | g4 B8 one season. would retract 1 said or - was an imperialistic and cial one Berger « tended, er half the white race is in a revo 1t of »f nations is n behind which the of the winning the spoils,” added charg: that now sy mous Tucker in his plea ¢ and the other de- L (e T o & Two $1.25 Blue Chambray Shirts Any Suit in Store for Young Men the convicted , men g for Men \ ited no_signs : Two 65¢ Genuine Leather Belts Any Suit in Store for Boys hen sentence was pa emselves, with the excel ; for Men Reduced n Fomin el : Any $1.50 Shirt in the Any Suit in Store for Children ; . Reduced 3 Pair 50c Black Cassimere Any Pair of Women’s Shoes iR e i L Reduced SEVERE PENALTIES ] Seven 25¢ Collars E & W or Arrow Any Pair of Men’s Shoes ON INCOME TAX 2 - 3 Any $1.50 Union Suit for Two 75¢ Blouses for 301 Main street.—advt Fine or Imprisonment, or Both, Await " Boys : Two Pair of any 75¢ Hose for Men Three Pair of Women’s 50¢ Willful Dodger of Government Income Tax, on, Feb. 21.—Every single p h a net income of $1,000 or ¥ lore and every married pers vith | @ 3 3 ~ g . - KSR e SR B B ks : Two $1.00 White Collar Attached Four Pair of Boys’ 33c Hose # must make an income tax return. » 3 at happens if they < . s - - . . , commissioner of internal | i ; Any Pair of Men’s $1.50 Gloves Any $1.50 Boys’ Union Suits s announced e to file a return on time, b for . for f eeloanistoni=aland| N 3 Any Men’s $1.50 Cap Any $3.50 Flannel Shirts for Men sme of 25 °r cen 5 of tax due. % Reduced e el / Three Pair Men’s 50c Wool Hose Light Any Two 65¢ Neckties exceeding one vear's b Color for for idutent | B8 B All Sweaters in Store All Men’s Odd Trousers fine of not more than $10, Reduced risonment for not more than oih with an additional | | | All Suit Cases Men’s $2.50 Union Suits f 50 per cent. of the ix evaded. & = & Reduced ire to pay the tax on time, | All $5.00 Men’s Hats Any Men’s £ not more than $1,000 and an 1al assessment of 5 per cent. T Rubbers Amo f tax unpaid plus 1 e e ¢ e B Any Suit in Store for Men All Men’s Rubber Boots remains unpaid. # Reduced Reduced Van Camps milk 14c, Russell Bros. advt AMERICAN TROOPS ARE P 3 NOW ON GUARD IN BERLIN i ['2 London, Feb. 21.—American troops - 2 ve ived in Berlin and been quar- “ “ 4 [ ] d in hotels, says a dispatch to the . Cxchange Telegraph from Copen- 5 . . g ixtrabladet’s Berlin 5 3 The troops are said % i 38 % o o GhgDikinl B St THE LIVE STORE 8 Cit = ores E ities <pected transports of Y : food N Composition of the American Expe- ry Force, compiled after the shows that the 113th Regi- part of the 29th Division ded b Major-General C. C. and is made up of men from Delaware, Virginia, Mary- | Distriet of Columbia Russell Bros. |