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Show 150 S1TI1I5T5 Those Convicted During War Get Commutation of Sentences. ' i WASHINGTON. May S. Fifty more men convicted during the war icr io- ; la t ion of the espionage act have been . granted oh-mency by President Wilson on recommendation of Attorney Central Palmer in pursuance of the policy of be- ! !ng lenient to thjse who have already! served a year ur more In prison, and whoie sentence in the stress of war Units now appear excessive. Perley B. Due, son of the late Chief Justice Doe of the New Hampshire supreme su-preme court, convicted in Colorado on a charge of issuing circulars condemning the war, was given a commutation of sentence sen-tence to expire at once. Others granted clemency, with the district dis-trict where they were convicted, the original orig-inal sentence and the commuted sentence, respectively, include; John Kidrowski, northern California, ten years; three years. L. Jerkins, northern California, two years; one year, one day. Frank Beal. southern Jowa, three years; eighteen months. ! G. M. Strode, Arizona, two years; time served. Charles S'piltner, Hawaii, sixteen years; three years. E. Y, Fitzwater. northern California, five years; time served. Theodore Olson, Oregon, two years; one year, one day. Walait Shah, northern California, two years; one year, one day. William Raymond, northern California, fifteen months; September , 1P19. Rudolph Peterson, eastern Washington, three years; one year, one day. James .McNichuls, Idaho, one year; time served. William T. Walker, New Mexico, two years; one year, one day. Henry Jones, Oregon, four years; one year, one day. Anton Jacobinaon, Oregon, two years; one year, one day. W. H. Fadler, Arizona, five years; time served. George Simpson, Arizona, one year; nine months. Curt Schneider, northern California, five years; one year, one day. Sam Jacobs, South Dakota, two years; six months, on release from St. Elizabeth's Eliza-beth's hospital. josepn rNJcnois, Arizona, eighteen months; one year, one day. Perley J. Burns, Arizona, two years; one year, one day. John L. Geibel, northern California, five years; one year, one day. Minnie Geibel, northern California, one year; time served. SAX FFAXCISCO. May 3. John Zlde-rowskl, Zlde-rowskl, among those convicted in California Cali-fornia during the war and granted clemency clem-ency today by President Wilson, was a soldier at Camp Ijewis. His conviction followod declarations that he was a member mem-ber of the Industrial Workers of the World and opposed to the American government. gov-ernment. L. Jerkins, another, was convicted September Sep-tember 12 last year hero of public statements state-ments of friendliness to Germany and opposition to war moves by the United States. E. W. Fitzwater, a porter in the Aln-meea Aln-meea county hospital, was convicted October Octo-ber .3, litis, of spreading false reports concerning con-cerning American war activities, and of violating the espionage act In making ! statenn r.tsi concerning the president. William Raymond, arrested here in September, Sep-tember, 191S, pleaded guilty to violation of (he espionage act. He declared in court he would "rather go to prison than join the army,"' and was sentenced January Janu-ary 35. |