Show COURT DECIDES N OF BERGER SOCIALIST EDITOR AND ATES IN ESPIONAGE CHARGES TO BE GIVEN NEW TRIALS bench divided in decision on radical cases M majority deciding judge landis ineligible to conduct trial IVA victor L 1 jerger socialist editor of milwaukee and four c co defendants who yero ro sentenced to irm from froin ten tell to twenty y icara ars for violation ottlie net act will be riven given now trials under a decision off january 31 11 by tile su fourt court dividing six to three tile lie court held thit thai judge of chicago was in illegible Illi gible 1 conduct the ti 1111 and I 1 aavo retired on oil tile the illing filing of fill 1111 biffl lavai ly fly 1110 lie 10 follI an ita alln ailin with blim and prejudice beef use ot of ilia ot of certain of thein advin clerger tin and its ills defendant codefendant co if anro ra adolph Allo liili germer tint of ilic party a native of aru sla krusa editor of ow youny young socialist phoso whoso pur par antiero Clorin antil J louen and irwin st jolin tuc tucker kor writers find natives of ilia aliu states and cl claiming alining to benot be not of biffl clerman dose descent ent the aho solo sole question lio flie sn sit Ill ourt court was littler whether judge lon find erod boned in continuing to sit it in ilia bage after defenso defense counsel co uniel lind hall filed ft ci properly drown affidavit of poeju acce hax ax members of vic court including chief justice ali held that ilk h did three other oilier members Jus justlee Justl pe day ritney and 1104 lie old did not filed lied opinions dissenting frolli froin that of tile I 1 next to that of V debs ilia ho disc case of victor Iler herger geil publisher of ilia milwaukee leader leadar a socialist paper attracted in more inore ore attention than any ally other broughm ly by ilia government under tho the Avart wartime inic espionage caplon ngo act A to bar iberger front from till tho split in ili congress congre sj to which lie ho hall had just been elected front from a dis erict was nt at once started represent mann former leader being one of th alie 1 few influential menu hers bers of ilia house abo camo caine out in be haff iii of the socialist editor A now new election having been 0 ordered I 1 w return returned pill and pill itell till the lai ili 1 I ati oa tin hour utter titter lie he lul ted to be sworn in I 1 |