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Show WILSON REVOKES FOUR SENTENCES Men Convicted of "Dynamite Conspiracy" to be Given Freedom at Once. 1 8 DENIED CLEMENCY New Trials Granted to Six No Memorandum Given Out by Government. Washington, June 24 President ! WIlBon today commuted to expire at : once the sentences imposed on Mih aei j. h Hannon of Scranton, Pa.; Prank H. Painter of Omaha, Neb ... Fred J Mooney of Duluth. Minn , and "William Shupe of Chicago, all con vlcted In the "dynamite conspiracy" cases. The other two defendants, Including Includ-ing tbe leaders, must begin serving, their sentences tomorrow in Leavenworth Leaven-worth penitentiary Clemency fori John H Barry and Paul J Morris both of St. Louis. was withheld, while they hae opportunity to submit separate petitions Hannon had been sentenced to three years; Painter to two; Mooney and Shupe each got a year and a daLv Barry got four yiears ajid Morrin three Others Denied Clemency. Those whos applications for clpm en- were flnalh denied and the terms they must serve are as follows fol-lows ; Frank M Ryan, head of the Iron workers. Chicago seven years. Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco, six years Michael J Young. Boston, six soar? Frank C. Webb. New York, six years Philip A. Cooley, New Orleans, six years. John T. Butler, Buffalo, N. Y . six ea rs Charles T Beum. Minneapolis, three years Henry' W Legleitner. Pittsburg, three years. Ernest G W. Bssey, Indianapolis, Ind . three ears J. E Munsey, Salt Lake City, six years Peter J. Smith. Cleveland. 0 , four years Murray L. Pennell. Springfield, 111., three years Y Bert Brown, Kansas City, three years. Edward Smythe. Peoria. Ill three years George Anderson Cleveland, three vears frank J EiigginS, Roston trfo rs Michael J. Cunnane. Philadelphia. three vears. William E. Kiddin. Milwaukee. three vears No Memorandum G'ven Out. No memorandum was given out accompanying ac-companying the president s action as some times is done in such cases, but It was understood the president followed fol-lowed closel) the recommendations of Attorney General McReynolds The four men whose sentences were commuted com-muted had a minor part in the conspiracy, con-spiracy, the government charged The twenty-four men who appl'pd for pardon were convicted of conspiracy con-spiracy and the transportation ol dynamite dy-namite in interstate commerce for j the wrecking of buildings and other structures In a labor war between the Structural Iron Workers organlza tlon and the employers The noted cases grew directly out ,-,f the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times buildings and the confessions of the McNamars brothers New Trials Granted. New trials have been granted and are pending for the following- Olaf A Tveitmoe. San Francisco. William J McCann, Kansas City James E Ray. Peoria. Ill Richard H Houlihan. Chicago. Fred Sherman. Indianapolis William Bernhardt, Cincinnati. Chicago, June 24. Elijah N Zoo-line, Zoo-line, of counsel for the defendants in the dynamite cases when informed of President Wilson's action on the petition for pardons, said that the convicted men would report al Lea an worth tomorrow with 'lie exception of Eugene Clancy, who, as he must travel from California, was allowed until Fridaj to begin serving sentence sen-tence "The defendants understand that tbe lasr card baa been played In the r behalf " Baid Mr. Xooline. "Their or ganlxatlon In a recent bulletin inform ed them that tho6e defendants to whom pardons were refused must keep their words and report at the penitentiary " nn ' - |