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Show "NOIGUSLTY" Largest Number of Defendants Defend-ants Ever Assembled in One Court at One Time. MANY ON GUARD U. S. Lawyer Refers to I. W. W. as "American Bolshe-viki Bolshe-viki Without Whiskers." CHICAGO. Dec. 15. One hundred and three alleged members of the Industrial In-dustrial Workers or the World, probably proba-bly the largest number ever assembled assem-bled in one court room to answer to charges of conspiring against the federal fed-eral government, pleaded "not guilty" when arraigned before Judge Landis in the United States district court 'today. 'to-day. In general appearance the defendants defend-ants resembled a typical jury panel. There were exceptions, however, for among the I. W. W. thero are not a few who pretend to have literary emriL There arc some who confess themselves poets and' not a few are orators. These might be distinguished by the flowing tie and the soft collar of the artist or musician, by the stiff rearward brush of the hair or. in one or two instances, by a neatly trimmed Van Dyke beard. One of the government govern-ment lawyers referred to them as "the American Bolsheviki without the whiskers." Many Men on Guard. Many bailiffs, secret service men, special agents of the department of justice, city detectives and policemen thronged tho sixth floor corridors of the federal building. Even newspaper newspa-per reporters had to get through three lines of guards to reach the court rooms. Those not known to the guards i wore given a cursory search for bombs or weapons, a procedure which led to some embarrassmen for George F. Vanderveer of Seattle, Wash., of counsel for' the defense. Ben A. Stern, Judge Landis' personal per-sonal bailiff, detected a suspicious looking lunjp in the lawyer's hip pocket. "CerUiinly I have a gun," said Mr. Vanderveer and ho would have moved on into the court room without an explanation ex-planation of his identity. Woman Ejected from Court. "I don't care who you are, you can't cart a cannon into this court," said Stern, who thereupon delegated another an-other bailiff to escort Mr. Vanderveer to the department of justice, where the pistol was deposited. A slight, pale woman, recognized by one of the detectives de-tectives as one who had sung, like a medieval troubadour, outside the jail window where "Big Bill" Haywood was confined, was warned. out of the building. Besides Mr. Vanderveer, the defendants, defend-ants, who came from all parts of the country, were represented by Attorneys Attor-neys Christensen and John L. Matzen. Oliver Pagin, Frank F. Nebeker and Claude R. Porter appeared for the government. ! -nn I |