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Show Pastor Sentenced j j To Ten Years for i -Pro-German Talk ROCKFORD, 111.. Nov. 20. Rev. David Gerdes, pastor of a Brethren church In Whiteside county, was sen-' tenced to ten years in the federal, pris-, .on by Judge K. M. Landis today. Gerdes was accused of preaching opposition op-position to the Liberty loan and the Red Cross. He pleaded guilty. ' John D. Manus, charged with having r sent pro-German communications to a , Freeport newspaper, was sentenced to I three years' imprisonment A week ago Gerdes, when he pleaded guilty, told Judge Landis in reply to a question that even If a Hun were to attack his jr own daughter he would not slay the . 1 ruffian lo protect her honor The court ' ; today asked a similar question of ,; Gerdes' brother and of Joseph Long- necker, another member of the flock. : I Both said that In such a case they " ' i 1 would plead that in God's name their daughter he spared. To kill a man, though a brute, would be to imperil their souls. "Is your soul worth more than your daughter's honor?" asked the court "of Longnecker. 1 "It Is worth more than all," was the reply. "Take them away," shouted Judge Landis. "These men hold their measly little souls of more Importance than I they .do the honor of their mother, wife ! or daughter." 00 |