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Show GRANT STAY OF EXECUTION I Soviets Sentence Thirty-one Convicted of High Treason MOSCOW, Aug 9 (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press ) Thirty-one of the :: 4 social revolutionists accused of high! treason against the soviet government were held under close guard here to- day following their nvlction and, sentence by the revolutionary tribu-Dal tribu-Dal Fourteen of these are under j sentence of death and tho remainder face prison terms of from 2 to 10 years. The central executive commiteo upheld up-held the sentence of 12 of those whose punishment was fixed at death, but an Indefinite stay of execution has been ordered on condition that the social re olutlonaly party cease Its counter revolutionary actiity. DEFIANCE OF COURT. The committee also agreed to request re-quest tho tribunal to grant pardons j to Zmenoff, Lydla Konoplova an 1 j others among thoso sentenced who turned Informers during the trial Defiance of tho court was shown by 22 of the social revolutionists, during pronouncement of sentence, which came Tuesday night, those defendant refusing the stand up with the others. oth-ers. This group was ushered from tho hall by armed soldiers and sentence, sen-tence, was then pronounced Included in those under sentonco of death are three women Miss Eugenie Eu-genie M. Rattner, who was the party-treasurer, party-treasurer, and whose defiance of the prosecution during tho later stages of tho trial was most pronounced, Helen Hanova and Lydla Konoplova. v. ho in turning Informer declared sin-was sin-was chosen by the party to kill Pre-, mier Lenlne |