Debs case highlighted by Linton editorial debate
The editorial discusses wartime speech limits and the Debs case. It argues the inherent right of a nation to prosecute war measures may curtail free speech, noting Judge Landis’s sentencing of I W W convicts and Debs’s opposition to the war. The piece contends Debs will learn if his plea aligns with law.
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Landi
Congress
Germany
Debs
United States
St. Louis
Rose Pastor Stokes
War unity and civic responsibility urged by Hazen Star
The Hazen Star urges citizens to unite across nations and support men at war through economy and savings. A memorial service for a New Salem soldier is noted, while criticisms are leveled at a preacher convicted for espionage act violations and a community press story question is raised about tolerance and justice.
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New Salem Divine
New Salem
Fed
Ras Bar of Justice
Judge Amidon
Whch
United States of America
Hazen Star
Debs Convicted Over Speech Test of Free Speech
Eugene V. Debs, four time Socialist presidential candidate, is convicted of seditious speech after a trial he admits was fair and in which he did not contest the testimony. He argued that constitutional free speech should shield his remarks as broad as the wind.
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Eugene V. Debs
Socialists
Debs
No Covenanted Peace With Germany In 1916 Speech
A fiery World War I-era voice denounces any covenanted peace with Germany calling such terms a covenant with hell. It cites German treachery under Article 56 of The Hague Convention and lists atrocities from occupied territories. Emphasizes sinking U boats, boosting Liberty Loan, and buying baby bonds to support soldiers in France.
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America
Germany
Hell
Frankrietung
France
Belgium
Reichstag
Clubs Priscilla C Ub Meets Thursdays Afternoons
Rozetta L Atha serves as president and Helen Petrie as vice president as the group meets on the first and third Thursday afternoons.
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Linton
Order OF Eastern Star
Medts
Erances Petrie
O. S. Shefloe
Priscilla C.ub
Rozetta L.atha
Helen Petrie
V. P
Evangelical Missionary Society
ST. Anthony Catholic Church
Broadway
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J. A. Lang
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Flora Carley
Etta Junge
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Otilla Brokopfly
Jean Smith
Edith Brant
Treas
M. T. Barger
Katie Horner
Anna Corwinh
Louise Schriner
Women's Foreign Missionary
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Rose Brenner
Eva Bechtle
Fannie Bechtle
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Stella Fogle
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Emma Norman
Herietta Rooks
Amanda Freese
Stella Johnson
Friedens Church
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W. C. Wolverton
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Lester Briggle
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