New York, Apr. 21.
William Foster and three other Communist leaders were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one day to three years to-day.—The men were conviced of agitation against public order as a result Communist demonstrations here daring the past'three months.
Mr. Foster and three others were arraigned in the Magistrate's court in New York on March 11 on charges of felonious assault and were described by the police department as "communist pests of which the city should beend."
Mr, Foster was ordered to be held without bail, despite the protests of his attorney, when the magistrate Tearned that the accused had served 30 days in prison in Spokane, Wash.,. in 1907, for violation of the Free Speech ' Act.. The International Labour Defence, which already had! provided bail of $2,500 each for the: accused, announced it would seek bail on' the second charge.—United Press.
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