Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1918 — 25 YEARS AT HARD LABOR FOR PEACE-LOVING MAN [ARTICLE]

25 YEARS AT HARD LABOR FOR PEACE-LOVING MAN

w Camp Lewis, Wash. —Private William H- Edwards of Salt Lake City, who said he would not defend his own life with force, is,now serving a sentence of 25 years at hard labor on Alcatraz island. Edwards was tried and sentenced by courtmartial for refusing to sign enlistment and assignment eards. He refused tq do noncombatant work around the military camp here because he does not believe in aiding the war in any way.