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THE. MORNING. OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, - JANUARY 3, 1920. 4000 RADICALS ARE FOR PR SON Government Agents' Swarm Through New York. FIRST BATCHES TAKEN 800 to lie Arrested Before End of Hunt in New York Alone in General Campaign. NkW lORK, Jan. 2. Between 700 and 8(10 radicals were arrested to night in Greater New York in the ration-wide round-up of sedition mongers and anarchists, carried out y the federal government. From 9 P. M. until Ions after midnight an army of federal agents, reinforced by hundreds of xtty policemen and sol diers, raided the feathering places of men who have returned the hospital lly of their adopted government by plotting to destroy its government and institutions with violenee."- At the very hour that the' rids were ordered the men against whom they were directed were gathering in Scores of meeting places. No leas than 17 such places were raided, each yielding a grist of from 20 to DO fomenters of revolution and anarchy, in one the number running as high as 150. There was no talk or show of violence. " ' Allen to Be Sent to Inland. Few native Americans were among those taken, the most notable excep tion being a IJew York City official, who gave his name as Julius Codkind. a Brooklyn tax collector and who, ac cording to federal agents, boasted of hi revolutionary opinions and pre . dieted that a commune would be es tablished in the United States within five years. The great majority of those arrested were Russians. Cod kind and such other of the prisoners who were American-born were turned over to the police to bv dealt with by the laws of their own country. The aliens will be sent to Ellis island in the morning pending deportation pro ceedings. Killed Send Greetings. By a coincidence a wireless message was received from the transport Bu ford contingent today, which read: "Good wishes to our comrades In America from the exiled comrades on the high seas." Almost a hundred women were in cluded in tonight's prisoners, ranging In age from girls of 17 to grandmoth ers. The majority of the women were released, but about a dozen were de tained. The communist party represents the advocates of violence and "direct ac tion," and heads its international membership with the names of L.e nine and Trotzky. In the United . States, it has found Its main sources, of recruits among the most ignorant of the alien population and its prin cipal strength has been in the con gested districts of New York and Chi cago. What the communists, who take their name from the wild orgy of bloodshed and anarchy which Paris experienced after the Franco-Prussian war, really stand for, was set forth in a manifesto by Lenine, which was produced in evidence at today's hearing before the Lusk legislative committee in Rochester. Manlfewto Reveals Alms. This manifesto declared that the communists must plan for the disarm ament of the "bourgeoisie," the arm ing of the "laborers" and the forma tion of a red army similar to that of the Russian soviet. It declared that conquest of political rower should mean not merely a change in- person nel but annihilation of all opponents. In the United States the organiza tion of the communist party had reached the extent that Sunday schools had been formed in New York, Rochester and other cities where the children of aliens were taught the communists' doctrines and encour aged to ridicule all religious beliefs. Evidence was introduced before the Lusk committee to show that a close connection existed between the Amer ican communist organization and the bureau maintained In New York city by L. C. A. K. Martens, the self-styled ambassador of soviet Russia. The growth of the propaganda spread by the communists in the United States was indicated by evidence showing that leaflets setting forth their prin ciples have been distributed through out the country at the rate of 200,000 to 600.000 daily. The inti-natlon that radical activity' in this country had reached the stage of open violence came on May day of last year, when , the nation was shocked by the discovery of a country-wide plot to assassinate more than a score of high government of ficials and prominent citizens. That it was a nation-wide conspir acy was first brought to light on April 30, when 17 dynamite bombs were found in tha mails at the New 1'crk postoffice. Warning Is Issued. In the meantime a warjlng was sent broadcast arid other bombs were seized In various postoffices through out the country. Several of the in fernal machines reached their des tination, but, with one exception, either failed to explode or did no damage. The bombs we,re addressed to many cabinet and government officials and prominent citizens, including Attorney-General Palmer, Postmaster-Gen eral Burleson, U. S. Judge Landis of Chicago, Secretary of Labor Wilson, John E. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, U. S. Commissioner-General of Immigra tion Caminetti. W. M. Woods of"3os- ton. Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, John L. Burnett, chairman of the house Immigration committee, and W J. Sharrer. attorney-general or fenn sylvania. - One of the infernal machines which was sent to Senator Thomas Hard wick of Georgia, when opened at the senator's home, exploded and blew the hands off of a negro maid and Injured Mrs. Hardwick. BombM Well Concealed. All the-bombs found at this time were cleverly concealed in small col lapsible boxes and wrapped with pa per which bore the forged name of Gimbel Brothers. The police of the various cities and federal agents, launcnea upon a nation-wide raid In search of anarchists. bolshevists and radicals. Although a large amount of explosives was seized and a number of arrests made, the senders of the bombs were never ap- prehended. On the night of June 2 the country was again startled by the most dar ing bomb outrage in the history of the nation, when the home of Attor- ' ney-General Palmer in Washington was wrecked and infernal machines were exploded, damaging the homes of public1 officials and prominent busi ness men. Explosions occurred in Washington, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Newtonville, Mass.; Boston, Philadel phia, Paterson, N. -J., and New York city. . None of the men for whom the bombs were intended was 'hurt, but one man, a watchman, was killed in New York, several persons were In jured, buildings were wrecked and in Washington one of the plotters him self was blown to pieces when the in fernal machine Intended for Attorney General Palmer exploded prematurely. Revolt la Advocated. The explosions were practically all accompanied by the scattering of an archistic literature written by per sons who were not illiterate. The literature advocated the overthrow ot the government and class warfare. Secret service agents at ithat .time declared that the new bomb outrage was but another unsuccessful attempt on the part of "unknown'anarchlsts to resume a campaign ot terrorism begun with the May-day attempt ..to deliver infernal machnes through the malls out of New York. Attorney-General Palmer character ized the activities of the anarchists as an attempt "to terrorize the coun try and stay the hand of the govern ment" in rounding up radicals and anarchists throughout the nation. Many arrests followed the bomb outrages. Groups of I. W. W. agita tors and Russian bolshevik leaders and members were rounded up throughout the country, but all ef forts to place the blame for the ex plosions failed. ' In the succeeding, months agents of the department of justice and police carried on-, a relentless war against radicals of all kinds. The . various 6tate governments also augmented the federal authorities' work and con ducted special investigations. In New York state the Lusk Investigating committee launched a campaign against anarchists, bolshevists and communists which resulted in hun dreds of arrests. - .Marten Refuses to Testify. The J.usk committee summoned be fort it L. C. A. K. Martens, who claims to be soviet ambassador, and made re peated attempts to force him to give an account of his activities and pur poses in this country, but so far these have been without positive results. Early in November, agents of the department of justice under the per sonal direction of Chiel Flynn, made another sweeping raid,, rounding-up scores of radicals and alleged reds" in many cities. More than 200 ar rests were made in New York. Scores were taken in Chicago. St. Louis, Philadelphia and other cities. It was in. these raids that federal agents declared they had captured virtually all the active leaders of the communist party and had pretty well destroyed it. 'Virtually every com munist headquarters throughout the country was wiped out. While these raids were in progress Emma Gold man and her associate. .Alexander Berkman, the nation's two greatest radical agitators, were being held by the federal authorities for deporta tion. , . As a climax to the war on the "reds," - the government announced that Berkman and Goldman,- together, with more than 200 anarchists and radicals under arrest, would be. de ported. . '.' Names Are Available. After keeping their plans Secret for many days, the state department an nounced that. the undesirables would be sent to "soviet Russia" " on th army transport Buford, which sailed with its cargo of anarchists, com munists and radicals December 21. vvitn tne sailing of the "soviet arlc" the federal authorities warned the re maining radicals and communists that other "arks" with deportees probably would leave American shores in the near future with cargoes of undesir ables. The department of Justice de clared tnat it had a card index of 60,000 radicals who are .under scru tiny, and announced its Intention to arrest and deport all who proved to have advocated the overthrow of the government by violence. XEW EXGLAXD HAS ROUXD-UP 30 0 Alleged RadicaJs Taken In Series of Raids. BOSTON. Mass. Tin 9 -r- v.-.. 300 alleged radicals had been arrested in icw cngiana up to 10:30 o clock tonight, in raids nnnriii(t,H Kv ,o-nna of the department of justice, assisted iy lucai ponce, iarge quantities of literature were seized. Places in which raids wcro moila ; , v. . i number arrested, included Nashua, N. H.. 150: Snrincrf IH flK- WAr..ct.. en. Holyoke, 9; Lawrence, 4; Lowell,' 30. Arrests also were made In Boston and n several Knoae island cities. DETROIT SUSPECTS ARE HELD 2 00 Department of Justice Oper atives Make Raids. TMrT-TJ rTT " T n r - i.wi a , 1. 1 v. 1 1 . , j an, j. juorfl than 200 department of Justice opera tives, assisted by police, raided as- QPmhlv holla 1 ti .1 i , .. 1 ------- - - - -j " f.ivAiu uviiica uere tonight, rounding up alleged radicals. ..no niai group or prisoners arrived r. t iriyy-rmflnt n ln.Mn. I. . . - -- v. j ...-Live iicauquaritira at 10 o'clock and one hour later 300 "CIO in LUSIUU. Raid in Spokane Delayed. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 2. At 6:30 o'clock tonight no raids on radicals had been conducted in Spokane, but it was intimated Dy red A. Watt, in charge of the local bureau of investi gation, that search for "reds" would be instituted later. ' There are about 70 alleged I. W. W. in the county lail iere serving time after conviction on charges of criminal syndicalism. 2 0 Taken in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Jan. 2. Up to 10 o'clock tonight 20 alleged radicals had been -arrested here,. Including the heads of the local communist party. Assisted by police, county offi cials and Loyal American league oper atives, the federal authorities searched the homes of alleged radicals and seized literature. 12 Taken In Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 2. Twelve members of the communist party, all Russians, were . arrested in Kansas City, Kan., tonight by agents of the department of justice. They are be ing held for deportation proceedings. Kentucky Raids Get 2 0. LOUISVILLE, Ky Jan. 2. Twenty alleged radicals had been taken by 10 o'clock tonight in raids conducted by department of Justice agents. ' St. Paul Arrests Nine. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. -2. Nine al leged radicals had been arrested here up to 10 o'clock tonight by federal agents. St. Louis Has Raids. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 2. Six alleged radicals here and three in East St. Louis were arrested tonight. Milwaukee "Reds" Detained. MILWAUKEE, Wis.," Jan. 2. Thirty "reds were taken into custody to night by federal agents. 18 Arrested in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 2. In less than two hours tonight, department of justice agents arrested IS radicals. . Colds Ctuue Heaaacne and Fains Feverish Headaches and body pains caused from a cold are soon relieved by taking LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. There la only one firomo (julnine. EL W. UBOVE'S slcnature on the box. 30c Adv. S. & H. Green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. ttfein ,353. 660-21. 4rAdV. ' . .. RAIDS CLEAN REDS OUT III 35 CITIES Thousands Caught When Gov- ernment Invades Halls. PORTLAND IS ON LIST Palmer Seeks to Get, Papers to Show Connection With Plot to Form Soviets Here. Continued From First Pag.) dence was obtained, deportation . of the persons concerned would be an easy matter.- . 1 As in the case of .the members of the Union of '"Russian Workers, sev eral score of whom were aboard the transport Buford, which sailed from New-York ten days- ago, membership cards in the organization - were re garded by- officials as constituting tne ' best documentary evidence on which, to base deportation cases.' Soviets Planned Here. Officials said the only difference between the communist party and the communist labor party was one of the leadership. Both have been endeavoring to bring"" about the es tablishment of a soviet form of gov ernment in this country since their organization last September, accord ing to officials. , ' . Documents gathered ' by federal agents recently show conclusively, it was said, that plans were drawn up by the leaders of each of these par ties to develop a score or more of Soviets throughout the country. These were to be merged under ' a council 'similar to that which now exists in Russia, according to Mr. Garvin. ,- , ' The 'department revealed tonight activities -of these two organizations among ' the negroes. Their attempts to organize the negroes in support of plans to ' overthrow the present political and economic system were carried far, and officials admitted that this propaganda had gone to such a length that trouble may yet be expected among certain negro communities. Negroes Stirred lp. Mr. Garvan made public information gathered by the federal agents show ing the nature of the work done among the negroes. One document contains the following: "In close connection with the un skilled workers is the problem of the negro. The negro presents a political and economic problem. The racial opposition of the negro is simply the expression of his economic bondage and oppression, each intensifying the other. This complicates the negro problem, but does not. alter its pro letariat - character. The communist party will carry -on agitation among the negro workers to unite them with all class-conscious workers." The communist party recently spread broadcast among its adherents a manifesto" setting forth its views and plans. While officials have been unable to obtain a similar document from the communist labor party, they asserted that its views were not un like those of the communist party. Control of Industry Wanted. "The communist party of America is theparty of the working class." the manifesto says. "The communist party of America proposes to end capitalism and- organize a workers' industrial republic. The workars must control industry and dispose of the products of industry. The communist party is a party realizing the limi tations of all existing workers' or ganizations and proposes to develop the revolutionary movement neces sary to free the workers from the oppression of capitalism. The com munist party insists that the prob lems of American workers are iden tical with the problems of the workers, of the world. "The communist party Is the con scious expression of the class strug gle of the workers against capitalism. Its aim is to direct, this struggle to the conquest of political power, the overthrow, of capitalism and the de etruction of the bourgeoisie state. "The communist party prepares It self for the revolution in the measure that it develops a programme of im mediate action, expressing the mass struggle of the proletariat. These struggles must be inspired with revo lutionary spirit and purpose. ., Oppression Is Emphasised. "The communist party is fundi mentally a party of action. It brings to the workers a consciousness of their oppression, of the impossibility of improving their conditions under capitalism. The communist party di rects the workers' struggle against capitalism, developing further reforms and purposes in this struggle, cul minating in the mass action of the revolution." In connection with the announce ment of the raids today, Attorney General Palmer made public a letter whKMi he had written to Macleay Hoyne, state's attorney for -Cook county, at-. Chicago, in which Mr. Hoyne -was "requested to defer the local raid conducted there last night. Mr. Palmer explained in his letter that the department, of justice had planned a nation-wide campaign against the same people which were to be raided by Mr. Hoyne's agents in Chicago. Department officials said they were without information as to - why the Chicago raid- went through last night, when Mr. Hoyne had full information as to the plans of federal agents to do - the same work tonight. Advance Information on the activ ities of the communist party revealed that its emissaries were in many cities, boring into lahpr organizations which hitherto have been noted for their conservatism. Literature ob tained by federal agents made it ap parent that' the communist leaders were concentrated on plans to obtain control of well-founded labor groups. Through this method they were, to exert their power politically and to put forward candidates which would be regarded by government officials as nothing more than destructive elements in the present government. - . Labor Held Subtrrf uge. Communist labor group was said to have directed its. propaganda more generally among the foreign element of citizenry. From several sources federal agents gleaned information that the communist ilabor partywas appealing to the foreign workers with Ith-e argument that the. present gov ernment was, unfriendly to them,-and that their rights would nover be re spected by the appointed authorities. ' The Insertion of the word "labor" . in the name of this party was re-! garded by officials as only a subter fuge, the leaders realizing that It would lend strength to. their argu- . nient among the foreigners. Assistant Attorney-Weneral Garvan expressed the opinion that the lead ers of the two parties had a "work ing agreement," and planned event ually to bring all the radicals under one communist party, and thereby amass enough strength to upset the constituted government. . ' Officials are working on the theory that a higher power is directing the work of, both organizations and that the leaders who" are behind this di recting hand only recently have come from Russia. This belief, they said, was supported by evidence gathered by representatives of this and allied governments in the heart of soviet Russia. It -is known that agents of the allied nations have been working for nearly two" years among the fol lowers of Lenine and Trotsky, and their efforts have resulted in connect ing links in the chain of soviet propa ganda in this country and the soviet leaders in Russia. i CHICAGO TO JOIN IX RAIDS Government Agent Calls on Police to Assist in Round-JJp. CHICAGO. Jan. 2.-VTh federal de partment of justice tonight started a new campaign against radicals. ,A government agent appeared at a po lice station with a list of places which he asked the police to raid. State's Attorney Hoyne last night arrested 200 radicals, asserting federal agents had failed to aid in a plan to lock them up. The federal agent arrived at the station a short time following a po lice raid on an I. W. W. reading room, the second In 24 hours, in connection with State's Attorney Hoyne's assault upon radicalism. Only a few arrests were made at the reading room. - Approximately 100 were arrested tonight. One hundred policemen, 65 federal agents and 30 United States deputy marshals participated. The government's activities were directed against specific persons rather than places. Hundreds of war rants for individuals had been Issued. Chief of Police Garrity today told Prosecutor Hoyne that the police de partment would co-operate. . ' William D. Haywood, former "head of the I. W. W., has not been found. Mr. Brennan announced that 30 cases for the immigration bureau had been found tonight. . At the Russian soviet school, raided yesterday by the. county prosecutor, 55 arrests were made tonight. DEPORTATION PAPER - SERVED Alleged Head of Communists Ar rested In Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 2. Benja min Ling, 22, alleged local head of the Lithuanian group of the communists, was arrested here tonight by depart ment of justice agents in connection with the nation-wide round-up ordered by Attornev-GenAral Pam.r T.ino- was taken on a deportation .warrant tiuu ueia in Donas oi $10,000. Pittsburg Agents Active. PITTSBURG. Jan. 2. Department of Justice agents, co-operating in the nation-wide round-up of radicals, raided alleged radical headquarters in the Pittsburg district tonight. The number of alleged radicals taken was not known at -the office of the de partment of Justice early tonight. Oakland Women Caught. OAKLAND, Cal.. Jan. 2. Fifteen persons, several of them women, were arrested tonight by federal secret service agents on charges 'of viola tions of the Immigration laws. War rants were out for about 15 more on similar charges, according to federal Philadelphia Gets Results. PHILADELPHIA Jan. 2, Raids on alleged radical headquarters in five different sections of Philadelphia were made tonight by agents of the department of Justice, aided by city police. Up to 10:30 o'clock, 121 pris oners had been taken. 100 in Buffalo Arrested. BUFFALO. N. T., Jan. 2. At 9:30 tonight more than' 100 prisoners had been taken to the federal building here by police and government agents. It was said that 230 warrants were served on alleged radicals here and in nearby towns. . ' v Net Spread In New Jersey. . NEWARK. N. J., Jan. 2. Federal agents who were detailed to this city in the nation-wide round-up of radtsj cms lonigni raiaea rea neaaquarters armed with 320 warrants. In Jersey City warrants were issued for. 410 persons. Six In Denver Xet. DENVER, Jan. 2. Six alleged rad ical leaders were arrested tonight in raids by the department of Justice representatives in Denver In connec tion with the nation-wide round-up. Portland Runaways Caught. ROSEBURG. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) Austin Henderson. Earl Young and Danlelson, three runaways from the Frazier Detention Home at Portland, and Donald Osses. who left his home at St. Johns after a quarrel with his father, were arrested here today by police officers. The oldest "boy is 16 years of age and the youngest 13. They will be returned to Portland. Auto Driver Killed. COLFA tv. Wash.. Jan. 2. Tolbert Bright was killed wen an automo bile in which he was bringing a party to town from .a dance near here last night went over an embankment. The other passengers were out of the ma- Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans" Hot water Sure Relief E LL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION Coughing ts annoying and harmful . - Relieve tbroaft irritation, tickling and get rid of cough, cold aMid hoarseness fe once by . "A Brooklyn Eagle writer says that the Little Red Schoolhouse must get rid , of the Little Red Teacher. . " . A little better pay for teachers might solve the problem." San Francisco Bulletin. When the Packer is Unscramble? ' "The consumer doesn't care a snap of his fingers about the dissolution of a trust unless It means lower prices or better quality, or both," says f the New York Globe, which sees "no reason to believe that the withdrawal of the packers from 'all lines except meat and dairy products will benefit the consumer an iota." .. On the other hand, Attorney-General Palmer, telegraphs THE LITERARY DIGEST that "The practical benefits to the public will come from opening up the channels of trade in food lines, to competing producers and distribu- , ters of food freed from the menace of the all-powerful packers organization." The packers themselves, however, are not so confident about the - effect on prices. In answer to the -"Digest's" interrogation on this point Mr. J. Ogden Armour telegraphs that "it is impos sible to forecast the probable effect the dissolution will have upon the high cost of living." s Messrs. Louis F. Swift, Thomas E. Wilson, E. A. Cudahy, arid Edward Mori'is practically agree with him in that conclusion. . ' - v There is scarcely any other subject that so vitally concerns the public as that covered by the leading article iri THE LITERARY DIGEST for January 3d. The "Digest" has secured statements -from the highest sources representative of every angle of opinion' upon the recent decision of the packers to withdraw from all. lines except meat and dairy products. Other articles of great interest in this number of the "Digest" are : The Irish Republic ; A Brief, but Impartial, Explanation of the Irish Question; . . Accompanied by a Map of the Irish Republic Showing the Result of the General Election, December 1918 Shipping Lenine's Friends to Him Lloyd George's Plan to Make Two Irelands Woolen Industry to Hit H. C. L. . ' Nation-Wide Traction Troubles Why Milwaukee Insists on Berger Russian Complaints Against Allied "Help" Canada's Exchange Worries , Can Turkey Be Trusted? 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