Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-11-14
CLEANUP BEGUN
:::a)NI, ", ". NESTS;
/ MANY Arrested
Editor of Seattle Union Record
Seized and His Plant Taken
Over by Government.
TWO WHO WE'RE WITH
MEN WHO SHOT HELD
Another Soldier Fired Upon Near
Centralia-Arrests Made Through
out Oregon and Washington
in Drive on Anarchy.

in Drive on Anarchy.
Tacoma, WASH, Nov. ia
report that |. w. w. were gath
ering at Bordeaux, Washington,
in preparation for attacking the
Thurstcn county Jail at Olympia
TO release three men arrested at
Centrala Thursday, brought
every available citizen who could
secure weapon to the Jail to-
night, a message to the Ledger
from Olympia says.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 10 (By the
Associated Press) Raids were con-
Quoted in Washington and Oregon
cities today by state and federal Of
ficers on industrial workers of the
world headquarters and many ar
rests were made on alleged members
of the organization.
Governor l.. F. Hart announced he
would inaugurate a statewide cam
pagn to wipe out Industrial Wor1--
ers of the World, bolsheviki and 9TH
er radicals and called on all state of
ficers to cooperate with federal and
county officers to work to that end.
The governor received messages ask
ing him to convene the Legislature to
pass stringent anti-Industrial Work
ers of the World laws.
Federal officers raided the office
of the Seattle Union Record, seized
the entire plant and arrested several
employees, including E. B. Ault, edi
tor. The raids were the outgrowth
of the killing of four former service
men at Centralia, Washington, 100
miles southwest Of here on Tuesday,
by alleged I. w. w.
Seventyfour alleged members of
the Industrial Workers were arrest
ed in hall at Spokane, and at Port
land, Ore, men alleged to be mem
bers of the organization were being
held for examination. One of the
men arrested at Portland, Frank B.
Riley, told the officers he believed
the Centralia outrage was a frame
up against the l. w. w."
The raid on the Seattle Union
Record was made on instructions
from Washington, D. c., according
to Robert C. Saunders, United States
district attorney. The Record is own
ed by the Seattle Central Labor
Council.
Deputy United States marshals
ordered truck load of copies of the
mail edition, which wa about to
leave the office, to be unloaded.
1.-THE United States government is
taking charge here" Deputy Marsh
al E. R. Tobey told Ault as he en-
tered the office to serve the war
rants.
1--WE have search warrants and
you will clear the office, editorial
rooms and press rooms of all en-
p!oyes as quickly as possible. The
plant is now in the hands of the
government and the government is
now editor of the Record"
Ault read the warrant and imme-
dlately began carrying out the orders
OF the deputy marshal.
Saw Shooting.
Centralia, Wash. Nov. 13.-"Jack"
Curtis. Centralia barber, and his
son, Cecil Curtis, arrested here to-
Day, have confessed, officials said
that they were on Seminary hill
while riflemen. posted on the hill,
poured bullets into the Armistice Day
parade here Tuesday. The two
said they were armed, but claimed
they did not shoot. Both carried
l. W. W. cards, officials said.
The man who was lynched here
tuesday night has been identified
as Ernest Everetts. it was announced
today. The Identification was made
tby the landlady of the rooming
house, where Everetts lived for sew
eral months. He was working here
as an l. W. w. organizer, the land
lady said.
George Paxton, Centralia, former
soldier, was fired upon before day
break today as he was patrolling a
road between Centralia and Cheha-