The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-22
TRANSPORT CLEARSFOR UNE[NOVVlI
PORT WITH EMMA GOLDMAN, ALIEN
BERKNIAN AND Isl UNDESlR RABIES
Eleven Members Of
Transport Crew in
Irons for Mutiny

New York, Dec 2f.---Six members
Of the crew of the transport America,
on which members of the American
peace comm ission sailed home from
Brest. are in the hospital suffering
from bullet wounds and other in
ten other lnem bers of the crew and
two petty officers are under arrest on
charges of mutiny on the high seas
1t is understood that other arrests
are to he made tomorrow as pre-
iininarv to an inquiry into the conducg
or the wf5otn crew which has been Or
F'vferesT ny "ttTr rzvv- department on f1r
basis Of Volunteers report by Cap
tain Ford, commander OF the trans
port regarding the mutinous conduct
Of the crew on the last voyage from
this port 10 Brest as we'll as on the
hoineward voyage which ended this
morning The captains report reads
more like the log of a pirate ship thar
that of one of Uncle Sans trans
ports.
The officers OF the ship found it nee
essary to use their automatics to en-
force discipline and preserve order.
Frank T.. Polk, assistant secretary Of
state who returned from the peace
/ conference with General Tasker RI.
Bliss and Henry White the other
members of the American delegation.
y II three of whom came ashore when
the transport arrived at quarantine lag.
night, said tonight that he was aware
there had beer trouble among the
crew but that no specific insta noes Of
rnunitinous conduct had been brought
10 his attention. He. understood nc
, said that conditions were at heir
worst while the ship was at Breast
The TACT that the bodies of two
sailors killed in the accident on the
transport President Grant were
brought back on the America gave
rise 70 a report that two of the mu-
tinous members Of the crew had been
killed
| The men under arrest are charged
with crimes ranging from mutiny on
/ the high seas down to being 'peeping
! toms" The written report of the
charges covers "a pages and deals with
happenings on board the ship from
November 10 until today
! Several Of the men were discovered
shooting scraps on November 1e and
when the captain told them to stop
gam bling they insisted they had a
right to do az they PLEASED. A week
! later two women passengers. wives
/ CT army Objects On lFfPsT way III &cU~
lsntz. complained that two sailors had
| tried to PRIV open the windows OF their
staterooms. On the same day mas
ter at arms was caught trying to sell
a stolen raincoat. Another master at
arms came upon the entire galley force
shooting craps and when he told them
to stop the cook intertcred and told
the men 10 60 ahead with their ga
On December I Captain Ford or
Of ne r,,,,r +ep
which revealed n mum her OF automatic
pistols. some of which had been stolen
from officers and privates on tho pre-
vious trip from Brest Following the
Illustration OF the attempt OF the mu-
tineers to get ashore at Frest the Of
ficcrs heard of a. plan to let the fires
die out and thus tie UP the ship and
probably make it possible the mu-
timers TO get ashore under cover of
darkness, as there would nc no ligh 5
on the ship. An armed guard WAS
then brought aboard In spite Of this
pTccaution several robberies were
committed state rooms. lockers and
other places being broken open. Will
liam Cakins one Of the men caught
with stolen goods. hoasted that he was
one Of the leaders of the men. lie
had an 7. w w. card and a quantity ~
literature or the orga nizstion.
CaiiSins was locked in the brig. hut
escan ped last Saturday night and was
reported missing when the vessel
ldocked today a search revealed Caikins
formation regarding the mutineers was
hiding in tho hold. Much Of the in
formation regarding the nutineers vas
discovered through the efforts OF Rob
jert I.urye. n thirteen vear-old Louisi-
= ana boy. who came on board at Erest
TO work his way home.