The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-10
New York Police Made Big
Cleanup, But Released ALI
But Thirty seven
Suspects.
TONS OF LITERATURE
Seventy-four Still in JAN Charged
With Having Entirely Too Red
Blood In Their
Veins.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Seventy-
four persons were still in custody to-
day as the result of raids by federal
officials and police on radical head
quarters here Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. or these, half were held
for deportation by the migration au-
thorities and the others were vari.
ously charged with offenses against
the state and government.
Federal raids Friday night and
early Saturday produced $50 prison
ers, of whom 113 were eventually dis
charged. Police raids Saturday night
and Sunday morning on seventy-one
radical meeting places resulted in the
persons, of whom only thirty-seven
were detained.
Two of these were charged with
violation of the state law against
criminal anarchy, including james
Larkin, Irish agitator, who was ar
rested in his home. One was charged
with violation of the Sullivan law
forbidding possession of weapons.
The others were held for violation
of federal statute
The police activity was directed
by State Senator Lusk, head of the
Joint legislative committee which has
been investigating radical activities
for several months. The police also
seized twenty-five tons of radical lit
erature to add to that captured by
department of justice agents in ear
lier raids.
Lusk stated that John Reed, who
aided in organizing the so-called
communists party in Chicago on Sep
tember 1, is enroute to Russia.
Measure Of Panic.
LONDON, Nov. 10-The American
governments nation wide roundup OF
radicals was measure of panic to
which the government has been driv-
en- by events OF the last few months,
an article by the Chronicle labor
correspondent, who recently returned
from America, declared today.
Extreme men," are in control OF
both capital and labor in America, the
correspondent asserted.
While the American government
claims industrial unrest and strikes
are caused by "bolsheviks, revolution
lists and radicals" the correspondent
pointed out that at the other end or
the scale" America has anarchy OF
another kind whereby employers re
iect the workers reasonable demands
for recognition of unions and the right
to strike.
Ellis Island Crowded.
NEW YORK, Nov 10.-Ellis Island
is crowded" with alleged reds
awaiting deportation, according to i'm
migration officials today
This statement was informally
made in explaining why they conduct
ed in New York police headquarters
the examination Of thirty-seYen addi-
tSnal prisoners taken in raids by the
police yesterday They refused to
saw how many deportees We're held
at the island.
Prisoners taken yesterday gener'
ally claimed they had entered this
country illegally, in order to be de-
ported rather than face charges of
criminal anarchy. 1t was to deter
bine whether their claims were true
that immigration officials examined
them.
Gold Coin Found
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 10.-A
ouantity of bolshevik gold coin was
discovered last night, it was learned
today. Department of justice offlclais
detained nine of the forty persons
taken into custody and were today on
the trail Of the ring leaders.
Eleven Arrested.