The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
DEPORTATION SHIP
SAILED ON SUNDAY
SnVIET GROUP REMAINS DE-
FIANT.
249 Sent Away.
Endesirables Hustled Aboard Trans
port Under Screen OF Secrecy.
Destination Held Secret.

The United States army transport
Ruford-ark of the soviet-salled
before dawn today with a cargo OF
anachists, communists and radlcals
banned from America for consplrlng
AGAINST the government. The snip S
destination was hidden in sealed or
aers. but the 249 passengers 1t car
ried expect to be landed at some 1ar
northern port giving access to soviet
Russia.
Crowd is Defiant.
Long live the revolution IN Amer
iea'' was chanted defiantly by the
motIey crowd on the decks OF the
stee, gray troopship as she churned
her way past the statue of liberty
Now and then they cursed in chorus
at the United States and men who had
cut short their propaganda here. Not
until the Buford steamed out of the
narrows between forts Hamilton and
Wadswor '. did the din cease. Over
their heads, whipping in the wlnd'
the stars and stripes floated from the
masthead.
Destination Not Known.
The autocrats of all the Russians
on the transport were Alexander
Berkman and Emma Goldman, his
boon companion for thirty years. With
them were 245 men and two women
Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkln.
None knew where they would debark
and even Capt. G. A. Hitchcock, COM
mander of the veteran transport,
vas no better off. at daybreak to-
morrow Col. Hilton, commanding the
troops on board as guards, will hand
the skipper his instructions. Only
a few high officials Of the war and
labor departments know the ships
destination.
May Land in Finland.
The voyage will last eighteen days,
unless it is prolonged by unfavorabie
weather. The presumption is that
the Buford will land at Hange, Hell
singtors, or Abo in Finland, which
are connected by rail with Bielo-Os-
poror on the Russian frontier. 1t was
intimated in official quarters that ar
rangements have been made with the
Finnish government to permit the
massage of the Russians through that
country.
The transfer from Ellis Island 70
the Buford of agitators who have
preached death and destruction was
an event unique in the annals of this
nation. Seized in raids in all parts
I of the country, they were mobilized
here for deportation. An elaborate
screen of secrecy was thrown about
the Dreparations for sending them
away.
TWAS in the darkest hours Of night
that an army tug drew up at the
dock at the immigration station to
take aboard the undesirables for the
seven-mile journey down the bay to
the Btford. Two dozen soldiers, arm
ed with rifles, and as many immigra-
ton inspectors carrying night sticks,
patrolled the shores of Ellis Island
and until the tug arrived at 5:lo a.
M. The Reds were marched single
file between the two lines of guards
from the immigration barracks to the
boat landing. each carrying his or
her baggage. A. score of agents OF
the department of justice circulated
among the Russians waiting to begin
their long Journey. These agents
and the soldier guards on the island
went on board the tug with the de-
portees and took them to the trans
port.
A revenue cutter and two other
army tugs formed an escort for the
Reds and one tug lay alongside while
they were being transferred to the
Buford to prevent attempts by those
reluctant to leave to swim the hall
mile to the shore OF Staten Island.
While all the anarchists had pro-
fessed joy at the thought of return
ing to Russia, few Of them Wept
and most of them seemed downcast
as they stepped on board the tug for
the grim journey through the dark
ness of the harbor to the troop ship.
The air was cold and a biting WIND
was blowing as they haddled on deck
"Good-bye, America" so5bed Miss
Bernstein as the tug plowed past the
statue of liberty with her lighted
torch held proudly aloft. The girl
was leaving behind Samuel Lipman,
her fiance, facing twenty-year prls-
on term in the Atlanta penltentlary
for violation OF, the espionage law.