The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
ON TRAIL OF RED
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OiN HHbFthG ~ ILL.,
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closing in on suspects have been cur
rent for week,
A secret list containing 100 names
of Red agitators fell into the hands of
the intelligence department shortly
after the soldiers took control here.
This list formed the basis for their
operations.
The intelligence officers have now
determined to take no chances with
the suspects and will investigate the
activities of each OF the 100.
Arrest SECRET Council"
The list named secret council
of twenty-five which directed the work
of the-larger organization. Practical
ly all members OF the council are now
under arrest, 1t was reported. Col.
w. S. Mapes. in charge of the military
operations. today adhered to his pol
icy of requesting newspaper men to
refrain from mentioning places raided
or names of those taken. The colonel
declined to state what results had been
obtained from examination of one
suspect who is said to have given in
formation concerning makers of the
Gimbel bombs. However. there was
high enthusiasm and feverish activity
around the headquarters.
Small details of troops were sent out
from headquarters shortly before mid
night, the officer in charge having
previously been given secret orders,
Great Bundles of Propaganda.
In the early hours of the morning
these details reported back with
prisoners and great bundles of prop
uganda. The prisoners were i'm
mediately questioned by Lieutenant
Van Buren, and others of the army in
teliigenee staff.
In some instances the raids were
tipped" and when soldiers broke
down the doors and entered the Red
dens. they found evidence that prop
uganda literature and other Red sym
bols had been burned.
A jar of gun cotton, sufficient to
blow up the Gary city hall, was ex-
hibited by Colonel Mapes. He said
that 1t had been seized in one of the
raids The colonel placed a pinch of
the explosive on his desk, touched a
match to it, to demonstrate it was
the real thing" 1t exploded with
considerable pep"
Wood Has Gary In Hand.
That the situation in Gary itself is
believed to be under complete control
of the federal soldiers here was evil
denced by General Wood granting per-
mission for the first outdoor mass
meeting today since he assumed COM
mand here. The meeting was to be
addressed by John Fitzpatrick, chair
man of the national strike commit
tee; Ward Nockeis. secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor and John
Walker. former president of the Illi-
nois Federation of Labor.
OF the many reports that spread
thru the veil of secrecy thrown about
their activities by the military and
civil authorities after they inaugurated
raids on alleged Red headquarters and
meeting places and surveillance of sus-
pected persons one, that wide
lnf a OF nov
ments had been discovered. was de-
MED officially by Col. w. S. Mapes,
commanding troops here.
That drastic measures to combat
Red plots uncovered have been
planned was not denied, however
Find Large German Flag.
Intelligence officers conducting the
raids on places suspected in the Red
plots were interested in. the finding of
a quantity of radical propaganda
printed in German and a large silk
German flag.
Steel<workers disavowed the proc
lamation" issued by the Communist
party of America" calling on the
working men to wrest control from the
federal troops and establish die
tatorship."
The Indiana state building trades
council also made a disavowal of the
radical activities in behalf of the strike
and Edward Mulholland, president of
the Gary Screw and Bolt Workers
union. was expelled from the union
because of alleged radical utterances.
He also resigned from the steel strike
committee.
Very valuable evidence" was OBJ
tanned by army intelligence officers In
further raids upon Red" centers in
Gary early today. Colonel Mapes stat
ed. He declined. hoyever, to reveal
what this evidence was.
Hold Eight for Investigation.
Eight of eighteen persons taken into
custody during the raids were held for
further investigation. More arrests
will follow. army authorities indicated.
Colonel Mapes denied today that
evidence collected tends to connect
any of the men with the "Gimbel
bomb" plot. He said he never had in
timated as much.