The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-22
OF:
u s. REDS
ON BuF0RD
''Soviet Ark" Sails for. Un-
known Port With Brains
of American Anarchist Or
ganization.
SECOND Nay FOLLOW
(By Associated Press)

ark" Buford. which sailed for an un-
named Russian port yesterday with
34s radical departees on board. will be
followed before she has an opportun-
ity 10 land by second lark" load OF
"reds." according to the best informa'
uon obtainable today.
N was stated that a second batch
Of deportees probably would be en-
barked some time this week as the
governments -- second drastic step
against aliens who have sought to
bring about the overthrow OF constitu-
tonal government. The department
OF justice has $4,000 radicals listed.
''red" leaders on enforced voyages to
their home lands has not been made
known. "..--
Woman Leads Mobs.
Led by q woman who declared her
husband had been deported to Russia
Yesterday on the Soviet Ark" Buford.
mob of $50 Reds today attacked the
entrance to the Ellis Island ferry in
m effort to reach fellow radicals still
awaiting deportation.
A riot call was turned in before the
police could restore order.
The mob turned on the first police
man to answer the call and beat him,
but when more reserves with drawn
clubs and detail of coast guards with
fixed bayonets arrived, the crowd sud.
denly became docile. Members Of it
explained they had come to inquire
about relatives who had sailed on the
Buford. -"
A young Russian woman. who gave
the name OF Clara Brooks. was arrest
ed as the. ringleader.
Twenty-Five Remain.
Twenty-Five anarchists remained at
Ellis Island today awaiting 'deporta-
tion. They will be sent to Russia with
others from Detroit and Chicago
whom the department of labor was un-
able to have transported to New York
I'm time to sail on the Buford. Ar
rangements for the departure Of the
pleted, according to Byron II. Uhl. act
ing coulmsss3oAer Of the Island. -
A few married anarchists are held
In various cities, awaiting the deci-
sion Of the authorities: as to whether
to sendtheir families with them. No
anarchists~ Of whose marriage there
was official record was sent on the
Buford, but eight OF them had request
ed that their sweethearts be sent on
the ship also.
TIL Buford, which crept out Of New
Yo = harbor with heavy guard in
the darknkess yesterday morning. car
ried Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman, two of the most notorious
anarchist leaders the United States
ever has harbored. together with 247
other radicals of various degrees of
"redness." Department of justice
agents said the Buford's passenger list
comprised virtually the "brains" of
the radical movement in the United
States.
Long Career Ended
The deportation Of Emma Goldman
and her devoted companion. Alexander
Berkman. ends joint career of 80
years In the United States during
which they preached the overthrow of
government by violence. He spent 16
years and three years in Jail.
Berkman served IA years for shoot
ing Henry Clay Frick and two years
for urging young men to abstain from
registering for the draft early in the
war. Miss Goldman was in prison
two years for opposing conscripion.
and one year for melting to riot.
Their joint activities as publishers
vi TIC dudICHiSl udSdZluCSs MOluCI
Earth" and THE Blast" suppressed
during the war, combined with their
addresses at anarchists meetings
helped cause the assassination OF
President Mckinley, the government
charged in its deportation proceed
ings. The confession Of Czolgosz de-
scribed the influence which Miss Gold
mans writings had on him.
Their influence was traced in the
dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times
Matthew Schmidt. and David Caplan
now in Jail with others for that crime
: were "of the Goldman clan," Attorney
General Palmer has said.
Opposed Preparedness.
They were suspected of receiving
German money to oppose preparedness
by the United States before the United
States entered the war.
They were the pioneer radicals ir
the United States. Now there are
10000 Reds here and 472 disloya
foreign language newspapers. accord
ing to Attorney General Palmer.
For more than 10 years their de
portation had been agitated and al
times seemed near, but no formal pro
ceedings for this purpose were insti
tuted until the alarming radica
NCIlVllleS vi lS1o, tuSiuOluS luc Scdtllt
and Winnipeg general strikes. the
sending OF bombs through the mail:
to Attorney General Palmer and othel
prominent men, the formation o
branches Of the communist party ant
plans for anarchistic demonstration:
on the formation OF the Soviet Repub
lie Of Russia. which were frustrated
by countrywide raids In November
These raids made toal of 697 an
archists seized by the United State.
on deportation proceedings in the las
two years.
When their cove kers. the Nihilist,
In Russia. whence they came in youth
evoluted into the Bolsheviki ant
forme& the Soviet government afte
the downfall Of the monarchy. Berk
man and Miss Goldman championed ,
similar government and social orde
for this country.
American capitalists are the mos
greedy In the world" she said, 'ans
when the time comes they are goinl
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