New-York tribune., 1919-11-13
W. ar to DEATH Declares
U S. Attorney, and ~
Are Taken i'm Tacoma
and 5 Seattle Raids
State Military on
Duty i'll Centralia
Prisoner Is Said to Have
Confesse Ex-Soldiers
" ere Marked for Death

CENTRALIA, Wash. Nov. r.
Cities Of western Washington joined
Centralia to-day in arresting mem
bers Of the Industrial Workers Of
the World and raiding their head
quarters, following tie firing on an
Arnjstice Day parade here yester-
day. -Four former American sol
diers are dead and a fifth is report
ed dying as q result Of the shooting
and one alleged I. W. W. has been
lynched
War TO the death is now on
against the Industrial Workers of
the World, Robert c. Saunders,
United States District Attorney, de-
clared. No further evidence than
the Centralia murders is needed, he
asserted, to prosecute all l. w. w.
to the extent Of the law
Twenty-Five men and one woman.
reported to have radical beliefs.
were placed in jail here, and later
four Of the prisoners, including the
woman, were removed to the Lewis
County jail at Chehalis by National
Guardsmen, who patroled Centralia
to-day. Raids were conducted in
Seattle, Tacoma and Aberdeen on
the Industrial Workers headouar-
ters.
Forty-fOur Radicals Arrested
In Seattle, eleven men and tons of
literature.' according to the police.
were taken to head iuarters The
Tacoma police arrested thirty four al
legged members Of the Industrial
Workers and seized quantity of
radical literature. At Aberdeen large
quantities OF literature and the
records of the Aberdeen local of tie
organization were taken.
Prosecuting Attorney Herman Allen
announced that d. Lamb. sixteen years
old, who was arrested here IS an l.
". W, confessed to belonging to TIE
organization. The boy, Allen declared,
said he had heard his father. James
Lamb, who also was arrested. talking
of a plot to start trouble here yester-
day. The father, according to Allen.
confessed last night that the radicals
had four former service men marked
for death BECAUSE of their activities
in fight waged by Cer7trala citizens
to rid the city Of the l. ". W
The |. VI. ". expected trouble here
ywterday and they were prepared for
it,. Allen said when the parade was
almost over without trouble appearing,
they decided TO start 1t themselves"
Inquest To Be Held To-day
DR.. David Livingston. who served in
TIE war as q captain, was one of the
four marked by the |. w w. fer
death according to Lambs alleged con-
fesslon. Livingston is the Coroner
here. He announced the inquest would
be held to-norrcw over the bodies OF
the four former service men.
The body of the lyached man, "Brick"
Smith, reported to have been an |. W.
W. secretary, Was found in theChehalis
River. Che rope by which he was
hanged had beer cut early this morn
ing.
No name was mentioned in a verdict
rendered by corone-'s jury, which to
night held an inquest over the body.
The jury's verdict said:
I'VE find that deceased came to his
death by gunshot wounds and by
strangulation caused by persons un-
known"
For few hours \to-nlght the body
lay on the foos of the bridge under
which the man was lynched last night.
Later it was moved to the county jail.
1t was expected the coroner would dis
pose of it.
No witnesses were examined at the
inquest. The jury returned its verdict
immediately after it examined the body
/ and Justice OF the Peace Charles P
Hoss accepted the verdict without COM
! ment.
Centralia was quiet to day, and Judge
George Dysart said citizens had prom
ised to let the law take its course.
Last night | talked to them and
promised that every l. W. W arrested
here would get quick and just trial."
said Judge Dysart THE former SER
vice men promised to aid officials In
arresting |. W. w"
Henry NJ. White, United States I'M
migration Commi ssioner, was reported
en- route 20 Centralia to investigate the
records of all alien |. w. W. and en-
deavor to deport them if they are noe
held in connection with the shooting.
Smith Arrested During War
Smith was reported by officials co
have police record in Washington.
During the war. it was said, Smith
caused trouble in Washington lumber
camps and a lumber company wrota
to patriotic organization that Smith
was menace and asked that he be
arrested.