Arizona republican., 1919-11-14
Washington Governor Starts
Campaign to Rid State of
Wobblies, Bolsheviki and
Others - Many Arrests
Made in Raids
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SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 13.-Raids
were conducted in Washing ton and
oregon cities today by state and fed
eral officers on industrial workers Of
the world headquarters and many ar
rests Of alleged members of the or
ganization were made.
Governor Louis +. Hart announced
he would inaugurate a statewide cam
paign to wipe out industrial workers
or the world, bolsheviki and other rad
icals and called upon all state officers
to cooperate, with federal and county
officers to work to that end The gov
ernor received messages asking him
to convene the legislature to pass
stringent anti-industriaI workers of the
world laws.
Seize Radical Newspaper
Federal officers raided the office of
the Seattle Union Record, seized the
entire plant and arrested several en-
| ployees, including E. B. Ault, editor.
The raids were the outgrowth of the
killing of four former soldiers at Cen
tralia, 100 miles southwest of here,
Tuesday by alleged l. w. w.
| Seventy-four alleged members of the
industrial workers were arrested in a
hall at Spokane, and at Portland. Ore
gon, men alleged to be members of the
organization were being held for ex-
animation. One of the men arrested
at Portland, Frank Briley, told his ar
resting officers he believed the Cen
tralia outrage was frame up against
the |. W. W.
The raid on the Seattle Union Rec
ord was made on instructions from
Washington, D. c.. according to Rob
ert c. Saunders, Unl,ed States district
attorney. Federal officers also seized
the plant of the Equity Printing com
pany and arrested Walker c. Smith
editor of the International Weekly
which is printed in the Equity shop
Smith was charged with violating the
espionage act.
Ault, editor; George P Listman
president of the board of directors oil
the Record, and Frank A. Rust, secre-
tary manager of the Seattle Labor
i charged with violation of the espion
age act. The Record is owned by tn,
Seattle Central Labor council.
Deputy United States marshals or
dered truckload of copies of the mai
edition which was about to leave thu
|, office to be unloaded.
!, "The United States government il
taking charge here" Deputy Marsha
!; E. R. Tobey told Ault as he entered
| the office to serve the warrants. wv
/ have search warrants and you vii
/ clear the office, editorial rooms ant
press rooms of all employees as quick
ly as possible. The plant is now in tn
, hands of the government and the gov
J ernment is now the editor of tn
Record"
} Ault read the warrant and immedi
5 ately began carrying out the orders q
t the deputy marshal. He turned to hi
employees and said:
'The government has Just closed on
) paper. You will all leave the office a
soon as you can get ready
9 from the Record office, the federal of
E ficers allowed the paper to resum
publication.
: Ault and Rust later were released o.
: $4,000 bail each, but Ault was imme
!, diately rearrested on a charge of com
f mercial libel The libel complaint sal
his editorials DETAINED the four forme
Y service men killed at Centralia. H
was released on 81, 900 bail on the sec
e ond charge.
o During Seattle's general strike las
n February it was charged by city off;
: cials that the Equity plant printe
= most of the alleged inflammatory post
: ers and handbills distributed about tn
|. city. Ole Hanson, then mayor close
e the plant for time.