The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
|. W. W.PLANNING
BIC CAMP AICN IN
WEST,IT IS SAID
Plot Centering in Northwest,
Investigator Finds.
Centralia, Wash, Quiet After
Outrage Tuesday.
ARREST 19 ALLEGED REDS
Suspected in Connection With
Killing Ex-SOIdiers.
Were Shot Down During Parade
i. w. w. Leader Hanged.

Spokane, Nov. 12.-That Industrial
Workers of the World are preparing
to launch from their headquarters
here propag ganda campaign thruout
the northwest and perhaps thru the
entire west IN the near future, was the
declaration here today of officials of
the department of justice. So far, they
SAID, no orders to proceed against
them have been received.
Arrest Nineteen at CentraIia.
Centralia, Wash, Nov. 12.-Nineteen
alleged !. w. w. were in jail here at
o'clock today. The men were round
ed up yesterday and last night after
the firing on the Armistice day parade.
Company f, Third regiment national
guard of Washington. which arrived
here early today from Tacoma, as
not patrolling early today. The
guardsmen were billeted in the Cham
Der of Conlme cree rooms.
Later the national guardsmen went
on patrol duty at S:30. They were post
ed on the main streets and were
guarding all the roads leading into
Centralia.
Central:a. Wash, Nov. 12.-Opera-
tives of the department of justice and
other forces of law and order repre-
senting the state were gathering here
today planning a concerted effort to
the attack of radicals on the Armistice
day parade of veterans yesterday.
Four American Legion men are
dead. killed by bullets fired, it is said,
by snipers from I. w. W. headquar-
ters,
The body of one I W. w, Britt
Smith, still hung from a bridge today.
He was lynched by small group of
men. Smith was captured after he
had run from the I, W. w. hall with
smoking rifle in his hands, it was said.
state Guards, Quiet Town. .s.-.
Arrival of a company of state guard
here today assured this little city OIL
quiet after nearly twelve hours OF dis
order. Three of the Legioners were
shot down yesterday afternoon as the
Armistice day parade, of which they
were part. passed in front of the In
dustrial Workers of the World mead
quarters Another suffered fatal
wounds in attempting to apprehend
one of those said to have done the mr.
ing.
,'he guardsmen found the town pa
trolled by the local members of the
Am r.can Legion when they arrived
while nearly 100 others from nearby
towns were in reserve The Legioners
1ilaced themselves at the disposal or
the towns police chief. who has but
four paid men under him. Immediately
after the attack on their parade.
Scour City f. Reds.
In groups, some increased III size
bv civilians they secured the town
Yesterday afternoon and last night Tor
men suspected of belonging to the rad
iral order or of participating in the at
tack on the parade. Others patrolled
the grounds about the Jail Whether
they were on duty here at the time a
mob broke in and removed smith from
an unlocked cell is a disputed point
Some Centralians declare the former
service men were not there; the police
aer~rt they were.
The clash came as the head or the
m -ade swung into the street before
The w. w. headquarters. Onlookers
said bursts OF fire came from the win
doyys of that building, from a hotel
across the street and from the roofs
OF nearby buildings. The reason Tor
II has not been developed fully, but
Herman Allen, an attorney and mem
her of = committee of former service