The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-14
RecOrdMen
Admitted
TO Bail
Paper Suspended for Seven
Hours While Search Made
by U. S. Officers
AULT IS RE-ARRESTED

~, n. Ault. editor Of the Seattle
Union Record. Frank II. Rust and
George y. LiHtman. members Of It's
control board. ara out on bail OF
$1,000 Friday. after being arrested
by federal authorities Thursday aft
ernoon charged with publishing mat.
ter tending TO incits. provoke and en-.
courage resistance TO the United
States government.
with the permission Of District
Attorney u. c. Saunders. the Seattle
Union Record. raided Thursday and
its books and papers seized b. fed
. crl officers. resumed publication Of
regular editions Friday. The books
and records OF the paper are being
investigated for Reditionist matter.
Warrants for search OF the Record
orioc. sixth ave. and Union st. and
seizure OF documents, as well as for
the arrest Of the three men. were IL
sued from tho raooma Office Of the
United States attorney Thursday
noon. and seven hours after the raid
led by Deputy United States Marshal
". II. Tobcy. the Record issued an
extra. a, . D. m
Tho warrants did not call for sus
pension Of publication. Y. s. Attor
ney Saunders explaining that II was
not the intention Of the government
10 stop the Records presses. but that
editors would be held strictly &C.
conntabie for future articles pub
llrhed. The raid. however. blocked
the issuance of tho afternoon edition
The warrants called for the seizure
of any documcn, that might bear on
the case.
A warrant was issued for the ar
res, OF Walker G. Smith. editor 81
the international Weekly. published
At 1906 seventh ave. At the same
limo as the other warrants. but
Smith has not yet been arrested.
Ills office was raided and docu.
raan,s sAred.
Ault was informed that he was
under arres, n, the conclusion Of
tho Record raid and was taken 10
the federal building. Ban was set
at g. 900 and posted by Ernest
Sswsham. district secretary Of the
United Mine workers. Ault was i'm
m~distsiy r~arrested on \ state
oharg. Of alleged criminal iihel Of
tho dead. lie was taken 90 the
county Jail and released later when
81 900 more bail had bean placed
with tho county clerk.
Hearing Tuesday
The state alleges Auit iibeied
world war veterans murdered at
censraila IN an editorial published
In the Record November IL. In
which u was said sthe riotinE which
resulted In the deaths was the re.
suit Of a long series Of Illegal acts
by these men themselves" This edi.
,orial. entitled shooting IN the
Dark" and another editorial, en-.
titled who Loses7" were The basis
Of the federal charges.
Editor Auit was 20 be arraigned
before Superior Judge A. w. fratcr
a, 1915 o'clock Friday on the
charge Of criminal libel. The Of
fcnsc Is gross r,isdemeanor. with
maximum sentence set at $1,000
fine and one year imprisonment In
the county Jail.
Rust was arrested when he ap.
peared at the u. s. Marshai's office
later Thursday afternoon. as was
Istman. Roth posted ball Of $4,000.
Auit. Rust and Listman will be
given hearing before U. 8. Com
missioner r. W. Mccieliand a, 10
a. m. Tuesday.
The governments action followed
an attempted explanation by the
Record of the centraiia outrage. In
which the victims were alleged by
II TO have been instigators OF the
| tragedy.