Republican farmer., 1919-11-14
Governent Agents Get Quan- titles of Inflammatory
 Literature
MOST OF THOSE
 TAKEN RUSSIANS
Forty of Reds Were Arrest ed In Cities In Con
 necticut

Washington, Nov. S-De- portatiOn of all aliens engaged in ''red" activities has been de- termined upon by the depart ment of justice, Attorney Gen eraI Palmer announced today.
 Details of the widespread cleanup of radicals last night and today show that more than 200 were arrested in IS cities. Mr. Palmer has asked the de partment of labor to deport all of them.
 Included among the material and literature seized by government agents in the raids, were quantities of articles used in making bombs, a complete counterfeiting plant, a large supply of counterfeit banknotes, thousands of pieces of literature de- scribed as of the most inflammatory nature, and scores of red flags rifles and revolyers.
 Agents of the department of jus tice and the bureau of immigration have been collecting evidence in these particular cases for two months, MT. Palmer said. Practically all of those arrested were Russians.
 More than 15O persons were taken in a raid in New Y ork which was per sonalIy conducted by William J. Flynn, chief of the Bureau of Investt- gation of the Department of Justice. All but 52 were released after exaIui- nation.
 In the Chicago district, including Milwaukee and Gary, Ind, about geo more were taken into custody, while smaller groups ranging from 50 down to two were arrested in Detroit, Phila- delphia, San Francisco, Newark, \. J., Jackson, Mich, and five Connecticut cities-New Haven. Hartford, Ansonia, Waterbury and New Britain.
 Federal agents generally declined to discuss the arrests further than to say they had been planned at Wash ington several weeks ago. It was re- ported that in some cities the demon strations were to include bomb plac- ing and the use of firearms.
 Hartford, Nov. S-More than forty men are being held by the federal authorities in this city on suspicion of being BoIshevists, disciples of di- rect action and undesirable aliens sub ject to deportation. The men were taken in raids by government agents in several Connecticut cities last night, including Hartford.
 Federal officers would answer no inquiries today, referring all question CTS to the department of justice headquarters in Washington. United States District Attorney John F. Cros- by said at noon that no further ar rests have been made so far as re- ported here.
 Michael Buchaneveitch and Mark Kulesh, of 69 John street are held at the police station. When taken be- fore immigration inspector Wm. Clark for preliminary hearing they saying a lawyer from New York was coming to represent them. The hearing was postponed, The two were taken into custody Friday night. Officers visited 54 Market street this morning and found a lot of alleged radical propa ganda liter ature and a red flag. Wm. T. Ha- zen, special agent in charge of the Connecticut bureau of investigation of the department of justice said to- day that hearings for the alleged ra diCalS would be held here and for the three taken in New Haven.
 New London, Nov. S-As the re- suit of a raid by Federal officers as sisted by local police Friday night, one alleged radical was arrested and a considerable quantity of alleged trea sOnabIe literature seized here. The search for Reds has not yet been completed.
 Waterbury. Conn.,, Nov. S-ATeged Bolshevists and Anarchists arrested here stated under examination last night, it is learned, that they were not citizens of the United States and had been selling stock in a steam ] ship company in hopes of buying a | boat to get out of the country on They claim, it is learned, that they want passports and cannot get them They take their arrest lightly and ire quently joke about it. The local po- lice are holding six men here await i ing instructions from Federal officers ] Buffalo, Ne \. Nov. 8-Fifteen per sons were arrested here early today
 by federal operatives in connection
 with the country wide raid on radical
 and I. w. W. headquarters, two ot i Lackawanna.
 1 Akron, O., Nov. 8-Department ot 1 special agent, arrested 40 men here i early today in raids on alleged radi- i calls and I. W. W. headquarters. 1 FIRST COMMERCIAL