Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-14
GENE RAJ ROUNDUP
Of REDS IS MADE;
MANY ARE JAILED
Drive Is Started to Rid the
Northwest of All Known
Radicals Plant Of Seattle
Union Record Is Seized,


Seattle, Wash, Nov. 3 (by the AS
sociated Press. )-Raids were conduct
ed in Washington and Oregon cities
today by state and federal officers on
Industrial Workers of the World
headquarters, and many arrests were
made of alleged members of the or
ganization.
Governor Louis f. Hart announced
that he would inaugurate a state wide
campaign to wipe out Industrial
Workers of the World, Bolsheviki and
other radicals and called upon all
state officers to cooperate with fed
eral officers to work TO that end. The
governor received messages asking
him to convene the legislature to pass
stringent Industrial Workers of
the World laws.
Federal officers raided the office of
the Seattle Union Record, seized the
entire plant and arrested several en-
ployes, including e. B, Auh, editor.
The raids We're the outgrowth of the
killing of four former soldiers at Cen
tralia, one hundred miles southwest of
here, Tuesday by alleged |. W. w.
Seventy-fonr Arrested in Spokane.
Seventy alleged members OF
the Industrial Workers were arrested
in a hall at Spokane and at Portland,
Ore, men alleged to be members of
the organization were being held for
examination. One of the men arrested
at Portland. Frank Briley, told his ar
resting officers he believed the Cen
tralia outrage was a frame up against
the l. w. W.
The raid on the Seattle Union Rec
ord was made on instructions from
Ia NsNa,r Nta1t tKaFp fA NlN
ert C. Saunders, United States District
attorney. Federal officers also seized
the plant of the Equity Printing COM
pany and arrested Walter 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 of
the Record, and Frank A. Rust, sec
retary- of the Seattle Labor
Temple, associated were arrested,
charged with violation of the espion-
age act. The Record is owned by the
Seattle Central labor council
Truck Load of Papers Nabbed.
Deputy United States Marshals orr
dered truck load of copies Of the
mail edition which was about to leave
lflH DAlIce ttFt tt uitlOdNtAs
me United states government is
taking charge here" Deputy Marshal
f. r. Tobey told Ault, as he entered
the office to serve the warrants, eve
have search warrants and you will
clear the office, editorial rooms and
press rooms of all employees as quickly
as possible The plant is now in the
hands of the government and the
government is now the editor of the
Record"
Ault read the warrant and immedi-
ately began carrying out the orders of
the deputy marshal. He turned to his
employees and said
'The government has Just closed !
our paper You will all leave the Of f,
flee as soon as you can get ready"
After taking papers and records !
from the Record office. the federal
officers allowed the paper to resume
publication.
Ault Listman and Rust later were
released on $4,000 bail each but AHlt |
was Immediately re-arrested on a |
charge of criminal libel. The libel !
complaint said his editorials defamed !
the four former service men killed at !
Centralia He was released on 81, 900 |
bail on the second charge,
During Seattles general strike last
February it was charged by city Off |
cials that the Equity plant printed |
most of the alleged inflammatory |
posters and hand bills distributed |
about the city ole Hanson. then |
mayor, closed the plant for a time.