The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-09
GOLDMAN AND 6ERkMAN. WITH
24e OTHERS, DEPART FOR
SOVIET RUSSIA.
LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION
This 10 Chant Hurled 0efiantly BY
Motley Crowd az ARK" Churns
Past Statue Of liberty.-Oes.
tination Is Unknown

States army transport Ruford---the ark
of the sovie,--sailed before dawn yes
terday with cargo of anarchists, COM
muniStS and radicals. banned from
America for conspiring against its gov
eminent. The ships destination was
hidden in sealed orders. but the 249
passengers expected to be landed at
some far northern port giving access
to soviet Russia.
Long live the revolution in Ameri-
ca" was chanted defiantly by the mot
ley crowd on the decks Of the steel
gray troop-ship as she churned her
way past the Statue Of Liberty. Now
and then they cursed in chorus at the
ppu QUA ueu an pun salalS psl!u.l
cut short their propaganda here. Not
until the Ruford steamed out of the
narrowS between Forts Hamilton and
WadSworth did the din cease. Over
their heads. whipping in the wind. the
Stars and Stripes floated from the
masthead.
The autocrats of all the Russians on
the transport We're Alexander Berkman
and Emma Goldman. his companion for
30 years. With them We're 245 men
and two women-Ethel Bernstein and
Dora Lipkin. None knew where they
would debark and even Capt. q. A.
Hitchcock. commander of the veteran
transport. was no better off. At day
break today Colonel Hilton. command
ing the troops on board as guards.
handed the skipper his instructions.
Only a few high officials Of the war
and labor departments knew the ships
destination when she sailed.
The voyage will las, IS days unless
ii is prolonged by unfavorable weather.
The presumption is that the BufOrl
will land at Hanme, Helsingfors, ar
Abo. in Finland. which are connected
by rail with Bielo-Osporoff on the Rus
sian frontier. 1t was intimated in Of
fetal quarters that arrangements
eminent to permit the passage of the
Russians through that country.
The passage from Ellis island to the
Buford of the agitators who have
preached death and destruction was
an event unique in the annals of the
nation. Seized in raids in all parts Of
the country. they We're modified here
for deportation. An elaborate screen
of secrecy was thrown about the prep
arations for sending them away.
1t was in the darkest hours of night
that an army tug drew up ut the dock
at the immigration station to take on
board the undesirubles for the seven
mile journey down the bay to the Blu
ford. Two dozen soldiers. armed with
rifles. and as many immigration in
spectors. carrying night sticks. patrol
led the shores of Ellis island until the
tug arrived ut 5:ll Il. III. The reds
were marched single file between two
lines of guards from the immigration
barracks to the boat landing. each car
rying baggage.
While all the anarchists had pro-
fessed JOY at the thought OF returning
to Russia, few of them wept and
most of them seemed downcast as they
stepped on board the tug for the grim
journey through the darkness of the
harbor to the troop-ship. The air was
cold and biting wind was blowing aa
they huddled on deck.
Good bye. America" sohbed Miss
Bernstein. as the tug plowed past the
Statue of Liberty with her torch held
proudly aloft. The girl was leaving
behind Samuel l.ipman. her fiance,
facing .O-year term in the Atlanta
penitentiary for violating the e>pion'
age law.
"We're coming back and We'll get
you yet" he muttered, embelliShins
his statement with curses.
"To hell with America" came in Z
deep bass voice from the anarchists
tug as it passed Il boat crowded with
more department Of justice men.
The chant of 'long live the revolu'
ton in the United States" was started
by Peter Bianky. general secretary OF
the Union of Russian Workers. as the
Buford got under way at rs O'Clock
AS soon as they were Informed that
they would be out of the country he
fore dawn. the male anarchists at the
island formally organized the first
| soviet anarchiStic commune Of Ameri
ca" and elected Berkman grand com
missary" He bossed the preparations
of all in the large detention room ant
no monarch. was ever more readily
obeyed. All stood UP when he entered