Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-03
WEST FILLED
WITH PEOPLE
OF RED KIND
Fully One Third of Ar
rests Made in Central
States Region.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Slxty detectives
and private investigators under the
direction Of States Attorney Hoyne,
today resumed their raids on radi-
Gals. The detectives were divided
into squads and assigned to visit
1. w. W. and communist party
headquarters in every part OF the
city. 1t was announced that the
states attorneys agents would not
operate in conflict with the federal
officers.
Department Of justice agents
early today arrested 81 men. 1t
was announced that the total taken
in the federal raids and, this morn
ing was 221. The government, it
is said, will deport a majority Of
those in custody. a
Get Many in West
More than a third of the 1000
radicals caught in the nation wide
dragnet set by federal agents had
been taken in a score of cities
throughout the central west early
today. Almost 1000 Of the number
were contributed by Chicago and
Detroit, which department of JUS.
tice officials have declared were
strongholds Of organizations.
Two hundred arrests by federal
agents last night and early today
swelled the number taken in New
Years raids and approximately $50
were behind the bars or were be-
ing questioned today. The ra.ds
here were directed by John +.
Creighton, special assistant to At
torney General Palmer.
Get Most I'm Detroit.
Raids on % Headquarters and
meeting places Of radicals in De-
troit provided the bulk of the pris-
oners taken there. Tons of radical
literature and valuable information
on activities Of various organiza-
tions was seized. Four women were
among those arrested.
Rockford Hard Hit.
At Rockford, ILL.,. 1873 arrests
were made. including % women.
The majority were foreigners said
to be members Of the communist
party. Cleveland, Ohio, contributed
between Is and 100 arrests includ-
ing four officials Of the communist
party.
Indianapolis reported raids in
seven cities throughout the state
! but no estimate of the number OF
arrests was given out The cities
included Fort Wayne, South Bend,
Terre Haute and Gary.
Forty-flve men. all Russians or
Jugo-Slays, alleged members of the
communist party, were arrested In
Kansas City. Kan.
Get National Secretary.
In st. Louis 20 were taken and
nine in East st. Louis, Ill. Stephen
Antonich, a Croatian, said to be ma
! tional secretary Of. the communist
party. fell into the net in East st.
Louis.
Louisville furnished 20 prisoners
held as radical suspects, while at
Des Moines, Iowa, IL men and four
women. members of the Russian
communist party, were taken.
Arrest OF 30 "reds" was made at
Milwaukee and the total for Mime
sofa early today was 80. In St
Paul Is were held and nine at Min
neapolis. Twenty-Five were being
held at Grand Rapids, Mich, and
five at Racine. Wis.
| 1SO for Deportation.
John T. Creighton, special assist.
ant attorney general of Washing.
ton, today made public a list Of 15e
men who have been arrested here
during the past "a hours on depor.
tation warrants received from
Washington. A second list of 63
picked up in the raids is slated fol
deportation as soon as the neces.
sary warrants can be received from
the capital. Creighton said.
! In all 367 arrests are to be made
here, he added. So far 221 Of tha,
number have been rounded up.
! Warrants for 60.
! States Attorney Maclay Hoynt
stated that his men would make
eight raids this afternoon and to-
night and that they held warrants
Tor SO men. HOyno haa arrestef
between $50 and 800 since New
Years eve.
/ Evidence will be presented t.
the special grand jury, called t,
meet Monday to investigate radi
cal activities.
Il Tho states attorneys agent
have 20 Tar found no trace Of VII
liam D. t"Big Bill") Haywood
head Of the l. W. W., for whom
they have been searching sine,
Wednesday night.