The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-03
JA|!S CROWDED WITH
ANARCHISTS ROUNDED
Up BY FEDERAL AGENTS
Members Of Communist Societies Taken By Surprise on De-
pOrtatOn Warrants Part of National
DriYe-M0re to Follow.

Red agitators of the avowed anarchis-
TIC type in the Calumet region felt the
stern hand Of the law last night when
federal agents and police cooperating
suddenly swooped down upon the haunts
Fl the individuals in Hammond Gary
and Durham. The move was part Of
the national cleanup which was launched
simultaneously over the country by the
department Of justice.
The following mon are now held at
the Hammond police station.
STEVE FRANK. 54a Kenwood ave.
Hammond
WALTER KoLAD1E, s7a Ames ave,
Hammond
ALExANDER EvANoFr, 1897 cOiurn-
oia ave, Hammond.
MIKE TovETIK, 1898 Chippewa ave.
Burnharu
MIKE HANowICH, game address.
JOHN S. KLENKo, same address.
JOHN zILKo, same address
VAs1LI YAEUscHEK, 1851 I3ath pl..
Burnhaln
GEORGE wAsELEwsKx same ad-
dress.
MIKE RADUREwICH. same address.
NICK EARAREyIcH, 2e25 1asth nj,
Rurnham
JOHN cHAsKo. 22as Pullman ave-,
Burnham
FRANK KowALENKA, 2sss Pullman
ave-, Buanharn
Those held in jail at Cary are:
NJ 3. KARCEWSKI, 2el S. Broadway.
Gary.
GEORGE cHELICK, 1895 washington
St. Gary.
STEVE srRADroRTo, 1877 Pennrv,.
vania ST., Gary.
NIKE zvAvoR, same address.
IN spite o. the fact that States Attor-
ney Hoyne's sudden activity In Chicago
had tipped off many Reds of the region
the raiders were able to land large por-
ton Of the men they went after. All
are Russians or Russian Poles. who be-
long = the Communist Communist Labor
or United Russian Workers societies.
Quantities Of innammatory lteratrre
and records Of official or societies were
conhseated. in several instances furnish
ing evidence which will be used in
further activities of the government rep
resentatves. Deputy T. s Marshal Wal
ter Mybeck OF Hammond directed the
work in the Calumet region with him
y ere Special Agent GeorEe Gragdon Of
Gary. several special agents from chi
cago and members of the Hammond and
Gary police forces.
The work Of bringing IN the whisk-
cred gentry started about o'clock
last night and continued early this
morning The affair had been plan
ned quietly and except for the Chicago
tip reds Of thet region were unpre-
pared for the sudden action Of the au-
thorities Warrants had been prepar
cd by the immigration Bureau and ter
ritory had been divided and allotted to
, federal officials SO there would be no
confusion due tapping Of territory. Tho
warrants were based upon information
CLEANED through the summer and faI.
hy special agents Of the Department
| Of Justice in compiling the Who's
| Who Of Reds IN America
some of the Hammond and Gary men
were prominent in disorders In the
! past year such as on May Day in Gary
and the agitation among foreigners
| during the Standard steel Car strike IN
| Hammond Close watch has been
| kept on them and evidence more than
| sufficient to warrant their deportation
| is said to be on hand The warrants
4 charge them with anarchistic utteranc-
IS and actions and state that the ar
! rests are for the purpose of deportat-
! on. il evidence is sufficient.
Marshal Mybeck and his aids now
hold tickets to dance which was to be
\ given by Communists Stacnik hall
\ al KensinEton tonight. 1t IS probabic
that the dance viii never be held a.
many of the patrons were taken either
by NIyhecks men of the Chicago oper-
atives
J GIFT GOODS on THEM"
When the department. OF Justice op
( eratiyes reached Gary armed with the
\ warrants last night they were direct
I'd to catch the radicals with the
4 goods On them These directions were
carried out Red" literature OF the
MOST inaamatory nature was found IN
the raid The operatives refused to
make known the address where the
four Gasy men were arrested.
The object Of the raids for the
obtaining of evidence upon which The
department 81 justice might proceed
with tne deportation Of the alien un-
laesirahIes 1t became known todas
tbat The raids are result Of a cam
paien which had been planned by the
q partment Of justice as far back as
two months ago
il ST RELEASED ny MAPEs
No Americans We're caught IN the
\ cary raids one of the mon NJ B