The New York herald., 1920-01-11

truclSload Of incendiary literature was
seized and taken to the offices OF the
Department Of Justice, at No. q Park row,
Manhattan. Many agents out to execute
warrants had not reported last night.
Israel Salisbury. who described himself
as student at Rutgers College, walked
into the offices of the Department of
Justice and demanded the return Of some
papers found on him when he was arrested
a week ago. Charles +. Scully, head of
the Red Squad, questioned the youth and
found that he is a member of the Com
munist party for whom a deportation war
rant had been issued. He was sent to
Ellis Island.
Salisbury said he had a wife at No. so
West 10th street ell is n Russian and
came to this country some time after
Trotsky and Lenine had established their
dictatorship. ell has a good education
and speaks excellent English.
Judge John c. Knox, in the United
States District Court, declined TO fix bail
in the habeas corpus proceedings insti-
tuted in behalf of Gregorivitch Weinstein,
chancellor" of Martens Soviet "em-
bassy." and reserved final decision until
Tuesday. Francis G. Gaffey, United
states Attorney, in opposing tho writs.
asserted that the Court had no jurisdic-
tion over the matter. saying that IL rested
with the Secretary Of Labor or the Bureau
Of immigration.
Charles Recht. counsel for weinstein
and other aliens held for deportation on
Ellis Island, declared that Augustus
Schell, of the Ellis Island Legal Depart
ment, had refused to release his clients in
bail, although instructed to do so by his
superiors in Washington. Harry Wein-
berger counsel for four of the aliens said
that his clients were held on warrants of
arrest and not on deportation warrants
and that they should be released in bail
OF 81 coo each.
David p. Cahill. Assistant United States
Attorney. in answering Weinberger said
the Department of Labor is a separate
court and that it could not be required
to release aliens.
Judge Knox said that ne thought bail
should be fixed, but doubted his right 10
Fix II. lie denied an application made by
Recht and Wein'berger to admit their cll-
ents to ball until Tuesday.
Miss Rose Weiss, an attorney in the Of
flee OF Recht, took $4,000 to Ellis Island
and Offered it as bail for forty-two of her
clients. The surety was refused by the
immigration authorities and the women
we're not allowed to confer with her
clients.
The examinations of the reds" pro-
reeded slowly, as the silence strike" is
still in progress.
The "reds' refuse 10 answer questions.
tut when they get into the dining hall
they eat everything they can reach One
man insists ON eating more than two
pounds OF broad day and all demand
nat their coffee cups be half filled with
sugar before. they will accept the bev-
urage.
Three men and one woman, against
whom there was not sufficient evidence
70 warrant deportation. we're released
Miss Weiss said that many others would
be turned out for lack OF evidence.
The sergeant at arms OF the Senate is
Jn his way from Washington with a
subpoena for Weinstein to appear before
he Foreign Relations Committee. which
starts an investigation into Russian ac-
lvities tomorrow. Weinstein probably
will be allowed to 30 to w Washington.