Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

would appear from some of the evil
cence seized at the Office of the news
paper Novy Mir, they said, that sailors
plying between this country and Europe
had been engaged as secret messengers
to convey correspondence between the
Reds in America and their brethren in
soviet Russia.
At the headquarters of the Commu
mist World agents declared they found
the latest Red posters imported from
Europe, appealing for the lifting Of the
Russian blockade and recognition of the
soviet government. Wireless reports
of conditions in soviet Russia Also
were, found. among the patches of ma :
terial seized.
Three Soviet "Arks"
The transport Fitzpatrick has been
undergoing repairs and it was said at
Ellis Island that the sailing date for the
second soviet ark" probably would be
January 10.
=. Harry Winitsky, secretary of the
Communist party of New York, was
released on his own recognizance by
order OF Chief Flynn and given until
Tuesday to prove his American citizen
ship.
The Communist party and the com
munist movement will continue with In :
creased efforts despite the nation wide
raids against our MEMBERS" Winitsky
said. ''The Communist party is legal
party and we will take the case to the
supreme Court Il necessary, to deter
mine its legality"
In addition to the transport Kilpat
rick, the army transports America and
President Grant may be used to trans :
port to soviet Russia some of the radi
Gals gathered in the nation wide round
up.
Department of Justice agents an
nounced today that they were examining
the literature. seized in the raids to de
termine whether Ludwig G. A. X. Mae
tens, self styled ambassador to the
United States of the Russian soviet re
public, was connected with the distribu
tion of the communist propaganda in
this country. If this connection is es
tablished they said they had sufficient
evidence to warrant his deportation
The senatorial committee investigating
soviet activities will be notified of the
result of the investigation.
Special Boards of Inquiry
Special boards of inquiry were
organized at Ellis island today, and il
was announced that hearings on thu
cases of those arrested would begir
Immediately. Those suspected of con.
spiracy to overthrow the government
will be tried under Section 6 of tn,
federal anarchy statute, it was an
nounced by department agents.
Among those held for deportation arr
virtually all the officers of the twelve
Communist party organizations in thi
city.
Ben Matthews, assistant Unite'
States attorney, announced that tn
raids were highly successful. Nearl,
all the men wanted were apprehended
he said, and those still at large woult
be taken before the day was over.
1T was announced that forty, ''husky
reliable" men who have been employe,
in shipyards and other places had beel
engaged to stand guard over the radi
Gals at Ellis island.
Byron II. Uhl, acting commissions
of immigration, said today that th
greatest congestion in the history of tn
island would result from the gatherip
there of the reds arrested in last night
raids. Uhl said that because of thi
condition he had urged the Department
of Justice and the Bureau of Immi
grafton to make no more raids at thi
time.
The first consignment of radicals
numbering sixty three, was taken t
the island at 10 a. M. from the polio
station at which they had been held.
Buffalo. n v. Jan. 3.-(By A. p.
Five Americans were among the 13
or more prisoners taken in the round
up of radicals here last night and today
The foreigners represented half doze
races, with Russians in the majority.