Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-03

cSllIIlateu at tne depart
ment of justice. More
than half of this number
probably will be held for
deportation, officials said. Assistant
Attorney General Garvin, in charge Of
the raids. said more than 1000 per.
sons We're helG on perfect cases" and
| that he raid promised TO L3 not only
the sfeatest in scope but also the
greatest in results OF any in history.
IN every city where the raiding ma.
fhlnety was set in motion, he said,
success attended the effort Four
Thousand warrants were issued, but
the arrests exceeded that number
Besides the 2.G0 perfect cases.
Mr. GarVan said federal agents OBJ.
tained sufficient evidence to justify
the arrest OF the others.
Ine dragnet still was in operation
today with arrests growing RAPIDLY.
In nearly two score cities agents
SWEPT down on headquarters and other
meeting places of communists Anon.
those held are men regarded as ring.
leaders in anarchistic propaganda.
Other leaders are being sought
Evidence gathered by department
of justice agents will be turned over
to the department of labor, which will
be asked to deport the radicals. Many
Of tht Sc arrested last night have been
given liberty, but officials are conf
dent that deportations resulting from
the raids Will break the backbone O;
the communist agitations in America.
Scores of parlor h0lshevists we"a
taken in the raids These il il hint.
ed. may have TO be dealt with under
stae laws as they are citizens.
Chicago Furn shes Thirst.
Chicago. Jan. .. More than third
o. the 1000 radicals caught in the ma.
tionWide draenet by federal agents.
had been made in score of cities
throughout the central west early to.
day Almost / .u00 Of the number
were contributed By Chicago and De.
troit. W6ich department of justice of
ticials have declared were strong
holds OF ORGANIZATIONS
Two hundred arrests by federal
agents last might and early today
SWelled the number taken in New
Years raids and approximately 40
were bChnd The bars or were being
questioned today. The raids here
were directed by John T. Creighton.
special assistant to Attorney General
Palmer.
Raids ON twenty three headquarters
and meeting places of radicals in De.
It, .I.tl H..
Oners taken there. Tons Of radical
literature and valuable information
on activities of various organizations
was seized. -Four women were among
those arrested
At Rockford H. lS3 arrests were
made including % women The ma.
jorlty were Foreigners said to be MEM
bcrH Of The communist party.
Cleveland, Ohio contributed be.
tween - and 100 arrests, including
four officials of the communist party.
indianapolis reported raids in seven
cities throughout the state but no
estimate Ci the number OF arrests
was given out The cities included
Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terra
lIuUte and Gary.
;
JuGosiays alleged members of the
communist party, We're arrested in
Kansas City, Eans
In st Louis twenty were taken aud
nine in East st Louis stephen An.
tunjch, Croatian, said to be national
secretary of the communist party. fell
IN the net in East St Louis.
Louisville furnished twenty prison.
ers held as radical suspects. while
bes Moines, iowa. twelve men and
four women. members OF the Russian
communist party, We're taken.
Arrest OF thirty reds We're made
in Milwaukee and the total for Min-
nesota early today was $2 In st,
Paul Is were held and nine at Min
neapolis. Twenty-Five We're being
at Racine, Wis.
Police cu,opCrated with federal
agents here in the raids and the prob
lem today was To house the prisoners
who filled practically every Jail Ap-
proXimately 250 radicals were taken
in New Years raids directed by State
Attorney Maclay Hoyne and Edward
}. Brennan superintendent OF the Chi
Cago division O" the bureau OF inves-
tisaton. predicted that the federal
raids which tutalled 2t0 early today
would be increased to 7t0,
Raids in Fifty-One Cities.
Washington, Jan. ".ln a sweeping
drive against iadicalism, agents "a
he department Of justice were com-
letting today nationwide raids
against communist organizations IA
which upward of 5.iS3 radicals were
Continued or pa,e 3, col. 81