Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-03
NEW YORK CENTER
OF RED ACTIVITIES,

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mercy n cnange In personnel. but an
n m tho ,i Of al s sppoaen 1h
tion Of tho communist party had
reached , tho extent that Sunday schools
ter and other cities, whore tho children
OF aliens were taught tho communists
doctrines and encouraged TO ridiculo
introduced before the Lusk committee.
which for months has been Investigate
ing uiS,a seditious, aetiyi,ies in tho United
ton existed between the American
communists organization and tho bu-
rea4 ma.nteined In New York City by
L. Z. y. h. Martens, tho selr-Styled
ambassador of Soviet Russia.
Tho growth of the propaganda spread
Vas indiented by -, evidencn showing that
leaflets setting forth their principles
have been distributed throughout the
country ut tho rato of 100000 to 100000
daily.
The intimation that radical activity
In this country had reached the stage
last year. when tho nation WAS shocked
by the discovery OF country-wido
plot to- assass:nate more than an, q score
mont citizens.
Responsible for Homh Plots.
That II was n nation ide conspiracy
was brought to light on April 80. when
, seventeen dynamite bombs were found
in the mails in the New York post office
In the meantime II warning was sent
broadcast and other bombs werc seized
country. Several of the internal ma
chimes reached their destination. but
with one exception either failed to eH-
plodc or did no damage.
The bombs were addressed to many
Cabinet and government officials and
prominent citizens, including Attor-
erai Burles0n, United States Judge
lands. OF Chicago; secretary of Labor
Wilson. John ID. Rockefeller. j. !. Nor
gan. United States commissioning Cen
cral of Immigration Caminctti. William
Woods, of Boston; Governor Sproul, OF
Pennsylvania; John L; Burnet. chair hair
mittec. and w. j.. Shafcr, Attorney
General of Pennsylvania.
one s OF the i fnrns sna,nr phomss
Rardw!ck, OF Georgia., when opened AT
.hi: home exploded and blew the hands
or a negro maid and injured Mrs. Hard
Xii tho bombs found at this time were
clcverly concealed in small coiiapsipio
which bore the forged named OF Gimbel
Start Made to Clean Up Country.
Following the discovery OF these
bombs the police of the various cities;
throughout the country and Federal
| agents launched upon q nation wide
lists and radicals Although n large
! amount of explosives WAS seized ant
4 number of arrests made. the sender
| on the night OF June the countr!
was again startled by tho most aar, -,
bomb outrage in the history OF INC ma
wrecked and Internal machines, were
! exploded. damaging the homes o, r"e
t nG" pitt sbb,nH Cleveland. Nowtonvii' !,
! Mass, Boston, Philadsiphla' fa'erS"'
None OF the men for whom the bombs
! were intended was hurt. but one mnn
forty persons We're injured, buiiding.
/ were wrecked, and In Washington ont
Of the plotters himself was blown &c
! pieces when the Internal machine IN
! Tended for Attorney General Palmer eN
plodcd prcmaturely.
| Revolt Propaganda Spreads.
4 The explosions were accompanied ny
| the scattering of anarchtsttc literature
| written by persons Who were no, MY ,
| overthrow of he government and clas'
Secret Service agents at that tim, I'll n,
was but another unsuccessful attemp
on the part OF unknown anarchists
/ 10 resume campaign OF terrorism be
liver Internal machines through tn
! mails; out of New York. Attorney-G Gle n
cral Palmer characterized the ACTIVITIES
of the anarchists ms an nttompt ~
terrorize the country and stay the hant
| of the government in rounding VI
radicals and anarchists throughout tn
Many arrests followed the. bomb out
RACES. Groups of |. w. w. agitator
and Russian Bolshevist leaders am
members were rounded up throughou
the country, but all efforts to place tn
blame for the explosions failed
In the succeeding months agents o
! the Department OF Justice and polio
carried on relentless war agains
radicals of all kinds. The various Stat
governments also augmented the Fed
! eral authorities work and conducted
special Investigations. In New Yorl
State the Lusk investigating COMMITTEE
launched q campaign against anar
| chists, Bolshevists and communists
which resulted in hundreds OF arrests.
The I.usk committee summoned be
| fore il l.. G. a. *. Martens, who claims
! to be Soviet amba ssador. and made re