The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

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the hand Of the government" in roundins
up radicals and anarchists throughout the
nation.
MANY arrests followed tho bomb out
RACES. Groups 90 l. w. W. agitators and
Russian bolshevik leaders and members
were rounded throughout the country, ont
all efforts to place the blame for the e1-
blossoms failed.
In the succeeding months agents of the
department of justice and police CARED
on a relentless war against radicals OIL
all kinds. The various state governments
also augmented the federal authorltles
work and conducted special investisa-
tons L. New York state the Lusk investi-
eating committee launched a campaign
against anarchists, bo1shcvists and COM
munists. which resulted in hundreds OF ar
rests
The Lusk committee summoned be
fore il l.. c. A. K Ma.rte4s, who claims
to be soviet ambassador, and made re
peated attempts to force him to give
an account of his activities and pur-
poses in this country, but so far these
have been without positive results.
MANY RAIDS CONDUCTED
Raids were carried out on a large
scale and tons of radical literature and
hundreds of prisoners were rounded up
in the metropolis. Agents of the com
mittee also descended upon the hano
school of Social Science and seized
many documents, books and pamphlets,
which. it was alleged, showed that in
stitution's connection with recent rad
ical activities.
Another nationwide terrorist plot
was frustrated IN Cleveland on october
80, when the police rounded up seven
men and a woman, who are alleged TO
have been involved in a conspiracy to
spread terror throughout the country
by another series of bomb explosions.
They were also charged with being
connected with plot to assassinate
Chief of Police Frank w. Smith Of that
CITY. Other raids followed, in which
more than a score OF persons in the
Ohio city and New York were taken
and large quantities Of radical htera-
ture seized.
Early in November agents OF the de-
partment of justice, under the personal
direction of Chief William Flynn, made
another sweeping raid, rounding ur
scores of radicals and alleged reds" in
many cities throughout the country
More than 200 arrests were made In
New York. Scores were taken in Chi
cago, st. Louis, Philadelphia and other
cities, including many radical asita-
tors whose activities are believed to
have been responsible for much of the
unrest throughout the nation for many
months.
ACTIVE LEADERS TAKEN
ri was in these raids that federal
agents declared they had captured vir-
tually all the active leaders Of the
communist party and had pretty well
destroyed it. Virtually every known
communist headquarters throughout
the country was wiped out and local
officers arrested.
While these raids were in progress,
Emma Goldman and her associate.
Alexander Berkman. the nations two
greatest ~ad'ca' agitatorS were being
held by the federal authorities for de.
por,atlol. i4tser .ncy were r.-idseu
on balls, but. losing their vigorous
fight to prevent their being sent out
of the country. they were again con-
fined on Ellis Island.
AS climax to the war on the reds, :,
which had been waged for many
months, the government announced
that Berkman and Goldman, together
with more than 200 anarchists and rad
icals under arrest, would be deported
from the country.
Plans were speedily made by the de-
partnent of justice agents for the mo-
bIizotion of anarchists on Ellis
Island. Special trains were soon speed
ing to New York with convicted reds
from all sections of the country for de-
Iortation.