The New York herald., 1920-01-08
"BOLSHEVIST QUEEN AND IA MEN
LANDED in PENS AT ELLIS ISLAND
immigration Authorities Take
Up Cases of More Than 500
Held for Deportation.


detectives OF the local Bomb Squad made
a raid on the offices of tho Novy Mir.
radical Russian publication. at No. 11s
East Tenth street, and sent fourteen men
and Anna Manson. Queen OF the Bolshe-
visits" to Ellis Island awaiting hearing
and probable deportation.
Hearings in the deportation cases Of
more than five hundred Reds held on the
island were begun
Government officials are searching in
many cities for Ludwig c. A. X. Martens.
for whose arrest a warrant has been
issued.
The fourteen men were taken from Po-
lice Headquarters and sent to the island
at eleven O'Clock i'm the morning. but the
most interesting prisoner, the Manson
woman, was held until the one o'clock
boat and crossed the bay in charge of
matron. Miss Manson, who is a brunette,
was dressed in the latest style, with short
skirt, silk hosiery and French pumps.
Her appearance was a radical contrast
to the bedraggled showing OF her male
companions.
At the Clinton street station, where she
had been held. the young woman declared
she had been in the United States for
four years and had learned the prin-
cipals of anarchism from the notorious
Johann Most She said she stood for the
principles of free thought free speech.
free love and the equal distribution of all
wealth.
Her NQmN To Re ErnhIa
II do not uphold the principles of moral
suasion in settling the differences between
the workers and the capitalists" the
woman said. Right must be upheld bv
might. In the history that is being writ
ten today my name and the names of my
comrades will be cmblazoned on the tablet
which shall commemorate for culture
generations the planting of the banners of
freedom on the peaks of liberty
Miss Manson said she was a member
of the Rand School and that she believes
the government OF the United States is
more oppressive than that of Russia ever
| had been.
| When tho ''Red" hearings began on
| Ellis Island in the morning the individ-
uals were taken singly from the detention
quarters to hearing rooms, where stenog-
raphers recorded their testimony The
prisoners were asked whether or not they
were members of the Communist party
and whether they believed in the over
throw of the United States government
by violence.
| The speed at which the hearings will
be completed will depend entirely upon
the attitude Of the prisoners. Byron II.
Uhl, Acting Commissioner of Immigra- !
ton, estimated that the inspectors could
complete from thirty to forty hearings
daily unless the extremists prove recall
citrant and interpose technical objections
q xx,tfv h<f4
he said. 1t might take a whole day to
complete one hearing.
| Speedy completion Of the deportation
lpreliminaries Is not expected. At least
three New York lawyers who have made
| a speciality of defending Reds since
conduct protracted proceedings. Counsel
for an alien is permitted to attend the
hearings and file briefs. The finding of
the inspector Is subject to approval by
the Commissioner of immigration at the
island and by authorities at Washington.
When deportation Is finally ordered an
alien is permitted to try to bring his case
before the courts by habeas corpus pro-
|ceedings
Many of those arrested in recent raids
are likely to be released on bail soon.
William E. Wilson, Secretary OF Labor.
has decided on 81 900 as the amount of bail,
and application for release on bail pending
iildi OF cases VIII De ell
tertained as soon as the preliminary hear
lings are completed.
AS the result of recent raids, sixteen
persons sent to Ellis Island have been
released by the immigration authorities.
Some were found TO be citizens. In other
cases It developed there had been i'm
proper identifications in making the ar
rests.
While not officially stated by the De-
n n nf .IugtiCe thora is unOd a.
son to believe that the activities of that
department with regard to radical pub
locations in this city will be further pur-
sued. The raids on the offices of the Novy
Mir and three other newspapers marked
the first effort In this respect.
1t Is known to the Department OF Jus
tice that hundreds OF radicals 90 fleeing
the city. Chief William J. Flynn said
that all warrants issued will be served
whether :he individuals named are in this
city or elsewhere in the United states
Justice Vernon NJ. Davis, in the Supreme
Court. put over the case OF DIR. Michael
Mislig until tomorrow morning for final
hearing. Justice Davis on last Monday adj
judged Mislig in contempt for having
failed to answer questions put by the
Lusk Legislative Committee. The defence
for Mislig was outlined by Irving Klein.
Archibald Y. Stevenson appeared for the
Lusk Committee. Klein asked for time IN
which to prepare an appeal from the con-
tempt decision. Stevenson asked that the
defendant be held in the Ludlow Street
Jail until nc answered the questions of the
committee.
Klein argued that the Lusk Committee
ceased to exist at midnight on December
81, because two OF the members. Assem-
biymen McEllgott and Burr, were no
longer legislators. Stevenson said that
while II was true that the two members
were no longer in the Assembly. the COM
mittee was none the less in existence He
explained that legislators on special COM
mittees whose terms expire continue TO
serve at compensa ton OF 81 year.
Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald, who is at the
head of a committee preparing warm
clothing, mittens and other things of COM
fort for those destined TO leave America
on Soviet Ark No. 2. said at No. S7 Broad
way that her organization. is known as
''The Soviet Red Cross" The organiza-
tion. she said. Is being aided by Elizabeth
Flynn and her committee at No. East
Fifteenth street. Both committees" said
Miss Fitzgerald. ARE arranging TO cheer
and comfort our companions as much as
possible
Two Reds were deported on board the
Mongolia. of the American vne, the sec
ond steamship of that service TO leave
thio mort Hamburg frba radicals