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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Govt in Extraordinary Effort to Rid Country Of
Alien P|dtas Against U. S.--Documents inI
Hands Of Federal Agents Prove Communist Party
Efforts to Set Up Score Of SNiets Throughout
Nation RED Propaganda Spread in Negro Com
munities in Attempt to Organize Blacks

Washington JAM 1.-The greatest roundup of Radicals
the nations history conducted tonight by the
acting through department of justice agents in cities
stretching from coast to coast At midnight reports nd
Gated that than 1900 members of the Communist and
Communist Labor parties, against whom the raids d.
rected in custody and department of justice officials
pressed the opinion that daylight would twice that
Der behind the bars. -
Not alone the roundup the largest yet conducted by
the government in it's effort to rid the country of Radical
ISM but in the view of officials it the most thoroughly
carried out Department of justice agents had been in
stucted several days ago and at o'clock tonight the
begun the radical headquarters, whether Portland
Me-, or in Portland Ore.
Department Of justice operatives directed to catch
the radicals with the goods on and that these directions
carried out evidenced in reports particularly from
New York. where the Offices of Communist newspapers
raded and from New England where considerable ltera
ture prepared for dissemination by the two parties
seized.
The biggest "bag of the radicals made in New York
where midnight than 800 had been arrested and
to Ellis Island From a of New England cities 600
of the communists gathered and in Detroit
the raiders found plentiful uppy taking about 800 into
custody Chicago and Philadelphia supplied than 12O
and Buffalo about 100 larger number than in any prey
raid reported from practically all of the cities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Admiral JellicOe
'H0bnobbing with
'SchWab in New York

New York. Jan. 2.-Admiral Wis
count Jellicoe. former first sea lord
Of Great Britain, began a week END
visit to New York today as part OF
his postwar tour of the world He
is the guest of Charles NJ. Schwab
at his riverside Drive residence.
With Mr.. Schwab the Admiral WIS.,
tied the New York stock exchange
and was greeted with cheers by
broktrs. Business was suspended
while he was shown about. Then he
inspected the navy yard in Brook
lyn. with Rear Admirals James H
Glennon and John B. Macdonald and
Captain c. p. jackson, U. S. NJ. who
is acting as his naval aide while he
is in the United States. Later the
officers attended a luncheon to the
admiral at Mr.. Schwab's residence
An informal dinner was given there
in the evening.
Tomorrow the admiral will see
Lady Jellicoe off to England on the
steamship Adriatic. Lady Jellicoe
has been forced by illness to aban-
don plans to accompany her husband
further on his tour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
SOVIET RUSSIA
WANTS TO MAKE
UP WITH ITALY

London, Jan. 2-M. Tchitcherin,
Bolshevik foreign minister, has pro-
posed to Italy resumption of rela-
tons between that country and
Soviet Russia, pointing out that the
Imminent capture of the Black Sc,
coast by the Soviets will open the
Black Sea route to Italy," says 4
Moscow wireless message received
here.
The Bolsheviki, the message, con-
tinues, have occupied the important
stations of Yusovo and Dolia and are
marching towards Mariupol Ian i'm
portant seaport on the sea Of Azov.)
A quantity Of guns and booty was
captured in this region, as also was
the entire Markhoff division, one OF
General Denikin's finest corps, the
Moscow report adds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
|WA0'SF|RST TURN
To Move in Treaty Is
Much Mooted Question
Senate Leaders on Both Sides Sharp.
~ Watching Efforts - Spirit Of
AopefuIness Manifested by Con.
ferees - Article Ten Center Of
Storm

Washington, Jan. efforts to
break the peace treaty deadlock III
the Senate were renewed today as
senators of both parts began re-
turning from their holiday trips
preparatory to the reconvening OF
Congress on Monday.
The only surface developments to
indicate the trend Of the negotiations
were a number of conferences in
which both Senator Lodge. Of Massa-
chusetts, the Republican leader,
and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
acting leader of the Democrats,
were prominent figures, although
they did not see one another. The
conferees gave an impression Of
hopefulness that the days WORK
had advanced the situation towards
an agreement.
Who should make the first open
move for compromise, continued to
be q warmly debated question, each
side apparently maneuvring while
LILO llOSOlAdl1OllS WCAI VII uIoC1 SIN
surface, to force the other side TO
be the first to break from it's former
position. Senator Lodge still main
tanned that any compromise move
should come from the Democrats
and Senator Hitchcock insisted that
the initiative should be taken Ivy
the Republicans.
Meantime both sides were actively
at work on proposals they hoped
to use once the wheels of compro
mise formally were set into motion,
and were feeling out sentiment on
the opposite Idle Of the party fence
in preparation for the break which
would bring the whole situation to q
head.
Article Ten vas the center of al
discussions. Next in prominence
was the question Of voting power in
J the League Of Nations with the
Democrats apparently determined
to make some modification in the re-
servation adopted at the last session
by the Republican mapority. There
were a few other points of differ
ence. but the general impression
seemed to be that an agreement ON
Article Ten almost would end the
whole controversy.
In declaring formal compromise,
1t must come from the Democrats
| the Republican leaders reiterated
that enough senators to defeat rati-
fication were pledged to accept nc
compromise that would impair ma.
terially the majority reservation
program Of the last session. II
this. Senator Hitchcock replied that
there were enough on his side 81
the chamber to defeat ratification
| who were pledged against any com
promise that did not impair materi.
ally the majority program.
Yet both sides betrayed confidence
that in the end enough senators &c
ratify would be able to agree "
their definitions of the word ma.
terially" as applied to notifications
Of the reservations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
|DetZer Treated
Fem Rough But
Never Struck Men

New York, Jan. Army prisoners
who resisted arrest and acted boist-
erously were handled roughly but
never struck, Captain Karl w. Det-
ger, court -martialed for alleged brut-
al treatment of prisoners at LeMans,
France, where he commanded mill
tary police company. testified today
in explaining his difficulties in man
agging army discipline.
On one occasion he said, he broke
down the door of a hotel room occu-
pied by two men charged with i'm
personating military policemen and
they threatened him by pointing au-
tomato pistols at him. He argued
them into laying aside their guns and
arrested them. he added. Deter ex-
planned that he did not use "parlor
methods" in examining prisoners but
often shouted at them, pointed a
menacing finger at them and pound
ed the table to force them to talk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
$3.50 Fire in
Potato Warehouse
at Mars Hill, Me.

Mars Hill. Me-. Jan. 1.-The large
potato warehouse Of W. S. York,
containing about 1000 barrels of po-
tatoes. and the storehouse of the
Farmers Union, in which was $4,000
worth of grain and -four, were burn
ed today with an aggregated loss es-
timated at more than $4,000. The
fire started from an overheated stove
in the York building and spread to
the other storehouse.
Other large warehouses adjoining
were seriously threatened. They held
over 10000 barrels Of potatoes and
were owned by Hovey and Company,
Edward Edmunds of Philadelphia, G..
L. Small and Company and w. B.
Brown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
QUICK RESULTS
Revenue Agents from
South in Brooklyn
Lose No Time in Spotting Liquor
Violators-Sent to Replace inspec-
tors in District Where Bulk of
Poisoned Whiskey Came from -
"Re7Ir" Frauds Exposed

New York, Jan. 2.-Eleven revenue
agents from the ''moonshine country"
of Kentucky. Tennessee and West Vir-
ginia, ordered from stalking mountain
stills to plunge into the prohibition en-
forcemcnt campaign in Brooklyn, went
into action today by arresting two of
the proprietors. a bartender and a wait
err of one of the biggest and most pop
ular of that borough's cafes.
The southern agents We're brough,
here to replace eight inspectors trans.
ferred ELSEWHERE after the discovery
that Brooklyn was the fountain from
which came much Of the poisoned
"whiskey" which spread death through
Connecticut.
Shortly after noon, William d. Allen
Jr., chief of the revenue men from the
lincolnshire country" and one assist
ant entered 'the assembly," ordered
sherry. 5ot it promptly and paid for i,
in the presence of two proprietors, they
said. Then they promptly arrested the
OWNERS, the bartender and waiter who
served t I'm. They were all taken tC
District Attorney Ross Office. Later
the Wen were arraighed before a fed.
eral commissioner who released them
on bail.
"Reflr' frauds are becoming common
here, it was learned today. Whiskey
bottles which had been tapped and
refilled with other liquids have been
exhibited to the police. Without draw.
ing the cork, the liquor had been drawn
off through hole drilled in the bot.
tom of the bottle. Retilling through
the same hole was followed by plug.
ping it and selling the contents unde,
the whiskey label. Virtually everything
from cold tea to varnish has been dis
posed Of in this manner, the police said
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
GERMAN LINERS
Offered for S ale by
Shipping Board

Total Of "a Includes Leviathan, Lar
sest Afoat, Asamemnon and
George Washington Must Be
Used on Lines Named by Board
Washington, Jan. Thirty former
German passenger snfps seized when
the United States entered the war, in
GLIDING the Leviathan, the largest ves-
sci afloat, the Agamemnon, the George
Washington and others which were the
pride of the German merchant marine,
were offered for sale today by the ship
ping board.
Proposals for the purchase of the ves-
sells. which may be filed to January ~,
will be received only from American
buyers and must include a pledge to
use the ships on lines designated bJ
the shipping board.
Decision of the board to offer the for
mer German liners for sale was deter
mined principally by the cost of recon-
ditioning them for passenger service,
Chairman Payne said in announcing
that the vessels were for sale. Many
of the vessels were used by the war de-
partment as transports and the cost OF
retitting them for passenger service has
been estimated by shipping board Off
Gals at approximately $So.G0o.O00.
BY restricting the sale of the ships
to American interests and to per-
mancnt services of designated lines.
the board expects to accomplish the
establishment Of its proposed pas
senger service program to all parts of
the world along the same lines that
would have been followed had the
board itself put the liners into SER
vice
The vessels of the first class type
offered for sale are: Leviathan,
Agamemnon, Mount eVrnon, Won
Steuben, George Washington, Mar
that Washington (Austriam, Amer
lea, de Kalb. Aeolus Huron. Princess
Matoika, Pocahontas, Callao, Mecca
sin, Black Arrow and Otsego.
Fourteen others of the intermedi-
ate type adapted for Storage and
Cargo. including the President Grant.
Antigonne, Mercury and Ampion,
also are offered to buyers.
The ships are to be turned over to
thes uccessful bidders upon payment
Of 25 per cent. of the purchase price
and satisfactory fullfilment of other
terms of sale. Such of the vessels
as are not sold at this time will be
used by the board in passenger SER
vice until the all government fleet
has passed into private hands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Sugar Profteers
Brought Up Short
i'm Cleveland, o.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 2-The frst
step in Federal prosecution of alleged
sugar profiteers in Cleveland was
taken late today when United States
Commissioner Marlatt issued war
rants for the arrest Of four grocers.
charged with violating the Lever
Act.
The grocers are charged with SELL
ing beet sugar for more than IA L.
cents a pound, the government-fixed
price. anG with selling beet suga"
for cane sugar. Two Of the grocers
are alleged to have charged 20 cents
a pound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Beginning to Raise
Paw of Ministers

MAJ York. Jan. 2-Rev. J. ". Van
Cleve Of Chicago. chairman Of the n
nance commission Of the Methodist
Episcopal church. said here tonight
that the movement to provide clergy
men with higher salaries already had
borne fruit. Eight conferences have
agreed to pay a cash minimum Of $l5o(
q year. he said.
In addition to the minimum cash sal
arv virtually all the pastors have par
sonages supplied rent free.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
BIG BUSINESS
BY BIG DITCH
DURING YEAR 1919

Panama, Jan. 2-Trafic through
The Panama canal in 1919 exceeded
hat of any previous year. Two
thousand three hundred and ninety
SIX ships Of 7.12s,ooO net tons, in
addition to naval ships displaying
100000 tons, passed through the
waterway. The cargoes of the mer-
liant ships amounted to 1H1,oOO
IONS.
Ships measuring 1000 tons. carry
ing 10000 tons of cargo. were two
per cent greater than in any pre-
yous year. December broke the
nonthly record, 2S3 ships Of $4,000
net tons. carrying cargoes Of $4,000
'"ns. traversed the canal. The tolls
elected amounted to 1891 1913 for
december and $6,97o.oo0 for the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
ALIEN PLOTTERS

New York, Jan. 1.-The greatest
roundup of radicals ever known In
this country began at 9 p. NJ. to-
night when an army of agents Of
the department of justice, armed
with 1000 warrants simultaneously
raided every known Red" headquar-
tiers in the principal cities Of tn.
country. In New York City the raids
were under the personal supervision
of Chief Flynn, head of the depart
ment of justice secret service and 800
warrants were issued for the arres
of radicals in the metropolis.
Attorney General Palmer personal.
ly directed the great roundup from
Washington which. Federal officials
here stated, had as its definite aim
the Kidding of the United States of
every alien who has plotted against
the American government. The raids
were directed specifically against
the communist party and tho eo0-
munist labor party.
The first arrested radicals began
to arrive at the local headquarter,
of the department Of justice at 9.15
r. NJ. when party Of IL men were
Drought II. in police wagon. Their
examination was begun Immediately
by Chief Flynn and his assistants.
The communist party representa-
the advocates of violence and ''direct
4cfl0n'
membership with the names Of Mich
olas Len:ne and Leon Trotzky.
IN the United States it has found In
main sources Of recruits among the
most ignorant of the ellen population.
and its principal strength has been IN
the congested districts of New York
and Chicago. What the Communist.
who take their name from the wild orgy
of bioodshed and anarchy which came
AFTER the Franco-Prussian war. really
stands for was set forth in a manifesto
by Lenine, which was produced in evi.
oence at today's hearing before the
HusX legislative committee in Roches-
ter.
This manifesto declared that the Com
munists must plan for the disarmament.
OF the Bourgeoisie." the arming of
"laborers" and the formation of a red.
army similar to that CT Russian Soviet.
1t declared that conquest of political
power should mean not merely change
In personnel. but annihilation Of all Oh.
ponents.
In the United States the organization
OF the Communist party had reached
the extent that Sunday schools were
formed in New York., Rochester and
other cities, where the children Of aliens
were taught the Communists doctrines
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MISREAD ORDERS
Probable Cause Of On
ava Wreck
Instructions to Freight Crew Either
Misunderstood or Not Followed -
Indicated in Testimony at Brown
vile Junction Hearing Held by
Public Utilities Commission

Brownville Junction, Me-, Jan. 2
The Maine Public Utilities Com
mission held a hearing here today
on the wreck on the Canadian Pa
cific Railway near Onawa on De-
cember 20, when an east-bound
freight train collided head-on with
an immigrant train. killing a score
of passengers and the engineers and
firemen of both trains.
Although a dozen witnesses were
summoned. it was decided to exam
inc only four of them. These were
X. V. Shaw. night train dispatcher
at Brownville Junction: Arthur Fl
Kingdom. night operator at Morkill
where the freight engineer received
orders to pass the four sections of
the Immigrant special at Bodfish sidH
ing, two miles west of Onawa; Les
ter NJ. Valleley. who rode on the
freight train from Greenville juno
ton to Morkill to relieve Operator
Kingdom, and Owen L. Chase, a To-
connective engineer who was riding
in the freight caboose and took to
Conductor Isaac Manuel of the
freight the order to cross the immi-
grant special at Bodfis., siding.
Transcripts of the records of in-
vestigations held by representatives
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and by officials of the Canadian
Pacific Railway. covering the testi-
mony of all the witnesses were &C
cepted.
The hearing was completed with
the presentation of statement by
Division Superintendent j. HI. Boyle
Of the condition of the trains after
the collision, which he described
fully.
The testimony of the railroad men
showed the orders from the CHIEF
train dispatcher were correct and in
good order but it was apparent that
the engine and train crew of the
freight train misread their instruc-
tions. or did not follow them.
They should have passed the four
sections of the immigrant special al
Bodfish Siding. Instead they pro-
eeeded after the second section had
passed with the result that the
freight collided with the third Sec
ton of the immigrant special while
travelling at high speed in a deep cut
half mile east of Bodfish Siding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
YOnkers Legion
Post Wants Dudley
Field Malone to Join

New York, Jan. dudley Field
Malone, former collector of the port
of New York, whose application for
membership in Croton Post of the
American Legion was rejected re-
Gently, tonight received an invitation
from Cook Post of Yonkers to be-
come a member of the Legion in that
city. He also was asked to address
the post at the next semi-monthly
meeting.
Croton Post rejected Mr.. Malone's
application on the ground that he
held radical opinions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
FROM COAST TO COAST

Washington. Jan. 2-Launching 4
concerted and carefully prepared
movement against communist AMI
communist labor groups of radicals,
agents of the department of justice
tonight conducted raids in SO cities
extending from coast to coast.
Raids were conducted in the fol-
lowing cities: New York, Baltimore,
Boston. Buffalo. Chicago, Cleveland,
Denver. Des Moines, Dertoit, Grand
Rapids, Hartford, Indianapolis,
Jacksonville, Kansas City, Los An
geles, Louisville. Milwaukee, New
ark, Omaha. Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh; Portland. Maine: Portland,
Oregon; Providence, San Francisco,
Scranton, Spokane, st. Louis. st.
Paul; Springfield, Mass; Syracuse,
Toledo and Trenton.
The object Of the raids, Assistant
Attorney General Caravan said, was
to obtain for submission to the de-
partment Of labor cases Of deporta-
ton of a every large number of our
most dangerous anarchists and radi-
cal agitators." Agents of the de-
partment, he added, went out pre-
pared to catch the radicals with
the goods on"
The general charge Of attempting
to overthrow the government by
force and violence was placed against
the persons arrested during the
raids. Officials declared they believe
that several hundred members Of
the communist and communist Ia
Dor parties would be behind the bars
before morning.
Officials here declared the nation
wide roundup was the most COM
pletely planned and the machinery
was the best oiled for this of any
raids launched against the radical
element in this country. It was ar
ranged some ten days ago that the
raids should take place tonight and
confidential communications were
sent to department of justice repre-
sentatives and United States attor-
neys in the 80 cities.
Department of justice agents de-
sired most of all to capture incrimi.
mating documents. not SO much OF
the literature and propaganda, but
papers showing details Of the COM
munist organizations in each city.
1t was indicated that if such evil
dence were obtained deportation of
the persons concerned would be an
easy matter. AS in the case of the
members Of the union Of Russian
workers several score Of whom are
aboard the transport Buford. which
sailed from New York ten days ago,
CONTINUED on PAGE +CoI. 81
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Bag 80 at Lowell

Lowell, Mass, Jan. Federal agents,
assisted by the local police. took about
30 alleged radicals into custody in a
raid on Soviet headquarters here to-
night.
BY midnight the number of arrests
had swelled to 80, but subsequently two
of the suspects were released. All Of
those held were examined by the police
and federal agents.
Officials would not state the nature
of the charges that would be preferred
against them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Federal Sleuths
in Convention to
Prepare for Dry Law

chicago. Jan. 2.-Federal prohibit
ion agents from six states will hold
dry convention here January 10.
and Is. three days before con-
tI,utional prohibition goes into ef-
oct. Major A. v. Dalrymple. chief
oderal agent for this district. an
.ounced today. Agents from Illinois.
Indiana. Iowa. Michigan. Ohio and
Minnesota will attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
BIG BAG
OF REDS
New England Quota of
Reds Around 700 -
Several Leaders in
Bunch 700 to 800
Arrested in Greater
New York

Boston. Jan. New England con-
tributed approximately 700 arrests to
the nationwide drive against radi-
Gals tonight Under the direction OF
George E. Kelleher. division super .
intendent of the Bureau Of Investi-
cation Of the department of justice.
agents. aided by local police, swooped
down upon radical meeting places at
nine o'clock.
The plans had been prepared care :
fully and at his office in this city
Superintendent Kelleher soon was
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as Suspects at Lynn

Lynn. Mass, Jan. 2-Forty-six al
legged radicals were taken in raids
made tonight by department Of JUS
tice officials, aided by teh local police.
,Thirty-seven Of the prisoners were
arrested in raid on a radical meet
ing. Among them was one woman.
Radical literature and Russian monay
were found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Claims Operators
Making Effort to
Break Coal Unions

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. John L..
Lewis. acting president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America. today
said he had reports of operators Of
mines in the bituminous fields dis
charging wOrkmen with view VI
breaking up the unions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Northern New England: Fair. con-
tinued cold Saturday and Sunday.
Southern New England: Fair and
colder Saturday; Sunday fair, con-
tinued cold.
Eastern New York: Fair and colder
Saturday; Sunday fair, slowly rising
temperature.