The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-13
PARLOR REDS
OF CAPITALIZE
BESILENCED
Justice Department Plans
Raids Here Under Terms
Of the New Bill.
POLICE HAVE NAMES
Suspects Quizzed After Pal
mer Explosion Furn-
ished Leads.
POLICE HAVE NAMES

A spectacular Cleanup OF IN
sidious 'parlor Bolsheviki" is on
tap for Washington Immediately
the Sterling sedition bill becomes
law. Senator Sterling's drastic
measure. passed by the upper cham
ber last Saturday today is up for
consideration in the House and
speedy passage is prophesied.
The local police department
stands ready on the briefest notice
from the Department of Justice to
corral men and women, American
citizens, Who by precept and prac-
tice have endeavored to set at
nought the established law in the
Capital but who have warily avoid
ed violating the provisions of the
wartime espionage act.
VIII Strike Here First.
Attorney General Palmer has
and his division of investigation
forces to get at the drawing-room
Reds. With the authority granted
him by Congress he will go forth on
them and Washington. the heart of
the nation, will be one of the first
cities to be purged of their revolu-
DEMONSTRATING activities.
That Washington has its full quota
Of this type Of plotter. dangerous be-
cause heretofore not liable to arrest
aNaA frA fn 10 NTtnl w
proved last summer after the anar-
chistic attempt upon the life of the
Attorney General
Find Many Suspects
Within two days Mai. Pullman's
forces had collected lengthy lists of
suspects, men and women known to
be preaching the gospel of viol. 1t
revolution and to be fomenting all
sorts OF trouble for the government.
They themselves were virtually unas-
saiiable at that time, however, there
being no law to cover their case. II
was for their possible connect on
with the nationwide bomb-plot that
they were tabulated and questioned.
There were less than a score OF ac-
tual arrests and of these nearly all
were to the credit to the Department
of Justice and United States Secret
Service forces.
These same lists may prove OF the
greatest value now, for the talons of
the Sterling bill are capable Of
stretching even into the parlors
where the Red Idear' is espOused
under cover of the social gathering.
VIII Act Under Palmer.
I Maj. Raymond PulIman's lieuten-
ants. in his absence from Washing
ton. are inclined to belittle the part
Washington will play in the parlor
Red roundup. They declare they
do not expect to catch any ringlead-
ers here. though Of followers there
are plenty upon whom they can lay
their hands. They will work at the
bidding of PaImer's men.
Lieut.. Guy Burlingame. night chief
of central office detectives. probably
will be given charge Of the corral
in the Capital. After the Palmer
bomb explosion, June last. he was
given a rowing commission by Major
Pullman and. with the approval OF
the Department of Justice. visited
every large Eastern city on the trail
of confederates of the anarchist
slain by his own Internal machine
before the Palmer home.
Former Senator Hardwick, of
Georgia, appeared yesterday at a
preliminary hearing of the Senate
subcommittee appointed to investi-
gate Bolshevik propaganda in the
United States and asked for HIS cli-
ent. l.. c. A. Martens. postponement
of a hearing until his other attor-
ney could be consulted.
Martens will appear tomorrow or
Thursday. Hardwick was accompa-
MED by Santeri Nuorteva, Martens
secretary.