The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-01
ELEVEN THOUSAND
POLICE OFFICERS
GUARD AGAINST A
MAY DAY UPRISING
NEW YORK TAKES EXTRAORDI.
NARY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST
RADICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
FROM RED ELEMFNT.

New York. April 3O.--New York S
entire police force of If 900 men today
was ordered TO remain on duty con-
tinuously until Monday morning-a
measure of precauton against possible
May Day violence or radical demon
stration.
Blue coats were detained TO guard
the city's churches, public buildings
and meeting places while others were
assigned to protect private residences
and individuals believed to be in dang
er
Many others were held in station
houses for emergency calls Assign
ments Of police TO various auditoriums
and halls tOmorrow-May Day-were
announced and members of the bomb
squad, augmented by regulars were
set today to ferret out 4 number of rad
icals believed TO be active in the at
tempt to cause great demonstration
here.
Police today declared that the arrest
late last night of Abram Jaltira and
Jacob Amter, who were held on charges
Of criminal anarchy had broken the
spirit Of communist workers who ex'
pected To- bring about a demonstration
tomorrow. These men charged by the
police with having several wagon loads
of radical literature i'm their posses
sion, We're said TO have been Officers
of the third internationalc and in CON
stant communication with Moscow.
Jakira and Amter were taken in Gus
tody in the apparentment of Mrs. Helen
Ware, daughter of Mrs Ella Reeves
Bloor, national organizer Of the com
munist party in this country,
In the seized literature, the police
said they found circulars similar tC
those scattered here and in various
other large cities calling attention tc
the Industrial conditions in the United
States and urging the overthrow of the
government Several loaded revolv-
ers also were found by the police, il
was reported.
one Of the trunks, police said, was
filled with maps Of the United States
containing statistics of the strength Of
the various revolutionary groups here
These maps revealed the total member
ship of the groups in every city ant
community Of any size throughout the
United States and disclosed that more
than 80 per cent of the members of the
radical organizations were foreigners.
Russians, Poles and Italians wert
found to be in the majority in Tho
membership of the red organization
with which Jaliira and Amter Were af'
filiated. the police claimed, and statis
tics revealed that In the mining dis
tricts Of Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia, as well as in several other states
east of Chicago, the percentage of radi'
Gals was very high.
To offset red activities. the Amer
can defense society will hold a mass
meeting tomorrow in Carnegie Hall
Newton ". Gilbert, former vice COVER
nor of the Philippines, presiding
Among the speakers will be Represen'
tative Albert johnson Of Washington.
Representatives Of the chamber o.
commerce of New York, of the Amerl
can committee for devastated France
the American Legion, the American
security league, the American lndiar
league, the American League for Con
stitutional Government and many oth
er patriotic and civic bodies will hi
present. The meeting will he one Of
series to be held throughout the coun'
try. 4 letter from President Harding
will be read.