Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-30
new YORK READY
TO CHECK ANY
MAY DAY RIOTS
Entire Police (, Force Of H.
600 Men to Remain on
Duty Until Monday.
Series of Big Meetings in
Opposition.to Radicals
is Planned.

New York, April 30.-New York's
sentire police force of 1900 men to-
day was ordered to remain on duty
continuously until Monday morning
a measure of precaution against pos
sible May Day violence or radical
demonstrations. -,
Blue coats were detailed 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 dam
ger. ~,
Many others were held in station
houses for emergency call Assign
ments of police to various auditoriums
and halls tomorrow-May day-were
announced and memhers of the bomb
squad augmented by regulars. were
set today to ferret out number of
attempt to cause great demonstra-
tion here.
Arrest Two Leaders.
Police declared that the arrest. late
last night at Abram Jakira and ia
cob Arnter. who were held on charges
OF criminal anarchy, had broken the
spirit of communist workers who ex-
pected to bring about q demonstra-
tion tomorrow. These men charged
by the police with having several
wagon loads of radical literature in
their possession, were said to have
been officers Of the third information
ale andt in constant communication
with Moscow:
Jakira and Ante. were. taken in
custody in the apartment of Mrs. Hell
en- Ware, daughter of Mrs. Ella
Reeves Bioor, national organizer of
the communist party in the country.
n 1o
said. they found circulars similar to
those scattered here and in various
other large cities calling attention to
the Industrial conditions in the United
States and urging the overthrow of
the government. Several loaded re-
volvers also were found by the police,
1t was reported.
Maps Arc Found.
One of the trunks police said, was
filled with maps Of the United States
containing stacks of statistics Of the
strength of the various revolutionary
groups here. These maps revealed
the total membership of the groups
in every. city and community of any
size throughout the United States, and
disclosed that more than 95 per cent
OF thrassaeslrbe ersr OF the radical organ
izations were foreigners. 49, IA 70.
Russians, Poles and italians were
ASuhu ~ NC luS Hl0JOFlIy
membership of the red ORGANIZATIONS
with Jakira and Amter were affiliat-
cd, the police claimed and statistics
revealed that in the mining districts
OF Pennsylvania and West Virginia
as we'll as in several other states eas,
of Chicago the percentage of radicals
was very high.
Plan Mass Meeting.
To offset expected red activities. the
American Defense society will hold a
mass meeting tomorrow in Carnegie
hall, Newton W. Gilbert, former vice
governor Of the Philippines, presid
ing. Among the speakers will be Rep
resentative Albert johnson of Wash
ington. -,
Representatives of the chamber O.
commerce of New York. the Ameri
can committee for devastated France
the American Legion. the American
Security league. the American India1
league, the American league for con
stitutional government. and man,
other patriotic and civic bodies will
be present. Ha
The meeting will be one of series
to be held throughout the country.
letter from President Harding
will be read.