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GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 3, 1920
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EOAT MOMR SOVIET ARK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
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MORE THAN 200 TRANS
FERRED FROM NEW YORK
TO ELLIS ISLAND
(By The 'Associated PreM)
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Department of
Jastice agents, armed with 300 warrants,
continued today their search for radicals.
The transfer to Ellis Island of 201 radi--cam,
held for deportation proceedings,
After being questioned all night by de
partment agents, was begun. More than
400 persons arrested last night were re
leased for lack of evidence to connect
them with revolutionary doctrines.
Warrants still held by the department
f justice will be served ''.as expediously
as human effort can accomplish," ac
cording to Mr. Flynn. Persons arrested
last night have been watched closely day
and night, he said, since the communist
party convention in Chicago, Jrae 6,
1919. Examination of the prisoners con
tinned until dawn.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in the examination by the agents, who
described many .of the radicals arrested
as "conveniently stupid." In a few cus
a men and women professed total ignor
ance of the communist party and an ab
horrence of its principle, while others
brazenly professed their faith in the par
ty and its doctrines.
Department of justice agents said it
would appear from some ef the evidence
uiaed at the office of the newspaper Novy
Mir, that sailors plying between this coun
try and Europe had been engaged as se
cret messengers to eonvey correspondence
between the "reds" in America and their
brethren in soviet Russia. At the head
quarters of the Communist World, In 12th '
street, agents declared they found the(
latest "red" posters imported from Eu-
rope, appealing for the lifting of the
Bnesian blockade and recognition of the ,
aeviet government. Wireless reports of j
conditions in soviet Russia also were
found among the batches of material
-seized.
Two of the person arrested will be
turned over to the district attorney to he
doaJt with for alleged violation of the
tate's criminal anarchy statute," it was
said. They are Julius Godkin, a taxi col
lector and Harry Winitsky, a lawyer.
I loth claim American citizenship.
The United States transport Kilpatrick,
sister ship of the BuforJ, now on the
high seas with the first consignment of
deported radicals, probably will be used
TO BE IE RED
(By The Associated Press.)
CHOOAOO, Jan. 3 Approximately
ae third of tho more than 400,000 al
leged radicals arrested in the federal de
partment of justice's second drive to rid
America of the force- of anarchy and
bolshevism were today in jails of the cen
tral west. Almost 1,000 of the nun
tor were arrested in Detroit and Chicago,
which department of justice officials have
-declared were strongholds of organiza
tions inimical to the government. Five
hundred were under arrest at Detroit,
aad about 250 were added to the 200
takes at Chicago in the New Year's
-day drive by state and city officials.
Department of Justice agents today
ought a number of alleged red leaders
for whom they had presidential warrants
.charging aiding and abetting a niovo-
nr.hrnirth government of the
United States by -foree and violence .
8oma of the men and women arrested
were released almost immediately and ad
ditional releases were in prospect today
until the gross results of the raids were
thinned dowa to those the government
plana to send after Alexander Berkman
and Emma Goldman to sovijt Rusaja and
tfer countries they came from. ' The
raids in the central west w-re conduct
ed quietly and with precision. Nowhere
did the federal agents and state and
ity officers who aided them encounter
opposition .
The drive was directed mainly at mem
bers f the communist organizations and
most of those arrested were Russians,
with a scattering of Germans, but a num
ber 0f representatives of other radical
organizations and nationalities were en
tangled in the net.
In the southwest few arrests were
made. Principally they were at Kansas
C5ty, Kans., where 45 men were taken .
They were Russian aad Jugo Slav.
Vainly, they were employes of packing
Louses and in railrsad yards and had
CHICAGO AND
to'tiniiHort the second contingent, it was
niinouni'ed at the federal building today.
OVER 600 SEIZED IN NEW YORK.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Radicals held
here today as a result of New York's
share of last nights countrywide round-up
of apostles of anarchy, violence and sedi
tion, numbered between 100 and 1.10. The
remainder of the 600 or 700 seized were
released during the night after an inves
tigation and will be watched by federal
agents. Exact figures were withheld.
It is understood that all aliens named
in the warrants will be deported as soon
art possible and that American citizens
among the "reds" will le turned over to
police authorities for prosecution. It win
said that H00 deortntion warrants are
ready for New York's agitators moiie.
There was every indication today that
the war against the communist organiza
tion would le continued vigorously, either
by renewed raids, or by action batted on
revolutionary literature seized last night,
:i gainst those already in custody.
William J. Flynn, chief of the bureau
of investigation of the department of
justice, who directed last night's raids,
said :
' ' We have succeeded, I think, iii break
ing the backbone of the radical revolu
tionary movement in America. These
raids mark the beginning of the decline
of ' organized, rabid revolutionarism
throughout the country. We planned this
move very carefully and the results have
exceeded our expectations."
Chief Flynn declared that in New York
and the metropolitan district most of the
revolutionists for whom traps were laid
hail been arrested. ,
Barges moored in the Hudson were
ready today to transport tho prisoners to
Ellis Island.
Exchange of Ratification Still Possible.
(By The Associated Press.)
PARIS, Jan. 3. Exchange of ratifica
tions of the peace treaty with Germany
on January 6 is still possible, in the opin
ion of The Mdtin, which says the Ger
mans will have time before that date to
forward explanations demanded by the
pence conference.
STRONGHOLDS
been under surveillance three month.
At Rockford, Ills., 183 alleged radi
cals were arrested. Milwaukee and
Cleveland, where 98 and from 75 to 100
persons were arrested, were the only other
central-western cities of more than a
dozen in which raids were conducted
where the number of arrests approxi
mated three figures. Other reports were:
St. Louis 16; Louisville 20; Grand
Rapids, Mich., 25; Des Moines, Iowa,
16; Denver 9; 8t. Paul 10; Minneapolis
17; Toledo 8; Racine, Wis., 5; East
St. Louis, Ills., 6; Omaha, Neb., 9.
Federal officials at Chicago said that
they expected the co-operation of the
state's attorney, who directed the new
year arrests in turning over prisoners
that it is desired to dejwrt . Naturalized
radicals arrested at that time probably
will be prosecuted under the strict syndi
calist law, it was stated.
700 IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3 Examina
tion of the alleged radicals taken in the
Philadelphia district in last night's raid
by agents of the department of justice,
aided by local police, continued through
out the night. More than 700 men and
women were gathered in the net in the
district, which includes Scranton and
Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Trenton and Cam
den, N. J., and other nearby points?
Of this number about 350 proved their
American citizenship and their innocence
of any wrongdoing and were released.
According to Todd Daniels, who head
ed the government agents, more than 150
of those taken into eustody are aliens
and eventually will be deported.
TCearly 400 alleged radicals were
rounded up in this city, half of them be
ing taken in a hall on North Sixth street,
where the Lithuanian socialist chorus ' '
was holding a concert and where the
."Philadelphia school to-aid soviet Rus
sia" and the "Russian socialist league"
have their headquarter.
DETROIT
PROVED
AMERICAN LEGION TO HAVE
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
At Well Attended Smoker
American Legion Officials
Plan County - Wide Cam
paign For 500 Members In
Gaston County Will Be
gin Monday, Jan. 5 Every
Ex-Service Man Wanted.
At a well-attended meeting of Gaston
. Post, No. 23, of the American Legion,
held Friday night in the Pythian club
rooms, plans were laid for a membership
drive which, it is hoped, will raise the list j
of members of the American Legion in ,
Gaston county to a total of 500. This
drive, in wnicn every mem her or tne re
gion is a part, will legiu Monday, Janua
ry 5th, and will continue for 30 days. At
the end of that time it is proposed to
stage a public meeting which shall take
the form of a banquet or feed or some
sort of public entertainment. To aid in
securing members from all over the coun
ty in this drive an executive committee,
conipnsed.of the officers of the local post,
together with a chairman from each one
of the six townships of the county, was
appointed. Each ono of these six town
ship chairmer- can appoint as many help
ers as he chooses, to assist in the drive.
Posters and placards, carrying appropri
ate American Legion slogans and infor
mations, will be placed in prominent
stores, postoffices and at other points
where they will attract attention.
It was pointed out during last night's
meeting that many young men of the
county do not know of the existence In
Gastoiiia of a post of the American Le
gion. Furthermore, it was stated that
many of these who were aware of its es
tablishment, were ignorant as to the mo
tives, purposes and ideals of the Ameri
can Legion. A campaign of publicity to
offset this apparent ignorance and list
lessness on the part of the world-war vet
erans will be inaugurated.
It was decided at last night's meeting
that the Post should meet -regularly oiu-c
each month and that until further notice
the place of meeting should be in tiie
Pythian club rooms. The time is the sec
ond Thursday night in each mouth. Steps
were also taken looking toward the organ
ization of some sort of auxiliary to the
Post, such as a drum eorps or minstrel
show. A committee was appointed to
formulate tentative plans and a pro
gram for the public meeting which shall
end the membership drive beginning next
Mondav, the 5th.
PUN FOR BIGGEST
COUNTY FAIR YET
New Directors of Fair Asso
ciation Hold First Meeting
Fred M. Allen Re-Elected
Secretary.
Plans for a bigger and better fair than
ever in 1920 were discussed at a special
meeting of the new board of directors
of the Gaston County Fair Association
held at the offices of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday afternoon. Fred
M. Allen was re-elected secretary and
treasurer.
Needed repairs will be made to the
building so that exhibits will be safe
guarded fully from the weather. The
president and secretary were authorized
to especially give atteution to improving
the premiums for livestock. The great
est value of the Big Gaston County Fair
to the county has been in the develop
ment of better live stock although it has
also aided in bringing about a general
interest in better farming methods and
in developing other lines.
CLEMENCEATJ URGES BIG
FAMILIES FOR FRENCH.
PARIS, Jan. 2, Friday Families of
ten and twelve children are being urged
by Premier Clemenceau, who is touring
the department of Var, his constituency
in the chamber of deputies. Mr. Cle
menceau points out to his rural audi
ences the need of re-peopling France, lay
ing emphasis on the fact that large
families are more common in northern
than in southern France.
While the premier is adhering to. his
determination not to talk politics while
on his trip, he is giving wholesome advice
to the throngs who come to see him.
A tank barge for transporting oil built
in England is steered 1y electrictiy and
can be controlled from a vessel towing
the craft
According to an official survey, by in
eluding the improvement of lakes the wa
ters of Switzerland are capable of pro
ducing 2.173,000 horsepower. -
FIRST BRICK LAID ON
HOSPITAL BUILDINGS
New Year's Day Sees Actual
Work of Laying Brick Be
gun on Buildings North Car
olina Orthopaedic Hospital
Work Will Continue With
out Interruption.
At nine o'clock on the morning of
New Year's Daj, January 1, 1920, the
lirst brick was placed in the foundations
of tfie North Carolina Orthopaedic Hos
pital, and what has for so long been a
dream in the minds of many becomes at
last a reality, and the building is under
way. Much time and labor has been
spent on the excavations for the buildings
on account of the stubborn character of
the gub-uoil encountered in the excava
tion. A strata of solid rock had to be
Wanted out before tho work of exca
vating for the basement and founda
tions could Ik- successfully completed.
All this preliminary work has been finish
ed and soon the walls will begin to show
themselves above the ground on Bab
ington Heights.
At present, ony two units of the build
ing are being constructed, the main or ad
ministration building, and an adjoining
ward for boys.
No more beautiful site for the institu
tion could be found in North Carolina
than is the one selected. From an
eminence overlooking the surrounding,
country, one can look almost into the
neighboring towns of Dallas, Lowell,
Raulo and Belmont. In the distance the
sky scrapers of Charlotte are plainly dis
cernible. Gaston county's mountains,
Spencer's, Mayworth, King's, Crowders,
Jackson's Knob and others are all in
plain view. The hospital property of
28 1-2 acres has a frontage of over 1,700
feet on the New Hope road. A gently
rolling incline to the road from the hos
pital affords wonderful opportunities
for architectural and landsc. ., work.
To the rear of the buildings is a small
wooded area, back of which is an or
chard, four years old, containing 100
choice apple trees, 100 peach trees, which
bear throughout the summer from April
to October, 20 cherry trees, 20 pear
trees and a vineyard of 50 grapevines.
At the foot of the hill behind the or
chard is a small branch fed by seven
anwl springs. The natural beauties of
the site are unsurpnssed.
The buildings are being constructed
under the supervision of the State
Building Commission, R. F. Dalton, of
Greensltoro, chairman and J. A. Salter,
urehitect. Mr. J. H. Deal, of Char
lotte, has he contract.
BIG GERMAN LINERS ARE
OFFERED FOR SALE
Shipping Board Wants to Sell
to American Buyers the
Leviathan, the George Wash
ington and Other Passenger
Vessels.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 The shipping
board has offered for sale to American
buyers thirty fonner German ships, in
cluding the gigantic Leviathan, the
George Washington, the Agamemnon and
other well known passenger and cargo
vessels.
The ships, which were seized by the
I'nited States during the war, constituted
a part of the cream of the German mer
cantile marine. Many, of them were
used in the army transport service in the
war period and they are being offered
for sale mainly on account of the cost
of refitting them for passenger service.
The sale- carries the restriction that
they must be purchased by American buy
ers and must be used on lines designated
by the shipping board. By the restric
tion, the shipping board hopes to carry
out its plan of establishing passenger
lines to all parts of the world.
MALONPS APPLICATION TO
AMERICAN LEGION REJECTED
(Bv The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Dudley Field
Malone, former collector of the port of
New York, whose aplication for member
ship in Croton Post of the American Le
gion was recently ejected, has received
a letter from Cook Post of Yonkers in
viting him to become a member of the
Legion in that city. He was also asked
to address the post at the next semi
monthly meeting.
Croton post rejected Mr. Malone 's ap
plication on the ground that he held radi
cal opinions. The attitude of the post
wss later endorsed by the West Chester
county committee of the American Legion.
WITH CLOCK-LIKE PRECI-
SION REDS ARE RAIDED
IN 33 CITIES IN II. S.
(Bj The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. In a sweep
ing drive against radicalism, agents of
the department of justice were complet
ing today nation-wide raids againsl com
munist organizations in which several
thousand radicals were taken In custody
with a view to deportation.
Raids were ordered in 33 cities over
the United states and promptly at the
hour of last midnight.the operatives moved
with dock-like precision in the round-up
of communist workers and sympathizers.
Early this morning tho number of arrests
hail risen to the highest figure of any
similar raid in the history of the country.
The government hopes to fill another
''soviet ark" and send it floating across
the Atlantic to bolshevik Russia, where
the radicals will be permitted to Join
their kith and kin. The department of
justice estimated that 3,000 "undesira
bles" would be caught in the dragnet
spread over the nation and with their de
portation it was believed the backbone of
radicalism in America will have been
broken.
The raids were conducted particularly
against communist and communist labor
groups of radicals, the department of
justice announced, with the object of ob
taining evidence to submit to the depart
ment of labor for deportation of "a very
large number of our most dangerous anar
chies and radical agitators." The gen
eral charge of attempting to overthrow
tho government by force and violence was
placed agaiust those arrested.
The agents particularly searched for
incriminating documents, some of which
they claimed rovealed plans to establish
Soviets throughout the country to be later
merged under a soviet council similar to
the Russian council.
Attempts to organize the negroes in a
movement to overthrow the present polit
ical and economic system of the United
States were disclosed, officials, of the de
partment said, and tliey admitted that the
propaganda was of such far-reaching ef
fect that trouble may yet be expected in
some negro communities.
Fruitful fields tor the radical propa
gandists was found especially among the
ignorant and foreign workmen, officials
stated. A manifesto issued by the com
muist party stated that the party was the
"conscious expression of the class strug
gle of the workers against capitalism,"
and it proponed to "end capitalism and
organize a workers' industrial repnblie. "
43 ARRESTS IN CONN.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 3 Forty
three arrests had been made in Con
necticut today as the result of the round
up of radicals.
800 IN MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Jan. 3 Approximately 800
persons were under arrest today in Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hamp
shire, as a result of last night 's raids on
radicals. Twelve Massachusetts cities
and towns contributed 428 arrests to the
New England total, six cities and towns
in New Hampshire 318, and Providence
and nearby Rhode Island places 27
44 ON PACIFIC COAST.
SAN FRANSC1CO, Cat, Jan. 3 Only
forty-four alleged radicals were arrested
in Pacific coast states in the nation-wide
drive against seditionists and anarchists
by the department of justice rejiorts re
ceived here indicated early today. Fed
eral agents expressed belief that action
taken against Industrial Workers of the
World and members of other radical or
ganizations afterMhe shooting of four
former service men at Centralia, Washn.,
had pretty well cleaned up the situation.
Twenty, including two womea and one
Chinese, were taken at six meeting
places of alleged radicals in Portland,
Ore., twenty, including two women, were
arrested by department of. justice agents
in Oakland, Calif.', and two in San Fran
cisco and one each in Los Angeles and
Fresno, Calif.
EXAHING LITERATURE
SEIZED IN RAIDS
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 Department of
Justice Agents announced today they
were examining the literature seized in
the raids last night to determine whether
Ludwig C. A. K. Jdartens, self-styled
ambassador to the United States of the
Russian soviet republic, was connected
with the distribution of the communist
propaganda in this country. If this
connection is established, they said, they .
had sufficient evidence to warrant his de-'
portation . The senatorial committee in
vestigating soviet activities will be noti
fied of the result of the investigation.
Evidence gathered by department of
justice agents will be turned over to the
departmeu tof labor, which will he muk.
ed to deport the radicals. Anthony
Cuminetti, commissioner general of im
migration, said today deportation would
require time; as many hearings would
have to be held in the various cities and
then those held for deportation moved
out of the country on ships.
Not all of those arrested will ha hM
Iu fact, many alreadv have been tiim
their liberty, but officials of the depart
ment of justice are confident that the
deportations to result from the raid will "
break the backbone of the communist
agitation in the United States.
SEVERAL WOMEN HELD.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan; 3-
Five alleged members of the communist
labor party already have been arrested
here and other arrests are to follow to
day, according to United 8tate officers ,
who conducted the raids last night and
this morning. .
Several women, alleged to have' been
active in the councils of the local party
are sought. Along with much literature
of a radical trend, it is aad the charter
of the local party, books containing min
utes of meetings as far back as October
1917, and many magazines and periodicals
of a socialistic and radical nature.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GROES
BECK HELPS SOLVE MYSTERY
(By Tne Associated Press.)
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH., Jan. 3.
Attorney General Alexander J. Groea
beck, w ho came here yesterday to put the
service of his department at the dis
posal of local authorities in an effort to
solve the mystery of J. Stanley Brown's
death the day before Christmas, resumed
his secret inquiry this morning.
Although no statement was made it
was understood yesterday's inquiry
brought out new evidence the officers con
sidered of importance. The witnesses ex
amined include Mrs. Ruth Prevoat
Brown, widow of the slain man, and
three neighbors.
Tb police court examination of Mrs.
Cecil Vester, held on a charge of mur
dering Brown, was expected to be post
poned today, pending the outcome of the
new investigation.
Coroner's jury last night returned an
open verdict without taking any addition
al evidence. .
MAJOR HETRICK DIES IN
NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEAN8, Jan. I Major
Harold S. Uetrick, shot by an Unidenti
fied assailant in his home Thursday night
died at a local hospital early today.
Major Hetrick was shot in the head
when he grappled with a man who rush
ed into his home. The intruder fired
at close range and escaped whea his
victim fell to the floor.
Physicians yesterday, after Major Het
rick regained consciousness, were hope
ful that he would recover, although his
wound was regarded as extremenly dan- ,
gerous. Last night his condition became
worse and death came early today.
Major Hetrick steadfastly maintained
that the man who shot him was seeking
another person and that there was no
mystery connected with the affair.
The major was a West Point graduate '
a native of Kansas City, Mo., and served 1 .
as a colonel of engineers during the war.
Broke His Ankle.
(By The Associated Press.)
ATHENS, Jan. 3. King Alexander
fell while practicing jumping yes' er day
and broke his ankle. He will be forced
to remain in bed a month, according ti.
his physicians.
Mineral springs recently discovered in
Esthonia have been found of ahnot e
qual medicinal value to some of Eu
rope's most noted.