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Hundreds of Radicals Are Added to Federal Prisoners in Continuance of Raids on Anarchists
LXXXVIII— NO. 264 18 PAGES 0 " ,1 5.u. oSijrSi'H.wSbJtf'*" HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1919. ?™ c , l i,\Tr l aEilK!i c " s 'TW6 c cent9 ,:s HOME EDITION
PLOT TO CRUSH
GOVERNMENT IS
NIPPED BY RAIDS
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Federal Agents Capture
Hundreds of Radicals
in Many Cities
WILL BE DEPORTED; BOMBS
AND "RED" PAPERS SEIZED
ANAI ION-WIDE plot to defy government authority is to
day ,said to have been nipped in the bud with the arrest la£t
night of hundreds of radicals—the eve of the second anniversary
of the establishment of the Russian Soviet government. This |
plot, it is alleged, had 1 been advocated tor weeks by combined !
radical elements throughout the United States, including the !
1. \\ . \V„ anarchists and Russian agitators.
More than ,350 alleged radicals are in the hands of Federal |
authorities this morning awaiting deportation or such other action
as may be ordered against them.
About 500 men and women suspected of having been impli
cated in the plot were seized late last night in a series of swift j
raids conducted in 14 cities. Further arrests were promised by
Federal agents in some cities to-day. ' (
More than 150 persons were taken in a raid in New York •
which was personally conducted by William J. Flynn, chief of!
the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice. All !
but 52 were released after examination.
In the Chicago district, including Milwaukee and Gary, Ind., ;
about 200 more were taken into custody, while smaller groups, :
ranging from 50 down to two. were arrested in Detroit, Philadel-,
phia, San brancisco. Newark, X. J.; Jackson, Mich., and live
Connecticut cities—New Haven, Hartford, Ansonia, W aterbury
and New Britain.
Planned Bomb Outrages
Federal agents generally declined to discuss the arrests |
1 inthcr than to say they had" been planned at Washington sev- 1
eral weeks ago. It was reported that in some cities the demon- '
strations were to include bomb placing and the use of firearms. \
Among the prisoners taken last night is said to be some of !
the most dangerous, anarchist agitators in the country. It was!
learned that 56 warrants had been issued by Commissioner Gen- '
eral of I.Tmigration Caminctti for men in New York considered
particularly active in creating unrest, and it was reported that
these men had been caught.
Plans for the raids, which took place in New York, Phila-1
del phia. Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Newark, N. J.; Jackson.
Mich.; W'aterbury and Anstonia, Conn., and other cities, have'l
been in preparation for weeks, it was said in Washington.
William J. Flynn, head of the Department of Justice's divi- j
sion of investigation, had general'supervision of the roundup of!
agitators. The more important prisoners, it was said, would be |
held for deportation.
DEPORTATION OF ALL ALIENS
SEIZED IN RAID DETERMINED;
BOMBS AND COUNTERFEITS
Ily Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. B. Deportation of all aliens engaged in J
"red" activities has been determined upon by the Department of j
Justice, Attorney General Palmer announced to-day.
Details of the widespread cleanup of radicals last night and 1
to-day show that more than 200 were arrested in 18 cities. Mr. 1
Palmer has asked the Department of Labor to deport all of
them. ,
Included among the material and literature seized bv "overn
mcnt agents in tflc raids, were quantities of articles used m mak
ing bombs, a complete counterfeiting plant, a large supply of
counterfeit bank notes, thousands of pieces of literature described'
as of the most inflammatory nature, and score.-, of red flags
rifles and revolvers.
Agents of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Im
migration have been collecting evidence in these particular cases
for two months, Mr. Palmer said. Practically all of those arrested
were Russians.
Planned Social Revolution
In the course of their investiga
tions, government agents, according
to Mr. Palmer's announcement, have
found that the union of Russian
workers is conducting an active
campaign for a "social revolution."
The aliens arrested were all leaders
in this union, which was described
as the worst anarchistic organiza
tion in the country. Its membership
numbers more than 7,000 with many
locals, estimated by officials to run
well above 100, scattered through
out the nation.
Last night's raids, however, in
cluded only the leaders of the or
ganization in the foreign cities:
New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Philadelj/hia, Cleveland, Detroit,
Buffalo, Akron, Youngslown, Ohio:
Baltimore,' Newark and Elizabeth, N.
J., and Hartford, Waterbury, A-n
--sonia, Bridgeport, New Haven and
Seymour, Conn.
More Radical Than Bolshevik!
Of the activities of members of
the Union of Russian Workers, Mr.
Palmer's statement said:
"The Union of Russian Workers
I THE WEATHERI
Harrisburg and Vicinity! Bern-r
--ally cloudy weather to-night
find Sunday. Not much chnnge In
temperature, lowest to-nlglit
llhout 40 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Continued
cloudy and unsettled weather
to-night and Sunday, little
change In temperature. Moder
ate northeast winds.
Itlvcr: The Susquc hnn-n river
ant! nil Its branches will con
tinue to full to-night nnd Sun
do-. A singe of about 5.0 feet Is
indicated for llnrrlshurg Sun
day morning.
HARRISBURG qgKggl TELEGRAPH
is even more radical than tlie Bol
shevik!. It was organized in New
York in 1 907 by a group of eleven
men led by William S. Zatow, at
present the chief of poMco of Pe'tro
grnd. The purpose of the society
was to amalgamate all of the Rus
sian groups in the United States
into one organization. With the aid
of newspaper and other propaganda
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PLOTS AND COUNTER PLOTS
FOUND IN CLOTHING PROBE
Dealers Forced to Pay Tribute to Amalgamated
Workers —Paid Thousands to Have Other
Manufacturers Forced Out of Business
< liicngo. Nov. B.—Subpenas for |
sixty manufacturers of men's cloth- j
ing alleged to have been victimized !
by members of the Amalgamated!
Clothing Workers of America, to-1
day were in the hands of deputies I
from the state's attorney's office. !
Hevuuse of alleged threats, a num
ber of the manufacturers have re- \
fused to talk and the identity of!
those named in the subpenas was
withheld.
Mr. Michels said that since the I
headquarters here of the union was)
raided two days ago and papers and '
books were se'zed showing nearly !
$2,000,000 had been collected during!
the last two years from manufac- 1
turersyis penalties and fines' lie has!
been followed by "strong arm" men '
and once stood off an attack wllh'al
pistol.
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CITY IN NEED
OF RED CROSS'
WILLING AID
Home Service Is Greater Than
Demands Made by Great
Army
Believing that the 225,000 men, wo
men and children of the Harrisburg
Ked Cross Chapters have not proper
ly understood why they should join
the organization to the extent of 48,-
000 members—or why they should aid
In raising $30,000 cash for the nation
al organization, the heads of the Roll
Call campaign have decided to take
a new start. And in this new start
practically all of the workers of this
week will participate—and they will
1 e joined by the scores of former sol
diers and members of the American
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$90,000 Garage to Be
Built by United Ice Co.
H. A. Hippie, contractor, to-day
secured a building permit to erect
a two-story brick and concrete gar
age for the United Ice and Uoal
Company, to be located at the north
west corner of Fourteenth and How
ard streets. The garage will he 130
by 205 feet and will cost $90,000.
Charles Fraim, contractor for Lu
ther W. Walzer, will erect a tliree
stor.v brick building in the east side
of Jonestown road near Cameron
street to cost SIO,OOO. A. O. McCoy,
contractor for Charles A. Green, will
construct two two-story brick
houses at 2400-08 Derry street, at a
cost of SB,OOO.
! After the headquarters of the
I union was raided it was announced
! that, the amount manufacturers had
I paid to have strikes called, off or
j-prevent them was ssoo,ooo,'but ac
cording to the assistant state's attor
| ney, further investigation of the
j books and papers shewed the total
I amount would be nfhrly four times
. that amount.
The hooKs showed payments were
I made by clothing firms to have
j strikes called in competitors' plants,
j Mr. Michels said. One such entry
i showed a payment of #300,000 to
! have a competing firm Iviped out,
J with other entries showing that that
| lirm in turn suffered by a strike paid
I for a third concern. The original
1 lirm now is said to be operating at
I 59 per cent, of normul because of a
j strike.
Hurry Up With That New Hose
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MAKE NEW MEN
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A MODERN MAGICIAN
Dr. I.eo Stanley, resident physi
cian of San Quentin penitentiary,
who has operated or ten prisoners,
giving them new interstial glands
taken-from the bodies of executed
murderers, is regardedN by the in
mates of the institution as a won
der worker. The operation is al
leged to make 'new" men of the
sick.
Ejght More Poles Arc
Taken Down in Locust
Street; Work to Continue
Eight poles in Locust street, for
merly used for overhead wires of the
Harrisburg Eight and Power Com
pany, were removed yesterday and
to-day. City Electrician Clark E.
Diehl said that other poles in Court
and Walnut streets will tie taken
down in a l'ew days. The light com
pany has completed new under
ground connections and will remove
quite a few overhead lines in the
downtown district in the next two
weeks.
The Western Union Company is
completing an underground line
from the eastern city limits to the
offices in North Third street, and
cable will be stretched through the
conduits in the near future. In a
few weeks the postal and the West
ern Union companies will lay a
short underground line to North
Third and State streets to connect
with the Capitol building.
Mr. Diehl will receive a report
soon from inspectors giving the total
nt.mher of poles which have been
removed in the city this year,' and
the number remaining. The West
ern Union Company may remove
many of its poles anil wires before
the end of the yeur.
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HELD FOR THEFT
OF PARCEL POST
ON C.V. TRAINS
Postal Inspectors Say They
Saw Rifled Packages
Thrown From Cars
Stepping from the baggage coach
jof a Cumberland Valley railroad
| train from Hagerstown into the
I hands of United States post office in
spectors with articles in his pos
session which he is said to have rif
j iled from parcel post bags, J. Frank
I Ridenour, 32 years old, of C'ham
: bersburg, is said to have pleaded
| guilty of looting mail bags enroute.
j In default of bail Ridenour was
lodged in the Dauphin county prison
to await a hearing before the United
States court session December 1 in
j the Post Office building.
, Describing the arrest and the in
: eidents that lead up to it, A. It.
| Crawford this morning said that he
| and F. J. Feltham having had Ride
nour under suspicion made a trip
down the Cumberland Valley Thurs
day night. Crawford boarded tire
train at Waynpsboro and his partner
at Chambersburg. Between stations
' rawford said they saw wrapping
paper and boxes flying from the door
of the baggage couch. Close investi
gation showed that the coach was
in charge of Ridenour.
According to Crawford Ridenour
has been under suspicion for several
months. He has been working as
an extra baggageman on trains 9
anil 14 running between Hagerstown
and Harrisburg. Post Office au
thorities have no record of his being
on duty in this capacity before July
1. 1919. During the time he was con
nected with 'he railroad, authori
ties state he was transferred from
freight to passenger service several
times, originally working 011 freight
Ridenour, authorities say, evident
ly looted the malls for candy, food
and cigars as there is no trace of
him taking anything of any great
value.
Allied Aviator Flies
Over City in His Newly
Purchased Curtiss Plane
In a huge Curtiss biplane, pur
chased by the Hiherty Aero Service
Corporation, Walter J. Shaffer,
thrice decorated Allied aviator, flew
high over the city this afternoon on
his way from Philadelphia to the
landing field ut Dauphin.
Shaffer was accompanied on the
flight from Philadelphia by Jis
brother Ernest. They left the Flusol
ton Field shortly before noon and
made the trip without any mishaps.
Before landing Shaffer performed
many thrilling loops, slips in.l spins
He announced that he is going to
give the city an exhibition of battle
field stunts early next week. The
former army pilot intends to take '
passengers on exhibition .lights over!
the Susquehanna Valley.
MINE WORKERS ARE
ORDERED TO RECALL
SUMMONS TO STRIKE
HUSBANDS FORM
WELL-FED CLUB
Xew York, Nov. B.—Any person
applying for membership In the
Weil-Fed Husbands' Social Club,
application for'whose incorpora
tion was granted yesterday by
Justice Gieferich, is certain to he
turned down by the membership
committee unless his whole phys
ical appearance shouts aloud that
his wife feeds him the kind of
meals mother used to make.
NO PLACE FOR
'DESPOTISM' IN
THIS COUNTRY
Senate Sleel Committee Char-
acterizes Strikes as "In
dustrial Barbarism"
URGES BIGHTS OF PUBLIC
Has Right to Demand That
Neither Capital Nor Labor
Shall Have Its Own Way
Washington, Nov. B.—Characteris
ing all strikes as 'lndustrial bar
barism" and declaring that "there is
no place in this country either for!
industrial deportation or labor des
potism," the Senate committee an-1
thoriZe'd to investigate the steel
strike to-day presented a report
covering its hearings both in Wash
ington and in Pittsburgh and criti
cising both the workers and the em
ployers.
Tile committee's main conclusions,
concurred in by all members, was
that "the public has a right to de
mand that capital shall not arrogate
to itself the right to determine in its
own way those industrial questions,
and it is the same as to labor, and
the duty is upon Congress to pro
vide some way of adjusting these
difficulties."
I'ernuiiient I"revcntivo
As a permanent preventive of
strikes, which the committee con
cedes "are apparently the only way
for labor to secure even its just de
mands is employers refuse to grant
them," it is recommended that Con
gress authorize the establishment of
some such meditation agency will)
well defined powers as the recently
dissolved War Labor Hoard.
I "This board would have tho
power of compulsory investigation,"
the report adds on this subject, but
"not to the extent of compulsory
arbitration. A just decision of the
hoard would he endorsed by the pub
lie. There is good sense enough in
the American people to bring about
jan adjustment of these difficulties."
Committee members who conduct
ed the Investigation were fairly
unanimous in the report, though
leaving open points 011 which they
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Pastor Turns Somersault
and Lands on Feet in
Fall Off His Balcony
The Rev. H. tl. Flexor, pastor of
Harris Street Evangelical Church,
had a narrow escape yesterday when
he fell from a balcony at his home
in Green street. He was working on
the balcony and lost his balance,
falling lii feet. In Ills fall the Rev.
Mr. Flexor turned a complete somer
sault. struck an iron fence and land
ed 011 bis feet-
No bones were broken but he re
ceived a bard jolt and to-day his foot
are badly swollen. It is also said
he received slight internal injuries.
$1,150 in Liberty Bonds
Given to City Home
Mrs. Willard Young. 118 Brlggs
street, lias turned over to Edward
Ba'ley, vice-president of the Home
for the Friendless, sl,l.it) In Eiberty
bonds which were received by her
from George C. Nye, of Scotland,
Pa., as agent for an undisclosed
principal, the bonds being a gift for
the Home for the Friendless, for the
work which the home Is doing in
Harrisburg and vicinity.
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TO DISCUSS BRIDGE
Memorial bridge and State Capitol
office building matters will be laid
before the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings on Tuesday when 'a
meeting will lie held. Arnold W.
Brunner and Dr. J. E. Orel nor, t lie
experts, will he here for the session.
RAIN FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. B.—Weather
predictions for the week begin
ning Monday are:
North and Middle Atlantic
Slates: Rain first half, possibly
snow in extreme northern s< <•-
ttons; teperatur® nearly normal;
colder and generally fair second
half.
Mandate Issued by U. S.
District Court Judge
After Hearing
UNION ATTORNEY FIGHTS
FOR CHANCE TO BE HEARD
llit Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, NOW 8. —THE UNITED
MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA WERE TO-DAY
ORDERED TO WITHDRAW THE STRIKE OR
DER UNDER WHICH 400,000 MEN QUIT WORK
NOVEMBER 1. THE MANDATE WAS ISSUED
BY JUDGE A. B. ANDERSON, OF THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT. AFTER A HEARING
IN WHICH THE UNION ATTORNEY FOUGHT
\ A INLY FOR A CHANCE TO PRESENT ARGU
MENTS ON THE RIGHT TO STRIKE.
GIVEN UNTIL NOV. 11
THE UNION WAS GIVEN UNTIL NOVEM
BER 11 AT 6 P. M. TO ISSUE THE CANCELLA
TION. THIS DATE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE
SO MANY DEFENDANTS WERE ABSENT. THE
UNION ATTORNEYS EXPLAINED THE AB
SENTEES MUST BE SUMMONED BY TELE
GRAPH FROM MANY PARTS OF THE COUN
TRY TO ISSUE THE CANCELLATION ORDER.
THE ATTORNEYS ANNOUNCED THAT
PRESIDENT LEWIS AND SECRETARY GREEN,
OF THE UNION, PURPOSED OBEYING THE
COURT ORDER. BUT THAT THEY COULD NOT
SPEAK FOR THEIR FELLOW OFFICIALS.
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<s• NOVEMBER CROP REPORT
X Crop production estimates issued tc * '
T
crop report includes: Corn. 2.910,250,000 bu *
:* buckwheAt, 20,220,000; potatoes, 352,025,000; sweet po- 1 §
toes, 02,346,000; tobacco, 1,316,553,000 pounds; flax- I 1
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i WARTIME PRO *
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New York. —Doubt as to the validity of the wartime i |
prohi ion law was expressed here to-day by Fedcr J \
, a J U( *; ird Hand. He voiced his opinion during an * i,
* I o a motion to vacate an injunction classifying ] I
he Eastern Hotel as a "public nuisance" under the '1 I
7 ols":a act,.
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] J GIVE ORGANIZERS UNTIL SP.M. TO LEAVE JJ.
* * J town. Determined to "run organizers out of *
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e „ y, of the Steel Workers' Union, and Dor j "
1* Gclo't- of the United Mine Workers, until "> P. M to I
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I leave the city. Conboy will go but Gelotte, however, said > uj
j >t go on the grounds that he is a resident ol * '
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$ the county. , ,
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REDS ACTIVE IN CAPITAL
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4I Washington. Activities of the Union of Russian ||
< a Workers have been conducted in the na &'*
* * This become known to-day) when it leaked out that ill
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- '■ the Department of Justice had made nine at „„
* | re light in connection with the nation-wide raid IP
4 against the leaders of the union. It .is understood that id
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r five of the prisoners were released after proving their -J 5i
4* citizenship.
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