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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1919. "ARK" FILLED WITH RADICALS LEAVESTIIE U.S. 249- Anarchists, Including Berkman and Goldman, Taken From New York Back to Russia. (ContlnMd From Fa. Ob..) ists tug as it passed a boat crowded with more Department of Justice men. U The chant of "Long live the revo lution in the United ""States" was siarted by Peter Blanky, general sec retary of the Union of Russian Workers as the Buford got under wav at 6:15 o'clock. Proof of mem bcrship in this organization, which was formed here in 1907 by a Rus sian who is now chief of police of FMrograd, caused most of those in the party today to be deported. Its constitution advocates the use of vio lence. ' Miss Goldman was so unconcerned that the slept until after midnight although the rest of the party re mained up all night. All were noti fied immediately after dinner last night that they would be deported before daylight. They had not ex pected it so quickly. Despite elabor ate precautions, Harry Weinberger, counsel for Berkman and Miss Gold man, learned of the plans, and made two ineffectual attempts to visit the inland. The bureau of immigration considered another visit useless be cause he had said farewell to his clients. So had Mrs. Stella Ballen iine, Miss Goldman's niece, and Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald of New York, who had expressed a desire to be de ported with Miss Goldman and Berk man, whom she kissed in public when he was surrendered for de portation. Caminetti in Charge. Anthony Caminettit commissioner general of immigration, took per sonal charge of preparations at the island during the night and accom panied the tug down he bay. Rep resentatives Johnson and Siegel, members of the house committee on immigration, also were there, as was Francis P. Garvan, assistant attor ney general, and William J. Flynn, chief of the secret service of the Department of Justice. As soon as they were informed that they would be out of the coun try before dawn the male anarchists at the island formally organized the "first soviet .anarchistic, commune' of America and elected Berkman "grand commissary." He bossed the reparations in the large detention room t and no monarch was ever more readily obeyed. All stoqd up when he entered the roorri.i The members of the commune '.L....J nrnmntlv that SrUarOS tranimitted their orders through him. "In khaki shirts, with khaki trousers tucked into high Russian bots." he was the central figure in a mery" rdup that awaited the tug. They played banjos and gui tars -and sang the "Internatinale." All their conversation was in Rus sian. , 'i Berkman said he expected to gd to Petrograd and co-operate with Lenine and Trotzky in governing Russia. He said his uncle N. Starick,.was the director of all the country's railroads and also head of the Moscow soviet. Going Among Friends. "Why should I not be happy," he remarked as he tied up a box of oranges which was put on board condensed milk and chocolate and great quantities ot other food sup plies that the whole soviet took with it, "I am going among friends." Mntt nf th mmhr rf the com mune had ample clothing of their own, but the immigration officers took care that no one should be imperiled by the rigorous weather of Russia. Those who had not properly equipped themselves were supplied with complete outfits from army stores, including overcoats, underclothing, mittens, hats and boots. i The commune took nearly $500, 000 in American money with it. Berkman . said the cash possessions averaged $2,000 each. Most of it was in greenbacks but there were some travelers checks er she reached Russia were indefi nite other than that she would im mediately organize the ' "Russian Friends of American Freedom," to carry on propaganda in the United States. . I Signs Death Warrant. "This government has signed its death warrant in these deporta tions," she said. "This is the begin ning of the end of the United States government. I am not go ing to stop my work as long as life rests with me. The czar never re sorted to such methods as. the Uni ted States is using in this first de portation of political agitators." A similar prediction of dire re sults for this country was made by Arthur Katses, another leader of the Russian union, who was arrested in New York. k "The anarchist movement will be carried on in the United States al though" the intellectual heads, the real top of the movement, are now being sent away;" he said. Miss Goldman and the other two women in the party were in deep black and none of the three exhibi ted the defiance that characterized some of the male anarchists. The trip was regarded as a lark by the youngest deportee, Thomas Bucha moff, 17 years old, nephew of Bianki, who oganized a branch of the Union of Russian Workers at Freeport, L. I. The soviet left many individual messages of farewell and a joint tel egram was sent to the, Department of Labor asking American women to reflect on the separation of de portees from wives. It was signed by Alexander Sghatz, "grand secre tary of the commune." Message for Women. "Ttynk! Think 1 Think! American women, it read, we came to tnis country with love for the liberty upon which the country was found ed. We honestly labored and de votedly invested all we possessed for the welfare of all as we under stood it best. Yet the government of the United States is going to deport us. Well, the only thing we ask, is that our children and wives be not deprived of their fathers and hus bands and be granted permission to go with them to soviet Russia." The three women in the deported party will be treated as first class passengers, occupying one large cabinet. The men are in three sepa rate compartments. Ten immigra tion inspectors will help soldiers guard them. All will be confined to their quarters except for a brief daily exercise period on deck. Red Cross nurses went along to act as matrons. Officials of the Department of Justice expressed pleasure at the soeedy fruition ot plans to na tne country of anarchists. These plans were laid when bombs were sent to officials and prominent citizens in June. In country-wide raids on No vember 7, anarchists numbering ZVO, were arrested and 239 of these were deported today. The other 10 in cluded Berkman and Miss Goldman, whose cases had long been pend Other Arks May ieave. Other soviet arks are likely to leavejn the near future, for the De partment of Justice has a card index of 60,000 radicals who are under scrutiny and it is the announced in tention of the authorities to deport , all who are proved to advocate the overthrow of the- government by violence. ' ' '-', , Sixty anarehistvw4io-bave teen ordered deported--were. expected from Detroit for the Buford, but the train orders were canceled, because to have awaited its arrival would have delayed the sailing. Today's ship load contained men arrested in New' York. Philadelphia, Boston, Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Ansonia and Waterbury. Conn., Cleveland, Akron and Y'oungstown, Ohio; Baltimore,' Chi cago, Detroit and San Francisco. Farewell Statement. In a farewell statement signed by Goldman and Berkman the arch an archists expressed their gratitude to the American government for giving them "the honor and glory of bring ing to Russia the knowledge of the outrages and cruelties practiced upon American men and women be cause of their opinions." "After sev eral fyundred words devoted to abuse 0f the authorities, the state ment concludes with a prophesy of their return. . "We, the first American political refugees," the statement said, "will yet live to see America truly brave and truly free and we will be re called by this land to rejoice with her people in their triumphant achievements." - - A Tickle Is the Beginning or a throat cold or painful cough. HAYES' Miss Goldman "said her plans aft- Healing tht Throat. 85s per bottle 1 . TELL YOUR WIFE When You Are Hungry for Buckwheat Cakes With the Old-Time Buckwheat Flavor and Have Her Get Some . GOOCH'S BEST SELF-RISING Buckwheat Flour 0H, BOY! IT MAKES GOOD CAKES v - , If He's a Wideawake Grocer He Has It . ... Two Arrested When Stolen Articles Are Found Ready to Mail Mr. and Mrs. Burdell Olson, 2222 Farnam street, were arrested last night by city detectives m con nection with the theft of $80 worth of clothing and jewelry stolen last week from Mrs. M. McAdams, 2220 farnam street. The police found clothing and jewelry in the Olson apartment they say has been identified as that stolen from Mrs. McAdams. Some of the articles had been wraooed neatlv in Christmas gift packages and ad dressed. A long silk scarf was ad dressed to "My Dear Old Mother." Mrs. Clea Olson was charged With grand larceny on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. McAdams. Burdell Olson, the husband, was held for investigation. Find Officer's Body, With Bullet Hole Through the Heart Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 21. The body of Maj. E. R, Orchard, clothed in an army uniform, was found in his room at a local hotel with a bullet hole through the heart.. At his side lay a .38 calibre revolver. A coroner s jury found that death apparently was due to a bullet wound self inflicted. No reason for the act could be assigned by rela tives. Since his return here several months ago, Orchard has been en gaged in a paving project. Prior to the war he ,was a state ,deputy bank examiner. He was instrument al in recruiting the Second North Dakota infantry to war, strength and advanced from battalion adju tant to a majorship during his two years of service abroad.. The dead man was a son of Rev. John. Orchard, a pioneer Congrega tional minister of Dickinson, N; D. Mrs. Mary E. Butler, Wife of Former Chief, Died Sunday Morning Announcement was made yester day of the death at 4 a. m.. Sunday in a local hospital, following an op eration, of Mrs. Mary E. Butler, aged 66 years, wife of John H. But ler, a former chief of police of Omaha, and well known in the busi ness circles of the city, being con nected with the Omaha Loan & Building association, r Surviving are Mr. Butler, one son, Ben, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary McFadden and Mrs. L. Fairbrother. Mrs. Butler had lived in .the city 46 years. Funeral services will be held at the family home, 4228 Ames ave nue, Tuesday at 2 p. m.. the Rev. Titus Lowe officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. Officers Among Crew Held on Mutiny Charge ; (Continued Trout Pa. One.) ' forced to return at the point of pis tols in the hands of the ship offi cers. A chief boatswain who hid aboard the barge escaped. Later several of the crew stole a lifeboat and went ashore. When two detectives learned that the fire room force was going to Jet the fires go out, a special armed guard was sent below. Another armed guard of soldiers were put aboard the vessel to prevent trouble on deck. , After the fire room incident, state rooms and lockers were broken open and looted of clothing and valuables. On December IS, Calkins was placed under arrest on a charge of steal ing, and taken to the captain's of fice. He is alleged to have boasted that he was one of the ring leaders. He escaped after being locked in the brig. . ' Calkins is said to have joined the crew IS minutes before it sailed from Hoboken on its last trip. He will be made the subject of special in vestigation, it is said. Six men are in the ship's hospital suffering from gunshot wounds, in flicted during the mutiny in fights aboard the transport. According to an executive officer of the ship, bolshevik and I. W. W. agitators have been causing trouble among the crews in the transport service for some time. An official investigation of the mutiny will be started on board the ship tomorrow. - v. Goldman And Berkman , Spent Years in Prison Deportation of Two Leading Radicafs From U. S. Ends Thirty Years of Consistent Fighting Against Gov ernmentBlamed For, Causing the Assassination of President McKinley and Other Crimes. Chinese and Three Drunks in'Hot Battle (Continued From Par One.) him with drunkenness and fighting. Kahler was badly Cut and bruised. Also Wanted Police. .While the nolire were breaking un the fight at the Mandarin, central station got a call from a pool hall at Thirteenth and William streets. The pool hall proprietor wanted a cop toreferee a scrap between three of his customers; A squad of officers hurried to the pool hall and arrested Rudy Masilko, , ZZ05 South Sixth street, Sebastian Fisicaro, 14404 South Fourteenth street, and A. Laferla, 1232 South Thirteenth street. All three men were charged with drunk ness and fighting. five minutes later a cigar store proprietor at Sixteenth and Farnam streets called the police to break up a fight in front of his store. The police got there too late. The fight ers had quit, split the gate receipts and gone home. Two More. Spots. Durine the fiarht at Sixteenth and Farnam meets the police were called to 1728 South -Twelfth street, where Al Schjilz, 3003 South Ninth street, was said to be causing trouble. Schulz' former wife told the police he had tried to break into her home. She ask-d that Srhulz be held at the police station all night. He was. So was his automobile. Schulz was charged with being drunk and dis turbing the peace. ' Jen minutes after the south Twelfth street call the police were summoned to arbitrate a fight on North Twenty-fourth street On the way out the cops possibly fainted from overwork, as no arrests were made. New York, Dec. 21. The depor tation of Emma Goldman and her devoted companion, Alexander Berk man,' ends a joint career of 30. years in the United States, during which they preached the overthrow of gov ernment by violence. He spent 16 years and she three years in jail, but they were never punished for the part their teachings played in attacks by others on life and prop rty. Berkman served 14 years for shooting Henry Clay Frick and two years for urging young man to at stain from registering for the draft early in the war. Miss Goldman was in prison two years for oppos ing conscription and one year for inciting to riot. Berkman was nevr brought to trial on an indictment for -murder in connection with the Preparedness day bomb outrage' in San Francisco. Miss Goldman was acquitted of illegal distribution of birth co.itrol literature. Their joint activities as publish ers of the1 anarchist magazines, "Mother Earth" and "The Blast," suppressed during the war, com bined with their addresses at anarch ists' meetings, helped cause the as sassination of President McKinley, tne government charged in its de portation ' proceedings. The con fession of Czolgosz described the influence which Miss Goldman s writings had on him. Blamed for Dynamiting. Theif influence was traced in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times. Matthew Schmidt and David Caplan, now in jail with others for that crime, were "of the Goldman clan." Attorney General Palmer has sa'd. They were suspected of receiv ing German money to oppose pre paredness by the United States be-J t - .L. tt: J C... i tt,.l lore uic umicu oidics cmcicu ui war. i They co-operated with German spies in endeavoring to promote a revolution in India during the war. They were the pioneer radicals in the United States. Now there are 60,000 Reds here and 472 disloyal foreign language newspapers, ac cording to Attorney General Palmer. !- fl .1 A . .1 uenouncea Dy juages ana oiner public officials from President Roosevelt down as enemies of the country seeking to destroy it but regarded by women anarchists who greeted them with kisses as "beauti ful characters, 100 years ahead of their times," they so increased their following that it was easy for them to provide $15,000 or $25,000 bail in cash or Liberty bonds Yet fines of $10,000 each for opposing the draft were unpaid. They had no property, they said. . Long Agitation Against Them. ' For more than 10 years their de portation had been agitated and at times seemed near but no formal proceedings for this purpose were in stituted until the alarming radical activities of 1919, including the Se attle and Winnipeg general strikes, the sending of bombs through the mails to Attorney General Palmer and other prominent men, the forma tion of branches of the communist party and plans for anarchistic dem onstrations on the anniversary of the formation of the Soviet repub lic of Russia, which were frustrated by countrywide raids in November. These raids made a total of 697 an archists seized by the United States on deportation proceedings in the last two years. j .When their co-workers, the Ni-' hilists in Russia, whence they came in youth, evoluted into the bolshe viki and formed the Soviet govern ment after the downfall of the mon arcy, Berkman and Misa Goldman championed a similar government and social order for this country. Berkman when surrendered for de portation predicted that he would return to the United States as So viet ambassador and Miss Goldman prophesied a revolution here with in five years. , ' "American . capitalists are the most greedy in the world," she said, "and when the time comes they are going to pay a terrible prfce for it. A' thunderous storm is brewing in the United States." Yet when given opportunity dur ing their many appearances in court to air, their views they : repudiated violence. "The anarchist never advocates a reign of terror," said BeVkman. "Anarchism means the negation of violence, Anarchists teach self-reliance, co-operation nd mutual aid in opposition to existing institutions and authority." In reply to one such exposition after Berkman's conviction in New York for opposing the draft the United States attorney said to the court: Tried to Shoot Frick. "The court should know that this man who now claims to be for uni versal peace and says he is against the use of violence, in 1892 went into Mr. Frick's office (in Pitts burgh) and tried to shoot him down without giving his victim an oppor tunity to defend himself. He shot him in the back as he would a dog." "The first' terrorist act in Amer ica," is the way Berkman described his attack on Frick in his book, 'Prison Memoirs' of an Anarchist."' Berkman's last . hour of freedom hi this country expired early this month in New York City while Henry Clay Frick was being buried in Pittsburgh and - mourned as a public benefactor. Emma Goldman is 49 years old and Berkman 50.- She was born in Kovno, Russia, and in early child hood removed with her parents to East Prussia. When IS years old she came to the United States and started working in clothing factories in Rochester, N. Y. Recently asked who her relatives were, Miss Goldman replied: "I have children all over the United States." In 1887, when 17 years old, she married in Rochester to Jacob A. Kersner, who came from Russia in 1882 and was naturalized two years, later. In 1909 his citizenship was revoked because he was not 21 when naturalized and had not been five years in the United States. The mar riage ceremony was performed by a schochet a slayer of animals for koshei meat. Tw.o years later the Kersners were divorced by a rabbi according, to Jewish rite. Kersner seems then to have passed out of Miss Goldman's life entirely, for announcement in court during her final fight against deportation that he had died this year took her by surprise. It was on a claim that marriage to hini made her a citizen that her legal efforts to remain in this country were based. Father an American. I'They ean't keep me out," she said in 1907, when there was talk of deporting her. "I don't believe they would be foolish enough to try. My father is an American citizen. I married an American, citizen." Her father came to the United States in 1886, one year after her arrival, and was naturalized at Rochester, when his daughter was 24 years old. Her association with Berkman be gan 30 years ago in New York. Other than that he is 50 years old and caJne from Russia, he seems to have concealed his prior history pretty well. When he was released from, the western Pennsylvania prison after serving ,Jiis time for shooting Mr. Frick, there were re ports that he had married Miss Goldman in New Jersey, but the marriage was never recorded and at their trial for obstructing the draft both testified they were single. "I represent the devil," said Miss i Goldman at one of her meetings. "I am an apostle upholding glor ious freedom, the apostle standing out against law and order and de cency and morality. I am for the devil who leads the way to the absolute yielding up of all the emo tions here and now. Women are the slaves of little laws and con ventions. They'll learn to break the laws some day." Headquarters 'in New York. Berkman and Miss Goldman made their headquarters in New York, where their magazines were pub lished, but they were well known in every large city in the United States and also addressed anarchist meetings in Canada, England, Aus trailia, Holland and other countries. These meetings enabled them to live as comfortably is any despised capitalist would wish. Admission fees were charged, circulars sold and subscriptions to their magazines taken. At the last meeting they addressed in Chicago prior to their deportation the contributions to help them fight deportations were $5,000. Miss Goldman's bankbook, seized when her magazine was suppressed, showed weekly deposits running from $50 to $700 with one of over $3,700. They lived at the best hotels. In fact .they offered to pay their own way to Russia or, failing that, the difference between steerage and first-class in order to have the best accommodations. Blame Sinn Fein for Wrecking Office of Dublin Newspaper Dublin, Dec. 21. Unknown per sons Sunday night forced their way into the building of the Daily In dependent and smashed all the ma chines of the newspaper with crow bars. The raiders are said to have been Sinn Feiners. Some of the men entered the ed itorial room and dverpowered the staff. When leaving they said: "You can consider yourselves sup pressed for some time." The incident is attributed to un friendly comment on the Sinn Fein movement by the Independent. SENDS WEDDING FEE TO PASTOR AFTER 20 YEARS Husband Writes Letter Evino ing Gratitude to. Man Who Married Him. Carthage, Mo., Dec. 21. (Special.) Twenty years to 'pay the wedding fee. Some record, isn't it. Well, it's hardly the exact status of the case, nevertheless it's a good story. Here it is. , Twenty years ago when Dr. B. F. Cressman, now pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church - here, was pastor of a church at Warrens burg, Mo., a young man, now a prominent man of Kansas City, and a beautiful young woman called on him to marry them. , After the ceremony the young man gave Mr. Crissman a wedding fee of $15. Ten years later the minister received another "fee" of . $15 when the anniversary of the wedding came around. A few days ago, when the 2Qth anniversary came, the mail brought a third fee of $15. The ac companying letter said: "We are congratulating ourselves on this day with our two healthy, mischevous boys and a daughter in the high school, when we remember this is the 20th anniversary of the founding of our family. The girl of 20 years ago, who gave up all for me, has never wavered in her choice nor complained of her unbalanced bargain. "I am more than ever sure, after 20 years of thought, that I did not properly compensate the minister who became my accomplice before the act, and I wish to avail myself of the occasion to inclose a check for $15 for unrequited services, to gether with renewal of our personal regards." I U. S. War Material In Europe Sold ' For Immense Sum New York, Dec. 21. A total M $700,000,000 was realized by the salo of America's war material in Eng land, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany, Edward B. Barker, of Houston, Tex., chairman of thoe United States Liquidation commis sion stated on his arrival front Europe with five other members of the commission on the transport Powhatan. He said the commission also cleaned up claims due, and aeainst the United Stales for a much more. Its report will be ready in a few days. ; Mr. Barker asserted that, while it had taken the commission only 10 months ago to dispose o' all this country's war stocks abroad, the other allied countries had not yet been able to make an inventory. He denied that motor trucks had been "left to go by the boards," de- claring that all motor transport material sold by the commission had been used. ' Trucks in Germany were sold to a syndicate for $15,000,000, he said, and a British syndicate bought automobiles for $1,000,000. One lot of automobiles was sold in France for $400,000,000. He asserted the articles were sold for more than $0 per cent of what they cost. Much of the material was junk and was more of a liability than an asset, according to Mr. Barker. Commencement Exercises High School of Commerce Commercement exercises for the High School of Commerce will take place January 2 at the Central High school auditorium. Superintendent of Public Schools J. 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