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tr if Off - I- Leather forecast. Fair and colder to-day, with a cold wave to-night; to-morrow fair. Highest temperature yesterday, 451 lowest, 31, mulled wetthtr rsporta on dltorUl r. IT SHINES FOR ALL VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 124 DAILY. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.- Copyright, 1130, bv the Bun TrMlng and Vubllihlng Anoctallon. Entered as Mcond clu matter, Post Office, Kw York, N, T. PRICE TWO CENTS. Stitt: 'JAPAN MAY BE BARRIER TO RED GAIN I SIBERIA British Official Views on Situation Await Arrival of Earl Grey. SEEK OPINION OE U- S. Nippon Ready to Increase Its Army of 30,000 to Guard Railroad. ISSUE IS UP TO COUNCIL Possible Agreement Scon With Moscow Franco Alone In Hostile Attitude. Special Cable Deipatch to Tni Su.v. Copyright, ICO, all rlghti reterved. London, Jan. 1. Although It la stated authoritatively that nothing Is known officially in regard to .American-British-Japanese agreements concerning Siberia, developments both In the Bal tic and in Siberia aro recognized as presenting a most important new phase of tho Russian question Tor con sideration at Paris next week. The of ficial British position will not bo for mulated until the arrival of Viscount Grey from the United States with the latest views. An American fur buyer who has Just arrived from Siberia told The Bun cor respondent that tho Japanese havo consolidated their position throughout by great commercial acquisitions. Even if they aro asked to withdraw, it Is asserted, they will arguo that the protection of these Interests requires that they should remain. Thus, it is pointed out, it is likely that Japan will he chle to profit hy the success of her Siberian venture through tho force of events, If not with the consent of the United States and tho Allies. Japan Willing to Increase Arlny. Although she faces tho task of checking the Bolshevist flood, with only the shattered forces of Kolchak to aid her it is reported here that Japan Is willing to increase materially her pres ent array of 30,000 men on the&rans Siberian Railway as the Ciecho-Slo-vak and American troops withdraw. The withdrawal df American troops from Siberia, presents an analogous sit uation to the refusal ot America to ac cept a mandate for Constantinople. Sir Hoare Baker, M. P.. and chief of the British military Intelligence In Russia for two years. In an Interview to-night still Insists that It Is the duty of the United States to fight, Bolshevism In Si beria and the duty of Great Britain to do the same in western Russia. The mass of opinion in the news papers regarding the development of the O'Grady-Lltvlnoff conferences shows that Baker's opinion Is not generally shared, the newspapers contending that Japan must bo trusted to fight Bolshevism in Siberia. Various differences of opinion are evi dent as to what Is to be done In west Russia, the latest suggestion from finan cial quarters proposing heavy aid to Poland and the Baltic States to fur ther their economic recovery as a bar tier to Bolshevik advances westward. complementing Franco-British control of the Bosporous and aftordfne means for handling Bolshevism without committing the historically fatal error of Invading uussia and as being more likely to bring the Bolshevik! more quickly to sanity. See Possible Agreement. The Russian situation is beginning to be compared to the attempted interfer ence of the Powers In France after the Meanwhile tho O'Gradv-Lltvlnoff neeo tlatlons. although limited officially to tho exchange of prisoners, continue to be regarded both in British and Bolshevik quarters as containing the germ of a settlement with Moscow; according to those well Informed here. France alone Is standing out firmly against any ar rangement with the Bolshevik!. Italy holding that further Isolation will be futile. Important British and American opinion here Is similarly Inclined. The recent successes of the Red army brought a flamboyant statement from Lltvlnoft at Copenhagen predicting peace lonnwun. unis is thoroughly discredited in authoritative British quarters, where it is pointed out the Allies have not changed their attitude regarding recog nition or me uoishcvlk Government, which must be preceded by guarantees of International decency and honor, the first definite step being the payment of Russian International financial and com mercial obligations. The hope that such guarantees will be given is believed to be the basis of the optimism In certain quarters, the French financial interest In Russia being al ways tne stumbling block. While It Is possible that .Important modifications may be made In the (Russian blockade In Paris next week, the Russian problem as a whole is not up before the Suprerr Council IRKUTSK BESIEGED BY REVOLUTIONISTS Railway Taken, but Kolchak Forces Hold City. By thi Juodated Fren. IsroxsK. Dec 28 (delayed). Irkutsk is In a state of siege. Martial law was declared following an uprising of social revolutionary troops on December 24, during wbloa they captured the railway station, but were unable to take the city from the Kolchak forces. Peace Is being preserved by the Czecho-Slovak troops. The Americans In Irkutsk are safe and will be evacuated to Verkhne Udlnsk, 160 miles east of Irkutsk. Communication across the Aufara River Is difficult because of the cutting , Continued o Second Page. Moscow Reds Predict World Victory in 1920 LONDON, Jon, 1. A Soviet wireless message received from Moscow to-day flashes New Year's greetings to the world. The message, after celebrating 1910 as a year of victory for tho Soviets, says: "In 1920 wo shall attain a vic torious end of civil war. Siberia, the Ukraine, the Don region and the Caucasus desire Soviets. Thero will also be Soyiets at Ber lin, Washington, Paris and Lon don. Soviet authority will be su premo throughout the world." DENIKINE FACES GRUSHINGBLOW Beds Force His Retreat Along Wliolo COO Milo Front in Drive on Centre MAY OUT ARMY IN TWO Bolshoviki Reach Rich Coal Basin Report Capturo of 2,000 Prisoners. London, Jan. 1. Tho position of Gen. Deniklne, the anti-Bolshevik leader In south Russia, Is becoming: more critical. Reports received by the War Office show that his retreat is continuing along virtually tho whole of his 600 milo front and that tho Bol shevist drive against his centre with the purpose of cutting his army in two has brought about a.' critical situation. The capturo of Tekaterlnoslav, on the southern Russian front, and Novo moskovsk, fifteen miles northeast of Yekoterlnoalav, Is announced in a Bol shevik official statement Issued to-day. The Reds also have captured tho town of Tcherkassy, on the Dnieper, ninety-five miles southeast of Kiev. Another Bolshevik communication is sued late to-day says : "We advanced to a line ten versts southwest of Tekaterlnoslav. In the direction of Tagan Rog we occupied Ilovayakoye and a series of villages to the east. "On the Trlnka and Meus rims our cavalry captured 2,000 prisoners, three armored trains and other booty. ' We have .reached a line on the Kamenka River, .forty versts southwest or, Lu gansk." The Bolshevik advance guards have reached the Donets coat basin and are less than 100 miles from the coast. This basin represents the richest mineral sec tion of Russia, and Its acquisition by the Reds would be of Inestimable value to them. Further east the Reds are Im perilling the left flank of the Caucasus army. The Bolshevlkl evidently have succeeded In concentrating overwhelming forces against Denlklne's somewhat thinly held centre and are exploiting their advuntage to the fullest degree. Another threatening situation exists In Trans-Caspla, where the Bolshevik! claim they have occupied DJebel Station, eighty miles east of Krasnovodls, In their advance toward that town. Red reenforcements continue to arrive In the Nerv region of Trans-Caspla from Cen tral Russia. This makes the menace along the Persian and Afghan borders critical The Red propaganda Is Increasing In Intensity and all the evidence Indicates that the Soviet Government entertains far-reaching anti-British designs In Cen tral Asia, The War Office report says It may be considered that Gen. Kolchak has ceased to be a factor In Russian military af fairs. HOOVER FOOD PLAN AGREEMENT REACHED First Shipments Will Reach Hamburg January 6. Berlin, Jan. 1. Tho Government has received news that an agreement has been reached on the conditions sug gested by Herbert Hoover whereby food will be supplied to Central Europe. It expects shipments of flour will ar rive In Hamburg on January 6, but says they will not be distributed until details of Mr. Hoover's plan are com pleted. SIR OLIVER LODGE IS TO VISIT AMERICA Savant Says He Has Talked With Dead Persons. London, Jan. 1. Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the Society for Psychical Research, will leave for the United States soon after his retirement as prin cipal of the University of Birmingham, which position he has held since 1900. Immortality and the survival of mem ory and affections after death Is said by Sir Oliver Lodge to have been estab lished to his satisfaction, on "definite scientific grounds," although tho asser tion, he admits, has met with "strong hostility ' on the part or unbelievers, which ha says Is "quite In accordance with ordinary sclentlds traditions." Sir Oliver's son Raymond was killed In the war and he has written an Inter esting book In which he describes com munications he says he has had with his son since death. He also asserts that he has held conversations with friends who are dead. The belief Is held by Sir Oliver thst unseen beings surround dwellers upon this planet and cooperate with them and aid them, and that Divine help Is constantly being given In the same way. Folic Says He Won't neslgn. Washington. Jan. 1. Under Secre tary of State Polk said to-day he had no Intention of resigning and declined to amplify the statement TODDINO BELLA" Hsrrls Thtttrt. 1 rybody and their tmmtdUt family like 'NEW POOR' AND LABOR IN UNION TO RULE BRITAIN Control of Next Govern ment Seen as Result of Bromley Election. WIN ASQUITH LIBERALS To Abandon Nationaliza tion for Direct Action Through Strikes. WORLD PEACE OBJECTIVE Trades Unions in Futuro to Concontrato on Constitu tional Methods. Special Cable Deipatch to Tus Sen. Copyright, 1120, all rlghti retervrd. London, Jan. 1. Tho Parliamentary by-election in the Bromley district, showing a great Labor gain, has proved a bombshell In the British po litical world and has resulted lh pro dictions of a coalition of Labor with the "new poor" professional men, clerks and others of tho middle class, some going so far as to prophesy that Labor In this sensa will form the next Government. The Bromley result is regarded as a demonstration of Labor's claim that the Asqulthlan Liberals all over the country are flocking to La bor's banner, hopeless of relief under Liberal, Conservative or coalition dom lnatlon. Labor's near approach to victory in the Bromley district, decreasing the coalition majority of 12,501 in Decem ber, 1I1S, to 1,071, indicates also that the trades unions are concentrating their light moro on constitutional methods. The effect on Labor will be the aban donment of the demands for national! cation, which are the pets only of the miners and other radicals, and the substitution of constitutional action through the ballot for direct action through strikes. The propaganda which brought about the surprising result In Bromley, where Labor polled 10,000 votes, only l.Odfr short of vlc-j tory. In an essentially middle cIobs, non-labor district, was carried on ex tensively In the schools and elsewhere. stressing the argument that It is the natural function of the middle classes to officer the labor' army In the fight for social Justice, and when tie fight is won to give expert aid to labor in building a new world on the ruins of the old. rtesnlt Called Amailnt. In Bromley there are conditions which condemn the "new poor" class to live on wages which laborers refuse. Labor leaders, however, while realizing the true significance of the Bromley result, seem doubtful themselves as to whether the party's experience is yet sufficient to take over the reins of government J. H. Thomas. leader of the railway unions, said to Tim Sun correspondent: "The Bromley result Is amazing. It Continued on Second .Page. A Significant Repbrt JT this season of the year when the normal " trend of morning newspaper circulations invariably shows a downward tendency it is particularly gratifying to report that in the New York morning field has More Than Held Its Own The circulation figures of THE SUN for De cember actually show a small increase in the month of the Christmas and New Year holiday season and of the advent of real winter weather, while every other general morning newspaper showed a decrease. Here are THE SUN'S comparative figures for the last six months: 1919 1918 Gain December 150,639 119,891 30,748 November 150,108 128,453 21,655 October 146,238 126,210 20,028 September....- 144,888 122,204 22,684 August 143,796 122,773 21,023 July. 140,637 120,584 20,053 Berlin Bourse Firm as Treaty Signing Nears BERLIN, Dec. 81 (delayed). The Dourso to-day assumed a lively and firm tendency on the occasion of tho last day of 1919. This was due chiefly to tho un derstanding Germany had reached with tho Entente with regard to lrmlncT nt thn nenrft tfftntv and the expectation of hotter conditions ior exports ana im ports. HARVARD BEATS OREGON ELEVEN Eastern Football Team Scores 7 to 6 Victory in Tourna ment of Robcs Game. CHURCH GETS TOUCHDOWN A. Honvccn Follows With Goal That Brings Victory Casey Crimson Hero. Special Ditpaleh to Tai Sen. Pisadsna, Jan. 1. Coming out ot the East with almost every chance against ft the Harvard eleven won a titanic gridiron struggle from Oregon here this afternoon by 7 to 0. No other Eastern team ever has been able to win a Tournament of Roses contest The game was the chief event o! the annual carnival, and was played amid colorful surroundings before a frenzied crowd of 83,000 persons. The contest was a football game in every sense of the word. Overhanging clouds and cool weather, otrango in this land of perpetual flowers, failed to lessen the enthusiasm of tho specta tors, and. In addition, aided the Orim Mm combination materially. The im- pending rain, which Oregon support thnnirht would help their "mud horses," failed to materialize. The Harvard team throughout played much the same game that It displayed in the Yale and the Princeton contests lost fall. Murray to Casey forward passes were mixed into an attack- that carried a strong running gome and well planned strategy. The versatile attack ot the Easterners was met by stalwart df.ense from n..n Th. nIillnt?nuaHtlci ot ihe Western defenders were'werapllflerS'iTh the last mtnuta of play, when Harvard. separated by Inches front a second touchdown, was held for downs. Har vard's points were scored on a touch down by Church and a goal kicked by Arnold Horween. Steers of the Oregon team kicked one goal from the field and Manerud. who replaced Steers later, sent the ball between the posts for a second field goal. All the scoring was done In Uie second period. Oregon had a well balanced attack, too, but Its overhead game ana its strategy failed. The much heralded "silent" signals were a negligible factor. Whenever Oregon penetrated Har vard's territory to any great extent the Crimron defence always braced and hurled the Western offense back. Harvard's Teamwork Excels. Harvard's victory was due as much to superior team work, based on experi ence gained on Eastern fields, a to any other single factor. The superior weights of the Crimson players seemed to have little to do with it. Judging from Continued on Seventeenth Page.) BORAH SOUNDS CANDIDATES ON LEAGUEYIEWS Acting for Irrcconcilablcs, Demands Their Position on Foreign Eolations. ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN Lowden First to. Be Asked to Announce Attitude Letters to Others Soon. ENTANGLEMENTS FEARED Definite Statements Demanded to Provcnt "Secrot" Al liances in Future'. Special Deipatch to Tas Bca Wasiiinoto.v, Jan. 1. Candidates fq the Republican nomination for Presi dent nre to be called on explicitly to state where they stand on the set of questions Involving foreign relations which grow out of the German peace treaty, the Leaguo of Nations and tho changed attitude of America toward the world resulting from the war. Senator Borah, irreconcilable oppo nent of the league and treaty, to-day addressed a letter to Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois calling on him as an aspirant for the nomination to de clare his position. At the end Senator Borah significantly wrote: "I wish to say further that those for whom I speak, and particularly I, have no Intention of confining these and similar questions to yourself." In other words, all the Presidential aspirants will In due time be called upon to declare whether they are for or against the Leaguo of Nations and the alliance, of America with Europe in the new "world order" that President Wilson his sought to create. Letters Boon to Others. That Gov. Lowden is the first to be distinguished by having these questions addreued to him signifies nothing, it Is explained. The positions ot those Sen ators who are, looked, upon as Presi dential aspirants have of course already been "made known because they have had to vote on the question. Gov. Lowden and Major-Gen. Leonard Wood are the two prominent candidates whose positions have not been defined, and Oen. Wood has been allowed the benefit of the assumption that as an army officer he might have been em barrassed about declaring himself too specifically on an Issue so prominently raised by his Commander In Chief. None the less a letter of similar character will soon be addressed to Gen. Wood and to every other entrant for the Republican nomination. The move has been under considera tion for some time by the lrreconcilables. Senator Borah Is a supporter of Senator Johnson (Cal.) for the nomination, and they have been the leaders of the "bat talion of death," so far as the Repub lican side of the Senate Is concerned. Determined that the league Issue cannot and shall not be kept out of the national campaign and convinced that politicians ot both parties are trying hard to keep it out, these lrreconcilables are taking Continued on Second Page. COMMUNIST PLOT TO RULE COUNTR Y EXPOSED B YRAID; CHICAGO POLICE SEIZE 200 FRANCO-BRITISH PACT ONTURKEY London Says Joint Mamlatp' Probably Will Bo Taken by Two Great Powers. SULTAN RELIGIOUS HEAD Constantinople, and the Darda nelles to Bo Internation alized, Is Plan. Special Cable Deipatch to Tut Su.v, Copyright, 19M, all rightt reurvtd, Londo.v, Jan. 1. Indications to-night were that a substantial Franco-British accord had been reached as to the future ot Turkey and the disposition of Constantinople, following the con fusion In Peace Conference circles re sulting from the conviction that Amer ica will not take a mandate there. The coming Paris conference of the Pre miers will make tlie decision effective. and this, together with the',ilecIsion re garding the other irreat gateway to the Orient Rtifsla constitutes the great work of the forthcoming confer ence. Obtaining the German tlgnaturo to the protocol to tho Versailles treaty Is regarded here as more or less of a formality. From authoritative sources Tub Sun is able to say that the Franco-British policy for Turkey embraces, first. Inter nationalization of Constantinople and the Dardanelles under a possible joint mandate of Great Britain and France. These Powers at least will predominate In authority. Second, removal of the po litical seat ot Turkish Government (o Asia Minor ; third, retention of Constan tinople as the seat ot the Caliphate, head of the Mussulman religion. In the person of the Sultan, the Caliph not ex. crclslng any civil power In Constanti nople. It is credibly reported that Lloyd George Is gong to Paris w)th, a definite scheme .satisfactory tooths -religious sentiments of the millions of Moham medans under both French and British rule, at the same time assuring con trol ot tho Bosporus and all It Implies politically and economically to the west, ern world, taking It out of weak and venal hand?. While Indications here are that the conversations of M. Berthelot for France and Lord Curzon for Great Brit ain left minor points open British opinion believes the plan outlined to night meets the most Important of French objections regarding the Caliph ate .upon which much of the French success In the new empire ot North Africa depends. ROYAL YACHT WILL USE ORDINARY COAL King George Finds Hand Picked Fuel Too Expensive. Special Cable Deipatch to Tns Six. Copyright, 1929, all righte reserved. London, Jan. I. King George is again asserting the necessity for economy In view of the high cost or UDor ana nas decided that hand picKed weisn com must no longer bo provided for the royal yachts. Naval storekeepers In the fu ture will supply coal free from dust In 100 pound bags similar to those used on the admiralty vessels. Some comment Is being made as to the reason for not fitting the-royal yachts with oil burning engines on the ground of cleanliness. In well Informed circles It has been suggested that the King ve toed tho proposal on the ground of the expense Involved. PLUNKETT NOT DEAD BUT IN A SANITARIUM Irish Home Ruler Arrives in ' Battle Creek, Mich. London. Jan. 1. A report received from the United States that Sir Horace Plunkett, the distinguished Irish states man, was dead, was published In all the newspapers to-day, together with long and eulogistic obituaries. The secretary of air Horace posted a notice on tho door of Sir Horace's home In Dublin during tho day saying that the report of his death was not credited. The notice added that Sir Horace had cabled home Saturday that his health was much better. Batti-B Cheek, Mich., Jan. 1. Sir Horace I'lunkett arrived here this morn ing to Bpend a few days of rest in a local sanitarium. He was apparently In good health. Sir Horace will return to New York next week to resume his work In the United States In behalf of home rule for Ireland. CHEAP FARES FOR BIG FAMILIES IN FRANCE Sliding Scale to Be Based on Number of Children. I'Ar.ls, Jan. 1. Parents havlug four or more children will enjoy special crlvllezes under the railroad bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies. To those travelling lllira com reuueuoni in rates will be given amounting to 30 per cent, to families ot four children, 40 per cent, to those having five and 60 per cent, to those having elx or more. Albert Clavellle, Minister of Public Works, said the Increases provided for were 85 per cent, above the pre-war average of passengers, 144 per cent for necessities and 152 for merchandise. He added. they would Increase the cost of llvinenly S per oent, i 350,000 Lives Saved Is Blue's 1920 Greeting Special Deipatch to Tn Sex. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Surgeon-General Rupert Blue's New Year's greeting to tho Amer ican people is the announcement that in the last twenty years it has been possible to reduce the general death rate in this coun try from 17.6 to 14.2 per 1,000. Had the conditions ot twenty years ago prevailed during the year just' passed, Surgeon-General Blue says, 350,000 more per sons would havo died than actu ally did die. Surgeon-General Blue in thank ing tho newspaper press of the country for its cooperation in disseminating health educational matter says that tho newspapers must be given credit for very materially helping in the substan tial achievement of reducing the death rate. BRYAN BACKERS AIDING GERARD Helping; Ex-Ambassador Ximv York to Keop State From Palmer. ill KEEP MIVALEY 'FHIENDLY1 Coii'iinoner's Agents Ueport Former Envoy Popular Ho" Doesn't Deny It. Friends of William Jennings Bryan, realizing that he can never hope to get the delegates from New Tori; State to the Democratic National Convention, are preparing to assist James W. Ger ard in his fight to become the "favorite son.". There is method In this, as by play ing, t,ae Gerard game the Bryan people hope to prevent friends of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer from cap turing the delegates from the Empire State. Therefore Bryan people are saying kind things about Mr. Gerard. James W. Gerard Is beloved by the people of the' Genesee Valley" (the birthplace of Mr. Gerard), said 'Harry W. Walker on his return from a trip through the State in the Interest of Mr. Bryan yesterday. "The Gerard and Bryan followlngs are very friendly and I hope that they will continue to work together. I personally know how inti mate are the relations existing be tween Col. Bryan and the former Am bassador. I "The powerful Brady interests aro worklmr for A. Mitchell Palmer, so It will be advisable for the Bryan men to aid Gerard secure the delegation rrom this State. With the Influence of Mr. Hearst this can be accomplished. Then, too, the announcement that Charles W. Bryan would prepare resolutions similar to the ones he had passed at the Balti more convention declaring that no one sponsored by Mr..Baruch or the Brady inirs!it hnll bo nominated Is being en thusiastically received by the rank and file everywhere." .... .Mr. Walker paid he hnd been told by New England leaders that Mr. Gerard would havo the delegation from New Hampshire and that he was popular with the organization men In Maine. Mr Gerard only laughed when the remarks ot Mr. Walker were conveyed to him last night. "I cannot be expected to deny that I am popular." he chuckled. In regnrd to the effort being msde to get up a supplementary dinner to the .inr.liBon Dav dinner In Washington on 1 January S, which would be attended by his friends and those of Bryan and Vice-President Marshall, Mr. Gerard said ho had nothing to say at the present time. He Is waiting for further infor mation In resard to the charge that friends of Attorney-General Palmer have been able to secure more than their share of the tickets to exclusion of friends of other candidates. There had been no change In the arrangements to have him and Col. Bryan speak at the main dlnfter, Mr. Gernrd said. The plan Is to have him. Mr. Bryan and the Vice-President speak alw) nt the supplementary gathering. If It I.i held. Maurice F. Lyons, campaign manager for United States Senator Atlee Pom erene of Ohio, denied yesterday that the meeting of prominent Democrats to have been held in Columbus had been called off. It had been postponed, he said, because It had been Impossible to com plete arrangements to handle the great number of men who wished to attend. "If the Senator's name goes on the ballot In the Ohio primaries he will sweep the State," declared Mr. Lyons. HOTELS FULL. BERLIN WILL USE SLEEPERS Novel Step Taken to Care for Influx of Strangers. UxitLiN-, Jan. 1. Beginning with the new year, tourists unable to secure ac commodations at hotels will be offered quarters for the night in sleepers side tracked at the main stations. An en deavor will thus be made to meet the In creasing Influx of strangers. Travellers arriving late, at night and Intending to leave next morning will be given preference In the reservation?, which at present comprise six hundred berths. The Railroad Administration de clares It Is not Intended to compete with hotels, although It announced the prices for the sleepers will be kept within A moderate rang. State Attorney Balks At tempt to Set Up Soviet Government. MAILING LISTS TAKEN Names of 300,00Q Members of Red Society Obtained as a Result. MANY ESCAPE BY A "TIP" Hoyne Charges That Leak Came From Office of De partment of Justice. Special Dnpatch to lat Sen. CiiIcaoo, Jan. 1. A sweeping drivo against Beds and kindred radicals In Chicago was made this afternoon, when every known headquartera of Com munists,, anarchists, I. W. "W. and many other similar organisations waa visited by squads of police and opera tives of the State Attorney's office. Al most 300 police participated In the raids, which were made simultaneously at 4 o'clock. Thirty places were raided and almost 200 arrests were made. An organized campaign of Chicago merchants, bank ers and representatives of clvio organ izations Is back of tho drive to rid Chi cago of the radical elements, and State Attorney Maclay Hoyno is personally directing the fight against the anarch ists. The following party headquarters wei raided: The Communist party head quarters, tho Communist Labor party, the Anarchist and Syndicalist headquar ters and ten headquarters of the I. W. W. Many, radical book shops were also raided. Thousands of letters, pamphlets, charts, books, maps and circulars of printed propaganda assailing the Gov ernment and membership lsts wero seized and taken to the State Attorney' office. Names ot 300,000 Obtained. The recoids1 of'the Communist party show that this organization has a mem bership of 300,000 throughout the United States, with headquarters In Chicago The members are paying 31 a month dues. Circulars are sent out each month advising the members to work against the Government. An office force of twenty-seven is employed to take care of the work. Just who gets the major portion of this great Income of 3300,000 a month from these members has not been learned. State Attorney Hoyne, in charge ot the raids, charges that his office was betrayed by attaches of the cftlce at Kd- ward J, Brennan. superintendent of thi Bureau of Investigation or the United States Department of Justice. Fifty Federal agents were to have participated In the raids, which were set for late in the afternoon. At noon Mr. Hovn re. celved a telephone call from Mr. Bren nan's office. "I was politely Informed by a repre sentative of Mr. Brennin that Washing ton had ordered that the raids must not be made to-day," said Mr. Hoyne. "This Is pussyfoot politics on the part of Attorney-General Palmer. I know that the radicals were warned of the raid. Muse Sleeting Called Off. "We had definite Information that a secret mass meeting was to have been nddressed by several dangerous anarch ists. When my men arrived on the place, of gathering not a single I. W. W. piit In an appearance. I am convinced that the Reds were tipped off about the raids. "I don't need any help from the Fed eral Government to get these anarchists out of Chicago. I will prosecute them under the new bill which makes it a felony to utter any statements or pub lish any literature tending to encourage, treason to the Government of the United Mates. I drove all the crooked labor agents out of Chicago without the aid of the Federal Government and I am going to accomplish as much with the P.ed.i. "I have Just started. ! will rid this community of Bolshevists and anarch ists. The main 'headquarters of thea Beds Is In Chicago. Their presence here Is a real menace. My investiga tions of the week have disclosed the fact that they have already started to estab lish In this country a soviet 'nrm of gov. ernment patterned after ...j present government In Russia. Plotted to Slop lndu(ry. "They have already laltl elaborate plans to stop the Industries, the business and the natural resources of the country by direct action, They have even gone so far as to establish schools In Chicago and In the middle West, where they teach not only the adult but the children as well their propaganda, their poison and their doctrines. "The raids this afternoon developed the fact that twenty-one nationalities were represented hi the arrests, and nearly eve-y one of them aller.i. I In tend to deport every one of them," con cluded Mr. Ilojnf. Amons 163 Individuals for whom warrants were li-sued were William l. (Big Bill) Haywood. He was not found, however. Among the places raided was th Russian Soviet School, asserted by the raiders tu be under tho direction of Ludwlg Martens, Soviet "Ambassador" to the United States. A half dozen women wer taken in later raids to-night. Amoivj them wer Mrs. IS. Dobrow and the Mls.es Vera and L. Dobrow, who, tho State's Attor ney charged, were brought from Russia to work among women. The radical reach here by way of Mexico. mil to Ilnd Kxrcnllona. LouisriLLS, Ky Jan. 1. Abolition ot capital punishment In Kentucky l sought by State Senator L. J. narly, who has announced that he Is framing a bill proposing this reform which he will pre sent to the Legislature after It meet Mondty. a e