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THE MOBXZXG OKEGOMAN, TULKSDAT,
3IAT 1, 1919.
NATION-WIDE BOMB
PLOT 13 DISCOVERED
Officials All Over U. S. Are
Marked for Death.
REDS ARE UNDER SUSPICION
Infernal Machines Are Sent Ont in
Slails From New York Warning-
t Sent Broadcast by Officials.
gun at once into the activities of an
archists and "reds" in this city.
Warning Is Sent Out.
At the same time a warning was
issued by the district attorney's of
fice to all public officials, especially
judges, to watch for packages which
might be delivered to them, and a
guard was thrown around the criminal
courts building.
The addresses on the 16 packages
seized here were all typewritten. The
style and a couple of minor errors led
officials to believe that the addressing
was done by a foreigner. The ad
dresses were: William M. Wood, Bos
ton, Mass.; Mr. Fredk C. Howe, Comm.
of Emmigration, N. Y., N. Y.; Hon.
Mitchell A Palmer, U. S. Atty General,
Wash., D. C; Mr. Anthony Camminet
ti, Bureau of Immigration, Wash., D.
C; Hon. Wm. B Wilson, Secretary of
Labor, Wash., D. C; Senator T. Larry
Eyra, Chester, Fa.; Mr. Wm. H. La
mar, Solicitor General, Wash., D. C;
Mr. W. H. Finch, Dept. of Justice, N.
Y.; Hon. A.' S. Burleson, Postmaster
General, Wash, D C; Hon. J. F. Hy
lan, Mayor, New York City, N. Y.;
Kich E. Enright, Police Comm., New
York City, N. Y.; John D. Rockfeller,
Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N. Y.;
Mr. William I. Schaffer, Atty General,
Harrisburg, Pa.; Governor Wm. C.
Sproul, Chester, Pa.; Hon. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, U. S. Chief Justice,
Wash., D. C; Mr. J. P. Morgan, New
York City.
Postal Clerk Detects Bombs.
A slip on the part of the senders
of the infernal machines, coupled
with the sharp wits of a postoffice
clerk were all that prevented the
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originated In the department store. He I
pointed out that the outside covering
was of highly-glazed, expensive typo ,
of paper such as would not be used by i
any department store for mere wrap- '
ping purposes. The inner box contain- '
ing the wooden cylinder also was made !
of a very fine grade of green cardboard
unlike any in ordinary use. Each of
the parcels measured 8 inches in length,
2 in depth and 2 in width.
Plotters May Be Found.
On the back of each parcel was
stamped in red: "Novelties a sample."
Inspector Cochran expressed the belief
that this was an ingenious effort on
the part of the senders to induce the
secretary of an intended victim to hand
the parcel unopened to his chief. The
officials who are in charge of the in
vestigation believe that the very elab
orateness of the would-be assassins'
preparations may prove their undoing
as affording clews to their identity.
WARXIXG SENT TO OFFICIALS
Government Takes Steps to Prevent
Loss of Life.
WASHINGTON, April 28. Discovery
in New York today of 16 bombs, each
put together by experts, resulted to
night in a general warning to govern
ment employes to be on watch for what
authorities here believe to be an anarch
ist plot .to spread terror through the
country. ..."''
While steps were taken immediately
to deal with the situation, postoffice
bombs from being delivered. The 16
packages were mailed Saturday night
in a box somewhere in the neighbor
hood of Thirtieth street and Broadway.
They had the correct postage for the
parcel post, but were sealed with red
wafers and therefore it was believed
accepted only as first-class matter.
Accordingly they were sent to the
general postoffice, there to be referred
back to the sender.
Each parcel had the name of Gimbel
Brothers printed on it and the depart
ment store was notified, but failed to
answer. Early this morning Charles
Kaplan, a postoffice clerk, while on his
way home from work read in a morning
paper of the bomb sent to Senator
Hardwick of Georgia. The description
of the package containing the bomb
truck him and he hurried back to the
postoffice and examined the detained
parcels. He then notified the superin
tendent of his suspicions and the pack
ages were sent to Chief Postoffice In
spector Cochran.
Fackaee Is Opened.
Explosives experts were called in by
Inspector Cochran and one of the par
eels was opened. It contained a small
phial fastened to the top of a polished
basswood cylinder in such a manner
that the cylinder could not be opened
without breaking the bottle. The break
Ing of the bottle would release a chem
ical which in turn would ignite three
fulminate of mercury caps resting on
a stick of dynamite. The whole bomb
ehowed evidences of skilled workman
ship.
Later In the day a representative of
Ctmbel Brothers called on Inspector
Cochran and after examining the par"
eels declared the wrappings had never
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P HO MI NEXT PERSONS TO
WHOM BOMBS WERE
ADDHKSSED.
"William M. Wood, Boston
Mass.; Frederick C. Howe, com
missioner of immigration. New
York City; Mitchell A. Palmer.
U. S. attorney-general, Washing
ton. D. C: Anthony Camlnetti,
bureau of immigration, Washing
ton, D. C; William B. Wilson,
secretary of labor, Washington.
D. C: Senator Larry Eyra, Ches
ter, Pa.; William H. Lamar, solicitor-general,
Washington, D. C;
W. H. Pinch, department of jus
tice. New York; A. S. Burleson,
postmaster-general, Washington,
D. C. ; J. F. Hylan, mayor of New
York City; Richard E. Enright,
police commissioner. New York
City; John D. Rockefeller. Po
cantico Hills, Tarrytown, N. Y.;
William I. Schaffer. attorney
general, Harrisburg, Pa.; William
C. Sproul. Chester, Pa.; Oliver
Wendell Holmes, U. S. chief Jus
tice, Washington, D. C; J. P. Mor
gan, New York City; Charles M.
Kickert, San Francisco; Edward
Cunha, San Francisco; Ole Han
son, Seattle; Judge M. K. Land is,
Chicago; Representative John L.
Burnett, Gadsen, Ala.; Former U.
S. Senator Hardwick, Ga.
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The store that sells for cash and operates on one-half the margin of profit
ordinarily charged
department officials frankly admitted
that there was absolutely no means of
telling exactly how many bombs might
have been deposited in the mails.
Because of the character of the men
to whom the packages were addressed
the one thought of the authorities- cen
tered in the motive in a general way
the attempt on the lives of cabinet
members, a justice of the supreme court
of the united States, a governor, a
mayor and others, was linked up with
recent agitation and discussion of the
question of af ter-the-war immigration.
But the authorities could not altogether
agree on this as the reason behind the
wholesale attempts at destruction of
life.
Word reached investigators here that
Gimbel brothers, New York, whose
mailing tags were on each package.
had declared the tag a forgery. No
fort was made to disguise the fact
that this Information was disquieting
for it meant, officials said, in the event
of a wholesale mailing of bombs that
many would reach their destinations
bearing the mark of other firms, which
would make the work of preventing
delivery all the more difficult. Although
the public was cautioned as to the
opening of strange packages, the de
partment's detective force realized that
f all the infernal machines put In the
mails have not been recovered, it is the
department's job to get them before
delivery. .
Every branch of the bureau of com
munications was set to work to this
end, starting with the men who take
mail from street boxes and ending with
the carriers who deliver It at offices
and homes. Not content with these
precautions, steps were taken In Wash
ington to safeguard government of'
ficials, to whom other dangerous bombs
might be sent. Personal orders went
to all departments, including the courts.
so that by no possible chance will
strange bundles pass the net spread
out to seize them.
Groups of men of known anarchistic
sympathies in New York, Philadelphia
Boston, Chicago and other large cities
have been under close surveillance by
secret agents of the department of Jus
tice and of the treasury, secret service
for several-months, particularly since
the attempted assassination of Premier
Clemenceau - in Paris. It was said to
day that these agencies know where
they can find anarchist leaders at this
time and are in position to arrest them
if there is evidence that they were re
sponsible for manufacturing the infer
nal machines and placing them in the
mails.
These agencies will co-operate with
the postal inspectors in running down
the criminals, placing at the disposal of
postal authorities all evidence gathered
in past months which might shed light
on the bomb outrages.
BOMB IS SEJfT TO ALABAMAN
Representative Burnett One of Men
Getting Infernal Slachine.
GADSEN, Ala April 30. Represent
ative John L. Burnett, chairman of
the immigration committee of the last
house, narrowly escaped serious injury
or possibly death today by an infernal
machine received through the malls.
The lid on the package stuck when
Mr. Burnett attempted to open it,
arousing his suspicion, and he turned
the machine over to the police.
The package was marked "Gimbel
Bros., New York," and was similar in
every way to those sent to other high
governmental officials who have been
connected with proposals to limit after
war Immigration and with prosecution
or espionage law violations. The pack
age exploded with a loud report when
hit by a revolver bullet fired by the
police.
It Is believed by police that Mr. Bur
nett's activities in the house on meas
ures regarding the deportation of dan
gerous alien enemies and prohibition
of Immigration for a period after the
war led to the attempt on his life.
While chairman of the house immi
gration committee, Mr. Burnett intro
duced bills to provide that all enemy
aliens who had violated laws during
the war should be deported and to stop
Immigration for four years after the
war. When congress adjourned with
out passing the bills, Mr. Burnett an
nounced that he would Introduce the
measures again at th enext session
and would endeavor in every way to
have them passed.
It was recalled here that a similar
infernal machine had been received at
the home of former Senator Thomas W.
Hardwick, retiring chairman of the
senate Immigration committee.
ordinarily charged .
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damage and causing; loss of life if ex
ploded, was found In the bomb re
ceived in Mayor Ole Hanson's mail
Monday, the Seattle station of the bu
reau of chemistry of the United States
department of agriculture announced
today after making a complete analysis
of the contents.
Bureau officials announced last night
that after making- a partial analysis
yesterday they believed the explosive
found in the bomb resembled old-fashioned
gunpowder Instead of dynamite.
The fact. that a clerk In Mayor Han
son's office opened the bomb upside
down and spilled the acid, the bureau
said, probably prevented the bomb from
exploding. The package in which the
bomb was mailed bore the Inscription
"Novelty department. Gimbel Bros., New
York."
E. R. Lyman, chemist of the station,
said today that the bomb contained a
form of dynamite consisting; of ammo
nium nitrate, an explosive, and prob
ably nitro cellulose, also an explosive.
The analysis failed to determine what
other elements might be In the explo
sive mixtures.
"Our examination," Mr. Lyman said,
"has convinced us that the bomb was
not made by an expert. Nevertheless,
it was a deadly machine."
county met In this city today and ef
fected an organization which It Is be
lieved will materially assist growers in
marketing future crops at profitable
prices.
The organization will be incorporated
under the name of the Douglas County
Prune Growers' association and will be
capitalized for J50.000. par value of
shares being $25, pro-rated among the
members on a basis of $12.50 per acre
for bearing orchards. An executive
committee of prominent prune grow
ers was appointed at the meeting today
which later elected its chairman and
secretary.
In addition to pooling their products
for better prices, the organization in
tends to pru.ie growers and impart
instruction to prune growers calculated
to improve soil conditions and produce
Increased yields.
JAPAN'S DEMANDS GRANTED
(Continued Prom Firat Pare.)
upon a state of siege which will last
over tomorrow, if not longer. Not
even the automobiles of the peace dele
gates will run.
PARIS. April 30. Announcement was
made shortly after 2 o'clock this after
noon that the dispute over Kiao Chau
had been settled.
The peace treaty will provide that
Germany must surrender Kiao Chau to
Japan, the Paris representative of
Reuter's limited says. Japan will trans
fer the territory to China in due course.
It Is added that Japan's other agree
ments with China will not be affected.
It will be left to the Chinese and Jap
anese governments to agree upon the
details of the carrying out of the treaty
of 1915 and the agreements made in
1918.
"The Kiao-Chau settlement Is a clear
victory for Japan," says the Reuter cor
respondent. The council of three, after
hearing both Chinese and Japanese del
egates, arrived at the conclusion that
the Japanese demands must be satis
fied.
"Japan receives free disposition of
Klao-Chau, In accordance with her
treaty with China in 1915."
PARIS. April 30. iHavaa.) The for
elgn ministry of the four great powers
today examined questions concerning
aid to be given to the regions border
ing on the Baltic sea; the organ
ization of provisional administration
for Schleswlg; submarine cables and
similar matters.
JOURNALIST GETS NEW JOB
Will T. Kirk of" Salem to Go Willi
State Accident Commission.
SALEM, Or.. April 30. Will T. Kirk,
for several years state capital cor
respondent for the Oregon Journal of
Portland has resigned and tomorrow
will accept a post as head of the claims
epartment of the state industrial acej
ent commission. Mr. Kirk has been
with the Journal In Portland and Salem
for eight years.
Formerly he published the Independ-
nt at Payette, Idaho, ana nas at eiu-
ferent times been connected with the
B"!s Ptatesman.
LEAGUE LAUNCHING OUTLINED
Colonel House, With Considerable
Staff, Will Remain in Europe.
PARIS. April 30. (By the Associated
Press.) Plans for launching the league
of nations were fairly definitely out
lined at a luncheon which Colonel E.
M. House gave today to Sir James Eric
Drummond, the secretary-general of
the league; Lord Robert Cecil and
others.
The plans are divided into three main
stages: First, preparatory details.
which will be worked out at beadquar
ters to be established at London during
the coming summer; second, the inaug
ural meeting of the league at wash
lngton next October under the presi
dency of President Wilson: third, the
permanent establishment of the league
at Geneva next fall or winter.
The preparatory details will be in the
hands of the committee of nine desig
nated by President Wilson's resolution
before the last plenary session of the
conference. Colonel House, Lord Robert
Cecil and the Greek Premier Eliptherlos
Venizelos, will be among the members.
Leon Burgeols probably- will not be
the French member, as he does not
speak English and most of the pro
ceedings will be in that language.
Colonel House, with a considerable
staff, will remain in Europe after the
conference closes. President Wilson
will fix the date of the first meeting.
HANSON" BOMB JS POWERFUL
Officials Make Analysis of Infernal
Machine Sent Mayor.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 30. Expl'o-
PRUNE GROWERS ORGANIZE
Donslas Connty Orchardists Will
Bnild T7p Industry.
ROSEBURG. Or.. April 30. (Special.)
Looking to the future stabilization o
the industry, representative prune
growers from all parts of Douglas
R. L WILLIAMS HAS BANK
PORTLAND TIMTBEKMAN CIIOSEN
IIEAD OF TILLAMOOK FIRM.
Development Work In Coastal Region
Advanced by Purchase of
Robinson. Interests.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. April 30. (Spe
cial.) Ralph E. Williams of Portland
has purchased the interest of Thad
Robinson in the Tillamook County
bank, and has been elected as Its pres
ident. Mr. Williams was born and
reared In Polk county and for 30 years
has been actively engaged in the bank
ing business of that county, being pres
ident of the Dallas National bank and
Dallas City bank.
He has large timber holdings In
Tillamook county and consequently Is
interested in the development and up
building of the district. He is also
vice-president of the Uales Creek Rail
way company, now building from
vilksboro Into the vast timber tracts
along Wilson river, with Tillamook
harbor as Its ultimate destination.
Mr. Williams' connection with many
larKe business interests of the state
render him a valuable asset to the
county and city of Tillamook.
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