WQ VI. iBVfemtt& 'S; 1919 T "1fT1?tV ?v litnurMwnLj - T I . - -J NATION-WIDE PLOT SHOWN- BY EXPLOSIONS IN 7. CITIES fRed Outrages Reveal Plot 0; INJURED IN BOMB EXPLOSION Continue IYom rate One lutlon cab lie delayed no longer; class war is on and cannot cease but with a complete victory (or the Internationa proletariat." The pamphlet, one of a large .number scattered about, was signed "The Anarchistic Fighters" and undoubtedly, was Intended as a signal i to show the reign of terrorism was on. Although apparently intended to do greater damage, the latest bomb ex plosions from the standpoint of loss of life appeared to have been but little vmore successful than those of May 1. Fatalities, resulting as reported today were confined to the plotter himself at the Palmer home and to New York, where one or possibly three persons were killed. In that case, ns here, the body or bodies were so bndly scattered it was Imnossible tn determine Inst how tnnnv igybrpses were involved. Intended Victims Escaped ' Bombs, intended for men who had di : rected the force of the law against them, 'h pronounced sentence against radicals or introduced legislation intended to check ? their machinations, failed in every case ,. to claim their victim. In several Vases. however, families of public officials and the, public officials themselves expert - enced narrow escapes. Whether sthe explosion of the bomb planted in the lower portion of Attorney General Palmer's residence was in tended as the first of the series of ex plosions, or whether it had been timed -to occur at approximately the same in stant as the others, but exnloded 'nrn- I'' maturely, could not be decided by agents of the Department of Justice and police of the various cities who began at once a nation-wide search for the culprits. . Circular Gives Clue What may turn out to be the chief clue leading to identification and cap ture of the anarchists was obtained In this city, where an empty suit case, discovered near the entrance to Mr.- Palmcr's home, wns found to contain a hand bill signed, "The Anarchistic fighters." . Coming on the heels of the nation wide May Day plot, secvet service offi cials could only interpret explosion fol lowing explosion as an organized out burst,, without much doubt planned by the same groups of radicals as had engineered the outrages perpetrated last month. ' The explosion here shattered windows for a block on each side of the Palmer residence and damaged the home of Senator Swanson, of Virginia, next door "to that of the attorney general. Although Mr. Palmer and, his family were in the house at the time, they escaped injury, being on the , second floor, while the engine of death was planted In the basement. When reports began to pour In of similar outrages in other parts of the country, Major Pullman, superintendent of the capital police, sent special guards to residences of cabinet officers and other prominent officials. Hand Bills Correspond Secret service agents studied intently reports received here from other cities, and wheu It was found that the nand bills found in Washington corresponded textually with others picked up in Bos ton, their first opinions that the plots were connected were confirmed, tney 4J1 , tip1 fJ KSE At left Hcssle Mayer; center Stanley Maxwell Goodrich; right Samuel Snyder, all Here injured at 242 South Fifty-seventh street last night b IV said. They awaited eagerly clues which li might; be picked up in other cities. ' , . -CT. 1.1 A !... 1.aU nlnl- tn AS in tVUBIHUKUm, l"C uuuiu imui. ii. Boston was directed against a public official. lie was Justice Albert F. Hayden, of the Itoxbury Municipal Court, who recently' banded down de cisions in riot cases, in which more than 30Q men and women were awaigncd in connection with a radical demonstra tion in the Itoxbury district. on May Day. Although the explosion was heard for more than two miles, little mutcrial damage was done, although the inside of the house was wrecked and nil win dows broken. No one was injured, as the house was empty, the judge andjiis family being nt the seashore. Wreck Cleveland Mayor's Home In Cleveland alao plotters attempted to take the life of a public man, Mayor .Harry Ij. Davis ; although his house was wrecked, no one was injurea. , Two explosions occurred in Pitts burgh. The first damaged the residence ' of United States District Judge William rl H. Thompson and the homes of three ' prominent business men located nearby .in the fashionable Highland district. In this explosion O. J. Cassady, an official of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass ' Company and his wife and four chil dren were hurled from their beds by the force of the explosion. Although, the j.m... tvna cnnsiderable. no one was arifc"" ? . . . , p-"-" , a ininrmi The' other- Pittsburgh explosion oe nirred in the West Knd district, where f W. W SIbray, chief inspector of the Bureau of Immlgration,hcre, Was hurieu from his bed. The bomb was planted directly across the street from the SIbray residence, and the police express the belief that the bomb was intended for the inspector, who had acted In the , deportation of aliens. In Paterson the home of Mar Gold, a silk manufacturer, was damaged and windows within a wiae. raaius urancu, No one was injured: ? & IV One Killed in New York 4 nfnmnf,tn Vow Vnflf tn kill .T 11(1 2" 6 '' Charles 0. Nott, Jr., of the Court of General sessions, resuueu ju me ucaiu of one and possibly three persons, one of whom is thought to have planted the bomb. The judge was not in the house i'when the bomb, exploded, and his wife and the caretaker's family narrowly . escaped death, The" explosion which occurred in Newtonvillc, just outside of Boston, fnmntred the home of Representative Inland' W, Powers, a son of former , Congressman Samuel Ij. Powers, who .actively BupportecV the anti-anarchy bill r recently -passed by the Massachusetts legislature, Mr. Powers and his t family, who were in the house at the r.-tlm pRCanen inlurV . Kf A bloodstained conductors' identiflca- r tion check found in front or iur. .PolmpB residence snowed that tne an- archlst who was killed here at 10 :30 -o'clock last night from PMlaaejpma. '' H went directly from the Union Sta tion to the Palmer home, and only a Jew minutes before the explosion he was 'teen alighting from a Btrcet car a few g,c,blqclcs away by 0, S. Briggs, of Marlon, ' Arrests are Expected Tbo dead anarchist was of "Ital iaA' birth or narenlase. His scalp, by tnypoiice at aayngnt, naji it'htirUi wJ)L(lik awt'eurly scorched, blood-stained fragments of clothing and articles belonging to the man was a much-thumbed Italian American dictionary, indicating its owner knew little English. By a strange freak of the explosion, the man's hat remained Intact. On the sweatband was inscribed the name of "Delucca Brothers, Hatters, 010 South Eighth street, Philadelphia." Anarchist Stubbed Ills Toe Detectives are positive that the stub bing of the anarchist's toe on a Bmall concrete coping six' feet from the front door of Attorney General Palmer's house was solely responsible for the bomb -placer himself being blown to bits Instead of the house and possibly its occupants. The explosion blew out n section of the coping and dug a hole in the earth under it. The anarchist apparently was approaching the doorway from nn angle and in the darkness failed to no tice the low coping. When his toe met it he tripped, the detectives believe, nud the Infernal machine he was carrying went off. Parts of the man were plas tered on houses across the street. Thousands today visited the street in which the nttorney general's residence is located. The house itself and the street in front were belug carefully guarded and scores of federal and police detectives were busy searching for and finding bits of clothing nud other nrticlcs which Dclongea to tne unarcuisi. wnu was killed by the explosion. From nu examination of the fragments of the bomb-placer, it appeared that he was a swarthy man, with dark hair and of slender build. He wore a collar oJ a well-known make, upon which wns a laundry mark. From this, the detectives hope to learn much. His suit, fudging from the blood-smeared pieces found, was black with n green stripe. The man wore wiutcr underclothing, ton lisle socks and u white shirt of poor quality, with green and yellow stripes. Bomb Loaded'VVitli Cordite Fragments of paper, which the man apparently had been carrying in his pockets, as well as the parts of two pis tols, also were found. These fragments also may be of assistance to the detec tives in determining the identity of the yuarchist. Acrid fumes hung in the atmosphere and pentratcd-all the houses in the same block as the Palmer residence for nn hour nfter 'the explosion. Lieutenant S. J. Magce, U. S. A., nu authority on high explosives, who happened to be in the neighborhood nt tne time, de clared his belief that the bomb had been loaded with cordite one of the most powerful explosives known. Experts from the Bureau of Mines aud the War Department began an examination of all the articles found by the police in an effort to determine, if possible, the exact nature of the explosive used. Fashionable Neighborhood The neighborhood In which the ex plosion occurred is one of the most fashionable in Washington. Two doors away lives Senator Swanson, of Vir ginia. Directly opposite lives Ileur Ad miral Theodore F. Jewell. ' The home of Helmer' II. Bryn, Norwegian min ister, adjoins that of Admiral Jewell and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank lin D. Roosevelt lives a short distance away. Residences in the entire block were damaged by the explosion. Win dows were shattered and the fronts of some of the houses were nicked by pieces of' flying concrete. Parts of the anarchist were blown through some of the windows. Several occupants of the nearby houses, Including the son of the Norwegian minister, were thrown from thir beds by the force of the explosion. Additional precautions were taken by the police today to safeguard public men in Washington. Many homes and public buildings were being guarded. At the Capitol extra police were placed on duty and the rule against bringing packages of any sort into the Capitol and the House and Senate office build ings were rigidly enforced. The same rule was being applied in other gov ernment buildings.. Second Attack on Palmer Mr. Palmer said that he could as sign no reason for the attempt upon his life, which was the second within six weeks, one of the bombs discovered in the New .York postpmce having been ad dressed to him. "The only way I can explain the incident, said Major Pullman, super intendent of the capital police, at the end of his preliminary investigation, "is on the theory that the explosive blew up just as it was being deposited in the doorway. It is possible, but un likely, that it was a passerby who was killed Instantly, upon receipt of the news of the. attempt on the lives of other leading men in other communities, Major Pullman 'ordered special guards sent out to the residences of cabinet officers and prominent men in the government serv ice. Mr, Palmer and. other members of the family were at home, but escaped any injury, though the front of the residence almost collapsed with the force of the explosion. They vv.ere on the second floor, preparatory to retiring, at the time. Following bo closely the outrages or TWO EXPLOSIONS IN BOSTON SUBURBS from their beds by the force of the ex- filosion, which shattered the windows n Judge Thompson's residence. The homes of V. B. Lincoln, vice president of the Pittsburgh Coal Com pand, and W. IJ, Wlthrow, vice presi dent of the Pittsburgh Terminal Rail way and Coal Company, were damaged to the extent of several thousand dol lars. " Shortly before midnight and a few minutes nfter the Highland district ex plosion, another bomb explosion oc curred ill the West End district. Rest denccs were badly damaged and W. W. Slbrav. chief irtsnector of the burenu of immigration here, was thrown from his bed. The Sibruy residence Is lo cated across the street from where the exnlosiou occurred, and police author! tio express the belief that the bomb was intended for the inspector, who has beeii active In the deportntton of enemy aliens. The West End explosion orourred on the porch of the home of II. E. Joseph n train dispatcher. Mrs. Joseph and her three children were thrown from their beds. The house was damaged to the extent of $3000. Other residences in the vicinity were damaged, one home, next door to that of Joseph's, was shot full of holes, indicating that a shrapnel uuiliu iwiB uacu. warning had been given the city police last Sunday by. Chief of Police John Tracey that anarchists were active In I'ntersnn. Chief Tracey told the officers that he had received reports concerning) nn anarchist group which was spreading its propaganda throughout the city and directed that close attention should be paid to speeches made at certain meet ings aud the conversation of men aud women who attended the gatherings. CHICAGO ESCAPES FOLLOWING ARRESTS Boston, June H. Today's investiga tions of the explosions last night nt the home of Police Judge Albert F. Hay den,. In the Itoxbury district, and that of State Representative Lcland Powers, in Nentonvillc, tended to confirm the first opinion of the police that the out rages were part of n pntlon-wide plot. Pamphlets entitled "Flnin Words" were found scattered outside the Hay den house and nIo in the wreckage. These were Identical in language with those found at the home of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer In Wash ington, containing such phrases ns "long live the social revolution." "down with tyranny" and "n time has come when the socinl question's solution can bo delayed no longer. They were signed "The Social Fighters." State Chemist Walter Wedger, who visited the scenes of the explosions to day, expressed the opinion that a fuse bomb was placed in the Hayden resi dence rather than a clock bomb. He said the pdor of the fuse could be dis tinguished in the rellnr when the po lice arrived. He found in the cellar a fragment of metal pipe which was nppareutly part of the bombs. The ,te:rc of the explosive ued at the POLICEMAN DIES IN N. Y. EXPLOSION ua Powers residence was not fo cvi dent, but the police were inclined to think n stick of dynamite wns thrown there. No one was iujurcd in either I explosion. With the exception oi n son, iuui comb Hayden, ull the members of Judge Hnyden'R family were nt their summer residence in Plymouth. The son was a few hundred feet down the street when the explosion occurred. Judge Hnyden's bedchamber and that of his daughter Barbara were wrecked ns well us other portions of the house. Windows of housofe in the immediate vicinity were shattered and dwellings shaken for n considerable distance. Judge Hayden, who said he had re ceived io threats, expressed the opin ion that the attack on his home was made because of his attitude in the cases of nearly a hundred May -day rioters who recently appeared in his comt and upon many of whom he im posed heavy sentences. The only reason that could be as cribed for the attempt to blow up the Powers home wns the legislative activity of Representative Powers on the nntl- anarchy bill, recently adopted, although friends pointed out that he was one of the advocates of moderation in its con struction. Mr. Powers, his two chil dren ond two muids were in the house ut the time. His daughter, Polly, four j cars old, received slight cuts on the face from Hying glass. "The explosive, the police said, ap parently had been placed against the outside wall, and the. fact that its force wns downward probably suved the lives of members of the family. Represen tative Powers estimated the property damage nt $5000. A quantity of radical literature wns found on piazzas and elsewhere in the neighborhood of the Powers house. PITTSBURGH REDS MISTOOK HOUSES Pittsburgh, June 3. (By A; P.) A cordon of policemen and detectives was thrown around Pittsburgh today, in an effort to apprehend the perpetrators of two bomb explosions in different sec tions of the city shortly before last mid night. The outrages were directed against United States District Judge W. H. S. Thompson and AV. W. Sib ray, chief Inspector of the Bureau of Immigration. That the explosions were in connection with a plot of radical azltators to kill men who have been active in their prosecution is indicated In the fact that local authorities found handbills signed by the "Anarchistic Fighters." and similar to those dis covered in Washington. The bombs in each instance were placed on, the porches of residences near the hbme of the public officials, and police authorities today expressed the opinion that the terrorists made mis takes In planting the infernal machines. The first explosion occurred next door to Judge Thompson's home. It wrecked one house and damaged other residences, including that of the jurist. The homes of three prominent busi ness men of the city were damaged by the force of the first explosion, which occurred on the porch of C. J. Cas- sady's residence, in the fashionable Highland district. Mn Cassady is an ouiciai oi tne Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. His wife and four children were thrown New York, June 3. (By A. P.) One man was killed and several men nnd women hnd a nnrrow escape from serious injury early today, when n nomu placed at a basement eutrnne to the home of Judge Chnrles C. Nott. of General Sessions Court, exploded. The front part of the Nott residence wns blown out nnd houses nearby on Enst Sixty-first street were damaged. Judge Nott wns not at home and Sirs. Nott. who was asleep ou the second floor, was uuinlurcd. William Boehmer, n private watch man, was blown to pieces, parts of his body being found half a block from the scene of the explosion. He was Identi fied by his two sons from particles of his clothing nnd n ring of keys. For the last ten years Boehmer has been employed ns watchman for a number of private dwellings in the neighborhood of Judge Nott's home. The exact time of the explosiou was learned when It was discovered that a large clock in the hallway had stopped at 1-:."." a. in. After nu investigation the police ex pressed the opinion that the explosion at. the Nott residence was part of n nation-wide plot by radicnls to assas sinate prominent men. Bodies were hurled several hundred feet by the explosion. A man's skull was picked up in Lexington nveuuc, nearly a half block from the Nott res idence. Portions of a body were blown through the windows of an nrmy offi cers' clubhouse across the street, into a room where Lieutenant A. H. Martin wns sleeping. Other human fragments were blown into the entrance of the home of Supreme Court Judge R. P. Lydon. next door. Iu addition to the general shattering of glass iu the neighborhood, the home of Judge Lydon on one side nnd thut of Dr. John J. McKay on the other side of the Nott residence were badly dam aged. Iullnmmatory handbills, identical in every respi'ct with thuse found nt the scenes of the explosions in Washington and Bostou, were found in the vestibule of Dr'. John J. McKay's house. The pamphlets were printed on pink paper, headed "Plain Words" nnd signed "the Anarchist Fighters." Pedestrians who passed the Nott resi dence shortly before the explosion told the police they had observed two women sitting ou the stoop. Whether both were killed has not been determined. The presence of the false moustache led the police to believe that the sup posed victim was the man w ho 'plautc'd the bomb. Judge Nott was absent at the time of the explosion. Mrs. Nott and the caretaker, John B. .Tarkgan, his wife and daughter, were in the house, but were not injured.- After an exhaustive investigation of the ruined building. Inspector Owen Egan, of the Bureau of Combustibles, expressed the opinion that the bomb bad contained between twenty nnd twenty- five pounds of dynamite with a powder fuse and 'wns of the "Italian style." He said be did not believe there was any connection between this outrage and the recent distribution of bombs through the malls. The damage caused by the exploision is estimated at $30,000. The police experts say that they know of only two other bombs which could be comnnred In deadllness to the one which wrecked Judge Nott's home. One of these exploded on July 4. 1015, killing three anarchists who manufactured it. The other bomb was found on a Cuuard liner during the war. Chicago, .Tune 3. (By A. P.l Pos sibility that some of the alleged radicals taken In n raid here several days ago were concerned In the widespread bomb plot wns advanced today by detectives as the reason no explosions took place here last night, such as occurred in eastern cities. Of the score of men ar rested in the raid eight now arc await ing deportation. Following warning last night from federal officials, Chief of Police Garrity remnined in his office until early this morning directing the work of warning public men to be ou guard at their homes and also in receiving mail. Among the first public men to receive warning were Federal Judge K. M. I.andis nnd United States District At torne f'hnrlcs F. Clyne. W. T. Brown, assistant postmaster here, said that since the previo'us bomb outrages tne postal authorities had not relaxed vigi lance iu scrutinizing all mail received. police commissioner In Philadelphia Senator Dalx made the request that the bill, which has bern steeping In Sena tor Varc's municipal affairs committee, be reported out. Senator Vare uot only refused to re port the bill out, but demanded n hear ing. He set next Tuesday as the date for the hearing. Director Wilson is ex pected to he the principal speaker against proposal to put a commissioner appointed by the Governor over the po lice force. Penrose men, who are In a majority on the committee, may force a meeting todjiy to report the bill out over the head of Senator Vare, who is chairman. With definite action of some sort or other fast approaching on the Philadel phia reform legislation, the Assembly is getting ready to adjourn.? branches adopted a resolution last: fixing the date of final adjournment Thursday, June ZG. This date was agreed upon at a fcrence of leaders. They reached,' , 1 1L., !!. A ...... 1.1.. t .,. 1 conciusiuu wim. iub Jibaeiuuiy couiu Bvf a finish its work by June 10, so the HoW resolution fixing that date for ndjouraijU . ment was amenoca in tne senate. CLEVELAND MAYOR NARROWLY ESCAPES Cleveland. June 3. (By A. P.) Police of Cleveland, Columbus and other cities today are searching for two men who are believed to have planted n bomb at the home of Mayor Harry L. Davis, late last night. The house was partially wrecked, but no one was injured. The bomb, which is believed to have been heavily charged with dynamite. was planted under a cellar window nnd, according to the police, was a time bomb. Pieces found indicate that It was made of brass pipe. Major Davis was seated ou the lawn on the opposite side of the house with his wife nnd several friends when the explosion occurred. His three-j ear-old son and n maid were the only occupants of the house. Daix-Brady Bills Are Reported Out CnntlniiMl Vrom l'nite On this morning nnd proceeded to the man sion. It is believed that at the con ference the Governor will reach a defi nite understanding with the senior sen ator on what nctiou he will take on the Daix-Brady bills. Senator Penrose carried out his pledge to get quick action on the Rotnn bills. The two measures introduced by Sen ator A. F. Daix, Jr to add two as sistauts and sixteen detectives to the force of District Attorney Rotan now await the Governor's signature to be come lnw. Both bills passed the House last night by a vote of 101 to 1 The one nega tive vote was cast by Representative Edward M. Wells, a Vare member, who lives in Director Wilson's wnrd. Vare Fights for Delay While Senator Penrose was operating his steam roller in the House for the Rotnu bills Senntor Vare was working his block and tackle npparatus in the Senate for another delay. The measure delayed was the Daix bill to provide for the appointment of u PATERSON BLAST SHAKES UP BLOCK I IH&HI Factory HH ll to 27 I KH Xorth I SHKH ruth D iiTffT, Paterson, J. J., June 3. Investiga tion by the police has so far. failed to throw any light on the mysterious- ex plosion tl'iat early today wrecked a two story dwelling house at 351 East Thlr ty-first street, damaged the adjoining house of Max Gold, a silk manufac turer ; broke windows in other nearby houses and created a panic in the neigh borhood. It was learned today that a special House of Mann' supjra'nff ovr 6000 Banks and Wust Cc-mtlanlM wllh Blank Books, Bound and Loose Leaf, Lithographing, Printing, Engraving and Genrr"OHlce Stationery. Why not your establishment? Phone Market 160 WILLIAM MANN COMPANY IL. 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