Detectives Frustrate Plans of Anarchist HARRISBURG llliltik TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— Xo. 49 NEW YORK DETECTIVES BREAK UP ANARCHISTIC PLOT TO ASSASSINATE RICHEST MEN IN AMERICA ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BIG CATHEDRAL FAILS; CHECK REIGN OF TERROR PLANS Metropolitan Police Trail Bomb Thrower and Place Him Under Arrest as He Hurls Explosive at Main Altar of St. Patrick's; Destruction of Edifice Was Intended as Signal For Lawless Gang to Inaugurate an Epoch of Murder and Pillage By .1 ssociated Press \ow York. March 2.—An attempt to blow tin St. Patrick's Catliiilral \\ltli a tx mi I) to-day and the artvM of two men by ilctvctives who had been informed for months of tlieir activities was followed l)y an announcement made at police headquarters that the arrests had bulked an anarchist plot to kill with bomlts Andrew Carnegie. John I>. Rockefeller, John I>. Rockefeller, Jr.. and other wealthy men. Thereafter the anarchists, accord ing to the |tolice. were to inaugurate in New York City it reign of terror comparable only to the days of the French Revolution. It was part of the pl it. the |H>lice assert, for gangs of men armed with rifles and revolvers to appear simultaneously iu various parts of the city to shoot anil to pillage: the biggest banks i»f New York City were to IK* blown up and many wealthy men were to be slain. SKiXAI, FOR OPENING OF CAMPAIGN OF Ml KDKK The wrecking of the cathedral was to lie the signal for the opening of the elaborate campaign of murder and looting. The next move, ac cording to the police, was to place bombs in the homes of Vndrew Car negie. the HiM'kel'ellers anil Cornelius Vanderbtlt. So far hail the plot pro gressed. toward this end. that the manufacture of the bombs, the police say. had already been started. With these and other capitalists disposed of, the anarchists planned, according to the to invade the financial district and lay their Itouibs in the city's biggest l»anks. General looting was to follow. Detectives at Work For months a central office detec-1 tive had worked in the inner circle of the anarchists, according to the police k fy. and had kept the detective bu-; fau advised of all their plans. This etective. Prank Baldo. assisted in the manufacture of the bomb with which the attempt was made to-day to blow up the cathedral. The detective ac companied the bomb thrower to the edifice and sat with him while he lighted the bomb and -hurled It at the altar. Immediately the cathedral, in which 800 persons sat at worship, became alive with detectives whose presence had been unsuspected by the bomb carrier. Baldo. sitting beside him, placed him under arrest, detectives sit ting in the pew behind dashed into the aisle and stamped out the sput tering fuse. The congregation hardly realized what had happened when it was all over. There was no panic. Accomplice Arrested At police headquarters the alleged bomb thrower said he was Frank Abarno, a lithographer, 24 years old. Soon after he was taken to headquar ters, detectives acting upon informa tion iriven them by Baldo, arrested Charles Carbone. an eighteen-year-old boy. and charged him with complicity In the plot and with helping to make the bomb. When Abarno entered the cathedral door, his bomb in a package under his coat and Baldo at his side, he walked on to a stage whose every setting had been placed there by detectives. Two scrub women on their knees in the vestibule through which he passed were in reality central office detectives. The white-wigged priest who met them at the door and took them to a seat down near the front of the church and close to the altar was a sergeant of police. Just behind Abarno there entered the church, quite casually, two more detectives who fol lowed the pseudo priest and took seats at his bidding in the pew behind. It w-as these men. who saved the cathed ral from damage by beating out the fire In the fuse. Abarno I'ndor Arrest Abarno realized the identity of his companion a moment after he had lighted from the glowing end of a cigar the fuse of the bomb which he carried under his coat. The missile had barely left his hand, to lie for a moment on the carpet at the foot of the altar. when Baldo pinioned Abamos arms behind him. told him that he was under arrest and started to leave the chureh. Abarno permit led himself to be handcuffed to his captor without resistance and walked meekly down the aisle with other de tectives surrounding him. ■ ,;l ldo had lived with the alleged anarchists since last December. He had obtained Abarno's complete con fidence and had discussed with him, and others, the police assert, the de tails of the widespread piot. Prom I THE WEATHER Fur llarrixlturK iiml vlclalt*: Part ly cloudy to-night anil Wrdun •laj. For Kaatern Pfnunj Ivania: Partly eloudy to-uiicht and Urilueaday: colder Wetlncadav In (be north nud wmi portion*: moderate north anil neat wludn. River From all Ktnrinn* river nbaervrra report fallluK condition* thin mornlnic. A Maice of about <1.4 feet la Indicated lor Horrlabure by ednt-adny mornlnx. (•rneral ( nnrtltlon* The dlatrlhutlon of the preNKure arena baa been alieht during tlie la»i twenty-four lioura. I nder the Influence of the bitch nrra. central over the Dakota* and Minnesota thla morning, indica tion. arc that for thla vicinity, partly cloudy nrvllier will pre all to-night and Wedneaday. Temperature: H a. m.. 21. !»uni Rlaea, diW a. m.; Beta, SISS n. m. «' Moon: Rlaea, 7:ir. p. m. River tttaire: 8.7 feet above lon water mark. Yeaterda>*a Weather IliKheat temperature. IS, l.ovvcat temperature. 21. Mean temperature, IM>. .Normal temperature, :t3. Baldo the police '.earned that the an- ' archists' plans wore to be developed in separate phases by groups of two and three men working together. De tectives were assigned to watch these groups and two men from central of fice were shadowing Carbone when he was arrested. Planned Week Ago According to Baldo, Abarno had planned to wreck the cathedral a week f»go. late in the afternoon, but had postponed execution of the idea, partly at Baldo's suggestion. To-day, when he left his room with Baldo, half a dozen detectives, some of them disguised as laborers and carrying din ner pails, trailed him to the church. Bomb Made of Scrap Iron The bomb was made of scrap iron inside a plaster of paris body. Inspec tor Ksian of the Bureau of Combusti bles said it was the deadliest he ever had seen. Most of the scrap iron was round knobis which had been wrench ed from fences in front of the houses of New York city's wealthy residents. According 10 the police the plot was centralized >n the group of anachists known as the Bresci group, so named because of the admiration which its members express for Gaetano Bresci, the man who killed King Humbert in Italy in 1900. At the time of this assassination it was reported that ? group of anarchists in New York and Patersun, N. J., shared the plot. An unusual development of the case 1 upon which Police Commissioner : Woods said he did not care to com ment for the i resent was the detention at police headquarters of Prank Baldo, the detective through whom head ' quarters had learned of the gang's j alleged activities. Baldo was placed 1 under arrest—technical arrest it was I assumed. Baldo is the assumed name for the detective. His real name, Mr. Woods says is Emilio Polignani. Suffrage Resolution Is Reported Out For Vote in the Senate i The resolution proposing the suff rage amendment to the constitution I was reported out by the Senate judi | clary general committee after a lively I interchange of remarks and then by one vote. Several senators «aid th'it :'hey preferred to have a hearing be fore reporting the bill. The vote was: To report out —Clark. Hoke. Hindm an. Jerkins, Patton, Phipps, Schantsi and Sproul. Against reporting out —Beicieman, Buck man. Daix. Magee, Thompson. ; Tompkins and Satus. Senator Sproul moved to report out.' Knights of Pythias Talk Over Plans For Big Benefit j Concert at Tech March 10 Details for the proposed big benefit concert for the "quick relief" fund of 1 John Harris lodge. Knights of Pythias! were discussed last evening at a meet ing of the committee of arrangements' following the regular session of the | lodge in Union Square. Reports indi- j cate the rapid sale of the tickets. The committee consisting of Harrv A. Boyer. chairman: Harry D. Heei.! < 'harles W. Erb, Joseph H. Benfer, i Charle* B. Langletz and C. B. Corn-1 man. have arranged to bring tho| Rounds' ladles orchestra and musical i specialty to Technical high school auditorium the evening of March 10 and the proceeds will be turned over to the fund that provides financial help for the members, and the widows nnd orphans of members, who need imme diate aid. TRAFFIC ALMOST NORM AI; By Associated Press Berlin, via London. March 2, 10.13 A. M.—The minister of railways has informed tho budget committee of the Prussian diet that 70 per cent, of all railways operated in times of peace have been in use since November 1. Passenger and freight traffic, he said, increased steadily up to March l. The former Is now more thnn SO per cent, of normal and the latter over 90 per cent. HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2. 1915. ( PICTURE MAP OF DARDANELLES AND FORTS DESTROYED BY ALLIED FLEETS \. ir~~ r: rr* • • rt •-• * • - * S.fM L rffljl - pg-lliSli "* •J0 JSgr'' '<* '' • • r^l l ; rV,^ !■:* : : I: **s:. MIIIIGH ITS Ml. OPTION Li I Governor Will Make Primary Fight Over State For Measure If It Is Killed Governor Brumbaugh last night | showed the members of the Legis- j lature that he was in earnest about ! j the local option bill presented in the ; House by Representative Williams, of j Tioga, chairman of the law and order ; [committee. The Governor in his cam- i [Continued on Page ".] BEIOLEMAN BILL FOR | RECEIVER OF TAXES Would Do Away With Costly System of Tax Collectorships in Counties of This Size I Senator E. E. Beidleman, Dauphin. ! presented in the Senate this morning I a bill for the creation of the office of the receiver of taxes in counties rang ing in population from 90,000 to 150,- ] 000. which, if passed, would do away • with the costly system of tax collec | tioti now in operation. < This would include Dauphin county. [Continued on l'age ".] U. S. WILL REPLY 10 ~ | NOTE FROM ALLIES President Tells Callers Message Does Not Tell How Blockade Will Be Abolished IBy Associated Prcst Washington. March 2.— The United States will .send a note to Great Bri ! tain, and France in answer to the one I received yesterday inquiring whaj means will be taken in carrying out the policy of holding up supplies be t Ing carried to and from Germany. ! President Wilson told callers to-day ithat the British-French note outlined in very general terms a policy but did not define the means of carrying it into effect. President Wilson refused to discuss the subject In detail, but said that no nation had the right to change the rules of warfare because the methods of war have changed. He indicated that the United States will not change its previously announced position but will continue to make efforts to have the belligerents respect American shipping of a noncontraband charac ter. The President said it was not clear in his own mind whether the new action of me British and Franch gov ernments established a blockade of Germany, although that would be the general effect of the order. 180 MEN ENT BY MINE E A T THURMOND, W. VA. Hinton, W. Va., March 2.—An ox- i plosion occurred to-day in the mine of tin- Xcw River and Pocohontas Con sol Ida ted Coal Company, near Thur mond. \V. Va. The mine connects with another mine, each employing HO men. all or «h(ini are believed to have boon in the pits when the explosion occurred. Rescue parties were at once organized. ami the fans were set going; within fifteen minutes after the explo sion. but two hours later none of the! miners had l>ecii brought out. Assistance was hurried to the mine BELIEF WORKERS TO~ EXHIBIT SUPPLIES Paintings and Sketches of War Scenes by Irving College Girls Have Been Received ; Artisiic water-color paintings and | sketches from the brushes and pens of the Irving College misses, together | with hundreds of the various gar ments, bandages and medical supplies ; made up by the Home and War Relief I workers will form a part of the uni que exhibition which will greet visi tors to the "open house" which is I [Continued on Page 12] SLLEYEIINGS DECREASE $49,448 Total of Over 23 Million Passen gers Carried; Operating Ex penses Increase At the annual meeting of stockhold ers of the Harrlsburg Railways Com pany held this morning the report of President F. B. Musser showed a de crease of $49,449.85 or 18.2 per cent. in the net earnings for the last fiscal year. The report in full is as follows: "To the stockholders of the Harria burg Railways Company. "The president and board of direc tors submit herewith, the report of the operations of your company and the lines of railway leased and con trolled by it. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1914. "The comparative income account for the years ended December 31. 1913 and 1914. as verified by the United States Audit Company is: [Continued on Page 7.] POMTICAIi UNREST INCREASES Paris, March 2. 5.10 A. M. —Internal dissension and political unrest are in creasing in Portugal, acordlng to a special dispatch from Madrid. The directorate of the Portuguese repub lican party is said to have decided at a meeting held at Lisbon to institute court proceedings against cabinet ministers, on charges of violating the constitution. from nearby towns and a rescue car of (lie llttrcau of Mines was ordered to' the scene. After rejieatcd attempts one rescue party penetrated the main drift at mine No. 3 for a distance of about ton feet and there found an unidentified miner living but unconscious. His legs had been broken and doctors said he probably would die. The mine where the explosion occur red is a drift high up on Quinnimont [Continued on I'age 10.] STUDENTS TO MAKE VIGOROUS PROTEST Willing to Take Over Lease of Island Park to Save Elimination of Sports At meetings of the athletic associa tions of Central High and Tech High schools, to be held to-day or to-mor row, a vigorous protest will be entered against making Island Park a free Athletic field. High school officials and students were away up in arms to-day over the efforts to wipe out the only place in [Continued on Page 9.] RED EXPRESSES FAITH 111 BUSINESS FUTURE Gives Assurance in Annual Report That Improvements Under Way Will Soon Be Completed ——— Improvements started in Harrisburg by the Pennsylvania Railroad last year will be completd in 1915. Other improvements will be made providing sufficient cash can be procured. This information is a part of the annual re ! port of the Pennsylvania Railroad, | made public to-day, and signed by | President Samuel Rea. i Reference is made in the report to ' the erection of a new concrete bridge | between Highsplre and Middletown; [Continued on Page I.] Commend Governor's Stand on Liquor Question Approval and encouragement to Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh for) his "splendid efforts to deliver the young manhood of Pennsylvania from the evils of the saloon and the liquor traffic," were expressed at a meeting of the Religious Society of Friends last Sunday. The society urges every member of the legislature to support Governor Brumbaugh In his efforts to rid th • State of the evils of liquor by passing a I.o' a 1 Option bill whi<-h will be satis factory to the Governor. 12 PAGES WlTili NOT < MX EXTRA SESSION* By Associated I'ress Washington. March 2.—President Wilson stated definitely to-day that he has abandoned plans for an extra ses sion of the Senate immediately after March 4 and may not do so even In October. ? T $ The Dauphin county third judgeship bill, which passed •» § the House last night by an emphatic majority, was reported \ 3 to the Senate this morning and placed on the calendar. The J £ bill providing $47,000 to pay for cost of advertising cons- J ■ tutional amendments and the uniform cold storage bill ■ [ were also reported out. ■ IFIRE IN BUSINESS SECTION J Harrisburg—Fire in the Shearer building, 206 Market 1 street, this afternoon, caused damage amounting to $25. A £ cording to Chief John C. Kindler the blaze started between m the partitions at the head of the stairway, from a crossed g electric wire. The flames were eating through the Owl pic- # ture gallery when discovered. K Wilmington, Del., March 2. Robert Layfield, aged # 19, quarterback of the Johns Hopkins football teaem, who # was injured in a game with Lehigh University at South m i Bethlehem, Pa., October 31, last, died this morning at his # i home here. A fracture of the vertebrae was the cause of t ' death. % , RAILROAD TRAFFIC SUSPENDED J Washington, March 2.—A1l traffic on the railroad be- X !tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz has 'been suspended, J official dispatches to the State Department say to-day that W the line may be free for military purposes. f BOMB THROWER CONFESSES PLOT New York, March 2.—lt was announced at police headquarti this afternoon that Abaino, the anarchist bomb , thrower, had made a confession in which he admitted the existence of a plan to begin a reign of terror In this city which would include the assassination of Andrew Carnegie, | John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and other m l wealthy men. # . LOCAL OPTION BILL PASSES ? Trenton, N. J., March 2.—The Senate to-day passed M 1 the locatl option bill by a vote of 11 to 9 with one senator M i not voting. The bill provides for a referendum on the C question of lo ail option when 30 per cent, of the citizens of U 1 a municipality request a special election. The bill will now & go to the House. % I MARRIAGE LICENSES | William O. *brrlr. and Kuth K. Stm.rn, Streltun. K • .roruc Knnt nnd llorn llnokti, rlt). I ' !J * POSTSCRIPT. BRITISH REPLY TO AMERICAN PROPOSAL ANXIOUSLY AWAITED Washington Considering What Step to Take as Result of Latest Announcement of Allies BOMBARDMENT IS HALTED Unfavorable Weather Stops Action of Fleet Attacking Dardanelles Washington is considering to-day what stop shall bo taken l>y tliis coun try following the announcement l»y tlio Itritlsh niul French Governments that they would attempt to cut off trado to ami from ticrmunj. Great Britain's reply to tin- American proposals re specting this general situation, however is yet to IK- rcoolvoil. Germany has accepted the proposals hi the main, in a reply which probably will bo made I | public in Berlin in a day or two. The attack of the Anglo-French licet on the Dardanelles lias lieen in terrupted by unfavorable weather, lutt a dispatch from Athens states that before the optratlons were Btis|>endc«l the two Turkish forts at the narrowest part of tin- straits had been silenced. It is stated that the Turkish army massed on the |>cuiusulu for defense of Constantinople consists of 100,001) men. REPORTS IUSAGRF.E Of the laud operations the most im portant at present under way are along the Fast Prussian frontier, in North ern Poland, and in Champagne, oil tlni western front. Concerning the latter engagement French and German re ports disagree sharply. Berlin states that the allies have lieen driven liack, while Paris claims that the French have repulsed strong (iceman counter attacks and gained more ground. In Poland the Russians are on tlio offensive along tlio entire front, lit i the most Important o|tcrations around Pr/nsnysz the Germans are said to have lieen defeated de<-isively and forced hack across the border.
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