Show t N WIDE IDE TE R R ORIST PLOT BARED BOMBS MAILED TO I 16 6 PROMINENT MEN lEI TAKEN FROM MAILS J Government and State Stale Officials Targets for Infernal Machines Authorities ies Send Semi Out General Warning Warning- f Against Suspicious Sur cious Packages j New York April 30 Postoffice officials tonight said fourteen b bombs packed the same as those discovered here bere to today ay were being held in along the Pacific coast i N KT TEW EW E YORK April 30 With With the discovery disco in the New York postoffice j today of sixteen infernal machines in a addition to a half dozen which have Ye been beeh delivered to prominent men in in various cities federal detectives to tonight tonight to- to night were endea cring to run nm down own the organizers of what is believed to be bea a wide nation-wide plot to assassinate cabinet assassinate cabinet officials and other men inca prominent in official and private life I Bombs have been delivered at itt the tho homes or 01 offices of former fornie Senator Thomas W. W Yo Hardwick of Georgia Federal Judge M l J. J Landis Landi is Chi of-Chi I cago o Mayor l Ole Hanson of Seattle District Attorney Charles M. M f. f Fickert a and d his bis assistant JEdward Edward M. M Cunha of San Francisco and R Representative John i L. L Burnett ol of Alabama Among those found here toda today were ivere ere bombs addressed ad ad 1 dressed to Secretary of ot Labor Wilson lson Postmaster General Burleson Attorney Attorney ney General A. A Mitchell J Palmer Chief Justice Oliver Wendell T Holmes J John J D. D Rockefeller an and many other prominent men inca 1 While so far none nOlle of or the men COlI for COl whom the bombs were intended have have- I been injured Mrs Irs Thomas W. W an and her maid were He erel severely Injured b bV the explosion pf pr the bomb Intended for the former senator which was re received received re- re yesterday and Representative o Burnett narrowly escaped Injury by bythe I tl the e explosion of 01 the bomb addressed I to him which was received c tonight Da Day r Terror Plan Finn tonight Officials ls' ls refused to to- com mont on on- the motive or of of the sending bomb but It 11 was declared rc significant a. a that the discoveries were made mide on the the eve C o of r May Ia- Ia day da which has been set sets as s the time various demonstrations demonstrations dem dean will tak take place Agents of oC the department of or Justice said j the they believed the mailing 0 of the bombs was as timed to cause a a. reign n of or terror on May ay da day 0 observed ed throughout through through- out the world not only by bJ pc peaceful labor organizations org but the most pronounced pro pro- Pounced radicals Jt lt was recalled that radicals In hi this countr country had threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened a demonstration on May 13 1 on behalf of Thomas J. J Mooney under sent sentence nce of or life lite imprisonment f in Can Call fornia for murder in connection with witha Ut a n. bomb outrage c. c Irom From all aU the information a available tonight it was apparent the makers of tUc b bombs hoped to exterminate everyone ono who has been prominently involved cd in tile the prosecution or deportation depot depot- tation of oI members of oC the I. I W. W VS W. J Immigration rution I JI lend nd Markn t Not ot only w were re officers of or the gration bureau marked for tor d tion but also the authors of the bill which would have havo stopped slopped immigration tion for tor a year This measure would have o made it difficult for Russian radicals rad rad- leals to gain a access cess to this coun country r Ml 11 of oC the bombs were identical in inform form lorm and material It is said ald and nil all were packed In the same manner with fictitious tags bearing the name Gimbel Brothers New ew York oil on t them he ni A sw sweeping inquiry b by in inspectors in- in a agents of or the department of or justice and police pollee experts was begun at al once into the tho activities of ot anarchists anarchist and reds In this elt city At the same time a warning was is issued io- io sued b by the district attorneys attorney's s office to all nil public officials especially l Judges e to watch for Cor nacka which bt be j I delivered t to them and nd a J g guard 1 was a thrown around the criminal courts building For Foreigner 1 J 11 Indicated The addresses on the sixteen packages pack pack- ages hages seized here were all typewritten The style and a couple of or minor led Jed officials to believe that the addressing addressing ad nd- dressing was done b by a foreigner The addresses were William M. M Wood oo Boston Mass Frederick C. C Howe commissioner o of Immigration Now ow cw York N. N Y T. Mitchell J A. A JPalmer Palmer U. U S. S attorney general Washington D. D C. C Anthony Anthon bureau of ot in Int fn migration Washington D. D C. C Willlam William B. B Wilson secretary of Ia- Ia bor Washington ton D. D C. C Senator T T. Larr Larry Eyra ra Chester r Pa W William II It Lamar solicitor general en raJ Washington ton D D. D C. C W. W If 11 Finch department of ot justic New Vew York A. A s. s BUrle Burleson on postmaster general cn ral Washington D. D C. C J. J I R F. UrIan mayor New ew York CIt CIty N. N Y T. E. E police commissioner commission commission- er cr er New York City X N. Y V. John Jthn D. D Rockefeller Pocantico ulli lulls Tarrytown Tarrtown N. N T. T William I. I Sch Schaffer attorney general g. g pa Gov GO 0 William C. C Chester Pa la Ol Oliver r Wendel U Holmes U. U S. S chief r ju justice Washington D. D C. C J. J P. P Morgan New York City A slip on the part of or the senders of the time Infernal machines coupled with whit the sharp watch cf a po clerk were all that prevented the bomb bombs front from being delivered The sixteen packages es were mailed Satur Saturday night In a box o hm In the neighborhood neighbor hood of Thirtieth th street reeL and Broad Broad- way Thc They had hall tho the correct po postage Continued on l Pago lago a o H 11 BOMBS MAILED TO 16 PROMINENT MEN Continued from rom Page 1 ii 1 for the parcel post but were seated seated- with red wafers and therefore could be accepted only as first-class first matter mat mat- ter Accordingly thc they sent to the general postoffice t tl to be referred back to the sender Each parcel had the thc name o of Gimbel Brothers printed on it il and the de department department do- do store was notified but railed failed to answer Earl Early this morning Charles Kaplan a postoffice clerk derk while 1 on his hie wa way homo home from work read Tedd In a morning mornin paper of or the tho bomb sent to Senator Hardwick oC Georgia The description o of the package e containing con con- t. t the bomb struck him and he hurried back to the and examined ex ex- the detained parcels Heathen then notified the superintendent o o. o-f o his suspicions and the tho lH cla packages es esI were sent to Chief Postoffice I tor br W. W E. E Cochran Explosives ext cx- cx J t ports were called In b by Inspector f V Cochran and md one of ot the parcels was as opened Maker Wn 1 Skilled d It contained a small phial fastened to the top o of a polished cylInder cylinder cylinder cyl cyl- inder In such a manner that the clInder clIn der could not be opened without t I breaking the thc bottle boHle The breaking o of 1 I the bottle would release se a chemical which In turn tuen would ignite three fulminate fulminate ful ful- minate of or mercury caps reslin restIng on a o of dynamite d The whole bomb showed evidences of or skilled work work- manship Later In the da day a a. representative e of or Gimbel Brothers called on Inspector tor or Cochran and after ater examining the tho parcels declared the wrappings had never originated in the department tore store tor Ho lie pointed out that th tho the outsie out- out si sie ir covering erin was o of highly hh gla glazed ed r typo of or paper such as II not bo be used by an any department store for mere wrapping purposes The inner box containing the wooden cylinder was also alo made of er a cr very fine grade rade of or green cardboard unlike an any In ordinary use Each of or the parcels measured eight inches In lengths length two In depth and anti two In width On the back of or each parcel was stamped in red Novelties A A A sam sam- pIc Inspector Cochran expressed the belief that this wa was as an Ingenious effort on the part of or the senders to induce the secretary of or an intend intended d victim to hand tho the parcel unc unopened to his chief chic The officials who arc In charge of or the investigation In believe bellevo that the tho very elaborateness of tho the world world-be assassins assassins' preparations ma may prove proc their undo undoing ins ins- as affording certain certain tam tain clues to their Identity Fickert Discounts Revenge for l San Francisco April SO Bomb O-Bomb Bomb experts ex cx- perth and every police and federal de detective detective de- de available here were busy to tonight tonight to- to night ht in endeavors to trace the j 1 of ot two bombs received by District At Attorney Attorney Attorney At- At torney Charles M U Fickert and his Ills at- at Edward A. A Cunha in are ar evident evi vi- vi dent wide nation-wide plot to kill prominent state and government official Pt is t t- t ottice office authorities ordered a strict surveillance sur sur- of ot all packages c addressed to persons of ot prominence here and cooperated co- co operated with the police pollee in the examination exam exam- of ot the Fickert and Cunha born bombs baTho ba Tho bombs expertly made were Vero mailed from New York according to the authorities the small cartons which contained them bearing tic the address ss Gimbel Brothers rs Thirty second an and Broadway A police was about aboul to open the Cunha bomb at at the bedside of or the recipient In a local loal hospital hospital hos hos- s- s pital when cautioned not to do O so 50 b by Cunhas Cunha's brothel an ann army Thought to o Hold T. T X T. T Later toe the Dom bomus were examined b by bya a police expert and each was found to contain detonating caps a small vial ial of or a substance believed to bo be an acid an and 1 an explosive bearin bearing the apPearance appearance appearance appear apPear- ance of or T TNT T. T A detailed examination and an analysis was being mado made tonight Bombs Bomb mailed to Mayor Ole HansoT of ot Seattle and former Senator Hardwick Hard- Hard wick wick wick-of or Georgia tallied lamed In ever every way with the contrivances r received her here the police s said ald The They were so 80 arrange that tho the removal al of or the cap containing the te liquid would allow it to trickle u over iC cups caps anu ann inus set bet on oil ocr tho charge On each cover was a rec Ted red sticker giving givIn the package a festive appearance The bombs were carefully careful careful- ly ly- wrapped and padded to save fave t then them cm from shock Fickert wh who was at also ullo ii In a hospital Recovering from serious complications complication following fo Influenza was vas not given th the bomb but was told of ot Its arrival He Tic asked that the widest l publicity b be given tho the Incident incidentS charging a nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide plot to get s every official wh who st stands for law and order nand Hand Fickert Ickert expressed the belief bellet that thal th the bomb con conspiracy pIra a against Cunha am and himself did not spring directly from fron the tho case of Thomas J J. Mooney whom the they convicted con of or murder in connection with a a. bomb explosion here but wa was fomented by a band of terrorists Believing Belle tho the local In Incident a ramIfication ramification ram ram- of ot a wide nation-wide conspiracy Stephen Morse Memo postoffice inspector 1 in charge here telegraphed to Washington Washing Washing- ton for full tuIl information regarding th the sl sixteen packages package similar to tho the ones received here which were taken from the be mails malls In New Xe York City Burnett of Alabama Has Jas Narrow Escape JL Gadsden Ala April 30 Ivo tive John L. L Burnett chairman of or the tho immigration committee of the last house narrowly escaped serious injury or possibly death today todar- b by an Infernal machine received through tho the mails The lid on the package c stuck when Mr r. r Burnett attempted to open it it arousing his su suspicions ant and he turned the package package pack pack- age e over o to the police The package was marked GI bel Brothers New ew York ant and was similar in in- in n ever every wa way to those sent to other high h governmental officials who ho have been jeen connected with proposals to limit war after-war Immigration and with prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of or espionage e law violations The package exploded with a a. loud report when hit b by a revolver bullet hullet fired by bybe bythe bythe the be police Bomb Discovered red by Accident at Chicago Chicago April CO A O.-A A package e an answering answering an- an closely descriptions ns of or the In- In ernal machines discovered in New Ne NewYork NewYork York tOlla today was received in the tho chambers chambers chambers cham cham- bers of or Judge JUds-e Kenesaw Mountain Landis Landis Lan Lan- dis this morning Judge Landis was absent at Iii hearing cases and nd the p package ela e lay practically unnoticed unnoticed un un- un- un noticed on his desk for hours It was addressed to Mr K M. M Landis Lan- Lan dis and bore bore in red letters the words Sample N Novelty elly Gimbel Brothers 32 Broadway Ne New York It was this legend nl which attracted tho the attention of ot a newspaper reporter who knew of or the dl disclosures In New NewYork York The reporter notified Col J J. M. M Stuart postal in inspector who took package to his nis office Ho telegraphed to New York for Information as to a asife s-ife s way to open It Judge Landis F Feels Feds els Mistake l Was Vias Made By Dr Ice Rockwood Ill April 30 That 10 queer said 1 Judge Landis when In Informed Informed In- In formed of or the suspected bomb at the conclusion o of his court late this his after after- noon Why Yh nobody would send me mc a bomb obo l' l ever attempted to blow me up before and nd I have havo been In public public pub pub- lic lie life Hc a lon long time And they h y are after after after aft aft- er Rockefeller too are arc they I Wonder wonder wonder won Won- der wily why vii they didn't open It Nobody ever 8 seems scorns to open In infernal machines They ar are always ys Just discovered rd He Ho seemed d disinterested bon bought ht a 3 ba bag o of popcorn and mentioned that cherr cherry trees were In blossom People will wilt be bJ to open open packages pack pack- ages now no nohe he concluded Its probably misdirected They are not at after r no Hanson Bomb Is i iNot Not Expert Exert Job Seattle April 30 c Dynamite 0 capable of of or doing great damage and causing loss o of lifo life I If exploded was found in th tho bomb received In Mayor Ole GIe Hanson Hanson's mail l Monday th tho th R Seattle Seattle- station Seattle at lc- lc station of ot tho tue bureau f if e of the United States department rt t agriculture announced an an- today after making nal an analyst s st ak o of I E Ic 1 It n. Lyman dH lUa f of or the tion said Bald to today ay that tha the bomb contained a form of or dynamite lt consisting consisting- of ot ammonium ammo ammo- ilium nitrate nn an explosive and probably proba Coba bly Lly nitro cellulose e. e also an explosive The analysis failed iq q determine what other Clemens Clemen's ml ht be In the ex explosive ex- ex plosive ploll mixtures Ou Our examination Mr r. Lyman said has h convinced us that bomb was not made by an 11 expert Nevertheless It was a deadly machine t Bolshevist Cussedness Is Hardwicks Hardwick's s Theory Atlanta G Ga April 30 Former Former United United Unit- Unit ed cd States Senator Thomas W. W Hardwick hardwick Hard Hard- |