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Show " PLAriNtD IS' i Ma Hv pijirn : Ifllili'l UlilLO ; Federal Agents Run Down Widespread Program Pro-gram of Anarchists; i Leaders Are Watched. i Attorney General Asks I Congress for Half Million Mil-lion Dollars to Aid in Hunt pf Red Chieftains. By ARTHTTR SEARS HENN1NQ. (Chicago Tribune Special Service. 1 WASHINGTON, June 12. Following Follow-ing an appeal to congress today by Attorney At-torney General Palmer for au appropriation appro-priation of $o00,000 to run down tho authors of the recent attempts -to assassinate as-sassinate public officials, it became known .that 200 secret agouts of the navy intelligence bureau are investigating investi-gating a gigantic pilot to explode bombs in Chicago and more than a score of other largo cities on Jul)" -1 next. About fifty government , detectives are working in Chicago, suspected of being headquarters of the plotters. J 1 Others are pursuing leads in Detroit, Indianapolis, East Chicago, Hammond, and other middle -western industrial cities. ;j Suspects are under surveillance in j Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louia, ! Louisville, Cleveland, Akron, Tolodo and Moliue. !, The plot called for July 4 bomb dem- i ons,trations in all of these cities except Milwaukee, mid in Pittsburg, I'hiladol- , phia, Baltimore, Washington, Now York, j Trenton, Newark, Jersey City, Eridgo- ! port, Taunton, Fall River, Providence, I Boston, Pitt sficld, Memphis, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Birmingham and New Orleans. I NAVAL SLEUTHS ARE ' PUT ON REDS' TRAIL. Navy intelligence operatives vrero as- j signed to the in vest ia! ion jit Iho re- ! quest of the depart in en t of justico, whose own detectives have become too well known to the Kedn. j1 K:istence, of I lie idol became known j to department of justice operatives ', about two months ap', ln'ii an opera- jh live, who had joi ncl a terrorist foup . ami gained the ronf ideneu of members j1 of the inner rirchjs at Chicago head- ! quarters of the organisation, succeeded ' iu purloining papers cop I ;iin ing a pro- j gram of bomb e.vpl'iMons for a lare number of cities ihrre Fourth of Ju'y celebrations on a large mtiIc v, ciq be held. 7u many of the eilie w here thrj celo bra t jf)x pi a n n e. were 1 o be m u 11 ici pal iu character the points at hb-h U10 largest crowds mi'ht be expected to assemble as-semble ere ind iea t ed , v i 1 h 1 lie best and quiek'"-t avenues of approach 'o , and departure from sindi point..". Vrob- j:' aide, lines of mareh of paretics ivrro S indicated, ivifh point?; frnm vihieh the ' , parades might be-t be ' ' iewed. ' ' '', EVIDENCE TAKEN IN RAIDS ON TERRORISTS. Ii videiier of the id'-sprea d nature of the plot includes a large number of jip'-rr- of mail, 1 eh-ra nib and messa ge;j delivered personally found iu places w here ra id s had be-u ma '1 on rad ical j center?. J Th'j LubjeM mailer of these nirag- rs j has b'-eu coin nmni'-a t ed () chief a of police in the cities concerned, and the ! loca) police officials are cooperating j;i with the po eminent n the in ejjlig.v j, turn. The :fo"''',0'."J asked of congress by lVj attorney general to fight the .nmb plot- 1 ters in in addition t ' " VMI) for the (Continued 011 P '.o Column. 3. PLI EXPLOSION If II CITIES (Continued from Page One.) department's bureau of investigation. "The comparatively recent violence and the attempted violence on the part of individuals associated with anarchistic anarchis-tic organizations" said Mr. Palmer in his lotter to congress, "discloses existing ex-isting conditions which render the supplemental sup-plemental estimate necessary in order that there may be ample means for protecting the public and enforcing the laws of the United States." KING INTRODUCES HIS ANTI-BOLSHEVIST BILL. Mr. Palmer also requested . authority to appoint the director of the bureau of investigation at a salary of $7500. This is the post to which William J. Flynn has been appointed. Senator King introduced in the senate sen-ate today the Overman committee's anti-Bolshevist bill and a number of similar measures were offered in the house. One imposes the death penalty upon aliens who throw bombs or explosives or do any act with the object of destroying de-stroying life or property. Another provides a penalty of imprisonment im-prisonment of from five to twenty years for disrespect of the flag. A third bill expels and excludes aliens who, to escape military Bervice, have withdrawn their declaration of intention in-tention to become citizens. Another bill prohibits immigration for three years. i |