Show I I I HUN HURLED B BOMB AT PARADE IS CHARGE Germans Accused of Outrage Outrage Out Out- rage for Which Mooney Was Convicted By Ely United Press SAN FRANCISCO April 26 The The San Francisco Daily Dally News prints the following story on what It declares is the tho ost reliable Information I Government authorities at Washington Washing Washing- ton are Investigating the following report report report re- re i I port That a n. circumstantial confession has hasI been made In San Francisco I Ing log official agents of of the German government government gov- gov I gov-I In the Preparedness day bomb j explosion I That this confession named a man mannow mannow now in South America as is s the criminal who was engaged t to throw tho the bomb and Germans in high position as those who hired him to do It That this man also was hired to carry out other explosions lons In and about San Francisco for the Germans Including one at the Mare Island navy yard That the Preparedness day parade plot was wholly a German government plan to terrorize those Americans In I favor of preparedness Every endeavor Is being made by I counsel for the present defendants in inthe inthe the bomb cases cases Mooney Mooney Billings etc to to secure the confession In full for tor immediate us In the bomb trials I U. U S. S OFFICIAL SKEPTICAL Harry Moffatt chief of the secret secret ecret service department here when asked regarding his knowledge of the confession confession confession con con- said I A story that certain German consular consular consular lar representatives had made a sion slon came to my attention about a month ago Shortly afterward I re received received received re- re a message from Washington of officials officials officials of- of saying they had heard oft his II confession 1 sent them back my records records rec rec- for every day showing that no such matter had come to m my attention and that I had received no such confession confession confes conies sion from anyone I also telegraphed that there there- was no foundation to such sucha a a. report t. t |