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Show MACHINERY OF : I U. S. AT WORK I Those Responsible for Factory H Explosions and Other Acts H of Violence to Be H Punished. H MASS OF EVDIENCE ; I Collection of More Than a H Year's Work "Mountain H High" Enormous Ger- H man Conspiracy 1 H Washington, Nov. 22. The whole ! H machinery of the United States gov- H eminent will be employed to run j j down and punish those responsiblo il Tor factory explosions, intimidation of labor and other acts of violence Hl against American industries. ThiB Is B made clear in an announcement by fil Attorney General Gregory who calte I upon state authorities to use equal 11 vigor in dealing with lawlessness be- ft fl yond the reach of federal BtatuteB. M The lawless acts ,can only be sup- ! pressed, according to officials, 6 M through the co-operation of state of- ! ficials and labor leaders with the fed- 1 M eral authorities. f l Mountains of-Evldence. i'1 New York, No22. All the evl- !H dence gathered by the agents of the llH United States government here bear-, JH ing on plots to prevent war munitions liH from reaching the entente allies will H be submitted to the federal grand 11 jury probably this week. It Is under- V1IH stood that a blanket indictment will H be asked against all persons involved. 11 The mass of evidence collected is f IH described by federal officials as IlH "mountain high." It Is the result of ill more than a year's work. It involves ffl H Bcores .of persons operating, it is t!H charged, as an organization, the di- H!H rection of which was in the hands of jll a few men. Hl It is asserted that directors of the HRH alleged conspiracies controlled, a Ger- ftl man fund of ?40,000,000. The evidence ffjH is understood to cover the whole field ? of criminal activity in America in the Jfjl traffic of fraudulent passport!?, plots jB to blow up steamships carrying war ajl munitions to the allies, fires and ex- H plosions in munition plants, efforts to i !H foment strikes In those plants, and OH efforts to buy control of munition III |