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Show THY TO BLOW UP EEHJUIEDIl Package of Dynamite Put Under Corner: Veteran Stamps Out Fuse ABERDEEiN, Wash.. Feb. 3. An H attempt to dynamlto the American Le- H glon building hern shortly after seven H o'clock last night was frustrated by H Henry G. Lancaster, a legionnaire. H who dlscoYered the smoklncr fuse of a H package of dynamite planted beneath H a corner of the building and stamped it out The package was found to con- H tain 28 sticks of dynamite, each with a percussion cap attached There were H about fifty members of the American H Legion in the building at the time. H BOMBER FLEES The dynamite was wrapped in a 'L copy of a Montesano, 'Wash., news- ! paper and had a ten-foot length of IH attached. LyH Lancastcrwns passing the legion building when ho saw a man crawling from It. "What's the matter?" asked Lan- H caster. woiinnir, tbe nui replied and i fled i Lnti raster's suspicions were aroused. j H nnd his investigation brought to light the package, which he turned over to !' the police after extinguishing the fuse. ? ! si K( II sr K I I l 1 Members of the legion of Aberdeen !!! nnd nearby towns are assisting the po- ! ! lice in the search for the bomber. ' !! It is believed here that the attempt ) la an afterinkth of the Centralla Arm- istlce day murder's when four former 1 iH service men were shot down. The !! Aberdeen legion took part in the early I ijH days' of tin- trial of the slayers in si guarding thn county Jail at Montesano ' IH where tin seven convicted men wen X H si MM ( Is .BBETD Two young men who gave their names as Ben Johnson and John i H Blfthe wen- arrested In the rail- road yards as they wore swinging on i H the rods on the Seattle-bound passen- X gcr train. A bundle of fuses similar j iB to those found in the dynamite pack- H age under tho legion building was found on Johnson, the police said. ! ! Fuses and a sm.-tll bottle of nltro- glycerin was found on Blake, accord- '! ing to the police. Johnson said Blake ! . gave him the fuses to carry, and Blake verified the Statement When arrested H both men were armed j |