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Finger Print Is Bomb Clew as Big Net Is Set Continued from i>ur<" ? process, found the outlines of half n finger tip fajntly traced in white just ut the bend of the bottle neck. A photograph was made of the mark, and finger prints of radicals now in ?he police library will be compared. Reproductions in all probability will niso be sent broadcast, it being inti? mated that, if necessary, a round-up of radicals believing in this form of di? rect action will be made and their thumb prints taken for comparison. Postal Inspector J. J. Doran an? nounced that through various col- : lectors it was definitely established that the packages were mailed between Friday night and Saturday night hist, that they all had been wrapped with the forged Cimbel label and that they been mailed from three mail boxes. Postage Not Insufficient The first opinion that the plans of the plotters went wrong through in? sufficient postage was set at naught esterday by the disclosure that the packages were held up not for lack i| postage but because a postal clerk wanted a stricter interpretation of the postal laws hearing on the passage of package;-. It was pointed out that many articles of merchandise are permitted to go; through the mails sealed at parcel post rates, such as soaps, proprietary medicines and canned foods, provicl ng the contents of the package are indicated on the outside and the name' of the-sender is thereon. The fact ; hat the present bomb packages bore the' marks "Sample" and ".Novelty" caused it to be questioned whether they came within the parcel post privi? lege. A clerk took the stand that they ought not to be sealed and held them for interpretation by his superior. It, vas during this detention on a teehni ? al point that the discovery of their ? ontents came about through a de? scription of them and their deadly printed in The Tribune. Follow Typewriter Clew The clews that are being followed by the detectives hinge on the typ ? writer that was used to write <he names of the intended victims on the wrappers and the cut used to embel 1 ?i I. the wrapper. inspector Owen Eagan, ? : n expert ? the Fire Department, yt sterday con ? nyed his inspection of the various in? fernal machines. Four of the p- : were opened by him ami I: spector E'au vot in the basement of 1'elice Head? quarters. a:r.<:!irr thm being the package addressed to Mayer Hylan, Police Com oner Enright an i P. >eke * the parcels Mr. Pagan said ? ???.: ,i sim'ua t quantity of dyna ? te and a vial o? sulphuric acid. A of finger print experts were ? to photographing the inside of th? rappings and parts of the mechanism. ?'(dice captains also were instructed from headquarters to notify all patrol : en to make inquiries among dealers .ii glassware and wooden boxes cor. : reci a les of vials and boxes ,-erl in preparing the bombs I ? n c Evidei ? thai every package going ' ?' rough ? le ma ils ; < beins: exa closely was brought to light yesterday up of ?<>. package ad dn rsed to Judge Eugene A. Philbin. A clerk at the postomce m the Federal ?'.?. coming aero-s this bundle, ivhich. seemed to him suspicious, r< ferred it to his chief. The police of the Pirst Precinct, at South and Front streets, were notified. -Mr. Eagan and Detective Wallace ap SPRING With the advent . ? spring, ihcrc comes to many that languid feeling commonly called Spring fever. ?he blood is sluggish; the nerves have lost their snap ; the whole system is sadly in need of a tonic Well, the best spring tonic in the world is a little common sense in dieting. And right here let it be un? derstood that dieting is a selective, not necessarily a restrictive process. Simply choose the proper kind of food for the season; then be guided bv the appe? tite. At CHILDS may be found nn appealing variety of season? able dishes which nourish without depressing. Freth fruit?, cereal?, egg?, vegetables, ioladi and dainty de?tert? are aome of the Springattractionsat CHILD 3 pcared and took the package to the ! First Precinct station, and there, in the presence of numerous photogra? phers, reporters aiul "policemen, cau? tiously proceeded to open it. It proved ? to be a legislative manual sent to Judge ! Philbin trenn the ollice of the Secre tary of State of New York, .Mrs. John J. Lapham, of 46 East. Sixty-seventh Street, also pave the po-: lice a ?.?can- with a box senl to her Wednesday. Mr. Eagan found the out,-! side marked, "(??ass. Be careful," with ? the name of Plumberidge, 12;U Madison : Avenue, printed on an outside label.; The package was placed in a tub ofj water, and when later cautiously; opened proved to contain candies and i fruits sent to .Mrs. Lapham by a friend. Federal "Red Squad" Has 2,500 Listed as Dangerous Radicals The "Red Squad'' of the Department ? of Justice, under direction of Chief William Offley and Kay W. Fitch, o"" of the agents to whom a bomb was mailed, operated all day yesterday j among the radical groups. Chief' OfHey was not inclined to discuss the j affair, except to say that progress was made. Every Federal investigating agency m the country joined in the hunt fov i the terrorists. State Department" oper- ! atives on the Mexican and Canadian borders, have been instructed to prevent the escape of certain fugitive' radic?is sought ill connection with the bombs mailed from New 'fork. At the same lime the government agents who investi? gated the Bolshevik propaganda funds coining to this country from L?nine and Trotzky were ordered to ascertain the; whereabouts of the propaganda leaders. P was stated last night that a defi ? itc policy was to be adopted toward the radical press. A Federal official said a campaign to eliminate the ultra radical press was about to start. ''Free? dom." a new magazine, published at 133 East Fifteenth Street, has been. in the attention of the United States Attorney because of an editorial appearing in the last issue attacking the Victory Loan. The Victory Loan ttee lias presented the matter to Washington, with a recommendation thai drastic action be taken. The "Red Squad" has the records of more than 2,500 agitators in the New York district alone. These tiles show > that there are more than half a mill ion persons in and near New York who are "Reels" or sympathizers. The ofli- : cials point out that more than 85 per cent of the radicals are aliens who are subjects for deportation. !-.( Department e>f Justice agents have for the first time turned their at? tention to the "highbrow" radicals when searching for the men responsi? ble for a bomb outrage. This group is composed of professional pacifists, paci? fist editors and teachers. United States Marslyil McCarthy said he thought the outbreak was a revival of the anarchist eiutrages in the Middle West. Two Bomb Packages Sent to Cimbel Bros. For Extra Postage 'p.'.? of the bombs mailed from this city were returned to Cimbel Bros." store ?'or additional postage and sent on their way with the- required stamps.' according to the recollection of John H. Delaney, mail clerk at the depart n ml store. They were directed to Senator William II. King and Frank K Ncbeker, at Salt Lake City, Utah, I and reached that city yestei'day. ; Mr. Nebeker was special United] States Attorney in the trial of the | I. W. W. leaders in Chicago. Sena tor King has been active in investi- j gating anti-government propaganda. Delaney saw the- he>mb plot story i Wednesday night and read it with spe- ? cial interest when he saw that the con- ! spirators had wrapped their deadly] parcels in imitation of packages sent I out hy Cimbel Bros. The description ' of the boxes convinced him that he had I handled two on Monday which had been brought to the store to have more stamps put on. He believes he eliel < so simply as a matter of routine, and1 the postal records bear out his recol- \ lection. Delaney Shook Package Delaney did more than handle the boxed-up bombs. He' picked one up, examined it closely and shook it be ?ide his ear, trying to determine: the rial re of its contents. He heard only: nt rustling, supposed the package came from the drug department, and! after turning the two packages over] to Manager Chapman of the shipping department, forgot all about them un? til he read the bomb story in the new.>- ; apei By 'hat time the bombs had; ? Gimbel's on their way back to the po8toffice. Delaney did not seem able to realize ; ?.< terday how nearly he hael come to a tragedy. : La ? Monday morning, Delaney said, ) he noticed in the mail two packages ? arked "sealed against inspection," ? notai on 'rum the postol?ice ; ? for eighteen cents' postage in - i'" ' ?? ? ."?.?????.? ?r.??. ' [ I? ? ? "? !.. '"?.?"?' ,? ' ""' ' ''" """ " '.% MONSTER VICTORY LOAN MEETING PERSHING'S OWN BAND ADMIRAL SIMS Lt.-Col. Frank F. Evan?, C. B. E., D. S. O., R. A. Eminent Operatic Arti?ts and Musical Comedy Stur? AT THE HIPPODROME SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 4TH ?t 8:15 P. M. NO SEATS HELD AFTER 8:30 lifiMtt m?y be had on application at the Allied T'h?-ntricnl Victory Loan Committee, 1587 Broadway; Liberty Loan Committee, Room 2534, 120 Broadway, ?r at th? HippodtroOM Box Office. W--i.'n . ".::.~.- :. ,'f ' "irrr-r.:?:-??.. -r--.'.:... ??. .-??. ? -1 f / stead of six, because they were sealed ] and therefore first-class matter. It Was Marked "Sample" "I noticed at once that the packages ' were not wrapped as our packages usually are for mailing," said Delaney. "For one thing, they were marked 'sample.' That puzzled me, for I was j not used to having outbound packages going through my hands marked 'sample.' "Thinking it might be something : from the drug department, T picked one of the packages up and shook it vig? orously beside my ear to see if I could tell what was inside. I heard seime thing shake, but could not make out the contents. "I am almost certain that one of the packages was addressed to Senator King and the other to the District At- : torney, both at Salt Lake City, Utah. I noticed the address particularly, be cause the name of the town was type written in capital letters, ami 'Salt' was spelled 'Sault.' The paper with the typing on it had been pasted to the wrapping on the package-. The pack? ages must have weighed about six ounces, because at first class rates, three cents an ounce, the packages called for eighteen cents postage- each, instead of six. Turned Over to Another "Manager Chapman, of the shipping elepartment, thirteen floors below me. happened in. 1 showed the two pack? ages to him. Because of the wrappings am! the pculiar aeldrcss he though.' some customer of the store liad been sending out some stuff with a Cimbel identifying mark on it. and by sealing the packages had unintentionally made them tirst-class matter. "1 gave him the two packages and he said: 'I'll take' care of them.' It is my understanding that they ulti? mately reached a. driver and left the store on the way to the postoffice without our knowing what they really were." When a' the postoffice yesterday, comparing the bombs there with the two he had handled, Delaney gave the detective and postoftice inspectors a scare. In order to show how he had examined the two bombs, lie ?cached over and shook" one of the postoffice bombs vigorously besieh? his ear. ... "For the love of Mike!" yelled the de? tectives, springing to stop Delaney's illustration. "How did you feel when you realized that you had been shaking dynamite alongside your head?" Delaney was asked. "Cosh," he replied. "Now 'hat I think of it, it was some performance, wasn't it ?" Socialists Put Blame For Bomb Outrage on Official "Tyranny" Prominent Socialists in this city yes terday characterized the sending of bombs to prominent persons through? out the country as the work of some mentally unbalanced group. Some- of them expressed the opinion that the bomb plot was "a police frame-up, de? signed to throw a shadow on labor's May 1 demonstration." Judge Jacob Panken, of the Munici? pal Court, said: "At first 1 was inclined to think the bomb plot was a police frameup, but T am now of the opinion that the bombs were mailed by some mentally unbal? anced persons. It is indeed a tragedy I that the political and industrial situa- ] tion in our country is such as to give i impetus to such dastardly deeds. "The riots on the part of uniformed men throughout the city and their at? tacks on peaceful meetings are only . one of the manifestations I allude to when 1 say that tyranny breeds violence and the only cure for violence is the abolition of political tyranny." Raymond R. Willcox, business man ager of "The Call," said: "This is the work of some crack brained fools, in my opinion. Still? it is not strange when such fools are driven to violence in the face of such I disgraceful scenes as we witnessed at j our meetings and at our new office yesterday. I would advise the powers that be in this country to take heed of this bomb plot, for it is a dangerous sign of the times." Ryan Walker, noted Socialist speaker anel cartoonist, said: "This bomb plot looked on the face of it like a frame-up by some detec? tives, but latest development-, show the contrary. We Socialists have al? ways cautioned the working class against violence." Julius Gerber, secretary of the So? cialist party, .said: ""Some crack-brained anarchist fools are responsible for this. It is too bad I that conditions now are such as to. iced the crazy imaginations of such people." George Goebel, member of the na tional executive committee of the So? cialist party, when seen at the Rand School yesterday at the time of the assault upon the school by sailors anel i soldiers, said: "It is scenes such as you witness now that are responsible for some pen pie going wild and trying to resort to violence. They can gain nothing by it, but all the- same it is .significant that riots on the part of conservatives usu- ; ally lead to violence on the other side." Bomb Sent to Overman Only One Now in Mail, Belief in Washington WASHINGTON, May J. Belief was expressed by postoffice officials to? night that most, if not all. of the bombs mailed from New York City is part, of an Anarchist May Day pint against the lives of public men. had been found. Checking of reports from postal in? spectors in various parts of the country : showed only one infernal machine, ad dressed to Senator T.ec S. Overman, of North Carolina, got through during the past twenty-four hours, although press dispatches "said two bombs, addressed to Senator William II. King, of Utah. and Frank K. Nobekor, an attorney, hud been intercepted in the Salt Lake City Postoffice. The department tonight; had received no reporl from Salt Lake City. Ali-iliie-.;..', of a postal clerk at Salis? bury, N. ("., Senator Overman's home ! i'.vn, prevented the delivery of the I iii'idiuie to the Senator. The motive' of the senders was thought to be the fact that as chairman of the Senate Committee investigating anti-American ; activities and disloyal propaganda Sen- j ator Overman had won the enmity of : the radical element. Unusual precautions were taken in Washington to protect Cabinet mem- ? bers and court officials from bomb at? tacks. There were similar precautions in other cities, and Mean while the en? tire postal service was watching to pick | up stray infernal machines lying about . like so many floating mines, but. ap- ', parently dangerous only to those per- j sons with curiosity enough to break i the seals. Work of Bomb Makers \ Easily identified. Says San Francisco Expert SAN FANCISC?, May 1. A squad of j police was detailed to-day to guard the children of District Attorney Charles M. Fickert, who prosecuted 'foin Mooney and to whom one of the New; York bombs was addressed. Fickert, who is ill in a hospital, received in? formation that the terrorists had planned to harm or kidnap his three children and notified the police. The Fickerl home is being guarded night and day. Discovery of the identity of the makers of the bombs may hinge on the. wooden containers that held the acid and explosives, is the belief of the local authorities. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Kelly, ancx pert mill man and wood? worker, declared the receptacles that carried the death charges were the work of ane.\ pert mechanic and had peculiarities that would make it easy for any other mechanic who hail worked with him to detect his work? manship-; He declared the manner in which the maker had held his tools is unusual and is plainlyindi nu aoinu is unusual and is plainly indicated. "The little tricks that a woodworker uses can be identified like his hand? writing," said Kelly. "It should not be a hard matter to trace the origin of these containers if a New York ex? pert examined them closely and then went among the woodworking estab? lishments of the city and called their peculiarities to the attention of t lu? men in charge." Police of Two Cities Armed W it h Shotguns, But Do !Sot Use Them WASHINGTON. May 1. Police forces in two cities were armed with shotguns to-day to handle May Day demonstra- ' tions, but in neither case were the weapons used, according to reports| reaching here to-night. In Omaha all police effectives were: armed with shotguns and stationed around the 1. W. W.-Socialist ren? dezvous, where radicals had threatened j to hold a mass meeting to-night "by force if necessary." The building was j dark and the doors locked at 0 o'clock ? to-night, but large crowds had gathered i BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS in front and were bein;r driven back by the police guards. In Buffalo 100 policemen armed with shotguns preventeel the May Day parade planned for this afternoon. All hotel waiters and cooks in Phila? delphia walked out for the day. but employers said to-night that the" strik? ers would not be taken back. Six thousand railroad workers in Denver went on strike, and in mass meetings declared for a nation-wide strike of all railroad employes in case of return of the raiiroads to private management. Nearly three thousand building tradesmen in Syracuse walked out. Twelve thousand more in Detroit laid down their tools for th ? day. Three companies of County Guards were' called into the city of Tampa, Fla., by the Mayor to cope with strik? ing cigar makers, who walked out for the day and attempted demonstrations. in Lawrence, Mass., sympathizers with the textile strikers clashed three times with the police, but no one was injured. A few shots were fired. Othei strikes were reported in Sioux City and Omaha. 25 Reds Captured By Police in Montreal MONTREAL, May 1. Twenty-live red flags, carried by radicals in a May Day parade here to-day, were seized by the police, in fulfillment of an ordi? nance which forbids the carrying of Bolshevik banners. When the procession was starting the police rushed it, captured all the 1 flags and arrested a good many of the demonstrators. Six men were also arrested for dis? tributing literature which contained a fiery appeal to all workers to join the revolution and establish the dictator? ship of the proletariat. A special ap? peal was made to the returned soldiers to join their fellow-workers, but squads of the returned men prepared to give the police a hand in case any more red flags were produced. Two Policemen Shot, 100 Arrested in Boston BOSTON, May 1. Rioting followed several May Day meetings in the Rox bury district, late to-day. Two police? men were shot and some twenty per? sons were arrested. Trouble occurred at different points in the vicinities of the meetings. One gathering which had not broken up late in the day was being watched by the police. The worst of the riots started when a police officer sought to take a red flag away from a man leading a parade of fifty or seventy-five persons. The rioting lasteel but a short time, squads of police arriving on the scene within a few minutes and ending the parade, which had followed a meeting said to have been attended by radicals. Patrol wagons continued to bring in arrested persons, a large percentage of whom were women, and by 4:30 o'clock one hundred persons were under ar? rest. The trouble started wTien the po? lice halted what they considered an anti-patriotic parade. 2 Arrested, Policeman In Hospital as Result of Newark Street Battle NEWARK, May 1. -Two men were arrested and a policeman is in the hospital as the result of a riot here to-night at Broome Street and Spring? field Avenue. A May Day meeting was scheduled to be held in New Union Hall at this point. Noticing a man distributing circu? lars in front of the hall. Patrolman Edwarel Fair went over to get a sam? ple. When he got near the- crowd some one h'* him on the head with an um? brella. Then umbrellas rained on him. He was knocked down and trampled on by the enthusiastic radicals. Two civilians came to the officer's rescue, but were having a hard time of it until one of them blew a police whistle. This scattereel the crowd before the arrival of reserves from the 1st and 2d precincts. Fair clung to two of his assailants. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he was treated for scalp wounds and body bruises. The men arrested are charged with inciting to riot. BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS Ole Hanson Would Hang A l IL W.W.'s Offers to Lead Wholesale Execution if Govern? ment Doesn't Clean I'p TOPEKA, Kan.. May 1.- In a Vic? tory loan address to-day before the Topeka Chamber o: Commerce Mayor Ole Hanson, of Seattle, de? nounced the policy pursued by the gov? ernment toward anarchism and the I. \Y. W. as a "skim milk. weak, vacil? lating and changeable" one and pro? nounced a warning of a "widespread, national effort to overthrow the gov? ernment and society by violence." He declared the government was "on the wrong track in starting conferences instead of cemeteries in dealing with the I. W. W." and "in singing of brotherly love and turning loose these enemies of society." "1 trust Washington will buck up and clean up and either hang or in? carcerate for life all the anarchists in the country. If the government doesn't clean, them up 1 will. I'll give up my mayorship and start through the country. We will hold meetings and have hanging places." He declared lie believed the I. W. W. was at the bottom of the late bomb plot. "The conspiracy to overthrow the government is widespread. It per? meates every state in the Union. The I. W. W. have followers everywhere." he continued. "These men must be ruled by a rod of iron; kindness means' weakness to them.'' 1. W. W. ism in America to-day is the same as Bolshevism in Russia, Mayor Hanson declared. "You may be willing to take the trouble to deport these traitors." he asserted, "but I am ready to hang them to the first convenient light pole." "The cry for food is the first <le mand of mankind," said Mayor Hanson. "Bolshevism is an alluring doctrine, and it is not surprising that it ap? pealed to hungry Russians. But it will gain no footing in America un? less the injustices under which labor has suffered in the past continue, and a period of unemployment, and conse quenl hunger follows." -Hi Irish Workers Quit to Join May Day Strike LONDON. May 1. All Irish workers except those in the northern parts of the island ceased- work to-day. The railroads, newspapers, factories, shops and other industries are closed in com? pliance with the order from the pow? erful Transport Workers' Union. Although the one-day strike will not be observed in the north, there will be labor demonstrations and proces? sions in the cities there. Civil ser? vants in Dublin have been officially notified any absenting themselves from work to-day will be liable to instan; dismissal. KOMI-:, May 1. All work was en? tirely suspended in Rome to-day. Al! shops were closed and there was no means of transportation, except by rail? road, the automobiles, streetcars and 'busses being idle. The walls of the city were placarded with manifestoes. Some urged, with strong language, that the workingmen vindicate their rights, while others pointed to the destitution and cruelties ' brought about by Bolshevism in Rus > sia. All public meetings and processions Were prohibited, the police and military , taking measures to maintain order. "Call" Charges Loan Worker Le<i Attack on Fis Office "The New York Call" this morning attributes the attack upon its office and later upon Madison Square (Jar den to "uniformed thugs" and "uni? formed hoodlums." It also charges that Louis Kuhle or Kukle, a speaker for "The Government Loan Organization," was the ring leader. BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS Your Furs? Are They Safe? YOU would not want to carry with yon, throughout your summer at the shore or the mountains, the disquieting fear that your furs were not safe. Particularly when the absolute assurance^ofi their security can be purchased^oeconomfe?Uy, bystoring them in the Balch Price vaults. Furs packed away at home are never safe. Theft and fire are only two.of the dangers. The insidious moth-egg will hatch in spite of cedar chests and camphor balls. And the moth, seeking the minute drop of oil at the root of each hair, eats off the nap of your fur; doing serious and costly damage. 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