Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-08
ACTIVITY IN BDMBkAkN|t
Constantly Improving Effect
iveness of these Weapons
UTILIZING LIQUID AIR
Easiest Made Set IN Motion ~ gism-
ply Inserfing--EGplosis NscsA
Basis of CELEBRATES Most s0Uu idg--
able - Percussion Bomfa HnS1s
Those With Fuses Out Of FsshIsn-

A0 iiONh QaANNA3AS ANAS1k1~ -
cent bomb outrages is not their NUM-
Der, though the increasing frequency
OF such outrages. indicatiuS Us IA
does that the ranks OF the anarchists
are ever being reinforced. is a max
ter of the greatest concern To every
civilized Government Ia the WORLD
The most alarming sign is shn CON
tinaal Improvement that IS being
made Ia the construction OF hosnhs-
Recently. In various countries.
bombs have accidentally exploded Ia
the hands OF their makers and have
created havoc over quite a wide area.
ia more than one instance wrccking
whole floors of hotels or houses.
Then. too. the number OF persons,
who can be killed by single bomb sR
now much greater than II was when.
these engines OF destruction we're
first introduced
The time has not vet arrived when
a man or group Of amen can destroy q
citv but bombs are becoming more
and more powerful, and anarchists
are becoming. apparently, more and
moro numerous. As matter OF fact.
however, the great majority OF bomb
makers are unable, owing to lack OF
education and skin, to make f,iil uss
~ the means of destruction at tho
command of clever chemist When
such man as Morales, who threw
the bomb at King Alfonso. turns
anarchist, the result can be appai-
ling. He was profound studcEh OF
chemistry and a practical chemist
and he made a bomb which literally
scattered death.
The ordinary anarchists and RUS
Sian Terrorists are far from possess
Ing Morales skill, though the Rus
slams have among their number aeyG-
raj able bomb makers. Even I'm Russia
however. the deaths due to the acci-
dental discharge OF bombs have re-
Gently been almost as numerous ar
the demonstrations. In Warsaw. for
Instance, roomful of the usengictk
remains OF bomb makers was found
after one explosion.
A writer in a French paper DE
scribes some OF the methods at pres
ent In use OF manufacturing bombs
and Internal machines. The num-
Der OF explosives that can be used is
remarkable. The easiest bomb 10
make. and. therefore. the one Tat
has been most employed by terror
lists, Is set in operation merely by
turning II upside down THIS is Enns
orally made OF good -sized tin his
cult box, or any similar box IL fs,
xrtf sse.x4t
more than half filed with csrefullg
prepared mixture OF chlorate oil po-
tassium and ordinary sugar. Into
this a small bottle OF a certain acid
IL introduced. and theNrest OF the
space In the box u filled with nails
and scraps 81 metal
The ia having been soldered ON
the machine is ready for use All the
anarchist has to do II TO place tina
box upside down at the place where
he wants the explosion TO occur and
then to take to his heels. Tie ncsd
quickly eats through the cork Of xhus
bottle, mingles with the chlcrate of
potassium and the bomb goes OFT
with disastrous results TO any hap
less person or persons who may
chance to be In the vicinity. The lat
est improvement In this class Of
bomb is to cover the box with cus-
ing OF cement. which by fits resist
ance adds to the force of the expIo-
sion.
Percussion bombs and bombs with
fuses are out OF fashion, and are now
only employed by anarchists very
backward In the science Of chemistry.
Explosives with a basis OF chic
rates are the most formidable. Take
for instance. asphaline. the nasis "
which is chlorate OF potassium and
bran, and which is set OFF BY powder.
either the famous green POWDER
which is exceedingly powerful. and
into the composition of which enter
chlorate of potassiurl, picric acid.
and another product, or Turpfu
powder. in which proportion or
pitch gives such Elasticity that IT. can
be handled almost without danger
Then there is the bomb filed with
a mixture of guncotton and bicsos
mate of ammonium. and having rn-
tonator of illuminate, and aDssFrrr
made or pierre acid and oxide or itSS1s-
But these are far from being asR
of the wearons in the arsenal or th0
up-to-date bombmaker. IN II VIC
find. in addition to dynamites ana
nitroglycerine smokeless powd~~
(camphorated collodion.) melenife
and lyddite (picric acid liqneiied.A
cresylite, ecrasite, and many others
Chemists say that In the near fur
ture liquid air and liquid aeerlyE@s
will be employed in the manufactures
of bombs, II Is even asserted tltns
wireless telegraphy may be employed
by the anarchists 1t Is said that n
recent invention permits bomb Of
liquid air being set off from a dts
lance at any time chosen by the an
archist by means OF a wireless cry
rent. This would render the discSsr
cry Of the perpetrator OF the crlnmT
practically impossible.