Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-21
OFFICIALS SAY
THAT 1T ORIGINATED FROM
SAME SOURCE AS MANY SIM
LIAR RuMoRs HEARD
CONsPIRATORS SAID
TO BE ANARCHISTS
RIO JANEIRo POLICE UNCOVER
PLOT AND "RED" LEADER
TAKES TO FLIGHT - BATTLE.
SHIPS SAIL TOMORROW

i. i + II e a f
Washington, d. c., Jan. 90
The reported plot to blow up the
ships of the Atlantic battleship
feet at Rio Janeiro Is regard
ed at the White House as repe-
tttion of many of such runors
which are constantly being pre-
sented to secret service agents Of
the government by persons who
claim to possess information
which they are willing to part
with for consideration. No cred
ence is placed here In the exist
ence Of an actual plot. It is un.
derstood the information origin-
ated in Paris.
= %ssAsA .ss 4
Rio JaneIro, Jan. 20. There =
y We're no further developments =
= today, according to the local po- !
lice, In the efforts made to un- =
= earth the persons responsible :
= for the plot to destroy part Of !
v the American fleet. Several ar !
y rests have been made. The !
= band which is supposed to have .
organized the plot is made up =
= Of foreigners. .
So 80 n 4 49,
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 20.-An anarchis
tic plot. having as its object the de
struction of some of the American bat
tleships now in the Rio Janeiro har
Dor, has been discovered by the local
police.
The conspiracy, while centering in
Rio Janeiro and Petropolis, has rami
flcations in Sac Paulo and Minas
Geraes, and, 1t is said, was supported
and aided by French and German an
archists.
Jean Fedher, residing at Petropolis
Is alleged to have been the head ol
the local plotters. Knowing the polics
were searching for him, Fedher Is be
lieved to have fed to Sac Paulo ans
the police have been sent to tha'
place for the purpose Of apprehend
ing him. The chief Of the Rio Janeirt
police declares that Fedher will b.
arrested soon.
Official Note Tells Of Plot.
The following announcement, con
tained In an official note from the DO
lice chief, was made public today:
Some time before the arrival O
the American feet at Rio Janeiro, th,
Brazilian government received fron
Washington and Paris information
that anarchists of different national
tiles intended to damage one or sey
ar>0I nP tan oh inc 40 1~x..
fleet. The names and addresses q
the conspirators were Indicated by II
formation which the police here ha
received previously from France an
Germany The police of this distric
are working with the police Of Sa
Paulo and Minas Geraes, and an
sure every precaution will be exc,
cised and the most rigorous vigilanc
observed both on land and at sea t
prevent any injury being done"
The chief of police authorized tina
the statement of the plot was orgaI
lied by Fedner, and added that tn
people Of the United States could res
easy, as all of the conspirators ha
taken refuge in the interior.
Fleet to Sail on Tuesday.
The conspirators have but littl
time left to carry out their allege
| plot, as the fleet will sail on Tuesda
for its voyage through the straits !,
| Magellan. It's next stop will be g
Punta Arenas, within the strait.
where the armada will rest for fiv
days before it finishes the passag
through this forbidding body of waite
and heads northward for Callao.
| In the voyage through the straits {
Magellan, Lieutenant Commando
Jones' torpedo boat fiotilla will for tn
first time join the big ships at Sc;
/ This will necessitate altering the ori!
inal program of the hotilla, and Ii
visit to Buenos Ayres and MontevidS
| will be cut out.
After leaving Rio Janeiro probaB
no word will be had of the battleship
until they report at Punta Arenas.
/ Declares Law Unconstitutional