Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-03
Letter Sent To Newspaper
Announces Blast To Be
Set OF In Capitol
I'VE STAND FOR PEACE
YET SELL WAR MATERIAL
perpetratOr Says He Is Not A
German But An Old FASH
Toned American
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Windsor, w., July "a corps \
of nine secret service men were :,
in attendance upon President !
Wilson here today. Extra pre-. ;,
cautions were taken to guard
the executive following the re. \
geipt of the news that bomb j
had been exploded in the capitol j
ar Washington. \
Joseph Murphy, chief of the 4
secret service agents will ride )
with the president at all times !
from now on when he goAs on !
automobile trips No person j
whose business is not known !
will be permitted inside the \
grounds or allowed about the \
entrance Of Harlakenden House i
where the president is spending \
his vacation. j
President Wilson learned of !
the shooting OF Morgan and the y
explosion upon returning from y
his morning game of golf. He \
made no comment and worked \
alone in his study until noon. j
A long important code dispatch \
regarding the Mexican situation \
was received from Washington \
at midnight. i
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Washington, July 3.-Any doub
bat may have existed that the ex
Iosion which wrecked the reception
'om on the east side Of the capito
nilding last night was caused by
Dmb was removed early today.
The Washington Times received ,
'tter, mailed an hour and half befor,
le explosion occurred, announcing tha
'ere would be a blast in the capitol.
me letter received by the Timet
lid:
THE unusual times and circum
'ances call for unusual means.
In connection with the senate af
'lr would 1t not be well to stop anC
pnSider what we are doingY
1--WE stand for peace and good viii
ward all men, yet, while our Euro
'an brethren are madly setting abour
I XII one another, we edge them OF
pa furnish them more effective means
murder.
We get rich by the expectation OF
SpIoslyes, but ought we to enrich our
'Iles when it means untold suffering
nd death to millions Of brethren anJ
leiF widows and Orphans
"lBy the way don't put this on the
'Imans or Bryan. | am an old fash
med American with a conscience, II
Is not sin to have a conscience.)
We are within the law when W,
axe this blood money, but are we alsc
l'h the moral law--the law of peace
we or Christ or whatever a Christian
alton may call IT,"
AFTER coufessing responsibility fol
'e explosion, the author Of the lettel
the Times, signed the name "R
'ar'e with a typewriter It wai
hem added.
This is the exclamation point II
plea for peace"
The letter was dated June /, but wa,
'l mailed until last night, the dat,
'l hour showing plainly on the post
'fh, II appeared that the writer
id been in Washington for severa
'Ns looking over the goyernemnt build
s', undetermined where 10 explod,
.e bomb The letter was evidentl,
'ii'en before the entrance to-the sen
= wing was chosen, because while tn,
'ier was Vpewritten. the word ''sen
was inserted in pencil in a blank
ace left for the word
After hours Of work the arthoritie.
enc without any clue a. 10 the eaase
ihe explosion except tha, furnished
the letter 20 the newspaper Roth
ly ami federal officials a-e conduct
z a rigid investigation. Before the
mes announced the recent Of the
yer the capitol police were inclined
withhold positive assertion that the
'.o'ion was caused by a bomb. They
.' ihey were not certain Of the cause
-I,ntendent Woods, however. said
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