New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
preparedness March
COntinueS-Deed
Laid to Crank.
NOTE TO PAPERS
GAVE WARNING
Suitcase on Curb Held
Time Explosive-Many
Spectators Injured.
rEv -,lss-spA 20 Ths rnsunel

Ss, Francisco, July IA liihe OVii'p'
.,,loded while the preparedness parade
-, ,ss.;nc to-day, killed at least SIX
,.-.ons snd injured not less than forty
..r, Two Of these were marchers'
-.,rvb the bomb blew a big gap
!, ,bs crowd. turning the throng OF
"a, women and children into
,h,nbles. the parade continued Inc
Nave Of iftv bands drowned the cries
=. the injured, and the bodies that
,.rsved the pavement and sidewalk
were quickly carried away.
It is possible that the death list Is
-. ,onnlete. 1.-TWO women standing
,,,;3e me were blown to bits" said
". Kjnsley Van Loon, Of Oakland
vbo with her two children, was IN
iured. The police say it is possiole
lis, the explosion was powerful enough
70 DESTROY bodies entirely.
Deed Laid to Crank.
II, deed was planned and carried out
,v ,,me one with a mind unbalanced oy
,.s ARGUMENTS for and against pre-
r,re5ness. District Attorney Charles
Y Fiekert declared in a statement IS
sued 20 night. ~
Last night letters were sent to all
the newspaper Offices, warning them
,he+ sonoe violence would be attempted
The police say that they took all pre-
cautions possible, but the bomb was
,o,cealed in a suitcase, which, stand
nc beside the curb, where II might nave
been dropped by any Of the thousands
~ country visitors in the city, attracted
no attention.
Sailor Suspect Arrested.
The police arrested Frank Joseph
son. g lodger in a sailors boarding
house. who cried, 81 didn't do it; l
didn't do it," and trembled violently
when he was being searched at the
station house. The police said he had
no, been accused Of anything.
The explosion occurred at Steuart
and Market Streets, two blocks from
The ferry building, on San Francisco S
main thoroughfare. A suitcase, IN
which the bomb was concealed, was
packed with cartridges, bullets, gas
pipe. glass and scrap iron. The one
story brick building near which the
suitcase stood was wrecked.
Warning Sent to Papers
All the newspaper Offices in San
Francisco yesterday received the warn
Ing communication, which was written
in Roman scrip, with an indelible
pencil, many of the words being
heavily underscored. The communica"
ton was signed "The Determined
Exiles from Militarstic Government
Italy, Germany, U. s., Italy, Russia
Russia" In several instances the
writer repeated himself. The com
runication read:
Editor: Our protests have been in
vain in regards 70 this preparedness
Propaganda, so we are going TO use a
little direct action on the 22d, which
Will echo around the earth and show
that frisco really shows how, and
That militsrism cannot be forced on US
and our children without a violent
protest
~, Things are going TO happen to show
mat We will go 10 any extreme. the
tsms as the controlling class, to pre-
tseTs what little democracy we still
nave Don't take this as Joke, or you
Will be rudely awakened. Awaken (sic)
we have sworn 20 do our duty TO the
masses and only send warnings 70 those
VINO are wise but who are forced TO
march 10 hold their jobs, as we want to
give only the hypocritical (sic) patriots
VINO shout for war, but never 60. real
TASTE Of war.
Challenge to Merchants.
Kindly ask the Chamber of Com
me'ee 70 march in a solid body If they
Nah' 70 prove they are no towards. A
oSOpy has been sent TO all the papers.
0Vt au'y has been done so far"
.;.LVery possible precaution, police Off
Sias said, had been taken TO avert the
disaster.
- 'Ae iorce OF the bomb piece OF
..ao pipe vas blown two blocks into
ne Northwestern Pacific Railroad wait
ne room. A womans gold watch, pre-
,;msoly belonging 10 one of the VIC
,s' "Ss' landed in q fruit stand block
aS half away.
through this violence the parade
svn'inued without break. The veter-
ems ems Of the Grand Army waiting in
STUART Street N fo11 into line escaped
eseath by hair, and proceeded with
.ne march. An ambulance, summoned
70 care for fainting spectator, stood
across Stuart Street when the explo-
.on occurred. The patient had his
.sg fractured and a man aiding the
suendsnts Iell with a fractured skull,
sat the ambulance steward was unin-
~ieo- de packed both men and some