The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-15

Chicago, Oct. 14-Military author
ties at Gary, the home of the big stee
mills, announced today that they hopec
TO have the maker of the Gimbel and
other bombs which have startled ,h5
country in the past year, under arrest
within a few hours.
Secret service men said they knew
the name, habits, and manufacturing
methods Of the Individual who. they
claimed, has made most Of these
bombs. They announced also that they
had uncovered a plot to assassinate ;he
mayor Of Gary, discovered great stores
OF dynamite near Gary, and traced the
printing Of Red circulars to Indian
apolis.
They said they had arrested the man
who blew up an entrance of the Chi
cagO postoffice a year ago.
Pemature announcement in Chi
cago paper this morning of some lrat
ures of the Gary Red" story. military
authorities there said had partly
thwarted their plans for clearing out
what they had reason to believe was
one Of the central committees Of dy-
namiters in this country. This story
said that Alexander Ivanoff had been
arrested as the principal bomb-maker.
Colonel Mapes, commander Of the fed.
oral troops at Gary announced this
afternoon that Ivanoff had not been
arrested, but that authorities We're
looking for him, Army intelligence
officers said that Ivanoff was the Gin
bel bomb-maker.
Near the scene of the explosion of
one bomb some months ago, these au-
thorities said, was found scrap OF a
newspaper printed in Chicago. The
papers entire subscription lists We're
obtained and the subscribers names
studied.
Selections were among these names
as likely to lead to developments. one
such name was Alexander IvanOff,
who, it was noted, was not only a SUD
scriber, but a contributor Of radical
articles
Ivanoff lived in Gary. First intel
that he had moved three times in one
month. because his neighbors in Gary
professed to be scandalized at the mum
Der Of strange men, each carrying Il
suit case seen entering Ivanoff's place,
Thought Him II BOOtlegger
Some neighbors complained that they
were sure he was Il bootlegger. Ivan
off finally moved to Miller, a Gary
suburb There a secret service man
took / house from which he might oh
serve the lyanoff domicile. This fed
eral agent, intelligence department men
announced today, disappeared about
two weeks ago The causes Of his
disappearance and what became Of him
are unknown to them, his brother Of
lIciuls said They are conducting a
widespread search for him.
During the time that Ivanoff was
under observation, the Intelligence men
said, it was discovered that ne was a
manufacturer Of bombs. Among these
bombs the officers said, We're 36 which
became known throughout the country
as the "Ghnbel bombs because they
were sent in wrappings purporting TO
come from Gmbel Brothers store IN
New York. These wrappings, officers
said. were faxed and Gimbel Brothers
had no connection, other than the
forged use of their name, with the
handling of the Internal machines. The
Gary officials said they had discovered
that these 80 bombs We're carried to
New York from Gary in suitcases.
lvanoff. the alleged bomb-maker,
they said. was an expert electrician
employed in a large mill near Gary.
There they claimed he started his
bombs, taking them home for the fin
ishing work. His plans, the officers
asserted included finally the destruc-
ton of the factory where he worked.
Much Dynamite Found
The cache Of the dynamite and IT'S
amount was not made public today,
tut an official who described it said
that he presumed there was enough
TO blow about all northern Indiana
off the map"
Officers at Gary asserted that they
had taken into custody the man who
dynamited the Chicago postoffice this
year. This explosion cost four lives.
The officers here said that the dyna-
inter had been released from confine-
ment in order to help in the search
for Ivanoff. but that he was so close
ly watched that he could not escape.
Two letters threatening the life Of
Mayor w. +. Hodges of Gary were
seized by military authorities. one Of
these disclosed a plot to blow up his
residence.
Capt. w. S. r. Greenough of the
Indiana state guards said that he is
searching East Chicago for Reds al
legged to be intimate with the Gary
suspects.
The inflamatory circulars found here
yesterday, il was announced, had been
devised in Gary, the copy sent to In
dianapois for printing, the circulars
sent to Chicago and then brought to
Gary for distribution.