Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-14

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Federa1 authori-
ties at Gary, Ind, where military con-
troll was established by Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood after the situation be-
came too threatening for state authort =.
ties to handle, have arrested the al
legged maker Of the bomb exploded op
the night Of June 3 in The doorway
Of A. Mitchell Palmer, and have OBJ
tanned evidence clearing up the bomb
plot Of May day and Juno ..
Evidence also has been obtained, 1t
was said. that revealed the entire ter
rorist organisation responsible for the
attempts against the lives Of law-en-
forcement officials who had been prom
inept in prosecuting radicals.
The man held in tie Palmer case ID
believed to have been the manufactures
Of bombs sent thru the mails from the
>Ginqble Brothers department store In
NesS York and timed to reach their
victims on May /. The peculiar style
Of manufacture and the ingenious con-
trivance Of the explosive has linked
them with a basement factory at Gary
by the federal troops.
Since the 1900 soldiers Of the Fourth
and Sixth divisions took control OF
Gary, Investigations have been shroud-
ed in secrecy. There has been stock
ade made in which to keep the PRISON.
ers. How many men are held In con-
nection with the nationwide plots be-
sides the bomb-makeF. has not been
revealed by the authorities.
Radical Leader Sought.
A radical leader named Ivanof. now
known, It is said, as the agent who
carried the Gimble bombs from Gary
to New York, is being sought. He was
last seen In Chicago several weeks ago
when he spoke at the I. w. w. conven-
ton here. He !s supposed to have
gone east.
The gun cotton and other high ex-
plosives In the bombs was obtained
from the Aetna powder works, four
miles east Of Gary, 1t Is said.
It also IL stated that the efforts Of a
radical to obtain q further supply of
the explosive led to the raiding of the
cellar bomb factory after operatives
had traced him there.
Bomb Maker Strike Leader.
While the federal authorities would
not announce the name Of the man
held as the bomb maker, 1t was stated
ne was steadily employed, In the steel
mills at Gary until Sept. %. and that
he was one Of the most radical Of the
agitators In the early part >of the
strike.
Only. few pieces Of the bomb at
the Mitchell home were recovered ard
they were 80 small that they were re-
garded az useless. They were COM
pared with the bombs found in tbs
Gary cellar. Revelation Of the bomb
plots came when there was found on
strikers at Gary four copies Of a Till
claiming to be an announcement Of the
Soviet program in America.
Colonel Mapes, commandant Of the
troops IN the steel zone, caused an in
vestigation OF ali printing shops to find
the shop where the>1ills were printed
but no results were0obtained.
sA Tracing lvanoff.
Near the scene Of the explosion of
one bomb some months ago was found
O. scrap Of paper printed in Chicago.
The papers entire subscription list
was obtained and, the names studied.
Among these names was that Of Ivan
of, who, 1t was noted was not only q
subscriber hut q contributor Of radical
articles. Ivanoff lived in Garys Intel
ligence officers said he had moved
three times IN. one month. He finally
moved to Miller. d Gary suburb. There
I = secret service man took house
where he might observe the Ivanoff
house. This agent disappeared two
weeks ago.
While Iyanoff was under observation.
the intelligence men said, 1t was dis
covered who manufactured the bombs.
Among these bombs were the thirty SIX
which became known az the Gimble
Z bombs because they were sent In wrap
ped packages bearing the name OF
Gimble Brok. store In New York. The
agents said these bombs were carried
to New York IN suit cases. Ivanoff
was an expert electrician employed In
I i large Mill near Gary. His plans. the
officers said, included the destruction
Of the factory whore he worked.
Tho cache of the dynamite and it,
Amount was not made public. but an
official saaA ~ presumed II Wa
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