Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-01
GENERAL ALARM
OUT OVER NATION
AGAINST BOMBS
Detectives Rounding Up
Radicals on Threat Of
May Day Terror.
EVERY VICTIM SOUGHT
WAS FOE OF DOLsHEUsM

New York. April 30.-WIth the
discovery, today, in the New York
postoffice OF the sixteen Internal
machines addressed to members of
the cabinet ard supreme court and
ether notable men, In addition to
six more that have been. delivered
to prominent men in various parts
of the country, federal detectives
tonight started search for the
senders OF the dangerous missives.
A slip on the part of the sender Of
the Internal machines coupled with the
sharp wit of a postoffice clerk were all
that prevented the bombs from being
delivered The sixteen packages were
mailed Saturday night in box some
where in the neighborhoed of Thirtieth
Street and Broadway. They bore parcel
post postage but were sealed with red
waters and. therefore. could be accepted
only as first class matter Accordingly.
they We're sent to the general postoffica
10 be referred back TO the sender
Hardwick Explosion Foiis Plot.
Each parcel had the name of Gimbel
Brothers printed on it and the depart
ment store was notified but failed to
answer. Early this morning Charles
karlan. a postcfflce cless. read in g.
newspaper of the bomb sent TO Senator
Hardwick. of Georgia. The description
of the package containing the bomb
struck him and he hurried back to the
postoffiee and examined the detailed
parcel. He then notified the superinten-
dent OF his suspicious and the packages
were sent to Chief Postaffice Inspector
". f. Cochran. Explosives experts were
called III BY Inspector Cochran and one
Of the parcels was opened It contained
small phial fastened 10 the top of
polished basswood cylinder. Examination
revealed that the cylinder could not be
opened without breaking the bottle.
Stick of Dynamite Inside.
The breaking Of the bottle would re-
lease chemical which. in turn. would
ignite three illuminate Of mercury caps
resting on a stick of dynamite. The
whole bomb showed evidences of skilled
Later. representative of Gimhei
Brothers, called on Inspector Cochran
and. after examining the parcels, deciar-
ed the wraprings had never originated
in the department store. He pointed out
thar the outside covering was OF high
IL glazed. expensive type OF paper such
as would not be used by any depart
ment store for mere wrapping paper.
The inner box, containing wooden
cylinder was also made of very fine
grade of green cardboard, unlike any in
ordinary use Each Of the parcels meas
ured eight inches in length. two in depth
and two in width.
Pretended Sample. 81
On the back of each parcel was stamp
ed in red:
"Noyelties-A Sample The officials
who are in charge of the investigation
believe that the very elaborateness OF
the would-be assassins' preparation may
prove their undoing, as affording Ger
tain clues TO their identity.
From information available tonight.
1t was apparent the makers of the bombs
hoped to exterminate every one who
has been prominently involved in the
prosecution or deportation az members
of the /. w. W.
Not only were officers of the immi-
grafton bureau marked for destruction.
but also the authors of the bin which
would have stopped immigration for
year. This measure would have made ie
difficult for Russian radicals to gain
access TO this country.
Like Keeping Mooney Threat.
Agents of the department of Justice
said they believed the mailing of the
bombs was timed to cause reign Of ter
ror on May day. observed thruout the
world not only by peaceful labor or
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