Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-03
Aimed at Cleveland Mayor.

ClsESN ElIAND. ONO. June 81 oiiNS
of Cleveland. Columbus and other cities
today are searching for two men VINO
aruEbeleved to have planted bomp AT
the shome of Mayor Harry L. Davis late
lasE night. The house was partially
wr&cked. but no one was injured
Z he bomb. which is believed to have
bedA heavily charged with dynamite.
was planted under n cellar window, and,
acAnrdng to the police. was time
bomb. Pieces found indicate that 1t
was made of brass pipe.
The explosion was so terrific that IT
tore out practically the entire north side
of the house. Windows in many houses
for several blocks were broken. Ponce
say that had the bomb been planted in
side the house would have been totally
Mayor Davis was seated on the
lawn on the opposite side of the
house with his wife and several
friends when the explosion occurred
His three-year-old son and a maid
were the only occupants of the house.
Mrs. Davis had just Joined the par
ty at the time of the explosion.
Shortly before she had been standing
i1-the kitchen directly over where
tlff blast occurred.
Two men. one of them carrying a
sYh case. were seen prowling around
tkf house about an hour before the
ejblosion. Less than half an hour
b&tore the blast the mayor twice re-
PAiee believe the men tried to get
h N into the house at about the time
TIN bomb was registered to explode.
&or several months the mayor has
bdfn a target for anonymous threat
eQ{ng letters. which he ignored.
I Roundup at Pittsburgh.
rdend-up of all suspicious Russians
LIN. W. sympathiZers and bolshevik
a8Snts was begun this morning by
aafnts of the Department of Justice,
aSs the result of the wrecking last
midnight of five homes, including
th3tse of Judge W. II. S. Thompson of
th& United States district court and
wfW. Sibray, chieT inspector of the
bVteau of immigration. in connection
with the nationwide plot against
pTffminent men.
Up to 10 O'Clock fifteen men. mostly
Russians, had been arrested. Edgar
S4{sr. special agent of the Depart
n:ent of Justice, announced that many
otflars would be apprehended before
tonight. The entire police and de-
teftive forces. he said, were cooper
atlng with the federal authorities in
efforts to apprehend the terrorists re-
sphnsib1e for last nights explosions.
That the explosions were in connec-
tidn with plot of radical agitators to
kill men who have been active in their
prosecution Is lnCiCdlSu III TIE idCI
that local authorities found hand bills
signed by 'the anarchistic fighters
and similar to those discovered in
Washington.
The bombs in each instance were
placed on the porches of residences
NEAR the home of the public officials,
ami police authorities today expressed
thk opinion the terrorists made mis-
takes in planting the Internal ma
chimes The first explosion occurred
next door to Judge Thompson's home.
1t wrecked one house and damaged
other residences, including that of the
jufist.
shortly after this outrage a bomb
w3s exploded in the West End district,
on!the porch of house directly across
th& street from Inspector Sibray's
home. MIR. Sibray was thrown from
hid bed by the force of the explosion.
which damaged many nearby resi-,
detnss. No one was injured in either
fn1taace.