South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-01
THROW GUARDS
ABOUT HOUSES
OF OFFICIALS
All Quaker City Police Agen-
cieS Called Out to Check
Terrorism Undertaken
by Anarchists.

international News Service:
PHILADELPHIA. Dec 31-Po-
lice and armed guards are stationed
today before the residences of many
prominent citizens, white every eff
fort is being made to run down an
archists who shattered the homes OF
local officials last night with shrap-
mel loaded bombs.
The bombs were exploded stimuli
taneously just before midnight in
widely separated parts of the city
and wrecked The homes OF Justice
Robert Won Moschzisker of the state
supreme court. Acting Superinten-
dent of Police William b. Mills
Ernest T. Trigg. president of the
local chamber OF commerce, and
Judge Knowles of the municipal
court, who lives across the street
from Justice Moschzisker, was
wounded by flying shrapnel. which
crashed through a window.
Several people standing near were
hurt by flying glass, but the officials
whose homes were attacked, escaped
18th bruises.
Call Police Agencies.
Acting Supt. of Police Mills called
upon every police agency in the city
20 guard the homes of other prom
inent citizens and run down the an
archisis. In a statement today he at
tributed the attacks 20 bolsbevik
elements.
The local authorities. in their
efforts to stamp out bolshevism, in
cnrred the enmity Of this radical
element and the bomb explosions
are an attempt to get even with the
pofoe department" Mills declared.
With other officials ] have been
receiving numerous threatening mes
sages by telephone" Supt Mills
added. "but I attached no serious
significance to them. 1T looks to
me as IL these bolsheviki or l. w.
w. had begun a systematic cam
paign Of terrorism in mis- city. The
movement viii he stamped out as
quickly as it has arisen. Meanwhile
no steps will be overlooked toward
giving everyone absolute and effec-
tive protection"
Left yellow PlaCards.
In support OF his theory. Supt.
Mills called attention 10 the yellow
placards found at the scenes of the
outrages. They bore the following
headlines:
The exploiters-the judges. the
police. the priests. and the soldiers"
The placards were unsigned and
concluded with the following sen
tence:
I'VE are protected by the dark
ness of the night and the faith in
the highest destiny of ourselves and
humanity"
Occupants Of the houses attacked
were thrown from their beds by the
violence of the explosions which
broke windows in the vicinity OF
each residence and sent shrapncl
crashing through heavy doors.
AS soon as Supt. Mills recovered
from the shock of the explosion he
called out the police and sent spec
ial details to the homes of Sen
Boise Penrose, Mayor Smith, Direc-
tor of Public Safety Wilson. Dist
Atty. Rotans and Edward T. Stotes-
bury. as we'll as 10 public buildings
and thoroughfares
Time Fuses Used.
Capt G A. Marsh. g. dynamite
expert OF the police department. Wis
fh.n 81 81, g.
day and reported that all but one os
the bombs had been fired by means
OF time fuses. He expressed the
opinion that the bomb which wreck
ed the front of the Mills home had
been hurled through a front win
dow.
Detectives also gathered scraps of
papers bearing bolshevik propagan-
da with which the bombs evidently
had been packed" The tone of this
literature is anarchistic demanding
social reforms and denouncing city
officials.
The greatest financial loss was
sustained at the home of Justice
Moschzisker. where his collection
OF paintings. valued at many thou
sands of dollars, was ruined together
with other articles thai were high
" treasured.
The explosions were only seconds
apart The first blasted the home Of
Pres't Trigg at Overlook. a fash
iOnable suburb. Then followed in
quick succession explosions at the
homes OF Justice Moschzisker and
German. who live in the central
residential section Of the city
Capt Mills apartment in West
Philadelphia was the last 10 be shat
tered.
Recall slight Clew.
Neigh bOrs OF Justice Moschzisker
recalled today that they had seen o
poorly dressed man I'm a disreputa-
bic looking wagon. stop at the door
of she justices home yesterday aft
ernOon. The man. who was middle
aged. made inquiries of pedestrians
concerning the location OF the JUS
tees house. He entered the vesti-
bule door OF the house but neigh
bOrs thought nothing Of il az the
zine. Complete descriptions OF the
man were given 10 the police today.
The justice and his family includ-