Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
BOMBS
BEING FOUND
OVER NATION
Sent Senators Cummins,
Smoot and Overman-
Open War on Reds.

Washington, May 1.-The
| postmaster at Salisbury, n. c.
telegraphed the pOstOffice de-
partment today that a pack
age containing a bomb similar
| to those found in New York
| had been received there ad-
| dressed to Senator OVerman.
The postmaster is holding the
package.
! As acting chairman of the SEN
! ate judiciary committee. Senator
Overman had charge of the es-
pionage act and many other meas
ures dealing with law enforcement
! during the war. He is also chair
man Of the special committee in
/ specting German and other radi-
| cal propaganda.
1t was said here that the Sails
/ bury package bore the Gimbel Bro
thers' mailing label, and in every
! way resembled those found in New
| York
Reports from every section of the
country indicated that a thorough
search still was being made of the
mails. In Washington a close
watch was kept on all official mail.
Every postofice employe engag-
ed in handling mail throughout the
| country was an embryo detective
! today and every parcel and pack
age was carefully scruLinized in
an effort to locate anything that
might contain bombs.
Officials have no way of know
ing how many of the packages
wese placed in the mails but this
morning there had been no re-
ports Of new discoveries.
Three More Found.
New York, May 1.-Three more
Internal machines mailed in the
May Day plot to kill prominent men
are reported to have been discover
ed at GimbePs department store,
having been innocently returned
there by the pCstoffice authorities
for additional postage. They were
said to have been addressed to
United States senators.
One For Senator CummiDs.
A clerk at Gimbel's store who
discovered the packages and turned
them Immediately over to the post
office authorities, said that he re-
called the addresses and the names
on two of the packages were those of
Senator Smoot of Utah and Senator
Cummins of Iowa.
1t was intimated by the police
that before night there would be
general roundup of extremists Of
all types in this city and suburbs
While thirty-six bombs have been
delivered or intercepted in various
cities-Postmaster Patten said
''The likelihood that other internal
machines will be brought to light IN
the next "a hours does not comfort |
me-"
The postmaster said that evident
ly the packages were mailed with !
view of reaching the address on |
or about May 1. This is indicated by !
the fact that parcels reaching the |
Pacific coast bore the postmark OF |
April %. Those detained here were |
put in the mails April 26''
The bomb experts worked six and /
one-half hours in opening one of |
the packages.
"It does not resemble any ma.
chine l have ever come across" RId !
Owen Egan. an expert on Internal !
machines. 1T is the neatest and 4
from the standpoint of mechanical /
arrangement, the cleverest 1 have |
ever seen"
Open War on Radicals.
Persons in touch with the federal !
and municipal authorities predicted |
today that the haunts of the Reds
would be invaded and many radi-
Gals deported. This opinion was
expressed after a conference which
ended after midnight attended by
Police Commissioner Enright, to
whom one of the bombs was ad-
dressed, District Attorney Swan,
United States Marshal Thomas Nc
Carthy. and department of justice !
investigators. +
1t is understood that the officials /
decided to stop leniency toward
and others of their type
in New York
1t was announced that the only
bomb package opened here was ad-
dressed TO Postmaster General
BurlesOn. Inspector Owen Egan of
the. bureau of combustibles said the
other Is would be unwrapped to-
day.
One Sent Lands.
Chicago, May Bomb experts
OF the government are today
awaiting word from Washington
before opening the package be-
lieved to contain an Internal ma
chine, consigned to Judge Kene-
saw NJ. Lands. The package,
eight and one-eighth inches long
and two inches square. answers in
every detail the one sent to Hard
wick. and which blew off the
hands of maid in his home and
injured Mr. Hardwick.
Judge Lands is at Rockford,
H., and learned of the mysterious 4
package while holding federal II
court there. treating the matter