The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-14
AFTER
BOMB
MAKER
CARY RAIDS CLEAR
UP BIG TERRORIST
PLOT LAST SPRING
Steel City Headquarters of Rad
icals and Anarchists.
Hunt Alexander IvanOff, Leader
in Death Conspiracy.
CHICAGO P. 0. BOMBER NABBED
Uncover Plot To AssaSsinate
Mayor of Gary.
Violent Red Circulars Are
Traced to indianapolis.
SECRET SERVICE MAN MISSING
Uncover Plot To Assassinate
Mayor of Gary.
Violent Red Circulars Are
Traced to Indianapolis.
SECRET SERVICE MAN MISSING
Was Sent To Spy on House
Occupied by IvanOff.
Red Made GimbeI Explosives
Worked in Steel Plant.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Military
authorities at Gary, the home of
the big steel mills, announced to-
day that they hoped to have the
maker of the Gimbel and other
bombs which have startled the
country in the past year, under
arrest in a few hours.
Secret service men said they
knew the name, habits and
manufacturing methods of the
individual who they claimed has
made most of these bombs, in
Guiding the one exploded in
United States Attorney General
Palmer's home. They announced
also that they had uncovered a
plot to assassinate the mayor of
Gary, discovered great stores Of
dynamite near Gary, and traced
the printing of Red circulars TO
Indianapolis. They said they
had arrested the man who blew
I'D an entrance of the Chicago
postoffice a year ago. His name
is said to be Anton Garski.
Bomb Maker Still at Large.
Premature announcement in a Chi
cago paper this morning of some fea-
lures of the Gary Red story, military
authorities there said, had partly
thIvarted their plans for clearing out
what they had reason to believe was
one of the central committees of dyna-
in
that Alexander 1v6noff had been ar
rested as the principal bomb maker
Colonel Mapes, commander of the fed
eral troops at Gary, announced this
afternoon that Ivanoff had not been
arrested but that authorities were
looking for him. Army intelligence
officers said that Iyanoff was the Gin
bel bomb maker.
Near the scene of the explosion OF
one bomb some months ago, these
authorities said, was found a scrap OF
a newspaper printed in Chicago. The
papers entire subscription lists were
obtained and the subscribers names
studied. Selections were made among
these names as likely to lead to de
velopments. One such name wa
Alexander Ivanoff. who it was noted
was not only a subscriber. but a con
tributor of radical articles.
Friends All Carried Suit Cases.
Ivanoff lived in Gary first, intelli
gence officers said. 1t was discovered
that he had moved three times in on
month because his neighbors in Gar.
protested to be scandalized at tn
number of strange men. each carry
ing a suit case. seen entering Ivanoff
place.
Some neighbors complained tina
they were sure he was a bootlegger
Ivanoff finally moved to Miller, a Gar!
suburb. There a secret service mai
took a house from whence he Nigh
observe the Ivanoff domicile Thi
federal agent. intelligence department
men announced today. disappeare,
about two weeks ago. The causes O
his disappearance and what became o
him are unknown to them. his brothe
officials said. They are conducting
widespread search for him.
Made Famous GimbcI Bombs,
During the time that Ivanoff wa
under observation, the intelIigenc
men said it was discovered he was
manufacturer of bombs Among thes
bombs. the officers said, were tn
thirty-six which became known thru
out the country as the Gimbel bomb.
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