Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-01
MAKE 4PLAN
AGAINST REDPL0TS
Officials Take Extra Precau-
tons; N. Y. Meeting
Shows City's Danger.

Detailed and comprehensive plans
a threatened outbreak by reds July
4 have been completed, though Off
Gals in charge Of the execution of
the plans declined today to make any
statement as to their scope or char
acter.
William J. Flynn. chief of the bu-
reau of investigation, Department Of
Justice. has been placed at the head
of government agencies on watch
against anarchist denominations.
Operatives of the bureau Of which he
is the head. as well as of the federal
secret service. etc. have been placed
under Chief Flynn's direction.
For some time extra guards have
patroiled the Capitol and other public
buildings, including the White
Treasury, etc The number of guards
at these buildings has bee increased,
and the additional men are to remain
on duty at least until after July 8.
District Indicated as Danger Point
Information obtained from officials
attending the conference of police
chiefs of a number of cities with Chief
Flynn in New York Sunday and yes
terday pointed to probability that the
reds intend to make the National Cap
ital the principal object Of their plan
ned July A demonstrations While no
official Of the District of Columbia
police department, in the absence of
Maj. Pullman. superintendent of po-
lice, would confirm the direct intima-
ton that such information had been
obtained at the New York conference.
1t was stated that special additional
precautions are being taken to guard
the city against such a demonstration.
Police chiefs and heads of detective
bureaus of the eight cities in which
bomb outrages were perpetrated the
night of June 2 attended the confer
ence with Chief FLYNN in New York.
The conference. it is known, was
held for the purpose of perfecting
plans to prevent the contemplated
renewal Of terroristic demonstra-
tions scheduled for the first week of
this month. Photographs of known
and listed reds, bolsheviki and other
advocates of violent overturn of the
government of the? United States.
with descriptions of the man and
woman subjects of the pictures, were
exchanged, so that the authorities of
all of the cities now have complete
galleries of photographs of these ad-
vocates of revolution by the use of
dynamite.
The known practice of those direct
ing bomb outrages of sending to a
CITY selected as the scene of such
demonstrations persons from other
cities, SO as to avoid possible recog-
milton of the agents, is expected to
be followed, if plans for the July 4
anarchistic demonstration are carried
out. Therefore possession by police
chiefs of all of the larger eastern
cities of complete galleries of photo
graphs of reds is expected to be of
great assistance in looking out for
anarchist agents.
Hope Anarchists Are Discouraged.
However, officials here, as well as in
other cities, are hopeful that the
dragnet investigation that has been
carried on since the morning of June
has SO inundated the anarchistic ele-
ment that bomb attempts known to
have been planned for July will be
indefinitely postponed" Officials
point to the fact that since the night
of the attempt to blow up Attorney
General Palmer in his home here. no
bomb outrage has occurred anywhere
in the country. while the extreme
radicals have been either in retire.
ment, under arrest or maintaining a
discreet silence. In view of these facts
officials are hopeful that further red
activities have been discouraged,
though no chances are being taken
and special vigilance is to be exer
cised here as well as, In other large
cities at least until after the expira
ton of the period originally fixed for
the July outbreaks.