Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-15
Investigation May Cause Arrest of Men Responsible for Gim-
 bel Bomb Mystery. LEADERS IN MAY DAY
 PLOTS BEING WATCHED Plans for Wholesale Destruction of Government Property Are Un-
 earthed as Result of h.
 quiries in ChicagO-Gary.

Chicago, Oct. Military authori- ties and federal investigators assign ed to follow the trail of radicals who have been spreading their propa- ganda in connection with the strike of the steel workers, announced today their discovery of an anarchistic plot to destroy abandoned army canton ments and other government property.
 The plot is said to have been un- earthed in connection with the discov- cry in Gary, Ind, of Anton Gorski, alleged radical leader, who is said to be under surveillance in connection with the explosion of bomb in the Chicago postoffice in September, 1918, four persons being killed and 30 injured by the explosion.
 Information gained by the military authorities at Gary indicated that the radicals have plotted against govern ment property in middle western states ranging from West Virginia to Colorado. During the day 500 of the federal troops on duty here entrained, and it was said they were being dis patched to protect endangered prop erty.
 Major General Leonard Wood, com- manding the central department of the United States army, was in con- ference with Col. w. S. Mapes, com mander of the troops at Gary, todsy. Drastic measures to combat the fred" plots are said to have been ar- ranged by the military leaders. Colonel Mapes announced tonight that no confession had been obtained from Gorski, in regard to the Chicago federal building bomb plot, but i. was intmated that Gorski would be a federal witness. The federal officers are now searching for Alexander lvanoff, Gary steel worker and elec-, trician, who is sai dto have been im- plicated by Gorski as a maker of the 36 bombs which were sent to promin. ent men throughout the country in forged wrappings of Gimbel Brothers store in New York. He also is charged with the attempt on Attor- ney General Palmer.
 Find German Flag.
 Intelligence officers continued their raids at Gary today in search for radi cal literature. They reported find- ing quantity of radical propaganda printed in German, and a large Ger man flag made of silk.
 A platoon of federal troops was stationed near the steel mills in Gary today after reports had been made that bricks and horse shoes had been thrown through the windows of the steel plants by strikers.
 The strike bulletin issued bv the steel workers today disavowed the proclamation issued yesterday by the Communist Party of America" call- ing on the workingmen to establish dictatorship, and wrest control of Gary from the federal troops.
 Premature announcement in a Chi cago paper this morning of some fea- lures of the Gary fred" story military authorities there said, had partly thwarted their plans for clearing out what they had reason to believe was one of the central committees of dynamiters in this country. This story said that Alexander Ivanoff had been arrested as the principal bomb mak- CT. Colonel Mapes, commander of the federal troops at Cory, announced this afternoon that Ivanoff had not been arrested but that authorities were looking for him. Army intelli- gence officers said that Ivanoff was the Gimbel bomb maker.
 Thought Him 'Bootlegger.
 Near the scene of the explosion of one bomb some months ago, these au- thorities said, was found 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 develop ments. One such name was Alexan- der Ivanoff, who it was noted, was not only subscriber, but contri- butor of radical articles.