The Washington times., 1920-09-17

William IL. Wilson, Secretary or
Labor; Mayor Hylan and Police Com
missioner Enright of this city; Jus
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes OF the
United States Supreme Court. who
the conviction of Eugene
v. Debs; Anthony Caminetti Of the
Bureau OF Immigration, Washington;
William II. Lamar.
Washington: United States Senators
Overman and King, ]. ]. Morgan.
John ID. Rockefeller William II.
Wood. president Of the American
Woolen Company. and other wealthy
men.
Explosion of an Internal machine
on September 4. 1913, in the entrance
of the Federal Building. Chicago,
caused the death OF four persons.
Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands. who had
sentenced to long penitentary terms
william ID. Haywood and other !. w.
w. leaders. was in the building at the
timo, but was uninjured.
NOTABLE BOMB OUTRAGE.
Some OF the most notable bomb out
RACES within a decade were:
October =. 19l0-Los Angeles (Cal)
Times Building. blown up with loss
OF twenty lives. J. Il. Mcnamara and
Milton A. Schmidt sentenced to life
imprisonment, and John J. Mcnamara
to fifteen years imprisonment
November IA, 191O-Bomb with
lighted fuse found in front of Centre
Street Court, this city, near Mag
istrate's bench; no arrests.
February 4, 19l3-John Paul Far
rell confessed to having made and
sent the bombs which year earlier
had killed Miss Grace Walker OF 1O3
West Seventy-seventh street, Mrs.
Madeline Herrera OF 1.473 Fulton
avenue, The Bronx. in 1913, and one
which wrecked the library of Judge
Otto Rosalsky's home. Gil West 10th
street. severely injuring an inspector
of the Bureau of Combustibles. Far
rell was insane
January to August. 1913-A series
OF 10 bIackhand outrages in New
York city, which subsequently were
cleared up by the arrest OF eight
Italians, several of whom received
sentences up to twenty years.
July 4. 19l4-Arthur Caron, an i. w.
w. leader. who had been arrested in a
Union square disturbance the previous
April. was killed. together with two
Of his close associates and q woman
neighbor, b ythe accidental explosion
Of a bomb at 1926 Lexington avenue.
The bomb. it was believed, was being
prepared for use the following day.
when serevaI members OF the i. w. w.
were to be arraigned at Tarrytown
for disturbances near the John d.
Rockefeller summer home.
n. Y. CATHEDRAL BOMBED.
October 13, 1914-Bombs exploded
at St Patrick's Cathedral and the
Iectory of st. Alphonsus' Church, this
city.
March 2. 1915-F'rank Arbano AM
Carmine Carbone arrested by the
bomb squad as they were placing a
bomb in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Both
we're anarchists. They were convict
ed and sentenced to indeterminate
prison terms of from six to twelve
years.
May 4, 1915-Five pounds Of dyna-
mite exploded in front Of the Bronx
Borough Hall. wrecking the entrance.
Justice Weeks, who had sentenced
white slavers. was believed to have
been aimed at.
July 2, 19l5-Bomb exploded in the
Capitol at Washington. doing consid-
erable damage. Later Frank Holt
who committed suicide in the Mineola
jail. after having made an attempt
upon J. p. Morgan, confessed to this
crime also.
July S, 19l5-Bomb wrecked the
doorway of basement of New York
police headquarters; supposed to have
been the work of anarchists; no ar
rests.
TEN KILLED IN FRISCO.
July 90. .1s1S-Preparedness Day pa
rade in San Francisco was the occa-
sion Of the explosion of an Internal
causing "a death nf ten Dpr-
sons. Thomas Mooney was sentenced
to death for the crime. but his SEN
tence subsequently was commuted to
life Imprisonment.
October 25, l916-Bomb wrecked
subway station at Lexington avenue
and 10th street. Three labor agitators
were arrested and got sentences, the
maximum OF which was twenty years.
March 8, 1917-Two persons killed
by a bomb exploded in Boston court
house.
April II, ,1e17-Eddystone munitions
plant, Philadelphia, destroyed by fire
caused by bomb, with loss Of 100
lives; bomb setter thought to have
been one Of the victims.
December 10. 1s17-Bomb exploded
near executive mansion, Sacramento,
Cal. in an effort to kill Governor
stephens.
February 20. 1s1s-Bomb, wrecked
lower floor OF Passsic county court
N. J.
March 3, 191s-Bomb exploded In
now Woods Theater. Chicago.
December 81, 191s-Explosions in
in homes Of Justice Rob-
ert Won Moschzisker, Police Superin-
Mills, and Ernest T. Grigg.
February %. 1s19--Plot to bomb
President Wilson on his return from
Boston led to the arrest Of fourteen
anarchists. seven of whom we're held
for deportation.