The Washington times., 1920-09-17
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BOMB PLOT mi c.
Moran's Men on the Alert, But
No Extra Guards Are Deem
ed Necessary.
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tCOntiuueu ifOh Thui ia6esl
about these places have not been
augmented" he said.
Crime detecting agencies OF the
Government. acting under special or
ders OF Secretary OF the Treasury
Houston and Attorney General Pal
mer. today are in New York to aid
william ]. Flynn. chief Investigator
OF the Department Of Justice, In the
probe Of the disaster.
Attorney General Palmer this morn
ing refused To comment until further
reports were in hand to show the In
fuence back OF the explosion, David
J. Price. explosives expert OF the De-
partment OF Jusutice, also Is in New
York examining the ruins and en-
deavoring to discover the cause OF the
explosion.
Francis p. Garvan. Assistant At
torney General. and several of his as
sistants left for New York this morn
ing They took with them a large
number of documents which may be
of Importance in tracing down those
responsible for the explosion, includ-
ing lists of known extremists In and
about New York city.
who was in Philadelphia at the time
OF the explosion. wired to his office
here that he is in New York, assist
ing in the investigation.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SILENT. 10
Acting Chief Neale. of the Bureau
OF Investigations OF the Department
OF Justice, today refused TO deny or
affirm reports that his agents in the
Capital were guarding the Federal
buildings and officials here, TO
Illustrate any attempt at terrorism in
this city. However. the statement OF
Chief Moran, OF the Secret Service.
that no extra guards were on duty at
the Treasury indicates that he Is not
looking to a recurrence OF the Wall
street explosion in or about the
Treasury Building. Agents OF the De-
partment of Justice would not be de-
tailed to guard the Treasury this
being done by the Secret Service.
TRAFFIC MEASURES.
Coincident with the wrecking OF the
Offices OF Mr.. Morgan and other finan-
cial institutions in Wall street yester-
day. Capt. Albert J. Headley, in charge
Of the traffic forces OF the Washing
ton Police Department, launched a
crusade against alleged reckless auto
White House and the Treasury Build
ing this morning.
Captain Headley centralized most
Of his bicycle traffic officers in the
vicinity of the Treasury and White
House, at Executive avenue and Penn
sylvania avenue, from S:15 to 9:l5 this
Five autoists were ar
rested.
"The step was taken in the interest
OF pedestrians as well as autoists.
said Captain Headley. "An average
OF 2.40O automobiles pass Executive
and Pennsylvania avenues every morn
ing. except Sunday, between S:15
and 9:l5 o'clock said Captain Head
ley.
I'VE have had many complaints
about careless automobile driving in
this vicinity, and the crusade Is the
result" Captain Headley declared
that the campaign was not due to the
explosion in New York but the BIZ
cycle policemen were told to be on
their guard against suspicious ap-
pearing automobiles
Following the attempt at assassi-
nation Of A. Mitchell Palmer, when
bomb was exploded in front OF his
home here, the Police Department
placed detectives and guards at the
homes of all Departmental heads and
members of the Cabinet, and at the
embassies, but as the local authori-
ties do not look for<any violence in
Washington's financial district or to
officials, II has not been deemed nee
essary to guard public and private
places here today,