Evening star., 1928-12-12
Two Men Arrested-Hunt for
Anti-American Agitators
Continues.
1900 GUARDS DETAILED
FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT
Precautions Taken to Insure Safety
of American Party-Buenos
Aires Police on Alert.
By the Associated Press

! By the Associated Press
! BUENOS AIRES, December Ia
plot to bomb Herbert Hoover's specia
train has been frustrated. With twt
men under arrest, police today wert
continuing their search for any anti
American agitators who might be in
| volved.
Fifteen hundred guards will be en-
| ployed on special duty to insure thu
safety of the United States President.
elect when he arrives tomorrow anc
during his visit.
President Irigoyen, in statement or
the plot, said police, in searching 9
house on Estomba street. found foul
hand grenades, two cylindrical bombs
one square bomb, dynamite, revolvers
automatic pistols, quantities of ammu.
milton and $50 ten-peso notes.
The police announced that a room In
the ralded house contained a detailed
map of the railway system. Police be-
lieve the plotterS intended to place the
bomb on the tracks on the outskirts oi
the city just before the arrival of the
Hoover special train.
Arrest Two Men.
Police in raioing Che house arrested a
youth who said he was Carlos Gutierrez
l8. The authorities said, however. that
the real name of the youth was Aleian-
dro Romano and that he was 81, but
posed as younger in hope of obtaining
leniency under the minors law. They
described him as student of chemistry
and they believed that he manufactured
the bombs.
Later a second man was arrested near
the house. He gave the name of Jaime
Oliver. but police said he was Jaime
Castro, a chauffeur.
President Irigoyen said: 1.-THE presi-
dent of the republic, being desirous OF
making agreeable the visit of the Presi-
dent-elect of the United States of
America and of Offering the greatest
possible guarantee of safety to the per-
sonnel of the illustrious visitor, COM
manded the police to intensity their
observations of dangerous elements
The president added that this order
had been carried out By the division
of Investigations. which discovered the
house which was raided.
Police Are Active.
Although only two men were off,
cially announced to have been arrested
it was generally known today that the
police had been active for a week in
picking up suspects. These suspects
will be confined until after the de-
parture of Mr.. Hoover. The authorities
not only are determined to prevent any
plots against Mr.. Hoover, nut also are
determined to prevent any public DEM
onstrations against the United States.
Since the bombing of the National
City Bank on Christmas eve last year
when 2 persons were killed and 20
injured, police vigilance in guarding
the United States embassy and con-
sulate, the American Club and build
ings housing American firms has not
been relaxed. A bomb was discovered
last month on the steps of the Buenos
Aires Cathedral, which is across the
street from the National City Bank. AS
it was being taken to the police station
it exploded and pedestrian was killed
This was believed to be a part of a
general program of agitation against
American interests in Argentina. The
perpetrators were never arrested. Dur
ing the Sacco-Vanzetti agitation there
we're some violent demonstrations in
Argentina.
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