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CHICAGO, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Federal officials at Gary have
instituted a thorough search for the
alleged maker of the bomb that ex
ploded on July 3 last at the
home of Attorney General Palmer
at Washington, and are reported to
have obtained evidence clearing up the
terrorist bomb plots of May 1 and
June 2.
The evidence reveals that entire
terrorist organizations were responsi
c
ble for attempts against the lives of
officials. It is believed that the man
who id being sought at Gary manufac
* tured the thirty-six bombs sent
through the mails last April, and it
is believed the bombs were made at
Gary and carried to New York by a
radical leader named Ivanoff.
Although the ringleader has not yet
been arrested, the police hope to cap
ture him.
Alexander Ivanoff, believed to be
om of the principals in the bomb plot,
is expected to be under arrest within
a few hours. The premature publica
tion of the story in a Chicago news
paper thwarted the official plans to
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j make the arrest immediately.
More Plots Uncovered
The officials report that they have
uncovered a plot to assassinate the
mayor of Gary. They have discovered
great stores of dynamite near Gary
ana have traced the printing of “red”
| circulars to Indianapolis and placed
: under arrest the man who dynamited
j the entrance to the Chicago postoffice
j a year ago.
Watching for Anarchist
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Detectives are watching all
the railroad terminals for the an
archist believed to be guilty of bomb
outrages. The man disappeared from
Chicago yesterday and headed east.
Sounds Like Fish Story
GARY, Ind., Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Pamphlets have been scat-1
j tered around the city announcing a
; plan to wrest control of the city from
the federal troops and urging the work
ers to rise against the soldiers.
The commander of the troops says
that the renewal of attempts at vio
lence will be met with the severest
measures.
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SEATTLE. Oct. 14 (bv Associated
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Press).—It is reported here that the
Industrial Workers of the World have
inaugurated a strike which has closed
several Eastern Washington, Idaho
and Montana logging camps.
The men protested when the com
panies increased the price of meals
20 cents and established a charge of
$1 a week for blankets.
MANY STATES SIGN
AGREEMENT COVERING
AERIAL NAVIGATION
PARIS, Oct. 14 (by Associated
rPess).—Representatives of thirteen
states signed an international aerial
navigation agreement here yesterday.
1 WASHINGTON POLICE
MUST SURRENDER THEIR
FEDERATION CHARTER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—The house yesterday
passed a bill forbidding the district
police from joining a labor organiza
tion, and compelling them to give up
their union charter.
KING ALBERT PARADES
TODAY IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 (by Asso
rted Press).—King Albert of Bel
gium torhay paraded Market street be
hind the colors of the 383d regiment,
which went with him when he re
entered Brussels after the signing of
. the armistice.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Heavy police guards are on
duty in the criminal courts building,
where two alleged anarchists are on
trial. The police found incendiary cir
culars threatening the lives of S\i
preme Court Justice Weeks, Assistant
District Attorney Rorke and Police
Sergeant Gogan, the head of the bom1)
squad.
Guards also have been placed in
other buildings where bombs were ex
pected.
INTERSTATE BOUNDARY
LINE IS IN DISPUTE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—The supreme court of
the United States has granted the
state of New Mexico the right to sue
the state of Colorado to determine the
correctness of the interstate boundary
line.
AMERICAN CARGO IS
SEIZED BY RUSSIANS
NOME, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported that the Rus
sians on the northeast coast of Siberia
have confiscated the cargo of the
American schooner Belinda, disputing
the Americans right to shoot walrus
on the Siberian shores.
cottwTconference
MEETS AT NEW ORLEANS
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Delegates from thirty
one nations are in attendance upon
the world cotton conference which
Opened here yesterday.
ADVANCED VIEWS OF DR. BUTLER
CONCERNING PROBLEM OF LABOR
WHICH WILL AROUSE COMMENT
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (by Associated Press).—Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, addressing the
students of that institution yesterday, advocated the co-operation
of labor in the management of industry and profit-sharing as a
means of “preventing the American form of government from com
mitting suicide.”
“The strike,” said Dr. B utler. “ought to become obsolete, along
with the submarine and the ‘Big Bertha.’”
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CHICAGO. Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).- -Three of the east-bound avi
ators in the transcontinental race and j
six west-bound finished the first half
of the race yesterday.
Maynard plans to leave San Fran
cisco tomorrow on his return trip.
Preparing for Return
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).-—Lieutenant Maynard !
plans to start back east this afternoon.
It is expected that all the flyers will
reach the seaboard tonight.
The fivers at Mineola are not enthu
siastic about the return flight. All are
fatigued, and they say the return trip
will serve no good purpose. The
weather in the East is bad.
Plane Is Wrecked
OMAHA, Oct It i by Associated
Press).—A Martin bombing plane, car
rying Captain Roy N. Francis, in the
transcontinental flight, was wrecked
here today, and the pilot and three
passengers were badly shaken up.
The plane attempted to land during
a l'og and became entangled in tele
phone wires.
Another Casualty
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Lieutenant J. T. Johnson, another
transcontinental flyer, was badly
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bruised and the planes and axles of
his machine were broken where he
landed today in a fog.
PROFITEER IS
AGAIN TO BE
PUT ON RACK
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Anticipating legislation
to stop profiteering soon to become ef
fective, the department of justice is
completing plans for using the new
weapons to be provided by the law.
The conferees who recently consid
ered the problem of the high cost of
living conferred yesterday and vigor
ous steps were planned.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass, Sec
retary of Agriculture Houston, Secre
tary of Labor Wilson, former Con
gressman Victor Murdock, Director of
the Railway Administration Hines and
others attended the conference.
OF HIS WIFE
SEATTLE, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—George A. Miller, a photog
rapher who accompanied Dr. Cook on
his Mount McKinley expedition, has
been arrested in connection with the
drowning of Mrs. Miller in Lake Wash
ington yesterday.
Miller says his wife fell overboard,
but the police found blood on the
launch.
Mrs. Miller -was the divorced wife
of Mayor Baker of Portland. Miller
formerly was a deputy sheriff. The
prisoner says his wife was addicted to
the drug habit.
MENACE OF JAPAN IN FAR EAST
EXPOSED TODAY IN SENATE
BY LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—In a set speech before
the senate today, which had been
widely heralded and attracted crowded
galleries, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, attacked the peace treaty
and the League of Nations covenant,
laying particular emphasis on the
section dealing with Shantung.
Senator Lodge said that Japan was
building a Far Eastern empire which
is becoming a peril to America and
which threatens the safety of the
world. He urged the adoption of the
I Lodge amendment, returning the Ger
man Shantung rights to China.
Japan, continued the senator, is get
ting control of China steadily and re
lentlessly. The Japanese, he said, in
tend to use China’s vast man power
to endanger America and Europe.
“It is impossible for me to see how
any conscientious American can con
sent to any act or treaty that will ex
tend Japan’s power in China, espe
cially when the United States drew
China into the war with the implied
promise to protect China's rights at
the peace table,” Senator Lodge said
in conclusion.
ALL RUSSIANS WILL TRAIN
IMMEDIATELY FOR MILITARY 1
SERVICE, BY ORDER OF SOVIET
HELSINGFORS, Oct. 14 4(by Asso
i
dated Press).—It is reported here that
the soviet has ordered all Russians to
| train immediately for military service.
German Attack on Riga
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Allied cruisers are re
ported to be aiding in the defense of
Riga against the attacks of the Ger
mans. which have continued for five
days.
Bolshevism Said to Be in Bad Way
OMSK, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—A Bolshevik wireless mes
says that the situation in Bolshevik
Russia is of the gravest nature, and
that the front is closer than ever to
Moscow.
The armies, says this message, are
moving toward the heart of Bolshev
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| ism in all directions.
The claim is made that the Bolshe
vik organizations are disintegrating.
German-Polish Boundaries
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i PARIS. Oct. 14 (by Associated
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j Press).—The supreme council of the
I peace conference has appointed a com
mission to investigate the carrying
out of fhose articles of the peace
treaty which required the Germans to
evacuate the territories assigned to
Poland, and fixing the German-Polish
boundaries, together with the Danzig
matter.
WASHINGTON* Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson's phy
sicians today said that the President's
condition generally was good, although
ae did not have a restful night as the
result of swelling glands. Dr. Grayson
said the symptom was quite common
and unimportant. He expected to call
in a specialist today, he said, so that
the patient could be made more com
fortable. ,
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WANTS WILSON TO RAISE
EMBARGOES ON WHEAT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Julius Barnes, director
of the United States Grain Corpora
tion, has asked President Wilson to
raise the export and import embargoes
on wheat.
STRIKE CAUSES
SHORTAGESOF
FOODANDCOAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—So determined are the strik
ing longshoremen to continue the
strike inaugurated here yesterday that
the officers of the international union
have not attempted to call a meeting
and ask that a vote be taken on the
question of abandoning the unauthor
ized strike.
Fifty thousand longshoremen, ferry
boat workers and tugboat men and
eleven thousand teamsters and chauf
feurs are on strike, and traffic is
tied up.
The city is facing a curtailed food
supply. No coal has been delivered
here for several days.
' FISH QUOTATIONS
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KETCHIKAN. Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Today’s fish prices were
as follows: Halibut, firsts, 14%c; sec
onds, 8c; sablefish. 3V2c; red rock,
iy2c.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. It (by A>>o
ciated Press).--John L. Lewis, acting
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, is drafting an order for
a strike of all the bituminous miners
on November 1.
Attempt to Avert Strike
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14 (by Associ
ated Press). Secretary of Labor Wil
son has summoned Lewis, head of the
mine workers, and John L. Brewster,
representing the employers, to confer
| here Thursday in an effort to avert
the coal strike.
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PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
SIGNS PEACE TREATY
PARIS, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—President Poincare signed
the treaty of peace today.
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ENGLAND OPENS
CAMPAIGN FOR
NEW LEAGUE
LONDON. Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Under the presidency of Sir
Horace Marshall, lord mayor of Lon
don, a national campaign in favor of
the League of Nations was opened at
a meeting held here yesterday. Many
leading statesmen, foreign ambassa
dors and diplomats, and others promi
nent in civil life, attended the first
meeting.
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STEAMER CHARTERED '
TO BRING SUPPLIES TO
ALASKA SULPHUR MINE
SEATTLE, Oct. 14 (by Associated
Press).—The Alaska Sulphur Company
has chartered the steamer Norwood to
carry seven hundred and fifty tons of
supplies to its sulphur plant on Akutan
island, this being its second shipment
of machinery.