Anarchist Fighters Pledge War as Bomb Explodes
A bomb blast wounded or killed one man and scattered debris as police searched the Palmer neighborhood. Investigators found a torn suit, a brown fedora with De Luca Brothers markings, and a Q98-cent suitcase in the wreckage. Senator Swanson offered a theory about the bomber tripping and triggering the explosion.
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Palmer
Pullman
Algo
de Luca Brothers
South Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Anthony
Michael de Luca
Senator Swanson
Palmer House
Bomb plot linked to Pennsylvania figures, officials say
Authorities note a strong odor at the scene and insufficient bomb remnants for analysis. Postal inspectors who handled the New York Post Office case believed anarchists with Pennsylvania ties orchestrated the plot. Earlier, three bombs found in New York were addressed to Pennsylvanians including Governor Sproul, Attorney General Shaffer, and T. Lary Dyra of Chester.
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Tives
Pennsylvania
New York Post Office
Secret Service Links May Day Plot to Nationwide Explosions
Secret service officials tie a string of explosions across the country to an organized outbreak. They link the incidents to radicals behind the April and May outrages, following the May Day plot.
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Washington
Associated Press
Secret Service
Palmer shaped enemy property policy and wartime crackdown
Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer was appointed Alien Enemy Property Custodian in 1917 under the Trading with the Enemy act and served until his cabinet appointment earlier this year. Born 1872 in Moosehead Pennsylvania, he graduated Swarthmore College in 1891 with top honors and practiced law before entering politics. As regulator of enemy holdings, he oversaw sequestration and later disposal of vast properties, uncovering German plans to reclaim trade and tighten postwar market control.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
Moosehead
Penn
Swarthmore College
John B
United States
Palmer
Senate delays Palmer probe amid Attorney General bid
Senate Judiciary Committee decided to consider an investigation into A. Mitchell Palmer's tenure as Alien Property Custodian. Senator Frelinghuysen accused Palmer of building a political machine and failing to submit a full report, delaying confirmation for his ad interim Attorney General appointment.
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New York Times
Washington
S Office
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
Palmer
Allen
Alder
Recall of April Plot Ties Mail Bombs to National Outbreaks
Federal agents in New York report discussions of a nationwide mail bomb conspiracy tied to April plot plans to assassinate prominent figures. Officials list connections to Bolshevism and I W W actions and note prominent targets including Attorney General Palmer and Mayor Hylan.
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Palmer
United States
Thompson
Hayden
Davis
Parcel Post
Secret Service
Bolshevist
General Post Office
Charles Kaplan
Thomas W. Hardwicke
Atlanta
Hardwick
Overman and King
Senate
Ole Hanson
Seattle
I. W.W
William H. Lamar
Post Office Department
Charlies H. Fickert
San Francisco
Mooney
Richard Cunha
Conspiracy Alarms Sound Across Government Agencies
The piece lists prominent officials tied to anti radical actions during the war including Sproul Burle Lamar and Morgan. It notes Keller Kaplan’s mail investigation, Secret Service officers led by Captain Offley pursuing bomb conspirators, and calls for Overman Committee findings. It also mentions anticipated peacetime reforms to the espionage act and explosives licensing.
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William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Burle‘son
Mr. Lamar
Anthony Caminetti
Immtion
J. P. Morgan
John LD. Rockefeller
Bor
William B. Wilson
America
W. J. Sheffer
John K. Burnett
Hall Committee On
Frederic C. Howe
Ellis Island
Kaplan
Canada
William M. Offley
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
New York
Captain Offley
Secret Service
William J. Flynn
United States Secret Service
Overman
Senate
Lowry Humes
Pittsburgh
Major Hines
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Palmer
Mort
Bombing Probe Cites Two Men in Dynamite Attack
Mayor Davis reports a dynamite bomb at a cellar window damaged part of a house but caused no injuries. He cites a brief investigation naming two men seen near the scene an hour before the blast. Chief Smith feared threats and a security detail was set after a Bolshevist demonstration in Chicago.
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Davis
Smith
Explosion at Judge Nott home shocks New York area
Reported plotters targeted Judge Charles Nott Jr at his East Sixty first Street residence. The blast at 2 55 am wrecked the cellar and injured no one, though a nearby passerby woman died from debris. police linked the attack to a larger Reds conspiracy and protected officials as investigations expanded.
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East Seventy-third Street
Holmes
Holmes Agency
Nott
Judge Nott
Black Point
Conn
Bis
Palmer
Washington
Milton Bilner
Seventh Regiment
Park and
Lexington Avenues
Sixty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Armory
Avenue
Charles Nott, Jr
East Sixtyfirst Street
William Travers Jerome
Charles S. Whitman
Jeromes
Whitman
Reds
John C. Knox
Mary Porter Mitchell
James Warren Mitchell
Providence
R. I
Williams College
Harvard Law School
Court of General Sessions
Junkers Rebuked by Scheidemann Threat to Dictatorial Rule
Berlin reports that reactionary elements are resurging to oppose the government and the peace proposals. Chancellor Scheidemann warns Pan Germans of new efforts to discredit counterproposals and avert peace, while plans by White Guards and volunteers signal potential upheaval and a push toward temporary dictatorship under Noske.
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Berlin
Freiheit
Beglin
Headqa Rs
Eden Hotel
von Lettow
Die Freiheit
Noske
Paterson Explosion Wrecks Gold Home
An explosion in Paterson New Jersey damaged the home of Max Gold a silk manufacturer at 331 East Thirty first Street at 1230 this morning. Police believe a bomb caused the blast damaging adjacent houses breaking windows and doorways with no one injured.
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Paterson
N. J
Max Gold
Thirty-first Street
Ryan
Paterson Police
Gold
Nic Dne
Wilson Sends Morris to Talk to Kolchak
Paris June 1 Associated Press Roland S Morris American Ambassador to Japan will travel from Tokio to Omsk to report on the Kolchak cabinet and the situation there before any move toward recognition by President Wilson. Slow Trans Siberian communications may delay Morris arrival by a week and Russians in Paris oppose granting autonomy to Trans Caspian and Trans Caucasian areas. Kerensky and supporters oppose recognition arguing Kolchak is rhonarchical and untrustworthy in pledges to the Entente.
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Paris
Associated Press
Roland S. Morris
Japan
Omsk
Tokio
Kolchak
Wilson
Mr. Morris
Trans-Siberian
Mr Morris
Severany
Admiral Keich
United States
Russia
League of Nations
Kerensky
Admiral Kolchak
Big Four discuss German proposal in Paris
Paris June 2 The Council of Four debated the German counterproposals. Wilson will confer with American experts while Clemenceau opposes any changes and Lloyd George leans to concessions. Orlando stays neutral and Britain and France may decide. The Echo de Paris says the reply will be handed to Count Brockdorff Rantzau on Friday, likely a rejection. The Germans must accept or refuse by June 25.
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Paris
Associat Press
Council of Four
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Echo de Pamip
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
German envoy doubts prospects of peace talks and justice
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, in a Berlin dispatch, says German counterproposals may not lead to negotiations and warns that the Allies demand a peace of justice while Germany insists on penance or equality among nations. He cites a gulf between allied demands and German offers and urges shifting views toward a just peace.
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Count von Brockdorff-Rantazau
European Pres Bureau
Berlin
Germany
Wilson
Frremie
Clemenceau
Hremler Lloydseory
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
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Franklin Simon Boys’ Shops
Franklin Simon & Cove
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Clareace & Vee
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