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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
1
A wave of anarchist bombs strikes multiple cities injuring none named in the report while Judge Nott’s home is blown up and two people are killed. The blast also shatters the residence of Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, with investigators locating the first gang unit in Washington.
A series of eight explosions struck homes of prominent figures across New York City Boston Pittsburgh Paterson and Washington. Notable targets included Judge Charles C. Nott Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer Mayor Harry L. Davis Justice Albert F. Haylen and Representative Leland Powers. Fatalities reported in New York and Washington but the intended victims survived.
Austrian negotiators acknowledge guilt as treaty terms are delivered to Vienna envoys who face a 15 day deadline to reply. The dispatch outlines concessions and demands, underscoring critical postwar reparations and responsibilities. Officials in Vienna confirm receipt and pledge a timely response to the powers.
In St Germain at a ceremony in a fifteenth century castle, Austrian Chancellor Karl Renner urged leniency and fair reparations, seeking to share the burden with eight new republics formed from the old monarchy. He praised Allied relief work and aimed to avoid punishing Austria alone, while Polish, Czecho Slovakia, and Jugoslav delegates showed some dissent over possible shares. The scene, crowded and imperfect, featured tense translations and a photographer’s mishap during Renner's remarks.
Under the treaty the Austrian empire loses territory from 240 935 square miles to about 40 000, its population shrinks from over fifty million to five to six million. It must recognize Hungary Czecho Slovakia and Yugoslavia as independent and renounce extra European rights. It must accept the league covenant and labor charter, demobilize naval and air forces, and allow trials by Allied powers for war law violations. It must compensate civilians for damages from war, guarantee life and liberty for all inhabitants, permit language use, and abandon financial claims against Allies.
The Army Air Service plans a coast to coast flight with one stop, Mineola Field to San Francisco, covering about 2750 miles in two days. Pilots Roy N. Francis and Edmund A. Clune lead a Martin bomber on legs from Mineola to North Platte and onward through 13 states, with key cities listed and terrain data to be collected.
Norwich Conn June 2 Republicans won the city election by margins of 40 to 60 and claimed all Common Council seats. The council will be evenly divided with Mayor J J Desmond a Democrat casting the deciding vote. Voted 1120 for repeal of the life tenure water superintendent act against 516.
Explosion under the stoop of Judge Charles C. Nott’s house at 151 East Sixty‑first Street shatters the property. Parts of a body and a woman’s skirt with flesh cling were recovered. two victims are feared. Mrs Mary Nott escaped serious injury in the blast which also injured caretaker John Vjorken and his wife Ida and their seven year old daughter Agnes. Police believe a bomber planted dynamite and two patrolmen’ uniforms bearing service stripes were found near the scene. The judge declined comment. his wife was awakened but unharmed.
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Two time bombs exploded within seconds under the Our Lady of Victory rectory on Pitty Fourth and Vine and at jeweler Louis Jajicky’s house on South Forty Seventh Street. Police found copper wires and percussion cups, suspect outside device detonation. A suspect, W. Durrane, was arrested and an abandoned car with papers and Russian literature was found, signaling a possible wider plot with Catholic churches on alert.
An attempt to blow up Mayor Harry L. Davis of Cleveland occurred tonight. No injuries reported as part of the house was wrecked. Initial reports cited a gun blast before police concluded a bomb or infernal machine was planted.
Washington June 2 an attempt on Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer was made by a bomb planted in a suit case outside the Palmer residence in northwest Washington. The blast wrecked the lower part of the home but Palmer and his family on the second floor escaped injury. A man believed to have planted the device was killed. Police suggest the explosive detonated prematurely as it was deposited. An empty suitcase containing a handbill signed The Anarchistic Fighters was found nearby as a possible clue.
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