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KSK SBMTSB WATCHMAN, EgtabU Consolidated Aug. 2,1 ? TERRORISTS INVADE AMERICA , ' ? Bloody Anarchists Attempt toi Spread Death and Terror i Thoughout United States BOMBS MAILED TO PROMINENT MEN Evidence Gathered Points to Widespread Plot of I. W. W. and Bolshevist Sympathizers Washington, April 30.?Discovery in 2Ccjr York today of 16 bombs, each put together by experts, resulted to night in a general warning to gov ernment employees to be on watch for what authorities believe to be an an archist plot to spread terror through out the country. While steps were taken immediately to deal with the situation already de veloped, postoffice department officials frankly" admitted that there was ab solutely no means of telling exactly how many bombs might have been de posited in the mails. The 16 picked up in New York were regarded as a catch find, having been held for lack of postage. Coming on the heels of the damage caused by an infernal ma chine mailed to former Senator Hard wick of Georgia, and in the same sort of package, with the same depart ment store label led to prompt con fiscation by the 'government and quick search for similar weapons of destruction moving through the mails. Because of the character of the men. to whom the packages were ad dressed, the ? one thought of the au thorities center 3d in the motive. In a general way the attempt on the lives of cabinet members, a justice of the supreme court of the United States, a governor, a mayor and others, was linked up "with. recent agitation and discussion.of the question of after the War immigration- But the authorities could not altogether agree on this as the reason behind. the wholesale at tempts :Of destruction of life. Word reached investigators here, that Gim pel Bros., New York department store : owners, whose mailing tags were on each package, including that sent to Fdrn^er^ Senator Hardwick, had de clared, the tag a forgery. /No. effort was made to disguise the fact that this information was dis quieting for it meant, officials said, in tfie event of a wholesale mailing ofi bombs that many would reach their destinations bearing the mark of other firms, which would make the Work of 'preventing delivery all the more difficult. Although the public was cautioned as to the opening of strange packages, the department's detective force realized that if all of the infernal machines put in the mails have not been recovered, it is the department's job to get them be fore delivery. Every branch of the bureau of com muniction was set to work to this end/ starting with the men who take mail from street boxes, and ending with the - carriers who deliver it at office and home. Not content with these precautions steps were- taken in Washington to safeguard government officials to whom other dangerous bombs might be sent. Personal orders went to all ....^partments. including the courts, so fhaL.by no possible chance will strange bundles pass the net spread out to ' seize them. So far the only damage reported was that in the home of former Sena tor Hardwick at Atlanta, where the ?package, mailed at New York was opened by his wife's maid in his ab sence. It was said here that the ma chine received there was similar in every way to the others, but officials could not account for the different' day and hour of mailing. - j Infernal Machines Siezed New York, April 30.?Every agency j of the national and municipal govern- J meats was at work tonight trying to track the "reds" responsible for the j terrorist bomb plot which has startled j the country. . Sixteen infernal machines were j f?und, literally by chance, early to- i day in the general postoffice in this j city. Apparently they were identical with six others which went through i the mails safely and were delivered to ? the persons whom they were ad- | dressed. Fortunately, however, none j of the intended victims has been in- j jured this far. How many others have ' been mailed no one can tell. From all the information available tonight it was apparent the makers of the bombs hoped to exterminate ev ery one who has been prominently in .volved in the prosecution or deporta tion of members of the I. W. W. Not only were officers of the im migration bureau marked for destruc tion but also the authors of the bill which would have stopped immigra tion for a year. This measure would have made it difficult for Russiar radicals to gain access to this coun try. * Agents of the department of justice 5*?.id they believed the mailing of the bombs was intended to cause a reigT of terror on May day. observe throughout the world not only b: r*2.'cefui,l2fccr organist tiacs but iy Sffifc *x&?ziiz.ed diesis. It r&s id fefced April, 18*0. "Be Juts 881. RED GUARDS QUIT PETROGRAD Hesingfors Dispatch Reports That Bolshevists Are Evac uating City PROBABLY LEAVE BE CAUSE NO MORE LOOT Latest Reliable Reports Stated That City Was Famine Strick en and Plague Ravaged, Helsingsfors, Wednesday, April 30. ?Petrograd is being evacuated by the {Bolsheviki, reports from reliable sources declare. i It is well to remember once in ] awhile that the boll weevil will be in jour midst next year. called that radicals in this country had threatened a demonstration on May 1, in behalf of Thomas J. Moon ey, under sentence of life imprison ment in California for murder in con nection with a bomb outrage. The deductions of the government agents were based on the list of those who have received the bombs and the names on the wrappers of the infer nal machines seized in the postoffice. Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle, who brought to a suddent end the "general strike" instituted by the I. W. W. in that city was the first to receive one of the deadly packages. Former Senator Thomas W. Hard wick of Atlanta, author of the senate bill to stop immigration, was the second. His wife was injured when the bomb exploded. A bomb was received today by Re presentative John Ll Burnett of Gads der.r Ala, former chairman of the house committee on immigration. Another of those marked for de struction was Judge Kennesaw Moun tain Landis of Chicago before whom William D. Haywood and his follow ers were tried and found guilty. . Bombs also were sent to Charles M. j Fickert, district attorney of San! Francisco, and his assistant, Edward Cunha, who were prominent in the prosecution of Moohey and others im plicated with him. Included in the list of those to whom the bombs found here were addressed were: Anthony Caminetti.. commissioner general of immigration, who issued orders for the deportation of a large number of I. W .W. agitators rounded up in the West. Frederick C. Howe, commissioner of immigration at New York, who has confessed somewhat radical ideas of his own but who was charged with carrying out the orders of his chief. William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, whose jurisdiction extends over the bureau of immigration. Attorney General Palmer, who di rects the operations of the depart ment in enforcing prosecution of al leged violators of the espionage law and plotters against the government. William H. Lamar, solicitor of the postoffice department . W. S. Finch .one of the representa tives of the department in this city. Bombs were also deposited in the mails for Mayor Hylan of this city i and Police Commissi ier Enright. j Radicals have accuse iem of mak I ing it impossible to \ ialls in which i to hold demonstra s. They also i have barred the red ; in parades or at meetings of any id. j Others on the li: jf those marked i I for death by the .Is were John D. i j Rockefeller and J. . Morgan. Government of jials made no at- j J tempt to minimi7 the seriousness of the situation. They admitted frankly they had no idea how many of the j bombs had been mailed. All ap I parently were wrapped in paper pur ! porting to come from the department ? store of Gimbel Bros, in this city, but , declared by members of that firm to j have never been in their establish- j [ ment. It was pointed out that 14 of | the infernal machines had been held ; up in postoffices along the Pacific I j coast. j The postoffice department has sent J a general alarm to postmasters all j over the United States directing them [ to watch the mails carefully for j packages similar to those seized here. [ } Inspectors in different parts of the j i country have been set at work on the, difficult angles of the plot. Chief Inspector William E. Coch- j i ran of the postoffice department took j i charge of the investigation in this f city. His operations have expanded j until they include a score of agents of { the department of justice. Police In spector Fourot and scores of New York detectives. Detectives who know the anar chists and radicals in New York were rounding them up and questioning them tonight and a careful watch j was being kept on the known haunts j of I. W. W. agitators. A slip on the part of the sender of i I the infernal machines, coupled with I the shap wits of a postoffice clerk were all that prevented the bombs j from being delivered. The 16 pack j ages were mailed Saturday night in a j box somewhere in the neighborhood j of 30th Street and Broadway. They ] had the correct postage for the par ; ecl post but were sealed with red j wrappers and therefore could be ac cepted only as first class matter. Ac cordingly they w-ere sent to the gen fsral pG^tpjgee to be referred touihe ii i i ad Fear not?Let mil the ends Thou Aimst at be thy Country'*, Iky God'f s SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919. WHY DOES THE VICTORY LOAN LAG? State Chairman Charles //. Barron Issues a Stiring Appeal to South Carolina. Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, May 1.?"There is a dragging- somewhere in the Victory Loan campaign," said Chairman Charles H. Barron, Wednesday, "this campaign must be vitalized. The en tire driving power of the workers and of the press of the State must be put behind this enterprise. It must not be permitted to fall short, or we will stand ashamed before the world. I don't believe it will fail." This is the last loan. The people af. large should pay it out of their savings. There should be the widest distribution, the resources of the banks must < be left clear for the co operation of our industries and for the developing of this country's resources. If the banks must absorb this loan, capital will not be available for financing commerce, agriculture and the other important industries. "They said we would not fight, but we did. They say that we will not pay, but we will. We will pay even if the soldiers themselves must pay for the war, which they won. The soldiers who' slept in^tne. mud, .who suffered disease, vernadn, hunger, a hundred forms of discomfort for our sakes, what a shame it would be if they should be called upon to save this loan. They would do it, but we should do it for them. Is there no gratitude in America? The best way to show it is not by making pretty speeches to the returning soldiers, but by paying them for what they have done. America can fight and she can pay in full for the privilege of real izing her ideals of freedom. "The barrage is down, let's go from here." Dollars put into victory bonds, serve a double purpose, they discharge the country's debt to the defenders of de mocracy, and they make much easier the conditions for earning a living. Help the treasury to pay its debts and thus put more money into circulation. ."This is ah installment proposition and the bonds do not have to be tak en up with the final payment until af ter the cotton crop comes in during October. "We appeal to the people of South Carolina to be aroused to the patriotic appeal and the business opportunity in this victory loan. Let South Caro lina not have to explain to the sol diers how it is that we have failed. The Rainbow Division and , the Wild cat Division are yet to come home. Shall the boys of the 30th tell the boys yet overseas that their home folks have not appreciated them?" Allies Will Proceed With Peace Negotiations and Will Sign Treaty With Germany PEACE CONFERENCE CAN NOT BE DELAYED First Meeting With The Ger ?*~maro-WilI Probably Be HSd" Friday Afternoon Paris, April 30.?It is planned in peace conference circles to go ahead with the peace treaty without regard [ to any action by Italy as it is consid I ered probable that the Italian dele gation will not return, certainly not within the present week. The delivery of the treaty and the I first exchanges with the Germans, therefore will occur without the par ticipation of Italy and it is said in American quarters that this proce- j diye will go forward steadily until j the signing of the treaty. The first meeting with the Germans will probably be Friday afternoon or j Saturday when the pact will be pre i sented. , j Bomb For Overman Infernal Machine Sent North Carolina Senator Stopped at Salisbury Postoffice Washington. May 1?The postmas i tor of Salisbury, North Carolina, tele I graphed the postoffice department to day that a package containing a bomb similar to those found in New York had been addressed to Senator Over man. As acting chairman of the senate judiciary committee Senator [ Overman had charge of the espion age act and many other measures dealing with law enforcement during the war. He was also chairman of the special senate committee investi gating pro-German and other radical propaganda. French Workmen Loaf General Strike Declared For Twenty-four Hours Paris. May 1.?While Paris and a great part of France are tied up to day by labors' twenty-four hour gen eral strike, as a demonstration for better working conditions and changes in certain government poli cies, no disorders had been reported up to this afternoon. Allies Gain Ground Bolsheviks Driven Back Along Murmanks Railroad London. May 1.?Along the Mur mansk railway Bolshevik troops, un der allied pressure, have withdrawn to new positions 30 miles west of Petrozavodsk, on the western bank of Lake Onega. Washington. May 1.?The treasury today reported a "somewhat quicken ed interest" in the Victory loan cam paign based on reports from federal reserve districts. The total subscrip tions, officially tabulated, still stood at one billion, one hundred and thirty President Wilson Cables His Endorsement of Postmaster General's Suggestion CABLE CONTROL ENDS MAY TENTH Telegraph and Telephone Lines Will Be Surrendered as Soon fc as "Necessary Laws- are En acted. Washington, April 29.?President Wilson has approved Postmaster Bur leson*s recommendation that the tele graph and telephone systems be re turned to their owners upon the en actment of legislation deemed neces sary and that the American cable lines be restored to their owners im mediately. The presidential approval was announced in a cablegram today. Mr. Burleson stated yesterday that he hoped to return the cables by May 10th. Loan Campaign Dragging Banks Are Not Making Reports And South Carolina is at Foot of List Columbia, May 1.?"The Victory liberty Loan campaign in South Carolina is dragging." said Chairman Charles H. Barron today. "Only sixty out of the 419 banks in the State have reported by the postal card sys tem furnished for the daily state- j ments. 1 am advised from headquarters at} Richmond that South Carolina is at i the foot of the list. As this State has received many honors from the gov ernment in this drive, I urge the banks to send in their reports daily. I know from unofficial reports that several i counties are over the top. or nearly so, and yet the reports from the banks do not show it. We must have these reports to know where we stand. "I see from the newspapers that ! cotton is selling in some counties for 29 cents. I do not urge the farmers to sell until they get whatever price i they want, but this spots figure shows | that they are winning their tight, and j that cotton is going to bring the price ; they have demanded. Therefore, the j farmers should take fresh courage j and realize that they have the mon- j ey, a vast lot of money, in their cot ton and they can sell when they get ready to put their promises into Vic tory bonds now." It is feared that the banks in j South Carolina have not been report- ( ing the purchases of bonds because of j a ruling by Secretary Glass to the effect that none must be reported un til the initial payment had been made. I Chairman Charles Barron, stated to- ! day that this is not correct. The dis- j trict headquarters at Richmond have i arvised Mr. Barron that the banks' may report "where they have confi- j denee in the ability and intent of the f subscriber to carry out in full his I subscription, bearing in mind, how- j ever, that the bank obligates itself to the federal reserve bank when it makes such a report." Paris. May 1.?The opinion prevails in peace conference circles that the peace preliminary will '{be commu nicated to thu Cx.zzLZ2+, ll.oz<?ir/ ?i.tw:' noon. ? - . . ._, -.. nid Inth?v THE TK17J4 WORLD NAVAL POLICE FORCE League of Nations Calls For Large International Naval Force to Keep Peace DANIELS CONFERS WITH OTHER POWERS Nations Still Desiring World Conquest Must Be Shown At tempt Would Be Unprofitable London, May 1.?A large naval in ternational police force will be neces sary under the league of nations plan immediately after peace is declared, in the opinion of Secretary Daniels, and one object of his trip abroad is to discuss with the admiralties of France, Great Britain and Italy some of the details as to the force, par ticularly the types of vessels desir able. "The desire of conquest may still linger in the hearts of some na tions after peace and siich nations must be shown that it would be un profitable to attempt to accomplish those desires," Secretary Daniels said. yictory Loan Drive How the Funds Derived From Last Bond Issue Will Be Used Xew York, April 30.?The money raised from the Victory Liberty Loan will be used to pay for bringing the American troops home from France, the cost of their demobilization, part or the war insurance claims of the soldiers and sailors killed or injured in the fighting:, and will furnish/funds for the care of the wounded and for the vocational training of the maimed, and other post-war expenses, says a representative here of the Liberty Loan Committee. "One of the biggest items of ex pense will be for the transportation and demobilization of the troops, the cost of which, from the time the ar mistice was signed until the army is returned to a peace basis, will amount jcq aj^pr^xinmely $2,273,000," he adds in a statement. **There "were abbtrt 2,000,000 men overseas when the fighting ended. According to the army transportation experts, it will cost $200 a man to bring them from the fighting lines in France und Belgium to their homes- in the United States. This will, make the total transpor tation bill $400.000,000, of which $128,000,000 represents the fare of the soldiers in France, $124,000,000 their fare across the Atlantic, and $148.000,000 their transportation from United States ports to their homes. "It will take at least ten months, the army authorities say, to complete the demobilization of the troops from overseas. Their maintenance in that period, including housing, clothing and food, will amount to about $1, 000,000,000, of which $279,528,130 will be for food. "The demobilization, transportation and maintenance expenses of the 3, 555,000 soldiers who di" ot get to France, will amount to about $920, 273,000, bringing the total of the I whole army to the amount already Stated, $2.320,273,000, which will! make quite a hole in the Victory j : Liberty Loan receipts. "There are about 200,000 sick and wounded soldiers still being cared for in the government hospitals. The per capita cost of caring for these patients is figured by the Army Medical De partment at .$725, which brings .the total cost of those now undergoing] treatment to $145.000,000. There are eighty army hospitals in the United States. The cost of their operation ; ranees from a few hundred thousand to a million dollars a year each. "The amount of war risk insurance \ the government has outstanding is; $37.000.000.000. The claims already filed amount to $5,000.000. If all the | soldiers, numbering approximately 72,500. who were killed in action, orj died of waounds. accident and disease, were insured for the fult amount of j $10.000 each -permitted under the i plan their claims would aggregate! $725 000,000. Payments on Lhesci claims will be made at the rate of $50 I a month to the dependents of each oldier, which calls for the expenditure! of $4 3,500,000 a year for about six teen years. However, it is not prob- j able that many of these claims, or of j the thousands of others that will be [ filed by soldiers disabled in the war. j will oe acted upon in time to make, much of a drain upon the proceeds! of the Victory Loan. "The Federal Board for Vocational \ Training, which the government has! established to care for disabled men j after their discharge from the army! or navy and train them to earn a live lihood, will cost several millions of dollais a year to maintain. Already 12,000 men have applied for train ing in the institutions.and as they *re to be paid at least $65 a month each while undergoing training, their pay: alone will amount to about $1,000,-1 000 a year. j "Otier expenses to be met out of j the proceeds of the Victory Liberty Loan will be the purchase of wheat' at the guaranteed price of $2.26 aj bushel, and extension of credit to the] countries associated sittr us in Jjic as: ! SOUTHRON, EfSabttshei Jene, VoLXLVIII. tfo.2& SLIGHT RIFT IN CLO The Peace Conference Officials' Hope For Settlement of Adriatic Question ^ ^ ?- :j rl^fe MR. PAGE OFFERS * r% TO ASSIST ? a. * / Rome Dispatches Indicate That) Overtures From Paris Would Be Acceptable. ? / Paris, April ZC (By the Associated Press)?There is a slight .? rift in the Italian cloud which gives hope of the clearing of the difficulties that' have arisen in the peace conference over the Adriatic problem. Overtures for the resumption of relations have; not come thus far from either direction, but there are intimations^rom Bawne that overtures from Paris would n?L be unacceptable, and would receiver every attention. ' The prevailing sentiment among the delegates, including several of the:, American delegation, is- agahjst., ? -s8h?" liciting a return of the Italian repre sentatives and it was at first beli?ire?** that President Wilson ? shared this view. Those nearest the president^ however, asserted that if Italy is dis posed to relinquish Flume and actoept the compromise the president sug gested he could doubtless, in the in terest of harmony make such" friendly suggestions as would permit - ^he j resumption of relations by the Ital ians without any sacrifice of dignity or self-esteem. These personal susceptibilities- are felt to be more of an obstacle at present than the territorial merits of the case. While popular sentiment ;ih Italy still insists on ? holding Fiume, the recent official attitude has been less insistent and apparently tehds toward acceptance of one of the'- vari ous plans proposed by the council,of three, whereby Flume would be inter- ' nationalized and some Dalmatian out-** posts given to Italy. It is the declared purpose ^of the council, as well as President Wilson, not to yield on Fiume, even if .the peace treaty is signed without Italy's participation. But, should the receipt j officer tendencies take the _^Lefimje.. form of acceptance of a combroinise, the president's friends say tltey-are sure that no feeling of pride will re* strain him from taking steps which will fully restore the Italian delega tion to its former agreeable status in the conference. * ". Adriatic Question Only One Unsettled Peace Conference But ..For Italy's Territorial Greed Would Be Through Paris, May 1.?Various lesser'de tails of the peace treaty will be taken up today by the council of three, among them the question of the Cap tured German cables. With the Kiao ,Chau problem disposed of, the Adri atic question is ? the only highly im portant matter remaining unsettled. Will Make No Concessions Japanese Council Votes to Make No Compromise at Paris Tokio, May 1.?The diplomatic ad visory council voted today to adhere to Japan's attitude relative to the Shantung peninsula and to make no concessions or compromises at Paris, according to newspapers here. Peace Meeting To-Day First Official Meeting At Ver sailles at 3 O'clock Versailles. May 1.?The first official meeting between the allied represen tatives and the German peace dele gates has been fixed for 3 o'clock this afternoon. The committee from the allies and the United States will re ceive the German credentials at that time. _ - i Argentina Not Implicated That Country Had No Part in Mexico's Action. Buenois Aires. Wednesday. April 30.?Foreign Minister Pueyredon de nied today that Argentina had any part in Mexico's refusal to recognize the Monroe Doctrine. war to enable them to purchase war material and other property of the United States in such countries which is no longer essential to this gove?7i ment. Funds also will be needed for thv, upkeep and other expenses of the navy since the signing of the armis tice and for the operation of the rail roads. In addition to these military cos's, the civil expenses of the gov ernment are running at about Q0O,QQO.00O' a year.;*.