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Rala Thnrsday. Friday eooler 4 steady, probably local relaa cut portion. Eest AI, rcrti Care-;! 11 VOLCVIIL NO. 67. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 1918. PRICE: nvEc: Ml G rz -n t " mm Strategy of General Foch is Forcing the Enemy to Retire from Ypres to Rheims TEUTONS OUTFLANKED ON ALL DEFENSIVE WORKS ON WESTERN BATTLE LINE from Tprei To Lens Additional Towns HaTe Been Captured And thv Old. Salient More . Nearly Reclaimed; Lens En tirely Evacuated by the Ger mans; Harrassing the Ene my in Retirement (By The Associated Press.) - The Germans are now giving " ground over the entire 150 mile battle front from Ypres to Rheims. . , Seemingly' the question "Whether the Germans will be : able to hold even relatively their present line from Fland ers to Champagne.ia.beingan iwered. And the answer appa rently is in the negative. The strategy of Gen. Foch, which imoosed upon the Ger mans the necessity of falling back in Flanders, vArtois and Picardy, now likewise is com pelling the enemy to withdraw frnm the Vesle river between Soissons and Rheims, north ward toward the Aisne, in or der to avert disaster. Out flanked on all defensive works alonir the western part ol tne battle line and in great danger of a turning movement east ward from the regions of Noy- ort and Soissons, the German high command at last has been forced to beirin the retrograde movement in the Soissons- TthAlmn sector, which the mill tar exnerts Ion had predicted would be necessitated through the successes of the British, French and American armies. The climax to the German maneuvers along the Vesle cul minated when the French vir tually swept away the last re maining portion of the old sa lient in the region of Noyon and the French and Americans north of Soissons and along the Vesle reached positions domi natinir the Aisne and the Chem- In des Dames and crossed to the north side of the Vesle oh a .front of nearly twenty miles. All behind the front toward the Aisne, huge fires are to be seen where the enemy is mak ing his way as fast as possible northward, in all probability harassed by outposts of French and American troops and by artillery fire and the machine guns and bombs cf the Allied aviators. ' ' While the debacle in the south seems complete, in the north the Germans also are iac ing a crisis. Everywhere from Peronne to Ypres, Field Mar shal Haig's men are keeping hard after the enemy, whose line daily is being bent back further eastward, giving the British better points of vantage - from which to work - in - their task of regaining as their first objectives, St. Qpentin, Cam brai, Lille - and r Armentieres, From Ypres to Lens additiona towns have been recaptured and the old salient more nearly reclaimed. Lens, the famous coal city, is said to have been entirely evacuated by the Ger mans, and the British are only awaiting the dissipation of the noxious gases and the render ine of the. city safe from the possibility of the detonation of mines in tne suoterranean coa chambers to enter it - "t From 'Arras southward to Peronne English, Scottish Welsh, Canadian and Austral ian troops everywhere are har assing the enemy, meeting his violent machine gun fire with such irresistible pressure that the enemy has been virtually nonplussed and has retired at some points almost precipi tately. Eastward of the old Dro s, court-Queant line the enemy ' has been pushed across to the east bank of the Canal Dunord, where atiast accounts he was endeavoring to prevent, by tV use of innumerable machine .' (Contlnaed an Page T0 .- STILL SMASHING HUNS With tka American Army en tke Veals Frost, Sept. 4-(By the Associ ated . Press.) A German withdrawal from tke Vesle kaa hegaa. Combat pa trols of America as 4 Preach af ctsat their atria la tke west af Basooches aad eastward U a point Wyea Flsmes. Smart machlae gaa rcatataac la Mnf encountered. By all ladicatloas tat Germans hsva wltkdrswa tkelr aiala bod Ira ta tka aorta, possibly prepara tory u crossing tka Alan. ' Light forces at AaMricaaa hsva ad vanced tkelr lines asms distance aartk af the Veele. - II becaaia snore appareat today that tka Ceratau kad given ap tko straggle ta Hiatal a foothold aorth ar the Veal. America, aad F reach artillery caatlaaed their paaisklag Ira arer aa ntOBdlow to tha Aiaoa without brinllac a reply that eoald be coat. pared la lateaaity. s Tha adraaced Aaterlcaa detachments were coafraated.witk tha aaaia aort af machine gan that tha Germane have aeed la all ether caeca roeeotly ta hold off tha eppoalag forces, while making good their retreat. Bat aaa by aae the gaa aeats were takea by aeaaalt ar forced ta retire. The withdrawal of the Cenaaas la regarded aa a direct reaalt of the enor- aaoai preeaare agaiaat their line extend tag aorth of Soissons. It will aot be a as rp rise, however, if a secondary re. aiotaaee lor another brief interval will bo made where the Has rasa back to ward Rkeima. It ta pointed oat that tka Cenaaas eaa aot .afford to hold there loaf, alnee tha same preeaare will he exerted, aad they caaaot afford to leave a salient at that point. By aherteaiag aad straight, eaiag their liao, with lta bass aa the Ckaatla des Daaiea, tka Gerauaa will be able to release two at the foar dirlaloas for waeh Boeded sapport ia ather see- tors. . The Gerauaa carried oat tkelr retreat behind a smoke screen raised aa the northern edge af the plateaa aorth af tka Veele. Frcack aad American forces went forward aakkly aad tonight the American patrola are will ta the Berth f the river with aameroaa towns aad village at tkelr mercy. , FRENCH MAKE BIG GAINS. Farie, Sept. 4-1 n addition to fore Ing tha Germaaa to retreat aortk af the Oise aad aa tha Veele front, the French today made big galas aortheast f Noyon, according ta tha war, office aaaoancemeat tonight. Tha greatest galas were made aorth af the Vesle, which has bee crossed aa a frost af early twenty mle L The atatement reads: "Oar troops, after having broken aa the precedlag days the atabbora reals- aaca af tka eaemy, forced him today ta retreat aorth af the Olae aad en the Velae front botweoa tka Canal Dunord and the Oise ear advaaeed elements, aa tka keels af tka eaemy rear fiards, have gone beyond Ubermeat and reach. ad the ontsklrts of Esmery.HslIoa aad occupied tha Bols-de-L'HopltaL ' "Farther sooth oar line extoads aloag Frealckes, Gaiscard, Beaagles, Grsadra, Mondescoart and Appllly. More to the east, we crossed the Alletta aad reached Mariielle, aertheaat of Maaieamp. The aaemy left ia ear hands aameroaa prta- onera, gnas and material and coaaider able suppllea. ' "Between the AileUa and the A lane, the battle eaatlnaed oa tha plateaa north of Soissons. "Menaced aa hU right flank, tha en amy has retreated aortk at the Vesle. We took Bacy-Le-Loag aad Moaeel, aortk of the AUne. "Farther to the right, oar troops hav lag crossed the Vesle en a front ot M kilometres, advaaeed beyond Lkaacmy Breaelle, Vaaberlia, Vaaxcere and Bias sy and gained a footing aa tbe northern crest of Baallenx. CAVALRY PURSUES TEUTONS. Frenck Army Headqoartera, Sept. t. XteBUri)"Freiich cavslry todsy were closely parsalng the Germans retreat, lag la tha region Between the River Somme and tha River Oiss aad had reached a point within a mile of Gals. carl, 14 miles aortheast ar Noyoa. BRITISH CROSS CANAL. London, Sept. 4wThe caaal Danord aad the Trtille river have beea cross ad an a wida front aorth af Moislsias by Engliah aad Welah troops, according to' Field Marshal Haig's commnnlcatioa Issaed tonight. - Moialalna lies sheet miles aorth af Peronne. Tha atatement aays.t "English aad Welsh troops forred Batsage af tha Tortilla river aad the canal Danord aa a wida front aorth of Moialalna, Daring tha early part af the day the enemyjield the east banks of the river and cansl and with artillery aad machine gaa Ore endeavored ta ar reat oar advance at this line. "Denpite the aatarsl atrength af the enemy's positions, oar troops advaaeed with great dssa aad conrsg aaa car ried the villages of Mananeoart aad Et rlcoart. Overcoming the obstacles pre sented by tha caaal aad river, they made aabstaatlsl progress oa the rising around ta the asst.. , "Farther aorta, Engliah and New Zealand divisions have takea Ruyaal- cenrt Snd reached tka aortkera eat skirts ef'Havrlneonrt wood, east of tka canal line. Other Engllak divisions gained tke west bank af the caaal eppo. site Demleoart aad Boarslea, besting off. a eeaater-attack. "English troops entered Meeavrea from tha aortki and tha Sgktlag con. tlnaes here anvng tha aid Hlndeabarg line defenses. "Ia -tke coarse af oar advance, far (Coatiaaed aa Page TweJ OCH HAS 1 AMERICA TROOPS AVAILABLE FOR USE Gen. March Gives Out Figures In Discussing Tne War Situation NCREASING IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN FORCES In Opinion of 4 Army Officials Here Breakdown of German -Defense Line Oft Douai . Cambrai. front . May Be Entering Wedge For Allied Saccesses Washington, Sept. 4. Aanouneement today by General March, chief of staff, thai mora than 1,800,000 American troops had. be embarked for all fronts np to August 31, famished a new mess are of the forces Marshal Forth has at his disposal with which to follow up the victories alreday won on the west ern, front, : 1 Included in the American shipments are men sent to Italy snd Siberia, the arrival of Major General Graves, Amer ican commander, at Vladivostok, with nearly 1.400 men of the forces de spatched direct from the United States having beea announced today by Gen eral March. The total number of men sent elsewhere than to France, how ever, it less than 10,000, leaving more than a million and a half American troops available for the use of the su preme eommnder in tne great Dattie The size of this American force be eomes increasing! important' as the scope of the new British assault at the very center of the German line on the Doual-Cambrai froni become. apparenU the breakdown of the German defense lines on this front may trove the en terlng wedge for allied successes of a sweeping nature tinea tbe tact mat General Pershing's army has not yet been lartre employed is proof that Mar- thai Foch hat ample reserve with whieh to press hit advantage. In his midweek conference with newt paper correspondents General March re viewed briefly the battle situation of the last three or four days, noting particu larly that the British in the most im pressive phase of the battle east of Ar- has had smashed their way across tne Hindenburg line on aa eight-mile front with Cambrai as their abjective. The major enemy resistance along the whole sixty-mile battle front from the Scarp to the Oise, he said, had beea encoun tered and overcome y the British and the swift advance of the French troops last week, when they gained five or six miles on a 25-mile front in a single day was due largely to withdrawal forced upon the enemy in the north. General March pointed "out also as indicating the rapidity with which the battle front ia shifting under the steady drive of the allied armies, that the Brit ish had pressed ahead 14 miles since they launched their attack on August 21. -. ... , , - . ... ... Even as Ocn. March talked, word came from the battle front stating that the enemy had beea hurled still . further bark along tbe Douai-tambral line ana indicating the British early today stood within Ave miles of the Cambrai, pivot to this German defense position. Later reports both from Flanders and on the Vesle, far to the south, indicated that new retirements were in progress in both places, due to the eombinstion of the British thrust in the center and General Mangin'i flanking movement toward the Chem in del Dames. The ad vance of Franco-American forces setose the Vesle indicates that the German line at this, end of the battle front is being forced back toward the Aiane by the pressure from the flank. ' . In al lthe dispatches from abroad offi cers here noted again today veiled in dications that some new. and Important phase of the battle is to be expected shortly. There was an air of expect ancy among both unofficial and semi official commentators which produced the impression that Marshal For.h is pre paring for a new blow. If this is the ease, it it believed here that the em ployment of Gen. Pershing's army may well be included in the plans, the ob ject being to hit with full force of th American and Allied armies now that the German disorganization1 appears to be spreading1 aad his line wavering.- -The reports tonight indicated to many observer that the eaemy was aow with aratrtHg alonj" hir wh6le front from Flanders to Bheims. This was the de duction made from the new French ad vances in the pocket formed by the Oise line around the Ham-Guiscard-Chaunp triangle and, also from the movement across the Vesle. If it develops that the Germans have been forced by the rup ture of their center to attempt such a" wholesale retreat, it is argued that Mar shal Foch might well believe that the moment to attempt a decisive stroke had come, since the confusion resulting from such a movement to the rear necessarily would oe great. ADD FOCH The Chief of Staff identified the American unit which participated ia the Flanders advance as the thirteenth division, composed of troops from Tenn essee, North Carolina and South Caro lina. This is the "Old Hickory'' divi sion. In answer to a question General March Mid it was estimated that more than 250,000 had landed ia Franca dur ing August. The record for monthly shipment be added, was 285,000. . T, EES ID A M SAYS 0. Lieutenant Governor Declares That the People Implicitly Trust President Wilson CHAIRMAN WARREN ON POLITICAL SITUATION Many Patrotio Republicans In North Carolina Who Are Op posed to Bushwhacking Cam paign That Republican Party Is Making:, He Saya; Foote Naval Aide To Seo. Daniela By 8. B. WINTERS. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Sept. 4. "I have Bever seen such a wonderful change in the sentiment of a people aa that in North Carolina toward the prosecution of the war," said Lieutenant Governor O. Mx Gardner of Shelby ia denoting the sup port being accorded the administration in its conduct of the war. "They are beginnig to understand the underlying causes of the war, and they feel that it is their war. Tub people no longer believe- it to be a rich man's war. It is the only war in the world s history when the-rirh man could not purchase exemption for his ton. They are not being exempted. "All the regulations and restrie tions governing the administration of the conflict and food products prohibit the rich from exploiting the poor. Then, too, the people look upon President Wilson aa some divine leader ana im plicitly trnrt his leadership. "Sometime ago there was some op position to the 18-year-old boy being drafted for the prosecution of the war " W"TB "'t President Wilson supported the propo tition." The Lieutenant Governor H perhaps ths most competent publie man in the Bute td speak on the subject ia at much at he doubtless holds the record for war speeches ia bis section of the State. He has made 55 war speeches tince April 1, 1918. Chairman Warren at Capitol. "There are many patriotic Republic ans in North Carolina who are opposed to the bash whacking campaign that the- Republican party in North Caro lina is making against President Wilson and his war program, declared Chair maa Thomas D.' Warren of the State Democratic Executive Committee, who was a Washington visitor today, ' "The Republicsns are making a big blunder. The people of the State are strong for the successful prosecution of the war. The people are going to support the administration, they are strong for President Wilson, "There will be no campaign speeches during the Liberty Loan campaign," said Mr. W arren in answer to the ques tion as to the prospect for campaign speeches. "However, there will be Dem ocratic campaign speeches before and after the liberty Loan dates." While stating that it was somewhat early to forecast figures aa -to ths Dem ocratic majority m North Carolina, Ut Warren thinka that the vote will be aubetantial and the majority Urge, He indicated that the Republicans were active, but thinks if the old, old story of much bluster and little results when the votes are counted. After spending the day at the Na tional Capitol, conferring with Demo cratie leaders, Mr. Warren returned ts Raleigh tonight. ' Aide To Secretary Daaieja. Commander. Percy Foote, of North Wilkesboro, N. C, has been named naval aide to Secretary of tbe Navy Jo sephus Daniels, and has summed his duties ia tha office of the Secretary. He succeeds Joseph i Daniel, who becomes attached to the staff of Admiral. Hims, Commandrk Foote was in command of the President Lincoln when it was sunk by a submarine May 31, live htm dred miles off the eoast of France. The superb courage and excellent leadership of Commander Foote held the lost of life to a minimum, Admiral Sims recog nizing his bravery in an official com mendation. Of the crew and passengers totaling 715, only twenty-three men and three officers were lost. Another officer was captured ,by the invading German submarine. Commander Foote is a nativa of Wilkas county, having enrolled ia tke Naval Academy ia 197. He was grad uated from Annapolis in 1901. He is son orine late Major Jimee HrTootev His appointment as naval aide is recognition of talent and well directed efforts in his duties at commander of ship. ", - - Will Burgaw, an insurance and fer tilizer dealer of Washington, S. C, in a Washington sanitarium. , He seeking recovery of hit health. The Postoffica Department has auth orixed tbe re-establishment of a post- office at itaidwin, Ashe county, Tsr Heels at Capitol. Among the North Carolinians at the National Capitol are: Frank B. Smith, of Charlotte; W. T. Council, of Hick ory; Dr. JU A. CrowelL of Linrolcton L C. Lowe, of Charlotte: Egbert Hutch inson, of Mount Holly; B. B. Ray, of UeAdeaviue; Joe xl. Cook, and Q. K Jfimocks, attorney of r aycttevilje : Ar thur Cobb, formerly of Raleigh, but how of Wilson; Air. and Mrs. George Ger ken, of KaieigUj K. Jl. Thaxton, of Ba leigh: Clement Manly, of Winston (Ceatlaaed aa Page TweJ MAX GARDNER SB COND RAID FOR DRAFT DERELICTS E ederal-Agents Pay Official Visit To Smith's Greater, Shows . OFFICERS AIDED BY COMPANY SOLDIERS Three Hundred Gathered Into Toils at Carnival Ground! But Sifting Process Elimi nates All But Mine; These Will Be Inducted Into Ser vice At Once Nine reeruite for the army were se cured last night on the grounds of the Smiths Greater Shows, exhibiting at the cornel lolL-South McDowell and West Davie, following a raid by federal au thorities and United States soldiers on search for deserter and draft derelicts. It wss the second raid on a street ear- nival in Raleigh within ten days and more than three hundred white and col orcd men, found within the grounds without satisfactory identification as to military status, were hauled to the Fed eral court building ia army trucks, and there put through a grilling that lasted until two o'clock this morning. Tbe sifting process eliminated all save nine negroes, seven of whom were carnival workers. The raid started .between nine nnd ten o'clock, and at two -'clock the fol lowing net; roes had elected to go into the army rather than await investiga tion by the Federal authorities, under $.100 bond or in jail, to determine their true, status: Boss Wilkinson, McColl h. (.; Arthur Jones, Kaleigh; John Lmeons, Berkley, Va.; Waller Fuller, Raleigh; Wesley Gaines.. Pittsburg, Pa.; Don Fartell, Conway, B. C; Ar- tkur Brown, Kansas City, Mo.; Wal- etr Lambert, Clayton; Chajaae Wil lisms, Grifton. The axaminaitoa was conducted by Special Agent Graham, Cant. T. B. Mo Cargo, Mr. A. A. Arsoason, clerk to tbe Raleigh board, and Dr. Z. M. Caveness, member of the Wske county board, and others. But the final degree was con ferred by Special Agent Graham, who explained the law, informed the sua pects of their rights, in tbe matter snd the privilege of investigation and trial by jury. None in the final batch of nine men wanted to take a chance at the courts. For the most part they made their choice for the army great good humor. As waa the case several nights ago. when another carnival as raided at the old hall park, men who appeared to be eligible to military service snd who could not produce their final classifica tion cards were taken into custody Officers did not expect quite so rich a haul laat night as before when over two hundred were apprehended and about twenty inducted into service as result of the raid. The authorities bad anticipated that the moral effect from the previous raid would givs.mea within the military age the. cue to carry their registration ' and final clttmincation cards. The performances on the grouail were not - disturbed until the . acts were closed when, with soldiers sur rounding the . block . in which . the show wss exhibiting tbe officers moving in squads demanded classification earn from patrons and show attsches alike. Those who roulj not produce were tak en into custody and carried to the Fed eral eourt. room for further investiga tion. Special Agent Graham, of the De partment of Justice again directed th raid and it was executed in the same smooth manner that characterized the previous haul. Little, if any rcaiatance met the demands of tbe officers and the men who couldn't ah,nw the required cards accepted their fate calmly and awaited their turn to be examined. Cap tain T. B. McCsrgo, Jr., draft executive for North Carolina, and A- A. Aronson, chief clerk to the Raleigh local board, tssisted Mr, tirahsm in making final disposition of the derelicts. The soldiers, the. company of techni cians from the Mtate College Camp, were commanded "by Captain Ball and Lieutenant Gilmer. When they marched down town, a few minutes after nine, people on the streets followed to the carnival grounds, and when the first batch of men was carried to the Fed eral Building, Martin, and Fayetteville streets ere.eongeted.JKitlLthftcur ions and theanxious. Wives and mothers, white and black, were there watch ing for their husbands and sons; Some were relieved of suspense when the last trurkload of derelicts went up, while many others busied themselves to finS classification cards for men held by the officials. Deputies from the marshal's office and the Internsl Revenue Department, patrolmen and plain clothes men from the police department and representa tives from the Adjutant General's of fice participated in the raid. One pla toon of soldiers was assigned ta assist the officers making the arrests, another urrounded the grounds, tnd, a third was employed to transport ths arrested from the carnival grounds to the Fed eral Building. i Officers moving in the "Old Ken tucky" show were greeted with a negro quartet singing a populsr melody, "Good Morning, Judge." Two of - the (Coatiaaed Pag I.) CATCH ONLY 9 Four Killed and More Than 75 ' Hurl In Bgmb Explosion ALMER TAKES OVER mm i American Trans-Atlantic Com pany, Is Finally Stripped v Of Its Camouflage COUNT VON BERNST0RFF . FIGURED IN THE OEAL Ships Reported At Various Times To Have Been Supply-, ing German Raiders - (By the Associated Press.) New Tork, Sept. 4. On the ground of German ownership, the Amerirsn Trans- Atlantic Company, which, until its ships were tommsndeered by the Vnited States Shipping Board in October, 1917, operated in ocean trade, a fleet of eleven steamships flying the Stars and Stripes, hat been taken over by A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Custo dian. ' ' -.., ' Richard G. Wagner, formerly of Mil waukee, an American bora citizen, head of ths concern for three years, deceived the American government "with truly Prussian arrogance," as well as British and Frrfnch prize courts as to the real ownership of the property, according ta Francis P. Carvan, investigator for the custodian who made public tonight a summary of Wagner t activities. The ships were, in' fact, bought with Germaa gold and the company was or ganized eight months after the out break of hostilities with funds which Count Yon Btynstorff, the German Am bassador caused to be transmitted here for Wagner's benefit. Wagner, under the examination of Mr. Carvan, protest ed the ahips were Americaa-owned until tha last but anally confessed before tbe weight of evidence that the backing ot this venture to keep German com merce on the high sea earns from Ger man shipping interests. Suspicion toward the American Trans Aantic Company was entertained by this government from the time that Wagner sought to have his eleven thipt, then, flying neutral flags, transferred to American registry. While they succeed ed by complying with all the technicali ties of the law, it is known that the Am erican Trans-Atlantic Company was closely watched. Gave Aid Ta Haiders Is Report. ' Wagner's ships were, reported at va rious times to have been supplying Ger man raidera with provisions and to have conveyed German gold from the United States for use in South America but these charges Wagner indignantly de nied, always protesting hit American ism. Throe, of Wagner's hipt were seized by the British and one by the French during 1915 and in the prize courts, tes timony indicating German backing for the American Trans-Atlantic Company was sired. - ; Wagner went to Germany in Decem ber, 1914-, and visited Hugo Stinnes, Oirman"hipt)wncr;Bnd coai operator. Then he went to Copenhagen where he saw Albert Jensen, his cousin, manager of a coal concern owned by Stinnes. He made an arrangement with (Jensen to purchase a flict -of neutral merchant veiisehv Jensen to provide the money sod Wagner to return to America and have them placed under American regis try through an , Americaa company which he would organize, While in Germany he tried to buy an uncomplet ed tank steamer there and induced Am bassador Gerard to cable the United Mates commissioner of navigation as to his attitude toward placing the ship under American registry. i; $5,197,452 IS VALUE w PUT ON WINSTON-SALEM -- SOUTHBOUND ROAD (By the Associated Press.) ... Washington, Sept. 4. The Interstate Commerce Commission today annMnced its final valuation of the property of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company, following the principles adopted in determining the valuation of the Texas Midland Railroad, recently announced, and making no allowance for "good will," going concern value or other intangible assets. - Original cost to date of the railway, embracing M) miles of track wholly within the State of North Carolina was placed at and cost ol repro duction new at 5,.156,H:!n, these figures being ezclnsive of lands, which were vslued at 564,606.. GERMAN TROOPS IN ESTH0NIA SHOW SIGNS OF INSUBORDINATION Several Hundred Hoist Red Red Flag and Sin; The Marsellaise . ' ' Christinia, Norwsy,-ept. 4.-r-(Havas) German troops in Esthonia ars show ing signs of insubordination, according to advices received here from Russia. Several hundred soldiers have hoisted the red flsg, singing the Marseillaise, Their officers were powerlcst to keep order. At Beval, '400 German soldiers and sailors took part in timilar demonstra tions, according to ths reports. Entrance To Federal Buildi; J In Chicago Wrecked And Windows Shattered BELIEVED TO BE ACT OF REPRISAL BY I.W.W. Raids on Two Headquarters cf the t W. W. Within 15 Hin ntes After the Explosion Re sulted In Arrest of Nine Men; .Bomb Concealed in Suitcase Hid Behind Radiator (By The Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 4; Four persons wera killed and more than seventy-fits eth ers injured by the explosion of a bomb ia a crowded entrance to the Federal building at 3:10" o'clock this 'afternoon. The explosion, which not only wrecked the entrance of the building but shst tired every window on the first three floors of two buildings across the street, aaa attributed to the I. W. Wj by Philip J. Barry, in eharge of the local offices of the Department of Justice. . Raids oa two headquarters of the I. W, W within fifteen minutes after tha explosion, resulted in tbe arrest of nine) men, Several more ; were taken Into custody within the Federal building nnd a woman whose name was suppressed was arrested in a nearby building. To night more than 1,500 goverament agents and the' entire city police- force was seeking the perpetrator of the out rage. "This outrage, ia my opiaioa, waa inevitable as aa act of reprisal an tha part of the I, W, W.," Mr. Barry de clared after a hurried investigation, "following the sentencing of.aesrly a, hundred of their members. Wa are certain that the L W. W. committed this deed. I believe that the bomb wsm composed of nitroglycerine. Several ar rests have beea made aad we are ques tioning ths prisoners as fast at wa ean." the eourt toosa of. Federal Judge K. M. Landis, where ninety-five I. W. W. leaders were recently convicted and sen tenced to prison: for obstructing tha government's war program, is in tha sitth floor of the building.: Wm. D. Haywood, general secretary-treasurer of the I. W. W., and one of those sentenc ed to twenty years ia prison for hi part in the eonsplraelea was on tha 8th floor of tbe building with his lawyers who was planning to aeek-a-writ of er ror in his behslf when the explosion occurred, lie deplored the outrage and while emphatically denying that any of his men had committed tbe act, admit ted that he believed the I. W. W. would be blamed. "Uncrawntl King" There. The so-called "Uncrowned King" af the I. W. W. plainly felt the building tremble with the detonation of tha bomb and beard the glass crash ia the. dome of the structure an the cries of the injured. He appeared calm aad did not leave the deputy marshal's office. . "It is unfortunate that this thing hap pened st this time," he said feelingly. "I know thnt the I. W. W. wl be blam ed, but I am convinced in nfy own heart that no man of my organization, was in any way connected"" 'with this matter. It would be insane for an T. W. W. to commit such aa act at this time." . Tbe bomb, which is believed to hav consisted of at least three wire-wrapped steel cylinders eharged with high ex plosive, was carried into the Adam street entrance of the building daring one of the most busy periods of th day.. Concealed in a suitcase aad con nected with a time fuse,,, the device was deposited behind a radiator unno ticed by the passing throng. Nearly av hundred persons were in the corridor at the time, at the stamp windows, writing desks and letter registry divi- sion. The explosion came just aa a belt In the dome of the building struck. 3:10 o'clock. The bell is rnag at that, hour every day to mark ths change of clerks. The force of the blast tor th radiator from its fasetaings aad hurled it twenty feet into tha street, where .it struck and killed a horse; smash d desks, tore np great slabs of marblo from the walls,' and ground the wood work into splinters. Flying debris can into shreds several war postera aad canvas banners stretched across tha front of the entrance aad filled tha street uwitlTTlaster,' stone and broken glass. Cat By Flylag Glass. Directly across tha street, every pans of glass in the first three floors, of tha Commonwealth-Edison and Marquette Buildings was blown In upon occupants of offices, stores and restaurants. Many of the injured were cut by the flying fragments. Every person in the corri dor where the explosion took place waa hurled to the floor and their cries soon, filled the building and halted the first panic-stricken rush of the uninjured to escape from other entrances. The streets outside were soon roped off ' by policemen and ambulances and requisitioned automobiles began rushing the victims to hospitals. Within hslf an hour a detail of tailors from the Great Lakes, navaf training station and s' detachment of home guards with fixed bayonets took np the task of keeping back the crowds. The dead include two postal clerks, a sailor aad a Chicago woman. Pete Dailey, of ft. Pant, Minn., who Was placed on trial with ths other 1. W. W.. members, but was later released-by Judge Landis because of his physical and mental condition,' wss (Coatiaaed oa Page TwaJ
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 5, 1918, edition 1
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