Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1916 — Offer Big Rewards For Arrest Of Coast Bomb Artist [ARTICLE]

Offer Big Rewards For Arrest Of Coast Bomb Artist

Sam. Francisco, July 24. —Rewards amounting to $13,000 had been offered today for the arrest and canyuotion of tha perpetrators of the bomb explosion which killed six persons and injured 42 in San Francisco preparedness parade Saturday. Of this sum SI,OOO, the maximum permitted by state laws, was offered ,by Governor Johnson, $5,000 came •from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and SI,OOO from the city board* of supervisors to be counted as a fifth of the $5,000 offered yesterday by Mayor Dolpli. To these donations were added the two individual subscriptions of SI,OOO each. Mayor Rolph said today he would givo the remaining $4,000 of -the sum lie offered yesterday out of his cwn pocket. Charles M. Fickent, district attorney, asserted today that the persons responsible for the explosion are part of a nation-wide movement agamst government .and that their activities are not confined to this city.