- 1 7 Can rally fair Friday and - Saterday, moderate tens- ar r. -i fwal - ars Mar aiyiraiua sa4 in.t ' MS . VOL CXIL NO. 79. : SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1 7, 1920 , SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICEY FIVE CENTS FHESIDEIJT WILL -IKE ACM PART THE COUGH Wilson Will Be Able To Cry . t tallize The League of ' ' Nations Issue CAN APPEAL TO WOMEN AS NO OTHER LEADER Democrats V. Believe He Can Bescne Cans From Pall of Misrepresentation; Country wiu Listen To Him As To No Other Living Kan; Harding Talks On Federal Seierro , Th New and Observer Bureau, . ' ; ' , 603 iatriet National Buk Bldg. , . (By Special Leased Wir Washington, Sept IfcThe President will take part la th campaign. Far Demoeratrthl 1a a atlvw lining to tba almid himti u thai this ll (a bt ob af th ehlf blessing of th reap It it Mais. Until . Maia aeared them, th Pemoeratie maaagcra at th Ww Yerk offlee did aot ask th President t Uk tiart ia th campaign, although ka ia physically able to, assume a- major part and ia eager to do eo. Be Maia mar rt sav th Democracy. It will bring WUaoa late th area at a atag wher hia magi power of analyt ical atatemeat it ia believed, will savs th great work that ha achieved at Pari from th alanghter of aa ignorant, do- cairn electorate. Th crowning wort of hia Ufa aow ttand before him. Hia friaada believ that without hia aid thia work eaaaot aow bo achieved, that the cans cannot b roacaed from the pall of mirprntatloa and torture that hat aettled around it. Coder the present eireumrtaaee th President's Intimate friaada bliev that th eoum trp will llstea U him with deeper iaterest aad profouader aeaa of re ponaibility than over before. Canon Mood President Ko living maa understand . th leagu aa th Preaident dooa. With hi visto he haa taea thi great thing ia action throughout th universe with generation yet unborn. He call him elf a "Covenanter," and like th great eoveaanter of history ho baa dreamed aad wrought It ia aot to b expected, th Prealdeat'a Inends any, laat uov arnor Cox or , any. other ' maa ia any party eould present th loagu with the eenvirtieu aad power that the poraoaal reator of the frame of the leagna eaa, aad within a, year many thing ear hap. peaed U th world that the Proaideat cu pile oa uia argument, ia rave- ox e league. The eauae aeoda him aad th America people ad to listen to kirn aa oarer before. . i --:- ' "':-" r It matter aot what method th Pre dint adopt to preaaat what he will aay. Thar are four method, the hasting, article, to th pre, lettoro to person or peeene to delegation vunuag tn Whit Bouse, Th Proaideat may adopt all the methoda except go oa th hutting. But whatever plan or plana he ehooeea, hia word will at one over ahadow th word of aay other maa talking today. Republican her freely admit thi. They aay privately that the effect f hia coming into the campalga remove th ankaowa factor. " ' Caa Appeal To Wamea. They concede that Wlleoa' words hav alway bad a marie effect oa think er one way or another. They grant that' But thcr i another thing they grant with fear aad trembling aad that ia that what thia maa aay a haa a my, terlou affect oa the imagiaatioa of women. Hi idalim ia politic and government clothed ia hi owm magic at atatemeat haa a faaeinatioa for women that can I'enro.e to can th Preaident enerainai m am miauaaer standing of him. , ) Th BepublieaB are boasting that they aave got everything fixed aad to tara looae the Proaideat and let him talk to th women ia a crime against th country. He i certain to give the league aa Interpretation that may yet wia the women. That above everything else ia what th manager f Harding privately fear. " ' Net riaaaeial Tyrant . s, la th speech of Governor W. P. 0. Hardin-, of the Federal Beaerv Board, delivered at Cleveland, Ohio, tonight are eome passage that are reassuring to th farmer and banker of th South. Among other thing h aay th Federal Beserve system ia aot the 4nn rial tyrant that H ia represented to be. Th bank that belong to the system aad the banka that do aot hav all lib erty to give credit to 4he producers. They and aot .th Federal Beaerv Board deal with the people aad they are aot tied down by the fedral reserve. But Govrnor Harding warn th farm er that while th Federal Beaerv Banks deelr to protect them from the aeceo sity f dumping their product oa a market aad thus depreaa price, it as pect them aot to hold aa uaduo length of time the product ia warehouses aad thai boost the price too high for consumer. The law of aupply aad de mand ahould be obeyed and it i a of th duties of th banking system ef th country under th guidaaeo of the Federal Beserve system to see that it to. Transportation Croat Need. Lumber interest ia th United State d got fear plana gaining ground her to plae that industry under govern, ment control during th next oesaioa ef Congress, J. Bt Bhodea, head of the Southern Pin Association, declared to day. ; v 1 ' " ' ?"r- -. .Bhodea believe th plan of the ad vocate of government control to plae th lumber industry with th coal in Aamtrw tin Ha, Federal commiaaioa to operate in a manaer similar to th In terstate Commere Commiaaioa will aot materialise.' ' . ,, " - At the present time building con struction i being hampered throughout the United State, through the failure of railroads to provide ear for the handling of lumber, Bhodea (aid. "W aeed 80,000 ears for th move ment of six hundred million feet ef lum ber we are anabl to get to the par chasers," Rhode declared. "Until this is moved ther caa b littl building one." ' ; ' - j-v' FRENCH PRESIDENT ' 1 . GIVES UP OFFICE ta ,rim imi1,n i raraaTiaiiti & 1 ,,,'., t - -v i .-..y.f i, - Preaident Paul Deaehaael, of the French republic, who yesterday , handed in hia resignation from that offle to Premier Killeraad, together - with a state at ant ia explanation. IL Deaehaael haa been ia poor health for sometime and hia eoaditioa was aggravated whea a fell from the presidential train re cently. He haa held oa with hope that hi eoaditioa -would improve, but con tinued impairment of. hi health lead him-to the decision to- reaign. The matter ef electing another preaident of Frane will bo taken p by parlia ment next week. III Health Prevents M.' Des 1 chanel Fcom Attending To - Duties ,of Office Bambouilet, Franea, Bept J6 (By Th Associated Press).. Paul Deaekaa 1, president of France, presented hia resignation from that eflie . today. Th preaident at hi . residence here gave hi letter of resignation and, a presidential meenage - to accompany it to Premier' hfillersnd, who' will read the doeumeata , to the aenat and chamber of deputies. a Tumday. Th reaignatioa ef hf. Paul Deaehaa el comes at too aad of aim oat 45 year of activv political life, during which period he roe from a cabinet officer' secretary t the presidency of the chamber of deputies' aad (sally to the post of chief eitizea ef Fraae. Con sidered on of th aatioa's moat bril liant speakers, he preeided with only short period of interruption over th deliberation - of th lower houa for twenty-year. His stalwart patriotism daring the war so recommended him to all. parties . comprising . the national assembly that at a joint eaueua he waa named aa their candidate for preaident and at th aubaequent elec tion on January 17 laat received 734 vote f th 889 member of the as sembly voting. His majority waa th largest sine the election ef Louis Adolphe Thiers, the drat preaident, after the fall ef the empire, who was ehoaea unanimously. - . Lee than flv month afterward, ia the early morning of May 24, hi. Deaehaael - fell from a moving train while en root from Pari to Mont briaoa to dedicat a' manumeat The president waa catapulted through- window which he waa attempting to open. ' He waa found ia a dated condi tion, clad in pajamae, by a track walker. IL Desehanel was taken back to Paris where hia injuries were offi cially reported aa "superleial wounds of th face and left leg aad general proet ration." Falling to recover fully, several month larnr oa th adTie if phyaieians ho relinquished hia active duties aad retired to Normandy for a brief rest He returned to Pari last Jnna and for a tim H wa believed h would, bo able to bear the full re sponsibilities of his - office, but aooa there were rumor of a "general ner vosa breakdown with " accompanying reports of hi intended resignation. Paul Deeehane waa bora ia Brual ia 1897 during th exil ia Belgium of hia - father, Emtio Deeehanel, eenator and professor of the College of Paris. Hia drat political poaitioa wa obtained ia 187 when a became ecrtry to hf. do Ifarcere, minister of th interior. Ho waa drst elected to the chamber of deputies ia 18S5 and wa first elect ed it preaident ia 1898. . . , . ASK U.S. TO RECOGNIZE , - LITHUANIAN REPUBLIC Washington, Sept 16V Beengnitioa Of the republic of Lithuania by the United States wa asked la a memorial to Prea ident Wilson presented today at the Wkite Bouse by the representative of the Federation of Lithuanian Societies of America. The memorial also asked that the United Statea endeavor to prevent encroachment by Polish troop oa Lithuanian aoil. . . MACSWINEY ON 35TH DAY OF HIS HUNGER STRIKE . London, Sept itWThe, evening bul- letia of the Irish Self Determination League quote Airs. UacSwiney, wife of the Lord Mayor ef Cork, who ia a banger strike ia Brixton prison, aa saying her hnsbaad ia "nearly worn out." lira. klaeSincy visited ., her hnsbaad this afternoon. " t Timothy Healer, a delegat of the America Federation ef Labor, called at th prison today to convey fraternal greetings to Lord Mayor MacSwiney. ' FRENCH PRESIDENT FORCED TO RESIGN COTTON GROWER V MUST WORK OUT OVJ J SALVATION . .--.' , - - . Nobody Will Help Him Until He Is Organized To ' Help Himself WAREHOUSES SOLUTION k OF MARKETING PROBLEM State Branch . of American Cotton Groweri' Aitociation In Session' Hero Yesterday Calls For Thoroujh Org aal nation To Combat DemoralL sation of Prices Nobody ia going to help the-8ou ther cottoa grower out ef hi diitreea over th demorallxatioa of the cottoa mar hat until ha develop aom organised inclination to kelp himself declared both th ' outstanding speahera before th LStat Branch of the American . Cpttoa Growers Association, Senator Marina Butler and Senator 3. A. Brown her yesterday. ' Self help must eome through organised co-operation ia the building ef bonded warehouse, and th caving of money in prosperous year to tide the eottoa growing section over lean yearn, both fpenkere declared. Whea they hav don thia, th Federal Beserve Banks mill be more than willing to carry their end of the burden, aad the South will at laat be free from flaaacihl bondage. , The Association agreed' thoroughly with the two apeskers, and went home with, th expressed' determination t bring the whol otton growing popov ia no a togetaer next Monday to consider the resolution passed, urging the build ing of warehouses, th holding of th present crop from the market until the price ia stabilised, and the reduction of next year' acreage by at least one thicd. . Grower Deteewsiaed. ' ' Four hundred eottoa grower from 30 counties wer crowded into the Hall ot Bepreaeatative for the meeting.. Aa atmeephere' of determination rather than enthusiasm- characterised the meeting, which lasted four aad a half hours. Close . attention waa accorded loth Senator Browa and Senator Butler nd both kept close to their teat To ward the end of th session discussion cam, to be general,, and-on or two item' cropped, out : among c th reso lutions -that 'ware killed a being un timely and unseemly. , . . i , President L. 8. TomUaaea epcaed th meeting t ia o'clock, and took a half aa , hour for general discussion of th rroblem.that ka com out of th drop ia- th price of eottoa that bring th farmer less thaa it coats him to raise it He, appealed for the united effort if Jh eottoa grower toward th pro gram of th Association, declaring that in that direction lay; th only hop of the South for freedom from financial slavery. ... . - Tk president named a resolutions evmrujtte which retired to work cut the ilra ft of a resolution that would en preaa th MBtimenta of th convention They returned three hours later after Browa and Butler had flnlshed (peaking, with the resolution, which waa passed without dissent Mr. Tomlinaou . the tailed .the Senator from Columbus to the floor;' to tell of what went on at the recent Montgomery meeting, and of the result of th conference with the Gov ernor of the Federal Beserve Board in Washington earlier in the week. . Browa Talk &aas.. 8eaator Browa eame .to Baleigk to "Talk sense,'' he told the eottoa grow era. He hid bee to Washington and had received the assurance' that th Federal Beaerv is doing all that Jt ean do to mset th demands for credit ex TMuiaiea that are being 'made upon it aad that it wa unable to do any more thaa it i doing aew for financing th cottoa trop. "Th wool grower oat West ar howling for eredit because their pro duct ha dropped from 90 cent to 17 cents a pound," h continued. In the Middle Weat they are yelling for credit to handle their grata and in th East th (peculator ar after accom modation. Aad dowa here w want money for our eottoa and tobacco. Th only way for u to get it is to put eur eottoa and tobacco where the Federtl Reserve Board can get at it put it ia warehouse aad they will discount 'our paper.. It is the best la th world." - The Senator like aot th profligst spending of money that ha possessed the people of the Stat sine their un rivaled prosperity of . th two ysar past He calculated that they are (pend ing fifty million for gasolene to bur ia their 140,000 automobile. H be lieved that om of thi money ought to b put ia th bank so bankers could have a littl ahead for financing th marketing of crops, "Playing The Babr "Aad whea th piach comes, w stand up and play tha baby," a as serted. "While I hav no patienc with the banker who will lend hia money put hi JN'ew York whea it ia needed dowa here wher it was made, not all of the blame for our hardship must be placed oa him. H cannot help us unless w help him. ''How many of you' farmer eaa tak your eottoa to a warehouse 1 What part oJ the -11 12 million bale crop will ever find dts way into a warehouse wher it. eaa b properly kept and where you eaa getnoney advanced oa itf Get together aad build torn wire houses and put your eottoa ia them. Th Federal- Beserve board will tak ear of all th paper you offer them, but it Is not going to hunt up a farmer with a bale of cottoa lying out in th wei.ther and lend him A50 oa it." Senator Butler spoke along largely the same linos.' lis started out with what looked like it might be going to bo an attack upon the Federal Beserv system, but h ended up by declaring with Senator Browa that th banks would haadl a'' th paper that wa of (Ciatloued a Pag Tw.) ?''. -' MYSTERIOUS BLAST IN WALL STREET KILLS THIRTY-ONE PERSONS AND INJURES OVER TWO HUNDRED MORE ViVli) DESCRIPTION Associated Press Reporter Was Eye-witness of Terrible ff. Y. Explosion ; . FELT CONCUSSION OF THE EXPLOSION FIRST Newspaperman Beaches Scene of Worst Galamitj In His tory' of The World's Great, est financial District Within Few MinrAes After Deafen ing 'Blast Was Heard . . Now lork, Sept 16. A reporter for ah Associated Pros, who wa aa ey witness of today's explosion ia New York's financial .district, thus describ ed th ena. ' . ,. - - ; 1 wa just turning, into Wall Street from Broadway," h aaid, "when I first felt, . rather thaa heard. ' the ex plosion. A eoneussioa ot air similar to that experienced by a paseenger on the subway when a tram dashes Into oa of th under-river tube wa felt It fore wa sufficient to : all but throw m off my balance. Instantly following -the concussion earn a sharp resounding erssh which shook to their foundatione the monater, building! facing either side of Wall Street. With the roar ef th blast earn-th rattle of falling glass, and from th junction of Wall, "Nassau, and Bread streets a block - distant screams of Injured men and women. Clead Of Yellowish Smoke. ' "I dodged into a convenient .door way to escape falling glasa and reaek a telephone and call thaofl1:e. Look ing dowa .Wall Street later, I could see arising from th vicinity of the sub-treasury . building and th-J. P. Morgan and Company, , bank a mushroom-shaped cloud of yellowish, green amok which mounted to a height of more thaa 100 feet, the smoke being lirked by darting tongue of flam. "I reached th scene a few momenta after . the explosion took plae. Th amok had partially . cleared ' from the street, but from . th Morgaa building ther waa belching . forth through the broken Window . cloud of dust and white vapor. In th street aa overturned ' automobile wa biasing fiercely sad nearby, close to th body of a dead horse, wa another M ., . ... . . . , nre, aviuenuy irons at pne ox wreck age. ' ' " -- ' ' - . Many Bodht Of Victim. " ; Almost ia frnrt fo Ho -teps lead ing up to th Morgaa bank was th mutilated body of a maa. Other bod ies, most of them silent in death, lay nearby. As I gated horror-stricken at th sight, one of these form, half nsked, and seared with burns, started to rise. It ' struggled - then - toppled nd fell lifeless into th gutter. "On th opposite side of th street were ether forms.. One of them wss that of a yonng woman, her elf th ing torn ' and burned away. It wa moving not in an effort to rise, but ia the agony of death. I started to ward her but a I did she became still. Glancing dowa I saw that th Kvement was discolored with blood, plain fight within a' radio of thirty to thirty feet, were nlu life less form. 'Th body of th dead horse ia the middle of the street showed plain evi dence of having been in very, close proximity to the scene ef the blast. It Wa literally, torn to pieces. Window Blown Oat The windows of th Morgaa building wer blown out and through the open ing could be seen th smoke-blackened Interior of what but a few moment previous had been en of th handnom est banking rooms in th city. Oppo site the entrance to the newly com pleted whit exterior ef the ub-tra- ry annex wss battered and tora as if having-been subjected to a bombard ment of machine gua fire. The door way, with it massip steel grill work, was shattered and the stone surround ing th door cracked and battered ..... "By thi tim th crowd wa pressing la, held la check try the hastily gath ering police. At the doorway of th Morgaa bank wa a uniformed guard, apparently: half daxed, but sticking to hia post nd holding, back those who sought to enter tne .structure. Crowd Strangely Quiet "The crowd wa strangely quiet and over H seemed to hang a feeling of awe aad horror. At the commands of the police, it moved and fell back silently, On the itf pi of th old sub-treasury building the spot where yesrs ago stirring eeanaa connected with th American revolution were enacted stands a statue Of George- Washington. Looking down from it pedestal between the masslv granit columns- scarred by missile from th explosion, th outstretched hsnd of the Father of Hi Country seemed to. carry a ailent com msnd to be calm. ' .. Then eame ts ambulances." Nearby trucks aad automobile war ' am pressed into service; Volunteers, heed ing aot blood-merd hand aad cloth inc. tenderly lifted into th vehicles the bodies of the dying nd th dead. Ihie dead that -aemaiaed for additional conveyances were - charitably , hidden from sight by coverings torn from awn logs or by robe from arriving motor ELECT EPPA HUNT0N NEW HEAD OF THE R. F. AND P, New York, Sept 18. Director et the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Kailroad Company, at a meeting here today, elected ppa Huaton president os successor to the late . .William II. Whit, of Biehwond. Va, - OF HORRIBLE SCENE Letter Giving Warning of Explosion , . . ;,v:.'vSentToTne French High Commission Nw York," Sept iC-X latter giving warning ef today' exphssden waa dropped Wedaeaday morning thfeagh the man atot f a doe to m of th oncca of tk Preach High Commiaaioa at (S Broadway, It kocaan kaowa to night Thia tatter, apparently written by a asaa ferateriy la the employ af th eomasJaeloa, waa tora Ut email pUec. seen after it waa twaeVaad dropped date a waawo-baafcet ... v ' . - - - .-. . i .:,. :.. Today, after th explosion, thee bit of paper wore taken from tha basket pasted together aad taraad avwr to th awlic. The latter, which waa addressed to L Untenant Amaad, who la attached fa th eamnalasiem, begaa with tha wardi vreetlaga.N ... - - : c.--' , t WAB5H40 OF CATASTBOPaTB . , The writer aald be taoaght ho waa adriag a service te the Freereh -mission by advising Maaric Caaeaave, miaiator pleaipatenttary. aad hia aaalstsata, af th fact that a catastrophe weald occar la Wall a root bat liSt. No date waa mentioned. .-. : V ... . , .'r The writer aaggested that Lieatoaaat Araaad advl Mlalater Caoenav to have tha emcee of to ommisala ckeed aad aneecapiod at S o'clock aa that th Uvea af the efllco staff might A soared. The letter ale aBtiead ."betweea tw aad fear a'eleck dayUght UsaV aa th yrobabl hoar fee tha catastrophe..:, , ,'".....- r -.-. - .. - x . , . :'-V. wtimatiom of uvenci r.., ;,. ', ' It waa iatimated la the letter that "asm aeaplo had grievaaoea and wasted to tah revenge." Lieutenant Araaad lead tha lottar vral tlatea. Feeling imni that It had beea written by an alarmist aad ahaaild net b tehea aorloasly, he tore It .. Be gave aa farther taoaght to tha letter aatit after tha'oxploeloa today, whea ho rushed lata the oatee, emptied the eoav teaU of the basket la a hoop oa hia desk, sorted the kite af th letter, pieced them together aad tamed thorn over to the awllc. KaTerta to tsora wbetb th letter here a eigaatar proved futile. '5, r;'..: ' ' (' DITICT1VF3 ON TRAIL 8mM after the letter had been handed to th pollc H .waa leaned that detectlvea had beea eeat to aa addreea la Wee Had atrset' to aeek a maa formerly la the employ of the French eommleatoa. It waa aald that h left the service af tha Preach gevorameat aa Seatomber 1, ltl - Tha writer of tba latter, the aeUea th explosion aad wbald ha able to point eat the reaaaaalbU aarttoa. FDERAL AGENCIES Making Every Effort To De termine Cause of Explosion; , - Take Precautions . i WashingtoQ, D. C, Sept 18. Nearly half a dosca agencle of th Federal government wer oi work tonight in aa Sort to aolva th mystery ot th x-ploaiosv- ir New York' City' laaneial district and to safeguard government proferfyronj aimjpa.1 damage.. . la aa effort to briag to justice aay persea or1 persons reepoaaib for th los ef Ufa in tha metropolis, agent of th Department ot Justice, secret aervlee operative of th Treasury, ia spectors of th PostotBoa Department and expert of the Department of Agri culture wer ordered to. the scene . of th explooion. i Inrestigatioa of tha origin of the explosion v wa ordered by Attorney General Palmer vpoa receipt ot the first report from New York and William f. Flyna, chief of the bureau of investi gation of the department, left Wash ington for New York on the first trsia. Kadical Bomb Plot ' The attorney-general declined to dis cuss possible causes of the exploeloa, holding with other official of the de partment that reports from New York did not yet warrant advancing a theory k to it cause. Th feeling of 'the department, a well aa among other official at th government, waa that th explosion resulted from a radical bomb plot ' J . Secretary Houston announced That th secret service was at work on th eaa because of th proximity of the explosion to the United States sub treasury aad assay office. Mr. Houston added that the Treasury" a report con tained aa definite informatioa to th eauae of the exploaion. Ia the meantlmre,' redoubled ' precaution will be taken to guard th Treasury build ing hefe. Resumption of war-time rs strletiona wer said to bo under con sideration, - whieh would meaa the closing ef all the door except na, re quiring of pastes for admittance aad th placing ot extra guard oa duty. 1 PostoBee Depart m at to Aid. Official of th Postoffie Depsrtmtnt declared - postal inspector were ready to co-operate with the other government ageneiee and David J. Price, explosive specialist of th Department of Agri culture, left for New York tonight to aid ia determining the natur ef th explosive. . ",. '' The noise of the explosion was heard in Washingtea by an official of the Treasury, who was talkjng oa the tele phone to aa office ia the Equitable building ia Nw York at th tim. Th conversation wa Interrupted, he said, bv "what sounded lik th closing of a larg booh." Connection was inters! rupted and later lie wa eauea oaea, he said, to be told that he had aot been cut off, but thatther bad bee "aa explosion acsrby COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT MEN RESUME WORK lames Proclamation Adrisiog Hard Coal Miners To Vindi , cate Themselves Haselton, Pa, Sept 16V-Clalmlng that tha present situation in th anthracite coat region is the result of the "unwise action of a few unthinhlng men, the policy committee of the United Mine Workers of the hard coal fields tonight issued a proclamation advising and recommending that "all loyal union me retura to their work and vindicate the faithfulness to contract and the Justice of our cause." - J """ 1 Union officials of the three anthracite district ar mpewered by th commit te to enll a special tri-distriet eoaveii; tion "to take such aetlon as msy be neeessnry'1 If the min operator at tempt to discriminate against iny of th "v'aeutW strikers, . , PROBING MYSTERY believe, vraa famUlar with all plea for ANYTHING Mi REASON, COX aAYS Democratic Candidate Ready To -Make1 Any . Reason able Concession" Beno, Nov., Sept. IS. Assertion that he would "make any resaoaabl coaeeaaiona to aeear Am erica a me bership ia tha league f nations, was made by Governor Vox, Demoeratie presidential eaadidaU, here tonight at tha aloe of tha Nevada aampaiga. In hia atatemeat, a telegram to Prof. Irving risher, at Jal University, Gov ernor Cox mid th Deueeratic platform eppoaed only reaei latlona f aulliliea tioal Tha governor announced thai, he would "endears- to meet all reasonable desire for proper reservation which ar offered ia sincerity." Tha ' governor telegram to Prof. Fisher, wh la workiag for ratifleatioa of th treaty of Versaillea, was evoked by a atatemrat f former Proaideat Taft, H waaanaoaneed, that Governor Cox' aloctioa "would mean aa unyield ing aad uncompromising attitude, oa the 'League- ; - "1 am determined," aaid Governor Cox' telcf ram, "to secure the earliest possible entrance into tha League at Natioaa with tha least possible delay sad with the least possible reservation needed to accomplish that result : The platform adopted by tha eoaventloa at which I wa aominated permit reser vation which will clarify aad reassar our people and I opposed, only to reeer for proper reservation which "ar of fered ia sincerity and not merely pre sented as trampod-up for political pur poses. My heart is In thia nght aad X will put forth all effo-t and mak reasonable eonoesaioa to win it that -w may secure membership ia the league for America." Tha governed Nevada campaiga to day eomprised a . half doxea speeebea. Be traveled farther, reached fewer voter and saw lees aceaery thaa oa any day af the two week of hi wester trip. . Through the Nevada aags brush aad alkali desert, bounded by high barren browa mountains, the governor traveled today, delivering addreaae oa the League of Nations, progreeslveism aad roclsmatioa, at Elko, Carlia, Wiaao mucea. Lovelock aad Spark. All were brief rear-platform talka except at Spark, wher h (poho at the high erhool, and bare tonight to a large crowd ia a theatre after arriving nearly two hours late. Peaee through the leagu wa the burden of the candidate's Nevada speeches. Tha lee rue of nationa and progreo IvisiH, together with local aubjectsvch as reclamation of arid lands, headed to day 'a topic in the governor' addreea. Ha wa joined thi morning at Klko, wher he hade a 13-miaute address, by Governor Boyle and Senator Henderson, who . continued through ' the Nevada trip, ending with aa address tonight at Beno. ; .. The governor's Nevada trip today, rloeed the second week of the Weeterr "swing," whieh haa taken him to th Paeifio aorthwest aad back to th inter mountain country. He will begin bis Califoraia campaiga tomorrow aooa, at Sacramento, aad apeak tomorrow night ia the Sao Francisco auditorium where he was nominated July- Cta. Saturday also will be spent ia- Sea Francisco aad Oakland, and oa Sunday the gov ernor will travel to Souther California to epead two daya before turning east ward. .--. 9 --. AUTHORIZE SEABOARO TO ISSUE MILLION IN NOTES Washington. Sent 19. Perniissioa was rrsnted the Seaboard Air Line Bailway Company by the Interstate Commerce Cummissioa today to iaaue a series of three per cent certified (old aote not to exceed 11,000,000. - , , , Over $1,000,000 In Property Damage Caused By Terrific Blast Which Wrecked' Financial Center , INVESTIGATORS THINK EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY INFERNAL' MACHINE Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Uorfan and Company, Ad. ' vanees Theory That Zt Was Accidental and Kesnlted From Collision Between Ex- ' plosive-Laden Wafon and Another . Vehicle JV Morgan Bankinf House, Sub-Treas- , nry .'Bolldinf and Other Strnetnre's PartiaDy DemoL lshed; Force of Blast Pros trates Scores 'of Men, Wo. ' men - and Children . and Covers StroetsvWitfe Debris and Shattered Glass - "New York, Sept 19, A mysUrlou explosioa la Wall Street," near Broads believed by traiaed Department ej .usiKV , a.i . inun . iBTwugasorai w hav ooef, eeaeed "by aa -infernal n T . ..a u , .t . a- . ehlne, wrecked the heart ef New Yerk'a Unsocial district at aooa, leaving death and destruction la tt wke. i - Thirty-one pornoa ' wer hffledj mora thaa 800 were Injured, the bank lag house ef 3. Pr Morgan and Com pany, the sob-tree en ry aad the aaaay offlc wr partially wrecked aad property ' damage estimated " ia exeeis of 1,000,000, wa caused by tk blast' - ' -Thlnka It Waa Accident Thorn W. Lamont ' ot th 3.- P. Morgaa firm, expressed the belief, however, that - the explosioa - w partly aa seeident caused by a col lisioa oetween an exploaive-ladea wason and aaother vehicle. Th firm had received ae threat of any kind, h aald, aad .there wa aa real reason for tha planting of tha bomb outtid the firm'a .office. -' i- The aooa hour had- struck aad aa sadles stream of offlca worker bad jort atarted ponring into the street front buildings ra the aetfrhoorbCMMl. Sodden In av cloetd f yenwih, black amok aad a piercing jet of flam leaped from the strevt autsid the Morgaa af-, flee Thea eame a deafening blast A mameat later aeore af man, womea and children were lying prostrat oa th ground and tha street were eovrd with dobri from thousand of broken wtrdowa and tha tora facade af ad jacent building. Two minute later th atoek aad curb exchanges, th flaaa eial pulso of th world, had looed. Paul and confusion reign ad ia th' heart of New York' ananeial district Many Trampled In Baah. Thousands of clerks aad stenographers fled ia terror from adjoining structure, Seoie fainted aad Were trampled, oa ia the rush. Meanwhile, the noise af the explosioa, which was heard through out lower Manhattan aad aerosa th rivsr in Brooklyn, brought thousands cf the curious to th en. Th few police en duty ia th district were unable to cope with the crowds, and a hurry sail for police reserve wa mat to all downtown police stations. Gaard 8ab-Trenry. Sub-Treasury officials, fearing that aa attempt might be .made to rob . the' building, all th windowot which were broken, requeated assistant of the military autorltiee at Governors Island, and a company of soldier wa sent to guard th Institution. Hurry calls war also aant to all hos pital in th downtown eeetiou of New York, and scores of ambulance were soon speeding through the narrow atrset. Dressing stations, wer estab lished ia tha lobbies ot th building nearby where th let seriously injured wer given Immediate treatment Crash Oat af Blae Sky. . It was a crash out of a blue sky a unexpected, death-dealing bolt whieh In a twinkling turned into a shamble the busiest corner of America' financial, center and cent scurrying to place of shelter hundred cf wounded, dumb stricken, white-faced men and womaa Oeelng from aa unkaowa danger. , Evidence tending to confirm the theory that th explosion wa caused by a bomb or aom other infernal ma chine cam from several source. Accepts Bomb Theory. , Chief-rVliee Inspector Lshry reported late today ha had found evidence to . Justify the eonelusioa that the exploeiou waa caused by a hug bomb loaded with TNT trinitrotoluol reinforeed with Iron ' dug fashioned from window weight bar. Piece of these slugs were found la several adjacent structures, Thi type uf weight bar., a close ias;iectina by police and Deportment of Justice sgee.ts disclosed, ia no, used In any building within a radius cf sercrsl hundred feet from th cin of th esplceioa. :. Badiesl Sent Warnt. Warning that radieala -tanned a re newal ef bombing -outragee were Mat less thaa a month ago to all easrera elienta of th William J. Burna Detec tive Agency, according to a statement by Mr. Burns, who said he was con vinced that today' explosioa wa a premeditated attack and wa not acci dental. Mr. Burns, who. said h hid been engaged by. th Morgaa firm, to mak a investigation of the accident stated that his personal investigation con vinced him that a wagon containing a hnmh ar hAmba waa left in front of the aub-troasury building with 'a timing device so fixed aa to cause it to explode precisely at vnooa. No trace of the driver ef the wagoa haa' beea -found, ha aaid, and. added that ,,,?...r , fCeatloacd OB Page Tw.)j