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VOL CXIL NO. 79.
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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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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
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