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EXPLOSION ROCKS NEW YORK
NATIONAL POLITICS
Holds the center of the stage.
Will Cox or Harding win? Read
the dispatches of David Lawrence
and Mark Sullivan in—
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
VOLUME XXVII, No. 260
7 «
WILD NIGHT LIFE
DEIGNS AGAIN IN
GAY PAREE .
Here Is the first Installment of an
authentic expose of wild Paris night
life, the indulgence In which is as
signed as contributing to the tragic
death of Olive Thomas, the beautiful
American moving picture actress
who swalowed poison after a wine
party in the Montmartre.
The investigation was made by C.
F. Bertelll, Paris correspondent of
Universal Service.
Installments will follow each day
until the facts gathered have all
been told.
By C. F. Bertelll
((Universal Service Staff Corespondent.)
(Special Cable Despatch.)
Paris.—Paris, or rather that portion
of it maintained for tourists, has gone
back to its pre-war days and beyond.
The Montmartre restaurants by night
are one wild revel of wild dancing and
wilder exhibitions. Iced champagne that
is almost priceless flowed as if it cost
nothing. The rich people of the world
and especially of Ameflea are here and
they have thrown aside restraint.
The revel goes on in a sybaritic get
ting. The music is languorous and se
dueive The combinations of colors from
the carefully shaded lights and from the
decorations by the world's ablest deco
rators are a subtle inspiration.
The light* gleam on the beautiful
white shoulders and arms of the women
garbed in daring decollete. Rich jewels
gleam on bare throats. Subtle perfumes
■ help lull the restraints of the serious
world. All factors build up an atmos
phere in which indulgence, gayety and
sensation are the only cares of the par-
tici pants. , . -
Thf* n as the capstone to the revels of
s, 6 'H - £ 3
and the men at the lights direct esiry
eye to the central scene.
Then as If rising from sleep, a beau
hurst ’through thThower ”of ~rs on
Vlfe» r »/ lf a ?ous S ed e by h the
liake off her seeming lethargy and glide
mto dances of even more alluring m«-
I ‘lt was into such an atmosphere that
lI&SHSHS:
SnVf^^»V or iu.t:
news- j
everv American seems to w. lt to maai
th*'moment he or she reaches shores of:
the Seine.
He mWed^hat 3 ™*'should bJ
able to permit M,ch things t,, g 0 on and,
fmo- at PractieaUy all. were foreigner^
SSSLK. SS-XTSt «JS.SS2
and other employes.
The Americans crowded the dance,
floor They occupied the red cushion-j
ed seats around the walls and they were ,
crowded around champagne la,if t 7_ t I ± b t ‘ : '
And the condition is the same th - i
day. The city gay goes on with in
creased pace.
Most of the most prominent persons as- |
_f that Paris would be one of the most
moraVof cities if so many Americans
Sd not come here with their demand
hSS
now'running'’is perhaps as indicative as
W^ou^d^nr'lnoe"
SScutabto risk they run in bringing
young American girls to this city
The historic Varieties Theater is show
ine “The School for Chickens. Hut
M*-n will Not Know It" is the offering i
at the Capucines, the most .?SRj 11 wlfe*S I
of the boulevard theaters , f *i
Friend' is presented at Vaudeville. j
Some of the other plays and the thea
tres at which they are produced are My
live" at the Renaissance; I fell You
vjh* Winked at Me," at the I ulais
Roval 'Sa*y'« Lover.” at Theatre I
Michel; "Pouchlnette." a lightly clad
oneretta. at the Albert Theatre; The
Cheap Little Hole,' at the Grand Guig-]
!*The Hot Stuff Queen, at the Ab
ric * "Tricks of a Fig,’ at the Dejanez; |
•Salome the Wild Virgin.' at the Harle-,
r,ufn. "Wild Love" at the FoHee |
■•Rac** to Heave at Ha (dg&U . v* niie (
«iivc Traffic" at Bouffes du Nord; 4 A i
VsHatan Wedding." at hataelan. "1 he j
T'ndressv Review," with an exhibition of
themoit beautiful girls and most beau
tiful hoys in France, at the Ambassa
dor.; "Hide Your Piano," at the
Marichy ■ "The Convent of Careaee* and
the Fnchanteti Swimming loot at !-a
H* Q?t Chante. "The Heal French O.n
, an '' at the Colleeum; the real ' Can-Can
Montmartre." at Tabarin, and Phl-i
nlti*" the greatest sillies* of the french,
Ltage. It i* based entirely oil sensa
tional bedroom scenes Ihe play is to
been in New York thi* winter
Fur months flesh-tight* have been en
tirely abandoned in the I aria theaters
anil even at the op. ni Certain of the
smaller halls, such as the t.lbertine
Theater produce play* shewing the
chorus all but unblothed nml with such
titles us "The Little Pnaalor.ettes.'
Americans Demand Risque Plays.
And vet though the h.itbeat French leg
islative I-Ody dev.-ted an entire day to
the denunciation • f th. Part* theaters,
not a word of H■ .# ' . card from the
Americana. On tin- contrary* they ac
cording to the theater managers, inva
riably demand ticket* to tue most ria'tue
nlay*
In his talk m the senate. Senator La
M a telle, alarmed at the pread d Im
moral plays, boldly denounced the danger
and read titles of plays then running. It
was In July. The title* he road were
"Bedtime of the Ingenues, a revue
without chemlac*."
He alao lead from <* program the head
ings for each act. They wore, first
"The first Sixty-five Tern illations
Second; 'The Orgy."
Third: "On Love's Bridge,' and.
Fourth: "A Procession* of V oluptu
arles." . , ~ . ,
The senator reviews, l the field of im
moral entertainment* of Pari*, such as
the night dubs, and th* dance halls,
showing their Influence on the degrada
tion* of youth, the breaking up of famll
lee. the spreading of corruption, the in
juring of health, the favoring of the de
velopment of tuberculosis and the foster
ing of opium smoking
The phases butt it,. nUor.ed will be de-!
sir.bed in subsequent installment*.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Thirty Killed and
Offices of J. P.
Gubernatorial Contest Will
Be Close and Hard-Fought
Hardwick Challenges Walker to
Six or More Joint Debates
Charges and Counter Charges
Feature the Talk From Both
Candidates’ Headquarters
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga.—At 12 o’clock Thursday
the sub-committee on rules of the Demo
cratic state executive committee, in ses
sion in the ball room of the Kimball
House, had under consideration an ap
peal by T "M Hardwick from the de
cision of the Decatur County executive
committee refusing: to recount the bal
lots of that county for the purpose of
eliminating 11 votes by unregistered vot
ers and alleged by Mi*. Hardwick to have
been cast. Mr. Hardwick appeared in
person before the sub-committee and
presented h-s appeal from the Decatur
County decision.
He expressed the confident belief that
a recount 6f the Decatur County ballots
would give him that county ami give him
the nomination for governor without a
second primary by increasing his county
unit vote from 190 to 194. which is the
requisite majority. Hi' asserted that the
Decatur County executive committee, on
purely technical grounds, refused him a
hearing on the merits of his contest.
Judge Sam Bennett, of Albany, ap
peared before the sub-committee at at
torney for Clifford Walker in support of
the action by the Decatur County com
mittee. Ajt the hour when this dispatch
is filed the sub-committee had not acted.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga. —The action of the Deca
tur County executive committee over
ruling the Hardwick contest, and the ac
tion of the sub-committee on rules of
the state committee sustaining the De
catur County committee, made certain
today a run-over race for governor be
tween Thomas W. Hardwick and Clifford
Walker.
Mr. Hardwick issued forthwith a chal
lenge to Mr. Walker to meet him in a
series of joint debates, and. coupled with
the challenge a public statement an
nouncing bis intention of destroying the
Howell ring in Georgia politics xvhen he
is elected. The general expectation is. in
well informed political circles, that Mr.
Walker will accept the challenge. It is
known on reliab.e authority that the
Howell leaders realize* the mistake of
Governor Dorsey in side-stepping the re
peated challenges of Senator Smith. In
view of that, realization, they are not dis
posed to let Mr. Walker make the same
mistake in the coming campaign.
Both candidates enter the* run-over
with every outward evidence of confi
dence Mr. Hardwick’s supporters are
full oft pep and aggressiveness. They
believe the opportunity to eradicate every
vestige of Howillism from th<- Demo
cratic state committee will be very en
ticing to those who voted for Senator
Smith and Speaker Holder in the recent
primary. They believe the Watson forees
will turn out en masse to vote for Mr.
Hardwick. They believe the Walker vote
will be more difficult to get to the polls
than the Hardwick vote.
On the other hand, the Walker forces
feel that Watson’s / victory in the sena
torial race will intensify the desire of
anti-Watson Democrats to salvage what
they can from the wreckage of Georgia
politics by defeating Hardwick. Tiny
feel that the bulk of the Holder vote
will go to Walker. They figure that the
principal Smith leaders will have
to support Walker to save themselves
from the accusation of a combination
with Watson. They figure that the ma
jority of the popular vote as recorded
against Hardwick in the first, primary
will repeat itself In the run-over pri
mary.
And thus tin* contest bids fair to be
close and very hard fought from start
to finish.
Cities Suggested for Debates.
Although the challenge by Mr. Hard
wick to Mr. Walker has not yet been an
swered and it is still a question as to
whether ho will accept it, the ex
pectation is that the series of debates,
should the challenge he accepted, will be
staged ir» six of t lie state's largest
cities, where the largest possible number
of people can be accommodated.
Atlanta, Savannah. Macon. Augusta.
Columbus and Rome will therefore be
likely to get the debates, and the people
can go to those several places from al!
surrounding territory to *►<* and hear the
big forensic battle.
Though Mr. Hardwick suggests not !<•«*
than six <h hates, he states that nothing
would pleas*- him more than to have
more than six with his opponent, so it is
barely possible th*»t other cities will haw
a performance
Hardwick’s Charges.
In his campaign speeches Mr. Hard
wick will stress the fact that he led the
ticket; that lie fell only four votes short
of the nomination; that Decatur bounty
would have gone for him if th* county
executive committee had not thrown out
his contest on a technicality. A r*~
fount of the ballots In Decatur County
showed 40 or 6ft votes by unregistered
voters, and the elimination of these bal
lots gave the county to Hardwick by 31
votes. Then the county committe#* re
fused to uphold the recount on the ground
♦hat the contest had not be*n filed by
Thomas W. Hardwick directly in his own
name or by any authorized agent ap
pointed to art for him: on the further
ground that Mr Walker was not given
rotVe qf the contest, so ns to make a
counter showing; arid on other terhni
cnlltic*.
In Bartow County. It * charged by
Hardwick supporters. th«re was a serl
'»"» irregularity In the conduct of one
election manager, by the name of Col
lin*. who#!* a hitter enemy of Hardwick.
It Is ria'med that he secured an ad
journment of the count when several
hundred harlots In the r’art* r*vl!le .box
had not 1 <-n count' d, that h< toolrthe
ballots with him to the office of a law
yer who Is a hitter enemy of Hardwick,
and there held a conference until after
midnight with the lawyer and a brother
•r- law of Mr Walker; that he brought
hack the btrol* on the following day and
a count by him and t'n • other managers
gave the county to Walker
It will be charged by Mr Hardwick
that the Munroe box In Walton eoijnty
where Mr Walker resides, was opened
two or three times after the regular c*Of~
’.ntc hour to permit late comers to put
their ballots In the box. presumably for
Mr Wa’ker. Ft will be further charged
that the HardwDk plurality over Walker
in the country districts of Walton Coun
ty was 400 vote*; that the final consoli
dation. with the Monroe box included,
gave Walk'r a plurality of 660 votes
that this pec. ssan y required ;• vote of
650 for. Walker in the Monroe precinct.
Continued on Rage 10.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 16, 1920
COX SAYS [[AGUE
PROVIDES COURT
HARDING PROPOSES
Scores Republican Candidate
for Attempting to Confuse the
Public on Real Issue
Senators Fought By Roosevelt
in 1912 Now in Control of G.
0. P., He Says, in Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah. —Plana for an
international court under the League
of Nations, as reported from Paris,
were advanced by Governor Cox. of
Ohio, In his Utah campaign Wednes
day as a telling argument for the
League. They further confound Sen
ator Harding and other republican op
ponents, the democratic presidential
candidate declared in addresses here
Wednesday night in the great Mor
mon tabernacle, and earlier at Ogden.
Reiterating that the republican
league critics had failed to offer any
substitute and had expected that Elihu
Root would bring forth a new plan,
Governor Cox made the following
statement on the reported court out
line
"Today wc learn that the commis
sion, on which Mr. Root is a member,
has made its report, establishing a
world court for the adjudication of
questions according to rules of law.
We find, however, that this court is a
part of the league’covenant. That Mr.
Root, and his colleagues, were ap
pointed by the council of Ihe league;
that they made their report to the
council of the league and 111 is report
is now to 1)0 submitted to the various
members of the league. Furthermore,
it appears that the judges of the court
are to lie chosen by the council and
the assembly of the league and their
salaries are to be paid by the league.
Court No Substitute.
"it is apparent, therefore, that this
court of international justice, which
Mr. Harding hoped would l>e a substi
tute for the league of nations, now
appears as an essential part of Ihe
league, and one which without ihe
league would have no standing what
ever.
“This limb having been cut off, Mr.
Harding sitting on the end, we may
confidently look forward to another
frantic effort from Marion in an at
tempt to eonfuse the public and to
(Cntinueil on editorial pug..)
Merchandise Worth SI,BOO
Recovered and Arrest Made
In Burglary at Sylvester’s
Merchandise valued at SI,BOO, stolen
from L. .SylvcHter & Kona' clothing es
tablishment last Thursday night in one
of the most daring burglaries ever per
petrated In Augusta, was recovered
late Wednesday afternoon by members
of the locul detective spree and other
members of the police department, as
sisted by special detectives, and short
ly afterwards Harry Kvans, u young
white man living at 1440 Cooper street
was taken into custody and charged
with burglary.
Officers who participated In the re
covery of the goods were City Detec
tives Reid and Redd, Lt. G. K W.
Hrltt, Policemen Thompson, Holley,
and Kelly, County Officer Cawley, and
Detectives Henry J, Day and J. W.
Wilkins of the National Detrctlve Bu
reau.
Nearly all of the loot was recovered
at the home of a negro farmer living
about eight miles from Augusta, a
short distance from the Miledgevllle
Road, according to the officers, who
say that Ryans and his accomplice or
accomplices left lt there, telling the
darkey they were clothing drummers
and would return for It shortly.
A big table In Ihe detectives' office
at police headquarter* was loaded
down Thursday morning whh the re
covered loot, which consists of men’s
suits, shoes, silk shirts, hats, over
coats, raincoat*, ties, h f '* fl , underwear,
colars, handkerchiefs, ties, garters,
and nine suitcases and handbag*-
enough, all told, to fill a spacious ou*
tomotille to capa-lly.
The recovered merchandise does not
represent all stolen from Sylvester's,
according to officials of the company,
who state that the full amount Is
worth, In retail figures, around $2,200.
Officers state they are working on
tangible clues as to the disposition of
the remainder of the goods, and are
expecting to locate It within a short
tlm". Home of the merchandise, it is
said 1* believed to have been shipped
away.
Ryans was arrested In a down-town
pool room by Policeman Holley and
Detective Day. He has been commit
ted to the Richmond County Jail,
Hvans is said to Ite a brother of
Charles Kvans, a young man who waa
recently convicted of burglarizing the
Wm. O. White Jewelry Company,
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
Washington—Federal authorities
will make an investigation of the
explosion today in New York, the
department of justice announced.
William J. Flynn, chief of the bu
reau investigation, was expected
to leave for New York during the
day.
FAMILY MAKES NO
EFFORT TO FORGE
MAC SWINE! TO EAT
Brother of Dying Lord Mayor,
Visiting Sister in North Car
olina. Proud of His Sacrifice
Brixton Prison, London. —Lord Mayor
MacSwiney is still conscious, lie is rest
less and dozes intermittently. Hi* pain
is continuous.
Asheville, N. C. —Pet« r Joseph Mac-
Swiney. brother of Lord Mayor Terence/
MacSwiney. the imprisoned Irish official.
Wednesday said that members of the
immediate family of the hunger striker
would make no effort to dissuade him
from his purpose. He expressed the
opinion that there was nothing which
could he done to save his brother’s life,
mid affirmed his belief that the ‘'sacri
fice” will result in saving the lives of
hundreds of innocent men In comment,
ing on tin- efforts to have the American
government use Its influence with Great
Britain in having the Cork mayor re
leased, Mr. MacSwiney said that ‘‘if
President Wilson had demanded fulfill
merit of the things for which American
so diers lost their lives. Ireland would he
tree and the lord mayor would not he in
prison.
Mr. MacSwiney is here visit.ng his sis
ter, s teacher in a local Cat hoi h- school.
London.—The life of Joseph Murphy
the Irish hunger striker of American
birth In the Cork jail hung In the bal
ance Wednesday tiighl while Ihe Castle
government here and |h. British gov
eninif,ni in London exchanged telegrams
After n review of the evidence the
government had to present ng.ilnst tin
prisoner, the Castle is said to have
i econimended his release. T.ie politicians
mi jVJ On hav * opposed 11, and out of
«>f telegrams has
risuHed. .Definite news is lacking, but
to all appearances the London end of the
argument has prevailed arid Murphy will
be permitted to die.
General Willi*, who made the Investi
gation at the <'ark barracks. Is said to
have reported to the Castle that the gov
ernment military courts could not con
vict Murphy on the available evidence
against him.
By ROBERT 'J. PREW,
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
London —That the British military cov
erriinent In Ireland, acting In conjunction
with (ertain members of the rablnet has
decided to smash the republican move
ment In Ireland In five weeks. Is the
charge formally preferred by Hlnn Fc<n
leaders In a statement Issued In Dublin
and furnished to the American news,a-
Ikt correspondent* hen- 1
The statement declares that the mill
tary leaders seek to present at Westmln-
(GnUnued on editorial page )
A smaM amount of the loot is suiil
to have been recovered at the borne
bf two young white women out on the
1800 block of Milledgevire Road. The
■young women, sisters, were not held
In connection with the affair
, The Officers are certain that F.vans
had at least one confederate In the
burglary at Sylvester's, and other ar
rests are expected hourly
The clothing establishment was en
tered by way of a skylight, the bur
glars lowering themselves to the third
story floor and leaving with the loot
by way of a rear door after spending
several hour* In Ihe place. That the
I burglars took meticulous ear* in their
selections is evidenced by Ihe style
and value of the goods they confls-
I rated.
The detectives and other members
I of ( the polio- department have been
i working sedulously on the cps> all tho
way, and the recovery of the merchan
t's In so short a time represent* on*
of the niftiest bit* of sleuthing on local
record.
Detectives a'so announced Thursday
I morning that some of the goods stolen
several weeks ago from the Hwan-Kd
ward Company by burglars who cn
id by way of a skylight have been
covered, and t iat further develop
j rnents are forthcoming
'.END THE BOYS AND OIRLS
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200 Injured Around the
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Government Agents Attribute
Catastrophe to the Collision of
Dynamite W 7 agon and Automobile
Maine Result No
Surprise to Folks
In Northwest
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyright. 1020, fur Tlu* Augusta ! forth I »
Seattle, Wash. Maine’s decisive victory
for Republicanism served less to aston
ish folks hereabouts anti more to con
firm their oft-repeatod phrase that “this
is a Republican year.”
All “other things” being equal, the
state of Washington is Republican. It
strayed from Taft and the regular Re
publican fold* In 1912 because it consid
ered Roosevelt a progressive and the is
sue to be progressivism. Similarity in
1916 “other things” wern’t equal again
and President Wilson’s peace policy won
the Republican vote. Now in 1920. all
things are equal again and Senator Hard
ing appears to be assured of the western
end of the state, which holds the bal
ance of electoral power.
Between Cox and Harding the average
man here sees little difference. The
Democratic nominee received a splendid
reception and the plaudits of a big crowd.
The radicals derived comfort out of his
sjseeheH. but they are hitter against the
\yilson administration for alleged sup
pression of free speech during the war
and fog jailing many of their number
* It isn’t that the radicals like Harding
more than they like Cox. Many of them
probably will not vote the Republican
ticket nut then they will not vote for
the Democratic nominee, either.
Tin* labor vote is formally Democratic.
A large part of it will go for Doha or
Christensen. This deflection will hurt
Cox. Much of th« resentment vote will
be given to Harding, though the labor
papers maintain a friendly attitude to
ward the Democratic candidate for the
presidency.
The fact that Samuel Gompeps In
dorsed Governor Cox doesn’t mean any
thing# to the labor leaders here, who con
sldcr Gore per* ;m ultra-consertatlve.
The OhJo governor Is unknown In thi*
part of the country, so is Senator Hard
ing. If there were any quality to dis
tinguish f’ox from his opponent at or any
Issue to make him stand higher In pub
lic esteem than his adversary, the peo
ple jn this section of Washington would
forgt their Republican traditions and do
what they have frequently dope In the
past In national election*. But Harding
and Cox scorn to represent about the
same thing. And when things are equal
Washington Is Republican. Of course,
when one says there are no Issues of
transcendent Importance Ihe statement
should be. qualified, ffir the issues are
negative.
There is a resentment against every
thing Democratic. find even the League
of Nations has suffered from exposure to
the Republican elements miff their in
cessant showers of criticism. Take the
press of this state, for Instance. A can
vass recently made showed that out of
132 Important dallies in the state only
übout ten supporting Governor Cox.
Of these latter ten several expressed the
opinion that Harding would carry the
state
The situation In 1916 was entirely dif
ferent. President Wilson had the sup
port of leading newspapers In big qltle*.
The cry “he kept us out of war” was
effective, especially with the women vot
ers.
No particular cry or slogan has ap
peared for either candidate, though Gov
ernor Cox has been attacked as a wet,
which doesn’t get votes |n this dry ter
ritory, Very little enthusiasm for Hard
ing Is expressed by the average man who
Intends to vote for the It*-publican can
didate. Ho is voting h|s party ticket
blindly. All he knows Is that he wants
a change lie Isn't able often to say
why he wants a change or what he ex
pecta when flfo opange comes. Senator
Harding is looked upon as a conscienti
ous dignified candidate.
Were these normal times the Issue of
progress!vo and reactionary raised by
Governor <ox might have some weight,
but the trouble Is no one, Including Gov
ernor Cox, has undertaken to explain to
the average man what the difference he
twei.fi Jt progressive and a reactionary is
with respect t 0 matters affecting western
Washington
Out hern they regard Burleson and hi*
attitude toward union labor ax reaction
ary. They think Attorney General Pal
mer a reactionary and when Governoi
'.ox ingratiates himself with th* radicals
they will not be satisfied unless hr goes
the Whole extreme |, r ,d mines „ U | f or 11,,.
pardoning of Debs and other so-called po
litical prisoners.
A* for the eonservatlv# elements they
were antagonised by such academic rrf
crences as Governor Cox did make to
the justice of radicalism.
» radical will Mash yo „
’ll* crMl< lum t hat hh bduion in ton »•**! vt
and reactionary th,. Wilson administra
tion was ns reactionary during the war »«
any administration The tepdenrv Is to
regard Cox and Wilson ns members of
tho some party and both responsible for
th* **">■• kind of government Governor
f ox hasn't drawn any line ~f distinction
between the sort of an administration he
would give. and the kind ih< people here
have exper.enecrt |„ last f years
Horn* of the Democratic leaders with
whom Governor Cox consorted with when
he wns. In this state were hardly In good
reputr The general feeling about Gov
**rnor ( ox n vinturt In w»Mt#»rn VY;mhfri*
ton Is that It won him some votes hfti
did not start any appreciable drift to
ward him on the part of that large nnro
b*r which has been gradual!} deserting
the Democratic party In the last two
years and going hack to their first ove
th*» JO nubllrun party.
Aftftlfi nod aKiJn yfid (ti»*< (* remark
IZTsA h °AA »rul m/Jrrntn
#id ut 0,1 ™Ks t h*Vft f zirrlMl th*- «iutf
of W HMhiriictori ,ut *v« n ttmt would h«v«
a propo*ltlon um mutter*
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First Believed to be Another Boml
Outrage , But Later Reports
Discredit Early Statements
Four Die In Morgan Offices , Bu
Officials Escape—Regular Army
Men Aiding In Rescue Work
(By Associated Press.)
New York.— A mysterious explosion, disastrous in its
effect, occurred at noon Thursday in Wall street, killing
more than a score of persons and injuring hundreds.
Office workers were just hurrying into the street for
their noonday meal when it jet of black smoke and flame
rose from the center of the world’s greatest street of finance.
Then came a blast. A moment later scores of men. wo
men and children were lying, blood-covered, on the pave
menls.
Two minutes later, nearly all the exchanges had closed,
Men had turned from barter to an errand of mercy— and
there was need of it.
While the police toiled for hours seeking the dead and
injured, trained investigators were trying in vain to deter
mine definitely whether the explosion had occurred from a
bomb dropped in front of the office of J. V. Morgan and
Company or whether an automobile dashing into a wagon
loaded with explosives, had taken its toll.
Frank Francisco, one of the most able investigators of
the department of justice, declared after arriving on the
scene that it was his opinion that not a bomb plot but a col
lision had been responsible for the blast which rocked sky
scrapers, tore the front from office buildings for blocks
around and scattered deadly misseles in all directions.
The damage to the Morgan building alone was estimat
ed at $500,000. Minor damage to hundreds of other build
ings, it was expected, would total at least $500,000 more.
Assistant District Attorney Talley after visiting the
scene announced his belief that the explosion could not have
been due to an accident. Me announced also that his staff
would question all witnesses of the explosion. He skid that
one thing that led him to the conspiracy theory was the
time of the explosion. This was fixed by a clock in the sub
treasury building which stopped at 12:01.
“The factors that lead me to this belief,” said Mr. Tal
ley, "are that, the time of the explosion was at 12:01 p. m.
when probably the greatest damage could have been done
and the location of the explosion was mid-way between-the
Morgan offices and the new United States treasury build
ing."
The first thing that occupied the attention of the in
vestigators were wrecks of a truck and automobile at the
spot from which the blast was believed to have come. From
the wreckage were taken a New Jersey automobile license
whose reported number corresponded with that issued to
Dunham Beedon, a Newark pharmacist who was reported
this to have gone to Wall street on business.
Beedon later was found safe in an accountant’s office
at 52 Wall street. He said he had parked his car, which
contained no explosive, in front of the building and behind
another machine, and knew nothing of the explosion.
Junius Spencer Morgan, ion of J. P. Morgan, and a member of the
firm, wae bedly flying glaee. Officale of the company denied firet
report* that a bomb had exploded in the Morgen building.
The liet of casualties, mounting ae excited word paeeed from Mouth te
mouth at 12:30 waa reported to have reached 15 killed and 50 injured but
B an accurate r,(unt wae impoeerble in the intanee confuaion that swspt the
w ‘tnancisl dietrict.
In wae eoually impoaeible an hour after the exploeion occurred to
determine either ite exact nature or location, for spectators ware held back
by the polics.
It wae reported, however, that ahortly bsfore noon an automobila with
two men drew up in front of the Morgen offieee and that whan Morgan de
tactives approached the machine one man alighted and sitter accidentaly
nr purpoealy dropped what appaared to ba a bomb.
Occupants of a skyscraper loking down on Wall Straet told anothap
version of tha automobile story. They declared they had seen tha car draw
up and the men leave it. These spectators advanced the theory that tM
bomb—if it was « bomb—had been timed.
'this ver-ion differed from the firsi as regards the two passengers and
thair chauffeur. The first story had it they were among the dead or in
jured. •
Never ir its history hae Lowar Manhattan witnsssed such excitement
as prevailed Thursday. Trading on both the stock and curb exchanges was
ordared suspended for the day a few minutes after the exploeion occurred
end from then on Lower New Yorh forgot all its business matters in at
tending to tha needs of the injured.
Fire apparatus and ambulances dashed through the narrow crooksd
btreats of the financial district on which lay a covaring of ahatterad glass
and Iks broker, remains of men end horses.
Among the bodies were those of three girls terribly mutilated. A po
lice cordon wae hastily thrown around the entire financial district when
thousands, hearing the exploeion, flocked to the tig of Manhattan Island.
Police reports at 12:35 had fifteen dead.
Unofficial raporta had 30 Head. Tha Unitad Statas tub-trsasury im
mediately opposite the scene of the exploeion, was placed under heavy po
lice guard to protect the millions of dollars in gold, silver and paper money
lodged in the great granite structure.
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The tire) efforts of the police were dlrsrted toward aiding the injuree
end removing the dead. At 1240 fourteen bodies were seen lying on the tide
walk and ten others were reported to have been taken away by volunteer work
ere.
An emergency cell was sent to Governor's Island, from which a heavy de
tachment wae tent to New York to guard the eub treaeury and aid the police.
Heads of the re department, however, on reaching the scene, directed
their efforts toward ascertaining the cause and Iqpstlon of the explosion. The
latter wae dlf*icult, because of the shattered appearances of buildings near
the Morgen of ,ees, but the authorities were Inclined to abandon their theory
that the explosion had occurred either In tha Morgan office Itself or the stock
exchange Concensus of opinion at 12:46 was that the blow-up had occurred
In the street.
One fire marshal expreeted the opinion that the explosion had been one of
dynamite. Coupled with this theory was the automobile which figured In othdr
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