TOT ' -y ' PWtf w n WWt I t ' : sltp "f .er f Tlf tjf K- fi ,. 'x . ai tHE-Mffifil "' ' WIGHT EXTRA Fair and somewhat cooler tonight and Friday; fresh westerly winds. TEMIUCRATURB AT KACII HOUR uenttra r n iio in ii2 1 i i a a 1 4 1 b j w ' wJHm IV w' w"f r ""k 5 fam; stock prices .-a hw f 172 75 178 170 170 1 I Tf W W -sT" 7 B. A ' ' j ' 1 VOL. VII. NO. 3 Entered ""xtyttyngt rhiude.phia. r.. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 rubii.hed vMli!SpSn7w by Ma"' PRicE TW0 CENTS , i ' , ;1 THIRTY DEAD, 200 HURT IN WALL STREET EXPLOSION jvti a -,; ,, ,..r ,, , i . . or, ", , - u " 1 r - " i j ., I iBitklti .v&m - m Morgan Building Wrecked by Mysterious Blast; Girls' Bodies Are Hurled to a:j..ns & m m m Mf.m m m m m K -t ' L vf.f f.r.1 llf.fiflj, rf SPROUt APPROVES JERSEY SPAN'PLAN; S AGAINST TUBE Governor Says Bore Project Would Mean Delay and Would Add to Expense SAYS COX CAMPAIGN HAS DISGUSTED PEOPLE Criticizes Democrat for Lack of Dignity Terms Him Imi tator of Roosevelt fly o Staff Correspondent llarrisburg, Sept. 10. Governor Ifiproul wants n bridge to Camden. On his Tny to ills home in uncster today, after n mention nt 'VVatljnB, N. T., iie expressed opposition to tlio tube idea. "The people who ndvocntc the tube, be faid, "will find thnt it takes n long time to build tubes, and thnt It prob ably would be much more expensive than irldjc "Some people seem to think that n tub can he Built overnight." Sproul Scores Cox Mr. Sproui binnded Governor Cox, I the Democratic candidate for the presi dency, as nn unsuccessful imitator of Colonel Itooevelt. "The Itepublicnn campaign," he snid, l"is in bully shape. The limine situation iias not a surprise, but a gratification. In my opinion the result in New York ii going to be even more surprising than the Itcpiilillcnn victory In Maine.- The people are light iu this campaign, es pecially the women, "I hear everywhere, among Demo- Mats as noil as Republicans, resent- pneot at Cox's lack of poise and dig- hltr-Ife thinks lie is imitating Roose- Irelt, but he lacks the colonel's ability. understanding of the people, and his llwmitablc manner. "Smoke Screen" Failure "The effort of Cox to raise a "smoke lureen" by chnrglng cxtravngunce in Republican campaign expenditures, In order to hide frightful mismanagement d rloutous wubto bv tbo Democrats. H been n complete failure. "The npimlc with flrnt nmnzoil nnrl khen disgusted." Ihi tiovcrnor said that tho advent if the women In Dnllticu will mnrk rlin 'nd of old political tradlti&ns. Oocrnor Sproul is fifty years old OdflT. With llllll tbla Jlftpmnnn wapa ils Ufe and their on "Jack." They aoiored from Watkius to llarrisburg, ;hjre changing to a train for Pnlla- peipuia. Pressmen on Strike; Labor Paper Stops Washington, Sept. 10. (By A. P.) Some of the difficulties attach ed to the enterprise of getting out a labor union publication wcro In dicated by tho following notlco, printed in tho current issuo of Labor, a weekly newspaper pub lished by tho riu nib l'lnn League hero: "Editor Phil Zlcgler, of the Railway Clerk, requests Labor to announce thnt the September Is'sue of the magazine is delayed on ac count of a strike of pressmen and assistants." TOOMEY COUR I, PLEM GUILTY Trust Company Official, "Who. Embezzled Big Sum, Indicted on Twenty Counts SCENE OF NEW YORK EXPLOSION JUDGE DEFERS SENTENCE Charles F. Toomey. former assistant secretary of the Fidelity Trust Co., to day pleaded guilty to five indictments for embezzlement and fifteen indictments on the charge of forgery before Judge Johnson in Qnnrter Sessions Court. Toomcy, It is charged, embezzled $312,000 from the estate of Joseph V. Sinnott, of which the trust company is executor. It is said he lost the money in gambling. Sentence was deferred by Judge Johnson nt the request of Assistant District Attorney Taulano until wit nesses could be summoned to testify us to details ofToomey's embezzlements. Hnrold Ilpitler represented the trust compnnv. No explanation was offered ns-to why officers of tho trust company were not present today to give their testimony so thnt sentence could be im posed Immediately. Toomey was led from the ccllroom as his case was called and Immediately after his plea had been tnken he was returned to prison. Ho held a hhort conference with his attorney, Samuel Peltz. In confessions made following his ar rest, it iu sold, Toomey told how he had opened nn account under the name of ono 'of the beneficiaries of the Sin nott estate, nnd then checked out money which lie transferred from the estate to the account. GUFFEY'S ROSYFORECAST 6iy Cox Will Win, but Sees Need of Money and Organization "aihlnrlOll. Krnr. Ill "nm-ni-nnr U. Ml will hilt It M-ill -..!..., ... mu orpanbntion between now nnd No ember." N'ntlnllfll rVmmlttnAmnn In. 'Th P OtinW r p.inn.i.!nnni. .in Jared here today. He conferred 'with 'warii u. .ioore, nntionnl committee inn fiom Ohio uml Governor Cox's ire-fOniPtltinil f niimut... ..nnA.. UlOrUCV (ienxrill Pnlmni. Qtnto 1-1.I Ution DilPPtor W. Wnvnn Ulnilemnn. iwetniy Tumulty nnd n number of "ri uenioemtH, Mr. GllffeV inPll!ilo,l thnt tl.n Tnr.,.l. lion pluralitj in Pennsylvania would 'cut considerably this year nnd that ie Democrats would gain oue and pos- i ;.n V , '" congress, no scoirea riWU ll,lt lifl"or interests ore con- Zl,lls .l,ca.viy t0 the Democratic ampalK i iVunsylvanln. uonli "aylnB trol'hle getting i I " '"oJwatcly financed cam- innV n, " "'lared. "So far as 1 i ,? ,h"' U no liquor money In any "UKn it S lint. l.lllrM,oM l.t 'Wr men who hnvo been iifainnir 'emoerats m n0trlhiito mnii Tr nai,be lmvo nlway dne-" 'If. liUffPV ilri.lii.n.l l. 1.1 ...-1 iubeomn,i.i(nmt.leation b-v ttle e"to I'lwommittep lm-niir,n.i.. i jpnditures. """ ...im-su HURT IN FALL FROM AUTO '"Jdlng Celebrators Have Sad End ina tn .iniiiftMn4i.M Thfi hrlrlnl ..ll. -. . . . uded ;, ''" ot "" orouier, Harry, entr.niy or ,bV't Hansbury, on ihi. M yenrK 0,,, 3028 Mount Ver- "lUu"! Sfelock t,,is ming Hansbury k"Swtt.lB!?,il"i0E?"le o the way to ece vpH o i ' nc uiimaen anu SL, Bkull.no Is in o dtal. "'""l,u" at mo troopes, Hot tviiu i, . . 'ride if . n ,l101' ,"m' 'ho bfother's rated n,.rJaiDB ln u. automobile, dec- ther nnn,il ",,rns""s, old shoes and on ?hl Crlpt,artlcIcs- Tw maclilno "4 Mrs hvo.t ''" lJlu nome ot wr, on nr. ,"' r," .""". vn wening- tide 7'Mi.i. ,ua(il01."lcld. where tho Irs. Dn . ,Jln""ey. n sister of bee? llTll redding reception ns thn . . i ,V,B ,luHi "Iglll, I01IOW- Btl Ml vnrirl"se of IIa"y Hnnsbury 4r 1.'." nt Klklon, Md yes- when tin. tJX. "c wnui mo trouoie v maintain his balance ut on tht V".1 ,i!t,'t3 of tl10 car wont n"d n, i tWay t0 ihe fe"y. Hansbury , i?l 8 what the trouble was. "Whinni i ,mn,,ltlln his balance ho m"h11L !?!?.. thinking l! '. Hn V.i.. """wui-K oi me auiomo " wphined headlong to tlie'sttect "J-TONIGHTT. noHOTII JABDON-, NEW PONZI PROBE BEGUN Grand Jury Starts Inquiry Into Operations of Financial Wizard ttoston. Sept. 10. (By A. P.) The federal grand jury today began the latest of several investigations Into the operations of Charles Ponzl and his defunct Securities Exchange Co., now in receivership with several mil llans in claims against it. Miss Lucy Mell, the girl who was Ponzi's office manager, who has tes tified that so far as she knew his only business was the receipt of investments nnd tho payment of notes issued for tbem, was among the first witnesses called. The grand jury heard also Ed win L. Prldej who made an audit of Ponzi'b accounts for federal authorities which, lie has announced, showed lia bilities outstanding of ?7,000,000, withi scauty assets. Officials of banks in other cities where accounts of Ponzi's branch offices wero kept, and the agents at branch offices, constituted most of tbo witnesses. MRS. BRONNER ROBBED Police Seek Missing Butler of Glrard Avenue Woman Mrs. Hannah Bronner, 1535 Girard avenue, today reported to tho police that jewelry valued at migu was stolen from her home yesterday. Police arc looking for n, negro butler who left Mrs. Bronner's employ yes terday. Tho jewelry included n two carat diamond ring, valued nt $2000, a diamond studded wrist watch, valued nt $800, and u ring sont with three dia monds, worth S!i50. A man and woman entered the room of Wllhclmina Noll In a hotibc at 2144 North Park avenue yesterday, and es caped with clothes und jewelry valued at $100. Abe L. Levin, o 20111 North Thirty first street, was robbed of n diamond pin worth $150, and $3.'l cash at tho Northwestern Genernl Hospital yester day, police learned today. - MISSING AVIATOR SAFE Pilot Eaton and His Plane Found In Nevada San Francisco, Sept. 10. (By A. P.) Pilot John L. Katon, mlRslng sinco last Tuesday, when he left Reno, 'Nev., eastbound in n mail plane, is allvo nnd sufo nt Shaffer, Nev.. ac cording to advices received hero today. The brief report of the airman's safe tv said he and his plunc were found fifty miles south of Elko, Nev. Bill Tildcn's Third Tennis Tallc Today W. T. Tildcn, 2d, who recently captured tho American, Xlrltlbb and world's champIouBhlps, Is writing a series of ten articles on tennis for tho readers of tho Evenino Ponua Ledokb. The articles ap pear on tlio sports pogo, and tho third ono is printed In this issue. In the scries tho world's greatest racket exponent will inform tho fans' how to play tho game, physi cally nnd mentally. Today, Mr. Tilden points out the necessity of keeping the ball In play. His next talk will deal with the woman's :hamplonshlp. VQHHHE5wf&!!3?9VSJBIBF"v'vnnMiMHmw mjm WMuinKmMmmmmvmWmmWmmmmmm fiK ' '" "'-Mif'illlffl1 w H: ; ' 1 PBffiHH m HLLlLHWIInLLi'wiWrM I HIShLH ' aH aaaaaaaaaHaHaaHiSiBlaaai I BCUaaaaialaaaaH BBLHilvH'l aaHKaaPslnilMlaHHM HjjjBaaaaaaaaBjKHaMjBaaMaBBaaaBaaaB I ' ''-'wHS '(xw: !:-' LwmmwM3L' KMSaVSSKBHHMiBaBBBBa P- "3 m""W 'iiWJ2Baltw fi & ifmLJJ3-rI'mmmmmmm i BIG POLICE DETAIL GUARD HEREIN FINANCIAL SECTION Superintendent Mills Rushes . Men to Be on Lookout for Possible Bomb Plot PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE REMAINS OPEN ALL DAY Stock Exchange Suspends Deliveries Now York, Sept. 10. Immediately after fhe explosion which shook tho entiic Wall street district today, the governors of the stock exchange sus pended trading for the day nnd directed there should be no recorded closing prices. The governing committee of the exchange then ordered that all deliveries of securities ho, deferred until Monday except by mutual consent. The committee will meet later In the day to take further measures In connec tion with the effect of the explosion on the trading. The Consolidated Stock Exchange, ns well as the Boston nnd Detroit stock exchanges, nlso suspended dealings. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the cotton market nnd Chicago board of trade remained open. Intense Excitement Attends Re port of Disaster in Now ..York Street Tho cross Indicates about tho spot nt the Intersection of Broad and Wall streets where tho terrific explosion took place in New York's financial district today. At the left or the photograph is tho Morgan building. The New York Stock Exchange is the low building on tho right side of Broad street, shown In photograph TEACHERS l PAY RISE TENNIS TRIUMPH ASSURED BY BAD Citizens' Committee Offers to Take Rest of $1,000,000 Loan if Conditions Are Met OFFICIALS MAY USE FUND Higher pay for teachers, blocked bv the apparent failure of tho $1,000,000 school loan, nppears assured tlunugh the action today of the Board of Edu cation's finance committee. Wltji bids for onlv $254,500 of the bonds received, the finance committee was notified thnt the citizens com mittee, mrerested in the increased pay problem, would absorb tho balance of the loan if tho committee would agree to a flat increase. This conditional offer was not fully accepted by the board members!, who de cided to save tiie day through the usl of building and insurance funds if the citizens' committee declines to make its offer unconditional. $7 1B;000 Balance The Board of Education has n bnl ance of $000,000 of loan funds which were set nsido to pay for two school buildings at-Seventieth street and Buick avenue and Ninth street and Oregon uvenuo. Construction of the buildings has been halted nnd the loan balance will not be needed In tho immediate future to pay for them. In addition, the board lias insurnnce funds which bring, the uvnllahje balance up to $718,000. This sum of $718,000, ndded to the $254,000 bid for the bonds will round out available funds to near the m.illlon mark. Finance committee members nto confident they enn obtain tbo small balance remaining. Simon firatz, chairman of the finonce committee, announced the conditional offer of tho citizens' committee. ' "Is it unconditional?" asked Dimner Beebcr, ft member, when told the citi zens' committee would tnke up the bal ance of the loan, Mr. Gratz explained the offer was not unconditional. He said it would bo impossible for the hoard to commit Itself to tho flat incrcaso plan but ndded Jie believed he could convince tho clticns' committee members thnt they should wnivn tho condition. "They are reasonable men," com mented Mr. Gratz. "Yes. they are all reasonable men." rejoined Mr. Bceber. "So was Brutus au honorable mnn." Resolutions Passed The finance chairman asked Mr. Uee her to ngreu to a resolution accepting the citizens' committee offer if the con dition was waived. The finance commit tee then passed n resoltuion embodying the two propositions, with preference to be given to the citizens' committee offer. If tho group of citizens does not strike out tho condition from its offer by Sep tember 23 tho finance committee will proceed to transfer the building and in surance funds toward the amount needed for increased pay. The total of loan bids announced yes terday was $252,000. Additional bids of $2500 wero received today by mall. An inquiry, but no bid, also was re ceived from tho Western Savings Fund, Of tho total amount bid. $21,000 was at a price above par. The remainder was at par. MACril CHUNK EVKUY SATURDAY AND NUND.VY until Oct. 31. tncluatva. Mpeclat truln encuralun iravta Reading Ter minal, 8-00 A, M., ntoppinc at Joiuinbla Ave.. Huntlnirdon St.. Wayne Junction. Lciirn 'A Jenktntoyrn. HpupO tr'P J8.O0r (Tux 21c,l 2 -w daiiKimtinii. ri FOR iS. MALLORY Norse Woman Defeats Miss Tennant in Title Play. Miss oss Survives MISS Zl'NDERSTEIN WINS By SPICK HALL In I lie hotly contested match of the tournament Mrs. Molla Bjurstcdt Mnl lory, of New York, eliminated Mis.s Eleanor Tennant, of California, in the round before semi-finals In the Women's National Lawn Tennis meet ing toady on tire turf courts of the Philadelphia Cricket Club, nt St. Martins. The score was 0-2, 2-0, 0-". The other early victors in this round were .Miss Eleanor Goss, of New York, who defented Mrs. Nat W. Niles, of Boston, in fctrnight sets, 0-4, 0-2, and Miss Marlon II. ZindcrNtein, of Bos ton, who trimmed her club mnte, Miss Leslie Bancroft, the left-hander, nlso b the More of 0-4. 0-2. Miss Goss and Mrs. Mnllory meet to morrow in tho semi -finals, lower bracket, while Mrs. Mullory will meet Miss Pol la k. Although play began early today n. big gallery was present to hee Miss Tennant nnd Mrs. Mnllory perform. It was expected that tho match would lu ll close one nnd tho spectators wero not I iliMippointcd. 'I lie weather was ideal and tho courts were in fine condition. Sam Hardy. Captain of the Davis Cup Team, was in the chair. Mrs. Mullory began serving but drop ped the opening game on a series of drives into tho net. However, she cniue back und took Miss Tennnnt's serving by out-driving her. Tlio next gnmo ngaln went to Miss Tennant on .Mrs. Mnllory's service, but that was des tined to bo tlio last. In that first set Mrs. Mnllory had an even dozen place ments ognlnst five for Miss Tennant. In the second Het, Miss Tennant speeded up her gume. Her chop stroke Superintendent of Police Mills sent out n hcavv detail of nntrolmcn. iu uniform nnd plain clothes, to guard the oitv's nrincinnl finnncinl Institutions ns psoon ns he learned of the explosion In incw ior. The superintendent refused to say how many patrolmen and detectives had been assigned to guard duty, but said that it was u "very large detail." They were stntloucd outside nnd inside the banks, with instructions to be on the.wntch for nny one who might be acting suspiciously. "I do not know whether the explo sion In New- York wns accident or de sign," snid Superintendent Mills, "but we ennnot afford to tnke chnnccs here. I do not expect uny attempt to be made on Philadelphia institutions, but as signing men to guard them is a neces sary precaution." Expects No Trouble Here Director Cortelyou, like Superin tendent Mills, snid he expected no trou ble here. He divulged the fact, how ever, that for months, since the last bomb outrages reported here, the en tire banking district has been under special surveillance, nnd the homes of prominent men have been watched to prevent possible nttnek. Both officials felt thnt the only ground for fear lay In the effect ,of the New York explosion on somo crank or Irre sponsible person here, ,who might feel moved to imitation. The Philadelphia Stock Exchnngc did hot close upon receipt of the explosion in New York. Trading was suspeuded entirely, however. In all but local Is sues. It was announced nlso thnt no deliveries would bo mndc of stock sold earlier In the day until next Monday. The news of tlio explosion threw the Philadelphia stock and bond district into momentary confusion. Without warning, the news wns flashed over the ticker from New York, and almost Instantly the brokers' private wires, bore the same tidings in fragmentary form, but for that all the more mys terious and alarming. , Excitement Attends News In tlio Philadelphia Stock Exchange and in n score of brokers' offices the same scenes of excitement that np proached panic were enacted us the news came in. The first Intimation thnt something extraordinary had happened came jiiBt after the ticker hnd announced a quo tation of an "odd lot. American Stores." In was conveyed in tho start ling nnd uncxplnlnet message, "Trad ing is tempornrilv suspended on tiie New York Stock Exchange." Everywhere the news caused a sus pension of business, while the broker-, speculated aboot the probable cause. While tliey waited the ticket jogged off uninteresting figures concerning Liver pool cotton futures. The news tickers in the offices reeled off n dispatch that "the government whlsli Is-nrranging to purchase 3,000.000 army blankets, is tin- Polish administration." Then enmo thn news that thrilled everybody who read the tape, or heard tho news shouted by those who stood nenr the ticker: "N. Y. At 12:02 p. m. today Wall street wns stnrtled by an explosion which Occurred nt Wall and Broad streets near building of J. P. Morgan '& Co. Ambulances and fire department reached scene a few minutes later. Details Inter." Continued on Tate Hetenteen, Column Four CARS CRASH; MAN HURT Others Narrowly Escape at Thir teenth and Wharton Streets Ono man was hurt and scores nar rowly .missed injury when nn eastbound Wharton street trolley car struck the trailer on a northbound car at Thir teenth and Wharton streets, about 7 o.'clock todav, Johu DiTorrc, twenty-seven years old, 1023 Isamlnger htrect, is in St. Agnes's Hospital. His condition is not considered serious. Tho shock of the collision knocked the front truck of the trailer from the tracks ond traffic on both streets was held up for somo time. Both cars wcro crowded with men and women going to work. JWO DEAD; DOCTOR HELD Wife and Child of Physician Be lleved to Have Been Slain Muskegon, Mich., Sept. JO. (By A. P.) Dr. O. W. Sedgwick, a prominent physician of Whitehall, near here, was taken into custody today in connection with tho doatli of his wife and three-year-old drtughtor, whoso bodies were found in o yard In Whitehall this morn ing. Examining physicians ex messed the 'bellef'tbe two bod beea'choked'to'dcatlu EXTRA E. 0. BACON, MORGAN DIRECTOR, INJURED IN BIG EXPLOSION NEW YORK Sept. 10. Tho Wall street explosion today did not take the lives of! nny prominent financiers, bul Eliot C. Bacon, n diiector of tho J. P. Morgan Co., was slightly Injured. When the explosion occurred ho wns on the fourth floor'of tho Morgan build ing In conferenco with Dwight W. Morrow, Thomas W. Lamont and George Whitney. The men rushed from the room down the steps Into the main office, where the bodies of many men and women were on tho floor. Alvln W. Krech, presidents the Equitable Tiusi Co., was struck by flying glads. After treatment at a hospital he went home. Eight unidentified persons died on the way To hospi tals. Three died on tho way to the Volunteer HospTTai, two to tho Old Slip station and three to the Broad Street Hospital. MOORE STREET CLEANING PLANS READY The administration' -j ttvect cleaning plaii3 will be ready in a few days, Mayor Moore announced this afternoon atTer a confer ence ifrith Director Caven of Public Works. Referring to yes terday's bids flie Mayor said ho "now knows where fhe contrac tors stand." - NAVY YARD WORKERS GET PAY RISE WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Planners, estimators, clerks, drnftmenmd technical employes of the Philadelphia and other navy yards today were granted their demands for a 5 per cent increase in salary by Secretary o tho Hvy TJaniels. The men af fictetj wero not included in tho recommendations of the nava' . warro hoaru award when Tl was approved-last week. RACING RESULTS Firut Acquduct, three-year-olds and up, claiming; purse S1A23. 31), 1 mile Young Adam, 110 Johnson, 0-2, 8-5, 4-5, flretf 8ei JJIul II, imp., 114, Elisor, 2-1, 4-5, 2-5, second; Lo Glorcux, Imp., lit. Mooiicy, 20-1, 7-1, 01, third, Time, 1:38 4-5 Natural Bridge, Night Stick, Dorcas, Crybtal Tord also ran. CRASH OF TNT CART OR BOMB CAUSED BLAST All Lower, Manhattan Shaken and N. Y. Finan cial District Damaged '; i' r i REMOVE 17 BODIES FROM BANK HOUSE Junius S. Morgan Escapes Amid Flying Glass Subtreasury S Under Guard - u: S. TROOPS IN CHARGE FRENCH PRESIDENT, DE AN QUITS i Sends Resignation to Premier Millerand Today Assembly Called for Sept. 25 SUCCESSOR WILL BE NAMED PfllLA. MAN TELLS OF Fire Apparatus and Ambulance Respond to Emergency. Young Women Mutilated WD SCENES Officer in Confusion The local exchange and every brok er's office wcro in confusion. TJie mes? sngo thut the exehnnge hud "temporarily suspeuded" was explained. Every one's first thought was for friends and part ners who were trnding on the New- York exchnngc. Anxious telephoning begnn from local offices. Leased wires! were cleared of all other matter to get details of tlio explosion in New York. Then to add to the concern of those who waited in Philadelphia offices, came tho word that the great glass dome of tho exchange had fallen. Detail after detail, the news wns hammered out by the ticker, and tho Philadelphia biokcrs and business men suspeuded trading to hear the grim story that was being told over the wirc-l almost beroro the diibt had begun to ulnni. 1,i Willi uFrimf All trading with New ork ceased again upproncheH norn.nl health perforce. The New ork Exchange bad .The version of the cause of suspenneu, nuu us example wns tol lowed by the exchanges In various ble cities, Philadelphia being one of the few not to close. Trading continued lieie in a desul tory way in locul issues, though so little wns done thnt tho exchange was prac tically Inoperative, though rcmuiuiug open. Gradually the first excitement died down, and local business became a tri fle firmer, though without volume. Bankers gradually reassured them selves about their friends in New York, though It seemed impossible to get any worthwhile information ub to tho cause of the disaster. Philadelphia bankers were not greatly worried tivcr what might happen here. Many o them inclined to tho belief that the cxploslou in New York had been accidental. They were most anxious to learn whether any ot their friends in Willi street had been kiUM Continued on Tate Two. Column fill Crdnt aibbon. Une All Catholics t iu Tills MANUAL Off Piixxiaa.juvi l Kamlvoulllet, I-Yanre. Sept. 10. Paul Dchehonel, president of Trance, presented his resignation from that office tndaj The preMdont nt his resi dence here gave his letter of resignation nnd n pi evidential message to nccom pnny it to Premier Millerand. who -will read the documents to the Senate nnd Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. The National Assembly will convene nt Versailles Saturday, September 25, to consider the election of n successor to President Dcsclianel, according to nn official announcement today. Premier Mlllernnd will receive the presidents of the Semite nnd the Ohnm ber of Deputies tomorrow nftcrnoon to discuss the convocation of Parliament. It wns officially nnnounced thnt the cabinet would meet tomorrow morning to discuss the situation ereuted by the health of the president. Premier Mlllernnd, nfter consulting several meinbcrri of the cabinet tills morning nnd taking luncheon nt Ver sailles, tdarccd in a motorcnr for Itnm bouillet to see President Desebnnel. President Deschnnel, whose pictur esque fall from n truln nt midnight early in June stnrtled Prance, has never fully recovered from the shock he received nt that time. While his phjsicul lujuries wer slight, his nerves were brokeu, and he has been under the care of the best neurologists In Prance for weeks. The president himself realizes that his condition of health is such that he must relinquish his office. While his dentil is not considered imminent, many mourns must cinps-o before he J-awrence Tobin Declares Wall Street Was Like Battlefield After Blast COWARDICE OF CROWDS .Xliu vriniuu ui lilt: cuilHt- ui Wf- sclianers recent relapse given bv the Temps today is that it was due to n fall into tlio canal in Bambouillet Park at about (I o'clock last Friday morning. Tho president was rescued by fishermen who hnnpeued to bo nenrby, the news paper says. A French newspaper correspondent Inst night called up former Premier Clemenceau and usked "tho Tiger" whether he 9VJd permit his name to be used us a co$(SWe for the prcsidem.-. "I was to'CKsMo ho elected lust January," replletrqgSglejnenceau. "and I feel too youug to atcopt uow, in case I was chosen, I nm going into India's jungles to hunt tigers, which Is much less dangerous than French politics." i City Treasurer's Report The city treasurer's report for the current week follows : Hecclpts, S2.12 -702.85; patients, .fl.USfi.lW.riO; bai mice (not includlifg sinking fund). $20. 000,802.1)7. ' I.VBIC TONIUlltV , DEItT WILLIAMS i Ru a 8taff Correspondent New York City, Sept. 15. Two Pliil ndelphinns narrowly escaped death in the explosion In Wnll street today. Wnlking within 200 feet of the spot wlieic the explosion occurred, tlio two men escaped with minor injuries, though persons a few feet nwjiy were killed. The men who escaped are Lawrence Tobin. president of the Finnucc Cor poration of America, -10 Wall street, a formed newspaper man of Philadelphia, nnd S. O. Schlnchtor, 0128 Chestnut street. ,"Mr. Schlnchtor and I turned into nll strut from Broadway just a few minutes utter noon." snid Mr. Tobin. "We were proceeding down the street when the explosion occuncd. It is impossible to ndequntelv describe tho explosion. It wns frightful it was terrlfving! The noise wns not short nnd shnrp but long nnd of nwful depth. In the twinkling of un eye thousands of persons were lying on the ground my God, tho sight wns frightful! Thousands Throng Street "Wnll street was crowded with thousands of men nnd women going and coming from tench. There were hun dreds of women walking nenr us. When the explosion enme we wen. ill. rectly opposite a building in tho course of construction nt Wall nnd Broad streets. At first we thought that some thing had exploded in this structure. Almost at the same time as the explo sion some one shouted : 'Morgan's has been bombed.' but this wns not true nlthough the explosion came from thnt uircction. "I looked down Wnll street thou - snniis ot persons were lying in the street. Then came the mnd. frenzied rush men became brutes, sinincliie to their feet, crying, screaming, jelling, cursing; women became hysterical hundreds fniuted. It seemed thnt the men lost nil their senses in their mad rush to safety. They trampled women By the Associated Press , New York, Sept. 10. A mystcriond r explosion, disastrous In its effects, oe- currcd nt noon today In Wnll street, killing probably thirty persons nnd In juring more than 200. Office workers wcro just hurrying lnto the street for their noonday meal whej a jet of black smoke and flame rose fro ,. the center .of -the .world's great-strentt finance. - Then came a blast. A moment later scores of men, women nndchildrcn went lying, blood-covered, on the pavement. Two minutes Inter nearly all the ex-" changes had closed. Men had turned from barter to an errand of mercy and there wns need of it. Bomb or Load of Explosives While the police toiled for hours seeking the dead and injured trained investigators were trying in vain t determine definitely whether tlio' explo sion hnd occurred from a bomb in front of the office of J. P. Morgan rV Co. or. whether nn nutomobile dashing into a wagon loaded with explosives bad taken its toll. Frank Francisco, one of the most able investigators of the Department ot Justice, declared nfter nrriving on th scene that it was his opinion that not a bomb plot.but n collision bad been responsible for the blast which rocked skyscrapers, toro the fronts from offlco buildings for blocks around and scat tered deadly missiles In all directions,- The front of the Morgan building was demolished and the United States Subtrensury, across the street, was bad ly damaged. . $500,000 Damage to Morgan The damage to tho Morgan building alone was estimated at $500,000. MJnor damngc to hundreds of other building, it wns expected, would total, at least $500,000 more. Seventeen victims of t lie cxplosio were taken out of tho side door of tht Morgan banking house at 12:35, i AH Manhattan Rocked All of lower Manhattan was rocked by the explosion. The wliolo financial district wns n scene of dnmago andv disorder. The first efforts of the police were directed toward aiding the injured and removing the dead. At 12 MO four teen bodies were seen lying on the side- ' walk and ten others were reported t token away by voluuteer Continued on l'w Tho, Column Three CHARITYFRAUD CHARGED Woman Accused of Getting Cash for Mythical "Patient" Mrs. Carrie IIchs, of Twenty-fourth street ear Befks, was today held in 5400 bail for n further hearing by Magistrate Oswold, charged with ob taining money under false pretense, It is alleged tho woman collected sev eral hundred dollnrs on tho pretext that she would aid n tubercular patient. 5?.IC " T0N,auT, EDDIE CANTOR hnve been workers. Among the bodies were those of three girls, terribly mutilated. A polico cor-, don was hastily thrown around the" en tire financial district, when thousands, hearing the explosion, flocked to tho tip of Manhattan Island. Hospitals near the financial district wcro crowded with (ujurctl and phy sicians were summoned from all over tho city. The Broad Street Hospitnl nnnounc at 2 o'clock that It had treated nearly 200 people, mostly men, for injur! due to the explosion. While it was impossible to'dcUruSft Mi v1 ,'ftl VS a '-! i j i l ...ft. .. rm rH: ,' ..., , - -m v W ii M M M li A.! M ,i -M 'n .-&' . "W- i , r 4-i " aj HF.n Hrl M ' n ;! 1 iH fi ""J V& L4' ,vXl -u fiii&rY :' ' .WikWt V. i tf
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