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Fiftieth Year-No. 243 OGDEN CITY, UTAH FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M. I
1 0. S. FINANCIAL CENTERS ARMED CAMPS
I SEEK DRIVER OF ONE-HORSE WAGON AS BOMBER I
jj B O 4
i HARDING RAPS
fj U. S. CONQUEST
1 OF REPUBLICS
:$mk Senatoi S?ys "Rape'' of Tiny
jp Nations Discloses Usurp-
j ing of Powers
I CONSTITUTION NEVER
J HAS FAILED. HE SAYS
I I Utterances of Franklin Roose
velt on Case Are Called
H I Shocking Assertions
MARION" O.. Sent. 17. Pronounc-
!H Ing the league of nations covenant
EjH irreconeillable with the American eon-
"MM stitntion. Bcnator Hard! ig declared in
FH f Constitution Day address here to-
-iJB da that the linn I . n 1 ronn for the
jJB I'nitej Statea to decide whether
IflH would preserve or abandon the char-
FH ter under which It achieved natlon-
I I j rilll-v-BH
The constitution or the covenant
BH that l.s the paramount Ivuc," he said.
GH "The two are Irreconcilable. Wc can-
flflH not be governed from both Geneva and
AM Washington Wc cannot follow our
fljfe, present chief megtatratc without for-
saklng the father of our country."
U jj The Republican nominee also ac-
gBpjjflfr' i he administration's pollcv to-
ward the smaller nation! of the west- j
mH cm hemisphere assorting that the
.Ml executive had usurped congressional
powers to carry on an mconstltu
lyPBf tional war with Haiti nnd San Domln-
IH5j go. Ho declared the recent utterances
jlflfl of Franklin D Roosevelt, tho Demo-
CmHJ cratlc nomln' e for rice president had
hH revealed officially for the first time
HHW the American government's "rape" of
BjBJ the two little republics
mBW HARDING -I ES VIEWS.
SW Tho speech, delivered from the;
p9V front porch to delegations from several ;
tH Ohio counties, reviewed the clrcum-
t ,:H stances surrounding the making of the
constitution and outlined the eandl-1
J Hj date's conception of the balanced pow- I
rB ers of the executive, legislative and i
1 0jH Judicial branches of the government. J
fjflfl "Tho constllution has never failed !
IH America," he continued, "and despite
' , heedless assertion! to the contrary,
TH America has never failed the world :
And now, bjS never before, she stands I
iH ready, and, let us hope, will soon be
'JjBH In a position, through earnest co-op- ;
t eratlon of all branches of our govern-
flfl mcnt to lend a helping hand but she i
herself must point the wa .
SHJ "How can we. then. In reason and '
iW i V. with confidence, make sure of fulfill
ing our mission on earth'1 The first
Zt- Step 1" I ! i ri We in strictly maln
BHHB!" tain and scrupulously observe in 1ft
F ter and in spirit, the mandates of ,
HH the constitution of the United States. !
'c are not doing so now. We arc
H St war, not alone technically with 1
Germany, but actually with the little.
helpless republics of our own hemN- ;
HH phere. The wars upon our neighbors
to the south were made and are still j
being waged, though never declared,
tBV through the usurpation by the execu- i
IH the of powers not only never be-
stowed upon him, but scrupulously '
withheld l the constitution
HI RUNNING REPUBLICS.
"Of the fact there can be no qucs
H Hon. it Is admitted, even boasted of, '
by the Democratic candidate for vice
president, betwen whom, if elected,
and the presidency Itself would be but
a single life. "YoU know, he said to,
j the people of Montana. as his wordfl
I H vers quoted by the press, i have had
--H something to ilo with the running of
'-H a couple of little republics The fact
is that I wrote Haiti's constitution
myself and, if I do say It. I think It Is
a pretty good constitution Until last
jH week I had two votes In the league ;
'flpj assembly, now Secretary Daniels has '
Sfl them'
.jH' "To the best of my Information this
' 'MM. If the first official information of the
MB rape of Haiti and San Domingo
b the present administration. To m i
fl mind, moreover. It Is the most shock-
H Ing assertion that ever emanated from
rHja a responsible member of the govern-
1 ment of the I'nited States.
gHHB "True, we know little of the con-:
1 duct of these wars of occupation' and
the imposition of laws upon our,
SpH helpless nc-lghborr. The censorship Is
EHH no less strict than it was during the
SBVH recrot conferences ;ind conspiracies In ,
jfl Paris. Practically all We know now I
' HI is that thousands of native Haitians
wh have been killed by American ma- i
m rlncs and that many of our own gal-!
; , lant men have sacrificed their lives
at the behest of an executive depart-l
ment in order t" establish laws draft-!
'4BB ed by an assistant secretary' of the
B navy, to secure a vote in ihe league
J and to continue nt the point of the
j bayonet a military domination which1
I at this moment rcinlr.-s the presenc-i
jBH of no less than 1,000 of our armed ,
' I men on that forelfrn soil.
I I INSTITUTIONS ItENACED.
; J "Vastly more Important and far
tl ' more menacing to our own popular
i , Imtltutlons than even this distressing
example Is the proposal to transfers
I l'j by Indirection the chief prerogative
I j pi one department of the govern-
l ment to another. As all are well
'MJh. ..ware the Constitution Vests In con-
J grcss exclusively the power to declare
' ' txiQtiuucd on 1'ne Two.)
GOVERNOR C01
E MR FOB
HIRJIM JOHNSON
Californian Declared to Stand
Out Because of His Pro
gressive Tendencies
REACTION SCORED IN
SACRAMENTO ADDRESS
Nominee Likens 1920 G. 0. P.
Convention to One Bitteriy
Assailed By Roosevelt
SACRAMENTO, Cal . Sept. IT. In
I an address here today opening his
California campaign. Governor Cox of
I Ohio. Democratic presidential candi
date, praised Senator Hiram Johnson.
I Republican, who reside? here as an ex.
penent of progreaslviaia and again
flayed "big business." and Republican
leaders supporting Senator Hardlnn.
Although they differ fundamentally
'on the league of nations. Governor
Cox said, he admired Senator Johnson,
for frankness and lack of ambiqulty
or liyprocracy
"He and I do not agree on Inter-;
! national policlep." said Governor Cox
to a l.irirc outdoor audience at a noon
meeting "but I respect the man for
hlG enndvr.
I'RAISE FOR JOHNSON
"1 have looked with admiration on
the fight Which he made throughout
the ears against reaction. He fouglu
It with Roosevelt and he continued
consistently the contest which began
In 191 J, through the primaries and the
convention of 1920, just as Rooaevelt
would have done.
"As an Uhloan. 1 give to you the as
surance that the observation made by
a distinguished citizen of our state toi
the effect that Hiram Johnson was a
blackguard and unfit to associate with
decent men Is not the view of our peo
ple. If Hiram Johnson had been a
candidate before the Republican prim-'
arks In Ohio this year ho would have'
carried them.
ILL QUOT PROGRESSI ES
'If the reactionary senatorial oli
garchy gains control of the govern
ment In this campaign. It will manipu
late' the power of patronage thai the
progressive Republicans will either be
compelled to Join another party or to
form one of their own.
Ret me recall a parallel between
the campaigns of 1912 and 1920. Eight
years ago Colonel Roosevelt charged
that the nomination was made by re
actionary forces In defiance of the
rank and file as expressed at the
primaries. In 1920. precisely the same!
thing was done and Senator Johnson'
was humiliated the- same as Colonel!
Roosevelt. To his neighbors when h
returned home from the Chicago con-j
ventlon this year, he expressed no hit-j
tern ess and said plainly that he would
rather come back to his home state
defeated than to have bet n nominated
In the room of a Chicago hotel by rep
resentatives of big business Ills fui -ther
observations was "A few men!
have set at naught for the time being
the American primary system." It Is
true, and It would be futile to deny It.j
that there are many Cranes, Smoots
and representatives of .Morgan and!
company, who arrogate to themselves'
the ritrbt of selection of candidates, not'
withstanding what may have been de-l
used b t he peopli them elv
n, il. im i i.u ii --.
ij uHiiua i on
"I am unable to see by what pro-!
cess of reasoning the political party j
which has glei) to P.oss Harm of
New York a distinct status of leader
ship In this campaign can expect the'
progressive friends of Theodore Roose
velt anil Hiram Johnson to give it sup
port Barnes was the captain Of the
I n lie hip In the DnguaKe of Koose
velt he was the connecting llnl: be
tween crooked business and crooked
politl' s. Doubtless the return to
Rarnes is another evidence of golnK'
back to normalcy.
"Never were so many obligations to'
designing interests being assumed byl
the party of reaction as in this cam-'
palgn. I'ndcr.the belief that disturbed
conditions following the war make po
litical victory certain, methods are fol
lowed unhlushlugly und will ! con
cealment. YT RESENTFUL
' In the great western country,
where 1 have been now for two weeks,
I find many evidences of resentment i
i am convinced that the currents "f
independence and progressiva thought
will be running so high by Novombi r
that unholy enterprises will have been
completely engulfed " '
Governor Cox's Culfornia campaign'
was In an effort to secure the elector
la vote which four enrs iko i llncht di
the reelection of President Wilson
SPEAKS IN AUDITORIUM
Leaving Sacramento at 1:35 p. m.,
the governor was anticipating keenly
his address lonlghJ. In the Sap Fran
cisco auditorium where he waa nomi
nated In the early morning of July B
last. He expected, in that setting to
contrast sharply the clrcumstunces of
his nomination with that oi S-n.iioi
Harding, his Republican opponent at
Chicago. The governor was due to
(Continued on Pago Two.)
MRS' R0BERT c MORRIS, I
w ho presided ;it I he Ser ice
star legion convention in Tolc
dd and fought for recognition of
the organization lv the Ameri
can lornon
4
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LfORjRJS v
SOVIET LEADER
NUKES REPLY
XI COLBY NOTE
Foreign Minister Says Secre
tary of State Is Not
Informed
LONDON, Sept IT. Distinctions
drawn by Ralnbrldge Colby between
Poland, Finland and other sections of
Ruvl.i that have declared tnelr Inde
pendence, which were made In the
COUT80 of Mr. Colby's note of August
10 to the Italian amharradur in Wash
ington, .are Impossible to understand
and probably the result of Insufficient'
Ir.formallon as to the real fuels of na
tional conditions In eastern Europe." I
says George Tchitcherln, Russian Bol-1
shevik minister of foreign ffalrs. M.
Tchitcherln has addressed a note' to the 1
Italian and to "soviet representatives
abroad." in which he answers some of
the conclusions reached by Mr. Colby '
In discussing Russian affairs.
PI BUSHED IN HER RI
The "foreign minister's communica
tion was dated at Moscow September
lo and has been published in the Ron-,
don Dally Herald, orgun of labor. M. j
Tchitcherln says Mr. Colby considers
the demand for Independence of Po-1
land, Finland and Armena legal, say- '
Ing they were annexed to Russia by
force and that their separation does
nQt Infringe upon Russiu's territorial
rights. He asserts the secretary holds
that "other oppressed nationalities of
czarlst Russia" were not annexed by
force and I he deMre for Independence
of the Georgian, Azerbaijan. Lithuan
ian, lyctvlan, Ksthonlan and Ukranian
peoples, either In the form of com- '
pleto Independence or in federation
Illegal
OPP4 wd 6 H . I S
"Tim exceptions allowed for by Mr
Colby," says the foreign minister, un
derline the more empaiically Ills
adherence to the territorial inedibil
ity of the former cxarlst empire, while
at the same time his friendliness to
ward Russia Is conditional upon th
foct that her government shall not
be a soviet government As a matter
of fact any other government at pres
ent Is a bourgeolse or capitalist gov
ernment and, in View of the present
economic unification of the world, that
means a government connected with
the interests of the world's dominating
financial groups. Among these, us a!
result of the world war, the mo I
powerful are the North American fi
nancial groups
PANAMA'S MEW PRESIDENT
EULOGIZES WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Dr. Dell
sarro Porras, president-elect of Pana
ma In laying a wreath on Washing
ton'.! lomh yesterday hulled Mount
Vernon as the Mecca for till Amerl-'
call! who would seek Inspiration in
political "justice and disinterested-1
ness " The founder of the first j
American republic he declared, would
stand forever the standard of pa
triotism and wisdom for all statesmen
of this hemisphere."
In conclusion Dr. 1'orras declared
'It Is to you, oh. Washington, to'
Whom we nXO Indebted for having In
this country the motto for all other
republics of our hemisphere. Rest In
peace and land forevei as the stand
ard of patriotism and wisdom for all
statesmen of this hemisphere.'1
Secretary Daniels responded to the
tribute of Dr. Torras
ITALIANS SEEK
; TO LOIR 010
! GLORY IH GENOA
1
Attempted Violation Reported
To State Department at
Washington
RADICAL LEADERS SEE
VICTORY FOR STAND
Premier Threatens Employers
Unless They Make Con
cessions to Labor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 An at
tempted violation of the American
consulate at Genoa, Italy, by workmen
displaying red flags who sought to
force the lowering of the American
flag during a funeral of workmen was
deported today to the slate depart
ment. The report of the Incident was com
municated by Vice Consul Murphy al
Genoa through the American embassy
at Rome. The funeral was of work
men who had been shot during a clash
with Italian polloe authorities In the!
disturbances Of September 10. As tho
procession wan passing the consulate
a number of workmen rushed into tin
building and tried t" enter ihc con
britf'a offiut UxJupgg UifAsn-rtra n flag
to tialf mnst InrPspoi .. tin dead
Vice Consul Murphy stopped the
crowd, -cfusel jhe demand that th
flag be lowered, and ordered tho crowd
out of the consulate. The w orkmen I
finally left after conelderabl! expos-1
tulation during which th";. were said I
to have used Insulting language
The Italian authorities promptly ex
pressed regVdt over the incident.
DIG ICTOR1 SJ EN
MILAN, Sept. 10. leaders of the
I onf, 'deration of Labor and workers
generally seem to believe th hael
won a great victory In the decision ol
Premier Glolittl to appoint a commls
slon to submit concrete proposals re
specting participation bj workmen in
the technical, financial and disciplin
ary management of factories which
was announced at Turin today. This
commission's report will i.e made the
basis for a bill which will embody
mnr of the demands made by metal
workers since they have occupied in
dustrial plants throughout the country
Repr cntatl es of workmen declare
the premier took matters Into his own
hands when he found employers de
termined to resist despite his counsel
for moderation
1 MP1 l IN 1 VDIGN W I
Employers apd their supporters voice
indignation over the premier's inter
vention at the present phase of the
situation, after maintaining neutiallt
when works were occupied. They say
workers would not have been able to
take over factories except "through
the connivance of the authorities with
criminals," and they accuse tho gov
ernment of being "the humble servant
of the Bolihevtkl." Nevertheless, em
ployers agree they must necessarily
bow to the storm.
TURK M s ( n ER1 D
It Is declared Slgnor Glolfttl threat
ened the emplov.rs with worse meas
ures if they did not accept the work
men's proposal, and assertion Is made
that his firmness approached brutal
ity' when he showed his determination
that the employers should sacrifice
their rights witissut conditions In the
interests of Industrial peace.
COMMUNIST CONGRESS OF
MEXICO OPENS TOMORROW
IfBXICO CITY. Sept 17. The first
"communist congress of the Mexican
proletariat'' will meet in this city to
morrow. The program merely states
that ' principles" will be outlined, and
little else Is known regarding the ob
jects of the convention. Names of
foreigners are ml:.slng from the list
of organizers, most of them being
Mexican labor leaders
it is stated representatives of work-1
ers' syndicates from the federal dis
trict and the Mates of Mexico. I'Uelda.l
Vera Cruz. Tlaxcala, Yucatan and
Tamullpaa will be present.
MAYOR SLEEPS LITTLE
ON HIS 35TH NIGHT
LONDON. Sept. 17 Iird Mayor
Terrepce MacSwiney, of Cork, who to
day began the afith day of his hunger
strike at Brixton prison, passe, a
somewhat better night and had a little
leep snld a bulletin issued at 10
o'clock this morning by ihe Irish Belf
Determlnatlon league The bulletin
said the pains he has suffered in his
limbs and back t ontlnue.
MEXICAN RECOGNITION
IS ASKED BY OIL MAN
WASHINGTON Sept. IT. -Recognition
of the Mexican government was'
urged by Poaeph P Quffy, an Amerl-'
can engaged In the oil industry In,
Mexico, .11 a conference today with'
Secretary Colby. i
Experts Declare Huge i
Bomb Caused Harvest
of Death in Gotham
1
Finding of Curious Metal Objects Strengthens Infernal
Machine Theory; Mysterious Warning Notes Investi
gated; Blood Washed From Wall Street
Buildings; Debris Cleared Up.
NEW YRK Sept 17 The finan
cial centers of America's big cities
from coast to coast are armed camps
today, with police and private sentries
pcated to guard against repetition of
tip mysterious explosion that rocked
Wall street yesterday.
I In Washington, 'hlcago and other
cities as far south as the guir of Mex
ico and west to the Golden Gate, au
thorities placed heavy patrols In their
lux business districts and federal
upents worked with state and city offi
cials to run doVn reports of wlde-
s I r . ad eli .-mist plots
Thirty-one persons were killed ond
more than t00 injured in the explosion
yesterday, declared by the police here
as prObably caused b an Infernal ma
chine. Discovery of parts of clockwork
in the wreckage And announcement by
expert! that trinitrotoluol or picric
acid was used In the bomb, if there
u as one, have sent detectives ami de
partment of Justice men on thirty
' leads" pointing to bomb plots and
radical activities.
DEATH St EKE ROPF1) OFF.
Meanwhile the scene of yesterday's
blast is roped off while the stock ex
change and allied organizations pre
pareci to resume business at the usual
hour this morning.
Several New York detectives and se
cret service men left the city early this
morning for unannounced destinations,
on out of town ends of the investigation-
William J. Flynn, chief of the
bureau of investigation of the depart-
i..ent 1. :'.. lewe.l the scene of
tr.r blast personally, accompanied by
detectives and his own men. but stead
Uisllj refused to talk on the subject.
TROOPS HELD RKARY.
Troops were held in readiness on
Governor's Island god ay and detach
ments of the Twenty-second Infantry
were In barracks subject to instant
call.
All public buildings and the homes
of wealthy and prominent men here
me under special wotch. and every
. .-.liable mini Is held in reserve or ac
tlvely working on federal, stale ond
city Investigation agencies.
Between 8 and 5 o clock this morn
ing police lines In the financial district
were relaxed for the admission of the
thousands of office workers. During
the same period emergency patrols
e. 1 ri. double, 1 and every doorway and
alley was under close inspection.
Downtown subway stations were kept
cli a red by a large force of police. Dur
ng the early hours public and private
agencies cleaned up Wall street,
sweeping up tons of debris and wash
ing down blood spattered sidewalks
and buildings. Repairmen In the night
started work, aided by searchlights,
emedvlng damage to twisted Iron of
tlce structures lu the Morgan building
and glaziers by scores began the. long
task of restoring window panes In the
entire financial hub-
t RIOl S METAL niUhXTS.
Three pieces of curved metal were
found beneath the surfuce of tho pave
ment In the hole caused by the explo
bion. Another piece of similar metal
was taken from the body of Herbert
West bay, a 11-year-old messenger,
who was killed, according to Dr.
Charles II. Norrls. chief medical ex
aminer. The authorities said that the finding
of these bits of evidence virtually dis
sipated the theory' held earlier by
aome officials that the explosion might
have been caused by a collision with
a wagon loaded with explosive. Ex
ami nation of the wrecked wagon re
vealed, according lo the police, that it
was what is known as n 'rack truck"
and it was unlikely that a vehicle of
this type would he used to transport
powerful explosives.
1 IIINKs IT ( t IDI I
Thomas W biniuiil, of J. P. Morgan
and oompony, however. In front of
CAPT. AMUNDSEN'S aHIP
CAUGHT IN POLAR ICE
NOME, Alaska. Sept 17 Captain
Koahl Amuiids. n's expedition ship, the,
.laud, wbuh left this port nearly two'
months ago. bound for the north pole,
Is caught In the Ice about twenty
miles off Cape Serge on the Siberian
loast. according to Information
brought here yesterday by Captain
llcckla whose fishing boat was also
li bound near the Maud
Captain Ue kin said his vessel, being
of light draft, wormed Its way out nf
:i being icebound near the .Maud for
ten day! but that Captain Amundsen 'S
.ship was still fust in th.i Ice when tnel
fishing boat left He suld Captain
Amundsen hoped to free the Maud!
boon and continue' his Journey.
STEAMER BURNS AT DOCK !
AND SINKS WITH BIG LOSS
BALTIMORE, Md , Sept. 17. Tho
iti imer Kersohau, of the Merchant!
and Miners line, was badly dumagejt
by fire of undetermined origin, and1
.-.(iik oarlj today at the yards of the
Baltimore Dn Dock and shipbuiid-l
inir company whert she had been un
dergoing repair! it was reported that
six member! of the rew were missing
but officials of the steamship company
sild they were reasonably certain (hat
no lives wi re lost. No estimate of the
loss could he given by the company,
which valued the boat a1 1400,000, '
iwhose offices the explosion occurred,
(expressed the opinion that It was
purely accidental.
Two more names were added to the
death list of the disaster with th an
nouncement that John Donohue, a
Brooklyn accountant, and John W.
Weir died In hospitals this morning
of explosion Injuries.
Two reported warnings that the ex
plosion was to occur figured In the in-,
vestlgatlon today
me of these was a letter received
i Lieutenant Arnaud, of the French
high commission, from a man known
lo have been a former employe of the
I commission who predicted. It was said,
such an occurrence and warned the
commission to close the office and
Isi-nd the employes home yesterday af
ternoon. ARNING RECI l I l
The other was a letter received two
days ago by George Ketchlerlge, an
employe of a brokerage house, from
Edward Fischer, In Toronto, Canada,
(who warned ugalnst remaining In Wall
street "after 3 o'clock on the fif
jteenth" and ended his missive with
good luck."
Kfforts also were made today to as
certain the approximate amount of
bends and other negotiable securities
said to Wave been los during yester
Iday's confusion Special detectives
and officials of security companies
were exerting their efforts lo this end
It was reported tho amount of securi
ties lost was expected to run Into sev
eral hundred thousand dollars.
Ill (.1 PROPERTY l.oss.
Estimates of the property damage
run as high as I,BOO,000.
Three names were shifted this
morning from tho list oi those Injured
to trie tieatn column. 1 ney were jonn
Donohue. a Brooklyn accountant. John
W. Weir and Miss Margaret Fisher, of
llirooklyn. They died In hospitals. This
i brought the revised list of dead to 33
j A piece of metal, presumably from
la bomb, and an Iron slug weighing
uhout a pound, were found by V- S.
j Grant, deputy assistant treasurer, on
It lie roof of the sub-treasury building
this morning.
Fire Chief Kenlon and "hlef Brop
py. of tho bureau of combustibles, con
I ferred at city hall this morning with
Mayor Hylan. They presented teportB
Ion what they believed to be the cause
'of the explosion
A scene of an entirely different na
Jture from that of yesterday In front
lof the sub-treasury was on the pro
gram for today. Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution, assembled for a rally
(nt noon on the steps of the govern
ment building to celebrate Constitu
tion Day."
I The financial district was crowded
with sightseers this morning. Police
lines were established for a distance
I of two blocks north, east, south and
west.
The stock market opened promptly
at 9 o'clock with no outward signs of
j excitement and few traces of yester
day's disaster aside from the windows
I which were covered w ith anvas In
place of the huge glass panes splin-
j tered by the explosion.
EXCH N.l OPENED
A large majority of the active mem
bers of the exchange were present
I when the opening Kong sounded and
j business proceeded in normal fashion
I with a fair degree of actlvit) At th
1'nlted States sub-treaaury and assay
office, the day1! Routine was taken
up without a hitch Kxtra guards
were on dut) as precautionary mcas-
; ure.
The Morgan bank building which
i suffered most in the catastrophe also
1 was heavily guarded.
The banks opened an usual. Mess
engers and runners were escorted by
guards as a precautionary measure
against the crowds in the district.
MANILA BANKS ACCUSED
OF CRIMINAL AGREEMENT
MANILA. Sept 17 The attorney
general has begun Investigation of an
alleged agreement among Manila
banks to renula'e mtciKt and .
change rates.
In a letter addressed to the banks,
hi says that "having learned that the
BMOCieted bunks of Manila have
agreed lo regulate Interest and ex
change rates under what is apparently
a combination lu restraint of trade
the secretary of Justice has directed
thai an investigation be made to de
termine whether criminal prosecution
or action looking to forfeiture of the
banks' charter! should bo undertak
en." . . 1
NO FARMER-LABOR TALKS
ALLOWED IN N. Y. HALL
NEW York. Sept. 17. Farmer
Labor part v hcido, irti her,. .lMt
night made public letter from C C
Smith, managur Of Carnegie Hall, stat
ing ihat the directors of the hall had
denied the party lt viso September 26
for a "meeting which purposes intro
duclng bj medium Of It! speakers any
factors of a radical nature.'" Dudley
Field Malone. party candidate for
gOVemOl of New York, Issued a stale-i
ment declaring such attempts to de
stroy public discussion of public ques
tions encourage1; violence and revolu
tion we. wish to uvold "
SIX CHEMISTS I
NOW AT iWL I
UPDNMYSTERY I
Chief Flynn Says He Is Posi
tive Explosion Was f
Caused By Bomb !
CARRY DEATH MACHINE I
IN WAGON IS BELIEF
Fragments From Device May 1
Furnish Clue Resulting
In Arrests
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. William J
Flynn, chif of the bureau of investi
Ration, department of justice, dec'ared
'this morning he vva:-i positive that a
'bomb had caused tho explosion in ffH
Vall street yesterday which took a toll
of 3" lives, injured about 200 persons
and caused property damage running '
: into the millions . I
I Chief Flynn made his announcement
shortly after Fire Commissioner Dren
nan had reported to Mayor Hylan his
belief that a bomb was responsible for
J the disaster and th police had began I
; to swing to the bomb theory as op
posed to that of a collision between
powder wagon and an automobile.
SURE IT WAS BOMB
"There Is absolutely no doubt that
lit was a bomb" said Chief Flynn. "An
important development In the last two
hours has convinced us of this. TVvj
bomb was apparently placed by a per- ij
son who was within four blocks of
i Wall and Broad streets when the ex- j
plosion occurred "
Certain at last of the cause of tho
I explosion, federal agents and city po
I lice Increased their search for the
I driver of a w-agon drawn by one Horse
! which was blown to pieces No trace
of him has ret bepu found.
THEORY or SLEUTHS
The theory of the investigators Is
: that a time bomb was placed on the
I the wagon and that the driver hurried
j f rom the scene Just after arranging
for the explosion to occur at noon.
Six expert chemists attached to the H
bureau of mines of the department of IH
the interior arrived at police headuar
tors this afternoon from Washington
and assisted In reconstructing metal
fragments believed to have been part
of a bomb.
FISCHER QUESTIONED
I Edward P. Fischer, a former em
Iployc of the French high commission
In N w York who was detained by thw
police in Hamilton, Ont., today after
I he la alleged to have sent two post-
cards to friend! here from Toronto
warning them not bo In Wall street
at 3 o'clock Wednesday, the 15th, will
be brought to New York to testify be
fore the September grand Jury. This
body todav was ordered to Inquire into
the disaster.
Shortly before word of Fischer's de- H
tentlon was received here, a reprcsen
tatlve of the district attorney's office H
left for Toronto with a subpoenae for H
him.
Members of the firm of J P. Morgan
and company, after conferring in re
gard to the disaster. Issued a state
ment to the effect that they had no
knowledge as to the cause or motives
of the explosion. Several members of
the firm have received verbal and
'written communications in regard to
the explosion, but they say that none
I has thrown any light upon it
George ljimb, division superintend
lent of the bureau of Investigation of
the department of Justice, found one
I man had been struck while on John
street, fully a smarter of a mile from ,
'the scene of the explosion, by a win- I
i clow sash weight. The metal, nearly
I two Inches in length, was hot when It
fell.
Six expert wagon makers expressed
I the opinion at police headquarters that
the powder wagon" was a closed ve
l hide of old time design. They said
I that fragment of the vehicle Indicated
j It wus bo distinctly a relic of former
; days that the task of establishing its
Wt nt it v -hould be easier than at first
was expected.
nn
YANKEES COULD FIGHT,
BUT FAILED IN COOKING
PARIS. Sept. 14 (By The Associ
ated Press.) The American dough
boy reed not take off his hat to any
soldier of any armies engaged In th
greut war There were some as good
as he, but none betler "
Thus spoke General Marie Kmile
I Fa voile, of the French army, who
j used in the counter offensive against
the Germans alongside the French
troops, seven American divisions, He
was talking before his department for
tile United Stales where he is to rep
resent the French army at the con
vention of the American Legion In
C'lcv eland
"The Americans were simply mag
nificent, " he continued, "us a matter
of fact, some were hrave to such an
extent as one might call It rashness.'
Magnificent: Marvelous, as Gen
eral rjayolte kept repeating. "Your
soldiers were not only men as re
gards courage, but also in endurance
md Unfailing gOOd humor. But there
was one branch In which they were
deficient, and It was one of the most
important.
They could not cook, or they were
too busy fighting to bother about such
trifles as cooking " ,
The general will be accompanied to
th. i alted States by Lieutenant Col- i
I one! Reipiln. a member of Marshal
Foch's mission to America, and also
Lieutenant Soublran. his Interpreter.
This will be the general's first visit
to the United States.