The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1920-09-23
Terrible Explosion in Financial
District OF New York Laid
to Anarchists.
MAY Be PART OF HUGE PLOT
Republicans Say Maine Result Pre-.
saoes Their Victory In November
Attitude o. Women Voters Sianifi.
esnt---cox Approves Roots Plan for
World Court.
BY EDWARD w. eicHARp

New York's financial centrr was
shattered and the entire country
shocked on Thursday by & terrible ex-
piosion that took the lives of about
80 persons and injured some 300 9TH
ers That It was the result of de-
iiherate plot by anarchists is the firm
belief Of federal and local officials, and
there Is reason to fear that ii was
hut thr start OF campaign Of terror
Ism against the financlers OF America.
The explosion came exactly at the
nonn honr, directly in front of the new
assay building at Broad and Wall
streets adjoining the subueasury, and
aef6ss che street from the beautiful
j. e.. Morgan building. A one-horse
truck was standing there and the au-
th0rities believe 1t contained a gigan-
hc1,omb that was exploded by time
'cfsck, The deaths and injuries and
the damage done to buildings were
nlostly caused by short, heavy slugs
'nfffe from broken cast iron window
weights, unlike any In the Wall street
district. This fact. together with
many other developments. furnished
n basis for the theory Of the officials
After the disaster it was learned that
a wall street employee and the French
nigh commission had both received
Wnruing that there would be an ex-
pIuSlOn In the district on September
Is. The letters both came from r..
Fischer, formerly an employee OF the
ICrrnch commission. and were mailed
from Toronto. Fischer is said to he
deranged as result of q nervous
breakdown.
The victims of the explosion were
mostly clerks and messengers. No
prominent tinancier was killed. though
many of them had narrow escapes
aud JunIus Spencer Morgan, son OF
J. L. Morgan, was cut by flying glass
II II Is still true that "as goes Maine
so goes the nation the Republican
wnl score tremendous victory In No
Vember. They swept the Pine Tre
state, elccting Parkhurst for governor
and all the rest of their ticket by
majority of about G5.OOo. Every coun
Cy in the state went Republican. Ma
tlonal leaders OF the party of course
greeted this result with shouts Of Joy
Nearly $4,000 women Went to the polls
and some G0.O0O of them voted tn
Republican ticket. This is regarde
as especially significant, for II In
been contended that the women of til
country would support the League {
Nations. The campaign In Maine WI
conducted largely on national issue
the league issue being foremost, an
both parties sent national figures int
the state as campaign orators, I'll
Democratic forces being led by Fran
lin ID. Roosevelt. candidate for viz
president. and Secretary OF the NAY
Daniels. Calvin Coolidge. Republics
candidate for vice president, Senat
Lodge and other heavy guns We
There for the Republican ticket, M
devoted much of their energies to 9
lacking the Wilson draft or the ieagu
Governor Cox. Mr.. Roosevelt, Cha
nan White and other leading rem
erats all refuse to consider Maine
seiiabie political barometer. Sec'
lary Tumulty. after comforting wi
President Wilson. said only that I
Maine result "calnot be considered
indicative OF the general result
November"
The impartial observer will acco
me greatest importance to the at
Jude OF tie Maine women. though
may he true that the women OF
rentrai and western states do not 4
iss same way about tie league
Fsasident Wilson wants IT.