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New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Panic Aneong Employees ise Many BUILDINGS

An upurned automobile which had
with in it, blazing fuousy sidewalk
all the tinke
buildings
flames their clothing striving wounds glass
shards had
Others Of them marveIlnp to dis
that they had scatheles,
tered with broken their M
the telephone booth in which they happened
their
Although timed explode the
world of finance are at their height and placed
that world the internal machine failed
One employee the Morgan offices killed
suffered the hand Robert
ference, slightly
The victims chance bypassers
ordinary walks m te had called the
at that hour to that
The walls Of the Assay Office Morgan Building
showed
been chpp by the missiles All the windows
and the steel easements which the
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
u. S. Squad to Hunt Reds
DisbQnded Wednesday,
Federal Force Trained to
Trace anarchists Released
TO CME DOa0n Demse a

The "Red" squad Of The Department
OF Justice, which has been active for
months in ."acing the movement Of
dangerous & lists and their ilk,
was disbanded ,Ast twenty-four hours
before the Wali Street explosion Of
yesterday.
1t was said that q desire to effect
economies and the fact that "Red"
violence was on the decrease were the
motives which inspired the dissolution
oY tn@"Rcd" squad.
domestic iItlp Problems enaiiy solved by
consulting siiustion Wnniei Ads ,hnt
appear In The Tribune daliy or by insert
Ing /. sss:p Wanted Ad. Phone fieakinan
5000. or 90 to any OF The Tribuns's Want
Ad Agents. ovos toe ID 0zestar Now
Y0Ek@y~AATHm.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Blast OF Loaded Slugs Rocks
Financial District at Noon:
Property Loss Great
Dead May Reach SO
Wagon p Painted Red Seen Shortly
Before Explosion; Three Inves-
LEGATIONS Already Under Way

An explosion believed have been powerful
Internal machine death Yesterday
room at Wall and Broad
Chief Inspector Lahey Department has evidence ha
ao That the explosion that
charged with INT one of the most powerful of explosives
AT least
injured 1t was said at the Morgue
ee sweed to fifty when those
reported Windows shattered
from thls cause alone exclusive of that suffered
D. r. Morgan Co. and the
frunt OF the explosion at 0OOO00
Cast
broken up voyed all directions
the skyigh of the fortystory Equitable Building These ss
with the fact that the explosion center
Of the financial world precisely basis Of the
orally accepted theory that internal machine not an accident
caused the explosion. - 7
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Wagon Painted Red Seen in Wall Street

VI the wagon said by witnesses
KIND used by for deliveries
only few fragments could be found poddsns
norse 1t was coming Wall Sre
before IL o'clock declared that h ~
name of a manufacturer of explosves ~
N stopped at the curb just about dividing
Assay Oce where $9OO00OO00 in gold bullion
Treasury vaults of which hold across a
Street 900
IN an office floor members of the them
selves with representative Of the coal the strike in
the anthracite fields. "
Half block to the south the rous curb surgng and
shouting the roped of Broad Street
and like echo the n~h
While the latter still
rocked at the shock
windows vered by the detonaton Then smoke
the convuons OF It's under surface nged with hurous yellow
the smoke canopy aody financial district Then
it drifted .
In the streets below all motion
bodies lay the Morgan hudded forms r
rewn both sides OF Wall Street prostrata an
Broad Street. Bits oderig
the clothing
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
The Injured
AT BROAD STREET HOSPITAL

ANTHONY laceratons
WESTON Brooklyn face and hands burned
BEEKMAN addre
BOWMAN, WILLIAM South Street, shock.
addrc
ChSSEI JAMES W. East aceracd head.
Ii,
CoNKLE JOHN Lincoln Avenue, Jersey
EMANUEL Bedford Avenue. Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17

Fair and cooler to-days fair eo-merrew;
fresh west and Desthwese winds.
Fan report oa Last page
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17

Not glass remained
the heavy plate glass
mesh which inside the windows
fulfilled their mission Of protecting those within.
dome above the these or some
similar bit Of falling debris for th Single
death that there
of it finely powdered, sugar.
The heroic Washington the
much scratched explosion stood firmly with
hand outstretched in a queling gesture
Those who merely had been thrown ses
about work
geon we've at their elbows for the
and re apparatus filled the air while glass still falling.
Policemen the established lines &o
blocks from the where the explosion forty min
the blast trucks Street from Sh
Ferry and fifty Of
Fell IN line with fixed bayoret hundred rounds AZ
ball cartridges in his pouches ~ 40
They had summoned because Of the proximity Of thai As
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
EWansed to Save Lives of Office Force

suggested Lieutenant Arnaud advise Minister
have the offices of
at o'clock that the lives Of the Office might spared
letter also mentioned "etween daylight the
probable hour for the "catastrophe."
ntimared in the letter that people grievances
The
inform him h thought the writer making giving
such warning
several times Feeling assured
that had been written aarmist taken
ou he threw into paper
dismissed the incident from his
After the explosion
rushed into the office where had been sitting when
and emed the contents of the basket in heap
pile the bits
~ eced them together and put in call for the police The
turned detectives Police Headquarters
Efforts learn whether the letter bore signature proved
Police Hunt Ex-EnpZ0yee of Commission
Soon police learned
that detectives had Nneysecond
formerly the employ the French commission
left the the
After detectives
Police A.
George Ketchedge Broadway brokerage
m Of Schwartz Broadway said yesterday that days
received explosion would Sep
Ienber Is.
On postcard Ketchledg the warning:
We out of Wall o'clock
'sm friend breakdown
regarded card joke, said Mr.. Ketchedge,
m merely coincidence that explosion should have
as about the time stated in the warning"
Efforts communication with the
we're unavng night said Tuesday
He
0oei, Niagara Lake.
Detectives agency yesterday that
m explosion unexpected although clues
said that unquesonaby
us to initiate siege Of terror had been sent his
several days ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Warming Of Catastrophe i'm
Wall St. Section Issued
Wednesday:
Mystery Letter Sent
French Commission Informed
That Lives Would Be En-
dangered at 2.3O'

that bomb plot
least twentyfour hours before
the the
explosion might be looked
letter small white Wednesday morning
the mail
the the gave warning
explosion When
and dropped into basket.
Yesterday after the from
the basket pasted together and turned the police
the letter. the police believe explosion
and would be able to point the responsible
The letter addressed
Ae French commission Upon
opened it casually and smiled he
The letter began with the word Greetngs
thought he rendering
advising Minister Penpctenary
The fact that catastrophe would
o'clock The letter did not whether
date mentioned.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
Agreement Reached Preventing Strike
of Buildings Engineers and Firen7en
Owners and Unions Patch Up Differences Threatening to
Cause General Wakout in Big Hotels and Other
notwithstanding Hotel Arrivals

Agreements which practically preclude
the possibility of threatened strike oi
engineers and firemen's unions in the
large hotels of the city have been reached
it was announced unofficially yesterday By
persons connected with the Hotel AS
ISOLATION of New York City, after meet
ing held in their headquarters.
While no definite programme was agreed
upon, ii was arranged that meetings be-
tween the hotel men and the Joint Wage
Board of the engineers and firemen's
unions should be held today and tomorrow
at which the details would be placed be.
fore them and settlement effected
The action taken yesterday removes the
menace of what appeared last week to be
a general walkout in large office buildings
schools. business houses and hotels. anc
which, il carried out, would have crippled
many lines of industry and caused thou
sands to remain out of work for many
days or weeks
1t was learned yesterday that the promp'
assurance of the hotel men that they de.
sired to treat fairly with the firemen and
engineers caused the officials of the unions
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
RANGERS TO BAR
FIGHT FOR OIL LAND
Texas Rushes Officers to Oklahoma
Line, Where Open HostiltieS
Threaten.

AUSTIN, Tex, Tuesday.-Fifteen Texas
rangers are on their way today to the oil
lands In the Red River Valley involved In
the boundary dispute between Texas and
Oklahoma. to prevent threatened armed
clashes between claimants.
w. A. Keeling. Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral for exas, said today that claimants
from both States "have threatened to
shoot any one who interferes with their
occupation of the property"
Pending determination by the federal
courts of the boundary between the two
States. Mr.. Keeling said the territory in
issue would be regarded as Texas land
and State forces will support and defend
with arms. II necessary, those holding the
lands under Texas claims.
In addition to the claims of Texas and
Oklahoma, the federal government has an
nounced its determination to enter the
controversy, seeking to establish the rights
of Wichita Indians to the oil lands. II
plans to institute a series of suits to
this end and is anxious to have the bound
airy definitely fixed The Oklahoma claim
ants contend the Red Rivers course
which originally marked the boundary
has shifted northward In the past GEN.
tury
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
Wants Farm Board
Kept from Politics

ALBANY. NJ Y. Tuesday.-The agri-
cultural control of New York tSate should
be placed in the hands of y single ton-
missioner, at yearly salary oil o-o'VV"'
If necessary, and the appointments tne niu,i
and tho department should be kept OUT VI Vi
politics, declared Governor smith nonignt
in an address before the New York state
Agricultural Society. which opened 'Wo
days conference here today.
Governor Smith again urged the aboiish-
ment of the Council OF Farms and Mar
kets. asserting it was failing to do Tor
the State what really could be done. lie
suggested that the system OF state ana
county fairs be put under the eontroi OF
the single headed commission
A complete reorganization OF the Ayri-
cultural Department also was suggested
by the Governor. who said he woulo pe
willing to approve an appropriation ior tnis
work IL the Legislature were Wiling lie
charged that too great snare OF the
appropriations were going Tor polilcai
salaries" and assailed the administration
of the agricultural schools.
Thaddeu5 c. Sweet, Speaker or the AS
senrbly. presided at the meeting, at which
Representative Asbury i. Lever, OF south
Carolina, also was a speaker.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
MRS. FRANCIS H. GEER
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs Francis Hunt Geer, one OF the best
known members OF the local alumnae OF
Barnard College. died yesterday of pneu-
monia in her home. No 40 East Seventy
sixth street. following "A short illness.
Airs. Geer was Miss Helen Hartley Jen-
kins, daughter Of Mr.. George Walker Jen-
kins and Mrs. Helen Hartley jenkins, of
No. 233 Madison avenue. and grand
daughter Of the late Marccllus Hartley.
She was in her twenty-seventh year.
Mrs. Geer was a factor in the extension
OF charitable work and i'm various civic
movements. In 1914 she was graduated
from Barnard College. She took an active
interest IN all phases OF college life and
particularly in the Barnard building fund
Her marriage 10 Mr. Geer. son of the
Rev. Dr.. william Montague Geer. took
~fbiace In St Paul's Chapel In October 1915.
: son and daughter survive her in addi-
ton 20 her husband. Mrs. Geer was a
member OF the Society OF Colonial Danes
the Daughters Of the Revolution and OF the
Colony Club.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
STIGMA OF THEFT CHARGE
TAKEN FROM DEAD WOMAN

The cloud over the head of Mrs. BESSIE
O'Connor, sixty-seven years old, OF NO. 4'
Livingston street. Brooklyn. and which her
friends believe had considerable to DO "itf
her death by apoplexy, last Sunday, in hel
home. was removed by Judge May in the
County Court yesterday when he set ASIDE
conviction for larceny. which had oeen
returned against her by jury in connec'
ton with the disappearance of fur coa'
belonging to Miss Adele Bardwell a former
occupant Of the house.
At the time of her conviction, Judge May
placed Mrs. OConnor on probation witt
the understanding that she would go u
st. Mary's Hospital for treatment. AT tina
time Judge May expressed belief in her in
nocence and stated that he would remove
the stigma Of her conviction If he coulo
find way.
Mrs. O'Connor was broken in healtf
when she left the hospital and returned
to her home. On Sunday she was founc
dead at the foot Of the basement stairs.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
.BERTON BRALEY, MARRIED ON
PEACE SHIP, SUED BY WIFE

Though IL might have been considered
n good omen to be married aboard Henry
Fords peace ship Oscar H.. when the
memorable voyage to settle the worio
war was undertaken. lapse OF four years
has disproved this in the case OF Berton
Braley. versifier and poet, and his WIRE
Mrs. Marion \. Il. Bralcy. formerly
fashion writer. Henry Ford smlingly gave
away the bride, while others Of national
Importance were onlookers. William Jcn-
nings Bryan was certified witness OF
the wedding.
Mrs. Braley yesterday began an action
for divorce in the Supreme Court but her
complaint was kept from public gaze and
her attorney refused to discuss the law
suit At Mr.. Braley's home, No. III East
Seventeenth street. efforts to reach him
last night were unavailinS.
a few hours before the Oscar II. liftco
anchor on December 1. 1915. Mr.. Bralcy and
tho Young woman lent an added pic
turosque touch 10 the occasion by having
a clergyman in the party unite them IN
marriage. Tho bride was Miss Marion
Alberta Rubicam, daughter OF Mrs. ~
Rittenhouse Rubicam. os Philadelphia
Mr.. Braley acquired fame as tho author
Of some 5000 poems and incidental contri-
buttons.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
PAINTING RUNAWAY GIRL
ASKS AID OF POLICEMAN

Cold. hungry and without shelter CIR
who gave her name as Dorothy wilson
seventeen years old. yesterday morhihs
fell at the feet of Jacob Honold, poilce'
man, Of the Herbert street station' al
Graham avenue and Ainslie street. BROOK
lyn. and begged him to take her waere
she could obtain shelter and food Honolc
took her to the Herbert street station
where she was given food
Miss Wilson said that several montns
go she left home without the consent OF
her parents, who live upstate, She came
To New York. obtained a position, lost II
and then wandered about the city lookinl
for work. Since then she has lived IN Inc
railways of houses and has been without
food for days at time, she said
Magistrate Folwell. I'm the Bridge Plaza
Court BROOKLYN. credited the girls story
and assigned Probation Officer Cunning
ham TO find her parents.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
CUT IN COST OF CLOTHING
PLAN OF DRY GOODS MEN

WASHINGTON, d. c., Tuesday.-Mate-
rial reductions in clothing prices may De
expected through nationwide adoption py
the clothing trade, of suggestions put for
ward by committee of the Nationai ne
tail Dry Goods Association. it was stated
tonight by Howard f. Figg. Special AS
s.stant District Attrney General, after ne
had conferred with the representatives OF
the dry goods retailers.
The suggestions of the retailers. which
are understood to apply to the retail.
Wholesale and manufacturing FACTORS, Will
be made public tomorrow. one OF the
retailers proposals was said to be that
the manufacturer stand the entire increase
cost due to any future advance in wages,
the retailers taking the position that IN
creases incident in wages can no longer
be passed on to the public.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21

representing the workmen TO agree to con-
ferences in order to settle the dispute.
Whether a thirty per cent increase is
wages, and an eight-hour day, as was at
first demanded, will be carried out is as
yet uncertain, but the workers are as
sured that their demands will be given
serious consideration
Arrivals in the Hotels.
Ritz-Carlton-Mrs Swift Fernald. Chicago; Mare
Peter. Minister from swtzerisnd; Wa,s1hiinS,
w. Walker. Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Sander-
son, Greenwich. Conn.,; George A. Beesiey' chi-
Astor-Rear Admiral r. s. Griffin. Major Cen
eral and Mrs. Robert Alexander, Marquis de
Mohermando. Madrid; a., Harlkoshi. Toxic; MI
Waldorf A Astoria-Rear Admiral W. 5. Sims, Mr.
and Mrs G. w. Parkinson. Waynesburg Pa; MI.
and Mrs Thomas NJ. Hills. Columbus. ohio Dnl-
lett II. Wilson, Bethlehem. Pa; Mr. ana Mrs. r, w;
w. Doughten Philadelphia; Mr.. Nnd Mrs George
w, Burleigh, New York. go
McAIpn-Mr;, and Mrs r Fl f1step; IN nd hen2e. M2s
Ysv Mr. Ms r Mr. sna &
nsrdo Vaideciiia, Spain; Mr. aud Mrs. Edwars
Keeble. Selma, Ala; Mrs. c. u. Chisholm Bur
Ciarldge-Miss NJ. NJ. Hollander. Pittsbnrg; Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. Hayden. Worcester; l. j. isbeli
Toronto; II. $. Bubh. Williamsport "a; FRANK
tenant and Mrs. G. r. Dean. Newport; Il. 1; Mr..
A. fioualez. San Juan. Puerto Rica; Mr.. and Mrs.
s. H. Hart Philadelphia: Mr.. and Mrs. A. Flem,
ing Kimhall Shanghai. China: Lieutenant ana
Mrs. l.. s. whItehouse, Washington. D. Z.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
MUSIC AIDS RECOVERY OF
SLEEPING SICKNESS VICTIM

The steady improvement in the condi-
ton Of Mrs. Dora Mintz. of No 74o Trinity
avenue, the Bronx, who has been Ill with
sleeping sickness in the Willard Parker
Hospital since October, is believed TO De
in a meas sure due to the music OF violinist
engaged by her husband to play at her
bedside The cure, for Mrs. Mintz will
soon be able to leave the hospital, is told OF
in letter written by Dr. Charles Dixon
the resident physician Of the hospital 10
Health Commissioner Copeland.
DR.. Dixon reported to the Commissioner
that persons suffering from the disease
rarely recover and that this case is the
only recovery he has learned of. Commis-
sioner Copeland said there are probably q
half dozen eases of the disease in the city
II is his opinion that the music was bene-
ficial.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
WOMAN PLEADS FOR
STANDARDIZED GARB
Must No Longer Dress TO Look
Prettier Than Others, Says
Miss Helen l.. Johnson.

No longer will women be able to dress
in manner calculated TO capture the
fleeting fancy of the male or to vie
with one another to endeavoring to be
prettier or more fashionable.
In making this assertion Miss Helen
Louise Johnson, editor of the General
Federation Magazine. appealed both to
women's pocketbooks and their pride.
In an address delivered at Columbia Uni
versity yesterday afternoon before the
Institute of Arts and Sciences. Miss John
son declared that it is imperative that
women be willing to adopt STANDARDIZED
tion of clothes to the extent necessary
to permit cheaper manufacture. This hav-
ing been done women will be in a position
to demand that the productive power
shall be applied in such a way as to re-
duce prices, she said.
Appealing to womens pride, Miss John
son, whose topic was THE Ethics of
Dress, asserted that conspicuous clothes
were used by women to make up for de-
ficiencies of nature and lack of person
ality.
THE active and healthy woman" said
Miss johnson, creates spiritual I'M
preston by simplifying her dress and thus
enhances her facial beauty. The older
forms OF dress, clung 10 by her less ad-
vanced sister, make lower appeal, but
finally out of the struggle a new woman
hood with higher morality will appear.
Standardized dress will be more beauti-
full than the older hit-or-miss fashions,
and thus the essence of moral progress
will be reached through economy, and
beauty"
Drawing a lesson from the standardiza-
ton attained in clothes for man, and the
beauty and comfort thereby derived, Miss
Johnson said:-"He can dress properly and
becomingly with a limited number of
suits.
"A mans clothes" she continued, "are
made of far better and of more lasting
material than a womans. The styles per-
NIT him to wear them more than six
months without becoming conspicuously
different from his fellow men,"
In the matter of the selection of clothes
he has also progressed far beyond women.
according to Miss Johnson.
"a man is not apt to select purple or
a brilliant blue or a red or yellow suit
for the winter, unless his personality is
so innocuous that he must attract atten-
ton in some way" she said. His rea-
soning for himself seems to be that beauty
unadorned is adorned the most
Finally Miss Johnson spoke word Tor
freedom "Why all this talk about free
dom while we remain the puppets OF
fashion," she asked. 1--WE have suffered
from skirts in which we We're forced TO
walk like Chinese women. and turned 20
those which begin twelve inches from the
floor and necesstate fur cuffs about our
legs above the shoe tops, not for comfort
but to show that we are fashionable
Standardized fashions, Miss Johnson IN
sisted do not mean lack of individuanty'
but as woman adopts standardized ciothes
she becomes less conspicuous but more
,mnressiye. and as the dress is standard
ized II becomes more individual, and al
though apparently more costly us more
reasonable in price through the economies
which are attained
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
ESCAPING GAS OVERCOMES
LEON, OLD-TIME PUGlLlST

Casper Leon, fifty years old, who was
well known as a bantamweight pugilist
score of years ago and is now a watch
man. is in Harlem Hospital in serious
condition from gas poisoning. He was
overcome last night in his furnished room.
at No. 145 East 126th street. He was found
by the proprietor Of the house.
Dr. ~corcoran, of Knickerbocker Hospital
and employees of gas company worked
for half an hour over him with pulmotor
before he could be taken to the hospital.
Leon acquired fortune making tours
Of this country and Europe. but is said to
have spent it all He is we'll known In
Harlem, where he has been living for
years.
The New York herald., 1920-01-21
DEATHS.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEo

Solomons Lodge, No
279. Il. and a. M.-Brethren:-With deep
sorrow we inform YOU that our beloved
brother DAVID SCHORSCH has been
requested to attend Masonic funeral
service at his late residence. 800 West
1leth st, Wednesday January 2i' al
''e''" ISAAC scHoRscH, Master
OTTO OCHS, Secretary.
SCHRATTER-REG in her 18th year
beloved sister OF Bcllna, Nettc. Adele
Sam. Julius and Alfred. Funeral from
her late residence. J65 West 18th St.
Wednesday. January Il, at haif-past ter
4. NJ
ISTERN.-January 20. HENRY STERN
beloved husband OF Mrs. Picka Sterr
and beloved father OF Jesse. Bertha anc
Benjamin. in his SD year. Funera
services Thursday. January 22 ten y. Nj
IS T ER n. - HENRY STERN. beloved
brother Of Herman Stern. Charles Sterr
and brother-in-law or Mr.. ana Mrs
Stenberg.
THOMPSoN.-BER beloved son o
Bess and Frank Thompson, at sea
January ~. In his 18th year.
NoIGT.-On Tuesday. January %. 1920
THEODORE G. T.; husband Of Glare
vices at his late residence. i06 Garretsor
ay Bayonre ~ j.. on Thursday even
ing at eight o'clock. Please omi
flowers.
WAINH.-On IanuHlF -. lf-V, JOil.N -
WALSH. beloved husband of Elizabetl
Mahoncy Funeral from his late rest
dence 66 East i23d ST.. on Wednesday
January 21. 1920. Requiem mass at Al
Saints Church. 129th ~. and Madison
av., at ten A. NJ. Automobile cortege
WEISS. ANNA. wife Of Jacob anc
mother of Henry Moe. David. Joseph
Theresa Gutfreund and Selma Koestler
suddenly. January 49, Funeral from
Universal Funeral Chapel. 59l LeXine
ton av corner SOD ST. Thursday, Jan
uary 22 two r. VI. 1nterment Linder
Hills Cemetery.
ZoTZ. At his home. 16 Maple av.. Bryr
Mawr. Workers. on Monday, January
10. CHARLES !. ZOTI, Jr., in his 20tt
wear. Funeral services at his late resi-
dence. Wednesday afternoon at half
past two. 1nterment Mount Hope Gene
tory.