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of the building that the explosion occurred on the Wall
been believed
Officials of the fire department who rushed to the scene
with the police said that the blast might have been caused
by underground channel of compressed air from
ions in the neghborhood but this theory subsequently
discarded.
So devastating the force of the explosion that the
dome the entrance to Morgan Co, supported by
gigantic columns of solid granite crumbed and crashed to
ihe ground.
United States troops rushed to the of the
explosion guard the United States subtreasury, which is
Just across the street from j. p Morgan Co. Two wagon
loads of nfantrymen brought to Manhattan from Gov
crnors Island.
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ROCKED.
All of downtown New York, but especially the Wall
street financial district rocked by the terrific
sion.
A great shower of debris and smoke from the
Morgan offices.
Pedestrians in the street. the of Wall and
Broad, hurled from their feet. number of them
were seriously injured.
Wild rumors of an attempt upon the life OF a. L. Morgan
aroused intense excitement.
All available police rushed to the
The windows of the Morgan firm and those Of office
buildings in the vicinity smashed and the streets
filled with broken glass
n STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED.
At 1915 O'Clock the board of governors of the New York
Stock Exchange ordered the exchange closed
Following the action of the New York Stock Exchange
the Curb market closed down ALSO
The explosion occurred during the noon lunch hour
when Wall and Broad streets dense with hurrying
clerks and stenographers All thrown into panic.
The Washington times., 1920-09-16
PALMER ORDERS
PROBE OF BLAST
Chief Flynn, of Bureau of In
vestigation, Leaves WASH
inqton for New York.

Attorney General Palmer this aft
ernoon ordered the Bureau Of Investi-
cation of the Department of Justice
to make an immediate and thorough
probe into the explosion in the J. p.
Morgan office in New York
w. J. Flynn. chief Of the Bureau OF
Investigation. left Washington at
once for New York.
Reports to the Attorney General
from agents in New York were mea-
ger.
The Washington times., 1920-09-16
Wrecks Paatia Banking House of p Morg Wall Street

number of automobiles were parked in front of J.
p. Morgan Co, and all were wrecked.
After the blast the police commandeered all available
private motor to transport the injured hospitals
Hurryup calls sent into all the nearby hospitals for
mhuI
The Washington times., 1920-09-16
FIND LICENSE TAG OF
AUTO WRECKED BY BOMB

TRENTON, N. j.. Sept. 16.-License
No. 24246 n. j., said to have been on
the car wrecked in front of the Nor
gan building, was taken out by Dun
ham Beedon. OF III South Third
street, South Orange. n. j.
The Washington times., 1920-09-16
LIST OF INJURED
in new YORK
EXPLOSION
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AIsfn W. kr~ek, tajured on face.
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number of automobiles were parked in front of j.
p. Morgan & Co, and all were wrecked.
After the blast the police commandeered all available
private motor to transport the injured hospitals
Huyup calls sent into all the nearby hospitals for
ambulances.
AIR FILLED WITH GLASS
Many persons were cut by falling glass and debris
but able go home to have their hurts dressed
Scores of detectives rushed into the financial dis
trict
Gordon of detectives and policemen thrown about
the ,..
The blasted building was roped off and no one was
allowed to enter This accounted for the delay in learning
the exact cause of the explosion
Many of the Morgan employees severely cut by
flying glass.
The tremendous force the explosion was shown by the
that piece of iron hurled into the Stevenson brok
erage Offices the eighteenth floor of No. 81 Broadway
four blocks away
The United States btreasury the from
the Morgan bank 1t appears not to have been touched
STREAM OF AMBULANCEs
steady stream of automobiles and amulances drove
through lines of frenzed people carrying the injured
hospitals.
One rumor current that bomb had been tossed into
the Morgan Offices adjoining Office building instead
of from automobile.
At 1885 it reported at police headquarters that at
least seventy persons injured not counting those
who suffered minor hurts from flying glass.
The injured taken to the Broad Street Hospital in
private conveyances There many that they
laid the floor.
SHOCK Eel TMILES AWAY.
The rumble of the explosion and the shock felt
plainly mile away. One person reported killed and
several nure din the Post and F4agg building in Wall
street, some distance from the scene.
Never in the history of New York have such scenes
Of turbulence and excitement accompanied great disaster
All streets leading to Broad and Wall choked with
people. Police powerless to open traffic lanes for
until all the downtown police were
sent to the scene.
FIREMEN PREVENT BLAZE.
A number of the injured members of the employed
of the following brokerage houses Strong Sugs Com
pany Post Fagg Kdder Peabody Co., and Henry Cews
Company
Strange to say, fire did not follow the blast However,
fremen on hand
O'Clock Fire Chief Kenon said that he unable to
account for the explosion.
great hole torn in the street in front of the Morgan
Offices
Broad and Wall Streets the financial heart of America
sembled battlefield with dead and wounded blasted Streets and
soldiers on duty.
The main floor of the Broad Hospital most
of the injured taken covered with blood great
the number of victims There insufficient cots and the
jured laid in upon the floor
AS indication of the exranse of the burst of flame from
the explosion in the street in front of MoTganS bank ambulance
workers found three young badly burned in banking
house at AZ Wall street. almost half block These young
had remained at their desks After this discovery
buance workers canvased every building the neghborhood in
search of isolated instances of injury.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Rockville, Md.

Rockville, Va, April S.-Mrs. Van
da l.. Fraley. of Washington, has
filed suit in court here for absolute
divorce from Francis f. Fraley, of
this county. The bill sets forth that
the couple were married Decemper
2. 1903, and lived together until May
80, 1919. Mrs. Fraley also asks Gus
tody of their two children, Frances
N. and Elsie NJ. Fraley.
Roy o. Reid has instituted pro-
ceedings here for absolute divorce
from Mrs. Bertha v. Reid, of Wash
ington, charging desertion. The bill
sets forth that the couple were mar
ried November 81, 1913, and lived
county until May "a. 1916.
Rev. p. Rowland Wagner. pastor
of the Baptist Church, officiated at
the marriage here yesterday of Miss
Emma NJ. Davis, of Orangeton. Va,
and Marco G. Cardarella, of Buffalo,
N. Y.
William A. Hill. of Washington.
has sold to James Sharp, also OF
Washington, a farm of 39S acres on
the Rockville Norbeck pike, the con-
sideration being 5000 per acre.
In county high school champion
ship contest at Darnestown this aft
erneon the Rockville High School
baseball team defeated the Darnes-
town High School nine 16 to 5. The
batteries were: For Rockville, Pope
and Stonestreet: for Darnestown
Estworthy and Athey.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
MEAT CONTROL
BOARD is URGED
Labor Wants National Food
Commission to Supervise
Packing Industry.

A national food commission to
control thte meat packing and live
stock shipping industry by a ma
tional food commission of five was
urged in a bill by Representative
John NJ. Baer, of North Dakota, yes
terday. The bin. drafted and back
ed by the American Federation OF
Labor, provides that railroads shall
acquire the principal stock yards
and stock yard terminals. and all of
the refrigerator cars owned by the
big meat packers, and that any OF
the five members of the commits
sion. appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate for terms
of five years each, may be recalled
at any time by either the Senate OF
the President.
Control of the meat packing in
'rs'vv is 70 be exercised through
licensing and inspecting system. and
,.. Lied rules governing the ship
ment, purchase, slaughtering, PACK
ing and distribution OF livestock and
meat products.
The railroads are required to fur
nish ADEQUATE StTyIces - al -ttSeIl.s-
ed packers, under equal terms.
The bill carries an initial appro-
priation of 100000.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
SOLDIER CITES
| |BOARDNEGEECT'
Claims Efforts for Fifteer
Months to Obtain Aid
Failed.

Fifteen months of unsuccessful
effort to obtain training was told
to the House Education Committee
yesterday. investigating charges
against the Federal Board for yo-
cational Education. by Gordon M.
Campbell, New York. Formerly in
the navy.
Campbell, who Is marked so per
cent disabled. declared he has never
received a cent from the War Risk
Bureau nor training from the Fed
eral Board. although he has been
trying since before his discharge
on January 13. 1919. Every letter
TO the board. no said, has been an
swered with another form to be
filled out and a physical examina-
tion.
Campbell as a civil engineer be-
fore the war and contracted infiu-
enza which settled in his spine and
right leg. On account of so per
cent total disability. he declares he
cannot continue his former profess
sion. He has asked for mechanical
drawing training.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
SCHOOL PROGRESSIVES
CONVENE HERE TO-DAY

With the new spirit in education
as keynote. the Association for the
Advancement of Progressive Edu-
cation will open its first annual
convention at its national head
quarters. 1881 / street northwest,
this evening.
After Stanwood Cobb. executive
secretary of the association, has de-
Iivered the address of welcome and
made his report for the last years
DIR. Frank s. Bunker, chief of the
city. schools division, will give an
account of his recent tour of the
public schools of the country
The association, which now num-
bers 700 persons. is not made up OF
educators. but is primarily an or
ganization of parents interested in
furthering the adoption of modern
progressive educational methods.
Persis X. Miller. a Baltimore prin-
cipaI. and Angelo Patri, of Bronx
n. v, will demonstrate the prac-
tical operation of the progressive
theory before the convention.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
LEGION URGES
BOARDCHANGE
Holds officials Of Voca.
tional Education Body
Untitled.

Investigation Of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education has
been advocated by the American
Legion since last October, former
Representative Thomas W. Miller.
of Delaware. chairman of the le-
gion's national executive commit
tee. told the House Education Com
mittee yesterday at the hearing of
charges against the board.
He further stated that ii is their
belief that present officials of the
Board are temperamentally untitled.
and advocated the employment of
former service men.
He indorsed the Rogers bill, to
consolidate the rehabilitation branch
of the board with the Public Health
Service and the Bureau of War
Risk Risk Insurance, and the Oar
row bill, to increase to 500 a month
the pay of single disabled men,
with additional proportional pay for
those with dependents.
Chairman Fess, of the Education
Committee. yesterday introduced a
resolution in the House to call up
Immediately the Darrow bill.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
REOPEN CASE
OF MONMOUTH
Attorney for Hotel Starts
Action by Re-entering
Suit.

The Monmouth Hotel hearing.
which has been before the Rent
Commission since March "a, was
yesterday changed from an ex parte
proceeding to a real fight, when
Charles H Merrilat, attorney for
James l.. Karrick, owner of the
hotel, re-entered the case and Of
fered a number of witnesses to re-
fute evidence submitted by the 109
complainants.
The case was continued until
Monday. Clarence Harding. archi-
tect, and Frank B. Essex. builder,
testified yesterday. Harry Ward
man and Leo Simmons. builders, are
among the witnesses Monday.
The purpose of the defense is to
show the 100000 expended in the
construction of the Monmouth was
not an unreasonable amount.
Five decisions were announced by
the commission. The rent of 500
paid by o. S. Dickinson at 1912
Sixteenth street. was reduced to s65
a month. The lease for the build
ing was signed in September, 1919.
but was of the month to month"
variety. The decision was agreed
to by Commissioner Sinclair, who
has dissented from all decisions
multiplying leases made before the
passage of the Ball act.
The other four determinations in
Volved possession cases. | H. H.
burroughs, a teacher in Central
High School. was denied possession
Of his house at 2O45 Park road. oc-
cupied by George S. Herfurth.
burroughs request for permission
to increase the rent on the house
was ignored.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
March of 8OBhnd
Men Upon London
Excites Sympathy
(Washington Herald-Public Ledger
Service, Special Cable Dlspafch.)


Service, Special Cable Dlspafch.)
London. April s. - The eighty
blind men marching from the Man
chester district to London. a cis-
tance of 200 miles, in order to pre-
sent a petition to Premier Lloyd
George. protesting against the pres
ent system of education and train
ing of the blind, are greeted with
silent sympathy in every town, viii
lage and hamlet through which they
pass. Women and children rush
from their homes in order to lead
the sightless marchers on their pill
grimage. Many old soldiers are
among them.
At present, the system of training
the blind. especially those afflicted
late in life, is organized on charit-
able lines. Sir Arthur Pearson, IA
nous English editor, realizing that
he was to be afflicted with the loss
of sight, devoted the last days of
his sight to organizing st. Dunstan's
House for training the blind. While
a majority of the blind revere Sir
Arthur for this great work, the
stigma of charity hurts their pride,
especially those blinded in active
service.
Moreover, the present institution
does not care for one-tenth OF Brit
aims sightless. Therefore this pill
grimaGe of eighty men, tramping
without food supplies or a change
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

TO FIND BODY
Girl Drowned in Potomac
Not Yet Recovered by
Searchers.

Police of the harbor precinct. sta
toned in boi ats along the Potomac
below Great Falls. maintained a
vigil throughout yesterday in an
effort to find the body of Miss Rose
Gillick. the girl who plunged into
the river when she slipped on a
rocky ledge Tuesday afternoon
The impossibility of negotiating
the swift waters in the vicinity of
the tragedy forced the searchers to
remain well below the point of the
drowning, and the work was in vain.
Belief that the body might have been
swept some distance down the river
offered hopes of recovery, which
later gave way to fear that the vic
tim was held fast on some jagged
point below the waters surface.
A brother of the dead girl arrived
in Washington from Newburgh, N
Y, to join in the search.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

for them. Mike" the kingly,
crange-tinted chow that Mai. Gen.
James G. HarDord brought from
Pekin as a souvenir of the Boxer
rebellion, was one of the first ten
ants of the new cemetery. While
the general was in France, Mike"
and Mrs. Harbord kept the home
fires burning.
Another late interment was That
Of 'Baldy." a fox terrier owned by
Miss Sours. "Baldy's" mother is
still living and a grave has been
reserved for her beside him.
Not all of the pets buried be-
longed to people of wealth. Many
were the animal friends of COM
paratively poor folks" who had
set a little money aside so that
Sport or Rover might be saved
from the refuse wagon after years
of the blind, answering love that
only a dog can give.
In many cases the dogs are not
buried but cremated, and their
ashes preserved in urns or placed
in their owners gardens. Other ca
mines are embalmed before being in
tered in cofhns that range from
plain pine boxes to the most lux
urious of satin quilted baby cas-
kets.
The canine cemetery at Silver
Springs is not the first one near the
Capital. however. Out near Mt. OIL
ivet cemetery there is a dog bury
ing ground. now fallen into disuse,
where three or four hundred Dis
trict Fidoes steep the sleep of the
just, among them being the great
st. Bernard. Dakota" that be-
longed to the late President Fin
ley of the Southern Railroad.
A section has also been set aside
for cats in the Silver Springs GEM
etery. 1t is not too close to that of
the dogs and the aristocratic An
goras, Persians and Royal Slams
who exhaust all of their nine lives
may snooze until Doomsday with
out arching their dainty backs at
the proximity of horrid terriers or
rude Boston bulls.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
NAMED AS REPORTER
OF ANNAPOLIS COURT

Annapolis. Md. April S.-Herbert
T. Tiffany, Baltimore. has been ap-
pointed official court reporter of
the Maryland Court of Appeals. His
appointment was announced today
by Chief .JudgesA. Hunter Boyd, of
the court. He will succeed william
III. Perkins, Baltimore, who resigned
several weeks ago because of i'm
paired health.
Mr.. Tiffany is an author of legal
works. including Law of Domestic
Relations" and Real Property"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Loving Collies, Barking Terriers,
Poms, Chows and Old"Houn' Dawgs"
Go to Dog Cemetery when They Die

Pom and collie, fine-blooded
chow and beloved old 'houn' dawg"
will sleep side by side without
dreams of pirated chops or fluffy,
yowling pussycats in the dog ceme-
terry that has been established at
Silver Springs, Md.
Already a number of canine "fu-
nerals" have been held and a num-
Der of the Capitals dogs who have
Rad their day now rest In the Sc
rene, breeze-swept field set aside
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Ham Excused from Jury.

William F. Ham, president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, will not have to serve on
the jury in the Police Court Judge
Hardison excused Ham yesterday,
after being convinced that his busi-
ness affairs-namely, the zone fare
hearings before the Public Utilities
Commission-were sufficient to ex-
cuse him, because Of the public's
interest in the matter.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Staunton, Va.

Staunton. Va. April S.-The new
home of the Richmond Creamery
Company at Bridge street and Mid
dlebrook avenue will soon be ready
for use.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
a barn on the farm of Howard
Beaver. near Brookewood, four
miles from Staunton, yesterday.
About $50 bushels of wheat went
up in flames.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Charlottesville, Va.

Charlottesville, Va. April s.
James T. Harlow and Miss Jessie
Elliott. both of Greene County, were
married here today. the ceremony
being performed by DR.. Henry w.
Battle. Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow will
go to Baltimore to make their home
Capt. Francis F. Fainter, u. S. A.,
and Miss Gladys b. McNair, of this
city, were married here yesterday,
the Rev. George l.. Petrie officiating.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Gale Estate Sued for $50. 900.

Peter Scott sued Mrs. Olive Gale
Mclean. executrix of the estate of
Thomas NJ. Gale. deceased. yester-
day in the District Supreme Court
for $4,000 damages. Scott claims
that he was seriously injured in a
collision between his automobile and
one owned by Gale on September 4.
1918. at Twenty-first and p streets
northwest
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Columbian G. w. u. Women
Planning Annual Banquet

The Columbian Women of George
Washington University will meet
Tuesday afternoon at the College
W"men's Club, 1922 1 street north
west.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. of 54t6
Thirty-third street, Chevy Chase.
chairman of the seating committee.
and Miss Rhoda Watkins. of 1929
Clifton street northwest. chairman
of the dinner committee. are max
ing preparations for the twelfth an
nual banquet of the organization at
the Chevy Chase Club, Thursday,
Nav 6.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
SIX MIDDLE GRADS
FOR MARINE CORPS

Annapolis, Md, April Silk of
the midshipmen to be graduated
from the Naval Academy in June
will be commissioned second lieu
tenants in the Marine Corps. it was
announced today. The selections
will be made by lot, it was stated,
from among those who make ap-
plication for transfer to the sol
der arm of the naval service.
Such an arrangement has been in
vogue at the Academy for the past
few years. Twenty-one graduates
in last years class were awarded
Marine Corps commissions.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Stolen Property Recovered.

Hagerstown, Md, April S.-Goods
to the value of several hundred dol
lars. stolen from the store of Hum
richouse Brothers, in this city sew
eral months ago, have been recov-
cred in Baltimore. Recently a lot
of goods, part of the store loot, was
found in Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
DATES OF DRIVE SET
BY SALVATION ARMY

The Salvation Army's 1920 annual
appeal will be made in Washington
from May 10 to 20. William B. West
lake, chairman of the local appeal,
announced last night Headquarters
have been opened in the Willard
Hotel. and organization plans are
quickly being effected.
Washington's quota in the appeal
is $4,000. With this amount the
Salvation Army can continue its
work for another year.
Georgetown will have n branch of
the Salvation Army, If plans now be-
ing made are successful. A COM
mittee is now working for this prof.
ect, and ii is hoped to open the new
branch within ST xmonths.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

of clothing, depending upon the hos
pitality of the highways, to lay
their case for state grants to them
selves and their fellow sufferers
before the Premier.
Copyright, 1870. by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

A GOOD WAY t git some men
t sit still in church would be t
provide a rail fence fer them t
roost on.
Some folks wouldn't know what
t do with their mouth if lead
pencils didn't have ends.
copyright. 1920. Thompson Feature Service. }
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-24
Weekly Grain and
Provision Review

Chicago, July 24.-Optimism in
regard to a big yield Of wheat
this season despite black rust has
helped to ease the wheat market
this week. Compared with a week
ago, wheat quotations this morning
were nc to &c lower. Corn show
ed gains Of 11sc to 4%c, and oats
varied from hc decline to &c ad-
vance. In provisions, there was a
rise extending from 121ac to 75c.
Official statements that the Kan
sas wheat crop would be $1,000, 900
bushels larger than had been ex-
pected last month, was regarded by
many traders, as more than an off
set for whatever damage might be
done by the black rust in the north
west. Later, there were forecasts
by a leading expert that regardless
of rust the spring wheat yield
would total as much as 100000, 900
bushels. Winter wheat was figured
by him at $50, 100000 bushels. Time
ly rains in western Canada to-
gether with a stoppage of export
buying for Great Britain tended
further to unsetle the confidence Of
bulls.
Persistent buying on the part OF
a big elevator company was largely
responsible for the strength OF
corn. Besides, there was talk that
corn receipts soon would be greatly
curtailed.
Rapid harvesting made the oats
market weaken.
Provisions reflected the advance
of corn.