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New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Blast Damage
Estimated at
$1,000
Force Felt Seriously for
Two Blocks i'm ALI Direc-
ticns; Loss ON Plate
Glass Alone Is $75O.OOO
Valuable Papers Are Lost
Hot Slugs, HURLED High
in Air, Scar Hands of
Those Who Touch Them

Losses in the heart Of the financial
district yesterday from broken glass
aud other material damage are esti-
mated at nearly s1,oo0,oO0. The force
Of the explosion was seriously felt
within an area Of two blocks on all
fsides of the scene of the blast. The re
were buildings in which practically
every window was shattered. Here and
there telephones were ripped from,
walls, desks overturned, pictures torn
from fastenings and papers scattered
in aurries.
The structures in the immediate vi
entity of Broad and Wall Streets were.
Of course, most seriously damaged.
The ]. P. Morgan banking house, in
front of which the explosion occurred,
was left mere skeleton. Every win
dow on the Wall Street side and most
Of those on the Broad Street side were
blown to fragments, while consider
able damage was done to the expensive
dome Of the building. That the struc-
ture was not shattered completely is
said to be due to the fact that the win
dows had been reinforced with steel
wire. This wire still held when the
windows collapsed.
The SubTreasury across the street
also looked like hollow shell, with
sYery window gaping and the doors
blown in. The iron fence between this
4uilding and the United States Assay
3fice was twisted and bent into knots.
3u' the Broad Street side of the Stock
Exchange Building all of the large
gate glass windows with The exception
=; one which happened to be open were
broken. The dome of this structure
vas so badly damaged that business
sas suspended in order to give work
men an opportunity to repair it.
Only part of the loss sustained
rom broken windows is covered by in
zarance written by the companies which
r,ake q speciality of this kind Of busi-
acss. The Morgan building was fully
covered against breakage of its win
dcws from explosion, insurance under
writer's said. The policy, however, does
rot cover The dome of art glass which
.e:s upon the main banking corridor of
tie structure.
Major A. White. head of the Plate
E:ass Insurance Company, which issued
s7!icies to the Mills, Equitable and
Lank Of Manhattan buildings, estimated
toe window damage to these buildings
s.nre at between $4,000 ard 100000.
Ire area affected was much smaller, he
said. than that of the Black Tom eX-
i.!esion, when the firm paid out $4,000
iaeause of window breakage.
Other plate glass insurance men said
ne price of glass has mounted fully
- per cent since the time of the
iack Tom explosion several years
70, the average window, such as is now
:, the Wall Street Office building,
sting about s35. The Black Tom
j-plosion resulted in the insurance
,aaipanies paying losses in the neigh
sorhood of s350,0o0 on plate glass
;sare. The damage to plate glass in
resterday's affair is estimated at about
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17

Wood. the man said he had seen a red
explosives wagon standing near the
Sub-Ireasury steps. The next moment
| he was fatally injured in the explo-
sion.
Acting Inspector John Coughlin, in
charge of the Detective Bureau, after
thorough investigation said: "The
most plausible theory as to the cause,
from careful examination of the
. evidence. is that the explosion was
! the result of time fuse bomb con-
tanned in the horse driven wagon. The
plotters undoubtedly drove up to the
position between the Assay RAilding
and the Morgan offices, set the time
fuse, and then abandoned the wagon
and sacrificed the horse. This theory
is greatly strengthened by the large
number of broken pieces of sash
weights that have been picked up"
One of the mysterious elements con-
nected with the explosion was the car
completely wrecked at the scene Of the
explosion. At first the authorities
thought this car might have been in
some manner connected with the
disaster.
An investigation, however. brought
out the fact that it belonged to Dun
ham S. Belden. manager of the Fire
mems Pharmacy at Broad and Market
streets, Newark. Mr.. Belden had
driven up a short time before the ex-
plosion for private consultation with
Byrnes &. Baker, certified accountants,
at 50 Wall Street. He said he had
parked the car at the only available
space at the time, and then had gone
up to the Office of the accountants.
When he returned he found his car
completely wrecked and in flames. He
was closely questioned both by police
and Federal authorities why. he left
his car a block away from his destin-
alton. He reiterated it was the only
available space at the time he arrived,
about fifteen minutes before the ex-
plosion.
In order to insure complete check
up Department of Justice officials have
demanded all explosives companies to
turn in a detailed account of the exact
locality Of all their explosives carrying
wagons at noon yesterday.
Explosion Chips Granite
Fire Chief Kenlon and officers from
the Bureau of Combustbles all said
there seemed to be no doubt that the
explosion was the result of bomb Of
some kind. The former said this was
almost conclusively established by the
pieces of window sash weight found
about the scene and which would not
under any circumstances be carried on
q regularly employed explosive wagon.
The terrific nature of the explosion
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
WHERE HORSE NV0 W9GCW S7OOO

investigate were District Attorney
Some time later Alfred J. Taliey. chief
Assistant District Attorney, made the
following statement after examining
every available witness:
The coincidence of all the facts in
this explosion is too great for it to-
have been an accident. The factors that
lead me to this belief are that the time
of the explosion was at noon, when the
greatest damage could have been done,
and the location of the explosion was
midway between the Morgan Offices and
the United States Treasury Building.
1T is quite probable that the wagon
used was similar to the kind used by
the du Pont powder people. and was
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17

employed as blind to throw the au-
thorities off the track. believe i;
probable that time bomb was used"
One of the most peculiar circum-
stances of the explosion was the dis
coveiy of mysterious box in the auto
mobile Of Henry Babb, of 1882 Hatfield
Avenue, Richmond Hill. Mr.. Babb is a
clerk in the National City Bank in Wall
Street. He left his automobile standing
at Wall Street and Hanover Square.
Mysterious Box in Auto
Some time after the EXPLOSION he ran
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17

after it occurred with twenty special
agents. These men were immedi lately
set to work.
Mr. Lamb refused to make any COM
ment upon the cause of the explosion.
1t is known, however, that after a
complete investigation the men work
ing under his supervision had become
convinced that it was the work of a
group of anarchists.
Believes Time Bomb Was Used
Other officials early on the scene to
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
wo-Warnings We're Issued of
Dangers to Financial Section

after the last members of the "Red
Squad" of the Department of Jus
tlce had been disbanded. This squad
has been active in running down bomb
plots ever since the war, and the last
forty members were taken off this
work September Is.
Division Superintendent George
Lamb of the local bureau of the De-
partment of Justice came to the scene
of the disaster within a few minutes
New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
Fifty Quit Lecture ON Disaster
Relief; Rush to Scene of Blast

Fifty physicians, social workers and
nurses were attending a lecture on
disaster Relief" at 220 West Forty
second Street yesterday noon when
word Of the explosion reached them.
Communicating automobiles as soon
as they could reach the street, the
trained workers rushed to the scene.
They were detailed to the various hos
n;for
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THE LONE STAR CAFE
Your Horoscope

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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
222 n. Frankfort st.
Sunday School, $3.50 A. NJ.
Preaching, 100 A. M.
b. Y. P. IT,, 600 p. NJ.
Evening Worship, 1880 p. NJ.
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday
Night. Sunday School Teachers
Meeting every Thursday night, 1880.
NJ. F.CAMPBELL, S. S. Supt
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Spanish War Veterans.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH

Corner Ruth and Bryan st
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Home Mission, 2:30 p. m; b. Y. p. U.;
4;3O p. M: Mid week service. 1880
p. III.
REV. c. ii. WHITTINGTON, Pastor
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
POCKET CLASS B b SIX y,


Independence, Kan.--IFeeam1inine use
Of q pocket mirror proved the anndoing
ef .GlenfR ose.'s who for, seyefalweeks
masqueraded successfully dis 4 hsfvest
hand. "'Glen" thensadmitted she wasB
g girl. She. stated that she had been
teaching school In Oklaho1na and vas
10 years old. The prospect Of maxi
ting big money In the harvest fields,
sshe asserted, prompted her to start
.-oaS theSescapade. She cutsher hair and
ErREs, attired in oyerallssA For some
thine shes worked on d farm along with
smale harvest hands, sss5s
5ss.1 noticedSshe wasn't able to do any
very heavy work and had rather dain-
yty features Tor q boy said Her en-
Yployeraftef the disclospses had been
made. ''but never suspected that /
chad q woman harvest hand H
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08

world. Miss Eta Hunt is one Of the
leading educators Of the East and for
the past 20 years has been located at
Worcester, Massachusett. Others
who have gone out from the old
church to do their share in making
this q better world and have become
prominent in their work are Rev. A.
2. Conrad of Boston, Massachusetts
and Rev. w. Q. Conrad Of New
Hampshire, sons Of Rev. j. e. Conrad,
and DR.. VIM. Morris Of jamestown,
New York, DR.. Alexius Pratt who
passed away recently in Mankato was
q son Of Rev. F. "A. Pratt, another of
thoe pioneer ministers Of this com
munity who helped in giving the chill
dren Of the early settlers the ambi-
ton to live better and more useful
lives. 4 IN.
It is the simplest Of newspaper mar.
ratives, this account from which quo
tations are here given, but it sets
forth q vision Of the power Of godli-
ness as it manifests itself in a COM
munity which by that power extends
its domain yer thouands of miles.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
Lands Are
/, TO Be Sold SOon

FORT YATES, N. D.-standing
Rock Indian lands in North and
South Dakota are offered for sale to
the highest bidder on Sept. 20 and
Oct. 20.
Bids must be delivered to James
Kitch, superintendent Of the Standing
Indian Rock reservation, and will be
opened at 2 o'clock on the day Of
sale. No bids for less than the APP
praised value will be considered.
Lands described for sale are In
townships t2e and $50 and range,
70 and 80 in North Dakota, and in
townships IL to % and ranges II to
81, are in South Dakota.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
MO0rhead Has It's
Own City Market
,MooRHEAD. M1NN.-when the

-F.I.. ~ Sir 4t -t a-a.
MOORHEAD, MINN.-When the
city commission Of Fargo adopted
rules and regulations barring Moor
head and Minnesota growers from Of
fering produce for sale on the Fargo
city market, the board of directors Of
thesMoorhead Commercial club took
the matter in hand and as a result
Moorhead will have q city market.
The adoption of the rules and regula-
tions by the Fargo city commission
followed an injunction against the
health commissioner of that city for
ordering Clay county producers
away from the Fargo market. Con-
siderable indignation was felt here
over the action of the Fargo COM
missioner.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08

ing Dr.. Fred Hunt of Fairmont, the
Rev. Eugene Hunt of Northfeld,
Mass; the Rev Theodore Hunt Of
Chicago, Mrs. Jessie Milliken of$Oak-
land, Calf, mad Miss Eta Hunt Of
Worcester, Mass. The Mapleton paper
goes on:E 8s
The churchiwas packed to the doors.
The choir was made up of some Of
those who years ago sang in the
same place, including DR.. Fred Hunt,
William Hall and George Conrad. The
old songs were sung BY the congrega-
ton, and everyone entered into the
spirit Of the occasion. The Rev. Eu-
gene Hunt offered prayer and the Rev.
Theodore Hunt gave the sermon Of
the afternoon. AS he, took his place
before the old. BIBLE in the same spot
where s. many years his father had
stood, there, was hardly a dry eye in
the congregation. He looked over the
slpews as in years past his father had
looked and saw the same familiar
faces but Of q later generation. They
we're all there, the anne families rep.
resented. He took for, his text the
t21st verse Of the 18th chapter Of
John: That they all may be one
as thou, Father, art in me, and l in
thee, that they also may be one in
US; that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me- ~ Every word that
he spoke was listened to with the
closest attention. AT the close of the
services q short time was spent in
visiting. The visitors passed from
friend to friend, looking for the ole
familiar faces which they had no,
seen in years. The graves In tn,
church yard were not overlooked anc
the .headstones were closely read an,
old names and friends recalled.
Sterling has sent forth from thi'
old church many who have becom'
notable in the worlds work. Anon,
these the children Of Rev, Hunt stan.
with those who are foremost in tn,
ministry and medical profession
Three sons, Theodore, Eugene an,
Sherman are ministers of the gospel
while Fred and Winslow are practic
ing physicians, prominent in thei
profession and doing their share j,
alternating the suffering Of tn
FNF- - HL A- HI N-" L
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LIFE prisoner
ElS|Cl''AlPE ( |,
q PE / I / I


Dispatches from Hebron and Bis
marck Monday night contained the
information that sHaElry,Is Smith, sen
fenced tp#liifs imprisonment b,y7s Els
'trict Judge hiassI.s M. Cooley at Grand
Forks, in the spring Of 1916, effsc-
ed his escape Sunday night " Heb
ron, where he, as member Of the
penitentiary baseball team, hid been
allowed : measure Of liberty. William
iSingheim, q fellow.prisoner, escaped
with HMM the Hebron ckief of
Ipoiice's car, it seems.
A Bismarck dispatch said that. up
to q late hour no word had been re-
,ceived concerning The whereabouts
Sof the two escaped prisoners.
Harry Smith, who is now about SO
years old, Is . native Of Missouri and
Efs supposed to have spent the greater
part Of his life in that state. In May:
1915, he had . room at AL Uniyer.
sity avenue, Grand Forks.
On May 81, 1915, then Chief Of Pc.
lice ]. Nv. Lowe received . telephone
report to the effect that Smith haG
threatened to kill Mrs. Mary Gain
I'll North Fifth street, and also an
other man---as well as himself. Off
GERS were Immediately sent to Thu
Fifth street address, but when the,
arrived there they found Mrs. Kail
dying; she had been mertally wound.
ed ! few minutes before the arriya
Of tie officers and expired almost i'm.
|mediately. Smith had not attempt
ed to carry out his two other threats
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
Thai Which KS Eternal

II IN old church On q hill in Ster-
ling township. Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, q sermon was preached the
other day which uplifts, inspires. Il
wa; assermon which moved nightly
al those who heard II; it was q ser
mon which must. move all those who
may read Il. And yet, save for: It's
text, NE who reAdS may know nothing
sof its.Words, nothing Of Its firstlies or
ssecondlies, nothing Of its spoken
phrases. For the sermon was preach
sed not by the ma who stood in the
pulpit of the Sterling church, but
Inv = family; yes, even by q commun-
iity;; q family which stand for the kin
ship that acknowledges the father
hood Of God, 3 community which
reaches out and comprises the whole
christian brotherhood Of man.
Il was q sermon not Of words, but
of Ecircumtances; Of hallowed memoir
les, not Of substance. It's message il
In narrative Of the event, contain
ed iin the Blue Earth County Enter.
prise, which relates the story Of the
visit II the sons and daughters Of the
Rev. N. A. Hunt, now dead, who came
to Sterling ia 1868. Gathered from
East and West for q family reunion,
these son and daughters were inspired
To- seek ont the old church on the
hill. and to hold services there where
once, in. pioneer times, their father
preached before them,
TT was q meeting" says the Enter.
prise, (which brought pleasure ane
happiness to those who gathered il
the sacred edifice to worship the AL
mighty and to meet once again thei1
childhood friends. Nevertheless, Their,
was 9 feeling Of sadness, for, as tn,
days Of oldscame to their minds, man,
were missing, and among. those pic
neers who came, into this, section Il
the early days and worked for tn,
wonderful heritage which their chill
dren now enjoy, not one was present.
The members Of til Hunt famil,
who were present were named, incIud
II ~. -L 49," ny. I'D ~ FTNG ~ r. EHEH ~
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
No Rsnt for sYsar.

Pontageyille. N.ssY.--laere'sa chance
sfor some couple about to bsSmarrrted
'tos drive alls their prospective rent tronl.
sbI4s sway. Father Albert FaRiveasIlsE,
PASTOR of the Church Of the Asisnlmlrlpps-
ggtion, Annplncsd that because mai
fiaee nm not been performed insakial
parish for four years. ~ wh1I marry
The a couple Wishing I enter The
SsmIalttrrA1inionlial sstdte, nee u charg
ssNtdean elaborate Observation-Disclosures
spayg o,ps Sy1sarsr rental Tor a ayail.
ablas reaidsnncshe selected ~ the
couple. S sS ssss q
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
"a. r. & "A. M.
AT Work Again

Minnewauktn Lodge Number 81,
A. F. & A. NJ. resumed its regular
semi-weekly meetings Thursday night
in Masonic temple, following . two
months period without sessions.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-09-08
Gas From Straw
Makes Good Gas

eWASHINGfON.-Gas which pos
sesses explosive qualities grhaeientSto
drive an automobile and which may
also be used for purposes Of illunin-
alton is being produced ct the Airing
ton, Va, experimental farm Of the
department of agriculture from the
destructive distillation Of ordinary
field straw.
/. In making this announcement, ex-
perts of the department added that
'the possibilities Of straw gas are
not yet fully determined"
A special force has been detailed:
to the Arlington station to continue
the tests with various straws and to
work opt a model plant for the dis
tination of the gas.