Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-18


powder wagon, Commissioner Dren-
nan said that only two concerns are
licensed to convey explosives through
the streets of New York and that all
Of their wagons and water trucks had
been accounted for.
No blasting powder, dynamite or
trinitrotoluol was delivered by Ell
Their concern to any of the four places
in the downtown district where blast
ing is being done, the report stated.
pieces of sheet metal resembling
TIM" the report said, Dwere found in
the debris similar to metal lining
such as is used in the construction
of export cases for high explosives.
No sash weights such as were used
in the bomb and fragments of WHICH
J. P. Morgan & Co. institution and
missing, the report said, from any of
the windows in the vicinity of the
explosion. The type of sash weight
is regarded as an important cieW w IN
The board of estimate. meeting
this morning, appropriated $1,000
for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of persons impll-
Gated in the explosion. An add tlonal
$500 was appropriated for informae.
ton leading to the establishment OF
the ownership of the horse and Wag-
on. A proposal by one member that
$4,000 be authorized was rejected
From Washington, Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Detroit, Baltimore
as far south as the Gulf OF Mexico
and west to the Golden Gate authore
tiles announced heavy patrols OF
plain clothesmsn and police reserves
in their big business districts, ana
federal agents worked with state and
citv officials to run down reports OF
Widespread extremist plots.
Thirty-six persons are dead and
more than 200 injured from the ex-
plosion yesterday, declared by the
police here as probably caused by an
Internal machine. Discovery Of parts
of clockwork in the wreckage, and
announcement by experts / that
trinitrotoIuoI or picric acid was used
in the bomb, if there was one, have
sent detectives and department OF
Justice men on thirty leads point
ing to bomb plots and radical actlVi-
ties.
Meanwhile. the scene of yester-
davis blast is roped off, while the
stock exchange and allied organlza-
tions resumed business at the usual
hour this morning.
Several New York detectives and
secret service men left the city be-
fore dawn this morning for unan-
nounced destinations on out-of-toWn
errands of the investigation of the
explosion. william j. Flynn, chief
of the bureau of investigation of the
department of justice, viewed the
scene of the blast personally, &C
companied by police headquarters de-
tectives and his own men, steadfast-
ly refusing to talk on the subject.
Troops were held in readiness on
Governors Island today and detach-
ments of the Twenty-second infantry
were in barracks subject to instant
call.
Buildings, Homes Guarded
All public buildings and the homes
of wealthy and prominent men mere
are under special watch and every
available man is held in reserve or
actively working.
Between and 9 o'clock this morn
ing police lines in the financial dis
trict were relaxed for admission or
the thousands of workers. During
the same period emergency patrols
were doubled and every doorway ana
Downtown subway stations were
kept cleared by large force OF po-
lice.
During the early hours public and
private agencies cleaned up wall
street, sweeping up tons of debris
and Washing down blood-spattered
sidewalks and buildings. Repalrmen
in force started work remedymg
damage to twisted iron office struc-
lures in the Morgan bulldlng' anu
glaciers by scores began the long
tas.. of restoring window paneS IN
the entire financial hub.
Two reported warnings that the
explosion was to occur figured IN
the investigation today.
One of these was letter r9celVeIb I
nv Lieutenant Arnaud, of the trench
high commission, from man known
to have been a former employe OF
the comission, who predicted. 1t was
said such an occurrence and warn
cd the commission to close oft'ce ano
send the employees home yesterday
The other was a letter received re; ely HS
two days ago by George Ketchledge'
an employee of brokerage house,
from Edward Fischer in Toronto
Canada, who warned against remain
ing in Wall street after 8 O'Clock
on the fifteenth and ended his mis-
sive with good luck"
Efforts also were made today 70
ascertain the approximate amount OF
ties said to have been lost during
Yesterdays confusion.
Special detectives and officials OF
surety companies were eXertlng
their efforts to this end. 1t was re-
ported the amount of securities lost
was expected to, run into several
hundred thousand dollars.
Estimates of the property damage
run as high as $2,500,000.
Accident, Insists Lamont
Despite the police theory that
the explosion was that of an infer
nal machine, several eye-Wltnesses
reported a wagon bearing the sign
Explosives" was seen near the
Nj h11ildipO fauJ moments be.
fore the blast occurred. This led TO
the theory, which was still held by
members OF the Morgan firm, thaG
the explosion was caused by 8, col
wagon and another vehicle.
From what we have learned 1 am
inclined to believe the explosion was
due merely to an accident" Thomas
W. Lamont; of the Morgan firm DC
we can find that would lead to a
premeditated bombing. I can see
nothing to be gained by such an act.
Circumstances of the occurrence
surely do not point to an attempt to
wreck the Morgan offices.
IF anybody really plotted destruc-
ton of our building, l believe that
we would have been sent the warn
ing. that is usual in such instances.
And we have not been threatened in
aa 6 believe the f f6an
unfortunate accident to a dray load
ed with explosives, which l am in
formed had arrived on the site of
the stock exchange building addi-
ton across the street from our Of
fees"
Two more names were added to
the death list of the blast with the
announcement that John Donahue, a
Brooklyn accountant, and John w.
Weir died in hospitals this morn
ing of explosion injuries.
Burns Theory
w. J. Burns, detective, said he had
no doubt that bombs We're the cause