Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-09-23
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Terrible Explosion in Financial
District Of New York Laid
to Anarchists.
may Be PART OF HUGE PLOT
Republicans Say Maine Result Pre-
sages Their Victory In November
Attitude Of Women Voters signiff-
cant-cox Approves Roots Plan for
World Court.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARp.


New York's financial center was
shattered and the entire country
shocked on Thursday by terrible ex-
plosion that took the lives of about
30 persons and injured some 300 9th
ers. That 1t was the result of de-
liberate plot by anarchists is the firm
belief of. federal and local officials, and
there Is reason to fear that it was
but the start Of a campaign Of terror
ism against the financiers of America.
The explosion came exactly at the
noon hour, directly in front of the new
assay building at Broad and Wall
streets adjoining the subtreasury, and
across the street from the beautiful
]. P. Morgan building. A one-horse
truck was standing there and the au-
thorities believe it contained gigan-
tic bomb that was exploded by time
clock. The deaths and injuries and
the damage done to buildings We're
mostly caused by short, heavy slugs
made from broken cast iron window
weights, unlike any in the Wa, street
many other developments, furnished
basis for the theory of the officials.
After the disaster it was learned that
Wall street employee and tht French
high commission had both received
warning that there would be an ex-
plosion in the district on September
Is. The letters both came from r.
Fischer, formerly an employee of the
French commission, and were mailed
from Toronto. Fischer is said to be
deranged as result of a nervous
breakdown.
The victims of the explosion were
mostly clerks and messengers. No
prominent financier was killed, though
many Of them had narrow escapes.
and Jnnius Spencer Morgan, son of
j. P. Morgan, was cut by flying glass.
II 1t is still true that "as goes Maine,
SO goes the nation,'' the Republicans
will score tremendous victory in No
vember. They swept the Pine Tree
state, electing Parkhurst for governor.
and all the rest of their ticket by
majority of about 65,Oo0. Every coun-
ty in the state went Republican. Ma
tional leaders of the party, of course,
greeted this result with shouts of ioy.
Nearly $4,000 women Went to the polls.
and some 10000 of them voted the
Republican ticket. This is regarded
as especially Significant, for 1t has
been contended that the women of the
country would support the League of
Nations. The campaign in Maine was
conducted largely on national issues.
the league issue being foremost, and
both parties sent national figures into
the state as campaign orators. the
Democratic forces being led by Frank
lin d. Roosevelt, candidate for vice
president, and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. Calvin Coolidge, Republican
candidate for vice president, Senator
Lodge and other heavy guns were
there for the Republican ticket, and
devoted much Of their energies to at
tacking the Wilson draft of the league.
Governor Cox, Mr.. Roosevelt, Chair
man White and other leading Demo
Gratis all refuse to consider Maine a
reliable political barometer. Secre-
tary Tumulty, after comforting with.
President Wilson, said only that the
Maine result Cannot be considered as
indicative Of the general result in
November"
The impartial observer will accord
the greatest Importance to the atti-
tude of the Maine women, though 1t
may be true that the women of the
central and western states do not feel
the same way about the league as
President Wilson wants 1t.