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VOL. 45
DAILY EAST OEEQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920.
NO. 9632
SIXTEEN PERSONS PERIWEN MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION TEARS WALL STREET
COLLMm ORY MJUTED BY OFFICIALS
DISASTER DEEMED RESULT OF
FAR FLUNG INTRIGUE RATHER
THAN ACCIDENT WITH T. N. TJf
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. (U. P.) Private advices to a
high government official here today said the New York explo
sion centered in the counting room of Morgan & Company. De
partment of justice officials said all their reports indicate that
the explosion was the result of a plot, iney are unaoie io De
lieve it was due to a wagon load of explosives colliding with an
automobile, which is the theorv of New York police.
The military intelligence bureau is cooperating in the inves
tigation, it was stated, indicating mat tnere may De an interna
tional angle to it.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (U. P.) Chief Police Inspector
Lahey reported late this afternoon he had found evidence to
justify the conclusion that the explosion was caused by a huge
bomb loaded with trinitrotoluol and reinforced- with iron slugs
fashioned from window weight bars. ' Warnings that radicals
had planned a renewal of bombing outrages were Bent recently
to all eastern clients on the William J. Burns detective agency,
Burns said today. Burns said he was convinced the explosion
was a premeditated attack and not accidental.
BAYS CAR STRUCK KXPMMMVIM
NKW YORK, Kept. 16. A. P.)
A mysterious explosion oci'tirrcd at
noon today in Wall Street, killing more
tlian a, acorn of persons and Injuring
hundred. While police tolled seek
ing the dead and Injured, trained In
vestigator tried vainly (o (leti-rniine
wlietlier the explosion ixiiim'd from
a bomb dropped In front of J. P. -Morgan
am Company "Office, or whetlirr
an automobile, dashing Into a wagisi
loaded with explosives, oaused , the
disaster.
Prank Francisco, mi Investigator
for the department or justice, declar
ed tliat In his opinion tn Ixunb but
a, oulltskm wax responsible. The lu
pont Pamlw (Company reported tliai
It I lad no wagons tn tin vfc-lnliy.
Two hundred liifajilr nun were or
dered to patrol Utn financial dtstrlit
Willi ftxetl bayonet day and night mill
to allow no ono to aiHiroach umoni
ment property. Damage lo the Mor
gan building la estimated at 500.000,
and to hundreds of others an equal
mount or more.
two muniiri'.d iii rt,
M:W YOSKj Kc. li U. P.)
Police report uulU-atnl that the -x-plmlon
which shook the financial dli
trlct occurred In a wanton passing the
Morgan A Coni5niy office. Otic
tlieory Ik that It wait a low I of T r
being taken to an eeaiatiii. Jhilkt!
advanced the tlieory that the wagon
was HI rock by an automobile which
waa later found wrecked.
Police are unable avni-ately to es
timate tlw number or dead. Miny
wild rumors that more than a hundred
were killed flew about the finaneiul
district, but there are no supporting
fact. Police believe, however, tlmt
more than SOO were injured or cut bv
flylnic glass.
BOD1F.H HAUI.F.D INTO RTRF.CT
According to a clerk there at the
time, three men anil a girl employed
by tiie Morgan house were killed. Ah
an indication of the expanse of the
buret of f Lames, which shot at least
100 feet In the air, ambulance work
ers found throe girl hi the hanking
house, too feet from the sidewalk,
badly burned. They luul not moved
from their dcakH.
Ambulance attenduiitx went finm
WORKERS IN ITALY SEIZE
CAPITAL STRUGGL
HOME, Sept. IS. (lly Cumlllo
Cianfarra, U. P. Btaff Correspondent)
Italian manufacturers are In session
all over the country today trylngjio
decide on some means of combatting
control of their plants by labor ' or
ganizations. , Milan reports today
Reported by Major Ie Moorhouso,
official weather observer.
Maximum, .
Minimum,
Barometer, 39.50. ,
THE WEATHER
"FORECAST
Tonight "and
Friday fair.
the
IhiIIiHiih near the scene. They de-
eland that few in the orrioea fa-ing
ItriMUl and Wall HlreeW escaied burns
or cut from filing giaNa.
RIXiUliAIvS I'ATIlOI 8CKNK
Two oompaniea e- regular aoldiers
quickly arrived on the txene mI pa
tndlnl tlie Mrectt about the Morgan
oMcrs wltli fixed bayaietj. So far a
rail be letirned, no member .of I he
stock exchange has Ihhh Hrriou-sly in
jured. Many employes of brokerage
and banking hoimes, en route to lunch
however, were hurt by flying glam.
Pieces of hunuui bodies were found
on window sills in Uic district. Two
skies of the Morgan building are
marked as tlmugh they had been sub
jected, lo showers of Ahdl splinters.
Many of the injured were bewil
dered to find Uienuelves ill ImxpitaJs
when they recovered consHmmiiexs.
Tlie laxt they remembered was wlH
tlM-y were leaving their orrieea for
hfiich. Some remrmliered a blinding
flSAli, then all was blank.
COUPLE REWED AS
MONTREAL, Bept. 1. (A. P.)
With the privy council engaged In de
ciding whether tho superior court was
Justified in annulling the marriage of
Napoleon Tremblay and Malvina Des
potic, distant cousins, wed without
special dispensation, the couple have
run off and settled the matter for
themselves by .being re-married, this
time with ecclesiastical sanction. Ad
vices to this effect were received to
day from Bt. Vlctolre.
Tho case for years has been center
of a debate in church circles. Whan
their original marriage, on petition
of Napoleon, was annuled by the su
perior court In 111 on the ground
that tho church law had been Ignored
Malvlaa took an appeal to the privy
council, carrying on her legal fight
with funds subscribed by sympathiz
ers In Montreal and Toronto.
FACTORIES AND
ES WITH COUNTER MOVES'
stated tho seizures of plants there had
continued on a lurgo scale. Cotton
mills and jewelry stores are among
those put under the workers' control.
Tho movement Is extended to the
peasantry. Land lords in tSlclly have
bucn driven off by tenant farmers.
(Socialist leaders announced that
they will attempt to obtain passage of
a law to provide for the collaboration
of labor in the management of all
Plants. Iwibor will insist on sharing tn
the technical and financial manage,
mont of works and assumo charge of
employment bureaus for industries.
Conditions wfthln the ocoupied
nlants are being kept secret. Hhort-
ago of material and of finances is ex
peeted to handlcapt tho men. lssu
unre of turner money Is reported in
sotuo large establishments seised by
the workers.
APT TO SPLIT TICKET
CHICAGO. Spt. 1. U. P.) The
Illinois republican party may present
k. ticket In the November election di
vided between Thompson and Low
den factions according to Incomplete
returns in yesterday's primaries.
office to orrrne tnroiigiioui an
NO CANDIDATE SHOULD .
BE ELIGIBLE WITHOUT
TOURING NATION, COX
ELJCO, Nev.. Sept. 1. (U.
P.) "No candidate should bo
eligible for the presidency un
less he has made a tour of the
country to learn the needs of all
auction." Governor Cox said
here today. In opening the Ne
vada campaign. Sometimes
1 think such a provision) should
be made an amendment to the
constitution."
10 BE MORE HEALTHY
Umatilla County Has 69 Cases
of Dread Disease, State
Worker Reports After Tak
ing Check for Hospital Needs
Counties of Eastern Oregon show
fewer cases of tuberculosis in propor
tion to population than those of West
ern Oregon, a survey of this section.
now Hearing completion by Robert w.
Osborn representing the Oregon Ktato
Board of Health, shows. Mr. Osborn
Is making his report on Umatilla coun
ty this week, after spending nearly a
month on a survey of the white plague
cases In the county.
Mince ldld there have been 32
deaths in this county from tuberculo
sis, Mr. Osborn said today. There are
69 living cases of the disease in Uma
tilla county exclusive of the Umatilla
Indian reservation. This Is a fairly
complote survey and Is considered
quite represenlaUve of the 85,000 in
habitants of the count v.
Indians llave More t'a cs..
"On the reservation, where there
were. 1117 Inhabitants on July 1, XI
living cases have been founil to exist.
Mr. Osborn says he Is satisfied, how
ever, that this Is probably not 60 per
cent of the actual cases on the reser
vation. Inasmuch, as getting data on
the Indians is far more of a task than
from the whites. Since 1818 there
have been SB deaths from tuberculosis
among the Indians.
Before taking up tho survey in Uma
tilla, Mr. Osborn spent nearly a month
each In Baker, Union and Wallowa
counties on tho same misHion. In these
three counties combined he found 137
cases of tuberculosis extant ami 76
deaths since 11. There are estlmat-
(Continued on page 3.)
1U
V I l DEMAND S
I fAR you TALK. I ' X. .r w
i
OF
NERVE
Neil Hart Awakens Fellow Cell
Mates in Early Morning by
Commotion; Tells Them He
is Listening to Angels Sing
QUOTES WORDS OF DOOM
AS RETURNED TO CAGE
Cynical Smile Follows Telling
of Sentence Pronounced by
Judge; Oath Ends His Quo
tation as Pals Look on
r list signs of the breaking of Neil
Hart's nerve appeared about 1:30 this
morning when the man sentenced to
hang on Nov. 6 for the murder of
Sheriff Til Taylor awakened his fel
low prisoners In the county Jail with
a loud commotion.
"What are you trying o do waking
us up at this time of day?" came a
chorus of voices. . : '
"I was just lying here, listening to
the Angels sing." Hart replied. "J
thought you would bo Interested to
know about it."
Hart's reference to the Angels is
believed to have resulted from Judge
Phelps' direction- to him yesterday af
ternoon, before passing sentence, to
accept such spiritual comfort as
might be offered him and to make
such atonement as was possible, be
fore paying with his life for his crime.
Prisoner 1ooketl Peeved.
When tho prisoner was returned to
his cell at 3:05 yesterday afternoon
tno onl.v wtleeMbl change in lih de
meanor was an expression on hir
face which might be classified as dls.
gust or peevishness. He was not
whiter than usual nor did he appear
frightened. '
.As he entered the outer door to the
Jail corridor, the prisoners who art
not connected with the murder asked
Hart what the verdict was.
"Hang" he answered them without
emotion. ...
Sheriff Taylor and a deputy took
him to the cage where he and his
partners in tlie crime are kept. Tht
other four were seated on the cell
floor, playing cards. Smiles were or
their faces as the door was ope tied
As Hart walked into their presence
Continued on page two
"BUSINESS IS GOOD'
i
CORDON OF DETECTIVES
THROWN ABOUT DETROIT
CENTERS OF FINANCE
DETROIT, Sept. 1. (IT. P.)
The commitwioner of police to-
' ttfty asm pried a squad of 50 de-
tnctlvea to ttearch all cellars and 4
persons found loitering In the
district. The action waa taken 4
following the explosion In New 4
4 York financial ditftrict. 4
STATE LABOR WILL
? CONVENE IN CITY ON
! WEEK OF ROUND-UP
Seventeenth Annual Meeting
Will be First to be Held in
Eastern Oregon and Will
Open Here Sunday Morning.
The Oregon State Federation of
Ijibor convention will be held in
Eastern Oregon for the first time
when the seventeenth annual conven
tion opens here Sunday morning in
Labor hall. The sessions will con
tinue until Thursday night, says Bandy
Mclean, secretary of the local labor
council.
Two hundred eighty six delegates
have already announced that they
will attend. The delegates represent
labor councils from all over the state.
A representative is sent from among
eveiy 50 members in the labor coun
cils. The majority of the delegates
ill be accompanied by their wives.
Mr. Mclean. who is securing accom
modations for the visitors, says that
he is meeting with good response
from Pendleton people.
The convention will be devoted to
the year's business program and the
sessions will be busy ones for the del
egates. -vAmong trie speakers will be
Otto Hartwig. president of the State
Federation and W. B. Kimsey, sec
retary. One of the matters to be dis
cussed is the closing of schools on La
bor Day, September 6. Schools have
not been closed on the holiday and
efforts are to be made to have the
legislature make it a law that schools
close on l.abor Day.
The social program for the conven
tion includes a banquet on Sunday
and a dance Thursday night.
Will Attend University.
Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre of Helix and
her eldest daughter are in the city to
lay, Mlrs Mclntyre being enroute to
Kugcne to enter the University of Oregon.
DITIRE FINANCIAL DISTRICT
OF .NEW YORK IS SHAKEN BY
BOMB AT J. P. MORGAN OFFICE
NEW YORK. Serjt. 16. 'UU. P.) Fifteen persons are
known to have been killed by a bomb explosion at the offices of
the i. P. Morgan company Coming just at the lunch hour, as
tne explosion did, the streets were crowded Several pedes
trians were injured. The ntire financial district was shaken
and windows in the Morgan building were shattered.
Some one turned in a fire alarm and fire apparatus and am-
bulances came dashing through the crowd at the intersection of "
Broadway and Wall streets, probably the most congested corner
in the world at noon. Police are unable to offer any explana
tion but assumed the explosion must have been caused by a
bomb. It is reported a bomb exploded in an automobile standing
at the front of the Morgan building.
Thirty Believed Dead.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (A. P.) An unofficial estimate or
dead in the explosion is now thirty and the injured 200. No
prominent financiers are among the dead. The stock exchange
'via reopen tomorrow.
SAW THK AUTOMOBILE 1HUVE UP
'EV YOllK, Sept. I. (A. P.) A
terrific exploavon which rocked all of
lower SlaiUuittan, occurred at, noon to
day onudde tlie offices of i.v P. lor
gan and Company of Wal' street.
Several persons were klled and many
o titers Injured. Junius Spencer Mor
gan, son of J. P. Morgan, iwas badly
cut by flying glass.
Tlie Morgan building appeared a
shamble and part of tlie front of the
sub-treasury build big across the street
was torn away. All windows bi Lite fi-
nandal district were smashed
7ne stock excliange closed two min
utes after tlie explosion. . " .-
Occupants of a skyscraper looking
down Wall street Ht d they saw an au
tomobile draw p in front of the Mor
gan offices and two nm leave ft.
They advanced tlie theory that tlie
bomb. If ft was a bomb, had bees
timed. Tills version differed from an
other that two Passengers and a
chauffeur were blown up when one
man alighted from tlie car and aoo
d en tolly or purposely dropped what
appeared tq be a bomb.
GKKATEST DISASTER OF Jf. Y.
Never In history has lower Manhat
tan witnessed such excitement and
New York forgot aU Its business in at
tending the injured. Shattered glass
and broken remains of men and horses
ilttered tbe streets. Among the bod
ies were those of three girls terribly I
mangled.
A police cordon was thrown around
the entire district. The federal sub
treasury was placed under heavy
guard.. Seventeen victims had been
taken outside the door of tlie Morgan
office at 13:35 o'clock.. United States
regulars a rived at 12:50 for guard
duty. Members of a bomb squad are
reported to have found fragments of
the infernal machine. ,
Debris Hurled in Air.
Tbe explosion was heard through
out the downtown section of New
York. Debris was thrown into Wall
and Broad streets. Dust from the ex
plosion rose high in the air. It was
stated at the Morgan offices no mem
bers of the firm were injured. The
hands of J. Spencer Morgan, son "of
J. P. Morgan were cut by falling glass.
Police lines were immediately drawit
and automobiles were commandercd
by the police to carry the injured to
the hospitals. The stock - exchange
was closed for the remainder of the
day by the board of governors a few
minutes after the explosion.
Walk Strewn With Victims.
When police cleared their line It
injured persons were found stretched
out on the sidewalk. In the center of
Wall street, between the Morgan of
fices and the assay offices which ad.
join the United States sub-treasury.
lay a horse torn practically in two by
the explosion. In all its varied . his.
tory. Wall street has probably never
experienced such a sensation before.
Ittokers, bankers and clerks dropped
their work and ri-nhed into the street.
Others clambored upstairs to the
LOSSES IN CHICAGO WHEAT
DECEMBER CLOSE IS $2.37
December wheat, after opening at
12.11. dropped to I3.JS today and
closed at 12.37 S-. March wheat op
ened at 13.35 and closed at 11.33 1-1.
Following are the quotations from
Overbeck & Cooke Co.. local broker;
Wheat.
Dec.
5.41
2.35
1.334
1.13
1.11
,H
.63
.17 4
2.4t4 1.3H
3.37
1.33 4
March
2.38
1.3 1
I
Corn.
1 324
1.13
1.11
Oats.
.1 Ml
.63
.17 Vi
Sept.
Dec.
May.
Sept.
Dec.
May
1.S7K
1.10
1.10
.oV
.62
.64
1.3
1.11
1.11
.0 B
.63 .
.
roofs. I.unch rooms were deserted as "
men and women jumped from It.e
te.bles and ran toward the sound of
the explosion. . .'. ; t
JTB5W YORK. Sept. J. C. P.) ,
Pnl ce believe otlier bodies may have
been blown to atoms. Several of tlie
injured are in hospitals in snch condi
tion that It is believed the death Us ,-.
may total 2.1 by night. Tim majority
of the dead have not been identified, '
Three are Identified as WlOlam Joyow,
clerk in the Morgan office; W. F.
flntoliinson, broker, and Irving Ja
cobs, broker. The latter waa alive
when policemen reached bftnx. He gav
his name and was just trying to gasp
out his address when he died.
One eye-wuneas aakl the explosla -'
came from a jMrae-drawn cart, or
from one of the antomobUca standlns;
near. Jfle cart. The blast blew the wa
gon to Mts and several antomobilea
along the curb were destroyed. The
body of a youth and a man about 34
were found stripped of ciotliing by the
exploajon. .
CITY COUNCIL ASKED
TO TAKE STEPS FOR
- PURCHASE OF BLOCK:
Bond Issue for Buying Site in
East End for Park or Play
ground Proposed; Resoluti
ons for North Side Paving
Pass.
A 'petition to place upon the ballot
a measure for the purchase by tbe city
of the block known as the city hitch
ing lot, owned by the Sisters of St.
Francis, was ordered -prepared by tbe
city attorney by vote of the council
last night. The property Is suitable
for park and playground purposes, la
bounded by Alta. Webb. Mill and Clay
streets, and the city affairs committee
of the Pendleton Commercial Associa
tion now holds an option for Its pur-
chase at f 8000. ....
Councilman Manuel ITrledly. who Is
ahM chairman of the school board,
made the motion for the preparation
lot such a petition and said he would
'attend to the circulation. He proposes
that bonds in the sum of $8000 be is
sued to defray the cost of the property.
A recent .petition, seeking to .issua
bonds for ! 14.000. with which to pur
chase badly needed fire equipment,
was also authorised by the council.
Paving ItesofnUona Passed. ,
The council was chiefly busied' with
passing resolutions calling for paving.
rrvmHnn4 en Dam S.
ARE NOTED TODAY;
34; MARCH IS $2.32 1-2
Rye.
l.3 1.(3 14
1.74 1.744 1.71
ftarlry.
Sept.
10 A
1.T14
Dec.
Slept.
Dec.
1.034 1.034 1.014
1.01
1.01 1.004 1.00 B
Pork.
Sept.
Oct.
14.7
34.75
25 It 14.70
35.10 14.76
30.10 20.15
20.40 10.40
Kibe.
25.15
25.20
Sept.
"Ht.
SO ;
10.40
10.10
20.10
Sept.
Oct.
17.10
11.11
17.5
17.85 17.4S
Prom Overbeck A Cooke Co. )
Foreign exchange suspended
day, sterling 141 )- nominal.
for