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WALL STREET SCE' DEATH Al Thirty ore Killed and 200 Injured in jj Ilerrile Explosion ii Heart of New York. Property Loss Over $1,000,- ai 000. Thought by Detective Burns to b he Result. of Radleal Plot. % New York, Sept. 16.-A mysterious ti explosion in Wall Street, near Broad, h1 believed by trained detectives of the s department of justIce and police inves tigators to have becn caused by an in-. h fornal machine, rocked the heart of I New York's financial district at noon iv tcday, leaving death and destruction irl in its wake. C Thirty picrsons were killed, more I than *-d) were ujuinred, the banking I hWeus0 of .1. P. Morgan and Co., the y sub-treasury and the Assay 0111ce was 4 imaly wreckecd and properity dam- I age' estimated 'i excess of $1,000,000, was causdd by tle blast. Thomim.tas\ W. aumont, of the J. P. Mor gn firm. exIressed the belief, how ,ver t1hat the explosion was pturiely an accident caused by a collision between an expIclive laden Wagonl and anlother ve ile. 'T'le fIrm1 had received no threats of any kind. he said, and there was no real reason for the planting of a Vi11-) outside the flrm's oflice. The noon hour had struck and an endless stream of oiice workers had just started pouring into the :stretts fr om q)uldings in the neighborhood. SuIlenly, a eloud of yellowish. black smioke and a piercin't jet of Ilames lea..ied from the street, outside the Morgan office. Then CameiC a deafening blast. A moment iler scorvs of men. women and children vWere lying, prostrate onl the ground and th(. setreets were cov ered Wiith debris from hitund reds of broken windows1 and the torn facades of adjacent. buildings. Two lilutes later the stosk and eurb exchangets. Ilhe financial pulse of the world, had (osed. Panie aId confusion reigned in tile heart of New York's ilnancial district. T'u1Oilsallds of clerks and stelogra pjhers tied in IrIor from adjoining stu1tures .0. Scores fainted, fell and were trampled on in the rush. Mean while, the Toise of the explosioln, which was heard throughout lower .Manhattan and across tile river in, llrooklyl, brought tlolsands of the curions to the scene. The few police onl (Ity inl the dis Sriet were unable to cope with the crowds and a huirry call for lolice I,(r ev1 was eflt to al dIo viWIwl !M Be , Nearly. rangedI Come 01 the boll ME OF Dr rea D DESTRUCTIONt - sea ,e stations. by ,Sub-Treasury officials, fcari!ng that bil k attempt might .be made to rob the .the .tilding, all the windows of which dyi ere broken, requested assistance of te military authorities at Governor's gal ;land and a, company of soldiers was cot mt to guard the institution. bu Hurry calls were.also sent to all of ospitals in the downtown section of th< ew \'ork and scores of ambulances fa< ,ere soon speeding through the nar- wI Dw streets. Dressing stations were: wi stablished in the lobbles of the build-' fai igs nearby where the less seriously T1 jurd were *given immediate treat- in lent. sti l'vidence tendlng to confirm the t%% heory that the explosion wa,4 caused I oy a bomb or sonie other infernal 1 b rinachino, eame from severau sources. Il Cief Polier Iinspeetor Lahey -re- aI oerted latc today that he had found of -vidence to justify the conclusion thai b: he explosion was caused by a huge I iomb loaded with T. N .T.-trinitro- h; oluol-reinforced with iron slugs 'ashloned from window weight bars. Piecc., of these slugs weXe found in ti 4everal adjacent titructures. This typjie t if weight-bars, i close hisiection by t, pollee and dc:)artient of 'justice h agents di; elosed, is not used in any s building 'within a radiusi of several 1 hnndred i fet fiom i the seine (if the e: dosion. Warnin s t hat radicals planned a e renewal of 'mbhing outrages were e sun't less than a month ago to all eastern rilients of the Williamn .1. hurs Detective Agetncy, according to state meit by .\I'. I Wts, who said he was ccilviniced that today's exiplosiol was a preimeditated .attavk *and was not accidenitl. 1 .\r. '11u11n11, Who said he had beenll engaiged by t'hi' M.\rgain firim to m1ah1e an investigai on of the aivdelnt, sated I that his peIsoal invstiakation con viniced ~him that a wag on containl Ing a bonib er boib Was l'fi in front 'of the sub-treasmry with a timb.g device so fixed as to cause it to exidiode precisely at noon. No t race of the driver of tho wagon has been found,'he said, and added tha in his opinion the man escaled a few mo me nts'before the exilloslion Occuit i-ed. Fire Chief Kenton and olier fromi! the i; realu of coin bustible,. also ex presseefd the beliet that the e'plosion w (ia t ued by a bomb11) a fter e'ain in ug fra guments of menetal founad !n the Betb all the Tre or a joint T it and' see the veevil by rapid et In front of the Morgan ofmices. sid W'illiarn F. Doyle, chief of the bu- we] u of combustibles, 'pointed out that Plo| small hole found in the street near J Morgan offices and the widely -11o ttered scars on the facades of ncar- a-bi buildings also indicated that the flo at was caused by a bomb, rather sht n by an explosion- of a quantity of o11 amite, or other exgplosives. He [he bankliu house of .1. P. Mor- aM ci and Company, and the recently ' npleted annex to the stnb-treasury 111) lding receiveq the greatest amount sal damage from the explosion. All sic windows in the Morgan building, th :Ing on both Wall and Broad streets 101 ;re -blown out and with them the ea? re protection' by which they were Ju and on the inside of the structure. kll ie glais dome ceiling of the build- d g also was bioken and many of the th, 3ol supports to lihe glass bent and wl ist ed. The interIor linishlig of the lorgan hlI nh is of marble, much of it imported c Om11 Italy, an1d arranget in dinSI 1. I patterns selcted by the founder . thl'e bank. This marble is blackene'd dI smoke. but no) beyond the poiit of' storation. it wa'-- stated. Muh10 of the v undsome furtititre was; et and Iar- ty qd by lalling glass. I At the sub-treasury -bIildi n tihe en 'fatec with its steel grill work was I visted tond torn. The stone facing I. thle doorway, and the front of ihr ailding up to the height. of the second tory !was searied andI chiipped 4y fly i am issiles. At the old silub-treaur. rut'''tr"'-'losely associateii with rev ininarv hi tor --th var-ved tn Alumns !n front of the bu1ilding v:r, hi l?'ed and secrrel inl many p1 cces. The greatest geMnral property loss, owOVeer, wIS to plate la 11tss. Fo11i.1 locks ', every (reelon the tall olice .ulidings had ever3 window lown Oi. 'he am.,: to glass ik the greatiest aiee the explosion on Black Tom U1 and,1M just prior to the i'nlted Sta nterlng the var. SCveraI .:tores on Wall t1 t t abo .ver vie(ced by the exploioll. A maherd i ry shop in a hialf basement UIdo!nfnlg the sub-treasury annex -wa al1most stri t ned, findows, Mlow cases ad stocks being swept. to the rear of the room and piled mp in an aild iserln iate lion of mingldl gtiass, apIlintIered wood and torn and blackened ammelan dCse. AWndows in other shops several blocks from the explosion. were also bra]ion. Flvo mnembers iof the M -rgan !1-1m were in lie buildi ng at the tim of the accident. Thonas W. Lamont. i -vht W. .\lorrow. Eliot C. -ilacon and ( rorg" Whit nv, were in a conferede. oil the fe0oni floor of the ilroul Bo tr t een Laure ictor Dealer ractor Dem4 iesclay various makes cultivation. E at 9 a. m. and of the Morgan building. They, 'e shaken up by the force of the ex slon, but all escaped without -injury. unus Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. rgau, head of the firm, who is now oad was at his desk on the jower ir when the explosion occurred. It ttered the glass partitions of 'his ce, showering him with fragments. received slight cuts on the hands . arms. The explosio:n threw the conference stairs into disorder," .r. Laiont d. "We rwere jarred bythe concus n and rather excitedly ran down to main floor, where the most confuts I 1revalled. There Were about 50 ployers who wCre more or less in red and those clerks wlh6 had omirac mUsly escaped in.!ury from fallin" bris, were courageously devoting Air attention to assistg those who ?ire less fortunate. On, of out valued em'loyes, Wil tr!.Ioyce, Was killed. 1le was the i of Thomlias Y. .1oyee, Who has been our employ for' 2,0 years. and who t; himself hadly hur11-t. All our win ws oil the iIr-st floor and ,oml,.e oil the cond floor' wer blOWn in. The office ill hv ready fhr h)ltu~iness toiorirow ornin1-g." 'Tere -w er' 1!etweel -100 and 500 em loyl ; inl the 31er.:an buildinr- a t the m( "f the 'eeidentt. 'OLITE SOCIETY ABHORS BAD BREATH ad tIireil' h *: i:: lull0y (it 1l 'li m' Improper .\efion of' Mhe Divestive O1rgallt. Or -'(atloig and Inch of (are of thel ?ody niaturlally conlgests thev stomlach .n ''ohr diget- ive o an. To over 11*0k thlem m(eans to abuse. them. Th .;.!kral Iw i.,i. anl accumul,1at ionl ofI i'tL.onls that oll!ut( the system and roduce foul and iii.ttellig asse;, nun111only knov.n1 as had breath. N4thIih i s I]" r repuhdre !.nd dis usiin. Iti the first4 indientionl of ~ unneth y $ody. A: tho .st ign, rif:your .:--f an 0si. Try SarDd'. A atciealtillt prepara ion or ie'die*r"l .'co.ts and het'".is col tainling" no alcohol, e'spieially sulited rotr the inlvigorationt; of the organs ()f diigestion and aslsimilation. A tal'e Spoonful befove each meal v.ill invig-1 orate the glands of the sttolmah, liver and id neys, improve 1.11 i estiol .,d purify the blood. Mere txa11tive' (t) not-go far enough. A -'optr use .f thi; treatment vill give you a elean body. normval digestion and a sweet, pnre breath. Ask your dealer fo Sar DraS. Manufactured by P-onlhernl :-:Synldi ', CharlstoI. S. 2. Gate C- '~ug .. Florence. -;. '., di;. 1:, linnors for- Sou'th Carolin:!. LT BY'S F2 mns and Cli -s of Laure rnstration a Sept. 2E of Tractors pe verybody is mv: will last all day. ov VO. tery T1 "Me] GRE Don't neglect that barn -don't wait until the pain and the wood starts to crack ar It is far cheaper to protect it or two of S C I It resists all weather conditions color. Pee Gee Darn Paint -prca has grcatcsL covcriflg capnLty. I r IsI than fifty ycars reputation and will scrvlcc tat ioweat cost. There's A Pee Gee Paint Product For FOR SALE BY I.aut(-er-A. S. C. 'LOOSE LEAF LEDGE ADVEI nton ans County t P. B. Baih fth. rform. Get re ted. Demonstb r EN KROS. & GRANITE CO DIDSIGNERS MANUFAOTURERS ERECTORS 'alers In everything for the ie largest and best equipped, utal mills in the Carolinas. ENWt)OD, - - -S of yours t wears off d rot. with a coat FREE Pint Book to I'aliut them.! I Ask your destO PEASLE:E 'Ind Ikeeps its CAULL C cis freely and LoliicK. -ickcd by nor Lousvill, Ky ive you lon3cst Every Purpose RS ..... ALE BY.... TISER PRINTING e '~ adyto igh -a i startsiug~I