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I .-..,.. THE LOGAN REPUBLICAN 8ATUnDAY NOVEMBER 23 1912
jT1 ac two
j; i MANIAC BRINGS DYNAMITE
I;: INTO LOS ANGELES POLICE STATION
Iff) ' !
IH , i , Loa Angolcs Nov 19 Armed with
fl ' nn lnfcrnnl machlno containing
)! ' enough dynamlto to destroy nn en-
i tiro city block, a bottlo of nltro-gly-
,', y i ccrlno and a 4G cnllbro revolver a
HU j masked maniac took possession of
IJ j i , tho central pollco station today and
Wl j I held It for more than an hour, whllo
li' . tho hundreds of occupants of tho
j r building and thoso for blocks around
l ' panic stricken sought tho Bafcty of
II W' distance
n" j v When Dctcctlvo Jnraes Hoslck
' vi J v knocked tho man unconscious with a
H' c lenther billy after slipping behind
Hli ' t him, tho fuso of tho Infernal machlno
BT E was automatically Ignited. Without
Hjj - thinking of tho conBcquonceB, Dotec
Hj tlvo Samuel L. Urowno carried the
H't box outsldo tlio ftiso spluttering and
H spitting sparks, and hurled It Into
H tho street. Sticks of high power dy
M nnmlto scattered over tho pavoment
M whllo hundreds of spectators stood
M' apparently paralyzed with fright,
M awaiting tho detonation that would
M send them Into eternity.
i Explosion Averted
' Through n freak of chnnco tlioro
M was no explosion and Drowno con-
M tlnuod kicking tho sticks of dynn-
M mite nnd Jumping on tho fuso until
M ho had broken tho connections and
M extinguished tho flro.
m Lying manacled to a cot In tho
M receiving hospital tonight tho would
M bo dynamiter, who gave bis name
fl. as Albert Henry Davis, Is suffering
H from soveral sovere scalp wounds,
fl but tho pollco surgeons say his In-
jji juries aro not serious.
f Thought It a Joke
fi Davis entered tho outer room of
B Chief of Pollco Sebastian's olllco at
Hf 11 o'clock this morning. His face
K and bead wcro completely covered
L with a grotesque mask and ho car-
M rlcd in his arms a largo box covered
M with cloth. Tho box was strapped
M around his shoulders and resembled
M a small hand organ.
M i First startled and then amused by
m " tho strango spectaclo, Police Ser-
m, gcant R. C. Hllf, who suspected a
' practical joke asked tho man what
B ; ho wanted.
M "1'vo got enough dynamlto In hero
to. blow us all into etornlty," ho
B said, "I want you to send for tho
H; highest official of tho Southern Pn-
'! clflc railroad."
m$ Tllc masked visitor rested tho box
Hfi on n filing cabinet and Assistant Dls-
Htj trlct Attorney R. O. Graham, who
H was In tho olllco started joking with
him.
H, "We All Die"
Hj "This Is no joke," said Davis. "I
E i' means business and It you don't be-
B lleve It try to tako this away from
M mc. My hand is fastened in this
I box and If I pull it out bangl wo
all die."
A hole had been cut in tno dox
nnd tho occupants of tho room saw
for tho first tlmo that tho man's
left hnnd was hidden In tho box.
Thoy began to rcallzo that It was
no Joke.
Davis then walked Into tho olllco
of Chief Sobastlan nnd repeated his
request that tho head official of tho
Southern Pacific bo summoned.
Snlvely nsked him If h0 had nny
prcferenco In tho man ho desired to
blow up, nnd ho replied that ho only
wanted tho hend man.
Retort To Ruse
Snlvely then took down tho tele
ph no receiver nnd protended to hold
u conversation with Paul Shoup gen
eral munngor of tho Pacific Electric
company.
"Mr. Shoup 1b busy, but ho will
bo hero In about fifteen minutes,"
said Snlvely. -
"Well, he'd bettor hurry," replied
Davis, "I'm getting nervous."
In tho mcantlmo Chief SobnBtlan
who had had n brief conversation
with tho man and realized that ho
was In earnest ordered tho street
roped off for a block either way and
took steps to have tho 100 prison
ers In the city Jail removed. Upstairs
In tho building two Justice courts
wore In session nnd both court rooms
wcro crowded.
A detective passed tho word to a
bailiff In Judge Chamber's court
where a Japaneso was having a pre
liminary examination on a murder
chargo before a crowd of his coun
trymen. Tho bailiff whlspored to tho
Judge.
"Court's adjourned until 2 p. m.
Clear the court room," ordered tho
Judgo promptly, and there was n rush
for tho stairway. A similar scene
wns enacted In Justice PredrickBon's
court.
There wcro not sufficient patrol
wagons to remove tho prisoners from
the Jail to tho Doylo Heights prison
nnd two street cars wore sent for.
It was an ordorly procedure and tho
prisoners were soon on their way to
the east side guarded by reserve
which had been called out.
Ambulances romoved the patients
from tho city omorgency hospital
Just around tho corner from tho
chlof's office. Tho hospital was
crowded with patients Injured In last
night's flro nt tho St. George hotel.
Keep Man Talking
Realizing tho necessity for keep
ing tho man's attention engaged un
til tho building had been cleared and
some means defined for foiling his
plans. Secretary Snlvely and tho
detectives In tho room carried on n
Someltog Mew Samethmg Better
Waldorf Clothes
Guaranteed to the Wearer
By
I ; The Hub Clothing Co.
H H Tho makers of "Waldorf" clothes aro tho oldest and most Tollable
H tailors In tho east Making nothing but ALL WOOL CLOTHES.
I H Leading In Btyles and designs nnd through our buying for a chain
H: of stores enables us to buy direct from tho manufneturor, Uiub doing
away with tho middleman tho jobbing houso commission man's
I profits this means A SAVING OF AT LEAST
I I 33 Per Cent To You
H I The manufacturers as well as our Guarantee
I I is in back of every suit
R I Our stock of Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings aro very com-
HK I pleto. Our purchases were never inoro satisfactory than now. This
K H season wo find ourselves in a bettor position to offer you grcator
Hkj I inducements In the way of quality and price, than over boforo.
If ' I II Opposite The Tabernacle
running fire of conversation with
him.
"Why didn't you go down to the
Southern Pacific nnd blow up tho
man you wanted?" ho was asked.
"Well," ho replied thoughtfully, "I
thought tho police could handlo It
better and I wanted to do a good
Job. I might have killed tho wrong
ones otherwise."
Whllo tho conversation was In
progress sovoral policemen and news
paper men passed through tho room
A nowspnper photographer even
camo In and took n plcturo of tho
mnn, who was sitting on tho chair
with his Infernal machlno resting on
his knees.
Davis finally asked that evorybody
bo kept back.
Miner to Rescue
"Curiosity has killed lots of peo
ple," ho said, "and If this thing goes
oft thoro'll bo a whole lot of them
go up."
Ono of tho spectators nttractcd to
tho sceno was J. Randcl, a mining
man from Chihuahua, Mexico.
Randcl came In and shook hands
with Davis, asking him if it wns
really dynamlto In tho box.
"Yes, nnd It's 80 per cent, too,"
declared Davis.
"I don't bellevo It; you'ro bluff
ing," laughed Randcl.
Davis lifted the cloth cover of tho
box, which had a glass front nnd
drow out n stick of dynamlto. Ran
dcl took It, bit off a piece and tast
ed It, miner fashion. Ho know what
It was, but dissembled In order to
gain tlmo.
"That's not dynamite," he said
contemptuously. "Somebody cheated
you."
"Light it and see," said Davis.
Randel lighted a piece of tho "gi
ant" with a match. It burned brisk
ly and those who had still clung to
tho joko Idea made a hast exit.
Trap la Laid
After Davis had held complete poa
session of tho station for nearly an
hour and a half a plan was devised
by tho detectives to trap tho would
Whllo Secretary Snlvely cnrrled
on tho conversation with the manlnc
Dctectlvo Hosslck tiptoed from tho
outer room which waa at Davis' back
and struck htm on tho head with
tho "black Jack." Tho Infernal ma
chine dropped and Detective Browne
who was at Hosslck's elbow, grab
bed It.
Davis reached In his coat pocket
and Hosslck hit him again and ho
tumbled to tho floor unconscious.
Tho bottlo of nltro-glycerlno and tho
revolver were In Davis' insldo coat
pocket, towards which ho nnd reach
ed. Fuse Is Ignited
As Davis who had said, his left
hand wns attached to tho mechanism
of tho Infernal machine, and Its with
drawal Ignited the fuse, but tho
quick work of Detective Browns pre
vented the sparks from reaching tho
explosive. Thero were sixty half
sticks of dynamlto and an expert
Bold It was sixty per cent and that
there wns enough to blow up a city
block.
At tho receiving hospital Davis
said tonight ho "guessed" tho fuso
was too long, which was tho reason
there was no explosion.
Ho said he was born In Germany
was 34 yours old and had lived in
this country for fifteen years. Ho ad
mitted that Davis was not his right
namo nnd Anally declined to talk
about his past.
Davis said ho ptolo tho dynamlto
from tho powder house of a mine or
quarry near San Ilcrnnrdlno sovoral
months ngo, but ho gavo no doflnlto
directions nB to tho place,
i Brooded Over Strike
A San Diego dotcctlvo nsserted
1 thnt Davis waB In that city at tho
beginning of tho I. W. W. outbreak
Inst spring and that ho was ono of
tho mon driven out of tho city nt
that time, but tho man denied that
ho was affiliated with any such or
ganizations or that ho had over been
In San Diego.
A local official of tho Industrial
Workers of tho World said ho had
never seen tho man.
DavlB apparently had been brood
ing over tho Southern Pacific shop
men's strlko of moro than a year
ago but ho donlcd ho could bo
employed by the company In any ca
pacity. "They brought a lot of scabs out
hero and thoy overrun tho country,
taking tho JobB away from other
mon," ho said. "I wanted to soo If
tho company wouldn't treat tholr
mon better. That was all I wanted.
Tho Infernal machine was an in
genious contrlvanco, with a lnrgo
I number of springs and a wiro lovor
I attached to tho hammerlock of nn
I old Springfield army rlfio. Davis
I hnnd was attached to tho wiro that
I led to this hammorlock denonatlng
I dovlco.
I Ofllcors searched David' houso to
I night but found no exploslvo or any
I thing that resembled Infernal mach
I Inos. Thoro were all Borts of contrl
I vnnces and devices, numberless gear
5 and lovor arrangements Indicating
that ho had given much tlmo to tho
study of mechanics.
Identity Established
Tho would bo dynamiter was Iden
tified as Carl Warr, a Gorman labor
er. In n search of his homo at 812
East Lake avenue, tax recolpts boar
Ing that namo wero found and after
much questioning by detectives, tho
mnn admitted that it was his name.
Ho said also that moro explosives
wcro secreted in tho vicinity of tho
houso nnd that when ho recovered
from his injuries ho would tako tho
pollco to tho hiding place.
Warr said that ho stolo tho dyna
mlto' from tho powder houso of a
quarry at Dloomlngton, near Colton. '
Ho mado nn Impression of tho lock
nnd mado keys which opened tho
powdor houso.
Warr Once Lived In Salt Lake
Los Angeles, Nov. 10. Carl Warr
who when first asked gave his namo
as Albort Davis and hold up tho po
llco force over an hour today said
this ovenlng that he camo from Salt
Lnko whero ho lived with his par
ents for n number of years.
"I havo not heard from them In
many yenrs," ho said, "although I
boliovo that they still live In Salt
Lake. I visited them thero ten
years ago, but slnco that tlmo I havo
not heard from thorn or let them
know whoro I am. I would rather
dlo than havo them know tho trou
ble that I am In. It would break
their hearts" Ho absolutely refused
to give their addresses.
This ovenlng ho gave tho following
reason for his act: "I havo been
studying tho social ovlls of southern
California for some tlmo and have
como to the belief that the Southern
Pacific Electric company has mado
It very hard for tho working man.
"It was my Intention to go to the
pollco station, whoro they would
know dynamite, and ask for Paul
Shoup, president of tho Southern Pa
cific Electric. When ho camo, I was
going to demand that he guarantee
higher wages, and if ho refused I
wns going to kill him. I did it as a
martyr to tho cause of tho working
men."
ILLITERACY DECREASING
It Is gratifying to learn from offi
cial figures furnished by tho bureau
of tho census at Washington, that in
tho entire population of tho United
Statos tho percentngo of illiteracy do
cllncd from 10.7 to 7.7 In the deendo
from 1900 to 1010. .Tho declino
nmong children between tho nges of
10 and 14 jears was especially no
table the percentage of Illiteracy be
ing reduced from 7.2 to 4.1 in tho
ten years. The general declino of
illiteracy marks tho improvement of
educational opportunities throughout
tho country and this Improvement is
most distinctly measured In compar
ing tho children who have Just pass
ed through tho schools. Genorally
speaking, each succcsslvo generation
In tho United States show a small
er proportion of persons unable to
read and write and this pioportlon 1b
always least for tho children from
10 to 14 years of age. From this It Is
evident that illiteracy Is considerably
less for children than for tho aggre
gate population. In 1910 tho wholo
number of children between 10 nnd
14 years of ngo, who wero unablo to
read and write, was 370,120 of which
number 144,039 wero whlto nnd 218,
335 negroes, leaving somowhat moro
than 7,000 nmong Indians, Chlneso,
nnd Japaneso. llllterncy nmong tho
native whlto children hns fallen to
1.7 per cent, and nmong those of
foreign or mixed parontngo who for
tho most part llvo In cities, tho pro
portion Is as low as O.C. On tho oth
er hand, ns many as 18.9 per cont
of negro children nro Illiterate. In
nil classes of tho population a mark
ed Improvement. Is noted In compar
ison with tho census of 1900. All
figures show that Illiteracy In tho
United States is being gradually eli
minated and that when tho ircsent
generation of children shall havo
grown to manhood nnd womanhood,
Illiteracy In this country, especially'
among tho whlto population, will bo
not greater than In tho most advanc
ed countries In Europe A significant
fact 1b that this striking diminution
In illiteracy among children In tho
last ten years Is found in all parts
of tho United States and In tho nor
thern pnrt of tho country has al
most entirely disappeared for In the
northern section tho proportion Is
considerably loss than 1 por cent of
tho whole number of children.
i
NOTICE OF 8ALE OF
CITY REFUNDING BONDS
Notlco Is hereby glvon that Logan
City proposes to lssuo nnd soil forty
Rofundlng Donds dated December 31,
1912, of tho denomination of ono tbou
sand dollars each, bearing interest
at tho rato of five per cent por an
num, payable semi-annually, principle
payable twenty years aftor date with
out option ot prepayment. All bids
' must be scalod in an envelopo mark
ed on tho outsldo "Bid on Bonds."
Each bid shall carry with It as a
guarantee of good faith a certified
check on a local bank for flvo per
cent of tho amount of said bid.
No qualified bids will bo consider
ed. Tho city reserves tho right to
rcfuso any and all bids.
Bids must be filed with the City
Recorder not later than five o'clock
p. m. December 10, 1912.
n Logan City Corporation,
By order of its Board ot Commis
sioners. MAE BENSON,
City Recorder.
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Vlce-Prei., JAMES QUAYLE, Ats't. Caihltr, K. E. CROCKETT. I
2nd Vlc-Pri., JNO. H. ANDERdON. M.

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