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ABILENE WEEKLY ItErXECUiH, AC ILEX E, KASHAS, OCTOBER , JOIO.
ewdBtPajsw" Tv-
PRESIDtENT TAFT'S
UK REWARDS
ON THE TRAIL OF
u2sk.aa
FOR DYNAMITERS
' Already $18,500 Is Offered for Los
It is Known Where the' Explosive
His First Political Address In Con
gressional Campaign.
Angeles Fiends.
Was Bought.
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MAY BE INCREASED TO $50,00C
HAD ROOMS ACROSS THE ALLEY
HE DEFINES A "PROGRESSIVE"
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KEYNOTE SPEECH
- riv Bodies Hsv Been Reeoveres
From Ruins of Timet Building
Two Other Attempt!
Discovered.
Los Antelet. Oct S. An attempl
daatrov the residence of Gen. Hr
rison Gray Otli, publisher of tba Loi
Ana-eles Times, by meant 01 an m
(ernal machine, wat made Saturdaj
l aftArnoaD.
Following It doei the explotloi
which with treat Ion or lire, aesiruy
d the building! and plant of th
' Timet, a tuspected effort to blow ui
the auxiliary plant of that paper and
tha findlnc of a powerful tniernai ma
cbint In the reildence of Secretary
Zeehandelaar of the Merchant!' ant
' Manufacturer!' association, the city
has been aroutcd to an Intense ttate
at lutpente and excitement
Quarreled With Unions. '
For 20 yean, following a Quarrel
with the Typographical union,-wblcb
ntulted In making the Timet a con
anion osner. Den. Otlt bat fought
wnionlsm with every resource at bit
command. He bat been ably seconded
la tbl fight by the Merchant!' and
' Manufacturer!' aetodation, whoie
secretary waa the object of frnttrated
4yiiamltlng Saturday, '
Development! la the Timet dis
aster are: Five bodies recoveaed
from rulnt, one Identified at that of
X Weiley Reaves, stenographer one
atherMbat of Howard Courdaway,
Jlnotype operator, otbera unidentified.
City of Loa Angelea increatei r
ward from 12,600 to I 10,000 for appro
Iwiuloa of any peraon or penont wbo
crated explotlon leading to deatruc
tioa of Tlmea building. Total reward
Ml outstanding 118,600. Merchant!
considering advlaablllty offering an
additional reward of 150,000. '
, A Mytterloua Purehaie.
Discovery of new and authentic
clew to mytterlout purehaie of 600
pound! of blgb grade explotlve, which
it la thought wat uaed to dynamite
Tlmea building.
The flrat body recovered from the
rulnt wat tbat of J. Wesley Reavei,
which waa recovered at 8:30 Saturday
night At 2:30 yeiterday morning
workmen found below the ttairway of
the building the remains of a body
supposed to be that of Harry Lv Crane,
assistant telegraph editor of Timet.
The remain! were not Identified posi
tlrely. .
An hour later another body wat re
covered. There wat no Identification
possible In thlt case but because of
lta positl.a near that of remains of
Crane, it It believed to be the body
af R. L, Sawyer, 4b telegraph opera
tor wbo wat at Crane's tide when the
atalrway collapsed, dropping both Into
the fiery pit beneath.
A beautifully touching and pathetic
act occurred at the rulnt when two
firemen tcaled laders placed at the
front of the wrecked building and
draped the American Hag at halt matt
e the blackened walL
From early morning until htte at
aight the police lines were pressed
by a tremendous throng of people. It
waa an orderly throng, no Jostling, no
trouble of any kind, a sorrowful,
allent people, gailrg Intently at the
taaat of ruins and the throng of men
working among them, held silent with
a great feeling of sympathy, a com--Bum,
bond of sorrow for those who
with tear' dimmed eyea and drawn
wacea, watched and waited for those
who never will come to them again.
For 12 hours at a stretch the officers
etood guard duty. Capt. Lenhausen at
the Central station caused notices to
be posted temporarily suspending all
police vacations and ordering all mem
ben of the department to work 12
bour shifts.
Tea thousand dollars will be paid
by the dty of Loa Angelea for Infor
mation leading to the arrest and con
viction of any person or persons who
, Intentionally caaaed the destruction
af the bulking.
The rewaM was Increased following
' a cuasBltatloa la Chief Oalloway't of
, Sea, A 'reward of 13,500 bad been of
' end Saturday. Sunday morning
tsars Im t at the Investigating commit
e Mayor Alexander. Chief Galloway
aad others met la the chief's office.
Whea the meeting adjourned Mayor
Alexander Bade the announcement
hat Us reward had been Increased
sta 110,000. The mayor requested the
raanrapapera bad bewa ageacte to
antread the reward and terms broad--cast
stating the liberal terma oader
arkJck It n made. The offer of the
dty as mad la aa follows:
'A reward of 110.00 (tea thousand
Mart) la' hereby IrV-t any per
- awt ar persons furnishing Information
which will lead to the arreet and con
atctioB of any peraoa or persons who
intentionally eaased the destruction of
th balding of the Lee Angeles Times
the morning of October 1. 151(1.
'.Ded "GEO ROB ALEXANDER,
Hit or of the City of Los Atrelfi"
Tbe rewards outstanding sow I ,.!al
of this amount, the Los
ABffles Eismlner his offered f 1 .HM;
I rrre cfties of the Isbor unions
(",( and the ct'y of Los Awteles
t ,, Ts total of tha reward may
Two Men Who Hired the Room Have
Not Been Seen Since Total
Reward Now Amounts
to 73,800.
Us Angeles, Oct 4. It It expected
tbat arreett In the dynamite outrage!
of tbe Timet building and at tbe home
of Gen. Otlt and Secretary Zeebande
laar of the Merchants' and Manufac
turerf association will be made In
San Francisco to-day. Attorney Earl
Rogen it accompanying two detec
Uvea from Lot Angelet wuo believe
they are close on the trail of culprit!
according to statements by police. ,
With tbe further removal of debrli
from Ink alley tbe police declare they
have ound the actual spot where the
bombs were exploded and that the dy
namlte was brought there tbroughl
tha rooming house which adjoint the
Timet building on the east
Rooms Across Alley.
Leading down from the rooming
bouse Is an outside stairway that ends
In Ink alley. Right at the foot of the
ttairway It a window and about 11
feet further down tbe alley It another
window each opening Into the ground
floor of the lodging bouse.
Two men hired tha room opposite
ijn m nn Thursday. Mrs. Shapiro,
the landlady, admits tbe hat not seen
them since the evening before the ex
plosion, The police therefore ngure
th,i th man brouaht the dynamite In
to the room In their luggage, made the
bombs and by limply crossing a four
foot ball, were In the dark kitchen
with tba atalrway leading down , to
Ink alloy.
Tbeoollce declare the bomot were
t,aa nrninnlta the two shattered
windows and that the men then could
either have made their way to Broad-
wav or returned through the kltcnen
and have gained the street by the
hotel entrance, without causing com
ment.
a reward of 150.000 cash for infor
mation leading to the arrest and con
viction of the perpetratora of the
is .Aneclee Timet dynamiting out
rage was offered by a committee rep
resenting the Merchants' and Manu
facturers' association and professional
men of this city. This brings the total
reward to far up to g73,600. , ,
Pellcfe Have Clue.
The notice are working on a clue
which they are firmly convinced estab
luhei the aenesls of the explosive
found In the Infernal machine placed
under tbe home of F. J. Zeebandeiaar,
secretary of the Merchants' and Manu
facturers' association, last Friday
night, and which failed to explode.
This bomb contained 16 sticks OI
ctant celntine. commonly known as
dynamite. Thli gelatine was 80 per
cent explosive power, which Is seldom
made by powi?r companies, and It Is
this fsrt that gives peculiar force to
the police due Each stick of the
dyuan.ua was stained with the In
sctlytlon of tie Cllnt Powder com
pany, at Giant. Cat., and 'bore the
packing date of September 20.
They have discovered tbat 6.0
pounds of this explosive wss ordered
by two men wbo gave their names a?
A. J. Bryson and William Morris.
On September 21 the launch Peer
lest, called at the works at Giant 21
miles north of Oakland. The 600
pounds of dynamite was loaded Into
the launch and receipted for by Leon
ard.
A TEST IN FEEDING H0RSFS
Cavalry and Artillery Animals Will
Be Used at Fort
Riley.
Junction City, Kaa., Oct 4. Nutri
tion experiments In which tha Kansas
State Agricultural college and the
war department will co-operate, will
begin October 7 at Fort Riley. The
experiment will be In charge df Prof
Klnxer, head of the department of ani
mal husbandry at the agricultural col
lege, and will be the most complete
test that haa yet been made.
The 880 horsea of the cavalry and
artillery commands will be divided
Into squads, one of which will be used
as a check squad to which will be fed
tha regulation army ration of 11,
pounds of aala aad 14 pounds at
wild hay.
Seventeen other (rasps will each
be given a dlffereat eeablnatioa ot
foods. The results wilt ha of great
value la tha way ot larormatloa tc
the government aa well at to horse
owners all over the ooeatrs. .
HELP FROM THE BANKERS
Tha National Atseelstlen at Lea
Aaaelea Voted gMOO te Find
Dynamite.
Loa Angeles, Oct . The thirty
sixth annual convention ot tha Ameri
can Bankers' aaeoclattoa met here
with 1.S0S delegtrt in attendant. The
8rtt reeoluUoa that came hetora the
eoaveotlo provided for aa appropria
tes of '.H'9 to he used for the relief
of the fmius at tha Los Anrttka
Times Sr victlcs. It ! s!op!L
Gave All Factlone Credit for Recent
Legislation and Complimented
Forroor President
Roosevelt
New York, Oct 3.-Presldent Tail
made public bit definition of "pro
gressive Republicanism" and gave
definite notice ot bis jMendly feeling
toward tbat wing of the party.
The occasion waa bit first political
address of the congressional cam
paign, a "keynote" speech delivered
before the banquet of the National
League of Republican clubs. A "pro
gressive Republican," according to tbe
vlewt ot tha president, It "on who
recognizes existing and concrete evils
and who Is in favor ot practical and
definite steps to eradicate them,"
Three timet during the tpeech he
referred In complimentary termt to
ex-Pretldent Roosevelt, first thanking
him aa the executive whose adminis
tration marked a rising tide of prog
ress for the party; again, at being
chifly Instrumental In organizing a
crusade agalnat political corruption;
and finally, without mention of bit
name, as "heartening the causa of
Republicanism by a brave declaration
of principle," In the convention at
Saratoga,
No One Waa Read Out
There wat no "reading out" of "In
surgents" In the president e tpeech;
no repetition of hit Winona utterance.
Instead, the president sought to leave
tha Impression tbat tha work In con
gress had been achieved by a united
party. ' After enumerating tha legisla
tion enacted, he declared:
"Tbe extraordinary achievement! of
thlt congress may fairly be said to be
part of a great Republican movement
At all shared In the work, ao we all
must share1 In the satisfaction of ac
complishment . It marks the rising
tide of progress that began at the end
of a Democratic panic when William
McKlnley waa our leader and that
continued throughout tbe two admin
istrations of Theodore Roosevelt. It
Is peculiarly a Republican distinction
that our party has been able to place
on the statute books far-reaching rem
edial legislation touching the very
vitals ot our social and economio
structure without Involving the coun
try In financial disaster. I,,,),., ,; kj
'A party of true progress Is not a
party ot radicalism. . It'll not a party
of ultra-conservatism.'' , ?
THE SAILORS WERE POORLY FED
The 12,000 Men of the North Atlantis
Fleet Had No Plonlo at Target
Practice.
New York, Oct. 3. There It much
dissatisfaction among the 12,000 man
of tha North Atlantic fleet over the
quality of be food served them while
on their recent cruise for target prac
tice. Although no formal complaints
have been made, the men discuss It
freely among themselves.
Many of tbem declare that not only
was the food supply short on many
ot the battleships, but that In several
Instances all thejnest on-hoard waa
tainted and thrown away. -
The only food we had" said one of
the men. waa Canned Willie that's
corned beef, dehydrated potatoes and
hobbled eggs. Hobbled eggs are egg-
powder. - It comet In barrels and It It
cooked up with flour and water Into
an omulet.
"Tha men on the . South Carolina
had the wont time. The refrigerating
plant on that ship went bad and tbey
could not keep any kind ot food. No,
we don't blame tha skippers. It it
not their fault Tha trouble la the
lack of commissary officers, asome of
the ships have not any and the pay
masters yoeman does tha work .In
addition to hit own. It It too much
work tor one man and consequently
tha sailors suffer.
EMPLOYES H0L0 CONVENTION
The National Federation of Those Em
ployed by Statse, Tewns and '
Citlea Gather.
Worcester, Mass.. Oct 1 The an
nual convention of the National Fed
eration ot Bute, City and Town Em
ployee waa held la thla city yester
day with President Michael F. O'Brlea
la tha chair. The dalegatea cams
from aQ parts ot the country, and
there was lively discussion at plana
for bettering tha conditions ot their
employment, especial attention being
gives to the encroachment of the aoa
tract system on municipal aad state
wallowed Nine tpeana.
Concord. N. H Oct tV Nine spoons
were found la th stomach of Miss
Catherine Moher ot Manchester, an
Inmate of the state hospital for the In
sane. A rw daya aao.ons af the at
tendaata saw the womaa swallow a
teaspoon. Medical assistance .wis
summoned, but she died within a
short time. As tutopty revvaird tin
ifowis, all eirept ess of taws (war
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MIMHVVICKWIrHOQ
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, The man or young manr who wants something to fit him and looks
right can't help but call for a fall suit or overcoat made by Hirsh Wickwire.
Call at this store and ask to see them. " ?'";
We have one of the most beautiful lines of waistcoats you ever looked
at. All new. . .V' : . K ; : ' ..V
The new shapes and styles shoes in the Walk Over shoe will be found
here. '
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JOHW
eeisiD
FELL
serious
Accident At
, ' Parade.
Kansas City
ME LIST OF INJURED
LARGE
lutt aa Head of Proceaslon Reached
i Them the Structure Collapsed -A
Few Seriously ,
Injured.
Kansat City, Oct 6. At leatt 60
people were Injured, many of them
terloutly when a review stand for tbe
Priests of Pallas parade, erected on
the northeast corner of Eleventh
itreet and Troost avenue collapsed.
The ttand, CO feet long by 1C feet
leep was crowded to ltt utmost ca
pacity and the list ot Injured was
largely Increased by the fact that the
rear end was build upon low ground,
throwing everyone In the front seats
back upon those who were Sitting at
the top.
'The police patrol in four motor
art the advance of the multicolored
Priests of Pallas Athene was Just
passing tha stand, when the supports
:ollap(ed and 400 spectators were
thrown Into a screaming heap. The
corner was dark, but with the search
light on the police motor turned upon
the wreckage, police officers Jumped
nto the tangled pile, pulling out the
victims. i
Carpenter Was Arrested. -George
Van Loon, a carpenter, 1221
Harrison street who erected the
rraadstand and told the seating priv
ilege, was arrested and held at tha
polles station.
Th lights lad been turned out
along the routs oa Tenth street, hut In
tha darkness were mesosa thousands
of spectators. Every seat In tbe grand
stand had beea sold. An hour ths
jrewd had waited for the pared
fhea over tha kill at Forest aveaue
tha lights of the polio motor cars
were seen, followed by tha gaily
decorated ear at tha director.
"He It eomee!"
Iks shoot waa takes P by th thoa-
saada. roar hundred pairs at eyes in
Lb grandstand tamed to tha advaac-
tng car. Tour tuner spectators
shoved and poshed their way tor a
better vtew.
Th Stand CellapMd.
Th grandstand Altered. Then th
support ander tha mmai section
cmfked d tb ats bra to fail
rtri )ust ! middle rows sank to tbe
s-sixl. l-st U.-S .took th u:por
ABILENE'S :
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Hew Clothing Store
OPPOSITE BREWER'S
Headquarters for Low
Prices on Clothing
This is the first real reason for the
AbileneJClothing Co, as we came in a little
late for the spring trade. We are here now
m full'blast for the'fall trade. This store
isjust chuckedjfull of new goods for fall.
No accumulations of old stock, everything
absolutely new. . ' -
I irsii! AYickwire Suits and Overcoats
$20.00 and up
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EDDY, JR., Pgr.
Hota the other tectlons and "row after
row of men, women and children were
falling Into the tangled heap of bodlet
and timbers. The spectators on the
outer rows tried to Jump, but the col
lapse came so suddenly that few es
caped In that way. A panic followed.
Men and women fought In the dark to
pull themselves out ot the tangled
mass. Children were knocked down
and trampled on. Everybody forgot
everything except to get out ot the
dark struggling hole.
Tha searchlight of the police motor
car was turned upon the Wreckage. It
was only this that prevented a greater
panic and more severe lnjurlee. Bergt
C. W. McQuaid and Lieut. Charles Ed
wards, leading a patrol of police of
fiecera, pluged into the tangled pile,
pulling out a woman here and a man
there. , Other officers stood at the
edge of tha pile and took the In
lured aa they were handed out.
Many of the persons pulled from the
heap by the police were uninjured,
but had been burled in the mass.
Many with scratched facet and cut
arms and legs ran Into the 'crowd to
get away.
TARIFF SCHEDULES HELD UP
Foua Hundred Railroads Must Walt
Until February t for Cement
Rates to Become Effective.
"Washington, Oct.' 5. Four hundred
railroads of the country had their
tariff schedule on cement shipments
to the Pacific coast auapended by the
interstate Commerce commission.
These rates were to become effective
October II. The commission haa car
rled the new rates which are as ad
vance over tha old until February I
before they shall become effective.
Tha arder of th commission an
nounces that there la reasonable
grounds for complaint that the saw
rates oa cement Ume, lumbar and
other commodities inoluded in the
eutpended schedules are unreasonable
aad anluat la that they are too high
aad proails la ths shippers a care
ful Investigation, .., .
Oklahoma Convict Captured.
Pawnee, Ok, Oct . Sharif Foia-
dexter of Pawn county rescind a
saae from California announcing
that Ered Procter aa earaned convict
from - tb Kanaas penitentiary wa
waa sesteaced te a Ufa term frotn
Oklahoma for ssardarlng Mrs. . 'W.
Burr at Shawn, bad .hea eaptared
la that stats. Bsrif( Pumroy left Im
mediately tor California.
Tart at Glng t Panama.
BTrlT. Oct l President Taft It
going to Panama If not la Novwber,
aa btofor planned, thea early In
March, immediately after th acjourn-
aieat ot eoar?. Newt of th slid
that has Occurred In Csbra cut
snaJsce It a-"" Important than vr
(or Us president U V!(t til UtaiSBS.
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6UARAHTY UVV NOW IH FORCE 1)'
JUDGE POLLOCK'S INJUNCTION ,
FINALLY DISSOLVED.
Kanaaa Bank Commissioner J. N.
Dollsy Is st Liberty to Continue
Operation of Law,
Kansas City,-Oct. 5. The Kansaa
Bank Deposit Guaranty law, the oper
ation, of which haa been suspended '
several months by Injunction proceed-
Inga brought by national and state
bankers, again It In fores and J. N.
Oolley, the Kansas bank commission
er, Is free to resume hit work of or
ganisation under the guarantee do-
posit tystem.
' Judge John C. Pollock In the United ,
States circuit court In Kansas City,
Kan., made the order on application
of Fred S. Jackson, attorney general,
directing that the mandate of tha
United States Court of Appeals dis
solving the Injunction be spread on
the records of his court. He alto di
rected that Mr. flolley be notified tbat
the law again was in force.
it was Judge Pollock who granted
the injunction that suspended the
operation ot thelaw and the organisa
tion ot. the tystem of guaranteeing
deposits ot Kansaa banks proposed by
t ' While an appeal it to be taken
:rom tha United States Court ot Ap
peals to the United States auprem
tourt for a further hearing, tha in- ,
junction la dissolved sod there Is
nothing la the way of carrying out
the provisions ot ths law.
At ths time of the suspension ot ths
law 391 ot tbe 800 stat banks la Kan
saa and complied with Hi requlra--nentt
si to admission to benefits ai
der ths guaranty system. It was said
that nearly all ot tha 00 state banks
soon will take advantage of . It
TOO DANGR0US' FOR 01DFIELD
PMd Manias That Hs Is Hs Will Not
Drlvs hi Grand Frlas '
New Tork. Oct I. Th appaussg
number at persons killed and Injured
la the Vandsrbllt cup rae Saturday
saorrUig haa caused mack doabt at M
whether the Grand Prtss race Will be
run October IS.
Already one driver, Barney 014
field has withdraws aa others are oa
pcted to tak similar action. Old
eld a despatch emit from Chlcag U
his manager William Pickers la New
Tork nrads:
"Withdraw say 'entry from graad
pris rac ante eosrs will bs
guarded completely by troop. I am
nnw'.l'.lsg te risk my ack and car te
nil tha ccfir ot parsimonious pro
moters wha pockt entraar fe and
MmitsSoa charges tad spend aothlsg i
to safeguard driver aad SFi.t. )f
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