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$25,000 VOTED TO PROBE DISASTER Council Turns Over Big Sum to Mayor to Investigate the Times Explosion $2500 IS REWARD OFFERED Alexander Puts Up Money for the Arrest and Conviction of Persons Responsible At a special mooting of tho city council hold yesterday morning, $25,000 was turned ovor to Mnyor Alexander for the treasury's general expense fund | to be used In determining the cause of 1 the explosion at the Times building. The mayor, as head of the police de partment, li given absolute power over | the expenditure of this money. When asked what he Intended to do with it he said: "Walt and gee." His llrst act after tho money had been appropriated was to off or a re ward of $2,500 for the arrest and con viction of the persons responsible for the explosion. The mayor explained that while the explosion might not have been the re sult of dynamite purposely placed, it appeared very much an though It were and if it diil prove not to be and no one was criminally responsible for tho explosion there would be no need ot the reward. The reward is offered to .stimulate action toward the apprehen sion of the dynamiters. The mayor also stated that one of his first arts would be to furnish more watchmen for the city hall, as there is only one on guard and his time Is almost entirely devoted to the city treasury. The treasury watchman i.i the only man in the building after the offices close in tho evening. The extra watchmen are to be paid from the i.OOO appropriated, for by the terms of the resolution adopted by the council the mayor li authorized to spend it in any manner he deems best. COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION * Following Is the resolution: Whereas, at an early hour on the morning of October 1, 1910, the building- of the Los Angelea Times was destroyed by explosion and lire, resulting in the deplorable loss of the lives of innocont citizens and In a great destruction of property, and Whereas, the circumstances at tending the disaster referred to are such that the public interest Im peratively requires that the cause of the same be rigidly Investigated for the purpose of ; determining whether or not said disaster was due to criminal act, and If duo to criminal act, that the person or per sona responsible therefor be pun ished with the utmost severity, as the perpetrators of a heinous crime against society, and Whereas, this council believes that it has the united support of the citizenship of this city In put ting forth every effort within its power, if It shall appear that this calamity Is the result of crime, to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages. Now, therefore, be It resolved by tha council of the city of Los An geles as follows: That the sum of $25,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated from the general expense fund and , ordered transferred to the mayor's fund, for the purpose of providing for the Investigation of the cause of the destruction of the building of the Los Angeles. Times on the morning of October 1, 1910, and for the further purpose of taking such action as may be necessary to pre vent the recurrence of any similar disaster In this city, if such investi gation shall disclose that the de struction of said property be the result of criminal act; and be it further Resolved, That said moneys here by appropriated be placed In the hands of the mayor to be used at his discretion for the purposes aforesaid, and that the city auditor and city treasurer be and they are hereby directed to do all acts neces , sary to effect the appropriation and transfer of said sum of $25,000 in ' accordance with . this resolution; and be it further Resolved, That a demand in favor of the mayor upon the mayor's fund In tlio said sum of $25,000 bo and the same is hereby approved. MISFORTUNE One of Portland's Largest Clothing Firms Fails—Stock on Sale Tomorrow at 110 W. Third Street Having been forced through unfortunate business dealings to make an assignment »f their entire stock of high class mon's and boys' clothing, shoes, hats and fur nishings, the creditors of the Portland Clothing Co. have taken charge and will place on tnle, beginning tomorrow morning, this entire $50,000 stock in the sales rooms of the Continental Sales Co.. 110 West Third street, at about 23 cents on tho dollar. Tour opportunity to save—be on hand early, as sale will close In two days by order of creditors. Porosknlt underwear, 19c; 60c summe r hats. 15e; 26e hose, 8 l-3c; 60c silk host', llr; 13V»c black and tan hoae. sc. Mon'a SOc underwear, lOo; men's $1 broad ribbed underwear, S9o; $2.50 pongeo ■Ilk shirts, 08c. IIOVS SUITS—Ovor 3000 to select from : most all have knlckerbocker pants—J2 wool suits, 89c; $3.50 wool suits, $1.45; $4.50 wool suits, $1.95; $8 wool suits, $2.65; |7 wool suits, $3.25; $8 wool suits, $3.85; $I<> wool suits, $4.75; $12 wool suits, $5.00; SOc knee uants. lye. MEN'S SUlTS—Men's $12.50 suits, $3.8 6; men's $15 suits at $4.50; men's $17.50 ■ults at $ii.'Jj; men's $22.50 suits and UV« r oo*tl at $9.55: men's $27.50 suits and svercoats at $10.95; men's $30.00 suits and overcoats at $12.95; men's $25 and $27.50 ar»venette overcoats, hand-tailored and made for high class trade. In the latest pat ternß, $11.95. This stock Includes a few tailor-made suits and overcoats from Maw York's leudlng tallorß. MEVa CRAVENETTE OVERCOATS —Every one of the following Is a genuiiio Priestley wool coat: $12.50 Priestley cravenettes, $5.45; $17.00 Priestley cravenettes, $7.60; $20.00 Priestley cravenettes, $9.0(1; $85.00 Priestley cravenettes, $11.45. MEN'S lINDEHWKAR—Men's 50c undo rwett r. 19c; men's 75c balbrlggan under wear at 27c; men's fancy ribbed and combed silk laco weave underwear, $1.16; men's $1 lisle thread underwear at 45c; men's $1 natural wool underwear, 49c; men's |3 lambs' wool underwear, 9Sc; men'B $2 sl]k lisle underwear in the neodla stitch, tloi nen'a Porosknit, in long and short sleovu, ankle and kneo length, 59c; men's $1 broad ribbed underwear. 3Uc. MEN'S HOSE—2Oc fancy hose, 8 l-3c; 60c-75c fancy silk lisle hose, 25c; Jse wool hose, 12 'jc; 50c cashmere hose, l.c. MEN'S HATS—Men's $2 soft felt hats. 95c; men's $2.50 soft felt hats, $1.25; men's $3.50 soft felt hats. In black and fancy cojora, $1.75; men's $4 soft hatH, In the latest •tyles, $1.95; men's soft and stiff hats, in nobby styles and shapes, $2.45. NECKWEAR I'Oll MEN—Men's 16c bow ties, sc; men's 76c and $1 fancy four in-hand ties. 25c. MEN'S PANTO—Men's $2.50 cheviot pants at $1.45; men's $3 worsted rants at 11.85; men's $3.50 worsted, fancy, at $1.85; men's $4.50 hand-tailored worsted, $2.25; men's $5 and $6 pants at $-2.76; men's $8 and $7 pants, hand-tailored and fancy pat terns, cut to fit. $2.95. MEN'S OVEKSIIIKTS—S3 pongee shirt, at $1.25; 268 dozen golf shirts, 39c; $1 50 evershlrts, nobby patterns, at 65c; $2 shfrts, in fancy patterns and coat styles. 950. MEN'S SUSPENDERS—Men's Presldentstyls suspenders, 19c; men's 60c suspenders, 25c; men's $1 fancy silk suspenders. 45c. MEN'S HANI>KKI«'IHKK8 —10c white handkerchiefs. sc; 15c white linen handker jhiefß, also fancy colored border, 6 l-4c: Jsc linen Inuiilkeichiefs, 8 l-3c; 60c handker :hlof«, 19c. , 1 MISCKIXANKOUB—HIIver collar*, sc; 25c garters, 9c; arm bands, 6c; men's 12Hc handkerchiefs. sc; 75c caps, men's and boys', 25c. MEN'S SHOES—Men's $3 shoes, $1.45; men's $4 shoes, $1.95. UO W. THIRD ST., BETWEEN MAIN AM) SIMUNG. Home of Gen. H. G. Otis in the Westlake District, Beside Which an Infernal Machine Was Discovered ,^,j^^Ks^^^^J^pXJ/^^pfiMJPj^^^RjM^f^KK^^^M^^JpjfßfcTT^^S^Pjftjfa^M^^ ya* 1 . ■'/.--- '- . . % .-.-.-.'..'"'-'-■■ j' "■ ..■...■■!.■, . .'■,■■■ .' ;■. -', r' ■ y' .\, - --j*^ ■!^Bfc^hVi* •'•^ l "'■ ■' '*' r^l-"^1 .^ -' Aftt ft j^ f^^jJfaFj'Mtff jm^MwJM^m(^BSH General Otis Mourns Death of His Faithful Employes IN the early morning of October 1 the startling tidings of the terrible the cause of industrial freedom reached me while en route home from conspiracy against The Times, myself and my loyal co-workers in the City of Mexico. I knew well enough beforehand the desperate nature of the conspir acy against my newspaper and the desperate character of some of the conspirators; yet I could not believe, until I was forced to believe, that they would go to the extremes to which they did go In the use of dynamite, resulting in the blowing- up of the building and its subsequent destruction by the resultant conflagration. More than all else do I deplore the sad loss of life. I, with my co owners in The Times property, can endure the physical loss which the destruction of the building involves, with its expensive plant of modern printing machinery and all necessary accessories of an up-to-date Amer ican newspaper. We can stand this loss with comparative complacency and with the courage and endurance of men who know what It is to meet the ordinary disasters of business life. But we are overcome with sad ness by the fact that so many of our loyal and faithful workmen were slain by the hands of conspirators and assassins, for this Infamous deed was, in fact, an act of assassination. We can repair the physical dam age done and restore the great property destroyed, but we cannot restore life taken away. And this Is the great burden which weighs on our hearts In the face of this frightful calamity. The conspirators have blown up and destroyed The Times building and wrecked Its splendid plant and printing machinery, but they have not destroyed, and cannot destroy. The Times, nor the spirit of The Times, nor the principles for which it stands and will continue to stand. We shall go on fighting for these principles, contending steadfastly for liberty under law and for the priceless cause of Industrial freedom. This cause will never lack defenders, and among these defenders the editor and proprietors of The Times are proud to stand in the foremost ranks. We will continue to stand there until the end, firm in our belief that this cause must ultimately prevail, not only in Los Angeles, but throughout the state and the country, for it Is a cause not to be abandoned or sac rificed and to surrender It to conspirators, bomb-throwers and anarchists would be impossible to brave American citizens knowing their rights under the constitution and the law and determined to protect them at all hazards. So the battle must go on, and we, who are in the midst of it, are profoundly confident of the ultimate outcome which will surely be complete triumph for liberty under law and for the cause of freedom In the industries, which is altogether as sacred as is political freedom, re ligious freedom or personal freedom, none of which can be sacrificed without leading to the final destruction of the Republic. The work of physically rehabilitating The Times, already begun be fore my arrival home yesterday afternoon by my brave, efficient and faithful associate, Harry Chandler, will be continued until the establish ment is once more complete, full-fledged and panoplied for the war which we are determined to prosecute, so long as life last.a, in defense of the great principles for which the Los Angeles Times and its responsible own ers stand and will continue to stand. I want to express here, at the very earliest moment possible, my pro found gratitude to unnumbered friends in the state, in the county and In the nation, who have already conveyed their sympathy to us in multi tudes of warmly worded telegrams and in countless oral expressions showing the profound and deep-seated sentiments of good will which they bear toward my newspaper, myself and my co-workers In its pro duction. These expressions of sympathy impel us with the more profound determination to go on in the course which we have marked out for the Los Angeles Times and for ourselves as its responsible conductors. HARRISON GRAY OTIS. DECLARES CHARGE 18 ABSURD SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. I.—Andrew J. Gallagher, secretary of the San Francisco labor council, in a statement today characterized as absurd the charge that the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building was the result of a plot laid by industrial enemies of that paper, and expressed deep sympa thy of the union men of San Francisco fur the families of the victims. J.US ANGELES HERALD: SUJNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1910. EXPERTS WILL PROBE THE TIMES EXPLOSION Mayor Alexander Appoints Com mittee of Specialists to Ex amine Cause of Disaster A committee of experts on explosives, appointed by Mayor Alexander, began the work of investigating the caUM of the Times explosion early yesterduy afternoon. The committee Is composed of Frank A. Garbutt, an explosive expert; William Mulholland, who has handled explosives very largely in his many years of engineering work: E. H. Fosdlck, chemist and formerly con nected with tho California Powder company; Charles Wellborn, police commissioner; Z. dishing of the Du pont Powder company, Gen. O. J. Sweet, formerly dynamite expert of the United States government, and John Carman. This committee was instructed to do everything- necessary and spare no reasonable expense to determine what caused the explosion. The money to finance its operations will be taken from the $25,000 appropriated by the council yesterday. R. H. Manahan, city electrician, was instructed by the mayor to string electric light wires so that the work of excavating the debris could go on during the night. The mayor said there had been many offers of help and teams, and that work would be prose cuted until the bodies were taken from the ruins and the cause of the ex plosion determined. . BUILDERS' PUBLICATION TO CONTINUE, SAYS ILES Harry lies, editor and owner of the Builder anil Contractor, whoHe plant and office in the Baumganlt building, adjoining the Times building, were de stroyed, stated last night Unit there would be no cessation In issuing the trade publication. Offices; havo been taken at 115 North Broadway, directly acioss the street from the former loca tion. The regular daily issue will be gin again Monduy, and the weekly issue Will be made Thursday us usual, through the use of the various printing and publishing shops In the city. SHOOTS AT TWO SUSPECTS NEAR TIMES AUXILIARY What appears to have been an at tempt by two men to blow up the Times' auxiliary plant at College and San Fernando streets Saturday morn- Ing about twenty minutes after the wrecking of the Times building was thwarted by C. J. Johnson, 1462 West Pico street, who was on duty as night w.atchman at the Baker Iron works, near by. The night watchman fired two shots at the fleeing men. According to the watchman's story, on hearing the detonation of the ex plosion at the Times building, he went outside of the Baker Iron works en closure and started south on North Broadway, Intending to circle the com pany's property to see if everything was all right. "I had proceeded but a short dis tance down College street," said John son yesterday. "As I came to where the alley behind the Times linotype school building intersects College street I distinctly heard a noise like the tapping of a pick or a hammer coming from the alleyway, which was rather dark. "As I started toward the alley to investigate, the sounds stopped and two men suddenly darted out into the alley, running south at a good speed. "I shouted to them to halt several times, but they paid no heed to my commands, bo I flred at them twice. But the alleyway was so dark that it made accurate shooting impossible. I doubt whether either bullet reached its mark." NEGRO 18 ARRESTED Owing to the darkness of the alley, Johnson was unable to get a descrip tion of the fleeing men, and on careful investigation about the building no trace of their work could be found. Officers working on the case believe' that the men were disturbed Just as they were commencing operations. Earlier in the evening Watchman Johnson noticed the peculiar actions of two men who seemed to be prowling about the North Broadway side of the works. These two men, Johnson be lieves, were keeping track of the movements of the guard within the works. About half an hour after firing the two shots at the fleeing men Watch man Johnson arrested a negro, who, when discovered, was hiding in what seems to be an old excavation for a building to the east of the Baker Iron works property where it faces on Col lege street, almost directly across from the point where the alley inter sects. The only explanation the negro gave for his presence at that unusual place at that early hour was that he was hunting for chicken feed. YOU CAN INTEREST HIM Any Man Over Fifty You can interest any man over fifty years of age in anything that will ttiake him feel better, because while he may not as yet have any positive organic disease lie no longer feels the buoyancy and vigor of twenty-five nor the freedom from aches and pains he enjoyed in earlier years, and he very naturally examines with interest any proposition looking to the improvement and preservation of his health. He will notice among other things that the stomach of fifty is a very different one from the stomach he possessed at twenty-five. That great est care must be exercised as to what Is eaten and how much of it, itnd even with the best of care there will be in creasing digestive weakness with ad vancing years. A proposition to perfect or improve the digestion and assimilation of food is one which interests not only every man of fifty but every man, woman and child of any ago, because the whole secret of good health, good blood, strong nerves, Is to have a stomach which will promptly and thoroughly digest wholesome food because blood, nerves, brain tissue and every other constituent of the body is entirely the product of digestion, and no medicine or "health" food can possibly create pure blood or restore shaky nerves, when a weak stomach is replenishing the daily wear and tear of the body from a mass of fermenting halt-dig ested food. No, the stomach itself wants help and in no round about way either; it wants direct, unmistakable assistance, such as ia given by one or two Stuart's Dyspepsia' Tablets after each meal. These tablets cure stomach trouble because their use gives the stnmuch a Chance to rest and recuperate; one of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contains di gestive elements sufficient to digest 3000 grains of ordinary food such aS bread, meat, eggs, etc. The plan of dieting- is simply an other name for starvation, and the use of prepared foods and new fangled breakfast foods simply makes matters worse, as any dyspeptic who has tried them knows. 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