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THE CITY Strangera arc Invltod to visit the aahlblla of California products at the Chamber of (ommprro building, on Broadway, between Firm and Rnrond streets, where free Infor mation will be *-iven on all subjects pertaln- Itit to this aectlon. The Herald will pay $10 in 'ash to any one furnlshlnv evidence thnt will lead to the arrest and conviction of any person taunht stealing ooples Of The Horald from the premises of our patrons. Membership In the I.oa Ancalea Realty board Is a virtual sjuarantee of reliability. Provision Is made for arbitration ot any differences bf-twei-n nmbirl and their clients. Acourate Infnrmstlon on realty matters In ot-ta^ns.ble from H.em V* lua' tlnns by a competent committee. Direc tory of members frne at the office of Her bert Purdett. secretary. S!!i Security rfulld- Inr. Rhone Broadway US«. The I.eital AM society at !83 North Main street In a charitable organisation main tained for the purpone of nHtn* In legal matters those unahle to employ mun»el The society needs financial assistance and leeks Informatlnn retarding worthy cas.s. Thnne Home A 4077: Main «3««. The Herald, like every other newspaper, I. misrepresented at times, particularly In eases Involving hotels, theaters, eto. The public will please take notice that every repre.entatlve of this paper Is nnulppe.l with the proper credential* and more par- TABLE OF TEMPERATURES Mtn. Atlantic City. N. J. "• Dolae, Idaho ?" llontnn, Mat* JJ™ Buffalo, N. V «'4 Clmrlt-ktoii. S. O. ™ OhloMO, 111 ••1 •>• Denver, Colo. ...; *JJ Dot Molnea, la ?, East port, Mi- jr.; <iillvciiton. Texn» '- ili-i.-im. .Mont *• KniiHitit City, Mo ™» Lm An K pl«». I*l 1' I .mi-, ill.-. Ky. i ™ Mi-iiiiililk, Trim • MontKnmrrjr, Ala »" New Orleans, I.a 74 Matt York, N. V JJ Norlh I'hilti'. Neb *» iil.inlioniii. Okla. ' '" Phoenix, Arli. '" I'ltlNhiiru, !'». •* Portland, ore ••■ »" ItalrlKh. N. C 5* 1.-: ai< I• 1 (it.v. S. D M 81. I.oulh, Mo 1° .St. Paul. Minn 60 Hall Lake City. Utah 84 Baa I'ranclHro, Cal so soiilt BtO. Marie, Minn .10 Kliprlilan, Wyo 43 -ii..i..-.:'i-. Wnah SO 1.1 i:i<i.i, riii. *" Toledo, O. "< Tonopah, Nev 61 \V»»liinict»n. D. C ■• '•'' «iiii.i,«i. >'. I) 811 \\ Inm-muri n, Nev ** WlnnlpeK, Man. 3'j AT THE THEATERS All>lTOKll M—nark llKl,\s< O— ■ 'Hrta." Bl KIIANK —"Wtn Knighthood Wu In Flowar." (•KAMI —"Tlw Cowboy and the Squaw." I.OS AM.tXKS—Vaudavllla. MA.IKSTH'—Dark. SI WlN—Dark. OLYMPIC—Musical farca. Oil I'll KlM—Vaude villa. PANTAGEl—Vaudeville. FBlMCßM—Musical fares. AROUND TOWN TO SPEAK AT PENIEL HALL Mrs. K. Thomas, en route to Korea, ■will make addresses at Penlel hall, 21!7 South Main Htreet, at 11 a. m., 2;30 and 8 p. m. today. TAKES PASTOR'S PLACE The Kpv. W. O. Wilson will preach at the University Methodist church at .... /**~a. m. today in the absence of the pas tor. The Rev. Ben S ott will occupy the pulpit In the evening. WILL ADDRESS STUDENTS President Benjamin Ide Wheeler will speak to the students at Occidental on Wednesday morning, October 5, at 11 o'clock. Presiuent Wheeler's * visit! to Occidental always attract visitors, and they are cordially welcome. BAPTIST CLERGYMEN TO MEET The regular meeting of the Baptist ministers' conference of Los Angreles and vicinity will be held in Kerean hall, Temple Auditorium building, to morrow morninfj at 10:15. The address will be given by Dr. J. Whltcomb Bmußher, pastor of the Temple Bap tist church. The subject will be "Pas toral Evangelism." New features for the conference for the new year will be discussed. CALIFORNIA MAN GETS APPOINTMENT TO CHINA WASHINGTON, Oct. I.—R, S. Reyn olds Hitt of Illinois, son of the late Representative Hitt, who for many years headed the house committee on foreign Affairs, was appointed United States minister to Guatemala today. i Frank E. Hlnckley of California was appointed district attorney, of the United States court for China. . «■ > ;; ■.' ■■' CITY BRIEFS Anyone going into N. E. Blackstone company's store need not ask why the happy look on their faces. We all know that it is because the fashion show proved a great success foi them. They sold some of their handsomest gowns and wraps they had on display. Everyone you meet speaks of the fash ionable gowns, wraps and millinery that the living model carried so beauti fully. All day long crowds of people thronged their store to get a glimpse of the Parisian styles. Can any woman afford to go without a facial treatment when Klanntgan & Griffith, 739 Soutli Broadway, will give one for 50 cents and treat the face for half an hour. Soft water shampoo with sun dry for 50 cents. Manicure, 25 cents. Is it any wonder their parlors are always filled? Have you seen the new hair dress? M. Frederickson of 743 South Broadway 1b Introducing the hair built low on tho neck with many loose, fluffy curls, mo->t becoming to all women. Remember, a facial massage Is what you need after your summer outing. If Florence Dear, who received word from a doctor that he was not at work, will set a place and time for an Interview, she can learn something that will interest her. Address Box 15, Herald office. Henry J. Kramer forms a Juvenile beginners 1 dancing class Saturday, Oct. 1, at 1:30. Adult beginners ; Monday evening, Oct. 3. References required. 'W. T. Woods will form a class for beginners in dancing Monday evening, October 3. 748 South Flruegoa street. Learn to make your own hats at a nominal coßt. Ryrd Millinery, 903 South Broadway, A 4728; Broadway 4825. City Steam Carpet Cleaning Works. Main 427; F6120. John Bloeser. Miss Groor, milliner^, 1202 South Fl gueroa street. F2137 Infernal Machine Found at Home of F. J. Zeehandelaar, and, Below, Photograph of Times Building in Flames ■Wt, .. cjT ..'^" *-- J"""''iiwniiin *■■-■- 'fflMV^a m " .. . t^^ -Ifc^^BiX IFHalf -V■'■;.?• 1 Bm[ ' "^WH ■::,; i J ■** j»ssJ!*U*^i- y / . ft. HfflPf T"^S 't,: wife — -^;- -^—L^^^^MMteiMiiMMittiiiiiiiwi^i"^/^ / MM*^ f v-,.;® WBfg& t ' ■■ >^V JDHBRP^ ■ • Jgt 1 IHi '** .' t ,m^ga W m HeHk, , SB *•. *■*, viS ; f JAmj^B gßfj "■"'TfiWHw" ■*. ..- KSk BOMB NEAR HOME OF GENERAL OTIS EXPLODES AND IMPERILS OFFICERS Attempt Declared to Have Been Made to Cause Death of Secre tary Zeehandelaar of Merchants & Manufacturers' Asso ciation by Means of an Infernal Machine (Continued from Faare On«» ropes would lean forward expectantly and Implore the nearest patrolman to lenrn If any bo fly hui boon found. Wliile the detectives were making investigations in an effort to find a clew that would lead to the apprehension of the persons supposed to have set off the chargo that wrecked the newspaper offlc; while laborers were hauling out the m::ss of wreckage, and while weeping relatives Of the missing men were Btandlng in the hot morning sun, a telephone mes age was received at the central police station to the effect tint a time bomb hud been found beneath the window of the home of F. J. Zeehandelaar, 830 Gotland avenue. HOUSEMAID DISCOVERS BOMB The find was made by a housemaid employed at the Z-e'nand.-laar home. The young woman saw a bundle that appeared to be newspapers laying against the south side of the house, directly beneath the window of the ro..m occupied by Miss Lois Zeehandelaar. The maid called to J V. Brinsham, a street car conductor of 811 Garland avenue, who was passing at me time. Uritigham took the package into the street and set it down gentry when he heard a ticking Inside the mysterious bundle. Detective Tom RK-o was detailed to make an investigation. He nur ritd to the place, opened the package, and disconnected a wire t. at was attached to a dry cell battery and a stick of 80 per c-nt nitroglycerine. Be neath this stick were arranged fourteen other sticks of the same stut- The clock and dry cell were wired to a small board. Tr.e al.irm dial showed that It was s>t for 1 o'clock. A piece of brass was attached to the key that regulates tho alaim, and was so arranged that it would revolve ami come in contact with a copper wire and complete the circuit to UW explosive. The clock was runnl <g. It evidently had been wound so. n after midnight, 'lhls was Indicated by the lact that it slowed the correct time. Such clocks run only twelve hours on one wlndlni;. Had it l een wound earlier it would not have been running when found. After Detective Rlcq had rendered the contrivance harmless he made an investigation of the premises and found that the screen covering a small ven tilating window in tho foundation of the north side of the house had been torn away. A search was made under the house but nothing was found. EXPLOSIVE TO WRECK BLOCKS Powder experts Inspected the ex plosive and declare 1 that it was enough to wreck the neighborhood for a radius of several hundred feet. The stuff with its wrapping oi cotton and paper was taken to the central police sta tion and locked in the office of the chief. Later the latter was warned that the explosive was dangerous and a representative of UK company that man ufactures it advised its rcmovul to a place where it would not cause- damage. The chief, it is understood, refused to heed the warning and absolutely refused to remove the nitro-glycerine. He is said to have declared that there could be no danger and to have scoffed at the idea that the close air in the cabinet where it is stored would cause spontaneous combustion. The discovery of the infernal machine under some shrubbery within a few feet of the home of General Otis on W ilshire boulevard was made by a gar dener employed on the grounds. The man was working nearby when ho saw a peculiar looking object almost directly under the window of the room oc cupied by Ge.n. Otis. An investigation showed it to be a suit case of a cheap The police were notified and Detectives Home and Tom Rico were sent out to make investigations. Rico started to open the receptacle, but desisted when Home shouted to him to be careful. Rico then cut a slit in the side of the case and was about to rip out a piece of the pasteboard covering when he heard a cllekin? sound. He dropped the suit case in the street and then both men ran as fast as they could. ■ DETECTIVE HURLED TEN FEET They had gained a point sixty feet away when the thing exploded, hurl ing Home ten feat. Rico escaped, but Home was considerably shocked. Al though the explosion occurred more than a hundred feet from the home of General Otis several windows of the house and of other houses nearby were SmSoon afterward other detectives were detailed to assist In investigating the matter. After searching the neighborhood Detectives McNamara, Ingram and Zelgler arrested Martin Eagan, who is said to be a rabid anarchist. When taken into .-ustody Eagan, it is said, had several threatening letters in his pockets. The officers say these letters were torn as if the accused had made an attempt to destroy them when he realised that he was unable While the detectives have no evidence to connect .Eagan with the at temtjt to wreck the home of General Otis he is being held ort suspicion pend ing a further Investigation into the matter, bo far the detectives have been LOS AJNGELES E&RALD: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1910. unable to piece the torn letters sufficie thing written. - In the afternoon the force of laborers engaged in removing the debris was augmented by a larger force of 150 or 200 men. These worked in relays and alternated in taking the wreckage from the building and loading it on wagons to be hauled away. MUST BODI DISCOVERED Shortly before 9 o'clock last night the first body was discovered. It was lying near the-'center of the building near the elevator shaft, where most of the miss ing persons are supposed to have lost their lives. The body was beneath a heavy iron grating and chunks of brick were jammed Into the iron, making the task of extricating the charred form a most difficult one. By 9:30 o'clock the workmen finally succeeded in removing the debris that covered it and it was removed. A twisted mass of what once was a typewriter was lying on the body. This typewriter was recognized as that used by J. Wesley Reeves, sec retary to Gen. Otis, and the body is believed to be that of Reeves. The charred torso and part of the neck was all that remained, the skull evidently having been crushed by the iron grat ing and chunks of brick that covered it. When the news that a body had been recovered was learned by the watchers at the ropes— every one of whom had remained at their point of vantage without eating during the entire day— a rush was made for the building, and the police had great difficulty in keep ing back the throng. SEEKS BODY OF HIS SON Tears • flowed • freely when an aged man tottered toward the wrecked build ing and begged the officers to be al lowed to enter the ruins and search for the body of his son. "He kissed us good by Friday night, said the aged father. "Then after starting to leave he came back and kissed us again. Ho .seemed reluctant to go. We did not rest well that night, and my wife and myself awoke at mid night with a feeling that something fearful was impending. The following morning Howard failed to come home; then I learned of the disaster that blot ted out his life and the lives of his fellow workers." ,vi» Many escaped death as the result or peculiar circumstances. J. M.'Waity. an operator employed by the Postal Telegraph company, was on duty at the Times telegraph room. In com pany with Robert Sawyer, chief oper ator of the Times leased wire service and Harry Crane, assistant telegraph editor, he made his way to the front of the building immediately low ng the explosion. When they reached the stairway on the third floor Me Watty halted and declared that he was not going to leave without his coat. "I'm going back and get it, he an nounced. 1 AU, WITH CRASHING BLOW He was advised not to do so, but started back. Almost immediately the floors collapsed and Crane and Sawyer went down into the seething pit of flames to their death. MeWatty ob tained his coat, ran out on a flre es cape and made his way to the ground without being hurt. . your men who were on the rourtn floor at the time of the explosion climbed to the roof ami made their escape on Franklin street. The men, James Taggart, makeup man; Frank Sehutz, assistant makeup man; E. B. Richardson, assistant foreman of the composing room, and F. T. Richardson of the same department, were hemmed in by the flames which cut off their avenues of escape. They made their way to the roof and found a ladder. Just as they reached the ground on ntly to enable them to read every- Franklin street a man ran up to one oj ths party and thouted: "Do you see that man runningl east in Franklin street? Well, he passed me and said, 'I'm glad it is a success; let t'ne burn.' " The men attempted to follow the fleeing man but lost him in the sm ike that rolled in the street, obscuring the street lights. At midnight the workmen had no< found any traces of other bodies. They removed a great amount of debris, which was quickly taken away in freight cars furnished by the Los An geles Railroad company. At 12:30 o'clock this morning the force of laborers were marched to the central police station, where Jailer John Shand served them with hot coffee and sandwiches. The workmen will continue removing the wreckage until every body is re covered and the floor of the basement is reached. EDITOR TOLD OF FEARS DISASTER WAS IMPENDING Churchill Harvey Elder Strangely Forewarned About Explosion Churchill Harvey Elder, night editor of the Times, who died early yester day in the Clara Barton hospital from injuries received in the Times disaster, may have had a premonition six hours before the explosion that he would meet his death. Charles A. Elder, president of the Los Angeles Investment company, a distant relative of the newspaperman, and with whom he dined Friday even ing, said yesterday that Elder told him during dinner that it would nut sur prise him if the. Times were blown Up beoauad of the bitter light being waged with labor unions. Elder spoke several languages. He was educated for the ministry, but just before his ordination went on tin stage, where he achieved considerable success. As suddenly aa he adopted the stage he abandoned it to become the attache of a Herman consulate. He married the leading woman of a New York theatrical company. Together they went into newspaper work, for which he had a strong liking. Mr. and Mrs. Elder lived in Pa«adena two years at the Cofy, a Fair Oaks avenue bungalow, and were well known In social circles in that city. Elder was founder of the Whlttler News. He later worked for tli«> Loa Angeles Times. Ho left this city for Honolulu, where l>oth ho and his wife were members of the staff of the Ad vertiser, one of the largest newspapers In the Islands. They returned to Cali fornia. Mrs. Elder going on the San Francisco Chronicle as society editor and her husband resuming his position on the Times in Los Angeles. Mrs. Elder was preparing to Join her hus band in this city because of his Inten tion to remain here. Elder was a grand.son of Colonel Harvey of \\ hit tier, a. man of large commercial in terests. His mother Is a cousin of Ed ward E. Hale. "Did you observe that the expert Mrs. Shuffleton Insisted on having me for a partner?" inquired Mr. Moekton. "Yes." replied his wife. "Her skill is such that no one would play unless she consented to a handicaD"—Wash ington Star THE INJURED E. B. ASPINALL, 58, married, linotype operator, 971 Everett; cut over left eye and on nose, right wrist sprained and hand burned; taken home. G. L. ALLADA, 41, single, 1044 West Thirtieth, linotype ope rator; cut on right hand and burned on left; taken home. ALBERT G. SCHWALM, 35, single, 294 North Hill; small artery back of right ear cut, glass removed; taken home. U. S. G. PENTZ, 25, married, linotype operator, 912 West Third street; wrist broken in jumping from window; taken home. S. W. CRABILL, 45, married, foreman composing room, 557 South Fremont; left hand burned, slight cut back of right ear and on back of head; taken home. RANDOLPH ROSSO, 20, single, linotype operator, 654 South Chicago; abrasion left knee, contusion of right ankle, and right hand lacerated by glass in jumping from second-story window; taken home. D S DOUGLAS, 28, married, 344 South Olive street; small burns and abrasions over body due to falling embers; taken home. N. J. CORDORY, 28, single, broker, 1828 Gramercy place, right ankle sprained in holding net to catch men who jumped; taken home. . , G. F. LINK, 25, married, 1084 Lime street, Riverside, cut on head by glass, small piece removed; taken home. AUGUST KOTSCH, 48, married, compositor, 933 Everett street, slight burn and abrasions on wrist; taken home. CHARLES YON VELSEN, fireman No. 10, 34, married, lives near Second and Olive; cut on left hand; taken home. RICHARD GAFF, 33, married, linotype operator, 2110 Magnoua; left hand lacrated and right forearm abrasion in sliding down elevator rope. ... ■ M. WESTER, 40, single, 231 South Hill; cut on shoulder by-glass; taken home. „ . MRS. J. B. ULRICH, 33, married, 1726 Oxford avenue; felfrdown elevator shaft, tearing flesh from leg. FRED CAMPBELL, 35, single, a fireman, injured by falling walls, was later taken to Angelus hospital, where he is resting CHARLES E LOVELACE, editorial department of the Times, was removed to the California hospital. It is said he will re cover His injuries, consist of burns and a badly-bruised leg, suffered when he jumped from a third-story window. He is 38 years old and lives at 447 South Hope. WILLIAM LOTTA, 20 years old and single, also was taken to the California. He is a stereotyper and resides at 506 West of the injured were taken first to the receiving hospital, where three volunteer nurses assisted the regular attaches in car ing for them. —————————————— AGREEMENT WITH MAYOR REAFFIRMED BY UNIONS Organized Labor to Aid in Fixing Responsibility for Times Disaster At an impromptu meeting of many of the leaders of union labor in Labor temple last night the agreement en tered into with the mayor and the city council earlier in the day to call off the parade of union labor arranged for Monday night was reaffirmed and preliminary steps were taken to assist the authorities in establishing the re sponsibility for the Times faster "We deplore exceedingly the unfor tunate accident, as we believe it to be," said CM. Fielder, who was grand marshal of the proposed Pajade, and we offer our services to the public and the authorities in Invest gating and establishing the responsibility for the disaster. What steps will be taken toward offering a financial reward we ** We* havecalled off the parade out of respect for the dead, among whom were several union men, and in sym pathy for the bereaved. Immediately upon hearing of the catastrophe the general committee conferred, and that conference resulted in having the mayor and council called up and their opinion in regard to calling off the parade asked. .. "It happened that the mayor, the police commission, the council and the city attorney wore having a conference on the same subject at that time and the mayor upon receiving the tele phone message extended an invita tion to the committee to participate In the conference, which resulted In a mutual agreement to postpone the official of the metal strikers re- An official of the metal strikers re marked: , vYou can say that the metal strik ers unanimously Indorse the calling off of the parade." Fred Wheeler, president of the cen tral labor council and Socialistic can didate for the lieutenant governorship, who was present, made the following statement: "Immediately alter the news of the disaster spread thousands of unthink ing- people said, 'The unions did it.' This course of reasoning Is assumed by reason of the well known fact that the INTERESTING ROUTE?_?fJJ?yih '1 I santa CATALINA island HOTELS, CANVAS CITY AND ISLAND VILLA ARE STILL O EN leave Avalon 3:45 p. m. dally. BANNING CO., Agents Ma,'^r! 104 Pacific Electric Bldg. $25.50 PORTLAND $20.50 EUREKA $3.00 SAN DIEGO $10.50 SAN FRANCISCO S. KKSS-'ffif It „.„ w r[nTK Alternate sailings from San Pedro south every Monday even!',;; n^he^er^T^day^^.^OnrU PACIFIC STKAM.SHU' CO.. ■>. S. Spring .U Main 5115: F7480. j ~ HOTELS-RESTAURANJ^RESORTS Ye Alpine Tavern Situated on Mt. Lowe. A mile above the sea. American plan, $3 pet'day. rhni™ of rooms In hotel or cottages. No consumptives or Invalids taken. Telephone Pa"sen«er Dept.. Pacific Electric Ry.. or Time. Free Information Bureau for further Information. .._ . *-*s%tr> The accepted meeting place for delecate* to e».«ry r.»n»eollo» W UfL whlch lH he i d in the city. Entire basement 11. W. Jlelljiia» Bld«., Bi"i3tOl Fourth <*°d Spring. unions have for many years been at variance with the Times, and Immedi ately assume that any harm done would naturally come from the unions, their opponents. "But how about this? Not long ago a Republican candidate for governor made the most scathing attack ever heard against the Times in Los An geles, and, for that matter, there may be many other enemies of the paper. "Then why would it not be fair to presume that other enemies besides the unions were interested in the mat ter? "Neither of these suppositions are correct. Any man of ordinary Intelli gence would know that a wanton at tack would only 'cad to disaster. "We are not entirely foolish, and or ganized labor demands a fair Investi gation." Among the union men there seemed to bo a fixed opinion that the Times disaster would retard advancement of union labor in Los Angeles for many years to come, uniess it was shown beyond the shadow of a doubt that they were not Implicated in the mat ter In any way. M. & M. ASSOCIATION MAY INCREASE REWARD Business Men Plan to Prevent a Repetition of Explosion Indignation at the disaster to the Times building caused the members of the Merchants and Manufacturers' as sociation to hold a special executive session yesterday afternoon to con sider ways and means to prevent the possibility of a repetition of such a thing. Their appreciation of the horror of the affair was keen and their delibera tion as to prevention of such crimes was of the deepest nature. Their sym pathy with tho proprietors of tha establishment, the families of tha missing and the dead and with tho injured employes was decided. It is expected that they will take some action toward offering an addi tional reward which will materially swell the sums previously proffered by others for the detection and conviction of possible perpetrators of the crime. A large number of members of the organization were present, and they concluded the meeting only when the tlmo arrived for the train bearing Gen. Harrison Gray Otis to Los Angeles from Mexico was ruachel, when a large number of those in attendance sought the Arcade station and paid their respects and proffered *helr sym pathles. , 9