THE
VOLUME 44.
TWICE-A-WEEK GUARD
1
■UGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1910
Nominate John A, Dix Governor |
Loa Angele«, Oct. 1. The building and plant of the Lon An
gele« Time«, one of the best known newspupera in the South-
>we«t, of which General Harrison Gray Otia la editor and princi
pal owner, waa completely destroyed by an exploaion and fire
shortly after 1 o'clock today, reaulting in the death of upward
of twenty employee and a financial loaa of nearly half a million
¡¡¡t dollar«. The management of the paper laya the blame of the
■ explosion to the labor unions, with which organizations the pa-
■ per haa long engaged in a bitter warfare. It is charged that
■unknown parties act off a heavy charge of dynamite in the
■
blind alley
which ran into the centre of
the
building,
completely
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i wreching the interior and getting it on fire from roof to base-
* ment.
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The force of the explosion was terrific, and was hoard for
Bmilea, al! the windows in the vicinity of the Times building at
First street and Broadway, being shattered. Only between fifty
pint! 75 employes of the paper can be checked over, and it will
■not at once be known how many lives were lost. The response
I < he.ill-. <»1
pip r. unhiding Assistant Genci.tl fftlFUf TT
Harry Chandler, narrowly escaped death, many of them having
Be ft the building a short time before the explosion. The fire
'Spread throughout the building with amazing rapidity, and in
DUTSling ITOTH
the LUUIOV
course U4
of UUk
but it n lew
few BCCUI1U5
seconds VI1V
the IliHIlUB
flames WCFC
were bursting
from
■every window and door in the building and shooting high above
.♦■'the roof.
,,
i "• \ bcb I m . Od i
Atiiii
tloniil excitement was causad by
th« discovery of an infernal
ma« hin« under the residence of
S»i rotary F J. Zediandelaar,
of (pe Mer<h>il>t* A Manu flu
♦ been active In conjunction with
♦ turerà' association, who has
♦ th<- la>s Angeles Times in oppo
♦ sition to the labor unions. The
♦ machino was discovered by
Hendrickson,
♦ Special Officer
♦ who hid Instructions from the
♦ chief of pi li*« that the machine
♦ was placed lh<*re The machine
♦ was of the clock-work pattern.
♦I Th'- home Is BO I ho I ii I o J pince
♦ ■No arrests have been made. The
♦ deadly character of the bomb
♦ han l>eeii established by the po-
♦ Jlce and detectives. It couslst-
♦ ed of fifteen sticks of dynamite
♦ attached to a fuse with clock
-work attached to thia.
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||| VANDERBILT CUP RACE
Long Island Motor Parkway, Oct. 1.—With dead and injur
ed marking nearly every mile of the course, the sixth Vanderbilt
cup race was won today by Harry Grant, driving a 120-horse-
power Alco.
Joe Dawson, during a Marion, finished 25 seconds after
Grant and one minute and six seconds ahead of John Aitken in a
National. Grant captured the race last year in a car of the
same make.
The winner’s time for the 278.08 miles was 4 hours, 15
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j 58
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- 1-5 miles an hour a
minutes
and
seconds,
an average of - 65
HOW A VW Ä v*i *■. « un —
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new American record.
The race was marked by fatalities second only to the Paris-
Madrid race. Harold Stone, of Los Angeles, driver of a Colum
bia, was probably fatally hurt soon after the race started, and
his mechanician, Mathew Bacon, killed. Charles Miller, me
chanician for the Marquette Buick, driven by Louis Chevrolet,
was killed in a collision with a touring car on the road. Ferdi
nand D. Zubia, of New York, manager of the Pope-Hartford
Company,was killed in a smash-up while on his way to the race.
Henry Haggerdorn, a clerk employed by a local automobile
firm, who was watching the race, was killed by Joe Dawson s
car.
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The number of accidents short of fatalities ran into scores.
From a sporting point the race was a thriller, and will go
down into the annals as the most hotly contested race ever held
on the open roads. Judged by its toll in killed and maimed,
however, the race was a revolting spectacle, and is severely ar
raigned for the manner in which it was conducted.
♦ Morning Herald und th« Times aux-
♦. lllary plant.
♦
General Otis waa absent from the
♦ ¡city wh«n the newspaper was deslroy-
♦ f "I thia morning, and Is on hla way
♦ back to Loe Angele* from the city of
♦ I .Mexico, whore he went some wceka
Rocheater. N. Y., Sept. 30.—John ban$.
State Treasurer. John J. Kennedy, CITY WATER MAINS WIL
♦ |Ugo aa represeiitallvo of tho I nlled A. Dix. of Washington county,
was of Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany of Erie.
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♦ States government by apolntmeut of chosen for candidate for governor oil ¡leader, earlier In the evening.
SOON BE EXTENDED TO
Attorney-General, Thomas J. Car
♦ President Taft to the celebration of •*■-
the democratic
tonight
by * the!
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____________|»Jx Finally Yields
mody, of Yates.
♦ the Mexican centennial General Otia conference leaders, while 400 del«--*
State Engineer and Surveyor, John
ALL PARTS OF THE CITY
Mr. Dix f tonight
yielded
♦ I* du<- to arrive In I xm Angeles late K-'«M 9t the state convention waited |tatlon
leil(]pr
, and to a^ the
rM.d soli-j
to A. Benzel. of New York.
♦ *thla afternoon.
1
two hours In their seats for the for- r„n The reat of the a|ate wag arran.
Associate Judge of the Court of
♦ ' The building In which the Times mation of th« alat<.
ged. as follows:
Appeals. Frederick Collin, of Che Council Committee Reports on
1h** chief cause of delay lay In the
. . a
a r,
M I mung.
♦ was housed was of stone and brick.
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l-*e,,tenant Governor, Thomas F.
♦ part of the four stories high of atone, difficulty of filling the s««cond place.'
Necessary Extension,—
Glynn
Refuse*
to
Run
Hix stories of brick Mr Dix ha.l been *el.-< ted and the
of
Clinton county.
county,
♦ built In lit?
Ui Viiuiuu
Mr
G|j
nn refused
to
s accept the
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Glynn
refused
to
Pipe Bought Soon
♦ were added later.
other places on the ticket had been
! Secretary
. of
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, Edward Kazan- nomination for “ Controller.
State.
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' . and
Wil-|
The dead and missing come princi settled to the apparent satisfaction ski,
of
Kings
county.
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>v
1; Of Kloss ''Ol’t’ty.
Umu Sobmer. of New York, has been
pally from the composing room which of those w ho gathered in the rooms
Controller. Martin H. Glynn, of Al-1 substituted In
in his place.
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The matter of extending the city*
♦ was directly over the spot where the
water mains to different parts of the,
A number of
♦ explosion occurred.
city that are not now served was ta Ask the Interstate Commerce
printers and linotype o|>erators are
ken up at the council meeting last
missing and are believed to be bur
night. Chairman Garrett, of the fire
led
In
the
atm
burning
ruins
and
de
Commission to Inves
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦! bris. All but three or four of the.
and water committee, reported that
the committee had driven over the
et
bos Angele*. Oct. 1. The Times editorial staff had gone home, but ’
tigate
city and selected tue districts that
.♦■IMI iik »«» «quipped with Kns fit" the entire force of telegraph editors'
are most in need ot the main exten-j Action has been taken by the lum
tfop and the force of the explos and operators was nt work with the
sions. S. W. Taylor, superintendent I bermen
ion tearing these pipes Into bits, re- exception of one man who had just |
of Oregon to resist the new
of the water plant, was di> ycted by rate announced
' " the
■' building
‘
Those In the build-,
build
lOSs'-d the gas which was fnntantan- left
the Southern Pacific
the
council
to
make
a
trip
to
Port
tan*-. >usly Ignited tn every part of the ing niudo their way to the windows
to become effective on October 16.
land
to
learn
the
cost
of
mains.
It
(
♦sliding No other cause but that of wherever possible and some jumpcsl
the freight on rough green
is figured out that the extension advancing
to th« roofs of adjoining buildings,
tulle Is advanced by the wltnea-ito
lumber --- to A«- $5 _ Ä from
valley
planned
will
require
14,500
feet
of
,
-• Willamette
- to
- San
—
BM, except In th« case of the Western* Many j lumped to the street, but tome
mills south of «
Portland
Fran- c
4-inch
pipe,
3722
feet
of
6-inch
cisco bay points.
operator, William who had climbed to the windows
Union telegraph
'
3200
feet
of
«-inch
wood
pipe,
The Oregon & Washington I umber i.
Firmin,
Firmili. who atated he detected the were seen to fall back In the flames.
Los Angeles. Oct. 1.—An ex
stave pipe and 2000 feet of 4-inch
Manufacturers' association today fil
odor of gas throughout the building Owing to the wrecked condition of Steel Vessel Kulshan Meets Dis
Bingham
Named
for
Joint
Sena
plosion occurred In the vicinity
wood
pine,
to
cost
something
like
$8.-
ed complaint with the interstate
Mrller In the night and had called the building, many are believed to
of the residence of General B.
700. The total ‘ number of feet is commerce
have been unable to reach the w|n-|
aster at Deception
commission at Washing
attention to It.
Harrison Gray Otis, on Wilshire
tor
—
Numerous
Candi
23.422.
ton, D. C., asking that the new tariff
A few minutes lifter the explosion dows or other exits.
boulevard, this afternoon. It is
A resolution was presented
-------- by,^ suspended
suspenaea unm
nearing on the
until a hearing
The men In the pressroom In the
the poll..- arrested u man named
Pass
believed to have been a dyna
d«d hv
.. can • be - had,
- this
- - authority hav-
dates Voted For
Councilamn Ness, seconded
bv c.»r.
Gar- ----
merits
Harry Plake. who was making his basement all «»«caped It Is estimated'
mite bomb. No damage was
rett. directing the city treasurer to ing been vested in the commission by
I Way through the Broadway tunnel u that 115 men were in th« building' Heattie. Oct. 1.—The new steel
done excepting the shattering of ♦I The official canvass of the demo transfer
from the general fund of the a recently passed amendment to the
blocks distant. lie was locked at the time of the explosion.
steamer Kulshan, belonging to the
the limbs of the trees. The ex- cratic vote cast at the primaries a icity to the construction fund the sum interstate commerce law.
The Times employed two nlght- Puget Sound Navigation to., went
■P on suspicion. Another man nam-
plosion occurred directly across ♦, week ago today was finally complet- of $9,636.85. which is the balance
The vallev mill men who will be
ad William Irwin was arrested later watchmen but they saw u<> one aliout aground this morning at Deception
the street from General Otis' ♦ ed
afternoon. The
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---- work was due the construction fund on account affected bv the announced advance
' a*d taken to the station. The police the building to arouse their suspic Pass, It is feared she will be a total
police
are
on
residence. The
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VBW tedious
..u.v..«.«.a.
...... V,
more
than that
of aau.aasiua
canvassing of interest paid on the $300,000 of are surprised at the action of the
are without clues. however, as to the ions. One of the watchmen. V. B loss.
the scene and an investigation *1 the returns of the republican pri- bonds voted by the people for the Southern Pacific company, especially
is
Glaxler,
has
not
been
found
and
The
Kulshan
was
built
at
Seattle
Supposed perpetrators.
is in progress.
♦
* maries for the reason that the voters construction of the waterworks aya-jbecause of the fact
that _ the old
last sumnur for the Bellingham run.
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...J case.
E AssUtant General Manager Chand- believed to have perishM.
tern.
* instituted two years
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cast
their
ballots
for
numerous
men
Attempt
on
Branch
Plant
ago « for
the pur-
She
was
about
_
11B
feet
long
and
ler narrowly escaped with his life.
City
Limits
Extension
for each of the several offices. The
Assistant General Manager Chand valued at $150.000. The place where
, pose of preventing the $5 rate an-
Another Reward Offered
His office Is on the ground floor and
ticket as selected by the voters is as
The ordinance again submitting
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nounced ai
at mat
that time from becoming
he left a ,.-w minute. before the ex- ler Is authority for the statement the mishap occurred Is far from tel
San Francisco Oct. 1.—O. A. 1 follows:
| the extension of the city .’ limits to
toj effective,
effective is
)g still
stlll before the United
dlOhlon
He was accustomed to re ttiat a similar nttempt was made to egraphic communication, and tho Tveitmoa. secretary and treasurer of
suprenu- court
co>
Joint Senator, I. H. Bingham, of the voters was read and laid over states suprenw
on appeal, the ♦
gaining In the office until later In blow up the Times auxiliary plant vessel! was not equipped with wire the state building trades council, has Eugene.
until selection
a»i«w-tinn of
«» voting *' places
’•«'“• and lumbermen having
j won a complete
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vistory
in
all
the
Lower
courts.
th<- morning, but last night hl* wife laat night. One of Chandler's men less apparatus, but it is believed that offerej a reward of $7.500 for the
i
Senator, M. M. Peery, of Spring- judges of election could be made, viator,- in «n
■ in« for him and he went home ear saw two men attempting to climb to none of the passengers were injured. conviction of the perpetrators of the field.
Some one said that the property ow-| The ruling of the interstate com
~
the
roof
and
fired
two
shots
at
them,
The Kulshan was bound from Seattle Los Angeles Times explosion.
lier than usual. I. Wesley Reaves re-
Representatives, Russell Coleman, ners along Blair street objected to merce ,-uunnission
commission two
two vear:
years _ ago was
■itincd In the office and Is among the when the men fled. Mr. Chandler In to Bellingham with passengers.
of Coburg: D. R. Hill, of Junction being taken into the city until the to the effect that the’old rates of
terprets
this
second
attempt
as
fur
Later
advices
from
the
Kulshan
mi
Citv; D. M. Kemp, of Florence.
county Improves that portion of Blair g3
from points south __
of ____
Portland
ther proof of n carefully plnnned ef from Sandy Beach say It Is not be MANY BALES OF HOPS
wauu
('handler Accuses Unionists
On the
east
« side
ih « of
«« the
»»•- Willamette
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Clerk, Creed C. Hammond, of Eu street lying outside the present )im-. on
fort
made
Inst
night
to
destroy
both
lieved
that
she
is
seriously
damaged.]
the
east
Mr.
K Speaking of tho explosion,
its.
gene.
the
Times
branch
and
main
offlc«>s.
'
It
is
expected
she
will
be
floated
LOST
ON
ACCOUNT
OF
river,
and
$3.65
from
points
south
of
at
Chandler said:
Ali«celliin<*ou« Matter«
Sheriff, Harry L. Bown, of Eugene.
I’araile <'nil'll Off
high tide this afternoon.
Portland on the west side of the ri
■ "You can say for me there la no
An
ordinance
providing
for
the
Judge. G. F. Skipworth, of Eugene
ver. to San Francisco bay. should re
Mayor Alexander, of the city coun
DAMP RAINY WEATHER Treasurer.
doubt thia terrible outrage can be
J. M. Howe, of Eugene. construction of a concrete curb on
In eitect
effect "foT'at
tw years
-- rnaln
u.oiu m
tor at least two
lal<l at the doors of the labor unions. cil, chief of police and other muni AVIATOR MAKES
both
sides
of
West
Seventh
t
Commissioner, 8. M. Douglas, of !
street from October 15, the date of the rul-
While there has been a general re Springfield.
They h nve destroyed our building cipal officers met today with the rep-
from Olive to Blair, was passed.
1-
| Ing. The tariff published a few days
NEW WORLD’S r'CORD
port that the Oregon hop crop is of
.... ....... nud killed
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and plant
n number of our resentatlvcH of the labor unions, ami
Garrett moved that the mayor and ] ago by the Southern Pacific announc
Surveyor. Ralph Hunt, of Eugene.
men; we do not know how many, hut'll was proposed to cnll off the pro-
recorder
sign
the
contract
with
W.
O.
FOR
ALTITUDE
Coroner, W. T. Gordon, of Eugene.
the $5 rate, will become effective
tley cannot kill the Times. There Is posed labor union parade of Monday
Heckart for thw construction of the ing
1
immediately upon the expiration of
no doubt lint that tho explosion was In protest against the nntl-plcketlng
filter building, and the motion car the
Mourmelon, Franco, Oct. 1.—
two-year period.
caused b.v a charge of dynamite. Noj ordinance and other alleged antl-un-
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Wymnalen. the aviator, estab
the highest quality and that thef ried.
The
mills contend that ¡he
Other agency could have caused It.'Ion labor conditions existing in the
street committee recommend $5 rate valley
lished a new record for altitude
quantity* is good this year, the truth] ed The
will prevent them from dis
Oct. 1.
Th«rc* was no oil In tho building; wc* c ity It wns . ........ I such aHsemblage
at 9.121 feet. The previous re
a
walk
on
parts
of
Walnut
seems to have been withheld in re-j avenue and Garden street.
posing of any of their common grade
had no boilers to explode. There was In the midst of the present excite-1
cord was 8.409, made by the
Th*1 cnptalu mid two mates of
gard to the damage done to the crop*
lumber in the San Francisco bay
j^Ko gasoline In the pln< «. excepting a nient would be unwis«
late George Chavez, who was
tho bark Orion arraigned lu the
by the rains that occurred in the
market, as points with water trans
Bni ill i hi "i two In the composlngl
Rig R.-wnril Offered
killed in his flight across the
United States court at Boston,
middle of the picking season. Th« TEN PER CENT INCREASE
portation facilities have the advan
rfocoii
II I true the building was' The city <oun.ll voted a $27. uoo
Ai; s.
charged with l:n|x>rtlng 000 Af
Guar is reliably informed that In
tage of competition.
.•quipped with gas, but no explosion! fund to be use.I to inn down th« per-
rican negroes for slaves.
several of th« big yards in Une
The $5 rate places the expense oi
^■ krs <• mil I i . ivo caused It It was ev-' petnitois of th« alleged <li naniitlng
IN
POSTAL
RECEIPTS
county, and it is presumed the same
shlping the rough green lumber on
Meta, Oct. 1.—Aviator Haas wa
Ideally aimed to destroy the plant of the Los Angeles Times. $2500 of
condition exists throughout the val
an equal basis with that of dry and
Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
and kill a« many as possible of the which was made available aa a re- Instantly killed while taking part it
There was a ten per cent in
ley, nulle a large acreage was aban- ♦
finish«»d
material for which a much
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•ttiploye*. For years we have been re ward for the capture of the culprit a distance competition from Treve
Emrnn Nevada, reigning star
■ doned on account of the lice and the ♦ crease in the receipts at the Eu ♦ better price Is paid.
to Meta.
telling threatening letters from p«M>- I or culprits.
In opera, married tn Parts to Dr.
mould that were caused by the damp ♦ gene postoffice last month over
ple who said the paper ought to be
♦ the corresponding month last
Raymond Palmer of England.
weather
Blown up. I have not received any I
♦ year. The receipts in Septem ♦ COMMISSION HOLDS
Signor
Salvlni,
the
Italian
trage
At
the
big
Seavey
yard
northeast
1
Cch letters Intely, nithough I have I
♦ ber this year were $2672.23, as
of
the
city
it
is
said
that
at
least
dian.
acted
as
best
man.
UP LUMBER RAISE
d sevqrnl telephone calls In the
♦ compared with $2415.20 during :
. 200
w bales
wreeav cv were
ox iv n abandoned
li.l UUt'lirtl Oil
on tUt*
the| I *
Stock
quotations:
Chicago,
r,‘' "pe,<* threatening us with ■’
September, 190», an increase of ♦ ♦
vlnp«. and In the old Cheshire yard
Washington,
Oct 1. — The
Rock
Island
and
Pacific,
118;
Metructlon.”
Io
$257.13.
Kvsry snbarrlber to the Weekly «ward who pays oae year la sd-
♦ ♦
<>b F’atterson Island probably 60 bale: tt>ttttttt>tatlaaaaaaaaaaa
T Interstate commerce commission
Illinois Central. 132; New York
Has Aiivlllary I'latit
1 < > vaare <S1 .SSI will receive the Oregon Agriculturist free for oae year.
were left on the vines. Other yards ********************♦••♦♦♦ ♦ today ordered the proposed In
Two veara ago, In anticipation of
Central. 9lA rullman Palaeo
report the same condition.
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Thia Is one of the beet farm, fruit and livestock papers In the
. Just such a thing ns occurred this , >
The nine largest cities are New *♦ crease of freight rats« on lum
Car. 129; Western Union, «9;
However, the hop men are mak- York.
Chicago,’ Philadelphia,
Pniiad 12
St. J ber and forest products gener
■fo iling, the Times established an < • Northwest and Ita matter la well aelected and thorouahly reliable. If
—*t. Chicago.
F'
American Express, 99; Crude
Ing no great complaint and the crop Louis. Boston. Cleveland 1. Briii
ally from the PacIHc Northwest
♦RxIHary plant, equipped with lino- J * la n splendid paper for the farmer.
Baltimore.
Oil. 101.
• ♦ to points of E . -teni destination
Is as good as »he average. This year Pittsburg. Detroit,
in the vawava*
order Tiiiiii-
ijn'« and pleases, and the paper was
__ , __
nani-
all
the
growers
picked
clean
and
will
ed.
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suspended until ’-ebruary 1,
|S$u<-d today from the plaftt of the
with Buffalo and San Francisco
receive a better price as a result.
1111.
candidates for the tenth place.
LUMBERMEN WILL
EIGHT PROPOSED
RATE RAISE
♦
RESIDENCE OF
CANVASSED AND
RESULT KNOWN
TOTAL LOSS
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FARM PAPER FREE