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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

as 20. The fire was preceded by an eX-
pIosion on the second floor where the
composing room is located. The Times
employed nonunion printers. The plant
is estimated to be worth 100000 and is
a total loss.
The estimates of the loss of life are
between Is and 20. The flames follow
ed the explosion so quickly that those
in the building had little chance to es-
cape.
Many leaped from the windows and
were severely injured The building
burned rapidly and before many of the
inmates could reach the street it was
mass of flames.
erted on the mechanical department of
the paper and most of the dead and in
iured were members of this depart
ment At 2 O'Clock . injured had been
taken to the receiving hospital
says 1t Was Dynamite.
Managing Editor Harry z. Andrews
at o'clock this morning said:
''The Times building was destroyed
by dynamite this morning by the enc
mics of Industrial freedom. The Times
itself cannot be destroyed. 1t Will soon
be reissued from its auxiliary plant and
will fight its battles to the last
THE horror of the loss of life and
manning of men precludes a further
statement at this hour"
General Otis, owner of the Times,
will arrive home from Mexico this af-
Mr.. Andrews said that in his opin-
ion, the estimate Of loss of life had
been exaggerated.
Men employed in most of the de-
partments had I think chance to get
out through the front exits. do not
believe there were leo persons in the
building. I was not there. Mr.. Chan
1er the managing editor was not there.
Mr. Ven Bier. our city editor, got out
also Mr.. Whitney, our telegraph edl-
tor. / feel sure most of our men es-
caped'
According to another statement. the
6rst explosion occurred in an aleyWay
which separated the third and seven
story parts of the building. Friday
light being an unusually heavy period
81 fre Times something over 30 mer
we're at work on the Hnotypes anC
about 30 in the lad section. Because
Of the fact that so many extra mer
1-ere at work. it will probably be sew
a~oI davs before all are accounted for
IroYoe7i 7iateIy after the fire, heads O.
zaoarfnents and other employee!
o-afoered at the Herald office, Dlocl
5wav. At that time about f. Fer
sons were accounted tor-
Plant a Total Loss.
During the fire at the Times sew
al surrounding buildings were threat
ed INT hard work by the firemel
ea1Jed them The Times plant Is est1
ssted TO be worth over $500, 900 an'
is a total loss
i 1-be building occupied by the Times
,r...ro, nublishing plant is of brick
~ ae stories in height, an@ back o
. ,,-as a brick annex OF To suOrfe
snd a basement me Sd "a ue
tbhird foor of the main Ving an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

to take the other alternative and re-
duced maintenance expenses, taking the
money they needed from their proper
ty.
Meantime further advances in wages
have been made. The sWitchnen had
the first increase, which was granted
them by arbitration. Then the train
men and firemen got increases. Now
the conductors and engineers are ask
ing increases greater than have been
granted to any of the others. All the
| time railroads are being compelled to
pay more for material of all kinds, and
any increase in the amount of traffic
would not give the needed revenue,
since such increase would necessitate
expenses that would more than offset
the increased earnings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
UNCLE sam ACTS.
Demands Redres for Assault by Ber-
lin PoIiceOn Reporter.

Berlin, Oct. 7-American Ambas-
sador Hill, actinson instructions from
the state department at Washington,
called at the forign office today and
requested an iuuiry into the affair
and proper offisal redress for the as
sauIt made by te police on Frederick
w Vile, the correspondent of the
New York Tins during the coal
strikers riotinGlast Sunday night In
company with the correspondents of
the Reuter- THegram company the
New York Weld and Sun, Mr.. Vile
engaged in hi duties was watching
the police an rioters from a motor
car when tn newspaper party was
set upon by ne police and painfully
injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
PINCHOT'S FRIEND HERE.
Former Governor Of Hawaii Motoring
Around World.

New York. oct. George Robert
Carter, former governor of Hawaii,
and a Yale classnhte o. Clifford Pin
chot, is in New York City with his
family on the last stage of a trip
around the world, which they are max
ing by automobile The party came
from Europe by way of Quebec.
Accompanying them back to Homo
lulu is German chauffeur, who was
turned over to Mr. Garter by the Ba-
varian Automobile association when he
applied for 4 chauffeur who would be
willing to drive a ar on the crater of
Kilauea, the Target active volcano in
the world.
Mr.. Carter's automobile arrived on
the Baltic and thy will start west in
it shortly, so as t reach Honolulu in
January.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
lngeles Times Is Destroyed
This Morning.
ion Is Followed by a Fire
- Sweeps Away Plant.
| CtTnrN ARnDnAD
u of the Paper Unable
w Escape.
Many Injured Jumping From
the Windows.
BLAMES THE UNION.
Managers of the Paper Place
Crime at Their Door.
One of the Largest Nom Union
Offices in Country.
THE DEAD.

Harvey Q. Elder, assistant city edi-
tor Times; leaped from third story
window and died in hospital,
Charles E. LOvelace, country editor;
leaped from third story window and
died in hospital.
J. Wesley Reaves, secretary to As
sistant General MANAGER Chandler: be-
ieved body in ruins.
r.. L. Sawyer, telegraph operator,
aged 81, married, two children; body
believed in ruins.
Harry l. Crane, assistant telegraph
editor, aged So, married; one Child;
body believed in ruins. -
Los Angeles, Oct. 1.-The building
occupied by the Los Angeles Times
Publishing company was destroyed by
fire this morning and there was a
heavy loss of life, estimated as, high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Vanderbilt Cup Racers Leave a
Trail of Mangled Behind.
Speed Mad Drivers Court De-
StructiOn at Every Turn.
HITS A TOURING CAR.
Louis Chevrolet COllides With
Machine Along Route.
Occupants Hurt and His Me-
chanic Killed.
GRANT WON THE RACE.
Average Time for the 27S Miles,
65 Miles an Hour.
Contest Most Thrilling and Most
Fatal on Record.
Louis Chevrolet COllideS With
Machine Along Route.
Occupants Hurt and His Me-
chanic Killed.
GRANT WON THE RACE.
Average Time for the 27S Miles,
65 Miles an Hour.
Contest Most Thrilling and Most
Fatal on Record.

Long Island Motor Parkway, Oct. /.
With dead and wounded marking
nearly every mile of the course the
sixth Vanderbilt cup race closed today
with Harry Grant, driving a 120 horse
power Alec, a winner by the narrow
margin of 25 seconds. Joe Dawson,
driving a Marmon, was second, one
minute and six seconds ahead of John
Aitken in a National.
BY his victory today Grant repeats
his exploit of last year, when he cap
tured the cup in a car of the same
make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

members of the Typographical union
employed on the paper.
General Otis was absent from the
city when his newspaper plant was
destroyed. He is on his way back to
Los Angeles from the City of Mexico,
whittier he went some weeks ago as
representative of the United States
government by appointment of Presi-
dent Taft to the Mexican Centennial
celebration. General Otis is due to ar
rive in Los Angeles today. The build
ing in which the Times was housed
was of stone and brick A part of it
was of four stories of stone and was
built in 1887. Six stories of brick were
added later. The American Engrav-
ing company the American Electrical
company, both subsidiary panies of
the Tines Mirror Printing company,
were housed in the building. Mr..
Chandler estimated the financial loss
at $3.50, 600, with insurance of S225, 900.
The dead and missing come princi-
pally from the composing room of the
paper, which was directly above the
spot where the explosion occurred.
Most of Writers Had Left.
In the local room of the paper, all
/ the editors and reporters had gone
home, with the exception of two or
three men. Assistant City Editor
! Harvey c. Elder was still on duty.
I When the explosion came and the
! flames shot up through all parts of the
attempted to escape. Finding exit by
! the stairway shut off, he ran to the
windows, which opened out from the
! third floor on Broadway. There was
no fire escape there and. hemmed in
] by flames, he was forced to jump. Fire
men below held a net. but he missed
it and struck the pavement. He died
soOa afterWard.
! Night Editor Taggart was at work
/ in the composing room. He leaped
! through a window and made his way
! out across the roofs Of adjoining
| buildings to safety.
The entire force of editors and op-
! orators was at work in the telegraph
! room except Telegraph Editor R. \.
/ Whitney. Harry L. Crane, the assist
ant telegraph editor, was seen at
/ tempting to make his way out of the
! build Ms He was not found among
! the survivors. Several men were seen
! by spectators to come to the upper
/ windows a few minutes after the fire
broke out and cry for help. The fire.
men failed to get their ladders up
! quickly enough and the flames burst
out below them. Nets were stretched
/ and those ct the windows We're urged
to jump. Many did and alighted safe
ly. Others hesitated and fell back in
! to the flames.
Foreman CraybiIl OF the composing
room estimates that there We're about
! 115 men in the building, SIS of whom
were in his department. He saws 1 9
Of his men were killed and the fatali-
ties in other departments totaled about
the same number.
About Is men We're in the stereo-
, typing department, but ali are believ-
ed to have made their way out.
H. D Sailada, in charge Of the
proof room. located. next to the tele-
Ii Continued on Page Four.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
ST. JOE GETS JOLT
q. S. Census Shows That CITY
Has Lost 25, $40.
Population Of New Mexico Shows
81 Per Cent Increase.

Washington, Oct. L Population sta
tisties as enumerated in the thirteenth
census were made public today for the
following places:
st. Joseph Mo-. 77,4OS, a decrease os
25,576 or 24S per cent over 102,979 n
$500.
Shawnee, Okla. 12.474. compared with
1852 in 1900
The population of the territory of
New Mexico is 327, 1856, as enumerated in
the thirteenth census, according to an
nouncement of Census Director Durand
today.
This is an increase of 1921 o86 or SIC
per cent over 1858 in 1900 when the
twelfth census showed an increase #
81, ,S54, or 246 per cent over the previous
ten Years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

The winners time for the 27S.0S
miles of the course was 4 hours. 5
minutes and 5S seconds, or an aver
age of 65 1-5 miles an hour, a new
American record.
The race was marked by fatalities
second only to the Paris Madrid race.
Harold Stone of Los Angeles. driver
OF Columbia car, suffered probably
fatal injuries in a crash soon after the
start. Both legs are broken and he is
injured internally. At the hospital it
was said his recovery was doubtful
Charles Miller, mechanician of the
Marquette-Buick car, driven by Louis
Chevrolet, was instantly killed in a
collision with a touring car along the
route. Ferdinand D'Zubia. New York
manager for the Pope Hartford com.
pany, was killed in a smashup while
on his way down to the race. The
number of accidents short of fatalities
ran to scores.
From sporting point of view the
race was thrilling. There is no doubt
it will go down in the annals OF auto
mobiling is the most hotly contested
long distance event ever had over open
country roads.
A Revolving Spectacle
Judged by its cost in killed and
manned, however, the race was a. re-
voting spectacle and a severe arraign-
ment of the manner in which it was
conducted.
Louis Chevrolet, No. 2. in a Mar
quette-Buick, stalled his motor at the
line but before Jardine could pass him
in the Royal, he had the engine sput-
tering again and was off
The last car hardly disappeared
| around the far turn a quarter of
mile away when the cry "Car coming
announced the completion of the first
II mile lap. Almost together the No.
National, No. 2 Lozier and the No.
| 3 Buick passed in a cloud of dust In
| rapid succession came MitcheIs Sim
| pick No. Z. which had passed both
| Nilson's Oldsmobile and Beardsley's
Simplex. The Helms Benz No. and
Athens National No. 10.
There was wait of few minutes
and reports of mishaps began to ar
rive. First, Scheiher's Jackson pulled
up lame in front of the repair pit
Then Hanshue stopped to repair the
| carbureto of his Apperson.
On the second lap, Wishard's Mer-
| cedes had to change a tire and drop
ped back from fourth position to sew
enteenth.
] No. 2 Lozier. driven by Ralph Null
ford, was leading at the time. going
| steadily at a SIS mile an hour gait,
] closely pursued by Mitchelfs Simplex
and Athens National
/ Louis Chevrolet, the French driver.
shot by on the third round going at
terrific speed. From fourteenth posi-
| ton on the second lap the Frenchman
worked up to ninth on the third round
and sixth on the. fourth. His = et2-
CContinued 9as Na9pv1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
vOLIvA IN CHARGE
Takes Charge of Zion City as
DOwie's Successor.
Places Loan OF 100000 With
Chicago Firm.
ON THE OLD BASIS.
TArms EnfOrcnd hu the Form OF.
Terms Enforced by the Former
Leader to Be Followed.
Residents Must Not Use TObac-
CO, Liquor, Pork Or Oysters.

Chicago, Oct. Wilbur Glenn
Voliva, successor to the late John
Alexander Dowie, will take possession
of Zion City as overseer today under
the terms Of an agreement with the
receiver of the estate. By the pro-
visions of the deal Voliva makes a loan
of 100000 from a loan company of
Chicago in return for which he gives
a trust deed for 100000, the extra
100000 being a premium for financ-
ing the deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
TAFT N new YORK.
President VIII Make Speech There
Tonight.

Wasfagton. Oct. President Taft,
after bending six days at the White
Houst left here at 10 O'Clock this
mornig for New York, where he will
make political speech tonight. Leav-
ing NV York at midnight tomorrow,
Taft i'll proceed to Beverly, to remain
thereunt1 October IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Death HOVERS over TRACK

mined whether indictments for perjury
Will properly lie.
JOHN A HARTIGAN,
Insurance Commissioner of Minnesota
JOSEPH BUTTON,
Commissioner of Insurance of Virginia >
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01

Vhe business office on the ground floor.
ATae annex contained the presses, limo
types, big job printing plant and the
Tines school for training linotype
operators. The Times employed nom
union printers and maintained a large
battery of linotypes for teaching and
training operators in the use of the
machines.
List of Injured.
Among the injured taken to the re-
ceiving hospital were the following:
S w Crabiu, foreman composing
room, severe burns.
Randolph Rossi, linotyper, jumped
from second floor; severely injured
Many others injured were taken to
other hospitals.
Within few minutes after the ex-
pIosion the police arrested two men in
the Broadway tunnel, two blocks north
of the Times building, and they are be-
ing held for Identification.
The police had their fire lines
stretched around the zone and re-
serves we're soon patrolling the dis
trict armed with riot clubs, but the
half cIal crowd which silently watch
ed the Aames from the fire lines was
orderly and not an arrest was made
from amongst the crowd.
The Times was established III 1881
and General Otis purchased the paper
six months after it started. For TWEEN
ty years the paper and its owner have
been engaged in a bitter war with labor
unions, starting with a strike by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
BRADLEY IN new YORK.
Declares He Is Forever Through
Financing Polar Expeditions.

New York, Oct John r. Brad
ley, who financed DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks polar expedition is back in New
York City, after three months shoot
ing trip in the Rocky mountains. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-01
Mercury Back to SIS Degrees.

The mercury got back up to IS de-
grees this afternoon beginning the
month just three degrees behind the
last of September The hot weather
continues to hang on in spite of the
recent light frosts. The forecast is for
fair and warm weather tonight and
Sunday though the eastern part of the
state will be cooler tongiht than for
several nights past. The wind is blow
ing ten miles an hour fro mtfe south
east Hnurlv teTnnera lures.
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Continued on Page Four.1
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01
srpIRCARGo BAILINcER.

There wns. In ancient times, a cer-
tain Undesirable Cltizon named Jo-
nah, who came TO be regarded some
what in the lisht Of a hoodoo. and
was accordingly boosted over the
gunwales Ia form a liaht but indiges-
tible lunch for a great fish, sometimes
enormously referred to as a whale.
In modern times there II a gentle
man named BalllnRor who might. with
profit. devote his spare time to n pc
ruaal Of this interesting nature taking
nnnedotr from the Scriptures. Tho
Now York World has The following
piths little p%arnsrnph:
Il have no intention OF reslgning.''
says Secretary Ballinger. Possibly
not. our hut guess " NAT Mr., Balm
ger VIII resign. 10 matter how elo-
uucntly he Is indicated by the report
of the investigating committee. II
cannot afford to have generals who
are unlucky.'f said Napoleon. Mr..
pailinger Is unlucky aud an uuiucky
cabinet officer Is an unnecessary load
for any administration to carry in
definitely"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01
THE AIBuouERQuE CREED.

believe in Albuquerque, a city
with a bigger and greater tomorrow.
believe that from the seeds. We
now SOW we shall one day reap.
/ believe in the curse of knocking,
In the efficiency OF boosting, in the
dignity Of doing. in the Joy Of build
Ing. though for others.
| believe in the stability OF Albn-
qucrqno as shown IN her schools ia
her churches. IN her homes. and in
her daily business life.
/ believe in the men and women
that have made the Albuquerque Of
today and IN tho boys and girls. The
men and women OF the greater Albu-
querqun OF tomorrow.
I believe In New Mexico With her
fertile valleys and hor mineral ribbed
hiile. IN her health giving breezes,
and her cloudless skies.
| love her past ana the record she
has made, / believe IN her present
with its duties and obligations. ! have
faith In her future with lts oppor-
tunities.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01

while conservation Is tho topic of
tho day. ihorc are many who are led
40 reflect ON the proposition that 81 BE-
time ia conserve the taxpayers coin.
In an this fuss among the middiemen.
the trusts. the manufacturer. the rail-
road mAgnates. the housewives and
the harassed consumer, as to who r.
r.ails responsible Tor the hiEn cost Of
living the fact that the American poo-
ple arc spending seventy emit out OF
svory dollar 90 Keep up "a naval proc
cram COSTING si3i.0 600 600 n year is at
least worthy of a moments casual
consideration. or course b BE- difficult
i'm q country where the john boat IL
thc highest type OF naval construction
and thc only breakers break out of ana
rrtesian wen 10 hold an unbiased Nie"
81 the necessity iof naval eNpenai-
lures GA such q tremendous scale.
where wo need our funds So badly a'
home il is hard 10 work up n proper
enthusiasm Tor handing il over 90
Uncle sum Tor Dr~eadnauEhts
Anyhow. there are two Wei dc'ei-
cned sides 20 the question. Ana tne
New york Esenlne Post handles one
SIDE of Il im IN illuminating manner as
follows.
Talk about the conservation OF M
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01

The pecos valley towns are well in
the lead with the standard Of work
| done By the public schools. The Carls-
bad Argus says: This issue Of the
Argus is devoted mainly to the
closing exercises Of our public schools,
and IN the estimation Of the editor Is
| the best advertisement tho town hns
| received since the like went Of last
| year. Few II any towns in The ter
tory can boast such elaborate exer-
cises as marked the closing OF our In
stltutions Of learning, ana 10 say that
they reflect great credit upon the
teachers ana faculty Is just to the
Woodworking men and wome who
have brought the school to the high
standard Il enjoys among like institu-
lions IN tho southwest. ON another
page Of this issue viii be found a re-
uort written by the superintendent.
Prof. ". l.. Griffin, ana from II may
be learned more than the editor could
write. consequently he invites all in
teresied to read It carefully, and from
Il viii be gained nm idea Of the prog
ress made in our public schools dur
Ing his incumbency. Among tho pub
lie schools of the territory those OF
Carlsbad no doubt stand near, II not
at. the head. ana the citizens of the
town take pride In the fact, and by
their support ana encouragement
make striving each year for better
mcnt a pleasure for the teachers ana
efficient school board
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01

tionai resources, Az earnest support
ers Of Mr.. Roosevelts policy we adj
init The folly Of expecting much from
Il when We are wasting sls4.000.0 900
a year on naval preparations that help
MS not a whit 20 keep the peace and
stimulate everywhere else on the globe
this stupid battloship crazc- Even IN
Brazil and Argentina they are now
building Dreadnaughts in rivalry Of
eaeh other. and IN fear Of our own
sea monsters. How about the waste
~ coke and coal, Of steel and iron. in
the construction and operation Of
these vessels? W. hear much about
tho need Of better waterways and i'm
proved social conditions. What would
not $4,000, 900 a year do for our in
ternal development? We forbear to
dwell on the vast benefits which
would rosult II this sum or even a
fraction Of It were devoted to scienti-
fle research or expended in the do
main OF education. Take the question
of good roads alone. Can anybody
doubt the enormous advantage 70 ag-
rieulturc and industry that would ac-
oruo If the government went into road
building on some such scalc2 1t
would get It's money back many times
over. Now II keeps ~ commission a
lot Of battleships that go to the scrap
heap after II dozen years-some Of
them were antiquated before they
were launchcd-nnd %withdraws about
10000 men from the producing
classos. And this IL called intclli-
gent, far-aightcd statesmanship.'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01
NOT A PICNIC.

George AIDE says that every man who
has not tried it believes that he can
edit a newspaper, write a comic opera
and manage q hotel You know y is
"a great American privilege that every
man has a right 20 his own opinions
lut That there IS no law TO compel the
people 70 respect them. The fellow
who holds 90 those three stipulated
beliefs has MO- sunday school picnic
in Ca red automobile ahead of him.
what he needs ls @ Mother Goose
story hook in eoiors with cloth hind
ing -Tucumcarl News.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01
90 AFTER the WATER.

The deep well fever Is az its height
I'm Eastern New Moxlco ana people
are just beginning to realize that the
desert is only the top Of a thin crust
over i%nexhaustiblc supplies of aqua
pura which viii one day make the
desert q mere bllstcrlng memory. Tho
Tucumcnri News says,
Now s. the best time in the world
% push the deep well proposition IL
viii cost only n modest sum TO lind
out what Is beneath ms. If indlca-
lions are not entirely d%eccivlng tho
odds are in our favor for attesiah
winter within one thousand feet. Ar
tesian water or OH means untold
wealth for the Tneumcari country It
is certainly worth the effort