The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. S.--Three
hundred men digging INCREASINGLY for
thirty hours into the debris OF the
wrecked Times building have unearth-
ed five of the nineteen bodies buried In |
the ruins The shovel brigade is still
at work, aided by huge railroad
crane and derrick, which is lifting out
OF the mass, twisted remains OF heavy
steel.
In the meantime the police are
guarding the homes of Gen. Harrison
Grey Otis, proprietor of the Times,
and of Gen Manager Harry Chandler.
Guards also are watching over the
plants OF several concerns recently in
volved in strikes.
But three arrests have been made
since the explosion Saturday morning,
and one since last night, when an al
legged anarchist was taken into Gus
tody. In the hopes of securing infor-
nation as to the perpetrators of the
outrage, Mayor Alexander increased
the city's offer of reward today to S10,-
/ 600 y
This, together with the offers of To-
ca newspapers and labor organiza-
tions, whose leaders have announced
determination to assist in the search
! for the criminals, raises the total
amount of proffered rewards to $1S,-
1 500. The city's offer is intended to
tempt any one having knowledge of
dynamite conspiracy to divulge the
acret. There are no conditions.
Bodies Burned to Crisp.
4 The body of j. Wesley Reeves, sec
i retary to Harry Chandler, is the only
identified one recovered. Identity in
i his case was established more by the
place In which it was found than by
an evidence on the body itself II
!, was burned into fragments, and sc
were the four other bodies taken out
One of the bodies is supposed tc
: be that of Howard Cordaway, a young
stereotyper, who was caught, witt
many of the other victims, on The
!, stairs near the front of the building
f where the flames entrapped Chandler
, secretary Reeves body was fount
. lying beside the warped frame of
typewriter and the remains of hi
chiefs DESK down in the cellar, un
der what once had been the genera
managers office.
Mrs. Churchill Harvey Elder, wifi
of the assistant city editor, who die'
. of his burns and injuries, arrived from
San Francisco and shortly afterward
collapsed from the strain under whic
she has labored since learning Of tn
b catastrophe. She is in hospital in
n serious condition.
e John Howard, Jr., son of one of tn
y linotypers, whose body is believed t
Z, be in the ruins, also collapsed. Sine
e the morning OF the explosion he ha
e been watching the ruins and waitin
a for the shovel men to work their wa
3 to the body,
Inquest Set For Tuesday.
The inquest will be held Tuesda.
At that time the committee of dyn
!, mite experts and engineers appointe
by Chief of Police Galloway to invest
is gate the wreckage in an effort
learn the character of the eNplosiN
used, will report their findings. Ii
tie in the way of evidence that migl
n. lead to the discovery of clews h;
a been found Detectives have spel
le many hours investigating at the hon
a of F. J. Zeehandelaar, secretary OF Il
h Merchants and Manufacturers A
sociation, where an Internal machil
was found, but nothing tangible h
been found
es Among the remarkable escap
p- chronicled since the explosin and Fl
ID was those of George w Long and /
1t. crew of engravers. These men we
re on the sixth floor of the, building.
ed the few seconds intervening betwe
the explosion and the development
the building in flames, all these m
made their way to safety while t
re linotype men and the printers on t
in second floor were trapped by fire
u. perished
er Besides Long, the engraving cr'
he consisted of Hubert Bruce. Edwa
IN Bell, Harry Anderson and Char
Seboldt. All went to work at