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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
WVESTNATORS SEARCH FOR TRACE OF MISSING LAJNC
|KATE'S CARGO MYSTERY
WAS IT EXPLOSIVES.

Was the explosive used by the Los
Angeles dynamiters taken from here
to San Pedro on the gasoline
schooner Kate?
The cruise of the Kate is one of
the as yet unsolved mysteries of the
local water front. SO far 1t Is only
the fact that the Kate took out
clearance papers at the custom
house on the same day that the dy
Mantle was delivered to the launch
Peerless that suggests any direct
connection between the Kates
cruise and the blowing up of the
Los Angeles Times building. There
are probably those in San Francisco
who can explain away all that
seems mysterious about the Kate.
but until they do it will be believed
that the story of the Kate may in
clude at least one chapter of the
Los Angeles tragedy.
The Kate cleared at the custom
house September %. The vessel was
cleared by A Adolphson and the
name of the master was given as
Captain Engdall Neither agent nor
master is known at the custom
house or in. the shipping world. and
along the water front nobody could
be found who would admit that he
had ever seen the Kate. The vessel
cleared for Galapagos island and
was going there. 1t was announced,
for a cargo of turtles.
The local shipping records do not
show when the Kate sailed or, for
that matter, that the vessel ever
passed out through the heads. At
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IS
THREATENED BY
BOMB THROWERS
Postmaster Harrison Receives
Warning Letters and Depn-
ties Guard Structure
New Building Near Scene OF
Times Explosion Has Just
Been Occupied

Los ANGELES. Oct. Especial pre-
cautions were taken tonight by United
States Marshal Leo Youngworth to pro-
tect the new Federal building at the
junction of Main and Spring streets.
against possible dynamiting. This was
done after Postmaster Harrison had
notified him that since the Times dis
aster he had received several eltters-
Some were threatening IN tone. while
others were in the nature OF warning.
The structure is only a few blocks
from the wrecked Times building.
While Mr.. Harrison did not consider
the letters seriously. believing them to
have been written by cranks. still he
deemed it his duty to notify the mar
shall. Youngworth Immediately as
81 igned deputies to keep constant watch
about the building, which was only
opened to the public last week.
Doubt was expressed by labor leaders
tonight that the explosion at the Times
was due to human agency.
o. A. TvietmOe, A. j. Gallagher, j. b.
Bowen of San Francisco, and George
Gunroy of this city discussed the sub
ject informally while conferring in re-
gard to the State federation OF labor
convention which opened today. but de-
clined to issue any statement The
consensus of opinion of the four was
that union labor has been done an in
Justice In being connected with the dis
aster.
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CILLETT DENIES
" ACCUSING LABOR
Governor Said Unions Would
Be Blamed Unless They
Aided Inquiry

SACRAMENTO, Oct 3-Although he
is looking into the matter, it Is not
likely that Governor Ginett will offer
state reward for the capture of the
persons who are guilty Of dynamiting
the Times building at Los Angeles. The
governor resented the published re-
marks attributed to him by coast pa
pers. which made him say that labor
would be considered guilty of the dy-
namiting Of the Times building until
1t had proved itself innocent
What l did say he declared, ''is
that labor unions will be blamed for IT
unless they make every effort possible
to cause the arrest of the parties
guilty. This the unions will do, as is
shown by their action in offering re-
wards for the arrest of the guilty per-
sons"
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
COMMITTEE TO
. AID FAMILIES
MayorAppointsT Trustees
For Donations to
Relief Fund

Los ANGELES, Oct. S.-Pursuant to
a resolution of authorization passed
by the city council today, Mayor Alex
ander named a committee to receive
subscriptions for the benefit OF the fami-
lies of those who lost their lives in the
Times disaster. The committee fol-
lows: The chamber of commerce. the
Los Angeles Times, Herald. Examiner.
Express. Record, First national bank.
Farmers and Merchants national
bank, Equitable savings bank and the
Security savings bank.
Identification of all the bodies in the
Times ruins. with the exception of
those OF Reaves and F'rink is almost
certain TO be impossible. From the ap-
pearance of some of the fragments re-
covered by the shovelmen, many of the
victims were blown to pieces by the
force of the explosion. The bodies OF
others were rent and torn by heavy
machinery and steel beams and girders
which crashed down upon them All
are burned almost to cinders.
Coroner Hartwell said he did not be-
Iieve any of the fragments recovered
of those still lying under the debris
could ever be Identified. and IL is prob
able that all these will be inferred in
one grave. under one monument. which
will bear their names and an tnscrip-
ton describing them as martyrs 10
duty, the innocent victims Of a dyna-
mite outrage"
gold tooth was found near the
twisted wreck of big press today, but
there was neither a body nor the frag-
ment of one nearby. so that this will
not serve as means of identification.
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BODIES
Y BENEATH DEBRIS
Steel Crane Is Employed to
Lift Away Tons of the
Tangled Wreckage

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 3.-Pinned down
by tons OF twisted steel girders, a num-
ber OF bodies were reported found early
today by the wOrkmen engaged in re-
moving the debris from the basement
OF the wrecked Times building.
The situation was found to be such
that II was impossible to make any
progress in recovering the bodies and
q steel crane was employed in order to
lift the heavy material away.
Chief OF Detectives Flammer photo
graphed every twisted piece of steel
brought from the wreckage with the
purpose Of later showing them to ex-
perts on explosives and determin-
ing, IL possible. the kind OF explosive
used in blowing up the building. It is
doubted II the whole bodies OF any
more victims Will be recovered, as it is
thought they have been practically
consumed.
A gold watch IN an excellent state
Of preservation was found in the ruins
near the elevator shaft, where most of
the men are supposed 10 have lost their
lives The initials IF. c. l." are en-
graved on the back and a picture OF a
woman was found in the cover. IT was
identified as the property of Fred c.
Llewellyn, a linotype operator. who
lost his life when the floors gave way.
Inc Qld4 showed InS Walcn stopped
at 1:lS o'clock-l1 minutes after the
explosion occurred. The watch was
taken out OF q small pocket in a piece
OF burned trousers.
A nickel watch with a gold chain at
tached also was found near the center
Of the building. IT was blackened and
melted out of shape. No one could
identify it as belonging to any of the
men whose bodies still are unrecov-
cred
1t is believed that further investi-
cation will bear out the theory of
s. W. Crabill, foreman of the compos-
ing room, who. in making his escape
the morning Of the disaster. fell down
the elevator shaft and only got out
after having been severely burned.
Crabill said there were a number of
bodies at the bottom of the shaft, as
others, like himself. had stumbled that
way.
In the rush for the exit" said Cra-
bill, Il noticed J. c. Galliher. Carl
Sallada, Harry Flynn, E. A. Jordan;
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greatest Prize
IN HISTORY OF
crime OFFERED
100000 Reward EnIists Army
of Searchers in Quest of
Dynamiters
CIews of Every Description
Are Traced Down ALI
Over Coast

Eble and dangerous" should be taken
in. more arrests are being made hourly,
but this the police themselves regard
as perfunctory and routine work TO be
done while they are awaiting news
from Detectives Burns. Jones and Nc
.ays1nsrs in San Francisco.
SOTNT FUNERAL PLANNED
General Otis and Harry Chandler of
the Times are making arrangements
for the holding Of one funeral service
Cor all the victims Of the disaster,
while G committee appointed today,
Aconsisting of the editors and managers
Of all the papers In the city, are gath
Rring q fund which will be devoted TO
believing the families Of the victims.
THE funeral OF Churchill Harvey Elder,
night editor of the Times, who died Of
his injuries a few hours after the ex-
plosion and fire, will be held tomorrow.
1nterment viii be in Rosedale ceme-
terry. while General Otis plans to have
the remains of the dead, whom 1T has
been found impossible to identify, in
ferred in his private plat in Hollywood.
If the families OF the men do not
object we viii have them inferred in
viii raise a monument to their mem
CRY. which Will bear the names Of all"
INQUEST POSTPONED
Coroner Hartwen impaneled a jury
Sodsy to begin the inquest. but after
taking the nine members of the panel
over the ruins Of the Times building
he announced that nothing further
would be done until the investigating
committee appointed by the mayor and
chief OF police is ready TO report.
The explosion and the subsequent
finding of the bombs at the homes of
General Otis and zeehandelaar has re-
suited in the preparation of hoaxes
that alarmed the entire neighborhood
OF Grand avenue and Ninth street and
caused a panic among the workmen at
the Llewellyn iron works, in the north
end OF the city. A boy found box
containing clockwork and a cylinder
which looked like a battery al the
home of Mrs. Parkman in Grand ave-
nue. When the police arrived in an
swer to a call they found several
women in the Parkman home and oc-
cupsnts of nearby houses in a hyste-
rical condition.
FAKE BOMBS FOUND
Shortly afterward workman in the
Llewellyn warehouse heard a buzzing
sound and upon investigating found
square oilcan, one side OF which had
been cut to admit two dry battery cells
and a clockwork mechanism. He
alarmed his fellow workers and every
one fed the building. They did not
return to work until the police arrived
and took the supposed Internal ma
chine away
AT the central police station Captain
Lennhausen opened the thing and
found that it contained the dry bat
teries. an alarm clock and an electric
buzzer. The button OF the buzzer had
been tackled down and caused the noise
which attracted the workman and
nearly frightened him to death
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the time the Kate cleared an enort
was made to find the vessel. but the
search only resulted in making Ger
tain the fact that no such vessel
had been registered as having had
berth at any of the wharves on
this side OF the bay. The shipping
register shows that the Kate Is a
small power schooner and was at
one time owned at San Diego.
The Kate is type Of vessel that
could slip in and out of the Golden
gate without attracting the atten-
ton OF the marine observers at
Point Lobos, as in size. rig and mo-
tive power the schooner resembles
a number of the larger fishing
boats. On account of the mystery
attached to the clearing OF the ves-
sci, however, an extra sharp look
out was kept for the Kate. but the
vessel either sailed at night or went
to sea from the Sausalito side in
weather too thick for the sharp
eyes of the. lookouts on Point Lo-
bos to penetrate.
Whatever the Kate's mission. il
entered thereon without any blare
of trumpets. In fact. all the inves-
tigation that followed the clearing
of the vessel showed that those in
terested had taken some pains to
keep everything connected with the
cruise as quiet as possible. 1t would
have been just as easy for the Kate
to have slipped into San Pedro or
Redondo and landed a quarter of
ton of freight as 1t was for the
vessel to get out of this harbor un-
noticed.
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BARRY IN COMMAND
OF PACIFIC FLEET
Rear Admiral Thomas Placed in
Charge of the Second
Division

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Rear Admiral
Edward B. Barry has been designated as
commander in chief Of the Pacific fleet;
Rear Admiral Chauncey Thomas, COM
mander of the second division OF that
feet; Captain Thomas B. Howard, soon
to be a rear admiral. commander OF
the third division of the Atlantic feet
Orders to this effect were announced
at the navy department today.
There will be no other fleet changes
at present so far as commanding ofn-
GERS are concerned. The change in the
Atlantic feet will take effect OCTOBER
90 and In the Pacific feet November 1.
Rear Admiral Barry is now In COM
mand of the second division OF the
Pacific fleet.
Rear Admiral Harber. new comn1an-
der in chief Of the Pacific heet, and
Rear Admiral Comfy are ordered home
on waiting orders. The former VIII
retire September II and the latter on
July.13.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
STOCKTON CARNIVAL
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Merchants Committee Holds
Business Meeting
ISpecidl Dspdtch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, Oct. 3.-The Stockton
Merchants Association Carnival COM
mittee held a meeting this afternoon
for the purpose of winding up the
business of the recent four days cele-
bration. AS all accounts have not been
presented the committee was not able
to complete its report.
Chairman George F. Hudson says
that the carnival was a success finan-
cially as well as from an entertaining
and instructive standpoint. The mer-
chants gave the proposition their
financial support.
Saturday there were S,45S paid ad-
MISSIONS and there were fully 10000
people who attended the fair.
All moneys left over will be set
aside as basis for next years car
nival.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04

W. G. Johnson. f. L Caress and Fred
Llewellyn running to the elevator.
am almost sure they went down the
shaft to the bottom and that their
bodies will be found in that section
OF the building"
Seven bodies have been taken from
the ruins since the force of 500 men
from the city street department began
the work of clearing away the wreck
age. Two of these have been identi-
fed as ]. Wesley Reaves, private sec
retary to Assistant General Manager
Harry Chandler of the Times, and
Elmer Frink, one of the linotype op-
orators. All the bodies, or rather, frag-
ments Of bodies, so far recovered were
found in the cellar pit directly under
the place where the stairway stood
which led down into the business Office
of the newspaper.
The diggers in this section Of the
wrecked building have cleared away
most Of the brick, mortar and charred
remains of woodwork and have found
no more bodies. 1t is therefore be-
lieved that all those still unbound lie
under the heavy ruins of several big
Job presses and remains OF inotypes
that tuInbled down into the cellar when
the force of the explosion rent the
second. or composing room, floor asun-
der. A crane was placed in service
today to lift these Nout.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
CURTISS To ARRANGE
SIGNALS FOR AVIAT0RS
Lights and Flags Will Mark
Chicago-New York Course

CHICAGO. Oct. 3.-Signals for aerial
navigators will be arranged this week
by Glenn III. Curtiss for the Chica go
New York aeroplane race which begins
Saturday for the $4,000 prize offered
by the Chicago Evening Post and the
New York Times. Curtiss departs to-
night for Cleveland to. arrange relay
stations and to secure aid in mapping
out the course from railway officials
whose tracks parallel the proposed line
OF flight
Smudges giving out thick. black
smoke by day and a dull red glow in
the evening to acquaint the sky sail
ors with the correct right of way are
now being planned, and in open coun-
try flags will be used.
This afternoon a sudden gust of wind
blew down the big tent in which the
f1ve Curtiss aeroplanes were housed
slightly damagin them
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
CLEMENCY is ASKED
FOR RICH SMUGGLER
Morgenthau Confesses Guilt
and Then Withdraws Plea

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Mengo L. Nor
genthau. a wealthy candy manufac-
turer, indicted by the federal grand
jury for an alleged attempt to avoid
paying duty on $4,000 worth of jew
elry and clothing. which he brought
over recently on the steamship Maure-
tania, pleaded guilty today before
Judge Hand in the United States cir
cult court
Morgenthaus counsel made a plea
for clemency on the ground that there
was no willful intent to defraud the
government.
Judge Hand allowed the withdrawal
of the plea until Wednesday next, when
he will pass sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
LAUNCH HUNT ON BAY
o O o
ALIEN CRAFT ESCAPES
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

He saws the men appeared to have
NO desire to make friends and
seemed to have no purpose in being
there.
From Old Sausalito the craft evl-
IDENTIFY changed its mooring 10 SONS
place up Richardson bay. There
are many coves and inlets on the
north shore of the bay, which Is
practically uninhabited. From the
time the launch left Old Sausalito
Saturday until this morning no trace
of it could be found. But shortly
before o'clock this morning a
launch identical with that seen at
Giant was observed coming from
Richardson bay by Charles Klein,
waiter Of the Miramar tavern. The
tavern stands on piles jutting OUT
over the bay. and commands good
view of the water.
Klein is familiar with all the
launches anchored about the tavern,
and was at once attracted TO the
stranger. He had read in the news
papers of the launch involved in the
Los Angeles tragedy, and with the
reward in mind gave particular heed
to the craft
TT appeared to have come from
some distance up the bay" he said.
brown. and the hull was some light
er color. 1t was a double ender,
and the house was built close to the
edge. The men aboard l could not
see, which surprised me. The launch
went right by and continued on
until it was hid by number or
houseboats lying off here"
The launch evidently stopped after
Klein lost sight of ii, for it was seen
anchored off the railroad tracks
near by soon after by William Cor
man, launchman. German saw
the boat about o'clock this morn
ing. He took a good look at it, and
gave a clear description, correspond
ing with the one the authorities
are searching for.
II saw no one aboard the craft"
he said. She lay offshore about
100 yards. There was no name on
her. She was about 2S feet long and
built the same fore and aft"
When German returned with the
authorities to the place off which he
had seen the launch, it was gone.
The only launch named Peerless
here is one belonging to Frank Gar
acea of the San Francisco yacht
club. The launch is small, has no
deckhouse. and in no way is like the
one tndC carried the IdtaI explosive
from the powder works.
Because the launch that aroused
the suspicion of the boatmen had
disappeared before they arrived, the
authorities, after searching Sausa-
Tito, gave pursuit in another launch.
They skirted the shore around Sau-
salito and Belvedere and completely
circled Angel island, the shore of
which presents a wide area Of coves
shrubbery, beach and other hooks
where a boat could be easily hidden.
On one lonely spot on the south
eastern shore of the island traces
of a camp were found. Burnt wood
and ashes lay on the sand in front
of cliff that is difficult Of approach
save by water. The searchers are
of the opinion that the owners of
the mysterious launch may have
hidden here at odd times during
their disappearance from Sausalito.
but the theory is only one of several
through which they are cropping for
tangible clew.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
CONSERVATIVES CONTROL
NEW MEXICO CONVENTION
Initiative and Prohibition Not
to Be Part of Constitution

SANTA FE, n. NJ, Oct. 3.-New Mex
ico's constitutional convention con-
vened today. Former Delegate to Con-
gress Thomas B. Catron called the con-
vention to order after Rev. Jules De-
raches, chaplain of San Miguel church,
the oldest church in the United States,
had asked for the seven gifts OF the
holy ghost TO descend upon the 100
delegates.
Charles A. Spiess OF Las Vegas was
elected president. His selection sig
nifies that the conservatives are in con-
troll of the convention and that the mi
tiative and prohibition will not be writ
ten into the constitution. but that it
will be purely fundamental doctrine.
as desired by President Taft.
The convention consists of II re-
publicans and 20 democrats.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-04
New Army District

News was received from Washing
ton, d. c., yesterday TO the effect that
the president has ordered all that por-
ton of the army department OF Cali
fornia that is embraced In the Hawai-
ian islands to be made into district
to be known as the district of Hawaii.
The senior line officer stationed at the
islands at the present time has been
assigned to take temporary command
of the district and will report by sele-
graph to the commanding general OF
the department of California
1t has been rumored for some time
In army circles that this change would
be made. There is much speculation
as to the ultimate arrangement for the
command of the district. The forma :
tion of the new district relieves the
department of California of great
deal of work and opens the way for
a more concentrated effort toward the
betterment of the service in that sec
tion.
Troop A of the First cavalry, under
the command of Lieutenant D. L. Ros-
coe, arrived at the Preside yesterday
afternoon, completing march from
Camp Sequoia, where it had been sta
toned. The troop camped at Palo
Alto night before last and made an
early start yesterday morning. The
distance of the march was more than
"a miles.
1t was learned at the Presidio yes
terday that Captain Augustus B. War
adiutant of the first battalion and as
signed to Battery A by orders from
the headquarters of the Fifth cavalry,
Fort Sheridan. Ill.
Target practice will be held by the
Thirty-second, Sixty-first and Sixty
eighth ompanies, coast artillery
this morning.
Second Lieutenant S. L. Feist, who
has Joined the Thirtieth infantry, re-
ported at the Presidio yesterday and
was assigned to his quarters. He VIII
Join his company at Atascadero within
the next two or three days.
II Is expected that the Sixtieth COM
many. under command of Captain t. Q.
Ashburn, Which was quarantined sew
eral DAYS ago because Of diphtheria,
will be released today.
The second battalion of the Fifth
cavalry returned from Camp Yosemite
Yesterday and was quartered aboard
the transport Sherman to sail for
Honolulu tomorrow.
Major Charles E. Stanton, paymas-
ter of the department of California,
has taken apartments at the ST.
Dominic.
Second Lieutenant Harvey H.
Fletcher, Twelfth infantry, has been
assigned to duty at the Presidio pend
ing the sailing of a transport, when
he will proceed to his station at the
Philippine islands.
Second Lieutenant Tolbert f. Hardin,
sixth infantry, has. been assigned to
duty temporarily at the Presidio- He
will proceed to his station at the Phil
ippines as soon as possible
Captain Henry d. Thomson, medical
corps. Washington, d. c.. reported at
army headquarters yesterday. He is
staying at the Palace.
Second Lieutenant A. L. James Jr..
Fifth cavalry, Schofield barracks, Ma
Mia, is staying at the Palace. He is
en- route to join his station.
Second Lieutenant John MilIikin,
Fifth cavalry, Schofield barracks. regis
tered at headquarters yesterday. He Is
staying at the st. Francis and Is en-
route to join his station.
Major James Wins1ow of the Philip
pine scouts is at the ST. Francis. He is
en- route to join his station, and re-
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ported at headquarters yesterday.
Second Lieutenant Frederick l.. Ulel,
Sixth infantry, Manila. is at the Palace.
He is en- route to join his station.
Second Lieutenant Daniel II. Torrey.
Third infantry, Manila, registered at
headquarters yesterday. He will Join
his station as soon as possible and is
staying at the Argonaut.
Major Wallace de Witt, NJ c., Fort
Yellowstone, is at the Richelieu He is
with the second squadron of the Fifth
cavalry