The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-02

Los Angeles. Oct. 1.--An attempt To
destroy the residence Of General Har-
rison Gray Otis. publisher or the Los
Angeles Times, hy means OF an in
formal machine. was made this after
noon. Following, rs 1t does. the eS-
ploslon which early today. with great
laas Of life. destroyed the buildings
and plant of the Times. a suspected
effort to blow up the auxiliary plant
Of that paper and the finding of
powerful Internal machine In the resi-
dcnee Of Secretary Zeehandelaar OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
snciatinn. the attempted outrage has
wrought this city 10 an intense state
nf suspense and excitement.
Charge Denied.
General Otis and the responsible
head OF the paper cnarge. the Times
disaster and the narrowly avertcd at
tempts ut further destruction of life
and property tn labor union sources.
With emphasis, the leaders of union
labor here and throughout the stat,
repudiate the accusation and have of
fered all aM In their power In the Of.
fort to detect the eulprita
For 90 years. following a quarrel
with the Typographical union. which.
resulted In making the Times non
union paper, General Otis has fought
unonists with every resource ut his
command lie has been ably seconded
In this fight by the Merchants and
Mnnufactl rers' association. whose see
rotary was the object of n frustrated
.lynamting.
A Second Bomb.
The feeling which ran high through
ont the city during the day over the
Times disaster was augmented when
the startling discovery was made that
dynamite bomb had been found un-
der the residence of Secretary Zee
handlaar and reached n state of alarm
and CONSERVATION when the attempt
on tile General Otis residence became
Known
At OTIS Homo.
The otis home Is called The Bivouac
ana stands on Wiltshire avenue In
the most fashionable section of the
city. After the finding of the Internal
machine at tho Neehandeanr resi-.
.lence, Detective Rice was sent to
..The Bivouac" to make q search Of
the premises. Charles Floeker, the
gardener. found the suitcase hidden
under bunch of vines under q bay
window on the side fronting Westlake
park. Detective Rice telephoned chieI
DY Police Galloway, who went to Gen
eral Otis house. Together they ex-
amined the suitcase, Chief Galloway
wanted To take II To the police station
without opening 1t. Rice insisted OF
pnening 1t there and finally stuck {
knife into the side of the suitcase
Buzz of mechanism was heard and
smoke began coming out.
Third Internal Machine.
Convinced that the suitcase con,
tniled n bomb. eXcitedly Chief Gallo
way ordered the Internal machin,
rushed over TO the park where its ex
nlosior could do but little damage
rice and Ficlken picked it UP AM
dashed across the street. Putting !
down they sped away and had pu
about 100 feet between them and tn
bomb when IT went off with a cras'
that threw the entire neishbnfhoos
into panic,
Awful Explosion.
The explosion tore ont portion o
tho enrhing Of the street parallelinl
the park. Branches of tree directl
overhead were torn Off together wit
portion of the park fence, A plat
glass wind shield fronting porch i
the Otis home also was shattered
THAT no greater damage was done wa
due TO the fact, experts say, that tn
explosive IT contained was not packe
or closely confined, Rice said tn
Internal machine weighed about
pounds
In the Otis home at the time of tn
explosion were Mrs. Harry Chandle
daughter OF the general. and rela
alive, Mrs. Booth, and the latters tW
children Before the suitcase wa
found there we're only a Japanes
servant. Ficken, tho gardener. and II
cook In the house. The ladies' can
oyer Just as the. chief Of police Al