The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Los Angeles Times Building Is Destroyed and About
 Twenty Killed
TWO OTHER ATTEMPTS 10
 USE DYNAMITE FAIL
Bombs Are Found in Other Places in the City But One Had Failed to Work and the Other Was
 Found Just In Time

 tempt to destroy the residence of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, by means of an internal machine was made this afternoon. Fol lowing as 1t does the explosion which early today, with great loss of life, de- stroyed the buildings and plant of the Times, a suspected effort to blow up the auxiliary plant of the paper and the finding of a powerful internal machine in the residence of Secretary zeehan- delaar of the Merchants and Manufac- turers' association, the attempted out rage has wrought this city to an intense state of suspense and excitement. Gen eral Otis and the other responsible heads of the paper unequivocaly charge the Times building disaster and the narrow ly averted attempts at further destruc- tion of life and property to labor union sources.
 With equal emphasis the leaders of II union labor here and throughout the United States repudiate the accusation and locally they have offered all aid in their power in the effort to detect the culprits.
 A quarrel with the Typographical union % years ago resulted in making the | Times non-union paper. General Otis | has fought unionism with every resource | at his command. He has been ably sec onded In this fight by the Merchants and \ IManufacturers' association, whose secre- l tary was the object of frustrated dyna- | miting today.
 Startling Discoveries The feeling which ran high throughout l the city during the day over the Times district was augmented when the start l ling discovery was made that dynamit. bomb had been found under the residence l of Secretary Zeehandelaar and reached "a state of alarm and consternation when the attempt on General Otis residence became known.
 | The Otis home is known as the "Bi- | vouac," and stands on Wiltshire avenue. l in the most fashionable section of the | city After the finding of the internal machine at the zeehandelaar residence Detective Rice was sent to the "Bivouac" to make search of the premises. With | Charles Blocker. the gardener, he found suitcase hidden under bunch of vines under bay window on the side of the [house fronting Westlake park. Detec- Hive Rice telephoned Chief of Police Gal Iloway, who went immediately to General kOtis' house. Together they examined the suitcase. Chief Galloway wanted to take Ift to the police station without opening it Rice insisted upon opening 1t there and finally stuck a knife into the side of the receptacle. A bunch of mechan- |ism was heard inside and smoke began looming out around the edges of the aper- Iture.
 Convinced that the suit case contained a Ibomb, Chief Galloway hurled 1t as far Ifrom him as he could. It landed against Ithe curbstone on the opposite side of the street Immediately there was loud expiosion and the suit case was shattered Into a thousand pieces. A hole was torn In the ground and the curbstone was Tipped out for some distance.
 Excitement h Intense yNA large crowd collected and there was Bmuch excitement in the vicinity. In the house at the time was Mrs. Marion Otis Chandler. wife of Assistant General Manager Chandler Of the Times, and an- other woman, two children and the Otis vervants.
 The internal machine found at MT. Zeehandelaars residence was composed 3f 1b sticks of giant powder attached to a ,use and set by clockwork to explode at
 o'clock in the morning-the same hour 1t which the explosion occurred at the Times office.
 The bomb was first discovered at the Eeehandelaar home by servant. who
 
 ,he police. Had not some part of the mechanism of the bomb failed to work the house would have been demolished and its inmates undoubtedly killed.
 Reports of the finding of other bombs were made to police headquarters today, but investigation proved them to be un- founded.
 Assistant General Manager Chandler of the Times is authority for the statement kt .rAv utk xn< Vy1oh No sf blow up the Times auxiliary plant at College and Sen Francisco streets few minutes before the explosion occurred which destroyed the main building.
 The succession of tragic events and the .umors of attempted outrages set the oopulace of Los Angeles in a state of mind bordering on panic. Hundreds of policemen and detectives were busy In pvery direction running down clues and ,ndeavoring to locate the alleged perpe- srators of the crimes. But two arrests have been made and these were only on suspicion
 Telegram From Otis
 This afternoon the Times made public yhe following telegram from General Otis. who Is en route home from Mexico City:
 "Your wire with its terrible news reach "a me this morning. I am amazed at the desperation of the criminal conspirators m QeStrOyluB tne Times DullQlHB dHu playing it's loyal defenders whose loss aeeply deplore. But the Times itself will Eve on, bravely defending the vital and Essential principle of industrial freedom under law which may yet triumph in the entire nation.
 HARRISON GRAY OTIS"
 The president of the local typograph- heal union issued orders today that union printers may work in conjunc- tion with non-union printers of the Times in any of the local newspaper offices in getting out the editions oi kbe Times. This was announced after
 consultation of the union men and fhe managers of the other newspa- pers.
 The city council met in special ses- sion during the day and appropriated hab.ooo for the purpose of determin. lnr the cause of the Times explosion
 Ma provided reward of Sz500 foi
 5o capture of those responsible. foi
 ,aa outrage
 8ayor Alexander and the city coun.
 SaI. meeting with other city officers ana labor union leaders during thu