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

rived 10 prepare for the home coming
Of General Otis. who was due 10 ar
rive at $50 o'clock.
Search For cIews.
Rice hurried back to the zone mme-
diately after the explosion to look FOR
any c1ews and found fragments of the
suitcase and shattered portions of the
clockWOrk which formed the exploding
mechanism Of the Internal machine.
The Internal machine found at MIR.
Zeehandelaar's residence was com
posed Of ID sticks Of giant powder at
tached to fuse and set by clockwork
to explode at | o'clock In the morning
the same hour at which the explos-
ion occurred In the Times office. The
bomb was first discovered at the Zee
handelaar home by servant of the
family. who called the attention of a
special officer. who reported 1t to the
police. Had not some part of the
mechinnsm of the bomb failed to work.
1 the house would have been demolished
and its inmates undoubtedly killed.
Another Alleged.
Reports OF the finding of other
bombs were made at police headauar-
| ters during the day. but investigation
| disclosed them to be unfounded.
Assistant General Manager Chandler of
! the Times Is authority for the state
ment that similar attempt was made
to blow up the Times auxiliary plant
at College and San Fernandino streets
n few minutes before the explosion
occurred which destroyed the main
building.
The succession Of tragic events and
the rumors of ontrages set the popn-
lace Of Los Angeles In stnte of mind
bordering on panic Hundreds of po-
licemen and detectives were busy In
every direction running down cleWs
and endeavoring to locate the alleged
perpetrators of the crimes. But two
arrests were made and these were onl.
on suspicion.
Otis Wires.
This afternoon the Times made pulA
lie the following telegram from Genera
Otis who Is EN- route home from tht
City OF Mexico:
Your wire with its terrible news
reached me this morning. ! am amazed
at the desperation of the criminal con
i spirators In destroying the Times bnl.d
ing and Staying Its loyal defenders
whose loss l deeply deplore, but tn,
Times itself Will live on. 0ravely de
Tending the vital and essential prin
ciple of Industrial freedom under lap
which must yet triumph I'm the entr
, nation.
(signed) HARRISON GRAY OTIS
| The president of the local typo
graphical union issued orders toda,
that union printers may work In con
junction with the non union printer
of the Times In any of the local news
paper offices in getting out the edi
i. tions of the Times. This was an
: nounced after a consultation of tn
Q nnion men and the managers of III
: other newspapers.
!, , Rewards.
| The city council met in special SEES
/ sion during the day and appropriate
$4,000 for the purpose of determnln
, the cause of tho Times explosion I'M
/ provided Il reward Of $4,000 for th
capture of those responsible for th
outrage
Mayor Alexander and the city coun
4 ell. meeting with the city officers an
q labor union leaders during the da,
y mutually agreed to call off the bl
il union labor parade planned for ne,
= Monday night as demonstrate
n against local conditions alleged to i
, hostile to the interests of union lpbo
. The Times Wreck.
: The original suspicion of the poiif
y that the disaster was due to heay
. Charge of high explosive was prat
" Ideally confirmed by the finding of II
other bombs and the Statement.
= those persons in the building or nenrl
= AT the time of the explosion. II
z also practically certain that the seat
9 the explosion was in the narrow allie,
y way that separated the two bnildr.
se occupied by the Times
" Foreman Craybill of the ..omnosir