The Washington times., 1910-10-02

the attacks and resort to no lawIes cess
as uniouism IS now prominently in ne
public eve and viii be held responsible
by its enemies FOR any acts OF violence
Tombs of the Missing.
The recovery work in the shoulder
ing ruins OF the Times building is be-
ing conducted under the supervision
Of L J. AKather. inspector Of streets
Several hundred men are employed,
directing their labors IN the ruins
where the missing men are supposed
to have stampeded in their peril The
freight elevator in the rear. the Sha 2
of which is piled high with twisted
steel, and the spot directly under me
linotype room. are supposed to be the
tOmbs Of many Of the men who per
Several days. il is expected. will be
consumed before ali the bodies are
recovered The masses Of steel beams
and heavy machinery that are piled
in the pit made IL impossible to re
move the debris with haste The ma
fority Of the victims are supposed to
lie in one chaTred and mangled group
where they plunged madly for the
Estimates OF the loss given out to
day approximate about 100000
Owners Of the Times say their Joss
viii be upward OF 100000 while the
officers OF the Baum gartner Printing
Company, which had a three-story
building adjoining the newspaper
plant. estimate their loss at upward
Of SSO0.00G. TIE printing plant, which
was one Of the most complete IN ne
Southwest, is total wreck While
the Times building is only a mass
Of debris.
Guard At Otis Home.
Surrounding the home Of General
Otis today is a strong police guard
10 keep back crowd OF curious per-
sons who were in the vicinity bright
and early this morning to view the
great hole torn in the street by the
Internal machine which exploded last
evening. two minutes after ChleI OF
Police Galloway and Detective Rice
had removed IL from beneath the OTIS
mansion in the fashionable West
The police officer had carried the
ifl........ ..achIne from the cellar TO
the street when he four that the
clock attached to the bomb was run
n7ny Dropping the deadly machine,
the officer ran for his life, escaping
TO safety Just as the terrific eXplO-
$ on occurred Windows for q radius
Of a square were shattered. ana IN
tense excitement ensued in the neigh
bCrhOOd.
Known as The BivOuac. the Otis
home stands in Wiltshire avenue, III
one of the most fashionable quarters OF
20 ~5'-- u Tho Otis home at the time
Of the explosion, were Mrs Harry
,.-.4-.-4.i, ,-.--.-HJeT Of General Gus and
a relative, Mrs Booth. ard the lat
ter's two small children
Il Is stated by the police today that
the internal marhiDe was the llandiworh
Of an expert and had not Il oeen found
the OTIS home would have been blown 10
suithercenS. and that the occupants
would have been killed
Chief of Police Galloway went person
ally 70 the Otis home when he received
notice that the Internal machine had
( seen found CT IrIes FrOCken, the gard
ener- discovered the machine
Fear For Life Of Otis.
Fear is also felt today for the life Of
General Otis, and he Is surrounded BY
2 bodyguard Of detectives although he
processes TO have no alarm over his per
Souai safety. The great crowd about
his home are under the scrutiny OF de-
rpCtfVeS who are on the lookout fcT
suspects It Is believed that persons