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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
CHERIFF SAYS HE
y KNOWS WRECKER
TAYLOR of Marin Starts for
Los Angeles to Tell
Burns of Clew
TSseciai Diseotch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
SAUSALITO. Oct St was estab-
lished by Sheriff w. P. Taylor today
that one Of the men involved in the
Los Angeles dynamite plot was known
here and that the trio made their head
quarters at the Miramar hotel. Other
important discoveries were made that
resulted in Sheriff Taylor leaving to-
night for Los Angeles to report to
Special Agent ". J. Burns.
Parker Wood. employed by Fair
banks, Morse & Co. of San Fran
cisco, and living at Mill Valley, fur
nished information fixing the Miramar
as the headquarters of the dynamiters.
He helped Howard Baxter build the
launch Pastime, and is certain that he
saw il moored of the Miramar Septem-
Der 25.
This fits with the information fur
nished the authorities yesterday by P.
J. Stuparich, proprietor of the hotel.
Stuparich stated that the men came
in launch the evening of September
81 and spent four nights at the hotel.
He was not certain that the launch was
the Pastime. but Woods identification
established this fact
KNEW LAUNCH WELL
Il would know the Pastime among
2 thousand said Wood. Il have been
a friend Of Howard Baxter for FIVE
years, working beside him in the office
Of Fairbanks, Morse G. Co. He built the
Pastime at his home in Oakland in
1908 and helped him little. Since
then we have often gone on cruises
together, he in his launch and I in
mine"
when the men calling themselves
from Baxter I was present in the Of
fee. Ny recollection of them is about
the same as the descriptions furnished
by Baxter and Burrowes. On the morn
ing OF September % I was on the train
from San Rafael to Sausalito. 1t was
during my vacation. and consequently
I did not arrive in Sausalito until about
10 o'clock. AS the train approached
the ferry I looked out Of the window
and saw the Pastime anchored of the
Miramar. I am positive ii was the Pas
time, as I know every line of it. I
could also see the name. / thought il
was strange il should be there, for
getting for the time that Baxter had
rented 1t out.
When / saw Baxter several days
later I asked him what the launch was
doing over at Sausalito. He reminded
me that he had rented it. and said that
he supposed IL was in safe hands The
Pastime was not there when I returned
the evening of September 25. L was
present during all the transactions that
took place when the launch was rented
from Baxter in the Office of Fairbanks,
Morse d Co, but can give no additional
details"
ALL TRACE Il LOST
Woods identification of the boat
makes the information gained at the
-
The mysterious trips made by the men
in the launch during the day, the fact
that they paid all bills in greenbacks,
their exact resemblance to the men
who bought the powder at Giant all
convince the authorities that they are
the men wanted. But since their de-
parture from Miramar no definite trace
Of them has been found.
George Paris, an old boatman OF
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
CEATTLE GIVES
y A NEW THEORY
Police Believe Dynamiters
From North Blew Up
Times Building

SEATTLE. Oct 5.-Detectives are in
clined to believe that the three men
who exploded dynamite in the Yukon
investment company's building in this
city last August were the ones who
blew up the Los Angeles Times build
ing. The Seattle building was being
erected by large Boston engineering
firm that employees no union men.
Dynamite was placed under the
elevator shaft and exploded by an elec
trie battery. Only the steel skeleton
of the building was in place The
damage done TO the plate glass in
neighboring stores was as large as to
the building City detectives placed
three men under surveillance and ar
rested one in Everett. Wash, after
ward releasing him. He subsequently,
went to Los Angeles. The engineering
company did not press the hunt for the
dynamiters.
The Seattle police have sent their
information to Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
.DURNS' ACTION
IL PROVES PUZZLE
No Attempt Made to Keep
His Presence in Los
Angeles Secret

LOS ANGELES, Oct 5.-Has Detec-
tive William j. Burns returned to Los
Angeles to be near the center of activ-
ity again or did he come back simply to
create diversion, under cover of which
he expects to make flank movement
upon the hiding places of the dyna-
miters? This was the question that to-
night puzzled those who are closely
watching the hunt for the perpetrators
of the crime whose death toll. accord
ing to the count of bodies recovered
from the ruins today, is %.
Burns came back to this city openly
today, and brought with him Detectives
Ryan and Bonner OF San Francisco.
There was mo attempt to use gumshoe
tactics, and from this 1T was surmised
that the real center of interest in the
search remains in San Francisco.
EXPERTS, 1T Is THOUGHT
1t is believed here that the men who
carried out the plot to wreck the Times
plant and attempted to destroy the
homes of General Harrison Gray Otis
and F. ]. Zeehandelaar were expert
quartz miners from the gold districts
of northern California. This assump-
who purchased the dynamite from the
Giant powder works used the names of
j. l. Bryson. the Placer county miner,
and that of his neighbor. Morris, and it
is supposed that the detectives at work
in the north are trying TO trace them
back to the mining districts.
Burns now has full charge of the
hunt for'the conspirators. He has been
in charge since Sunday, when he was
called into the case at a conference
between Mayor Alexander, Chief of Po-
lice Galloway and a number of other
city officials. 1t is certain that at his
direction the men working on the case
in the north are not tagging. At the
same time, there was a show Of greatly
increased activity at this end, following
the return of Burns, who, after con-
sulting with the chief OF police and
mayor and various other officials, for
got the dynamiting case long enough
to address the convention of the Amer
lean bankers association. He told the
financiers of the work his detective
agency had done during the year in be-
half of the bankers organization.
MANY MEN IN PLOT
Burns declined to answer question:
as to what theory he held regarding
the plot and the methods used In car
rying it out, and whether he thought
the dynamite purchased at Giant was
brought here by land or sea. But by
whatw as learned prior to his arrival
1t is practically certain that the search
ers are working on~sthe supposition
that 1t was brought to Los Angeles in
suit cases
If this be correct, and the entire 500
pounds transported here in that way.
then more than three men were in the
plot. Twice that number of men could
hardly carry 500 pounds of dynamite
with comfort.
The big aggregated reward of
100000 Mayor Alexander said today.
was too large. His comment was elici-
ted by the suggestion that still greater
rewards should be offered
Il should like to see them reduced, .
he added.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
81 POLICEMEN
ADDED TO Los
ANGELES FORCE
Number of Dead in The Times
Ruins Is Supposed to Be
23 or "a
Descriptions of Suspected Grim
inais Wired to Every City
in the United States
the day and all vacations were can
celed A movement has been begun
looking TO the systematizing of the
search for the culprits.
CUSPECT SEEN
y ON LOCAL TRAIN
E. B. Ryan and DIR. Gardner
Observe Nervous Man the
Morning of Disaster

Z. B. Ryan, tax attorney for the
Southern Pacific company, and DR..
Gardner OF the Belmont sanatorium
believe that they may have seen one
OF the perpetrators of the Los Angeles
Times explosion on local peninsula
train on the morning of the disaster.
Before they reached the conclusion that
the man they saw, who acted nervous
ly and in a suspicious manner. they
figured il out that it was possible for
the fiends to set the bomb or internal
machine for a certain hour and then
leave for this section Of the state.
It was while coming up on a San
Jose local last Saturday morning that
the man was noticed by Ryan and
Gardner. Both men like to study faces
and when they. noticed the actions of
the man on the train they both held the
same theory that he was a bad char
acter and was under considerable
strain.
I'VE studied the man for nearly an
hour" said Ryan yesterday. and he
impressed US as being under a terrible
strain. He bought a paper, but could
not keep his eyes on the reading mat
ter. and about every half minute he
glanced out of the window. stood up
and looked nervously at his watch.
Later when 1 read the description of
the man who resembled a Mexican, 1
thought that there might be some con-
nection between this man and the one
the police are looking for
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06

Belvedere, told the detectives today
that he saw the Pastime in Belvedere
waters on or about the 26th of Sep
tember. This is the last that was seen
of the boat until its discovery yester
day. From the movements OF the
launch the officers hope to find the dy-
namiters. At several places in Sausa-
Tito men answering the description of
Perry and Brice were seen.
Sheriff Taylor found that Harry P
Seims, a saloonman of South SausaIito,
saw two men who looked like Perry
and Brice Monday at noon. They bought
drinks at his place and said they were
going fishing. The heavy man had
cast in his eye
Peter Weilnitz another saloonman on
the water front, saw the same men on
September 25. They wanted to rent a
large sailboat from him, but as they
were strangers Weilnitz refused.
MANY SEE MEN
Jack Harmon. a constable of Sausa-
Tito, also saw the pair about the town
on the same day. He noticed the cast
in the left eye of a heavy, round faced
man. John Silva, a clothing merchant
Of Old Sausalito, sold a pair of shoes to
a man who looked like Perry the same
day. He said the man called for union
made shoes At the railroad shops of
the Northwestern Pacific a mechanic
who gave his name as Bryson applied
for position three days ago. He was
told to return the next day. He looked
like the Bryson who bought the pow
der at Giant.
That Sheriff Taylor has made an i'm
portant discovery concerning the iden-
tity and whereabouts of one of the dy-
namiters he admitted.
Il am not at liberty to disclose what
1 have found he said. 1T is impor-
tant. The man is not in Sausalito now.
He would not dare remain here. He is
too well known. l was asked by Burns
to find out certain things here which
succeeded in doing. / leave for Los
Angeles tonight to consult with him.
I would not dare trust my inforna tion
to g third party I am practically sure
of the identity of one of the dynamit-
ers and think we will land him"
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
DETECTIVES ARE
CALLED IN FOR
INSTRUCTIONS
Entire Los Angeles Force has
Hurried Consultation With
w. j. Burns
Chief Galloway and His Men
Praised for Their Share
in the Work

Los ANGELES. Oct 5.--Immsdiate~
ly after the arrival in this city
today of Detective Burns and Detect
ives Ryan and Bunner OF San Fran
cisco, all the local detectives were
called in. They. with Captain Paul
FIamner. head Of the local detective
bureau, held a council of war with the
northern man hunters and aftervard
new orders were issued and the entire
working force Of the local bureau was
hurried out.
Chief OF Police Galloway left head
quarters upon the arrival OF the train
from the north and It is supposed he
met Burns when the latter went INTO
conference with Mayor Alexander and
the members OF the Investigating com
mittee.
Burns declared that the Los Angeles
police department under the direction
of Chief of Police Galloway has been
doing excellent work
"An investigation such as this de-
manis horse sense. not false whis
kers" Burns said. and Mr. Galloway
has plenty of horse sense We are get
ting valuable aid from the Los An
geles department. 1t has been doing
great work"
Charles Lovelace. the editor Of the
Times suburban news. who was In
jured when he jumped out OF window
to escape the fire Saturday morning.
is rapidly recovering. Fred Campbell.
the fireman injured. and William Lat
ia. one of the injured Times employee
are progressing favorably.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
SENTENCE IS DELAYED-springfeld.

SENTENCE rs DELAYED-Sprinr6eld n,
Oct. 5.-A sDpersedeas granting stay OF eye
cution In the case-of DIR. Haldane Cieminson.
under sentence OF life Imprisonment for fhe
by the Illinois supreme court today. Under
the writ the physician can not be sent to
passed upon the verdict OF the lower court
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
7ICTIM KNOWN
Y IN BAY CITY
Harry Flynn Was Famous
As Basketball Player
In the. East

OAKLAND. Oct. 5.-Harry Flynn, a
young stereotyper and victim of the Los
Angeles Times building tragedy, was
well known in this city. Flynn was &
member of the Bethel basket ball
league of Philadelphia, the crack
league of the country. during the sea-
son of 1so1-02. He came TO California
two years ago for his health.
While he did not take part in coast
athletics, Flynn was known to every
local enthusiast of the game. He was
a warm personal friend OF H. c. Smith
of 521A Twenty third street, whom he
met in the east several years ago.
Flynn settled in Los Angeles shortly
after his arrival on the coast and be-
came employed as stereotyper by the
Times He was 2S years old and leaves
young widow His other relatives
are in the east.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06

SCALP CUT BY MEscAL BoTTLE-Leopold
Babich, canvasser of Eureka. was badly cut
on the scalp in a struggle with two strange
men In lodging house at Dupont and Pacific
streets last night, Babich quarreled with fel-
low lodgers over the possession OF bottle of
Inescal He was struck with the bottle and
taken to the emergency hospital unconscious.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

inaudible reply from the figure bent
over his work They are the product
of the age. ALL with the exception
Of one. are youthful and all are
Parisians. Their attire is that of their
peculiar calling. The workmen's
blouse they have discarded and in its
stead is the tight fitting leather Jacket
necessary for those who breast the
wind. Their legs are encased in leather
CATERS and their heads covered with
leather caps. Next to Mason is Edu-
ard Miscarol and after the latter come
Albert Chauveur, Emil Renon, Jules
Brule and Armand Malard.
ARE EARNEST wORKMEN
Bernard Shaw pictured their type in
the character of the chauffeur in Man
and Superman, for, like him, they are
highly technical and possessed with
amazing mania for their mysterious
manipulations. While the many thou
sands cheered, laughed, stamped and
hooted on the track yesterday, the six
worked within the sheds. shut off from
public gaze and obliyious to all but
the continual testing and retesting of
the multiplicity of adjustments. Thin
wires running from end to end of the
biplane frightened under their touch.
Perfection was made yet more perfect
by them. They overhauled and under
hauled. They plunged grimy fingers
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
MECHANICIANS WORK
WITH SURE AND DEFT
TOUCH ON AEROPLANES

You pensez il fly so haute today,
eh?"
An excita BILE individual with a fat
and perspiring face hurled the question
into the very face of Didier Masson
aviator and chief mechanician for
Louis Paulhan at the sheds of the Tan
foran track yesterday. Mason grum-
bled to the end OF his cigar and slipped
away for he was chief mechancian
and his thoughts were at the end of
the shed, where five others of his
countrymen were gingerly Tightening,
tautening and tinkering around a thing
of silk and steel which was to lift
Paulhan to the heights of greater
glory.
A queer silent corps are these
meehanicians. They laugh not, neither
do they talk-at their work. They labor
in silence. At odd times Mason mur-
INJURED a query and received an almost
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
AT AVIATION FIELD
Picked Squad Taken to Watch
Paulhan as Instructive
Lesson
Soldiers Horses Break Loose
and Create Excitement at
TanfOran

Realizing that the near future mighi
call for the use of aeroplanes in war.
fare. Lieutenant Paul Beck of the
United States signal corps took IS
picked men under mis- command to the
Tanforan track yesterday to give them
an opportunity of watching the flights,
The men rode down to the track on
the regular army horses and tethered
them at one end of the field. far
enough, it was thought, from the spot
where Paulhan would rise At the
crucial moment when the men of the
signal corps were gathered around the
machine. eagerly watching every move.
and as Paulhan was about to seat him
self by his lever. there was a shout
from the rear.
Your horses have broken away.
mister" shouted warning voice to
Beck. The soldiers glanced around and
saw their mounts going around the
tracks like thorOughbreds. Followed
then a vivid minute of language and
the men scattered to head of the frac-
tious animals. BY the time they had
gathered in Paulhan had finished his
first attempt. The men were able.
however, to view his other flights.
While Lieutenant Beck was the only
officer present in his official capacity.
numerous others from the PresidiO
were there Many of the soldiers under
Beck who witnessed the flights are ex-
pert mechanics and electricians and
took more than ordinary interest in
the event.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

meet here when he struck barbed
wire fence while he was making an en-
forced descent late today. Hamilton
was not injured. The damage to the
machine is not serious. Hamilton ex-
planned that the water got into his
magnetic.
The attempt to get the worlds rec
ord for altitude made by Hamilton dur
ing the early part of the day was un-
successful owing to the puffy wind,
which caused the machine to pitch and
roll like a ship on stormy sea, until
the aviator became seasick.
After abandoning his effort to reach
a great height Hamilton made number
of flights with passengers above the
polo field and out over the ocean. Once
he carried Colonel d. C. Collier, and
then took as a passenger Mrs. Joseph
Seton, wife of San Diego banker.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

Into the wind Paulhan was again
flying. He cut across the field in a
sOuthwesterly direction The wind
struggled against the planes and the
machine quivered and rocked but flew
into the currents determiDedly
Paulhan twisted his lever. The
great white frames responded like a
thoroughbred 10 the touch of the rein
at a five barred gate. 1t leaped into
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
GUARANTY RAISED AND
TACOMA ASSURED SIX
DAY AVIATION MEET

TACOMA, Jan. 25.-The aviation
meet is assured for Tacoma. the guar
anty being easily raised for six day
meet on the grounds of the Country
club at American lake. There is nat
ural amphitheater adjacent to the
prairie, inclOsed and accessible by two
street railway lines. three railroads
and splendid automobile roads. The
exact date awaits word from Dick Fer
rfs. promoter of the aviation meet at
Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

p J. Tierney, w F. Dwyer p. j.
Leary, John Mcmahon, Daniel Stewart
P. Ryan, ]. j. Lynch and Bryan Hickey
were elected by the concrete and as
phalt workers union last night as dele
gates to the building trades council.
John Mcmahon was elected assistant
business agent
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
DANGER OF FLIGHT WAS INCREASED BY
CROWD IN INNER CIRCLE OF FRACECOURSE
By LOUIS PAULHAN

eundap no Monday mos dangerous
yesterday than day although The conditions slight and
0 n fbagnm muchrou hneahe
danga the Towd opeh in The dih
hm is Of h hn mill go it is on pa
outright cObhm fin moi
in and The machine might hn in The eropdn no daeyn danps
HBntha 0 ned nil
as as a in moIsue
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

a drone as the propeller swung around
The gasoline fumes swept into his
face and it seemed as if the exhaust
would drive him off his feet. His help
.ers, their forms thrown against the
vibrating, quivering machine, turned
their backs against the rush of air.
Mason stood tense and taut with his
hand pressing against the center of the
machinery. Thus they stood as the
propeller spun around with increasing
speed. 1t appeared as if the machine
would never move. The cheering and
the murmur of the crowd were stilled
for that moment.
AS the wheels turned and the ma
chine lurched across the broken
ground. Mason stepped aside, bending
low as it flew by him. The helpers ran
with the speeding biplane for a few
yards, and then, as if in obedience to
a signal, dropped from it-1eaving the
rest to the little man seated by his
lever amid the cracking machinery.
Their work was done.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

into the recesses of hidden machinery
and seemed to judge by the mere sense
of touch. Never did they stop working.
At the appointed time they ran the
machine out of it's resting place and.
nursing it over the rough places and
swampy grounds deposited it at one
end of the field for the preparatory
fight. The intensity with which they
had worked the entire day redoubled
at this moment. Each man was at his
post passing his hands over his own
particular work, examining for the last
time the mechanism under his care.
One smoked a pipe, another ciga
rette, and Masson the chiefest of them
ALL an enormous cigar. But he tossed
it from him as he bent his 1.-THE form
under the wiring and took up his posi-
tion of honor at the engine. Around
and about him the mechanicians dug
their heels into the soft mud and pre-
pared for the strain.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

New Zealand's drink bill in 1908 was
SIS, $50 900, 100000 more than in 1907
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
MECHANIcIANs START BIPLANE

Mason stood on tiptoe and raised
his hands high above his head as he
gave the huge propeller a prelimi-
nary turn. All was well. Paulhan.
from his perch in front, gave a half
nod over his shoulder and at the in
stant Masson's left hand dived into the
hornets nest of machinery. There was
a resounding crackle, developing into
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

the air and scrambled into another air
lane. high over the trees. The suprem
acy of the heavier than air machine
was proved.
Far down the air line Paulhan
coursed, his machine a fragile grill
work against the austerity of the how
ering black storm cloud.
Against a duh gray background
Paulhan made a sweep and swung to
with the wind The machine rocked
uneasily in the cross currents, but
Paulhan found a more propitious level
and steered back far over the San
Bruno fields, behind the grandstand.
The machine was out of sight to those
in the pavilion and was lost to the
view of many in the field for few
moments.
When the aeroplane is out of sight
its mystery is intensified. 1t can be
believed in without stretching ones
credulity while it is in view, but the
moment it lodges out Of vision 1T be-
comes a vague, indefinable wonder,
spirit, volatile, evasive, unbelievable.
Aeroplane Reappears
But the noise of the engines recalled
the tangibility of the machine to the
people and Paulhan darted into view
gain.
the field again. still fighting with the
cross currents. rocking and righting
Again he sped over the trees and far
off to the southwest, toward the San
Andreas hills He was out of sight
for five minutes. But he came back 70
the people, proved himself master, and
settled lightly in the tumultuous field.
He, had been up nearly II minutes and
was out of sight fully five
The days sport was over.
Some enterprising company of the
get rich quick order has taken advan-
tage of the aviation movement to ply
its questionable promotion and yester-
day flooded the aviation field with cir
culars telling how to turn your cents
into dollars by buying stock The
authorities have not taken notice of
the scheme yet, but persons wishing to
invest should hurry up, for the authori-
ties will probably put a puietus on the
scheme in short order.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26

HAMILTON'S AEROPLANE
is WRECKED BY FENCE,
BUT AVIATOR ESCAPES
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25.-CharIes X.
Hamilton partially wrecked the Curtiss
biplane he has used during the aviation