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Times telegraph room at the time Of the
explosion, and they testified that strong
odor Of gas led them to believe that gas
Hartman declared that the counter the
DRY of a gas explosion would be used by
the defense to combat the dynamite the
Dry Of the prosecution.
Judge Walter Bordwell of the superior
court had by this time empaneled spe-
cial grand jury. After 100 days OF in
vestigation, during which ia witnesses,
mostly from San Francisco. We're exam
.ined, the inquisitors' reported 1t as their
conclusion that dynamiters had blown
up the Times building. and indicted Brice.
Schmidt and Captain for the alleged
crime. This was on January =.
During these months nothing was
heard from Detective Burns by any
one excepting Mayor Alexander, who
was called on from time to time to
supply funds from the $4,000 set aside
by the city council to finance the in
vestigation. Given the idea by the
clockwork mechanism of the Zeehan-
delaar bomb, the detective and his as
sistants went to work on the theory
that the men responsible for q series
of crimes in the east, in which struc-
tural steel work being done by mem
bers of the National Erectors' AssO-
citation. an open shop organization. had
been destroyed, had likewise perpe-
trated the Times horror.
SawduSt Gave Clue.
Burns had been engaged upon the in
vestigation of the dynamite outrages in
the east for a month before the
Times building was blown up And
here again a trivial thing proved Of the
greatest Importance. A handful OF
sawdust, Of peculiar color and cut
found in box near another unex-
plOded bomb which was picked up after
an explosion in the railroad yards at
East Peoria. ILL.,. led to the discovery
that a man named J. w. McGraw had
purchased a large quantity of nitro
glycerin ostensibly for man whom he
said was G. w. Clark of Indianapolis
McGraw was Swallowed. In December
he disappeared from his haunts, and
on Christmas day Los Angeles received
another shock. The Llewellyn Iron
Works. one Of number OF concerns
involved in controversy with its strik-
ing union employees. was partially
wrecked by an explosion. Telling OF
his work afterward. Burns said his
men followed McGraw to his homo in
Chicago, and there learned that his
real name was McManigal. McManigal
confessed later that it was he who had
blown up the Lleweiiyn plant
One day Mechanical went to Kenosha,
Wis, and the detectives constantly fol-
lowing saw him meet a man who re-
sembled the description of ]. B. Brice,
accused of the Times outrage. This man
proved to be James B. Mcnamara.
brother of the secretary-treasurer Of the
International Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. McManigal
and Mcnamara met again in Toledo on
April II. and on April IL they were ar
rested In Detroit.
The two prisoners were hurried from
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. on pc. cent geiatin from the COM
pany whose label was on the dynamite
in the Zeehandelaar bomb. Two women
were then brought into the case Mrs.
Belle LAWN and Mrs. d. II. lngersoll, TO
whom the men were known as j. b. Brlce,
Milton A. Schmidt and David Captain.
Mrs. LAWN was arrested on warrant
charging murder. and brought to Los
Angeles. but she was released after a
few days. Mrs. Ingersoll was here when
the McNamaras and McManigal arrived
from the east in the custody or offlcers'
and she declared James Mcnamara look
ed like the ]. B. Brice she had known
Man Hunt Still On.
John J. Mcnamara and McManigal
she said she had never seen, and this.
coupled with McManigars sworn state
ment that he was not with James Nc
Namara at the time the newspaper plant
was blown up, brought out the fact that.
although John ]. Mcnamara Is charged
Jointly with the crime, the Los Angeles
authorities have in custody only one of
the men alleged to have actually set the
bomb which caused the disaster. The
two alleged confederat ties, Schmidt and
Caplan, are still the objects of a man.
hunt that embraces the world.
In the meantime Wilnam j. Burns, the
former government secret service man
who had been engaged in the San Fran
cisco graft cases. was engaged by George
Alexander, mayor of Los Angeles, on be-
half of the city to run down the GRIM
inais. Burns examined the spring mech
anism at police headquarters of the Zee
handelaar bomb, telegraphed for one or
his men. an expert on bombs. to come
to the coast and then went east. While
he was gone the San Francisco detec-
tives discovered on October 16 a cache
of 500 pounds Of dynamite in a house at
South San Francisco. All Of this bore
the powder company's label Eighty per-
cent Gelatin" and was identified as part
of the Brice purchase.
What became of the rest, then. was the
question, and the activities of the detec-
lives along this line of investigation were
continued.
Gas Explosion Theory.
An investigating committee under Gen.
o. J. Sweet, a retired army officer, re-
ported TO Mayor Alexander October .
that the explosion had been caused by
nitroglycerin or similar high explosives.
But committee named by the state
building trades council, then in session
In Los Angeles. reported that the Times
building had been blown up by gas. Job
Hartman, an attorney now associated
with MIR. barrow in the Mcnamara de-
Tense, questioned before the coroner's
jury two operators who were In the
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ELECT OFFICERS.
National Nut Growers End Conven.
ton in Mobile. Ala,

MOBILE. Ala. October THE Nation
al Nut Growers. at their closing ses-
sion this afternoon. elected the follow
ing ofilcers and adjourned: President.
Prof. II. X. Miller. Monticello. Fla
first vice president. w. ~. HUT.
Raleigh. n. c.; second vice president.
DIR. Charles c. Van Duzee OF ST. Paul.
Mimi; secretary, DR.. C.. n. Wilson.
Poulon, Ga eleventh term); treasurer,
Nathaniel Brewer. Newport, Fla
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Will Attend Flag Raising.

A number OF state and county re-
publican candidates will attend a nag
raising OF the Maryland Republican Club
for the seventeenth district Of Prince
Georges county 1t Mount Rainier Thurs
day evening at o'clock.
Henry c. Porter, president OF the club.
has sent our @ large number Of special
invitations for the event and expects .
large attendance to greet the speakers %
the occasion.
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| bombs. clock work. Internal machines
and dynamite sticks. now stored in A
| magazine far out in the desert, have
| been shown, and the whole story of the
tragedy unfolded. the fate Of the Nc
Namara brothers, according to students
| on both sides of the case. will depend
upon the 5ury's answer to the question:
Was it dynamite gas"
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the prosecution. and that their clients
will walk forth free men.
Declare Evidence Flimsy.
This bomb that did not explode and
which was found beside the house of
Felix Zeehandelaar, an official of the
Los Angeles Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association, has supplied the clew
that has solved, at least to the satisfac-
ton of the prosecution, the mystery OF
how the building of the Los Angeles
Times was destroyed. The clue is traced
back to the Mcnamara brothers through
claim of alleged circumstances and
facts The CAGE of the state, however.
has been described by one OF the attor'
neys for the defense as "a fiimsy fabric
of circumstances" and nothing so far has
developed to show that the prosecution
has any direct evidence to prove ina,
James b. Mcnamara set the bombs a.
the Times building and at the homes OF
Gen. Harrison Grey Otis. the proprietor
of the Times, and Mr.. Zeehandelaar
Nothing on this point appears In the
transcript Of evidence taken before the
grand jury.
CIV, born of hate engendered by the IN
dustrfal strife between union workers and
employers in the structural steel trade,
are said to have been laid bare by the
state. Detectives working on the case
went first to San Francisco and thence
east to Indianapolis and into the omces
of the International Association OF Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers. or which
John j. Mcnamara was. and still Is, Sec
retary-treasurer AS the cap sneaI " "a
McManigal, and when the McNamaras
are brought to bar next "Wednesday they
will find this man their chief accuser.
Defied the Grand Jury.
But on the other side-on the side OF
the defense-will be McManigars wife,
Mrs. Emma MECHANICAL, who once at
least, caused her husband to waver. and
over whom for several weeks both de-
Tense and prosecution struggled for the
benefit Of her favor and whatever
testimony she might have to render. She
defied the grand jury. won In contempt
proceedings brought against her because
she had refused to answer questions In
the inquisitorial chamber. and incidental
| ly, though the attorneys for the Nc
| Namaras. made public the confession In
which her husband accused John J. Me-
| Namara Of being teh master conspirator
| and his brother, James. his chief instru'
ment.
Nevertheless. while sanguine OF the fina
outcome of the trial. the attorneys foI
the McNamaras and the prisoners them
| serves eApcct d iohes hoAu ""~~io Ao-
| they are freed Of the charge OF havine
destroyed the Times building and slain
nineteen men. John j. Mcnamara says
there is not the slightest vestige OF feaI
| Of the outcome in his mind, and the at
torneys representing him and his brother
James assert that when the prisoners
Wednesday, catch the first free glimpse
of the sky they have had for months, II
will be only a foretaste of the liberty te
| come after weeks of fierce legal strife
| which admittedly lies before them. The
prisoners have the laws presumption ir
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wife to induce him to deny his testimony,
but that he would stick to the prosecu-
ton. He also declared that he was not
permitted to see his children, because ne
would not change sides.
Plans for the Defense.
With Mr.. Darrow's arrival in May
plans for the defense were begun. The
time for the McNamaras to enter their
pleas to the murder indictments was de-
ferred until July 6, but on that date. in
stead Of entering pleas, Mr.. Darrow.
backed by Attorneys Joseph Scott. Cyrus
McNutt and Lecompte Davis. who had
been retained with Hartman to assist
him. assailed the jurisdiction of Judge
Bordwell to try the case. This attack
was based on the alleged fact that John
J. Mcnamara had been Illegally taken
out of Indiana. When this failed: they
entered motion to to- quasi s.,on 1ne a ss0, de-
MED. a bill Of exception. useful as a
ground work for an appeal. shouio such
become necessary. was filed.
The pleas were then made-not guiity
To each of the nineteen chargeS-and the
trial was set for October IL.
On certain points relative to the pres
ence Of James McNamara In CALIFORNIA
the evidence OF the prosecution Is pc
Heyed to consist mainly OF signatures on
the registers OF hotels where Brice was a
s1,est in Sausaiito San Francisto and Los
Angeles. Handwriting experts. therefore.
will be prominent among the experts
called in the trial.
It is believed here that three lines OF
defense are open. namely:
Lines Of the Defense.
To establish an alibi. by proving that
James b. McNamara, the only one OF the
prisoners. who, it is alleged. actually
placed the bombs in Los Angeles. was not
here at the time OF the disaster.
Or to ar hieve the same result by leav-
ing the burden Of proof upon the state.
and then demonstrating to the jury that
the prosecution had not proved that James
B. Mcnamara was in Los Angeles On or
about October ], 1910.
Or to prove that the destruction Of the
Times building was not caused by dyna-
mite. but by the huge volume OF gas
used for heating the metal In the linotype
machines Of the newspaper.
The latter apparently Is the line the
defense has chosen, and here viii be the
battle ground Of the experts. For every
expert the prosecution calls upon to testi-
~ in support Of the dynamite theory. the
defense will have one to do his best
toward establishing the belief that gas
was responsible for the disaster.
For weeks, it Is anticipated, the legal
struggle will be waged upon this point.
The Jury will be confronted by q mage OF
figures, theories and facts concerning
the characteristics Of dynamite and gas.
And at the end, when the exhibits or
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Main Points Of Testimony.

The burden Of proof against the Nc
Namara brothers lies on the state. and
as far as the case has developed the
prosecution apparently must rely. aside
from expert testimony. upon four main
points of reputed fact to prove that
James B. Mcnamara, as the instrument,
and John j., as directing head Of con-
spiracy, were responsible for the destruc-
ton of the Times building and the deaths
Of the victims. These points are:
The alleged fact that James B. Nc
Namara was in San Francisco at the
time 1000 pounds of high power explo-
sives were purchased from powder COM
pany.
The alleged fact that he was in Los
Angeles a few hours before the blowing
up of the Times.
That he actually set the bomb which
caused the disaster, and likewise planted
the bombs at the homes of Gen. Otis and
Felix Zeehandelaar.
And that he committed the crime at
the behest and under the direction OF
John ]. Mcnamara.
A day or two after the disaster the de-
tectives working in San Francisco were
told that three men who gave the names
of Bryson, Morris and Leonard had pur-
chased, September &C. 1910. 1000 pounds
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City in a Panic.


City in a Panic.
The ruins OF the Times building were
still emitting clouds Of smoke and steam
the morning of October 1, when the
throngs OF spectators were given addl-
tional fright by news that an Internal
machine had been found under dormer
window. at the home of Felix Zeehande-
laar. who, as secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. had been
active in an, open shop campaign IN
this city. Fright became panic a few
minutes later when word was sent 10
police headquarters that another pomp
had been found at the residence of Gen.
Harrison Grey Otis, proprietor Of the
Times
The latter bomb inclosed in a suit case.
exploded, leaving nothing but a hole In
the sward OF park opposite the Gus
place where it had been flung by its
finders. But the Zeehandelaar bomb
with its clock spring wound a turn be-
yond the working tension, remained IN
tact "A policeman cut the battery wires
connecting the clockwork and the ful-
mfnating cap. and with its power Tor
harm thus partially destroyed 1T was
taken to police headquarters.
In 1t was a heavy charge of 80 per
cent gelatin" an explosive of twice the
destructive power of ordinary dynamite,
and seldom used. This gelatin bore the
pany. Detectives hurried forthwith to
the north. while the tightly wound clock
mechanism remained at headquarters to
reveal. according to the authorities, a
colossal criminal conspiracy ramifylng
throughout the country.
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TOP-JAMES b. AND JOHN J.. Nc
NAMARA.

Building I'm foreground is the county
jail, where the McNamaras are con-
fined, and In the rear Ii the hall Of
Justice where the trial will be held.
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their favor, and they are supremely con,
fident that the jury yet to be chosen VIII
vindicate that presumption by declaring
them innocent.
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The chronology of the Los Angeles dynamfting
trial next Wednesday, October II, is follows
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
MOOSE AFTER
NEW OFFICERS
Local Lodge NOminateS Mr..
HeaIy for Office Of
Dictator

Wilmington Lodge. Local order Of
Moose, held a largely attended meet
ing last night, at which candidates for
the various offices Of the lodge were
nominated Additional nominations
may be made on next Friday night
when the election takes place. Dicta-
tor Frank NJ. Sewer, who has done
much 10 make tho order here the sue
cess that IL Is. and Secretary Her
man Gossen, who also has given the
lodge much of his time, declined
another term.
Tho nominations made last night
follow Dictator. Sylvester Healy;
vice dictator, G. r. Askow. j. c. Tay-
lor, William S, Bowe; prelafe. J. c.
Slyhoff and Joseph +. Hemphill sec
retary. E. G, Sewer and Ernest j. OF
teni; treasurer John +. Hehl SER
geant-at-arms, G. E. Foulke, c. r.
Askew and Joseph Michaelis; inside
guard, William 5. Bowe and William
Fennimore, Jr. outside guard. George
Morcland and James L. McVeigh (;
trustees, one TO elect. l.. o. Schaeffer
J. G. Saylor. J. l.. McYoigh and Ernest
]. Otteni; examining physicians. Dr
]. Harvey Spruance Or. J. Frank Nc
Grath and Or. II. G. Buckmaster.
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
TOLLS COST MORE
THAN GASOLINE

With the approach of winter and
the resultant popularity Of southern
touring comes a unique report from
a New Jersey motorist as to the rela-
tive cost Of gasoline and road tolls
while enroute between Newark, ~, J..
and the Natural Bridge in Virginia.
In speaking Of his trip, this New
ark gentleman had the following to
say;
Il, am not exaggorating it in the
least when ] tell yol that the money
paid at toll gates between Newark,
n. j.. and the Natural Bridge in Vir-
ginia. amounted 10 more than ! paid
for oil and gasoline. The road | fol-
lowed lay across New Jersey and the
southeastern corner Of Pennsylvania
to the northern border OF Delaware
We crossed the states Of Delaware
and Maryland and followed the Blue
Ridge mountains Of Virginia TO the
Natural Bridge. lt was ON these Nir-
ginia roads that our tolls mounted
up so fast The country is very
mountainous and u is apparent that
all the good roads have been con-
structed at great expense, accounting
for the high toll which we had to
pay. Most of these toll roads are
excellent, but at times the grades are
very difficult. We had no trouble
however. in negotiating the severesl
climbs. for the little Regal Roadster
which we drive proved equal to every
emergency In all We covered over a
thousand miles. including toll roads
and good. bad and Indifferent roads
Gasoline was by no means exceeding
" cheap, but the tolls were high and
there were many toll gates to go
through before our car reached New
ark on the return. ] would suggest
to any one planning a southern tour
which includes the route took to be
equally as prepared for the payment
OF tolls as for the purchase OF gaso-
line"
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
CLUB BEGINS
GAME TOURNEY
Eleventh WarderS Score a
Points in First Nights
Play

The pool and card tournament be-
tween the Eleventh Ward Democratic
Legion and The Twelfth Ward Demo-
cratic Club, began last night in the
new club house of the latter organi-
zation. in DUPONT street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets. The first
nights play resulted in the Eleventh
Ward Club scoring A points against
81 for the Twelfth Ward.
The contest will continue for five
weeks, the teams of the two clubs play
ing alternately at the clubhouses of
their respective clubhouses. II was
originally agreed to play at the Elev-
enth Ward Legion's quarters on next
Wednesday night, but that being the
eve before Thanksgiving. it was de-
cided to play there on next Friday.
night.
On each night that the teams COM
pete, five games each of pool, euchre.
and pinochle will be played, the pool
games to be of twenty-five balls each.
There will be three tables of four
players each in the card games. Sew
enteen men on each side will compete
in the various games on each night
the tournament is in progress. Three
points are allowed for each pool game
won and one point for each card game
Last night the Eleventh Ward Club
won l6 points in euchre, 16 in pino-
chile and II i'm pool, and the Twelfth
Ward Club won IA points in euchre
IA in pinochle and 8 in pool.
There was a large attendance.
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
OVERLAND POPULAR.
The Model 35 AT Once Jumps Into
pOnuIar Favor.

A car which has met with unusual
ponularity and one which has created
as big furorc IN It's class as has the
$500 fivc-passenger thirty-horsepower
Overland. is the 35-horsepower tour
ing car az $1,000.
So extraordinary has been the sue
cess of the SO-horsepower car that II
has 10 some extent overshadowcd both
the 81 200 and S1.50O cars.
The 35-horsepower Overland tof
1912 has wheel base of l44 inches.
The three-speed selectivc transmits
sion is equipped with IF. and 5. bali
bearings. Ignition is furnished ~
Remy magnetic and batteries.
Other specifications are: Cone
clutch internal expanding and cXter-
nal contracting brakes semiellipuc
front and thrce-auarter elliptic rear
springs. adjustable 1rm and segment
steering gear, drop forged l-section
front axle. somi-hoating rear axle,
34x4 inch quick detachable tires and
regular accessory equipment of hNe
lamps, horn, generator and full set oil
tools
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
.STEVENS-DURYEA
In BIT OF HISTORY

The Vanderbilt Cup Race this year
marks. TO the day, the sixteenth an
niversary Of the first American auto
mobile competition-the "horseless
carriage contest" held in Chicago, on
November "a. 1895. II was an inter
esting occasion, that first run; anus
ing in some ways to look back upon
from these day of tremendous power
and speed, but most remarkable from
any point Of view. The winner. a
"Duryoa motor-wagon, the ancestor
of the Stevens -Duryea of today, was
acclaimed a wonder and awarded ST.
600 and gold medal for covering the
54-mile course I'm 10 hours and % min
utes The second contestant at the
finish-an II. Mueller motorcycle ~
was an hour and 35 minutes behind
the Duryea. Two of the four other
starters never got around the circuit
at all one breaking down on the re-
turn trip, and the other-which was
called by the curious name Of elect
robat'-not even attempting the race,
but contenting itself with 15-mile
spin.
The Duryea. driven by j. Frank
Durvea himself, who had perfected
the design and built the car with his
own hands, was the first practical
pasoline power-vehicle developed in
| this country. The same J. Frank
Duryea who perfected the Duryea
"wagon." and drove it in this first
race. Is the man who has developed
from II the present Stevens-Duryea
Evening journal., 1911-11-25
NEW ALCO LINE
SHOWS STYLE

Many improvements new to motor
car design in America arc embraced
In the Berline limousine, which is an
nounced as an addition to the Alco
line for 1912.
Conspicuous among the rehnements
are tho marine windows I'm the back,
tho illuminated step. window open
ins device, the cluster of dome lights
and the Pullman roof ventilating sys-
tenn.
The illuminated step is a convent
elco for night driving. II consists
Of a light invisible beneath the ton
neau door. thrown on automatically
A. the door opens II is controlled
hy a button from the drivers seat. A
cluster Of dome lights is used I'm place
,cf the old style Of one large electric
bulb
The marine windows in the corners
gives the driver a clear view to the
rear on either side.