Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 221, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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Mr. Advertiser, The Pointer covers the cjction around Oklahoma City for a radius of 100 miles, and from that section comes 90 per cent of the State Fair visitors
LAST EDITION— World's Greatest Free Paper—TEN PAGES
OKLAHOMA CITY DAILY POINTER
Hearst Sational Mews Service—Only Afternoon Paper Carrying hull Lfased 141re Report
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^3-FIFTH YEAR. OKLAHOMA CITY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1910.—No. 221.
DAILl COIN | K Al \ IK I l l \«.
mr
ids 1 ord*. I n 4 dt
List of Dead
in Awful Fire
May Reach 60
30Million Dollar Widow Has
Step-mother Carried From
Mansion; Wrapped in Sheet
BIG RACE
WITH 31 LI I
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111 1.1. ETI N .
Los Angeles. Calif.. Oct. I.—A rumor
rejcbed here today to ihr effort that lien-
or* I CJray Otis. proprietor of the Times
while on .• train on route to this city
from Mexico. dropped dead ou recelrlag
■ telegram. telling him of .ho evp'oslon
Tvhi.-h wrecked the TI men office early this
morning.
l'riend* of < ieneral Otis deny Hie rumor
of Ills death and expect hiiu t«> reach houie
from Mexico toduy.
The police H.-rc notified hy 1-'. .i. 7(v
hsndelai, seeretary .if the Morobnilts" and
Manufacturers' Exchange that mi utt**m| t
had been made to dynamite his reMldcn-e
ls«t night, late, or early ti In morning
The police state that thev found u i he
Xeebandelnr home on Kto 14mrl.ni l vcuue.
a clock work dev ce which t: •■ v l.ellev • to
have hern an infernal machine ledgne.i to
destroy Zeehsndebir's home nimultniic >us
with the Times office explosion 1 • nt they
have no clew to tho person or persons
who placed the device.
Los Angeles Calif. Oct 1 An explo-
sion thct shook the city fur miles mound,
started h fire shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning that complete!) destroyed the
building of the Times Publishing com
pany at First street and Broadway and
uused the loss of fully a score of 'Ives.
In sddltlon to the appalling totnl of
mortality, dor.en# of employe* suffered
hums mid Injuries that may serve to
swell the death list
Estimates grow as the canygss of the
[ossble dead In the Times explosion
and fire continues Sunday papers "stuf
frrs" the men who put the various see
tlona of the Sunday paper together and
mailers were Just going on duty as tin
explosion occurred and how many •>f
these men were iu the basement of the
building at the time of the explosion is
a mutter of conjecture.
ld(i(dN(> I Oil BODIES.
At daybreak this morning two Hundred
firemen began digging in the ruins of the
destroyed building in an effort .o rescue
i he dead. It is believed by Harry Chand-
ler. Treasurer of the Times Company, that
seventeen iren and women are dead in th?
ruins. The bodies are covered by ten
feet of brick and heavy stone which eli
from the walla when the explosion oc-
curred.
Harry Andrews, managing editor of the
paper, is personally directing the work of
the rescue.
No final estimate of the number of 'he
dead from rbe explosion and fire gould ' •
obtained The rums \«ere stilt ir.i ho* and
a search for the dead or missing was out
of the question.
no MAY BE BEAT
From an early estimate of f fteen dend
the figures at this hour 7:00 a m. hnve
been put up to from fifty to sixty. These
figure# take in the possible "stuffers"
young men usually drawn from the
schools who are anxious to make a little
over Sunday spending money—who had
entered upon their work .it midnight—
an hour before the explosion occurred.
Exploration of ruins will be impossible
within the next twenty-four or forty-
eight hours owing to the heat of burning
oil and papers in the basement.
TOSSED HEAVY MACHINES
No authoritative explanation has as ; et
I men made as to the cause of the explo-
sion which started the fire. The brunt
of the explosion (self was borne by the
composing room which was on the sec-
ond floor. There was a single restless
upheaval and the linotype machines were
thrown about as if they only were a few
. uncos In weight.
The explosion tore up the composing
toom to flic floors above carrying a hlicet
of fire with t Those 'if the compositors
who were not crippled by the explosion
managed to :et out through wind. .vs. It
Is believed those who wow workiur In
■ ther departments of the paper on floors
higher up were not so fortunate.
HAD TO CHOP IOOT OFF
Willlnui Campbell, hosotnan of Coin
pany 17, was pinned under a fallen wall
for two hours and a half, and his coin
iades bad to . hop off h s foot to release
him from the burning debris
The Times appeared this morning, i
four page edition, printed at It- auxiliary
plant.
OIL POl US INTO I IHR
Two Immense crude oil tanks located til
l lie alley and opening into the roar of thoi
Ioisement have poured their contents into
the crevices under the debris -md will I
Keep the ruins hot for many hours .■>!
• .one. Water cannot <|iieii< li the flames
i'lid the heavy oil must burn itself out. I
At 7 o'clock ibis morning, the f ronton
began the work of tearing down the
s.-arred six story walls which the flames
left standing on two sides ..f the block
According to the police, ni.iin men who
were in the building at the time of the
explosion, tin dc.-larat on that the , >1 a ti t
was wrecked by dynntnite is untenable.
sMKLLKD (iAH MJll>
almost stifling and it is the grow ns lie
lief of the police and others that it wna
gas generated l«y large crude oil tank*
or a leak from a defective supply pipe
which cause.} the explosion This theory
Is borne out. they declare by the fact that
the build tig was almost instantly envel-
oped iu flames.
NO C IIAM E TO ESCAPE
Men working in the etching depart-
ment on the sixth floor did not hnve time
t>. reach the exits thirty feet away after
the explosion before the flume* were on
them and the* were compelled to guard
their f oes w th their arms.
O" ail s des of the Times building tho
terrific force of the explosion is notice-
able this morning, llardly a plate glass
window escaped uninjured and n major-
ity of them were blown into fragments.
All of the lighter windows In the upper
stories have been shattered over a radius
of iitanv hundred yards from the Times
office
EXPLOSION SHOOK RAKTII
From all parts of the down town dis-
tricts come reports that the explosion
shook l lie earth with violence of an
earthquake. It. .ill there were four e\
plosions but three of them followed the
breaking out of tlie fire and came after
the floors had fallen In.
TWO HCHPKCTS HELD
Two men were arrested in the Broadway
tunnel suspected of having set off the
dynamite bomb which wrecked the office
of the Los Angeles Times at one o'clock
this morning. They are being held for
identification rs two men who wore seen
skulking around the building earlier in tho
night.
KNOWN DEAD
« hnrle* E. Lovelace, const editor, jump-
ed from third floor of building after
b« I ti b badly burned. Sustained injurie*
from fall. Died at 7 o'clock this morn-
ing.
Churchill Harvey Elder, night edi-
tor. jumped from «*eond floor: internal
in.ftirie* from which tie die.l.
J. M . Beaver, stenographer.
Harry I.. ( rane, assistant telegraph
editor.
MISSING
(•rant Moorac. machlnlal.
I reil t nderwood. operator.
Ed WaftMtn. ad man
•ltdin Howard. ad man.
Ernest Whitehead, linotype operator.
Carl Salada.
I red Llewellyn, linotype operator.
Brow a .Ioba«on. linofvpe operator.
Eriiesi .Ionian, ad num.
J. C. tialliglier.
•L c . Tuntfell.
Ilnrvev < rane. nxoUtant telegraph editor
Ired |. e 11 e u vn, aged llaotype opera-
tor. mnrried.
(.rant Moore. I ROARED LIKE VOLCANO
Elmer frink, aged operator, married. Ue<*crlp; ions of eye witnesses .-.com t >'
Eugene t a re usage. 3fi, operator, married agree that the explosion was immediate!.'
and one ehlld. followed with a great burst of ilam
Don E. .lohnaoa. aged 316. operator, mar- v.Jich tore it- way straight up through th
rled. 'entire loiilding. with the violence l)(
•I. Wesiay llea\eR. stenocrapher. volcano and converted the siructuto ;i :ii
L. Sawyer, aged \ii. telegraph opera- ' instant to a huge roaring crater. It w««
t'eci..:c I was dynamitetl. Hat
ry i'handler. \ «• president and assi«t«nt
general mauager, estimates the loss of
life between fifteen and twenty and the
lows to the building nearly half a million |
dollars.
After the explosion the police w >re s<
tive In search lug for suspects one ar-
rest was made. Two different group* of
policemen say they saw tuen ritint ng
away from the passageway which runs
into the Times building from the street
on the Hrotidwti) side.
The following statement was Issued at
- o'clock this morning by Iiurry s. An-
drews, managing editor ot the Tnies:
EDITOR'S STATEMENT
"The Times building wan destroyed hy
dynamite early this morning by the ene-
mies of universal freedom. i he riiues
itself cannot be destroyed It will soon
be re ssued from its auxiliary plant and
will fight Its battles to the end. The
1 orrors of the loss of life u<j maiming
of men precludes any further statement
at this trembling hour. An edition of
tlie Tunes In reduced sine will be issued
later iu tlie day. iieneral Otis will ar-
rive home front Mexico tills afternoon.
(Signed i "HAKin s. ANDllliWS,
.Managing Editor."
OAS IN H! ILDINCi
W. G. ITirinan, a Western Fnlou oper-
ator employed in the Times who bad left
the build ng only :i few moments before
the explosion, made til" statement that
throughout the night the building was
filled with gas escaping from an unKnown
leak, and that the tunics were so noxious
ihut they caused considerable annoyance
to the workers.
The flames were confined to the Times
build ug although adjoining buihlluas
were badly scorched and many windows
were broken iu the neighborhood by the
force of the explosion. Shortly alter *J
o'clock this morning, the fire was under
control and scon extinguished.
.MAN \ I NABLE TO ESCAPE
Owing to the confusion no ilst of dead
could be procured. Tho mortal ty. how-
ever. was not confined to the Times em-
ployes, for .me fireman at least lo<t his
life. Many others were terribly burned
and otherwise injured. The explosion
was of such violence that many ot those
iu the building were so ma med that they
were not able to escape as they would
have Irom au ordinary fire.
There are several versions as to ti e
number of explosions. The police say that
there was a* many as four, two «■! great
Molctiee md two other detonations seem-
ed d have followed ou the heels of the
• dbers. There is no doubt, however, that
there was one terrific explos on which
was heard throughout the city and which
shook the business section for blocks
around.
Vanderbilt Cup is rfon ibv J
Victor; the Most Disastrous
Contest in History
mi DEAD.
William Macon, mechanician Colum-
bia No I'-
I'harlea Miller, mechanician frr Chev-
rolet .
I'erdinand h'/.uhia. New York atate
ger for Pope Hartford cars, kill-
ed iu accident on way to races.
TIIE IN.11 It I l .
c H. Frey, driver, Mercer ear
Slight
c M Trlpwell, mechanician. Mercer
Mr. Slight.
Thomas Miller, spectator, skull frne-
tured. May die.
Ilenrj llagedorn, spectator. Proh-
abl.\ fatally hurt.
William Hall, mechanician. Burn-
am s car Slight.
Five passengers In D'Zilhla ear serl
ously Injured
Morris Li v hi gs t ou, spectator. Leg
broken.
Harold V Stone, driver Columbia
ear Crushed leg. will recover
Louis Chevrolet, driver, arm broken,
shoulder brokeu.
Mrs l\Hte McCarthy, spectator.
Hligbt.
Vanderbilt Cup Course. L. I. Oct L-
Harry I" tiranl. In an Abo today for the
second consecutive Hum*, won the Van
cierbilt clip, the blue ribbon event of the
American automobile world. The race
was the most spectacular ami disastrous
ever t tin over i he tgunois I ..tug Island
course.
lor. mnrried and
Charles Gulliver,
married
THE DVINCi:
W. Campbell, fireman engine eompany
Number 17. caught under fatting wall
Albert <i. Schneider, passing building.
bit by flying brick, skull fractured.
THE INJI RED:
I). S. ItouglaMA, pressman, bad burns
about face, body and sprains.
V W. C'rablll. foreman, burned face and
arms; jumped from second story.
Mr*. •!. II. I Irlch. proof reader: fell
down elevator shaft, bad cuts and bruise.
E. 11. \spinall. printer, jumped from
second floor; broken wrl*t. bail scalp
wounds.
Richard lioff. bodv burn*.
August Kotaeh. compositor. jumped "ight
from second floor. badly burned. leg i
broken.
G. L. Salada. compositor, body burns.
V p. Cillnk. walking along wtreet. hit
by flying debris.
M. Westin. cut sboulder.
\ <■. >rhwnlm. blown into middle of
streel. cut about the head anil body
Leonard, advertising agent, cut on
the first fierce rush of the flames that
made impossible the rescue of i
the employes, particularly those
mechanical departments, v
without the slightest eli:
from the double horror. Some of the
employes who were not crippled by the
explosion, managed to make their way to
windows fronting on the street and many
of tlicso jumper injuring themselves se-
verely.
A number had gotten out this way be-
fore the f re department bad reached tho
scene and spread its life nets. Then
mure leaped, and were caught In the life
saving apparatus.
EDITOR l ROI'S FROM WINDOW
of the
was tha
cdito
of the Tii
Ua
He was
of the
Klder,
face
f the remaining few of the editorial staffs
iu the rooms on the third floor. When
the explosion shook the building, the
rooms were swept instantly by ,i blast'
f flame Flder groped his way to the
i«- declared by many of the
that the odor of gas was i
mine part of the building this
aid to have been so strong .is
itlec d
Bill Latta, stenographer, jumped from
sccond floor, bod) and face burns.
I . S. ti. Pent/, jumped from *«•« ond
floor, broken arm and shoulder.
PRESSES LIGHTLY DAM ACi ED.
l-'nvuk Pafrtnger. .-ashler of the news
paper today estimated the loss to tl.e
building at *-CVO.onn. Mr. Fa a ff In ger said
that two presses were only slightly dam-
aged. and that the three vaults in the
building were pot impaired. Tho remain-
der of the quipment was destroyed. The! the night cafes "or "roused from slunil
piopcrty carried a heavy insurance which! by tlie defoliation. Iu the Nadeau hotel,
will not nearly over the loss. i he guests were up at on.v and prepare.;
To consider the advisability of offering to leave in case the fire spread to their
• " •* ipture of the men ro^ building. Hundreds rushed to th. scene
circular window overlooking the street I wart decided
"nil prepared to jump. ItetTnd him roar- time through hi.-
cd I In* lire ,\> he stood at the window ' Leeds, hv summary
lie found himself severely burned and i liei disposal and .1
Mlffering terribly. Below hint wa.-t the home, which i
street, a drop ot fifty feet. As the flames |
pressed upon him he crawled out of the
window and bung by his bands to iiie
ledge as loug as he could, then dropped.
MAI DIE I BOM I N.I I RY
His leg was broken by the fall to the
pavement and lie was otherwise badly hurt
He inter died from injuries. It
was but a moment after the blaze that
the streets near the Times bijildtn:; were
arming with people who poured fr
sponsible for the cxpb
city council will meet in special ession
today- Chief Ualloway admitted that, ills
department was unable to learn of any
person who had witnessed the throwing
of dynamite into the building.
officers of the Times-Mirror company
j froi
| the
blocks
■elvlng ho
L slant.
pi t i. 1 is .lose
•dical attention
tho injured ot
rifREE MEN K 11.1 I l
rhree men were killed, two of them
the track; at least fw
fatally Injured, ami
received lesser hurt
time nil* t t
and. I id " ; :.i md .lohn V tken
National was third. 1:17
In the race today nine minute* ami
Htm
II.NUW WINS
I I
he U'henllev Hills sMecpstnl.es. ten l.ip
111 Ird
Flic winner only vvn>. posted
miiced for the WJieutlev Hill
MAD III Sll RESPONSIBLE
night ruah of II
i ut.da)
lenth and several of the injured
liirlit i big touring « ar driven
h" dinger
(lie Pope Hart ami containing hi
■lied
ffwranT^wlo ou me Whet
li'/a
Willi
ent .sepni
d Mi
the thirty tuil I ion
widow of the late; tin | late king.
ighly evicted from her paluee jp
rashiotuihle So til h Mount:
lair. N. I . by the direi-tl
received
the Mrm of defieate rTnanetal
of Mrs. Leeds in havltig
irrled bodily out ..r
The
Mrs.
lad in u flimsy kitnom
lied in a sheet, was saHl
■ pending the lands' millions
inouf h
Ills DAI 4.11 I i rs Ills \||1s
\fter he hud . >uis ,.|ered it egp.
e pa rate from M. .Stewart
itli his daughter. Mrs lloudi
of NT 11II I
|( XI I M AR OX R#R
lilllgbtl
Man of fund
It A I NED \ • T I I.I
it tttrrl'
attei,ded b
/
f V
Tlie first hlt<-U eame wli^n Chevrolet had
Ilia start, when the engine of bis 1
'-"i stalled at the signal to g*> lie g"i
off ten seconds late. All the other tart*
were pcrfect Livingstone was held un
by mechanical trouble Just long enough
to give Mulford the honor of being first
around The big Loaier car's time waa
posted as H vnlnntes flot.
I IRE TROI IILK t Ai SE« DECAY.
Mechanical and tire trouble delayed
Kcblefler, lluushue and Wiahard iu Ilia
early running. The announcers were un-
usually slow in announcing the official
time. The third lap Mulford# time wan
u3 minutes.
Chevrolet made hi* first three laps In ^1
minutes, nearly T.' miles an hour, beating
Mulfa id's I line for t tie distance. The earlv
performance w as a magnlChent speed duel
between Mil I ford and Chevrolet. The four
rounds were made by Chevrolet In 4'i min-
utes with Mulford two minutes la-hind.
(HEVItOEKT CiOlNO FAST.
When Chevrolet flashed over the mark
nt the end "f Ids fifth lap he was given
a great ovation. Ills lime then was .*i0:i 7.
In Which he had covered «L<W miles lie
was closely followed i jy l*le partner.
Wild Boh Hurnain. in Buiek pr No. "7.
whose time was ."io minutes flat Mulford
lime was .*>5 flat.
FLASH OK ACCIDENT.
Shortly before 8 o'clock word was flash
ed to the stand thfct Harold Stone in Co-
lunihla c«r No. !-, und IPs mechanician.
Wllllaui llncoii, hud been killed. when
their flying car skldde ami tnrnesl turtle.
I ItOAl LOS AN C EL EH.
Stour came |o New York from Los An
gel.--, Cal., with great expectations of
winning the Vanderbilt cup race He
broug it his bride along with him. Also
he brought a fine reputation its a fast
j automobile driver In California
The Columbia people thought lie would
make their car a dangerous contender for
the fh-si honor In the big rai-e, and so they
hired hlin.
When lie started out thi« morning a* .No.
II!. bis bride sat in the grand stand.
SI.RICH.H ACC IDENT A\ EltTFI)
Amdhcr a.cident <«iue in Hie Wheat Icy
Hill- event shortlj afl«M- Hi" -la'i lb-
Mercer ear, driven by « II. • rev . ,nrat
ti lire iiml sMerved intp n tciegl'RMh pole.
giibleW i.K .-iii thai r side-ivipeTtlw (•elf
instead of liitthig it liead on The mr
skidded dangerously nea * ilie cruivd at a
Ifo mile clip. Juat before It struck < M
1'ripwell, I icy' inciliaub-inn. was thrown
nut. while I-rev was pinned in the ma-.
bow eve i. es.-apcil with slight
machine wus wrecked and
retire.
I El'S INTO P ITII.
the thousands f spectators ar t.iat pmiii.
stepped upon (lie course and was struck
by .lack Homing. Pope Hartford machine.
Ml 2.-, feel. Several wqmen 'illi Him
crowd fainted. Miller's skull mis fra.-
lured, a leg iirokcn aud he was luteruiiliy
injured, lie was taken t«
hoapltal i" d|lng cottdltleB.
%NO'l lt;i{ C.EIS IN WAV.
I leu ry llagedorn. of Brooklyn, another
spectator, stepped lido the pathway of
mic of the flung racers and was hurled
I,, III. side of the ■•Oiirsc. lie was sad !«•
be dying when placed In an ambulance
thnt rushed bun to tlie Nassau hospital.^
\\ IIMiiin. I\ iii|i|ier. dr
.,lie turn in tlie seveni
«. p\.*.| bito i machine
the Mie
.1 Mill
MAN, 103, SAYS WOMAN JUSTICE
HE MURDERED IN NEEDS TO LOOK
RUSH TO FRISCO1 AFTER FAMILY
i: i
I XL's
The Merchants Best Buy
Yesterday's circulation reached the. 25,900 mark.
That local advertisers appreciated the value of such a
concentrated circulation was evidenced by the amount
of advertising carried. Sixteen pages filled with an-
nouncements from Oklahoma City's high voltage mer-
chants. They are getting results. No doubt of it.
The merchant who uses THE DAILY POINTER is
getting more than twice the local circulation that he
could get from other papers at less than half their rate.
It's the best buy.
State Fair visitors are here today to do their trading.
Those who grasped the opportunity presented by THE
DAILY POINTER Friday night are enjoying the fruits
of good merchandising.
Monday's issue will be another big number. Get
your copy ready early. Phone 2268.
II El> TO IIOSPI1
ehcrs and ambulances
rvlec and many of the
d reel I y into the h
they were picked up.
bordering on panic and the
id to I lie
report spri
I lint sever,
ics building
o building
the
d.
up the street*
i Idluga near tin
ire Although tin
' and its wit
uttered, it did
I other buildings were th
io f reiuen were able to con
the Times plant.
I V PLOSION IN \I.LEX
Times plant consisted
inenta of the papei
the publishing am
the Times Mirror
or of I'lrnt and ltrond-
g adjoining, which s
pr and which was ne-
llie mechanical depart
ami other hrnnciic* ,,i
I kbind ng plant or
Publishing eompanv.
buildings
to pletfd guilty
in San I-'ruue|.s<
country, w ben
III ixl!
il'g t
Willi
16::
;rder:ng .i u.
1 ing the rush to
-old fields were
obi. '"cH,,":' -V :'|
\ WliLltllll.T \ltltl\ I
K \ .■ derbilt. Jr..
. m.I referee of the
\\ o.M \N > tltltOW L> Esc \PKS
Mrs Kab MHnrtbv was in 'be fr
na ne < tfflc
yesterday
'allforuia.
fields.' II.
■y bnlr wh
v ith
Ingress f.
illey^ that
alie.
fro gb
ns in ii
t It
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW HEAVY GAIN
MAN CHARGED WITH
BURGLARY; FIND GOODS
The
throughout th" entire Inr
• alight f re first, accord I
(teases. The whole buildi
great bonfire within tlie
Mvronds aud crimson gi >
with blinding white islt'l
CBOSS ME.MOKI X I
The Confederate V« ♦ :
will meet nt the court
afternoon at o'clock.
* wn- splashe i j
-I H\ IC E
CAL I III I It I Ml III I. < I IV.
Mr. and Mi Hart hm !•• i •
ml hold
tvIce >ot the h te Hill
of state, who died on tin
TAMHW \ t ItOlfl) IN OIXC'II.
..ruing. N \ I t I (. \ Fammaiiy
•• ' * |"S I'.'r' ''•Il ly '111 a""Vi^ni
one was iniui'cd.
c ling of bis en- vtt
il Mr. Hull. "•
M;:->ape«|iMi turn I s ;
iliU • nulu i'roke . U1M
won by Homerv
speed ot <>i
won •' (•' iMrracq
' C'CI.V 11% ON l\t. SIN
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