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OSWALD SAPE IN MEXICO; GRAND JURY IS READY OFFICIALS CENSURED FOR ALLOWING ESCAPE FAILURE TO CAPTURE WITNEB3 BRINGS CRITICISM Fact Established That Redlight Boss Was In Los Angeles Eighteen Hours After He Was Wanted (Continued from I'ujre One) a meeting of the district attorney and hie deputies Saturday afternoon. Tna meeting adjourned shortly after 4 o'clock, and there was ample time be tween that hour and 1 o'clock Sunday to procure the arrest of a man whosa face Is familiar to both deputy sheriffs und police officers. Referring to this matter, the Express of last evening says: • "District Attorney Fredericks exem p' lies the old adage about locking the stable after the horse is stolen. If current reports In the press are to be credited, he has been extremely active in securing the presence of ex-Mayor Harper and Ed KerVi for hiß newest grand jury. Ho has been extremely lax, it Is said, in preventing the flight from the city of men said to be the most important witnesses against Mayor Harper and Ed Kern. "Referring to the alleged flight of one of these witnesses, a morning paper says: 'It is said that District Attorney Fredericks is not greatly concerned over the man's absence, ow ing to the assurance that former Mayor Harper will tell all ho knows to the grand Jury.' "This would bo amusing if it were not serious. Mayor Harper was before the last grand Jury. Ed Kern was be fore tho last grand jury. Neither, ap parently, told all that he knew. If either did, then the calling of the proa- I ent grand Jury was wholly unneces sary. Is It to be supposed that either of these men will now tell anything that will tend to Incriminate them selves? Even If they did, in the ab sence of other testimony they could not be convicted, because they could not be compelled to testify against themselves In a criminal prosecution. "Apparently the failure of District Attorney Fredericks to prevent the (light or important witnesses against Mayor Harper and Mr. Kern will bring about the same result in the present grand jury investigation as was brought übout In that of the last. It is certainly not to bo presumed, if the district attorney was diligent in tho performance of his duty in the last in vestigation that he can elicit any more from Mayor Harper and Mr. Kern at this time than he did before. The only possible hop* of further light on this vexed question was the presence of tho .very witnesses who have been per mitted to leave the city while the dis trict attorney was overbusy in al leged efforts to secure the presence of Mr. Harper and Mr. Kern—tho very men to be Investigated. "Now it is claimed that a minor member of the redllght crowd has been arrested as a witness. This is, of course, a sop to the people. In reality It Is merely locking the stable after the horse is stolen." Fredericks Shifts Blame The failure to hold Oswald and his chief lieutenant, Lawrence, alias Fen ner, leads many to believe that the coming Investigation will be as fruit less in results ;is tho one so recently closed. Apparently anticipating this. District Attorney Fredericks sought yesterday to place the responsibility lor futuro events upon the shoulders of others. He blamed Constable Do La Monte of Justice Stephens" court because Al fonso I'niand, now in the county jail, refused to «ive any information about Oswald's whereabouts, "Constable Ds La Monte has com plained that lie never gets work from this oflicc," he said. "He was given the- warrant for Durand's arrest, but Instead of taking him to Jail, he took him to Al Greenewald's cigar store and allowed him to talk to Greenewnld, and we liave been unable to get any in formation from Durand since." In this way Mr. Fredericks explained Oswald's absence and the fact that tho police force and members of his own force of criminal investigators could not discover his whereabouts. "If Oswald's testimony was so im portant, why was it not taken at the last session of the grand jury?" he was asked. "Because he refused to tell what ho knew," replied the district attorney. "When it is remembered that Thomas L. Woolwine, who also refused to an swer questions before the last grand Jury," said a man who has followed municipal happenings closely, "was cited to appear before Judge James and ordered to re.ply to tht> queries pro pounded by Mr. Fredericks, in-whose sincerity he expressed the gravest doubts, the apparent discrimination In Oswald's case needs some explana tion." Mr. Fredericks yesterday predicted that he would be opposed during the coming investigation by the same fac tors that led to the recent beneficial changes In the city's administration, and complained because the facts gathered by these well wishers for bet ter conditions in Los Angeles were not submitted to him. "And this in spite of the fact that the same avenues for securing the Information were open to him, and that his facilities were far better than any that could be employed by those who are the object of the critics," was the answer of one who heard the remark. The meetings of the grand Jury will in all probability be held in the large witness room adjoining Judge Hutton's chambers, on the third floor of the court house. The room which hereto fore has been used as a grand jury room is now occupied by Judge Hervey as a court room. 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Cut out id and bring to office. Prominent Attorneys Hold Recall Election Must Proceed mHE Recall Committee of the Municipal League: I Gentlemen—You have requested us to state briefly our J- opinion as to the effect of the resignation of Mayor Harper upon the election which has been ordered to be held on the 26th inst., under the recall provision of the city charter. In answer to that request we state: That we agree that the resignation of the mayor in no way affects such election but that the same must proceed precisely as if he had remained in office and his name had remained on the ballot. The removal of Mr. Harper from the office of mayor, by his resignation, affects the first part only of the parposes of the recall proceedings; the other part, the election of his successor, remains to be accomplished," and that can be accomplished, under the provisions of the recall, only by an election. We think it proper we should add that the view of the city attorney, as announced in his able opinion given the council im mediately preceding the election on Monday last, is, in our opin ion, irrefragable and quite unanswerable upon any sound princi ple of construction. Respectfully submitted, H. T. LEE C. F. McNUTT JOHN D. WORKS Los Angeles, Cal., J. A. ANDERSON March 17th, 1909. A. M. STEPHENS WOOLWINE TALKS OF GRAND JURY ACCUSES FREDERICKS OF OUT RIGHT BAD FAITH INTEREST IN RECALL ELECTION INCREASES DAILY More Meetings Are Benig Demanded In All Parts of City—Good Gov ernment Speakers Being Added to List Lack of Interest cannot be pleaded as an argumetn for shutting off the recall campaign when the machine lawyers ntake the request for an injunction to stay the election, for a progressive In terest In the campaign Is evidenced In every precinct in Los Angeles. Demon strations of this fact come to the cam paign committee from many points, probably the most prominent of which is the meetings. The headquarters em ployes are constantly answering ques tions about the meetings, and the halls where the recall speakers are heard are crowded at every meeting. A leading phase of the general In terest tnken is a great desire to know how the law committee stands on the legal phase of the election. The machine has announced that It will take tho matter into tho courts, but so far has been baffled to find a way that offers tho slightest hope of carrying It through without exciting ridicule. It is expected that the need to let some thing drop will bring action from the machine by Saturday at the latest. In the meantime so many requests for Information have come to the rs rall headquarters that the committee has Issued a statement from leading lawyers connected with the movement, and which has had the indorsement of others to whom it was submitted. Tho legal phase will be discussed fully at the general meeting Saturday night at Blanchard hall. New Grand Jury Absorbing Probably as absorbing a question as any Is the calling of another grand Jury before the report of the last one l-.as had its effect. The fact that this report enters Into the present fight against machine domination was ex plained at the Edendale meeting last night by Thomas Lee Woolwlne. Ho asserted that the machine had taken care to have a perfect organization In city and county affairs, and said that as much care had been taken to pro ' 'de against a startling grand Jury Investigation as with any other cog In the maehinei Mr. Woolwine made extremely sar castic references to the good faith of District Attornel Fredericks in asking for a new grand jury, saying in the course of his speech: "The plight of the district attorney in the newest grand Jury investigation would be ridiculous but far the gravity of the situation. Just upon the threshold of the last alleged Investiga tion he declared publicly that the charges made by me were absolutely without foundation. He knew at that time that what he said was entirely false, and made the statement for the purpose of smothering the inquiry be fore it was well started. His whole at titude from beginning to end indicated an unfriendliness to such an investiga tion, and he did everything that he dared to prevent a full, fair and com plete uncovering of the truth. Forced Woolwine's Reappointment "The grand jurors felt so little confi dence In his sincerity and gooS inten tions that they forced him to reappoint me after my dismissal, and he did so under tho promise that he would leave me unhampered. In this he again broke faith, for he hampered me in every way that he possibly could, even to the extent of objecting to material questions asked witnesses, and in these objections he was sustained by the foreman. "I submitted to his perfidy until it became apparent" that he would never allow me to accomplish anything, when I rose In the grand Jury room and denounced him. Among other things, I called him a contemptible scoundrel. While this may hava seemed an undig nified thing to do, it was not altogether the result of angor, but, as explained to tha grand jury, was my cool, unim passloned view of the man, formed from my knowledge of his conduct in office. He discharged me, as he had all along intended to do, and took charge. lOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 18. 1909. or pretended to take charge, of the Investigation. ' "He Is chiefly responsible for the farce that followed, for he saw to It. Insofar as he could, that no damaging evidence was adduced. Even after my dismissal a second time the grand Jurors had so little confidence In him that they asked him to retire and ap point any attorney in sympathy with a full Investigation. He refused to retire, but continued In personal charge. Queer Forms of Probing "Thereafter his apparent antagonism to the investigation assumed some queer forms. One of his antics was to deal gently with a witness who really knew something and to question htm with such care as to prevent his telling much. But when he found a man who apparently knew nothing, he would pounce on him with a rain of questions sufficient to stagger him. I must say that he handled the matter well, for, after months of labor and a large ex pense to the county, Including that of culling hundreds of witnesses, he dis covers for the first time that there 1 is really some foundation for the charges repeatedly made against cer tain officials, and to show his utter and complete good faith no forthwith, in great haste, calls for another grand Jury. "It does seem passing queer that a private citizen has been able, by the employment of detectives and without the assistance of a grand jury, to un cover official wrong doing, when the entire powers of the government and its unlimited resources in the hands'of tho district attorney accomplished prac tically nothing, and that this same dis trict attorney awakes from his long sleep only when the public becomes aware of what he should hava known long ago. Asks Pointed Question "On top of his declaration that there was nothing in the charges made, and after the Eari exposure, he is quoted in a morning paper with saying that the publicity given the matter In the papers forced the witnesses out of the city. If there was nothing In the charge to what witnesses and oftenses does he refer? "He further states that now they have rfturned (meaning the witnesses), sore and disgruntled, and are ready and willing to tell all they know. If such is the case why didn't he call his grand jury the moment he found this out? Why did he wait until the whole mat ter became public before acting? His effort to crawl out of a maze of incon sistencies would be pitiful, but for the fact that he Is utterly undeserving of pity." The three meetings held last night were all heard by audiences testing the capacity of the halls, and at all of them the enthusiasm for Alexander was a great feature. The audiences listened until the end of the meetings with close interest, and vigorously applauded points made in favor of the election of Alexander. Alexander Flays Republicans Mr. Alexander spoke at all the meet ings, making a jump by automobile of twelve miles to fulfill all engagements. He made some vigorous arguments, particularly in regard to the despair ing attitude of the machine organiza tion. Mr. Alexander paid his respects to the "regular" Republican organiza tion, for whom, he said, Mayor Harper was "good enough," so they did not make a 1 regulation party nomination in the prescribed time. Marshall Stimson also spoke at the Edendale meeting. At Furlong hall, 2603 South Central *% venue, where there was not enough standing room to ac commodate the crowd, Judge Cyrus F. McNutt and B. P. Welch 'Were the speakers with Mr. Alexander. At Akey's hall, 1106 East Vernon avenue, speeches were made by Mr. Alexander, W. R. Burke and R. H. Norton, and it was noticeable that at the meeting's close the audience seemed reluctant to leave. Not a person left the hall from the time the speeches began until the meeting was ended. ' Demand More Meetings So many calls for meetings have come in that the recall committee has been compelled to go out for additional volunteers. Men like Dr. Robert J. Burdette, City Attorney Leslie R. Hew itt, City Clerk Harry Lelandc and oth ers have been called for and a new list of speakers is being made up, while enough meetings are planned to keep them and the speakers on the first list busy until the campaign closes. Meetings are planned for this even ing at Korbell hall, First and State streets, and at Mission hall, 1716 Tem ple street. At the Korbell hall meet ing George Alexander, Thomas Lee Woolwine and B. P. Welch will speak. The speakers at Mission hall will be Lamar Harris, Col. T. E. Farlsh and George Alexander. The week-end meeting at Blanchard hall Saturday evening promises to de velop into an old-fashioned campaign meeting, for it will he both a ratifica tion and a discussion of the situation. ] Webster Davis, Marshall Stimson, John D. Works, George Alexander and others will be on the program. 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Right width the thing to wear with your new POINTS OUT NEED OF FEARLESS EXPOSURE WORK OF EMANCIPATION HAS BEEN BEGUN NOBLY Courageous Action by Press Will Guide Los Angeles Safely Into the Haven of Civic Righteousness In the light of the pro-vice argument that the best method of suppressing vice is concealing it, which certain papers have held up as the attitude of the people of Los Angeles, the follow ing letter is illuminating: "The Angus, 417 South Boylston Street. "Los Angeles, Cal., March 17, 1909. "T. E. Gibbon, Esq., Los Angeles Herald, City—Honorable Sir: All true American citizens owe you and your distinguished fellow-townsman, Mr. Earl, a vast debt of gratitude for your fearless and relentless war fare against the forces in your civic administration, who, unfortunately, were actuated by the base conception that 'public office' is a 'private snap. "Every great national reform has had a small beginning, when friends were few and enemies were legion; and who can adequately eulogize the great heroes who risk <heir very lives and their property to strike the shackles from the millions who are the victims of vice and oppression in practically all American cities? "You and your esteemed contem porary, the Express, have demon strated that not only Los Angeles, but every American city can, If it will, un furl to the breeze the banner which proclaims to all the world that 'the wages of political corruption" ara 'ever lasting political death.' Truly you have emphasized anew the great truth, 'The pen is mightier than the sword.' "The brilliant and fearless city at torney, likewise, deserves the gratitude and commendation of every true American patriot f6r his timely and splendid Interpretation of the city's constitution (the charter) on this mooted question. "Only ignorance of law or political bias can lead anyone to question the legality of the proceedings thus far and those contemplated in future, to wit: the election on March 26. How unfortunate it would have been had the council yielded on Friday last to the radical element which demanded an Immediate election of a doubtful successor to the late incumbent of the mayor's office, to hold office until Jan uary 1, 1910. What a colossal travesty on law and justice this would have been! Ever since the days o£.Justiniun (A. D. 534) every civilized nation has rcognized the rule of law that statutes must be so Interpreted that effect is given, if possible, to every part; that one part of a statute must be so con strued by another that the whole may, if possible, stand; that courts are bound so to construe the law (par ticularly remedial statutes) as to 'sup press the mischief and 'advance the remedy.' "The city's charter Is its constitu tion—its 'statute law'—by which the city Is to be governed. The sections involved in this controversy are the 'remedial statutes,' which are to 'sup press the mischief from which the great city of Los Angeles has been suf fering. The sovereign power is clearly reserved to 'the people,' and only the 'emergency power' Is vested In the city council, the emergency power being operative only during such period of time as must necessarily elapse be tween the emergency and the day when the electors exercise their right of franchise according to law —in the pending issue the 26th day of March. "Your courage and devotion to what is the beginning of the greatest task of the twentieth century—the task of emancipating the cities of the greatest nation on earth from the tyranny and oppression of the 'professional poli tician' —will Inspire every true Ameri can to dedicate himself anew to the great work which you have so bravely begun and thus far so nobly advanced. May the beautiful -'City of Angels' be the 'beacon light' which will guide every storm-tossed American city into the haven of true civic righteousness into which It is now entering, Is the sincere wish of your deeply Interested fellow citizen from the great Empire state, whose Statue of Liberty 'en lightens the world.' "HENRY CLAY BABEL." Magnate's Son Arraigned SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.—Chas. L. Newcombe, jr., son of an Ohio steel manufacturer and who Is charged with the embezzlement of $3000 while acting as Pacific coast manager of the Platt Iron works of Dayton, 0., wa&arralgned before Police Judge Conlan this morn ing. His case was set for hearing on March 25. In the meantime he Is at liberty on $1000 cash ball wired to this city by his father. WANTED—The H«rald company will pay ten cent» per copy up to ten copies each for Heralds of the dates or October 85, 1908. and October 27, 1908. Deliver to rashler la Herald otnee, 134 South Broadway. OSWALD AND FENNER FLEE TO TIA JUANA Each Exhibits Big Roll of Bills in San Diego, Which Furnishes Clew to Their. Probable Whereabouts tSpeoial to The Herald.] SAN DIEGO, March 17.—Nick Oswald and William Lawrence Fenner, wanted In Los Angeles in connection with the grand Jury investigation into the charges made against former Mayor A. C. Harper, are enjoying the balmy cli mate and mountain scenery of Tia Juana, Mexico, after a short sojourn In this city, during which they showed rolls of bills amounting to $2000. Oswald came to San Diego Sunday evening and registered at the Crane hotel under a flctitiousifciame. He came down from Los Angeles overland, pre sumably in an auto. Monday he was joined by Lawrence. The two men kept close to their rooms Monday, not being seen on the streets by any person who knew them, as far as the police can ascertain. It was not until Tuesday that they gave up their rooms In tho Crane, perfected arrangements to cross over into Mexico and took the cars for Tia Juana. Both were well supplied with money, having $2000 each in bills of $5, $10 and $20 denominations. Had it not been for their desire to exchange these bille for currency of a larger denomination the probabilities are that their presence in this city and subsequent flight to Tia Juana would not have been dis covered. Tuesday morning Oswald went to the American National bank and asked the cashier: "Can you give me $2000 in $100 bills in exchange for bills of small de nominations?" The cashier informed him that he could accommodate him to the extent of $500 in large bills. This was agreed to, and the money was ex changed. After thanking the cashier, the fugitive' from justice left the bank. Then he went to the office of City Treasurer Woolman and requested that official to exchange his remaining $1500 Into bills of larger denomination. Woolman accommodated him, after satisfying himself that the money re ceived In exchange was genuine, and Oswald went his way. The next heard of him he was at Tia Juana. A few minutes later Lawrence walked- Into the city treasurer's office with the same request, explaining that he was going down into Mexico for a' good time. This second request aroused the suspicions of Woolman, and he asked Lawrence several pointed questions as to where the money came from. Law rence declard his home was In San Francisco, that he was here on a pleasure trip and that he did not like to carry that much money In small bills. Woolman exchanged the money for him and Immediately reported the cir cumstances to the police. His descrip tion of the men tallied exactly with that of Oswald and Lawrence, tele graphed here today by the Los Angele3 police. The Los Angeles police have beeri notified and Chief Neely probably will send a bevy of plain clothes men to Tia' Juana tomorrow to see Oswald and Lawrence, provided they have not already gone Into the interior. Detec tives from the north are also expected on the early morning train tomorrow. WILL OFFER REWARD TODAY FOR OSWALD AND FENNER S. L. Browne, chief of detectives em employed by the district attorney's of fice, will offer rewards today for the arrest or apprehension of Oswald and Fenner. Fifty dollars for each man Is the sum named by the detective. Five thousand circulars, which bear a de scription of the fugitives, have been spread over the country. Browne late last night stated that he was postlve n«ther Oswald or Fenner was at San Diego or Tia Juana. FOILS PLOT AGAINST WORKERS FOR RECALL Alexander Supporter Detects Scheme to Injure Woolwlne, Herald Rep. resentatlve and Others In. terestcd in Campaign What is believed to be a definite plan to work bodily Injury to former Prosecutor Thomas Lee Woolwine, a representative of The Herald, and two other men interested in the progress of the recall movement was foiled by clever detective work on the part of John P. Steele of the recall campaign force. Mr. Steele succeeded in having two of the men suspected "run out of town," and the others, he says, "know they are known and are too scared to do anything." The fact has been evident to several men in the present contest that men were shadowing recall workers for no good purpose. They were seen at two or three meetings, and an investiga tion was started by Mr. Steele and Guy S. Garnor. There were four men whoso actions were particularly suspicious. Hteele found that one of these four had narrowly escaped a term in the penitentiary, and that the haunts and records of the outfit were not of the beat. "I should have had a confession out of at least one of them that might have made Interesting reading," said Mr. Steele yesterday, "but he got word that I was looking for him, and, without waiting to ask why, skipped out. That looks suspicious in itself, but other things make it certain to me that the gang wanted to do something to cer tain men In this movement. The mem bers were certainly capable of it, too. "There Is no danger of anything on that line happening now. The status of the recall movement Is too certain, but there was a time when there might have been trouble." It is believed that the men sus pected attended the recall meetings to familiarize themselves with the faces of four or five men interested in the movement. By doing so, and by their actions at the meetings, they laid themselves open to suspicion. From facts gathered by Mr. Steele and Mr. Garner, a newspaper man and three recall workers are supposed to have been the men the outfit was after. One of the men who has been con cerned In looking up the facts recently received the following anonymous let ter, although there was nothing con necting it with any of the gang un earthed by Steele: "You look out or you will get it again. You're stirring up too much trouble. Don't ferget it, and your not the only one." Men interested in furthering the re call work Tiave been shadowed fre quently, and a determined effort was made when the series of articles an swering the question, "Is vice protected in Los Angeles?" was started to ascer tain the sources from which Herald representatives obtained their Informa tion. Reporters were followed about the streets and on the cars, and men whom they engaged in conversations were "spotted^" and dogged. On one occasion a prominent business man who was interviewed on the street re garding the harbor question was fol lowed later to his office by a man who had been shadowing the reporter. STATE SENATE IN PANDEMONIUM (Continued from .Pare One) to vote at any time. They also an nounced that if the bill were not passed the blame w»uld fall on the majority party. The situation tonight practically is the same as that which caused post ponement last night. 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Senator Wright contends that the state owns all such lands. San Fran cisco, Oakland, San Diego, San Pedro and Eureka harbors were specified in the resolutions. Several attempts to amend the resolution were made, Leavitt of Oakland, Wolfe of San Francisco and Savage of San Pedro moving to strike out the names of their respective cities. Wolfe objected on the ground that if the suits were be gun they might interfere with the sale of bonds for condemnation of land for Islais creek harbor. Leavitt said it would disturb condi tions upon Oakland's water front and reopen suits that had just been ad judicated by the superior court to the satisfaction of Oakland and the two big railroads involved in the dispute, the Western Pacific and the Southern Pacific. Senators Caminetti and Wright ar gued that Oakland had no right to barter away the state's tide lands to corporations. Owens River Measure Speaker Stanton introduced a bill de signed to assist Los Angeles in carry ing 1 on the business of the Owens river water project, during the excitement over the Los Angeles mayoralty recall election, by giving the mayor pro tern power to sign bonds. Former Mayor Harper had already signed many of the water bonds, and it was feared by the city council that unless an enabling act were passed by thj; legislature complications might arise. The measure was read the sec ond time, and sent to the printer with an emergency order. The assembly passed bills providing for an eight-hour work day for under ground miners; for an appropriation of $25,000 for a monument to the veterans of the civil war, to be erected upon the grounds of the state capitol; giving firemen and policemen the right of ob taining writs of review in cases where they are discharged by commissions: and making it a misdemeanor for one man to treat another In a saloon. A bill passed earlier in the week compelling all persons who desired to fish in the waters of the state to pro cure licenses at the rate of $1 each was reconsidered and defeated this after noon. The full crew bill, providing that three brakemen must be assigned to all freight trains of fifty cars or more, was passed by the senate, and will go to the governor tomorrow for his sig nature. J. M. Murphy and W. F. Lemon, chairmen of the legislative committees of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men and the Order of Railroad Con ductors, respectively, have been here ever since the session began, urging the passage of the bill. The senate defeated a bill permitting persons who have practiced dentistry for ten years or more to follow their profession without certificates from schools of dentistry within the state. 3