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M MIIKR 11,
OFFICERS ACCUSE
CAPLAN OF PART
IN POWDER PLOT
Chief Seymour of San Francisco
Discloses Sensational Evi
dence in Times Case
SPECIAL GRAND JURY ORDER
Official Declares Prisoner Is Man
Who Rented House to Store
the Explosive
SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF
SAYS PROOF IS CLEAR
(Special to The Herald]
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.
—That David Caplan was the
man in the Los Angeles Times'
dynamite plot known as Wil
liam Capp, and that he had
known M. A. Schmidt, alias
"Smithy," for more than two
years, was learned positively
today by Chief of Police Sey
mour.
Caplan and Schmidt were
close friends. Schmidt was
known as Smith to E. B. Mor
tan, a cousin of Caplan. Cap
lan and Schmidt went to Los
Angeles together in July, the
police discovered today.
Johannesen reappeared be
fore Chief Seymour this morn
ing. Mortan also was called
before the chief. In the even
in W. P. Lawson, with whom
the Caplans lived in Grove
street, also called on the chief.
After seeing the three men
the chief announced that there
is no doubt that Caplan is the
William Capp who rented the
house in which the dynamite
was found and who purchased
from the Thomas Awning
company the tarpaulin with
which the dynamite was cov
ered.
Johannesen, who is business
agent of the Millmen's union
and an organizer for tlje Build
ing Trades' council, was closet
ed with the chief of police for
an hour this morning. At the
conclusion of the conference he
said he had promised the chief
to say nothing.
Developments moved swiftly in tho
Times dynamite case yesterday. At 11
o'clock Judge Bordwell summoned a ve
nire of thirty names from which next
Tuesday will be drawn a special grand
jury of nineteen men to probe the dis
aster and return indictments if the
evidence warrants.
Local detectives connected with the
district attorney's office admitted the
possession of letters which had passed
between Schmidt and Bryson, two of
the suspects in the case, directly in
volving them in the dynamiting of the
Times and implicating- David Caplan,
the man known as "the Mexican," and
also a fourth suspect. Caplan is de
clared by the local police to be a noto
rious anarchist and a follower of Emma
Goldman.
Discrepancies in the handwriting of
the letters signed "Schmidt" and
"Bryce" Indicate that the men used the
old criminal dodge of interchanging
names In different localities. In this
way Bryce has been located under the
name of Schmidt in some localities, and
1 Schmidt, the one-eyd man, under the
name of Bryce. Handwriting experts
have been employed to identify which
letters were written by each of the
wen.
BRING SI'SPECT FROM llAMilltli
Morris Fitzgerald, the man knocked
from a train en route to San Luis
Obispo from Los Angeles at Hanford
on the night of October 2 and whose
ravings about dynamite while in a hos
pital recovering from his injuries
caused him to be regarded as a sus
pect, was brought here from Hanforct
and lodged in the county Jail. He ap
pears partly demented as the result
of an injury to his skull. Attorney
Earl Rogers declares that bPßldes tho
man's ravings a labor organizer from
Coalinga requested the hospital author
ities at Hanford not to allow the man
to be questioned by detectives.
Rogers then sent a detective to act
as nurse to the man. He Is alleged to
have continued his ravings about dyn
amite and to have specifically men
tioned the' Times and "dead men."
On Wednesday, Rogers claims, a
mysterious automobile drove up near
the hospital and, apparently In re
sponse to a signal, the patient made a
desperate effort to escape and reach
the machine, which later drove away.
He was held and brought here.
The pupils of his eyes fire abnormal
ly enlarged and he appears to be in
sane. Apparently he has no recollec
tion of events after he left Coalinga
on September 25. He is known to have
been in' Los Angeles on the night of
the explosion, to have purchased a
ticket from here to San Luis Oblspq
and to have shipped a satchel con
taining belongings to that place. This
satchel is now In the hands of the
Han ford authorities.
I'OHCK TtTHOCD FITZGERALD
Fitzgerald, In his story to the police,
declared he was beating his way north
on the train, which has been proved
untrue. He- says that he fell from the
train and denies being knocked off.
He denies any part in the Times dyna
miting. The police Incline to the theory
that the man is partially insane as a
(Continued an l'age Three) '
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
V FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair Sat
urday) overcast In the morning; light north
wind, changing to HOuth. Maximum • tem
perature yesterday, 85 degrees 1 minimum
temperature, 63 degrees.
LOS ANGELES
Friends of Mexican liberals (ear at
tempt to get refugees over border.
I'ACIB 1
Republican county central commutes
repudiates Fredericks In district at
torney fight and retimes contribu
tion. PAGE 1
Four fireman jare hurt In |!6,000 blaze
at Newmai'k building. PAUE 1
Suit is entered to enjoin rival com- .
pany's production of "The Jungle."
I'AOE S
Attempt to pass Alameda street «nat
ter over veto might require seven
votes. PAGE 8
Luctle Bedford awarded only $5 in con
test of (216,000 estate of Mrs. Susan
Olassell Mitchell. PAQE 8
Railroads entering T,os Angeles report
arrival of 25,000 colonists during
season. PAGE 9
National Tariff association announces
convention January 11 end 12. PAGE 9
Los Angeles to make bid for next Y.
M. C. A. international convention. I
PAOE 3
Guy Eddie writes scorching letter to
Fredericks. \ PAGE 11
Louis Guernsey, Democratlo nominee for
assembly, wage* effective campaign
in south. PAGE 11
Local attorneys discredit Candidate
Craig's "advertising" methods. PAGE 11
State 8010 club of war veterans unan
imously Indorses Theodore Bell for
governorship. PAGE 11
Seventeen airships entered In contests
today and tomorrow at flying field
on Playa del Rey line. PAGE 16
Woman and child are bitten by maddened
dog. PAG 13 16
Judge Bordwcll arranges for special grand
jury to probe explosion In Times building.
PAGE 4
Citrus fruit report. PAGE 7
Personals. PAGE 8
Dr. Colt of London delivers lecture on
, George Jiernard Shaw before Friday
Morning club. PAGE 8
Prominent Republicans threaten walkout
frurn harmony ban.quet If Fredericks is
honored guest. PAGE 8
Mrs. T. B. Callahan routs thug who at
tacks her in her home. PAGE 4
Mining and oil fields. I'AGE 6
Building permits. PAGIiI 6
Markets and financial. I'AGE 1
News of the courts. PAGE 8
Municipal affairs. PAGE 8
Kdltorlul and Letter Box. PAGE JO
Politics. PAGE 11
City brevities. PAGE 11
Sports. PAGE 12
Marriage licenses, births and deaths.
PAGE 14
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Churches. I'AGE 16
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Don C. Bherer, carpenter, killed In col.
llslon between his automobile and
railway flyer at Long Beach. PAGE! S
Pasadena school girl run down by
etieat car and seriously Injured.
PAGE 13
Its original promoter gains entire pos
session of Orange Blossom mine.
PAGE 13
Santa Monica Judge fines man for fight
ing with wife. PAGE 13
Nine eastern financiers guests of Captain
Banning on yacht excursion to Catallna. •
PAGE! 14
COAST
At Presbyterian nynoi in Fresno Rev.
Lynn White protests against "sacrifice"
of Dr. Day. PAGB 1
Arizona convention excludes reporters from
floor. PAOB !
Damage from forest fires in California less
than was predicted. PAGE 8
Hiram Johnson speaks at large political
meeting In San Jose. PAGE 11
Sacramento uncorks Bourbon enthusiasm
and gives Bell and Spellacy thunderous
ovation. PAGE &
Court sustains demurrer of Mrß. Katherine
Tinglcy, dismissing Thurston will contest.
PAGB 6
EASTERN
Edgar Allan Poe is admitted to Hall. of
Fame. " PAGE 1
Socialist-philosopher takes his own life at
Denver. PAGE S
Lake Mohonk conference commends aban
donment of Indian reservation system.
PAGE 2
Seniiatlon sprung In boundary line between
New Mexico and Texas. PAGE 2
Briefs filed by government and Preas Pub
lishing company in celebrated Panama
libel case. PAGE 3
Illinois school teacher capitulates after be
ing fugitive from luw four years. PAGE 3
Boilermakers, *lpe men and blacksmiths
on Gould line walk out In sympathy with
striking mechanists. PAGE 3
Relief expeditions will search woods and
lakes for missing balloonlsts In Canada.
PAGE 9
J. Plerpont Morgan gives Episcopal church
$100,000. PAGE 16
Mountaineer friends of condemned murderer
rescue him from Jail. PAGE 1
Great crowds greet Roosevelt at Boston.
PAGE S
FOREIGN
Dr. Crippen undergoes ( cross-examination
for four hours. PAGE 2
Writer says he believes Japan envious of
China. PAGE 6
PLIGHT OF WOMAN WHO
PLIGHTED TROTH BY MAIL
BISBBE, Ariz., Oct. 21.—Mrs. Minnie
F. Reid of Olean, N. V., arirved here
today, expecting to meet J. C. Faltln,
who had promised to marry her, she
says. Investigation showed that Faltin
made a hasty exit from the city sev
eral days ago.
The couple became acquainted
through a matrimonial advertisement,
and corresponded for a year. He pro
posed to her through the mail and
promised to move with her to Califor
nia, where he said he owned a ranch,
according to the woman. Mrs. Reid
paid her expenses here, arriving almost
penniless. _
PRINCE FRANCIS OF TECK
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
I.(»'IM»N, Oct. S2 A bulletin hn*
just been Issued utatlng the condition
of Prtnre Francis of Teck, a brother of
Queen Mury, has become extremely crit
ical during the liwt hour.
Prince Francis Is 111 with plenrlsy and
recently underwent two operation!.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1910.
SACRIFICIAL FIRES
MAY BURN AMONG
PRESBYTERIANS
Fresno Synod Decides Against
Dr. Day. Despite Warning of
Rev. Lynn White
DEBATE HERESY SIX HOURS
Verdict of "Unsatisfactory" As
sertion That "Pentateuch Not
Written by Moses"
(Associated Pree»)
FRESNO, Oct. 21.—After six hours
of earhest debate, which at the ciosp
approached perilously near personal'
ties, the commissioners of the synod
of California and Nevada, decided that
the views of Dr. Thomas JYanklin Day,
when he asserts that tire pentateuch
mi not written by Moses are "de
clared unsatisfactory, because Incom
patible with the standards of the Pres
byterian church In the United States of
America, as Interpreted by her highest
courts."
This covers only the first of the
fourteen questions submitted to Dr.
Day as professor of Hebrew exegesis
and Old Testament literature in the
San Francisco Theological seminary,
locate;! at San Anselmo, by the board
of directors of that /institution, ant)
which comprise the foundation of th«j
investigation into the orthodoxy of Dr.
Day.
The word "heresy" was avoided, ex
cept by Rev. J. W. Densmore, D.D.,
who conducted the prosecution In cit
ing parallel circumstances from pre
vious heresy trials of the church.
Dr, Wicher of the same semlnaiy,
who spoke at length for Dr. Day, and
other of his defenders, asserted there
is no question of heresey, and that if
Dr. Day's views are heretical, it fol
lows that the book on "The Old Testa
ment and Its Contents," published by
the Presbyterian church for instruc
tion and written by Prof. James Rob
ertson of Glasgow university, is he
retical.
STORM OF HISSES
A storm of hisses and "noes," with
cries of "bosh" came when Rev. Lynn
T. White, in combating a motion to
vote on the remaining answers by ac
clamation, stated if Dr. Day were
offered up In a sacrificial fire for* the
sake of peace there would be thirty
more sacrificial fires burning within
the synod In a short time, around
which the Presbyterians would gather.
While tbts Is only one question, it la
considered as Indicative of the general
attitude of the synod toward the
higher criticism and tantamount to
the ousting of Dr. Day.
Half of the delegates will leave for
their homes tonight. The voting was
taken by roll call, many of the dele
gates Insisting on giving their reasons
pro and con before being placed on
record.
Dr. Day In a short preamble to his
own remarks stated that he believed
ip the virgin- birth of Christ, although
he did not consider that the directors
had a right to question him on matters
outside of his department. He af
firmed impressively that he did not be
lieve that Moses wrote the Pentateuch,
excepting a possible nucleus; that there
was no statement in the Bible to show
that he did; that while the decisions
of the general assembly are worthy of
respect, they do not constitute the law
of the church, and that the Westmin
ster confession did not refer to the
matter under dispute.
SEIZE JAIL, LIBERATE
MAN SENTENCED TO DIE
Mountaineer Friends of Prisoner
Quietly Capture Him and
Disappear in Wilds
LOVINGSTON, Va., Oct. 21.—Moun
taineer friends of John Moore, under
sentence to be put to death by elec
tricity for the murder of Frank Howl,
descended upon the Nelson county Jail
at 1 o'clock this morning, stormed the
building: and rescued the prisoner. It
Is supposed he will be taken to the
mountains and liberated.
At an early hour, seventy-five armed
men from the mountain section whore
the crime was committed proceeded to
the county jail. Admission was gained
and the guard cowed Into non-resist
ance. Moore was then released.
Precautions had been taken by the
mob to prevent an alarm. Almost as
quietly as it entered the town it de
parted for the mountains. It was
not until some hours after the rescue
that the news spread and deputy sher
iffs were on their way into the mount
tains to try to rearrest Moore. It is
feared that bloodshed will remit from
the attempt. The only telephone wire
leading into the section of the country
where the crime was committed and
where Moore's friends live was cut
before the rescue.
Moore w-as condemned to death at
Richmond September 25, after his con
viction of the murder of Frank Howl
In Nelson county last May.
SENATOR ALDRICH, STRUCK
BY STREET CAR, RECOVERS
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—United States
Senator Nelson W. Aldrleh of Rhode
Island had quite recovered today from
the slight bruises received last night
when he was knocked down by a Madi
son avenue oar. Early reports had it
that Senator Aldrleh was In an auto
mobile and had been severely hurt.
Senator Aldrlch was crossing the
street when the car struck him la
glancing blow, knocking him down.
The senator, unassisted, rose to his
feet and disregarding a few slight
bruises, walked to the home of h's
son, Wlnthrop Aidrlch, on Park ave
nue.
Senator Aldrlch was as .well as ever
this morning.
Booted Off the Band Wagon
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4 FIREMEN HURT
AT NEWMARK BLDG
injured Men Stick to Posts Till
$25,000 Blaze at 7th and
Broadway Quenched
Four firemen were Injured while
fighting a fire on the sixth floor of the
M, A. Newmark building at 716-720
South Broadway shortly before 8
o'clock last night. The blaze, which
started in the factory of the Z. L. Par
melee company, manufacturers of elec
trical fixtures, was confined to the one
floor, but the volume of water that
was poured into the building caused
damage' to the different places of busi
ness on the lower five floors. The
total damage to the building and con
tents is estimated at more than $25,000.
The men -who were injured were
directing streams of water on the blaz
ing walls, shelving and other inflam
able material when the ceiling fell.
Large pieces of blazing wood fell on
them and they narrowly escaped seri
ous injury from heavy pieces of plaster
and metal lath which rained down
around them. Several members of com
panies Nos. 9 and 23 crouched against
the heated walls and escaped being
struck by the falling debris.
Those who were Injured are Capt. T.
L. Gentry, 46 years old, of engine com
pany No. 9, who suffered a sprained
right ankle when he stumbled and fell
over a pile of brass and iron electrical
fixtures which were strewn over the
floor. Capt. Martin O'Malley, 33 years
old, of engine company No. 23, was"
burned on both ears and suffered a
laceration of his left hand.
Howard Dyer, 27 years old, a hose
man living at 225 East Fifth street,
was burned on the left knee and in
curred an electrical burn on his left
hand. F J. Hennessey, 30 years old, a
hoseman of 502 West Twenty-second
street, suffered lacerations on both
hands.
: .DISCOVERED. BY w6IIAN ;: ,
- The - injured E men", remained j at, their
posts until | the fire was well,- under
control,- then went to 'the receiving
hospital,! where t their „ Injuries were
dressed by the polite surgeons. „,;.i,\£
The origin of the fire is unknown- It
was dlsovered by a woman living in 11
rooming house near Eighth and, Spring
streets, who' saw the " reflection of : the
flames' on' the rear .windows of the
sixth floor of, the building. She tele
phoned the fire department, and several
engine companies responded,': sJH'v 1 ■ '
j When the firemen I reached the : top, of
the building; they found the fire burn-
Ing fiercely in the electrical fixture fac
tory, the -flames gradually eating their
way through the wooden ; shelving on
which were stored supplies of .various
kinds.-'' ■;■ [J,:WX'li<' '"' v'--' ' '>■'.' '■'{ '
[' rC ■;,?■', : NUMEROUS LOSSES :
The Par.melee' company occupied one
half of the top floftr, where the factory
of the concern was located. This com
pany : also occupied quarters on. the
ground floor which was fitted up as a
salesroom. ■> Almost the entire ■ part :of
the -building used as a factory .was
ruined, .• the . celling i having fallen and
the walls'badly damaged.
'. Other ; concerns:, that suffered ; losses
by water are the Carr 'company; • man
ufacturers of facial preparations, fourth
floor; r Elite 1 Tailoring company, , fourth
floor: Dr. Reed Cushion Shoe company,
ground floor; W. H. Judson , Art Glass
company, fourth J. A. Merlgold,
business officer* fourth •' floor; v Rosen
blum Bros.' office, ' fifth ' floor; Prof. E.
P.* Rowell, office, fifth floor; ■ Salzman,
Baruch ; & Co., third ''floor;'«CarHn' Post
Card company, fifth ■ floor; the Coast
Whllesale Millinery company, fourth
floor, and • the Metcalf-Ackley-Guatav
eon company, piano • dealers, second
flo«r.-v <••-;*"■■ ~ .'■■■' ■■-„-~™'_- ■'•.'■
The v building „Is ' owned by 'M. ,A.
Newmark and was built four years ago
at a cost of ; $120,000. Mr. Newmark
stated last night that the structure Is
insured for $90,000. / l©tSl
FORMER U.S. DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CRITICALLY ILL
| J. Marlon Brooks, former United States
district attorney, Is ■ so critically 111 at.
the Home sanitarium, where he > has
been for two weeks, that he Is not ex
pected to recover.'. He Is suffering; from 1
• liver trouble and j previous' to' being
taken to j the . sanitarium . he had . been'
In , bed ■; five weeks., . Dr.' J. J. Still Is
attending him. --"'. : '''■■■' t
FEAR ATTEMPT ON
MEXICAN LIBERALS
Friends of Political Refugees Be
lieve Effort on Foot to Sup
press Magazine
Mexican political refugees In Los
Angeles fear that the attempts made
some time ago to get them across the
border and into Mexican dungeons are
to be repeated if sufficient sentiment
can be worked up ngainst them locally
by agents of the Mexican government
they claim are In Los Angeles for that
purpose.
They say that Joaquin D'Casasus, a
politician of Influence In the City of
Mexico, was at the Alexandria hotel
recently and that immediately after his
arrival a local attorney began to draw
up papers asking American authorities
to take action tending to get Mexican
liberals across the border.
Friends of the publishers of Regen
eraclon, the Mexican liberal paper pub
lished In Los Angeles, fear that an at
tempt is to be made by American poli
ticians to suppress the magazine. They
say that Mexican detectives have been
loitering around the Regeneraclon pub
lishing house in East Fourth street
and have shadowed the publishers.
When an attempt was made more
than a year ago to deport three Mexi
can liberals public indignation over
the apparent disregard of constitutional
freedom became so intense that the
strong political influences which had
been enlisted were not powerful enough
to make the plot successful.
The presence of men said to repre
sent such a movement and the activity
of an American attorney thought to be
hired by the Mexican, government have
aroused the Mexican liberal element,
and they are wondering if another ef
fort at deportation is to be attempted.
DENIES CHARGE MADE BY
T.R. AGAINST JOHN A. DIX
i NEW *„ YORK, Oct. 21.—A charge in
Theodore 'Roosevelt's speech here last
night , that. John ,A. i Dix, : Democratic
nominee for governor, , was a director
of . "the .wall paper trust" was denied
today by ' Mr. Dixs friend , and asso
ciate, " Wlnfleld A. .' Puppuch, , chairman
of the Democratic state committee.
; In a statement made at Democratic
headquarters here he said: "Mr. Roose
velt's charge ■• Is. < without s foundation.
As |a. matter of; fact . there Is 'no wall
paper trust. The 'so-called wall paper
trust •or combination was dissolved In
1899. ■ This statement is only continued
evidence iof Mr. Roosevelt's < reckless
disregard for facts."
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TAFT REGIBTERJ BY OATH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—1t will not
be necessary for President Taft to go
to Cincinnati to register in order to
vote there on November 8. The presi
dent registered by affidavit last night.
He will go to Cincinnati to vote on
November 8.
PERUVIAN CABINET RESIGNS
* LIMA, Peru, Oct. 21.—The Peruvian
cabinet resigned today '
SINGLE COPIES : Sundays 60* on TRAINS 10,
EDGAR ALLAN POE
IN HALL OP FAME
Creator of 'The Raven' Is at Last
Admitted to the Hon
ored Circle
NEW? YORK, Oct. 21.—Edgar Allan
Poe is at last in the Hall of Fame.
Years of effort on the part of staunch
supporters were rewarded today by
the announcement of Dr. John H. Mac-
Cracken, chairman of the senate of
New York university, that Poe, with
ten others, had been accorded th*is
honor.
The eleven names added follow:
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74 votes.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Edgar
Allan Poe, 69 votes.
Roger Williams, 64 votes.
James Fenithore Cooper, 62 votes.
Phillips Bfooks, 60 votes.
William Cullen Bryant, 69 votes.
Frances E. Willard, 56 votes.
Andrew Jackson and George Ban
croft, 53 each.
John Lathrop Motley, 51 votes.
The total number of ballots cast wi.s
97, and the number required for choice
was 51. Poe's vote Jumped from 42 in
1905 to 69, an Increase of 27 votes.
VOTE IS ANALYZED
An analysis of the vote shows that
of these 69 votes, 21 were cast by col
lege presidents; 17 by professors of his
tory and scientists, 18 by publicists,
editors and authors, and 13 by jur
ists.
Contrary to the general impression,
the memory of the poet is as famous in
the west as in the south, according to
the vote. Since the last election his
fame has increased among the college
presidents more than among any of
the other groups. ,
The vote of 74 for Harriet Beecher
Stowe is noteworthy, as the only one
who received such a majority in the
election of 1905 was Louis Agassiz, and
in the first election the number Mas
surpassed by only 14 names, including
Washington, Lincoln, Grant aivd Emer
son.
Oliver "Wendell Holmes gained 20
; votes, hie competitors, Lowell and
Whlttler having been removed by elec
tion.
: Tlio.se falling of election by 10 votes
I or less were Francis Parkman, Char
-1 lotte Cushman, Mark Hopkins, 45 each;
Patrick Henry, 44; Martha Washing
ton, 43; Daniel Boone, 42; Samuel
i Adams and Lucretia Mott, 41 each.
CANAL FROM MISSISSIPPI
TO RIO GRANDE PLANNED
Waterways League Indorses New
Orleans Fair Site
BEAUMONT, Tex., Oct. 21.—An inter
costal canal, not loss than nine feet
deep and with a bottom width of 100
feet or more, to extend from New Or
leans on the Mississippi river to
Brownsville, Tex., on the Rio Grande,
is the aim of the Interstate Inland Wa
terways league. This was decided at
the closing session today of the leftgue'a
annual meeting.
Resolutions were adopted insisting
(hat the national government appropri
ate not less than $60,000,000 annually
for waterway Improvements.
New Orleans was declared the lo
point for holding the Panama exposi
tion in 1916.
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HOFFMAN HOUBE BANKRUPT
XKW YORK, Oct 21.—The Hoffman
, at Broadway and Twenty-fifth
', one of Nf\v York'i must famous
hotels, was thrown into bankruptcy by
creditors this afernoon. Judy Holt in
the federal court appointed a receiver,
with authority to continue the business.
2 CENTS
COUNTY LEADERS
REFUSE TO LEND
FREDERICKS HELP
Republican Central Committee
Repudiates District Attorney
and Scores Offering
PARTY MANAGERS ALARMED
Fears Expressed That Candidate
Will Cost Head of Ticket
15,000 Votes
Quietly but officially the Republican
county central committee has Joined
the ranks of distinguished citizens who
have repudiated John D. Fredericks fop
district attorney.
Although every effort has been mado
to keep this fact quiet it became pub-
lie yesterday that the committee not
only had taken such action, but also
had refused to accept a campaign con
tribution from Captain Fredericks and
had told him to go and spend it him
self, which he proceeded, to do.
The Republican committee held a
meeting: Thursday afternoon sat which
Mr. Fredericks wan present and ten
dered the second Installment of his
campaign assessment as a Republican
candidate. He was told by the com
mittee that he must fight his own fight,
and the treasurer of the committee was
formally Instructed not to receive the
money. It was intimated at the meet
ing that the Fredericks campaign
would cost the heal of the Republican
state ticket at least 15,000 votes in Los
Angeles county, and that :because of
the uproar raised by the common or
voting' Republicans that it might be
necessary for Meyer Lissner and other
members of the state committee to de-» -
vote their time duijng the last week
of the campaign to Los Angeles ter- ,
ritory. > _ , ■;• -.-'
INDIGNATION '.WORRIES COMMITTEE .
No secret' is made ■at Republican,
headquarters that the Fredericks mud- ■
dle is proving a sore spot, and that the
indignation expressed by the rank and,
file is making the commltteemen rest
less. It has spread beyond the district
attorneyship, as even Republican com
mltteemen do not sitate to acknowl- :
edge the election of Thomas Lee Wool-:
wine, and is proving a serious menace :
to the vote expected for Hiram John
son from Los Angeles county. ■■■
In case the threat made by Freder
icks henchmen that the district attor
ney will . accompany , Mr. • Johnson
around Los Angeles county and speak
from the same platform with him
should be seriously attempted the Re
publican leaders fear that it will ruin
Johnson's prospects in this county.
When an attempt was made by com
mitteemen to draw Mr. Fredericks out
on this it is said that he became angry
and told the committee that Its mem- .
bers must behave o, his friends would
knife the whole Republican ticket.
Renewed attempt a have ; been made
to induce the members of the Repub
lican county central committee who op- /
pose Captain Fredericks Ito sign f a
statement expressing i their opposition
to him as an unfit man J«r district at
torney. It is argued to them that this
will be the means of i saving* 3 many
votes for the rest of the. ticket : that i
will otherwise be lost to the party. An}
especially strong amount of pressure
is being brought to bear cm Marshall s
Stlmson by his friends. ■ , „•' i
The Good Government organization,
took action on this line yesterday and?
sent a letter to a number of members
of the Republican committee. Although
every effort was made <■ to keep -: the i
action secret the letter wan given out
by a Republican v ( ho received It. It
is signed by the executive committee
by George B. Anderson, secretary, and
iS That an awkward situation 'has
developed with reference ■? to the
district attorneyship and those ■who .'
have been actively identified with
the good government work, and
those who are also closely allied ; i
with the Lincoln-Roosevelt Repub
lican league's successful campaign.
is evident, '.mat your Interest in
the main issue Is as real and sin- i
cere as heretofore, we believe.
That you are in a position that
calls for careful consideration and ,y
wise determination is conceded by
all disinterested voters. But, ,
while it has not been a time for
hasty action, we are ■' convinced,
that a clear-cut issue . has now j
been raised, and that it Is of vital
importance that this issue be air-'..
ly and squarely met. .
■ We do not believe that good men
should necessarily sever - their ac- .;
tive connection ■ with their ■ respec
tive ■ parties, ■• nor do we ■ believe
that ' arguments • favorable to swal
lowing bad nominations and voting:
the ticket straight, however plaus- -
ibly or insistently made, In any
measure appeal •to - you, but that
; there Is a special obligation rest ■
, • ing on 'us to oppose ■ the election '
: of the unfit man in our own party. t,
We write you as mutually con- :;.
cerned in arriving at the great end :
in view, and our suggestions ' are
made with the sincere desire to
give you our best and most friend- ,
ly Judgment.
Not only In the name of the
Good Government organization, but M
on behalf of • those principles , for
■ which you ' have fought , and are
fighting, we. would urge that you
do not let the demands of the oc- .;.
casion go by and , thus . not . only :'.•
militate against your i own future
usefulness, but. however unwilling- ■■.
ly, be party to • those unceasing:
: attempts to defeat. the very object .
of our unlteJ efforts.
We, therefore, enclose you a copy :
of a resolution passed at th» meet-,'
Ing of the executive committee'of ■
the Good Government organization,
held today.
FAILS TO r.AtS SUPPORT
The resolution referred to,, which It..
is said'will be sent >to a number <■*
prominent Republicans . not. on t M
committee, is as follows: ;
Resolved, that -we,'the executive
committee of the Good Government
organization, after careful consid- ■•
eration, commend to our as»^clatp»
in the i work for good government..
regardless. of • party affiliations. or
(Continued oa !'■£• Four)