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16 PAGES vol. xxxin. s PTJTPF ■ KC\ i" lT7 lV rT<i by carrier laafiH *• XVJL\_/Jjj. O\J V^JliIN 1» i>ek month HUSBAND KILLED IN STRUGGLE TO DISARM HIS WIFE Frederick Emery, Machinist, Shot Through Heart in South Olive Street Home QUARREL PRECEDES TRAGEDY Mother and Sister of Victim De clare Young Woman Had Attempted Suicide Frederick C. Emery; 27 years of ago and a machinist, was shot through the heart and instantly killed last evening while endeavoring to take a revolver from his wife, with which, It is said, ■be intended to commit Buidde. It is believed the killing of Emery was ac cidental, the weapon being discharged during the struggle for possession of It. The tragedy occurred in apartments oc cupied by the couple at 134 South Olive street. It appears that Emery, who was em ployed by the McCan mechanical works nt Twenty-fourth street and Long Beach avenue, arrived at home shortly before 6 o'clock last night. He re moved his shirt and was preparing to jiut on another, when Mrs. Emory, It ] Is understood, asked him to go to n I grocery store and buy a bottle of milk and a loaf of bread. This angered Emery, who refused to go, and up braided her for not having the food in the house and for not having supper ready when he reached home. One word led to another and soon the couple were engaged in a violent quarrel. During the dispute Emery, so his wife declares, seized a mandolin | and struck her on the head. This aroused her ire and she retaliated by | scratching him on the nock, inflicting a slight abrasion from which tho blood flowed. MOTHEB BUSHES IN ROOM The disturbance created by the couple attracted tho attention of Mrs. Ida Emery and Miss Ethel Emery, 15 years old, mother and sister respective ly of the dead man, who occupied a room on tho first floor of the rooming house almost directly beneath the apartment in which the shooting oc curred. They rushed into the room and begged the pair to stop quarreling. Both ceased hostilities, but continued to accuse each other of too much nag ging. Finally Emery, it is said, arose and stated that ho had contended with his | wife's quarrelsome disposition long enough and that he was going to leavo her. Mrs. Emery, it is stated, told him to go—the sooner tlie better—but burst into tears and wept bitterly. Mrs. Emery then walked to the dresser, opened a drawer and obtained a revolver— a cheap one of the bulldog ; pattern. She loaded it and ran into a i small closet that opens into the room, with the apparent intention of com mitting suicide. Emery followed her in an endeavor to gain possession of the gun. She pushed him backward, but he perslstetd and grappled with hor. For a few moments they engaged in a strenuous struggle, then a shot j rang out and Emery fell to the floor i with the blood oozing from a small hole in his left breast. The bullet pen etrated his heart and he never uttered a sound after striking the floor. DETECTIVES FIND FISTOI. After the shooting Mrs. Emery took the revolver into the small kitchen and placed it between two piles of dishes, where it was found by the detectives, who arrived within a few minutes after the fatal shot was fired. "I must have shot him; I know I did," sobbed the young woman when questioned by the officers. The woman was hysterical and all attempts to ob tain a lucid statement from her re garding the shooting were futile. Mrs. Ida Emery, mother of the dr»nd man, embraced the weaping woman and attempted to comfort her. •'I know you aid not do It intention ally," sobbed the aged woman. "It was not your fault." The sister of the dead man also at tempted to assuage the grief of the woman and wept bitterly when the de tectives placed the widow under arrest and took her to tho central police sta tion on a charge of murder. That Emery loved his wife is in dicated by tho fact that when his mother entered the room and asked him what caused the wound on his throat he told her that he had become engaged in a difficulty on the street ana wag scratched by a man In Utter ing this statement he was attempting to shield his wife and load his mother to believe that relations between him self and his wife were amicable. Mrs. Emery spoiled his gallant at tempt to divert the suspicion by de claring that she had inflicted the wound because he had struck her with the mandolin. WOMAN THOUGHT OF SUICIDE That Mrs. Emery attempted suicide j is borne out by the statement of the | mother and the sister of the dead man, who some time after the shoot ing were able to tell a semi-coherent story to the police. According to their story, Mrs. Emery, after hor husband announced that ha was going to leave her, rushed to tho dresser, obtained the revolver and placed five cartridges in the cylinder. She then ran into the closet. Satisfied that she intended to end her life, Emery ran after her, and was attempting to obtain possession of the weapon when it was discharged and the bullet parsed through hia heart. The couple were married four years ago. For two years they had been living in Los Angeles. They lived hap pily so far as is known, but frequently engaged in quarrels over trivial mat ters. The mother and the sister cams to Los Angeles three weeks ago from Sacramento, and have been visiting the couple. They occupied apartments in the same house, the visitors taking ihfir meals with, Mr. and Mrs. Emery- The Emerys originally came from [own. The body was removed to the under inking establishment of Breaee Bros., where nn autopsy will be held at 9 o'clock this morning. LOS ANGELES HERALD INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FORECAST For Los Angeles ami vicinity Fair Tues day; not so warm; light north wind. Max -1 iniiim temperature yesterday, 06 degrees; minimum temperature; 03 degrees. [ LOS ANGELES Democratic commltteemen denounce slan derous letter of O. O. P. pirns bureau concerning corruption fund. PAGE 11 Announce pprles of Theodore Bell meetings In vicinity of Los Angeles. PAOE 11 Mrs. Belle Lav In may disclose facts today to Jury Impaneled to Investigate Times explosion. < PAOB 1 Owners of new steamers Harvard and Yale tell of plans and Innovations to be In troduced. PAGE 1 Sergeants D. I* Adams and R. L. Heath appointed police lieutenants. PAGE 9 State president of W. C. T. V. leaves to day for Baltimore to attend national con vention of organization. PAGE! 9 Mayor hopes a public subscription will save widow Vldal from being turned out of homo. PAGE 9 Loading business men launch * campaign to secure International Y. M. C. A. conven tion for Los Angeles In 1913. PAGE 9 Husband killed In struggle to take pistol from wife who threatened suicide. v PAGE 1 , Charter members of Eboll club guests at brilliant reception held In Los Angeles headquarters. PAGE 5 Historic flag owned by Dr. W. B. Clay ton shows facsimile of state's first seal. J'Ai.iß 9 Los Angeles Is visited by warm wave. PAGE 9 Building Inspector demands Ore es capes for city hall. PAGE S Former board of directors of All Night and Day bank bring action against now officials. PAGE 8 Referees report In case of city against owners to condemn property for * boulevard. . PAGE 8 A 10-year-old senorlta flees from cruel home. PAGE 4 I Names of famous men found in first directory of Now York. PAGE 4 Qarvanza citizens protest against Ar royo Seco earth fill. PAGE 6 High school pupils ask Los Angeles railway to raise age limit on special rate school tickets. PAGE 16 Insurance collector shot three times and robbed of $155 In heart of busi ness district. PAGE, 16 Samuel G. Blythe. famous political writer, visits Los Angeles. PAGE 16 I Theaters. PAGE 6 Society, clubs and music. PAGE f, Mining and nil fields. PAGE 6 Building permits. PAGE 6 Personals. PAGE 6 Markets and financial. PAGE 7 Editorial and letter box. PAGE 10 Politics. PAGE 11 Sports. PAGES 12-13 Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PAGE 13 Classified advertising. PAGES 13-15 Citrus fruit report. PAGE 7 Shipping. PAGE 13 SOUTH CALIFORNIA Runaway saddle horse ridden by woman at Son Bernardino collides with buggy and throws occupant, a woman of 80. PAGE 13 : At El Modena a babe dies In house that Is ; being fumigated. / PAGE 13 ' , Men guard Salt Lake tracks In Long Bea^h 1 | to prevent Pacific Electric crossing right of way. . PAGE 13 ■ Two 8000-candlepower arc lights will be placed in Carmollta playground at Pasa dena. PAGE 13 ; COAST i Estimate loss by forest fires in Montana I and Idaho at $15,000,000. PAGE 3 San Pedro coroner holds Inquest on chauf feur killed in auto accident Sunday night. - PAGE 16 ! Sensation caused at Fresno by refer--' ences to public speaking in Indus diiMtritil Workers' newspaper. "^ PAGE 16 :EASTERN ! Postofflce department Issues report show Ing deficit of 111,600.000. PAGE 2 Government will auction unallotted In dian land In Oklahoma. PAGE 3 Final attempt made by government to uphold Panama canal case indictments in supreme court. PAGQ 3 Opening arguments made In case against " Pemberton and Clark for legislature bribery in Illinois. PAGE 3 Steamer Regulus is wrecked on New foundland coast and 19 lost. PAGE 2 Senator Cummins of lowa at Ham ilton club in Chicago, opens Illinois campaign. PAGE 2 United' States comptroller proposes to collect credit Information for use of bank examiners. PAGE 3 Leigh Rhodes, Chicago 'Candy Ban dit,' tells St. Louis police of his many crimes. - PAGE 3 Roosevelt Inspects abandoned farms In New York. PAGE 8 Contestants at International aviation meeting In New York make new records and thrill thousands of spec tators. ' PAGE 1 Costa Rica government enters Into con tract for laying of submarine cables. PAGE 4 Dowie's deposer and successor at Zlon City Inaugurates espionage system. PAGE 4 Bengal tiger breaks loose on English liner and alarms passengers. PAGE 4 Navy department officials unearth record that north pole was discovered in 1380 by friar of Oxford. ■ PAGE 5 Democratic candidate for governor of New York denies connection with wall paper trust. PAGE 16 John K. Tener, Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania charges criminal libel against North American editor. PAGE 16 FOREIGN Organized efforts Inaugurated In Canada by ■ aero club to find missing balloonist* Post and Hawley. - PAGE 1 Two hundred lives lost in tidal wave off . shore of Naples. PAGE 1 I Nineteen sailors drowned in wreck of steamer Regulus off Newfoundland. PAGE 2 Russian government has refused proposals of England and United States to arbi trate cargo question of war prize Old hamia. PAGE 16 MINING AND OIL Glosgow and Western encounters rich ore in star mine. '• - PAGE 6 Aged desert scout recalls old times RAGE 6 Black Butte prepares for extensive opera tions _ L ; PAGE « HEAD OF WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. DIES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.—Arthur R. Uriggs, president of the Western Btat«a Life Insurance company and one of tho most widely known citizens of California, died today following an operation for acute appendicitis, per formed last Saturday. Ho formerly was president of the California Immigration association, which he organized; manager of the land department of the Bunk of Cali fornia at Fresno and for several years president of the California State Hank of Trade. He was born in Painesvllle, Ohio, 71 years ago, and before coming to California twenty-eight years ago was In business in Chicago. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1910. THOUSANDS VIEW MARVELOUS RIDES OF TEN AIRSHIPS Drexel Scores New American Al titude Record at Competition in Belmont Park BROOKINS CAPTURES HONORS Models Never Seen Before in America Amaze Spectators at International Meet (Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—The third day of the international aviation meeting at Belmont Park made up for all the damp, cold and disappointment of the first two days. A new American record for altitude was set down to the credit of J. Arm strong Drexel, and the competition in other events was at all times full of zest. »- Drexel soared for altitude in his rec ord flight at 3:40 p. m., five minutes before the second hourly altitude con test closed. In great circles he crept Into the wind, pointing higner and higher Into the glare of the setting sun to a height of 7105 feet. He planed above the crowd like a hawk search ing the moors, so high that he seemed almost immobile against the blue. His descent was swift, and he land ed safely in tho middle of the field. There was immediate surmise that he had approached, if not established, a new record, but no figures were avail able until his barograph had been un sealed and the reading" of the stylo graph on tha sheet inside it exam ined. RK('OHI) SHOWN 7106 FEEX The instrument shows both the height and the time at which the flight was made. The reading was remarkably sharp, and showed he had risen 7105 feet. The best previous American rec ord was 6175, made by Walter Brook ins at Atlantic City, and Drexel's own best record made last summer in Great Britain was 6750 feet, at the time a world's record. The world's altitude record now is 9186 feet, held by Henry Wynmalen, a Hollander. There was some confusion as to just what honors Drexel was entitled to for his splendid performance today. He had risen five minutes before the sec ond hour for altitude flights closed and he was not entered in the grand altitude event. According to the rules, "the measurement of altitudes will cease to be made at the end of the hour." Drexel did not reach his full height until long after the hour had closed. Walter Brooklns also went up for altitude in a "Baby" Wright biplane— a machine precisely like the new head less fliers that the Wrights brought out this summer, but with a Bharper upward slant to the planes, thereby enabling the aviator to point up more sharply and climb faster. SECOND HONORS FOR BROOKINS Brookins went up .4882 feet, accord ing to tho barograph, and won second altitude honors for the day. At the apex of his climb his engine, which had given him some trouble before, stopped dead, with both propellers pointing straight up into the air, so that In gliding to earth with no power on they afforded him the least as sistance in breaking the rush of his descent. He came down whizzlns, about a mile and a half off the course, and struck with a bump that broke his forward landing skid. The damage was small, however, and he was not hurt In tho least. Next to the performance of Drexel the crowd took most enjoyment In the appearance of models never seen in America before. They were the new Wright climber, used by Brookins in his altitude flight today; tiny Demois selle, called the humming bird of aeroplanes, but which looks more like a butterfly, and a flying fish Antoin ette. TEN BIG MACHINES ALOFT In all there were ten machines aloft at once. Latham piloted the Antoin ette. He sat well back in the sharp stem, shaped like the stem of a speed launch, with which it cuts the air, and the two wheels with which he con trolled the long, slender wings could be seen incessantly turning backward and forward under his hands. The craft was fast and took the turns with a precision and daring that tho Bleriot monoplanes, more batlike and blunter, could not attain. In the straightaways, however, Latham was not so fast. F. W. Radly, an Englishman, In a trlmmed-down Bleriot, went by him as if he had been chained to a stump. But Radly had frequent engine trouble and never figured seriously in any of the con tests of the day. Latham was flying a 50-horsepower, 8-cyllnder machine. His 16-cyllnder, 100-horsepower ma chine, in which he will compete for tho Gordon Bennett cup, will not ar rive until tomorrow. This powerful racer Is supposed to be capable of seventy miles an hour against the seventy-six credited to the 100-horse power Bleriot of Le Blanc. Thus far neither of the 100-horsepower machines owned by the French team has been seen In action. What the new Curtlss and Wright racing models can do is a conjecture. They have been kept close under cover, but thus far none of the American rrm chines have shown themselves in the same class with the foreign mono planes. There was one time this afternoon when Latham in an Antoinette passed a Wright machine at the turn and Rad ley followed and passed the Antoinette in the stretch. AERIAL RACERS CROSS LINE Ralph Johnstone and Arch HoxM v, both in headless Wright biplanes, were circling the field side by side today when the signal bomb broke* above them, announcing that the meet had been officially opened. They wheeled sharply and crossed the liije with Hox sey slightly ahead. Grahamo-White in Clifford B. Har mon's biplane followed them in a few seconds. J. Armstrong Drexel rose like a rocket with his fifty-horsepower Bleriot (Continued on Fx« Three) Type of Foreign Aeroplanes Entered at Aviation Races at Belmont Park \MQMOPLAH£\ #SjH| Sfes» PiONOPI ArJF\ i X. BEafc \ j BLBRfOf 1 -*-—^. ■ ' MONOPLANE FORM BUREAU TO FIND BALLOONISTS Parties Will Be Sent Out by Aero Club to Locate Post and Hawley OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 24.—An organ ized effort to locate Allan R. Hawley and Augustus Post, crew of the bal loon America 11, was Inaugurated here tonight when Edmund F. Stratton of New York, a member of the Aero Club ( of America, opened a bureau to con duct Inquiries throughout eastern Canada, in some part of which the un reported aeroists are believed to have taken the ground. "I propose to conduct as compre hensive and thorough an inquiry as can be expedltiously made," said Mr. Stratton, "and as soon as the drift of America II can be ascertained I Will send out a well provisioned searching party from the nearest available point. "What I propose to do in Ottawa now is to compile a route map find if possible establish the definite drift of the missing balloon. I am sending out notification to the papers of Can ada, asking every one who has seen any balloon to wire at my expense the day, the hour, the direction and the color of the balloon and the place last seen. "It may take one or two days to collect enough information to warrant the seeding out of the searching par ties." Tonight marked the ending of a week since the big bag started. Four days ago it must have landed, accord ing to experts. IN CANADIAN WIIiDKKNrxS The opinion prevails tonight that they have landed in one of two im mense tracts of Canadian wilderness. One of these lies between Lake Huron and Hudson bay. The other comprises a triangle in eastern Quebec, thou sands of square miles in extent, formed by the Quebec & Lake St. John rail way of the Saguenay river and the St. Lawrence. Experts conferring- here expressed the opinion the missing balloonists would eventually turn up safely, if they have fair skill in using what op portunity for self-help the wilderness presents, and are uninjured. There is a spirit of friendship among the travelers in northern Canada, both Indians and whites, which wuuld as sure Hawley and Post a hearty wel come by any party they might meet. Many of the balloona that have been reported descended within striking dis tance of construction camps along the national transcontinental railway. which is being driven across northern Ontario and Quebec. If the America II succeeded in passing this lino, and landed two or three hundred miles to th« north, they might be safe and comfortable and still not be heard from for a month, or possibly until next j spring. It is thought it would be fu- | tile to send searching parties out there because of the extensiveness of the re gion. It is the size of a half dozen states as large as Texas and is without rail way, towns or villages. To search for the two men there would be like look ing for a needle in a haystack. But it would be easier for the men to lo cate an Indian camp or a prospect ing party. Little credence was given at offi cial headriarters this afternoon to a report from Quebec that the missing men had been located and were os their way to that city. GUIDE SAW BALLOON FALL IN DENSE ONTARIO WOODS TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 24.—The Cana dian wilderness gave up no hint of the fato of »he missing balloon Amer ica II today. A full week now has passed since Alan R. Tlawley, pilot, and Augustus Post, aid, sailed from St. Louis in the international race. The most promising clew remaining, (Continued on Pago Two) ISLAND SWEPT BY STORK;200 LOST Many Perish in Tidal Wave and Collapse of Buildings on Isle Off Naples NAPLES, Oct. 24.—The Island of Ischia, In the Mediterranean sea, six teen miles southwest of the city of Naples, has been storm-swept. First reports reaching here gave a very con siderable loss of life from a tidal wave, but the latest reports indicate the vic tims will number about 200. It is believed several persons were killed by the collapse of houses, but the body of only one woman has been recovered. Naples suffered from a furious storm of wind and rain last night, and all today, the damage amounting to mil lions. The suburbs were even mori seri ously affected, several persons being killed. The surrounding country has been devastated, great quantities of grapes and vines, besides trees, walls and parts of houses being scattered about in all directions. An avalanche of stones and mud rushed clown Mount Vesuvius above the lava line of the eruption of 1906. It swept all before it as far as the town of Portici. It wrecked the tram line and engulfed nearly a score of victims. Up to the present there is no con firmation of the report that Ischia suf fered from a tidal wave or a seismic disturbance. It was in the direct path of the hurricane. WARSHIPS ORDERED TO AID VICTIMS OF STORM'S WRATH ROME, Oct. 24.—The ministry of the Interior this evening received word of it tidal wave at Casamicclola, on the ' island of Ischia, that drowned 200 per sons. Communication with the island has been interrupted and verification of the report is impossible. The ministry o£ the interior has mill reil four men-of-war to hurry to i te scene with men and supplies. Caaamlcciola Is twelve miles south i west of Pozzuola at the foot of Mount | Epomeoz. It was nearly destroyed by :an earthquake in July, ISB3. when about 1700 lives were lost. It has since been rebuilt and haw a population of about 401)0. The hurricane caused much destrue- I tiun along the coast of tho province of Salento. The town of Cetara, on the Gulf of Salerno, is reported to have been destroyed. Twelve bodies have been taken from wrecked houses, and there are many Injured. Reviled lists place the number of dead in the storm zone as high as 200. REPORT SENATOR ELKINS' ILLNESS IS NOT SERIOUS ELKIXS, W. Va., Oct. M.—Because of conllictlng reports as to Urn condi tion of Senator Stephen B. Elkihs, who is ill at his home here. Dr. W. W. Golden, the senator's physician, gave a statement to the Associated Preys to day. He says: •'The reports that tho condition of Senator Klkins in critical are wholly untrue, and furthermore at no time during his present illness has nil con dition been such as to give alarm to his attending physician or the mem iera of his family." Q I \Y'T 1? POPI PCI • DAILY «c. OS TRAINS 80. oli>lj»±jll< LUJ l.l!iO . M.NO.WS 60. ON TRAINS 10« NEW STEAMERS TO BRING INNOVATION Meals a La Carte to Be Served on Harvard and Yale; Own ers Tell of Plans "The steamers Harvard and Yale are neither owned nor controlled by the Western Pacific, the Salt Lake rail road or any other corporation but the Pacific Navigation company, an inde pendent concern incorporated under tlie laws of New Jersey, and they are being brought to the Pacific coast and will be operated between Los Angeles and San Francisco by that firm, re ports to the contrary notwithstanding." The foregoing statement was made lase evening by Captain N. A. Goodell, president of the Pacific Navigation company, and heartily seconded by Captain J. H. Bennett, vice president of the same company. It lias been known for some time that Goodell and Bennett were the men re sponsible for bringing the two new boats to th.ls coast to engage in the coastwise service, but owing to the fact that neither would state just what company was back of them. It was persistently rumored that either the Western Pacific, the new Gould line Into San Francisco, or the Salt Lake route was behind the venture. Now that the company is organized and the ships on their way here, the two pro moters feel at liberty to talk, and deny the connection of any railroad with their concern. The two boats left New York for Tjos Angeles harbor a few days ago, and a wireless message received here yesterday by Captain Goodell states that they are at San Lucas, in the West Indies, where they put in to take on a fresh supply of coal. They are expected to arrive here some time be tween December 1 and 5 and will be put in service at once, it being ex pected that they will be ready for their first trip along this coast within a week after their arrival. With the arrival of the Tale and Harvard an innovation in steamship travel along the Pacific coast will be made Instead of passage, Including berth and meals, being- sold for a fixed sum, transportation alone will be sold on the original ticket, the purchaser then paying- for his state room, the prie > depending on the location and size of the room. Another innovation will lie the operation of the dining room a la carte basil. It in intended to make traveling om either of the boats Similar to traveling on trains. The new boats, according to Captain Qoodell, are ;imong the finest merchant whips under the American flag. They are licensed to carry about 1000 pas sengers and have more than 300 state rooms, Of these rooms twenty-eight are similar to an ordinary hotel room, having connecting private baths. Just what schedule of prices they will be operated on has not been deter mined, according to the officers of the company lure. The new ships, run ning at high speed, could make the trip between I.os Angeles and San Francisco in seventeen hours, but as this speed could not be maintained during storms, a slower schedule, one which can be kept up at all times, probably will be put Into effect. CRIPPEN TO HANG NOV. 8 LONDON, Oct. 24.—Dr llawloy H. Crippen, ronvicted of the murder of Ills wife. Belle Elmore, the actress; will be hanged on November 8. The date originally announced was November 15, but today the sheriff advanced the duy one week. 2 CENTS MRS. LAVIN MAY TELL JURORS OF DYNAMITE CRIME Nineteen Men Will Meet Today to Hear Evidence Concerning Times Explosion SUSPECTS ELUDE OFFICERS Mysterious Suicide of Man in Modesto May Be Connected with the Case This morning at 10 o'clock, in Judga Bordwell's courtroom, will be impan eled a jury of nineteen men to hear and weigh the evidenro concerning the explosion that in the early morn ing of October I destroyed the build ing of the Los Angeles Times and ci the lives of twenty-one men. Before this grand jury, it developed yester day, Mrs. Belle Lavin, the woman who is held In prison here on a charge of murder because of her connection wltn the suspects Involved In the; Times dynamiting, will be the stellar witness. Mrs. Lavin haw "come through." To Attorney Karl Rogers she has given ,a complete- statement of all that she knows concerning Schmidt, the "one eyed man"; Bryson, his mysterious pal, ana Caplan, the anarchist, In her story .she has related the meeting of these men with a number of other men Who may also become involved in the case. Sho has related convers* tions which involve the three sus pects with the crime, and her story affords the link directly connecting the dynamite buyers with the explosion and also furnishes what Attorney Rog ers considers a strong sidelight on thu motive. It was admitted yesterday by offi cials In the case that if .Mrs. Lavin repeats the .story told to Rogers be fore tli<: grand jury she will not be prosecuted on the murder charge. Rogers himself said: "Concealing a crime makes one a party to it. This woman's change of front makes it probable that sho will not be prose cuted." THEORIES OF MOTIVE CONFLICT Directly connected with the import ance attached to the testimony of Mrs. Lavin is the fact that although the San Francisco police and Rogers and the local authorities are working tl. perfect harmony on the case, the local "prosecution" and the northern officers' have widely divergent theories as to the motive behind the crime. Captain Seymour and his detectives have evidence which they believe sure ly points to the Times explosion be ing the result of an anarchist plot. The local "prosecution" claims the evidence points to the explosion being due to the labor difficulties of the Thne3. In their efforts to establish this theory an attempt will lie made soon after the grand Jury meets this morningl to subpoena Anton Johannsen, business agent of the Millworkers' union, O. A. Tveitmoe, secretary-treasurer of the State Building Trades council, and Mouon, an assistant of Tveitmoe in the editing of a labor newspaper. These nun -all deny any connection whatever with any act of violence against the Times but Johannsen ad mits that he employed Bchmldt, one of the suspects to build him a houso at Corte Madem, and also was well ac quainted with the man. This admis sion, together with the fact that Jo hannsen went East to raise funds for continuing tho metalworkers' strike in this city, will be the reasons urged for his appearance before the grand jury. An alleged passing acquaintance of Tveitmoe and Morton, with Schmidt, will Vie the basis of ;tn effort to have these two men also testify before tho inquisitorial body. DATA OF NOItTHEKX FOUCI The San Francisco police do not re gard any testimony that these men can give as important. They have se cured a mass ol data showing Hie an archistic affiliations of Caplan, Bryson and Schmidt and of recent meetings of these three suspects with notorious anarchists at 1365 Grove street, San Francisco, where the plot against tho Times is said to have been hatched. John Fox. Kmma Parsons and Al bert Aaron*, all alleged to be anar chists , are said to have been asso ciates of Caplan and Schmidt and to have had frequent conferences with them at 33 Bryant terrace, where Cap lan moved from his (..rove street ad dress. The police have secured a quantity oC anarchistic literature that Caplan left at the Grove street ad dress and also letters written by Bry son to Caplan that it is claimed strong ly intimate the two men were member! of a terrorist organization. When Airs. Caplan was taken to po lice headquarters in Han Prancisoo one of the first things she volunteered was that she was not in anarchist and she appeared very much frightened that she might be considered a mem ber of the "red" organization. QVAKKY STILL KUDKS POLICE The search for the suspects yester day brought the police apparently no closer to their quarry than they were a week ago. Robert O'Brlan, an Industrial "Work er of the World, arrested in Fresno a week ago, has been taken to Han ford, CaLi by Marshal Frederick of that city. Presumably O'Brian is sup posed to know something about tho blowing up of the Times building, al though officials here deny connecting him with the crime in any way. Marshal Frederick went to Fresno and took charge of O'Brian immediately after he had returned to Hanford from Los Angeles, where he placed Morri* Fitzgerald in Jail from where he was removed to the county hospital. ITltßgerald was released from the hospital yesterday, as the officials havu become convinced that he had no part In the dynamiting and that his queer actions and talk about dynamite were the results of a disordered mind. The man was allowed to go his own way and tho police are making no effort to keep track of him. Modesto officers are tracing the pos sible connection with the Los Angeles dynamiting case of the mysterious sui cide of a young man, apparently a (Continued on r»«e Three;