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GENERAL OTIS IS ARRESTED FOR LIBEL
LABOR AIDS IN
INVESTIGATION
Committee Appointed by State
Convention to Co-operate
With Officials
Continued From Pace 1
holding its annual convention here, ap
propriated $5,000 to the sums already
collected by the various newspapers.
The committee appointed by President
Sullivan of the state federation of la
bor convention called on Mayor Alexan
der today to ask permission to Join in
the investigation being made of th« ex
plosion. The mayor refused to make
the federation appointee* members of
the investigating committee named sev
eral days ago. The labor representa
tives then apked for a permit to go
upon the Times property and conduct
a separate investigation. This also
was refused, the mayor holding that
he had no authority to do more than is
sue instructions to the police to let the
labor committee within the police lines,
ftretched to hold back the throngs
which still surround the wreckage day
and night.
NO STRIKE SUGGESTIONS
Several reports were current today
that the mayor had asked the labor
leaders to call off the Btrikes of the
iron workers and brewery employes,
•which have been in progress here for
some time. The mayor denied this, but
paid that If he thought the labor lead
ers would look favorably upon such a
suggestion he would gladlj' make it.
Six bodies were recovered from the
ruins today. One was identified posi
tively as that of John Howard, a lino
type operator. The Identification was
made by Howard's son. a boy who has
b*>en almost constantly near the wreck
age waiting for the recovery of his
father's body since last Saturday
morning, a few hours after the explo
sion. He has been without sleep most
of the time and* yesterday collapsed
and spent several hours in the receiv
ing hospital.
BODIES I XRECOGMZABLB
One of the other bodies is supposed
tn be that of Eugene Caress, another
linotyper. The other four are beyond
recognition.
The six bodies recovered today bring
the total taken so far from the ruins
up to 13. Eight are believed to be still
buried in the ruins. A steam crane
was put to work tonight to lift heavy
masses of ruined steel.
Earl Rogers, the attorney in charge
of the work of running down the
\u2666dynamiters of the Times building, tele
phoned Assistant General Manager
Harry Chandler of the Times from San
Franc^co this afternoon that they •were
close on the trail of the men and would
raptur* th«*m \u25a0within a short time.
TABOR INVESTIGATES
The California state federation of
labor at its session today adopted a
resolution directing the president to
appoint a commiTtp*» of seven "for the
purpose • of thoroughly Investigating
the Times disaster,*' the committee
being "instructed to co-operate with
the investigating committee appointed
by the mayor."
. Immediately after the adoption of
4he resolution President Sullivan ap
pointed the following: Henry Bartley^
representing the machinists; A. Elkins,
electricians: E. Mason, gas workers;
E. F. Fanning, printers; E. Crough,
miners: H. Weltcn. engineers; T. D.
Warwick. Iron workers.
The delegate? today privately dis
cussed the proposal of calling off the
existing strikes in the metal and brew
ery trad* 3 ? in Los Angeles. Sentiment
peemed to be against such action.
COHO.\ER IS CAREFIIi
Coroner Hartwell instructed the
members of the jury today to carefully
avoid forming any conclusions regard
ing the rause of the explosion until
they have heard the evidence.
In the certificates of death issued to
permit the interment of Elder • and
Heaves today the coroner carefully re
frained from committing himself as to
the cause of the disaster. The certifi
cates read : " \u25a0
"Death resulted from burns and in
juries caused by an explosion, the
origin of which is yet to be deter
mined."
Hartwell said that no arrangements
had been made regarding the time for
holding the inquest. It may be a week,
perhaps two weeks, before the taking
of testimony is begun.
• "What we are waiting for is the
clearing away of the wreckage." said :
the corcner. "One of the principal facts ;
yet to be determined is the exact num
ber of slain. No one knows that posi
tively as yet."
EXPERT TESTIMONY
The most Important evidence at the
inquest undoubtedly will come from the
' committee of experts appointed by
Mayor Alexander to investigate the
probable cause of the explosion.
"'The polife and all who have exam
ined the wreckage," Hartwell went on,
"peem to be satisfied that dynamite or
nltro-glycerine caused the disaster, but
we will not commit ourselves officially
ur.til all the investigations are com
pleted and all the available facts at
hand. That was why I Instructed the
Jury to carefully refrain from forming
any opinions until the testimony and
evidence '.s all in."
The additional 51 patrolmen, includ
ing 10 sergeants and a lieutenant, au
thorized by the city council, were
Fworn in and sent out today. They
were put at work guarding the various
properties which the police consider
might be the object of further attack.
SEAHCH WIDESPREAD
Search for the dynamiters who de-
Ft roved the Times building last Sat
urday today embraces all the country
between San Francisco and San Diego
\u25a0^nd fro mthe ocean to the deserts east
. of the San Joapuin.
While there has been no cessation
in the search for the conspirators here,
th«- police are more confident than ever
that the hunt in San Francisco will
produce important results.
Messages were sent today to police
end constables in most of the coast
and valley towns asking informa
tion regarding all motor car touring
parties seen traveling south since
September 23.
/ The police here do not believe that
[ the^ynamite was brought south in an
automobile. That would have been
dangerous. They are convinced that |
a launch brought .the explosive to ,
Rome point on the coast near San
Pedro while some of the conspirators
came south in a motor car.
DYNAMITERS USED THE NAMES OF MINERS
CARRIED EXPLOSIVE SOUTH IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Detectives, professional and amateur, swarm. the, road
way between San Jose^ and Los' Angeles, seeking the trail
of the criminals who dynamited the Los Angeles Times
building, the developments-yesterday going to prove that
after obtaining the explosive at Giant. Cal.. the three men
traveled to a hiding place and then carried it to Los
Angeles by automobile.
"My investigations today." said Earl Rogers, attorney
and .member of the Los Angeles investigating committee,
"lead me to. believe that the dynamite was taken to Los
Angeles by automobile, and within two hour's detectives
from both sides were going over the road seeking clews.
Every town between San Francisco and Los Angeles Is
being searched, every possible clew followed. As I have
said, there is $500,000 behind the Investigation, and we do
not intend to spare expense in order to catch our men.
The developments today give a clearer idea of the situa
tion, and also point to the 'remarkable cleverness of the
perpetrators of the crime.
•'.The name Bryson, given to the powder company, was
not accidental; It was carefully thought out, and for a
reason. In order to purchase high explosives there are
certain formalities which have to be gone through, and
which make euch a transaction somewhat difficult for those
who do not Intend to make a proper use of dynamite.
"In Towle there lives a prominent miner and bitter
opponent of union labor, J. L. Bryson. Among miners he Is
well known, and he Is known also among the officials of the
various powder companies, because he Is frequently mak
ing large purchases of explosives for mining operations.
The th«e men who purchased the dynamite in San Fran
cisco evidently knew the difficulties hedging the trans
action, and accordingly assumed names well known among
such companies. To add to their disguise, J. L. Bryson
has a mark over one eye, similar to that over the eye of
HOLYROLLERS PRAY
WHILE CHILD DIES
Physicians Kept From Baby,
Who Dies After 15 Days'
Suffering
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
OAKLAND, Oct. 4. — Marie Jamson. 3
years old, daughter of Joseph E. Jam
son, a tinner, died at 6 o'clock this
evening at the home of her father in
East Fifteenth* street after suffering
for 15 days with convulsions without
medical attention. That her parents are
Holy Rollers and held nightly prayer
meetings at the house Instead of call
ing In a phynician to save their daugh
ter is the charge that will be investi
gated by the police and coroner.
Neighbors knew of the child's Illness
for the last few days and heard the Rol
lers at their prayers. They heard of
Marie's death this evening. Dr. E..A.
Majors was called, but found the girl
dead.
The coroner has directed Dr. Majors
to make an autopsy tomorrow to deter
mine the cause of the child's death.
According to Jamson's statement to
the deputy coroner. Bert S. Sargent, the
girl had been in convulsions since the
sickness came upon her 15 days ago,
but the parents relied on prayer to
save her. The Jamsons have four other
children, all of whom, according to the
mother, have, been seriously ill at times
and have been saved by prayer.
"When the coroner's deputies went to
the house this evening to get the body
of the child they found the house filled
with adherents of the sect.
SPOUSE REFUSES TO
PAY HUSBAND'S BILLS
Woman Warns AH Not to Trust
Alleged Helpmate
Mrs. Theresa Rosengrant, a well
known resident of Tunkhannock, Pa.,
warns people not to. harbor her hus
band and declares she will not pay any
bill he may contract, as he has left her
board and taken the bed with him.
says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The advertisement says: .
"Whereas, my husband, George Ro
sengrant, son of the late John Rosen
grant and Maria Rosen grant. -formerly
of Forkston. has left the house rented
by me and for which I paid the rent,
and has left my board and has taken
his bedstead along with him and sold
It, this is to warn all persons not to
harbor or to tru6t him on my account,
from this date, as I will pay no bills of
his contracting, '\u25a0'\u25a0 \] . "/
"I shall continue to pay. rent and to
keep up my table in the usual form In
his absence, and having one less to
feed. I shall be pardoned, I think, if I
say in better style than formerly.
"There is a hard winter creeping
along and he may incite, your sympa
thies to trust him on my account, see-
Ing that I am doing very well, thank
you. but you just keep in mind that you
have received this warning and govern
yourself accordingly."
TRICK TO SECURE
AUTOGRAPH FAILS
Painter Tells Lad Little Rogues
to Great Ones Grow
A boy of 14, who had seen and ad
mired many of. Yon Sejtz's paintings,
was anxious to secure the painter's
autograph, but did not know how to
go about it.
After much thought he wrote a let
ter, stating that he had sent a case of
wine to the. professor's address, and
wanted to know whether It had .been
received. Thinking the matter of . suf
ficient" importance, the painter called at
the address given, met the boy's mother
and the fraud soon became apparent.
The boy next day received this auto-
graph note: ; « '
"It often happens here on earth
That little rogues, to great ones "grow.
Some autographs for which you're
trying'
Can be obtained without much; lying."
MRS. HELEN D. LLOYD,
AGED 60, DROPS DEAD
BERKELEY, Oct. 4.— Mrs. Helen D.
Lord, aged 60 years, and for several
years a resident of this city with her
son. dropped dead at her home, 3001
Benvenue avenue, this afternoon. Death
was probably due to heart, failure.
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the leader, of the trio who made the purchase. .The' name
of Morris was taken presumably from an associate of
Bryson's in a mining "deal,? Harry Morris. Another miner
in the same vicinity is Leonard.
"Today we learned from Bryson that he did not make
any purchases of dynamite and that, therefore, the men
who bought the stuff were using his name. While we had
our belief that they were traveling under assumed names,
our conversation with Bryson confirmed thefact. ' Brysoh
was exceedingly;, angry, and when the" situation was ex
plained to him he became as eager to catch the nien as
any of us.
"In the meantime, Detectives Home and Jones, of Los
Angeles had gone up to Auburn to see if any dynamiting
of stumps was in progress there, and discovered that *the
entire tale; told: by .the trio. in buying the dynamite was
false from start to finish.
"The confirmation of our beliefs left us with a clear
ground upon which to work. We knew without the
shadow of a doubt that the dynamite which blew up the
Times building was from Giant, Cal.
"Our next step was I ' to discover what nad : become of
the. launch in which it wae loaded. Upon finding it and
learning that -the description of . the men who hired .it
tallied exactly with those who took away the dynamite, our
line'of investigation began to widen. Late this afternoon
I received Information that leads me to believe that the
men had used an automobile. • Just what this information
is I can not state at present, but it was sufficient for me
to take immediate, action. I telegraphed to Los Ah gel es
to send out detectives from that end. and at the same.tim«
men started out from San . Francisco. These are. now
working every Inch' of- the road.. In. addition 'we are
having every, seaport investigated in case at any paWt of
the Jouroey the men took to the water."
DYNAMITE BUYERS
VISITED SAUSALITO
Couple Spent Four Nights in
Water Front Hotel, Act- .
ing Mysteriously
SAUSALITO, Oct. 4.— That the men
who obtained the dynamite used to de
stroy the Los Angeles Times building
made the Miramar" hotel on the water
front their headquarters during their
eperatlons in procuring and shipping
the powder was established "without, a
doubt by Sheriff W. P. Taylor and a
secret service agent of W. J. Burns
today. The authorities found that the
heavy man known' as Perry and his
companion visited th^ Mlramar on the
evening of September 1 and slept four
succeeding nights at the hotel, leaving
on unknown errands Juringfjthe day
time. They painted out the" name of
their launch and put its machinery in
order.
The description of the launch tallies
with that found today at Oakland and
the men answer In every, particular, to
those who purchased , the*, dynamite. , .
The fact that the man with the de
fective eye gave his name as Perry,,
the same ! used by the man who rented
the launch . from Burrows at Oakland,
fits convincingly Into the rest of the
identification. . , • .
There is no register at the hotel, so
the initials of Perry or his signature
are not obtainable Perry is described by
Stuparich, his -wife and attendants of
the hotel as being about 30 years of
age, stout in build and having a round,
full, smooth shaven face. In one eye,
they are not sure which, he had a de
fect in the -nature of a cast. It ap
peared, they said, as if the bone above
his eye had been crushed. He wore a
dark suit and a dark soft hat.
Perry's companion is described by the
hotel people as being thin and pale. He
is of the same height or near that of
Perry, but the opposite in build and
featur.es. His face, appeared drawn, as
though from a recent sickness. He wore
dark clothes and a black felt hat.
When they returned at dinner time
on the 24th they brought a third man
with them. They did not give his name.
Stuparich describes him as being rather
short, with a prominent nose and a
dar.k, swarthy complexion. He appeared
to be of Spanish and Jewish birth. He
was also smooth shaven, wore dark
clothes and a derby hat. He asked Mrs.
Stuparich after dinner when the next
boat left for San Francisco, and went
away.
The next day, the 25th, the men left
altogether. Stuparich noticed that they
had a. new skiff tied to the launch
painted . yellow. When the men left
they took a supply of provisions and
blankets with them.
Sheriff Taylor, who is working in the
interests of the city of Los Angeles,
stated that the discovery of the launch
on the Oakland shore had little bear
ing on his end of the search.
"It is my belief," said Taylor, "that
the men who procured the dynamite
are in hiding somewhere about the bay.
I feel sure that those who operated
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the launch did not accompany the pow
der to Los Angeles. ' From the de
scriptions which we have, of the men
and their movements. I think that it ia
only a matter of time before we will
land them."
Tomorrow a launch will be engaged
and the authorities will seek to trace
the men from the time they left the
Miramar until they returned the la.unch
to Burrows. N :; .
STOP WATCH CLUB
ARRESTS AUTOIST
OAKLAND, Oct. 4.— Edward I. de
Laveaga, a capitalist of San Francisco,
who lives in Contra Costa county, was
arrested by Patrolmen Flynn and
Keefe of the flying squadron this after
noon for speeding his automobile along
Claremont avenue. Residents in Clare
mont avenue had complained against
De Laveaga for fast driving. One
belligerent citizen-had procured heavy
scantlings to hurl at the automobile
driver.
NO SERVICE TO MARK
W. F. PIERCE FUNERAL
B6dy of Grand Master of Ma
: sons to Lie in State
The funeral of William* Frank Pierce,
who died .yesterday at his home at IpOO
Chesnut* street' in this city, and who
was the grand master of the masons of
California, .will be held tomorrow.- In
deference to the oft expressed wishes
of the deceased hot to have any dis
play or ceremony at his death, there
will be no "services of any kind. The
body, however, will lie in state in the
Golden Gate commandery hall in Sutter
street tomorrow between 9 a. m. and ' 2
p. m. At that time the remains, will
be escorted by the grand lodge, grand
chapter, grand council, grand com
mandery and the Scottish Rite divisions
to the Odd Fellows' cemetery.
At a meeting Tuesday, the address of
William Frank Pierce to the Masonic
grand lodge, which was written during
the early part of" his Illness, will be
just as writen., with the exception of
an adition announcing the close of his
useful life.
Although there will be no services
while the body lies in state, masons of
California and all over the United
States will mourn for the late grand
master. Eminent Commander L. F.
Breuner has called upon the Knights
Templar bodies to report for escort to
day, when a selection of pall bearers
will be held.
Navy Orders
WASHIXGTON. Oct. 4.— Navy orders: Rear
Admiral G. B. Harber has beeir detached from
duty as commander in chief of the Pacific fleet
and' ordered home to await orders.%
Rear Admiral E. B. Barry has been ordered
to duty as commander in chief of the Pacific
Roar Admiral C Thomas lias been detached
from duty in the navj- department. Washing
ton • D C. and ordered to command of the
second division of the Pacific fleet.
As a rule, the woman who knows ex
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has an opportunity to demonstrate her
theories. .» •
SEWER BONDS ARE
DECLARED ILLEGAL
Supreme Court Decision Will
Compel Formation of New
Sanitary Districts >
i OAKLAND, Oct. 4. — Residents of. the
districts . annexed to Oakland in De
cember,' 1909, will have to go without
sewers for some time to come, in con
sequence of the. decision handed down
by the supreme court yesterday inval
idating bond Issues for sewer construc
tion. - ; , \ . -v .
; The sanitary, "boards of East' Fruit
vale, Upper Fruitvale, Redwood, Fitch
burg, Elmhurst and Seminary -park
acted without their, authority ' when
they issuej bonds taggregating- $375,
000, the supreme court decided yester
day.. , The bonds can not be sold, as
they are worthless.
According to residents, the sewers
are needed most urgently.
The supreme court held that when
the outside districts .were annexed to
the; city of Oakland last December the
sanitary boards Trent automatically
out of .office" and their future acts were
illegal. These boards have no stand
ing in law, and the building: of the
much needed sewers will have to be di
rected by- the municipal authorities. .
Three ways are provided by law. The
municipal authorities may declare the
work to be of sufficient -general Inter
est and benefit to construct the sewers
out of the general funds of, the city
or by a general bond issue.- \u25a0It is not
probable that the city of Oakland will
do this in the case of the' annexed dis
tricts. . The second method is ; to build
the, sewers and assess the cost on the
abutting -property owners. As this
would prove extremely burdensome to
some- property! owners and of great
benefit to others; who would escape
payment, it probably will not be
adopted. . .
The third method is" provided for^ by
a statute passed by the legislature- in
1909, providing for the creation of
sanitary districts and the Issuing by
them of bonds for sewer improvements.
It was under this law that the six sani
tary districts .were formed last year,
and it was under its sanction that the
bond issues were accomplished, new
sanitary districts will have to be cre
ated and new bond elections called.
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