The San Francisco call., 1910-11-02
WITNESSES IN
DYNAMITE CASE
Are SECRETED
San Franciscans Reach Los AM
geles Guarded by Detective
for Grand Jury
District Attorneys Employe Pre-
diets That Culprits Will Be
Found Near Bay Cities

LOS ANGELES Nov. IA number of
citizens summoned in San Francisco
to testify in the Times explosion case
arrived here today to appear before the
grand jury tomorrow when that body
resumes It's Investigations
According to Samuel L. Brown. chief
detective of the district attorneys Of
fee, these witnesses were lodged In
obscure hotels and their names held
secret so that they could not be tam
pered with" by any one working In
the interests of those suspected of hav-
Ing blown up the newspaper plant
October l.
Among the San Francisco witnesses,
it is said, are two telephone girls, who
have the records of the various calls
made by Schmidt and Bryce just prior
to the purchase of the dynamite from
the Giant powder company.
The coroner's jury did not hold
session today because of the absence
of one of its members.
SCHOONER CLEw FAILS
The definite conclusion that there
are no dynamite suspects aboard the
schooner Kate at Acapulco, Mex,
served today to turn the attention OF
the detectives again to San Francisco.
the district attorneys office declares he
is certain the men who blew up the
Times plant October 1 eventually will
be found.
The failure of the Acapulco clew also
lends additional Importance to the
prospective testimony of the witnesses
brought down from San Francisco to
appear before the grand jury.
Brown said today he was confident
that one or more of these witnesses
would reveal something to the in
quisitors that would lead to the cap
ture of Schmidt, Bryce and Caplan, the
three men most wanted in connection
with the planting of the Internal ma
chimes at the Times plant and at the
homes of General H. G. Otis and f. j.
Zeehandelaar.
INSURANCE Is ADJUSTED
The Times announced today that an
adjustment of the loss sustained by the
Times Mirror company and allied cor
poration because of the explosion and
fire that wrecked the newspaper plant
had been reached satisfactorily. There
were 81 policies on the building and
equipment-of machinery.
Shortly after the disaster the Times
gave the property loss as in excess of
$500, 000 and the paper states today that
the amount of insurance received will
be 100000 short of the entire amount
of loss. The insurance companies were
represented in the settlement by Ad-
justers Edward E. Etel of San Fran
cisco and j. n. Cole of Los Angeles.
LIBEL WARRANTS SERVED
General H G. Otis and Harry Chan
dler, proprietor and business manager
respectively of the Times, were ar
rested for the second time today on a
warrant sworn to in San Francisco
charging criminal libel.
The charge grows out of an article
to which labor leaders have taken ex-
ception. Otis and Chandler were ar
rested few weeks ago, but the charge
was dismissed on a technical error, as
no crime was specified. The second
charge was sworn to by Andrew CAL
Iagher of San Francisco.
AS soon as arrested habeas corpus
proceedings were instituted and Otis
and Chandler were released from Gus
tody until November II, when there
will be a hearing on the writ of
habeas corpus.