The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-05
Veteran Editor of the Times Of
Los Angeles Is Charged
With Libel.
SEARCH FOR DYNAMITERS
OF THE PLANT GOES ON
Officers Refuse to Make Def
mite Statements, but Insist
They Have Clues.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 4--The veil
of secrecy maintained by Chief of Police
Galloway and all his subordInates since
| the explosion which wrecked the Times
plant last Sunday became thicker and
| more impenctrable late today, when re-
port came in that the trail of the dyna-
| mite conspirators had been struck In this
city
i regard the second clue quite as i'm
! portant as that which is engaging the
attention OF the detectives in San Fran
CISCO"
This was all that half an hour OF inter
rogation could elicit from the chief.
one incident OF the day here was the
arrest of General Otis, proprietor OF the
lnaliy hbeled Andrew Gallagher. San
Francisco labor leader, in the columns OF
the Times. He was taken into custody
while preparing to attend the funeral of
Wesley Beaves, the young stenographer
to whom he dedicated the article on
which the libel was based
Editor Gives Bail.
The arresting officer accompanied the
general 10 the funeral and thence TO a
Justice court. where bail was arranged,
The case Will come up tomorrow on a
habeas corpus hearing.
The charges against General Otis were
Issued some time ago in San Francisco.
but as General Otis was IN Mexico repre-
senting the United States as a special
envoy to the centennial celebra ton they
were not served,
Similar warrants. however. were served
on Harry Chandler assistant general
leased under a habeas corpus writ, is
sued on the ground that the warrants
We're insufficient The alleged libel was
contained in an article criiicizlng not
| Al,,
San Francisco and o. A. TVeitmoe. fol-
lowing the visit OF Gallagher and Tvelt-
moe 10 this city TO confer with labor
leaders regarding strike conditions here.
Raising Relief Fund.
Funds 10 be devoted TO the relief Of
families OF the explosion victims received
q large addition TO-DAY when the Amer
lean Bankers association, which is hold
ing its annual convention here, appro-
prntcd 5000 to the sums already col
lected by tho various newspapers
The committee appointed by President
Sullivan OF the state Federation OF Labor
convention called on Mayor Alexander to-
day TO ask permission 10 join in the
investigation now being made OF the ex-
plosion The mayor refused to make the
federation appointees members OF The In
yesiisatipg committee named several
days ago. The labor representatives
then asked for a, permit 10 so upon the
Times property and conduct n separate
investigation. This also was refused. the
mayor holding that he had no authority
10 do more than issue instructions 10 the
police to let the labor committee within
the police lines. stretched to hold back
the ihrongs which still surrounded the
wrcckaSe day and night
May Call of Strike.
Several reports were out today that the
mayor had asked the labor leaders OF the
city to call off the strikes Of The iron
workers and brewery employees. which
have been in progress here for some
time.
II he thought the labor leaders would
look favorably upon such suggestion.
he would gladly make it.
ruins today, One was identified posi-
lively as that of John Howard, lino-
type operator The Identification was
made by Howard,s SON boy who mas
age waiting for the recovery or his ia
| Tiers body, since last SATURDAY morn
ing a few hours after the explosion. He
has been without sleep most o. inc tltme
and Yesterday collapsed and spent sew
@raI hours in the receiving hospital
Que of the, other bodies LES. ls supPo9sSeq p9Ser
Inotyper. The other four are beyond
III" six bodies recovered today bring
the total taken so fap ir%p S,r1oyed ,nG ' TO be
! still buried III the runs. ,,...
While the clue discovered today, on
! Chief Galloway : word u ItSSiuop "
nm important one, the men Of the police
dnnartrnent engaged in the search ioi
| the criminals still MAINTAIN inc Wd'',ns
attitude which they assumed upon VI t the
I,','aIn,ters had been found in San Fran
Launch May Give Clue
| while there has been no cessation III
| the search for the conspirators hSIe' .u,
nnIIcc are more confident then ever inht
| H.. b,ut in San Francisco VIII produce
| imnortant results, 4 report was rGcetNru
hv tho detectives today that ,ne III nun y .,l
| I5.,,I.ss nm which the consDifDIors al7
snpposnd 10 have shipped the dyna1ml,e mil
| Ttnn, Giant. Cal. had been traced from
| san Pablo to .tNita. on san f. ,",'' ,ho
bay. According TO the iniorn,a,l,o" ,,s.c 'lr h>.
an anlo. which immediately STARE, %
! snullwsrd Messages were heht - Wv,
! nnlicc and conatahcs in most ot 'l,S '., co"a'
ssnI valley towns, asking lor NORMA ,l'
I gnu 'a live, all motor car touring par
,;o.' ne. sen travelling souibward since sep
| tember "a
Stick TO Launch Theory.
Tho policc here dou'tSbeIicNc thlt ',o
dynamiIo was brought "9utn"n@ru 10 tlan' m''
automobile That would have oe1n ''' j.,
a"ro,,S They arc convinced thai u
| launch brought tho explosive r,I.
| noimt ON the coast near san feu'o;
| The funerals OF Chirchl'I M Mlla' 'u."SIrv
ui..h, editor Of the Times, ana j. w 81, ,,'c,
| ncnyos. the young stcnographrt "uo ''''
hJ. dcnth at his post, were held 'ouh
TLc certificates OF death .ssn+i ny 70,
oncr IIartwell 10 permit snG c,,,Inms: Lows
Elder and Roaycs. reads as Io''oma I ;n.
"poath resulted from BURNS ana ,I
,,r,ns cn,scd by an explosion. the orig"
Of which Is YET 10 be md dsIGi",Y1a na,ts of back
inc 49,, 80 r,covrrcd from the ruins oi
,h' or'' Times building late vest srdny, DC Se
cral @ bodies arc known TO be , pinngir rirdcrs %r
Meath the mass Of twisted s.eT, ,h,.n, untli
but !, Us, Us 'Iipo hns been removed. The bodies
r ar Close Close together and this is nT tsa
for by the belief that ,1u,oSSssibe 1moS sGi TO dcn.
tGya.p ,ieS -" Of The bodies recovered. ,o,,c
'T Inc eN police arc at present on rh. 'SStra SStra
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