The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-14
(By National Socialist Press }

tBy National Socialist Press.)
Los Angeles. Cal, Sept. 14-Harri
son Gray Otis was arrested on Wed.
nesday on a charge of printing and
circulating Indecent and obsence lit.
| erature. The filthy literature men
toned was the Los Angeles TINES.
The complaint in the case against
Otis was sworn to by Mrs. Alice Steb-
Dln IS \SellS, a policeWoman
| The complaints We're issued by City
1 Prosecutor Guy Eddie and the war.
rants for Otis Arrest on the charge
were issued by Police Judge Chese-
bro.
| The complaints upon which Otis
was arrested were as follows:
| That on the 2Sth day of August
| 1911 i'll the city OF Los Angeles, stGte
| of California a misdemeanor was COM
| mitted by II. G. Otis who at the time
| and place aforesaid, did wilfully and
unlawfully circulate and cause to be
| circulated in the city of Los Angeles
| a certain indecent and obscene paper
to wit, newspaper, bearing the title
THE LOS ANGLES TIMES, and bear
| ing the day of August 2S. 1911"
City Prosecutor Eddie took the ac-
ton, he said, to check the growing
| tendency of Otis and his sub-editors
from printing matter of such a filthy
| character as to render the TIMES un-
| fit to be seen in the homes and on
the streets of the city.
The stories upon which the war
| rants were issued were an eastern
Neither OF the articles were of the
CT 1iuh to -
| people ana were not of the character
to be of interest to anyone who is
not fond of salacious stories. One of
| the stories was of the most disgust
ing character and the headlines were
| of a revolving and filthy character
| The TIMES has for some time been
running fake scholarship in an ef-
fort to bloster up its rapidly waning
circulation and this put the paper in
to the hands of hundreds of young
girls who could not help but see the
glaring headlines of such foul sug-
gestiveness that it must have shocked
every decent person into whose hands
| the foul sheet might fall.
On the day of his arrangement in
court great amusement was given
! spectators by the action of two chick
| en- thieves and vagrant who were in
| court. When these offenders heard
the charge read against Otis they
| looked at him and then deliberately
| moved their seats in the court room!
| to bench farther away from the cid
| tyrant. The vag took particular pains
| to draw away with much ostcntation
of retaining his purity. Otis sought
| to avoid entering the enclosure where
prisoners arc usually compelled 20 st
| Judge Cheseboro insisted however. and
| Otis sat inside with the drunks, dips
and other offenders. His attorneys
offered demurrer and the case Will
come up next week. +
Detective James Hosick returned tc
Los Angeles during the week. He
hurried back to the city after plead.
| ing not guilty to a charge of kidnar.
ping John J. Mcnamara, in Indiana
polls.
Hosicl< at first denied all knowledge
of the whereabouts of the missing
hat and bludgeoE which were the
only tangible pieces of evidence il
the case Of the disappearance of Geo
II. Shoaf on the night of August 13
Later IIoisicli produced the evidence
saying they were in the property room
all the time and that they had no
been removed from there.
No clew has been fou.ad by wEicl
the disappearance of the Soclalis;
: writer can be accounted for. Capt
George c. Shoaf of San Antonio. Tex
is in Los Angeles and has men WORK
ing on the case. He says he has vii
l nesSeS who saw two men lifting
limp body into a buggy near tn
r scene of the disappearance and II
: effort is being spared to clear up tn
mystery.
, 500 .1ETN IS COMPOSED o
+ THREE LAYERS: