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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIIj 19, 1917. DXMAIJ ISARRESTED ON CHARGE OF PLOT Warrant Issued on Illinois Man's Story of Alleged AKempted Bribery. LETTERS ARE PRODUCED Hundred Dollars Declared Given by Ddstrlct Attorney and $2 50 Prom ised to Help Swear Away 1.1 re of T. J. Mooney. SAX FRANCISCO. April IS. Frank C. Oxman, a Durkee, Or., stockman, whose evidence contributed materially to the conviction of Thomas J. Mooney for bomb murders here, was arrested today on a warrant charging' him with attempting to induce F. E. Kigali, of Grayville, 111., to give false testimony against Mooney, who is under sentence of death. Oxman was released on $2500 cash bail furnished by himself. Tears dimmed his eyes as he told interview ers that his testimony at the Mooney trial was "the whole truth," and that "he had absolutely nothing to conceal." Oxman tonight issued a brief state ment denying the charge against him. lie said: "I have voluntarily come from my home in Durkee, Or., and am here to testify under oath that I told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I left home Sunday morning and arrived here Tuesday night, coming by way of Portland. I have done no wrong. Offer Made to Explain. "If deemed necessary I shall take the stand in the proceedings against me and fully explain and justify every word and act in connection with this man Kigali and the charges made against me." Mooney was one of five persons in dicted for murder. Warren K. Billings, the first to be tried, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Ox man was expected to be an important witness in the trials of the remaining trio, as he was in that of Mooney. He did not testify in the Billings trial. From the start, counsel and adher ents of the prisoners have insisted that evidence had been manufactured in the cases and some testimony intended to develop this was offered in the trials. Police Chief Axks Warrant. Chief of Police White asked the war rant after listening to the story of F. E. Kigali, of Grayville, 111., who ac cused Oxman of ottering him money to help swear away -Mooney s life. Kigali produced letters written, he eaid, by Oxman, asking him to come to California to corroborate Oxnmn's tes timony that he saw Mooney and four other alleged bomb conspirators at the scene of the bomb explosion. It was upon Oxman's tstimony mainly that Mooney was convicted of murder Feb ruary 9. Rigall brought in the names of Dis trict Attorney Fickert and Edward Cunha, assistant prosecutor, as having had knowledge that he was to testify falsely to support Oxman's story. In signing the warrant Police Judge Matthew Brady said. "It is customary in such a case to get the approval of the District Attor ney to such a warrant as this, but In this case, I don't think it will be neces sary." Fickert planned to bring Kigali's charges before the grand Jury but Chief White refused to adopt that method, preferring to bring the evl ' dence into open court. Ilall Put at S2300. Oxman arrived here last night. Kigali arrived this morning. Oxman's bail was fixed at $2500 cash or $5000 bond. Kigali in his statement to Chief WTiite detailed conversations ho had with Oxman after his arrival here Jan uary 6 during the Mooney trial in re sponse to letters and telegrams front Oxman. "'All you have to do Is to say you caw me in San Francisco July 22,' Ox man told Kigali, according to this lat ter. " "But I wasn't hero then I was nev er here.' " . " 'You were as much here as I was,' " Oxman replied, according to Kigali. " 'They will prove my testimony false.' " Kigali said. " 'Never mind that; the state will take care of its witnesses,' " Kigali said Oxman replied. Kigali never testified, but he said Fickert gave him $100. Oxman had promised him $250 personally, Kigali said. When the warrant for Oxman's ar rest was asked of Judre Brady a rep resentative of the District Attorney's office opposed its Issuance. "I want to say to your honor," said l nomas o Connor, attorney for the bomb defendants, "that the District At torney s omce is a. party to this con epiracy." KAISER'S SPIES IN AMERICA (Continued From First Page.) navy is Bupposea to have the most elaborate and efficient service. The army ranks next and the Foreign Of fice third. When Captain Boy-Ed was in inn united states he was chief of the naval spy service here, and his co worker in the army department was captain von Papen. The Foreign Office naa a large number of agents, all working under the direction of Count Ton Bernstorff. the Ambassador. janes irom tne intricate and far reaching German secret service con verge at great headquarters, in Silesia, Information gathered by the navy. army and political departments Is sift ed In Berlin and sent to headquarters, Try This if You Have Dandruff There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve It. This destroys It entirely. To do this. Just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon; apply It at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning most, if not all. of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dis solve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of It, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all Itching and digging of the scalp will stop In stantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky " and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is Inexpensive, and four ounces Is all you will need. This simple rem edy baa never been known to fail. AdV. where It Is placed before General Lu-' dendorf, the first QuartermaBter-Gen-eral, and Von Hindenburg's right-hand personal adviser. Ludendorf is really the center of the spy system. While the German service covers every activity In the world which touches directly or Indirectly anything which Germany has done or may do, it j is from time to time centered upon special work. After the sinking of the Lusitania, Anconla, Arabic and Sussex all rpy activities were centered upon the United States and South America. Every activity In the United States was investigated and observed. The naval service centered its attentions upon our naval preparations and meth ods of attack. The army kept in close touch with the opinions and reports in Washington. The Foreign office studied the press and the Admin istration. Nothing, absolutely nothing, was overlooked. These reports, which were sent to Berlin and great headquarters, were compared with reports gathered in Berlin by the secret service agents who were watching the American col ony. But a discussion of how the spy department tormented Americans In Berlin will be taken up in the next article. From time to time during the war American newspapers have reported what German spies were doing here, but, as far as I have been able to learn, these reports concerned only German citizens. Some Americans. Danes and Swedes, who have gone back and forth from New York, have not been sus pected and some Spaniards who have traveled from Cuba and South America to Spain for the Kaiser have not been subject to investigation. Neutral Couriers ' Bribed. Germany has obtained reports from the United States in three ways: 1. Through Danes. Swedes and Americans traveling from New York to Copenhagen and other Scandina vian ports. 2. By bribing couriers of small neu tral countries. 3. By sending so-called neutral agents from Havana and South America to Spain. Although every Scandinavian passen ger liner and nearly every freight ship bound for the north was held up and examined at Kirkwall, the English have not been able to stop reports from reaching Germany by this route. Al though the English have searched the ships from masthead to coal bunkers: although British Jackies have removed every piece of coal from some of the bunkers and ripped up carpets and washstands on steamers, information has got through. The Dane I met going to Berlin last Fall got his papers past the British authorities. Every time I was in Copenhagen I heard about information which was smuggled through to the United States from these countries. German banks used to pay sailors as much as $200 and $300 to carry small parcels to Ger man agents here. The Foreign Office used to send to Copenhagen, Bergen and Swedish ports bundles of docu ments to be sent to the United States. Of course, not all of these got through, but there were always sufficient leaks to nay tne government to take chances on "this route. Then, by paying all ex penses and . big fees to Scandinavian citizens, Germany was able to get in structions here to officials, and to re ceive in return reports from the agent3 in the United States. Roumanian Aid Used. Before Koumania declared war Ger many was able, through certain Rou manian officials, to get information In and out of England and trance via. Switzerland. There were also some neutrals in Washington who were pro German to the extent that they would onrt rinher messages past the British censor for the Information of Germany. One of the new German papers, for instance,, had an arrangement by which It received reports from the United States via Holland. In Berlin I heard of several instances where attaches of small neutral countries sent informa tion to the United States and Spain through their government pouches. Until the State Department ana Am bassador Gerard put a censorship on all mail going through the American mailbags Germany had been able to smuerele Information to tne united States by bribing clerks. And even up to the time diplomatic relations were broken. Ambassador Gerard used to receive at least every week notes from prominent Germans, even mem bers of royal households, asking him to forward letters to the United States. But the Ambassador refused unless the letters were addressed to high Govern ment officials at Washington. In this case they were read by the State De partment before being forwarded. Messages Go via Spain. After the United States made It Im possible for the German authorities In Washington to use the wireless sta tions at Sayville, Long Island, and Tuckerton, N. J., for anything except open telegrams or code messages which the American naval censor could read. Germans In the United States began to send Important code telegrams to South. America and Havana. From there they were taken on Spanish ships to Spain. Near Madrid the Germans have erected a large wireless tower, which Is In com munication with Berlin and Budapest. The Spanish government permits Ger man officials to send code dispatches uncensored. In this way Count von Bernstorff sent his dispatches, and the German agents sent their reports to Germany. Thus the German secret service was able to receive detailed reports from the United States in three ways, and the most Important information always reached great headquarters. Now that the United States is at war with Germany all channels by which Information leaves the United States and reaches Germany should be closed. All ships sailing from Ameri can ports for Europe, all passengers leaving for neutral European countries and for South America should be searched. The United States should adopt the policy of the allies, of per mitting no printed matter to leave here except after It has been care fully examined. The simplest docu ments and newspaper clippings often contain the most dangerous informa tion. Search of Ships Advised. Every ship arriving from neutral European harbors should be searched before it Is permitted to dock and all passengers coming to our shores on these ships should be subjected to a careful investigation. The German spy system has learned during nearly three years of war how to avoid many traps. It has been able to get much lnforma tion past the British authorities at Kirkwall. Thousands of Americans, too. nave oeen in correspondence with Ger mans through neutral European coun tries. While much of this letter writ ing Is harmless all letters to these countries should be censored In the United States. In war time every item of lnforma tion which might be of use, or which might interest the enemy .must be pre vented Irom reaching Germany. Port authorities should examine, also, all cargoes and consignments to neu tral European countries. German agents have smuggled information In these cargoes, even in goods consigned for Belgium by the American Kelief Com mission. And, furthermore, many American merchants have been selling goods to Germany via these neutral countries. AH shipments of supplies to Germany from the United States. In this indirect way, should be stopped. The United States must help make the blockade of Germany effective. Alder at West Park Marshall 880 Positively only three more days then "gone for ever." Don't miss this fun-feast. fl L A v' Jt - 1 8 V f SI- ' - w 1! A i'A-. SE0J1C0HAN in Broadway Jones" ARTCRAFT PICTURES Not in months have the people -of Portland been "handed the laughs" they get from America's fore most comedian, I. Cohan in the typically American picturization of the star's most celebrated stage success: "Broadway Jone s It's crammed with mirth-provoking scenes; its New York atmosphere is entrancingly genuine. It's the happiest, snappiest show in months all joy. Only today, tomorrow and Saturday. Masons to Give Benefit Play. "The Private Secretary," a comedy, will be given at the Heillg Theater to night for the benefit of a Masonic home. The play will be given under the auspices of all the Masonic ordera and Eastern Star chapters oX the city, u NORWAY IS STIRRED Indignation at Germany Is In creasing Steadily. 420 SHIPS, 450 MEN LOST Merchant Vessel Owners Are- Be coming More Insistent In De mands for Arming Steamers. Killings Held Deliberate. CHRISTIANIA, via London. April 18. Norway, which has been mostly stirred by America's declaration of war against Germany, is showing Increas ing indignation at the results of the German submarine war as it affects Norwegian shipping and shipping men are becoming more and more insistent for the arming of Norwegian ships. Nearly one-third of the Norwegian merchant marine has been destroyed by the 'Germans and 450 sailors have been killed. Shipping men declare the submarines now are deliberately shell ing the survivors of torpedoed Nor wegian craft to prevent reports from the outrages reaching Norway. The Tidens Tegn says: "We have lost 420 ships of 650,000 tons. Will the government wait until the whole merchant fleet Is destroyed before giving our ships defense? Our sailors are forbidden to defend them selves and the government even con tinue to permit the export of nickel to Germany for the manufacture of torpe does. - The official paper of the Cabinet Is noncommittal "The torpedolngs of Norwegian ships," It says, "do not con stitute a virlatlon of neutrality making mmiary action necessary. " OREGON MEN IN WRECK O. A. Slorden, E. B. Piper, J. E, Wheeler and Others Are Shaken. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 18. The Pennsylvania Limited, from Chicago, with three Portlanders aboard, was wrecked to day when entering Parkton. Md. Spreading rails caused the train to leap tne track and sideswipe a freight train going in the opposite directions. One Pullman, in which among other, were C. A. Morden. Edgar B. Piper and J. E. Wheeler, of Portland, E. C. Hughes, of Seattle, was badly smashed and the passengers severely shaken. No on was much hurt owing probably to th steel construction of the coaches. 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Watch for me in this, space tomorrow. RECRUITS GET GODSPEED Rldgefleld at Big Patriotic Rally Bids Farewell to Two. R1DGEFIELD. Wash., April 18. (Special.) A rousing patriotic 'meet ing was held here Monday night in the Ridgefield Commercial Club rooms, with an Informal farewell reception to Samuel B. Groft and Guy Burns, stu dents who have enlisted. They left Tuesday afternoon for Portland on their way to San Francisco. Miss Thel ma Moore, head of the commercial de partment at the high school here, and E. B. Hall, Rldgefleld publisher, assist ed in the decorations, using 70 flags. Dr. Ralph S. Stryker, Spanish-American War veteran; Professor Alfred F. Kjron, Rev, Harvey O. Cooper. Corporal Frledllne. of Company E; Charles M. Smy the, Forrest Whitney, - Spanish American War veteran, and William E. Buker. Civil War veteran and father of Mayor Buker, of Rldgefleld, spoke. The Rldgefleld band rendered a number of selections. . Refreshments were served. Funds Provided - for I load. WASHOUGAI Wash., Apr! 118. (Spe cial.) Clarke County Commissioners last week voted to expend 12500, the amount needed to build their share of a 5 per cent grade on what Is called the "upper grade" o.. the Mo t Pleas ant road In this vicinity. Of the total amount, $1500 will be put up by the Mount Pleasant . people. Skamania County Commissioners have signified their intentions of meeting the road at any. point decided upoa by the Clarke County officials, so the Improve ment is assured. $1150 Factory Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. Eut Morrlaoa and First
