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SWSSw & frWrvjh VOL. LVII. xo. 17,830. PORTLAND, OltEOX, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1918. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. PALLBEARER HELD AS AX MURDERER Oscar Main in Jail for Fred Swayne's Death. SUSPECT JUDGE'S -BROTHER ENTENTE'S HOPES AT END, SAYS BERLIN .ENDING OF tO, 000,00ft Bl'SII ELS Or WHEAT IS TEXT. Accused Man One of Victim's Best Friends. NDfANAPOLIS WAR PLAN! DESTROYED i Million-Dollar Fire Razes City Block. EVIDENCE CIRCUMSTANTIAL Lewis Coanty Attorney Says Pris oner Was Attentive to Mr, fcwaye and Had Iter n ia Tfrar Crime. Semi-official German Organ Makes Assertion Cnlled State Will Not Appear on Battlefield. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 31. Th semi official Nord Deutsche Allgemeln 3ei tung of Berlin. publlshea a report from Washington that the United States Is (sending .0M.OOi bushels of wheat Tola la a heavy blow to the entente It. means that America has decided not Big Brick Structure Housed to appear on the European battlefield for an Indefinite time. What moved President Wilson to this chance of froot. which Is the moat Important de velopment In American war policy?- I . tort. ."hTeVeme'nt.'oV the Oerm.r.cb' FIRE THOUGHT INCENDIARY marine, partly to Internal causes and especially to growing pacifism and friction with Japan. It continues: "The last hope of th entente has aone. It will Inevitably cause aeep depression In France, whose bread ra tion may be increased slightly, but for whose war-weary troops teller 1 now no hop of relief." INDUSTRIAL BUILDING LOSS 30 Establishments. PLENTY OF LABOR IS NOW AVAILABLE DOUBLE LAUNCHING FEDERAL BOAKD READY TO . . , SUPPLY SHIPYARDS. SUNDAY SPECTACLE Two Steel Vessels Add 17,600 Tons. NO MISHAPS TO MAR EYENT Six Duelling-Houses. Cliurcli, Gro cery and Saloon Burn Falling Walls Endanger Firemen. No Lo!9 of Life Reported. OIIHAU5. Wash.. Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) A startling" sensation developed last night in the Fred Swayn murder cM at Napavtne. when Sheriff Berry arrested 0cr R. Main, a prominent real estate dealer of Napavln and most Intimate friend of Swayn. In connection with the crime. News of the arrest waa siren out this morning. Main Is a gradual 'of the University f Washington, and his brother. John MALHEUR PLEA IS DENIED Secretary Lane Opposed to Helping New Project at Present. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washi ngton. Jan. U.-Secretary Lane Sat urday told Senators Chamberlain and McXary and Representative Stnnott that he could not recommend the adoption of the Malheur Irrigation T. Main, la Supreme Court Judge of the I prelect, and he doea not believe In tate of vl aahlnrton. Mala Pallbearer at ' Mian was a pallbearer at tha funeral f Mr. Swayne. which waa held In Chehalia Tuesday under auspices of the Masonic Lodge. Both men were mem bers of the order. Tha families of the two men were on most Intimate terms. Main protests his Innocenca of tha crime. Feasible X stive Seen. County Attorney Herman Allen said tonight that there la stronc 'evidence linking Mala with tha murder. E- IRATE HUSBAND IS SU ICIDE "ne of ho,e hlch wa" pIylnK waler INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 13. (Fp clal.) Indianapolis suffered its fourth fl. 000.000 fire In the last 20 days, to nlcht. when flame broke out In the Industrial building. Tenth street and the Canal, and destroyed more than a city block. The big brick occupying the block from Ten Eleventh street and from Fayette street to the Canal, housed about 10 manufacturing establishments, a. ma Jorlty of which were making machines taking up any new projects until ex- and ,uppi, which are being used by luting projects are completed, espe cially as war demands have Increased the 'cost of Irrigation construction for the present. The delegation then asked th Sec retary If he would recommend a direct appropriation by Congress to build the Malheur project. He replied that he would consider the proposition and advise them later. It Is expected he will report adversely. 4000 Workers Placed In Seattle; Surplus Instead of Shortage Reported In Portland. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. IS. The Federal Employ ment Service, recently created by the Department of Labor, has announced that It is ready to supply shipyard workers am fast as required In Pacific Coast yards, and in the past three days has placed 4000 men in yards at Se attle. At Portland, the bureau reports, the demand for workers has been exces vive. Last month, says the bureau, 111 sdvlsed calls for shipbuilders were sounded through the "Portland district. st Portland sent this summary of the SANTIAM PLUNGES AT 2 P.M. real situation from one of the .Portland War Archer Takes to Water at 10:30 in Morning. MEXICAN MISSION MUCH DISTRUSTED CRICA6D CIS Day's Performance Indicates Port land 'ow Is Turning Out Ships Speedily Immense Crowds on Vantage Points View Scenes. the United States Govern men t In the war work. V Fire Chief Loueks declared . it was hie belief that the fire was of incendi- ry origin. Live Reported Loat. Despite the fact that six' dwelling houses, a church, grocery and saloon were, burned, no loss of life was re ported. Falling walls placed the fire men In great danger and hindered them In their work by cutting line after denca will be produced, am Id Mr. Allen, that Main had been attentive to Mrs. fwayne and this Is supposed to be the SaoUv for the crime. Further, said Mr. Allen. Main had keen seen In the neighborhood of the on the flames. U. Rankin, of Boise. Kills Himself in ,r w " " pc- , itacurar in tne city s history, a high After Attacking Ills Wife. wlnd from tne 80Uthwest ,enain- (shower of sparka throughout the .BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 11. Howard I neighborhood and setting fire to ad- Swayn store Just at about tha tire of Rankin, only heir of a prosperous Boise I Jolnlnsz dwellings. th crime, although ther Is no evidence I contractor, wno aiea several yeara ago. 1 Thousands of spectators stood on the a yet at hand of any person who saw I Inflicted a. aeep scaip wouoa in vMcli -was froxen solid, and aim enter tne place. It la on this fact r" w" " na presumao.y watched the work of the firemen, de that the state will make Its chief prose- fatally wounded himself, on one 01 tne pU- thjB 1JW teroperatore. Water Supply Efficient. shipbuilding companies to the Depart ment of Labor "No men needed. We are turning away 63 to loo men a day, and from our experience we Judge that if the In flux of worklngmen to this city is not stopped, soup kitchens will be neces sary thi Winter. Th,e bureau thinks the soup-kitchen talk Is exaggerated, but believes that f'nrtljiml. as on the Atlantic Coast. advertisement and calls for ship- For the nrsi time in nisiory, j-urw-u builders have exceeded the needs . of I yesterday witnessed the spectacle of the yards, and Caution Is given against tne perfect launching of two steel ves- calling men for whom there is no im- I ieja jn a single dav. each of 8800 tons, mediate employment and housing. I. w - Arrh IId down the way at 10:30 o'clock A. M. from the plant of truoture. I st. LOUIS TROOPS ARRIVE tne Nortnwest steeI Company and t?,k renth to I the water as gracefully as a swan, fol- Coast lwel y tho Santiam at tne cotumDia Weather Is Taste of Paradise. I . t 2 In the afternoon. It waa an event of significance, aig VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe- nalixing as it does the fact that Port rial.) A considerable number of land has begun to turn out amps opcou troops have arrived from Jefferson Uy. while the perfect launching of the R.rmrks. IS miles from St. Louis Mo. two big vessels was an event of which Thev were. ix d.v on the road and the builders may well be proud were tired when tliev arrived, but they On time to tne aoi, ootn uuncoin,. h r, like the Wet I were witnessea oy iarBe cruwuo, When we left St. Louis it Wa 15 cially that ot tne aiternoon. below aero and a fellow would nearly thousands gamerea ,,Uo freeze to death. Out here the flowers every point Ot vantage along tne r.v.. are In pi 00m. it is raining, rme ana balmy, like Spring. I would like to live here all the time," said one sol dier. Conditions are so much better here that we fellows think this is heaven compared to what we have been in." AKGEXTIXA - SUSPECTS SOME PRO-GERMAX PURPOSE. h . Members Said to Have Been Arrested at Bahia, Brazil and Xot Allowed to Land at Other Ports. BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 13. That the Mexican delegation, which has just come to Argentina, ostensibly to attend the proposed congress of neutral Latin American countries, must nave a secret mission, unknown even to the Argen tine government, is intimated by the Foreign Office. Passengers on the ship bringing the delegation say the members were ar rested at Bahia, Brazil, and not allowed to. land at other Brazilian ports on the grounds that the mission was more German than ifexican. " The delegation consists largely of military men, aviators and newspaper correspondents, several of whom openly are pro-German, The proposed con gress has been postponed, and it is said that ample notice of that post ponement was given the Mexicans of this action before their departure from their own country. Inasmuch as the invitation was with drawn when the neutral congress was postponed. It is said the Mexicans prob ably would not be treated as guests of the government. Hundreds of automobiles were parked tin the East Side on the heights over looking the great line of shipbuilding plants, where there was a fine view, Mrs. Bowles Christen Skip. Promptly at 10:30 o'clock Mrs. Joseph R. Bowles, wife of the president of the Northwest Steel Ccmpany, broke a bot tle over the bow of the War Archer, ' the big steel hull was loosed and, to the tooting of whistles of river craft Oregon Reds Object to Crossing I and th cheering of crowds, slid grace. INDIANS SEEK EXEMPTION cutlon. Inasmuch a Mr. Allen declares principal business streets of th city that whea arrest Main denied thai at :1S tonight. He died at a hospital had been anywhere near th scene I an hour later. f th crime. A further point which will be mad by th state, according to Mr. Allen. Is that Mr. Main appeared to be extremely nervous at th funeral. at which he was on of th pallbearers. H. E. Don o hoe. attorney for Main, to night made an absolute denial of the charge against his client. He Indi cated that an alibi would constant th defense. "Mr. Mala Is la no way connected with this murder." said Mr. Donohoe. JTier has been no proof of any sort brought forth acalnst him. H wa not near th seen of the crime at th time of th murder. There is abso lutely noAlng to any talk of undue Intimacy between Mr. Main and Mra. way a." Saaswet Real K-tafc Dealer. Stain has been In th real estate and Rankin and his wife had been sepa- rated for some time. He had been ar rested several times for falling to sup- port his two children. Recently his wife sued for divorce. Rankin gave no reason for the deed, simply accosting hla wife as she came from work at a nearby restaurant, with th words: "I am going to end alL" RED CROSS PULLMAN READY Car Is Equipped to Carry Medical Aid 10 Army Camps on Coast. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. (Special.) -A Red Cross Pullman car has been I equipped at a cost of f Il.OoO and is now at th Richmond Terminal yards sub- Ject to call. The announced purpose Is tnsuraac business at Napavln for to convey medical and other aid to any three year, being local agent for the Tavtd P. Eastman Company, of Seattle, Th company has been encased la locat ing settlers on locged-off land la the vicinity of Napavln. He has a wife and two children, a boy of about 9 and a ctrl of 7. Mr. Main a nlec of W. T. Whit ney, a well-known "cattle capitalist, and prior to her marriage was Miss Vir ginia Carroll. V Ife Bee ptrtea. Th murder of Fwayne waa en of th most brutal ever perpetrated In Lewis County, fie was In hla grocery store Sunday afternoon, and waa last see i alive by hi wife and little daugh ter at about o'clock, when they passed th scene of the crime on their way heme after -visiting with a neighbor. When Mr. Swayne failed to reach hla fcoane at o'clock, his wife called him br tetephoa. but received no response. After waltlns until about o'clock camp on the Coast where an epidemic may spring up. Th car Is manned mostly by volunteer experts. Several university Instructors have tendered their services without pay. This particular car has been named "Metrhnikof. and similar cars are to I be named after other scientists of dis tinction. Dr. Frederick Gray and Dr. Wilfred H. Kellogg, both of Berkeley. will alternate in directing the corps of I workers aboard the "Metchnlkoff. The cold did not affect the play of many streams of water on the build ing, as the water mains were in good working order. Immediately on the arrival of the fire department great holes were Cut in' th Ice over the canal and engines started to augment the water supply. The fire was first seen In the center court of the Industrial building, which waa about COO feet long. It broke out at almost the same instant in a small manufacturing plant at the southwest corner of the building, which was leveled to the ground within less than two hours. The flames spread so rapidly that it waa Impossible to save the contents of the actorles In the Industrial building. S400.000 Worth of Autoa Bora, It was estimated tonight that fully 1400.000 worth of new automobiles ICondudtd n Pagr 4. Column 1) Ocenn to riglit . Huns.-' "" OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 13. Senator McNary has forwarded to the Provost Marshal-General a petition of "6 Warm Springs In dians asking that they be exempted from the military draft. The Indians claim that as wards of the Government they should not be forced to fight and particularly object to being sent across the ocean to fight the Huns. WARNING GIVEN STOCKMEN Bonus Payments May Cause Revo cation of Permits. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Holders of permits for grazing livestock on the National forests were notified today by the Secretary of Agriculture that the payment of any bonus or allowance for waiver of the grazing privilege in connection with the sale of livestock or ranch properties will be cause for revocation of the permit. fully down rtifr ways, coming to' a-.stop In midstream, then swinging with the current and finally fetching up along side the company's plant. Just to the north of the War Sirdar, recently launched Standing guard were river steamers and tugs and the patrol launches Scott and Elidor, of the Federal and Mu nicipal service, respectively; but there was nothing to mar the success of the first launching of the day and they hastened away. At 2 o'clock sharp, in the yards ad joining, the second steel, ship was launched with the same perfect kin, Mrs. James McKinlay, wife of th general manager of the Columbia River Ship building Corporation, Veing the spon sor in this instance. Practically iden tical with the other vessel's taking to the water waa that of the Santiam. and about the only distinction waa that ot the larger multitude that saw her slide down into the Willamette. Three Walt tor Machinery. Three vessels now are tied up in the river at tfleae two plants, awaiting the installation of machinery and equtp- tCoactuded on Page 8. Column & MEXICANS SAIL FOR JAPAN Purchase of Arms for General Car' ranza" One Purpose of Trip. A PACIFIC PORT, Jan. 13. A mis slon said to have been appointed by general carranza to go to Japan to purchase arms and munitions for Mex ico, conclude a loan' and to negotiate a treaty between the two nations. sailed from here today. The mission is headed by General Benjamin Bouches. ex-chief of staff of the Mexican army, and Juan T. Burns, formerly Mexican Consul-General in New Tork. Burns is said to be under a $10,000 bond to the United States in connection with the alleged violation of an em bargo on the shipment of arms into Mexico. GERMAN HANGS HIMSELF Teuton's Body Is Found Swinging From Tree Near Yuma. DESPERATELY DIG Drive on Snowdrifts Is On in Earnest. EVERYBODY JOINS IN WORK Millionaires and Hoboes Wield Shovels Together. PEOPLE FEARFUL OF FIRE Worst Stdrm In City's History Put Vp to All Proposition of Digging Out or Starring Schools Arc . Closed Fuel Supply Short. ' v YUMA. Aris., Jan. 13. The body of a man.. beljeved'r tci "be- August' "Matt," a German, was found by ranchers Satur day hanging from a -tree near Gadsden, 13 miles from here. A bank deposit slip showing a deposit f e ana rubber boots and tackled the of $9437 in a Wallace. Idaho, bank and snowdrifts alongside of women from CHICAGO. Jan. 13. (Special.) The European trenches can give Chicago nothing in the digging line. While the troops over there are experts at dig ging In, Chicago started today to diR Itself out, and It dug for its very life. The first objective was to get a run way through the snowbanks to the streets and walks, and then to clear the snow from water plugs, so that the department could operate in the event of a big fire. The city got down to actual business beginning at daylight, and kept it up until dark. Citizens' committees,' neighborhood clubs, schools, churches; city officials, firemen, police, railroad gangs and thousands of women and children were'in the ranks. Theso people gave their labor freely, but the inhabitants of the flops and municipal boarding and rooming-houses. the bums and hobos who are fed and housed the year around by the city de manded and received $1.50 an hour for their indifferent efforts. Thousands Attack Drifts. It was an inspiring spectacle. The larger part of two and a half million people attacked the snowdrifts in a ystematic manner. The squads were led by able captains who directed the work so as to get the best results and clear the most. Important spots first. Church" congregations" were dismissed -and sent out, headed by their pastors. Fashionable women exchanged their costly clothing for overettes and jump-' $1455 In money was found on him. CHOATE'S ESTATE FILED Former Ambassador to Great Britain Leaves $4,629,870. NEW TORK, Jan. 13. An appraiser's report regarding the estate of Joseph H. Choate, ex-Ambassador to Great Britain and a leader of the American Bar, places the net assets at $4,629,879. Nearly 40 relatives, friends and em ployes, together with several institu tions are beneficiaries. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS the ghetto, who were garbed in shawls and had wrapped their legs and feet in gunny sacks. Millionaires and captains of industry whose names are known NationSlly and internationally labored with the gashouse gangs and drank coffee from common cups and were glad to get it. Women quickly organized squads whose duty it was to provide coffee and sandwiches and the servers passed up and down the lines of shovelers constantly, bearing great pots of coffee for the workers. City Fearful of Fire. Ever since the first great snow, a week ago today, the city has been in dread of a fire. Desperate efforts were made all last week to get the water plugs and the streets leading to them free of snow. Then camo the sec ond storm, practically nullifying all the ANOTHER CAMPAIGN ON' FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE HELP IT ALONG. REPATRIATION IS "DEBATED j II uso-German Commission Now In Session at Odessa. ODESS.C Russia, Jan. 13. Th Itus- so-German commission which has com her to discuss question concerning th Black Sea haa arranged a meeting for consideration of conditions under Mrs. Swayn engaged Bob Meyers, a , which Interned civilians may be r- li-year-old neighbor boy who drives patrlated. th store auto delivery, to go to th tor ia quest of Mr. Swayne. Bob Evans, another if-year-old boy. ac companied Meyers. Bdy r) by Tratb. they entered th store Th commission consists of It dele gates under th presidency of a Ger man Admiral. The chief Russian dele gate .Is a sailor from the Black Sea fleet. . I CONVICT HELD Whea they entered th store they ' found Sin In the wtreroom In h. PAROLED rear, with bis head beaten to a pulp. I The first blow apparently was made jo Sclmcrin. ex-Oregon State? Prls- witn in oiuni sin or a natrnet oa to back of his head and h waa knocked to n,r. Armed When Arrested, th floor. His head was then beaten to a t fc ru!p- His money, safe and other vain- SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. (Special.) blea war aot molested, dispelling the Armed with a large revolver and car theory that robbery was ,th motive rylng hi parol papers from th Ore for th crime. gon Stat Prison in his pocket, along Sheriff Berry visited th scene that I with a cloth mask. Jo Schuerln was v'ght and has been working on the cas all th week. From a slight sus picion directed against Main, the Sher iff claims to have assembled evidence aufflclent to warrant County Attorney Allen filing a formal Information. Main was at bis bom whea arrested by Sheriff Berry. He offered r re als tance. Frank Swayn. Western Union tele graph operator of Portland, brother of th murdered Napavtne merchant, ex pressed surprise last night whea told that Main bad been arrested on a .charge of killing Fred Swaync. T did not kaow Mr. Main, said Mr. Swayne. "and If I pew him at the Ccl44 Pae a. Coluraa C arreate.d early this morning while loitering In the vicinity of th Fair mont Hotel. Th arrest was mad by a special policeman. He waa booked at the City Jail on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. FRANCE TAKES TELEGRAPH War Department Will Operate En tire Postal and Wire Service. PARIS. Jan. 11. Th Minister of War haa mad known his Intention to place all th postal and telegraph service under the war department, militaris ing th entire servic. Tha Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41 degrees: minimum. 41 dere. TODAY'S Rain; moderate southeasterly I work that had been done, but remark- ls.lJi.t3 uiirKiivii w - ... i Mn..BA 4A e V. -aril Mexican mission to Argentina mistrusted of citizens na.o pro-German purpose. Page 1. I and. were were no aiB.Kn.ci a. u Germans are told Americana decide not to I was also served by coal dealers, milk. sena armies, .rage 1. i j,,,IK.,t. nnt rrnrers that no de- Germans ready to recognlza Ukraine repub- . ,,, ho ,.rt ,lntll fhe, stre.t9 lie. Pave 3. I " " - Results of peace conference at Brest-Utovik I were cleared. vary in Russian version. Page 3. I This put squarely up to everybody President's message la weapon In Trotzkys ,n proposition of digging out or starv- hand- aavi A rnn rnar-h rnt Oatra t I " r National. Senator Brady, of Idaho, dies In Washing;' ton. Fage 2. Congressional war Inquiries to be continued. rage 2. Ordnance Bureau Is found efficient by House is aval investigation sub-commit Lee. Fage 4. Plenty of labor for shipyard! now avail able. Page 1. Domestic Chicago citUens launch drive on anowd rifts. Page 1. Cardinal Gibbons issues appeal to all to buy war stamps. Page 8. Big war plant at Indianapolis burns.. Page 1. PrusBianism foe to all world, says Otto H. ivann, Oerman-oorn loyal American. Page o. Story of Camp Funston murders retold by sole survivor. Page 3. Sports. William K. Kodgers, new manager ot Sen- a tors. to leave for Sacramento today. Page 10. Cloned paper chase is won by -Miss Edith Moar. Page 10. Ortga and Duffy. San Francisco boxers. leave for fortiana tonight. Page 10. Walter Camp Is scored by Southern Cali fornia football funs. Page 10. Pacific orthwest Oscar Main, pallbearer at Fred Swayne's funeral, arrested for Swayne murder. jrcars are neia tnat corporal Clarence o. Bunnell, of Vancouver, Wash., is Ger man prisoner. Page -4. Portlud and Vicinity. Two big steel vessels launched in single day. - Page 1. Eighteenth Engineers in France enjoy fes tivitles of Thanksgiving- day. Page & Retailers as well as smokers, see no humor in mgher tooacco prices, page a. Knights of Columbus begin drive for $50,000 war camp fund at noon today. Page 8. Captain C. E. Baty, stricken with apoplexy in office, dies. Page 14. Service flags dedicated in largo churchea Page s. . Dr. McNaughton graphically describee trag edy in Armenia. Page v. Warning Is sounded by draft board for benefit of registrants. Page 11. Germans keep Russians ignorant of Ameri cas aima Page 14. American soldiers will win war, says Major Patton. . Page 4. f Portland high school girls to wear simple graduation frocka Page 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1L Six-cent carfare goes Into effect tomorrow. Page 11. ing out and going cold, or at least car rying their own provisions. Meetings were held last night at various churchea and community centers, plans laid, shovels distributed, and today tho great drive began. Schools have been dismissed for a week for the pupils cannot get to them readily and the coal supply is short and in some cases -utterly exhausted. Tomorrow morning 60,000 male stu dents, ranging from 15 to 20 years of age. will be employed in digging snow. Health Department Anxlon. The health department Is looking over the great snowdrifts to the deadly menace that win ionow a maw. quick thaw would release so much water from the mountains of snow that the sewers could not carry it off. with the result that basements and cesspools would be flooded. Unless the drains are cleared the city faces the peril of an epidemic of typhoid and kindred diseases. For this reason the digging will continue even after the streets and walks are all reopened. Chicago has 5000 miles of streets and alleys which are filled to an average depth of a foot and a half of snow tightly packed down, so it can be seen what a task the diggers are facing. The city covers an immense area, and this gives an idea of the amount of water that will be released when the thaw comes. Railroads entering Chicago tonight operated their first outgoing trains since yesterday afternoon. No sched ules were adhered to, but practically every road managed to send out at least one train. Reports from outlying territory Indicated that a majority of the scores of trains stalled in the snow drifts yesterday' gradually were pro ceeding toward their destinations and that by tomorrow, with the present clear weather prevailing, all lines would be open. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy closed all local freight yards so as to Concluded vu lVb 3, Caiuiuu '!-) ( E3 1 08.2