AN AMERICAN HERO Archibald Johnston won the Croix de Guerre. A thrilling story for Oregonian readers. WAR tS THE CLOUDS Am iatisnate drrriptio of life with tb Arssy bird men will be gia in The Orefonian tomorrow. VOL. LVIII NO. 17,8. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, 3IARCII. 9,. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LIBERTY GIFTS TO CASUALTY LISTS TO iirninr DRIDEGROOMOFDAY, 64, JAILED; WIFE 20 BRIDE'S PARENTS CHARGED WITH SPITE WORK IN CASE. TWO UNIONS HOLD CONDON GUARDS IN PATRIOTIC RALLY Ml TELLS ilHfl liltflHUt U. S. ACCEPTABLE MAY REACH INDIA UP SHIPS STORY DONATIONS or cKXiniors CITI- GOVERNOR AND ADJUTANT-GENERAL REVIEW MARCHERS. ZKXS WKLCOMED. nrniim OSCAR ur.ni OMIT ADDRESSES WAYS CONVINCING Next of Kin Will Not Be Mentioned. PERSHING MAKES REQUEST Source of Information to Be Eliminated. ALL NAMES WILL BE ISSUED War lrprtinrnl Fxplalns New Or. tier on Ground Thai Publicity blirn Heretofore Disclosed Identity of Army I'nlls. WASHINGTON. March I. Issuance of dally lists of casualties among tha ex- """' n" P" ''"""" committee as the result of an order of the War trpartment under which the I names of tha next of kin and emer gency addresses of soldiers whose names appear on the lists hereafter will be withheld. The official explanation Is that the purpose of the order Is to keep Infor mation of value from the enemy. On being Informed of the order, the committee took the position that long lists ef men killed or wounded would be worthless to the new spa per corre spondee t without the addresses, and a notice was Issued advising the Dress I that In future all Information regard- clal) Two more Tacoma school prln Ing casualties must be obtained from clpals resigned today to go to work In the War Ipartment. im LUn 'atlawr. At the AdJutant-Ge-neral'a offioo It was statel that the lists without ad dresses would continue to be sent to the committee and would be available there. While the disagreement between the I committee and the department probably! will be straightened out soon so that the "expurgated" lists may be made available to all who desire them, the purpose of the department to withhold the addresses apparently la unalterable. Acting Secretary Crowell said the order was Issued at the urgent recommenda tion of General Pershing and that It would be permanent. Mr. Crowell and Major-Gencral March. acting chlef-of-staff. declared that the purpose was to close up a channel through which the enemy mlsht obtain valuable Information and both dta- clalnie.I any Intention of seeking to conceal heavy casualties reports from General Pershing. ri.p f-afclU-lty f "Tou may say for me." said General March, "that the War Wpartment has not and will not hold up a single name for an Instant longer than It takea to get It out. The nearest relative wf every soldier who may be killed or wounded will be notified by the department aa hereto fore. Lists containing simply the names of the soldiers under the heading "Killed In Action." or "Pled of Disease." will be sent each day to the committee n public Information. To give out the lists In this shape. according to officials of the committee. would bring each day a flood of re- quests by telephone, telegraph and mall I for specific Identification of each mania named tn the list of the previous day. I Oermaaa Seek Ideality of I aits. ft - Unofficially It was said at the War De partment that (ieneral Pershing held that the publication of addresses with the casualty lists tends to disclose the identity of units In the trenches. Such Information the enemy is so desirous of obtaining that many Itvea are risked in sending raiding parties to bring out a prisoner or two to be examined and questioned. To the press the order means that each newspaper must depend upon the messages to relatives to get the news of men from Its own community who were killed or wounded. ORATOR AND STAR BOOKED! i. . Brian ana . name ilianlln loloffira Denart mm Poh Liberty Loan. I WASHINGTON. March 8. William J Tiry.n and Charlie Chaplin were booked iism; ipr uorriy loan - vpeaaing lours. The former Secretary of State will speak at the opening of the campaign April ( at Little Rock. Ark., and spend two weeks In the West. The moving picture star expects to devote two weeks, beginning April IS, to a tour of the South. William S. Hart, another movie actor. wiil spend two weeks speaking In the West. $5000 TO BE PAID MOTHER Government to Pay rrecll Woman Who"' Son Died on TuM-ania. Or.KGOMAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March S. Five thousand dol lars will be paid by the War Risk In surance Bureau to Mrs. Alia Pierce, ot 4'reswell. Or, on account nf the death of hr son. James L. Iierc. of tbe 20th Kncineers. who was drowned when Die Tu.cania was sunk. Representative llawley was advised of this' payment today. Oier-Paymenta of Income Taxes Are Report rd and Vnrle Sam I Poly Appreciative. WASHINGTON. March (. IJberty ! gifts, a well as liberty loan and lib erty taxes bow ar acceptable to the Government. Generous-spirited citizens who over pay their Income taxes will find the I donations acceptable. Tha Department I of Justice holds It Is legal for tha Treasury to keep tbeaa gift, and an epidemic of patriotic donations appears to be developing similar to thst during tha Spanish War. Score f persons, paying their in come taxes early, hava aent a fer dol lars more, explaining that they were liberty gifts. These receipts will be put with the half million dollars or "conscience money. YOUTH EAGERT0 SERVE Mas Shellabargrr Wants to lie Ma. chine Conner on I'. S. Airplane. ROSKBCKG. Or.. March I. special.) I In his eagerness to enlist In the avla- '" department of the Lnlted States service. Max sneuaoarger. a nusay iaa fMm tha Vorth L'miMui district above Hogalln. came Into Roseburg Wcdnes day mn(l f,riy combed the city In an ef fort to find a recruiting officer, but falling In his search took the back track yesterday. The young man Is 11 yeara of age and wants to fit himself for operating machine gun aboard one of Uncle Sam's airplanes. " SHIPYARDS LURE TEACHERS Tacoma Principals Take Steps to Meet Living Costs. TACOMA. Wash, March I. Spe- Tacoma shipyards. They are Hosla A. Whlteneck. prin cipal of the Logan School, and W. C Poage. of tha Fern 'Till School. "We have to live, you know," aatd Mr. Poage. "The salaries are Insuf ficient, especially when you can get something better.' Mr. Poaga will go to tha Todd plant las a ship planner. Mr. Whlteneck goea to work In the mold loft In tha Todd shipyarda. WAR SAVING HITS PAPERS California Publications Bary Ilairhet and Merge Daring War. STOCKTON. CaU March . (Special.) Just as another war conservation measure the two Oakdale newspapers, the Graphic and the Leader, are to be Issued by the latter during tha war. A. C Prendergaat, publisher of the Graphic, has Joined tha Ordnance Corps and has left his newspaper In the care of hla competitor. Louis Meyer, pub lisher of tha Leader, to bo lasued while he la away. By the new arrangement the papera will be issued from the Leader office, but will be maintained , entirely separate publications. GIPSY SMITH IS COMING Evangelist to Tighten British and American Bond. LONDON. Feb. 10. (By Mall.) Gipsy Smith, the well-known Eng- Hah preacher and evangelist, who made tour of tha United states about 10 yrs ago, has been asked by the Brit Ish government to go to the United States on a special mission to help draw England and America closer to gether. He will go aa the representative of the British T. M. f. A. SOLDIERS' LETTERS LOST Mall From Trenches Destroyed When Andanla Is Torpedoed. WASHINGTON. March; 8. Thirty thousand letters to relatives and friends at home, written by American soldiers In France, were los when tha steam ship Andanla was sunk off tha coast of Ireland, the latter part of January, It was announced todav bv tha Post - Th ere written by the sol idlers Dctween January is and 20. BAY CITY HAS BOLSHEVIK Alvln I'dcll, Attorney, Adopts New Party Affiliation. ' SAN FRANCISCO. March 8. The Bolshevlkl party entered San Francisco politics today. Alvln Udell, an attor ney, who registered several weeks ago as a Democrat, today petitioned the board of elections for permission to change hla party affllia'ions to that f Bolshevlkl. Hla request waa granted. ARIZONA GOVERNOR KNITS I Executive Shows Pair of Soldiers' Socks Nearly finished. CAMP KEARNEY-. San Diego. Cat. March I. Governor O. W. P. Hunt, of Arlaona. brought along his knitting when - ha came her -today to -visit the soldiers from hla state. He exhibited a pair of knitted socks he had almost completed. Way Declared Oyr To Afghan' ln. CAPTUnc OF KIEV DISPUTED Slavs Deny Ukraine Capital Taken by Germans. KRYLENKO SAID TO QUIT German 4 Gloomy Peace- Socialist Press Takes View of Brest-Lllovsk Conference Delegates Part In Deadly Enmity. THE HAGUE. March "We have acquired a direct free route via Russia to Persia and Afghanistan." says a dis - patch from the Wolff Bureau, the Ger man semi-official agency, received here today. The announcement of the Wolff Bureau, If true, has an Important bear Ing on tha aituatlon In Western Asia and possibly, even In India. The peace terms forced upon Russia at Brest-Litovsk took away, from Rus sia, districts In the Cis-Caucasian region, through which it would be pos sible for the Germanic allies to gain entrance from the Black Sea or Turkey into Persia. Persian Howte Eaay. Passing through Persia probably would meet with only nominal opposi tion, while g still further advance Into Afghanistan would be possible. LONDON. Thursday. March 7. Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, la still in the handa of Russian revolutionary troops and haa not been occupied by the Germane, according to a statement Issued Wednesday by the Russian offi cial news agency In Petrograd. Fall Aaaoaaeesi by Teateaa. The previous message saying - Kiev had been loat to the enemy, the state ment adds, was due to the receipt of 4 wireless message which must have originated from enemy sources. The German War Office In its official statement of March 3 said that Ukrainian and German troopa had cap tured Kiev. Since then, however, there have been no claims of any advance beyond Kiev by the Invaders. LONDON, Thursday, March 7. En sign K. V. Krylenko, commander in chief of the Bolshevlkl army, has resigned, according, to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd. Heslgaattaa Dae Clash. The resignation was brought about owing to differences of principle be tween Krylenko and the Council of People's Commissaries, aa well aa a dis agreement with the latest actions of the Council. A Berlin dispatch received in London on February 23 reported that General Bonch-Brujevltch had been appointed (Concluded on Pag 3. Column 1.) THE KAISER'S FIXE LINE OF KINGLETS FOIt CONQUERED PEOPLE. "1 j rlj 1 1 ' ' " Medical Lake Father Alleged to Have Become Angry "Because Older Daughter Vet Single." SPOKANE. Wash.. March . (Spe cial.) Professor T. C. Neece, aged 4, bridegroom of a day. Is in the County Jail on what ha avers Is a "false charge" made by the parents of . his pretty 20-year-old bride, formerly Catherine Duran, of Medical Lake. Professor Neece was taken into cus tody, charged with carrying concealed weapons. The warrant was Issued at the request of G. W. Duran. of Medical Lake, father of the bride. Mr. Neece, Spokane University music teacher, avers Mr. Duran is angry because he did not marry an older sister not so beautiful aa his wife. " The records at the Courthouse show that Professor Neece secured a mar riage license here Monday. This is a true love affair and I am the victim of a little spite work on the part of the parents of my young wife," said the music instructor in the County Jail. "My wife has told me she will be true to me and see me through this, so I am going to plead guilty just as soon as they will give me a hearing. I have I carried a gun since I was at Medical Lake and there was some jealousy on the part of a man working at the hos pital. I was teaching music in the Duran family and living at the lake, This man seemed to object to my being with the girl. Later a threat was made to tar and feather me and throw me Into the lake. I have five children, two of whom are In the Army. Their mother is dead. "I was giving Kate music lessons when I saw she was becoming infat uated with me. I warned her that I was not of marriageable age. but I saw her love was becoming tropical. She did not want to tell her parents about the wedding." COMPETITION IS UNIQUE Mother and Daughter Contend for Tailing and Bcckman Prizes. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, March 8.. (Special.) Mother and daughter will compete against each other for the Failing and Beekman oratorical prises In the annual contest to be held in June, .'hey are Mrs. D. C Kellems, of Eugene, a. special student in the university, and Miss Vivien Kel lems, a member of the senior class. The contest is an event of commencement week and there are two prises given. the Falling prize of 110 and the Beek man prise of 100. Five other seniors have announced their intentions of entering the prelim inary tryouts, -which .re to be held about the middle of April. They are Herald Doxsee, of Eugene; William Ha seltlne, Portland; James Sheehy, Port land; Amy Carson, Springfield; Rosa mund Shaw, Pullman, Wash. PHYSICIANS FEAR WORST Little Hope Held for Recovery George -von L. Meyer. of BOSTON, March 8. The condition of George Von L. Meyer, who has been ill at his home here for several weeks with a tunor of the liver, was more serious this morning and physicians said there was little hope of his recov ery. LaunchingsBlockedon Puget Sound. LABOR OBDURATE IN CRISIS Caulkers and Carpenters Join in Obstruction. HUTCHES0N NAMES PRICE Needed Workmen Will Be Mobilized, Says Labor Leader, if Shipping Board Will Meet Demand for Representation. WASHINGTON, March 8. Woode ships on the ways In the Puget Soun district, almost ready to launch in th race for tonnage to defeat the subma rines, are being held up by a shortage of caulkers, which, officials of the Shipping Board said today, was due to the refusal of two unions to co-operate. The Caulkers' Union and the Broth erhood of Carpenters have been in formed of the situation, but without re suits. Immediate action is declared necessary to prevent a tie-up of th Pacific Coast programme, and there were intimations tonight that . th Shipping Board Is prepared for some drastic step if all other means fail. Hutchesoa State Terms. William L. Hutcheson, president of the carpenters, was told of the need for caulkers and his attention called to the unreserved assistance being given by other shipbuilding unions to the Na tion during the war. Hutcheson, officials say, replied tha his organization bad listed thousand of trained caulkers, whom he would be glad to mobilize for the Nation work if the Shipping Board granted his reauest- for- special representation -of the carpenters on the wage adjustmen board. The Caulkers 'Union of Seattle, which controls caulkers in the Puget Sound district, is said to have.refused appren tices permission to work with them In order to learn the trade, although the union hns only 1S5 members and least. 601) are necessary to put in th water the ships planned for completion this year. Experienced Mea Strike. An effort to train 50 men for caulk ing provoked a strike of the experi enced men, who have been receivin wages and overtime, said to be causln unrest among other employes. Means for -remedying the situation which the Shipping Board has in mind have not been disclosed. Orders already have been issued, however, to all ship yards that the managements are held responsible for completion of the ships on time and that they must use what ever men and machinery can be ob tained to Put them out. One suggestion advanced has been that 500 carpenters ' willing to volun teer for patriotic work under condt tions which have the approval of th American Federation of Labor should (Concluded on Pass 0. Column 1.) Addresses Are Made and Patriotic Songs Song Arlington- Also Honors State Official. CONDON, March 8. (Special.) An enthusiastic patriotic rally was held here this afternoon and tonight under the auspices of the Home Guard of Condon. Governor Withycombe was one of the guests of honor. Adjutant General John Williams also was present. The Governor's party was met at the train at Arlington by a reception com mittee beaded by Sheriff Lillie and L. E. Fowler, and conveyed in automobiles to this place. The Home Guards, headed by Mayor Fitzmaurice, met the party at the city's border and escorted them through the streets, after which the Guards were reviewed by Governor Withycombe. Five hundred school chil dren formed an attractive feature or the parade, and Governor Withycombe addressed them following the review. - At the armory tonight there was a public meeting and band concert, at which patriotic addresses were made. A chorus of40 voices sang patriotic songs. Previous to their arrival here the Governor's party was greeted by a large crowd at Arlington. One hun dred school children were In line. MEXICAN OUTLAWS KILLED Five Bandits Who Raided Ranch In Texas Downed. CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex.. March S. Five of 30 Mexican bandits who raided the Tom East ranch, south of Hebron ville, last night, have been killed by posses headed by Texas Rangers. Thir teen others of the band have been located and will be "accounted for be fore daylight," according to a message received here late tonight from Hebron ville. None of the posse was injured. 43 AUSTRIANS BUY BONDS Aliens In Oklahoma Put S7950 Into School District Issue. ALDERSON. Okla., March S. Forty three Austrians here today bought $7950 worth of baby bonds. 57 per cent of the amount assigned, to this entire school district. The Austrians took the money from their pockets, none drawing on a, bank. MORE SECRETARIES IS NEED Two Additional Assistants in . War Department Proposed. WASHINGTON, March 8. Two addi tional Assistant Secretaries of War at salaries of $4500 each are provided in a bill passed today by the House, which now goes to the Senate. There now is one. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 46 degrees: minimum 36 degrees. TODAY'S Clearing. gentle southwesterly- winds. War. German violations of pledge recited by Mr. Gerard. Page 4. Germans attack on one-mile front in west. Page 2. American casualty lists in future will omi addresses and names of next of kin. Page 1. Foreign. Bolshevlkl claim to havs ctpaured Jamburg, city near Petrograd. i-age l Eleven killed. 48 injured in German serial attack on London. -age . National. Hoover and Carfleld severely criticised in Senate In connection w-itn .rooa Admin lstratlon. Page 7. Liberty sifts aa acceptable to uncle Sam as loans. .Page l. Soldiers will receive furloughs to help on farms. Page . United States advances Interest rate on loan to allies to J per cent, i'age J. United States signs commercial agreement with Spain. Page Caulkers and carpenters hold up Iaunchings of wooden ships in i'uget bouna yaras. Page 1. Domestic. Boies Penrose declared at convention of Nationals to control destinies ol KepuD- llcan party. Page 6. Church of God, under suspicion of sedition, to be investigated. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Oscar Main, alleged murderer, tells convinc ing story. Page 1 Professor, R4. who weds girl 20, arrested day after marriage for carrying concealed weapons. Page 1. Condon Home Guard holds patriotic rally. Page 1. . Sports. Fans grow restless over Inaction of P. C. I. L. executive. Page is. Jefferson High to hold Intra-mural basket ball series. Page 18. Portland Revolver Club is third In champion-' hip race. Page IS. of O. to meet O. A. C. wrestlers tonight at Eugene, page 1S- Commerclal and Marine. Portland grain trade will be represented at grain standard Hearing at spouane. Page 10. I.MS than 2400 cars of apples remain to move In Northwest, rage i. Corn weaker at Chicago, owing to crop re port. Page 19. Foundation company to launch tlrst or auxiliary fleet tnis monin. ras i. Puget Sound millers unable to provide car goes and ships being sent nere. ran xi. Portland and Vicinity. Mother of Jack Dunn believes son Is harassed by enemy uaing nypnotism. Page 20. Private raid on negro liquor emporium'enda disastrously for raider, page 1. Colonel Dlsque says Northwest more . than meets demand lor spruce. Page 7. Weather report,' data and forecast. Page 19. Colonel Mears coming to organize new En gineers' Regiment. Page 8. Cornerstone of Liberty Temple to be laid at noon today. Page 13. nglneer Ryel at Courthouse is dismissed. Page 12. J. Simpson given rousing reception in Coos Bay. Page S. Victims of Hun kultur to speak here tonight. Page 9. Fate of Frank Gaudio reals with Jury. Pace a. Alleged Murderer on . Witness Stand. MOVEMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR Intimacy With Mrs. Swayne Is Declared Absurd. AUTO TRIPS ARE RECALLED All Made Openly and in, Behalf ol Red Cross, Says Accused Case Is Expected to Go to Jury Some Time Today. CHEHALIS, Wash., March S. (Spe cial.) The case of Oscar Main, charged with the murder January 6 at Napavlne of his closest friend and neighbor, Fred Swayne, will go to -he jury tomorrow. Taking of testimony was completed to day and time for commencing argu ments has been fixed at 9:30 A. M. Mr. Main today told his story, ac counting minutely for his movements and whereabouts during the half-hour period from 5 to 5:30 P. M. on the day of the murder, and clearing up all questions heretofore unexplained in the case. In addition to Main's story of his doings, his relations with Mrs. Swayne, wife of the murdered man, and his do ings before and since the crime, other witnesses were produced who mate rially strengthened the convincing alibi presented by witnesses on the stand Thursday as to Main's movements on the day of the tragedy and his com plete lack of motive for the crime. 1 Auto Trips Recalled. On the subject of the alleged Inti macy between Main and Mrs. Swayne, Main recounted all the automobile trips and other affairs on which he and Mrs. Swayne had .been together. "I first met Mr. Swayne in 1915," said Main. "He was conducting a store In Chehalis while I was in Napavlne. I showed him where a store in Napa vine might be successful, and he went there and opened up. Six weeks later his wife joined him at Napavlne. That was the first time I ever saw her. "Last Fall I was made chairman of the liberty loan committee In Napavine, and Mrs. Swayne became chairman of the women's department of the Red Cross. This arrangement naturally threw us together to a considerable extent All Trip Made Openly. "The only times I went alone with Mrs. Swayne in my automobile was on three or four occasions when we loaded Red Cross stuff into my car and deliv ered it to headquarters In Chehalis. Both Mr. Swayne and my wife knew all about these trips. On one occasion, Just three days before the murder, Mr. Swayne came to my office and asked me to take his wife to Chehalis to a, doctor's office, where she had to have some stitches removed from her lip. I took her to Chehalis and brought her back." Regarding a quarrel between the Swaynes in November,, claimed by the state to have been caused by Main. and Mrs. Swayne having been out to gether in Main's automobile. Main said: On that day we were to meet Mr. Swayne in Chehalis, but could not find him, so returned without him. My wife was along on that occasion. Lat er I started for Tacoma, and in stop ping at Chehalis was told by Ethel Coffman that Abe Coffman, Mrs. Swaynes brother-in-law, wanted to sea me. I went to his office and saw at once that he had been drinking. Jealousy Referred To. He offered me a drink and I accept ed. Then he spoke of. the trouble the Swaynes had had and asked me if I didn't think possibly jealousy' over my having been out with Mrs. Swayne had something to do with it. Abe.' I said to him, "you're drunk. (Concluded on Page '-, Column 3.) WHAT PRLSSIAXIS.H MEANS. The actions of the German armies In Belgium, in Poland and in Northern France have blotted the record of humanity. This policy of Prussianlsm this deliberately adopted "fright fulness" with its aftermath of blood and tears, is one of the great wrongs against which America fights today. The evidence in the case is set forth in an official book just published by the United States Government. A copy of this book will be sent free to any reader of The Oregonian. It is based on the reports of American diplomats and relief workers, on the protests of high church authorities, on official German proclamations, on tha field diaries of German soldiers. To secure a copy of this free book, send your name and ad dress with a 2-cer.t stamp for return postage to The Portland Oregonian Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Ask for "Ger man War Practices."