VOL. LIX. NO. 18,45
Entered ht Portland (Oregon)
Pontofflce as Second-Clas Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920
TRICE FIVE CENTS
E
1600 STORES BOUGHT
BY BIG CORPORATION
$500,000 GIFT MADE
TO AMERICAN LEGION
ANXIETY OVER WILSON
DISPELLED BY DOCTOR
ABLE-MIXDED, ABLE-BODIED,
DR. YOUXG'S VERDICT.
T
NEW YORK SHACKLED
IN. BONDS OF STORM
ELEVEN
DEATHS PAH
RAILROAD
ISIS
IE
T
INDICTED
REPEAL IS FOUGHT
FOB SHIP
BIG COMBIXATIOX AXXOUXCED
IX MERCANTILE TRADE.
XO RESTRICTIONS MADE. AS TO
. FUTURE USE.
PARALYSIS OF TRADE COSTS
CITY $5,000,000 DAILY.
VmDLY
PICTURED
EXPECTED TODAY
Systems Face Walkout of
FRAUDS
V
Grimm's Last Words Re
peated by Witness.
WOUNDS' NATURE DESCRIBE
Use of Split Bullets by At
tackers 'Revealed.
DOCTOR TAKES THE. STAND
State, Making Excellent Progress,
Expects to Close Its Case
Within at Least 10 Says.
BY BEN HUB. LA1IPMAN.
MONTESANO. Wash.. Feb. 10.
(Special.) Into the record of test!
mony today in the murder trial of
the 1U W. W. defendants, was writ
ten the description of the wound that
brought death to 'Warren O. Grimm,
overseas veteran, who fell when bul
lets from ambush scattered the ranks
of an Armistice y parade in Cen
tralis,
Narration of the last moments of
Grimm's life, and of the wound that
caused his death was in the testimony
of Dr. Lee A. Scace, of the Centralia
hospital, where. Grimm was taken
after being struck.
Otter Deaths Described.
Called to the stand by C. D. Cun
ningham, special counsel for the state,
the physician told not only of Grimm's
death wound, but of those of Arthur
McElfresh and Ben Casagranda, two
comrades of the American Legion
who were slain in the same attack.
He told also of the serious, but not
fatal wounds of othe-s members of
the Armistice day pageant.
Interrogated by the state in direct
examination. Dr. Scace described
Grimm's wound as terrible and neces
sarily fatal. Entering the body on
the left chest, the missiie passed out
slightly lower down on the right
side.
A fragment of the metal Jacketing
of the bullet fatten from Grimm's
body was produced by the physician
and introduced as evidence.
Grimm's Last Wards Bepeated. ..
The entrance to the wound from
which Grimm died, testified Dr. Scace,
was larger than that of the wounds
in the bodies of other victims. In
cross-examination George F. Vander
" veer, counsel for the defense, spent
but little time. He asked the physi
cian if Grimm had talked after being
taken to the hospital, where his death
occurred a few hours later.
"Hurry up and do something" was
the plea of the mortally wounded
legionnaire, according to Dr. Scace's
testimony.
Dr. Scace testified that Arthur Ic
El'resh was shot through the head,
the bullet entering at the left ear,
part 6f it lodging near the right.
Death was almost instantaneous. In
evidence was offered a portion of the
metal jacket and the lead of the mis
sile that killed McElfresh.
Testimony Cloaea Seaalosu
Ben Casagranda, bootblack and ex
service man was shot through the
body, the bullet piercing a clean holei
at 1 passing out. No portion of the
bullet had been found in the autopsy,
testified Dr. Scace.
The teetU.iony of the Centralia
physician came at the close of the
afternoon session of court. By v' -tue
of its graphic necessarily morbid na
ture, it brought keen interest to the
courtroom, which had spent the day in
harkening to rather spiritless testi
mony.
"We have been making excellent
progress with the state's case," said
W. H. Abel, special prosecutor at the
close of the session.
"While it is too much to expect that
the state close this week, I feel cer
tain, unless the unexpected happens,
that the bulk of our tstimony will
be delivered within a period of 10
days and that the state will be en
abled to cloaa soma time early next
week."
Morgan to Be Called.
Reference in direct and cross-examination
today to the absence of Tom
Morgan from the prisoner's dock led
C. D. Cunningham, special prosecutor,
to announce that the state still has
Morgan in custory and will call him
to testify as one of the principal wit
nesses for the prosecution.
Morgan was captured In the L
W. W. hall following the shooting and
originally was named as a defendant,
his name being withdrawn when the
amended information was filed. Dur
ing the intervening months he has
been held in the Lewis county jail at
Chehalis, but was brought to this city
last night and is now in custody here.
Testimony of several witnesses this
afternoon related to the finding of
empty cartridge cases and loaded
shells on Seminary hill, following the
Armistice day attack, where the state
alleges were stationed Bert Bland,
Loren Roberts and Ole Hanson, the
latter uncaptured.
23 Shells Found cm Hill.
The combined total of shells found
on the hill, near the spot where the
riflemen are alleged to have placed
themselves, was 23, according to the
testimony of all witnesses in this re
gard. Their testimony was largely
corroborative. Calibers of the sheilo
Gigantic Merger to Be Capitalized
at Three-Quarters of a
Billion Dollars..
RICHMOND, Va., (Feb. 10. Forma
tion of a great mercantile corpora
tion, planned to be capitalized at
three-quarters of a billion dollars,
was announced today by officers of
the Southern Wholesale Drygoods as
sociation. The new combination is
said to have purchased approximately
1600 stores.
Holdings of the' corporation were,
announced by Southern Wholesale
Drygoods association officials as In
cluding the Montgomery Ward com
pany, the United Candy company an
the Marler-Dalton-Gilmer company.
George J. Wheelan of the United
Cigar stores, the United Retail cor
poration of New York, and James B.
Duke of the American Tobacco com
pany, are said to be the backers of
the new corporation. '
In addition to the numerous retail
stores, it was said the corporation
had gained control of several well-
known textile mills.
Two Million.
TRAINMEN PRESS DEMANDS
Track and Shopmen Hold to
Strike Decision.
FERRY ENGINEER LIVES
'Bert" Brumagin, Veteran of Van
couver Boat, Disproves Report.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 10.
(Special.) Dolores Burdette (Bert)
Brumagin, Veteran engineer on the
old Vancouver ferry, who was' report
ed to be dead yesterday, appeared to
day.
it appears that the mistake was
made in the report by the death of
T. J. Romihger, better known as
'Oklahoma Bill;" who also worked on
the ferry, and who died of pneumonia
rather suddenly. The names have a
similar sound, but as Brumagin - is
better known than Romlnger, the
story got started. Mr. Brumagin was
out of the city when the story was
circulated, and when he came to Van
couver today he had the pleasure of
reading his own obituary, and was
greeted by his marry friends as one
raised from the dead. He was kept
busy all day explaining that he is not
dead, no matter what the papers had
to say about it.
LIQUOR BURIAL COSTLY
'Camel Squad" Police Catch Man
In Golden Gate Park.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. Three
men burying liquor in uoiden uate
park were discovered by a police
man today In time for him to seize
os. of them, Sterling Baker. The
wo others escaped, but one of them.
John Balough, later fell into the
hands of the "camel squad" of the
police department. According to the
police, who valued the liquor at
2500, the men aid they stole it and
brought it to the park in a hired
automobile.
They were charged with burglary,
having liquor in their possession
without a permit, transporting liquor
ithout a permit and failure to reg
ister intoxicating liquor in violation
of the national prohibition law.
LORD ASTOR TAKES SEAT
Defeat of Peerage Surrender Blocks
Commons Honors.
LONDON, Feb. 10. Viscount Astor
today took his seat in the house of
lords.
Viscount Astor, who succeeded to
the -seat in the house of lords of his
father, the late Viscount Astor, was
prevented In November last from giv
ing up his title and retaining his seat
In the house of commons by the de
feat of a bill empowering the king to
accept the surrender of any peerage.
HEAVY QUAKE REPORTED
Disturbance Traced to South Amer
t lea or Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. An earth
quake of considerable intensity, hav
ing its center approximately 1600
miles from Washington, was record
ed tonight at the Georgetown uni
versity seismographical observatory.
The disturbances were first re
corded at 5:16 o'clock and continued
until 6:40 o'clock, reaching thsir
heights at 5:25 o'clock. Indications
were that the quake occurred in
Mexico or Central America.
OTHER UNIONS ARE SILENT
State Laws PreTent Operation of
Trains Without Full Crews
In Control.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The rail
road administration nearing the end
of Its control over the nation's rail
transportation systems, tonight faced
a critical situation With respect to
the wage demands of more than
2,000,000 employes. Conferences to
morrow between Director - General
Hines and leaders of the unions
probably will determine the outcome.
Officials of the unions submitted to
the director-general at today's meet
ings a new statement which served
to open up all important questions.
Mr. Hines informed them he would
reply tomorrow.
Meanwhile W. G. Lee, president of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, was pressing Mr. Hines for an
answer to the demands of his organ-
iation, insisting the trainmen were
ready to strike unless a satisfactory
settlement was reached.
Laborer Give Notice.
Railroad 'administration officials
also received informal notice that they
must contend with a strike called by
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes and Shop Laborers.
Further than admitting that he had
given the railroad administration the
required 30 days notice of intention
to cancel the present wage contract
on February 23, Mr. Lee declined to
discuss the plans of his organization.
The strike vote was said to show a
large majority of the men favorable
to a strike.
This last phase of the situation was
giving railroad administration offi
cials concern, because, should , the
trainmen walk out, an almost com
plete tieup of traffic could be
only result. The thousands of en
neers, firemen and conductors could
not operate trains, for In many
states they would be forbidden to
work under "full crew"' laws unless
all trainmen required were on duty,
it was explained. Union by-laws also
prohibited other employes from tak
ing out trains not manned by the
regulation number of brakemen.
Other Union Sympathetic.
Officials of .the other three train
operating unions were declared not
to be supporting Mr. Lee aggressively
Adjusted Compensation Urged by
Xational Body for Service
Men and Women.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Feb. 10. A
gift of more than" 1500,000 from the
national war work council of the
T. M. C. A. has been accepted by the
national legislative committee of the
American Legion, it . was announced
here today.
The money Is the surplus left in the
Y. M. C. A. treasury after remittance
by the American and French govern
ments of transportation charges for
post supplies' during, the war. The
money, it was said, will be held by
the ltsgion as a trust fund for five
years. There are no resincuuuo
to its use.
The national executive committee
of the American Legion today adopted
resolution declaring it the belief
of the organization that legislation
looking to adjusted compensation for
ex-service men and women was
paramount obligation of the gov
ernment, with the exception of any
legislation still uncompleted, looking
to the rights of widows and orphans
of deceased ex-service men and wo
men and disabled soldiers. The reso
lution, a copy of which was sem to
a committee on soiaier oeoencuii
legislation which will meet in Wash
ington. February 18, recommended
that compensation for discharged sol
diers or service women be adjusted
to provide that each such person
rxrtlve a-$50 bond for eacn monm
of service.
It also was decided today to change
the American Legion weekly, De
ginning with the publication of next
week, to a "form consistent with the
financial resources of the legion.'
Bad Weather Is Blamed for Slow
Convalescence of Xation's
Chief Executive.
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OFFICERS ARE IDENTIFIED
Tacoma Major Among Captives of
Russian Bolsheviki.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. American
engineers captured by the bolsheviki
in Siberia whose last names were
given in a dispatch received yester
day from the American consul at
Harbin are believed by the chief of
army engineers here to be the fol
lowing: Major Frank Roscoe Blunt, Piano,
111.; Major Frank Buchanan, Tacoma,
Wash.; Captain Walter W. Geisse,
Madison, Wis.; Lieutenant George R.
McGinty, Wayzata, Minn.; Lieutenant
William S. .Meredith, Aurora, I1L;
Lieutenant Etienne A. Chevannes,
Knoxville, Tenn., and Lieutenant John
R. Hosklnson, Dayton, O.
These officers were recruited in the.
Russian railway service corps.
.gu 'TIMBER DEAL COMPLETED
Seven Million Feet Sold in Xational
Forest Above Oakridge.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Seven million feet of timber in the
Cascade national forest above Oak
ridge have just been sold by the for
est service to Edward E. Smith, of
Oakridge, at SI. 75 per thousand for
Douglas fir. Incense cedar and red
cedar and 50 cents a thousand for
hemlock and other timber.
The timber lies adjacent to Salmon
creek.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (Special.)
Dr. Hugh E. Young of Johns Hop
kins university, who was called in by
Dr. Cary T. Grayson when President
Wilson was threatened with serious
trouble with his prostatic gland, was
given the Baltimore Sun an interest
ing statement about the president's
condition.
"The impatience of the public as
to the president's condition is most
natural," said Dr. Young, "and the
president is impatient, too, but please
place the blame where it belongs -not
upon the patient, who has sur
passed himself, not upon his medi
cal advisers, who really have done
better than you could have expected
of them but upon the weather. It
has been Absolutely the worst imag
inable weather for a convalescing
case."
Ineoslnesa Held Unfounded.
"Thisanxlety and the solicitude has
not escaped me," Dr. Young continued,
"and it is quite natural, in view of
tne important role that the president
is called upon to fill in our national
life. If you think it would quiet un
easiness, which is without foundation,
and allay alarm, which is without Jus
tification, I shall gladly lay all the
facts as to the distinguished patient's
condition before the public.
"From the very beginning, the med
ical men associated with the case have
never had anything to conceal. When
I first saw the president, in October,
a crisis had arisen of such gravity,
owing to the development of prostatic
obstruction, that an emergency opera
tion to relieve this situation was con
templated, but by a fortuitous and
wholly unexpected change in the pres
ident's condition the obstruction be
gan to disappear.
steady Improvement Reported,
'The improvement in this respect.
which has been steady, Is now com
plete. "It may have seemed slow to
the outside world, but to those of us
who have watched the improving con
ditions day by day and week by week,
it has seemed little short of marvelous.
'The president - was organically
sound when I saw him first and I
found him not only organically sound
when I visited him last' week, but fur
ther, all the organs were functioning
in a perfectly normal, healthy man
ner.
Pari passu, the president's gen
eral condition and specifically the
slight impairment of his left arm
and leg have improved, more slowly,
it is true, but 'Surely', steadily." There
have been no setbacks, no backward
steps and rumors to that effect are
rubbish.
"As you know, in October last we
diagnosed the president s illness as
cerebral thrombosis, which affected
his left arm and leg, but at no time
was his brain power or the extreme
vigor and lucidity of his mental pro
cesses in the slightest degree abated.
This condition has from the very first
shown a steady, unwavering tendency
toward resolution and complete ab
sorption. "The increasing utility of the left
arm and leg, greatly impaired at first,
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Northwest Rises Against
Gronna Measure.
BARNES PREDICTS DISASTER
Passage of Bill Calamity for
Coast, Says Director.
MILLERS ENTER PROTEST
UNCLE SAM NEVER REFUSES.
STOCK MARKET HIT AGAIN
Fresh Selling
Losses of 5
Causes Extreme
to 2 0 Points.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. The stock 4
market was demoralised again today, ,
fresh selling causing extreme losses I .
of S to almost 20 points in speculative
shares and 2 to 5 points in standard
rails and industr'nls.
The decline derived additional 'im
petus from rumors that financial in
stitutions were ordering further cur
tailment of loans on stocks and va
rious commodities.
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RICH ALIEN IS RELEASED
Parole Promised Millionaire if He
Leaves for Mexico.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 10. Max
Reinhart, a German, interned at Fort
riAllirlng harA frit tun ..nr. ' n . .
paroled today on condition that he ! 4
leave the united States for Mexico
within two weeks.
Reinhart was arrested at San Jose,
CaL He is said to have oil interests
near Tampico. Mexico, valued up
wards to (3,000,000.
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I A J . J . ' - r fo-a .(Ik 1 I
Influx of Canada Grain and Loss
of Credit is Foreseen
by Shippers.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.Wash-
ington, Feb. 10. Farmers, millers and
bankers in every section of the north
west were heard from In congress to
day by telegraph in protest against
the Gronna bill reported out by the
senate agricultural committee, which
would repeal the government wheat
guarantee.
The millers began to be heard from
yesterday and today and farmers'
unions and the farmers awoke to the
possiUlity that the Gronna bill if en
acted, might mean a loss aggregating
millions of dollars to the wheat grow
ers, grain dealers of the northwest.
Some of the telegrams indicated the
belief tn&t the consequences might be
more seriously far-reaching. That the
alarm occasioned by the bill in the
northwest is testified to by Julius T.
Barney,' president of the United States
Grain corporation, who, in a letter to
Senator McNary today said:
"There are some phases of this pro
posed Gronna bill which are almost
appalling, and particularly as it ap
plies to the Pacific coast.
Promine Justifies Guarantee.
"You will recall that the govern
ment guarantee basis of $2.20 on the
Pacific coast was an effort to make
the value of wheat on the coast just
as near the Chicago basis as possible,
and was only justified by the promise
of the shipping board to. give us new
tonnage to take wheat and flour from
'-ports to the Atlantic at a
nominal freight.
"The price of standard No. 1 wheat,
for instance, in Pacific ports, is $2.20;
in Chicago, 12.26; in New York,
$2.39 Si. That is, those are the grain
prices at which the grain corporation
is authorized to buy in the protection
of the guarantee pledge to the farm
ers, and at which it has been buying.
As a practical matter, its purchases
on the Pa-'"'c coast have been largely
In the form of flour, at the fair re
flection of the wheat price and our
last purchases of flour a week ago, in
the north Pacific were at $10 along
side steamer.
Disastrous Drop Predicted.
"Now let us see what the termina
tion of the authority might do to the
Pacific coast. At once we discontinue
paying $2.20 for wheat and discon
tinue paying $10 for flour. Assuming
that operation outside of the grain
corporation entirely could still con
j tinue to pay $2.26 for Chicago wheat.
I it costs 39 cents a bushel to ship from
the Pacific coast by rail to Chicago.
T . I. Ik, nnlv niiM. than ?n t -
cific coast, its value would drop from
1 $2.20 to $1.87. It costs approximately
. $1.60 a barrel to ship by rail flour
from the Pacific coast to New York
City, and the Atlantic seaboard. That
character of flour is now selling in
New York at $10.65; so that the value
of flour on the Pacific coast would
drop at least $1 per barrel.
"That Is not the worst of It, because
30 years of experience in wheat mar
keting tells me that the withdrawal
of this underlying assurance would
alarm bankers, make credit more dif
ficult, make dealers demand a wider
operating margin against Increased
hazards, and generally tend to de
press the farmer price severely, so
that the Chicago basis of $2.26 might
not be maintained by private trade.
The New York price of J2.39V4 cents
is practically today on an import
basis from Argentina. Argentina
wheat is offered today, delivered New
York at $2.40 In small quantities, and
larger quantities may offer later.
"Canada, through its wheat board,
has held itself up ty its boot-straps
for 60 days. The tremendous premium
on United States funds in Canada,
amounting now to 15 per cent, may
any day open the flood of Canadian
wheat and flour into our markets.
and again disturb the price.
"There are hazards against the price
on every side, but these are all ac
cented in relation to the Pacific coast.
"As the full purport of the Gronna
bill becomes known on the coast and
an appreciation spreads among pro
ducers, millers, dealers and bankers,
I shall be greatly surprised if you do
n.ot hear from that section in very
vigorous language, for the damage by
such repudiation in that section ex
ceeds the probable damage In any
other part of the United States."
Representative Summers of Wash
ington saw Senator Gronna today and
arranged for a hearing next Monday,
at which representatives of the farm
ers and millers, of the northwest will
appear to protest. Mr. Summers also
conferred with President Charles S
Barrett ' of the National Farmers'
union and with Senators Jones and
Poindexter and plans were made for
opposing the repeal of the govern
ment guarantee.
All Traffic of Great World Port
Ceuses and Congestion Is
Serious Problem.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (Special.)
New York today presents the spec
tacle of a great world capital shack
led and bound. Industry and com
merce, all business which depends
upon transportation Is to all prac
tical intents and purposes dead.
Here, where trade runs annually
Into the billions, there Is now no
trade. And in all the varied rami
fications of normal activity the life
of the metropolis pulses but feebly
under the weight of snow and the
ice. Statistlcianr of the merchants'
association estimate that the paralysis
of trade Is costing this city some
$5,000,000 a day $30,000,000 since the
snow clog was established on last
Wednesday.
Business men, corporations and the
like whose interests are centering in
the un trammeled movement of trade
are inclined to regard this estimate
as moderate. For in no direction Is
there the slightest outlet for any
activities whatever. There is prac
tically no trucking, which meuna that
,goods must remain in warehouses sub
ject, of course, to addition .1 storage
charges; which means that cargoes
discharged from ocean and river car
riers must lie on pierr with pros
pects of delivery fbr some time to
come vague and remote. There are
no lighterage facilities. The river
and harbor, even in i.ormal times,
could show too few lighters for th
needs of commerre, and now th
scarcity has been complicated by
floes of heavy ice, which block th
fair way and render docks inacces
sible.
Again, the car shortage that has
been manifest all wintci has in th
past few days so increased as to re
suit, practically speaking, in an ab
solute dearth. It is no exaggeratio
to say that the trade of New Yor
could not be more hopelessly hog
tied were the harbor block 'ded by
hostile fleet and ail land approaches
in the possession of an enemy hos
Not In 32 years not, to be specific,
since the great blizzard of 1SSS has
business in New York been compelled
to sit idle, twiddle its thumbs an
gaze desolately out of windows upo
street conditions which reflect sar
donically upon the progress which
civilization in its relation to th
scientific ordering of communal af
fairs was supposed to have made.
Two ex-Officials of Board
Are Involved.
BLAIN FACES NEW CHARGE
Nine Builders Accused by
Federal Grand Jury.
ALL OUT UNDER BONDS
BANK ROBBED BY YOUTHS
Securities Estimated at More Thu
$13,000 Taken by Four Itandils.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 10. Fou
youthful bandits, all unmasked, held
up and robbed a branch of the Horn
Savings bank shortly before 3 o'clock
this afternoon and escaped with cash
and securities estimated to total more
than $13,000.
Eight customers and four employes
were In the bank at the time.
DANES WIN IN SCHLESWIG
Plebi.scite Goes Against Germany
30,763 to 12,756.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. II. The re
sults in the north Schleswig plebiscite
up to 1 o'clock this morning show
Danish majorities in all except six of
the 150 districts.
The aggregate vote was 30,763 for
Jt Denmark and 12.756 for Germany.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Hie Weather.
TESTE RDAV'S Maximum trmprrature,
52 degree; minimum, 33 drgreea.
TODAY'S Fair; eauterly winds.
Forricn.
Llovt? Georgo avoids reply to critics of
Britain. Page 2.
Corruption in all Its fnrms flourishing In
Germany Page s.
Relief meaaurea outlined by king In ad-
dreas to parliament. Page 2.
Parliament opens with revival of ancient
pomp. Page 2.
National.
Railroads fare walkout of 2.000,000 work
ers. Page 1.
Wilson policy faces test In Missouri.
Page 5.
Senate revives dabate on peaca treaty
Page .1.
Wheat guarantee repeal protested by
northwest industry. Page 1.
labor's political fight Is launched. Page .
Failures of 2."00 newspapers attributed In
main to excessive man rate, rage o.
Wily millionaire saves nis lova note.
Page 4.
Domratlc.
New York shackled In Donda or severe
storm. Page 1.
All anxiety over Wilson's condition Is dis
pelled. Page. I.
Y M. d. A. makes American Legion
$.-,00,000 gift. Page 1.
Huge merger announced to operate 1600
retail stores. Page I.
Pnelfic Northw-nit.
Eleven Indictments returned for north
west ship frauds. Page 1.
Action to compel Oragon state board of
control to sell bonds is failure. Page 7.
Seattle, fearing uprising. Increases guard
on Russian radicals. Page 7.
Deaths In Centralia parade vividly de
scribed at trial. Paga 1.
8dHh.
Club ticket wins Winged M election.
Page 13.
National baaehall league holds humorous
meeting. Page 12.
ronimerrlal "nil Marine.
Hearing announced of prnpoaed rules of
wool warehouse act. Pnge JO.
Corn higher at Chicago, owing to scarcity
of rccelpta. Page 20.
Stocks decline with liquidation' and short
selling. Page 21.
Final work on hull of schooner la begun.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
General Wood to Invade Oregon In April.
Page f.
Vaccination laws upheld by McCourt In
denying injunction. Page 20.
Influenia death toll 10 in day. Page 10.
City Attorney La Roche sees possible dan
ger to home rule. Page B.
Fragments of human body found In Ken
ton add to death mystery. Paga 14.
Cut In rates also for district north of
Snake river sought. Paga 13.
Six Seattle and Three SHkane Men
Jlrlil Ciiptiiln Mujrcc AIo
Taken on Warrant.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 10. Two
ex-offlclals or the United Stales emer
gency fleet corporation and nine oth
ers, officers of shipbuilding com
panies In Wanhjnfcton. were at liberty
under ah bonds tonlKht following
their indictment by a federal grand
jury here today on charges of par
ticipation in alleged frauds in connec
tion with the government's northwest
ship construction programme.
Captain John F. Hlaln. ex-north
Pacific district manager of the emer
gency fleet corporation, and Captain
W. A. Slagce. who succeeded him In
that poKltion, were the two ex-federal
officials named In the indictments.
In addition, six officers of the Grays
Harbor Motorship corporation of
Aberdeen and three officials of the
Seaborn Shipyards company at Ta
coma were indicted.
Illaln Indicted He fore.
Captain Hlaln wus recently named
In two other indictments returned by
the grand Ju.'y charging him with
having accepted secret commlsMona
from the Steward Davit & Equipment
corporation. New York, while man
ager here for the shipping board.
Officers of the Grays Harbor Motor
ship corporation named in the Indict
ments were Albert Sihubach, presi
dent; Bruce Shorts of Seattle, the cor
poration's attorney; Montey Ward,
manager; A. It. Shny, A S. Hoonan
and A. B. Hunt, officers. They are
charged with havlna collected $1M0S
.1 .
advance delivery of ,a hull, w hen In
reality they were only entitled to
$3000. Captain Magee Is named In the
indictment.
The Tacoma men named were Phil
lips Morrison, president of the Seaborn
Shipyards company, and C. N. Sea
born and II. F. Ostrander, directors.
Four Trnnaaotlona t 'barged.
The Indictment against them al
leges four separate transactions in
volving false claims for changes, re
pr'rs and additions to hulls under
construction. It Is charged that they
received $54,000 on these claims, when
the amount actually due was $23,892.
Captain Blaln. In a third Indictment
against him. Is alleged to have mada
false claims for salary from the gov
ernment while receiving alleged se
rret commissions from the Hloward
Davit & Equipment corporation. He
was not arrested today, being already
under $10,000 bonds to answer to the
first Indictments analnMt him.
The ball of all others except Sea
born, Morrison and Ostrander -wsi
fixed at J2.")00. The ball of the Ta
coma men was set at IjUuo.
;rand Jury Is Kxruaesl.
Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer ex.
cused the grand j.ury until March j:.
when, department of justice officials
said, further Investigation or alleged
shipyard frauds would be taken up.
Bert KchlcsHlnger of ban rrancisvo,
special assistant attorney-general In
charge of the shipyard probe, ex-
pected to return to San r rancisro.
coming to Seattle again In time to
appear before the grand Jury when
reconvenen In March.
onaplrary la anrged.
Here Is what the federal grand
ury alleges against the 10 prominent
northwest shipbuilders Indicted today.
The Seaborn Shipyards company.
hilips Morrison. II. F. Ostrander snd
C. N. Seaborn are named in tne earns
ndlctment, which charges four sepa
rate transactions in wmm n
eged that fraudulent claims were
made to the government for additions.
hanges and repairs to hulls which
were under construction for the gov-
rnment. The Individuals are charge!
with conspiracy to defraud the United
States.
In count 1 It is alleged that on May
1918, a claim for $22,600 was pre-
sented to P. H. tlnagney, assistant
istrict auditor of the emergency
fleet corporation, for changes and
ddltlons to hull 1199. while It Is al
leged that the Individuals well knew
hat they had not expended In excess
$3158.94 on the chnnges. A de
tailed voucher tor tne x.-i.Duu.o. 11 is
alleged, was later presented to W. A.
Magee. an officer of the emergency
fleet corporation.
Mlmllar Claim Is Ure.
Count J alleges that a claim for
$24,222.13 was similarly presei.ted for
alleged changes to hull 2198, whereas
not to exceed $7797.25 was actually
due the shipyards company.
Count 3 alleges that a claim for
$15,738.28 was presented for additions
to hull 2200, while only $4870.50 was
due. Claim was presented June 3,
1918, it Is alleged.
Count i alleges that claim for
$15,738. 2S was presented on hull 2201,
while only $6059.33 ' -as due.
The Indictment states that the con
tract provided for additions and
tConcludi'd on 1'agt 2. Column l.