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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
MRS. SWAYNE IN LIMELIGHT

which the authorities base their
suspicious:
At O'Clock Mrs. Swayne and
her little daughter passed the
Swayne grocery store on the one
business street of the village,
raped on the window and waved
at the husband and father as he
sat working inside. They they
went along home.
Sends Boy to Store.
At o'clock Mrs. Swayne tele-
phoned the grocery store and re-
ceived no answer.
II was not until 8 O'Clock that
she finally sent Bob Myers, a de-
livery boy, to the store. He re-
turned with the report that
Swayne had fallen off a bench and
had hurt himself.
Call DOCTOR" Mrs. Swayne
is declared to have told a maid
i'm her home. She did not go to
the store to see how badly her
husband was hurt, the officers de-
clare, and it was not until mid
night that she learned Swayne
was murdered, chopped with an
AK almost beyond recognition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

human voice and its rever-
beratiOns, gathering in sweet
ness, came rolling back from
hills In mellow tenderness.
Higher rose the note and
there were tears In the eyes
Of every man of the little
group about the soldiers
grave.
In one swelling agony the
bugles' prayer died away.
They stripped the flag from the
coffin and the plain black boz
sank into the grave.
Auto motors hummed a mo-
ment. The machine guns had
begun their staccato song again.
The three machines wound
the hill and the horses on one
side turned back to their grazing
and the men on the other to their
work.
So 1t was that Private Thies
was buried.
He was discouraged-sick and
disguised with life and with army
life when he took his Life last
week in Seattle.
Now a white board with a few
lines OF black upon it rises over
the fourth mound in the division
grave yard to mark the place
where his body lies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
BOOZE SALES way DOWN

liquor must send duplicate pre-
scription to police headquarters.
Detective Mckay makes a
round of the drug stores twice
each week, checking up all pre-
scriptions.
He also checks the amount OF
liquor stock on hand.
The names of all purchasers OF
liquor are also recorded, and any
person who obtains more than one
bottle of liquor during any limited
period is investigated.
Police say that bootlegging is
becoming a fine art, only a few
daring men being engaged in the
business. Whisky in Tacoma is
being retailed by bootleggers al
an average price of $40 a quart,
1t is reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

Drugstore sales of booze have
dropped to a mere minimum in
Tacoma.
Detective p. d. Mckay, in
charge of drug store inspection
work, reported today that new
city ordinances regulating the
drug store sale of liquors had
practically put an end to the for
mer excessive sales.
Il don't believe that so quarts
of all kinds of liquors, including
port wine and other tonics, are
sold in Tacoma each day." said
Detective Mckay. at used to be
nothing uncommon to have re-
ports of from 300 to 500 sales
daily"
Under new laws, each physi-
clan issuing a prescription for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

Oscar F. Main, prominent young
real estate dealer and brother of
the supreme court judge, John
r. Main.
Suspect Love Affair.
Young Main is held here in the
Lewis county jail.
For 1t is on the theory that a
secret love affair existed between
Main and Mrs. Swayne that the Of
ficers who have been gathering the
evidence claim to find a motive
for the murder.
Here are the alleged events Of
the fateful Sunday evening on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

MEN TO
ENROLL

united Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Is.
Immediate registration of all men
who have become 81 since June 5,
1917, was proposed today in a
resolution introduced by Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon.
Secretary Baker endorsed the
resolution in a letter to Chamber
lain.
The resolution would add $780,
600 men to the national army re-
serves, it Is estimated.
Another measure provides alien
population shall be taken into
consideration in figuring quotas.
This is to do away with the great
dissatisfaction in communities
with a large alien population,
some of which were drained of
their American men by the first
draft call, while aliens were left
to take the jobs of the selected
men.
Chamberlain's bill will compute
quotas on the basis of the num-
Der of men in class one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
Soldier Suicide Given
First Military Funeral

'Private Roy NJ. Thies, late
Of company X, 361st infantry,
will be buried with full mill
tary honOss Monday at 3p.
NJ, read the bulletin on the
company board, Camp Lewis.
The rain had ceased for time,
but the green-brown turf was
spongy underfoot and the air moist
with mist.
A single giant beam struggled
thru white seam in the leaden
rain clouds and tinged with yellow
the blush smoke from the rafting
machine guns in the middle dis
tance.
Three automobiles plowed their
slow way over the muddy road
which leads to camp six miles
away.
A thousand horses grazed in a
field on side of the brown road
and on the other blue-overalled
soldiers tunneled and dug in their
trenches.
The horses and the men gazed
curiously at the little procession.
First came green, canvas COW
cred medical corps ambulance
filled with soldiers. Then a black
quartermaster corps truck and
finally a modish six-cylindered
limousine.
They wound their way thru the
valley and up the hill and came
to a stop before an open grave dug
close by three little mounds of
gravel.
A handful of soldiers and civil
ians, among the latter three wom-
en---dismounted and gathered
about the graveside.
There were sharp commands
from Lieut.. w. c. Hutcheson, COM
manding the guard of honor.
-Four men, messmates OF Private
Thies, Seattle man who took his
own life last week, stood at atten-
tbon while the pall-bearers lifted
the casket from the truck and car
ried 1t to the graveside.
The firing squad with the rifles
formed a double rank on the OPP
poside side Of the grave and Chap
lain c. V. Bronson, his hat crush
ed tight in his hand, took his
: place before the casket.
Almost, 1t seemed, as tho in
Difference, the machine guns
ceased their noise as he spoke and
his voice rose clear as a bell.
81 am the resurrection and the
life,' he pronounced, and there
was silence with only the sob of
a girl's throat TO break II.
Ready! :. Load! Aim! Fire.!
came the order. -.
Eight rifles cracked in unison
and the bits of paper from their
muzzles fell on folds of the flag
about the coffin like the white
petals Of flowers.
Twice the guns spoke and then
silence once more.
Softly. oh, SO softly, like
the strains of n pipe organ,
came the notes of the bugle
- sounding "raps."
II seemed to throb like
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
GEN. HAIG NOT
GIVEN RECALL
united Press Leased wire.,

fUh1ttd Frt1h NeHHec Wfre.b
LONDON, Jan. 15.-Chancellor
of the Exchequer Bonar Law de-
MED in the house of commons this
afternoon that Field Marshal Haig
might be recalled as the result of
the German success at Cambria in
November.
Bonar Law detailed the report
of the special commission OF in
quiry appointed tot investigate
the Cambria setback. He declared
the report showed the Germans
did not surprise the British COM
mandef-in-ohief who had taken
all necessary steps"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
TEXAN BROKE
SEA RECORD

The steamer Texan, reported
sunk in the Atlantic, holds the
worlds record for continuous
steaming, made some years ago.
when she went from Tacoma to
Philadelphia, via the Straits of
Magellan, 14,0S6 miles without
stopping her starboard engine and
with the port engine shut down
but 20 minutes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
REPORT EAATCEEET KEPT I'M HIS OFF
36,l25
IN RED
CROSS

The total membership received
during the Christmas Red Cross
drive was SO, IS, Arthur p. Prich-
ard, in charge of the drive, an
nounced today.
The total money collected was
$3S,00S.S4.
On a basis of the population of
Pierce county of 10000, the al
lotment was $500, 50 the county
nearly doubled it.
The expenses of the campaign
were s70S.61, which is only
$1.S6 of each 500. Thus 9S.1 4
cents of everyone's dollar goes to
the actual Red Cross work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
BY Edgar G. Wheeler
Reporter for The Times.

CHEHALIS, Jan. 15.-Did Mrs.
Fred Swayne in her home at the
little village of Napavine, near
here, count out the minutes during
the late afternoon of Sunday, Jan.
6, in the knowledge that not more
than 200 yards from her home her
husband was being brutally muir
dered with shingle ak in the
back room of his store?
That. is the question being heard
here today and that may play an
important part in the case of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
PAPER MILL
FOR HOOUIAM

tenited Press Leased Wfrc.D
HOQUIAM. Jan. ia paper
mill, utilizing a new process in
which pulp now made In ~ hours
can be made in three hours time,
thus greatly reducing the cost, is
to be built here at once.
X. Thomas, head of the men in
terested, made this announce
ment today.
The mill to be built here will
have a 2,000-ton daily capacity
and will employ nearly 5000 men
In woods and mills.
1t will be an investment of
about 100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
PROSECUTOR
DEFIES CORPS
OFATTORNEYS
BY EDGAR C. WHEELER

by EDGAK u WHEELER
Staff Correspondent of The Times
CHEHALIS, Jan. ia charge of murder in the
first degree will be filed against Oscar Main, promi
nent young real estate dealer of Napavine in the SUI
perior court at Chehals this afternoon Main is &C.
cused of having brutally murdered Fred Swayne,
Napavine grocer and intimate friend, using small
Ratchet to beat out the grocer's brains.
preliminary hearing was to have been held be-
fore ChehaIis justice Wednesday, but Prosecuting
Attorney Herman Allen announced today that he
would take the case directly to the higher court
Two Tacoma city detectives, loaned to the Lewis
county officials after they had confessed themselves
nonpussed over the mysterious murder, have worked
up the against Main and responsible for his
arrest.
These detectives, Charles Braund and Dick Hucka-
ba, have been quietly working in Napavine and Che
evidence against Main, altho of a crcumsantal ma
ture utterly convincing to them and to the
tv officials
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
MINERS DELEGATES
CAUGHT IN DRIFTS

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15.-Ma-
rooned at points for hours by
heavy snowfalls, delegates to the
biennial convention of the United
Mine Workers of America are ar
irving here slowly today. The con-
vention opened today with 500
delegates attending.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
DOG SAVES $4,000
SALOON RECEIPTS
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

(UnIted Press Ieastd Wire,l
CHICAGO, Jan. ] 5.-Nero, a st.
Bernard dog, licked four bandits
who tried to hold up the saloon
owned by his mistress, Mrs. Euge-
MIA Graf. There was $4,000 in
the cash register.
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word environment" he always
mispronounces 1t, and then asks
to have the letter read back to
him. Shall / be polite and say
"cantonment," or air my superior
knowledge and say "cantonment"
CLARE.
What has become Of the
old-fashioned Tacoma girl
who used to knit silk neck
ties? Tor did she crochet
emit
(From the Jefferson County
Wis.,, Union.)
There was no school Thursday
or Friday as the school board had
to repair the stovepipe.
1t Is to be noted that the
ring-leader Of the quartet
that took FrcnchT leave, Of
sheriff Lonemire- ~ Tom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
SEEM PARTIAL TO
GERMAN MEASLES

4 CHICAGO, Jan. 15.--Treas0n!
Treason! There are 12S cases OF
German measles at the Great
Lakes naval training station and
only z 1 cases OF the American
variety. ~ 80 - i-ss.,-.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
ARREST DIPLOMATS

PETROGRAD, Jan. 15.--Arrest
Of all members OF the Rumanian
legation here today caused a SEN
station among the diplomatic corps.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15
Talk O the Times

Greetings, now that a land
ing Place has been voted for
the ferry, after only one year
Of argument, how long do you
how long do you estimate
II will require to construct
the pier?
DID HER FRIENDS TELL THE
EDITOR?
(From the Manitowoc News.)
Miss Anna Anderie of Sheboy-
gan is visiting with friends in
this city for several years.
might Is right" declares
the kaiser's aid. 1--WE must
have q strong peace"
Tell that to the British
fleet.
BETTER PLAY SAFE AND SAY
"CANTONMENT"
Dear Talko: / am In q terrible
When the boss die
tates q Camp Lewis letter With the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

Softly. oh, SO softly, like
the strains of n pipe organ,
came the notes of the bugle
sounding "raps."
IL seemed to throb like a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-15

Oney was on display.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Had Fine Trip

E. Naylor returned home Friday
from his trip to Atlantic City, New
Jersey, where he went as one of the
five representatives from North Dako-
ia to the Imperial Convention of
Shriners. The Shriners took in Wash
ington, D. c., on the trip, visiting the
principal places of interest. Three
days were spent in Atlantic City, the
most famous summer resort of this
country. On the way back Mr.. Nay
lor took in Philadelphia and New
York. The principal points of interest
were visited, and then ride up the
Hudson by steamboat to Albany and
through Canada on the Michigan Gen.
trail back to Chicago.
A boat load of survivors from the
boats sunk by the German submarines
was witnessed by Mr.. Naylor while at
Atlantic City. The boat came in fly
ing white piece of cloth and con-
tained % survivors. The captain of the
submarine only gave the ship ten
minutes to unload its people and in
the hurry very little was put aboar l
the small boat in way of provisions or
clothing. The survivors each wore a
black shirt that had been picked up
in a bundle floating on the sea. The
steamship was sunk by bombs placed
by the Germans.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
coIeman-Dewey

A very pretty wedding occurred
yesterday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. w. Coleman when their daughter,
Lelah, was united in marriage to Mr..
Walter Dewey of Scott, Mich. There
were present at the wedding Mr..
Frank Coleman and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Loren Coleman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Vern Coleman.
The groom is well known to Ellen
dale people, having for some time
been teacher in the manual training
department of the State Normal and
Industrial school. He is now studying
dentistry in the Northwestern Uni
versity, Chicago, and is a promising
young man of fine character. The
bride is an excellent young woman
who was born in this county and has
grown up here, graduating from the
high school and the Normal and In
dustrial school. For several years she
has been assistant cashier in the First
National bank of this city.
The happy couple have a host of
friends who wish them life of happi-
ness. Mr.. Dewey is here for few
months on a vacation, but will go
back to Northwestern to complete his
course in the fall, and after that time
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey will make Ellen.
dale their home. They left at noon
for short wedding trip to the lakes.
-Ellendale Leader.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Letters From Our Boys

sent us word they would get us. Every
body was up on their toes looking for
action. If things don't straighten out
there soon we will have to blow the
HI out of them. The captain wants
to do it now, but they keep sending
orders from Washington not to shoot
up any Mexican towns unless they
open fire.
1--WE are having awfully hot weather.
Not so bad right here. But last Satur-
day we were at San Blaza, 300 miles
south, and it was about 40; that's
pretty warm. We are about 1900 miles
southeast of San Diego.
II have been sick about three weeks
from stomach trouble. Can't eat any
thing. We haven't much left to eat.
We had to give the other ships to help
them out. Will try for furlough when
We get back"
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Quiet Home Wedding

A quiet home wedding took place
yesterday at the hom of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mitchell, when their daughter,
Martha, gave her hand in marriage to
Mr.. Otto Emanuel Elmer. The cere-
mony took place at high noon and
was performed by Rev. A. Wolfe, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church.
The couple were unattended. Immedi>
ate relatives and few invited guests
were present. A wedding luncheon
was served at one.
The bride was becomingly dressed
in a gown of Georgette crepe and car
ried bouquet of white roses. Vases
Of white roses decorated the room.
This little affair is quite surprise
to their friends. Arrangements had
been going forward for several weeks
but it was planned to keep the matter
secret, in full accord with the times.
The bride is one of our finest young
women. She is product of this Sec
tion and is endowed with beautiful
characteristics of heart and mind. For
the past four years she has taught in
the grades of our public schools and
proved satisfactory in every way.
The groom is one of our successful
business men. He is the senior men,
ber of the firm of Elmer & Johnson,
hardware merchants, and is one of
the pioneers of this section.
The couple started by auto for
trip through Glacier Park, and will
return to make their home in Oakes,
having purchased the Blume bungalow
on South Third street. They will be
at home to their friends after August
1st.
Guests at the wedding aside from
their own family were: Miss Clara
Pugh of DesMoines, Iowa, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Fait of Monango, Mrs. A.
Wolfe and Mrs. Elizabeth Cary of
Oakes.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Robert MUNICH Writes Home


Writing to his father, John Munich,
from the Warship Oregon, under date
of May 18th, Robert E. Munich says in
part:
1--WE expect to get back to the states
some time this month. l have all of
Mexico care for. We have had some
excitement. Our captain has all kinds
of nerve. We went to Mazalan. That's
the meanest place down here. They
ran the American Consul out. A
British ship stopped in there and they
captured it and refused to let it go.
Our captain told them he was going to
take it out. They had their forts
ready and waiting. They were going
to blow it up and everything else that
came near. All we had here was two
sub chasers and a coal collier. Cap
tain Snyder sent sub chaser in to
put line on her and tow her out.
The Mexicans already had a line on
her. They were going to drag her on
the beach. We steamed right into
their harbor with all our search lights
working on their forts, They never
made a move but the next day they
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Loses His Father

j. c. Quincer and family attended
the funeral last week of Mr.. Quincer's
father, whose death we made mention
of last week. The following obituary
is taken from the Groton Herald of
last week:
Another pioneer of Groton was
called to his last reward Monday night
when John Quincer breathed his last.
The news of his death came as a
shocking surprise to the community,
as it was not generally known that he
was ill.
He was taken Sunday night with
pains in his chest. and was sick all
day Monday, although it was not
thought his condition was serious.
The end came about 8 p. m.. and it is
thought that death was caused by gas
pressure on the heart.
John Quincer was born in Baden,
Germany, June /, 1876. He came to
America when years of age, the fam
lily settling in Redwood, N. Y. He
came to South Dakota in 1861, locating
on farm west of Groton, moving to
town several years ago. He leaves a
wife, two sons, Reuben and John c.,
of Oakes, N. d.. and daughter, Mrs.
Otto Rock.
Mr. .Quincer was a man of sterling
integrity and great energy. He amas-
sed competency by industry, his
farming properties being extensive
and we'll located. His home in this
city is one of the finest. He will be
greatly missed by host of friends,
who unite in extending sympathy to
the bereaved family.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
Proclamation

Whereas The sooooooooo issue War
Congress of the governments
with Liberty bonds and direct taxation,
Whereas The entire be
of National finance adm but small of
Whereas President Wilson
nave appealed to and child this behalf and
mated
purchase
the
splendid opportunity for all
Therefore, B. w.
this
ab the purchase
the National is realize
being able combine patriotic
liable
Sign the pledge 28th.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-06-20
LOCAL OVERFLOW

It nearly rains every day now.
c. H. Roney made a business trip
to Bismarck first of the week.
Mrs. r. A. Bast returned Monday
from q visit with her folks at Clark.
S. d.
DR.. F. w. Maercklein is attending
the state convention of medical men
at Fargo this week.
Frank Gallagher was up from Cogs-
we'll yesterday to see his wife, who is
visiting at the f. E. Foster home.
Attend the band benefit dance on
June 9th. This is the last dance in
the opera house as it will be closed
July LIST.
Miss Frances Lauth arrived home
Monday from Grand Forks, where she
has finished her first year in the state
university.
H. p. Davies drifted back to the old
stamping grounds yesterday to resume
work for the Acme people. H. r. has
been in Kansas since leaving Cakes.
Mrs. Buxton of Fargo gave talk
at the city hall yesterday afternoon on
Red Cross work. She had sample
garments along and gave instruction
in making them.
Supt. Crabtree of the county schools
endorses Mrs. Jessie Mitchell Hamill
for the superintendency as does Supt
Blume of the Oakes Public Schools.
These are endorsements that are
worth while.
j. c Christensen of the Minneapolis
Electric Co., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jens
Christensen of this city, will be mar,
ried at Minneapolis today to Miss Ell
ma Cady of Forman. Chris goes with
the next contingent to camp to take
up the life of soldier.
Charley and August Stock, who had
been here on a visit to their brother
and family, left Monday for Buttzville,
where they will visit with another
brother. They will return here Friday
and Mrs. E. P. Stock and children will
accompany them to their home at
Waukon, Iowa, for stay.
Robert H. Johnson and F. o. Ain
of Fullerton were brief callers at this
office Thursday. Mr.. Johnson is can
didate for the legislature and since
Mr.. Knox is after the same seat, Bob
thought he had better get out and do
little hustling. His family has lived
in the county since 1905. Mr.. Johnson
has the endorsement of the Nonparti-
san League
Mrs. S. H. Marsh had letter from
Bert Hicks this week, which told of
the death of Mrs. Hicks at Portland
on May 21st and of her burial on the
Oath. Mrs. Hicks had been ill for sew
eral months with tuberculosis of the
intestines and suffered terribly before
her death. The family formerly lived
in Oakes. but went west most of ten
years ago.
Buy your season tickets for Chau-
tauqua now. Adults $500 the season
ticket, children $10O. The adult ticket
runs from so to 75c. for the single
admission, and does not help the
guarantors who back the Chautauqua.
To help the guarantors tickets must
be bought before the opening day.
They may be had of Mrs. Bergenthal
or of H. E. Dady.
Mrs. r. II. Harris has rather thrill
ling experience in her home Tuesday
when snake about two feet long
came from the shelf over the sink.
She was working at the sink when his
snakeship appeared and as he extend
ed himself looking for drink she had
an awful scare. AS the family live up
stairs in the Harris block it is not
just known how the snake came there.
1t must have been carried up by some.
one bent on mischief.