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Otk Dm In Mg FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS , OVER 4000 DAILY I Journal THIRTY-NINTH YEA P NO. 274 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN AMD stands nvm r - HAVE NOT ftJDSED DOOR TO PEACE English View Is That George Has Stated Terms That Germany Can Take or Leave As She Pleases Adoption of Principle of Universal Service Welcomed bv All German Press Comment Is Bitter "Reparation" Is Valueless Phrase Says One By Ed L. Keen, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Dec. 20. The allies have not slammed the door on peace; they have simply said to Germany: "Here are our terms; take them or leave them.. It is your move bat don't come again in the role of a victor." This was the universal British view today, when the smUlii 1 1 ii i i r i- rMII Ailtnif it T" .-v jr t 4- 4- V t -Pa ill MA aA t4aM rv s -p Premier Lloyd-George's speech in commons. The fwblic interpretation was that Lloyd L'ethmann-Hollweg an opportunity to demonstrate sin-! tienty. It uermany really desires peace, tney argued, sue now knows how to go about it. Incidentally, it was remarked here today how adroitly, and strikingly Lloyd-George had destroyed Germany's illusion that England is dominating the policies of the sanfortta nntinnc Trip niwriipv if was vppftllprl hrwt sin t prl i . ., , . ., . at the outset that Russia and and separately, had reached land was now acceding. His Id3as Adopted. Lloyd-George's plan for universal nafj t mul service anil civilian inololizat iou I molding the nation an army betoAad the! si. my. wns popularly accepted today as I though it were the simplest routine oil ) nee t i nies. Not a complaint, not the slightest ' Ihiiught of Opposition was manifest j The press and the man in the Street reflected the universal sentiment "the I country s with Lloyd-tleorge; what does i Le want us to do J" 1 Impending nationalization of ship ping and niiiH'a has been anticipated for H onte time, aad the Welsh miners alone liul objected to nationalization of their fields. Taking over the shipping by tbo government has -likewise been ex petted as commerce has long been the target of measures by those seeking to cut down war profits. Everywhere the new plans were re garded as " out-l!eruiaiuug the Oer tnana," in a concentrated, cominunized 1 1 fort to swing all resources to the war, Ertgils Press Comment! Th Daily "Mail under a caption Upyd-vteorge acts,' todny say; 'What We have had to fear n: e past has hvn fearleas, ease gom ptimiam of the goyernrn.ent and 0 see how natch goad work has lie and how tttnoh mote has bet i the J):n Mail. The "Tl remauk.-: miniaftr's draroatif an- i oneeraent of th- adoption of the grin 'iplo or universal national service lias Men welcomed On all 'sides. A bit! lii"- necessary to give effect to the gey- iitmeBt'a proponnij of object of which is methodical mobilization of labor do that it may be available in trades and industries, which need it most in the in terest, of the nation." , " Lloyd-George's statement and As o'lith's endorsement of it, does not, ily mean that the door is banged ted." the Daily News declared, matter of this gravity there is Bad bo ' In ii'cepsarily much diplomatic for position- Germany' maneuver- arrogance i iontinueiL on "pajje sev Th ' new dimes are mighty purty. but they came almost too hiteV buy any thing. Th' world loves a good, grace ful loser far better than a winner. en.) DISCUSSION - George had furnished Von: ,. . , i ii France acting independently the conclusion to which hmg WANTS OFFICERS OF HIGHER RANK HDMORE OFTHEM General Scott Condemns Na tional Guard System Unequivocally SAYS REAL NEED OF .ARMY IS PLENTY OF tefflALS ;::;:TfebhAnny Officers Should Rank As High As Those In Navy Washington, Dec. 20. That the na tional guard lias been kept on -ldis .couraging police dirty " on the bordci v.ith the premeditated view of caitsin 1 Its dlsiutegrationwsas the thin I., veii ed charge made Today by Representa' live Anthony. Kansas, 'while Slajo; .Goiieral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, I was being erciss-examineil before the .house military affnrs committee. "Wouldn't such onerous servici cause inc iiisiuiegiarion ot a volunteer Kf.iy! ' KcprceentatjV Anthony imanaed, "Yes, General Scott admitted. If it was planned to bring about the downfall or the national guard sys tem, could any means have been de vised better suited to this end than the service the guard has been called upon to perform 1 " Anthony asked. "The guaraVTa here in the service of their country, to protect lives," Gener :il SCOtt replied. in spue oi a lerriiic grilling by mem . oers oi ihc commmee. (cneral .-coU , stuck to his guns in a sweeping denun-; ciation of 'he national guard svstcm. 1 "n .,-i i .,, ,i;ff;..n , i.. It would be difficult to criticise the national guard system too severe IV." said Scott. "There is nofBlnm I . "ll . ''C7,nt ;7rKn,;Uatiou , anv better tlnin the old militin sva- tem. "One month training equivalent to the 192 hours required to make a so:- win. run iivwrui, kujji'M B IO U,' III- x ( ... rm.:,. ,,, ... k. . .l greatest amount of time it is possible yj to demand from national guardsmen be-U cause of conflicting civilian pursuits. " i j. An immeilinte increase in the person- i nel of the KCnem! staff from 55 to officers was urged by Scott. "Although the European war is in i its third year, we have been unable toT properly to assimilate the military les - son it has provided through inailequa- u. ,.t . k. .. 1 ..- . U 1 .j vi t.it- jiti sunlit i oi mr ciiciin staff," Scott said. "Valuable infor mation, forwarded to us by our milt tary attaches in practically every war ring country, lies unstudied for, lack of officers. "The general staff of Austria-Hungary, before the war, consisted of 929 officers; that of Germany B2T. These staffs were not excessive. Ours is pit- (Continued on page seven.) WILL GET NEW TRIAL Austin. Texas, Dec 20. The case of Katherine Harrison. IS- year old bride, who was senten ecd ki five years imprisonment for killing W. L. Warren, aged hotel proprietor at Port Worth. Dccembei 22, 1913, today was reverted by tlie court of-crim- inal appeals ami remanded for i ' V I I ! retrial. The girl testified slip shot Warren because h" had' wrong ed her more than year before the killing ecoyred. Warren was shot while riding with -Mrs. Ilarrisi aid her young husband Charles Harrison in the latter 'i aatomobile the night of December 22, (BtB. The body was found in a desert ed field the next morning. SAY LLOYD GEORGE IS "Mi OF THE HOUR MAN OF THE PEOPLE" n Speech lenSCSt UccaSKHlj of Centuries in British Parliament By W. S. Forrest. . (United Press stuff correspondent, i London, Dec. 20. More than the ' iiiaii of the hour" a man of the pen- Jle luid with ihc people s lomplete sup- jt,urtthus uas DaVjd .u,yir,Cm I guided today. No man in British histmy had more unemnylv searched the Hn ' tisli public mind and more accurately (voiced its sentiment than "the littb Welshman" yesterday in his speech It" I commons. Looking back today over. that fateful I session in commons, tinglaad regarded the picture of the simple born Welsh men, now called to supreme power in ; Britain, arisweiitig England's powerful j enemy, as the tensest occasion in al j the hundreds of years of the British par. liament. The roars of applause of a people united will arise as this new leader j stood up from the middle ministerial j bench recently the favorite seat of the 'man he displaced as prime minister ol lEndland- The noise ttveibratad as he I stood, head erect and body easily posed. I Then cheers sank into silence as his 1 momentous words began to flow simp Ily, without attempt at oratory, but in I well modulated tones that reached dis tinctly into the gothic recesses of ehani- hers and the galleries. ! The rails oi these galleries were thronged with distinguished citizens, leaning-eagerly over the heads of the. LfffiSSf& Most of tin os were there but nmnno the absentees was the American ambas sador, Walter Hines Page. The World Listened. Jor one movement nor v. old chid! mat. tittle Welshman" now ! land's man of the hour made or sp indicated tile fact that, it was the CI cal moment of his career; that ev i.v wont ae was enunciating v. as being se-,. instantly over telegraph wires'" and cables toward hundreds of mil'jou.s 01 wailing ears all over the world. Lloyd-George spoke the fateful me- sac,, to Germany of c.mjUete restitution fl reparation and effectual guarantee .gainst repetition in slow, measured tones, swinging his arms backward. ueeaaioaauy he drove homi points by twinging his armi warmed up to his subject. It wa.ai't a politician's e'fot special he in a ins audience, it appeared more like a grimly firm illustration bv I Ir.v-.l. de. George gf LUyd-George's wav of w:iu jning the war, of the sort of spirit iieees : sary to wiu. Xhe firat oratorical display, or even, atiempt at oratory, on the' premier's part came when' he denounced Ger many 'a disregard for the lights of me fttpas and treaties and her atrocities if warfare, and again when be quoted Ab raham Lincoln's noted words. ! Throughout the entire apeeffh Lloyd George's predecessor a prime minister iicroert Asquilh sat with folded listemny intent v as the nf tl Welsh minister spoke the words which voiced RturiaWt'a .ti:.....:. .. " -i-i " j huh io 'gpru a peace not based on her own terms and outlined the ,!.! I I ;iL ,. . . government ' ' proposes' to achieve land 'a victory. X ;: HAVE A CLEAN SLATE T Washington, Dee. 20. Today, German Ambassador Von Hern storf'f is saying "J told you so" T ten months ago he told the United I'ress there would be no move for peace until the for eign ministers under whose re gime the war began bail been displaced. Germany's peace proffer was made just after Viscount Grey, tht last of the old foreign sec retaries, left office. The hope ir peace is good because the belligerents for eign office can now work on a clean slate, the German embas sy told the United Press. IT V Miss Kightlinger Sticks to Story Under Close Cross-Questioning; Motive For Tragedy Unrevealed t-2sss Sly fiZe MOW ESCAPE Of md mm MWMM iiitt mi uwi Shot That Went Wild Clipped Jhroui Miss Kightiinger's Hair That Ihc murder of Tom ho was shu and instantly V'ldav shortly after noon White in a room in the llo Oummings, killed yes iv Myrtle chief of police and I'oliee -.Matron Shank-.-- Ai'ier being "sweated" yesterday afternoon and last night by the police matron and District Attorney RiqgO, Miss Kightlinger stuck to the story she told to the police matron a few minutes after the shooting took place. This story was told practically verbatim in the Capital Journal yesterday, just as it came from the frightened and trembling I lips of Miss Kightlinger, who was still i under the strain of the tragedy, I According to the story told the police matron, who tried io every way to shake the girl's story and who probed deep for a motive behind what was ap parent on the surface, Miss Kightlinger had a narrow escape from being killed or seriously wounded because the shot that went wild penetrated the wall of the bed room and through the bath room in such close proximity to her head that she felt it pass through her hair just above her forehead. Then it was she was frightened until she was powerless to move, and to her fright may be as cribed her inability to grasp the seri ousness of the situation when she saw .it:,u ivt,it tn-i,, Ir. t,,ii.lf a.ltli I the revolver. . , ... were very uoou rnona:. . , ,. , i , i To h Ir,h; mn-v nls" ,,e 1r'l"'11 I her failure tC ! her failure to attempt to wrest the re i volver from Miss VVIiit,. 'u l.'iml utmil (the taller kept muttering that she must kill herself. It appears that the only thought that entered her mind wuu to 'B u"Pr help, which she did in spite of Itlie request of Miss White that she stay i with her. It .Miss Kightlinger had re lmuin..l in ihu ti...r. n, ' for heln. it is possible that Miss White help, it is possible that Miss might not have succeeded in sending W 1 fi... ,...11,.. ...... ....I, i.,... i . I That tummiugs was expected and jjjithat he was an intimate visitor to the girl's room is the belief of the officers because when Miss White went to the door she had just rises from the bed aad was clad only ia a thin gauzy silk nightgown that did not hide her feet and scareely covered her bosom with its low lace folds. Miss Kightlinger had risen shortly before and was partially dressed, ai- though her hair was still down, and when the knock came on the door she stepped -into the bath room. The girls had gone-to bed at 3 o'clock and Miss White was reading a magazine. The po- a 4e t wtatHMHWIMr I r a tpi I C JLrjL. U I 1 aaMMWWHaWM- --' 'i ' aflriatai!----MOMraWlawaaM ESS! Sim I'HOMAS W. CUMMING liee matron received a telephone mas sage from Portland yesterday asking what kind of literal lire the glfl had been - reading but Mrs. Shank replied that she was unable to say as there was nothing in the room to give a clue. Warned by Police Matron. Miss White and Mrs. Shank had talks two years ago when Mrs. Shank first went on duty as police matron and then she was wurned to be careful ami not do any "shines" about Salem. Miss White left Salem n short time then and went to Hopewell where her grandpa rents live. Later she returned to Sa lem and Mrs. Shank again warned her to be careful. She then went to live in Portland with her mother, who is now the w"ifo of Tom Edwards, who runs the Electric Restaurant on High street, this city. She was in the habit of coming to Salem frequently and always appear ed to have money. She is known to bavo registered at the Bligh hotel un der her own name ami under an assuni 1 ed name. These trips to Salem were only for n night except once in a while she would remain two nights. That she was well supplied with money is indicat ed by the fact that she took room 2:i(l at the Marion hotel, which faces on Ferry street and is one of the best in the hostelry. While in Salem Mrs. Edwards, mother of Myrtle, lived in one of the Olinger houses on Mill street in the 900 block. At that time a neighbor who took a lik ing to the girl warned her against be ing too familiar with men and gave her some motherly advice about the way she should conduct herself. The girl's mother says she is Hi years old. Snowed the Cartridges. Tbat the killing was premeditated is confirmed, ia the opinion of the police, by her actions regarding the revolver. When tho girls went to bed about :i (Continued on page two.) MYSTERY IS SOLVED Seatile, Wash., Dec. 20. I.it Rosa l'opn, aged 2 years, brand ed herself with Uie numerals "86V when she crawled up against a hot stove door, ac cording to Mica, What yester day looked like a strange crime was cleared up when the figures branded on the Rumanian child's right hip were 'found to be identical with the manufac turer's number on the stove door. The child had evidently crawled against the stove which was in the Nail home for work in;; women 's children here. Mrs. M .ric l'opn. the mother, hud ap pe i'ed to the police for an ex planation of the child's burns. T D!PL( TO BE EMPLOYED IN Administration Believes Ger many Will Insist On This Condition By Robert J. Bendor. (United Ptesi stuff correspondent.) Washington, Dm. 20. The 1'nited States, in common with other neutrals will be interested in any world peace guaranteed or disarmament discussion which may follow the present peace proposals situation, it was officially stated today. United States officials have Informal ly talked of u world guarantee as es sential to any final peace terms. Wheth er the "interest" officially revealed today by the state department, would be other than passive wns not stated. It is assumed, as previously pointed out in United I'ress dispatches, that .this government would take an active hand in furthering such ideas, if they found them to be welcome by the bel ligerents. The president feels that when the time comes for this government to make any move in the peace situation if will be made clear that the l.'nited States is not Interested in the chute of the lOuropean outbreak, but only in assur ances of permanent peace. The means of establishing this, the president believes are vital to this na tion, because in everv wav, she has. "whether she willed if or not," vitally affected bv the war. Iiecn England Would Not Object. Washington. Dec. 20.lTltR'W diplomacy will be employed in the big move of the peace game, offi here believe today. England probably will be willing her official answer to Germany ex ed soon, shall be made public, offi believed, but there is doubt that jnany, if she accepts thai In vitatlo state her terms will consent to inn ute publicity, The facts coupled with the thought lat the belligerents' are still vastly part, convinces the administration thai ir the lin-ieni it is advisable for the Tins government as "tnCSBSn boy" between the warriors v, ill past along the allies' official answer to Germany tind as the communications will he addressed to the ''messenger1 boy" 'for transmission, this nation will know what is happening us long as the negotiations are in a transitory stage. It further communications pass, as gov 'crniuioit firmly believes they officials, "ill keep the slrietes; if watch mi developments, in OtuOii when the time is propitious, this sort that government mav soiw humanity by it' good offices. But until BUCCC more certain than at present it adopt the rule of peacemaker s seems will nol and th" possibility of the black eye that some cord times goes with such a position ing to the statement of one of the lead ing administration officials. The main obstacle to peace as this government sees it is whether Germany is Tcady to give full " reparation " us asked by England. On t he other hand, England 's request for "full guarantees" appear to make tinning of the troops followed investi the American idea of a world guaranty gation by Commissioner Neiinhoffer of of peace through an "international the department of justice, and Major league" more or less Imperative. Yet Istokcs of the army. They conducted it is a Question whether it would be! separate investigations, following the possible now to form such a league. Thc t'nited States government is lire - t.n.,.il 1 n I. mil to lend itself to secrecy if the I .. i I J . . I-.- I ! I . lift !. II BoU President Wilaon and Becretrj of Stale Lansing ttlke the position that 7. .. . ? . tlie peace qucMiou is so important to the world that it would not only be a diplomatic discourtesy to give undue publicity to facte in their possession, Mtt likewise a futal mistuke in subse quent developments. A 30PBE CENT BONUS Washington, Dec. 20 The Dupont Powder company today announced that the 20 per cent bonus which it has been paying for the past year to salaried em ployes, will lie increased January i to 30 per cent. It was recently announced that the 20 per cent bonus being paid to jiayroll employes io the plauts would be made a part ot tne regular pay lor run. RAILWAY FARES INCREASED London, Dec. 20. Increase of all rail way fares in Great Britnin 50 per cent beginning January 1 was announced by the board of trade in the house ot com rn'ons this afternoon. TROUBLE BREWING AIM CARRANZA RADERS IN NORTH General Gonzales Defies Gen eral Murguia, Threatens to Rebel DEMANDS RETURN OF COLONEL COMADURAN Warns Americans He Will Give All Aid Possible to Deserters By Webb Miller. (United Press staff correspondent.) El Paso, Texas, Dee. 20. With the declaration that he wliubl give every assistance to the escape of deserters from the American army reaching -Mex- jican soil, General Francisco Gonzales, coinmaniier ot tlie ( arrauzista garrison at Juarez, last night in an angrily Ayord ed written statement bitterly anshiled Genera Bell, American commander for his refusal to turn over Colonel Lois Coiaaduran, wdio escaped from Juarez into United Slates territory. General Bell declared he had no au thority to take Conindurun into custody as it was either a political or a civil matter and out of his jurisdiction. Genanles told representatives of Gen eral Bell that he wanted the refugee so he could hang him as he "didn't want to waste ammunition on him." The statement was issued by the Ju arez Commander after several demands upon the American military authorities to assist in returning Comaduran across the river. Comaduran with a few officers reach ed Juarez about two weeks ago. Gn the American side of the bonier, the report was given out that he was sent by Gen eral Murguia to repYaca General Gon zm'ch at Juarez, Two days ago he fled to this side, declaring that General Gon zales resisted w hen Comaduran attempt ed to take command of the sarriiin and was about to arrest Comaduran when the latter escaped. Gonzales declares Comadrun wns sum moned to Chihuahua City but refused to go anil fled to Ihc American side, tak ing government funds. He denies Com Bduran was to replaeo him. Repeated demands were made upon General Hell to arrest the colonel, but all wore re fused. "la several instance statement reads, "I hav ' Gotiza'cs' assisted tho return of American deserters. I under stand there was to be reciprocity. Now the opportunity has come ami there i no reciprocity. So' I have made it (tnoWn to the American ciimiuandor that hereafter I will give every facility to deserters from the Ameiiran army to en Cape Into the interior. We wish to try Comiidurnn as a common thief." Prorn reports to federal authorities, here, it is believed a serious defection exists among the Cananza military leaders in II irth. Although Gonzales vigorously denied it. reports wen cur rent Hint he had sent a wire to General Miirguia that, if Murguia attempted to supercede hitrurhe would turn the entire garrison at Juarez, over to tho rcvoiu- Fourteenth Infantry Patrols Arizona Border Ajo, Ariz., Dec. 20. Two companies of the fourteenth infantry arrived to ilay from V mini Io patrol the district between "here mid the border, where there is apprehension regarding possi ble attacks by former VHlisias. The troops, under Colonel Jones, have de ployed to the south and arc guarding the approaches from Sonera, L'S miles south. v It is understood the troops will be IkftDt here several months. The sta- pleas of Ajo 's 3000 inhabitants for prO- , tectiou from the threatened raids. ROBBED THE BANK I Tutla, Okln., Dec. 20. The bank of Skiatook wan rohlieil ol more than u,- Ann I-.. I . 'PI... I.. ,,.!, ,.,..( 000 last night. The bandits escaped. Skiatook is about 10 miles from Tulsa. THE WEATHER t Oregon: Te night and Thurs day fair eiceet unsettled, prob ably rain west portion, colder tonight cast por tion; south tr west wind. 'm
