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TODAY'S JifEAIEER 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 EEADEBS) DAILY Only CircuUtdoij, (a Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of ' Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WTLLAITETTE VAL LEY NEWS EES, VICE - SEHT Oregon: Tonight and Saturday rain moderate south easterly winds. . 7 I r!fh H, if MM m . u l u J V. FORTIETH YEAR -NO. 309 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917 hiwwf--' 1 TT"" ddttms rwrrrv rcXTnc ON TRAINS AND news M'ADOO ENTRUS IS LINES TO PRESENT r2iRD RAILROAD 7i Reeular Emereeacv Doara ruemoers are ton tinued In Ff3 Control OPERATION CHANGES WILL BE MADE SLOWLY MYSTERIOUS WOMAN LIVED H WMS Ii Is Believed That Many High . Salaried Positions Will Soon Be Abolished THE. U. S. A. RAILROAD . -I , By unifying all American railways under Director General McAdoo the greatest railroad in the world was formed today. Number of employes about 1,700,01)0, with an equal number in related locomotive, freight car and other plants. Miles of tracks operated, about 250,000. Number of railroad companies embraced about 700. All ears in service 2,,,500,000 Capital stock and funded debt $17,000,000,000. Gross annual operating rev enue, $4,000,000,000. Gross annual operating expen ses, $3,000,000,000. Tons of annual freight, 1,500,-000,000. By Robert J. Bender (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 28. Director Gen eral McAdoo placed today the existing war board of private railroad execu tives in charge of temporary operation of the nation's lines. This was the Bole official announce ment following a ninety minute confer ence between McAdoo and executives during which the roads of the country quietly passed from private to federal control on the hour of twelve. The emergency operators include Fair fax Harrison, president of the South ern Railway; Howard Elliott, New (Continued on pa?3 two) Her Operations at Los An geles Now linked Up With Those of Other Spies Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 28. That Ma- ; -no ' 1 , tno "mysterious woman," ' is linked with Franz Schulenbcrg, Vl German master spv, is a woman j owned a cabin near 8chulenberg's and Herman Jakupaleh in. the Sierra Madre mountains, was the statement al leged to have been made to Deputy Sheriff J. F. Nolan in a, confession by John Knox, charged with tho murder of Jakupaleh. Nolan declares he drew from Knox tho statement that Jakupaleh was ac quainted with the woman. Knox says Schuienberg, Jakupaleh and Mme "H" spent several weeks in August and Sep tember at their cabin i-n the mountains. The woman was provided with plenty of money and had a big touring car at her disposal. Knox says he was a freighter and became acquainted with Schulenbcrg and Mme. "H" in making trips to and from the mountains. He did some hauling for thein, he declares. He states that on Christmas night he and Jakupaleh becamo involved in a quarrel, that both drew guns and Jaku paleh was sliot. lie does nor, Know wuerc Mme. "II"- is now. Knox tallied freely of his acquain tanceship with Schuienberg and Mme. "H", Nolan said. He described the first meeting with each and referred to tho woman as "pretty" and knew ' ' how to make all the miners like her. ' ' She spoke German to Schuienberg al together, Knox told Nolan, tho deputy declared. "I met Schuienberg early in the summer while returning to the camp from Camp Baldy," Knox told Nolan. A forest ranger had stopped the ma chine which, Schuienberg drove up in the canyon. "After that I met Schuienberg many times," said Knox. "Ho got me to pack for him across the trail. He al wavs staved at his cabin." When asked if he had ever seen Mme. " H , Knox replied that she was a familiar sight at the mountain milling camp. "i saw her several times. The first time I saw her was in September," said Knox. "She was with Schuien berg." "As they passed me on the trail, Schulcnbere stopped me. He wanted me to do some packing. After that I saw her several times. She was a good talk er and knew how to make all the min- s like her. I remember seeing her aud Schuienberg in that big car of his one "time at the cabin." Knox is alleged to have, said that he and Jakupaleh quarreled Christmas THE! MEANING OF A GERMAN MADE PEACE (Continued on page two) the first quota will be made up under the uestionaiie classification, I'rovost Marshal General Crowtier announced to uay. There will be no further furuial call, therefore, before February 15, he Klid. This means that men included in the deferred per eentage of the first quota, BIG BARN IS BURNED Y INCENDIARIES AND ARSON GANGSUSPECTED Mr. Omart, Lessee of Fromm Place, Is Heavy Loser In Personal Property Fire last night about 11 o'clock de stroyed the big new barn on the C. H. Fromm place near the Institute for the Feeble Minded. The farm is rented by Mr. Roy Omart, Mr. Frornni being in Canada. Mr. Omart says the first inti mation any of them had of the fire was when the roof fell in witlra crash awakening everybody in the house. That the fire was of incendiary origin h.) feels certain, for there was no possible way in which it could have caught fire accidentally. The Ford car which was in the barn had not been used since Christmas and there were no lights used about the building. Tho bam was 40 by 60 feet, practkally new, cost about $1,200 and was insured for half that Hum. Kosii-lps the barn all the contents I turned in by the registrants. This work,iwero ClJBUmed. Among these were two it was said, will be completed by thehorse9) th.ee COws, two calves, a Ford end of January. auto. 7 tons of hay, three tons of straw The provost marshal general is pre- 30 bushels of potatoes, half a ton of O FURTHER FORMAL CALL OF DRAFTED MEN BEFORE FEBRUARY 15TH Washington, Dec. 28. The next draft dexed, subject to call for their speeia1 call including deferred percentages of, branches of work. The provost marshal general's office today explained that medical examin ation of the men in the first class would proceed as soon as the qnestionaircs are most of which quota is now in camp, I paring to produce the men within a fewfce( wagons, buggies, and farm imple v-ill enjoy the benefits of questional re I hours after they are called. There will jmpllt'3- Tiie loss totals about $2,400, hall classification and will "be drawn onlv it they come under class one. Men selected under the old regula tions continue to go, however, when needed to make up deficiencies in calis already made'. Decision to await classification of all half be none 'of the delay that was neces-iof it being in the personal property sarv in tho operat iou of the selection ! (lti-ivprl nnd nn wliifh tlierft was no machinery last summer when the first i insurance. It possible this is the work call was supplied. of the gang that caU3ed the Carlton fire Under government operation of the:a3 tIie barn is convenient to the road railroads it 13 expected also that the ; au(i woui,i be easily set on fire by any men will be moved to camps more!0 mBsi-, Hnwcvm rtst mnv Iib. it ia . 1, i- e- . -- men before making another formal call ' promptly aud with less confusion than evj,jent (hat property owners must keep was reached because of the need for special classes of service. Crowder announced that "very soon" there will be a call for technical work ers and highly specialized registrants. Industrial Workers Wanted. The United States public service re serve of the labor department today sent out a call for more men of en gineering experience, particularly in in dustrial lines, for the army and navy. Those who will serve will be card in- From Movie Theatre To Dictator of Russia San Francisco, Dec. 2S From proprietor of a motion picture theatre in Kearney street, San Francisco, to minister of foreign affairs of Russia is the step I.eon Trotsky has tahen since 1912, according to Miss Lud mi'.a Pomeremko of San Fran cisco, who knew Trotsky here. After city regulations had forced him to elfM his theatre. Mis PcTiicrenko said. Trotsky opened the first independent film exchange in the citv. UelOrp. . nlnea wtrh nn t hnir Ttromiucv until Meantime, the draft machinery is pre-jsome of tlie arsott gang are rounaed up. paring a list of specialties of everv var- iety, artisans of every kind and experts ' in every line to be ready to answer I any djiands from General Pershing or!jj. the chief of staff for experts. These j specialties wilP'be taken from everv i4 1 : 4: ; i ciuss 111 me (jursLiunuirtr. Approximately 180,000 men of the 687,000 men summoned last summer are awaiting orders to move to camp. Oregon's Quota Full. Ten states and the District of Col umbia have now furnished their full first call quota. These "100 per cent 1 states" are: Virginia, Maine, Califor-i nia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,! I Utah, Wyoming and Washington. Thati section of western Pennsvlvania which) sent men to Camp Sherman also has j furnished its full quota. j Remaining states have furnished 83 j to 9 per. cent of their quotas. MEXICAN MURDEEER EXECUTED! Washington, Dei-. 28. One of four Mexican cattle thieves whr murdered Lee Sharpe and Clarence Sellers, Am ericans, near Piedras Neras, has been exempted and the others have befn rounded up, according to state depart ment advices todav. Pop Anson, the grand old man of laseball, is in vaudeville. sjc 3$C 3C 3jc SC 3C jc How Sammies Skated On No Man's Land Paris, Dec. 28. Paris chor tled today over a "Sammy" story brought to the city by an American soldier. It seems that recently, when American troops were holding a certain bit of the line, a heavy frost put a coat of ice over a certain canal in No Man's Land- One night a group of Sammies slid out of the trench es and slid and skated over this bit of ice, having the time of their lives. The boches evidently' were puzzled andWet loose a few experimental shots in the direc tion of the noise. The Amer icans retaliated with n amaz ing bombardment of tin cans that silenced the astonished Germans until all the Sammies were safely back behind the parapet. ! ! ! ' AMERICAN CAVALRY DEFEAT BANDIT BAND AND RECOVER LOOT Raiding Mexicans from Villa's Forces Are Given Lesson Thev Will Remember GERMANY'S ZEPPELIN PROGRAM COMPLETE AND DISMAL FAILURE Only Small Number of Big Aircraf ts Remain In Serv ice at This Stage of War By W. S. Forrest (United Press staff correspondent) With tho French Armies in the Field, Dec. 28- Gcrmaniy's Weppelin program, announced with boastful prido in 1914, stands a dreary failure today. Accurate figures iavailablo to ttio United Press show that of fifty thrco Zeppelins put into commission since 1914: Thirty fivo have been totally de stroyed. Two have been badly damaged and put permanently out of commission. Two possibly destroyed, now miss ing. One badly damaged, temporarily out of commission in December. Thirteen remaining in service, eight of which are detailed to the .North sen, two to tho Baltic, and three as ex perimental or school ships. Raids over France, England and Mel ijium have cost the Germans seventeen Zeppelins, eight have been accounted for in England, five in France and four in Helgium. Accidents hy tire, wind and lightning, have destroyed at least eight in Germany. Zeppelin numbers, according to ac curate calculations, started with the "L-l," and ended with "L-57." Num bers between 25 and 30 have not yet been employed, leaving o'i to be ac counted for, "L-l" aud "L-2" were destroyed before tho war- Tho first fell in the North sea and tho second was accidentally burned at Fuhlss buttel. In addition to her Zeppelins, Gei many has had in commission since be ginning of the war at least 13 airships or tho "Shutta Lanz," "Gross" and "Parseval" types. Of these, possibly seven remain in service, two, howev er, as non-combatant instruction ships Brings Suit to Cancel Keturalizatien Papers Portland, Or., Drc. 28. Using Carl jSwclgin's own admission that he was ! an organizer for the I. W. W. at the time lie obtained final naturalization, Assistant Federal Attorney Kankin to dav filed a civil suit in the federal dis trict court to cancel these papers. This is said to be the first suit of the kind in the United States. Kankin holds that Swelgiu obtained naturaliza tion by fraud and deception, on the ground that as an active member of the I. W. W. he could not truthfully pledge himself to the principles of the consti tution. Swelgin was active at Coquillc, "Camouflage", sez Major Girlfoodle Bend and Klamath Falls. !"is the flesh colored hoze wimmen wear j along with short skirts." It don't hurti When Al Woods, theatrical manager 'half ez bad to give up a dollar fer a 'was an east side boy in New York, his I pool game as fer th' Red Cross. name was not Woods. Candelaria, Texas, Dec. 28. The Am erican cavalry which pursued bandit raiders into Mexico under Captain Fisk is today en route to Marfo, Texas, with several bandit prisoners and practically all the loot taken in raids on the Brits and Fitzgerald ranches, according to word received hero today. The United States troops engaged in a running fight with the bandits kill ing about fifty and wounding many others. The bandit gang, badly scatter ed, fled southward. Documents found on tho dead estab lished that tho bandits were part of the force of Villistas which captured and later evacuated Ojinaga. Several were identified as deserters from the Car ranza army. The stolen cattle, horses and merchan dise valued at $7,000, which the bandits took in the two raids in this vicinity, was virtually all recovered by the Americans. Abe Martin if AMERICANS TELLSOF ROUT OF BRITISH IN CAMBRAI SURPRISE One American Surgeon Was Lest and Another Escaped After Thriving Events By J. W. Peglor (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Armies in France Dec. 28. One American surgeon ap parently was lost when the Germans pushed back General Byng'g troops around Cambrai, according to unoffi cial' reports reaching here today. Ho is classified as "missing." One other American medical offi cer a lieutenant returned to liis unit with the American forces today after an unforgettable period with the 'British at Cambrai. -, jller Uiasnj't yet ceased thanking his lucky stars that he escaped tho German onrush. "It was as quiet "as walking to church Sunday morning in tho way of going forward," he told tho United Press, speaking of just before Byug's great push was started, "but coming back well, providence guided me across the country and away from the Cambrai road. That 's all that saved me." The young Ohio liuetenant was one of munJK' American medical (officers loaned the British and just back today in his billet. Sitting in. the tiny room of an ancient French house where he is billeted, he told his story. "This is better than a dugout," he remarked, glancing around with satis faction at his comfortable quarters "It's better, even than the Hinden burg line. It's great to sleep in a bed again after Langemarck and Cambrai. "Langoniarck was bloody, but Cam brai was simply unforgettable. "We went over the top in perfect order and quiet. A few rifles cracked, but, otherwise there was no sonud save footsteps and the rattle of equipment. I walked slowly across tho weed grown fields considerably behind the advance waves. "There wasn't much fighting tho boehes were too surprised and there wasn't much chanco for resistance. We got established and I started ad vanced dressing stations, but there wore very few casualties. "The next morning the boches laid down a heavy bombardment, lasting about an hour. Then they Btopped and the Bector was quiet all day long. The next day they did the same stunt. Also the day following and then we be gan to think every morning incom plete without a dose of shelling. Fin ally, one morning, after . the usual bombardment the boches came ovor. "It seemed as though all Germany was pouring into our little sector. Troops holding it were overwhelming ly outnumberedr They fell back, fight ing hard. Our ambulance section wait ed until it was apparent tho boches were likely to reach our post, then we fell back. "I wasn't acquainted with tho. ter ritory and started o.ut blindly, intend ing to make a short cut to Fins, across tho shell cratered fields. First 1 head ed for the Cambrai road, but I was afraid of losing my general direction and changed my plans. "It wag good thing I didn't follow tho road- I learned afterward it was heavily shelled and that lots c.f fel lows following it were cut off,Iiillcd or captured. "Finally I reached a point behind tho lines and saw British reserves rushing up. Hours later we heard the British had checked tho enemy." ALLIED PURPOSE G WAGING WAR HOT VINDICTIVE Future Freedom and Peace of Mankind at Stake Says English Premier LONDON NEWSPAPERS REJECT. KAISER'S TERMS British Trades Union and Labor Council Endorse President Wilson's Views Jondon, Dec. 28 Tho allies' pur poses in continuing the war are not imperialistic, nor" vindicative, but for the future freedom and peace of man kind, Premier Lloyd-George declared today in a letter to the labwiteg' "war aims" congress. "Tho question of a fresh declara tion of our war aims is constantly kept in view," the premier declnred, ' ' but such a declaration will only ba issued in agreement of the allies. "The ideals for which we are now fighting are the same as those when Britain entered tho war. "I have never been more convinced than now that the allies' purposes in continuing the war are not imperial istic, nor vindicative but to achieve the future freedom and peace of man kind." Lloyd-George's letter followed an opening speech by Arthur Henderson, British labci leader, who doclared that the allies must definitely renounce any.desiro for conquest and urged a restatement and clarification of war aims. . Spirit Is Willin But Flesh Is Weak Portland, Or. Dec. 28. "Tho spirit is willing but tho flesh is weal:," declared Jack Palmer, Klamath Indian preacher, when ho arriver from the reservation today in charge of an officer to face trial on a bootlegging charge. Palmer pleaded guilty to such a charge in hep tember, but he induced the court to postpone sentence until November to allow him to harvest his crop. Borrowing nionev, Palmer set out from the reservation on the appointed day to get his medicine for familiarity with fire water. Just over the Oregon line, however, saloons are numerous, aud when Palmer came to, he was back on tho Klamath reservation, with his borrowed money spent and a sick head. Palmer immediately wrote the federal court here, stating the circumstances. To steer Palmer pu:;t the saloons en route, a deputy marshal was sent to Klamath. Palmer will serve four months in jail. Rainfall ifnusMlly Heavy for December When Noveirber concluded its time for 1917 there was a deficiency of rain fall amounting to about two and a half inches. December however got busy aud soon took care of the deficiency, for during the mouth there was a trifle less than twelve inches of rainfall, or about fiva inches more than normal. With three days more to work on, and from weather indications, at least another inch will be added to the month's re cord before it closes. One result has been the tying up of the steamers Gra hamona aud Pomona above Oregon City the stage of water preventing the op eration of the locks, end they will be idle until tho river gets down to about a 11 foot stage again. Nerwspapers Eeject It ljomlnn. Dec. 28. Germany's Deace terms cannot be " considered by -England, if unanimous editorial opinion of London newsnnnors todav is any standard of judgment. lively newspaper today joined in mnhatic dismissal cf such terms as announced by Count Cfcornin. Every nun eveoiit t.hn Fxnress and the News agreed thai the offer was not even worth attempting to follow up. "Gnrmnnv offers sham restora tion " iWlnred the Mail. "The Brit ish empire will be blown up sky high before giving up tne ucrmun coiumca. Wn will Tint wenken our demand for reparation until we are forced to. We will not place our diplomacy in tho hands of the llolshcviki. " "Tho offer pointing more than a itatus quo peace, without reparation" leclared tho Telegraph. " . ,, Tim nffer is nddresscd especially to the United States and is no doubt the forerunner of more formal propos al., rl, Chronicle held. "The terms offer no secruity against recurrence of war whenever the original disturbers of the peace find themselves strong again with better prewpects of vic tory." Disagreeing with tho other com ment, the Express held the offer gen uine. , ,.. . . "The allied reply," tho editorial declared, "should demonstrate to the German people that the allies do not wish their destruction. When they so understand they will complete the de struction of militarism themselves. ' "The offer is a bit d' skillful dip lomacy," said the News. "Nothing would' be more ill-advised than a gen era! denunciation by the allies press aud politicians that there is no basis for immediato negotiations. 'If liussia appeals to tho allied views, the latter should seizo the op portunity to make a candid, reasoned statoment. " Wilson's Views Endorsed London, Hoc. 2H. Endorsement of President Wilson's war aims nnd ur gent plea that Britain make clear to tho world even more emphatically than (Continued on page three) Oregon Promises To Furnish Many Vessels Portland, Or., Dec. 2S. Ore gon shipbuilders today pledged themselves to build nearly one sixth of the federal shipping board's program for 1918. A telegram to this effect has itwn sent to Chairman Hurley at Washington- In the telegram, sent after tho situation here had been canvassed and the limitations of all yards considered, the Beaver State yards agreed to launch 525,(1(10 tons dead weight of wooden ships and launch and equip 400,000 tons, dead weight 6f steel shipping. They also pledged to work for increased engine and boiler production to expedite equipment of all ships. -