z f J f CITS TOUR IltJSnAXD-'A ItAIg , Zt reducing the cort- ot your table ' supply. ; Be-guided by the ad cm our Groccrjr page tich runs erery , Saturday morning. ' DO IT TILE UA& Y , WAY ! v It's not much work to write up classified ad-U doesiTt take long to set it But It is read, by" many, many people-; the results are sure and the cost Is nominal, . SHVENTY-THIRD YEAR 1 ' ' fcAT.TP.M nprcnnM siTrmnAV Mnijwrwni TAwrtABvcf ni ' : , r ,i ! . - - ; - , ; wtrt, ; ft ' 'H y v P. - 91 mVE LENGTHS Radio 1 Concert rleard ? Bv MUOaiea UTOUP 90 FeetaudItor'8 office at this Gretna Below Surface in Hudson GreeVf th,e w8t " 11 hasJ River Tunner EXPERIMENT TO MEAN .LVUCH TO RIVER MEN Workers, Under Water CanITorcei twlce- Both 130 Pflrrv Pnrohlo Co Pr marriages had been dlrorced. Carry Portable Set to Com- municate With Shore v (By Tas Asaodated fnu) NEW TORK, Jan. 4. Huddled In a dripping tunnel, 90 feet te- low the surf ace of the Hudson river and 1600 feet from an exit. a group of ; transit , officials, elec- trlcaj experts, "sand , h0gs"; and newspapermen today tuned. In on ; radio .concerts broadcast T from 1 Fittsburgh and a halt dozen near-1 er stations. . : ,7 j I , Tne experiment was conducted at the farthest end of the nncom-1 pie ted. Jersey-Manhattan tube of I the dual vehicular tunnel by tech- niclans of the radio corporation of America, the Westlnghouse Electrical manufacturing company and the New York and New Jer sey bridge and tunnel commis sions.' ' . ... i ' The radio programs were heard distinctly, both by. ear phone and loud speaker. The fact that the ether vibrations carried into, the TZZEr..Zr1 S2 water, 60 feet of earta and several I y-www-o w. . iopfc., , inches of steel, demonstrated, said those la charge of the experiment, that the radio could be usedH as a life line of communication by 'en tombed miners or deep sea divers. "This convinces ns that the fu ture will enable oar divers! and caiason' workers, whose lives often are lost, or imperiled;, when the telephone llne7 ther communicate I , xeiepnone Jinee taey comnranicMe 1 with sta ivent iwiri to- , earrv I small portable radio transmitting leeemug sets mcirwui mtixei them Independent Ot all ' tth ineaas ot commnnleaUon," said N. itx : wnMtH' aaAftarv a ha Kr York tatA MAm and tannnl com-1 mission wbo instituted tests. . 5 1 today's I flfDESTIGlTE t Chamber of Commerce De. sires;' Information:" on -; j Commercial Laws . ; PORTLAND, OrM Jan. 4. A state- wide legislative' survey, to determine by contact with business . men ' and -organisations - through out Oregon' what 'present laws are harmfal1 and; what new ones are r needed will be carried, on during the comlnsr year ty. the Oregon state chamber of commerce. The project was adopted at the annual meeting of the chamber held, here todaV.i " Stahilization. of , fcniinesa and elimination ot legislative cure I ails .was, tne. announced ; purpose of the movement-. is . iE.' T. 'Reed, of Corvallis, and Jalias .Lk Meier of Portland were elected to thei directorate' ot the chamber. j Diroctorg' f reelected were:- Frank Sloan of Stan field; Ralph Holte or Vale; Roy T.' Bish op of Partiahdj'-j; T." Rorfckot The Dalles: E. B. I tall -of Klamath Palls; ' U T'Ray of Eugene and L. D. Drake of Astoria. The directors wlli meet tomorrow f to elect officers .for, the year.' . Several. local. men attended the meetings of .'state.".; secretaries 7 j of chambers of commerce - held ; in Porttaady Friday..- Those ,maktng the itrip.'trom -Salem were iC.VE. t "Wilson secretary- ot jihe Chamber of XJammertejv E. y T. i Barnes, 4 Thomas Bj; Kay, Dr Henry E. Mor ris and'Ei T. McCroskey; ; . 1 , jyEWEATHER OREGON Fair S a i u r d a y; -moderate easterly. winds. ' LOCAJi WEATHER - -- Friday) t Maximum temperature, 32, JHnlmum temperature, 18.' Wlad, northeast - Atmosphere, clear. ' BDSI SS LAWS GRETNA GREEN SAYS WOMEN OPTIMISTIC Vancouver Licenses Bureau oays more Lnrorcea women. I : Than Men Try Again . VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 4. women are more optimistic in the matter ot re-marriage after di vorce than men, as shown by the r,Zr on file in the I come 'termed, Out of more than 2600, marriages performed here daring last year, 395 of the brides had been divorced, compared with 233dlTorced bridegroom. Many oi me -women naa oeen aivorcea twice and a few had been through the dtrorce court three times. Only few men had been dl Minor brides were more in evi dence than minor bridegrooms. Brides 16 years old were numer ous, .with a tew only 15, the min imum age at which a girl, can ob tain a marriage license In Wash- ington, even with the consent ot parent or guardian, . Leas than 10 per cent of the licenses were- issued to residents of i Clarke county. Seventy-five per cent were issued, to couples from Oregon. Idaho was third in I the - number of couples coming; to I Vancouver if or i marriage licenses I land . nearly every state . in the I union' was reported during the year. SlaVfif of Sheriff. DunlaD Of - - . 1 Linn UOUnty, VaOeS 10 ueatn onbiooet .1 ,ai I . I t George, Parker paid the death senaltv-demanded hv law t a-as o'clock Friday morning in the Bertillon room of the state, prison for' the killing of Sheriff-W, X' Dunla ot Una. county oa May . . ... ' .. ai o;s4 o ciock rarvp r cropped, through the' trap and J" - ' pronouncea aeaa. i . y - - p With one foot ialmost on thi I threshold-. of the? death;- chamber Parker e reiterated his nrfiTtoUH 4 "wmenwH t.nat he- had net re - GH PB PIUS WITH LIFE ceivect a fair triaAt Albany, oul"ri" -n.,;iu. that he- held' no maltee against anyone connected with- his ease.' Upon request made : by Parker, Warden A. M. Dalrymple escorted the small group of IS' men to3 the cell, in. which Parker was waiting to" hear the death warrant' read to him. This In Itself. wa,a pre- cedent' for never before had all witnesses' been ; 'present at the reading ot the last words the con demned man would hear. Parker " stood Reside Father Thomas - V. j Keenan ' Catholic priest, : with . 1 his arms . folded. I Father Keenan, murmuring words I of courage, had, one; arm around the condemned- man's shoulders. As each man entered the room he was. given, a close scrutiny by 1 Parker. To J. E.-UllardL. Linn. county deputy sheriff, who ar rested hira, Parker gave a look of ""r10 J 1 Warden- Dalrymple, with a good hold Pon bhnseif ,i though thia WM not- only the first execution h "a8. to witness,' but alsa the nrst time he ""had the unpleasant duty, to perform, calmly adjusted his glasses," and ' in a-clear,' calm voice, read the death warrant, one of Parker's requests. ! ; y ;' ; i ' . barker wet bis lips few timris and paid the closest attention to yl, read the reprieves?" Dalrvmnle asked, V the reading. 'Shall Warden Dalrymple asked. 'That will? not be: necessaryi' Parker Teplied , - M -' I Newspapermen who had visited ! I Parker at varions times - prior ito Itne execution peuovec - Masne - would- oreaK iinoer tn strain.' "t tne condemned y- man ; "eeu? tne jgatnenng.. no snoweu .iew; T,B'tn'1 I signs ot the emotion be must have ft --; . ' f - - , v I . ; "ennemen, tnai is not u;1-11 ., !.. wu. , , pi; is an Doiuw,proonr-uwui i da not j Believe Joseph 1 mobile is not the home ot its own I executive "committee, . B. E. , Mau Godr Almighty." ;? , sr:;-? yT; ',' UiiyaUachment'.tor'' ine,rvItineverej. amiinay; be searehed atanynin2r . 'Portland: . Mark- Ewald' Here he-paused for an instant, ana men evraenuy aaareasiaBxiuicept that he always saia. e ui - little group of Albany men,- spoke Lm j-qt n0 ma'aW ' was' all, and to them, fi'v ;' 3 - . . ' I was a poor-nnfortunate-boy who came Into your little town. I have' no feeling of vengeance in my heart" for; any of you, out 1 don't think I had a fair trial. ' 1 have never, said I shoutd be turned loose, but my trial at" Albany was ha fair mi . - - As. he continued, his . talk, thei tension under which he was bor- ing oegan to mace an- appearance. : "From the time- of mr arrest rust one man has been, my friend. That'g him. barker stepped back STif,PPEf,LS ap u rwrmantu Vinosejof the miated dingiwe.Diiniude, Chauffeur Shot Dines, Ask Pufctlic- to Wait for Corm pleie Facts GREER SAYS FAMJLY VmOQICn ADflli-r rHM UUHHJl;!! AiJUU I GUI Censorship Boards- Delutiel r AnMHimna,- VA i.kw. queslVfoFWormation : LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. Miss Mabel Normand. motion picture actress whose chauffeur, Horace A Greer, shot and seriously wounded Coartland S. Dines ot uenver, here New Year's night. tonight issued from her i hospital cot an appeal to the American pub- lie : to - withhold judgment on her connection with the shooting until f'alL the facts are known." Further questioning of Greer late today elicited from him the statement that he- bad been try ing for weeks to get -his hands -on the pistol and. put it away "where MIsa Normand could not use it on herself." Household Worried Members of the screen actress' household freouAitlv voiced their fears that she ' would turn tho weanonjon herself in one of her despondent moods, he said! L .nvthinr Mi Norm hi llfalll. If kM fMH M h,u! o ----- - self had said,". Greer declared that Mrs. Burns had told him she was frightened because iliss Normand had frequently, in ner presence. tnreatenea to end ner life witn tne B1801- I - r tried to get Mrs., uorns ratt: M" roM ''s Normahd's j Ivat secreury) to sneak the Ui. .nt n k, mnm u. r mum - w" - JiJ;L - II3 t I TT, wm ;TJ , ' . D.eln8ed wIth telegrams from i.'''" "aa throughout I the v s.uI6 uci feiu uii w ..msu "ft, went an operation for appendicitis 1 In the same hospital "where Dines Is; recuperating from a bullet wound in the lung, responded with a pabllc statement as follows: "I 'feel - that 1 am particularly Unfortunate In reipihg most of the paouwiy : , wnu.e igeujr. I am absolutely blameless in the matter and It'isunjust of the cen- sors- or , any one else ' to condemn mie before - they' have heard ray" story. ; ' . Friend Called "I . was . packing, the j trimmings of the Christmas tree in ray hom4no evidenceon which to base a on . Mew- xears aay wnenv. &om Purviance, my friend, ;caued mei up Jandl invited; me to the apart ment of Conrtiand Dines. 1 wenta check for $10,000. Other corn to hie apartment and 1 was ; there but 4 5 minutes when my chant f eir entered and oegan shooung. "Nobody was more shocked than than -1 - at the sound of the shots. I could not ' conceive ' for the ment what had ' happened, rushed out -and Dines said: mo i: 1 Tn j plugged. I. r cannot conceive eitnerjwny I my chauffeur should f have taxen I the revolver. I cannot conceive J why he sneuld have they audacity 'to enter ptf bedfoom and take Hi No one ever asked him to do it torMtm ,he' might brrf ' Mr. Dines his IHatmaa'.BreiMttUav'pair 6l-ni- Christraas peBent., pair tary brusbes." Dine Kidded Her "Mr. Dines gottOMdiflg about Christmas presentst3i: 8 i - joUnsir -that, I' had not. give nun anything- I told him mat ssanta cuus had left hla present ott.ine 1 radiator at my home ana tnai i twnnld. have, Joseph bring; it fover. lYou see I knew Horace Gree?, ttne 1 chautfeur who snot., umesj w"1? las.Josepn isuy. ; I noticed anything" about, him ;e I ; verv submissive, . and was l wHUng to do. anything around tneicrtme. J bouse." -1 believe he got the gun after 1 telePhoned, aa be said, but I did not. know, that he.hid it until he fired these shots. Even then. I did not recognize it; as' my; auto- I i. "There waa no thins I u any. way j wrong, at, the apartment. There iwa nothing, n&ti a oariy scu I tn Kn th imnression. We 1 were lustthree friends, haying, lauiet . little visit with each other, TANK BELONGS. TCk LOST SHIP; u SAY OFFICERS Blackened By Fire Equipment I From Dlxmode Found Oft4 Coast of Sicily t-. PARIS, Jan, 4. The gasoline tank, blackened by fire, which was discorered, recently off. ' Seiflcca, I Sicily, was part ot tho eQuipment It was officially .confirmed today I by, the French ministry of Mar ines. The tank, which had. been used on the German Zeppelin Lnll3 was taken aboard' the Dixmude Just before she left on her latefc trip. - . ''.jf' Several simUas tanks were load ed. into: compartments 40 and ; 45 along the main, gaflgjw or di- rectly itt th ceater of th dlr, and erperta in the ralnteW, believe that in order tor the tank to get clear of the wreckage,, the shin, must have broken violently In "two. " . j This theory is borne out by Xb9 testimony of persons at Sciacca I Who saw two balls ot fire fall into f the sea as though two balloons were plunging aown in names. j . E ininniF Company Sends Hef Check fnr CI H HHH ImmoHinolw ' . ' , roiiowing txecuuon ; LUU1- -ai- ody Pf Alex els, Lodl butcher, Who was executed at roisom prison today . for the murder : last Sep tember of an aged itinerant work er; was brought home this after n.oon for burial beside that of the man he confessed be killed. Kela funeral will be held next j Monday mornings according tb I ncesent- nlans. " This will- I- the plans. secona iunerai tne communuynas given hira. The first was when tne ooay or tM meservey. tne mas Ki 1 triiioH waa im tn r.t 1 y . " 'v--f t - n P1"''0 ieservey to worx on his ranch, shot', him and then burned the laborer's body In a navBtacc ana atsappearea to ire ue impression mat ne naa uiea,, ima was aone,-accoramg 10 n.eis, sq mat .ws. .eis mignt collect 1 PI TO IS 1 more taan 7o,uou in me insur- A Portland delegate was in Sa ance and straigEten out his af jem yesterday talkinr with the fairs, which he said were in badltocai innmevmen eonceriiihc the chape. Kels. disappeared and was ar- A( ri-tniw,- 2 at Knroka. Cat. He refused to employ counsel and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced tot death.- Efforts were made by relatives and friend to have Governor F. W. Richardson commute the sen tence to life Imprisonment but the governor said" he. could- find ' i commutation. , shortlv after the execution an j insurance company sent Mrs. Kels with which Kels . was in- J reQv have intimated they would bav without delay. fp(aro Court RulfiS Car MaV esmuV . De oearcnea VVIUTOUl , Warrant tomobiles believed to be transport- TrtJTI IVIl . Ctr Tan 1 Alt. lng, mwrt may be searched with-. out a search warrant. Federal ljodge-H. -Deaa decided today to tBe trlai ot Ernest Utown. who wa fined 1500 and - his 13000 ,,,0 aec:area forfeited in a I liquor charge: : , . 1 Tne court ntMfl tnat tne - auio - Jiime when an of fleer has-reason to I i believe it is being used tn tne ttansportatioo. of liouor ori is an 1 asencv in the commission .of Brown -was declared by M. E. j McGilchrist. assisUnt United states attorney to be. supplying the exclusive circles of the city wjtn their, liauor. He waa arrest- od-Marchl, 1923. when a prohi- Mii..'..t cm, him A viva n r. tbe curb, - take a .package from ,ia machine and .start down , the isireet. ,me agent -aeiauieaiiicneii.Miiimer in ner nome- i Brown and, made, him drive to the a customs house where the packagejwaa convicted; of murder in the! ha maae many mend and they was opened and found to contain EXPOSITION NEEDED BY r MODERNISTS Controversy la Deplored By New Tork; Rector. Dr. Leighten Parks NEW YORK,. Jan. 4.-DecJar-1 ing. that the action of Bishop Wobrd of Dallas, In calline dtt the trial of th& Rev. . Iee . W; Heaton of port-worths Teia, fo heresy was "all that-reasonably could hare beeq. expected.' Dr. Leighton today cautioned modernists that this was- not & moment to assert the fundamentalists had been, de- feated but a time to recognlreliPrtMTC-WII I nc DCHDt C Dr, Parks, who' several weeks ago dpffed th vestments of priest hood' in the pulpit oi tha f aahjoifc able Park avenn church aad'aid he himself would welcome a -trial, deplored, the action ot certain modernists, in, speaking'in a tone which cannot fail to add to thMt. terneaa of the present? contro versy." y Present questions he said must be settled; not by con trbversy trat by exposition. "It was well tbat a protect should be made," said Dr. Parks.' "but the protest having been made the - modernists must now answer the questions which a large num ber of bishops, clergy and laity are asking. ' They are. saying in substance, .'We are willing to ad mit that yon are honest mne but we feel that you should recognize that we are perplexed and we de sire to hear from yon more plain ly as to what you do believe. If, as yu say, your position can be Jnstified by an appeal to the scrip tures and the teachings tures and the teachings ot the church of which you ar? minister, then teljt' the people in the spirit of meekness how you feel that you are so justffled, " Journeymen Plumbers Re. ceive Visit Open Shop Tatk Is Heard Talk of an open shop by mem bers of the master plumbers failed to materialize in any definite form Vflfl V anA filar war,nA mullnn i.,m tA H,-.,nu ii.u,iin tw the master plumbers and the strik ing journeymen rested on their gons-yesterday. situation. i 1 Plumbing repairs were made as far as possible, by the master plumbers, who- requested that the property owner have a little pa tience and 1 that permanent work would be done as .soon- as pos sible. . As many Of the. Journeymen have made-their homes in Salem for a number of years, there are few non-union; men in the city Should tne master plumbers de clare open shop it would be neces sary, to import the. 'workmen. Just what effect- the strike will have. upon the other unions, in the city Is not1 known, but it is, pos sible that complications will arise if the open 'shop is adopted. ' UaVldSOn OT. rOrtiana Will fiead North west As- - cVAiatinn in SOCiailOn ml PORTLAND, f Or., Jam H. Ft Davidson pf Portland;. Was elected presidents of the Northwest Canners association at the- closing session of its convention here to day. ."'1 I '- y - s ; Other, : officers elected were: Vicev president fori Oregon, C. J. 1 Cluar. Portland; - vice- president j for Washington, A. McMillan, Bel lingham'- BecreUry-treasurer. O, - in tir,tn ramt 'Gravs. Or- Dalles. ; ... .1 The delegates were guests at a banquet held tonight. . , Arkansas- Negroes Convicted Of Murder Iri ,f irsL Degree - 5 ' ? j VAN BURE. ;Ark., Jan. 4. Spurge6nBuck, one of, two negroes r I fo-rxi wit It tn nrrtfir jinrl rrlmlrar assault ' in connection with the slaying ; left week of. Mrs. ; Effie I the Catcher : farming - settlement; first degree by a jury Here late to- ffflllBI TtSBlOPPOSED U COOLIDGE President Will' Not; Bring Pressure Upon Individual Members in- Favor of Mellon's Plan- . TRANSLATED INTO HAW Longworth Favors Postpone ment of Conference un ' til Later in Session. WASHINGTON, Jan, 4. Pres ident Cooltdge is opposed to any attempts by congress,' to' alter the essential provisions of the admin istration s tai bill, y ! ' ' - This announcement jwas made today at. the VViilte House as the hquse ways and means-committee continued its consideration of the measure and - the ; ' Republican leaders of the ' house j redoubled their efforts to postpone action, on the ' soldiers' bonus . until some thing affirmative is done on tax revision. . ' - " ' Terse1 comment WTRe situation at the White House was to the ef feet that any 'attempt by , -.con gress ' to ' compromise the princi ples embodied; in the plant out lined by Secretary Mellon wouid meet with the president's opposi tion. No Pressure Sought - Mr. Coolidge it was asserted has confidence that congress can- de pend upon to refuse compromises in principles to translate into law the will of the people. The presi dent, it was: said, will make no ef fort: to bring pressure upon Indi vidual members of congress tn support of his views. Outstanding . In , . the , . develop ments of they ways and ' means committee's consideration, o the draft, submitted by the treasury and the rejection of an amend ment to make gains from stock dividends subject, to the regular income,-, taxes.. Representative Ralney, Democrat, Illinois.; pro posed the amendment which was voted down 12 to 11. He an nounced' later he would bring up the; question again. If the bill is not amended in this respect, gains from the sale of istock dividends after two years will be taxed only to the maximum of 12 l- per cent; the regular I (Continued on page 2) TATESEMK'S -GREAT COETEST EIDTONI dontestante SlKwld-Seaire- EmVtfml''ZC' Subscription and Vote Too Lat tb.Make Up Lost Time IT LEADS CONTEST RATFORD ELY 147 Marion Street, 'Salem. -:'.! i vr -. : -..t .': Rayford Ely leads in the Auto mobile Contest. : today, Mr Ely was born and raised in Texas and came to Salem about six months ago,; Since coming id Salem be iaii anow mm as a eai gentleman trf yy --s .n 0 ; : 1 ONE YEAR AGO. FLOOD RAGED ABOUT SALEM River Reached 32 y2 . Feet Jan uary 8 Interferes Vltfatr State Legislature ; ' The weather, is no more inter esting in Salem, just now than It was a:. year ago now, when- the Willamette river was showing Blgns of rising which very- soon materialized.- l- Saturday, Jan 6,: 1923, the Sautianv-river bridge at Jefferson was.: hourly, expected to go; out with the floods which in spite of the -fact that there was no snow,. reached a height reached . but: few times previously in its history. The Willamette river - for half an hour Monday, Jan. 8, Btood at 32 1-2 feet according; to the Spaulding guage. This waa the third highest-maravlt had reached in its history. , That- was the day on-, which the. legislature'- convened- andw1 th, flood cohdttlcns pf& vailing id the, upper Valley of the Willamette many of the legisla tors came to Salem, with difficul ty, some being delated on the way. Organization of the senate was held up as a result until late Monday evening, Jari. ' 8. y City Council Member An- ; nounces That He Will Oppose Oscar Bower ! 'Ralph Thompson, at present member. of the city, council, has definitely; announced his- candi dacy for sheriff of Marion county. it became known Friday after- noon. . t . Rumor had it a short time ago that he. was a probable aspirant for the office now -held by Sheriff Oscar Bewer, but.Thompson would hot commit; himself at .that. time. It Is understood that Thompson has.stlrong? local support and; will give the present incumbent a good race. ' Several others are also con-1 templatiag entering, the- race, ac - cordidg to the same source 01 in-1 formation. " ;i ; ;-. ... . t- Chicaao Millc Dealers ; : Will Submit Their Case CHICAGO, Jan.. 4. Milk pro ducers in - the : Chicago area! who have' gone on strike by refusing, to supply large distributors because the dealer, will not pay the price demanded by the farmers, tonight j agreed j to submit -their case to a uuira ul arum anon. GHTH:30 After Final Count No afternoon naps for candid ates and their friends today. This Is the last'day of Jthe Statesman's Big-Automobile Contest. and""can- didates" will wish they cou!d stretch minutes into hours and hours into days. - At the stroke of; 11:30 p. m. tonight the big prize contest ends; Each and every candidate may turn votes in. up till 11:30 p. m. tonight. See the closing rules of the contest in this issue of the Statesman. No matter how many voteS you have, candidates, secure more. It will be far better to have too many votes wnen tne judges taae cnarge of the ballott box, than not enough, if you poii, a big fat bunch of votes this, evening yo will be. far. more able to sleep com fortably during the intervening times between- now. and when, the final count is made Remember, it will be far better to have too many votes when the final counA of votes is made then not enough. ; You " would ; never cease regretting It: yon llost out on the prize of your choioe by, a small mit-gln' when 'f you could' jnst la easily have won it if you hr ev erted yourself to the itmost ' dur C0MGT0 ing the closing hours of the big Campatgih' '-'?.f ; ' ' Alt togithen' Candidates! 3 It Is now or never. : v Make it nqw;y ; V The Diamond Ring y The third .prize! in-the antomo - ' XCoPtlnagd onpas5'2), yJ 518;, Cold Continues With Other Valley Points Reporting Extreme Low Tempera-; turesr-Little Change '. COLUMBIA RIVER HAS ICE JAMAT.THE DALLES Iowa Shivers With; Temper ature at 1 T Below Zero and Going Lower Still , While .the snow is still on the ground In Salem; it shows signs ot disappearing and1 bob-sled parties were numerous :last night in an tieipatlon" of the time wlien suc) pleasures would be a thing of the past. a ' - ' - The temperature never .went very high during the day- The prediction-, for today Is fair with easterly:5 winds1. ' Portland gives no hope of -warmer weather how ever, until the first of the week. Street cleaning ; squads were more numerous yesterday, per haps having given up hope of the sun and winds doing' the work for them: ' The" pavement ; could be seen again last night at least where It had "been shoveledoff at the crossingsr and the street .'car tracks showed' the.' influence of plenty of salt. - -, l Portland Cold ' " Portland Jan. 4. An - ice jam formed today in. the Colum bia river, between The Dalles and the Washington shore;: All ferry- I traffic was. conYpietely suspended I Freezing" temperatures centinned I to prevail over the greater part of Oregon. Portland was one of the coldest -apbtaT. in: western Oregon with - a: minimum of '22.'"" An 1? mile east; wind: added greatly-1 uie - drscomfort - etfthose; ebroad- The forecast 1 was tor continues cold tomorrow; EUGENE. Or., Jan. 4--Tbe cold wave which, was thought to' have' passed, returned to this . part of Oregon today. The minimum tem perature last night was 22 degrees; the maximum today-was .32v and. It was predicted by. the local fore caster that, the 15 degree ,mark would be reached before, tomorrow morning.- ' ." f ', Cold la Walla Wall WALLA WALLA; Wash., 1 Jan. 4.-The weather showed no signs of moderation 'tonight; 14 above beings the highest" point . reached during the day. - The official min imum last night 'was 2., above. At the waterworks" intake, 14; miles up in tho Blue mountains, the. min imum was 3 above. ; u wm seven above at the Intake at' 7: 30 to night. - l6 a Shiver DES MOINES, la., Jan..4.-The bitterest weather of the winter . uw ten u t . a. m PtlU BUiaVtat. wiiuusii ivurvi tures were said to prevail through most of the state. .-, Salem Quintet tWirmers - From Newbertj High School Salem high school won from Newberg high school last night in basketball by a score of Z 4 to lly Eleven Salem high, players ' made the trip. ; . - r , : ; - ; ; . Nearly all of the players made the trip by stage, returning early this; morning.; The - game was without special - features, accord ing to HolUs Huntington, , coach,' wno accompanied the team. I mum - - VZZZ LeoioTi's. Free Soeech - romniinn Wine in tl V: NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Propo- nenta for "freedom of speech" ; within the ranks! of the Ameri can legion won vindication, today vhen m -rifvaB!v-committee in- ve8tigatinB charges' ot rntraetloa of vv.t w. aeainst twa New- York posts-supported the right of pttb-. lie statement' ot views on tho sol dier bonus- o.wstlon."f "X J 4 . - The committee- found, however, that a by-law requiring the; fit eg-, of a copy of published sentiments. wfth the county commander, had been violated by the i city clu! n0Bti i the charge - fnvolvei its opposition of the City 'ciub rest jand the George-Garr Ilanry; poi to. the" foldier $onr:i. (Continued on page Z. '.(Continued1 on age 8lv ,tlx 1 .t 9