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r 1 SECTION ONE SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY : , ELGHT PAGES ,SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR .; . I SALEM, OREGON, S,UNDAY;MORNrNG, JANUARY 6,1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS i 1 i V i f 4 4 4 i i i i 4 '0- TAXCRUSADE; HITS BONUS i f i One HaS Rignt lO Be TOr in the redwood forest near Cres ' BOnUS Of ' TaX RedUCtiOn, cent City. lCal.; on th Redwood But NoUdr Both Asserts Idaho Senator NEW YORK LEGION MAN . orfcArto A I Mfcfcl I NU Spafford Assails Mellon Plan! t on ' Basis of Class Legislation , i.. (By ft AjMdtted Pratt) NEW YORK, Jan C.r Assert Ing thai the question of tax re - Auction ought to be made a cms kd in this country. Senator Wil jiaai E. Borah of Idaho told the Rational Republican club of New Xotk today that, the greatest con triSutlon the natipn could make to ihe soldiers would be to restore the' economic stability of the coon try, aad lower taxes. " Vigorously opposing the soldiers' bonus wbich was championed by, Edward E. Spaffard, - New York state com mander of the ' American Legion, tioA and the bonus couid.not te reconciled.;; . ? , bonus or he has a; right to be . for tax reduction," eald the senator. not be cannot befor both. yi J Replies to Threat !?"Ynn rannnt latn nff . temDor burden of tl40.000.000 or 000 lo- JSjOdO.OOO JJOO and 4jail. it tax redocUon-s r That wonld e tooltweeafu,uwtf , ana o nn th. orertnKtv nf I The' blajse startiuc la the work Luutal cxDriMirAdiriWnc woald defeit any party that would i Replying to the threat 6t the I legion, commander that the ex:j eervicemea would muster "more I than; 13,000.0 00 votes to defeat I the Mellon tax reduction plan and com Del adoption of a Denus, Sen- ator Borah asserted there were at least 29 senators who would op-led jfose a bonus -bill if there were 10,000,000,000 h; yotea ' against them. ; ' . . ' " I i Secretary Mellon's plan for tax j reduction was assailed by . Mr. I Spafford as class legislation, ; j i "Every opponent of the provi- alon . for the veterans led by trfe I war, profiteers an dthe, whole kit and crew of thlsa who exploit the I masses rf the Coqhtry to their own profit,' he asserted, "has , seized upon it as debarring now and for- ever the payment of the Just duesiQOO insurance and said their loss the nation owes it soldiers." Tax reduction ana a soldiers' . bonus Are Inconsistent, declared S. Parker Gilbert, former under sec retary of the treasury, and a bo nus would make tax reduction im possible' for many years to come. , Choice IVcscnted t "The American peopl.'.he said, "are presented with the choice be tween tax redaction that will 000 of our population, and a sol' dlera' banna that' would be distri buted among the Tour million more veterans of the late wav ' The bonus in the long -run would da good to the t .veterana themselves for they and their fa milies form such a substantial part of th-3 community- thaty any bonus received would be overcome by increased tat burdens." Assertin that the leadership of the American Legion had commit- ted the organization to a bonus program which the conscience of wim rnntiin rnAWAn TH,,.. Wsid'ent of th TRx-Rrvtrm xf'toom residence near; the .city, lim Anti-Bonus league.' predicted It eventually would destroy ItselL' f "No ortanixatlon." h nu; "can continue to be Idealistic in it. nmfM.iM. mA .rt.v. j- i- performance and survive.- 5 ' THE WEATHER OREGON Cloudy -Sunday, moderate easterly winds, v - - LOCAL WEATHER v.: (Saturday)'. Maximum temperature, ,' 3 z. ., Minimum temperature, 12. v , ItainfalL none. r , f . Hlver 4.6. V " ' Atmosphere, clear : " v . Wind, northwest, r -'-. v MAMMOTH TREE WILL OCCUPY MILL 3 DAYS Giant Redwood Cut at Cres cent City WiU Furnish Car . go for Two Steamers GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 5. A mammoth redwood measuring 23 feet across the butt and 70 feet . which etood 300 feet tall, was the largest ever cut by the sawmill operating in that vicinity. i It "will "furnish: 250,000 feet of ! I i . . 1- iv. III funning for three days, and it will furnish a cargo for two steamers of fhe size now entering the Cres cent City harbor. It is pointed out that 50 cottages each contain ing 5,000 feet of lumber could be erected from the lumber cut from this single tree. -'Two men labored seven days to bring, the giant to earth. They were1 forced to make a double un dercut, the vertical measurement of which was 10 feet. This is one of the "big" trees of the Del Norte count y" forests! Some -still standing are greater than the one cut Jfi ' Loss Estimated at $80,000 Apartment House I en. ant Make Escape EUGENH, Or., Jan. 5. Fire that destroyed the garage of the Lane county automobile company and the Oregon; apartments in a two-siory pricn uuuuing ownea uy W. J. Warnock here this after- Uobn caused a Joss, estimated be- many of the automobiles out and or " in , : ocenpanta . or tne apartments had narrow escapes. Owing to the smoke and heal firemen were unable to enter the burning structure and were com- pelled to fight the flames from the outside. It was an hour and a half from the time the blaze start until it was under control and was not entriely extinguished for lover two hours. Kenneth Abies and Earl Fonda, proprietors of the garage said they had no check on the number of cars destroyed but thought there were 25 or thirty inside.' These included a number of new ma chines In stock. , W. J. Wirnock, owner of the building said bis loss la $30,000 and had but 13000 in' tdrance. I Abies and Fonda carried $30, will be much more than thai. loan Dry Squad RaidsStillLocat. i ed Within Half Mile of Sheriffs Home YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 5 Four deputy sheriffs of Yakima county captured the : biggest -moonshine ontflt ever brought, in in ' this state this afternoon, including two 200 gallon stills, about 600 gal k"n l4teJ'""d 25f 5a"on ot W5V - ' - I .The outfit was found in the ten Haiand JohniVoelkner. 2, aon ot an old rodent was arrested by the Ary aquaL , A five ton truck Waa require dto haul in the spoils Iwhicb' included 175 Bounds of sn Ir ana ,zoo empty sugar sacxs indicating the extent ot the traf fic evidently: carried on.i-fr v : i "I just got sUrted," said Voelk ner," when arrested, according to the officers, i His' sister, who lived in the bouse raided,' said she. had not been in the basement lax three months. -i; ,;: ?r- Accordng to a rbugh ' estimate the seized liquor ' and mash was worth more han $10,000 mod the stills had a capacity of , 30 gallons an hour. They were going full blast when the officers burst in. The bounty sheriff and" prosecut ing attorney' live within less than half ixnUe away in' sight of; the I place ..which swas ' in " an - exclusive s 0 1 0 J residence - di8trict, ! . MELLON PLAN OF CONGRESS Democratic Members Plan Sharp Fight Against Pro posal to Cut Present Max imum in Half h "DIAGNOSIS AND CURE" NEEDED SAYS LEADER Couzens of Michigan Seeks Additional Information ,? From Secretary WASHINGTON, j Jan. 5.--The Mellon" tax 'program will become a storm center in congress under plans of democratic lea'ders. They made known today that they were preparing for a sharp fight against the proposal to cut in half the percent maximum surtax on small incomes than : has been proposed by the-treasury secretary. f At the same time Secretary -Mel lon made public a letter to Sen ator Couzens, . republican, Michi gan, in which he renewed his ar guments in favor of a maximum surtax of 25 per .cent. Mr.' Mel lon declared it was not those who have the capital who are hurt! by system of wartime nigh sur taxes; "that it is the whole coun try which would benefit by its productive use which suffers." . Diagnosis Needed "Let us have diagnosis and cure not autopsy and verdict," the secretary said in concluding his letter which was in response to one from Senator Couzens. The Michigan senator had written Mr. Mellon that-the secretary's com munications on the subject of a re duction in surtaxes did not seem proposed -Would be for the good, of the whole country. he added that the legislative ae tion in conformity with the surtax recommendations should be sup ported by very conclusive evi dence." that such a reduction would have this effect. The soldiers' bonus again was Injected prominently into the tax situation today with the filing of formal petittons for a conference of house republicans next Thurs day night to decide whether the ways -and means committee is to report a bonus bill ahead of tax legislation. Former service men who are members of congress pressed their demand for a confer ence despite the opposition of -some party leaders to their pro gram. A call for the conference probably wil,l go but early mxt week. . :t3 Twenty Portland Lads Re- turn From Winnipeg, Can ada With Director PORTLAND, Jan. 5. Some 20 lads of from 11 to 19 years of age, who comprise the Whitney boys' chorus, arrived here tonight from Winnipeg, Man., whence they , had been brought at the expense of A! Kader temple of the Mystic Shrine following - financial . difficulties which the organization had en countered in the Canadian city. H. E. K. Whitney, their director, accompanied them. u : ; He said that poor patronage in the Canadian province had so re duced the income of ' the chorus that he had been ' unable to con tinue the tour or to meet expenses. The boys are all members of fam- Hies living in Portland or ' vicin ity. , . Foster Couple Married In Dome ; of ; State ; House - The- dome otthe state ? capitol was selected by Joseph Earl Krau ger and Lillian E. Maxf ield of Fos ter, Linn county, as .the place for their wedding yesterday afternoon and the hupital ceremony, was per formed by, Justice ot the Peace P. J. Kuntz. Mr. Granger is a mach inist at i Foster. - The bride Is daughter of -Mn'iind MraV C.: E. Maxield of Fosterand Mr.'Krau- ger is a son of Mr. ana xars. uus Krauger of '1145 Liberty ' street. Salem. Hia father and his broth er,. Will -Krauger, were -witnesses. UEV CHORUS ' BACK 1 PiHD ROUGH RIDER h BUSH PLANNED: -i S FOR SAN IUAN Monument to Roosevelt Will ...be Unveiled in; Connection .With Anniveirsary NEW YORK, Jan: 5. A bust of Theodore Roosevelt as a rough rider, designed from life by James Earl Frazer. will be erected, on the boulevard Tnnning from 'Santiago to San Juan hill In connection with the fifth anniversary of the former, president's death, George CI McMurtry. chairman of the Roosevelt Memorial associatioh. announced tonight. . Henry I Bacon, designer of the national ' memorial to Abraham Lincoln, collaborated In the wof k with Mr. Fraser; who 'designed the statute of Alexander Hamilton m the steps of the treasury bunding in Washington. - " f; Under; the bust win appear "the name "Roosevelt," and above It the quotation "Only it hone are fit to live who do not . fear to die." An Inscription in Spanish on the baa will read as translated: ' vf "Erected by the Rough Riders' association, the Rotary club of Santiago and the Hooseveit Me morial' association to comraemSN ate the service of Theodore Roose velt in Cuba's fight fdr freedom." DOWN THE HILLS Lincoln Street Alive With Fun-Makers' Officer:; ' Stays on Job " "A'coasting we will go!" Several hundred Salem : kids of all ages carried out the spirit, of the old snowtime. song last night when the Lincoln street hill was crowded ; with , those who . had caught. the; spirit of thfc winter pleasure, an ( infrequent, one for this city. " ... . X ; Bobsleds, steel cutters and hand ieiweiTr4"ctipTt6nr be found on the Lincoln Street slide. Of course, there are seve ral small sleds, but this, is the, mecca of those who want a thrill ing ride. ; Of course there is quite a bit of danger when it is considered that this street crosses South Commercial. ' Chief of '. Police Birtchet has for several nights de tailed . Traffic Officer William Vogt to the task of 'swinging the red , lantern as a. prqe?ti'on for j the well loaded, fast moving sleds. There are few local autoists, who refuse to slow down at the Inter section, but occasionally there is an Individual who is willing to claim the right of way over the brakeless coasting vehicles. Observers ' last nl&ht . comment ed upon the fact that men and boys owning the, (coasters were willing to share the ride with kid dies, and not a few women who wanted to enjoy the . fun. ' Of course there were fair maidens in plenty, but nearly alt of the loads were made up of mixed crews of pleasure seekers. The joy of coasting over the icy surface might not have been en joyed bad the advice of well-mean ins but consistent pessimists been followed. These have been growl ing, "Throw cinders on these hills so we can speed by without worry ing about these wild kids." Perhaps there would be more- safety involved, but with every one co-operating there is little real danger and the shouts of genuine mirth are proof that this is healthy snort for red-blooded folks. IE INDICTED Brothers are Charged 1 With ; Arson and ; Seeking to 1 Collect Insurance PORTLAND, Jan. 5. Albert and Joel H. Coe, brothers' accused of having set fire to the St. Nich olas cafeteria here on the night of November 9, were Jointly indicted on two counts arson and burning with Intent to secure insurance by the county grand; Jury today, The men were accused of having set the f(re for the purpose, of col lecting ; 115,000 in insurance. 1 ;. Evidences of incendiarism, were discovered by the cityt fire mar shal's office' the day following the fire and Investigation by Fire Mar thai Grenfell and District Attorney Myers led to the 'arrest bf the Coe brothers. . According i to 'tie police Albert Coe, who was the first to be ques PORTLAND VOnTHS tioned,1 confessed.' VIRGINIA! DARE MAY SE FOUND; " LEAD StAB CLUE Name of First White Child Born in America Found on Excavated Block WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. One of the unsolved 'mysteries of his tory lias' been called to the atten tion of scientists; of the Smithson ian instltutfou as the result of the discovery of a Blab of lead here today, three j feset underground. bearing an inscription which may throw liht upon the disappear ance of Virginia: Dare, the first white' child born; in America. j Digging in hi back yard Rus s'el Kaufman uncovered the slab, one eighth of an inch thick, 14 inches long and; six inches wide, Wi en cleared by acid the follow ing inscription, h apparently cut with a hot, Instrument, wjas dis closed: . , J f "Virgin J)are. ' ' ' . "Died bere . ! , "Ciptir powhatan ' "1590 . "-rcharies It." VirKi.ila Darei was the grand daughter of Governor John White and daughter-of one of his official staff. White's expedition to -taliliKli in -agricultural colony left England in 158 1 arriving inithe sumrner at Iloaiioke island, .Vir ginia, whoi-e jlh child was born the same year., s ' : " Governor White soon left for Engl ind. andireturnlng one year later, was unable: to find any trace of the colony -or the child, " Officials of .the Smithsonian in stitution, declined to express an opinion on the genuineness of the find' pending a more thorough ex amination nest week. 5 .!. ' i II E First Meeting'ito EVHeld in . Headquarters -in Mci - OcrnackiHalU;- . "f watt" t'tueMi ia wt can legion will hold its first meet ing of the year in its new home in McCornack ball Monday night at 8 o'clock. Installation of officer, a big entertainment and & feed are in store for the Jegionairres. This will be the first meeting under the recent change of meeting night. Prior to'tbis time Capital post met Tuesday night at the ar mory. All American legion mem bers and eligibles are invited to attend the installation. ... All American legion posts are advised by state headquarters to withhold support or endorsement of the movement to secure funds for "relief of German children," according to official notice receiv ed by Brazier C. Small, post adju tant. These orders were received by the' state department from na tional headquarters. The with holding is to be in effect until further advices are' given! I FINAL FLASHES I SPOKANE,; Jan. 5. Five Spo kane boys were arrested here to day believed to have been mem bers of a gang of a dozen or more Who have been responsible for most of the city automobile thefts during the past; several months. T ' EUGENE. Qr., Jan. 5. The lowest temperature in Eugene last night was 15; degrees and the highest today was 31, according to the weather ; bureau. It was predicted that the col dperiod would last another day. SPOKANE, Jan. 5. Robert Dwyer, eight years old was. badly injurede here today when he coasted into a moving truck. He is expected to recover. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 5. After a week of weather reported to be warmer than that which pre vailed over central J' and eastern Washington the jmercury dropped here today to five degrees below tero. " ' 1' , PARIS, Jan. 5. (By the Asso ciated Press) The Seine flood is abating.' the cessation of waters coinciding with .a sharp frost. Vancouver Tejephdne ; V.,- '.j- Service Is Crippled TaVANCOUVER;Bi.,C., Jan., 5. Telephone service' Vas-adly crip pled and several thousand dollars damage ; was caused ' . when tire broke ; but; in the ; Seymour .-. Tele phone exchange tonight. ; , A ; short circnlt 1 1n' the .switch board: is belieVed to have' started the "blaze. There .was no panic, most of the' telephone girls mak ing their way "calmly to the street." ; Others ' remained , on duty;- until the"' blaze wasj extinguisbed,' Ml FULLCOITROL GIN PttR 1DER PLAN New Member of I Shipping . Board Will Head Emergen cy i Fleet orpohtiorf Farley Resigns tk RETIRING CHAIRMAN O GIVES :0VER SHARES President Expected o Name new Commissioner' on Board From Interior. WASHINGTON',; Jan. o. Steps were taken today tor putting into effect the administration's plan for ' a more efficient merchant marine- through the-traissfer from the shipping board to the emer gency fleet corporation t all dn f t ties embraced in the octnal cou trol and operation of government tonnage, tlie board retaining its regularity and advisory powers. ' r At . a meeting of , 4he shipping board, Edward P.; Farley, who is serving as chairman pending the selection by President Cdli'dge of one of the board's present! mem bers for 'the chairmanship, an nounced his resignation as1 prest dent of the emergency, flfet cor poration and the -one qualifying share he had held! as, a trustee of the corporation was turned, over to Leigh C. PaImer;whb wjll be the new directing head of the ' govern ment's merchant fleet) ' . ... ' , . Before the newlpian; f opera tion j of the government ifleet can be mat's effective the shipping placing it on record' wiih" refer ence to the plan greedf upon by President Coolidge with ! members of the board and merchant marine , m j : r icauers in congress. Tina Not New ; Under a resolution adopted September 30, 1921. when A. D. Lasker was chairman, a somewhat similar separation; plan), was an thorized laut the spirit and letter of the resolution, officials say, we.e not strictly adhered to in the naming of Mr. Farley as head of the fleet corporation while at the Eame time he was chairman of the shipping board. The board con sidered a draft of a new? proposal today and it is expected! a resolu tion will be put in final fchape for auoption next week. t President Coolidge is; expected to lame soon a new commissioner on the board from1 the interior of tho country in place of Mr. Far ley. Several recommendations have bef n made to him fpr the ap- ppmtmeat, among those suggested to represent ie farmers of the country being J. ! R. Howard of Iowa, former president of t American farm bureau federation; ii. Li. Kefe of Nebraska sand E. S, Hill of South Dakota. INDICTED E JURY First Degree Murder; Charge Brought Again Nora. Ellis of Albee PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 5. Miss Nora Ellis was indicted to day by the Umatilla county grand Jury . on charge ; of first "degree murder. She is accused of shoot ing to death Gordon MetUe, a mar ried man near Albee,, October 2' last. . ;V " ; " j : Miss Ellis was given ubtil Wed nesday to make her pleat Woman Given Title to Land By Railroad Co - ! WINLOCK, Wash,, Jan. 5. Mrs. Matt Koski of this 'place has started the new. year with a clear title to a tract of land bought, on fnatailmenttf by her husband . and on which she, was unabl to meet the payments after his desath. The land was about to reveN to the Union Pacific railway, tfhe seller, under the contract, when the sit uation was broufht' to' the atten tion of officials, i A decision - to1 give Mrs. Koski title without fur ther payment' followed i t PEli ETON GIRL ROUND-WORLD VOYAGE BEGUN FROM PACIFIC 'resident Gives Radio Signal Which Starts Vcsset on ;i :?y Long Journey; v ' SAN4 FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, President Coolidge interrupted a bon voyage celebration . "here at dusk today when he flashed V ra dio'.; signal which sent, the' liner President c Harrison . , from !;r. its moorings, initiating .. the ' first round the world passenger and freight service under the Ameri can flag. The signal . came as John Phillip Sousa .was leading his bandjn .- the "Stars and Stripes Forever" and Mayor. James Rolph, Jr., of San. Francisco accompanied by a number of high naval .officers and civic leaders . 'congratulated the -captain, K.? A. Ahlin and the passengers wbd were enmeshed Sn network: of paper streamers which .covered the decks.- The San Francisco Chamber ot Commerce ' trade " excifrsion com mittee was; aboard the ship, to make the cruise for the purpose of ; bidding , for trade opportuni ties.- V v'V'i: p 4 U Opposing Sides" Agree to Ar- bitrate..rr??eturn-w -, . . Work: Monday - - " With a t final Interchange -ef communications between tbe; strlk Ing journeyman plumbers and the? master. 'plumbers Saturday, an amiable understanding was reach ed aad the men . will return ' to work Monday Morning. Final set tlement' 0t the differences will be made by &' special board of arbi tration ;earlyr, in ".the. week,. prob ably Monday nlnt.Y-,fi-:-irt?$l. Amendment' of ' former com munications I?? from ' the master plumbers; to the 1onmeytnen:as the master, plumbers suggested a board of arbitration consisting, ot five disinterested Salem business men to . . be 1 1 elected by a joint committee of two master plumb-. ers and two journeymen plumb ers. This board will take up the question as to the wage scale for the year. ; -j The proposal was given careful consideration at a- meeting of the journeymen in union hall during the afternoon, with the result that John Hr Humphrey, recording secretary of Local 347, notified J. A. Bernard!, secretary of the mas ter plumbers' association, that the men had been instructed to re turn to work Monday , morning pending the decision of the board of arbitration. Nearly 20 journeymen refused to go to work Wednesday morn ing after their demand for an. in crease from $7.50 to $8.50 .a day had been refused by the master plumbers. -The journeymen stood pat for a local board of arbitra tion, to consist of a representative of the - journeymen, the master plumbers and a Salem business n. Tbe master plumbers held dutxfor a board consisting of Portland, men. All , mlsunder standirWs were cleared 4y , the two - communications exchanged Saturday. In their letter to the Journey men Saturday noon the master plumbers said: "At, a special meeting of the Master Plumbers' association call ed for the purpose ot considering a proposal ot the journeymen's lo cal No. 347 that we amend our former communication py agree ing to a board of arbitration to settle the wage scale question. "We have decided to amend onr last communication by adding 'we Will agree to have a board of afbi tratlon. said board (to consist of five disinterested business men of Salem. The board to be select ed by a joint committee of two master plumbers and two journey men. The board of arbitration to take' up the question as to wage scale for this year. No other question to- come before this board. In consideration of the above the journeymen are to re ceive nofe additional wages beyond last year's scale for all work con traded for before January 1, 1924 "J. A. BERNARDI, 5 j "Sec. M. P. A." To this communication " the journeymen made the following reply about 5 o'clock: v "J. Aj Bernard!, secretary, mas ter plumbers association. Dear Sir: 1 1 have been instructed to notify the master plumbers' asso ciation that the communication of January j 5 be accepted and that all jmsn have been instructed to report back to . work Monday morning." (Signed! JOHN O." HUMPHREY, Recording, Secretary of the local LUMB ERSTH1K IS NOW SETTLED Most;Severe Cqtd Wave' of . i p a oweppst . aim c Country -4 Horth ".: Central Section Coldest V, MINNESOTA TOWN HAS LOWEST TEMPERATURE . i.-,. - --.v t Northwests Except.:. Oregon ..Coming Back to Normal . Conditions Fast 7,1 ,v ( !' . : .r i.- U: - ; ' - "" V .'. ('. i . CHICAGO, Jam 5; ?By .The Associated Press)-tJpwarl 'ot a dozen deaths resulted today from one of the mos severe cold waves which has swept the entire country-In years,: disrupting; transpor- Kation '.and k oommunlcatlen .and causing untold suffering ( , The north ventral section et the United - States was -the "greatest sufferer, .from the cold,: Chicago and Illinois have low marks which, faave not been .passed tsfhce 1905, while Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin,-' Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa also reported exceptional cold. ; The coldestloint In the United States; today according . to ; unof-t fidalJreportwas Virginia Minn., where S 9 . degrees'below. zero' was reported, ut fctbis ' record "' was , closelj approached by Mankato Minnli wtej' tbe thermometer regiatered , 3 & .below.. and-Gordon, Neb., with 37 below.' T""" 16 Eclow in Chicago "T ' Tonight . tlreteatb'llst- in Chi cago! wnere the I lowest official reading today was 16 below, stood; k six. I Three deaths had been re portdd atStlTiSuisfiad rt "T. a. pari policcsua .was4v ... en to death. . est temperatures.- Ia Fargo, N. XVr S 5 below zero" was recorded. - j Weather in parts tf . Wisconsin.. was such that milk deliveries were virtually abandoned.; bus services discontinued ana.'rail transporta tion delayed. - At St. Louis . nd Kansas - City -the Ncoidest . weather since 1918 Was reported. 'At thet latter - pointK the-4 thermometer? reached 15 betow and at the foi mer nine below. Sallna was thef coldest point in Kansas with 2$ ; below. v ? ... ; Considerable snow' ten along Lake Erie and sub-zero weatheri prevailed throaghet.Obio for "(n9 first time this "winter.; . "1 i J ; Beiow,, freezing . temperatures : were recorded in Ajabama, Louis; Ian a, Tennessee and Georgia. A . forecast ot freezing temperatures . predicted to reach as low at 22, above called j tgxih a warning In ' tbe south for protection to citrus; fruit-trees. : " ; - .,' '" ( At Fulton Junction, Kyi, It was ; repjorted that, large numbers ot negroes were passing througb In their annual exodus to the south : from northern states. ' , Coast Neanj Normal !. In the extreme west and rocky i mountain states, the- cold wave had passed and warmer -weather ' resulted. All of the Pacific, coast states except Oregon again were fast approaching 'normal condl-1 tions and Southern California re ported that the weather man- had resumed his usual conduct.' -.New ; Mexico and Arizona were enjoying y fair and warmer weather, ;; . -- J i Although the government weath- , er forecast for the f coming week -predicts generally fair weather" throughout - the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, the Rocky Mountain and plateau re gion the Pacific states, subnormal temperatures also are forecast. Tho same is true of west gulf . states and Ohio valley,' while it is predicted that the, Atlantic and east. gulf, states iwill experience much colder weather early, in thev week and the great 'lakes region' wi.ll lie visited by snow flurries and subnormal temperatures. ( WHO WINS? Owing to the' very heavy rush ofsubscrip tjipns and votes in j the final hours of the con test arid the necessity of careful counting of Votes the Automobile contest results will not pf bf Y announced before Tuesday morning, I OREGON ; STATESMAN Automobile' Contest Editor t