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EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Tomorrow the Big New Year's Aiyiual uurntifr
of the Statesman will be released. Forty
of interesting things about Salem and the t'-a-lem
District. -,; . -j : :
portion; probably rain :or mow east; Slight
change In" temperature; southerly winds. Tues
day Max. 49; Mln. 37: River 13.G rising;. Rain
fall .06; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind Bouth.
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Hearing Will Be Finished To
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: eration of. Measure By
' Committee Is Asked
; PRESIDENT'S VETO TO
BE TAKEN UP BY SENATE
Proposed : Increase in Mail
y - ; Charge Brings Arguments
From Companies
; WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Pro
tests from business, v publishing
and other national organizations
against the proposed increases in
postal rates were made before the
Joint congressional sub-committee
today as it practically concluded
hearings on the administration bill
providing for Increased rates to
meet the cost of proposed postal
salary advancements.
Chairman Moses announced to
night the hearings would be fin
ished tomorrow morning and that
the senate sub-committee would
be asked immediately to consider
the bill with a view to getting It
before the full postoffice commit
tee and reported to the senate by
Monday. At that time the senate
Is scheduled to take up President
Cooltdge'g veto of the postal pay
bill.-. " ' : "
f While representatlTes'of various
organizations were declaring be
fore the sub-committee today that
the proposed increases threaten
ed the future of their business, J.
t. Suter, representing the nation
al one-cent letter league, urged
the ' committee to consider a re
duction in first class mail rates.
I Wallace , Odell, of the National
Editorial association, jln. 'a state
ment read by William L. Daiey,
informed the committee that an
increase , in -; second-class rates
would Imperil the, existence "of
12.P 09 weekly and small daily pa
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: SCI1IE.1E
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Unprejudiced Cooperation in
I Scientific and Religious
Study; Urged
? WASHINGTON. L Dec. 30. Ad
vances in psychology, medicine,
biology, chemistry and physics
were disclosed in hundreds of pa
pers read today before the 15 sec
tions of the American association
for the advancement of science,
the seventy-ninth annual meeting
qf which isi how in full swing.
Thirty-one hundred members
were registered r during the day
and a flurrry of interest was caus
ed by a report that William J.
Bryan would arrive in time to lis
ten to a criticismof his views on
evolution, but he failed to appear.
I The largest audience of any sec
tional meeting thus far held at
tended that addressed by Edward
L. Rice, professor of xoology at
Ohio Wesleyan university, a Metho
dist institntion. Choosing "Dar
win and Bryan as his: text. Dr.
Rice, in a paper, characterized the
views of Mr. Bryan evolution as
"dogmatic and "dangerous to re
ligion," and urged more unpreju
diced cooperation in scientific and
religious study. ' . - v ,
BRIDGE BILL PAST
:S WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. A
measure authorizing the state of
Washington to . construct three
bridges over the Columbia river,
one at Chelan Falls, another at
Vantage Ferry and the third at
Kettle Falls, was passed today by
the senate.
THE OREGON STATESMAN
ANNUAL NUMBER
Released Tomorrow
January 1st.
FIVE SECTIONS, 40 pages,
an edition giving very
valuable information about
the Salem. District.
You will want extra copies
to send to your Friends
Telephone 23 or 583 at once,
as only a limited number of
unordered' copies- will be
printed.
New Year's Welcome to
be Varied One in City
but Fittingly Observed
Swearing is not advocated by a
great many people yet It, will be
nrODer to swear (off) anytime
after 12 o'clock tonight npon the
advent of 1925. Resolutions that
were broken almost before the Ink
on the pledge became dried back
in Januarv. 1924. will be patched
and carefully repaired and chang
ed into 1925 models. If handled
In the right manner they may last
until Friday morning. :
The new year will find Salem
on deck with' a variety of wel
comes. Watch services are to be
held in various churches; private
partiesha ve been arranged; a
midnight matinee will be a fea
ture at the Bligh theater; ' con
fetti, music and a dance ny the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars will
greet 1925 at the armory and the
newspapermen will be. found work
lng at their desks as usual. Just
what the cherry little chap that
is prominently featured through
out the country this time of year,
clad chiefly j In his birthday
Expression of Opinion From
Committee and White
f House Give Views
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The
future of the American navy took
on a new aspect today with simul
taneous : expression of opinion
from both the White House and
the house naval committee as to
what should be the first step in
that direction. j
Just as the house committee de
cided to begin an inquiry into the
needs of the navy, it was revealed
that President Coolidge still Is
hopeful that another International
arms limitation conference may he
held during 1825. - - ':c:
Although the president is not
Lealicely. convinced that such a aon-
ference will be possible, he, never
theless, is hopejful that an oppor
tune time win "arise for such a
renture. - - "
The naval committee in agree
ing. to a motion for an investiga
tion, took the position that Secre
tary Wilbur should be given an
immediate opportunity, to repre
sent to congress such recommen
dations as be k might deem expe
dient. ' ' ; ; ;'- '
The action j was taken after a
stormy "session' and it' was only
after much debate that a 'decision
was reached to have Mr. Wilbur
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$15,000 Electrical Equipped
House Awarded to Miss
Groo of Portland .
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Miss
Julia Groo, 18, of Portland, Ore.,
has been awarded a $15,000 model
home as first prize In a home
lighting essay contest in which
1,000,000 school children in the
United States and Canada compet
ed, the lighting educational com
mittee announced tonight.
Ten - other ; boys and girls re
ceived scholarships ranging in
value from $300 to $1200.
KiLL MAIL CLERK
Highwayman r Leaps From
Moving Train and Com
. Ynandeers Taxi
CHICAGO. Dec, 30. Russell
Dickey, 23, Elroyj Wis., an express
messenger guardrng shipments of
money and jewelry on the Viking,
fast passenger train on the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad,
was shot and killed tonight in an
attempted holdup as the train left
Highland Park, 111., a suburb of
Chicago. ; '
The robber, who is believed to
have been aided by at least .two
confederates, leaped from the pas
senger train as it pulled! into Win
netka, another suburb, subdued a
taxi driver with his . pistol and
forced the man to drive him to
Evanston, where he left the taxi
and climbed Into another automo
bile apparently - waiting for him
and disappeared. '
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MODEL IBH
T ROBBERS
have done if he
had paid his official visit to the
city last week.
besides shivering.
la not k-Tiown. but even the weath
er man Is cooperating In the royal
welcome.' . i : f :
Unusual sertices are planned
by the Baptist church, culminat
ing In a great candle-lighting ser
vice and a midnight consecration
service. The j mid-week prayer
meeting has been changed from
Thursday nightj and will begin at
o'clock. At 9 o'clock there will
be a social half-hour after which
the candle-lighting service will be
held, featuring music. Following
this service refreshments will be
served "and a social time enjoyed
until 11:15 o'clock, the closing
consecration houn A beautiful
Illuminated cross has been placed
over the baptistry as a part of the
special decorations for the Watch
Night services.! Midnight chimes
and a "Happy New Year" will
close the program.
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License Plates May Be 0b
tairied New Years Day Ac
cording to Sam Kozer j
In order to facillate the Issu
ance of 1 1925 j automobile license
plates the motor vehicle division
of the secretary of state's office
Will be kept' open, all day Thurs
day, it was announced yesterday.
Because of a general apathy upon
the parts of motor vehicle owners
to obtain the necessary tags early
the department is almost swamped
again this year. ; , J
Two long lines were formed all
day Tuesday and approximately
1300 licenses we're issued .across
1 fcW- counter.- j Many came, saw,
and lert wnen tney iearnea mat
they might have to" wait an hour
before obtaining the new' tags. The
mail was heay again and nearly
2000 applications 'ere received.
; Applications are below those for
the corresponding time last year
and the final rush is not as great.
Positive prosecution was' again
promised all the tardy applicants
while those who . received plates
were cautioned against usiijg them
prior to January 1. In spite of
the "warningsj several motorists
have placed the yellow and: black
plates upon their vehicles.! ,"4
State Traffic Officer Kenneth'
Bloom, of Albany, is on .the job
during the day. giving Informa
tion and assistance In the, making
out of the application ' blanks.
These blanks ire available In the
lobby and 'chairs and 'tables hare
been placed for the convenience
of the callers. 1 ' '
8IIIPK BOARQ :
SELLS 9 VESSELS
Private Corporation l Pays
United Stages $1,200,000 :
for Cargo Ships
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WASHINGTON. Dec. $0. Sale
of nine cargo ships for approxi
mately SI, 200,000 to the pacific
Traders . Steamship corporation
now . being organized In" Califor
nia was approved today .by the
shipping board. The company will
take over the j government service
nowoperated by Swayne and lloyt
from the Pacific coast to Austra
lia and New Zealand and ,to the
east coast of South' America j The
sale was closed after a month of
negotiation by Mayor Rolph ; of
San FranclscoL a veteran shipping
man on behalf of the new organ
ization. The terms call for 25 per
cent cash on delivery and the bal
ance In 10 ec.ual installments.
Dislike of Jack Dempsey
Places
Man in hospital
hammond;, ind., Tec. so
Jack Dempsey was knocked out
today a pasteboard Jack Dempsey.-
A full sized likeness of the
world's heavyweight champion.' In
fighting attitude in an East Chi
cago drug' store window so Irri
tated Charles! Logan as he passed
it he let fly (with a haymaker
through , the plate glass. Logan,
bleeding front cut wrists and face,
was still swinging when arrested.
f . '
clothes, would
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HEPARATIOWTQ
BE DISCUSSED
BYCOMMITTEE
Conference of Allied Ambas
sadors at Paris to Have
Wide Effect on Whole
World, Experts Say '
BASIS FOR DAWES PLAN
WILL BE DETERMINED
Question of Paying: War Debts
May Be Brought Up By
i Great Britain
PARIS. Dec. 30. (Py the AP.)
The conference of allied ambas
sadors here next week with James
A. Logan, Jr., American represen
tative with the reparation com
mission who will represent the
United States, is expected by close
observers to be a far more import
ant evet than the original agenda
calculated..-- ' ..r;--The
conference, it is understood,
will be called upon not only to
establish a basis for sharing iht
proceeds of the Dawes reparation
plan, but will be asked to revise
the percentages of distribution of
reparations among the allies as
fixed at The Spa. An agreement
between the French government
and the leaders of the socialist
wing of Premier Herriot'a major
ity In the chamber, as revealed la
chamber debate and discussions in
the lobbies, requires the French
delegate to this conference - to
raise the questions.
Whether war debts will also be
discussed at the meeting depends.
it is said, upon the plana of Win
ston Churchill, the British chan
cellor of the 'exchequer, who is
credited here with the ' intention
of bringing this much-talked of
matter up In some form. Both
reparations and war debts are
now regarded in French political
circles as having reached a. point
where they cannot longer remain
without solution.
French " business men particu
larly are anxious to get the debt
question out of the way since,
they declare, H Is now the ' only
element that prevents the final
stabilizing of the international fin
ancial situation.
The yield of the Dawes plan
is regarded as doubtful, but it has
the advantage, the business men
say, of fixipg definitely what
France cannot count npon. They
add that "when -we know just what
our creditors are going to Insist
upon we can arrange according
ly" -
LEI SMALL MUST
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Governor Is Held Account
able for Heavy Indebted
ness to State
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec, 3Q-
Governor Len Small was held ac
countable for' "the entire inter
est" entrusted to 'him . as " state
treasurer In a decision made to
day by Circuit Judge Frank W.
Barton of CarroRon. The decis
ion was accompanied by a denun
ciation of the state official who
sat before him. Counsel for the
governor tonight had announced
no plan of procedure
Preparing the formal decree for
presentation in court tomorrow
morning, Assistant General Clar
ence N. Boord tonight said the
amount of Governor Small's al
leged . indebtedness to the state
was 'considerably more than one
million dollars."
. Tomorrow the case will be for
mally referred back to the master
In chancery for a definite opinion
of the amount of indebtedness. ;
"Governor Small mast' account
for interest on all securities pur
chased with state funds and turn
ed over by him to the" Curtises,"
Mr. Boor said.1 "Nearly, all those
securities were packers' notes,
the exact amount due will be de
termined in hearings before the
master." -' ' .'.
Eleven days . were spent by
counsel arguing " before ' Judge
Burton. Their strife was over the
report of the master In chancery
which the judge approved today.
Arguments of defense - counsel he
added by Werner" W. Schroeder,
Kankakee, and Senator John . W.
Daihl of Peoria were chiefly to
the effect that there was not
one iota of proof that - money
wrongfully was held."
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QUBMARINE is
MISTAKEN FOR
BOOZE RUNNER
rtura Pluifter Firee Shot Across
- Bow of Undersea Craft;
? Explanation Made
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec - 30.
Mistaking the submarine 'F-9 for
a small rum runner, the coast
guard cutter Shawnee fired several
blank shots and one solid shot In
the direction of tha undersea craft
to "bring her to" for examination
off Pigeon point, SO miles Bouth of
San Francisco, last night, it was
reported today by the coast guard
headquarters here. After explana
tions were mads, the submarine
proceeded accompanied jby the
Shawnee. j.
. "It was the only 'way of attract
ing the attention of the submar
ine," Captain James II. Moore, di
vision commander of the coast
guard, said. ;..' ::
5 "It is the practice for the coast
guard boats to halt smaller boats
in this manner and no importance
can be attached to the incident."
Bank Messanger Is Robber
By Four Men; $2700 Taken
SEATTLE, Dec. 30 Western
Washington peace officers were
tonight searching for four men
who today held up Roland Carl
son, messenger for a Seattle 10-
cent store, on a downtown street
and escaped with $2700 i in cash.
The quartet drove up to a curb
alongside Carlson as he was walk
ing to a bank, in a car alleged to
have been stolen from Harold Sie-
zel of this city, and pressed pistols
to Carlson's back. After relieving
the messenger of a bag containing
the "money and checks totaling
11500 in the presence of a crowd,
the highwaymen drove away.
Liquor Valued at $40,000,
000 Guarded By' Dry
TJavYOf 45 Vessels
NEW YORK, Dec; 30. Rum
Row was ! patrolled tonight by a
flotilla ' of f 40 'eoast guard rum
chasers and five destroyers, under
Orders from Washington to dam
the flow of New: Year's ijquor.
The Jlquor fleet consists of 18
schooners ond 'steamers, ' having
doubled in number since; the cap-;
ture Christmas eve of the British
schooner Patara'. ' 1
It was estimated by enforcement
officials today that the rum ships
are loaded with :up to 800,000
cases of liquor valued at bootleg
prices as high as $40,000,000. The
government fleet, aside-from the
five destroyers, consists 1 of three
coast guard' cutters armed, with
one-pounders and machine guns
and 3? speed boats armed with
machine guns, rifles and sldearms.
One of the rum chasers was
stationed close to each liquor car
rier and the rest patrolled the
waters off the bay to check the
activity of small carriers. j Today's
action ' against the rum runners
was characterized by coast guard
officials as the most wide and.
sweeping and impressive gesture
yet made by government agencies
against 1 the ' liquor ; fleet and it
wan believed the usual holiday
rum flow would be" effectually
stopped. ; j
BLAZE 0 IS
HELD COWED
Two Children Lose Lives in
Fire; Crew and Passen
gers are Taken Off -
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. Fire
which, early-today threatened de
struction of the Toyo Kisen Risen
Kalsha liner Ginyo Marn, north
bound from Valparaiso off the
central .Mexican ; coast, and In
which two children ' were burned
to death and two others seriously
injured, "was - apparently under
control" at 7:30 o'clock tonight,
according to a radio message re
ceived here by; the Federal Tele
graph company. ' 1
"The freighter Julia Luchenbach,
which rescued passengers . and
members of the crew, who took to
the lifeboats early today, was en
route to Manzello with i them tonight.-
The Pacific mail liner City
of San Francisco, ' the- message
added, was standing by; and pre
paring to. tow the Oinyo Maru to
the same port.
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American Minister to Denmark ancl Mrs. Prince
Call on President
This photograph waa takef at
the White House when John Pyne
ley Prince and his wife called re
cently to bid Mr. Coolidge fare-
SUED
Kansas Educator Says Pu
pils Require Different At
tention in Studies
PORTLAND, ' Ore., Dec. 30.
The tendency toward standardiza
tion in education and the inclina
tion of teachers , to disregard in
dividual differences of pupils was
characterized as 4 the great weak
ness of the American public school
system by Thomas W. Butcher,
president of ' the ' Kansas State
Teachers' college, in addresses to
the members of the Oregon State
Teachers' association here today.
"We neglect the bright pur. Us
and retard their progress by. pay:
Jng' too" much . 'attention - tiv" -tbeeef
who are less intelligent and less
Industrious," he told principals
and superintendents. "We are
unjust to the slow pupils and to
those who leave school ' at the
end of the sixth or seventh grade
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Post Office Measure Is Larg
est Peace Time Bill Ever
Considered
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The
house today, speeding along at an
almost unprecedented clip, passed
the treasury postoffice supply bill
which; with its 1763,000,000 total,
is the largest peace-time appropri
ation measure ever considered by
congress.
Sent to the senate practically
without amendment after only two
days consideration, the bill pro
vides among, other 1 things' $11,
000,000 for prohibition enforce
ment and $20,000,000 for f the
coast guard service, half of which
would ' be available during the
coming fiscal year for use in curb
ing rum smuggling.- ,
Other items in the bill includes
$2,600,000 for operation of the
transcontinental air mail service,
$526,573 for maintenance of
pneumatic, mail tubes In New York
city, $16,656,200 for the customs
service and $9,103,101 for the
public health service.
1 The fourth of the annual sup
ply, bills to go to the senate which
so far has failed to act an any of
them,, the bill's passage cleared
the way for consideration by the
house late In the week of the
anriy appropriation measured
All sections of the treasury post
office bill dealing with mints and
assay offices and concerning the
upkeep and improvement of public
buildings were approved by the
house as drafted by the appropri
ations committee.
Telephone Employe Quits
To Enter Own Business
SILVERTON, Or., Dec. 30.
fSnecial.l-Mrs. C. Schlador. who
for the past five years has been
in charge of the office at the in
terurban Telephone ' company at
Silverton. has resigned her posi
tion and will take over the man
agement of the Rhoda Style shop.
The' name of the shop will be
changed to Zetta's Style Shop.
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UPPLY EL
Before Returning to Europe
well before sailing for Copenhagen
He was appointed Minister to Den
mark by President -Harding id
1921. !
Innocence Strenuously Prp
tested; New Yearns Day
Will Show Contrast I
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 0.7-Kld
McCoy, ex-pugilist, beau brummel
and gay Lothario, ccuvicted of
manslaughter last night in: con
nection with the shooting of Mrs.
Theresa W. Mors here last August,
tonight seemed plunged Into de
spair at the outcome of his trial.
Following his conviction " the
prisoner was taken " "from the
tank" which he had occupied with
other offenders and tonight is
alone ir, a small celL " I !
V He strenuously prdtests'hla in
nocence and declared emphatically
the . the vetdict- returned.-against
him by the jury was unjust.
; New Year's day will bring up
a marked contrast before the ex
fighter's mind. On that day, 25
years' ago, he rose to one of the
heights of his fistic career, iwhen
he knocked out Peter Maher at
the Coney Island Sporting club.
New York. ' . r .. ,
McCoy's attorneys announced to
day that they would make a mo
tion to appeal from ' the -verdict
before Superior Judge Charles S.
Crail on Vriday when the' fighter
will appear for silence.
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FBEL'EII DEBTS
Coolidge Keeps in Touch
With Developments; No
Conclusion Reached
WASHINGTON, ' Dec. 30 De
velopments in the A m e r I can
French debt funding situation
were confined today to ;Wbite
House quarters where it was an
nounced that President Collidge
had not, as a result of the general
discussions current In Paris and
Washington of possible repudia
tion of the debt by France, reach
ed any definite conclusions of his
own nor hod he received any -report
that such discusioa .had
leached a stage where they justi
fied official consideration.
At the same time, however, it
was made clear that the president
was keeping fully advised regard
ing all phases of debt funding and
that it was not improbable but
that he would, in the event discus
sions of repudiation developed to
the point where official recogni
tion was necessary see fit -to In
fluence the attitude of the Wash
ington government regarding the
floating of loans for foreign gov
ernments by private financial a
gencies in the United States.
, Statements from Paris officials
and from French embassy, head
quarters here that M. Olemental,
French minister of finance, had
not ignored the debt that the gov
ernment owes the '-United States
wnen ne lauea to mciuae toe aeoi
on the balance sheet he prepared.
and that France recognized its ob
ligation to pay were noted by
Washington officails but provoked
no comment. ?
SEXATE SPEEDS UP
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 Speed
ing up its; legislative- machinery,
the tsnate today passed 137 bills
and resolutions before quitting for
its New Year's recess of two days.
IKTO DESPAIR
DM
VERDISIOG
FAST; FLOODS
IIEODIDGES
Pacific Highway at Eugene
Flooded ; at Two Points;
Road Blocked; Elk 'Creek
Span Carried Out
SERIOUS DAMAGE MAY
RESULT TO BRIDGES
Speedy Rise in Willamette at
" Salem Is Recorded ; Ice
Goes Out
EUGENE, Ore, Deo. 30.-rik
Creek bridge on ithe McKec'zia
highway near Blue1 river, was car
ried out by the flood waters -of
the McKehzie, and traffic over the
highway at that point has been
blocked. County officials went to
the scene today to make prepara
tions (for the construction of a new
span. ' '. !.'..'",'." '
The Amazon slough In he
southern part of the city over
flowed yesterday and covered sev
eral blocks of city streets. The
waters had receded to the banks
of the slough today. '
The Willamette river has risen
rapidly and covers the Pacific
highway between here and Spring
field junction. '
; The II004 waters were, also over
the i Pacific highway to the north
of Eugene and horses were em
ployed, to pull some of the auto
mobiles through.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30.
Rising waters of rivers In western
Oregon and a few In eastern Ore
gon today caused apprehension
that serious damage migtt Tcsu.lt.
Reports from southern Oroa
points told of several brUC3 t
lng washed away and lands f.;:
ed, though to date the das:;;. 2 r im
ported is not grave, '
The WUlamette river wss r! -at.
Portland! and carryls
huge masses of Ice and great cr-n-tlties
of logs, washed loose frc 1
uprlver points., A number of Lou
boats In Portland were torn loc:3
from their moorings- and carried
far 'downstream- before-being re
covered. Although the Columbia
river was filled with great ice floes
between here and Astoria, river
traffic was improved and normal
conditions in this respect were ex
pected shortly.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 30 The
Willamette river tonight stood at
15 feet, three feet above flood
stage, swoolen by heavy rains and
melted snow. The city was cut
off from automobile traffic from
the north, south and east, several
feet of water standing on the pav
ed Pacific highway in short
stretches north and south of the
city. Almost two inches of rain
ell yesterday and last night on
the upper Willamette, which, com
bined with an Inch here and the
melting of about four inches of
snow, sent the river up 13 feet
In less than 3 hours.
Rising an even 12 feet since
December 27, the Willamette river
yesterday hit a stride that may
enable It to equal the high water
of November 23, when 17.6 feet
was recorded here. On December
27 the" reading was. 1.3 feet and
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TUESDAY
IN WASHINGTO
The senate adjourned until Fri
day noon.
The house decided to limit its
holiday adjournment to one day
Thursday.
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The house naval committee de
cided upon an investigation into
the needs of the navy.
The house passed the treasury
post off ice supply bill carrying thn
peace time record amount of $7C-1-
000,000. ; '
President Coolldge was said to
be hopeful that anothmer interna
tional naval disarmament confer
ence vould be held within another
year, ,
The state department directed
the American embassy at London
to make representations to f '
British government against i:.
potato embargo,'
President Coolidge was df- r
ed to see occasion for action I y
the American government in c '
French war debt situation 011 1:. t
basis of present advices. t