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Pair en at a nil
rifi.it ivir:::. today
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cloudy west of Cascades; luiia temperature, mod
erate southwest winds. ..Max. StMin. 44; RIyer
14.2 falling; Rainfall .16; Atmosphere cloudy
Wind eouta rraat. . . i "
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Oregon Statesman to your friends. It will Eire
them a great deal of information about the fak . i
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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
hikes
fiffl DECISIOi!
HUT BGOZE
Officers T.lust Place Suspect
Under Arrest. ; Before
Search or Else Have War
rant Opinion Declares
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- HELD INSUFFICIENT
Deputies Exceeded Authority
'' in McDahiels Case Rule '
Majority Justices
. Evidence obtained by an officer
or officers. from a person suspected
of having intoxicated liquor In his
possession, except when the peace
officer is armed., with a search
warrant or the, sus'ct is legally
under, arrest when the search ; is
made, la not admissible in a court
trial jind such a search illegal, ac
cording to a 4-to-3 opinion handed
down by the supreme court Friday,
,in the matter of the case of F. A.
jMcDaniel, .; former " game warden,
who had appealed from a decision
in the Bentoncounty circuit court.
. The decision was the last one
written by Justice Martin. L. Pipes,
whose office, expires , today, with
Justices Bean, "Rand and Brown
concurring.- s The dissenting opin
ion was wriiten by Justice .".. P.
Coshow, with Chief Justice T. A.
McBride and Justice Burnett con
curring. , . The , decision was ; the
first passed down by thecourVoa
the legality of search for liquor
without a warrant. i
r 'Arrest Is Revieetl ;
At McDaniel's trial, the officers
testified that they had smelled
liquor on his breath, his face was
flushed and his overcoat buttoned
in a suspicious manner. 1 The of
ficers saw the man inside a build
ing, followed his outside and asked
to search his automobile. This
ttiey did without finding any lir
qaor. One of the officers seized
him while he was searched by the
btherT!''"Tv7iea the liquor was found
in a pocket he was placed under
arrest. Prior to his appearance ia
tfie justice court, McDaniels filed
an application or the return of his
liquor on the grounds, that ft had
been illegally seized. s . ,
In commenting upon the case
the opinion stated that if the de
fendant was not In custody when
jvearched, however strongly , his
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liquor and though his walk might
indicate that he was intoxicated,
the officers had no legal authority
to make a search. The officer or
Officers had. however, .two courses
ta follow, the opinion read. Either
the defendant could, have been ar
rested for a crime committee : In
the presence of the officer an,d
tlien Bearched'for liquor, or to ob
tjain a search warrant and search
fcim under that authority. An ar
rest and search" is legal, it was
held,- while a search and arrest is
Illegal. :
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LIVESTOCK MTES
. ' REDUCED fill!
iTho rough bred Stock for Ex
hibition and Breeding
Purposes Favored
Reduction of 50 percent on
present - rates for . thoroughbred'
livestock , used for breeding an'd
exhibition purposes Is made in a
new tariff filed by railroads oper
ating in the city with the public
service commission Friday. The
t new rate is effective February 6,
1925. y -V -r
i Owners of fine horses .' and
dairymen in particular, have-been
seeking, such rate for several
years, It was stated yesterday
Under the new rate dairymen will
be able to ship their pedigreed
stock from point to point at just
one-half the present expense The
new Tate is expected to do much
toward increasing the high quality
of pure-bred dairy herds In the
state and : was advocated for the
good of the"; Industry. County
fairs and other livestock exposi
tions will also received the benefit
of ,the new rate, for owners 'will
f el better able to stand the ship
ping charges. r. k'?
4 "According to II. II. Corey, of
the. public service commission, the
Canadian government ; has - had
such a rate in effect for some time
and rift has been widely sought
for Oregon.
Severe Gale
i Nev York;
Work
NEW YOT? IT in W! o':l
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thousand men and 417 motor driv
en plows and sweepers were :at
work today anil tonight' removing
an eight inch fall of snow from
the"cfty will A omnticB'! rf n.ioL
Jnients-the firp't real1 snowfall of
the , winter There. The thow'was
accompanied, by high winds that
rdared out of ; the northwest. ' Tlie
tempprature was 24 above zero.
Several liners; were delayed in get
ting' into port and there were a
few ' minor f I traffic ' laccldents
throughout the city, f . Q ,
Of two ships: damaged off the
Atlantic i coast. : the Scivde linor
Mohawk owed most of her troubles
to a fire which broke out in. her
hold a short Xrme after she had
cleared New 'York for Charleston
and Jacksonville.. . The MohaWk
had to be. beached at Lewes, Del
aware after her passengers had
been , transferred to the . cutter
KlekiapOo. over" a raging sea, and
in the face of a 4 8. mile an hour
wind. The other shin. , the Brit
ish tanker Ulooloo. narrowly avert
ed .being blown .ashore, of r sea
bright, N J., jwhen caught in .the
gale as she was approaching New
GOKFEREKGE !
IS PflSTPOFJED
"Allied Finance Ministers 1 16
Weet Wednesday on Oer- !
man Reparations
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PABISfc Jan.1 2(By The Us
sociated Press) The 'conference
of, allied, finance ministers,-.which
had been called for", next Tuesday
to discuss the allotment of : Ger
man reparations payments has
been postponed until Wednesday
because, of delay in getting j to
gether some' of the experts reports.-;.,
:4li:y inVl'i !
.It Is expected that t Winston
Churchill, British chancellor I of
the exchequer would begin con
teB.rsatloiia wlth.Fina ncft. M intster
Clementel regadng the French
debt to Great Brwain before I the
formal conference 9 opens.. Dis
patches from London today stated
that Winston ChurcMI wai leav
ing for Paris Monday. j
It is also ' believed there iwill
be an exchange of views between
these two ministers on the general
subject of interallied obligations.
before the conference Opens Wed
nesday.':1 ; !!.f:F U ; 'hi'"-
It is pointed out that Whatever
discussions Mr. Churcbill and! Mr.
Clementel have on 'the subject! of
debts will beentfrelyl! separated
from the ! formal; .' conference.
James A. Logan, Jri represeating
the United States, has instructions
against postponement : In any; con
ference discussion on general ;debt
settlements J i : h ' ' J, I '
The agenda of the conference
calls for the cleaning up. of back
accounts and a division of the
Ruhr receipts and i other repara
tions. Including: a basis for the
distribution of the Dawes plan an
nuities. yU "jj ;ti .-. w
The ' French desire for, an up
ward revision of their percentage
of German - payments will also
come up at the meeting. I
Fixed allowances -for the ex
penses of the armies of occupa
tion will be considered in A con
ference to reduce as far as Pos
sible, all costs of reparations col
lections Which formerly consumed
a large part of everything obtain
ed from Germany., . ; " J
DUQIIPOSII
OFFICE SOUGHT
Business.Men Believe Salem
Could Stand Downtown
Establishment
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Many queries are to be heard on
the street, regarding the establish
ment of a branch post office near
er tthe business district of fSalem.
It is declared by ni any that much
time could be saved by business
men and travelers -in f transacting
mail matters down itowp. As it is
now, several minutes walk from
the downtown, business district la
necessary before a package; can be
properly directed and posted. Of
special Interest i would this office
be to many of ! tbei; off icesf Jdown-town.'.-.
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It was stated bsf several busi
ness men when they ;werb Inter
viewed on the matter , that Salem
was large enough to surport such
a branch ; downtown, aad which
would result In tte ravinj of tine.
Strikes
16,000 Men
Removing Snow
YoTk in balast from Norfolk. .
. The weather .bureau prdlcted
the snow probably would continue
most of the night, but the wind
would die down and the thermom
eter rise. ' .
VKssei IS rtrsAm,FT
. , LONDON,' Jan. 2 The United
States chipping, board steamer K.
E. L. Beck, bound, from Liverpool
to' New, York sent a; wireless to
day when 4S miles (from Sraall.
Ijght that Rhe-was , unable to pro
ceed ; owing , to a broken, thrctile
valve, QccordinlgT to a; dispatch lo
Lloyds from Llyans. on the south
ern coast, of i England. The. dis
patch .from .vessel said , that it
mighj. be possible to effect tempor
ary repalra, but . that it was ad
visable to send her assistance Im
mediately.. !.;' 'l -.y
. The steamer Dahomey, a' vessel
of 3,530 tons,, sent out SOS sig
nals while 43 miles off Penn
Arch.' .' department - of Finistere,
France, SOS calls from the Ru
manian steamer CarcatI which was
five miles southweat of Pendon,
Cornwall, also were, picked up. . I
Reports of Chemists Prove
-Young McClintock's Death
7as Natural
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 'Chemists
and physicians who examined the
exhumed body of William Nelson
McClintock, 21 year old "million
aire orphan'! .who: died a, month
ago, have decided that the young
man's death was due to typhoid
fever complicated by a secondary
internal , intestinal hemorrhage,
Coroner Oscar Wolff -announced
today after ther, reports had been
submitted to him. 4 . ;; 4.'.
William D. Shepherd, who with
his wife the boy.'s guardian, reared
young . McCIintoek ?-and . inherited
his fortune, accepted .the findings
as a complete vindication of any
suspicions they might have, at
tached to him and in a statement
indicated that he expected to bring
legal action against those he be
lieves responsible for the Investi
gation. i
.The inquest into ,the death,
which was to have been resumed
today after the report of chemists
and physicians, was 'continued un
til next Tuesday. Meanwhile, as
sistant state's attorneys who have
been Investigating circumstances
connected with . the death, exam
ined several new witnesses regard
ing Shepherd's visits to a research
laboratory four years ago. -The
coroner's report of the au
topsy findings consisted chiefly of
the synopsis of the report of the
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PAPERS UPPRfcSSED1 H
ROME, "Jan. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press) . government seiz
ures of opposition 'newspapers con
tinued today with renewed vigor,
almost no Journals, except those
of decided fascist leanings, being
allowed to appear. 1
OOiTETEWES
lOLDSDOFilSllES
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Inmate of Penitentiary Buries
Self in Hot Cinders in
Ride to Freedom.;
.PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 A
convict secreted himself beneath
a "burning loaf or ashes on a five
ton motor truck and, unmolested
by guards, today, rode to free
dom through the huge, forbidding
gates' of the eastern penitentiary,
i He was John Campbell, Who, at
24, faced a sentence of 25 to 60
years for robbery. - Campbell was
till at large tonight though Gen
eral Butler, director of vpublic
safety personally- headed the
search and scores of bandit, chas
ing motor cars- combed, northest
ern Philadelphia.:'. . - r -
Campbell . stifled every moan,
though scorched by the "hot ashes
until the, motor truck emerged
through the gates of the peniten
tiary and was a block away.:.Then
uttering a cry of pain, he heaved
the : ashes from him and, leaped
upon the- runnhjg bOard , of ;an
approaching sedan belonging to
the fcrisdn. Pressing , a pistol
against the neck of Charles Krout,
the prison guard chaffeur, Camp
bell compelled Lira to drive away
at breakneck
TVPH01D HEjLO
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY
DEBT TiiOELE
Hope Held Oiit for Amicable
Adjustments of Perplexing
Problems; .Plan May Be
Worked Out
NOTES RECEIVED FROM
; ENGLAND AND FRANCE
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Ambassador Herrick Receives
- Communication From Fi
nance Minister-.
. VVAHlUXMLjTUiM, Jan. 2. 1TWO
distinct advances in what ;Walh
ington ; admnibtration f. officUilH
hope will': be the amicable adjust
ments of the "iporplexlng war dfbt
and claims tangles with France
and Great Britain were marked
today in official advices emanat
ing, rom the . Paris. ,and Lontftin
governments. As regards. the ad
ministration leaders here the mist
important development m the two
situations ' was I the report fr6m
Ambassador Herrick ' that he had
received a , communication ! frim
the French finance minister con
taining elements of a plan workjed
out by him for refunding of war
debts to the i United States. The
ambassador's report was received
by Secretary tHugheo , and - the
news given at. once to the cabit et
meeting In regular session at t le
White -House; v I V :
'London ,Sends Vote
Regarding; the , question bf
claims , collections' by the . United
States : from Germany, how tpe
subject of. diplomatic exchanges
between the state department aid
the, London foreign office It whs
said, the latest; note from Londen
on that subject has been received
and would be- answered . before
January 6 when the allied. finante
minfatera go to Paris to discuss the
allocation of their governments pt
proceeds to be paid by Germaay
under the Dawes plan. ' . .
. Ja thJsfbnnection.It .was s&U
Secretary Hughes - believed ' the
claims controversy would satisfac
torily disposed! of before the pres
ent series of notes between Wash
ington and London terminated,
i Claim j Matters , Attended.
i Another development of the day
which gave relief in certain, quar
ters here was; the statement Is
sued r by the, British . embassy
which at once' disposed! bf widely
dis3eminated , reports that Mon
tague Norman and Sir Allen An
derson., officials of the Bank of
England bad come to this country
pn .business : connected .with Inter
national debts: and claims matter.
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DBEflllS
2 BACK PURCHASE
Eighteen I Clubs ; Want State
to Buy painting of Cham- !
poeg
Meeting
: In an effort to Interest mem
bers of the legislature sufficiently
to have them appropriate $15,000
.for the purchase of - the -. Gecoux
memorial painting of the meeting
of pioneers at Champoeg on May
2, 1843, when they decided to cast
their, lot with the United States,
the Ki wants clubs of , Oregon ; are
having ; the historical painting
placed-In the state house. The
painting, will make its appearance
today and f remain., until the close
of the 1925 legislature. V , .
Believing that the.capitol is the
logical place, for ai painting of this
kind, the 18 ICIwanis clubs of Ore
gon are unanimously behind a
move to have the state purchase
the painting; according to Dr. H.
E. Morris, chairman of , the . com
mittee - placed - in charge of the
movement.? f All the clubs are do
ing everything in their power to
obtain the necessary appropriation,
he said.-.': ! :. ; : i -
Colorado Fire loss l.tounts .
: To $500,000; Fight Blaze
TRINIDAD, Colo., Janl 2 Fire
men tonight were: still 1 throwlne
water on "the smoUlderinar nins of
a $500,000 fire that destroyed the
Tarawno building In the heart of
the city's business district early
today. -'.; - i ,;v ; ;"'.
The blase, starting at 2:30 this
morning from an undetermined
origin, quickly spread throughout
the two-story structure that oc
cupied half a block and housed
half a dozen retail stores, a dozen
doctors ; and dentists offices, as
well as lotlsre rooms of the Elks
and Helen's clufcs. : -
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MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1925 .';
VOODOL STORK;
BRINGS DAUGHTER
,NEW YEAR'S DAY
ft-Ponnd Girl Arrive at! O o'clock
t.-r Thursday 31crn!n$r to Isr-tz
Family
" Whenever a rank injustice has
been done, any reputable news
paper willingly does everything In
its power to rectify its ' mistake.
This Is: an apology to famous
old Dr. Stork, the proverbial brln
ger bf babies. ; i j !
The good ol bird did not pass
Salem by Jh the distribution of
1925. model babies,- for early
Thursday! morning, or I C o'clock
to be exact, and 8-pound baby girl
arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Let,! 1685 North Cot-
Dr. C. A. Brown read of the
unjust accusation made against
his co-worker, fDf; Stork and last
night telephoned asking for a cor
rection. .- . I J ' ; .
SOLOIEflBOIS
IS OOPfLETEO
Financial Program Outlined;
First Deposit of $100,
. 000,000 Made
. WASHINGTON. Jan; 2. The
treasury ' has , mapped put its fin
ancial program for meeting the
requirements y jot the soldiers'
bonus and already made Its first
deposit $100,000,000 in a spe
cial account from vvhlch the ad
justed service certificates will be
paid. . .!..
It Is the plan to add each year
a similar amount under the law
to ihi8 special: account and this
sum, With its Interest compounded
annually at 4 per cent, is calcu
lated to be sufficient to meet all
payments on; the service certifi
cates when tney mature some 26
years hence, u Provision Is made
whereby the fund is equipped from
this date to meet such maturing
certificates as may be due as. a
result of deiths of the benefici
aries and the additions 0 the fund
are expected to be able 'to care for
the gradually Increasing matari-
ftles of the future yearsT- "
t .The first ;tep taken -by the
treasury - was the issue and sale
to itself of 150,000,000 in five
year j4 per cent treasury notes, and
a like amount f of special treasury
certificates of indebtedness, the
latter 1 being! redeemable , at the
option of the treasury so that
funds instantly will' be available
when reduced, : By ! issuing the
special 'securities for the bonus
fund and selling thent back to the
treasury all Idisturblng Influence
of open market , operations are
eliminated. 'rl
Veterans' Hospital Will
Have Complete Radio Set
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TACOMA.I Wash., Jan. 2. A
complete radio receiving set for
the Cushman veterans' hospital in
Tacoma with a distribution system
which will carry broadcast enter
tainment to f every patient in the
Institution who wishes to listen, Is
soon to be Installed, It was an
nounced Friday, by Major W. L.
Leverton, medical officer in charge.
. Radio entertainment will be
carried to 150 sets of head phones
by the side Of as many beds. For
those who are' able to go to assem-l
bly rooms there will be six loud!
speakers Installed. ! The instru
ments are now on the way from
Washington and it is expected that
the , receiving , station can be in
operation within' two weeks.
STDLEWIS
Liberty Bonds Amounting to
$79,000 , Returned to'
. Postal Authorities
LITTLE ROCK, Jan.S United
States postal authorities recovered
here today $79,000 In. Liberty!
bonds stolen from a mail train at
Rondout, III., last June. V !v :l
The bonds were found In a rural
free .delivery1 mall box 10 miles
west of- Little Rock after Major.
James A. .Hitchcock, chief (of the
Little Rock detective bureau had
received an anonymous telephone
call telling! him the bonds would
be found Jn the box. j , . , , .; . '
The bonds were In perfect order
and "evidently - had) been ' in the
mail box only , a short time. Ef
fort! .to trace the source of the
telephone call failed.
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I ) Learned How To Use
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f v This, photograph ..wu made after
(Mr. and aCra. Coolidge had accept
ied a pair of sklte each from a de
legation representing- the National
!SkI Association ofT America. i To
fprove his statement that he "had
idoneja little skiing" as a boyithe
FiiERSS
Ed RIGHTS
Application for Use of -San--.
tiam for Irrigatibnal Pur
- " poses are " Filed U -
. Application to appropriate water
from the San tiam V for irrigation
purposes has been made by farm
ers of the Aumsville and Stay ton
districts who ara headed by Henry
C Porter and 'A. E. Bradley, Sep
arate applications were filed with
the state engineer by the two men,
the former seeking water for 1220
acres. 'K'--- .-f yy - i' . .
' The applications are protested
by the Santiam Reclamation com
pany and. the- "VVestfira-Xlresroa-XwJ
yeiopment company, in old ap
plications the former company
filed for 20,227 acres and the lat
ter for 6940 acres. Since the fil
ing by the farmers Rhea Luper,
state engineer, has begun an inves
tigation, since original permits,
granted several years ago, have
never been renewed. j 1 -
Under the original understand
ing the companies were supposed
to have the works completed by
1915, but later an extension of
time gave them until 1920. The
permits expired in this ' year and
Percy A. Cupper, state engineer at
that time, refused to renew them
until certain Internal differences
between - the promoters had been
smoothed out. Because o this
the permits, it is said, were never
renewed; -4; . ;:'-:-
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CAR ORDERED HELD
Coroner's Jury Recommends
Investigation of-. Wreck.
1 : By Grand Jury
4 PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan., 2. -A
coroner's Jury. here tonight recom
mended that John Sorlie be bound
over to the grand Jury for investi
gation In connection with an auto
mobile accident on Monday night
in which John E, Olson was killed
and Mrs. Ethel Ahlstrom was in
jured. The accident happened
when Sorlie drove an automobile
in which Olson and -Mrs. Ahlstrom
were riding QU! the dock on to the
deck of a Willamette river boat
The three occupants were pinned
beneath the automobile. ,
? PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 2 John
Brown, 65, living in a Portland
suburb was run down and . killed
here tonight by ! an unidentified
motorist, who after strikingBown
sped 1 away without stopping.
Brown's body was found ; lying ,on
the Base Line road. The automo
bile which ran: him "down had ap
parently dragged the body 200
feet. , "; . . ! -1.
POWER TRUST DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2." Dis
cussion I of the so-called power
trust, which Senator Norr Is, re
publican, Nebraska. , would have
the federal trade commission in
vestigate, again occupied much , of
the -time today; while the Under
wood bill for the leasing of Muscle
Shoals was tefora the seoate.V
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Tbem is ibi Boy la ycraont
President went out behind the ex
ecutive offices and donned a pair.
The committee ' Invited ! the Cool
ldses to the national ski , tourna
ment . to . be! held In Minnesota in
February.
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1R BILL IS
Large Appropriation Meas-
ure for: War Department
? To Be Taken Up
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. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 The
way-was cleared for consideration
by. the house of another big ap
propriation bill with the report
today by the appropriations com
mittee of the annual supply meas
ure for the war department. It
will .be taken up tomorrow with
leaders planning to send it by the
middle of j the next week to the
senate, which has not' yet started
work . on any of the four supply
bills already . approved - by the
honse.
The : measure reported today
carried $331,131,114, of ' which
$40,000,000 is a lump sum ap
propriation for river and ; harbor
improvements.
; The total is $6,552,159 less
than tht amount available fo this
year, and; about $300,000 below
budget" estlma'tes. .;,!'
The committee report said the
provisions! In the bill relating, to
the regular army :were based on
maintaining a foce of the same
maximum! as that provided for in
ppropriatlons for the current year.
19,000 commissioned offices and
125,000 enlisted men, exclusive of
8,000 Filipino scouts.
It ws! pointed out, however,
that the average strength of the
army during the current year has
been about 1125 officers and
118,750 men and that the average
for the coming year, probably
would i approximate this level. -
: ESTIMATE SENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. An
estimate 'of $11,250 to cover the
expenses pf the' American members
of the ! international fisheries
commission to ' study and; protect
the halibut fisheries of the north
west waters was forwarded tQ con
gress today.
YEARS IS RAGING
United Kingdom Swept By
i Seventy Mile Gale; Rec- ,
ord in Thirty Years '
LONDON. Jan. 2 (By the AP.)
Reports reaching London tonight
from all parts of the United King
dom, including Ireland, indicate
that the present gale has estab
lished a record for over. 30 years
for its fierceness , and continuity.
The list of ' material damages Is
swelling hourly, although few per
sonal casualties have thus far been
reported. . ' . L;
. Dispatches from Glasgow to
night stated that a 70-mile an
hour gale, there Was followed by a
blizzard. .Midlands and Wales re
port the dislocation of traffic and
the destruction of property at
many points - by floods, hail and
tempest. -. - " . . , : ,
Shipping, , naturally, has ; been
chiefly affected, and advices from
the south , coast state that the
channel has been virtually desert
ed, all vessels having run for shel
ter. Off Deal, numerous steamers
signalled for pilots who were ua
able to: get aboard owing to the
mountainous ,seas.
F1I HOUSE
MIST STORM
PRICE FIVE C'll iZ
DEIIIM
BILL IS fjiiDi.
Senate; Post! Offica Ccmmit
tee Makes Shnrp V.zClU
cations in r,!2asure
Ing to Increased Vag3
LARGE CHANGE HADE U
: FIBST REC0 M LlEfiD ATI 0 'J
First and Fottrth Class Matter
Undergo Minor Chanses; "
j Bill Reported
. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Sharp
revision of the administration bill
providing increases in postal rates
to meet, the eost of the proposed
advances in salaries of postal em
ployees I was made today by tho
senate post .office committee. At
the instance of the committee
Senator Moses, republican. New
Hampshire, formally reported the
amended bill to the senate.
' The new measure provides for
greatly modified rate increases in
second class mail as compared
urim recommenaauons of the post
office department, i
; Minor changes ' In first and
fourth i class j matter . also were
made. Senator Moses estimated
the bill would raise about .$60,
000,000 additional revenue com
pared with $68,000,000 proposed
to-be raised under the nost office
schedules.;.; i , "
.." j I f Not Permanent. -,
The legislation however, is de
signed as only temporary,, effec
tive! from April 15 this
February 15, 1926, with, a spe
cial " joint committee of the sen
ate and house authorized to con
duet hearings on rate increases
and report a plan for pennaretit
legislation the first week of the
next regular session of congress.
. Under the new bill no char - - ?
would e made In first class
rates except an increase from one
to .two. cents on private nai'Jr?
eards est d eoravenir'Tostcs.ris:
. AH Matter Charged
All reading portions of putlica
tione now subject to second clast
rates would be charged l.Uc J
pound, a reduction of one foartl
of a cent from the present Ian
and j three fourths of a cent froir
that recommended by the post of
fice, i Religious, educational and
reading matter in non profit pub
lications .how pay this rate, the
differential thus being wiped out.
Rates on advertising poptlor.a of
publications subject to zone rates
are revised with the eight zones
reduced to three.; A charge of
three cents a pound on the present
first three zones is provided sJx
cents a pound on the fourth, fifth
and sixth Zones and eight cents a
pound on the seventh and eighttii
! (Ctlaud on pig 6)
FRIDAY
INWASHlNGTCIl
A, new? postal rate bill was re
ported by. a senate committee.
. Preiident Coolidge disposed of
several - judgeship -appointments.
The treasury took the first step
toward, financing the soldier:.-
bonus. J
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Walter D. Van Riper was re
moved as assistant United tau ?
attorney for New Jersey.
' '
The budget bureau asked con
gress for $100,000,000 for ref .-!-in
of federal taxes illesal'v col
lected -
; ' ; -
The war department applicatio-i
bill carrying $331,131,114 was re
ported to the house. "
Ap I Investigation of the tarri .r
commission was asked by Senatr r
RobJnson.of Arkansas, the c.
ocratic leader. , ,
The senate appropriations cc: -mlttee
reported iu first ar-' -
bill of the season, that for t...
post office and treasure df a: -
menti.
; S - - .-" ';
President Coolidge was sail ?
be not in favor of an intc-rnati.: !
economic-and armament co' --
ence.vsuch as tas" Leen pro;
by Senator Borah, Ida-o.
'! I .
A prospect of further r'' ; .
toward settle'.-.c-t cf t: : ; .
American v r Cc.Lt i i .n
official announcement tat a f.
f.ial note on the subject has '
addresel o Washir.ric ,
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