FnSEI.COO.UMG CHR1STH1AS CAKES AND;I1?ASI0TilS; JJlEjjEBQGRAP
41ctNNUAL MEETING STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WILL 0PEWfA19:30 A. MAT CHAMBER OEMCOMMERCE
... xi
"'WEATHER. FORECAST -Fair and con
t
' '' SHOP EARLY lOnly, 10 shopping days J
tinued cold; aero temperatures in the east
'portion; moderate easterly 'winds. Maxi-
mum yesterday. 33; - minimum. 28; river, i
4.5 r rainfall, .21 ; atmosphere, clear; wind,
northwest; - . ,
remain ; before Christmas. Do t your4 shop- '
ping early and avoid the Tush.' "You win
find a new delight in this .early -shopping
. and : also - you'll bring happiness to the
merchants and the post office
clerks.,- ;.;
EVENTV-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WTO BEffi
TAXREOUCT10H
Petitions tb Be Circulated for
Sianatures to" Brina ilo
Measure
OLDFIELD BACKS 'MOVE
Democrats Unwilling to Accept Ac
tion of Ways and Means Com
mittee as final on, Tax
Legislation k- .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP)
A rusty parllmentary key. the
house rule permitting discharge of
a' bill from committee, is to be re
sorted to by democrats in an effort
to pry open the padlock republi
cans have hung on tax legislation.
including the president's. tax credit
plan.
The rule, used only once in re
cent years, provides that a major
ity of the house 2 IS members-
can, by circulating a petition, take
a bill from committee and call it
up ob the floor for consideration
Decision to employ this proced
ure was agreed Upon today by
democratic leaders as a last resort
to bring from the ways and means
committee the $835,000,000 dem
ocratic tax reduction measure
which was tabled Saturday along
with all other revenue proposals,
" The vote In committee then was
strictly along party lines, repub
licans solidly lined up against
democrats as a unit voting for con
sideration of the tax bill at this
time.
Circulation of a petition, how
ever, must be postponed 30 flays
as the rule cannot be made opera
tive until a committee has been
given that much time -to act, even
though it has voted to sidetrack a
fvaure. . . '
5wn house democrats were oe
Jtrfnininr on a course of proced
tare. Secretaonr Mellon at the
treasury made the calculations
that the public debt-would be re
duced nearly Sl.000.0UU.uuu our
ing the present fiscal year it no
credit to take tax payers Is auth
orised and no devenue bill passed.
In addition to the $283,000,000
surplus which be figures will be
available for debt reduction and
can be applied without congress-
ionar authorization, asaS.OOU.oow
will be available from the regular
sinking fund and from war debt
payments.
"At the house both Represents
tive Garrett; the minority leader
and Garner.vof Texas, the demo
cratic financial spokesman, oseit
ed they would not accept tne ver
diet of the republican majority in
the committee. They contended
the treasury surplus, estimated hy
Garnerat $500,000,000 warranted
a lowering of revenue rates.
Representative Olatietd of.Ar
kansas. asserted a majority of the
house favored immediate tax re
duction, and that as democratic
whip he was confident he could
muster sufficient signatures to
petition to bring the Garner bill to
the floor.
There were 182 democrats
in
Continued on page 7.)
MINOR CRASHES
MAR WEEK END
SLIGHT INJURIES SUSTAINED
BY SIX PERSONS
Drub, Cut, and Scratches In
flicted; Little Girl Knocked
Down
Five minor accidents marred the
i VPfk ond fnr Salnm mntnrUfa re
sulting in minor injuries to six
persons. meanor Jrtane Jsvans
received a skinned face when she
ran in front of a car driven by
Gibson Fallls and was knocked
down, according to a report made
by Fallia at police headquarters
FalUs was passing a street car
at the time the accident occurred
he said, and the girl ran out be
fore he had time to atop complete
ly. She was -apparently not ser
lously injured'. h said.-
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. WUmer
were! badly braised whe their car
was hit bv one driven by k.i.
Rptmann At High " and Lincoln
street, the Wilmer car- being
wrecked. - Excess speed was el
-Sd by Mr. WJlmer as cause lor
VO accident.
2H
Marie Stanton was cut on the
bd when the cat in which she
waVxidinx dtiven by R. L. Stan
ton,- turned over dd the Waconda
toad. Stanton was trying to pass
another car. he said, and it did
not five Jbim clearance. lie Hid
off the road and turned over,
' Bright lights on an approaching
iar caused J. W. Rogers 4o fail
to fcee John W., Mickey rwalk in
front of his car late Sunday night
Mickey was knocked down, but
was not Injured tioyond a badly
bruised hip.
Mr. , A-. H. . Uroadhxcen.. was
lllghtly injured when the car in
rhich she was rtaing. striven oy
riven by LhKcTt at 1 T th and D
Iriven by
The Statesman
Christmas
Cheer Fund
There are many kiddles,
who .re worthy and yet they
may not receive so very much
at Christmas time unless a few
more of us enter into a part-
nershlp with Santa Claus. The
good old Saint is working
hard' in order to make his
yearly trip to every home and
he welcomes assistance.
He says The Statesman
Christmas Cheer Fund is a
wonderful way in which to
spread - the real spirit of the
season. Send the money to
the Christmas Cheer Editor of
The Statesman or food and
clothing to the Salvation'
Army. Join the cheer crowd
and help the worthy kiddies
to enjoy a real Christmas.
Prwiou!jr acknowledged . $55.75
A Friend -00
GIRL REMANDED
TO TEXAS JAIL
HUSBAND TO DEFEND YOUNG
WOMAN BANK ROBBER
Grand Jury to Consider . Unusual
Case at Meeting in
February
AUSTIN, Texas. Dec. 13.
AP) Rebecca Bradley. 22 year
old Texas university graduate and
alleged bank robber, is the wife
of Otis Rogers, young Amaruio
lawyer, Rogers revealed tonight.
Previously the girl, who is
charged with having robbed the
Farmers National bant of Buda.
Texas, last Saturday, naa aeniea
she was married. She had been
working as a stenographer in the
office of Attorney General Dan
Moody, governor-elect, under her
maiden name.
Rogers came here to defend his
bride. Tle announcement of the
marriage was made in a statement
by Rogers given out in the pres
ence of his wife and John Cofer,
Jr., Austin attorney, retained to
defend the alleged girl bandit. It
readt r . f,
"Rebecca Bradley Is my' wife.
She and -1 were secretly lurried
Texas. She and I were In the
October 18. 1925. at Georgetown,
University of Texas at tne jtJme.4
and I later received ray law de
gree in June, 1928, and went to
Amarillo to start the practice of
law. She did not go with me be
cause I was just beginning my
practice, and was financially un
able to provide her a home tnere.
She remained In Austin to finisn
her work toward her. M. A.' de
gree. As soon as I heard of the
charge against her, I came imme
diately to Austin to assist her.
Otis Rogers."
Mrs. Grace E. Bradley, mother
of the girl, said the announce
ment was a complete surprise to
her.
At a hearing this afternoon at
San Marcos, Justice of the Peace
A. M. Ramsey denied bail and
ordered the girl remanded to jail.
She had been released previous
ly, however, on a writ of habeas
corpus and bond of 15000, and
since Judge George Calhoun Of
the 53rd district court will not
pass on this bond until tomorrow,
she was allowed to return - to
Austin tonight.
In the -event the girl is not
granted permanent bond, she will
have to remain in tne Hays county
jail until the second week in Feb
ruary, when the Hays county
grand jury will consider her case.
Cofer waived preliminary near-
ing and asked Justice Ramsey to
reduce the bond from $5000 to
93000. explaining that the girl'
family was In "moderate circum
stances," and that although the
alleged offense carried a capital
nunishment, reports m newspa
pers showed that the robbery was
npt "aggravated."
B. G. Neighbors, nays county
attorney, said tne state naa no
testimony to offer .at this time.
He declared the charge was a
capital offense and Insisted on' the
bond remaining at least t&ooo.
"Owing to the gravity of this
charge, robbery with firearms, a
capital offeftse. I deny the defend
ant bond, and remand her to jail,"
Justice Ramsey announced.
The defendant merely smiled.
Ti
YESTERDAY
IN "WASHINGTON
Q AuocwtM Ptms '
Concluding arguments began at
the FaU-Doheny trial. .....
f- 4. f7. . i . ,-.
President Cool id ge signed the
bill increasing federal judges' sal
aries. .. . : ; fi "
" .---4- .;.. - i ' -
Inpeachmeaia. .charges again!
former Judge English of Illinois
weret dismissed "by the senate, v
Agricultural supply bill carrying
$128,000,000 reported to house
whUe:.'$2O.v0,.iiiorlpt; bill
was considered. t
' Muscle Shoals tight opened In
I "y year lease autaoriza
DEFENSE HIT
BY ATTORNEY
Concluding Arguments for
Government Given in
Three Hour Plea
VERBAL BOMBS HURLED
Nuneraiu Tenders of Instructions
for Jury Cause of Much Quibbl
ing' and Heeling Between
Counsel
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP)
The government today began its
assault upon the structure of de
fense testimony in the Fall-Do
ll en y oil conspiracy trial.
Owen J. Roberts, special prose
cutor, began the concluding argu
ment tor the government with a
vigorous three-hour plea for con
vlctlon of Albert B. Fall, former
secretary of the interior, and Ed
ward L. Doheny, veteran Califor
nia oil man. for conspiracy to de
fraud the government in the leas
ing of the Elk Hills, California,
naval oil reserves.
He hurled verbal hand grenades
at the arguments of the defense
case with pointed emphasis upon
Doheny's $100,000 loan to Fall on
November SO, 1921, upon the "war
scare patriotic motive" as a factor
in the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, oil
storage plan, and upon the "veil
of secrecy" which shrouded the ne
gotiation between Doheny and the
cabinet officer prior to the signing
of the Pearl Harbor contract ou
April 25, 1922.
Touching on the defense con
tention that Doheny bid on the
Pearl Harbor project because of
anxiety over the strategic situation
in the Pacific in 1921, Roberts
said in a slow deliberate voice:
"Patroleum, bunk! They were
out after the business. Its so
much moonshine." ' ' A
The competition which the de
fense contended preceded the Do
heny awards- was described by -the
prosecutor as "an illusory sort of
competition."
"I don't think there was an iota
of real competition," he told the
jury. "This doctrine," said Rob
erts, alluding to Doheny's testi
mony that he saw nothing wrong
(Continued os 8.)
MAN KILLS CONSTABLE
Blacksmith Commits Suicide Fol
lowing Fray With Police
WATERLOO. Quebec. Dec. 13.
IAP) Refusing to surrender
to a cordon f o police, formed about
the hotel to which he had been
traced, Wilfird Delorme. Savage
Mills blacksmith, committed sui
cide here today after killing a con
stable and wounding the son of a
sheriff. -, '
BY THE TIME
fesBS'NsBsiS
JPp
FIRST NATIONAL
BUILDING SOLD
AMERICAN FIDELITY INVEST
MENT COMPANY BUYS
Growing Concern Plans to .run-
large Activities; WIU
Handle Bonds
The American Fidelity Invest
ment company of Salem has
bought the historic building of
the First National bank, and oc
cupied for 41 years, since 1886,
by that bank, and Its predecessor,
the Capital National bank.
As most readers know, the First
National bank is to occupy the It
story First National bank build
ing, at Liberty and State streets,
about the first of February.
By the terms of the purchase,
the American Fidelity Investment
company gets everything in the
bank in the way of furniture and
fixtures, with the exception of the
bookkeeping and money counting
machines and typewriters. The
investment company will get the
big vault, fireproof and wired for
burglars, and the round safe.
The pTlce paid for the property
Is $29,q00. The building has a
frontage of 22 feet on the west
side of Commercial street, be
tween State and Court, with a
wider space in the rear, running
to the alley.
A Historic Building
This is a historic building, con
structed under the direction of R.
S. Wallace, who organized the old
Capital National bank. The new
owners of the building have plana
for subletting some of the space.
They will also represent one of
the largest concerns In the United
States in the handling of a com
plete line of bonds, in addition to
their own financial and invest
ment bonds and certificates.
Remarkable Growth
la four and a half years, the
American Fidelity Investment
company has grown from an in
stallment bond house with a
capital of $3000 and one '$1000
bond sold to a concern with a
paid up capital of $70,000, and
with assets of over $210,000, with
(ContiBBM an paXs 8.)
RUMOR REMOVAL
ANNUAL TOURNEY
QUESTION MAY COME BEFORE
PRINCIPAL FOR DECISION
Annual Tournament Special Ath
letic Feature Here for '
Several Years
Willamette university and Sa
lem afe faced with a possibility of,
losing the state high school bas
ketball ' tournament, one of the
biggest athletic features of the
year, which has been an annual
event here for several years. -
The source of the information
cannot be disclosed; but it is re
garded as practically a Certain fact
that pressure is being brought to
bear in some places to start a
movement at the annual meeting
-Oontiau4 jn pax 8.1
HE ARRIVES THERE WONT
OFFICERS1 WILL
MOLD 6RMISTON
CHICAGO AUTHORITIES WAIT
RECEIPT qrF PAPERS
Los Angeles Grand Jury May Re
turn Indictmemt Against
Radio (Man
LOS ANGELES,? Dec. 1Z. (AP)
Robert E. Crowe, state's ) attorney
for Cook county, Illinoia. will or
der the arrest of Kenneth G. Or
mis ton, w-anted .as a defendant
here in the Aimee Semple McPher
son conspiracy trial as soon as the
papers arrive in Chicagjo, he told
E. J. Denntoon, deputydistrict at
torney, over long distance tele
phone today.
Deanison .said he f believed the
fugitive radio man .would be in
custody before night; as postal of
ficials had infiormed fhim that the
warrants charging Qrmiston with
perjury and conspiracy to obstruct
justice would arrivo in Chicago
late today. ('
The former Anr;elus Temple
radio operator,' though located in
Harrisburg, Pa;, several days ago.
has not been placed in custody for
local officers.
'Deanison announced ' he wou4d
ask the county grand Jury tomor
row to indict prmiston on three
felony charges. Such action was
expected to facilitate the radio
man's extradition. r.
Nine witnesses have been sub
poenaed to appear before the jury.
The trunk seized in New. York re
cently containing fern in life wear
ing apparel, part of which the dis
trict attorney slays belongs to the
evangelist, will be exhibited -to the
jurors.
The witnesses under subpoena
include Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman
Sielaff, chief accuser of the evan
gelist and a co-defebdant; a Holly
wood modiste and two of her as
sistants; Miss Emma Schaeffer
secretary to Mrs. McPherson; W.
E. Clark, employe of a Pasadena
luggage shop where the trunk is
believed to have been purchased:
Joe Ryan, deputy district attorney,
and Herman C. Cline, captain of
police detectives, both of whom
participated in the McPherson kid
naping story investigation, and a
"Mr. Graham."
SALEM CANNERS
SHOW INTEREST
4 1ST AXUAL MEETING OF
SOCIETY OPENS TODAY
Sessions to Last Four Days, Weil
Known Specialists to Give
Talks
The cannery men of Salem are
taking great interest in the forty
first annual meeting of the Oregon
State Horticultural society, which
will convene-in Salem at 9:30 this
forenoon, for a four day session;
at the Salem Chamber of Com
merce. One cannery manager of this
city mailed 700 programs to fruit
men, another cannery man of Sa
lem sent out 400, and all the can
ners of this city mailed programs
(Continued oa par 6.)
BE MUCH LEFT
IE OB
SCHOOL OPENS
TODAY 2 P. I
Sessions-Continue for Four
Days at Grand Theater,
Everyone Invited
USE MODERN KITCHEN
Many Salem Merchants Cooperate
With The Statesman in Mak
ing School Possible for
Local Housewives
The four-day cooking school,
sponsored by The Oregon States
man, will open at 2 o'clock this
afternoon in the Grand theatre
under the leadership of Jeanette
--'. vv
am
Jeanette Beyers
Beyer who will close her 1926
tour with the Salem engagement.
Miss Beyer has come to Salem
all the way from St. Paul, Mon
tana, to share with women of
this locality new and finer meth
ods of culinary art. Although
the holiday season is at hand, and
local women are more than ordi
narily taxed ; fort time,- this Is ten
engagement whteh may well take
precedence over the many it is so
difficult to choose between. Miss
Beyer has been enthusiastically
received wherever she has been,
and she gives each, lesson the air
of a great, delightful party where
(Coo tinned on pare S.)
BUTCHEK FILES APPEAL
22 Cases Docketed After Ruling
ox supreme Uonrt
As a result of tho ruren nr-Aa
of the supreme court' that all crim
inal cases must be emtered on the
document for argument within 60
days of their filing. 22 such cases
are now docketed. These include
the appeal of John Butchek of
Portland, sentenced to hang for
the murder of hia wife, and th
appeal of James S. Trent of Cor
vallis. under sentence to serve
seven years in the state prison and
nay a fine of $500 tor killing
George Oscar Hamlin of Portland.
Trent shot Hamlin on the nieht of
September 16, mistaking the
members of his automobile party
for watermelon thieves when they
stopped their car on the road In
front of his farm.
POLICE JAIL TRANSIENT
Garageman Attacked When Re
quest for Money Refnsed
ROSEBURG. jOr.. Dec. 13;
(AP) Angered because his re
Quest for money was refused,
.Clyde Lewis, a transient, today
attacked Peter " Weaver, Myrtle
creek garageman, and using fin
automobile jack, inflicted three
4loep -caip wounds in Weaver's
head, -before he was overpowered
by other employes of the garage.
' Lewis was bdund over 'to await
action of the grand jury, charged
with assault with a dangerous
weapon. Unable to furnish bond
of 11500, he is in the county jail
here.'
RAIL WAGE DISCUSSED
ST.' PAUL, Minn., Dec. 13.
(AP) A wage (ncrease affecting
Northern Pacific shop and round
house employes is being consid
ered at a conference, between ex
ecutives of the railroad and rep
resentatives of the various crafts,
which began here today. '
AGITATORS ARRESTED
PARIS, Dec. 13. (AP) An
aati-Briand demonstration was
carried out on the arrival of the
French foreign minister from
Geneva tonight. The police inter
fered and a clash with young roy
alists followed. Fifteen ultra
nationalists were arrested.
EARTHQUAKE FELT .
fARMA. Mo.. Dec. IS. (AP)
slight earthquake occurred
here at 5:03 p. nL today. Build
ings were' jarred but no damage
was reported. -. , . . ., .
Parma la in New Madrid coun
ty In. the southeast portion of the
TgiS - . 'J - '- -
PUBLIC HEARING
ON ZONING HELD
FEW PERSONS APPEAR TO
. DISCUSS PROPOSED LAW
Audience by City Council Post
poned Because Quorum
Not Present
With bat, three persons present
to offer protest, the city zoning
and planning commission last
night adopted the tentative con
ing ordinance as previously drawn
up, and made it into a final report
to hand In to the city council.
Only one minor change was made, i
providing that the portion of thei
ordinance requiring 10-foot set-:
backs from property lines should!
not apply on the side .facing an
alley.
The scheduled public hearing
by the city council, called for 9:30
o'clock following the toning com-j
mission hearing, was not held be
cause only four aldermen were
present besides the mayor. The
hearing was postponed to next
Monday night at 10:30 o'clock.
Little serious objection to the!
ordinance was presented at the
meeting except from C. B. Phil
Hps, attorney for Berger Bros.,
who have filed suit against the
city to get permission to erect a
filling station at Capitol and Cen
ter streets. According to the new
zones, this will fall in sone 1, a
restricted residence zone.
City zoning is practically a new
and untried proposition, accord
ing to Mr. Phillips, although, he
admitted the idea had been intro
duced as early as 1895 in an east
ern city.
He also intimated that the city
was trying to hurry the zoning
matter through in order to kill
the Berger brothers' suit, and said
that the ordinance was unconsti
tutional. Frank N. Waters of the City Ice
Works asked what provision was
made to let a factory such as his,
already In existence in a restrict
ed zone, enlarge and Improve its
plant In the future.
It was pointed out in the pro
posed ordinance that provision is
made for such buildings, and that
they can be enlarged and improv
ed through local option.
Walter N. Downs, 880 North
21st street, said he objected to the
entire ordinance as he thinks that
Salem i too small for-it, and that
the cost would be prohibitive.
The only cost for preparing the
ordinance, according to Lewis
Campbell, chairman, is for clerk
hire and labor used in drawing
the zone maps, all of which was
provided for in the city budget.
The majority of the people are
against the law, Mr. Downs said
he believed. Only six persons be
sides himself had appeared for the
hearing, and few of these had any
objections to offer. " .
One woman said she objected to
the law because it would put too
much authority about her proper
ty Into the hands of her neighbors.
W. H. Dancy, member of the
city council, asked what provision
there was in the proposed ordi
nance for erecting public build
ings, such as fire engine houses.
Such houses would be of a resi
dence type, he said.
The city has power to erect such
buildings if it sees fit, was the
opinion of those present.
Ujader the proposed ordinance,
the city is divided into aone 1, res
idential district; zone 2, residen
tial district, including apartments
and the like; special temporary,
residence district, in which tem
porary buildings may be erected
and maintained for two years:
zone 3, business district, in whichJ
assembly buildings, general busi
ness stores and the like, may be
erected; special business district,
and zone 4, unrestricted business
district.
YOUTH FURNISHES ALIBI
Officers Continue Search for Miss
ing ugene School Girl
EUGENE, Or., Doc. 13. (AP)
JIarry Jacobs, Portland youth,
suspected hero of haying knowl
edge of the disappearance of Anna
Bowers, 16 year old school girl,
has been cleared of the suspicion
and has established an alibi .that
he left Eugene a week prior to
November 22, the day the girl left
in company with a man.
Chief of Police Judklns talked
with young Jacobs today following
a quiz by Portland police detec
tives who have been working on
the case. The chief says he Is cer
tain now that Miss Bowers left
with another person, although the
description of this man is vague.
The Jacobs youth came to En-
gene Sunday with a friend, to clear
himself. He said ha knew the
Bowers girl and had been in her
company at times while he was in
the city, but could throw no light
on her disappearance.
SCHOOL TEACHER HURT
Sister Pauline of Bit. Angel Taken
to Portland Hospital t
j PORTLAND. Dec: 13.-WAP)
Sister Pauline, 48,' a teacher t
Mt. Angel, Or., was received; at a
local hospital tonight suffering
from a fractured collar bone, re
ceived earlier in the day when a
Silverton bug collided with a Port
land bound stage near Oswego. -
Icy . pavement," according to re
ports, was responsible for the ac
cident. Four, other, people were
slightly shaken- up and- bruised.
BSS9 Seriously, -
ZERO WEATHER
SPS SITES
Cold Wave Felt From Aleu
tians to AHeghenies .
. Taking 11 Lives
OREGON GETS SNOWFALL'
Government Weatber Observer ta
Portland Declares Cold to
Remain Several Dajrs
Longer in State
PORTLAND, Dec 12. (AP)
Portland Is In Jlne lor two days
more of continued cold, Edward
L. Wells, weather bureau observ
er, declared tonight. He predict
ed the mercury would sink to 15
degrees above .zero before sunrise
tomorrow. The temperature of
24 degrees, registered at .6 p: m.
today was the lowest recorded for,
two years. . '
With freezing weather prevail
ing,' the snow that fell here Sun
day night and Monday morning.
remained on the ground, with no
Indication of a thaw. The storm
netted .30 inches of precipitation.
Of the equivalent of 2.2 inches of
snow, Wells said.
Other cities throughout Oregon
reported their share ot the cold
wave which has swept across the
continent. Eastern Oregon was
preparing tonight for real -winter
temperatures with the maximum
today reported at 15 degrees
above.
The Southern Pacific railroad's
operating department , reported
difficulty In keeping the new Cas
cade line open between Engene
and Klamath Falls, following a
fall of four; feet of snow- at the
summit of the Cascades. There was
mue aeiay or. trains, is. lung,
superintendent, said.
The mid-Columbia district was
under snow ranging from five to
14--tacheg ; in -depth; and" r Hood
River expects the mercury to reach
10 degrees before morning. Pen
dleton thermometers registered 17 .
above zero as the minimum for
the last. 24 hours. Three inches' of
show tell in that city yesterday.
Baker 'reported a minimum tem
perature of IS above.
. Three Inches ot snow covers the
Deschutes country, with Bend pre
paring for zero weather with th
temperature at 8 above at sun
set. Snow was' still falling today
at La Grande and a minimum tem
perature of 9 above was reported
Sunday night. 1 '
EUGENE, Dec. 13. Predictions
of temperature as low as 25 de
grees were made for tonight. The
minimum last night was 29. - A
light coating of snow which fell
early this morning melted during
the day.
CHICAGO, Dec. -13. From the'
Aleutians to the AHeghenies win-"
ter clamped its bitter grip today.'"
(OntlnM m w i.1 ' k" j ' .
SENATE DISMISSES CASE
Reed Surprises. Group With Bug-
gestton on ImDoachmontr - .
. WASHINGTON, Dec. -1 3. ( By
A.P.)-r-A shadow of further Im-"
peachment proceedings fell, over .
the senate today as' it voted 7d
to 9 to dismiss the" charges against '
Federal Judge English of the east
ern Illinois districts who resigned;
November 4.
Senator Reed, democrat. Mis-,
sourl, surprised the senate by sug
gesting that it devise means . ot
obtaining testimony in impeach
ment proceedings without the ne-
cessHy of sitting as a court, be
cause, he explained "there re
other Impeachment proceedings
necessary, If I have beea correctly
informed." . . : v
He did not amplify thia state-
uct v mw . aoor, ana
when questioned later, he declined
to discuss it. ...... v -
TRAINS COLLIDE U FOG
Three Persons Injured When Day
Coaches Leavo Track
PHILADELPHIA, r Dec. 13.
(AP) A Reading railway pas
senger train was derailed and twb
Pennsylvania passenger trains
were in rear-end - collision early
this evening la the deaee fog that
hung over New Jersey in the Ticii-
llty of Trenton , and New Bruns-
wicx. .
Thre persons -were slightly la
jured in the collision and none
reported Injured in the accident
of, the Reading, said reports re
ceived at the general offices cf '
the two companies " here. .
- -- .
LOUR PRICES DROP t
VANCOUVER. B. C.. De 134.
( AP) Flour sold here today 1 1
S3.85 a barrel wholesale, a drcp
of 50c since December , 5. . Last
Monday, flour fell 30c a barrel
i.k i . . ,
"itu w luiiuwea ay a zv cents
decline Saturday. -
Chi
1" v .