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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 303.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918.
PRICE TWO CEKTS
ON TftAINS AND NEW
STANDS FTV E CENTS
UUHS MSI1I
Ordinarily Conservative London Paper Declares That Or-
, f der Is More Thoroughly
' Present Than At Any Time Since Fall of Czardom.
Bolsheviki Are Clearing Country Of Corruption.
Berlin, Doc. 23. Delayed) Boyal-
Its have started an active propaganda
campaign" to win the upport of the
... . . ,
German and Auairtnn fianjiln. fn r.
'. ... , 7 r.-r -
establishment of the monarchy, tt be-
name apparent : today.
- The movement centers in Bsvaria.
regarded as the pivotal stata of the ;
Austro-German political situntion,
: The republicans are convinced that
formal, estabiisbmeut of a German re-
public and 'election of a president will
effectually end the aspirations of the
Monarchists. -As a result they are re
, doubling' their efforts" to coinbat the
tuonarchial .propagandists. ...
Bavaria, in addition to its territorial
nd economic importance will bring into 'proceeding. The army is taking an ac
Hie German repuplic a largo, portion of tivo part in this. General Von Goulard
German Austria, . which would replace ' commander of the Fourteenth End
tuiv territory lost through the ' nanir-
anions oi me iTenen ana roles. .
" Oppose Movement.
The Gorman newspapers therefore,
I'-tievinf? a at rone centrul irnvornnianr.
absolutely essential to the life of the
. Oe-rman republic are. vigorously oppos-
t. va on rue. grounds it would icarilP(. todayi It was also ascertained
weaken the democratic woveinont and that he believes France will acquire
lo play.ng into the. hands of the royal- tho left bank of the. Rhine. ...
". . . ... " ' ' ' Th trouble between Poland and
The plan for establishment of seven Germany was tho result of propagandi.
wmt-rcpubhcs m Germany and Austria, 'designed to show that the Germans were
to fee confederated like the United 'endeavoring to spread bolshevist doc
states was being strongly advocated in' trincs in Poland, Count Kcssler, German
Kaxony The .newest program this minister who was expelled from War
Ponnectionr provides the following hae- j,aw, told,' the "United Pres. today:'
VV wrhr. wu ti. ' wft8 nnnecessaiy to break xcla,:
Where. Capitals Would Be.. itios,' Kessler said. "The trouble was
nresden as the capital of upper Slal- critiiroly duo : to propaganda. Wo are
ony; Hanover as the capital of-fxmw ;mtlre anti-bolsheViki even than the
' ; Poles. They, hope to go to the peace
Eesources Of National l"leS'ini!. Jf"itory the'
Banks Greatest Recorded
the nalioual ban Irs, $19,821,404,000 are
t'uo greatest ever recorded, the couip
troller of the currency announced to
day. The previous record was in No-
vember, 1917
reported.
when $18,533,197,000 was
urowth In the resources or national i
Ciauks has beou greater in tho last fivo
3'eHrs than iu the preceding 25 years,
Sg'ugate resources of national banks
p.e greater than the combined resouro
s of the national banks of England,
f'.Hiunion of Canada, France, Itly, Tho
l etherlnds, Norway, (Sweden, Denmark,
Japan and Germany, according to thcii
latest reports.
Metal Trades Council
Considering Walk Out
rortiand. Or., Uec. L'4. The metal , lm naiionai guara arartca into army
trades council and the Columbia river . service by President Wilson's July 3,
("llstrict maritime counicil are tiday 1917, proclamation will revert to civil
considering a pioposal to strike which ian stnlus when dismissed from the ar-
wmild affect 30,000 shipbuilders.
The walkout is contemplated because
iien who quit work at the Willamette
Iron and. Steel. Works Saturday at
iuuii iuiioni(r me inauguration Ot a,
if boliduy scheme' on. the part of thAjtioa of now units in : all states.
siicn, were discharged.. I
ABE MARTIN
"I reckon th' President 11 have a
krd time findin' six or seven men t'
wiceeed McAdoo," said Uncle Nilcs
Turner. Nothin makes a pood dancer I
? mad as beia' tied at home with a:
taby.
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Re-Established In Russia At
.Saxony: Coblenz as the eapital of the
Rhinelands Stuttgart as the capital of
, . ' c wla vallea
'Ncckorland; Munich as the capital of
. ! . . . . . . '
.uavaria, wmcn. would be called Dan-
uboland; Vienna as capital of German
Austria, which would be called Alpland
anrI Rerlin tho
which . would include Brandenbare!
Prussia, Poscn and Silesia.
Lach republic would have a -loeal
president or governor who would be
under the' confederation president ii
matters of national importance.- Either
Berlin or Dresden would be the nation
al capital.
Electioneering in the balloting for
i urirviiiiM i ill tt w if in u i a aonm niw ia
army corps, haa issued a proclamation
urging the army to vote against the
Spartacidcs.
Ebert Fears Prussians.
Berlin, Dec. 23. (Delayed). Chan
eellor Ebert fears the result of Polish
aspirations in East Prussia, it waa
Get Christmas Present
Washington, Dee. 24. Freedom of
movement in this conntrv w tlin
ChrirtmaB present from iPiosident Wil
son to German alien enemieii. Twenty
war
nine restrictions on 'lentons in
this country were abolished by the ius
tine department t President Wilson 's
order. Those interned, however, will
,tM' tic,l until peace treaty is sign-
L'U.
About 1.100 Germans, barred from
the nation 's capital durinc the war,
will now be allowed to return.
Dismissed National Gaards
Refert To Civilian Status
Washington, Dec. 24. Members of
Iniy, according to a ruling of General'
Ansell, acting judge advocate general,;
today. i
If the national guard is to continue,
tins decision will necessitate nrannlin.
MERR Y CHRISTMAS IN
TWO NEW
New York, Dee. 24. It will be a very
merrv Christmas in the castle of W. K.
Vanderbilt Jr. Preparations for tho
joyoiij celebration were in fuli swing
today. Big vans backed up to tho
imposing entrances of tho mansion un
loading Impressive quantities of flow
ers, evergreens, tiny Christmas trdees,
hol-y, gifts, dcbcacit's and everything
that goes to make this a happy time
of the year.
A sninll army of oervaiits were cngag
ed in getting things ready. Many of
them were at wo-k in the vast ball
room, with a floor so big that an au
tomobile could be driven arouu on It.
Its the handsomest ball room in New
York.
As for presents "there will bo loads
of them," as on of the attendants ex
claimed. He gi nned when he said it.
Everybody Lecmed happy. Mrs. Van
derbilt, on Christmas night, is to give
a dinner and dance for her daughter,
Muriel, who will not be formally' intro
duced into society for another year or
two. A staff of expert cooks was at
work on the banquet today. After the
feast there will be a good, old fashion-
L,i hnlirt.v Hninn. i th. hll
-hici. m.b. n nr,rnr,rin .tfin. ,ih
room
jim garlands and festoons of scenery.
The reporter would like to have in-
German socialist
WARWfTHOUTDOUBI
kinediate Need Is For Peace
in Order lliat Indemnities
Can Be Paid. -
By Frank J. Taylor
(United Pross Staff' Correspondent.)
Berlin, Doc. 23. (Delayed.) If the
allies expect to collect indemnities from
Gorinany ther must secure peace iinme
diately so the Germans can get dowa
to work and earn the money, Emil Ber
tha, prominent socialist, declared in an
lntorviow .with the United Press today.
.Bartna said tnut wnile ho was con
vinced Gormafly wae wholly to blame,
rot the war n would be "unwise for
the entente to stramjlo its debtors.",
Uormany. must have peace soon at
any-price, ' declared Bartha. r J -
Tho Germans must admit . defeat
and pay anything to got peace and food
so they can go to work and pay off
their debts, i ;
. Germany Wag Guilty. ,
Personally, I was convinced from
tho start that Germany was guilty of
starting the war. I possess no'oocu
mentarr evidence, but I am eertain Gor
many inspired the Austrian note to Ser
oia. - we have demanded public.. v. t
the secret documents of the militarists,
but the most immediate problems are
peace and demobilization. ' -
'We rcauee the danger of demobili
zation as the result of Poland's atti
tude. Wo beli.re, however, that the
allies would tale care of Poland if we
were defenseless. Furthermore, if Gor-
niany wore defcieless the allies would
be able to reduce their armies of occupa
tioii and thus at re million's of dollars a
month both to themselves and to us.
It M to the cntunto'g interest to do this
as well as ours because it would be un
wiso for thoiu-to strangle' their debtors.
"Germany needs supplies and Credit
from America and the allies. We have
no cotton, no leather and very little
othor raw, materials. Millions of om
?eoplo' are, iiungry. j It is a
or Gerhiant..
,dark. Hour
DEATH SENTENCES OF
El
Each Sentenced To Twenty
Years Impnsoninent For
Desertion From Army.
Washington, Deo. 24. Sentence of
death imposed upon Recruit Ernest P.
X. Lcub for desertion arid refusal to
wear the" uniform has been commuted,
by President Wilson to dishonorable
discharge and 20 yeaers imprisonment.
Leub was attached to the 163rd depot
brigade, Camp Dodge, Iowa.
For Private George O. Jacobs, JSOth
infantry, Camp Shelby, Miss., Presi
dent Wilson has commuted a death sen
tence for desertion to 20 years impris
onment Captain Sam Buckle was dismissed
from t'ho service for failure to prop
erly account for funds in connection
with construction of a theater at Camp
Funston, Kansas.
One court martial case hae been sup-
pressed bv order nf the Zret.rv nf
war without explanation.
8ec,1int T.inntpn.lnt 1? n fl.l.h.a.
of the Fifth infantry replacement
regi-
me.it. Iix hm ,limw.,l f,. .k.
ivice for passing a worthless check,
. 6
YORK HOMES
tcrviewed some member of the family
and a.ilt them for more details, but th
smiling butler stood in the way. "Mis,
Vanderbilt does not want it reported,'
he assured.
But, anyway, its going to be one of
the merriest Christmas days the mas
sive Vanderbilt castle ever knew.
In Oay Old Gotham.
New York, Dec. 24. It will be a very i , 'oermanf Will Offer CKfta .
niotry Christmas in the cold,-dark fcn- Great numbers of the German peo
ement of Mrs. Katherine Kir.,., ne j j, j, know( wjli offer gifts to the
flight np, 234 East 110th street, accord- tidier, an the latter will reciprocate,
ing to Mrs. Kirsch.. . igome of tho doughboys have bought
Preparations for tho big celebration 1 toys aud eandy for the children, ex
were progressing today. Bella, aged; plaining that they are "only kids, any
14, stayed home to got. the eight young-1 wny."
er children ready for the event, fcliei Every company will have its owo
said she thought she'd get them all! Christmas tree. The decorations were
washed and bathed before evening, as j bought by the men or presented by the
she would not be bothered with stop-Germans. Some of the doughboys hava
ping to get lunch or dinner, thero being improvised Santa Clan outfits and
nothing to get and no fire to get it j will enact the ro!e"for hj benefit of
with. 1 their eomrades.
- Each of the small army of youngsters' Army rations have been suppleneat
had found some old toy badly battered :ed by ducks and geese, which cost from
but yet a toy. There are three rooms 10 to i5 apiece. Offiera men alike
in the tenement, and, as one of them "chipped in" to buy them,
contains no furniture at all, the chil-j Tho Y. M. C. A. has sent a company
dren are goinir to have their Christmas of entertainers here in a special train.
They will give downs of performanees
, Continued a page two j in the bridgehead areas. Ton . Christ
EJO CF CEDL1 EiiER
Quarter IHHca Dollar Dsa
ae Is WrciSt Ad Easy
Nirrtwrj ctpc DeaiL
Seattle, Dec; 84.-Dmag estlmatei
at more than. quarter .aniltioa dollars
was wrought by the breaking of the
north bank ' of the Cedar Hirer reser
voir, Monday the Snoquahnie valley be
ing flooded and mills and residences
swept away.?- . -; ( '
Dozen of people fiving, it Edgewick,
a small town in the valley, narrowly es
caped death before tie rushing watei-s,
Charles Moore, North Bend Lumber
company watchman gave . tatl
alarm by fastening down the -mill whis-
tle and running from house, to. house.
The people rushed to'a earby eleva
tion.. Several were caught by the water
swirling up to their armpits. There were
no casualties. t , ... v. t
The bank .that ' gave way ig a mile
long and composed of debris and ac
eumulation. The reaorvoir, which is Se
attle's water supply source, ' has been
sealed several times hf the city at an
expense of more than 0100,000. -
HLUhfi f f LAWGIEY
Only . Excuse Offered By
James Justus-Was Bat
NctKig.'' ,
Baker, Or., Dec. 24. JTIn' onlv rea
son that James Justus wou'd give to
day for killing Ira Langlcy, a well
known cattleman of Rye Valley, "was
that "hs needed killing," '
Justus, who is a cowboy 19 years old,
was arrested- yesterday, He has con
fessed. the officers, say' His was sus
pected because .of his t'ecu.'isr actions
during thepas't fewr days, Nlkiwing ths
murder.
The cowboy declared he fired at two
othor cattlemen who were with Lang
ley at the time of the slaying "just to
see thenj run." Neither was hit.
EFFORTS TO HUM
CHRISTMAS BOXES
TO SOLDIERS MADE
Germans Are Co-Operating To
Make Season Enjoyable.
For Yankees.
By Webb Miller
( United Press taff correspondents
American Headquarters in Germany, 1
Dec. 24. .With a spirit of "peace on making acceptance of the league of na
earth, good will to men," two million ti0 a part 0f the demands to be made
American soldiers will cniov a really ...i,...
merry Christmas on German and French
soil tomorrow.
in the back areas tne -nonaay leasts
will be elaborate. In the advanced
areas most of the Christmas boxes aad
failed to arrive today, in spUe of the
beat of forts of the transportation units.
But the Red Cross and Y. M. O. A.
v . ArfJB. ... .
were iurrying .several -Vha
boxes forward in an effort to get them
here dn time for th. celebration.
Ohrlstmaa Spirit Prevails
While a true Christmas spirit will
prevail here tomorrow, the boys' minds
will be centered on one thing the lit
tle family group back ihon.e.
More than 20,000 Americans will be
spending their Christmas in Germany,
where one of the strangest situations
in history will exist two races which
a few weeks ago were engaged in mor
tal combat, co-operating in mutual eel-
-cbration of the day.
Throughout German territory the in
habitants are making preparations to
aid in the festivities and it is evident
their sentiments are sincere. Burgo
masters of the various villages are
presenting Chriitmas trees tt the dough
boys. In many places the townspeople
i. .. 1 : I n, il ,1 1 ,ir. tt thir
' -
JDLIYCOISTHASFOR
liOl AT tHATIOII
EOSFITALSJ FlAra
Job McConaack Will Sing
For Weasded Soldiers To
morrow Afternoon.
New York, Dec. 84. Their Christmas
in "blighty" will f a joyouf one
for the 3.S00 wounded American heroei
at Debarkation Hospital No. 3.
' Thousands of gifts and loads of good
cheer will be distributed. The Santa
Claus will be the Red Cross, the Sal
vation Army and many other charitable
and welfare organisations' i
Evergreen and holly dee.k -the hos
pital today from roof to cellar. A mam
moth Christmas tree decorated with or'
naments and gifte, stands in the ro-
! tundSj A home-like yuletide atmosphere
Soon after midnight Santa Claus will
tour- the' wards." In tho morning each
wonnded" man will 'find hanging Tjeside
his bed a large red storking filled to
overflowing with Christmas gifts and
goodies.' There will be also a walking
cane. These all are the gifts of the Red
Cross.
A "wonderful" dinner is being pie
pared for the veterans. There will be
turkey and "ell its fixin's." In the
afternoon John McCormack will sing in
the auditorium.
The main Christmas feature is to be
staged in-the evening when thousands
of additional gifts will be given the
doughboys.
FOIATlwil OF LEAGUE
I'M inANT THAN
SETTLEIOTOF PEACE
Phis Is What London People
Think. Discissions To Con-
tmueinfonnally.
C: I
Loudon, Doe. 24. Formation of the '
league of nations is oven more
taut than the actual peaeo settlement,'
according to opinions expressed hero to
day. . .''...
Tho iniponding arrival of President
WIboiv, together with the league of na
tions program suggested by Viscount
Grey, former secretary of stato for for
eign affairs, hus given a frosh impetus
to discussions of tho subject.
It is estimated by air well informed
persons that tho allies already are be
ginning conversations rcguiuing the
league, but that no attempt will bo
made lit actual codification of its luws
until tho principal terms of tho pcaco
treaty are disposed of.
suggest .Program.
Some students of international af
fairs suggested the following as a pos
sible program:
Discussion of tho league will contin
ue informally as at present.
Tho general peace terms will be. for
mulated at tho inter-allied confou.nee.
I These terms will be proscntcd and
'ratified at the gonoral conference in
Versailles,
tu ,', ,,,, iihnni a;0,,i.
,n, T,rnKt,.A tn wnrV . .n fi,
dettil fa
Rnlftn nnn, . flat ,. fl ,,
wuuiu uo vHiuviiTB. uuivdi were Ullf
yetla, which would be impossible now,
., ' . . r.. .... '
,tU4 o ccount of the polit.ca
1 1 l.. 1 .. .1 . .. 1 1L 1
, BuBsia.
Relax Restrictions On
Exports To Latin-America
Washington, Dec. 24. Sweeping re
laxation of restrictions on the expurt
of foodstuffs, fodders and feed to Latin-America
was announced by the war
trade board today. Only wheat and
wheat flour, corn, coffee, sugar, butter,
cheese, eggs, linseed meal and cotton
seed meal remain on the export conser
vation list and any of these may be
obtained in certain quantities through
official channels. License for exporta
tion to Houth America of manufactures
containing gold, will be granted upon
agreement of .the exporter provided the
bullion. of the value of the gold in tar
manufacture represents C6 per cent of
articles. ' . ' .
Coeoanut meal ran bo imported in
any quantity. Restrictions on quality
and fixing of maximum prices of rub
ber importations are eliminated.
mas letters are on their way homo, or
have already arrived. Eieept for pa
trolling the edge of the bridgehead, dis
cipline will be relaxed tomorrow.
The most famous Christmas toast is
expected to be "To der tag that we
go heme."
TO 8TJBBEKDEK MOKE SUBS
London, Dec. 24. Tifty more Ger
man submarines including some of the
largest types, will bf surrendered soon,
it is ltsriicd.
Establism eh t 0
Monarchy Is Still
Goal Of Royalis ts
Republicans Are Convinced That Formal Establishment
Of Republic And Election. Of President Will Effect
ively End Aspirations Of Monarchists. Saxony Ad
1 vocates Confederation Of German States.
London, Dee. 24. Capping a grow
ing wave -ef. suspicion, evidence! in the
liberal British press during the past
month, ther - New- '- Statesman today
makes ' the sensational announcement
that bolsheviki, supported now by many
former opponents, are effecting a real
restoration of Russian order. , .
. The New Statesman, far from aa or
gan of the extreme' radicals, is regarded
as being a sobor element with a large
eireultion among liberal intellectuals.
The article has undoubtedly heighten
ed the spreading impression that tha.
full truth has not yet come out of Rus
sia.
Agitation is increasing In favor of
compelling the government to state ex
plicitly Its attitude toward Russia; It
is now regarded as practically eertain
this agitation will result in President
Wilson being urged to declare his stand
on the Russian situation during his visit
here. " ' " " - . ' '
Food Distribution Better.
"Order is more thoroughly re-established
in Russia now than at any time
since the fall of Czardom," said the
New Statesman. "Food dietrubution
is better organized than at any time
during the whole war.. Factories are
rapidly starting up agalnas fast as raw
materials can be obtained. Management
of the fetorios by committees filed for
of tho factories by committees failed
for obvious reasons. 1 Management by
the Soviets with consultative commit
tees of employes has been substituted
with growing success, t .
"The bolsheviki, though hampered
by undesirable tools, are cleaning the
country of bribery and corruption. Ter
ror has ceased. It has been greatly
exaggerated. If Nickolai Lenine had not
been in bed as the result of a wound
there would have been no Horror' in
Moscow. There has been no , exeeu
tions in Moscow for two months. Dur
ing trie "torror- mero mo v j
tions, of which 60 per cent wore eorrupt
soviot olficiais. inciriciouKj is
remedied by rapid recruiting from tho
educated olassos. V
Is Disciplined Forcer,
"The red army has become a real
disciplined force with a new spirit of
revolutionary nationalist enthusiasm
Its numbers, are uncertain, but there
are at least six hundred thousand men
in its ranks. It has riflos, machine
gun; and ammunition In plenty, but lit
tic artillery. No Russian army has tt
chance against it. It has experienced
nothing but success since September.
"Great massos of professional men
and petty bourgcoisio have gone over
t0 the bolsheviki during the past few
months. In tho large towns the work
men almost unanimously support the
bolsheviki, Tho peasants were hostile
for a long time, but the formation of
'poverty committees' and tho adminis
tration of the affairs of every village
in the interosts of the peasants has re
sulted in a great majority now keenly
supporting Lenine.
Finds Few Friends row.
"The invading British army, which
six months ago would havo found many
friends, now finds only a very lew.
These are mostly property ownors.
"Where the white guards (anti-bol-sheviki)
temporarily ocupied districts,'
they have carried out 'terrors' on a
scale the red guards never dreamed of.j
"Any government established by us'
will need the support of foreign bayo
nets, as the Russian proletariat are
thoroughly imbued with bolshevism.
"The bolsheviki would be certain to
get a majority in a constituent assem
bly, but they prefer a soviet govern
ment. This is frankly class rule in
which property owners have no voice
until they become proletariats, but as
a majority rule, it is broador than ours
was before tho last reform act."
Revolution Inevitable.
New York, Dec. 24. Nickolai Lenine
in a letter to the "revolutionary pro
letariat of America," declares that an
international revolution Is inevitable.
The letter published in the January
number of "The Liberator, " formerly
The Masses, wns written in Moscow on
August 20, and was just admitted to
the United Btates by the censor.
Lenine indicates the report that the
Russian bolsheviki plan to carry their
doctrines into all countries not only is
true, but has been uppermost in the
minds of tho bilsheviki since their rev
olution in 1917.
'Have Established Schools.
A recent dispatch from Copenhagen
quoted Harold Hnvcnius, Danish min
ster to Russia, as saying the bolsheviki
have established schools in Moscow fur
tho education o' the agitators and that
several of these "pupils" had already
left Russia with the intention of spread
ing bolshevism in their respective eoun j
tries. '
"We realize that the mad resistance
of the bourgeoisie against the socialist
revolution in all Countries is uuavoid
able,' Lenine wrotV ,"W know, too,
that with the development of hia rev-,
olutlon, this resistance will grow. Bus
sistanea and in the course of its strug-:
gle against tha bourgeoisie the. prole
ariat will finally beeome ripe for vic
tory and power. ; ,, ,
"We ara in a beleaguered fortress
so. king as no other international social--1st
revolution comes to our assistance
with its armies. But these forew nx
ist ,they ara stronger than ours, they
grow, they strive, they beeome mora
invincible. Inevitable labor is approach-'
ing communistic bolshevistic tactics. Is,
preparing for the proletarian revolution
that alone is capable of preserving cul
ture and humanity from destruction.'
E!G STQil n
I 'M WEST STATES
Santa aaus Will Be Able To
Drive Over Six laches Of
0.IB!
Chicago, J)ce. 24. Tho middle wast
was in the grip of a regular Christmas
snowstorm today. In muy sections the
storm approached blizzard proportions.
A tomperatura ranging' from xer to
20 above was predicted for the north
western &nd Mississippi valley . states
for Christmas daj.. ,T"'" ,
Four inches, of snow fell in "jjhlciige-.
during tho night,, broking the anowlosa
December record hjre, Surface street
ears in parts of the city were stalled
and suburban trains were late. A 2u
mile wind, increasing to a gale over
Lake Michigan, was blowing. Storm
whistles along the like were blowing.
Muuy minor trnffoc accidents occurred.
Several wore, inju ed when a banta Fe
passenger train collided with a freight
outside tho Chicago yards.
Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Kansus, Wis
consin and other states were blanketed
with snow.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24 Tho south,
west was assured today of a whito
Christmas. The weather bureau bora
today reported henvy snow ovor fto
brusko, Kantian, Ok ahom, Western Mis
souri and parlg of northrn Texas. Somo
snow hus fallen in eastern Missouri, tho
report stated.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 24. It's to be
a real old fashioned white Christmas,
with whistling winds and probable aero
weather thrown in. Rushing upou a
howling northwt it wind belated Christ-'
mas snows st'uck the Twin Cities at
duybreak and i blizzard is in progress.
Dcs Moines Iowa., Dee. 24. Santa
Clnus will be nblc to rido through Iowa
in his sled tonight. A heavy snowstorm
during the night covered Iowa with a
blanket of the so-called beautiful, rang
ing from two to six inches in depth.
Denver, Colo., Dee. 24. Santa Claua
was blockaded south and east of here
today by one of the heaviest snow
storms in years. The Santa Fe, Union
Pacific and Colorado and Southern lines
reported train service completely stall
ed by snow drifts. On other lines more
fortunately situated schedules are bad
ly disarranged. Blizzards iu Kansas
and the Texas panhandlo are responsi
ble for dolay of tong of mail and Christ
mas presents. Steam snow plows are
bucking the drifts to reopen communi
cations. Detectives Believe Dead
Man Was Collins Murderer
" Seattle, Wash., Dee. 24. Seattle do
tectives today were working on the the
ory that Albert Schreor, discovered
dangling dead from an applo tree OA
the lot of C. J. Olson's resrdeneo at
Taeoma yesterday, is the murderer of
Daniel A. Collins, local salesman, killed
in his room in tho DiUer hotol hero,
early Sunday morning.
8. Langler, night clerk at the hotel,
in describing the mysterious guest who
rushed hurriedly out of the hotel at
3:30 o'clock Sunday morning, about
the time of the crime, furnished a ac
curate description of Schroor, eity de
teetives declare.
It was C. J. Olson of 282 Wost M.
street, who found him, however. When
Olson arose at 6 a. m. Monday, he saw
hanging from a tree in the rear of his
lot a stiff figure eovercd with frost.
It was cutlmnted he had been dead at
least six hours.