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two in Canada reported earlier to-
day.
Drops Of As degrees in temperature
were reported from many communities.
At Yanl1ton, S. D.. the temperature
fell &C degrees in 1S hours and the
weather bureau forecasts drops of
40 to so degrees tonight in parts of
Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.
In Minnesota where drifts are ten
feet deep, passengers of train
bound for the Twin Cities waded a
mile through the snow when the
engine was derailed, to get TO relief
train. A car ferry, aground on the
rocks in Lake Michigan. near Milwau-
kee, unloaded part of it's cargo in a
bitter northwest gale, trying to free
itself, while four vessels stood by to
rescue the crew of SO if the storm
prevented recovery of the cargo
Schools closed for the day at
Watertown, S. D., and Duluth, and
other communities planned to adjourn
the schools tomorrow if the cold con-
tinued. The weather bureau forecast
snow for part of the Great Lakes
region and predicted the mercury
would rise somewhat in the near
northwest by late tomorrow.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
Aimee Given Number
Of Votes For Office


3 SACRAMENTO, calf, Dec. 13 R).-
The official count of the vote police
by Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Los
Angeles evangelist, as a written-in
candidate for earious offices at stake
in the last months election, was an
nounced.
Mrs. Mcpherson showed greatest
strength in the race for Justice of the
state supreme court, ~ ballots being
cast for her in that contest. For
governor she received nine votes; for
chief justice three; for lieutenant
governor one; controller one, and
state board of equalization, one.
other written-in candidates who re-
ceived scattered votes included
Charles Chaplin, Andy Gump, Ken
meth G. Ormiston, Mary Pickford and
Will Hays.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
CONGRESS M AY
INQUIRE INTO
A NE W REPORT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 R.-The
controversy over the Associated Press
dispatch of November II reporting the
governments concern that commun,
istic tendencies in Mexico might be
thrust into Latin-American relations
promised today to get into Congress.
Representative Laguardia, republic
can, New York, introduced a resolu-
tion to direct Secretary Kellogg, If
ret Incompatible with public inter-
est to inform the house regarding the
origin of tho disratch.
Specifically, he wanted to estabv
lish whether any state department
officer requested press associations
to send out a story &C coacerning inter
nal conditions in Mexico; whether a
request was made net so reveal the
sources of information and whs her
the department had 1T urate infoc ra-
tion concerning bolshevist actIvi les
in Mexico and regarding Mexico's vt
titude toward T:c;r gla and Mex can
activities l nCeaira' America, de::-
mental to the Unitel States.
He also asked, if such information
was given out at the department,
what official furnished 1t.
The La Guardia resolution would
direct the secretary to answer four
questions as follows:
did the state department, through
any of its officers, on or about the
10th day of November, 1925, request
or suggest to the representatives Of
the Associated Press, United Press
and international News Service to
send a statement or news item to
internal conditions in Mexico and
alleged relations between Mexico and
Russia?
Did the department of state.
through any of it's officials, on or
about the 10th day of November,
make any statement to the repre-
sentatives of the Associated Press,
United Press and International News
Service, concerning Mexico and re-,
quested said news associations not to
reveal the sources of information?
Did the state department have in
its possession on or about the 10th
day of November any authentic, ac-
curate, or reliable information con-
"oASiA0 f-SeiS "c'iN NteAoS lh th0
republic of Mexico?
Sid the department of state have
in it's possession on or ABOUT the 18th
day of November, 1925, any authentic,
accurate, or reliable information reia.
tive to MeXico's attitude toward
Nicaragua and Mexican activities In
Central America detrimental to the
interests of the United States?''
If the first and second questions
are answered in the affirmative, Kel-
logg is asked to furnish the name and
official title of the person who made
such statements.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
RIVER MEET TO
OPEN ON COAST
ON WEDNE SDAY

PHOENIX, Dec. 13.-(A9-With the
clearing up of matters threatening to
prevent n Colorado river conference
between Arizona, California and Nevada
today, the Arizona commission has be-
gun preparations to attend the meeting
in Los Angeles Wednesday.
1t appeared. that the conference was
"off", due to the fact that Chairman
Ralph E. Swing of the California COM
mittee agreed to confer with the Ari-
zona members providing Arizona would
agree to cease efforts to delay or de-
feat action" on the Swing-J Johnson bill
in congress.
Arizona refused, and Senator Swing
replied to Fl. So McCluslSey, secretary
Of the Arizona commission, that I'VE
did not ask that you cease your efforts
to defeat the Swing-Johnson bill or to
have it delayed, but only that you do
not predicate your request for delay
upon the fact that the meeting was
scheduled or in progress"
In a later message, Senator Swing
stated 1--WE feel complete ratifica-
tion of Colorado, river compact and
Immediate congressional action pro-
viding for development of Colorado
river so important that we are willing
20 waive conditions stated in previous
wires if we can have meeting with
your committee"
The members of the Arizona COM
mission are:
Cleve W. Van Dyke, chairman; Fl. S.
McCluskey, secretary; f. A. Reid,
Thomas Maddox and A. G. McGregor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
RAILROADS AGAIN NORMAL

MEXICO CITY, Dec 13.-(Special to
The Dispatch). = Repair material both
for shops and right of way mainte-
nance in the possession of the Ma
tional Railways of Mexico is greater
in quantity than it was Is years ago,
according to careful inventory which
has just been completed. This inven-
tory was made in Connection with the
the agreement under which the lines
were returned to private management,
which required that the lines be
brought to the condition they were in
during 1912, when they were taken
over by the government. 1t is stated
that this has already. been accom-
plished.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
YET
FREE, BUT NO w
FACING ARREST

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Is R.-Robert
e. Grove, states attorney for Cook
county, Illinois, will order the arrest
Of Kenneth G. Crmiston, wanted as a
defendant here in the Aimee Semple
Mcpherson conspiracy trial, as soon
as the papers arrive in Chicago, he
told e. ]. Dennison, deputy district
attorney over long distance telephone
here today. Dennison said he believed
the fugitive radio man would be in
custody before night as postal off
cials had informed him that the
warrants charging Ormiston with
perjury and conspiracy to obstruct
justice would arrive in Chicago late
today.
The former Angelus temple radio
operator, though located in Harris
burg, Pa, several days ago, has not
been placed in custody by local Off
GERS.
Dennison announced he would ask
the county grand jury tomorrow to
facilitate the radio mans extraaition.
Nine witnesses have been subpoenaed
to appear before the jury. The trunk
scl1eu IN NeW Aolh IScelilAy coHIdAh-
ing feminine wearing apparel, part of
which the district attorney says belong
to the evangelist, will be exhibited to
the jurors. The witnesses under sub
poena include Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-
SieIaff, chief accuser of the evange-
list and co-defendant; a Hollywood
modiste and two of her assistants; Miss
Emma Schaeffer, secretary to Mrs. Nc
Pherson; w. E. Clark, employe of a
Pasadena luggage shop where the
trunk is believed sto have been pur-
chased; Joe Ryan, deputy district at
torney, and Herman c. Cline, captain
of police detectives, both of whom
participated in the Mcpherson kidnap-
ing story investigation, and "Mr.
Graham"
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Texas Lawyer Says Girl
Held for Robbery is Wife
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At 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 previously,
however, on a writ of habeas corpus
and bond of $1,000, 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 viii have to
remain in the Hays county Jail until
the second week in February, when
grand jury will consider the case.
Cofer waived preliminary hearing
and asked Justice Ramsey to reduce
the bond from $4,000 to $4,000, ex-
planning that the girls family was in
moderate circumstance" and that al
though the alleged offense carries
capital punishment. reported in news
papers showed that the robbery was
not aggravated"
b. G. Neighbors, Hays county at
torney, said the state had no testi-
mony to offer at this time. He de-
clared the charge was a capital Of
Tense and insisted on the bond re-
naming at least $4,000.
"Owing to the gravity of this
charge, robbery with firearms,
capital offense, 1 deny the defendant
bond, and remand her to JAIL" Justice
Ramsey announced.
The defendant merely smiled
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from republican ranks could be
obtained.
There are many more than
this number of republicans who
favor tax reduction" he asserted.
1--WE propose to give them an
opportunity to go on record Tor
ct.
Either we are going to force
a tax cut, to Which the people
are entitled, or we are going to
let the country know where the
responsibility lies
Representative Hull, of Tennes-
see, a democrat on the ways and
means committee. also issued
statement, asserting sthat "mucn
apprehension exists relative to
the operation of the sinking
fund.- and that it is often sale
that reduction of interest on the
public debt affords a correspond
ing amount of relief to present
tax payers"
This IS not true as to present
tax payers to the extent that suc.i
reductions are effected through
the sinking fund.-" he asserted,
"as the sinking fund will con-
tinue to increase annually until it
reaches near one billion dollars
before all debt is extingu:shed
and before tax payers will get
any relief from debt through re-
duction of the sinking fund"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
WO WITNESSES
TESTIFY AS TO
.MELLETT DEATH

CANTON, Ohio, Dec 13 R.-Two of
the states most important witnesses
in the murder of Don r. Mellett cru
sading publisher of the Canton Daily
News, were presented to the jury
trying Patrick Eugene McDermott,
one of the alleged slayers
Mrs. Florence Mellett, the editors
widow, small and pathetic. with the
youngest of her four children, four
year-old Jane, at her knee, unfolded
the story of threats hurled into her
home by Mellett's enemies and his
ultimate assassination. Not long after
she left the stand, Steve Kascholk,
the states chief informer, came from
behind the bars of Stark county
workhouse to point an accusing fin-
ger at McDermott. Steve claims he
was invited to take part in the
murder plot but declined, His story
had only started when it was IN
.terrupted by strife between opposing
counsel. Then court adjourned for
the day.
'sNo Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
STORM GRIPS WEST

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 13 (P.5With
zero weather general over the central
west, nine dead in the Rocky noun
tains and the Pacific northwest and
transportation and wire facilities
crippled, the western half of the
United States tonight was in thu
grip Of the worst storm of the sea-
son.
From saskatchewan to San Antonio,
Texas, and from the Pacific north
west to Wisconsin, low temperatures,
stiff winds and cloudy skies were
evident.
Late today the weather bureau at
San Antonio predicted norther
would. strike that city tonight and
that the temperature would fall from
63 at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon to
around 26 by morning. The
Texas panhandle reported snow and
a temperature of 90 degrees above
zero, with zero forecast for tonight.
Denver reported a thermometer
reading of six below zero today;
Colorado Springs. IA below; Butte
Mont, II below; Casper, Wyo., 20
Below, and Laramie, wy, 26 below.
Albuquerque, N M, escaped, eNtremS
cold weather, but three inches of
snow fell there.
Westbound trains were running be.
hind schedule in the mountains, the
air mail service practically was at q
standstill and wire facilities were
crippled
saskatchewan and Alberta tonight
were digging out of 10 TO 20 foot
snow drifts piled up last night by a
40-mile wind in what was said to bo
the worst storm there since 1907
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14

ance of marked intensity was reported
tonight over eastern Ontario moving
northwest northeastward with a cres-
cent shaped finger pointing down to
West Virginia and thence southwest
war dto the Louisiana coast. Fresh
south and southwest winds accompa-
MED the storm tonight, and tomorrow
morning they are expected to shift to
west and northwest, probably reach
ing gale force at times north of Sandy
Hook.
The outlook is for rain along the
Atlantic coast tomorrow morning, for
rain in the east Gulf states and snow
in the Ohio valley on Wednesday,. and
for snow fiurries Tuesday and We'd
nesday in the lower lake region; else
where the weather will be fair tomor-
row and Wednesday, but much colder.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
LONG DIsTANCE TELEPHoNE

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13.-(Special to
The Dispatch) President Gales has
formally inaugurated the first long
distance telephone line which now
connects the capital with Querataro.
The president talked for some time
with General Anacleto Lopez, chief of
military operations in Querataro. The
experiment was in every way a sue
cess, this being the first stage in a
system which will eventually connect
all parts of the country and also con-
meet with American lines.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
PAc1F1c FEELs RLAsT

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. "a iH9 ley
winds from Alaska sem temperatures
on a wintry plunge in the Pacific
northwest and western Canada to-
day, bringing about an abrupt end
to a balmy fall season an dcovering
much of the territory with a blanket
of snow.
Portland was visited by the first
snowstorm in two years with fall
of % inches. Spokane thermometers
sank to 6 degrees above zero with
prospects of zero weather within "a
hours. 1t was 26 degrees above zero
in Seattle, which was the lowest
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
COLD IN MONTANA

BOHEMIAN, Mont, Dee. 1S-(P-Boze-
man and all of Gallatin valley are in
the grip of the severest cold snap since
December, 1924. The temperature drop
ped to 19 below zero this morning and
did not rise above seven below during
the entire "a hours.
The change from mild winter weather
started Saturday afternoon and before
Sunday morning the thermometer had
dropped from 45 above to II below.
Al three-inch snowfall before the zero
temperatures arrived added to the pre-
vious SHOWS, is said to be ample pro-
lection to the winter wheat fields in
the dry land sections of the valley.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
$4,000 AN S w E r
QUESTIONABLE
RELIGION

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 P)-Fifty
thousand answers to the QUESTIONABLE
on religion, received by the news
papers of the country which took
part in the study last week, show
that while Americans are religious,
many of them express thcir oonVtc-
tions through medium other than the
church, Charles Stelzle, director OF
the questionable said tonight.
1t was pointed out that the am
swers do not represent general
"cross section" of public opinion but
only the opinion of the church going,
newspaper reading public
While more than $50 newspapers
iii 40 states printed the QUESTIONABLE
last week, only half OF them had re-
ported today and virtually none had
finished it's count Many will con-
tinue the QUESTIONABLE this week
and some will print it for the first
time.
The questionnaire was drafted by
100 clergymen in connection with the
campaign on religion conducted by
the church advertising department of
the National Advertising association.
Seven out of ten of those who have
replied to sdate report that they are
active church members. Nearly eight
out of ten say that they would not
be willing to have their families
grow. up in community in which
there is no church.
",The figures indicate that interest
in religion differ greatly in various
parts of the country" S.elgle said.
"In the south, for example, the people
are very orthodox in their views.
They virtually generally accept such
doctrines as Immortality, the divinity
of Jesus Christ and the inspiration OF
the Bible and they are strong for
the church. Much the same thing is
true of the smaller cities in the
middle west. But in the larger cit
les. the returns indicate a greater in
difference to religion
The questions, with tabulations lin
percentage) to answers thus far re-
ceived, are as follows:
CD Do you believe in God? Yes.
SO per cent; No, IL per cent.
CD Do you believe in Immortality?
Yes, SIS per cent; No, Is per cent.
No( 10 YOU USllSNS III prayer etS a
means OF personal relationship to
God? Yes. 81 per cent; No. 16 per
cent.
ca no you believe that Jesus was
divine as no other man was divine"
Yes, " per- cent; No. 23 per cent.
(5) Do you regard the Bible as
inspired in sense that no other
literature could be said to be in
spired? Yes, 80 per cent; No, 20
per cent
CO. Are you an active member of
any church? Yes, 20 per cent; No,
80 per cent.
% Do you regularly attend any
religious services? Yes, 70 per cent;
No, 80 per cent.
(S) Would you be willing to have
your family grow up in a community
in which there was no church? Yes,
21 per cent; No, 70 per cent.
l9) Do you regularly have family
worship in your home? Yes, 40 per
cent; No, SO per cent.
(1O) Were you brought up in
religious home? Yes, SO per cent;
No, u per cent.
CID Do you send your children
to any school of religious instruc-
tion? Yes, 67 per cent; No, 3S per
cent.
(12) Do you think that religion IN
some form is a necessary element of
life for the Individual and the COM
munity? Yes, 80 per cent; No, 10
ner cent
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
2 PENNSYLVANIA
TRAINS COLLIDE

NE wYoRK, Dec. 1S E5.-Reports
of collision of two Pennsylvania
railroad trains, the Commercial Ex-
press and the Atlantic City Limited
at a small station near New Bruins
wick, N. j., IS received at the sta
tion masters office at the Pennsyl'
vania terminal here, said that no one
was killed.
The engineer Of the Commercial
Express had his brakes on when his
train ran into the rear of the Atlantic
City Limited, it was said,and the inn
pact was not great.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
SMITH URGES AcmEgeTFsNT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 R-State
commissions Of Nevada, Arizona and
California on the Boulder canyon
dam project were urged today to
work for definite agreement by
Chairman Smith of the house irriga
tion committee, which is now con-
sidering the Swing-Johnson bill.
Representative Hayden, democrat
Arizona, said that the committee was
unanimously desirous that the state
bodies arrive az satisfactory agree
ment among themselves.
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ten years, then as state superintendent
of prisons, and in 1922 he was made
warden at Joliet.
Among the reforms which he insti-
tuted was abolishment of corporal pun
ishment and entertainment for prison.
ers as reward for good behavior. His
plan of a model prison, with ventila-
tion and sunlight provided by huge
glass walls facing the cells, has been
copied.
Whitman once quelled a riot by
walking into the house of correction
barehanded and quieting the prisoners
by simply talking to them. One pris-
oner who tried to strike him with an
iron bar was knocked down by another
prisoner, who later explained he acted
so because Whitman had been kind to
him.
His widow survives.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14

mark since 1924, and ice and traces
of snow caused numerous accidents
and delaped transportation. -Four
deaths in western Washington were
attributed to the storm. Two persons
were killed in an automobile accident
near Tacoma and west of Seattle III
I<itsap county man and his wife
were crushed to death by tree
which smashed through the top Of
their automobile.
A woman and her two year old
daughter were frozen to death on a
farm near Hanna, Alberta. Heavy
winds in Alberta, Saskatchewan drift
ed snow 10 to 20 feet high in the
severest weather since 1907.
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u. S. Plea For
Conviction of Fall
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plea for an Instructed verdict of
acquittal was sumnarily rejected by
Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, presid-
ing.
Half of the governments allotted
six hours were consumed by Roberts.
The defense will use the entire
court day tomorrow, and former
Senator Atlee Pomerene will conclude
for the prosecution Wednesday morn
ing. Reading of The instructions will
probably require an hour or more.
Roberts followed his assault upon
the patriotic motive with a rereading
of Doheny's testimony that he be-
lieved the Elk Hills reserve might
yield profit of $1OO,OOO.OOO.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
SPREADS EASTWARD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. = B = Win
ters advance agents will stretch their
icy tentacles from the west tomorrow
and envelop the states east of the
Mississippi.
The pre- Christmas pulse of the
weather bureau shook tonight with a
gravity sufficient to warrant the prog
nosticator hoising the signal to pre-
pare for much lower temperatures
Tuesday and Wednesday. A disturb
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
GANGsTBR,s BODY FOUND

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-(P)-The body of
a man, shot three times through the
head and then burned beyond recogni-
ton, was found on a lonely prairie in
Chicago Heights today. Police con-
cluded the man was another victim in
gang war feuds over illicit liquor
trade and that he had probably been
taken for a ride" by his enemies, shot
to death and an effort made to- burn
the body He was about 35 years old
and had been dead for several weeks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
RAmRoADs AGAIN OPEN

CALGARY, Alta, Dec. 13.-(P9-Rail-
roads of the Canadian prairie provinces
tonight were resumng their schedules
after "a hours efforts to clear the
tracks of snow. A drift Is feet deep
and 700 feet long was found at Stand
ard, Alta.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
CUBAN ExroRrs INCREASE

MEXICO CITY, Dec 13.-(Special to
The Dispatch) cuba is consuming a
large variety of Mexican products, ac-
cording to consular reports for Octo-
Der, there having been added to the
lists shipment of cotton waste, which
is new item of export Fifteen nun
dred bales of sisal fibre were exported
during the month. Other shipments
include petroleum, mineral waters and
900 cases of beer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14

the meetings in Geneva, he went on,
had inaugurated new system of phil
osophyl in statecraft, and that was
straight dealings He paid glowing
tribute to all his colleagues, represent
ing other countries with whom he had
been negotiating.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14

ATTLOFE a UNIIA II UNOS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (E9-Taking
up reclamation bureau appropriations.
the house today approved funds
recommended for projects at Yuma,
Ariz., Orland, Calf, Grand Valley
and Uneompahgre, Colo, and Boise,
Idaho.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14

house fire, where II eases of dy-
Mantle hnsI been planted with two
men in the woods nearby ready to
set off the explosive.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-14
Relatives of Slain
Mayor of Benton, Ill.

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Senate Gives Preferential
Status to Boulder Canyon
APPROVE YUMA FTND.

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Stresemann is in
High Praise

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Rusty Key to be Used
to Unlock Rep. Congress

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John Whitman, PenOlogist
of Fame, is Dead

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King Winter Rules
North u. S

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