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Show TOE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER pleasing Christmas ny ftoblnR local weather shaarvar PnTn, Head of National elation Charges gross Shows Partiality. 'Present Policy Under Bill for Increase Is Aime at One Oats, He Ayers. f Colo, Deo. 14 Tha central Rocky mountain region shivered In last night tha lowest temperatures ef tha season. Tabsmaeh, Colo., a small station an tha Dsnvsr A Salt Lake railroad, was tha coldest spot In tha Untied States, awarding to weather bureau reports. With temperature af 41 degress below aerst tha little mountain town established Ha claim to a real Arctie thermometer rsadtng. Tsbemaslk, which sits fa (ha Middle park region, high In tha middle af the Rocky mountain ranee, however, to are prepared fog tba eoid. Houses constructed with double walla had sawdust. with packed Craig. Colo., reported 41 below. Lander, Wyo., registered 11 degrees below, while the mercury dropped to II below Great ;PreIiaveiiaftrv Remarkable Reduction on Womens Stylish Ready-to-WeOur Entire Stock to-d- In ar Hints 9 Denver. The sun greeted tha nentral mounwisraxarox Deo. 11 Bt tain region today for tha first Urnscre-In forty-sighours, aad weather f the ssets Indicated continued fair weather tag to make Ui poetafflo department with moderating temperaslightly - tures to the ( aarvtoa and vrtr sommunica-tto- n dertaktag to stain el ease s Train was Improved today, rapidly renail W far vaela prtrllsgaa covering from tha demoralisation that granted by itogrito to athar marked It during tha blissard which Arthur Baldwbx prealdamt of tba reached Its maximum Intensity early National PublUhorW aoao elation, do-- Tuesday. al , alarad today bafara a foist oongroo-alonpootofnoa auhanenmlttaa, trim ring 1 behalf of publisher of magma tnaa to oppose tba lacrosse to r- - ht ton 25, 1924. it. imnaait IH S" a 1 to tba btS to pmlda raraaaa to never edvanoae to tba pap of portal employes, Mr. Baldwin alaa aharged that tba eoat aananalnmaait rapurt boas baard wtth tba ana Ida la mint at showing a grant expanse tba goramnoot af hooding tba a fail Rural baa datlrar? and paraal pant aorta a a autUaad la tba aost aaear tain moat raport wara mclUr Ha assort b? Ur. Baldwin. ad that tba first sat i loo bad boon tor tbs apse Ifto bansflt of tbs rural population and that os grass should tax all tba psopla for Its malntanancs In sisod of altompt- Ing to maha only ear Is In els an tbs oosl Citing somputatloos mads from a pravloua survey of tba parcel post b? tba government. Mr. Baldwin doolarod tbs astlmats In tbs cost rathat only ens billion ens milport lion piece of parcol Pot wara handing la tba last fiscal roar manlfastlr was arronsouh A grantor lnrrsass In tha cost of handling this oarrlcs. ha contended, should bars boon pro- U. S. AT PEACE OBd-Qi- , sar-rl- ca posed wban ths'dapsrtmsnt eomputod tbs rats adrancas nocesoasrr for It to baar Its proportionals ahara of tbs . solar, cost. MAGAZINES DESERT MAILE. Asserting that rates an magailnes now are so high that man? of tbs larger oca. ara deserting tbs malls as a means of distribution, Mr. Baldwin told tha committee this class of matter alreadr la paring too high a postal rate. Ha suggested that tbs department arrange a through freight service for handling tha maga-sines, now being aant br commercial freight, and provlds defsrrsd dsllvar? In cities ss a means of keeping them s In tba malls. Incidentally, tbs publisher? aasocla-tto- n president called attention to the report of the postoffice department that only 14.400,000 was tost In ban- ( tiling snsgsslnea as nailing tbs falsa, hood" that the msgaslnes are enjoying h large subsidy' amounting In the case of tha Saturday Evening Poet to I2S.000.00 a year. He said ha had beard this statement with re- apect to tha Poet stated on tbs floor . of congress. Going Into details as to special classes. Mr. privileges for certain . Baldwin said government were permitted to mall departments tbalr liters- -. ture free of cost; that special rates are given to scientific, religious and . educational journals not published for a profit; free transportation given to , literature for tba blind and free eoun- try service given to newspapers. FECIAL SERVICE. Moreover, be pointed out that the to giving certain special - government service, such as registry letter and money at a loss in order to order, , the business. . maintain that he would have none Asserting of abolished, the witness declared the should , government approach tha matfrom a buainses and common aansa ' ter viewpoint by making the losses on . these special privileges and services a tax on all the people and not against . certain classes who usa tha malls. Citing that many magaslnea, particularly trade papers, dbntaln current Information of value, Mr Bald- - win protested against a different treatment for them from that given , new. papers by reason of the an tba reading matter of the charge maga-sinwhen they are transported through tha malls. , Finally, the witness described as vicious" the effort to combine both postal pay Increases apd postal rata , advances In one piece of legislation. The bias for one must warp the sober judgment regarding tha other," ha said. NOT AGAINST HIOHEN RAY. Asserting then that ha was not opposing the pay Increase for poets! employees, Mr. Baldwin said ha believed - congress had a mandats to make the salary increase. "If anybody has a mandate. It to tha president of tha I'nited Stats. remarked Chairman Moaea. Ha Is Interpreting tha mandats as one to increase Postal rates to meat the Pay Increase With the conclusion of Mr. Baldwin's statement, the hearings wars adjourned until Friday, when representatives of other publishers' organisations will ha hoard. post-offi- , es Private Freight Line Established to Islands 8AM FRANCISCO. Dec. 24. Th Grxt Private American freight service from Pacific coast points direct to the Philippine Islands was Inaugurated today by tha Dollar Steamship company, with tha sailing or tba Btti- -' art Dollar from bera to Guam and Cavite, tba company announced. Tha new service will replace the navy transport service to government stations at Guam and Cmvtte Tbs transports handled private as wsU aa government shipping business. The company said a service between San Fraaclaooregular and Los Angeles on tba coast and tha Philippines via Guam win be maintained. Denver Youngsters Coasting Safely DENVER, Colo., Dec. 24, Dearer youngsters today ara coaetirg M un usually heavily traveled streets under die protection of traffic cops. ' An order by city officials today loosed approximately twenty blocks of recta to traffic until midnight Thursday and threw them open to sledding parties. Tha protected streets are located In vary section of the city and are va liable to children from tvary nook and corner of Denver. Give the Want Ada a chance If you do not get what you want the first tba second. (AdvA day, advert! n Regular Prices the 'marrow at his desk la tha post-o- f floe department, tba one subdivision af tba governmental establishment on which Christmas In or eases the load. Mr. Hoover, In asoordanos with hla custom, will drive out Into the country tomorrow with Mrs, Hoover, and, wielding hla own as. qgt hla oda Christmas tree. While tba president remained at hla desk today, Mrs. Coolldge want about tha city assisting soma ef tha charity organisations in distributing gifts to tha poor. , She visited during tha morning a downtown theater, where the Central Union mission distributed candy and gifts- - to hundreds of children from homes which Banth Claus probably would have to pass by. Santa Claus was there, however, and, spying Mrs. Coolldge In the gallery, called ber to the etage to assist hi handing out tba gifts. Than In the afternoon Mrs, Coolldg want to tba headquarters of th Army and aided In distribution of nearly 1000 baskets of food to families that otherwise would have had prospects fog a bounteous Christ-a- a dinner, SHEETINGS TO VETERANS. Mr. Coolldge took occasion during the day to extend hla Christmas greetings In a special message to disabled veterans of the world war, declaring their valor, which aroused the world a admiration during hostilities, has since engaged our continuing respect because af their courageous fight to heal the wounds of war." Ha also algnod an eaeoutive order waiving civil service requirements for government employment of h widow af men disana of tho twenty-sigcharged from tha bureau of printing and engraving two years ago, Tho lighting of tho community Christmas tree was accompanied by a Ovid M. ceremony of presentation. Butler, executive secretary of tha American Forestry association, which, with othar organisations, provided tha tree and arranged for Its transportation to Washington and for Its decoration and lighting, presented tha tree to tha president, who accepted It In behalf of tha nation. Those attending tha ceremony wara led by the choir In tha singing of Christmas carols as tha president on tha pressed tha button turning Ighta. Tha program was concluded music of Christmas by with a concert the marina band and a brass quartet from tba army tnuslo school. (Except Specials) ht Tha choir of tho First Congregational church, which tha president and hla family attend, provided special numbers and led In tha singing of carols at tha Whits House. Among the numbers was a new carol, "Oh rial-mBalia," written by tha pastor of the church, tha Rav. Jason Noble Pierce, and dedicated to Mrs. Coolldge. who Inaugurated tha custom of White House singing carols on tha lawn last Christmas eve. of will observances Tha simplest mark Christmas day at tha Whits Mra House, tha president, Coolldge, their son, John, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston, tha only union Christmas gueats, will attend services In th forenoon at one of tha downtown churchea. The Christmas dinner will be served In the evening, with only tho members of the family and Mr. and Ma Stearns present. as Size 4 to 14, also Junior in the Great Pre-Invento- and Misses, Sale at ry Half Price Z.C.M. Ls Entire Stock of ' t Sweaters Children s Coats IXDIANAPOIJS. Ind, Dee. 14 Printers In morn than fifty cities have Santa Claus visitations for In tha Union Printers' Homo at Colorado Springs, Colo, it said today by John W Hays, secretary-treasurof tha International Typographical union. Turkey dinners, a custom, will ha served tomorrow. Candy, books and warm clothing constitute tha bulk of the Christmas cheer eent by local unions to home residents from their sections. New Tork TypoNo-, union In ad15. sent t graphical dition to tha regular weekly allowance, to each Hew Tork resident ef tha noma. Z. C. M. Ls Entire Stock of Z. C. M. Ls Entire Stock of Womenv this Separate Skirts i and Childrens in Previnventory . Sale Reductions ranging from at Misses Great i 25 to 50 . NICE, Franca, Dec. t4 The officers and crew of the United States cruiser Pittsburg have planned a Santa Claus for tha school children of Nice tomorrow. The officers have Invited 124 children, chosen from among war orphans, to lunch aboard tha Following luncheon, there will be games and theatricals, and every child will he provided with a new suit or drees and each given toys. flag-shi- CHICAGO. Dec. 14 Santa Claus cams staggering to Chicago tonight under the weight of a 150 boo coo pack to ha unloaded iu Father Dearborn's i sock , Chicago merchants tonight estimated that the unprecedented girt buying of the last two weeks had given Ft. Nicholas his biggest pack State street merchants alone did more than 1 P'0.000 of business In one dey of this week. It was estimated Scores of social service and philanthropic agencies tonight had prepared to make merry the Christmas of thousands of the city's less fortunate and Dr. Ben Reltman, head of the Hoboes' college, announced that several hundred freshly bathed hoboes would he delivered to the homes of their mors fortunate brothers tomor. row for a Christmas feed Childrens Dresses In this Great - Pre-Invento- ry Sale at Reductions Ranging from Z. C M. Ls Entire Stock . 25 to 50 XJ o a : Off . . (Except Net Goods) OUR DRUG STORE IS AT 1 14 MAIN STREET landed liquor from a British schooner, is to be seised and tha speed of tha carrier Itself will determine the sac hoar's sailing distance of tha vessel from which it received Ita cargo. Tha treasury department instruction were radioed to the coast guard cutlers Raritan and Seneca. Tha Patera. which Is equipped with a wireless sat. also received this message, and immediately headed for tha open sea. After a fortv-m- tl chase, during which tha Coast guard cutters fired more than OEATH CLAIMS TWO d ehot at the fleeing twelve ROCK SPRINGS, two, Dei fl th Patara headed back for schooner, John tickers k. 24 years of ag jtu and received Instructions to aelsa New York, attempting to evade ike parlor miner, d'ed of pneumonia last ihe Patara on right aa having vio- pursuers and was captured sixteen evening He was raised at Superior lated the treaty with Croat Britain miles off Jone Inlet Alex Brown, 74. negro, died at Sui The ensure was baaed on a clausa Tha Patara is believed to have landperl or this morning of diseases Ind. in tha Hritleh-n treaty, spe- ed more than 25.004 000 worth of limeric deni to aid ago. a cifying that a carrier, known to bat quor during tha past two years. alow-movi- A Sale at ry Bath Robes, Kimonos, Petticoats, HouseDresses and Aprons 25 25 to 50 Pre-Invenfo- Reductions Ranging From ra Z. C. M. Ls Entire Stock of .. . In this Great arranged er , coast guard man said The seven prisoners. Including Captain Tenner, war refused ball and kept under heavy guard aboard tha vessel, with thalr hands manacled. Twelve other prisoners, captured aboard three rum boats off Rum Row, wars released an thalr owe recognizance. , Tba Patara Is a schooner of recent construction, 120 feet In length and ISO gross tons In capacity. She left Lunen-berNova Scotia, November 24, acto th maritime The cording register. a owner, according to Lloyd ara listed as KrnSt Steamboatregister, Company. Ltd , of Lunsnberg. The unofficial appraisal of tha vessel la estimated at tloi.OOa. JERSEY CITT. N. J Dec. 24 Sixty federal prohibition enforcement vrhlta-hulle- two-mast- ed g. j agents from New Tork Clt? Invaded New Jersey again today and followed ap yesterday's raids by Tistting twenty-five ea loons In Newark, in South Th Orange, and In Harrison, N. J. Unitagents had warrants Issued hf ed State Commissioner Sommers of Newark. They said the? were Investigating places listed as suspittou by tha Aa-tiloos league of New York. Captain John Dillon and Lieutenant Edward John Kirk, both of the police force, who were indicted by th Hudson count? grand of maljury yesteroay on charge feasance In svnnection with th rum scandal, furnished 4 bond each today. Th Indictment of Captain Dillon and Lieutenant Kirk brought to alava th total of W Wes-hawk- Wea-hawk110,-M- llcemea under Indictment In connec- Woman Tied to Bed tion with charge of aiding rum runner. The? warn charged with re-a House sponsibility for disappearance of truck load of liquor from la front of AZTRA, Cal., Dec. 24 Neighbors tha Weehawkan police station on th rescued Hr. Mary Burp, M. from night of November 20. her burning home hare today after ah had base tied early to bar bad RADIO POPULAR IN GERMANY. aad her bout set afire two thive BERLIN, Dec. 24. The growth af to Whom ah refused toby disclose the , radio to German? to strikingly Illus- w heraabouts of oil and other securities trated by figure given out by the ah possessed Th womans acres me postofflee department, which I In aroused neighbors, who released her control of the radiocasting field but tha house wa destroyed. Th Whereas, at th bginning of th yaar thiarea escaped with ?5 In only 2004 radio subscribers were listed with tha department, Christmas find SENATOR UNDERWOOD ILL. Dr. Hans Bredow, 544,204 subscribers. WASHINGTON Dec. ator th secretary to charge ef the service, O. w. Underwood of Alabama Is ill?. estimate that tha Bumber of new sub- at hla horn hare, from am scribers per month will average about attack of grippe. suffering Hla condition to d for soma tlma to coma. 100,04 said not to be aeriotto and Set Afire J 24.-b- |