The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 1

EATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday, Ris- ing temperature. "ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAK6TA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1924 COLD WAVE HITS ENTIRE COUNTRY —_— JOHNSON MAY PUT HIS NAME ONN.D, BALLOT Sending Secretary to North Dakota to Look After Interests, Report OPPOSE COOLIDGE LIST Much Opposition to G. O. P. Committee Action—Nel- son To Leave State The only fight in the Republican presidential primary of the state is not going to be simply, who shall be Goolidge delgates. For Senator Hiram Johnson is going to throw his bat into the ring, in all probability. Dispatches from Cleveland say that Roy A. Burr, Johnson's private se- cretary, is coming to North Dakota to-look after his interests. Johnson, following his militant Cleveland speech, has indicated that he wilt enter the primaries of all western states. That there will be two sets of Coolidge delegates in the field is certain, alt’fugh it is possible that some of the same men will be plac- ed on both delegations. The recent action of the Republican State Com- mittee meeting in Bismarck in com- mending the candidacy of Coolidge and selecting a delegation generally listed as seven Nonpartisans and six anti-Nonpartisans to be voted on in March is meeting with stiff opposi- tion from many newspapers and poli- tical leaders of the state. ‘The “Real Republican State Com- mittee, “headed by Burleigh Spald- “ing, will hold a meeting soon, and it is more than likely that either this committee will select 13 delegates to go on the ballot or will call a con- vention ut which delegates will be selected. The action of the Republican com- mittee, which is controlled by Non- have n the wind out cf the sails of the Nonpartisan League state convention, which meets here February 6. This convention was planned for February, it is un- derstood, so that the question of put- ting delegates in the field in *the March primary could be considered as well as to nominate candidates for the state primary, which is not un- til June 30. There is said to have heen opposition registered among some Nonpartisans to the action of, Roy A. Frazier, the committee chair- man, in endeavoring to put through what he called a “harmony program” on the delegates. J. W. Hempel, who was one of the resolutions com- mittee which presented resolutions to the state committee endors’ng Coolidge, now says that he did not favor this. Mr. Hempel did net op- pose the resolution with a minority report, however, William Lemke al- so is said to have opposed the Fra- zier action. 5 However, if the choice lies between Coolidge and Hiram Johnson with La- Follette not in it, the Nonpartisan leaders generally will favor Coolidge. Patronage matters make this desir- able on their part. North Dakota politics will shortly Jose a figure who has been much in the limelight in the last few y Theodore G. Nelson, former chair- man of the I. V. A. state committee, has informed friends that he plans to leave soon for the Pacific Coast, his physicians having decreed a mild: er climate and a long rest. This in- formation is held to set at rest rumors spread about that Mr. Nelson gave up his position as I. V. A. head because of dissatisfaction with the present administration. While a number of Nonpartisans are urging various candidates for Congress in the Second district, in the event of Congressman Young’s resignation, John F. Randall of Min- newaukan ha¥ proposed a new candi- date. He urges W. J. Church, state chairman of the Nonpartisan Lea- gue, for the position. He declares that Mr. Church, whose personal pop- ularity has hever been questioned) would be satisfactory to all progres- gives in the state. EAT MORE IN COLD WEATHER Restaurants aren't kicking on cold weather. For cold weather makes peopfe eat more, One _restaurant man explained that many office workers who usually eat light lunches have in ithe last few days ordered sub- stantial meals for Junch. Many people, they find, not only eat three meals a day in wold weather but eat a ‘lot between meals. VETERANS SUCCEED WITH POULTRY Several agricultural trainers of the U. 8. Veterans Bureau who are located near Bemidji, Minnesota, have flocks of hens that are euch laying approximately 200 eggs per! week. ‘At the present prices that means a gross monthly inéome of $45,to each man from this source. W. C, Behm, another trainer. near Brainerd, took it prize and sweep- stakes at the recent poultry show with his turkey, Tom. é ) Forsakes Teacher’s Role To’ Ensnare Crooks “This is the Life,” Says Lady Sleuth DELPHINE HALVE SECOND COLD VICTIM. DIES IN BISMARCK Emil Oster, Stanton Youth, Brought to City After Hav- ing Been Found at Home LIVED THREE DAYS Hands and Feet of Youth Were Frozen — Found In Barnyard of His Own Home The second fatality from freezing jin North Dakota this winter was re- ported here today with the death of | Emil Oster, 16 years old, of near | Stanton, N. D. He died in a loca | hospital. The youth was brought to the hos. ‘pital Wednesday from Stanton aftér ne had been found in the barnyard of his home early in the morning by rel- atives | the town for 2 New Year's celebra- jtion and he began to freeze while | driving back to his home a few miles | out of the city. He fell in the barn- yard and was unable to rise. He lay there, it was said, about four hours before being found. The team was | still standing, not having been un- hitched Oster’s hands and feet were froz- By NEA Service {tains a soft-spoken and truly femi-' on, and he was in a dangerous con- San Ftanciseo, Jan. 5.—Pink teas! Dine manne dition when brought to this city t Nor has she the common faults poison which spread through the may be sufficiently bracing for those who care for them. But Delphie here prefers her stimulants straight | in the bit 6f gun play | emplo: V: D. Carli, Halversen) prominent local agency, s Sex counts nothing with h She is neither unne ient with men nor unjustly with women malefactors. winsome form of a coupled with pursuit of murderous | gangsters into cloistered retr ef} Cultu ind quiet, nevertheless, their underworld la: }she can handle a gun with builseye, In little more than three years] precision. : this 22-year-old girl, who left drab] “[ haven't. yet n compelled to monotony of the classroom behind! shoot anyone,” she says to engage in spectacular career as| “However, I would, if a lady detective, has added uatokl) sion demanded.” daurels to her fame, | Once she broke up an opium ring From her t Jeuth affords a/by simulating the nerve-wracked bit of contrast... This. Miss Halver-| guise of a drug addic sen reflectively appraises with satis-| Acting Counts Too faction. an who conducted the Likewise the transition has been} place wanted to buy her for a s e productive of a kuleidoscepic sgries of thrills which continues to unfold] willingness to’ the. transaetion as she puts fear of faw into criminal| she gained entrance to the di hearts. | secured evidence for ther Bags 100 Bootleggers party which followed, The latest and most spectacular] “The game is thrilling and T like coup of this petticouted Sherlock | it,” Miss Halversen s | Holmes was the roundup and con-| “There’s only one drawback! viction of some 100 bootleggers,| get too many proposals of marriage whom she arrested after much stra-| from the men L bring to jail. tegy in the town of Richmond, Calif. | ince changing from teaching to trailing, Miss Halversen has partici- pated in all kinds of detective work,| ranging from shoplifting cases to] to evade their approache: raids on opium joints. | “But all of that adds Yet, despite her frequent contracts! of thing with the seamy side of life she re-| “Ever afraid? |ASKS AID FOR SERVICES HELD \ | Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 5.— Territorial Senator M. D. Snod- Meetings to be Held.in Metho-| grass has promised to try to calk . 2, as sed leak of $500,000 an- “di f the Cit 1 supposer \ dist Church of the City jnually in Alaska’s treasure chest. : | The item is said to be represented will be) in foodstuffs, hay, grain and mill rved as a week of prayer by theifeed now shipped into the Alaska estant Churches of the city.| rai belt from the United in harmony with an e: fiv wife, of the gang wanted me as their to the My, no!” ext week, January 7- lished custom which has prevailed Snodgrass gaid recently throughout the country for many) that ‘the would press on congress Beare the necessity for wid that would The services which will be held inj enable Alaskan farmers to get on the McCabe Methodist Episcopal| their feet and begin taking from Church will be open to the public.|the ground some of the substances The pastors hope that the people of arpa ned ae abies Bismarck will observe this week and e added: “When the late spend aris evening in pray-{ President Harding advised the de- er and worship. The subjects of] Yelopment of local industries in prayer and the leaders of the ser-| Alaska, he doubtlesy had in view Vices are as follows: the cusetign of agriculture. jonere “Tha rat .|Was enough money expended in saeneey TG Baseeiving Repent foodstults dur the, construction Sed Aya Bhar h Universal”| Of the Alaska railroad to have put neonate The Church Universal thousand farmers on the way to Wedcelaay tae ae independence. It is too late to ednesday— ‘Nations an: consider this past expenditure, but Leaders” —Rev. L. R. Johnson. if the agricultural resources of the Thursday—“Foreign Missions” —-| tenritory can be developed, Alaska Rev. Joseph Ryerson. _ need fear nothing for the future.” Friday—‘Fumilies, Schools, Senator Snodgrass gaid that leges,”—Rey. 8. F, Halfyard. ‘beef, pork, mutton and poultry all The services will be at 7:30 o'clock’ were produced, but on a small scale each night. : ‘because of the scarcity of stock Se pa RT animals. He reported that Secre- LOSES HAND. IN. FARM SAW tary Work of the interior depart- ment had endorsed a plan for dol- ing out herds to farmers on long- time payments. . He also expressed 7 a eee s [confidence that Secretary of Ag- eae care: soot yan, 2a | riculture Wallace would offer con- of near Clitherall, Minn., and a Far-|8T¢SS @ plan covering the entire lent until a few days ‘ago, |@8ricultural question in Alaska. is left hand cut off at the wrist by a circular saw at his father's farm home. He was alone while working with STATE BANKS WILL MERGE the saw, and immediately ‘after his hand was sawed off, seized his left Lisbon, N. D.,,Jan. 5.—Absorption arm just above the wrist and held it of the Farmers State Bank of An- tight with his right hand, to stop the |selm by the Farmers State Banh of flow of blood until he reached the Buttzville will be completed here, house. He was rushed to a Fergus Falls hospital, where he was report- ed resting easily. Immediate atten- tion precluded chances, of blood poisoning, the attending physician said. \ * their Col- interested in hoth banks, arranging the merger. The Anselm bank has a capital of $15,000, and 0. P. Olson is president, while the Buttzville bank “has a capital of $10,000, with Jakob Walters as president. The moose deer has the largest horns of any animal: They often weigh from fifty to sixty pounds. A ton of soft coal will prdduce 1,400 pounds of coke, girl and it was omy by., pretending that d aiding: “On my bootlegging raid recently, “L had to do some effective acting] “ zest ’ OF ALASKA with Otto Bremer’ of St. Paul, who is{ of the traditional lady detective, her system because of the freezing was chiefQ@f & to0 serious to make possible its ar- rest and saving his life. | The youth will be taken to Stan- ton today, where funeral service: will be held REPUBLICAN oc we! QONVENTION ~ CONSIDERED | Burleigh Spalding Calls “Real Republican State Commit- tee” in Meeting LOOK TO PRIMARY Fargo, 5.—Steps looking to the issuance of a call for the mass convention of North Dakota Repyb- u s to* consider matters connected h the forthcoming Republican pr mary were taken today when Bu leigh F@ Spalding of Fargo issued a call for a meeting in Fargo Th ;day, January 17; of the “Real Re- publican State Committee.” This committee is composed of members of the state committee elected two years ago who are declared to be op- posed to the Nonpartisan League and members chosen from other counties by the Independent Republican com- mitteemen. “This meeting is called to consid- er very important matters and prin- cipaly the calling of a convention for endorsing candidates for election in March as delegates to the Repub- lican convention, Republican electors and national committeeman,” the call reads. The probabilities are that the com- mittee on January 17 will promul- gate a call for the mass convention and the convention will canvass the whole situation, determine upon a course of action, endorse delegate candidates that will oppose the tic- ket endorsed by the Nonpartisan League workers and make other plans so far as the presidential pri- mary is concerned, Mr. Spalding said. ELKS DEPUTY, VISITS LODGE Dr. R. A. Bolston of Jamestown, district deputy of the Elks Lodge, spoke to members of Bismarck | Lodge ‘No. 1199 there last night, on the occasion of ‘his official visit and an initiationg of candidates. Dr. Bolston stressed “American- ism” and emphasized the patriotic principles of the lodge. Two ‘candidates, Jacob Siegal and Adolph Kamplin, were initiat- eda... A luncheon was served, ROGKEFELLER’S FRIEND DIES Ormond, Fla., Jan. 5—Ashton Har- vey, John D. Rockefeller’s intimate friend and golfing partner, dropped dead while playing golf with Mr. Rockefeller on the latter's links here today. PAPER MARKS AS r RAW MATERIAL Berlin, Jan. 5.—Word has been received in Berlin of the arrival at Belgrade of carload lots of German paper money to be used by the Ros- enberg paper factory near Slatks Gora on the River‘Mur. It was pur- enasea in preference’ to other raw material because of its cheapness. « It was said he had been to} THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [inn] U.S. DELIVERY | BACKBONE OF COLD | OF RIFLES TO MEXICO BEGUN 5,000 Enfields with 5,000,000 Rounds of Ammunition To Go Forward The backbone of the annual “se-er- est cold spell” of Bismarck has been broken, indicated by the .__ weuther bureau today, The tempera- AIRPLANES (1A LSO|ture will probably not go below zero ie “tonight, and thawing weather should prevail within the next 48 hours, it was said. Overshoes will be in de- mand Monday, it was predicted. Prince Albert, one of the coldest Canadian spots, reported the moder- ate temperature, for Prince Albert, it was | Mexico City Reports Defeat of Rebels Making an At- | tack on Tampico 1 of 10 below zero today. Swift Cur | Washington, Jams 7s.-—The com. | TeMt teported 6 below, while other { See e Ee cee, ; “om | western Canada stations reported a imanders of Ft. Bliss and Ft. Sam BGuinad | debided rise in since yesterday, temperature Houston have been ordered to begin P delivery immediately to designated | Mexican agents o 000 Enfield rifles and 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition Similar orders have gone to the army tonight, while cold weather will pre- vail down around Chicago for several days, it indicated. jaiv service field at Fairfield, Ohio, ark of 29 below today ex- ig ee pnelivers, (of eight surplus ceeded that of 1923. It was 28 below DIA airplanes which are to be shiv- | oe Webmraty ed, tet. In twee ey ped to the border under arrange- *s ments to be made with the Mexican ~ | government Secretary Weeks in announcing |completion of arrangements for the jsale to the Obregon government on a payment basis of 50 per cent cash jand the remainder in days said {the surplus war materials involved j “did not cover the entire list re- | quested originally” but that the Mex- jican authorities had found that tn RISK BUREAU REORGANIZES Richard E. Wenzel was named chairman pro tem of the Worknen’s Compensation Bureau here at the an- nual reorganization meeting. He will preside in the absence of J. A ey jroments | Kitchen, Commissioner of Agricul ‘would! meet present requirements.” |/tire and Labor, who is ex-offlelo chairman of the board. Dr. W. H. CLAIM VICTORY Bodenstab of Bismarck was named Brownsville, medical adviser to succeed Dr. C, i . 5. —Reperts | received at | Matamor today by] Stackhouse. A resolution _ praising courier stated that an attempt by] the, work of Dr. Stackhouse for the |rebel forces under Governor L. De-| hoard wa passed. Lara, Governor of the s f ulit to make an att on Tampi- |co has been defeated, the fede.al j troops engaging the rebels at Hacien- te of Tam- da and completely defeating them. The report stated t the reLels had been completely dispersed and are fleeing northward toward the = HOUSE EXHIBIT Mexico jly stated that rebels commanded by | Manuel Dieguez have appeared in the vicinity of Leon in the state of Guanajua evidently with the — in- Selected For Display of North Dakota Corn Show En- tention of taking the city and cut- % d ‘ ting railway and telegraphic com- tries, by Committee munication with the north. It is be- lieved that a “battle is now being waged and that the fighting undoubt- edly will be Ki SIX N. D. MEN: WILL APPEAR FOR LOAN BILL Leave for Washington Mon- day to Appear Before Senate Committee COUNTY GIV. MONEY The exhibits of the North Dakota State Corn Show, to be held here January 22, 23 and 24, will be in the Eppinger building on Main s’reet, formerly occupied iby the Chocolate Shop. Arrangements for use of the entire ‘big showroom have ‘been completed by corn show committee: The finances of the Corn Show have ‘been assured. Committees which have been out for two days have made reports to the Associa- tion of Commerce that business men have ‘been backing the show liberally, and they feel that when they are through with their sclici- tation they will have plenty of funds. Numerous inquiries from people who will send in corn are being received. The county commissioners yes- terday voted $250 toward expenses of the corn show, believing that the county could well afford to participate in the first state-wide corn show ever held in the stat The action was taken without d) Fargo, Jan. 5.—Six North Dakotans will leave for Washington next Mon- day to appear before the senate agri- cultural committee in behalf of the $50,000,000 loan .bill introduced by Senator Norbeck and Rep, Burtuess. The six named on the delegation are George Hoople of Hoople; J. A. Pow- ers of Leonard, Matt Duffy of E mond; A. J. MeInnes of Valley City, H. B. Fuller of Fargo and Hans} Sent from any member of the Georgeson of Niagara. The last} board. The money will be turned three are the president, secretary|OVer to the corn show committee. and vice-president, respectively, of Se | the North Dakota Farm Bureau Fed-| TQ LECTURE eration. HERE SUNDAY ON THEOSOPHY Ernest Wood, an international lec- turer on theosophy, will lecture at the Mohawk apartments, corner Fifth and Rosser streets, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, it was an- nounced today. Prof. Wood spent many years in educational institu- tions in India and was for several years principal and professor in the Hyderabad Sind college of the Na- tional university, of which Dr. Rab- indranath Tagore the famous poct, was chancellor, and later of Bombay university. Mr. Wood has retired from the educational service in India in orde to travel throughout the world’ and lecture on Theosophy, and has al- ready in this purpose visited China, Japan, North America, Great Britain, Finland and other countries. INJURED IN GRAND FORKS MEN ARRESTED Two are Held on Charge of Murder Following Girl’s Death Grand Forks, Jan. 6.—M. E. Mat- tison and S. A. Jondahl were held responsible for the death of Mabel Arlerson, aged 17, in a verdict re- turned today ‘by the coroner’s jury which probed the death of the girl in the basement of the city audi- torium late Thursday. Warrants charging the two men with manslaughter in the first de- gree will be sworn out this after- noon by P. McLoughlin, acting county coroner. are already in custody, 1 n held with- out charge since Friday morning. Evidence given by physicians at the inquest today’ indicated that thé death of Mabel Anderson “was due to an attempted criminal op- eration.” Jondahl was named by the girl's mother as having been responsible for her deughter’s con- dition ‘and ‘having ‘beer! mentioned by the daughter as taking her to the auditorium where the alleged criminal operation is said to have been attempted. Mattison was Janitor of the auditorium. Mrs. Henry ‘Anderson, 822 Avenue B, is in the Bismarck hospital suffer- ing from injuries sustained in an ex- plosion of a range stove in her home yesterday afternoon. Presumably pipes became cloggqd, and accumulated gas and smoke caus- ed the explosion. Mrs. Anderson suf- fered a cut in her face from a fly- ing piece of iron and was badly burn- ed on one leg. She is said to be resting well, but the injuries were painful. Every member of a prominent or- chestra in Vienna is “a practicing physician. 5 EXPLOSION, WAVE BROKEN, THAWING WEATHER IN 48 HOURS Weather Bureau Says to Get Out the Overshoes for “Sloppy Days” by Monday, After Mercury Sinks to 29 Below Here Today, the Coldest of the Present Winter to 32 below on January 23 and in 1921 it was 24 on Dec. 24, the coldest | day of that year. | The bi-hourly official tempera- tures of the Bismarck weather sta- tion, beginning yesterday at 8 a, m. and ending at noon today, follow: a.m, —24; N | NEXT WEEK'S FORECAST Washington, Jan, 5.—Weather out- Bismarck will begin to| look for the week beginning Mon-| xet the benefit of the milder weather, day: Region of the Great Lakes—Occa- | sional snow flurries; temperature will average below normal. | Upper Mississippi Valley—General- |ly fair with temperatures averaging ‘below normal. EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED IN PLANT RUINS Known Death List in Pekin Disaster Is Increased To- day by Searchers MA Y MORE MISSING Little Hope Held For Finding of Many Bodies by Men Searching in Ruins Peking, Jan, 5.--Two more men in- jured in the explosion at the Corn Products Company starch plant died during the morning at the Pekin hospital, making a total of eight jknown dead. Two bodies were re- covered from the ruins and six died in hospitals. Pekin, II, Jan. 5.—By the Asso- ed Press)—Funerals and investi- tions today divided Pekin's grim attention with the further search for bodies of missing workmen still buried beneath tons of debris where | buildings No. 33 and 27 of the Corn Products Company plant stood firm- ly three days ago umong 15 others just like them, Workers continued their search in the intensé cold all last night, look- ing without much hope for remains of 24 more bodies believed under- neath. : No official announcement of results of the night's vigil Was in view but a previous report avas that only two bodies had been recovered and iden- tified. First payment of insurance checks were made today. According to an estimate of Superintendent Lawton about three-fourths of the dead or missing had worked more than four or six months and were insured at a minimum of $1,000 and for each year of work over six months an ad- ditional $100 was added. Many of those entitled to insur- ance have worked four years and hence their beneficiaries would re- ceive $1,300 or more, : The federal investigation of the explosion will likely start today. WEATHER REPORT Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday ; Lowest ast night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday. Rising temper- ature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Sunday. Rising temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The large high pressure area still covers the entire United States with crests over Idaho and over the Mis- ippi and lower Missouri Valleys. ‘emperatures are below zero this morning from the Great Lakes region to the northern Rocky Mountain States and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma. Moorhead and Huron report temperatures of 30 degrees or PRICE FIVE CENTS CHICAGO GETS COLDEST MARK IN 10 YEARS Two Deaths Reported in That City and Park Watchman Freezes in St. Paul SPREADING TO EAST Middle West Reports Below Zero Weather—California Also Felt Cold St. Louis, Jan. 5.—The partly | frozen body of a man found shortly before noon brought the number of death from cold to- day to three. A score were suf- fering from exposure. Chicago, Jan. 5.—(By the A. P.) —Severe cold overspread virtually all of the United States today ror the first time this winter with the most extreme weather of the season reported in the Northwest, Central West, Southwest and the South, and spreading toward the Atlantic seaboard where a cold wave is pre- dicted by this afternoon or tomor- row morning. At Chicago the temperature fell to 12 degrees below zero and the forecaster said that the coldest weather in more than 10 years would be felt today. He predicted that the mercury would descend to near- ly 20 below. St. Paul, Minn., carly today had a reading of 24 below zero and Min- neapolis, across the Mississippi, 27 below. Kansas City, Mo., in the Southwest, reported 10 degrees be- low zero as did Topeko, Kan., with the frigid temperatures extending on into Oklahoma and Texas with some what higher readings. In the South freeeing temperatures are forecast in many ‘sections for to- day. wast Mercury to Rise, Behind the bitter weather is fol- lowing the inevitable respite. Al- ready temperatures have begun to rise in western Canada, and the southern Pacific Coast which for sev- eral days~has been in the grasp of temperatures which threatened the fruit industry reported rising tem- peratures. In Chicago two men were found frozen to death and another man and a woman were found partly “frozen. One man was unidentified. The other was found a block away from his home and had died from heart disease aggravated by the cold. Official temperatures at 8 a. m. registered 16 below zero. St. Paul reported a park watch- man frozen to death on duty. Open Lodging House Extreme suffering by thousands of unfortunates was reported to mun- icipal authorities and welfare or-| ganizations. Applications for coal are five times greater than last| year, charity organizations reported,| and cities of shelter'and wel- fare houses are overtaxed. Mayor Dever ordered the munici- pal lodging house opened for the first time in eight years and police stations also have been thrown op-| ch for unemployed men. For the first time since the cold wave enveloped the Rocky Mountain states last Sunday the district weather bureau at Denver announce: ed last night that warmer weather could be expected today. Moderati it was predicted, would be gener: throughout the region, gradually £01 lowing the cold wave eastward. Helena, Montana, in this district last night reported 6 below ze: with other sections of the state anc Wyoming noting slightly less ir gid weather. Readings in North an: South Dakota generally were 30 d- grees below zero. Southward in New Mexico ai Arizona fair and warmer with 4: ing temperatures was forecast. Twenty below zero was recorde: at Omaha early today. Sioux City Iowa, reported 17 below. Grand Is land, Neb. reported 12 below and Lo gan, Iowa, 15 below. Decline In Texas Temperatures in Texas were de clining below the freezing point eaz| ly today after having begun to ris after a previous cold wave. Ligh snow was reported in the Pan Han| dle yesterday. The southern. states faced _ th! prospect of colder weather tonigh'| reports indicating a general swee throughout the south. Fair an colder weather is predicted for tq day and tomorrow for Florida wit) more below’ zero, A low pressure area has appeared over western Can- ada and temperatures are rising rap- idly from western North Dakota northwestward, Temperatures are above zero in northern Montana and ithe western Canadian Provinces. Generally fair weather prevails in all sections. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. ASTRONOMERS FORGET THE . PAST. Utrecht, Holland, Jan. 5.—At the international meeting of the directors of meteorological institutions it way unanimously agreed to re-admit Ger- man and Austrian astronomers into the organization. Professor Her- gesell of the Berlin university hi ‘been named as Geemsez'~ represen- tative. the cold wave being halted in th extreme northwest section of tt state. The bitter weather will mal! itself felt also in Louisana and Mis sissippi. It is predicted that 24 4 28 degrees wil be recorded in inte} ior Lousiana tomorrow morning wit! between 82 and 36 degrees in Ne| Orle: Freezing temperatufes ij Mississippi to the gulf coast are for cast. WIRE SERVICE CRIPPLED. New York, Jan. 5.—The cold way in the central west today caused ser, ous interference with telegraph ar] telephone service. The Americs Telephone and Telegraph compan which leases a large number of tele gtaph wires to. press associatior| and brokerage houses, reported thal