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ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 143 OP THE EVENING NEWS
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SHIRLEY'S B'k
OF LIBERTY IS
OVER AT EUGENE
Fugitive Who Escaped Of
ficers by Going Down
Fire Escape Captured.
IDENTITY ADMITTED
At First Denies He Is Man
Wanted but Later Says
That Girl "Framed"
; Story on Him.
Emery Shirley wanted by offi
cers on a charge of possession of a
still, and who may be held on even
a more serious charge. Is believed
to be In custody at Eugene. A man
answering his description was pick
ed up last night by Sheriff Taylor
of Lane county and is being held
for Sheriff Starmer and Deputy
Sheriff Shambrook who left for
Eugene this morning to bring the
man back to this city.
Shirley, who Is said to have been
a companion of Joe Nelson, the
barber who was arrested on a
charge of having a atill In his pos
session, escaped the officers by go
ing down a fire escape. Descrip
tions of him were sent to all
points in the state and bis capture
at Eugene resulted. ;
It Is claimed by the officers that
Shirley, Nelson and a woman com
panion, Mrs. F. R. Wilkinson, came
to this city about ten days ago
from Washington. According to the
sheriff, they built a still, which
was located about IS miles east of
Sutherlin and were making pre
parations to" manufacture moon
shine whiskey. Officers who be
came suspicious of them trailed
the car and found the still, which
was brought to Roseburg later.
Two barrels of mash were also
fonnd and destroyed.
When the officers returned ' to
Roseburg Saturday f!iey went to In
terview Shirley, representing that
they were questioning h.'m re
garding an automobile accident
which he had failed to report. He
denied owning an automobile, de
nied knowing Nelson, and denied
having had an accident Having
only "John Doe" warrants for his
arrest the officers were forced to
proceed carefully and went to find
Nelson, who was located In a bar
ber shop. Nelson admitted know
ing Shirley, his statements con
flicting with those of his compan
ion. When the officers returned
to Shirley's room they found that
he had slipped down the fire
scape and had made a get-away.
Descriptions were sent out by
telegraph and telephone and this
morning Sheriff Taylor Informed
Sheriff Starmer that he had a sus
pect in custody. The first message
stated that the suspect denied hav
ing been In Roseburg. but a later
message stated that he admitted
that he was the man sought and
that "a girl had framed a still
charge" on him.
Shirley In addition to being
charged with part ownership of
the still, may also be accused by
the government of violation of the
Mann white slave act He Is claim
ed by officers to have brought the
woman to Roseburg from Washing
ton and to have encouraged her tm
entertain male companions. The
woman Is being detained as a wit
ness. Sheriff S. Starmer telephoned
from Eugene late this afternoon,
stating that the suspect held by
Sheriff Taylor is the man wanted.
He had registered st a Eua-ene
hotel under the name of Tom
ITirkman, and had also been us
ing the alias of Ed Dyer, the
name under which he had been
receiving his mall. He refuses to
talk, the sheriff says, and will not
answer questions. He will be
brought back to Roseburg imme
diately and will probably reach
here In the custody of the two of
ficers this evening.
BONO DEALER LOSES SUIT
TO REGAIN SEIZEO PAPER
( AnrLtwt errei feaard Wire.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. Frank W.
Keeler, bond dealer, today lost a
stilt he brought to force county of
ficers to return to him I2O0.OO0 In
bonds seized In a raid August 25.
reler and his partner. Prank A.
Roth, who operated under th
nsme of the Rorue River Water
Works, were arrested at the time
of the raid charged with violating
the state blue sky law In selling
bonds without a license.
The arrests developed from an
Investigation of the financing of
the town of Orenro for which Keel
er acted as fiscal agent. Circuit
Judge Tucker held his court had
no Jurisdiction, but Indicated that
Keeler might obtain relief through
a suit In equity.
STOL DROPS ON
v tiMviwr. Ri-IADn.
r I'HUl MsfMsas f
MAN IN HOSPITAL
(AMoclatrd Prase lMrS Win.)
.
MEDFORD. Ore.. Dec. 29.
Henry Aiken, 35, a rancher f
the Prospect district lies in a
local hospital In a serious con-
dition from a bullet wound,
sustained yesterday when a
.38 revolver dropped out of bla
hip pocket as he was getting
out of his automobile. The
weapon hit on the running
board and discharged, the bul-
let striking Aiken in the bip
and ranging upwards, lodged
w in the chest His screams for
help brought aid from a near-
by ranch and he was rushed
to this city lor medical aid.
BYE.F.
Eugene Educator, of Many
Years Experience, Is
Candidate on the
G. O. P. Ticket.
(Aaoriatxt Prm Uucd Wilt.)
EUGENE. Ore.. Dec. 29. E. F.
Carleton of Eugene yesterday an
nounced hla candidacy, subject to
the approval of the voters of the
Republican party at the coming
primary election, for the office of
superintendent of public Instruc
tion. Mr. Carleton submits his candi
dacy and will make hia campaign
on the ground that be Is fitted by
training and experience for the po
sition. For 13 years he was assist
ant superintendent of public in
struction, and for two years was
field representative of the Unlver
slt yof Oregon. Through these po
sitions he has . become familiar
with the school problems of every
section of the state.
After securing as much educa
tion as was then bffered lnJ Linn
county public schools, 'Mr. Carleton
attended he Santiam academy - at
Lebanon. After graduating from
there he attended the University
of Oregon and Pacific University,
from which latter institution be re
ceived bis A. B. degree. He later
took post graduate work at the
University of Oregon.
His experience as Instructor In
cludes work In the rural schools
of the state as teacher and as prin
cipal and superintendent of schools
at Joseph, Albany and Eugene, In
addition to serving three years as
instructor at the Lincoln high
school in Portland. He has writ
ten many articles on the education
al system of Oregon. One of his
recent articles brought him com
mendation from the United States
Bureau of Education.
Mr. Carleton served as director
of the Oregon educational exhibit
at the Panama Pacific Exposition
at San Francisco In 1915, and for
eight years waa In charge of the
educational department of the Ore
gon state fair.
He served as nresldent of the
State Teachers' association and
was a member of Its executive
committee for four years. He also
served one year as vice president
of the National Education Associa
tion.
HOOVER POINTS WAY
TO MEET THE BRITISH
RUBBER MONOPOLY
(Aiaoclateif Ptral Leased Wlrr. )
WASHINGTON. Dec. 39. The
best method for the United States
to follow in combatting high rubber
prices Is to use as little of the pro-,
dudt as possible and to build up In
dependent sources of supplv. Sec
retary Hoover declared today In
commenting on developments grow-
n nut of chsrres against an al-
lered British rubber monopoly.
He enaea mat u mis country
were to sell wheat and cotton In
exchanse for rubber, based on the
ratio of cost of production of rub
ber and the price American con
sumer! sre paying for It, the wheat
would sell for IN a bushel and rot
ton at 75c a pound.
CHICAGO. Dee. 211 Comment by
Secrets rr Hoover that wheat 1 s
worth 38 a bushel as compared
with tbe price England Is charging
for rubber ted to a Jump of seven
cents a bushel today In wheat val
ues. Wheat established new hleh
nrlce records for the season, with
rwcember up to 1.89 and May 1.-
85.
SHOUP BECOMES GENERAL
SOLICITOR FOR S. P. CO.
rAam-latM rma twl Wlrr.)
8AV FRANCI8CO. Dec. 22-'
Ouy V. Shoup. general attorney for
the Southern Palcflc comnaav. to
Cav was mad general solicitor of
it railroad a newlv created posi
tion. MY. Khoup will have charge
of the letat business of the lines
west of El Pasn. Tevas. Tncnmcarl,
N. M. and Ofden. Uth.
He has been with the Southern
Pacific sine 1891.
WHEELER
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LEGAL BATTLE
Indictment Filed Against
Montana Senator Held
Faulty by Court
NO VIOLATION SHOWN
Law Gives Right to Aid in
Securing Any Number of
Permits to Prospect
for Oil and Gas.
(AMOrUtxt Pre Uuei Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Sena
tor Burton K. Wheeler of Montana
today won bis long fight to have
all chargea brought against hlra
by the government wiped off the
books.
The District of Columbia su
preme court upheld the contention
of the senator, who bad already
been acquitted In Montana, that
the chargea contained in a con
spiracy Indictment returned
against htm here should be guash-
ed. i
A demurrer to the Indictment,
filed by Senator Walsh of Montana,
Mr. Wheeler's counsel, waa upheld.
Tbe court also threw out the
chargea against Edwin S. Booth,
former solicitor of the interiorde
partment, and Gordon Campbell of
Montana, who were indicted Jointly
with him. -
They were charged with conspir
ing to defraud the government In
connection with obtaining of oil
and gas land permits.
Today's decision leaves Senator
Wheeler free of all charges unless
the government should succeed In
winning an appeal to the higher
courts. Whether such a step will
be attempted waa not made clear,
but the Wheeler counsel expects
no such development.
No Law Violation Specified.'
The specific charge waa that the
defendants conspired to defraud
the government by obtaining a
large number of gas and oil per
mits to prospect on the public do
msin, and in its argument the gov
ernment asserted all the permits
were for the use of one man
Gordon Campbell, a procedure, It
contended, waa Illegal.
. Justice Bailey held that Indict
ment failed to charge a violation
of the law and was "therefore bad."
He asserted the federal land act
does not limit the number of per
mits to be Issued to any one pros
pector and that the secretary of
the Interior cannot, by his regula
tions, go bevond the statute and
deny the applicants' rights given
tnem oy tne law.
This one point, the court de
clared, was sufficient to throw out
the Indictments, and It was un
necessary to pass on the legal
points raised bv counsel for
Wheeler, or on the demurrer filed
by William A. Leah v. special gov
ernment counsel, to the nlea of for
mer acquittal Interposed , br
Wheeler.
rAaanrUtel Prra ImsnI Wirt.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 29 What
may become the country's largest
bank, an institution rivalling tbe
gigantic financial Institutions of
London, began to take vague shape
today out of the multitude of ru
mors In Wall street pointing to the
merger of several existing bankers
and trust companies of New York
City.
Given Impetus by 130 rise In the
stock of the Mechanic and Metala
Bank, the report runs that a con
solidation of that institution with
the Chase National Bank Is Immi
nent as a preliminary atep In the
building of a large financial struc
ture. John McHugh, president of
the Mechanics and Metals Bank,
admitted that negotiations looking
towards amalgamation have been
begun.
Five other Institutions are men
tioned as being Involved In the
banking venture, which It la aald.
Clarence Dillon of Dillon, Read and
company, la sponsoring. Their to
tal resources when and If com
bined will be la exceas of lljoo,
000.000. The other Institutions
mentioned are: Th Chatham and
Phenlz. the National Park, tbe
Chemical National and the Central
Union Trust Company.
Mr. and Mrs. E. U Perrott re
turned to Coqullle this morning
after visiting her yesterday.
SECOND
I
Bestial Poet, Whos eLoJty
Soul Inspired" Isadora
Duncan, Commits Suicide
(AaorUtrd Praia Uuri Win.) '
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Sergei
Yesslnln, tha eccentric Russian
poet, has committed suicide In
Moscow, He was the divorced hus
band of Isadora Duncan, the claas
ic dancer, whose emulation of
Terpsichore while barefooted and
dishabille made her fanioca
throughout the world.
Yesslnln was about 30 yeara old,
some 10 years younger than Miss'
Duncan. They were married In
1922 and the wife divorced him
Inst year. Shortly after the wed
ding the young Bolshevik writer
came to the United Statea with the
dancer.
Miss Duncan went on a danclag
tour, but was barred from appear
ing in aeveral placea becauae of the
scantiness of her attire and the
added fact that she was wont to
wrap a red flag about her.
lessinin accompanied hla wire
on the tour, and seemingly waa a
mild mannered youth. Then atorles
began to break about his pugna-
clousness when he partook, too
freely of the finvng howl.
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SPEAKS AGAINST
Favors Government Aid in
Marketing of Surplus
Crops. But Will Not
Go Any Further.' . .'
DES MOINES. Iowa. Dec. 29.
President Coolidge looks to the
farm marketing conference here
today to aid In "working out
sound economic policy (Top hold
ing crop surpluses-'- on ' wnicn
there will be substantial agree
ment among farm Interests.
A telegram - from the White
House closing with these words
waa received by conference lead
ers and read by Representative
Cyrenus Cole. '
The President's telegram clari
fying bla attitude on a grain ex
port corporation as expressed in
his recent Chicago speech was the
chief topic under discussion as
the conference assembled.
It was as follows:
'In order that you may be able
to clarity certain conflicting re
ports concerning my attitude on
the agricultural marketing pro
blem. In case the question arises
at your conference, I refer you to
my recent Chicago speech, where,
among other things, I said: 'Of
course I should lie willing to ap
prove any plan that can be de
vised In accordance with sound
economic principles.' I recognize
that It la a problem of economic
Importance, not only to agricul
ture, but to the nation, and I be
lieve that sound wavs can be
found for coping with tt. As I
have stated. J am opposed to gov
ernment prize fixing, whether di
rect or Indirect, or the govern
ment buvlng and selling farm pro
ducts, either directly or Indirect
ly. 1 have not apnroved any spe
cific plan. I believe, however,
that discussion of the surplus pro
blem Is bringing different Inter
ests together on the principles of
sound nlan to handle It. and I
hope further conferences and dis
cussion will result In the work
ing nut of a sound eronomlc plan
on which there will be substantial
agreement among farm Interests.
I trust vour conference may con
tribute to this end.'
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Presi
dent Coolidge was represented at
the Wblle House today aa feeling
that confusion has arisen over his
present agricultural policy because
of a failure In some quarters to
take a comnrehenslve view of his
exnreaeed position.
In this connection It was asserted
that the President still stands on !
his recent message to congress snd
his address on sgrlculture deliver
ed In Chicago. There Is a tendencv,
It was added, to place more empha
sis on one point of his messsge and
the address than on others. Instesd
of taking Into consideration all of
his arguments.
Orsssr) Farmers Act.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 2 The
Oregon Cooperative council was
todav nn record as favoring a pro
nosed hill creating a division of
marketing In . the department of
sericulture and placing the stsmn
nt government approval on cooper
alive marketing. The action was
taken at a meeting here yeaterdsy
afternoon.
lew gsrrvtc-s Protest.
DPS MOINFH. low. Dec. 29.
The Iowa Frmer" Union this af
ternoen rd nubile a resolution
wired to President Coolidge and
rher official nrotestln' against
the state conference called Into I
session here todav under the att
nle of th!owa Bankers' associa
tion for the announced nttmoae of
working At plans to aid the farm
(Continued on pag alt.)
' At a party here Yesslnln waa de
clared to have blackened the eyes
of) Miss Duncan, which prevented
her from carrying out one of her
programs. A similar Incident was
reported later from Parts and the
dancer waa declared to have ship
ped him post-haste back to Russia.
Mlaa Duncan then obtained a di
vorce. Yesslnln waa tall and had curly
blbnde hair and blue eyes. At the
beginning of their honeymoon Miss
Dsncan described him as the
greatest poer since Pushkin: the
gaestest genius since Edgar Allen
Pe. "He's a man of spirit, a lofty
squl. He Is my Inspiration," de
clared the dancer.
Later when Yesslnln had alleged
ly! carried out one of his pugilistic
Inspirations with the wife the re
ceiver In general, she waa reported
iq nave said :
T'Everybody knows he Is craxy.
Hp Is no more deserving of tears
than laughter. He Is better off In
RosBla where he Is loved, even If
he Is foolish. He can smash
things In Moscow and nobodv cares
Ibrf-aiise he la a poet."
AND "FAG" USERS
Also Deplore Depletion of
Virgin forests, Three
( Fifths of Which
Already Gone.
(AmcUtrd Prm Uaaed Win.) -KANSAS
CITY. Mo.. Dec. 29
Abundant product of untiring
rekearch waa laid by scientists to
UHr before section meetings, of
th American Association for the
advancement of science and re
lated organizations. . Scientists
from widely scattered part of the
country brought, contributions as
widely different In character.
Dr. Edwin Llnto. parasitologist
of the University of Georgia, pic
tured before the soological section
of the association, antl-sclentlsts
of today, Imbued with a spirit of
persecution comparable to that
manifest In the witchcraft hang
ings at Salem.
They are hastening "to their
task of exhortation against knowl
edge," the speaker declared as
are "vested In this whose traffic
in Iniquity la threatened by scien
tifically framed pure food laws.
vendors of quack medlclnea and
practlcers of magic, who hate the
eclenc whoae light Is as deadly to
them as the light of the sun to
the anseroblc bacteria.".
'If those people who have ap
propriated the name fundament
alist, would consult their common
sense,' he added, "and apply the
scientific method to antl-sclence
tenets of their theology, they
might be led to remove a lot of
the bay and stubble that got Into
their foundations."
Thrce-KMUi Of Timber Gone.
Of the original area of virgin
foreata in the United States, estim
ated at 800,000.000 acres, three
fifths have disappeared, Profes
sor Kred Rogers Kairrhleld, Yale
University, told the social and
economic section of the associa
tion. In a plea for forest preaerva-
tln. From the remaining forests.
he said, lumber and other wood
products equal to four times the
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"TIia Mallnn " Via .irn.it "Is !
vitally dependent upon Its forest
products, and Its source of future
supply is rapidly being depleted.
Each year1 barren and denuded
lands are being added to the
waste land of the country with
serious effects upon wster stor
sge, flow of streams and soil ero
sion." Smoking does not agree with
rabbits, Prfeasor W. J. Bsum
gsrtner of the University of Kan
sas related In a paper prepared
for the zoological section. Rab
bit aubjected recently to rlgarott
smoke at th University became
slovenly and did not gain weight
normally.
Professor Banmgartner declar
ed that th retatrded growth of
the rabbits accorded with carefully
measured stuned development of
smoking students at Yale Univers
ity, reported several years ago by
Profeiwor Beaver.
MARRIED HATi nDAV.
Adrian J. Stsndley and Vera
Allr Parrolt. both of Camas Val
ley, were quietly married last Sat
urday afternoon at the parsonage
of the M. E. church. Rev, Joseph
Knots, offlclstlng. The ceremony
was attended by nnlv the neres
ssry witnesses. Both the con
tracting parties are wll know
Camas Valley realdent. They
will mak their home at Remote.
wherw th grdtm I engaged In
farming.
Robert Cracknell of Portland I
apendlng th week visiting with
frlenda In this city. -
RABBI WISE IS
STORM CENTER
DIVIDED JEWRY
Sermon Acknowledging
Christ Existed as Man
Creates Dispute.
LEADING MEN DEFEND
Resignation as Chairman of
$6,000,000 Palestine
Fund to Be Acted
on Sunday.
(Associated Prea LtaaaJ Wirt.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise, who has offered
his resignation as chairman of the
United Palestine Appeal, because
of criticism of hi recent sermon
describing Christ "not aa a myth,
but a man." la still the center of a
storm of opposition and commend
ation. Yesterday he waa upheld by one
group of Jew a "Indispensable"
and assailed by another aa "mis
leading the house of Israel," and
opening the way to Baptism."
The assault came from the orth
odox rabbis of Agudalh Ha Rabon-
lm, who charged that, because of
his sermon on Christ, he Is unfit
to head the appeal, which Is seek
ing to raise $6,000,000 for rebuild
ing the Jewish homeland.
"All right thinking men and
pious Jews would be unable to help
in the United Palestine Appeal to
the full extent if Dr. Wise con
tinued aa chairman," the rabbis of
Agudath aald in a statement- ask
ing his resignation . -.
"He haa preached on a subject
'which threatens to tear down the
barrier which has existed between
us and the. Christian ohurch ' for
over 2000 years which may drive
our children to conversion," the
statement read.
Rabbi Wise's chairmanship of
the appeal, however, waa defended
yesterday In a telegram from Bos
ton from the administrative com
mittee of the New England Zion
ists to the committee of the , ap
peal, which meets here Sunday, to
act on hla offered resignation.
We regard hi (Dr. .Wise's)
leadership at this juncture of our
history, when Palestine is the
answer to the Jewish question, aa
indispensable, h I s derendera
wired.
'For 30 yeaia he has worn the
msntle of Jewish leadership. We
believe In him. We therefore urge
the national committee, aummoned
In New York oa Sunday next, not
to accept his resignation."
Many prominent Jews, Including
Nathan Strauss and Samuel Unter
myer, have come to Rabbi Wise's
defense.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
DIVIDES RE-MADE
STATE ROAD UNITS
- fAasnrUtH Pns toasM Wlrr.)
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 29. 'Effective
January 1, on account of curtail
ment of the new construction pro
gram of the state highway denart
ment. the southern Oregon dlvlslnn
will be. discontinued and Klamath
snd Lake counties will be consoli
dated with the division now super
vised by District Engineer C, W.
Wsnzer whose headquarters will be
transferred from The Dalles to
Bend. Jsckaon and Josephine
counties will be consolidated with
the southwestern Oregon division
under the supervision of W. R.
Chsndler. whose headnuarter will
be transferred from Marshfleld to
Grsnta Psas.
Under this new arrangement the
northern boundary of Chandler's
division will be the Douglaa oountv
line nn the roast hlrhwav and
Rnaehtirg nn the Pacific highway.
District , Engineer J. 8. Sawyer's
territory, with hesdouarters In Sa
lem, will be extended correspond
ingly smith to the Coos-Douglas
connty line.
Tbe change reduces th number
of divisions In the state from six
to five and eds to the resignation
of C. C. Kelly, who has been dis
trict engineer for the Klamath di
vision and who haa been with the
department alnce It organization
In 1017.
GIGANTIC STOCK FRAUD
STINGS 11,000 PEOPLE
tAanclatrd Praa taiH Wlrr.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 2 Postal In
spector todav completed com nil
In a Hat of 11 onO victims of the
alleged etock selling swindle of the
Consolidated Realty and Theaters'
Corporation. The purchasers
were declared tnfave paid th cor
9rtion about 14.000 000. More
1r.n alx thousand of them were
Chicago people who paid In about
fl.).O00.
BOYISH RESOLVR J
MADE GOOD; EARNS
MILLION, QUITS
s . .
(Anrlatr4 mat Uaml Wba.)
BOSTON. Dee. 29. Thirty '
one yeara ago a 14-year old
apprentice mechanic in the
De Paw. N. Y.. shops in the
New York Central railway,
told a little group of grease-
smeared companions that
when he made a million dol- 4
lara he would retire. They
laughed and told him that
with hia 10 cents an hour
wagea he would never need
to worry over his million
or retirement.
Hut on New Year' day
that apprentice mechanic
will retire. He la Joseph B.
Donovan, president and treae-
urer of the Donovan Motor
Car Company of Boston, an
automobile dlstrlbutng agen-
cy. He has made hi million.
The promise waa prompted
by the sight of an old man
freely making his way to an
office where he hoped to
a amass more millions. He
already had one million and
Donovan resolved that that
was enough for any man.
III
Localities ' in France Are
Isolated Hundreds on "''
' Rumanian Frontier '
. . ,' Lose Lives.
(Aaoolitrd Pita Uaaat Win.)
PARIS. Dee. 29. The flood situ
ation, due to the recently heavy
rainfalls and the melting snow, Is
getting worse. The river Rhine,
which last night was apparently
about to recede, suddenly started
to rise again early this morning
and more rapidly than ever, owing
to the waters coming down from
various tributaries. i
All the - low-lying , country
around Lyons Is flooded. The wa
ter has formed a vast lake three
miles wide. Jturaerous , points
where there are no flood waters,
nevertheless are cut off from direct
communication and wide detours
are necessary to revictual them. -
In Lournine all the. rivers are
rising rapidly. ,
' The Saone river has flooded all
Ihe region around -Chalons. Al
though the Seine and Its tributar
ies, the Yonne and the Mame are
still rising, the water as yet has
done no damage and liver traffic
continues.
Hundreds Drownad.
VIENNA, Austria. Dee. 29.
Hundreds of Uvea have been lost
In floods along the Rumanian
frontier, sav dispatches received
her from Tord. The flood wa
ter are declared to be sweeping
bodle and debris .through the
street of tht city.
A tragic case la told of a family
of five who took "refuge on the
roof of their horn only to he
forced off by fire which broke out
in the upper story. All were
drowned.
JOHN A. HOOPER.
LEADING FRISCO
' r BANKER, PASSES
fAMrx-Utr.1 Pros tunl Wire.)
AN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29. !
John A. Hooper, aged prealdent of ,
the First National and the First
Federal Trust Company of this
city, died Isst night. He had under
gone a serious operation recently.
John A. Hooper, banker and lum
ber magnate waa horn in Bangor,
Maine, on September 25. 1838 and I
came to California In 1R'4. engaged
at once. In tbe lumber shipping btia-
Ineaa In San Francisco. He was j
president of the San Pedro Lum
ber company and had his chief j
lumber Interests here and In San
Peelro.
Thirty years ago he became i
Identified with the First National :
Bank as a director and anreceded (
to the presidency In January, 1923,
when Rudolph Spreckels. San Fran- '
Cisco capitalist, left this position j
to assume tbe presidency of the
United Bank snd Trust Company of I
this city. i
Hooper was credited with being
one of the few surviving witnesses
to the shooting of President Lin
coln In Ford's Theater In Washing
ton.
IH Itfil.Alt KHOT BV POLICE
IX IHtltTLA.NI WILL DIE.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 29.
Rav Trssk. who confessed to tho
nolle several holtlttna and burg
laries, was believed by physicians
In lie drlng at a hospital today
from a bullet wound received yes
terday, when officers cornered
him beneath a porch. Tra'k re
vested to officers thst he had an
accomplice. Ned Hahadonv. who
was arrested anil also conresseit
to nartlclpatlon In holdups snd
robberies. Traak s younger bro
ther. Earl, waa taken Into custody
for Investigation, but Ray Traak
Injtted that Earl had nothing to
doQx.lth th crimes confessed.
WINTER KEEPS
IClf CLUTCH ifl
EASTAfiD SOUTH
Relief Predicted, However,
For Atlantic Region .'
After Tonight 'r
OHIO RIVER CHOKED
Florida Fruit Growers Use
. Smudge Pots to Avert ,
Crop Destruction
By. Frosts. ;i
(Aanclattd mm Uaatd Wirt.)
' WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. A
gradual rise In temperature tomor
row In the eastern part of the conn
try was promised today by ' the ..
weather bureau, but frost wa pre'
dieted as probable tonight -aa, far'
south as central Florida. - ' .
Elsewhere it was predicted them .
would be little relief from the cold" .
wave. . , -
There ha been somewhat warm
er weather In eastern Montana) and
Wyoming, the western Dakota, the- ,
southern plain states, Missouri and,
the southern states except Florida,
but the weather still is abnormally
cold over most sections east of- tha
Kockie. -
Reports this morning disclosed
that the temperature la -below
freezing along the gulf and south
Atlantic coast except In southern
Florida, while killing frosts prevail
In northern Florida and light frosts
as far south aa Fort Myer. , .
Ic Flo Chok th Ohio.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 29.
Traffic on the Ohio river here I
paralyzed from the bitter cold that,
swept the country over' the week-'
end and the cofferdams construct
ed last October on tbe Indiana aid
of the river and a hydro-electric
dam here are endangered -by- the,
heavy Ice floes.
Florida Smudglna Grovt. '
TAMPA. Fla.. Dec. , 29.Ho
blast from hundreds of smudgo -pots
early today were sweeping
many citrus groves In Florida to
combat the onset of chilling wtnda
from the north. . The burning ol
amttdge pots was In response, to a
warning of killing frosts and freez
ing temneratutes Issued by the
United States weather bureau. As
sisting In the preventative work
were the Florida citrus exchange,
which last night Issued telegraohlo
warning to many of Its members
and through a radio station or the
Tampa Dally Times, which waa
tContlntied on pare g 1
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