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WEATHER FORECAST': Unsettled; prob- " ably rajn In ;he west portion; continued ! fool; fresh east nndaoutheast winds. .Max- i imum yesterday, -48; minimum, 39; river, -J 1.2; rainfall, none; 'atmosphere, cloudy; ' SHQPEARLY-Qnly3d shopping days , remain , before Christmas. Do your' shop ping early and avoid the rush. You will find a new dellghi'in5 this early shopping . and also you'll bring ' happiness to the -merchants and the post office' clerks. - " KMd: northwest; - f f : .f. rj SACEM, OREGON; FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEilBER 19192 PRICR FIVE CENTS 1 3Q r? 1 ''TVs HUEfiTA SOUGHT US' If CHIEF I lifef S Twenty Thousand Answer Leader's Call to Arms for General Revolt, 'RED' INFLUENCE DENIED 'i Ex-President Vf Mthfrn. Republic Support Declaration Witt Maa of Letters and Other Evidence LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 18. (AP) More than 20,000 men are in arms fn various states of Mexico in a general rebellious movement .against the Cajles regime, Adolfo ,De La- Iluerta, former provisional president of Mexico announced here today. Leaders of. every unit, wjth the exception of one, have proclaimed 1 De La Iluerta their leader," he said. The former president, .who as sumed office in 1920 when the t'arransa regime was overthrown and left it when Alvaro Obregon was elected president seven months later, produced documen tary evidence to support his as sertion that the rebel movement is beinn prosecuted with a view to placing him in political power when control of the republic is ob tained. This evidence was in shape of letters brought to him through various channels, some printed on silk clothsVdirect from rebel lead ers asserting their faith in him. The American authorities, De La Iluerta said, are cognizant of his x position. In due time, he de Ajtfared, he expects to take his place the head of his sympathizers, iin Mexico " "They send letters -( and mes sengers proclaiming , .me their leader," he said.- ''What can I do? I can not denounce them. There is a provision in the .Mexican con stitution which, aaya that the peo ple may rise up against the or ganized authority if a resort is .2 Jiad to tyranny. That is the situa tion in Mexico today. 'L "I want V say that I am not aligned with any so-called "red' or "bolshevik" element in Mexico." That element is the Call es ele ment." , Anti-Calles movements are now on foot in the states of Chihuahua, ,(iuanajuaio. Jalisco, Durango, Sonora. Vera Cruz, Oerrero, Pue hla. and many others, De La JIuerta said. The Yaqui gesture in Sonora, he said, is taking concrete shape. Aiany Mexicans are fighting with the Indians all nnder the Yaqui chief. General Luis Matuz. In Chihuahua Nicolas ' Fernan dez, former Villa chieftain, he Kaid. Is heading the revolt, while in Guanajuato, General Rpdolfo Oallegos is leading the rebels. : WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (AP) Administration's inten tions as to Mexican gunrunning operations in Nicaragua remained masked tonight byof f icial alienee. President Diaz. 'assurance that any means the Washington gov ernment might adopt to, end hos tilities in the Central American country would have his approval was being closely studied and there was no evidence that new instructions, had, yet jbeen sent to Lawrence. Dennis, charge in Man agua, or Rear Admiral Julian L. I,atimer. commanding American naval patrols in' Nicaraguan and rtVntinn4 4. ELECTRIC DEVICE PANNED DEFEXDAXT'S WlFE NOT Ali : IXVED TO TESTIFY' " PORT ORCHARJVWash., Nor. 18. (AP) Judge Walter ' M. French, presiding at the trial of William George Walker, Bremer-1 ton electrician, charged with 'at- pted murder,' today refused to r pw the defendant to stand on Vae device he is accused of ar ranging to electrocute Herbert .Kennison, Bremerton painter. Walker, through his counsel, of fered to have the contrivance hooked up, and then stand on its inc plate when the current was turned on. s .. .... , . . The defense stated that a trans former which was, part , of, the con trivance, would reduce the Kennl son household electric current In stead of Increasing U to a deadly intensity. : -, Mrs. falter, who is the wife of ;the defendant, was the first de fense witness. " Judge French re fused to allow her to testify. "MASTERMINDS -NAMED iBY JURY AGAINST RUM Rl'WERS Thirteen Members of Coast Guard Involved in Latest Dry r' 3Iove NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (API Indictments in which 33, men ;13 of them members of the coast guard are charged with operat ing a rum fleet between Canada and the United States were re turned by the federal grand Jury today. The "master minds" of the rum fleet are alleged to bo the broth ers Edward and Frank Costello with offices in Lexington avenue, whsere arrangements are said .to have been made for disposal of the cargoes of Jiquor. The Costello brothers and sev eral others indicated were men tioned In the first indictment of William V. pwyer. so-called "king of New York bootleggers," who operated another gigantic rum ring. The men .indicted today direct ed operations of a fleet of their own, vessels that plied between Canadian ports, St. Pierre, Mique lon, and rum row, it is charged, Nineteen of those indicted are .already under arrest including the Costello brothers and members of it he crews of coast guard cutters 12 6 and 192. Some were released on ball. The rum ring is said on one occasion to have offered as much as 12700' to Fred J. Lewis and William R. Hughes, at that time coast guardsmen, on coast guard cutter number 126. ; The activities of the rum ring date back, the indictment charges, as far as 1923, and ran continuously- to and including part of 1926. GREAT INFLUENCE EXERTED BY U. S. ENTERED WAR WITH XO PER SONAL' GAIX THOUGHT Money .Lent, to Damkrapt.-Xat ions, Time' Will ' Come When Country Blast Aid "Fate has thrown into the lap of the United States the thing that every great nation Jin v.the world . has been striving . tQ ibta)n for centuries industrial power over he, world," said vlajr p.harles,A. Robertson of the diplo matic corps of the United States army in a speech before the Mar ion-Polk county realty board yes terday noon. "The United States entered the war with no thought of gain." he continued, "but did get more out of it $han any other nation. For this reason most of the European countries are beginning to dislike Americans. "The question now up to Amer ica is. 'Now that we have this great power, what are we going to do with if? The United States is doing nothing to help the bank rupt European ; nations get back on their financial feet, but instead is lending them money at the rate of one billion dollars a year." The time will soon come. Major Robertson believes, when the United States will have to do something toward helping the na tions of Europe, and when 'this time comes, it will take more than. mere party policies to solve the problem. SHRINE INITIATE EIFXY GAILY BEDECKED LODGEMEN PARADE STREETS ROSEBURG,- Ore., Nov. 18. (AP). Roseburg was host today to - approximately 250 Shriners from all parts of southern Oregon. The' Shriners gathered .for their annual fall ceremonial and initia tion, having a class of more than SO candidates Following an as sembly this afternoon the feszed and gaily bedecked lodgemen par aded the streets behind the Hillah temple drum and bugle corps and patrol and then returned to the armory, where . their ceremonial was held. ( '", A banquet was served at six O'clock, after which th einitiatlon took place, with a big midnight frolic as a conclusion for the fes tivities. AUTO KILLS AGED ; MAN SEATTLE HAS NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ' SEATTLE,: Wash.,; Not. 18. (AP). One dead Tone "seriously injured, and one slightly hurt was the traffic toll in Seattle today. George White, 80, was killed when struck - by an automobile. -. Mrs. Emma Brown was injured by a runaway driverless car, and Clif ford Jons, 17, was hHrt whenjtn automobile ran into his bicycler'. QUEEN TO St ONRRSTSHIP Private Advices From Ru mania Bear Tidings of -Ferdinand's Illness PRINCE TO SE .FACTORY Although Definite Plan Are Still lacking. It Is Thought Marie Will Leave l S. on S. 8. Berengaria LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Nov. 18. (AP) Queen Marie of Rumania virtually concluded her American tour here tonight and made ready for a quick run to New York city, whence she will sail for home on the first ship available. Distressed by private advices from Bucharest concerning the condition of King Ferdinand, she summoned members of her suite and American advisers today and directed that she be taken as soon as possible to the bedside of her husband. Dispatches from abroad have described the king's illness as inflammation of the lower in testine and as cancer. Some confusion attended efforts o ' train officials to outline a new itinerary for the royal party for tLe trip to New York and tonight definite information still was lack ing. Tentatively, the queen and Princess Ileana will go direct to New York -while Prince Nicholas pays brief visits to Detroit and Cleveland to see automobile plants and to greet Rumanian residents. Arrival and departure dates have not been established, although Marie is expected to sail on No vember 24 on the Berengaria. It was definitely announced, however, thai the plan to have the royal children see the Army-Nayy football .game ia Chicago is can celed, as is the -proposed' trip' from Washington through Atlantic City to Richmond, Va.. , Although she had waited in vain for further advices from 'Buchar est, Queen Marie showed no traces oi her anxiety today as she fol lowed Louisville's reception pro gram. She visited the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln at') Hodgens fille.and My Old, Kentucky Home at Birdstown.'fcui'de'cided to omit a civic banquet and ball. tonight. LOUISVILLE," Ky., Not. 1 8. (AP). Major Stanley Washburn one of the officials with. 'Queen Mafie's train, tonight telegraphed Governor William J. Fields, Ken tucky, demanding an apology of Major George M. Chesbier, ,Ken- ' CoDliDQed. n pace 4.1 THE f Ti viva nft- jhj , tlti rr.srs?. . r WOMAN'S POISE GONE IN COURT MRS. M'GEE CRIES DURING IN DICTMENT READING Friends Offer Accused , Woman Encouragement during Court Recess TILLAMOOK, Or.. Nov. 18. (AP) After examining 34 Jurors, the jury in the trial of Mrs. Eva N. McGee, who is charged with killing her husband, W. G. Mc Gee. formerly a" physician in Ne halem, by administering poison to him, was completed at a late hour tcday. The panel was axhausted before the 12th juryman was se lected, and the proceedings halted while Sheriff Aschim sent his dep uties about the county summon ing additional members of the jury. A. A. Compton, farmer, of Woods, reported to the court room end was selected for the final member of the body of 12 men who will decide the fate of the ac cused widow. Mrs. McGee's poise during the arraignment and bond raising ap peared . to be gone this morning when she appeared in .the court room. The strain under which Rhe has been seemed to be telling, and as the indictment was refer red to. and her attorney in out-'. line of the case to the jury, read that his client was charged with killing her own husband by ad ministering poison to hfm, sh (Continued on PC 4.) DEMOCRATS PLAN ATTACK ON TAXES LEADERS OF MINORITY SIST OX REDUCTION IX- Committeemen. Claim Huge Sur plus Will De On Hand in Treasury WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (AP) Evidence that the demo crats are getting ready for a smashing tax reduction at the ap proaching short session of con gress was given today when the ranking democratic members of the senate and house committees whTclf shape tax bills agreed on- basic plan of action. Out of a meeting between Sen ator Furnifdld Simmon's of the senate finance committee and Representative John Garner of the house ways and means com mittee, came a concrete proposal for a permanent tax reduction of $325,000,000 which may be in creased to $400,000,000. It would curtail the corporation income tax from 13 per cent to 11 per cent or even less, would wipe out the excise taxes and perhaps slightly modify the tobacco tax and lower the surtax on Incomes between 130,0 Wand $90,000. Both Simmons and Garner have steadfastly insisted that the treas ury surplus will run more than a (Continued an vaga 4.) SUPPLY WON'T LAST FOREVER! DOCTOR REFUTES STATE EVIDENCE TAKING OFESTIJIOXIl'KXDS IV WIFE MURDER CASK Prosecution Rebuttal Witness .Not Allowed ' fo Answer Questions PORT ANGELES, Wash., Nov. 18. (AP) After testimony in the wife murder trial of Dr. Paul D. Moore had ended abruptly here tonight, the judge instructed the jurors and dismissed them un til tomorrow when they hear at torney's arguments. The case, which will likely go to the jury early tomorrow after noon, was brought to an abrupt close when the state's only re buttal witness, Mrs. M. Rogers, was not allowed to answer the only two questions put to her. The court sustained defense objections to inquiries of the state regarding a journey about which Mrs. Rog ers was supposed to have talked to the defendant the day 'before his wife died in a hospital at Se quim. near here. The defense of fered no sur-rebuttal. Dr. Moore, "a former major in the United "States army medical corps who went to Nashville, Tenn., after his wife's death July 20, appeared at ease throughout the day. The defendant's daugh ter, Mrs. Esten Winegar, 20, and her husband sat beside him'. ' Testimony of William M. Dehn, 20 years a chemistry professor at the University of Washington and an author in English and German of numerous scientific volumes, climaxed a day's effort of attor neys for Moore to prove that Mrs. Moore died of uremia, an abnor mal blood condition and not of a poison which the state charges was administered by Moore. Dr. Dehn, in laboratory experi ments conducted with the aid of the jurors, sought to prove that the poison which prosecution ex perts had reported finding In Mrs. Moore's body, could not be dis tinguished by tests they (the state experts) made. He pronounced the prosecution investigation' of the nature of the poison and the arriving at its probable quantity, as faulty. " ' r 5 After examining a vial intro duced "by the state' and declared to contain the poison from the"1ody, ,( Continued on page 7.) GRANGE BACKS PROJECT OFFER THAT WOULD AID AG RICULTURE FAVORED PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 18. (AP) After a two hour debate, the National Grange tdnight adopted a resolution recommend ing the leasing of Muscle Shoals to a responsible company making the best offer and complying with conditions designed to benefit ag riculture. The contest aver the question required the only roll call of the meeting and was decided by a vote of 27 to 21. '! STORY Jane Gibson .Raises' .From Cot and Shouts Whole Truth Tpld at Trial DEFENDANTS UNRUFFLED Woman's Recital of Events on Night of Murders of Minister and Singer Given Briefly In Court ' SOMERyjLLE, N. J., Nov. 18. (AP) Brought into court on a hospital bed after, a .30 mile trip In an ambulance, Mrs. Jane Gib son,' ill with a kidney disease, testified at the Hall-Mills trial to day for three hours and at the end of her testimony partly raised her self and screamed: "I told Uie truth, so help me God, and you know it," with a wave of her hand toward the three defendants. The three on trial for murder remained unruffled as the now famous raiser of pigs testified that she had seen Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens at and near the place the bodies of the Rev. Ed ward W. Hall and Mrs.' Eleanor R. Mills- were found on the night they were slain, more than four years ago. From her bed, Mrs. Gibson said that she saw Mrs. Hall and Willie Stevens standing in front of an automobile, in Derussey's Lane, near Brunswick, before she heard shots fired, later saw Henry Sfevens just before she heard shots and still later observed Mrs. Hall kneeling near the place where the witness had heard voices uttering-oaths. She pointed .to the defendants in .the court , room and asserted they are the. persons she saw. The dramatic appearance of the wltnesto In the courtroom followed a ride in an ambulance from Jer sey City, where she has been a patient in a hospital for ten days. She apparently suffered no HI ef fects from her journey and court appearance. ; " Mrs. Gibson's story was in many particular tbJe recital she has giv en over a period of four years, hut there were some, additional details today and some changes. In pre vious testimony she had not iden tified Henry Stevens as a person she saw at the scene. She had be fore identified Henry Carpeader, cousin of the three defendants in the case on trial, which charges the murder of Mrs. Mills. - " .Carpender, a New York broker. Is in Jail here under Indictment on the same charges his cousins face. He came to the courtroom today to have Mrs. Gibson say that she had previously pointed him out as a person present. 1 ' Mrs.' dibson's story of her ob servation 'of the events olf the. night of the slaying of the minis ter and-choir singer was brief. She told or riding her mule in pursuit of a rattling wagon, sus pected as a vehicle used by thieves to carry away her corn, passing an automobile in front of which stood a man and a woman: .She said the woman was Mrs. Hall and although she several times said that the' man was "a colored man," She reiterated her identifi cation of him as Willie Stevens. "Her -story continued that she tied her mule to a cedar tree and heard mumbling voices as if in argument, a reference" to "explain these letters," sounds of a scuffle, oaths, shots and then she hurried ly rode her mule away. " Disco v- ( Continued on page 3.) .INJURED LOGGER DIES LOG ROLLS ON RUBRO AT V VALLEY LUMBER CAMP - FALLS CITY, Or... Nov. 18. Tony Rubro, aged about 25, Span ish,1 employed by the Willamette .Valley Lumber company, was in jured at the logging eomp or the company above Black Rock this forenoon and died about 3:80 this afternoon at the Dallas hospital. Rnbro was , working as choker setter and -was injured Internally when a log rolled on him. He was brought out to Black'Rock on the engine of the logging train. as the car he was In Jumped the track, and from. Black Rock was taken on the Southern Pacific mo tor to Dallas to the hospital. - Rubro was a Spaniard, speaking very little English, and not much is known ,! his -familycr friends. F.ff orts are being made to locate reatIves. -i"He was ent out to the logfcin g Job fronr Portland."' - TELLS OF SLIMES : - - r . LISTEN IN f Tomorrow the big game be tween the two state institutions of higher education will be staged on Bell Field at Cor vallls. This is. the grid classic, of the state of-Oregon and aa such always creates a great amount of interest. In order to give the best possible service to the many in terested people. The Oregon Statesman has made arrange ments with the Portland Music company, for the installation of a Gilfillan radio in the office. The game, play by play, will be broadcast over KO AC -and KGW direct from the field of play. ' This means that the peo ple who care to visit The Statesman office on Saturday afternoon may hear about each, play of the game within a -few seconds after it has been made. The broadcasting will begin at. 1:30 p. m. W. Kaderly of OAC and Dick Haller of Portland will work in relays at the -microphone and the fans are as sured of the yery best service. You are invited to visit' The Statesman office on Saturday afternoon and hear the' returns On the OAC-U of O football game. OFFICERS WATCH HOUSE OF DAVID "KING" BEN CARRIED INTO COURT ON STRETCHER' Prosecuting Attorney Threatens to Place Entire Cult Col ony Under Arrest BENTON HARBOR. Mich., Nov. 18. (AP) Weakened by Illness after his fourth arrest within two days, "King" Benjamin Purnell rested. tonight at Shiioh, while the state of Michigan kept an eye of surveillance on the movements within the colony of the House of David. Purnell was carried to court late today on a stretcher, l?y. aix Of his aides for arraignment on charges " of statutory assault brought by a former woman mem ber of . the cult. He .furnished $5,000 bond and was returned in an ambulance to Shiioh. Bonds for the captured leader now total 8125,000. Officials took precautions to guard state witnesses after Mrs. Bessie Woodworth, leader of .the raid by state troopers in which Purnell was .taken, had appealed to Prosecuting - Attorney George H. Bookwalter, for protection. Mrs. Woodworth, .former colony member had been summoned to the cult headquarters to see her mother, reported "dying." When cult leaders learned Mrs. Wood- worth was to be accompanied by an officer, .they refused- her -ad mittance. "It the House of David does not stop trying to pull fake stuff, I'll arrest everybody in the colony for obstructing justice," said Book- waiter. ' The move to bring Mrs. Woodworth to Shiioh, .Bookwalter declared, was "an attempt to mon key, with state witnesses." Mrs. Woodworth was the com plainant in the warrant under which Purnell was arrested today. She furnished officials informa tion .which led to his apprehen sion at coldny, headquarters where he had been in hiding four years. JURIST'S LAST J.C0URT ;1 - ' - ONE TIME MAYOR OF SALEM RETIRES FROM BENCH Judge William Ramsey, one time mayor of Salem, is conduct ing. his last court at McMinnville where the circuit court of the 12th district is in session. ; s Judge Ramsay, is now 80 years old and -has been a prominent member of the state bar for many years. He is one of the founders of ,the "Willamette university law school and was a member of the state supreme bench for a time. .He. is at present residing in Mc Minnville. l " H RAINS iDRENCH KLAMATH HEAVY SNOWFALL REPORTED " t IN SURROUNDING HILLS 1 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Not. 18; (AP)--In a steady down pour that had not' abated .for 12 hours, rain - today .was soaking farm lands of Klamath and in the higher mountainous regions snow was falling heavily. Since 'the storm'' started, approximately .two inches of rain has fallen? ! Every Indication points to. a continuance of the storm. - ' : ' ,WEALTHY.WIDOW SLAIN SAN FRANCISCO." Not. 18. (AP,). - Mrs. Willie Anna Ed mands, a . wealthy widow, was killed and robbed in her home here : late todav. Her , body was found tonight when her, grown son Raoul Edmanffa, called to seeder. El SEEK DEH Con$titutiop : anrJ '.By-Oaws Adopted by Oregon Cream ery .Operators "NOT TP FIX PRICES" Would Correct Abuse In Trade, Encourage Spirit of Competi- tkm and Cooperate In Researrh Work A constitution and by-laws were adopted at a meeting here yester day of the recently formed Ore gon Creamery Operators associa tion, held in the chamber of com merce club rooms. The meeting was attended by more than .40 rep resentatives from 25 of the. read ing creameries of the state. ; - This .was the .first-meeting-of the association since its founding at a meeting id the ..Salem cham ber of commerce a few week ago. attended by a group of creamery operators called together ";by Frank Dekebach of this city. . , I Action was also taken at yes terday's meeting in favor, of ob taining a federal dairy inspector for Oregon. "The object of . the association, is not to fix prices, but to try, to eliminate leaks,?; said Don Mac kenzie of the Marion County Co operative Creamery, "it willjn the end probably result in . cheaper prices for the consumer. One of the main objects of the' new group, according to its con stitution, is to , "Improve the creamery manufacturing - business by striving . toward the correction by all ' proper and. legitimate means of unintelligences, faulty standardization, and abuses in the trade,' and the promotion of pub licity in, the . transactiofi of busi ness." ' ' , .Another . purpose. ,.!s to-., "en conrage ;the ... true spirit qt , co operative competition by. bringing out into the open all competitive conditions and introducing ' the open .prica -policy." . , ,-. v '. The . association will "also . .at tempt - to . ''cooperate, .along the lines, of creamery research in se curing, better cream for ' use : in manufacturing, creamery, product so that the result would sbe to; raise the standard of quality to Its? highest-point of efficiency, there by making a great saving to con sumer and producer. . The constitution also points out that no use shall be made ofthe organization as a price fixing and trade or trade controlling:, device and that it .will cooperate with the federal trade commission in sup pressing unfair methods of . com petition. vw ,,. . ;i ". tu ." All individuals or corporations engaged in the. commercial manu facture of creamery products will be eligible for, membership,, ac cording to the. constitution and all members in before January 1. 1927, will be charter members. Regular meetings of the asso ciation will be held on the third Thursday of each month at places to be designated by the executive committee. - Special meetinglsre" called by the president, or at a request of a majority of the execu tive committee, . ", ' - Dues for the new group wilt he $10, annually for each member, " Officers of the., association, elected at the first meeting of the body here October 29, are P.-M. Brandt of OAC, president: Wayne Dawson of Albany, vice president; 11. Berkenshaw of Portland, secre tary; . and Don Mackenzie ,of Sa lem, treasnrer. i ; FORM COMMUNITY CLUB PROPOSE CLUB AS MEMBER OF ' . COUNTY GROUP A delegation- from! the Salem chamber" Of commerce will go- to a ; meeting .in the community ' hall at Silverton lills Saturday night, where a community club wlXl be formed. The invitation to attend was extended , by, Mrs, Anna Had ley.ofSilvertpn nilayr.,..;, v The proposed club is slated to become a member of the Marion county (Community , federation, Pour ; representatives from the local .chamber will make up the delegation, according to C. Wil son, secretary. t -JJEND GETS SNOW. : ' . BEND, Ore., Nov. J, 8. (AP). The . first snow of . the season be gan falling in' Bend' about- 9 o'clock, tonight. The first of ; it melted as fast aa it fell .but by 41 .'p'clock.'the ground .was .white. D EXPERT f. r : - t J -- ; !. . , , j - " ' ' 1 f 0i