WEATHER FORECAST: Ram, mild
temperature; diminishing , south to t vest ,
gales on the coast. : Maximum yesterday, .
B8: minimum, 49; rirer, 15, falling; rain-'
fall, .25; atmosphere, cloudy; -wind, south-'
west.-: ;; ;: .. . ; ;'
SHOP EARLY Only 19 shopping days
remain before Christmas. Do your shop
ping early and avoid the rash. You will
find a new delight in this early shopping
.and also you'll bring happiness to .the
merchants and the post office clerks. .
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
r
OFFICERS LINK
JEWELRYGLUE
STBiELER
Theory iSame Man Killed
Women Along the. Coast '
.Strengthened by Find
Y0UM5! MAN 'DESCRIBED
Police Whhhold Official Comment
- Vmt 11 Positive Identification
of Article Made by
Seattle Officers
PORTLAND. Dee. 1.tAP)
Doaeedly pursuing- each "blind lead
Witn me neiecminjiijuii mai
... . . 1 . . 1 if ll.nt jvtA
i of them wilt furnish information
i as to the identity of the slayer of
Mrs. Blanche Myers, 48.-who was
strangled to death tin her i home
here Monday, Portland police and
idennties from the' Multnomah
. county sheriff's office continued to
iday to run down rmnorg and "'hot
. .. - - . i - m . .
tips rrom every bbciioh ue mo
citv. Aside from one clue, all
. other rumors were found to be
: groundless.
This lone clue consisted of the
discovery ot three articles of jew
. dry, believed by police to have
been stolen from the body of Mrs.
Florence MOnks; who was found
dead in the basement of her hoase
in Seattle on November 23. The
Jewelry consists of a necklace and
; bracelet to match, and a three-
strand string of pearls. They were
found by. police in the possession
i of two women here, who operate
. a rooming house. The jewelry
was given to them, Ihey say, by
a man who took a room-In their
sfter Mrs. Monks met death. He
i paid a week s rent - in advance,
uul uespue iuib, cn iwux w
inr'Af the div on whicft
'i. Mrs. Myers- was found murdered
Ihere. Officials are checking every
J pOSSiOie CIU - lit iuuuuuuu v. awa
it this man.
ing' between 24 and '26 years of
age, of dark complexion, with dark
eyes and brown hair. He is about
nve-feet.' seven Inches' tall.
In connecting up the death of
Mrs. Monks with the strangling of
. Mrs. Blanche Myers here on last
- Monday, police pointed out that
Mrs. Myers "was killed at about
12:30 o'clock, that afternoon.
Police Captain John T. Moore,
'While withholding official com
ment an to the identification of
'the jewelry discovered here today,
declared the articles "answered
' minutely" the description broad-
cast by the Seattle police, and that
. they, were being rushed to Seattle
for examination.
The. peculiar leaf-like design of
the links in' the diamond studded
f recklace, and bracelet, according
'to officials 'here, answers closely
the description of the jewelry as
- given by Seattle police heudquar-
(Coe-tinaed m pat 4.)
i COMB MEXICAN
GULF, FOR HIP
-SCHOONER THOUGHT TO HOLD
DRY; AGHNTS,' UAPTIVE
Alleged Rani Boat. Disappears
Fron Anchorage With Two
Guard Aboard
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1. (By
API The three-masted schooner
Arsene- J,; believed to be carrying
. two k idnaped "prohibition man, to-
I sight was the object of an extend
i nd search into- the Gulf of Mexico
-with all available revenue cotters
-.and patrol boats called Into? aer-
vice. - 5
The schooner, an alleged r mm
runner, disappeared from anchor
age off "the Mississippi coast to-
day after it had been captured by
a patrol boat and 'J. B.: Matthews,
i- assistant prohibition admintstra
tor of New Orleans.' and a jn
ehini.st's mate had been, stationed
.as guards 1 while the patrol " boat
visited- port to re-fuel.
When the-patrol boat returned
' the shin was gone. Believing that
t it had been recaptured by-the al
f leged rum runners, other cutters
.and patrol boats were called from
-Biloxi, Miss., and Galveston, Tex.,
' to aid in the search. All shipping
on the Gulf of Mexico-was asked
to watch for the ship and take the
.1 kidnaped men -off it possible.
5 Shortly after the disappearance
i 4 of the vessel was reported, J
. Jackson, prohibition i administrate
tor at New Orleans, said-that he
- ; received a report throagh coast
i guard sonrces that the vessel had
i been recaptured by the Tallapoosa
-rand taken in tow.
I Later he asserted he received
i d .second report : from the ; same
sources that the vessel had brokenr
l i tow and -agaia'was at, liberty. .
' Radio xuessage8 received from
- the - revenue cutter Tallapoosa, by
ithe Tropical Radio company's Mo-
' x bile station said that the , Talla
! ?poosa had not sighted the schooja-
ID
MEET IN CANBY,
AURORA DISTRICT
BEET GROWIXO AROUSES
- GREAT INTEREST
Other Sessions Comiug for Ifnb-
s bard, iWoedburn, Turner,
and Jefferson
The Can by " Chamber of Com
merce entertained7 the Sugar beet
acreage campaign workers at their
regular monthly dinner last "eve
ning, there being present Kenneth
Miller, 'C. M. Dickinson and Man
ager Wilson of the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce and E. Oi Rob
inson, - president of the Aurora
Community club. After dinner
talks were made, about 50 being
present at the dinner. Grant
White, president, presided. The:
Canby people asked for a special
meeting later, "which will be ar
ranged for.
The Aurora meeting was at 8
o'clock. It was opened with a
talk1 by Prof.'W. L.Tetttselrof the
OAC, district agent. Professor
Teutsch said the Willamette val
ley has been growing sugar beets
for many years, and that the first
testa were In 1890, and that. la
1900 the Oregon Agricultura:.ol
lege made more than 100 : testa,
and found the sugar content to
run-from IS to 17 per cent.
Professor Teutsch said taeJPud
d:ng jriver district around 'Aurora
has-some, of the best sugar-beet
land - in Oregon; that Ike s first
bench lands there are also -very
good, and that the beaverdam
lands there will produce a large
per acre tonnage. He said an ad
vantage in the Pudding-river lands
is that early planting may 'bo
done, giving an early harvest.
Kenneth Miller said the Beiliag
ham district this year grew isuga?
beets that averaged 15.8 sugar
content, and 13 tons to the acre
and the beets were produced - on
land selling at $250 to $400. an
acre. And nearly all the growers
are contracting for increasediaere-
age for next year.
C. M. .Dickinson stid that , in
(Cantinnad u pac 3.)
VETS .MEET IN SALEM
lOO ENJOY BANQUET AND
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ,
Over -100 veterans of -foreign
wars assembled in Salem last
night for a general meeting. The
fore . part-of the -evening was- de-'
voted to the enjoyment of a splen
did banquet at Fraternal Temple.
Col.' Carle Abrant acted as toast-
master. Muslcalselections were
rendered by Mrs." ll. Coursey and
Mrs. Earl Peartey.- Army style
dishes were served and thorough
ly enjoyed.
After the banquet, the mem
bers adjourned to reassemble in
the chamber of commerce rooms.
Post No. 61 postponed the nomi
nation of officers 'until the next
regular meeting at which time the
nominations and elections will be
held." The new colors of the post
were dedicated in a most impres
sive mannerwith Henry O.- Miller
in charge of this part of the pro
gram. A class of J. 6 were initiated
into the membership of the organ
ization. Owing to the length of
the program the meeting jot the
council of administration was
postponed until a later date. Clyde
A. Warren, department command
er, was present with a live delega
tion from ; Oregon City. Many
other posts had delegations at the
meeting. ; Talks were given ny
Commander 'Warren; Grant B.
Getchell. George A. White and
several others.
WETS WIN IN TORONTO
PROHIBITORY TEMPERANCE
ACT 5 DOOMED BY VOTK
TORONTO, Dec. 1. (AP) The
conservative -government of G.
Howard Ferguson, running on a
platform calling : for the sale of
liquor under a government com
mission, as opposed to the -present
prohibitory Ontario temperance
act.' virtually .swept the province
in the general - elections to tne
Ontario legislature today.
At 11 o'clock tonight the re
turns indicated that of the 109
members who had been elected at
that hour, 79 of various political
affiliations were pledged to sup
port Mr.' Ferguson's policy In tne
legislature.
Of the 112 constituencies only
three remained to be heard from.
REDWOOD ROAD FAVORED
- -' i -
COMMISSION WILL CALL FOR
. . : , BIDS IMMEDIATELY
PORTLAND. Dec. 1. (AP).
The last gap in the redwood' high-
dar in Oregon was ordered com
pleted today by the state highway
commission. - and ? State Highway
Rnrineert Klein- will -arrange for
Advertising for bids immediately.
This will finish the Oregon end
of the highway, but there remains
considerable tq be done on the
California side. U J ,
, . ACTRESS INJURED .
" KANSAS CITY, Dec 1. CAP)
Mrs. Arnold Van iLeer. " ( Dorine
Adams ) 24 . New York actress,
who -was playing the part of a
nan t in Morris Gest's "The Mir
acle" here, was seriously injured
today when a horse she was riding
atumbled ley fia er.-- .
DEFENSE HTS
SEsES
Failure to Have Mistrial De
clared .Brings Trial to
Speech-Making
STATE EXPERTS SCORED
Evidence Offered by Former New
, Jersey Trooper Denouncel
' as Lawyer Outlines Case
Re fore Jurors
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Dec. 1.
(AP)The state's failure to have
a mistrial declared today in the
Hall-Mills case allowed the trial
to progress to-the? speeclrnTakrngH
stage. The first of . a series of ex
tended summing -un speeches -was
begun - this afternoon with indica
tions tonfeht that 'the -case would
be given to Jthe Jiiry Friday. To
ucornrw and as portion of the next
day are expected to ! occupied
with .addresses t to the s jury.
'The application for a mis-trial
was . denied by the eouYt wlthrat
comment.
Only a j part-of the-first speech
was s delivered today, 'Robert II.
McCarter opening for the defense,
holding the floor.at the close f
thecourt day Whehe had spoken
for two hour a and 1 5 nlnittes. "He
will speak for (probably another
hour tomorrow, . and will be fol
lowed by Clarence E. Case to -continue
the defense summing up.
Alexander Simpson, special. pros
ecutor. Bald tonight' that; he would
not; speak at the "tag end" Of the
day-when the-jury was fagged. If
the defense arguments continue
into the afternoon session the
state's summing up and judge's
charge will go over to Friday.
The state's application for a
mis-trial was made at the opening
of court. Simpson accusing the
JnryrrfTrndtter sleepiness,--rand -of
hostility to the state's cause, and
also charged the jury was inadequately-guarded.
Affidavits were submitted from
newspaper reporters and detec
ttvesthat cer tain jurors : had been
seen nodding. Other affidavits
said the jurors had been permit
ted to speak to persons not on the
jury when bailiffs were not pres
ent. A statement, later reduced
to affidavit form, declared the
special prosecutor and Mrs. Jane
Gibson, state's star witness, had
been referred to in terms of ap
probrium. The jury, out of the court room
while the state's representative
preferred charges against its mem
bers, returned, and the case went
on.
Former Attorney General Mc
Carter started his address and was
speaking, at the hour of adjourn
ment. . He devoted most of his
(Continued on page 5.)
BORAH OPPOSES
FARM AID BILL
IDAHO SENATOR WANTS AL
IEN. PROPERTY RETURNED
Claims McNary-IIaugen- Measure
Would Make Commodity ,
Fee "Compulsory f
WASHINGTON, Dec 1. (AP).
Immediate return of German
property seized during the war
and rejection - of the McNary
Haugen farm relief bill was rec
ommended to President Coolidge
today by Senator Borah, republi
can, Idaho, at a White House con
ference. Unless alien property is re
turned without qualification,"-the
United States government will be
faced with the odium of confiscat
ing private property and violating
a principle on which the gorern
ment was founded, the Idaho sen
ator declared after his visit. . A
He predicted the measure now
being drafted by the house ways
and means committee providing
for the return of a part of the
property Immediately and of the
a
f
remainder in installments over
neridd of years would not I
passed by congress.
"Ln principle this measure
woatd endorse confiscation," be
asserted, adding "this government
cannot afford to sacrifice its honor
for some $28tt,-00O,00. ilt would
be better to pay the -American
Claims out of the treasury or issue
bonds to cover them."
Senator Borah, who voted
against the McNary-Haugen bill at
the (last session, said: he still was
opposed to . compulsory ; operation
of - the equalization fee against
farm commodities.
OLD SANTA USED
TO COLD WINTER
HELP MARE THIS OREGON'S
'MERRIEST CHRISTMAS
Salem Armory to lie Used in Case
of Rain, Snow or Cold
Winds
The weather doesn't have'; a
thing to do with Santa Claus coin
ing to Salem with his reindeer and
his Eskimo driver and his Christ
mas spirit. Not a single, solitary
thing! He will come though it
rains 'cats and dogs.' ' He's old
enough to know that weather isn't
important, only as something that
you have to have like clothes or
food but the kind doesn't matter.
He could stand out in the rain
just as well as not; he's used to
rain, hail, snow, ice, frost, wind,
and everything. He's been at his
job so long, traipsing up and down
the earth for you and for other
children, that he's tough. T-U-F-F
that's the way to say what he is.
But he doesn't expect you to be
tough as he is. He's going to
show in the armory, Monday after
noon, December 6, the day the
schools close for him, if the weath
er is bad. He doesn't want you to
get wet feet and a cold and a
grouch, just calling on him. No,
indeed! He's got it all fixed up
t Continued on pace 2.)
MUSSOLINI:
TLI, GET YOU YET!
nrr
PLAN IMPROVING
OREGON BUILDING
TWO NEW STORE ROOMS PRO
VIDED FOR IN REMODELING
Oregon Electric Depot to Be Lo
cated in South Corner
of Structure
In an announcement .made yes
terday by Hawkins and Roberts
the allowing of a contract for the
remodeling of the lower floor of
the Oregon building to Cuyler
Van Patten, local contractor, was
confirmed.
The remodeling work will pro
vide two new store rooms, new
quarters for the Oregon Electric
and a ten foot marquise around
the entire building making the
structure one of the most attrac
tive business buildings in the city.
The corner of the building at
High and State streets is to be
occupied by E. L. Kappahahn con
fectionery whose present quarters
in the building will be taken over
by a local merchant.
A new depot for the Oregon
Electric will be provided in the
south corner of the building on
High street and will have suffi
cient room for all departments of
the railway service here. The
railway company has made a lease
on the property until January
1938. Although waiting room will
be hampered some the marquise
around the building will offset
this difficulty.
The present quarters of E. L.
Kapphahn will be entirely rebuilt
before taken over by the new oc
cupant. There are no mprovementsoon
templated for the foyer or Interior
of the Oregon theatre or the tip
stairs Of the Oregon building.
MERCURY DROPS
IN MIDDLE-WEST
BLAZING HOME DRIVES 'FAM
ILY INTO -BLIZZARD
Snow in Manitoba Exceptionally
Deep -for This Time of
Year
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 1.
(AP) The northwest fought the
coldest weather of the season to-t
day, following a night of wind that
set new records for sudden tem
perature drops in many parts of
Minnesota and North Dakota.
Relief is expected tonight and
Thursday, with . the weather
boreau forecasting rising temper
ature for all parts of the north
west. Crookston, one of the first Min
nesota points struck by the sweep
ing cold wave, today shivered aft
er a dip that took the mercury to
26 degrees below zero. Virtually
all other northwest points report
ed sub-zero temperatures.
CARLISLE, Sask., Dec. 1.
(AP) With their clothing
burned off, Mr. and Mrs. C. Jones
and their baby, not a year old,
were driven out into a blizzard
when flames destroyed their farm
house near here today. Temper
ature was below zero.
Clad only in a pair of rubber
(Continued on page 3.)
TAX GUT BILL
Question - of How to Tap
. Treasury Surplus Excludes
Other Issues
CONGRESS TO GO SLOW
Speaker Longworth, After Con-
ference With Coolidge, As
serts Opposition to Any
Reduction Now
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
The breach between, republicans
and democrats over how to tap
the treasury surplus to the best
advantage to the taxpayers pock
etbook, widened today at the capi
tol. This subject virtually excluded
all other issues, and drew Into the
vortex of discussion practically
every recognized party leader of
the house where revenue legisla
tion must originate.
House democratic leaders, after
a conference, came out in favor of
an immediate. $350,000,000 cut in
tax rates, while republican party
chieftains stoutly maintainedthat
they would oppose, as ill-advised,
a new revenue bill at the approach
ing session.
The democratic program, draft
ed by minority members of the
house ways and means committee,
which has initial jurisdiction in
taxation matters, .is based, on an
agreement reached between ; Rep
resentative' Games of Texas, rank
ing .democrat on the committee.
and Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, -who beads the minority
membership of the senate finance
committee.
Under 4 the democratic proposal,
the corporation tax, at present
13 i4,ler-e'nt, -would be cut prob
ably to 11 per cent. The plan was
made public br Chairman Oldfleld
of the democratic congressional
committee, -who said:
The exact fate of the corpora
tion tax was left subject to de
termination after further figures
for which the treasury has been
asked are available. It was the
sense of the conference that the
treasury will have a surplus at
the end of the present fiscal year
approximating a half billion del
lars and that-further relief to the
taxpayers can well be afforded and
ought to be given without delay."
Even before the democratic pro
gram had- been announced, Speak
er Longworth, after a visit to the
White Hbuse, asserted that he
was opposed to tax redaction at
present and felt the treasury sur
plus should either be applied to
President Coolidge a tax credit
proposal or to redaction of the
public debt.
The democratic plan also will
encounter the opposition of Chair
man Madden of the ' house appro
priations committee, ' who holds
that the 70th congress-would, pre
sent the right time for a new rev
enue law althongh in his opinion.
the president's proposal should be
enacted at this session.
Both Madden -and Longworth
contended it was impossible to es
timate - returns under the present
revaue act, and that congress
must go slow for that reason.
WHEAT SEED L0SS $500ti
LESS THAN HALF OF MONEY
FOR LOANS BORROWED
Losses resulting from approxi
mately $450,000 of wheat seed
loans authorized by the 1925 leg
islative assembly, will not exceed
$5000, according to a report sub
mitted to the state board of con
trol yesterday.
The 1925 legislature, at the re
quest of the wheat " growers of
eastern and central Oregon, au
thorized an appropriation of $ 1 ,-
200,000 to purchase seed for the
replanting .. of their lands. Less
than $500,000 of the money ap
propriated was borrowed.
The law creating the appropria
tion was administered by the state
board of control, and the borrow
ers of the money-were compelled
to pay interest at the rate of six
per cent. The money was ob
tained from the funds of the state
bonus commission, for which the
state paid 4 per cent Interest. -
PLANE FORCED TO LAND
AIR MAIL FORWARDED
SEATTLE BY TRAIN
TO
: MARYSVILLE, CaL, Dec. 1
Forced down by - unfavorable
weather, - Ralph ' Virden, pilot in
the air mail service between Con
cord, CaL, and Seattle,; landed-in
an alfalfa field just south- of here
today. : The mail was sent north
by train. ; Virden left Concord at
7 a. m., and in his flight -
I encountered - a ' storm which - hs
could not rise above
INDIAN .MELODY
COMPOSER HERE
THURLOW LIEURANCE HARM
ONIZED OVER SOO SONGS
Believes "The Bridge of Gods
a Story Fitted for An
American Opera
"I am not a stranger in. the
northwest; In fact I might almost
call It .ray country," said Thurlow
Lieurance, noted composer of In
dian .melodies, who will appear in
concert at the Grand theater to
night at 8:15 o'clock, under the
auspices of the Salem business and.
professional women's club, and
also give a children's matinee at
the same theater at 4 o'clock.
With 'Mr.. Lieurance will be his
wife, Edna Woolley, Lieurance,
soprano, and Virginia lucks,
flutist. The party arrived in Sa
lem last night from San Francis
co. "My, first research work In In
dian lore was done in the north
west, in Montana," Mr. Lieurance
continued. "1 also recorded . the
melody for my most famous
song, 'By the Waters of Minne-
tonka,' in Montana, near Billings.
"I harmonized the song on the
Southern Pacific train between
Portland and- San Francisco in
1912. The song was originally a
melody of the Sioux Indian tribe."
Oregon has contributed the one
story most fitted for an American
opera in "The Bridge of the
Gods," by Balch, Mr. Lieurance
believes. He has had the book
before him for several years, and
has even worked with it some in
an effort to make it into an opera.
"This book has all the elements
for a good opera plot, all the dra
matic effects that are needed. It
is the best in fact, the only story
well fitted for an original Amer
ican opera.
"I hope some one will prod me
into making an opera of it some
day," he added.
Mr. Lieurance first started in
the work of putting' the Indian
melodies on naoer as the result of
visits to his brother. Dr. Edward
Lieurance, a physician at Indian
agencies, who was stationed at the
Salem Indian school for several
ye"- ....
"When I set out to ontam tne
melodies- from th Indians on some
reservation, I generally :o first
to the Indian agent," ne sara. -n
details for me the leading native
singers . and flutists, with who I
next strike up an acquaintance.
"I then organize a party and we
go out into the Woods among the
Indians and live there for 'a week
or two. I take a recording ma
chine and other apparatus for ob
(Continued on pare 1.)
FAMOUS DIAMOND SOLO
WEALTHY. INDIAN PRINCE 19
PURCHASER OF STONE
... LONDON, Dec. 1. (AP) The
"eolden dawn." which ranks 40th
among the famous diamonds of
the world, was sold at Christie's
today for 4,950, or about Z4,
000. a figure much under expecta
tions. "The purchaser was Aga
Khan, wealthy Indian prince.
The golden dawn is a circular
stone, named for its rich amber
color, Hashing the myriad lighU
of a summer dawn. .It weighs
61 karats, and -was discovered
by Capt. C. :R. ; Lucas near Kim
berley. South Africa, in 1913; In
its rough state, before cutting. St
weighed 183 karats. It had re
mained the property of Captain
Lucas until today s sale.
Other - famous diamonds have
realized enormous prices at public
sales. 'The record Is $2,000,000
for the Victoria diamond of 180
karats,' purchased by the Nizan of
Hyderabad.
RIGHT TO MEET DOUBTED
VAN WINKLE TO STATE TEXT
BOOK BOD YS AUTHORITY
The question of whether the
state textbook commission has au
thority to hold a meeting here
next Saturday, as was requested
by. Milton A. Miller of Portland
chairman of the - body, yesterday
was referred to the attorney gen
erar for a lezal oDinion.
The session was called by Mr,
Miller for the purpose of recon
sidering textbook adoptions au
thorized at the annual meeting of
the commission November 2.
? s It was said that the attorney
general would I hand down an
opinion today. ;
BOY IDENTIFIES DRIVER
WOMAN CLAIMS AUTO DID NOT
STRIKE CHILD
t SEATTLE, ' Dec 1 . ( AP) .
Emmett McKillop, six, standing
on tiptoe, to see across the witness
table, pointed -out Horace Van
Tinker, 27, : as the motorist who
ran - down and killed his' brother,
Daniel . McKillop, five, Friday
night, at an inquest here today
Tinker, who carried the dyingi tot
to the McKillop home, .said - he
found the boy lying in the street.
Miss Marion McDowell, who was
riding with Van Tinker, testified
"2 saw a bundle in the street. '.As
we neared It I saw a child's hand
and screamed. Mr. Van Tinker
north-fswerved to- avoid the child and
stopped 15 -feet -beyond.
We did
not strike him, I know."
ES
FULL AS GALE !-
A
Shipping in and Out of CoK
umbiat River Halted by
Terrific .Winds J
SEVEN FIRES REPORTED.
Tops Ripped Off Automobiles
Light. Globes Smashed and .
. Hlgna Blown Down in. .. - -J
Business Distrclt "3
ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. 1 (APT
A. howling southwesterly -gale
starting early today, had risen to
a strength of 60 miles an hour off
the mouth.of the Columbia river
by noon and it is reported to have
increased to 90. miles an hour by
o'clock. Late in the afternoon
telephone and telegraphic lines
connecting Astoria with the North,
Head weather station were down
and the power lines to the Youngs :
Bay naval radio station were out.
Telegraphic communication, via;
Postal Telegraph and the Pacific
Telegraph and Telephone company,
lines between Astoria and Port
land went out about 6:30 p. m.
Western Union ljnes were still: inl
service. Wire-', communication'
with-Seaside was interrupted' foe
several .hours. ."
All shipping: In and out of tho.
river was at a standstilL .
The wind In the city 'damaged .
ar number of electric signs; blew
the tops off - two . automobile!!
parked . in the . business section ;
and broke several street , light
globes in the downtown district.
Motorists from Seaside reported a'
terrific wind which at times al
most halted cars going toward the!
resort city. . -t ' ' :,
The local lira, department was
called out seven times in a space
of about two hours,' but none oC
the fires were of a serious nature.
By 8 ;3 0 p." m. the gale had
abated considerably In the Ticinits;
of the city but communication
with River Mouth points out of
commission, little could be learned
of the weather situation at the!
mouth of the river.
SEATTLE. Dec. 1. (AP) Al
60-tmile. gale which swept over
western Washington tonight had
plunged a dozen towns in darkness
and caused damages which - may .
run into tnousanas or dollars.
In Seattle the storm loosed!
house boats from their moorings.
impaired telegraph and telephone)
communication, darkened sections
of the city and showered streets
with fragments of windows and
scaffolding. Service, on two street
car lines was halted when trolley.
wires were blown down, i Resl-
threatened by flying trees and
debris.
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neighboring towns were without
electric lights after a tree fell
across a power line. The Pacific
highway was blocked between -Toledo
and Castle Rock by a mass
of shattered tree trunks aurl
branches torn loose by the wind. '
WIFE SEPARATES
FROM COMEDIAN
MRS. O. CHAPLIN TAKES BOTH
CHILDREN
Quarrel at Dinner While Enters
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LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 1. .
(AP)r Charles Chaplin, film com
edian, and his. wife, Lita Grey
Chaplin, have . separated, it was
disclosed today. Mrs. Chaplin has
taken their two children and.
moved into ' the home . of her
grandparents in Beverley Hills. ;
"It is true that my wife has left!
my home with our two children,
but I have insisted that she and
they Tetmn,' Chaplin declared. 4 ,
At the home ef her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Curry of Bevereley Hills, Mrs.
Chaplin declined to give any rea
son for the separation other than
that it was the result of a dis
agreement with her husband at
the Chaplin home last : Monday
night. , -. . . . " .,
Mrs. Chaplin said she was en
tertaining ta ; party, of- friend
among whom were the Baron, and
Baroness Mille De Precourt, whea
she and her husband came to the
parting, of their ways. - She left
the house the next day.
The actor's wife said she 'ma da
the acquaintance of the baron and
baroness on iier recent return,
voyage from Honolulu. She had
given them a farewell dinner at
the Bfltmorei hotel and .the party,
was 4 continued at the Chaplin
home. ! - :
Mrs. : Chaplin said she. had no
Intention of returning to the Chap
lin home and admitted she ha J
consulted George Beebe, the attor
ney who accompanied the Chap
lins ' to '.Mexico when - they worn
married by a Justice of the "pear
at Guaymas tworyears ago la&
month. ..
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