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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1926)
TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 21,1926 POLICE UNABLE TOFIND WOMAN IITSBAKD CONTINUED TO HOS CI j riTAI rVDKR GUARD Official and Relative Believe That "Sin. Honck Wm' fc " Murdered WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 (AP) A fruitless search vas conduct ed today by police and relatives . for the- body op hiding place of Mrs. Gladys W Houck, wife of a taff physician at St. Elizabeth's hospital here who dropped ont of sight last Wednesday. The hus band, Dr. Knute Honck, who also disappeared on, Wednesday, was brought back today from Hornell, N. Y.. where he was picked up on A street apparently suffering from a mental breakdown. Houck, held under guard at "Oalllnger hospital, gave police no clew as to the whereabouts of his wife. s ,Still in a highly nervous condition, he told a disconnected story of how she had "left" him and how he himself had "vanished from his home the same night. Weeping bitterly, Houck ad mitted that he and his wife had Bad "trouble" and that the night before she disappeared he had beat tier. I was dirty and contemptible," he said. "Then I awoke from a , good dream to see her slipping out " of the door." '"' The 30 year old physician dis missed the opinion that his wife migbt'have committed suicide. She had threatened to end her life on several occasions, he said, but he felt sure she would nejter carry out such a threat. 9 . Expressing confidence that once lie got home again he would find bis wife waiting for him, Houck said she probably was with friends somewhere. - Although baffled in their at tempts to get some line on Mrs. Houck's movements after her dis appearance, police generally are pf the opinion that she was mur dered. This belief was strength ened by the finding of some wom an's night clothes in a box of rash on the back porch of the Hourk home, but it was estab lished late today that stains on the garments were not from blood. :S Relatives of the missing woman also were insistent in their belief .that she is dead. They scouted the theory that she might have endod her life or Tun away -from loTne. She would not have gone away, they said, leaving a three year old son in the house. and Nevada, who haa been on trjal in the United State district court here .on a charge of having em bezzled government liquors, -was expected tonight to be left .to a federal Jury tomorrow afternoon. When the court recessed late today both the defense and prose cution each still had 45 minutes in which to submit their final ar guments. It was believed the sub mission of these arguments will take up the entire forenoon and that the noon recess will be fol lowed by the issuance of the court's instructions by United United States District Judge A. P. St. Sure. The Man's Shop saves you a ten dollar bill on every quality suit. Shirts, hats. : ties, collars. High grade clothing, perfect fitting, long wearing. 416 State. () The Peerless Bakery, 170 N. Commercial. Sanitary, up to date. Prompt delivery. Bakers for those who appreciate the best. "Increas ing patrons tell the tale. () DRY ACTION PROMISED Prohibition to Be Local Problem Soon, Andrews Declares CHICAGO, Dec. 20. (AP) Within a few months, the govern ment will have stopped the opera tions of bootleg rings on a nation al or interstate scale, and when that time arrives, prohibition will become a local problem with each community virtually able to de termine how stringently it wants the Volstead Act enforced, Lincoln C. Andrews, , federal prohibition enforcement chief, told S0O manu facturers of malt beverages here today. The government, Andrews said, has three immediate objectives: To stop the smuggling of liquor into the United States from abroad; to halt diversion of com mercial alcohol to the beverage trade; and to close old time brew eries still manufacturing real beer. 11 LICH COMING TO SALEM t a i t a bunaermann's "M a g a a Booked for Elsinore Thea ter on January 6 Army and Outing Store. Biggest bargainst in clothing, shoes, under wear, hosiery, gloves, vallces and suit cases. The working man's store, 189 N. Commercial. () The Commercial Book Store has everything you need in books and stationery and supplies for the school, -office or home at the low est possible prices. () ; Ferial as long as they last body ponder and bath salts only regular . 7 5c each. These -Biakr wi.jiderful Christmas pres-' nts. Crown Drug, 332 State. () GREEN CASE NEARS END jfury Expected to rw Uquor Em v bezzlement Chaig Today SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. CAP) The fate of Col. Ned M. Green, deposed prohibition admin ' Istrator , for northern California Visiting Boyhood Scenes Dr. L. C. Henderson of Spokane, of the U. S. bureau of animal in dustry, in which service he has been for many yeara. is visitine in Salem, accompanied by his wife. They are guests of his brother, R G. Henderson, of the Kort Kafe Dr. Henderson was "Charlie Henderson in Salem, his birth place, as a boy. The visitors will be here till after the holidays. Henri Gressitt. who has been bringing famous attractions to the Pacifle const for many years, is here all the way from New York to inform us that we-are to have the exceptional pleasure of having the great Madame Bertha Kalich, in person, in Sudermann's "Mag da." which she produced last sea son with such success in New York, Philadelphia. Chicago and other large cities of he east. This will be Madame Kalich's first tour to the Pacific coast In any of her great successes, such as "Fedora." Maeterlinck's "Monna Vonna." "The Kreutzer Sonata," "Marta of the Lowlands," "The Witch." "Therese Requin." "Jitta's Atone ment," "The Riddle Woman" and numerous others. It is certainly delightful to learn that the theatergoers are to have something really fine in the drama which has been so neglected in the past few years as all of us have realized, and wondered if it would ever return. "What a treat you will have when Madame Kalich appears her for the first time in her greatest of all her successes. Sudermann's Magda. which has really ausedyfJADAME BUTTERFLY" a sensation in every city in which she has played, said Mr. Gres sitt, "and the reason Is very sim ple when yon think cf what a great artist Madame Kalich. is and has been for many rears. Without dis paraging any of the women on our stage. I think I can honestly say that I cannot recall one name that can do the work that Kalich does, for she is a superb genius and has been reooKniz--d as such the world over. She has been called by practically every critic the Bern hardt and Duse of the American stage, and there is really no one else to compare her with in my day, and I have seen them all. Then Madame always surrounds herself with a very fine company of players, and the combination is wonderful. Add to this Sunder mann's masterpiece. 'Magda,' and you can anticipate a treat that you will remember to your dying day." Madame Kalich is making a world tour that will take her to London, Paris. Brussels, Rome and Berlin, where she will give 'Mag da' in German, with Sudermann present, and at the same time she hopes to produce the play which he is writing for her. Mr. Gressitt told of the Ma dame's triumphal tour in the east, and particularly about the num ber of performances which have been sold out even before her arrival, and wound up by saying: "Madame Kalich comes to the El sinore theater on Thursday eve ning. Jan. 6, under the auspices of the Salem Woman's club, which fact will please the many friends of this well known organization." WINS MUCH PRAISE (Con tinned from par 1) t rat Ire wonder pf her voice. The famous Duet of the Flowers must have left some mark in the walls of the theatre, so vital it was. "One Fine Day" was all that- the most musically surfeited could hope to hear. Sergei Radansky took the role of Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton instead of George Brandt who was listed. " Madame Muira has a marvelous sensitivity to clothes. The lavish ly kimonas in which she appeared one after the other last night were proof of that. A group of Japanese residents of .Salem presented the prima donna with a gorgeous basket of scarlet poinsettias and another of golden chrysanthemums which im mediately became a part of the stage scenery. Madame was most touching in her gratitude. One party for the performance came in from the Lake Labish celery mea dows. . The half-hour ballet which pre ceded the opera was full of the tragic splendor of the Orient. En titled "The Temple of the Sun." the act exemplified a season of sacrifice, in Syria, to the Sun God. The dancing, the costumes, the lighting, the properties were full of the rigid, inexhaustible beauty of the East that is so mad and yet so glorious. It is interesting to the proud citizenship of Salem to know that W. E. Cuthbert, manager of the Manhattan l Opera company de clared the theatre which George B. Guthrie has given to Salem is at least fifty years ahead of its time, adding "there Is no other theatre so distinctive, and none any more beautiful." Performances on level with the grand opera which left the audience amazed and delighted lust night will come again and again to this beautiful theatre so suited to them; and Salem's part is to lend suppoVt. not once, but always, until the best in theatri cals becomes a tradition. Capital Bargain House, Capital Tire Mfg. Co.. Mike's Auto Wreck ing. Three in one. Bargain center of Salem. Thousands of bargains. If. Steinbock, 215 Center. () G. W. Day, tires, tubes and ac cessories: has the Goodyear tires, the standard of the world. Mr. Day can give you more mileage. Corner Com'l and Chemeketa () r Bits For Breakfast X "A Perfect Tribute" "W V To the Elsinore theater: S W After Salem's first grand opera last night. W. E. Cuthbert, man ager of the Manhattan Opera com pany, said he had seen most of the great theaters of the world, and not one of them equals in dis tinctiveness the Elsinore of Sa lem. And he added that the Elsi nore is 50 years ahead of the times, and said he was willing to have his name signed to the statement. ' Some ; of the people of Salem have realized the truth of Mr. Cuthbert's words, and they have ben confirmed by numbers of out siders; but there has not been be fore such a perfect tribute by such an outstanding man; one qualified to speak with authority. The people of Salem and the surrounding towns and of the tributary country did themselves Kreut credit last night by filling th" Elsinore for the first grand opera for t!ie capital city. Nearly every sent w;u occupied. The Tapanese of Salem ,md sur rounding country paid their great countrywoman. Tamaki Miura, "the incomparable" in "Madam Butterfly," the tribute of helping to fill the Elsinore last evening. This was one of the things that inspired her to put the finest touches of feeling into her part. The next big thing at the Elsi nore is to be Madame Bertha Ka lich, in person, in Suderman's "Magda." under the auspices of the Salem Woman's club, on Jan. 6th. She will not even appear in Portland, there having come about a mistake as to dates in booking. Walter H. Zosel, automobile tires, tubes and accessories. Vul canizing that holds. High quality, superior service. A trial makes a customer, 198 S. Com'l. () Gibraltar, famed for its forti fied roek which has been so used since 711, has shaken itself free of all public debt. : KNTERTAIN AT WNXER SILVERTON, Ore., Dec. 20 (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur II. Madsen entertained at Sunday dinner, covers being laid for Mrs. M. Jj Madsen, Lillie Madsen. Mr and Mrs. Victor Madaen, I..uu lijorth. Iora Iljorth and t'lar.-i,,.. lljorth. The lljortbs' are vii t in here -from Green Bay, Wis. Crystal spheres are supplant the more ornate chiua and pottt-ry bases for table lamps. i- v Four days left I What dot need? Come on, old brain. 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