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"The New Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon, TJwrsdny Morning, September IS, 1928 CODLIDEE EKES LARGiJEFICIT President Considers Ways and Means to Cut Down Federal Expenses WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. (AP). Having uppermost In his mind the necessity of "doing something" about the $94,000,000 deficit expected next June 30, President Coolidge discussed re duction of federal expenditures with his cabinet officers Immedi ately upon returning to Washlng- ton today irorn a iurcc-uiuum Tacation in Wisconsin. .Met by all the cabinet officers at present in Washington, the Chief Executive indicated at the station that he desired to confer with a number of them as soon as possible. Upon reaching the , White House he hurried to his of- ' fice and had Brigadier General H. M. Lord, director of the budget, summoned. Budget Discussed After his conference. General Lord said that he had discussed budget matters with the president and that they had both given soine consideration to the impending deficit. The budget director said that no definite plans for reduc tion of expenditures had been worked out but that the adminis tration would do all it could to impose upon the government an even stricter edonomy than is now practiced. Secretary Kellogg of the state department was the first cabinet member to vfait the executive of fices where he remained for over one hour. At the end of the con ference, the secretary of state said he had not made any formal re port concerning his recent trip to Europe to sign the anti-war trea ty. It was known, however, that the president was anxious to learn at once Mr. Kellogg's im pression regarding the reception of the treaty in Europe. He de sired also to hear if Mr. Kellogg had any additional information concerning the reported Franco British naval agreement. Cabinet Members Call Secretaries Wilbur of the navy department and Whiting of the commerce department, Postmas ter General New and Attorney General Sargent also called on the chief executive during the day. While the visits were mainly of a personal and social character, in the course of the conversations Mr. Coolidge left a decided im pression on the majority of his callers that he intended to devise rigorous measures to curtail fed eral expenditures for the rest of the current year to redusfe as much as possible the estimated deficit. An appointment was arranged for Herbert Hoover to call on Mr. Coolidge this afternoon. The re publican presidential nominee was at the. station today to welcome the president back to Washington. Thi&meeting gave no opportuni ties for an exchange of views be tween Mr. Hoover and Mr. Cool iflge and for this purpose an af ternoon conference at the execu tive offices was arranged. John and Florence ';,v , , II v I , -Lit' 7Sfc. - -'v t,v v"v '--. John Coolidge and Florence TnunbnIL daughter of the governor of Connecticut, pictured dnrins; one of John's visits to Hartford. The president's son, who has returned to the east from Wisconsin to seek employment, is expected to greet Miss Trumbull when she re- corns irora r.nrope soon. Governor Smith Issues State ment Denying Extreme Intoxication A Saurian "Blonde" I1AYTON A BEACH, Fla. An al bino alligator, said to be the only one in captivity, is now on display at the Florida Alligator farm ini South Jacksonville. The saurian, orange-hued with white spots on Its body, was captured in a woods Bear here. house 40 years ago and the Scel- lars family have since made it their home. From West Branch, where he visited his mother, E. J. Scellars went to Owatonna, Minn., where lie attended an insurance conven tion. Mrs. Sellars visited with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Thom as at Grass Creek, Wyo., for three months this summer and returned with Mr. Scellars to Salem Wed nesday. They came by motor. Hoover Birthplace Home Of Salem Mans Mother Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Scellars, of Mr. Scellars father bought the me noyai turt apartments, ar rived In Salem Wednesday after a visit of several months with re latives in the east. Mr. Scellars visited his mother, Mrs. Jennie Scellars of West Branch, Iowa. Mrs. ScellarJ owns and lives in the house where Herbert Hoover was born. On the recent visit of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover to West Branch, Mrs. Scellars was hostess at breakfast to their party. It had been the desire of Mr. Hoover to breakfast in the bouse in which he was born and the request was made known to Mrs. Scellars the day before the arrival of the Hoover party. The committee in charge of the celebration offer ed to furnish a chef to prepare the meal but Mrs. Scellars declined the offer and prepared and serv ed the breakfast herself. Home Breakfast Herved She served a good old fashion ed breakfast of ham and eggs, peaches and cream, hot rolls. strawberry jam. honey and cof fee, to which the Hoover family Jid full Justice. After breakfast the reporters, who had gathered around the house took several pictures of the group; one of Mr. Hoover stand ing alone at the door of his old home; another of the whole fam ily, Mrs. Carran. Mrs. Scellars and other escorts in front of the house, and one of Mr. Hoover, Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Carran and Mrs. Scellars. The Hoover party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover. Jr.. Allen Hoover and Mrs. Molly Brown Carran, the boyhoed teacher of Mr. Hoover and of whom he spoke of in his radio talk. t Many Visit House Hundreds visit the Scellars home daily and from the time of Hoover's nomination, June 14 un til E. J. Scellars left West Branch on August 27, there had been more than 12,000 -registered at the house. Incidently June 14 is Mrs. Scellar's birthday. Mr. Scellars visited his mother the Sunday before the Hoover visit and on that day there were 2100 to register at he house. ALBANY. N. Y.. Sept. - It. fAP Bent on getting every thing ship-shape before his depar ture Sunday night on nis nrsi campaign tour. Governor Smith put in a long hrt,ch at his desk to day, one moment engagea wun state business, the next tackling gome phase of hia presidential campaign. For the first time since his nom ination at Houston he took cog nizance of what has been termed a "whispering" campaign against him by issuing, for publication in newspapers tomorrow morning, a formal statement which brought into the open a charge that he was "disgustingly intoxicated" at the New York statY fair in Syracuse two weeks ago. 'Slander" Charged The statement was headed "nailing a lie in the whispering campaign," and its concluding par agraph branded the accusation, which the nominee had been in formed was being circulated against him in West Virginia as "slander." It was issued front the executive offices. In another statement which he dictated to a stenographer during his daily conference with newspa permen. Governor Smith again as sailed Ogden L. Mills, under-sec-retary of the treasury and the re publican gubernatorial nominee in New York two years ago. Com menting on Mill's latest attack on his management of the state's fis cal affairs, as carried in the morning papers, the presidential nominee declared: Denies Charge Again "Mr. Mills has said all over again the same things he said during the campaign in 1926. He said the state debt was not redu ced. That statement is not so. He said that the increase in resources had not been applied to tax reduc tion. That is not so. The direct tax. as I said in my statement (of last Monday) was reduced by some 418,000)00." During the day Governor Smith also made public a letter to Clar ence A. Barnes, a republican can didate for attorney general in October 6. Register at the county Massachusetts, wno naa aasaiiea court house with the county clerk, him on the grounds thai he had Do it now. It is your duty tojraiiea to aci against me ajuu7 vote." baseball pool accepting an invita- Marion Countys Voters Urged to Register Quiikly Letters are being sent to voters in Marion county by F. A. Eng lish, Jr. local republican commit, teeman. urging them to register for the coming fall election. "If you want good government, nrtltar anil f it M 1 1 - L. t . , . .. . . CT iu urges m nis leiier. as a chit sen you are part of the govern-" ment. Corrupt government is the direct result of failure on the part of citizens, to vote. Last date of registration is Uon of the governor to coma here ana pour out the pool's headauar ters. Barnes had sent word that he would do so on September 19 Smith, however, said he- would be out or town on that date and sug gested that Barnes lay any evi dence of law violations before the district attorney of Albany coun ty. New Promise Made "He has Promised me." th mt. ernor told Barnes, "that he would vigorously pursue; before the grand jury every bit of evidence you are able to lay before him." The conference which Ronmnr Smith has arranged with democra tic state leaders as a preliminary to the state nominating conven tion in Rochester, October 1 and z, is expected to take olira here tomorrow evening. M. William Bray, the new chairman of the party's 5 state committee, will be here, along with a number of oth ers who will have charge of the democratic state campaign. It is planned to map out an Intensive drive to put New York in the dem ocratic column in November. SIX JUNES IN FLIGHT OVER U. S. (Continued from page 1) The great monoplane with its barrel body was so constructed that Thaw's seat, back of the pi lot, placed him so that he would have practically no chance to jump clear In case of accident. Thaw, the biggest man in the race, seemed little concerned him self, however, and prepared to Pnp oil most of the way across the country in his cramped cor ner. The runwav . was roned and county police kept the crowds, preponderantly , feminine, from over-running the field and mak ing the hop-offs more perilous than necessary. Goebel left just at dusk and it was full night when Thaw thun dered down the runway and lifted gracefully into the air. H Til HIPPED Bf SPANISH POLICE (Continued from page 1) It is understood that Senor Guer- ra is sojourning on the French side of the border. All sources agree that no offi cial government announcement has been made respecting the sit uation. It is figured, however, that a communique of some sort will be issued soon, as this has been the custom in the case of previous plots against the govern ment of Spain. Report Verified HENDAYE, France. . Sept. 1 2. (AP) Seventy-four persons have been arrested and placed in jail, most of them at Barcelona, following discovery of a wide spread plot against the Spanish government, according to infor mation reaching this frontier town. Among those arrested was the editor of a radical newspaper. This information came from sources that are usually absolute ly reliable. Dictator Gives Version (The following was cabled by General Miguel Prlmo de Rivera, dictator of Spain, in reply to the request of the Associated Press (or a statement on the political situation in the country. The As sociated Press had received from points on the French border re ports that many had been ar rested in Spain ' following disco v. ery of a plot against the govern ment.) MADRID, Sept 12. (AP) The condition of public order in Spain could not be better in all the country. 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