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EVERYBODY
Everybody to or ehowld
Ieadlng, ."pet's f Lire,"
"4he snappy new serial story
ib.the SUobh. Bl( In.
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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 1
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, Novmber 10,191$
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BOOTLEGGERS
I iederal Attorney Plans Big
r Moonshiner Convention
in This City Soon
(J Hazeltine Explains That
Liquor Makers Owe Big
Sum to Uncle Sam
CoBTicted bootleg sen are going
to be Invited by Special U. S. At
torney S. O. Johnson of Portland
shortly to meet here with P. A.
Hazeltine, special federal agent, to
discuss with him Just how much
they can pay for having overlook
ed some old llqaor taxes put over
years ago before prohibition by
the llqaor interests for their own
protection as penalties were very
neve re against the bootleggers and
illicit distillers of those days who
neglected to pay the said ' taxes.
All violators of the Volstead act
- have been assessed these penalties
and a million dollars was collect
ed by the "prohibition department
:last fiscal -year but -until recent
ly the Infinitely greater number
convicted in the state, Justice and
.police courts have been overlook
ed and neglected and Hazeltine
fi i3 ben assigned to look after
vAiie neglected. He has been all ov
TCer the state of Washington and
iZKjas now moved In on Oregon. He
fT'oks np all dealers in llqaor who
2 have been convicted during ' the
it past five years, also the moon
j shiners.
I Might Court Rules
uid uv m rorce
The old revenue acts which the
XL S. Supreme court has held are
still in force require that every
retail dealer In liquor shall pay
a tax of $25 and If he fails to pay
it the penalty can be as high as
$2000. This was purely a revenue
measure and gave the dealer no
right to sell liquor but he paid the
tax in the old days so as to not
run the risk of being caught by
the federal revenue officers. To
pay it today would simply serve
to put the federal agents on no
tice. They therefore take the
chances.
In the same way the mponsbin
ers. instead of paying a nominal
distillers tax, run the risk .' of
paying $1000 and If the , moon
shiner colors his "white Inula' to
look like real whiskey then he 1s
a ractlflar nt fa llahljt fnr l&OA
fnr nn Via-w-inv rlafil ttl rectifier'
V lav T1a Awnrw V 1 TV n itf nntlT
j' paid moonshine is subject to a tax
iA2V and the home brewer Is
'iible for $500 for running a
Jbrewery and not having paid the
$50 brewer tax.
Utah the offenders have already
comeback. It is more a question if
they have any property left after
they have paid their fines and at
torney fees.
Hazeltine reports that ninety
per ?ent of them are broke by the
time they have paid their fines
and fees but the remaining tenth
are quite large producers and they
usually compromise the suits.
Hazeltine says that the Oregon
liquor laws are the best in the
'-United States and he has round a
14 V... f onfnrrement In
k wce.o w -
r . . .. 1 1 A
most OI me counues ne uas Tinn
ed than tn Washington. He also
praises the system of state pro
hibition agents whereby the sher
iffs can get the aid of state
agents for undercover work where
the local officers are too well
known to the bootlegging fraternT
lty. He see little need for federal
agents In the average county as a
consquence and they can, there-
. lore, devote their energies to mak-
ing conspiracy, aoaiemem ana al
cohol diversion cases for which
they are supposed to be especially
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-frees Uprooted
sBxeaking Power
Lines, is Report
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Not. 8
(AP) Little storm damage was
reported In the southwestern Ore
gon section yesterday and last
night with the exception of trees
blowing across power lines.
Power was cut oft from Reeds
port half an hour last night when
wires want down between "fcooi
Bay and the TJmpqua river.
No Teasels were off Coos Bay
aar. Wind Telocity. was estimated
at 10 miles, late yesterday and
It continued at about SO miles to
day. Firs Teasels were held In
side Coos Bay harbor today.
Movie Pair Fail
To Find Scene
Of Their Attack
LOS ANGELES, Not. t. (AP)
Although Lottie Plckford. sister
f Mary Plckford Fairbanks of the
films, and the, actress' escort. Jack
Paugherty, tonight .accompanied
police detectives on a two hour au
tomobile tour of a part of east Los
'Angeles were unable tb locate, the
ce where they said , they were
Jten and robbed and If las Pick-
r for was abducted early ' this
I morning. - f
p '- - At the end of . the twe - nour
Carney through- a part of east
w Angeles which Was a farce
mim And Mexican population, po-
Slce said they had. made little pro
gress with the lnresugauon,
Herbert Hooter Is
Al Smith's Tenant
Bat Backs G. 0. P.
RENO. Nev.. Not. .
(AP) Herbert HooTer of
Reno, who la no kin to
the president-elect Her
brt Hoover, received a
telegram today from the
latter thanking him for
bis support In the late
campaign.
Incidentally, R e n o's
Hoover is a tenant of Al
fred E. Smith, . who Is
likewise no kin to the
New York Governor.
ARMISTICE
TO BE BEST EVER
Entertainment of Legion State
Convention One Use
Seen for Funds
Capital Post No. 9, American
Legion, la attempting to make
Armistice day In Salem this year
a blrrer event than ever before,
which is an ambitious undertak-
in in view of the magnitude of
past Armistice day celebrations
here.
There Is a double purpose in
this. For-one thing, the Ameri
can Legion all over the United
States-wants to establish Armis
tice day as a holiday universally
celebrated, to honor the legion's
departed comrades who gave
their lives In the great war.
The other reason is that Capi
tal post has widespread activities,
nearly all of which aim at the
civic good, and these are largely
financed by the Armistice day re
ceipts. In the coming year, Cap
ital post has a larger burden than
usual facing it; the. state conven
tion of the American Legion will
be entertained here.
Armistice day receipts go Into
the general fund of the post, and
are not confined to any one nse;
but the state convention will be a
big undertaking, and will require
considerable financing. At the
same time, it will be an enormous
benefit to Salem, especially to
business houses, so that patronis
ing the Armistice day events will
in this way bring adequate re
turns. General orders for the Armis
tice day parade were promulgated
Friday by L. P. Campbell, ex
ecutive officer. All military, pa
triotic, fraternal, civic and Indus.
Ural organizations are asked . to
report to Colonel Carle AbraMMk
grand marshal, and his staff aV
Marion square at 9:45 o'clock
Monday morning. Lieutenant
Colonel Tom Rllea, O. N. G.. is
chief of staff, which includes all
officers not otherwise attached.
Aides will be Captain B. F. Pound,
Captain L. M. Williams, Lieuten
ant W. E. Vincent, Herman
Brown, Walter Zosel and O. J.
Hull.
The route of the parade will be
south on Commercial to Chemek
eta, east on Chemeketa to High,
south on High to Court, west on
Court to Commercial, south on
Commercial to State, east on State
to Cottage, north on Cottage to
Court, west on Cour to High and
south on High to State where it
will mass for the exercises on the
west steps of the courthouse. The
reviewing stand will be on the
south side of State street between
High and Church, and will be oc
cupied by Governor Patterson,
Secretary of State Hoss, State
Treasurer Kay and Mayor Lives
ley. -
IS
TB REALTY BOMB
, Harold E. Eakin, trust officer
of the First National bank, was
the speaker at the regular Thurs
day noon luncheon of the Salem
Realty board held at the Marion.
Mr. Eakin reported on his re
cent trip to the national conven
tion of trust officers held at San
Francisco and emphasized the
importance of co-operation be
tween the realtor and the trust
departments.
The trust offJoer onoted fig
ures to show the Mnrmnnt
growth trust companies have
made In this country in- recent
years and stated that it was
brought out at the national con
vention that but one trust com
pany In the entire United States
had erer lost any money, and that
only a small loss. He spoke at
lengxn on ue creation ot sub
division business as handled by
the trust company, pointing to the
rrowth of snb-dlvisian an A tAllIn
of the ' sew developments being
consiaerea.ny toe trust companies
in this direction. -
Five Pay Fines
Following Raid
At Dewitz Home
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dewltx were
fined f ISO tn municipal coun
Friday on charges of poaaoeelqn $f
beer which were filed following
a raid at the Dewki home Thurs
day night.
Of the nine persons found at
the Dewltx home in addition to the
proprietors Eliza CaldwelL fjlara
Caldwell and J. B. Walker were
fined 10 eachfor disorderly eon
duct; A. R. Thomas, Bob Cald
well, Gladys Baxter and B.6selje
Crane pleaded hot guilty and were
released under S pan each; and
the cases of J Jnetlnich anJ.JL,
Tames ex'4 Continued, f
EMPEROR wILL
01 ' aa 11 T H R 0 1 s0
AT FETE TODAY
Sixteen Republics and Ten
Monarchies Represented
at Event
Three Hen and Three Wom
eri; Present to Convey
Greetings from U. S.
By GLENN BABB
Aaeoclated Prase Correspondent
KYOTO., Janan Nov. 8 fAPl
- Twenlv-nix foreign nations will
be represented at the enthrone
ment ot Hirohito, 124th emperor
of Japan, here tomorrow. Of the
28 chief envova. onlv 10 will con
vey the congratulations of other
monarches, now a dwindling com
pany to the new occupant of the
throne of a "Unease unbroken for
ages eternal." The other 16 come
irom republios.
Only 1 8 nations sent envoys to
Kyoto In 1915, when Hirohito's
father the late Emperor Taisho,
wasenthroned. The eight addi
tions represent the alterations in
tne political complexion pi the
world In the intervening 13 years.
Germany and Turkey then en
emy countries, are again friendly.
New nations hare arisen In Po
land.. Czechoslovakia and Finland
Japan has onened dinlomatic rela
uons wun Brazil, Mexico and Ru
mania.
List of Guests Is
Much Larger Now
The 1916. enthronement was at
tended by 1,922 persons, of whom
42 .were foreign envoys and mem
bers of their suites and 18 were
wives of members of this contin
gent. A special American naval
mission also was present, headed
by Rear-Admiral A. G. Winter-
halte, lour officers and two ladies
were In this party, making the
foreign goeets total 66. Ambassa
dor George W. Guthrie was the
cmer American envoy. The en
thronement of Hirohito will be
witnessed by approximately 2,500,
Including a dinlomatic con tin rent
of 97, Only those ranking highest
in the Tokyo embassies and lega
tions are invited to the climatic
ceremony In the Shlshin-Den to
morrow, includlnc the imhuu.
dors and ministers, the counsellor
Orlankinar aecretarv of Miti.mi,.
xneimaTyrnaTaXUnd avla-
ii. . . -
uon aiiacnes. Tne wives of these
diplomats are including the Invit
ed list.
Six To Represent
tnited states
The United States will have
representation of three men and
three women.' AmbasaarinF chaa
MacVeagh '(Dublin, N. H.) and
Mrs. MacVeagh; Edwin L. Neville
(Cleveland, Ohio), counsellor of
the embassy, and Mrs Meviiie.
Lieut-Colonel Charles Burnett
(Springfield, 111.,) military at
tache, and Mrs. Burnett.
The diplomats will witnesl t.a
two chief ceremonies of tomorrow
iui oi me morning in the Shunko
hall In which the Pm nprnr an A
empress, before the Kashlkodoko
ro, or "Place of Awe," worship the
sun goddess; and that of the af
ternoon. In the Shlshin-Den, In
which the sovereign fnrmaiw ...
cend their thrones. All the din-
lomats named will be guests at
the first Imperial 'banquet on No
vember 16, a feast of nurel-v Jan.
anese food served In .iaioi
style.
Only the chief nf n
UUf wu 1TU1
be present at a smaller day-time
banquet of occidental food the
following day, but the whole dip
lomatic contingent will attend the
grand finale of the feaaHnr
l, a foreign-etyle dinner for
a.uvv guests.
AL SMITH RESUMES
II
ALBANY. N. T.. Not. t av
--GoTernor Smith returned to his
umce at me capitol today to re
sume the administration of state
affairs dropped early this fall to
make possible his unsuccessful
campaign tor the presidency on
the democratic ticket He was ask
ed In his first press conference
what he believed would be the
future of the campaign Issues de
bated In the campaign.
"Every man, when elected to
office. Is -entitled to a full fair
chance to make good and Mr.
Hoorer should have every assis
tance from OTery elUsen,' .the
governor said. 1
- Tipping back In his chair, he
greeted the newspapermen and re
plied t othelr Initial Question con
cerning: his health by saying that
he was "reeling wen and haven't
lost a thing." . -
TTm going to take a little va
cation." he said. "We are berln-
ning to look around to see where
we are joint to lire. "Ifs like
getting married all orer again,"
he added after a moment of sD-
ence - . 's--- - 1 .t -i-j
The gorerno talked of his "re
ception tn Albany last night when
a crowd ot thousands cheered him
from ths. elation to the executive
mansion. . .
.The rictor can always Ket a
oarade." he said with a sleased
smjje "pm tne Taaq:uuneq caa-
ihs eonon
f Tps fOTemot said that ho had
rlei t eonsfierttlon to the fu
Uii l 11 U VJ kd&i to do.
What. . .
They think of-
This Newspaper and
What ii Needs to
Become Better.
F
OR thrttj months the pub
lishers; of the New Oregon
Statesman have bent their
every effort toward - making
this a better newspaper from
every standpoint. : The gener
ous response of the public to
this attempt has been shown by
the amazing growth in the
paper's circulation and adver
tising. Although the paper has
made Test I strides toward the
goal of excellence jet by Its
owners it has, of course, a long
way to go before It reaches that
shining mark. It must have
many faults and shortcomings
yet to be cured. In the hope ot
learning what the public really
thinks of this paper Including
things It ought to do to become
better a number of Salem's
citizens were asked for sugges
tions Friday. This Is what they
have had to say:
CAROL
DAVIS, magazine
and feature writer spending a
few weeks j. here said: "Your
paper seems to me to devote too
much space to free advertising.
You run too many articles that
are purely publicity. The pub
lic recognises ! this cheap blurb
stuff for what' It Ib a sop to
the advertiser and resents be
ing trapped into reading It. I
think papers that print free
advertising In the guise of news
are dishonest. Further, If you
would shut; down on this stuff
and put the advertising where
It belongs In the display col
umns your paper would not
suffer. The advertiser himeelf
would respect you more and the
public, would approve."
DR. B. B. LAUGHLIN, head
of the economics and sociology
department at Willamette uni
versity, said: "The Statesman
has been Improved In many
ways but I have not noticed
very much Improvement In the
editorials. I like a newspaper
that stands up for Its convic
tions and presents Ideas, ably
expressed, that will make Its
readers think."
J. W. BOLIN, local man car
rier, said: "It woald make the
paper much more pleasing to
4V. MM a' a
Wte rentiers ll IDT t?llll,U.lii..i wt.. k ,Va In raniawnd
ments on the same pages, or In
tne same relative position in
the paper."
O. J. HULL, 441 North High
street, said: "I am mighty
well pleased with the States
man. I like the editorials. I
wouldn't have any suggestion
for Its betterment; I like the
fact that the ads are kept' out
of the locals."
LILLIAN S. VAN LOAN, di
rector ef the part time contin
uation : school, r-d: "It's a
much better pap han it used
to be and Is steaaily on the up
grade. Right now it is rather
doubtful If there Is enough local
news, although this Is probably
due to election news taking so
much space recently, it seems
to be quite a bit of space Is giv
en to the feature story, "Let's
Live." In so small a naner. i
doub the advisability of giving
so much."
KARL PEASE, of the F. W.
Pettyjohn company, said: "The
New Oregon Statesman has
made great strides of improve
ment In news and advertising.
A change in the type style to
present a more easily read page
would be a great forward step.
There is something about the
present type that makes It hard
to read."
E. T. PRESCOTT, 1064 Oak
street,' said: "Giving local
news more prominence would
contribute much to making the
paper better. There Is enough
local hews but It Is not given
the Important place , It should
have In the community. Na
tional news j is, of course. Im
portant but I think the local
items should get preference."
J. T. HUNT, former county
Judge, said: "To my mind the
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French Politics
In Upheaval As
Poincare Ousted
PARIS, Nov. 9. (AP) Ef
forts were being made tonight to
form two different cabinets to
succeed the Poincare union gov
ernment, f with the premier him
self seeking to set up a govern
ment, f;,,- h-,.
Yielding to the persuasion ct
President pcumergue, Poincare
consented to make an 'effort to
put together another 'cabinet
while the socialists ani radicals
at the same time were maneuver,
Ing to reorganize their old coali
tion and to i form a ; cabinet ot
their own. .t
Poincare,' 'with customary dil
igence, -was tn conference with all
of his colleagues of the outgoing
government excepting the four
radicals ! who resigned, thus tore
fat the break In the Poincare cab.
get. A few-minutes later he told
e president ! that he would see
what he could do
ANOTHER CITY
FMSJGljlM
Molten Stream From j Mt.
Etna. Engulfs Village of
Mascall, Is Report !
Sightseers Gathering From
Long Distances to View
Huge Spectacle I
CATANIA. Sicily. Not. t.
(AP) Another Sicilian Tillage
has fallen victim to - the aU-de
vouring laya which continues to
pour from Mount Etna jNun
slata tonight was .undergoing the
same fate as Its neighbor Tillage
Maaeall which already was! com
pletely burned and buried under
the advancing now.
Only a part of NunxlatA had
been destroyed but It had! bn
completely . evacuated by its In
habitants who feared the f same
fate that overtook three mien of
Mascall whose escape was cut oft
while they slept by the advancing
laya streams.
The smoking Tolcano was more
active tonight than for ; some
hours. The principal fiery stream
that It had disgorged bad reached
a point only sixty meters i from
the railway station ot Mascall and
was proceeding Inexorably on
ward at a rate ot five meters an
hour.
The north stream ot lava had
lolned this larger and central one,
I The third and southernmost
Y . .... M .
stream was wiuun a iew uununu
feet of the railway bridge at
Glarre and advancing at the rate
of 22 feet an hour.
The spirit of the Slcilans. who
have dwelt for generations la the
shadows cast by this giant; who
periodically has roused Itself to
real destruction, is unaauniea
The Inhabitants of Mascall i have
been comforted by the govern
ment's promise to rebuild their
town. The plan calls for the con
struction of from 200 to 800 new
houses at government expense as
annn an the eruntion can be DrO-
nounced definitely at an end.
CROWDS RUSH TOWARD FIRE
Automobiles Choke Highways;
Many Make Journeys on Trains
GIARRE, Sicily, Not, l
(AP) News that the eruption of
zntensity has
of crowds rushing toward the! zone
of .fire. They pack themselves
into the available trains while au
tomobiles of all makes and j ages
choke the roads. These ! Im
promptu tourists are mainly Si
cilians. This is the third time in the re
corded history of the eruptions of
Etna that the lava has descended
toward the sea like a colossus ad
vancing with slow, but inexorable
pace. These are times when the
black - incandescent mass, which
becomes Vermillion color with
nightfall, seems immobile. There
are times wnen it seems nxe a
mirage in the desert. But always
there Is an awful fascination re
garding this monster which j has
made so much headway and is
making more, destroying every
thing in the way of its march to
the sea.
!
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 9;
CAP) Carrying 340 passengers,
including Mayor OeorgeL. Baker,
of Portland, and Mayor Ml G.
Tennant, of Tacoma, 'the big Mat-
son liner Malolo left Portland to
day at 10 a. m. for Honolulu; and
Hilo, Hawaii. ; The cruis wnicn
included stops at Tacoma and
Seattle, will end at San Francisco
November 27. ' ! i !
Playing of bands and cheering
of a big crowd marked the de
parture of the vessel, which Is the
biggest liner ever to enter i tne
Port of Portland. Representatives
of chambers of commerce of, Seat
tle, Portland and Tacoma were In
cluded In the passenger list.
Mayor Frank Edwards, of Seat
tle, came on the boat to Portland,
but was unable to continue on
the cruise.
f
Pope and Hoover
Exchange Notes :
Newspaper Says
ROMlVNoT. faP) A letter
which the late Pope Benedict
wrote to Herbert Hoover, under
date ot January t. It JO, congratu
lating him on the results obtained
by American relief work, li re
printed today on the front, page
of Osservatore Romano, ' Vatican
organ. The paper also. published
what It characterizes as Mr. Hoo
ver's "handsome reply" dated.
Washington, i . tr
ibe Osservatore recalls the
meeting which the present pope.
Plus XL while nuncio ,ln Poland,
and irKh Mr. Hoover, saying that
recently the nope had shown sev
eral Polish dignlpules who had
presented him with a photograph
album recording his stay in War
saw, the picture of a military fate,
in which fae, then the ucmalgadr
Ach01 Rattl' was gtandjh L be
tween UZt Hoover t&d llirii
ilzudski - -
HUGE life
11
To Be First Lady
Wife of President Elect Has Gracious Presence and
Warm Personality of Rare Charm
f v -: Vsaf ; v
- - ; ;v- : t Jf if k tu I f rsi vc .: A
I lip ' W " 'rf Wf t .
Here is the : latest photograph of Mrs. Ixm Henry Hoover who
will become mistress of the White House when her distinguished
husband is inaugurated President of the United States on March 4
of the coming year.
PAVING NEXT YEAR
WILL BE UMW
Eighty-eight blocks of paving
are already In prospect for Salem's
municipal paving plants next year,
according to a list on file in the
city recorder's ofiice.
There are 45 blocks on which
all preliminary technicalities have
been complied with. They include:
Baker street, Market to Madi
son, five blocks.
Breyman street,; 21st to Weller,
three blocks.
Front street, Columbia to
Gaines, seven blocks.
Grant street, North 17 th to
ISth, one block.
Laurel street, Spruce to Locust,
three blocks.
Madison street, 17th to 18th,
one block.
McCoy street, Market to Hood,
two blocks.
Myrtle avenue, Highland to
Pine, two blocks.
Norway, 17th to 18th, one
block.
Norway street, Baker to lth.
three blocks.
Rural avenue, High to Tew,
four blocks.
Summer street. Mil lto Bellvue,
one blocks
Tile road, Capitol to Warner,
three blocks.
Winter street, Hoyt to Warner
three blocks.
Winter street, HDyt to Electric,
one block. -
Imnrovements for which plans
and specifications have been au
thorized total 4-3 blocks, as fol
lows: West alley In block 4, Oaks ad
dition, one block.
Alley In block 1,; Boise's addi
tion, one block.
Alley in block 9i Roberts aaai-
tion, one block.
Breyman street, 19 th to zist,
two bTocksr
Belmont street. Winter to Cot
tage one block.
Davidson street, cross to How
ard, two blocks.
E street. Church to cottage,
two blocks.
Electric avenue. Berry to Tew,
one block.
Fourteenth street. Market to
Madison, six blocks.
North High street, Division to
Liberty and Broadway, three
blocks.
Kay- street. 17th to 19th two
blocks. ;
Kearney street, Commercial to
Liberty, one block.
. Kearney street, Liberty to nign,
on block.
Madison street, 18th to inn.
one block.
South Summer street. Cross to
Howard, two blocks.
Twenty-second street, Marion to
Center, three -Mocks.
University street, Kurai to city
limits, two blocks, l
Houghtori Retains
: Post For Present
AlnMti n. HOnshtaA Ann
ed today rotfowiag : a TOnrencn
with Pfesic
resident
would un Veit
same t
Uxbaasadof to
f 4-
PASSES
1.1
I'
(By the Associated Press)
Returns of the country's ava
lanche of votes for president, as
cast in Tuesday's election, had not
been completed tonight, three full
days after the close of the polls,
The count including today's
straggling returns, disclosed a
total of 36,439,715 votes had
been cast for the two major party
candidates, while the number cast
for minor party candidates had
not been tabulated. This is the
greatest vote ever recorded.
Herbert Hoover's vote was in
creased today to 20,812,912, the
largest ever polled by any candi
date. Alfred E. Smith's total
stood at 14,626,803, the biggest
vote ever polled by a democratic
candidate. Mr. Hoover's plural
ity on the tabulation of tonight's
returns were 6,186,109.
While there remained 4,962
election precincts to be recorded,
the results will not be materially
changed but they are expected to
swell the total vote to slightly
more than indicated in the Asso
ciation Press estimate made ten
days before election. Registration
of qualified voters was placed at
that time at 43,084,257 but it was
calculated on the basis of pre
vious elections that qualified vot
ers who would not register their
ballot, either voluntarily or in
voluntarily, would result in a
total vpte of more than 35,600,.
000.
Cooke's Defense
Closes Without
Single Witness
PORTLAND. Ore!. Nov. 9.
(AP) The defense rested today
in the case of James P. Cooke.
former president of the now de
funct brokerage house of Orebeck
it Cooke, without having called a
single witness. Cooke is on trial
for embezzlement of funds of
clients. Th state rested its ease
yesterday after having taken two
weeks In building up the prosecu
tion.
It will not be until next Tues
day or Wednesday, however, that
Cooke will know his fate as it
may be determined by the circuit
court Jury. No session will . be
held tomorrow, and since MondayUag by the rt. on na-y
Is a holiday, court was adjourned
until Tuesday morning. The argu
ments in chief and the charge ,- to
the jury remain yet to be given.
Lad. Hangs Seli
When Hist Fraud
On Card Is Noted
BAN FRANTJISCO, Not. . -
(AP) Caught raising low;-marks
on his report card, George Clark,
lB-vear-old Valley Junior hirb
school, student, hanged filmeelf
here today rathe than face his
mottie and step-lather. . - . .
; The hot bad cbange'd the marks
ononis report card before
it home, and the deception was
j&s&Tered pj scfeool authorities.
lERIGAfSOOfl
President-Elect Would Fos
! ter Amicable Relations
I During Tour j.
Details of Long Jaunt Re
main to be Worked 00t
by G. 0. P Leader
By W. B, RAGSDALK - (
i
Associated Preae Staff Writer
STANFOR D, UN1VERSITT.
Cl., Nov. 9. -(AP) A good will
trip to certain Latin America
' countries is proposed by
Herbert
Hjoover, before he returns
to
Washington for his inauguration
I on March 4.
I ! Announcement of the intention
of the president-elect was marie
almost simultaneously at the
White House in Washington; and
at the Hoover home here.
- "I have had the suggestion of a
visit to certain Latin American
countries before me for soioe
day," said the statement issued by
the president-elect. "It has been
cordially supported by President
Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg.
i There are considerations of ! the
time required and other matter
which delay final determination
far a few days."
Diplomatic Exchanges
jAre Necessary First
j Although the plans necessarily
are Indefinite at this time penlii)c
diplomatic exchanges between the
state department and the coun
tries of South America he pro
posed to visit, it is the understand
ing that departure will be me
from San Francisco late next week
on a battleship, probably tle
Maryland, flagship of the United
States battle fleet.
j Should Mr. Hoover follow the
usual routes for such tours ef
South America, his trip would re
quire about two months as H
would take him to all of the larg-
,er countries of the southern con
tinent, both on the west and the
east coasts.
I The expectation is that from
Sin Francisco the presldent-elet
311 go to Columbia, Ecuador, Ar
ntina. Peru. Bratil, Chile and
tine larger countries on that con
tinent. After completing his tour
ofi the continent, Hoover, It is be
lieved, would board another bat
tleship at an eastern South Amer
ican port and return to the Unit
ed States. ;
Many Details Remain
To Be Worked Out
The direction of his future tra
vels and the manner in which he
would spend his time between
the date of Is departure froze
South America on the return trip
still Is a matter of conjecture,
however. ;
The South Xmeriesn trip would
take him away from the Unite
States during the first two months
aftier his election and, freed froas
the atmosphere of politics he
could give his thought to the ,
formulation of the plans a as
policies that he will take Into Mp
administration.
Upon his return to this country
he probably would bring bark a
sufficiently clear outline of bis
future program to be able to write
in the names of his cabinet mem
bers after a series of conferences
with party leaders.
The president-elect has given
much time during the past seven
and a half years as secretary of
commerce to the work of fostering
trade between the United Statea
and her Latin American neigh
bor to the south but this would
be the first time that he has ever
set foot upon that continent, al
though as an engineer his busl
nesn carried him into most of tbe
other parts of the worm.
IKEH
STARTS III EBST
With 1.01 Inches of rain fall
ing here during the 24-hour peri
od ending at 6 P. m. Friday, as
precipitation .continuing la Inter
mittent deluges late Into the nighV
Salem's long awaited rainy sceeoa
hast begun.
After numerous threats by way
of warning, the rain started tn
earnest shortly before midnight
Thursday. By z; 30 Friday mora
ine! large pools of water were
ireeia. una w
clogged. I Since then the total pre
cipitation -has been greater thaa
that recorded , during - the entire
summer dry season of more thaw
two! months, local records show.
Not)-tor j years has . an equally ;
heavy rainfall been, recorded dnr
lng1 a 24-hour period.
Little; likelihood that the pres
ent rain storm will cease in the"
near future was seen by the
weather; man last night. He pre
dictled continued rain for today,
i Tha i lerel of the Willamette
river fa expected to rise rapidly j
here1 during the next few days. ;
The effect of the rain had not yet
been felt when the official readies;
waa taken at a. m. Friday. The
hm i.i at that lme was 3.1
below; the uua
4 this time of year.
RilHY SEflSDfJ HERE