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The Weather
Forecast Cloudy; probable rain or
Miinv. No change lu tempera
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High yofcterdar 46
Ixmoil this morning 20
Medford
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Weekly Kiftv-Mventh Yeir
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MEDFORD, OUMXiON. FKMDAY. IK 'KM BKIJ 21, 1SW.
No. 272.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
This Old, Old Earth.
The Smallest Light.
A G. M. of the Air.
Unlike Salome.
(Copyright. 1&28. by Btr Co.)
IIowloniihastliisfartUbecBSecretary jar(jjne Endorses
wlnrlimr around the sun, 101-
lowing a spiral path through
endless space.
Professors Camp and Vttu
dcrliouf of California Univer
sity don't know exactly. Hut
it New Mexico they have found
IOKS11K gOlllg DUCK I .
years, some "as recent
1)00,000 years ago,";
7.-
, , .. .. Endorsing the new McNary faun
Natives employed to diji '"e j marketing t))n secretary Jardlno
fossils "arc decplv religious, j today wroto a letter to Senator Mc
. . ., I Nary, Republican, of Oregon, urg
They castigate themselves with ',nK it8 enactment at this session In
whins wear lone cactus in their
1 ' . . . '
sandals as
peiiancc for their
sins.
j :lf they knew how old the ce,)t , n,o letter tha't ho would
earth is, and knew that it will lres his hill for n vote at this aos
1 ' . . sion. Ho said he would seek to
keep on rolling for at least 1,- iiHaemhle the agricultural commit-
000 million vcars longer, they during the Christmas recess or
i Immediately thereafter,
would postpone the cactus. "if we ate golmt to make thu
-4 ' proponed farm relief applicable to
The University of Pittsburgh the l2'j crop," Senator M-Nary d
, , . . i:i,t ' clared, "wo must get this 1)111
has developed a point or lignt lhrmlK)l u, lne 3nort HeKKon.
so small that onlv a microscope i Senator Watson of Indiana, the
. ' j prospective Republican leader of
can detect it. ; 10 senate, succeeding Viee-I'rcsi-
The light comes from the dent-elect Curtis, already has in
' ., f. itiatcd stops looking to snob action
point ot a quartz pencil liner an(1 atl(!m,,tB re now being made
than the point of a needle, j to learn the views of Herbert Hoo
l 'It ra violet light applied to the j Senut01. McNary conferred ves
liii? end of the pencil produces j terday with President Coolidge on
h , , ,u , the legislation and he is confident
the world s. Imiest llgUt, tnat0f administration approval of the
will he used under the micro-, bill.
. , 1 ' There arc some senators who say
scope to pick up sllll?"J they would prefer to leave the ag-
II ' iricultural problem to the Hoover
. . 11 'administration. There have been
With this quartz pencil, ui- reports from farm .'organizations
Ira violet ravs may be intro- that tltey also would favor that
" 10111 course, but It Is believed hy ad
duced directly into individual ministration leaders (,hat the presi
iHseased cells, not wasting their dent In naming the proposed rami
' ' . . , . board would take Into consider-
yiergy by pertctriltlTfg,. .0P-ttle ,u) ihc wishes 0r Mr. Hoover.'
t i iipu Provides Board
1 issues. I The McNary bill would provide
. , ; , ' ,ai :nin,, or the estulilisliment of n farm
The most importaut an piano nlHrkfitin(5 honr(, wl, nWHr t0
news
concerns tnu orgauizu-
tion of a
the Air,"
"lieneral Motors ot
under the wing of
New
1 orlt s national i
Bank
. . r l V tmoving me surpluses irum uie iimi-
A few weeks ago Charles h. ket ln ,!, of p,cnty ttIlrt sem,lg
"Mitchell, uresideut of the bank, ; It again when shortages occurred.
, ,. V. , . ... ,, : Discussing the bill! Secretary
and his friends in aviation ac- , ,ardin )n his )e,,r saM:
diiircd the Hoeing Airplane "The main objective ot this moaa-
'. e u ..i ..,, ulre. In my oplniun, are:
Company, ot Seattle, m men j "nrmTo provide moans of
runs air lines from Chicago to handling recurring surpluses in or-
,, . , . , ... der to stabtll.o prices of fBrm pro-
bau tranciseo ana Jseuttie. ducts, and thereby to secure by
orderly marketing the maximum re
Now the National City crowd turns for the crop as a whole.
. i . i, r,.u Wliitin.v ' "Second To enable the producer
takes in the Pratt &. Whitney w n grea(er aharc of he con.
Company that manufactures the sunicr-s dollar by reducin'j the cost
'-...' anrl "Unriiel" nir- of marketing and by preventing
Wasp and lloint.1 air sl,el.ullUlon Bnd WBSte handling
cooled engines,- and tnc cry
successful Vought Company. .
t That air unit now amounts
1o $150,000,0110 and will grow.
"Watch it. llut don't gamble in
airplane stocks; they are dan
gerous. "Whitcy Shephard, sentenced
to die in Georgia "Wednesday,
demanded that Dttvie Uraswell,
witness against him in his trial
and now a prisoner at Milledge
ville prison," should witness his
execution.
"I want her to sec the cur
rent going through my body,
then she will lake back her
lies," says "Whitey." Miss
' Diivie is understood to have
said, "I am too much of lady
to watch any "gentleman die."
Salome, who danced the
"Sevi Veils" for the pleasure
of having a man beheaded, was
a different kind of lady.
KxpcrlmenlH with a short wave
of the new "beam wlrelen8" show
that two or three telegraphic mes
sugeA and a talking volte could all
iio over the interesting beum at the
same time.
Singing from a distant town, and
two Morse telegraph messages,
came over the same aerial, receiv
ed on the name apparatus. The
world of science la getting complicated.
r'Mrv.u.u-ii Vuii U'Im tonia trt'he wan caiiimr inc maint lo in
know why Mrs. Brown' moved to auction 'f 'c huuc bccue of
Mr. Hpldelborncr-a farm lo ber"oent aKn for a HUtntner
h..MV.w.r whil Mr-. irlrf-ll.-r.
gcr moved to Mr. Brown's farm to
bo h on lie keeper, each taking her
children with her.
( Continued on ra Four.)
1 PRESS BILL
j FOR RELIEF
New Marketing Measure
and Urges Enactment
Oregon Senator to Urge
Passage in Short Session
Coolidge Approval Is
Expected.
I WASHINOTON, 1)00. 21. )
m,ier to mako It applicable to tlio
1929 crop.
Seuator McNary, who Is chair
man of the agricultural committee.
rant licenses to aianiiizaunn cor-
nnmllnno nnil In If.an mnnev frnlll
a j3UOOOOi00( revolving fund to
co-operative marketing associations
The corporations would be empow
ered to hny and sell crops, thus re-
.farm products: and
1 mru 10 cncouiage piuuiinin
to organize effective associations
under Ihelr control for a heller bal
anced production, more economical
distribution and greater bargaining
power In the market.
"I am firmlv convinced that these
objectives are essential to a sound
program for permanent Improve
ment In agriculture and that they
are attainable with the aid of the
plan proposed In this bill."
ROSE CITY IN
E
SITE J1TEST
WASMINfiTUN, I'f. L'l. Wl
('tHlmt f Portiiiiul, OrcK'Hi. l''
for a, BUJiinifT . Wlilti? IIU(e vor?
IvchI todny ly lteprt'HntHttv
K. I. Korcll. n'HibltLnn of that
Stilt.'.
"Airways arc Ih Iiik ImM uiit." lie
iij . "h ml triin-(orillni'titiil uh
travel (m JufI tieglnniiKC. All of
thlK nicatw that illwlarn't brtwrcn
the Atlaiitlr and Pat'lflc i-naMtn
Iiuh tjenn rcfhucd tu Unit with In
aiiKUrallun of a 24-hour air M'vkM'
the relative distance bcl wncn
Hjh)n(rtn ami any unv ot tli
major i'Mi-lftc coaft rlticK will nut
bo as Rrrat uh the illHtanrf Ip
twrcn WnffhltiRtiin on! I'lillad''!
phla In thi dayn of 'ui4ttlii(ctun,
AdtttiiH and Jrffernon."
HIh Htutement. Inrtrd In lh.'
ronifre-lonnl Heeonl added that
M "e IIOUBC. lie said DO wan
'anxious that the claims of my na
tive city, which arc groat from the
ictandpolnt of health, beauty, con
venience, and acceHKAbtllty, shall
not be overlooked.''
IT
HOUSE
HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN PORTLAND
bUr-v av f i -X
flAUemJ
iW'Wit t'M liI It 'K y'v ' is n
Following a woek of education, police etarteel a drive against careless autoiots with the result
that several hundred violator: were crowded into a courtroom dally. Inset shows C.iptnin Frank
clvin, chief traffic officer of the Oregon city.
SHORTEST
DAY
BIGS CHILL
Three Deaths in Chicago
From Cold Many Are
Forced to Shelter Sub-
Zero Weather Reported
Portland Also Freezes
CHICAC.O, Dec. L'l. (Ti Win-
ter i-nnie to tho nilddlo-wcst today'
jUHt. as tho almanac nald It would.
Three deaths In f'hlcnpo weiM
attributed to the cold and police
reported curing for 250 other
men and women forced Into tho
various stations for nbelter. Thre;
degrees above zero waa tho lowent
temperature recorded in Chicago.
Ah the sun scooted to its winter
8u 1st ice to give tho United States
its shortent day of the year ami
herald the official beginning of
w. titer, cold weather swept into
t he m id - west fro in Ca u u da.
Winter officially begins at 8:01
p. m. tonight, but for the Iakotaw.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and parts
of Canada il olready has become
established.
Devil's Luke, N. D.. bud a mini
mum of IS below yesterday and
at B'smarck. N. D., the mercury
fell to six botow. Ht. Paul ex
perienced a low tomperature of
four below while Duluth and
Moorchcad, Minn., each recorded j
readings of eight below. Zero
weather gripped La Crosse. Wh., (
and The 'as. Man. shivered in.
30 below weather.
More Fnow was accompanied
by a slight teniperaturu rise over
most of the Koe.y Mountutn sec
tion. POHTLA.ND, Ore,, Dec. 21. JP)
A drizzle of ruin, and freezing
temperature today caused lee to
form on pavements and sidewalks.
The Columbia river highway, near
here, was icy.
Hk id ding off n slippery pave
ment on a turn above Washington
circle, Harold D. Marsh archi
tect, plunged down 1 50 feet in
bis car, and escaped with .only a
few hrulses.
BANK ROBBERS FLEE
NDTASl'I.CA. Ola.. Xt. 21. (A'l
A woman wutkrd tnto thi Firnt
National bank of XotatMllKu yrtr
terday and llliun n4all.-lnK up aaw
a Nitmher or people lined iiKtifOHl
the wall with their hmidH extended
upwind, nnd mto(h"r woui of
threr men pointing nlntols at them.
.She wreMined.
4. n. impe, pieMueiu, who WIII'a
ti....nu ut .
-ni iiiijvn, inriiin, i-iiim,-fi iium
captivity in the vault n few mo
ment h Inter, allied hy officer,
ouickly congratulated the woman.
She had naveri flii.ooo In currency
in the loller'H cane which wan with
in KfflMp of the trio until they fled.
feurliiK the woman's Fcrcams would
fummon police.
Court IfcaM ArKanicfilM, 0nnwered by tho coiiiuilfwioncr'
SA I .KM , On-., Dec. 2 1. - teat Imwny.
Two murder vasea were amued The senator had felt that Alt
mday before tho supremo court, I c hlnon had held up valuation of
In one esse Robert Oroen. a Coos I telephone companfea for an un
Bay man wan sentenced In tho reasonable time. Altchlson as
lower court to be executed. In aerted th&t tho budKQt bureau's
thb other CeorRO Hnnnula of As- j H "rta to carry out President
torla was sentenced to serve life U'oolldge'a economy program were
for killing his wile. j largely roponlblo for tho delay.
BOULDER
1
BILL IS SIGNED
i
BY PRESIDE
Act Provides for Reclama-;
tion, Flood Control and!
Power Project Group!
Witnesses Signing-
$165,000,000 Provided.-!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.Ay)
President Coolidge today signed
tho Moulder Dam bill making ef
fective the act providing for a
reclamation, flood control mid
power project on tho Colorado
river.
The president affixed his signa
ture before a gathering of propo
nents of the Hwlng-Johnson bill,
who were brought to the executive
uftice by Senator Johnson and
Representative Swing. California
Republicans, who for years had
led tho fight for enactment of the
oill.
The measure provides thst the
government shall BUpply tho $165,
uOO.UOO estimated as necessary to
construct a dam and accompany
ing works in Black canyon. The
money is to be repaid under an
amortization plan from the pro
ceeds of the sale of power.
The signature of the president
was the last official act required In
providing federal authority for the
construction, but either Utah or
Arizona of the seven Colorado
rier basin statcn must ratify the
Colorado river compact lor distri
bution of water before the act can
become effective.
WASHINGTON, !''. SI. A'i
Thi' mimlnnlUm of Clyilo II. Alt
i'IiImiii of Orrgun to br a lnrnibir
of Ibi! Int'-rMtat! c:oiiiiit.'rru rnm
inbt.Hiun, Wii, approved today by
thi? wnato liit'i-Ktnlo roiNiiiori-o
iMininilttpi afti-f oIiJhcUoiih to bin
"MirniHiion nan limn wlin.lruwn.
I III- 1-JI1I III 11 ICC II IHO f.'Hvr ll
approval to the fundi mitt Ion of
" la u d 1 1, Porter of I o vn and
1'atrlck .!. Km-rell of tlio cllntrlet
of 'oltimhia. to ho niemberH of
the coinmirixtoii.
There Iihh been np flRht on Hie
nomination of Kartell uud Por
ter. Heimlor AVhceler, Jfc'inorrat, of
Montana, who wan Instrumental in
delay (ntf a voir? In the rmnmtt
teo on Altchinon's nomination, an
nounced after n meetlnK of the
committee toda.O that hln coiii
plaintM had lHen yatlnfacfortly
NOMINATION OFi
C. 0. BISON
IS SANCTIONED
1 II !
SAFETY DRIVE
MAIL SERVICE
PILOT
Tossed By Gale and Blinded
By Snow Plane Strikes
Tree Unable Locate
Beacon Naval Flier
trSslies in California
! lU'RON, O.. Dee. 1 . Tho
air ina.l lost another pilot last
night when tho plane of Leo
McCiun, tossed a 00-mile gul"
(luring a heavy snowstorm plunged
Into un apple tree near here.
MeOinn was thrown from tho
j cockpit and tho plane burned,
j McGinn, who lived In Maywood,
! 111., was carrying the night air
ma. I from Cleveland to Chicago
for tho national air transport com
pany. .Most of the mail was saved
although It was badly damaged
by fire or soaked with water or
j gHSoline.
McGinn circled the town throe
! times, apparently trying to locate
jlho air mall beacon. A moment
' I re fore th,o fatal crash ho tossed
a landing flam from tho piano.
(Then il crashed Into tho troo and
S into u barn owned by Wright M.
Stein, Huron undertaker. Five
minutes later the snow stopped
entirely and tho sky became clear.
The pilot's body was found
about a hundred feet from the
wreckage. Ills parachute was W
i tact. This and the fact that the
; motor of the plane wiw not shut
J off led to tho belief that McGinn
was not expecting the crash.
8KATTMS. Dec. 21. (P) En
sign K. 12. JIauck who was killed
when his plane crashed near
''iinip Kearny. Calif., was to have
gone on leave last Saturday, but
a last minute change in nuval
orders kept hlni on duty.
An hour In-fore he wan to havo
! h'ft the ( ulti'd States aii plano
carrier lxlnglou, to which ho
was uttui-hed, to visit his parents
In "Kmltln; all ircs Wfuu ean-
! relh-d as the ship Is to leave
shortly on a prolonged trip, his
mother suld lien.
CAL'S CONGRATULATION:
WAKIl I N( iTO.V, I Xt. 2 I . ')
Kli'hard James, KluHhliiK. I
hlli hcIiouI boy, received tho con
Ki'tiiulutlotiH of President CoolldKO
today upon IiIh achievement In
winning a 11000 prize offered to
the fh'Kt yotilh of Ickh than 11
yfiiiM to fly HcroHM tho continent.
lair.ctt who Is 17, called at the
White Hoiiho today after flying
ElSffl FL1G
WAHIIINGToN. Die 21. (IV
Presldi-nt Coolidge signed a meas
ure today awarding tho distin
guished (lying cross to Orvlllo
Wr'ght. and his brother, tho lato
Wilbur Wright, builders of the
first airplane to make an actual
flight.
CRASHES
NUN SNOWSTORM
I
i
E
PROVLVm
Corvallis Coach Sue -
This Morning Assa..ant
to Face First Degree
Murder Charge Had Po
lice Record.
COUVAIJ.IS. Ore.. Dec. 2. tP
1ewls (Hip) Dlckerson, assistant
Oregon State college athletic coach,
died at 4 o'clock' this morning, as
the result of a stsb wound, said lo
have been Inflicted last Tuesday by
Lanza Bryant, a Corvallis youth,
in an altercation ovor a waitress.
ltryai.il, who was being held on un
open charge, was removed lo Port
land by Corvallis authorities, when
sentiment became strong against
him.
Dlckerson met Miss Mae Troxall
when she quit work at the Benton
hotel coffeo shop Monday night
and they encountered Bryant on
the street. A rough ami tumble
fight occurred, according to reports
received by local officers, and in
the melee Diekerson received a
five-Inch stab wound In tho back,
the blade of the knife penetrating
one of his lungs.
Dlckerson was Just recovering
from Influenza, and congestion of
the lungs set In. Mc was a power- j
ful athlete, more than six feet tall,
and mode a hard fight for life. Ills
physicians suld he would have re-
covered had not complications re-'
suiting from Influenza developed. ,
Dlckerson wuh born at Weiser,
Idaho, February a7, ' 18UH, and
graduated from the Weiser high
.riiiiiii. He served In the armv dur- !
lug the World war. and In 1 it U 3
he entered Oregon State college.
He played one year on the fresh
man football team, and three years
on tho varsity. Ho left college tem
porarily to work, and had returned
for a degree In commorce. In ad
dition to his studlea ho was serv
ing as assistant football couch.
Bryant, who Is lilt, said after his
arrest that "there was a misunder
standing over a 'date with u girl."
He said he could not account for
the stubbing. "I muM have lost
control of myself I don't remem
berr"bevas quoted as saying. u
Hl'ht JfftHN
Bryant will be charged with first
degree murder, said District At
torney Fred Mcllenry- He declar
ed the attack clearly woh premedi
tated. District Attorney McHenry said
today that Bryant had been in
trouble frequently with police, and
that ho had frightened Miss Trox
all with attempted attentions,
which led Diekerson to offer to
take her home after her work at
midnight.
Officers said that Dlckerson re
covered the knife with which he
was stabbed in tho street fight, and
spared his attacker who begged for
mercy,
Dlckerson was six feet He von
Inches tall. Ills fdzo earned htm
tiho nickname of "Hippo" later
(shortened to "Hip"- when ho wuh
a (tickle on the Oregon Htuto col
legrt football team,
Dlekerron is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mm. L. M. Dicker
son. Weiser, Ida,, and two sisters.
Mrs. K. O. Finney, Weiser, and
Mrs. W. W. Smith of Portland, all
of whom were with him when he
died.
I.cwln llliil Dlokersnn, trcsli-1
man football coacb at O. 8. C. who
illeri thla morning from a knlfu
Utah at tlio lianda of a CorvallU '
youth, angered ovur tlm attpntlona j
nirkurmm ialil to a young lady, waa i
wall known In tills city anil the i
Kognc Ulvnr valley among former :
O. A. C. nntl high school atuURnta.
I Ulckoron vlnlted thin city lant
miring anil offlclutml at naveriil
AHhlanilMeilfiiril football '(ainoii.
Mo iih a giant In al. nnil of a
; llkoaliln dlHKHltlon and ui'ed aa a
son of good will onilHKary to nlgn
uehool atlilutoH.
1
ALL OIL HELD BIDS
WAHMINIiTOX, Dec. Zi.W)
Hecreiary Went today rejected "II
bids for government oil from the
Hull Creek field, WyomlUK. berauMC
the highest bidder ruftmed to muke
bond and give Information request
ed by the department, and then
entered into a eun tract with I he
White Kttgle OH and Keflntng com
pany und the Texas company for
the oil ut a private sale.
'
The Noted Dead
HOMK. Italy. Doe. 21. () The
Htofanl News Agency today report
ed tho death of Count l.ulgl Ca
dorna, commander of thn Italian
army from 1015 to 1U17, at his
home In llordlghera.
Ti t famous statesman anil sol
dier, who has been seriously II!
for tba past week, died at 4 o'clock
thia afternoon. He had been suf
fering from arterial chleroala and
on Monday nl'dit waa stricken 'with
cerebral thrombosis.
KN
WOUND
FOR
DICK
Will Rogers Says:
XKW YORK, IW.
There is some nuts ot a hub
it here in New York I doubt
if it lias reaclu'd your town,
for moi of your states have
Asylums. It 's to go bare
lieatlotl on tho street. Now
he lias worn something on
his head ever since his
mot her tied a hood under his
chin, hut he has never at
tracted any alteutimi, so he
lets it rain down his neck to
show people that he bathes.
If your head hasn't not
enough in it to carry n hat,
why all the sunshine on it in
the world won't do any tfond.
We have a scene in our show
where another comedian and
myself come out with dress
suits and barefooted, no dif
ference from being barehead
ed nn the street. Only we get
paid for attracting attention
and being funny. Let women
leave off something, they do
it much better than men.
Every lime a woman leaves
off something she looks bet
ter, but every time a man
leaves off something lie looks,
wodse. Yours,
WJLTi HOOKRS.
SATISFACTORY
NEWS
OF
1
Ifs nilfril nilT' Mr Hoover'8 Plurality did not
Iv I 111 L III llllllr'arh ,ho registered for
I 1 IllVril I II I I I'rp',ident Coolidge In 1924, nlthu
1 LI f )y j the former secretary of commerce
Brief Bulletin Says Monarch
PaSSed ReStfUl NiPht
Pllhlin lmnrP5Sinn Kind
ruuuc inifJiebbiuii miiu
. fMH.. ou,u..:fil..
ouilllliuca oiuvy Twain
Prince George Arrives.
i i
I,ONUON, Dec. 21. (JP) Today s
bulletin from Buckingham palaco
on King Oeorge, one of tho bnoteHt
yet Issued, brought tho satisfactory
news that he hud passed u restful
night calculated to help build up
his strength from the extremo ex
haustion caused hy his prolonged
and grni'r, Illness.
The bulletin, taken In the light
of yesterday's lengthy and guard
edly optimistic report by tho king's
physicians, wns felt to Indlcuto
Lhui there was nothing appreclnblo
to add to what on tho whole was
considerod a favorable situation.
This morning's bulletin read:
"Tho king has had a reMful
bight. There Is no -appreciable
change to bo noted."
The view taken ln palaco circles.
It was learned, coincided with tho
publlu Impression from the bulle
tin that his majesty Is continuing
to gain slowly. His physicians It
was lifdlcuted, urc satisfied with
tho course that events aro taking.
They aro pot expected to mako
any further statement on the
king's case until the usual hour
for the n I fill t bulletin.
While the physicians were at
tending his majesty In tho sick
chamber, the council of state
which was appointed to act for
tho king during his Illness held a
brief privy council In another part
of tho palaco.
All of tho six counsellors were
present, tho queen, the Prlnco of
Wales, the Duko of York, Premier
Baldwin, tho Archbishop of Can
terbury un.". Lord llalirm.im, the
lord hiKh chancellor. It was un
derstood that tho queen presided.
IONDON, Dec. 21. P) Prince
f Icoi'sre. completing his trip from
Hermuda where he had been sta
tioned un II, M. H. Durban, arrived
in l-ondon at 4:05 o'clock this
afternoon to sec bis father.
IS
PAIS II Y HOUND. (nl Deo. 21.
ifl'i John fturowskl, convicted
of the murder ot Thomas Juck-
Hon, farmer, after a mall car
holdup near hero last August Is.j
was bunged In a - snowstorm lu i
the courtyard of tho district Jail
today. I
A . lilting wind whirled snuw
down on lite courtyard aa Hur
owskl walked up the stepa to the
platform, lighted by a single bulb.
He objected momentarily to the
bluck cap, but yielded to the
hangman's Insistence und mur
mured n abort pruyor as tho trap
waa sprung.
Oregon Woollier
Oregon: Cloudy east and rain
and snow west portion tonight and
Haturduy, no change In tempera
ture Increasing southeast winds.
PLURALITY
F
6.423,61 2
Total Vote 36,789,669
Largest in History As
sociated Press Gives
Comparative Figures
Hoover Higher Than
Coolidge in Every State
Except Rhode Island.
(Copyright litis by the Aawoclated
Pi-chb. )
WASHINGTON, Jec. 21. .P)
Herbert Hoover'a plurality over
Clovernor Smith in tho November
election wuh 6, 413. 61 2.
Figures gathered by the Associ
ated PreaK from tho election off!
clnls of the 4K stato show thebo
totals:
Hoover 21.429,109.
Smith 15,005,497.
Tho total vote caHt, tho largest
In the hlHtory of the United Staten,
was 36.7H,titl9.
Tho votes not accounted for ln
the Hoover nnd Smith columna
went to minor parties.
Norman Thomas, tho sociality
candidate, received tho majority
of these votes, polling 2G7, 836.
Foster, workers party candidate,
got 48,228 und Reynolds, socialist -labor
21,181. Varney, prohibition
ist candidate, got almost an many
art Reynolds, 20,101, and Webb,
I farmer-labor 6391.
i jxmru u muni iui kct voie. in mat
Wear Mr. CoolldKe received 15,726,-
01B votes, giving him a lead of
7.338,513 over John Davis,
I liemoerfltle nnmlnnn Tlin 1 .n T?r1
lctte-Whelr Independent ticket,
however, had 4,823.8r0 votea.
Hoover carried forty atatca as
a(tiiinst thlrty.8evon
Vroaldeut .Coolldgo four years ngo.
i Ponn-ylvanla, gv blni hla lrat
majority, 987,7116, while Governor
Hnuth'a largest plurality waa In
loulalana whero lio had a lead of
1 13.496. While overwhelmed both
In tho popular vuto and In tho
electoral college, Clovernor Hmlth'a
total waa mora than alx million
higher than the 8,386.603 cuat for
.Mr. Davla In 1024.
Higher Than Coolidge
Mr. Iloovor'a voto waa higher In
every state than that of Mr. Cool
idge four yeora ago with tho ex
ception of Hhodo Island. Thia
held true In President Coolidge'a
homo mate of Maaauchuaetta which
waa carried by Governor Kmltli.
Tho governor's total waa lens than
tho Democratic figures of. four
years ago In flew Mexico, Tennea
aco and Texas, notwithstanding tho
large Increase In the number of
ballots cast, - ... . .- t
Tho Hoover column showa bo
received moro than a million voloa
In five states C.'allfoVnla, Illinois,
New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Governor Mmlth reached tho mil
lion mark In Illinois, Now York
and Pennsylvania.
States of thu once-solid south re
corded 3.004,1 16 votes for the two
major party candidates, almost a
million lens than cast in New York
for Mr. Hoover und Clovernor
Smith.
Hoover polled 1.306.48S of tbcao
and Smith 1,697,1137 In -Alabama,
Arknnaua, Florida. Georgia, louisi
una, Mississippi, Houtb , Carolina,
Texas, Virginia, and North Caro
lina, all of whom hod supported
tho Democratic presidential candi
date alnca reconstruction duya
until the present election.
Moiilhorii Voto
Mr. Hoover's ucuthorn voto WiiK
more than double that of Mr. Cool
lilge four yeara ago and almost
twice the combined figures for the
president nnd Henntor l.aFolli-tlu
that year. It came within OI.OOl)
votes of equalling Mr. Davla' totul
in the Name .territory.
The voto of 10.7(g,(9 showed a
big Jump over the figures for 1921
when 'J1I.OHI.417 persona cast bal
lots In the presidential rare. This
increase was CMpecially reflected In
the south, AtAbamn aa an examplo
recording 248,Bt ballots aa
against IHrt.GB:! four yeura ago.
Other states in various sections
showed a similar result.
Tho Increasu for tho nation us a
whole ovor IU24 wiia slightly moro
than 26 per cent. In the notttb the
flgurra wen) approximately 33 Vj
per cent higher than they were
four yeurs ago. (
ROCKS OFF TAMPICO
MUX ICO t'lTV, Dec. 21. Wi
Dlsuatehes from Tamplcu today
said that tho American steamer
Nevarla had gone on the rocks off
Tamplco In A galo. Heavy seas
prevailed and efforts to rescue tho
crew were fruitless. They woro In
no Immediate dnrigor.
OR HOOVER