San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-28

Copyright. 1923, by The San Antonio Light.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 27.-Word
comes from Paris that Europe has been
excited for ten days or more over r
report that Herbert Hoover was about
10 sail for the other side. 1t IS easy
10 understand this excitement. Europe
looks upon Secretary Hoover as the one
man in this country who really under
stands Europe and who sympath yes
with her various ills and ailments. Eu-
rope feels that when Hoover reaches
| ret soil the time will have arrived
when the United States intends 10 do
something very definite in the way of
foreign relations.
All OF which is ,ery, very true. 1t
can be rLt down Low as an unassail-
able fact ,h'.t when Herbert Hoover, in
his official capacity as a member of
President Harding's cabinet, sets sail for
Europe, he will carry in his pocket
something decidedly real in the way of
an American foreign policy. Mr.. Hoo
yer will not go abroad with merely
negation on his lips. A visit by Pres,
ident Harding himself could hardly be
regarded by Europeans as of more i'm
portance than a trip by Mr.. Hoover.
But He's Not Going.
The latest rumor has not been insist
ent enough to call forth a denial by
Hoover or to lead him into any sort
of a discussion of the European situa-
ton at this time.
The secretary knows. however, the
Importance would be attached to any
thing he might say. There is no ques-
ton but that a good deal of pressure
| has been brought to bear upon him to
visit Europe in the near future so that
he may "Observe" and advise" even
in personal capacity. This, the sec
retarT will not do. The United States
and Europe itself may take it for grant
ed that if. and when, Mr.. Hoover sails
eastward from New York the admins
| tratiOn's European policy or ideas have
crystaliZed into something definite and
immediate. This information is vouch-
safed by those who know Hoover the
best. They say he is an engineer and
can work only on a concrete plan.
Wanted: Some Sniffers.
The old-fashiOned "hooch hound" the
fellow who could scent the alcoholic
| stuff from afar and who could be the
i lAlGl ~ lllt w at llt UuT Nutll II EObu
spender hove in sight, can get q good
| job just now in the prohibition en-
forCement service. The service wants
some keen sniffers. sharp scented men,
who know the arOmas of all the most
| popular brands Of home brew. And
very soon if you see strange looking
! person hanging about the corner or the
! front gate with nose lifted to the
breeze, you can put him down as
"hOOch hound" on the job and you had
better Theoretically seal the kitchen or
the cellar if you happen TO have any
thing on.
Recent decisions of the high courts
| in what is known as the boiling rails
ms case have resulted in new orders
being sent to prohibition enforcement
Officers, telling them that if they smell
anything suspicious about a house, be
it dwelling or shon. thcy can enter such
| house. trail the Odor TO its lair and if
they find any apparatus for the making
of alcoholic beverages at work. they
may arrest the owner of the. place or
anyone else who happens TO be on the
premises and in n position TO know
about the brew on the fire.
Nose Is Warrant.
1t seems that in the boiling raisins"
case. n prohibition officer passing a
dwelling thought he detected the odor
OF boiling Eaisins. He halted, shifted
about little more and then became
| convinced that he smelt boiling raisins.
instlnctively he knew that boiling rails
ms meant no good to the Volstead act.
lie smashed into the house and found
still at work. Naturally the case
was fought. 1t was contendcd the pro-