rrr. tkt OREGON Rain west EIGHT PAGES TODAY Tomorrow the Big New Year's Aiyiual uurntifr of the Statesman will be released. Forty of interesting things about Salem and the t'-a-lem District. -,; . -j : : portion; probably rain :or mow east; Slight change In" temperature; southerly winds. Tues day Max. 49; Mln. 37: River 13.G rising;. Rain fall .06; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind Bouth. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1924 PRICE FIVE CEKTS SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR wmm t -4 t $ t i i t r i- 4 t V t y f. r i I v i f y " t 1 WESTS 01 POSTAL iSE TO COtlTlfJllE Hearing Will Be Finished To t day; Immediate Consid : eration of. Measure By ' Committee Is Asked ; PRESIDENT'S VETO TO BE TAKEN UP BY SENATE Proposed : Increase in Mail y - ; Charge Brings Arguments From Companies ; WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Pro tests from business, v publishing and other national organizations against the proposed increases in postal rates were made before the Joint congressional sub-committee today as it practically concluded hearings on the administration bill providing for Increased rates to meet the cost of proposed postal salary advancements. Chairman Moses announced to night the hearings would be fin ished tomorrow morning and that the senate sub-committee would be asked immediately to consider the bill with a view to getting It before the full postoffice commit tee and reported to the senate by Monday. At that time the senate Is scheduled to take up President Cooltdge'g veto of the postal pay bill.-. " ' : " f While representatlTes'of various organizations were declaring be fore the sub-committee today that the proposed increases threaten ed the future of their business, J. t. Suter, representing the nation al one-cent letter league, urged the ' committee to consider a re duction in first class mail rates. I Wallace , Odell, of the National Editorial association, jln. 'a state ment read by William L. Daiey, informed the committee that an increase , in -; second-class rates would Imperil the, existence "of 12.P 09 weekly and small daily pa pers. ... . v " i ' . f Coat!saA a par 2) : SCI1IE.1E ; : mm mm Unprejudiced Cooperation in I Scientific and Religious Study; Urged ? WASHINGTON. L Dec. 30. Ad vances in psychology, medicine, biology, chemistry and physics were disclosed in hundreds of pa pers read today before the 15 sec tions of the American association for the advancement of science, the seventy-ninth annual meeting qf which isi how in full swing. Thirty-one hundred members were registered r during the day and a flurrry of interest was caus ed by a report that William J. Bryan would arrive in time to lis ten to a criticismof his views on evolution, but he failed to appear. I The largest audience of any sec tional meeting thus far held at tended that addressed by Edward L. Rice, professor of xoology at Ohio Wesleyan university, a Metho dist institntion. Choosing "Dar win and Bryan as his: text. Dr. Rice, in a paper, characterized the views of Mr. Bryan evolution as "dogmatic and "dangerous to re ligion," and urged more unpreju diced cooperation in scientific and religious study. ' . - v , BRIDGE BILL PAST :S WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. A measure authorizing the state of Washington to . construct three bridges over the Columbia river, one at Chelan Falls, another at Vantage Ferry and the third at Kettle Falls, was passed today by the senate. THE OREGON STATESMAN ANNUAL NUMBER Released Tomorrow January 1st. FIVE SECTIONS, 40 pages, an edition giving very valuable information about the Salem. District. You will want extra copies to send to your Friends Telephone 23 or 583 at once, as only a limited number of unordered' copies- will be printed. New Year's Welcome to be Varied One in City but Fittingly Observed Swearing is not advocated by a great many people yet It, will be nrODer to swear (off) anytime after 12 o'clock tonight npon the advent of 1925. Resolutions that were broken almost before the Ink on the pledge became dried back in Januarv. 1924. will be patched and carefully repaired and chang ed into 1925 models. If handled In the right manner they may last until Friday morning. : The new year will find Salem on deck with' a variety of wel comes. Watch services are to be held in various churches; private partiesha ve been arranged; a midnight matinee will be a fea ture at the Bligh theater; ' con fetti, music and a dance ny the Veterans Of Foreign Wars will greet 1925 at the armory and the newspapermen will be. found work lng at their desks as usual. Just what the cherry little chap that is prominently featured through out the country this time of year, clad chiefly j In his birthday Expression of Opinion From Committee and White f House Give Views WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The future of the American navy took on a new aspect today with simul taneous : expression of opinion from both the White House and the house naval committee as to what should be the first step in that direction. j Just as the house committee de cided to begin an inquiry into the needs of the navy, it was revealed that President Coolidge still Is hopeful that another International arms limitation conference may he held during 1825. - - ':c: Although the president is not Lealicely. convinced that such a aon- ference will be possible, he, never theless, is hopejful that an oppor tune time win "arise for such a renture. - - " The naval committee in agree ing. to a motion for an investiga tion, took the position that Secre tary Wilbur should be given an immediate opportunity, to repre sent to congress such recommen dations as be k might deem expe dient. ' ' ; ; ;'- ' The action j was taken after a stormy "session' and it' was only after much debate that a 'decision was reached to have Mr. Wilbur (Continued on ptf 8) -, DF1EG0-J eiUIiS i f! $15,000 Electrical Equipped House Awarded to Miss Groo of Portland . NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Miss Julia Groo, 18, of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $15,000 model home as first prize In a home lighting essay contest in which 1,000,000 school children in the United States and Canada compet ed, the lighting educational com mittee announced tonight. Ten - other ; boys and girls re ceived scholarships ranging in value from $300 to $1200. KiLL MAIL CLERK Highwayman r Leaps From Moving Train and Com . Ynandeers Taxi CHICAGO. Dec, 30. Russell Dickey, 23, Elroyj Wis., an express messenger guardrng shipments of money and jewelry on the Viking, fast passenger train on the Chi cago & Northwestern railroad, was shot and killed tonight in an attempted holdup as the train left Highland Park, 111., a suburb of Chicago. ; ' The robber, who is believed to have been aided by at least .two confederates, leaped from the pas senger train as it pulled! into Win netka, another suburb, subdued a taxi driver with his . pistol and forced the man to drive him to Evanston, where he left the taxi and climbed Into another automo bile apparently - waiting for him and disappeared. ' M FUTURE CRED MODEL IBH T ROBBERS have done if he had paid his official visit to the city last week. besides shivering. la not k-Tiown. but even the weath er man Is cooperating In the royal welcome.' . i : f : Unusual sertices are planned by the Baptist church, culminat ing In a great candle-lighting ser vice and a midnight consecration service. The j mid-week prayer meeting has been changed from Thursday nightj and will begin at o'clock. At 9 o'clock there will be a social half-hour after which the candle-lighting service will be held, featuring music. Following this service refreshments will be served "and a social time enjoyed until 11:15 o'clock, the closing consecration houn A beautiful Illuminated cross has been placed over the baptistry as a part of the special decorations for the Watch Night services.! Midnight chimes and a "Happy New Year" will close the program. - Contln4 on pat 7) License Plates May Be 0b tairied New Years Day Ac cording to Sam Kozer j In order to facillate the Issu ance of 1 1925 j automobile license plates the motor vehicle division of the secretary of state's office Will be kept' open, all day Thurs day, it was announced yesterday. Because of a general apathy upon the parts of motor vehicle owners to obtain the necessary tags early the department is almost swamped again this year. ; , J Two long lines were formed all day Tuesday and approximately 1300 licenses we're issued .across 1 fcW- counter.- j Many came, saw, and lert wnen tney iearnea mat they might have to" wait an hour before obtaining the new' tags. The mail was heay again and nearly 2000 applications 'ere received. ; Applications are below those for the corresponding time last year and the final rush is not as great. Positive prosecution was' again promised all the tardy applicants while those who . received plates were cautioned against usiijg them prior to January 1. In spite of the "warningsj several motorists have placed the yellow and: black plates upon their vehicles.! ,"4 State Traffic Officer Kenneth' Bloom, of Albany, is on .the job during the day. giving Informa tion and assistance In the, making out of the application ' blanks. These blanks ire available In the lobby and 'chairs and 'tables hare been placed for the convenience of the callers. 1 ' ' 8IIIPK BOARQ : SELLS 9 VESSELS Private Corporation l Pays United Stages $1,200,000 : for Cargo Ships J , .- . ..?. WASHINGTON. Dec. $0. Sale of nine cargo ships for approxi mately SI, 200,000 to the pacific Traders . Steamship corporation now . being organized In" Califor nia was approved today .by the shipping board. The company will take over the j government service nowoperated by Swayne and lloyt from the Pacific coast to Austra lia and New Zealand and ,to the east coast of South' America j The sale was closed after a month of negotiation by Mayor Rolph ; of San FranclscoL a veteran shipping man on behalf of the new organ ization. The terms call for 25 per cent cash on delivery and the bal ance In 10 ec.ual installments. Dislike of Jack Dempsey Places Man in hospital hammond;, ind., Tec. so Jack Dempsey was knocked out today a pasteboard Jack Dempsey.- A full sized likeness of the world's heavyweight champion.' In fighting attitude in an East Chi cago drug' store window so Irri tated Charles! Logan as he passed it he let fly (with a haymaker through , the plate glass. Logan, bleeding front cut wrists and face, was still swinging when arrested. f . ' clothes, would OFFICE OPEN I. ' " : ' ! l HEPARATIOWTQ BE DISCUSSED BYCOMMITTEE Conference of Allied Ambas sadors at Paris to Have Wide Effect on Whole World, Experts Say ' BASIS FOR DAWES PLAN WILL BE DETERMINED Question of Paying: War Debts May Be Brought Up By i Great Britain PARIS. Dec. 30. (Py the AP.) The conference of allied ambas sadors here next week with James A. Logan, Jr., American represen tative with the reparation com mission who will represent the United States, is expected by close observers to be a far more import ant evet than the original agenda calculated..-- ' ..r;--The conference, it is understood, will be called upon not only to establish a basis for sharing iht proceeds of the Dawes reparation plan, but will be asked to revise the percentages of distribution of reparations among the allies as fixed at The Spa. An agreement between the French government and the leaders of the socialist wing of Premier Herriot'a major ity In the chamber, as revealed la chamber debate and discussions in the lobbies, requires the French delegate to this conference - to raise the questions. Whether war debts will also be discussed at the meeting depends. it is said, upon the plana of Win ston Churchill, the British chan cellor of the 'exchequer, who is credited here with the ' intention of bringing this much-talked of matter up In some form. Both reparations and war debts are now regarded in French political circles as having reached a. point where they cannot longer remain without solution. French " business men particu larly are anxious to get the debt question out of the way since, they declare, H Is now the ' only element that prevents the final stabilizing of the international fin ancial situation. The yield of the Dawes plan is regarded as doubtful, but it has the advantage, the business men say, of fixipg definitely what France cannot count npon. They add that "when -we know just what our creditors are going to Insist upon we can arrange according ly" - LEI SMALL MUST , ; - . I -t Governor Is Held Account able for Heavy Indebted ness to State SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec, 3Q- Governor Len Small was held ac countable for' "the entire inter est" entrusted to 'him . as " state treasurer In a decision made to day by Circuit Judge Frank W. Barton of CarroRon. The decis ion was accompanied by a denun ciation of the state official who sat before him. Counsel for the governor tonight had announced no plan of procedure Preparing the formal decree for presentation in court tomorrow morning, Assistant General Clar ence N. Boord tonight said the amount of Governor Small's al leged . indebtedness to the state was 'considerably more than one million dollars." . Tomorrow the case will be for mally referred back to the master In chancery for a definite opinion of the amount of indebtedness. ; "Governor Small mast' account for interest on all securities pur chased with state funds and turn ed over by him to the" Curtises," Mr. Boor said.1 "Nearly, all those securities were packers' notes, the exact amount due will be de termined in hearings before the master." -' ' .'. Eleven days . were spent by counsel arguing " before ' Judge Burton. Their strife was over the report of the master In chancery which the judge approved today. Arguments of defense - counsel he added by Werner" W. Schroeder, Kankakee, and Senator John . W. Daihl of Peoria were chiefly to the effect that there was not one iota of proof that - money wrongfully was held." c T FOB DEBT QUBMARINE is MISTAKEN FOR BOOZE RUNNER rtura Pluifter Firee Shot Across - Bow of Undersea Craft; ? Explanation Made SAN FRANCISCO, Dec - 30. Mistaking the submarine 'F-9 for a small rum runner, the coast guard cutter Shawnee fired several blank shots and one solid shot In the direction of tha undersea craft to "bring her to" for examination off Pigeon point, SO miles Bouth of San Francisco, last night, it was reported today by the coast guard headquarters here. After explana tions were mads, the submarine proceeded accompanied jby the Shawnee. j. . "It was the only 'way of attract ing the attention of the submar ine," Captain James II. Moore, di vision commander of the coast guard, said. ;..' :: 5 "It is the practice for the coast guard boats to halt smaller boats in this manner and no importance can be attached to the incident." Bank Messanger Is Robber By Four Men; $2700 Taken SEATTLE, Dec. 30 Western Washington peace officers were tonight searching for four men who today held up Roland Carl son, messenger for a Seattle 10- cent store, on a downtown street and escaped with $2700 i in cash. The quartet drove up to a curb alongside Carlson as he was walk ing to a bank, in a car alleged to have been stolen from Harold Sie- zel of this city, and pressed pistols to Carlson's back. After relieving the messenger of a bag containing the "money and checks totaling 11500 in the presence of a crowd, the highwaymen drove away. Liquor Valued at $40,000, 000 Guarded By' Dry TJavYOf 45 Vessels NEW YORK, Dec; 30. Rum Row was ! patrolled tonight by a flotilla ' of f 40 'eoast guard rum chasers and five destroyers, under Orders from Washington to dam the flow of New: Year's ijquor. The Jlquor fleet consists of 18 schooners ond 'steamers, ' having doubled in number since; the cap-; ture Christmas eve of the British schooner Patara'. ' 1 It was estimated by enforcement officials today that the rum ships are loaded with :up to 800,000 cases of liquor valued at bootleg prices as high as $40,000,000. The government fleet, aside-from the five destroyers, consists 1 of three coast guard' cutters armed, with one-pounders and machine guns and 3? speed boats armed with machine guns, rifles and sldearms. One of the rum chasers was stationed close to each liquor car rier and the rest patrolled the waters off the bay to check the activity of small carriers. j Today's action ' against the rum runners was characterized by coast guard officials as the most wide and. sweeping and impressive gesture yet made by government agencies against 1 the ' liquor ; fleet and it wan believed the usual holiday rum flow would be" effectually stopped. ; j BLAZE 0 IS HELD COWED Two Children Lose Lives in Fire; Crew and Passen gers are Taken Off - LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. Fire which, early-today threatened de struction of the Toyo Kisen Risen Kalsha liner Ginyo Marn, north bound from Valparaiso off the central .Mexican ; coast, and In which two children ' were burned to death and two others seriously injured, "was - apparently under control" at 7:30 o'clock tonight, according to a radio message re ceived here by; the Federal Tele graph company. ' 1 "The freighter Julia Luchenbach, which rescued passengers . and members of the crew, who took to the lifeboats early today, was en route to Manzello with i them tonight.- The Pacific mail liner City of San Francisco, ' the- message added, was standing by; and pre paring to. tow the Oinyo Maru to the same port. trs nt &.i I 1 IS UHDER GUIS American Minister to Denmark ancl Mrs. Prince Call on President This photograph waa takef at the White House when John Pyne ley Prince and his wife called re cently to bid Mr. Coolidge fare- SUED Kansas Educator Says Pu pils Require Different At tention in Studies PORTLAND, ' Ore., Dec. 30. The tendency toward standardiza tion in education and the inclina tion of teachers , to disregard in dividual differences of pupils was characterized as 4 the great weak ness of the American public school system by Thomas W. Butcher, president of ' the ' Kansas State Teachers' college, in addresses to the members of the Oregon State Teachers' association here today. "We neglect the bright pur. Us and retard their progress by. pay: Jng' too" much . 'attention - tiv" -tbeeef who are less intelligent and less Industrious," he told principals and superintendents. "We are unjust to the slow pupils and to those who leave school ' at the end of the sixth or seventh grade (Con tinned on paga 2) hooseWes Post Office Measure Is Larg est Peace Time Bill Ever Considered WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The house today, speeding along at an almost unprecedented clip, passed the treasury postoffice supply bill which; with its 1763,000,000 total, is the largest peace-time appropri ation measure ever considered by congress. Sent to the senate practically without amendment after only two days consideration, the bill pro vides among, other 1 things' $11, 000,000 for prohibition enforce ment and $20,000,000 for f the coast guard service, half of which would ' be available during the coming fiscal year for use in curb ing rum smuggling.- , Other items in the bill includes $2,600,000 for operation of the transcontinental air mail service, $526,573 for maintenance of pneumatic, mail tubes In New York city, $16,656,200 for the customs service and $9,103,101 for the public health service. 1 The fourth of the annual sup ply, bills to go to the senate which so far has failed to act an any of them,, the bill's passage cleared the way for consideration by the house late In the week of the anriy appropriation measured All sections of the treasury post office bill dealing with mints and assay offices and concerning the upkeep and improvement of public buildings were approved by the house as drafted by the appropri ations committee. Telephone Employe Quits To Enter Own Business SILVERTON, Or., Dec. 30. fSnecial.l-Mrs. C. Schlador. who for the past five years has been in charge of the office at the in terurban Telephone ' company at Silverton. has resigned her posi tion and will take over the man agement of the Rhoda Style shop. The' name of the shop will be changed to Zetta's Style Shop. yxj) ' : - l : ' -x-v- ; j :f.V-. ' .yV I (j-'iD t ' 111 ' n "'.'' Hn UPPLY EL Before Returning to Europe well before sailing for Copenhagen He was appointed Minister to Den mark by President -Harding id 1921. ! Innocence Strenuously Prp tested; New Yearns Day Will Show Contrast I LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 0.7-Kld McCoy, ex-pugilist, beau brummel and gay Lothario, ccuvicted of manslaughter last night in: con nection with the shooting of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors here last August, tonight seemed plunged Into de spair at the outcome of his trial. Following his conviction " the prisoner was taken " "from the tank" which he had occupied with other offenders and tonight is alone ir, a small celL " I ! V He strenuously prdtests'hla in nocence and declared emphatically the . the vetdict- returned.-against him by the jury was unjust. ; New Year's day will bring up a marked contrast before the ex fighter's mind. On that day, 25 years' ago, he rose to one of the heights of his fistic career, iwhen he knocked out Peter Maher at the Coney Island Sporting club. New York. ' . r .. , McCoy's attorneys announced to day that they would make a mo tion to appeal from ' the -verdict before Superior Judge Charles S. Crail on Vriday when the' fighter will appear for silence. II HIDE FBEL'EII DEBTS Coolidge Keeps in Touch With Developments; No Conclusion Reached WASHINGTON, ' Dec. 30 De velopments in the A m e r I can French debt funding situation were confined today to ;Wbite House quarters where it was an nounced that President Collidge had not, as a result of the general discussions current In Paris and Washington of possible repudia tion of the debt by France, reach ed any definite conclusions of his own nor hod he received any -report that such discusioa .had leached a stage where they justi fied official consideration. At the same time, however, it was made clear that the president was keeping fully advised regard ing all phases of debt funding and that it was not improbable but that he would, in the event discus sions of repudiation developed to the point where official recogni tion was necessary see fit -to In fluence the attitude of the Wash ington government regarding the floating of loans for foreign gov ernments by private financial a gencies in the United States. , Statements from Paris officials and from French embassy, head quarters here that M. Olemental, French minister of finance, had not ignored the debt that the gov ernment owes the '-United States wnen ne lauea to mciuae toe aeoi on the balance sheet he prepared. and that France recognized its ob ligation to pay were noted by Washington officails but provoked no comment. ? SEXATE SPEEDS UP WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 Speed ing up its; legislative- machinery, the tsnate today passed 137 bills and resolutions before quitting for its New Year's recess of two days. IKTO DESPAIR DM VERDISIOG FAST; FLOODS IIEODIDGES Pacific Highway at Eugene Flooded ; at Two Points; Road Blocked; Elk 'Creek Span Carried Out SERIOUS DAMAGE MAY RESULT TO BRIDGES Speedy Rise in Willamette at " Salem Is Recorded ; Ice Goes Out EUGENE, Ore, Deo. 30.-rik Creek bridge on ithe McKec'zia highway near Blue1 river, was car ried out by the flood waters -of the McKehzie, and traffic over the highway at that point has been blocked. County officials went to the scene today to make prepara tions (for the construction of a new span. ' '. !.'..'",'." ' The Amazon slough In he southern part of the city over flowed yesterday and covered sev eral blocks of city streets. The waters had receded to the banks of the slough today. ' The Willamette river has risen rapidly and covers the Pacific highway between here and Spring field junction. ' ; The II004 waters were, also over the i Pacific highway to the north of Eugene and horses were em ployed, to pull some of the auto mobiles through. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. Rising waters of rivers In western Oregon and a few In eastern Ore gon today caused apprehension that serious damage migtt Tcsu.lt. Reports from southern Oroa points told of several brUC3 t lng washed away and lands f.;: ed, though to date the das:;;. 2 r im ported is not grave, ' The WUlamette river wss r! -at. Portland! and carryls huge masses of Ice and great cr-n-tlties of logs, washed loose frc 1 uprlver points., A number of Lou boats In Portland were torn loc:3 from their moorings- and carried far 'downstream- before-being re covered. Although the Columbia river was filled with great ice floes between here and Astoria, river traffic was improved and normal conditions in this respect were ex pected shortly. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 30 The Willamette river tonight stood at 15 feet, three feet above flood stage, swoolen by heavy rains and melted snow. The city was cut off from automobile traffic from the north, south and east, several feet of water standing on the pav ed Pacific highway in short stretches north and south of the city. Almost two inches of rain ell yesterday and last night on the upper Willamette, which, com bined with an Inch here and the melting of about four inches of snow, sent the river up 13 feet In less than 3 hours. Rising an even 12 feet since December 27, the Willamette river yesterday hit a stride that may enable It to equal the high water of November 23, when 17.6 feet was recorded here. On December 27 the" reading was. 1.3 feet and (Continued oa pagt 2) TUESDAY IN WASHINGTO The senate adjourned until Fri day noon. The house decided to limit its holiday adjournment to one day Thursday. mm The house naval committee de cided upon an investigation into the needs of the navy. The house passed the treasury post off ice supply bill carrying thn peace time record amount of $7C-1- 000,000. ; ' President Coolldge was said to be hopeful that anothmer interna tional naval disarmament confer ence vould be held within another year, , The state department directed the American embassy at London to make representations to f ' British government against i:. potato embargo,' President Coolidge was df- r ed to see occasion for action I y the American government in c ' French war debt situation 011 1:. t basis of present advices. t