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v TO EVERYONE o T3w junior 1milu dc . ' who'-deUver-yonr SUteown UUe ssmvia. Join beartUy wishing you mil a very Mer ry Christmas. WEATHER - -. UaaetOad today ltl -caatoaal rala; - Sonaefrnat: colder. - Max. . - temperature TmwUj 32; M1bu3; Rain .77; River 0.3; Wthd soatb. SEVENTY.EIGHTH YEAR . , - : v Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 6, 1928 , , - - PRICE FIVE CEKTO EIFORCEiEWT Death . Toll Large -: IIEBEEfJEfJTOI'J Heads for Hampton Roads With Hoover" CREW DF BOAT C iDrnROHl U1IM After Ghrisinias: PFJIiF-T-FBilSi frwI " RAfa I H C : fl PATH K" V' S - tfsl. s S H X S S . s SS s A. SS.NV s- v sv -- irr . xvs- i,s'.V. 1"" 'r I si x -'f f ' v 'NS ' Names of Winners Published in Great $25,000 Prize' Ran Contest Malcolm D. Almack of Palo Alto Gets First Place in School Group NEW YORK, Dec. 25. (AP Major Chester P. Mills of New York, former federal prohibition administrator for the New York district, today was announced as winner of the 126,000 prize of fered by W. C. Dnrant for the best and most practicable plan for making the eighteenth amend ment, effectire." The winner of the $5,000 school prite was Malcolm D. Almack, representing the - high school, at Palo Alto, Calif. Under the terms of the contest Almack receives -.21,000 and the school $4,000 Checks were mailed by Mr. Dn rant to reach Major Mills, Almack and Walter H. Nichols, principal of the Palo Alto high school Christmas day. Industrial Alcohol W ould Be Guarded The- winning Mills plan, which waa released today, deals in de tail with prevention of the diver sion of lnd as trial alcohol, which according to the author Is the principal source of supply for the bootlegger. Young Almack's plan Is to be made publie January 1. The prise winning plans were selected - by a committee headed by Dr. W. O. Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State university. There were 23,230 persons in the contest for the $25,000 prize, submitting 19,000 plans. Half of the contestants were women. Prize plans were received from every state in the onion, the District of Columbia, every territorial pos session ' of the United States and 10 foreign countries. One was from a Brazilian general, another from an official In China. Some Waat Government In Tiiqvor Buslnesw - Plans submitted ranged from suggested modification of the 18th amendment, urged by 774, to jail sentences tor all convictions and deportation of all alien offenders. Modification of the Volstead act was urged by 5,340 while 1.534 favored government manufacture and sale of intoxicants and 400 wanted light wines and beer. "Diversion of alcohol and li quors under' cover of indiscrim inately granted permits controlled by unreliable persons provides the vast majority of liquor consumed today," Major Mills said In the preface to his clan. "The task of restricting and reducing permit holders to those reliable persons or corporations conducting a legit lmate business is the main prob lem in enforcement. "Any plan logically carried out and energetically pushed to a def. Inite conclusion is better than no plan at all. Unfortunately, ex cept for the coast guard, the fed eral agencies charged with en forcement have never adopted any one plan and carried it through The Volstead act. Major Mills said, was well conceived and its provisions are capable of enforce ment with few If any legislative changes. . Four Division Of Plan Submitted T T I It.. ... nu yijmi iui luaa-iuB u ftt l ci- fective he divided into four parts: 1. Permissive: Closer scrutiny of those - to . whom permits to manufacture alcohol are granted and closer government supervision of its making; issuance of only "temporary permits, of not longer than six months' duration; make each local administrator respon sible for the Issuance of the ter nits. - : :..r, t :: 2. Enforcement (a) Imports; (b) domestic supply; for smug- ' gling only unceasing vigilance Is ? needed r for domestic enforcement. . 1 nnTif. afiiia inn iiii -version under nermlts. - : 3. Take these enforcement agencies out of politics. "Politi cal Interference is one of the seri ous handicaps to effective con trol," he said. r 4. Detailed method of controll ing1 diversion of industrial alco hol; strict -supervision of distill (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Fatalities Reported From Many Sections : of United States as Tragic Accidents Follow on Heels of . Yuletide Rush; Automobile :,Crash jMost Common Form of Accident Special Committee Decides Upon Special Protocol Stating Views PORTLAND. Dec. 25. (AP) dered unconscious and died about ITeXt Of Statement Will be wuiiam Lyman, 75, died In a bos-Ian hour after arriving at the hos pital nere loaay irom a skuii I piiau fracture, suffered when .he was struck by an automobile driven byl LYNCHBURG, Va., Dec 25. Dr. D. V. Turner. Witnesses said (AP) Three youths were fatally Drawn Up Within Next Few Days, Word BBSJslMSjttSMM WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. (AP) P S ' "'s- sT s " sss s " . s---" J, the man seemirgly lurched into I injured here today when the mo- tVl A .alii . ryt A oar f.t1lflUn.Ml 111.. ....ts A against 1U side. Into a parked automobile. TheL " . .rl.V., .! th good wUl tour of LaUnlmerlcn. Latest dispatcbes report that the vessel will proceed direct to i: Perry Randolph ramer, ;t"4""' Roada, 1U home baae, instead of landing Mr. Hoover in Florida, permitting him to attend The U. 8. S. Utah, on which Presidentelect Herbert Hoover and his party are returning from tit. em ii m rk . a. I .a m . wubuio isesiino, w, aieu toaayiaeaa are: rerry Hanaoipn iivmer. ,v- . ; . i. from injuries received a few days 18; James Elbert Trent, 18, and II", i;;" ago when he was struck by an au- Arthey Lyle Wright, 17, all of nfeInlc. SJ?2S, J?!2! tnmohii. Art,. w ntt Thn.An It.,. .v-l"16 BoUvlan-Paraguayan dispute I J aaaae f. uivt UW vu V I Wll m W'ASft fVt af i tA V VkW tiSB nAAlQl Florence Olson, 18, was taken I way to the hospital and the other I " TTt " :C to a hospital today following a I two died shortly after being ad- crash between an automobile and I muted. a streetcar. Enoch Lion, operator or the automobile, was arrested WINCHESTER. Va Dec 25. id matters awaiting his attention In Wasliington. YULE FESTIVITIES OBSERVED BY U .S. committee on this question. The Bolivian and Paraguayan repre sentatives attended the committee session. PVa .VA.I1. on eharres of reeklen- dHvlnr enil i . 7 .. '"mLfuu, f-ii; - yT.i. -T-ir P ' xurtrts ma were lujuiea, me Bolivian legation here had re- Kla oi. wo tw Mrtout to M,todOT hw It8 hom Kovernment Miss Olson was thought to hare todar nf a hor nf jratmlt and I. 1 . . -a -. i a . av:uaw laj a u uBBLauuunaa slu" a iracture or tne SKuil. I nltro-elvcerlne cans, which wreck-1 f t nriYia lo.t wv -KvIix71.i. xt4I s i . . . . i . . , ' . I . ' ' " m. j iiiivic naiiuu jTAuacn in iia osiusm vxktcik, wh eu pan oi one no use ana suaiterea I tna sneclal eomnlttM. Tn ohm. in a hospital tonight suffering rwlndows in several others aerossltlonnaire sonsht information as to from internal Injuries received the street. i that government's attitude on cer- when .she was struck by an auto- Benjamin Armel, and GUmer tain phases of the proposed con mobile. - Jaekann war rnt aavaralv an I la. clltatlon-ftroeeedinrii and the len. Activities to Celebrate Christmas Day ce rated about the face and body I tion today said the tone , of the .25. land rendered unconscious. FrancN I reply was "favorable." IE. Horan. who was In another Draft of Statement WASHINGTON, Dec 25. (AP) The roar of America's mighty Industries were hushed to day and in Its place was heard in the capital city - as' well as RICHMOND, Va., Dec (AP) Two women were fatally injured in two automobile acci- room of the house, was cut by fly- To Be Drawn Soon dents here tonight. ing glass. At the committee meeting Mr. throughout the lenrth and hreadth The dead are: Mrs. Sadie Ford armel and JacVaon w.re Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman f . ini th ntnrviH .hnnt nawl. A A . -rt t I. I Va HAal1 MWH-Mfaa- if . v jiizzitj A-K-ihr&tlnr firirlatmnit anil nail Inmt " ovmii vumuiuico, iniuiovci Af "Mai-i-v PhHitmti " Innrl C I . a . a . - T f Tf M Ha UTof fnss rf nllvfa anH I w. TflrTAn nrmr inn rnna rrnm m win. i .w-. - u . , A Mrs. Davis was hurt fatally dow when more than hndr-d .T. Eligio Ayala. Paraguayan delegate I . 'V'""! , ?v.c" when the automobile in which she Uloded- to the conference, were Instructed "A ioii- auu io ex- was rmmg eoiuaea wun another at a street intersection. Miss Ragland was knocked MIDLAND, Ont.. Dec. 25. to draft the text of the concilia- change of Kreetings as a nation at ttAn n.fi .it, k- I rest from its labors gave itself IFIVHIVUI, A UIO TCAAft U, fcl .UO-I . . . . . . mltted to the two Interested gov (AP) Three school boys, who left ,nr .,-- of the season and the peace on K 0 DETECTED '1 OTer wholeheartedly to the spirit down by an automobile as she was Lr. ZTZJrJtZv. LI SJLZZT 4rrernments for their apprc Arnaolna- ai iaat Chn J UVUJC" V jrWuaj - Iwhrl It will Ka MflAAil A A 1a -av0aaafb o a,avci,. k7UC W AS 1 Cii I a a a - a. . I aw w a,w m av- . , wwaa w va uc U-l tiara aaealAn a f Va aVlt.lM lOUUlUO. a . . . . , I UAS J woooivu VI VXlv SS1 IS I A AUUU 1 1CT T. r"ur?ea conference for that group to take At the white house the Presi- were believed to have broken actIon and appolnt the judgeg of dent andHMrs. Coolidge, like mil through the ice and been droWn- .nI,.ii.ttnn triVnnol Hnn f other Americann were nn eu. i I A ffranm&nt mm tr Vi rl nn1ntTifl tha tlnalad TktiTirlltfR They are: Charles Chalk, Lind-1 purnose of the orotocol was nulck-1 bearing tokens of good wishes say Of ford and Herbert Robitaille, ly reached by the special commit- from friends. For the chief eze tee after considering the replies entire and first lady the day was LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26. of both Bolivia and Paraguay to an unusually busy one because of (AP) Four persons died here the questionnaires which request-1 their departure in mid-afternoon on fhrlstmaa rfav nf ininriea re-led a definition of the controversy I for vacation in the milder climate Arouses ceived In traffic accidents. land themake up of the proposed I of the Georgia coast. Seven persons were arrested conciliation tribunal. It was said Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge left the Christmas Eve on charges of drlv- inai a "ose agreement on the city by special train about the Ing while intoxicated. main points at issue was found in hour that the naval radio brought paj r, n, citi. a uuia "Puwyfoo inai mis wouia word from the other side of the " "V I expedite the work of the com- eouator. that the Presidentrelect miiiee. SELLING M i l E Jlmmle. Gnstello Cop's Curiosity When Pa pers Fail to Sell LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25. Baptist minister and city clerk tT' "rrt, ot Asosa; a Los Angeles suburb. tVfi; Th;' V: 1 killed and hi. wife seriously mm injured when their car was struck trouble' was that Jimmle didn't br Snta r a crossing a11 onnnoh nniiuiun - ItOday. Jimmy used to operate a news stand at Ninth and Broadway. In fact today was the first time In L NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 25. -(AP) Four persons were still-1 COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED AS BURGLAR quite a' spell that Jimmy didn't led today when their automobile yell "wuxtra." was demolished by a Louisville It happened that an observant and Nashville passenger train at a BERKELEY, Dec. 25. (AP) policeman Became perpiexea over i crossing at .Micneaua, xuieen mues i rnomas Donald Hall, 21 year the lack of sales at Jlmmle's J from here. I old sophomore of the University stand. Then, too, it dldn t look Witnesses said the automobile I of Redlands was shot and killed so good when Jimmie deserted his approached the track at a fast there today by Patrolman Thad buainess for minutes at a time to rate of speed, disregarding dan-1 dens Ornes, and William Corne. make conversation with various l ger signals. well Cooney, 21, and George I. Individuals In an adjoining alley. Keller, 23, both juniors at the Last night the policemen decld-l SEDALIA. Mo.. Dec. 25. (AP) same school, were arrested after ed to Investigate Jlmmle's pro- Three persons were killed and they had robbed a florists' shop iraciea visits to me, auey. tie several injured here this alter-1 to get Christmas money. saw Jimmie tais: ana men sup a I noon when a bus collided with After Hall was shot Cooney Dome irom nis pocaec ana nana railway cars being switched at a I surrendered after he had been it to anotner man. inai was vneiero8BinK ena oi jimmie ana nis suina, iori and Mrs.. Hoover were enjoying the holiday aboard the big batUe- shipTJtah now. cruising north ward to Washington. , The radio' told of the holiday festivities planned on . board the man of war which, with the tam pions In the muzxles of Its big guns, Is bearing the incoming chief executive homeward from a good will trip to South America. S ENT BUTLER Grid Sport Found Much Safer Than Perilous Rockers CHICAGO. Dec 25. (AP) That It Is safer to play football than to sit in . a chair is indicated by death statistics compiled by Dr. Herman Bundsen, Cook county (Chicago), 111., Coroner. Only one death In the county during 1928 caus- ed by football while the death of seven persons during same period was attributed to falls from chairs. CMS AT SACRED SHRINE Church of Nativity Scene of Solemn Christmas Rites; Many Present HDQVFR CRINGES PLJUI FOR FUTURE Roosevelt Drifts Disabled in Dangerous Section of Alaskan Wafers"" New and Desperate Attempt Made to Take Crippled . . Vessel in Tow SEATTLE. Dec. 26. (AP) Ra dio advices from the coast guaVd cutter Unalga early this mornlrg said that the disabled tug Rooee- velt was In tow of the gas boat Attn and was safely In the lea of . Cape St. Elias at midnight. The steamer Starr, which the; . Roosevelt had been towing when she was disabled, was holding her own in Wessels reef with thswv steamer Northwestern standing by. President-Elect Will ro Di rectly to Washington on Arrival in U. S. ASKS FEWER LAI Desert Campus For Christmas NEW YORK, Dee. 25. (AP) Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, rirerf at tioa h n. T..t- president of Columbia university. The driver nf the hns Kmmet Information vlvan W PvCnna Vol. I in his annual report issued today the officer found his stand filled Borsef WM BeTerely but not serf- ler was arrested at a hotel. 'Both criticises present day crime cares wun uquor ana jimmie is uusei -i noi ininrori a man nd h hA a aiit t v,.-m AAnfa.Blwnicn wouia operate oj proriuiuK Ing Christmas in Jail awaiUng the daurnter were the most Berlously ed and said they were wlthont barder penalties. - mnrrAtr In innrt ( . a . a I . . . . . I ("Tha anra f ai la vlooanAaa fa rtAt aawaa w ww mm. vv w. liniTnTA1 SB TTlOn W TnA Jill TlA-HHSSUBTerK. I ITlnTtAv Afin flATlBPn A TtlSin fn I wa - All those hurt are in hospitals commit some robberies as a means to pass more lawa'" be said, "still here. of raising funds. The robbery of eB to nia 'f The scene of the accident was the florist's shop was their first ITre na mot crael Punisnmenis at what la known aa a 1 riaajf I ifiminf lior IIS TlOiauou. IBtw ca,u croulnr on a sour track to the! Word from nadianAa onnftfrmlonly more or less futile and ag' 1 j l- - l. & m. . ' - - I mntlnr m-r-nAA I An tn . . . i k lr u r - iruunux vm.rm: lukl ,s i mn I n m E w nm n rmm Tnnnr mmn n.ii w -w Cheer OUCStT' been going to the university there. "The true cure is first to enact wa,v. s I rtr.. mi A Vn waa mm. in 4tk.4 h. iuiJor Drom u Irate la ws which the nieteiv turn hit The .itndv nflitant v t. nva f h inatttntton I general will - does not or will not We spent an hour of merry -n unidentified victim was badlvla. "nr. atndent. with e-ood accept and then to train that gen- Christmas anyway." said one oflm-nr,-d. record" eral will to a habit of intelligent four Chemawa Indian school stu-1 . 1 I ' self-discipline which will make it dents who were arrested "A. W.nr-nr.a mm mill nil! n I nm. una a r.i ' rw is I law abiding when it accepts laws EUxabeth DeBray, Louise LeClaire .utVtl,luHr""'rM"f university of RedlandV student Mississippi and Tennessee and Ike Curley. rinrmn liniiriinrn attmnt th kAii.n of a n-rk: which forbid the teaching of evo- The police noted few violations! VI LLIIL rll IllLllllULU t.- n. .a v. vt- latlon. as being among those be- a. i - nv... 4.. .. r siirrii.iiiiisi iuiiii 11 ' .i- . . .,. Zt ? . w LAULs-UU IIU I LIIIUa.ll kUled by a police officer was ex- BBemurcMuio. those that were reported were I w w ,,w " "f w 1.. w 4. a vr-n l "The follr At thla nroceedlng the youth, here today. - I can only he excelled by Its frult- With nearlv a wk vet to-ao. nm .tnnfi.i v ti.. w. oalleaaness." he said. "Such a law Electric avenue, was charged with rwamhar hniidinr ncrmiti have it. un. iath iii.nt isn't and cannot be. enforced speeding; John Sills, OlympiaLi.-.,. th KnTmW to-Lt,. M.i. .11 valslmDlr because It Is not by nature - t- mmm - J--l- 1 " " " I , I ' - - aVauueui-, . tal. completing a gradual increase needed and never before had glv- eniprceanie. . moDue wun iour persons in lffom,thsj low .mark of the year en trouble. He said ne believed driver's Seat! 8. A. Hofer Ofl--.--- , lni n, tntal fnr lVi V .r.n. .Mlin kimiM Kb m-r-l "7i . ZJr "?: December so far is 1114.100, as plained in no other way than that .a "" compared to the November figure he sought a thrill. 4 bad no muffler on his automo-l - tA- -Kft I bile. Mexican Border Is Moved 2 Blocks to Allow Little Children to Visit Santa of 1103,750. Building in Salem this year has C,. T already passed the million andlUtCVCiia liWVW dne-half mark. The total for 11 months up to December 1 was $1,- 483,143, and the JJecember per mits to date bring it up to $1,-537.343. Figures for the first 11 months To Face Idaho Fraud Chatgesi Ordinary Day is Passed By John D. Rockefeller ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Dec 25. (AP) For John D. Rocke feller Christmas was about like any .other day; golf in the morn ing, lunch at one and a long drive - NOGALLES, Arts., Dec. 25 (AP) The international border between this city and Nogales, Sonora, . was moved back , two . blocks today by American immi gration officers to allow the MexL can children " across i the line to share ini an Anerleaa Christmas. A conuaanlty Christmas tree, -bearing more than sv thousand dol lars worth of. foodv't candy.ru and gifts, was th eager goal of the ;- poor tots-ef the Mexican border 'I ' tewnHonrs before Santa . Clans I was auvxv arrrre w uiakriuuie .m rifts urchins began gathering at the Immigration gates on Grand avenue, .Where American officers stood guard awaiting the hour tor opening the gates and : moving their Immigration line two blocks into American territory. . - At t : 3 0 o'clock the gates were Tha Salam , rhantat. f 'ProfJ r: .'?"u,7' v11.10? Febru- s. Stevens' checkered career wUl about Halifax county In the after- ary.iwa.5uu; marcn,, ziv,z(; dose early , this morning, when I noon. April, SZfO, 518: May. Z 50,915: 1 fltans aeeomnanied bv Denutvl Thu Christmaa eelebratlon of Til Tl 41 ISA Tiilv tilt I m tmm 4 V . T 1 I L. ff..l...ll.. ,.2lk. Ill k. k.u Mexican children, some of them August. $33,725; September, lo. Ida will board a train to re-lThuTsdav etenlnr. when the el- crylng from emotion, others 1 $44, 15 ; Dctober. 83,850; No-1 Urn to that city and face numer- derlr host will enjoy a. Christmas boisterqns and rough, poured member $103,750. through in a mad" rush ' for the Son Dies After BttSTO Berlin's children bearing infants of a tew months of age, with young sisters and brothers clinging to their tat tered garments.1 Surging around the giant ; and dazzling tree, rows and rows of them gased In ous charges of obtaining money I tree, according to his usual cus- under false pretenses. ' , torn, with neighbors, friends and StevenS, who was known " at I members of his family about him. Pocatello as Meyer, was arrested pieion : which was later corrobor- Stop Means Stop -l am. -.a.m... tv ,. 1 I , .Lea.. Jim.. ua wu ina man tie. - -. Short Sickniisrl To Gun Wielder i nn iiiauu sttilw. nn u u nmn bbiu here pending the arrival of the thrown open. A mob of strngglinf place of official vlrgil, .ttbttt WAn v ; m r ' i i ii n.lft : .f Im .ml, tti fta--4-i ' i i 'TUCTUniT. lTlie4. .f AT awe, and then shrieked in Joy, as I , - , U.v-... tmiMinr. wht-t.twhn r wniard nn-a .hall a !r?.Vil . JSS Mr. Bd Mrs." IrvinVruTdled we .dlsmled m circnit court taxJcab he belleves.it should stop -rt tVJirVr--T- a-7 ' today of a heart atUck at the here. Moncuy. -x as a resuu or tnai,meory ne 10- put in their hands toys and food. 1 ,-, ..-.-1 : ' r , l Uitwh i a hoaniial with a hni- eandy and new clothes.. llrrtnw Jr. ha ahown Tin rintt ' W)T8 TO BIS OTJTDED fiat wound in his ler. Remsen An hour's exhilaration on Amer-inf illness until aelzea with the at-1 CHICAGO. Dec. 25. (AP) A I was shot by a patrolman who an- ican soil, where eager hands and I tack ari- thla nonln. 4 t 125.000.000 camnaia-n to stamn ontiswered a renort that Remsen waa hearts were filled, was allowed the! The composer and his wife .1 Juvenile delinquency by guiding I sniping promiscuously at passing border line visitors before the (daughter of Clarence Mackay. arejthe activities of boys In congested (taxlsv Remsen told police he fired line again was moved back to itslthe parents of a girl, Mary Ellen, districts of the city was announced (when the cabs failed to heed hi two years old. , today Jyjfhe Chicago Boys club. JhaiL" BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Dec 25. (AP) This little .town of the Nativity was the scene of im pressive services last night as thousands of tourists and natives visited it to partake in solemn Christmas celebrations. Hundreds of automobiles, their headlights making, one great glare of light, blocked the road over a great distance, v At the Church of the Nativity, the heads of the Bethlehem muni cipality and other prominent per sons headed by choir boys intoned hymns for two hours and then fol lowed in procession to the grotto while along the steps and walls black robed nuns knelt In silent prayer.- After ceremonies at the grotto by the patriarch, the pro cession left the grotto by the op posite side. The neighboring Franciscan church was packed with crowds from the late afternoon. At mid night the Latin patriarch, clad in a purple robe entered the Fran ciscan church and celebrated holy mass in the presence of the gov ernbr of Jerusalem and the coun sels of the Catholic powers, re maining in prayer until this morning when a new pontifkial mass was .begun. PARTY YET SEEKING "ii llll TRIP GRAND CANTON, Arts., Dec. 25. (AP) Christmas Day pass ed and the shades of night fell upon the .deep gorge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river marking the close of the 7th day since Olenn Hyde of Hansen, Ida-, embarked with his adventurous wife on their "thrill trip" down the great river canyon. Searchers for the missing couple found boot prints on the silt on the bottom of the mile deep canyon at Ruby Canyon rapids, but no further trace of the couple has been re ported. One searching party headed by Emory Kolb, pioneer of the can yon region, is on its second day out of Diamond creek in a crudely constructed boat searching the 13 miles between Diamond creek and Separation rapids. This; party will make a survey of the camp equip ment reported by army engineers to haveibeen left In the stranded scow of the Hydes. "..- A pack horse party will meet the Kolb party IS miles down the canyon Thursday when the first report of the Kolb 's findings will become known. ABOARD U. S. 8. UTAH. Dec. 26. (AP) President-elect Her bert Hoover has changed his plans and will proceed directly to Wash ington upon returning from his South American tour.' This an nouncement was made today in the midst of Christmas celebra tions on board the battleship Utah which now is cruising northward. Under the revised schedule the battleship will head for Hampton Roads, Va., where It Is expected to arrive January 6 The Hoover party then will disembark and proceed to the capital city. Mr. Hoover probably will remain in Washington for a week or ten days attending to matters await nlg his attention. After that he will go to Florida as originally planned. This change In schedule was hailed with pleasure by members of the Hoover party as well as the officers and crew of the battle ship as It had been expected that Mr. Hoover would land In Florida Land remain In that state until almost time tor his inauguration. Hampton Roads Is the Utah's base and it now will be possible for its officers and crew to pay brief visits to their families be fore leaving on a three-months' practice cruise to Panama. The revised plans also will enable the president-elect personally to at tend to his affairs in Washington rather than to attempt to execute their direction from a winter home In Florida. Whether a trip will be made to Cuba and Mexico before the inauguration Is expect ed to be decided after Mr. Hoover reaches Washington. As the battleship moved north ward today schools of flying fish played alongside in the tropical waters. BILLY RAH IS GUARDED BY COPS Six Killed When Hotel Is Swept By Fierce Blaze AKRON. f O- Dee, 25. (AP) Six persons lost their lives and seven others were Injured . when names arose tnrougn irom i the basement of the Park hotel early today. The victims, along with seme eighty other - guests ' who were in the building when flames broke . through from the base ment, were trapped in rooms and corridors of the vhoteL Gaseous moke rose -up a v clothes r chute from the basement ; and : filled the structure. Most oi. the guests battled their ; way through the smoke, those on tbe lower escap ing down the stairs. CHICAGO, Dec. 25. (AP) Big policemen with real guns stood watch outside Billy Rani- erl's home today. Inside, ten- year-old Billy and his two broth ers played with toy guns. There have been guns around Billy since he became a famous little boy last September when he pointed out the men who kidnaped him and held him prisoner. - The weary policemen pacing the side walk in front of his house gripped their guns a little tighter. Just last week when assassins shot a man who was to have testified against Billy's kidnapers. , So toy guns were Billy's choice for a Christmas present. Judge Robert E. Gentsel, who presided at the trial of the young ster's abductors, gave Bill a new ten dollar bill for Christmas and his dad gave him another. "I spent, $18.50 of that to Wj the judge a present,"- Billy said today. "But this afternoon Alex, baby brother and I went out and bought a toy gun apiece. They were only a quarter but they work and shoot sparks." SEATTLE. Dec. 25: (A P) Sixteen men aboard the Seattle tug Roosevelt faced a new fight for life today when the line with which their ship was being towod by the halibut boat Attn snapped before the two vessels cleared the danger tone off Vesnels reef in tha Gulf of Alaska. The Roosevelt had been disabled previously jit while attempting to tow the dls. - 1 abled steamer Starr to Seattle. With the tug Roosevelt drifting steadily toward the reef, ancber dragging, the halibut boat ' had averted disaster by getting a line . aboard the tug early today. Meaet- while the Starr was holding Us anchorage in sixty fathoms of water and the steamer Northwest ern was standing by. Halls Rigged Up To Head Seaward "Roosevelt has set aft sails try ing to head into sea but drifting before wind," said a wireless mee- sage to coast guard headquarters here late today. The Attu was standing by and making a new at- -tempt to take the Roosevelt in tow, the message added. The same message said the con dition of the Starr also was. "an- . . certain." The Starr has 23 men aboard. The coast guard cutter Unalga, speeding from Juneau to tha .. -scene, was reported today oft Cape Spencer, normally a sixteen hour run to the stricken vessels, but probably a longer one because of the heavy seas. The sea drama began ' nearly- " , two weeks ago when t be Starr ' truck a reef off Dark Island, western Alaska. The Starr was towed to Seward by the steamer Alameda, and the tug Roosevelt was sent north trees Seattle last week by William O. Calvert, Jr.. head. of the San Jean Fishing company, to bring the . .. Starr to Seattle. SON HAPPY DESPITE E OF MURDER CB EL CENTRO. Cal., Dec. 25. (AP) Mrs. Margaret Kilce. over whom Martin Ray Kilgovw is alleged to have killed F. A. Bart- ley, wealthy dairyman, today snt her son her love and wished hiss a Merry Christmas in jail here. The message was brought ay his father from the Kilgore heme. at Mar Vista, near Los An galea. Tor' the last two years, dad.. young' Kilgore told his father, "Bartley's affair with mother nasi caused me untold grief, but this Is the happiest Christmas I hava spem. (Tea " i ia w j with murder. - - Kilgore surrendered to the sheriff here after Bartley lad! been killed from ambush witto a shotgun early 8unday. No Births Here - Christmas Day Salem wae missed on Christ saia day by the Santa who bring taw little human presents. Not a ta- ' gle birth was reported by any ef the hospitals. Serious accidents were also lacking, from the repart on the city's physical well-being. Three . deaths were reported by Salem funeral directors Tuesday night, . , 1 . . ' World's Largest Meeting Of Scientists Will Open . Tonight; Papers are Read 'NEW YORK. Dec. 25. (AP) Scientists from all over the United States and Canada gather here tomorrow for a meeting fore cast as the largest conference of scientists in the world, the annual convention of the American asso ciation for the advancement of science. The sessions open tomorrow night and continue through New Tear's, night. - Forty-five scientif ic societies, their subjects ranging from home building and ancient tombs, to chemistry and endro cine glands, will participate in the meeting. . j J ii The American association mem bership Is composed ot i a great number ot college, university and school scientists.- '.Their field is "pure science,"- that is, research for the sake of discovery '-.alone, regardless of the Immediate fU aanclai' benefit or even of the immediate usefulness. Neverthe less their work Is the . foundation upon which in the past two d. cades an amazing world of applied scientific Improvements has keen erected, and they are the jpriaei ple trainers, -through" their pra fesslon as teachers, of the Ameri can scientists of the future. v The papers to be delivered are not yet all on hand, but advance estimates place them at upwards of 2,000 . Most of them are on. technical subjects. ? Each . year these papers are scanned a Utile breathlessly because among these may be another important scien tific discovery. Recognising this interest, the association makes an annual . award for . an 'outstand ing" ; paper, carefully retrains from' calling it' the most Imror tant paper, on the ground tlat the tlgniflcance of the most ira portant .paper may cot - r tt recognized for several yc.j... ,