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
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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
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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... ,