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LESS THAN le DAILY I fVT m ( j V H ?V5A0 THE WEATHE ay have this paper, 1Ut- ? . 4 : VOfSO' NJ IV Sj 'Akf-Z? S-j V.AVJS.VC SVVSyVv ' Max. Tewip. Saturday 63, md by mall In Oregon. . CZ . 1 4TiJ'' S S . J . BIUu 2, river feet, rain - fti " -') : : -!. .T SrTf J ' ' v til M UiXM--"-"-' . - ; , - t 1 n . -I ) I . . 1 , '( - , i - - i .'! . 4 , i (! ' j1.;;!' . I j , ;r1t - 1 - . - t ; . 131 ( HT Y - t'l RST YEAR J !! I "1 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning; September 20, 1931 . . ( : , , , , J52 . : . 1 i . " . ' ., ' ' ' .. . i ii i it in i ii i i i i i ii i 5 1 ' ' , i ... ,. ......... r T. - . i " . , - , ,,',, i v " , . - 1 ARRIVE TO BE PLACEI : 10 LINEN Second Carload Coming This Week; Installation to. : Be Finished Soon Reorganized- Saiem Mill to Have Variety -Output; Progress is Noted ; Filled with new automatic looms, a car of the New York, New HaTen & Hartford "railroad direct from Providence, R. I,, was Friday shunted onto the twitch at the plant of the Salem Linen Mills, In ci and workmen were put at the task of getting each piece of the equipment loose from its firm fas tenings and taking it into the weaving room of the mill, on the east side of the acre or more of : floor space in the main machinery building there. Each- one of the . looms is equipped with an indi vidual motor, and within a few days it will bo at work turning out linen products;; doing its steady and never-ending i bit towards a balanced production tha will now be the Tule. Another car of looms, started a few days after this one, by the New England factory turning the1 cut, will be here this week, with verything made ready for instal lation. This will give the reorgan ized Salem linen mill the big mn IK new automatic looms, vn in ,mwm in lie n au i.w m-- w that will raise the present force of employes around 125. Tfte l new looms jviii fi"- . all a "f8 01 " T 1.4 lO DO JJlVUCOi, 0iA - . n MaKAH-'WW " infill IIHD I six 0 f.tL . tinrn ni , x la it iuvuco. from 24 to 38, two from ;3 to ac twn frntn 4 5 to 58. Inches. Will Retain Som Of I'lrst Looms Ther are two looms in the old equipment, already in they mill, that will be reconditioned, to turn out jacquard damasks in sheetings and table cloths. They have a range up to 90 inches in width. They -will be put into operation after reconditioning' and the,, se curing f$X. pattern equipment 'for themThe jacquard appliance they already have. ' - Five of the narrow looms of the Tninmciit have been recondi- Uoned and are and have been for some time at work on toweling. xfnrA nf these narrow low wi be reconditioned, up to the num ber that will W6 economical op eration, perhaps eigni or iu wllJL Ll--?W-,Lm h been oar- .ui.. nff from tne spinning ur ?! . -m miM. in the interest of a well rounded produc- tlon with all uepanmeoi 'tn and doing their appropri- j ate bits Some new machinery , is I v-inir Ad in bringing thia about, nrounds in the r rear have been j a-a Y.TeiAd roads built, ana the grounds will be beautified with '" m"Z . - TTlUI I .K.ti p BTin ' x i u w DiSf! has as good a complement of ma- ehinery as could d bosui ti, rt weakness haa been in " . . a. l.tj.lv la -.viwtr (TAnartment. which Is rinw tiPiur brought up-to-the-mln- Pending the ordering and ship- ment and installation of th .new MtilTtment. the spinning department has: been busy 4 for tome time, maainB "".r.rj , i .Ail-tufa tor me itorlng up a supply of yarn for o- - that there will be litn. dalav in retting everything 'going, and there will bo no halt; no waiting. Variety: of 'Good win Km Woven i W.V-3.. looms will weave crashes huek toweUng, drapery ..tw nr dresa coods. luncn- eon seta ' and I Other artlclea that "the tiadn may demana. mey- ' f u 11 ' aatomauc i macnmesi almost make their own changes.. throwing o - a spoo ' of yarn and taking In Its place new spool. "lng the jarn ..tinnnni orodactlon. Tuts mtMt oneration. and t4-. ti.i. mill a chance to com pete with th best equipped fac- era will be provided some 1 . 'JZ eotton. aiv- f,rv.I trade anv mixture It may the main products ..r.-w-. h Tnr Unens: the finest tfiat can bo turned oat from Oreron producer nue v"""'" to bo made the finest in tha world, The new looms would even weave .iAt The weaving department of this j before C. A. Howard, state sup , nt sufficiently large to erilntendent of schools. At the .,v. the varns from the spin- iipnrtment. so there will continue to be, as at present, - a to have his decision ready Mon larite supply for the eastern trade, day. ! School is now under way at Th 'marketing of the .woven sntherlin, Byersi having taught i-oriript will begin this week A .nnniv of toweUng is now on hand, K.rViit throush the beater room and otherwise prepared for -ship- that Byers as been guilty of ment to the trade, which is ready ucts of improper familiarity to it Thf has come from the ward women teachers" under his five old, narrow looms which have J direction. The complaint was sup v,o. Tannine' for several weeks. I norted bv the testimony of Jean- Within a few days;! 'through the operation of some of the new aa- tomatlo lobms,'thesu-pply for mar- ket will be Increased greatly In volume, and Ml the,16 new looms will' be going In the next few wek9.- ' Thus Is the long draam of Sa - lem as a linen center being rea - (Turn to page 2, col. 1) New Automatic Looms Will Play I i Part in Linen Development? Here : - ' J-pl ts:: w ' -..... J J niiMiliWMi iiWiiiii mnmrimii r r : I .5 . i One of i the new automatic looms for loaded from the car. Shown with the loom, John IS. Meek (left) and F, J. Gilbraith (right) of the Salem Linen Mills, Inc. j Cox, First Of Salem I i Memorial Tablet at Site of , First Store to be H Unveiled September 29; Burt Brojwn V Barker Will Speak TTARKING backward that Jj vivid and vital, ceremonies i chanty Thomas Cox, and unveiling a memorial tablet at the site I of the first store, will be tember 29, at 10 o'clock. The , a..ni' f Thflmss J . . i '. O mm 1 i" ' j - V HEN SEEN FOR SGHD8LS Senior. High to Have 1300, Total-m System may : Reach:4800 Mark- Because of a large influx of school-age children into the city from .other school districts both in and out of the -state and be cause of tha fact that fewer chil dren this year are being employed at harvesting the prune crop, an enrollment tomorrow markedly schools! and of some of the grade w vv ... highj as 4800. If estimates made last week by the principals prove tv Aixiinimum of 1300 students Is expected at the senior high school, according to Principal Fred D. wolf J Many studenU new to the district have registered there each week during the past month. I. Hi rarrisa iuuiua UXKU a.uw. 1, 1V.1 1,1,1, . Uqq gnpiis is anticipated. In con- itrast; wun me s resiBiereu iubib hast iyear. : The maximum figure t . i t which may be reached at Leslie iuior high Is 4 SO. Last year 37 z attended the school. -B,.ee 0f the grade school prln- I clpal are expecting to see larger lA.14nAta tn thir hulMinrn. Lyi0 Murray, principal of Engle- I wood, stated last wees: mat me registration there wonid prooaoiy reach 330, 30 more than last year. If any! change in school boundaries is made this year, it most likely will he to shift a number of En- glewood pupils to Washington school. George Hug, city school su nerintendent. stated Friday. In creased registration of pupils was also forecast by- the- principals of Grant; with 260. and of Park, with 23J ipUpng . expected. Enrollments at the other six ( (Turn tQ pajge 5,-col. 61 Charge Principal Being' 'Overly Friendly The sUte capitol yesterday had Its ! second school hearinr of the j week, this one being on the de- i mand of Mrs. Edith 8. Ackert, I county superintendent of Douglas county, tha the teachers' certifl- v i pal of the Sutherlln school, be re- vokedl : The entire matter was aired conclusion of the hearing Mr I Howard announced that he hoped I for one week. 1 The complaint against Byers I signed by Mrs. . Ackert, charged ette Sloan, Iva Curtis, Constance Weinman and Blanche Slater, all teachers In the Sntherlin school, At a hearing before the school board of the ;v Sutherlla district last May, Byers was cleared of the charges of Improper conduct and lan appeal was taken to the state 1 superintendent. Mrs. Slater, primary teacher in the Salem IJnen Mills being un Merchant is Honored the present may seem more honoring Salem's first mer- held Tuesday moraine, Sep bronze memorial will be placed Cox. under ausnibes of the Salem !alAm phamhAr of commerce. v .. Fittingly enough,, an Oregon man who has made al wide name in public affairs and who is also a direct lineal descendant of Tho mas Cox, will "eliver at the ceremonies. ; the address He is Dr. Burt I Brown Barker, vice-presi' dent of the "University of Oregon. The unveiling will take place at the northeast corner of South Commercial and Ferry? streets, where Dr. Cox, in 148,-erected the first store building In Saiem and1 there 't carried k on n general store business. At that site also was conducted the first postof- f Ice, with Cox as postmaster. - i Thomas Cox was the rather or Mrs. Elias Brown,- who came with her daughter, ! later Bert Brown Barker's mother, to Ore gon In 1847. r Dr. Barker, who wm aeuver the memorial tablet address, was graduated from i Salem high school In 1889, earning his mon ey by working in the garden of Willamette university, ? from which he was graduated in las i. Chinese Greatly Alarmed Due to Japanese Action VATCKTNO. China. I Sept. 20-4- ranndavl--rAP The national ist rnTernment is "greatly exer rised over the situation caused by the unprovoked I attack by Japanese troops on ! Mukden and other cities of Manchuria." For eimi Minister ?Wang told the As sociated Press correspondent to- dav.'i. ' -il 4 i'-i Besides lodging vigorous pro tt with the -Japanese govern ment, Wang said t appropriate steDs will be taken to appraise ty iarn a of Nations and slg nfttoriea of the Kelloga? pact of tha "unwarranted action on the part of Japanese troops. - i UNDY OFFERS AID NANKING, China.,) Sept. 1S a p Colonel Charles A. Uind' coffered to lace his Mr rAckheed monoplane and his own services at the disposal of the' Chinese overnnieht in the flood, emergency. " t I . , With 9 o- Byers had been "overly friendly" In his conduct toward ner, spena Ing a "great neal of unnecessary time in my room during noon hours and after school." An Intimation by ! counsel for Byers that Mrs. Slater's antagon ism toward the school r principal might hare been motivated by a reduction in her salary for which she held Byers responsible, was indirnantlv denied t by the wit ness. ' '.. Miss Weiman of Salem, a teach er in the Sutherlln i high school also testified that Byers was "very friendly" and IthatThe had "at one time placed his . hands on my shoolder and arm," - Miss Curtis of Eugene, also em ployed in the Sutherlln- - high school, declared that Byers had a "habit of patting, me on the shoulder,' knee and hands."" She had been : In ByerV office on one occasion when the door was lock ed, she said, but recalled noth ing Out of the way as taking place at that time. j I - 1 Mrs. Jeanette Mathews, former ly Miss Sloan, testified that Byers was ""always - wanting private conferences" with her in bis of fice t "very nearly every ; night 4 (Turn to page 5, eoL 4) STATE FAIR TO OPENSATURDAK FOR 70TH TIE Parade is First Official Event; Program .for Week is Listed 4-H Rally, Buckeroo, Many 'Attractions Planned For City's Guests The state fair opens Saturday. . Just six days away is the par ade sponsored by 1 the Salem chamber of commerce -wfiich is the first official event of the "70th Oregon state fair. : When prominent Salem people conversant with horseback riding, and decked in the appropriate raiment for the wild west parade which announces the big feature of the first three dayji of the fair, gather at Marlon square to par ade at 10:30 Saturday morning with bands playing,1 stage-coach bells Jingling, and an occasional "yippee; from the rodeo perform ers, the lid will-be joff for nine aays or fair time. Opening Saturday Free to Children That opening Saturday Is bovs' and girls' free day Everyone of high school age and under is the guest of Max Gehlhar, director of the department of agriculture on this first day. j From north and south, east andr west, boys and girls are coming to Salem to make opening day a record-breaker In attendance. The Southern Pacific will iopef ate spe-1 cial trains from Portland to Fair- grounds, and from! as far south as Roseburg to Fairgrounds. aunoay is in xirst dayf the! 4-H boys and girls club program.; Special trains will run to Salem for this occasion too, bringing members from all pairts of westi ern Oregon. M ' : :1 ' ' - r Governor Meier, C. A. Howard. state superintendent of publie in-c struction; Paul V. Marls of Cor vallls, Max Gehlhar, director of the department of i agriculture r (Turn to page 5 j col. 5) MOB GATHERS ID THREATENS SLAVED CLARKSBURG, W. Va.. Sept. 19 (Sunday) (AP) A mob of ,8,000 to 4.000 persons which gathered before the jail In which Harry F. Powers, alleged slayer of five Is confined,! was dispersed this morning after more than two hours? effort by state), county and city ponce. i : Tear gas bombs were liberally used by the officers' 1b breaking up the assemblage.! j A number of men were arrested andU two were Injured when struck by flying portions of the bombs. Cries of "bring out Powers." and "we want Powers were heard as the crowd milled about the Harrison county prison. The mob seemed to lack leadership and from utterances heard, most of the people had been attracted to the scene by persistent rumors during the day that an attempt would be made to lynch the pris oner sometime during the night. At one juncture.) the fire de partment was called out. Hose was attached to hydrants bat was quickly severed by persons in the crown. j j Bandits Hold up ,. Shoe Store and Take Large Sum -." V.'--i Lt.t,t: .y-t.,:v . PORTLAND, Ore.i .Sept 19.- (AP) Two . bandits held 'up' a downtown -shoe store here tonight and escaped with a pout $1100. The two -men entered the atore shortly before the j closing hour. Only two customers were in the store and the bandits spent half an hour 14 ing fitted with shoes until the customers left. Then they ordered five clerks Into the basement and forced C. M. H111, proprietor, to open the safe. After obtaining the money the bandits took the key to the store. departed and locked the door be hind them. Hill and his employes escaped through a ' door leading Into the basement of an adjoining 6tore. ;T..ir ; Pair Permitted To Fly Pacific TOKYO, Sept. 19 (AP) An attempt by Clyde Fangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr to make ' non-stop flight of 4485 miles across : the Pacific from Samu- shlro, Japan to Seattle, Wash., was authorised today by the Jap anese government. The fliers planned to take oft for Seattle about September 26. ' i ; ' AKRON Willi FLY i AKRON, O -Sept. 19. (AP)'- Weather forecasts were carefully scanned hero tonight as the navy prepared to take the giant dirig ible Akron out of the dock for Its maiden voyage at 2 p. m. Eastern Standard time Monday. - t School Days , .e- - -- Begin Again Here Monday ' Summer Tacation is gone. Four thousand boys and girls of Salem will attend that usually gala oc casion the first day of school tomorrow morning.- - i Only one' thing will be lacking from the same picture of other years: the grade children, com prising about one-half of the to tal enrollment, will not appear at the school buildings with books under their . arms or dangling from i straps. Instead, as a result of the new free textbook law, the geographies and others will be neatly plied In the various -rooms, ready for use. , School will 'commence at both the grade and the high schools at 9 o'clock, tomorrow and last un til noon. On Tuesday the grades will begin at the same hour,' the senior and Parrish junior high schools at 8:40 o'clock and Lea He junior high at '8:45 o'clock. and last all day. Children : entering the grade schools for the first time, either In the IB or in higher classes, will go to the principal's, office to reg ister. The other pupils will go to! the rooms of their particular! grade. Tomorrow morning's ses sion in the grades wilr be given over to distributing the free tett books and making assignments; High school students will gath er, in the assembly hall at 9:00 o'clock for an hour to receive In structions. From 10 o'clock until noon they will go to their , home rooms to receive their programs and confer with their home room Instructors." The school busses will arrive at. noon to take the out-or-town students back to theirj homes. And the first day of school will be at an end for the students. The teachers will meet In the aft ernoon at their respective build ings for conference. t ENGINEERS REPORT I SHORTCUT PLAN Wilson River, Wolf Creek Hamlet Routes Form j "Y" System, Word , ' : T : -The Wilson t river route on the south and , the Wolf Creek-Hamlet route on ' the j north lend ' them selves best to a "T system of shortcut roadsi to the coast from Portland to the aea. This Is the opinion of engineers of the state highway department as set out In a ; reconnaissance reported which was released late Saturday after noon. ; t-.-v. ', :X .- : j The two roads proposed In the report provide the shortest dis tance between Portland and the coast, involve the least amount of new construction and can be built for a total cost of $4,079,830, the report points out. . The, reconnaissance on which (Turn to page 6, coL 5) WATER VOTE BILL COMES UP MONDAY Probable approval by the city council of an ordinance calling a special election to vote upon the question of $2,500,000 moun tain, water system for Salem was Indicated yesterday in an Infor mal poa or councumen. , While considerable opposition to such a system was Indicated by several aldermen, the consensus of opinion was that there was a very decided group which would not be content, until the mountain water proposal went to the polls. These councilman said they pro posed to " let the people have a chance to vote. ? The: ordinance which will be up pfe third reading Monday right at the'; council- meeting, will' prob ably be amended - ia several de tails. One. will be the elimination of ; the word "Immediate' from tfcfc ; paragraph ' providing for the making of plana for a system when the bonds have been ap proved. Instead it la expected that the proposed charter amendment will leave the time for preparing plans In the hands of . the water commission. Nellie Ross Due Here Wednesday To Give Address "1 i" . .'I-" y'':-'1'-"-' y PORTLAND, i Ore., Sept. 19. (AP) Mrs: Nellie Tayloo Ross, formerly ! governor of Wyoming and vice-chairman of the. demo cratic national committee, Is due In . Portland tomorrow, and will spend a week In Oregon In the In terest of demaeratlc national poll-. tics; . j . , . - i Mrs. Roas is in charge of wom en activities tor, the democratic party. While in Oregon she will be a -guest of the democratic state committee." Mrs. Ross will speak In Portland Monday, Tuesday and t Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon she will go to Salem for a; meeting there ana Thursday morning she will be a guest at the meeting of the Ea gene Breakfast club. That night she is scheduled to speak In Al bany. Friday she will speak at Medford. " - II DOZER flOT ITTED TO Commission Should i Assure Wise Expenditure Says ; Board's Chairman ; Aid to Unemployed , Deemed Lever Used to Force Issue on Members i PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 19 (AP) II. B. Van Duier, chair man of the state highway commis sion, Issued the following; state-, ment here today : la connection with the proposed short road from Portland to the sea: : "'The commission has agreed formally to construct a so-called short road from Portland to -the sea,' so as to serve both the com mercial and recreational interests. "It would appear that the pres ent and ! unfortunate widespread -condition of unemployment , :i has ' been seized upon as a popular way to force the issue. j . . 1 ; "The commission i also j realises that the construction of this short; roads means the .expenditure of from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. dependent upon the type of con struction and the route selected. And it Is entitled to know to a reasonable cerainty before it starts to spend that money that its expenditure will give to the public ' the road that should be built and to return to' them the most fpr the money paid;! - n j; "I do! not intend ton minimise what might and wll be given to the" unemployed In the way of work during the coming! winter on the construction of the coast highway.. l 1M H "The commission is at one with Governor Meier in . developing plans , to do all that la possible. not only in this section; but . lit all sections of .the state, to provide work for the unemployed. The engineering forces are busy at the present time formulating the sanje., , , M 11 'i ij I -f. I SET FOR STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Sept. 19. (AP)-Aa peace fully as he had lived his 80 years. Dr. David Starr Jordan,; r chancel-; lor-emeritus of Stanford nuniver-t sity and dean of American univer sity presidents, died at his campus home, Serra House, here today. -The kindly old educator, had never regained consciousness after a stroke of paralysis yesterday. He bad -suffered for some time from a complication of maladies 'i due mainly to his advanced age. ' t - The funeral will be held at 2:30 p. m. next Monday in the Stan ford university memorial churchi From 10 a. m. to 1 p. ms Monday the body will lie in. state In the charge of Dr. D. Charles Gardner, church. ; The services ' will i be in university chaplain, and Dn Aug ustus T. .Murray, pioneer member of the faculty and former pastor of the Friends church in; Washing' ton, D. C. i 1 1 ii ,1 " 4 Coolidge Cousin .1 Dies at Age 85 PLYMOUTH, ?Vt, Sept. If (AP) "Uncle John" Wilder, fiddler, farmer and i uncle of 1 ex- President Calvin Coolidge, ' died at his home here today. , He was 85 years old.- 'M ' Wilder . will be buried In the village cemetery H Monday, ; ; close by the grave of Colonel Joha Coolidge, father of the "former presidenti Parade tor Dogs,; eats, pigeons, rata, chameleons, turtles, ponies, rah 1 bits; and baby chickens, on foot, in cages. In baby carriages, and in the arms of their owners all appeared at Marion Square Sat urday morning to be entered In the - Mickey Mouse pet . parade sponsored by Warner Bros. Elsl- nore theatre, Marty Sehwarta, manager. . Sol Dolgln, publicity man, and The Statesman. Proud owners, some in cos tume and others not, 'presented their pets in all their best! posi tions and each child . was Inter ested and amused with the pets of his neighbor as well as - his own. " A truly remarkable con gregation of at least 150 young sters between .the -ages of four years' and 14 years trooped down South Commercial street ; led by three mounted Mickey' Mouse members and the : stars and stripes. Quiet and eaTeful and happllyvlnterested In all that was going on they set a fine example for young ' America. . When the parade drew up be fore The Statesman office and the Judges had to take up , the responsibility of finding the prize winner for each of the divisions the real trouble started-r-not for 1 ODE T JOREUI SEMES MO DAT Jap&i's -I roups ; 13 (Control of: facliiiria; Parsons Freed -. , At Bend. Comes ! On Check Charge : s -1 - 1 ( i BEND. Ore.; Sept. 19 (AP) ' R. B. Parsons. , formerly t Bend city attorney.! charged i with ob taining money under false pretenses,- was freed1 here: today by Order; of Judge Corklns.'; ': , The chargi involve $22:50 which Parsons was v accused - of having secured ' from ( the! city of Bend by "padding an expense ac count." Inability of i the state to Identify the bill upon, which the charge, was based brought the di rected .-verdict.; , ,:.,'., . .. VU ' Parsons immediately '.was ar rested on a warrant charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses in Marlon county. . Towed car Breaks Loose, Bangs Into Machine I Of Mrs. Compton Mrs. - Ella Compton. wife, of Harry Compton, Portland cloth ler, received three broken ribs as the result of a towed, automobile breaking i loose from . a. wrecker. owned by W. Ryan of the South Salem -garage, and crash ing Into the side of her : car , at South Commercial and 1 Trade strets at 4:15 o'clock ! yesterday afternoon. Her; small daughter. BettViJean. was. unharmed. ; The Injured woman :was taken immediately in a Salem Taxi am bulance to Salem General hospl tal. I X-ray pictures i were taken to determined how seriously she was hurl. ... 1 . l' i! ., . . At the time . of .the accident Mrs. i Compton was driving north on South Commercial street m her large sedan 'and the wrecker was going south. The towbar on the wrecker either; broke or came uncoupled and the large touring car, which was being , named backwards; rolled 1 aross the street and struck Mrs. Compton'a machines on the -left side. The front sedan door was buckled in ward against the woman, and her machine 'shoved against the curb ing, i Although both windows on , KTurn to page 5, col. 7) MARFA, Tex., Sept. 19 (AP) -Persistent reports of projected bandit raids along the Brewster and. s Presidio ; county borders of the Kio Grande big Bend eountry hare caused ranch men n isolated sections to remote their families to safety in towns more distant from the border. . ' , ; J . fi t Peace i officers here maintain the strictest ; secrecy but it is known that both counties are be ing guarded . against i possible raids of Mexican bandits from acrosa the border, Three army planea landed here Thursday. , -; -, This is the second time since the World war that armed planes have visited border' posta: -a, re sult of conditions of unrest across ;ihe Rio Grande, f t - - . ;. Mickey Mouse the contestants but for tha poor juagesj The mos beautiful pet the best, trained and., the 'tiniest Some .were easy to find, the smallest dog; for -Instance there were puppies that were tiny but mere waa a full grown toy ter rterj which was Smaller than the tiny puppies. WUh; careful consideration' and the i quiet cooperation of the chil dren the work of Judging was fi nally completed without; casualty although several fights were pro moted) between a.: fiery and an In quisitlve dog: one dog tight of more j than ? ordinary intensity; and, two fleas escaped from -the bottle in which their owner had them 1 imprisoned The list 1 of winners and their peti 1! For the most beautiful cat. Betty nauge's "Mltxle", blue An gora: ., For the cat with longest hair, -Valerie Karrd's light yellow Persian; - For the biggest all round pet, Muriel " Beckman - for her sorrel horse ."Lady'V ' years old and weight $50 pounds; For smallest yet other than dog, Joe Hermann's ebameleon; For big gest dog, Frances and Virginia ; (Turn to pafe 5, col. 6) PORTLAi WOMAN, INJURED 10 CBASI BflT RIIII6 Oil .BORDER IS FEARED TIT Mi 'Mii'li Capita, Mukden, and AH of Cities on ' Railroad Taken Heaviest Fighting, is At Nanling; China : Force Gives up - TOKYO. : Sept. 19 (AP) Japanese troops controlled all southern Manchuria tonight after routing Chinese soldiers In on day of fighting. ' . Mukden,' capital of Manchuria. was held by the Japanese, as was every otner ciiy on' the south Manchurian railway along Its 693 miles of Japanese operation... J The heaviest fighting, eald Rengo news j agency dispatches, : oi aaugcnun. ii& nine north of Mukden and terminus of the ' railway.; The Chinese garrison of Nanling surrendered after all day resistance. . The Japanese estimated their'; losses in the Nanling "engagement aa 40 killed $ and 50 wounded. They used machine guns and be lieved the Chinese losses were considerable. ' . Capture Effected i j With little Lose ! The capture of Mukden wag ef fected -with fewer casualties. The Japanese estimated their losses at two dead; and seven to ten wounded, and the Chinese casual ties at 13 dead, fifteen wounded, with 600 to 800 Chinese captured. Onlv n Hnun ahnfa war a t-0A the Japanese artillery, the Japan ese asserted, and the Chinese re plied with Jight field pieces with out damage. . The Japanese further stentrth- Jened their position la the Mukden T Jt.t.l.l . ... ... .... : , uismcb oy occupying rungiayinu, headquarters of the; Manchuriaii army east? of the city. Twenty Chinese "soldiers were captured, while 5,000 fled toward Fushun. In addition to the fall of Nan ling the .Chinese garrison" at Kwangchengtze, also adjoining Changchun, j surrendered 1 after holding out stubbornly, i NANKING, China. Sept. 19 (AP) Immediate cessation of hostilities by Japanese troops in and about Mukden and their with drawal to their original positions was demanded in a vigorous note sent by Foreign Minister C. T. Wang today to Japanese Minister Shigemitsu for transmission to Tokyo. - This action followed receipt of reports of the fightlnr in . and about Mukden yesterday which resulted 'in Casualties on both sides and In Japanese occupation of the city; capital of Manchuria. Earlier, and in the absence of official: reports. Minister .Wang had expressed the hope the affair! was localised and would not lead to a break between China and Ja pan. Official circles were stun ned on receipt of first press re ports of the clash. ' . JUBILEE DRAIVS BIG CROWD ROSEBURG, Ore.,: Sept. 19 (AP) Roseburg's soldiers' home Jubilee closed tonight , with street dances, band concerts and lots of .noise. , More - than 10,000 people thronged the streets throughout the day,: bringing congratulations to 'Roseburg from all parts of the state for the successful campaign for: the. northwest branch ot the The celebration Included, talks by several prominent persons. In cluding Congressman W. C. Haw ley, who was instrumental In ob taining .the soldiers' home for Oregon. ; Hawley told the gathering ex penditure Of the full 12.000.000 appropriated by ; congress was assured ' In the construction of thex home here. ; He , eald the home would be designed to ac commodate 4500 veterans. Full development of the home may be expected shortly, he said. Nearly every chamber of com merce In the western section of the state was represented here. Smullin to Take Orange rosition AP) A business office for the Oregon Grange Bulletin, official publication of the Oregon State grange, has been established in Portland, Dr. C. H. Bailey, editor, announced I today, William ' U. Smullin, formerly managing, ed itor of the Southwestern Oregon News' at Marshfield, will hare charge of " the office. The editor ial office will remain here. Smullin is a graduate of Wil lamette university, , ROSEBURG 1 "