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I't i ' . 4 it .- . 4 i 5 -I:-lIOW( IS THE, TIME -Subscribe now. The Or-' con Statesman Bargain per-' iod now on. Te any address In Oregon $3.00 per year by mail only. - . . - - . ivT, iVX if i x t 7s ?u , THE VEATHER : ; Fair, todayj Sauday fair but becoming cloudy, cool ; erf Bfax. Temp. Friday 75 ' Mia. -5 river -3.2 . feet, Wear, north ' winds. miSM in FOUNLD.CO 1831 -Id fV . - - - "-v I I ... J" r f S W. 1 ;r, n II EIGHTY tlKSTT YEAR HOliRCH! GUILT OF WETS SEEN BY COL ROUS "Limited ; Secession" Phrase Descries Officers who I Refuse to Enforce I Prohibition Outgrowth of 'Spiritual Adventure by U. S People ; L 9 M: ' ' : J'---f- Persons who deliberately choosy to .'uphold the federal constitution save t6f the 18U amendment ar ratlty ot selectire - anarchy - and state- officers who wilfully disre gard the enforcement of the fed eral constltatlon are rnllty of lim ited secession, Coloney - Raymond -Robins of Chicago told an audi ence of 800jeople who heard him last night at. tho Salem armory. His address . was "The Constitu tion. Shall We Scrap Itf - Robins based " his arsament around the constitutional, doctrine enumerated by Washington: "The constitution which at any time ex ists until chansed by th authentic and explicit act of th whole peo ple is sacredly : obligatory upon - all.".;" ,d;11j' 4-fu f f-' : , "This Is not a small thing we are discussing hero tonight," Rob ins declared. JL law-abiding, self controlled free people, accepting the will of tho majority, has been won out of the blood and struggle for democratic, constitutional gor ernment, - t NuIliflcatjUm Moto . History is Traced s ' Hobins traced 4 the threats of nullification: through the course of American history, and " showed how they bad"een successively eombatted and overcome. He cited Lincoln's firm stand on the constl tatlon even when it came In con flict with his ideas on slaTery- ? "The forces against, the 18th amendment j have a legal, valid basis for change,-; said Robins. "It is by the process of -educating mi norities into majorities and in a legal manner changing the con stitution." . A The speakerdeclared that the freedom-loTlng American people, a'edieaiad to goTernment under the constltutlaowould not -"tolerate 'continued disrespect for the fun damental laws of the land! He ad mitted crime and; lack of law en forcement were prevalent, cited examples of ; similar conditions In -all the nations of Europe and laid .the blame primarily to the result ef the world war. . In his afternoon address Colo nel Robins traced the history of the 18 th amendment. Speaking on .: (Turn to page X, col, 5 , PIER CRASH FATAL ES ---it-. PORTLAND, Ore.,. Sep. 25i (Ar The body of an unidenti fied man, about 25 years old, was found today by workmen clear ing away tho wreckage of a Port land Municipal terminal pier which was struck last week- by the Japanese motorshlp Kohwa Maru. -- f, - i 'M . -' Deputy Coroner C. E. Shea said he believed ! the body ; was that of an American sailor. He drew i his conclusion from the man's clothing and tatoo marks on the body. , . No casualties were reported at the time of ; the steamer crash and it was believed the only vh1t man Aboard was the Dllotv Shea said - it was possible the man might have been on the Pier at the Time of the crash or had fallen In later. He said the body bad been : in the i water about a week. .-t: ;,.';::.;;" '-i , -u- ,The body bore no signs of In Jury .which might have' caused death, Shea said.4 ; ABOUT 125 PRESENT MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 25 (AP) The; annual convention of the Oregon State Bar associa tion opened here today. Approximately 112 5 attorneys from all sections of the state are here. - f"": I ""-'"i" v "v::' ." The chief interest centers about the-report of the resolutions com mittee which is te be read tomor row, -r : ; -t '- ;-- '-' ' Proposals scheduled for .discus sion ""Is one for incorporation of the Oregon bar with compulsory membership. . . I t ILL HEALTH BLAMED COKVALLJS, Ore.. Sept. 25 (AP) William A. Fold, ii se cretary ef the Corvallls chamber of commerce,; died here today from a bullet wound which police said was self-lnfllctedJ . Held had been missing since late last night and after a search his body wag found- in the cham ber's clubrooms. The coroner said there would be no Inquest because letter left br Rld gave definite proof he killed himself. . -.- In the letter Reld blamed HI DISCOVERY griGis. Today in ' Prohi Campaign Abov, Dr. Daniel A. Poling; be low, Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, slated to speak today in the Al lied Forces for Prohibition meetings at the armory, ' ILL-FATED AIU WiLt w it jfiiiri -r. : '.h ,U NEW YORK, Sept. 25-f (AP) Three European, airmen who waited seven days for death in a disintegrating plane on the sur face of the north Atlantic came Into port today smiling. fe 1 . "We'll try again next spring, said Willy Rody, 20. as he stood with Christian Johannsen, beside the hosflltal bed of Fernando Cos ta Velga, third member of the party, -whom tha battering of heavy seas affected most. j ' Rody, a rollicking German lad, said that despite hunger, gnaw ing thirst and near despair, be and his companions were I confi dent they would span the north Atlantic non-stop from east to west, a feat accomplished only thrice. i; - . ' i - ! Velga, a Portuguese sportsman, was near death from fever when the motorshlp Belmolra on Sept. 21 picked them out of the wreck age ofj the plane "Esa' in which they had flown from Portugal to a point eighty miles off; Cape race. Like the other two his feet were swollen from dangling for: & Week in icy water and his knee was infected from a scrape suffer ed as a mighty wave tossed the wreckage almost over on its side. Ralph Capone is Denied Rehearing CHICAGO, Sept. 25 (AP) Ralph Capone, elder brother of "Scarface AT' , and a public ene my in his own right, today .was refused a rehearing of his income tax evasion, case Dy the United States circuit court-of appeals. . V Capone, sentenced In. the fed eral district court to serve! three years at Leavenworth and fined $10,009, now has but one re course left In his effort .to escape punishment. : i-" tiV.l Oregon bar Meeting on . C. of c! man is Suicide f - Track Dealers Organize I Lost man Turns up Safe health for: bis act. He said . he wanted to step out of the way ra ther thin, become a burden to his family.) M;ut He la survived by his widow, a son. Warren, Oregon State col lege, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Offerman,' Tehachapl, Calif, r ' ' : -':.; ROBERTS PRESIDENT PORTLAND.' Ore., Sept, 1 25 (AP) Thef' Oregonautomotlve council was formed here today by truck dealers, truck - - equipment dealers and allied automotive In terests, i 1 ;-t i ' . The purpose of the organisation is promotion of safety, en the highways' and j courtesy . among drivers. I H H. Roberts, Portland, was elected i president. - MISSING TWO DATS ' EUGENE, Ore., Sept. j 21 (AP), Robert McAllister, flsV.of Kitson Springs, lost in the Cae cade mountains since Tinxfsday morning, was safe Vohlght at field i atatlon xflear McCredie springs, a message to his mother said. - FLIERS TUBWED BACK Uj BY BiVISIB Get From Solomon Beach to Fairbanks, Then . Land - Amid Heavy Rain rlloh-Stop Flight rirom There To Tacoma Is Planned : For This Morning - FAIRBANKS; Alaska., Sept; J5. (AP) In a heavy downpour of rain, Cecil Allen and I Don Moyle, California" aviators, landed here at t:35 p. m. (P. 8. T.) fire hours ana ze minutes after they hopped off from Solomon f beach; near Nome, on a projected non-stop flight to Tacoma, Wash.',. 1 f The aviators' had covered little more than 500 miles of the dis tance of more than 2090 -miles to the Puget sound city! when they encountered low risibility in this region. When, they took" off from Solomon, 24 miles east of Nome, at 11:15 a. m. (P.' 8. T.), they said they hoped "to be In Tacoma by noon tomorrow." 1 i I : - On landing here, "the two said they; had been able ; to get away from Solomon beach with only 500 gallons of gasoline aboard, : insuf ficient to take them to Tacoma. , Twenty-mile : cross winds en the beach prevented them' from taking aboard their planned load of 800 gallons, they said.' For the first 400 I miles, fine weather waa encountered 1 untir clbud banks ' and : low risibility were met, , with .freezing weather beginning to form Ice on their wings. They i almost I decided to come down at Nenana, they said, but soon ran into rain, which was falling. the remainder Of the flight of about 550 miles from Solomon beach." !' K p' ---i ;j. - .1 ! .'" ; An attempt at a1 non-stop flight from here to Tacoma will be made they said, with the start tomorrow morning if the weather permits. MS PROVE FATAL WHITE SALMON, Wash.', Sept: 25. (AP) Mrs. L. !F. Dawley, 50, was shot and probably fatally wounded near here today. Malcolm McKinney, 60, captured by a posse shortly after the shooting, was in jail at Goldendale .on an open charge.' - ' j - ! ; Mrs. Dawley. a widow, was shot three times with a rifle, one bul let Inflicting a scalp wound, a sec ond .piercing her harid and the third entering her neck and rang ing downward into het chest. She was taken to a Portland hospital. Mrs. Dawley, McKinney. A. Chesley and Mrs. Marlon Smith were picking and packing apples In the McKinney orcjhard when McKinney suddenly began threat ening Mrs.. Dawley, deputy sher iffs safd. Chesley interfered and Mrs. -Dawley ran Into the house, pursued by McKInneyJ who stop ped at a tent and ; obtained, his rifle. Chesley and Mrs). Smith at tempted to stop him but he threat ened them. " ' ': j ' :- After he shot Mrs. Dawley, Chesley. said, McKlnnejy ran from the house and disappeared In the brush. Deputy sherlffsl after they had cantured him. said they, be lieved be wag mentally deranged. Mrs. Dawley I had beenn taking care ot McKinney for about' a year and in pay he had turned over his raneh to her. : ; ; ! : TALY SUPER-DUTY ROME, Sept. 25. ! (AP) A new super-duty of 15 per cent, sharply affecting American ex porters, was imposed today by the Italian- government to balance a budget that has been; running a deficit of $14,000000 monthly and : thereby strengthen the posi tion of the lira.; H: .. j In addition ' to the : super-duty, the government increased the sales tax on gasoline and petroleum to a point where the tariff : is ap proximately doubled, "'jl A 10 per cent duty waa imposed on coal. 'f". The new super-duty, effective today, applied only to a small pro portion, of Italy's import - trade, much of v which 1 Is covered by "raostk t favoredf nation" trade treaties. r - lir- The United States and England, which hare no such treaties with Italy, will be most affected by the super-duty and It was, thought to have been Imposed as a result of the fall of the pound sterling, in order to prevent an Influx of British goods. .'-- Monmouth Has ' 512 Registered " MONMOUTH, 1 Sept; 25. Late this afternoon registration at the Oregon Normal school had reach ed SIS students, which is about the same as the same period a vear aro. Reristratioa onened the 'first otthe week. . j ' ' ILITi ORCHARD QUARREL TO HURT U Salem, Oregon Satnrday Morning, September 26, 1931 Guerilla Manchuria Occurs ' - 7- - Jap anese Escaped ' Convicts Engage in Fight; ' Ghinese ' f Who , Looted": Towns ; Dispersed ;;Dyria- . initing Causes Terror in Harbin-; . . - TOKYO, Sept. 25 (AP)rSporadic and guerilla ; lighting took place in Manchuria today aa Japanese troops' held positions within the South Manchurian railway zone seized Saturday after clashes with Chinese soldiery, r ; 1 ' - . . j Fighting, occurred uat Fenghwangcheng between Japa nese troops and '. 300 convicis-who - escaped if rom the Man ehurian prison , there, SO mlleaC , x . from the Korean. border, said dls- patches Joj'the. -i.Rengo , news agency. . - - . - j-,. - , e '. A Japanese battalion was re ported dispatched : to Taonan to protect - Japanese -esldsnts who appealed for' aid against Chinese troops they asserted had looted the town. The Chinese fled be fore the Japanese soldiers reach ed Taonan. .- ..: r Harbin, metropolis , of -Manchuria,' said ' Rengo. dispatches, was thrown Into confusion' and its I Inhabitants terrified, by the dynamiting of the Japanese1 res idents ' association and ' the cul tuial association. Little damage was doner1" - ';" -r " " . The Japanese government an nounced yesterday It had no ter ritorial' ambitions in ; Manchuria and simply wished to protect Its subjects and their interests. In cluding, the South Manchurian railway. :: - : KEEP SALARIES UP IS 6IFFK PLEA Head of Telephone Firm is , Stiir for Maintaining Ex , isting pay Level WASHINGTON. Sept. 25 (AP). - In the fact of wage slashes by large steel corporations, the presi dent of the American Telephone & Telegraph company today re-affirmed his position that industry should strive to maintain existing pay levels. . , . Walter B. Gilford, now serving as national relief director, reiter ated that "We ought to make ev ery effort to maintain the wage seale." Shortlrafterward it was learn ed the administration has no In tention of reviving the war-time council of national defense to rule Industry in the present economic depression. The " American Legion . conven tion at Detroit urged this -step as proposed by Howard Coffin, for mer member of the council. . President Hoover feels the Glf- ford organization Is able to co ordinate relief activities wlthouW resorting to more drastic: meas ures.: He feels action, not advice, is needed and Is being p-ovided by the Glf ford i organization. BACKED BY LEAGUE GENETA, Sept. 25 (AP) The council of theLeague of Na tions approved; Japan's attitude toward the problem of restoring peace in Manchuria tonight and found itself unable to accept China's plea for an Immediate in quiry by an Imperial commission. Its attitude was adopted after two hours debate in. the face of Japan's declared unwillingness to submit to League interven tion, but after. Kenkicki Toshi rawa, Japanese spokesman, 'had announced his government's pur pose to complete the withdrawal of troops, already begun, and to do nothing to aggravate the sit uation in the troubled area. -Viscount Cecil, the British representative, 1 apparently ex pressed the council's position when he said that according to article eleven of the League cove nant,' under which the Chinese appealed, the council bad done its duty in procuring thes'e measures of pacification. Oregon Display In Stores Here '-:--;' Today as the public passes by Salem store and shop windows it may wonder what all the display Is about. It is" the result of the efforts of the Greater Oregon as sociation i to have Oregon .pro ducts displayed by merchants during state fair week. - ---. Hearty cooperation on the part of the Salem merchants is mak ing this display one of interest. Graf Proceeds .Over Atlantic FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Sept. Je- (Saturday) (AP) The dirigible Graf Zeppelin report ed early this morning from lati tude 11.29 north, longtitude S7.S2 west.' a position more than three- fourths the distance from Pernam- buco,: Brazil, which she .left yes terday morning,' to the Cape Verde Island - -: : JAPAN'S PROPOSAL Fighting in as n lAl.ommunities bnr Route Between " Oregon City, : ; Salem, Back Plan i ? Every community, on the .Pa cific highway front Salem to Ore gon City is decidedly In favor ot Improving the I highway between Salem and - Portland, and . at a meeting held last night at the Salem chamber, of commerce, en dorsed a petition to the highway commission asking: that the road way be widened to 28 feet by the addition of heavy six foot concrete shoulders. The unanimous opinion of del- legates was that the only solution of the rapidly increasing traffic on the highway between , Salem and Portland was the building of a , three way highway; and thai the work should begin as far as possible, early this fall. In order that the highway com mission might i be fully informed as to what all cities and commun ities feel should : be " done when highway Improvement Is ordered by the commission, Henry."' R. Crawford, president of the Salem chamber was authorized to ap point a committee to draw up resolutions to be : presented to the highway commission. . ; TO prepare I these resolutions. President Crawford W" appointed Harry N. Crain and J. N. Cham bersoTTnSalem; Dr. Gerald B. Smith of Woodburn. H. C. Belttm of 'Canby and Harvey Starkwea ther; of Oregon City. , TAXATION PROBLEM WASHINGTON, Sept. 2,5- (AP)-The question of new tax es, that breeder of congressional conflict, has come to command Increased attention in the ad ministration.' s i -It was up today between Pres ident Hoover and Senator Reed, as well as between . the senator and his Afellow Pennsy Iranian, Secretary Mellon. : Over their : charts and dia grams, meanwhile, worked the government fiscal experts intent upon devising a way out of the financial doldrums for the treas ury. : More and more there seems to be talk of how tax revenue should be increased now, instead of whether it should. 'That was the case today! . The safes tax dominated the discussion. It can be said on high author ity that President Hoover has not made up his mind as to tax leg islation at the coming congres siopal session. He wfU rely on the treasury evidence shows to guide him. j " Hoover Seeking Moratorium on ' Costly Demands WASHINGTON. 'Sept. 25 (AP) A moratorium on de mands upon congress for increas ed expenditures, at least until times are better, was requested today by President Hoover, v He urged emphatically a cessa tion of the "direct pressures' and "propaganda" -which he said 'are annually loosed" upon congress In behalf of this i or that measure, whether meritorious or not. He praised particularly the Am erican Legion's anti-bonus action as a meritorious example of what he SOUght. " c Election.Likely ; In Britain Over : Issue of Tariff LONDON 8ept. 25 (AP)--A general, election In Great Britain next month on- the protective tariff issue was regarded as a probability by - London . political observers today. -.-.v -- v With the cabinet meeting Mon day to consider whether sneh an election will be held the Evening Standard said it had learned that dissolution of parliament will be announced in the house of com mons Wednesday, preparatory to an election, ' i i, . , ' aoiaWQwn PROJECT ENDORSED GAINING ATTEnmOIV M- RODED ENTRIES IE lfjs EVENT STAHTS TDllfli ffirfqrmcrsali t to', Apqear il In if PararJejfe Contests . " Open a 1:30 Novelty and -Comedy to - be M Featured Abng With ' - Wild Weit Show ' ; Everything Islieady for the fair Bodeo-Buckeroo.- , x z . Entries were niade and draw ings for. position 1 and bucking horses': completed .late : Friday night: The ! program starts ! this afternoon at 1:80 o'clock. " I All the performers will take part, in the downtown parade this morn lng. . . , .. ! I ' . -The contests will be judged by Lee ',, .Caldwell j of . Pendleton', Wayne High ef Condon and Ever ett "Wilson ot Tygh Valley. 1 I ; ; , Frank" Studnlcka will ride i In tha bucking horse contest this: af ternoon on Amosj - Clowns for- the nuts Pozlnger of Buck Smith, j : show are Pea Pendleton j an4 The program opens with ; a grand entry -and I arena parade.' The performers will then be in troduced by the Tpxaco public ad dress car In charge of Paul : F. Davis, Carroll Wilier and T L. Kuhns, the Salem; agent, A laugh for, the audience Will greet Dynamite, ipropelled from the chute with rodeo clown Buck Smith on his back! f; M The bareback ir Id e On horses from the chute, riding wild steers, and : the potato race. , follow ; in quick succession.' Rose Smith of Pendleton will glye her thrilling trick and "fancy riding! stunt,: she crawls under her j horse's . belly while riding at a gallop. j? ' The cowboy race, free for I ail; the Roman chariot race with George Smith impersonating Ben Hur, and Jim Keyes impersonat ing' Mussolini, , precede I the bull dogging. y -. -, j I, - itf i. Bulldoggerg fori today are Clay Carr, Frank Duart, John Drayer, Frank Smith, Bin Baker, Hank Smith. Frank A. Roho and Mike Nettling. U ; f..,' ; ij-M . The cowgirl's race, free fori all, and the v clown stunt j of riding steers backward, ; precede the! re lay race. In which Charlie Miller and Bud Mays arelentered, chang ing - horses each half mile for a mile. and a halt race, j : ! Tex Covey and j his young un derstudy. Muck Mallati of Molal la, will do the fancy Toptngact i In the highly Competitive calf roping those entered today are Art Seale, Guy Ray, Clay CarrAi H. Harris, Tex Corey, Buck Smith. John Kale, Joe Fisher and Li M Fox.:--'. . ; : r r,-; ' George Nelson Guy Hay And Charlie Miller are entered in the standing Roman race. The wild cow milking contest is a fun stunt.' :- ' "J - j- ' 1- The big bucking horse contests have 38 entries. For today they are Howard T1rown on jSkyrocket, Frank Studnlcka j Ion Amos, BUI Baker on Long To, Clay Car on Al Smith, Fred Nott on Vagabond; Glen Rutherford On MaKenndyr Frank Duart on Fox, (dangeroui spinning horse; Doran May on the outlaw Pinear, " John' Kyle on Searchlight. Kenneth Depew on Tygh Valley." Truman Jackson on Sinbad, Frank McDonald ion Cou- gar, BoW Ellis on Aeroplane, Joe Fisher on Beacon Rutcb Harp pold on Light foot and Mike Nett ling on SteamboatJ . I I " j it ; xne stage coacnes wiii do pilot ed In a race between Jim Keyes and George Smith!) .- 1- -t'- The grand finale Is, the buck- eroo derby whin isix horses buck out of the chutes all at one time. The prise goes - tcj tha buckeroo makfnar ihn wfldiHitiridnj Thnsi en tered for today aie Frank Stud nlcka, Joe Fisher, Kenneth Depew, Bud Clark, George Nelson and els H Reed McLean. JULIAN INDICTED I OKLAHOMA CITT, Sept. 25 (AP) Indictment I of C. C. Juli an spectacular Oklahoma and California oil promoter; and of his associates, and employes, on mail fraud charges! was announc ed here today. , ; I . j i Unique, Serenade TonJgBJt For Cowgiil Queens Plan Tonight at the! state fair will be given over to - Stunts: and the serenading I of Salem's ;j cowgirl queens of which" there are some 20 who will take part Jin the state fair rodeo parade ba Satnr day and the three! shows at the fairgrounds endlnr Monday. It IS expected that a' numbM of open ears and trucks will be turned lo ta comle opera platforms and will be used to carry the serenaders about the grounds' and I in front of the queens 'court, which will be the covered porchway in front of the Agricultural jbuildlns at the fair ground. 'Should rain occur, the horse show stadium will be used. . - '-!-::n . Director Gehlhar has j announc ed that instructions will be fires to admit free on Saturday night all "cars and occupants; carrying eat any kind of m stunt, each as TODAY'S PUOGRAM ; AT STATE FAIR 10:JWa.ni. lrild West pa-1 rade sponsored by a , lem Ctiamber ef - Com-" merce from Marlon Sanare.' f.OO a. m. 4H Hub Jndg. tng begin. . " -" 1 :SO ajn. K tc . circus acts on Monkey Island. 12 to 1 p. m. --Mnslcal pro gram. Junior day. Ore gon Federation of Bin ale clubs. ' ' i 1:80 p. nu Rodeo - Hock- , eroo, everyone aamn-, ted to grandstand free," except yeaerred eeata, m thli ofenins day...-" J4; to a pv iauMnsical pro- .. jl-'- gram.'"'.' - -s"r. 8 to 6 p. m Musical pro- After a p. mCowboyfser enade,' everyone admit ted to grounds In auto mobiles if prepared to . . a I join in mssK ana nave -f -'. . lnstmment. . 7: OO p. m. Free fireworks on; Monkey Islana. ' to 8 p. m. Musical pro gram. on Monkey" Island. ! DEMOS' PROPAGANDA I Charges-are Hurled When Republican Leaders Talk,. Springfield SPRINGFIELD, i Mass.,- Sept. 25 (CAP) Responsibility for what he termed a nationwide fear of destitution during the Coming winter was attributed today to "destructive ' democratic propa ganda" by Robert H. Lucas, exe cutlve director of the republican national committee y - i "We are suffering: with a par alyxing anemia brought on by a s trifling deluge of destructive de mocratic propoganda! -i a5 cam paign of exaggeration,! misrepre-' sentatlon, and manufactured lies that hot only had its political ef fect but has so alarmed the peo ple that the spending of money by those who have it has been reduc ed to a point actually below the necessities of .life,'" Lucas told a rally of New England republi cans at the New England (states exposition. 4';:,ji:Hi!:i It Grows Hair r Instead; Better :Ady0iat CHICAGO. SentlS2E!ii-(AP) Charles! Reese thought he was go lnto the hair removal business -but he informed the circuit court to day the! formula he had paid $14, 600 for; not onry fell: short if ex pectations but sometimes actually stimulated growth of hair. He asked the court ; to relieve him of a contract ft a partner of Jack L. 'Abbott of Hollywood, Cai.. and Told the notes he signed for the remainder of $23,500 he bad agreed to pay Abbott for a share In the fprmula. , Heflin Refused to Speak : ;; ' . -.- - : ' "' "I, ' 'W - n i ttmett1f rial Sept. 25. tAPi Bakersf leld's fight to prevent former United states sen ator Thomas J. Heflin from speak ing In the city hall park , was won by the city tonight, but not until the hour at which his Speech was to be given, 8 Jo'clokilliiiir : J' - 'L " l musical j numbers,5 quarters, yod elers, kilty .bands, ' college : and high school orchestras,:; fraternity and sorority house ejitertalners andUkeoffs,'.j'1!.fii-ir;ii1'.:-: t t. 1 It is expected that numerous string quartets; mandolin, guitar, banjo and accordion players, sing ers, yodelers and commedlans will lend their help to make the night both a noisy and a muntcal one. Several appropriate prises will be given for the : best : serenading stunt. The fairgrounds: lid will be off at 8: JO p.m. and Clarence Warren and his buekeroos , will ride up the fire escapes and shoot up the fairgrounds immediately thereafter. The : ii serenade & will start at jS p.m. Saturday night tune up the old Tloltft, guitar or banjo asd come otttk'pSl! !K';i' -4 Preceding this, there win be free fire works at 1 o'clock and free acts at Monkey Island. I CAB FEAR No. 157 Noted Riders to Shov; Downtown nt 10:2t ; I Tliis Forenoon . Exhibibi Fill dl Spzzs, May Need Te'nU For Overflow : , l . . , :f. Characterised aa "the biggeaf and ; best ever.' th nimn i.a fair will get under way today, ta.- vorea oy good weather for the opening, day at least, and with a record attendance predicted. ' Todar has been rlMlmiitftii Children's day,- and all boys aidL gins oi scnooi age will be admit ted to the aronnds wiihi chargo. The fair will open follow, lag a wild west parade in the busi ness aisirtcc at 10:30 a. m., spon sored br the Salm rhamW r. commerce. More than 40 high-spir- uea norses. ridden by such famous cowboys as Frank Studnlcka and Hugh Strickland wiii participate. Both Studnlcka and Strickland have won outstanding honors at the Pendleton roundup and other equally famous shows, ' Exhibits at this year's fair are numerous than ever: before and every nook and corner of the pa vilions and barns are taxed to ca pacity.' This especially is'true of the livestock ; stables, poultry di vision and ; agricultural depart ments. Twelve Oregon counties al ready have j prepared booths, while others were expected to have their displays arranged early to morrow. Among the counties which had completed their booths last night Weaej,MsrIonL Pol, Linn, Yamhill, Douglas. Washing ton, Malheur, Lane; Tillamook, Wasco, Clackamas and Coos. Other outstanding exhibits have been arranged by the Oregon state grange, farmers union. Women' Greater Oregon- association and the Oregon products committee recently appointed ) by Governor Meier. The latter two exhibits are limited to Oregon products, and are in line with Governor Meier'a campaign to stimulate the pun chase and use of Oregon products. Every county In Oregon, with the exception of one; will be re presented in the boys' and girts club department. , H. C. Seymour, state club leader, declared that approximately 1500 bora and girls would participate In the Ju- CTurn to page 2, col. 7) , WASHINGTON, Sept. .25 lAP) Repercussions ; from the American Legion contention and elsewhere today shoved the pro hibition question forward to the center of the political stage from which it had i been i crowded re cently by economic problems. k While tone ! congressional op ponent of prohibition - failed tbt Legion's recommendation for new Tote on the liquor questioB as "the death-knell" of the Vol stead law i and the Eighteenth amendment, dry leaders' quietly stood thelrf ground, i ; i Representative Britten, repub lican, Illinois. . said the Legion's vote sounded ithe '"death-knell" to the prohibition laws. He add ed if thei service ; organization and the American Federation ot labor would use "ther tremen dous' persuasive power" they could bring about repeal of tb Volstead law durinjy the next ses sion of congress. ! m ! K. From the other side of the cap itol. Senator Glenn, another Illi nois' republican, said: be was ready to vote ; for resubmission Of the Eighteenth amendment ai recommended by the Legion, o for beer if I the opportunity should be presented. Enrollment at WU. is Heavy ' i -: i Willamette university with (11 enrollment cards issued by Regis trar H. M. Tennant by Frldaj afternoon Is sure to have one ol Its largest freshman classes. En rollment already Is 15 per cent In excess of the 1920 mark. Stu dents who have fully matriculat ed and paid tuition number 590. Boys are considerably mora nu merous thasf girls.' Of the boys there are SIS ' while there art 271 girls; The chapel Is almost completely tilled by the student hody. . - ? t ' j. , ; Speculation in Stocks Fought LONDON. Sect, 25-i-fAPl The London stock exchange took drastic action today to curb spec ulative trading which has been t feature of the minor boom mar kets of the past two diys. limeKaid :.iH,u i ;ifi! - .e .