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THE EUGENE E E G T S T E E OTTXBIJ SEVENTEEN PRIZES TO BE GIVEN FOR ' Seventeen prises will b awarded In the, window trimming contest at the Snnual opening of the displays on nursday night, which is the opening sight of the fall fetitivnl to be Ktageu by the niurcbuuts of Eugene 1'hura Uay. J-'riday and Saturday. Casper Lftne, chairman of the com tnittee on .window displays, announced Rlonday tlrat a prize will be given for thft best window in each of 17 dif ferent lines of merchandise and says that several stores carrying the dif ferent lines have signified their in tention of entering tho competition. Frizes will be awarded for the best displays of shoes, millinery, men's wear, ready to wear goods, furniture, hnrdwnre. croreries. variety goods. florists, confectionery, industrial ex hibits, drug stores, automobiles, jewel ry, piece goods and infants' wear and art needlework. A prize will also be given to the most novel display. The window displays will remain curtained until the signal in given to open them at 7M0 o clock Thursday evening. A Boy Kcout bugler will be stationed at each street intersection nd as a bugle blast will do me sig nal to withdraw the curtains and re veal the displays to the expectant crowds on the streets. All plans are progressing satis factorily, said Chet Hinith, general chairman, Monday, and all merchants are co-operating wonderfully with the committee. One of tho features of opening Bight, Thursday, will be a wrestling card at the armory. Herb Owen, promoter, has arranged for two good matches to start at 8:45 o'clock in stead of the usual 8:30, and all women will be admitted free, he says, this arrangement having been made by the committee with Mr. Owen. Flapper Fanny Says : NOME, ALASKA, Bept. 21. COT This little town ou the coast of the Bering sea, the aviation terminal of the world" today entertained lon Moyle and C. A. Allen, California aviators, who wore unsuccessful re cently In an attempt to span the Pacific ocean from Japan to Beattle in one hop. Nearly frozen and tired the two airmen swooped down on tho airport her. at 0:03 Vclock (8:05 1'. B. T.) last night luier a hazardous flight from the coast of Siberia. "Wo are pretty glad to return to American soil again," wore tho first words littered by Moyle as he climbed out of the big piano "Ulasina Madge, ' "We are feeling fine although we bad a close call with freezing weather." Numerous snow storms and frees Jng temperatures tasked the efforts of the Califomians na they battled their way over Bering Sea. Moyle said storms forced them to fly far up the Siberian coast before crossing tho sea to Alaska. The aviators said they were unable is obtain aviation gnsoline in Siberia and used a dlesel fuel to make the trip here. The fuel burned a large bole in the exhaust pipe stack but otherwise the plane was in good Condi tlon, 19 Obsidians on Linnton Falls Hike Nineteen Obsidians and friends en joyed a trip from the source of Linnton creek to tho point where It empties into Linnton lake, tiundny. 1'ercy Brown was lender of the group taking the complete hike, from Frog ramp up the Skyline trail to the Iinnton crock trail and down to the lake, while rorr Hamlin led the shorter trip up the creek. The two parties met at lower Linnton mead ows. Those making the hike were: Mrs. Bilth Onthank, Lois Onthnnk, Mrs. Helen Kilpatrick, Miss Knthleen Kil patrlck, Betty Williams, Kliztibeth 5li'Mnhnn, Cliarlotto Winnard, Mnr Knret Thompson, Dorothea Bushnell, l'st Williams, M. B. I'nstelloe, R. liurghardt, t'nrl Young, O. A. l'rince, l'erry Brown, J. 1. Hamlin, Don Marks, 1). W, l'erkins. Lookouts Come in From Cascade Area Atiout PO mm have been discharged from the Cascade forest fire crews as a result of the rains of the past week, the forests Ivlng wetted down so as to allay much of the danger from fire, according ro l'erry A. Thompson, unervisor of the forest. Most of the men laid off were stil dents at either the I'nivrrslty nf Oregon or Oregon Stnle college and have returned to their schools to con tinue their studies, said Mr. Thomp son. A skeleton crew of lookouts Is be ing maintained in the Cascade area. In case of an outbreak of fires, con struction crews at work on roads and trails in the forest will be pressed Into service. Boy Admits Theft Of Tire and Wheel Police Monilsv found a spare tire and a wheel, stolen from a enr owned bv Mrs. tieorge W. l.snge, ."IIS Blnlr boulevard, in possession of a young boy who, the officers ssy, admitted the theft. Mrs. !.nnge refused to prosecute the bor and he was allowed bis freedom on promise of good be havior. The tire and wheel were stolen In the garsge at Mrs. Lunge's home potua time Sunday or Monday. Portlanders Have Deer, No License O. P. Freeman and Karl A. Moore boiJi of Portland, were arretted Sun day night near .lunclion City hv State l'atTolmrn II. W. Howard and Iter Boss ith deer meat In their nopses Ion but no hunting licene to show. The Portlanders had half a deer In their car, claiming Hint It hsd been siren to them by a third man v.tm bad killed the animal. It wna epeitr, that the men would be arrnlgned late Monday or Tuesday morning. The uniformed state police are as sisting the officers assigned to game duty in checking hunters for licenses, giving special attention to csrs re turning from the hunting areas. im. n!K. WINN AH n hss returned from his summer vscstion and csn bt found st 802 Tilisnj Bldg. Square meals sometimes result In round figures. CIA-JAPAN STORY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) to Chirm for the occupation, it would "constitute a fincrnnt ontrnpft flgninat intrrnntionnl j nut ice and close the 'opon door' in Mnnrhnria." The Chinese apokpsnmn assorted that the eventa in Mnnchuria were tantamount to a military coup d'etat in Tokio. "The Japanese military clique," he said, "seem inxisteiit upon undermin ing Chinese authority in Manchuria and particularly upon the elimination of Chang Hunch-Liang (governitr of Manchuria and vice chairman of the executive department of the Chinene nationalist government) from control in Manchuria. If this is endorsed hy civilian elements alsf , it can also lc interpreted as an extension of the notorious twenty-one demands which Japan forced upon China in 1915." Shouse Favors Wine And Beer WASHINGTON. Sent. 21. C4) A democratic platform declaring for light wlnos and beer and n prohibi tion referendum Is fnvored by .Touett Shouse, chairman of the party's na tional executive committee. Other legislation which he would havo democrats advocnte in tho com ing session of congress includes aboli tion of the farm board, tariff revis ion, re-ennctment of the Wagner bill to establish employment offices na tionally, the five-day week for federal employes and opposition to the use of the injunction in labor disputes. Shouso said the party should pledge Itself for a prohibition referendum by offering a substitute for the eighteenth amendment. Congress first would have to pass the substitute. Shouse held however, ih voting on It the members "need not voice personal endorsement'' but could "merely state a willingness to offer the people the chance to pass judgment in the knowledge that unless and until rati fied by three-quarters of the states, the substitute can not be effective." Ho urged Immediate" amendment of the Volstead act to legalize light wines and beer, contending the beer tax would yield immense revenue and employment would be provided for several hundred thousand Idle men. Science Lecture To Be Tuesday; Error Explained Through an error in the hand ling of type in the Itegister Ouard'a composing room, ad vance copy on the lecture of Miss Margaret Murney tllenn was released Into the Sundny paper Instead of for next Wed nesday's editions. Miss (llenn, who Is a member of the hoard of lectureship of the Mother church, the Klrst Church of Christ, Scientist, conies from Boston. Mass., to Kugene to deliver a special mes sage on the principle of Christ ian Science. Her lecture will be given Tues day evening, Sept. '."J at R p. m. In the Hex tlicnter auditorium. Admission will be free and the public is Invited. The manage ment regrets the error which caused the prematura release of her talk. Junction City Men Visitors at Club n,rn. o.. i i... ...... .....n.UK ,,. ,,, 1Mnl iiIPr(. unouiu be better roads into and around Juuc- "ii hv. n group oi in irom that city visiiod the Kugene Kiwanls club in meeting Monday noon at the lis. bum hotel and gave short talks. The visitors extended best nishes from their city and announced arrange ments would be made for a return visit of the Kugeneana. .1. 11. Miller, Thomas Nelson and Sain Lehman were speakers from the Junction Cltv delegation. Music for the day was club singing led by tieorge H. McMorrnn with tieorge P. Hopkins at the piano. The city schools will be the sub ject for next week s Kin snis meeting with 11. K, (joold. city superintendent of schools, as speaker. SIM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) Iw more marked in Kngland than any where else "with tho certain degree of inflation that la likely to ensue," he said, "even though limited In ex tent, the tendency of price will be to rise. This may result in a temporary increase of business activity there, although wages jtrobubiy will be held down." Heavy Withdrawals. The present f'riwis came about through heavy withdrawals of foreign rredits from the Bank of England. The official statement issued by the lit itish government suspending the gold standard states these withdraw als amounted to around $ 1 ;tf00,000,000. "Huns' on the Hank of Kngland began last July 25 when gold to the amount of ? 145,500.000 was with drawn from the bank in a few days. The gold . reserves were depleted to the legal minimum. Gold withdrawals continued, most of the metal going to the Hank of France which was building up huge gold reserves. Finally the Hank of France joined with the New York federal reserve bnnka in extending a credit of $-'50,000,000 to stabilize the pound sterling. on August tne moor govern ment envo way to a coalition headed by J. Ham cay MacDonald. A fhort time later another credit from Faris nnd New York wns arranged. This one amounted to $400,000,000. Most of $100,000,000 advanced by America had tccn used up in an enort to peg" the pound, it was reported. Inasmuch as France had taken paft In the credit to maintain the pound. that country discontinued its policy of gold withdrawals. However, smaller countries, notably Holland, (Sweden and Argentina, continued to tnko gold ou such a scale that the .withdrawals sapped the strength of the Bank of England and it was finolly compelled to suspend temporarily the gold basis. Act is suspenaea The section of the gold standard act suspended rends as follows: "The Hank of England shall bo bound to sell to any person who makes demand in thft behalf at the head of fice of the turtle. During office hours of the bank, and pny the purchase price of i'A 17s lH$d (about $10) per ounce Troy of gold of the stan dard of fineness prescribed for gold coin by the coinage act of 3870. but only in the form of bars containing approximately 400 ounces Troy of fine gold." Suspension of this elnus means that gold shipments from the Bank of- England will cease at once. To bolster up her reserves, tne Bank of England raised its discount rate from 4 to 6 per cent effective today. To prevent heavy selling of stocks, th London stock exchange remained elosed today. Berlin followed the ac tion of London nnd nil other uuro nenn markets closed with the ex ception of Paris. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) lation of Danzig currency ami the pound Merlins today and decided thnt henceforth the currency should be based on gold. PRAGTTR, Chechoslovakia. Sept 21. (U.R) Tho bourse was open today hut mint nt ion of the pound sterling was suspended. LONDON, Sept. 21. (U.R) Spot bar silver increased 1 7-10 pence a pound to 14 pence today. PARIS. Sept. 21. (U.R) Thousands of Euglihh on vacation on the Hiviera were einltarrassed today by the re fusal of banks to cash their English checks. ROME, Sept. 21. (U.R Sterling wns uncptotcd on the bourse today, (tilt-edged securities fell slightly in the trading. AMSTERDAM, Holland. Sept. 21. (U.R) Tho slock exchango was closed today. HELSINGFOltS, Finland. Sept. 21. (U.R) The Bunk of Finland sus pended foreign exchange quotations today. VIENNA. Austria. Sept. 21. (U.R) The minuet ordered Austrian ex changes closed indefinitely today. BERLIN. Sept. 21. (U.R) T h e Bi-rlin l-ourse was closed for the dny on the siiKgeNtion nf the Iteiclislmnk. The action followed closing of the London exchange. MONTREAL. tcm 21. (UR The governing committee of the Montreal mock exchnngp decided at ft meeting today that the situation brought about by England's temporary abnudoument of the gold standard did not warrant suspending operations and that trad ing would go on as usual. Telephone Hearing Planned For Eugene SALEM. Ore. ScptT 2L (U.R) Following his investigation of books of the I'.-ieiiic 'IVlrpliono nnl Tele graph company in Snu Francis--., Fnh- Sutherlin School Head Faces Charge SALEM, Ore., Sept. " t. Oim I -avid Lee Bjera. principal of Nuttier hn high school hnred nh being "over frlfmllv" to women teachers probably will learn today or Tuendav nheiher Ins teaching certificate v,ih he reoke.l. Xtat Superintendent of unite Instruction ('. A. Howard nid At ft henrine Sutimlnv, Hvers n murceu Hitli "ai-it n( improper fan,, ihnir f.iwurd women teachers" by Sirs Kdith S. Ackert. superintendent of Douglas county srlWols. Several teachers supported the charge with testimony. Ton one whatever degree of pros perity you may have in thei.e tunes of depression to the republican parU. truest Ut Jifltickft. " Fried Chicken Will iignin lip servrd for lunrlioon tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22 35c lie . Utilities' Commissioner C. M. Tboniaa Announced lie will hold hear ings in 10 Oregon cities to investigate activities of the company branches. Hearings fn October have been set as follows: Itcnd. Ill and L'; Khun nth Falls, 21-22; Ashland, 2:J-24; Ornnts Pass. 20: Itnseburg, 27-28; Cottage Grove, 2il; Eugene, uO-ISL Hearings in November: Albimy. 2; f'orvallis, .'; Oregon City, 4-5; linker, 11-17; Pen dleton, including Milton district, IS 10; The Ualles, 20. FUNERAL TUESDAY rOItTLA.Nl, Ore.. Sept. 21. (U.R) Funeral services for Hugh Hume, Portland editor, will be held here to morrow. Hume, editor of the Specta tor, weekly review, died Saturday afternoon. BORN LUCAS At the Pacific Christian hospital, September 20. VX, to Mr. and Mrs. It. K. Lucas, 164 Eighth avenue west, n son. 4-H WILL RECEIVE TICKETS TO FAIR Tickets to the state fair at Salem will be given to all 4-H club members who have completed their projects and filed final reports, according to word received nt the Lane county club hcfidiuartcr8 from II. C. Seymour, state club leader. The tickets will admit the club members on any one day of the fair and in addition will admit them to the 4-H rally on Sunday, September 27. Club memlters are to be permitted to bring two guests, boys or girls, to the club rally, the guests being ad mitted on the members' tickets. The member may keep his ticket nnd then attend the fair again later In the week. Final preparation for Lane coun ty's 4-H representation at the fair will be made Tuesday night at a meeting of the local club leaden of the coun ty in the 4-H building nt the county fair grounds nt 7:30 o'clock. The pro gram will consist of demonstrations by club members who are entered in the demonstration contests at the state fair. Exhibits for the fair other than cooking and garden may be brought to the meeting. Dr. Spears to Be Speaker at Rotary Dr. Clarence W. Spears, hend foot ball conch at the University of Ore gon, is to be the spenker for the weekly luncheon and meeting of the Eugene Hotnry club, Tuesduy noon at the Osburn hotel. Edward IL Morris is chairman of the club program committee. Music will also be given. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 21. UP) The Journal said today intimations of the contents of the report of the United Stated army engineers on de velopment of the Columbia river for all its uses, indicate "the projects found feasible by the army engineers dwarf the Pcnnma canal as a feat of construction and reduce to modest status even the gigantic Boulder dam now under construction on the Colorado river. The article spoke of a "single, titnntic daw and power development capable of pooling the mid-Columbia from The Dalles clear to points nbove Pasco nnd Kennewick on either the main river 0r thTTT" Explaining that 4, , no breach nf Jt whispers" the n-.,l these !,; J'! c. engineers, bel,.,, oi onms cost it. s-j the Columhia M k' Snake "had h po.nto to th h,i' e , th river. ,tr!;. DTl8nr u With Hi, awii.t.nir instnu tion. i. J' ton as tn "? t submarine Nami!,,. , cruised under in. in .1. . It i. '."'4:-,. submarinn u-;il '. 1T. :- since it is eonsilerefl J; for anotherjrir. nrr ;l "Eugene's Own Store" McMorran Washburne PHONE 2700 All Eugene Women Can Wear These Smart Eugenie Fashions Be girlish and gay or sedate and sophisticated, as you .will but be your type smartly in the dashing Eugenie manner! There's a wealth of variety in these New Frocks They re Only 18 Mi mm Every frock in this group is an authentic replica of fashion" . . . Many are reproductions of Paris creations copied faithfully for "Eugene's Own Store." You'll know them by their wider shoulders slim waistlines fascinating sleeve treatments youthful jackets leather belts lingerie details and, of course, by their rich, dark colors. They're extreme in their becomingness! Come and see! Satins Rich, deep hued, gleam ing satins that you'll wear for afternoon and evening. Cantons Lovely, soft, fine qual ity canton crepes In rhum brown riff red kiltie green black and navy. Woolens Smart, practical, sheer woolens, soft as silks, In vivid shades with gay color contrast. Print!z,ess Coats present exact copies or clever adaptations of original Paris styles after Poiret, Vionnette, Worth, Rouff $2950 39 .50 You'll bo delighted with every one of the new Printzess models. Their silhouettes are so flattering and slim and new . . . fabrics include rough woolens for casual daytime coats and smooth coat ings for more formal wear. There is a note of elegance in their furs and you may have a choice of either the fluffy or flat type, whichever is most becoming . . . they are equally smart this season. COLORS: BLACK BROWN RIFF RED KILTIE GREEN FABRICS R.ough Weaves Fine Tweeds Xub Weaves Basket Weaves "Wolf Caracul Lapin Fox Raccoon SECOND FLOOR EVENING mm mm film. SPORTS i BUSINESS i i -m L-3 I- a "high- lllf 1 -- 79-50 M 1 A h 41 jj Hi nil l DU,
