Roseburg news-review., March 18, 1927, Page 1, Image 1

JSha Weather
Highest temperature yesterday..50
lowest temperature last night 38
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
Fair tonight and Saturday, heavy
frost tonight, rising temperature
Saturday. ,
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ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927.
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VOL. XXVII
NO. 292 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
O. 53 OF THE EVENING NEWS
LID DRAWING!
IN ROSEBURG IS!
i
QUIET AFFAIR
Only Thirty Out of Total
of 278 Tracts Covered
i by Entries.
FOURTEEN CONFLICTS
Interest Centered Chiefly in
Tracts Most Suitable for
Homesites or Camp
Grounds. '
Very little interest was shown In
the land drawing conducted by the
Roseburg land office today. . The
drawing was for the purpose of
settling conflicting applications
upon federal lands thrown open
to entry under the recent order
which opened approximately 32,
000 ncres in Oregon to homestead
entry. Of the total amount of land
Vjpproximutely 23,000 acres are in
ttie Roseburg district and are be
ing administered from the local
office.
"A tolal of 278 acres in this dis
trict, nave ueen onereu lor entry,
but filings were made on only 30
of these tracts. There were 75 ap
plications altogether, but conflicts
arose over 14 tracts and It was up
on these that the drawings were
held. All applications up to March
- 14 . were treated as having been
received at the same time, so in
order to settle claims upon which
two or more persons had filed upon
the same piece of land the govern
ment arranged for a drawing this
morning and the .first name on
; each unit secured the land, pro
viding everything is regular in the
l.pplication, and the person is quail-.
'V fied to take up a claim.
Woman Draws Names. .
Mrs. E. D. Morgan Fowle, ' -wife
rf Field Inspector Fowle, drew the,
lips. All of the applications, con
cerning units upon which there
were conflicts, were placed in a
box and were drawn out one at a
time. , Each application was then
numbered as it was withdrawn and
the first filing on each tract was
received as the winner, subject to
the approval of the land office of
ficials. The chief conflicts centered
around the units most sultnble for
summer home sites or nuto camps.
Unit No. 30, which consists o
nearly 25 acres on (ho North Ump-
. qua, adjoining Idleyld, was one of
the most popular of these tracts
. and was won by Clyde White of
Hoaglin.
Unit No. 4, on the Crater Lake
highway, went to Jesse Miller of
Prospect- from among six appli
cants. Unit No. 67 on the Red
wood highway went to Phillip B.
Lowd of Medford, while a similar
tract In the same vicinity, Unit
No. 71, was secured by Fred Ere
man of Grants Pass.
There were eight applications
for Unit No. 256 on the McKenzie
highway, a tract particularly de
sirable for homesite or auto camp
purposes, and was won by Vernon
V. Caldwell, of Waltervllle, Ore.
Thero were eight applications for
that tract,, which was 93 acres in
size.
Cut-Over Lands Popular.
Cut-over lands proved to be
quite popular as the government re
quires no payment on these lands.
Several of the tracts, particularly
units No. 1. No. 2 and No. 184, Coos
Bay wagon road grant lnnds, car
ried conflicting applications.
As these lands were originally
classified as timber lands and the
timber was sold . from them, the
government does not require the
usual payment of $2.50 per acre
demanded for lands classified as
agriculture. Consequently some
of these lnnds, which when they
are cleared will be adaptable for
farming, are in demand.
War veterans, in accordance
with government regulations, were
given preference over the general
public in filings, being allowed to
make applications as early as Feb
ruary 23. This preference right
continues until June 13.
List of Winners.
All applications filed in the local
land office, and upon which there
were no conflicts, wil lbe invest!
gated for regularity, and If the ap
plicant is found entitled to make
homestead entry the person mak
ing the filing will be allowed to
settle upon the property. The same
is true of the winners in today's
drawings. The winners in the var
ious conflicts are given below, the
following list showing the number
of the unit, together with its de
scription and the names of the applicants-
In the order in which they
were drawn:
Unit No. 184120 acres NW J. S
E. 1. E. J. SW1. Sec. 3, Tp. 30 S.,
R. 11 W. 1. Hugh J. Lawhorn, Mc
kinley, Oregon: 2. Earl Thompson,
. Bridge: 3. Marion E. Zumwalt, Co
qullle; 4. Charles M. Christian,
Bridee.
Unit No. 55 33.74 acres. Lot 7.
(Continued on page J.)
STUDENTS OF 27
AND 17 ADDED TO -SUICIDE
RECORD
(Associated Precs Leased Wire.)
NEW ORLEANS, La.. March
18. Harold P. Bergeret, 27,
Junior architectural student at
Tulane University, shot and
killed himself today at his
home. ki
GALESBURG. III., March 18.
Earl Main, 17, high school
junior, killed himself -last night
with a rifle. Friends said
Main, a brilliant student, had
been worrying about a part he
had in a school play.
T
Property Damage Heavy in
Southwestern Region;
State School for .
Girls Suffers. .
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 18
A half dozen small communities
in southwest Arkansas today were
recovering from the shock of
twisting winds which last night
lefL a toll of ten known dead and
a score or more injured, some cri
tically. , -
The brunt of the storm centered
around Klondike where, six lives
were snuffed out in a single house
hold. ..-
Mrs. Edgar Smith! her two chil
dren, Inez and I Clifford, Lennie
Cash. 22. Matthew Cash. 17. and
Artis Cash, sisters and brothers of
Mrs. Smith, were dead at Klondike.
Lloyd McAllister, 20, of Willis,
and Olga Moody, of Mountain
View, were the others llBted among
the known dead.
Two were known to be injured
at Delight, Pike county, and eight
to ten injured at Mountain View.
Destruction of a school house
where one was seriously injured,
was reported from Mountain View.
Mr. and Mrs. John Buckalew, of
Point VlVew, were the others kill
ed.
Communities in the vicinity of
BeJnton reported casualties. The
twister dipped near Alexander,
where the state training school for
girls is located, and Beveral of the
buildings of the institution were
blown and two women hurt.
Two were probably fatally injur
ed near Texarkana. Hail and rain
accompanying the storm in that
community caused considerable
property damage.
ROAD AND BRIDGE
REPAIR WORK IS
PROGESSING WELL
The road repair work necessitat
ed by the recent flood which did a
great deal of damage to roads and
bridges throughout the county, Is
now progressing very satisfactor
ily, according to Floyd Frear, coun
ty engineer. The bridge crews have
rebuilt or repaired brldgesln near
ly all sections' of the county and
now have the structures in such
shape that all but a few roads are
now open. The Pruner bridge at
Riddle has been put back Into shape
for traffic, but the Yokum bridge
on the cut-off road is still closed.
The crews' are working on that
bridge, however, and soon expect
to have it in shape for travel. In
many places the repairs are only
of a temporary nature, and as time
permits more permanent work will
be done.
THIRTEEN LOTS
IN SUBDIVISION
HAVE BEEN SOLD
As a result of the advertising
campaign put on by the E. K. Mc
Lendon Realty company 13 of the
30 lots in the new Bnllf addition
have already been sold. The com
pany recently opened up fills' fine
subdivision and from the great
Interest being shown It appears
that the lots will all be sold before
the time limit of June 1. Frances
Gorthy, of this city, has purchased
four lots: Eliza Thrush. R. L.
Truitt and Mose Tison, have each
bought two and John Pennie, O. A.
Jorgenson and Isaac Todd have
each bought one. Improvements
will probajjly be made by some of
the hew owners during the coming
summer. The realty company is
holding a contest In connection
with the deal, and Is offering $200
In prizes' for suitable names for
the two new streets.
REEDSPORT MAN HAS
INFECTION IN LUNG
MARSHFTELD, Mar. 18. George
McHargue, lumber employe from
Reedsport. is suffering with an in
fected lung today In Wesley iios
pital, as the. result of an accident
about three weeks ago which re
sulted in a broken rib which punc
tured the lung. The lung was opn
ed and drained here today al'er
McHargue had been brought from
Reedsport by train on a stretcher.
IREED PORTRAYS
OEI0FF0R0
AS BIG GRAFTER
Senator, in Statement to
Jury, Asserts Sapiro
"Bled" Farmers.
MADE OVER MILLION
Unethical Tactics on Part
of Plaintiff Alleged;
Magazine Editor Is
First Witness.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
DETROIT, Mich., .March IS
Charging that Aaron Sapiro 1 ob
tained more than $1,000,000 from
cooperative organizations, which
he promoted, that he was unpro
fessional in the way he solicited
business as a lawyer, and in the
advice he gave the organizations
he formed, Senator James A. Reed,
of Missouri, in completing his
opening statement in the million
dollar libel suit against Henry
Ford, told the jury that he would
show the articles alleged to be li
belous were printed In good faith.
"We will ask you to find that
Aaron Sapiro v. "; ', an exploiter,"
he said.
Editor F - at Witness'
William J. Cameron, editor of
the Dearborn Independent, took
the stand this afternoon as the
first witness in the suit.
Mr. Cameron was called by Wil
liam Henry Gallagher of counsel
for Aaron Sapiro, plaintiff in the
suit. ."..
"You have differed on occasions
as to matters of opinion with Mr.
Ford?".. Gallagher asked. T.i ''
.''Ves, :at different- times.". . ,
"In what way?"
"Mr. Ford objects to war and
looks leniently on . Russia but
doesn't hamper us."
Blocked by Defense
'Prior to 1924 were there any
other differences of opinion with
Mr. Ford?" Gallagher continued.
The defense objected and was
sustained. . . ...
Prior to Anril 1. 1024, had you
or Mr. Ford ever discussed the sub
ject of an international banking
ring of Jews ;
, Another defense objection was
suslnlnecl.
"Whv. your honor, this is the
gist ot the case," said Gallagher.
"Mr. Cameron," ne proceeueu,
"as a journalist, does this publica
tion come under any special
class?"
"Yes, we feel it our duty to go
into fields of agriculture, politics,
economics, money, other fields that
other publications do not. care to
touch."
DETROIT. Mich.. March 18
(Continued on page (i.)
The Duet Is
m ' A, 4 I kfl 'A-
susmss iSf JL vT
Judge's Parole of Doctor Cook,
Alleged North Pole Discoverer
To Be Tested in Federal Court
(Associated Frees Leased Wire.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Mar. 18. A
warrant for Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
Arctic explorer and oil promoter,,
was issued today.
Indictments charging use of the
mails to defraud returned in July.
1923, on which the warrant was
based make it possible: that Dr.'
Cook may be brought here to standi)
trial, providing he is released fromtj
Leavenworth penitentiary on a con.f!
ditional parole, granted yesterday.
A telegram was . sent to the-!
Leavenworth warden informing .
him of the Indictments pending!
there. 4i
WASHINGTON, March 18 le
gality of the five-year parole grant-:
ed Dr. Frederick A. CoGk,- Arctic
explorer and oil promoter; by Fed-,
eral Judge James G. Wilson ut.
Fort Worth, Texas, Is expected to
be tested in the United States cir
cuit court of appeals1.'
While Attorney General' Sar
gent and other officials of the de
partment 'of justice so far have re
fused to comment on the probu-i
tionary order extended yesterday,
uuder the 3125 federal probation
act, it is regarucd js certain that'
District Attorney Zweifel at' Fort;
Worth will be instructed to press
for action on the appeal he al
ready has announced will be filed.
Thisi immediately would, throw
the question into the higher feder
al court and possibly start legal
proceedings that Would be contluv
ued until the United States su
preme court would be reached.'
Dr. Cook, who still claim to be
the original discover of the North
Pole, now is serving a 14-year sen
tence at Leavenworth penitentiary
on conviction of misuse ot the
mails for oil stock promotion. Ho
will be paroled to Erskine Wil
liams, Fort Worth attorney and
church man. '
While the new parole law has
been used in a number of Instances
KIWANIANS WILL
VISIT GRANGE AT
GLIDE TONIGHT.
The Rosoblirg Khvanis, club goes
to .Gljde tonight to meet with the
Glide gVange'lni a- joint n eetlng.
The club will tuko along Its. irches
tra and kazoo band as we: 1 as a
couple of speakers to assist in the
program, which Is to be furnished
jointly by the two organizations. It
is expected that there will be sixty
or more from Roseburg at tlio
meeting. The Klwanls club recently
went to South Deer Creek and met
with the grange there and has al
so received an Invitation to meet,
with other granges of the county
at a later date. Following the pro
gram there will be a social time
with a dance and refreshments.
ROSEBURG GIRL MADE
MEMBER O. A. C AD CLUB
OREGON AGRICULTUAL COL
LEGE; Corvallls. March 18. Car
men Atterbury of Roseburg, sopho
more in commerce, has been chos
en a member of the O. A. C. ad
club. This organization has charge
of various advertising projects of
the college. It has charge of the
advertising campaign for "The
Mikado," an operetta which will be
Not as Harmonic as
V. V''''
FREDERICK A. COOK
by judges during the two years
since adoption, government attor
neys at Fort Worth raised the
same objection that was pointed
to here in that a judge did not
have the .authority to grant proba
tion after a prisoner had begun
serving his sentence. .
This apparently is the main is
sue' raised so far as the department
of justice is concerned and its de
termination is -expected to have
far-reaching; effect. The depart
ment took an active part in bring
ing nbout Cook's conviction.
Judge Wilson, In granting the
parole, held that the new law is
a "radical departure, without par
allel," and gives the trial Judge
control over the prisoner until the
termination ot the sentence per
iod. given by the college Madrigal and
Glee clubs in sovural southern and
eastern Oregon cities.
STRAINED TENDON
LAMES WRIST OF
THE PRESIDENT
' WASHINGTON, 1 Mar. 18, The
lame wrist of President Coolldge
is the result of a, strained tendon,
according to his physician, Dr.
James A. Coupul. .
An X-ray of the wrist was taken
and it revealed a slight gathering
of water and for that reason: band
uges were applied. '
The wrist will yield . to treat-,
ment and 1h expected to bo iil right
aoon, Dr. Coupul snld today. ,The
cause of the strained tendon Is be
lieved to have been due To the ex
cessive handshaking In which the
president must Indulge but no of
ficial explanation has been offered.
Umpqua Cumpflre Girls of Myr
tle Creek, under the guardianship
of Mrs. S. E. Helliwell, are grow
ing In strength of momorship and
Interest. Meetings are held weekly
with programs put on by the vurl
ous members. A sale of cake made
by the girls Is to bo hold tomorrow
with a prize for the best cako fur
nished. Anticipated
ETI
THEi
Literature Orders Keeping
Printing Shops on Job
24 Hours Daily.
BOOM REACHES PEAK
Big Sum Offered for Prize
Claim, But $10,000 Is
. Highest Bid for '
: : Any Others. ,
. (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
TONOPAH, Nevada, March 18.
The world having been told that
the sage-covered hills of Nevada
hold perhaps some of the richest
gold deposits in the United Slates,
promoters, astute students of prac
tical psychology, turned their ef
forts today toward cashing in on
tile alluring reputation the region
has acquired.
Reminiscent of the pottk of the
old Goldtield boom, when the
presses of the surrounding towns
wero operated 24 hours dally to
keop pace witli the demand for lit
erature, the printing offices hero In
this town nearest the scone of the
gold strike, have been Bwumped
with orders.
it being recognized that a letter
delivered by airmail will always do
mnnd attention, three piosses havo
been given over entirely to turning
out only airmail envelopes.
'Airmail stamps also have leaped
into groat demand. One firm of
brokers whq bought $1,000 worth
ot ordinary stamp prolosted loud
ly when they learned that airmail
stamps Had been aviulabUi.. Tiioy
felt that they had been cheated in
losing tho prestige the special
stamp would have afforded them.
Boys Face Big Offer.
Last nlKht negotiations 1'or tho
purchase, of the .claims of Prank
Horton, Jr., and Leonard l rnynor,
youthful discoverers or tne goiu
field, wero roportod to ho Hearing
consummation for the largest price
yet paid. Wires to New York,
where the prospective promoter
lives, wore "kept hot With long
distance calls.
It. was stated that should tno
deal go through It would be fol
lowed by one ot the greatest min
ing publicity campaigns ever
staged, and later by intonsivo de
velopment. . .
Desert rats of ten days standing
and without a penny, rub olbows
with the real veterans of tho hills.
The 'termor, lacking runds to car
ry on development, chnso around
eagerly after moneyed men on
their emissaries socking to buy
ground as close to tho dlscovrey us
possible.
Small Prices Rule..
The real veterans, nlthough also
without runds, have but ono word
when t comes to trading, unci that
Is a "million." The seasoned buy
er laughs and 'tho claim holdor ul
timately comes back to oarth. Ten
thousand dollars will buy a prom
ising group of claims, and shrewd
traders have gotten In tor us law
as K00 and u promise ot n share
of stocks.
Tonopnh continues to bo engulf
ed with newcomers. In addition to
the long string of motor traffic,
two I'ullman loads of adventurers
arrived yestorday and four more
Pullman cars are due today.
With road Improvements, the dis
tance from here to Weepuh has
been reduced to 25 miles. Stage
lines have been established, leav
ing here In tho morning and re
turning In tho evening. The faro
Is $8 for tho round trip, Which fig
ures 16 cents a mile.
Rooms and "Bawth."
WINKKLMAN, Ariz., March 18.
A sheaf of telegrams which arrived
in Wlnkelmnn yesterday from the
east caused considerable amuse
ment among tho old timers here.
Some asked that reservations or
"two rooms and bath" be made;
others called Tor suites, while a
lew would be contented with a sin
gle room, if nothing else was avail
able. "Ami there's not a bnwlh In
town," remarked one old votrrnn
whose eyes twinkled as ho looked
'over tho batch of messages.
"Plenty o' water in tho Gila,
though, If the spring rains arc
heavy," said another.
"1 expect them 'dude' prospect
ors will bring along their golf
sticks an' let their valets pink up
tho nuggets for 'em while llley
play a coupla rounds or set In at a
little, bridge," commented a. third
man. 4
Infux Unabated.
The easterne rs must hurry or
they will rind themselves poor sec
onds In the Dripping Springs stam
pede. Everything from the lowly
flivver to the highest priced of mo
tors Is hammering the roads that
In id to tho Dripping Springs range.
From every direction grizzled old
men who have spent their lives
PR IMG
IK
WEEPAH
University oi
: FLORENCE oAINls.
; GETS SIX YEARS
; EUGENE, Ore., Mar., 18.
Mist Harriet Weatherson, for
mer cashier of the Florence
State and Savings Bank, was to
day sentenced to serve a sen
tence of six years in the state
penitentiary, by Judge G. F.
Skipworth, of the circuit court.
Miss Weatherson entered a plea
of guilty yesterday to a charge
of larceny by embezzlement of
funds of the bank.
Henry L. Bergman, former
president of the bank, with
whom Miss Weatherson eloped,
has already begun a peniten
tiary term for his part in loot
ing the bank of $13,000. At the
time of pleading guilty in the
circuit court here, Bergman as
sumed all blame for the crime,
an act that failed to bring Miss
Weatherson expected parole
from the sentencing Judge.
TIGHT LIPPED ON
LT
Refuses to Talk Regarding
Crime Until Attorney
Hired by Father
Is Consulted.
' (Associated 1'ress Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18
After their preliminary question
ing ot litigirde AAitromont on AI
cutruz iBlund, postal authorities t'j
day redoubled, their search for Ills
two brothors, Roy and Ray, ac
cused of aiding him iu the fatal
182U Siskiyou train dynamiting and
murders.
Hugh do Autremont knows
where 1i!e' fugltiva brothers are hid
ing of this federal authorities aro
convinced and thoy plan to hold
him in the Alcatniz Island army
prison1 for several' drtys; sn'ljitilHIrtg
him to a roleiiMcsS: siege of ques.
.tinning In an effort to gain. Infor
mation aiding them In the appre
hciislon of his brothers.
Postof'Ico Inspector Churles Hid
diford, of Spokane, and ...detec-,
lives who have charge of question-,
ing do Autremont were not suc
cessful ; yesterday in gaining a'
groat deal of information from the;
prisoner, lie. Autremont was will
ing to talk about himself mid fam
ily, and of his movements after he
Joined the army, but of tho charge
against him ho stood firm on his
"constitutional lights," declnring
(hut until ho talked with the Eu
geno, progon, attqrney, rotnlned for
111 in by his falhor, ho would, have
nothing to say, . ' ' ' .
Oregon authorities. ar here to
take charge of de Autremont when
(he government is through qucs
tlonlng 111 m. . ,
"While do Autremont would say
ahsnlulely nothing that would di
rectly Incriminate hhii, at least we
know posltivoly that ho 'Is one of
the men sought since that heinous
crime of O-'rier 11, 192:1,, and both
tho government anil Southern Paci
fic officials feel Hi ore is no doubt
iuv to his guilt," Hlddlfnrd said.
To See Lawyer First .
Despite a nervousness that pre
vented It I in Ironi eating breakfast
or luncheon yesterday, de Autre
niont answored his questioners
calmly.
"Gentlemen," ho Enid, "I will talk
about anything except the crime
you nccuse me of. On that I must
answer on my constitutional rights.
My rnllier has engaged an attorney
for mo at Eugene, Oregon. There
Is nothing I can sny until I have
talked with him."
He declared he wanted to talk
of his family Instead of the '.rain
holdup, In which four trainmen
were killed, and wns visibly shock
ed when Informed or the death of
his younger brother, Lee, who was
shot in n pool room In Texns about
thren weeks ago. ,
OREGON ELOPERS SOUGHT
(Associate) Tress Lefiietl Wire.)
SAN KHANC1SCO, March 18
Francisco police today wore search
ing tor 15-yi-ar-nld Nellie llogland
or Mount Hood, Oregon. Northern
authorities reported she has eloped
with Homer Rhoades.
scratching for "pay" or hunting In
the sands of Isolated streams ror
"color" nre heading Tor Winkol
man. Many of them havo already
arrived.
And under the golden desert
moon nnd tho warm desert sun tho
gold hunters still come, under the
spell of an old, old.lure.
Oregonlans Lured.
PKNDI.ETON, Tire.. March 18.
Pendleton has felt th call ut the
Nevada gold fields. Hoy Temple,
lion Hobln'on and Ttlll Nehorgall.
armed with pirks. sluice pans and
other equipment, left yesterday for
the no wfoiind gold bonanza. They
should be successful, ns Temple's
middle name Is Klondike and hn
was born during the Klondike rush
and since childhood has been call
ed "Nug."
CANTONESE ARE
CLOSING IN QN
LAST BARRIERS
Impending Fall of Nanking
Will Render Shanghai
an Easy Prize. . jj.
DEFENDER MAY SELIJ
General Strike Called to.
Aid Invaders; Unarmed
British (Assaulted
; . by Looting Mob; ' I
(Associated Tress Leased Wire.) ' '
SHANGHAI, China, March 18.
Both Nanking ami Shanghai are
now s'erlously threatened by- the,
Cantonese armies which nre en
gaged iu a large scale offensive
against the Northerners to ; the
northwest of this city.
The violence and scope of the
Southerners' thrust; together with.
defections from the northern
ranks. Indicate the early fall of
Nnnklng and possible isolation .. ot
Chang Tsung-Changs northern
forces in Shanghai, In -which event
this great international port would;
bocome an easy prize for the
Southerners, , ; .... . , ,v ,
Strongest pressure is. being ex
erted in the directions of Chnng
clipw,' W'isin and Soochow, all of
which are nt tho railway between
Shanghai ahd' Nanklng. The latest
successes of the Southerners in
clude the capture of , Wuklang,- a
short distance south of Soochow,'
nnd Llshui,. southeast of Nanking.
.Money May Decide Issue. ''
Tho Shantung forces am report,
ed to be offering little serious re
s'lstimWvhtch Ja-' considered ns -tending
to ' confirm reports that
Qhnng, .Tsung-Chang 1b trying to
derive a bargain with ChniifC Kai
Shek, tho ' southern ' commander,
under which the formen.''.T.'OUld
withdraw from the Ynngtse valley,
i Tho American' missionaries In
Nanking havO' begun preparations
to carry out the suggestions of the
American consul;' John K, Davis,
for early withdrawal of the aged
and infirm ns well ns women tind
children from Nanking to Shang
hai. ' ,'.', : '"":' , ':'
Smnll groups have been urrivlng
horo for tho Inst week, and the to
tal number of refugees Is. expected
to reach 100 by jthe week cud. It
is emphasized, however, that gen
oral evacuation of the foreigners
from Nanking has not yet been or
dered. . ,. . .- (
Exodus From Nanking. .
Missionaries arriving here report
I hat tho ricksha and baggage cool
loii are virtually boycotting the for
eigners In Nanking, making It dif
ficult to move baggage except at
exorbitant rates.
It Is not believed, however, that
tho foreigners are In great person--nl
danger. Tho Chinese population
Itself Is much more agitated and
thousands of natives, In a condition
hordoriiig panic are leaving - Nan
king nnd Chinklang for towns down
the river. Their greatest fear is
not a Nationalist occupation of
tho city but that tho Shnntungese
defenders would engage In excess
es before retiring. '
The Shaiittingesc, whose reputa
tion Is probably the worst of all
the Chinese armies, are charged
with looting and crimes against
women In Nnnkiug.
Resistance Weak.
Nationalist victories, reliably
confirmed. Include besides the cap
ture of I.lsul. a defeat of tho Shan
tungese In the Talplng region, be
tween Wiihu and Nanking, and oc
cupation of Wuklnng, Ishing nnd
Hyann. The Chnntungese who
held Hie Inst two places retired
toward Changchow on the railway,
without fighting, permitting a rapid
udvnnco In the direction ot Wusln
ud Chang-Chow. '
Shnntimgeso reinforcements are"
being hurried to Wusih and Chang.
'. Heavy fighting in those
areas is reported.
Several thousand Shantungeso
have crossed the Yangtse from
Pukow. across tho river from Nan
king. Foreigners estimate that at)
least 70.000 Shantungese have been
sent up the river recently to meet
tho southern thrust from Anhwel
province.
. Counter Invasion.
In Tlonan province. In the inter
ior, the Manehufians who are driv.
Ing to lie south have at last oc
cupied Chengchow. accomplishing
after severe- fighting what they
would have probably done some
time ago but for the defection ot
Wn Pfi-Fu.
Capture of Cheng Chow merely
cl.irs the way for the beginning
of the advance southward through
central Hnnan, and much fighting
Is nnpprently ahead of the" Man
rhurians before they actually come
to grips with the Nationalists In
their drive toward Hankow.
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