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Rose E7jo Weather Highest temperature yestorday..59 Lowest temperature last nlght..39 - Forecast for southwest Oregon: Unsettled, probably local rains to night and Wednesday; normal tem perature. Douglas ! i bum ! County' . Greatest I TODAY'S NEWS TODAY s l53Ka.WBJ Consolidation of Tho Evening Newt and aW II I A COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published fo( the Best Interests of thf People. , The Roteburg Review VR VOL. XXVII NO. 307 OF ROSEBURG ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5,, 1927. VOL. XVIIINO. 68 OF THE EVENING NEWS : ssssa V ; I HSBHSJ ! I ;i ! . II F GUARD POLLS AS CHICAGO VOTES 5,000 Policemen, Machine Gun Squads and Secret Officers on Duty. SHOOT FIRST, EDICT Gang Leader Slain on Way to Jail Three Rival Mayoralty Seekers Are Confident. (Associated Press Leased vt'lre.) ' CHICAGO, April C A burst of election violence and a flood of bal- lots today marked- Chicago's bit terest mayoralty contest with prospects for a record vote of up wards of 1,000,000, Bombing of two Pemocratlc po litical clubs on the north side early in the morning, long before the polls opened, and the killing of Vincent "Schemer" Diucci, beer gang leader of the north side late yesterday, apparently reached the peak of turbulence iu pre-election hours, but not the end. Four hours after the polls had opened a polling place in the 28th ward, a negro, district on West Lake street, was fired upon. Three men speeding past the Thirty-Second precinct voting place in a roadster emptied their revolvers, shattering windows but Injuring no one. An election worker ran nut . and fired at the fleeing car and reported he believed he had wounded one of the occupants, Druccl was killed by a detective after he had been taken Into cus tody. .He quarreled with Detective Daniel Healy, who killed him en route to the criminal courts. build ing. Druccl -was armed. Druccl' Death Awes. , When Irours passed after the opening of the polls with little of tiie expected violent outbursts an ticipated as a result of the bitter campaign, In which racial and re ligious issues were used in addi tion to patriotic appeals, flag-waving and uproarious campaign noise-making, the police did not relax their watchfulness. Officials declared the killing of Drucci had had a wholesome ef fect on hoodlums. , Joseph Bauer was wounded mys teriously but he refused to disclose whether he was a victim of elec tion trouble. CHICACO. April 5 Chicago's most extraordinary ' mayoralty campaign, whose issues hurtled the municipal boundaries and soared to foreign fields, today entered the voting stage, with 5,000 police men, special machine gun squads and armed plain clothes men on guard at the polls. ' One candidate was Mayor Wil liam E. Dever, Democrat, who came to Chicago from Massachu setts 45 years ago and arose from tannery worker to alderninn, su perior court judge and finally chief executive. His plea for re election was based entirely on his municipal record. Another candidate was William Hale Thompson, another Day stale native, once a cowboy, mayor of Chicago from 1015 to 1923 and ti tular head of the Republican party in Chicago. His slogan was "Amer ica first." He inveighed against the League of Nations, the draft, the prohibition law and told King George to "keep his snoot" out of (Continued on page 5.) ROTARIANS WILL PRESENT PROGRAM AT FORUM MEETING The Roseburg Rotary club will have charge of Wednesday Forum Luncheon at the . Hotel Umpqua and thdmembers 'of the service club as well as all who are Inter ested In the work of the Chamber of Commerce are urged to attend. The luncheon starts at 12 o'clock noon. The musical program for tomorrow's luncheon will be under the direction of W. E. Ott. The Rotarians have arranged tho fol lowing program for the meeting: DeWitt Barnes "Wool Industry In Douglas County." Carl Lingram "Comparative Pros perity of Douglas County and Other Counties." Henry Booth -"Hank Deposits and Banking Conditions. 1926-27." Al Creason "Investment Condi . tlons In Douglas County com pared With Other Sections." Foster Butner "Broccoli and Fu ture Possibilities." A. R. Moore "Cement Industry In Douglas County." Chas. McElhlnny "Selling Your Home Town." Guv Cordon -"The Bootlegging Industry." ARMED DRGES Warraht, Needed lu Liquor starch (Associated Tress Leased Wire.) SALEM, Ore., April 6. A prohi bition officer has the legal right to enter a private dwelling with out a search warrant where he has reasonable grounds to believe that a still is being operated, seize the still and accompanying equipment and arrest the owner. An opinion to this effect was handed down by the Oregon state supreme court here today. The court bases its opinion upon the fact that operation of a still is legally classified us a felony. "That a search warrant Is not re quired in order to justify an officer in entering a building where ho has reasonable grounds to believe a felony Is being committed, has been recognized from time imme morial," the opinion reads. The particular case on which the opinion was rendered came be fore the supreme court upon up-peal- from Washington county. James Yarde having been indicted upon such a charge and a directed verdict ordered by Judge George R. Bagley, who held that the seuTch had been illegally made and that consequently no evidence could be introduced having to do with It. The appeal was taken by the state. After a considerable discourse on the admissibility of the evi dence, however, in which the su preme court holds that it should have heeu allowed, the appeal is dismissed upon a technical ground, which will allow the defendant to go free in this case but which is expected to -have an ..Important bearing on proceedure in future li quor trials. There is no legal pro vision permitting the state ..to ap peal In such a' case, the supreme court holds, giving this as the rea son for dismissing the appeal and commenting, '.'however, since the case is here, we. have deemed' it fitting to make the observations above .nolod, although academic in nature." The opinion was written by Justice George Brown. T OF , (Associated l'rcu Leased Wire ) SAN FRANCrSCO, April 6 Search for Pilot Edward Neher and Alfred Schaller, and the miss ing air mail plane, which disap peared Sunday en route from Fres no to San Francisco, was scheduled to center in three distinct areas today. Clews had been discovered Indicating- that the aviators might either have crashed In Llvermore valley or in the swamp& of north ern Contra Costa county, or have nose-dived into San Francisco Bay. Seem triply reliable reports de clared that a plane had been heard in those three localities early Sun day, and plans lor the search were laid accordingly. Officials of the Pacific Air Transport company an nounced intentions f asking police and United States- coast guard of ficials to drag the bay for the plane. Scouting the surface of the wa ters with airplanes yesterday fail ed to reveal wreckage ' giving a clew to the airmen's fate. Resi dents of the Llvermore and north ern Contra Costa county sections were scheduled to coutfnue the search for the plane. Searchers had lout much of their early con fidence that flyers would be found alive and uninjured. The air transport company earned last night that the plane had been seen at Patterson Pass near here, by four persons at 4:45 o'clock Sunday morning. They identified it by Its red and white pilot lights. It wat flying west. OREGON COUNCIL OF COOPERATIVES MEET IN PORTLAND (Associated Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, Ore.. April 5 The annual meeting of the Oregon Co operative Council was held here to day with representatives In attend ance from nearly all the farmers' cooperative organizations and agencies In the state. Lloyd S. Tenny, chief of the bureau nf agricultural economics. Department of Agriculture, was the chief Bpeaker this morning. He explained in detail the work of his bureau crd Its benefits to the farm ers In bringing about more order ly distribution of farm products and the. growing of the proper cropB. Other speakers at the meeting were A. F. S. Steele, manager of the Hood River Apple Growers-' as sociation: R. A. Ward, president of the Oregon council; C. J. Hurd. extension marketing specialist of the Oregon Agriculture College, and K. .!. Dixon, manager of the Pacific Poultry Producers associa tion. ' . L CITY COUNCIL Violet Ray Coils in Homes Must Be . Licensed and Regulated. FANS BEHIND MOVE Radio Club Endeavoring to Eliminate Disturbances Now Affecting Reception. An ordinance for the minimizing of radio interference , by regula tion and control of electrical ap paratus which sets up high fre quency oscillations was passed by the city council at the regular meeting held last night The or dinance was drawn up by the Roseburg Radio club and the city attorney, emoodylug tile chief pro visions of similar ordinances now in effect in practically all cities, The new law provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any high frequency ap paratus between the hours of 5 and 11 p. m. unless such apparatus is so connected and shielded that it does not interfere with radio reception. The ordinance is parti cularly aimed at the violet ray de vices which are to be found in numerous homes of the city, a ra dio club representative being re sponsible for the statement that there are over 200 of such coils in use in the city. The ordinance specifically mentions violet ray machines, machines using the Tes la coll or principle, X-ray ma chines or any machine -including or Incorporating n device"15rofrUCIfrg nigh frequency oscillations. , , Any person desiring to operate such a device must file an appli- aatlon with the city council stat ing tho character of the machine, together with its uses and the hours during which it is ordinar ily, used, and the place where It is kept, The council has authority, to require Information . furnished in the application to be more specific If it is not felt that the applica tion furnishes all of -' the data needed. A license fee of $1 is re quired. - . The ordinance gives the city electrical inspector authority to enter upon nny premises at all reasonable hours to inspect the in stallation and working- of all ap paratus covered by the provisions of the ordinance. The council has the right at any time to revoke a permit for the operation, of any device or appar atus and any person falling to se cure a permit or operating a high frequency device without a permit may be fined not to exceed 100 or imprisoned not more than 15 days or both fine and imprison ment. ' Many People Affected The ordinance was sponsored by the Radio Club which has .been working hard for many months to ollminate interfering noises. The ordinance is designed to place all broadcasting devices under regula tions which will prevent their op oration of coils which disturb ra dio reception during the specified time. - . T i . Representing the-radio listeners of the city, C. W. Clark. . spoke briefly to he council last .night regarding the measure. He stated that there are over 600 radio receiving sets In Rose burg at present representing a financial Investment of more than 190,000. By a conservative esti mate of 4 listeners to each ma chine It Is judged that there Is an average of nearly 2,400 people list ening In regularly to radio pro grams. The fact that so many peo (Contlnued on page 5.) OREGON TEACHERS GIVEN NEW PLAN BY SUPT. HOWARD Mswlatrd Tress Lrssed Wire.) SALEM, Ore.. April 5 A new system of requirements affecting public school teachcrp throughout Ihe state was announced this morn ing by C. A. Howard, superinten dent of public instruction. Three alternative plans for reading circle work are submitted to the teachers as follows: . 1. Completion nt at least a three-hour course In a standard normal school or a standard col lege or university, cither in resi dence or by correspondence. 2. Completion of any approved professional study course under the direction of local or county school authorities. , , 3 Completion of an approved Individual project or professional problem. 'All teachers. Including-those-in districts In Ihe . first class, must comply with the new requirements. RADIO GOT LAW PASSED Religion and Wetness Can't Beat Al Smith, But He Must Let Liquor . Issue Alone, Senator Glass Says (Associated Press Leased Wire.) . ASHEVILLE, N. C, -April 5. The Ashevllle Citizen today quotes Carter Glass of Virginia as saying that Al Smith can bo elected presi dent despite the fact that he Is it Catholic and a wet, but he must let the prohibition issue alone. , "I am bure that Al Smith under stands that the presidency means nothing at nil in the fight to modi fy prohibition," -Senator Glass . de clared. "The president cannot change the constitution. He can not even veto a joint resolution passed by congress submitting the matter to the states, and his influ ence wkh congress on such an Is sue would be negligible, ; "Yet,-for some reason, the peo ple who talk about electing a pres ident on a wet issue lose sight of that particular consideration. The president has nothing to do with It. When a democratic president (Woodrow Wilson) did veto the Volstead Act, congress thought so little of his leadership on the mut TAX BODY LEAVES (AKSoclated Press Leased Wire.) SALEM, Ore., April B The State Tax Commission this morn ing passed a resolution which in effect leaves it to the option of Individual county assessors throughout the slate whether the questionnaire printed under house bill 72 of the 1927 legislature shall be used by assessors. The action was taken by the commlBslou fol lowing a number of protests to cer tain parts of the questionnaire and threatened legnl action with a view to submitting it to the people by rererenuum. ... ,: Notices will he-sent out fo as sessors this afternoon 'advising them of the action taken by the .commission, .'and signifying! thiVL they may go ahead with their as sessments under the questionnaire or may get the i nformation re quired .by an examination of the .books of the- firms being assessed or iu any other effective way, the idea being that the assessor is held responsible1 for: carrying out tile terms of ihe law under which the questionnaire was printed. Earl I. Fisher state tax commis sioner, Indicated his belief that the action taken by the board will have the effect of making tax budgeting possible in the future as in' the past. '. -i - , Members of the board Btren uously denied that their action will have the effect of abrogating the law in question as it was Intended by the legislature to go Into effect. BURGLAR BUSY IN PORTLAND HOMES (Associated Tress Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, Ore., April R A smnli-sized burglar looted a (num ber of houses and apartments in the northeast section of Portland last night, and In two Instances was declared lo have attempted to attack women. A series of reports received by police, giving descriptions thnt co incided, calmed them to believe thnt the Banie man was- guilty In eacli case. In one instance lie wns reported to have been accompanied by a larger man. Small amounts of cash, and some tides of jewelry were reported taken from the homes which were prowled. JUDGE AND SHERIFF ASK PAROLE OF BOOTLEGGER PORTLAND. Ore., April 5 Gov- emor Patterson was requested to day by District Judge John A, Mears and Sherlfr T M. Hiirlliurt to grant a conditional pardon or parole to William Dugan. who is serving a year in tho county jail here on a liquor charge. Judge Mears and Sheriff Hurlburt left for Salem at noon to confer with the governor. Dugan was fined J.1.000 and sentenced to a year In Jail by Judge Mears. Ill health and family circumstances have de veloped since hla Incarceration and the county officers are now at tempting to obtain his release. KIWANIS SEE MOVIES AT PROGRAM TODAY The Klwanls club wo entertain ed today by motion pictures shown by Horace Bromley. Copco camera man. Films depicting Habo Ruth's recent trip to Oregon, Suthorlin mint harvest, arrival of do Autrc mont and numerous other attrac tions were thrown on the screen, giving much pleasure to the specta tors. Prior to the showing of the pic tures a short talk was given by Maurice J.- Newland, In which he stressed the Importance of coopera tion In the Chamber of Commerce Confidence promotion campaign. ter. that It passed the act over his veto." Senator Glass said that those who seek changes In the prohibi tum law should concern them selves with obtuinlug a majority in congress to paHS tho desired legislation. , Prohibition is not a party issue. Prohibition was not passed by Ihe democrats or by the republi cans but by men of both parties and with no regard for party lines. It was a moral issue. "So why in heaven's name should the democrats make- the ISth amendment a party issue ill Hie next national campaign as though electing a wet president would affect the prohibition law? I cannot believe that tho sensi ble men -In Ihe party will try any thing so foolish. If they do, hey might just as well take the presi dency to the republicans on a sil ver platter and make them a pres ent of it. They might just as well tnke their party out and dump it out on the scrap heap." FUST FIGHTS ARE EXPECTED All appearances point to a good boxing card on Friday night, ac cording to Promoter Frank Truni ble, who has been arranging the several arguments to be settled at the Armory on that evening. Fans who saw Pat Padolford and John ny Motejl tangle a short time ago will be anxious to see those boys bnttlo again over a 10-round route. At their, last meeting they fought six two-minute rounds, but this tlmo will fight throe fninuto rounds and will go over a 10-rouud period, providing one or the othor does I lint, tiilrn ilin pniml- m-lm. tn tl,o filial bell.' At their-last rriftrttlrg fudeilord was just recovering from h spell of Illness and was not able, according to his friends, to make the allowing of which he Is now capable. - Piidelford has been having a . number of successful fights In various purls (if the country and has been training hurd. He is expected to arrive in Roseburg tonight, accompanied by Spec Woods, a well known fight er, who will help him iu complet ing his training. Motojl anil Pa dell'ord are evenly matched In wolght and ability and It should bo a good fight. Promoter Trumblo today an nounced a special event in which .Deacon Wills, the colored llght hcavywclght, who has been in Roseburg for the past week,, will be matched with some opponent not yet selected. Wills has hud 48 fights recently and has never been knocked off his feut. He has won many of theso' battles by knock-: outs, lie' Is classed uslu coming lighter lind In Ills workouts at the Armory has been showing a good deal of class. EMILIE LANCEL HEARD IN CONCERT I Knillle Lnncel from San Francis co gave r most interesting pro gram at the First Methodist church last evening to a vei-y ap preciative audience. This was the third and last of a series of con certs sponsored by the Douglas County Music Teachers' associa tion and the HcJniine Conserva tory. Artistically If not financial ly they were a great success.. Miss Lanccl lias a lovely, rich, resonant contralto voice. She sings with authority unci finish. Kach song was prefaced by an ex planatory talk which gave a better uiiderstaiidlug of the songs to those who did not know them. It was n most satisfying program by a charming and gracious Binger. Mr. Walter Wengol accompan ied her with a feeling and an as surance which makes you want to sing. Altogether UoHcburg is to be congratulated on having three bucIi artistic programs and It Is to he hoped there will bo more next year. MUNICIPAL JUDGE TEST IN PORTLAND Mmwk'Utrd I'rf-w Lcaatfl Win?.) POIlTLANI), Or., .March 5 In a tent cane to determine whether Portland municipal Judges legally can hold office by appointment rather than by elect Ion, Fred 1. Boh It , editor of the Portland News, today refused to pay a fine of $10. and spent five minutes In jail be fore ho was rclcHHod on a writ of habeas corpus. Hoalt contrived to have hlnmelf arrested lust Krldny on a charge of driving a car with out proper license platen, having rpmoveri one of the plated for Ihe purpone. ' Warren Whiting of Camas Val ley was In this city for a brief time this afternoon attending to bUHfncsn affairs and trading. GULF LINKS TO RANK WITH BEST IN NORTHWEST Roseburg Country ' Club to Have Grass Greens and Irrigation System. $12,500 TO BE SPENT Improvements Ordered at Enthusiastic Meeting of Membership He'd Last Night. At an enthusiastic meetlug of the membership of the Roseburg Country. Club last night authoriza tion was given for- the immediate Improvement of. the club's proper ty by the installation of a com plete irrigation system and alter ations in; the. course with other improvements making a total esti mated expenditure of 512.M0. The improvements ordered: by the members will provide one of the finest golf courses on the Pacific const, with grass greens and fair ways and one of the most scenic locations to be found anywhere. The members wore unanimous in their decision to proceed with the project and are eagerly looking forward to tho completion of the work.- ' i The mooting held' last night was one of the most representative since the organization was formed. The gathering was held In the In dian room of tho Umpqua hotel which was well filled by the en thusiastic golfers, who came to gether to hear the report of tho committee which lias had the lm- portiuiUiwjMil. - under iteomddetB. lion for several months, Last year the club began discussing the im provements and tiled a water right which Will enablb the taking of sufficient' water from the North Umpqua river, which borders the beautiful club site, to provide the water needs of the Irrigation sys tem; A committee on ways and means wns appointed to consider the rnislng of money for Ihe carry ing out of the project and this commltteo lias been working hard to get out the plans for the work, securo estimates, and devise the means for financing the Improve mont. ' The committee nmdo its report last night, outlining tho w6rk pro posed to be done together with the cost,, which is estimated" nt ?1 2,000 and the plan for financing, showing that the ciub is 1h' unus ually fine financial condition, with Its spacious grounds 'and present improvements fully paid for and clear of indebtedness, valued nt more than $20,000. Tho Income is more than sufficient to meet the few outstanding ohliKallons and ample funds nro in sight In meet tile cost of the proposed Improve ments, The cominltlee recom mends that the project of replottlng tho course and -the Installation of an irrigation system be adopted by the club and tho report was given Immediate and unanimous nppro val. Start Work at Once , The task of making tho lm- (Continued on pngo 0.) REED'S QUERY AT LIBEL SUIT STIRS SAPIRO TO ANGER (AMorlnlfil Prfni Iancl Wirr.) DETROIT. Mich.. April B. Tho little marble lined district court room In which Aaron Saplro Is suing Henry Ford for $1,000,000 for alleged libel was very cold and only fifty spectators were present today when Senator James A. Iteed of Missouri, chief of Ford counsel, and Saplro renewed llielr struggle of cross-examination be gun a week ago. Saplro admitted he got "$1,000 gross" for attending a cooperative marketing conference at- Chicago In July, 1924, when lie traveled throe daya from San Francisco, remained three days, Bpoke once, and travelled three days back to the west, coast. Senator Heed asked If an other wise unidentified C. H. flllHtafsnn had not. apoken ahead of Saplro. "Yes," replied Haplro. "Did you not Inter say lo Mr. C.iiHtnfHon 'I am going lo make you look like thirty cents?' " asked Heed. Angered, Saplro half nrnRP In' (lie witness chair and nearly shouted: "I never said anything like that lo Mr. Oustafson nt nny time anywhere." William Henrv Gallagher, coun sel for Saplro demanded that the question and answpr ho stricken as not a proper part of cross exam ination and over Senator Reed's oblectlon It wa done. Senator Reed sought lo Intro duce the Saplro speech at Chicago but It was excluded. P. MAY NOT MAKE CHANGE IN TRAIN SCHEDULE 4 ; A rumor ' was Iu geuorul . 4 'circulation here toduy that sthe change In train schedule to tnke effect April 17, has been postponed until an lude- 4 finite date. Protests made by, various cities along the Hue, It 'is rumored, , have' caused tiie 'interstate commerce com- mission, to hold the new schedule In abeyance until 4 the matter can be thorough- 4 ly considered. The change 4 would greatly handicap tho 4 mail service In southern Ore- gon and It is understood that there havo been protests 4 made to the government. Railroad offd-luls here today stated that they bad heard the rumor, but that, no offic- lal 'nollce had been received. MARATHON IS COMEDY . ' O , (AwK'tiiti'd I'r.'iu l,.-ii.,l Wlm) ' O GRANTS PASS. Ore., April 5. A report from Moilfoid late yestorday that two mara- thon runners of the Medford Craters had started for Grants Pass, aroused interest, here, but proved to have been part of a merry invasion of Grants Pass by tho CraterB. The runners, oaeh portly 200 pounders, started from 4 the heart of Medford in nth- letic garh, but they boarded 4 a train and traveled tho rest of the way on the rails. The Craters came In force ami were entertained by the Cave Men at a' dinner here last night. . t W-.'. '(Awe la ted ltPM,'U.pnci .-)V'lro.) WASHINGTON, April 6. Hadlo wavei lengths bnda nowi Used ffor broadcasting, vlll , be confined 'r ;to tlioir pieHcnt llmlls, the Federal Radio conimlBBton decided toduy. A, general .order was iHHiied to doiil with the 'problem, one of the Irat investigated hIiicq the for mil lion' of the1 commission.' Proposals had been made to- reduce radio congestion by IncreitHlng the num ber of bauds on which broadcast ing Is now allowed. ..... "In vlow of Ihe manifest Incon venience to the listening public which would result ' from any Im mediate widening ot the frequn cy band devoted to radio broad casting," the commission's order said, "the commission will not at this time allocate to broadcasting stations frequencies ' other than those between 550 and 1500 kilo cycles (545.1 lo 1D9.9 meters) - fcx cept on specific request of such slatloiiH. ' "It believes, however, that tho band between 1500 and 2,000 UU cycles (109.9 to 1-19.9 meters) should so far as may be practi cable be held open for experimen tal work In broadcasting and al lied forms or radio service, to the end that, with tho further devel opment of the art, this band may he eventually made available for broadcasting whethor for the ear or the eye, If It shall provo parti cularly well' adapted to such typo of service lo the public." The commission's mention of the posHlhle visual radio service was said to Indicate its recogni tion of the increasing possibilities (hat something corresponding to motion pictured and views of cur rent Bceues will shortly be In stantaneously transferred by ra dio appliances. NEUNER UNDECIDED A3 TO AIDING IN HUGH DeAUTR EMONT TRIAL ( SMM Ui- I'rt'M l.iMrVtl Wim) KAMOM. Ore.. April 5. (ieurgo Neuner, of Portland. United Slates district, attorney, said here today that he would have to he sure that (he de Autrcnmut trial dale-would not InlerfiTe with federal cases he must prosecute In Ihe circuit court of appeals early In May before he could agree to hhhIhI Iu the Med ford rane. He Jnis been conferring with Newton C f'haney of Medford, Jackson county prosecutor, k said, regarding tin- case and his ns sfstiince In prnsccntttiK the six .lackon county Indict mentH. I Four of tliene Indictments are fori tho murder of funr men. one Is for attcmptltiK to purloin the 1'nlted Ktntcs mulls, and thV other for In terferlnK with a common carrier engaged In Interstate commerce. The assistance of his office would only be nt the solicitation of County Attorney Cheney, slnco the federal indictment ntralnst do Autremont for InterferliiK with the mnlls can only be tried In federal court. SINCLAIR SENTENCE MONDAY WASHINGTON, April 5Harrv f. Sinclair, wealthy oil operator, will bo sentenced to jail Mondav by Justice Hitz in the District ot Columbia supreme court for con tempt of tho senate. T 0NE5E Ml DRIVING NORTH T Temporarily Checked When Foes Take Possession of City on Route. . ; : LOOTING CONTINUES Unrestrained Mobs Prevail at Hangkow and Nanking;' Powers Preparing for Redress Demand. . ! (Associated l'ress leased Wire.) SHANGHAI, , April. 6. ?T h d northwnrd drive of ; the National ists (Cantonese) along; the , rail way leading to Tientsin and Pek ing Is meetlug with strong resis tance. ( : ' I : Northern forces captured Kwan tlen, 60 miles northwest of Nan king Sunday after heavy fighting. and 200 nationalist wouuded i huva arrived at the latter city, ,The na-: tionaltsts are rushing ' reinforce ments to that secter. A wlreloss dispatch from Nan king reported strong anti-foreign, fooling In that city, where . collis ions between rival factions of the Kuumiiitang wore expected.1 Na tionalist soldiers In uniform, were seen Monday removing proporty rrom i resiliences ut foreigners there.i . i , r'-'vv . The latest 'estimate of the casu alties in the recent molee between Jupanese and Chinese in Hankow, said a radio .dispatch wore' ten Chinese killed any ninny wounded; and two Japanese killed and . two woundod. In addition seven Jap anese wore hold as hostages. -The - dlslaieilaifdea tlint'th Japanese country club, -the Japan ese hospital and "timber and- oil godowns, or1 warehouses, were looted and burned;' BrltlBlr-nroper-ty-was not touched. Tho former British concession was quiet. Canton Parades Put Off : Two hundred ! British" toldlora have arrived' at Bhanieen, the for eign quarter of Canton, to protect the Island against a Chinese at tack. Parades ' and other demon stmtlons by antl-forelgniats for the purpose of domaiiding the return of Shameon to the Chlnose ' were postponed, '. Foreigners continued to concen trate nt Tientsin from widespread sections ot North China in view ot the constant press northward bv the nationalists. Fearful of lack of safety in Tientsin some "of the for eigners announced their ' intention lo proceed to Dnlren, in Llatoung, or Japan. In the native city at Tientsin the authorities searched hotels and ton houses for suspi cious characters. This was done undor orders from Peking. U. S. Anxiety Grows. WASHINGTON, April 6. Grad ual advance of tile Cantonese arm Ins into northern China In the di rection ot Peking and Tientsin, where there are largo American colonics, is viewed with grave anxiety as only the continued con trol by northern forces prevents the possibility of a recurrence In this urea of incident such as that at Nanking. Tho apprehension that ,the situ- alien is causing iu official circles Is reflected In Ihe closo attention I'reslileut Cnolldge Is riving to re ports from Minister MncMiirray at Peking and Admiral Williams, American naval commander at Shanghai, and also In his fre quent conferences with Secretnry Kellogg. Within the Inst 21 hours theso officials reports have con firmed news dispntches portraying an Increasing menace to foreign lives In tlin area north of Shang (Continued on lingo 5.) , SEVEN MEXICAN KIDNAPERS SLAIN BY FIRING SQUAD f Amorlnlc'l I'rrin LontH Wira.) MKXICO CITV, April 5 Tried by summary court martial for tho kidnapping and murder of Kdgar M. Wllkius, American electrical engineer, seven men have been dime In death by a firing squad at Guadalajara. The guilt of the culprits waa said to have been established at Hie court martial Sunday night, after Ihe ten ymr old son of Wll kius had Identified one of them, Mariano Cahadn, as tho leader of. tho band which captured hip father and himself. Wllklns and his son wore cap tured by the uutlaws a week ago last Sunday. The boy was releas ed wllh a note demanding a ran som ot :n,uiio which he took back to Guadalajara. Federal troops were Immediately sent out lo cap ture the bandits, and Calznda said It wan anger over the close pur suit by the troops that canted tho band lo murder the American, PEKING