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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING,! SEPTEMBER 4, 1924
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HERRIfl HOLDS
FUNERAL FOR
.Services Held for Dead
. Evidence Laid Before Cor.
i oner's Jury Seems to Side
. With .Ku Klux Klan
CITY STILL UNDER
RULE BY MILITARY
Eighteen MUiiiamen Kept on
Hand Under. Command
of Captain Bigelow
HERRIN. 111., Sept. 3. (By As
isociated Press.) The Ku Klux
I Klan today burled the last of Its
! dead; elain in the battle fought on
I one of Ilerrin's streets Saturday
! while Coroner William McCown
rand his jury of, six. men Inquired
into the .causes of the fight and
i sought to learn who was- respon
sible. 'The .evidence laid before
the jury was more or less conflict
ing, and barring one witness, Mrs.
Chester Reid, widow, of one of the
men killed,- the : testimony plainly
was for the side of the klan. The
other side , Ignored the Inquiry.
Sheriff George Galllgan said' he
would not testify at the inquest
as "it didn't mean anything" but
that he would wait for the con
vening of the grand jury at Marion
September 22, i
Deputies Won'tAppear.
' His statement also was taken
as an indication that none of his
deputies would appear. The jury,
after waiting most of the after
noon for witnesses adjourned un
til 9 o'clock tomorrow morning,,
Charles Willard was the klans-
jnan. burled .today. Impressive
"ceremonies were held for him and
he was Interred with all honors
the Ku Klux Klan bestow on om
of their own, ; I ' ' - ;r
f Four protestant ministers of
ficiated at the services held at the
; First Methodist church at Herrin.
The edifice, was packed with peo
ple while several hundred, unable
to get in, remained on the out-
. cide. ' ; -
HERRIN. 111., Sept. 3. (By As
sociated Press'.) The iron hand
of t military, rule asserted itself
here today while the inquest was
being held into the deaths of the
six men slain In Williamson coun
ty's latest clash. It was edict of
Captain Harold Bigelow, In com
mand of the eighteen militiamen
who have been kept here to. pre
vent a renewal t of civil warfare,
that prevented the local klan from
appearing: in public in klan regalia
at the funeral of one of the vic
tims of last Saturday's affray be
tween klansmen and Sheriff Galll
gan and his force, and again It was
Captain BIgelow's order that dis
suaded the sheriff from cdming
over iram Marion thsl afternoon
to get the automobile he had in
tended to seize Saturday when the
clash resulted.
. Regalia . Is Forbidden.
When it became known that the
klansmen contemplated appearing
in their-regalia at the funeral of
Charles Willard,' Captain Bigelow
sent word to klan officers, that
they would not be permitted to ap
pear on the street with their
regalia but that they could don
them at the .grave and remove
them before leaving the cemetery,
Prior to- instructing Sheriff
Galllgan to appear at military
headquarters here Immediately at
Herrin Bigelow ordered the sheriff
to abandon his avowed Intention
of coming to Herrin with a ma
chine gun and had also instructed
Deputy," Sheriff Ora Thomas, who
participated in Saturday's clash
not to enter Herrin. - : ..
The coroner's inquest adjourned
at 3 o'clock this afternoon until
9 o'clock' tomorrow morning. The
jury spent most' of the afternoon
waiting for witnesses to appear.
TOE WEATHER
OREGON; Fair in east' and
cloudy In the west portion
Thursday; probably light rain
1 on immediate coast, no change
; In temperature: moderate
winds mostly" northerly.
' LOCAL. WEATHER
(Wednesday)
Maximum temperature, 87.
Minimum temperature,- 53.,
Hainfall,: none.
River, 2.4.
Atmosphere,., clear.
Wind, northwest. - - .
SOME BOURBONS
WANT KU KLUX
KLAN IN RANKS
Belief Expressed By Demo
crats That- KKK Should
Be Kept Within Fold
AUSTIN. Texas, Sept. 3. A
strong antl-klan platform includ
ing a plank, favoring laws which
will require the; membership of
the Ku Klux Klan to be published
was adopted today at the closing
session of the democratic state
convention. In addition the con
vention endorsed and ratified the
nomination of Mrs. Miriam A.
Ferguson of Temple for governor.
' Many speakers? voiced the senti
ment that it was not desirable to
drive klansmen from the party.
Rather, it was declared, it was
desired that the klan abandon
what was said to have been at
tempts to dominate the party and
stay within the! fold, ; Speakers
such as, Joseph j Weldon Bailey,
former United States senator, and
James E. Ferguson, husband of
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson,, the nomi
nee for governor, joined in the
plea to the klan to purge itself
and stay in Its political home.
WALES WES
Sees Practice of Polo Play
ers Without Being Hailed
j By the Crowds
SYOSSET, N.Y Sept. 3 The
Prince of Wales gets credit for an
achievement today. He witnessed
the polo practice of members of
the British and American inter
national teams on two different
grounds and was seen by only a
small part of the crowds gathered
at either place, f
Before - driving to the polo
grounds he rode over, to Locust
Valley and paid a call at the home
ofJohn TTDavis, the democratic
nominee for president. Mr. Davis,
who was embassador to Great
Britain from 1918 to 1921 was
in the west on a campaigning
tour, but Mrs. Davis received the
prince.' -. -
At the Meadow 'Brook club.
where the international matches
will be played,; a large crowd as
sembled to see the British poloists
play a Bcratch game against " an
American four.
The royal guest, accompanied
by his equerries, sat on a camp
chair at the end of the field west
of the main gate. Photographers
found . him out but he let them
snap away without hindrance. He
appeared to be less apprehensive
of photographs 1- than of the
crowds. ; I U ': '
SI FRANCISCO
Forerunners of Battle Fleet
Make Trip From Medford
in One Day
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.
Eight navy planes, forerunners ol
the battle fleet which will arrive
here tomorrow carrying Secretary
of the Navy j Curtis D. Wilbur,
landed at Crissy field today, com
pleting a trip! from Medford, Or.
The fliers left Medford early to
day. - ; j :"
Preparations to welcome Secre
tary Wilbur and the battle squad
ron of some SO craft, were being
completed today by navy officers
and civic and marine officials.
CHIP
The Statesman Party of
Salem Girls at Newport
Are Having Great Times
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The Statesman girls (ihe win
ners in the seashore contest) are
having a great time, according to
Fred D. Coffden, who phoned from
there last night. I
They took in the movies and
the skating ring on Tuesday eve
ning, and . having started , early
from Salem and had. an eventful
day, were ready to retire early
( for Newport ) , at 10 : 3 0 to 1 1.
They were all up early yester
day morning and after breakfast
took-a hike on the bay; beach and
around the , point to the ocean
beach, and back to Newport.
Then,- In the afternoon they had
a fishing party on the- bay,' and
some of them caught flounders,
torn-cod, and a lot of crabs. - They
US SECRETARY
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STARTING IB
Russian Statement Asserts
That Secretary of State
Hughes Is Precipitating
War iri China
AMERICAN MONEY SAID i
TO BE INFLUENTIAL
Attempt Being Made to Re
peat Boxer Memorandum
of 1901, Is Claim
MOSCOW. Sept. 3. ( By The
Associated , Press ) "r Secretary
of State Hughes is precipitating
the civil war in China, the news
paper Izvestia asserts today in dis
cussing the attitude of the United
States towards the hostilities in
ChlnaV ;' r - ij
The newspaper declares that
Mr. Hughes is feeling uneasy be
cause since' her agreement; with
Russia, China is acknowledging
her own national aims and is
striving to thrust off the yoke of
foreign capitalists. Mr. ' Hughes,
it adds. Is afraid for the future of
American interests in China which
he considers S3 a. colony for grow
ing American Industrialism. Am
erica is charged by the newspaper
with violation of the decision of
the Washington conference In re
gard to China. $
"While Mr. Hughes is so afraid
Lot civil war in China," the news
paper continues, "we believe the
coming conflagration there which
is being eagerly anticipated by
the American press, will be ar
ranged on American money . and
in accordance with plans set forth
'by Mr. Hughes who is using the
pretext" of civil war In' order to
organize a united front of the
great powers against China. It
is his. intention to repeat provo
cation with Ithe purpose of re-es
tablishing the Boxer memorandum
of. 1901 which, made the world
capital the warden of China."
Plunging Auto Results
In Serious Casualties
STEVENSON. Wash.. Sept. 3.
Irving Dodge, Portland, was kill
ed. Mrs. H. L. St. Clair of Gresh-
am. Ore., was seriously injured,
and four other persons received
minor injuries near here today
when the automobile in which
they; were riding plunged from
the road over a 30 foot embank
ment. The accident occurred on
the highway k between Stevenson
and Carson. Causeiof the acci
dent was not known here.
Those slightly injured were B.
A. Gould, Winnifred and Mildred
St. Clair, daughters of Mrs. St.
Clair, and Mrs. Irving Dodge,
widow of the man killed.' All
were from Gresham.
Woman Burned to
t Death in Flames
OREGON CITY. Sept. 3. Mrs.
Laura"; WUcrit, 28, was burned to
death late today in a fire which
destroyed the home of E. W.
Meeks at Milwaukie. ' Neighbors
who rushed In to save furniture
did not know Mrs. Wllcrlt was! in
the house. Her body was found
in the ruins by O. A. Pace, coroner
of Clackamas county-Mrs. WU
crit, who was a widow, had been
staying with 'the Meeks family.
The house took fire presumably
from the explosion of an oil stove.
enjoyed Immensely this sportv
Dance in the Evening u
Last evening they , were given a
dancing party at the Log Cabin,
with a good crowd, the orchestra
having come from Toledo. f
Lester Martin, for the Kewport
Chamber of Commerce, is still act
ing as "daddy" for the party. To
day they go to the light house and
will spend the day in that direc
tlon. They will take' their lunch.
put up for them by Mr. Johnson
of; the Log Cabin. '. ' r:l
-They had fairly good weather at
Newport yesterday. K Fred D. Cof -feen
acknowledged over the phone
that he Is still splitting wood for
this seashore party of Salem young
ladies.
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MAC DONALD IS
NOT IN FAVOR
OF MEET IN U. S.
British Prime Minister Favors
Holding Disarmament Con-.
:;. ference in Europe .
GENEVA. Sent. 3. (By AP.)-
The British prime minister Ram-;
say mac uonaia, aeciarea lonignij
that he favored holding the pro-
posed disarmament conference in
Europe, instead ot,Washington be
cause it should be attended by the
premiers -of Europe who would
thus be able to devote time to the
conference.
DOES HOT BELIEVE,
DOeSillSICE
The Case of the Complain
Concerning Dogs Kept
on South High St.
R. J. O'Leary. concerning whos
dogs a complaint was made at the
meeting of the Salem city council
on Tuesday evening, regards him
Belt-as injured by the attack of
the petitioners asking that Mi
dogs be declared a nuisance and1
removed from their vicinity;
which petition is in the hands of
the committee on health and po4
lice of the city fathers. j
A Lover of Dogs "
I Mr. O'Leary Is well known as
a lover of good dogs, and as a
competent dog fancier. He has a
German police dog with five cham
pions of his pedigree, and three
beagle hounds bred from lield
trial stock; all registered. And
he has no pups now.
J He pays the prescribed license
fees on his dogs, and, in accord
ance with the city ordinance, does
not let them run loose, and he
owns bis home at 1990 South High
street and pays the taxes on it.
Moreover, he keeps the orem;
ises where he has his dog's ii
sanitary condition, and there is no
chance for offensive odors, for he
personally sees to it that absolute
cleanliness Is maintained.
Mr. O'Leary declares also that
he can prove by the testimony of
near neighbors that his dogs do
not howl at night.
Mr. O'Leary cautioned the re-
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FLIERS ENTER
Damaged Plane Necessitates
Stopping One Day at
Pictou, Nova Scotia ,
PICTOU, S. S., Sept. 3. (By
the AP.) The two world encircl
ing American -army airmen. Lieut.
Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Erik
Nelson, with their mechanicians,
jumped from Hawkes Bay, Mid.,
to Pictou, N. S., today.
r The flight of 420 miles was
made in six hours and" 26 minutes.
The fliers left Hawkes bay at
10:12 o'clock, eastern .standard
time, and came down on the water
here at 4:38 o'clock this after
noon. Head winds- and rain
squalls somewhat delayed the avi
ators, but otherwise they found
flying conditions favorable. 1
" Because the late arrival here
precluded the possibility of re
fueling, oiling and- a general check
over the planes before the coming
of darkness and owing to a brok
en spreader bar on Lieutenant
Smith's plane, it was decided that
the original plan - to depart for
Boston by way of St. Johns, N.
B., would not be followed-and
that the blrdmen would not take
off for United States territory un
til Friday morning, u
When Smith and Nelson leave
here they again will have as com
panions. Lieut. Leigh Wade and
Lieut. H. H. Ogden$ who were
forced out of the flight last month
when their plane , was damaged
while being holster aboard the
cruiser Richmond . after it had
been forced down on the jump
from the Orkney islands to Ice
land. " : '"- '
i " The jump from Hawkes bay to
day was made without incident,
beyond the breaking of the spread
er bar on Lieutenant Smith's machine,-
which : did not affect the
flying, qualities of the plane. The
aviators encountered no1 fog, and
except when they met rain squalls
here and there they found ex
ceptionally good visibility, which
enabled them to pick up at long
distances the" destroyers and pa
trol: vessels which, stood: out to
convoy them.
USTDIRROVf
Edgar A. Bancroft, New Ambassador to Japan
and James R. Sheffield,
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At the left is Edgar Addison
Bancroft, of Chicago, named as
ambassador jtp Japan to succeed
Gyrus Woods who resigned . the
post in June. " He Is descended
from the famous family of his tor
land which came to New England
in 1C40. Mr. Bancroft, who is 67
years old, was born at Galesburg,
Supreme Court Announces
List of NewjAdmission!
to Law Practice
Out of 79 applicants for admis
sion to .the I bar In Oregon, who
took the state examination under
direction- of the state supreme
court in July 60 were successful.
The list ol successful applicants
was made-public by Arthus S. Ben-
jo the ou :Thelist
iouows: ' i:
Earl S. Nelson; , 818 Electric
Building, Portland.
Frances M. Cummings, -72l E.
Twenty-first street, Portland. ;
Kenneth M. G. Graham, Y e o n
Building, Portland. f
David R. Vanderberg, J 0 4 Am
herst street. Portland. -
Claire D. Wallace, 614 Highland
street, Portland. f
Emerson U. Sims, 94 East Sixty
second street. Portland. (
Roawell DeMott 107 East Twen
tieth street, Portland. :?
C. E. Zollinger, 611 Corbett
Building, Portland.. 1
Merle S Hotchkiss, Court House,
Portland. ; -' . ' ' '
C. A. Beckman," 149 East Sixty
eighth street North, Portland
Charles H. Elrey, 402 Masonic
Building, Salem. ;
Francis J. McPhelim, 1080
Vaughn street, Portland.
Allarick E. Hagglund, 755 High
street, Eugene. i , i;
- Donald J. Ryan, Gladstone, Ore.
Wm. II. Older, 749 Wayland
street; Portland." . 1
Louis J. Balbach, Crouch Build
ing, Portland, j , ' 1 :
J. Mason Ditlard.t. Helens, Or.
' Harold Banta, Walportfc Of.
T. F. Wold. Lumberman's Build
ing, Portland.! . ' S
Albert H. Herndobler, 86.fEast
Forty-fourth street, North Port
land..! ' . ;!' '
J. S. Moltzner. 1108 Wilcox
Building, Portland.
Pat H. Donegan, Burns. I
John B. McCourt, 1311 Court
street, Salem.
Wm. Wallace Smith, Salem.
Gerald A. Rice, Marsbfield.
I. F. Phipps, 468-Market street,
Portland. . V
. J. ;E. McCall. 450 East Eleventh
street, Portland. . ;i
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New Route Taken in Climb
To Top . of ; Mount Hood
Lost, but not knowing it, was
the experience Sunday of Otto
Hillman of the Hillman Feul com
pany and-Martin Geiger, a Salem
high school student, who inadver
tently selected an original route
by which to climb to the summit
of Mt. Hood:
The pair left Sulfur rock about
15 minutes behind the guide and
expected to catch up with him at
any moment. Somehow they sel
ected the, wrong trail to the sum
mit by the east side ascent. Upon
reaching the summit five and a
half! hours later, they wereJn
formed by a forest ranger.- who
had been on duty for the last fout
years, that to his knowledge the
ioute they-came had not been
taken by . any, other party. They
reached the summit in two houra
leas t time: than- it took the eu de
to make the climb by the regular
route. '
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TNamed Envoy to Mexico
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III.; At the right is James Rock
well Sheffield of New York City.
He has been chosen by President
Coolidge to succeed - Charles B.
Warren who Uligned earjy in.
August as ambassador to Mexico.
He, is a member of the law firm of
Sheffield and Betts. Mr. Sheffield,
who id CO years old, was born at
Dubuque, Iowa.
B IS CASES
Busy Session to Begin Wed
nesday, Preparatory for
Court Term v
Fifteen cases will be brought
before the Marlon county grand
Jury when It convenes next Wed
nesday, according -to a list pre
pared yesterday by Lyle J.- Page,
deputy district attorney.' Of this
number, 13 are In the regular or
der, one oh certification and one
on appeal. - Several cases are ex
pected to be brought before the
grand' Jury from other justice
courts in the county and it Is
probable that at least 20 cases
will be investigated.
Cases, and charges' to be sub
mitted to the grand jury are as
follows:
I John Hewitt, inoculating an
other with an Infectious dsease;
George Slaughter, adultery; Earl
Snyder, burglary n a dwelling;
Walter J. Grear. larceny by em
bezzlement; Jack Signet. Perry
Derebery and Dave Steward; tres
pass; Charles Wilfong, larceny by
bailee; Jack Fremont, burglary
not in a dwelling; Frank Allen,
larceny in a dwelling; G. W. Fish
er, larceny; Wong Sam, posses
sion of opium; George D. Par
dick, obtaining goods under false
pretenses; Bert Lyons, larceny of
a watch; Lee Ecker, .receiving
stolen property; Quentin Holmes,
oh certification, accused of being
the father of an unborn child and
Russell Crossan, on appeal, unlaw
ful possession of intoxicating
liquor.
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00UBLEWED0I1
Root-Powell and Parmentier-
Feller Weddings Per
formed Yesterday
Dedication of. the new office at
the Bligh hotel was featured with
a double wedding about 5:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon when
Miss Helen Root, organist at the
Bligh theatre, - became the bride
of Edger D. Powell of Portland,
and Margie Parmentier of Salem
the bride of Dell M. Feller, day
clerk at the" Bligh hotel. The
Ceremony was performed by. Rev.
Martin Fereshetlan, pastor of the
Unitarian church, with T. G. Bligh
and Frank Bligh ae witnesses. Mr.
Feller Is the, son of Al Feller, of
Donald. Both couples . remained
In the city last night and as far
as could be learned, had not an
nounced plans, for the future,
j The first - couple, friends " sal-I
last night, had been planning on a
wedding the near future, and at
the last moment, induced the sec
ond couple to come - aboard , the
matrimonial ship. The affair was
hastily - arranged . and a' T. G.
Bligh and Frank Bligh had scarce
ly had time to arrange the. equip
ment In the npw office, they seized
upoulhe Jdca of, staging the
double weeding, then and there, ,
Mrs. Powell tendered her resig
nation aa organist several days
ago, but. was on duty at the organ
at the Bligh theatre last night, the
same as usual.-'
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POSTMASTER IS
DEAD AFTER 15
MINUTES' WORK
Flood River Man Drops Dead
After Fighting Fire for
Quarter Hour's Time
HOOD RIVER. Or., Sept. 3.
C. Johnson, 45, postmaster at
Odell, dropped dead today follow
ing exertion In fighting a fire at
the rear , of his combined postof
fice and confectionery store. - Mr.
Johnson bad fired a pile of trash,
the fire got beyond control and
for about 15 minutes he worked
bard bringing it to control. Death
came; as he ceased his exertions.
NEiSlBDL
Corn Cob Pipe to Be Used as
Campaign Symbol of
Democratic Simplicity
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 3 Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan, demo
cratic nominee for vice president,
put in a busy day! at the state
house, his . principal act in the
opinion of those cloee to him, be
ing the adoption of a corn cob
pipe as a campaign symbol of dem
ocratic simplicity.
Throwing back his black slouch
hat in characteristic manner and
placing the empty pipe, which he
had t received from a Nebraskan.
in bis mouth, - the nominee told
newspaper . men he had . heard, a
good deal about "common sense"
and the Dawes "high priced, pat
ented iipe'! but that If the smok
ing voter would only listen to rea
son he could get a corn cob pipe
for ninety per cent less than that
paid for the trick bowl.
Governor Bryan eaid he had
stopped smoking several years ago
"and did not intend to get back
inta the habit, but he boosted tbe
emblem as" a "common sense
pipe," made from the staple prod
uct of the middle west, the cam
paign battle ground, and win the
financial - report of the common
people."
The vice, president candidate at
tended the state fair in the after
noon and again today, visiting a
boys' club camp fire within the
fair grounds.
Governor Bryan said he .would
go to Omaha some time Saturday
to greet John W. Davis, the party
standard bearer, who will address
a gathering in the city auditorium
there that night.
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Paul B. Wallace Is Elected
President Large Crowd
Attends Meeting
An enthusiastic, wejl-dressed
gathering of republicans last night
at the armory was called to order
by j Mrs. E. B. South wick of the
state commtee,' and the follow
ing of ficers elected : President,
Pa jil B. Wallace; vice president,
Mrs. George H; Alden, U, S. Crow
ded, and Bert Macy; - secretary,
Mrs. Z. J. Riggs.
The club was officially named
Coblidge-Dawes Republican club
of ; Salem. It Was sponsored by- a
number of strong, short, pertinent
talks on the part of militant re
publicans who announced' them
selves ready for the campaign, no
matter how long it was, or bow
far it took them.
Justice McCourt Reported
In Critical Condition
Justice' John McCourt of tbe
supreme court, who has been seri
ously ill at his home on Court
etreet for the past week,, is now
reported In a critical condition.
He is said to be suffering from a
CQtnplIcatfon of ailments. Includ
ing bronchial pneumonia. K Port
land physician was called in con
sultation yesterday and is said, to
have approved the. treatment-being
administered to the patient. -
DEXIKS ENGAGEMENT
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Sept. 3.
Jack Dempsey at the Traymoor
tonight denied he was engaged to
Misa Estelle Taylor. The report
was started,, he said,' through., a
feature story written by a girl re
porter In Philadelphia, who "twist
ed things about ar blt."
BRYAN ADOPTS
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BATTLEFOUGIII
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Ten Thousand Troops Under
Chi Shih Yuan, Governor
of Kiangsu, Make Vigor
ous Daylight Attack
NUMEROUS CASUALTIES
CAUSED, IS REPORT
Indications are That Engage-
ment Is Becoming Gen
eral Over Large Area
SHANGHAI. Sept. 4 (By The
Associated Press ) A pitched
battle between the forces of Lu
Hung-Hslang, tuchun of Cheklanp,
and Chl-Shih-Ynah, governor of
morning along the Shanghai
Nanking railway ' near' Hwangtu,
about a dozen, miles from Shang
hai, according to reports from De
fense Commissioner Ho.
The battle commenced with a
troops, estimated at 10,000. While
the left - wing of the Chekiang
army was forced back, the center
and right slowly gained ground,
according to Ho's secretary. Later
icimuivuwicuiSjieacuvu tue viie&-
iang left.wing enabling it to pu$h
forward at 8 o'clock. .On the
whole the Cheklang forces gained
about two miles. 'There were
many casualties. At 8 o'clock
this morning, a Kiangsu brigade,
commanded by General Ma Yuzen
estimated at 5,000 attacked the
Chiang force of the same strength
outside Lluho. This engagement
according to the Lungw ha - head
quarters, resulted after an hours
fighting, disastrously for the
Lunrwha hrieade whtch at 9 : 2 3
was reported in" full retreat, with
the Cheklang troops . pursuing:
them.
There were also many casual
ties in this sector.
' All reports indicated that the
engagement is becoming general
in the whole area from the Shang"
hai-Nahklnk railway to the coast.
There Is an artillery action along
the railway.
Governor Blaine Receives
Majority in His Election
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 3.
Governor J. J. Blaine, backed with
the endorsement of Senator' Rob
ert M. La Follette. not only ob
tained a .' plurality over his near
est competitor, Arthur R. Hirst,
of; between 65,000 and 70.000
votes but rolled up a majority of
between 30,000 and. 35, 000 votes
over both his opponents In yester
day's primary for the republican'
gubernatorial nomination.
ROT ALL LIFE HERE
SCIENTIST GISTS
Claimed Absurd to Assume
That Earth Is Only Planet
' . ; Containing Life
SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 3. "It
ia absurd to assume that the earth
is the only planet on which life
exists," was the declaration of Dr.
Robert O. Aitken, assistant direc- ,
tor of Lick observatory, in an ad
dress on astronomy before the
San Jose Rotary club today..
. "The, milky way contains thou
sands of suns," he said. "Each .
M probably surrounded by its own
system of planets; each may be
greater than our own solar system.
In view of this it seems absurd
to Lthink that of this vast uni
verse of heavenly bodies', but one .
tiny, infinitismal planet. Earth,
contains the - only intelligent be-,
lugs."
Commenting upon the markings
of Mars as evidence of life on that
planet, J)r. Aitken said that to be,
visible to astronjaers of ttlr.
earth, markings would have to b.
from fifty to one hundred milen
wide, hence the notion that-such,
markings plainly I visible as they
are, are- canals' such as would
built on this earth is absurd.
' "It's not likely they are canals,"
he added, "unless they do . things
very differently on Mars than on
earth." . - s -
i)r. Aitken -concluded - with tl ,
declaration that, astronomers hav
ho direct observational evidenc
that there Is life anywhTe c ! - !
the Universe. -
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