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CHEERING LASTS FOR
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MentlOn Of Wheeler's NamellonSea to Americans and the eth
nic DKinno ftfAi( Di.M i
mow uiiiiuicai uuioi
of Applause
NEW i YORK, : Sept. 1 8, Sena4
tor Robert M. La Follette launch
ed an offensive ! in his campaigi
for j the presidency with 1 an ad!
dress tonight to an audience which
scene of the recent democratic
national convention. He 1 spoke
for one hour and a half, for the
most part sticking to the prepared
text in which he directed an as
sault .against the candidates and
policies of both; of the old line
parties. I I ... j
When the independent candidate
stepped on the platform, hU flret
appearance before an ' audience
since he declared' his candidacy
more than two months ago he
was cheered for! 1ST minutes. As
he directed thrusts at his oppon
ents he- repeatedly received the
approbation of the crowd, half of I
whom had paid a fee to gain ad-1
misaion to the vast auditorium. I
Senator La Follette read slowly, I
fro mthe manuscript with only a I
few gestures. -i Once he departed I
irom nis text lor a brier extern-1
poraneouar critlcis mof President
Coolldge's stand on the postal sal
aries bill and utterances regard
ing labor. As he did so he lapsed
into-his -characteristic.- speaking
pose, but in the main he content
ed himself with rigorous thrusts
of the arm..- . ; "
The hall rocked with cheers
when Mr. La Follette declared he
expected to be ' elected and the
mention of the 'name of his run
ning mate, Senator Wheeler of
Montana, brought a wild burst of
applause.-' By the aid' of loud
speakers, several thousand per
sons' in a park adjoining the audi
torium heard La FoiletteV ad-
He states that he did not in
tend "to be diverted from th dis
cussion of the vital economic Is
sues of the campaign by the fool
lh and preposterous assertions of
our opponents that in some way
we Its progressives desire to weak
en or impair the provisions of the
constitution of the tJniti 'Stat..
relating to the federal courts."
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1 ; Attacks Both Parties.
He made this declaration after
assailing the policies and the can
didates of the republican and dem
ocratic parties which he asserted
areas 'alike as two oeas In a nod"
and continued:; ,. r
f'l propose to keep in the fore -
ground of the discussion through -
out mis campaign the record of
the two old parties In recent years
ana the policies inaugurated by
tnem under which the railways!
ana oiner corporations have made!
larger proms man 'ever before In
meir peace-time history durlnel
wi same jengxn or time wnue la -
bor and the -small business men:
nave eked out" a bare -existence!
and the farmers have been driven
into bankruptcy by the hundreds
jOf thousands and the loss in value
of farm lands and farm products
haw exceeded forty billions of dol-
lars. " . .
"The leaders of both old parties !
naturally desire to escape discus
sion of the shameful acts which
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proaucea sucn results' as
these. I do not intend that they
snail avoid these issues." i
i f I Administration Assailed, i
j Senator ' ha. Follette discussed
the record of i the Han)int.rnnt.
I 1 . c,
idge administration, the acts; of
Conttaaed en pact 6)
THE WEATHER!
t- OREGON:' Cloudy and cool;
probably light rains Friday;
strong northwest winds on the
coast, probably reaching gale
force. f
LOCAL WEATHER
i, (Thursday)
Maximum temperature, 67.
Minimum temperature. 45.
River. -2.6 feet; falling.
Rainfall. .10 Inches.
Atosphere, cloudy. ' 1
.Wind northwest.;
WALES' PONIES
FOR S18.0U0 w
Lady Pat Tops the Price List,
Selling for Bum of Thirty
" Six I Hundred
STOSSET, SM. Y., Sept. 18.
Seven polo ponies owned by the
Prince of Wales and which were
m v " a.
rwaen in meK international poio
amPB v amnne a strine of 44
Ubid at auction today at East
Wllllston. Thai prince's ponies
nrougnt i,uu.
Two ponies ! owned by Lord
Wimborn, who) was the ; chief sup
porter of the British polo team's
trip to this cofentry, but who sail
ed before thefopening of the in
ternational matches, were sold for
a total of $21,000.
Of the 44 ponies sold five be-
ers to the Bntisn team
? ,.ljlAv Pafihrouirht the hiehest
price of all the-prince's string of
ponies, being sold to R. H. Hass-
ler for J3600 "Jacinto." another
of the prlnceip ponies which sold j
to Will Rogers for $2100. r
Fifteen-Acre Area on Top of
Famous Peak Caves in
With a Crash
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DUNSMUIR.I Cal., Sept. 18.
Approximately fifteen acres of
the southeastern section of the top
of Mount Shasta caved in today.
causing the collapse of the mud
creek canyon, which has recently
been overflowing with mud and
rock. The walla of the canyon, !
for a distance of. eight miles, j
crumbled with- a terrific roar
which was ! immediately followed
panic ash that hung over the I
mountain fop several hours. I
As e'duiti cloud appeared to I
PIUITifiSTA
rise from the jcrater left by thejthe exact amount needed and the
cave-in, persons living at Mccioud,
Weed and Mount Shagta, and oth-
er places at the mountain base
reached the Conclusion thatthe
ancient peak had burst into erup
tion. Many I frightened persons
were on the point of exodus this
afternoon and their alarm In many
instances ha$ not been quieted to
night.
DISTANCE CUT
TO HIPOBT
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I RlirVPVl ' f(fr NftW Rniitft. I On-I
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ping Off 32 Miles, to Be
Made This rail
A new rrnitn to Newnort. snr-
Ivevs far which are to be comnlet
led this fall if plans work out as
1 expected, will shorten the distance
1 from Salem to that) city by 32
I miles and make it I the nearest
beach to this part of the state.
J The total distance to Newport by
the new route will be 66 miles.
against the present 100 mile
I routes.
vh rhmh nf rimmerrp and
1 Lions club of Toledo are backing
the project strongly, and an-
nouncement of the plan was made
yesterday after a committee from
the Toledo Chamber of Commerce
had waited! on the Polk . county
court at Dallas and obtained a
promise that! the survey on the
Polk county, side' of jthe Lincoln
Polk county boundary would be
made this fall. The members of
the committee were Ernest 'L
Scott, president oft the Toledo
chamber; Renis-A. Arnold, merch-t
ant and president of the Toledo
Lions club.: and Earl Rouse, an
other merchant of that city.
The proposed new route will be
from Salem; to Dallas and then
through Falls City, Valsetz. Siletz;
Toledo and Ton to Newport. From
Salem to Dallas the distance is 15
miles, front Dallas to' Toledo 4 4
miles, and f from Toledo to New
port nineties. . , ; j
The distance from Toledo to the
PolV rnnntf lln, la 9 mild inHl
:. . 7 I ' 7.
it Is said that all but three miles
of this is already completed. 1 In
Polk county the road will go along
Rock creek Instead of over Chand
ler mountain as at present.
The bridge under construction
over the Yaquina river near Tole
do, it la said, will be completed
within 60 nays, which will elimi
nate two ferries in the road be
tween Waldport and Toledo where
tolls are now charged.
&S ASSISTANT TREASURER
WOMAJf IS RAISING FUNDS
Bno 'imm mine niMPklRV
Mrs. N. B. Harris formerly oi
Washington, D. C, is the first
woman ever named an assistant
treasurer of a political party. She
now holds that post with the
Democratic National Campaign
committee in New " York ' and is
aiding former Ambassador James
i vv. uerara in raising mnus iur
the Davis-Bryan campaign.
DATE TO BE SET
Directors Meet With Mr,
Booth at Noon to Fix
i Time for Action
Definite date of the opening of
the YMCA campaign ' to provide
funds for the erection and equip
ment of the new building on Court
street will be made at a 'special
meeting of the division leaders
Booth, international secretary,.
finance bureau, at the YMCA lo
day n0on. All the details such as
terms of the pledges will be work
ed out at this time as well as the
proposed outline of the entire
campaign. .
Present plans call for three"
weeks of preliminary work and
then a final drive of one week's
duration! for the wind-up of the
campaign.' Owing to Mr. Booth
being able to return to Salem
much sooner than he had anticl-
Dated. the - campaign is to be
launched about two weeks ahead
of the time originally set. The
meeting today will be the first of
a series tnat wiu De nem irom
time to time as the campaign
progresses; .
Division leaders who will partie
ipate in the campaign and direct
activities are Robert Paulus,
..i t.
George Arbuckle, T. M. Hicks and
Allen Kafoury.
Members of the finance commit
tee are T.f A. Livesley, chairman;;
Paul B. Wallace, T. B. KayB. C,
wues, wurus urobs hqu jub aiucji
- CONVENTION STARTS
YAKIMA, Wash.. Sept. 18.-;
Delegates j to the annual two-day
convention of the Washington
State Firemen's association began I
arriving today from all towns in
the state.
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iTemorary Officers Elected?
Charter Night for Toledo r
Is Announced
Temporary organization of a
Lions club for Independence was
effected last night when""iaoh?
from Portland, 7ugene, Salem and
Toledo met with the Independence
prospective clubmen and elected
temporary officers. !
The 'temporary officers elected
were: President, M. J. ; Butler;
vice president; S. B. Ramp secre
tary treasurer, W." P.-Harris; tall
twister. Fred E. Butt. S'
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tion of Lions. About 11 were
present from Portland.. Including
Robert W. Hodgkinson, president
of the Portland club. Eric Merrill
or Knn district trnvernnr
tended. ' ; : ; !
Announcement was made that
charter night for the new Toledo
club will be Saturday, October ll.
and the following day all the visit?
ing Lions will be taken to New
port for - a banquet at the beach
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LEGION FAVORS
DEFENSES AS
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Hearty Declaration Is Made
in Support of ) Adequate
Land and! Sea Forces for
United States
NATIONAL GUARD AND
OTHER UNITS LAUDED
Politics Staged in Prepara
tion for Today's Election
of Officers
ST.
PAUL,
Minn., Sept. 18.-
(By
the A?.) -With rousing
choruses of "iyes" ; the sixth an
nual convention of the American
Legion went 0!n record vigorously
here today for a navy second to
none, an adequate army and other
measures
of
national prepared-
ness.'
Passage of the universal service
Americanism, sol
diers' and officer training com
panles, the national guard and
similar proposals received the en
dorsement of jthe convention in a
session lasting more than five
hours. Condemnation of two de
partments of I the 7 United States
veterans' bureau and demand for
immediate trial ,of Col. C. R.
Forbes on the indictment charges
In his management of the bureau,
contained other resolutions adopt
ed. , r : m' ' " "
On internal natters the first bit
terness of the convention was
shown, but when the Issue was
turned to one of confidence in
National Commander 'John R
Quinn, who retires tomorrow, the
latter received unanimous and
ringing support.
Most of the, business of the con
ventlon was but of tho way to-1
night, and politics came to the
lore as delegates prepared for the
election of officers tomorrow and
adjournment of the convention.
which ywlll nieet in Omaha next
year.. r ; - ' ;'' if. .
When various ' district delega
tions' went into .caucus tonight
there was no (well defined expres1
sion concerning the name of the
probable successor to Commander
Quinn, and here still was talk
of "dark horses." -
J. J. Drain of 'the District of
Columbia and John R. McQuigg of
Ohio were the names most fre
quently heard in groups in hotel
corridors : an4 on street corners,
but other names also were report
ed under consideration in the ex
ecutive caucuses ? under way to
night,
Methodist Minister Thrown
Into County Prison on
Murder Charge
MOUNT VERNON, 111., Sept. 18.
(By The Associated Press.)
While the Rev. " Lawrence M.
Hight,, Methodist minister of Ina,
12 miles south of here, was being
taken to the county jail here to
day on a charge of murder issued
in connection with the death of
Uis wife last Friday, the body of
Wilford Sweetln-who died under
mysterious circumstances at Ina
two monmaj agu, was oeug ex
humed In the quafnt little village
cemetery of Ina.
The arreit of the Rev. Hight
was ordered; after a church chem
1st had examined the contents of
the stomach of Mrs. Hight-and
had repbrted that he had: fpund
sufficient poison, in the stomach
to cause her death. The death
certificate had - given ptomaine
poisoning as the cause of the worn
an a death.- . fra ,
''"It was atl the Instigation of the
minister himself that the exam
inatlon of the stomach contents
was made
, He said he believed his wife had
heen poisotied by his enemies
maae Dy nis war on oooiieggers.
Sweetin died two months ago. He
was a member of Rev. Hlght's
church at the time of his death.
The Rev. Hight admitted he was
at the Sweetin home during the
illness of Sweetin but denied he
I f ave the sick man any medicine.
NY
PUT IK JAIL
CLEM L. SHAVER
GETS SARCASTIC
ABOUT EPISODE
Bourbon Chairman States
That Coolidge Is Afraid to"
Have Wilbur Speak
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. A
statement describing ' as a "bit of
face-saving' ' explanation that
Secretary Wilbur was hastening
back to Washington to bring the;
budget committee Into line for
ample naval appropriations was
Issued tonight, by Clem L. Shaver,
chairman of the ' democratic na
tional committee.
Referring to the address the
secretary was to have delivered
Saturday at j Denver, and others
cancelled when he left for Wash
ington, Shaver asserted that "nun-'
dreds of persons have read the
speeches sent put In confidence,
and many rumors are afloat as to
what they contained," and chal
lenged the republicans to release
the Denver address asking "can't
the republican party stand for the
truth as uttered by a. republican
cabinet of ficer.'f
I "The mesa that has been made
by the recall of Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur by President Cool
idge," said 1 the statement, "is
(typical of the bungling of the
present administration. This politico-naval
expedition has set out
to win the Pacific coast for Cool
idge but the bombardment was so
erratic that it started fires in some
quarters, and according to the
press emissaries were dispatched
to the White House to call off the
expedition." - ;
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Roundup Draws 22,000 Peo-
i pie on First Day Stiff
Contests Seen
; PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 19.-
The Pendleton; roundup won its
spurs anew today, proving Its
power to attract- and hold a big
audience in the face of adverse
conditions when a crowd esH
mated at 22,000 came and stayed
for the first 'day's program, al
though a gale roared out of the
west all afternoon.
Particularly good was the be
havior of the outlaw horses in the
world's bucking contests.
There never was a first day of
the show that saw so many world
famed riders unseated or disquali
fied. 1 ': "
Howard Tegland. winner in
1922 of the world's contest at both
Cheyenne and Pendleton, had to
grab his" halter rope with both
hands to save himself from a spill.
Dave Whyte.f an equally well
known tamer of vicious brutes,
was spilled in just three jumps by
Phillip . Athton Rollins, Red
Pruett was 'disqualified by Winn-
mucca when he had to help him
self with both hands. F. D. Stud-
nick was neatlydusted by the of
ferings of Rawlins Gray. It was
a day for the outlaws.
World Circlers are
Greeted at Muskogee
MUSKOGEE, Okla Sept. 19.
Thunderstorms, with intermittent
gusts of 'winds early today, were
believed by airmen to jeopardize
the chances of the world fliers of
taking off later in the day for
Dallas. ' ! If
Local committees are making
arrangements to continue the en
tertainment of the visitors.
MUSKOGEf3, Okla., Sept. 18.
(By The Associated Press.) Ok
lahoma was host to the army
around the world fliers tonight.
After a three hour and fifty-five
minute flight from St. Joseph.
Mo., this ' afternoon, the three
Grant-Douglas cruisers landed at
Hat Box field, army airway sta
tion, at 5:20 p. m , Central Stand
ard time. '
A crowd of 25,000 persons
greeted! the -men, bursting into
cheem as' the globe encirclers ap
peared over the haze to the north,
circled the field and landed. Six
army planes which had gone put
to meet the famous airmen landed
after- the last of the Douglas
cruisers' had come to earth. K? f
The planes probably will take
off for Dallas. 2 25 "miles away
about 10 a. m. tomorrow. Lieuten
ant Smith said tonight. From Dal
las they will make an 800 mile
hop to El Paso:
SO MARRIES 72
NORFOLK. Va.. Sept. 1 S.
Jack Edward Griffith. 29. theater
organist, and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Fray, 12f were married today.
POLICE CALLED
BUT TO CLEAR
FRINGE'S PATH
Business Is Discontinued on
Wall Street While Crowds
Gather for Sight of Brit,
ish Heir
WALES GIVES THEM AN
EMBARRASSED SMILE
Street Urchin Allowed to
"SteaT'Jtide By Clinging
4 to Spare Tire ,
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. Ameri
ca's financial heart, Wall street,
skipped a few beats today at sight
of the gay young Prince of Wales
Seemingly everybody In , the
business district dropped all af
fairs of finance to have a look at
Prince Edward. Police reserves
from three stations devoted much
effort to make way for the royal
visitor to get in and out of the
crowds that welcomed him to "tha
street."
It was another busy day lor chs
prince on his third Manhattan
visit since he arrived for h s
American holiday. The crowded
program included luncheon In the
buzzing financial district, an In
spection of the plant of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
company, a motor ride through
Central park and a baseball game
the first' he had ever' seen.
News Precedes Him
News of the prince's' impending
visit had leaked out and when the
royal car swung into position be
fore sixty Broadway, a hoard of
men, women and ' office boys of
the nation's money makers swarm
ed about. :. . :r'J IwV v
The prince stood in the ton
neau, lifted his grey hat, smiled
a rather embarrassed smile and
exerted a series of jerky little
bows In acknowledgement.
A pathway was finally cleared
to the door by police. The prince
was whisked up to the 19th floor
to the office of the North Ameri
can company where he met Har
rison Williams,' president of the
board, whose luncheon guest he
was.
Crowds Remain .
The crowds did not disperse
standing about, to await the
prince's return until the reserves
arrived and blocked off the neigh
boring streets.
The prince was taken from the
building through a rear entrance
and then visited the telephone
company s mam ornce. un tue
third floor he was shown how
transcontinental telephone connec
tions are put through.
Returning to his car, Wales saw
a small boy, a street urcnin
squatting on the rim of the ma
chine's spare tire. An attendant
made for the dirty-faced young
ster but -the prince restrained him
"Let him stay," he said, smiling
And the urchin, grinning widely
held his place until the car
reached the Chelsea hotel, one
time fashionable center of Twenty
Third street. Here Wales greeted
the members of ' the British ap'
prentices club with ?. whom b
chatted for several minutes.
Then Britain's future king. left
for the polo grounds. ;
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Reports Indicate That 25
Structures Have Been
Completed in 5 Years
MEDFORD. Ore., Sept. 18.
Reports showing building activi
ties and projects through the
state were presented today at the
annual Oregon conference of the
Methodist-Episcopal church. In
the last five years 25 building
enterprises have been completed
it was shown. j
R. A. Booth of Eugene, who
was honored today by presenta
tion of a specially bound copy of
a new book, was told that it was
presented in token of apprecia
tion of the honor conferred upon
ministers of . the gospel " by the
presentation by Mr. Booth to the
state of the statue ''the circuit
rider" which was unveiled some
time ago at Salem. - - - ';.
METHODIST
WIG
GAIN
TARTtWd CRIME CAREER -
AT SIX, FORGED' CHECKS
FOR BULLION, IS CHARGE
Although Aaron Mosheik, known
to the federal authorities as "Jim
the Penman,' Is only 22 years old,
he is alleged to have forged checks
forj -mace than a million dollars.
With aigang of perhaps fifteen
members, he was captured by the
federal officers who had been ; .n
his trail for the last six years, and
is held in Chicago. Mosheik la
said to have' been started on his
career of crime when he was but
six years old;
PARTNER DF
George R. Christian, of Day
and Heaton, Causes Loss
of $700,000
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. Defal
cation of a trusted partner today
threw the old established broker
age house of Day and Heaton into
involuntary bankruptcy and re
sulted in its suspension, from the
New York exchange of which it
had been a member since 1871
Liabilities of 11.700,000, accord
ing to a semi-official" estimate
exceeded assets by about ? 700,
000. .. '.. . ;r
Troubles of the firm were laid
to the disappearance of George R.
Christian, who entered Its employ
as a clerk 26 years ago and was
elevated to a partnership In 19 19.
Other partners said they had no
knowledge of his whereabouts or
the amount involved in bis defal
cation. ' i ' - -
Christian, it was. learned.
left
No
on his vacation a month ago.
irregularity Jin" his accounts
was
discovered until last week.
Most of the Victims Were
Married Ten Had Chil
dren to Support
SUBLET, Wye, Sept. 18. (By
The Associated Press.) The offi
cial list of the victims of Tues
day's disaster In mine No. 5 of the
Kemmerer Coal company was Is
sued here tonight by P. J. Quealy,
president and principal owner of
the ill-fated mine.. .
It shows that 23 of the 39 vic
tims were married, three not list
ed as to whether they were mar
ried or not, and of the number
married, 10 are survived by chil
dren In addition to their widows
Five bodies were removed from
the mine during the day and, de
spite the work- of rescue crews,
ail efforts to remove the remain
ing 12 bodies proved futile.
Because of the soft character of
the roof of the mine proper addi
tional slides occurred throughout
the day and as the clean-up crews
removed the -, debris? more rock
and earth : fell to impede their
progress, in view of the delay in
removing the remaining bodies, E.
W. Holmes, coroner of Lincoln
county, announced late today that
he would not empanel a coroner s
iury untilMonday- afternoon to
fix the cause' and blame for the
disaster. .
Teday relatives of the dead
miners thronged the two morgues
at Kemmerer, where they claimed
their dead and began arranging
for funeral services. Plans are
being completed here for a'great
public memorial service to be held
Sunday in the Kemmerer city
park." Hero' it was 13 months ago
citizens of Kemmerer and Fron
tier joined in. a similar service for
the 98 men who lost thetir lives
In an explosion at Frotier mine
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SHANGHAI IS
BE FALIfG
Heavy Blows By Kiangcu
Forces Have Telling Effect
-Defending Troops Bccto
Losing Heart
REPORTS ARE DENIED
BY OFFICERS AT CITY
Authorities Persist in Stat:
ments That Position Is
Stll Strong -
(By the Associated Press)
Weakened by the repeated ham
mering of the Kiangsu forces,
supported by the central govern
ment of Peking, by a revolt of the
third or home "army and by disaf
fection in other units, the Cha-
kiang defense of Shanghai Is on
the verge of collapse. General
Lu Hung-Hsiang has " offered to
resign the Tuchunship of th9
province and Is reported to ha v
left his capital, Hangchow, .I r
Shanghai. The troops, part of tli9
third army, stationed at Hacs-
chow, are reported to have thrown
in their lot with Kiangsu; while
others have joined) the Anhwel
army, which had J Invaded Che-
kiang near Szan south of Tai lake.
and still others have gone over to
the Fukien army, which, undor
Sun Cbuan-Fang, a lieutenant of
Wu Pel Fu, has advanced into
Chekiang from the south.
Kiangsu, taking advantage cf
the situation, has launched a ne
offensive at LIuho on the Yangtze
river, driving towards Woosunr,
the possession of which wouli
give.it. the virtual iontrol of th
port of Shanghai.
Refugees are again flocklr.i
into Shanghai and the foreign de
fense forces have taken precau
tions to protect the foreign settle
ments. The central government at Pek
ing, the hands of which have been
strengthened by the collapse cf
the Chekiang armies, has formally
announced Its intention of sup
pressing by lorce Chang Tso-LIn.
the Manchurian leader, whose in
vasion of Chihll at Chaoyang acl
bombing of the Chihir concentra
tion point at Shanhaikwan ha3
been accepted as a challenge ta
fight. Wu Pei-Fu has been ap
pointed commander in chief of tta
Peking armies,' with lnstructionj
to " start an offensive again -.t
Chang. ' ., ": ' .
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the southern
leader, who is concentrating his
forces at Siuchow in norther t
Kwangtung to' support the Che
kiang leader, is left in a hopeles3
position with his 'ally admlttins
his defeat.
SHANGHAI. Spt.; 19. (By the
Associated Press).- There is no
evidence here this morning of any
retreat on the .part of the Che
kiang army, which has ben do
fending Shanghai against the at
tacks of the Kiangsu forces. Nei
ther are any changes noted in tne
positions of the two armies west
of here. The officers at the Luns-
wha headquarters of the Chekiang
armyare emphatic In their state
ments that the revoR of the third
army at Hangchow, the Chekians
capital, does not mean the utter
defeat of Chekiang and express
confidence in the loyalty of a con
siderable number of the troops re
maining within the province.
This, they Insist, is particularly
true of those which have been en
gaged near the. Anhwel border.
The officers also deny reports
that munitions and supplies are
being withdrawn from points
along the Shanghai-Nanking rail
way west of this city and fro a
the Lluho sector on the Yanktzo
river. They announce their de
termination to continue to hold
the lines.
Rain Relieves Danger
From Forest Fires
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 18. Heavy
showers of rain in both the Cas
cade and Coast mountains today
are believed to have extinguished
all forest fires in this section, say
national forest officials. A la rjre
number of small I fires had been
burning on the Cascade national
forest for several: weeks -and the
continued dry -weather made it
very difficult to prevent thfr
spread. All farm crops have teen
gathered and the farmers say tt .'
jrs'come the downpour.