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yi.errenrain. nmenca s vjreatusi. Baritone,, i oni
WEATHER FORECAST: lUin west and
snows 'east-portion; somewhat , war mie,r;4
fresh southeast winds on coast. Maximum
yesterday. 33; minimum, 29; river, 5.9 and
falling; rainfall, .28; atmosphere, cloudy;
The New York Times says that European
nations are setting tired of having Ameri
. cans tell them to put' their house in .or
der. Then Why don't they do it? .
wind, northwest.
4 EVEKTY-SESTH YEAR
SAI;:0ltEG0NrTUESl5Y01lNmG;TANU 25, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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For Each
Delay
girt
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BBJOfl CUT
IIBUDGETS
v. :
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State Engineer Appropria
tion Allowed; Girls' School
Fund Increased
UNIT RULE APPROVED
rian to Make Board of Health and
Public Service Commission
SoifSupporting; Other
Redactions
The Joint ways and means com
mittee continued their cutting
work I last night and when the ad
journlment came they had lopped
of f4 6 00,0 00 from the budget pro
posed by the state budget com
misison. This budget bad been
prepared several weeks ago by the
comnvision and submitted to the
ways and means committee for
their Investigation and approval.
From all indications the various
budgets will be cut some more
when the .bills are introduced
which will make the state board
1 of health and public service com
mission self supporting. The state
board of health had asked for an
rppropriation , ot . approximately
$75,000 for the current biennium,
but this was reduced recently by
the ways and means committee to
$40,000. It was .suggested that
this activity probably could be
made self supporting through the
adoption of a fee and tax system.
A small tax would be levied on
premiums of life insurance , cor
porations operating in the state,
while fees would be charged by
the department for water examin
ations and otehr activities.
Two bills for the support of the
public service commission were
submitted to the ways and means
committees tonightr Oire of these
' psflhr provided for a tax on public
j futilities, .while the .other author
yT Ized collection of fees for certain
activities of the department. It
-was estimated .that- the tax TI11
would raise $70,1100 during the
biennium, while the fees collected
under the other bill would raise
approximately $10,000. At the
request of Senator Strayer it was
decided to defer action until the
bills could be amended so as to
-Contia4 oa pas 2.)
) BROWNINGTRIAL
SCENE CHANGED
HEARING TODAY WILIi BE
WHERE PKACHES WANTS IT
f . TT-
Real Estate Dealer Closes Case in
35 Minutes, , Alleging
Desertion'
CAKMEL, N, Y., 'Jan. 24.
(AP The first ac ot Edward
Browning's separation trial suit
against his wife, the , former
Frances (Peaches) Heenan, closed
here today with the stage deserted
and all the property men bound
south for. a hew "opening." at
White Plains, N. Yf, to which JnsH
tice Seeger ordered It transferred.
The main street of Carmel,
which at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing was black with , automobiles,
sleighs, photographers, reporters
and farmers, was tonight a single
ribbon of beaten snow, with no
body on It. , t . . ...
At White Plains, however, tech
nical men were busy installing
wire loops, phone and telegraph
circuits, for the continuing army
of press representatives. And the
court room there is scheduled to
open at 10 o'clock, when for the
second time Supreme Court Jus
tice Seeger will conduct the trial,
this time in the town and juris
diction preferred by Mrs. Browning-
...ur
In 35 minutes today, Mr. Brown
Jng. 51 year old NewYork real
estate man and plaintiff, ended
his case, charging that the high
school girl he married 20 miles
cast of here in April 20, 1926,
wilfully abandoned him in Octo
ber, the same year. She is now
16. . -.. , -- -i ;
He used 7two witnesses his
chauffeur, Edward P. Carney, and
his secretary. John T. Gorman,
and did not personally take the
stand. ' . ' ' .
Carney testified that he moved
Mrs, Browning's trunks from Mr.
Browning's Kew Gardens home on
ong Inland, to the homo of Mrs.
Browning's mother, Mrs. Cather
ine Heenan.
lie saidthe .move- was ordered
by Mrs, Heenan, from whom he
took orders, although, employed
by Browning. t e v .
lio told .of a telephone conver
sation on which Browning called
to him to, "listen iai when. Mrs.
Heenan is said, to have deuiared
her daughter througa. with the
real estato man. Both - Mrs.
Browning and : hqr ; mother .had
likewise said they were through,
V&yX uii'J tired," and "would
; ' - y -- .
DEDUCT $23,608'
MARION'S CLAIM
OREGON'S I SHARE OP "LAND
" GRAWT FUJiTD f 149,391
Courts May Be Called Upon to
Decide Whether State Entitled
to Share
; According to a report compiled
by the state commission here yes
terday Marion county would have
deducted from her claim, on (the
Oregon and California land grant
funds an amount totaling $23,
608. The state of Oregon's share of
the Oregon & California land grant
refund would aggregate approxi
mately $1,349,391, which would
be deducted from the claims pre
sented by the various counties en
titled to participate in the distri
bution. Ot, the total amount of
the tax refund that would be re
ceived by the state Douglas county
would contribute $312,168. Jack
son county would contribute $250
443 and Lane county $228,4 60.
Amounts that would be deduct
ed from the aggregate claims of
other counties for the benefit of
the state, follow:
Benton $55,430, Clackama,s $85
026, Columbia $36,795, Coos $76,
090, Curry $5629, Josephine $93,
615, Klamath $22,040, Lincoln
$4351, Linn $48,988, Marion $23
608, Multnomah $12,199. Polk
$51,070, Tillamook $7301. Wash
ington $13,377, and Yamhill $13,
801. .
"The state tax commission,"
read the report, "in making the
distribution of state taxes for the
year 1917, on the rolls of 1916,
quite properly took into consider
ation the forfeiture fo the grant
lands of the federal government.
Therefore the grant counties were
charged with a relatively less
amount of the state expense and,
with this decrease in revenue, oth
er counties were obliged to assume
an additional burden.
"To illustrate further, if the for-
( Continued on pac 2.)
SWAN'S BILL POSTPONED
Bill for Withholding Salary In
creases Shelved for Time
Action on house Joint resolution
number one, introduced by Reprer
sentative Swan of Linn, county,
prohibiting the increase of salaries
during the term of legislators vot
ing on them, has been indefinitely
postponed.
In a hot session following the
negative return of the bill from
the committee on resolutions, rep
resentative Swan accused members
of that committe of purposely
shelving his resolution until salary
increases could be hurried
through both houses of the legisla
ture. Swan told fellow members to
leave his county alone on salary
bills, saying that they would raise
them themselves, if necessary.
DUNNE OFFERS TOLL BILL.
Multnomah Senator Would Repeal
Interstate Bridge ToU
Senator Dunne , of Multnomah
has introduced a bill to repeal
tolls of the interstate bridge be
tween Portland and the state of
Washington.
The state highway commission,
under the biJJ, is authorized to pay
Multnomah county such price, or
compensation as may be agreed
upon, between the county commis
sioners and the state highway
commission, for the county's share
and title in the structure.
YESTERDAY r
IN WASHINGTON
AiioemUd Press
The supreme court adjourned
until February 21..
Cyrus E. Woods' nomination
was rejected by the senate.
Democrats in the house moved
to call up their tax reduction bill.
t
Trial , of Albert B. Fall and
Harry F. Sinclair was postponed
until April 25.
The senate judiciary committee
recommended a blanket investiga
tion of, federal patronage "sales,"
g .
Charles Chaplin's attorneys
asked the government to remove
its liens upon the movie actor's
bank funds.
', rThe-house decided not to insist
on .; the Hull amendments to the
McFadden branch banking bill.
? Acceptance . of the American
Cya-Onmid company's' new bid for
Muscle Shoals was proposed by
Representative Madden of Illinois.
. , .,
j 'Prohibition was debated In the
senate. Representative McLcod of
Michigan asked for-, investigation
of enforcement in the Detroit dla-
trictv -
i
'MBlda for ships of the United
Stales ana American mercuaul
lines, including the Leviathan,
were . rejected f by tho shipping
board. . - i '
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i f Senator. Cameron, of Arizona,
requested an; Inquiry into charges
that public latidH In tbcToatftwcst
had been fraUalcutly-tfcJlirered-to
LEADERS
THS
ID LOR
AGAINST U.S.
"Yankee Imperialism" Ob
ject of Tirade Urging Aid
to Government
REBELS GROWING ACTIVE
Revolutionists Couist' Upon "In
famous Cooperation of Oil
Companies," Speaker Tells
Workmen
i MEXICO CITY, Jan. 24. (AP)
An appeal to Mexican organized
labor to rally solidly to the sup
port of the Mexican government
and against "Yankee imperial
ism which seeks any pretext for
armed invasion of Mexico and
threatens all Latin-America,"
was made by the labor leader,
Jose Gutierrez, addressing a mass
meetting of workmen under the
auspices of the regional Confeder
ation of Mexican Workers today.
In the meantime further bandit
or rebel attacks are reported in
several parts of the republic,
while the war department - an
nounces additional federal suc
cesses in half a dozen engagements
with revolutionaries in different
sections of the state of Jalisco,
where the uprisings are said to
have been more serious than else
where. In these combats, the depart
ment reports, numerous rebels
were killed. Federals also re
pulsed a band which attacked
Santa Maria, state of Guerrero, in
flicting substantial losses. Ban
dits, . who attacked the town of
Apasco In the state of Mexico,
were dispersed by federals hastily
dispatched from -a nearbjr point.
"They- count upon the infamous
cooperation of theoII companies."
he continued, "who find in Mex
ico another place -.where these
nighwaymen may raise their ban-
( Continued oa page 4.)
FISH COMMISSION LOSES
Federal Court Holds Oregon Body
Without Jurisdiction
PORTLAND. Jan. 24. (AP)
The Oregon fish commission 'does
not have jurisdiction over that
part of Puget island in the Colum
bia river on which are located the
fish traps of George McD.. and
Eileen White, Federal Judge
Bean decided today.
The case is one of the most im
portant that has come up since
the Oregon commission began its
fight on the traps. The board
thought the island is within ibe
state, but the court upheld the
plaintiffs.
.'"S H.
WET JEN GAINS.:
O. HENRY PRIZE
LOCAL AUTHOR SECOND IN
OREGON TO GET HONOR
Sea Story Entitled. Coflmand'
Brings MucK-Songht Awiard
To Salem
The awarding to Albert Rich
ard Wetjen. leading Salem writer,
of the O.. Henry Memorial award
of $100 announced yesterday - for
his short story, "Command,"
brings an O. Henry prize to ; the
state for the second time in the
literary history of Oregon.
Four years ago another Oregon
author, Edison -Marshall.- received
the O. Henry prize for his story,
"The Heart of Little Shikara." ;
Mr. Wetjen's prize-winning
story is included in the O. Henry
Anthology for 1926. It is a sea
story with character delineation
dominant. Mr. Wetjen, in one
year appeared in three distinct
anthologies of "best stories." He
was featured. in 1926 not only in
the O. Henry collection, but in the
Wells' and in the O'Brien anthol
ogies as well. -
Mr. Wetjen's letter from Harry
Maule, editor-in-chief, is as "fol
lows: "Dear Wetjen:
I'm pleased to tell you that the
O. Henry Memorial committee, of
which, as a representative the
publishers of the book, I am a
member, has awarded you the
special prize of $100, for the best
short short-story, namely, your
story "Command" which, as you
know, is included in the 1926 vol
ume. It gives me great pleasure
to enclose herewith our check with
my congratulations and those of
the other members' of the O.
Henry Memorial committee. The
dinner at which the announcement
of the prizes was made was held
last night and some flattering
things about your story was said
by Dr. Williams to a brilliant
gathering of some 350 people.
With all good wishes, I am, '
HARRY MAULE,
Editor-in-chleL"
TIMBER INQUEST ASKED
Investigation of Concession in
Malheur Forest Requested
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (AP)
Immediate investigation o f
charges of fraud in negotiations
which culminated more than
three years ago in the Herrick
Lumber company's concessions on
approximately 900 million feet of
timber in the Bear valley section
of the Malheur national forest,
Oregon, was asked today in a. res
olution offered by Senator Cam
eron, republican, Arizona, in be
half of Senator Standfield, repub
lican, Oregon.
The resolution was referred
without discussion to the public
lands committee.
It recited, also, that the Ore
gon legislature and county court
of Grant county, Oregon, recently
had passed resolutions urging con
gressional inquiry into the nego
tiations which led to the Herrick
contract in June, 1923.
THE GOLD RUSH
FINISH OF COLD
WAVE PREDICTED
WARMER WEATHER FOR ALL
OREGON FORECAST TODAY
Temperature In! Salem Again Falls
f i Below Freezing , With
Icy Streets
. Chill again descended on Salem
last night, and the streets, wet
with slush from, snow that melted
under the influence of yesterday's
warm rains, again became ice
coated. The cold spell is believed
only temporary, however, and war
mer weather is forecast for today.
. Snow, that fell Saturday night,
and that became Ice coated under
Sunday night's silver thaw, ran
off the streets in miniature rivers
all day yesterday, with rain and a
emperature of 33 degrees to help
it along.
At a late hour last night the
temperature had fallen to 30 de
grees, with little, more drop ex
pected. PORTLAND, Jan, 24. (AP)
With the thermometer just touch
ing the 30 degree mark at 4:30
p. m., Portland people brightened
up a bit today in realization that
warmer weather is In store and
that a week of below freezing
weather had been broken.
"Somewhat warmer probable
rains generally unsettled," is the
weather man's prediction for to
morrow. Ten inches of snow
blanketed the city tonight.
A coating ot .clear ice formed
early In the day over everything
exposed in come sections of the
city, and wires sagged menacingly.
Stage lines have been forced to
suspend operation on the upper
Columbia highway, but it is be
lieved schedules will be resumed
tomorrow afternoon. Stages in
the immediate vicinity of Portland
are operating on near-schedule
time and all lines running south
are moving traffic without diffi
culty. Railroads leading out of
Portland had no difficulty in main
taining schedules. - -
Due to inclement weather, the
Portland boxing commission has
postponed a fight between Ad Ca
dena and Tuffy Wing from tomor
row night until January 31.
""EUGENE. Jan. 24. (AP) All
traces of winter weather KaTedis
appeared in the Eugene section of
the Willamette valley. Rain has
been tailing for two days and the
temperature today and Sunday was
like that of spring.
AGE: LIMIT LET, ALONE
- ' -
House Defeats Measure to .Pro
hibit Driving Cars by Minors
The i houses r" of . Representatives
yesterday defeated a measure to
raise the. minimum age limit for
motor Yehiele drives from 16 to 18
years, giving as, reason that minor
cnitdren in many rural Districts
are compelled by necessity to drive
trucks.
Sponsors of the measure said it
wits Intended to raise morals by
preventing joy, riding oi ennaren
"If we want to discipline chil
dren," said Representative Lon
organ, "We can do it better with
a .hickory switch than with this
bill."
IE SEEKING
LESS. TO LOAD
ORISTS
Bill Calling for Material Re
duction of License Fees
Introduced
'HORSEPLAY' CONDEMNED
Senator Says Initiative Measure
Calling for $10 License Fee for
Automobiles May Be
Originated
Senator Dunne of Multnomah
county yesterday introduced a bill
in the senate calling for -large re
duction of motor vehicle - license
fees, stating at (he same time that
an initiative measure will be pre
pared for' a future election to
make the license fee $10 for all
pleasure vehicles, unless the leg
islature ceases the practice of ad
ding unjust and unwarranted
burdens on the motoring public.
The senator said he introduced
the measure as a means of pre
serving a record to show what will
happen in case the continual
"horseplay" with rights of motor
ists is not lessened. He did not
introduce it with the idea that it
would receive favorable consider
ation, he said.
"The motorists of Oregon are
not opposed to adequate road
laws," said Senator Dunne, "but
they do object to the present prac
tice of adding continually to their
financial burdens. Unless this
"nipping" practice is stopped the
bill to which I have referred will
go before the voters. I am not
making this statement as a threat,
but-merely to: impress upon you
senators the dangers attending the
present system;" .
Senator Dunne referred particu
larly ttr the- alleged action of "two
lawyer members of the house
roads and highways committee
who were sald to have refused to
eoncur with the senate with rela
tion to the repeal of the so-called
peddlers' motor vehicle license
tax. j
I This bill, after passing; the sen
ate a few days ago, was sent to the
house, where it h.s since rested in
the hands of the roads and high
ways committee.
The bill was scheduled to come
up for consideration in the house
tomorrow under the head of spe
cial order of business. Senator
Dunne urged members of the sen
ate to confer with their colleagueg
in the house, in hope that the bill
to repeal the peddlers license tax
law might be reported out favor
ably.
The senate, by a vote of 18 to 7,
approved over the veto of ex-Gov
ernor Pierce, a bill passed at the
1925 session of the legislature,
providing for Increases in the sal
aries- of the secretary of state,
state treasurer and attorney gen
eral. The bill provided that the
salaries of thj secretary of state
and state treasurer shall' be in
creased from $4500 to $5400 a
year, while the salary of the at
torney general snail be advanced
from $.4000 to $5000 a year. The
house previously approved the bill
s The. bill was supported by. Sen
ators Banks, Beals, Bell, Butler!
Carsner, Davis, . Dunn, Dunne,
(Continutd on paxa 7.)
FLASHES LIGHT UP 'SKY
Pyrotechnic Display , Caused by
Work Imagine Trolley
: Greenish-purple flashes which
lit up the skyjin the vicinity of
North Front street, intermittently
for an hour or more Monday
night, drew general attention and f
caused a number of inquiries to be
telephoned , to the . Statesman of
fice. Some of them indicated fear
that a big conflagration was in
progress; in northwest Salem. The
pyrotechnic display, it was re
ported, was caused by the trolley
pole of an S. P; electrical switch
engine,-breaking circuit with the
trolley wire at intervals because
of ice on the wire. No damage
was done. f .
VOLSTEAD ACT ATTACKED
Wets in 'Washington Renew Pres-
-1 f Mire for Law Modif icatkm .
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j WASHINGTON, . Jan. 2i.
CAP) Renewed .pressure: tot
modification of. the Volstead , act
and a .demand for another invest-cation-ot
prohibition enforcement
reopened the wet and dry tug-of-
war today in both, houses of con
gress,- -1' ,. ' -
-f After a lively discussion on tntf
senate floor ot ; the personal at
titude of senators toward the pro-
hibiuon law, precipitated by sen
ator Wadsworth, republican.-New
York. I measure was introduced
br Senator Edge, republican. New
Jersey.- to authorize a. national
referendum, both on the repeal ot
the 1 Si h amendment and upon
DO
FOR
IT
TEN MILLS TAX
GETS APPROVAL
COMMITTEE i FAVORS ASSESS
ING CORPORATE" EXCESSES
Intangibles Would Bring Nearly
Half Million Dollars to
State
Corporate earnings will pay. ten
mills instead of the 16 originally
provided in. the bill introduced re
cently,' This was the provisional
agreement reached last night
when the tax investigating com
mittee appointed by the last legis
lature met with Governor Patter
son; JasVnlsbUj. : - , ,
The purpose of, the' eight bills
fostered by this committee and
now under consideration by the
legislature is to redistribute . the
tax burden in this state by col
lecting 'state revenues from , ins
tangibles -such: as bonds and other
paper, and to collect from corpor
ation on such of their, property
as is not now: reached by the ad
valorum (according to value)
property, and would not - be
reached by the intangibles tax.
The corporate tax is used in
California to produce a consider
able part of the state revenues.
There is no objection from corpor
ations in California to the tax, the
committee found when it made a
trip to investigate tax methods
used there."
Earl - Fisher, tax . commissioner
for the state, said that he believed
the 10 mills, or one per cent rate,
on corporate earnings would pro
duce a revenue of about a million
dollars.. The intangibles tax
should produce between a half and
three-quarters ! of a million.
Together tho two taxes would
meet the deficiency the state now
faces nearly a .million dollars and
would accomplish a further good
of levying for the deficiency from
wealth- that is ! not now paying.
' Mr,. Fisher pointed out that 17
states now use the corporate earn
ings tax and" 11 have an income
tax. To all practical effects. the
corporate earnings tax Is an in
come tax, but has not that name.
, The committee, met the objec
tions of Representative R. S.
Hamilton of Bend in part by re
ducing the corporate rate to ten
(Continued 4m 2.)
DEATH LURKS IN LIQUOR
"Bonded Stuff Sold in Portland
Has Horrible-Makeup
PORTLAND j Jan. 24. (AP)
Blindness and death lurk in many
bottles of , liquor sold as "high
grade moonshine" or "bonded
stuff in Portland these days, for
much, of the moonshine that is
purchased by the best people is
nothing but pure denatured alco
hol, A. S. Wells, state chemist,
declared today from his experi
ences in testing liquor seized by
raiders and taken to him for an
alysis! Bichloride " of mercury,' hydro
chloric acid, formaldehyde, car
bolic acid, tannic acid, sheep dip,
benzol, camphor,' iodine and wood
alcohol are among the -choice in
gredients in mach of the moon
shine . served p to those whoso
craving for a fs'kick" will lead
them to drink' anything that gives
them that promise. Not so long
ago when a convention was , in
town, samples pf liquor that were
taken brought out the fact that it
was practically entirely dena
tured alcohol, Weils said.
LlTA TO RENEW FIGHT
Word of Chaplin's Bond Posting
Awaited By ( Wife's Counsel
LOS -ANGELES, Jan. 24.-
(AP) Counsel for Lita Grey
Chaplin tonight awaited word
from New - Yprk that Charles
Spencer Chaplin had posted - a
bond to release tke government's
grip on- the fitm comedian's fin
ances and were - preparing to re
new their fight to obtain tempor
ary relief . for !their client, ! who,
they reported to be in immediate
peed of. funds. .
A difference of opinion was
held . by counsel for opposing
sides in the -domestic warfare as
to whether the f posting of . a hond
in New ; York would make .local
assets .of the comedian 'available
from which the receivers ' could
pay .alimony . ordered by. the su
perior court.': The v government
filed Iiena ioth.! in New York and
Los Angeles against the Chaplin
interests, both actions covering
alleged delinquent . taes ' over a
PRIVILEGED; TO. PROBE
LegiUUuro r Mt ;y, . Appropriate
JTunds for Investigations
Attorney flnneral i Vin Winkle.
in letter td rJHssideht-Cor belt ot
the senate, yesterday held., that
eihter-house ot the legislature has
authority -to order-In ventilations.
It - was held . t hat the Jegibln tu re.
has authority to'appropriate funds
for the cost ' of ;sucli" investiga
tions. -i.-i;i; "": r-s . iCisi: .'
riThe attorney iceneral said that
the '"anthoritiea were- divided on j
the .qaestioa ofj Whether the? -eg- j
islature could cpiupel the attend-1
ance ot witnessefp fiok&lQ ,that j
in i-ase' of lAVAwlisaiion-'aiM' hor-
nrnrppirr
i
UliULUtlLti,.
yiiioiiisi
S lu-Glilili!
Canton t Government Issues
Statements Saying Conflict
Not Necessary
NEGOTIATION PREFERRED
Liberation of .China From '.'Yoke
of Foreign Imperialism" Aim
of Government, Says Recent
Notice
HANKOW. Jan, 24. (AP) In
a sharp declaration to the world at
large today the nationalist govern
ment stated its view that "libera
tion of China from the- yoke of
foreign imperalism need not neces
sarily involve any armed conflict
between Chinese nationalism and
foreign powers. For this reason
the nationalist government prefers
to have all questions outstanding
between nationalist China and for
eign powers : settled by negotia
tion." , , '.. , . " .
t Nationalist China, says the dec
laration "is strong and conscious
of its power, its -ability through
economic means to enforce its will
bh Chinese soil against any pow
er." ... . - .. .... ,.
i The nationalist, or Cantonese,
government, which ha Increased
its area in less than a year of con
quest and propaganda to include
one-half of China, with a popula
tion of more than 200,000, ODtf.
flatly asserts its ability to take
care of Chinese affairs without tho
aid of any foreign power, , , .
British and other: foreign decla
rations of policy it says,, have in
tlmated that ' the powers "must
enter into self-denying ordinance
regarding China In order to safe
guard her integrity and independ
ence promote! her political devel
opment, rehabilitation of .her fin
ances." This, says the. Cantonese
pronouncement, is not true ot na
tionalist China. . - ;
; LONDON, Jan. 24. -(AP) All
doubts as to the magnitude of the
British' preparations to deal with
possible events in' China- were
cleared tonight when the war of
fice announced the composition of
the "Shanghai, defense force."
This force will defend the Brit
ish concession in Shanghai and
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EASTERN STATES:
SWEPT BY FLOOD
OHIO RIVER RISES INTO CIN
CINNATI BASEMENTS
Parts of Five. Commonwealths Cut
Of f From World ; Alaska ;
' Stricken
CNCINNATL ". Ohio. . Jan 2 4.
(AP) The swollen waters of lho
Ohio river were rising in Cincin
nati, tonight, .with ? the ? prospect
that Itwiii reach its hghest level
here sometime tomorrow, , : ;
, Municipal authorities and re
lief, agencies joined to combat
flood damage. ; The ; river is ex
pected to reach 59 feet here to
morrow, one foot higher than th
crest of 58 feet reached tX Tome
roy. Ohio, today.- - -.
most ; severe . experienced 5 in Cin
cinnati since 1918, - J --'Augmented
by backwaters from
Mill creek, the river has inundated
cellars and basements In the "bot
toms." . The. main business and
residential districts will not be af
fected. ' i . . .
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. '24.
CAP) Flooded - and glacialized,
parts of five southern and .south
western states tonight were cut off
from outsile communication,- eith
er by wire or rail, or. both,
r , Arkansas, Kansas, , Kentucky,
Missouri and Texas bore the brunt
of excessive., rain fall which sent
numerous streams to flood stage.
hampering highway and xailroda
traffic, i - ' - : - .
uOne death -was' reported1 today,
Ray Foster, ll years old, wa3 kill
ed at. Spriagdale, -Ark when he
came in contact with an electric
wire;" that ' had fallen under tho
weight of ".-an .accumulation of
I . Tho pauoanaie ana .nortnern
Tmh Kiifferrvd most from Jce that
followed the rain- Wire commun-
Ications ; were ',"disorgaized, and
work in' the panhandle oil field
was curtailed'. Temperatures to
night -ranged from around freez
lag intho north to warmer in tho
soutn with 02 degrees at Urowns-
eriouIyAdclayed In- northwc-stern
and- central :Arkansai by riv rs
Bwooiea , out . ol- . ujeir na iik..
Iteavy .rains that -havo fallen for a
week continued today.
; JUNEAU; .Alaska. Jan. 2 4.
fAPJWinter floods of, a erc.:'-.-
triagnltude, than ever before re
ported in. the interior' of .M.i-'vu.
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