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Portland Delegation Micit it'.io .Sicto. Flax Plant and the. -Linen'. IUJ ill3 An-.Seism." &n Mozit .irrlda! .Atiornccn Lb9:s!jl4i;co .ti3Les.ip.(atur; . 'qlppp.-ilreave-iifche Cleanirrg Up of thpRiphing esQ to a rMctfe off tho People "&7fiTH K R. FOR E CAST : Unsettled with ooVnionfl'nMa in ;wsv .portion and local 1 rains or snows in eas portion; moderate to : fresh souiberly..winds on coast. Maximum yesterday,! 48; minimum, 41; riverV 21.S; i 011 mm. ' A man, in New York City the other day refused to pay the barber because the bar ber failed -to giro-Li m a. hot towel, ilost of. the . aia,e know wxuld rather, pay. uoti to set one. t rainfall,' -ez; .aimospnere, cloudy; vmd, southeast. utheast.-t- , - f- ----- ( SEVE NTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY JWQRNING, PEBRUAY 23, 1927 PRIC&FIVE CENTS ri .fT)YW . r - 5 EOOLIDGE TM S TO ALLVJDRtD Joint Session of Conarws Birthday Spee9h . EUROPE 5 GETS .MESSAGE Radio t Extpmlinjs Over Whole ' Tniteil SUtM hisirlbulm President's .Voice to 20,000,000 .Hearers ' NEW YORK, Feb. 22. (AP) One voice, speaking through a single microphone today;, was be lieved to have literally , been "heard 'round the world" when President Coolidge, before a joint nession of cosgress, spoke on the National Broadcastings company hookup of 4 2r stations. His voice vras picked up in. Europe, , and , re Sroadcast to countless millions. Definite reports already have 'come from Berlin, ; London, and BK BIfl Paris of clear receptions of the tj ilddreas, with more distant points vVyet to be heard from. L, In the United States, a radio I net-work extending ; south to Jacksonville. Fla.. north to De- 'troit, east to Portland, Maine, and west to Seattle, Wash., distributed Jhe president's voice to every sec tion. It was estimated at least 20.000,000 Americans listened in. In addition to local broadcast- 4 ing, the National Broadcasting company, through stations KDKA I :at ;Pitsburgh and WGY at Sche I 'nectady. put the program on a ( short wave length that was picked 'up in Europe and was believed to have extended to the Arctic, . -outh Africa, and Australia. ' ' ; In Portland, . pr.lVwat , re-. tujllfid that desDite the ' recent storm in the east which crippted telephone - communication, ' the program was taken "off Ute wires iof the National Broadcasting com pany there with perfect reception kn broadcast to the Pacific north west. f ; - . The municipal . auditorium and 83 schools in Portland vrere the scenes of gatherings to listen in- ' ' Kn . renarta hoA . haan . received i (Continued on.ptf 4,) gENATE WALLOPS BIM TO PERMIT COCXTK TP ? : R-AISE MONEY LOST Measure By Gordon Would Al low Special Tax for. Attract J ing Tourists : Representative :. Gordon's . bill authorizing the county -courts to levy a special property tax for en couraging tourist travel received scant favor in the senate yester day. Senator Eddy declared the hill would jeopardize legitimate needs of the counties and give an opening for extravagance. ''We have approved a land set tlement bill and a measure author izing municipalities to levy a tax for advertising and publicity pur poses," the senator ' said. The .counties are having a hard time to? raise sufficient money under the six per cent limitation amend ment. We should not add to their difficulties by passing this bill," 'The measure was defeated by a, majority of several votes. 'A bill increasing the salaries of the district attorneys of Tilla mook. Josephine and Klamath introduced by Senator Miller, with counties was passed.' This bill was the provision that the new salaries would not become effective until January 1. 1931. r V ; -The senate also approved a hill introduced by Senator Hare . cor recting defects In the law relating to tunnel improvement districts. The present act recently was de- mvu HUVUUIUlUUUUaii Ul ,te supreme court on the unds that the clause pertain to the Qualifications of n voter at jan improvement district .eiec-j mob was, dicrimlnatory.l ; f v A bill introduced by! thahpuse committee on railroads and' ntill ties authorizing an increase in, the salaries of the public service com mh)sioner8 was defeated. It was proposed under the bill fi. Increase, these salaries fro m- S400 0 to jseoo a year, ? iThe. proposed, new! salaries would not hare become f ffective .until ; the expiration of REVQLT LOOMING ' IN JKLAN i RANKS Henry A. Oady, Huperior Court Judge, Resigns as Grand"'"" Dragtm of Order' RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 22 ( AP) An open break " between Dr. - Hiram W. EvanB, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, artd a large portion of , the organiza tion in North Carolina, wag ee'n by the Raleigh News and Observer today with publication of the an- nou nceraen t that Henry A. G rad y, superior; court; Judge, had resign ed as grand' .dragon of tlio realm of North Carolina;' y V; Judge Grady later confirmed his resignation . in a. long distance, tel ephone conversation. The paper' said many local klans in the state had surrendered their charters. Reports placed the num ber as nigh a tt out or yie klans in the state, i The break occurred, the paper said, over alleged attempts by. Dr. Evans to have religions legisla-' tion introduced in the general as sembly. Judge Grady, in a letter to the imperial wizard, said that he had received three bills : that were against the principles of the klan. One, he said, made it a felony to belong to the 'Roman Catholic church; another 'made membership in the Knights of Co lumbus a felony, and the third made illegal pre-huptial ! agree! ments regarding : education yt children when a, Protestant mar-f ried a Catholic. " A fourth bill, already a law in this -state, made inter-racial mar riages illegal. Soon after the rest ignation of Judge Grady , became known in the,capitoi, Representa tive Oscar Haywood and Senators Rivers, and Johnson introduced a bill in i the legislature outlawing organizations that keep their mem bership secret and' making illegal the wearing of masks in public. Rev. Mr. Haywood formerlyr was a klan lecturer, and Senator John son' bitterly - opposed n , similaT measure In the, 12.5 legislature. LIQUOR ARRESTS MADE Total ef 24 Persons in - Custody j .: 1 Under .Washington Cfiargo ABERDEEN, .Wash., FeJ. 22. (AP) With the arrest of five more Grays Harbor men Tuesday, 24 persons, nearly half of those, named In the one - big secret in- dictment returned by the federal grand jury in Tacoma last week, have been taken into- custody j by federal officials charged with con spiracy" to violate "the national prohibition law. . Those arrested today include Arthur T. - Sharpley, dismissed a year ago from the Hoquiani police force after three years service as head of the dry squad who was released underbond of $3500; Dave Johnson, "veteran Hoquiam policeman ,and at present night watchman on the force, released on bond of, $3 ,"000; B. A. Peder son, of Hoquiam, released on $5,- 000 bond; and Arthur Murphy and Howard Riley, ,ot Cosmopolis, released on bonds of $1,000 and $1,500 respectively. HOOVER NAMES OFFICIAL 3Ien.to CondactTlsongylew Bridge i - Hearing Are Appointed PORTLAND, Feb. 22 (AP) Appointment of federal officials to conduct the hearing which will be held In Portland j soon relative to construction of the proposed Long- view private, toll bridge was today completed .when Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, named Colonel E. Lester Jones, , chief . of, the ' United States f coast ! and geo-. detic survey, to' represent nun at the hearing. I!; - Secretary pt Agriculture Xardlne had' previously; appointed -Thomas H. MacDonald,' chief of the bureau of publie roads, to serve as his representative at th.e hearipg. Secretary of. War Davis wui be represented by Major R. T. Coiner, la charge of district army engi neers, with offices In Portland. PASTOR ALLOWS DIVORCE VUntJl ,Deatk -Do PrtV Jfi .' ',..1 , . ', ;i BEAUMONT; Texas. Feb. 22. AIJ) --AIowiB g ip. his 4 marrtge ceremony for the possibility of a divorce to follow, Dr. Aubrey Hess, pastor of the -First Congre7 gatlonal ' church r here, omits . the traditional words .' until death- us do part,"! and substitutes In their place-'aa. long tw tUs, union hall BORAH HITTING fllBill ffili Offers Resolution Aithorjz ing InvestigaSonby Sen- .WAI4TS TO FIND FACTS Would Send Entire Membership ' of 'TForelgn lielations Gronp ,to D.ig.Out, Jjiformrttion '.rt First liund WASHINGTON, 1 Feb. 2,2. ( AP ) Backed by a , coaiiybn " of democrat and .repubfican ,iisnr-gents,- Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, today issued ' a new chal lenge to iheftdmipistratipn's Cen-1 tral - American policy by 'offering a resolution , autfiorif Ing . te - for eign relations - committee to go into Mexicoand. Central. America to get first hand information on conditions. - '..--' :" :i. "We want, to find-out-the facts and keep - a informed," declared Senator Borah", after he had of feredthe" resolution which would empower the committee 'to spend $10,009 for expenses "to visit such . conn tries, to sit during the recess of ( congress at such times and places as it. deems advisable." The, resolution was referred to the foreign relations committee of which ilr. ' Borah Is cHairmfin, and it is expected to meet tomor row, to consider It. ? " ''' " A . majority, . its supporters pre dictedj ,wJH. , fayor . the .proposal and they said that if. the coalition holds during the. prospective tight on the senate floor it would be adopted. Introduction of the resolution (CpTittBiitwi.'oq dc. fi.) , BODY NOT '.IDENTIFIED Man Found .Floating in Columbia River Near Astoria .Docks ASTORIA, Or., Feb.! 22. (AP - Further attempts ,to identify the Dooy of a, man rouna noating in the Columbia riyer near the port docks Sunday, proved fruitless to day after an . Inspection by local and county 'authorities and other persons iamiuar witn transient population. The man is , thought to have been light co.mplexloned, ..weigh ing about' 170 pounds and five feet nine or ten Indies in' height. A .stub . pencil wm the only article found on the clothing of. the body. nni inw. BALDWIN LAVDS COOHDvGE RLAN BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAITS V J1JEFORE ANSWJKRG Premier Pleased nt Prospect of Further l'rogress in ,Move ' , ,r for Disarmament LONDON, Febi 22 (AP.) The British government is still waiting to hear the dominions'; views on President Coolidge '3 pro posal, but Premier Baldwin, in opening Dartmouth House, . the new headquarters, of the English speaking union, on . the occasion of; Washington's birthday, express ed pleasure at the prospect of fur ther progress in disarmament. The premier's remark was brief and used to illustrate the benefits cf discussing international prob lems. Further emphasizing the l-oint, Mr. Baldwin declared that American prohibition "might very easily, with less restraint and un derstanding, have Jed to trouble beweeus the two countries. The prime minister emphasized that Great Britain .. nad done Its best to see that British subjects maintained the American law. Pointing out the different condi tions which prevail in America and Eur op, he said it must be hard for Americans to realize the problems of . Europe. 'fAnd yery often," he added, Vwhe tiey criticixe us in .Europe it Is , apt , to hurt . those .who are doing all they can to steer the broken nations through a period of unprecedented difficulties, :if their efforts are not . appreciated, and sometimes a little - more, if their, motives are not fully under stood." MAN SHOOTS W1F5, SELF Husband Dead, Woman Near ' Death as Result of Jealousy GRANTS PASS, Feb. 22, (By AP.) A double shooting at Le land today brought seriou,s injury tc Mrs. Tom Critesor, 40 and death to Tom Critesor,-5 0. Jealousy is attributed as the motive fpr'.he crime. ' ..?'--;'" 'There was. only one. witness to the tragedy. This was a daughter-in-law, who was staying, at' tie house for a few days. According to the story told to Sheriff Hayea, Qritesor shot two times . at his wife, missing once. He then caught and held her and fired a shot through her body . in the region of the stomach after one shot had struck jier In the shoulder. The injured woman Is now in the Good Samaritan hos pital, where it is said her con dition is critical. Critesor . then fled. Ho was found ; later by the sheriff in a ibarn, where he had shot himself through the right temple. . Members of the .family claim tfcet know , of no reason why . the man should have been jealous. THE THIRD; RAIL WASHINGTON day PROGRAMS GiyEN SEVERAL SCHOOLS .HEAR ADi i)9Ri;SS IY. RADIO fsyperial .Exercises .and Address Feat ure .Program in Most Exercises honoring .George Washington, first president, of k the United States, -were held, at iall of the Salem schools "Tuesday ', fore noon. At the senior . high school the 8peakes was Rev. (Charies Vard, pastor of the First, Congre gational church.' Rev. J. WillaTd Ie.Yoe of Leslie Methodist church spoke at Parrish 1 junior high, and patriotic mqsic was furnished by the school orchestra. President Calvin Coolidee was the Bpeaker at the McKinley iun- ior high, his address .being re ceived, by radio. . Cplpnial dances were presented by a group of students. Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson and M l8,s Cornelia Marvin were the speakers atthe Garfield school. Mrs. Patterson discussing the .work of the daughters of the American Reyplutibn and Miss Marvin th.e reasons why Washington's, home is a national shrine. The Richmond grade school was also favored by an opportunity to hear President Coolidee's address. the radio get being furnished by Joseph H. Albert and J. P. Bates. Each room also, had its own pro gram. ;Rev. ,E. H. Shanks told stories of , Washington and the revolution ary period at the Grant school. The program also included a solo Ly Mrs. Shanks, and exercises by tie pupils of one of the rooms. At the Lincoln school Dr. L. E; Barrick addressed the pupils, in addition to a solo by Robert Brown and music by the school.' The Park, Unglewood and High land schools had. programs appro? priate to the day, given , by the pupils. STORMY ELECTION HELD SJUootings ajifl Ilaids Feature . Chi cago 'Mayoralty Prinuury CHICAGO, Feb. 22. (AP.) William Hale Big Bill" -Thomp-adn, Cjhjcago.'s wtor-Ume mayor. waa: nominated as the republican mayoralty standard bearer here today in , a-Washington day prim ary featured by shootings, raids, kidnappings, slugging and ballet o.ox. fneits. .His, (democratic opponent, in the April. election will, be Mayor Wil liam, . Dever, virtually without .opposition today. The , two also m.ay be. opposed by-Dr. John ; Dill itObertson, .West Park commis sioner and .city health .commis sioner, under Thompson, . who was not entered in the primary, but has announced he will contest in -the election as an independent. Ffili EXPECTED if RIVER HERE IllSlORli SJrem Reported as Drop- ping-Rapidly at Cities in Upper Valley TRIBUTARIES GO DOWN High Water Jit Salem Reaches 23 Feet Late at Night; May Go : Little Bk Higher Be fore Crest Comes Predictions here last night were that the Willamette Tiver would reach the. crest of its -high water before morning and begin to fall. At a. late hour it had risen to 25 feet, with the water still coming up slowly. ; The water Is reported falling in nearby tributaries-to the Wil lamette. The Santiam at Jeffer son is back within bounds, as is the Molalla river and the Pudding river at Aurora. The Pudding river was still over the road to Silverton, but was ex pected to go down soon. . Telephone service to the south was rapidly being restored to normal. Stages started running again last night to Eugene by way of Harrisburg, where the river .was reported to have fallen consider ably .and the highway was clear The river was also reported falling, late last night at Corval- lis. SAN FRANCISCO. FEB. 22. f (AP)--More rain is due -tomorrow In Washington, and s Oregon, while California will. hve cloudy and mild . weather. This , was the prediction tonight iof the United Spates 'we.apver; bureau, which also forecast moderate- temperature lor all sections of the coast tomorrow. PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 22.- (AP) -While flood conditions were reported, materially Improved today fin southern Oregon, where the ;Rogue river and its trlbutar-- ( Continued on hm 5.) EDUCATION BILL FAILS House. Sponsor Votes Against Bill After Fine Battle senator ioqdy'a bin to create a new hoard of education tailed to pass the house yesterday. The board would consist of seven mem hers to be appointed by the gov; ernor. Nope of the members would be engaged In the nrofes sion of teaching. The board would Jiave, power to prescribe rules and regulations for the general gov ernment of the public schools of the state. Representative - Roberts spon sored .the bill in the house for Senator Eddy, but at the close, of his remarks said, "I'm going to surprise . you now. I'm going . td vote against this bill, but I have done the best I. could for Mr Eddy." , PRISON UIFE IHtCSOME ' ' " ' - 1, Ckmict Who One Retorned! ,Yol- ontarily Jlfow , Waste, Out . , - .. ,'. . - MILWAUKKE, . Wis., Feb. -2 2 f (AP)-rOId Mike Harris, paroled convict whose loneliness actuated his Toluntary. return1 to , the state prison last Notem,ber, has changed his mind, a,nd swanU. his freedogco,- Relatives, will seek a pardon lor Harris, from governor Fred Zun merman. f -- j ., : , i, ..' Complete freedom , Isthe.wishj of .the man.'wh,0pent32 tyeara e hind prt.pars for -kUlngihis( farm lemptoyerl -A ,'p.epna- s laa employed . an attorney, -to"; sek a pardon..' ; .He . nas. been in' -prlsofij since . November when, he persuad-j ed Warden Lee to, permit him.tp ret,ufn , . ; ANNAPQL1S HAS SCAHDAL . : k SlauDismisaeil lor Selling Advance -Informal ion-Wisdom X ANNAPOLIS, Mr., .Feb. 422 (AP) A second t classman; , has been ; recommended for , disraissal for haying .sold advance Informa tion on : the . December i third 'class mathematics examination at -the United States naval' academy,1 and several .third' classmen still are under Investigation, as to their, in- njat m receiving sticn mrormatwin, it was made known today by Sup erintendent Loulsi MfXNuttontin a formal statemeiit; .,""" "li-lftl NEW REAL ESTATE GROUP APPROVED . . . - . -h . i , GOES DQWN, TO DEFEAT. BUI Designates Board of , Control as Purchasing; Agent for State The senate passed a -.bfll- Tester-. day which would create .a, real estate commission, separate from the -state insurance department. Twenty-four senators favored this propoped separation. .- "This , bill creates another de- Dartment with' a real estate com missioner employed at a salary of 33600 a year." said Senator Butt. "It looks to me like another more to. freeze out the small real estate broker." ? , . ' Senator Moser said he was. sur prised at, the attitude assumed . by Senator . Butt in . connection with the biR. VThis Mil wai. requested by. the realtors," said Senator : Moser, the receipts of the -state .. by .ap proximately $15,000 a year." Senator Klepper declared that under the proposed new commis sion receipts aggregalting $27,000 a year would be received. The ex penses of conducting the depart ment was' estimated, at- $11,000 annually. Initial license fees .of brokers would be increased from $7.50 to $1, while . renewals would be advanced from $5 to $10. The license fee applying to sales men would remain at $5 as under the present law. ': The senate also approved a bill introduced by Representative North and others designating the state board of control as the state purchasing agency. The board of control would purchase all state supplies under the provisions of this act. '-' ' l "This, bill Is fundamentally wrong , in principle," sald Senator Klepper. "It is my opinion that the sole effect of the bill would be to create additional jobs and. in- REC0qN?SR! CX0LE Wheels . Dismantled and,Part.As- aembled Then JjJoa Disappearance of. bicycles In Sa lem may be accounted for by. the operations bfv a roup of , yo,nthf ul thieves who.. take .the wheels, dis mantle them, .'combine the.parts of several ;,and sell them, again, , it was believed, by the police Tuesday f 9lIowin,g . the Wen-Uf icatldn of parts' Of ope wheel by Malcolm Davis. 13 year old, local , boy. Young Davis showed the police a bicycle of which he ideptifled the seat, the wheels, the coaster brake and the handlebars, as parts Of is, owa. bicycle, stojfn some time aga. The bicycle vras ciaimea by Marino Adelhart, who said he had purchased it from another hoy, paying $5 for It. ROBBERY; CLUES TRACED Portland Police.- Seek. Yeggs '"TOo Raided t Jewelry, toro . PORTLAND, .Feb. 22-r-(AP) A score of dues -which, might, lead to . the identification of yeggmen who yesterday atoleV jewelry , and cash valued at $20,000 from the Grove Jewelry.slora Jiere,were be ing sorted ..over hy? police, detect tives tonight. The saf e crackers worked from aJ; racant store next to the Jewelry shop, tore a gaping hole through the wall and jiUaged a safe after . cutting through the back, of It. .tThe -robbery jwas.not discovered uptU, the 'owner of the Jewelrystore. opened hla shop this morning-. NEW pTIZEN$ HONORED Granting of Naturalization Paper Occasion, of - Recejotton -" ! tPORTLANDi Feb22.- tAp) jrour nunarea new citizens wno had Just received their naturaliza tion papers . were honored tonight by, a, reception, at the pabllc aud itorium, sponsored by the Port land Americanltation . counciL This occasion, was Portland' sixth annual - reception'' to hew eitlxens a plan evolved in this city to give emphasis, to the bestow? ofmerr lcan citixenship. .. . . - STORM HOLDS jQflE :SH1F Steam , Schooner, Wahkc'nna ,Bar -. XKund at y&storjA by-xeropest ASTORIA; Ff 012 (AP J-rr The steam schooner vWahkenna, with a deck Jload of piling was the- only -ship "remaining" here waiting favorable weather- to leavi he harhor, all othertVfssela!, hav ing left during the.ay. . : j -Several :;steaners, whlcJ rcame dowja . fxom Portland durng th night waited until morniog. before VCMsaingthabar.i v - - TOBACCO li MMUB REHIlEra 5jjjjdhe;;lri Six Per Cent Limitation to .IntroducerJ ' DRIVERS MAY BE TAXED Car kin Bill' Would Change . Rasl4 of Taxation and Place It at' 93,OO0,O0qr'Blrtcr Fight' ' , 1 Are LooinlttK i When : the senate killed thn tithing. bUl It immediately put the joint committee on taxation and revenue - to work seeking rome new forms of taxation, from whieh to obtain revenue, to take care of the $4,000,000 deficit which faces th state according to appropna ttoni approved 1 by the ways and means committee. " .;"-; The committee held' two meet ings yesterday and. discussed sev- eral suggested bills. Among these i-were, two. tobacco tax bills. One .of these, which was suggested by Sen ator Bailey, would provide for a stamp tax on ell forms of tobacco. This, bill is similar to the 1925. tax wlh the exception that, it Includes cigars, ror tnu reason it. was noc recommended by the committees as It was considered hard to. col lect. The second tax proposed by Tax Commissioner Fisher would, place five per cent, gross .sale tax on retailers. Under the provisions ot the bill the wholesale . tobacco dealers would be required to make a quarterly report to" the state. qC their sales to Retailers. .The m a a. a. tauers must men. man a quarter- It report of their gross sales. It is estimated this measure, would .'. raise a.bout $ 1,0 0 00 0 0, .of revenue, - State Treasprer Jiay sugge&tecl that the market ; road fund, be. di verted to the. general, fund. ..This;, would make .-about .$2,000,000 available at,, opce,: Then , $o . reim burse, the market, road fund. th thorlzed 'to sell bopds -jto .the amount of the. money, taken , from .hat f und, forwhich:a mjieagelax would be . then levied, to -payroll: phe j bonds 1 issued. While consid ered a goqd plan, . and, , meeting (Continued en pge 2.) CAIONESCUr is. SHELL SHANGHAI BOAT 5 IN WHANGPOO RrtTJl OPENS FIR.E ON ARSENAL Two Chinese Killed,' jTwq Ancr. Mean Homes Damaged; v - ! ; ?un iDefectlve SHANGHAI. Feb. 22. (AP).t A : Cantonese (nationalist) .gun boat aheUed, this, city, today while endeavoring to. bombard the, Klai gnan .arsenal, one mUe souUi. Five sheila fell In. the. French settle ment district and. five in: the na tive, city. .. , :'. Two. Cnjnesa were killed, and two American -homes -were dam aged. No ' foreigners 4wera in jured.. - " . ; : - Lying In the-Whangpoo river, the gunboat-attempted to fire over. talned munitions of Sun ' Chuan Fang. ' ruler of this poyince, of Kiangsu, jwith. whp.m the . Canton ese are at war. The shells fell short ; owing' toy defective; gnus'. The ,a rsenal lies isolated from other habitations, ;nd had the marksmanship . been good, there probably -would ? have been " little Ldanger to civilians. r 1 The bombardment by the- gun-boat-was part of a traitorous plot, against' Sun Chuan-Fang. -It turned overnight- from-hls control when Its r personnel went over bodily to the' Cantonese." Two other warships of Sun -the cruia ers;KIangweI apd the , Kiangkang Hal8p were said to have turned tq the , Cantonese cause, and. to pre-, vent "their Joining in the bomhard ment the French gunboats Alerta and Mafne trained their , guns upon them without firing. j , Thejpjan, of. the. three, CWr:?se warships ..ws, said,, to b tofbnm bard thearsenaijanid stteam;up. the Whangpoo -riyer to unite 'their Strength , with ..that, of the, Can tonese t army cr?ostagr Spin's forces beyondf - i -igkiang, 2.$ miles,'frqm this .city.. rTbfje the opposing j armies are- ,.rtru":sg their, nombers -while renting frn (ConticucJ oa jrjge S.)