rrs A SAVING
A rabacripUoa to
WEATHER
Fair today and Saturday
bat cloudy at night, normals
temperature. Max. temp.
Thursday 82, Mia. 4T. wind,
north west, river 3.5.
Statesman is s saving, Boi
an expense, the average
home wife finds according
to recent survey.
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EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, Jnly 25, 1930
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DUE TO
RESIGN
Chairman of G. 0. P. Na
tional Committee An
nounces He Will Call
Meeting for August 7
Decision Ends Long Battle
Waged Over Leadership
In Party; Follows Confer
ence With President
WASHINGTON, July 24.
(AP) Announcement was
made on behalf of Claudius
Huston as he left a confer
ence late tonight with Presi
dent Hoover that he would
submit his resignation as
chairman of the republican
-national committee to the ex
e c u t i v e committee next
month.
The statement of Huston
which was given out through
James Francis Burke, counsel
of the national committee,
read:
"I have just had a satisfac
tory conference with the pres
ident and we are in entire accord
on oar program. The president
has approved my decision" to call
a meeting or the executive com
mittee August 7 at which time I
intend to submit my resignation
aa chairman of the republican
national committee."
The announcement brought a
sudden and dramatic end. to the
whirl of agitation which - has
raged around Huston's head al
most from the day he succeeded
Dr. Hubert Work as republican
chairman early in the Hoover ad
ministration. Until he faced President Hoo
ver tonight Huston kept his party
leaden In doubt as to his final
decision. His call at the White
House followed 24 hours of fever
ish activity in the high command
of the republican party.
Coming to Washington late to
night. Huston went into confer
ence with Burke who has acted
as go between in the negotiations
between the president and his ha
rassed party chairman. The
White House visit was immediate
ly arranged.
Filipinos Don9
Like Roosevelt
MANILA. July 25. (Friday)
(AP) Filipino politicians, indig
Bant over reports Nicholas Roose
velt Is coining to the Philippines
as recess appointee to the vice
governorship, openly declare they
will refuse to cooperate witn mm
They cald they will urge Filipino
members of the cabinet to boycott
him. .
SEEK WORLD RECORD
EUGENE, Ore., July 24
(AP) Bobby Atkinson, 9, and
Howard Roberta, 10, today
climbed a large cottonwood
tree here determined To break
all tree sitting endurance re
cords.
The boys have Installed
"beds" and other essentials In
the tree, and they have their
parents consent to stay np as
Ions s they wish.
Jack Cady, 13, and Billy
Koepke, 9, are the refueling
crew.
Bobby and Howard are the
first tree sitting endurance
reported in Oregon.
ADVERTISING URGED
CORVALLIS, Ore., July 24
(AP) The Oregon Poultry asso
ciation at the final 'session of its
annaal convention today adopted
resolutions advocating a poultry
demonstration train to ran
throagh Oregon and urging other
methods of publicity aad adveitis
lng designed to acquaint the pob
1I with poultry products.
Special committees are to be
Appointed to confer I with state
college officials relative to plans
for ', i neb advertising campaigns.
Interest In advertising was arons
'd by an address by Charles D.
Byrat, head of tn . industrial
Jonrnallsm department at O. 8.
c.
: THREE FIRES NOTED
BEND, Ore., July 14 (AP)
Thraa forest fires, two of them
under control were reported here
today. . . . .
Twe fir" In tts Big River dls-
MacDonald Ready for Governor Young
&i re-
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John MacDonald, Mooney ease witness, shown here with his Baltimore counsel. Hilary Gans (left)
and diaries Kuxicka (right), prepared for his first meeting with Governor Young to offer to tell
the executive that he lied when he appeared as a witness against Mooney in the mombing case. Mac
Donald told interviewers he would willing suffer consequences.
Tariff Bill Due to Relieve
Unemployment, Says Hawley,
Back From Event ful Session
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EIPI C CIICDCPT (Passage of Bill He Fathered Together With
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TORONTO. Ont.. July 24
(AP) Police investigating the
slaying of Philip Rumbold, a
wealthy real estate operator of
Tonawonda. N. Y.. announced to
day they were hunting Jake 11.
Fleagle who Is wanted in Colora
do In connection with the Lamar
robbery which resulted in me
slaying of four men, two in the
robbery and two later.
They gave no reason for seed
ing Fleagle there Monday after
noon shortly before Kumoom
was supposed to have met an
unidentified man in Hamilton.
Ont., Rumbold's body was found
Tuesday in his automobile near
Port Credit, Ont. He had been
strangled and beaten to death.
- Detectives announced the rope,
straps and hammer used in kill
ing Rumbold were of the type
purchased by slate roof workers
and hoped that clue would lead
somewhere.
FOREST FIRES SET
VANCOUVER. B. C, July 24.
(AP) Four forest fires, believ
ed Incendiary, were reported to
day near Ladysmlth, Vancouver
Island.
II IILHUUII ULHIII
Eugene Has Tree Sitters
Poultry Train Is Planned
Forest Fires Controlled
Mrs. Joseph Not Running
trlct south of Bend have been
brought under control but the
third, In the Rosary lakes district
near Crescent' lake, was still
burning late today.
WDX)W FOR MEDER
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24
(AP) Mrs. George W. Joseph,
widow of the late Senator Jo
seph, in a letter to the chair
man and members of the repub
lican state central committee
today said she was not a can
didate for nomination for gov
ernor. Mrs. Joseph wrged the nom
ination of Julias L.. Meier.
TOLEDQ BANK. SOLD
TOLEDO, Ore., July 24 (AP)
The First National bank of To
ledo was sold today by the Ameri
can Trust company and local
stockholders to a group of Tole
do business men.
Peter Frederick, one of the
most prominent business men of
Lincoln county, was elected pre
sident. FIGHTING BLAMED
BAKER, Ore., JaJ Z4.
(AP) Jesse Jones, about 85,
was fownd dead on a farm
north of Baker late yesterday.
It Is believed he was killed by
lightning.
-MRS. -ADAMS DEES ,
PORTLAND, Ore Jnly 24.
(AP) Mrs. Ora Wilson Adams,
S3, wife of Lester Adams, manag
ing editor of the Portland Tele
gram, died at maternity hospi
tal hers today.
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Smoot Fulfills Lifelong Ambition, Con
gressman Asserts;
"Unemployment, which really is not as serious as re
ported, may be relieved by fall
acted tariff bill," stated Congressman W. C. Hawley, co-au
thor of the bill, in an interview Thursday. He returned to
Salem Tuesday to begin contact
district, whom he represents in
Reason for tne reports of highs?-
nnempoyment figures erne through
the census, Hawrey believes. "The
census came at a slack time of the
year, when naturally a huge fig
ure of unemployment would be
recorded. But most of it was
temporary, and by this time a
great number of men out of jobs
at that time are back at work,"
he said.
"Almost immediate response to
the tariff measure was noticed in
business conditions throughout
the nation after the bill was en
acted: After the first period of
uncertainty due to passage of the
bill had passed off business
picked up, and it will continue to
improve as time goes on.
Passage of Bill
Triumph For Hawley
Passage of tne bill was tne
crowning achievement, the realiz
ing of a life-long ambition, for
Hawley, who, with Senator Smoot
of Utah, was originator of the
bill. For years he baa studied
tariff in all its phases until he
has become an expert In the mat
ter, an authority for congress
men and business leaders. Now
he Is chairman of the house ways
and means committee, a position
which carries with it the spokes-
manship for the treasury et the
nation.
But now that his lifelong am
bition has been realised, he does
n't intend to let things ride, he
says. "The next thing will be to
work out an orderly, logical and
systematic internal revenue sys
tem for the United States, one
that will be a model for all states
to follow. Because the states are
increasing expenditures while the
United States is decreasing its
costs, all sources of revenue
available to the states should be
utilised. By an orderly system
there will be no interference be
tween the nation and the states.
and the uniformity of the revenue
will be convenient for the states.
"But that matter won't come
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BRIDGE VVllI START
Pouring of concrete for the
South Winter street bridge will
start next week, according to
announcement made' Thursday by
contractors Roberts and Horst-
kotte. Construction of forms Is
well under way, f and foundation
work Is virtually completed.
'About 12 . men, all local- resi
dents, are being employed stead
ily on the structure. Besides the
work, being done on the bridge
proper, the city Is completing the
fill for Winter street approaches
to the bridge.
.Under terms of the contract the
builders have until September 10
CONCRETE WORK 0
toa&?MU the fit SI structure.
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as a result of the recently en
work with the people of this
the house of representatives.
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NEW YORK, July 24 (AP)
A slight grammatical error was
put forward today as evidence of
the fraudulence of the so-called
Whalen document, which purport
to show Soviet-directed commun
ist activities were being conduct
ed In the United States through
the Amtorg Trading corporation.
Joseph Michael, an Amtorg at
torney, pointed out to a special
congressional committee Investi
gating communist activities in
America 'that in one of the let
ters which former Police Com
missioner Grover Whalen made
public last May, and which was
ostensibly a letter to Grigory
Grafpen of Amtorg, the spelling
of the word "present" was incor
rect according to the new Rus
sian grammar.
"What of it?" asked Rep. John
E. Nelson of Maine. "Are you
telling us that a Russian can't
make a mistake?"
"Not at all," Michael replied.
The importance of this Is that
in anohter of the Wahlen docu
ments, an alleged- letter written
by Grafpen, exactly the same er
ror occurs. The inference is that
both .the letters from Grafpen and
the letter to him were written by
the same person."
Grafpen took the stand for a
few minutes, testifying be had
never been a communist and had
never seen the letters in tne
Whalen documents allegedly
written by and to him.
Sock Bandit Is
Successful With
His 26th Visit
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24.
(AP) Portland's "sock" bandit,
who bad graduated from the blue
sock he first used to a good can
vas sack, made his 26th success
ful "call" tonight and brought his
total "earnings" to $10 SO since
May 27.
Tonight he entered the Colonial
Heights filling station, placed his
canvas sack on a desk and told
William Johnson, the attendant.
to put In his money. Johnson con'
trlbuted IS.
DIES IX BRUSH FIRE
SANTA ANA, CaL. Jnly 24.
(AP) Charles Llvermore, 24,
gardener on the Bryart ranch, 20
miles from here, was burned to
death today In a brash fire that
swept over E00 acres. His body
was found , soon after the blaze
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ITALY DECLINES
HELP OFFER BY
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Death Figures Climb With
3025 Bodies Reported
Already Recovered
Fear of Epidemics Causes
Rapid Mobilization of
Relief Forces
WASHINGTON, July 34
( AP) Instructions from the
foreign office In Rome to re
spectfully decline all offers of
assistance or relief measures
for the districts of Italy strick
en y the earthquake wrere re
ceived tonight by Ambassador
De Marti no of Italy.
A lengthy cablegram from
the foreign office explaining
the government was meeting
the situation adequately, came
simultaneously with a flood of
telegrams from all ports of the
United States extending sym
pathy to the embassy and offer
ing financial or such other re
lief as might be required.
ROME, July 24 (AP) A re
lief army of soldiers, doctors and
special workers of all kinds, with
scouting airplanes to guide them,
tonight swarmed into the moun
tainous recesses of the Neapolitan
hinterland to count an ever-increasing
total of dead and care
for thousands of injured and
hundreds of thousands of home
less from Wednesday's calamitous i
earthquake,
From King Victor Emmanuel
and Premier Mussolini down,
Italy today began mobilization on
a war time scale for the rescue
work. Pope Pius XI, horrified by
the extent of the catastrophe, pre
pared the forces of the church.
Known Dead Now
Past 2000 Mark
With the figures of known
dead at the ministry of the inter
ior already mounting past 2,000,
and those of the known injured
approaching with dizzying speed
the 5,000 mark, forecasts of a
death toll of at least 3,000 were
confidently made in Rome to
night. Unofficial reports gave S.025
as the number of bodies already
found. In remote communities
and distant farms It is feared
hundreds more are buried under
debris. Even in the larger
towns, rescuers have, not been
able to explore all the ruined
buildings.
Naples, metropolis of the area,
lying under the glowering menace
of Mt. Vesuvius, was under a war
regime today. Soldiers were on
guard, convoys of food and me
dical supplies rushed through the
streets, buildings lay In ruins as
though struck by shells, and flags
everywhere flew at half staff.
From Naples almost as far as
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WASHINGTON, J u 1 yv 24.
(AP) A recommendation for
the dismissal of the midshipmen
who took the two Washington
girls into the dormitory and mess
ball of the naval academy at An
napolis was approved today by
Secretary Adams.
In making known he had
transmitted the recommendation
to President Hoover, the secre
tary and the navy department
shielded their names, but from
other sources it became known
the youths, were Lawrence L. My
att, Quincy, Mass., and. MUler 8.
Burgln, San Antonio, Texas.
Senators Walsh, Massachus
etts, Sheppatd, Texas, and Flet
cher, Florida, democrats, had
urged the navy - deal more len
iently with the youths. Burgin's
father Is a presiding elder of the
Methodist Episcopal church
south, and lives at Jacksonville,
Fla.
The Information transmitted
to the senators was the two
youths had been in the company
of the girls when they desired to
dine in the mess hall. They es
corted them to a dormitory and
supplied the uniforms which they
wore Into the dining hall;
Learning of the Incident, Rear
Admiral 8. 8. Robinson, superin
tendent of the academy, recom
mended the midshipmen b4 dis
missed and the recommendation
was approved by the bureau of
navigation and Adams.
Another Murder
In Detroit But
Not Racket Case
DETROIT, July 24 (AP)
Jack Brown, 24, released recent
ly from the Detroit house of cor
rection, where he served CO days
for assault and battery, was shot
and killed early today while sit
ting in an automobile on Fourth
avenue with a woman companion,
Miss Evelyn Littlefield. 24.
Police said Brown was slain by
a jealous suitor of Miss Little
field. She refused to name the
OTHER NATION
LARK
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DISMISS!,
Blayerv-
History Instead of
Current Data About
Salem Is Published.
The JTaly issue of Tourist
and Shopping Guide, publish
ed by the Northwest Hotel
Greeters, has devoted a page
to facts about Salem ...
but the "facts" were glean
ed from the pages of long
ago.
"The population of the
capital city is S0,0OO," re
cites the article. "In Salem
is a large dehydration plant
where nationally known
brands of Fhez and Loju are
mannf act ured."
The article states that
prune land is Salem sells for
f 1,000 an acre.
Someone at the ' local
chamber of commerce has
suggested the "history" be
included with current be
lieve it . . . not releases.
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Police Head Admits He Has
No Affidavit Against
Radio Announcer
DETROIT, July 24. (AP)
t The murder of Jerry Buckley, fiery
radio orator, had far reaching ef
fects today in the city where he
minced no words in denouncing
the underworld before the micro
phone. In the burst of police activity,
which followed the killing of
Buckley by three gunmen aa he
sat in a hotel lobby early yes
terday, the centralized vice squad
was swept out of existence and the
precinct squads which were sub
stiuted for it were ordered to
"smash up" every liquor and vice
resort in the city.
A few hours after police com
missioner Thomas G. Wilcox had
issued orders creating the squads
and starting the raids, e hard blow
was struck at the commlsioner
himself by a story In the Detroit
News.
The News stated Wilcox admit
ted last night he possessed an af
fidavit in which a whisky rack
eteer accused Buckley of taking
$4,000 from him was false. The
commlssoiner, the News said, ad
mitted he has no such affidavit
"as yet."
Admits' Affidavit
Not Yet Signed
The paper published au inter
view with Wilcox in which the
commissioner was asked, after be
had repeated he had the affidavit,
to prove Its existence by showing
it to a Judge of the circuit court.
"Well, it isn't signed not yet"
Wilcox was quoted as saying. The
News added Wilcox said he would
show the affidavit to James E.
Chenot. county prosecutor. Chenot
was quoted as stating Wilcox had
promised the affidav". but had
not produced It.
The Wilcox statement about the
affidavit was the only open charge
which has been mr.de against
Buckley, although police head
quarters had announced today de
tectives were looking for members
of one of the city's river gangs
in connection with the killing.
Buckley's friends pointed out
the announcer had incurred the
enmity of many gangsters through
his attacks over the radio and re
called the threatening letters he
would read to the listeners.
Vireil Kubln. route two. Is in
the Salem General hospital suf
fering from shock and injuries
received when his motorcycle
crashed Into a ear driven by W.
R. Powers, Seattle, at the Inter
section of Church and Center
streets Thursday aight. His in
juries are said not serious.
Powers was arrested following
the accident for failure to stop at
the Intersection, a stop street.
He was cited to appear In police
court at 10 o'clock this morning.
Kubln Is believed to have suf
fered a broken collar bone, be
sides severe bruises and shock as
result of the collision. Damages
to the machines were nominal.
Snow and Flood
Added to Italy
Quake Horrors
TKNIO, Italy, July 24 (AP)
To add to the vagaries of na
ture that have visited Italy with
calamities during the last two
days, enow fell unreasonably to
day on the peaks of the Dolo
mites. A storm swept the region
around this city and was partlcul
larly severe in the Alpine valleys.
The Adige river overflowed its
banks under heavy rains and oth
er streams are swollen almost to
the flood point. So far the waters
have caused no damage.
TWO WOMEN HURT
JEFFERSON, Jnly S 4. -Mrs-
Mary Carmel and Mrs. L. A. Cason
of Los Angeles were slightly in
jured this afternoon when the
automobile In which they Were
riding overturned on Aakeny hill
after passing a motor stage. It ran
into loose gravel. Mrs. Cason was
driving. Her husband, also in the
ear, was unhurt.
CLEANUP
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BUCKLEY
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KIN INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
POLITICIANS BUZZ
AROUND DELEGATES
AS
IEIG LOOMS
Phil Metschan Has Slight Lead Over Tom Kay on First
Preliminary Polls But Salem Man Displays Much
Strength for Later Ballots as Second Choice of Com
mitteemen Voting for Native Sons
Julius Meier Has Most Active
Making Appreciable Headway; Ralph Hamilton and
Jay Upton Have Some Backing; Floyd Cook Appar
ently Slated for Chairmanship
By C. A. SPRAGUE
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24. (Special) Three dozen com
mitteemen entirely surrounded by milling candidates,
state office holders, politicians and interested citizens de
scribes the situation in the lobby of the Imperial hotel tt
night. Committeemen are nearly all accounted for as to pres
ence, but they are quite mum so far as intentions are con
cerned. The eastern Oregon delegation is holding a caucus
tonight and the American Legion members who number sis
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Newspapermen Hailed Be
fore Grand Jury Probing
Racketeering
CHICAGO, July 24. (AP)
A grand Jury, manifestly deter
mined to thresh the chaff of false
gossip from the ample harvest of
rumor gleaned from the under
world since Jake Llngle died, went
into action today.
Three newspapermen were tak
en before the jury to give their
accounts of published charges and
insinuations of racketeering
among Chicago reporters. Ten oth
er witnesses, two of them form
er heads of the police department
and another, the mayor';; chief ad'
visor, were asked to testify to
morrow.
Harry Reutlinger, assistant city
editor of the Chicago Evening
American, was the first witness
today. Emerging after nearly an
hour s hearing, he said he had told
the grand jury all he knew and
added he believed Harry T. Brun-
dige, St. Louis Star reporter, was
"the victim of a hoax. Everything
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ABERDEEN, Wash., July 24
(AP) Miss Minna Krom and
George Forrest, mother and fa
ther of the newborn child found
dead here fn an apartment Incin
erator Sunday, were married here
late today. -
Although the county prosecu
tor refused to reduce the first de
gree murder charge against Miss
Krom, she was released on 15,-
e00 bond shortly before her mar
riage. She pleaded not guilty
when arraigned at Montesano.
Forrest, Hoqulam railway eon
struction foreman, admitted be
ing the father of the child, but
police said he denied knowledge
of Its birth or disposal of Its
body until arrest of the girl yes
terday. The girl's confession
cleared Forrest of any compile
ity in the Infant's death.
"If she had only told me, ev
erything would have been all
right," Forrest said. "I have
wanted to marry her for a long
time."
PUTS
SHIN
Hi
Missionary From Oregon
Escapes Bandit Captors
SHANGHAI, July 24 (AP)
Once again foreign missionaries
are fleeing from the Interior of
China as a result of conditions of
banditry and commulst outlaw
ry which they declare to be no
longer tolerable by them.
Accompanied by, American and
British consular officials, 44
missionaries - long marooned in
the upper Hin river valley near
Shaowu and Tenplng, Fuklem
province, were" brought in -safely
last night to Foochow, capital and
metropolis,' near the sea coast
Others, were expected to make
their way to Foochow soon and
some, notably; Edwin Kellogg of
Portland. Ore., had arrived at
Shanghai. Whether the four mis
sionaries held at Poehow, Ash
wel province, were released when
nationalist forces recaptured tttt
stronghold from ihe northern rev
els this week, had not been de
termined. -
Several other missionaries re-
Lobby But Efforts Said Not
Oare to caucus in the morning.
The quiet organization work ef
Phil Metschan. present stale
chairman, 1 apparent; and pre
liminary poll are giving liin
around eleven on ihe opening bal
lot with Tom Kay nine and Juliu
Meier six. Jay Upton and Ralpa
Hamilton of Bend, will have e- .
eral apiece, followed by sing'
votes for C. E. Gates, A. C. Marv
ters and other. Kay is lining up
much second place strength whifte
should come to him on the second
or following' ballot.
Portland politicians are putties
on heavy pressure for Julius
Meier, the lobby work on his be
half being more active than for
most any other candidate. So far
as could be ascertained the effort
was not meeting with much .suc
cess among committeemen.
Floyd Cook Slated
For Chairmanship
Floyd Cook, former secretary.
seems certain to be chosen ft ate
chairman. Dr. Blackerby of Mar
lon county Is slated to nominate
Tom Kay for governor with Mr.
Stella Henry of Polk county ta
second the nomination.
The long heralded assemblage
of thirty-six members of the re
publican state committee to non
inate a candidate for governor
will occur today. The Elks Tem
ple at Portland is the place f
meeting and the hour set )? 2
o'clock.
The preliminaries will include
the approval of credentials of the
members, and the election of per
manent chairman and secretary.
This out of the way, the commit
tee will be all set to proceed with
balloting for the nominee for gov
ernor. It may be night oerore me
voting will start. When it wi l
end no one ventures an opinion,
though there U little indication if
a deadlock which would tie ti e
committee up for 24 hours.
Personnel of
Group Substantial
The personnel of the comiwit
tee is surprisingly, good. It if
composed not of down-at-heh
political hangers on, but of earn
est, active men and one woman,
whose major interest Is busine
or a profession but who have a
flair for politics because f their
Interest In public affairs. Soie
are bankers, others are mer
chants, some lawyers; all of thern
successful, substantial persons ia
their counties.
This old machine of a state
committee, which has been met
ing out In the corner of the fitld1
since the direct primary came in,
when called on to perform an im
portant duty, is found to be mae
of unusually good materlal.Th
committeemen have a sincere de
sire to name a good man for can
didate, and a real devotkti. to tfce
republican party.
All forecasts of what the cest
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main to be rescued In the prov
ince, these are known to include
Miss E. J. Harrison and Miss E4
1th Nettleton of England; they
were - captured by bandits mu -Chungchan.
Kellogg, who escaped bis ban
dit captors, worked his way
westward through the mountains
to Nmnehang. Thence he went to
Klukiang aad Liangs! and dews
the Yangtse te Shanghai by boat.
He was not harmed but be wa ,
held up repeatedly, he said, a4
forced to hay "protection fees. .
Kellogg said roving band f
bandits and communists were t
control of Fuklen and Kiagft .."
provinces and were killing,, roe-. .
bing and berelng ruthlessly, lie- -sail
tiy were nvoJedly trying- to
destroy every evidence of sp-
nails oc and foreign faiperlalienv
anff that the government wa -ojwrfts
against them. Mleio
tilts ar bo longer able to live,
there, hw slid, and conditions ar.--
expected to get worse. , ' v.
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