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CITY'S RIGHTS
TO POWER IN
CONTROVERSY
Utility Attorneys Indicate
Prior Filing at Marion
Lake Their Gain
Trindle Counters and Moves
To Perfect Salem's .
Own Claims
The delicate question of wheth
er a city has prior power rights
to Marion lake and the North
Santlam river Is likely to be rais
ed with the state reclamation
commission as a result of this
week's development brought on
by the Northwest Power company
and the city of Salem.
It appeared last week that the
prior filings of the power com
pany would readily go by default
when the state bureau passed on
the power company's filings.
The new attitude of power
company officials, however, indi
cates that the local municipality
will need to present a strong ease
to hare Its filings accepted in the
face ef the earlier filings of the
Northwest Power company.
Trindle Says City's
Claims Come First
According to City Attorney
Trindle there Is no question that
any municipality has rights to
water' for municipal purposes
transcending the rights of any
corporation.
On the question of power, Trin
dle says the attorneys for the
power interests contend that once
a city enters the power business,
its claims for water rights must
be on the same grounds of those
of a corporation.
On this basis, the Marion lake
and. North Santlam filings were
made at an earlier date than the
city's petition Inasmuch as City
Attorney Williams allowed a for
mer petition of the city of Salem
to the state reclamation commis
sioner to lapse.
The commission yesterday
agreed to adjourn further hear
ing on the application of tne
Northwest Power company until
Salem was given a chance o per
fect its filings.
City Attorney Trindle imme
diately announced that be would
personally go to the Santlam
country during August accom
panied by J. C. Baar, Portland
engineer.
Two Men to Prepare
Maps of Territory
The two men will check the
territory on which rights are de
sired with maps already in the
city's hands and make such oth
er preparations as are needed for
the eitv s filing.
When this is done, Salem will
eek. Trindle says, both water
and oower rights in the Marion
lake area and then " the prior
rights of a city for power, as well
as for water, can be tested.
Trindle is of the opinion that
the city can establish prior rights
despite the lateness of its tiling
Governor Norblad, in a meeting
of the state reclamation commis
sion a lonnigni gu, biu
would rote to give every prefer
ence to the city.
The question, however, appears
to be a moot one and the present
lack of willingness to concede to
the city's filings on the part of
the utility company, indicates a
battle ahead.
CUSTOMERS FLEE i
PORTLAND. Ore., July 30
(AP) Fire of undetermined ori
gin today caused about 19500
damage- in the offices of Dr.
Maude Tanner and the Marlnello
Cosmetic shop in the Broadway
building today.
Operators, students and pa
trons of the beauty shop were
forced to leave the building by
fire escapes. One customer, who
refused to give her name, was
receiving a permanent wave when
the fire broke out. She fled to
the street with part of the ma
chine still attached to her head.
CHILD UNHARMED
EUGENE, Ore., July 80
(AP) James Paddock, Jr., 5,
missing since late Tuesday af
ternoon, was found today at m
point five miles from the place
he had been fishing with his
father. The boy was mnharmed
although tired and barefooted.
He said he slept on a log ,at
night," I took off my shoes and
shirt when I went to sleep and
I couldn't tie" my shoes so I
threw them away."
Three hundred men had been
searching for the boy.
BODIES RECOVERED
. i PORTLAND, Ore., July 20
(AP) Two Portland boys, Wal
ter sehandy, 14 and Elmer R. Jo
bannsen. 18. were drowned while
swimming here today.
' Sehandy, who wil Swimming In
a small lake, was seized with,
cramps iad sank before compan
ions could reach him. His body
was recovered by Lloyd Sinclair,
!..:-
' , Johannsen- was drowned In
Columbia slough near the Colum-
(pliers
Revised Schedule of Lighting
Rates Goes in Effect
August
NEW OPTIONAL ROOM DEMAND
RATE FOR LIGHTING OUTLINED
Operation of New Optional Room Demand rate.
Rates: Biz rooms at 25 cents a. room: 2.75 cento per kwh. for first
70 kwh. per month; 1.8 cents per kwh. for additional kwh.
used per month.
Example No. 1, baaed on 50 kwh. consumption:
Six rooms at 25 cento per room S1.50
50 kwh. at 2.75 cento 1.37
Total bill ZJ87
Example No. 2, based on 100 kwk. consumption:
Eight rooms at 25 cents per room . 92.00
2.75 cents per kwh. for first 7 kwh. 1.92 ,
1.8 cento per kwh. for next SO kwh. .54
Total bin 4.4ft
DRY FORCE SEEKS
Woodcock Warns Against
Wasting- Efforts on
Picayunish Cases
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, July 30.
(AP) Maintenance of "steady
pressure against the larger vio
lators of the dry laws was an
nounced today by prohibition
director Amos W. W. Woodcock
as a guiding policy of the reor
ganized enforcement unit.
"I will not have our agencies
following the course of least re
sistance and wasting time upon
pitiful, picayunish, non-commer
cial cases," he said. "I think the
prohibition laws can be success
fully enforced against commer
cial operations. I proposed to
make that our objective and not
to dissipate our energies in oth
er fields.
"I shall insist a steady pres
sure be maintained against these
commercial violations. I disap
prove sensational methods."
Woodcock's statement was Is
sued after a day spent conferring
with the 12 administrators, re
cently appointed to take charge I
in the field, and a group pe
els! agents responsible directly
to national headquarters for in
vestigation work.
Establishment of schools for
training enforcement agents, ln
(Turn to page 2, col. 4)
WHEAT SUliS TO
ff-Klifflli
CHICAGO. July 30 (AP)
Recessions from wartime prices
were probably all outdistanced
today by one of America's great
est commodities, wheat. The bas
is for "the staff of life" dropped
to a figure not equalled for the
world's premier grain since 1914.
and not often quoted in antebel
lum years. Prices were down 2 to
3 cents for the day.
July wheat struck a bottom of
83 3-8 cents a bushel in Chicago
76 cents in Kansas City, 87
cents in Winnipeg and was only
a couple cents above a dollar a
bushel in Liverpool. The Septem
ber option was not much higher.
Even December delivery wheat
was around 10 cents less than a
dollar a bushel.
LARGER
WIS
Beauty Shop Has Blaze
Missing Lad, 5, Found
Two Swimmers Drowned
Eckerson Leaves Butte
bia golf club. Sidney Nelson, who
saw the youth struggling In the
water, dived for him several
times but was unable to reach
him. The body was recovered
about 40 minutes later by fire
men.
STARTS TRIP HOME
BUTTE. Mont., July 30 (AP)
Major Gilbert H. Eckerson,
trans-continental flier who crash
ed here a week ago. left the hos
pital here today for Portland,
Ore.,
Still suffering from injuries
received when his plane struck
the side of a mountain, Eckerson
was carried aboard the train. He
will receive treatment in a Port
land hospital for a few weeks.
NEW DESIGN USED
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30
(AP) New phases of arch
building In bridges, as intro
duced by the noted French
bridge' engineer, Freyssinet,
are to be experimented with on
the new Gold Beach bridge
cross the Rogue river.
This was announced today
following a conference between .
A. L. Gemny, Washington, D.
C. senior structural engineer of
the federal bureau of public
roads, and C. B. McCullough,
bridge engineer for the Oregon
state highway department, and
O. R. ElwelL bridge engineer
for Washington.
KNIFE WOUND FATAL -PORTLAND,
Ore., July 30
(AP) Fred Schultz, 71. Port
land, died today from knife
wounds said to bare been self In
flleted.: - - - . :
15; Reduction Results
1
I
TOLD TOO SO'
British Approval Given to
Naval Pact is Signal
For New Attack
WASHINGTON, July SO.
(AP) Approval of the London
naval treaty by the British par
liament was described a s the
"first exposure of part of the
bunk used to obtain ratification"
by the senate, in a statement to
day by Senator Johnson, republi
can, California, leader of the
treaty opponents in the senate.
"Only a short time ago," John
son said, "the 6tate department
and every little man echoing
what he was told to say, were
harping upon the British opposi
tion, and the internationalist
press again and again repeated
that a treaty so violently oppos
ed by like parties in Great Brit
ain and American must be an In
spired and holy document.
"There never was any truth In
the statement like parties in
each country were in opposition.
The British admiralty, the offi
cial British body in charge of na
val affairs, have always favored
the treaty. The American general
f4wrd of the navy by overwhelm-
ing preponderance has opposed
it.
Claims Argument
Hollow and Sham
"Our government and our in
ternationalists have embraced
the British admiralty's demand,
and have repudiated the Ameri
can naval advice. But now the
hollowness and sham of the ar
gument concerning the similar
opposition In both nations, so
elaborately made, has been clear
ly demonstrated, for the British
parliament practically without
opposition has approved the
treaty."
"This is the beginning of the
debunking of that of which we
heard so much during the past
weeks. The debunking wiil go on
until, with the years, we'll find
ourselves viewing the London
treaty just as we viewed the
Washington treaty of 1922 after
time taught us what had been
done to us.
"oi course tne British ap
proved. They, with an enthusiasm
almost as great as ours, endorsed
their own handiwork."
Henry Ford Says
Water With Kick
Would Be Great
LLEWELLYN PARK. N. J.,
July 30. (AP) Henry Ford
sat on a bench in the sun on the
estate of his old friend Thomas
A. Edison today and passed an
hour of bis 7th birthday discus
sing philosophy and education
and business.
Wha this country needs, he
said, is more bathtubs and water
"with a kick In it."
Only last night, be said he had
been making some notes on
possible new industry.
"I was thinking." he said
"there might be a new water
produced which would do "good
and have a kick in It. I believe
there might be great Industry In
that. There are many places In
this country where the water Is
bad."
Arrest Is Made
For Slaying of
Senator Dennis
COLUMBIA, . C, July SO
(AP) Developments came swift
ly today In the Investigation Into
the killing last week of State Sen
ator E. J. Dennis In Berkeley
county.
'Glenn L. McKnight, pictur
esque character of the Hell Hole
area of Berkeley, was arrested in
a Charleston hospital after ho had
been named by W. L. Thornly as
tne instigator oi tne slaying to
which Thronley confessed, accord
ing to a statement given out by
Governor jonn o. Richards.
CHAIN HEAD SUICIDE
ALGUNA BEACH, Cal-, July 30
(AP) The body of Albert John
Clark, head of 14 chain stores In
southern California, was found to-
right In a closet at his summer
home bene. Police said he had
hanged himself to a elothes hook.
on
SAYS
Locally
Room Demand Basis Is
Followed, Explains
Company Manager
Customer to Be Given
Choice Between 2
Systems Offered
Effective August 15. a new
schedule of rates, drafted at the
request of the public service
commission, will be In use by
the Pacific Northwest Public
Service company. So far as Sa
lem Is concerned, this five-named
utility !s the old PEPCO.
Insight Into the working of
the new residential schedule.
which reduces all electricity
eosts from three to 22 per cent,
according to the service commis
sion estimate, was explained yes-
teraay for benefit of Statesman
readers by William M. Hamilton,
manager here.
Feature of the new schedule
addition of a room demand
rate, in which cost Is based
largely upon the number of
rooms in the residence. This
service is optional, the regular
load demand service also being
continued with reduced rates. In
some instances room demand
rate will be the cheapest, in
others load demand rate will be
the greater economy.
Consumer Shown
Basis of Choice
How is the consumer to know
which to choose? As a special
service to consumers, the local
office has already started inves
tigations entailing a huge
amount of computation to ascer
tain for each consumer just
which method will be the better
for him to use with the change.
This will be determined by a
check back over the consumer's
bills for the past 12 months, and
the computation of the bills on
both the load and room demand
rates. Whichever rate's figures
shows the lowest cost for the
consumer will bo applied for
that consumer in the future.
Right now, a girl is engaged all
afternoon and way into the eve-:
nlng to call every customer to
ask the number of rooms in his
home.
Under the new load demand
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
PUD DIBS TO
CELLAR HONOR I
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jnlv SO.
(API Hollvwood beat Portland
tonight, 7 to S despite some tine
pitching by Walter Malls, who
struck out ten but saw his work
go to waste through horrible
snnnort.
"Junk" Walter played third
base for Portland and made
three errors. In the seventh the
Hollies made two runs and tied
the score without a hit. Port
land has now lost six straight
and U tied with Seattle for base
ment honors.
R H E
Hollywood T 9 1
Portland 3 10 5
Page. Rhodes and Severeld;
Malls and Palm.
SEATTLE, July 30. (AP)
R H JS
Missions 3
8
7
Seattle
Leiber and Hofmann;
Kallio
and Borreanl.
LOS ANGELES, July 30.
(API
R H E
Oakland 3
Lmi Aneeles 6 9
Daglia, Edwards, Meyuaid ana
PAAd. Lombard!: leraes anu
Hannah. .
Death Visitor
As Judson Is
Asleep at Home
Tuniiam TT Judson. a native
n.nni9n vhn father. Lewis H
" ' " ... T.
Judson came to uregon mvu a-
son Lee, died weanesaay mom
tn in thia Mtv at the age of 83
r Death aril while' he slept.
Judson was a carpenter auriag
evangelist, traveling throughout
ftreiron. Washington ana Cali
fornia. He never went east of the
naaadA mountains. He is sur-
.twa i inn Percv. Bremerton,
Wash., and a nepnew, lwis juu-
son. .
Funeral announcements will be
made later by W. T. Rigdon and
Son.
Prices Low Here
On Used Cars
Turn to, page eleven and
look over the list of ased
ears off ered by reliable Sa
lem dealers. Not only are
the prices low hat there is
also sj advantage la buying
from an established Salem
firm where cars are as ad
vertised and from .whom
yea have every guarantee of
honest dealing. -
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UNSEEN POWER
PERJURY CAUSE
SMS IUI1ILD
Exerted by Fickert, Claims
Witness in Explaining
False Testimony
Police Captain Says Time
Element Was Wrong in
Mooney Evidence
SAN Pr'aNCISCO, July 30
AP Enmeshed in a" web of
contractions, John MacDonald.
Baltimore waiter, told the su
preme court Justices today "an
unseen power" which seemed to
control him after bis first meet
ing with former District Attor-
nev Charles Fickert. caused him
to falsely identify Warren K. Bil
lings and Thomas Mooney as tne
preparedness day bombers.
MacDonald s new interpreta
tion of his motives, closed the
eeond dav of his examination by
the seven Justices, who are con
sidering Billings' new pardon
nlea. as an advisory board to
Governor Young. Mooney and Bil
lings are serving life terms for
the bombing here In 1916.
The new testimony comple
mented that of Duncan Mathe
son, former police captain, who
directed the investigation ot the
bombing.
Matheson told the court he
would recommend pardons for
Mooney and Billings, believing
thev were convicted on circum
stantial evidence which could not
be reconciled with the facts.
Fickert Questions
His Accuser
Matheson's testimony preced-
Ad a dramatic cross-examination
of MacDonald by Fickert. accus
ed by the witness of influencing
him in his identification. It was
the former prosecutor s first act
ive participation in proceeaings
and insDlred MacDonald to his
first show of agressive spirit.
Then lust before adjournment,
Associate Justice Preston, in an
effort- tn rlpar nrevious inconsis
tencies, questioned MacDonald as
to the "power" he said Flckerx
held over him.
"Do tou still feel in Flckert's
dutches," asked the justice.
"I do," said MacDonald, "I am
in a daze right now."
Time Element
Wrong Declared
Matheson's statements, tne
rnniuAn nnwer" testimony and
the Interpretation placed by the
defense on documents unearthed
yesterday after 14 years in police
files, were the outstanding ele
ments of the day's session.
Matheson exolained in a letter
to BilliBgs, read into the record,
the 'vonTiction has been secured
on circumstantial evidence and
there is no doubt In my mind but
that the chain was broken as to
time and place." The letter was
written last year.
"I could not reconcile tne time
shown by clocks in the picture of
Moonev and others on the Eaiers
building and the time prosecution
witnesses said they saw Mooney
and Billines. at the scene of the
explosion. They would have had
to traverse a distance oi more
than three miles through crowd
ed street's in ten minutes," the
former police ' captain told the
court.
Swimmer Goes
75 Hours When
Cramps Attack
IOOAN. Utah. Julv 30. (AP)
Frank Bertoll, Newark, N. J.,
was dragged from a Logan swim
ming pool at 3:55 p. m., today,
completing 74 hours and 55 mln
nntM nf naddlinr. He became ex
hausted and suffered an attack of
cramps. Following a brief rest,
Bertoll. who was training for the
Canadian marathon at Toronto
next month, was able to walk
Hnnt tha atreets.
Rertoll said he will claim the
world's swimming endurance rec
ord.
tt
Sock" Bandit
Held For Probe
Of Grand Jury
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30
(AP) Earl C. SearB, zz, aiiegea
"sock" handlt after nreliminary
hearinr before MuniciDal Jndge
Tomlinson today was ordered
held to the county grand Jury on
a charre of assault and robbery
while armed with a dangerous
weapon.
Sears had said he would waive
preliminary hearing but changed
his mind.
Hoovers Cheer
For Home Team
But It's Beaten
WASHINGTON, July SO (AP)
President and Mrs. Hoover
went to the baseball game today,
ate peanuts and rooted for the
home team.
It was the second time this year
they had seen the Washington
Senators beaten, but they stayed
until the last 'man was out and
applauded each threatening rally
as the. Senators fought to over
come a Philadelphia lead. -
May Be Named
G.OP. Chairman
t v "
i'X ;. :; v
---
fy"
Senator Simeon D. Few, stalwart
"Old Guarder of Ohio, has
been agreed upon as a tempor
ary successor to Claudius H.
Huston as republican national
committee chairman. The se
lection of Fess Is slated to take
place August 7.
OFFICER IDENTIFIES
FOSTER JS SLAYER
Development Severe Blow to
Attorneys Who Asked
Gunman's Release
CHICAGO, July 30. (AP)-
The Doliceman who pursued a
fleeing gunman from the Ran
dolph street pedestrian subway,
where Jake Llngle wj.3 assassin
ated Jane 9, identified the fugi
tive in court today.
Pointing to Frank Foster, said
to be a Capone gangster, Police
man Anthony Ruthy asserted pos-
sitively "that's the man!" The po
lice had asserted the man whom
Ruthy tried to catch was the
slayer.
His testimony was an unpleas
ant shock to Foster's defending
counsel, who had called the traf
fic officer as their final witness
In an effort to free the gangster
from the county Jail where he has
ben held ten days since extradi
tion from Los Angeles.
The revolver found beside the
reporter's body had been sold by
but it had not been charged Fos
ter fired the fatal shot, even when
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
11 IS LOST UPON
E
HOOD RIVER. Ore., July 30
(AP) Crag Rats from Hood
River and vicinity were gather
ing at Cloud Cap Inn tonight to
begin a search for Miss Velma
Hathaway, 26, Washougal, Wash,
who was lost tonight while de
scending alone from Copper Spur
to the inn.
Miss Hathaway and a party in
cluding her mother, Mrs. C. A.
Hathaway, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Blair, Bremerton, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. Burke, Stevenson, Wash.,
had started up the mountain
without a eulde.
After climbing about two and
one half miles Miss Hathaway
became tired and said she would
return to the inn. She has not
been seen since.
Miss Hathaway Is believed to
be a sister of Willis Hathaway,
1929 graduate of Willamette unl
versity and prominent as a ting
er and track athlete. His home
was at Washougal.
Bremerton Boy
Hawks to Talk
Over Tree Radio
a
BREMERTON. Wash.. July 30
fAPl With a telephone in
stalled in their arboreal nerch.
Bremerton's 15 year old record
aspiring tree sitters, Preston
Leard and Stewart Babbitt, will
stay their third week in the
branches today in possible com
munication with ail the worm.
The phone was hooked up last
night. At noon today they had
been aloft 327 hours and Intend
to stay np until competitors ev-
erywnere are clown.
A micronhone to nermlt the
boys to broadcast was to be in
stalled today by a racoma radio
station.
Judge Who Favored
. Whipping Criminals
How Prison Inmate
NEW YORK, July SO.
(AP) W. Bernard . Yaase,
who as a eonnty Jadgo fa
Brooklyn was noted for bis
severity - of sentences and,
who once recommended the
whipping post for criminals,
was . sentenced today to six
years In federal prison. -
Vaase was convicted with
Barry - Craso and Samuel
Schachman, of using the
mails to defrand in the -dnct
of the defanct Colum
bia Finance corporation.
Three others pleaded guilty
and four were acquitted.-
MOUNT SLOP
Chinese Reds Fire
On U. S. Boat, Five
Americans Wounded
AIRSHIP R-100 IS
NEH6 MONTREAL
Sighted Over Gulf; Great
Preparations Are Made
For Joyous Welcome
ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, July
31 (AP) At 12:25 a.m. E. S.
T. this morning the R-100 wired
the government officials here she
had passed over the Canadian Pa
cific steamer Duchess of York in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence and was
approximately 760 miles from
Montreal.
The message stated the air lin
er had averaged SO knots for four
hours and also stated her speed
when the message was sent was
70 knots.
The excellent progress con
firmed the opinion held here the
ship would reach Montreal this
afternoon.
MONTREAL, Que., July 30
(AP) With the greatest airship
the skies have ever known bear
ing down on Canada on its first
long flight from England, St. Hu
bert's airport outside this city
teemed tonight with preparations
for Its reception.
Housing of Crew
Is Arranged For
Out beyond the great mast
where the R-100 will swing to
morrow night, long rows of tents
were raised to house the 600 sol
diers and police who will handle
the huge crowds expected to gath
er from all over the province.
In the hangar, provisions were
made to take care of the 44 men
who are sailing in the R-1.00.
Throughout the day the w Ire-
ess station at St. Humbert's was
in touch with the dirigible which
is larger than either the Los An
geles or the Graf Zeppelin of Ger
many.
From ships at sea and from the
R-100 it was learned the ship was
sailing smoothly over the aerial
highways of the Atlantic and
from late afternoon reports, the
R-100 was then off Belle Isle
straight.
It could be estimated wiht fair
accuracy the time of arrival here'
would be late tomorrow, probably
between four and six o'clock.
So far as could be told from
messages from the airship there
were no mishaps such as en
dangered the success of the first
ocean voyage of the Graf Zeppe
lin, when wind tore the fabric
from one of the rear fing and ex
posed the great bag to the fury of
the elements.
Five Thousand
Women Seeking
200 U. Jobs
WASHINGTON. July 30.
(AP) Five thousand women,
many of whom had remained in
the line all night, today stormed
the office of the civil service
commission to apply for 200 po
sitions as charwomen in govern
ment buildings.
Only 1,000 applicatiod blanks
were distributed and in the scur
ry for them several hundred
women not . In line attempted to
"crash the gate," police strug
gled with them before restoring
order. Civil service officials said
most of the women, only a few
of whom were white, bad posi
tions but were attracted by the
$90 monthly paid charwomen.
CHICAGO AN KILLED
CHICAGO, July 30. (AP)
While his father, three sisters and
a brother looked helplessly on,
August Pusateri, Jr., 19, was shot
and killed tonight by two youths.
who escaped in their automobile.
Lady Doyle Claims She
Has Word From Arthur.
CROWBOROUGH, Eng., July
30 (AP) Lady Conan Doyle to
day told the Associated Press that
Lalnce the death of ber husband,
famous writer and spiritualist
leader, July 7, she bas received
numerous communications from
him.
; Lady Doyle said her late bus-
band's spirit had been seen by sev
eral other persons.-She produced a
"spirit photograph" of him. taken
by the Rev. Charles L. Tweedale,
vicar of Weston, in Yorkshire. She
said there was no possible doubt
regarding the authenticity ot the
picture.' - .!
There are three facet on the
photograph plate. Tbe correspond
ent knew Sir Arthur well and saw
that that at least one r the faces
la the picture be art a striking. re
semblance to him.'
We are very happy because we
know our dear one Is with us,
said Lady Doyle. "Were It not for
this knowledge 'of bis presence I
frankly should nit have been able
Marauders Attack at
Changsha Using
Machine Guns
Fifty Chinese Slain in
Return Fire From
Palos
SHANGHAI, July 30.
( AP) Five American a- '
men were wounded, 50 Chi
nese communists were killed
and many wounded late to
day when the Reds attacked
the United States gunboat
Palos while the vessel was
proceeding toward Chantr
sha, Junan province capita!,
in the Siang river.
Armed with machine giuw
and rifles, the communists
attacked the gunboat in a
narrow section of the river
near the northern environs
of Changsha. Unable to tar a
fl,uu"u. me rai03 returned the
fire, engaging the Reds in a U-
msinig one uour.
The Palos used her mat-bine
ZU ns anil tha ini. .
close range, finally silencing the
cummunisi rire.
Sides Of the rimhnsi
r r vc
sprayed with lead but the vrtl
-as nui odiously damaged. Tne
Palos was pndsarnrlnff r,
serve conditions within the ritv
aA .1 a... "
Aiier me name she returned to
her anchorage five miles north
n . i i -
ui . uongsua.
Names of the wounded seanun
were not immediately availabk.
WASHINGTON, July 30.
(AP) Increased activity ot ban
dits and communists in the pro
vinces of Hupeh, Hunan, Honan
and Kiangsl. today caused the
American legation of Pelping to
act for the second time this
month to protect Americans.
Richard P. Butrick, at Han
kow, circularized 419 Americans
on July 11 warning them of the
Ihadvisability of remaining in re
mote provinces because ot tbe
danger. The legation at Peiping
today urged consular officials to
warn Americans again of the ne
cessity of withdrawing from re
mote spots to places where tbey
could be adequately protected.
Asiatic Force
Deemed Sufficient
Meanwhile it became known
the navy does not contemplate
Increasing the Asiatic force f
6,000 sailors and 2.400 marines
in China.
Secretary Adams today -dorsed
the decision of officers
the force wa sufficient to han
dle the situation.
The navy has its 6,000 men
on ship in the Yangtze and
South China patrols and otfcer
vessels in the fleet based on the
Philippine islands.
The navy has a cruiser, 19 de
stroyers, 12 submarines. fH
tenders, three aircraft tenders, a.
tanker and several mine sweep
ers in the fleet In addition to
its gunboats. It operates 24 -airplanes
in this region while tbe
marine corps has four planes at
its base In Guam.
There are 1,200 marines In
Shanghai, BOO at Peiping aa4
650 at Guam. The latter couM
be convoyed to China on shert
notice.
Mead Inspects
Basin Project
i - -
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 30.
(AP) Dr. Elwood Mead, eeao
missioner of reclamation, wlH
arrive here tomorrow night to
begin his first inspection trip
over the area embraced by tfr
Columbia river basin, project.
to survive. His passing would bae
killed me."
Lady Doyla talked frankly with
the correspondent about Sir tr
thr's death. She said she bereeX
is mediumistic.
Asked If she had seen Sir Arth
ur's spirit she replied she had not,,
perhaps not being psychic enough,
or conditions not being right, fiat
she firmly expects the time will
arrive when she will see hiss.
"He undoubtedly Is within tha
room now and If we were psychic
enough we should recognize -his
nrMi " aha;- said. - '
She declined to disclose any f
her late husband's messages Is
publication. ' v
Not now, she said. Tney
were far too sacred for publics- .
tion at this time. Later I probacy
nail gITO IU IUB WWIIU i
munlcatlons which I feel will .
of value to the public." - -1.At
TVirla intends tn eafrr
ber husband's work to tbe
ot her. ability. ' ,