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The Weather FORD Prediction Iilr, anil continued UllUl. Maximum yesterday Minimum today 4 Oktlr Twenty-thlrt Tcu Wxilr finy-tit Im MEDFORD. OREOOX. TlU'lismV, .MAY 7, l'US. X... .r)(3. Y VERDICT Mail Tribune l"" MED lB h l Ira An Annoying Atheist. Mr. Rosenwald's Gifts. N. Y. to L. A. in 47 Hours Pictures and Voice. (Copyright. 1927. by New York Evening Journal. Inc.) The Kev. Dr. St rat on pom-; llHinod of C. L. Smith, nnd lie, j who calls liimsolf im utlu'ist, is j convicted of tiniioyiiiR n elcrjiy-1 mnn niul will be sentenced to ! i'ine or imprisonment, lie minht, but proiinhiy won't, be sen Dill JirtHiailJV won i, imt mil- tenced to three years in jail. J A few years a(jo he would ; have been burned alive, not for annoying a clergyman, but . .for insulting God. j We treat atheists more mild- j ly now, perhaps on the theory ! that if (iod wanted them burn-! ed, He would do it Himself. I The success of the individual j is often the good fortune of the ! many. Julius Rosenwald, who begun with n public, school education, courage and the desire to help others, has established a fund "for the benefit of humanity," I recently adding $2,000,000 to other pifts, now in excess of $20,000,000. Mr. Kosenwald gives the money to trustees for the pub-j lie benefit and imposes onlv ! clmi't co'"'t thl"'Sl " misap- ghows him in makcuu o"ie"t. n mvposih uiuv ,plication of )Unlc mont.y in the al. j , , one condition, tnnt nil tne ...-... i.nii i... money shall he spent, principal ' I ears of Mr Hosenwald death." May that dentil he Ion post poned. " f ' General Atleibiil'V, .of I ; itig with President Storey, of I'cnsylvanin railroad, co-operat-tbe Santa Ye. will make flying part of regular travel aitross the continent. The plan, using airplanes by I day and Pullman oars by nijrht, which was mentioned in eolnmn a couple of weeks ago, .h,ii been fnllv elaboi-ited ! has Dcen lull i lillioi.ltt (1. ,. (J, "T" . . I . .uiiu.in, i.i ...i.H.. ..... ' . - . , . t I . i ne .viiiiiiiic to i acini: ua- j eler will take a fast I'ennsyl- . . . r ,i ,, Vltllia train in iew ork lit p. in. niul next morning lit Col unions, Ohio, ehanoe to tin air plane, flying 100 miles an hour all (lay, with Fred Harvey fecd iiif; him. vrt Wichita, Kas., lie will hoard a Santa Fe sleeping ear. Next morning in N'ew Mexico another airplane will take him to Los Angeles, arriving at 5 that afternoon. Two nights in a sleeper, two ,.,v-u in ,. flvincr inanln.in Vevf 1 1 -ater, Wilkie returned and Chaney , trip In his company from New days 111 11 H.MIlg machine. lexl ' " ,.,.,. ,.h(.,.k. The , Vork lo San l-ranelsco and finally will come the ten-hour hop from the Atlantic to the l'neific, with no change. Moving iitture pntliusiasls vill snnn have sotnwl wilh their pii'turos. Actors will talk and sing on the screen nnd news reels will enahle crowds to sec and HEAR what happens. Moving picture actors will need pood voices as well as heaiitifiil lecth, faees, leps mid t hair. Soon the aeior without fl pood voice will be a moving picture actor no longer. William Fox and Ills "movie lone," aided hy Walter 8. fliTford. of the big telephone company, and Mr. 1 loom, of the Westen Klertric. have convinced the moving picture Industry that moving pictures In future will require "sou Ml and fury." Various chancres will rome, ac- 1 tnro u-Ith pivmI 'risnm a-111 ha Im. - i ported to Hollywood or ovinn pic - lure studios will be transferred to places where good (Jokes can be found. New York state has signed a check fhr $'1.1.7.7.11, the bilgest ever drawn by the richest state. The best part of It Is that the mooey will he spent for public 1a Hchools. q Not long ago every stale spent , wiore for prUons thA for public (Continued on Rige Four) ' NOT GUILTY CHANEY'S TESTIMONY District Attorney On the Stand, Swears He Never Forged Wilkie's Name, and Paid the Man in Full Shows Blank Receipt Heinrich Declares Wil kie Signed Check. With nil l ho evidence hi ami ihe closing siivU'iiicnls .start ing at 11 o'clock Hits afternoon, Attorneys .Inhnsou it ml Male SCIUIIOr I'lddy lift UlfV COIIVlC- lion hllc Attorney ieorg Roberts urged the complete exoneration of hfs client us the Iiiihhh'iii vii'llm of u political lltdlt (lUCUt, t ll V M'llSillfuiUll Chancy ease was cpotctl to go to the jury laic this aticr 110011. In the opinion of those who liave followed, the (use carefully, n verdict should lie reached early tills evening. .Newton C. Chaney, district attor- ney of Jackson county, on trial in j ministration or the prohibition en- forcenieut fund, took the stand this . , .,, own ,.....,,-..;,., .... , ' tions of wrongdoing. He was pre-, i ceded by. li. (J: Heinrich of llerke-j I ley, CaL criintnoloBiut and consult-1 I ant or governments m matters in- volvlng disputed handwriting, who ; i testified that VV. .M. Wilkie, Crip ; pled undercover a-cnt. wrote the 1 endorsing sinnnture upon the buck i ot tne (mentioned $.siu chock, i ue state contends that Chaney wrote ; the endorsement and two of its handwriting experts have testified' to this effect. lleiarlch declared that the en-' doising signature contained none of the characteristics ot the Chancy i !' 11111 ,Via"L Chanev described the transactions ,.js i whereby Wilkie came into posses :inn of the disnuted S till, teslifyill!! there had been a difference of opinion over ttie amount due the 0,e,ative. Wilkie. he said, claimed that $:I75 was due. While the ar-i gument was in progress Wilkie was 1 ordered from town. The last Sun gument was In progress vt iihie was - ., 1 .- ........ Tl.n l-.ul .-may iu .wii.v, ia.u, ine ..inn... "i-, !m.1tiy leBlned. Mrs. Wilkie came day in .May, r.i-ij, tne (usinci ut- to his liome and beseemed the ac-1 cased official to allow her husband to return because of her delicatu condition. Chanev testified that he 1 wired Wilkie at Salem "to come- and get your family and your monev." The witness testified that a (lay! or two later Wilkie appeared nail i stand, which freed her from the: the check was Riven him. It had psychopathic w,d of the (ieneral Av"',7, J""?-, . i been dated May 23, hut had been hospital, where two detectives took - ,,.K-,;M a 'V . withheld from delivery until Wll- her last .Monday. .Miss Kaths listed Hal.e ltmh hit his twelflh home ; kle had presented an Itemized ac- valuable presents she said she had "n of the season In the sixth In conn and promised to pay alllocal ' received from the wealthy San nlng today aRanst the St. Ixml. . debts he had contracted. Delivery , DleEan. an automobile, a four- i Urowns. Rivlus the Yankees a lead of the $:il0 check was made on ; carat ri I a m o n d ring and other , "' 'hree to two. , V . h-iii.i il.o : lewelrv 1 Harold W iltse was pitehlnR and' cl.ock In the nresence of Chaney. official further testified that Wilkie kept none or his promises, as to debts or reports. The district attorney produced a rereinl slitned 111 blank and dated liw 'M l'l-'li siened hv Wilkie, which he averred was for payment Ivailon in.it the charges were of the 110. The dale disrrepalK y. : "rldieulous anil out of place In this the witness explained as an error court." He also censured Detee of mv own." j lives Mahon and Anderson, who Asked if he had written the name ! had ai rested the rIi I. after he had "W M Wilkie" on the disputed heard the evidence of Dr. K. II. check, the district attorney dcclar-, Steele of the hospital staff to the ed feclillRly: ( effect that shit showed no indlea- "I did "not. and that would be """" of addiction to either iIiurs mv dying declaration." In his preliminary testimony. Chaney descried the birin, of Wil- kin and identified record,. Heinrich Gives Lecture Heinrich oecnpled Hie stand for nearly three Imurs, and went hilo exhaustive teehniral detail. He de livered a chart lecture to the jury, makiiiK measnrejnentH with a piece of Htrins. The expert tnHdfied that Wilkie wntle with n revolvillir motion, and that Chaney fas Inclined to make angles In his writing, the thumb stroke being air outstanding tharac teitt. Wilkie. the witness leclar- ed. after :bo ornate whirls on his jj01 shifted to his fingerH. The undercover a-:ent, the expert textuien. was inclined io iomow a ruled line. If the paper had them, but if the paper was blank he was apt to let the smaller letters mount till level with the capitals. A- scientific analysis of earn letter In the names of Chaney and Wilkff, as written by the two Individuals, was presented byObe crfminolo- gist. He said the Wilkie "I" was a collnpsed "e." - - (Continued on Pace Six) Surely Needs Rest! m f TJzuemon Ichimura, arriving at I Sun Francisco, has come to the United States with his wife and I an interpreter for a rest. One uf the foremost actors of Japan, he has been playing daily to an I audience of 4,000 persons on a j 90-foot stage in his native city j of Tokyo, with each performance I consisting of at least six, plays, and running for six hours, Inset HELD IN JAIL Babe' Kaths Released On : fi ' -'m -i'"' ' SUGAR KING IS NAMED BY GIRL Drunk and Drug Charge i""yJ im iher. It made a speed of from in los Angeies, Aiier ine . .1(1 to fiO kilometers an hour de . . pending on the wind. In passing DeClareS ClaUS SpreCKleS over Franz Josef land and head ; -pit . toward l.piiinland, the diri- Turned Her Off. . .fj;1 founa a''tl, fo;, ,hut vl'- billty wua.-Rood for 100 kilometers. . Tho lam message received front ... . LOS ANTIKI.KS M:iv 1 , ..fT'l . - . . . .. Itr.i-l ... Ml.il.e) U'rilhu Sum I'ran. . ciwo blonde, was nertultted here 1 iy on a .-narKe m unmu uieo- holism afler she had told Iho court of a six months' love nffair with 1'nnis Sineekel.s, San Dlegd mil-, nonaire nna n u s n a n u ot Alice Spreelicls of Coinnado. She said Mbe was the victim of a frame-up." I" her brief appearance on the She told of a transcontinental of his attempt "throw her over," : which, she declared, resulted In j "le ''hai-Re of acute alcoholism and suspected Insanity, Superior .1 u d r e C. T. Oould tbi-ew the Case out with the obser-I i or liquor. wcri i s i ,v it , ' ' ' " - lnf. Jm ,p f. 0ouM.h f- her., tnd.iv on a ehaiiie of tieute alcoholism, named claus Spieck-j eN, San Dh-K" millionaire, as the. cause of her troubles, she said nhe bad traveled from New Vork j to San Ki ancisco in Kprekels' company. The girl, who ince hr arrest two davs aim. has hinted mi'Nlftt. t,uy of a millionaire who would come to-her rescue "If he knew of this, charged In court today that her Incarceration wn the result of trouble over SprcckHM' attention to her. Last uht llertha Kaths" mmner. i.nzjinnin Kami, and her sinter. Hetty, arrived from San Krandsco to assist in her rief-nse on the alcoholism charge. The mother, upon her arrival. charged that her dnughter h . b- en made the victim nf a frameup to allow an unnamed hut promt - nrnt Californian to escape prove, cutlon under the Mann act. The ; Intimacy of her daughter and this ruan, Mis. Kaths declared, extend- t-a ovvr the pant lx inonthn. TAL A NOW RETURNING mm Big Dirigible Expected ati King's Bay at 11 Tonight Lenin Land Reached and Charted at Two This Morning Second Flight Is Already Planned. OSLO. Norway. -May 17 (A1) I tout era' Xewx airemy nnnouneeil ! inniMht that the iiiriKil'1'' Italia, jiilnifil hy flcnoral I'mherto No- hilp, roachrtl Leninland t NichuluH ' 11 lanl) at 2 o'clock this morning ami hail turnod hack towards ICIiik'h Hny, where it was expected at ll o'clock tnniKht. KINO'S I!AV. Spltzherp;en, Mnv 17 0P) The (ItriKlhle Italia hurt prnKiTKseil ho steadily In its flight over the ice-covered Arctic that, memherrt of the ha.se crew ot (ieneral I'mherto Nohile'H expedi tion today believed that he had reached his ohjective Ienin land, nhout 1000 miles from King's hay. They eagerly awaited hin return to thltt base, to learn what tho explorers had discovered on their trip over uncharted wastes and at In inland, which is situated north of the Taimyr peninsula, and has never been explored. (ieneral Nohlle had planned to lower a party to the Ice on Ie- ninland. While they conducted . t heir explorations, the dirlgiblo j since General Nobile intended to take .. no chance of the parly being marooned. (ieneral Nobile Is expected to rei urn tomoi row and then Hlart almost immediately on a not her fliirht of exploration to the so called Crocker land, which Peary a nil other explorers expected to see. Messages received by the base shio Cilia di Mi la no from the the 'nli-shln at 77 p. m. (dreen- . .:. .. ..... iwrnr time last n lent, snid tin? ' ...... I explore were within siuht ot f.une N(.h,,iaH Tho weather was fnc wth u jtl(, wln(1 ,v!ls hci,0(, ,hnl ,0 nnla wni,i . ovtr i,,.,,!,,!,,,,,! ,lt 10 ,,, ,. Baseball Scores i no one was on base. U. II. K. ;st. Louis 3 G I New York 4 !i 1! I Matteili-K: Wlltse, Crowder and Mnntoti; Covelekle and CoIHiih. t It. II. K. j Detroit 3 It I! Host on li H I HatterieH: HllllnKs, Smith and ; Woodall; KukhcN and llolnanu. It. II. K. f. IS 1' 5 11 2 Hyons and P o w e r s. I Chicago Philadelphia I HatterieH: Thomas, Herg, Crouse; Orwll, ' Khnike and Cochrane. , ' j u fVlf. Vinii I i...,,,- .. It. H. K. ..Mil! I ..3 y t L, Sewell; ' , National I.eapue ll, l1. V,. Ilnston 0 r( I ChicnKn 2 it l (iattetieM: (ienewlch, WlrtH and i Taylor; Malone and rionzak. Hhiladelphla-Pittshurgh Imn,1i rnln. p o h t- New 1 poneil ; Vork at St. wet grounds. Loulv. post- It. ii. i:. .4 0 , Hrooklvn Cincinnati 2 6 0 i lotteries: iJmik and Ueberry, Henllne; Itlxey and Piclnich j ' . ' Portland Woman Suicides F'OKTIjANO. Ore., May .(ATi ' A woman Identifier! by pdfce as , Georgea Brown, almut 3". (lied o-j last n'ht when she was said lo I liave hurled herself Inlo the pnlh j oj' a street car. Police nre attempting lo gain In-1 formation conceruing the woniuu. i Healthy, Hooslers Elk 43 m Al -t sa. e Tnese two young persons, Miss Alice Hunt. 15, of Wayn county, above, and George Colicott, 16, Decatur county, below, arc the health champions of Indiana. They won their titles at the an nual boys' and girls' club roundup at Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind. A cracked tooth kept the boy from scoring 100 per cent. Both drink a lot of milk and go to bed early. ANGRY WITH Ex-Illinois Governor Pounds .Table and Declares if; Easterners Won't Support McNary-Haucjen Bill, He Doesn't Want Nomination CIIICACO, May 17. tiV) Frank' I.owdeit de. l.ir-d here today ' that if (he republUan party will not meet the farm Issue, he Hoes not want t he i epublit an presi-' denilal nonilnat ion. "I do not want the kind of fame that rets on an u:i:iU:cesnful campaign." h" added. The former Illinois governor made IUh staiement, which he emj phasized by pounding the table before him. In an interview with reporters on his return today from the east, where he conferred on biiHiness and politics with eastern men , i "If tho republican? party will not meet the rami IsMie, I do not want the nomination." he said. "If I am not nominated my troubles will be over. If I am nominate,! will have a lonn. hard campaign ahead of me. Anil I do not want the kind of fame that re.si.H on an unsuccessful cam paign." Mr. Mwdf-n'M Intimotlon that failure of tho republican party to include farm relief in Its plat-1 form would spell defeat for it wa met hy the observation that "if president loolldgo signs the McN.ny-llaugen farm relief hill, It will m:ke a nnn-h easier cam-1 palgu for the republican presi dential nominee. ' "4 he peoplo In the east.' he .-aid, "counseled me against cham-l plotting t he e'lualizailon f'e in the MeNary-llaugen bill. That bill, without an equalization fee, would be like a protective tariff without scheduler." Striding about the roojn and i uiphasizing his remark with fre quent pounding on the table, Mr. I.owrlfn satd Uf bud told the east ern people moat emphatically that there in a real farm problem and that It need to he met mpiarely. "It will do no good to criticize the present proposed legislation," he sadi, "unb'KH we are prepared to offer something better. For I hat rea o n and In the a hsence of a nyt h ; ng ln r. I a m for the MrNary-llaugen hilt. If tho iresl- dent signs It, the republican nam-! Inee will have a much eaJer eam- Iialgn' w Maupin oiling Is well along on The Lulk-B-C'ailfuriilu highway. LOWDEN VERY EASTERN G.O.P. 1 i Mother of Seven Children Shot By Irritated Neighbor , LINCOLN. NVh.. Miiy 17. 1 iJ'i-Mis. Vl.l.M- Milil-WKkl. i 3S. uuilller of seven eblldreii. , was shut mid killed last niitht by Stephen Vliihovlrh. UL a : llelKbber. who teld police the ! woimin'.H ehildieu bad un imyed bis Ife. ! l'oliee learned tho neiKb : boi'M had been nuaiclinK fre- !- (Ueiitly for s(Venil yeni's. When Mrs. Muicwskt went into the yard lo rail her ebll- ilren there was a dispute fol- lowed by a shot. She died (n(i hours I. Her. Vlahovlch was ai-iesied. TITLE FIGHT IS Tex Rickard Calls Off Man- ! dell-McLarnin Go Tonight i Because of Rain Man dell Rules 6-5 Favorite Returns of Fight ' and i Election Over KMED. 4 The election ret urns and ( the prize fight, as announced over KAIKL) by the Mall Ti'l- bune tomorrow evenliiK. will 4 be picked up by a HCA Kadi- ola In t be bush.1 office of 4 the .Mil 11 Tribune and an- 4 pounced o ti,P crowd in front 4 of the of rice. This ervlee 1h lielnit arranged by the South- j ecu Oregon Klecirle. 4 j 1 NKW VOHK, May 17. W) Tlie Mel.ni nin - Man.lt 11 fight sibt'ttuletl for tonight at the I'olo Croiiiuls, was puMpoucd by 1'ro moier Tex itkkaid until tomor row because of threatening weather. It was announced at 2 o'clock this afternoon. N I-; W V ( UK. May 17 . P) "Ha by Face" Jimmy McLarnln, the harp that twanged the chords of Sid Terrls' chin just once lo be come the lightweight Hensatlon of the day, will have his chance to night to strum knockout music on the jaw of Sammy Mandell, cham pion of the division. Tile boys who wager Oil fistic combat laid odds of two to one, however, that the clever title holder from Kockfurd, III., would evade the knockout wallop In Me I.arnin's right hand. They were lesn confident that a new cham pion would not be crowned at the end of the .15-round skirmish In the Polo (.rounds, the first major combat of the season. Mamie) I was a hare (l-to-S favorite If the fight went the limit. Mandel, a natural lightweight, expected no difficulty with the scales, while McLarnln, who started his career as a flyweight, was close Indeed to the class limit of 1 35 pounds. The boys who put their cash on Mirndell, despite the all-around skill, speed and ring craft of the champion, shuddered a bit at the t ho ugh I of what happened when that other flash. Sid Terrls, col lided with a thrust of Jimmy's tight fist in the recent indoor season. Although the punch traveled too fast for the eycH of motd of the lfl.iMMi gathered In Madison Square (iiirden. all saw o v e r TeriiH' twitching form the shadow of a champion for that night at least. With the hysteria of that sen sational one-round knockout dead ened by time, ting critics now be lieve that .Mandell. despite his tin willingness to risk his title more than once In the two years he has held It, Is too fas! and clever lor the challenger. Although M rl.iiriiln boasts knockouts in t he past year over tough, Kid Kaplan. In addition to Terrls. and a decisive victory over Hilly Walko. Cleveland contender, crillcs forecast that Mandell will otitsmait the California Celt and climb up off the fbior if necessary ! to win. Murder Trial Near I iul. KNTKHPKIHK. Ore., My 17 , (A); iPrt Hopkins, on trial f'r killing of Ferdinand Sandry. near Flora last Ieeember 2S, relied on a plea of self -defense today, ft a ; l he case neared its close. Handav i was phot after a fusillade, of shots! bad bee ri f I red into a g ra na ry , ' where he and Sunday's sister,! Coldle, had nought shelter fromj u atoun. V I POSTPONED BY NEW Y. STORM Japan Acts in China 7Z TIEHLINGf CZ- MUKDFK HANKOV W lS- Recent fighting between the Chinese Nationalist (Southern) troops and the Japanese has cen tered about Tsinan-fu, capital of the province of Shantung, China. Tokyo ordered reinforcements rushed from Tsing-tao, Dairen and Tichling, and aggressive ac tion taken against the Southern armies. Northern Chinese arm ies retreated from Tsinan-fu to Tehchou and Paoting on the Hankou-Peking railway in an en deavor to hold a line from those places to the Yellow river. The Nationalists captured Tsinan-fu from the avinies of the north. GIRLS OUT OF GOLF TOURNEY Mrs. Hurd Beaten By Eng- 'lish Girl and Finals Will j Be Between French Girl and Miss Marshall of Great Britain. lir.VSTANTON. Knff., May 17. fP) Tho Krench girl, Mllo. l-o ! Ulan, reached the finals of the Brit ish women h oir tournament this j nrinrunnn l.ir ilnPiid linn Mluo lnlil Wilson, Kngtisli star, one up in the first Rcuil-fltml match. MIks Judith Fowler, who thlH morning ellml- Aim. Dorolhy Campbell uura nsitcrt tho liiHt Amorlcon rnprcHcn tnlivc, .Mj'H. Dni-nlhy ('nniill)oll Kuril, wtiH horHulf defeated In the other deinl-fliiiil hy MIhh S. Mur Hhull, (ine up. Ah n reHiilt the cliuiiipicinship match tnmnrniw will be un AiikIo Kreneh afi'air for Ihe net-mid buc ceHBlve year. It hriiiRH together two iilayerH who never before have leuL-hed Ihe flnnlH in this event. 111. VST ANTON, Kng., May 17. (A1) America's sole surviving rep resentative In the British women's open golf tournament, Mrs. Doro thy C'nniihell lltiril, was eliminated l hree and two by Miss Judith Fow ler today. Mrs. Hani survived yesterday's stormy weather only to be defeated under much more favorable golf Int! conditions today. She Beomeil to piny wearily from the start, but nevertheless played her long shots well all the wuy around. It was her putting, together with several brilliant shots by Miss Fowler., that put tier out of the chnmplonshlr. race. The semi finalists this afternoon were the French girl. Mile. Monette I.e llran, against Knld Wilson and Miss Fowler against Miss 8. Mar shall. Miss Mabel Wragg. who conquer ed filenna t'ollett. the American star. In yesterday's play, was ellml-1 nnted today five and three by Miss Marshall. The American ;irls In the tournament are asking whnt Yorkshire has against the 1'nllcd Htntei, as MIxh I'okler, like Miss Wragg, Is from that country. (Continued on Pagt Bit) A i-SI DEFENDING I imi PEKIN WALL ALL AMERICAN f. ' OCvJ I- -N' p J U. S. ARMY American and British Forces Man Defenses On West of Celestial City, As Ad vance By Chinese Army Starts Fall of City Is Feared Japs Rush More troops. TOKYO, May 17. (!) Official dlKpalr.heH say looting and plun dering nre contlnulni; In T!nau. One hundred shops were raided last nlRht. .tapunese and Chinese authorities are co-oper.'itut; lo HUpprcsi! lawlessness. TOKVO, May 17. (A1) The fhiKHhlp I'lttshuruh of the United Slates fleet In Asiatic waters nailed for Tientsin. China, today, after an eight-day visit to Japan. Ad miral Mark L. HiIhIoI will board the destroyer IMllnbury at Shlmo uezekl for Tientsin tonight. I'KKINO. May 17. US') Threat ened by a it v u n e I n g natinnalist minim, Peking vu tenae today, tjiruer pati-nla than uaual moved tlnnURli the alreela of the nntlvii city and nboul tho forelttn con- CeHKlOIIH. IM-eiianttiona for the defense of tho location quarter had been made liv the cuai-ila wIkimo H.nl...- offttlM' Im. . l.ll.lHi.ll.lll..e n i n d i Th'uinaH llolconih. United Mlntim lllllllllU L'UI l. laiianexe Knlillora worked ac tively inuvlilliiK (lnartei-H for aev oral hunilred of their troopa near the former Auatrlnn leKation and HtreiiKthenlnK their defenHea. tli-lllsh nutlonala were warned by their leKation to be prepai-fd to inovo Into the leffntlon quarter at tlinrt notice. Valuables were lielnu sent for safe keeiltiB by both Chinese nnd forelKners to the viiriuus leKniiona. A new heavv u-nll nf m,.nn..i. rOMo along the western boundary ur tne leKUtlon riuarter which la already protected by tho great Tartar wall on tho south. Heavy gales encased in Iron sheeting barred the entrances to the Chi nese city on the north. Along many points in the, enclosing wall new loopholes were cut to permit freer use of machine guns. V. S. Troop Asulgnrit American troops were assigned lo defend the southern boundary, marke dby the Tartar wall, and they shared tho western "front" with the lliltlsh. Tho French took the east boundary, and the Japa nese, Italian. and llrllish the north. In case of an emergency, l.lcu tennnt Colonel Molcomb as hii.i..i officer, would assumo command nf tne Internntlonnl forco of lllso de fending the quarter. This force Includes 4.r.ft Ammlnn. n, .. -I...... 325 lliltlsh Infantry, 400 French colonial troops, 35o Jupnnese In fantry and 126 Itnllan marines. In Tientsin, also threatened. l!ir,n American soldiers form a portion of tho defending force. 'L'ho troops there included it,.. Third malino brliradn iinil.il 11l gadler fleneial Knicdley D. lliitler. a Hiriing marine nvintlon detach ment and Siill officers and men of the Fifteenth Infnnlrv iimlee lt,-i gadler (Ieneral Joseph C. Castner. omor rorces ot Tientsin Inclnile 2200 French colonials, 00 llilt lsh Infantry, 400 Japanese and ,17."i Italians. Lieutenant General Aral of tho Japanese army Is senior officer. taps flush Troops TOKVO. .May 17. In view of the increasing uneasiness in I'cklng and Tientsin hecnuse of the nationalist advance, Instruc tions were Issued to the Nagnya division todny to divert a regiment of Infantry and n battalion nf ar tillery from Tslngtno to Tientsin. A squadron of alrplnnes wna nr. dered to go from Japan to Tientsin to protect Japanese residents. At the snme time, because of fear of disturbances spreading to .Manchuria, a brigade of Infantry, which was sent to Shantung from Darlen on .May 4, was ordered to return. This reduced tho force of Japanese available In Shantung by "!itio men. TOKYO, May 17. P The gov. eminent has instructed the Jap anese minister at I' e k I n g and tne consul general lit Nanking to deliver statements in Muc.ti..i (.'hang Tso-IJn. the northern hi. tutor, and (lenernl Chiang Kai shek, the southern rommander-ln-chlcr, The statements embody a warning that Jupan cannot counte nance any military npertinn endan gering Jupanoso life and property.
