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."
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(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.