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Newspaper Page TextMail Tribunk Weathec Year Ago f Forecast Cloud) ; uoruuil- leiuper- V ' ature. Maximum yesterday Hi Miiiljniuii today 48 Minimum Minimum Dslly TwmrMhlnl Tmi Ktrtj-airth Tw FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFOKD, ORIXiON. FIJI I A V. JL'NK 1. 1U!8. Xo. 71. Today By Arthur Brisbane Thrice Happy Chows. Congress Is Dead. ' Threatening Ladies. The Three-Car Family. FUEL LOW QUARTER MILLION IN RUM SEIZED irt O.S.C. DEGREES HHANR T(l to Regain Wife n r nT mrilTn l lU IU The Weather Medford SOUTHERN CROSS CONQUERS PACIFIC , WISCONSIN : ni Ann rnn lain I A AT ! JL fr (Copyright, 1027. by New York . Evening Journal. Inc.) From his liig-li tower TeutVls (Irucckli saw interesting things the widow knitting for a live lihood, iiaiuWers over their routfc et noir, peasants from the country, eondemned cells where murderers sat listening to hum liering on the gallows. It is less romantic, looking down from New York's- Hit. tower over hnildiiigs where a j few with millions, and farther j cast and west, where millions j live on little. j Hut one roof top early 'Ycd- j nesday morning might have in- j terested Angel Gabriel, who writes what we do. Tile roof was divided between neat green fences into play- grounds and there you could see at plav, rolling and tumb- 1 ' . ling over each other 111 the bright sunshine, happy Chow ' . . dogs, breathing good air, far above automobile fumes and , dangers, enjoying- the SUIl S health-giving actinic rays. To the east and west children were inaying in uie guners. dodging trucks, breathing in gas from exhaust pipes. Xo playgrounds for them on roofs. Their fathers pay low rents. It would not pay lo fuss over them. Writing more about that you could drift into boUJuiyi.sm." Ids somo eoniforl to know Unit the kind's horse, recent winner of bis majesty's first "classic" race in several years, was treated all winter with arti ficial actinic rays. Also, in Lon don, actinic ray treatment, is given to valuable- apes that do not like the British climate. , i In the way ot real news to interest a practical nation noth- j ing much worth while. The usual music and flowers for Decoration day, with very old survivors of the Civ.il war proud to parade, and younger men proud of their golf scores. No news from the brave Ital ian, Nohile. lint hope is not abandoned.'. The Russian gov ernment Will join the search lor hull, so that the two extremes I of theory in government, soviet ism and Mussolinisni, both alike in autocratic absolution, are united in good work. 0 Contrn'ss is dead for tlie pres ent. The House adjourned cheering Ijongworth. the Sen file aeclHiming Dawes both. especially Dawes, material for the Republican nomination "if anything should happen to Mr. Hoover's friends' pinna." Some ladies, united in politics, raise a warning finger, flaying to the G. O. P. pachyderm: "If you don't nominate Hoover, wo shall leave our party aud vote for Smith." They remind you of the bitter , little boy, who Aid he whs froing H,n iravAnn "l n (tat WnrniR " Into the garden, "to eat worms . I ig business nws is the Chrys K.r.iViHnp mitnmnldln merger. One i iwrt mnri rnmhlnatfona and four ' or five concerns would make all pan A thomihtfnl nubHsher says: "That would bo bad for ad vertising." Hut it might not be. Today's tavk Is to make a "two car family" of the one-car family" ond of tho "two-car family' a "three-car family. That can and sho)d he (lone, but It calls for advertislnn. which is autostiprestion In he mass. Twenty-rour million automobile, arc rtinnlim In America. M least calls for intelligent advertising. ( On the tomb of grand old Baron Von Stein Is written: "The last of his kingly rare, which had ruled on (Contmood on P Four, gecpqi Section) Hill I Mil! i2UWrts NEAR END mi nil i in i: f m Anxiety Over Safety of Ad venturers Changes to Ac claim of Honolulu Dis aster Balked in Air Pocket Radio Tells World of Progress Over Pacific. viii:i:li:r kiklu. jioxolu. Il.t;. June 1. lPl The trans-Pacific i monoplane Southern Cross, hear- : Ing four men. came safelv to earth here today at 12:19 y. m. coast ""; "'l-r,?:-m ; Oakland. Cal.. begun at 8:51 u. m. yesterday. . The Southern Cross, made Its lnndliiK only after hours of tense- ness during which she had lost her l!'u" lo" , ","r, ru,e' "!n" ,"n low. She finished the long air I Journey w ith little gasoline to "i""0- Lcortod by army and navy planes she came into this field. - miHK from Honolulu. an-i Inounted by sirens of enthusiastic: I j wndcd the first leg of an air udvenlure of 7SU0 miles over seas to Australia. , The next air pussaKt; is to Suva, Kiji islands, more than 3100 miles over sweil hiK waves, broken only by occa sional dots of coral and volcanic rock. Anxiety that , had continued hours for ,tho. courugeous Aus tralian-American crew was re-! lieved when the plane was sikhted i over KoK'o heail. . ?md escortiurf planes rushed lo meet thorn. In ' l ho pilot's cockpit were C'aiitain Klnsford-Smith, commander and . Lieutenant Charles I'lm. pilot. Next to them were the two Ameri cans Harry D. I.yon, navigator , and James Warner, both of San Francisco. ' Taking off from Oakland yes- terday at 8:&t a. m., the South-j ern Cross roared steadily on thru-j out the sunny day of yesterday t and .the moonlight of last night. lonca during the night, at about; j to o'cloi k, the Southern Cross was In an air current that sucked1 it downward. The" listeners nslmro heard her radio alarm and then for more than an hour there was silence, whil" wonder gi'ew whether theirs j had been the fate of Captain Wll. j Irwin, pilot of the Dallas Spirit ( and his navigator. A. K. Kich wablt, who peiished last August whlh' on a rescuing mission for the Dole fliers. j Then the radio pulsed again and listeners' breathing grew nor- j mal. Again anxiety was keen-pitched and for hours, as the great plane "JlotU when approaching Jla- waiiu'rt shores that she had lost hcr ,lllsit0 and that her fuel wan low. 1 When she appeared from over -the Hca. tho welcome accorded , her was enhanced by the relief at, her CHcupe from the waves. If Kchedule Is followed, the ' flier.'S 'will take off within a dav ! cr two from the Harking Sandal runway on Kauai inland, for the daring long flight to Suva, in! Fiji. This runway, longest in the inlands, has been prepared for j them. Its 4500-foot length graded to give sufficient speed for the j Southern Cross to lift her load of j seven tons into the air. The Southern Cross approached Whet ler field, accompanied by the numerous weleomlng and es-1 corting plam M. The visitor clr-; ded the field, taxied to the front j of tho reviewing .stand and stop ped. The crowd was unusually rmall loss than 2U00 but the welcome It gave was hpontaneous. As the engines of the big mono plane stopped the welcoming com mittee, including Governor "Wal lace It.' Karri ng ton of Hawaii. Mopped out to greet the Intrepid airmen. htul beautiful trip: no We will continue. trouble nt all as planned, to Suva.'" they said. To a question whether the fller were lost, Navigator Lyon re sponded emphatically: "Not ot all. An inter-inland navigator for five year and not able to find the course?" he said h,rt,.. Withln a few minutes th tlrel vat..r left for Honolulu, but l.e- fi)n )(-ft thp lhrgh ,e guard, and I durrounded the plane, formal greetings were completed, t They lost the radio beacon 300, : miles out from Sn Fran- isro and j Navigator I.yon said tls-v nevpr picgen up me neeier iienr oea- I H 4?. . ....... V . : ! ; ..A Federal prohibition men made quite a haul in the capture of this vessel, a former Canadian light ship, at Detroit, Mich., with a cargo of rum valued at $250,000 and bound for Chicago. Above, a view of the deck of the vessel with casks of rum showing; below, the ship tied up at a pier after Hi capture at Detroit. FOOT AND AIR N Ev ADANS EAT RESCUERS SEEK ITALIAN CREW Five Men Travel Over Polar Glaciers to Reach Winter Houses On Mosel Bay Systematic Search Is Or ganizedBelief Dirigible Crashed Or Landed On Northeast Land. (Copyright , 1 p S . o the Assoclaled Press. 1 KINO'S P.AV. June i. While al 1. ust h half dozen air expeditions were being organizi 1 lu Kurope to- day to search for the missiiiir dir igilde Italia, five men were slowly making their way by foot in an effort to reach tho lonely region where the Italia is thought to have come down. Paul Kremer. a Spitsbergen hunter, and fmir Italian Alpinists proceeding along lied bay in northern Spitsbergen and along Llefde bay, near Amsterdam Island, i and will try to go east over the glaciers to reach the most easterly, winter house on Mon-l bay. If the Italia landed in- era bed over land it is thouuhl at King's 1 Hay that she will lie found, on j Northeast I,and a In rue desolate , island northeast of west Spit .her iren. The sealer Ilol.by, which Is ex '"u,u "l "o f-uiMm. win sea re ii i or open wilier near the land on the north coast so tha ft can res forward toward t M east and will lfo search tv the Italia ' crew in tlie winter house; on Northeast I-ind. The Hobby. n soon as possible,' will fio north with the planes ship ped aboard her a nd their Nor wegian piluis, accompanied by the ice steamer Hragunza. which is ex pected at King's liay tomorrow. The Citta dl Milium, the Italla's base ship, iiNo will go out again. A team -.f 10 dogs will lie lak. il al.i.ar.1 Hie Hohhy nt A.lvent I'.ay and will l.e ucd to aid In the land vl i"'' n- . M I LA .V. 1 1 a ly . .1 u no 1 .- -VP, Vti Italian air expedition to sni' h for the mlssinif dirigible Italia, will got under May shortly, Th bydro-aii plane II-r.l. sister ship of Comtrmnder Oel'li.edos pi.ine. win ne pm ni i oiritriniti of the Mobile rch. f expedition by J'rmlr Mussolini. The -rr, will be i nref iliy out - fitted inrl will have a radio set to nam her to keep In mntft with the base ship Citta dl Ml - hi no. -n ' . - 1 , 1 ' 13 LBS. CANDY APIECEYEARLY Per Capita Consumption in California Pound Less- ,. Penny Goods' First for American Sweet Tooth, ' Department of Commerce -Figures Show. WASHINGTON. June 1. lA'i That Aiuwicans like candy ami arc , outing more of it all the time has been disclosed by u smdy tf the Industry Just completed by -Hie . commerce department. In Nevada. Ihf stu.ly found the heaviest per capita , imaae, nearly inir i e e n pounds a year, and the people of ontana. I lino Is Delaware. North ako.a. ami fa i ornla all are eat- B more than I 2 pounds annually , , The tremendouM Muan(itles in- lak lug pe quammes in- v.dvcd are shown by tho fact that in i;u'( sales of so-called "penny goods" ran to 'I'l 1 .not). m.o pounds material aud $$ 3$4 $.$S.O J0$n $$ of matetiaj and $:i4.0fio,000 in value. The nickel and dime candy e h o o I a t e and peanut bai-s amount ed to I07.000.ooo pounds and $ HMi.0U0.ilUo. The balance of l:u'! sales of candy. Included In packages and bulk brought the year's total value of candy con sumed to $342.000.0011. Very little American candy uc In fut'ciirnclM. In I'J'Hi cinwlv ex. j ,Mir(M werf. (,ijt 1,000. 000. . G. 0. P. CHIEFS MAP If A l U T'lT V M 1 1. Chairman William M. Ilutler of the republican national cuiamlttee arrived here todav to lake charge i or T,riI11i.1,,,ir,H . Hie national to I riinvenlli.n .In... 1 II. u lrrnm. punled by a staff of asKlsiants. Mr. I.utler answered wllh a shrug t')f the shoulders fjuestions as to how long ho believed the coinen- t ion would Inst and whether Pros! ident Coolidcn would be drafted. ' o ImiHirtant business will be drafted, Mr. f littler said, before the l(l(irijI Monday afternoon on , contested delegates, I Arcompan) ing the national chair mun Wf;re .amex Vbte of Wash ; ni?fn. acting nerrotarv of the re publican national committee; Jos igare of U)well. Mass., Mr. Hut Mer's assistant, and Miss Henlc ft Jeffrey, his secretary, ; Committee Starts Work On Details of Mr. Coolidge's Vacation On Island North Woods Summer . White House in High School Building. i Sl lMCKIOIt. Wis.. June 1. (P) ( A jubilant Wisconsin hummed to-1 day with ea;er preparationu for a ' . president's vacation. ! So far as the vucation itself was ' ( concerned, there remained nothing to do, for nature dresses most at ; tractive)) in the lirule Utver eoun-'. i try always. The forests of jack i ; nine, the wild life, the crystal-clear I I waters are (here. Trout flash in : 1 the streams, black bass idle In the ; lakes, while uit occasional .doer flits between the treeH. j There nro. however, a myriad of : details of communication and trans portation lo be worked out in the fortnight remaining before the president plans, to arrive. When i these arrangements are completed, j thu UMte island will bo cuutpped us a place where the president not only may have every opportunity j for rest but also facilities for huep j ing a constant finger on tho pulse of a nation. Meeting with Irvine I. 1-cnroot, former United States Henator from Vriun.,.,ul,i ,. ...tut nllt. itf r,lnv,.n headed by '.I. T. Murphy, Superior i nubliK'iPi:, last night went over the ' ?W V,et i P'iUia to uiuko ,the jm'.sl " liwirliy convenient' und SKiHfy- Tile executive: licaduimrtorH of the. nation Ih expecled lo bo entu! i lishoil ill HuiK'i-lor. Wis., central Ml H I IV v 1 i i n in i mi i i nnrn nri t ! uulv urn xis ii .mil m IUKII seluml, from tile lime or tile ; nllir ut unlned flnanelal luiekeiK. presldpnfH nnticlpiiled arrival on ; n,.d,iy aHerted that his Imckors June i:i. lo Ills departure early in ,. rt,a(lv tu Mtttrt construction of Sopmniber. President and Mm. t)lF .oai from Its present tennlnus. CoollilKo's enlmiriiKe will Include H , rirteen miles southwest of this eity. 1 servants, ID secret norvleo men, Kv-j lu ccscent flty, in northern Call erett Sanders, tho president's lft-! torniii. t'nless evidences of Kood vale secretary, 111 u soldiers iOjflll(h ,. P(nucid within the two serve as Riiaids. The president probably will drive daily, excepting; Sundays, between Superior and the lodo, a distance of about 10 miles. fllAiril-NTOV V i June 1. ,n line letuniB Horn the ;0I) lirprinM- of Wi Virginia were n.omete l0,y, Senator (!ny O. ! ; ,. favo,,te ,.,, for ,he ri.,ltlllll,.8n ireK,,.nlla preference. ; -eeinlngly had ,. ufllelel lead over. ,.rp,., llver l rfel ... ...I. I ii(.ri,(.rt Homer to offset nnv L-nlns t . ,he conim(;R.c t.cretary might np AnViroxlmatelv 000 nrecincts gave Goff a lead of 11,000. On the democratic slate. (lover- i nor Smith'of New York maintained j a 4000 lead over Senator James A. Heed of Missouri, (iovornur How-' ai d M. (Jore has conceded the re- J publican senatorial nomination to ; Dr. Henry L. Hatfield. The pliysl-j sician will oppose the Incumbent. Senator M. M. Net-ley, democrat, In November. Baseball Score$ National. K.I St. I.nuls 2 ! 1 "inl a I l.erlan. 'I- II. K. ''"I'-" 4 '' " ; ,'l,,"l,1,,'n 1,1 Ulake, Cki-Imhi. Molly and Hurt- n-tl; llrlmes and (looch I Prooklyn N"w Vorlt Klliott, Ioai and Deberry. Hur- grave; fienton and O'Kurrell. It. II. i: Cincinnati - 7 I r. I .Mton 8 I Maya. Mnv. Koln and I'lelnh b: lirandt, ltyberton. Ihdan-y. fluid - j Miilth, fW-newlrh and Taylor. Alliellcilll. It. II. Detroit r, 9 Cleveland 4 I Hillings. Ktoner and Hheu: I'hle and L. Hewel, I. OS AXIlKl.Kf. Juno li lP new method r tempting lu regain tlie nfl' tion i.f an estranged was revealed ly police today with Ihi! urrest i( Hurry ' '-I'"- l.lKht Is uiTlwPrt of ut- . fr tempting to hire Hud Coy to kidnap .Mrs. Cum Uirht and with two aittiints. take hor to a dosirtod cahin near Ncwhall. There, after neve- t nil day-H, airoidlliK to the of fkrrs. liiuht was to come to h resrfle and thereby re- 4 lmiIii tief lnvt- 4 tho plot ten through when I'uy told tile story to the omen.- ho iau u trap tor ? IJgnt. -r : OR. REODY GETS 60 DAY OPTION Grants Pass Council Acts Backers Unnamed, De clared Ready to Begin Ex tension Move Viewed Locally As First in South ern Oregon Railroad Activity. (IHAXTM PAKH, Ore.. Juno 1. (P) An option on the (.'iilifornlu and Oregon I'oiiNt railroad, e.xtendlntr for Hlxly dayH, was granted ly the city eounell to J. l- Heddy, In be- months priod. the option will he terminated. The California und Oregon Coast railroad was con structed by the city of (Irants Pass anil the Twohy Interests of Port land. j lir. J. K. Itcddy, whose homo Is I In this city, was the original spon- ...... ..f tlw. Cn,,ul I,. II.'.,, ,1 .....I ....... ! Instrumental In eeuri..g ItH con - jsiruetfon. H ha long been a hope tvw- C y of Dr. Iteddy to nee the constr I Hon of a railroad to Crescent Cltv I Calif. The road encountered dlfflcul- ties soon after its construction, and construction wu abamloued noon ! after the fireat War atarted. Tho i ..... ... k i. iTn ,1, iv i JZV" "J ' while there l no rterinite inlur- ntlon on tho Imekers of Dr. . " . '' " ,'" .'UJ. V' . 1 ,'c""t'1 "' " Huu,l,0,'M Pee fie Im hueklng him and to 1he "'"uver ot pending railroad '""" ' -"""" HIGHEST PRICES IN THREE YEARS WASHINGTON, June 1. (J The highest price index In nearly three years is reporied by the de partment of agriculture, In pluclmf tho figure for May l." at 118 per cent of the pre-war level, an In j crease of eight points since April points since May of a year a'r. Increases were shown In all ON PASS ROAD furthir advanced .his year tin- oe.:inieo inn e poiiun. i.aiun uo- vanced HI points: Irulls and vege - lahles, two: meat animals, nine; poultry products, seven, und cotton anil seed, 1-'- The May i(lce of hogs rose lib- ,, F;Tlly," ? """I" '"V, l,lv' l"'lllun vocatlonul'workTforelgn troops In . Peking. Japan ! above (he April 5 f gire. This Ii ,,,,,,,, , ,,,, whl,rB 8tiitlont having S0..0. the fitl states 4 , T'T T"'" ""', , "h"'"i '')' ne of the technical 3700, tlreut Mrltaln 1500, France 4 I i dec inn in rece nls at or niarv niar-1 u ti. .....i....... .... i .... sets lonowing ine neavy niarsei-, ((.acher tralnlnK in comnwrce, ng ings In K bruary and March. n,.,,),,,,.,, hnme eco mmirs, Indus- KE A n I.I'., June 1 , ifl't cm- t'let.dy surprising police ilepart- ; "u"1 members, Frank Kdwanls, ' maor-eeet. announced today that he had Mflff-trd ljuls J. Korhes. pull, e lleutinant. to he Heattle chief '' ''"'nil Kdwards' admin- . i.ii-.iiinn MiHiiit.u nf J Mi. none , : ; - ' a ' Ilhorheis name hud nm i.een men - 2 I Honed In predictions of the ap- j pointment. He has been acting as Jailer the past two years. 1 OF THIS VALLEY! ' Place nf Rnn i v.woo v. lw ummt Monday at Corvallis j Norman Klien and Charles Leever of Medford, Geo.' Foerst, Applegate, Mon terey L. Hoist of Sams! Valley and Herbert Har ris of Central Point Honored. i OltKCION STATU AOHICl'l.TU- j HAL COL1.KU1C, Corvllllls, Juno 1. Mtdford and stirroundinK towns I are represented by five students in . the graduating class of 19S which ! totals more than 500. They will receive their decrees at the annual commencement exercises Juno 4. ' The gruduntlhg class Is composed ; of tlioso who have survived four yoars of rigorous work, during which their scholarship had to be kept high to meat the requirements here. The collogo does not grant a degree to one whose average Ik less 1 1 1 11 11 C, even though they have accumulated sufficient credits. Norman K. Kloin and Charles R. Leever, both of Medford, have curn- 5 M)ti WJ"WW?WSW F r-1 It mrrX I Top ('harlcH l.eever of Medford u"(l "n A. KoeiHt of Apple- Ut. Center-Herbert P. Harris or Central Point. Hottom - Mon - . . . i i ., ,. , . I terey I,. Hoist of Hunm Valley and I Normal K. Klien of Medford oil the tlogree of uaehelor nf tu - etiec In elcetrleal engliioerliiK nml niocliiuilfHl engineering repcetlve- .'''. -'!"l "f engineer.,,, 1. fhn anenni liiri'iiur In Din ertlleun r,.rae ore conaldmeil on "m' ,u c,mr"J,r the eainnim hh among tho "atlfreaf I to he had. Ilelore l.erlnll7.1ng In e leetrl "J'engh Cr '""iti of , I, ,"f , ' , ?m la.l i , . . . V! 1 lift WW Ik 1 1 "" """r 7" ' '"Tltniang .Sun-Chang, northern run.. f loli of eloetrleal. ineehanlcitl and manUer now ln lho nc,,, (.,llst ; civil InduHtrlnl nrt8 In whleh they , , nul,onHHts, nll8 ol.d,.r thu I may rruijor In thin school. .radu- .., ,,, n , T,,.nls.. ates In englneerltiK are In demand ,.llK1)W front , t.B1. ut to take pOHltlona for rtirthcr train-1 a geIlera re(rei., , Ing or Immediate work ln the folK j ' Industrial corporations. PKK1NO, June 1. (fl't The rum. Aside from completing Ills rwii-1 nieM of prominent .Mnnchurlun r lar work, leever has also taken an I ricials ure beginning un e...dus jactlvo part In campus affairs. Print - I Ident o Kappa Iella Sigma, social fraternity; Associated Knglneers, terfratenlty Council and American Society of Mccltnlcal Engineers, in his senior year. . George A. Koerst, who represents Applegate. has finished his work for bachelor of science degree In vocntionul education. This school ha nuido remnrkuhle growth lr, re - cent years to keep pace with the I demand for teachers of Industrial suhjecls lu the high schools. It ,Rr ,0 w leaileshlp of Dean Jas. . H .,,wn. ny taking the degree I course In Mils school, Koerst has i p,epre, hlmsell' for more work In I l,.,,,.,!,,,, relaled viwutlnniil .nlil.,.,1. i r for supervisory or nilmlnlstra- T hp nt himl tnclodoM ttm lr u iii.nl .n o...l .....(, I. chology and education. Monterey I. Hoist of Ham's Vol I l,u i.l. I .. ........ j rk.M,)m flr ,h(1 (J(,Km, (jf bllPncor of science in forestry, lie Is one lllf .,, ,- , ,,,,,. , ,L j rr,,,tr. ,, y,,nr who have ma- ..... ijoreu in nigging engineering, e h-. , n((l f,.,m,ry l)r inmher manufact lllrlng. Ilolat had the advantage of C0t!PMv9 on Pa Elfljt) QUIT AS DICTATOR Northern China Leader, Who Started As Bandit De- cides to Abdicate Ex odus From Pekin Starts, As General Retreat Is Ordered Powers Co operate for Defense. j LONDON. June I. lift A Tokyo idisputell to the Evening News says reliable reports from Peking state I"1"1 -'hang Tso-l.ln. the northorn dictator, has definitely decided to abdicate. Formal announcement of t'hanu's withdrawal from hi position as head of the northern isovernment was expected toniKht. Meanwhile the northern leaders were stated to be trying to estab lish u new Kuvernineut which would Include Tuan t'lil Jul. the former chief executive of the Peking government. Tuan Chi Jut, although ul of pulltlcnl life in recent yearn, wuh unco a powerful figure in .'hina, being premier und minister of war and finally chief executive of th ChineHo republic, lie wuh deposeti In l'J2$ by Wu l'ei-Ku. and last (wuh reported at TlentHin living in the Japanese concetudon. Tito dlHpatch wild that .Japanese reports Indicated tho main nor thern army hud collapsed alonj; the Peking-Hankow railway and that the nationallHts might occupy Puking within five days. ' " While foreigners lu Peking will not be endangered, it was thought that the majority would leu va within the next 4 hours liernu.su of tho danger of looting by the de feated northorn troops. Chang Tbo-LIii,' until tlie r t"-nt victorioua driven of the natlonaltMn from the houUi, aj4 the mot vw erful war lord In China and was dictator of the northern govern ment. Chang, who Im about 63 yearn old, first came Into prominent e as a bandit lender In northern' Man churia. He fought for the Japanese In the RuHMo-JupancHA war of 1H04-B and tlfen Joined the Cbint-.su regular army, becoming military governor of Kengtlen lit t!ill. Ah tho central governinenl at Peking weakened, Chang became more- und more independent and ! J1"'"'"' fo;;tlI1nJ111 ! ? t v .1 va hotrayed by Keng u-llsiang. now n nationalll ally. vh Helzetl Peking. i ,'cnK hover. .11.1 not last long I ln 1'fltiiiK and In the hprhig of '" ,vttH overthrown i.y u t 1 " " " "' l'"nn - " """! l"en n"1 "teudlly lost ground .,, , un" now virtually out ot in.. Pleture while Chang took Peking l "" I T'n fXtM UlSt'U UIUIHIIII HI I ever since. June I. (V) Advices ; iio" i ii-iiinui mjia- tniii (K'liPiiu 1 from Peking. Four apeelal trains ! left tho northern capital for .Muk- den last night and another font- went out today. An official of the Japanese lega tion stated today that all the pow ers In Peking are co-operating for the defense of the concessions with a view to holding a line of defense near the boundaries. If a dlsor 1 aerly mob advances toward tho concessions the foreign troops may go out further to moet ami estab lish a defense line. It Is under stood that tho fifteenth American Infantry i will co-operate with an other foreign troops in the defense of tha Concessions, but that tlie American marines can be used only within the foreign settlement. There are approximately I I'.imiO oooo and Italy 8X0. I'KKIXO, June 1. t&t At an im pressivo gathering in the presi dential palace at 3:80 this after noon, Marshal Chung Tso-l.ln ad- iIpuhum! tUf Hlt.1oi.iutl,. , IW 11,1 intimated that he wu remaining In Peking pending the outcome of .leolalv. battle whl.li he ex t "I o be waged ut Llulho, 35 mile .... . .... . " suuinwem. fhang recounted his efforts "Inc. he took over the reigns of (Cv3UBUd on Pat Eight) .