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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 ' .
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, 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.
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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) .