The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1927, Page 1

WEATRER FORECAST Cloudy tonight, Saturday fair with rising temperature, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [iutonm ABOLISHMENT | NEXT IN LINE Plans of Both Administration| ard Democratic Leaders Agree on This Point REPEAL IS ASSURED Reduction in Corporation Tax Levy Will Also Be Prob- able, Smoot Believes Washington, March 25.—()—The last of the wartime nuisance taxes would be abolished under present plans of both administration and Democratic leaders in congress for the prospective revenue bill to be * framed next session. Discussion of the measure has been revived re- cently with forecast by Seeretary Mellon of a $600,000,000 treasury surplus for the current fiscal year, The corporation levy would get next attention in the possible half billion dollar slash and the remain- der of the melon would go to in- come tax payers, Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee, who will haye considerable influence in the final writing of the measure, believes a two per’ cent cut in the 13% per cent corporation levy is warranted. Democratic leaders also have urged reduction in this tax, which has not been cut since the war, and which was boosted from 12% per cent a year ago when the capital stock levy was eliminated. Two Per Cent Cut Mentioned A two per cent cut in this rate would cost the government $200, 000,000 revenue annually, Senator Smoot estimates, or almost half of the prospective total reduction now in sight. While little hope is held out by | Mr. Smoot for the income tax-payers, | this class is not without, its friends and a slice all along the line income rates is confidently anticipated. Of the so-called nuisance taxes still on the books, those on auto- mobiles, theatre admission and club dues have drawn most antagonism und the early promise of Chairman oupled with the demands ion of Democratic leaders for repeal of these levies, seems to assure their end, _ SILENCE WILL DESCEND UPON CARRINGTONS Brothers Who Took Troubles to Court Are Not to Speak to Each Other | | New York, March 25.4(#)—Silence if not peace today descended upon the Carrington brothers who figured in a midnight cane duel a month ago. For one entire year they are not to speak to each other, The interdict was one of the terms of a year's probation imposed yes- terday by a magistrate upon the elder, Colonel Edward C. Carrington f Chicago, wealthy 55-year-old pub- lisher of encyclopedias. Found guilty of disorderly conduct, the colonel was ordered to report this afternoon to a probation officer with other dis: turbery, of the ce, Any communication with his brother, Campbell Carrington, 52, of New York, relative to suits pending between them, must be carried on ‘by means of an intermediary, the court decreed, and the colonel must do nothing “oral or physical” to in- sonvenience the younger. The night of .Febpuary 23 the younger Garring! xe leaving the hed pititada tf is bea nat | wife after tal ver; ,omt..to dinner. Campbell malteeinga the coljnel's snakewood cane struck him “a craven blow from behind.” The colonel ‘call- ed it a duel and an affair of honor. In Jefferson Market Court last night, a charge of felonious assault was changed to disorderly conduct with Campbell's consent. Magistrate Brodsky found the colonel guilty, saying the assault was unjustified. Campbell is bringing. a $2,000,000 action against his. brother, suing him for $1,000, for the affections of his. wife. The colonel has also instituted di- + vorce proceedings. Indian Runners on 82-mile | Marathon San Antonio, Tex., March 25.—(P) —Three Tarahumara Indian runners from the Sierra Madres mountains of Mexico started an 82-mile marathon to Memorial Stadium at Austin from the city hall here shortly after 3 o’clock this morning. The race, stheduled as the feature Texas University reli in early a thousand athletes are gq ~entered, was expected to require from 12 to 14 hours. t Woman’s Plea of Self Defense Wins Chicago, Mareh 25,--()—Mrs, Bertha ‘Hottman, acquitted yesterday by a jury in 27 minutes for murder of her husband, last ey, in home today with her five children who stood by her during the trii Mrs. Beiimes sobbed on hearing the ver- ict. Her plea of self defense won. She id how her husi her ith a butcher « ‘wrestled with him fo: > and finally how.s! bis own sbirt. of tl which: n | Heavy Handed | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH. | FORMER BISMARCK GIRL WOUNDED IN NUISANCE TAX [BISMARCK GETS THREE INCHES OF WET SNOW DURING NIGHT-ENTIRE __ STATE IS SNOW-COVERED TODAY | | Precipitation Gives Outlook | “IN RENEWAL OF | TONG WARFARE; For Favorable Crop Condi-| BIGHT KILLED Renewal of Outbreak Be- tween' Tongs in Various tions Another Boost—| Snowfall at Jamestown To-| Cities Arouses Officials sota Also Gets Snow i e outlook for favorable crop ons in this part. of the state| en another boost last night [Chinese Districts in Larger| Cities Are Heavily tals Over a Foot—Minne-| pepoRTATION PLANNED)’ snow fell here and throughout the entire state. The fall varied in depth at ious . points, ranging from a few-imches in the western part of the statt’ to ‘more’ thim a Todt at points farther cast. The total snowfall at Bismarck measured — approximately three inches, according to 0. W. Roberts, in charge of the weather bureau here. Beginning last evening as a light rain, the precipitation changed to a wet snow which later froze upon the streets and sidewalks. At 8 a. m., today it was still snowing, but the skies cleared shortly thereafter and a bright sun hte to which h Is the iron grasp of Oscar Gunwald- new United States marshal for’ North Dakota (above), the explana- tion of President Coolidge’s band- aged right hand? \ Members of the senate gay that Gunwaldsen is noted for his powerful handsha dit was a short time after his visit to the White House that the president’s glad hand was hors de combat. Figure it our for yourself! R. L. WALTON, PIONEER HERE, PASSES AWAY | Had Been Manager of Ameri- can Railway Express Co. Office For 20 Years Robert Lieyd Walton, 56, manager of the American Railway Expres: company’s office here and . widel known in railroad circles, died h yesterday of a heart attack. He taken ill when at train No. 8 in the afternoon and died at home an hour later. Mr. Walton was a pioncer resident of Bismarek, having lived here 43 years. For the last 20 years he h been connected with ‘the express company as agent and manager. He} has made a host of friends here who will learn with deep regret of his sudden death, Mr. Walton was born in Camden, N. J., May 29, 1870, the son of Wil- liam and Diadema Walton. His father was a member of the. Twelfth New Jersey, regiment. When Mr. Walton was 14 years old, he came to Bismarck with his parents. He was educated in the Bismarck schools. Starting work for the Northern Pacific railway in 1897, Mr. Walton became agent and manager of the express company in 1907. Te was married to May E, Baker at ini IL, September 30, 1896, at the tian church. Surviving Mr. Walton are his wife and two sisters: Mrs. F. FE. Titus of Bismarck ,and Mrs. R. H, Ferry of Wilton. He wag inber of the Modern Woodmen, the Elks, and the Benefit Association of Railway Em- ployes. Services are to be held at the Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock S day, with Rev. Paul S. Wright o: ciating. Interment will be in Fair- view cemetery. Mrs. W. E. Cavanaugh and daugh- ter Vivian of Casper, Wyo., will ar- rive here tomorrow ‘evening to at- tend the funeral. Mrs. Cavandugh is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Titus. Actine aos pallbearers will be members of the express company’s staff here: C. M, Fadden, R. F.. White, Jack Kenyon, Frank Ernisee, Ludwig Olson and J. H. Osborn. The body is to lie in state at the Webb} Brothers’ Funeral Parlors from 2 p.! m. to 9 p. m. Saturday. Honorary pallbearers will includ: Henry Reade, D. J, McGillis, Webb, John Youngman, L. K. san and 4. P. Lenhart. lt I Weather Report i Weather conditions at North Da kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today. Temperature at 7 a. m. 2b Highest yesterday 45) Lowest last night . rd i . Thomp- at Precipitation to 7 a. i. Highest wind velocity .. x WEATHER FORECAST * For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy tonight. Saturday fair with rising! temperature. For North Dakota: Cloudy toni phhy ast portion. Colder 4 portion. Saturday fair With rising temperature. ‘WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area covers the Mississippi Vatley and Plains States and’ precipitation occurred over the’ upper Mississippi Valley, northern States and slong the north- eastern Rocky Mountain slope. Warm weather prevails over the southern Plains States ld from the Mississip- pi Valley eastward, but a high pres- aid one oer oar a northern fountain region accom-| nica by generally fair and colder weather over that seater = ,OBRIS W. ROBERTS. Official in charge. jatart ni © was! lv = 2g] 2RAFFIC IN FARGO VICINITY DELAYED rapidly changed the white blanket to water and slush. At Jamestown it is reported that more than a foot of snow fell during the night and that drifts on the city streets there were from two to three feet deep. Motor vehicle _ traffic there was badly crippled today, the report stated. The snowfall at Bis- marck did not drift to any great extent. The precipitation will add consid- erable moisture to the ground and be of much benefit to spring work on the farms, ROADS IMPASSABLE IN MINOT’ VICINITY Minot, N D., March 25.) an absence of three weeks, returned to northwest North Dakota last night, bringing fall of snow; estimated at inche: Roads in| this vieinity are nearly impassable. GROUND COVERED WITH SNOW AT GRAND FORKS Grand Forks, N. D., March 25.--P) rand Forks awoke this morning to find the ground covered with snow. The thermometer registered about 26 above zero and snow was continuing to fall at 9 o'clock. JAMESTOWN HAS WORST STORM OF THE WINTER rly today when a heavy, wet | Guarded By Police + New ‘York, March 25.—(P)-"Back to’ China’ by “the shiploud “if “neces- sary,”. was an ultimatum given by District Attorney Banton to the rival Hip Sing and On Leong tongs when he called upon them to attend a peace conference today. The Chinese consul general was invited to attend. Barking guns that ended a two-year truce between the tongs took eight lives——three in Chicago, two in Brooklyn, one in Newark,—one in Pittsburgh and one in Manchester, a One was critically wounded in Cleveland and several others were shot in these cities. » Characteristic oriental silence handicaped police in their hunt for the killers, although 45 Chinese were arrested in connection with the shoot- ings. Police suid Chinese gunmen} are paid $2,000 a killing by the rival tongs. Districts Are Guarded Chinese districts. in the larger cities throughout the country were heavily guarded today by police against reprisals, Chinese merchants were advised by tong leaders to suspend operations until the outbreak ended, Two years ago a roundup of _sev-| al hundred Chinese in New York, with deportations of those who could not display credentials for their presence in this country, forced the; rival tongs into a truce after a tong outbreak during which 59 Chinese died from gunmen’s bullets, When this truce ended, the present out- break began forthwith. If tong warfare continues in Man- hattan, District Attorney Banton said, he will asked the federal government d_ deport those re- n't confine ina,” Mr. Banton said, “at least they can keep it out of New York.” Tong leaders here declined to ex- plain what caused the outbreak, Jamestown, N. D., March 25.—(P) -Jamestown' is experiencing — the worst storm of the year today, with the ground covered with a foot of snow and more falling, The storm ed about 6 o'clock Thursday eve- ig and has continued ince. Drifts are two and three feet deep in many places ih the city and automobiles are having difficul getting throug® except on the thoroughfares. ALLEY CITY SNOWBOUND FIRST TIME THIS YEAR Valley City, N, Di, March 26.--) Snow, which started’ falling here late Thursday is blocking traffic both on rural roads and city streets, and for the first is year this city is snowbound. N ly five inches of snow had fallen early this after- noon. ROADS ARE DRIFTED AROUND DEVILS LAKE Devils Lake, N, D., March 25—(P) —Kising temperature and sunny skies promise quick disposal of the four and one-half inches of snow falling here the last three days, ceasing last night. The roads are somewhat drifted. MINIATURE BLIZZARD AT CROOKSTON TODAY Crookston, Minn., March 25.—()— Snow starting early this morning continued falling heavily at noon to- day, at times taking proportions of a miniature blizzard. The thermome- ter registered 24 above zero. ROCHESTER GETTING HEAVY SNOW TODAY Rochester, Minn., March 25.—(4)— A heavy wet snow which began fall- ing early this morning continued un- abated today, turning. streets here into rivers of slush. The sticky flakes made driving hazardous, and several minor traffic accidents re- sulted SNOW REPORTED IN MANY -COMMUNITIES: St. Paul, March 25.—(@)—Winter made another bid for the throne of spring today, with a blizzard raging in the vicinity of Jamestown, N. and many other northwest communi- ties reporting snow. Jamestown wus ‘having its worst storm of the with a foot of snow on the ground and more fall-| ing. Highways were also drifted at| Mandan, Minot and Devils Lake. Albert Lea had four inches of snow during the night and was getting more. 4 Other points reporting snow in addition to the Twin Cities were Du- luth, Crookston, Winona, Hibbing, Mankto, St. Cloud, Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Mandan, Brainerd and Fergus Falls. Fargo, N, D., March 25.—(7)—| Henvy snow which is general all over | the northwest and which began fall- ing here pbout 4 a. m., gave promise at noon today of breaking all records for this winter and threatened to de- (Cont on page seven.) tin ut February Mill Loss Was Only $32,095.48 Losses at the state mill and eleva- tor during February totaled 48 and not $89,008.48 as previously \reported, a recheck of the report to oe state industria} commission, made , shows, | ‘Added to a loss of $17,799.22 in- ‘curred during January the total loss incurred by the mill this year was brought to $49,804.70 and the all- time loss on the Bye ag yas in- creased to $1,299,834.26, steadily | Dy | tional banking ring. jand resort to cross | Fede: POLICY WAS UNCHANGED BY SAPIRO'S SUIT Editor Says Ford Dismissed Demands Madel-By Organ- izer With Wave of Hand Detroit, Mich, March 25.42 Aaron Sapiro’s ‘demand upon the Ford-owned Dearborn Independent made no difference in the weckly's editorial procedure, William J. Cam eron,, editor, testi! today in Sapiro’s $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. Cameron ‘testified that he Sapiro’s demand for a retracti fore the uutomobile manuf: who also is president of the pany, and that Ford dismissed it with'a wave of the hand and the re- mark: i “Well if you are wrong, take. it 3 if you ure right, stick to it.” Cameron testified that by numer. ous inquiries the alleged libelous ar- ticles were investigated before pub- lication and that he thought Fred L. Black, business manager, initiated an investigation after receipt of Sapiro’s demand for retraction. The editorial department made in investi- gation, said Cameron. CAMERON ADMITS HE WROTE FORD'S COLUMN Detroit, March 25.—(#)-—Counsel for Aaron Sapiro, in his. $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford, got from William J. Cameron, editor of the Dearborn Independent, admis- sions today that he wrote Mr. Ford's personal column in that publication and that he and the motor car manu- facturer had discussed the interna- i | ' laid The plaintiff's counsel scemed to be getting a little more leeway today in his interrogation of the witness, but when William Henry Gallagher | sought to get too deeply into Camer- on’s Ford conferenci attorneys interposed objection after objection until finally they got in one which, ul yp caused the jury to be se: from the court roon while they argued over the law gov. | erning the question. Gallagher o1 during the opening | minutes of the session, sought to dis- rd eron as i examination. ; d M. Raymond held, | however, that having called Camer- | on, Gallagher was faced with the i exorable law which made him keep! the witness. 30 Tribesmen Are Killed in Battle | With Constabulary Manila, March 25.—()—A dis- patch to La Vanguardia from Coto-| bato today said 80 rebellious Alang- kat tribesmen had been killed and| many wounded by Philippine con- | stabulary near Vintangan, a remote section of Cotobato sub-province. ‘The injured included Datu Mapur- co, fanatic religious leader. The fighting, which took place Monday, broke YE, a long standing pprising in which hundreds of tribes-| men followed Mapstey, \eotine alt ravaging the country. forts to sel tle ‘i ‘abut i Judge F: jo peacefully failed. ,conmpittee ended, it was decided to]* ‘MANKATO HAS 3 the defense |; | 1927 Touched By the Wand of Fame The magic wand of overnight fame has touched these Detroit house the Ford-Sapiro case. Left to right: Mrs. Grace A. Jewell, Mrs. W Mrs. Grate Stiles . Emma Clarkson, Mrs Anna C, Brown, MONEY BEHIND " SCHALL PROBE, .: nd’s disappearance to police only after he had been away three days. A report that he had been kidnaped and heid for ransom was scouted. UNDERCOVER AGENT OF DRYS, RESIGNS POST; Mrs. : Missing Chicagoan | Returns to His Home (a)—-Clai mnesia, Clare er owner of gambling me today, be ftaekt le form hus- Minnesota’s Blind Senator Tells of Conspiracy to Wreck Him Politically { | | i March 25,—44)— Charges} in fi ally powerful men in Minnesota ituted the leg- islutive investigation of U Sena- tor Thomas D. e ion in will form tl sis of the sen- 's defense to accusations pre- sented against him to the senate! committee. j Tom Davis of Schall’s counsel an-j nounced yesterday that 40 witnesses have bee subpoenaed, them to testify of an alle: an Bruce Bielaski, Famous: c For Methods Used,-Retires | spiracy to wreck the blind senator; . ‘ H politically, and he demanded —that{ For Personal Reasons the committee rule on the admi: sibility of such evidence While no for y Washington, Brace Bielask red he b tugent of any evidence offered the | ha: question of motive should be ad-| mitted, for When er ut from New York jaski submitted to Assistant . in charge of dry The date of his has not been definitely | Making a trip her yesterday’s session of the! his ask the senate to extend the com- mittee’s author so that it could r the leg- adjourns. Members of the committee see little likelihood that the investigation will be completed before the legislative session ends. Owing to impertant committee as-} signments, the committee adjourned yesterday until 2p. m. Tuesday. v enforcement. retirement determined. Mr. Andrews said tiring for personal r his work had been exe itable. Biel was attacked by — several members of congress during the last| session for his enforcement methods | and much of the opposiyion, to the! |treasury’s undercover prohibition en- jfercement work was centered about! him. He has been supported strongly | iby officials he who said some of} ithe biggest cases against prohibition! violators had been developed by him.| ki was re- ons and that edingly cred- Kyle Leonard Cuts | George Young’s Time | For Channel Swim Long Beach, Calif., March 25.) Claiming to have lowered orge Young’s Catalina channel swimming |record, Kyle Leonard of Long Beach today landed near here, 15 hours and ‘11 minutes after entering the wat $80,000 FIRE LAST NIGHT Parcchial School, 3- story Brick Building Housing 800 Students, Destroyed PRICE FIVE CENTS CHINA ‘ANNA MOFFET, ~ MISSIONARY, SHOT TWICE | Is Among First of 120 Amer- ; ican Missionaries to Reach | Dock Near Warships BORN HERE ABOUT 1896 ; American Women in Nanking Cc i ti tities to ; ciated Press dispatch to his letter} “Hen i They're half of the jury in Hoffman, Mrs. Anna M. Konen, | Jewell is the only business woman BURIED MONEY STORY AGAIN’ IN LIMELIGHT soldier in Indiana Sani-! arium Offers to Locate $100,000 if Brought Here ives. Ey i ther mant to the $100,000] buried in. St. Mary's cem here cume forward yesterday | afternoon, when Chief of Police | Chris Martineson received a_ letter from an ex-soldier in an Indiana} sanitarium offering to loc the money if he were brought here. — | Chief Martineson has wired author- nvestigate the matter. Attaching a clipping of an Asso- | which told about the “hidden trea- sure” the man, who signe elf | nes Na itarium, M. ” told the chief “if you’send me my trans- ration i fare I will come and me and you can get it.” The letter follows: “Lam writing you in regard to; some money. Six bandits held up af Chicago and Alton train. There was $300,000 and it was equally divided ong six of them, $50,000 apiece,| and two of them went to Bismarck} und buried it. You see, none of the} people there know anything about it. If you send me. my transportation of raitroad fare, I will come, and me and you can get it. Answer soon as you can, y tional Very truly you! Henry Jai National Sanita Marion, Indiana.” MASONS WILL HAVE BIG TIME ~ MONDAY NIGHT Annual ‘Past Masters’ Night’ to Be Observed—Grand Master to Be Here at Catalina Island. Young's time » S. S. Peter and Paul hial was 15 hours and 45 minutes school, a three-story brick’ building, Leonard, who is 23 years old, was housing 800 students, was burned to’ accompanied by four observers who the ground here last night with a checked his time and made a log of loss of $80.000, is progre: After landing The building was empty when the morning h tuken to Seaside fire started from unknown cause at hospital. 10:30 and no 1 were endangered, Leonard accomplished the channel Flames were discovered in the base- feat on his third attempt. He was a ment by a priest and an alarm was participant in the Wrigley marathon turned in, Traveling to the upper|and made a second attempt on Febru- part of the building through alary 22. vaste chute, the fire spread so rapid- that it could not be brought un- control. Mankato, Minn., March Pi Th Extradition of Cummings Denied St. Paul, March 25.--()~-Extradi- tion ‘of A. P. Cummings, wanted on charges of embezzlement by authori- ties at Hillsboro, N, D., was denied by Governor Christianson today. Cummings was alleged to have ap- propriated money he obtained as agent of a collection firm to his own use October 29, 1925. The governor denied the request, holding that it appeared conclusively that the com- plaining witness was seeking extra- dition and prosecution in order to force payment. At the e time the governor granted an extradition request for J. M. Laney, wanted at Jamestown, on a charge of removing, selling and concealing personal property. on which there was a lien, Chippewa Falls Humorist Is Dead Chippewa Falls, Wis., March 25.—- (®)—William F.’ Kirk, nationally known poet and humorist, and form- er newspaperman, died early Friday at his home here after a long illness caused by cancer, He was 50 years old, Mr./Kirk hus for many years been employed by the Hearst organization. One of his features “The New Sten- ographer,” achieved nationwide fame. y der and Paul’s church, and ational club, both of the school, were threat- the flames but escaped un- The building was erected SPEAKING OF EXCUSES Employer: What do you want the afternoon off for? Clerk: My sister's baby is being vaccinated, sir. Employer: Well, what has that got to do with you? Clerk: Oh—er—they want me to be-—er—godfather, sir,—Punch, Cia ARE BACK IN TOWN/ Frese FAMOUS COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS MOVE BACK ON THE COMIC PAGE OF THIS NEWSPAPER MONDAY, MAR. 28 WATCH FOR, THEM, EARLY TRAINING “I am glad to see you improving in your manners, old man, and yiving your seat to a lady. “My dear chap, since childhood I have alwavs respected a lady with a strap in her hand.”—Passing Show, London, this | Mast Masters of the Bismarck Ma- j sonic lodge will fill the chairs at the Jannual “Past Masters Night” obser- | vance of the local lodge Monday aft- ernoon and eve when, work in the Master Mason degree will be ex- | empli for a class i dates, This annual affair is the big events of the lodge’s program j and a large attendance is anticipated. rank C. Falkenstein of Bottineau, | grand master for North Dakota, will | be a guest of the local lodge Monday ‘night and will give a talk at a pro- ‘gram which will fe to be served at 6: temple dinitg room Christianson will be toastmaster and ks will also be given by Judge A . Burr and W. J. Hutcheson, execu- tive secretary. The three high school students who won the essay contest recently con- ducted by the Bismarck lodge will be guests at the dinner and will awarded their prizes. The day's session will 3:80 p. m,, with a district meeting, iny cluding members from the Steele, Linton and Bismarck lodges. At 4:30 the first section of the Master Ma- son’s degree will be given, with John Parkinson, G, F. Dullam, C. F. Moody, H, L. Reade, Thos. E, McKane, pom, in { tal J. A. Graham ‘and Oliver Lundquist; filling the chairs, work will be given with the following in the various offices: Wm, O'Ha A. P. Lenhart, R, M. Bergeson, J. A Graham, L. ompson, G, F. Dul- lam, R.’ W. Lumry, W.'E. Parsons, Oliver Lundquist, Moody, John Parkinson and W. S. Casselman. low the banquet | the | Judge A. M.) be! | begin at} At 8:15 the second section of the} Reported to Have Been Brutally Treated Miss Anna E. Moffet, who was born in Bismarck and who since 1920 has been a missionary in China, was one . of the first of the 120 Ameri- can missionaries who. began to arrive at the dock near the American and British war- ships at 7 o'clock tonight (Chinese time) according to news dispatches from Shang- hai today. Miss Moffet had been shot, twice through the body. The missionaries had taken refuge in Nanking uni- versity from the rioting Chinese. The missionaries came through to the docks without military escort and without | molestation from the Chinese, according to the reports, which stated that American women in Nanking are re- ported to have been most brutally treated by the Chi- nese. It is believed a major- ity of the American homes and mission properties there | were destroyed by Cantonese soldiers. Miss Moffet was born in Bismarck about 1896, accord- cing to Mrs. F. R. Smythe of this city, who knew the Mof- fets during their residenee here, Her father, Lieut. Col. W. P. Moffet, was then a cap- tain of infantry, and went to the Philippines in 1898. The family lived in Bismarck only a short time after his return from the Far East. leaving here in 1900 or 1901, Mrs. Smythe said. When last heard of here Lieut. Col. Moffet was sta- tioned at St. Paul as a mili- tary instructor. Miss Mof- fet, according to today’s news dispatches was graduated trom the Kennedy school of Missions at Hartford, Conn., in 1920 and was immediately sent to China as a missionary by the Presbyterian board of foreign | missions. ULTIMATUM IS SERV! El ON CANTONESE LEADERS ington, March 25.—(AP) —Vreparations for » bombard- ment by American and British ships at Nanking has been post- Poned unt tomorrow because of a partial evacuation of the city by foreigners, which has been effect The admiral's report, dated at 5:50 p. m., Nanking time, said: “As a result of -the strong sfand taken today by the forces here, the foreijners are begin-* ning to come out of the elty. ° “The Japanese are c their evacuation tonight. e British consul general and the missing marines are now com- ing off to the H. M. S. Emerald. It is now considered. a fair pos- sibility that the 120 Americans, who took refuge in Nanking Uni- versity will be evacuating to the ships (the destroyers Preston and Noa and the converted yacht Isabel) tonight. | “In view of this we are post poning further consideration of action to tomorrow.” Washington, March 25.—()—Un- less immed: arrangements are made for the sufety for foreign lives in Nanking, military point; the city will be shelled by British and American warships. Flat notice to this effect has been served on the Cantonese leaders by direction of Admiral Williams, com- manding the American forces in Asiatic waters, Nanking, n. undefended city. barded ones ninally listed as an could not be ym ordinary circumstances, j but after tRe killing yesterday of Americans and other foreigners, the British and American commanders Officers Get Still and Liquor in Raid A complete still and a quantity of alleged liquor were seized by Sheriff Rollin Welch and federal agents in Wynanko Lal township. Mr. Wynanko disappeared over the hills as the raiders arrived, according to Sheriff Welch, and wi not taken into custody. A warrant for his arrest will be sworn out soon, however, and he will be beonghs here to answer a chi of engaging in the liquor traffic. _Wyanko is al- ready under a suspended sentence of the district court on a similar charge, according to the authorities. informed the Chinese officials that unless the situation was remedied, | Nanking would be proclaimed a “mil- | itary area.” Such a proclamation | would, open it to whatever military | operations were necessary to protect | foreign lives. | Insolent Reply Received The American commander in chief reported that he had received an “in- solent” reply in response to the three demands made yesterday by the Brit- ish and American naval authorities at Nanking. The reply was by. the warning that military points would be fi on late this after- noon. (Chinese time), unless plied with. hia ed