The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1927, Page 1

perma — a a 4 \ ¥ the s TH sente: Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur- jay. Not much change. 4 ESTABLISHED 1878 ISAMINGER IS APPOINTED C0. AUDITOR HERE County Board Makes Ap- pointment After Johnson's Resignation Is Accepted MISS LYONS IS DEPUTY Resolution Passed Settling Controversy With Johnson on Financial Matters A. C. Isaminger, prominent in orth Dakota banking circles for the ast quarter century, was yesterday appointed Burleigh county auditor for the two-year term which began last Monday, after the county com- missioners had accepted the resigna- tion of Frank J. Johnson, former ditor, who was reelected to the ot # the general election last Novem- er. Johnson resigned as auditor early in January, at the same time giving the board a resignation covering the new term to which he had been elect- ed, but last Saturday he withdrew the latter resignation and announced that he had qualified for the new term and intended to serve. At the same time the state bonding fund canceled the bond which had pre- viously been furnished ‘covering Johnson. % Late yesterday Johnson and his at- torney appeared before the board and ‘Wtate’s Attorney F. E. McCurdy and/ a settlement was reached of a con-; troversy between Johnson and the} county involving some financial mat-| ters, after which he tendered his resignation for the present term. \The board accepted the resignation ‘and immediately, upon motion of) Axel Soder, seconded by Chas, Swan-} son, appointed -Isaminger as auditor, | the vote being unanimous. Came to N. DP. in 1902 ) Mr. Isaminger was born 50 years! ago in Ohio, and came to North Da- kot» in 1¢)2, settling at Denhoff where he was cashier of the Denhoff! State bank for several years, Later | he was assistant cashier of the First National bank at McClusky, and in 1913 he want to Arena, Burleigh county, where he was cashier of the Arena State bank until early in Feb- ruary, this year, when he was pointed deputy auditor under Miss Kate Lyons, who had been named auditor to fill the balance of John- son's term, Miss Lyons was not a candidate for the appointment to ‘iil the full two-year term. Mr. Isaminger’s family, consisting ‘of a wife and three children, are still living at Arena, but he plans to bring them here shortly after school closes this spring. Miss Lyons Is -De; Miss Lyons, who serve deputy auditor under Johnson for several has been appointed deputy ¥ Isaminger. No changes are planned the office personnel, the new auditor said today, ict Cram will main chief clei John Lobach will continue as’ clerk and Miss Leila Lockwood as stenog- rapher. After passing a resolution settlin, the controversy between Johnson an the board, the auditor was instructed to notify the state bonding fund that all claims against Johnson had been rele: under his bond. The resolu- ~ytion read as follows: “The matter of the controversy in- volving financial matters between the county of Burleigh and Frank J. Johnson came up for considerat! by the board. Johnson and h' torne: re present, as was also ttorney. The matter of ncia] claims of each party st the other was duly consider- by the board and after due con- ideration thereof and in conisdera- ounty of Bur- leigh does hereby release and di charge Frank J. ‘Johhson from all financial claims of every name, na-' ture and description and the said Frank J, Johnson has releaséd the county from all financial claims of every name, nature and description which he may have or,claim against it.” Want Bids on North: Road The county: board. yesterday in- since’ the auditor to notify the highway commission’ that Burleigh | apunLy is ready. to take acti a on the 16-mile srnlehs of state hi No. 6 betwe ' | Bismerck and Baldwin, ei to paar ae be apraga to ad- vertise for is ye “tee ating Bpeatrt BS ba nce of th pa] fro Saldwin't to already in let to! Stevens Bros., and work will be start- oo on, e county agreed to Jos. Comhian lots 3 and 4, Siock| 58, Nor- thern Pacific second addition, for $10M per lot, providing city com- ission is pea to sell, its inter- at that Kenneth eas e's ‘offer of $10 and Payment of the 1925 and 1026 taxes for lots 5 and %, section, ied, township; ke range 80, was seveiee Peti a. number of Burleigh Soity renders re pre- to thi king that its action in appointing W.'8, 8. Gasselman as county justice of the peace to a the term of C. G. Boise, resigned, rescinded. The , Brann clalined hat Casselman's at the tion last November’ in nd people of the county did not on hina [Me in that office, No action was taken, however, since -th ‘informed tion in appo' position ‘election, and could “ag be rescinded. ee After several years paperienssting, @ young French mechanic vented a bicycle which can be Meant formed into s small monoplane that | 0: wilt fly to a height of 100 feet. Gareides North | made 1, stect’in in decal could be tae very magered of Foslend ese os New Burleigh _ County Auditor | A. C. Isaminger, former Arena | banker, who was appointed Burleigh | county auditor by the county commis- sioners Thursday for the two-year term ahead, after Frank J. Johnson,} who was elected to the position last November, tendered his resignation. Mr. Isaminger has been deputy audi- ‘tor for the past two months. FOUR PEOPLE SERIOUSLY IL FROM POISON Corn Meal in Which Rat Poi- son Had Heen Mixed Used ‘For Food By Mistake ' Poisoned when some self-embalming rat poison was accidentally mixed with their food yesterday four peo- ple are at a local hospital, with their chance for recovery uncertai Those poisoned were: Emil Kaiser, ve at the postoffice, Mrs. Emi em and two children: Rob-| ert, 9, and Kenneth, 4. The Kpisers were taken ill yester- day noon immediately following lunch and doctors were at first unable to discover the cause, but members of the family ‘recollected that some corn meal, with which was mixed the rat] poison, had been placed on a shelf, in a rear shed, Discovery was then made that Mrs. Kaiser, preparing the noonday meal, had found the cornmeal in the box and had used it to make gravy for the The box had no label on it to} 'y its contents as poison, it is empl Re The Kaiser baby was not fed the gravy and Ermagenc, three-year-old daughter, escaped poisoning when, testing the gravy, she declined to eat the four were taken to the hospi- tal last night where antidotes were adeainistored and today they were Pi to be getting along well, al- jough doctors declared that several days must elapse before recovery can med. complete. 1@ poison was composed mainly of arsenic. FLOODS CAUSE TRAIN WRECKS; MANY INJURED}: Two Passenger Trains on Sep- arate Tracks Plunge Into Water in Kansas Parsons, Kans., April 8.--(®)—Two engine men of the Missouri, Kans: Texas passenger trdin number northbound, from San Antonio, Texa: were- killed and about 18 persons in. jured, several severely, when two trains on separate tracks of the rail- road plunged from the rails into} flood waters about 20 miles north of here early today. » engineer, and Dave of train No, 22, were carried into the water as their train struck a washout and the | engin ‘turned over and was submerged. Ten coaches followed the engine into the| ind were partly aubeieine h being splintered as train came to its sudden halt. Most of the injured were taken from the! wrecked coach. T 21, south bound from , previously had. plunged into the raging waters of a creck near Kimbal, Kansas, eight miles from St./ Paul, Kansas, where No, 22. was wrecked. Five cars of No. 21 left the tracks when the road bed gave way. There were no serious injuries on that train, WIDE ABR FLOODED WHEN LEVEE BREAKS Cairo,, Mlinois, April 8—)—, gnaoadizmed report! reached here to- flood waters of the Missis- a He had broken a levee at lure, Illinois, and inundated a wide area. McClure, Ilinois, i of here. Reports of the levec break there said all persons in the flooded area had escaped. In the Dog Tooth bend section were, tan 200 oy high 0 Reports continue to tell of flood agpge f from grate north and south beer a uy ba Due so far there ha: At a. dance at an English hotel | that the boy dropped a mate! der at Canyon Lake, Arizona, 22,| Per | farm activi { accelerated BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1927 | FIVE NATIONS MAY JOIN IN PROTEST NOTE ~*/DE PINEDO'T0 STAY EAST OF MISSISSIPPI Italian Flier Abandons Plans For Covering Western Part of United States ACCEPTS FIRE Young Boatman Confesses He Dropped Lighted Match on Oil-covered Water STORY Phoenix, Ariz., April 8.—()—Com- mander Francesco de Pinedo announc- ed late last night that he had aban- doned plans for including any points west of the Mississippi river in his schedule for the continuation of his four-continent tour. I will go on a circle tour of the eastern and middlewestern sections of the country, but will not again! come west of the Mississippi river, he said. Phoenix, Ariz. April 8.—()—Con- fession of a young boatman that he started the fire resulting in the de- struction of Commander Francesco de Pinedo's seaplane, the Santa Maria,| today stilled echoes of an anti cist plot rumor against the It flier. Reiterating statement shortly after the plane burned at Roosevelt Lake near here Wednesday, de Pine- do said there could be no doubt that the fire was set accidentally. He said he accepted the confession of John Thomason, 17-year-old Phoenix youth, on the oil covered water as the plane was ready to take off for San Diego, as 0 full explanation of the affair. Thomason. employed as a boat ten- essed to a newspaper reporter. He then signed a statement in the pres- ence of Commander de Pinedo and others who had conducted an investi- gation at Roosevelt De Pinedo, presented with the original copy of the confession said he would for- ward it to his government as final proof of the origin of the fire. FARM OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING, | SAYS N. P P, HEAD Trip through Ne Northwest Re- veals Much Optimism Over Prospects This Year Paul, Minn., April 8.—Farmers and businessmen the territory be- tween the Twin Cities and the North Pacific country are entering the crop growing season with greater conf dence than they expressed a year ago because of the improved soil condi- tions, F. E. Williamson, dee presi- dent of the Northern Pa said today, following a business tri to western Montana. “Heavy snows and rain of the win- ter have placed the soil in “better condition for the germination of seed,” Mr. Williamson said, “and evervwhere in the territory there is optimism as the crop growing season approach The severe winter has caused no lamage to fruit except peaches. tter farming is being done in, the Northwest, following experiences’ in recent periods of depression. The farm implement business is improving. The consumptive market for lum- ber is better than it was at this time a year nfo. In the territory east of iitee Mont., where drouth dama; year, there is optimism paged oe ts this year. Industrially the Pacific Northwest cities are thriving. Tide no outstanding te tures of economic conditions in the Northwest to war-| W. rant a forecast that a sharp upturn in business is imminent. On tl trary, he said that fair trade Is likely to continue with future trends hi: ing on the crops to be harvested this year, “One of the most encouraging signs,” he said, “is the strides which have been made in diversification of Gradually the farm- ers are getting away from one-crop; dependency. ‘argo and Bismarck, in North Da- kota, are peneretn ite and are making | headway with substantial building Batese Montana and Washington usiness men and farmers look for good, year. While it is true that Pnen pete anim in tanaeer aed February, more merchandise cars and miscellaneous freight are moving. now than at this time a year ago. “The lumber movement has been somewhat in the last month, after two comparatively quiet This is tal to mean that} the consumptive market is pening | op, since there is little disposition on the part of the retailers to stock up for future )_Fequirements.”: Shop Building Being Erected By E. A. Hughes). id street Service station, being built for E. i hes by John Larson, contracto: dati laid, The con-| Rain Is General Over North Dakota Rain was general over North Da- kota during the 24-hour period end- ing at 8 o'clock this morning, re- ports to the local weather bureau show. Ellendale had the héaviest precipi ation with of an inch, Other re- ports were Ame Bismarck .02; Bottineau .03; Devils Lake 62; Fes- senden .12; Grand Forks 26; Jame town .40; Langdon .20; Larimore .553 Lisbon .30; Minot .02; and Napoleon 38. Moorhead, Minn.. rhead, Minn.. had .40. SILENCE IS — MAINTAINED BY KELLOGG Department Refuses to Com-' ment on Fresh Reports Over Mexican Situation Washington, April 8.-()—Fresh reports that intrigue and diplomatic pilfering have been involved in the | mystery-shrouded relations between Washington and Mexico C to move the state department today | to lift e one corner of its veil of | official silenc In response to inqui given out that the department { tory the New York Times, that about 300 documents be- nging to the United States govern- ‘ome of them of confidential | stolen and de- livered to President Calles of Mex-} When Calles had, the story id, he returned the documents to the American state departmen: Similar silence has been observed in regard to other. published reports of forgery and theft of American diplomatic documents nor has the department made any comment on the mai rumors that enlivened diplomatic and congressional cireles | | | | ing of the soviet consulate in Shang- I$ SURROUNDED BY CITY POLICE Chinese Raid Dah! Bank and Various Trade Missions in French Concession To Grand Forks SEQUEL TO PEKING RAID Correspondent of Berlin Pa- per Protests Being Stopped and Searched London, April 8—()—Surround- hai by the police and white Russian volunteers, and a raid by Chinese police on the Dahl Bank and various soviet trade missions in the French ions at ntsin overshadowed other developments in the Chinese situation set before readers of t morning's newspapers. At Tientsin, the Chinese removed documents for examination and de- tained all persons connected with the missions pending the sear The French e had no share i the raid, but maintained order out- side. The soviet consulate at Shanghai was surrounded about 5 p. m. y terday. Sir Percival Phillips, corre- spondent of the Daily Mail, said the consulate had long been considered real headquarters of the Bi shevik movement in southern China, resident of Bism minent Fred J. Grady, for the past 15 years and p in Boy Scout work here for 10 years, ins been elected Scout executive for ireater Grand Forks and will go to Monday to begin his new His family will remain here until the close of the school year. { FRED J. GRADY CHOSEN FORKS' fy ty H | iMips’ Version v that the building was surround of European and CI 1 police, white nd_detach 1 All persons who entered or were stopped and Chinese visitors surprising j action of the Assumes Duties Next Week; Had Been Active in Scout- all in the wake of the recent exchange jof “mystery notes” between the | United States and Mex time ago there were i Secretary Kellogg m point of telling the public the official story of th the forthcon | side but. then | hinted at, n 5 Uses Courier Service It has been an open secret for many weeks that instead of relying on the usual sealed diplomatic pouch for transmission of dispatches _be- tween Washington and the American | embassy in Mexico City, the state department had established a courier service and that the couriers were j selected with great care in order that they might be men unknown as ha’ ing any connection with the Ai ican foreign service. Extraordinary precautions also have been taken to prevent even the contents of depart mental waste paper baskets from reaching unauthorised persons, and on at least one occasion a ae 4 government detectives we led ii to watch certain important “tes in the department overnight. The rea- son for these precautions never was disclosed. BATHTUB GIRL TRIES TO HELP | EARL CARROLL Asks atone. te Assistance in Winning Pardon For The- atrical Producer | Chicago, feel 8.—(/)—The Chicago Journal 5: today it had learned whotttative source ae Joyce Hawley, the “bathtub girl,” in seclusion in New York plans to attempt to see Attorney eral Sargent and even President Co: idge in an attempt to save Earl Car- roll, theatrical producer, from a prison ter Informatign sengecning her plans came to friénds » the Journal id, as a result of visit she made masday to Fes 1 Judge Goddard in New York. She was said to have usked the judge’s assistance in win- ning a pardon for Carroll on the ground that the story of the bath- tub wine party on Carroll's stage was “all wro Carroll’s sentence of a year and a day was imposed on a charge of per me growing out of his test the trial of the bathtub case in which | Joyce testified. | Many Expected on Coyote Hunt | Plans to accommodate a large inumber are being made by those in charge of the rabbit and coyote hunt ito be held Sunday afternoon near Menoken. The hunt will start at the Langer {farm, one-half mile southeast of | Menoken, promptly at 12 o'clock and a special effort will be made to cover as much territory as ble to get. two outlaw Niptad that have been doing much damage in the vicinity. n attempt will be made to cover two township: luach will be served. Hay Creek Will Have Rabbit Drive Sunday To rid Hay Greek ¢ township of the rabbit pest, a drive will be held there Sunday afternoon and all people in- terested are urged to attend. Those who plan to take part in the. drive are asked to meet at the Farzier: schoolhouse vets, 12 o'clock, the drive at noon. Am- munition he "he nished and a lunch ‘ fat Peking. |2 NEGRO BOYS | TELL POLICE 4 Mrs. Annie Thomason, both of whom municipal authorities, he said, un- doubtedly was a sequel to the raid When’ the consular staff attention of M. Linde, ing Here 10 Years i the soviet consul, to the presence off Fred. J. Grady, prominent in Boy} armed conStables, telephonec cout work here for 10 years, has} protest to the mun been sele tive for but the police remained on duty. ~ | Greater aacclated’| One report from Shanghai’ said the correspondent of a Berlin paper was stopped and searched by the police as he was leaving the consulate. He protested agrily, remarking: “You'll ret this when you see the tel gram Tam sending to German; here to received Breas dispatche du state. Mr. Grady was chosen at a me ing of the Grand Forks executive bourd Thursday afternoon and will his duties © hi to move c. Attended Executives’ Course Grady has just returned from Briar Cliff Manor, New York, whe he attended month's course for scout executiv Employed as ‘credit Webb Bros., for th Mr. G left mani five ‘yea month OF KIDNAPING | Despite Confession, Officers Plan to Try Man and Woman on Abduction Charge and was employed by of control. Later he assistant cashier of tional Bank and five cepted a position with He came here from Gr: er since coming Mr. Grady has been ac: work, being scoutmaster of the Pres-j} byterian church troop Hy rk as execut supervision over u te ing from Rugh, Minnesota and 1 take in all of; northeastern North Dakota, Mr, Grady said today on his return here A definite program of work will be arried out under Mr. Grady's dire ion and will include supervision of a scout camp at Erskine, Minn., dur- ing the summer months, wh from the Greater Grand Forks d trict will attend. A rally of scouts now being planned, Mr. Grady said, to be held in Grand Forks some next month, pe hae errs Weather Report pe ee Temperature ut 7 a.m. . Highest yesterday Lowest last night = Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity ....... Weather conditio at North pe kota points for the 24 hours ending ut 8 a. m. today: i go ue- Webb Bros. nd Forks. to Bi Chatanooga, Tenn., April 8.--(#). Two negro boys, 17 and 14, have con- ed to kidnaping Virgina Jo zier, two-year-old daughter of City Commissioner and Mrs. Fred B. Frazier, but the police plan to place on trial a man and woman charged with the abduction. Lewis and Arthur Willis, brothers, told the police they engineered plans by which they took the baby from her crib on the evening of March and kept her until 33 ransom was paid, Deputy Charles Taylor found in the negroes’ home $3,030 only , $280 less than the amount paid over to @ negro boy by Mr. Frazier. Despite the negrocs’ explanation the police ate holding Frank Bas- kett, 47, a former policeman, and will inelude | TerheAeee is deny any abduction. Former Bismarckan Dies in Portland Warren F. Thayer, 68, former resi- dent of Bismarck, and father of Mrs. Earl Baker of Menoken, died i Portland, Ore., of u paralytic stroke March 25, according to word received here, Funeral sevices were held at Portland and interment made there. Mr. Thayer came to North Dakota in 1907, settling at Glenc Four years later he moved to Hettinger and later came to Bismarck. About Mr. Thayer was born May 17, 1859, Chautauqua county, New York, and married to Florinda ‘Campbell at Taxiacill Fayette county, Iowa. dren connection with the % Precipitation in inches Amenia ASMARCK Bottineau Crosby . Devils Lake . Dickinson Dunn Center Ellendale .. Fessenden . ind Forks Jamestown Langdon . le leaves his widow and six chil- Mrs. rl Baker of Menoken, Mrs. John Fife of Highmore, 8. D..| V4? Mrs. Oscar Walters of Boring, Ore.; | La7imore see Lee and Margin Thayer of Alexan- “Cloudy dria, 8. D., and Roscoe W. Thuyer of Cloudy, Moxee City, Wash. Cloudy Willis| Cloudy Soo Special Draws Good Crowds, Report Despite light rains which fell yes- fortay the Soo ‘Line Sect whic B nek and Wishek was met by good crowds, according to reports reachifig here toda: The purpose of the special is to explain to tatters how they can pro- cure sheep und cattle through the Agricultural Credit corporation and a number of orders have been made by farmers’ feo officials on the train. 6 and business men in all localities, Mvisited are showing reat interest in what the Soo Line is doing in attempting to help them slong e lines of improving farms wire eal a. dover the Withck In cover the Wishek to Pollock Tine today, Moorhead, Minn. 36 WEATHER FORECAST For. Bismarck and vicinity: cloudy tonight and Saturday. much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Mostly tonight and Saturday. Not change in temperature, WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure urea is centered Cloudy Mostly, Not cloudy much recipitation occurred in th sippi- Valley, Plains States, and over the north Pacific c: region. The precipitation was quite heavy in the eastern part of the Dakotas, in parts of Kansas and in the middle Missis- sippi Valley and Rocky Mountain re- ion, but dropped slightly from the ‘ins States westward to the Pacific ORRIS W. ROBERTS, ‘~~ Official in charge. is une tera | AIMEE SEMPLE M’PHERSON MAY LEAVE SOVIET OFFICE LOS ANGELES-OTHER CITIES CALLING’ | Kennedy rek Fevangelist’s departure that “while we |her newly taken Santa Monica home | until she dep: ‘BORAH, BUTLER SCOUT LEADER . 2 able only to the club’s 1,000 mem- | ization, Na-| Theodore Roosevelt's death. MAN MUST DIE ime Renan Evangelist and Founder of | | Angelus Temple Leaves | Kennedy-McPherson Home, | Together With Children and Secretaries—Now Re-| siding in Former Nat Good- | win Home at Santa Monica | | ] | i ie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and founder of Angelus Temple here, that the two had come to a parting of the ways and that the evangelist migh leaving Los Angeles per-| manent. Mrs. y left the} McPherson home adjoining Angelus Temple and took up her residence in the former Nat Good- uwin home at Santa Moni: With her two children, her private Emma Schaffer, and two other secretaries, Mae dron and nik Ayres. The Mother's Statement Mrs. Kennedy said in regard to the herson yesterd: would love to keep her here, she has made a great sacri e for her peo- ple and, while we hate to lose her,! we mu: ar our lo; “You know the people of New York| went to build a temple for sister, Mrs, Kennedy e Reports e gelist’s press Ae were to the ef-! fect tha e would remain in ts for Chicago. WILL DEBATE PROHIBITION ickets Are as Scarce as at! Football Classic — Specu- lators Ask $20 Each »—Tickets for n prohibition be- Borah, Idaho, and Butler at the Ke- vere us scarce while some asking $20 tor elas Murray Tickets for the debate were avail- bers. The club, a Republican organ- was founded shortly after | Payment | of annual dues of $2 entitled mem- | hers to two tickets each, It was an- nounced the speakers had waived ex- penses, The question is: “Should the Republican national platiorm of 1928 advocate the repeal btithe 18th amendment * There will be no off Dr. Butler will be given minutes for the presentation of the affirm- ative, Senator Borah will follow with a 60 minutes discussion of the nega- tive and rebuttal and Dr. Butler will have 15 minutes in which to close Th c will begin at 8:15 p. with radiocasting by WNAC Bostor Farina and W. 67 meters. FOR KILLING DR. PENDOLA Found Guilty o of Stabbing Physician Following Death of Son From Diphtheria York, April &.~()--A father who stabbed to death a ph cian he b ved responsible for the death of his six-year-old son, must n the electric chair. Francesco Caruso, 35, an illiterate longshoreman, threatened to kill Dr. Cusper E. Pendola who injected anti toxin into the boy, critically ill with diphtheria, should the boy die dur- waiting . n the next killed him in the belief that in had caused the boy The jury deliberated more than si hours when it returned a verdict late last night of murder in the first de- gree. Judge McLaughlin, who said sen! tence would be pronounced April 18, declared the verdict “a just one which will “make for law and order. The sentence carries a mandatory death in the electric chair, 3 Concerns Move to New Locations Moving the early part of the week, three Bismarck concerns: The Lig- nite Combustion Engineering com- pany, the Kelvinator Sales company and E. E. Ricker, electrical contrac- way, j The Lignite Combustion Engipeer- ing company formerly was ‘located in the Eltinge block and Mr. Ricker was formerly located . H. gen, wall paper and paint dealer. ‘The new quarters, the proprietors -| WORDING . j ating from the evan-| | mobilization, of the fleet say, will permite more elaborate dis- plays and give more space. aae-| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [awonm ss aiden PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘FIRST ACTION BY POWERS IN CHINA CRISIS Note Expected to Threaten Penalties, But Will Not Specify as to Their Form NOT DECIDED State Department at Wash- ington Fails to Confirm Dispatches From Paris Paris, April 8.—()—The ministers of France, Great Britain, the United States, Italy and Japan have been instructed by their governments, says French foreign office, to hand & joint note of protest to the Pekitig government against the mistreatmen¥ of nationals of their countries, The note (presumably in conse- quence of the recent outbreak at nking, with foreign casualties) Ml threaten penalties, but will not be specific as to the form they shall take, it is stated. Its delivery will be the first concerted action by the powers in the present Chinese situa- tion, but the French indicate that this does not necessarily mean that int punitive action will be taken. The phraseology of the note has not been determined. but the various ministers have been instructed to get together and draft terms along {general lines laid down by the eign affairs departments of the five powers KELLOGG DECLINES TO COMMENT ON DISPATCHES Washington, April 8.—U?)-—State- ments by the French foreign office that the United States, Italy, Great Britain, France and Japan were pre- paring to present a joint note of pro- test to the Peking government over mistreatment of the various foreign nationals in China failed to find con- firmation today at the state depart- ment. Secretary Kellogg and other offi- cials of the department declined to comment on the Paris dispatches for publication. It evident, how- ever, that they were not expecting any protest to the Peking authorities over the treatment of foreigners at Nanking. American demands for reparation, it has been consistently indicated, would be made by Mini ‘ter MacMurray at Peking to the na- tionalist regime at Hankow. Wheth- er they will be presented also to the nationalist military commander at Shanghai, Chiang Kai-Shek, is not so certain in view of the reports that he is at odds with the political wing of the Cantonese government, French Policy Not Learned The Paris dispatch served to bring out an in ion that the Washing- ton authorities are still unadvised as to what the general policy of the Paris government is to be in regard to measures to protect foreign na- tionals in China. All of the powers maintain diplo- matic relations of a formal character at Peking but their course in that regard has been based to u large ex- tent upon the fact that Peking is his- torically the capital of China and the seat of the central government. Since the present nationalist move- ment got under way, however, Peking merely has been the capital of the northern faction and at no time has there been any strong central govern- ment with which diplomatic negotia tions involving conditions in any part of China could be conducted. The . Policy In common with other governments, the United States has dealt or at- tempted to deal with the national:st authorities in all those regions where they were actually in power. The basis of these exchanges, howevi has been purely that of interceding with the local de facto authorizies, where American nationals become involved. It has been assumed that the Nanking incident would be si larly dealt with since it is recogniaed that the central government at Pek- ing has no power within territory controiled by the Nationalists, who themselves claim to be the central authority for all China. , 21 WARSHIPS OF FIVE POWERS ARE AT HANKOW Washington, April 8.—()—Frown- ing guns of 21 warships of five powers at anchor off Hankow, seat of Canton nationalist activiti ie Yangtze river valley bespoke ti duy the apprehension felt over condi- tions at that point. While respective naval commanders have reported that every precaution is being taken to prevent out- break such as occurred at Nankit more than 200 miles down the rive which resulted in the slaying of Dr. J. FE. Williams, an American mission- and several other foreigners, anxiety over the situation neverthe- less was manifest here. State department officials had fresh in their minds a detailed re- port from Consul General Gauss at | Shanghai, telling of the sho in 'eold blood by nationalist soldiers of |Dr. Williams, and plainly showed concern over the Hankow develop- ments even though advices from Consul General Lockhart on the had any other significance than as reflecting tension over the status of foreigners remaining ther Reaf! Previous The repo Dispatches rt from Consul General ss on the slaying of Dr. William: a reaffirmation of previous dis- hes that have been received in Washington. It was requested by the state department following pu' iA tion by the magazine, Nati a statement from a correspondent hat ‘the missionary was shot only, when tor, are now located at 206 Broad- | h sisted. “Geus seine sal Dr. aed a Americans. The searched and that ie had pre: tested the theft of » “without ing op Pd or oe the soldier or jan