The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1927, Page 1

Boos ; GOVERNMENT >» GIRLS INJURED WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Saturday; Probably occasional rain. & ESTABLISHED 1878 CANTONESE IMPEACHED General Chiang Kai-Shek Ex- pected to Establish New Regime at Nanking CHEN 1S NOT INCLUDED Cantonesé Menaced From Two Directions By North- ern Chinese Troops Washingtor April 15—(AP)— The destroyer Jenn D. Ford. to- pen tired dm bis Pourtinch pecs roops, us! er four-! Ld loaded with ohra mel shells, “and silencing the which the $ Chinese had directed upon the Standard Oil ship Mecian. Official reports on = incident reaching the navy rtment sald the northern ws were entrenched abreast the Ford in the Yangtze river ite Nan- king and had been firing upon the oil ship and exchanging shots with Chinese nationalist troops on the Nanking side of the river. The Ford at first returned the fire with its machine guns, the report said, and the British cruiser Emerald, anchored along- side, also turned its machine guns upon the Chinese. The Chinese ceased firing at the Meian and concentrated upon the Ford, which was hit in many places but suffered no casualties ol = crew of material damage to self. Shanghai, April 15.—()—Resolu- tions impeaching the Cantonese gov-| ernment at Hankow were adopted at today’s meeting of the kuomintang (the Cantonese political party) at Nanking, Quo Tai-Chi, Cantonese commissioner for foreign affairs} ) = was advised tonight. consequence, General Chiang Ka Shek, the Cantonese general- issimo, und foe of the extremists in the Cantonese ranks, is expected to establish a new government’ at Nanking. The resolutions demanded that} numerous leaders be taken into cus- tody as “disturbers of the public or- der in China,” including Michael Borodin, the Russian who has been \dviser to the Hankow gov- orge Hsu Chien, minis- ; Chen Tu-Hsui, leader nese communist’ party; Tung Ping-Shan, minister of agri- culture; ‘Teng Yenta, notorious agi- tator, and 15 others less well pee wn. | Eugene Chen, was not named in the resolution, the speakers declaring he was not actu- ally communistic but was the tool of Borodin and the others. How the + men named are to be taken into cus- tody was not explained. Means Definite Split The meeting is said laatave bees attended by a majority of the central control committee of the kuomin- tang, and the action means a definite split in the kuomintag ranks. News of the development was un- expected}v sudden, following upon reports of plans to delay the meeting to await the arrival of more dele- gates from Hankow. : Meanwhile the communists are lining up their forces. A mass meet- ing at Hankow re-denounced Chiang Kai-Shek and his followers as coun- ter-revolutionists, and invited Feng Yu-Hsiang, once eee Ghristian general, radical, to ce forces with the kow radicals to fight Chian, 4 Commanders Support Chiang * Dispatches ta junking, Szech- ‘wan pi e, Says seven command- ers of Cantonese troops have issued a joint circular declaring their oppo- sition to communism and their sup- port of Chiang. They announced that they would act under the prin- oars laid down by the late Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Cantonese government, eports from elsewhere south of ¢ the Yangtze indicate a similar lining up either. in ‘behalf of the commun- ists or of Chiang. While this is 5 gol on, the Can- tonege are menaced from two direc- tions by northern Chinese troops. Fengtien (Manchurian) forces are marching toward Hankow from the Honan-Hupch_. border, while troops of Chang Tsung-Chang, Shantun- | gese leader, are fighting the Can- Yonese. at. Pukow, across the river! from Nanking, TWO BISMARCK 23 IN AUTO CRASH Catherine McKinnon § and Margaret Boehm Hurt When Cab Hits Car Headon | Two girls were cut by flying glass , and bruised. when a taxicab crashed headon into a car in which they were riding at the corner of Eighth street ind TI is morning. ‘atherine McKinnon, anus A. D, McKinnon, 520 Eighth street, and Miss Mai Boehm re- “\ ceived cuts He ei Gis Alexander McKinnon, 1! riving the “car, was not * jored The two iris are now in a local hospital and. their injuries were decla not serious, although they were kept under ob- servation should any internal in- juries develop. The accident was said to have hap- pened when the cab attempted to turn the corner to Thayer avenue, Lowest last night . 38 Precipitation ‘to 7 a. m. 03. Highest wind velocity . 20 Weather conditions ut North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending wt 8 a. m. today: Temps. § s $2 ee S$ 8 ag -°2 &¢ $s 43 Amenia Pg) ES (ae “s 10” Clou BISMARCK ... 47 38.03 PA ihe Bottineau 39 0 ining | Crosby .. 35 0 Cloudy | Devils Lake . 36 .06 ‘Raining Dickinson . 35.05. Cloudy | Dunn Center 34 .04 Raining Ellendale . 35° 44 Raining | Fessenden . 46 .09 Cloudy Grand Forks 41 0 Cloudy | Jamextown 50 34 .37 Raining | | Langdon 62 33 0 Raining | Larimore 37 33 Cloudy Lisbon 52 35 .d0 Cloudy Minot . 52 38 Cloudy Napoleon 46 34 03- Raining Pembina by 28 0. Clear Williston . Hy 0 Raining Gives Report B. E. Groom, Langdon, chairman of the the agricultural committee of Greater North Dakota asso tells directors at Valley City meet- ing how state's annual income from agricultural products is being rie increased, GROOM TELLS OF PROGRESS | BEING MADE Goal Can Be Reached Soon if All Cooperate, G.N.D.A. Directors Learn Valley City, N. D., April 15—@)— ‘rogress being, made on 4 construc- tive program of agricultural develop- ment, that has for its objective the building up of North Dakota’s annual income from agricultural products to $1,000,000,000, was reported at the an? nual meeting of the. state board ie directors of the Greater North kota association late yesterday est B. E. Groom of Langdon, chairman of the association's agricultural commit- 1 the business men of North Dakota will lend their full coopera- tion the goal can be reached in a very few years.” he So much Progress is being made through new | sources of income. better methods, more intensive systems, larger pro- duction at the same overhead ex- pense, and more efficient equipment that the groSs increase is not realiz- ed, or appreciated, by those not in step with what is being done. A Central Agency During the past few years valu- mi contributions to our agricultural evelopment have been made by many institutions. The agricultural com- mittee of the Greater North Dakota association was brought into ation, to serve ‘as a central agency for the numerous private agencies engaged in this work, and to supplement the broad and efficient program of the agricultural college and the exten- sion department. We should all real- ize the serious results, the loss of time, the waste of money and the “setback” that would follow any development program, if all of the interested forces were not working in harmony and along sane and con- structive lines. Good intentions are (Continued on page fw Weather 1 Report: ¥ Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Moorhead, Minn bs 01. Raining ‘WEATHER FORECAST Foy Bismarck and vicinity: | Un- settled tonight and Saturday; prob- ably occasional rain. Not much change in tem: senpeeat aye. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night and Saturday; probably occa- sional rain. _ Not much change in ure. -tempe: THER CONDITIONS The pressure is low over the Plains States and Rocky Mountain region ate from the upper and_ middle ississippi Valley Westward to the ific coast. The. precipitation 5 heavy in Missouri, lowa, South Dakota and Wyoming. Coo! weather’ revails along the but apparently turnet short, crashing into the McKinnon car, +y which tipped ove! The McKinnon car was completel; wrecked and the radiator and fron' gf the cab were smashed in. The cal | driver was not burt, poate slope hats sonable tem + Bis PO SW. a RO! RTS. Motta. in charge. one Precipitation occurred at mest| hi ky | about 3,000,000 yx ‘AWARDING OF SWEATERS TO BE STOPPED Athictic League Amends Con- stitution—Gould Renamed Board Member Grand Forks, N. D., April 15.44) —Athletes in North Dakota high schools which beléng to the Atheltic League will receive no more sweat- ers as reward for playing on baskct- ball, track and football teams. The league yesterday voted to amend the constitution so that it would conform with that of~the national association which prohibits awards to athictes valued at more than one dallar. Gould, Berg Relected J. C. Gould of Mandan and P. S. Berg of Dickinson were reelected to the board of control for terms of three years. No official football championship will be recognized this fall by the league. It voted to continue the course followed during the past two Seasons, . Athletes below high school may play but one year on a high school team if he plays his four years in high school. Heretofore the league has permitted a boy belaw high school standing to play on high school teams any number of years and still play his four years after he reached high school. The report of the treasurer showed over $5,000 on hand, the result of successful basketball tournaments during the past four years. Tourney City Not Decided on No definite action was taken re- garding the awarding of the 1928 basketball tournament: Only’ one in- vitation has been received, that of Mandan. The matter of dividing the schools into two classes. for basketball .com- petition was discussed, with the idea of holding another tournament for smaller schools, but the view taken was that there seemed no particular necessity for the move, at the pres- ent time. OPEN SEASON ON DEER BEING | CONSIDERED Game and Fish” Board May! Recommend Same to Gov- ernor Following Survey North Dakota nimrods may have an opportunity. to hunt deer in their native ‘state if plans considered by the state game and fish commission at a recent meeting here are carrie! out. The idea is to declare a.short open season on deer in those sections of the state where they are especially numerous, issue a special hunting license at a fee of $10 or $15 each and limit the hunters to one deer; cach. The plan’ was made possible by a law passed at the last legislative ses- sion which gives the governor. the tight to open or close seasons on ane upon recommendation of the| ish and game comniission. ‘The law virtually makes the governor and fish and game board the arbiters of all matters --relating to hunting. Similiar laws in other states have operated to maintain a nice adjust- ment between the game supply and the demands of hunters and have enabled state officials to keep certain ard species of game from almost total destruction during certain seasons. Legislators here , felt it would be wise to adopt the same system. Survey ag Planned Whether an open season is de- clared on deer will depend on a sur- vey to be made this spring by the me wardens. If deer are found t e as plentiful as reported, the action will be taken. The area’ opened to deer hunters probably will be that portion of the state lying west of the Missouri river and parts of counties bordering the river on the east., Farmers in these districts say that deer are so plenti- ful that they are damaging their crops. One report recnived by the fish and game commission was that 17 deer were seen in one herd last week in Williams county... . If an open se@son on deer is de- | elared, members of the commission] first President o made it plain, every game warden in the state will’ be concentrated in the open area during the season to pre- vent violations of the regulations which would be prescribed by the governor upon recommendation of the commission. Final decision in| the matter probably will be made in the fall. Jamestown Boy Is Accidentally Shot! Jamestown, N.D,, April 15—UP)— Harris Carroll, 17, was accidentally shot in the right elbow Thursday fitarnoon while out hunting near here. He had placed his gun, a th gauge shot gun, in a culvert w! and another boy, Avery andes Wh alte a fire to warm their hai When the Carroll boy picked up his gun th trigger Sanett and he received 11 shots in his right elbow and cuts in left hand and bi i His in- juries are not cons BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927 NEBRASKA HAS WORST STORM IN YEARS | ‘STORMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS TAKE TOLL OF | MORE THAN 100 LIVES DURING PAST FIVE DAYS: Scores of a tee in Hospi- tals, Many in Serious Con- dition — Hundreds Are Homeless — Freezing Tem- peratures Turn Rain to Snow in Mountain States (By The Associated Press) Tornado and blizzards, cloudbursts and floods have brought death lists in a dozen states to upwards of 100 in five days, sent scores to hos- pitals, many with slight chance to recover, and left hundreds aomel The storm area etxended trom t central Rocky Mountain. states to the Mississippi valley, where tribu- taries of the nation’s greatest river drained a vast section to wash out or menace levees. Texas Heads Casualty List Texas headed the casualty lists with more than 50 dead and scores in hospitals. Rocksprings, in south- eastern Texas, where 4% perished in a tornado, w hardest hit. The Lone Star state toll was swelled by at least 15 tornadoes or freak storms that struck widely sep- ‘arated points. Levees crumbled in lower Missis- sippi valley states to threate: any A private di gave mbus, Ky. leaving 800 homeless. 1,000 Forced From Homes Upwards of 1,000 persons were forced from their homes at Fort Smith and Van Buren, Ark., where the Arkansas river concentrated tor- {Tents from Kansas and Oklahoma. Little immediate relief for inun- dated Oklahoma points was forecast with Kansas watersheds feeding four jlarge streams for the race south- ward. Freezing temperatures in the mount: states changed rain to snow leaving traffic crippled in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. ; Motorists Snowbound Scores of motorists were stranded in huge drifts in central Colorado, while snow plows attempted to ¢ railroad cuts, where trans-continen al trains were de! Wyoming and Nebraska stockmen feared heavy losses to livestock be- cause of drifts from 3 to 10 feet in height that kept herds from feed ; lots, * | With western Nebraska» in grip of a blizzard, northern state points faced a flood. The Elkhorn! iver was out of its banks for 100 miles, Schools were closed at Chad-| ——_ Lands Flooded Tho of acres of valuable ed. the ron, tart Inala were under water in Illinois a souri. It is left on growing; s throughout the flooded a 8 expected to wipe out much sn grain and cotton. Damage in Oklahoma and Kansa {alone was estimated as high 3 | $5,000,000. {The National Red cree super vised relief to tho BELLIS NAMED | HEAD OFS. A.R. | Bismarck Man Succeeds John O. Hanchett of Valley City as President Valley City, N. D. April 15.3. 1 Bell. of Bismarck was elected pri dent of the Sons of the Ameri Revolution at Thursday night's c in n- cine Pe toelen es of the a gathering Clapp, Fargo, named vice pi jent. Other offic chosen A. H. Yoder, Grand Forks, who was reelected secretary; Vine D. Lord, Cundo, treasurer; How: mpson, Grand Forks, reclected na national trustee; Jamestown, historian, Stockton,’ Fargo, chaplain. Mr. Bell succeeds John 0. rina Valley City. The meeting place for the next state assembly was left open for the time being. Some 100 members of the organi- zation, from many rte of North Da- kota, together with thei: {hands attended the s beg: Valley City pels} Teachers colege. Mr. Hanchett, | te lent of the local chapter. the than Allen post, which was organ- ‘ized recently and which was grantd ts charter Thursday, was in charge. The college glee club assisted in the patriotic program, presenting ap- propriate pogo. Judge B. Spalding, Fargo, the the Sons of the American Revolution, “Outlined the history of the organization and pre- sented the charter. “Paul Revere’ et was the subject on which Dr. W. E.; Turner talk ‘A banquet and program were held in the Rudolf hotel Thursday night.) | F. L. Wicks delivered the address of welcome and reports of committees and musical selections, as well as dance numbers, were included on the Program of events. Edmonton Keeps Seithe Cage Trophy | Edmonton, Alberta, April 15.—() The Edmonton commercial grads e| today retained the Seithe trophy, em- bfematic of the women’s basketball Berg tag oe of. the world, as a re-{ sult of their 83 to 14 victory over St. Louis Peetz undertakers here night in the second game of; ries. The grades won the first | contest, $3 to 13, \c ces FIND ANCIENT BONES Tashkent, Turkestan.—The ton of « gigantic ani rs ago discovered by Sagincers who buildi Z A caulhene between Turk ed Ad have been skele- 1d saurian, The beast is believ-| wa: forced tc to wire his firm for more JOWA MUD Costs s0¢ eres a sin, for bei senety. He paid $96 | out by farmers and me , Fessenden, 09; Jamestown, ,{at least two more days. Han-| A CROP OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE, SAYS ROBERTS Deiay in Scoding Not Serious | —Best Crop Years Those | With Late Springs North Dakota as a whole is facing | Prospects for a crop considerably above the average, U. W. Roberts, federal weather forecaster, declared | today. he wet weather of the past has occasioned some delay in sceding, it will prove of great benefit later in the year and tate ing will not hamper growth of! Roberts said. hile there is some delay in'get- ting in the ds, the season is still early and it is a well-known fact that practically all of North Dakota’s best crop years occurred when we had late springs,” Roberts said. He pointed out that corn planting in this state does not usually begin before May 10 and Planting is not general much before May 20, thus leaving ample time for seeding’ small grains and preparing the ground for corn, The average date of the last killing frost in spring for the Slope _May 16, or one more month, he Seeding In Progress Wheat seeding made fair progress the past week west of the Missouri and considerable seeding was done | cast of the Missouri to Tappen, Rob- erts said, and added that the soil in the eastern part of the state is too! wet for field work. The heavy moisture over western | North Dakota should prove of bene- fit to this locality, thus greatly | sening the danger of damage Ae winds later in the season, he in’ is general today over ail of the southern part of the state and is expected to be general over the en Rainfall at Bis- | s preceding bringing The inches. lp. the total for April to .95 inch. m, today was total since January 1 is Soil Well Saturated Obseryations of soil moisture made in the vicinity of Bismarck during the past few days showed an average of 15 to 18 inches of satuta- tion and, with the additional precipi- tation during the past 24 hours, this will be greatly increased. Points having rain up te 7 o'clock this morning were Amenia, Devils Lake, .06: Dickinson, Dunn Center, .04; Ellendale. 1 Moorhead, .50; "Napoleon, .03. bon, 01. Devils Lake, N. D., April 15.—() nditte tate, S Pare 2M AID iD dd been: cen Revties to Re ‘by N.P.Train and conbioned throughout the day gave another setback to proposed seeding operations in Ramsey coun- ty, according to U. S. Ebner, county extension agent. Farmers, encouraged by the dry weather of the last two days, had planned to get into the fields by Monday next, but Mr. Eb. ner now feels that this will be post- poned for several da: However, it is the consensus here that with abundant moisture in the ground, in- dications for a good crop the coming summer are favorable. { Jamestown, N. Dy April 15.—()—- Harper J. Brush, county agent, in a recent survey of crop conditions in Stutsman county found that a very small proportion of the land had been seeded, the delay having been caused by the unusually wet spring. During the past two weeks enough moisture has fallen in the form of drizzling rains soft snows to have souked the earth to a-depth of from eight to twelve inche Today's rain will delay s jecding for April 16.—)— h set in early this morning continued to fall noon today. Prospects for spr planting which were brightened ae erday by sunshine and drying inds, received a setback again to- day. Some seeding has been done in| a limited arca in, one county. Minot, N. Dy April 15.-)—Rain which started falling in Minot early this morning temporarily delayed seeding which is getting under way and further increases the aboi ance of moisture which already the soll, The rain was continuing| early this afternoon. LEAVES FIRM, Retires From Partnership in Dakota Maid Products | Company, Fargo | Retirement of W. A. Donnelly, well- | known in Bismarck, from the Dakota | Maid Products company of Fargo, has! been announced, Mr, Donnell; secretary of the No: Merchants association before he be- ;came associated with the Fargo en- terpi which manufactures baking: powder and other products. that he was a traveling this state for ntahy years, The firrg will be continued by C. P.; Guthrie, who was sociated with | Donnelly. lesman in} Mr. Donnelly has not yet determin-| learns of the existence of a speak- ed on what he will do in the future, easy, still or bootlegging activities,’ he announced yesterday. It is the belief ston; of the New England ie ce! n parte | con that 3 tide beging to flow, from | g | dent j starting the conflict ‘ter Lee’s Vets hurt, tanooga Aaren 46, of Chi ering and added an unp into, matrimeny. Here the : car full of pretty ade with a grizzl Felix Robertson 0 General Te: the gray from '61 to '65, By the : 66th anniversary of the t of the civil war, for it was on April 15, 1861, that Pres Abraham Lincoln first called for volunteers, thereby officially between as fired on on ¢ in Tampa Muster of the annual reunion of the U gz, of met ut last y rammed feature re just after the ce nited Daughters of the Confederacy in the I vet as guidon beare Xa the April 12 and the president's call w: days later. | | i ited Confederate Veterans nd Mrs. Fannie ningham foregath ‘s by stepping off emony. In the mid- Hona and (inset below) only surviving general who wore north and the south. F Sum- issued three INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION PROPOSED BY CANTONESE FOREIGN MINISTER TO INVESTIGATE THE NANKING INCIDENT Frank ‘Denzy, Teamster, Is Dragged 36 Feet Under Car Wheels to Death Struck by a freight was walking of the Hughes train as Electric compan plant, Frank Hult 68, was instant- joKu minister, in his replies to the a freight car and his chest and legs were crushed and mangled. Witnesses said that Denzy ently unaware of the appr ing tr Which was coming from the west, and the train crew, which was switching cars on the ‘siding, | said they had no knowledge of accident at the time, as they wi backing toward him, u Started Home The man, who w teamster, been doing some work at the Hug! Electric company plant and was said he ong a siding in front y's | the ere id hes to have just started for home. H.} McLaughlin, who was standing by| the Hughes plant the time, said he saw Denzy coming down the, track but said he did not see the | train until it was about 10 feet} ” away from him. | He shouted to warn Denzy, he said, but it was too late. | Denzy had’ lived in Bismarck for | a number of years. He is known} to have two married daughters, who! ; are said to be ng in the e {A ‘son, Harry his father: ernoon or some fix responsibility for the Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending the arrival relatives. time tomorrow New Organization Formed to Assist |‘ Dry Law Officials: Washington, April 15.—()—~ Church Service association, a cently formed organization to | authorities in enforcing the prohibi- for several years was tion law, plans. to have a member in Dakota Retail every block in the city to check up on any neighbor who violates law, Four thousand membership ap, the number of persons who hi ign against the capital's jes is not yet known. if a member living in one bl an official of the association said, shall be his duty to obtain all information he can and report it our headquarters. report the cas¢ to the police.” accident. The: agreed to enlist in this latest cam- speak- We would inves- sick man cannot die until the ebb/tigate and, if the evidence justifies, t. | ves at Wilton and | W A DONNELLY lus been notified of the death of, \ be sae An inquest is to be held this aft- i to yet of re- aid the pli- Prior to! cation cards have been printed, but | f ave lock it the to ‘ cent Five-power Note De manding Reparations and Apologies For Outrages, Which Followed Capture of Yangtze City By Cantonese Trcops ! | j miles juntil Thursday aC ve 6 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aia PRICE FIVE CENTS PART OF STATE IN DANGER OF FLOOD WATERS Snowfall Reaches Depth of 30 Inches at Chadron— Drifts 15 Feet High SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED i {Rail and. Highway Traffic Demoralized — Rivers Are Nearing Flood Stage Omaha, Neb. April 15.—)--Ma- rooned by monumental drifts of snow, towering as high as 15 feet, residents of a score of western and northwestern Nebraska towns today are in the grip of the worst, snow storm in years, while hundreds of st, their fellow Nebraskans, also victims of the eccentricities of April, are defending themselves against a flood that late last night threatened to become serious. A mild April shower, that started Sunday in western Nebraska, devel- oped Monday into a wet heavy snow and since has continued unabated night, with a total GREATEST FLOOD ON RE ‘CORD PREDICTED Washington, April 15.—(P)— Predicting that the flood in the Mississippi river between Cairo, Illinois, and the river's mouth “will be the greatest on record” the weather bureau here late to- day issued a warning “that every possible percautionary measure be taken, as there is probability of additional rains.” of 30 inches at Chadron, it had reached such a depth that traffic was completely paralyzed and automo- biles stranded on city streets were unable even to reach a garage. The forecast is for continued snow for at least 12 hours. Business at Standstill All public schools and the normal college at Chadron were closed ‘Thursday noon and business is at u stands| Express company deliv- eries were made by two employes, carrying bundles on a stretcher. Train. and bus connections were suspended at Chadron Thursday aft- rnoon with the arrival of a North- | western train from the east, which will be held for the duration of the storm. Fast limited trains on main lines through western Nebraska, preceded by snow plows, have forged through the huge drifts without loss of more than an hour or two of their sched- uled time. Service on branch lines, however, hs been nearly demoralized reports have been received of Pullman cars ttalied st Chadron and Harrison. Neb.. und Rapid City and Deadwood, S. D. At noon Thursday, tne deptn of snow in the Black Hilis region was reported at five feet. Livestock Suffers Reports from the farming and ranching districts indicate cattle raisers will suffer heavy lo many cattle, sheep und hogs hav already died from exposure with thousands of others in danger be- cause of lack of shelter. Sidney, Neb. 150 miles south of Chadron, reports automobiles are unable to traverse city streets and Hasikiw. (P) An inter-| that with snow piled 10 to 15 feat istional investigate! high in) many places on country “incident” is proposed| Toads, there is little prospect of the Nanking ‘ by Eugene Chen, the Cantonese for- nt five-power note demandin tions apologies tor dhe! es Which followed the capture Yangtze city by the Cantonese he replies were handed to the consuls of the five powers—the United States, Great Brituin, France, Japan and Italy-last- night. While not admitting that national- ist troops were responsible for the Nanking outrages, Chen emphasizes that such incidents wili eceur ay long as unequal treaties exist. | In the reply to the United States, he says the Cantonese government will make reparation for damage done to the American sulate aL Nanking and that as for personal in- juries to Americans it is ready to make “all reasonable necessary rep- aration” except where there is abso- lute proof that the injuries were sed by the British and Ame! naval bombardment,” or by the thern rebe His Reply to the U.S. reply to the United States says Th that: “The nationalist government, as the| responsible governing body, does not| countenance the use of any form of violence or agitation against foreign ives and property. Indeed, the pro- ‘on of foreign lives and property heen repeatedly. declared a set-| ued p 'y of the nationalist govern-) ment. The proper authorities of the| Nationalist army will, of course, be instructed to give not only a writ-| ten undertaking in this sense, but to effective measures are taken! ‘ord proper protection for for-/ lives and property. The nationalist eovernient, how- | ever, would be lacking in candor if it failed to regard and emphasize that the best guarantees for the effective protection of American and other for- eign lives and property lies in moval of the fundamental cause of! the present trouble between nation- alist China and the powers, who con- | tinue sustain the unequal treaties. | Treaties Cause Chief Danger “It is these inequitable treaties which constitute the chief danger to lives and property in China, and the danger will persi ng as effective government is reniares difficult by foreign insistence w conditions which force humitation and menace upon a nation which is known for its greatness and which today is conscious of renewal of its strength. “The nationalist government a cordingly is prepared and ready to! appoint delegates to negotiate with! deep” -° of the United States for (Continued on page seven.) tinuous hea‘ travel being restored for at least 1 the northeastern part of the e, Where the E| is rising steadily, as a result of con- rains, the fived dan- ‘d menacing. A re- ing the y is at its Righest stage than a year, adds to: the y of northeastern Nebraska residents. Debris floating down the Elkhorn (Continued on page three) (, E. DANIELSON ger is cons TO AGAIN HEAD BOOSTER BODY ;Minot Man Reelected Presi- dent of Greater North Da- kota Association Hey City, N.D., April 15.—P)— C, E, Danielson of Minot was reelect- ed president of the Greater North Dakota association at the annual meeting of the state board of direc- tors which adjourned here Thursday night. Herman Stern of Valley City, R. R. Wolfer of Jamestown, c ). Russell of Devils Lake, and Thomas E. W! en of St. Thomas were named vice presidents; Fred A. Irish of Fargs \‘treasurer, and Mart J. Connol New England, member of the exeeu- ive committee. Other members of the state board e Stanle Washburn, Walton: Tollerson, Dickinson; R. W. James S. Milloy of Fa: named executive bet was reappointed chairman of. ee iation’s agricultural committee President Danielson immediately. The next quarterly meeti: ate board va be’ held at ‘ <a and officers of the yited ite meet wi 4 nh an aggress: promotion of the division year period. er the election of ioe aia jake. River Division Crime fer 4