Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1928, Page 1

WEA (U. 8. Weather THER. Bureau Forecasty Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature, Temperature—Highest, today; lowest, 64, at 5 a.m. tod: 78, at noon y. Full report on’ page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10,11 & 12 he Foening Star. service. Sunday’ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 102,863 Circulation, — 30,701, Butscenan as second class matter Washington, . D WASHINGTON, D, C, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1928 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. WAR GAS MENACES HAMBURE: 11 DEAD IN FCHTING FUMES Ninety Victims in Hospitals. Masks Rushed to Im- periled City. FOISON IS LIBERATED FROM CHEMICAL PLANT Wind Carries Fumes Toward Near- by Town—Hope Seen in Rain. By the Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany, May 21— ~d with all the grim reality of chem- rfare, the City of Hamburg to- ting a deluge of phosgene a wartime poison gas—which be- escaping from a chemical factory in the Free Harbor district last night, oming a Jarge number of persons. By noon today 11 persons, most of them firemen and policemen, were dead end 90 victims were in hospitals un- der treatment. g Whole City Endangered. The entire city was menaced, but it ‘was hoped that rain which set in would absorb the gas fumes. A needed num- ber of gas masks for the use of those actively fighting_the menace reached Hamburg from Berlin after an emer- gency call had been sent for them. A northeast wind also was carrying the fumes from the city in the direction ©of the nearby town of Wilhelmsburg. The gas escaped from a tank in the chemical factory of Dr. Hugo Stolzen- burg. Phosgene is no longer manu- factured there, but quantities of it were stated to have been accumulated and stored for exportation to the United Sta tes. The first effects of the gas were felt mear the harbor, driving residents of the district from their homes in panic. the city. and streets in the district” were closed. The emigration sheds of the Hamburg-American Line were pressed into service to shelter the homeless while the police requisitioned all available milk as a gas antidote. USE PHOSGENE AS MEDICINE. Gas Which Menaces Hamburg Also ~ Factor in Dye Making. is destined for dye manufacturers in this country. S, STEWART TO FACE CONTEMPT TRIAL Pustice Siddons Sustains Demurreri in Case of Indiana 0il Man. Robert W, Btewart, chairman of the board of the tdndard O Co. of In- | . | they Police Claim They Were Victims Of Tear Gas Attack With eyes reddened, Sergt. O. J. Letterman and Willlam F. Burk of the vice squad appeared in Criminal Court this morning showing the ef- fects of what they declared to be an attack on them with tear gas while they were investigating a hall- way to premises on O street last Saturday, where they suspected per- sons were assembled to hear the re- sult of the running of the Kentucky Derby. They- succeeded in passing the first entrance door to the establisli- ment, the officers said, but were trapped in a small area between the two doors, the second of which was equipped-with a peephole from which they claim the tgar gas was turned on They were completely blinded for a space, the officers as- serted, and had to grope their way from the building. On reaching the street, they reported, about 150 people had been seen to scamper from the building over .adjoining roofs and from the rear of the buflding. WELCH BILL SENT BEFORE CONFEREES Pay Raise Measure, Amended by Increases, Praised by House Member. The House today sent the Welch bill, |as amended in the Senate with the Brookhart step-ups in Salary increases, to conference. The conferees are Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee, Representatives Gib- son of Vermont; Manlove, Missouri; Jeffers, Alabama, and Celler, New York. The first three are Republicans and the latter two Democrats. Representative Woodrum, Democral of Virginia, when the opportunity was afforded of objecting to con- sent to send the measure to conference, stated that he personally believes the Senage amendments improve the Welch bill as passed by the House, and that he would prefer to support a motion to concur in the Senate amendments. He said he did not wu&e to assume nnu: position of o}wndn‘ A the officers of the employes’ assosiations have agreed to the procedure of dis- agreeing to the Senate amendments, he would not object to unanimous consent. £ The bill carries salary increases for 135,000 Government employes, 45,000 of , and provides for comparable schedule with in the District of Columbia. i i g 3 o g § £ THE i Eisg i Members of the Senate who have fol- lowed uum bill closely said today had information indicating that the total number of em) | cost of the Benate bill. the Senate committee figured on ap- proximately 138,000 employes covered by the bill, and the reports today were that the total number may be nearer to 120,000 One member of the Benate sald the 10 the total number of em; der to help work out the differences between the Benate and House bill in conference, | The conferees will get together to | begin their deliberations as soon as pos- diana, must go to trial on the indict- ment charging him with contempt of the United Btates Senate in refusing to enswer questions on February 2 and 3 sbout the bonds of the Continental Trading Co. : Justice Frederick L. Siddons so de- €lared wasy when he sustained the de- murrer of United States Attorney Leo A Fover and Assistant United Btates Attorney Neil Burkinshaw 1o the first special plea in bar filed by counsel for the ol man, n which it was claimed that by his subsequent appearance be- Sore the Benate und his answers W the nguiries be had purged bimself of the copempt end could ol be prosecuted under the indicument. The court ais granted the moton of the prosecution 1o suike out the 1wo pupplementary pleas fled last week by Auorneys Adkine and Nesbit of Wash- ngton and Hopkins, Blarr & Hopkins | of Chicago, on behalf of Blewart Justice Biddons says he 15 unable 1o peroeive any new facts in the two sup- Piementary plens and expressed the opiton they were further objectionable 3 agtempling v plead merely evident- | Jory mastier The only question o be decided, sald the pourt, wes whether the prosecution st e sbanconed by the United States By remson of Bewsrs testimony before the committec in April, more than two | goonthe after the slleged contempt United Btates Atorney Rover planned 0 wsk the court this afternoon W et » date for the triel Monduy . U. 8. Seilor Drowns at Hawaii, Hermsn A Johnsm of Lok Angeles ceamman, firsi-class, of the destroyer Ja00dy, was drowned sl Pearl Harbor Hawsll, Saturday Navy Depariment was 6d Johns My when he fell over- Vs next o kin 1s 2 Johnson ol | stble. KNAPP RETRIAL STARTS. | Belection of Jury Begun in Becond Hearing of Case. | _ALBANY, N, Y., May 21 (#)~—Mrs, Florence E. 8. Knapp, first woman ever | elected to public ‘fce by a Btate-wide vote in New York, today went o | for the second time within & month for | the ulleged larceny of a $2,875.06 State | census puy check while she was secre- | tary of Btate in 1925. The first trial | resulted in s disagreement. The selection of & jury was begun im- | mediately court opened t, | not displa HOPE IS ABANDONED FOR 138 ENTOMBED IN MINE EXPLOSION 60 Bodies Recovered From Shaft in Mather, Pa.—13 Rescued Alive. INVESTIGATORS UNABLE TO FIX CAUSE OF BLAST Several Victims Found Decapitated. Four Brothers Trapped on Their First Day in Colliery. By the Assoclated Press. MATHER, Pa., May 21.—With bodies of 60 miners discovered and taken to the homes of their kin, rescue teams from various sections of the soft coal belt carried on today in an effort to reach tht 138 men still entombed in Mather mine, where an explosion on Saturday trapped 211 workers behind piles of coal and slate. Thirteen were rescued alive, As the rescuers came from the shaft bearing the blanket-covered bodies on stretchers the huge crowd of spectators rushed forward, but were restrained by State troopers and National Guargs- men. Reports were that the rescuers had located 40 additional bodies in the far recesses of the mine and that prep- arations were being made to bring them to the surface. A coroner’s jury comprising six men and augmented by inspectors from the State Bureau of Mines was ordered to delve into the cause of the blast. Except for crowds of curious, Mather today was the usual quiet little mining town. Relatives of miners still trapped in the underground workings, Wwhile foregoing their usual daily pursuits, did any outward emotion. Dry- eyed and ful they awaited word of their loved ones. Hope 1Is Abandoned. Mine rescue experts gave up hope of returning any men to the surface alive, and while this feeling was secretly shared by wives, mothers and children of the entombed miners, outwardly they buoyed their hopes on other disasters ‘where men were taken alive from mines several days after an explosion. ‘Two elderly people, who had stood at the mine tippel since the news of the blast was broadcast let it be known to- trial [ U theory was that a been struck at one of the mine, while s, eral air of refinement are noticeable, mine was inspected March 12 by State mine inspectors and at that time the eral wndl;ot:n of the working was found to be : Officials in cl today were inclined to believe it w be at least 48 hours nm befdre the mine was cleared of its dead. | REPORT IN KEPHART QUIZZING IS MADE Inspector Pratt Understood to Have Denied Charges Made by Jardine. An emphatic denial that the police administered the “third degree” to Leonard W. Kephart, Department of Agriculture sclentist, 15 understood to be contained in a veport of an investigation by Inspector Henry G, Pratt, submitted today to Police SBuperintendent Hesse. att’s probe was de following an nqualified protest” by Becretary of Agriculture Jardine against the treat- ment accorded the sclentist by the po- lce. Superintendent Hesse sald he did not intend to make the report public until after he has studied it. It will then be nsmitted to Commissioner Dougherty and used as a basis for his reply to Sec- retary Jardine's complaint, Inspector Pratt’s report, It was said, declared that the police merely quizze Kephart concerning certain confusing details in his story, but that they did not deal with him in a rough manner, ‘ Cry of‘Murdcr Drawsypolicc pl‘obchQ | . wxre ¢ Who Find “Vieti | Al was calm and dignified, as usual, | Jast night along the 1700 block of Nine- teenth street, where reside such promi- | nent citizens as Becretary of Blate Kel- logg and John B. Larner, when suddenly there plerced the ir & series of blood- | curdling screams and cries of “murder.” The shrieks came from s feminine throut 15 one of the houses nesr the As they increased in It 18 expected he | saccato snd volume, two colored men will request that the trial proceed next | yere seen to run from s smsll residence, | which was snuggled far buck from the | sidewslk and mimont lost i the sur- | corner of R street | rounding restdential grandeur, { The wires 1o tussed. moment, then started up again, gathering crowd outside the Mttle house Ahe far-pwey whing of a police headquarters The screams died down for u Chills chased up and down the spines of & m” Was Only Dreaming filtered through the nocturnal air, The crowd increased, In & few more minutes & police car sereeched to a stop in front of 1728 Nineteenth street, Out of the car leaped & grim-faced plainclothes man an squgd of uniformed police, “Detective Cullinane of headquarters” some one whispered, Into the front entrance he rushed, closely followed by the policemen. A colored woman lay In bed, evidently in distress, Bhe was tossing restlessly, and her "K“ were closed, Buddenly she opened them and started from her hed “Oh, it was just & dream!” she ejnc- ulated. “I thought some one was hit- tng me over the head with a hammer!” ‘T'wo colored men eame Into the house, somewhat sheepishly. “We ran for help,” they explained, Headquarters Detectve — Oullinane snorted and turned away ice plrom Radio ‘l'l;;)fl.l':llll »‘J"ugc 23 24 Ly JUST HEARIN' THINGS! DENIES SMITH FUND IN NORTH CAROLINA Dawson Tells Senate Probers Boosters Are Organized by Districts. By the Associated Pfss. RALEIGH, N. C, May 21.—North Carolina has been organized by con- gressional districts on behalf of the candidacy of Gov. Smith of New York for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation, the Senate campaign funds com~ mittee was informed today by John B. Dawson of Kinston. Denying information given the com- mittee that he was the manager for Smith in the State, Dawson said there was no directing head of the Smith organization. “It is @& large volunteer army,” he W s e “There is a group opposed to Smith,” he added. “There is a group support- ing Judge Hull (Representative Hull of Tennessee) and there are some sup- porting Senator Reed and also some supporting Senator George.” Dawson sald the real contest wes be~ tween the Smith and anti-Smith groups. Denles State Fund. “Has any large sum of money been sent into the State?” asked Senator Bratton, Democrat, New Mexico. “I doubt that there has been $5.000 sent into the State,” Dawson replied. “I doubt that ther€ is any State in the Unjon where so little aid and com- fort has been received from the out- side.” Dawson said that so far as he knew. Do money had been sent into the State on behalf of Smith. He added, to his knowledge no money had been raised the State. “That is what 1s so marvelous to me about the situation,” he added. Discussing action of the Democratic Btate committee last Saturday in re- fusing to order a preferential ary, Dawson insisted that Senator ong was not involved in that question. Is Not Involved. “Of course, he is In no way involved in his campaign in North Carolina,” Dawson sald. “It has been sent out repeatedly from Washington Oity, and his leadership is challenged. I deny it. It 1s false and calculated to grieve Sen- wtor Simmons. He has for years been leader in this State. 1 was always happy when I could obtain his counsel when 1 was handling party affairs, “It hnr ms that he s op) to Gov. Smith. I think Senator Simmons has an idea that he is being challenged n this State. I might say a t Jority of Smith's friends in this State are friends of Senator Stmmons,” Dawson asked the committee where It got its Information that he avas the Smith campalgn manager in North Carolina. Senator Steiwer sald he did not know, Senator Bratton sald he first saw the list of witnesses on a slip in the hands mfl%flmwr Barkley, Democrat, Ken- “No one living In this State furnished your name,” Bratton sald, “Is that sat- 1sfactory? “No, Senator, it 1 not,” Dawson re- plled. “I have n deep-seated feeling that it was intended to embarrass me.” Recelves $1,050. Rohert H. Edwerds, Goldsboro, su- perintendent of blic welfare for ayne County, told the committee that he had recelved $1,950 for his work in travelling around the State in be- half of ¢ Bmith, nt the most of it, but I've f 1t yet," Edwards sald, Explainir he had been a friend of the New York governor for 16 years, Kdwards sald he had been “working for Bmith in season and out" “I was creating all the Smith senti- ment I could,” he said, “Have you kept an_account of your expenditures,” asked Chairman Stefwer, ‘I did not think I would be asked about it, so I didn't keep any account.” Edwards said he recelved the money (Continued on Page 2, Column’8.) “THE PENALTY” “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star To further traMc safety 1s being shown today along with the regular program at The Victoria Theater 505 Seve SHOALS BILL VETO SEEN. President Does Not Like Compro- mise Ague«_i to by Conferees. The possibility that President Cool- idge might veto the Muscle Shoals bill developed today when it was learned that the President does not like the compromise Government operation legislation agreed to yesterday con- ferees of the Senate and House. This compromise still must obtain ap- proval of Benate and REAL CONTESTDUE N WESTVRGNA Hoover and Smith Face Test in Primary Vote on May 29. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. West Virginia next week st the presiden Houston convention. The primary date is May 29. Tomorrow South Dakota halds rimar; k opguod for the Republican preference vote and Smith for the Democratic.~ Both the supporters of Secretary Hoover and the anti-Hoover coalition are doing their best to win the prefer- ence vote in West Virginia, with the coalition backing Senator Goff. West Virginia has 19 delegates, acceptable, its 4n | Indeed, to any candidate for the presi- dential _nomination. But what the Hoover people and the anti-Hoover peo- ple are more concerned about is the psychological effect of the election there. & Differs from Indiana. A victory for Hoover would add not only a substantial number of delegates to the Hoover column, but would halt not a little the defeatist propaganda in which the opposition has indulged. A defeat for Mr. Hoover and a victory by Senator Goff, on the other hand, would | rol be hailed by the anti-Hoover group. The primary election is not likely to settle the presidential nomination at Kansas Oity. A defeat for Hoover in West Virginia b{ a favorite son could scarcely prevent his nomination at Kansas City, in view of the big follow ing he will have in the convention, But a West Virginia victory would make " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) l\ 7 ¥ W i Kansas Ciry™ oy A'SDEFEATNATS -INFIRST GAME, 43 Capture Contest After It Goes Info 13th In- ning. BY JOHN B. KELLER. PHILADELPHIA, May 21.—The Athletics defeated Washington in the first game of today's double-header. The score was 4 to 3. The game went thirteen innings. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON — West rolled to Hauser. .Hale threw out Rice. Sisler singled to center. Barnes popped to Hale. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Bluege threw out | bash. Dykes.: Cobb took a third strike. Bluege thnvput . No runs. bled_Hauser’s grounder and get Boley at second base. rificed, Hayes to Sisler. . |lar noon convening hour, the Senate FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—-Barnes singled to deep short. Tate forced Barnes, Quiun Bluege singled to right, Tate lwrpln( at second. Hayes rolled to Boley, who threw wild past Dykes, try- ing to :e!, Bluege at second, Tate scor- ing and Bluege reaching third. Recves & single toward third, scoring lzsl‘:eg vr}fle l:;yu uu:pped at second. anned. nn tossed out WJ‘" Two ru s Ins. PHILADELPHIA—Judge now playin first ‘base for Washington, Bulu? .-!:Jn': to left fleld in place of West. West l'xonn q‘k‘l.lll le{ mflm::nln.lou; t‘k;‘e bounder nn in firs rt of e inning. Hale flled to Rleep.Nn hi " Bom " (Continued on BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME WASHINGTON AB. West, If 3 Judge, 1b Rice, rf... Sisler, 1b-If Barnes, cf Tate, ¢ Bluege, 3b, Hayes, 2b Reeves, 2 Zachary, p. Totals,.oou vreiiriinns 51 R. 0 0 0 [ 0 1 1 [ 1 [ " 0 0 2 3 0. 0 11 5 [ Eluszucccccer i PHILADELPHIA AB, Dykes, 2b, Cobb, rf Speaker, of.. . Haas, of ..., Milter, If... French, If Hale, 3b Foxx, ¢..... Boley, ss .. Hauser, 1b. . Quinn, p Totals 8 5 2 2 2 4 o a8 [ 4 4 i R 0 1 0 0 0 0 [ 2 [ n 0 1 2 [ [ [ 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 8 2 4 1 17 0 1 0 = v W SCORE BY INNINUS 133 000 001 901 Bl Washington Phitadeiphia (S i B 10 11 13 13 415 R 0000000 -8 0100001 - SUMMARY mv %flll&d Inefpeaker, Heoves, 3 .!%v-l oves, Hous, A Paehary, b 1 "'mun 0 Wister) P Tt ll‘f’h.l.u rlfl—'nllum. 19 Philadel: ey C A AT mi Van Grafian, Metowan = \OTEON (#) Means Associated Lindbergh Is Angel To Mexican Indians Who Recall Flight| By the Assoclated Press, MEXICO CITY, May 21.—Lind- bergh is the angel Gabriel to an In- dian village in Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border, ard probably always will be. Travelers from the tropics have brought in the tale that at the time Lindbergh flew from Mexico to Guatemala this village became ex- cited over the story that an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe had miraculously appeared upon the trunk of a great palm tiee. Investigators could rot find the image. The Indians Insisted it had been there. “As proof that the image appeared,” they said, “there was another miracle that day. The angel Gabriel flew over our village to see the image himself We saw the image and we saw the angel Gabriel.” The Indians had never heard of Lindbergh and when told of him refused to believe. The rest of the world may accept, if it pleases, that Lindbergh flew that day irom Mex- ico City to Guatemala City. The Indians hold to the angel Gabriel theory. BEARSRAD TOG ANDPRES LUV Plane Shares Hardest Hit. Ticker Swamped in Final Few Minutes. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, May 21.—“Bear” traders launched a sharp selling attack just before the close of the first abbreviated full stock market session today, break- ing a dozen high priced rails and spe- clalties from $5 to nearly $20 a share and causing a general selling novement, which wiped out many of the earlier gains of $2 to $8 a share. So great was the volume of last-minute trading that the ticker, which had kept abreast of the market until f““ a couple of minutes before the closing gong, was 20 minutes late in recording the final quotation. Alrplage stocks were the hardest hit, Curtiss closing $17 a share lower at $128, while Wright showed a net loss of $16 at $186.50, although it had dipped to $185. International Har- vester broke $13.75 to $262 and New | York Central sold down more than $6 | ing at $179.75 and rallied to $180.50. Del- TWO CENTS. U.S. GIVES WARNING 10 NATIONALISTS IN CHINESE CRISIS Note Advises Nanking Gov- ernment Not to Allow Troops to Enter American Areas. Press. BATTERY OF ARTILLERY LANDED BY JAPANESE Avowal by Tokio Regarded as Declaration of Protectorate Over Manchuria. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, May 21.—The United States has warned the Nationalists not to let unruly troops molest Americans in North China. The note of warning also said American troops would protect their nationale in the threatened citles of Peking and Tientsin. Edwin 8. Cunningham, American con- sul general at Shanghal, in confirming that the note had been handed the Nanking Nationalist government, re- fused to reveal its contents. Nationalist officials, however, said it read about as follows: “Since the civil war has reached a crisis in North China, and in view of the fact of the many Americans residing in that area, apprehension is felt for their safety. The United States has taken measures to.assure the protec- tion of its nationals and their concen- tration, where protection is possible. Please Instruct the Nationalist forces not to attempt to enter these areas to avoid misunderstanding. “If it is necessary to dispatch Chinese troops to the Tientsin area, we urge the use of well disciplined forces to avoid disorder. Note Mentions Killings. “The United States Government as- sures the Nationalist Government that it has no tnunmal.:fl:itnlnuflm in Hobart at Taianfu. - they cnmlder:d mtehelnnw ;zlll": mi ‘The action of lp!‘: m - a virtual ultimal to Chang Tso-Lin, Northern dictator, was aware & Hudson fell from an early high | termed of $210.50 to $209.50. U. 8. Steel common, General Motors, American Can, Hudson Motors, Wa- , Ere, and scores of other industrials showed net declines of §1 to $3 a share. Total sales for the four-hour session approximately 2,800,000 shages. TAXBILL- ISEXPECTEDTODAY 555 Senate Meets 2 Hours Ahead a of Time to Rush Final Work on Measure. By the Associated Press. Meeting two hours ahead of its regu- was working on the tax reduction bill with a d?‘“mfion by hlgc!lc- for a vote bef The 13-hour session of Saturday, last- ing untll midnight, had cleared away most of the controversial amendments and J:mponenus of the measure were confident of defeating the few remain- mhlhruu for tariff and farm relief Ready for final action, the measure called for a total reduction a little in excess of $225,000,000, as compared with the $200,000,000 limit set by Presi- dent Coolidge and Secretary Melion wd the $290,000,000 voted by the ! ouse. It was the intention of Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, in charge of the bill, to seek another vote before final on the amendment of Sen- ator Simmons, Democrat, North Caro- lina, resto: the House provision al- lowing a graduated scale of lower rates on corporations with incomes of $15,000 and less. This amendment accounts for $24,000,000 of the increase in the $200,- 00000:)! advocated by the Republican other vote also was in prospect on the amendment of Senator Norris, Re- publican, Nebraska, cremnc income tax returns to public inspection, which went into the bill by a vote of 27 to ‘The native population was leaving the city in constant streams, while the Japanese were making a vigorous house- to-house search for concealed arms. NOTES TO CHINA APPROVED. State Department Says Warning Has Its Full Approval. State Department officlals said to- day the memorandum of the United States to the leaders of the warring Chinese factions warning lawless, uncontrolled elements, or armed forces of either side “cannot be per- mitted to come into tacts without nationals in certain pre- scribed areas,” was presented by Amer- fcan Minister MacMurray on initiative under his ral instructions from the department. The action has A val of the department. identical notes were deliv- ered on the subject, one to the minister of foreign aff: and the Murray to the fact that at present the course of military events threatened to involve the sections around Tientsin and Peking and that Tientsin was the refuge of several thousand American 19 late Friday. Today Senator Reed, Democrat, Missourl, claimed first consideration for his “rider” in the form of the export debenture farm relief plan. This pro- posal would allow farmers to import §oods duty free up to the amount of surplus crops exports and has been in- dorsed in principle by the National Grange Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon~ sin, also has & “rider" for re- vislon of the tariff rates, although the Senate overwhelmingly rejected on Saturday the efforts of Senator Ship- stead, Farm Labor, Minnesota, to add & tariff revision “rider" and of Senator MeMaster, Republican, South Dakota, m"uwk on a farm relief plan to the WITNESSES ARE FINED FOR DELAYING COURT A summons to appear in Oriminal Diviston 1 at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing means 10 o'clock and not 10 min- utes later while Justice Jennuxl Balloy s ‘fimllll in that court. prose- oul witness and two of his support- witnesses learned this today whe: citizens. The American Government, he :n“d‘ has de“n‘l‘:: forces stationed ere, cl with the responsibilll of protecting its citizens. . The commingling of All nationalities within the zone, he sald. creates & situation in which any threat of se- curity of that area involved a threat to all within it, indiscriminately. Ameri- can forces, a3 & matter of practical "6‘.?“"‘ ;hu;:nh the forces of the other powers respansibility for the safety of their nationals. Both sides were warmned that the American forces would seek scrupu- lously to avold any interference with any Chineso military tions, but it was earnestly M‘)«I the com- mander of the American forces to in- sure the te safety of Americans without to arms. WARFARE BLAMED ON VANITY. Chang Charges Nationalists With Responsibility of Continued Strife. PEKING, May 31 (9. bility for the continuation of ¢ fare in China was War- opt the court waiting 10 T the time of Justice Balley assessed each of fine of $8. Sylveater Coyle, 3728 M atreet, caused the arrest of Raymond Bennett, who had been a patient with him at the | January 34, and charged him with the larceny of a sult of elothes but fatled to be on thme the trial. He pald his fine of 83 Other witnesses o fines are Richard E. stroet, and Paul Stark, 3010 Grant A, when min- | o, ® | Ohang Tso-Lin, today. The statement was e by Japanese memorandum of week ing the hope that the war d be terminated * woul y ‘Ihln‘ Manchuria Japan o0 churia mi effoctive ateps for maintain peace I Manchuria The statement, i extremely u&‘m‘ the suggestion