St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 25, 1927

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Boar aes, LL y cv ‘ E24 TO 10 WITH ) OF DEMOCRATS ee ee | am to Led by Senator n Maffit Bates in lf of Republican Or- deation of City. Zz rost- o Dispatch. 5 RSON CITY, March Orrick, president of the Board of Police Commis- m for two years under ap- sent from Gov. Baker, ~4 confirmation yesterday by Senate. - rejection made finally suc- Oo aw. was ful a fight on him by organiza- politicians in St. Louis, waged the time he has been in of- and based on his refusal to j political demar: ds in connec- jwith his operalion of the Vo- Department. rejection of Orrick, whose record has won the com- Hon of al] save practical was in striking con- with the Senate’s action :l y the Penal Board, which ittee Of the Senate, after uiry, . had charged |. with management of the Peni- y” Rule Invoked. of Senatorial “cour- by: Senator William ates of” pt. Louis, which eved many efficient public : ip from. office and retained many unfit, was the adopted to accomplish Or- ction. k who resides at 320 Union ‘is a resident of Bates’ district, and Bates, as-, at he desired Orrick’s re- Memanded his persona as a Senator. He had | ithe three other St. Louis | 4 Senators —— Warner. fur and Mogler—and lined all if not all the 13 Re- 2 Senators. He obtained a * number of Democratic support to make the vote Orrick’s confirmation to hit had been known that Louis Republicans were op- ick, the Committee on ‘orporations, of which f Kinney of St. Louis is mn, had reported the nom- to the Senate with the rec- Mdation that he be confirmed. We Democratic members of Mmittee voted yesterday in confirmation and the two S against it. This had en aS an indication that ocratic majority in the Would not support Bates’ e Fails to Disclose Deal. Wote of the Senate, taken in tutive session, did not dis- Mat any deal connected with | firmation of the Board of Mstitutions had been worked those opposed to In- ———— 'York for the mitted his fesignation today to As-| on een conierear sa ee a ee ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVEN ING, MARCH : ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service 25, 1927-52 PAGES. ‘UNSETTLED, WARMER TONIGHT, PROBABLY WITH SHOWERS Se THE T EMPERATU RES. 1 a is as hs 40) i 47 % - mes . 7 ts a. m, -+ +49 4 TS eee ews & ‘oe ie a. ; ae rt! ee ee ee 3? ee oe. 51 6 a. m.. oe a eae 51 = ‘ 7 ae $3 PD, ee an *raterd ay ‘8 high 49 (4:50 p. m.): lot | Official fore- THE SENATE. cast for St. Louis CONFIRMED OUR | and vicinity: Un- SUSPICIONS. settled, probably ss with showers to- night or tomor- row; warmer § to-| night, Missouri: Un- settled, probably with showers to- hight or tomor- row. Warmer in the Southeast por- tion tonight, much colder in | t h e Northwest) portion, and in | the West and North portions | tomorrow. Illinois: Unset- / tled, probably With showers in the West and North portions tonight and tomor- row, and in the Southeast portion tomorrow; slightly warmer in the South —, ee BRUCE BIELASK! QUIS Undercover Man Was for Attack of Wets in Congress. — > Associated Press. NGTON, By the WASHIN PBieiaski, —A,. agen has March = 25 3ruce ,under-cover of the Prohibition Department, resigned. here from New Bielaski sub- Making a trip purpose, Andrews, in enforcement. secretary charge of dry law The date of his retirement has not been defifitely determined. An- drews said Bielaski was retiring for sistant lA woman | erp ee ee ‘WOMAN'S HORSE 10 YEARSOLD WINS GRAND NATIONAL Sprig, Owned by Mrs. M. Partridge, Captures Steeplechase Before King and rnin Notables. AMERICAN ENTRY COMES IN THIRD oo te ee Prince of Wales” Choice, Thrown in, Among Thir- ty That Fall and Leave Only 7 Contenders. ev the ted Press AINTREE, England, Ass0cla owner captured iGrand National here today for the ‘first time, | ‘in the AS PROFIBITION AGENT | Mrs. ous | | | Target ‘Ange -Tace ‘ } ‘The so far as can be recalled, history of the world’s great- steeplechase. Sprig, 10 M. Partridge, and one-half est old, owned. by won the mile jump- years hazard- four which 387 started and GG: WW: was second. get, in finished. Pen- eet Americans only seven 3overil the nington’s best eould ‘with seven entries, was third place, ; ' ' | eee Cm eto on personal reasons and that his work | had been exceedingly creditable. Bielaski was attacked by several members of Congress during the last session for his enforcement methods, and much of the opposi- tion to the Treasury’s under-cover prohibition enforcement work was centered about him. He has been supported strongly bv | Wales were ‘dangerous and thrilling classic i'were officials | Sides ditches iwhich went to Stephen Sanford’s Bright's Boy. Bright’s Boy led for the The American-owned horse to fin- Arts, belonging which came in fifth. Thrown _ In, part of distance. only other ish was Master to M. Blair, Lord, Stalbridge’s which the or was the 80 horses which fell. King his subjects among George, and at the many the course of the and excite- Prince for rewarded with much because the big field was steadily thinned out as it passed over the obstacles. The long course has 16 high thorn hedges, 14 of which must be jumped twice, be- s, water jumps, streams ment here, who said some of the biggest | jand other hazards. eases against prohibition violators | hi ad been developved by him. The race enriched a Birmingham — by £24,500 (about $120,000) a parlay of Priory Park, win- SITUATION UNDER PROHIBITION foved of the Lincolnshire handicap | | i i i t GROWING WORSE. DRYS ADMIT ss who lost the bet has a to- | |ommended by | Party Conference U Tges Voters to) Unite in New Alignment for Law Enforcement. Press. y= the Associated PITTSBU RG, The prohibition party, at of its national conference, sued through its national man, Dr.’ Leigh Colvin of York, a to remedy what presert deplorable unite in a great new By March 23.— the close | has is-} chair- was termed “the aes y condition, party for law | | | | New eall to all voters desiring | to | enforcement, liquor traffic suppres- | political purification and honest government. “The nonpartisan method able to obtain the prohibition law,” said Colvin. “But to secure the enforcement of the law, the ex- perience of. seven years has proved the nonpartisan method to be to- tally inadequate. It still leaves in power the old political machines; the old liquor domination of poli- undisturbed. sion, was tics is in each party a large number of liquor sympathizers, whose votes are necessary to party success. greatly improved in vears, are now grow- “Conditions, the first few Orrick, ling worse as the technique of vio- the Democrats who bolted Hlation is being perfected under the ) tic caucus on the penal | Moting for confirmation and + we _ tnly information which obtained from Senators Bates streceeded only be- represented the district Orrick resides and de- the rejection. This rule M0rial courtesy is one which t fails, It succeeds because for knows that at some May want to exercise it fails his associates they him. ® Bates did not say in Session that Orrick Objectionable Ntations before Corporations Committee fo about that position. t Orrick’s removal was the was to him, the Mu- ' 7. th Democrats and Re- | #in St. Louis, and charged ‘8 administration of po- ts had been extravagant. * here had been a reck- F Of funds, which. under | tity officiais were re- turn over to the Police ton demand. ; Policy Assailed. charges consisted of repe- © 4am argument Committee several try W. }) Odgett, lobby- city, who said the prop- Policy had not been |" connection with niade he- days | ' | the. | the new Police Head-} ton Page 3, Ooluina 3. party leader- propaganda of old the active e ‘lements. r indifference ship and of the wet MILLIONAIRE’S | HEIRS KILLED Press. AT3Z.. ny the Associated DOUGLAS, Guy Waggoner Jr., a WwW. T. Waggoner of Fort Worth, Tex., multimillionaire oil and cat- tle man, and heir to a large for- tune, and his wife were killed in a motor car accident near here yes- terday., They had been remar ried in Cali- days ago following March 25. grandson of fornia several 2 | divorce. Wednesday, and Sprig. The book- March 23.— | the | Prince of Wales .jocular- ily picked yesterday to win the race, thousands of | $20,000 OFF ERED FOR RIGHT GUESS ON ICE BREAKUP’ ee A A OC Alaskans Trying to Forecast | Time When Tanana River | Will Be Open Again. Associated Press. NENANA, Alaska. March 20. Year by year the Northland’s big- | By the River will in isions and interest. This year the person who icasts the event most accurately ‘to time will receive a prize of |proximately $20,000. | Each year a Citizens’ Committee lis formed to make arrangements it the event. Tickets are sold at $1 each to raise the sum that is ‘awarded. The time of the break- up is electrically recorded on a clock in the town hall. Previously the breakup has come. between April 22 and May 13. In case of the guesses as to the exact minute of the first ice move- | meat, the award is uprt evenly. SWIMS CATALINA CHANNEL IN 15 HOURS, 11 MINUTES come-—-Bgrows fore- "9 gest sporting event—guessing when | the annual breakup in the Tanana dimen- | as | ap- | | . —————— | | for a retraction made no Jifference ‘William J. « ‘libel suit against Henry Ford. 'Kyle Leonard, on Third Attempt, Claims to Have Broken George Young’s Record. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Cal., March 235. —Claiming to have lowered George Young’s Catalina Channel swim- ming record, Kyle Leonard of Long Beach, today landed near here, 15 hours and 11 minutes aft- er entering the water at Catalina Island. Young's time was 15 hours and 45 minutes. Leonard, who is 23 years. old, was accompanied by four observers who checked his time. At one time i.eonard was seized with! |ecramps and at another was) Struck in the head by a fioating timber. He ate three cakes of chocolate and drank three cups of cocoa during the swim. -.After landing he was taken to a hospital. Leonard accomplished the chan- | nel feat on his third attempt. He | Was a participant in the Wrigley 'marathon and made a second at- _» | tempt on Feb. 22 ELEVEN BANKS OFFER TAX SETTLEMENT OF $1,750,000 Claim Against the National Depos- itoeries Under Ad valorem Levy for Three Years is $2,333,000. Eleven national of- fered to pay $1,750,622.45 in settle- ment of a claim for $2,333,278.06 for ad valorem taxes on the banks for the last three years, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment was advised today by Comptroller Nolte. Acceptance banks have of the Kdward was rec- toristel, offer W. al of £150,000 to pay on the race. Sprig won by a length and a |! attorney for City Collector Koeln. half and paid 8 to 1 in the betting. | The board instructed Nolte to con- 'The odds on Bovril IIT were 190 fer with Counselor Mtench. to 1, and Bright’s Boy was quote a | The offer represents 75 per cent at 100 to 7%. ‘of the tax claim, which has been in | litigation in Federal Court. If OA, 000 PERSONAL PROPERTY ore gh 45 per cent of the money would go into the general munic- DELINQUENTS GIVEN WARNING ipal revenue fund and would | almost offset an estimated deficit | City Assessor Gehner Sends Cards | of $800,000 for the fiscal year end- to’ Those Who Failed to Make ing April 1. Local schools would Returns, receive 30 per cent and the State Warning cards have been mailed | would get the remaining 20 per by City Assessor Gehner to 24,000 | cent. 'St. Louisans, who failed to make The Cireuit Court of Appeals last ; | i ' 15, of personal property. It still leaves | | ing, | Confessed Killing of Auto Com- panion at Nevada, Mo. By the Associated Press. | NEVAD«, Mo., March 25.—W. W. Pine, 83 years old, was _ ssen- tenced to 25 years in the State penitentiary when he pleaded guilty of the murder of A. E. EK- | lund of San Diego, Cal. Pine confessed the _ killing of Eklund in a_ dispute over $50, which he claimed the latter owed him. The pair were traveling com- panion on an automobile journey from the Pacific Coast. eklund’s body, with two bullet holes, was recovered from the Marmaton liver, near here, Friday. personal property returns by March although apparently possessed Many of the 24.000 names were obtained by checking automobile registrations. lnder the law, the Assessor is empowered to make an arbitrary return and then double the assess- ment, as a penalty for delinquency. However, it is the Assessor's prac- tice to be lenient with those who respond immediately to the warn- and to allow them to make re- turns without penalty. SLAYER, 83, GIVEN 25 YEARS ’ HE inside stor T expenditure of $2,000,000, sible for writing How its chief lobbyist, raise funds fluence legislation, i that of the average traordinary chapter in day in Concluding How the Anti-Saloon League Super-Government Works y of the operation, conducted at an annual prohibition working through the churches to and through paid Congressional speakers to in- s enabled to wield a power President of the United States. American History, starting next Sun- THE POST-DISPATCH Chapters Next Monday and Tuesday. oo = of the organization respon- into the Constitution. greater than An ex- ey yy ~ | United ruled that the banks must The decision reversed “aris January pay the tax. an opinion of Federal Judge Ff against the tax. GOOD-WILL FLYERS LEAVE PARA Italian Aviator Also Hops Off on Northern Flight. By the Associated Press. -The fly- 20.- March 25. rood-wil] PARA, Brazil, States army homeward bound on their flight covering Central America, left at 8 morning for Cayenne, French Guiana, a distance of about 500 miles. An attempt to get away yesterday Was unsuccessful when ithe San Antonio unable to ileave the water. Commander Inedo, the Italian |sumed his flight ers, 000-mile and South o’clock this was Francesco de Pi- aviator, also re- this morning. the Associated Press. PARAMARIBO, March 25.—Commander de Pinedo arrived here noon from Para, Brazil. ered about 700 miles but about 200 miles reach nounced destination for the Georgetown, British Guiana. | By Dutch Guiand, francese this after- lie COv- failed his ar- hep, to cn Maj. _ health iof the Province of Nueva Ecija, and province is menaced by glan, the entire the disease. With an airplane load of quinine, a -.- Btehens, wv. 8, A, adviser to the Governor- General, flew with representative Rockefeller Foundation to Carranglan today. The town is about 80 miles north of Manila. 70 DIE IN ARGENTINE FLOODS AIRES, Argentina, BUENOS March 25.—Floods in Jujuy ince, in the extreme northwest of} Argentina, have caused the de ath | of more than 70 persons and heavy property loss. by | . ithe a Black, a ' wrote | ; | | PLANE LOADED WITH QUININE. i witness. Py the. Agsociated Press MANTLA, March 25.— Malaria | has infected almost all of the in- habitants of the town of Carran- prov- | ] ; 4 TOOL ve ; ; ; in the weekly’s editecial procedure. ident ito it. j ‘these April 12, ring. | the ' Raymond held, FORD U BY SAPRO'S CALL FOR RETRACTION “If Wiese Take It Back; if Right Stick to It,” Editor. Cameron Says Auto Man Told Him. REED STINGS SAPIRO INTO HOT OUTBURST Blue-Pencil Change in Man- uscript Made Alleged Li- bel Attack Only “Finan- cial Jew.” SE Dy the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich.. Aaron Sapiro’s March 25.— demand upon ‘the l‘ord-owned Dearborn Independent ‘ameron, editor, testi- fied today in Sapiro'‘s $1,000,900 Cameron testified that he Sapiro’s demand laid before the auto- mobile manufacturer, who is presi- of the publishing company that Ford it wave of the hand, and the remark: ‘Well, if you are wrong, it back; if you are right, stick 1? also, and dismissed with a take Cameron testified that by numer- Ous inquiries the alleged Nbelouvs articles were investigated befor= publication. He thought Fred lL. business manager, initiated an investigation after receipt of Sapiro’s demand for retraction. The editorial department made no in- vestigation, said Cameron. “We can and will prove that article were suspended until 1924, at Henry Ford’s or- der’’— said Sapiro’s counsel to the Court, but he was halted before he could complete his sentence, A moment later, he referred to the subject again with ‘‘Ford did not discuss resumption of these articlés.’’ Reed Clashes With Sapiro. Sapiro’s counsel demanded some correspondence from the defense records, and, as he cited . it. stopnved on the way to the witness stand to confer with Sapiro. ‘“Hiere, here,”’ exclaimed Stewart Hlanley of Ford counsel, with a ris- ing inflection, ‘“‘show that to.the witness (Cameron), not to Sa- piro.”’ Senator Reed of Missvurt, chief of Ford counsel, looked over at Sapiro and said something softly. Sapiro hurled back a retort. Reed and addressed the Court. ‘I desire no controversy with the gentleman sitting at the table,’’ he said. Sapiro mstantly rose was on his feet. “T’'d have the Senator understand that the gentleman sitting at the table is a member of counsel, just the same as he is,"" Sapiro said to Judge Raymond. “If the Senator addresses me, I have the right to reply.’ The ecalmly remarking, question before the court.” The manuscript of the first of the articles to which Sapiro object- ed was introduced and it was brought out that Cameron, in read- ing it, had interlined in one place to limit the application of the re- marks to “financial Jews’’ rather ‘ ended the dispute by ed kn now of no Judg than all Jews. Wrote Ford's Personal Column. Counsel for Sapiro got from | Cameron admissions today that he| ford’s personal column in| that publication and that he and motor manufacturer had dis-| cussed the international banking} plaintiff's counsel seemed getting a little more leeway in his interrogation of the but when Gallagher | to.-_—s get’ tco =—-_ deeply | Cameron-Ford conferences | defense attorneys interposed | | The to be today sought into objection after objection until fi-, nally they got in one which, as usual, caused the jury to be sent! from the courtroom while they ar- gued the law. Gallagher once during the open- ing minutes of the session sought to discard Cameron as his own witness and resort to cross-exami- nation. Federal Judge Fred M. however, that hav- ing called Cameron, Gallagher was) faced with inexorable rule which | made him keep the witness. | That sharply narrowed the limi- | tations of Gallagher's interrogation. For the first time Gallagher | Continued on Page 2, Celamn 6. FACILITA NAVAL THREAT TO BOMBARD NANKING TES RESCUE OF FOREIGNERS Ford Suit Plaintiff and Wife — Pacific & Atlantic Photo. MR. AND MRS. mal SAPIRO. American Missionary Murdered — Attempts Made to Kill Many Others; Says) John K. Davis, Describing Own Escape At Nanking, U. S. Consul Reports With Children to Socony Hill. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The murder of one American mission- | ary and attempts to kill many~oth- ers ‘at Nanking were described in: States Con- Davis, received at the} re- Wil- the liams, with nine the tempted all American missionary and the at-)| murder of many others, by Nationalist soldiers, the Chinese police told me that we) would be destroyed unless we could escape,’ a AeCReaes: our cna of Six-Inch Snow in South Carolina. By and Rockhill, Carolinas. report. sul John K. Navy Department today. port, forwarded by Admital American Asiatic fleet com- | mander, tiold of the escape of Davis eleven sailors, two children. The resgue ef Davis was reported | yesterday, _ “On March 24, both the consulates had been attacked consuls were reported and after the known murder of one | the CHARLOTTE, ~——-Six inches of snow fell at Union last night while lighter falls were reported at vari- ous places throughout The mountains around of United The ‘one officer, civilians and Japanese and Davis said. Press. Pee: Su Associated SB. Cu, both Asheville are snow-capped. * | Chinese about noon, after British | and killed, one March 25. — the The Grim Joker of Paris They wooed the same Epo lady, did the Carring: ‘8 ting ton brothers, Col. Carringtons Edward and es bell, and the Colonel won her. But after a few months he found a letter written by Campbell to Mrs. Car- rington, and when the brothers met again, walking sticks became dueling weapons, and Campbell went to a hospital, the Colonel to his club, and Mrs. Carrington to court. The story of the battle of the brothers will be a feature of the next Sunday Maga- rite df the Post-Dispatch. The Was educated at the Sul University of Illinois, and abes was thought to have he- Princess come thoroughly Amer- icanized. But she returned to her own country, went native and married a rebe! chief, and now is secking to lead her people to “‘free- dom,’ as did her grandmother a few years ago. The strange story of Princess Tarhata will be another fea- ture of the next Sunday Magazine of the Post-Dispatch. Another Swishing a tail full of aff poisonous gases, the Celestia comet Pons- W innecke Hobo will pay another visit to the earth next month, and the resulta’ of his call are eagerly awaited, for na one can say exactly what the heavenly tramp will do when he gets close to this planet. The possibilities are discussed in another feature which will appear next Sunday in the Magazine of the Post-Dispatch. Louis Benet, poor and spised ‘“‘extra’ in a little out-of -the- ‘way the- ater in Paris, was a timid mouse of a man whom life had ued hadiv. Bue he had the last laugh, and the amazing experiences of his last few months ate told in the final installment of the “‘Master Man Honters’* series which will appear next Sunday in the POST-DISPATCH Sunday Magazine ——_— ‘ officer, 11 sailors, nine civilians and two children escaped under constant fire across the country to ithe Socony houses on Standard Oil Hill, just above the city hall, which lare visible’ from” the river and |where many Americans and Brit- \ish aJready were. | “Although repeatedly robbed and | threatened by Nationalist soldiers, 'my vice consul (J. Hall Paxton of | Danville, Va.), and the Socony |/manager managed. to keep the out of the house for two hours, but they finally broke in, | but, seeing our numbers, they re- 'tired and commenced firing at us lin ever increasing numbers. “The /al vessels then American and British nav. dropped shells im- | mediately around the house and | we escaped over the wall. The | United States consulate was forced | by Nationalist soldiers and is re- | ported by the Chinese as thorough- |ly looted. It has not been ascer- tained whether the safe has been forced and the codes lost.”’ ARMY SHIP FOUGHT INFLUENZA _ WITH RADIO AND MUSIC By the A#sociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, How the attack death aboard the army transport, Chateau Thierry, was fought with a barrage of music, entertain- ment, oranges and milk was un- folded here today while army doctors and two nurses, wh») had worked day and night to save scores of stricken passengers, got a long-earned rest. | The .-transport, with four of its | passengers dead and 64 ill with in- 'fluenza and mumps, docked here yesterday after breaking speed rec- March 235. of disease and lords for a trip from New York to i'San Francisco via the Panama Canal. The ship carried 1200 pas- sengers. As the epidemic spread the deck ‘looked like a_ hospital. (‘ots | stretched out beyond the confines of “sick bay.” On 16 the first death occurred. visited the ship once a day for the next three days. The medical sug- ee penn mw ncaa “ne PRICE 2 CENTS ne eam om a pearercaren e | A meg —ma ene ee nn te a ~ ULTIMATUM SENT CANTONESE MANDER BY UL 8. ADMIRAL | Warning Given That Mili- tary Points Would Be Shelled Unless Foreigners Were Evacuated. “INSOLENT” NOTE LED TO WARNING Chiang-Kai-Shek, General- | issimo of Nationalists, on Way to City and Prom- Chateau Thierry | “Medical Staff | Worked Day and Night to Save Stricken Passengers. of? three | regular) March | Deat’ | ises to Maintain Order. } the Associated Press. , WASHINGTON, March 26.—. | Preparations for a bombardment by American and British ships at | Nanking has been postponed until tomorrow because of a_ partial evacuation of the city by foreign- ers, which has been effected. Notice had been served on the Cantonese commanders at king that salient. military points would be shelled unless immediate guarantees of safety for foreign life were furnished. The bombard- ment was to have begun late this afternoon. ) The decision to postpone the drastic action decided upon was reached by the American and Brit- ish naval commanders when it was seen that cancrete results had fol. lowed thé annoufcement of thei? firm stand. Rear Admiral H. M. Htotigh, the American commander at Nanking, reported to the Navy Department that the Japanese in Nanking were completing their evacuation, that missing British marines were com- ing out of the city and that there was a fair possibility that 129 Americans who took refuge in Nanking University would leave tonight. Report From Admiral. The Admiral’s report, dated at 5:50 p. m., Nanking time, said: “As a result of the strong stand taken today by the forces here, the foreigners are beginning to come out of the city. The Japanese are completing their exacuation ta- night. The British Consul-General and the missing marines are now coming off to H. M. 8. Emerald. It is now considered a fair possi - bility that the 120 Americans who took refuge in Nanking University 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.” Brutal treatment of many Amer- icans, including women, by Chinese Nationalist soldiers at Nanking was reported to the Navy Department today by Admiral Williams, who | forwarded a report made to him ‘by Rear Admiral Hough at Nan- | king. “At Nanking so far as is known,” | Admiral Hough said in his state- iment, “American missions and | homes have been looted. The fol- | lowing American property is known |to have been burned down: “The | Theological Seminary, The Hilicrest | By School, the residences of Hucheson and H. J. Mills. “The American consulate there was looted and wantonly destroyed by the Nationalist soldiers in uni- form. “Many Americans, including | women were treated with the great- (est brutality by soldiers in the Na- tionalist uniform who tore off the 'clothing and otherwise maltreated l them. Practically ali of the eut- rages were committed by soldiers in the Nationalist uniform and, in 'one instance, was reported the pis- toiling of a French priest by a Can- tonese officer.’’ Japanese naval craft at Nanking | pites and morale ran low. /had landed a detachment of 60 Lieut. Harry L. Calvin and | men under cover of the guns of ‘Capt. J. C. Hitchcock opened wide | thre ~e destroyers. The situation | the radio loud speaker. They or- | along the Yangtze River was de.- | ganized entertainment. Food Wasi geribed by Admiral Williams as distributed lavishly and the sick / “tense” : | and well were fed oranges and American refugees comprising milk. 19 men, 57 women and 62 children Coolidge Gets Beethoven Records, tv the Assoctated Prem | WASHINGTON, March 25.—A inumber of Beethoven musical rec- 'ords were presented to Presidént i Coolidge today by the from Austria, Edgar L. G. , nik. In connection with the ' nial observance in this country in memory of the mu- sic master. Proch- eenten- - i. tl ee ee OO —— —<£_ << « Minister | Austria and | | sailed from Nanking for t hanghat on the steamers Kungwo and Wen- | chow early today, Destroyer Fired On. The American destroyer Willtam B. Preston, while -escorting the Kungwo from Nanking ‘*o a point below Kiangwa. |was fired tpon frem WNankircg points. The fire was s returned by wae ee Continued on | Pase 2. 2 Columa 3 a otc ling Nan- rh eer Soe a et, hay it Eats 2