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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26

Shanghai are Mrs. Allen Hutchinson OF
Houston, Tex, wife of the Superlntend-
emit of the Marking University Hospi-
tai. and her three children.
The Hutchinson party was evacuated
early Thursday, being taken in
launch from the bund to the Noa
under fire from both sides of the river.
They were Immediately ordered below.
The refugees were in q high pitch OF
excitement. as they knew it was only
a matter of time until the Snips opened
fire.
At o'clock Thursday afternoon the
officers explained to the refugees that
the bombardment was soon to begin
He warned them to remain quit and
unafraid.
The Preston opened the lombard
ment, closely followed by the Emerald
and Noa. The firing continued for an
hour and a half the Emerald using
big 6-inch shells
During the bombardment two or
three women broke down under the
strain of the events: the others dis
played fortitude. The children appar
emily enjoyed themselves, keeping
close count of the shots. From
refugees who arrived late Mrs.
Hutchinson learned that her home in
Marking had been looted.
All Foreigners Threatened.
She said that before she went aboard
the Noa anti-foreign fever had been
burning among the troops, who did
not attack Chinese. but threatened TO
kill every foreigner they met.
Mrs. j. H. Reisner of New York
City, wife of the dean of the College
OF Agriculture, University of Marking,
was aboard the Preston with her two
children during the bombardment.
She said some foreigners escaped
from the city in Chinese clothes. She
told how the manager of the Bridge
House Hotel and his wife. dressed in
coolie clothes, lay most of day in
pigstay. hearing the threats of mobs
to kill foreigners.
The majority of the kungwo and
Wenchow refugees boarded the war
ships prior TO the bombardment, with
the exception of the Socony Hill group.
Another group of Britishers was con.
centrated at the water front property
of the British-owned International Elk.
port Co.
A member of this group described
the night-long evacuation of the
Northern forces previous to Thurs
days outbreak as orderly. These eye
witnesses say the Northerners crossed
the river in swarms by every con.
ceivable craft. but offered no violence
to foreigners.
SOutherners Voice Threats.
Thursday morning the river was
practically cleared of this movement
Of Northerners. Then the Southerners
arrived and began to surround the
buildings, hundreds crying threats.
In the early afternoon they began
an attack, and the Britishers, under
sailor guard, evacuated in launches to
the ships under a running fire from
the bank. 1t was learned later that
the export company. which is the
largest packing plant in the Orient,
was systematically looted.
Thursday night the sky was Iurid
with fires on both sides of the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
HAD RETURNED RECENTLY
Miss Mofet, Wounded at Marking,

CHICAGO, March % CP).-Miss
Anna Elizabeth Moffet. 81, one of
the missionaries reported to have
been wounded in the Marking dis
orders, returned to China only last
Fall after a furlough at home here.
She first went to the Orient as a
missionary for the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions in 1920.
following her graduation from the
Kennedy Mission School in Hartford,
Conn.
Parents of the young woman,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. w. P. Moffet.
now OF Madison, Wis, but formerly
of Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, said yester-
days news was the first they had
heard from their daughter in more
than q month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
SUGGESTIONS POUR
IN ON AIR TRIBUNAL
Outstanding Radio Engineers
to Be Questioned Dur
ing Hearings.

Members of the Federal Radio Com
mission We're today scanning the nun
dreds of suggestions that have come
to them within the past few days on
the two major problems which must
be settled by the air control body
before it can swing into the work of
assigning definite and permanent
wave lengths to broadcasters in this
country and Canada.
The written suggestions, together
with the oral testimony to be taken
at the public hearings beginning Tues
day, will be considered by the com
mission in its determination whether
or not to widen the existing broad
casting limits and to bring closer to-
gether the stations now on the air
To Consult Engineers.
Ten kilocycles' separation is re
garded as standard by the commits
sion, but the foremost radio engineers
of the country will be consulted with
a view to finding out whether
smaller separation is not feasible.
Commission members made it plain
today that every station now broad
casting may find a place "on the air
if willing to go along with neighbor-
ing stations in the matter of time
division and power limitation. The
big broadcasting centers, such as New
York and Chicago, will not control the
rest of the country in the matter of
exclusive wave lengths, Commissioner
Bellows said, nor will there be much
chance for licensing Of new stations
in the areas already congested with
broadcasters.
Open New Channels.
Mr.. Bellows made it plain today
that the commission has not definitely
committed itself to taking over part of
the amateur wave band below 200
meters, but said that this step is only
one of many under consideration by
the commission to open up new chan
nels for broadcasting.
He said the amateurs, who have
contributed notable advances to the
art of radio transmission and recep-
ton, should not be restricted unless
real public need is shown for extern
sion of the broadcasting band into
their territory below 200 meters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
Sharp Quake Recorded.

Announcement was made last night
that very sharp earth disturbance
was recorded on the Georgetown Uni
versity seismograph between S:21 and
S:51 am. yesterday, reaching its maxi
mum intensity at $40.
The shocks were computed by
Director Tondorf to be 1880 miles
from Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
President Phones
Personally to Get
News From China

BY the Associated Press.
President Coolidge called the
watch officer Of the Navy Depart
ment long before O'Clock this
morning to inquire about the con
dition of Americans, who have
been endangered in the Chinese
warfare and attendant disorders.
His call. the second personal in
quiry within IL hours, came coin
cident with a report from Admiral
Williams, commander of the Ameri-
can Asiatic fleet, telling of the
evacuation of the Americans who
had taken refuge in Marking Uni
verSity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
SIXTY REPORTED SAFE.
Catholic Missionaries and Nuns in
China Unframed.

OSSININC, n. Y. March IS O)-
Sixty missionaries and nuns of the
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of
America, who are in China, have
been reported safe, the Rev. James
A. Walsh. superior of the society's
seminary here. announced yesterday.
Father Walsh said the society has
no representatives in the Marking
district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
MASSACRE PREVENTED.
Woman Says Warships Saved Ameri
cans on Hill.

By Cable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
SHANGHAI, March 26.-Louise
Hammond of Chicago, refugee from
Marking, arrived at Shanghai this
morning on the steamer KungWo and
YenchoW. Miss Hammond was well
after going through the exciting siege
and evacuation of Marking. Her eve.
witness story OF the disturbance, the
Smelling of Marking by American and
British warships and the rescue of the
foreigners there follows in her own
words:
AT the Hsiakwan Hotel I was in.
formed to be ready to leave Tuesday
morning.
LOOting Is Begun.
at was on Wednesday night that
serious looting began at Hsiakwan.
but not inside the walls. John Magee
of Pittsburgh. Pa, spent the night
on shore at the mission. He reuoyted
shooting all night long and the I'm.
ending screams of women. Vice Con,
sui Paxton spent the night at our
mission. as he could not enter the
city On Thursday we heard that
the American church mission Ut the
southern end Of Marking had been
iODIGn. IlC FDDnAHGfU EblOlgTE arrived
soon therea ftcr.
I'VE refugees after going aboard
the Noa were ordered below decks and
the portfolios were closed.
"Tbat afternoon ] stuck my head
up through tho companion way OF
the Noa. and Raw two civilians ashore
waving wildly to be taken aboard
Southern troops were shooting at
them and also shooting at the Noa
the bullets whizzIng over the boat
Despite this. tho comma nder of the
Noa ordered landing party TO rescue
the foreign civilians. This landing
crowd never expected to return alive
70 the Noa, but went ahead with heads
iHucked below the gunWales of the
Elaunch. Marksmen aboard the Noa.
were told to pick of tina Rnipera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26

Anti-Foreign Attacks Laid to
: Looting Soldiers of Shan
tungese Army.
BY LAWRENCE WILSON.
BY Gable to The Star and North Americ
NevsDaper Alliance.

SHANGHAI, March 26.-Eyewit-
ness reports of the Marking tragedy
received by Gen. Pal Tsunghsi place
the responsibility for foreign deaths
upon retreating Shantungese soldiers
and native hooters. Fifty thousand
Shantung troops evacuating Marking
were observed by the advancing Can
tonese, the reports said, and were so
hard pressed that they were forced
TO make stand.
Trapped in the city they hid in
houses, and during the street Skin
mishes which followed the Northern.
ers, together with lawless elements in
the city, began looting. The National
lists attempted to protect the foreign
ers, according to these messages. at
the expense of many OF their troops
who were killed by snipers.
Gunboats Also Blamed.
The action Of British and American
gunboats in firing 200 shells into the
city. killing many OF the native
population, was also blamed for diff
culties in restoring order.
Gen. Pal expressed his fear that
disorders here might result when
news of the action of the foreign gun
boats and the resulting loss of life
became known.
THE Shantung troops were re-
cruited from the bandit element in
the North" Gen. Pal said to me, and
it is not surprising that they kill and
loot. ! regret the foreign loss Of life.
but Marking has been within the war
zone for months. and the American
consul warned residents to leave the
city month ago.
Possibly there would have been
other means to protect foreigners than
by firing 200 rounds blindfg into an
unfortified city. If no extraordinary
situation arises outside, because OF
this massacre Of Chinese civilians, I
can promise security in Shanghai, but
the Marking trouble will not be
quickly settled-and there may be
trouble here"
5000 Civilians Disarmed.
The National army has disarmed
5000 civilians in Shanghai since its
arrival here. Many self-styled ad-
vance police have been discharged and
the Cantonese trained machine guns
on crowd of labor agitators who were
conducting an anti.imperalistic demon.
stration at North Station.
The Shanghai streets are quiet but
tense, and a Cantonese airplane 10
lowering above the city.
Gen. Pal with his staff and an
armed guard, was refused admittance
to the British concession by the troops
on duty before the concession. The
general staff was finally allowed TO
pass, but the armed guard was COM
PEELED to await the generals return
outside.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
Captains Rife Team.

Lieut.. Col. kirwin r. Smith, U. s.
Infantry, has been detailed as captain
OF the Infantry rife team for 1927.
Franz Schubert left the record num-
Der of over 40 unfinished songs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
CHINESE SHIPPERS
FIRED ON FLEEING
WOMEN IN NANKING

Continued from First Page.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26

Less beer and whisky and more
tea and sugar are being consumed and
more tobacco used, report the British
customs and excise commissioners.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-10
WILLIAMS DOINCS
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What threatened to be a disastrous
fire occurred on Fl mt street Monday
afternoon, when tn two houses re-
Gently purchased hy E. T. Lister
from the d. D. Smith estate, burned
to the ground. The houses were newly
built frame bungalows. The Lister
garage and car also burned.
Prof. and Mrs. r. G. Stevenson will
leave the latter part. of the week for
points east. Prof Stevenson will at
tend Columbia university this sum-
mer, and Mrs. Stevenson and daugh-
tiers will visit relatives in Marinette,
Wis, and in Milwaukee. They have
rented their bungalow for the sum-
mer to G. E. Luning, of the Saginaw
mill force.
John d. Jones, assistant district
forester at Albuquerque, is spending
the week in and near Williams. lie
has moving picture outfit and as
part of an educational fire prevention
and forestry program is exhibiting
pictures. The pictures vii be shown
in Williams Saturday afternoon.
Miss Helen Maxwell will teach the
second grade in the Lincoln school IN
Prescott next year.
Korney Butler celebrated his ninth
birthday Tuesday by inviting six boy
friends to have birthday cake with
him.
Miss Edith England, accompanied
by her niece, Lenore Moss, left Tues
day evening for Phoenix, where
Lenore will have her eyes attended to,
j. G.. Greene and son and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green, Jr., OF Cas-
sody, Kans., who had been visiting
their daughter and sister, Mrs. Tracy
Rice and family, returned to their
home today, via auto. Mrs. j. G.
Green, who had been spending several
months here and in San Diego, re-
turned with them.
r. G. Stevenson was chairman Of
last Thursdays Rotary program,
handing out another splendid program
on business methods" Those re-
spending to questions concerning that
topic were Alfred Skeels, l.. S. Will
liams, Dick Hoffman, Jack Butler, r.
J. Hook, G. H. McLeese, Z. j. Nor
dyke, Walt Lindblom and DIR. G. d.
Jeffries. President Walt extended an
invitation to all Rotarians to be sup
per guests of himself and Mrs. Lind
blom on the ninth of which meeting
w. C. Rittenhouse was chairman and
officers for the coming year were in
stalled.
Ashfork and Williams clashed on
the home diamond Sunday, the score
standing 18 to 5 at the close of the
game in favor of the home team.
The benefit dance given by the
baseball boys at the Sultana Saturday
night was largely attended, many
driving up from nearby points. The
boys netted nice sum. The MeLeese
orchestra furnished the music.
Fourteen graduates from the local
high school received diplomas Thurs
day evening. Following are the grad
yates: EeRoy Perkins, Stanton Carr.
Dermont Melick, Otto Lebsch, Gordon
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-10
IN COCONIzNO COUNTY

Miss Annie Jaggard will join her
sister and family from Ajo and will
again occupy the Larson bungalow at
Mountain Springs ranch for the sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Gotthold and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kinds
and family left this week for Califor-
MIA. The Gottholds are bound for
Berkeley. where Mr.. Gotthold will at
tend summer school at the university.
Kenneth Poison was down from
Flagstaff for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Enfred Johnson have
rented the Woman's club bungalow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Daggs and
children were houseguests Of the E. r.
Byers Friday night. They were en-
route to Flagstaff. The Daggs plan
to spend the summer in this vicinity.
,, Miss Sarah Wilson is visiting home
folks in Tucson. She will return later
in the summer and go to Mormon
Lake, where she expects to install the
kitchen and dining room equipment
for the Arizona Mountain Resorts,
Inc
Miss Edna King left last week for
San Francisco, where she joined her
father. Miss KING expects to stay
| in San Francisco all summer. Her
brother, who is in the navy, will also
visit her there this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Kiriakou stopped
in Williams last week, enroute from
Chicago to Nogales, where Mr.. Kiria-
kou has. extensive ranch interests.
The Misses Margaret Connelley and
Mercedes Pozzobon Of Jerome, grad
uates this year from Flagstaff Teach
ers college, were weekend guests Of
Miss Charlotte Stevenson.
James Kennedy returned to Will
Hams Sunday, bringing back Mrs.
Kennedy, who had been visiting in
Phoenix for some time, and Margar-
cite Lee, who will spend part of
the summer here.
John Douglas Rittenhouse, George
Duffield, and little Tot Messimer are
the latest victims Of the measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. FL. McLeese are an
ticipating with pleasure visit from
Mr.. McLeese's father, DR.. G. O. Nc
Leese, of Davenport, Neb., who will
arrive in the near future.
Right Rev. Daniel Gercke, bishop of
Tucson diocese, has requested that a
collection be taken in all Catholic
churches next Sunday for the relief OF
flood victims. The collection here
viii be taken at St. Joseph's next Sun
day.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-10
TUBA CITY
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On the both instant Memorial day
exercises were held by the children
of the Western Navajo school at the
cemetery of the school. The graves
of the children that died at the school
were decorated with flowers from the
school gardens and lawns. The serv-
ices were impressive and were con-
Quoted by Rev. Conrad Van Zee. The
principal address of the day was given
by Prof. Bellwood, dean of Flagstaff
Teachers college, and was appreciated.
The pupils Of the school held their
exercises in the school auditorium on
the evening of the 31st. All OF the
selections were ably rendered and re-
flected much credit on pupils and IN
structors.
The following party left Tuba on
the evening of the 29th and visited
the junction of the two Colorado rivers
over Memorial day: Jack Peasants,
j. E. Nichols, Chauncey Youngblood,
Walker w. Gierhart and Sam Borum.
They report the road from Tuba City
to the junction first class and well
marked. This trip will well repay
making as the view is one of the fin
est along the entire series of canyons
from Lees Ferry to Needles.
The following party went to ha-
yenta on the 29th: Mr.. and Mrs.
James Roberts, Miss Anna Mae Rob-
erts and Holly Miller, and they re-
port the roads around Red Lake very
sandy, but if the detour through
Tokus jay Wash and via the sheep
din at Red Lake be followed there will
be no difficulties. This party visited
Church Rock beyond Kayenta and the
irrigation dam at kayenta. They We're
royalty entertained by Squire N. Man
gum, government stockman at Ka-
yenta, and VIM j. Davis, principal of
Marsh Pass school, and his wife, and
returned to Tuba on the Both.
E. H. Hammond, district superin-
tendent in the Indian service arrived
on an official visit on the 18th and
he and Doctor Samuel /. Campbell
went to Kayenta to visit Marsh Pass
school,
Scattering of employees at Tuba City
has commenced, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Flores, the popular clerk in the agency
office and disciplinarian, left on the
first, both having resigned. All their
friends at Tuba wish them God-speed
anu u plGdStllI lOlA iACJ my
accompanied by Miss Christine Hudt-
loft, going on her vacation and thence
to summer school. Miss Hudtloff is
teacher Of the primary grade at the
Western Navajo school and will re-
turn.
Miss Henshaw of Flagstaff, seam
stress at the Indian school during the
past six months, left for her home on
the 31st. Miss Henshaw will be
missed by all and we hope to see her
return in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ketosh and Mr..
and Mrs. Gust A. Seltz and daughter
expect to leave during the vacation
period on trip by motor to Oklahoma
and other states and return to Tuba
City for opening Of school.
Harry Shorty drove the school truck
to Flagstaff on the 31st and brought
back supplies for the big Indian day.
The following visitors have been at
Tuba City during the past week: DR..
Frank Bacon of the University of
California; Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Clark,
Berkeley, Calf; Mr.. and Mrs. Man
gum, Utah, parents Of the popular
Western Navajo agency stockman,
Squire N. Mangum Of Kayenta, and
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-10

Ashcroft, and family at Dene Hotso.
When S. N. Mangum and family
returned from Cannonville, Utah, last
week they were accompanied by
his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Newton Mangum, and little boy, as far
as Bodaway, 25 miles from Tuba City,
where the Utah folks stopped to visit
two other sons, Wesley and Grant.
Wesley is government stockman at
Bodaway and Friday he brought his
parents to Kayenta for a short visit
with the relatives here The next
day they departed for Cannopville.
Wesley is having his vacation now
and he will enjoy it fishing in the
streams near Cannonville. S. N. Man
gum went to Blanding that day and
he was accompanied by Mrs. Ethel
! Gillispie, cook in the government
1 school here, who will spend q day or
so with her family, expecting to re-
/ turn the first Of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs Hoffman Binney Of
Philadelphia we're here the first OF
the week. Wednesday Mr.. Binney
took his wife to Flagstaff and she
went to the G Bar ranch, near Wilcox,
where they have spent much OF the
past year. Returning Friday ne
witnessed some Of the Indian sports
I at Tuba and then came on to Kayenta
and will spend several weeks in this
! vicinity. While at Durango, Colo, ~
wears ago, he made a pack trip all
/ through this country and does not
/ find it much changed. Mr.. Binney IS
j q writer Of note, one Of his books,
! King John Of the Mesa" running IN
serial form in the Ladies Home
Journal at this time. Another will
soon appear in this same magazine and
the scenes are laid in the neighbor-
hood Of the Dragon mountains. Mr..
i Binney informs us that more than
Il likely his next book will ernbody the
i Indian country in the northern part
az The state. He is enthusiastic IN
l.his love Of this vast stretch OF
\ interesting desert and no doubt vii
find a fund of ideas for further refer
ences.
Rev. Hugh D. Smith arrived home
in time to conduct services Tor the
pupils Of the government school last
| sunday evening. He had been out
over the reservation for two weeks,
i covering a good many miles visiting
/ his charges. His first stop was al
/ Shonto. then on to Inscription House
store. and to Ben WetherilPs trading
post which has been moved from
| Piute Mesa to a spot about six miles
from Rainbow Lodge. He also went
to the top of Navajo mountain and
saw Rainbow bridge from that point
4 His party were the first to get that
i far owing to the snow. Some places
the drifts were still five and six feet
/ deep but they were able to pick thelr
way around these. Preacher Smith
suffered painful accident on Friday
evening of this week. In hurryinag tc
assist with some plumbing work nc
upset kettle of hot water on his foot
and was quite badly scalded. lie is
resting easier at this time and nc
doubt will be out again in few days
Judge Ellis, Mr.. Horne and Mr.
Luce attended the meeting to arouse
enthusiasm and make plans for the
Flagstaff Mesa Verde highway, held
ii Tuba City this week. They stopped
in Kayenta over night, returning tc
Salt Lake City by this route.