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to lie at anchor in the harbors. DISORDER IN MOROCCO Four Isolated Fights for Villages Recorded This Week. RABAT, Thursday.—Four cases of isolated rebellion or outlawry have been reported to the Residency-General during the past week. In the Wazzan district one village was twice attacked, but the defenders enrolled under the French protected it. In the Beni Zeroual territory part of the tribe, which has submitted to the French, has been attacked by the part which remains rebellious. In the Tache de Taza, between the Rif and the Middle Atlas, there was a sharp battle between rebellious members of the
there was a sharp battle between rebellious members of the Beni Youb and French troops, in which the latter were victorious. ENGLISH WORLD TRAVELERS REPORTED LOST IN DESERT LONDON, Thursday.—It is feared that Captain Malins and Mr. Charles Oliver, two Englishmen who are reported missing after starting on a motorcycle trip from Suez to Jerusalem, have been lost in the Sinai Desert. They left on February 7, and should have arrived at Baghdad several days ago. The men left London in November, intending to tour around the world, making motion-pictures of their travels. PARIS-VENICE TELEPHONE Service Established Last Night Via
of their travels. PARIS-VENICE TELEPHONE Service Established Last Night Via Milan. Long-distance telephone service between Paris and Venice by way of Milan was put into effect last night. Rates from Paris will be 60fr. for a unit of three minutes by day, and 36fr. by night. Urgent calls will be put through for triple tolls. SEE PAGE 6 FOR: “French War Peace to Britain, Cantonese Victories to South Bring Forces Close to Shanghai— Hangzhou to Fall. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Thursday.—The so-called “suspension” in negotiations at Hankow, between Mr. O’Malley for Britain and Mr. Eugene Chen for Canton, is generally
for Britain and Mr. Eugene Chen for Canton, is generally construed here as meaning little less than a difference of opinion amounting to a rupture, in view of Chen’s demands regarding the movement of British troops and that all future dealings must be with the Cantonese Government alone, to the exclusion of the authority represented by Chang Tso Lin and Sun Chuan Pang. Additional grounds for this assumption are found in latest reports of important victories by the Cantonese to the South of Shanghai, where the fall of Hangzhou is believed to be imminent. Such successes can only strengthen the
believed to be imminent. Such successes can only strengthen the determination of Chinese nationalists to obtain full satisfaction for their claims. Acceptance Unlikely. While official reports from Mr. O’Malley are yet to arrive to furnish the Foreign Office with a sufficient understanding of the situation to permit action, newspaper and unofficial advices appear authentic, so that the problem is being considered in this light. Sir Austen Chamberlain virtually replied to Chen’s request relative to troop movements when he said yesterday in the House of Commons that any country in privileged to defend its national by measures deemed appropriate. As further
to defend its national by measures deemed appropriate. As further negotiations with the Cantonese Government alone would indicate that the Southerners are. Ve • attained such power and control as to be recognized in this manner. Peking, under the leadership of Chang Tso-lin, is a factor to be taken into account, and Sun Chuanfang, the Military Governor of Shanghai now defending Chekiang Province, is also in a position to ask for some representation in Chinese affairs. Cantonese Advance. Rumors continue to be heard of a tendency on the part of Chang Tso-lin to unite with the Cantonese against foreign invasion.
Chang Tso-lin to unite with the Cantonese against foreign invasion. Although these reports lack foundation, they gain strength because of the difficulties being encountered by Chang in Honan Province. The possible defeat of Sun would also influence Chang in this direction, in order that he might gain concessions that would not be shared with foreigners. That Sun Chuanfang has suffered a grave defeat South of Hangzhou now appears certain. The flanking movement by the Cantonese announced yesterday was carried out with full success, forcing Sun’s troops to fall back in disorder over a distance of nearly seventy miles. Despatches received
disorder over a distance of nearly seventy miles. Despatches received in London report both that Hangzhou has fallen and that it is about to fall. At any rate, it is very nearly surrounded and can scarcely hold out. The Cantonese are boasting of entering Shanghai by Sunday. (Sun has halted the operations of the Hangzhou-Shanghai railroad in order to facilitate his retreat.) Chang Tso-lin has come to grips with Wu Pei-fu and Feng Yu-hsiang in Honan Province and his advance on Hankow is making no progress. Shantung forces are said to be on the road to aid him and a
to be on the road to aid him and a severe battle is expected. The arrival in Shanghai of two Punjab battalions has reduced anxiety among foreigners to a considerable degree although news from the South is not reassuring. HULL DISASTER INVESTIGATION BEGUN TODAY British Transport Ministry Is Seeking Railway Error Which Cost Lives of Ten. “ALL CLEAR” SIGNAL. Signalman Given Right of Way for Local for Line on Which Express Was Coming. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Thursday.—The Government inquiry into the fatal railway collision at Hull on Monday was begun today. First investigations indicated that either negligence or human
begun today. First investigations indicated that either negligence or human error may have been responsible for the head-on crash of a local train from Withernsea and the Hull-Scarborough Express, in which ten persons were killed and forty injured, many of them school children. No conclusions have yet been drawn officially, however. Objection to Reporters. Officials of the London and North Eastern Railway objected to reporters being present during the inquiry, but Sir John Pringle, who is conducting the investigations for the Ministry of Transport, said: "It is in the interests of all concerned that the inquiry shall be public." Representatives
of all concerned that the inquiry shall be public." Representatives of newspapers were then allowed to remain. Sir John’s train was stopped at the scene of the accident, about two hundred yards outside the Paragon Station, Hull. For about an hour and a half Sir John walked up and down the line, examining the rails, and the switches in the vicinity of the collision. Then he heard witnesses. One of the two signalmen in the tower near the Argyle Street bridge at the time of the accident said that the Withernsea local train was late, but that he had been
Withernsea local train was late, but that he had been given the signal “all clear” for the line on which the express was then leaving the station going in the opposite direction. Sir John is now endeavoring to determine how the express came to be switched onto this line, which had been signaled open. ENGINEER FINED FOR TRAIN ACCIDENT “BEFORE HIM ONLY TRACKLESS SEAS” Wide World Photo. The Santa Maria, a seaplane almost as large as its namesake, the vessel in which Columbus first crossed the Atlantic, is shown above with Colonel de Pinedo (left) who hopes to pilot it
with Colonel de Pinedo (left) who hopes to pilot it from Africa to South America in one jump. Crossing of Atlantic Ocean Delayed by Colonel de Pinedo No Direct News from Bolama But Buenos-Aires fears of England <Trouble. BUENOS AIRES, Thursday.--According to information indirectly received here, Colonel de Pinedo, the Italian aviator attempting a flight from Italy to South America and back from North America, attempted to start his non-stop jump across the Atlantic last night, but was prevented by motor trouble. He worked for two hours, but was unable to get the machine in condition. No direct state has
to get the machine in condition. No direct state has come from the Italian Government. It is believed that Colonel de Pinedo will take off tonight for Brazil. If he succeeds he will be the first to make such a long flight—with a heavy seaplane— the distance is 3,000 kilometers—without a landing, islands will form a possible landing for him in case of emergency. Colonel de Pinedo left Sardinia on Monday morning, and flew 5,390 kilometers to Bolama, in Portuguese Guinea. COMMUNIST DEPUTY REFUSED ENTRANCE TO SWITZERLAND BEAUVAIS (Oise), Thursday.—Georges Lefevre, driver of the Boulogne-Calais express which came into collision
Lefevre, driver of the Boulogne-Calais express which came into collision with the Paris-Lille train at Liancourt on October 29, killing four passengers and wounding twenty-three, was given a suspended fine of 100 fr. by the Correctional Court here today. He testified that he had done everything possible to avoid the fatal accident. The court awarded Mme. Corinne Courten, widow of one of the victims, 150,000 fr., and her daughter 50,000 fr. with an annuity of 5,000 fr., as well as the repayment of 20,000 fr. costs. The railway company was declared responsible in civil law. BANK OF FRANCE RATE The
declared responsible in civil law. BANK OF FRANCE RATE The Bank of France has reduced the rate on loans on securities from 8 percent to 7 percent. The discount rate remains at 5 1/2 percent. MAY OR AND MOVIES CAUSE TWO FIGHTS Décisive Move Is Preparing In Nicaragua (Paris Times Radio) WASHTON, D.C. Y.—When the decisive battle between the main field forces of the Liberals and Conservatives in Nicaragua is preparing today on the outskirts of Matagalpa, the second town in importance in the country. The State Department is informed that Mr. Charles Döberhardt, American Minister to Nicaragua, has requested
that Mr. Charles Döberhardt, American Minister to Nicaragua, has requested the Liberals not to approach the city and United States Marines are being despatched thither to protect the 120 foreign residents, most of whom are American. The city itself is not believed to lie in danger. Conservative forces have withdrawn to a plain South-East of the city, on orders from President Diaz, who is anxious that Matagalpa shall not be damaged by Shell Fire. Almost one third of the 33,000 inhabitants have fled to the country North of Matagalpa, in expectation of quick and decisive military moves in Nicaragua in
expectation of quick and decisive military moves in Nicaragua in the next few days, the Department of State has ordered two hundred Marines and six seaplanes equipped with machine guns and aerial bombs to proceed to Corinto, on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, from San Diego, California. The Liberals began their march on Matagalpa on Monday after capturing Muñoz, twenty miles away. Matagalpa is eighty miles North-East of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. BERNE, Thursday.—The Communist leader in the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Marcel Cachin, has returned to Paris following the refusal of the Swiss authorities to permit him
following the refusal of the Swiss authorities to permit him to pass through the country. He was on his way to Bucharest to appear as a witness in the trial of Boris Stepanovich. WIFE CRIES HER HATE IN COURT Testifies Against Husband Accused Of Murder of Mother-in-Law. NEW YORK, Thursday. — Mrs. Blanche Webster is on the witness stand as a State’s witness against her husband in his trial for the murder of her mother. The wife of the Portia real-estate salesman testifies that Harold Webster, accused of murdering his mother-in-law, had once declared that if anyone came between him
mother-in-law, had once declared that if anyone came between him and his wife and year-old baby he would kill her and the baby. “Do you know that your husband loves you?” asked the defense. “Do you return his love?” “I hate him,” cried Mrs. Webster. Mrs. Catherine Gallaway’s body was found with the skull crushed on January 3 in the home of another son-in-law. NEW YORK, Thursday. — Legislative tempers are over tension at Edgewater, New Jersey, and also in Washington. In the New Jersey town, the police and fire departments had to use clubs and hoses to quell a
departments had to use clubs and hoses to quell a fight in the City Council room, when Councilmen used fists after arguing concerning Mayor Harry Weissel, who is serving a term of a year and a day in Atlanta Penitentiary for allowing rum-runners to land $2,000,000 of liquor at the Edge Water dock. Half of the Council thinks that he should be kept in office as mayor. In Washington, Representative Thomas L. Blanton, of Texas, Democrat, used his fists on Representative Sol Bloom, of New York, Democrat. Mr. Blanton said that Mr. Bloom opposed a law closing “movies” on Sunday
that Mr. Bloom opposed a law closing “movies” on Sunday because he was in the pay of the cinema interests; Mr. Bloom called Mr. Blanton a liar. Representative Carew, of New York, Democrat, desires to introduce a Bill providing for the creation of a Congressional Boxing Commission which would see that fights in Congress are conducted under Queensberry rules. MINE IS BLASTED TO SAVE FOXHOUND (Paris Times Radio) WOODRUFF, South Carolina, Thursday.—Vandy Kelly’s dog Rip, claimed to be the best foxhound in South Carolina, is still alive in an abandoned stone quarry here, where he was entombed a week ago.
stone quarry here, where he was entombed a week ago. Kelly and his neighbors are still blasting the mine in the hope of getting Rip out alive. They worked all last night after they heard Tuscola howling at supper. New COAL STRIKE ENDS South Wales Miners Return After Short Absence Liverpool Makes “Captive” a Test of Stage Freedom (Paris Times Radio) NEW YORK, Thursday.—Considering the principle of the freedom of the serious art more important, the director per- Severe earthquake shocks, lasting four hours, occurred somewhere in the Northern part of the Eastern Hemisphere last night. Scientists in the observatories
of the Eastern Hemisphere last night. Scientists in the observatories of at least four countries are endeavoring to locate the regions affected. North-Western Asia. Yesterday morning the central observatory in Tokyo registered a strong earthquake that was prolonged for four and a half hours. The Japanese scientists believe that it occurred in the Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka—which separates Behring Sea from the Sea of Okhotsk. The disturbance appeared to be as violent as the great earthquake of 1923 in Japan. However, this shock was not felt at all in Tokyo and only lightly in Northern Japan. No damage or victims
and only lightly in Northern Japan. No damage or victims are yet reported. In the Adriatic. Yesterday afternoon further earth shocks were felt in Yugoslavia. Twenty-six houses were damaged at Ljubljana—but no lives were lost. In this same Adriatic Coast region a series of quakes had been felt on Monday. It is reported today from Belgrade that the first reports of the disaster were exaggerated but the town of Stola suffered considerable damage. Northern Europe. Last night at 9.25 a fairly strong earthquake was felt in the North of Sweden by the railroad station of Kiruna. No word of damage
by the railroad station of Kiruna. No word of damage has been received in Stockholm. The Italian observatory at Bologna reports that the earth was agitated for four hours last night by a disturbance; the epicenter was located at 43 degrees north latitude and 12 degrees east longitude. Recentists in Europe and Asia are comparing notes with the California experts at Alameda Willspon Observatory, where shocks have also had their record. The original cast of "The Captive," facing prosecution for taking part in an alleged immoral production, has agreed to recommence performances on Monday night, under the managership of Mr.
recommence performances on Monday night, under the managership of Mr. Horace Liveright, the public her, who has bought the rights from the Charles Frohm and Company. "The Captive" was withdrawn from the Empire Theater last night after the manager, Mr. Gilbert Muller, had decided that his company no longer wished to perform it. ROME, Thursday. The Italian government, despite opposition to the Coolidge national disarmament proposal, is expected to be handed the producers do not consider the American Ambassador in the play immoral, but the Deputy Mayor, Mr. McKee, thinks otherwise, and he says that he will order arrests. In
otherwise, and he says that he will order arrests. In the past twenty-four hours, ITALY TO ANSWER ARMS NOTE TODAY In official circles, it is said that the Italian reply, which will merely confirm the producers of "The Captive" that the play is to be played on Monday night, has been purchased by Mr. Liveright, who has for years been opposed to censorship in any form, particularly censorship of books and plays. He has purchased "The Captive" chiefly to make it a test case if the District Attorney and the Deputy Mayor persist in prosecuting the production. "The Captive" is
Deputy Mayor persist in prosecuting the production. "The Captive" is a translation by Mr. Arthur Hornblower, jr., of Edouard Rondet's "La Prisonnière." The predictions of the semi-official Stefani news agency last Saturday are that Italy will probably appear over the principle of disarmament, but will appeal to the reserve that Italy cannot negotiate on any basis which would endanger her essential interests even indirectly. SYDNEY, N.S.W., Thursday.—All the 15,000 miners from the Northern coal fields of New South Wales who struck on February 9, are back at work. They demanded a minimum daily wage of 25 sts., and uniform rates
a minimum daily wage of 25 sts., and uniform rates throughout the industry, for similar classes of workers. WASHINGTON, Thursday. — The Senate yesterday, by a vote of 77 to 17, passed the McFadden-Pepper Branch Banking Bill, which increases the power of national banks. The House approved the Bill on January 27, and it now lacks only the signature of President Coolidge. It is believed that he will sign the Bill. TOKYO, Thursday.—M. Paul Claudel, the newly-appointed French Ambassador in Washington, who has been Ambassador to Japan for three years, left Tokyo for Yokohama yesterday to sail for Europe. The
left Tokyo for Yokohama yesterday to sail for Europe. The Japanese Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet were at the railway station to bid him goodbye. NEW YORK, Thursday.—Beautiful, bewildering, and jammed. The new County Court House, just north of the Municipal Building in Centre and Pearl Streets, authorized in 1905 and under construction since 1919, is all these things as it is dedicated today. The building has cost taxpayers $30,000,000. It has already been outgrown in the seven years of construction. Originally, the building was supposed to house both the Supreme Court and the City Court of New
both the Supreme Court and the City Court of New York County, but since both court calendars have grown so unwieldy, the City Court is to be put in the old County Court House in Chambers Street. It is a beautiful building. There is a great domed rotunda supported by a dozen marble pillars. Marble and fine woods have been used lavishly. But to anyone less interested in the building than in finding their way about the building, it is completely bewildering. Rooms have not been named or numbered. Hallways, stairways, and still other hallways thread through the place. As
stairways, and still other hallways thread through the place. As one watchman says, "It takes a man with a compass to get about here." The new County Court House is the largest law court in the world. It needs to be the largest because it is expected to receive approximately 50,000 cases annually. There are 864 rooms, including thirty-six court rooms, thirty-six justices' chambers, ten referees' chambers, twenty-eight jury rooms, a jurors' lounging room, the Supreme Court library of 35,000 volumes, and the offices of the County Clerk. Today and tomorrow, the County Clerk is moving from the old Court
tomorrow, the County Clerk is moving from the old Court House to the new, between 1,000,000 and 12,000,000 official documents, some of which go back 150 years. The records are being stored in the basement of the building—the most inconvenient place in the structure so far as it concerns the million lawyers, judges, litigants, and others interested in litigation who stir through them each year. Taxpayers are already fearing the day when they will have to pay for an additional court house or a larger one. WASHINGTON, Thursday. — Mr. Henry Massey has arrived in Washington to open the Canadian
Henry Massey has arrived in Washington to open the Canadian Legation. It is understood that the first Canadian Minister to the United States will present his credentials to President Coolidge tomorrow. A building to house the Legation has not yet been secured. For the present, Mr. Massey and his family are living at the Mayflower Hotel. Offices have been opened in a street not far from the British Embassy. Mr. Laurent Beaudry has been appointed First Secretary of the Canadian Legation. He resigned the editorship of the Soleil (Quebec) in order to accept. Mr. Beaudry was private secretary to Sir
order to accept. Mr. Beaudry was private secretary to Sir Charles Fitzpatrick and to Sir Louis D'Autouch in their terms as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served Mr. Mackenzie King in the same capacity for some time before. SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.—Storm warnings forecasting the. Arrivai of another tenpest all along the Pacific Coast are given early this morning. The storm is due within forty-eight hours. Reports from San Diego give the number of homeless as five hundred. Warships are taking food to the city. Fifteen hundred persons are homeless in Lower California. (Paris Times Radio) SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.-Storms
homeless in Lower California. (Paris Times Radio) SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.-Storms dying out along the coast of Southern California have taken the toll of twenty seven lives. San Diego is isolated except by radio communication, but fragmentary reports tell that much of the residential district is in danger of being flooded by streams swollen by three days of rains. Alvarado Alley, North-East of San Diego, is under ten feet of water and the San Diego River has overflowed its banks. High waves are still hitting against the coast and almost five hundred persons have been forced out of their homes on
hundred persons have been forced out of their homes on the South Beach section of Venice, near Los Angeles. Los Angeles, itself, was little damaged by the gale which blew on Tuesday night and part of yesterday, but the San Fernando Valley is flooded. Landslides bury Eleven of the twenty-seven known dead were killed by two landslides at an engineering camp of the Edison Company at Big Creek, seventy-five miles East of Fresno, California. Ten engineers and helpers were finish off to death in the bunkhouse during the night. A second rush of mud and stones buried an engineer working
second rush of mud and stones buried an engineer working to rescue his companions. The locomotive and two coaches of the Chicago-Los Angeles line of the Union Pacific Railroad plunged into the flooded waters of San Gabriel Creek near Whittier, twenty-one miles South of Los Angeles, after the high water had carried away a trestle. Six passengers are dead and six are injured. Traffic accidents in Los Angeles during the storm took two lives and injured six persons. Renée Adorée, the French cinéma actress, and a company of fifty actors are marooned by a blizzard at an altitude of 6,400ft.
are marooned by a blizzard at an altitude of 6,400ft. near Alamogordo Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. Where they had gone to make snow scenes. They have called by radio for an airplane to bring them provisions. Killed by Landslides. Rising waters marooned one-hundred farmers in the San Fernando Valley, North of Los Angeles, but they were rescued by policemen who used boats from an amusement park. Scores of families are fleeing in fear of the breaking of a new dyke at Pocoima Canyon. Houses were torn down by the storm at Bakersfield and Watsonville. Conditions are worse in the