Stockton Independent from Stockton, California • 1

HI WEAl HER FORECAST! Snn Joaquin Valley: Gen- fully fair, some moderate temperature, gentle variable Minl. TEMPERATURE: High 70. low 51. Seavonat iiini-full riuie. S.Htt in.

lit season, 12.4.. 99' Sorts of People are at four service when you put yourself at their service through Newspaper Advertising. in Peter restordaw of B. irs. Thetf he First fflclated.

iring the the or-t (i.iTH YEAH VOL. 130 NO. 31. STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 102(5.

DAILY (By Carrier) 75c A MONTH DAILY (By Main A YKAH tendanca vere nu FRANCE RATIFIES LOCARNO PACT Charle.1 lompaorl Thomrj al cenJ 00 ged 1 pleadje, I rday fte nd ffva p-to-dat I narkfet is des'fructo I 1 DEAD, 26 FA CTIONS INJURED IN MOTOR BUS UPSET; IN CHINA MEEI IN DEA 7 CLASH Bear Raid Creates Stir In PROSPECTIVEBRIAND MAKES PLEA FOR MOST SEVERE FIGHTING IN 15 YEARS ENGAGES FORCES NEAR TIENTSIN New York Stock Exchange; RECONCILIATION BEFORE 3,015,700 Shares In Sales LONDON March 2. A.P.) The most severe fighting since the Civil war in China began 15 years ago is reported by the Daily Mail correspondent to be taking place near Machang 50 miles south of Tientsin. It is reported by the correspondent whose dispatch Is dated at Machang Sunday, is a life and death struggle between the rival interests of Marshal Chang Tso Li, Chung and General Fu Fuh Ysiang, head of the national people's army, for the domination of Peking. Chang's ally, General Li Ching Ling, is said to be attempting an advance toward Tientsin on the Machang front, where he was driven back a few weeks ago by General Feng After severe fighting In which both sides suffered heavy casualties in which armored cars were largely employed, Li has been checked by strong reinforcements, which Feng rushed from Peking. NEW YORK, March 2.

(A.P.) A tidal wave of selling orders swept over 'he New York securities market late today and carried scores of issues down five to 40 points in the severest break that the New York stock exchange has encountered since the deflationary movement of 1920-21. The full force of the impact of selling did not strike the market until the last hour during which total ..1,400,000 shares, a new high recurd, bringing the day's total to 3,015,700, as J)pivCP against the record breaking total of 3,310,000 shares last November 10. The fact that the announcement of the Interstate roinmerce Commission's rejection of the proposed Nickel Plate merger came within an hour after the market dosed, and that the rails were hit harder today than they have been at any time in the four successive days of rapidly declining prices, started discussions in the financial A A i A tonight as to whether there had been a leak" on the commission's I HtllTlS 01 ACCldOIlt AfC IN OVERTURN PARIS, March 2. (A.P.) The Locarno security fied by the chamber of deputies this evening after session by a vote of 413 to 71. In the course of tin debate the Al, solan Communist deputy Huhor aroused the indignation of the entile assembly by shouting in the Alsatian dialed: Alsace not at heart with France." Many deputies who criticised the pact voted for it, because they considered that with all its imperfections it was necessary to approe it as the first step toward the trnmuili.ation of Europe.

number of others abstained from voting. Premier Rriand in a final reply to the nitics declared: It is for France, victor in the war, to take the lead in an effort action. The decision took Wall street generally by surprise as rumors had been current for several days that the Van Sweringens' plans would be approved, with possible modifications. Canvass of the leading hanks to- al rancor and bring complete reconciliation among lb' peoples. France is strong enough to finite other peoples to make peace, at the same time giving proof that sh0 wants it heiseir Roundly and definitely.

France has hy the "trance nas iy the Korarno pact demonstrated that she everything anil anything possible war." ARMY TRIAL OF CHAPLAIN CONTINUED FOR 2 WEEKS Prosecution Ends With Testimony On Letter Handwriting MID-WEST EVIDENCE Defense Seeks to Get Testimony From Distance SAN FRANCISCO. March 2. (A. The court martial of Captain Arville Clampett, V. S.

army chap-lain, on charges of undue intimacy with Miss Lucille Swallow, Lawrence, girl, was continued for two weeks today on defense motion. The prosecution closed today after Introducing expert handwriting testimony to determine the authorship of certain endearing letters received by the girl. The defense announced at opening that It wished to obtain a number of depositions from the Middle West and elsewhere, and that this would take two weeks. The prosecution thereupon announced that it might ask a further continuance to obtain answering depositions. Major A.

E.Sawkins, who brought the original charges against Captain Clampitt and subsequently recommended that they be dismissed for lack of evidence, testified today as a character witness for the chaplain. lie said Clampitt's reputation had been an excellent one and that he was better liked than many of the other chaplains. Candidate for Citizen Papers Takes Own Life SAN FRANCISCO. March 2. (A.

Anastasios Rozagis gave the; country a new lesson in patriotism today. He applied for naturalization a few days ago and was told what he had to do. He tried hard to do it. He was found dead in his lodgings today with a. pistol gripped in one hand and the naturalization blank a copy of the United States constitution and essays on George Washington in Greek script in the other.

The struggle to qualify himself for citizenship had evidently proven too great and he wanted to be a citizen or nothing at all. REAL ESTATE BUYERS HURT 1 All ta i A early All rOlTl LOS Angeles March -SAN FERNANDO. March 2. (A. A heavy motor bus carrying a load of 34 prospective real estate buyers overturned three miles north of here late today, Killing a woman and injuring 26 otlmr persons.

Hoy Smool, ihe driver of the bus, held hy San Fernando politv IKuiding hii imeiigatin of the luxideiit. le told oflieers he was Shifting gears when coming up a Mxvp grade when tile car struck some soft sand, causing the machine to swerve up an embankment and then turn swiftly downward and overturn on tlie road. passengers were pinned under the heavy vehicle. Only seven of illiem escaped injury. The dead woman was identified as Mrs.

Beatrice Sandstrom of Watts, south of Los Angeles. The injured were removed to hospitals here and in Van Nuys and Iajh Angles. One of them, a woman, is said to be dying, while seven oth-jers are in a serious condition. Nearly nil nf iho accident vio-Itims were residents of Los Angeles land "Watts. They were returning from a real estate tract near the newly completed United Hospital when the accident occurred.

liROGKTON. M.jf A. An ancient MissachuscU statute could not Rob! Anthmiv ainre ho expressed only personal disbelief in God. Cflrron King said In fin-ling rho Lithuanian editor noi gmlty ol blasphemy here today. Bimbo.

however, fell afoul of a portion nf I the war sedition Jaw when he swallowed the bait of hecklei it addressed on Jan-' u.irv 6 and Judge King fined him $100. Bimba a ppea led the case a nd the 1 alleged communist was set free nn- i i 1 i Many bridges are reported to have been blown up, traffic and business has been disorganized while a drastic censorship has been instituted. Marshal Changs troops are marching to Peking from the Shanhalkwan area while the forces of General Wu Pei-Fu, the minister, are inarching from Honan to Join Gen. Li. If this great clash ends In a decisive says the Daily Mail correspondent, the reign of civil war in China probably will be brought to a close.

SAV JOSE. May S. (A. Strangled to death with a silk cord belt roni her dress, the lifeless body of Mrs. Laura E.

Beale, 65, wife of Harvey J. Beale, owner of ihe Deer Park apartments of San Jose, was found tonight on a bed in a Taeant apartment In the building. The cord had been wrapped tightly twice around tiie peek and tied, then wrapped twice again and tied a second time. The husband told Coroner Amos O. Williams he had accompanied his wife downtown at 1 o'clock this afternoon when she left him to shup.

Ho found the door to their apartment open when he returned at six oclock, he said. She wasj not in the apartment and he as- -Burned she was visiting friends orj neighbors. LONDON, March A.P.)-; side, ed in con, ton- manner-Finding himself in conflict with tfle presence of Poland in the the nation as a whole, Sir Austen thecVore''1 Mre discussed. 11 lefre is as necessary fur Ger- Chamherlain, foreign secretary, is niuny as for Poland. M.

liriands final words who con- to those hesitated night failed to disclose any concerted action toward supporting the market at tomorrows opening. Thousands of customers, congregated in board rooms of the large brokerage houses, were thrown into consternation when word was flashed around that the ticker was way behind the market and that actual quotations were many points below those appearing on the tape. Hudson Motors, fur was selling at 108 on the floor of the exchange when the ticker was poumlmg out the quotation as 118 8o violent v.as the decline and so great the ticker delay that it was impossible for customers men to take orders with any degree of assurance as to what prices could be obtained for them. Turmoil on Floor On the floor of the exchange' the scene was one of seeming tur-1 moil, with wildly gesticulating brokers shrieking their orders, messenger boys rushing from to post, and telephone clerks bark-i ing out confirmation of orders and quotations to their unices telephone booths scattered around the room. FACE SENSTE Californians Keep Cool With 18 Pints Of Ice Cream Each SACRAMENTO.

Man 2. (A. 1. A Californian eats 18 pints of ice ireani a year, the state department of agriculture coolly announced today. The estimate is based on total consumption of approximately 90.000.000 pints by about 5.000,000 inhabitants.

Iff FOR SALE SAN FU WUISGO. Man'll 2. A. Approximately half a million aire in the farming district of Fres-no, Madera. Merned and Stan- Ulaits counties will lie broken up, and offered for sale by Miller and Lux, owner of Ihe property, James E.

Pickett, pre-idem of flic com puny, announced today. IV LllAC in rPTKfPRtiaiTV I I i lated retreat from what was eon- sidered an impossible position and, according to information from authoritative sources, agreed to accept the government view that the coining meeting of, the league at Geneva has no other1 purpose than the election of Ger-i many to a permanent seat in the council. The minibter will trv as a com- he1 SACRAMENTO, March 2. (A. Governor Richardsons newly appointed commission for the revision of criminal procedure will hold its first meeting Saturday.

In announcing the date today, Thomas Gannon, a member of the commission and of the state prison board, said the session would be occupied with organization details and discussion of a plan of procedure. With Gannon on the crime board are Walter K. Tuller of Los Ange-U. Calkins of Oak- les and John land day. An open switch was believed to have been the cause of the collision I T.OS WGKLKS, roll 2 (A.

D. 1 The plant of Iho Rcfrigerator Kquipnient Corporation was de- i troyod by fire here today at an estimated loss of SI 00.000. The catr-o of the blaze lias not been determined yet. EXPLOSION STARTS KIRF. Tv0S ANGELES, March 2.

(A. -An explosion in the yard of the Pacific Tank and Pipe company here today while two men were mixing paint started a fire that within an hour had donei thousands of dollars worth of RELGIIM Ai'ls BRUSSELS. (A BY promise to secure the councils Tim Belgian senate tunighi muni-assent to the appointment of a mnusiv tunned the Lnoamn special commission to study the and the measure providing for Uol-ciaims of Poland. Spain and Bra- iUn.n adhesion to the pommum; zii for permanent seats, and r1- dl tribunal. port hack to the September CHICAGO.

March 3 fA. It was not until late this evening: One trainman was killed and 20 that, the suggestion was made by, others were injured when an Tlli-a tenant in the building that he.nois Central and a Michigan Cen ook in the vacant apartment. Theltral freight train collided here to- )C 121 Pm 161 181 A e-t will do to avoid the M. Briund took ociosion during the last hour of the debate to go on record as favoring enlargement of the council of the league of nations with permanent t-eal for Boland. f.ivor it.

ho s.iid. Pveu i if I were ulled upon to decide the iiuertinn from the British standpoint because there are manycpies- tions between Germany and Poland certain to come c-il. Tlie before the Mhrii of Lo urn means that those questions must be were; Hav- thought whu war would I disenv cries in set- 0ur obi Un to sav tu Ul ui ii.uutinna! enemy: Did not the last mie prove to you that war must be done away with-. 1 POLISH SENATE RVHEIKS WAUSAU. March 2.

A. I) The Polish venat'-' tlie Loearm night finally pacts. BERKELEY 1 The blending of all religions into one church is tuc object of a movement launched Imre Charle-, Kcder poet nd manamiu: diree tof of the I'ei kec h.unhcr ul commerce. hrisi. Buddha.

'onfmau---all the jyre.M rdipioiis leaders of history. are accepted on equal terms hv the cosmic religion, ihe n.um of the new rd.ion. Love, truth and ben 1 are the key words. other backers of (bo movement are Xoim.in Ncsbit. former Uni-tanan t.

h-t ina n. and Henry B. Basinorc. organist and composer. The new udigion has 70 follow -ei of half a dozen nationalities and it is planned to incorporate the church a soon as the membership reirhes 100.

and make it interna i.onal. Almost- That pool- old be ste on the ALMOST started count back whop he was earning a good income. The parents of that sickly child that needed better care ALMOST started thrift account three years ago. The moral is plain. Why not start YOUR thrift account now while you can.

-Blinding Loan Association 18 X. San Joaquin St. "Loans tui Better Homes" Frank L. Williams, Pres. Howard Hammond, Sec.

WASHINGTON. March 2. (A. Early favorablp action byj the senate on the Italian debt agreement was predicted today by Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee, coincident with a warning by Secretary Mellon at rejection of the pact would make doubtful any settlement I day when with either Italy or France in the fatal. vtarch 1 I near future orllungton wax brought to the NEM I OF.K.

larch t. penitentiary la-u October to Berye Failure to obtain a rcconstruc-1 The Dalian agreement and thejtwo fol. Mnc thp 1ivo 111 I CilUCUllfU Jr ATLANTA. Ga March 2. -(A.

The career of folin AY. Worth- Ington of Chicago, known as the Vo1f of La Salle street, ended at the Atlanta penitentiary here to stroKo of paralysis door was locked. Ho unlocked and opened the door and saw the lifeless body of his wife on the bed. Two serious bruises were observed on the woman's chin and there was a drop of blood on the bed. The body was taken to the cityt morgue where an examination is being conducted.

Examination of the body of Mrs. Beale showed she had been assaulted. Fresno Special Bond Election Held Valid SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. (A. p.

i Chief Deputy Attorney General Robert W. Harrison today advised District Attorney George R. lajvejoy of Fresno county that special bond election could be held five other debt funding settle- defraud" At that time he was suf-ments negotiated during the roll- ferlug front dropsy, diabetes and! gressional recess by the debt com-1 the effects of a former paralytic mission has been ratified by the During his imprisonment I house, but considerable opposition he in the hospital. from the Democratic ranks lias i developed in the senate. 1 he was in the hospital.

Convicted anno.st thiee years ajo! in Chicago. "Worthington fled to Mexico. His condition then was'1 tion of the Nickel Plate plan on which its proponents already have spent several million dollars, lead- njrti i ntr iny hankers said tonight, probably would disrupt the entire program of major railroad consolidations now pending. i ORIOUU UHVCr Dies in Crash dor bond? of Soiy i 'oiif iilonre whs rxprord last niht ly A. L.

ov oil. Rropononi I of thf Mok'dimino River County Yaifr Patriot, formation of which 1 will ho voted on tomorrow, that the (list riot would vm at the polls. I touel spoke at two meetings al Lockeford and Yi'ior lut niu'ht. I He expk lined tlie ohjetive and function of the water district anil offered a reply to an anonymous I (iicular being distributed in Lodi aimed at the district formation. 1 The ictor meeiins had Lime and many questions lucre risked.

Sati-faction with th1 was encountered in most SANTA BARRA RA March If- Mrs. Burnert Tiffany hi her home tonight as a re-serious and the Mexican dim ite suit of a stroke of uaralvsds x-aggravated iho disease from which perienoed in Chicago last summer he was (When returning; to Santa "Barbara I would rather be in prison in L'oni Europe. Mrs Tiffany leaves the United Stales, than be free in invalid husband but no chil-Nlexico. he stated when he sur- dren. Mr.

Tiffany, who is a mem-lendered in Chicago six months her of the New York lexvelrv fnm-ao. ily of Tiffany, retired from bui- ness on account of ill health 15 mietly In Sant Barbara since tha time. Mrs. Tiffan; has a sister 5'yoirs ago and the couple had 1ied there March 26 under old registra- tion. Lovejoy had asked if the election could be held in view of a ruling by Attorney General Webb that registration for the March school elections must be made after January 1.

ONTARIO, i Thomas damage and brought four department companies into fight. The two paint mixers were fire' old, of Pomona, tonight which he was a trailer of March 2. (A. E. Cross.

35 years was instantly kill-theid when an automobile in riding collided with loaded with tile three miles east Guasti. This was the So far as Great Britain volved the crisis may be ered ended. nsid- Mokelumne Water District Vote Is Set for Tomorrow; instant e-. ell encouraged maliftn is Attoine Howell explained uni pors n- Inimr within tlm distent are entitled to vtc Thove v. tiose land have been ey.

hided said. The 1 "ami Chef tiu cannot casi a olo at the cjettinn. -V mfeunu will be hold at Lod. lomzhf. ai which will speak.

transpnrtation phase generally approved but the considerations, terms and conditions of the HUg- estel acquisition were held to ho not in the public interest. The merger would have linked up the New York hicago and Louh railroad company or New Nickel Plate with the Chesapeake idhlo. Hoiking alJev, Kite and) Reie Marquette raihoads in a tfin having more than y.uuo mile-, Ini- in ten states and Uunada wsih jo-Hperty xulue of more than a billum ilollars. i thrown several feet by the explo sion, but neither was seriously ill jured. Mrs.

Ym. .1 Barling, in Rot roil. She was born in Mich i0 envs aiifl. tTrr husband is brother of thnrles Lewis T'ff mv find a son Loui fomfort Tiff, in' of New York and trnndsou nf Uharle Lewis Tiffanv I orici pal founder of the Tiffanv fo-tnnr in New York. Controversy With Mexico Over Land Laws Near End In a letter to President Cooi-idge, made public today, Secretary Mellon declared that if the senate now refuses to ratify the Italian settlement the reason would be attributed as political and not fiscal considerations.

Hot Cross Buns 20c Dozen Special Today Only Tempting and delicious. Generously filled with raisins flavored with spices and with a tasty cinnamon and sugar topping. Order fromy our dealer CRJIVEM INGLIS BJIKING CO. Interstate Commerce Body Rejects Nickel Plate Merger Did you forget to call your cleaner? Do you want a special service? Five ns a rinsf, wo will only be tun "lad to accommodate ton. PARISIAN DYEING CLEANING WORKS 1ST W.

ADAMS ST. L. J. DU Bo IS, Prop. Phones ttfWiO and 1 1S4 Going, Fast! We expect to be out of business in several weeks.

See our bargains. nj piece 1847 Rogers. Community or Holmes and Edwards sold regularly $33.10. Only $23.85 windows for Pesce Co. 403 E.

Main St Bids on lease and fixtures accepted. i ejKhtu death in motor vehicle aeci 1 dPnts in San couniv this year. serious apprehension. On the contrary, he felt that the differences between the two governments would be satisfactorily composed. After a conference with Secretary Kellogg at the state department later in the day.

Manuel C. Tellez, the Mexican ambassador expressed confidence that the controversy would be ended in a short time At the same time Secretary Kellogg aunouuied that he had given a copy of Ills replj to the latest Mexican note and It would lie telegraphed hy Ambassador Tellez to his government. WASHINGTON. March 2. (A.

The prolonged controversy between the Washington and Mexico City governments over enactment of the new land and petroleum laws hy Mexico said to affect American interests in that country adversely, appeared tonight to be close to a final and mutually satisfactory adjustment. President Coolidge was represented as believing that the retroactive and coutiscatury features of the two laws as generally understood by tlie public, did not appear al litis time to warrant WASHINGTON. March 2. (A. .) By a vote of 7 to 1 the Inter- stute 7onmerre eoinmlsion today rejected the vast Nickel Plate railroad merger project, hut left the way open for it a piomoters to re- tneir piano financing such a transportation astern 1 The ol the un Sv eiingeii irrterest-s to link up the1 five laiiroad units involved in the merger was denied elm fix oi oltjccilt.ns relating ihe financial aspects of the plan 'Hie iH.