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DEATH-LIKE CALM BEFORE STORM IN SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE

STREETS DESERTED AS CITY PREPARES

30 BURNED TO DEATH IN TEMPLE BLAZE

Calcutta Devotees Careless With Flaming Torches

Calcutta, To-day. Thirty persons were burned to death and 40 seriously injured when fire broke out in a temple near Tinnevelly, yesterday.

Flaming torches carried by devotees set fire to the thatched roof of the temple, from which there was only one narrow exit.

Many were hurt in the frantic rush to escape.-Reuter.

WHERE CANTON

DOES NOT SEE

EYE TO EYE

Nanking Policies

Slated.

PRESS REPORTS REFUTED

From Our Own Correspondent]

Conton, To-day.

THREE LONGSHOREMEN SHOT DEAD

IN TEXAS SHIP FRACAS

I WILL CRUSH STRIKE-MAYOR

FACED WITH THE GREATEST CRISIS SINCE THE EARTH QUAKE AND FIRE, A DEATHLY STILLNESS REIGNED IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST NIGHT AS THE CITY PREPARED FOR THE PAR- ALYSING WALK-OUT, WHICH IS TANTAMOUNT TO A GENERAL STRIKE, TO BE DECLARED AT 8 A.M. TO-DAY.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, HOWEVER, SERIOUS STRIFE OCCUR RED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY, AS ROWDY ELEMENTS EN- GAGED THE MILITIA FROM WAGGON BARRICADES. ONE MAN WAS BAYONETTED IN THE FRACAS.

Simultaneously, rioting was reported from NECESSITIES, Oakland where rowdy elements pillaged shops TO BE SUPPLIED and terrorised various districts. At Toledo, three negro longshoremen were shot dead and four other 'men wounded, one critically, in a fight on board a, ship.

TO POPULACE

STRIKE COMMITTEE

DECISION.

RAIL WORKERS' DILEMMA

The Mayor of San Francisco, Mr. Rossi, ut- tered a grave warning in a broadcast speech, de- claring that every possible measure will be taken! to crush the strike. He charged that it was an] attempt, on the part of a few radical elements,phic South-west Political - Council lust to overthrow the city administration and theceived July 16,311,80", ami 300 2

"To co-operate with Nanking means to acquiesce in its policy of declared a spokesman of the

giving away national territories,"

night when pointing out the ob- structions lo Canton-Nanking harmony.

Kame

Government of the United States.

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL (By_Telegraph, Copyrigät, Telegru-

Messages Ordinance 1894 Re

San Francisco, Today.. Recommendations tantamount to a general strike were made here.on

proximately 25,000 workers will

During the week-end, Mr. Haino Fu-chen, a member of the Council, 'stated that there was no discussion of an understanding, be- tween Canton and Nanking. This

to begin at 8 o'clock this morn-the present struggle is a show- statement appeared in all the local ing. The strike committee has down between labeur.and the em-were represented at the official papers except the Man Kwok Yat recommended that bread, milk ployers. Po, whose editor is concurrently and meat be allowed to be deli- the secretary general of the First vered to the hospitals. Group Army.

ROOSEVELT MAY RETURN Saturday. It is predicted that ap-

San Francisco, To-day. 1 The other unions are striking in walk out to-day. The general strike was timed sympathy because they consider

As the result of the public rush to secure supplies, scores of shops are sold out while others are strictly rationing customers. Many restaurants are closed.

The police chief has requis! tioned 500 armed special con- stables and a detachment of mounted police.

The local press generally is gorously hostile to the strikers.

Disorder Breaks Out On Waterfront.

President Roosevelt (centre) may abandon his cruise on the U.S.S.. Houston owing to the gravity of the San Francisco strike situation. The President is here neen on the U.S.S. Minneapolls with the Secret» ~- ary of the Navy, Mr. Claude Swanson (left) and Mr. Josephus Daniels, war lime secretary of the Navy '(right).

WALTER HAGEN KILLS BOY IN CAR ACCIDENT

Famous Golfer Weeps Bitterly After Tragedy

St. Paul, Minnesota, To-day. The automobile in which Mr. Walter Hagen, four times winner of the British Open Golf Cham- pionship and Beau Brummel of the links, was driving accidentally knocked down and killed a boy hera yesterday. Mr. Hagen was most affected and wept bitterly after the tragedy.

He has been questioned by the police and released, pending the "Inquest-Reater.

RUSSIA'S ENTRY TO LEAGUE

Negotiations Nearly

Concluded..

APPLICATION EXPECTED PRIOR TO MEETING OF ASSEMBLY

Geneva, To-day.

The negotiations for the entry of Russia into the League of Nations are beliey- ed to be nearly finished. Russia's application is likely to be made before the meet- ing of the Assembly vir

AMERICA'S The negotiations are being

CUPP

Of the city's 177 unions, 115 STRIKE EFFECT ON

ENDEAVOUR vote, and 63 approved the recom- vi-mendations, three disapproved.

and 49 reported that they were 14 OF 22 CREW LEAVE

BRITISH YACHT.

San Francisco, To-day. After a comparatively quiet 24 hours, disorder broke out on waterfront here yesterday. ·

the

not authorised to vote on the [question.

An executive committee of 25

London, To-day. was appointed to direct and su

Owing to a strike in the paid. pervise the strikes, and later met ranks of Mr. Thomas Sopwith'si in session to plan a course of ac-yacht, Endeavour, the boat will tion.

be sailed almost entirely by amateurs in the America's Cup

TECHNICALITIES TO `RESCUE

It is learned that the crew

conducted in Government channels and not by the League, so the League is ig norant of the date of the ap plication. Reuter.

TEST TEAM CHOSEN

CLARK AND

HOPWOOD ARE

PASSED OVER

MITCHELL GIVEN SECOND CHANCE.

JAMES LANGRIDGE INCLUDED

London, To-day.

The 14 players from whom the England XI for the fourth Test match at Leeds will be selected on Friday morning are:-

R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick) (Capt.)

C. F. Walters (Worcester)

G. O. Allen (Middlesex) Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) Hammond (Gloucester) Hendren (Middlesex) Leyland (Yorkshire) Ames (Kent) Verity (Yorkshire) Mitchell (Derby) Bowes (Yorkshire) Keeton (Nolte) Nichols (Essex)

Jas. Langridge. (Sussex) Reuter, After much nocturnal delibera- tion and suspense the only altera- tion of the Old Trafford list con- slats in the substitution of James Langridge and Mitchell for Clark and Hopwood.

Lemerdade, wainvited to attend at Manchester, but declined owing to a strained ankle muscle. Mitchell, who failed in the first Test, has again secured recogni tion on his 7 for 105 feat against the

tourists at Chesterfield.

Nichols, the Essex fast bowler and very

sound batsman, and Bowes, or Langridge, are expected

AIRCRAFT PLANT to all the two vacancies in the

IN KWANGTUNG

Machinery Ordered From U.S. Firms:

SHAOKWAN AS SITE-

(From Our Own Correspondent] Canton, To-day.

side.

JAPANESE CONSULS

TO CONFER.

Local Representative

Will Attend.

Nanking, To-day.

Mr. Hsiao said that all the reports of impending Canton. Nanking co-operation were re-. leased by the official news agencies in Nanking and -published in several Chinese

newspapers in Hong Kong, Supplementing Mr. Hsiao's re- marks, the spokesman of the

The militia fired on a mob which It is pointed out that there is races. South-west Political Council com-1

The striking langshoremen's un-was stoning them from the cover of Ittle doubt that only technicall-

Shaokwan, a town in Northern According to Chinese informa plained against the vernacular irons demand, a comprise includ-goods wagons. One man was ties barred & general strike order, gave an ultimatum to Mr. Sop Kwangtung connected with Canton, the much heralded conference press reports stating that Mr. Hu ing recognition, as an employment bayonetted when he tried to anatch namely, that many organisations with on Saturday. demanding ton by the Canton-Hankow Rail convened by the Japanese Gars Kan-min, retired Kuomintang agency, a 30-hour week, U.S.$1 per a rifle from a soldier. Meanwhile, were unauthorised to wrote there- Practically double the average way, has been selected as the ernor of Formosa will be held leader, will shortly leave Hong hour for wages, and U.S.$1.50 per swering riot calls, and 10 strikers make contact with the interna. the demands exhorbitant, and de-aircraft factory, where bombers, The conference will be attended

Mr. Sopwith considered site for the construction of an within the next few days. cruising police cars are busy an-upon, declaring that they must wages.

tional officers before taking such clined to accept them...

fighters and pursuit planes will by Japances Consular officiala drastic steps, or risk losing

(Continued on Page 4) be constructed...

་་་་ from Amoy, Foochow, Swatow, their charters.

The military authorities con- Shameen and Hong Kong, Mr. A. U. S. JUNE COTTON FIGURES sider Shaokwan within easy Ariyoshi, Japanese Minister to reach of Canton. and of Hankow China, will be represented by Mr. upon completion of the Canton-Y. Yamada, Counsellor at the Hankow Railway, which is de Japanese Legation.

Kong for an extended trip abroad. (hour for overtime.

He said such a story was circulat-

ed by Nanking for an ulterior motive.

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265 CLAIMED

Federal Troops To Have Control.

The Federal troops are expected BY to take control of the city as soon as the general strike becomes ef- fective.

HEAT WAVE®

Including 5 Of Panchen Lama's Bodyguard.

COFFIN-MAKERS BUSY IN 'NORTH

The Mayor of San Francisco,

Mr. Rossi, declares that he will the radical elements are aiming

crush the strike. He asserted that

at a revolution.

President Roosevelt, by wire- less, has been advised of the de Peking, To-day,velopments and may possibly cur- Over 10 deaths have occurred tall his holiday cruise.

in Tsinan from heat, while five

members of the Panchen Lama's

bodyguard died yesterday while

en route to Peking by train.

What Longshoremen

Desire.

have been arrested.

The Oakland police repart that roughs are smashing the windows of food-shops" and frying to loot.

(Continued on Page 9).

THREAT TO TURN

ZOO LOOSE

Truck Runs Gauntlet To Secure Rations For Animals.

San Francisco, To-day. After threatening to march &

city streets to the market unless the

The leaders have pointed out that the stoppage is "as near a general strike as it is authorised to go.”

Municipal railway workers

all

SPECIAL TO CHINA'MAI:

Washington, To-day.

The Department of Agriculture pended on to supply raw mater- Great significance is being at are has announced that the United fals for the construction of aero-tached to the decisions of the con

Iron and steel will be ference-Reuter,

greatly confused as to whether to States consumption of cotton in planes.

walk out or not, though Mr. Edward June was 969,414 bales, as against provided by the new works to be (Continued On Page 12.) Cahill, city manager of the Public 519,765 in May and 697,251 last constructed at Tung Long, four Utilities, has predicted that they June United Press, per 8. E miles from Canton on the right will undoubtedly walk out. He Levy and Company...

· (Continued on Page 9),

Deathly Quiet Reigns In City

As Populace Await Zero Hour ment of Reconstruction.

herd of elephants through the meat Hons BPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. their y Telegraph, Copyright, Tel daily rations, the Directors thic Messages Ordinance, 1994,

and tigers received

San Francisco,

o-day

reach their offices on Monday.

Physicians and authorities, bearing union permita are

ing gasoline at a

stain-

All other stations are fuelless.

Two hundred succumbed at The main effort of the long of the zoo here. Mr. Herbert ceted July 10, 2010 Yangchow from heat and Sum shoremen, the originators of the Fleishhacker, obtained a police mer diseases, and 60, including a strike, Is to regain control of the escort for a municipal truck Deathly quiet reigned in the The Sund family of four, have died at Heu harbour, especially the hiring which ran the gauntlet of the city last night as the chow, where the coffin-makers are very busy. TEEN

strikers' blockade and raced back awaited -to-day's Owing to the heat the local morality dress regulations have been relaxed

Reuter

WEATHER FORECAST

Fine to cloudy, with south-west winds, was the forecast lasued by servatory this morning.

halls"

At present, when a ship is ex- to the 200 with 800 lbs. of horse when it will be gri

second-general strike General Hugh Johnson, the Na-ited States history, waits hours for employment. tional Recovery Administrator unk sion" of

They allege that the men who is coming here to appeal for ar eral

pected, the longshoreman enters fleshed

hle name in the pool room and

spend the most time and money in bitration He declares tha

the bars get the job, and the foremen of fav whereby 500 men are employed while 8,000 oth dom get a job

madness to say

25 per cent of

and street cable railw

Was

mar have

ted due

bank of the Pearl River.

Extensive grounds on the out- skirts of Shaoirwan will be used for the aircraft factory, and a survey of the site will be under- taken by the Provincial Depart-

(Continued on page 12.).

JEWELLERY THEFT FROM CAR.

European Woman Victimised.

Jewellery to the value of

ring and

the

parked

WANG CHING WEI IN

SHANGHAI

Autumn Survey Being Contemplated.

Shanghai, Today,

Mr. Wang Ching-wel ar rived here this morning, Allghting from the train at Nanhslang he was seen con sulting Dr. Noll regarding his sickness.

A Nanking message states that, according to Chinese re- ports," Marshal Chiang Kai-shek 640 and Mr. Wang Ching-wel will eed to the north-west this Autumn to inspect conditions in that region.

The provinces to

Inspected

Shens, Kansu, Ninghsia,

ang The sry step

re-scale develop

of the natural resources in:

west region. Reuter.