Show KYO PLANES BOMB BRITISH I PATROL GRAIl CRAFT linese inese Claim 1000 Refugees Slain in Air Raid SHANGHAI Oct 24 INS n the midst of widespread p ne e triumph today an ax involving the United Unite Ses ates es w was s narrowly averted 5 n Nipponese authorities fi prevented ship ship- git ent t of in silver to tc merica Although the light cruiser Augusta Au Au- a gusta ta a stood ready to escort the lollar Pollar liner President Coolidge to m mith ea with ith her cargo of silver of- of Ici ls of the line ine decided to un- un ti the metal rather than risk urther her expensive delay Grave lave fears were felt on all sides wever ver that a fresh Panay mci- mci And Andant i ant f this time involving the Brit Brit- river gunboat Sandpiper would less mess easily settled M Bombers Bombers' Pepper Craft Si Six heavy Japanese bombers pepI pep pep- ill jred the water around the Sand and spraying her decks with ir and scored at least one om hit The ton river boats boat's kp was badly damaged one was hurt The e bombing occurred near Ii capital of Hunan ce miles south of h here re the Sandpiper was on patrol patro n ity Br British tish authorities expressing t Lej belief that the bombing was protested vigorously the he- other hand Japanese sources u the planes were attempting to tc Chinese junks filled with oops when the gunboat was hit lilt S I B Regret Expressed Japanese authorities promptly ex ex- jessed eased sed their regret over the affair promised a thorough n. n ChInese newspapers also said TP nese bombers sank the refugee Hed He'd d river boat miles Id nith of with the loss of DO fi passengers The he President Coolidge had aldy aldy alidy al- al idy dy lost more than a full day in rt because Japanese controlled items t ms officers refused to issue ra arance i ance nce papers Admiral Harry E. E I I rii nell rnell ll doughty commander of the i h ican Asiatic fleet ordered the i igusta gusta to escort her out tomorrow i necessary essary but it was decided to bid more delays and possible trou- trou by dropping the cargo j Consigned to N. N Y 00 he silver was made up mostly P all lall Canton minted coins and ry Filling cases it was to the Chase National nj of New York r officials contended that belonged to the puppet Chinese set up under Japanese after the capture of With Canton partially destroyed Ife e and the fall of im- im sent ent nt American and other foreign IE l authorities today persisted in refusal to remove warships zones of fighting as requested the Japanese Gunboats Stand By Byrhe rhe he Luzon and Guam United tt ts s gunboats stood by at Ha Han Han- Jand and the Mindanao was still Lh red at Canton the Chinese defenders fled infusion in m fusion to the west and south I Japanese lost no time in carryout carry- carry out ut their threats to bombard LIow and her sister cities of the theS S industrial trio and than han L large section of was afire fire and at last reports the theSes Imes Ses were reported spreading spreading- Sailing reports that populous of the triple cities S to b b destroyed IK Peace Seen Near he debacle at Canton and the theft I ft advance against led to reports that Generalis- Generalis I 0 Chiang shek Kai-shek would resign Ii that peace was imminent As AsI I Suit the Chinese dollar jumped more than 16 cents the Japa- Japa l grams rams direct from I advance corps said the Chinese and south nies iles Ies on the north Iki ki of the Yangtze have aban- aban Continued on Page Pace Two Column One 1 I JAPANESE BOMB I BRITISH VESSEL Continued from page one their positions and are now In general retreat to the southwest along the Canton railroad As In and Canton the Chinese began applying their scorched earth policy to Dynamite was being laid under all owned Japanese-owned buildings ready to tobe tobe tobe be set let off ott when the first Nipponese start pouring into the streets Martial 1 Law Ordered Martial Marti law was decreed for Han Han- kow and the death penalty was ordered for all aU persons spreading rumors or urging abandonment of resistance against the Japanese Death will also be the fate of anyone anyone anyone any any- one harming foreigners Damage in the heart of Canton Where huge fires were still burning I today was estimated at more than The river bund area was completely tely wiped out Only a sudden shift in the wind saved Shameen Island Cantons Canton's foreign foreign foreign for for- eign quarter from destruction Loss of Life Lite Low Several square miles of central Canton Canlon were burned over but the was low since only about of the South China metropolis metropolis' lis us' normal population ion of re remained remained remained re- re in the city when the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese took it Japans Japan's final major stroke in the Canton campaign was complete capture capture cap cap- ture of the Bocca Tigris forts guardIng guarding guarding guard guard- ing the Pearl river between Canton and the British crown colony of Hong Kong The Japanese In spite of ther their easy conquest of Canton admitted that Chinese forces to the west are continuing their opposition 0 io f v M n F k I f 2 4 A 4 i n 7 A 74 4 S s d SAYS LAW WILL AID PURCHASING POWER Elmer F. 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