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Established 1878
GL^E, MtGHia^, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17^ 1927
'Nevv Series Voi;;'3$v'No, 34
RURAL GRADUATING
■XERCISES A
.--..   BIS SUCCESS
Twelve    Hundred    People
Witness Program in  the
Forenoon.   Picnic Dinner and Field   LVJeet ;■
Prove Happy Events
As predicted the second annual
rural school exercises, held in honor
of the eigth-seven eighth grade graduates of the year closing in May,
1927,, proved a big success in every
way. A "heavy down-pour of ram
early in the day threatened to dampen
the ardor of the many hundreds ot
citizens interested in one of the most
important educational events of the
year, but shortly after nine o'clock
the dusky clouds cleared away and
continued modestly in the back
ground for the remainder of the day.
However, enough "H-Two-O" had
been distributed upon the grass,
foiiage and seats of Wilson State
Park as to force everyone to the
pleasant environment of Harrison's
commodious opera house, where the
liighly interesting program was ren
nered on schedule time before a
happy audience of at least twelve
"hundred persons.
The stage of tlie auditorium presented a very pleasing setting. Much
of the scenery was the property of
the Henderson Stock Company, a line,
group of entertainers occupying tlie
house for the week and to whom tne
eighth graders ancl their friends' were
indebted; for the shelter from. tne
damp and slightly disagreeable atmosphere. With the class motto,
"Education Is Wealth," suspended
neatly above the stage and the colors.
"Red, White and Blue," sufficiently in
evidence to please everyone, it needed but the occasional appearance of a
more or Jess nervous young orator tp
make it all an exceedingly typica.
commencement scene. But as luck
would have it, none of the speakers
were overcome with stage fright.
Bach spoke earnestly with a voice
audiable' to the remotest guest and
accompanied by a delivery that would
almost prompt a Henry Clay to arise
•from his grave,with a heart swathed
in envy. It would be difficult indeeci
to surpass Clare county's 'six 1927
rural horior pupils when it'comes to
the. possession of skill in the art ol
public speaking.
The Farwell high school orchestra
was present to play the class marcn
and furnish the instrumental music
throughout the program. "Under tne
skilful direction of Madge Byrne
Lamb, this group of enthusiastic
young people is becoming a company
of musical experts second to none m
the high schools, bf Michigan. Taey
have become a part and parcel of our
rural school commencement day anc
such an occasion would seem very Incomplete without their most liberal
and kindly assistance.
The invocation -was given by the
Rev. A. F. Light, a veteran minister
of the county. In a few words he
asked divine guidance in the conduct
of our schools. At the close of the
program a benediction, equally appropriate, was pronounced by" him.
Two excellent vocal selections were
furnished by the Harrison high
school chorus, under the direction of
Marion Barton Amble. About thirty
young women made up this company
of singers. Both of these num&ers
were pleasing beyond description and
added in no small part to the excellence of the program in general.
W. Roger Zinn, superintendent of
the Clare schools and speaker for the
occasion, delivered an excellent address. He congratulated Clare
county upon its fine class of rural
graduates, spoke adequately of the
broad meaning of the class motto,
mentioned that attending school was
no "snap", especially when work is
well done, used timely stories to
clinch his points and closed his remarks by calling the attention of tne
graduates to the three essentials of
success. Supt. Zinn's address was of
the "A-One" type and pleased the big
audience immensely.
Oiey D. Olds, class salutatorian,
Avon great applause. His voice rang
loud and clear. He mentioned tnat
the members of his class were young
and ambitious; He thanked the taxpayers of his county and state ror
free schools, spoke of the gratefulness of his class tp parents, patrons,
district boards, commissioner ana
teacher's. His remarks were both
prefixed and suffixed with words of
welcome, to the audience.
BOYS TO GOTO
FOR WEEK'S
Oamp Will be in Charge of Rev.
Johnson and Assistants Who
Oversee Work and Play
Tlid boys,of, the Clare high school
and eighth grade are to have the
privilege of camping:' at Windover
Lake for one week beginning Monday,
June *|0th. The camp will be in
charge of Rev. H, B. Johnson, and all
that is required of any boy is, that lie
maintain a good disposition ana a
willingness to co-operate and work
and play with the other boys.
The camp will be organized with
leaders selected from each group, and
each boy will have his turn at cooking and various other camp duties.
There will be hikes , nature .study,
and ball games,'treasure hunts and
swimming, with plenty of good
Wholesome food.
Each camper has the following list
of articles to furnish; 1 pound of but-"
ter, 1 dozen eggs, 1 pouhd sugar, 1-2
bacon, 1 can corn or peas, 1 can to
matoes or salmon,, 1 package corn
flakes, 1 can pork and beans, 24
good sized potatoes and one dollar in
money with which to purchase meat,
bread and milk. Those wlio do nb.t
care to bother with buying these
groceries can bring three dollars in
money. This list has been used by
the camp director for many years and
is just sufficient to feed a camp of
boys for one week.
The list of necessary articles include, a plate, cup and bowl, granite
or enameled ware preferred, knife,
fork and spoon. A sweater, change
of underwear, extra shirt, sox, pajamas, handkerchiefs, two pairs of
woolen blankets or heavy quilts, pillow, toilet soap, comb, tooth brush,
bathing suit, extra pair of shoes, two
dish towels and two bath towels.
The boys are instructed to mark all
articles and are informed that the directors cannot become responsible
for any that are lost. The boys are
to furnish their own transportation
and report at the camp Monday forenoon.
The co-operation of the people of
Clare will be .appreciated either in
furnishing tents-or in giving the boys
transportation to and from the camp.
CLARE GIRL
RECEIVES DEGREE
ATC0LUMB1A
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Miss Elva   Tatman  Graduates From University in
',  Glass of 5,007
Students
ROSEBUSH BOYS     >
>0F
FIRST GAME
Cfare Crossed Bats With Evart
■ s Yesterday—Results Not*
"Learned.
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June first Miss . Elva B. Tatman,
daughter pf Jas. F, Tatman, of this
city, received her Bachelor of Science
degree from the Teachers' College,
Columbia University, New York City.
..Miss Tatman is a member of the
class numbering 5,007 who received
their diplomas in an open air "exercise*
before an assembly of fifteen thousand people just before sunset on this
beautiful day. Br. Butler president
of the University, awarded the degrees to graduates and also conferred
honorary degrees upon seven other
persons. James Earl Russel, dean of
Teachers' College for thirty years,
presented hjs last class for their de-
greeS' at this time.
Miss Tatman is a*- graduate from-
our public schools and graduated
from the Central State Normal with'
a life certificate, later teaching in
the Saginaw schools for three years
prior to entering the University two
years ago. She has secured a position at the University for the summer
session.
In a closely contested ganje With
plenty of excitement and thrills,
Clare lost their first game of,the season to Rosebush at the Ward field
last Sunday by the score of turee to
two. . s
The Clare boys failed to get upaer
way in the first inning and by reason
of errors and some good hits by the
visitors, three runs.Avere scored, but
$fter this first session, the Rosebusii
players never reached the - nome.
plate.'
Duncan and Oden were on tne
mound for Clare, and*Both proved to
be very effective. A fine spirit prevails among the members of the Clare
team this year, and with this excellent showing made at the first game,
without previous practice, baseball
fans in Clare may expect to see some
real demonstrations of the
game from their own /team this season.
OF AUDITORIUM
TAXED SUNDAY
' ■ ''* t     ..     ' y
Baccalaureate Service Was
a Source hi Inspiration L
and Pleasure to
Audience.
FRED WEATHERHEAD
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
BANKERS FEDERATION
By W.'Roger Zinn
Vigilante Plan   Which  is   Being
Adopted by Michigan banks
*   Was Discussed.
MISSIONARY WRITES
TO HOME
CLARE HIGH WINS LAST
GAME FROM MIDLAND
CULPRITS ATTEMPT
TO OPEN'SAFE IN
SCHOOL-BUILDING
County and Staie Officials Take
Finger Prints "Saturday.
The large steel fireproof safe and
filing case in the Clare public school
office was blown Thursday night of
last week, but the robbers-failed to
get it open. The safe contained the
final examination papers, permanent
records and about $30.00 in money.
Admittance to the building was gained by forcing the rear door and the
glass in the doors off the .office was
broken to permit the unlocking of the
door.
The library was also .entered by
breaking the door and the high
school class rooms were unlocked
with a master key, evidently obtained
from the office; The teachers' desks
were ramsacked and small sums of
money taken, while the books and
papers were scattered about. The
robbery was discovered at six o'clock
Friday morning by Janitor W. E.
Wasson when he came "to the school.
Dr. A. E. Mulder, president of the
Board of Education and Superintendent Zinn were at once notified and
the local officers .are being assisted
by state police in their investigations.
The last high school baseball game
of the season was played on the local
diamond Friday with Midland and resulted in a victory for 'the local team
by the score of 13 to 0. Clare pounded out 17 hits to their opponents 8,
and in every way demonstrated their
superiority to the visiting team.
Clare, high school has had a very
successful season in baseball this
year. Next year's prospects are excellent as only three members of this
year's team, Frank Allen, Wally Johnson, and ..Elwyn Cluley, are seniors,
and Rex Robinett having been eight,
semesters -in high school will be ineligible.
.   The line up
Cor this
game
was as
follows:
Rosebush
A.B
R.
H.   E,
Fitz
4
1
1       0
Themug
' 4
1
2       0
Kennedy
4
1
.2       1
Dunn
3
0
1        0
J. Lynch,
4
0
0        0
F. Lynch
4
0
0        0
B. Cowden
4
0
0        0
H. Cowden
3
0
0        0
H. Shibely
3
Clare
0
1        0
Groves
5
0
0        0
Asline         .   -
4
X
2         U
Alldread
2
0
0        0
Luce
4
0
1        0
Hubel
3.
0
1     1
Stough
4
0
2        0
Allen
' 4
0
1        0
Hampton
4
1
1        1
Duncan
4
0
3        0
Clare played
at Evart yesterday.
MOTHERS AND PUPILS
ATTEND MUSICALE TEA
A series of musieale teas for her
piano, pupils and their mothers was
inaugurated on Monday afternoon by
Mrs. Donald Bicknell at her home
studio on "dlast State street.
The teas are planned to acquaint
the mothers with the work that is
being done by teachers and students.
The pupils are to be divided into
groups and a program is given by
each group.
The first party ppened with a program of piano solos and duets by
Maxine Sowle, Betty Doherty, Hazel
Stottlemyer, Eunice Mary Bicknell,
Thelma Phinisey, Irene Grigg, Nelda
Callihan, Maxine Jones, Mildred
Krell, Louise Topps, Elizabeth Krell,
Victoria Mercer. Donna DaVis,
Frances Anderson and Kathryn Cos-
grove.
The pupils played with good expression and •musicianship. Mrs. Bicknell was assisted by "Mrs. J. S. Bicknell in serving light refreshments.
LANDS ANOTHER LARGE ONE.
Not being satisfied with holding
the record of landing the largest fish
caught in Clare county during the
past two years and being eager to
break that record himself, C. A. Well-
man, local manager of the Consumers Power Co., again tried his luck at
the mill pond last week Thursday evening and came back with the bacon.
The bacon was fastened to the Al.
Foss bait, which fie proudly displays,
but on the hook of that bait he also
had a 12 1-2 pound pike/ *
He now expects to hold the record
for another two years.
JUNE BUGS PARTY.
The annual birthday party   of   the
June Bugs will be held this year in
the city park Thursday, June  23rd,.
If it is a rainy day   the   party   Will
The class poem by Alice  Sparbel j meet in the parlors of   the   Congre-
was brief but resplendent with kind- gational church.   There will be a pot
■ly sehtiment for    her   fellow   eighth ! luck dinner at noon each one to bring
graders.   Her poem closed With these i their dishes and silver. " The families
ATHLETIC LETTER MEN
ENTERTAINED THURSDAY EVENING
Superintendent and Mrs. W. Roger
Zinn entertained the athletic letter
men of tire Clare high school at a
banquet last night, at the Phelps
Caieteria. An exceptionally fine record has been made by the various
athletic teams of the school this year
and Mr. Zinn has been a very en
tliusiastic supporter in all of tliese
activities,
This banquet was just tne sort of
an affair that high school boys are
fond of,' for they had all they wanted
to eat and did not have to listen to a
lot of long drawn out speaches.
Principal G. R. Bogan, Coach Floyd
Alldread, E. D. Johnston and Rev. H.
B. Johnson were also the guests ol'
Mr. and Mrs. Zinn.
JUMORSFETESENIORS
AT H0TELDOHERTY.
Alma     College    Orchestra
Furnish   Music  for- Evening's     Entertainment.
'The •-lost important social event,
of the year for the young people 'of
Clare is the annual high school junior and senior banquet, and was
served last Friday evening in the
main dining room 'of the Doherty
Hotel.
This room, was beautifully and
elaborately decorated for the occasion, the color scheme being buff and
gold which are the class colors. The
tables arranged to comfortably seat
the one hundred and eight guests
were decorated with rose buds and
smilax, and the owl place cards, to-,
gether with the wise old owl which
was seated in the mezzanine window
typified the wisdom of the seniors
and the growing intelligence of the
juniors hosts.
A program followed the excellent
banquet, and Miss Bernice Groves,
president of the juniors_class, presided as toastmaster. The speakers
were Miss Marion Horton, Rollin
Shull, Miss Evans and George White
and the musical numbers was a vocal
dudt and selections by a girls quartette.
After the program, the tables were
removed, the young people spent the
evening dancing, the music being
furnished by the Alma College
orchestra.
In preparation for, the Baccalaureate services' last Sunday evening, a
few,of the members of the Junior
class gathered to decorate tlie auditorium. Their work was so effectively done that the auditorium took on
the usual characteristics or a cnurcli.
The beautiful appearance of tne platform and the modest tone or tne 'tle'c-
oration added much to the service.
One' felt upon entering spacious room
that he was entering'a place dedicated to God's work.
Miss Kathleen Osborn played the
processional march while members of
ihe Senior Clasfe, the Faculty, and the
national Bo'ard of Education marched to their
places. At the same time the double
quartet and ReV. H. B. Johnson topk
then' places in preparation for . the
service. The music of the service appealed to every one. Good old fashioned hymns'were sung by the audience. The selpctions by the quartet
and the duet were the kind that reach
folks' hearts.
Rev. H. B. (Johnson, of the- local
Congregational church, delivered a
message which the graduates ana aU
those in attendance may well take
With them along the journey of life.
His message was, a call to service, to
the dedication* of life to the nest
things of life. One could not say tnat
the message was an address or a
formal recitation of, oratory, it was
a heart ■to> heart talk between a pastor who loves boys and girls and tneir
activities, and boys and girls who appreciate the Interest which Rev.
Johnson has shown in ^lie" work ana
*play life of the youth of this'city.
Those present at the Baccalaureate
service could' mot but reflect upon the
good which comes to our community
irom such meetings as these. Ana it
is in these meetings that we all
realize just how closely the work of
the church and the school is woven
into the warp and woof of the social
fabric which we call community lite.
Miss Crane Tells of Thrill*
ing   Experiences   During
Recent Uprising in
China.
Fred "Weatherhead, pf Harrison,
was elected president of the Clare
County Banker's Federation, which'
was organized at a meeting held in
the Doherty Hptel dining room Monday evening. The other officers are,
James S. Bicknell, vice president;
George Collins-, Secretary and Treasurer; Allen R. Graham, of Farwell
member at large.
*A representative of the Michigan
Banker's Association was present and
explained the Vigilante plan which is
being adopted throughout the state
bf Michigan. This plan Is already in
operation in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Oklahoma,
and has been the means of greatly reducing and almost stopping the bank
robberies in those states.
The first Vigilantes were appointed
in Iowa four years ago, and there
have only been four banks robbed in
that siate since that time, In Indiana, the bank rohberies have been reduced 84 per tent through the work
of this organization and several Michigan bank robbers have been captured by Indiana Vigilantes.
Since this plan was first adopted in
Michigan about three months ago,
there has been only one bank robbery
in the state. Clare is the sixty first
county to be visited in this organization work and is to have thirty
Vigilantes, who will be armed with
the latest and best equipment of arms
and ammunition, and a secret means
and method of notification that cannot fail in time of an attempted robbery will be installed.
These men will be law enforcement
officers under the direction of the
county sheriff, who alone wilUhave
knowledge of the personnel of the
force, and will be carefully trained
and readyat'all times for immediate
service.
Representatives of the Midland
county banks were also present and
an organization was begun for that
county.
GAME WARDEN PETTIT ROUNDS
UP SEVERAL LAW VIOLATORS
Last Friday Game Warden C. E.
Pettit arrested Geo. McCormick and
John Mattern, of Saginaw, for fishing
on the Littlefield lake. They were
taken before Justice Wardorf at Mt.
Pleasant, where they plead guilty and
were fined including costs ?15.50
each.
Archie Youman was summoned before Justice Callihan Monday and
plead guilty to the charge of spearing
fish in the Middle Branch of the Tobacco river and was fined, including
costs, $15.25.
William and Patrick Sobbe, both of
Mt. Pleasant, paid a fine Monday of
$13.70 each before Justice Wardorf
for fishing on Stevenson lake.
Notice^
Dr. Foland will not be in his office
in'Mt. Pleasant Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 20th, 21st and 22ndr
Please arrange your dates accordingly,'
, We remain yours f6r business,   •
Foland Optical Co.
beautiful words of-resolution;
"To freely give the world our best,
To this our word is plighted, s
In this, as in all things,
We stand a class united."
Elizabeth Dellar won many laurels
for herself in producing and delivering the   class  «reed.    As   a   public
speaker she has, few equals" of   her
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of the June Bugs are invited to attend. Everyone whose birthday occurs in June is entitled   to   member
4TH OF JULY MEETING
OF THE CHURCH OF GOD
Don't forget the 4th of July meeting.   It will be held this year at the
ship in the June Bug Club. Names of Tourist Camp Ground just   north 'of
new members may be given to Mrs.
J. H. Wilson, Secretary. 33t2
FOR SALE—4 hound puppies, part
beagle and fox hound, 8 weeks old.
H. Vosbitrg, Phone 108,
the city.   Plan now to attend.  "Everybody invited.
An outside speaker is expected.
June Toilet Goods sale
son's.—adv.
at   Ander-
ALUM BANQUET NOTE
a H. S. has had thirty-seven
classes of graduates with an enrollment totaling four hundred and
ninety-three.
Members from twenty-five of these
classes will giither tonight at the high
school gymnasium for a banquet and
a (dance afterwards at Duncan's hall.
Each Class from 1911 on has at least
one member attending while 1909 has
six^ faithful ones and 1924,- a dozen.
The new cIprs of 3.927 numbering
49. are to be our, guests and wiil be
seated together. A five-piece orchestra will provide music during the dinner and at the dancing party from
nine till twelve. , .
If any past alumnus plans to attend
and has not purchased tickets, kindly notify Miss Wilson at phone 46,
so she may have places provided.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL.'    ■
The Ladies' Aid of Brown Corners
will serve an ice cream social at the
home of Mr. ahd Mrs. Glen Lower,
1-4 mile south of Brown Corners
Wednesday evening, June 29th. Special 'music by Foss orchestra. Let's
go! . 34t2
The following letter was Avritten by
Miss Edith M. Crane, sister-in-law of:
"Dr. A. E. Mulder, and missionary   ia
China,   who   explains   the  conditions
as  they really  are  in tnat country.
Miss Crane will be "remembered   hy
many Clare friends who we feel sure
will be interested in her message,
1564 Ave., Joffre,
Shanghai, Chinqi,
May 8, 1927.
Dear Gone, Mabel, Theda aud Louise:
I presume you may have heard from
me through some of the folks since
the big trouble in Nanking. I was
here in Shanghai for about a week
before it happened, I left Nanking
because the Consul and, the Doctor
[ advised that those who were- not able
to walk tp Hsja Kwan (five miles)
get out. The Consul first advised it
and then picked out three from the
place where I was staying to .go, I
hated going terribly but escaped a
good deal by doing so.
The enclosed letter written by missionaries, almost all of whom I know •
personally, makes a clear, and I believe very trustworthy statement* of
what happened. I have understood
that some things in the home papers
have been doctored up to favor the
Nationalists and for that reason, I
am gl^d to have such a clear statement to send to you and "other.. The
letter in part is found at the close of
thisMetter.
Our Chinese friends are very loyal.
The Christian workers are doing as
well as they can to carry' the work
forward. At present in Nanking I do
not know that there is any regilious
persecution, but at Chinking about
forty miles down the river there has
been considerable. The building
there, missionaries' homes and work
buildings, have been looted and occupied by soldiers repeatedly. The
destruction in Nanking In many
cases was much more complete but
Avhere the buildings were still usable
they have mostly been occupied by
soldiers.
My own things have not been destroyed, nor our. church looted. That
was probably because one of the
'worst traitors, a theological student,
had.been coming to our church and
used the second floor as his place of
business, perhaps directed the-looters
from there.. He drove but the pastor.
The soldiers came up to my rooms,
looked them over and said they were
too small for their use, and asked
Avhere the foreigner was.   They said,
  "we want   to   kill   her."     Tho   two
Mrs. L. H. Harris, known to I people  women who were living in the apart-
FORMER HARRISON
I
Mrs. L.   J.   Harris   Met   Death
Almost Instantly Monday Enroute to Houghton Lake,
MISS JANICE SCHAAF
MARRIED IN DETROIT
Friday evening, June tenth, at tlie
Kercheval Ave., Evangelical churcli,
Detroit, occurred the marriage or
Miss Janice Schaaf to Ernest Kleinhardt, of Detroit. The groom's sister
and' husband, Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Johnson attended the couple.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Schaaf of this city ana
was very popular among the young
people, while the .groom is the son oi
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kleinhardt, formerly of Sheridan, but now residing in
Detroit.
The best wishes for a happy voyage
through life is extended the young
couple who will reside in petrolt.
Princess ■ "theatre
June 18 to 24 Inclusive
- Sat.   18th—Whispering  Sage—Buck
Jpnes.
Sun.-Mon.—My Official Wife^-Ireno
Rich--Conway Tearle.
T^es.-Wed.—- The Third Degree—
Delores Costello,—Ah answer to the
question—Capitol Punishment,
Thur.-Fri— Casey at the Bat-Wallace Beery,—A picture of a Baseball
Game—as played 25 years ago—A
laitgh for you.
Coming next month—Richard Dix-
in-Knockout Riley—Bebe Daniels, in-
A Kiss in a Taxi. Constance Tal-
luadge in—Venus of Venice. It.—4
Scarlet Letter,—Let it Rain-—Slide,
Kelly," Slide—Tell it to the Marines-
Orchards and Ermines, aud others.
BASE BALUJAME SUNDAY.
A base ball game between the
Stevenson lake and Clare Business
men teams is scheduled to be played
Sunday afternoon at the Ward Ball
Park at 3:00 p. nil.   Admission free.
son^n-law,
and went into the ditch,
of Harrison and surrounding community as Mrs. Seitz, met almost instant
death last Monday morning while enroute with her husband, daugiiter
and her husband, to attend a family
reunion at Houghton lake. The accident occurred at North Bradley,
when the Buick car driven by the
skidded in loose gravel
rolling over
claiming its victim, 'Mr. Harris was
also seriously injured and removed
at once to' Hurley hospital, Flint. The
younger couple escaped with minor
injuries.
Mrs. Seitz-Harris was the owner
and proprietor of a restaurant In Harrison for many years and since aer
marriage to Mr. Harris has made her
home in Flint.
CITY WATER TANK BEING
..    CLEANED AND PAINTED
For the past two weeks, workman
have been engaged in cleaning and
painting the interior of the 75,000 gallon water tank at the city park.
A new spider support has also been
installed in the tank. This is a difficult task as the tank is 30 feet high
and 20 feet in diameter.
A-new sanitary drinking fountain
has also been installed in the park
and the engine house and fountain
drain has been repaired.
Few cities the size of Clare have a
park so beautiful, attractive and
centrally located and 'during the summer, thousands of tourists stop to admire it or sit for awhile to rest beneath the maple trees.
The park committee are planning
to have the lights repaired so the
place may be illuminated during the
evening this season.
FIREMEN MAKE RECORD RUN.
The city fire department was called
to tlie home of Mrs. James Arrand
late Tuesday afternoon where they
found ja roof fire had gained a considerable start before being discovered. , ■    ■ r
The boys, who were all at work at
different places, ran to the hall, made
the run of five blocks and' had the
fire extinguished in three and one-half
minutes. ,
Real service. ■"
ment told them they lived there and
nothing was taken.    I have since secured most of my summer clothes and
i expect to get   a   few    more   things
j which I still need this summer.
j    One of the things I brought when I ,
came to Shanghai was the Christmas
bag you folks sent me and I   am enjoying it ever so much here.   I have
never heard whether   you    got   the
things I sent,    especially   the silk,'—
would like to know.
I may-go to Korea this summer but
"t is such an interesting time in China
hat I do uot wholly like to go away.
My love to you all and ' best re-
.urnihr.'iiice to the Clare friends, t
Yours as aver., *"
Edith. '*»
P. S.—I do not Y^ant yon to tathVl
am out of sympathy with tlie Chinese,
but it is that the Nationalists movement is so shot through with Communism and anti-foreignism. that it is
hard to feel that its promises the best
things for China. If we didn't believe the Russian Bolshevists were
back of all the worst that is in the
movement it would be different too.
We wish the Chinese would drive
them out.
The Nanking Affair
With regard to the unhappy events
which occurred when'Nanking passed
into control of -Nationalist forces, it
seems to us no good can come from
attempting to minimize of excuse
what happened. Those of us who
Were eye-witnesses of those events
have convincing evidence of the! fol-.
lowing:
1. The looters were identified as
Southerners through their speech and
physical appearance, by both Chinese
and foreigners in"all parts of the city.
2. The plan to attack foreigners
was premeditated aiid preconcerted.
This is proved by the uniformity of
acts and statements of the troops
wjio. carried it out; bytthe simultaneous nature of the action in all parts
of the city; by the thoroughness and
swiftness'with which it Was carried
out; by statements overheard by
some of us in hiding, unknown to the
speakers; and by statements made to
numbers of u's by Chinese friends.,
while we were concealed and they
were in communication with the-
soldiers*. -
3. The acts were permitted, If not
ordered by, officers. Iu numerous
cases officers were amdng the groups
who were active and even took part
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