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HONGKUNG, PATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924
日一十月二千甲大倫年三十國民華中,
LATEST OIL SENSATION.
ALLEGED $100,000 BRIBE
FORMER SECRET '. AGENT'S CHARGE.
JAPANESE FIRM'S OVERTURES.
LIQUOR AND DOPE
ORDUNA" MEN GUILTY.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(Reuter's American Service).
WASHINGTON, March 14, Mr. Gaston Means, former Secret agent of the Department of Justice, gave sensational evidence before the Teapot Dome investigation committee. He testified that in February of 1922 in Washington he received from Japanese represent ing a large Japanese firm $100,000 to end the Government prosecution in the standard aircraft
case.
Witness turned the money over to the late Mr. Jess Smith, a friend of Mr. Daugherty, the Attorney General,
Witness described himself as a money carrier in a transaction for Smith and others. He related that while maklog an "under cover" investigation which he bellaved was at the late President Hard- ing's instance he questioned Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, in connection with permits for withdrawals of liquors "and got him."
Means declared that he questioned Senators Caraway and la Follette after the latter had agitated for investigation of the Teapot Dome case.
Means who admitted that he had been employed as a German secret agent, and had been tried for murder, declared he learned of the source of the $100,000 from Smith.
A member of the committee reminded his colleagues that the records of the Daugherty impeachment case contained an allegation that Daugherty failed to prosecute the aircraft case, also that overpayment of $6,500,000 was made by the Government
HOME MINERS' WAGES.
DANGER OF A STRIKE,
(Router's General Service,)
LONDON, March 14. *
It is understood" that the Government has decided to introduce its own Miners' Minimum Wage Bill at the end of the financial year.
LONDON, March 14
The Miners' Conference decided that the owners' terms are inadequate and urged the Govero ment to pass a Miners' Minimum Wage Bill. The adjournment of the Conference till March 25, is for the purpose of seeing what can done meanwhile to secure an improved wage for miners by legislation; and if the Minimum Wage Bill, which will come ap for discussion on the 21st is not proceeded with, or is defeated, here is little doubt that the delegates on the 26th, will decide to take a ballot of the coal- fields with regard to a national strike, after the pre- sent agreement expires on April 17.]
GERMAN ELECTIONS.
BERLIN, March 15. Herr Ebert, the President, has fixed the Reichstag elections for May 4.
GOOD AND BAD.
SENTENCE DEFERRED.
(Reuter's American Service.)
NEW YORK, March 14.
Five members of the crow of the"" Orduna" have been tried on a charge of smuggling liquor and narcotics. They pleaded guilty and have been remanded for sentence until Wednesday,
Two other members of the crew who previously admitted guilt have also been remanded.
Mr. Clark, the Assistant District Attorney, asserts that the Orduna" has been used ever since the passing of the Prohibition Act as a vehicle for smuggled liquor. He claims she has carried $100,000 worth of contraband into New York,
Officials of the line, however, declare that any violation of the laws, if committed, was without. the knowledge of responsible officers and they deny all the charges.
An earlier cable stated that a party of Federal officials spent two hours on the "Orduna" breaking seals of the store rooms, and liquor bars, but they found ab contraband.)
FRIEND IN NEED.
NEW YORK, March 15. · Mr. Berwind, the well-known American coal- owner, has furnished the $1,000,000 bond enabling to sail to-morrow according to schedule.
WASHINGTON, March 15.
the
Orduna
The British Embassy has furnished the Foreign Office with a report on the "Orduna" case but does not take any further steps unless instructed from London.
TRADE UNION LAW.
MEMBERS AND POLITICS.
QUESTION OF FUNDS.
(Reuter's General Service.)
LONDON, March 14,
The House of Commons by 211 votes to 129 rejected the second reading of the Trade Union Act 1913 Amendent Bill providing that when à Trade Union passes a resolution in favour of political action the members desiring to contribute to the support of the political objects shall indicate their desire in writing and shall not as heretofore automatically be included as, supporters unless they contract out..
Coinsworth (Conservative) moving the second reading said the object was to prevent Trade Unions from insisting on members paying contributions for political purposes which they did not believe. He asserted that members seeking to contract out were intimidated.
Mr. Tom Smith (Labour) moving the rejection of the bill, declared the reason for the bill was that the Conservatives were amxious with regard to the He denied the progress of the Labour party. allegation of intimidation and declared that if the trade unionists' political activities were hampered they would be compelled to rely more on strikes.
Youngkong city is in the hands of Chan Cheung po, a general of chameleon characteristics but now LATEST KONGMOON DOINGS. professedly anti-Sun.
Li Chut-sun is reported as hav- ing bean andared to relinquish the "(From Our Own Correspondent. post of Commander of the Sze Yap but he still commands a big force of troops at Shiu Hing
Little is mentioned in the
PAK-KAL, KONGMOON, March 14.
TRAFFIC: TANGLE.
STREETS FILLED WITH BUSES:
That London's traffic choked on streets, which are langely attributed Ex-Admiral-Chan Chak is expect-vernacular papers about the excess to the great increase in the number ed to be made Tupan of the Bzees of the troops in San Wu Thera of buses in recent years, are likely Yap. His projected headquarters is no rooni for them and they par to be still further congested, appears will be at Sui Nam, a burb of ist in gripping pouphy not snly of from a pooch mnde by. Lord Ash- Kangmoom. He is sending a
money and valuables but also of field to the shareholders of the Un- brigade of his troops to co-operate clothing. Even girls are not free derground and General Omnibus Companies, on February 21 Hot with Leung Hung-kui on the Yan from their molestations in quiet sud that while omnibus passengers ping border. It is also reported thoroughfare that his honeymoon and trip to
The inhabitants of Thi Loung, bad mareaed by 103 millione, un- dergrouid railwaye bad decreased by Manila will be curtailed because of capital of Ehun-tak, propose boring 20 and tramwaye by 3 millions. preting political business.
down their city walls to make way for improvemente os has been re cently done in Heungshan
H.M.S. Cicala aarived here on March 11 and left on Wednesday....
On March 21 there will be an em bargo on the export of Chinese silver coins. No person will be allowed to take myre than $50 with him to non-Chinese ports.
New York, March 14,-The newspaper New York American says, Cheung Kwok-ohing is to be ap-that wireless listeners have pick pointed droptar of operations on the ed up a popular song from Yeungkong front and be is expected London-Raster American Service, in Kongmoon abortly-
Many reformg and new metres ture promised in the Bunning ma- gimoy whore Lau Chapo has takes up his post. A report that Li Yat sguk, the Hokehan megsitrate had fled to Hanglong is incoronet. He still rotasily the seale and is ruling the distico peacefuly
Lord Ashfield complained that i dependent bizses bid increased leat your to 208 74 different owners ships, with the result that the streets ware filled with swarms of buses and the traffic of the tubes had dwindled, to expand the General Bus Borvino oven as the expense of fil- ways. The Chley End a fleet of 3,850 boses on December 31.com- pared with 2.809 a year ago. There- fore they did not four competiti with the independent omnibus dur- Ingthie comNET Deskgra
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