FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1925.
LATEST SCANDAL.
ALLEGED
BLACKMAIL PLOT.
AMAZING CHARGES.
Wealthy Man Stripped of Every Farthing.
Another antzing case was unfolded in London, when serious allegations were madu against the wife of a well-known Knight.
ŠOCIDEY LADY PUZZLES
PECTORS.
Before Mr. Justice Ghearman and a speed pay, in the King's Bench, as i was brought by Ms. Manel Waterhouse against Bar David, Wilson-Barker and his wek," hady Wilson-Barker, and Mr. H. 1. Sharkka, Phining that Fauby Wilson-Darker obtained Trom her Hushert, the late Mr. F. Waterbar, duing his life. Mage, large sins of honey hy albingwa fragglutent, misrepresent
tion.
Vice from anyone nor to divulge his to anyons--and year after year large sans of money, sometimes n mich as £2,000 at a time were extorted from Frank Waterhouse under this schene to keep this
an quiet. (12)
"A CONSEMMA PE AUTRESS,'' The story, continued counsel was a fiction, and it was invented by this consummate wetress to Trighter Mr. Pruik into paying up After his death in February 102 we came into posesdon of some written evidence which will, Chok, establish to you the truth of Me q. 1. Märden, Kat, opens the abeory of thus conspiney. We ing the men de Mel. Waterhouse, | Bid. Litters.... in By Wilson- said let 31 Alfred: ||Francis | Barker's handwriting," and "druft Wasterium se was the son of vory letters in Ma, Frank's handwriting. wenttias purenta, AL the dude | olvmusly written for the purpose of when the dors Beggins, 18001, Mr. phuruting the supposed blackimiler, "Prunk Waterlisuse was living with fund putting these together, gandi lis ingraer, who was also vry well expling them with me of the off. He Was P-genre all uge åt khaak | payincails mudde, I think Topri prel * June, and whose fùo was ok in betét in | sent to you ja courréte ease illustrat- Harrogate with a mother herfired | ing The working of this conspiracy. arinelis dite me pozurmatorship of Pandy The plaintif said consid
was Wilson-Berks, wild was there by fanamed 16 the hito - Mr. Fraaikį Jeppself, and he introikwed dady | Watertumuso in 1979:
ENGLAND'S LATEST SCANDAĽ.
bove: 25123 A T WATERHOUSE & STR.DAD WILSON DARKER: Gele: ÞADY WILSON BARKEIT 4 R F SHELDON
Following on the heels of the Dennistoun scandal, London society has been shocked by the revelations in the suit of Mrs. Alfred Frank Waterhouse agahist Sir David Wilson-Barker, his 'osiddle-aged wife, i Lady Wilson-Baker, and Rosiers Peel Sheidon, in which she was awarded n verdes of £10,000. Mys" Watephonse alleged Indy Wilson- Barker, years ago, vntered into a liason "with Waterhouse, and then pretending she was being blackmailed getting his entire fortune. Sir David was sued under the law that a husband was easpónaíble for his wife actiunta. Shelden was acquitted of being Lady Wilson-
Barker's accessory.
Wilson Parker id his mother. Shef Mr. Waterine didin FebruaLTY
AU REVOIR.
THE CHINA MAIL.
STOP PRESS.
SHANGHAI SENSATION.
EXCITING RUNNING
GUN-FIGHT,
(Reuter's Service.J
THE GROUP MIND.
HOW FAR ARE WE SUGGESTIBLE?
PROF. SMITH'S LECTURE.
Evolution
CHINA MAIL'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLI
To-day (Friday) sees the re- turn of Mr. Henry Tobias, 'the Manager of the British firm of N. Lazarus, Ophthalmic Opticians. Shanghal, on Home leave-the first leave for twelve years. A Imonster firecracker will be set,
WEA the "eteranl alight by the Chinese members of the staff, and a silver cup wish-
struggle between man's limita-f ing both Mr. and Mrs. Tobias all
tions and the new developments " happiness, marked "In Memory
he wished to work, sald Prof. J. of a Glorious Return", will be pre-
Smith in the course of a lecture sented by the Manager (Mr. R. A.
Shanghai, May 1. at the University yesterday on Cooper). The firm
A Chinese kidnapper was kill-group psychology. of N Lazarus are established in the ed. a companion was seriously said. an eternal shedding of It was, he Far East for almost half a cenghtly wounded and a foreigner the great facts of life man was wounded, two bystanders were cocoons. It was 'curious that in tury. They have the honour of being Opticians to H.E. the arrowly escaped death in a cun- always seeking a permanent and Governor of Hongkong, H.M. ring gun fight yesterday, when a pure belief. And when he want- Naval and Military forces, Educa-Sikh constable detected a gang of ed that he went not to individual tion Department;
kidnappers attempting to steal a reason but accepted what was Empire was represented by
12-year old son of a wealthy commonly thought. When, he Australia. in the person of the
Chinese, Sung Woo-pah.
hnd misgivings regarding this he former Manager. and Canada, by
Young Surg, who was in a bolstered up his accepted beljef the present Manager, so, that one
ricsha, was stopped by a gang of with his own reasoning. can truly say that the firm of N.
six fully-armed men, Lazarus, Hongkong, Shanghai, the remainder made off with the two of whom detained the coolie, while and London, is truly British in ricsha and its occupant. every respect.
·
etc. The
RUBBER EXPORTS,
(Reuter's Service.)
London. April 30. The standard production of rubber exportable at the mini- mum rate of duty from Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and the Malay States during the next quarter has been fixed at 65 per cent.
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Paris. April 30.-According to the "Petit Parisien" Poland, owing to the improvement in her finances, has renounced the last instalment of the 100 million francs loan granted by France for its national defence. Havas,
Tientsin, April 30-The Peking and Tientsin Times, in the course of an editorial, challenges Mr. C. T. Wang's statement that the Mongolian question "is settled.
The coolie.broke away and pur- sued the gang, raising the alarm, which the Sikh heard.
Seeing the gang coming to wards him, one waving a pistol, the constable, opened fire, which the bandits returned..
Many shots were fired. A tray one pierced the back cur tain of a motor car driven By x foreigner..
:
The ricsha coolie was shot in received a small bullet wound in the arm and another riesha, coolie
the wrist.
MISSING WALLET.
POSTAL CLERK'S PROMPT ACTION.
LUCKY NAVAL MAN. The prompt action of a clerk at The paper says that the Russian
the weighing, counter of the troops have not been withdrawn.
C.P.O. parcels department saved On the contrary, the Soviets are
a naval man from the loss of his using Urga, as a base for inter-securities, contained a $100 note. walles, which, amongst other ference with Chino Mongolian trade is hampered by frequent heavy levies and the creation of including wines, monopolies, motor cars, ponies and wool- Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin
41
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Peking, April 30.-It is expected that mandates will be issued this evening announcing the appoint ments of General Wu Hsin-tien as Tupan of Shensl, with Liu Chik. chow, at present Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, as Civil Governor. It is understood that Liu Chen-hua is likely to he relieved, of his post of Tupan at his own request, and that Wu Teh- hual, Vice-President of the Tibe- tan and Mongolian Department, will become Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. The latter will be succeeded by Chien Hsi-pao. These appoint ments are regarded as promise, since Wu Hsin-tien is a supporter of Tuan Chi-jui, while Liu Chih-chow
represents the Shensi militarists.
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com.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
·Cargo arrived par 8.8.West.Jenis remaining endelivered after May 7, will te subj-c
rent Manazio Operatora-Columbia Pacifi: tipping Company.
to
rapidly good an ascendanty over† 1992 insolvent, und, of course, his order that information might he hoth of them. There
Nobtained about her normal life, she
WAX elif interests died with him.
was the influence al # goed weesn on a son who was perhaps in danger of getting entangled in undesirable directions. In print of fact, necording to testimony by servants, seid poet. Tady Wilson-Barker was living on intimate terms with Mr. Waterbonze.
a.l
on the
easier to suggest things to a herd Dealing with suggestion and hypnotisim the lecturer said it was
than to an individual, and it was
remarkable thing that the best argument to use to a collection of men was "this is a truth general- ly accepted" That fixed the key of the height of suggestibility of the herd. Characteristics of the herd were hatred of being alone and the will to obey any action the leader night take. That was found in people to-day.
A
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them-
found that the hero was a man' In all primitive legends they
people. This was expression of worshipped by the rest of the
the desire to be heroes selves. By and by as people became more at ease and less "dependent than they had been in more primitive times they found them taking upon themselves some degree of kingship. He Instanced Houses of Parliament to illustrate the point. Thus a constant degree of balance was preserved.
Dealing with the submerging of the individual in mass movements political situation was not the re- the lecturer said that a modern Sult of the ambition of, one man between two generals. The same nor was modern warfare an affair
were mass movements becoming thing applied to industry. They coherent only through a chosen lender.. The whole of the modern
trend was towards such move. ments.
(These cross-word puzzles have been made by experta but our readers are warned to watch out for pccasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plaw, and altho.)
1.2
6
17
19
10
(12.)
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120
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29
126
136
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DOTNE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CRO88-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you fasl reasonably Bure. Then will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to sill others. A letter belongs in, sach which space, words, starting at the numbered squares, and running, either horizontally or vertically or both.
HORIZONTAL *-Prefix meaning "phlaf"
-Roosters
What one rowe with 11---A New England State (abbr) 13-The spawn of fish- 15--The polsofi-tros of, Java 17-Mountain range between
Franco and Switzerland - 19-A valy dance 2tub
22--Pärsonal pronoun.
4
23-/nalpient decay in overripe
fruit
24-Prefix meaning “buck; again” 28-VIBlous
27-A wanderer of the desart 29 Musicai note
30-One of the grains 32-Premit
34-Publia vehicle
38—Large city of U. 8. (abbr) 38-Negative
40A thlak allco 41~-Dood
44-Indefinite articla 46-Frosts
4-Latin for "gold" (abbr) 50-Disdainfully.
53-A certain pace
64 A country of Aele
VERTICAL
2-A horse color 3-A coarea variety of alnnamon 4-A short space of time'' (xhbr.)'.
Conjunction.
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11-A thin pless of mant for
brolling
12-Authentia
14-A narrow prosagewaỳ, 16-An American post 17-A. triangular boat safi: 18-To: Join, connect 20—A part of the Wond 26-Cut slantingly 20-Perform
*** } 28~~Flaxed-
1520-Member of Congress (abbr.}}
31-Books for holding photos 33-Preposition
56-A plant of the cabbage family 66-A Turkish governor 58-A heavy weight (abbr) 59-Fuzzy covering
60-Roman goddess of grain and
harvests
11-Flthy
36-Uead for drying Ink 2. 36A native of laland of Grata |37-A Middly Went State of U.
(abbr.)
39-Treaties
42-Piivate mesting of members gë.
political party 43--Purchaser'
45Correlative of "neither* 47-Saliva
[ 43---Totx|-
[49–The whole
B1-A knot or knob.
|53--Beparata into grades
67-Personal pepnout.
| 69--Musical note
rush hour shortly before the tin The incident occurred during a interval to-day when a number of Chinese had gathered at the counter. Noticing certain indi- viduals from this group, casting.
GROUP ANIMALS. suspicious eyes
article Prof. Smith traced the work- which the naval man had in aings of the instinct of gregarious- moment of forgetfulness left ness in animal types dealing with behind, the clerk took possession the pure individualism of animals of it and handed it to the Parcels such as the tiger and the cat who Süperintendent.
developed merely muscle and" nerve and the loyalty outside A themselves instinctive in the dog or the wolf. These latter had a horror of being alone and could be MR: 30MERSET - MAUGHAM'S classed with the group animals from which man was descended. In the group it was gregarious- ness which was used by the creature to frustrate the hard and fast working of the fittest, which Express and Telegraph" notes The Inst issue ont of the "China" was the law existing before that Mr. Somerset Maugham, the groups were formed. *
(The volution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's "China Mail" along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
The owner of the wallet turned up an hour later, although, as might be imagined, not with any anticipations of recovering the lost article. A smile passed over the face of the nayal man when the Superintendent told him that he had the wallet, which he promptly returned intacts The former expressed his. thanks to the official and asked him to con- vey his gratitude to the clerk when he returned after tiffin, the
message being accompanied with a gift of a five dollar note to the clerk for his prompt and honest
act.
NOVELIST ON CHINA
BOOK.
SHANGHAI COMMENT,
Dealing with the methods by novelist, has got into trouble with which to approach group psycho- the Government of Hongkong over logy, he said there was difference his new novel, "The Painted Veil." between psychologists as to how observes, the "North China Daily it should be done. Some sald News," through the group and some through the individual. He advised the latter, for mass psychology was in all of us. It had survived there with indi- vidual paychology and whatever we could find in the study of) group psychology which agreed with ourselves was true and that (Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.) which we could not find was false.
OLD CHINA HAND.
.DEATH OF MR. JOHN
PRENTICE.
SHANGHAI, April-29. Mr. John Prentice died of
Deceased was one of Shanghai's
oldest and wealthiest residents.
TO-DAY'S SMILE
doub M. what old Mrs. Waders explanation having coraa forwardWas watched by private inquupneumonia to-night, aged 78. home Haught she had to be Trim Lady Wilson-Barger us to how its The reports of these in gratefy for a Luly Wilson Barker she came to reeving these large quiry agents spuse of a fashionably
spns, the writ was issued on Jube dressed woman walking briskly 13.-1999, against Sir. David and about sometimes miles at a tine, Lady Wilson-Barker.
shipping and performing the ordin Counsel adder that Sheldon was ary occupation of a lady.
Other not made a party to the action
évidence, that she was normal at first. In September of 1929, the time was in the discovery flat ut however, Shelilon wrote a letter to luat perial she drew cheques on Sir Herbert. Waterhouse very self for £300, £1,450, maid £546. STRIFFÉD OF EVERY PAETHINť. distinguished suggeon asking for She deceived Dr. Perey Smith, she When Mrs. Waterhous» died in an interviews. “Sheldạy said at that dereived Dr. Halen Russel (who 1919 the financial position of Mr. tgview, flat he did come to Sir said she was bordering on lunacy). Prank Waterlane was greally is. Herbert as being the head of the she deseived her own solicitor, she' proved, and Blue-story of the "cons Waterhouse farddy to endeavour to very nearly deceived our experts, spiracy was the story of the way inget him to settle this case. He said mel. Can you wonder that. whicle Lady Wilsui-Terkar, with gave Sir Hörbert an account of the she was able to deceive Mr. Frank help from Me. Seldon, stripped douspárary, and said time old Mrs Waterhouse? hint of every farthing with which | Waterlanise had made her two sons, Giving evidence, Sir Herbert F. the could part, so that he died in- Frank and-Tingli, promise that after Waterhouse; the distinguished
solvent.
her death each of them, would give surgeon, i cousin of the late Mr. Tady Wilson-Barker, counsel Lady Wibson-Harker £4,000. Mr. Frank Waterhouse, gave went on, profondiest that a man lydigh Waterhouse would say that account of the interviat he ad discovered the truth about their had never heard of any such with Sheidon. relations, and and trendened thing.
event
not know!
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What a man, in such study, could conceive, himself doing then was correct and that which he could not. false.
"Oh mamma!" exclaimed little Emmeline, "I can spelf 'nothing' and thatis a big word, isn't it?"
"A pretty big 'one for a little maid your age," replied her mother. "How do you spell *nothing' ?"
"I spell it with Z.X.M." "Why, darling, that isn't right." "Yes it is," said Emmeline.em- phatically. "I said to grandma, what does E.X.M. spell," and she said Nothing'!"
The case has probably established a precedent, says the "Express & Telegraph" and while Mr. Somerset Maugham has been put to the trouble and expense of altering and deleting his work, Hongkong has got a certain amount of cheap pub- licity in places where they write. No doubt some time will elapse ere Mr. Somerset Maug- ham or any other writer ven- tures to lay the scene of his effort in a Colony which is so particular about trifles. It appears that
Mr. Somerset Maugham's characters in "The Painted Veil, the scene of which is laid in Hongkong,
one.
of
Somerset
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(Reuter's American Service.),
Chicago, April 30. Immigration officials, instruct ed from Washington, questioned Mias Mary MacSwiney in regard to her passport under which sho entered America. Miss Mac Swiney said she had no passport and did not intended to get one, If she was arrested she would go on hunger strike.
Washington, April 80., The Irish Free State govern ment has enquired in regard to the presence of Miss MacSwiney in America. Apparently the im migration officinis' enquiry was based on official Information that the Free State did not issue hor a passport.
was assigned an office and a title which actually exist under the Government of that Calony, The world's fiction libraries con-
·tain hundreds of books with references to every Government in the world, but Hongkong is the first to raise an objection. In an interview to the "Evening Standard" Mr.
[Miss Mary MacSwiney is Maugham said, "It would be sister of the late Sinn Feir altogether different were the Mayor of Cork who died as official in question a real official result of a hunger strike.]
a man who lived and. had. being-but he is an entirely imaginary person, as if he had on a China Screen." been an official of Ruritania or denies Mr. Somerset Maugham' some other fictitious country."
cleverness as a writer and the Hongkong won't like the sly book was certainly cleverly writ dig about Ruritania, but the whole affair is, to say the least, ten. But it was none the lear Comical Happily for
superficial, unkind and (consider
It is wonderful how quickly a baby
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In digestion, relieve evlic, croup and Korsaren, Oslo. colits
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sleop
"Prices are so high that, one can't buy the most necessary things."
"Yes. I can see that!"
.
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In cross-examination, it tran- tell Captain Wilson-Barker tleti As they did not carry this out, spired that Sheldon was 74. the only thing flad could save eg. Lindy Wilson-Baricer and he con- Asked if he knew it was admitted posure was oncy, and that this sidered solue ether method by that not a sixpence of the money mba was sufficiently concerned for which this 48 could be ex-involved in the case bad been traced Lady Wilson-Barker's well-being tracted, and the result was the into Sheldon, witness replied he did to insist that some of the money vention of this story. should go to her so at in th
PUZZLED DOCTORA:
On the Wednesday the evidence, of the mutier coming out!
taken on commission of Wm. Thos Counsel proceeded to what he she should be aver from penury described as the most remarkable Mills, butler and valet to the late and the remainder of the money part of the story, in the history of
Mr. Waterhouse, was read in was the price of his silence. Tady the action. In the ordinary way after making the deposition.
Mr. Mila died ten daya Court. Wilson-Barker pored to Franka jury heard nothing of the proceed-
in a perfectly natural way. They are kong was justified; but on the re- of reputation Mr. Maughat -Waterhuisvomunedelpottinge before the trid Fold-bear
The statement testified to the iG OI" LIG" SHRUTE YOU TAKE IN Kaptanteed to be absolutely free from cord of. Mr. Somerset Maugham's should have been able to loo of her mind with anxiety and fear stated that Lady Wilson-Barker's woon. Mr. Waterhouse and Lady neglecting in your cough, mine to treely without fear of barm to the in this part of the world will not guest he ought to have done
narcotice, and may be given Brevis work of China, residents deeper and as a well entertaine for the future, one whoes health mailal condition was question-wilson-Barker Bridence to the chitis, pleurisy or pricumgnia Cham yogagest and most dellata Infant be disposed to sympathize with In the case of "The Painted Ve was being seriously impaired by, able." Inquiry into the state of this terrible fear of exposure and the lady's mind had been ordered maid. Tosider.ce regarding Lady healing and curative qualities list stop is from Dr. Williams Medicine Co. ago he travelled down the China kong was probably justified fas sme effect was given by a house, borlain's Cougli-Rentody has certain everywhere, or post free, Bo cents per him. Some two or three years one taclines to think that Hon scandal. She imposed on him on and, doctors had been greatly oath of secrecy-nover to take ad- puzzled by her condition. But in Wilson Barker's illnesses being also cause. This dependable medicine in for 60 Biangse Boad, Sharghat,
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timate relationship existing be
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