SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.1927.
DOLE AVIATORS.
PROPOSED MEMORIAL.'
SERVICE
BALKAN THRONES.
HANDS STRETCH WITH SWORD AND CROWN,
Will the death of King Ferdinand
war?
Already there are murmurings.
REWARD OF · $2,000.
MR. R. C. BOWER'S ASSAILANTS.
San Francisco, Aug. 26. Tentative plans have been started for a memorial service in memory of the missing Dole fliers who appear to have perished with the aeroplanes Miss Doran, Golden Eagle and Dallas Spirit.
This idea originated with a local business man here, a Mr. Cribbins, who suggested having
made by some unknown persons the Matson Navigation Company
Take the history of Greece, that to rob Mr. Bower who, on August liner "Maul," which sails from country which retains the language & was motoring home with his San Francisco on September 14, but little else of the great days of servant from Malacca, having in halt two days out. At that time Homer. In the War of Liberation his possession over $5,000 in cash the "Mauf" would be at a point of 1821-20 it gained its indepon- which he was taking from the 700 miles from San Francisco, dence from Turkey--the hereditary bank to pay his coolies. On Special memorial services would foe of all the Balkan States. In reaching the 26th mile Chochong be held on board the "Maui," 1833 Prince Otho of Bavaria ac- Road, near Chabem, the car was while other vessels on the San cepted the crown, thereby becom-fired at and a bullet hit the wind- Francisco-Honolulu run would ing, in fact, the first king. He was screen which was smashed to scatter flowers for a hundred a youth of 17, and his reign was simthereens. The driver was miles.
terminated in 1862 when he was seriously injured by flying glass. September 16 would be exactly forced to leave the country.
A second shot soon followed and
of Roumania once more plunge the Issued a circular, promising a re- The Malacca police office has unhappy Balkans into the throes of ward of $2,000 for informations leading to the arrest of those per- will the romantle Prince Carol Bona who attempted a murder by persist in his claim? One could not shooting at Mr. R. C. Bower, of Tanah Merah Estate, in Cho- plain Parisian, for the history of chong.. (blame him if he wished to remala
the rulers of the Balkans makes This refers to the attempt sanguinary reading.
ceived 230,066 votes, the next being
ono month after the main body of The Greeks proceeded to hold a hit the hood. Under the circum the Dole Contest fllers hopped plebiscite, with the result that stances Mr. Bower ordered the from the California const. Cap-Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, driver to accelerate and the car tain William Erwin in the Dallas easily topped the poll by a couple was driven straight to the Tang- Spirit did not start until several of hundred thousand votes. He re kah police station where Mr. days later.
Search is still continuing, both the Duke of Leuthonberg (a Roman- Bower reported the matter. on the San Francisco-Honolulu off), with a paltry 2,490. The late
King Otho polled one vote. Inne and to the south-west of the'
The denouement came when island of Hawaii. It is intended Alfred, with thanks, declined the to widen the scope of the search honour. beyond the island group with the idea of covering all possible territory to which the flier may have penetrated in the event that they overshot their objec tive-United Press.
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BABIES CHEAP.
RENTAL AND SALE IN NEW YORK.
Inspector Haji Omar, a ser- geant and half a dozen constables proceeded to the scene and to- gether with Inspector Higgins and Sergt. Major Mohd. Usope and a Eventually ย Danish prince, dozen constables they scoured the George I., ascended the throne, and jungle in the vicinity of the spot for 60 years he governed the coun- where the incident occurred. try with aagacity. In 1913, Empty cartridges were found in George quietly announced his in the jungle but the Police have not tention of abdicating in favour of yet discovered any traces of the Police investigations But he was not allowed even this culprits.
his son.
respite. As he was walking down are still proceeding,
one of the streets, surrounded, as
was his custom, with a compara- tively small bodyguard, a drink-
sodden, Ill-dressed man, who had? FALL FROM HORSE. been quietly eating some food on a sent at the roadside, stepped behind bim, drew a revolver from inside his cout, and fired one fatal bullet into the king's back.
ARMY CAPTAIN INJURED IN MANILA.
New York, Aug. 5. Babies! For rent:-$8 to $12 a George was succeeded by his son
› Captain Fred S. Byerly. Company day.
Constantine, the famous "Tino," "g" Fifty-seventh. Infantry, Fort For sale:-$250 to $1,200, C. O. whose wife was a sister of the Kut-William McKinley, Rizal, suffered a ser Wilhelm. Tino will go down to serious accident on August 31 These are the prevailing quota- history as a tragi-comic figure. when he was thrown from his horse. tions on New York's baby mart, Once or twice he nearly yielded to Almost immediately after the fall where the trafficking in infant the arguments of the patriot he was found, still anconscious, souls goes steadily on-fully with- Venizelos, but he persisted to the and brought to the Sternberg Gen- In the law.
end in backing the wrong horse. eral Hospital. At that time it was Some of the youngsters go to
The end came in June, 1917, when reared that his injuries might prove welcome homes, and grow up he, his wife and the Crown Prince fatal. happy in their new birth-right. were quietly placed aboard a British But many pass into hands Icas destroyer and shipped to more fortunate, and end up in a criminal peaceful regions. world or worse,
ten days.
Examination by army surgeons brought out that Captain Byerly had auffered a slight concussion of the He was succeeded by his younger head, three fractured ribs and a "For divers are the uses of these son Alexandros, a mere youth. ruptured eardrum. It was 47- babies," says Miss Mary E. Hamil-In October, 1920, Alexandros was nounced that he might be ton, who as New York's first police-bitten by a pet monkey, and died expected to return to duty in about woman had run many of these as a result, baby dealers.
Tino. thereupon attempted a Captain Byerly entered the веть Miss Hamilton now is busy col-"come-back," but, unlike Dempsey, vice in June, 1916, and was com- lating her experiences for publien- he was not capable of sustaining missioned in August 1917. He is a tion. She has just finished a "One it. He reigned from December, graduate of the Infantry School, Thousand Case Book;" is working 1920, till September, 1922, when Basic Course, class of 1921 and has out a text on "Foot and Finger again he was forced to leave his spent his entire service in the In- Printing" and expects to do one country for his country's good. fantry. He arrived in the Philip- on "Women in Crime."
He died in exile the following year. pine Department on the February, "Some of the babies are rented "Ferdinand the Fox" of Bulgaria. 1926, transport-Manila Times." to beggars for easier panhandling; others are used for blackmailing, shoplifting, and bootlegging," con- tinues Miss Hamilton..
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His eldest son, George, a lapper young man who wore an eyeglass, now attempted to restore the lost prestige of his house. In Decem-
"Along Riverside Drive, dope ber, 1923, he, too, was forced to tria. Choosing the right moment, and booze peddlers' hide their leave the country. He was the last he threw all his weight into the wares in a baby carriage and cover Greek king.
struggle, and gained his pound of them with an infant.
Another quaint figure to flit across flesh. But Nemesla came when in "In the department stores, pro- the Balkan firmament for a space, September, 1918, he was forced to fessional shoplifters ply their trade and then to sink into insignificance, aurrender to the Allies. He abdi. with children 'borrowed' for the was Prince William of Wiedcuted in October in favour of his purpose.
"Willie the Weed," as our army eldest son, Boris. "Across the border, vendors of called him. An Albanian deputa- The first ruler of Bulgaria was narcotics use youngsters as their tion in February, 1914, offered this Alexander of Battenburg, who in carriera.
unknown prince the crown, which 1879, at the age of 22, was elected "Women who cannot normally he accepted.
Prince of Bulgaria. He was a good' get lodgings in respectable quar
However, when two sections of soldier, but a poor statesman. He ters come around with a baby, tell his people came to blows, and an lasted till 1886, when a few dis- a stary about the father being on alarm was sounded outside the city, contented army officera forced him, the road, and then carry on their everyone, Including William, be at the point of revolvers, to abdi- nefarious trade.
came panic-stricken, With his cate. He was sent to Russin, but
"The demands for such babies family, he took to his heels, and a week later he was back again, are many; and the supply is great, sought shelter on a yacht.
Not strong enough, however, to hold
faith in their saviour. A month
For the big city is the hiding place Next day he tried to rehabilitate his position, he left the country' of every small town scandal from himself, but his subjects had lost finally in 1898. Alaska to Florida.
Troubled Realm of Serbia. · "There are thousands of un-after the outbreak of the Great wanted babies every year.
War, Prince William once more Serbia's first king was her libera- From these the baby dealers fed to the shelter of a yacht; and tor, Milosh, a herdsman, who had
his rival, assassinated
Kara get their supply. Often a girl-his country never saw him again.
Milosh Bulgaria, which has been a George, mother will pay to get her young-
was made to ster off her hands.
separate State for only 49 years, abdicate in favour of his son, who "Then the dealer cashes in and a kingdom only since 1908, has died the same year. Another son twice. He inserta ad in the news-had but two kings, and one prince, then succeeded, but he was driven papers; finds a likely customer, and Two of them abdicated. It remains out of the country three years later, gets what he can for the full aur- to be seen whether the present king when Alexander, son of Kara render of the child.
will last.
George, was elected ruler. Alex- "I have bought a baby for as "Ferdinand the Fox" became andor reigned till 1859, when low as $250. Others have paid as notorious for his craftiness during Milosh was recalled, but he died much as $1,200.
the Great War, when he played the two years later, "What happens after the pur-Central Powers against the Allies Milosh's son Michael succeeded, chase is merely a matter of con- for a lengthy period. Eventually and reigned till 1868, when he was jecture.
he threw in his lot with the former, assassinated by the rival Kari "We found one eight-month old Like Tino, he backed the wrong George faction, in a park near Bel- baby 'bought and paid for being horse, and the result was the loss grade. He was succeeded by fed on peanuts and tootsie rolls of his throne. CAND MA Milan IV., who lived through a Others are even less fortunate!” Ferdinand, who was well-educat stirring reign. He, however, quar Yet the law cannot stop these ed and intelligent, was a German relied with his wife, Queen Natalie, sales. Even when there are suff-princeling when he was called to a Russian, whom he divorced in cient grounds for belleving that the throne of Bulgaria. A 1888. Next year he abdicated in the baby may come to no good end, lieutenant in the Austrian Army, favour of his son Alexander, who For most of these infants are un-[he was one day enjoying himself married in 1900 Madame Draga der one year of age, and the courts as was his wont-in a Viennese Maschio, a former lady-In-waiting have ruled that Spy cafe, when he was informed of his to Queen Natalie.
So the baby dealers keep flourish ing, and their market keeps booming Philippines Herald."
A baby under one year of age new office. While: king he made. There was force opposition to has no morals, and therefore, can- the most of his opportunities for this marriage, and one morning in not be corrupted! enjoying himself, and earned the July, 1903, a party of officers, the reputation of being something of a representatives of nation-wide bluebeard. Though sensuous and conspiracy, broke into the palace, unscrupulous, he was extreměly assassinating, the king, the queen, superstitious, and the appearance the queen's brother, and others. of such an omen as an owl outside Amongst the party was Prince ble window would throw him into Peter Karageorgevitch, who, armed absolute terrar. It is said that he with a battle axe, did his share of was the cause of the murder of the the reorganisation... Rub Chamberlain's Pam Balm on the Prime Minister who had been res 1 Peter was proclaimed king painful spots. It is penetrating, starts ponsible for his gaining the throned dying contrary to precedent up the circulation which exterior away |-- Ferdinand debply conscious peaceful death in 19214)
CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM
TEASES PAIN
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the congestion and pressure that his dateat by the Serbs, in the Alexander is now king of the Serb, causes the pain. That is how it helps second Bikan Wit ted an op- Crokt, and Slovene State rheumatic painsj lumbago backache,
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THEACHINA MAIL.
HONG KONG WOMEN'S GUILD
AND
MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE
un. of the Fair.
TO BE HELD AT
LEE GARDENS
on OCTOBER 1st, 1927,
from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
A magnificent array of attractions including
THREE REGIMENTAL BANDS,
Dancing to H. K. & S. Hotels Super-Orchestra,
GRAND FIREWORK DISPLAY,
CABARET SHOWS, CHINESE CONJURING,
DRAGON PROCESSION,
DONKEY RIDES
Teas and all the usual Candy Stalls, etc.
Come, Lasses and Lads!
Charity Begins at the fair!