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LIFE IN CHINA.
STORY OF A GENTLEMAN OF MIXED NATIONALITY.
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.-
That real life is sometimes. stranger than fiction was revealed in the U.S. Court for China recent ly (says the "N. C. Daily News") when Alfred Lopez Werner, allas Alfredo Lopez, alios Charles Nostadt, came up on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly con- duct, this being the ninth time he had been similarly charged by the Munleipat police, and proved that His he was a Mexican citizen.
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'Defendant had not donos, however, but had shipped out to Tampico, Mexico where he worked in oilers up and down the Amer can and South American coast until 1925. In 1926 he had met somewhere in Texas a man called Nick the Greek whose business was apparently selling passports and
Mr. George Bernard Shaw may other necessary documents. When Nick haard, that he wanted a job one day make a lecturing tour in on board a ship, an
oiler's and the United States--on the screen. In a letter published by the fireman's discharge papers had
CHARACTERISTIC LETTER.
been offered for sale at $5. "By New York Variety" the dramat-
dint of a little persuasion on desist's secretary writes:-
"Mr. Bernard Shaw desires me fendant's part the sale had beon concluded at $2 and a round of to any that he sincerely hopes drinks. Thereafter defendant had that Movietone will supersede the called himself Charles Nostadt and present plan of dragging lecturers around the States from one town In a "native son of California."
to another and shaking hands 1927 he had been taken on the
Honour Judge Purdy heard the "Oak Park" as the captain, Enid with them, finally returning them case and after listening to a re-by defendant to have been drunk to their homes in a badly damag- ed condition. If he ever lectures cital of Werner's life history dis- at the time of taking defendant on. in America it will be on the charged him from the U.S. Court's had been also a "native non."
jurisdiction with orders that he Landing in Shanghai in March
should be turned over to the Pro-1927, defendant had wanted to be visional Court authorities.
paid off, and 'the captain had given
screen."
Mr. N. E. Lurton acted on be him a hospital slip. Examination fendant said, was to have gone to half of the accused,
at the American consulate by Dr. Manila and afterwards "nobody -Werner, who has come to Shang-Murray had eliminated this pos- knew where; may be New York, hal on three separate occasions in sibility, however, and defendant
may be New Orleans." American operated ships and who had had to get what money was due
Defendant-witness grow very ex- had on one occasion been sent him from the captain and come cited when charged with having home by the American consular ashore. The following April ho
sworn to his American citizenship Authorities with a passage provid- had signed en the "President
previously and said that he believ
at Kong and back.
gon,
Defendant's Weakness.
of the U.S. Court while he was in an American ship. "There's one weakness I've got," he said, "that's drink; 1 don't deny it."
ed for destitute seamen, declared Jefferson" for the trip to Honged he came under the jurisdiction that he WAA A citizen the Mexican Republic. Although evidence presented to the Court by the Acting-District Attorney, Mr. J. B. Davies, showed that the de- fendant had previously sworn in the U.S. Commissioner's Court that he was an American citizen, Judge Purdy said that he believed de- fendant's story, that he had been masquerading as an American..
Defendant said he had been born in Mexico City, 30 years ago, his father having been German and en- the importing business there and his mother Mexican. When he was about six years old he had been sent to school in Ger- many where he had learned the ma-
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After the "Eclipse" had sailed to America by the U.S. Govern- ment and landed in Portland Ore defendant had applied to Mr. Last February he returned Sarda, a local lawyer, about get- to China in the str. "Eclipse" and ting his Mexican itizenship while defendant straightened out. on February 20
A letter had had been on a drinking bout the been sent to the Mexican consul, ship had sailed without him. All Mr. N. F. Allman, who had given his. papers including the "bogus" him letters of introduction to ship- documents of his citizenship had ping concerns, which had not been been left on board. This ship, de- what witness had wanted. Then he was sent back to Mr. Sarda with the information that an affidavit would be necessary, This would have cost Tls.50 and defendant had been on the verge of getting the money somehow, encouraged by a Mexican friend, when the fol- BABY'S OWN TABLES.
lowing day he had been arrested In three words-delicate from for drunkenness. As soon as he birth is expressed a world of an- got out of this "mess," defendant xieties auffered by mothera when said he had a job waiting in a new The longest he had ever been in children have had a hard start in cabaret which was opening in Car- the United States at one time had life. For infants who are ailing.ter-road. been 40 days, he said. When de- peevish, sleepless at night, fickle In discharging defendant Judge fendant was about eighteen he had of appetite and unable to digest Purdy said, "I am inclined to think returned to Mexico City, his father food, Baby's Own Tablets have his story is true for the most part, meantime having, been killed dur proved of the utmost value in great and the only thing to do is to turn ing the Revolution in which he numbers of cases. Here is an ex-him over to the Chinese authorities took part as an officer of the Re- ample:-
in the Provisional Court.. Defen- volutionary Army. After that de- My baby boy was very delicate, dant started to leave the court- fendant had been a machinist, in in fact we never thought he would room jauntily, but was detained by various "jobs" and in 1910 had live, but thanks to Baby's Own the three policemen who had es- shipped out from San Francisco to Tablets he is now a fine healthy corted him there. Australia where he had joined the boy. I have used Baby's Own "Australian Army" in company Tablets for the last ten years in with a number of other Mexicans. my family. and can highly recom- He had been in the Intelligence mend them for babyhood and child- Department on account of his hood allments," writes Mrs. W. J. knowledge of languages, defendant Wilson, of Carp, Ontario, Canada. said, and had reached the rank of Baby's Own Tablets are obtain- staff-sergeant. In 1917 the governable from chemists, also at 60 ment had given him a chance to cents the vial, post free, from The
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