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SEQUEL TO KOCHOW'S
SINKING -
SALVAGE CLAIM -
EXPERT EVIDENCE ON DIVERS' REMUNERATION
China Mail
No. 26,014
REDS MUST RULE
SUPREME,
MOSCOW TACTICS.
TROTSKY "PENITENTS" AGAIN EXPELLED FROM PARTY
PERNICIOUS TEACHINGS
Riga, Yesterday.
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DASTARDLY BOMB ACTION
EARLY MORNING
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-ANOTHER BY- ELECTION
ASHTON RESULT
LABOUR CANDIDATE SCORES-
A VICTORY
M.P.'S BANKRUPTCY
London, Yesterday.
SAMOANS WILL NOT PAY TAXES
MORE AGITATION
MANDATES COMMISSION AT WORK AT GENEVA
A “GRAND OLD MAN” OF SOUTH AFRICA
SIR L. MICHELL
PASSES AWAY AT A RIPE OLD AGE
UNDER FIRE FROM PIRATES
NOBODY HURT BANKER AND POLITICIAN.
THE PATIENCE LIMIT
A claim for preliminary salvage
London, Yesterday,
Mansfield, Oro, Kesterday.
Sydney, Yesterday.
Geneva, Yesterday, expense made by the Wo Hing firm,¦ In connection with the general
The death is announced. from The home of publisher, Mr. The monoplane "Spirit of Aus The by-election at Ashton-Under- The Mandates Commission began contractors of No. 486, Shanghal- campaign to clear out opposition Capetown, of Sir Lewis Michell, one. C. Hoyie was bombed early this tralia," which is a sister 'plane to Lyne, owing to the disqualification its examination of the New Zealand street,. Kowloon, was heard in the from the communist party, the of South Africa's "Grand Old Men,"
Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louise," of the Conservative member, Mr. Government's report Summary Court this morning against control commission at Leningrad who was confidential financial ad-
on the ad- morning.
piloted by Captain Frank Hurley C. W. T. Homan, following his the Tal Hong SS. Co., Ltd., of No. which is carefully examining all viser to the late Sir Ceeli Rhodes.
The verandah was torn away and Flying Officer Moir started bankruptcy, has resulted as fol- ministration of, Western Somoa 60, Koshing-street, owners of the party officials has censured 30 local Sir L. Michell, who was 86 years and a window, was blown out. upon a flight to London and back lows:- 8.8, "Kochow" which sank off Wang, officials and expelled for a second of age, was a Director of the British
lat 4.88 on the morning of the 30th The family were asleep and no- men in June on a voyage from 1long time five leading members of the South Africa Company and for
Inst. Kong to Wuchow.
party who were recently re-admit-many years was General Manager body was hurt-Reuter's American Expert evidence on the remunera- ted as penitent "Trotskyists."
of the Standard Bank of South Service. tion to divers was given by Captain A conference of Red Army com-Africa. He began his career as a G. D. Arthur, principal of Messrs.munists in Moscow has passed a
junior clerk in a bank near Ply- Carmichael and Clarke, marine sur-resolution urging the adoption of mouth. veyors, etc. He was called as a wit-extraordinàry precautions in view neas for plaintiffs. In the course of the alleged dissemination
the Red of his testimony, he related how he pernicious teachings in and others, on returning from the Army by "Trotskists."-Router. wreck, were subjected to an attack by pirates.
The claim was for $986.30, being the balance due for work done and provisions supplied between June 12 and June 20.
The defence was that only $414 had been incurred, of which $14 was outstanding; and this had been paid into Court.
Mr. Justice Jacks (Puiane Judge),. however, gave judgment for the full claim to plaintiffs, with costs.
"Tower of Babel"
HALF FOR EACH
DIVIDING UP THE KIN-HAN
RAILWAY
WHAT THE WARLORDS GET.
Peking, To-day.
..
of
He held office, without portfolio,!
"GRAF ZEPPELIN "
in the Jameson Cabinet and was SETS OUT AT 2A.M. ON HOME-
WARD VOYAGE also a member of the National Con- vention, which led to the Union of South Africa-British Wireless Service.
A SENSATION WERE SACCO AND VANZETTI
INNOCENT?
ALLEGED CONFESSION
The Peking-Hankow Rallway au-
New York, Yesterday. thorities have commenced to re-
The weekly journal, the "Outlook," move the archives of this Railway publishes in its current number from Peking to Hankow.
Jaffidavits purporting to show that Mr. W. D. Owen, for plaintiffs, ex- plained that his clients were naked It is believed the head office of Saeco and Vanzetti were not guilty of the hold up of a enshier's by defendants to visit the wreek, the Railway will shortly be estab-motor-car at Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts on November 24, 1919, make an inspection with divers and lished in Hankow. take off cargo. They were then to General Yen Hsi-shan of Shanai which was followed by the murder make an estimate for the salvage will apparently control the north- of a cashier at South Braintree for and if no agreement was arrived at, erp section of the Railway, receiv-which they were sentenced to death. Vanzetti's alleged gullt with re- plaintiffs were to be paid for the ing. $300,000 a month from this
the payment of his gard to the Bridgewater hold up, actual preliminary work done. When section for
according to the "Outlook," estab- plaintiffs sent in their, estimate it Shansi troops.". was not accepted. After they had General Yen Hel-shan has ap-lished the presumption of his guilt worked for nine days, defendants pointed the Shansi-ite, General Ho of the South Braintree crime obtained an estimate from another Sbao-nan, to guard the northern Both cases were tried by Judge firm which was accepted.
section, removing him and his Thayer.
The "Outlook," by laborious in- For the defendants Mr. C. A. S. troops from Tientsin to Peking,!
up his head-vestigations in the underworld, Russ said that $414 for the prelimin-where he will take
the building of the claims to have established the iden- ary work was agreed upon before it quarters in commenced. Plaintiffa had already Peking-Hankow Railway-Reuter. tity of the Bridgewater robbers, [Note: Hankow and the south-thus excalpating Sacco and Van- received $400. The reason why the work was given to another firm was ern section of the line are held by zetti, It publishes affidavits of persons who admit that they plan- because plaintiffs did the work "so General Pei Chung-hai's colleagues ned, and committed the crime frightfully badly. They employed a
Reuter's American Service. lot of coolies who spoke an uncouth
...An American Cause Celebre tongue and it was like the Tower of
[The Sacco-Vanzetti trial It will Babel. Everyone was getting tho-
be remembered, created world-wide roughly muddled up and my clients
interest. The prosecution made got someone else. The plaintiffs
full play with the admission of the agreed and went."
prisoners that they had Communist sympathies, but it was widely held that very little evidence of a re- liable nature, was ever brought
in the Kwangst military group.]
NO LOCK-OUT
GERMAN TEXTILE DISPUTE SETTLED
A STÓWAWAY
New, Work, Yesterday, Captain Haus Von Schiller, the chief navigating officer of the “Graf Zeppelin," announces that the glant airship will start on the re-
STILL FINE"
"N. E. wind, fresh, "fine" is the official forecast till noon to-
morrow.
At 11.07 aahto-day the Obaar- anti- vatory reported: "The cyclone has strenghtened. The typhoons have merged into one, central between Tokyo and the Bonins. Strong monsoon may be expected the S.E. coast of China anche monsoon byer the CHI
Typhoon Pärningen. The following telegram was re- ceived from the Manila Observa- tory at 9.00 a.m.-to-day:-
Manila 4.10 p.m. 29th: Typhoon in about 189 deg. Long. E. and 29 deg. Lat. N, moving N.
Manila 4.10 p.m. 20th: Typhoon in about 137 deg. Long. E. and
The airmen will plan to fly in stages of over 1,600 miles and hope to reach London in 12 days!
A Bellamy (Lab.) .....9,567 G. C. Touche (Con) ....7161 W. G. Greenwood (Lib.) ·6,874 -Reuter.
[At the last election (in which
during the year ended March · 90. Sir James Parr, the New Zea- land High Commissioner in Lon- don, was present and assisted Gen- eral Richardson, who, in reply to
they propose to follow Sir Alan there were also three candidates) questions, explained that the so-
Cobham's route and visit the Mr. Homan polled 8,971 and had a majority of 1,967 over the Labour capitals of Europe.
The plane can remain in the air candidate, C. L. L'E Malone.] for 40 hours.
£10,000 have been raised by the public as a subscription to cover the cost of the venture-Reuter,
SOVIET GRAIN
TO FACILITATE TRANSPORT FROM SIBERIA TO RUSSIA
CORRUPTION RIFE
NO CAR LICENCE
GARAGE PRINCIPAL FINED ON SUMMONS
CAR PASSES A TRAM
called citizens committee st01 existed secretly. It was in touch with the agitator Nelson, who was banished, and it still contributed to the disaffection of the natives by spreading false newi,
Bir James stated that the situa- tion had improved during the past six months and order was be- The maintaining ing maintained. Mr. C. Lauritsen, managing courts wore obeyed but the ad- director of the Dragon Motor Carministration had to deal with a Co., Ltd., was this morning sum-kind of passive resistance in the moned by Traffic Sergeant McInnes, form of a refusal to pay taxes. He befors Major C. Willson, O.B.E., added that the mandatory power Riga, Yesterday.
the limits of its for driving motor car No. 1 on was going to. According to latest Russian ad- October 24 without having renew- patience before resorting to strong- vices, the Council of Commissars ed the car licence. A representa-er measures-Reuter. has issued strong instructions to tive attended Court and pleaded: the Railway Department to take the "guilty" on Mr. Lauritsen's behalf,
and the Magistrate imposed a fine SEALS ON METERS most energetic measures to facilitate of $5.`. the transport of grain from Siberia to Russia.
Traffic Sub-Inspector Alexander said that a European witness had The need is becoming Increasing-facts were that the defendant, who gone to Java on business, but the
GRAVE DANGER TO THOSE WHO TAMPER !
ELECTRICIAN FINED
ly great, especially in Central Rus- was coming down the steep hill ala, where a grain famine already leading to the Shaukiwan tram Mr. I. N. Murray, of the Mains terminus, passed a leading car, Department, Chine Light & Power exists. *Even passenger services must be and in doing so got in the way of Co. (1918), Ltd., appeared as com aubordinated to this need, the order another car which was going up
plainant in case before Mr. W. states, and severe penalties will be the hill. This car had to pull up Schofield at Kowloon Magistracy meted out if the instructions are sharply to avoid a collision. A fine this morning, in which a Chinese
of $15 was imposed.
MARINE COURT
TROUBLE ABOARD S.S. "DARCOILE"
disobeyed.
At the Marine Court this morn-
was charged with breaking the seal at No. 608, of an electric meter Canton-road,
Defendant was 'described as an electrician, 24 years of age, of No. 18 Bowring-street,, at present un- employed.
Det.
gaid
Sergeant Mottram
The Railway Department has been. the butt of many attacks as the result of the failure in recent weeks to expedite grain movements. "In Cattle Trucks" 21 deg. Lat. N. moving N.
The newspaper "Pravda" declares Manila 4.10 p.m. 29th: Typhoon- that large quantities have accumu-ing, four firemen of the s.8. "Dar- that defendant. had, while endea in about 130 deg. Long. E. and lated by the Department at various coile" were charged, before Com-vouring to fix the electric lights of 25 deg. Lat. N. almost station-railway centres, while it also commander J. B. Newill, D.S.O., R.N., No. 608 Canton-road, tampered ary.
plains that the grain is loaded in with unlawfully and wilfully dis- with the meter and was caught red- dirty, cattle trucks with disastrous obeying orders on board the vessel handed in the act. The offence was results. Mr. Russ pointed out that pumps
at Sourabaya, Java, on Oct. 18, serious.
The house in question was deev- Large Quantities Exported 1928, for divers cost between $400 and $500 while the plaintiffs charged
Capt. John Ferguson, master of pled by a barber who said that de The Latvian Press is publishing $70 a day for the use of such. That A settlement in the wages dis-against the men. They were ron-
figures of the amount of Soviet the 8.8. "Darcolle," prosecuted, fendant was a regular customer of He had offered to fix the must work out at an enormous pro- pute at Muenchen and Gladbach (victed largely on the fact that a
turn journey to Europe
grain which is being exported while the defendants were defend his on Tues-
that they would not function. across Latvia in spite of the famine ed by Mr. F. H. Lossby, who en-lights when he (witness), had said has obviated the threatened lock-revolver found in their quarters was of the calibre used to commit
180 Volts-Fatal The large quantity of freight to conditions in large areas of Euro-tered a plea of "not guilty,"
The defendants weral-J..Pickett out.-Reuter,
the crime. The prosecution case be carried at £1 per lb. will include pean Russia. It is stated that near-
fit, he added.
"
Brush With Pirates
gaged by the owners of the "Kq-
190,000 WORKERS AFFECTED
Cologne, Yesterday.
Manila 4.10 p.m. 29th: Typhoon in about 126 deg. Long. E. and 20 deg. Lat. N. almost stationary.
day.
Mr. Murray said that had the
Captain Arthur said he was en- (A Reuter telegram from was not, however, absolutely con- a bale of cotton, two typewriters ly 15,000 tons were exported to (62) of Paisley; H. Christie (29) barber given notice to the company chow" to inspect the wreck and give, Cologne, dated Oct. 10, stated:-clusive. The Communists took up and a box of copper plate which Germany alone in the month of of Glasgow; A. Fisher (52) of of the defect, it would have been his opinion as to whether it was The millowners of the Rhineland their cause and demanded their ac will be auctioned for the benefit of October. Heuter.
worth while to salvage it,
of the quittal.
over.
The names of the two
the crew.
A chow pup will be among the
FRANCE & FASCISM
and Westphalian' sections When he returned to Hong Kong, German textile industry have decid-obscure Italian bawkers became as- sociated with countless deeds of pirates in a junk crossed the bows ed to lock out 190,000 operatives on violence by Communists the world of the launch he was in and opened October 27, failing settlement, fire with Winchester rifles. They meantime, of the Muenchen and then fired round shot which dropped Gladbach wages' dispute, which sama 50 feet the other side of the seems improbable.] Jaunch. They followed this up with
cannistry. Witness sounded the
S.O.S. on the whistle and ran into a Customs station nearby where he the current
The caso dragged on for over seven years at the end of which Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocut- ed.]
LABOUR TROUBLE
ATTACKS ON VOLUNTEER WORKERS IN MELBOURNE
on the was actually Was transferred to a Customs launch wreck a diver could not work.
There was much more risk for s which gave chase to the pirates. While the chase was continuing, diver working at the place where however, his launch left and made the "Kochow" sank than in Hong for Hong Kong. He. himself was Kong harbour. Divers will not work brought back to Hong Kong by the there for the same money as they will ITALIAN CONSUL INDIGNANT Customs launch.
in the harbour and the immediate Witness gave it na his opinion vicinity, Divers would want at least that the vicinity of the wreck was 50 per cent, more pay than for har-
passengers.
Later. The "Graf Zeppelin" left for Ger- many at 2 a.m. local time-Reuter's American Service.
A Stowaway.
Berlin, Yesterday.' The "Lokalanzenger's" represen- tative aboard the "Graf Zeppelin”
PARIS PRESS UTTERS A WARNING
SEQUEL TO PONS INCIDENT
Paris, Yesterday. There have been violent Presa
has wirelessed that a 17-year-old polemies in Paris on the subject of American youth is a stowaway. į
New York, Yesterday.
Glasgow; and S. Davidson (42) of attended to act once The com- Govan.
pany employed: a large staff In giving evidence, Capt. especially for these emergency calls Ferguson stated that when the and repairs were made free of vessel was at Sourabaya, the de-charge. {fendants went on leave without This statement was then explain-
permission.
ed to the barber. A fine of $25, Mr. Loseby objected to this on with the alternative of a month's the ground that the defendants hard labour was imposed on defen-
charged with disobeying dant. orders and not with going ashore Mr. Murray asked leave to point without permission.
out the grave danger of tampering Many Continuing, witness stated that with the seal of a meter. when the vessel was about to leave cases he occurred in Hong Kong
were
He was discovered in the airship the riot at Pons, when the statue of the port, the defendants returned. and Kowloon, in which people had at 6 o'clock this morning-Reuter. M. Combes, a former Premier of They then gathered at the fo'c'sle beer electrocuted as a result. Tho
Flying Northerly Course
France of strong anti-clerical lean-head and were repeatedly asked by voltage of a meter was 200 volts the chief officer to go down and and people had been known to suc- ings, was wilfully damaged immedi- work. The defendants repeatedly cumb to 180 volls, The "Graf Zeppelin" at 10.15)
The China Light Co. was aware refused to do so. In consequence Melbourne, Yesterday, (local time) passed 80 miles to the ately after being unveiled.
south of Capa Sable, the most One paper warns France to pre- of the trouble, they were unable that this unlawful practice had ex- Trade unionista
attacked the southerly point of Nova Scotia, pare for the advent of Fascism.to perform their duties that night sted for some time but never a dangerous place for men to work bour work and possibly, when work-volunteer dockers in different parts thus denoting that the airship is Another blames the Bishop of La and other men were compelled to had a person been caught red-hand-" unprotected because of the possibing under such conditions as where of the city. Five volunteers, In following a northerly course from
foreigners, lity of pirates. visiting the scene. the "Kochow" was, they might ask cluding four
were which she will probably benefit by for double pay.
seriously injured and had to be In addition to that the water was
the favourable winda. Reuters A fair charge for a Chinese diver taken to hospital. The police made thick with a large quantity of mud. By the time a man was submerged a $50 per day. That included as a truncheon charge on the attackers A foot he would not be able to see sistants and equipment. He consi- and drove them off.
The
The infernal machine was thrown
American. Service.
M. POINCARE
MAKES IMPORTANT STATE-
six inches. Also, ha continued, the dered the price charged by plaintiffs, The Italian Consul indignantly divers were called upon to do in- $140 a day for two divers, to be protested following a bomb outrage. terior work which was very differ- "very reasonable indeed." ent from making an inspection from for provisions during the nine days' volunteers were playing cards. He
charge of $96,80
was reasonable into a room where the Italian MENT ON FRENÇII FINANCES outside.
There was much more risk attach work.
declared that if immediate action
ed to inside work because the men what he asked Captain Arthur was not taken to protect Italian had no electric lights and had to do what the price of air pumps were subjects, the latter would be forced everything by the sense of touch. He replied that a double acting pump to take measures to protect them In removing cargo from a sunken could be purchased for about $750, selves. Reuter vessel there was always a possibility and a single acting pump about $600, that, by its buoyancy, it might float A diver required a certain amount of and either block the diver's exit or training. He certainly had to have
more training than a cobbler. squeeze his pipes. T
CONSULAR CHANGES
Rochelle who described the un- do the work..
After further evidence the defen- veiling of the statue as a national
dants were discharged, calamity.
There have been 87 arrests In connection with the affair, including the gendarme who fired a shot killing a demonstrator.. He in to be court-martialled.
Anti-Clericalism
od.
Demonstration
Mr. Murray also recalled a case heard in the same Court last year, | when a Chinesa was convicted for a
WOMAN'S OPIUM similar offence, but he had not been
TEN TAELS HIDDEN IN FOUR CUBICLES
caught actually in the act
Mr. Murray explained in detail. to his Worship and Press men the | mechanism of -the mater, pointing In the course of a speech," M.
Fines totalling: $1,270 were im-out where the seal was affixed. The Daladier (who, with M. Herriot, "Caen, Yesterday.
unvelled the Combea statue) attack posed at the Kowloon Magistracy seal is enclosed in a casing at the M. Poincare, in the customary before the assembly of Parliament, permitted to have novitiates in No. 72 Woosung-street, Yaumati a
French religious orders abroad are said to be the principal tenant of
special staff Is employed dwelt on the necessity of efforts France and have had some of their for having in her possession a quanto cope with any trouble being taken to attain a sound confiscated property restored. tity of illicit opium and with reported in connection with financial position, as the next six months would probably see some of M. Poincare And French Missions selling same without permit. She meters. The general tendency pleaded guilty to both charges. of those incapable of repairing a the "greatest post-war problems-While the disturbances were ec- Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt meter is to remove the casing, said coming to the forefront. Reuter.curring M. Poincare, in the said that in a raid on the house, Mr. Murray, thus exposing the seal, course of a speech at Caen, declar- the opium was found concealed in which formed a temptation for one. ed that the legitimate pacific in four cubicles. In all 97 taels.were to touch, fluence of France must not be en-discovered journey to There were 1,600 meters in all, dangered, and that was why the With each fine imposed, an alter and these are stended to whenever. Government wished to save from ex--, native of five months, hard labour trouble:
Murray, tinction the depleted missions in Was stipulated, the sentences to expressed a wish that the public America, Asia and Afr enter, zun concurrently,
would
declaration of the Premiera policyed the new Budget, under which this morning on a Chinese woman base of the meter.
So dangerous is the process that.
Mr. Russ said that his clients ac- Mr. C. C. A. Kirke took over 850 a Day Pay
tually got work done by divers for duties of H.B.M.'s Consul at Yur- —– He went on to say that at the spot #4 a day, rental of pumps. $7. a' day, nanfu, cho capital of Yunnas pro- "the "Kocnów", sank the current was and coolles $2 a day. Captain vince, on Sept. 15, relieving Mr. G. very dangerous. When he was there Arthur replied that he would be: A. Combe): 0.B.E., who is now Con- it was running at about five knots an very glad to know. auch divers as aul: at: Ningpo. Mr. Kirke was hour,, It, was so strong that when they would be useful.
formerly Consul at Swatow.CE
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
The closing rate of the dollar. on demand, to-day was 2/0 5/16;