WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1930,
PRISON TORTURE.
GERMAN VICTIM IN JUGO-SLAVIA.
OFFICIAL ADMISSION.
Berlin, July 30. By means of constant publicity and every sort of moral pressure the Jago-Slav authorities have at last been forced to admit the
MRS. BOBBY JONES. LURE OF A FATAL
DOMESTICITY IS HER CAREER.
To the hundreds of women, who join their husbands or friends in afrequent game of golf, must occasionally occur a question of grent intéreat: "How would it feel to be the wife of a man who can play golf like Bobby Jones?" torture of Isolde Refter, who is They anturally take it as a fote minority in Jugo-Slavin. The ad-gone conclusion that she must be mission is made very grudgingly. an ardent follower of the game, An official Jugo-Slay communique and probably a very fine player as refers to tendencious" accounts
one of the lenders of the German
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BLONDE.
CHINA MAIL:
PRINCESSE AMEDEE.
THE
RED HAND SEEN.
COURT JUDGMENT IN
· MARRIAGE SUIT.
"She Carries Death But I Cannot Break Away."
MILLIONAIRE SHOT DEAD,
London, August 9. "I know that my love affair will end fatally.. Helen carries death with her, but I cannot break away from the web of fascination that she has thrown round mè." to his friends by Manuel Guerrero, a These were the last words spoken
young Argentine millionaire, who There really is no more reason was found shot dead in a Paris flat to expect this than there is reason this morning. His body lay on n to expect that the wives of all.ac-bed and was covered by a sheet. A tors can act, all musicians play Kiscelow, was lying by his side, some instrument, and that the clasping a revolver, and with a bul- wives of great financiers should be let through her head. cronomists of the first water. It is true, that a aport is somewhat different and that men and their wives usually play some of sume games, if both go in sports.
the
beautiful
Polish
The couple first met in London two years ago.
FOUR CHINESE PAPERS SUSPEND.
Manila, September 3. ' Two Chinese afternoon papers were unable to get out their regular editions yesterday and two morning papers will be unable to visit their readers to-day as a result of a strike! of approximately 80 compositors, declared yesterday morning.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
Judgment was given in Paris in the peculiar action heard by the First Civil Court in respect to the Princesse Amedce de Broglie, who, at the age of 72, wishes to marry the Orleana, aged 42, a cousin of the Infante Don Fernando de Bourbon-
King of Spain.
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nephew, tha Duc Brissac, opposes the union.
The Princesse de Brogile was Mile. Constance Say, a daughter of the wealthy sugar refiner, and the arguments advanced against the proposed marriage are that her
Chinese Printers' Union, refused to The strikers, members of the
report for work yesterday morning, following the refusal of the publish. to accede to 17 demands made by ers of the four Chinese newspapers
of the affair, but at least it admits
them. The papera affected by the that the police exceeded their
strike are the Kong Li Po and the duties (a rather mild expression
Chinese Commercial News, morning for the bastinadoing of the lady
papers, and the Fookien Times and until she fainted
blonde, Helen the China- Post, afternoon papers. mental state leaves "something to that the blood), and declares
While the strike is apparently due be desired," and that the man she responsible officials have been dis-
to a misunderstanding between the would like to marry as a second missed, without saying whether
compositors and their employers, it husband is an "undesirable," since they have received other jobs.
was learned on good authority he has been expelled from France. Isolde Reiter's case is not an
that Red propaganda was at It was brought out in the plead- isolated one. It came to light only
Mile. Kiscelow, who was two years the bottom of the walkout. The inga that the Princesse de Broglio. because she
particularly
Guerrero's senior, hat-yed previ-police were notified of the strike had an especial tenderness for courageous in demanding redress,
forously in the Argentine, and two men and secret service agents have cocks, donkeys, and dogs, and that and because she had German
had already shot themselves in started an investigation.
at her chateau at Blois she had public opinion behind her. But for Ben Few who is the present despair, because of her fickle con.
erected a mausoleum to dogs, to those who are either too much holder of the Open Championship duct,
the disgust of the population, who afraid to take action, or who have of the Philippine Islands differs She went back to the Argentine
had threatened to commit acts of no kind of backing, there is no from Bobby Jones inasmuch as kis with her latest lover and lived with
destruction. redresa. The Jugo-Slav Govern- wife holds the same relative posihim for some months, Eventually, ment then blandly deny every- tion among the women that he however, Guerrero was urged to thing. The torture of prisoners is docs among the men. This state break with the girl, whom he could a common practice in Jugo-Slavia; of affairs has not been true of not marry, and as a first step to Hungary, and several other Euro- other holders of this champion- this he was persuaded to go to Paris pean countries, and would certain-ship, however. Other champions and occupy himself with business ly stop if every case received the of the Island have had wives who for his family and his friends. same attention as Isolde Retter's. played and were interested in the game, but this is the first time that two records of this sort have been held in the same family.
..was
ROYAL COUP ?
é did so, and was bright and happy, when suddenly Helen Kiscelow reappeared on the scene.
Guerrero's friends aaw at once that he had fallen again under the
The question about Mrs. Bobby PRECAUTIONS_ON__HUNGARIAN came up so periodically, however, charm of the beautiful Slay, and
BORDER.
that a reporter for the Associated urged him to leave France, to travel. Fress went to see her the other to do anything to break the chain day and asked her how about her which once more bound him to her. golf. His report of the interview But he merely shrugged his was the following:
Budapest, August 23. Although the Government de precates the persistent rumours of an impending coup d'etat to bring about the restoration of the Hapsburg Dynasty, and enthrone the 18-year-old Archduke Olto, it 15 now admitted that several days ago the frontier guards and municipal police received instruc- tions to look out for and detain an automobile with, a heavily volled lady and a youth about 18 years
of age.
As a result of this order several false arrests were made. Legionist circles are already displaying in- creasing activity and many per-
sons believe that Otto and his mother. have already been smug- gled into Budapest. On the other 'hand it is evident that the Govern- ment is resolved to resist the coup to the utmost.
The most brilliant aerial beacon in the world, a rotating light shaft of 2,000,000,000 candlepower which will be visible 500 miles away, is rapidly nearing completion atop
the
thirty-nine-storey Palmolive Building in Chicago. Below the main beacon is a fixed light ray of 300,000,000 candle-power pointing toward the Municipal Airport. To be known as the Lindbergh Beacon, the brightest serial lighthouse yet to be devised was designed by the tate Elmer A. Sperry and presented by him to the eity of Chicago shortly before his death.
The wife of the world's greatest golfer doesn't play the links game and doesn't have any desire to play.
Publishers of the four news papers affected declared that the demands made by the compositors are such that it will be impossible for the papers to meet them. The For the defence it was urged 17 demands made include a 100 per that she was in full possession of cent. increase in wages. The com.her mental faculties. positora also demand the right to Intervene in the employment or dis- dismissal of employes, and refuse to work on legal, church and Chinese holidays.
Simultaneously with their refusal to report to work, the compositors gave the publishers of the papers 24 hours in which to act on their demands.
The strike has been peaceful so far, but the premises of the four Chinese papers, were placed under police guard to forestall trouble. shoulders and said: "That, I am-Manila Bulletin. afraid, is impossible, but I will do my best."
It is now thought that the young Argentine millionaire Informed
For Mrs. Robert T. Jones, Jr., Helen Kiscelow of his determination
Mrs. Bobby to Atlanta home, Bobby and the two little Jones are her carcer.
The children are Clara Malons, 5, and Robert Tyre III, who has just learned to whistle.
Slim and dark, with the beauty and wit of the Irish--she WUB Mary Malone-she knows more about the game in which her hus.
The Duke Fails.
Counsel for the Duc de Brissac maintained that the fact that she wanted to marry a man like the Infante Don Fernando was sufficient indication of her mental weakness. It was alleged that she had spent money recklessly-1,700,000 francs last year, while her income was put at 1,052,000 franes. She had, it was stated, pawned her furni- ture, and required to be protected from herself. A mental examina- tlon was asked for.
PROLONGED LIFE. Brisane, on the ground that
T
IS WRONG.
The judgment of the Court went against the Duc do
nephews and nieces had no right to oppose the marriage of uncles and aunts. As regards the pro- of the alleged mental condition of the Princesse, the Court found that the facts stated were very grave, and it would be necessary to verify them.
to break with her, giving her the PEOPLE OVER 50 WHOSE DIET hibition on the grounds reasons why he could not possibly marry her. The girl apparently shot the young man and then turned the revolver on herself. Ex.
GIRL MESSENGERS.
band excels than many so-called "DIGNITY" AND "ATMOSPHERE" experts. But she admits her play- DEEMED NECESSARY. ing experience has been confined to "three or four lessons."
The mysterious secret of enduring life remains without the realm of human possibility in spite of efforts The Court, therefore, ordered to transplant glands and Inject re- an examination by three doctors, juvenating extracts, Mr. L. W. who will be required to furnish to Hutchcroft, director of the Bureau the Court a report on the mental of Vital Statistics, State Board of condition of the Princesse.- Health, told a radio audience at Sunday Times. Madison, Wisconsin, recently.
"The quest for longevity goes on, but the reward is not in sight;" Mr. Hütchcroft declared.
As for Bobby's triumphs, tumul- { Because the superintendents and tuous welcomes and the world's owners of some of New York's large most highly prized trophies, the office buildings object to boy mes- Scientista, ke sald, have demon- best part of them is 'coming home, sengers as too boisterous and think strated, however, that additional life she says.
girl messengers add dignity and."at- can be guaranteed to any human "Where did I first meet Bobby" mosphere," girls have been added being after decay has progressed be- She pauses a moment and muses: recently to the messenger force of youd a certain point.
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"But the springs of eternal youth
me that and it is fanny, but Corporation for the first time in do not exist outside our own bodies. really do not know, It was about New York.
When the cells of the human body
the time we were both in high Their advent threatens the supre- disintegrate and dle there is no school though. We celebrated our macy held by, boys in this field, for magic potion that can raise them sixth anniversary in Liverpool," · those in charge of the Postal Tale- from the dead.
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She, like Bobby, is a native of graph messenger service report that In the last century the life ex- Atlanta, the daughter of Mr. and girls fare better than boys In the peetaney, at birth, of Human beings Mrs. John Malone. In school and intelligence test to which all messen-in the United States has been raised college, then into society, she was gers are submitted before employ-from an average of 83 years to ap- one of Atlanta's most popular girls ment.
proximately 58 years, the statisti -and still is.
The boys need not fear loss of eian pointed out. their jobs at present, ̈ ́however, for
People Past Fifty." the girls will not carry packages or Mortality rate among persons telegrams outside, being used only past 60 have increased about 10 per in large office buildings in which cent. In the last 20 years, he said. special telegraph offices are located. The percentage of all deaths in to carry messages within the bulld-Wisconsin, occurring among people ing.
between 50 and 70 years, has in- creased from 19 per cent. in 1008 to A special uniform has been de- 28 per cent. In 1928. In other signed for the girls, of pale blue, words, a person of 40 to-day in trimmed with red, with a military Wisconsin may look forward to only cape, also trimmed with red. A cap about 20 years of additional life. of the tam o'shantor type, some-compared with an expectation of what similar to the cap of the about 30 years a decade ago. French Red Devils, and a Sam Errora in personal hygiene and Browne bolt without shoulder strap diet are largely responsible for the complete the military effect of the decrease in life expectancy, Mr. outfit. Other telegraph companies, Hutchcroft declared adding that the It is said, have used girls to a slight the figures apparently reflect on the extent, but none has equipped them changing conditions of life... with uniforma.
"Each adult must fight his own The Postal Telegraph is begin- individual battle, since he usually ning to employ girl messengers also brooks no interference with his in Detroit, Cleveland Chicago for mode of living," he asserted. work within office buildings, Be-Medical authorities and scient cause of a State law the girls must fats can be depended upon to care be more than 21 years old. They for the children and their diseases. work eight-hours a day and carry but they have little or no chance to about 600 telegrams a week.
Interfere with the lives of adnits,"
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