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QUIET RULES ON Today's Short Story.
WALL STREET
Minor Fraction Changes Reflects Steadiness
NARROW MOVEMENTS SHOULD .CONTINUE
THE
DWARF
THEN he was 35 the dwarf,
Wall Street is quiet, but steady, Į
to grow. Scientists were very with changes mostly confined to minor fractions. Continued Bar-annoyed, for once and for al row movements are expected, und-they had fixed 25 as the age ing a technical digestion of lasten growth stops. That is why they tried to hush up the affair.
week's rally.
to, appear
which the
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1934
By Marcel
Ayme
YUGOSLAVIAN
MONARCH DIES
BY ASSASSIN
(Continued from Page 1)
France Will Mourn
One Month
STATE FUNERAL FOR M. BARTHOU
S. E. Levy And Company's Report Barnumbill's Circus was on the In their market report. Messrs. last laps of a tour that would land S. E. Levy and Company, corres-it, after a few more stop-overs, in At the little town pondents for Messrs. White. Weld the Big City.
where they had pitched their tents and Company, New York state:
"Stocks: The failure of buyers they gave one matinee and two even:
after the performances at in volume sharp advance last week caused dwarf did his act. He entered the some abandonment of speculative ring dressed like a dandy, hand-in- hand with the Serpent Man, whom positions yesterday and to-day as,
he affected not to see at one glance, Develop- had been anticipated.
And the public cided on a month of national we favour so tall he was. Nevertheless, nient.
mourning for King Alexander,shanno a continuation of selective par-laughed because the one was so tall The business and the other was so tiny. Phases [P] weaktas "conditions are showing a slow and Serpent Man walked along with and a State funeral for M. Bar-
as
Paris, To-day. The French Government has de-
Dr. Nabun Geldman
Addressing the World Jewish Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Nabun Goldmann (above), President of the Committee on Jewish Delegations, warned the Hitler regime in Germany that the Jewry has known more powerful adversaries than the 3rd Reich and has "always outlasted them."
King Alexander Aged 46
son of
expansion. Business great strides worth six or seven of thou. moderate
the little steps of the dwarf, and The remains of King Alexander
King Alexander 1, the done:-770,000 shares.
Bonds-High-grade and U. S. when he came to the middle of the will be taken back to Yugoslavia King Peter I and Princess Zorka, aboard the cruiter Dubrovnik, daughter of the late Nicholas ∙1, King of Montenegro, was born on escort of French with an
December 17, 1888. He was mar ships,
iring he said with a cavernous volee:)
"I'm getting tired." The laughter of the audience died down to allow the dwarf to answer
Government issues were off frac-¡ tionally. easier.
Werd Second grades
war-
CHINA'S INDEPENDENCE CANTON DEMANDS
OVERTEBRATIONS ·
A
MANCHU DYNASTY
23 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Twenty-three years ago to-day the first Republic to be pro- claimed in the East was established, and Chinese throughout the world are to-day celebrating the anniversary of the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty,
PUNISHMENT OF
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
But Nanking Foresees Bond Slump
HENCE PRESS CENSORSHIP
¡From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, -To-day.
'
Although the celebration of China's Independence Day has not been as zealously during the last three years as previously, The members of the Kuomintang owing to unsettled political affairs, a general holiday is to-day Central Executive Committee and being granted throughout China, as well as in Hong Kong. Central Supervisory Committee here The anniversary, which falls every year on October 10, and have informed the Central Party is better known as the "Double Tenth." marks the day when Gen- Headquarters at Nanking in a tele- eral Huang Hsiang led his successful revolution in Central gram, that the four points in their China, which eventually caused the abdication of Emperor Hsuanchalar telegram of September 8 Tung, the present Mr. Henry Pu-yl, of Manchukuo. It was only a were not intended as mere resolu. few years ago that the event was recognised in Hong Kong as a tions to the Fifth National Con- public holiday..
FILM STUDIO STAGE CONCERT
Independence Day Celebration
The Wah Nga Film Studio Homuntin, Kowloon City.
gress but additional agenda to be circulated to all Party organs at No official reception is being home and abroad similar to the one held by the Chinese Merchants' released by Nanking on August 15. Club as in former years. but the! Four, broad points were circulat- Chinese General Chamber
ed by Nanking in calling the Con- Commerce marked the occasiongress on November 12, but the with the usual tea-party at the Canton leaders considered that they Chamber's premises at noon.
.of
four
At the invitation of Mr. Liu Wen-were too vague and added kai, Mayor of the city of Canton, Pungent terms, the substance of which is a demand for the punish- Sir Shou-son Chow, Drs. S. W. T'BO,
ment of those responsible for the and T. N. Chau, left the Colony Inst less of Manchuria, the recovery of of night by the s.s. Tai Shan for Can-
the North-eastern provinces, and ton, where they will attend official abandonment of Nanking's pro. hos
functions. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, who
ried on June 8, 1922, to Princess drawn up a musical stage pro-was also invited to join in the celes Japanese policy.. "Wheat-Reports indicate dry with a piping, girlish voice:
The President of France, Mr. Marie, daughter of King Ferdinand gramme in connection, with the com-bration, was unable to accept, ow-out, it would mean the the resig- If these proposals were carried weather, with high winds which "Good, Mr. Stringbean, I'm glad Albert Lebrun, and the two Min-1 of Rumania. He was Prince Rememoration of the Independence Day.ing to indisposition.
nation and punishment of Mar- will necessitate the re-planting of you're tired!"
isters without portfolios, M. An-gent from June 24, 1914, to August
In Canton |The flag-raising ceremony was per-
navy and military shal Chiang Kai-shek and other wheat sowa in the Autumn ini
And that made the audience laugh Kansas. Sub-still harder.
As the many
sections of
dre Tardieu and M. Edouard Her-16, 1921, when his father died.
The late King is relative of formed at 10 o'clock this morning, manoeuvres, under the command of high Nanking officials.
General Kang Yam-chung and Gen-publication of such demands is soil moisture over a wide ares in
riot left Paris for Marseilles yes-Princess Marina, the latter's sis- while a concert will be held at 7 pm-eral Chan Chi-ying, Commanders sure to bring down the market the West is seriously deficient.
ter having married Prince Paul, this evening. The programme is of the Cantonese navy; and General value of Nanking bonds at Shang- Total sales: Wheat:--16,400,000
was nephew of King Alexander. Bushels; Corn:-9,120,000 bushels.
were kept out expected at Marseilles this morn-had intended to visit London for omposed of Chinese and European Huang Kwang-yul, Commander of such
press in Shanghai, Ing.--Router
harbour, and General Chan Chai Nanking and elsewhere.. the marriage of Prince George and music, Cantonese songs, and Chin- the Air-Force, will be staged in the the Princess Marina.
tong, Command of the First Group)
Much less will the Nanking au- Army, will review his troops,
thorities circularise Canton's pro
"Cotton-Heavy speculative li- quidation was comparatively well absorbed by Houses acting for the Government. There was some re- ported selling of December colton and buying for May. We would!
December 'switch from
distant months now.
"Rubber:-Manufacturers were
to more
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "Stowaway," by Claire D. Pollexfen.
From time to time the dwarf cast a glance at the compact crowd, small buyers an declines. Spocula-whose last rows were lost in the tive liquidation is still outweigh- ing new buying. Total sules. 452 lots."-Reuter,
Lerday evening.
The Queen of Yugoslavia
American Sympathy
FEDERAL AERONAUTIC CONVENTION CANCELLED
Washington, To-day.
King
He
jess acts.
Cardinals Win Baseball Title
The news of Khy Alexander Following Riot
STATUE UNVEILING
terms
At 10 a.m. at the Yuet Sau Pu-posals to the Kuomintang organs blic Garden, a statue to the late at home or abroad. As Canton's wishes cannot be accepted, rela- Dr. Wu Ting-fang, the noted diplotions between the South-west and mat, was unveiled. Mr. Teng Tech-1 with Connie Mack's great Philadel-yu, Member of the Executive Com- Nanking are strained. phia Athletics squad when they mittee of the Kwangtung Provincial won three pennants in a row be-Government, officiated. General cham-Chan Chai-tong. Mr. Helao Fu- (Continued from Page 1) ginning in 1929 and the
pionship in 1929 and 1930. Goslin, cheng, State Councillor of the Na- YEUNG CHUNG COLL.
SPEECH DAY was the Crowder and Marberry Jerome "Dizzy" Dean The following telegrams were
hero of the game, pitching his der World Series fire with Wagh received by Messrs. S. E. Levy and distress
in the ington. eighth shut-out victory Co. last night:-
The tragedy immediately recalled major league this season for the From Messrs. White, Weld and jeffort of the clown Koko, that ten-the crime at Sarajevo, in 1914, "Cards".
sion of the heart and mind to get which resulted in the world con-
7 RUNS IN ONE INNINGS (Continued on Page 6) hold of the public, were useless to flagration.
him. Even as it was enough for
Co.
Night Telegrams
U.S. REVOLUTION AVERTED
(Continued from Page 1)
shadows. The laughter and the assassination has deeply shocked stares did not bother him; he felt the capital and has elicited expres neither pain nor pleasure. Never ataions of sorrow from the highest the instant of going before the officials at the White House and the public did he experience that slight State Department, and of the Diplo
which caught at the matie Corps. throats of the other artists.
The
t
were un- tional Government, and Mr. Chow
com-
Lu, Member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Kwangtung Provin- Mr. Chen Outlines State cial Government, were among those present st the ceremony.
Of China To-day
The greatest athletic, gathering
of the day will be held in Tientain, The annual prize-giving of the Meeting will commence at the city's Road, attracted a large crowd of
where the North China Athletic Yeung Chung Girls' College, Caine
TIGERS BATTING POWER During the campaign for the pennant, no batting order Beaten in a desperate attempt to pared with the Tigers for sheer secure their first World title, the power. At President Roosevelt's request, Tigers' attack failed miserably, the
This ability to bunch hits and Jumbo to be elephant, so it was Mr. William Cordell Hull, Secretary hard hitting Cardinals banging out score often was seen in the new and stately stadium. The city's parents and friends of the pupils enough for him to be dwarf, and he had no need to love the public. of State, personally visited the 7 runs in the third innings to take cords, where in 82 games they had Educational Department has de- at the King's Theatre this morning. Yugoslav Legation and the Freach! a lead which must have demoratised 43 innings in which they clubbed cided to extend the holiday until A brief address on National Day Embassy to express the condolences the Motor-City team.
out four or more runs in destruc- Friday to afford students an op-and the present state of China was
portunity of seeing - Games.
giron by Mr. Chen Kuk-mun, who Mickey Cochrane, limping from tive burst of group hitting.
The batting strength of the
invited to According to messages from Nan-was
distribute Monday's
the an Injury received in
stars were in the tion in the capital. This is due to Auker, five of their
Following a well varied pro- each inninga, sending out
eines-Collins, Delaney, the fact that China is at present gramme which consisted of 22 items Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, Hos-300
and Davis, going through a national crisis, and Including music, dancing and cino- and "Alvin" Crowder in a vain at with Martin and Graatti but a few foreign ministers have been notified graph displays, the school was dis gett, "Tommy" Bridges, Marberry Medwick, Frisch tempt to hold the "Cards". The St. points below the charmed circle. in this respect.
The team's season average
At the end of his act he left the ring, running, and the Serpent of the President and the people of Man who held his hand lifted him the United States. up off the ground so funnily that The White House cancelled the Ringmaster wrapped a cloak about Federal Aeronautic Convention, him and took him in to Mr. Barlowing to the tragedy.-Reuter, Mr. Richberg told Rotarians that numbill, who gave him one candy
(Continued on next Column.) President Roosevelt had so far or two, depending on whether he unfulfilled his platform pledge was satisfied with his work.
loud applause rang out. Then the reception for the delegates to the game, switched his moundaman in Cards was shown by the fact that king there will be no official excep-awarda.
Roosevelt's Alternative
to balance the Budget because he
Then he went to where MissS
is faced with the alternatives of Germina, the Bareback Rider, was by the glaring lights and the flut- Germina, balancing the Budget or feeding waiting her turn to do go. Hertering wings of Miss millions of hungry, and that he legs sheathed in pink tights, her wearled by the heavy murmur and unhesitatingly chose the latter. body held in by a black velvet the breath of life that filled thei blinking! "Who dares to stand before the bodice, she sat very stiffly on her circus, he felt his eyes American people and declare that stool, watchful not to
was above 1.290.
Louis team were, however, invin- cible, and carried on to score four
THE SIDES' PITCHERS more runs before the close of the
In addition to the phenomenal ninth innings.
Dean brothers, the Cardinals had 17 MINUTES DELAY An incident in the game occurred capable pitchers in Bill Walker,
Carleton Tex
and
Hallaban. in the sixth innings when Joe Med-
also had four other really high out at Marvin Owen, Detroit's third baseman, with his spiked boots.ace of the Detroit. stall, the Tiger class hurlers in Tom Bridges. The two immediately closed in a
ruffe her and made his way to one of the wick of St. Louis, appeared to lash/While "Schoolboy" Bowe, was the
we should not have saved muffly ballet-skirt and her pink caravans, where old Mary undress-
led him and put him to bed. lions of people from destitution chiffon neck ruille.
and suffering actual starvation in Taking the dwarf on her knee
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order to balance the budget," said she kissed his forehead and stroked ▼XHILE they were on the road fistic battle and were only separated/Alvin Crowder, Fred Marberry | his hair, apeaking gently to him.1 from that lown to another with the assistance of the other and Elden Auker, who like Rowe,
Mr. Richberg.
Meanwhile
field. President About her there were always men the dwarf awoke towards eight in players on the He added that the had maintained a sound dellar, saying quite mysterious things to the morning with a high fever, the crowd in the uncovered seats despite extraordinary In behalf
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pressure
They
the
was a rookie.
Detroit's last pennant was won 25 years ago In 1909, but Pitts- her. For a long time the dwarf complaining of a terrific headache, broke lose in a riot, hurling bottles, burgh Pirates beat them in the inflationary had been used to these occasional Mary made him a hot drink and sausages, buns, and fruit. of
aeventh and deciding game of the and deflationary measures, for remarks, and he could have repeat-asked him if his feet were cold. refused to allow Medwick to re-World Series. In the two previous which the President can better be led them with a smile and a decent She discovered with amazement sume play, and Commissioner Lan- trusted to control monetary poli-look, but their meaning remained that the dwarf's feet were down at dis finally ordered him off the years Detroit lost to the Chicago Clubs National League pennant cles "than political orators who an irritating engma for him. the very bottom of the bed instead field.--Reuter.
winners ignorantly glorify in a' ixed, One evening Koko Was there of a foot or so away from it. MOST EVEN IN RECENT YEARS
WORLD SERIES RESULTS cruelly deflationary dollar or a alone with them, and in his be-Mary was so frightened that shej As was predicted by baseball St. Louis Cardinals WOD depreciating, wildly fluctuating 'floured face his eyes shone with opened the window and shouted as experts, the World Series has been first game of this year's World
the most evenly contested seen in Series at Detroit on a strange light. Seeing he was they sped along: сле."
Wednesday about to speak the dwarf thought
recent years. "My God, the dwarf's growing).
by an 8 to 3 margin, but the Tigers Led by the youthful, dery drew level in the second game, to apply rigid price fixing formu mared to the Bareback Rider that STOP! STOP!"
Mickey Cochrane to beights ex-nosing, out the "Cards" by a 3 to las in the codes-United Press, an adorable lady with marvellously But the noise of the motors perts said they could not attain, 2 taily. Journeying to St. Louis fair hair, her waist caught in a drowned her voice; and, basides, American League with good pitch-on Friday St. Louis again went he was losing his sleep because of everybody was asleep in their ing and hard hitting to face the ahead with a win by 4 to 1, but pink fluffy skirt, which made her caravans. She watched, power- the Tigers atormed through the
the Middle West team again look like a butterfly in the morn-less, the growth of the dwarf, who Cardinals, another well-rounded squared matters with a 10 to 4 ing. She had burst out laughing gave vent to screams of pain and team with a tremendous fighting victory on Saturday. In the last and the clown had left, slamming anxiety. Sometimes he questioned spirit, which was fully demon-of the three games at St. Louis, the door behind him, although to Mary with a voice still childish, strated in the drive which during Detroit took a 3 to 2 lead on Sun- tell the truth, them was no door. but already uncertain. 1
the last three weeks of the reason day by a 8 to 1 margin.
He said that it was impossible
per S. E. Levy and Company.
72,000,000 GLASSES OF BEER
Cleveland's Record
For July
to get in his word first; he mur
When Mise Germina jumped on "Mary," he said, "I'm ill, just as picked up seven, full games on the St. Louis, however, brought the her horse he ran to the entrance of though I were going to break in New York Giants to win the flax issue to all in Monday's clash. the ring and stood beside the several bits. Just as though all in the last two contesta.
winning by a 4 to 8 tally.. Cleveland.keeper of the door. Children in Mr. Barnumbill's horses
Fow players on either team, Beer drinkers of this internal the audience pointed him out, working to tear me limb from limb. however, had been through the revenue district. drank 72:499,200 laughing, and saying: "It's the what's happening, Mary'?”.
were
The doctors
white-hot test of the World Series. Martin, Frisch, Collins, Ornatti,
members of the 1981 World Cham
FREAK KITTEN DEAD
Hanford, Cal
A kitten with one head, twó
glasses of beer during the hot dwarf" He looked at them dis- "It's because you're growing. Durocher, and Hallahan were month of July.
trustfully, and when he was sure Dwarf. But don't get yourself in That number of glasses was that their parents were not looking an uproar that way, contained in 141,600 barrels he amused himself making will and a way to cure you and plons, while of the Tigers only bodies, eight legs and two tails brewed in 19 breweries of the 22 frightening faces at them. In the then you can go on with your act Manager Cochrane, "Goose" Gos was born in a litter of seven at counties of the district reported ring the Bareback Rider galloped, with the Serpent Man,"
Hin "General" Alvin Crowder, and Mort Wright's ranch, near Men Internal Revenue Collector Carl her leapa multiplying the chiffony
"Firpo Marberry had had such dots, California The Treak, he folds of her pink skirt. Dazzled
experience. Cochrane played anid, lived only 30 minutes.***
E. Moore here.
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