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OSTEND 'DROME CHIEF CHARGED FOLLOWING AIR DISASTER
Brussels, To-day. The chief of Ostend airport, Joseph Daens,
has been arrested on a
charge of homicide
through culpable negli-
gence.
The arrest was made after
the thorough official enquiry into causes of the crash at Ostend on Nov. 16 in which nearly all mem- bers of the Grand Ducal family. Hesse were killed.
ITALY'S THANKS
cer
The senior Italian Verloff-
tish Senior Naval Officer, Shanghai, thanking him half of the Italian Navy for the assistance rendered by the officers and men of the Bee to the two Italians on the USS. Panay.
HOOVER CREW MEMBERS IN COURT
Five members of the crew of the President Hoover, Frank Streb, Elmer B. Asmussen, John R. Ag- new, Jack H. Le Beau and Seymour morning The report of the committee of Schechter were this investigation has not yet been pu- charged before Mr. R. Edwards at blished, but it is understood that the Central Magistracy with being the airport chief had received an in the Colony without a valid pass- order from Brussels to warn the part.
pilot of the ill-fated plane not to Detective Sergeant Russell said make an intermediate landing at that all were members of the crew Ostend in view of the thick fog, but of the President Hoover and ar- to proceed direct to Croydon.
NOT TRANSMITTED
The message was not transmit- ted to the pilot.
rived in the Colony on December 16. The Dollar Line had arranged for them to leave for America by the President McKinley on Mon- day. First defendant missed boat by accident, but the others re- M. Daens made a statement in fused to sail as they considered the which he declared that owing to accommodation unsatisfactory. The lack of time, he had been unable to Company now treat them as deser- transmit the message to the plane ters but are willing to arrange for The investigation, however, re their repatriation by the President vealed that there was plenty of Coolidge sailing on December 31, time to warn the plane.Trans- and the Police are to see them on,
board. Ocean.
The defendants who admitted the and offences were convicted.
STATE FUNERAL OF
OF agreed to leaving by the Coolidge. LUDENDORFF RUSSIANS FAIL
Munich, To-day.
The state funeral of the late General Erich Ludendorff begins
TO BEHAVE
and
Alexander Sartakoff and Michael this morning with the lying-in-A. Zakatoff, two Russians, were this state at the "Gate of Victory" in morning charged before. Mr. R Ed- Munich, from where the coffin! wards at the Central Magistracy with
being destitutes in the Colony will be transferred at 10 am to with having no valid passports. the Feldherrn Halle, where Gen- The defendant who pleaded guilty eral Ludendorff, together with were committed to the House of De- tention and had expulsion orders made Herr Hitler, led the historic against them. march of Nov. 9, 1923.
The Defence Minister, Marshal von Blomberg, will the funeral oration.
Detective-Sergeant Russell said de- fendants arrived some time ago from Field- Canton and were allowed to stay on deliver the guarantee of the Russian Com- munity. They repaid that Kindness by being drink and disorderly and were sentenced at the Kowloon Magis- tracy.
Representing ex-Kaiser Wilhelm will be Field Marshal von Macken-
sen
The funeral will take place at Tutzing at the late general's home.
Ocean.
HANGS HIMSELF TO AVOID LIVING TO BE A HUNDRED Here is a strange story of 8-1 who committed
age of 99 because he did not want to be a centenarian
Ho village
Bulgaria
Dimo Singuleff of
hough
Ovo in Nort
age. Dimo complained lonely and that all his passed on. Several times years he declared that he
ve for his
of life and would prefer to die
GERMAN NAVY VISIT TO NAPLES
Rome, To-day.
A German naval squadron arrived at Naples from Cagliari yesterday for a brief visit.
The
Bear
of the
by
the
CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE
Royal Obsery
rning
ars to be moving
Apparently seeing no signs of a sure being highest natural end to his life, he hanged
himself in a stable, within a week! Local forecast: or two of the 100th birthday.
fresh, cloudy generally, some driz