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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, 1928.
YOUNG BRIDE'S DEATH.
LORD HEWART'S QUES- TIONS TO HUSBAND.
ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERA- TION BY ELECTRICITY.
LONDON, Jan. 4th The trial of Charles Jackson Palmer, a medical electrician, of Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor square. W., on a charge of the manslaughter of Mrs. Elsia Alice Goldsmith, of Gordon-square, St. Paneras, the 21-years-old bride of former paymaster-courmandar the Royal Navy, was opened before Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, at the Old Bailey yester
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HUMOUR AND ARTISTRY IN
THE CIRCUS.""
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New York. Charlie Chaplin has come to town again with his new film, "The The remarkable response of the Cireus," and, no doubt, it will soon native population in the anti hook-be on its way to London. It is the worm propaganda in the Straits old Charlie, pathetic in his tumour and Java, and Malaya's leadership and delightful in his artistry. in the fight against malaria are
There is none of the pathos that the outstanding impressions receit drew tears in "The Gold Rush," ed by Dr. Victor G. Heiser, head but, the circus gives him full scope of the Rockefeller health work in for his whimsicality. As a tramp the East, during the tour of inspeche tumbles into the ring as a intion on which he is at present means of escape from the police and
engaged.
revives a drooping audience to ex- Interviewed by a Straits Times hilarating laughter with his unin- representative, Dr. Heiser said:- tentional by-play. He puts the pronghata (combined)..
**The work is making very good fessional clowas to shame. "He had been committed for trial progress. en a charge of murder, but the almost, aubelictably well to the edu- first the little tramp rushes inad Peopare responding. There are two big scenes. In the grand jury threw out the bill re-cational camp. I do not know vertently into the lion's den. The lating to this charge.
whether he nave population in Palmer, a call, clean-shaven inan.
this part of the world is more res
animal is asleep in a comer. and wearing eyeglasses, pleaded Not ponsive than elsewhere, or where it, Charlie, discovering its presence, Guilty."
Mr. Percival Clarke, for the better method of approach, but at All might have been well if a little is simply that we have discovered a determined not to arouse the benst; prosecution said that Mrs. Gold any rate the response has been dog had not espied the intruder and smith returned from her honey really gratifying. The health cen come backing furiously at him. tres that have been established The escape from the awakened lion seem to catch the interest of all must be seen to be enjoyed. classes, Malays Indians and
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moon at the beginning of October hast. She showed some desire not to have a child. On November 21st she went to Palmer's house.
Mrs. Goldsmith arrived there, te about 3 evening. About European element. o'clock she was dead.
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"It was alleged by the prosecution that the cause of death was an in-f. jeesion and that the injection was given for an illegal purpose.
When a police inspector, aurived after Mrs. Goldsmith's death. Palmer told him that she had at tended for nervous debility. Palmer said that the treatment was given by placing a pad on the spine and parsing dn alternating current through the body.
Mr. Valentine Harry Goldsmith, the husband, gavè evidence regard. ing his hurried call to Palmer's house after the collapse of his wife. Lord Hewart: Did you ask him what he was doing when she died -No.
Asked No Questions.
In the second scene the inexperi enced clown is set to walk the
for Charlie has persuaded a pro- perty man to support him with a
There is no ser moment in the hook in the back of his trousers. But the book becomes unfastened.
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Lastly, the diminutive tramp his bowler and cane are always with him-is driven from the ring.." The cireus moves to the next town and Charlie is en waddling into the distance, dejection in every line of bis whimsical figure.
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Aalatic Mamaring Methods. been made towards making Asiatic Asked whether any progress had methods of fertilising the soil safer, Dr. Heiser said that the problem of soit pollution was looked upon as almost hopeless a few years ago, but he had been very much encour aged by what he had seen during his present tour. There had se a remarkable development in ava where a type of rural saaitation had been invented which cost nothing | to maintain, thus removing the great objection to other methods of solving this problem, and which, after a period of six months, enabled the usual method of manur ing to be followed without the slightest danger of spreading dis-. Did you not ask him any ques-case. This idea had been thorough tion at all with regard to what was y tried cut in Java and India, taking place immediately before where it had worked very well, and she died-I am afraid I did not.it was going to be introduced into
Dr. Robert Macintosh, of Upper Malaya this year,
Palmer Brook-street, said that called him in on the evening of November 21st and that he applied artificial respiration to Mr. Gold- smith without success. Palmer really understand and appreciate private exhbition of "The Circus." said that he was a medical electri- it," Dr. Heiser said "You can at York House. cian.
take anyone, almost a child, in a Lord Hewart: What is a medi-district where an educational cam-
cal electrician-I think anyone can call himself a medical electri- cian. I understand it to be some one who gives electrical treatment which may be advised by a doctor.
Doctors Differ."
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, honorary pathologist to the Home Office, said in his opinion death resulted from shock following an injection. Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C., de fending, suggested to Sir Bernard that according to his evidence he and Dr. Weir differed on certain points regarding the inference to be drawn from the post-mortem examination.
"Yes" was the reply, "I am afraid we do."
Mr. Birkett May I take it that your view is that in certain cases a very low voltage may produce death, whereas in other cases the same voltage would be quite harm k-ss 7-Yes.
Native ration, "The graft of the rural sanitation work is that the natives.
paign has been carried out, and he will tell you the reason why these things are being done. One even bears of coolies, refusing to go to estates which are not up-to-date in these matters because they do not want their children to be infected. We are introducing sanitary safe. guards, which diseases, such as book. worm, dysentery, typhoid, and cholera, will be done away with. The Java device, which provides safe and excellent fertiliser, will be of especial value on estates. Good green vegetables are almost essen tial to health, but at present it is not practicable to give them to estate coolies owing to a lack of safe fertilisers, and that difficulty will be removed in futars.
Malaya And Malaria, * Dr. Heiser has been giving a good deal of attention to "malaria control during his tour through the Penin. sula, and he paid the health autho Sir Bernard thought it possible rities in Malaya a very high com- that electric currenta, if of suffi-pliment "I suppose it is true to cient strength, might be used for say that this country, taking the illegal purposes, but no such case Straits and the Malay States as a had been brought to his knowledge. whole, is further advanced in this The Lord Chief Justice: Lu subject than any other that I know would be difficult to detect and of," he said. analyse an electric shock given for this purpose? It would.
Not Infallible. Mr. Birkett, in opening the de fence, said:
Is there anyone else in the film world whore: every gesture must be watched with the closest attention for full appreciation of acting? It has always been so with Charlie Chaplin, and it is the case in this
film.
"
The Prince of Wales saw
ANGRY HUSBAND HITS
WRONG MAN;"
MIDNIGHT ASSAULT ON AN AIR FORCE OFFICER.
A Bight Lieutenant's midnight encounter with an aggrieved hus band, who mistook the other for another man, was described at West London Police Court.
Malcolm Jones (28), engineer, Lupus-street, SW., was bound over by Mr. Marshall in £3 for twelve months for assaulting Flight Licut. George Cecil Gardiner, R.A.F., of the Air Ministry, Kingsway, W.C.,
· Flight-Lieut." Gardiner stated that he was returning home" to his rooms in Cromwell-crescent, Ken- sington, at about twelve o'clock, with his umbrella up as it Was pouring with rain.
Jones came towards him and the next thing that happened was that the umbrella was knocked over his bead. Jones without any warning then struck him twice on the jaw and on the chest.
Flight-Lieut. Gardiner said, attacking me in this way!" and What the devil do you mean by Jones replied, "I thought you were
He put his fists up to defend himself from further attack, and At the Far Eastern Medical Jonca, looking into his face, said, Congress at Calcutta there was a "Ob, my God, I've struck the difference of expert opinion as to wrong man. I did not mean to the respective merits of the anti-knock you about." larval methods ased in Malaya, In Dr. Weir and Sir Bernard ment and capture of the adult mas and the system of quinine treat Spilsbury you have men of high quits recommended by the League ottainments and wide experience of Nations in Europe. Among poor the man win had caused trouble but they are not infallible. It would be an evil day when in populations, with, no Government and haras to my wife." Jones said the criminal court, merely be sibly the only practicable one, but would compensate the officer for. backing, the latter system is pos| br was very sorry indeed and cause of attainments, distinction, Malaya has unquestionably the the damage to his umbrella, add or experience the words of any expert were accepted as final, and more effective method. After all ing "I hope that will be an end voxclusive.
-malaria-is-so-important here, and of the matter " I know the glamour of a great it is so bound up with the economic. The officer replied, “No, it is name-I know the effect it has development of the country, that not the end of the matter, upon me.
Sir Bernard Spile they have naturally found it profit which Jones said he would give bury has a great name, but on able to spend more money on him "come more," one point of immense significance malaria control, and they have been Dr. Weir and Sir Bernard Spils very successful." bury do not agree.
Outstanding Work.
Palmer, in the box, said he lived "I was much impressed with Sir with his wife and had been twice Malcolm Watson's work at Klang," I married. He began the study of Dr. Heiser continued, "The malaria medical electricity under private division of the FM.S. Government tutors in 1899, and later went to health service is also doing remark u university college.
able work, both in research and in Subsequently heat up in Irusi- the practical application of know ness and got together a good con-ledge. nection, largely among sporting people. He had met with a good dead of succeSS.
He had an "LO.C. licence for Before going to Upper. Brook-electrical treatment. That exclud street he was in Clevaland-row, | eu ultra violet rays. He was visit where he paid a rent of £250 a ed et irregular intervals by L.0.0. year. At Upper Brook-street he inspectors, who. would walk was paying £300 a year for two straight into his consulting-mom years and then 2000. He had whether he was treating a patient garage premises which he let for or not. They bud done so our £400 a year.
several occasions. (Continued at foot of next column.) The trial was adjourned.
F
I've A Revolver." Afterwards Jones put his hand
to, his hip pocket and said, "I've got a revolver here and if you don't. clear out you'll get it.""
"I just kept by him," said Flight-Lieut. Gardiner, “until I saw a constable, when I handed him over to the officer,"
Jours expressed regret to the magistrate. He is identical with the man who had interfered with Tay domestic affairs," he saith
Mr. Marshall. Supposing he were the man you took him to be, you are not entitled to walk about London assaulting people in this fashion.
Flight-Lient. Gardiner said that if Jones honestly mistook him for the other uang he would be grate- ful if the 'magistrate would deal as leniently as posible with n
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