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LAURA LA PLANTE COMEDY AT THE QUEEN'S.
[BY OCR FILM CRITIC.]"
Thanks for the Buggy Ride" is the story of the sale of a song composed jointly by Laura la Plaate and Glenn Tryon "Joe," a young man employed to boost the new productions of a music publishing firm meets and loves Mary Jones, a teacher of dancing Inspired by her ho composes s song which he believes will bring him fame but difficulties «crop up
when they start out to market the song Mary (Laura la Plante) ar- ranges to sing it to his accompani- nent, but wher. they get in the manager's office she discovers him to be a man with whom she has recently had a passage of arms, as a long scratch on his cheek testi- fies. The manager has found Miss is Plante as charming in her rôle of dancing mistress as does the audience and he has had a better chance of demonstrating his appre- ciation; his son agrees with him
and has also felt the lady's cor-
FENG YU HSIANG'S NEW | WHITE RUSSIAN PRISONERS
POST.
VIRTUALLY C-IN-CALL
FORCES.
CHIANG AS CIVIL HEAD OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
IN NANKING.
KAIPING
CLOTHES WORN OUT.
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A letter, written by one of the 53 White Russian prisoners held at The end of the Fifth Plenary the present time in Nanking, and' Session brought countless rumours late of Chang Chung Chang's Shan- from Nai king with regard to im- tung Army, has found its way into pending changes in the personnel of Shanghai, addressed to the prison. the Nationalist Government. The er's wife, and its contents written organization of the Government has in a hasty scrawl tell much in a been changed so that there is a few sentences. The devious course Breater return to the Ministerial necessary in such circumstances ac- system, although the Central Ex-counted for the letter's safe arrival ecutive Committee still remains the here. Possibly a friendly alien of, excentive authority." The principal a benevolent minded coolie passed changes in personnel about which on the note towards its destination, there is so much discussion concern and its contents substantiate the Maribal Feng Yu Hsiang, Marshal appeal made recently by the Rus
sian Relief Association for clothes Chiang Kai Shek, and 'Mr, T. V.
and money for these unfortunate SHATIN ARMED ROBBERY. Soong.
victims of an unkind fate.
Degradation.
According to the new Govern. mental arrangement, there is to be a National Defence Commission and a Ministry of Way and Military Training School. National Defence Commission ap Parently is to prepare China for foreign wars, for the Military Council still remains. The Minis try of War will be in charge of the army, navy and aviation, and the Military Training School is to
In all his life, the man writes, he has never before believed it The possible to suffer such degradation. Herded together as they are, the despised prisoners of war, many without a stitch of clothing lying on the earth or wooden floor without covering at night, know the sen- nation of a dog that has no owner. During the months of their
train new officers and to improve captivity, the scanty clothing in
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PRISONER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' HARD LABOUR,
VERDICT JUSTIFIED BY
EVIDENCE.
The Chinese who was convicted
on Wednesday of armed robbery with others unknown at Shatin on the night of July 14th was brought before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollant, C.B.E.) yesterday for. sen-
tence to be passed.
Addressing the prisoner the
recting hand, and his presence still further embarrasses the unhappy present plana appear to be toalist Army took them prisoners has
the knowledge of the old. Now, the which they stood when the Nation-Chief Justice said:-.
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girl. The song is turned down and its author, who does not quite realise the situation, acenses Mary of having heen so busy making erce at the manager and his son that she did not do it justice.
But Joe is soon to find that it, ie just this propensity of hers which sells him his song, and when the happy ending comes with the young couple in each others arms and the richer by $10,000, he raises no objection when she announces that in future he will write songs and
she will sell them
make Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang chairman of the National Defence Commission, and President of the Military Training School and, at the same time, Minister of War. In a word, he practically becomes Commander-in-Chief of the armies and navy, although the title is different.
General Chiang As Civil Head. he is to be Chairman of the Nation- As for Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, list Government Council and of the Central, Executive Committee. in a word, he becomes the civilian head of the Government, somewhat similar to the position held at the present time by General Tan Yen
"Thanks for the Buggy Ride" Kal
This position may be important is light, unpretentious picture or insignificant, "depending upon which is full of amusing situations the personality who holds it. As Marshal Chiang has such prestige, mostly created by Laura la Plante it is presumed that he will make of out of almost nothing. You will this an important position, enjoy it, and feel that even if Miss The question, however, is asked la Plante is worthy of better plays whether Nanking is large enough to hold two such personalities as The is very delightful in this one.
Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang and Marshal Chiang Kai Shek perman- ently.
GANGS TO SET FREF MURDERERS.
NEW
YORK PRISON GUARD
SUSPENDED.
SING SING ESCAPES,
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Mr. T. V. Boong's Position. As regards Mr. T, V. Soong, his] position is no longer as precarious as it was a fortnight ago. There can be no question but that the ac ceptance of his programme by the Fifth Plenary Session strengthened his position considerably and, since his return to Shanghai, be has given no indication of leaving his post. From sources close to him, James Nunnery, aged twenty-it has been learned that he intends to remain Minister of Finance as three, and Edward McLaughlin, long as it is possible to put his pro- alias Jimmy Gallagher, aged gramme into effect, but that should twenty-two, two of New York'e he not be able to continue, he will
not accept any other position. most desperate younger murderers, escaped last month from Sing Sing Prison:
there.
NEW YORK.
worn out, until now not one of them has more than the barest bodily covering, and many are stark naked. These facts combined with the uncertainty of waiting for an unknown fate has produced a frame of mind and such suffering as, fortunately, the average person can know little of:
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You have been convicted by the jury, after a very careful trial, on evidence which I think fully justifica their verdict.
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I have said time after time that
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pany:
Fire Account.
The amount transferred from this
I consider these gang robberies account to the profit and loss ac- to be one of the most dangerous count amounted to £403,543 (which features in the life of the Colony included £85.942 interest). There When persons are convicted before me I think it my duty to inflict fore, taking the fire account as a 'serious punishment.
whole, the ratio of the profit-name- Ordinarily, when any cruelty is ly, 18.26 per cent must be con. shown, or any injury inflicted, Isidered abnormally good and em- direct accused to be flogged.
Marine Account. “
I see that he is a delicate person phasises the value of the fire busi and that the doctor has, I think, ness to the Company. reported he is not fit to receive auch punishment. Under these circumstances I do not order him to be flogged but to receive five years' hard labour,
CHIEF JUSTICE ON REPORT-
They were able to make à transfer to the proft and loss account of £30,865 besides transferring £20,000
to an additional reserve, so that
Treated Pretty Well." No attempt to elicit sympathy is to be found in the letter which states simply the condition of the writer who looks towards his wife for whatever assistance she may be able to give. Further, the letter, goes on to say that the prisoners
ERS' RESPONSIBILITY, there would be a reserve of 100 per are treated pretty well" and that
Before passing sentence as re cent of the premiums, after provid they have sufficient fice for food They have been schooled somewhat ported above the Chief Justice said:ing for claims both paid and out-
I desire to call attention to a for their present circumstances be report of this case which was con- standing. The amount transferred. fore, and mention is made by the cluded yesterday, which appears to profit and loss account from
in one of the morning papers. the personal accident, employers' writer of the weeks when he wa sure Court reporters will in Kaifeng," tired to death" from thoroughly appreciate the respon liability, burglary and general ac
sible duties that they have to par-counts, totalled £52,954. « Proft And Loss. form because it is, from their re. ports that the great majority of" people get their ides of the ad Coming to the profit and loss ac- ministration of justice, in the Colony.
working from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Russian Relief Association of which Mr. V. Grosse is chairman, is working on their behalf at the present time and it is understood that the next few days will bring pourparlers between the Nationalist officials and the local organization. Rumour bad it for a time that the Nationalist authorities, were con sidering deporting the White Rue- sian prisoners to Vladivostok where their fate could easily be imagined, when after the vicissitudes which
This report starts with those big caption lines which have become such a feature of the Fress to-day. There is a statement to the effect: "Chief Justice Surprised" with note of interrogation.
count it was found that both the interest earnings and aggregate - amount transferred from the various underwriting accounts were larger than in any year in the history of the office. While, the proft on ex- change for the year under review amounted to £8,944 138, 8d.
On the subject of reserves, the Chairman anid that while £100,000 had been transferred to general re- serve last year, the "transfer pro- a quarter of a million posed was
sterling, bringing this fund up to the million mark.
I would like it to be known that I was not surprised by the verdict | of the jury. They paid most care- fal attention to the facts and I think that their yerdict was fully justified.
The report goes on to say.. have befallen them since, the Rus" The small boy who made the The Pivot Of The Situation, Marshal Feng's plans are the sisa Revolution, they should come identification first said he recognia pivot of the entire situation. It is into the hands of the Soviet ed the accused and later went back on his evidence." This is ab- The mysterious circumstances of now certain that he intends to re- authorities of Siberia. It is there solute incorrect. The mali boy their Bight suggest the possibility main in the vicinity of Nanking,
Income from investments which same story before the that the New York gang system has which makes that city the head fore, the hope of the Relief Asso- told the been secretly extended to Sing Sing quarters of the Euominchun, for ciation that the 83 men can be Police Magistrate as he did in this last year stood at £206,100, this year reached the figure of £229,773, an. to assist the gangsters in, the cells Marshal Feng carries his beadquar brought to Shanghai and sent from
Court. ters with him.
Referring to his remarke about increase of over £23,500. The direc- His is the only They were both members of the army, which can be left at a dis bere to Harbin. The original in the evidence of children His Lord-tors, after careful consideration bad agreed to recommend a final divid- Sing Sing kitchen squad, which tance from its commander without tention included sending them to ship said:
What I said was that children end of 12. per share, less tax, necessitated their going to work at the danger of a mutiny.-North Vinkow, which is the port for New often have a limited vision but what making a total distribution per
chwang, but it is understood that they see they see, very clearly.
share in respect of 1927 of 236. less 5.50 am to prepare breakfasts for China Daily News.
criticism to this plan was raised on the other convicts, which
tax. This will absorb £222,237 108, normally ready at 6.30 a.m. They
which is less than the total income -were released from their cells st the usual time, but when the 8.30
from investments by £7,528 Os. 3d.
roll call was made they were
The credit balance of the proft and
missing.
account in the balance sheet stood at £838,108 19. 1d. No Clus.
Pinancial Position, The income for the year 19 was £2,842,727 while in 1927 it was ceived was £144,579 as against 2929,773 last year. The investments in 1922 amounted to £4,274,842, while the balance sheet for 1997 records investments at £5,977,000, an increase of over one-third during the latest five years in the history of a company now in its 218th year.
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ito escape were either to conceal respectful way by a guest at the for them to find in Shanghai, occasion to criticise Police methods 24.001,889. In 1022 the "interest re-
A search was immediately made, but revealed not the slightest clue. London has a butler who is ad. The only feasible ways for them dressed as "Sir" in the most themselves inside a prison van, or house where he officiates, writes a to go through the double gates of.
correspondent the main entrance.
This is explained very simply by These gates require two sets of the fact that during the war be was keys to open them. A number of a major in the Army and the guest prison employees passed through served under him in the same regi- the gates between 6 and 6.30 .ment as a private...
Release?
the ground that once in this district said nothing about illusions at all, on to add that and outside of Nationalist control but I did go they might easily join some of the although a child, left to itself, gives non-Nationalist armies of the north very clear and honest evidence, it again. The most feasible, plan, is open to be got at and to be therefore, is that they should be coached sent to Harbin or Moukden where
It is also stated that I said that they could find some form of oc-
in a previous case the Police were cupation. It is pointed out that not at their best in carrying out work would be almost impossible identification parades. I have had mainly on account of the already and I shall always do so it neces overcrowded field and the numbers sary. But I think reporters ought of indigent Russians here which to be very careful in reporting come to the notice of various statements made with respect to
the Police. benevolent societies.
I never said the Police are not at their best in carrying out these. in the usual non-convict working- The situation has arisen at a Those negotiating for the release parades. My criticisms were limit mea's garb. It is considered pos- house in Bayewater, W., the occu- of these prisoners declare that they ed solely to the case I had to deal sible that the prisoners had secretly pier of which is a brother of the entertain hopes for arriving at some with at the time.. obtained workingmen's clothes and quest. When the latter first ar- kind of satisfactory arrangement. The concluding paragraph said: walked out past the guard. rived and the door was opened by with the Nationalist authorities "His Lordship who seemed to show Nannery and McLaughlin had a dignified figure in a butler'e soon. It is their impression. fur some surprise intimated that be many friends among the most cun sombre dress he ejaculated in surther should the prisoners be re-wished to reserve his decision and Major leased such an act of grace on the to consider the case," I take it ning of New York's underworld prise: Good heavens! criminals, who probably thought How are you sir
part of the Nationalist officials the obvious inference to be drawn out and planned the coup.
From that moment he had always could not fail to have good results. was that it was because of my sur called the butler "Sir.". His old Following an appeal by Mr. I prise that I desired to consider the Mr. Lawes the chief warden of awe of his former major, like on Dolgoroackoff which appeared in sentence and reserved judgment. Sing-Sing Prison, suspended FO
The reason I reserved judgment advised of the following dividends keeper named Conway. He declar-headmaster, has been undiminished Daily News
"old boy's awe of his former the columns of the North-China ed that. Conway was the only by the passage of years.
few kindly disposed had nothing whatever to do with en rubber and mining shares: persons have sent money and this alleged surprise, the fact of keeper who possessed keys for open. The butter, upholding the tradi- articles of clothing for the prison- the matter being that it was very ing the gaten of the prison through which he believes Nannery and tons-at-hig-new position, le- and it is hoped that more beer-half past six it had been a McLaughlin to have escaped..
former private gir also, and be forthcoming-all-such contribe long and trying day; and I thought the two men, who are on excellent tions being accepted at 38, Avenue it only fair to the prisoner that I Conway emphatically denied any terms, "Bir" each other alter Edward VII, the Russian Relief should consider the sentence with complicity in the murderers? "escape. | nately.
Association--N-G. Daily News.
a freeher mind then I had then
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